Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-07-11
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to investigate report to the effect
that shipment of cattle from South
Omaha to that place is affected with
tuberculosis. Dr. Miller was ordered
to make the investigation by the state
veterinarian.
The supervisors of Cerro Gordo
county have let the contract for a
new heating plant TO be erected at a
cost of about $4,000 which will be
used to heat the court house and
county Jail. The building will be
made of cement blocks. A 100-horse
power boiler will be installed to fur
nish the steam for the low pressure
system which will be used in the
heating.
Mason City physicians have organ
izsd a move for a city hospital to
cost from $4,000 to 100000. They
will secure the cooperation of the
Catholic Sisterhood at st. Paul and
possibly at Dubuque to aid in the pro-
ject. The sisters have promised to
furnish half the money and of course
manage the institution. The need
is very great and civic movement
will be started at once.
BY the lurching of a horse into a
deep hole in the Des Moines river
near Fort Dodge, Carl Untermill and
his 5-year-old brother were precipi-
tated into the stream. They had
driven into the Des Moines river at
the upper edge of the city to wash off
the mud and soak up the tires on the
wheels. The wagon was void OF a
box but had dump board on. Their
screams brought a woman, who wad-
ed in and secured the younger boy
but the older one was taken out into
the swift current and drowned.
The little pond near Sanborn used
for water for engines and known to
the inhabitants of that vicinity as
Lake Milwaukee, was the scene of a
sad accident. Eight or ten boys were
congregated there as usual and JOS
eph Cannon, youth of 16 years OF
age, with little Verne Marsh on his
back, attempted to swim across. He
was seized with cramps and both
boys were drowned in the middle OF
the pond, which is from fifteen to
eighteen feet deep in some places.
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recovered.
J. w. Livingstone caused the ar
rest of William Vanderbilt at Clinton
on the charge of assault with intent
to murder. Vanderbilt accused Liv-
ingstone's child of slapping one of his
children who Is an invalid, and visit
ed the Livingstone home on Stock
holm street and drawing a revolver
announced that he would have salts
faction. Livingstone took the weapon
away from Vanderbilt, who promptly
drew another, which also was taken
from him. Vanderbilt, thus 6isarmed,
was held until the arrival of the po-
lice and arrested.
A petition has been filed in the dis
trict court at Fort Dodge, asking that
an injunction restraining the commits
sion firm of Ware & Leland from OPP
Grating a branch Office in that city.
The petition is the result of the re-
cent suit of Ware & Leland VS.. Pear
sons to collect a debt of $4,000 for
board of trade speculation covering
period of two years. The jury
brought in a sweeping verdict for de-
PENDANT on the grounds that the debt
was the result of gambling, puts and
calls" being classified as gambling
transactions. The petition filed is
based on the evidence of E. A. Arm
strong, the local agent, and will be ar
gued before Judge Wright of the dis
trict court July Is.
William Sheldon of Carson. indict
ed at Avoca, Sept. 80, 1905, or
charges of assault with criminal in
tent and worse. and who has since
been fugitive from justice, was ar
rested at Holdredge, Neb., by Deput!
Sheriff A. j. Grace of Avoca. SHIELD
on disappeared from Carsca eigh
days before the indictment was re
turned and successfully eluded arrest
Sheriff Grace appeared in Holdredg
in the guise of land seeker, wear
ing automobile goggles and cap. Al
ter assuring himself of the identit.
of his man, who was operating
dray, the arrest was made. Sheldon
went under the name of Shelton an
for time declared he was not tn
person wanted.
The case of the government VS.
Dexter, which is now being tried a
Fort Dodge, is one which calls for tn
testimony of nearly forty witnesses
all of. them victims of the so-calle
National Land company of Algona,
fictitious corporation created for tn
purpose of carrying on the FRAUD
Dexter purported to be the agent @
the company and listed farms, as tn
owners supposed, for sale. After tn
contract was signed it developed tina
the farms were listed to be advertise
for sale. Correspondence was cal
ried on through the mails until Uncl
Sam swooped down on the perpetrS
tors of the fraud and hailed them int
court. When the victims refused t
pay up. suit was brought by Dexter
wife, to whom the contracts had bee
assigned by the company. Over thil
ty of these suits have been filed at A
coma. When the victim appeared
contest the suit was dismissed, tn
suit being merely an instrument wit
which to harass them into some Sc
Element
Frank Stringfellow of Abba went
dodge a firecracke and lost his ba
ance, and fell eleven feet from
bridge to the piling below. His sku
is fractured and three ribs broken b.
sides being hurt internally. He wi
die.
At a meeting of the United Brothe
hood of Carpenters and Joiner N
67S of Dubuque, it was decided
: raise the boycott on the strike-boun
mills on goods already contracted TO
, This means building operations wi
be resumed General Organizer Fuel
was denounced for the course pu
, sued. The motion carried after
heated argument by seven majorit
Albert d. Fears of Council Bluff
is in peck of trouble, all through h
!, haste in his second marriage and h
, unfamiliarity with the marriage Law
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