Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-19

speculation on the Chicago board Of
trade was forced few months ago to
go to the county infirmary to live his
remaining days. Last week disease
and infirmities of age brought on a
welcome death. He died pauper at
the age of 81 years.
Charles Ray Parker, head of the
Parker School of Chiropractic of OF.
tumwa has been indicted by the Wa
pello county grand jury on the charge
of practicing medicine without a IL
cense. Just who is back Of the prose
cution is not known. Parker says he
has never used drop of medicine
or knife in his practice of chiro-
practic. Parker located in Ottumwa
several months ago. He advertised
heavily and is instructing pupils who
desire to take up the practice OF
chiropractic.
The jury declares that Cannon met
his death through the negligence and
carelessness on the part of Eveland,
in leaving the switch open. The
passenger train that Cannon was fir
ing ran into an open switch at New
Sharon. Someone had left a switch
open and the jury declares that Eve
land was responsible. On the wit
ness stand Eveland swore that he
closed and locked the switch, but
there were no other witnesses to cor
roborate his evidence. The grand
jury will investigate the case.
Alleging that conductor on the
Chicago Great Western railroad used
cuss word and refused to take his
mileage book on July 4, P. e. Pen.
field of Waterloo has brought suit
against the road for $4,000 damages.
According to the petition that was I'll.
ed In the district court at Waterloo,
Mr.. Penfeld purchased his mileage
book in April. He attempted to use
ii after the 2-cent fare law went into
effect, and met with prompt rebuff,
not only, he says, of harsh words, but
rough handling as well, and he de-
mands damages to the extent of S..
900.
Suit has been filed by the city OF
Mason City against the county OF
Cerro Gordo, wherein the city hopes
to recover about $1,000 for the cost
in part OF the erection of detention
hospital some FIVE years ago to take
pox during an epidemic of that dis
ease. Since that time the city has
paid some $500 per month for the
care and maintenance of the build.
ing whether it contained patients or
not, and has also paid the cost and
care, with few exceptions, of all the
patients detained there. AS most of
the cases came from the country, the
city maintains 1t is county hospital,
but the board of supervisors who
have turned down bills against them
from the city with studious regularity
say they had nothing to do with the
erection of the building and do not
care to invest at this time.
The lives of Sylvester w. Petrie
and Robert Euker, two we'll known
Tama county farmers living twelve
miles east of Marshalltown, were
snuffed out without a moments not.
ice few days ago. They were re-
turning home from town after a days
trading and had reached the East
Main street crossing of the Great
Western railroad, three and one-half
miles out, when passenger train No.
8 from the north, over an hour late,
hit the wagon, killing both instantly.
The mems heads were crushed in,
but their bodies were hardly scratch.
ed, although several bones of both
were broken. Conductor Barney
Cavenaugh stopped the train and
started search for the bodies, but
they could not be found. Later they
were discovered on the pilot of the
engine Petrie was rs years of age
and widower with six grown child
rem.
w. A. Ferrin. cashier of the defunct
Farmers State bank of Clearfield, has
been captured after year In which
he has successfully evaded the Taylor
county officials. He is held on nine
indictments returned by the grand
jury, charging ENLIGHTENMENT and
fraudulent banking. Ferrin was cap.
tured at Kansas City while under an
assumed name and was employed as
a window washer at the time of his
arrest He absconded in June, 1906,
from Clearfeld and the bank was
closed soon after. The receiver has
paid Is cents on the dollar to de.
positors and the bank is expected to
liquidate in full this fall Ferrin was
cashier of the bank in which his step
brother and step-father were the
majority stockholders, the former
being president of the bank. Com
munication with his wife, who has
resided in Clearfield, is said to have
caused the capture of the absconding
cashier.
A case which is attracting wide
interest in Worth, Cerro Cordo and
Winnebago counties, on account of
the prominence of the parties, is soon
to be tried in the district court at
Mason City, in which the estate of
the late Thomas Peterson Is asking
damages Of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Bracket for $4,000. The plaintiffs
allege the damages are due for the
loss of Peterson's life from the effects
of alcoholism resulting from a
drunken brawl at the Bracket home,
the defendants furnishing Peterson
the liquor. The circumstances indi-
cate that quantity of liquor had
been secured by Bracket and that
Peterson visited his home, that of a
we'll to do farmer, and that after an
all nights debauch, Peterson was
| found in such condition that he died
within a few hours after being found,
| lying near Brackets barn. A coro.
ners jury at the time rendered a
verdict duplicating Bracket as re.
| sponsible for the alcohol drunk by
| Peterson.
Robert B. Armstrong, formerly of
| Des Moines and later assistant secre-
| tary of the treasury under Shaw, has
| been chosen president of the Phil
adelphia Casualty company.
| The 1S-month-old son of William
| Curtis. farmer living near Agency
| was killed by Burlington freight
train. The little tot wandered away
from home and started for q nearby
| field where his father was working
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