Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-05-23

OF DdTDyNllle, dltculpIeu SulClut D.
| drinking carbolic acid. Her littl,
brother, aged 10, was in the room a
the time and raised an alarm. A ply
stefan was summoned. but it is doubt
full II Mrs. Milbern will recove.
Hanging from low hook in the
kitchen door John Ruth of Stuart
found the almost lifeless body OF his
brother, George, boy of 16. The
elder brother Immediately cut down
the still quivering form, but in spite
of his efforts at resuscitation the
youth died in a few seconds. The
older brother had been INSTRUCTED In
his effort to enter the house by the
body of the suiSde, which was hang.
ing from $50 low a hook that the boy
rad been compelled to let his legs
stick out in front of him, almost at
right angles to the body in order to
accomplish his self-edstruction. All
the family were absent from the house
at the time. Temporary insanity is
given as the cause.
A wife of ten days when her hus.
band died suddenly, Mrs. James
Hayes, of Cedar Rapids, has been re-
fused a share in the estate OF j. M.
Hayes, worth $4,000 Judge Treich'
Ter has denied her petition following
a sensational suit for her share in
the property Mrs. Hayes claims she
was married to Hayes after he had
persuaded her to consent. When he
had secured this he stood up In the
presence of her folks and proclaimed
her his wife. She said he objected
to getting a license owing to the pub.
licity of the thing and that they went
at once to his home to live. The de-
PENDANTS on the other hand say she
only came to his place as house
keeper and only claimed wages az
housekeeper for the ten days prio:
to his death. 1t Is alleged she show.
ed no grief or other signs of mourr
ing.
A fresh sensation and one of d.,
cided proportions in the Dubuqu
water works scandal came to ligh
when it was announced that Pasol
Berg, son of former Mayor Berg, hat
confessed to shortage Of 5000
Young Berg had been a collector 70,
the old trustees. Berg. who Is about
20 years old, was cornered and ad
m..ted that he had taken the sum In
dictated. He said he did it partly be
cause others had been doing the same
thing. His father, who is well to do
promptly made the deficit good
Whether he will be prosecuted is yet
unknown. Pason Berg IS extremely
well known in the city and has moved
in prominent younger society set
His father Is, Of course, one OF the
best known men in eastern Iowa and
served four terms as mayor Of the
city. The old trustees appointed the
Berg youth to the collectorship when
Chris Berg, then mayor, appointed
them to the trusteeships. The boy
was let out when the old trustees
were recently supplanted. The water
works trustees announced that they
had discovered a dozen pages Of the
cash book gone, in addition to pages
torn from the ledger. No estimate
of the shortage is yet possible.
A pitched battle was engaged In at
Rathbun between a party of Aus
TRANS and the city mayor and some
citizens deputized to assist him. II
started over fight between two Aus
trians and an Italian in which the
Italian was seriously pummeled
Mayor McVeigh deputized two citi
zens to assist him in arresting the
Austrians and they with a party oi
friends took refuge behind a bridge
armed with revolvers. AS the mayor
and deputies advanced upon them
they commenced shooting. One Of
the men wanted advanced upon the
mayor, who instead of shooting, rar
upon him and dubbed him with his
revolver. The other started and rar
down the railroad track, followed by
citizens. 1t was reported that Mayor
McVeigh had been shot and the ex
element grew great. The man was
overtaken at the railroad bridg,
south of the depot and dubbed int
insensibility and the two then brough
to Centerville and lodged in Jail OF
the charge of assault with intent Il
kill. Their names are John Titisini;
and John Prosino. During the mele,
| over fifty shots were exchanged AM
nobody was hit. The name of tn,
Italian first attacked could not be sc
cured.
A recent act Of the Legislature
popularity known as the Stillman bill
Is causing CONSERVATION among tn
cooperative elevator companies O
northern Iowa. Upon the advice o
solicitors for certain Chicago com
mission firms. these cooperative
companies have been incorporatin
| l., hni ~, 1.r 10 hot of
holder selling grain to a competito
must pay in to the treasurer of tn
company l cent per bushel for al
grain SO sold. Competent attorney
to whom these bylaws have bee
submitted, have not only decide
they are against public policy an
unenforcible, but that they are in RI
straint of free competition, and tina
under the new law all parties inteI
ested in or permitting their enforce
ment will be subject to a minimum
fine of $500. A further provisio
makes the personal property of a
concerned liable to execution for an
judgment that may be obtained by
competitor damaged by the erforc'
ment of the rule. This law takes e
feet July 4, and it is understood thu
established dealers who have bee
made to feel the effects of the s.
called penalty clause, have alread
retained attorneys and will begi
suits as soon as the new law is
force.
Too i'll to move or call for he'll
Bert Tanant, young Englishma
who has been in this country but
few months, was found in a shed a
joining the Milwaukee depot at Maso
} City. He was taken in charge of ii
city officials and sent to the hospita
Tanant lay on the hard boards Of
bench all night, with no assistan;
whatever, and almost persisted fl
want of medical aid. A few weel
ogo ho uac oparatad IN for arr,a