Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-19
A Bowen. a Waterloo real estate


! City and st. Louis. The wallet was
found. by a negro, who has been re
wardod.
Bert w. Edwards, brakeman on the
Illinois Central, was instantly killed
at Iowa Falls, By falling from a train
his neck being broken. He was 26
years old and lived at Waterloo. Ed
wards leaves wife and child. The
coroners jury returned verdict OF
accidental death by falling from the
train
Dressed in boys clothes. Miss Cath
crime Andrews called at the United
States recruiting Office In Sioux City
to enlist in the army Of the Philip
pines. Sergeant Hall penetrated her
disguise and the girl broke down.
Later she said she had done 1t just
for lark. She made natty appear
ance in trousers. She left later for
! Denver.
Jesse Cregor, who created quite a
sensation at Montezuma earlier In the
fall by clipping with his wife's 17-year-
\ old sister and who was captured a
| few days ago, near Guthrie Center
by the sheriff while in company with
the girl, has been held to appear at
the next term Of court by Justice H..
! F. Morton. Els bond was fixed at
5000, which was promptly given.
Samuel Motif, mere boy, is dy-
ing at Council Bluffs hospital, and
Edward Roberts and w. e. Deshler,
fellow workmen, are in Jail. The
three were playing horse at the Union
Pacific round house, using the hose
| from a compressed air machine In
blowing underneath each other cloth
ing. This finally palled on them, and
severe treatment was given young
| Motif, whose intestines were torn
and he was taken to the hospital suf-
| fering tortures.
The question has been raised
whether the death of Lee Nyemaster
| by the discharge of a shotgun in his
room at his home at Wapello was en-
| tirely accidental or whether it was a
| case Of suicide. There could have
| been only one motive for suicide-the
| i'll health of the young man. How
| ever, it is strongly protested by the
| young mans family that his death
was altogether accidental. The shoot
| ing occurred while the young man
| was at home alone, presumably while
| he was fixing the shotgun for the use
| Of younger brother. The contents
| of the cartridge struck him in the
| head, blowing the top completely off
John Busha, for many years char
! acter of more than ordinary interest
| to people Of Council Bluffs, died a few
| days ago at the age of ia years, ac
! cording to his claim. He was prob
| ably one of the oldest men in the
| United States. He had no evidence to
| show how old he was other than his
! own statement and his physical ap'
| pearance of extreme age, but his
| statements have been for many years
! accepted by those who know him, as
| at least approximately correct. Like
many who are unable to read and
write, Busha kept mental account OF
the lapse of the time with remarkable
accuracy, and his statements as to his
! age have always been consistent
! His memory went back to events a
| century ago.
A decided sensation was sprung in
| the case of Theodore Martin before
| the federal court at Dubuque. in which
he asks $4,000 damages for injuries
| sustained in a wreck on the Mil
4 Wduhte IOuu near bellevue, rep. ~
| last. The widow of Conductor Martin,
! the latter a brother of the plaintiff.
! testified that Theodore said he did not
| pay fare, but asked that the receipt
book of his dead brother be secured
| and slip for $1.07 be torn there
| from, and that this amount of money
| be placed in his brothers pockets
The witness declared that the plain,
tiff told her he did not pay cash
! fare, and the record shows he bought
no ticket. E. Cruise, who was employ.
ed by the railway company to inves
tigate, and who hired out to Martin,
who needed hand on his farm, six
miles from Bellevue, testified that he
worked for Martin several weeks He
said Martin met him at the station
and had crutches with him, though he
developed remarkable speed chasing
the team after it had passed through
the gate and started to run away He
jumped out of the wagon without the
use of crutches.
The top works of mine No. of
the Anchor Coal company, two miles
south of Centerville on the Rock
Island, were destroyed by fire and
$50 miners were thrown out of EN-.
ployment. The fire started from an
over-heated stove in room under the
tipple where the minersc hanged
clothing before starting for home in
the winter season. The Waterman
discovered the fire as II was mount.
ing to the top of the tipple, and there
being no means at hand to fight the
fire nothing was saved but the black.
smith hop and tan house. The fine
boilers and engines were ruined and
the interior of the shaft damaged by
fire falling and catching the sides and
caging. There were several mules in
the mine but an entry was made from
the air shaft and they were taken to
another part of the mine, where there
was perfect safety and good air. The
local superintendent said the loss
would run from $4,000 to $4,000, de-
pending upon the damage to the
engines and boilers. 1t is fully GOV.
cred by insurance in an Illinois opera
tors mutual company. Carpenters
commenced at once to clear away the
debris and to rebuild and ii is hoped
to have the mine in operation by the
first of the year. The company is
crowded with orders and will endeav-
or to fill them from their other mines
in the vicinity. The men will doubt.
less scatter and get work at other
mines.
/ An important piece of litigation was
begun in the district court at Mar
shalltown when j. A. Hnshaw of
Kansas City, brought suit against
Brennecke & Head, a leading zeal
estate firm of Marsnalltown. asking
damages in the sum of $4,000 for
failure to comply with contract for
trade of land. The petition alleges
that Brennecke & Head offered to
trade certain Lincoln county Neh