Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-01-31
IOWA
NEWS
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

| curing clerks to wear badges and Il
be on duty from $3.50 a. m. until 3:5t
p. M. and appointing committee *
pass upon the qualifications of all can
| didates.
| The legislative and executive com
| mittees of the county clerks assocta
ton, at their meeting at Des Moines
| decided that the next meeting of then
| organization should be held in Clinton
on Aug. IA, Is, and 16.
BY the collapse of a tier of boys OF
cement at the cement plant at Mason
| City A. l.. Steamer Of Clear Lake suf
fered serious injury resulting in the
| breaking of an arm and shoulder and
fracturing his skull. The man may
die.
Twenty years at hard labor in the
penitentiary at Fort Madison is the
punishment for the crime of rape
which Fred Il. Russell will serve as
the result Of trial at Nevada Rus
sell is man so years of age, and says
that he has wife and 2-year-child, al
though he has told no one where they
are, and the wife was not present at
the trial.
AT Attumwa a few days ago in
a fight In d. p. Merritt's board.
Ing house Walter Cleaner was SER
iously stabbed and Tom Brown cut
several times. Oscar Hogan, who ad-
mlts having stabbed the men, has
been arrested and locked in Jail. All
participants are colored. Cleaner was
stabbed in the breast just below the
heart and 1t is not. known as yet
whether he will recover.
After the jury had been drawn and
seated and the trial about to open in
the district court In the case o.
Wheeler VS. the City of Fort Dodge thu,
case was settled by the payment of
$1,000 by the city. Wheeler was a
Lake City man who was struck on the
head by the falling body of Clara Ras.
mussen, the girl performer, who fell
from the top of the court house while
attempting slide for life" at the
street fair in that city a few years ago
Wheeler sued for $4,000 personal In.
juries. The case was tried twice in
the district court and once in the sp-
preme court and was returned last
spring for final hearing.
Citizens of Marengo have organized
and incorporated the Marengo Mid
land Railroad company. 1t is ex-
pected to push an interurban line from
that city to Millersburg, thence east
and south to Fairfield, connecting at
that point with the Iowa Missouri
Traction Power company's line to
keosauqua. At Millersburg it is pro-
posed to extend the road to Oska-
loosa, and from Marengo the line to
extend north to Vinton and northeast
to Cedar Rapids, the entire system to
cover about $50 miles, not including
that P0t from Fairfield south. Nearly
all ofs4his proposed line has been al
ready1xamined by an engineer repre-
senting New YorF capital. Marengo
people have been assured that the
proposed line is feasible PROPOSE.
tion and can be easily financed.
A. r. Troutman, a fireman on the
Illinois Central, living in Waterloo,
was blown from the cab of his engine
at an early hour by the explosion or
unknown material. Troutman was the
which stood at the Waterloo passen-
ger station, preparatory to being used
on a passenger train to Fort Dodge.
The explosion came from under
Troutman's feet and was heard
for several blocks. Troutman was
hurled onto the coal in the ten
der. He sustained injuries to his
legs and was rendered sense
less. His hair, eyebrows and lashes
were burned off. The cab took fire AMI
was consumed. The cause of the &C.
cident is shrouded in mystery and Of
fclals will conduct an investigation.
The theory advanced is that a piece
OF dynamite or quantity of nitro
glycerine was shovelled into the fire
box with the coal. Had the explo-
sion occurred while the train was in
motion both enginemen would have
been injured and runaway train
might have resulted.
Two important recommendations
will be made to the legislature as
result Of discussion in the conven.
ton of county auditor. The gentle
men believe that each auditor should
be member of the insanity commits
sion in his county. The supervisors
took a like action, believing that one
supervisor should be on the insanity
commission in order to look after the
accounts of county patients at the
state insane hospital. 1t was also
recommended that the law regarding
the publication of the road report of
the township trustees should be
changed. At present these reports
are published In the newspapers at an
expense that the auditors think Is UNI
necessary. 1t is enough, they say, to
have the reports published in the fin
ance report, sufficient publicity being
furnished in this way and much
money saved for other purposes.
officers were elected as follows:
President, A. s. Lawrence of Musca-
cine county; vice president, e. f.
Marker Of Clay county; secretary E.
D. Hoxey of Buena Vista county Mr..
Hoxey has been acting-secretary DUR
ing the last year. The other officers
are new.
Breaking her engagement with a
we'll known young farmer residing
lear DEBORAH, 1t is said, to elope with
an unknown man, Miss Ethel Reed
prominent in society at DEBORAH. is
missing and with her has gone Fred
Lane, who, came to town last summer
during the week of horse racing. II
seems that an infatuation grew up be-
tween the two, and they decided. ac.
,ording to reports to depart together
Tn young lady is 20 years old and be
fore leaving took 800 from the bank
/ Her parents are prominent and
wealthy and the girl moves In the
| best society.
Thomas Mikulas, a stone cutter
aged 46. committed suicide by hang.