Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-10-17

Dubuque. The bone is shattered and
the member may be lost.
Farmers around Max, Dion and
Hartley, have filed complaint with the
state railroad commission against a
condition of car shortage at the first
two station which compels them to
sell their grain to elevators at Hart
ley.
cemetery after the funeral services
of his wife, Herman Dollman, a
prominent citizen, expired suddenly
at his home in Muscatine. He had
been failing for some time and the
end was fastened by the death of his
wife. He was GO years old and Is
survived by seven children.
Aside from the Rogers case prop
ably the most important case present
ed to the board was that of Francis
Secrecy of Benton county, serving a
sentence of eighteen years for MUIR
der in the second degree. He was
sent to the penitentiary In 1904.
His claim is that the killing occurred
in an alteration and was not de.
liberate In any sense.
Commodore Brown, a 15-year-old
boy of Muscatine, was struck by an
automobile and badly injured. The
boy was riding on an express wagon
and jumped into the path of rapidly
moving car behind, belonging to w.
H.. Hutting, prominent lumberman.
The wheels passed over the lads
body, badly decorating his head and
causing confusion of the leg.
After a night and half days de-
liberation jury decided that Maude
Miles, pretty young school teacher
of Madison county, will not have to
pay $1,000 for whipping one Of her
pupils. 1t seems that one evening
last spring after the school was dis
missed for the day Miss Miles told
Ethel Kegley, daughter of farmer liv-
ing south of Winterset, to go home at
once. The child walked off the school
grounds, but refused to go farther,
and then Miss Miles whipped her.
The presence Of mind of party Of
Dubuque young women, who were on
picnic, prevented serious acct
that city few days ago. Discover.
dent on the Great Western road near
ing trestle work across stream on
fire just as they heard the whistle Of
a train approaching in the distance,
the party divided, some running up
the track and some down, the former
succeeding in tagging the train but
a short distance away from the DOOM
ed structure. Among the young
women were Miss Emma Winkler and
Mrs. Hartman of Dubuque.
Abe Whitman, prominent farmer
living about six miles east of Nashua,
was severely injured while driving
to town. When about a mile east Of
town his team became frightened and
SHE'D off the road into ditch, over
turning the loaded wagon onto Mr..
Whitman. He was picked up by
farmer who resided near by and car
ried into his house and a physician
summoned. He was injured severely
internally and the doctor did not con-
slider it safe to have him removed to
his home. His recovery is considered
doubtful. He is about so years OF
age and has family.
Instead of participating in wedding
festivities as the groom. Rev. Leroy
E. Gallagher, pastor of the Methodist
church at Laurel, is lying in a room
| In the Pilgrim hotel at Marshalltown,
suffering from injuries that may
prove fatal. While leaving the city
with team for Green Mountain,
where his marriage to Miss Ida r
| Reese, prominent young woman,
was to take place, singletree broke
dropping down onto the horses heels
| and frightening them. Gallagher was
driving and his brother, Rev. Elmer
d. Gallagher of Wahpeton, N. D., who
was to perform the ceremony, was
with him. The rig, a light spring
| wagon, collidedwith a wagon loaded
with stone; it partly overturned, an6
Gallagher was thrown out, anc
| dragged some distance by the lines
He was picked up unconscious anC
remained so for many hours. A frac
ture of the inner table of the skull is
feared. Miss Reese was summoned
and is at his side. Some of the
guests had already assembled for the
ceremony. Rev. Elmer Gallagher es
capped uninjured.
c. D. Marshall of Chicago has be
gun an action in the courts at Mar.
| shalltown to recover from Mrs.
| Nathan Merrill, wife of one of the
| city's leading physicians, the sum OF
| $499.50, which he claims to have
furnished her. during their engage
ment five years ago. With Marshalls
petition is an itemized account run
ming from June, 1900, to September.
1902. During that time Marshall and
| Mrs. Merrill, who was then Miss Nc.
Mahon, were said to have been en-.
| gagged. He says that he assisted in
paying her expenses while she was a
| student In the seminary at Jackson.
vile, ILL.,, and later at training
school for nurses in Chicago. Ac.
cording to MarshallS statement, his
fiancee's mother seriously objected
to the match and finally succeeded
in having the engagement broken.
While acting as nurse in a hospital
at Marshalltown she married DR..
Merrill. Marshall's account shows
that in 1901 he gave Miss Mcmahon
1888 in cash and during 1902 he ad.
vanced 1898. During 1900 he says
he advanced her a total of $110.50
in cash, presents, railroad fare and
tuition at the Jacksonville seminary.
News of the suit caused something of
sensation in Marshalltown, as very
few Marshalltown people knew of the
relations between Mrs. Merrill and
| Marshall.
The filing of the suit in the district
court at Marshalltown by C. d. Mar
shall of Chicago against DR.. Nelson
and wife, Mrs. Flora Mcmahon Mer.
rill, caused a sensation among the
numerous friends Of the doctor and
his beautiful young wife. Mrs. Mer.
rill's attorney claims the case to be
one of blackmail, pure and simple. He
says Marshall has been bounding