Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-26
IOWA
NEWS

Little Arnold Kraft, aged 2 years,
Of Dubuque, found marble and swal-
lowed it. He died two minutes later
at the home of his parents.
Paul Cheney of Lawrence, Kan,
fell while trying to board Burlington
freight train at Ottumwa, and was
caught between two cars and so
badly crushed that he died at the
Ottumwa hospital, No one witnessed
the accident.
Two prisoners in the Cerro Gordo
county jail were extricated from their
cells unconscious from the effects
of smoke which filed the room,
caused by a fire in the bedding in
an adjoining cell. Smoke was seen
coming from the building and rush
of the fire department broke in the
door. The fire was easily axtinguish-
ed, and after some work the two Jail
birds were restored to consciousness.
Mrs. Bernie Spears shot and in
stantly killed Henry Major on the
steps of Lees colored vaudeville thea
Ter in Springfield, Ill. Mrs. Spears
is colored as was also Major. She
claims he was endeavoring to have
Der lead life of prostitution, though
Ythers say she killed him because she
vas Jealous of his attentions to an
Jther negro woman. The woman de-
clares she was married two years ago
IN Des Moines, Ia, to Louis Spears.
Falling head first into threshing
machine, Thomas Shepard, well
known farmer of Cerro Gordo coun-
ty, was instantly killed at Fargo,
N. d. The head of the unfortunate
man was ground up like chicken feed
in a mill. His arms were torn from
the body and the trunk fearfully
The machinery was stop
ped as soon as possible, but much
too late. Shepard leaves wife and
children at Mason City, where he is
well known. He had gone north to
work during the threshing season.
The Marshalltown board of super
visors has levied per cent tax, or
80 mills on the dollar, for the propos-
ed Hamilton Browne interurban, &C
cording to the authority of the special
election held over a year ago. One
half of the tax is due next year, aud
the payment hinges entirely on the
road fulfilling it's contract. II the
interurban between Marshalltown and
Melbourne, the fair grounds and the
city park, is not completed and run
ming trains on or before July /, 1908,
the levy becomes void and the tax
uncollectible.
Mrs. William Richardson left the
house of Ed Beard, where she had
ben visiting, on the 18th, and no trace
of her has been found. 1t is thought
she was slightly demented at the
time, as she had been Ill for some
time and acted queer of late. The
Richardson's live at Stilson, but Mr..
Richardson has blood poison in one of
his hands and has been staying there
for some time for treatment. Mrs.
Richardson went to spend a couple of
days with him. The rural telephones
have been used and the surrounding
country searched but nothing has been
heard from her. II is feared she has
taken her life, as she has threatened
to do so twice before.
AS the result of an overflow of
storm water into the basement of the
Orpheum theater at Sioux City, Belle
Hathaway's trained monkeys, who in
their performance make big hit in
the sailors costumes, We're compelled
to live up to their reputation in the
inundated basement of the theater
during the early morning hours.
When employees arrived for the days
work they found balloons and mon
keys hanging onto posts and brooms
in a desperate effort to keep out of
the six inches of water that covered
tie floor. However, their experience
did them no harm, and they were
Just as entertaining as ever at the
afternoon performance.
Because he kissed and Rugged an
11-year-old school girl, Ed Stratton, a
boy of IS years of age, is spending a
sentence of thirty days in the Sac
county Jail. Stratton was driving
from Lake View to Odebolt and on
his way overlook a school girl. He
asked her to ride and she did so.
He began kissing her and she start
ed to cry and begged to be let out
of the buggy. 1t is said that he drove
her past the school house. Farmers
hearing the cries of the girl, started
In pursuit of the young man, caught
him and took him to Wall Lake be-
fore County Attorney A. B. Barclay.
The young man plead guilty and was
sentenced to thirty days in the coun-
ty jail at Sac City.
w. A. Johnson, the Eleventh cav.
airy trooper, who has been confined
in the county Jail since last spring
for killing James Keely, a comrade
at the army post, has been given his
liberty by the Polk County grand
jury. The evidence before the grand
jury all tended to show that Johnson
stabbed Keely in self defense. Keely
attacked him while he was talking to
Miss Mabel Kali of Carlisle, young
woman to whom both boys had been
paying attentions. Johnson drew q
knife and when Keely rushed at him
the second time he stabbed him In
the breast Keely dropped to the
ground and died almost instantly. The
tragedy occurred at the new army
post waiting room and Johnson was
! Immediately placed under arrest
Later he was bound over to the
| grand jury on charge of murder IL
the first degree.
| Charles Gustafson, railroader OF
| the Northwestern for twenty-five
years, and head switchman at Boone
was caught between the drawbar
and instantly killed. The fireman
mistook the signal to pull up as
signal to slack back. Gustafsol
leaves widow and son.
Robert B. Hutchinson, nephew o
Judge Hutchinson of Sioux City, wen
to his room at 513 North street, ans
few hours later was found dea,
from asphyxiation by gas. His land
lady called him and being unable t
arouse him. broke down the door an
found his dead body. He was SO year
old and unmarried.
Charles r. Speers, president Of tn