Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-05-23
IOWA
NEWS
her Andrew of New Mellery.

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! Sheehan. 1t Is the first time that
Brother Andrew has been outside the
confines of the Trappist order In
thirty-two years, and only the ap,
proach of death sufficed to summon
him. He has been in silence all
these years.
Mrs. May Hayes, OF Ottumwa,
charged by her husband as being a
bigamist, was given a preliminary
nearing before Justice G. b. Melick.
After Hayes had introduced his evil
1ence against his wife Mrs. Hayes,
through her attorneys, waived ex-
animation and was bound over to the
grand jury. Her bond was fixed at
$500, and she was placed in Jail. Mrs:
| Hayes says she will have new
bondsman in Des Moines in few
days.
There is much excitement near IT.
win in the north part of Shelby
county, over the finding by two boys
a sack containing the bones OF
human skeleton. They were on the
land of J. II. Esher and digging about
in the dry bed of a creek which for
merly ran through the place. The
sack had a stone in it, which had
evidently been used as sinker. Peo-
pie are in a mystery as to the mat
ter, for no one has been missed in
the vicinity of late years.
The 5-year-old girl of Mr. and Mrs.
August Alborn set the house on fire
while her parents were out In the
yard. The Alborn home stood in the
center of their farm, six miles south
west of Perry. The parents were
startled by the crying child, who came
running out, saying, Mamma, the
house is on fire." The people ran In,
but the blaze spread too fast for them,
and save for a few pieces of furniture,
all was destroyed. Investigation gave
forth the fact that the child had been
playing with matches.
The question of the constitutional
ity Of the mulct law is to be decided
by the supreme court. 1t has been
raised, directly, in a case at Water
loo. Dunshee & Dorm of Des Moines
have charge of the case for the tenn
perance forces. j. H. Campbell,
member of the prohibition party
state central committee will repre-
sent the Temperatures forces, and the
Commonwealth. the temperance news
paper at Waterloo, has guaranteed
financial backing to complete the
test of the law.
With her face and mouth fright
fully burned by drinking carbolic
acid and writhing in the agonies of
death. Miss Kate Kessler, a resident
Of Scion, was found by DR.. Potter of
that place. Everything was done to
ease the sufferings of the dyi-g girl,
but she was past all hope. Miss
| Kessler was well known in Scion,
having resided there for many years.
The causes for the rash deed which
ended her life are not exactly known,
but personal sorrows are thought to
be responsible for a fit of desponden-
cy during which she ended her life.
Fearing that he was cbout to be-
come insane and worrying over finan-
cial troubles, Herb Sanders, a
wealthy retired farmer, took his own
life. He took both carbolic acid and
Paris green. Sanders left home
about o'clock A. M. and was found
by a neighbor lying in the road az
near the fair grounds. He died fif'
teen minutes later. Coroner Dennis
was called. but decided an inquest to
be unnecessary. Sanders was a
wealthy retired farmer, owning q
| large farm near Rudd, from which
place he came two years ago, be-
sides property in town and forty acres
adjoining the town. He was 55
years of age and leaves a wife and
three children.
Ralph Baird, aged 81 years, was
found dead by children in an Clubhouse
! hole in his head told of suicide. The
last seen of young Baird was about
| II o'clock the night before, when he
was talking with o. L. Baber, night
Waterman at the Meek's mill in Bona
parte and from whom he borrowed
a lantern. Baird is said to have
been slightly intoxicated at the time
! On that day young Baird borrowed
! a revolver from Van Norris, a friend
of his, and the pistol was found lying
| at his side when the body was found
Baird is the son of Mrs. George Mere
dith, who lives on farm near Bona
parte. No reason can be given fol
the young mans act.
Rock Island passenger train No
364 loaded with delegates to the A
o. U. W. and d. of II. grand lodge
at Muscatine, was struck by lightning
Several persons were stunned and Gu
by falling glass and a panic wa
narrowly averted. The most seri
ously injured are: Mrs. Frank Gal
lagher of Oelwein, stunned; Mis-
Jennie Mackland of Toledo, Ia
bduised and stunned; colored porter
cut by falling glass, serious. TIL
train was nearing Wilton at abou
Has p. m. during the rain and cleo
trical storm. Lightning struck tn
rear end of the combination baggag
md smoking car, but windows wer
shattered throughout the train.
was Immediately stopped and the IL
jured were carried, in the baggag
car. to Muscatine, where th"v wer
placed in the Commercial he i.
The more timid of Clinton's popl
lation, who have always Stunned tn
river island opposite the city as
place of i'll omen, will now more rel
giously than ever avoid the place sine
the discovery there of the body {
y an unknown man, who had hange
himself from a beam in an old she
1 on the island, with the aid of
, hitching rope. Complete myster
!, surrounds the identity of the dea
: man, in whose pockets was found 81
in bills. The finding of the body r.
calls an early day crime on the islam
y which for decades gave it the reput;
ton of haunted spot.
The coroner's jury which invest
{ gated the death of l.. w. White {
, Frank Pierce, who died from erys
n pelas, brought on, it was alleged, b
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