Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-06-06
IOWA
NEWS

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Jerusalem, rendered him some months
ago and this week he and his wife
leave for the new location.
| Walter Whitaker, the 17-year-old
son of Poll Tax Collector Whitaker
of Council Bluffs in attempting to
board a Rock Island freight train at
Nicola, fell and barely escaped in
slant death. A broken leg was the
extent of his injury.
The 3-year-old son of Fred Pochler
of Summer, fell backward into
candy pail of boiling water and was
so badly burned that the flesh drop
ped from his body. His condition is
most serious. The grandparents at
whose home he was at the time or
the accident are almost Frustrated
with grief. The family lives ten
miles south of town.
Mat Cavanaugh, an aged bachelor
of Cedar Rapids, was robbed OF $3.50
by Frank Maturla. an old friend from
Chelsea, who came to spend rev
DAYS. While Cavanaugh was at
tending his garden the friend broke
the locks of a chest containing the
cash. He took also revolver and
razor. which were upstairs. He was
arrested at Waverly, while buying
suit of clothes.
Stipulations and decree in the set
tlement of the affairs of the defunct
Farmers State bank at Clearfield
have been filed in the Office of the
clerk of the district court at Bedford.
H. - fhA cit Inn Lon
in accordance with the decree the
stockholders will put up sufficient
funds to pay all claims against the
bank in full This also means that
the criminal cases against William
Hughes, the aged Leon capitalist and
stepfather of Ferren, the ahsconding
cashier, will be dismissed.
While c. A. Reeves and wife were
attending services at st. Johns
church, corner of Sixth and Chest
nut streets, Des Moines, Sunday
evening, someone visited the hitching
racks and made away with their
horse and buggy. The theft was not
discovered until the services were
over and no one in the vicinity
seemed to know anything of the act.
1t was first thought the horse had
become united and had wandered a
short distance away, or had been Dor
rowed by someone and would soon
be returned AS time passed on these
theories were exploded and the police
were informed of the matter.
| Mrs. Lee Chapman and her three
children, members of family residing
near Pisgah, were buried recently
| All died in a fire in their home
Mrs. Chapman and the family had
been to town. Being chilled In their
return, Mrs Chapman, with the baby
of the family in her arms, poured
some oil from a jug on the kitchen
| fire. The oil supposed to be kerosene
proved to be gasoline and terrific
explosion followed the fash OF flames
| The children were all gathered about
| their mother and all were burned so
| terribly that death soon came to their
relief. Mr.. Chapman entered the
house while the fire was burning
fiercely and was seriously burned try
| ing to rescue his wife and children.
The mother and three children were
buried in two graves.
Iowa members of the Modern
Woodmen Of American are quickly
responding to the effort of the orga-
nization to erect a pavilion to be
used as headquarters and resting
place for the members who visit the
| Iowa state fair. While the project
as launched only about ten days
ago. C. W. McCurdy of Des Moines,
.secretary, has received contributions
from many camps. The Iowa state
fair directors agreed to furnish the
site for the hons on the fair grounds
| free, the lodge simply having to erect
and maintain the pavilion. 1t was de-
cided that an assessment Of 10 cents
on the $4,000 or more members in
Iowa would provide ample funds and
requests were sent to each camp to
make the collections and forward
them to Mr.. McCurdy, who will turn
the drafts over c. H. McNider of
Mason City, treasurer of the Iowa
organization. 1t is believed that the
income from concessions during the
fair being sufficient to maintain it.
In letter received at Ottumwa it
Is stated that Morgan Palmer, for
merly of that city, Is being sought
for by the Montana authorities, as
being implicated in the daring holdup
of the Northern Pacific northwest
limited train near Butte on May Z in
which the engineer was killed and the
fireman shot. The evident intention
of the robbers was to secure a large
sum of money being transported on
the train, but their plans were flus-
trated. The authorities at once set
out in pursuit of the robbers and
captured a man named Clark. Clark,
according to the letter. confessed the
whole affair and named Palmer as an
accomplice. Palmer has not been
captured and his whereabouts are
unknown. Palmer is well known in
Iowa He was employed in Ottumwa
for several years on the street rail-
way and later b. the c. B. & @. He
left some time ago for Sheridan, Wyo.
Relatives of Palmer say that he is
wo. king in Wyoming as an engineer
on the Burlington.
WhileAworking at the top OF thir.
ty-foot telephone pole, Thursday af.
ternoon. Audley Crouch, lineman
was thrown to the ground by the
breaking of his belt, receiving serious
injuries about his head and body
though no bones were broken. 1t Is
feared internal complications will
result.
Phil. A. Boland OF LeMars, pro
minent as attorney, banker and poll
tican, died at st. Joseph's hospital In
Sioux City. He had been op
Grated on for obstruction Of the
bowels. He was 38 years old ant
leaves a wife and six children.
Two attempts have been made BY
incendiaries to destroy the hand
, some Summit House block, one o
, the largest structures in erosion