Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-11

IOWA.
NEWS

Davenport restaurateur, plunged
headloug from the third story win
dow of the apartment house in which
he lived. He broke both ankles and
suffered internal injuries in striking
the sidewalk forty feet below. He
is fatally injured Nervous collapse
was the cause.
F.. H. Gilmore Of Baden, Neb., was
found dead in his room at the Kiel
hotel at Council Bluffs, death having
been caused by aspnyxiation. The
transom and windows were tightly
closed and the gas jet open. 1t Is
believed Gilmore's death was the re-
suit of an accident. He retired late
and had been drinking, but was not
helplessly intoxicated.
Sterling has a modern Samson in
jail in the person of one Harry
Scott, who stole 800 feet of seine
from a Rock River fisherman named
Tempelhoff. Scott seized the iron
bars of the window in the city Jail
and twisted the bars with his naked
hands. The authorities removed him
20 the county Jail and locked him in
q steel cage for safe keeping.
Lying on a bench in the passenger
station at Colfax with one foot hang
ing to the ankle by only few shreds
of flesh, with his wounds squirting
blood through the bandages, G. M.
Hughes, wealthy West Point, Neb.,
stockman, dictated his last will and
testament. His foot had been sew
cred by the car wheels a few min
utes before. He will recover.
Damage to the extent of $4,000 was
done to the equipment of the Illinois
Central railroad in a rear end coils
Ion in the yards at Council Bluffs. A
passenger train backing over from
Omaha was run into by meat train.
resulting in piling up the passenger
cars with the freight cars on top.
The crew of the freight, who were
responsible for the wreck, though
the passenger was in the clear.
The appellate division of the SUI
preme court of New York has de-
clared invalid the provisions of the
will of George w. Gait as far as they
relate to the Iowa College OF Agri-
culture and Mechanic Arts, by which
the college loses a reversionary in
terest to $4,000. The decision is
based on the ground that the college
Is not an incorporated body and
therefore can not act as trustee to
hold property.
The large barn on the farm of Fred
d. Markle, about ten miles northeast
of New Hampton, with all its con-
tents, was destroyed by fire. The
family was asleep, but someone
awoke about o'clock and discovered
the fire. They have no idea how it
started. Sixteen cattle and eight
head of horses and all the feed, Lar
ness, ETC., was burned. The loss
will exceed $4,000. There is $1,000
insurance.
]. w. Liffering, formerly principal
of both the Cleghorn and Larrabee
schools, in the district court at Sioux
City pleaded guilty to petit larceny
and was sentenced to thirty days in
the county jail. Liquor has got such
strong hold of him that he asked
the court to send him to the asylum
at Knoxville and the Judge promised
to accommodate him at the end Of
his sentence. Mrs. Liffering recent
ly secured a divorce.
Emmanuel Smith, a Riverton ban
ker, who was defendant In a SANDER
suit, was given verdict by the jury
after few minutes elaboration.
This case attracted much attention
owing to the prominence of the par
ties concerned. Mrs. Lena Hayes Of
Riverton brought suit against Mr..
Smith for 5000 damages for alleged
slanderous statements derogatory to
her good name, which statements the
defendant denied making. The case
was tried once before and resulted in
a hung jury.
The Methodist parsonage at Bagley
was consumed by fire few nights
ago. The ire originated from a
bonfire back of the Mouse and caught
In the caves. A strong wind was
blowing from the southeast and the
flames spread rapidly. A large crowd
gathered quickly and considerable Of
the furniture was removed from the
house. The church building was
about fifty feet north of the burning
parsonage and 1t is a miracle that it
was saved. Had it not been for the
active and persistent work of the
bucket brigade, composed of the citi.
zens, male and female, the large
building would certainly have gone up
in smoke.
well, John, received your letter
and was surprised to learn that you
are headed this way. l thought you
would go the other direction. You
needn't come here for you will find
no home. No matter how homesick
you are" The above taken from
portions of two letters found on the
body Of John H. Maphet, of Cincin
natl, probably tells the story of the
cause of his death. The letters were
not signed in a legible manner bu
are supposed to be from his wife
Maphet threw himself under a NOV
ing train near jordan and was de
capitated. Letters taken from hi:
clothes indicate that he deserted hi!
wife without cause while she was il
critical condition.
Fire at Waterloo almost totally de
stroyed the stock of Woods Brothers
f':rniture store and badly damaged
the George p. Beck block in which
the store was located. The fire start
ed in the basement and rapidly fol
lowed the elevator shaft to the thir,
and fourth floors. The building wa
thoroughly Quilted by the fire an,
water and there was over four fee
of water in the basement. The los
to the building will be $4,000, full
insured. The loss on Woods Broth
ers' stock is $4,000, also insured
This is the second time that Wood
Bros. have been burned out
Almost irreparable damage wa
done to the west side Carnegie Il