Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-08-08
IOWA;
NEWS

Voshall, an 1S-year-Old Wadena girl
took large drink Of laudanum and
died in a few minutes after, under
going terrible commissions, however
J Motive for her act is unknown.
Miss Lille Barnes, daughter of a
prominent farmer living near Milton,
went bicycle riding and fell from her
wheel on the road between Milton and
Pulaski, breaking her neck. Passers.
by found her dead Miss Barnes was
about 25 years old and leaves a
father, mother and brother.
Mistaking large plate glass win
dow for an open door, Miss Indepen.
dence Arson walked through the win
dow at the Written & Whithead de-
partment store at Marshalltown,
breaking out the entire lower half.
Luckily the young weman escaped
injury with the exception of a slightly
scratched arm.
May Durham, beautiful young
woman, attempted to commit suicide
by drinking carbolic acid at the home
of her stepfather, Charles Vanmeter,
cause, although she will not divulge
the name of the young man. After
much work by attending physicians
it is announced she will recover.
Fourteen thoroughbred English
Draft and Coach horses imported from
England and to be used for breeding
! purposes at the Iowa experiment sta
ton, Iowa State College, Ames, have
arrived. BY special mating at the
experiment station it is hoped to
| develop an American breed for spe-
cial purposes. The animals will be on
exhibition at the state fair at Des
Moines.
Ellis Oliphant, an employe of the
Atlantic Produce company, met with
bad accident in Council Bluffs.
! While intoxicated he lay down in the
Milwaukee tracks and switch engine
passed over both hands, crushing
them so that one had to be amputated
| entirely and all but the thumb and
little finger of the left hand. He is
married and has a family and makes
his living by day labor.
| H. Matter, a wildman whose home
Is unknown, was found wandering In
a corn field near La Porte in nude
condition, wearing nothing but a
straw hat. He wandered around for
thirty-six hours, living on corn.
Homer Brown took him to La Porte
and turned him over to the city mar
shall, after fitting him out with suit
OF clothes. The supposition is his
ralment was stolen by tramps. The
fellow suffers epileptic fits and is in
pitable condition.
Tony Nagel, his wife and two
daughter, of Dubuque, are in the hos
! pital as a result of eating chicken
killed by themselves. The symptoms
are clearly those of poisoning. One
girls life is despaired of and all are
in a precarious condition. 1t is stated
that neighhors have complained of
the depredations of Nagel's chickens.
Shortly after ten fowls died, evil
IDENTIFY from poison. 1t is believed a
fresh dose had been given and that
the Nagels killed and ate poisoned
fowl.
Four of the Filipino students in
Iowa university have left for San
Francisco, to sail for home on gov
eminent transport about the middle
of August. Those who will leave are
Messrs. San Jose, Rico, Alcazar and
fernando They have been in school
for two years taking engineering and
their expenses have been paid by the
United States government. They say
they will return to this country later
on their own account and finish their
education. Four Filipinos will re-
main at S. U. I. next year.
A peculiar tangle has arisen over
the authority of the owners of GENE
terry in Massena township, and it is
likely to get into the supreme court.
a resident of that place owned lot
in the cemetery, which was owned by
tie trustees of the township. He
planted two juniper trees on the fam
lily lot, and the trees did not seem to
be doing any good, and appeared dead.
When the trustees ordered the sexton
of the cemetery to clean up the
grounds, he took these two trees up
and threw them out of the yard Now
the owner of the lot announces his
intention of commencing legal action
against the sexton and the trustees
for malicious trespass. The fight has
aroused much bitterness.
The funeral of the late A. w. Lee,
president and founder of the Lee
Newspaper syndicate, was held at OF
tumwa on the 10Th, with simple and
impressive service at the First Pres
byterian church. According to the
wish of Mrs. Lee eight young men,
representing every newspaper in the
syndicate acted as pail bearers to their
late employer. They were: E. p. Ad-
! = sd To, u
and w. c. McMichael of Ottumwa, F.
H. Burgess of Lacrosse, Wis, Frank
| d. Thropp and Lee p. Loomis of Mus
catine, w. j. Hill and w. H. Powell
| of Hannibal Mo. Attending the fun
eral were members of the Ottumwa
Commercial association and the OF
! tumwa Country club, of which or
| ganization Mr.. Lee was president
| The Courier employees attended the
| funeral in a body. Out of respect to
Mr.. Lee every business house in the
city was closed between the hours
Of and 4 o'clock. The body was
taken to Cedar Rapids, where 1t will
be placed in a vault temporarily.
Thieves made a successful haul at
LeGrand when they entered the gen
eral store of F. o. Cummings and
stole goods to the value of $3.50. In
cluded in the theft were three re-
volvers, eighteen razors, four dozen
pocket knives, eighteen of which were
pearl handled, and ten pairs of shoes.
Entrance was effected by prying off
the rear window, breaking the glass
of the inside door and removing the
bolt The burglary was not discov-
cred until Mr.. Cummings opened his
store in the morning. The sheriff's
officers are investigating but there is
no clue.
Ellis Parker Butler Of New York
City. author of "Pigs is Pigs" and