Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-04-04
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The cry of child aroused the fam
lily of William f. Nufer, superinten
dent of construction at the state ce
ment plant at Mason City to the fac
that two members of the family were
unconscious from the effects of Goa
gas from hard coal stove. Mr.. Nufel
was able to get to the door, which
he opened to allow the entry of fresh
air. The other children were arous
ed and a physician summoned. The
Weakening of the child and its cry
saved the family.
Charles Bonaparte, full blood
Omaha Indian, came to Council Bluffs
few days ago, filled up on frewater
and sauntering about, eyed hand
some women arrayed in one of the
latest creations of Easter toys. Bona
parte followed the object of his ad
miration into a store, where he threw
kiss from the tip of his fingers to
her, only to be repulsed with a
naughty stare and to be arres by
policeman who answered tn cpll
of the proprietor.
G. II. Elsham, manager of the
Traffod company piano house OF
Mason City, was seriously injured by
a piano falling upon him and pinning
him to the ground. He was assisting
In unloading the instrument when 1t
slipped from the men. BY a quick
move Mr.. Elsham swung his body
clear, but his legs were caught and
badly crushed. The men lifted the
piano from the unfortunate man as
quickly as they could, and while they
held 1t up another pulled him from
under.
According to a Washington dis.
patch Senator Allison has sent let.
ter to personal friend in that city in
which he denies the published report
that he will leave public life on &C
count of ~ heath. He says in the
letter: "a e report to which you re-
fer is without any foundation what.
ever. While / am not as well as
would like to be, my health is greatly
improved and l am getting along very
nicely. l have been improving for a
long time and feel very much better
since my return home"
Mrs. Fred M. Bliss, daughter of
Barney Mcdonald, representative
from Carroll county, died in the hos
pital at Carroll from the effects of
falling from a foot bridge across the
Coon river in Jasper township near
where she has lived for a number
of years. With several small chill.
dren she had gone after the mail,
sending the children across the
bridge while she herself had stopped
and leaned against the railing of the
bridge. The railing gave way and
she dropped a distance of ten feet
below, breaking her back. Although
she was conscious until the end, the
lower extremities were paralyzed.
E. c. Phillips, representing the
Donker-Williams Advertising company
OF Chicago, was arrested in Fort
Madison and taken to Ottumwa to
answer the charge of forgery and
possibly also of bigamy. Phillips is
accused of forgery Of an order for a
bill of goods. Phillips and Matte
| Eggers of Osceola eloped from there
| recently and were married in Chart
ton. Alonzo Long of Omaha, western
manager for the firm, told Justice
| Melick that he would secure from his
! firm a letter from a woman in Vir-
| ginia, who claims Phillips as her hus-
band, and which will probably be
| sufficient evidence to indict Phillips
for bigamy. Phillips and Miss Eggers
were married on about twenty-four
hours acquaintance.
One of the most important COM
promises or agreements ever made
in Iowa was effected at Onawa when
the contractor and the civic fedora
ton, who are the DIRECTORS to the big
Monona, Harrison county, drainage
ditch, came to an agreement that
litigation and all opposition to the
ditch through the courts should cease
at once. The contractors have since
ordered the cement, and work with
the steam dredge will commence as
soon as possible. The great work
which, with branches and laterals
now in sight, will cost nearly $1,000
600, Is the greatest drainage propo-
sition ever attempted in the state OF
Iowa. The people want the ditch,
which has already been delayed one
year, and there Is much rejoicing
over the outlook.
A decision was handed down in the
United States court of appeals at st.
Louis, written by Judge Hook, affirm.
Ing judgment for an award of dam.
ages against the Chicago C North.
western Railroad company for the
death of an express messenger killed
In wreck and holding that exces.
sive speeding of railroad trains is
dangerous. The case was that of
Mrs. Mary OBrien of Cascade, Ia,
suing as Administrative of the estate
Of her son, James O'Brien, who was
killed in wreck at Boone, Ia, on
Aug. l, 1898. The jury of the trial
awarded the plaintiff $3.50 damages.
The decision in affirming the judg.
ment sets forth that the evidence
supported the conclusion that the
train was being negligently operated
In view Of the unusual and excessive
speed" 1t was shown in the evi.
dence that the trains schedule WINS
forty-fve miles on hour.
Emil Schnee, aged so, while cross.
Ing the railway tracks near the Hi.
nois Central bridge at Dubuque, was
struck by west bound Illinois Cen.
trail train and thrown into the Great
western track just as an eastboGnd
freight was passing. The body was
horribly ground and cut in two, death
occurring instantly.
Charles Bloom, who three years
ago killed man in Holland, is being
sought in this section by an eastern
detective, who is working under the