Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-08-22
IOWA
NEWS
|. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

places burned entirely off, Nellie
Donahue, the 1l-year-old daughter OF
Andrew Donahue of Des Moines, Is
lying at her home in critical con-
dition and suffering intense pain.
Her clothing caught fire while she
was preparing dinner.
Burglars dynamited the safe In
-~--~- Sweeney's general store in
| Chillicothe, and secured SIS in cash.
The postoffice is located In the store.
Besides the cash, the thieves got
some cigars and tobacco. They were
tracked to the Black Hawk bridge
! at Ottumwa and the police of that
city are looking for them. Mrs. j. b.
Kitterman and her son saw the burg
lars at work but she would not let
| her son leave until after they escaped.
At a special election Deep River
| township of Powesheik county voted
| s per cent tax on the taxable yalu-
alton of the property of the township
to aid the Marengo &. Midland inter
urban. The tax was carried In four
of the six precincts along the line
and lost in two. However, In the two
where the vote was adverse, the citi-
zens have indicated their intention
of subscribing for all stock necessary
to meet the requirements OF the
bonding company. Montezuma voted
the tax some time ago.
The last of the $4,000 which was
Chariton's contribution TO the new
railroad fund has been raised and the
building Of the new railroad, the
Waterloo. Pella G. Southwestern,
through Charlton is now sure thing
Several other towns were asked for
different contributions, all of which
have been either part or wholly Sc
cured. E. A. Harris, a Des Moines
man, is one of the promoters of the
new road Work will probably be
begun soon, as Charlton was assured
that when the $4,000 was raised
the railroad would build.
Two thousand members of the Ger
man American alliance and allied
societies in Davenport paraded be-
hind a band of $50 musicians a few
nights ago in protest against the pre-
| sent attempt to put the Davenport
saloons under the Iowa mulct law.
Transparencies carried proclaimed
that, Sane laws we uphold, but in
sane restrictions we will fight" Our
| liberties we prize and our rights we
will maintain" and Davenport is not
the place for tyrannical Sunday laws"
A monster open air meeting was later
addressed by prominent citizens.
BY the accidental capsizing of row
boat at Des Mones, Roy Ratcliff and
has fancee were both drowned within
sight of help at Thompson's bend,
| nh fhrpa-pnartnr nf a mile above
the dam in the Des MOines river.
| Ratcliff died Loyalty endeavoring to
save the young girl, but in her eX-
! element she greatly handicapped his
| movements and both went down to-
gether. Both bodies were recovered.
Ratcliff was a clerk at the freight Of
fee of the Great Western railway
company in Des Moines. Miss How
ard was the daughter OF Mr.. and
Mrs. G. w. Howard, who conduct
the Howard restaurant.
For the first time in thirty-seven
years, since he forsook the world to
become a Trappist monk, Brother
! Timothy of the monastery near Dbl
buque, visited his native home in
Dyersville, few days ago, to enjoy
the pleasures of family reunion with
his brothers and sisters. The re-
union was one of the happiest events
Of the monks life. Brother Timothy
guest master of the old monastery, is
one of the best known members of
the great order of Trappist monks and
Is known far and wide for his genial
and engaging hospitality. The rule
of silence does not lie on him and
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to the home of the Trappists, of max
ing pleasant the visit of the outsider.
Thirty-seven years ago Brother Tim
othy gave up the world with what ii
held for him of youthful anticipation
and happiness and went into the
clustered home, entered into the
heart of the spiritual life apart from
the things that distract from the
purely religious; gave up the dreams
of future in the world to know only
the ways of meditation and prayer.
Hanging at the top of windmill
tower for several minutes with the
fingers of one hand crushed in the
gearing, waiting a gust of wind to
start the mill and release him, was
the excruciating experience of o. NJ
Beach Of Fayette, few days ago
He had been repairing a mill on q
tower at Hawkeye, and having fin
ished his work, started to oil the mil
head. He tested the brake to make
sure of safety in case a breeze should
spring up. The brake seemed to be In
satisfactory condition, and the mil
was stationary. Then he reached W
and caught hold of the gearing will
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self as he climbed step higher NJ
sooner had he done so than gust o
wind whirled the mill, in spite of thi
brake, and caught the second, thirt
and fourth fingers in the cogs. Their
the mill stopped. He attempted t,
draw his hand away, but the fiesl
: was too firmly wedged in the gear
ing There he was obliged to hang
enduring the pain of the smashe,
fingers until another puff of vim
started the mill onward and release
him.
A feud Of long s-anCing eliminate
: in a shooting affair on Pelton avenu
), at Des Moines, that may result fatal
: to Artio Screivino. an Italian, VIII
a was dangerously shot through tn
!, side. His assailant, Ottavio Laprt
!. vitera, escaped Naturally there wa
II woman in the case. The woma
! was Laprovitera's wife. 1t is sal
= that the two men and cousin {
Laprovitera had quarreled man
times over the woman. Some fierc
. word battles have waged between tn
) two PRINCIPAL characters end a fl
y fight some weeks ago is said to hay
quoted matters for period.
1t is alleged in the application fc
" certiorari that the statutory fee of s.
e has been paid to the attorneys IL
" the nroSecutiOn in each of the II