Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-03-07

harness shop and the w. w. johnson
Lumber company's yards. The f.
Emerson grocery stock was damaged
by water.
@. b. Geigler, harness dealer a
Rockwell, suddenly collapsed Wejnes
day afternoon on the street near hi!
. place Of business, and when picket
up was unconscious. He was takeI
to his home where he later survived
He complained of severe pain in thu
stomach and left side. The symptoms
battle the physicians
Solomon M. Hattery was struck by
an Illinois Central train as he was
walking on the track near the bust
ness section of Council Bluffs and In
1ured so badly that he may not re
cover Hattery lives with a sister
Mrs. Rieckman. Halter is at hos
pital suffering intensely and Ii uncon.
scious.
While tending the signal lights on
his regular rounds between De Witt
and Grand Mound, Mathey Boyle, an
aged man, was struck and instantly
killed by fast Northwestern train.
Boyle took care Of the Hall signal
lights on the railroads, and 1t was
while he was making his usual trips
that he lost his life He Is 60 years
old and had been with the road for
many years.
General Manager Blake Of the Fort
Dodge, Des Moines & Southern rail
road returned from Chicago where he
purchased eleven interurban cars OF
the latest and most modern pattern
and also considerable freight equip
ment for the new interurban which
will be in operation not later than
July /.
Five thousand dollars for the aliena
ton Of the affections Of his wife, is
one Of the new cases filed In the dis
trict court of Hardin county. The
plaintiff Is Julius Pohr and the action
is brought again John Eckhoff for
damages for the above amount. The
defendant Is said to live at Steam
boat Rock and be we'll advanced in
years.
Superintendent Fitzgerald of the
Iowa Industrial School for Girls pre-
sented his opera 1.-THE Sorceress" at
Mitchelville before a crowded house
The girls carried off their parts well,
giving a really meritorious perform
ance. About 400 people from Colfax
attended. II Is the intention to pre-
sent the play before the Iowa legisla.
| ture.
Because H. E. Gardner of Grundy
Center was stricken with an attack Of
rheumatism a year ago and because
he went to Colfax to be cured by the
waters, he has received the contract
for building an addition costing $40,
600 to the Grand hotel. Gardner made
number of friends while In Colfax
and when the proprietors decided to
| enlarge their hotel, the Grundy Center
man was the one thought Of An addi-
ton 40x50 feet will be put on the
south part of the building, giving thir.
| ty-two more rooms to the hostelry, and
making 1t three stories and a base
ment. The entire lower floor will be
| given over to baths. Work will be-
gin at once.
Lottie Alvina Davis, the 7-year
old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Dwight
Davis, Of Grinnen, was struck by a
"teeter totter" and instantly killed,
while playing with her companions.
The children had improvised a heavy
plank used in moving a house, and
which had been suspended across a
log, into a lettering board, and were
laughing and shouting as the huge
plank see-sawed them up and down in
the air. firing of the play, they sud-
denly jumped to the ground, when one
end Of the timber struck the Davis
child across the shoulders, crushing
her to the earth. In falling, her chin
struck log, the weight of the impact
breaking her neck. Death was instan-
taneous. The funeral was held this
afternoon.
At a special session of the Grand
lodge I. o. o. F. Tuesday morning the
sum of $4,000 was voted to finish
the Orphans home. which the order
is building at Mason City. One hun
dred and City members Of the grand
lodge were present and approved the
necessity of the added appropriation
| for the home, which was the occasion
of the call of the meeting. The trus-
tees Of the Orphans home submitted
a report showing that the total cost
of the structure and equipment would
be SIC, 1904. The amount previously
appropriated being $55,000, a balance
Of $21,160.41 was reported as neces.
sary and the lodge voted to appropri-
ate an even $4,000.
The registrar Of the state university
makes an official statement that the
university registration for the year
1867 to date Is 1850. As the second
semester registration rs practically
completed, this figure represents sub
stantially the total registration for
the year. This is the largest number
OF students the university has ever
had In attendance, and exceeds last
years enrolment by 235 students,
and the enrolment Of 1904-5 by 400
an increase Of practically one-third in
two years. The number given above
Is without duplicates and means 1850
different students. This Is also ex.
elusive of the students who are reg.
istered only in the affiliated university
school Of music. There are IS stu.
dents enrolled In the school Of music,
SO of whom are also enrolled In other
courses in the university. The regi.
strar also states that the correspon.
dence of his office relative to prospec-
tive attendance In 1908 indicates a
large increase over the present enroll.
| ment.
OF the thirteen hundred tons Of
steel required for the superstructure
Of the new Fleming block, in Des
Moines, six hundred tons have been
fabricated at the works of the Des