Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-09-05


Franklin at Norfolk, Va, Aug. 4,
was arrested at Marshalltown by
Chief of Police Nicholson. Quick's
mother, Mrs. A. Quick, resides at
| Marshalltown, and the young man
| only returned a few days ago. Chief
1 Nicholson will take the prisoner to
Norfolk.
protest has been filed with the
state railroad commission by cream
cry and dairy interests of the state
| against a new schedule of rates
| adopted by railroads and express
| companies by which the traffic
| charges on cream are increased
about 30 per cent. The protest asks
the commission for a hearing and
! prohibitive order which has been is
sued. The rates Will not be effective
| until there is decision Of the COM
| mission.
Parquali Zella, an Italian track la
borer, in an heroic effort to save the
| life of 3-year-old Clifford Atwood, was
| struck and instantly killed and his
| dead body, with that of the child, was
| hurled distance of seventy feet at
| Montour, Ia, by fast Northwestern
| freight train. The accident happened
! at $50 o'clock at the Northwestern
crossing on the main street of the
| town and was witnessed by half a
hundred people
One of the sources or greatest ex-
pense to Council Bluffs is the matter
| Of bridges, having to maintain nearly
| thirty structures over Indian creek
large enough to provide for heavy
| travel. 1t was with the view of les
| sening the annual outlay for bridge
| construction and repairs that bids
have been secured for the building Of
one or more concrete bridges, the
plan contemplating the gradual
| elimination of wood and steel struc-
lures to be replaced by those of con-
crete.
"He killed my papa and mamma,
and | am glad he was lynched."
| Such was the sentiment of Ralph
Copple, the 7-year-old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Copple, when he
was told that the murderer of his
| parents had been lynched near Sioux
| City. The little boy has been max
| ing his home with his aunt, since
| his parents were brutally murdered
| by Lorien Higgin. Seven children
We're left by the murdered couple.
| They were distributed among rela-
! tives.
| 1t is getting so that the peaceful,
citizens of Iowa City cannot hitch
up the family horse and drive out
| into the country without being run
down by some wealthy farmer il
| his automobile Noah Schrock, wife
| and child were thrown out Of their
buggy when their horses became
! frightened at an auto driven by Mr..
| Gingerich of Sharon township
Schrock was thrown onto a barbed
wire fence and the other two went
! clear over the fence into field. All
three were somewhat hurt
Arrangements are completed and
the tri-state fair is on. Crowds are al
ready surging into Dubuque to be in
! attendance and the town is gay with
! coloring. Every where predominates
! the spirit of the occasion and the big
! fair promises to be a success. Dan
Patch with his 1855 record is the
main attraction on the grounds. Over
| seventy-five horses are stalled at the
! stables to participate in the racing
event and the great exhibit hall is
| already filled with a splendid attrac
! ton. Special trains will begin to rur
into the city by Wednesday, Dan
Patch day, when the fair will be in
full blast and the programme opened
! in earnest.
From brooding over a terrible fate
which o palnlist told her would over.
take her and cause her death Mrs
Elizabeth Cowperthwaite. of Des
Moines, went violently insane. She
was taken to the Clarinda hospital by
her husband after the insanity com.
mission had declared her a fit sub.
| ject. Mrs. Cowperthwaite had her
| palm read by lady who told her
that she would meet death by light
ming. The information threw the
woman into a state of terror and par
ticularly so when a thunderstorm
was brewing Finally she began to
imagine that her house was filled
with electric currents and she be-
came very irrational. She is fifty
seven years old
/ VIC vi lHC blSSCoI ilpHOl nNiHhl %
ever made in Marshall county, if not
the biggest, was secured at Laurel
a few days ago by Constable Walter
Wilson, who raided Henry Willis
place on a search warrant and took
charge of twenty-seven cases OF
beer and a large quantity of whisky
w. H. Austin, veterinary surgeon
of IauI ell, swore out the warrant
Most of the beer was marked with
the original labels, instead of being
called "hop ale" or some other fan
ciful name. Some of the whisky was
also laoeled as it came from the dis
tillery. Willis was not placed un
der arrest, as the grand jury viii
meet next week and his case will e
directly before that body. Laurel |!
small town in the southern par
of the county and is supposed to be
a dry town. A crowd of abou
fifty or seventy-five men, just from
: the ball grounds. where Baxter ant
Laurel had been playing, was yer!
disappointed in not being able to lint
up for the brew" Had the con
stable been fifteen minutes late
} with his raid he would have doubt
less not secured the quantity he did
1t required two wagons to transpor
: the liquor to Marshalltown.
William Tace, an insane negro VIII,
J, is laboring under the balucinatiol
r that he killed one Of the Peterson
i children and that the other is still
alive, will probably be given a hear
j ing by the insanity commission tc
e day After being locked up in jail
!. Tace declared that Tommy Peterson
e is still living and that he himsel
/ killed the girl. Jailer Madden wa