Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-02-14

MISSION church, East Tenth and Igor
streets, of which he was a member
Rev John Nelson, his pastor, conduct
ed tie funeral services.
w. A. Hale of Pleasantville. will
his wife and three little children
were returning from Knoxville, rid
ing In light wagon. A sudden JUMP
of the team caused the rear seat oil
the wagon, in which sat Mrs. Hale
with her infant in her arms, to till
backward. The mother was unhurr
but the child's neck was broken, and
death resulted in less than an hour.
For the first time In ten years an
engineer was arrested In Dubuque
for blocking the crossing more than
five minutes. The railways have
heen In the habit of stopping traffic
ten to twenty minutes. A few days
ago Engineer Goss, after refusing to
break train when it had been at
the crossing twenty minutes, was ar
rested. The authorities refused a
settlement. They will make an ex-
ample.
Rusty" is an ol,. dog, but he did
his dog-best to save the yard Office
OF the Great Western railroad In Des
Moines from destruction by fire Sat-
urday Early In the morning he took
UP his station beside the building and
tried In every dog way to call the
attention of passers-by. But they
thought he was merely lonely and
whining to express his feelings. Fin
ally one man, more discerning than
the rest, stopped. and followed Rusty"
where he evidently wished to lead.
Fora Gilland. aged II years. son OF
P. *. Gilland of near Drakeville, Davis
county, is recovering from the effects
OF bullet wound received a few days
ago. A 80 caliber rifle, accidentally
discharged, sent a bullet into the top
of his head, the ball ranging toward
the base of the skull Doctors were
| unable to locate the ball, t:.ougn
| probes were introduced several inches
into the wound. They pronounced
the case hopeless and for time the
| young man was unconscious. At pres
ent, complete recovery seems proba-
| Bile. The young man experiences no
rain nor i'll effects of any nature. His
| case Is puzzling to physicians.
Louise Cagasen was burned to death
and her sister Minnie was so severely
/
They are the small children of Adolph
| Cagasen. Cagasen lives over a va
cant store building, and whilo the
mother was out visiting the Children
somehow set fire to their clothing.
| The smoke attracted attention and
| when help arrived and the door Open
| ed, Minnie the 3-year-old girl stag
| gered out screaming, ablaze from
( hrn 20 hot. nfNfi rniU
burned off. The body of Louise lay
on the floor burned to crisp. 1t Is
supposed Louise lost her life trying
to save the younger girl. There are
no other children. The children
lighted lamp with paper from the
cook stove. The burning paper set
fire to the carpet which set fire TO
the bed in which both children had
crept for protection.
Dreaming that catastrophe threat
ened her brothers family, and hasten
! ing to Dayton, O., only to cause the
tragic end of four and himself, was
the fate of Samuel McCausland OF
Cedar Rapids. McCausland had a
vision during the night that his Ohio
| relatives were in danger of their
lives. Waiting only for sufficient
time to make arrangements for the
| east. he boarded the first train and
left at once for Dayton. When the
iowa man arrived he entered the
nome of his brother without making
them aware of his presence and i'll
retiring for the night stumbled over
! gas stove connection, which caused
not only the asphyxiation of himself
but the four members of the family.
His dream, SO far as can be learned,
! closely foreshadowed the calamity
which actually occurred.
Less than twenty miles away ana
in less than four hours after the acct
dent that killed Cyrus Kerr, Mike
Casper was killed in the Lost Creek
mines in exactly the same way.
Casper was alone at the time and no
one knows how the accident happen
ed. His head was mashed to pulp
and most of it is gone. He is Hun
garlan and leaves wife and seven
small children. Kerr met death in
the Price mines at Eveland. His
body was caught between the cage
! and the shaft side as the cage started
from the bottom of the mine and life
was crushed out instantly. The acci-
| dent happened when number oI
miners were gathered about tae foot
of the shaft. They witnessed the sig.
nal or the young man before he at
| tempted to get off the cage and the
next instant they saw his body
ground 10 pieces against the roof Of
the mine He leaves young wife.
The city council and public gen2r.
| ally scored victory at Dubuque when
| Judge Mathews handed down a decis-
ION suspending Henry Gniffke, tie
| third member of the municipal water
works trustees. The suspension is
| not in effect until the decision rend-
cred on the trial of Gniffke looking to
permanent removal. The judge in a
long opinion states he had been chief
~ influenced by showing loose hand
ling OF public FUNDS under Gniffke's
administration and the fact that
Superintendent Macarthur had given
no bond, etc. At the council mseting
IT was decided that the designations
Of John Elwanger, Phil Ryder and two
| other trustees, which had teen Of
rered a month ago, would be ACCEPT
ed The council has clear sailing and
will appoint new board immediate
| ly WHeu an appropriation W iiquiudte
| the SAT- 900 water works Indebtedness
| will he made.
A thick column of smoke was ris-
ing from the building and the man
wasted no time in getting to box
and turning in an alarm. This was
at 500 a. m, early, but too late to
save anything of the building. Some
valuable parers were consumed. The
loss of $4,000 Is fully coverei by st.