Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1907-12-12

It's size by the burning of the wei
known steamers Isaac Staples, J. w
Van SAINT, Cyclone and Mary b., In
the Wabash boat yards at Clinton
The origin of the fire is unknown and
the loss will be about 100000, the
steamers which were among the best
of the rivers low towing boats, hav-
ing been valued at from $4,000 to
$4,000 each.
In the Zaiser malpractice case on
trial at Burlington doctors who were
present at the examination of Bal
LOUIS body, which was taken from the
grave, swore for the defense that the
body showed Ballou had tuberculo-
sis and one doctor for the prosecution
swore he had not. The result of the
trial appears to depend on the impress
sion made on the jury by the argu-
ments Of the lawyers, so closely have
the witnesses on both sides combat
! ted each ether.
James III. Alldredge, the well known
wrestler of Leon. has turned his
! strength, agility and endurance to
| good account this fall and established
a new record for cornhusking. Last
week he husked 220 bushels In one
| day of ten hours and his friends de.
| clare that he can turn the trick again
any time, or husk more corn in any
| length of time than any other man
| who wants to try conclusions with
! him. Alldredge husks one row at
| time and he makes one motion for
! every ear.
Eight hours were required by the
jury in the $4,000 personal injury suit
brought at Creston by John Hall
against the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy Railway company to reach a
verdict, and by their decision Mr.. Hall
will recover but $4,000 as damages for
the injuries which he sustained. 1t
was shown that the small bones Of the
spine were broken his shoulder blade
injured, nearly all the ribs of his left
side broken. his breast bone split, and
his left lung punctured, as the result
Of having been rolled in a seven and
one-half inch space between box car
and platform.
A well attended and enthusiastic
meeting of Humboldt business men
was held at the city hall to perfect
plans for Humboldt Commercial
club. The prospects are bright, some
ninety members are already enrolled
and officers elected, with T. w.
Rogers, president; E. /. Stanhope, vice
president; l.. w. Housed, treasurer,
and E. X. Whine, secretary. At pres
ent the town Is most interested in the
project of getting up an interurban
extension through Humboldt connect
Ing with the Des Moines, Fort Dodge
& Southern. An invitation will be
extended by the club to Mr.. Bates,
general manager OF the Des Moines,
Fort Dodge & Southern.
After having searched for him for
ten years, the mother of Lewis Smith,
aged % years, found him as a night
clerk in hotel at Burlington. ]. K.
Strause of Minneapolis, grandfather
OF the young man, came to Burlington
and astonished the young man by dis
closing his identity and telling him
that his mother wanted him to come
to her in Minneapolis. Mr.. Strause
says the boys parents were divorced
twenty years ago and that the father
disappeared with the child. Later
each parent took new life partners,
the mother marrying wealthy
Minneapolis grain merchant. The boy
supposed that his step-mother was
his own parent. He will at once go
to his mother in Minneapolis. The
married name of the mother is not
given out.
With terrible cash in the back of
his head, several ribs broken, other
injuries, with his right hand exposed
and frozen stiff and the left hand
partly frozen and his whole body
thoroughly chilled by hours of ex.
posture. James Boyd, a Scotchman,
was found unconscious near the
tracks of the Chicago & Northwestern
railway about two miles west of Cres-
cent. The injured man was picked up
by members of the section crew, who
discovered him, and was taken to the
company's passenger station in Coun-
Gil Bluffs. Later he was removed In
the city ambulance to hospital.
where he died. 1t is believed the man
was hit by fast train some time
during the night, his frozen condition
indicating he had been struck early
In the night. A memoranda contained
the name and address in Scotland.
He IS about 55. He did not regain
consciousness.
The properly about which the late
James Cullen of Charles City quar-
relied with his wife, and because of
which he finally killed her as we'll as
her son, Ray Eastman, has been prac-
tically all decreed to the heirs of
young Eastman. The award was in
the nature of $4,000 for damages for
Eastmans death. The sum comes
from the Cullen estate, and 1t IS said
practically absorbs all that remains
of what was believed to be the large
property of James Cullen. The evil
dence which was brought out in the
court, showed that Mrs. Cullen threat.
ened James Cullen with breach of
promise proceedings should he fail to
marry her. 1t is alleged that she was
after some of his property and that
after they were married they quar-.
! relied continually about money mat.
| tiers. This, It is said preyed upon
| Cullen's mind, and he determined that
neither the woman or her boy should
! get the property, and he murdered
| both, for which he was lynched few
! days later. Cullen hoped to keep the
! property for his own heirs, but now
the court has ruled that it belongs
| to Eastman on the ground that he
was wrongfully deprived of life at an
| age when his earning power was on
| the increase. According to the insur-
! ance tables there was due him $4,000.
which is ordered given the heirs and
which takes ell of the Cullen property.
The drill team of the Ottumwa
homestead No. 407 won the grand
prize in the Yeomen drill contests
before the assembled delegates at
! Des Moines. The team Is composed
OF sixteen women, captained by Mrs.
! Florence Gilbert The work of this
team was of tho highest class and the