Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-09
IOWA
NEWS
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Ross bennington, conductor of a
Rock Island freight rain, was blown
from car near Columbus Junction
during a storm and picked up later
badly injured. He was taken to his
home at Eldon. The wind was a
small tornado during the day.
Five steam dredges are now at
work on the bitches of Monona coun.
ty. The Canal Construction company
will start their third one in about two
weeks. The big Ferris, Kissle COM
pany dredge from Boise City, Idaho,
has been practically rebuilt, and is
now doing good work. The weather
is very favorable for contractors.
Alfred Knoll, a well known man
about % years old, was drowned in
West Lake at Kanawha, while hunt
ing In boat In shifting positions
his boat upset, and as he was attired
in heavy hunting costume and boots
he could not have himself, and he dis
appeared beneath the surface before
help reached him. He was unmarried
Judge Bank in the district court
at KeokrL fined Albert Berger 5000
for violating an injunction whereby
the saloons were permitted to con-
tinue in business so long as they lived
up to the letter of the mulct law
Berger was foud guilty of selling
liquor to minor and of selling on
Sundays. This is the first contempt
case brought in Keokuk since the sa.
looms went under the mulct law.
A jury in the federal court at OF
tumwa found John w. Baldwin, of
Shenandoah guilty of sending an OH
scene letter through the mails. Judge
Smith Mcpherson at once sentenced
him to two years in the penitentiary
at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The let
ter was too vulgar to be shown to
the public. 1t was sent by Baldwin
through the Shenandoah postoffice to
Miss Pocahontas Harris, daughter of
William Harris, and a prominent girl
OF that city. Baldwin is 22 years old.
The residents of Coralville are pre-
pairing to move their grave yard. The
| burial place is rather inaccessible and
has been used because it was the gift
OF Ezekiel Clark, one of the promi-
nent men in early Iowa. 1t has been
arranged to trade the lot for another
nearer the town. The graves are be-
ing located and marked Sixty per.
sons are buried and forty-three graves
have been located. The cemetery is
so old that many of the graves are
worn down level with the rest of the
ground and cannot be located. 1t is
supposed that those of the pioneers
who cannot be found will be left
where they are now resting. The
others will be given journey to the
new burying ground.
That the franchise ordinance of the
Sioux City Traction company, carry
ing with it the proposition to build
overhead tracks at Wall street, which
met with the approval of the Com
mercial club, will be Strongly opposed,
has been made apparent by the report
OF a special committee of the Sioux
City Real Estate Mems association.
The report has been submitted by
Charles A. Kneedler, but action on it
has been postponed for one week in
order that the entire membership of
the association can have an oppor-
tunity to pass on the question. The
Commercial club, composed of the
leading business men of the city, has
already gone on record as favoring
the ordinance desired by the traction
company.
Everett Craig was arrested at
lmogene on warrant sworn out in
Justice Depp's court by his divorced
wife charging him with kidnapping
his own children. She came from
Savanna, Mo-, and alleged that the
sheriff was coming with a warrant
and requisition for Craig. Upon this
statement the justice held him under
bond over night and then discharged
him for he had learned meantime
that the women's statement was false.
The couple were married in Thayer
county, Neb. Last August she OBJ
tanned a divorce from him on the
ground of desertion and the court
granted her the custody of the three
children, aged respectively IL, 9 and
z vars. In October she took them to
Savanna, Mo-, where her people live.
Her parents wrote to Craig to come
and get the children, that she was
neglecting them, and they were need
ing care. On this representation he
went down a week ago and brought
ne children to Imogene, placing them
with his parents.
Correcticnville has a boy problem
on its hands-not problem of many
boys, but of one in particular. No
body knows where he is going to
break loose next, and that portion OF
the community that is near him lives
in constant fear and trembling.
Clyde Lantis is the lads name and
he is only Is years old. His latest
bit of deviltry surpassed anything he
ever did before and resulted in filling
another lads leg full of bits of metal
shot from target rifle. Young Lam
tbs was out shooting at stray dogs
and cats. but when little Willie
Wetcher came along the boy with
gun saw more fun in making little
Willie dance. He fired away at
Willie's leg numerous times, until
| Willie set up tremendous howl that
aroused the neighborhood, brought a
rescuing party to his aid and scared
young Lantis away. A doctor picked
nearly dozen pieces of metal from
the lads legs and says that he will
be all right, though the missiles
might have cost him his life. The
community is still puzzled over its
boy problem.
Charles Anderson of Mason City
dropped dead at Lemon, S. D., wf~ye
he went to leave his family on
claim. Anderson was an old Milwau-
kee engineer who had been running
out OF Mason City for thirty-six years
The Fremont county Jail is empty
its last two occupants having Just
been taken to Fort Madison. ]. H..
Basher went to serve two years for
assault and robbery. William Tarr,