Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-30

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drowned in the Cedar river at Ceda,
Falls. He was standing in three feet
of water when his heart failed him
a.s he fell into a deep hole.
Charley Swartz, formerly of Block
ton, but for some time conductor
on the Great Western, was killed a
| few days ago In the switch yards al
st. Joseph. He was run down by the
| switching engine some time during
the latter part of the night, and his
horribly mutilated body was found
next morning. The deceased was the
SON OF Ed. Swartz. proprietor Of the
hotel at Blockton, and grew to man.
hood at that place.
General Manager Blake of the In.
terurban company, has just present
ed to Boone county 1000 cars OF
gravel, of which amount the city OF
Boone gets nearly 500 loads. The
interurban company is loading the
cars at the Blake gravel pit, and is
hauling the gravel along the line
wherever the county authorities wish
1t. Such acts as this on the part OF
the interurban company are the kind
that make the people feel cordially
toward the new corporation.
When her horse frightened at an
automobile, and ran away, Mrs.
Charles Johnson, aged As, wife of a
well known farmer living south OF
lie Grand, was thrown and badly in
Jured. Her little son, aged II, es.
capped injury. Mrs. Johnson suffered
the fracture of two ribs, and she is
bleeding profusely from the lungs, in,
dicating that the hemorrhages are
due to puncture of the lungs by the
broken ribs. She was also badly
bruised about the head and shoulders
and it Is feared she is injured inter.
nally.
The Iowa sheriffs in their twenty.
sixth annual convention at Davenport
gave gold headed canes to retiring
President Andy Coquilette of Cedar
| Rapids, and Secretary George o. Cor
lis of Independence. Officers were
elected as follows: President w. c.
| Brown, Clarion; vice president, Henry
kruse, Maquoketa; secretary, George
| o. Corlis, Independence. The sher
ifs heard addresses bw Frank j. Ses
| sionS, advocating the juvenile court
| and by Marquis Barr, warden of the
reformatory at Anamosa, indorsins
the indeterminate sentence law. They
| left the choice of the next place OF
meeting to the new officers.
A narrow escape from death oc
Cured at Mason City when c. o
Dawson was burning some rubbish in
the alley near his residence wher
| three 44-caliber cartridges which had
been carelessly dumped into 8
waste basket and thence onto the
pile of rubbish exploded. Fragments
Of the shells struck the ground al
Mr.. Dawson's feet and others flew in
dangerous proximity to members Of
his family who stood near. They
beat a hasty retreat. The cartridges
carried immense leaden balls and
were mementoes of the Spanish
American war which had been kept
in the house for some time. One OF
the four placed on the fire did moi
explode and afterwards was examined
and found that the powder was in per
feet condition.
Report of the state chemist with
regard to the water taken from the
Bedford deep we'll is rather discourag
ing, and it looks now as though the
thousands of dollars expended by tho
Developing company has been in vain
A sample of the water was sent tC
the state chemist, and his report is tt
the effect that the water contains
large quantities of calcium sulphate
which renders it unfit for use. The
we'll is now 1000 feet deep and has
cost nearly $4,000. A twenty-houl
pumping test shows that the supply
of water is practically inexhaustible
The pump used in the test had &
capacity OF about 100 gallons pei
minute, and at the end of the test tht
water level was not lowered to an.
appreciate extent. According to thu
contract, the well Is to be sunk t
the depth of $3.50 feet, unless al
ample supply of pure, wholesom,
water Is found at higher level TIL,
water has been found in amply guam
tity, but it is neither prue no
wholesome, and it is the intention t.
resume drilling with IN a short time.
Because, he lays, the Northwestern
railway forced him to go out on hi
run when he was fatigued from over
work, Robert McKirlin, fireman, feI
asleep in his cab seat and tumbled t
the tracks, sustaining serious injuries
and now he asks $4,000 damages
: After working thirty hours withou
J rest or sleep Kirlin claims that O
; Aug. 3, 1906, he was ordered by NJ
Clure to take out as fireman a pas
; senger train engine running betwee
) Sioux City and Missouri Valley. H
asserts that he objected to goins
: explaining that his condition was nc
such as to permit it. Regardless c
: his protests, says Kirlin, he was con
| PEELED to go, and when near the tow
of Whiting, while the train was goL.g
; at a speed of twenty-five miles a
{ hour, he either became unconsciou
| or fell asleep from the fatigue and |
such condition fell from the engin
: TO the tracks. The fall cause
severe injuries to his head and bacl
| recites his petition, and his conditio
, is such that he will always be incap;
: citated for work. His action wa
commenced in the district court.
e Michael Hiltz, an attache of the di
0 trict court and father of Chief {
: Police Hiltz of Burlington, while a
D tempting to cross the Rock Islam
: tracks, was run down by a passenge