Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-10-08
IOWA
NEWS


rain in Iowa from Aug. 81 to Sept. 26.
Jumping from his engine to escape
from a collision that didn't occur,
Tom Callahan, a Rock Island pas
senger engineer, received injuries
from which he died at Mercy hospital
in Des Moines.
Becoming annoyed by man who
:ried to flirt with her, Mrs. Frank b.
Clark of Ottumwa, called patrolman
had the man arrested and went TO
the central police station where she
lied information against the would
De masher.
Rev. T. G. Sykes, pastor of the Sixth
Presbyterian church, Des Moines
served a three course dinner to the
zine deacons Of his church at h'~
home. Because of the absence Of his
wife, Rev. Sykes, assisted by Harry
Hansen, prepared the dinner himself
Playfully romping with his dog Fred
Carlson, of Des Moines, hit the back
of his HIND against decayed tooth
Of the animal His hand has swollen
twice it's normal size. A physician
was called in and it is feared that
bloodpoison will set in. Every eff
fort is being made to save the hand
but the poison of the dead tooth had
worked fairly well into the boys hand
1t.
The town of Jewell came near be-
ing wiped out by fire on the End. The
Northwestern depot and a nearby
Darn burned to the ground. A large
amount of freight, many sample
trunks, and large part of the ticket
records, ETC., were totally destroyed.
The origin of the fire is unknown. The
fire department worked heroically.
else the whole town would have gone
up in smoke before a stiff south wind
Loss, $4,000.
The badly decomposed body of a
man found in the Mississippi river
below Clinton proved to be of Charles
Gulash, a Chicago carpenter, who was
drowned when the scaffolding on
which he was at work on the new
Chicago & Northwestern bridge gave
way. The widow, who lives in Chicago,
has brough suit in the Clinton dis
trfct court to recover $4,000 because
of her husbands death.
Postal receipts at the Sioux City
postoffice show large increase for
the quarter ending Sept. 80, the in
crease amounting to over $4,000 The
increase in September receipts over
the same month last year is over $500.
In 1907 the receipts for the months
of July, August and September
amounted to $51,68025. During the
same period of time this year the re-
ceipts were S55,492.69. September,
1907, S18,037.20 was taken in, and this
year the amount is increased to $751;
1864.
After being neighbors for fifty
years, friends for half Il century
death removed Mrs. Emily Anderson
of Holy Cross, and on Sunday morn
ing grieved to death over the passing
of her beloved friend. Mrs Andrew
Steager, also of Holy Cross, passed
away in her sleep. She had been
in coed health on retiring and it is
believed the shock and subsequent
grief over the death of Mrs. Ander
son caused her death. II do not be
lieve l will live long without her,
she said. That night she went home
and retired. Tears were in her eyes
when she said good night" TO her
husband. Prayers were on her lips
for her beloved dead friend when she
fell asleep. In the morning they tried
to waken her, but all efforts to arouse
her were unavalling and examination
proved her dead.
A district court Judgment that looks
like a whopper, but is in reality not
very large, has been given by Judge
Roberts to the receiver of the First
National bank of Charlton, against the
Croker estate. 1t will be remem.
bered that the receiver sued the es'
I tate for 100000, which Mr.. Croker
| took from the funds of the bank for
| his gambling operations. The suit
came to trial before Judge Roberts and
! he gave a judgment for the entire
! amount, but as the available assets OF
! the entire estate will not be much
more than $4,000, the bank will not
be enriched much by the judgment A
! judgment for an additional $4,000, fol-
the dividends, etc, received by Mr.
Croker from the bank, will also be
Lott Ix, I'll
amount of the claims filed against the
Croker estate is about $1,250,000, but
as the only claims filed within the
first six months will be made prefer
red, none will be preferred but the
claims by the bank receiver, and about
100000 claimed by Thomas Brandon
Mr.. Crockers partner at Russell. ST.
the First National bank depositors viii
get at least seven-eighths of the
Croker estate, or about $4,000 which
is much better than nothing, and i.
more than was hoped for at first.
r-rNi'n working with the consfrrrt'
gang on steel water tank at Traer
Walter Warner lost his balance an,
fell from the top to the cement fiocI
ing, distance of about forty feet
killing himself instantly.
Fred Upper of Hartland, Wis, tn
young man who several months ag
forged an order on Rev. w. C. Me-
Cord at Marshalltown, pastor of tn
Presbyterian church at that place, an
obtained goods On it. pleaded guilt
| Tn in 10 trio
was sentenced by Judge Parker t
an indeterminate sentence, the max
mum not to be over ten years.
Willie Campbell of Waterloo, the Is
year-old lad who recently tried to en-
his life because his mother-in-law RI