Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-14
IOWA
NEWS

| ing in a boat. Searchers have been
trying to locate the bodies, but thus
far without success. How the acct
dent happened no one knows, nor is
| anyone likely to know. The men
were alone and the water was dark.
Their cries were heard, but they
could not be rescued. Their boat was
found capsized.
The insurance on the Hotel Orleans
on the shores of Spirit lake, which
was destroyed several months ago,
has at last been satisfactorily ad.
justed at st. Paul. John Burmeister
says that the settlement was effected
by the payment of s13500 of the total
OF $4,000 carried on the hotel and
contents. While Mr.. Burmeister in
formed the adjusters that the hotel
would be rebuilt, it is not known now
whether it will be this season or
next. The place was formerly one of
Iowa's best known summer resorts.
Frank Holleran, attorney for the
girl defendant in the murder trial of
Mrs. Irene Dolph, created a sensa-
ton in court at Clinton when he de-
manded to know the whereabouts of
William Miller, declaring that he had
two witnesses present who would
swear that Miller confessed shooting
Dolph through the window. Although
1t is a well known fact hat Miller
has disappeared, little cradence is
given the statement. 1t is believed to
be calculated to sway the jury.
The Chicago & Northwestern rail.
way has issued orders which will
practically close the machine shops
at Boone for an indefinite time. 1t
is understood that this is a part of
a general order shutting down all
over the system, with the exception
OF Clinton and Chicago. The people
or Boone. are asking themselves why
this is so, and many feel that it is
not square deal. 1t Is hoped that
the shops will reopen after the June
meeting.
Six-year-old George Fate, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Fate of Spencer,
was burned to death in a fire in a
neighbours barn. II is supposed that
the lad was playing in the hay, which
was accidentally set on fire. The
child was not missed until the build
ing was in flames. Then the child's
cries were heard. Nothing could be
done to rescue it until the fire COM
pany arrived, and then with the aid
of streams from the hose the lad was
taken out, but not living.
After eight hours deliberation,
jury in the district court at Ottumwa
returned a verdict finding Leroy Ed.
wards, negro, guilty or rape upon
the person Of Mrs. Clara Erwin on
the night of Jan. "a. This assault
on Mrs. Erwin was the boldest ever
committed in Ottumwa The night
after the assault on Mrs. Erwin a
mob of 200 men gathered at the
county Jail, but Edwards was taken
out of the city for safe keeping and
had been in the Abba Jail until the
beginning of his trial.
The Enforcement of the provisions
of the Martin law by the city adj
ministration of Sioux City has been
inaugurated. Upon instructions from
Mayor w. G. Seard, Chief of Police
John DiSeen has notified each patrol
man that in the future they will be
held personally responsible for the
observance Of the law by saloons.
! According to the agreement reached
with the city council saloonkeepers
twice convicted of violation will be
deprived of their licenses. In pa:-
ticularly fragrant cases the licenses
will be revoked on the first offense.
The city of Perry on the 5th held
the largest booster" banquet ever
held in any city Of like size in the
| country. More than 700 men and
| women sat down to the feast, which
was spread in the wide rooms of
the great s150,OO0 Van Camp milk
! condensory PLAINTIFF browning in
| dustry of the many located in that
city in the past year. There was not
town in all Dallas county that was
not represented, every township with
| in its borders sent a delegation to
| join in the festivities. and from the
| nearby cities of Des Moines, Boone
and Fort Dodge came still others
with congratulatory messages.
To sleep for eighty-five days and
awake as we'll as ever was the re-
markable experience of Mrs. Beulah
! Hawkins, former resident of Inde-
pendence, who has been living at Los
! An ha CT
awoke few nights ago from her long
trance-like sleep, which began on
February 5. Physicians from all
over the country, becoming interested
| in the case, went to see her, and
| various methods of awakening her
were tried. Mrs. Hawkins says that
! part of the time she was conscious,
and can remember number Of occur
ences, but most of the time she felt
as if she was suffering from what is
commonly called nightmare
The work on the new Carnegie H.
brary in Charlton will begin at once
and be completed for occupancy by
Oct. 1. The contract has just been
awarded to Teas Bros. of Charlton at
contract price of $5,179.
While baking bread at her home in
Coalville, small mining town near
Fort Dodge, Mrs. S. B. Spainhower,
aged So dropped dead of heart failure.
She had stopped over to look into
the oven, when she dropped forward
and fell to the floor. dying instantly.
She had been resident of the town
for thirty.three years.
The corner stone of the new $780,.