Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-04-16


was killed instantly. The rest OF tn,
part yescaped injury.
Traffic on the Illinois Central ans
the Des Moines Short line was tiet
up several hours by a wreck at the
junction Of the two roads in Iowa
Falls. The east bound Central pas
senger. due there at 12:40, coIlide6
with the north bound freight on the
Short line at the south end Of the
high bridge. Several freight cars
were derailed and badly damaged
No one was injured. Both engine
crews claimed they were entitled to
the block.
After searching from morning un.
til afternoon for lost child without
result, Mayor Duncombe of Fort
| Dodge ordered rescue alarm turned
in to secure recruits to help the po-
lice who had devoted hours in an at
tempt to locate Mabel, the 4-year-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ger
ring. A large crowd of men was
speedily organized and late in the
afternoon the little tot was located.
The mother was in an hystericai
condition when the child was found
Because Of serious injuries received
by being run down by an automobile
in Marshalltown July 81. 1906, Oscar
Rosengren is now trying to secure
damages In the sum of $4,000 from
f. +. Michaels of Ackley, who drove
the machine, and w. e. Leech, a
prominent insurance man of Mar
sthalltown, who was a part owner of
the car. Rosengren was on a bicycle
when the accident occurred, and al
leges careless driving on the part of
the chauffeur. The defendants claim
carelessness on Rosengren's part for
not having light or bell on the
Wheel
Lucille Elliott and Anna Bobson,
two Ottumwa girls, are now broken
hearted, for both expected to marry
the same man. Thomas Sell was to
have married Miss Elliott a few
nights ago; he also promised TO
marry Miss Bobson, who came with
him from Norway few months ago,
on April %. On the day that she
was to have wed, Miss Bobson heard
of her lovers duplicity and went to
see Miss Elliott. The girls told each
other of the love each bore Sell and
then they decided to reject him.
Sell heard of it somehow and left
for Norway.
News has reached the officers of
Central college of Pella that Andrew
Carnegie has directed a sum of 500.
600 to be RENTED to Central college
as an addition to the endowment
fund which the supporters of the in
stitution are raising. The students
of Central College, faculty and alum
nj are greatly elated over the news
as 1t will swell the prospects for q
large endowments fund for The
school. The announcement of Car
negie's action came as a fitting close
to the campus day exercises which
were rendered by the students of
Central college.
Rev. P. ] O'Connor, pastor OF st.
Joseph's Catholic church Of Sioux
City narrowly escaped death from as
phyxiation. Because of insomnia,
Rev. Father O'Connor had been read
ing in bed, using small table lamp
connected with gas pipe by a rub
Der tube. Becoming drowsy he
turned the gas off at the lamp, but
the tube, being an old one, allowed
h. -
clergyman's life was saved only be-
cause the door of his sleeping apart
ment had been left open. The entire
house was filed with the gas and the
priest was found unconscious.
Judge Wheeler of Council Bluffs
dismissed the saloon Injunction
brought against the Grand hotel bar.
The defendant fought the Injunction
upon the grounds that no legal SER
vice was had when the Injunction
was filed. The records showed that
service was had upon c. r. Hannah.
who was merely stockholder and
not an officer in the hotel company.
The other cases have not been set
for hearing. and the sentiment of the
city generally is expressed In the
hope that the newly organized Law
and Order league will take a hand
In the matter and stop a crusade up
on purely technical grounds.
Fire OF an incendiary character
destroyed the barns and outbuildings,
together with their contents, on the
farm Of Charles Ainsworth, one of
the prominent farmers of Webster
county. Seventy tons of hays, g.
600 bushels of oats, grass and clover
seed, seed corn and all his farm i'm
plements were included In the loss.
The rural telephone brought many
neighboring farmers, who made a
gallant fight, two wind mills being
employed to pump the water until
the flames destroyed both. The farm
is a large dairy farm and when the
water supply was lost the milk in
the milk house was emptied on the
flames in an effort to save the resi-
dence. The use of blankets soaked
in water saved the home, but all the
other buildings were destroyed. The
loss will reach $4,000 with insur.
ance of $4,000.
Herman Hostert, the youthful son
OF Herman Hostert, residing at Du-
buque pulled pot of boiling cofTee
onto himself and received injuries
from which he cannot recover.
Because they said mean things
about the pretty teacher at the viii
lage school, Harry Martin, f. L.
Slaughter, S. /. Porter and p. H. Nc
Ginnis, prominent residents of