Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-01-16
IOWA
NEWS

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Daniel Wren of Webster City re-
ceived telegram from the navy de-
partment announcing the sudden
death of his son, George, who was in
the navy. The young man was killed
in New York City by q train.
w. L. Eaton OF Mitchell county was
elected chairman of the state board
of railroad commissioners at its first
meeting in January. This was on the
motion of both Colonel Palmer and
N. s. Ketchum, Mr.. Eaton's col
leagues. Dwight N. Lewis was re-
elected secretary Of the commission.
An unknown man went insane at
Alta a few days ago. The only clue
to his identity was name on his
suit case. being G.. A. Wilson. He has
been there several days, stopping at
the hotel. His main hallucination APP
pears to be that he Is In Sioux City
and nothing can be said to him to
change his ideas on this subject.
The attempt to locate an electric
light and power plant on the beauti-
full lake front at Clear Lake was de-
feated by Mayor Young, who vetoed
the resolution passed by the city coun-
oil granting a franchise and giving
| the company a practical right In per-
petuity to It's lake shore site. In his
| veto message the mayor declared that
the council proposed to give away
lake front grounds worth $4,000 for a
Ineager rental of S. per year. and that
a manufacturing establishment situat-
ed ON the proposed site would mar
the beauty of the lake front.
| Engineer Lew Johnson of St. Paul,
who runs between Mason city and
that place, had narrow escape from
death In the yards Of the Milwaukee
! at Mason City and ii was only through
| presence of mind that he saved him
| self. He was passing around string
| of box cars when switch engine but
ted into them. knocking Johnson down
| between the rails. The cars passed
| over him, but he chung to the beams
till the engine was stopped. He was
| badly bruised and his body lacerated
in places, but no other injury resulted.
| He is one Of the old engineers and Is
/ in the passenger service.
Oscar Glow and William "A Nc
Clure. the two young forgers who
| cleaned Burlington saloon keepers out
| of over 5000 and were caught at Cedar
| Rapids. were taken back to Bnrling
| ton, and for while it looked as
| though things would go hard with
| them. Five hundred men and boys
were at the depot to greet them and
| followed them up the street hand
| cuffed to each other and in charge OF
| officers The men were greatly fright.
| ened. supposing they were In danger
| Of lynching, but as the crowd was
merely filled with curiosity no at
| tempt was made to do them harm.
| They were held to the grand Jury I'M
der $1,000 bonds.
! wards, alleged safe cracker, postof-
| fee robber and all round bad man,
was given six year sentence In the
Fort Leavenworth penitentiary by
Judge Smith Mcpherson in federal
court at Creston for robbing the De-
catur City postoffice, on Dec. 8. A
quantity of partly burned nickles and
dimes which Munson took from the
| postoffice, together with several hur
dred stamps and a large amount of
silver, led to his arrest. The money
was burned in a fire which partly de-
stroyed the Bear drug store, in which
the postofiice is located, last July. At
| Knowlton. Iowa, Munson exhibited
some of this burned money.
With the entire top of the head
blown off and brains scattered about
| FOR several yards. the body of Roy
! Berry. aged 25, of Monroe township,
| 10 miles southwest OF Winterset, was
| found in field short distance from
| the home OF his aunt, Sarah Berry,
| with whom the young man had been
| living A double-barreled shotgun,
| one barrel of which had been dis
charged, lay at his feet. Carrying his
| gun. the young man had left the home
! of his aunt short time before with
| the remark that he was going hunting
| This was the last seen Of him until
neignbors stumbled upon his body.
| It is generally believed that he COM
mitted suicide, but no cause can he
| assigned for such an act. No inquest
| will BE- held.
Two suicides marked the openenig
of the new year at Charles City. One
| was committed by young college
student. Anton Kari hIndricks, and
! the other by George Goddard. a
] farmer living east of there, man well
| along in life Lack of wealth explains
| the first and lack CT health the SEQ
] ond A remarkable note was left by
| the boy addressed to his roommate,
named Cook. It read: IF there is
such a place as hell people are just
| as well there as on earth" This tragic
| note was found lying by the side of
| the young man. As the young man
| had just come from Pierre, s. d., to
enter the Charles City college, not
much is known of him. He had just
! proved up on a claim and had come
| to Charles City to work his way
through school. Work was hard to
| find, and it Is supposed that this fact
| drove him TO commit his rash act,
which has plunged the whole institu-
ton into sorrow. George Goddard, the
farmer, who died by his own hand.
| leaves wife ard several children.
He was prosperous But his health
has been poor for three years. and
1t probably was that which led to his
! death
| After investigating the evidence in
the case the grand jury of Worth
] county, Iowa has dismissed the action
against the two boys. Frank and Ben
| Faktor. living near Plymouth. who are
| charged with attempting To wreck a
Rock Island traia a few weeks ago.
| II was alleged that the boys piled a
lot Of ties, rock and other instructions
on tle track just previous to the time
of the regular passenger train from
Minneapolis, but fortunately the OBJ
l strrction was discovered by section
men In time to flag the train. The
| boys were arrested and furnished a