Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-11-12
IOWA
NEWS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
On Nov. z, the Fort Dodge cit.
jail was set On fire by Jack, tn
Ripper" police character, who Il
serving ten days sentence for in
toxication. The damage was slight.
The Illinois Central railroad KEEP
the passengers on their fast trains in
formed Of the latest election news or
Nov. 3, by posting bulletins in al
cars after each stop.
Maurice Pabst, a member OF the
senior class of the Colfax High school
had his collar-bone broken in a foot.
ball game here. The game was be.
tween the Colfax Athletic club and
the Hillside club of Des Moines, the
former winning by score of IL to 6.
Burlington has been bothered much
with burglars of late. Nov. the
Grimes block was robbed of several
hundred dollars worth Of merchan-
| disc and attempts to enter other
places were made. A wagon load OF
canetes and cigars were taken re-
Gently from the Clinton Copeland
| Manufacturing company. No arrests
have been made and the police are
| puzzled about the matter. 1t is be.
lived local gang is doing the work.
With the practically unanimous
vote at the general election to grant
the Farmers and Merchants Tele-
phone company a franchise, prelim-
mary work has already been begun by
the company, and will be completed
this winter, ready for active building
operations in the spring. City En-
Sineer c. A. Baughman has been en-
ployed to do the engineering work
for the plant, and locate the various
other conduits already laid under the
city steets.
improvements to cost $1,500,000
will be made in the state of Iowa by
the Iowa Telephone company. This
vast sum will be spent during the
coming year in addition to the out.
lay for maintenance. The de-
tails Of the great plan for improve
ment have not been worked out and
probably will not be definitely ar
ranged before January l. The $780,
900 will be distributed all over the
state and will be used for new build
ings, for new exchanges and to re-
place old equipment with the newest
devices, designed to improve service
Warden ]. c. Sanders of the state
reformatory at Fort Madison inau-
gurated what proved to be an in
teresting factor In breaking the
monotony of prison life. Ballots in
Australian form were passed to the
prisoners and the votes returned gave
Taft majority of thirty over Bryan.
Taft received 1873 votes. Bryan 15S.
The prohibition candidate received
twenty-seven votes. Carroll would
have won ont for governor with 1913
votes to Whites $50. Twenty-Five
ballots were not voted upon and
eleven were mutilated
After a careful examination by
local physicians 1t rs found that
Jesse Huxford, the miner who fell
! down the shaft of the mine at Enter
prise for a sheer drop of 200 feet.
| had sustained no injuries whatever.
At first it was thought that he had
| suffered a slight fracture OF the leg,
! hut the examination revealed the fact
| that aside from several bruises over
his body he was none the worse off
| for his tnrilling experience. His
physician stated that he thought the
man would be able to be at his work
| in three or four days.
After several weeks Of still hunting,
Fred Paulson was arrested in Chi
cago in a glove factory, where he
was employed, and returned to Ma,
| SON City to answer to the charge OIL
| forgery. He will be held In jail till
! the court convenes, On July 3 last
! after banking hours, Paulson. who
! was an employe of the Mattson glove
| works forged three checks amounting
| in all to $44 He secured the money
| upon them at business place where
| he was acquainted and left the city
! Saturday being the 4th and the day
| following Sunday, Paulson had a
good opportunity to get away before
| the forgeries were discovered.
| VI d SySltlu VI
among the little Greek boys who shine
shoes in Des Moines have frequently
| been made but never have been sub.
stantiated. Now Humane Officer
| James Eckles believes he has un.
| earthed a case of the so-called
European slave trade" " Des Moines
and he has begun operations by filing
suit against Steve Platis, native OF
| Greece and the proprietor Of several
| shoe shining parlcrs here. II is a
civil suit brought by Fckles as the
next friend of Louis Brillis for the
balance of six months wages
amounting to SIS. BriIlis is also a
| Greek, 16 years of age, but does = o.
appear to be over IL. He has beer
in America six months. coming direct
| to Des Moines from his native land
| The humane officer expects, t:rougr
this suit, to discover enough efd nee
to settle once and for all whether OF
not the little Greek boys who shine
shoes and cause the monographs tc
play classical music are brought tc
this country in a state of peonage.
On a horscbackride of $40 miles
from Milwaukee to San Francisco by
circuitous route, Bernard Andrae
Hcllander. arrived In Marshalltowr
Nov. 6, five weeks out of Milwaukee
Andrae haj seven months in which tt
make the trip and is TO rough II al
the way. He camps out at night, and
cooks his own meals. His trip is
being made in the interest of the