Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-07
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IOWA
NEWS

DSHSOu, the IOWA SculTdl euSluScI,
charged with the murder of Byron e.
| Body, Central brakeman, has been
cc1tinued in Justice Millard's court
at Marshalltown from May until
June 10.
Milo Adams, an Insurance agent.
well known over Northern Iowa,
committed suicide by hanging. His
body was discovered in the board of
trade room. He lived at Kensett. A
letter written to his wife told Of the
contemplated tragedy.
Miss Rose Aleck, aged "a years,
of Logan, in a fit of melancholy and
despondency over i'll heath. suicided
ct the home of her brother, John
Aleck. She strangled herself by
winding a strap around her throat
and drawing it with ner hands behind
her back until strangulatIon was
produced. Her share in her fathers
estate was about $4,000.
Mrs. Minerva A. Haddeman has
filed action against the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad company in which she
asks $4,000 damages for the death
OF her husband Henry c. Haddeman,
who was killed by train in Water
loo, Feb. Z, 1908. Mrs. Haddeman
was left penniless, without insur-
ance or other income, and with seven
little children to care for.
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 part of
a general order shutting down all
over the system, with the exception
OF Clinton and Chicago. The people
OF 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.
After eight hours deiberatIon, a
jury in the district court at Ottumwa
returned a verdict finding Leroy Ed,
wards, negro, guirry or rape upon
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.
While engaged in trimming trees
for DR.. d. Graves at Gilmore, Charles
Chinland fell and sustained injuries
that may prove fatal. Chinland was
| standing on limb while in the act
OF cutting off another above him,
when this limb broke, knocked him
off his feet, and felled him to the
ground, a distance of twelve feet.
He alighted on his stomach across a
fence, then struck his head on ce-
ment sidewalk. The injuries he re-
ceived are largely of an internal ma,
ture and are very serious.
The budget for the State university
as made out by the board of regents
at its recent meeting provides for q
total expenditure the coming year oil
| $342, 900. This sum Is well distribut
ed between the different depart
ments, and it's distribution formed nc
small task. Plans for the new law
building have been practically ap
proved, and it is probable that the
state will take steps to condemn the
necessary ground for the site, as
there is difficulty in reaching al
agreement with the owners.
Basing it's action on the ruling Of
Attorney General Byers, the aIS,I-sa
loon league in the district court al
Sioux City filed information charging
the Stevens-Kennedy company and
| Charles SleZer with contempt oil
| court. The officers of the Stevens
Kennedy company are practically
the same as those of the Cooperative
company, against whom the attorney
| general made an adverse ruling. The
ruling of the attorney general viii
probably be tested in the courts by
attorneys OF the Cooperative com
pany.
Stepping ON the rotten GOV Vin.
over an abandoned well, Mrs. Will
lam Hoffman. residing one mile soutl
| of Shenandoah, fell to. the bottom ant
died alone and unheard of exposure
and starvation. Her dead body ha!
been found after a search of severa
| days Some broken boards and hem
nest so located that to reach it it wa
necessary to cross the well, destroy
ed the theory of suicide and told thu
story of the fatal accident. Mrs
Hoffman has been in i'll health, ant
when she disappeared and continued
search failed to locate her, friend
and relatives feared suicide. TIL
we'll was about twenty feet deep ant
there was considerable water in il
but not enough to cause drowning
The well was in an isolated location
and her cries were unheard. Tn
coroner's jury, after a thorough in
vestigation, returned a verdict tina
her death was due to shock and ex
posture due to an accident.
The corner stone of the new $3.50
900 court house at Muscatine wa
laid a few days ago, with s.mpi
ceremonies.
The big stock pavilion built
few years ago for exhibition and SAL
purposes by the Farmers Exchang
company of Laurel, burned to tn
ground, together with its contents
Included in the contents of the built
ing at the time of the fire were min
head of horses and fifteen head @
hogs. The loss will be upwards G
$4,000. Insurance Of $1,000 was ca
ried on the building. The origin
unknown