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

man for the Iowa Central railroad
had his face mashed by a flying cranl
from a windlass. He was knocked
senseless and is in a serious condi
ton.
Charles MCGEE aged 3S, an Iowa
Central switchman, fell from a cal
while switching in the yards at Mar
shalltown and sustained injuries
which will doubtless cause his death
MCGEE was removed to st. Thomas
hospital but was suffering so severely
from shock that thorough examina.
ton of his injuries could not be
made. 1t is feared that his worst In.
| juries are of an internal nature.
McGee's home is in Chicago.
The board Of supervisors of Lucas
county has issued $4,000 of county
bonds at Az per cent, payable in six,
seven and eight years in installments
OF $4,000 each. The bonds were pur-
chased by George M. Bechtel G. Co.
of Davenport. This money will pay
all outstanding warrants up to April
/. The county had considerable
money deposited In the First Nation
al bank which failed, and the loss Of
that money was the cause Of the
issuance of the bonds at this time.
Oskaloosa meat dealers have been
guilty of violating the city ordinances
In butchering animals in rear rooms
OF their markets and stores in the
heart of the business district. They
first commenced killing lambs, calves
and young pigs in this manner and
finally special rooms were fitted up
with cement floors and sewer connec-
ton and beeves were slaughtered
and the business carried on as ex.
tensively as though at regular kill
Ing pen in big slaughter house.
DR.. F. S. Agler, of Keokuk, was ar
rested on the charge of sending a
threatening letter through the mails
to Edward Fielder. Agler denies
that he sent the letter but was taken
to Ottumwa to be arraigned before
United States Commissioner Hunter.
The letter IN question was one in
which money was demanded of Fled
Ter, in consideration of which the
writer would refrain from bringing
criminal prosecution for an alleged
violation Of the criminal laws of
Iowa by practlcing medicine without
a license.
DR.. H. W. Emery. who was shot
through the left breast by Edward
Nuckolls, at Eldora, who found
ENEMY at his door at o'clock in the
morning, is resting as comfortably
as could be expected at Emergency
hospital. DR.. Morse says that unless
unforeseen complications arise
ENEMY will recover The bullet,
which was from a 44-caliber revolver,
went entirely through the osteopath's
body and just missed penetrating the
lung. Had the ball been an inch or
two closer to the lung it is probable
that ENEMY would have died from
hemorrhage. The large ball, fired
at close range, doubtless cauterized
its own wound.
With the burning of the barn and
outbuildings on the Pat Moyna farm,
together with thirteen mich cows,
eight horses, nine calves and farm
machinery, a reign of terror has
broken out In Coo Creek and Lodo-
milo townships in Clayton county.
The region in which Mr.. Moyna lives
has become known as "the burnt dis
trict," because of the numerous in
cendiary fires that have occurred
there in the past few years. Every
effort has been made to ferret out
the criminals and punish them, and
two men have been sent to the peni.
Tertiary for incendiarIsm, but still
the burning of homes and barns and
hay and grain and livestock con-
tinues. A determined organization is
now being effected to run the crimi-
nails to earth.
A committee representing the EN-.
metsburg end Of the proposed Spirit
Lake, Emmetsburg G. Fort Dodge
interurban line met a committee Of
twenty-five business men and capt.
talists Of Fort Dodge to talk over
plans for the construction of the
road. The plan which was adopted
for the city was the voting of tax
to raise $4,000 and for personal SUBJ
scriptions of $4,000 in stock. The
indications are most favorable for
tax being voted. The plan is to
build from Fort Dodge to Emmets-
burg, distance of sixty-five miles
this year. The road from Emmets-
burg to Spirit Lake, a distance Of
forty miles, will be constructed next
year. A New York construction COM
pany has submitted a proposition to
build the road and power plants at
cost, plus 10 cent, and three per cent
for engineering. Fort Dodge capital
lists are taking deep interest in
the project and several have signified
their intention of buying literally Of
stock.
An alleged girl burglar was arrest
ed at Fairfield in the person OF Ella
Powell, aged only II years. She is
charged with an attempt at house
breaking and is supposed to be one
OF the gang that has pulled off a
score Of burglaries in that city in
the past month.
Anna Heintz, dissolute woman
from Burlington, who had lived at
Keokuk for three years past, COM
mitted suicide by taking carbolic
acid. No reason is known for the
deed. Death resulted in a half an
hour.
G. r. Steele, a prominent stock
raiser of Ireton, Sioux county, has
been given verdict in the district
court at Marshalltown in his suit