Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-07-23

drowned in small pond on the farm
of Jens Sorrenson, near Avoca. The
dead boy was a son of Claus Hansen
of Persia.
Mrs. j. w. Myers waived prelim
mary hearing and was held to the
September grand jury on $4,000 bonds
at Winfield, charged with an attempt
to chloroform Fl. F. Levesay, his wife
and two children, and burn their
home and bodies while they slept.
The hearing was held in the opera
house in the presence of a large
crowd. There was strong feeling
against Mrs. Myers.
Suspected Of porch climbing at
tempt at burglary, william Jones was
arrested at Council Bluffs by Detec
tive d. l.. Weir, after long pursuit
through the railroad yards in the
southern part of the city. The work
of trailing Jones and identifying him
as the man wanted was simplified by
the fact that he is of the peg leg"
class, having lost one limb. He de-
MED the breaking and entering Of
which he is suspected, but is being
held Tor investigation.
Nearly a million cans of sweet corn
will be this years output of the Red
Oak Canning company. All summer
long preparations have been under
way for the canning season, which
will open soon; the buildings have
been renovated and painted inside and
out, additional machinery has been
installed and the capacity Of the
plant increased. The can filing ma.
chine, which puts the corn into the
cans, soldiers them and conveys them
to the boilers has been enlarged to
a capacity of 72 cans per minute.
Packing will begin about Aug. l.
John G. Love, division freight and
passenger agent of the Chicago. Mil.
waukee, st. Paul & Omaha railroad,
has received from Harry Daniels of
Independence, Mo-, letter stating
that he recently was converted and
would like to remunerate the railroad
for a stolen ride from Sioux City to
Aberdeen, S. D., and return, in 1902
He makes a quotation from the Bible
to demonstrate his belief in the neces-
sity of refunding stolen funds. Mr..
Love has notified Mr.. Daniels that
the price of the transportation at that
time would have been about $3.50.
Search warrants, issued on two in
formations charging gambling, were
issued and served on two places in
Council Bluffs, one of them being the
Manhattan, a well known club house
in former days. The other place raid
ed by the constable was at the rear
of a barber shop. From the latter a
card table and crap table were
found at the Manhattan. The infor-
nations were sworn out by a negro
in one case and by local resident
In the other case. Recently, as a re-
suit Of crusade for law enforcement,
the open gambling houses were all
driven out of the city.
Councilman ]. w. Kline of Fort
Dodge was arrested and fined $40 and
costs for using insulting language on
the streets to Chief of Police Albert
Nichols. The trouble grew out of
failure on the part of the police to
serve certain fruit merchants with
warrants for alleged violation of an
ordinance. The papers lacked the
signature of the mayor and the chief
did not serve them as soon as Kline
thought he should and the latter
took him to task for it on the street,
using vulgar language 1t is alleged,
in the presence of several witnesses.
DR.. Kline tIeH a bond and took an
appeal to the district court. Dr..
Kline is we'll known as a tuberculosis
expert.
A suit has been commenced in the
district court at Council Bluffs against
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway company for $4,000 damages
for the loss of an arm by Oda Mil
ledge, a boy in Coon Rapids, Ia. The
suit is brought in the name of Otis
Milledge, father of the boy, as his
natural guardian. The petition al
leges that Oda Milledge. who is a
young boy, was kicked off a train in
Coon Rapids, in April. 1907, by a
brakeman. 1t is stated the train
was in motion at the time, and the
boy was thrown under the wheels
and one arm was so badly crushed and
broken that it was amputated at or
near the shoulder. Heavy damages
are asked largely on account of the
long expectancy of life of the boy
who til ,oughout life will be deprived
of the use Of his arm.
A dispatch from Council Bluffs
says: No warrant for the states halt
Of the expense OF holding the primary
election has been received by County
Auditor Cheyne, who is acting as a
buffer for the impatient primary cleo
ton officials who have a share in the
$500 which the primary cost .htf
county. This precaution. it is stated
has not been observed in many
counties. and the opinion is expressed
that some auditors who issued war
rants in anticipation that the bills
would be accepted by the state with
out question may find themselves in
serious trouble. This is suggested by
the fact that the. statement sent t.
the secretary of state was twice re
| turned for more definite information
concerning certain items, and it is
| limited that in many cases there may
be a looping off of some of the
| amounts of the state.
A victim of his unfamiliarity with
city ways, Mulhammet Gebran, al
Egyptian, blew out the gas in hi:
room at the Mint hotel, Des Moines
and lay down 10 sleep. His body wa!