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


ly slain in his barn yard several
weeks ago. Young Whitbeck is now
in custody, having been captured In
Duluth after long search for him a
week or SO after the crime.
August Lang, an employee OF the
water supply department Of the Iowa
Central at Marshalltown, fell forty
feet and lives. He was working at the
top of water tank, making repairs,
when one of the rounds of the ladder
broke. The man turned one complete
somersault and part of a second be-
fore his body struck the ground. No
bones were broken, but 1t Is feared
that severe internal injuries have
been sustained.
Attorney M. V. Cannon, Of Daven.
port, one Of the best known trial
lawyers in eastern Iowa, has been
engaged to assist Attorney F. L. Hol.
leral of Clinton in the defense of Mrs.
Irene E. Dolph, the young Clinton
woman, who is accused of numbering
her husband, Fred Dolph, while he
lay asleep in his cottage in Clinton
on the night of February 20. The
evidence against Mrs. Dolph is purely
circumstantial, but is of the most
positive type.
The action Of the Rock Island road
in reducing the wages of its section
men from S150 to $1.30 day has
resulted in many of the older men
leaving the company's employ, stat,
ing that with families to support
they cannot earn enough at the re-
duced wage to meet the present high
living expense. The company Is re-
placing these old employees by
foreigners who are willing to work
at the established wage or less, as
they are not accustomed to the
standard of living of Americans.
A settlement has been reached In
the damage suit recently brought at
Marshalltown against the Iowa Cen.
trail by Engineer James E. Clark,
Clark was injured in a wreck at New
Sharon last fall, when his train rall
into an open switch and collided win
string of box cars, killing his fire.
-nan, William Cannon, and injur:ng
several passengers. Clark sued for
$4,000 damages, but has now accept
ed a settlement and dismissed the
suit. The amount the railroad com
pany has paid Clark has not been
made public.
C. P. Langs and wire have brought
ctvit Inc p,;a>
e. Brice of Mason City for the sum
of $4,000, for damages resulting
from personal injuries received by
the plaintiffs wife who was struck
by an auto driven by Mrs. Brice. The
accident occurred on Main street, a
few months ago. Mrs. Brice, who
has an electric motor, runs her ma
chine very carefully and was going
at less than six miles per hour when
Mrs. Lange was struck. Both ladies
were looking in opposite directions
at the time. Mrs. Lands were badly
injured.
One of the biggest horse sales
ever held In southwestern Iowa oc
Cured at Clark's sales pavilion al
Bedford at few days ago. One hun
dred and sixty horses were sold and
$4,000 changed hands, going nrin
cipally to the farmers Of Taylor
county. The top price was $500 fol
a team, and many animals went al
5000 and better. The sale was hello
by local dealers, who purchase the
horses from farmers and sell to ship
pers at auction. Prior to last fal
horse sales were held nearly month
but this is the first big sale since
the market went off. The prices pait
are about the same similar animals
would have brought before the finan
cial panic last fall.
In order to afford protection to be
tween 1000 and 5000 acres of valu
able farming and grazing land neal
| the Sioux Point cut off, an elaborate
| system of riprap is being installed
| for a distance of a mile ana a mai
| along the Nebraska bank Of the Mis-
| souri, river. The expense of the i'm
provement, which aggregates many
| thousands Of dollars, is being borne
| by the property owners whose land /;
constantly in danger from the treach
| erouS and changeable current Of the
big stream. The style of riprap be
| ing used has been tried with success
at other points along the river. Tt
poles thirty-six feet in length is at
tached wire fencing thirty feet il
depth. Most of the property is own
ed by Sioux City people.
Amazing evidence OF domestic I'm
happiness has been presented in tn,
suit at Mount Pleasant of Mrs. T.
| Mayors against her moIHer-In-Iaw
Mrs. Ella Mayors, for $4,000 damage
for the alienation of the affections O
her husband. The principals are al
well known residents of New London
and the revelations have created
sensation in the community. TIL
daughter-in-law's story on the stan
was pitiful one and she was sui
jected to a trying ordeal by the al
torney for her mother-in-law Sh
testified that her husband would bea
and choke her while her mother-in-la,
looked on and even encouraged tn
son. She also alleges that he
mother-in-law did everything to max
trouble between hIcself and her hus
band.
Miss E. M. Michel, postmistres
of Fraser. returning to her hom
after visit in Boone, had her HAND
bag, containing her money, glove
and trinkets, stolen in the Interurba
station. There is no clue to the roll