Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-05-28
IOWA
NEWS

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BY peculiar mistake in the case
of Carlson, etc, versus Frank Adix
on trial at Boone, a verdict for the
plaintiff was drawn up on the jury
form of verdict for the defendant and
was so returned to the court. The
case will have to be retired
The receipt Of forty carloads of
! steel by the st. Paul G. Des Moines
road, means that work on track laying
for the Short Line extension from
Iowa Falls to Mason City will be re-
sumed at once and the steel will be
laid as fast as the bridging and grad
! ing can be completed by the contrac-
| tors. They hope to reach Mason
City by July l, but weather conditions
will determine this.
| A motion for a new trial has been
made for II. V. Battey, clerk of the
| district court at Council Bluffs, on
the ground of misconduct of the trial
jury. The motion is supported by the
evidence of James McRobert, one of
the jurors, to the effect that while
the jury was celebrating it had ac-
cess to the use of two telephone lines,
and that in fact all except one mem
Der OF the jury used the phones, con-
trary to the instructions of the judge.
Miss Bessie M. Johnson of Daven.
port, known as the prettiest school
teacher in Scott county, commenced
suit against the school board OF
Princeton, claiming $4,000 damages
from E. l.. Slaughter, S. l. Porter, p.
II. McGinnis, and Harry Martin. The
board recently refused to reappoint
Miss Johnson and she alleges they
nave slandered her by connecting her
in an unfavorable way with True
Metzger, a well known young man of
Princeton.
On warrant sworn out by the Rev.
Fl. H. Sawyer, superintendent of the
Anti-Saloon league of Sioux City, the
club rooms of the Elk's club and the
Hawkeye club, exclusive Sioux City
social organizations, were raided by
Constable Sim Huber. The raids were
failure. At the Elk's club the Off
GERS found nothing but a refrigerator
filled with mineral water A bottle of
beer and bottle of whiskey were
found in an upstairs room at the
Hawkeye club.
Chas. Cooper and Herbert Camp
bell, two Clinton boys, have started
on novel trip, on a wager. They
departed Oh the 23rd of the month,
on a trip around the world. The con-
ditions are that they make the earth's
circuit after starting from Chicago
with one penny each as capital, and
that they pay no transportation tolls
at any stage of the journey. A wager
of $1,000 has been posted by local
sports that they cannot accomplish
the feat in four months. The boys
leave Chicago on May 26, going to
Gibraltar, Port. Said, Bombay, Singa-
pore, Hongkoag, Honolulu and San
Francisco.
J. C. Benedict of Davenport has
stirred up the school authorities by
charging in an open letter to the
DClOOl DUAL luCll Tic lGlC Illdl
rem must remain after school If they
ask to leave the school room except
at recess, caused the death of his
little daughter, Emma, who was at
| tending school No. in that city. The
rule, he says causes much suffering
among the pupils, and in the case of
| his little daughter, so injured her
! health as TO cause her death. The
! statement has caused much discussion
| and demand for investigation. Super
| intendent of Schools F. l.. Smart
| denies that such a rule exists.
On a swaying scaffold 152 feet
| above the roof of the Corn Products
company's factory at Davenport, IT.
| year-old boy, Lee Cooks, is riveting
| the bolts that are competing the
| tallest steel stack in Iowa. One by
one older men and experienced work
men refused to continue the work,
and the lad, who was working as an
| apprentice, finally volunteered to as
cend to the lofty height and complete
| the riveting of the stack. 1t requires
| twenty-five minutes to climb through
the scaffording that fills the stack, to
| it's top, from where the fearless lad
is let down on swinging scaffold
that rests on rollers against the side
| of the stack.
! A report has been filed at the office
of the assistane engineer in charge
of the Missouri river that the big
] al
half above the combination bridge
at Sioux City had broken through the
I.revetment and indications are that it
may form a new channel, thus en-
dangering thousands of dollars worth
of property in Sioux City and Coving-
ton. Two breaks in the riprapping
are reported, but only one is deemed
serious. If the waters of the river
persist in seeking new course the
combination bridge and the high
bridge will be left spanning a space
| of march land with the river to the
south. hurried report of the break
has been sent TO the Office of the
chief government engineer at Kan
sas City, Mo.
Mike Sporer, miner. was crushed
under a fall of slate in mine No. of
the Colfax Consolidated Coal company
and instantly killed The deceased
was a Hungarian who lived at Seev-
ers and leaves wife and child.
Miss Louisa Horn, a pretty corset
seller, mas brought suit in the Gin.
ton district court. seeking TO recover
damages in the sum of $4,000 as a
result of an accident in a local de.
| partment store. Miss Horn declares