Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1908-02-20

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mate az the Charles hotel at Mason
City, and who was caught In Omaha
a few hours later. was sentenced t.
five years In Anamosa.
A rain of burglaries struck Council
Bluffs few nights ago. Six attempts
were made and two Of them were
successful. The raids were all In the
residence portion of the city. The
burglars were evidently in search OF
! jewelry, as number of watches,
rings and other kinds of trinkets were
! taken.
Ptomaine poisoning belieyed to
| have been caused by impure milk,
nearly resulted in the death OF mem
bers of the family of Harry w. Elliott
of Sioux City. A 5-month-old baby
first gave evidence of being poisoned
| and a physician was called. Before
his arrival both Mr.. and Mrs. Elliott
became affected. They will recover.
Lookout, Frank, I'm going to shoot
you," we're the words uttered by H.
year-old Jesse Flower, OF Marshall
| town, as he picked up a 22-caliber
| ride and pointed it at his playmate,
Frank Haddock, of the same age. The
gun that wasn't loaded" went off,
| the ball striking Haddoek In the left
breast, piercing the lung. The lad
condition is critical and he is not ex-
| pected to live. Haddock is the son o.
| Charles Haddock, a prominent farmer
of Marietta and Flowers nearest
neighbor.
A year In the penitentiary or 8
chance to get out of town on the run
was the choice offered by Judge Boil
| linger, of Davenport, to Leonard
| Chapman convicted of theft. Chap
man was told that if the sheriff caught
! him before he got out of the city he
would have to go to Anamosa for a
year. So he left the court room on q
| run and never stopped until he got to
the bridge leading across the Missis-
sippi river to Illinois and liberty. His
sprint led through the business part
of town but he out ran every one who
tried to stop him.
State Senator j. A. De Armand of
Davenport, has announced his candi'
| dacy for congress, to represent the
second congressional district of Iowa.
Senator De Armand although he
spells his name differently, is
| brother of Congressman De Almond
VI hlSSOull nc Will plOudDAg bhN
nominee to contest for the seat now
occupied by A. F. Dawson of Preston.
Senator De Armand is prominent
physician of Davenport, has been
active in democratic politics and has
| filled local Offices and represented
Scott county in the Iowa legislature.
After hundred school children had
marched past the coffin of dead play
mate at Fort Dodge, 1t was learned
that the little girl had died of q
malignant type of diphtheria. AS
result, tho whole neighborhood is il
state Of fear, and the school board
and physicians are exercising every
precaution to prevent an epidemic.
The case was diagnosed by the at
tending physician as tonsilitis, but
the second child later developed
| dangerous case of diphtheria. Woh-
konsa school has been fumigated and
the home of the deceased child quar-
| antined Much anxiety is manifested
in the home of the hundred children
who attended the funeral, which was
| public.
A man killed at New Hampton by
the Chicago Great Western train has
been identified as Nat Randall, for
| mer resident of New Hampton. He
had been working at Devon and got
| on the train at that place. When the
| train was brought to a stop he was
found hanging by the feet from the
| air brake apparatus between the bag
| gage car and tender. 1t was dis
covered that he had been dragged for
| nearly a mile when his head caught
| in the frog of a switch, cutting the
| back of his head. At the same time
the weight Of his body broke the air
| hose, bringing the train to standstill
| He is survived by half sister, who
resides at Stacyville.
1t is likely that Fort Madison will
have one of the most unique celebra-
tons ever held in Iowa this spring Or
| summer. The city is 100 years old in
| April, and the suggestion has been
| made by the Rev. Edward H. Rudd
! that the event be suitably celebrated
| There Is plenty of sentiment In such
suggestion, and 1t is probable that
action will soon be taken regarding
| it. Old Fort Madison was a heavy
| stockade built on the present site of
the city by the United States soldiers
| in 1903. II was the first structure
| erected in that part Of the country. 1t
| is believed from best information that
the stockade was built in April, but
it is not absolutely certain, and there
fore the celebration may be approp-
riately held any time this year
A gasoline lamp in the home Of
George High, of DIN, exploded with
terrific force, completely disrupting
the house but leaving the inmates I'M
injured as far as the explosion was
concerned. Mr.. High was seated di-
rectly under the lamp when the acct
dent occurred, and was only stunned
by the explosion, but he was very
badly burned about the head and
face from the gasoline. Notwithstand-
ing his great shock, he rushed out,
rolled in the snow, extinguished the
fire about his person, and then valiant
ly fought the fire in the house and
succeeded in putting 1t out before 1t
had done any damage to speak of.
The force of the explosion raised the
roof of the house foot, knocked the
brick chimney into fragments, crash
ed through the adjoining parlor door
and burst open the entire east end
of that portion of the building. The
dwelling. which was very comfort.
able and commodious one, Is so badly
wrecked that the family has had to
move out. Mr.. Highs injuries are
not thought to be dangerous.
The Floyd county grand jury re.
turned an indictment against Carl
Alleman and Arthur and Maurice
Eland, for breaking into Northwest
ern freight car at Vail. one against