Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1910-06-23

Frederick W. Craig of Des Moinei
was elected grand master of the Ma
sonic Grand lodge of Iowa at the SEES
sion OF the grand lodge held at Wat
erloo. Local Masons were overjoyed
with the news and welcomed the new
grand master at a reception in the
Masonic Temple on his return. Ced-
ar Rapids was chosen as the next
meeting place for the grand lodge.
| Other officers elected are as follows !:
| s. d. Rienicke, of Muscatine, grand
| senior warden; Harry c. Jones OF
Boone, grand junior warden; N. r.
Paryin of Cedar Rapids, grand Sec
rotary, and d. d. Carlton of Early,
grand treasurer.
Cal Hamilton, one of the victims OF
the runaway accident at Fort Dodge,
in which three men were seriously
injured, died at st. Joseph's hospital
as a result of fractured skull. He
was unconscious when picked up fol-
lowing the accident and remained In
that condition until his death thirty
six hours later. Wesley Wicking was
seriously injured.
Frank Mitchell is under arrest at
Dubuque, charged with robbing a
number of stores at independence.
Several hundred dollars worth of
goods, which it is said belong to In
dependence merchants, were found
in Mitchell's rooms, it is claimed. 1t
is said that he has been living here
with a New Hampton woman.
The supreme court of Iowa has af.
firmed the sentence of death imposed
upon the negro, John Junkin, for the
murder of Clara Rosen of Ottumwa,
Feb. 5, 1909, and unless the high
court is asked to reconsider its find.
ing, Junkin will be hanged in the
state penitentiary at Fort Madison,
Friday, July 20.
Miss Bessie Bevins, aged %, of Des
Moines, died at sanitarium at Las
Vegas, N. NJ, following long i'll.
ness of pulmonary tuberculosis. She
formerly lived at Conrad, and gradu.
ated from the business college at
Marshalltown, going to Des Moines
two years ago to take position as a
stenographer.
John Railsback, suspected of the
murder of his wife, was taken be-
fore the insanity commission. There
was some indignation over the fact
that the old man was taken before
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charge had been filed against him.
Harry Charles, aged 25. attempted
sensational suicide at his home at
Oskaloosa. He drank several ounces
of laudanum in the presence of his
sick mother, who lay helpless on a
bed Prompt work of doctors probab-
ly saved the boys life.
Not guilty was the verdict returned
by the jury at Newton in the case of
DR.. Ida NJ. Guthrie, charged with dy-
namiting the Jesse A. Quick home
near Prairie City last April. The de.
PENDANT was Immediately discharged
from custody.
Six Iowa Falls men have gone to
North and South Dakota to do mis-
sionary work under the auspices of
the Congregational church. John Han
son will be stationed at Stanton, S.
d. Dwight Morgan will be stationed
at Wilton. N. d.
Frank Wickersham of Luray is au.
thority for the statement that a man
with his coat covered with blood
boarded a train near Melbourne Mon
day morning, June 6. This man may
have been the murderer of the Hardy
family.
The Iowa Telephone company will
absorb the Central Telephone com.
pany July /, according to reports at
Iowa Falls. The Central company op
crates toll lines and exchanges at
Eagle Grove, Iowa Falls and Hamp-
ton.
Fire destroyed forty-three box cars
standing on the Wabash sidetracks
at Council Bluffs, the estimated loss
empty save eight, six of which were
loaded with coal and two with corn.
K. R. Middaugh of Creston is re-
covering from the effects of dose
of strychnine, which he drank with
the intention of killing himself. Mid.
daugh has been respondent for some
time.
Mary E. CrossYoung died at Boone.
and was on the field during the bat
tie of Gettysburg. She served many
months in the hospital nursing SOL
diers.
Mrs. E. C. Fuller, a bride of q
month drank wood alcohol in an at
tempt to kill herself at the home of
her father-in-law, c. e. Fuller, in
Bonaparte. She will recover.
Wilbur F. Ladely, ex-postmaster at
Bancroft, Ia, confessed before the
grand jury to embezzlement of S.
500 from government funds. Sentence
has not been pronounced.
Senator and Mrs. Dolliver have de.
cided to spend several weeks in Ari-
IONA after the adjournment of con-
gress for the benefit of the senator's
health.
Farmers and business men of Gen.
tura are erecting model creamery.
The plans for the building have been
approved by the government.
A reward of $500 has been offered
by the state of Iowa for the arrest
and conviction of those who recently
killed the Hardy family in Marshall
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