Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-06-15

A contract has been let for the new
Y. M. c. A. building, in Cedar Rapids,
to cost $4,000.
Mrs. Elizabeth Atwater, of vinton,
Respondent, because of iii health.
hanged herself.
The president has nominated VIII
liam F. Muse to be postmaster at
Mason City, Iowa.
Warden Barr. at Anamosa Peniten-
tiary, is looking for Jack Harper, a
"handcuff' king, who escaped.
A deal was completed in Keokuk
through which new fireproof hotel,
valued at $4,000, is to be erected.
Adolph Stodola, IL, was killed by a
Chicago & Northwestern train at Ke-
okuk while trying to cross the track.
w. L. Eaton, former state railroad
commissioner, died at his home in
Usage. Death was due to heart trou-
BILE.
d. McGregor, pioneer merchant
Of Mason City, and prominent
Methodist, died from paralysis, aged
20 years.
Deputy State Oil Inspector Thorn
as Duff, Of Garner. formerly county
auditor, has been indicted and re-
leased on bail.
Members Of the Fraternal Order OF
Eagles from all sections of the state
held their sixth annual convention in
Des Moines this week.
Henry Jones, Of Switzerland, about
10 years old, was instantly killed by
a kick from horse, the hoof strik-
ing him over the heart.
Anti-Saloon league is after all the
saloons in Council Bluffs, claiming
they have all been started since the
Moon law went into force.
William March shot himself at
Hampton. He was employed as a
farm hand. 1t is supposed he was
affected by the hot weather.
Twenty-third annual convention of
the Christian Endeavorers of the
fourth district met in Waverly this
week and was largely attended.
According to the report Of the city
assessor Of Jefferson, only eight ba-
bies are boys out of total of thirty
five born there during the last year.
Joseph i. Samuel has been placed
on trial at Keokuk on a charge OF
killing his wife. He was formerly Q
captain Of the local fire department.
Frank Johnson, an umbrella mend
er, of Mason City, was held up and
robbed of $50 in Algona. Walter Doud
was arrested and confessed to the
crime.
Capt. w. H. Johnston, q deputy
United States court clerk, at Fort
Dodge. was found dead, seated at his
desk in the clerks office. He was
76 years old
Fred Miller, a section hand, fell
from a Burlington passenger train at
Gladstone and died at the hospital in
Burlington. His body was crushed
by the car wheels.
Chris Knudson, a blacksmith at
Kensett, was run over by a Rock Is
land train severing his arm near the
shoulder. His condition is serious
and chances of recovery are doubt
full.
Frank Preus, German shoemaker
Of Algona, fearing banks, carried a
wallet containing $500 and either
lost it or was robbed while attending
a German wedding five miles in the
country.
Because he had been chased out
of town as tramp and had no place
to go. an unknown man threw him
self under the wheels of a Rock Is
land train two and a half miles west
of West Liberty.
William #. Main, once rich manu-
facturer of Iowa City, worth $780,
600. has been adjudged a bankrupt
by the federal court. Mains liabili-
ties are $4,000. and it is doubtful II
he will pay cents on the dollar.
The fifth annual convention OF the
Presidential Postmasters of Iowa was
held in Waterloo with about 200 post
masters present. Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Degraw vas one
of the principal speakers of the con-
vention.
Work on the new bakery building
in northeast Des Moines will start
next fall. according to the present
plans Of the owners. The structure
will cost between $4,000 and $780,
900, and will be one of the best in
this section of the United States.
The Rate glove factory in Iowa
City was totally destroyed by fire.
The fire caught IN the boiler room
and rapidly spread to the warehouse
and the fve-story factory building
where vast amount Of stock was
stored. Fifty thousand dollars worth
of stock on hand went up In the
flames. The total loss is estimated
at s125.oOo.
Orville w. SPOTS. Of Ottumwa. p.
A. Lemke, of Griswold, George F.
Pulse of Monmouth. and Clare A.
Spreul, of Waterloo have been APP
pointed railway mail clerks.
Twenty-Five boy scouts. Rev. A. 8.
Heck. scoutmaster, started from Har-
Ian with two loads of baggage, to
march to Wall Lake. 60 miles. They
return after two weeks outing.
William Rosecrantz. aged 81.
drowned in. the Raccoon river, near
the Dallas county line, while swim
ming. He was the SON Of Benjamin
Rosecrantz. Q well-known farmer.
Samuel Baker. 80, farmer near
Marshalltown, is paralyzed in both
legs and can not walk as result OF
. bolt of lightning striking the ground