Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-14

Governor Carroll, President Urick
of the State Federation of Labor,
State Labor Commissioner Van Duyn
and AdjutantGeneral Logan held a
series of conferences at the state
house this week anent the strike sit
uation in Muscatine. More trouble is
feared there and 1t is the desire OF
the ,conferees to formulate some plan
whereby industrial peace can be at
tanned in that city.
In the formation of the ministerial
federation of the different ministers
of the different towns of Harrison
county. Rev. j. Thompson Baker of
the Presbyterian church at Logan
was elected president; Rev. C. A..
Miller, Christian church at Modale,
vice president; and Rev. w. A. Gard
ner. Congregational church at Dun
lap. secretary and treasurer.
The class ring of Lieut.. Darwin A..
Merritt, United States Navy, killed
in the sinking of the Maine has been
recovered by a Havana newspaper
and will be forwarded to his father
at Red Oak through the United
States minister. The ring was stol-
en- from the body when found by a
laborer and sold.
Bert Shepard, alleged horse thief,
and Louis Began, charged with rob-
bling a store at Jerome, escaped jail
at Centeryille, by the use Of dunn
my keys. A buggy awaited them
outside and they drove to safety.
Shepard was a member of the Cen
terville company of the National
Guard.
Jacob M. Blatt, q well digger, is
dead from injuries received while
digging well on the farm of s. e.
Easter, near Leon. He was down
twenty-six feet when a hog rooted an
empty bucket into the well on top
of Blatt. cutting his head SO that
death resulted in three hours.
Bert Sheppard and Louis Bergan,
prisoners in the county Jail at Cen
terville, escaped by using dummy
key. They drove away in a buggy
which was waiting for them outside
the jail Sheppard faced a charge
Of horse stealing, and Bergan was
accused of robbing store.
Five thousand representatives OF
organized labor in Davenport, Rock
Island and Moline took part in the
Labor day parade at Davenport, head.
ed by Speaker Champ Clark of the
United States house of representa-.
tives, who addressed a monster meet
ing at Suburban Island.
Company l. of Grinnell was award
ed the prize for the regimental drill
one of the features of the encamp-
ment Of the fifty-fourth regiment,
Iowa National Guards. Company NJ
of Fairfield took second honors, and
Company e of Centerville third.
Thomas J. McCune has sued the
Northwestern railroad for $4,000, at
Waterloo. He was injured while
running steam shovel at Ludden,
N. D. Both arms and one leg were
broken and bolt driven through his
head and yet he lives. III
The case of state VS.. John War
nor. charged with manslaughter, has
been called, at Keosauqua, and the
trial promises to be sensational, ow.
ing to the prominence of the families
involved. The killing occurred on
Sunday, May 6.
Mrs. Catherine Johanssen was
jostled in crowd at a Chicago &
Northwestern railway crossing at
Clinton and was pushed under a
switch engine. Amputation OF her
right limb was necessary.
Ed. Schroeder. aged IS, and Will
liam Lawton, aged Is, are probably
in the bottom of the Mississippi riv-
er, their boat was found at Nehaut,
four miles down stream from Daven-
port, bottom up.
Announcement has been made OF
the sale of 10000 acres of land in
the Arkansas valley, in the southern
part of the state of Colorado, to
George Fl. Paul of Washington, Ia,
for 100000
Harry Seanor, expert speed driver
has broken all records between Wa
terloo and Des Moines. He covered
the 119 miles in one hour and IS
minutes or at the rate or SO miles an
hour.
Charles Hanson of Newton was
probably fatally burned and A. B.
Meyers is seriously injured as the
result of an explosion which wrecked
the new $4,000 gas psant at Dexter.
A new armory, which has been
erected at Carroll at an approximate
cost of $4,000, win be dedicated Oct.
4, according to information received
by Adjt. Gen. Guy 4. Logan.
Ezra d. Marshall, attorney of Des
Moines, has been sued for $1,000 in
the district court by A. L. Miner Oh
the allegation that he alienated Mrs.
Miners affections.
The annual reunion OF the soldiers
and sailors of the Civil war living in
Clinton county was held the past
week in Camanche, with an attend
ance of rs.
Friends at Nevada have been mott
fed of the suicide OF Mrs. Vienna Nor
ris-Kirkpatric at her home in Taco
ma. She was the daughter of Fred
Norris.
Lewis Jackson and Walker Jack
son, two negroes. who mixed in a
fight at Shellsburg are in jail at Vim
ton, and will probably recover.
Clinton is to have two market
places modelled on the Des Moines
plan. A committee of the city coun-
Gil will select the locations.
A heavy rain and electrical storm
burned out 600 telephones and delay
ed street car service in Sioux City
Civil service examination for rural