Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-28

Joseph Brown recently died with
out divulging the secrets of his hid
den treasure. He was a central
Iowa pioneer and ssver had any faith
in banks. He kept his gold boarded
about the house and buried 1t at diff
ferent places about his home at FraS
er. So far all efforts to locate any of
the gold has been without result. 1t
is not known how many thousand doS
lars he had.
Captain H. L. Clark of Buffalo, the
Oldest pioneer in the state, is dying
at his home in Muscatine, at the age
Of 50. He took part in the Black
Hawk war and settled in Iowa in
1922 and was an intimate friend of
Colonel Davenport who founded the
city of that name and ran the first
store in Iowa in 1929.
Internal revenue collectors have
warned cigar makers at Ottumwa
that when they give employees cigars
they must come out of stamped box
es and that they will have to pay the
internal revenue tax on all cigars
smoked by employees for the past
two years.
Paul Benton Hart, %, son OF a
prominent business man Of Mason
City, was instantly killed while NOV
ing gun in seat in an auto. He
had just shot a hawk and set the
gun down beside him, with one bar
rel loaded and the hammer at cock.
Judge Powers, at Denison, has
held that the consent petition is valid
and the saloons opesating legally, in
spite of the fight made against them
by the anti-saloon league. The case
Of the Manila saloons were put over
until the next term of court.
The Fifteenth annual convocation
Of the state university of Iowa was
held this week when President Bow
man made his first address to the
student body. The thirty-three new
members of the faculty were also in
troduced to the students.
The Chicago Great Western will
have to pay the administrator of
the estate of ]. e. Glass, $4,000 for
running over and killing him at
Shannon City in February, 1910. The
case was fought out before a jury
here.
Anticipating the prosecution OF
eight more members of the Mabray
gang, United States District Judge
Smith Mcpherson when he convened
court issued special instructions to
the grand jury covering those cases.
Joe G. Myerly, former postmaster
Of Des Moines, has sold his hotel, the
Manhattan, at Spirit Lake, to George
Harker on basis of $4,000 He
receives land In Kossuth and Clay
counties as the principal payment.
All the song writer's are trying to
win a prize of $50 offered by Man
ager Klank for Frank Gotch cham
pion wrestler, for the best song with
the refrain Put Me Down Gently"
supposed to be Hacks last words.
The body of Harry lexis, son Of
Lon lexis, of Creston, killed in the
Philippines by Moros while he was
working for the government three
years ago, has been discovered and
will be brought back for burial.
Mrs. George Horolyn and her daugh-
ter, Louise, narrowly escaped a hor-
rible death at Newton, when their
carriage was hit by a train on the
Rock Island at the Main street cross
ing and carried fifty feet.
Mistaking a bottle of carbolic acid
for one filled with glycerine, Miss
Helen Corby, well-known young
woman of Mason City, took large
spoonful to relieve hoarseness. She
is in critical condition.
Two large oil tanks, tank car and
an oil wagon were burned at the
Standard Oil plant at Missouri Val
ley. 1t is supposed the fire started
from sparks from gasoline engine.
The loss will be $4,000.
The Waterloo Presbytery in SEES
sion at Mason City since Monday,
selected Toledo as the next place of
meeting. A young peoples confer
ence is to be established probably at
Clear Lake.
Frank Conley, charged with rob-
bling bunk car at Winfield, used
window weight to knock a hole
through the brick wall of the coun-
ty Jail at Mount Pleasant and escap-
ed.
Lee Dunn. nephew of D. M. Kelle-
her. Of Fort Dodge, was shot down
and killed by playmate with gun
which he thought was not loaded.
The shooting was accidental.
B. T. Moon of Waterloo, Ia, has
been appointed a clerk in the depart
ment of commerce and labor.
Postal savings banks will be es-
tablished Oct. Is at Cedar Rapids,
Davenport and Mason City.
The Iowa City Commercial club
has adopted resolutions and issued
a statement attacking the parcels
post bills in congress. The club as
serts that such law would injure
local business.
The fourteenth biennial conven-
ton Of International machinists and
the ladies' auxiliary were in session
at Davenport this week with 700 del
egates and visitors present.
NJ. b. Lee, aged SO years, a retired
business man of Fremont, committed
suicide by hanging himself He
leaves wife and four children.
The Rock Island Golden State lin
tied No. 8, westbound, was derailed
just east of the station at Ainsworth,
Iowa. Three mail clerks were in
jured when the mail car was derail-
ed and overturned