Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-09-21


week, Bishop Nelson of New Or
leans presiding. Among the eminent
men of the denomination present
were DR.. f. C. Eislin, professor OF
Hebrew in Garrett institute; the Rev
Henry ]. Coker, of philadelphia; DR..
Edwin Locke of Topeka, and the
Rev. Wade c. Barclay, ID. d.. of Chi
cago.
Negotiations have been closed at
Bedford for electric lights from the
electric light plant of Clarinda. the
contract goes into effect December
1st, by which time the wires between
the two towns will have been strung
The Clarinda plant has franchise
in New Market, and it is expected one
will be sought in Gravity.
Two highwaymen tried to hold up
Scion Hamblin, prosperous farmer.
while he was driving home from
Manchester after dark, but he whip
ped up his horses and escaped. He
had large sum of money with him
and it is supposed the robbers were
town boys who knew that fact.
A. A. Wright, former cashier of the
bank of Kent, at Kent, Ia, was ar
rested at Creston by Officer Exline,
upon a warrant issued in case in
which w. H. Hoar of Kent charges
Wright with the forgery OF note
for $500, which with interest now
amounts to $345.
Frank Gotch for the first time saw
himself defeat Hackenschmidt in mo-
ton pictures when he saw the films
run off at Fort Dodge. After taking
the red cross degree of the Knights
Templar lodge he and other members
of the lodge visited the motion pic
ture theatre.
The annual report of the general
assembly Of the Presbyterian church
just issued, gives the following stat
istics on the Iowa synod: Presbyter-
les, 10; ministers, 300; churches,
4S3; communicates, 51,264; baptisms,
2,71l; Sunday school membership,
1854.
The Iowa Equal Suffrage associa-
ton will hold its fortieth annual
state convention in the city OF Per-
ry, Dallas county, Iowa, on October
10, ii and IL, 1911. The first ses-
sion of the convention will begin at
$3.50 o'clock p. NJ, on October 10th.
The fourth annual session of the
Iowa Chautauqua alliance met in Des
Moines this week. Representatives
from twenty Chautauqua associations
OF the state were present in addition
to bureau managers, talent ana
agents of tent manufactures.
Veterans of the Fourth Iowa cav
airy closed their reunion at Mount
Pleasant with banquet at the Y. M.
c. A. One hundred members of the
first regiment which left Mount
Pleasant for the front in 1861 were
there for the campfires.
William Gist sold his eighty-acre
farm, three and one-half miles east
of Lake City, last week for $3.50 an
acre and the next day went by auto
mobile to Pocahontas county, where
he bought quarter section four
miles from Pocahontas.
Lawrence howard and Otto Goetz
will make one of the longest trips
on record out of Iowa City next
month. About Oct. / they will start
for Los Angeles, Cal, and will spend
the winter on the coast before criv.
ing back to Iowa City.
Persistent rumors from the east
To fEn hot
trail railroad is to extend its lines
south to Kansas City and the gulf.
Men high in authority claim that q
through line from Canada to the gulf
is soon to be built.
1t is reported at Keokuk that the
Wabash and Santa Fe railroads have
Joined to acquire the Keokuk q
Western road of the Burlington. II
is also reported that the two roads
will erect union station up town
on Main street.
Much work has been done by Supt
Rother. during the summer prepare.
tory to the opening OF the state
school for the deaf at Council
Bluffs on September 10. The build.
ings have been overhauled and new
walks laid.
Reports from Portland, Oregon, say
that Mrs. Daisy Wehman and son,
murdered there formerly lived at Ell.
dora where Mrs. Wehman's mother
and two brothers still live. The
family moved to Portland from Wat
erloo.
Action for perpetual injunction
against the school board of Mason
City has been brought to restrain It
from expending $4,000 for repairs to
the high school building without sub
hitting the proposition to bids.
Gov. B. F. Carroll has received a
letter from Senator Kenyon stating
that he will accompany the governor
and his staff and the members of the
IOWA delegation in congress on their
journey with the president.
Fred Wellington of New London,
is suing Nellie Despair for $1,000
damages for breach Of promise. He
says she proposed to him and he
accepted her in December and that in
June she threw him down.
Merton Renerson was crushed un
der tons of gypsum rock at Fori
Dodge when he was caught under q
slide in one OF the bins at the Min
eral City plant Of the United States
Gypsum company.
Judge Maxwell has rendered de
cision in which he holds the petit
ton OF consent to operate saloons in
Creston sufficient Probably the
"drys" will appeal the case to the
supreme court.
In order that he may be free tc
assume his duties as president OF the
new savings hank at Alden VVillia n,