Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-10-05

President ID. L, Sullivan OF the
Panama Savings bank fired a charge
from shotgun point blank at rob-
Der who was trying skeleton keys on
the front door of the bank at mid
night The robber in turn fired two
shots and disappeared. Mr.. Sullivan
had received a tip that something
was likely to be pulled off.
The contract has just been let for
what is claimed to be the longest
drainage ditch in Iowa, the total
length being twenty-seven and one
half miles. The ditch starts at Ayr
shire in Palo Alto county and extends
to a point four miles southwest Of
Rolfe in Pocahontas county.
l.. G. Weld, until recently dean Of
the graduate college of the State Uni
versity of Iowa and for twenty-five
years head of the department OF
mathematics and astronomy, has
been elected president of the Pull
man Free School of Manual Train
ing at Chicago.
The interior and furniture OF the
home of Colonel w. A. .Burnap, one
Of the finest at Clear Lake, were de.
stroyed by fire, which started from
a defective fiue. A large collection
Of books, pictures and war relics
were burned.
Although the coroners jury found
that William Chocolate, who killed
Henry Britton at Buxton last Friday
shot in self defense, he has been held
in the county jail without bail on a
charge of assault with attempt to
kill
E. G. Morris, who was serving q
sentence for overdrawing checks to
the amount of $3.50. escaped from
Jail at Iowa City and has not been
caught. Morris was piano sales
man and was sentenced last winter.
Ben Banning, wealthy farmer liv-
ing near Des MoiRes must pay dam
ages to Miss Lettie Lauer amounting
to $4,000 for breach Of promise. The
supreme court overruled Banning's
motion for new trial in the case.
The executive committee of the
Thirteenth Iowa district in session
at Abba decided no general strike
would be ordered until after further
conference with the mine owners.
Claiming damages in the sum Of
$4,000 for the loss of her husband,
Daniel Bergman. his widow has start
ed suit against the Union Electric
company at Dubuque. Deceased was
an employe of the company.
The corn canning season in vinton
has come to Q close. after the largest
season in the history of the canning
cans of sweet corn were put up by
the two vinton companies.
Jared Ham, missing Iowa City
merchant, who disappeared last
week with $4,000 on his person. has
been traced to the Ira Curtiss farm,
two miles south of Iowa City. There
Is no further trace of him.
A $1,000 loss was incurred at Masoni
City by the Northwestern railroad
when lightning destroyed an ice
house, consuming the building with
two passenger coaches, a caboose
and several cars.
watermelon Day" famous all over
Iowa as Webster City's unique festi-
val. will take place this week and
$4,000 big. luscious watermelons are
to bs given away ON the streets Of
that city.
The town of Garrison is recovering
from its disastrous fire. which took
out the business portion short time
ago, and foundations for better
business district are under way at
this time.
Father Matthews Of Davenport will
open mission at thu Catholic church
in Denison, Sunday, October LIST. and
remain there for week. He is one
Of the ablest men of the church in
Iowa.
Ray Piper of Fort Dodge has been
sentenced to the Anamosa prison for
fifteen years. His wife was also SEN
fenced. Both are about "a years Of
age and were found guilty OF forgery
The Iowa Library association will
meet for its twenty-second annual
session at Mason City. Oct. 10 to IL.
A strong program is being rounded
out and will be announced soon.
Moses Burkholder. aged 30 years,
and married man, who has lived in
Eldon all his life, was killed in the
Rock Island yards. He was caught
between the bumpers.
A case Of typhoid fever is report.
ed at the State college hospital. The
patient Is Charles Ineck. forestry
student, whose home is In Ames.
John Melvin, a pioneer coal miner
Of Oskaloosa, was killed in the Boil
ton-Hoover mine when he was run
over by loaded car in an entry.
A postal savings bank was estab-
hshed at Baskerville the 25th of Au-
gust and up to the present time not
dollar has been deposited for the
safe keeping of the government
The aDn"s. late conference of the
Uni : Brethren church is in session
ct Waterloo. Bishop Weekly, OF
Kansas, is presiding. There ia
large attendance.
Blaine Wilcox OF Council Bluffs,
has been brought back from Ames
and will undergo two operations for
injuries received In the class rush
there.
Practically every Protestant
church at Iowa City took an unani-
nous vote to circulate a petition at
once asking the city council to force
the closing of the Sunday theatres.
Representatives of the various To-
calls in Iowa of the miners union