Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-09-11

Adventists are Elder l. H. Evans Of
Washington, ID. c., president OF the
North American conference; Elders
G. B. Thompson, w. T. Knox and M.
e. Kern; Prof Frederick Griggs,
president of Union college, College
View, Nebraska; Elder A. T. Robin
son of Lincoln; Elder o. A. Olson OF
Chicago; Elder Charles Thompson and
f. E. Painter of Minneapolis.
Mrs. Joseph Badhum of West Liber-
ty elected to end her life with lauda-
mum rather than appear in court in
answer to charges brought against
her and leonardo Anderies, Mexican,
with whom she is said to have eloped.
Marshal Wiley brought them back
from Grinnell and was on his way to
the Badhum home to accompany her
to court, when the poison was taken.
strong emetic, promptly given, saw
ed her life.
Creston's races and horse show,
scheduled to be held Oct. 1.S, promises
to draw many high-class entries. Har-
ness races classes will close Sept, "a,
and several hundred dollars In prizes
have been hung up. A show Of draft
horses will precede the races on Oct,
!. On Oct. a parade of show stock
will be staged, and prizes awarded
The semiannual session of the Ida
Groe district conference of the Meth
odist church closed at Schaller after
most successful meeting. Thirty
five parishes we're represented. The
principal addresses were given by
Mrs. Alfred e. Craig, wife Of the presi-
dent Of Morningside college, and by
DR.. o. M. Bond of Spencer.
When officers working on the rob-
berry mystery in which $4,000 in Sc
curities and cash was taken from I'M
der the pillow on which Henry Wood
ford of Waverly was sleeping several
aays ago, visited Mr.. Woodford's home
and asked that they be allowed to
search II, they were unqualifedly re-
fused admission on any such errand.
p F. Murphy and Frank Smith, two
prisoners in the county jail at Marsh.
alltown, sawed their way to liberty
and are still at large. Murphy and
Smith were arrested charged with
bootlegging, and were being held to
the grand jury. The men used
hack saw and sawed through two-inch
bars OF steel.
I There has been no rain at Tabor
to lay the dust for several months,
and as the town water supply Is not
sufficient to sprinkle the streets, the
authorities hit upon the plan of scrap
Ing or grading the dust on the prin-
cipal streets into the middle, where It
hS-S1g ABOUT foot deep. The sides
are passable.
[ John A. Goetz, the wealthy banker
who was killed in runaway last
week, once saved the lives Of three
women, endangered by runaway, at
the spot where he met his own death.
He did so by leaping over the pole,
selling both horses by the brides. and
hanging to them for 200 yards
While well diggers were sinking
well at the Atlantic water plant hui
man bone was brought to the surface.
watch case was brought up, with
other pieces of bone. The bones ana
the watch case were discovered at
depth Of twenty-six feet.
Last week work begun on the new
Catholic church to be erected in
Maquoketa. One thousand loads of
dirt will be hauled from the ground
before carpenters can begin work. The
church building and parsonage will be
made Of pressed brick.
Hog cholera In many parts of the
state seems to be spreading rapidly
and losses have run into the hundreds
Of thousands of dollars Near Ackley
IT is reported most of the farmers
have lost from sixty to 200 hogs each.
The house. two barns, cribs, all the
farm implements ami about 100 tons
OF hay on the farm owned by J..H.
Schrador, northeast of .Churdan, were
destroyed by fire. There was $1,000
loss. with about $4,000 insurance.
spark from the engine totally de-
stroyed new threshing outfit of
John Cries on John Findlays farm
near Harlan. Eight hundred bushels
of oats In shock were consumed.
Contracts for the new $4,000 hos.
pital building. to be erected by the
Kings Daughters society at Perry
has been awarded. Work win com
mence at once.
While Henry woodford, an eccen-
trio resident OF Waverly, slept,
more than $4,000 in notes, bonds and
cash was stolen from under his pill
low. Woodford is bachelor.
Thrown from an automobile In a
collision with another machine near
Bennett, Ia. Miss Verna Wareham
died OF a fractured skull.
The fifteenth annual camp meeting
of the Iowa Seven-day Adventists be-
gan its sessions at Cedar Rapids I'M
der most favorable conditions. On
the grounds force of fifty conference
workers had pitched 200 tents for the
accommodation of visitors About g.
600 people are in attendance.
AS memorial to pioneer settlers
OF Iowa who endured untold hard
ships in days before the civil war
Scott county pioneers will erect
typical log cabin in Davenport to be
fitted up as were the cabins seventy
years ago.
coroner's jury absolved Leonard
Scott from responsibility in the death
OF ]. A. Goetz, wealthy banker, who
was killed in runaway near Iowa
City. The evidence showed that
Goetz was driving past Scott's wagon
and collided with another buggy OBJ.
secured by the wagons dust.
The annual reunion of the old set
tiers OF Mills, Fremont and Pottawat-
ts1ie counties was held at Tabor
Several thousand persons attended and
music was furnished by the institution
band OF Glenwood and the Ladies'
Giee club Of Tabor.