Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-04-24


Andrew Switzerland Of Waterloo, Ia,
and James Switzerland of Chippewa
county, Wis, met In the first named
city. Each has supposed the other
dead. The brothers separated in AL
bany, N. Y, sixty-eight years ago,
when their mother died. Andrew was
8 and James was years old. The
reunion was brought about by men
who knew James Switzerland in Wis
consin, met Andrew, and were Inn
pressed by their likeness.
Jerry B. Sullivan of Des Moines,
and close friend of William ]. Bry-
an, has drawn down a prize package
In the way Of federal job. He was
appointed a member of the board Of
general appraisers Of merchandise at
$4,000 a year, and this appointment
being practically life job Will no
doubt cause the removal OF Mr.. Sui
,ivan to New York City to reside
permanently.
Every town but two between Liver
more and Spirit Lake was represent
ed at the booster meeting held recent
ly at Estherville. The object of this
meeting was to boost for the electric
railway between Fort Dodge and Spir-
1t Lake. Five delegates were appoint
ed from each town with a chairman
at the head of each, to confer with
Homer Loring, president of the COM
pany which will carry the project
through.
Officers of the Y. NJ. C. A. build
ing at Council Bluffs which has been
fired by incendiaries several times in
the last month had several confer
ences with employees behind closed
doors, after which the president Of
the association, announced that all Of
them had been exonerated and rein
stated in their positions and that
classes would be resumed at once A
heavy guard still is maintained night
and day.
Adrian Schumacher, a farmer, bled to
death in the field all alone near o.
kaloosa. He was using a disc harrow
and tried to adjust the harness on
the horses when they started, throw
ing him under the disc which passed
over his body cutting the main artery
in his leg. When he did not return
at night a searching party found him
dead. He had tried to bind up the
wound but failed to stop the flow Of
blood.
A voluntary petition in bankruptcy
was filed in the federal court at Des
Moines by Sadie s, Hedges, widow
living in that city. She gave her as
sets as SEQ; liabilities, s21,34o. Her
attorney asserted the woman's power
ty was due to her dealings with the
American-Canada Land company. She
bought sos acres of land in Texas
from the firm at $2S an acre, which
he asserts is practically yalueless.
The board of supervisors OF Black
Hawk county has responded to the
call for cooperation in the movement
for more and better corn for the coun-
ty by giving the use Of ten acres of
land at the county farm for expert
mental purposes, and by appropriating
a large sum of money to be used In
conducting experiments in several
sections of the county.
Among the vice presidents recon-
mended by the Synodical society and
elected at the annual meeting OF tue
northwest board of the Presbyterian
Women's Missionary society were the
following: Mrs. w. w. Hale, Des
Moines; Mrs. ]. C. McClintock, Sioux
City; Mrs. d. W. C. Rowley, Cedar
Rapids, and Mrs. Louis R. Elliott,
Knoxville, Iowa.
Two thousand people visited the
National Swedish Old Peoples Home
here when the institution formally
was opened. Many people were in
the city from outside the state. The
house is beautifully located and fur
nished, and is the pride of the city.
Former Sheriff A. ]. Shinn, OF Har-
rison county, whose stock yards have
been visited by hog thieves, has pur-
chased bloodhounds. The pork rust
lers visit the yards and hog pastures
in the night and take the plumber
away in wagons.
The heirs of the estate of the late
James Donaldson of Chaplin, who met
death in freight wreck near Steam
boat Rock, will receive $1,000 dam.
ages from the Minneapolis & st. Lou
is Railroad company
Five thousand people visited the
Oskaloosa Eagles new $4,000 club
and lodge apartments. recently re-
built and enlarged. A class of 100
was added to the 700 membership
after which there was a banquet.
Theodore Stark & Co. were award
ed the contract to erect the new $1o,-
900 st. Paups Methodist church build
ing at Cedar Rapids. The building
is to be completed within the year.
Where to find teachers for the rural
schools of Franklin county is prob
lem that is hard to solve. There are
still ten schools In the county with
out instructors for the spring term.
Plans have been completed for the
county convention of w. C. T. U.
"oIhcIS W uc Htiu at SeudT fdllS
April 20. About 100 w. C. T. U. mem
bers of prominence are expected.
After writing note saying that she
was tired of life and OF hard work,
Mrs Zattie Boutwell,, aged "a. drank
several ounces of creolin at her home
at 1925 High street. Des Moines.
John Holmes. who pleaded guilty to
IN indictment charging him with plac-
Ing distractions on the Great West.
ern railway tracks. two miles east of
wastsentenced in the dis
trict court at Council Bluffs to life
Imprisonment in the state penitenti-
lry at Fort Madison.
Thomas j. o'Neill, Edward O'Neill
and Louis Searles, said TO be of Coun-
I'll Bluffs, were killed, and an unideu-
+ifed man seriously injured. when a
ir@ight car on an eastbound Chicago.
& st. Paul freight train
was derailed near Coon Rapids.