Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-05-22

preached McCallsburg with box car
afire. The train was stopped and
while working with the burning car,
the trainmen heard faint scream. A
brakeman broke the seal and opened
the door A hobo, who later gave his
name as Joe Gilbert, fell out Of the
car to the ground senseless. The In
jured man was taken to a Nevada
hospital. His nose and ears were
burned on and he lived but a few
hours.
Ten OF the prominent Adventists
from the headquarters at Nevada have
gone to Washington, d. c., to attend
the International Conference of the
Seventh-day Adventists and will be
absent from the city for about a
month. Those who we're in the party
were: Elder A. R. Ogden; Mrs. Flora
V. Dorcas, DR.. c. w. Head, B. A.
Wolcott, Prof. j. G. Lamson, Miss
Florence Head, Miss Hannah Larson,
Miss Elizabeth Neal and John Thomp-
son.
At the A. o. U. w. meeting at Fort
Dodge E. B. Evans, Des Moines; G.
c. Landstrom, Cedar Rapids, and A.
v. Proudfoot of Indianola were elect
ed representatives of the Iowa Grand
lodge A. o. U. w. to the supreme
lodge of the order. B. F. Carroll, Des
Moines, and w. H. Berry ef Indianola
remain as supreme representatives.
Following the memorial services and
the installation of the grand lodge Of
fcers the grand lodge closed the con-
vention.
The Democrat printing Office at
Osceola was damaged by fire to the
amount of several thousand dollars.
The origin Of the fire is unknown. In
dications are II had been smolderins
for some time before discovered and
started near the safe in the Office
rooms, whose contents, including
newspaper files, valuable records ana
linotype machine are total loss.
Formerly a trusted employee of two
banks In Sioux City, Herbert A.
Doyle now faces the alternative OF a
sentence in the penitentiary or in
generation in the insane asylum be-
cause of his confessed inability to re-
frain from petty forgeries. Doyle
claims that the drink habit has been
responsible for his downfall.
The meeting of the Cedar Valley
Racing association will be held at
Waverly on Tuesday, Wednesday ard
Thursday, June 10 to II. The track
is one of the best In the state, and
indications are that this will be one
of the largest racing meets ever held
in that city.
Marion Willoughby, %, was killed
while working with his father and
other carpenters ON the roof OF a
house near Quasqueton. A bolt OF
lightning struck him and stunned him
and he fell to his death 20 feet be.
| low.
Philip Leibsohn has sold the Wilson
$50 acre farm near Dixie to Charles
Craig for s165 an acre. Jabe Temp
kins has sold his $50 acre farm two
miles north of Grundy Center to Ell
Sc De Groote for $3.50 an acre.
T. B. Buckley, who was injured in a
fall down stairs from an office in
Lake Mills FIVE weeks ago, has been
returned from Mason City. He has
been in a semi-conscious state eyei
since the accident occurred.
The thirty-fifth annual reunion o!
the Story County Veterans associa
ton will be held at Cambridge On
Aug. IA and Is. C. H. Dickey OF that
place has been selected as colone
and J. H. Woods, adJutant.
Five hundred members Of the Anci
ent Order of United Workmen met
at Fort Dodge when the thirty-thir'
regular session of the Grand Lodge
of Iowa was held A class of nearly
zoo members was initiated.
Lewis Rose of Schaller was run
down and killed almost instantly BY
heavy touring car driven by John
Currie. Rose was crossing MAR
street in that town when the machine
struck him.
Henry county old soldiers will place
bronze tablets, bearing the name Of
every soldier who enlisted from tina
county, in the walls of the new court
house now being built at Mount Pleas
ant.
The Fifty-third regimental encamp
ment is now assured for Charles CITY
The Commercial club have raised
nearly $1,000 to defray expenses q
fitting up the grounds for them
Joseph Kartel, charged with keep
ing liquor nuisance at Mason City
was fined $500 by Judge Edwards and
Edward Burzette was fined $3.50 fol
keeping liquor.
Residents of Corning, Prescott and
MEANWHILE are agitating the question
Of maintaining good auto ROAD
through those towns to Des Moines.
The Iowa State college now has ons
of the highest priced Clydesdale
breeding studs in the world. Snow
King, bought by the national govern.
ment for the Ames farm arrived by
express at the state college a few
days ago from the breeding farm OF
R. Copeland, Aberdeenshire. Scotland
]. Walker, alias Perle, who has left
a trail of forged paper in many towns
! throughout the state, pleaded guilty
at Dubuque to offenses in Dyersville.
He was sentenced to fifteen years in
the penitentiary. Walker had claimed
20 represent Chicago collection
E. R. Harrison of Des Moines, with
several warrants hanging over him
N Iowa for forgery and charge
hanging over him In Oklahoma for en-
excitement, has eyaded the author
ties as easily as II he were vapor. yet
harrison is giant weighing $50
POUNDS. His last forgery was com.
nitted at Sac City.
! Prairie City High defeated Monroe
High by the decisive score OF 10 to
3. This makes two out OF three for
Prairie City. Batteries-Monroe
Shaw, Trout and Wagner: Prairie
,ity: Johnston, Mercer and Jennings.