Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-12
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accompanied BY q nurse and was In 4
precaTious condition, requiring constant
attention. The young lady was taken
to the City Hotel and everything done
to make her comfortable in the hopesof
sustaining life until she reached her
home at Sac City. But ali efforts proved
futile and she passed away Sunday
forenoon. Deceased's mother and Sis
ter arrived Saturday and were with her
at the time OF her death. This is the
third death In the family with con-
sumption within a year. a sister tay-
Ing passed away about two weeks ago.
Sioux City.
The Journal says that altho it was
generally understood last week while
the board OF supervisors was in session
that a rock pile for tramps would be
established in the court house yard, the
members OF the board failed to take any
action on the matter and there will be
no rock pile for another month at least
when the board will meet again There
have been so many false alarms about
the rock pile scheme that those most in
terested in it's establishment will not
longer place any faith in mere an
Inouncemerts that 1t is going to mate
rialize OF the supervisors. C. C. Frum
vas the most enthusiastic advocate of
this method Of discouraging tramps
from visiting Sioux City.
Creston.
When Judge Towner reconvened court
Monday afternoon the saloon cases
| came up and We're, continued until the
next term on request of Attorney Barn
grover, who appears for the plaintiff.
Mr.. Barngroyer, who represents ]. F.
Ferrel, the prosecuting witness. said his
client was opposed to proceeding with
the cases in their present status, he.
preferring to fight the cases on the is
sue arising from, the board of supervis-
or canvass, on the claim that permits
We're Illegally given by the supervisors,
lit being held by the plaintiff that the
board was not in regular session when
the permits we're granted. 1t was to;
save this question, says Attorney Barn
grover, that continuance was asked
| for.
Burlington.
The crowd of detectives that spent a
Ifortnigflt in Burlington trying to find.
Tout what had become of that 100000
package of money that disappeared be-
tween Chicagosan Burlington, are now
working in Gsalesbufg. They seem to
Iihave given up hopes of getting on the
trail of The package by working at
lseither end Of the line, and at Gales
burg they are following the same thor
ough line of work that they did at Bur-
l|lington. The chief line sof inquiry seems
to be as to the most t,'ifling purchase
LOT anything representing the contents
| Of the dummy package that was sub
Istituted for the package containing the
4 money. Anyone who has purchased a
4 copy of Black Beauty" curing tile past
three months is liable to be spotted,
simply because pages from that novel
iIIwere used in packing the dummy The
/ makers OF rubber stamps are all under
fire. as it is hoped thru them to get a
clew to the thieves They had stamped
the dummy package in pretty good inn
itation Of the stamp used by the bank.
4 Waterloo.
\ The local officers of the Illinois Cen
trail road have been notified Of the let
5|ting OF the contract for the new shops
3Ipany. Of Chicago. the senior member of
4 the firm being at one time mayor of the
lefty by the lake. The contract was let
on the 9Th OF September and the work
on the buildings will be commenced al
5lonce. 1t is expected that member Of
4 the contracting firm and his men will
be here in day or two and that the
work of excavating for the round house
A and ma chine shops wild be started this
week. All the buildings will be under
A way in about three weeks. A portion of
i the material has arrived and the
s|greunds near the tracks leading to the
building points are being rapidly
lIcleared to make place for the material.
Many laborers have been employed
4 clearing the side tracks of all the tool
sheds and crap iron piles which lire the
fltrack leading TO the building sites
4 fronting on East Fourth street Ow-
ling to the urgent need of the new round
house and machine shops the work on
these two buildings will be commenced
first. the work on the other buildings
4 following as soon IS the material can be
Il nroyided