Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-01-31

Eleventh Iowa infantry, at the rate of
s.. commencing Sept. 90. 1900. Mrs
Millssap has been member of the Home
for number OF years Her husband
died Sept. %. 1900. Talbert s. Mack, of
Dillon, 10 the other recipient of an al
lowance and he is granted pension Of
S. beginning July %, 1897. Mack is a
veteran of the First Iowa battery.
The Marshalltown Light, Power and
Railway Company is figuring on MAX
Ing several little improvements In Its
service for the coming summer months
and this morning there arrived from
Chicago new trucks for one Of the large
trailers, No. 8, which is to be converted
into summer car with motive power
attached. New trucks are 20 be
placed under motor car No. 4, in order
to better the service of that car The
present trucks are closer together than
those of the other cars and the result
Is that the car rocks too much for
pleasure.
The prospects are that on the 9th and
10th ult., or the first and third Tues
days of February. it will1pay sightseers
to visit the depots and witness the
Oklahoma. There promises 20 be phe-
nomenal amount of passenger traffic on
those dates, when the lomeseekers'
rates are in effect. There are more In
quiries to the passenger departments
of the railroads concerning the Okla
homa "trip that is to be opened up, and
clerks are being kept busy preparing
letters of explanation. A great amount
of explanatory literature has been is
sued for the excursions to the terri
tory.
The condition of Mrs. Harry East,
who has been in very precarious con-
dltion for the past few days, suffering
with an attack of neurasthemia, result
ing from an illness Of long standing, is
somewhat improved today. A bad sink
ing spell Wednesday afternoon, followed
by Inconsistencies, led to q report be-
ing circulated that the patient was dead,
but this, happily, proved untrue. For a
time, however, Wednesday night 1t was
feared Mrs. East was dying, but about
2 o'clock this morning she rallied and
again became rational. Even III the Inn.
rrovement in her condition, however,
the chances are against her ultimate re-
c0very.
Mrs. d. W. Norris, of Grinnell, was iii
the city Wednesday night as the guest
Of her son, Mr.. d. w. Norris. Jr and
wife, going this morning to Cedar Rap
ids, where today, as q member of the
state library commission, she was q
guest at the library reception, given by
the directors of the Cedar Rapids libra
~. Miss Tyler, Of Des Moines, secre-
tary Of the commission and library ex-
}rert, is also to be one of the honored
guests. Friday the library at Marion
Will be visited and Saturday Miss Tyler
and Mrs. Norris will go to Upton, where.
a new library will be opened. Mrs. Nor
sris will spend the day there, inspecting
the new library, and Miss Tyler will re-
main for week, cataloging the books.
The Northwestern sleeper. "San Mar
co.. just out Of the Pullman shops at
Pullman, ILL.,, after being reprinted,
Vanished and renovated. met with a
nlishap Wednesday afternoon while be-
ing deadheaded west to Missouri Valley,
to be replaced in sarvice on the thru
night trains. The sleeper was being
sent west on No 13. the local west
bound passenger, and somewhere be-
tween Montour and Tama the train was
passed by a fast freight. east-bound. In
one fiat car was a huge load Of stone
and just at the time when the passenger
was passing one Of the rocks fell and
struck the sleeper breaking the front
vestibuled plate glass door, breaking OFF
a part Of the casing and marring the
freshly painted side.
Mrs. H. "A. Church and son Harry left
this morning for Chicago. where they
will join Mr.. Church and proceed 10
Philadelphia, where they will visit until
Feb. 10. when they will 60 to Washing
ton, ID. c. Mrs. c. G. Cottle and daugh-
ter Katherine Will leave on the 18th ult.
tor Washington, where they will join
Mr.. and Mrs. Church and son. Mrs.
Cottle and Mrs. Church will attend the
national chapter meeting OF the Daugh-
ters Of the American Revolution as dell
egates from Spinning Wheel Chapter.
and Master Church and little Miss Cot
tile will attend the national convention
! Of the Children Of the American Revolu-
tIon's societies. The party will remain
In Washington until after the inaugural
OF President Mckinley and Vice Presi-
dent Roosevelt.
IAProminsntC Chicago Woman speak
Professor Roxa Tyler. Of Chicago.
vice president Illinois Wonaan's ALT
ance. In speaking Of Chamberlain
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