Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-01
The NEWS FROM HOME
What Iowa People Are Doing in Iowa Towns
Your Old Home.

Ile brakeman mas Deen marrleQz IOTs
eight or ten years and is the father of
three children. - John Kenneally,
vas indicted for cutting ex-Ald. Duggan
several weeks ago. Kenneally gave
Duggan an ugly slash across the neck,
and for a time it was feared Duggan
would die. The Indictment against
Kenneally was for assault with intent
to murder. The punishment for this
is Imprisonment in the penitentiary Mr..
.Duggan has recovered and did not de-
sire to see Kenneally punished so se-
yerely. On his motion the charge was
changed to intent to commit great
bodily injury and kenneally was sem
fenced to imprisonment in Jail for
year.
Marengo.
Our city has at last been visited by
a couple of cases of this much dreaded
disease. but which. according to the Re-
publican, are luckily of a very mild
form and have been taken early in hand
and every precaution taken to prevent
the spread of the same. Charles Bruce
and Mrs. S. G. Sharp are the victims,
the symptoms being discovered by DR..
Schultze, the attending physician. who
at once reported the matter TO the props
er officers, and meeting OF the board
of health was called, at which all the
necessary precautions We're ordered to
be made The school Will be thorough
ly disinfected and Room No. 6, in which
a sister of Mr.. Bruce's was a student,
Will be closed for the time being, which
will practically mean only two days. as
the regular weeks vacation occurs next
week.
Waterloo.
The new electric block signal, which
was placed on the Great Western at the
Commercial street crossing. is now III
successful operation. Batteries are To-
Gated several hundred feet on each side
of the crossing and as soon as the train.
strikes the rails where the batteries are
placed the bell begins to ring and con-
unues to ring until the last car has
PASSED over the battery on the other
side of the crossing. The electricity is
conducted by the rails, which are con-
nected at each jointing place in addition
10 the iron coupling so that the current
can not be possibly shunted or stopped.
The sound of the bell can be heard for
several blocks and rings only while the
train is in motion over the rails. which
Eccnvey the electric current, Stopping
When the motion Of the cars is stopped.
altho they may be still on the rails con-
lf.ected with 1t. Some KIND of a signal
| to wayfarers has long been necessary
at this crossing, and this will be great
| ~ appreciated by the public, especially
| ar night. Other similar signals will
undoubtedly be put in soon at otnsi
.crossings In the city where no watch
Isi,1an is stationed.
Cedar Rapids.
I The remains Of the late Albert Jonas
who was asphyxiated in the McCutch-
leon house at Burlington Monday night,
have been brought home and the flu
neral was held from the family resi-
eonce, sos South Third street. west. at
9 O'clock on Friday afternoon. The jury
found that he came to an accidental
ldeath. AT the inquest held over the re-
mains the only evidence adduced of i'm
portance was that given by the night
clerk of the hotel. W. c. Brown; u b..
IC. II. s. n. fireman. +. C.. Wood, who
Twas friend Of Jonas; and officer
Houston. Mr.. Brown said he registered
as Raymond, shortly after nine p. M.
asked for a room, was assigned to "a
and soon after shown TO II by brown,
who cautioned him about the gas. as he
does all transient guests. He noticed
no evidence of liquor upon him nor any
thing strange in his actions. He was
enc of the first to enter his room where
he was found dead and noticed that
the gas Jet was partly opened He de-
scribed his position in the bed, etc. Mr..
Mood. the fireman. was a personal
friend of Jonas and was with him DUR
ing the latter part of the day-until
$40. Then Jonas left TO go to the Nc
icutcheon house, where Wood directed
him. Jonas came from Cedar Rapids
with friend who was going With him
To Chicago to seek employment. They
had been in the navy together. The
three We're together but Jonas Chicago
bound friends left them with out ex-
pressing his intention of going back
10 Cedar Rapids to hunt UP the friend
Wood testified that Jonas drank but
little during the day and was in a
cheerful mood
Job Couldn't Have stoodIt
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