Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-12

in the petition that the accident was
due to the negligence or carelessness on
the part of the employees of the COM
pany. That no bell or whistle was
sounded and that the train was travel
ing at an unusual rate of speed.
There We're six responses to the invita-
ton extended at the Christian church
Friday evening. This is the greatest
number responding in any evening anc
makes a total of twenty three persons
responding during the two weeks that
the meetings have been in progress. The
pastor. MIR. Mcknight, is much encour-
aged by his success
Council Bluffs.
Informal applications for several mil
lion spawn of calico and black bass and
wall eyed pike to stock Lake Manawa
and Cut Oft lake have been made tc the
United States fish commissioners. 1t is
probable that the work of stocking the
two lakes will be commenced early in
the spring, should the action be favora-
bic. Efforts have been made in the past
to have Manawa stocked with game fish
by the Iowa commissioners. but they
have declined on the ground that Mana
was location was stil matter of dis
pute, it not yet being finally determined
whether the lake is in Iowa. Nebraska
or boundary water. 1t is said that the
government commissioners will very
likely grant the recent requests
Spencer.
Work at the flax mill is progressing
nicely. So far the work has been con-
fined to threshing the flax and spread
ing the straw outdoors, preparatory to
breaking 1t and removing the woody
fiber. The flax. instead of being thresh-
ed by the old fashioned machine with a
cylinder having teeth, is passed thru a
succession of rollers which crush the
bolls without breaking the straw. The
seed Is not cleaned az it goes thru the
machine, but is afterward gathered up
and removed from the straw much more
completely than is done by the ordinary
threshing machine, but the process Is
slower. After finishing the threshing
the straw which has been spread out
and exposed to the weather will be
brought in again, broken, and the
woody portions shaken out. This latter
work will be done on the same machines
which did the threshing, some changes
Of parts being required for the purpose
There is room to keep large amount of
material under cover: the room is heat
ed by steam and work can be continued
In all kinds Of weather.
Ottumwa.
The Courier of the Sth says: Mrs
Laura Thompson, 123 North Davis
street, appeared before Judge Moon this
morning charged with intoxication. She
admitted her guilt and after telling the
court how /, happened and that it was
the first time she had ever appeared in
was picked up last evening by Officer
Sullivan. She came up to him very
much under the influence of liquor and
wanted him to take her home. Instead
Officer Sullivan took her to Jail. This
morning she said she had been visiting
on Railroad street and had become so
much under the influence of liquor she
did not know where she lived or where
she wanted to go. Officer Sullivan was
the first man she met, and her incarcer-
alton in Jail followed. This morning
when the woman was brought into
court it was learned that she was the
plaintiff in case against the city OF
Ottumwa for damages. which she al
legged were received thru falling upon
defective sidewalk. 1t is now alleged
by the city officials that the woman was
intoxicated when she fell, and that this
will be the defense of the city when the
case comes to trial. Chief Gray has
made a careful investigation of the
matter and he says that he can prove
beyond doubt that the woman was<in
toxicated when she was injured and for
which she now seeks to recover from
the city