Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-14
IHE MCKINLEY FUND.
Gov. Cummins Taking An Ac.
tive Interest in Raising
Memorial Funds.
New Railroad Company Formed
to Build Great Western
Branch.
Hitch in Homestead Sale - A
Judges Conclusions =
Flag Day.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
| Des Mones, June 14.-There is rea-
sonable certainty that at an early date
the Iowa proportion of the fund for the
erection of monument in memory of
the late William Mckinley at his home
in Canton, Ohio, will be raised and for
warded to the committee in charge. In
the closing days of Gov. Shaw's admin
| istration committee was named to take
up the work, but about the same time
| efforts We're made to secure funds for
proposed memorial arch in Washington,
and between the two movements but
Gov Cummins did not find time to take
up the matter until recently. He de-
sired very much that Iowa do the prop
er thing, not only for the sake of Iowa
but because of his former close rela-
ton to the beloved president. He has
set out to raise about $4,000 for the
| fund. Persons known to him are be-
| ing appointed, one only in each county.
to solicit contributions for the fund.
| The governor is making 1T personal
matter between himself and friends and
unless the person first approached un-
| dertakes the work in all seriousness
another is selected for the work. AL
ready good results are coming from this
policy In Muscatine county, for in
stance, John Kemble has raised some
thing like $400. In Scott county George
Metzgar has undertaken to raise the
sum required and will do so. So it is all
over the state, and there is no doubt
| that in a short time the fund will be
secured and Iowa will have done her
share in erecting the monument to the
| late president.
The Mark II. Evans, formerly of the
Thirty second volunteer regiment, who
| testified before the senate committee
the other day in regard to what he saw
while in the Philippines, was member
OF the Oskaloosa company in the Fifty
first Iowa regiment when he started
out. He came to Des Moines and went
with the regiment to San Francisco, re-
time to start for the Philippines. He
was one of only a few of the Iowa boys
to secure his discharge at this time, and
for this he was held up to scorn by the
boys who staid with the company. He
afterwards enlisted in the two-year
service in the Thirty-second volunteers.
| He is but little known in Des Moines.
The incorporation Of the Mason City
& Fort Dodge Railway Company was
effected yesterday by filing articles
! with the secretary of state. This is the
secondary company formed to build
the new line of the Great Western from
| Oelwein to Waverly and make shorter
route. for the company. After the road
| is built it will be turned over to the
Great Western for operation. 1t is
known here that the promoters Of the
| electric road from Waterloo to Denver
expect to take over the abandoned por-
ton of the Great Western from Sum-
ner to Waverly and operate it as an
| electric line. In this connection the
fact has just come out here that the
| Illinois Central actually has a traffic
| arrangement with the new DeS MoineS
and Iowa Falls road and trains of the
road are promised in Des Moines by
September ! next. The presumption
is that the Central will get it's Des
Moines business much like the Milwau-
kee got it's first hold in Des Moines.
The Milwaukee had a traffic arrange
ment with the old Hubbell road, the
Des Moines & Northwestern and took
| 60 per cent of the business for itself
l. 20,
road. Then the Des Moines road kept
out of all traffic associations, made it's
own rates, cut rates where ever neces-
sary and built UP a fine business which
was in time turned over to the Mil
waukee. The fact first published sew
eral days ago in this correspondence
| that the Iowa Central is figuring on
coming into Des Moines from the east
over one of the interurban franchises,
has got around to Des Moines, and the
people of Des Moines are getting in
! tereSted in it.
| There is a hitch in the matter of
| ordering the sale of the Homestead
and allied properties. The supreme
court refused a rehearing in the case,
| but the decree was contradictory in
terms and the court is preparing a
new decree and new order of sale and
the date of sale will have to be fixed
| yet. 1t is also learned that there will
certainly be more than one bidder for
the property and the management may
thus change.
| In an argument on a petition for re-
hearing filed in the supreme court
Judge Van Wagenen publishes hith-
erto unnoticed incident of the trial
of Sherciiff, the diamond robber. The
argument is in the case of Barto VS..
the Sioux City Electric company and
the Iowa Telephone company where
/ a judgment was entered by default and
the court refused to order the ropen1ng
| of the case The Telephone company
argues that the default was due to
misunderstanding which caused the
failure to employ an attorney to look
after the case, and the argument con-
| tains an elaborate discussion OF the
difference between forgetfulness and
misunderstanding. Judge Van Wagon
en-, who presided at the trial of Sher-
cliff says:
| "A very apt instance of this occurs
to the writer of this argument. Upon
the trial of the diamond robber, Sher-
cliff. Pollock, the man who was ROBBED,
testified positively that the robber kept
| sa ying to him while holding him up,