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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
IOWA DOCTOR SUED.
Illinois Woman Wants $4,000 TO
Breacb of Promise

Illinois Woman Wants $4,000 for
Breach of Promise.
Special TO Times Republican.
Council Bluffs, Nov. 1s.--Miss Lena
Mackison, of Quincy, ILL.,, figures as
plaintiff in a $4,000 breach-of- promise
suit begun in the district court yester-
day against DR.. ]. w. Frazier, of
Honey Creek, Iowa.
Miss Mackison was formerly an evan
gelist of the United Brethren church,
and it was while conducting revival
meetings in this city and vicinity six
years ago that she first met DR.. Frazier,
tc whom she says she became engaged
in the winter of 1897. Three years ago.
owing to an accident which made her
an Invalid for nearly two years, Miss
MaclSison was obliged TO give UP her
work as an evangelist and return to her
home in Quincy, where the doctor not
only visited her, but cared for her dur
ing her illness.
The wedding day was postponed from
time to time by the doctor, Miss Mack
ison asserts, for financial reasons, but
ercently the doctor fell heir to a large
estate thru the deaths of his GRANDPA
Their and father. Instead of carrying
out his alleged promise to make her his
wife, Miss Mackinson claims that the
doctor has transferred his affections to
Young school teacher, hence the suit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
ROBBERY AT BERWICK.
WAGON Load of Stuff from Genera
Merchandise Store.

Wagon Load of Stuff from General
Merchandise Store.
Des Moines, Nov. 19.-Robbers en-
tered the town of Berwick, fifteen miles
northeast of this city on the Chicago
Great Western railway, last evening
and burglarized the Great Western sta
ton and Barr & Dunco's general store.
The men took away a wagon load of
stuff from the store and a quantity of
express and valuables from the depot.
There is no clue to the identity of the
thieves. The police in this city have
been notified to look out for the thieves.
The burglary was committed about
midnight. Barr & Dunco's store was
broken into with a Jimmy and gloves,
shoes and jewelry were taken. AT the
station one of the windows was forced
up by a crowbar. The extent of the
loss could not be determined this morn
ing, but it is estimated that it will ex-
coed $500.
Advices from Berwick indicate that
the citizens of that place are in state
of great excitement because of the rob-
berry. Messrs. Barr & Ounce conduct
large general store and have been do
ing business here for several years.
There was no one in the store or the
station at the time the robbery was
conmitte
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
Muscatine Gets Into a Row
With the Present Electric
Light Plant.
THE NEW COMPANY SELLS OUT
Disposes of Franchise Granted by the
City to the Old Company Rates
to be Regulated or an Attempt Made
to Build New System to be Owned
by the People.
Special to Times-Republican

Muscatine, Nov. 19-This city has
been trying for year to get cheaper
street lighting and now there begins
to be talk of a municipal lighting plant.
The Citizens Light and. Power Coma
pany is the old company whose con-
tract expired October 6. Last winter
"a franchise was granted the Peoples
Lighting Company which agreed to
furnish lights at S64 for one o'clock
service and STA for all night. The old
company was getting $50 and $780,
When the sixth of October came there
was no new plant in operation and
finally the explanation was given the
council that the franchise had been
sold to the old company. The new
company says it's terms were to be
carried out The buyers say they sim
ply bought it to get the new company
out of the way. Now the city council
is threatening to fix arbitrary prices
and If the old company does not ac
cept them, submit a municipal plan
proposition to the voters. II the old
company can not make terms it is
intimated it will shut off the light and
leave the city in darkness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
Foreman of Bridge Gang and
Prominent Cedar Falls Cit
liens the Principals.
LEAVES MOTHER FOR DAUGHTER
Gallant Wooes Brides Mother But This
Anqers the Son, and Lovers Troubles
Arouse the Sympathy of the Daush-
ter Who Leaves Home to Marry Him
Family Angry.

Cedar Falls, Nov. ia romantic
courtship eliminated in marriage yes
terday at Waterloo. the parties peins
residents of this city, or one OF theii''
s+ when Miss Ollie Burroughs anu
Freeman w. Hayes were marrieo a. ~
home of Rev. Samuel Calian' oh 'ne
Presbyterian church. ;,
wear ago the Illinois Central Raii-
road Company constructed a ne" iion
bridge across the river In this city, anu
employed on the work young man
namad Burroughs. Freeman W. Hayes
was foreman of the bridge gang anu q
handsome fellow, and he and bur
roughs became fast friends. hayes was
toLan m Burroughs home as board
or during the stay, and soon began 70
av some attentions to Mrs. Burroughs,
who Is a widow with several grown
children. This did not suit young Sur
roughs and he objected tn the Httie
game which Cupid had instituted ana
was seconded In the motion py ms Sis
ter. Miss Ollie. Hayes took the mater
81 sariously that Miss Burroughs began
- s,,ronathize with him in his troubles,
and--it was the same Old STORY apou.
love and pity being akin. hayes zen
desnerately in love with MISS oiiie'
which excited the anger OF the motner'
the former sweetheart, and from .hae
;;,,,a On there was trouble in the Bur
rn,,ehs household, which only addeo
wood to the flames.
HAYES has been coming 10 this el'y
often during the past SIX months' anu
having attentions to MISS burfoushe'
Two months ago young burroughs or
dered Hayes from the premises ana
warned him not to return. MISS Dur
rouehs said If her lover must go sne'
too. would go, and she did, ana since
then she has not lived at home, put mas
visited friends east of here, ana yester-
day met her lover here, and together
they went to Waterloo where tney were
married by the former pastor OF the
PRESBYTERIAN church here. Ihe prloe Is
handsome young woman, OF age, ana
canable of taking care of her own at
fairs The results of the meeting OF the
two young men are rather unusual.
Two cbums are now enemies, one is the
husband of the sister OF the other.
Mother and daughter and brother are
on unfriendly terms because mother
and daughter were both sweethearts OF
the same man. Hayes ana burroughs
are both still working as members Oh
the Illinois Central bridge gang, Bur-
roughs working under his former chum,
who is still foreman
Mr. and MRS. Hayes left for chicago
on a wedding trip.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
FROM ALL OVER IOWA.
Melbourne.

Melbourne.
| Much of the corn is reported to the
Record as down" badly, and this re-
tards. the work of picking. Hardly q
man has finished the work yet, and a
| lot of them, who report sixty to eighty
a cres yet out, will have cause for addi-
| tional thanks on the 9th If they have
| then finished. One very encouraging
feature is the report from any quar-
tiers of vast Improvement in quality
of the crop in general the past month.
Much of the grain is hardening far be-
yond expectations or hope of a short
time since. The yield is variously re-
ported at forty to sixty-five bushels per
acre.
Waverly.
The Independent says: zone of the
first white settlers in this part of the
Cedar valley, and an old trapper, says
the muskrats are making very indiffer-
ent preparations for winter that they
are not building their houses high and
strong and warm. This, he says, is a
sure indication that we will have mild
winter. But the Independent suggests
that you prepare for all kinds of biz
yards and 40 below. Then If we have a
warm winter, and IL the blizzards and
40 below don't come, you can still be
thankful. We don't pretend to know
the muskrats' business better than they
do themselves, but we do know that
when we are prepared for the worst we
are prepared to enjoy the best"
Toledo.
The Democrat refers to the recent
death of Rev. M. S. Drury, man to
whom Western College and Toledo
who saw the need of moving the coll
lege from Western to Toledo and he
showed mis- faith in college and city
by liberal donations and by invest
ments. Drury Hall is his gift to the
school. He it was who built the pres
ent residence of President Bookwalter.
and due much to his energy and his
solicitations Toledo began a develop
ment hitherto unknown. His great
hope was to build for the United Breth-
rem college which would take rank
with the best in the state, and in his
distant home at Pasadena, he must
have rejoiced in the news which told
him the school was freed from debt.
Arlington.
Orville A. Horton received a fine
barrel of pears from his parents living
in Chadbourn, N. c., they came thru
in excellent shape but very few bruised
ones in the whole lot. These pears
his father picked from trees which he
planted since going south which was
seven years ago this month. Straw
berries is their chief crop altho all
kinds of fruit is plentiful. Last year
they shipped $1,000 worth of berries
off from five acres. That included
expenses which were about $500 and
this year their shipments amounted to
$1,400 of five acres. They have bought
them 40 acres more land this summer
and have built them fine barn. John
Crawfords, who went south two years
ago, now are also doing we'll. He
cleared $400 off two acres this year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19

Davenport.
1,ha farmers are complaining or a
general scarcity of help in the Hello
Farm hands are scarce, and generally
come high. Because of their rarity
and advanced price they are more IN
dependent than they used to be.
The Rock Island rummage sale, for
the benefit of the poor of that place,
Melted $1,000. The Davenport sale a
couple of weeks before paid $625.
Carroll.
The Great Western track layers We're
in Carroll Sunday. Saturday the men
worked in mud almost to their knees
two miles north of town, and the COM
plant was so great from the labofers
that it will probably be necessary to
suspend the work until the road bed
gets in better shape. The Sentinel says
the Great Western road bed thru town
resembles drainage canal more than
a railroad.
Brooklyn.
The Chronicle scribe visited Judge
SCOTS farm not long ago and took
a look at his goats. They have cleared
out the brush in wonderful style. The
sumach bushes are actually peeled to
the tops, and nearly all the other
brush is dead from the constant crop :
ping of the leaves and twigs. The
goats paid little attention to the grass,
but scarcely allowed weed on the
place to go to seed.
Dubuque.
A milkman today submitted the fol-
lowing statement in proof of the con-
~, 4,
that there is warrant for the raising OF
the price of milk. The milkmen de-
clare that feed is very high and that
they must pay from $40 to $12 fon
hay; s14 for bran, s26 for chopped
feed, 40 cents for oats. They also
declare that milk has been sold at
higher price during the winter months
for several years past.
Clinton.
Never were the displays of apples at
the various fruit stands more tempting
than they are now and seldom have
the housekeepers of Clinton had the
opportunity to get them at better
prices. In the wholesale quotations
fancy New York apples are quoted at
$3.50 to $2.75 q barrel; fancy Missouri
at the same price, and fancy eaters at
SO and $4 1t takes from hundred
to a hundred and twenty five carloads
of apples to supply the trade in Clinton.
Centerville.
Word has been received here from
Washington that Attorney General
Knox has reported to Secretary Shaw
that valid title may be secured by
the United States to the property
offered by Centerville as site for the
new public building in this place. Con
gress made an appropriation of $35,ooo
for a postotfice at Centerville, provided
suitable site could be secured at
cost not to exceed 81. Centerville Of
fered property which was acceptable
to Secretary Shaw, located at the
southwest corner of South Main and
West Maple streets, known as the :. L.
Parks site.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
BROS. WIN
Jury in Federal Court at Fort
Dodge Decides Famous
Case.
FORGED MESSAGE BY PHONE
Western Union Held 60 Have Been
Negligent in Receiving Message Over
'Phone and Transmitting 1t Without
Verifying Its Commences = Nearly
$4,000 involved in the Suit.

Special to Times Republican.
Fort Dodge, Nov. let took the jury
in the federal court just twenty-three
minutes to return verdict allowing
the plaintiffs the full amount sued for
Monday evening in the suit for Ss,s'z
brought by Schriver Bros. against the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
Besides the amount stated, the verdlct
allows plaintiffs interest at the rate OIL
6 ner cent from March IA of the present
year. The jury found that the telegraph
company was negligent in not eXercls-
ing due care in sending the telegram
from which the suit resulted. Follow
ing tha conclusion of this case court ad-
journed for the term.
The case was one of the hardest ever
fought in the federal court In TINS CITY.
John Senneffff of Britt, Shaw, Slnlfns q
Kiehnle. of Denison, and Heaiy Bros. q
Kelleher. of Fort Dodge, appeared for
the plaintiffs, while Hubbard, Call q
Wright, of Sioux City, represented the
western Union. A motion for new trial
will be argued in Dubuque on Dec. II.
The suit resulted from the sale or
shipment of cattle by Schriver BROS. OIL
Britt TO e. S. Barnes of Denison last
March The sale was executed IN BTU,
and in payment for the cattle, Wnlch
sold for $S.S72, Barnes presented
check on the bank of Denison Tor that
amount. Schriver Bros. however. re-
fused to accept the check until 1T could
hear from the bank at Denison. Barnes
agreed to go to Denison and nave the
check verified by the bank, and then
have that institution telegraph to the
Commercial Bank at Britt. The tele-
graph office at Denison is located at the
railroad depot, some distance from
town, and it has been customary Tor
to be sent to the office by tel
ephone. Barnes went to Denison ana,
himself to be an ofncial
of the bank, telephoned the telegraph
operators to send an O. *. message to
the Commercial Bank of Britt. This
was DONE but when the check was pre-
sented at the Denison bank the bank
disclaimed all knowledge of the tele-
gram. Barnes deceit was then discov-
cred, but not until he had secured the
cattle and taken them to Chicago.
Barnes is now in the penitentiary for
a fraud committed number of years
ago in Fayette He was a fugitive from
Justice when he bought the cattle. 1t
has been said If the Western Union lost
out in the suit it would result in an
order to It's managers all over the coun-
try to refuse to accept messages over
the telephone for transmission by tele-
graph.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19

New Sharon. :.
Farmers are busy getting their soft
corn out Of the muddy fields. Inc
crop in this section is not up to aver
| age as regards quality.
EIston.
Corn husking is all the rage among
the farmers in this vicinity in KING
gold county, and an abundant yield or
the golden grain is being gathered.
Madrid.
Farmers are making good Roadway
in the corn fields at present. Some say
| the corn is sound, dry and OF good
quality. 1t is down a great deal, SO
husking is not the easiest work.
Burlington.
Four hundred and forty-five books
were given out at the Burlington free
public library last Saturday. This is
the greatest number that has been
given out during the present admins
tration.
Mason City.
The Times Herald announces that
Mason City is going to show up a big
population according to the prelimin-
ary work of the canvassers for the
new directory. 1t says: OF course Ma
son City has grown and people are now
holding to the estimate Of ten thous-
and population.
Iowa City.
President MacLean, of the State Uni
versity, will deliver an address Friday
evening at Ackley, Ia, at the second
annual meeting of the big four-Butler,
Ia 1ft,
|ties-Teachers' association. On sSun-
day he will deliver sermon before
the Y. M. G. A. of Des Moines.
Burt.
1t is estimated that the Burt Tele-
phone Company will be ready for bust
ness in another week or ten days.
There will be in the neighborhood of
rs phones in use this winter. 1t is
hoped that the company will be able
to put out eight or ten more rural lines
next year. and that by next NoveIn-
Der over 200 phones will be in use.
Dysart.
Considerable commotion was caused
about eleven o'clock Tuesday night by
the sounding of the burglar alarm at
the Citizens State bank. A crowd
nothing further happened. The net
work of electric wires in the interior
of the vault went wrong of their own
accord, but were quickly adjusted by
Frank Jensen after his arrival
OskaIoosa.
Work on the foundation for the new
Carnegie library has been going along
rapidly and steadily and the brick and
stone work of the basement story is
nearly completed The brick work
OF the Y. M. C. A. building is about
completed and the terra Gotta coping
is looming up finely. Will Wood
ruff has accepted position as building
foreman on the Chicago Great West
ern. He departed Monday for More
land, Iowa, to take charge of the build
ing of a depot there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
MILLER STILL MISSING.
No Trace of the Great Western Ticket
Agent Found.

Special to Times Republican.
Waterloo, Nov. 19.-No trace has yet
been discovered of Waldo Miller, the
missing ticket agent of the Chicago
Great Western railway in East water
loo. Auditor Davidson of the company
is still busy checking the accounts Oh
the office, but has not completed the
work and refused to state whether or
not there was any discrepancy.
Agent AL Ham stated that he had
made no effort to find Miller. He re-
ported the matter to the general offices
of the company at St. Paul and was
unable to tell whether the company was
searching for Miller OF not. The In
demnity company on Miller's bond has
probably been notified thru the general
offices of the company at st. Paul.
A report was current on the streets
yesterday that Miller was about $500
short In his accounts. While the report
was said to have originated in an au-
thentic source, Agent Al Ham of the
company stated explicitly that the aud
itor had not gone far enough with the
work to be able to tell the condition of
the accounts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
MoNkEyED WITH THE LIGHTS.
AIsona Boys Had Fun at Public Elk
pense.

pense.
Special to Times-Republican.
Algona, Nov. 19.-F'or several nights
past Algona's electric lights have been
dancing up and down, to the infinite
disgust of patrons who want to read by
them during the early evening. 1t has
also been source of much annoyance
to the city electrician, who has been
working overtime to discover what was
supposed to be ground" somewhere
on the circuit. Last night his efforts
were rewarded when he discovered
couple of young men toying with the
loose ends of two wires that were used
the past season at the band stand, but
some time since disconnected. BY
bringing the two loose wires together
internationally it was possible for the
boys to have what seemed to them to
be all kinds of fun, at the same time
working up the citizens of this quiet
town to the fighting point. The young
men were taken before the mayor. Just
what happened there they refuse to
state, and the mayor does not care to
be interviewed. 1t is believed, however,
that no further trouble to the lighting
system will come from that source.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
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KILLED WHILE HUNTING.
Harry Lee of Bingham, la, the Unfor.
tunate Victim.

Shenandoah, Nov. 19.-Harry Lee.
the 12-year-old son of widow woman
who recently moved to Bingham from
some place in Missouri, was accidental
ly Killed while out hunting Saturday
afternoon. He had sat down on the end
of bridge to rest while an older bro
Their walked across the bridge. The
older brother had hardly reached the
other end of the structure when the re-
port of the gun called his attention to
the brother, whom he found with ter
rible injury in the abdomen, where both
charges of shot had entered. The little
sufferer lived for about three hours and
was conscious of all that was being
done to prolong his life till about ten
minutes before he died.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
Soap Factory for Boone.

Special to Times Republican.
Boone, Nov. 19.-This city will
soon have first class soap factory.
The factory will be located in the
Fifth ward in the Burwe1l building,
north of the court house square.
The factory will be opened by Mr..
w. H. Burwell who will bring an ex
pert soap manufacturer from California
to assist him in the work. Only the
very best of toilet soap will be manu-
featured by this company. Mr.. Bur-
well will use the first story of his
building, east side, for this factory
Only two men will be employed at
first and as the business demands the
force will increase.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
DEATH OF j. J. EGERMAYER.
Well Known Iowa Travelling Man Dies
at Cedar Rapids.

Well Known Iowa Travelling Man Dies
at Cedar Rapids.
spec1a! to Times Republican.
Cedar Rapids, Nov. 19.-Jacob j.
Egermayer died this forenoon at his
residence, 220 Fifth avenue. He was
Sc years old and a native Of Bohemia.
He came to America when he was II
years of age and for more than thirty
years he had made Cedar Rapids his
home. He leaves a wife but no chill
dren.
Mr.. Egermayer was one of the best
known of Cedar Rapids travelling men.
He had been on the road for about
twenty years, for the past eight years
representing the Hartman Trunk COM
pany Of Chicago. Mr.. Egermayer was
slightly hurt by being struck on the
leg while changing cars at Missouri
Valley last September. The injury al
tho slight at first grew worse and an
operation was necessary. Blood poison
finally set in.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
as he left the place.

remarked as he left the place.
The Milwaukee agent caused his ar
rest on the charge of stealing the -four,
and he was put in jail.
Tuesday morning his body was found
hanging to one of the steel girders eros
ing the ROOF He had torn his shirt
into strips, knotted them together and
hanged himself with this improvised
rope. He had taken the precaution to
tie his legs with cords so that he would
not struggle after the drop.
A search of the body failed to dis
cover any papers that would identify
the stranger. His actions We're so
strange yesterday that many think he
had become insane.
The theory is advanced by some that
he may have been an escaped lunatic
from an asylum who became violent
when he failed to secure support.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
DIDN'T KNOW TWAS LOADED.
Waterloo Woman Seriously Wounded
by Accidental Discharge of Gun.
Sna.,ial To Times r M hlican

opeSiai To NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Waterloo, Nov. 19.-Mrs. Annie l..
Temper, residing at APT East Mullan
avenue, was seriously injured Monday
night about 5 o'clock by the accidental
discharge of a shotgun in the hands of
her son, Tony Temper About four
inches of flesh were blown out of the
back of the right foot, just above the
ankle joint.
The accident was another case Of
didn't know it was loaded" Tony
Temper had taken the gun down from
the rack to clean 1t. He had the bar
rel pointed toward the floor and at
tempted to break it. Mrs. Temper was
standing about five feet distant. In
some manner a shell which he did not
know was in the gun exploded, the
charge striking his mothers leg. On
account of the short distance, the leg
was badly lacerated and burned from
the powder.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-19
Telephone Men Meet.
al to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-RepubIican.
Waterloo. Nov. 19.-Representative
of sixteen independent telephone COM
panies met here yesterday and formed
the Northeastern Iowa Independent Tel
ephone Association. The object of the
association is to secure better connec-
lions and to regulate the toll rates for
the different lines. 1t is denied that
rates will be raised in any instance.