Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-01

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ing Falk Bros decided to put it inside
for the night. During the night the
depot was burned. Falk Bros. notified
the shippers of the destruction of the
flour and asked that claim be MADE
on the railroad for the same. The mill
replied by insisting that Falk Bros.
should file the claim because the flour
was then in their possession. The rail-
road company will pay for the flour,
but neither party wants to file the bill.
Cedar Rapids.
George Mallory, an aged and eccen-
trict man, was found dead amid squalor
and dirt in ugly howell on B avenue,
west, back of the property on 1122. Sur
rounded by great heaps of old trunks
and articles he has been gathering for
u lifetime, with no other companion
than a aged dog, this gray bearded old
man died. In his pocket was $25 and he
has been drawing an allowance OF 50
per month from the county since 1892
There was food in his old shack and no
cause can be given for his end other
than age and filth.
De Witt.
Harold, the little son of Mrs. Sher-
man Morris, of Davenport, who, with
his mother, are visiting at the home
of Mrs. Charles Gould, suffered a COM
pound fracture of his left forearm
while playing about the room Sunday.
The accident was a peculiar one, as the
little one merely tripped upon rug,
and in falling threw out his hand to
save himself, the force of the fall fore
ing the forearm upward and back,
swapping the two bones where ordinar-
lily no serious results would have re-
suited. DR.. Scanlan reduced the frac-
ture.
Iowa City.
Mark w. Williams. of the university,
has received a call as minister to q
church in Chester, Englad. He will
leave with his wife and baby in about
three weeks to accept the charge. Rev.
Williams is thorough student and a
deep thinker, and the call rendered him
is indeed complimentary, in recognition
OF his scholarly attachments and is a
well-merited one. Quite a romance is
connected with Rev. Williams. He en-
listed for the Philippines, was taken
II o.
Cross nurse who brought him thru his
sickness is now Mrs. Williams.
Clinton.
Des Moines and Chicago parties have
purchased the Crystal White Soap
Company plant and business at Clin-
ton. Iowa, and will remove it to Des
Moines at once. 1t is expected that the
new factory will be located in East Des
Moines, near the Des Moines Union
railway tracks. From fourteen to
twenty men will be employed in the
soap works, and the capacity will be
$50 boxes day. The Crystal White
Laundry Soap Company is an offspring
of the old White Laundry Soap Com
pany. The company was later removed
to Clinton and is now to return to Des
Moines.
IT. Dodge.
Walter Hollis fell fourteen feet Mon
day morning. and struck the ground in
q sitting posture, sustaining painful
injuries to his stomach ard back. He
was working on a new house, on Nine
teenth street between Fifth and Sixth
avenues south. While standing on a
scaffold. he caught hold of board on
the scaffolding above, planning to draw
himself up. The board was not fas
tened. and as soon as Hollis ventured
his weight on 1t he was precipitated to
the ground. Hollis is reported as suf
fering considerable ra1c, but it is not
thought that his INJURIES will prove
serious.
Waterloo. ..
The shop employees here state that
they will make demand of the Illinois
ing day. They are now working ten
hours per day, from o'clock in the
morning until 6 o'clock in the evening.
They will ask for nine hour day,
working from 1880 till $3.50. They claim
that their demands are only right and
Just, as nearly all Of the railroad shops
are working but nine hours a day.
They will ask that the change take eff
feet May L. 1t is rumored that all other
shops on the Illinois Central system,
that are working more than nine hours.
will make the same demand.
Davenport.
The story of a farmer living near
Chicago who successfully raised flock
of wild ducks has more than beer
eaualled by tale from w. d. Petersen.
Down at Petersen's island, few miles
from the city, the man in charge raised
no less than ninety two wild ducks this
past season from eggs that he found
in the bushes along the edge Of the ISL
and. He kept watch of the eggs and
when the ducklings We're Matched out
he captured them and placed them In
very large wire coop. Half OF them
rraced the table and the other half
were used by Ed Emerson as decoys.
and that accounts for the latters large
hays Of game. These live decoys have
the wooden variety beaten OF stand
still.
Columbus Junction.
The Columbus junction people are
already beginning to make prepara-
tions for their great fair and race meet
that will be conducted the last week IN
August. Since the track is on the
grand circuit it will bring a number OF
fast horses to the place and the best
racing in the state will be found at this
point. The fastest race will undoubt-
edly be the 2:09 pace, and the horses horses
entered in that event will have to step
some to get the first money The pro-
gram arranged at this time is as fol-
lows. 2:35 trotting, stake $1,000; 2:3b
pacing, stake $1,000: 2:25 trotting
$500; 2:25 pacing. $500; 2:2O trotttng,
$500; 2:1S pacing. $500; 2:15 trotting
stake $1,000: 2:l3 pacing, $500; 2:1o
trotting, $500; 200 pacing, stake $1,000.
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