Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-04

their future plans. Wnlle motel may
not be erected on the present site, sub
stantial buildings of some kind are sure
to be built there, as the land is too val
liable to remain vacant and also too
valuable to contain cheap business
buildings. There is already q sugges-
ton being talked of forming stock
company and erecting four of five
story hotel. with portions of the first
floor devoted to business rooms. One
thing is certain. and that is that an
other hotel will be built. but its location
may not be on the site of the burned
structure.
Had History.
The fremont was built in the early
seventies by n stock company COM
posed of public spirited citizens. 1t
uation. Marshalltown was then
growing rapidly, and was without an
adequate public house. Business was
booming and when the project of
building n good hotel was started IL
took quickly among all business in
terests. A company was organized.
many citizens subscribed for stock,
the site was selected and the struc-
ture rapidly put up. 1t was first chris
tened the Boardman House, and there
by hangs little tale. A newspaper
man who is still active in journalistic
work one day met Mr.. Fl. Il. j. Board
man in the street. He was one of the
chief stockholders What is the new
hotel to be called?" asked the news
paper man. Il don't know; that mat
ter has not been decided" responded
Mr.. Boardman. LAS 1t is to be used
to board men why not call 1T the
Boardman?" queried the reporter.
THAT might do" he answered. There
after the editor suggested and urged the
name in the weekly Republican. and
it was finally adopted But among the
stockholders was DR.. George Click and
others representing bank interests that
had antagonized Mr.. Boardman, and
they chafed under such a name.
When they secured a controlling in
terest later on they promptly changed
the name. But Mr.. Boardman was so
we'll pleased with the newspaper mans
disinterested effort that he sent him
a good sized check as token of his
appreciation.
Notes Of the Fire.
McCombs' livery, Densel & Wilbur's
barns and the barn of the Times Re
publican were endangered from the
flying embers, and at one time the t.
r. barn was ignited. The horses and
vehicles were removed from all the
structures.
Most of the business men and firms
whose stocks We're destroyed are pre-
pairing to engage in business as soon as
other quarters can be secured and
stocks installed.
Wild and woolly stories concerning
several bodies being In the ruins of the
hotel have been floating about today,
growing as they travelled. One was to
the effect that bell boy had been
burned. another that travelling man
and his wife had been caught in the
ruins and another report had it that
Frank kinsey and an unknown woman
had lost their lives. Kinsey is in Wa
terloo and hasn't been in the city for
some time, and all the guests and en-
ployes have been accounted for
Art Sanders, the night clerk. who did
rot know of the fire until word came
down from up-st>,irs, did good work in
arousing the guests he could reach, af-
ter which he locked the valuables N the
safe and rescued the registers.
Hope Martin, of Waterloo, is one of
the smaller losers by the fremont fire
Mr.. Martin owned and operate d the
cigar stand in the building, and car
ried large stock. 1t is supposed he
was amply insured
W. f. Hurst, of Cedar Rapids, repre-
senting the Money Weight Scale Com
rany of Chicago, who was guest at
the hotel and carried two of the girls
from the burning building, with Will
Calhoun and F. r. Benedict, passed
thru the crowds at the scene of the
fire and raised funds with which to
purchase necessary clothing for the UNI
fortunate women employees OF the ho-
tel. Between $3.50 and $17O was raised
placed in the hands of Mrs A. r. Con
away. Mrs. j. III. Jayne and Mrs Fred
Leavens. Many of the employees es-
capped with nothing but their night !
clothes and are left destitute. Their
immediate wants have been attended,
10 and the balance will be devoted to
care of the injured.
Miss Katheryn Wallace, of Parkers-
ourg. w. Va, the leading woman of |
he Chase Lister Company, who was a
guest at the fremont had narrow
escape from suffocation. How Miss
Wallace got to the ground floor she is
Unable to say. She remembers start
ng down one way and hearing some
me call to her that the exit was cut
IF and she turned to another stairway.
She reached the ground floor, however.
more dead than alive, in her bare feet
md nothing on but her night robe.
diss Wallace was placed in an omni-
'us and started to the Stoddart but
became so faint that she had the
river stop and Informed him that she
would walk, as she wanted the fresh
ir. She started to walk and fell in
faint on the court house lawn, where
he lay, unnoticed. several minutes,
ntil she came to. Miss Wallace has
zen very Ill all day and is bordering
n nervous prostration. altho she ex-
ects to be able to fulfill her engage
1ent. When asked about her loss to- ,
ay. she said that she could not replace !
er wardrobe under $500 or $500. as /;
very stitch of her street and hotel {
was destroyed This is the
bird fire Miss Wallace has been thru
uring the past four weeks The other
wo We're theater fires at Sioux Falls
nd Winterset, when Miss Wallace lost
portion of her theater wardrobe.
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