Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-09-24
Creston.Winterset Electric Line
Financial Troubles -swind.
lers at Work
SEVERAL VERY BAD ACCIDENTS
Young Man at Thayer May Lose His
Eyes as Result of Lead Exploding
creston Carpenter Falls From His
soaffoIdins-New City Hall Pro-
jected.
,ecial to Times-Republican.

Speclal TO IlmeS-RepuDllcan.
Creston, Sept. 24.-The differences
that have existed in the construction OF
the Creston & Winterset interurban
electric railway, and which caused a
cessation of work, now seems to be
about healed The workmen have been
paid off in full and all claims against
the company have been settled. 1t now
seems that in placet Of being defunct
and having to ask for receiver, as
was rumored, that the company Is all
right financially and that the trouble
is among the promoters Of the road. 1t
is now claimed that these will be settled
in a short time and work be commenced
again on the construction Of the road.
Gus Barnstaff, a young man living at
Thayer, small town east of here, met
with very serious accident yesterday.
He was trying to repair a broken shaft
to a piece of machinery and had melted
some lead for the work. In pouring the
lead into the shaft it exploded and
covered his face and head with the hot
metal. and quantity Of 1t flew into
his eyes. Besides badly burning his
face and head 1t is feared that he may
lose the use of his eyes.
sts
John Newhouse. a carpenter met
with a serious accident yesterday while
engaged in work on q house in the east
part Of town. He was on high scat
fold when it went down with him and
he fell twenty feet to the ground,
alighting on his head and shoulders. He
was picked up unconscious and carried
to the Cottage hospital, where he now
lies in a very serious condition. It
seems that his spinal column was In
jured in the fall and he is paralyzed
from the effects of it. It is doubtful If
he will recover.
The Creston high school will support
another foot ball team this year. The
boys have just completed the selection
of their eleven out of field Of twenty
five candidates and are now engaged in
for their first game which
will be played here October 4th. They
had winning team in the field last
year and this one is said to be even
stronger than the one of last year.
"A gang of swindlers have been at
work in this vicinity and succeeded
in carrying off several hundred dollars
Of the peoples money. They repre-
scented themselves to be agents for some
of the leading magazines of the coun-
try which they are taking subscrip-
tons for in connection with hand
some and valuable premiums
which they exhibit. They secure part
payment, the remainder to be paid
when the premium arrives. The part
les who give them money, receive the
first copy Of the magazine and that Is
all. The premium and the rest of the
never appearing. When
they write to the company they are in
formed that they do not make any
such offers and that the agent is a
fake.
There is movement on foot in Cres-
ton to establish another modern hotel
in the city. The many conventions
which have been selecting this city
as meeting place have made more
hotel accommodations necessary, and
q party from the east Is here with
q proposition to organize company
for the purchase Of the ground and to
erect fine modern fire proof build
ing. The business men are taking favor
ably to the idea and 1t looks now as If
it would be go.
The erection of the new city hall
and engine house for Creston may be
delayed many months on the account
of the lack OF material. The brick men
of this section have all their output
engaged many months ahead and the
cost Of shipping the material would be
too great Tho building committees Of