Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-04-13

LaPlant & CO.. house movers. G. w.
LaPlant and S. T. Barahill. Phones,
333 and $50.
You shoul call and see our combina-
ton book cases. They are handsome
and durable. Marion Gard.
The finest bakery goods in the city
you will always find at Sundell's Cafe.
Fresh every day. Leave your order.
On account of the stormy weather to-
day we will continue our sale of Shaw
Knit hosiery Tuesday 10 cents a pair,
or six pairs for s1.00. Archie Parker.
A new border melo-drama "A Mon
tana outlaw" comes to the Odeon next
Friday evening. A carload of scenery
and three horses are used in the play.
Lucille Allen, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs George j. Allen. who has been
quite critically i'll with an attack II
typhoid fever, complicated with pneu-
monia. is improving nicely.
There is always someone who can
offer just what you want If you only
knew where to find him. Tells your
wants in paper everybody reads and
the right fellow will find you.
The condition of the little son of
Mr.. and Mrs. d. S. Good who has been
so critically i'll with typhoid fever re-
mains about the same. No improve
ment has been noticed in the past twen-
ty-four hours The mother herself is
far from being we'll and she is threat
ened with nervous collapse as result of
anxiety for her child.
Mr. j. S. Calhoun, who, for the past
two months, has been representing the
Spauldfng Manufacturing Company, of
Grinnell in Georgia, arrived in the city
Saturday and spent Sunday with his
wife Accompanied by Mrs. Calhou:.
he left this morning for LeGrande. Ore,
where he will spend the summer N the
interests of the Grinnell concern.
An extra meeting of the Twentieth
Century Club will be held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Kirby this
evening when musicale will be en-
joyed. Mr.. Wendell Heighten, cellist
and Miss Frater, contralto, of Des
Mo!ncs, and Miss De Muth violinist,
of Chicago, with Mrs. E. r. Lay, of this
city, accompanist. will provide the en-
tertaiIment.
William F. Miller, of Omaha, district
cashier of the Barber Asphalt Company.
spent Saturday in the city for the
purpose of paying off the forty men in
the company's employ, at work on the
South Third avenue Improvement and
at the local asphalt plant. The COM
pany expects to have employed by the
middle of the week between siXty-fiVe
and seventy men.
Mrs. Addie Norton. OF Gearing and
Mr. Lee N.-Ravlin, of Conrad, were in
the city Saturday. coming to see their
mother Mrs Delilah Ravlin, who was
adiudged insane Saturday morning ans
taken to the state hospital at lndepen-
dence Mrs. Norton and Mr.. Ravlins
did not know that their mother was In
so serious condition. and naturally were
very much surprised to learn that 1t
was necessary to take decided action.
Mrs. Ravlin has been growing weaker
mentally for several weeks.
A letter received In this city from
enc of the baseball enthusiasts of the
city recently has started baseball talk
that may result In something bsing ac-
complished in this city during the COM
ing summer regarding u semi-profes-
sional city team. Waterloo has recently
perfected the organization of such a
team and is endsavori.g to secure a
date with this city. A short canvass
by one or two mostly interested Satur-
day night resulted in fifteen business
men pledging themselves to donate $50
Gach with which to equip and put on
its feet such a nine, It is estimated
that company of twenty members
each subscribing $40 would be sufficient
to start the team In good shape. Mar
shalqtown. If for nothing else than adj
vertising purposes, needs a baseball
nine, ard there is every reason to be-
lieve it could at least break evan finan-
ciahy If 1t had the proper start and was
carefully managed.
Harry DERRICK, lineman In the en-
iploy of the Marshall Telephone Com
3pany and A. r. Jackson. one of A, G..
Abbott & Sons clerks had a decidedly
close call from being seriously hurt
Sunday about noon when the buggy in
which they were riding was struck by
the street car. they having jumped
just In time to save themselves. The
men were driving east on Main street
and when in front of the Sundell res
taurant, they turned rather shortly
and started across the track, apparent
ytnot seeing car No. In charge of Mo-
torman Shearer which was approach
ing from the west AS the horse and
carriage were directly in front of the
car the animal slipped and fell, and the
occupants of the buggy having, just
time to jump before the car struck the
rig, barely saved themselves.
Fortunately the car was moving rather
slowly else the buggy would have
been badly damaged. AS it was one of
the thills was only splIntered.
The federal court damage case at
Cedar Rapids, in which o. e. Robert
son, of this city, is plaintiff, and the
Iowa Central Railway Company, de-
PENDANT, was completed Saturday as far
as the plaintiffs evidence was con-
cerned, and the evidence Of the defense
was commenced this morning 1t is
thought the testimony of the defense
will be completed by this evening. In
the neighborhooi of twenty witnesses
were examined for the plaintiff during
the three days trial, and the plaintiff
himself was on the stand the better
part of Saturday Mr.. Robertson is
suing for damages for alleged injuries
sustained In the Central's wreck near
Clifford a year ago last February. Wit
nesses for the plaintiff, in the city Sat