Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-17

freely in the store. Flick y Johnson
Construction Company say the check
was forged without doubt.
Clinton.
| j. H. Buckley of Davenport, has been
appointed District Missionary by the
American Sunday School Union. his
district this time comprises the coun-
| ties of Clinton, Scott, Muscatine, Lou
lisa. Des Moines. and Lee. He will be
occupied in Scott county for some lit
tie time, as there are some matters
right here, in connection with Sunday
School work, which demand attention
Dubuque.
AS the repair men on the Burlington
road were returning home on a hand
car about o'clock Friday evening,
from their days labor in the neighbor-
hood of Rutledge, above East Dubuque,
they unexpectedly met the Burlington
train. and before they could clear the
way the engine was upon them. In
the scramble for safety, William Row
ell the foreman Of the gang, was struck
and fatally injured. He died about
an hour after the accident.
Sioux City.
At the concluding session Of the Iowa
Association of Unitarian and other IN
dependent churches at the Unity
church last night, Mrs. Mary Fmsley
of Mason City, awakened enthusiasm
by announcing that she would give
$1,000 to the permanent endowment
| fund for the benefit of Iowa Unfair
ianism. There is now $4,000 in the
permanent fund. Twenty-four mem
bers last night announced they would
contribute SIS annually toward the in
terest on the permanent fund until the
| full $4,000 was raised.
Mason City.
The effort to raise $4,000 for the pur-
chase of the Palmer property for the
library building, has been successful.
The money has been paid over to Mrs.
Bina Palmer Smith, and the deed made
to the trustees of the library associa-
ton 1t is understood that Mr.. Carne-
gle will send draft for $12,500 as soon as
he is presented with the evidence OF
! the purchase of the lot, and the tram
script of the proceedings of the city
council, showing that its maintenance
has been provided for.
LeMars.
l.
gen was nominated in the First ward,
M. II. Breen Second ward and Ed Null
der Third ward. Mulder is now holding
Office and received a denomination. The
city has been under democratic admin
istration the past four years. The
present officials will be renominated at
the city convention next Thursday.
They are: r. H. Kahn mayor, j. L.
keenan, attorney G. w. Smith assessor,
George Striegel treasurer. The repub-
llicans will hold their caucus Tuesday
and their city convention on Wednes-
lday.
Davenport.
| AS a result Of an East end fight Ted
! Mann, we'll known character in that
vicinity is in Jail and his wife is nurs-
| ing two badly lacerated fingers, Mann
became involved in a tistic argument IN
the barroom at May Miller's place In
Iowa street between Second and Third
streets, and when his opponent threw
knife at him he rushed to the kitchen,
where his wife was. to get butcher
knife. Fearful that he would do his
opponent serious farm Mrs. Mann
seized the blade of the knife in an Ell
fort to wrest it from him. He drew
the knife sharply away from her and
/ the sharp edge cut q terrible cash IN
two Of her fingers, necessitating severai
stitches to close. OFFICER Sanford ap-