Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-02

The Court of Honor has decided or
Sunday as the date for holding its
annual decoration day services at Riv-
erside.
Come and see me, 1 will tell YOU how
to sell your property, city or farms
negotiated the sale of the Chaplin
House. Grinnell. to Mr.. Clifford, at S14,-
500 S. G. Bentley.
Mrs. Chloe Bloomfield. who has been
at the Getz surgery since a recent OPP
Grafton for the removal of tumor, is
improving nicely and will be able TO sit
up some within a week.
The Womens Club will, for the first
time. on Wednesday afternoon, occu-
Ply its handsome new apartments on the
fourth floor of the Patterson building.
The meeting is the annual session O.
| the club.
Mrs. Julian II. Smith and daughter
Calista. left for Pueblo, Col, this morn
ing, where they expect to make their
home. Mr.. Smith, who has been there
| for several months, is engaged In the
music business.
Professor Matlock, of Grinnell ar
rived in the city this morning and was
| entertained curing the day at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Lay. Professor
| Odds will be the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
B. A. Morgan, during his stay in the
city.
| Ii the rainy weather does not cease
| before very long. the horses being kept
at the Finkle's park track will not have
much of an opportunity to work out
and get in shape for the July meeting.
A number of animals are being shell
tered in the park barns, but the track
is SO wet that training is impossible.
Some of the trainers are using the paw
ed streets to exercise their horses.
Mrs. Jessie Peterson Piersol, of
Clarkfeld. Mimi. passed thru the city
Monday evening, being on her way to
Peoria, where she will remain for a
few weeks visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry f. Marsh. She stopped in Grin
nell over night as the guest OF her
sister, Mrs. Ora T.. Parrish, and left
that city this morning for Peoria. Mrs.
Pie, sol will stop here on her way home
fer a brief visit with her father, Mr..
Charles r. Peterson.
Rev. William Windsor. of San Jose,
Cal. formerly pastor of the Congrega-
tional church of this city, will arrive
here Friday for a short visit, and will
be entertained during his stay by Mr.
and Mrs. j. F. Meeker Rev. Windsor
left Marshalltown about twenty-five
years ago, having since then resided in
Cali 10, IIa ,,1.,
dent of Grinnell, and while here will
visit old friends in that city. On Sun
day he will occupy his old pulpit.
The Central suffered small washout
near Coppock, small station near
Morning Sun, on the eastern division
Monday afternoon, when two or three
spans of small bridge were twisted
and washed to such an extent they
were deemed unsafe. AS no passenger
trains that pass there have reached
this city since the washout occurred
it is not known how much the damage
will be or what interference with traf-
fic is likely to result.
A solid train load Of delegates re-
turning to their homes from the sixth
biennial convention of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen, passed thru the
city Monday evening at 6:15 on the
Northwestern, en- route east. The train
was run as second No. 4. following
regular No. 4, which was also delayed
and did not reach the city until 1
o'clock. The train contained $50 train
men, many of them being accompanied
by their wives. They We're largely from
eastern and southern states, Pennsyl-
vania, New York, Ohio, Virginia, Geor
gia, Alabama and Mississippi.
Dr. Charles H. Hoffman, of Des
Moines, who has been conducting his
Investigations into conditions in gem
eral about the city, to see what can
be learned concerning the recent fever
epidemic, returned this afternoon from
Des Moines, where he has been for
few days. DR.. Lieberman. his assist
ant, has been here during his absence.
and has been able to accomplish some
results despite the wet weather, which
has put him to a great disadvantage.
1t will be week or ten days yet before
DR.. Hoffman's work will be completed,
as he intends to be as thorough as pos
sibie in all of his tests.
The conference or Iowa Central en-
gineers and Superintendent Sweeney
Will not be held in this city, as ar
ranged for today, but instead
in OSkaloosa, telegram hav-
ing been received from Mr.
Sweeney Monday afternoon. asking
that the committee meet him there.
Mr.. Sweeney has been in Oskaloosa for
a few days in order to be in touch
with the storm stricken district, be-
tween that city and Grinnell. and the
EdGyville district He did not wish to
leave until conditions became improved
so asked that the delegation of engine
men to come to Oskaloosa. The mem
bers of the committee, three from the
3. of l.. T.. and three from the b. of
l.. f.. are Engineers j. M. Speer of
this city; George Caffal, of Oskaloosa :
and Elmer Alders. of Monmouth; Fire
men Archie Elson, Richard Westhaver
and Frank Koontz, all of this city.
Master Mechanic w. O. Johnson ac-
companied the enginemen and will be
present at the conference.