Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-11-24

Burlington.
Unknown hunters killed valuable
horse for William Moore. The animal
was in pasture and was probably struck
by a stray bullet fired at rabbit.
Marengo.
The unknown man who was found
dead along the Rock Island tracks be-
tween Homestead and South Amana on
Saturday afternoon has been identified
by Peter Zopf, a restaurant man of
this city. He claims the mans name
is Albert Stockoff, and that he has
been employed as laborer by the
Amana Society at various times for the
past twenty-five years. The mans
| neck was broken.
Davenport.
| August Heden, an aged man. suffer
ed the fracture of both his right arm
and his right leg in a fall into a deep
culvert which is being constructed on
Fulton avenue and Mound street. His
chances for recovery are slight. 1T is
claimed that Heden was walking near
the edge of the freshly dug culvert,
while at this point is about twenty feet
in depth and that the edge of the ditch
caved in, throwing him headlong to the
bottom.
Creston.
The sum of s1o,696 was pledged in
this city Sunday to wipe out the debt
still remaining on the new Baptist
church, before its dedication at the
hands of Rev. Myron Hayned. Evening
services at all the other protestant
churches in the city were omitted, all
joining with the Baptist congregation
and assisting in assuming the debt
The Adventist church people also Sc
cured the amount desired to dedicate
their building free from debt.
keokuk.
l. Word was received in Keokuk o.
the death of Thomas j. McGee for.
1nerly of this city and but lately {
resident of Chicago. Mr.. MCGEE wa:
in the employee of j. B. Farwell ant
Company as a checking clerk at thu
; freight depot He made the trip from
the house of Farwell and Company eacl
day with horse and buggy and
was while he was returning from on
of these trips that train struck TIL
horse and buggy, killing both ANNA
and driver.
Davenport.
While in a state of temporary aber.
ration in which she brought her sui.
cidal broodings ito q contamination
Mrs. Israel Geilman swallowed wha
may prove to be fatal draught of
mixture of carbolic acid and othe
poisons. She is now at st. Luke's hos
pital where she was taken immediate
! ily after the attempt ait ending her lif
had been discovered, and but Sigh
hope is held out for her recovery. TIL
circumstances which lead up to tn
taking of the acid are not definitel
known.
Clinton.
Tom Lee, the Chinese capitalist a
! Whitehall, Mont, who pursued hi
! fleeing wife, May Lee, secured b
!, purchase from her foster parents, t
: Clinton, has returned to his home g
!, Whitehall for time. Mrs Lee re
;. mains in Clinton but 1t is under
stood that, should Tom show a dis
position to reform himself in varior
!, ways, Mrs. Lee will return to him.
:, is reported that Lee is going to Sc
out his interests at Whitehall and re
move to another city in the northwes
:, there to engage in a new business.
n Burlington.
s 1t will soon be REV" Fate Marti
X According to the Saturday Evenin
s Post of this city, the former propriett
It of the Cafe De Fay" in this CITY, WE
q converted by Gypsy Smith. an evar
e gelist in Chicago, and intends turnin
e his State street saloon and hotel I'M
e a rescue home for colored people TT
e Post even goes further and states TIL;
r Fate has expressed the Discriminate
d to go to Africa at an early date as
missionary 1t would not be unlike
if Rev. Mr. Martin would reappear
Burlington and conduct services
one of the churches here. He was