Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-06-07

ed, where the first test disclosed a
the second test showed only fifteen
reactions. OF these. only four were in
animals tested last year.
Davenport.
Considerable damage has been done
in some of the public parks of the city
by some miscreants recently. and the
park authorities are taking steps to
prevent any further damage in the fu-
ture. A reward of $40 has been Of
fered for the arrest and conviction of
the parties concerned. During the last
few nights the bark of one of the hard
maple trees in Washington square was
completely torn off for distance of at
least three feet, The acts of depreda-
ton are not confined to Washington
park. however, but have also been COM
nlitted in some of the other public
parks.
Cedar Rapids.
John Burke. roadmaster for the Mil
paukee at this point for the past few
days. has been trying out the new
Duntley motor section car recently re-
ceived by him. The Milwaukee rail-
road is equipping every division of its
line with a certain number of these
motor cars to be used in place of the
old style hand pumped cars. The cars
each weigh about 500 pounds, will
carry ten men and full set Of sec
ton tools, have motor of twelve
horse power and will travel as fast as
thirty miles an hour If occasion de-
mands it.. The cars on every division
| which has so far adopted them proved
a great success. -
Clinton.
Eight years after breaking his pa
role, granted in 1900 by Gov. Leslie NJ
Shaw, W. II. Wilbur is to be returned
to Anamosa to serve the two years of
his term that remained when he vas
released. Wilbur is now rounding out
a sentence at the southern illinois PEN
itentiary, and Secretary B. w. Garrett,
| Of the Iowa board of parole, was noti-
| fed by the warden that he will be held
there until sent for by the Iowa au-
: thorities. Wilbur was man of good
education. and is said to have secured
his parole by writing a pathetic letter
to Governor Shaw, in which he told a
story of yielding to temptation to get
money with which to crafty the ex-
travagant habits of his wife He was
sent up from Clinton for obtaining
money under false pretenses.
Mt. Pleasant.
Feathers" Gage and Dusty Flynn,
two youths of Binghamton, N. Y, and
Pittsburg, Pa, respectively. spent a
few hours in the city. They are max
ing 50,000-mile trip araund the world
$4,000 miles on foot and the remainder
by water. They left Pittsburg at o.
m, Sept. I, 1903. and taking a southern
route thru Texas and Mexico, travelled
to San Francisco, and are now on their
way back to New York city by north
ern route. They expect to SAN from
New York to England, then to Europe
and Asia. and the northern countries OF
Africa. From there they will go tc
Australia, then to South America, and
up thru Panama and Mexico to thei.
starting point at Pittsburg.
Muscatine.
i Herman Jarck, charged with re-
ceiving and hauling beer without a
permit for Henry Bierman, pleaded
guilty to the charge before Justice J
H. Carl and was fined 800 and costs
but the fine for the present will not be
collected. Jarck seemed most penitens
and there seemed to be no doubt bu:
that he was entirely unaware of any
breach of the law when he agreed te
deliver the beverage. consequently he
was leniently dealt with by the court
The judgment, however, will remain
against him, pending his future con.
duct, which he stated would be ex.
; tremely exemplary, as far as hauling
, any more liquor for other parties wa.
concerned. Jarck paid the COSTS ant
seemed much relieved when he was al.
; lowed his freedom.