Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-19
Southern Io1un Items

| feat, almost tainted when the news
was broken to him of the result of the
examination. Fort has been kept at the
Graefe hotel since Saturday night I'M
der the surveillance Of Detective An
\ drew Bracket. Sunday his brother, r.
IA. Fort, a merchant at Glidden, arrived
and following the development of the
x-ray photograph showing the pres
ence Of the stone. deposited certified
check Of $3.50 with Cohen to guarantee
the return Of the ring and took his
brother back with him to Glidden.
Fairfield. 49,
The details Of the death OF Mrs John
Fry which occurred last week In
Emeryville. Cal, have reached this city.
Mrs. Fry. with her husband and a
standing on the corner waiting for a
train to pass when four men engaged
in a drunken brawl rushed from a
saloon only few steps from where the
Frys were standing. One of the men
in lodging a blow from his companions
fist collided with Mrs. Fry and Mrs.
Parker. knocking the former out on
the railroad track in front of the pass
ing train and the latter was hurled to
| the pavement
Davenport.
The committees canvassing stock
subscriptions for the Iowa City in
terurban line are still busy and some
more results have been secured. The
First National Bank has turned in a
subscription for $500. and the COM
mittee has taken up the matter with
the other banks and it is likely that
more of them will subscribe soon.
Quite a number OF smaller subscrip-
lions have also been secured. With
about five or six exceptions all of the
subscriptions on the old subscription
blank under which Davenport was to
raise 100000, have been renewed I'M
der the new contract.
Mt. Pleasant.
NJ s. Odle, attorney for the state
anti-saloon league. appeared in court
Monday and asked for an injunction
against six drug stores OF this city
which have been selling liquor under
permits granted by the district court.
Lawyers representing the druggists
came to agreement with Odle whereby
the druggists surrendered their permits
and under bond are stopped for five
years from applying for permit. The
druggists were given two days to ship
to the wholesalers any liquor now on
hand After today Mount Pleasant will
be known as dry town.
Des Moines.
According to a compilation Of insur-
ance companies in Iowa just issued by
John L. Bleakley, auditor Of state,
there are in Iowa 80 state mutual as
sociations and 1853 county mutual as
|sociations There are SO fraternal
beneficiary societies. 1S Iowa fire in
surance companies and 103 outside of
Iowa fire insurance companies. There
are 43 other than fire insurance COM
panies doing business In Iowa There
Iare II Iowa life insurance companies
and "a other than Iowa life insurance
lcompanies, six Iowa assessment life
associations and four other than Iowa
assessment life associations, six Iowa
assessment accident associations and
five other than Iowa assessment acct
dent associations doing business in the
state.
Cedar Rapids.
Misses Margarete Murphy and I. E.
Chaffee foiled two would-be handbag
snatchers late at night. The men who
tried to secure their handbags were
Michael Kelly and John Ballard. two
strangers in town. Third avenue was
pretty we'll crowded with shoppers on
their way home. The Misses Murphy
and Chaffee had been shopping and
were carrying a few parcels. Just rs
they reached Fourth street and Third
avenue they were approached from the
rear by Kelly and Ballard. The men
made grab for the two hangbags, but
the women held on. Tho two men
yanked and the ladies' pulled. There
was considerable commotion for a mo,
ment or two and then the two men
gave UP the attempt and started away.
The two women went to the nearest
telephone and called mp the police sta
ton Tho n11screants were quickly ar
rested and the women positively idsn-
tined then.