Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-30
PRESIDENT OF STATE QUARRY.
MEMS ASSOCIATION srRlck.
EN- IN VIRGINIA.
END NOT FAR DISTANT,
FEARED FROM rELEcRAMs
Four Messages Since Thursday Even.
ing Indicate Mr.. Burroughs condi-
ton to Be Very critieai-Mrs. Bur.
rouehs, Mrs. Harper, and J. L. Will
Iiams Leave for Portsmouth.

While on a visit to his old home at
remain several days renewing the
scenes OF his boyhood. James W. Fur
roughs. of this city, president of the
Iowa State Quaryymen's Association.
ard former general manager Of the Lee
Grand Quarry Company, was stricken
with paralysis THURSDAY. and his conai-
zion is so critical that !, is feared tina,
the end can not be far distant.
Four kilograms received AT the Bur-
roughs home since Thursday evening
have given the family TO hope. ard the
last, a, noon today. resulted in Mrs.
Burroughs an5 daughter. Mrs. Russell
Harper. of Ottur7Wa, leaving q, l
o'clock for Portsmouth. j. L. Williams.
Mr.. Burroughs s~on-ia-lSw. left for
Portsmouth Thursday night at HIPS.
following the receipts Of he first mes
sage.
Writes Card Telling Of ccod Health.
Less han six hours before the first
telegram cane telling the family of
Mr.. Burroughs Dangerous condition,
Mrs. Burroughs received a card from
her husband. in which he spoke Of how
wei! he was, and what a good zine he
was having. The card came at loon
Thursday. having been written after
Mt. Burroug CHS arrival in Portsmouth
Monday night. Ie old of his "trip down
re James river from Richmond to
Portsmouth. which recalled the days OF
his bovhood. spent in the territory
about Portsmouth. his birthplace.
Telegram Shock to Family.
After having received this news at
room Mrs. Burroughs and the members
Of her family were terribly shocked to
receive at 5:45 a telegram addressed TO
the Iowa State Qu~arrynen's Associa-
ton. signed by Manager Reed. OF the
Monroe Hotel. Portsmouth. announcing
that J. VI. Burroughs had been str'ck-
IN with paralysis at the hotel, and
would he moved 10 a hospital.
Because the message was addressed
TO the company OF which Mr.. Bur-
roughs is president it was naturally
presumed that Mr.. Burroughs was un-
able to give any information concern
ing himself or his family, and that the
address was secured from a business
card in SIR. Burroughs pocket.
No Encouragement in Later Messages.
Al $50 Thursday night a second
message came from Mr.. Reed, in when
ne said that Mr.. Burroughs condition
was serious. that he was
worse. and had been removed TO the
Kings DAUGHTERS hospital.
morning Miss Hattie Burroughs, a
cousin Of Mir. Burroughs. wired that
she had seen Mr.. Burroughs at the
hospital, that ne was suffering from
paralysis, and that all that was pos
sib.e was being done for him. About
noon the fourth message came. 1t was
from Mr.. Reed, and as,:ed Mrs. Bur
roughs 10 come q. once, h MI. Bur
roughs might !inge- for q few Gays
put that there was no hope.
Left Home Ten Days Ago.
Ny. Burroughs left home a week ago
last Tuesday for his southern trip. II
was 70 pe a vacation for him, prior to
mis- taking a position with the iowa
Manufacturing Company. of Des
Noires, On Jan. y. lie Lad expected 10
be home next Thursday.
When ne left home Mr.. Burroughs
was in his usual health. altho now
that the ~suddenness Of the paralytic
trouble is realized, members Of the
family Sc the expiration Of a recent
~-disposition Of which Mr.. Burroughs
had compliance.
For several weeks Mr.. Burroughs
had beer bothered with a pain in lhe
head and recently the trouble mas
seen n1~re pronounced. Three weeks
ago he experienced a dizzy spell and
fell over the bathtub. Naturally this
alarmed Mrs. Burroughs and her
daughter. Mrs. Williams. ard at their
solicitation Mr.. Burroughs consulted a
ph-sician before he left for the south.
Upon AZ examination, however. MOTH
:ng was disclosed that would give any
idea as 10 what was causing the head
aches.
Mir. burroughs was 80 years old on
Oct. 81. He has lived in this city about
twenty-five years, and has been con
| nected It'll the LeGrand Quarry Com
| pany during most of that time. MI.
| Burroughs came 70 Marshalltown from
Crime. whore he is also well Known.