Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-11
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swer he went out doors and looked into
the room, where he saw his wife lying
face downward on sofa. He started
for the neighbors and met Mr.. and
Mrs Betenbender. who Went back to
the house with him. The two men
pried window open and went into the
room and found the woman was dead.
Perry.
Allen Breed. n years OF age, for more
than quarter of a century Perry's
leading citizen, four times elected
/ mayor. passed away after an illness of
two years The fatal ailment. which
is thought to have been caused by old
age. was but Of short duration. Mr..
Breed was president of the Perry Saw
ings & Exchange bank and vice presi-
dent Of the First National bank. and
! very wealthy. The funeral will be
held Wednesday under the auspices
of the Blue Lodge with Knight Templar
escort.
Des Moines.
With more determined spirit than
ever woman suffragists of Iowa will at
tempt this winter to have passed thru
the Thirty-fourth general assembly a
joint resolution submitting to the vot-
ers Of Iowa the proposition OF amend-
ind the constitution so as to permit
women to vote. The movement will
be just as strongly opposed on the floor
as ever before. The leaders in the
suffraget movement this year will be
Mrs. Harriet Il. Evans. OF Corydon.
| president of the Iowa Equal Suffrage
Association. Mrs. Evans is the wife Of
Judge Hiram X. Evans. OF the Third
| judicial district. She was admitted to
the bar in 1894.
Montezuna.
What might have resulted in a SER
ious loss of property. with possible
personal injuries, was happily averted
here. Some coal had just been
placed in the large stove in the w. L.
Powell grocery when great explosion
took place in the stove. The heavy top
of the stove was driven with great
force against the ceiling, and Goals and
| SCOT were scattered all around. The
clerks in store quickly prevented the
fire from spreading, so that there was
no damage by fire. 1t is presumed that
same blasting powder or dynamite
used in the coal mines was not ex-
ploded when it should have been and
escaped notice.
Ottun,wa.
! Coming to Ottumwa Saturday night
with q party of Melrose young men,
determined to paint the city q reddish
hue. John Anderson suffered a bad
cash in the back Of his head and was
| arrested for intOXication. Anderson and
his party in their tour of OttumWa ran
across a crowd of young fellows in the
eastern part OF the city. Both sides
showed signs OF fight and before the
battle had progressed to a great degree
rock in the hands Of one of the OF
tumwa fighters hit Anderson in the
head. This was {; sign of retreat for
! the Melrose crowd. who did not wait to
pick up Anderson. who fell to the
ground, with the blood pouring out Of
his wound.
Wayand.
! Relatives and friends Of Jake Rich.
who lives on a farm between Wayland
and Merrimac. are considerably wor-
ried over his whereabouts. He left
| home Thursday morning and has not
been heard of since. Members of his
family and his nearest friends profess
absolute ignorance of his whereabouts.
and are beginning to be alarmed for
fear he has suffered a loss of mind and
| is wandering about unconsciousy. At
first nothing was thought of his fail
ur to return home when expected. but
so much time has elapsed and he has
i stu remained away that &; search has
been started. 1t has been learned that
he was seen in Fairfield once and
seemed apparently all right at that
time. but since then no trace has been
four d of him. He has a wife ana two
| children.
Onawa.
| After a three days "drouth" in Mo-
mona county. nearly every saloon was
open and ready for business Saturday
The fling OF the remonstrance petition
by the drys last week caused the sa-
the attorney representing them to cam
vass the petition and decide on It's suf-
ficiency. The canvass was completed
on Friday. and believing that enough
Irregularities were found to invalidate
1t, the saloons were reopened. 1t is I'M
derstood that the point on which they
base their claims OF the insufficiency
of the petition, is that in some instances
signatures on the petition do not ex-
actly conform to the way they appear
on the poll books. The 'drys" have
determined to make test case OF
the petition by asking for injunctions
against every saloon in the county. and
! IL this is granted to compel the saloons
to prove the insurnciency OF line re-
monstrance petition now on file in the
auditors office.