Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28

carriages The first wagon load of ice
was issued to customers ahere Wednes-
day. :" 49,
Muscatine. e., 81
The fact that pititars rule has been
established insMpsca4tnerdid not mater
Tally affect the attendance at the fourth
annual convention of the Master Horse
shoers Of the state of Iowa which open
ed a two days session at Turner hall
Wednesday morning at 10 O'Clock More
than fifty: delegates. representing the
various cities of Iowa, are in this city
today TO attend the opening, days meet
ing.
Nevada.
William Barnes, the Gilbert man who
mysteriously disappeared a week or so
ago after he had been in this city and
made personal application to the
clerk OF the courts that he might be
sent TO q hospital for the insane, has
! been located a. the home OF his brother
in Minneapolis. Mr.. Barnes is about
| 56 years of age and for some time has
been engaged in blacksmithing at Gil
| bert, going there from Ames where he
had been engaged in a similar vocation
! for number of years.
ksokuk.
y. a. iTd"lch, spcCldl TepFSstNtdliS
/ of the Stone & Webster Engraving
Company. of Boston, which is financing
the $4,000, 900 water power dam now
| building here, has arrived in Keokuk
for the purpose of comforting with the
city government in regard to talking
! over the Keokuk public utilities. A
tweaty-fi five year franchise is wanted
with contract for public lighting. A
special representative OF Stone &
| Webster is also here to inspect the pro-
posed routes and to make, estimates OF
cost for seventy miles of interurban
! lines in Illinois, to extend from Quincy
north to Nauvoo and Fort Madison.
Granger.
| The animals are all stirred up. The
| Yankee Robinson circus opens at Gran
ger, its winter quarters today for the
! 1911 season. The monkey has a new
| ribbon around it's neck, the elephant q
new kink in it's tail, the boa constructor
new wriggle to it's body and the lion
| a brand new roar for the thousands II
will see this season The wagons are
| glistening white and gold with their
new coats of paint, and the zebra has
, had its body redecorated with much
more symmetrical series Of stripes than
| last year The perform ers have been
"blowin' in" for week or SO and are
ready for a summer hanging to
! ira pezes or riding feet horses. Manager
| Fred Buchanan is on the ground super
vising the debut. After the Granger
show. the aggregation moves to Perry
for exhibitions Saturday, April 20
| Other Iowa towns will be visited before
| the show leaves the state.
Muscatins.
| Mrs. William Nelson and her two
children. Bert and Ruth, OF Grandyiew
narrowly escaped death when their
automobile was struck by freiEht
train on the Rock Island railroad neal
Whisky Hollow. The possible tragedy
was averted by the occupants Of the
machine jumping to safety before the
fast approaching freight reached this
crossing where the car had broker
down. According to young Nelson, who
was driving the machine, nothing wa.
apparently the matter with 1t until the
! attempt was made to cross the tracks
Without warning the machinery refus.
ed to work and the car came to stand
still Immediately upon the tracks II
the path Of the train. His mother ant
sister had time to Jump to the grount
and reach place Of safety while III
ran towards the train in an EFFORT q
flag it and save the doomed car. Befor,
4 the engine could be brought 10, . sss1
the engine struck the forsnRrt, OF tn,
i automobile. practically den ishirg Il
j. Nawas thrown on the frnc3Es and It s
said to be smashed beyond fepaifA