Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-01
Southern Io1ua Items

the home OF hiss daughter. Mrs. Sadie
Pratt, near Fru.tland-t He returned
from Wisconsin. Fenstc TO the home OF
his daughter aad died within few
| minutes after he had entered the home.
He had left a week ago to visit a
| daughter in Wisconsin and go. home
sick and started hark for Muscatine.
Ire trip was an arduous one for the
old gentleman, who was SO years of
age
Atlantic.
The last will of the late AndeTs An
derson. who died recently. has been
fled for probate. Il provides for a be
quest 10 the trustees Of the Y. NJ. c. y.
Of $4,000 in cash to be used by them
! towards new building. 1t also pro-
vides for bequest of 81 Geo for Mrs.
Mary Hansen. wife Of Henry Hansen,
a friend: for $1,000 to James G. Whit
ney, and for 5000 to Mrs. Sutherland
| eor kindness and attention during his
life, ard the balance to go to the Y.
| c. A. in addition to the cash beques:
| made by him to that association The
Will is dated Jan. S, 1911.
Davenport.
| Suit for the sum Of $4,000 alleged
| due because Of the death Of a. kino-
:nakis has been filed in the district
court in behalf of Phil Kahles. admin
istrator The defendant is the Tri- City
Railway Company. 1t is alleged in the
petition that the defendant was guilty
of negligence in allowing It's passen-
gers to ride on the rear step OF the
| street cars and in being pushed from
the platform before the car had come
| to stop. kinomakis vas killed In
| falling off a Bridge line car about a
year ago, his skull being fractured in
| the fall.
| Abba.
| on account Of the condition Of his
| health and having other business in
terests that require more OF his time
than he has heretofore been able to
give them, j. S. Moon has resigned as
president of the Peoples National and
the Peoples Savings Banks, and D. NJ.
Anderson has been elected to succeed
him. +. L. Elder has been promoted
from cashier to vice president, and
John a. Canning has been elected
cashier of the banks The change of
officers is to take place April 1. Mr..
/, Canning Will have active charge OF the
business OF the banks.
Perry.
Leslie Grace, administrator Of the es-
tate Of Bert Grace a conductor on the
Perry interurban railway, who was
killed in an accident during the winter
Of 1910. received a check for $685.
from the Minneapolis & st. Louis rail-
way. Grace was killed when an en-
CINE of the steam railway company
ran into car on the interurban line
In which Grace was riding. killing him
instantly. Suit was brought against the
railroad company and verdict of Sill
600 was secured The railway COMPANY
appealed the case to the supreme
court. which cut the verdict down about
$4,000.
Bunch.
Three stores.one dwelling house and
the lodge room OF the Odd Fellows were
totally destroyed by fire, which started
here at midnight. The damage aggre-
gated $4,000, partially covered by In
surance. The origin OF the blaze 10 UNI
known. The lodge room Of the l. O.
o. F. was Quilted, and the general store
Of f. Hull and Warders automobile
garage were wiped out. The resi-
dence owned by warder and occupied
by Milo Reno. together with tho store
adjoining, which Mr.. Reno occupied
were included IN the path OF the de-
structfve flames. The stock carried by
Mr.. Hull was valued at 5000 and thu
garage stock was valued at about thu
same figure