Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-07
Southern Io1ua Items

Clinton.
Raymond Ecllland is minus two front
teeth and plus bullet in his tongue.
hat and missing the hat, hit Eckland
in the mouth.
Leon.
J. P. Hamilton, aged SO, president
of the Exchange Bank, died Tuesday.
He had been at the head of, the bank
for twenty years and was well known
| among the bankers.
Iowa City.
Financial difficulties threatened to
| close the Mary 0. Coldren Home for
the Aged of Iowa City, according to q
statement of the board Of managers Of
the home. Solicitations for aid from
various residents of Iowa City are to be
| made in hopes Of lifting obligations on
the property.
pes Moines.
Adjutant General Logan opened a
school Of instruction for medical of
! ficers of the Iowa National Guard Tues
| day The chief instructor is DR.. Fair
! child Of Clinton, who is at the head Of
that branch of the guard service. A
large majority Of the medical officers
Of the guard are present to attend this
first school of it's kind related to that
branch.
Iowa City.
Five warranty deeds. recorded Tues
day at the Johnson county court house.
totaled over s1S5,O00, and other trans
fers were recorded by the dozen, run
ming from $4,000 to $4,000. Consid
erations ran from 500 to $500 per acre.
The largest single transfer was Of the
Cyrus Tudor farm. APT acres in Tn
ion township, bought by Thomas Gu
sack for s46so5.
ottumwa.
Eugene McCabe, aged 55 years. for
thirty-five years a Milwaukee engineer,
was found dead in his home here Tues
day morning. 1t is thought death was
caused by suffocation as a mattress In
Ian adjoining room had been partially
destroyed by fire. Burns on the mans
hands show that he fought the flames.
Until ten days ago, Mr.. McCabe was
engineer on the Milwaukee southwest
limited.
Dss Moines.
With the county bridge fund already
overorawn $4,000 and only $4,000 to
be collected for the fund during the
year 1912. members of the Polk county
board OF supervisors are wondering
how they are going to raise money to
make the necessary repairs on bridges
and build any new ones during the
coming year Members of the board
can go ahead making repairs. building
new bridges, etc. and adding to the
Io~y nj hoV
to issue bonds to make up the deficit.
Iowa City.
Frank Grady. an Iowa City boy. has
landed in Portugal, after perilous ex-
perience on the Atlantic ocean. The
steamer on which he was crossing, a
merchant vessel lost the use of its en-
gines, and drifted for three weeks on
the high seas, finally coming within
sight Of the Azores where harborage
was found. Mr.. Grady's parents were
greatly concerned over him. He wrote
them from Mississippi two months ago.
saying that he was going to Europe
and would write again Immediately up
on his arrival. Nothing was heard
from him until a letter was received
recently telling of his experiences.
Clinton.
Relatives and friends Of Elmer
CHAMPION. wealthy farmer and stock
raiser Of Clinton, fearing that he may
have been waylaid and robbed in Chi
cago, have asked the police Of that city
to locate him. He has been missing
since he disposed OF several carloads of
cattle at the stockyards last Thursday.
for which he received $500. 1t Is
feared he may have been murdered for
the money. T. J. Hudson. chief Of po-
lice of Clinton, wired Chief McWeeny,
Of Chicago, that a search be instituted.
and detectives were sent to the stock
yards and other south-side points to
trace his movements. Champion is IS
years old and married. He inherited the
farm upon which he resides and has
never been absent from home before
for SO long time without writing.
lows City.
Because the overcoat which he had
stolen and was wearing at the time
was too large &c: h.:!:::: a. Smith IL
now languishing in the county jail on