Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-07

/ to the time of his death. The kindness
OF the son James in taking care of his
| father during his last illness Is given
| in the will as the reason for leaving
him the bulk Of the property. Arthur
| L. McGinnis, and William T. McGinnis.
! other sons, each received So, as do the
| grandchildren, Cloyd Montgomery and
Ethel handkerchief.
Boone.
The past few days have been busy
ones for the county officials especially
County Recorder Herbert C. Sayre and
his deputy, Virgil Davis. From Feb.
% to March 4 inclusive s909,6S7 in
] transfers went thru the office of the
recorder. March 3 which was Monday
was the record breaking day and on
that day ninety-siX instruments We're
! filed for record and the total of these
was S362992 This is the largest day
in the history Of Boone county accord
ing to the records. This is probably
due, not to the fact that more land is
being sold, but that Boone county land
is worth more money each year.
Cedar Rapids.
Whooping cough played havoc with
the attendance at the public schools
last month, according to the monthly
report Of sTruant Officer A. I. Bailey,
which informed the board of educa-
ton at It's meeting last night that fifty
four cases had been brought to his at
tention during February of children
who were either playing hockey or
were absent from school because Of
illness. Mr.. Bailey stated that he had
found number of truants around town
whom he had picked up and taken to
school. Their truaney was reported to
their parents and since then they have
been regularly in school,, Mr.. Bailey
also reported that he has helped sew
eral poor children who We're not prop
erly dressed to attend school and also
that one girl had been fitted with a
pair of glasses because of defective
eyesight.
Cedar Rapids.
What might have been serious pas
senger train wreck was averted by
the engineer Of Rock Island passenger
train No. 400, when the rear trucks of
the engine jumped to the wrong side OF
a point in the puzzle switch at Fourth
street and Sixth avenue shortly before
o'clock Wednesday morning. The en-
were derailed, but the train stopped
before any damage could be done to
the passenger coaches. No one was in
jured. The train is due in Cedar Rap
ids from Chicago at 5: So a. m. The
derailment caused only slight delays to
passenger trains running thru Cedar
Rapids, for all the tracks at Sixth
avenue were not blocked and the trains
could enter the union station from the
north entrance and run south and east
by switching to the tracks on the east
side of Fourth street.
Cedar Rapids.
Sergeant Christensen returned from
Boone with Louis Knapp. the young
man who was arrested there on sus-
picion of having robbed Charles Brak-
sick Of Van Horne in a hotel room here
two weeks ago. Knapp proved to be
the right man and has made a full
cor fession Of the robbery and gave an
account of his travels since he COM
mitted the crime. Knapp, who is only
20 years of age, states that he met
Braksiels during the evening. and they
had several drinks together. After the
saloons closed they went to Braksieks
room, where he had a jug of whisky,
from which they took several more
drinks. Braksiek finally became so
drunk he went to sleep. and Knapp
went thru his pockets and took $75 In
money, a gold watch and chain. peck
etbook-in fact everything the Van
Horne man had except 81, which
Knapp left him to buy a ticket back
home.