Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-23
Southern Io,ua Items

ing he went about his work as USUAL
and began cultivating corn snort
distance from the house. AS the noon
hour approached he failed to put III
an appearance and about . CLOCK one
of his two daughters went out INTO inc
field to see what was the matter Near
the cultiyator, from which the cam
had been unhitched, she found the hous
of her father. alive, but UNCONSCIOUS
the victim of stroke of apoplexy.
The man was taken to the mouse as
soon as possible and physician was
summoned, but medical aid was be
yond avail and death followed
about 2:15.
Council Bluffs.
Rural mail carriers from all over
Iowa are to gather at Des Moines on
THURSDAY and FRAY for the amman
state convention Of that important aux
| iliary of the postal service. The dele
gates from Pottawattamie county, as
we'll as from other portions Of SCUM
! western Iowa, are going with the 1uli
intention of capturing the next conVeH-
ton for this section of the state. Al
lantic is in the race, and believes she
will be able to win the prize. PROB
ably third of the rural 'arrlers from
Atlantic and Cass county are to he IN
Des Moines to lead on the fight for At
lantic. accompanied by the president
and secretary Of the Atlantic CONNER
sial club The rural carriers VIII be
headed by d. D. Foy of Grisword, the
delegate at large and by c. F. Perkins
/ and Virgil Nelson of Atlantic.
| Burlington.
All outside work connected with the
| Mississippi river Improvement between
| Minneapolis, Mimi, and the mouth OIL
the Missouri river has stopped upon the
| order of Major G. NJ. HOFFMAN, IN
| charge OF the United States engin-
GERS office in Rock Island. When IN
terviewed regarding the subject, MAJOR
! Hoffman said: Yes, the report is
[, true. and due to the lowness of our
| working funds have been compelled
I to order all outside operations along
! the Mississippi river between Mime
| apolis and the mouth of the missouri
river to stop We have been expecting
the river and harbor bill to pass the
4 senate, However, up to this date, II
has not been passed. and. of course
It is up to us to live within our pres
| emit means until our funds are repi J.
\ ished by the appropriation included II
! the bill now before the senate at Wash
ington."
Des Moincs.
l Andrew stuhls. Creek believed t.
have stabbed a man in Oelwein, prob.
1 ably fatally late Monday night was ar
rested by City Detective Thomas Den
holm as he alighted from train No.
of the Great Western at noon Tues
. | ne he OF
conveyed to the city police by 4 tcle
phone from the Oelwein headquarters
The victim will die, it is declared
When searched at the police headquar
ters a revolver was found on the sus
: pect. He was IDENTIFIED by c. H. Kin:
, a negro porter on the train, as the maj
i the Oelwein police were seeking. Kin'
, said he had roomed for several month
2 across the hall from the Greek, an
! had seen a picture Of the man sough
, by Oelwein detectives, and was positiv
t IN his Identification. Harris Tavis an
r Gus Habracher. two Greeks in com
3 pany with Stuhls, also are being he'll
3 at the police station.
Keokuk.
A roustabout known as TONY"
white man employed on the steane
Keokuk. is believed to have falle
overheard while sleeping, and to hav
4 drowned in the river a few miles be
: low Warsaw. The boat reached War
saw at about midnight. Before reach
: ing the landing "Tony" had loaded
= truck with key of nails and pushe
2 IL to the edge of the boat on the lowe
deck, waiting for the boat to lant
d The last time any one remembers O
e having seen him he was sitting on tn
! edge of the lower deck asleep. He wa
Ell not missed until the boat reached tn
! landing. 1t was then discovered tina
9 not only was the man missing, but tn
9, truck and keg of nails had also gon
y overheard. No one saw the man g
9 over the side of the boat, but Just be
fore reaching the landing all the EN-
ployes were on the, other side Of tn
( boat and the man could have fallen OF
: in his sleep without, being sean 9
i without the sound OF the splash Elm
Z heard.