Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-24
Cedar Rapids.

Cedar HApIoo.
Fifty-seven cigar, drug and fruit
dealers in Cedar Rapids received let.
tiers from County Attorney Guy p.
Linville warning them to observe the
Iowa law prohibiting the sale Of cigar
ct and cigar wrappers. Recent charges
that high school students were becom-
ing addicted to the 'cigaret habit led
to an investigation which is alleged
to have shown that minors were hav-
ing no trouble in getting all the cigar
cts they wanted here.
Manchester.
Coffin's Grove township, Delaware
county, is without school officials. All
Of the directors OF the several school
districts have resigned because Of the
recent legal action instituted by Jay
Wellman against William Raiders and
E. B. Allyn. the former OF whom was
president Of the board. The legal &C.
ton was the outgrowth of charges
against the school officials because Of
alleged violations OF the compensation
law. BY agreement Of the complaining
witness and the prosecuting attorney
Of the county, the case was settled out
Of court.
Waterloo.
Quests for live persons are common,
but the proposition now confronting
H. w. Hammond, president Of the
Waterloo Cemetery Association. is the
uncommon one of locating 200 bodies
buried in Waterloo's first cemetery
during the last seventy years. Mr..
Hammond had plats designating the
graves. but they were consumed by fire
when his entire office equipment was
destroyed in the blaze in the Russell
Lamson building. A few copies OF the
plat are in existence and Mr.. Ham
mond hopes to locate one Of them.
Many Of the markers have fallen into
decay and no one now living can, from
memory, desigate all Of the graves.
Dubuque.
The city council has given formal in
dorsement to the transcript Of evil
dence presented by the. coroner in the
case, the testimony OF witnesses to the
deed and the testimony of people of
prominence as to the character Of the
late Quincy II. Wylie, the 19-year-old
lad who saved the life of a companion
who had broken thru the ice on the
Mississippi while skating. Wylie was
killed after accomplishing the act of
heroism. Correspondence already has
been begun with the Carnegie hero fund
commission and this endorsement was
requested by the commission. Citizens
'ehind the movement are hopeful
something substantial will be forth
coming from Pittsburgh. Wylie was
unmarried and was the chief support Of
his mother and invalid father.
Sioux City.
Howard S. Barboe's BLUR at self
destruction ended in a tragedy. Bar
Doe, who shot himself accidentally on
Friday. Feb 10. died Saturday In To-
al hospital. His death was sudden. as
ne was reported improved Friday
night. The shooting took place when
Barboe, who was ~ years old, called
At the home Of James Pritchard. 113
Sixth street, where his wife was a
,odRer The two had been separated
several months, and Barboe attem pied
to effect a reconciliation. Failing to
do so he pointed a pistol at his alb
domen, saying he would shoot himself.
I'm the hospital later he said he had
no intention Of suiciding, but had sew
eral times threatened to do so In the
presence Of his wife. In some way the
gun, an automatic, was discharged.
Cedar Rapids. e.
The steel framework construction OF
the Iowa Railway and Light Company's
new city cars probably saved the lives
Of seven passengers on the Ridgewood
car Thursday night when that car was
struck by q string OF Rock Island
freight cars as the interurban car was
crossing the tracks at Fourth street
and Fifth avenue about 1918 o'clock.
AS it was. the construction Of the cleo
trio car was strong enough to prevent
establishment. and the freight car.
which crashed into the electric car, was