Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-28

Sac City.
| The Ida Grove district conference OF
the Methodist Episcopal church will be
held in Sac City Oct. IS and 30. Pres
| ident Alfred Z. Craig, of Morningside
College; Reverend Doctors j. B.
| Trimble and WILLIAM c. Hilmer, Rev
Walter Torbet. Rev. e. c. Palmer. Rev.
W. J. Todd, Rev. j. w. LaGrone and
Rev. A, H. Bryan will participate in
the progress.
Sioux City.
Whether a railroad employe has the
right to eject man who is stealing a
ride on train will soon be decided
by the courts in this city. j. r. Nell
! son is suing the Milwaukee for $4,000
damages for the loss of leg. He was
| thrown from train by brakeman
while cumming" his way, and fell un-
der the car wheels. His left leg was
severed below the knee.
Manchester.
John Duncan of Delaware county. a
young man, unmarried, is being re-
tanned by Manitoba authorities for the
purpose of compelling him to perform
military service. Duncan was born in
Canada and came with his father to
the United States when IA years of age.
His father subsequently, became a citi-
| zen and John Duncan became citizen
| under his fathers rights. He has
brother, A. G. Duncan. who is resi-
dent of Cedar Rapids.
Fort Dodge.
| A serious automobile accident oc-
! Cured Sunday night on the corner OF
Second avenue north and Fourteenth
street when 9. buggy driven by w. l..
Kerr was upset by Mrs. Elizabeth
| Hanson's automobile. AS Mrs. Han
son was rounding the corner of Four
teenth street and Second avenue her
car skidded and hit Mr.. kerr's buggy,
breaking 1t and overturnins it on the
curbing Mr.. Kerr was thrown out.
his shoulders We're badly bruised and
one of his ribs broken.
Clinton.
Many Clinton people en- route
home from Chicago, were among the
passengers on Northwestern, railway
passenger train No. l | who were Civ
| Ell a thrilling experience sunday night
between Malta and CrestOn in Illinois.
when the engine OF the passenger. train
| travelling at the rate Of about sixty
miles an hour ploughed into cars of a
derailed stock train which had been
| thrown across the west bound track
The engine was derailed and twenty OF
| thirty cattle in the derailed cars killed,
but due to the quick action of Engineer
Hendricks on the passenger train no
one was injured. West and east bound
traffic was DELAYED for several hours
Waterloo.
| While entering the city Sunday
morning, in charge of Illinois Cen
| trail passenger No. 13, Conductor w,
y. Barr was painfully injured when
baggage fell, striking him down. He
| fell against portions of the baggage
car which inflicted cuts about the
| head, nose and ear. Two ribs also
i.were fractured He was rendered
unconscious. An ambulance conveyed
! him to his home, 3l6 Eleventh street
| east, where 1t was reported he was
resting easier. The accident occurred
near the Chicago Great Western cross
| Ing. Mr.. Barr is one Of the oldest and
best known conductors on the Illinois
Central
Fort Dodge.
Sam Mcclure, trustee, Monday pur-
chased the property OF the LehiSh Clay
Manufacturing Company at sheriff s
sale. The purchase price was S4.992.oS
and interest The affairs of the plant
have been much involved. The Hawk
eye Clay Company OF Waterloo, took
the plant over and then became in