Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-07-13

the boys walked toward the railroad
tracks. They found an old basket lid.
The boys shot hole thru the lid and
then hung the lid on a spike in tree.
They began using the lid as a target
to shoot at. Ed Currey was the first
boy to meet with an accident. He was
struck above the knee by a bullet. 1t
is supposed that the bullet first hit the
spike which held the lid and glanced
away, striking the Currey boy. His
injury was slight.
Manchester.
r. ("Blondy") Anderson, a barber
for some time past employed in the
Miller & Stephens shop in this city. is
in jail in Dubuque charged with COM
hitting murderouS assault on
Michael OMeara, of 1850 Southern ave-
nue. that city. The assault was COM
mitted on the evening of Monday, and
the weapon used was a jack knife.
An ugly wound was inflicted in
OMeara's right side, but it is be-
lieved that he will recover. A peculiar
feature Of the affair is the statement
by O'Meara that he has no acquaint-
ance with Anderson and believes that
the latter mistook him for man
named link. with whom it is said,
Anderson had had some trouble dur
ing the day.
Cedar Rapids.
Fred E. Wray, seriously injured with
E. p. Reynolds in an automobile crash
at Midriver park Monday, died at a
local hospital at 1880 Friday after
noon. He had failed to survive in
ctoi q
Reynolds machine in which he was
riding was struck by an interurban car
at the entrance to the park and over
turned upon it's occupants. Wray was
we'll known in this city thru his hav-
ing served as conductor for the in
terurban for many years, and leaves
besides his father, wife and three small
children, many local friends to mourn
his DEATH Funeral services will be
held from the home at Wray's cross
ing, Sunday afternoon, with interment
in the Protestant cemetery. Reynolds,
who suffered only minor bruises in the
crash, is recovering without incident.
EstherviIIe.
DIR. r. G. Ross, D. V. S., was called
to examine herd of cattle confined In
the local stock yards to ascertain their
physical condition and on examination
of one animal found partial immobility
of panicculus carnosis, with acatas-
tasta in locomotion, Indigestion and
deglution, accompanied by general
amyasthenia. Postmortem examina-
ton revealed ardenia and amyloid de-
generation Of the Emphatic glands,
giving at first glance the impression OF
pseudoleukia; large areas of suppura'
tive necrosis of pulmonary tissue APP
pearing, as if Of actinomycelial origin.
Owing to pathological condition OF the
respiratory organs general cyanosis
was evident, due to lack of proper oxi-
dant and aeration of the vascular sys-
tenn. The presence of aerenterctasia
was also noted. General anelnia and
emaciation resulted in death. Aside
from these symptoms the animals were
apparently alright.
Cedar Rapids.
Friday afternoon, Mr.. J. A. kirkpat-
rick, S34 North Seventeenth street, re-
ceived a telegram from Sabula. tell
ing him of the death of his son. Ralph
Kirkpatrick, who was killed in that
city early Friday morning when he
stepped in front of fast train. Kirk
patrick, who was the foreman of a
gang of painters in the employ of the
Milwaukee railway, in company with
one of his workers, stepped out from
behind box car standing on the sid
ing, directly into the path of the on
coming train and both men were struck
and hurled from the track. Mr.. Kirk
patrick was a young man who had
made this city his home for some time.
He left Cedar Rapids to accept en-
ployment at Kalona and later became
identified with the Milwaukee road.
He had been in the habit of spending
his week ends at home with his
parents, and made his last visit here a
week ago Saturday.
Cedar Rapids.
Ed LaPlant has discovered the cause
of the wreckage Of the Majestic theater.
When the roof fell he advanced the
theory that the damage might have
been caused by the breaking Of stay
rod in the construction or else it nigh
have been from an explosion. The
former theory was found to be the
correct one when Mr.. LaPlant dis
covered, in the clearing away Of the
debris, a stay rod that had broken off
short. The rod was one of those which
helped to support the truss directly
above the stage. Its material was
faulty and the steel had crystalized to
such an extent that the crystals could
easily be seen with the naked eye.
The break was slanting one trans
versely across the rod. When the ma
terial had so weakened by the process
Of capitalization, that1it could no longer
hold it's part Of the structure. the coll
lapse was natural sequence. Mr..
LaPlant has carefully gone over the
remainder Of the building and states