Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-01
Southern Ioua Items

action of the water or the weather
Steps to repair the wail,.will he taken
by the city immediately, This Is the
second time during tne.past year that
! the ievee has been in danger ~.
Muscatine. .,iz-,. -aros1 o,,-i ,..s.s..
Walter Johnson, agfd.yy4-~ som, of :.
l., Johnson, residing, at. 200 East Sew
enth street, ended his life Saturday
morning HI - O'Clock by taking q large
dose of chloroform He made the at
tempt upon his life at 1l3l5 o'clock and
passed away at IL O'clock Poor health
! from which he has suffered for some
| time. caused despondeneNa' and isy Civ
en- as the, cause. Of his rash Act. The
tragedy took place in, !, the German
/! American bank building Where ne was
/ employed He was found in tilstsfafl
Of the second floor and taken into the
office OF Judge John c. Coster, and
! Doctors H, L. Hustled and Eversmeyer
were called The pulmetor was rushed
from the central station. but his con-
/ dition was such that nothing could be
done to save him #i-'
Fairfield. ..r..
! Mrs. John Taylor one of the oldest
residents of Jefferson county. passed
away Thursday. at the home of her
daughter, Mrs, John d. Scothorn. two
and a half miles northeast of Fairfield.
Mrs. Taylor had been In frail health
for several years and this winter had
been unusually so. however, she was
taken seriously i'll ABOUT a week ago
ard her death was due to heart trouble
! Mrs. Taylor, whose maiden name was
| Sarah Horney, was the widow OF the
! late John Taylor. whose name Is close
! ly associated with the older residents
| Of the county. She was about II years
/ of age, and Is survived by daugh-
ter. Mrs. Scothorn. with whom she
spent her last days, and n son, John
| Taylor, Jr.. of Los Angeles, Cal. Two
stepchildren also survive. they are:
Mrs. Carrie Brown and Edward Taylor.
of Los Angeles, Cal
Onawa.
Onawa people were inexpressibly
| shocked and saddened yesterday by the
dreadful accident which happened to
Henry Luth while attempting to light
the kitchen fire. He is said TO have
poured kerosene from a five-g gallon can
/; into the stove, evidently surprising
there We're no Goals in the stove. Mr.
Luth was enveloped In flames and i'm
the yard, where he threw himself into
the snow and rolled in an attempt to
extinguish the flames Miss Katherine
| Clark. r. Fl. Prather and Mr. Stewart
of the Stewart livery barn were all
within close distance. on their way to
their various places of business, the
affair happening at about s o'clock.
! They assisted in extinguishing the
40 nd Nrh
d, plished Luth was carried to the Stew
art livery barn and physicians were
telephoned for. Drs. Thomson, Schiff-
Ier Gingles and Talboy all responded
to the telephone calls and everything
that medical skill could do was done
| to alleviate his sufferings He was
| then removed to Cottage hospital
where he is being nursed by J. c.
Bareus.
Upton.
| Charging that p. H Downing pub
lished and circulated untrue state
ments regarding his father. such az
| that he died in a poor house and also
made false affidayits- to his loss Har-
vey Fieagle has brought suit in the
district court OF Cedar county against
Downing for damages in the gum Of
$4,000. On the first count OF his petit
ftion. judgment in the amount Of So
600 Is asked. The second count OF the
petition recites the war record OF the
plaintiff: that during the Spanish
i American war be belonged to the Frs
i Illinois infantry and that during his
service received such injuries az e
lead to his being given a. pension Of
$24 month: that IN August. 1915, ~
was notified by the pension department
that his pension would be reduced L
$12 month unless he could SHOW
cause for contrary action; that Aucf
!, action by the department was OWNS
I to an affidavit made3sby the defend
!. ant to the latter's Frejndice and IN,
jury; that he waxf caused expense an.
! trouble in contesifnS IN charges. 2
asks damages on the second count 2
10000 His attofDs4s Ore Sharon Z
!, Higgins. Of Davenport.