Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-17
Southern Io1ua Items

located too far inland 10 make it PROFIT
able to haul to the river and raft 10
Burlington.
Ottumwa.
Clapping their hands With glee and
wishing the structure would burn to
the ground score of boy students OF
the Orchard school had visions of a
long vacation. which Went for naught
when the fire men eXtinguished blaze
in the school after hard fight. Altho
the blaze was rapidly tapping over the
roof when the firemen arrived. several
streams of water We're played on the
flames. The damage will amount to
several hundred dollars the loss being
covered by Insurance.. About one-thlrd
of the roof was burned away The
damage by water is great and no ses-
sions can beiheld in the building until
repairs are made.
keokuk. rs
Leroy Rettinger. 4 youth IL years of
age, who has been wanted by the keo-
lluk police on the charge of breaking
and entering De Jongs grocery store in
South Fourth street. was captured by
officers after returning here. presum-
ably from St Louis. Among the Of
fences Rettinser is accused of Is one
committed after he made his escape
from the city prison. He is said to
have taken Il skif load of shells be
longing 10 Patrick Bennington and
"Red" Larson and of selling them at
s4.15 to the button factory. With this
money he is said to have made his way
to ST. Louis The boy has lacked par
entail guidance. is without home. and
it is not much to be wondered at that
he has Jared no better than he has. He
was given Il sentence of thirty days.
which will b. made the basis of his
commitment to tho reform school
Fairfield.
w. G. Robinson pleaded guilty to the
charge of larceny by embezzlement
when he was arraigned in court He
refused the assistance of lawyer and
threw himself on the mercy of the
court. Robinson is Il young man, Il
little over II years of age and was in
dicted by the grand jury several months
ago for larceny by embezzlement from
the Lockrdge Lumber Company at
Lockridge. OF Which he was the man
ager for a time. Mayor j. p. Starr
who was attorney for the Loclridge
Lumber Company recommended that
the Young man he shown leniency oW-
ing to his confession of his guilt Judge
Roberts sentenced the young man to
the reformatorv at Anamosa for an in
determnatc period not to exceed five
wears. 1t is stated here that his fam
| ily and friends will immediately appeal
, to the board of pardons. and it is
thought that young Robinson will be
paroed in a short time.
Council Bluffs.
At a meeting of the Council Bluffs
Ministerial Association held Monday
morning Rev w. a. Sunday was in
| yited TO como to Council BLUFFS and
Iconduct n series of revival meetings, by
| q unanimous vote. 1t was arranged for
| the entire membership Of the associ-
alton to go 10 Waterloo next Monday
evening. Nov u. together with AS
many lavmcn as can be enlisted to
make the trip and extend the invitation
of Council Bluffs to Mr.. Sunday. who
| is now engaged in stirring revival
| in that city. The intention is to have
| n Council Rufus day at Waterloo. This
Invitation viii! be practically unanimous
| on the part of the evangelical churches
| In the city and there Is every reason to
believe that Mr.. Sunday will accept.
Heretofore some OF the local churches
| have held out against a union revival
service of this kind and Mr.. Sunday
refuses to accept an invitation where
the churches are not practically unan-
imo,,s in the invitation. 1t is doubtful.
however. whether he can be secured for
the coming season.
!, pes Moines.
| The board of trustees Of the Masonic
Temple Association has authorized an
increase OF dividends on the stock to
be issued for the new Masonic temple
from 4 to ) per cent. The rise had been
| adopted previously at meeting of
the association but was not author
| lied by the trustees until Monday,
Plans for. systematic campaign for
raising funds for the proposed new
temple were discussed. The various
teams which will conduct the work
we're organized. Plans have been made
whereby the building eventually will
be owned equally by the four Masonic
bodies. The stock. according to the
subscription blanks. is retleemablc at
the pleasure OF the association or it
may be transferred to any OF the Ma
sonic orders. The total dividend bear
Ing stoc, to be issued is not to exceed
tho sum OF s14s.soo. and the common
stock $10i, 200.