Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-30

900. Mr.. and Mrs. Cooper live on the
second floor of the station All their
household goods We're destroyed. The
building burned like finder. The gro
Gerry and office Of CD. Smiley. 200 feet
away, was ignited q number of times
by the flying frebrands, but a volun-
teer bucket brigade saved the building.
Iowa Falls. 4sg
J. c. Mulkinss haS been awarded the
contract to move the dirt back from the
sDougan ditch for thew isner estate for
"a distance of AyAmiles, The con-
tract is worth nearfys6,00o Mr.. Null
kins began work with six scrapers and
expects to complete the job in two
summers If the weather permits. 1t is
the purpose to grade back the dirt so
one can farm the land up to the big
ditch. Along the ditch the dirt will
be foot high and then graded back to
the level with the dirt in the adjoin-
ing fields.
Dubuque.
Robert Maloneys and Larry Bowles.
the latter more familiarly known as
Chocolate Colef' were arraigned be-
fore Judge Glab Tuesday morning on
the. charge of having some time ago
broken into one of the Swift Co. cars
and made off with a quantity of ham
and bacon. Maloney waived exami-
nation and was placed under $500
bonds. He went to Jail to await the
action of the grand Jury Bowles
stood trial, and the court placed him
also under $500 bonds. He. too, went
to jail to await being summoned before
the grand jury.
Sioux City.
Missing since Friday when he mys-
teriously disappeared without saying
a word to anyone or giving any hint
of mental arrangement. Alexander
Troup. a contractor OF M orningside,w was
recognized on train near Struble by
C. n. SchuetZ, of the hardware firm OF
Hunt & SchuetZ Company. Tuesday.
Mr. Troup was acting in normal man
ner and it was only when spoken to
that alteration could be detected. Mr..
Schuetz spoke to the train crew about
the man and after furnishing the mon
ey requested that he be placed on a
train and sent back to Sioux City. This
was accordingly done and Mr.. Troup
was taken at once to ST. Vincent's hos
pital Physicians attribute the strange
actions Of the exemplary father and
neighbor to the heat OF last week.
Charles City.
A party of ten boys, on their way
from Waterloo to Clear Lake to work,
in the beet fields, was stranded here
Saturday evening, having come up on
the Illinois Central train with the ex-
pectation of taking the milwaukee,
train. which goes thru here at about
the same hour Their purpose. how :
ever, was defeated because Of the /. G.
train being late and they came down
town about as hungry and disconsolat e
specimens of boydom as one could find.
Meeting party OF Charles City ladies
the little fellows told their tale Of woe
and elected the interest and sympathy
Of the ladies. who at once set about re-
lievinE their distress and hunger. This
was done by appealing to Supervisor
George W. Johnson. who took the little
fellows in charge, and, after ascertain
Ing the truth of their hard luck story.
took them to restaurant. where they
were given a square meal, and after
ward provided with a place to stay I'M
til morning when they were sent to
their destination at Clear Lake The
bows had transportation to Clear Lake
but no money and u few of them stated
that they had had neither dinner nor
supper.