Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-23
Northern Io1uu Items

pal church about 5 p. M. The blaze
/! was discovered before much damage
was done. and a call sent in to the CEN
trail fire department ut once probably
saved the church, as the roof was ex-
| trenely dry. The altar was stripped
land the yestments and plate were car
Tried to the rectory for safety during
the excitement The janitor. in prepa-
| ration for services had built a big fire
in the furnace and had left ii for u
short time.
Dubuque.
At q meeting Of the committee OF the
whole 1t was recommended that the
salaries of the local police officers DO
raised, and there is much rejoicing
among the members Of the force as a
| consequence. The night captain. who
has been receiving $50 n month, will
now get SIS As this 50 but restores u
cut in salary which the captain slis-
| tanned some time ago it is really not
The old salary figure The day and
night sergeants Will hereafter receive
SO instead of $6J.
Forest City.
4 meeting of seven rural tel
CPiloiit companies WAS Uclu at the
court house i'll Forest city. The OBJ
Ject of the meeting was to appoint Il
committee To ascertain tho cost and
feas ibility ofaoperating q central in
Forest City ofoalf the farm lines Sew
eral of the farmers lines adjacent to
the city have long desired such IN ar
iangement as ar-tclephonc central To-
Gated i'll the country has many disad-
yant3gGS rEho committees ny,.cfo,j
/ to report next Saturday at n meeting
to be held in the court house
Bellevue.
John Kurt. q wealthy farmer residing
four miles west of Bellevue. vas dam
serously injured in a runaway while
driving to church. The neckyoke broke
while the team was proceeding down
hill, the tongue falling TO the ground
! frightening the team. The cutter was
reduced 10 kindlng wood ana tho
horses We're all but free from the har-
! ness when stopped. Mr. Ksrrt was
picked up and taken to his home. An
| examination showed him TO he suffer-
! ing from IL dangerous rupture. recov-
cry from which. owing to the patients
age. is doubtful.
Mason City.
HC NttSCo oS3ailiSt FI1ilk
and Norman Bell We're taken up by
Judge Clark. County Attorney Robin
son was present for the hearing and
the cases will again be taken up Mon
day. Both men sigritied their willing
ness to take a drink cure, and the offer
of Des Moines institution to take
cases recommended by Iowa news
papers, free of charge, was considered.
The reliability of the institution will
be looked into and if found satisfactory
they will in all probability be sent
there. Mayor kirschman appeared
against Cavanaugh.
Ogden.
Some excitement occurred just out
Of Ogden on the NJ. & st. L. railroad
when a fellow by the name of Joe
Taylor, said to have been brim full and
stopping over with fire water, offered
George Vail. the conductor of the
branch a drink Of whisky, or so it is
claimed when Vail declined to drink
Taylor seemed to resent the turn-do
and flashed gun on the conductor. He
was overpowered by a number of pas
sengers and when Ogden was reached
he was turned over to the marshal.
who put him in the lookup for safe
turned! loose
Sioux City.
Police Judge Sam Page opened court
Monday morning to the fullest house
that he has had for many months.
Even the standing room was taken.
Among the interested and interesting
auditors We're n number of Indians
from the Winnie bago reservation, who
paid keen attention to the medicine of
the judge. Those who came for the
purpose of stalking their taste for the
sensational were disappointed. how
ever. The Indian case was dismissed
The Winnebago relatives of Mabel
White, the comely Indian woman, who.
it was charged forsook her homo for
Frank Davis,.a married Indian of the
same tribe. were disinclined to place q
charge against her. 1t was impossible
therefore to hold Davis and Judge
Page was constrained to discharge
them both. Many OF the Indians were
in court and bore the girl off in tri-
umph. The squaw of the erring hus-
band refused to prosecute him and
welcome awaits him from her on the
reservation If he feels able to bear the
probable hostility of the girls friends.
The couple We're arrested at the Clin-.
ton Hotel Friday night and the three
days detention in the heid-over has
greatly damaged the air of, bravado
worn by the red man when he first
appeared in police court SATURDAY..