Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-03
Northern Io1un Items

I one Of two burglars who attempted to
| gain an entrance to the Theo Roose-
| Welt residence. After leaving tho resi-
dence that night both went in the d.
| rection of the Ladd home.
| Humboldt.
| Commencing with July the Hum
boldt postoffice will no longer be third
but second class, due to the increase
in the income of the office. Tho salary
Of the postmaster Will then be $4,000 a
| year. with the government furnishing
the building and the clerks. Because
of this change there is expected to be
a lively scramble for the office of post
master, ]. w. Foster. the present Off
ciars term.expiring next month.
Fort Dodge.
In all probability the Illinois Gen.
trail passenger station. which has been
a source of much shame and NORTH
cation to the people of the city for a
number of years, will be condemned
by the city council. At least the pres
ent conditions forecast that result and
when the matter was introduced into
the council meeting OF Monday even
ing resolution referring the matter
ito the council as a committee OF the
whole. was passed. Undoubtedly some
thing will be done in the near future.
Carroll.
John Lang, So years of age and prae-
tically helpless mentally and physical
~, was examined by the commissioners
of insanity and committed to the aSy-
lum at Clarinda. Sheriff Hamilton had
no sooner returned that he was called
to Lansboro, where a young woman,
Miss Bessie Winter. an unfortunate
victim of epilepsy. was reported in a
state Of violent insanity and threaten
ing the family with knife. She re-
turned with him to Carroll and was
found to be fit subject for hospital
treatment.
Sioux City.
Twenty-one horses were burned to
death Tuesday In a fire which Destroy
ed barn kept by William Terry at SIT
Steuben street. When the fire was dis
covered the interior of the barn was a
mass of flames. and all rescue work
was rendered so dangerous that no at
tempt to enter was made. The total
loss is estimated at $4,000. A small
barn, adjacent to the large structure
also was burned. Several roomers at
the Farmers hotel, Sixth and Steuben
streets. were forced to flee with their
belongings. This hotel is only few
feet from the barn. When the fire
started several of the dodgers in the
hotel We're sleepingf. Some of these did
not awaken until after the firemen We're
playing tn hose on the north side of the
hotel. which was then blazing. The
water poured into the rooms of the
hotel and drenched n few of the room
ers. Two men, sleeping in rooms on
the north side, had to be dragged down
stairs.
Sioux City.
With loud hiss that could be heard
all over the plant, a large soap kettle
on the third floor of the Haskins Bros.
& Co soap factory, blew up, throwing
$4,000 pounds of boiling soap. in the
process of manufacture, from the kettle
and blowing out one side OF the brick
wall. The greater portion OF the soap
was elected thru tho wall. Fifteen men
working on the floor escaped serious
injury. Louis Halverson, the soap
maker attending the kettle. had both
feet scalded. Two boys, Clarence
Luther and Olaf Amundson, on the
second floor, Immediately below the
kettle. heard the explosion and ieaped
thru a window to the ground. Beyond
cuts received on one hand by Luther
in jumping thru the closed window,
the two escaped serious injury. Other
workmen escaped with minor burns.
Thousands of pounds of brick. blown
from the wall, dropped on the roof
OF the engine room and caved 1t in.
The engineer and his assistants es-
capped. The loss is $4,000