Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-10
Northern Io1ua Items

was completely destroyed by flee a.
an carly hour, together with al his
household goods. MIR. Crow had only
recently moved to Rembrandt ,ron
Greenville and had not transferred his
Insurance, hence he viii lose every
thing. The fire caught fiom the heat
ing stove in the front part OF the
house and was not discovered until tine
room was a mass of flames. The fam
lily We're unable to save any of their
clothing.
Clarion.
Mrs H. L. Kirkpatrick had a narrow
escape from being seriously or fatally
burned While preparing dinner her
clothing in some manner caught fire
from the gasoline stove and il, a NOM
ent she was enveloped in flames Luck
lily her husband was in an adjoining
room and came, to her rescue and
quickly eNtinguished the flames. Mrs.
Kirkpatrick escaped without any fur
Their injury than Il scorching of her hair
and u terrible shock to her nervous
system, from which she has not fully
recovered.
Forest City.
QSSuStS vi itSl week was lIlC OPEN
ing day at Waldorf College and the
influx of students started with the first
train which arrived on Monday that
of the NJ. & st. l.. from the north. This
train and all trains which arrived OH
Monday We're crowded with old stu
dents returning to their studies for the
winter term and new ones coming to
enroll for that term. The greatest num-
Der in the history of the college for the
first day came on Monday. Trains We're
absolutely packed and all available
standing room was taken.
Hawkeye.
Ed Holdnem, q colored miner en-
ployed in the work of turning Il room
at the end OF the main back angle en-.
try, in the English creek mine at
Hawkeye, was almost instantly killed
by Il fall of slate and rock. The weight
OF the fall four to six tons of rock and
slate, crushed the man forward on his
face, breaking the breastbone and all of
the ribs on the left side infiictinS fatal
injuries to the heart and lungs He
only pronounced one sentence after be-
ing caught in the DEATH trap, calling
out to his companions to take it off,
Sioux City.
While CLYDE Moran, arrested over
a week ago for inducing the Kent res
taurant to cash a worthless check for
$3.50, has been languishing in the
county Jail awaiting the grand jury's
action on his case, Chief OF Detectives
~. B. Richard has been busy looking
up Moran's past performances. From
|eyidence in richards hands it appears
that Moran has borne u number of
ALIASES at various times. In his suit
cases We're found letters and papers
showing that he has been known var
iously as Clyde Moran, George c. Nor
ris. Clyde Harris and c. c. Clyde.
Sioux City.
A device which saves fuel by pre-
venting the blast of cold air into loco
motive fires may make q fortune for
its inventor Gabriel Steele. chief en-
gineer of the Sioux City Stock Yards
Company. Steele has begun the organ
iZation of a company to manufacture
the appliance. One of the devices has
been in use on a Milwaukee engine
since last July and the superintendent
is satisfied with it. The chief engineers
of the road are studying the device
with view to adopting 1T il. 1t is sat
isfactory. The fNeL saver Is sort OF
valve sattached to the firebox door
which ne tards fhes cold air Which, gem
orally rusles in upon the fire each time
the, door is upencd
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