Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-10-05
Southern Io1ua Items

pany with the others Interested are
deeply gratified. This is the culmin
alton Of long series Of troubles. In
the first three contests. the circle and
its deposed members won two and now
they win the fourth and the last.
Davenport.
Charged with having set fire to the
bed clothing in his room at the Britt
boarding house Sunday night and for
attempting to destroy the entire house
hold. Daniel Brennan has been placed
under arrest by the police and Is held
while moro thorough investigation
can be made into the matter. He was
arrested yesterday afternoon by De-
tective Sanford and has not yet made
a statement to the officials as to his
guilt or innocence Of the offense.
Hiteman.
Lottle. the 1O-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Green, of Hueman.
was burned to death when her clothes
| ignited from a bonfire around which
she and q number of other children
were playing. The instant the child
discovered her clothing was on fire,
she started running in the opposite d.
rection from the house. Her mother,
seeing her. called to her to stop. but
| was unnoticed by the frantic child.
The wind famed the blaze larger at
| every step. The child continued her
wild flight and when overtaken by her
| mother. was so badly burned that she
died in horrible agony few hours
| later.
Davenport.
The sum Of $4,000 was accepted by
the administratix in the estate of Jo-
seph Strelcher, deceased when the case
| was slated for dismissal in the district
court and when 1t was withdrawn from
the supreme court, where 1t had been
pending for some time. Three years
Of litigation has been a feature Of the
case and it's settlement for $4,000 closes
| its record in both the district and the
supreme courts. The defendant In the
litigation was the Davenport Brick &
| Tile Company. which, it is alleged, was
responsible for the death of Mr..
Streiciler who was at the time of his
death in it's employ.
, Des Moines.
Senator Cummins has received a
present of a magnificent silver mounted
cane from Luther Renner, superinten-
dent of the bureau of prisons Of the
Philippine islands. The cane is heavy.
as tho of mahogany wood, and the sill
YER mounting Is made of melted Phil
| ippine pasoes, one of the coins OF that
country The coat of arms OF the
| United States is engraved on one side
and on the other is the Philippine coat
Of arms. On the top Of the mounting
| is the senator's monogram beautifully
en- graved. The cane is in the natural
wood highly polished The present is
highly appreciated by Senator Cum
Minis
Columbus junction.
What was apparently an incendiary
effort to destroy the New Salem church
| near here and the old structure. from
\ which the congregation had recently
| moved which stood by its side, resulted
! Ii :::.c destruction by fire Of the Older
| building the new church being saved
only by the desperate efforts Of the
volunteer fire fighters. The discovery
of spot whore oil had been poured
! on the side of the new church and also
Of a quantity OF burned matches. Is
the basis of the incendiary theory No
explanation Of a possible motive is
given.
Davenport.
! At a special meeting Of the city
council at which all members with
the exception OF Alderman Mass were
present, a new ordinance ITO prevent
the spreading OF contagious diseases.
and providing for the reporting of such
diseases. and disinfecting Of the prem
Uses upon which the disease is present"
was presented, and upon the carrying
of a motion to suspend the rules the
Ordinance was passed by unanimous
vote of the council. The above action
was taken as the result of a recent
meeting of the board Of health, at
which the question of infantile paraly-
| sis was discussed. 1t is stated that
There are several cases of that disease
in the city,
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