Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-02-03

many villages and the death of hum
dreds of natives. The young women
VINO are the daughters of Mr.. and Mrs
Il. w. Hutchinson, of this city, were
located in the hills above Lake Taal
from which Mount Taal rises. and altho
all Of the villages lying within vicin-
| ity of twenty miles of the lake were
damaged by the shower of mud and
stones, the Harding home was not in
jured. Mr.. Hutchinson has received a
cablegram announcing that the party
was safe
Cedar Rapids.
1t was narrow escape from a hor-
rihle death that Daniel P Calkins, en-
gineer at the American Manufacturing
Company. had Tuesday afternoon. Mr.
Calkins had shut off the machinery in
a part of the factory TO make some re-
pairs. He was leaning over a pulley
fixing some part under it. Some one
happened to push the lever which starts
that shaft in motion. \ set screw in
the pulley caught in Mr.. Calkins' jack
ct. Within a very few seconds he was
almost naked, his clothing all having
been torn off. Fortunately the clothes
he was wearing were old and had been
washed often. making them tear easily.
Had they been new he certainly would
have been killed. AS it was he escaped
with a few bruises.
eettendorf.
The sale of $4,000 worth of sewer
bonds by the town Of Bettendorf, rati-
fed at a meeting Of the town council
marked the practical completion of last
years program Of public improvement.
During the year the town added cleo
trio lights, water works. and a sewer
system and disposal plant to it's list Of
improvements programsfor one year
such as most towns Of rs size take a
decade or two to complete. The water
works has been supplying water thru
the public mains for some time, and in
about three weeks the work on the
sewer will be completed.
Decatur.
Fire Of unknown origin. which start
ed in the restaurant of Ross & Laney,
caused loss of s29,S5o The total in
surance will be about $4,000. The
losses are as follows: c.. r. Meker,
general merchandise. $1,000: Ross &
Laney. restaurant, $1,000: O.. E. Crull.
hardware, 5000; s. II. Campbell. res
taurant and barber shop. $500; DIR.
F.. V. Springsterm, office. $50: Citi-
zens' States Savings Bank, $1,000: Odd
Fellows building. $500; William
Woodward, grocery. $500; Riddle Bros,
general merchandise, $500; C. Picker
ing, barber shop, 5000.
Council Bluffs.
W. b. Smith. a clerk at the s.; A
Pierce shoe store, was arrested Tues
day and arraigned in police court We'd
nesday on charge Of larceny prefer
red by his employer. Smith was ar
rested In Omaha while attempting dis
pose of a pair of high topped boots
valued at 81. In his room q suit case.
a pair Of woman's shoes, and q pair
of rubbers, all alleged to have been
in another room which Smith also &C.
cupied were found four other pairs Of
shoes.
Davenport.
Failure to comply with the ruling
of Judge Theophilus on the test case
Of Elizabeth Knauss against William
Gruenwald. proprietor of Praiser Car
caused the court to strike the test case
Off the docket. In view of this action.
Attorney H. B. Betty, in behalf Of the
prosecution and the civic. federation,
will appeal the case to the supreme
court for it's ultimatum as to the valid
ity Of Judge Theophilus' ruling. This
action on the part of the court in
striking the case from the docket, does
not affect the other saloon cases, which
will be tried as first planned.