Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-16
Southern Io,ua Items

Murray.
Wilbert Moore, 10. charged with pas
sing a forged check on an Osceola bank
for $3.50, is said to have confessed and
admitted he got the idea from reading
dime novels. All of the money wa.
| recovered except SO.
RedfisId.
| At a special election Redheld voted
to issue $4,000 bonds for establishing
| water works and electric light sys.
TENS. The women turned out vel
| for the election. casting nearly a.
many votes as tine Ineii.
| Buxton.
| Celebration Of the forty ninth amt
versary OF the signing Of the emanci-
patton proclamation will be held here
| on Sept. %. and one Of the biggest days
Of the year i. anticipated. Work will
be suspended at the mines on that day
and everybody Is planning to attend.
ksekuk.
The war department engineers have
approved the plans for one big lock TO
be placed IN the west side OF the new
mile long dam here in place Of the
three locks now in use. The locks Will
be 400 feet long and 40 feet wide and
the largest in the world except the ones
at Panama.
Council Bluffs.
Mrs. Fred Bird. aged 81. wife Of a
farmer living near Hancock. died from
the effects Of burns sustained while
cleaning chicken house with inf1am-
mable LIQUID. The woman was so bad
ly burned the flesh fell from her body
The cause Of the accident was not
clearly established.
! Dss Moinss.
Guests in the Munger hotel made a
scramble for safety Thursday morn
ing when a FIRE started in the kitchen
of the Grill room on the first floor. Two
guests were nearly overcome by smoke
while extinguishing the flames. The
fire started from grease that ignited
! from the cook stoves. The loss will b<
| about $4,000.
Metz.
Oliver Henney. a farmer residing one
and half miles northwest OF Metz
| had the misfortune to lose two fingers
on his left hand in silo cutter. he
wa. working at the farm Of his brother
occurred Drs. Besser and Boyd were
called and gave every possible attention
to the injured man. Tho the othe,
fingers on the hand were badly bruised
1t was thought at a late hour yesterday
that they could be saved. Henney Is
a man about57 years old and has a wife
and two children.
Burlington.
| Maurice F'unck. a Burlington boy. the
son OF Councilman and Mrs. Charles r
F'unck, will have charge Of the prose
cution Of DR.. D. r. Dumas. former
mayor Of Cass Lake Mimi. who Il ac.
cused Of arson and safe blowing. In
fact the physician is accused Of beine
at the head Of gang Of safe blowers
and incendiaries. who have created q
reign of terror in the Cass Lake ter.
ritory. Mr.. F,unck has held the office
Of county attorney for several wears
and has made good in a decided man.
ner. He went thru the local schools
was away at college, and finally stud
| led law, going to Cass Lake. country
with future. to hang out his shingle
He made friends and when he ran for
office. had large support.
Dss Moinss.
Plans and specifications for the new
miners temple at Abba. where the
district headquarters are located
since the several elections in the sum-
mer. will be drawn up in the near fu-
ture and presented to the next con-
veution to be held in Des Motnes In
March. according to President w. H
Rogers Of district No. IS. United
Mine Workers of America, who Is In
the city attending series of meet
inss Of his executive board with that
Of the Iowa coal operators. It was
announced following the meeting last
night that nothing Of Importance was
taken up. only routine matters beina
discussed Mr.. Rogers reports that
nearly all the miners Of the state
which comprises district No. Is. are
working and that conditions are high
~ satisfactory.
Newton.
While driving in a buggy Wednesday
morning about $3.50, Mrs. Homer
Wyatt, residing northwest of the city
narrowly escaped serious injury wher
her buggy was struck by an autolno-
bile. which attempted to pass her IN
the narrow road just at the bridge. The
auto was going at q good rate Of
speed and when attempting to pass
cut In too close to the vehicle. The
big machine caught the hind wheel
with great violence and Mrs. Wyatt
was thrown to the ground. The fall
injured her arm and she was shaken
up badly but was able to 20 on to her
home. The buggy was badly broken
the rear wheel being torn completely
of. The accident was one Of careless
ness. The auto driver attempted e
rave himself from scins over the oenk