Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-05-05
Northern Io,ua Items

and putting on more speed dashed out
of sight. according to persons who saw
the accident. Young Jacobs is now ly-
ing in the home of his widowed mother.
429 Second avenue. and is In serious
condition. The boy sustained serious
injuries to his kidneys. and from these
he may never recover. and also injuries
to his right wrist. The mother. who
has been Ill was badly frightened by
the sight Of the injured boy.
, EstherviIle.
| Arrangements are being made by the
| local organization Of Daughters OF the
American Revolution to erect a monu-
ment to Fort Defiance. the old fort that
stood where the city of Estherville now
stands This monument will DE OF
Bedford stone, about thirty feet high.
supporting huge cannon ball on which
! will be carved an American eagle with
| wings outstretched. On one side of the
base of this will be name plate with
Mrs Esther Ridley's name, she being
the first white woman in Emmett county
and the one in whose honor the city
Of Baskerville was. named.
Cedar Falls.
q The business men OF teudI iiiSI
in the Commercial Club rooms and or
ganized a local Ad Mems Club. There
! were fifty men present and a great
| deal of interest was shown In the new
! project Paul Davis. Of Waterloo. who
is vice president of the state Ad Mems
Association. was present and gave a
short talk as also did Harry keister
president OF the Town Criers Cup at
Waterloo. The club will hold another
meeting next Monday evening and 1t IL
then hoped to complete the constitution
and bylaws. The following are the
officers elected at the meeting: Pres1-
dent, w X. Voorhees,; vice president,
Clarence Wise: secretary and treasurer,
w. A Garrabrandt.
Sioux City.
Reductions of the city's indebtedness
to the extent Of $64,476 We're made
druing the month Of April, according
to a statement made by Jonathan w.
Brown superintendent of accounts and
finances This sum added TO the SILL
1862. which was announced a month
ago makes a total reduction of $l75.-
92262 in the city debt during the last
twelve months Among the payments
made during April. according to Mr..
| Browns figures, are the following:
Bonded Indebtedness. $4,000; Coles
addition sewer. $4,000: bridge certiti-
Gates, s10.333: Wescott judgment. So
| 125; Improvement bonds, $500. and So
500 for the Bacon creek conduit. BY
/ the payment of the debts the city is
saved the expense Of paying interest
which would amount to S2,4l9.
Nashua.
Rev Otis l.. Spurgeon pastor AZ
large for the State Baptist Society for
the northern half Of Iowa, who has
been conducting q series of meetings at
the First Baptist church of this city.
has been given a unanimous call to the
| pastorate Of the church and has given
up his work as pastor at large and &C
cepted the call. Mr.. Spurgeon came
here III February and began series
of meetings in the church. which has
been closed for number Of years, with
the result that the church has been
1eorganized with membership or
nearly 100. Mr.. Spurgeon is a strong
man, both as speaker and as man
of God. and he has done great work
here lie will move his family from
Boone in a few weeks, but in the
meantime he will remain on the field
here. The church feels that with him
as its pastor its future is assured.
Sioux City.
/ An lmpromptu imitation of Ben
Hurs chariot race was given on Pierce
street. near Nineteenth street, about
o'clock Monday evening. when three
horses, hitched to a huge van. tore
down the hill. The noise Of the APP
preaching horses and wagon could be
. heard for several blocks and men go
. ing home for the evening looked with
; astonishment a the strange scene. The
horses kept to the street car track un-
til 1t seemed that q collision with 8
north -,bound car would follow. The
motorman stopped the car and shouted
a. warning to the people in the car
They jumped from the car as rapid!
as possible. When within forty feet o.
the car the horses deserted the tract
, and shot by the car. One Of the ami
mails fell to his knees and was dragged
fully fifty feet before he could regain
his footing. Meanwhile the huge wager
!. was swinging from side to side, threat
. ening. at any minute to turn completed,
. over. Finally the rear wheel Of the val
struck the curp, the wagon was sw urrl
completely around in its tracks ant
pulled the horses with it until the.
were facing the direction from which
lthey had come. The wagon and horses
i Nsre gninjured.