Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-23
Southern Io1va Items

til work could be found for him. How
ever. he considered himself competent
to hunt work for himself and disap-
peared almost before the ink was dry
on the courts order. It is said that
his name is Humphreys and that his
home was in Kansas. No effort is be-
ing made to recapture him.
Dss Moinss.
Chief of Police A. II. Day and mem
bers Of the state board OF control were
made defendants in habeas corpus
action filed in the district court by
Martha F.. Mcpherson to secure her
release from the city jail. where she is
being held. The woman was a former
inmate of the state industrial school
at AIitchellville, and is being held by
the police for having escaped from
there. The petition sets out that the
girl is OF legal age and that since she
left the institution she has become
married to Guernie Mcpherson. 1t is
contended that having attained her
majority she can not be held
ottumwa.
Claiming a message sent him from
Red Oak by stock buyer was deliv-
cred to the wrong address and not re-
ceived at the address to which 1t was
directed. W. f. Griffith, local horse
and cattle buyer. has brought suit
against the Western Union Telegraph
Company for 1895. The petition
states the plaintiff was directed to meet
c. E. Carson, Of Red Oak. at the union
depot for the purpose OF conducting the
purchase OF ten loads Of stock. in
which purchase the plaintiff was to
act as agent. The telegram is said to
have been addressed to w. E. Griffith.
III North Court street, but to have
been delivered to 1926 East Fourth
street instead and not delivered to the
proper address. The claim for dam
age due to the loss Of commission in
the deal is fixed at s1.995 and judg-
ment for that sum asked for in the
petition.
Council Bluffs.
A year ago Thursday winter under
wear was a positive discomfort and
straw hats might have been worn with
perfect propriety,for the town was swell
tering in a temperature Of Is degrees
above zero. Friday morning at o'clock
the thermometer was only above.
and Council Bluffs was experiencing
one of the coolest spring days in the
past forty years. Warm as It was last
year. other recent years have done
even more torrid business on or about
the first day Of spring. Two years ago
Thursday 1t was SO above. and Ave
years ago next Monday It was 80 above.
Considering the weather fickleness Of
the Missouri valley 1t IL jrst about an
even bet az to whether next Monday
may not even beat that Snow fell We'd
nesday to a depth Of eight inches and
brought the total for the winter and
spring UP to GIT inches. a record
breaker by a big margin over any
season in the past forty years. The
average, winter in and out. will be
around thirty five inches.
Cedar Rapids.
The fact that the Montrose hotel
Building IL Of fireproof construction.
including the floors. prevented de-
structive fire at 2:40 Thursday morn
ing. A blaze had started in some I'M
known manner in a carload or more
Of waste paper that had been piled in
the basement underneath the office Of
the Postal Telegraph office. and only
the cement floors prevented 1t from
spreading thruout the entire building.
The fire was discovered by the hotel
baggageman. who saw smoke coming
from one OF the basement windows and
turned in an alarm. Officers Cook and
Christensen happened to be near the
building when the blaze was discov-
cred, and directed the hremen to the
room where the paper was stored. The
entire room was roaring mass OF
danes when the department arrived.
md 1t was necessary to practically
Hood the basement OF that part OF the
building before the fire was placed un-
der control The greatest less will be
to the Postal company, In the flooding