Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-13

F.,
Announcement has just been made
that the American Trust and Saving!
Bank building to be built here thi!
F, summer vii be ten stories high. Il
| will be the highest building in the city
Dubuque.
Simon E. Mullans, Of Creston. was
killed in the Milwaukee yards here
| Sunday night when his locomotive
| crushed into the rear end of a freight
He was instantly killed. No one ir
| the caboose of the freight was injured
Boone.
The Boone Federation Of Women's
! Clubs has its plans well under way fox
safe and sane Fourth. The commit
! tee in charge OF the program has been
/ at work and the celebration win be a
| huge picnic, with sports and games OF
various kinds and pastimez, for every
body.
| Waterloo.
The boyhood ambition Of William
lines Wilson. 10 years old, of Du-
buque, to become a trained soldier
has bee: realized. TT the competitive
examination for choice Of candidates
from the Third district at West Point
Military Academy, held in this city
several days ago, Mr.. Wilson secured
! first place and Louis J. Dunlap o!
/ Brandon second place.
| Waterloo.
| Several persons narrowly escaped
serious injury shortly before TO-: 80
F.; O'Clock Monday morning at the inter-
(! section Of West Fourth street ard the
| Chicago Great Western railroad tracks
| when live" wire fell from it's fasten-
| ings above on telegraph pole just as
| a passenger train was unloading its
passengers. Several women nearly
! tainted and bedlam reigned for few
moments. The repair car fixed the
| damage.
! Cedar Rapids.
| After two strangers who attended
the services in one of the Cedar Rap
ids churches Sunday morning arose
/ and left before the services were over
two ladies who sat next to them dis
covered their pocketbooks missing.
There is absolutely no clue as to the
| identity Of the pickpockets, except
that they were young men and well
dressed. The victims did not discover
/ they had been robbed until some time
after the two men had left. The purses
contained small amounts in change.
West Union.
The $4,000 damage suit brought
against c. Miller & Sons by Ole OLE
son, whose ankle was injured by fall
| in their Clermont mill. ended by settle
ment Friday morning. after having
! been on trial to a Jury since Tuesday
| evening. The Miilers agreed to pay
| Oleson $500, each side to pay theil
/ own costs. In addition, the Millers had
| paid doctors bills and hospital bills OF
the plaintiff and allowed his wages arc
house rent for several months after his
accident, so his total recovery was per-
haps $4,000.
Dows.
The A. Banwell home on Tutin street
was the scene Of an exciting fire Tues
/ day evening, tho, fortunately, little
damage was DONE One Of the children
in play turned up large round burner
parlor lamp. which fared up, setting
the lace curtains on fire. Mayor Hunt
ington was calling at the Banwell home
at the time and he rushed to the win
dow and grabbed the blazing curtains
The whole burning mass came dowr
on top Of Mr.. Huntington's head
burning him quite badly. The fire
spread rapidly and soon the rug ant
interior of the room were on fire and
it was with difficulty that the flames
were extinguished. The loss was GOV.
i cred BY insurance.
Anarosa.
| Andrew Carnegie has delighted the
hearts of the ladies Of st. Patrick't
church and did a kindly act by giving
them $4,000 to complete the purchase
of pipe organ. The Catholic societ,
has beautiful church here, the one
thing lacking being a pipe organ. Fol
five years the ladies of the guild have
! worked faithfully towards that end