Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-28
Northern Io1ua Items

dollars, and few cents. No cleW to
the thieves has as yet been found. The
supposition Is that the work WAS done
by experts, inasnluch as there was no
sign Of any kind which would indicate
that the burglars had to use violent
force to gain an entrance to the safe.
Entrance to the office was gained thru
a private Office of the law firm of Carr
& Carr.
Ida Grove.
Mrs. F. c. Meyers, one Of the pioneer
women Of this community. died sud-
denly Thursday. Mrs. Meyers entered
the Conn hospital, for an operation for
appendicitis ten days ago, and had pro-
crossed rapidly toward recovery She
expected to leave the hospital yester-
day to go to her home. Her death was
due to a blood clot forming near the
heart. Mrs. Meyers was the wife of F.
c. Meyers. one of the oldest pioneer
men of this community, he having con-
Quoted a restaurant here for nearly
thirty years, and for the past three
years had operated one Of the largest
ice cream factories in this section of
the state A son and the husband sur
viye.
Clinton.
The Chicago & Northwestern Rail-
way Company will lay twenty miles OF
100 pound steel rails this summer. ex-
tending from the Clinton bridge to De-
Witt These rails are the heaviest used
by the Northwestern company and are
much larger than the ones now in use.
This improvement is being made gen.
orally over the C. & NV. line and is
already begun in the west Iowa di-
vision where the rails are now being
distributed before the actual work of
installing them is commenced. This
steel will also replace the lighter
weight rails in use in the western sub
division Of this division of the c. &
NV. The length Of track between
raina and I.arlc!!!c has recently been
laid with the new 100 pound rails.
Fort Dodge.
Charles Raw, Of Britt, indicted by
the federal grand jury on charge Of
obstructing the mails by placing rail
across the NJ. & st. L. railroad right
OF way last April in company with
three other people. was released on
bond from the county Jail. His father
gave bond. OF the other three people
luOIClCQ WIFI tWO HdSC uScu al
rested and one is still at large. The
names Of the other three have not yet
been given out by the federal authori-
ties. 1t is charged that the three peo-
pie placed the rail across the track and
nearly derailed a fast mail train leav-
ing here for the north at about mid
night. The affair is said to have taken
place sometime last April. Two girls
from Forest City were with the men.
|Watsrleo.
While playing about an old lard can
half filed with water Thursday after
noon shortly after 2 o'clock, Frank
Edward Sasse. the 11-months- old son
, of Mr.. and Mrs c. w. Sasse OF 14O1
. Commercial street. in some mysterious
! manner fell in the water and drowned
, before being discovered by Mrs Sasse
| Coroner Kistner was called to the
seen OF the accident and following q
thorough examination decided that nc
inquest was necessary. Mrs. Sasse was
busy washing and baking and had q
lard can. which stood about twenty
inches In height. three quarters fllled
with water. standing in the middle OF
the kitchen floor. She entered the
sleeping apartment to do the work
there and left the baby In the dining
room. where he could p'ay 's!shou. be-
ms m0leeSe0s .ts