Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-07-07
Northern Io1ua Items

" tAe SUFFICE. y. n. huftz, or Mar
ion. father Of Mr.. Kurtz has offered
reward for the recovery Of his sons
body. The accident Friday night while
Mr.. Kurtz, his son Maurice, Phil wag-
| ner and jacob Pepper were on fishing
expedition down the Cedar river six
miles south Of the city. Mr.. Kurtz
was drowned at the mouth Of Indian
creek. where that stream enters the
Cedar river. The river at that point is
eight or ten feet deep and the current
is very swift, and the work Of looking
for the body is a tedious ore.
Cedar Rapids.
William Jents. section hand. fell
and broke his neck Friday evening at
the c.. M. & ST. P. ice house in the
railroad yards. The accident occurred
at o'clock and he was hurried to
st. Luke's hospital in the ambulance.
but he died at midnight. Jentz was a
foreigner and had no known relatives
in this country. He had worked in
Marion as section hand under Pat
Ryan, for q number Of years and was
one of the oldest section men in point
of service. He was sent to- the ice
house Friday evening to assist Fred
Quandt in icing refrigerator cars. No
one saw him fall and it is not known
whether he fell from the car or from
the ice chute extending from the ice
house to the cars, but he was discov-
cred lying on the ground unconscious
His neck was broken by the. fall and he
never regained consciousness. He was
so years Of age.
Dubuque.
The Mississippi river in this Sec
ton is now coming up rapidly, and
promises to slightly exceed the high
est stage of last month, which was
1874 feet at Dubuque. The local office
of the weather bureau states that the
stage here next Friday will be close to
14.0 feet-perhaps a little over or
little under. Big rains in the next ten
days, should they occur. would prob
ably cause still higher stage than
here indicated. After the highest stage
is reached, the river in this section will
remain practically stationary for sew
eral days. From this 1t is evident that
the river will be abnormally high for
July all this week and probably most
of next week. Farmers have about
given up all hopes Of raising crop
this year on lowlands along the river.
The food last month destroyed corn
and other crops estimated at from
1900 to 5000 acres. BY the last week
in June the water had fallen and with
warm weather and sunshine, much of
the land was in condition to replant,
when word came Of big rainE and high
waters in northern Minnesota, de-
stroying all hope Of crop this year.
Dubuque.
Ellsworth Murphy, Of East Du-
buque, was shot thru the side and hip
Saturday by an unknown man. believed
to be foreigner, who fired. five shots
at him from the third floor of the Bre-
son building, as he was crossing the
railroad tracks. on Second avenue, JUS.
north Of East Cabin at East Dubuque.
The first sho: took effect in the side
and hip the other four going wild and
Embedding themselves in the planking
OF the crossing. So far as IL known
there was no reason for the act by the
unknown gunman. He Is supposed to
be either a Greek, Italian or Mexican,
as families Of these nationalities are
living on the top floor Of the building.
Two Greeks. jewellers there. were ar
rested Saturday on suspicion but 1t Is
doubtful IL either Of them Ii guilty.
Following the shooting DR.. U. 8. Lewis
was called and removed the bullet and
piece Of the hip bone. The injured
man was then removed TO his home.
His condition at the present time IL
precarious, altho the exact seriousness
OF his injury can not be stated. He
has. possibly. better than an even
chance for his life.