Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-06-23

| 0skaloosa.
! Fire destroyed the storage ware
house Of the Schee Automobile Com
pany and the Gsener Implement Com
pany with loss Of $4,000. The Hay
implement Company and the NJ. and NJ.
Star Bottling Works were damaged.
The cause Of the FIRE 10 unknown.
Sidney.
The funeral of Mrs. Charles Cowden
was held in Riverton. A year ago Mrs.
Cowden was severely burned by tho
explosion Of a coal oil heater used in
an incubator, and has ever since been
an inmate of the Methodist hospital
in Omaha. In an endeavor to save her
! life skin grating was resorted to on
several occasions, and her husband
made the sacrifice in her behalf, but
all in vain. She was 80 years of age.
Dss Moines.
! Miss Mabel Lodge, a teacher in the
teachers college at Cedar Falls and
for the past year In Columbia Unive--
sity, has been engaged by the Iowa
Equal Suffrage Association as state
suffrage organizer. Miss Lodge ar
rived in Des Moines Monday morning
to take up her new work Immediately.
Her headquarters will be in this city,
altho she will be travelling over the
state most Of the time. Her aim will
be to establish suffrage organizations
in every township.
Des Moines.
JOHN Holmes, a miner at the Mar
quis mines, five miles north Of Des
Moines, died at Methodist hospital as
the result Of blow on the head by q
piece Of falling slate. Holmes was
injured Friday evening and altho rem
dered unconscious, was soon revived
by his fellow workmen. He walked
home and went to bed. He was in a
comatose condition the next morning
when members Of his family tried to
awaken him. Three sisters and seven
brothers survive, all Of whom live in
Marquisville.
West Liberty.
Marshal John Wiley went to Moline
Wednesday evening to search for Lii
liam, the 21-year-old daughter Of p. b.
Lake. living southeast Of West Liberty,
who Is thought OF have departed In
company with a man who gave his
name as ~. v. Moore" Moore came
to West Liberty few weeks ago and
obtained work as a painter. A brother
of the missing girl, who came to West
Liberty In search Of her, told that
Moore became acquainted with her
while on q painting contract at the
Lake home. The brother says he has
learned that the man induced the girl
to leave home, upon the promise Of
marriage.
Des Moinss.
c. F. Whitney, Of Cambridge, was
badly slashed by q Mexican who gave
his name as Frank Asher in saloon
at East Second street and Court ave-
Tue Saturday evening. Asher Ia in jail
and Whitney filed charges of assault
with intent to do great bodily injury.
Whitney told the police that Asher ana
another man were having trouble In
the saloon and brushed against him.
81 told them to keep away from me II
they wanted to Tight" said Whitney,
"and paid no more attention to them.
A few moments aft6rward the Mexican
jumped at me with . knife" A call
was sent to the police station when
the first row started and Motorcycle
OFFICER Brophy reached the saloon 4
few seconds after the cutting. Whit
ney's jaw was laid open Tor several
inches. He was able to return home.
Hamburg.
Hiram Brown, who lives around the
bluffs, has resided on his farm for sixty
years, record which can b durli-
Gated BY but . few IN this part Of the