Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-05

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Miles c. Parf1h, Of GrinneA. who was
charged with obtaining $1,000 by false
p-etenses, was declared not guilty
| Tuesday afternoon by the jury. The
| jury was out two hours.
| Knoxville.
The elegant residence OF the Charles
Stevenson family, one Of the finest
farm homes in the southern part OF
| Marion county, was entirely destroyed
by fire Tuesday eyeni1g, together with
the contents. The loss is placed at
SIS, 900 partially covered by insurance.
Des Moines.
Burglars believed to be in Des
Moines at this time stole more than
5000 in currency from the homes OF
three men at Enterprise. Charles john
| son. Of Enterprise. who mace the re-
port, said $50 was taken from one
| house: s12S, revolver, watch and
other property from another, and $40
| from third place. j
| Council Bluffs.
Ralph Mcmillan. thetweil known avi-
ator of this city, has been selected as
the pilot Of one of the biggest aero
planes ever made for flight across
the continent. 1t was manufactured
! by Curtiss. The light is to be from
New York to San Francisco in con-
nection with the Panama exposition in
race for a prize Of $4,000
Brooks.
A government agent has been In this
vicinity for e week tracing the origin
| of carload Of hogs bought up
about here by dealers and shipped to
Buffalo. The foot and mouth disease
| developed among the hogs, but as no
trace Of the disease could be found
| here it is believed the hogs contracted
! the disease en- route or from poorly
disinfected car The hogs were con-
demned at Buffalo. The loss falls
upon Chicago shippers.
Newton.
| Susie Bell, a colored woman from
| Colfax, plead guilty to the charge OF
assault with attempt to commit man
| slaughter. She was given FIVE years by
the court, who stated that she could
20 home without hond but that the
minute she got drunk or began to cut
she would be nabbed AMI would have
to begin serving the sentence. She has
been a very expensive citizen FOR Jas
per county, but this nay end It, as she
says she and her husband are going to
move out OF the state.
Fort Madison.
Members of the Corona Club are
advocating a gymnasium and have
| started campaign 20 raise the sum OF
| s25, 900 which will be conducted with
in the next thirty days. The Corona
| Club, since it's organization. has been
planning the erection of gymnasium
for the use Of the boys and young men
of the city. These plans and ideas
have now matured to such a stage as
to demand their realization and they
will now start on campaign to raise
| the above amount which they think
will be adequate for such a construc-
| ton.
Fort Madison.
During the course of her talk to the
prisoners last FRIDAY Mrs. Maud 3.
Booth gave out several bits Of interest
| ing information. Because Of her long
! association with prisoners. and the
| deep interest she has taken in penal
matters, one would naturally suppose
| that her library contained some OF the
! best authorities ON the subject. She
| has dissipated any such belief. Stating
| emphaticalIy that all her knowledge
came from actual contact with the
men, their letters, and her visits to
| them at the varicGs prisons. she gave
out that the information that hes