Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-01-07
Northern Io1ua Items

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nearly all burned off from this part ana
the fire extended to the first floor, roll
lowing a partition, also into the attic
over the main part. The fire company
confined their efforts to exiting cushing
the blaze in the main part and soon had
the fire under control, most of the dam
age being from smoke, and water. In
the south wiag the second story and
the root. Wsfe badly wrecked, before the
ftrs was uulIs.sasr- con- The Joss is par
tally covered by 1nsurance.
SNatsrloe.sss:
John r. Mccain. the young man
taken into custody Sunday evening On
a charge Of forgery, was taken to Man
kato, Mimi, Tuesday morning by
deputy sheriff from that city. The Of
ficer arrived in Waterloo during the
night and left over the Illinois Central
with the prisoner. Mccain was accom-
panied by hts father, who Is making
an effort to safe the young forger from
the penitentiary. Mccain was arrested
at the request of the Mankato officials
on charge of passing forced check
at the Saulpaugh Hotel at Mankato. 1t
is also alleged that he has passed mum :
erous bogus checks at other places.
IIe also admitted that he stole trav-
cling bag belonging to William Whic!s-
er and procured some money by repre-
senting himself to be the agent for a
Chicago hide concern. Mr.. Wicker
lost 500 in the transaction. but his grip
and the stolen furs will be returned to
him.
Waterloo.
e. L. Bender. who was employed in
this city for short time and who was
given some assistance by J. L. Klinga-
man. overseer Of the poor, has been ar
rested at Mason City on charge OF
robbing q grocery store. Efforts were
made to send Bender, his wife and two
children back to this city some time
ago, but the local officials refused to
accept the family on the ground that
they had no residence in this county.
Bender was employed as waiter at a
local restaurant for a short time and
was also engaged as driver Of laun-
dry wagon. Bender is alleged to have
held up the clerks In a grocery store on
Christmas eve and two witnesses have
identified the former Waterloo man as
the bandit. A complete kit of burglar
tools was found In his home. The &C
cused man refused to work after arriv-
ing in Mason City, maintaining he was
too sick. About one month ago the
county officials investigated and de-
cided to cut the family off the county's
list. Mrs. Bender took in washings for
q time, but at Christmas 1t was neces-
sary for private charity to aid the fam
lily.
Sioux City.
Blue FLOODED hens and roosters in
abundance went on show at the sixth
annual poultry exhibit OF the Inter-
state Poultry Association. 1t will con-
tinue turnout the week until Saturday.
About 1000 birds from Iowa, South Da-
kota, Nebraska and Minnesota were
unloaded and placed on display at the
show Tuesday. 1t is expected by the
officials of the show that the entry list
will reach almost 1900. One high class
imported hen, a Specified Sussex, owned
by A. w. GLENN, baked at the door OF
the snow Tuesday morning and caused
q young riot on the street before she
consented to take part in the show. She
jumped from her cage and bolted
across the street to the Princess The
ater Anyone could recognize her as a
blooded bird Traffic ceased and every
one Joined hands to capture the $40
beauty. She crossed back into the
street. sat calmly in the middle of the
street car track. and deposited q prize
egg, which IL now on display at the
show. She was submissive at once and
joined her brothers and sisters on ex-
hibit. Theodore Huzhes. OF Indianap-
oils, Ind. will act as judge Of the show.
The entry list IL large and includes
practically every high class poultry
specie from all parts OF the country. A
| number Of entries In the dog depart
gment also have been made.