Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-17

, old: Oner Wilson, of Milton. 10 years;
Mrs. Catherine johnson, of Ottumwa.
76 years old: Mrs. eElvira Mowre, Of
Billings, "A years elds Mrs. Eliza Clan
willie, of Milton, II years old. and Mrs.
Elizabeth Bowless. of Wichita, Kan.
| who is 6s years old.
Burlington. ~
A three story brick building. the first
floor Of which is occupied by the Perry
Devine bird store. collapsed Friday
| morning, and Is a heap of debris. De-
vine, his wife. and Ed Marquard. who
was negotiating for some of the stock
| were in the store when the building
started to crack. They hustled out the
rear door just in time to avoid being
crushed Several hundred canaries,
parrots, and thousand or more gold
| fish persisted. The building is owned
| by the Rock Island railroad and Is on
| the site of a proposed new passenger
station. The walls had been weakened
| by the removal Of an adjoining struc-
ture Part of the foundation Of the De-
vine building collapsed Thursday and
| Devine was preparing to move his stuff
out when the crash came.
Ottumwa.
Testimony in the custer suit against
! Sheriff C. C. Cremer took new turn
| Friday, when the state introduced two
| checkers, who had audited the sheriffs
| books. C. c.. Hunt and ). i. Israel.
state checkers. testified that they had
! found an overcharge of Sal in the jail
| meal register. ON cross exa mi nation.
| Hunt admitted that similar mistakes
| had been found in checking many ac-
| counts of state officers, that often they
| J1xn Tu- al odr oft a6
when pressed by Cremer's counsel, that
| many counties had disregardedg the
new law in regard to the feeding Of
! county prisoners. The law cuts the
fees formerly allowed and puts the
sheriff on a straight salary. The states
attorneys announced that they would
conclude their case with the testimony
| Of Charles Doran, deposed deputy. y
| Sisourney. ~ #st
| Homer Jacobs and his assistant, FL
| mer Langford, barely escaped with
| their lives when their nine ton traction
engine on which they were riding went
thru bridge which they were cross
ing five miles southeast of Sigourney.
The bridge Is an old structure and
| crosses German creek on the main ira
veled road leading southeast from Sig
| Quincy. The men were riding In the
cab Of the engine which was pulling
J a portable sawmil hitched behind.
Both men went down with the engine
| landing fifteen feet below in the water,
| the engine upside down. Both men
are seriously hurt. Mr.. Jacobs has bad
| cuts and bruises about the head and
| face and Mr.. Langford has one leg
badly crippled. The men were brought
| to town and are now under the care OF
| physicians. Just how serious the In
juries will prove has not been deter
/ mined by the physicians.
keokuk.
Tony Cramer, who resides on the
Johnson street road a few miles from
Keokuk, reported to Chief OF Police
Hennemann Friday morning that his
uncle. Joseph Cramer, had been miss
ing since last Monday. The last seer
Of the missing man was on Monday
morning. At noon when some one wen,
to call him for dinner he could not be
L found and a search in the vicinity OF
his home since that time has beer
:! fruitless. Tony C,ramer Is his uncle
guardian 1t is said that the iitiEssi nj IL II
man is slightly demented. He - ~
years of age and a veteran of the civi
war. He wears sandy monstachs
and his face is flushed IL was late
!. discovered that he told one Of M
!. TneiH iIiDprs that ne iuJended EUiHg away
j on Monday or Tuesday He had beer
J. living with his nephew and qua ltai
) for abour four years and had neSe
. before left him or threatened 20 hya
81 He very seldom came to Keulkuk