Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-02-11
Northern Io1ua Items

mills" and Il few houses, were saved
because of the heavy snow on the roofs
of the buildings. Haunrown has no
fire protection and when the flames
were discovered the entire populace.
and residents in the vicinity came with
pals to assist in eNtinguishing the
blaze, which had started from a de-
! fective chimney, it is believed.
Sioux City.
| A new serum man ufacturing con-
| Germ known as the Northern Serum
Company, has just incorporated with a
capital of 100000 w. G. Simpson.
president 'ofhthe Wagner State bank.
| of Wagner s. d.. has purchased control
and will remove to Sioux City to as
sumo active charge of the new enter
prise. The plant will be located in the
stockyards district. altho the site has
not yet been selected. E. b. Carter is
vice president and w. Fl. Benn ia
treasurer Of the new concern. Others
associated with the business and hold
ing blocks of stock are S. L. Gilliland,
John Sundberg and f. w. Tone.
Charles Masuen's general store at
urday morning and but for the prompt
response of the volunteer fire fighters
of that town would have been totally
destroyed. Chemical fil- extinguish-
ers did effective work which was sup
plemented by bucket brigade. Mr.
Masuen says the fire did not start from
the flue and he Is uncertain as to it's
origin. The loss is estimated at 81 900
to $1,000, which is fully covered by in
surance. The Masuen family live in
the rear Of the store and it was in this
part of the building that the fire did
the most damage, the loss being almost
entirely on the building and the house.
hold goods.
Clinton.
Roy Lennox, former Clinton horse
| trader, whose decomposed body was
found in an old we'll six miles south of
Cambridge, Ill.,, last December, was
| murdered while he slept In the traders
camp by Frank Anderson, alias Stew
art, according to a confession made to
the Henry county authorities by An
derson. The girl wife of Anderson, who
with her husband was arrested for
completely in the murder is not guilty
of any criminal connection, according
to the information the authorities Sc
cured. Tom Malone, of this city, a
long time pal of Lennox. Is the man to
whom credit for the arrest Of Anderson
is due. Malone was put on the track
of Anderson and his wife several weeks
ago, and traced them thru Illinois, fin
ally catching them at Mendoza. Ma
lone returned to Clinton Saturday
night. He received a telephone mes
sage yesterday from Sheriff Brown at
Cambridge. informing him that Ander-
son had made a complete confession.
Sioux City.
What might iiavs resulted 4. 9 Sc
rious accident occurred at the corner
of Twelfth and Pierce streets about 9
o'clock Wednesday morning, when a
motor truck In charge of Adrian Delier,
and belonging to the D. S. Martin Com
pany, ran into a north-bound street car.
The street car was in charge Of Motor
man l.. E. Barnett and Conductor Fl.
T. Graves, and was stationary at the
time. on the southeast corner A num-
Der of school children were getting off.
The motor truck going south, ran into
the car, head on, breaking the renoer
off the car and smashing the front win
dows. Fortunately none Of the chill
dren were hurt, 1t was reported by
Principal Joseph L. MCGOWAN, of the
high school. This Is the second COL
lision that has occurred between q
street car and an automobile in the
last week. Delier claims that the acct
dent was caused by his efforts to avoid
running over child who was crossing
the street, and he was obliged to steer
over to the north bound car track to
do so. The motor truck sustained but
! slight damage in the bending Of the
mud guards and breaking Of lamps.
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