Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-19
Northern Io1Jd Items

I enlisted member but Lieutenant
Schaunce will take none but bona fde
members. Underth terms of the pay
bill the captain will receive $500 a year;
| first lieutenant $40; second lieuten-
ant 5000; first ergeant SSll0; sergeants
$50; coEpprals &c., and privates 5 10.
Taking sixty Ave mep5e ltogether, this
VIII snQak& soyers 81, 0ctssa year. 1t will
tsbe good thing for the atown.
Sioux City. y $500
Reportz. that the plantso the Sioux
City Brewing Company. which has
been idle since Jan. I, would be con-
verted into paper mill soon lacked
confirmation. Officials of the company
! refused to deny the story, however, and
1t is understood that arrangements for
putting this plan into effect have al
ready been made. No disposition has
been made as yet of the plant of the
Interstate Brewing Company. B. H.
King sbury, president of the Sioux City
company. stated that plans for the
early utilization of both plants were
under consideration but that he could
not announce their nature at this time.
Sioux City.
Bartholomew Crowley, IS. pioneer
"a ilrOad contractor of northwestern
Iowa, and a resident of Sioux City since
1867. died at o'clock Friday morning
in his home, 1915 West Fifth street
He was i'll several weeks. The funeral
services will be held at o'clock Mon
| day morning from the ST. Boniface
Catholic church. Burial will be made
J in the Mt. Calvary cemetery. Following
Mr.. Crowley's arrival in Sioux City, the
building of many railroad lines began.
He associated himself in the contract
ing Arm of Crowley & Kennedy. Mr..
Crowley and his partner constructed
the grades and roadbeds>of many rail-
road lines leading into Sioux City. Mr..
Crowley is survived by his wife, Julia,
whom he married May s, 1879. Seven
children survive.
Fort Dodge.
| Going over the> top OF an automo-
| bile. landing on the cement pavement
and sliding almost twenty feet on his
stomach and yet not receiving serious
injury was the good fortune that B. A.
Nelson. riding motorcycle had Thurs
day when he ran into an automobile.
Nelson was going down Fifth avenue
south when car, the driver of which
is unknown came towards him, going
from one side Of the street to the other.
He was either very new driver or in
toxicated for he found 1t impossible to
keep to the straight path. Nelson tried
to dodge him and had almost sue
lceeded in successfully passing him
when the eccentric driver zigzagged in
!, front of the motorcycle Nelson hit the
| car with such force that 1t threw him
completely over the automobile. The
motorcycle and automobile were both
badly damaged. Nelson has Just a few
scratches on his face.
Dubuque. y
4 Over sixty little children bound for
the big Shakespeare pageant in which
they were to take part and all clad in
light 1uffy costumes were thrown into
panic Wednesday afternoon when,
with a loud report, the front end of the
street car on which they were riding
was enveloped with flames. A mad
stampede for the rear OF the car fol-
lowed amid ear-splitting screams and
several little tots fell to the floor where
they were bruised by others tramping
over them. Two boys crawled thru the
| windows and jumped to the ground
while others were forced or the rear
l platform OF the car. Several OF the
children were injured, none Of them
very seriously. and many OF them were
bruised and scratched. The fire was
caused by the burning out Of the con-
troller and after pulling The trolley,
down from the trolley wire and using
| many pals of water the car men finally
brought the flames under control. II. T he
| car was 30 badly damaged, however.
that another car was sent for and used
to carry the CHILDREN to the pageant,