Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-19

house. husking shed and main canning
room of the Dexter Farmer Canning
Company. +. p. Farmer. manager OF
the company, estimates the loss be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 with $4,000
insurance. The blaze Is believed to
have been caused by spontaneous COM
bustion Of coal in the engine room. The
concern Is a stock company, several
Dies Moines men being stockholders.
Mason City.
No definite clews as to who stole
the two sacks of mail from the plat
form Of the NJ. & St. L. station on
| the morning Of Dec. have been dis
covered. Officials have not abandoned
the attempt to locate the miscreans'
however. The pouches contained valu-
able registered mail and were LETT oy
the carrier who hurried away to make
n train on the Rock Island. The negro
who was left IN charge Of the pouches
could give no satisfactory account as 10
how they disappeared when questioned
by the mail crew on the incoming M.
& st. l.. train. The empty pouches
also have not been located.
Fort Dodge.
Two Fort Dodge Young people are
causing much concern to their parents
Isince they eloped from this city head
ed for Des Moines Monday morning.
The Youngsters are Harry Twigg and
Avis Dehner and their respective ages
are II and Is years. They were plan
ming to be married but as yet have not
been located in Des Moines. Whether
or not they stopped off enroute and
had the nuptial blessing said cannot
be learned. Neither the local sheriff
nor the Des Moines police have had
any success in nipping the youthful
elopement in the bud. Young Twigs
has been employed by the Sperry-
Hutchinson company in this city.
Waterloo.
Having been informed that he was
indicted by the fedefal grand jury at
the December term in Dubuque. on
seven counts, charging illegal trans
portation of liquor from Wisconsin
to Iowa, William Bergman OF Nc
Gregor, Monday evening came to Du.
buque and gave himself up at the
marshaPs office. He was released
under $1,000 bond for appearance at
the next term of court to be held at
Waterloo in January. According to the
indictment, Bergman Is alleged to have
on various occasions transported liquor
from the Wisconsin to the Iowa side
of the river In violation Of the Reed
amendment It is claimed that he has
made a practice Of selling liquor at
his saloon on the Wisconsin side in
Crawford county and carrying the
purchasers and the wet" goods over
free Of charge.
Mason City.
An abandoned babe, icy cold but
alive. deposited on the doorstep Of
r. E. Thornton, manager OF the Rexall
drug store. at 314 First street N. w.
presumably about o'clock Sunday
morning by it's crying attracted the at
tention Of Earl Major. The babe had
been deposited in the half Of a brown
telescope suitcase. containing extra
clean clothes, small blankets and a
filled bottle Of milk. 1t was dressed in
white clothing with blue, crocheted
edging. Major, upon finding the babe,
notified the occupants OF the house who
in turn notified police officers. Officer
keenan, at 40 Sunday morning re-
moved the babe to the Park hospital.
A thorough examination Of the half OF
the suitcase in with the babe had
been abandoned failed to reveal single
mark of Identification. The only mark
on the brown box was that Of the price
or number probably put there by the
dealer WIG had sold the suitcase
originally The babe is about q week
old and weighs five pounds.
Davenport.
Eldridge Gray, influenza victim. who
passed away at o'clock Sunday night
at emergency hospital, died q christian.
He accepted Christ only few days be-
fore the final summons. his confession
of faith being made to Rev. Frank Cole
pastor of st. Johns Methodist church.
last Tuesday. In speaking OF the in
cident. DR.. Cole said: "The young mans
mother, who is an attendant at my
church called me last Tuesday and ask
ed me II I would baptize her son at
the emergency hospital. AZ he wanted
to become q christian. went to the
hospital in response to her request and
there met Mrs. n. Matthey. She as
sured me 1t would be perfectly proper.
| and supplied me with vessel Of water
| mask and other essentials. then
entered the patients room. found him
rational and talked with him. He was
exceedingly glad to see me. He ac-
cepted Christ, protested to become a
Christian, and baptized him. He
died happy in his newly acquired
faith" The deceased was 10 years old.
and death terminated ten day Ill
ness. He was born In Estferville, May
| 4, 1900, and had resided In Davenport
for the past fourteen years and was
| educated In the local schools.