Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-29
POLICE A1 4 BANQUET |
IDes Moines Mayor Begins Thanks.
giving with Feast for Frsserv.
ers of Public Peace.
The Usual Services at Churches
Major Conger's Friends Re.
tain their Faith.
Nebraska Politician Tells Of Victory
In That state Defeat
Of Revision.

Special to Times epublican.
Des Moines, Nov. Thankssiying]
day observance commenced In DesI
Moines officially last evening, When
Mayor Jerry Hartenbower gave the en-
tite police force. about sixty in number,
q big turkey banquet, with trimmings,
at the Kirkwood House The mayor is
Of large heart and well filed purse and
he takes unusual pride in the personnel
OF his police force. The banquet was
given entirely at the expense of the
mayor and solely for the purpose OF
bringing the men together in a social
way. 1t was given just at the changing
hour In the evening, SO that the blue
coats could be fed in two groups, one
just before going to work and the other
just after quitting.
The mayor was much puzzled to know
what to do with the protest Of the HUI
name Association against an advertising
scheme of a theater manager, who adj
vertised he would clip the wings of
dozen turkeys and turn them loose on
the roof Of his theater at noon today.
Some tender hearted people protested to
the mayor that it would be cruel to per-
nit the birdsto be torn to pieces by the
greedy people in the streets below; but
he finally concluded it would be harm
less sport and did not interfere.
ST
There were the usual services in the
churches big public and private din
ners free mission dinner to poor chill
dren, a clothing house gave away $50
warm suits Of clothing for poor boys.
and similar methods OF observing the
day.
The rumors emanating from Washing
ton to the effect that there is disa
gremeEt between the administra tion and
Maj. E. H. Conger, United States minis
ter 10 China, received small credenceSin
this city his home. 1t is known that
Major Conger was gent to China at the
special personal request of President
iMcKinley. and that he would have pre-
Iferred tOsemain in his position in Bra
I'll but for the insistence of the presi-
dent that he wanted diplomat of ex-
perience and one whose judgment could
be relied on for the important post at
lPekin. All Of the letters received from
Major Conger by his friends here and
the letters from Washington in refer
ence to his work, indicate that he is ,fill-
ling his pest we'll and that there is no
friction between him and the admins
tration.
4 C. E. Lewellen, formerly connected
with the Iowa republican state commit
tee, at present engaged for the postof-
| flee depart ment in locating rural mail
routes thruout Nebraska and western
Iowa, with headquarters in Omaha, has
been looking over the new routes a,
Missouri Valley, Dunlap, Council Bluffs
land Mondamin. He was here yesterday
and reported that he is kept very busy
linspecs ting the proposed rural mai
routes. which are being established as
4 ra pidly as the department can make ths
necessary arrangeinents
We did great work in Nebraska, HI
said, and swept the state for the re.
i publican ticket. II will be good thing
for the state. Ny guess is that Rose,
water and Thompson will be the twt
3Irew senators from Nebraska. Both vii
= have strong followings in the legislator,
land If they combine in any way the.
4 will win. l do not know that thei
4 friends can get together, but they ar,
lcertainly the leading candidates.
i The resignation of Capt c. S. Aldrich
1 |of Company n, Forty ninth Iowa wa
4 Ireceived at the office Of the adjutan
general yesterday. ind dorsed withthe ap
4 Eproval of Col. Dows. The resignation
. was written in Nome, Alaska, Oct. .
4 last.
Mrs Evelyn H. Belden, president o
s the Iowa Equal Suffrage Association, re
turned to her home in Sioux City las
4 levening, after spending few days i
\ Des Moines. There are rumora that Mrs
4 Belden will remove permanently to De
!, Mones to carry on her work for equa
! suffrage and engage in newspaper writ
Il ing. She is Ia yinS plans for pushing tn
A suffrage association into every count,
}. of the state and to make it the stronges
L: organization of the kind in the country
4 Members of the asaocia tion confess t
. having quietly worked for the adoptio
4 of the proposal for convention TO re
. wise the state constitutions and If thi
Z had been done the work would hav
been partly directed to securing favor
& able clause in the revised constitution
At meeting at state headquarters her
this week the program for the constitu
tiona1 campaign was discussed, but tl1i
was all ended on the announcement Q
the state canvassing board that the con
vention was beaten by a vote Of 556.
The defeat of tie convention schem
will be a disappointment to many. bu
probably not to a majority Of those VIII
voted for it by mistake. Before the tim
for the convening Of constitutions
I convention a great many proposal
!, would have bene collected to be pre-
sented to the revisers for their consider
: alton, and every radical or revolution
4 airy scheme for changing taxation meth
4 DDS, election methods management {
corporations. regulation of commercis
affairs or renedying the wrongs of ey
i eryday life, would have been up fc
) consideration.
Des Moines grand jury has decide
that under some circumstances won
an is fully Justified in killing mai
Miss Matte Mash met William Foste
i on the street two months ago and sht
0 him. Before he died ne confersed this
n he had betrayed her and declared TIN
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