Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-11-15
RULES FOR SUNDAY THRATERs.

OF garment was no guarantee against
the place of it's manufacture.
RULES FOR SUNDAY THEATERs.
Denver Magistrate Holds Hostilc
City Ordinance Is Invalid.
Denver, Nov. 15.-sunday theaters will
continue in Denver. Peter McCourt, of
the Tabor Grand Opera House, John f,
marley. OF the Lyceum theater and ID.
A. BARTON. of the Denver theater. were
TINS morning acquitted on h charge OF
Violating section S71 of the city ordi-
naTces, which reads as follows:
Any person or persons who shall give
of hold any theatrical performance OF
other pubic performance or other pub
ne exhibition within the city on the first
gay OF TIT. Week, commonly called sun
gay. slall, upon conviction thereof, be
lIheq not less than So. or more than $50
Magistrate Thomas, in handing down
his decision, said: There are two reas-
ohs why this ordinance is invalid. The
iiTst lS because the charter of the city
" eEV does not grant the authority
Iof the passage of such an ordinance,
Inc second IS because the ordinance
CONNECTS With the law of the state on
INC same subject. This ordinance dis
tlnctly prohibits. There is no authority
vested IN city councils. save they may
laA. license or regulate the theaters.
They cannot prohibit"
Election ~itesuIts in Nebrnskaz
man Neb, Nov. 15.-The Bee has
Soi1spiete returns on governor from
eNeis county IN the state except Me-
Pnersen, and the Vote In that county Is
less than LOO. Two years ago it gave A
plurality of one for Hayward. OF these
returns seventy-eight are official and
eleven unofficial. On the face Of these
returns Dietrich has d plurality OF 1.O21#
on the minor state officials the Bee has
feiuraS from eighty counties, seventy
aWosof which are official and eight IN.
p11lciai. The counties embraced in the
totals for minor state officials this year
gave Poynter a plurality Of 10 and in
the same counties the piuralities If the
republican officials range from 9l4 for
Savage TO 2.2S7 for Prout, for attorney
general. Marsh. for secretary of state.
has 1871, Weston, for auditor. 1850
Sfuefef, for treasurer, 2,025, Fowler, for
superintendent of public instruction.
2 90; Follmer, for commissioner Of
public lanGs and buildings, 1.746. DOUG
las and Lancaster are not included in
totals Tor minor state officers. There is
no change IN the legislative situation
The republicans have eighteen in the
senate, the fuslonists twelve three
IN doubt. In the house there are fifty
tour republicans, forty-tnree fusionists
and three in doubt. 1t Will require the
official count to settle the doubtful
ones. In the Sixth congressional dis
trict the plurality OF Neville is so small
that the official count may change the
result.
Postal Department Estimates.
Washington, Nov. 15.-Postmaster
General Emory Smith has framed his
estimates to be submitted to congress
and xviii ask an aggregate of about
Sl2l 100000 as the appropriation for the
entire service for the fiscal year end
ing June 30. 1902. This includes an es.
innate Of s3,50O,0O for the rural free
delivery service. BY the close of the
fiscal year A. 800 rural free delivery
routes turnout the United States will
have been established. and the general
extension contemplated for ntxt year
Will involve about $500 additional
routes. The success of the service SO
far instituted has resulted in plans for
a very general extension next year, The
postmaster general, together with other
officials. is investigating the feasibility
of putting the service in operation al
every point thruout the country not
reached By the regular free delivery
services in operation in the cities.
Suicides and Homicides In the Army.
Washington, Nov. 15.-surgeon Cen
eral Sternberg has prepared statistics
making q comparison of the cases of
suicides and homicides which have oc-
Cured in the army during the years Of
1880 and 1899, compared with the ten
years between 1888 and 1897. 1t shows
that there We're relatively fewer hon1i-
cides during the previous decade. The
average number of suicides per year in
the army of 2T,116 for ten years were Ii,
the ratio per thousand, .63 per cent. The
strength of the army in 1895 is given at
141,I95, the average number of suicides
38, the percentage &c. The strength OF
the army In 1893 is given at los, $40. the
number of suicides 80, the ratio .2S per
cent. During the ten years from 1888
to 1897 the homicides are given at 5.5.
the ratio 20 per cent: for 1898 they were
10. the ratio 10; for 1899 they were %.
the ratio 20.
The WoundinR OF Capt. Myers.
Washington, Nov. 16.-Admiral Van
Reypen. surgeon general Of the navy,
has received a report concerning the
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