Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-27
ne PY|H|AN MEETING
Grand Lodge Knights Of Pythias
will Meet at Cedar
Rapids.
"
Des Moines Democrats Favor the
Ohio Idea Of Sound
Money.
Meanderins Lake Beds Cause
More Trouble :. Smallpox
Scare at Capital.
Meanderins Lake Beds Cause
special to Timcs-Republican.

Des Moines, July 27.-The grand lodge
of the knights of Pythias, for Iowa,
meets in Cedar Rapids the week follow
ing the meeting of the republican state
convention, SO that the good people of
the Parlor City, as they choose to call
their city, will not have more than time
TO dust their rugs and repair their ham
nlocks before crowding up to make
loom for the second invasion. Des
NIoines, as usual, will send fine dele
cation TO Cedar Rapids, but strange to
say will not have candidate for any
office or ask for anything. Des Moines
has now one of the grand representa-
tives in the person of cassius c. Dowell,
who will be elected senator next fall,
but aside from that has been somewhat
unfortunate in it's Pythian aspirations. |
and therefore will not this year try for
anything unless there is a scarcity of |
candidates in the final roundup. Des |
Moines delegates are understood to ia
vor the election of DR.. Portertield. OF
Atlantic for grand chancellor to succeed
Bernard Murphy, of Vinton. He is well
known here and we'll liked. His Chief
competitor. perhaps the only, one. Will
| be Frank Smith, of Davenport, a young
business man engaged in the business of
| making pickles. How the strength will
1 be divided is not yet known John But
Her, of Muscatine, who Is cashier for the
United States Express Company there.
! is candidate for master-st-arms. and
i thus far has no opposition. Dad
II Walker, of Mount Pleasant, the veteran
j keeper of records and seals. with no
j opposition for reelection to the position
Il he has held so long. Frank Cook, OF Ma
: rengo, will be reelected master-of-
u excheauer A. w. Harris, Of Sibley, 10 a
) candidate for trustee. DIR. ] C. Iangan.
:. of Clinton, and w. NJ Clark. of Mar
g shalltown, it is understood will also be
q candidates for reelection as trustees,
For supreme Representatives the known
candidates are Ben Salinger. OF Carroll;
IT. B. Hanley, of Upton: and L. II.
Baker of Waterloo. There are no can
didates for vice chancellor or prelate so
far as learned.
l The Des Moines democrats who have
attended caucuses are inclined to follow
the lead of the Ohio fellows and get into
= a campaign with free silver eliminated
: and state Issues to the front. They
! made a good start in the direction OF
. giving the democrats Of the state HIN
by suggesting the name of Hon. John +
Duncombe, of Fort Dodge. for governor
y This would indicate that they would like
o return to the old order OF things
: There are great many democrats II
Des Moines who have followed the neS
party rather reluctantly for number
of years and they are now ready TO tar
~ out in meeting. One of the most con
e. spicuous of the party workers recent!
:. went so far as to declare that no men
ar ton should be made of the nationa
Ia platform or national candidates ant
til there should be complete reorganiza
of ton of the state committee. 1T !!
Del charged here that some of the animus o
of certain attacks on Chairman Human y
We due to the fact that he would not siv'
n. up sufficient amount of the committee
ne funds to satisfy certain dependent news
paper publishers engaged In week.,
ed journalism OF the free silver scr.
as Prominent democrats do not hesitate {
es declare that the party must get back t
he old-time methods and principles before i
e. can win The Des Moines delegation 7
'si the convention is likely to be strongl
al for conservative action.
to The state is likely to get into som
VII trouble over the management OF tn
ne lake beds. Some time ago leases wer
executed for certain of the lake beds an
re particularly for the control of the DIR
no land surrounding Storm Lake within tn
ne meandered lines. The lease for this wa
M made to the city of Storm Lake for
y nominal rental until next June. The o:
w teusible object of the lease was to haS
On the lake border used as q park. Now
hs turns out that the city has raised II
cam at the outlet and that the wats
has flowed over the former dry lake be
IN, and out beyond the meandered lines
Ia the lake. Property owners around II
,tvi lake are complaining. One of them. NJ
sori j. f. Nudge. who owns nearly two mil
,d of the lake shore east of the lake, mat
The iruuiry at the office OF the executi'
Az council yesterday and found for the fir
zen time that Storm Lake had got contr
FIT of the land He says the water HI
ad- backed up onto his land AMI has injur
Tia, his crops. He has not cultivated b
are You'd the meandered line and has had
my plat made showing the meandered II
ers and a survey made to show where Z
the line is. But he reports that the acti
e, of the city under the lease executed
II the executive council has been damagi
ere to his crops and to those of others livi
lalf along the lake. They will oand togetf
and and employ lawyer to investigate a
100 bring suit to recover the damage dol
too In the meantime the executive coun
Don will ask the legislature to grant autho
hot ty to sell the lake beds within the mea
mer dered lines. When this is done
out farmers will have chance to buy it
me sss
uiiS A balloon race Is the latest move
rear suggested for the state fair. 1t Is 81
lot there are now great many ballooni
aeu in the country and they are constan
ana making Improvements in their air We
AZ cles Some Of them have been {
preached on the subject of having b
loon competition in Des Moines dur
the state fair. with prizes for lol
the distance ballooning. high, voyages, {
fac 1t may be tried this year in lieu Of cr'
i'm and other things.
ter
uck Governor Shaw Is In receipt Of a
rnal ter from woman at Tara who asks
MES vice on a serious matter. She repc
lent that her son. who Is her sole support
e of becoming addicted to drink that
MIS- stronger than lemonade. and that
his trequents certain lunch counter.
49, ~ - $50