Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-20
ONE MAN APPEARED
Such Was the Attendance at the
Mckinley Memorial
Meeting.
Governor Shaw Thinks That
Congress Should Take the
Initiative.
A Few Conyicts Want to Get
Out..Board Of Health
Disturbed.
Special to Times-Republican.

| Special to Times-Republican
nes Moines Nov 20-The state of
| Iowa is in an unfortunate position as
regards the movement to raise a fund
for suitable memorial for the late
meeting held yesterday afternoon in the
executive office, just one who was a
attendance was far too small al the first
meeting held. A difference arose as to
which one of the memorial movements
should be favored. The committee was
unable to decide, and it was deemed
best to have an adjournment. The ad-
journed meeting was yesterday after
noon. When the correspondent cf the
Times Republican called at the execu-
tive office to find out what was being
done there was Allan Dawson in infor-
NAL consultation with Governor Shaw
and that was all. it was an entirely
harmonious meeting, but nothing could
be done under the circumstances to fur
ther the cause. Gov. Shaw state4 his
belief frankly that the trouble was that
the members OF the committee did not
care to get mixed UP in the controversy
between the two rival movements. This
controversy seems especially unfortun-
ate. When Gov. Shaw named the COM
mittee Ii was with special reference to
the movement to erect monument or
memorial at Canton. Afterward he had
been attracted by the movement for
memorial In Washington. Now. how
ever. he is of the opinion that congress
should take the initiative in any plan
for memorial at Washington, and IT
should represent the nation rather than
individuals who may have admired the
late iamented president. This is view
of the matter said to be obtained from
leading members of the Iowa delega-
ton in congress and others who have
looked at it from broad position. 1t
was unfortunate that go few attended
the first of the meetings, and Still more
unfortunate that while number took
ttigxtrnuble to come from Muscatine. Mt
Pleasant, Ottumwa and elsewhere not
one editor of daily newspaper in Des
Moines manifested sufficient interest in
the movement to go over to the state
capitol Des Moines editors were criti-
cised, privately, for this Indifference
Yesterday the deficiency was at least
partly made up.,but the outside editors
and other members of the committee
did not show up.
The following is a list Of the convicts
in the penitentiaries of Iowa who have
asked that the applications for pardons
be referred to the next general assem-
bly,. and If the legislature grants per-
mission that they be pardoned, all be-
ing life termers:
George Stanley, Story county, 2s,
April. 80, 1872.
Joseph, Mccrary. Mills county. %
March 81. 1899.
Byron Quinn, Lucas, 90, September, s,
1891.
Theodore Bushik, Mills county, IS, Oc-
tober. TO- 1879.
John w. Elkins, Clayton county. IL,
January, IA, 1880.
Jasper Mason, Dallas county. "a, Oc-
tober. q, 1876
William Young, Woodbury. county, 26,
February, 90 1897.
Christina Behrens, Scott county, "a.
December IS, 1897.
Theodore Wesley Watson Mills coun-
ty. "a March IA. 1884.
Betsy Smith, Polk county. SS, July 2,
1894.
John Ballew, Webster county, 2s Oct.
10, 1894.
William Tool Sac county, SO. Febru-
airy, s, 1895.
tn
January, 80, 1876.
With the most of these cases the pub
lie is familiar. They have been before
the legislature before. Stanley il now
an old man. broken in health and feeble,
and the facts concerning his crime are
but dinly recalled and of doubtful au-
.thenticity. McCrary is model pris-
oner, and never talks of his crime He
has never seen the outside of the pris-
on walls but twice since incarcerated,,
but he wouldn't violate prison rule
for any cause. Quinn is supposed to
have killed his brother-in-law. Bushils
was insane when he committed the deed
and was insane for many years after
wards but has recently recovered and
is much improved in health. Elkins is
known as the boy muraerer who killed
his parents. Mason was convicted on
cumstantial evidence of the killing of
travelling companion short distance
west of Des Moines. Billy Young, coll
ored, nterfered in a quarrel at a crap
game in Sioux City, and killed the man
who chased him. thru the halls. He is
popular fellow and does the boot black
act at Anamosa. Christina Behrens is
supposed to have poisoned her hus-
band. Betsy Smith is notoriously
hard character sent from Des Moines
5Ballew was a section man and got into
quarrel. Tool is serving time for KILL
ing his wife. Often killed woman
named O'Shon 1t is improbable that
more than three or four will receive ia
vorable consideration at the hands of a
busy legislature.
The members of the militia companies
in the Iowa National guard are scat
tered far and wide For instance, Will
lam T.. Nicoll, who was a corporal of
Company Nj. Fifty-first Iowa, Red Oak,
is now on his way to India to engage in
missionary work under the auspices of
the United Presbyterian church. After
his return from the Philippines he put
in some time as a teacher in Tdrkyo
college, then married a Newton girl, and