Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-17
TOPICS OF The TINES.


The last request of an OLD Kansas SOL
der who died the other day was that
one of his army comrades should throw
The last shoveful of earth upon his
grave. The comrade did as he was re-
qnested.
Some one digging in the old records
of Michigan has discovered that John
Monteith, the first president of Ann Ar
bor university, was paid salary of
$3.50 a year. The institution was then
known by the overwhelming name of
..the Catholepistemaid." This was when
the territory of Michigan had popula-
ton of 1000.
"Consider the Nenezuelans," remarks
the Chicago Tribune. 1T takes seven
or eight of their dollars to look like 80
cents
When William Elliott, OF Omaha, got
up Tuesday and began to dress he found
that his blue serge trousers We're miss
ing. The trousers are in City Treasurer
A. II. Hennings' office and will be sold to
satisfy SLIT worth of personal taxes
which Elliott refused to nay. Monday
Elliott called at the city treasurer's of
iice and paid taxes on some Omaha real
ty. His attention was called to the per-
aonai tax which was assessed against
him. The man swore that he would not
nav the tax and told the treasurer that
he might whistle for the money. Well
instead of whisthng, the treasurer made
a levy and bagged his pants.
she-Has she many friends in society?
He-oh, yes; she hasn't been III long,
you know! 9il'are ST.
movement is on foot in North Car
Dina, prompted by the tobacco dealers.
to erect statue of Sir Walter Raleigh
in Raleigh. Collection boxes are to be
placed in stores where tobacco is sold.
The New York Tribune relates this in
,ident showing the effect of dream and
the power of imagination: After re-
naming in the Hudson street hospital
for five hours yesterday under the I'M
preston that he had swallowed his false
teeth, Martin F. Callahan, laborer. of
No. G6 Elm street. found that the swal-
lowing was only dream. Callahan
walked into the hospital and told the
attendant that he had swallowed his
false teeth. He said that three artificial
incisors attached to plate had strange
~ left his mouth while he was asleep.
He had discovered the loss when he had
awakened with a choking sensation III
his throat. DIR. Beckwith, who examined
Callahan, gave him an emetic. but the
teeth did not come up. Callahan in
sisted that he could feel the teeth in his
stomach, SO he was put to bed to wait
until morning, when he was to be placed
under the Roentgen rays. few hours
later Callahan's wife ran into the hos
pital with the teeth In her hand. She
had found them on a shelf, where her
husband had placed them before going
to bed. Callahan, at first would not be-
llieve that the teeth which his wife had
brought were his. but he was finally
persuaded to go home.
$50
From the present activity in bank rob-
teries 1t would seem that our financial
institutions need to have drilled corps
of marksmen on duty at night.
There is q great demand for the full
i d. cv,oa
ferret decision. While the court sus-
tains the law, as previously noticed IN
these columns, it does not pass upon
the legality and suffic!ency OF contracts
made between boards of supervisors and
tax ferrets. this referring to the per-
scentage which the latter are to receive.
and which, Under the statute, is limited
to 10 per cent
Twenty-nine hazers of the MISSOURI
University have been ordered expelled
unless they apologize for ill-treatment
az freshmen. 1t may be necessary after
awhile to have an anti-hazlng course IN
colleges.
General Wood, military Governor OF
Cuba. has written to secretary Oh war
&, long letter telling of the final work
of fine constitutional convention OF the
island. He explains to Secretary Root
that the convention, acting upon me-
suggestion, reduced the number OF cleo
tions provided for in the election pili
and saws that he has authorized the
m,h,icat1on in the official gazette of the
election law as as adopted. one OF the
principle features of the letter relates
10 visit to General Wood by COM
m,ttee from the convention for the
nurpose of reporting to him the con-
clusion of their work and requesting
that they be allowed to adjourn sine die.
General Wood, however, declined to
grant the request and suggested that
the convention take q recess and the
delegates proceed to their homes, but
remain subject to call should such ac-
ton be necessary. General Wood re-
ports that the date of the general cleo
tons has been set for December ii. The
election for president, vice president,
and senator's will take place on the Gath
of February, and after full report has
been made to the military governor OF
this election date will be set for the
assembling of congress and later for the
transfer of the government to Cuban
representatives
The city of Beaumont, Texas. has been