Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-30

SSNeTai years ana VIII nave tile uIidHi-
nous support of the present board
which assures his election without oppo-
sition. The meeting will be held COM
mencing Dec. next. The program Will
be issued soon. Professor c. #. Curtiss.
OF Ames, will have a paper on scientific
judging of live stock. This Is coming to
be one of the great sciences in connec-
ton with agriculture, and the farmers
want to know all about it. President
Beardshear will also be invited to pre-
sent a paper. Secretary Coburn, of the
Kansas board of agriculture, has been
asked to prepare a paper. Last summer
lie verbally promised Secretary Van
Houten he would come to the Iowa
meeting if his other engagements would
permit. He has been a power for good
in Kansas and the Kansas people are
ready to back him for place in the cab
met If there should be n chance for the
place occupied by Secretary Wilson
which there will not be.
incidentally, it may be remarked that
Secretary Wilson in letters to Iowa
friends recently has given great hope
that President Roosevelt will tackle the
trust and combine issue in way that
Will make some of the big corporations
with millions of dollars of capitalized
wind wonder what hit them. The trust
question was in fact the very first thing
taken up by the cabinet under the new
president The cabinet members were
greatly pleased with the manner in
which Roosevelt took hold of the mat
ter and invited the freest discussion of
the question. Mr.. Wilson. III his letters
home. has indicated that he will con-
tinue in the work at Washington with
renewed zeal and energy.
The Iowa Telephone Company yester-
day filed with the clerk of the supreme
court abstracts of evidence in two cases
appealed. In the case of d. S. Cham
berlain and others against the company,
from this city. the company appeals to
the court to save its right to do busi-
ness in the streets of Des Moines under
the laws granting rights to telephone
companies on the public highways. This
is the case in which Judge Prouty held
that the company having no charter in
Des Moines, is an intruder and not en-
titled to set up posts andfstring wires
a. all. The case is from Sioux City and
is peculiar. c. f. Barto sued the Iowa
Telephone Company and the Sioux City
Electric Light Company for injuries. He
was working for the telephone company
and was thrown from a high pole by a
charge of electricity from wire cross
irg from the light company. He fell
thirty feet, was badly burned, had some
ribs broken, etc. $4,000 worth. The two
companies ignored his suit and default
was entered against them for $500 each.
When an execution was levied on the
telephone property the officers walked up
ard pleaded that they did not know
What was happening. that lawyer had
been employed, but by some misunder-
standing he did not take up the case,
etc. The court took evidence which
showed that the officers of the company
deliberately ignored the case. and the
new trial asked for was refused. Now
the company begs of the supreme court
to give it another chance to hire law
yer and fight the case.
Des Moines has recently become the
home of man who had lived eighty five
gears in Missouri.
Congressman Cousins is billed to
speak this week as follows:
Oct. 30-Grundy Center.
Oct. 31.-Shellsburg.
Nov. Afternoon, Mt. Vernon.
Nov. 1-Evening, Clinton.
Nov. 2-Afternoon. Tama.
Nov. 2-Evenlng, Des Moines.
Nov. 4-Afternoon Mechanicsville.
Nov. 4-Evening, Upton.