Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-06-28
The BANNER RECORD
Congressman Cousins Shows
That Fifth District Excels at
West Point.
Some OF the Young Men Who
Have Won Distinction at
Academies.
Washington Items OF Iowa In.
terest-A Spanish War Vet.
eran Deposed.
Special to Times-Republican.

! Special to Times Republican.
Washington, June 2S.-Congressmar
Cousins, of the Fifth district, makes
the claim that his district holds thu
! banner in records at West Point ant
Annapolis, from the view point of con
secutive extraordinary high rank at.
tanned by representatives from tina
district to the military and naval acad
emies of the United States.
| Mr.. Cousins says this is not a matter
/ to be guessed at or supposed. but 6
proposition capable of demonstration
and is matter of comment on the
part Of the instructors in these institu-
tons.
Beginning with Horton w. Sickle, OF
present time, the boys sent by the Fifth
district have all given splendid account
of themselves and ranked above, even
the coveted standard of stars"
Horton Sickle had the stuff in him
of which great men are made. He pos
SeSsed no advantages, yet pushed his
way to great success. The nearest
school was six miles, and to this he
rode horseback each day. He studied
nights and borrowed books, and at the
competitive examination for the West
Point cadetship passed a most extra
ordinary rating. his papers showing
him to have exceeded his closest COM
petitor Is per cent. Sickle showed
great aptitude for mathematics, being
far and away ahead of all other cadets,
and ranking third in average in a class
of several hundred. He became an eX-
pert engineer in the army service. He
is now performing special duty in the
Philippines.
st. Clair Smith, of Cedar Rapids.
went to Annapolis. He was an excep-
tionaly bright boy and stood very near
the top. graduating Just in time to get
into the Spanish war. He had charge
of a siX-inch gun battery at Santiago
and achieved special success.
Cadet Lynch, of Blairstown. ranks
away up at West Point, and will grad
uate next June. His superiors consider
him one of the finest cadets ever turned
from that great military. school
w. w. Smythe, of Marion, was few
days ago named as the star" man at
Annapolis. He was among the first
half dozen In class of nearly 200 hav-
ing made an average in all studies of
over So per cent Considering the rigid
methods of marking such an average is
very extraordinary.
Congressman Cousins is very proud
of the great record made by Fifth dis
trict young men at the military and
naval schools and subsequently, and
hopes the record may be maintained.
Mr.. Charles j. Seeds and wife, of
Manchester, are in Washington for
few days, guests of the formers broth
er, Judge Seeds. deputy auditor for the
war department. Mr.. and Mrs. Seeds
are en- route to Europe for leisurely
trip of several months. Mr.. Seeds is
cashier of the Delaware State Bank at
Manchester.
A somewhat peculiar case has just
been decided by Attorney General
Knox 1t appears that a young man
from Washington, Iowa, has been hold
ing position in the census Office for
some months. About six weeks ago,
from the service and was succeeded by
another young man from Washington,
Iowa. The latter was a veteran of the
Spanish war. Some complaint was
made and the case came before the at
torney general. He decided that all
other things being equal veterans of the
war were entitled to preference in the
matter Of government appointment
The matter was again gone over by the
whereupon the Spanish war
veteran was dismissed and the young
man first dismissed was re-instated. 1t
was pointed out that "all other things
were not equal" that the first clerk was
the more efficient, hence his retention
Colonel keatley, who has been work.
ing in the office of the auditor for the
war department, has been transferred
10 the office of the auditor for the post
Dffice department.
Judge Conner asserts that the speech
y Congressman Lands, upon the Phil
ppine proposition, was by all odds the
1nest speech he has heard in the house
Turing his service.
Senator Quay did not press his state
rood bill as indicated at the outset. He
lad not thought of doing so. He has
less interest in that bill than |
my other senator, but he wanted
which the senators in con-
rol would not concede him. Therefore
,e hit upon the statehood bill as the
most available for supplying trading
imber, and when the senate saw he
lad the whip row they gave in to Quay |
md he ceased to be SO enthusiastic for
he statehood bill
Iowa Pensions.
Increase, restoration, reissue, etc.
'harles A. Flint. Toledo, $40; Ezra
Bradford. Glenwood. S12; John I
'chwanzel, Keokuk, s12; John Heffel-
niger. Grundy Center $14; Ernest
iolz, Riverside, $14; Joseph W. Hart
nan, Spencer, IS; William H. Hoxie,
$40. Original widows, etc
'atherine Kennarton, Tama, $12;
1argaret e. Strickland, Des Moines,
s; Caroline Sutherland, Center June
ion, SIT; Mariah Rich, Davenport SIS.
B. Neal, Villisca, $40;
dam w. F'lathers, Sioux City Sc. War
18th Spain-John f. McClelland, Clar-
IN, S6. Increase, restoration, reissue,
tc.-David j. Curry, Grant, ST. John
. McCallerth, Villisca, s12: Michael
Keokuk. S24 John Lucas
orning, $50; John Beilharz. Soldiers
lone at Marshalltown, $40; Marion
Tank, Ion, IS; Aaron Lee, Thayer, $40;
gorge w. Bagley, LeClaire, IS;
harles Laartz, Atlantic, $22; James