Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-17
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that Japan and Russia will soon se
together The fashion of the gettin:
) together is another probability.
, Not long ago Judge Trimble was ar
ranged a, keokuk for shooting quail
out of season. Now he is suing III,
city for $1,000 damages received by {
fail from ais buggy at the time he wa:
arrested. This is the same jurist VIII,
was a companion in trouble of Judge
Hubbard ON account of illegal shoot
ing near Ledyard season or SO ago
Perhaps little discussion of the judi
cial qualifications which lead a judge
to ignore the game laws might be-
cone as instructive as the one just
closed upon poker playing as a judicial
attribute.
The proposition to unionize Chica-
COS fire department recalls to thu
Hawkeye The fact that the Tampa. Fla
tiremen belong to union. A year OF
SO ago they Went on strike and half
the town burned down.
| AS far as the next gubernatorial
contest in Iowa is concerned. the Cedar
Rapids Republican points out that the
time is young yet that there may
be many and important developments
in Iowa politics in two years, The Re-
publican thinks "A civil war veteran
may be chosen in response to a pa
| triotic revival
OF course there may be any of a
| dozen contingencies occur but at pres
! ent there is no evident appearance of
any storm wave. So far as any par
over the state. there seems a decided
set of the gubernatorial current toward
Sioux City where Mr.. Perkins sits
smiling and kindly receptive. 1t is
rumored N Des Moines that LATE
Young is already at work on Uncle
Georges inaugural address.
| Incited thereto by the mysterious
disappearance of the young millionaire
Wentz in southwest Virginia bill has
been introduced by member OF the
| legislature to that state making the
crime of kidnapping for a ransom
punishable with death. The altern-
alive, at the discretion Of the Jury. is
confinement in the penitentiary for not
less than eight years nor more than
eighteen years.
The medical authorities of the army
are anxious to have a special appro-
priation made for hospital facilities at
five army posts. The Revised Statutes
forbids the use of more than 100000 at
any one post and In the total appro-
priation of $4,000 asked for in the
next fiscas year it will be suggested
that special provision be made SO as
to provide a modera hospital of 100
beds to cost 100000 at Fort Riley; a
modern hospital of twenty four beds
to cost $4,000 at Fort Trotten, n. Y;
the enlargement of the hospitals at
Fort Leavenworth. Kan. Fort Smelling.
Mimi, and Fort Sheridan, Ill., to cost
respectively $4,000. $4,000 and 100000
Congressman Hull appears to be miss
ing another opportunity.
Boston has been terrorized by a
series of highway robberies that have
occurred OF late, of which women have
been the most frequent victims. and
Police Commissioner Emmons has ad
vised that women who are obliged to
be on the streets at late hours should
carry revolvers and use them if mo-
Tested. This recommendation will lead
those who are familiar with the aver
age woman's skill in the use of fire.
ars to suspect the commissioner of
collusion with the robbers. If he had
suggested hat pins II would have been
dinexnt.
Why no, send the absent friend or
scription u the Daily or Semi Weekly
T.-R. as u Christmas present. It's like
a letter from home.
Il suppose said the chemist that
the secret of transmitting the baser
metals into gold viii never be dis
covered"
Nonsense, answered the mining
magnate. Il discovered that secret
long ago. All you have to do is TO
choose your baser metal and then
corner the market. ''--washington Star.
"See here, butcher, this meat is half
bone
You are mistaken, sir That is good
meat"
--Bothera ton! Do you suppose I
don't know bone when l see it? l say
this is bone!'
Yes, certainly that's bone. The
bone Is bone, but the meat Isn't You |
said the meat was half bone. kan
sas City journal.
The Iowa City Republican is after the
pharmacy board. Some time ago
Iowa City papers made the charge that
members O., the stats board of phar-
macy draw large sums of money from
the state TO which they are not en-
titled and now declares If II is given
the opportunity, 1t VIII prove that all
members draw pay for time they use
in private affairs, when under the law
they are entitled to per diem only for
time actually used in the discharge of
their duties. "All the business of the
commission. ii asserts. could be done
and several thousand dollars saved an