Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-19
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Senator Morgan is to be given the
| opportunity to talk himself out on the
/ canal bill Bryan will watch the meNe-
,nent with an envious eye
/ Delaware republicans feel that any
concession to Addicks might land MIN
in senatorial chair.
/ Plans ere being made for imme Hate
/ rebuilding of that portion of the Rock
Island arsenal destroyed by fire Wael;
ago Appropriations aggregating s.
GOn COO will be made for this purpose.
The country can hardly &c; along
without complete arsenals until thu
worlds atmosphere is more peaceful.
An Oklahoma paper prints this story;
She was from Boston. he from Okla
homa. You have Travelled a good deal
in the west have you not, Miss Bea-
CON- ''Oh. yes. indeed-in California
and Arizona, and even in New Mexico"
Did you ever see the Cherokee STRIPE"
/ mere WAS a pdlIllul SllSHtt, Dul
she looked over her glasses at him and
said: In the first place, sir, | deem
your question exceedingly rude; and, in
| the second, you might have been more
refined in your language by asking me
if l had ever seen the Cherokee dis
robe
| ic IN ha a
| field anti trust bill will pass at this ses-
sion, since congress and the admins
tration are we'll satisfied with what has
already been done.
A bill before the Minnesota senate i'm
poses penalty upon newspapers which
! publish details of crimes, but the people
4 themselves would not approve such an
act, or would be the first to call for its
| repeal.
English and German papers alike eX-
press relief at the authoritative an
nouncement that the blockade of the
| Venezuelan coast has been raised. The
| London journals content themselves
with blaming the British government
for having rashly entered into engage
ments with Germany. but most of the
Berlin journals complain of what they
call the illogical attitude of the United
States.
The Washington postal officials are
having much trouble protecting rural
hfree delivery mail boxes in the wesr.
Information has just reached the de-
partment of the arrest in Missouri
town of a person charged with destroy
ing rural boxes by shooting. 1t is said
to be fad among certain rural gal
lants turnout the country districts of
Missouri to indulge In pistol practice,
using the attractive red knobs of the
free delivery boxes as target. A great
many of these boxes are provided with
these knobs, painted red, and so ar
ranged that when mail is placed within
the knob is raised so as to be apparent !
to the resident along the roads. Should
this knob be in evidence as the good |
wife looks from her porch, one of the |
children is sent to collect the mail, |
road is saved. In the early days of free
delivery in the west it was impossible |
for postoffice officials to keep the boxes |
in repair, due to the urgent demand up |
on them as targets. Cowboys, especial |
ly, found the red objects Irresistible and. |
after shattering the knob, rarely fai!ad
to complete the sport by totally de-
stroying the box itself
The Belle PLANE Union announces |
that David Turner has become the
owner of a one-third interest in that /
paper, in association with Fred w.
Browne and Alex Calvert. MI. Trrne-.
WHO vii! Fave the advertising interests
to look after, is son of John B. Turner,
of Cedar Rapids. The Union fills use
full sphere in being published every
other day.
"oficer' said the police court Judge,
what made you think the prisoner was
drunk?"
We'll, your honor, as he was going |
along the sidewalk he ran plump into
a street lamp post. He backed away, I
replaced his hat on his head, and firmly |
started forward again, but once more
ran into the post Four times he tried
to get by the post, but each time his UNI
certain steps took him plump into the
iron pole. After the fourth attempt and
failure to pass the post, he backed Oft |
fell to the pavement, and, clutching his /
head in his hands, murmured, as one
lost to all hope: Lost! Lost in an I'M
penetrable forest"
Ten days." said the court.-Green
Bag.