Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-26
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Unique and Iowa. Soucsiere trembes
Moines Burlington and Cedar Rapids
continue in full eruption. The differ
ence is that while people are hurryng
outside the danger zone 1f Soufriere no
enc in Iowa appears to be hunting COW
er. Perhaps the Iowan fails to realize
bowels of the Capital, the Hawkeye and
the Republican.
A st. Louis preacher makes bid
for notoriety. in his sermon justifying
/ suicide under certain conditions. His
statements that the human being is
! made boiler. and he can resist SO
tainted and goaded to the limit. suicide
presents the only solution" will be re-
ssnted by anatomists as we'll as repudi-
ated by the people at large.
| The appointment. by direction of the
will select forty-two officers from act
| i've service to become members of the
army general staff is the first direct
step in the formation OF that body. The
| law creating the staff, by which the
Office of commanding general is wiped
out, will not become operative until
after General Miles has retired from
active service, and he will not be COM
PEELED TO relinquish any of his rights or
| privileges. But General Samuel b. NJ.
| Young, who will become the senior
major general on the retirement of
himself with the office of chief of staff,
and nothing higher can come to the
generals who will succeed him.
| Or. l.. Forbes Winslow, founder of the
British Hospital for Mental Disorders,
and one of the greatest living authors
ties on lunacy. is SO Yeas old. He is q
l;neal descendant of Edward Winslow,
first governor of New Plymouth. who
left England in the Maytlower in 1920.
A daughter of thu famous Sioux
chief, American Horse. mas applied for
an appointment as teacher or matron in
one of the Indian .;chools. and has
passed an excellent examination. Her
name has been placed upon the list of
eligibles, and she will be appointed to
fill one OF the earliest vacancies. She
is full-blooded, perfect specimen of
her race, and a graduate of the Indian
school at Carlisle. where she made an
excellent record, both in her books and
ii. domestic economy. During the two
years since her graduation she has been
living in the family of Quaker farmer
she will remain until her appointment.
American Horse, her father, one of the
hereditary chiefs of the Sioux nation,
was a great warrior acld orator, and
fine type OF his race. He is now living
at the Pine Ridge agency
Tourtst-Say, my my good fellow,
am l on the right road TO the town?
Native CATER a pnuse) Ya-as,
stranger. but l reckon you're goin' in
the wrong direcshun.
-Lipplncott's.
There is a clash of authority between
the executive council of Iowa and the
auditor of Linn county, who under orr
der OF the supervisors &c that county
has refused to report TIL. value of tax
able farmers telephone lines as re-
CURED by the council. When did Linn
county sacede?
In confirmation Of the proverbial in
consistency between precept and ex-
ample the constitution cf South Caro-
lima has strong provision against
lynching. which Is as follows: In the
case of any prisoner lawfully in the
charge. custody or control of any OFF,
Ger, state, county or municipal, being
seized and taken from said officer thru
his negligence, permission or conni-
vance, by mob or other unlawful as
semblage of persons, and at their hands
suffering bodily violence or death, the
said officer shall be deemed guilty of a
mislemeanor. and upon a true bill
found shall be deposed rom his office.
pending his trial. and upon conviction
shall forfeit his office, and shall, un-
less pardoned by the governor, be in
eligible to hold any Office of trust or
profit within this state.
The caller wore a pair of those spec
tacular shoes with soles projecting
half an inch beyond the uppers.
Little Tim looked at tsem for few
moments in silence.
Mr. Sauilford,' he said at last. what
have you got cowcatchers on your shoes
for?'' Chicago Tribune.
The London Spectator says: III. NJ.
S. Formidable has recently fired twen-
ty-seven rounds, each round costing the
country about G62. These twenty
seven shots were fired at target zoe
square feet in area at a range of about
1900 yards. This range is one at which
probably no battleship would engage in
time of war on account Of torpedoes OF
the twenty-seven ROUNDS fired by III. NJ.
S. Formidable, one hit the mark, Civ
ling percentage of 81. Fl. NJ. S. For
midable cost considerably over e1.000,-
COO The guns of the formidable, made
at Wooiwich. are admirable weapons .
The Spectator asks, What is the war
value of e1,OoO,ooo hattleship that
misses a small target al a short range
| twenty six times out of twenty-seven?'