Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-12
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| d. NJ. Parry. of the National Manu-
facturers' Association. says the repub-
lie is in darger. Mr.. Parry's negli-
gence In Withholding this information
until everybody got busy husking corn
can not be too severely condemned.
Burlington's police regulations per-
nit saloons to remain open from six
O'clock in the morning to six In the
evening, and the Hawlleye complains
that loafing element make carnival
Of maud,in drunkenness in the streets
OF the city obnoxious to decent people.
Still. the situation in Burlington is
precisely what the decent people
who object have made II. Decency and
responsibility are in the majority in
every town. but decency is cowardly,
while vice is unafraid. If the decent
people of Burlington object to indie
cenry. why Go they not enforce the
law?
To accomplish a revolution without
casualty-unlcss two lead Cinnamon
come in the category of casualty--ls a
record even III South America. Revo-
luton at the isthmus SEEMS to be de-
cidedly innocuous. A football game
would be likely to scare the natives
into fits.
William Re6dick. who died last week
at his home in Seventy six, Muscatine
county. was one of the surviving MEM
bers Of the famous company of United
States volunteers under command OF
James J. Andrews which captured a
train at Big Shanty, Ga, on the West
ern Atlantic railway. OH the 18th Gay
of April. 1862. for the purpose of tear
ing up the track and doing such dam
age to the road as would prevent the
confederates from supplying their
army with provisions Mr.. Reddick
was made prisoner with others of
The party and was saved from death
by the appeal which seventeen of them
made personally to Jefferson Davis.
Seven of the party were executed.
Ina lHSy JUN Vie a'66Si a. siS
stake sub ~
NO. sir; hanged him.
II expected t. sub. An soon as was
told who had the affair in charge, sub.
l said. It'll be a mean whatewasn,
sun" Puck.
The Cedar Rapids Republican sees,
in the election accidents that have be-
fallen Hardin and BlacM Hawk coun,
ties, retribution for the failure of these
counties to support Hartman FOR
governor In the Cedar Fapids conven-
ton. which the Republican terms
cold FLOODED barter of votes" The
Waterloo Reporter comes right back
with the eply that Block Hawk did
stand by Hartman until the cold
hooded barter. of votes was used to
combine on Trewin. The poor old Re-
publican should try to forget the Cedar
Rapids convention. 1t can recall to the
Republican nothing butrnpieasantness
First Clubwoman-Th Joneses have
baby.
Second Clubwoman-Mrs. Jones used
to be member
First CIubwoman-C'h yes! 1t
seems to be case of atavism.
Life.
An ex-governor of New Hampshire.
David H. Goedell now proposes to
enforce prohi oition in that state by
taking advantage of he state law.
which gives any justice of the peace
the power 10 prohibit any saloon
keeper within the commonwealth from
selling liquor to any citizen or citizens
whom the ma sistrate may name. Mr..
hunt out each individual saloonist in
the state anG serve him with every
name on the poll books. About the
only thing the ex-governor will ac-
complish will be to destroy the use
fulness and accomplish The repeal of u
law which might be used locally with
excellent results.
The mistake of a comrositor in add
Ing cipher to the published report Of
a farmer tankrupt's indebtedness
nearly wrecked a bark at Kent in
southern lowe. The bank held $4,000
of the bankrupt's paper. The COM
positor made 1t $4,000 which, for t.
small bank. would have been ruinous.
and Immediately there was a run on
the bank. which came near destroying
the institution before Des Moines
banks could telegraph assurances 10
sustain its credit and check the panic.
A true hero whose name should be
kept long in remembrance was Super
intendent Turner, of the Kearsarge
mine, in Mon ANA. A fire started far
below the surface and ragged fiercely.
The superintendent, who was at his
breakfast when word was brought to
him. rushed to the scene of peril with