Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-01-23
TOPICS OF THE TIMES


President Roosevelt has affixed his
signature to the new militia bill.
Fall in!
Minister Bowen has presented n
proposition for raising the blockade. of
Venezuela pending Il settlement Of the
claims. He will maxi. a strong effort to
secure it.
1t is not yet fully settled whether the
republican form of government is a
success in Colorado.
The public still has the prospect of
being held up on the price of hard coal.
1t is not because of a lack of cars, for
President Baer says there ara 5000 in
excess of the demand for those needed
to carry coal.
Tom Plat has been re-elected sena-
tor from New York for another term of
six years. and the state has settled
to complacency again.
A local band was one day playing at
Dunfermline when an old saver came
up and asked the bandmaster what air
they were playing. THAT is The Death
OF Nelson" replied the bandmaster
solemnly. "Ay, mon," replied the
weaver, we haze glen him an awful
DEATH" -Tid-Bits.
The annual statements Of the big
fire insurance companies doing business
in Des Moines have been coming in.
The reports show 4 large increase in
business, and q larger increase in
profits, caused by the increase in RATES
last year. The fire losses have been
the lowest since 1899. The companies
have every reason to fear adverse leg
islation or increase in the tax rate by
reason of this increase in profits and
are on the lookout. The union COM
panies are strictly maintaining their
rates and have issued strict orders to
this effect, altho some OF the outside
companies have cut under the rate. The
combination which has existed among
fire insurance companies during the
past year to maintain rates has been an
almost unbroken one and it Is no sur
prise to Iowa business men that the
are making big profits.
living and u%ndivorced, is on trial in
Mississippi, and the plea Of insanity is
urged. Certainly. no sane man would
land in such a pickle.
A literary purist is making the
rounds Of the Chicago stores-or shall.
we say shops?-and some. very service
able slang is being condemned to dis
use. The young women have little note
in which are the following rules:
THE following words are not to bs1
used: Customer department. miss
or lady fat or house. '~salesday' or,
clerk or 'noorwalker.'
Instead say .patror.' section mad
apartment or .r%esidenee,' sales
person or usher
ut is requested by the management
that the use OF colored stocks and
brightly colored neckties be discontin-
ued.
do not raise the voice to attract the
attention OF the call boy or OF the
usher"
Ask a married woman what she has
done most of in her life and She will
feel like saying: Cook, wash dishes
and forgive" -Atchlson Glooe.
The Oskaloosa Herald borders on the
sensational in Its obituaries. Thurs
issue contained the large headline
announcement John Mitchell Dead"
When the gasping reader had regained
his breath he read on The Passing
Of a Mahaska Pioneer"
The political talk now current in the
Eleventh district includes the name of
the Hon. George d. Perkins. of Sioux
City, as q possible candidate for con-
gress to succeed Thomas. 1t is difi-
cult to understand WHY q Lhaii snouiu
want to descend from the editorship
Of a paper like the Sioux City Journal
to a seat in congress but 1t Is whispered
that Perkins seeks a v~indication. There
are hundreds Of editors in Iowa tho,
who would rather trade places with
Perkins than with Congressman
Thomas.
so Thompson is q man Of nerve
is he?"
is he? Well. say! He can light an
old corncob pipe in the presence of his
mother-in-law without the culver OF,
an eyelid." Puck.