Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-06

! least a thousand, which could easily
have been done under good leadership
| Most o. the Scandinav.ans of the easi
side have supported Captain Hull for
congress, bu; they have been warn
! friends of Mayor Macvicar. When ths
idedsion was reached that change
should be made from Breaton toSsdat-
! tern in th1 opposition 10 MacV.car II
was also arranged that the Swedish
Ameifcan Cub should hoia a meeting
an. srari off The movement With IN.
endorsement of Mattern. II was eyer
announced in one CT the local papers
| that the club would hold a meeting or
New Years day and endorse Mattsrn
But the paper never reported the
meeting The fact was tha, the club
allowing his lieutenants 20 manage
the Matsern campaign. Then a meet
Z ing was arranged for Monday evening
OF this weak. President c. F. Holm
and Secretary Ed Frisk sent out no.
tees TO some OF the club members for
meeting and III was all fixed up to
have the club endorse Mattern. But
the MacVicar members got onto hils
situation and packed the meeting with
Nose who We're for MacVicar. When
TN effort was made to endorse Mat
tern trouble followed and then 1t was
found the meeting was red hot for
MacVicar. The president declared the
meeting adjourned and the MacVicar
members say they Will depose the Of
ficers. The incident merely illustrates
how the city campaign is estrangins
old friends and causing intermlnable
trouble In the city. AS the campaign
progresses 1t becomes hotter. The all
dermanic fights are causing complica-
tions of various kinds. Both candi-
oates for mayor have opened head
quarters and have their workers out
and a large campaign fund lis being
spent Thus far the candidates are do
ing most of the work personally but
oa.aers are being sent out into the sub
urbs and the fight will he notable
one in the history of the city.
The railroad managers of Des
Moines are having a hard time pre-
venting theft of coal III Des Moines
and they have combined to employ de-
tectives ana watchmen 1T the yards. It
Il, reported there Is a blnd of twenty
five or thirty persons engaged in steal-
ing coal from the yards and the matter
has become serious.
Inspection of the guard companies of
the state is going on this week. Cen
eral Prime started at Knoxville and
will reach the southern companies
first General Prime and Major Hume.
who represent the state authorities,
will be accompanied on most of the in
spection tours by Major olmstsd. rep
resenting the regular army. Who Will
Inspect at the same time and give In
struction in the matter of complying
with the regulations of the war board.
Announcement of dates for inspection
will be made a week at a time only.
The startling announcement Is mads,
by a member OF the Des Moines HUI
lnane Soc:.ty that wise-hea;ing has
become almost epidemic in Des Moines
and tina, the reports of such cases av-
arage at least one a dav at this time.
And what is OF additional interest is
the statement tha; the wife, heaters are
nearly all among the persons who live
Well and Who try 10 pass into good So
ciety and are generally rated as re-
spectacle. A great many of the cases
reported never get into the courts and
are not heard of outside Il vry limited
circle.
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