Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-07
Will b asked
10 ND0RSE Bill
G.. A. R. Encampment to Again
Pass Upon Dolliver Service
Pension Bill
DEMAND FOR 1T is URGENT
Old Soldiers Of Iowa Will Probably
Pass Resolutions Commencing Com
missioner Ware For Order He Has
Issued - State Board Of Health In
vestisatins Certain Stove Polish.
Special to Times Republican.

Des Moines, June THE thirtieth
annual encampnent of the Department
of Iowa, G.. A. r.. will be asked to in
dorse the Dolliver service pension bill
which is pending in congress. Colonel
l.. b. Raymond, department command
er of Iowa, was one of the committee
APPOINTED by Commander-in-C Chief
Black, of the grand army, to labor for
a service pension law, and the commit
tee secured introduction into congress
by Senator Dolliver of a bill which,
provided that every soldier of the civil
war who had reached the age of 81
should get s12 month pension. The
bill was not reached at the last ses-
sion of congress. The fact that Com
mission Ware has issued an order
which practically establishes, without
without legislative enactment, the
principle of the service pension, was
regarded by many as indicating an
abandonment of the service pension
bill; but 1t is believed that Commander
Raymond will ask the encampment at
Mason City, which opened today, to
again indorse the service penss%l bi.i
and to direct that the delegates to the
national encampment shall work to
have the committee continued and fur
ther efforts made to secure such law.
The present orGer Of Commissioners
Ware is regarded as very satisfactory
by the old soldiers of Iowa and they
will probably pass resolutions COM
mending the commissioner for having
issued the order. This Is all the more
likely since Colonel Ware was sol
dier OF an Iowa regiment. But at
the same time the effort to secure the
service pension law will go on. The
demand for the bill will be all the more
urgent because of the rapid decrease in
number of soldiers left to take advan-
tage of it. The membership of the
grand army has been maintained sub
stantially at standstill in Iowa for
a number of years, but this is by reas-
on of securing so many who hal
never before been members. The num-
ber of deaths reported last year from
posts was about $50, but this does not
represent near all Of the old soldiers
who actually died Several notable
deaths are reported, such as Philip NJ.
Grape, founder of the Iowa Soldiers
Home; General F. NJ. Drake. ex-goy-
ernor and founder of Drake University;
j. X. p. Thompson. formerly depart
ment commander; B. +. w. <Cozier
eminent in several states as a speaker:
and Colonel w. r. Graham. who or
ganized the loyal A. O. U. w. in Iowa.
and died a paymaster in the army
go
The state board of health is engag-
ed in having made an investigation
into the character of brand of stove
polish which is being sold extensively
in the state and which is believed to be
dangerous. 1t is manufactured in Chi
cago and is in liquid form. A health
officer at Red Oak reported that 4
short time ago young married wom-
an was engaged in applying this form
of. stove polish to stove when it be-
came ignited, the bottle exploded. and
in moment her clothes were in flames
She was severely burned. The bottle
did not indicate there was any explos-
i've in it, but was labeled Keep From
the Fire" The attention of the state
board was called to this fact and the
state chemist ordered to analyze the
stuff to see IL it contains gasoline or
other dangerous substance. II it is
found to be thus dangerous the max
ers will be prosecuted for putting it on
the Iowa market without proper la
bells.
A great deal of attention has been
attracted here to the work being done
by the Happy Home League a new
Catholic temperance organization which
has taken deep root in northeastern
Iowa the past two years. AT the ses-
sion at Waukon just closed the reports
showed an increase of II in the num-
Der of societies in the year, the total
now being 81 societies. with 4,205 mem
bers. These are nearly all in north
eastern Iowa counties. Archbishop
Keane and the bishops of Iowa, and
most of the more prominent Catholic
clergy, are interested in the movement.
which aims more at preventing men
from becoming addicted to drink than
at reforming the drunkards. The MEM
bership is confined to the Catholic
cnuttH, anu IS IStplQlS over
the state.
The remarkable showing made by the
Burlington main line of railroad in Iowa
in the matter Of increase of income in
1903 has caused astonishment among
the state officers. The Burlington re-
port was the la st to be made. 1t shows
that the main line income was in
creased in one year from $1S,650 per
mile to $23,SS9 per mile The only other
road in the state which approaches it
in this respect is the Northwestern.
which received s2S366 per mile, but
the gain over the previous year was in
considerable. State officials are dis
posed to think that the enormous in
crease shown on the main line of the
Burlington is due in some degree to
change in the method OF accounting. for