Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-27
Topics Of the Times

Owasa, thriving Hardin county
village on the Northwestern line, is
| hunting a banker. Not a fugitive cash
ier however but some one to take care
of the cash of that prosperous agri-
cultural community watch has no
nearer banking place than Iowa Falls
and Eldora
Washington, Iowa. has evidently adj
ded a newer and louder mouthed at
traction than any other similar asso-
citation yet heard from. For gun day
at chautauqua, says the Press, fort
| will be built on Dave McLaughlin's
| farm on the Brighton road, and 1t will
be the target for the one FOUNDER and
also the 3-inch gun. The distance is
| IL miles. The shots will so fifty feet
above the road. and guards will be sta
| toned at the point of crossing to keep
folks back, tho there would be no
danger whatever, if they did use the
road at the hour of firing. A target
will also be set up on the grounds, a
receiving one to show the effect of the
| case about 100 shots a minute will be
| fired.
More than 100000 Italians Monday of
| last week congregated between One
Hundred and Fourth and One Hundred
and Sixteenth streets-the Little
| Italy" Of New York--to' celebrate the
| feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
| They came from as far east az Boston
and as far west as P4ttsburg. From
thirty miles around New York Italians
came on foot. many Of them barefoot
as still greater penance.
| Notable among monster petitions Is
the one containing 3,S5s,23s signatures
of Catholics opposed to the separation
of church and state In France, which
1 has been presented to the senatorial
commission charged with the consider
alton of the bill just passed by the
chamber Of deputies. The signatures
| We're gathered all over France, but
there are still fifteen French provinces
| to be heard from.
I
Secretary Wilson's illness Is probab-
| ly due to the shock and worry connect
ed with the revelations in his crop
bureau. He is almost 10 years years old
and has always felt very deeply his re-
sponsibility to the people who have
honored and trusted aim. However,
"Tama Jim" may feel assured that he
has lost nothing of the respect and
liking of the people who are anxious
over the reports of his indisposition.
and to keep him at the head of the
department he has made so valuably
effective.
Railroad reform has begun with
vengeance in Wisconsin. These dead
head members of the community are
now forced to pay fare: Any political
committee. any member or employe OF
any political, committee, any candidate
for any office or position under the
constitution or laws of the state, or I'M
der any ordinance of any town. city
or illage any person holding any Of
flee, town, city or village. any school
teacher, notary public, constable, road
supervisor, member of library, school
or other board, alderman, street COM
missioner, or any other public OFFICER.
The railroads have taken the stand
that they cannot grant passes, even IN
payment for advertising, to persons
holding any of the prescribed pol1tical
offices. There is some controversy as
to whether the new law actually pro-
hibits the issuance Of this sort OF
TRANSFORMATION, inasmuch as 1t really is
paid for, but to be on The safe side, and
also perhaps to make the law as OBJ
iectionable as possible, the railroads
have decided not to issue it.
Dr. Diamond of Bellevue hospital,
saws chronic gum chewing Is a neurotic
manifestation, which Is In effect to say
that it is an idiotic habit. But 1t didn't
need hospital professor to diagnose
so plain a case.
The action Of southern cities quar-
antining against New Orleans for yell
low fever is remindfll OF old times
when yellow jack" kept the southern
seaboard in panic of fear. Science,
however, has today many weapons IN
its armory that the physicians of earl
Ter days never dreamed Of and the
yellow scourge will never depopulate
cities and lay waste the gulf country
as it did thirty years ago.
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Henry n. Rogers, vice president Of
the tsandard Oil Company, has given
to each Of the twenty-five school
teachers of Fairhaven, Mass, 800 as
vacation. money, and every school
ma'am Of the bunch was too we'll train
ed to say faint.
The following is all official report of
an accident sent to his superior by the
station master at NiInba, on the Ugan-
da Railway: ITO Station Nairobi.
Firm Station Venani. From station
master. Guard No. 2, reports struck
giraffe at mile 1853. No damage to per-
manent way or train. Driver states
giraffe ran off uninjured."
Professor e. j. Banks Of the UNI
versity of Chicago, has resigned to de-
vote his attention to scientific research
among the ruins of Babylon. There
seanos tn he Something peculiar to Chi.