Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-01
/ Topics Of the Times


Russa's mistake was in not enter
ing in an international yacht race.
Honors would have been easy for her
there.
Experiences with the Barber AS
phalt Company in Des Moines and
Marshalltown would indicate that a
large part of the expense in asphalt
paving is the attendant litigation
This, Of course, is covered in all the
estimates.
A Muscatine man driving an auto IN
East Orange n. j., ran down an ltal-
ian workman who luckily escaped MN
us only one ear and with q broken
shoulder. Now the ungrateful Dago
wants large damages
An eastern paper gives space to the
plea of gas inspector that meters as
often run slow as fast. Has anyone
ever seen any of those meters out
west?
From Alton, Mo-, comes the story of
Edmond Beall, recently elected mayor
of the town and owner Of Storksnest
apartments for the housing of families
with children. Here's a suggestion to
ambitious politicians.
Mike-That hundred dollar bull pun
of mine up and died of the gangrene.
Pat-Cheer up, old man; twas pa
triotic death.
Ex-District Attorney Philbin Of New
York, has told the law students at
Cornell University that the amount OF
graft tribute paid to the New York
police from the tenderloin districts
amounts to 100000 per year. 1t Will
be interesting to know how many law
grads. apply for jobs on the police
force of the great city.
The attempt of a contractor in Ar
kansas to use convict labor on gov
eminent work has brought to light o
federal statute OF 1887 expressly for
bidding it, Nevertheless the labor OF
the convict can be used on public work
with less unfairness to free labor than
in any other way.
The South American republic OF
Chill will try government ownership OF
railroads, a bond issue Of $9O,0OO,000
having just been negotiated for that
purpose. If the addition of railroad
employees to an administration follow
ing would result in fewer revolutions
South American republics may have
found the reform for which they are
looking.
The astonishing incident of a bill
designed to legitimatize a child born
out of wedlock passing both houses of
the New York legislature and coming
up to the goveronr's veto, has just
taken place. Evidently those New
York grafters would reverse the whole
moral code.
He CATER the ceremony)-Do you
really think shall make a good mate,
darling?
she-oh, you're all right. How do
you like your captain?
The workingman in Iowa who has
a good stomach and enterprise enough
to weed his strawberry bed and keep
a COW is about to enjoy a luxury for
which Rockefeller has offered to pay.
a million dollars.
Senator Depew has remarked that if
Bryan had said and done the things
that President Roosevelt has during
the past three years, we would have
had the greatest panic in our history.
1t is the most remarkable thing about
the man that he can say and do the
things that he does without making
mad or some interest panic
stricken.
A we'll known engineer has suggest
ed that horses be excluded from GER
tain streets as means of relieving
traffic. He argues that street
cars and machine propelled vehicles
could move faster. The pedestrian
wishing to cross the street would need
an overhead crossing, however, and
wouldn't we live just as long if people
would accustom themselves to going
slower?