Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-23
.GOV. k|RKVOOD'S
FAMOUS SENTIMENT
1t Will Be Inscribed Where 1t
Will Greet Visitors Enter
ing Capitol
MONUMENT TO THOMAS cox
MONUMENT TO THOMAS cox
People Of Maquoketa Will UnveiI
Shaft to Noted Pioneer-Great
Westerns Increased Capitalization
Matter Of Importance to Iowa-cap-
ital Gossip.
soec,al to Times-Republican.

ErAcial to TlfneS- S-hCpuUIICS1Als
Dos Moines, June 23-The first in
scription that greets the visitor TO the
state house is a saying of the late GOV.
Kirkwood: Iowa, the affections OF
her people, like the rivers of her Dor
ders flow on to an inseparable union
The inscription is on the half moon
arch between the two pillars In the
main corridor of the state house and
can be seen Immediately one is we'll
inside the entrance. 1t is between the
two pillars next to the rotunda. The
Inscription is also on the soldiers
monument 1t was considered very
fitting inscription with which to greet
people on entering the building.
The people of Maquoketa are to have
very fitting Fourth Of July ceiebra-
tion by the unvelling of the monument
to the late Hon. Thomas Cox, who was
O. member of the first three territorial
assemblies and was speaker Of the
third. 1t was not until recently that
Thomas Cox came to the attention of
the people and the fact that his grave
was at Maquoketa and neglected and
forgotten was discovered by Harvey
Reid of that place. Ee was buried
under an old hickory tree near his cab
in in which he died. Hon. Thomas Cox
was distinguished as having been a
pioneer law maker in two states. He
was member of the first state legis-
lattre of Illinois. being in the state
senate from 1918 to 1920. Later he
was registrar of the United States land
office at Springfield, and held other
prominent offices in the gift of the
people.
Mr. Cox was born in Kentucky in
1887 and in 1909 went to Kaskaskia
when that was the capital of Illinois.
Later he went to Springfield He was
in the Creek Indian wars with Gen.
Chaffee and Gen. jackson and in the
Blackhawk war and fought at Wis
consin Heights and Bad Axe. He serv-
ed in the first territorial house in Iowa
for three terms beginning 1888 and in
the third session was speaker. In 1S42
he was elected to the council which
corresponds to the senate in the state
organization and in the sixth session
was speaker there, an office which
would correspond with that of lieuten-
ant governor today. He took a lead
ing part in establishing the capitol
at Iowa City in the early days.
Recently Harvey Reid of Iaauoketa,
discovered his grave and succeeded in
tracing his history. His remains have
,,<> y rs r
there and suitable monument erect
ed to his memory There is an excel
lent oil painting of Mr.. Cox when he
was at the age of 26 years and it is
the desire of Mr.. Aldrich of the his
torical building to secure this if pos
sible and hang it in the historical
building All the members of the Pio-
neer Law Makers Society of Iowa
have been given special invitations to
attend the unveiling of the monument
T. Van Hyning, the museum as
sistant at the historical building. has
made a number of original investiga-
tions and explorations which have re-
suited in adding to the scientific
knowledge. He has lately secured a
rare specimen of snake which was
sent to him by e. r. Harlan, of Keo-
sauqua. The snake is a fox snake or
coluber obsoletus and inhabits Missouri
and was rarely known to come as far
north as Iowa. It was found in a tree.
forty feet above the ground, and is
about four feet long, though sucn
snakes are known to attain a length
of nine feet. The snake has been add
ed to the other snakes of the museum
department.
The other day Mr. Van Hyning dis
covered that star fish in the museum
seemed to be more distended than it
should. The fish had been there for
years. On opening it he found thirty
five molusks of one variety, four of
another, three of another, and one of
another, all of which have gone to
further enrich the collection of mo-
lusks in the historical building.
The fact that the Chicago, Great
Western has arranged to add $14,000,-
900 to it's capitalization is matter of
considerable Importance for the people
of Iowa as the greater part of the
traclsage of the road is in this state.
1t is learned that a considerable part
Of this extra capital is to go into an
extension which the road will build.
From source to be relied upon it is
learned that the extension according
to the present intentions of the Off
cials is to run west from Clarion, taxi
ing in Humboldt, Pocahontas, Storm
Lake. fnd run south of Cherokee TO
LeMars and down the Floyd river to
Sioux City. 1t will cross the Sioux
river at Akron and run west into
South Dakota thru a very level and
fertile country. The line is considered
an excellent one. A considerable por-
ton of this extra capital will also go
into equiping electric feeder lines, in
this state.
1t is stated at the office Of the secre-