Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-03-01
Topics Of the Times

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John C. Crockett of Eldora has an
nounced himself to his home papers as
candidate for denomination as clerk
of the supreme court for second
term.
Theodore Roosevelt, democrat and
| a cousin of the president il; candidate
| for mayor at Ackley. 1t might be well
| to get his views on rate regulation
and race suicide before going further.
However since the rate bill came from
| the committee q Roosevelt democrat
will not be considered entirely unde-
| serving by western republicans
The mayor of Cedar Rapids has writ
| ten letter indorsing the Houston plan
of government of electing four or five
| aldermen at large and having the
mayor assign them to the command Of
different departments such as taxes
and Insurance." fire, police and UNI
derground wires" streets and bridg-
es." parks and public health He
does not believe in government by n
commission appointed by the governor
believing it centers too much loca!
power in the hands of the executive.
While the south is raising Cain with
the negro German is teaching the ma
tive African to raise cotton.
There are no fewer than five bills
now before the Austrian parliament
locking toward universal suffrage. AS
matters now stand a great many Aus
trians must emigrate to the United
States in order to be able to vote.
If it costs $3.50 year to run Sab
bath school how many Sunday schools
could be provided for with the cost of
four new battleships?
1t is not at all likely when he select
ed Pitchfork Tillman to present the
rate bill that Senator Aldrch intended
a compliment to the farmers.
Fort Dodge men and newspapers
complain that the Sioux City Journal
is unfair in it's reports of the Cummins
meeting in northwest Iowa, The Jour-
nal is not usually unfair in it's press
reports. On the contrary II has always
been extremely fair and accurate. In
the heat of partisanship some of NJ.
Perkins subordinates have probably
let zeal suborn accuracy.
Congressman Grosvenor complains
that his defeat was due to a snap con-
vention At any rate it put Mr.. Gros-
venors snap out Of working condition.
Grosveaor's district has been ready for
revolt for some time and when he
plead for one more term two years ago
it was given him with the understand
ing that 1t should be his last.
Towne: you've got new type
writer girl see."
Browne: yes"
Towne: Els she bright?'
Browne: well, don't know wheth-
err it's intentional, but she seems to be
a female Josh Billings" -lohiladelph
Pres.
An accidental blaze cleaned out Mrs
Muldoons tiny parlor. The insurance
agent was not disposed to rate her de-
property very highly.
Sure" she continued, "it's
not enough ye'd be payia' me. An
there's all me foine pictures-it jist
takes tn hart out av me to think o
me blissed Father Finnegan an Sister
Rose-pace to their sowls--goin' to tn
divil ogether."-Brooklyn Life.
A German engineer, Otto Won Schllck,
who has been studying for many years
the prevention Of ships rolling, be-
lieves the solution lies in a gyroscope.
Herr Schlick proposes to steady ships
by mounting the gyroscope in the hold,
and his first experiments on large
scale have been undertaken with an
old torpedo boat. In this craft gyro-
scope with disk weighing 1,036
pounds was mounted with e. steam tur-
bine which could rotate it at a speed |
Of more than 200 revolutions a min
ute. The oscillations and pitching of
the vessel were carefully measured |
before the stea mwas admitted to the
turbine, and then when the turbine |
was put in revolution the motion prac-
tically ceased. So successful were
these experiments with the sixty ton
torpedo boat that 1t has been decided
to proceed with larger craft.
Senator Tillman, to whom the pres
entation to the senate of the Hepburn
Doi1iyer hill fell NOT thru the favor hnt