Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-23
Topics Of the Times

The japanese war alarm and Judge
Smiths candidacy for the senate are
now in the same class.
Two very noticeable movements are
making themselves felt, the regulation
business wherein all that the traffic
will bear is the selling mark.
Mr.. Rockefeller. according to his
physician. has a bran new stomach and
a new constitution created by open ar
exercise DR.. Began classes him as the
best 60 year old athlete in the world.
Now Georgia should pass a bill pro-
hibiting John Temple Graves.
Schools for teaching tile ancient Irish
language are being instituted IN Ire
land However good working knoWl-
edge of United States is the straight
cut to the police force.
Nevertheless that $4,000 thimble OF
the Queen of Siam may mot mean more
buttons on the kings trousers.
Leslie M. Shaw, former secretary OF
the treasury, is busily engaged IN
WASHINGTON, with his son Earl, and
corps of stenographers, in preparing
literary something of just what char
acter even his close friends are unable
to say. 1t is however a safe surmise
that 1t isn't an acceptance of the presf-
dental nomination.
One OF the st. Louis boodlers. having
served his term in the penitentiary, is
now on she vaudeville stage. Simply
can't resist the opportunity to get
money without giving anything in re-
turn.
'.Now," said Flanagan after the acct
dent, well have to send some man to
bzreak the news gradual to the poor
r1lan's wife.
'send Hannigan," suggested Finni-
gan. Hes just the man to break the
news gradual-he stammers sc" Tit
Bits.
While Mr.. Taft is away Mr.. Bryan
should prepare a new list of questions
The present list seems to have been
pretty fully answered.
Henry Frick says the innocent by
stander'' ought not to be hurt in the
regulation of corporations But the in
nocent bystander who stops a brick ID
usually where he ought not to be.
saa
The crooks who got away with
$3.50, 900 from a mail train come pretty
nearly into the class of high flnanciers
What would Secretary Bonaparte do
with them?
A marked increase has occurred IN
Paris since the chamber of deputies
disallowed the eNecutioner's salary,
thus indirectly stopping capital punish
ment. Thirty four criminals have been
sentenced to death and none of them
mas Deen SulllOllHeu. LIE SIIuehlioIl I'd
produced vigorous popular clamor for
the death sentence and doubtless this
public sentiment will prevail. The ac-
ton of the chamber, however, in disal-
lowing the executioner,s salary, indi-
GATED a strong feeling of opposition to
capital punt shment.
The subject of old age pensions is re-
ceiving universal attention in Europe,
Germany being the foremost nation to
make provision for such pensions, or
what is practically the same thing,
though the system of compulsory in
surance in that country is quite differ
ent from the old-age pension plan, to
which the British ministry is OCCASION
ally committed. 1t is estimated that a
old-age pension of $1.25 a
week for all over the age of So would
require an annual expenditure by the
government Of over s137,oo0,OO0. 1t is
not probable that so large an expendi-
ture will be incurred by the present
but the same system of
old-age pensions will ultimately be
adopted in Great Britain and can be
confidently expected.