Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-22

says: "Our government may have made
some mistakes here, but Edward At
kinson ct al. would show better patriot
ism by helping to establish peace In
stead of criticising the administration
and trying to incite the troops to mu-
tiny. Aguinaldo is a resourceful adven-
turer. and learns American methods of
warfare very rapidly. He is treacher-
Gus, INSCRIPTIONS, venal, disrepuatable,
and wholly unfit for leadership of a peo-
pie DESTROYS of self-government. The
Filipinos can never govern themselves
as long as the tribal enmities exist.
They are at war among themselves all
the time
Iowa politics have thus far scarcely
produced a ripple on the surface of the
state. The carpenters are doing SO
much pounding that nobody can hear
anything else.
AS bearing on the tendency to start
alarming and discouraging reports of
various kinds Secretary Coburn, Of the
Kansas state board of agriculture. is of
the opinion that the false statements
sent out of ravages by caterpillars are a,
crime against the state and the guilty
person ought to be punished severely,
because intending immigrants are
scared away by them. Kansas. he says.
seems likely to suffer more at the hands
of such untruthful' persons than from
insects of any or all sorts.
The BARRIERS war in Council Bluffs is
resulting in slashing the Sunday closing
law with razors more than in Furnishing
the open-door offenders.
Major Russell B. Harrison is danger
ously i'll in Cuba. victim of yellow fe-
ver.
The September Century, the Salt
water Number" is to be full OF stories,
poems, pictures and articles relating to
the sea. The editor of the Century At
las. in writing of the International Date
Line for this issue, discloses the curious
fact that, by the acquisition of the
Philippines, the United States is the
only nation in the world whose trade
will have to cross the date line to reach
an important part of its territory.
So.
Prince Henry, of Prussia, who COM
mands the German squadron in the Pa
cific. may decide to visit President Nc
Kinley. Should he do SO he will find a
So.
Having fired off his political blunder-
buss Richard Croker, the Tammany
chief. has gone off yachting and will not
Der.
The New YORK Irlpune claims 70 nave
by special capie the sentence Oh Drey
rus as II Will be meted OUT 10 MIN. &C
cordlnS 10 TINS dlspatcn ne VIII De loune
Tor Whlcn ne VIII De sentenced 10 nv
years imprisonment AS ne mas service
! this term OF sentence already the prac-
teal result Will be That ne VIII be Sc
tree and take MS positlon IN the arm!
as captain en- reforme, without pay O
/ emotument, ana any career IN the arm.
VIII be closed 10 him.
10 Europe since the first of May. II Il
/ hoped that at least $4,000 OF them viii
come back with better opinions of thei
Town country.
lascertaiaed that the large staff of do
tmestics at the Elysee palace, some o
whom have served no less than SIX sue
loficials of the republic to be withou
Amy right TO pension in their old age
Ihas just established out of his owl
pocket pension fund on the basis tina
these of the presidential servants VIII
i subscribe to it will have their offering
doubled by the chief magistrate. Tha
lis to say, whenever any one of them IN
vests 500 in the pension fund, at ono
another 500 will be added to the In
! vestor's credit by the president. 1t Is
i very generous scheme. and Presider
Loubet deserves no little credit for has
g ing been the first to have thought
a the future of those engaged in attene
: ing to the wants of Frances executiv