Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-12-13
!. TOPICS OF THE TIMES
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selithein Minnesota and Wisconsin
mad hestvy snowfalis. as well as Iowa.
Tbs orange crop or southern califors
Hia is estluiata This season al 5000
III loads AMI it is thought non car
aasis Will b. shipped east for the holi-
lay trade Northern California citrus
iistrieSs will ship 200 CARS.
p the debate Oh The currency bill in
Is house Congressman polliver, Of our
staae, .reealles I;ryan's prophecy that
GOLD standard Would cause universal
fan af Prices. and asksd il aus man
taxing abatit Net a Democrat arpse
Though there had been many previous
rl>efpt, fti@ns. The tact Is; the Bryan
issi,ers are publishing the rise in prices
now in .llra:gnnlent Of The good times
Brought about ~ the gold standard
The Y. S. navy Is making progress,
l'iiera arc now 81 Vessels undo, con-
structian o.; IN the bond Of designers
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According 70 the Lewiston, Maine,
sJoana.. a n9,ieeahse feature Of this
SAasen,s hunting is The large number Of
annien Who have gone into the Maine
woods from ssaehnsetts and other
states To xiii a deer. II is estimated
shat about $50 deer have been taken
Through Bangor which had been shot by
samen. euiaes say that many Of the
Women hunters are really good shots,
and can stand the fatigue Of day :
Emn,ing as wen as the majority of men
fhe guides further say that. contrary
70 The opinion sometimes expressed by
Maine hunters, in almost every case
hiss women actually bring down tfei,
9wr deer This s the first season that
lW@men have gone into the STATEN any
ssrea, nuinb.is. but ii is expected that
future years Hi.l see many more. fol
fhey all reported excellent sport, and
hsye carried home ample proof Of Their
prowess
Some Of the Democratic members Of
l5the national house are expressing their
determination TO vote for the republi-
can currency bill. At least six are
manned as indieating such purpose.
The Times Republican acknowledges
She receipt of some documents from the
| Brooklyn y. VI Daily Eagle and
standard Union in the interest of the
candidacy OF Lieut. Gov Timothy l..
Woodruff for the vice presidency
eminent New Yorker whose cause Mu-
raj Iialstead is earnestly espousing.
The continuous advancement of this
American railway is exhibited by tbs
isfact that less than a quarter Of CEN
fury ago The capacity of a freight ca
lupon the average railroad was 10000
pounds, while the capacity OF freighl
engine was from twenty to thirty o.
such cars 10 tina train. Today on this
| New York Central, whose tracks run
! alongside the Erie canal for the entire
| distance from Buffalo to Albany, the
| capacity of the grain cars is from sixty
| to sixty-five thousand pounds and 10
| connective of the latest type will hau
| from seventy-five to ninety such cars
| loaded to the full. II is not an infre.
| uuent occurrence for single engine t.
haul through the Mohawk Valley, be,
side the Erie canal. eighty-five thous
and to ninety thousand bushels of grair
| in d single train; the same engine viii
haul from one hundred and ten to on,
hundred and twenty-five empty cars.
A San Francisco item states that tn,
prosperity of that city and the state o.
California is strikingly shown by tn,
action of several savings banks in re
fusing to accept Narge deposits. TIL,
vaults Of all the savings banks are full
Of coin. though. the current rate To-