Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-01
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/ TOPICS OF THE TIMES !


The Louisville Courier-Journal says
The Nebraska democrats have nomi-
mated a populist for Judge, a populist
for congress and adopted a populist and
silver republican platform. Democrats,
after being searched as precaution
against concealed democratic principles.
will be allowed to vote for the ticket.
Peace prospects are brighter and
war is unavoidable are the conflicting
statements that come from the Trans
vaal, South Africa. Meantime Herr
Kruger does not yield to British buster.
The North Dakota, Wyoming and
Idaho volunteers met with an enthus-
iastic welcome on their arrival at San
Francisco from the Philippines.
The street railways of Washington
have, with one or two exceptions, been
consolidated under one management.
the Washington Traction Company.
One of the first things the new company
did was to announce that it had hired
physicians who would attend all of its
charge and that conductors and motor
men would be paid a uniform scale of
50 per day. In the car barn of the Met
ropolitan system, on East Capital
street, there are reading rooms and
bath rooms for free use. The job of the
CT yni wa In, ;,,
is a good deal easier than it is in some
other places in the country.
Prices going up are much more en-
couraging to the producer than to the
consumer
The first of the month may not be a
good time to go visiting, but your friend
Bill is sure to call.
The Aurora, ILL.,, News is skeptical
about the story that a couple of Aurora
Ischoolmarms now returning from Cali
fornia We're frightened away from a
mountain expedition by fresh bear
tracks. The editor asserts that you
Icould never scare native Aurora girl
With anything that has hugging rep
|utation.'
Calamity" Weller for supreme Judge
is a selection the populists of Iowa
made probably because they cannot
abandon all expressive cognomens OF
the past.
Fond du Lac. Wis, is said to lead all
cities in the world in the number of re-
i frigerators manufactured and shipped
IIt has two institutions which give near
lily all of their time and attention Il
/ building ice boxes. Every two minutes
7ldurng the refrigerator manufacturing
imonths of the year an ice box is turned
Tout in a finished condition. One com
Ipany builds $4,000 and thG5other IL ,o0C
annually. The number of men employed
in the two institutions is 300 and this
4 aggregate sum paid for salaries in q
month is not less than $4,000 The retail
value of the boxes turned out in on,
year is estimated at 100000. These re
frigerators are. shipped to all countrie.
of the known world and on account O
the ice boxes it sends out Fond du La
is becoming famous.
I. Mary Ellen Lease, of Kansas, is no
active in politics now. She declares tina
President Mckinley viii certainly b
re-eleeted. For this reason, perhaps
her old position has no charms for hel
80.
II is stated that Dreyfus is an Alsa
tian, i. e., German name. and is pro
nounced "Dryfoos," and literally mean
three foot"
The action of the directors of the Pa
cific railway in voting to increase tn
n capital stock of the company to absor
1.-The Oregon Short Line and the Orego
Railway and Navigation Company
/ considered in Wall street as furthe
step toward the formation of Wander
q bilt trans continental line. With TIL
: transaction the exclusive ownership {
e the entire line operated by the Unio
Pacific from the Missouri river at Oma
g ha and Kansas City to Portland, Ore
II Will be vested in the Union Pacific. Tt
= eastern lines will be the Chicago & A
ton from Kansas City to Chicago, Il;
Chicago & Northwestern from Omaha
: and the Lake Shore-N New York Centr,
line from Chicago to the Atlantic sea
S board.
n The Ohio democrats have proclaime
q themselves in favor of 16 to / and MI
Lean-the latter presumably becaus
his BARI" contains Is gold dollars
in that of the other candidates for IL
: gubernatorial nomination.
Bryan is beginning to realize the
At are other democrats who believe the
1T are capable of withstanding stroke
g, presidential lightning.
at
Walter Wellman has probably col
Guided, since his recent experiences
the artic regions. to let some one ell
10 gain the glory of discovering the nor
ne pole.
la +ss
IN With the middle-of-the-road populis
g gaining recognition, the third par
- prohibitionists preparing for vigo
GUS campaign, the refusal of the go
a LII re 10 oIt,, 1.