Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-11-28

!: TOPICS OF THE TIMES

The collapse of Aguinaldos rebellion
furnishes an additional reason for
thanksgiving.
Spiritualists at Belmont, n. Y, ex
pect to unearth vein of gold seen by
one of them in her dreams. They are
still digging. OF course if they keep on
long enough they will find streak of
gold somewhere in mother earth.
With eight beet sugar factories In
Michigan, beet culture is coming to the
front among farmers. The noticeab BILE
quality of the Michigan beet in this
first year of its cultivation is its high
percentage of sugar even in crops
which fell short in tonnage. Few yields
showed less than 10 per cent and some
tested as high as 10 per cent. Most OF
the farmers who experimental with a
small acreage this year are preparing
to extend their fields next year. and
having protited in experience at least
expect much financial profit from flu
ture crops.
Philadelphia is after the national re-
publican convention, and has already
subscribed $4,000 toward guarantee
fund of 100000 to secure it.
DR.. II. d Crothers has startled the
medical profession, as well as the pub
lic, by making a statistical report con-
physicians of the middle and eastern
states, q per cent OF whom were using
spirits or opium TO excess. From this
report DR.. Crothers deduces the alarm
ling general Inference that at least from.
To 10 per cent of all medical men are
opium inebriates. If physicians, know
ing as they do the dreadful conse
tquences of morphinism, become adj
dcted to the excessive use of narcotics,
every possible means of preventing the
| layman from acquiring the baneful
nabit should be put in force. DIR. Gro
! theirs estimates that there are in the
| United States from 100000 TO 100000
opiumists: that from 80 TO 60 per cent
Of insanity is due to narcotics, and that
40 to so per cent of all degeneracy and
neurotic diseases is attributable to
these causes. Morphinomania leads to
/ hysteria, melancholia, acute mania and
| suicide. 1t is proposed to restrict the
4 spread of morphinism by agitation for
/ the enforcement strictly and unequivo-
cally of the existing statutes, framed
! to make the procurement of opiates
well-nigh impossible. except by physi-
clans prescriptions in the event of ill
/ ness
The Filipino council has decided tc
make a virtue Of a necessity by scat
! tering into guerrilla bands. 1t vii
prove sorry decision for the insur-
gents.
Speaker to-be Henderson announces
that the republicans will push the gen
eral financial bill prepared by tn,
house republican caucus committee
This or some other equally sront
{ measure will be adopted by congress.
II
The new legislature of Massachusetts
. will have nine democrats in the senat
land seventy in the house of representa-
tives--more democrats than have beef
in any legislature OF the state sine
1886. However, the legislature is over
whelmingly republican.
, American manufacturers will sell tn
outside world over s1OO,000.00O worth o
iron and steel in 1899. or s2n,0to.Gio II
excess of any other year in history. TIL
! exports of iron and steel for Octobe
: show an increase of over '$2,000.900 a
: compared win October Of last yeal
Both in price and quantity the .ignre
q show an increase. ard in PRACTICAL
, every article and class of articles. Ba
iron shows an increase ct nearly 100 pc
cent and wire nails an increase of q
per Cent.
= Omaha Bee: Figures compiled b
d the Iowa state railroad commissio
e show gross receipts for the year enc
ing June &c. 1899, almost $4,000, 900 moi
than reported by the railroads for til
previous year, and for the year 1s9
which had been the largest in the hi
:. tory Of Iowa railroads. Other interes
u ing statistics indicate that 1000 MOI
y men are employed for railroad work 4