Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-15
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Word comes from France that the
Paris editors are angry because of the
worlds threatened boycott of their
city's exposition. 1t is very gratifying
to us who have been angry at Frances
actions during the entire Dreyfus dis
turbances.
One of the encouraging sings of the
times is the frequency of good roads,
conferences.
The New York school children have
finally reached that time where they are
able to sit down to receive their educa-
thing for Tammany to gloat over.
Down in New York, according to the
Sun, Iowa affairs appear as follows:
We greet once more with glad heart
and hand the Hon. Cato Sells of Iowa.
He is an old friend and has been heard
from too seldom of late. Cato was tenn
ic convention and made remarks worthy
of the awful scene. He said that the
Declaration of Independence, the Fed
eral Constitution and the Monroe Doc
trine are being devoured by avaricious
cannibals.'' Consequently 1.-The state
and national campaigns upon which we
are about to enter will be the turning
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For our own part we DO not despair.
Whatever the ayaricious cannibals may
devour they will never eat the Hon.
Cato Sells without his consent.
Charles City paper remarks that
THE hand that rocks the cradle is often
the hand that cradles the rocks from
hubbys pockets and keeps the depart
ment stores booming
The Colorado prize fight law has been
declared invalid. This is the measure
enacted by the last legislature under
which the sporting fraternity of Denver
were inauguratng a series of fistic car
| nivals that reminded old timers of "the
/ good old days The law was tested by
opponents of prize lighting and a decis-
ion has just been rendered by the court
! Thieves stole two miles of telephone
wire in a country ristrict in western
i Missouri, thereby temporarily suspend
ing communication between scores OF
towns. 1t would appear there could no,
possibly be much reward in such a ven
/ ture. considering the fisk, but crimna
A instinct seems not to have digested this
4 principle. In fact If criminals were ca.
pable of it and stopped to reason wher
pending mischief, there would be mt
criminals.
4 If any one thought that those learned
gentlemen could tackle such mootee
Iquestion as the trust problem withou,
creating all kinds Of disturbance they
were fooled. 1t now looks as though
an academic debate to a parliamentar,
Istruggle for control of the committees
The w. C. T. U. of Des Moines il
after the saloons. The aides wer
never known to go out seeking troubl
without finding it and we may look TO
t some fun.
One of Iowas orators has just an
swered a call to carry wisdom into tn
; town of the Quakers, the home Q
: Franklin Congressman Hepburn, a
: chairman of the committee on inter
e state commerce, delivered the grafton 9
/. the day at the Philadelphia Export Ex
n position and seems to have done
. Nell.
The great steamship, Oceanic. of tn
o White Star line, which has just con
e lpleted its initial trip from Liverpool
d New York. arrived on time, with
) lcrew of 400 and / ,405 passengers, an
e Eyet the newspaper men say her decl
looked deserted The ship Is tw
blocks long, 704 feet, and were it not II
obstructing partitions could east
contain the Washington monument
Us its hold, laid out to it's full length.
is RUSsIA'S OPEN DOORS.
,al New York Tribune.1
Peter the Great, we are told, could n
VI endure to be shut up in inland Mosco
r. He wanted ga window through which