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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-27

majority; Allan B. siausen,
of the San Francisco Chronicle, (rep.) y,
says President Mckinley will certain
~ be reelected Hal ID. L.andon, OF the
Cincinnati Commercials Tribune (rep.),
thinks McKinley's vote will exceed ESQ:
F. w. Cauldwell, of the Buffalo Courier
(denl.) ventures no prediction, but says
the republican claim of New York, New
Jersey, Delaware, Ohio. Illinois, Kan
sas. Wyoming and West Virginia
seems to be better justified. than the
democratic claim; H. j. Brown, of the
Portland Oregonian (rep.), says McKin-
ley is stronger than in 1896 and the re-
suit is no longer in doubt.
Here is a rare Kaleidoscope of opinion.
You can take your choice Intelligent
men, who have studied the situation.
are not in doubt. Indiana, Nebraska.
Wyoming, kentucky. Delaware, Mary
land and West Virginia are doubtful
states 1t may just as well be adj
smitted. No other state In the union is
in doubt and the Judgment of the man
who thinks that such states as Ohio,
New York and Illinois are doubtful is
entitled to no respect. New York Will
give Mckinley and Roosevelt at least
$4,000, Ohio not less than 10000 and Illi
l,ois not less than 10000 Conceding to
Bryan one of the doubtful states, and
he has only POI Votes, leaving 246 for
Afckinley. But while it is not probable
that Indiana and Nebraska will give
neither side over 5000. it is fairer To
give Indiana to Mckinley and Nebras-
ka to Bryan in making an estimate.
Wyoming is likely to vote With the
coast states. and they are all republic
an. 1t is reasonable also to concede
kentucky to Bryan, While it is reason
able to believe. from all the nforma-
ton at hand, that Maryland, Delaware
and West Virginia. will go republican
While the T.-R. does not claim L
know any more about it than Others
equally well informed. 1t goes claim
that a table based on certainties and
Reasonable probabilities would be as
follows:
AIckinlev- Rryan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-27
BRYAN AND HIS AMBITION.

The disappointment resulting from
failure TO reach a coveted goal is a most.
bitter one. Clay, Seward and Blaine
each died Of broken heart. History is
full Of incidents most pathetic. Shakes
peare makes Cardinal Wolsev says
"Cromwell i charge thee, fling away
ambition,
BY that sin fell the angels.
And yet. as the years ago on. men
make history repeat itself. Tney strive
and strive, only TO find that
Today he puts forth
The tender leaves of hope, tomorrow
blossoms,
And bears his blusning honors thick
upon him:
The third day comes frost, a killing
frost"
William j. Bryan was very young
man when he conceived the idea that
he was destined to be president Of the
United States Once fired with this
ambition, the thought consumed him.
TO become eminent in his profession
was neither probable nor possible. He
entered politics. gained a seat in con-
gross and was apparently on the high
road to fame. Defeat checked his ca
reer for the time being, but big with
the thought that lie was fated to be
great he was undaunted. BY every de-
vice known TO the stage, by every trick
known tothe stage actor. he kept him
fself before the public.
When the conventionmetinC Chicago in
/ 1896 he knew. all men knew, thata crisis
+ had been reached in the history and life
i.of the democratic party Long before
THAT convention assembled ii was APP
l3parent to al. students of public affairs
THAT the democratic party was about
TO abandon its traditions and principles
Eand espouse the cause of populism with
all its socialistic and revolutionary ten
1dencies. Bryan had become known as
an apostle of unrest. He was ready fol-
4 the emergency. You shall not press
down the crown of thorns on the brow
/ of labor; you shall not cruelty mankind
4
ton. 1t was not impromptu. 1t was
simply cunning plagiarism woven
into tissue of Revolutionary epigrams
long before the hour came, and most
faithfully studied to produce an effect
From the very moment those words
were uttered there was no longer any
doubt as to the results of that conven.
ton. Bryan became candidate fol
the presidency and from that moment
until the result of the election wal
known this man never for one single
moment believed his defeat probable o,
possible. He was q creature Of fate and
he firmly believed that fate would moi
play him false.
Being OF a sanguine and hopeful TEN.
Iperament he soon rallied from the blow
he had received and began his prepare,
tions for 1900.
He wrote and published q book, ''Thl
First Battle. 2" In that book he recorded
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-27
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET

REPUBLICAN STATS TICKET.
For Secretary OF state-w. B. MAR
TIN. Of Adair.
For Trea1urer OF stateG. s. GIL
BERTsON, Of Winnebago.
For Attorney General-C. w. Null
Ian, Of Blackhawk.
For Auditor of state-F. F. MERR1-
Am. Of Delaware.
For Judge Of Supreme court-EMLIN
MCLAIN. of johnson.
For Railroad Commisrioner-D. ].
PALMER, OF Washington.
Electors-at-Large-JO NJ. BALD
WIN Of Pottawattamie: OLE o. ROE.
OF Polk.
For Congressman. Fifth district
ROBERT G. COUSINS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-27

Four engineering corps have begun
laying out q Yailrosd between Orenburg
and Taschkend. Russia. for which
American locomotives have been or
dered. The engineers will probably
finish the survey this year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-27
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-27

Queen Victoria is said to have pri-
vate fortune Of s5o.ooo.ooo and has ,l5.-
600. 600 Of it invested in the United
States. The people of this country have
as good an opinion Of the queen as the
queen has Of investments IN our ma
i'm
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-27

Paste this in your hat and you will
have the returns which will be verified
on the morning Of Nov. I.
The colored American., 1900-02-03
That Cancer" AZ ain.

The other day prominent architect
of Topeka as,onished the editor by
stating thaG during the past spring and
and summer over $18 900 had been
spent by the Negroes Of Shawnee
county for building homes and remod-
cling Old Ones. And the remarkable
thing about the statement was that
white contractors secured over $40 900
worth of the buildings and that IN q
great maIy INSTANCES, not Negro Ia
bOIer could secure work On these houses
Aud again, ne said that these proper
ties wsTe owned largely by Negroes
holding public positions by virtue Of
the fsc, that there were seven thousand
Negroes in this county. This condition
OF all 4lrs is 20 be deploTed. How can
We nope 60 develop class of skilled la
bJTeGs when We wall not employ them?
There are enough Negro carpenters,
sionemasCns, p!astersis, painters, pa
perhangers, etc., in tnis city 10 do any
kind Of work that our people may have
10 dO.-Denger Statesman,
The colored American., 1900-02-03
MRS TERRELL's MERITED HONOR.
GnIy Afro Amer can Woman Selected II
Sreak Before the Equal Suffrage Con-
ventiOn.

The convention OF equal suffragists,
which a. sembles in this city from Feb
rnaTv 8Jh to 14th will be notable
rstheriug. It's membership includes
maov Of The nOled women OF the cOun-
try. whose lanes are written high on
fame's imperishable scroll, and whose
Isb0rs have done much to make our
national sentiment pure, sweet and
wholesome. One coloTed woman, Mrs.
M8rV Church Terrell, president OF the
Nauonal Association of C0lored Women
has been unanimously invited 20 be one
Of the nine principal speakers, selected
bv ballot. The topic assigned to her is
Woman Suffrage" one of the broad
est and most important subjects in the
entire schedule of discussions to come
before the body. The president OF the
orga ization, Lhe veteran Susan B An'
tnony, said OF Mrs. Terrell:
We do not invite Mrs. Terrell solely
as q reprase utGtive of theracs which she
honoTs and adoIns, but as an iadHstri
GUS and successful WCTker in that broad
arena of common purpOse-the moral
and intellectual elevation of our sex
in which cause all women must stand
tOgather as sisters. Mrs. Terrell is Sc
lected because sne is earnest and ca
paole, aud because her rare gilt OF ora
tory is a mCs5 effective medium Of
placing woman's case lntelligenEiy and
convincingly foIe the people OF the
world"
This is indeed q hisa compliment.
1t comes froA lsouEce that must be
recognized as authoritative. Mrs. Ter
rell Is full worthy Of the great honor
thus conferred upon her, and she will
meet as she always does the most san
guine expectations of her friends and
admirers. Gradually merit is ceaslng
to bear the color mark.
The colored American., 1900-02-03

table Waich fairly groaDed under the
vIands prepared by the committee for
the occasion. MIS-. Alexander Curtis
as called to Raleigh, N O., this week
owing to sudden illness of her husband
who was on Wait to Raleigh, his for
msr hone. The 7. NJ. q. a. anniver-
sary on the 26 h at the First Baptist
church promises to be a great success
We hope TO give full account Of the
same in our next letter. The Sunday
meetings of the Y. Id. g. A. for men
are largely attended and exceedingly
interesting. A revival Is in progress
at the Ebenezsr Baptist church. Rev.
G. n. Harris, pastor, will be assisted
in the meeting by Rev G.. FL. Phillips,
of Beaver Dam, Louisa Co., Va. Mr.
Spot Lee VI no mas served as butler and
mead waiter in Washington and other
places has charge Of the dining room
and cafe Of PhllpOtt's restaurant which
is the leading Restaurant in the city.
There are a few youag men in our
town who make it their business to
abuse in pnplic places, colored news
papers and every thing that is elevaiing
We deem it our duty TO warn such per
sons 10 cease such thlGgs or else The
ColOred American will turn the light
on them. The American can be had
at Pollard and Mobiles, or from A f.
AuCal at the IIniverst6v
MONTICELLO.
The colored American., 1900-02-03
In the Lone Star State

Calvert, Texas, Specialize may in
terest sumo OF your readers to know
that the main business street of Gal.
yer is dotted with thriving eolored bust
ness places, as follows: j W. Williams.
grocery and restaurant; .. G. Dozgett,
shoe shop and restaurant; Coleman
and Tay lor, barber shop and restaurant.
B. K. Hendricks, lunch house, fish and
oyster vender; c. B. Bradley, jewelry
repslrer; Shack Westbrook, barber
shop. In the country adjacent are
Jesse Smith, farmer and stock-rai.er:
Wm. Bats, farmer and stock raiser.
The above are all leaders, in their re-
spective lines and Influential citizens.
The colored American., 1900-02-03
Mr.. ThompkIns Promoted.

Mr.. r. w. Thompkins is rsaping the
golden reward that comss of Iong and
efficient service under the federal
government His thorough, practical
methods made such q dssp im preston
upon the officials of the Treasury De-
partment that he was rsesntly pre-
moted to the position Of chief book
keeper II the office OF the Auditor for
the War Department. Mr.. Thompkips
Is al expert Accountants. He il es
curats, industrious and tireIesg, never
considering hours when knotty prob
lem ls to be unrsvslled. With one sx
eeption, hs holds the most responsible
clerical pest intrusisd to the hands of
al Afro American In Washington. Mr..
Thompkins is dit to the people he
so cap&bly represents.
The colored American., 1900-02-03
charlottesville, Va, Letter.

Charlottesville, Va, special On the
night of the 18th at Odd Fellows Hail
a grand reception was rendered Rev.
L. J. Valentine, Presiding Elder of
Alexandria DIt trict, Washington Gen.
ference, by the pastor and members of
John Wesley nj. Il. chapel, Rev. E.
Duke Venture, pastor, Mr:S. B. Logan,
CLERK. Brief addresses were delivered
by Revs. Valentine, e. d. Venture, L.
Z. Quarles, w. h Tolliver. The sing
ing by Mesdames l., G. Brown, W. h.
Da0ney anu Miss Mamie Coles was es-
p5ciaily noteworthy. After the liter
aay program all were invited TO the
The colored American., 1900-02-03
"a Charming Visitor

When We heari that TIE COlored
Am erIcan was about to make a change
for lhe b9tter in journalism . big lump
came into our thfogts and alt Ough We
did lot OF ''ahemming, II proved an
irresistible something that prevented Us
from commenting as We would have
liked to. That lump las gons, bhanks
TO It's sweet abandonment, and The
UOlored American has come to as bsar
ing The truth OF its previously limited
transformation. 1t Ia unique and high
~ recommends Itself as q charming
victor for every home. s.-Augusta Un-
ion.
The colored American., 1900-02-03

The special one dollar rate for a sub
scriptiOn TO The COIored American will
last for only fifteen days. After thst
date the original price of 81. 90 per wear
Will be restored. Send In your monev
now.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15
THIS IS THE SHIP ELEVATOR

deryishes lay dead around us,and their
wounded must nave numbered over
500 Meanwhile, the remainder, having
heard Of the khalifa's death, gave up
the fight and retired to their women
in the camp. Seeing that no further
resistance was being offered, but not
yet aware of the fall of the khalifa,
we advanced with every precaution.
We we're met by deputation OF the
enemy, who, throwing down their
rifles, asked for quarter for the whole
force, and this was, of course, readily
granted. From them we heard of the
khalifa's death, and his body was soon
identified and placed under a guard.
One of the wounded emirs lying by his
side told me that early in the engage
ment the llhalifa was grazed by bull
let in the hand, but so determined was
he to carry out the attack that he con-
cealed his wound by drawing his sleeve
over it to prevent his followers from
being discouraged. He went forward
into the thick of the fight, where he
fell, struck by splinter Of shrapnel
in the mouth and by rifle bullet in
the head.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15

locks. To lift it up 200 feet, IN
one stretch there are seventeen
of them. The descent OF the
Aude-SO0 feet requires more than nj
ty. It is in it's cuttings and locks
that the projected canal is to be most
extraordinary. Sixteen locks are plan
ned to do the whole job of the water
shed that has its apex in the dreaded
Col de Naurouze, and they are to De
the answer of French engineering sell
ence to the lamentable failure of Pana-
ma.
At the beginning ii was seen that Or
binary locks would not serve; with
them the passage would require at
least six days. One way of diminish
ing their number-it is estimated that
200 would be necessary-would be the
old-fashioned plan of keeping the ca
nal to the low attitudes of the plains
and then, arriving at the Col de Maui
rouze to pass through it in
giant cut. 1t would be a cut 500
feet deep. To avoid the necessity of
this almost impossible engineering feat
they have imagined prodigious nov
city, the ship elevator, and the NOV
ing lock.
The ship elevator is a great metallic
reservoir that moves up and down hill
on a great number Of railway tracks,
operated much after the manner Of a
funicular. There will be one at the
top of the slope, another at the bot
tom. Each will receive a ship. The
weight of the lightest will be balanc-
ed by the addition of more water.
Then, the equilibrium being attained,
comparatively moderate force will be
sufficient to disturb it, Up will go one
reservoir, and down the otherl Moth
ing could be simplerl
Where ordinary locks are to be used,
the same principle of metallic ba-
sins balancing each other, side by side,
is to be exploited, for the sake of ex-
petition. They are to be such locks
as the world has never seen. Once
through them and into the Aude river,
it will be plain towing straight to Mar
bonnie, which is almost on the Medit-
erranean. Here is another naturally
protected port, like Arcachon, great
basin, impenetrable by a hostile fleet.
STERLING HELLO.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15
AFTER THAT
They Went Around Him Like n.
Swamp.

$1,000 LIKE lie Pr
swamp.
New York Tribune: a hoard
ital story last night" said noe
Cabel of st. Louis at the Hon
House. Years ago in a western ~
tier town a traveller, footsore
weary, arrived one Afternoon
made his way down the one straat
the burg. He was suddenly stsrtl
by the sounds of shots. and LOOKING !,
discovered four men shooting a.
another. The men were STANDING +
the four corners of an ims0in.
square, and each shooting at the m
catacorner to him. Being in what
supposed safe position he paused /
watch the outcome of the frav. wba]
bullet, going wide OF its inteDd{
mark, cut by his ear. That reused \ \
wrath, and drawing his pistol he droa
ped the man in his tracks who h1
all but dropped him. Another buul
flying wide from its mark, but Bej
to the stranger, caused him to lay Cd
one OF the other pair, and the two ID
naming men sought safety in aighl
In that particular town duels had bed
previously comparatively barmlea
amusement, owing to the poor marka
manship OF the contestants, but I'd
man who could shoot had arrived, an|
the inhabitants. although they turne|
out to greet him in body and gran
him the freedom Of the city, did 50 /
manifest awe and trepidation. When
ever he told the story afterward b
used to wind it up impressiyely b
saying: And, boys, in that town ate
that they went around NE as if | Aa
been a swamp"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15

Contrary to what would seem the
natural Atlantic terminus, it is pro-
posed to neglect Bordeaux in favor OF
what will be practically new port.
Arcachon, with its great natural basin,
lends itself ideally to the kind of for
LITIGATION that would be demanded by
canal that would, by the fact of it's
existence, come to be the central
strategic feature of the country. Area
chon, when the canal is finished, will
be the Brest of today a hundred times
magnihed. Bordeaux, that could never
be made to give the necessary ease and
security to a war fleet, will remain the
great commercial port 1t is. A branch
canal is to connect it with the
great canal; and, without any
of the inconvenience of ma
val center, it win thus find it's
commercial advantages immensely in
creased. Today, at the end of the nine
teenth century, France sees eighty per
cent Of her products carried under
foreign flags. Where French boats
carry 100000 tons, more than 100 ,OOO,-
600 tons are lugged around the world
in English bottoms.
Another advantage Of the canal as
planned by the effervescent Gaul will
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15
Tunnel Under Gibraltar dnd Railroad
to the Orient.

of the present waterways of the interi-
or Of France, to make a ship canal
from a well-guarded port on the Attain
tic coast to as well-guarded a port on
the Mediterranean From Bordeaux
up the Garonne river, the canal boats
that carry freight so economically
throughout all France plod their way
to Agen, to Toulouse, and then
through the Canal du Midi, by great
lock system, they climb and descend
the watershed of the Atlantic and the
Mediterranean by way of the formid-
able Neck of Na1rouze. Below Carcass
onne the Canal du Midi strikes the
River Aude, and then starts off north
east along winding route to Beziers,
completing a great complicated sys-
tenn. BY way Of the Aude the canal
boats descend to the Mediterranean
below Narbonne.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15

Paris Letter-Those who believe
that the beginning Of the twentieth
century is 1901 is to be marked by
long line of gigantic works. for which
the discoveries of the nineteenth are
the preparation, see in THE Canal of
the Two Seas" and the Mediterranean
tunnel the first examples Of the coming
wonders. France heads the project
France, that has shown the way so
often, only to be outstripped by other
peoples; France Of the Suez canal and
Panama. This time, however, the
work is for herself, and not for others.
The tunnel that, by the courtesy of
Spain and Morocco, is to unite her
to her African possessions, may have
a military and Industrial outcome I'M
dreamed of now, while the canal that
is to open UP the Mediterranean to her
as to no other Power may make
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15

trip. Why not?' l inquired. Because
l didn't have my morphine with me-
he responded in very matter of fact
manner Morphine? said 1, in aston
ishment, what has that got to do with
it? You are not a morphine fiend, are
your Not as much of one as you
are tenderfoot,' he laughed, and pro-
ceeded to inform me that every pros
pector who knew his business always
carried with him enough morphine to
kill man easily, and that he did so
in order to end himself quickly in case
of an accident which would disable him
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15


Russian Minister OF Foreign Al
fairs, when he passed through Paris,
was to make plans for the time
when France should make her
claims in this direction. AS for
Spain, II is said that she sees in
dustrial salvation in this scheme that
would place her on the direct line of
the immense development of Africa,
and the persistent rumor that she has
given to France and Russia permission
to fortify Cetua is looked on as especi-
ally significant.
M. Berlier, engineer of the Gibraltar
tunnel. declares that the work will
not cost more than 12S,0O0.000 francs.
When the Channel Tunnel was propos-
ed--and they actually bored mile and
more of It before an invasion scare in
England put stop to everything-the
engineering difficulties were the easiest
disposed Of. M. Berlier's experience
with the Seine Tunnel and the Metro
politan Underground has put in his
hands new methods and corps of ex-
perienced lieutenants, and the fact
that the work is so near home viii
give the French investor confidence
that he might lack since Panama.
1t is proposed, by taking advantage
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15

lar away from assistance. There were
many instances of prospectors falling
over cllffs and crippling themselves.
OF breaking leg in hole among the
rocks or rendering themselves helpless
IN some other way, and death was sure
10 follow by starvation or freezing. or.
In some sections, by being devoured by
wolves or othe~ lid animals. In or
der to prevent such horrible death
as any OF these the prospectors simpli-
fed matters by always carrying little
packet of morphine. which not only
quieted the pain of the hurt he had
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15

The conduct OF men in great enler-
gencies often rebukes the tngratituds
and lack OF self-controi in everyday
life. Nansen's countryman. DIR. Sven
Hedin. after suffering from hunger and
thirst for days in unexplored Asia
found pool of clear water. II thank
I'D God frst," says he, and then / felt
my pulse. wanted to see the effect
khat drinking would have on It .
Then / drank" Religion and science
In this face Of the imperious demands
pf the physical nature, thus asserted
their controlling Youths Com
psnion.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15

ardanese. together With tive Maxims
and a dlsmounted party OF camel corps.
ezra repelllng an attack on our left
e.pk which had developed some
s,ronsth Discipline and steady vol
laws had decided the fate Of the day
ord sghting came to an end at 6 a. m.
II had been hot while 1t lasted put
onr casualty list was trining one,
wing chiefly to our good position well
in rear of the crest of open rising
Ground About couple OF hundred
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-05-15

The accompanying illustration shows
the type of howitzer used by the Brit.
ish blueiackets during the siege OF
Ladysmith by the Beers. These how.
itzers were used for throwing shells
up over the hills that surround Lady
smith and dropping them behind the
Beers natural Notifications of rock
and kopje. AS a general rule, though
the howitzer is being supplanted by
more accurate firing field artillery on
the one hand and the machine gun on
the other, though it was effectively
made use Of by Gen. Methuen at the
second battle of Modder river.