Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-04
!: TOPICS OF THE TIMES
The public debt decreased ,l4ss7,55s

The public debt decreased $l4,Ss7, 500
in June.
Just at this most inopportune moment
the Waterbury. American remembers
that at the Harvard club dinner last
spring Secretary Long laid his hand on
Roosevelt's shoulder and amid much
laughter said: Teddy, you're the man
who would rather be right than be vice
president
The st. Louis street car strike ended
with the signing of an agreement be-
tween employers and men. Those now.
at work are not to be discharged, which
lis a victory for the company.
Secretary Wilson has appointed DR..
William c. Stubbs of New Orleans, La,
as special agent to Hawaii for the
purpose of studying the climate and soil
conditions with view of establishing
a number of government experiment
stations on these islands. DIR. Stubbs
Jeff here on Friday and will spend July
L and August in travelling over the coun-
try and studying its resources. He will
return in September, make his report,
and prepare for definite work In the
way of establishing experiment stations
at the most advisable points in Hawaii
1t is hoped to greatly increase the
lamount of exports from the island, not
only those that have become staple, but
| in the way of fruit and vegetables in
which the country is so rich. DR..
l5Stubbs is a native of Louisiana. and his
long acquaintance with the possibilities
| of a semi-tropical climate fits him es-.
pecially for this work.
President Mckinley will be notified
officially of his denomination on July
II, and on that occasion the public may
expect letter of acceptance in which
some of the issues are dealt with more
in detail than in the platform.
Boston Journal: a number of years
ago, before he was famous, Theodore
/ Roosevelt was asked how he pro-
nounced his name. when it Was nitro
lduced in this country, and what it
Z
liz pronounced Ro-sa-velt. the with
almost a 2 sound; introduced about
1929; Dutch: means field OF roses.
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Every department of the Illinois Steel
TCompanys plant, which was closed a
short time ago, is now running, With
/ $500 men at work.
Mckinley and Roosevelt was an
nounced the st. Louis Globe-Democrat
/ mentioned the part which the Wide
Awakes performed in the presidential
lcampaisn of 1860 and that which the
i lsoyain Blue took in the canvass of
I1sso. and said that lin 1900 there will
Undoubtedly be great professions of
{. Rough Riders on the republican side
MANY republican papers are indorsing
4 1.-THE Globe Democrats view. The st.
ii.Paul Pioneer Press, for example. ex-
Eclaims enthusiastically, in regard to the
4 use of the Rough Elder costume in re-
publican professions and republican
i demonstrations in general, Put It on
Republicans. and glory in it. Only those
whose sympathies are with aristocracy
and copperhndism will condemn your
= taste Let US have mounted Rough
Rider clubs in every township in Iowa
4 So
The sorry statement comes from
8 Texas that the watermelon crop !:
4 short all over the state.
Miss Mary Antoine. q full blood In
dian girl. has been appointed officia
Typewriter and stenographer at the sa'
and Fox Indian agency in Oklahoma
u She is the only full blood Indian CIR
& who can manipulate a typewriter.
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