Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-29
F TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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ture is the greatest event of today.
The good work of winning them over
goes on in the Philippines. Nine Lead
ers of the insurrection have recently
taken the oath of allegiance. This oath
makes formal acknowledgement of
American sovereignty.
Except for the boycott and 800 extra
policemen on duty little remains TO tell.
of the great strike on the st. Louis
Transit Conpany's system, started
May s. Cars are in operation on all the
lines without hindrance, except on,
those running north and south. The
sstings that it left and is still leaving
will not disappear soon.
Meantime Bridget, who hates the pig
TAIL is breaking up china asffast as she
can, remarks the Chicago Journal.
Ex-senator Washburn estimates the
wheat crop in Minnesota and the Da-
5kotas a, 100000 bushels in the ag-
g,egate, if good weather is experienced
from this time on. This is a falling off
of l4o,o00o0o bushels from last years
yield.
John G. Woolley, of Illinois, and Hem
ny b. Metcalf. of Rhode Island, form
the national prohibition ticket. Their
names are suggestive of the shearing
and tanning that will occur in Novem-
Der. In 1892 the prohibition party
spolled 964. 1913 votes, and in 1896, 1873, 49,
f II the process of elimination goes on.
not much more than the nominees will.
be left. The liquor question will re-
main, however, and it will devolve
upon each community toedeal with ii in.
the most practical way that will re-
strict the sales of intoxicantss and pro-
mote temperance.
s Nebraska was credited awhile ago
With hailstones as large as base balls.
but the Omaha Bee gives way in say
ing: Since the Iowa man told oI hail.
as bis as foot balls all competitors in.
this line have declined to post entrance
money and say merely that ii hailed.
One of the last acts of the old gov
eminent of Hawaii. on June IL, was to.
destroy 100000 worth of opium seized by
the customs authorities.
The Chicago. Milwaukee & st. Paul.
lie Will put on a fast daylight train be-
tween Omaha and Chicago, beginning
next sunday. The new train will leave
Omaha at I:l5 q. m. and make the run
TO Chicago in fast time. arriving there
early in the evening. Racing across
Iowa is gettlng to be a fixed feature of
the great tsuf,k lines.
Nearly half the fires now are due to
the careless use of gasoline.
Chicago Tribune: No.. said the adj
yertising man of the Daily Bread.
these are not like the good old demo-
cratic times. Why remember when
3our receipts from situation wanted ads
used to pay tightly near all the expen-5
seq Of the paper,
In a harmonious state convention
the Minnesota republicans nominated
Samuel II. Van SAINT for governor by
q rising vote, and BY the same Kind Of
a Sc.> Lyndon a. Smith was selected
for lieutenant governor The republic
ans now have an opportunity 10 redeem
ssle state from the rule of popui!s,ic
governor.
The unanimous denomination Of Con-
gres sman David b. Henderson in Wa
lterloo Thursday for his tenth term in
the house was another conspicuous IL.
Illustration of republican harmony. az
well as faith in tried and true leader
The receptions accorded TO Congress-
man Deliver since his return attest his
growing popularity in Iowa.
SO
The capital county of Polk IL now
graphing with the problem of meeting
smallpox bills aggregating $4,000 as
stated by the Capital. A tax levy is:
proposed TO settle them. Many Of these
claims are doubtless extravagant az
they are elsewhere. a number OF con-
servative physicians regard double
charge adequate in3ordinary cases.
a cartoon in the Pioneer Press pre-
sents an immense sheaf of wheat la
5beled "a bumper. crop" This sheaf
stands on a board marked Kansas"
with the pigmy figures Of Bryan at one
end and the donkey al the other about
TO lift it, The Donk: "Bill!" Response
by Bill: "Huh?' The Donk: Think
we can carry it,
San Francisco Call: 1t is a safe pre-
diction that the nations will find ii a
good deal easier to get into China than
to get out; and, moreover they are
going in tremendously but they will
hardly come out that way.
Old Home week. in New Hampshire,
will be celebrated Aug. II to IS, and
Governor Rollins invites all absent sons
and daughters of the state. and all who
have some time lived within it's borders,
to assist in kindling the fires OF state
patriotism.
Buffalo's exposition, representative of