Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-30
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! TOPICS OF THE TIMES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Gen Lord Roberts could attract a lit
tie attention just now by making an
other move.
Now that mounted Rough Rider
clubs are being formed, some Of the
young men are exclaiming: My king
dom for horse.''
The Sulzer boom for vice president
IS srowingsat Kansas City, but there is
hardly enough antithesis or contrast to-
suit some of the conservatives in COM
paring him with Bryan.
The Prairie Farmer now estimates
sene WINTER wheat crop of the United
States at S50oO.OoO bushels and the
spring wheat crop at 100000. 900 bush
els making a total of $50 600, 900. which
E The amount in the visible SUNNY will
1etch UP to about 100000. 900 The Min
neapolis Tribune thinks the estima Ia az y
s200,0o0,000 bushels of sprn., wheat
seems little high, if the yield OF Min
nesota ands:he Dakotas is to aggregate
only loOoo.o00: but tt is possible that
The spring heat sections Of Iowa. Wis
consin. Nebraska and a few other
states Will feichit UP To that figure,
but this res.l, is 10 be regarded as the
extreme estimate. Ii adds: Foreign
crops, on the Whole, will probably be
about an average, and it is estimated
that the worlds wheat yield will be
within > per cent of that of last year
With reserves rather smaller than last
Year
Miss Helen Gould won new honors
and more admirers at Three Oaks. She
can have their votes for almost any
position.
a Traveller returning from Siberia says:
The prisoners are not chained. They
eat at the same table with their guards
The government provides a pension of sc
"a month TO the family Of each prisoner
At the expiration of his sentence the
prisoner can take up his home in ST.
IBERIA, and the government will assist
him y allows him a home and imple-
ments With which to work.
5ssa5
\ search for winter wraps was a
feature Of this morning, and the Fourth
sof July appeared to be more than four
days away.
Roosevelt may be a rough rider, but
numerous kodak tierds are giving him
points on snap shots that are very har-
assing.
W. S. Curtis says the 3Ooth anniver-
sary Of the founding OF jamestown, the
tirstpermanent English colony in Amer
lea. ought to be celebrated by an ex-
position similar to that which is to be
held at st. Louis TO commemorate the
centennial! of the Louisiana purchase. IT A
Will occur in 1907. so that there 10
plenty of time for preparation. Natur-
ally such an exposition should be held
~ near the site of the city of James
town az possible. Norfolk and Rich
smond are nearly equidlstant. and no
doubt both Of them would be glad TO be
the site and scene of the commemora-
ton. but for many obvious reasons ii
Mould be better 70 have the exposition
in Washington. and a movement VIII
doubtless be made blythe citizens of the
national capital to that end.
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The Indiana supreme court has de-
cided IT unlawful 10 pump natural gas
thru mains. Only natural pressure may
be used.
ast a
Of the cotton crop Of the world. four
stifths are produced in the United
states. and of this the south has a mo- J
nopoly.
The street car strikers in st. Louis
ara attempting to establish an omni-
bus line in competition with the Tran-
sit Company on which line all friends
of the strikers are requested to ride
As we'll try to turn back the march Of
progress.
Mr.. A NJ. Smith, Of Minneapolis is.
much disappointed in the Paris exposi-.
/ ton Take ii all in ALL he says, Il
ai.l Very sorry, and sincerely regret
that ever considered for one moment
{! the ACCESSIBILITY OF visiting the EXPOSE.
I tinn. Ispent three months prlorto my
departure trying TO master the French
4 Language, in order that ] might more
/ fully enjoy this, what considered the
most magnificent and important event
sof the twentieth century. ! can only
i say this. that consider the Paris ex-
position the most amalgamated con-
/ glomeration of mixed-up details that !
1 ever saw. and not only I. but all Ameri-
cans returning from the same, are to-
1 tally Disguised and disappointed with
| the whole show"
The Anglo saxons find that the Chi
nese are just as stubborn as they are
in their little conceits.
The rainiest spot in the United
states is at Neah Bay, Wash. The ans
nual rainfall there is 123 inches. In
| New York City it is forty-tive inches.
I'm Iowa it As thirty-five inches. In
4 North Dakota. eighteen.
Speaking OF sending troops into
north China at this season Of the year.
4 w. Henry Grant, Of the Presbyterian
board. who has been in China several
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