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Evening star., 1900-10-17
Committec,s NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

The committee. referring to it's recon-
mendations relative to sewers. said:
THE necessity for trunk sewers in the
northwest section is too apparent to need
any argument The early completion of
the Arizona avenue sewer will drain a large
territory rapidly building up on either side,
and when completed will drain the village
of Tanleytown. with a population of at
least . GOo, which is sadly in need of sewer
facilities to preserve the health of the com
munity and prevent contagious diseases.
The amount recommended is conSiuered
reasonable in order to secure the early
completion of this sewer. The trunk sewer
on the west side of Rock creek is also an
absolute necessity in order to drain east of
Wisconsin avenue and Connecticut avenue
to the District line. Buildings are rapidly be-
ing erected in this section that need sewer
facilities, and many more are in the course of
erection which will be retarded unless i'm
mediate steps taken to furnish sewer
facilities We deem this trunk sewer to be
public Improvement of the first order.
Evening star., 1900-10-17
For Sewers and Streets.

For continuing the construction in part
of the Arizona avenue sewer, S2oOoD; for
the construction in part of a trunk sewer
along the west side of Rock creek from the
Potomac river to the Broad Branch road,
and along said road to Pleasant Drive to
the District line. $4,000.
Construction of county roads-For grading
and regulating Connecticut avenue extend
ed west of Rock creek, S10,Oo0; for grading
and macadamzing Wisconsin avenue eX-
tended. S3.0Ht. for grading and regulating
Albemarle street from Connecticut avenue
to Broad Branch road, $4,000; for opening
and grading 39th street from Yuma street
to Albemarle street. $4,000: for widening
and macadamizing Pierce Mill road from
Wisconsin avenue to Connecticut avenue,
$1,000; for widening and macadamizing
Grant road from Broad Branch road to
Wisconsin avenue 81 600; for widening and
macadamizing River road from Tenleytown
to District line. $500; for widening and ma
cada mizing Broad Branch road. 5000; for
widening. grading and macadamizing Rock
Creek Ford road from Military road to
Bread Branch road. 900 for grading and
macadamizing Chesapeake street from
Grant read to Belt read. $1,000,
Evening star., 1900-10-17
HEAVY FROST TONIGHT.
Continued Cool Weather. Fresh,
NOrthwesterly Winds.

Forecast till pm. Thursday-For the
District Of Columbia. Maryland and Vir-
ginia. fair tonight and Thursday; continued
cool weather, with heavy frosts tonight,
fresh northwesterly winds.
Evening star., 1900-10-17
TELEGRAPH and Telephone Service

For the erection of posts and fire alarm
boxes on the following streets and roads:
One on the corner of Pierce Mill road and
Wisconsin avenue, one on the corner OF
Pierce Mill road and Connecticut avenue,
one on the corner of Grant road and CheSa-
peake street, on the corner of 4Sth and
Cheasapeake streets. one the corner of
Wisconsin avenue and the District line and
one on the corner of Broad Branch road
and Milk House Ford road in all, $1,000
Health department-For the increase of
one sanitary and food inspector for the
uarthMeSt suburbs. 81 21l.
Evening star., 1900-10-17

For the purchase of a site and the erec
ton of a station house on Wisconsin ave
nue. south of the village of Tenleytowr
So. 600
Evening star., 1900-10-17
What Bryan Must Gain.

The final loss to Mr.. Bryan in the west as
compared with 1896 may not be as great as
II is now believed it will be, but ii will be
sufficient to make it necessary to gain in
the east far more than he would have had
To gain in 1896 to have been elected Mr.
Bryan Is now making in his speeches spe-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26
HOW LACEY WON.

TGardner's Washington Letter.1
4 Uncle Joe Cannon, of Illinois, has been
opposed to the bill introduced in the
house by Judge Lacey, of Iowa. provid-l
ing. among other things, for the better
protection of the insectivorous birds.
Its all sentiment" said Uncle Joe to
Lacey one day last week. There's
nothing practical back of the bill. and
there is no use in taking the time of
congress for its consideration" And
that settled it, for Uncle Joe Is a man
OF few words. and usually means what
he says.
Next day the two gentlemen were to-
gether in one of the downtown hotels.
1t was evening, and Judge Lacey had
just bought several large. rosy apples
from an old apple woman across the
street. He gave one OF them to Cannon.
and the two sat down for talk. Lacey
had no thought of again referring to his
bill.
What in thunder's the matter with
this APPLE. asked Cannon, after he had
bite II intoit in half a dozen places and
tried In vain to find some part Of it
which he could eat.
II don't know. replied Lacey: have
another one. and the Illinois gentleman
helped himself to the best looking apple
in the bag. he result was the same
Meanwhile it was seen that Lacey's APP
pie was also bad. The fruit had been
stung by insects and made the nest for
several kinds of creeping things. 1t was
fair enough on the outside. but within 1t
was filed With several kinds of unclean-
illness. Lacey saw his opportunity and
MAS quick to improve IT,.
This never was the case when you
and We're isys, he began. Apples
We're apples in those days, and a smooth.
rosy exterior was a guarantee of first
class fruit. But with the wantor.
Slaughtered the birds which feed on tree
insects there comes, of course. an over
supply of insects. and all kinds of fruit
suffers. Now, in Illinois you have one
of the leading fruit states of the union,
and just how you can say that my bill
liz all sentiment-.- 5
Never mind. never mind" shouted
Uncle Joe. throwing up both hands. Il
acknowledge the corn. 1t Is on me-;
From this time on / shall be for your
BILL.
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we'll as
INew York Tribune.l

New York Tribune.]
In the current number Of Harper's
Weekly Charles III. Cramp. the great
ship-bui!der of the east, publishes a
short but telling argument in favor OF
the ship subsidy bill that is now before
congress. There is probably no man in,
the United States who Is better able to
treat this subject from commercial or
scientific standpoint than MIR. Cramp.
He isfamiliar not only with the rise and
growth of the American navy and the
decline of our merchant marine. but he
has followed with the eyes of the schol-
ar and the scientist the results OF ex-i
.periments made by foreign governments
in both branches of their marines. He
is, moreover, a practical builder, who
knows the business side OF that which he
speaks.
TO be brief, he shows the fallacy OF
the theory that has SO often been adj
vanced by those who are opposed TO chip
subsidies, to wit, that country can
own and operate ships without being
able to build them. This is the argu-
ment that is back of every attempt to
change our ship subsidy lave. 1t is
argued that 1t makes no difference how
or where ships are obtained, the mere
possession of them would create and
maintaina merchant marine, irrespec-
tive Of home ship building. To refute
this, he goes to the best guide that we
have, experience.
Great Britain has become the greatest
ship-owning nation In the world by be-
ing the greatest sl,ip-buildtng nation.
Germany is following in the footsteps Of
her great rival by using precisely the
same methods to build up her merchant
marine that Great Britain adopted. The
United States has fallen to q low and
insignificant place as a carrying nation
by neglecting to go with the times and
adopt modern methods TO uphold her
shipping industry.
But there Is more than that in the
question. At the present time the iniJ
ports Of Great Britain exceed her ex-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26

ports by the enormous sum OF 500 000.-
900. To meet this deficit Great Britain
must either earn that amount as q COM
mon carrier, or else she must draw upon
her accumulated capital and use II as q
lcash revenue. But there Is no need for
her to attempt this latter and suicidal
policy She practically makes up the
deficit in the following manner: Her
100000 tons of steam merchant ship
ping earn $500 600. 900 annually; her sail
ing fleet earns 300O0.000 and the prof
its of banking, insurance and COM
missions which inevitably follow the
flag amount to s6S,2O0.00O, making a
shipping that almost wipes out the adj
Verse balance.
Now what is Americas contribution
to this enormous revenue OF Great Brit
ina? We know that when we export
goods abroad we receive the price less
the freight, and that when we bring
goods to this country we pay the for
seign market price plus the freight, and
that either way the freight is a total
loss to this country. Mr.. Cramp figures
that our donation to Great Britain to
allow hersto balance her books amounts
to two-fifths of the total, or s2s0.O00. 900
annually. To this must be added what
we pay to the German the French, and
even the Italian shippers for carrying
our goods.
This immense amount is absolutely
lost to this country. and the only way
that it can be saved is by building and
owning our own merchant marine. The
two things go hand in hand, and cam
not be separated without destroying
both. And the only way that we can
build and own our merchant marine is
by lighting subsidies with subsidies. by
giving American ship-owners an oppor-
stunityl to do business at a profit in COM
petition with Great Britain and Ger
many. These two nations have built up
their merchant marine at the expense
of the public purse. and the public has
reaped the profits of the investment,
and If we are to win in the great fight
for trade we must adopt the same meth
nd & VI Ass394.S
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26
SHIFTING SANDS.

AZ one OF the strange experiences of life.
when you come to think of it, is the
dropping out, from the circle Of daily
greetings, of friends and familiar faces.
You may not notice their absence for
awhile, but you suddenly awaken to
ask, What has become of ----. The.
answer comes in the statement that he
strying new field of effort He may
have been apparently successful for
several years in his old field only to de-
yetop fatal weakness in the final
no further hope in the old field and so
tries another. Or he may, while doing
well in this field, be tempted by the
promise OF doing better elsewhere
With the chances about equal in either
field he may fail in the new endeavor.
The unpleasant and even painful fea-
ture is that he parts with old friends
ana well wishers. who would gladly
shold him here II he Is worthy man
But: he drops out and soon becomes like
the name on the tombstone. only a
memory. &
The shifting Of population is one OF
the strangest and weakest phases of
Setats or rational life. The stability Of
lsa1nitiss lies III the permanent
~ 81 estl enship. The man who sticks
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26

critics who We're in the habit of abusing
President Cleveland few years ago be-
cause he refused to Change his opin-
ions when democratic congress disa-
greed with him.
The Dubuque Herald thinks sit is one
of the ma1Nels of the century that
there are enough republicans in Ala
bama to fight each other
Referring to Governor Shawss many
engagements for addresses, the Burling-
ton HawkeSe concludes that 1T prom-
Uses to be a busy season for the governor
and will leave him little, if any, vaca-
tion time. 1t is one of the penalties. he
must pay for never making a poor
speech
In concluding an article on Bryan the
Only Hope" the Dubuque Telegraph de-
.clases: Without Bryan the party can
not succeed. The few who antagonize
his nomination arc building up men of
straw whose hopes for success, If by any
possibility they could be nominated,
would be blasted by the people. For
the few dissatisfied democrats, or disaf-
fected republicans, on whom some cal
8culation is made, who might Vote for a
candidate nominated against him, the
great mass of the millions who supports
ed Bryan before and are true to him
and demand his nomination again,
would not consent to be led to the sham
1 bies like sheep to the slaughter If he is
Betrayed. They want chief Who
stands for What they believe to be right.
They insist on Bryan. Hill, Croker,
Campbell ard other shrewd party lead
ers know that, and say Amen to it,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26
THE AMERICAN 10y.

III St Nicholas for May Governor
Roosevelt. of New York t4lls ..w-t,st
We "a, J., xns,., * Il :,
- :. : : :. - i'',s
- course ne says what we have a
right TO expect of the American boy is
that he shall turn out ~ he . GOOD,
A,,,ar;s,,, 49,, 49,
- =
fstiloiis tll it ne Won { soe much of a man
unless iit. is a good deal of a BOY. He
mllst nor b. a ,.o,va,.s, -. q, ,,.I;,,.
min. e,,.,. ,.... = .i'.iS 2 :
Z -. - - : = iis nus s',h
i.aFSl ana pay marc, Tie must be clean
minded and clean Lvet, and able 10 hold
his own under all cirei,n,s Z neas ,,a
aea;nst an .,.,,,,,.,rs +, 4.
- -
~ siot's .iiae ~ ~ s''oW mo 'he
Nina VI an american OF whom America
can be really proud.
There are a,vays in ,ies .a,,.,asv
Tendencies fo,. aood anfl.
each s,,c.,.eetjina eane,,.ti,,,, $500.
of these en5eneies strs,..tb,3,,,.,, "a.
SOM. ksr,l ,,,. 4. Z, 4,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

u < + * { a.
The Washington Press asks: Who
believes that Mckinley is so poor
a politician that he would, as re-
ported, express a preference for Allison
as a running mate? And who believes
that Allison would nlummyfy himself
in a vice presidency??''
The Rockwell Photograph notices,
that there is a good deal Of needless
worriment over the constitution these
days. lit seems 10 have been forgotten.
that there is a supreme court. whose.
chief duty il Is to safeguard that sa-.
cred document
According 70 The Davenport Demo
GRAFT, that movement begun in Ottum-5
wa to secretly organic every county
for the Iowa state United Democracy
may be sweeping the prairies Ike a cy-
clone; but there is reason for thinking
that it is moving at a slower rate Of
speed. The Ottumwa brand Of democ-
racy is persistent rather thar conta-
gious.''
The Meservey Messenger says.
Now the citizens Of Meservey emphat-i
ically declare that they viii not uphold
Dewey as a presidential candidate. AS
is generally presumed, the people of a
small place are ignorant when it comes
to politics, but il the ignorant can see
that Dewey is not the man what will
they dc With him in the large places
where there is a bountiful store of in
telligence?"
The Fort Dodge Messenger endorses
the candidacy of Hon. G. S. Gilbertson,
of Forest City, for state treasurer.
without reservation. 1t says: "Abso-
3lutely no objection can be made to his
candidacy, and many very powerful
reasons exist for believing that his
nomination would add great strength
to the republican ticket
The Fairfield Ledger says the a1op-
ton Of the proposed constitutional
amendment for the election of United
States senators By popular vote would
not prevent wealthy men from buying
their way into the senate. as Clark did.
but would simply enlarge the field of
their labors. The present method is a
good one, the Ledger believes.
The Marion Register calls attention
to; the fact that the democratic states
men who are now abusing President
Mckinley for changing HIS mind, ON tho
Porto Rican tarin question are the same
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26
THE ODD FELLOWS.

The Odd Fellows who meet in Mar
shalltoWn today are odd only in name
and not in any assumed singularity in.
appearance or temperament. In acts
however, they are odd as compared
with the cruel GOODNESS and hard heart
edness of the outside world. This is
shown by the objects the Odd Fellows.
have in their Associations, which are
purely social and benevolent. The
sphere of their operations is confined
wholly to their own members, and Sc
crecy is enjoined in regard to all be-
neVolent acts. They have mystic signs
of recognition, initiatory rites and
ceremonies and various grades of dig
nifty and honor. Their Work and move
nlents are usually so quiet that they
are little known TO the public. The
people outside of their lodge come 10
know them, however, by the stirling
character of their membership, by the
handsome temples and buildings they
erect Gas in Marshalltowt) and by the
general knowledge that they are as
honorable as they are we'll founded. \
claim of venerable antiquity has been
set up for the order, hut Odd Fellows
themselves now generally admit that
the institution cannot be traced TO an
earlier period than the first half Of the
eighteenth century, and explain the
name as adopted at a time when the
severance into sects and classes MAS so
wide that persons aiming at social
union and mutual help We're a marked
exception to the general rules. Odd
Fellowship was introduced in the
United States in 1919 and this is there
fore the eighty-filst year of its exist
ence here. In 1895 its membership had
reached s11.643 in the United States.
In that year Iowa had 81, lis and ranked
seventh in the states in point OF nuns
8bers The total relief paid by its
members for the year 1887 amounted TO
s3,364,6e9.41. These figures merely dis
close the scope and not the fun tide of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26
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INSPIRING KEYNOTES.

There is political music in the air as.
the g. o. P. elephant marches tri-
umphantly thru the corridors Of the.
various republican state conventions.
With nunberless keynotes and graphic
explosions and huzzas there is uni
versafs hearty and courageous expires
sion of confidence in present and fu-
ture of our nation. Happy indeed are
the conditions under which We are as
sembled,' comes sounding across the
borders from Indiana. president Nc
y Kinley has not only kept faith with the
people by fulfilling ante-election
pledges, but has gradually risen to
meet new conditions and unlocked for
responsibilities. He has been weighed
in the balance and found not wanting.
His administration Will live in history
as one of the brightest and best in the
annals Of the country" This is the in
spring note that comes from Wiscon-
sin. From Ohio comes the Well rounded
statement that President mckinley s
administration has dispelled the long
business depression, restored protec-
ton to American labor and Industry
z reawakened universal confidence. re-
established prosperity unparalleled,
assured to labor the steadiest employ
ment and the highest pay; opened new
fields Of enterprise and new markets
for trade, brought to agriculture better
conditions than for many years, fixed
the gold standard upon the firm foun-
dations of law, and made our national
currency larger in volume and sure il,
value, and lifted our national credit Il
the highest plane any nation ever
( reached" Pennsylvania, too, joins tht
chorus in endorsement of the presideni
and the Industrial activity and finan.
ciai security of the present as com
pared With the deplorable conditions
Of the Cleveland administration.
Republican sentiment is 'sat one
everywhere in the union and is full o!
hope all along the line because the PEG.
pie are satisfied With present conli-
tons and future promises.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26

other than take the course which he
has In Withdrawing from the congress
sional contest. That Senator Water
man's candidacy has attracted great
deal Of interest and attention turnout
the district is well known. That he,
would have had the loyal support Of
Wapello county is unquestioned. It Is
probable that the matter had not pro-
cee0ed far enough in other counties for
definite representations. Certain 1t Is
t hat IN Wapello county there has been.
nc fight on Major Lacey, and. with Sem
ator Waterman no longer a candidate
this county will undoubtedly throw it's
entire support to bring about the re-
nomination OF the present Incumbent
What effect, II any, the withdrawal Of,
Senator Waterman will have on the am
5nounced candidacy OF Capt. Carr, of
Poweshiek county, is not known. We.
believe. however. that Major Lacey will
this year, as he has for Ave successive
times receive the Sixth district repub-
lican nomination for congress unari-
mously, by acclamation.
HUMOR OF THE SEED CORN
BUSINESS.
shenandoah Sentinel.l
]. r. Ratekin says that at last he has
found man as honest as he is Some
time ago a customer wrote to him for
seed corn and some garden seeds. Rat
ekin put the garden seeds inside sack
OF corn. The man did not find them
and wrote to Ratekin giving him fits.
The letter returned the money for the
garden seeds. When the farmer got
ready to plant the corn he found the
garden seeds and again sent the money
With a long letter apologizing for his
former letter. Some OF the letters Rat
ekin receives are delightfully."- funny.
One farmer acknowledged the receipt
of the seed corn and then added. You
are all right you are honest and your
corn is all right. but your bags are
hill" 1t seems that in this particular
case one bag had broken open and
spilled some corn. Ratekin made good
the loss Saturday he got an order for
seed corn from Canada.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26
gpaag 5arsatu, nus ghuzdap Apl IS 1901

to his home and his occupation year
after year while others come and go as
shifting sand is the anchor of the state.
He deserves the highest commentator.
Attachment for home and home locali-
tS needs to be cultivated more and
more to bring about this permanency
of citizenship.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26
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!: TOPICS OF THE TIMES ]


SVFlNo Vt nE LINED
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s
lfrah Tor the Hold Fellows. May
ne steamer Quito Will sail from New.
ORR on May with 100000 bushels OF
gram Tor lpdiass famine sufferers. The
cargo VIII feed many hungry mouths.
i1'l'l'sfos Nliliai'l5 q Germany, N a
hsnEllsh half-penny daily, Pearson's
Express. said; Tell the British people
for the preservation of International
peace. and my second the consolidation
and maintenance Of good relations be-
tween Germany and Great Britain. Be-
tween tiese two nations no essential
cause for difference exists, nor should
one arise between them There should
sco1nps tjtion in furtl,srin y he economic
and social progress of their peoples.
-.
garden this spring. he city dwel1er re-
piled. Not un,ess mn neiehbor plants
shis5chickens
The Tama republicans. in convention
assembled, We're for eur congressman!
with both hands, and they demand the
nomination of that peerless orator and
able representative, Hon. Robert c.
Cousins. Not county of the district
vii say nay to Tama.
ne eandeiion green peisiod is row in
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/ TO the accruing OF the claim or cause of
aetlan, Ihe provisions of the law will
/ cover cases arising one year previous
/ to ns enactment, This action is the
/ direct result OF the lSnching Of Italians
4 IN Louisiana and the representations
5bassador. AS is well known, when ar
3outrage of this sort is perpetrated ona
foreigner the general government, is
hclpiess and can do nothing but ex-
press its regret TO the government OF
which the injured person is subjec.
and ask congress to make an appropri-
aticn for the relief Of the family of the
person injured or killed.
The Virginia legislature has adopted
1 "a resolution calling upon the United
i states senators from that state to try
4 70 secure constitutional amendment
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-26

the situation. at the same time that
Representative Rhoderick Sutherland
received word that unless he went
home to look after his fences some 9th
er populist might defeat him for the
nomination..