Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-08

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eign powers must not make this an ex-
cuse for the partition of China. Third,
the European powers can not guarantee
the interests of syndieates doing busi-
can only protect their citizens. Fourth,
II IS for the general interest of the
world to hold China together, to
strengthen her government and oStreat
chinese people wherever they so just
as people OF other nations should be
treated. This is IA sensible. summing up
of 9 rational policy
The bubonic plagn. is knocking at
the doors of various ports in Europe,
while the yellow fever spectre is haunt
Ing our southern coast cities.
Hundreds of Kansas girls now have a
poeiSetbook full OF new, crisp money as
a result of three weeks work in the har-
vest tieldsthis summer. Many of them
have earned enough tosbuy their winter
clothes. From the numerous notices of
town girls going out TO do harvest work,
az contained in the local newspapers of
the state. 1t is believed that no lesa than
5oo women We're thus employed. They
Wheat or rake hay, just as8the old far
nasrs may wish.
The celluloid collar is 90 be barred
from use because Of its explosive quail
ity.
II is expected that under Ii Ping
Hung and Prince TuanFthe Chinese will
wage fanatical war against all for
eignsrs. Under any quielus that may
be put upon the Chinese, the celestial
empire Will be unhealthy for foreigners
for many years TO come.
A writer in one OF the exchanges says
the great wall of&Ghina is as enduring
as the Egyptian pyramids. Twenty -one
centuries have had scarcely any effect
on IT. Equipped with modern artillery
and manned by soldiers armed and
drilled in the modern manner it would
BIZ as impregnable as on the day when
it Was finished. III has been calculated
that the Chinese wall contains more
brick and stone than would be needed
II build a Wall three feet thick and
eight feet high arouna the earth at the
equator The wonderful fortiticaiion
was constructed to protect the northern
and northwestern frontier against the
Several millions of nen Mere employed
for ten years in doing the work, which
Was completed about 100 years before
the Christian era. The wall is about
100 miles long.
Hon, John a. Kasson. the veteran
Iewa diplomat, is pending his vacation
81 Ear Harbor. Me, and will return TO
Washington his fall lie is reported 10
be in good heath.
NORTH CAROLINA AND THE PHIL
l1oIal ;SH,,s:
lSt. Louis GLOBE Democratic
E tn lmmense inajot4ts wiiich has just
53s eil easfSiia North, I, Molina for the con-
titutiqna3s ii NJ rlie,ii chat hiss ,.isfran-
seia!ssa ll5.oop negro voters. in that state
fllfn isi.es a fine commentary on denio-
scratic faviilg about s.eonssnt Of the
lfssi in 9ile Phaipp:nes Ii Is #sys!f
! kil1HN II II coGt that This result has
been obtained t5,Slsa systematic pr;e-.
tree O terrorism aisd ftasis The Rcd
$ it!lit ,iesss'. u s imitation IF he pratc-i
tiees' % tbs i'ld kislsiuN CAY Went thru
ms state tit3He iiseti guns, IL the ai..
ard thfeatsnilap 81 negtoss With death
if they Went 4, I'D Ms mi tim
isSatipll seei > ta w. KEEP most of nsm
away. Fraud Ms fpsactiead too III the
Ais.1ss < and tbs counting Of the votes.
'i5llei 81 WIS nes5 II fstiftsl; doubt al amy
time about the result Of tlie election.
Everybody la tlis United sstate has
iSff9Ss n exec since III canvass began (, .
BY talk "a ahont tha, the fe.46ei,a,,
@aHld neieiliy sweep the state f5i ttie.l;
tlgkef. bat that tiisy would carry ,ilair
eersillitiDnal amendment by an t,ver-
~tlelining majority for all the vote re-
5sftsT9!i4lg ard counting machinery OF the
f5.a,ate thpa rs niyfs Goel1el aW is in
thei, hands
i,'.itpefafie i,yfoerisy IN the. howlings
spf i'r2ari. AItgeta and the reatof the
Bssanite bassss about the sacred right
ttdt tbs baliut Ieee!Ses an impressive IL
lllsfration IN the North Carolina case. II
must he feiramhersd that, uniike the
CAS- Of some d the other southern
states the blacks iii North Carolina are
] far bsoW the Whites in Numbers Ae-
3agIdiag to he censas report of 1870 the
white inhabitArsa Of North Carolina
/ numbered i,o5s.ss2 White the negfaes
We're So So, or but little more than half
sas nnnleflas, As the negroes ~ the
55@stusll as Nei as sf the north are de-
Il eieas IN number as compared With
Il me WHITES, 1t is'fiea.sona Bile To presume
thtt the black men*in North Carolina al
.ihe present iti1e are less than half OF
the whites. There al. no reason 10 fear
they would ever gst into control in the
state. The sixtstsp ex-slaNe states
range in this ord.r in the proportion
i which the blacks bear to the whites in
1 their iiilnabitanta south Carolina. Mis-
Siss.rp. louisiana. Georgia, Alabama
4 Florida. Virginia. North Carolina, Ar
kansas. Tennessee Texas Maryland
! Delaware, Nentueky. Missouri. West
Virginia. South carolina, in proportion
i 10 aggregate population, has more me-
j groea than any other state, and West
i Virginia and Missouri have the smallea,
4 PROPORTION ~ negroes of all the states
iSiiis which slayetySorce existed.