Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-11
! TOPICS OF THE TIMES

President Mckinley is said to be
pleased with the progress Of diplomatic
negotiations with China.

President Mckinley is said to be
pleased With the progress OF diplomatic
negotiations With China.
The Bible presented by the Harvard
Republican Club toGovernor Roosevelt.
for use by him in taking the oath Of Of
ice N case he is elected vice president,
bears on d ily-leaf the inscription:
From Harvard men to a Harvard man
|of whom all Harvard men are proud,
In another column .,Birdseve'' pre-
scents Il severe Indictment against viii
iage practices and habits in Iowa. and
one that is strongly suggestive of re-
form. AS "Birdseye' is constantly
travelling in Iowa he speaks from per-
#sonal Knowledge and close observation
MIR. II. H. Mckee, Journal clerk of the
house. whose long experience has made
his political judgment good, and who
has just returned from campaigning
trip in Indiana said: Il have just of p
ifered TO make wager that Mckinley
Would run one million ahead Of the
fstate tickets in the popular vote of the
seountry. but / could get no taker My.
Ejudsnient is that Mckinley is great
deal stronger as anational candidate
than many Of the candidates for gov
ternor. For instance, there may be some
doubt as TO The success III the repub-
Elican candidates for governor Of In
diana and illinois, bull do not think
There is the slightest chance of Bryan
capturing the electoral Votes of aither
STATE snail be Very much surprised
~ Mckinney is defeated. | was sur
irised in 1882, | must admit All the de-
feat of Harrison. but in that year the
islaboring element was all against us and
I'VE did not know il. This year careful
inquiry has been made III every state
and we Will get the Votes III the work
it!giren. except the socialistic and an
IIecratie
The Chinese emperor promises to re-
turn % Pekin as soon as negotiations
Streaeh favorable turn which indicates
the possibility that il may be long de-
5tferred
4 While Democratic orators and neHs-
Y srapers are lauding Lincoln noW, and
al5lenouncing Imperialism. it is in:erest-
ling To recall the past, In an e.oitol,;:.
lin the Cincinnati Enquirer. Oct s, 1864
rs found the following: There will be
i the most cordial relations between
France and the United States should
4 Lincoln be reelected. The Two imperial
lists Will harmonic admirably.
4 Wharton Barker. the presidential
aominee of the midale-of- the-road pop.
u ulists, comedies that Mckinley will BIZ
. elected hut says ii Will only hasten the
reform work and later success Of his
Town party.
4 A Nebraska youth read an advertise
ment Of a Chicago girl who had $4,000
land wanted an affectionate husband
4 He put himself in correspondence, Went
Ito Chicago, saw the charmer, wa.
pleased With hei, looks, and gave her !
diamond engagement ring and severa
Iother valuable presents. Then she
wheedled him into advancing $500 IL
pay off Il second mortgage on some
property on which she had frs
mortgage, SO that she could foreclose
land then disappeared, and he returned
/; home a sadcer and wiser man.
MIR. Bryan says the Waterbur,
American, "taunts the negro With be
g slowing presidents on the republican
eIparty, which bestows janitorships 81
sEhim in return. The negro seems to pre-
fer this to the hemp necktie with which
1.-The democrats decorate him.
4 w. z. Curtis states that the severes
blow Ii Hung Chang has received fo
many Years is the desertion OF ]. w
J, Pethick an American who had been hi
s private secretary for twelve or fifteel
years. Mr.. Pethick was formerly secre
I tary Of the American lega ton at Pekin
. and when his term expired went int
! the service of Earl Ii, who was theI
S viceroy Of Pechili. He was paid alarg
salary to act as an advisor and Sinstruc
IA tor in modern Ia np11a GOO . M sctneoon