Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-18
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have niagl better berry. but doubt |
less loo roser did, does not refer to
AZ sigiiiS ana enripe Specimens first
seen t.ile market
.I4age W. liam A. King the new con- /
gees sflstil from Utah 70 succeed Rob
srts. is a Mormon. but is not known to
be ne supporter of plural wives.
Y In The Philippines Gen. Montenegro.
one of5the insurgents best fighters, has
surrendered TO Col. Smith inSthe noun
stainsa near amaling, in the province OF
Pangasinan, where, With Gen. Macu-
sbules, he has been trying to reorganize
the Filipino army To him the task
had become a hopeless one.
Capital: The state board of control is
daily receiving COMMUNICATIONS from
county auditors turnout the state as to
the location Of the various county and
private insane hospitals of Iowa. About \
nifty of thesas institutions have been re-
ported up TO date. There are In the 4
neighboi'liood Of seventy nj together. The
board Of control, however, not being cer-
tain of the locations of all these insti-sI
buttons. sent out word several days ago
asking county auditors TO report the To-
cation of any such Institution in any
county. Justsas soon as this data can be
gathered the board Will arrange to 4
either visit personally. on send some
representatives, to each of these hospit-
l$als to inspect them. that rules and reg
lulat iors may be drawn UP by the board
Las soon as possible in accordance with
4 the new law placing these institutions
under the board OF control. The law is
now in effect and by its provisions the
board must act as soon as practicable.
/ The work before the board is a Hercu-
lean task. but it is expected 10 accom-
lplishsit within the next few months.
British win he allowed to drink at
british bars during the war at least
The secretary for war has requested
Officers TO report the names of dispen-
sers Of drinks who refuse refreshments
tosnen in uniform.
The division of botany8of the depart
ment of agriculture has Issue circulars
Ito stimulate interest in artichoke rails
ing Artichokes are now raised in cons
Eparatively small quantities in Florida
Aand louisiana and the early varieties,
which appear in February, bring about
Il 81 a dozen in the New Orleans markets
In April they sell for Ii or 20 cents a
4 dozen in the southern cities, but always
command much higher prices in north
Tern markets.. The artichokesis a plant
a somewhat resembling a thistle The
X fieshy bases Oft the scales with the large
y receptacle of the plant are used as food.
4 One hundred thousand acres Of hard
wood timber land in the upper peninsu-
Il la of Michigan has been purchased by a
d number of Chicago capitalists for a
consideration of nearly sl,0OO.00O. The
deal also involves the acquisition Of a
. controlling interest in the Munising rail-
road. which runs from Munising Bay to
Little Lake, Mich, a distance of about
forty miles.
/. With two weeks of continuous snow
I. fall in the Cripple Creek Col. mining
district, that region is experiencing all
the discomfort Of a midwinter block
Il ade in mid spring.
i Antitrust measures have been per.
!. fected by II committee of the nationa
& house. The remedies agreed upon are
q two-fold. namely, a constitutional
amendment giving congress full power
! to deal with trusts, and an anti-trus
Flaw, as an extension of the Sherman
!, act. requiring. the branding of trust
t made goods, and prohibiting their ship
Y ment out Of the state unless 81
! branded; requiring a corporation hay
e Ing a capital Of or doing business o
!. $1,000,000 to file a report Of their affair
!. with the secretary Of state; providing
i for the process OF injunction agains
> the shipment from state to state o
trust-made goods: and prohibiting tn,
use Of mails to concerns proven to b.
Z trusts This would either prove ;
. severe check to unlawful combination
or would lead them to devise new
schemes to evade the law.
n "A San Francisco item reports tina
z the large number OF Japanese coming
{ in on every steamer has aroused tn,
j vigilance OF the state commissioner o
! Immigration and he finds many ii
every ship who have no regular lega
. papers. Most OF these are plainly 0
the contract labor class, but they nav
: managed to evade the issue by spuriou
papers. which represent them as mer
J. chants or as men who have suflicien
II money for; their needs. The temptatlo