Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-14

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the encounter. The afternoon papers
appeared with good account of the
battle. announcing the glorious victor:
and setting at rest the fears aroused
by the Uncertainty of the morning dis
patches. The same can be said of the
destruction of Cervera's feet and all
other occurrences of which the morn
ing papers might claim credit for prior
gity of publication. But give them the
benefit of every doubt and they are
Still far in the rear in the matter of
quick news service.
In the matter of reliability one has
only TO glance over the news Of the
past few weeks 10 prove the assertion
that the evening paper is the better on
that score. Time and again the morn-
ing papers announced the reliefsof La
sdysmith only to be set right by their
evening contemporaries. Finally when
Buffers brave men actually entered the
besieged city the evening paper thru
the Associated Press was the first to
tell the story. The same is true of
Cronje's surrender, and of the capture
of Bloemfontein. The same thing was
true in the Spanish-American war and
the some thing is true in relation to
the Philippines and is true in all por-
tons of the globe. The fact is that the
of events in the world occur
in the daytime. before 4 O'clock in tho,
afternoon. With the unequalled facili-
ties for distributing news and for put
ting j in type enjoyed nowadays the
evening paper gains an advantage that
Tits morning competitor can not over
come. Two minutes after Fitzsimmons
had Corbett whipped the news was on
the Wire and a few minutes later In
type in the Times Republican office.
Twenty minutes after the vote on the
Porto Rico bill in the house the result
was being announced on the streets of
iarshalltown thru the Times Repub-
Iiican. The difference in time and the
ocean cables bring London nearer ID
| Marshalitown than Chicago, the Phil
ippines as rear as Cedar Rapids. make
Paris like neighboring village and.
South Africa like suburb. Because of
evening paper carefully edited the citi-
Zens of Iowa have come to say to their.
neighbors Wait for the T.-R. and get
the straight of it,
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
Thousands of Americans. Including
not few Iowars. Will visit the Paris
exposition, which opens today 1t will
be a grand treat for all who can spare
the time and money to view it leisurely,
and that is the only way the visitor
can profit by it. Many Of our people
T are familiar with tl,es. grand exposi-
Etions. having visited the worlds fair in.
Chicago in 1899. the centennial in Phil
adelphia in 1876, and other similar dis
plays The. know. too, that while
| these great fairs are enjoyable, two re-.
| grettable features always attend them:
/ the limited capacity Of the human
mind to grasp all their salient features,
rand the safety Whichsa short time of
sightseeing always produces In the
4 present case. however. for Americans.
lat Will afford many an opportunity To
jgo abroad and visit and size up for
3eign countries.
The distance and a great ocean voy-
fages and the cost Of going are factors To
he reckoned. i i will easily smash a
4 $500 bill for a frugal visitor, to say
4 nothing of thousands which more gem
ferrous ard wealthy voyagers viii ex-
pend One estimate places the number
5t5of Americans who will visit Paris at
\ 5000. If it approximates this number,
i the amount paid out by our country
fme, Will reach on a low estimate $40
4 100000. Those who take a sordid view
will consider this a great waste Of
II money.
Another matter to be considered is
4 the cost of living in Paris. a CORE
Il spondent writing from that city de-
lclares that persons Of nearly social
grade are turning their homes into
y boarding houses TO reap a share OF the
a benefit. He says:
The high-class hotels in the Rue de
n la PAX, the Place Nendome and the
4 sChanlps Elysees now charge from %
4 francs a day la franc is nineteen centsl
flor board and lodging for a small room.
\ high up, two meals a day and no vine.
q Of these small rooms there are few.
& the majority being slightly larger in
size but immensely larger in price.
Il After April 10 the price for the same
rooms will be from 10 francs upward
Hotels on the boulevards, Avenue de
.]rOpera, Avenue Friedland and similar
positions ask for the same accommodate
/, ton from 20 francs upward now and
a from 80 francs upward after May I. IT