Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-15

nient for the last three years than Ut
any previous time In the history Of the
nation. The travellers at least ninety.
nine out OF every 100, have no desire To
see or experience the hard times which.
existed during the last part of the last
democratic administration previous to
the election OF Mr.. Mckinley, who has
more than fulfilled every pledge and
promise made to the Workingmen and
farmers rs we'll as to the whole nation.''3
It Is not the American way to permit
a hurricane to thwart its purposes.
The American forces in the Philip
pines have resumed active operations.
against the insurgents. whom they will.
now endeavor to suppress.
AT the close of office hours on the 18th
the clerks OF the census office had
counted 42,744.s1s Of the population Of
the country 'rhs count is still pros
pressing at the rate OF 1,0oO,0OO per day,
and will be finished by the the latter
part of October. These figures will fur
5nish some basis for those who will ems
gage in guessing contests as TO the
number OF the population. Guesses on
the total are from $4,000, 900 to 80. 900, a
900.
The weather in India is promising for
crops. Excellen. rain has fallen in all
the famine tracts and the winter SOW
ings are practically assured.
The commercial reports indicate that
business is good despite the hesitation
caused by the Galveston disaster and
the threatened hard coal strike. The
working force In the nation has been
increased this week, which is good
omen.
Odds on the election are now officially
two and a half to one in Wall street.
New York mckinley money goes
begging at these flgures, as there is not
much Bryan" money offered.
Hawaii has closed its last school for
teaching the native language. Here,
after young Hawaiians will be taught
to talk English.
Chinese literature is so extensive that
a catalog OF the books in the four im-
perial libraries Of the present dynasty
Classics and briefly describes no less
than $4,000 books. and itself fills 200
volumes! Altho some western writer's
have described the collection as a whole
as a vast library OF oriental conceit and
a dreary wilderness of words, the Able
Inese language. wrote enthusiastically
regarding their charm, saying he found
in them ..eloquence and poetry, en-
Eriched by the beautysof a picturesque
language preserving to the Imagination
all its colors. ("
Lii Hung Chang has given formal ass
Americans will henceforth be respected
In China. While this Will be accepted
with grains of allowance, 1t is one step
in the direction of better under
standing.
The tobacco crop in southern N'iscon-s
sin is unusually large and fine and
growers Will realize handsome profit.
According 10 - Chicago statement
prices Of anthracite coal are likely to
jump 30 cents PEI, ION within the next
week or ten days there. Present prices
LIN Chicago run at $3.50 ton for range.
and chestnut Wholesale and s6.25 retail.
Large egg runs s5.25 wholesale and So
retail. It is not generally believed that
Ispr.ces during the early winter will adj
vance more than 81 a ton.
Washington, D. c.. and Baltimore are
arranging to send relief train with
physicians, nurses and supplies 2 Cal
weston
"A gain Of 2i.o55 per cent and sno wing
of 62.l39 people for Iowa's capital city
is certainly a gratifying exhibit. tho ot
course8it is not up to the expectations
of those who have been placing II al 75.-
900. Its growth. during the past decade
has been one of soidity.
Today the people Of Cuba will elect
delegates to a constitutional convention,
(which Wiilassemble on the first Monday
lin November 10 frame a constitutions
flor an independent government. Il is
Expected that the election Will be peace-
liable and orderly
Bryan once issued an address Of con-
i dolence to the "bimetalists" Of The ma
sl5tion Just after the election Of four years
l3ago had gone against him. He ther
said: Events will prove whether the,
are right or wrong. The republican
q candidate has been heralded as the ad.
vance agent of prosperity. II his policie,
bring real prosperity to the American
4 people those who opposed him vii
/ share in that prosperity" Those policiel
4 did bring prosperity and Mr.. Bryan ha.
shared in it TO a greater degree than tn,
4 average citizen, az shown by the tai
assessment OF his home county. Would
4 not the fair thing Then be for him TO adj
4 nit that he was wrong and quit attack
q ing the business interests OF the coun-
a try by running for president on fret
silver platform with the avowed inten