Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-17
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+ TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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+ The beautiful Spectacle of Bryan Sit
! ting down with the Tammany tiger is
the latest phase of New York politics.
The vicinity of Langdon. Mimi. has
/ been lately troubled with the worst mo-
tsquito plague ever known in its his
tory, making life almost unendurable
to people. horses and cattle.
The Des Moinss Capital writes Of an
Ideal October Day. Come over this
way and find many of them.
A farmer with load of potatoes on
the street in Marshalftown Yesterday
was accested BY citizen who asked ii
they We're for sale. and in the course OF
the conversation he declared that ne
could nave sold those potatoes fifteen
times while ne had been in the city. Ii
y :'eni,ded the citizen Of democratic
times when a potato seller would have
been on the street half a day TO find
lone customer
A job lot OF little islands in the
MISSISSIPPI river opposite Nauvoo and
owned by Hancock county, Illinois,
We're recently sold for $50
For more than a year past says
the .Phi3adelphfa Record. ..the treasr, :
1iy department has been defrauded OF
+ thousands Of dollars BY the washing Of
cancelled revenue stamps, Those en-
gagged in the business have secured
i5e&ncalied stamps Of all denominations
washed them clean. regumnled them
land sold them. NON, however, the
/ treasury CHEMISTS have found an olive
/ gray ink for the stamp Itself which will
i fade away IL any attempt Shall be made
Ito wash out the cancellation marks.
\ fundamentally, it has proved inlpossi-
bic 70 blend this fugitive Ink With any
4ehemical producing an agreeable color
land beauty has. therefore. been sacri-
idced 10 safety. The design of the bat
1 tieship Maine will be retained :,
! Democrats should keep everything
Hooked up. Mark Hanna has started
tout campaigning in the vest The Boz
gie man will get them ii they don't
watch out.
/ After all is said, The paramount ssuie
is Bryan VS.. Business.
1 II the private letters from officers
serving in The Philippines could reacf i,
the public here there would lie no
/ doubt of The fact that the Insurgents
present activity is caused entirely by
4 the hopes that they have of Bryan,s
1 election. TO say the least it is an uti-
1 fortunate position for candidate to be
placed in when his words and avowed
lpoiicy give hope ard encouragement to
| the armed foes of his own government.
Within the past three weeks about
| 1000 hogs are said to have died from
cholera in the vicinity OF Nevada, Mo.
The democratic cry OF imperia ism is
not new with the party. As early as
| October 10, 1864, Col. Price said in New
York: The miserable principle of
naturalization, Of imperialism. has been
| deeply implanted in the hearts OF the
4 men who are governing now One by
one they are destroyin-- all the giiaran-
ties OF personal rights. The people
must protect themselves and their
country or they will be swept into the
maeIstrom of Capitalization and arbi-
trary power with every vestige of lib
erty in this country,
WI Ting Fang, the Chinese minister,
has accepted an invitation to. be the
orator OF the day on Founders' day Of
the Carnegie library in Pittsburg.
President Arthur T. Hadley, OF Yale,
on Monday night made a brief state
meilt Of his political standing, the Only
declaration he has made thus Far. He
said: About ten years ago the quea-
ton Of Imperialism was Settled when
we began to build battleships instead
OF land coast defenses. The democratic
party under President Cleveland and
Secretary Obey tried ahother plan an,
Nov, young men, I nave u high iard