Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-08

/ TOPICS OF THE TIMES /


The next four weeks will witness
some lively campaigning in lows and
elsewhere.
As late as Saturday Bryan was re-
iterating his free silvcrism. He de-
clared that the reason he was devotins
more time TO imperialism than to the
money question was because of their
change OF attitude on the financial
issue.
Here's your mule" used to be an
exclamation of the boys in blue. but
latterly the mule mas wandered into a
new field. Since Oct. 10 tifty-sx steam
ers have left New Orleans for Cape
Town, East London and Delasoa Bay,
IAN in South Africa, carrying 1850
American mules and 1882 American
horses for the use of the British army
operating against a he Beers. These an-
imals were invent 5Hl'ied as worth Sc. $780,
!; 255. but We're probably worth considers
| ably more. The vessels took larse
stocks Of hay oats and feed with them,
! bringing the total value of their car
goes up to over sl1,O00.OO0. Between
1 8 1000 and 1000 Americans went to South
/ Africa as mule tenders. about one
fourth of whom remained there. many
Of them entering the British military
service.
u
Twenty manufacturing plants Of the
! American Tin Company are - resume
i operations today after an idleness OF
three months. pending a settlement of
i the wage scale.
There is. Yet promise OF fine fall
weather for October.
According 70 the Boston Globe. The
sIamount paid OH in semi-annual divi-
5I5dends Oct. Isl footed up ss.soO,OOo. all
tanother boost
Up in ST. Paul last week Deputy
4 Game Warden Edmunds seized l50
4 pounds OF venison in a box in the union
q depot baggage room. II had been
\ shipped from Grand Rapids, Mimi. 10 {,
apoint in Iowa. The game was eonfis-
Gated. but the hunting outfit was re-
e leased and the vioiators of the law were
II not arrested
!. Bryan prefers 10 hold on to his 165tc
Il silyerism by hints and Indirect state
Ements rather than by his bold declara-
n tons Of 1896. MA
a Secretary of state Rose of Illinois
q has sent $4,000 notices to corporations
requesting them to make affidavit thai
they are in no manner connected with
trusts and return the affidavits 10 his
lsohice within thirty days. The pile 81
negative answers will be large enough
: TO astonish the natives.
: II is presumed that Weather Prophe
Hicks will point to the tornado which
| destroyed a part of the little town o
Biwabik. Mimi. late Saturday after
moon in continuation of his prediction
: The early reports show that two per
$ sons We're killed two missing and man.
h others We're more or less injured an,
"a that $4,000 worth of property WAS de
s stroyed. Conditions were favorable Il
many other places for a stirring reac
tionary storm, and in this case Their
: was certainly remarkable cOncidenc
2 between forecast and fullfilment
Jumping from iced drinks into fu1s an
= into heated rooms within twelve hour
S Was another singular feature Of III
"a weather change. #
Lord Roberts reports that the Boo
{. soldiers are surrendering daily. TIL
= elections in England have shown til
OIL futility of holding out longer. the gov
7, eminent being supported by an in
ii screased majority. Similar scenes wi
+ be witnessed in the Philippines abe
s Bryan is turned down. "a
The political preference Of ninety-tH
of the leading snewspapers of the cour
= try printed in other languages tina
English is shown 10 be in favor OF I'll
u republlcan party in these proportion
g Republican, 81; democratic, q; inds