Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-17
: TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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! TOPICS OF THE TIMES i
Observation-Disclosures
The democrats in the senate are prac-
tieaiis united in opposition 10 the ship
ping subsidy bill. Feminist. PARTISAN
ship is Of course the basis of their OPP
position
Secretary Longs implied Willingness
/ 10 accept the vice presidential namina-
i3tien upse;s the plans of some republic
ian slatelnakers.
4 According to the Dies Moiles Capital,
| Governor Shaw is troubled With that
1 o-vetp-or-not- tn-yeto feeling just at
| the present time. He could make a
happv ccmprenaise by vetoing one bill
Land signing tho other-the building and
loan measure.
Following The flood season the tor-
I5naio period has struck Texas and is
stirring up the natives.
i This Appsai 70 Reason. a fpepo- social
Iisticss sheet Published at Girard. Kansas.
EssaSs in a recent issue: Alarshalltowr.s
E8Ia., has q per capita debt Of s64e; it
owns It's water and electric light plants
tha represent a per capita wealth of
s277:I4. Museatine has debt of s21.7s.
liet pi.a and NOT dollar of assets:
The tan rate os Muscatnc is Is per
cent higher than Marshaiitown. but
public ownership don,s pay But then.
it really don't pay the thieves Who
usually run cities in the interest Of corr
tporations.1
Iowa university students resident In
Sioux City voted recently TO tender
j President George L. MacIean, of the
laivsrsity. banquet and reception on
i the occasion Of mis- visit there this week
during the North. tern Iowa Teach
Eers Association meeting.
Henry clews the millionaire banker
land financial writer is something Of a
55naathematica Wonder H.. is light
ming calcuiator ard can do fabulous
iisunls by a rapid process of mental
arithmetic.
A correspondent Of the Philadelphia
|! Press tells OF an exp erience that occurs
IWith many others: My right leg Mas
taksn off al the middle " the thigh
! nearly thirty years ago, but since that
/ time the sensation of the presence of
] the toes, instep, heel, foot or knee Is
Stronger thar in the other leg, or
i STRONGER than ii was before ainputa-
Il ton To ms it seems that wnen the
leg is a; rest, normally, there is no
4 consciousness of any sensation at all
3Iinit, whereas there is always more or
less sensation in the stump. My leg
l5Saas airputated in such a position that
i i, seems When stand 70 be fiexcd
4 With the foot behind me. ! have often
4 tried 10 get it out of the way of a clos
ling door or Of persons passing me or
Il the street. To this day often fall BY
4. springins quickly from sitting posi-
j iion. Yearly year. also, there isl sem
A sation cf shortening. the foot seeming
to come nearer the body. Ii l make ar
effort as If TO extend the knee a sen.
sation of heat occurs in the stump
altho thesrests of my body may be freez
ling.
y Benton county republicans come t.
q the front promptly in support of Cous
ms, as noticed elsewhere.
That slap Mrs. Dewey received from
e brother-in-law is telltale and severe
eff the people of this country do no
{ desire to place the destiny of the ma
ton in the hands of a woman 1t vii
be best to let the admiral remain wher
he is" And IL Is hard to tell whethe
& Tit Will awaken deeper resentment i
I. her breast or Dewey's. because Of tn
I reflection on the latter.
Senator Z. O. Wolcott. Of Colorado. /
being doomed for the republican nomi
nation for the vice presidency.
1t is said that Senator Hoar has bee
: collecting good deal of material for
a speech on the Philippine question
e which was to be delivered today. A
Z an ANTI 1t will be interesting to kno,
whether he has modified his views.
SIS
Express company agents will no,
say, I'VE told you So" and requir
e shippers to pay the stamp tax. in hal
rnony with the decision OF the Unite
states supreme court.
I'll We have had just lone presidel
whose first name was George. The re.
= ord Will stand for the present. say
Il .he Chicago Journal.
{ More than 200 charters have alread
u seen applied for for banks OF $3.50
}. .apital in towns OF 8. 900 population. ar
Comptroller Dawes thinks the total W