Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-26
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/ TOPICS Of THE TIMES !

The Chinese empire includes one
twelfth OF the land surface OF the world.
one-fourth OF the worlds population.
and but q small part Of its progress.
President Mckinley will arrive In
Chicago to attend the G. "A. R. encamp-
ment August 25. and will remain four
days.
Senator Pettigrew's letter from Fill
lipino, alleging that Admiral Dewey
promised independence to the islanders,
lis dismissed by the admiral in this
wise:
Il not only had no power to promise
Independence to the Filipinos, said he.
but the whole tenor OF the words put
in my mouth stamps them as false. I
gave permission to Aguinaldo and about
dozen others to come to Manila. All
that they We're anxious about at that
time was an end of the tyranny of Spain.
against which they had been fighting.
After the destruction of Montejo's feet
the city virtually surrendered, and 1
am satisfied that If we had had 5000
gone ashore and been received by the
Filipinos as deliverers. They had abso-
lutely no thought then OF independence.
That was an afterthought Of their lead
ers during the interim between the
smashing Of the Spanish fleet and the
arrival OF the United States troops
t5 gesS
The Chicago Journal joker says ILL.,
ncis is among the doubtful states, that
lit is doubtful whether Mckinley will
get more than 100000 plurality
The Chicagoi& Alton is experimenting
with the .dustless roadbed oil'' on IS
miles of its line. That portion Of the
road has been sprinkled with low
grade of crude oil, which, the promoters
claim, will keep the roadbed free from
dust and weeds for one year. Two
thousand gallons per mile are required
bin the process.
Walter N. Allen, president of the
Farmers Federation. has issued call
for conference to be held at Topeka,
Kas, Aug. Z, for the purpose Of fed-
Grating all agricultural organizations in
the Mississippi valley in one central
company for the sale Of farm products.
This appears to be a scheme to estab-
lish cooperative commission houses
which Will relieve the farmers of paying
commissions to middle men. One OF the
difficulties they VIII encounter will be
that of so forming their cooperative
scheme as to avoid becoming a trust,
for trus, among such dealers will fare,
ITO better than others.
Insanity has for years been on the
Increase in Ireland; and a medical COM
mission declares that the increase of
insanity and me!ancholia is largely due
to excessive tea drinking.
Stock growers of Texas and New
Mexico are finding the Angora goat
more profitable than the. sheep. The
fleece of the ora-mohair-brngs
from 20 to 50 cents a pound and more
than half the 100000 pounds annually.
consumed in the United States is Inn
ported. The skins are of value for fur
robes. and the flesh is frequently
palmcd Off for the finest mutton.
There is a general belief that the work
of Russian representatives in China isi
largely responsible for the trouble To-
n1ented there.
William r. Grubb, of Seattle. doesn't
think that free silver will arouse much
interest in Washington state this year.
They are having too practical a dem
onstration out there that goldyis by no
means a scarce metal. Gold from the
kiondike is coming into the United
States assay office at Seattle at the rate
of s6.00c,00O week. Seattle people see
'8it piled up in front Of the assay Office
like boxes of bacon before grocery
store, and a pile that contains less than
100000 is no longer sufficient to at
tract great crowd"
Russell Sage has recently puzzled
I Wall street with yellow stloes II IL a
fact that tan shoes have been marked
1 down in price lately.
1 Fort Dodge Chronicle, dem; The
Davenport Democrat assumes that the
/ prospects for democratic success are
gloomier now than In 1896. and in doing
so illustrates the old saying OF none are
80 blind az those who will not see IT
Zig presumed, of course. that the Chroni-
Gle refers to the obvious blindness OF
democrats.
Two suicides due to idleness have re-
Gently resulted from Chicago's long
drawn out strike. 1'hisis only one phase
aof the wide disaster.
Thomas b. Reed. formerly Of Maine
and now of New York, will not be asked
to make any speeches during the cam
ipaign. This was decided by the republi-
Ican national committee Friday. Ex-
Speaker Reed always has been an ora
i tor OF account when polittcal campaigns
i We're on, but this year he has declared
himself as opposed to expansion, and
/ the democrats have declared in their
1 Platform that imperialism" liz the par
amount issue. So, after the matter was
talked over, the concensus OF opinioi,
4 vas that Mr. Reeds services on the