Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-21
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The paramount issue is believed to.
be concealed behind Governor Shaw's
thinker at present.
The Chinese viceruys have sent a
joint memorial to the lowager empress
in which they say the safety of the for
aign ministers is paramount. They be-.
gin TO realize the nature of the muss.
stirred up in The outside world.
There is a promise in Oregon of the
largest fruit crop evei. grown in that
state.
Bryan recently refused to discuss his
plans and engagements further than
stos say he is in The national committees
hands. TITS thought MS talker is in its
usual workable condition.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says that
When the democratic platform is boiled
down it is found that democratic prin-
c.ples under the dietation of William
u. Bryan CONSIST OF the following:
Haul down the American nag.
F'ifty-eent dollars.
No more of the Chinese for me.
When they marry d white woman they
become so jealous Of her they want to
lock her up and Keep her from seeing
any one. i nave stood hard knocks and
ugly looks for four years, but am
thru with 1t all now. All Want is To
be free from kwai. have a little alimo-
ny and the custody of my baby girl. /
Will never have hers grow up among the
Chinese and make the same mistake
THAT i did. This is the way that Fam
NY Kwai. a white woman 20 years old,
explained the cause of her desiring a
divorce from her Chinese husband
,Jang Kwai. who is one of the proprie-
tors of a restaurant in Chicago's China
town She has applied for divorce
She said she had had a desire to marry
a rich Cfinaman and live in luxury,
that she met her present husband in
the street in Chicago and formed an ac-
quaintance that led TO marriage.
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The reunion of blue and gray on the
battlefield Of Atlanta this week is fresh
proof of the growing fraternity be-
tween north and south.
Dramatists, of the Lincoln ]. Carter
school have the opportunity of life
time in the present Chinese crisis if
they can find some one capable of
Icharacterizing Ii Hung Chang. Tie
story of the experiences of the foreign
ministers and missionaries, If any final
lily escape massacre. will be more thrill
ing than any drama.
Lemons and oranges from Los An
geles, Cal, We're kept perfectly fresh
in cold storage voyage of 5000 miles
to Paris.
| Mrs. Mary Cunningham. of Bangor.
Me, was 100 years old on July 4 and she
celebrated the day by walking down
4 town to a newspaper Office and giving
a reporter sketch Of her long life.
The board Of health of Hoboken. N.
4 ~ I
j.. has made an ordinance requiring
people who keep growing cocks in their
back yards to pay 81 license for each.
This Is in the interest Of peace and
quiet. Must be very nervous in New
Jersey.
The city OF Tien Tsin in China, re-
GENTLY captured by the allied forces OF
the powers, is said. according to the
rough tests Of calculation which serve
for the Chinese census, to contain owe,
1 100000 inhabitants. Packed and com.
pressed into the stone boxes that serve
for houses, 1t is Impossible for 9
4 stranger to make any estimate Of the
number OF those who dwell in them
but as one passes thru the foul and
narrow streets and shiny alleys they
seem literally to swarm and tester witt
coolies, beggars and partl- colored sol.
diers. Lake al: other Chinese cities
Tien Tsin has its miles Of encEc}inl