Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-05-03
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dies on Mr.. Aiarkham's poem. THE
Man With the Hump. bowed down
by the weight OF Centuries. is the
--latest.
This is beautiful May, but. as Shakes
iypeare, says, The third day comes a
frost, a killing FROST However, it is
Thought little harm was done by it in
this section.
I The national banks are still refunds
ing their bonds with the new per
cents at the rate of a million dollars a
day. or the sg56,OOO.0OO already re-
funded. about $50, 900, 900 came from pri-
waite resources, and the rest from the
banks. There is about $780, 900 900 still
I.refundable.
| Senator Hanna said the other day in
| Washington: The republican party
was never in better condition than at
this moment. found out in Ohio the
same sentiment that has been devei-
l5oped i'll all other states where conven-
| tions have been held-the best spirit
that has been seen in the republican
party for years. greater interest, more
lsunanimity of feeling and purpose, SO
that organization only means a call 10
arms. have not been able to discover
dissatisfaction anywhere.
The tomato plant said to the radish
lsthis morning, 1t was Il marrow escape
Ne had from a bite as Jack Frost came
along.
4 Dispatches from Springfield. H.. in
l.dicate that the life of Governor Tanner
lis rapidly ebbing away. DR.. Nicholas
Sem. the noted army surgeon, says the
governors chances of recovery are
Very slight. He has been i'll for long
ttiine.
! A Boston man who has just returned
from a two months stay in the Philip
pines, is quoted as saying. AS for the
rebellion in Luzon, it has ceased 10 be
ssuch as to enable an observer to dig
nifty L as "a revolt. 1t is now nothing
more than guerrilla warfare. The Fill
tpino3arny Is broken up intoa hundred
bands. roaming about the mountains
iand generally spreading terror wher-
lever they go The probabilities are that
This method Of fighting will be kept up
7 for years and will make necessary the
| maintenance OF Il large army on the is
land for the protection of the people
and of property. In my opinion 1t will
be long time before 1t will be safe to
withdraw any of our troops"
A man in Philadelphia was sentenced
10 six months imprisonment and to pay
Sloo fer insulting a couple of young
Women on a street car. The judge in
sentencing him said: want 1T dis
stinetly known that women can ride
atone on the cars at any hourof the
night without fear of being insulted."
According To d washington state
lnent a decision in the kentucky gov
censorship case will be handed down by
the United States supreme court on the
4 l4th or 22lst Of the present month.
s2s
Speaking of the origin Of the word
55.:dsatlhead, Frederick stanley says:
Tin thesinuseum at Naples ] was much
Interested in a case of theatrical tick
i cts found in Il tragic theater in Pom-
4 peii. They we're made variousiS in
& bone, IVORY and metal. You are aware,
Il perhaps. that TO this day the gallery
iof an Itaiian8tleaterS is called the pig
con loft. We'll. the little tickets for
this part of the auditorium We're in the
shape of pigeons. While varying devices
a were used for other parts Of the house,
A What attracted my attention most Curl
ousty, hoWevcr, was a set ofSdiminutive
skulls modelled in ivory. These We're
Il used solely BY those having the right
Of free admission, Now, does this not
suggest the very possible derivation o.
the tern2.''
The Iowa democrats met today in Des
4 Moines to select delegates to the ma
Istional COW ention and TO endorse Iry.
4 an. And this right in the face of the
a popular western demonstration fol
Il Dewey.
* TIE following is from the Publishers
Commercial, Union OF Chicago. .. Is
( Groom. manager of the Clinton, Iowa
a Herald. was in the city Monday last
E He has recently installed two linotyp,
Il machines and made Other improve
\. ments which puts the Herald in tn,
front row of Iowa dailies. Mr.. Groom
& has "a record as a newspaper builde'
land is demonstrating his ability on TIN
a Herald The Herald has been yer,
much improved by its recent changes.
The latest fad Is for an increase O
wages or salry until there is danger o
creating a big deficit in somebody
j; bank account.
The Honorable Lafayette Young, Of
Des Mones. is a candidate for delegate
q at large from Iowa to the coming repub
Ilican national convention. 1t is under.
:. stood that he has clear field from TIL,
/ Seventh district and will certainly fine
! no opposition in the Fifth. Mr.. Young
. deserves the honor and the party car
seldom do better than to send him II
Philadelphia. The editor of the Times
Republican has a pardonable conviction
"a No