Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-02
close to the farms and pumped from
the watts into three-inch pipe and
thus conveyed to the factory, saving
immensely in cos of transportation.

thus conveyed to the factory, saving
immensely in cost of transportation.
II think from what hear" said
Hilary A. Herbert. of Alabama, that
Mr.. Bryan will poll pretty much all the
democratic votes at the next election.
5altho some of those who voted for Mr..
Mckinley four years ago will do so
again for the same reason. 1t makes no
difference who the candidates are or
what the platforms are, the democrats
every election until the negro is elimi-
mated from politics. When that event
occurs the white population will divide
into factions on political questions as
they do up in the north. AS long as the
negro is allowed to Vote he will be on
one side and the white man on the
other
The "leafy month of June has been
warned by the north wind not to be
too brash in her early efforts.
The bank statistics of8Iowa show that
during the past five Years the number
of bank accounts in this state has i'm
CREASED about $4,000 and the aggregate
deposits $35,0O0.00O. People VINO are
prospecting that MAY ought to know
when they arc Well Oft" says the In
dianapolis journal. Well, they do and
even some of the sdcniocratico organs are
willing 10 admit this prosperity.
A bill to allow women TO be elected to
the office of alderman has passed to a
second reading in the British house of
commons by q Vote Of 243 To 1873, and
the prospect is that it will become
law Perhaps the. movement is in the
Interest OF new brooms and cleaner
streets.
A sturgeon was recently caught in the
North sea weighing over 800 pounds
The fish was warrior of the first wa
Ter and destroyed $50 worth of nets be-
fore he surrendered 10 his captors.
$50
A unique example Of hen-pecked
husband was brought TO light by petit
ton for divorce filed in the district
court of Kansas City Leonard w.
Hoimburg is the plaintiy and his allie
CATION stripped of all verbiage is that
his wife to whom he was married in
Denver in 1857 refused to talk, despite
the comic paper idea of the fair sex TO
1.-THE contrary. Her silence, which Mr.
Ellolmburg alleges had been almost
without interruption since few
jmonths after marriage, has had the eff
/ feet Of undermining his health.
/ I,is intimated that some Of the
ladies have aged materially since the:
Icensus takers started out.
The T.5R. acknowledges the receipt
i.os the biennial repor; of the superin-
l.tenaent of public instruction from
Richard G. Barrett, superintendent. rs
4 u book or III pages of facts and sta
! tistics of Iowa schools and is cmbel-
ilished With beautiful views of school
/ buildings at various points in Iowa.
The big bugs of ST. Louis who have
4 been talking loudest about the strike
Land its lawlessness are squirming.
hardest to get out of the isnpressmsnt
as special police.
According TO Dun's weekly ieview
1.-The most conspicuous feature of do
ltnes,ic news Is the steady progress to-
i ward a lower level of prices for the
chief materials Of industry. This is
lin the interest Of larger employment
of labor.
THE .BoNERS DEFENDED.
[gNyii,iam l.. curtis.l
l@s | realize that ii is avery unpopular,
I5position. but nevertheless there are two
4 sides to3the story Of the Boxers in
China. You will notice by the Dispatch
#I.es that there are railroad riots in the
shantung province. that the Belgian
sana German railway engineers have
been assaulted aud are afraid Of assas-
Isination, and that work has been sus-
:. pended on certain portions Of the line
now under construction. have alluded
n to- this matter before. and While no one
a can justify assassination or approve of
8 the eowardly methods which the Box.
iers adopt tnerevenge themselves up
& Ib., .t,. "tt,reipu deVils"9 hat have eipSaG