Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-09
TOPICS OF The TINES

TOPICS OF The TINES;
The Texas oil men are contracting TO,
the delivery of millions of barrels of fuel
oil in New York and the surrounding
! states.
The strike at the Wilkesbarre, Pa,
lace mills has been settled. Both sides
made concessions. The discharged girls
were reinstated and the mills resumed
operations in all departments. That is a
good outcome for strike where there
are wrongs to be rigilted on each side.
Among the papers of the late presi-
dent Secretary Cortelyou has found
5000 requests for Mr.. McKinley's auto
graph, the accumulation of the summer.
Rod mill No. 9 of the Illinois Steel
Company, at Joliet. H.. closed by the
recent strike. resumed operations Mon
day, putting to work $50 men. Only the
Merchant mill is now idle. This. 1t is
reported, will start up next week. The
McKenna steel mills, closed for several
weeks, are preparing to open this week.
The street carnival has taken on new
airs and Importance because President
Roosevelt pressed the button in Wash
ington that formally opened the street
carnival in Richmond, Va.
$3.50
The latest corn crop bulletin in Mis-
souri, places the average for the state at
80, which indicates a probable yield of
6S 100000 bushels. In 1898 the corn crop
amounted to over 154,000,o00 bushels.
Eighteen counties of the state this year
report a yield OF so per cent. Considera-
BILE of the corn in the state will be of
rather poor quality. Some damage is re-
ported on account of frost on Sept. IS
and 10, but the greatest damage was to
fodder, as the bulk of the corn was out
OF danger.
Candidate Phillips. who has con-
tempt for platforms as written by de-
mocracy. has given the glad hand to
several of the faithful in Marshalltown.
Shaking platforms and shaking hands
are alike to him.
Bryan is to speak four times for DEM
/, ocracy in the Iowa campaign. 1t will be
Interesting to know how candidate OF
his type who insisted that silverism was
. F.
necessary in a platform can consistently
boost candidate who urges that such
a declaration in platform is immateri-
al. Will he ignore silverism or ignore
Phillips?
Senator Fairbanks. of Indiana, will
speak in Des Moines Wednesday eve
ming, Oct. %. and will be greeted by a
big audience.
The fact that the death rate in Wash
ington. D. c.. is among the highest does
not seem to put wet blanket on the
ambition Of men to get there.
In the inquiry as to who wrote the
Phillips letter OF acceptance, Editor
Dawson of the Des Moines Leader Is
prepared to say that such an investiga-
ton Is unnecessary. immaterial. un-
called for and Irrelevant.
Senator Beyeridge. the young and
active politician and student of Indi-
ana, was in Minneapolis the other day
and said to reporter who sought an
interview: II have not time to talk
now. 1t would require time for me to
talk, as could give you an interview
that would startle the country. am
sorry. but must leave at once for st.
Paul. gs5
The New York Tribune approves
President Roosevelt's idea of having
new residence built for his family. in
stead of enlarging and repairing the
white house. and giving up the latter
entirely to public business. 1t says
.The old mansion is in bad shape, and
is not in a healthy locality. This man
ifestly makes it worse for a residencl