Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-23
TOPICS OF THE TINES

| Two of the ten new justices of the
peace appointed by the District of
| Columbia are colored men.
|
| A glorious victory is what the Bir-
mingham News calls the adoption OF
the new Alabama constitution. Negro
/ Acknowledgement is the main object of
| the new law. For the last time" says
| the News "in the history OF Alabama
| the negro has reared his political head
against the white democracy of the
| state
| It looks as tho the weather bureau
would be able to turn on enough cold
to make Thanksgiving an appetizing
| one.
| W. r. Beddeo, of Orleans. Neb., state
| Immigration agent agent for the Bur-
| lington system, said recently: IF con-
gress takes up the irrigation question
and makes some favorable disposition
/ of it this session it will be a great
thing for western Nebraska. SCOTS
Bluff county, for example. was almost
unheard of a few years ago, but now
homeseekers are flocking there and
put in a few irrigating bitches and
found them to be an absolute success
wherever tried. The crops of wheat
and corn raised on irrigated land were
wonderful. There is no shortage of
water for this purpose, because the
bitches tap the North Platte, which is
fed by melting SHOWS in the mountain
regions. The time we usually have our
drouths out there is the very time the
most snow is melting, SO the river
never runs dry"
Senator Depew, of New York, has
ANNOUNCED that he expects his marriage
with Miss Mary Palmer to take place
on Christmas day in Paris, at the
apartment of Mrs. Palmer, the brides
mother and that he will be back again
with his wife in this country early In
the new year.
Arrangements have been completed
for the purchase of about 435 acres
south of Indianapolis, on which many
new factories are to be located. One
hundred and twenty acres of the tract
are to be divided into twenty-four fac
tory sites, and the remainder into build
ing lots for employees. Ten factories
are to be the nucleus around which oth-
ers viii gather. The promoters of the
plan will give a guarantee pond for $780,
600 that they will have not less than ten
factories, employing not less than 1900
hands, in active operation, on or before
Dec. 81, 1902.
The Pennsylvania railroads order for
new freight cars now stands at 10000,
the largest equipment contract ever
placed. The company is likewise hav-
ing 200 locomotives built at outside
works.
A shortage of zoe. 900 900 bushels in our
corn, wheat, oats, barley, and rye har-
vests may lead some people to suppose
that starvation stares us in the face
But there is no danger of a famine. The
decrease in the corn crop over that OF
last year accounts for almost the entire
shortage: wheat has Increased 100000
600 bushels, and barley 12000,000 The
railroads are SO busy that they will
hardly feel the decrease in grain trans
portation, the consumer will be taken
care of out of the reserves, and the
farmer will not long remember the crop
disappontments of the year.
The Germans are said to be pleased
with Secretary Hays New York speech
because of its friendly tone in dis
cussing International relations.
Tammany's defeated boss, Richard
Croker, has announced that he will sail
for his country home at Vantage, Eng,
on Nov. 30. and in this announcement
he did not state what time he expected
to return. AS he has done the UNI
American thing of establishing himself
as a resident there, he should remain.
The Kansas City Journal says that
some of the young women composing
an orchestra visited the Kansas state
house the other day. They were wan
dering aimlessiy about, when gentle
man, observing that they We're strang-
ers, took them into the Office of the
governor and introduced them to that
dignitary. Gov. Stanley is an adept at
making people feel at ease, and he soon
had the young women laughing and
joking at a great rate, but the most
amusing thing of all did not occur until
the party had passed from the COVER
nor's Office into the corridor There
one of the girls commenced to jump UP
and down. and said excitedly: Glory,
glory! Now / can go home and tell
papa that at last l have seen real live
governor. But" she continued more
soberly, Il didn't expect to find gov
ernor so common that he would meet
people without his uniform on"
Alfalfa is booming the price of west
ern lands. 1t is said that farmers of
eastern Kansas are moving to western
counties, trusting to this invaluable
plant to find subterranean water
supply where corn is an uncertain crop.
The Country Gentleman says: ut is
plant also that admirably supplements
the corn ration. The semi-arid region
is becoming fruitful by reason of in