Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-04-15
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

TOPICS or THE TINES
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Dun's Weekly Review Of Trade, not
ing Improvement in all lines of trade, is
% cheering stimulus to business men to
do their best.
Army officers are crltieising the Lo-
gan statue quite severely They cay
that his position in the saddle is alto
gether unmllitary, that one leg is long
.er than the other, and that no otlicer
ever carried a sword in the way that
Logan is represented 10 have carried
his.
All Indications point TO possibility
OF the greatest strike among pottery
WORKERS in the history of the business
i'm America. There are 10000 workers
in America
w. e Curtis says: Senator Bacon OF
Georgia is trying To organize a congress
sional expedtion 10 the Philippines, and
the secretary Of war has offered TO fur
nisn passag on the army transports 10
all who are wiling to GO, As an educa-
tiona proposition such a junkct would
be of great benefit 10 the country and
ITO tn. new possessions fer the more
a congressman sees and hears the bet
ter qualified he is 70 lesisla,e concern
ing public affairs. There ought 70 be a
large fund appropriated, every year u
pay the expcnses OF congressman In
travelling about the world, and particu-
larry aboGt The Cnlted States. People
would be surprised if they knew how
provincial a majority Of coagressmer
are
Builders are very busy in the large
elites II the ration In twenty cit
les during piaich 7s2T building permits
were ;aken cut. involving an expendi-
ture of ses So "a showing a great in
crease over the same north last Year
Pudding IN the smaller cities and vii
Siages Is also very active.
Active negotiations are in progress be-
tween the United States and Grea. Bri-
tain relative to the Isthmian canal trea-
~. If IL can be accomplished Secretary
Hay and Lord Pauncemote will arrange
a draft OF the treaty before the depar-
ture of the president and his cabinet on
the western trip. Ii Is stated that the
administration hap sought 10 secure by
.-;t
the treaty approving power--in order
that the next agreement may be g:
framed that II viii not be rejected b,
the upper chamber
According to The st. Louis Globe
Democrat Russell Sage says it is tot
late in life for him to attempt to keel
up with such young bucks as Andrew
Carnegie and John o.. Rockefeller, and
besides. he needs the money
One of the regiments in the Philip
pines reports a sickness of Z per cent
4 The average in army service in tn
limited States is II per cent. membe
1of the Twenty sixth volunteer regi
i
Perhaps it 10 TO those who thoughtful
4 take care of themselves. In army serv
ice each soldier is largely responsible
for his own health.
4 Milton Rathbun, the wealthy feed mer
A chant of New York, who has intereste
j the public for the last two years b
trt, u ivt,
respectively without food, expects I
4 begin fifteen days fast as soon as tn
\ weather moderates. II won't begin /
4 fast until warm weather." he sait
\ even If 1 must wait until June. Las
Il year l began too carly, and the COZ
4 weather proved disagreeable. inten
: taking very little water this year. onl
a few sups now and then when / fe,
actual thirst, in order to show some {
the medical fraternity that the huidit
of the blood can be sustained on tn
smallest possible amount"
The official report Of emigration fc
ireland shows that 1910. persons lie,
that country in 1900 This liz 1O.5 pc
thousand OF the estimated population
The emigrants were equally divided be
tween the sexes. The chief matter wit
ireland would seem to be that some
the best blood is leaving the home bal
tie to others.
TIGHT CHECK RElNs.
], Mr.. Editor. Altho the senseless an
!, cruel fashion OF docking horses tails
perhaps on the wane another fashio
which humane people have long deplol
ed seems now to prevail to consider
able extent, namely the use OF the tigi