Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-08-14

the democrats OF his own county,.
TOPICS OF THE TINES 5
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The Iowa democrats have one more
week in which to find victim to sacri-
flee on the altar of the goyernorship.
This is a great year Tor peaches, and
to some extent they will take the place
of other fruits. The crop turnout the
whole country is estimated to be
about 75.00O,000 bushels, and rather
over than under that amount The
prolonged drouth in some parts of
the country has affected it somewhat,
but not to any great extent, and the
hot weather of July helped to atone
for the backward summer in Develop
ing the fruit.
During recent strike in Tampa,
Fla, a posse of citizens was formed,
declared that the prosperity of the city
should not be harmed. seized the strike
leaders, locked them up. and then took
them out of town and hid them, no
one knows where.
Surgeon Kinyoun. recently of San
Francisco and now in charge of the
Marine Hospital at Detroit, has been
detailed to visit Japan and China to in
spect the work of the marine hospital
service with special reference to the
plague.
One of the largest family parties
which has reached New York recently
arrived in the Kaiserin Marie Theresa.
1T consisted of the family of Manuel
Escandon, the owner of rich mines in
Mexico. There We're. including the
servants, twenty three in Mr. Escan-
don's party, and their baggage num-
bered nearly one hundred pieces.
In Ohio farmers near Duvall have
called meeting for today to organize
for defense against horse-thieves and
other criminals.
Near Wellsville, Mo-, kind hearted
old farmer has posted on his farm:
When was young and in my prime.
my fathers darling boy. to shoot and
hunt and swim, 1 always did enjoy;
l always tried to do what's right and
never to do harm, so you can shoot
and hunt and swim on Uncle Peters
farm
Empress Josephine Ill, owned by c..
f. Stone, proprietor of Rosedale farm,
near Peabody. Kan, is the champion
mich COW of the world. She has a
record of 81 pounds of milk in one
day; butter fat, 3.74; and S62A pounds
of milk in ten days. She is Holstein-
Freisian, and has taken first prizes
at all state fairs from New York to
Colorado.
Reports received by Nebraska bank
ers from their state correspondents on
the condition of the corn crop are be-
ginning to come in. and while they do
not confirm the fears of the most pes
simistic, they are far from as good as
the optimistic hoped for. One banker
is not satisfied with one report he re-
ceived for the resaon that it is too
bright, but an investigation by others
shows that it is not incorrect. This re-
port shows that Boyd county, in the
northwestern part of the state, has
probably passed thru the drouth better
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that IL will produce more corn this year
than it did in 1900. There are two
causes which unite to produce this re-
suit. The first is that while the other
portions of the state We're forgetting
what thunder storm looked like, Boyd
the most opportune time. The other
cause was the increased acreage of
! corn. Boyd county is one of the new
counties of the state and much of its
soil is virgin. The homesteaders are
increasing the acreage of grain each
year and from this cause alone in an
ordinary year Boyd county would show
gratifying increase in the amount of
corn produced. The reports generally
indicate that the northwestern part of
the state will be in better condition
than any other. as much of the corn was
SO far behind that of the southern part
of the state that the rains of the latter
part of July came in time to save 1t.
The steel workers of Chicago. Mil
waukee and Joliet, prefer to strike
the iron. rather than go out on a
strike. They are working for their
own interests and those of their fam
lilies.
The proposition which was made by
the Illinois Central to run home vis-
itors' excursions from points in Iowa
to Decatur and other Illinois stations
has been negatived by the Western
Passenger Association. AS the Illinois
Central ran these excursions last year,
and claims they proved profitable, 1t
is likely that road will take Independent
action and put the rates into effect,
according to Chicago view.
The statement spread by the ene-
mics Of the republican candidate for
governor that he, Is ID favor OF lnodi-
flying the Iowa liauor laws, has met