Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-24
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Down in Oklahoma northern born cat
tie are dying in the new country from
the pastures being infected with the
Texas fever tick. Many herds have been
wiped out entirely.
Some of our states are as greatly in
terested in tobacco as Cuba. There is
Kentucky, for instance. Greensboro,
that state, will have twenty tobacco
factories in operation this season, with
a capacity of 100000 pounds.
\
Santa has not neglected Admiral
Schley. He has been receiving many
gifts from numerous admirers.
| One feature of western civilization has
| just made it's first appearance in Japan,
where native woman has brought suit
for breach Of promise, hitherto an UNI
known procedure in the land of the
chrysanthemum. The lady in question
is wise young widow. who induced her
well-to-do wooer to sign an agreement
out he or she should forfeit 1000 yen to
the other. The prospective bridegroom
broke the engagement.
The condition of Rear Admiral Samp-
son is better than it has been for sew
eral days past, and If the cold weather
moderates ne hopes to be able to re-
sumo outdoor exercise.
From Prairie Grove. Arkansas, this
season 37S car loads (62,67O barrels) of
green apples and forty five car loads of
evaporated have been shipped. There
are still twenty-five car loads in stor-
age. Yet some people think Arkansas is
still in the backwoods.
Since October 300 tons of sugar daily
have been manufactured at Fremont,
O., from beets grown in Sandusky and
| in Ohio.
| The wedding of Senator Chauncey NJ.
Depew and Miss May Palmer, has now
| been fixed for Dec. 90 at Nice, France.
| Appalling reports of the ravages of
cholera In Java have just been received
1t is asserted by Javanese newspapers
that 5,63f natives died of cholera in the
district of Semarang in a period of six
weeks. Java is one of the large islands
lying between Asia and Australia.
The Country Gentleman notices that
crisis in the beet sugar industry appear
to be impending in Europe. The pro-
duction this year will be greatly in
creased. restriction of consuming power
| in Germany alone is placed at $4,000
tons. exports are reduced from increase
of cane sugar, and the only remedy in
sight is the reduction of beet area. The
specter of coming sugar development
! in the United States proper, Cuba,
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines
has caused panic, and dropped the
price of sugar to the lowest point
reached during the critical year 1884, 95.
Thus foreign trade is threatened and
reduction of sugar exports deemed in
evitable. So 1t would seem from our
point of view ultimately we will buy
little or nothing of foreign sugar.
Thomas w. Marchment, who died re-
Gently in Philadelphia, bequeathed s1s,-
600 to the Humane Society of that city,
the proceeds to be used in giving prizes
for exceptional bravery or life saving at
| floods and fires.
A check for $40. given by President
| Roosevelt in aid of the Washington
Newsboys' Home at a bazar last week.
was framed by the lady receiving 1t and
sold at auction for $50.
| A Brooklyn jury has awarded $500 to
a woman who incurred stiff finger as
I the result of railway collision. The
value of woman may be ascertained
by taking this amount as basis.
$50
Claude Edwards. voted the ugliest
man at a Kokomo, Ind, social, threw
the prize, a silver cup, in the face of
Ross Perry, who was making the pres
entatioh speech, precipitating a general
h fight. In the melee several tainted and
the party broke up in confusion. Ed
wards is under arrest. He proved his
title as an Ugly man.
Hhe Chicago Tribune suggests that
after the digging of the isthmian canal
has begun there will be less complaint
about the surplus.
General Smith of the Philippines has
Recommended Private I1eintz of the
medical department of the army for
medal of honor as a reward for hero
ism at he battle of Ganda River, Island
| of Samar Heintz fought as long is he
was able, while shot thru both arms
and with bad bolo slash In the back.
After recovering from a fainting spell.
with both arms in sings. he directed
the work of carrying the wounded till
they arrived at Calbayog.
| Philosophers say anticipation yields
more pleasure than realization. II this
be so, the night before Christmas
should be happier than the day after
| The obliging shopman sent
The cheap present she had meant
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