Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-23
TOPICS OF THE TINES

TOPICS OF The TIMES3
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Revived policy for the army and navy:
NUNS the word"
4 E. S. Chandler, jr, new member of
the Mississippi delegation to congress,
says he made his first dollar by hauling
cordwood behind a yoke of oxen to a
country town and selling 1t.
1t may be that Secretary Gage will
be compelled to resign to get away
/ from those who are tormenting him
about what he proposes to do.
/
| Reginald C. Vanderbilt. the young
est son OF the late Cornelius Wander
bilt one day last week celebrated his
twenty-first birthday. and received,
under the provisions of his fathers
will his full inheritance of s7,5O0,000 as
a birthday gift. He will be able to
keep the wolf from the door for little
while.
/ Admiral Dewey may be inclined to put
that arraignment of Gen. Miles in his
pipe and smoke it.
sss
Senator Chauncey M. Depew pre-
pared remarkable biography OF him
self which appears in the congressional
directory. 1t is one of the longest In
the book, notwithstanding his term of
service as senator is one Of the short
est OF all the members of that impress
sive body. AS one senator put 1t:
| ''Depews biography is as long and In
teresting as one of his after dinner
speeches. The most interesting part
of the biography Is that conveying the
information that he was married In
December, 1901. to Miss May Palmer.
| Inasmuch as the senator has not been
married to Miss Palmer and Will not
be until the latter part of this month.
he is receiving many congratulations on
his enterprise as chronicler OF current
events. The directory containing the
announcement of his marriage ap-
peared December 2.
The court OF inquiry seems to have
been loaded at both ends and in be-
tween. When it went off it not only
| struck Schley amidships but numerous
bystanders or standbyers.
/ Congress got away from Washington
Just in time to escape that big cxplo-
sion.
1 The coal shortage in Chicago leads the
Tribune to say: THE most exasperat-
| ing feature Of the whole difficulty is
/ that it has no adequate excuse. There
| is plenty Of coal In Illinois and Indiana.
| The only reason why 1t is not brought
| to Chicago is to be found either in i'm
perfect means of transportation or In
deliberate design to increase profits by
securing better prices. Either explana-
ton is exceedingly discreditable to the
times Cold weather lie now upon us.
and the poor are suffering when the
| means OF relief are 80 close at hand. 1t
Is to be hoped that out of shame the
railroads and the coal merchants will
| see to it that the present situation is
soon brought to an end" la
A friend who Is engaged in firing
hastily done UP packages thru the mail
and express says Christmas package
/ packing house would coin big money
now. In fact it might become a bloated
monopoly.
| Cuban reciprocity Is a proposition to
reduce the tariff on sugar and tobacco
In returns for the free introduction Of
our mats and -four into Cuba. This
would furnish us with higher grade of
tobacco at a less price, but would have
a tendency to cheaper the lower grades
/ which are extensively grown in Ken
lucky Wisconsin, Connecticut and some
other states. Cuba can and always will,
in the absence of a tariff. produce cane
sugar and deliver it in the Atlantic
ports cheaper than 1t can be produced in
/ the United States. Soil and climate are
in her favor 1t is possible that beet
sugar may ultimately be made at or
near the points OF consumption In COM
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is extremely difficult to induce capital
lists to invest In the industry with the
present protection. Cuba buys the
cheaper meats from the plains of South
America and will continue to do so, but
without any reciprocity we sell her 9S
per cent of all the -four and corn she
consumes. The law must be drawn to
apply to all nations, as provided in the
treaty with Spain, so as not to violate
the favored nation clause; then what is
to hinder a deluge of sugar from
France. Spain and Germany, If they
conclude to admit our meats and flour?
A Novel Court Trial.
tSt. Louis Correspondence
| A well-dressed woman. scarcely more
than 20 years Of age. supported herself
on crutches and standing with one bare
foot daintily exposed below the margin
of her skirt, as If patiently awaiting the
announcement of momentous verdict,
was the central figure in trial scene at
the old court house Wednesday, AT her
feet knelt man, who at first glance
might have been adjudged to be in
position of supplication or alteration He
held an ordinary yard stick in his hand.
Delicately and with that grace for
which he is noted, he extended the stick