Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-05-28

u,es. The islanders are prosperous UNI
der the new regime To ILLUSTRATED: Be
fore annexation l could only get 3 or
cents a pound for my beef. Now can
get 10 or III cents. and the supply can
not keep up with the demand. The
sugar crop has been enormous, and
What wheat is to the Dakotas sugar lis
10 the islands. The Porto Ricans. Inn
ported az la borers. have turned out we'll
When they landed they were half
starved and nearly naked"
Mary Ellen Lease. the lecturer of
Kansas fame filed petition in bank
lluptcy in The United States district
court in New York Saturday. The la
bilities are SO. 247 and assets 81. 293. Much
cf the Indebtedness VAS incurred as in
dorser on mortgages given by her hus-
band, c. L.. Lease
Speaker David b. Henderson has left
us for summer tour If Europe, despite
the fact that we have a great big gov
ernnrship debate on hand that calls for
the exercise of wise discretion by the
presiding officer,
The Texans believe they will find at
weston board of health is now arranging
for large supply OF oil from the Beau
mont wells to be used in fighting mos
auitos. The oil Will be distributed in
all the stagnant pools in the city. sprin-
killed. on the surface of water in the gut
open cisterns for use IN Destroying mos
iquitoes and the fever breeding germs
which collect in the ponds Experiments
made by the board Of health have DEM
onstrated the virtue Of crude oil as a
sanitary measure ii property used, and
petroleum water as healthful and nour-
ishing for drinking purposes
Thus far the Kansas state employ
ment bureau announces that estimates
have been received from the largest
wheat growing counties in Kansas,
asking for 1900 harvest hands To meet
this demand less than 500 applications
for work have been filed.
The supreme court recognizes the
United States as a nation with a big N.
and that no narrow Views contract its
sovereign powers.
According To the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat. Ex Senator Towne. of Min
nesota. does not mind taking an active
part in all this prosperity no matter
where it halls from. He announces on.
his occasion of his visit in St Louis
thai his COMPANY has bought $4,000
acres p oil lands In TEXAS Now if Col.
Bryan Would stop taking long enough
10 buy gold mine or business block.
he might find something worth living
for.
Tho Cuban statesmen are n,abling
around The Flat amendment bait Oh
5'sneie SANS hook IN a way that sug-
ses's that they would like TO take i,
without swaiiowing I:
One Of the most Interesting exhibits
which will be seen al the Buffalo expo
sitten within short time will be that
from the Philippines. 1t left Manila on
the steamer Guthrie for San francisco
by Way Of Hong Kong. The exhibit
consists Of about 100 Filipinos from diff
ferent parts II the island There are
stWenty-fye women and several ehil-
.dren Some Of than are Tagaios. 9TH
ers are from Iloilo. and some from the
Niscayas. Four larg. carabaos Will
rrove Of unusual interest. as Will also a
spinnng loom, banco. all kinds Of Fill
ipinp weapons several bales of hemp
for weaving, ard large quantities of
pima cloth. The carabaos are somewhat
like the American oxen in disposition,
and the banco Will Illustrate the method
Of water transportation.
Iowa has been getting its early
strawberry suppies from the far-south-
ern states. The crop of the country
next south OF US. Missouri and southern
Illinois. is being held back by unfavor-
able weather, and II the present state of
the weather continues we shall have
nome pe!Tie al the same tlIQe tfat those
Missouri and Illinois berries are coming
in here. a glut of this kind Will make
cheap berries for those who consume
them, but 1t viii be disastrous for those
who grow them.
The Importance of pure water in itsre-
lation To health is shown by a recent
experience in Connecticut. In the month
of April 455 cases of typhoid fever, with
ffty-four deaths, occurred in New Ha-
ven. and the trouble was traced 10 a
contaminated water supply. The cpl
3demic was arrested by using boiled
water and cleaning the reservoir.
Grearing fshopping with his Wife,
Here is something that will make you
a nice dress.
Mrs Greenlng-oh. nobody is wearing
thar this season.
We'll. whats the matter with this
piece
oh that's too common. Everybody
is wearing It, Chicago News.
A would-be smart commercial trav-
eler on an English train the other day,
thinking 10 tease a Salvation Army girl,
asked her if she believed the story Of