Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-05


1t a be proved that collapsable ta-
bles are employed in italian and Span
ish port groggeries to entrap unwary
seamen into breakages for which eX-
cessive damages are assessed, knowing
that Jack must pay in order to get
back to his ship. The plan of their con
struction is understood by every men,
Der of a certain secret society who has
belonged to it for a decade, and that the
table goes down in a heap at the slight
est jar. Perhaps the Venetian episode
considered so ~disgraceful to the officers
of the Chicago may not have been so
d~isgraceful after all. United States
officers. like United States citizens, re-
sent being worked"
In the will of the late j. Sterling
Morton the old rule of pr~imogeniture
has received a twentieth century en-
dorsement by the bequest of the home
stead to the eldest son with the under
standing that it is TO be passed along
thru the male line indefinitely.
Senator J. P. Dolliver contributes to
the May number of the North Ameri-
can Review a strong article on "The
Significance of the Anglo-Japanese AL
lance" the special interest of which
lies in his demonstration Of the course
which the United States would be COM
PEELED to adopt in the event of England
and Japan being arrayed against y
combination of the powers in the at
tempt to protect the integrity of China
Senator Deliver comments sarcastical-
ly on the Friendship" for China which
led Russia, Germany and France to
prevent Japan from retaining the terri
tory which was ceded to her by China
at the close of the war. On the ground
that the peace of Asia required that
there should be no territorial agrees
sion against China.
So
OF course, there is to be no politics
in the scramble for official honrs at the
convention of the federated club wo-
men at Los Angeles. But the wires will
be kept pretty hot until h vote is
counted and the result declared.
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DR.. Piper's description of %paranoia,
as "a condition of mind characterized
by self -exaltation, acute egotism, and a
belief that the sufferer is pursued, not
by q few persons, but by every one"
give US a latin appellation for a dis
ease very common and largely affiict-
ing youth. Heretofore we nave been
compelled to fall back on slang and
speak of people being "swelled up"
Hereafter this condition should be Civ
en- it's proper and technical term.
Mr.. Hayemeyer the sugar magnate
told a straight story before the senate
committee the other day. There was no
attempt to cover up the fact that sugar
is controlled by the trust. He simply
told the plain truth and asked no ia
vors. His attitude in comparison to.
that of the beet sugar trust was espe-
cially dignifled and candid.
The butchers protective corporation
should kill a few hundred beeves at
$3.50 per cwt. on the hoof and the mem
bers could appreciate more accurately
the full extent Of the beef trusts situa-
ton.
1t looks as If Switzerland would be
first to substitute electric traction for
steam on it's railways, an application
having been made to the federal gov
eminent for a concession for a line
twelve miles in length of electrict STAN
dari gauge railway for experimental
purposes. The idea has been, it APP
pears, the subject of much recent in
vestigation by experts. The problem
appeals with insistent force to Switzer-
land, a country which is dependent on
and at the mercy of other countries for
its coal supply. The fact that the
mountain republic possesses a great
extensive unemployed water power
capable of providing sufficient motive
power to run all the railways in the
country has, it seems, given rise to
many propositions tending to promote
the country's independence In traffic
and industry.
A pretty piece of business it was for
congressman to be urging the admins
tration on to beef trust and railway
trust Investigations and at the same
time vote for a bill to remove oleo-
margarine from competition with the
business of the butter trust.
Just before sailing for Europe An
drew Carnegie gave out a complete list
OF his ~benefactions up-to-date. He has
given away during the last few years
SGT, 212, 923 in $50 gifts to towns in the
United States, s~eventy-five to Scotland
and about fifty to England, Ireland,
Canad and Cuba combined. Sixty
seven millions of dollars is a sum be-
yond the comprehension of the average
citizen.
cts got SO now" began the sour
looking man with the basket, that the
internal beef trust"
You won't find any beef trust at this
shop" i~nterposed the butcher, blandly.
my terms are cash."
Chicago Tribune.
Prospective investors.
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