Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-04
gmatuu Times Krpuburaut Observation-Disclosures .mua, saturdan aunuurg :. 1902

ally is poor, and with a big and swelling
debt. with taxes pressed to heir limit;
but so far her credit is pretty fair, and
she is entitled to all the privileges n
courtesies of our market.
Uncle Sam decreased his debt 10 the
extent of over 49, 500, 900 last month";
fine example for his sons.
SIS
Ambitious Iowa legislators have a
week more in which to prepare bills to
spring upon the assembly at the OPEN
ins of the session.
1t is reported that Senator Beverage,
of Indiana, who was very much dlsap-
pointed when he failed to land on the
committee on foreign relations, made a
protest to Senator Platt n others OF
the managing combine of the senate.
An attempt was made to mollify him
by telling him that he had been placed
on the postoffice committee, SO that ne
could watch senator Mason and keep
him from pulling the wool over the eyes
of the rest of the senator's regarding
postal matters. Mr.. Beverage is said
to have refused to be fattered by this
evidence of the confidence In which his
associates In the senate held him. and
drawing himself up to his full height
answered: II am a United States sena-
tor and not a policeman
Governor Hunt shows that Porto Rico
is enjoying peace and prosperity, and its
educational and economical interests
are being developed under the guidance
OF Uncle Sans benign efforts.
This" the salesman said, handing
out another package, lis also an excel
lent substitute for coffee. 1t is very
wholesome. 1t makes red blood,
Haven't you something" asked the
young woman with the earrings. that
makes blue blood?"
Chicago Tribune.
Senator Allison will be in Des Moines
ten days when he goes there to witness
the opening of the legislature and the
Inauguration of the governor.
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Clarence King, whose death was not
ed a day or two ago. was widely known
as a scientific writer and expert geolog-
let. BY his exposure OF the Sailing
of certain tracts OF land in California
with diamonds and rubies in 1872 he
saved the Rothschilds a large sum n
brought the c~onspirators to justice. He
was q member OF the National Acad-
envy of Science and Of many European
societies.
Iowa cities and towns may receive OBJ
ject lessons in home development from
the example Of Waterloo.
Wild horse meat Is the principle arti-
Gle OF food for the section men in outh-
ern Utah. The section men say the
meat is not bad. especially when it lie
the only fresh meat obtainable.
So
Thomas Madden, of New York. a Gig
arctic slave, 81 years old, who died on
Thursday. was stricken with apoplexy
the previous Sunday while making a
cigarette. At the hospital he revived
sufficiently to talk. He said his limit
was 100 cigarettes a day and the lowest
he ever smoked was eighty. Madden's
story was borne out by members of his
family. They said in the middle of the
night he would wake up and puff at a
cigarette.
Sioux City is trying to purify itself Of
gamblers n bad women and 1T de-
serve to succeed.
There continues to be much opposition
to the "unde rstanding clause in the
Virginia constitution which provides
that every elector must be able to read
the constitution Of that state or be able
to understand the same when read to
him or give a reasonable Interpretation
thereof. Some of the opposition to the
adoption OF this clause comes from re-
publicans. but a larger amount Of 1t
from white democrats who are illiterate
and from democratic politicians who
fear that the elimination Of the color