Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-21
nounced in England. A disappointment
in this matter will cause some lively
protests in the dominion.


in this matter will cause some livel
protests in the dominion.
i Secretary Long is optimistic in hi
outlook for America. Retiring from
public life he writes upon differen
strain from Mr.. Cleveland. 80 far a
can see" he says, there has been
steady improvement in American pc
litical life. and the outlook for the flu
ture is full of good cheer
A few days ago the house passed ;
bill to set apart as a national parl
the land occupied by the petrified for
est of Arizona. This forest in prehis.
4 tcric times went to the bottom of TIL,
sea, where 1t was incased in soft sand
stone. When it came to the surface
/ the sandstone was worn away by thu
/ weather. and the trees, turned to chal-
cedony. are a great natural curiosity
! Many are five feet in diameter and for
ty In height. One vandal has already
tried to grind them up as substitute
| y,
suited to his purpose, and moved on.
The postal receipts in this republic
are now so large, and have shown such
encouraging percentages of increase
that the prospect of one-cent stamps
for letters looks less like the baseless
fabric of a vision than it did few
years ago.
The Danish West Indies about to be-
come part of the territory of the Unit
ed States are called the alf-way house
for coaling between Europe and South
America. They have also been termed
the gateway between north and south
Their significance to this country is
immensely greater than their value to
any European nation. Alaska was OF
little use to Russia, but the United
States would not part with 1t for fifty
times it's cost.
The belief that certain kinds of mo-
squitoes are carriers of malarial poi
son and of other germs of disease has
now become so widespread that there
is ample reason to look for more ex-
tensive and persistent campaign for
lessening the numbers of these pests
than has been attempted to date.
For some days reports have been
running that the trust principle is
about to be applied to the great staple
of the south, cotton, in respect to the
mills already established there in great
numbers for spinning yarn. Do the
southern newspapers shrek that that
be ruined and the constitution pros
trated? Not much! They seem to
think that the cotton yarn trust will be
a good thing.
The beef .barons are pursuing a
course calculated to kill their goose
that lays golden eggs. The trust OPP
erations in meat have deprived many
of the poorest class of proper nourish-
ment. Hard workers need substan-
tial diet and at the present prices of
meat the usual fare must be largely
curtailed. Their present course is call
ing attention to the widespread suffer-
ing that may be entailed by control of
food stuffs and will result In correc-
ton of this evil by law.
"A New York state jury has awarded
a fnf oiV,c
York Central railway for the life of a
man killed in a recent tunnel accident I
Il is said that the prosecuting attorney
IN his argument brought tears to the I
ayes of the Jury, the widow in mourn
ng and several children were present,
and everybody wept. The size of the
verdict is said to be a record breaker.
II the Chicago cooperative colony
tut in South Dakota has been launched /
IN lines that shall lead to success, Its
growth will be watched with interest
~ thousands of people who have cher
shed similar schemes only to see them
all.
1t is now possible to insure in London
gWnst the risk of smallpox breaking
tut in the contiguous houses, the idea
icing. of course, to protect the assured
gainst expense incurred by temporary
The rate is a minimum OF l0a
killings per cent for the year, the
isk, of course, extending over an in
!effnite number of people. One broker,
sho was in this business from the
tart, has been hardly anything else
or several days, and many who at first
aughed at the whole thing are now
oning into the market.
Experiments in the Sandwich Islands
4 seeking a cure for leprosy have
allied. This most battling of all linger-
lg maladies still continues to perplex
he ablest members of the medical pro-
assion. Surgical operations, If the
nife is used in the early stages of can
or, may prolong for many years the
YES of it's victims, and the Roentgen
ays have been of benefit in some cases.
ut the leper is still Stunned and {
readed as he was thousands of fears i
go. and no potent remedies have yet Z
cen proved eff1cacious for his relief
Ais Well.