Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-07
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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The entire eastern section of the
country is under snow, while the west
is bracing itself against any POSSIBLE
| ity that March may conjure up.
Careless Parents-"Why don't you
make name for yourself?' asked the
serious person.
Il only wish I had had the chance"
said the pale young man. But my
parents thought they knew it all. and
they made up one Of their own, and
that's why I am compelled to struggle
against fate under the handicap of
Reginald Claude de We're Smithers.' :"
Wa shington Star.
According to the Omaha Bee it is
intimated that Nebraska is too near
Iowa to expect any cabinet plums to
fall within it's territory. The Bee thinks
IAN assurance that Nebraska was next
after the Iowa appetite has been salts
fled might help to keep UP courage on
the west bank of the Missouri" But
Nebraska will find it necessary to cast
out Bryan and join the crowd of stable
republican states.
The Interior department has under
consideration the advisability of start
ing new herd of buffalo in the yell
lowstone National park by buying some
and catching all the young buffalo that
can be found and placing them in the
reservation. Twenty-Five of these an
imals are now located near the head
|of Pelican creek. The controller of the
treasury will pay the expense involved.
especially from hotel leases, transpor
tation and other privileges.
ut is magnificent! it is grand!, said
Prince Henry, as he gazed in awe on
Niagara Falls. He was greatly i'm
pressed by the scene.
The attitude of President Roosevelt
toward reduction of tariff rates to
Cuba is thus disclosed by a dispatck
in the ST. Paul Pioneer Press from it's
Washington correspondent, dated the
5th: President Roosevelt this af-
ternoon sent for Representative Taw-
ney, who is the champion of the plan
of rebating duties to Cuba as a means
today President Roosevelt gave the
impression that he is not, as has been
charged, welded to any plan for CIV
ing any relief to Cuba, nor does he
desire to be considered as attempt
ing in any way unduly to influence the
legislative branch of the government.
He also said that he had no idea of
sending a message to congress, as
was intimated last night might be
done The president admits the SER
BUSINESS of the situation, and says that
while he is DESTROYS of seeing some re-
may be agreed upon without division
in the ranks of the republicans in
congress-" This is distinctly diff
ferent attitude from that in which he
has been reported as firmly standing.
Without doubt, however, he is anxious
/ benefit Cuba.
| Judging by the stories of drunken
women and general disregard of law by
| liquor sellers and their patrons told
from day. to day by the Dubuque news
papers, a Keane reformer has excellent
ground for activity there.
Anton Van Rueden, one OF the
wealthiest farmers in the vicinity of
| Nokomis, ILL.,, went to st. Louis to
greet and visit Prince Henry. Mr.. Van
Rueden was a soldier in King Williams
army and was one of the artillerymen
who fired the 101 salutes at the birth
of Prince Henry in 1862. AS near as
can be acertained Mr.. Van Rueden is
the only one living in this country that
claims this distinction.
Great expectations will be demol-
ished today in the Des Moines or Polk
county republican primary election.
Hull said yesterday: When the vote
tomorrow night is counted out / expect
| TO have 1S6 out of the al delegates in
structed for me-" Judge Prouty said:
Il expect to go into the convention with
| 157 delegates" Such a clash of expec-
tations is like "head-end'' collision.
Something will be wrecked and some
body hurt. These contradictory esti-
mates disclose a painful state of mis-
calculation. But the figures won't lie
tomorrow. They will stare with that
cold, austere self-assertion that will
make all liars hunt a safe hiding place
Until the storm blows over.
| A Washington letter tells of an am
bilious American who offered $4,000
to the government for the privilege of
having his face printed on one years
issue Of postage stamps. OF course,
he was a commercial man, with mo-
ltiyes of trade in the foreground. In
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