Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-03
TOPICS OF THE TIMES
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Be sure to turn out and vote early to-
morrow.
The Wisconsin campaign is closing
with a determined effort by all the par
/ ties to secure the vote IN Milwaukee
Have they designs on its chief bever-
age?
| General G. l.. Gillespie. chief of engi-
neers of the United States army in his
! annual report, devotes considerable at
| tention TO the ship channel CONNECTING
| the waters of the great lakes between
Chicago, Duluth and Buffalo. The to-
| tai expenditure on the improvement 10
June 80, 1902. was $2,992,O5S. The pres
| ent commerce is about forty times that
of 1870 six times that of 1885 and five
times that of 1892. 1t is said that the
unexpended balance of previous appro-
priations will suffice for all work re-
auired to complete improvements con :
templated by the present approved
project.
There is a great deal of live stock be-
ing moved in Kansas this fall. From
S o. m. until 5 a. m. the other night the
Santa Fe hauled over TG0 cars of it thru
ottawa.
New court houses will enlist the In
terest of voters tomorrow in several
counties in this state. Keokuk county
will vote on a proposition to build a
100000 court house, Henry county on
$4,000 building and Appanoose on a
$4,000 building. Such structures are
greatly appreciated by the people.
A Massachusetts spellbinder in a late
speech defined a trust as "a small body
of men entirely surrounded by water"
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There is a possibility that Oklahoma
may be admitted as a state without
much opposition, but Senator Bever-
idge, of Indiana, who is chairman OF the
senate committee on territories. and
who will exercise powerful influence
in the premises, is strenuously opposed
10 the admission of New Mexico and
Arizona. He shares the opinion OF
Hanna, Plat, Spooner and such menu
hers of the senate, who fear that such
n move would be a menace to the re-
publican control of that body. The
danger is not regarded as an imminent
one, but the territories are looked upon
as very doubtful politically. They bor-
der on the south and are considerably
Under the Texas influence, which is
democratic. While they might go re-
publican this year, a little slump would
make them very doubtful, or would
swing them to the democrats, and then
there would be four more senator's OF
that persuasion.
In Missouri recently bees We're at
tracted in large swarms TO candy fac
tory in Maryvilie and bothered the cam
dy makers so that it WIS necessary to
shut down the plant until screens could
be put into the windows and doors.
In 1890 there We're 1868 persons of
German birth residing in Chicago. The
other countries having over $4,000 there
stand relatively in this positions: Ire-
land, 1888; Sweden, 52,721; Canada,
37,47o: Bohemia, $1,000; German Po-
land, 34,2S5; England, S1,99s. Italy had
only 1926. The total number of foreign
birth in Chicago at that time was 625,-
SS4.
An English contemporary tells the
following good story of muscular Chris
tianity. In a smoking room OF a hotel
in Dublin, where sat a huge priest,
some men were soothing stupidity about
miracles. Up rose the priest and Of
fered to perform a miracle. He seized
the most blatant of the scoffers, carried
him to the door, and kicked him into
the street. When the unhappy youth
returned the priest asked: An did We
break your back?" II did not" was the
answer. well, it's miracle We didn't"
answered the priest.
1t is estimated that Governor Odell
will be reelected governor of New
York by the republicans by a plurality
approaching $4,000.
A democratic canvasser called at the
home of Susan B. Anthony in Roches-
ter, NJ Y, and referring to the list
which he carried, asked II IS. b. An
thony' happened to be democrat. He
was gravely answered in the affirma-
tive faw DAVIS later Miss Anthony
received postal urging S. B. Anthony
to register The veteran female suf-
fragist sent the democratic committee
a letter in which she said: I'm response
to a notice of this kind in 1872 / did
register, and later voted. For this
was arrested, fined 500 and sent to
Jail. You will please excuse me IL l
decline to repeat this experience"
A society belle in Philadelphia re-
Gently got divorce from her husband
because of his intolerable cruelty. Now
he is worth 100000, thru a lucky VEN
ture, and she is perfectly willing to be
treated cruelty some more, SO she has
promised to remarry him. What show
has poor man with these tickle wom-
writer
During the last few years Citizen"
George francis Train has lived in the
Mills Hotel in Blocker street, New
York He occupies corner room near
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