Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-30
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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candle to disease. In the Philippine
islands, 10000 people have died from
cholera since March 90. or 20 per cent
Of those attacked. American occupation
/ may lead to reformatory and quaran-
tine measures that will partially pre-
vent such calamities.
The people have every reason to joy
fully accept President Roosevelt's des-
day of general honor and thanks
giving"
The per capita debt of Boston is $50
more than that of New York city, AZ
ter New York, with a per capita debt OF
$115, come Cincinnati with So, Balti-
more with SIS, Pittsburg with s6S, Buff
Cleveland with sci, St. Louis with $50
and Chicago with $40.
Today's Washington dispatches an.
nounce twenty-five rural free delivery
routes ordered to start in operation
Dec. 1. OF the twenty-five Congress-
man Cousins district receives eleven,
and the remaining eleven are distribute
ed among the other congressional dis
tricts. Such is the result of having a
congressman who has influence.
Tell it not to Bryan! An effort is to
be made to place Mexico on gold
basis, and the money Of the consti-
tuition" may ring again as it jfngles
thru the corridors Of time and popu-
Ilistic halls.
Altho there are only about 1000 coll
ored republicans registered for this
years election in Alabama, the first to
be held under the terms of the new
state constitution, many Alabama re-
publicans believe that as consequence
of negro Acknowledgement they will
make such gains among the white vot-
ers that Alabama will be doubtful
state in 1904.
Colombia will not be the gemo South
America until she comes to a rational
understanding with Uncle Sam for the
building of the Panama canal.
Some Gottingen students who had a
keen admiration for Klopstock, the
German Milton once found one OF his
stanzas unintelligible and begged him
to explain it's exact meaning to them.
The poet read the stanza--then care
fully reread it-then read it again,
while all looked on with bated breath.
At last he spoke: II can not recollect
what meant when l wrote 1t, but do
remember that it was one of the finest
things ever wrote, and you can not do
better than devote your lives to the dis
covery of its meaning
While there are now hundreds of
empty cribs in Kansas, reports from all
parts of the state say that farmers are
preparing to build more to hold the big
corn crop. This would indicate that
the movement Of corn to market during
the coming winter will not be heavy.
There will be six state tickets in the
field in New York this year: Republi-
can. democratic, liberal democratic.
prohibition, socialist and socialist Ia
Dor.
The peoples party in Pennsylvania
has withdrawn its ticket from the field
on the ground that sufficient funds are
not Forthcoming to make an effective
canvass. In 1900, with Wharton Bar
ker, of Pennsylvania as Its candidate
for president, the party polled less than
500 votes.
The socialists of one Of the congress
districts of Indiana have nominated q
colored man for congress. The social
istic party, never strong In Indiana,
gained some prominence in 1900 by
running Eugene v. Debs, a resident of
Terre Haute, as a candidate for the
presidency. It is in the Terre Haute
district that the nomination OF the coll
ored candidate was made. Debs polled
$500 votes in Indiana: the other social-
list candidate, Malloney, received 6ss.
The cause of socialism in Indiana has
not been looking up much In recent
years. Terre Haute and Evansville cast
the largest socialist vote.
Joplin Is the home of the champion
absent minded man OF southwestern
Missouri While going to a dance the
other night he thought he had forgot
ten his watch. Then he took 1t out OF
his nocket and looked at 1t to see IL he
had time to go back home for 1t.
The state which has the smallest
number of non-English speaking resi-.
dents is South Carolina, with 65 only.
Georgia has only 200, Tennessee TOO.
and Arkansas, Virginia, Mississippi and
Alabama less than 1000 each. Rhode
Island has 1900, while Kansas has 81
900 and Kentucky 1900 Florida has
$500 and Minnesota, In which Scandi-
nayians are numerous, $4,000. Iowa has
10000 and Missouri only $4,000.
There Is at least one lighthouse In the
world that is not placed on any mari
ner's chart. 1t is away out on the Ari-
iona desert, and marks the spot where
a we'll supplies pure, fresh water to
travellers. 1t is the only place where
water may be had for fortyf1ve miles
to the eastward and for at least thirty
miles in any other direction. The
"house, consists OF tall cottonwood
pole, to the top OF which lantern is