Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-02-13
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

duced bill in the Massachusetts house
to license cats. Those unlicensed are U
be killed.
In seventy-nine separate and distinct
national cemeteries the bodies of nearly
500. 900 soldiers who died during the
civil war are Inferred. Some of the
cemeteries contain each silent army
of over 10000 soldiers, in serried ranks
marked by the white headstones. or
nearly half of which is inscribed TN
known" Their heroic deeds belong te
the illustrious past
A solid silver statuette of Rear Adj
miral Schley, six inches high, has been
received by Isador Rayner, counsel for
the admiral. Mr.. Rayner has no idea
who sent him the statuette.
The telephone exchange of Cleveland.
o.. has instituted an informtion bureau.
from which subscribers may ask and
receive whatever knowledge they wish
that can be supplied from large ref
! tTeHCc iIDfdiS. l'uliit, Viz So Aiio4iNA.'>
of its operation 1t is said to have dem
onstrated its value and to be a pattern
| that might be followed in other cities.
Ex-senator Chandler says President
Roosevelt has set pace in his atten-
ton to and transaction of public bust
ness that will kill any of his successors
who may attempt to keep it up.
William r. Merriam. the director of
the census visited the senate Tuesday
and had chat with several of the SEN
ators. He is i popular man and
strong one physically and mentally, but
he has task on his hands at present
that might appal any man, however
strong and brave. He is confronted
with the necessity of reducing his great
army of census clerks TO a mere cor
poral's guard of 500 or SO during the
present month. This is in itself a gil
gantic under taking and embarrassing
in many ways on account of the dis
tressing appeals made to him by the
CLERKS themselves stllI lIlciL lliSbtSs puS
especially because of the pressure that
is being brought to bear by congress-
men and others of influence to make
their own particular proteges part of
the 500. in view of the fact that about
that number of clerks will be retained
under the terms of the bill now pend
ing to make the census bureau perma-
nent.
II offer you my love-" said the young
man with bitterness, land you offer me
your friendship and good wishes! No.
Pulsatilla, there can be no such recip
rocity as that between us two"
so, then" said the young woman,
coldly, its annexation or nothing, is
1t ?"-Chicago Tribune.
Harry Lee, hardware manufacturer
of Chicago, owns the largest and finest
private museum in the world. He has
hunted and fished in every state and
territory in this country, all over Cana
da and Mexico and thru the domain of
The oleomargarine bill passed the i
house Wednesday imposing n .
tax OF 10 cents per pound on this prod
uct colored in imitation of butter II
was shorn of many of it's Objectionable z
features and was made 10 apply to
colored like butter OF
any shade of yellow 1t also included
u clause providing for the inspection
and branding of renovated or process
butter. which many regard as more OBJ
than oleomargarine The 4
bill also reduces the tax on uncolored
oIeo from . cents to one-quarter of
cent n pound
Bradstreet's statistics show bank
clearings for January OF $10,611, 00O, 900,
as compared with s1o,677, 100000 in
January, 1901, s11,977.o 100000 in April,
and s12.7so, 100000 in May. With these
the January clearings were
he largest in the history of the coun- /
ny.
Paterson, New Jersey, where the ST. {
100. 900 fire occurred Sunday, is distinct
y manufacturing city. 1t was found
ID in 1891. but was not Incorporated I'M
II 1850. 1t is built around the fails of
he Passaic river, which are fifty feet ,
high and afford tremendous natural ,
water power. Its population, according |
% the census of 1900 is 10b III and the
own covers an area of eight and one {
bird square miles. 1t contains more !
han 600 factories, whose combined
,apital is estimated at about $35, 000, 600.
Most of the citizens are engaged in one !,
way or another In the mills and fac :,
cries. The best known of Paterson's ,
Industries is the manufacture of silk I
nd silk thread. There are more than ,
90 factories engaged in this industry, &
living Paterson 1.-THE name of The Ly- 8
ms of America" Foundries and ma i
hine shops are the next in Importance ;
O the silk factories. The city is every
shere active with the noise of machine :
y, leading q disciple of lola to say !,
nee that 1t "sweated under the lash of q
n unrelenting commerce." 4
The Northwood Anchor devotes near g
Y a page to an article on The Mus S
uakie Indiens," from the pen of Alex c