Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-27
TOPICS OF The TINES

When NJ Loubet. the French presi-
dent, was in ST. Petersburg he left 20
900 roubles for the poor of that city
Senator Proctor of Vermont has pre-
scented u photograph of his grandson
taken with Il wild boar Slain by the boy
to President Roosevelt The boar was
killed by 13-year- Proctor. in Corbin
park, which the president visited this
summer.
The November Atlantic contains wall
liable sociologic and economic essays.
notably "a Quarter Century of Labor
Strikes the first of an interesting
and timely series of papers on trades
unions, by Ambrose p. Winston; "a Ia
Dor paper entitled The Australasian
cures for Coal Wars" by II. ID. Lloyd:
"rhe End of an Economic Cycle 4
thoughtful treatise on current editions.
by Frederic c.. Howe: an instructive
paper ION the Care of the Eyes, by
ern Artistic Handicraft,' by Professor
Charles II. Moore.
Bank clearings for the week show a
gain of 2S.1 per cent as compared with
the corresponding week of last year.
The bank clearings of Des Moines show
an increase of la per cent; of Sioux
City, 3.S per cent The clearings of
Davenport show Il decrease of 5S.3 per
cent.
Wonder If Denmark expects Uncle
Sam to make another and higher offer
for those three islands in the West In
dies.
New Yorls greatness. says writer
in Pearson's, is shown by the fact that
the port of New York transacts a vast
proportion of the foreign commerce of
the United States; that of letters alone
the New York postoffice handles S97,-.
77S.S20 annually. and that of the total
clearances of the United States 67 per
cent pass thru the New York clearing
house, the amount being S79,420,0OO,-
OOO.. The police force of the borough of
Manhattan is 4.546. The chief of the
fire department writes that the fastest
time ever made in getting ready to re-
spond to a fire call was one and five
eighth seconds at an exhibition at Mad
ison Square garden. The average time
is from two and a half to four seconds.
The Croton and Bronx river systems of
oh l..
600. The length Of the aqueduct is sew
enty miles and of the distributing
mains SS62S miles. The capacity of
the storage reservoirs is 44,700,000 gall
Ions; the average daily supply is 215,-
900. 900 gallons, a per capita rate of 1874
gallons. The figures are for the Man
haitian and Bronx but mainly apply to
the former Homes on Manhattan are
so expensive, owing to real estate vail
ues, that a large proportion of the BUSH
ness community lives In the other bCD:-
oughs of the city or across the river in
New Jersey.
sam Jones says in the Atlanta Con
stitution. The devil certainly has the
right of way in Paducah. This cityiis
a typical Kentucky river town of $4,000
population, splendid commercial inter
ests with many features to commend
While there are many to condemn. The
pastors have taken the census. they tell
me, on beautiful Sunday mornings, and
found from 1900 TO 1900 people in all
the churches, leaving, of course. more
than 10000 population somewhere else
other than in the churches"
Strikes, now so prevalent, says the
London Chronicle are commonly
thought to be nineteenth century pro-
duction, but it is only the name (said
to be of American origin) that is mod
ern Their power as wage raisers was
tried at least as far back as the six
teenth century, for in the Calendar of
State Papers" is a Letter from Sir Will
liam Fitz William to Mr.. Secretary
Cromwell containing the statement
that .the worklnen at Dover refused to
work except for sixpence a day. Two
of the ringleaders had been some time
of the black guard in the kings kitch-
en-" No moral imputation was con-
yeyed in calling them black guards; all
that was implied was that they for
merly guarded the pots. pans and other
utensils of the king. 1t was much
later generation that turned the term to
purposes of abuse.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, whose death
has lust been announced, was one of
the earliest advocates of suffrage for
her sex in this country. With Lucretia
Mott she held the first woman suffrage
convention at her home in Seneca Falls,
N ". in 1S4S, and has since been one
of the earnest and respected advocates
of the cause. She was born in Johns
town, n. Y, in 1915, and had therefore
Preached the ripe age of 81 years. She
did much in her long career to influence
legislation in favor of women.
Montana has become familiar with
vaudeville entertainments in state and
national campaigns. Senator w. a.
Clark had strong aggregation on the
road a year or so ago, and now f. Au-
gustus Heinze Mr.. Clark's fractional
opponent In the Montana democracy, is
storming up and down the Yellowstone
Valley in a special car, accompanied by
q troupe of vaudeville singers and per-
formars Mr.. Heinze's opponents in the