Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-21
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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4 Farmers who have winter wheat IL
are rejoicing over the fall of severa
4 inches of snow
/ Chicagos revenue from water tax re.
ceipts, which was 1855, 5000 in 1880. rose
to s2,100,00o in 1890 and was s3,1OO.000 ir
| 1900. The average daily supply of waite,
in Chicago is 100000, 600 gallons, not te
say anything about other liquids.
/ The union reform or referendum par
| ty, which had its origin in Ohio, and
proposes as means of settling all i'm
portant public questions their submits
sion to the voters of the state or district
affected, dies hard. 1t ran a ticket In
Ohio last year and polled for its nominee
for governor 2.71S votes.
| Democratic members of the house
committee on coinage are opposed to the
plan of redeeming legal tender silver
dollars with gold. They probably re-
gard it as degrading the silver.
| Sam Jones. in n letter to southern
paper. makes vicious attack on Bishop
| Potter, of New York, for his attitude In
opposition to prohibition. Others of the
clergy claim that he has been on both
sides of the question.
a.. 49,. commandments give INTO
| you"-Clear off the sidewalk.
In Houston, Texas, a factory making
| 240 dozen baskets per day has just been
started, another item showing the man
ufacturing inclination OF the south. In
this connection it would be a pertinent
inquiry to ascertain what becomes of all
the fruit baskets manufactured. There
is, a great waste here that should be
turned into profitable channels.
There are eighty-two libraries In Ne
| braska, with total of 100000 volumes.
Omaha's library contains 10000 volumes.
Richard Evans. who was recently a
candidate for the London common coun-
ell and was defeated In his report of ex-
penses declared that he had spent only
fourpence In his campaign. II he ever
runs again he says he will spend at
least sixpense, as it is foolish to let two
pence stand In the way of victory.
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The old Darien canal route is looming
up as possible competitor of the Pa
mama and Nicaragua routes. The pro-
motors of 1t claim to be able to secure
a canal at sea level which will be only
thirty miles in length from ocean to
ocean Their route extends from Man
dingo Harbor to Pearl Island, and Is
based on surveys made first by Profess
sor Hopkins in 1910. and afterward by
Messrs. McDougal, Sweet, Forman and
Rude Their plan is to run tunnel for
five miles this tunnel to be POP feet in
the clear, and with water thirty-flve
feet deep. Ships would be drawn thru
the canal by an electric trolley line. 1t
was said by the witnesses they had Sc
cured estimates which convinced them
that the tunnel work could be doGe at
about 81 cents cubic yard, and they
estimated that the entire canal could be
constructed at an aggregate cost OF
from $4,000, 600 to se0,000,0oo. They said
that the granite in that section Is per-
fectly sound, and that In case there
should be places in which 1t would be-
found not to be so the wall could be
lined witnesses estimated that the
tunnel could be completed in three
years. When asked by the senate COM
mittee to make proposition to the gov
eminent. they declined to do so, but said
they thought that within thirty days
they would be able to state the terms on
which they would allow the canal to be
constructed by this route.
George II. Phillips, the young and
venturesome grain Spectator who has
lust been crowded to the wall IN an at
tempt to engineer big corner in rye,
has made more rapid and remarkable
history on the Chicago board of trade
than almost any other local grain deal
err. He became nationally prominent
when. a few years ago. he successfully
got up a big corner in corn and became
known as the Corn King" In that
great speculative undertaking Phil
Inns was the creature of circumstances,
his success when at the height of his
power being as much a matter of sur