Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-02-21
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

1t looks as tho the big Wabash rail-
way line would be tied up soon by
| strike unless concessions are made.
|
More than 500 arrests were made in
/ Leavenworth, Kansas. last year, OF
which 2S3 We're women. Five hundred
tramps were permitted to sleep in the
iail, and the prisoners broke 192 wagon
loads Of rock.
4 The Minnesota legislature is trying to
do little anti-trust legislation within
state lines A bill has been introduced
in the senate, which has the approval
of the state attorney general. the aim
of which is to insure publicity of the
affairs of corporations by compelling
| them to file With the secretary OF state
| detailed statements of their condition
and authorizing the attorney general to
| demand whatever information he may
deem necessary. Like the antitrust
| law passed by the state in 1899, 1T de-
| clares contracts and combinations in
restraint of trade illegal and punishable
| by $4,000 fine or one years imprison-
ment.
| Congress may succeed in completing
most of its work next week. despite its
| fears of failure.
The south caught 1t equally with the
north in the late storm. The mortimer
IN Texas was one of the severest for
many years.
When she will, she will, and you may
depend upon it. Four young women
from ST. Paul stood at the outer door OF
the federal building in Duluth from
TO o'clock Wednesday morning. with
the thermometer registering 20 degrees
below Zero and the wind blowins. fifty
miles an hour, in order to be the first
to file on lands in township on the
north shore of Lake Superior, which
was opened for settlement at O'Clock
at the United States land office. Two OF
them had their noses and ears frozen.
but they got their land.
"A q S0lall WdySiQe tt NoiistH
gave up ticket and a half for herself
and lubberly son. Said the conductor,
thoughtfully: "A bit big for half tick
ct, amt he?" Maybe he Is" said the
woman, with prompt directness, but he
wasn't when he left home. Yours is
slow line"-London Globe.
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among the regular republicans of Della
ware.
A Saxon trade paper of much author
ity says that as a type of the depressed
industrial condition of Germany the
situation at Chemnitz, noted center
| OF machinery manufacture, where H.
900 men are ordinarily employed. may
serve as an example. OF this large
number only a small proportion can
now find work. and it is stated as fur
Their evidence of depression that of
those employed all but a few work only
| eight hours a day. In many establish
ments men are employed only as orders
| are received, and this uncertainty has
L
ors who formerly received as much as
is or % marks week to fall as low as
Ne marks, and even less. The journal
says it is not alone the Saxon industries
which are thus FRUSTRATED but in the
Rhine and Westphalia centers of pro-
duction the same conditions prevail.
| Everywhere there are constant dismiss
nd Of
hours of work.
Next to steel" says Andrew Car
negie, real estate is the best invest
ment in the United States. If Andrew
were in the west he would put land
first.
Senator Mason's son Roderick was
not at all robust in his babyhood, so his
exercise. The boy grew to be quite
sturdy and took SO kindly to the punch
ing bag that he became considerable of
a little pugilist. In fact, he whipped
most of the boys when he first went to
school. After Congressman Hopkins
was elected to succeed Senator Mason
the family of the latter began prepare
lions for leaving the capital. They We're
discussing prospects one evening, when
Roderick, after long period of reflec-
ton, said: Mamma, has Mr.. Hopkins a
boy about my size?"
Rev. John Falkner of Chicago says
that 100000 people in Finland are on
the verge of starvation. The people of
this country are making a noble effort
to relieve them
Senator McComas was pressing an
amendment to a pending bill when
there were about half a score other
members on the floor. 1t came to vote
at length and only Mr.. McComas re-
sponded to the call for ayes. No one
voted mo- and President Pro TEN Frye
grayely proclaimed The aye has it,"
President Roosevelt was telling a
friend about his mail. which averages
sO0 or 600 letters a day Zone of the |