Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-03-28
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

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When Major Pitcher, the Yellow
stone Park superintendent, seals Presi-
dent Roosevelt's gun upon his entrance
to the park he will have accomplished
a spectacular act of democratic justice.
but of no earthly use except to bring
| Major Pitcher a fitting notorety.
/ If Oskaloosa democrats are to be
{! taken at the word of their resolutions
recently passed in city convention thu
ling converts among the unterriiied of
that city. The resolutions favor the
| proposition that all contracts for pub
Ilic Improvements of Whatever nature
shall contain clause providing for the
employment of home labor at fair
1 wages and the use of home materials,
| SO far as practicable"
| Complaint has been made to the Ylr
department. that altho we maintain a
| legation guard in Pekin we have taken
no steps TO fortify our legation grounds
against any uprising of the Chinese
mob. 1t is pointed out that the Ger
mans have mounted at least twelve
! Maxim and other field guns at points
commanding the approaches to their
compound, and it is urged that a GER
tain point on the Chinese wall of the
| city Immediately above our legation be
seized and fortified. Otherwise, the
complainants say, in case of another
Boxer uprising our legation people will
have to take refuge with some El-
pean party. The matter is delicate
enc, because it involves diplomatic
rights, the. rights of the Chinese in
their own capital and military necessi-
ties as well. The siege of the Ameri-
can legation is of too recent date to be
readily forgotten and despite diplomatic
rights under the circumstances Il few
mounted where they might do most
good in time of necessity.
The tuneful allegation that Rip Van
Wrinkle was fucky man appears to
apply equally to the editor of the
Charles City Press. He has been in the
newspaper business for forty-five years
and never been threatened with lick
ing until this week.
While the Casket Coverers and Trim
n,ers Union, in the United States, de-
mands that all collins should bear the
union label, the grave :.iggers at Qua
yaaul, Ecuador have gone on strike
and refused to bury people They asked
the administrators of lie cemeteries
for an increase of pay. since the cpl
demic had doubled their work. and was
exposing them to disease. Their de-
mand having been rejected, the grave
diggers refused to bury the corpsss,
which were piled in he cemetery's
public vault. Some wealthy families
offered TO pay the price required by the
strikers, but their offers were rejected.
The situation had become very alarm
ing, for the epidemic would be aggra-
waited by the failure TO bury the dead,
and the city authorities We're discussing
at the time of the latest mail the best
means to put stop to the griswous and
dangerous strike.
AT the request of the confirmed dys-
peptic the operator was taking an
X-ray photograph of the seat of his
trouble This. Suppose" remarked
the sufferer with a CHASTITY attempt to
be facetious, lis what might be called
taking light exercise on an empty stom-
ach.'' Chicago Tribune.
AT the beginning of the winter sea-
son the Tailor and Cutter, a London
trade Journal, recorded the fact that
gentlemen were paying attention to the
shape of their waists, and stated that.
while some tailors were padding the
hips of til garments they made, others
were making their garments very close
fitting at the waist. This journal now
adds: "a walk around the west end
today will convince the most skeptical
of the satirists who hurled their shafts
of ridicule at this fashion few months |
ago that they have. wasted their ener |
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fashions folles never nave BEEN nor
ever will be. cured by these invectives /
and If the large number of inquiries we
have had during the past week or two
for the names and addresses of mems
corset manufacturers is any guide to
the taste of the smar. dressed young
men of today. then the. wearing of these I
cffeminate articles of attire is on the
increase"
The Paris papers have unearthed a
new anecdote about Victor Hugo. Dur |
ing the latter years of his long life he
was very fond of surveying mankind |
from the vantage ground of the top of
an omnibus He used to make long ex-
oursions thru the gay city perched on
the top of the homely nus, which he |
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