Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-26
Topics Of the Times

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There are thirteen candidates for the
democratic nomination for governor in
Ohio (which seems unlucky until one
stops to think that each of the canttl-
dates has reached the limit OF being a
democrat.
Ida Tarbell brought out redeemlng
feature i'm the history of the Rockefel-
Ter family when she located John DIS
father in Iowa.
Saturday morning the Chicago strike
was settled but this evening negotla-
lions were declared off again. In the
meantime there is no strike, the men
having broke for their jobs as fast as
they could run.
Here's a new one. The Standard Oil
Company is seeking the oil fields of
Manchuria and peace will never be
permitted between Japan and Russia
until the oil is captured by it, This is
given on the authority of a merchant
in Shanghai.
If Congressman Haugan could have
his way about it he would draw an
amendment of less than 100 words
giving the interstate commerce COM
mission power to prescribe just rate.
He says "the commission should be Civ
en- mandatory power, so that Wheh IL
has once determined what a reasona-
BILE rate is. and has so ordered. 1t can
enforce its findings. l believe that Its
findings should be final so far as the
question of reasonableness and just
ness of rates is concerned, and not
be subject to judicial review except as
to it's lawfulness
TT. Dodge has just discovered that
her citizens are using twice as much
water as they are paying for and has
ordered them to put in meters at their
own expense. Other cities without
meters will come to in time.
Tom Lawson is booked to speak at
the Missouri Valley Chautauqua July
u and it is safe to predict that there
is not chautauqua in the west that
has not put in its invitation. And
why? Just advertising.
The lady managers of the st. Louis
fair who had 100000 to spend, re-
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woman. Couldn't decide which color
OF a time they wanted.
While he agrees with the operating
officials that the eighteen hour sched
ule of the Twentieth Century Limited
can be maintained President New
man restores the twenty-hour sched-
ule and the public will be inclined to
agree with Newman in the action.
Whatever may be said of the aver
age coal dealers weights his conven-
ton at Omaha could not be consid-
cred any phantom association" for
said convention endorsed the presi-
dents contention as to freight rate
regulation.
Forty thousand persons in London
alone are suffering from consumption,
according to DIR. Arthur Latham, prize
essayist of the kings sanitarium. If
other forms of tuberculosis were in
Guided, the number would not be fewer
than $4,000. Consumption is respons-
ible for the deaths of 5000 persons
per annum in the metropolis. and
similar number die from other tuber-
culous diseases, all of them preventible.
Gospel wagons, gospel cars, gospel
tents gospel bicycles. and now gospel
automobiles are used by missionaries
in preaching tours. Two pastors in
Paris have recently Travelled MANY
miles i'll an automobile, from which
they have preached to the large num-
Der of country people assembled in
market places and at fairs, and dis
tributed leaflets and tracts among
others.