Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-10-02

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the reverse is true. We celebrated the
victory Of Manila bay on May last. its
anniversary. The celebration of this
week is specifically in honor of the
navy, and. above all, of it's admiral,
and has only incidental reference to the
battle of Manila. 1t refers to that bat
tie as merely one incident in the career
and in the development of its hero. We
may say 1t was the browning and chief.
incident, without which George Dewey
would not have been made admiral and
would not have received the magnifi-
cent tribute he Is about to receive.
Yes; but even SO, it remains true that
this nation has regard more for the
man than for his achievement, more for
the way in which he did it than for the
thing he did. If we We're to undertake to
interpret the causes which have led TO
this unprecedented demonstration IN
honor of Admiral Dewey,we should say
that it is because, in the first place, he
lis so fine a type Of the best American
ideal-so thorough in preparation for
duty, so ready for the undertaking OF
lit, so fearless in the pursuit of 1t, so pu-
issant in the execution of It, so generous
in triumph, SO patient in waiting, so
judicious in counsel, SO modest IN bear
ing and so pure in motive"
During the Dewey parade in New
w. n Il ha o.
viewing stand in front of her Fifth ave-
nue. home to poor children from the
East side. 1t was characteristic of her
noble and loving heart.
At the meeting of the American
Bankers Association at Chicago Ne
braska banker endeavored to give the
convention realistic idea of the size of
the Nebraska corn crop. He said:
This year Nebraska will produce &c.,
900, 600 bushels of corn. In order that
you may know what that means, let me
| tell you that with a car crossing the
Missouri river every minute, loaded
ltake a year to move that crop, and the
train would be 1895 miles long, or as
far as from New York to San Fran
CISCO You may also see what Iowa
could do, with more regularity, how
ever, than Nebraska.
This is Dewey week in Washington,
the great event being the presentation
of the $4,000 sword voted by congress.
The Chicago g. Alton Railway Com
pany has given a refunding mortgage
to the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank
for $4,000, 600. due FIVE years from oct
| i, 1899, at 3 per cent, secured by all its
property. The mortgage bears $4,000
worth of stamps. This last item shows
to what extent some OF the great cor
porations are contributing to the funds
of the government.
i
President Mckinley has notified the
federal committee that he will arrive II
i Chicago next Saturday, Oct. !, at p
M, 10 participate in the events of this
lcorner- stone laying of the postoftlcs
q building.
The T.-R. acknowledges an Invitation
from Chicago to be present ito assis
the president in the ceremonies of lay
ing the corner stone of the q. 5. gov
eminent building in that city on Mon
day, Oct. 9Th Like the Dewey demon
(, stration in New York, it will be one Q
4 the big events of the year. The invita-
4 ton is a novelty in its way, being OF
stiff cardboard about sx12, in variegat
ed colors.
The stoncutters' union of Chicago
which threatened to prevent Presiden
Mckinley laying the corner stone of tn
new federal building, stands in pecu
liar position. The unions representa-
tive is charged with offering to accep
$4,000 from the citizens committee an
smooth over the difficulty raised by tn
union The press has exposed the offe
L and declares this representative stand
5 I in the light of blacknailer and ask
the union to take the matter up.