Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-02

{ TOPICS OF THE TIMES :

Manila advices indicate that Gen. Joe
Wheeler is losing no time in getting to-
the front. He will be in at the finish
with waving plumes.
The American Match Machine Com
pany has been Incorporated at Trenton,
N. j., with a capital OF s1.Ooo,ooo, for the
purpose of building and equipping
match factories throughout the coun-
try. AT the American Company's fac
tory in New Jersey men are now at
work on the machines, and Mr.. Crow
ley, one of the incorporators, says that
it will take six months to fill all the orr
ers they have already received. When
Diamond Match Company would not
have things all its own way as hereto
fore. At present the Diamond Match
Company controls all the matchmaking
machines covered by patents in the
United States, with the exception Of
two.
An eastern writer thinks 1t will be
necessary. If Aguinaldo should sudden
~ quit, for Mr.. Bryan to hustle around
and reconstruct lot of democratic
platforms.
w. v. Allen. formerly United States
senator from Nebraska, attended the
reunion of the Thirty second Iowa in
fantry at Clear Lake this week. Mr..
Allen was member of this regiment.
He was little-known lawyer at Ackley
before he went to Nebraska, where he
made his great political find" in the
populist camp.
| Mention was made recently Of an eff
fort to secure an issue of the old frac-
tionaI currency in sums of % and so
cents. 1t is chiefly desired for use as
small remittances by mail The treas
nry officials are opposed to it. Assist
ant Secretary Nanderlip claims that the
experience of the department, during
the twelve during which the fractional
| currency was issued shows that the
and that the loss to the people through
the destruction of the scrip was no less
than Sl4,000,o00. The cost to the gov
4 eminent of issuing subsidiary coins is
not more than one-third of the cost Of
Issuing and maintaining the fractional
! currency, and the loss to the people
from the silver coins is practically
nothing. Mr.. Vanderlip also expresses
/ the opinion that it would be found i'm
practicable to use the fractional cur
rency for remittances and not for CIR
Iculaticn. He says the money would
have to be in circulation for some time
before it could reach in legitimate
manner the persons who desired to use
lit for transmission. Congress refused
TO pass fractional currency bill in 1888,
and will probably refuse now, with the
treasury department opposed to it.
4
i The Washington Post thinks the Iowa
democrats are proceeding on the theory
that the Germantown voters are on the
bargain counter.
One can not be too careful how, by
word or deed, he invokes the retributive
judgment of the gods of fate. Now
there is the case of Monsieur Birdseye
The other day he dscoursed in the T..
r. on the autocratic tendency of thu
baby to run everything and everybod,
in the household. What should happe1
but that the very next day his friends
, We're looking up his temporary address.
j to send him a telegram announcing tn.
a arrival of a sweet little bit of humanit,
who has already caught on to the stu
alton and not only winks one but 9TH
other eye to say II have it in for you
Grandpa Birdseye.''
) The United States treasury has tn,
. largest gold reserve in its history. Thi
is another of the results of the "crim
of 49,
The last of the home coming volun
!, teers in the Philippines will sail for Sal
: Francisco September Z. but other vol
G unteers will carry the old flag to sur
victory before the contest closes.
sss
: The state fair was a success in poin
of attendance. Up to Friday evening |
y was estimated that over $4,000 peopl
t from outside points came into De
Moines to attend the fair From tn
o opening day until Friday evening tn
: Rock Island road hauled S1,674 passen
gers between the city and the fai
grounds.
:. The friends OF Senator Gear are re
u joicing over the victory they claim t
o have secured by breaking into Cum
it Minis territory and securing the sena
torial nominee in the Marion-Monro
If district. w. A. Nichol, of Monro
e county, was the unanimous nominee 9
> the convention. There is nothing in tn
detailed report and convention notes a
published by the Abba Union to sho,
&c that senatorial politics cut any figur
= in the selection.
The Washington treasury officials,
addition to watching the heavy gol
movement to the treasury. are interes
ed in the South African situation an
y the growing of the British lion at Pre-.
u ident Kruger as having possible IL
re fluence on the worlds output of gol
i'd The South African fields are the large
IN lgold producers in the world and WI