Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-11

q ttus ll$A0S cHAc&e OF Oil OIL the NlCeTOy -
foreign affeirs and much Of his private
business. Earl IL has money invested,
in all sortssof enterprises in Europe and
ASIA and Mr.. Pethick has looked after
His financial business In foreign coun-
tries. He has also taught the earl
nearly everything he knows OF foreign
affairs, and in 1896 told Curtis that he
Fhad read aloud to III Hung Chang more
than 500 books IN English. French and
German, which lie was able to trans
late into Chinese as he read them. That:
was the way Ii Hung Chang acquired
his knowledge OF foreign countries. Last
spring, for reasons not yet publicly ex-s
planned. MIR. Pethick resigned his posi-
ton with Ii Hung Chang and has since
denounced him as untrustworthy and a
traitor to the friends he pretends to
serve Mr.. Pethick has informed the.
diplomatic representatives Of the Eu-i
ropean powers at Pekin that the earl is
equally responsible with the other mem
bers of the court for the attacks upon
foreigners. and has Warned them to be.
|on their guard in the peace negotiations.
United States legation as an interpre-
ter, and probably no foreigner in China
is more familiar with the inside of Chi
nese affairs than he.
Col. Frank s. Hastings, a retired mer-
lchant of San Francisco, is preparing TO
Ierect in Golden Gate Park there the
highest fagpole in the world. The giant
pole will be $50 feet high and from 1t
Will wave an American flag 100 feet
long. with stars three feet across. Col.
Hastings, who is a veteran of the civil
war, is prepared to expend $4,000 in the
completion Of this protect.
ST. Louis provided a magnificent dem
1ons,ration in welcoming Governor
Roosevelt to that city Tuesday.
John B. Stanchtield democratic cam
ididate for governor.of New York, is now:
without a paramount or a minor issue.
Four years ago he took to the woods to
escape the silver Infection. After his
nomination last month he came out hot
Ily against Imperialism, but suddenly
cooled OFF when the papers dug up q
tspeech delivered by him before the AM
/, herst Club. in which he unequivocally
endorsed the Philippine policy Of the
administration. He then tried to take
a fall out of the trust. Again his record
iparalyzed him. While a member of the
in 1895 he worked and voted
Ito maintain the telephone monopoly,
which charges $40 "A year for telephone
service in Greater New York. Stancfl-
| field is shown to have smothered in
committee bill designed 10 reduce the
rate, which had the endorsement Of
lseventy-two commercial bodies in the
istate.
Arrangements for building 5000
freight cars for the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad by the Pullman Company at
Pullman. H., have been completed The
contract calls for $500 box cars. each
with capacity of 60. 600 pounds, and 500
fiat cars. The total cost of the rolling
stock will be sl.S65,0OO This is the secs
lond large order for freight equipment
given by the Baltimore s. Ohio manage
ment within the last week. The first
order was for 5000 steel cars to cost So
100000.
The striking miners are hurting their
tscause by aggressive Interference with
and assaults upon other miners who re-
fuse to join them and prefer to work.