Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-02-11

) TOPICS OF THE TINES
The news comes that Cupid is prepar-
ing some gorgeous Valentines for distii-
button this Week
Australian papers are offering prizes
for the best designs for q national flag
70 commemorate the neM era inaugu-
rated by the conalnonwealth. The most
valuable * a check for $3.50. Offered by
The Australian Review 81 Reviews. and
~ this competition The liz Australian
.ltrcmiersY are 10 be The judges.
One Of the best foreign notes that
comes 10 the surface Is the aspect for
continued peace for all Europe
Nhcn Porto Rico zane into the pos
.ssss ION Of The Gated States there MAS
snot d single school building on theI
island. Last month The bureau Of edu
ration issued one order which calls for
st.le building of sixteen St huol houses N
different districts III one district ten
municipalities Offered 4 site 10 secure tiis
School, from which il may b. inferred
that the people aru Wiling TO be taught.
The friends Of the ship subsidy bill
are face 70 face with the problem of
permitting 1T TO be * lledsoi Of killing
l. IN q 4, r IL .yi : IN ti0rl
Did Minister WI give the Americans
Il good examI,l by frankly stating Why
re could NOT n nd the banlue @ Gen.
,9tisss The diplomatic way in polite eli
eles would lsy led him % state that
..eifmcumstanas over which i have NJ.
control prevent me from accepting the
honor etc. lsnt the plain truth little
taurc wholesome
The Society Of The Army OF the Phil
j.iIpines meets in Salt Lake City on Aug.
lla 10 10. I'he people in the Mormon
At@rtainment committees and are nov.
4 elgaged in detailing the plan for the
PERCEPTION of all who may come. II will
he a grand ovation to the heroes of Ma
Il nila Aug. IS is the anniversary of the
TALL Of Manila and the demonstration at
Great Salt Lake by the famous Utah
batteries Will rIxal The original scene.
an effort is being made. With assur-
ances of success, 10 bring thc Aston bat
finents to Utahon this occasion as pos
a;bie When the program has beer
finally completed 1t will give assurance
OF a very warm time in the city of the
saints. Gen. Greene and other leaders
viii attend.
New York halbor is ice-locked and
i all traffic ailoat In bay and rivers is
crippled by the foes. Not in many
years.. say the shipping men, has com,
,nerce on the harbor been SO inpeded 10y
{ the ice.
81 New York capital city, Albany
3 shows a less population by 77o than i,
Z 1890. lis present population is a415l.
In Mexico a ST. Louis commission firm
has contracted With the truck farmer
! III Puerto Lugana, Escandon and For
g Ion, in the state of Tamaulipas, for tn
G Immediate shipment of 100 car loads 0
d tomatoes and early vegetables to S,
i Louis. The first of these shipment
s have already gone forward.
{ A collection of autograph letters an
documents of William Penn, incudn
e his will, written by himself in 1705. wer
J sold at auction in London Saturday fc
355 guineas, or about s1,75O. The colled
ton was purchased by London deale
~ The Atchison, Topeka & Santa F
Is railway has placed an order for 100000
:. yellow pine ties and 1000 oak ties. I
be delivered in three years. The cor
tractor is the j. H. Kirby Tie and Tin
- bcr Company, of Houston, Tex. The ol
der will call for 23s 900, 900 feet, b. NJ,
II lumber, and it is understood that it wi
~ lie distributed among mills in Louis
as ana and eastern Texas.
Timothy T. Sawyer, the president
the Bunker Hill National Bank
= charlestown. Mass, is the Oldest bar
~ president in New England. He has bee
:: connected with the institution for oy
x fifty years and has been its preside
OF since 1884. He is now "a, but attends
%. all this duties at the bank.
Ass
Tax ferrets are getting in their wo
= elsewhere. Heirs of Cornelius Vande
tilt have been served with notices ca
us ing upon them to pay into the Nc
e York state treasury the amount of The