Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-01
The BuGnlo Bnnk fntlure.


Buffalo, July 1.-The City National
Bank which was placed in the hands
of receiver Saturday night by Comp
trolier Dawes, did not open its doors
this morning. President Cornwell said
he probably would make statement
later in the day. Not more than fifty
people were at the bank at its usual
opening hour and a few minutes later
these had left.
Choate's oratory Pictured by Hoar
heard Rufus Choate great many
times. heard nearly all the speeches
given in Browns Life" and / heard
him great many times at The bar, both
before juries and the full court He is
the only advocate l ever heard who had
the imperial power which would subdue
an unwilling and hostile jury. His pow
or over them seemed like the fascina-
ton of a bird by snake.
Choate's method was pure persuasion
He never appealed to base motive nor
tried to awake coarse prejudices or
stormy passions He INDUCED in no in
yective. His wit and sarcasm and ridi-
cule amused the victim almost as much
as 1t amused the bystander. He had the
suaviloquentia which Cicero attributes
to Cornelius. There was never harsh
note in his speech
He had a voice without any grufY or
any shrill tones. 1t was like sweet yet
powerful flute. He never strained 1t or
seemed to exert it to Its fullest capaci-
ty 1t do not know any other public
speaker whose style resembled his In
the least. Perhaps Jeremy Taylor was
his model If he had any model. The
phraseology with which he clothed some
commonplace or mean thought or fact
when he was compelled to use common
place arguments. or to tell some COM
mon story, kept his auditors ever alert
and eXpectant. An Trishman. who had
killed his wife, threw away the axe with
which Choate claimed the deed was
done, when he heard somebody coming.
This. in Choate's language. was the
sudden and frantic ejaculation of the
AXE" Indeed his speech was perpetu-
al surprise. Whether you liked him or
disliked him you gave him your ears.
erect and intent. He used manuscript
a great deal. even in speaking to juries.
When trial was on. lasting days or
weeks, he kept pen. ink and paper at
hand in his bedroom. and would often
get up in the middle of the night to
write down thoughts that came to him
as he lay in bed. He was always careful
to keep warm. 1t was said he prepared
for great jury argument by taking off
eight great coats and drinking eight
cups of green tea-Senator George F
Hoar in July Scribners.
SHORT TTELEGRAMs
Pastors at ST. Louis and Decatur.
Ills, announce that they win appear
in the pulpit wearing shirt waists.
Unknown blackmailers. failing to ex-
tort $4,000 from Charles b. Barney, of
Philadelphia. sent his daughter an in
fernal machine.
Frank q. Logan, prominent mem
ber of the Chicago Board of Trade,
has retired from active business.
Mrs. Nancy B. Irving startled the
economic convention at Detroit by an
nounclng that drunkenness is neces-
sary.
Comptroller Dawes has closed the
City National bank, of Buffalo, owing
to injudicious loans.
General Maximo Gomez has arrived
in New York, but refuses to give
hint as to the purpose Of his visit.
John Benson and Hjeimer Herbert
We're suffocated at Legrand, MINI. be-
ing buried in ditch which they were
digging.
Joseph Erb, aged 36, employed by
the National Biscuit company at Wat
ertown, Wis, was cnught in an ele-
vator and killed.
Airline Kightlinger, aged Z, was
killed, and Willie Barnes and Annie
Oosteal perhaps fatally injured by
lightning near Pennington. o.
The dismembered body Of Mrs. A. T.
Taylor, of Cleveland, was found on the
railroad track there. =