Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-24
TOPICS OF THE TINES
Ex-Governor Pillsbury left an estate
valued at s5,Oc0ooo, but made no will.

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Ex-Governor Pillsbury left an estate
valued at s5,oco,ooo, but made no will.
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In buying $3.50 heifer for his farm
William Jennings Bryan is not adver-
Using hard times" period.
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The T.-R. is in receipt OF the San
Juan (Porto Rico) News, containing the
inaugural address of Governor William
H. Hunt The News is partially print
ed in English and Spanish. Its leading
article, on the sugar war, is given in
this issue. and throws some light on the
sugar trusts efforts to kill off the beet
sugar industry.
Home-gr potatoes are coming
into market plentifully in Marshalltown.
and breaking down high prices.
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Weather Prophet Hicks storm is
overdue. The sun is smiling serenely
over his failure to rob us of our beauti-
full Indian summer.
Pat Groves latest rendezvous is on
a plantation near New Orleans. Frank
E. johnson, detective. mostly from
California is confident that he has
Grove located. Sheriff Power received
the following Letter from Johnston,
dated October IS: Please send me a
description of Pat Grove, as 1 believe
him to be near here on plantation.
| If / can secure a photo of him, or II
there are any marks on Pat that can
identify, / wish you would let me know
at once. / am U. S. detective. mostly
from California. VIII be here almost
two months. II this man proves to be
Pat Grove can have him in jail in
ten days. Keep this to yourself until
you hear from me again, as it will in.
jure me in my brotherhood lodges and
halls, as Pat is supposed to be a K. of
H. and X. of E.. lodges which are very
well looked on in this country"
"Sooner or later" said Uncle Eben,
"de man dat thinks he's too smaht to be
fooled drifts aroun' to whah dey's boss
racin:, and dat's his finish"
Last call, gentlemen. The Buffalo ex-
position will close on Nov. 2.
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The New Jersey mosquito like any
other octopus that fiourishes there. is
something to be dreaded, since woman
has just died in that state from blood
poisoning as the result of mosquito
bite.
In johnson county, where republicans
neglected to file their nomination papers
for legislative offices. the democrats are
usually successful. The last senator and
Representative were democrats.
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There is said to be a movement in Pc
kin to recall WI Ting Fang, the Chinese
minister to the United States, on the
theory that his popularity in this coun-
| try is proof that he is not sufficiently
loyal to the interests Of China. This
might be a fair inference in the case of
La less worthy man, but in Minister Wu's
case 1t is certainly unjust For he uses
his popularity to present his own nation
In the best light before the American
people, and it is ample proof of his loy-
| atty to his home country, and not at all
discreditable to loyal Chinese.
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| The army post grounds near Des
Moines have been approved by the U.
S. army board. and the next step will be
to commence building.
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There are good traits about the Mis-
sourians r. A. Sampson, of Sedalia.
| in that state, has given to the Mis-
souri, historical society his library of
| 1000 titles bearing on Missouri his
tory. which he has been collecting for
thirty three years.
The city councils of Philadelphia have
voted to permit the Liberty Bell to be
taken to Charleston, S. c., for exhibition
| at the exposition there. AS the Pennsyl-
vania and Philadelphia buildings on the
show grounds are not likely to be COM
pleted before the latter part of Decem-
Der, the bell probably will not go until
after the Christmas holidays.
Love makes memory eternal has
been selected as the motto of the Society
OF the United Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, in session at Staunton, Va, and
laurel as the emblematic flower in Vir-
ginia.
Managers of the big railway systems
have completed their estimates of the
amount of new rails which will be
needed during the year, and the total
is startlingly large. The Pennsylvania
will lead all the big systems with an
order for at least 10000 tons of new
rails. Last year the same company or
dered a total of 100000 tons. AT re-
cent conference between President Cas-
satt, Chief Engineer Brown and Second
Vice President Pugh 1t was decided
to place an order for 10000 tons at S2s
per ton. making an expenditure of $4.-
100000. The Illinois Central comes
next with an order already placed for
i 100. 900 tons at a cost OF $2,s0o.00o. It