Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-11-07
TOPICS OF The TINES

Election figures present the anomaly
of light votes and heavy republican vic
tories.
AT Newark, Ohio, the board of health
has ordered schools churches and thea
ters closed until smallpox epidemic is
stamped out.
President Mellen of the Northern Pa
ciffc railroad has been authorized by the
board of directors TO place the largest
single order ever placed by d western
railroad for new equipment. This order
Will include fifty giant locomotives B.
000 freight cars. twenty frst-elass
coaches, ten ffrst-class tourist cars ten
Pullman carssix baggage cars and thir-
~ cabooses. This company has eNpend
ed nearly $4,000, 900 for locomotives and
cars the las five years.
A delay of one year in the ST. Louis
fair is urged by the chairman of the
foreign relations committee, who pre-
diets failure unless this is done. 1t
might be better to hurry up the for
eigners.
Even Maryland seems inclined to
turn up in the republican column.
Executive officers of the western rail-
roads convened in Chicago Tuesday to
take final action in regard to the issue
of passes during the year 1902. After
some discussion Ii was agreed that the
time is not ripe for abolishing passes,
and in view of the fact that some of the
roads already had ordered the blank
passes for 1902 printed ii would be use
less to attempt to carry out the recon-
of the presidents committee.
1t was deemed desirable, however, that
the issue of passes be restricted to the
greatest extent possible. The chairman
of the pass agreement. George w. Ris-
tine, was requested to make such sug-
gestions as he might deem it expedient
to prevent the abuse of the pass priyi-
lege.
hAa
Richard Croker says that he has not
given up the leadership of Tammany
Hall democracy and that he is not go
ing to Europe. There is some fence
ton.
Chill winter is making great strug-
gle to get upon it's feet.
United States Treasurer Roberts is
going to ask congress to allow him to
increase the proportion of bills of small
denominations issued yearly. If permits
sion is granted him more than $4,000
GOO OF treasury and national bank notes
of denominations of $50 and upwards
will be reissued in smaller bills. There
were outstanding on Sept. 30 last 81 bills
to the amount of s67,679.0 900: So bills to-
the amount of s42,so1, 900, and So bills to
the amount of s310.570,000.
Former United States Senator Henry
L.. Dawes celebrated his S5th birthday
at EtS home IN f1tlSlelQ, MASS, on oct.
30. He is still in vigorous health and
rides out daily when the weather is
pleasant.
There are on file in this office some
letters received during the pre-conven-
ton compaign that furnish interesting
reading Many contributors like one
good friend in LeGrand township.
very fine man, warned us that even ii
Cummins were nominated he couldn't
be elected in the face of an off year
and very light vote he polled the larg-
es, plurality any state candidate ever
polled IN Iowa.
Recently a letter reached the treas
ury department at Washington from
Great Grimsby. England. 1t contained
a $50 confederate note and In pomp-
Gus language demanded that It's equiv
alent in gold be forwarded at once to
the address given. Treasury officials
say that the incident was not an un-
common one. Altho the civil war