Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-18

engrossing time for Assistant Secretary
miliar with Mr.. Roosevelt's methods.
accumulates enough notes in an hour to
keep many typewriters occupied until
about noon. The pressure of visitors
to talk with the president upon matters
official personal and semi official does
not seen to try the presidents strength
or impair his good temper.
Until within recent months, when his
health has failed somewhat, King Chris
tan, the ruler of Denmark, used to
spend much of HIS spare time walking
about the streets ofCopenhagen. Moth
ing pleased him better than to chat with
any workman he CHANGED to encounter.
These evidences of practical interest in
the peoples welfare have gone far to-
ward earning for him the great popular
ity which he enjoys.
The Iowa Falls Sentinel, paper that
has for forty-fiye years been an accept
able visitor in many Hardin county
homes, has been sold by S. G. Plat to S.
b. Stonerook, of Traer, Iowa, an exper-
fenced newspaper man. AS stated by
Mr.. Plat in his farewell article the new
publisher has collegiate education, is
ready and versatile writer, fluent
public speaker and a pleasing CONVERSE
tionalist, and is in the full strength and
vigor of young manhood, enthusiastic
and ambitious to succeed in his profes-
sion" As we'll stated by the retiring
publisher, Tho editors may come and
go, paper like the Sentinel will remain
a fixture In the community, for the rea-
son that the mission Of a good newspa-
per is never ended"
ssss
James Farrell of Barboursville, w.
Va, has just celebrated the 105th ami
versary of his birth. Mr.. Farrell served
in the war of 1912 and later was in Mex
leo, under Jefferson Davis. When the
war between the states broke out he
enlisted, altho no longer a young man,
and saw four years of service. He was
probably the Oldest veteran to offer his
services to the government when the
Spanish war broke out.
According to Washington correspon-
dent Secretary Hay and Assistant Sec
rotary Hill have both returned to waeh-
ington, so that the state department is
once more fully equipped for work. An
extraordinary amount of attention Isl
being given to the case of Miss Stone,
which has required the most delicate
diplomatic negotiations. Besides that
there is the approaching completion OF
the Nicaragua canal treaty. That doc
unent has still to be put into shape and
the negotiation can not be concluded at
all until after the arrival Of Lord
Pauncefote, the British ambassador.
SO
John Most, the New York anarchist
who has been sent to Jail for year. has
had a checkered prison career. He be-
gan getting into jail by striking priest
in his native country of Germany. When
he was "a years old he was arrested,
tried and found guilty of high treason
for connection with socialist agitation.
He was released from jail soon after
that and then went to Chemnltz, where
he was arrested several times. In 1873.
he was expelled from the country. He
went to Paris and made a speech on the
commune, which got him into Jail for
Two years. When he got out he went to
England and started paper, Frelheit.
WhentAlexander II. Of Russia was slain
by nihillsts, Most printed a red ink arti-
Gle in which the wish was expressed that
"all tyrants might be served in a like
Manner The Russian and German ems
bassies complained and Most got sixteen
months In prison. He came here in 1882
He has been arrested in this country
several times.
The worst result of rural delivery" is
that in which farmer turns over his
shekels for a gold brick" or some other
big bargain.