Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-10-15
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

Nearly everybody Will agree upon a
| repeal of duties on i1a1o coal.
The Nye family, of which the famous
humorist "Bill' Nye was a member,
formed an association at Sandwich,
Mass, last week and will hereafter hold
yearly reunions.
Senator Cockrell of Missouri never
drinks water when speaking in public.
| Before he begins his address he puts a
specially prepared pellet of potash un-
der his tongue and this keeps him from
becoming hoarse The senator declares
that for fifteen years he has never
touched water when speaking.
1t seems prudent to make hay (get IN
coaD while the sun shines.
In New York city the collection of
taxes for this year was begun Monday
of last week with rush, to take adj
vantage Of the per cent rebate allow
ed on payments made before Nov. !.
The total collections for that day We're
about s9,7O0,OO0, or about 100000
above the record The money was car
ried to the National City Bank at about
10 o'clock at night. 1t was packed in
leather bags and conveyed in a, cab
from the Stewart building to Wall
street. The cab was guarded by three
armed policemen, one on the'box and
two inside. At the bank two men were
waiting, who signed a receipt for the
cash, put it in the vault and went
home. The greater part of the pay
ments reached the receivers office in
the shape of checks, but fully 1000 per-
sons went personally to the office to
pay the taxes. Fifteen policemen We're
required to keep the lines intact and to
| prevent confusion. Some of the larger
payments We're: Eight hundred thou
sand dollars by the New York Central
railroad, which included as usual the
taxes of the Vanderbilts; s350,0O0 by
the Astors, 100000 by John d. and
Thomas Crimmins, 100000 by August
Belmont, $1,000 by the Rhinelander es-
tate and $4,000 each by William r.
Grace and George Ehret.
The Iowa idea on the farm is to make
the best of a damaged corn crop.
The identity of Mrs. Carrie Lane
Chapman Cats husband has been re-
vealed. He is George w. Gait, a con-
tractor, and he is now experimenting
the building of a dry dock at the Mare
Island navy yard.
The Armour packing company is
Chicago and is clearing ground for a
new, enormous fireproof Office building.
which will be seven stories high, cover
an area of 200 by 1875 feet and be equip
ped with every known appliance for the
comfort and convenience of the 1900
managers and clerks who compose the
office force Of the company. Among
other things there will be large mod
ern restaurant for the men clerks, with
special dining rooms for the women
employees; a gymnasium, bowling al
lev barber shop and every other now
elty TO be found in the most modern Of
flee building A ventilation system has
been adopted by which the air turnout
the entire building will pass thru water
and over refrigerating pipes during the
summer months, and reach the offices
not only cooled, but thoroughly cleans
ed of impurities.
Gen. James +. Smith, who has been
appointed a member of the Philippines
commission, to succeed Bernard Moses,
who retires Jan. 1, filled the important
office Of collector of customs for the
Philippine Islands, where he showed
marked administrative ability He re-