Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-02
OF THE TIMES

The rainfall in Iowa in 1901 was only
half of that OF 1900 according to a Des
| Moines record.
Congress will resume business at the
old stand Monday.
Ex-President Grover Cleveland may
be the representative of the United
States at the coronation of King Ed
| ward VII. 1t is said President Roose-
would be a gracious act upon his part
in selecting the only living ex-presi-
lent.
The Italian government has declined
the invitation of the United States to
participate in the st. Louis exhibition,
but will undertake to facilitate repre-
sentation of Italian producers.
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The Chicago Record-Herald says:
THE Hawkeye state suffered from fire
losses in 1901 largely on account of the
p%rotracted dry spell. and the insurance
companies lost In consequence. Some of
the large cities had bad fires repeatedly,
and on the whole the state, when ex-
penses are included, as they should be,
will show a oss to insurance interests.
which usually shows a balance on the
right side from year to year. II anything
the agents are upholding rates more
than they ever before did. Along in
September last the various companies
seemed to come to q simultaneous con-
hold the tariff on so-called preferred
business, consisting of churches, dwell
ings, schools and public buildings, but
the r~ate-cutting on this class has been
heavy despite the advices sent out by
many companies. The state is the home
Of a number of prosperous companies
that do no outside business, and because
the business has been uniformly profita-
lie it is a field in which those who rec
ognize conditions nave been willing to
pay high commissions for the desirable
classes. These conditions nave led to
more or less turmoil and resulted in the
decision to have no rates for certain
classes"
Gov. Savage, OF Nebraska, has par
doned Joseph S. BARLEY, former state
treasurer, who was convicted of m
bezzlement and whose shortage was es-
timated at over $500, 900. The mitigating
circumstances were that he loaned
money to friends to tide them over hard
times, without the desired result, and
not particularly to benefit himself. Ev-
en- under the circumstances it was a
great piece of magnanimity upon the
part Of the governor.
Secretary OF Treasury Shaw will COM
mand a force OF 5.547 employees in his
big department In Washington.
q
AT a meeting of the Mckinley Memo
rial Fund Association in New York a
suggestion was made hat special col
lections for the fund be made in all
churches on Jan. 20, the anniversary of
President McKinley's birth. The sug-
gestion In all probability will be favora-
bly, acted upon in many places.
$50
The debatei in the senate over the Phil
ippine tariff bill is expected to BIZ pro-
longed by democratic opposition.
$50
In pursuance OF the policy to make
the Indians self-supporting the smallest
Indian appropriation for years will be
made by congress. 1t is a good depart
ment in which to begin retrenchment.
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Secretary Gage on the 31st handed the
president his formal letter of resignation
of the treasury portfolio, to take effect
as soon as his successor has qualified
for office. 1t will probably be made pub
lie when the presidents letter accept
ing the resignation is delivered to Mr..
Gage.
A positive and unqualified denial Is
given in government official circles to a
report from Ottawa and Washington
that negotiations are in progress for the
reassembling of the British-American
joint high commission for the specific
of adjusting the Alaska bound
airy dispute. A leading member OF the
Dominion government is believed here
to be responsible for the renewal of the