Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-07
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over in Russia a holiday has been
of the Gar Alexander III. In this free
republic we prefer TO have our holidays
to celebrate our good fortune in the
birth of the national patriot or states
| man we are disposed to lonor.
I The result of the Bryan Bennett lit
igation is vindication for Mr.. Bryan
altho it appears to cut Oft his wind
lfall of 100000. Mr. Bryan as at
/! torney drew the will of the late Ben
nett and in the will WAS a provision
giving Mr.. Bryan and his family a be-
lques- of $4,000. 1t WAS contended
| that Bryan used undue influence over
Bennett and it did look had for law
yer 10 draw a will for ar old man and
make. himself beneficiary. The re-
suit of the litigation exonerates MIR.
| Bryan, however. for the judge has de-
cided that Bryan did not work old man
Bennett, while at the same time it is
| held that the letter found with the will
giving Bryan the $4,000 is not a part
of the will. Bryan now cleared OF sus-
pcion. can sue the estate for this $780,
900 il he wants to.
For the first time since April SO
Uncle Sans income has shown a
monthly deficit under expenses. I'M
portations fell off s4,000,000 during the
month. If the duties averaged 20 per
cent these figures represent a reduction
in the volume of imported goods of
100000 600 in value in the one month.
Are our merchants growing cautious. !?
overwhelming vote of its people, ex-
pend s1O1, 100000 for the enlargement
Of a ship canal, it is a wonder that this
union of forty-eight states has delib-
Grated so long over the the expenditure
of 100000 for a canal across the
lstnmus that shall accommodate the
shipping of the world and put US with
in easy access of our western coast and
.nsular possessions.
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Well have to take 1t all back. The
Register and Leader announces that
Messrs Funk, Maytag and Smith will
not put their money into the
paper but that Harvey Ingham
is the editor and has been
since 1902. and that Garder Cow
les, of Algona. will buy stock and take
hold CT the business management 1t
did seem for time as tho the Register
and Leader would stagger under the
load OF so many heavyweight editors
but whether 1t was the uncertainty as
to who would be the editor or as to
what the dividends would be Is not
known. The Register and Leader ex-
plains that the deal was once made but
was called off from considerations
that were purely personal and not re-
lated to the business or public policy
of the paper"
The postmaster at Jefferson has OBJ
served that the American people are
a set of Sunday letter writer's is shown,
double the number Of letters are mall
ed on Monday than any other day OF
the week, and fewer on Saturday. pos
sibly because of the superstition about
doing anything important on Friday.
Mondays mails are generally laden
sweetl, perfumed epistles. written to
friends and loved ones on the Sabbath.
There is no mastadon abroad in the
land. That crunching sound is indi-
cative of the football season. It is
apt to become alarming on the seventh
day of the week.
Charley" Adams. a Carthage. Mo-.
colored man, having had the last of his
teeth extracted has concluded to get
him a set of false ones. 1t makes his
gums chatter to think of it though. Il
breads to use de false teeth" he has
confided to friend. Use afraid I'll
git some dead mans teef In my head
an den his ghost will ha'nt me. allus
heerd false teeth wa ha'nted and amt
agoin' to sleep in the room wild 'em.
When l. goes to bed I'll jis' drown 'em
in water, and sit EN- in some oder
room"
= The young men who train themselves
for college debates will never have
cause to regret the experience. In or
binary business life and especially in
ones social life the power to express
ones views forcibly Is talent that
will be priced more and more as the
years roll by and the community be-
gins to make demands upon men OF
gray hairs.
The old battleship Belle Isle was
torpedoed at Portsmouth. Eng. re-
Gently, and sank at her moorings. For
the purposes of the experiment sec
ton had been constructed ON the port
side of the Belle Isle representing the
side OF a modern battleship. This was
filed with an American invention
which, it was claimed, would prevent
a ship from sinking when the hull Is
penetrated below the water line. When
the vessel was struck, huge column
of water enveloped her. She rolled
heavily and then settled down with a
list 10 port. The Belle Isle will be
raised for further experiments. 1t is
said the damage done to the ships bot