Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-11
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lin Sundays Nonpareil Texas poetry is
like the Texas steer. Wet meaning, but
all horns and feet.
Sixty-fve members Of the next
United States senate are lawyers, one
is a civil engineer. two are doctors and
the others bankers miners. business
men and politicians. The average age
lis Sc. Senator Pettus of Alabama, the
oldest. is So and Senator Bailey OF
Texas, the youngest. is 40. Twenty
five members fought in the civil war.
OF college graduates there are hftH-
five. Seven members of the senate were
born in other countries.
New York has but one female rura'
mail carrier. Iowa has a dozen or
more. This is another instance where
the progressive prairies have an ad-
vantage over the effete east.
1t is reported from Washington that
proceedings are to be begun against the
anthracite trust and that an inNestlga-
ton has satisfied the officials OF the de-
partment of Justice that good case
NAV be made under the Sherman law.
The public will hope that the report is
correct. The thorough going methods
of the trust in It's desire to press the
price Of hard coal TO tie limit of for
bearance has not made that organiza-
ton popular with consumers.
Acting Attorney General Brown. of
Nebraska. has ruled that all foreign
corporations must incorporate under
the laws of that state and pay into the
state treasury such fees as are pre-
scribed by law for the privilege oil
It,ansacting business in Nebraska. 1t Is
estimated that the corporation regis
tration fees under this ruling would
within n short time wipe out the entire
state debt. which at this time exceeds
50. 900, 000 There is certain to be big
legal fight over the ruling. but Brown
points to New Jersey and Delaware
where foreign corporation fees run into
vast sums and is ready to go to the
|courts with his contention.
Lehigh claims to be the most pros
porous town in Webster county. The
editor OF the Argus finds upon investi-
CATION that an average of $525io for
each working day is distributed among
Lehigh workingmen.
Because the navy department is
wisely training the Atlantic fleet in the
problems of attack and defense certain
sensational journals are trying to work
up a scare on the ground that these
maneuvers are made in expectation of
hostilities with Germany, which coun-
try, 1t is said, Is spelling for fight
There is not the least probability that
Germany or any other European coun-
try has the slightest hostile intentions
toward the United States or could be
dragged into a conflict with this coun-
try except under the most extreme
provocation. 1t is an excellent plan to
keep the fleet in training, however in
order to give the officers and crews bet
ter practice than can be obtained in or
binary cruising service, so that IL an
emergency should arise they will have
some idea of the possibilities of the
situation.
Colonel William ]. Bryan has been
appointed one of Nebraska's sixty-two
delegates to the National Farmers
Congress to be held next month at Nj
agara Falls. Speaking Of bunco steers
this seems Mr.. Bryan's opportunity
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A commercial paper published in the
interests of the trade Of st. Paul and
minneapolis recently sent 800 circular
letters to the merchants of western
Canada asking them If they would buy
goods in the twin city market If they
had the chance. and also their opinion
on reciprocity between the twp coun-
tries. surprising degree of interest
| in the subject was developed The 300
letters brought 1876 replies; and of the
answers los expressed desire to buy
American goods. OF the remaining
eighty eight, most were in favor of the
exclusion of American goods and
against reciprocity. 1t will be noticed
that a good working majority favored
reciprocal trade relations.
| Artificial rubies, in appearance, tex
| ture and material indentical with the
genuine ruby are being made in Europe
from oxide of chrome and aluminium
and shipped to this country, as an APP
peal by the importers from a surveyor
of customs to the board of general ap
praisers recently developed. The i'm
porters testified that the gems are made
Of little chips of rubies that come from
the rough ruby in the cutting of the
latter. united together with glass and
| put into kiln. and subjected to such
| a high degree of heat that they are as
sembled and cemented together. The
customs officers have discovered, how
ever, that they are made by combina-
| ton of oxide of chrome and aluminium.
This is the natural combination of the
| true ruby. The composition of this ar
| ticle and the true ruby are identical.
They have the same degree of hardness.
specific gravity and colcr. The only
| way the imitation can be distinguished
| from the real is that the former under
powerful lenses shows a number of con-
centric lines. These appear in the man
lufactured but never in the natural
ruby. and are accounted for by the fact
| of the powerful pressure necessary in
the manufacture OF the artificial arti-