Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-10-06
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Sir Thomas Upton declares he Is not
In the race for the vacancy In the posi-
ton of British ambassador To the
United States Sir Thomas seems to
be acquiring habit.
c w Condor, OF Lenox. is about 10
bring suit against J. w Malaott. of St.
Joseph, No. not for pound OF flesh,
but for the next thing 10 it. He has
contract with John w. Mallott for the
payment of $1,000 for shin that was
taken from him and grated upon Nal
lott, and says he will bring suit on con-
tract.
Kipling's new batch OF poems ex-
plotted in the morning Associated Press
reports Will scarcely add to his fame.
There is little suggestion OF The Road
10 Mandagay.' Danny Deever,' or
Fuzzy Wuzzy" or in his latest output
nor a ylimmer of the majesty of the
.Recessional." Much better poetry
may be found in the fugitive verse OF
the daily press.
The Butler County Press has
changed proprietors AMI will hereafter
he conducted by a Mr. Etdl.idge. OF Des
Moines, who has purchased the plant.
Those who imagine that there IS TO
be a delay in getting the st. Louis ex-
position completed a.c not keeping
nosted. The director of works, after q
systematic survey, REPORTS the st.
Louis buildings as a whole. already ~
per cent completed. Some OF them are
99hs per cent completed. At the same
period in advance of the opening of the
Chicago show the buildings were only
"A per cent completed. The croakers
should now keep still. There are yer
seven months in which to complete
only II per cent of the work, which mas
Ga far progressed at the rate of about
per cent month.
Urea surer Roberts report shows that
during the fiscal year of 1903 the
amount of money in circulation IN
creased s12l,74O.252, of which so9'ii6'-
4s2 was in gold and gold certificates
and s54,52o,193 in national bank notes
During the year the per capita clrcula-
ton increased SO cents.
A contract has been made for the
early construction Of huge steer
bridge to span the Zamhesi river. near
the Victoria Falls, and an engineer mas
lust left England to begin the work.
The railway between BulfWayo and the
talls will be completed by January
next the section between BuluWayo
and the Waukie coal mines having
been complsaed during the present
month AS many as l67 miles or !.
had been opened to traffic In March
last. Access by rail to the coal mines
is expected to boost the gold and cop
per mining industries of Rhodesia. The
quality of the coal Is said TO be very
fine. Railway branch lines aggregat-
ing 153 miles are being pushed by the
Chartered Company, which administers
Rhodesia. The railway is close On the
heels Of the explorer. Railways and
steel bridges in Alaska and Rhodesia'
The Charlotte. N. c., News perth
nently suggests that coming down TO
the heart OF the matter there is really
no difference between turning out a
;e,d, hac Sfa =
ious to a political faction and turning
out a nom union man because he Is OBJ
noxious to a labor union" a statement
that a great many northern newspa-
pers and voters Will agree with.
Mrs. X. r. Kourtright, of Eddyville.
who conducts the Signal, prints the
entire issue from the form" with a
.mallet and planer Eddyville people
should give the plucky woman suffi-
cient patronage to force the purchase
OF a press.
Mrs. Langdon. wife of linotype OPP
orator on the Victor Wol) Record,
made a record in more ways than one
on the recent occasion when the edi-
torial and mechanical force OF the Rec
ord were arrested by soldiers. The ar
rests were made at midnight and at 3
o'clock Mrs. Langdon sent down a
form" containing a complete account
of the arrest and explanatory OF the
situation. A pressman was scared up