Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-01

LAS nearly as can make out, the
Russians and Japs have had a fierce
| engagement in which.they pied about 9
column of type."-Town Topics.
The press dispatches report that dur
ling battles the Jars connect their bat
teries by telephones so that they may
keep each other thoroughly posted dur.
! ing the fighting. If the Japs have .
telephone system, which they can use
while lot of cannon are booming
around them it seems that some
adaptation of it might enable one tt
carry on a conversation over the phone
! while the baby is crying.
But | have never seen
(No more has any one of Noul
A single one that's green.
Philadelphia Press.
Some fine figuring will be necessary
to enable General Miles and the pro-
hbitionists to drink from the cam
teen"
PIN the Button Man." the souvenir
seller familiar to convention goers. is
stocking up with German buttons and
badges for sale at the democratic con-
vention next week. 1t is Bins bus :
ness to pick the winner and have the
proper supply of buttons on hand TO
supply admirers after the nomination
has been made. BIN" says the rea-
son he is pinning his faith to German
is that the Maryland senator has
bought 500 large and expensive photo
graphs of himself for use at st. Louis.
He says German is a close fnancier.
and wouldn't "blow himself" for lot
of high priced photos unless he thought
he had cineh on the nomination. And
those who have been watching BIN"
reason that being an astute business
man, and one who makes 1t business
to keep in close touch with politicians
he wouldn't invest several thousand
dollars In German buttons unless he
was pretty well satisfied that there
WOuto Oc d lIthIhcl 1OE liCtH
go
The Corn Belt editors will meet at
Spirit Lake, July and s. Corn-spirit
editors. The thing looks suspicious.
-Keokuk Gate City.
In conjunction with the BELT" yes
A new volume OF The Forum opens
with the September issue. Tho
first article, by III. L. West, describes
the present outlook in american Poll
ties" with special attention to the
probabilities OF the presidential cam
paign. The course Of the war in the
east and the changes In the European
situation supply material for the great
er part OF A. Maurice Lows paper on
Foreign Affairs" A. D. Moves writes
on the movements Of the last quarter in
the department Of Finance" and H n.
Science" II. W. Horwill's article on
Literature" IL occupied with new
books illustrating THE Art Of Letter
Writing" The report OF the Mosely
commission Is the main topic of Ossian
II. Lang's contribution on The Edu-
cational Outlook" which Is followed by
DR.. ]. M. Rice's discussion Of the ques-
ton, why Our Educational Machin-
cry Does Not Yield Better Product"
The two sides OF the Panama contro-
versy are presented in papers entitled
'"rhe Ethics Of the Panama Case by
Prof. ]. p. Gordy. and Justice and
Equity in Panama" by Willis L. John
son. The remaining special articles are
civil Government in the Moro Prov
ince," by III. s. Townsend, and The
Affairs OF the Congo State" by S. P.
Werner.
A committee Of Iowa bankers APP
pointed to devise a state money order
system guaranteed by some surety
company reported that 1--WE We're sur
prised to ascertain the immense growth
OF the money order system In the Unit
from the Chicago Tribune
states that the month of February,
1904. showed an increase of 25 per cent
over the month of February, 1903. over
one million dollars a day is paid into
the postoftice of Chicago for money or
ders. If the average time between the
purchase and oashing of the money or
der is ten days the government holds
an average balance of ten million dol
lars free of interest. II this money has
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