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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
MINISTER'S FIGHT
AGAINST SALOONS
Charles City Pastor Will Preach On
"The Woman in Black"
Next Sunday.
SERMON MAY CLEAR UP MYSTERY
People Recently Have Noticed a
Stranger Pcering Into Wins
dows, Lookins Tor Blind
Piss--rhink IL is He.

Charles City, Ia, Nov. 29.-"The Wo-
man in Black" is the subject of Il SER
mon to be preached Sunday evening
by DR.. III. W. Troy. of the English
Methodist church of this city. DR..
lecture-sermons on the subjects of
dancing, card playing, theater- going
and city government" and as Il re-
suit was asked to appear before the
grand jury and make good the asser-
tion made from his pulpit THAT at
either end of the city liquor was be
ing sold contrary TO law and he would
like to prove it," The grand jury,
however. failed TO see that he had
proven aything and no indictments
We're returned.
The pastor then openly declared
that none of the witnesses We're pres
ent for examination and intimated
that the jury was nnduly influenced
because some of the members We're in
sympathy with the liquor element. He
then announced that he would preach
IL sermon entitled, THE Woman in
Black" it having been said OF him
that he had dressed in woman's cloth
ing and made the rounds OF the sup
posed blind pigs, peeking into the Win
dows and sccretine himself where lie
could see what was going on within.
For some time Il mysterious individual
has been noticed about the town at
night. The local papers have COM
mentcd on the personality of the per-
son who has come to be known as
The Woman in Black. Ii is, pre-
sumed that DR.. Troy will disclose in
his sermon whether or not he really
was the masguerader.
There is much feeling, as several OF
the business men We're summoned be-
fore the grand jury who did not take
kindly to the doctors interference
with public affairs. In one of his SER
mons Troy made the statement that
no Christian could dance, play cards
or attend theater: that private balls
were worse than public balls and that
n city with authorized saloons was not
as bad as city with blind pigs. Many
people are IN sympathy with HIM so
far as the saloon question is con-
cerned, but crticise him for his at
tack on what they term legitimate
pleasures.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
HUMANITY Of THE Beers.
British Correspondent Praises Thei.
Conduct at NiChOlsOn's Mex,


London, Nov. 3o.-G. w. Stevens,
the Daily Mail war correspondent, in
a mail letter describing Nicholson's
Mex, bears eloquent testimony to the
humanity of the Beers. He writes:
"The Beers had their revenge for
Dundee and Elandslaagte. They took
it in full measure in kindness. As At.
kins had tended their wounds and
succored their prisoners there.
they tended and succored him here.
One commandant wished to send the
wounded prisoners to Pretoria, but
the others were more prudent, as well
as more humane, and decided to send
them back to Ladysmith. They gave
the men the water out of their own
bottles. They gave the wounded the
blankets off their saddles and slept
themselves on the. naked veldt. They
were short of transportation. They
were mostly armed with Martins, yet
they gave the captured mules for hos.
pital panniers and captured Lee Met
fords for splints. A man was rubbing
hot sore on his head with halt
crown and nobody offered to take IL
from him. Some Of them asked the
soldiers for their embroidered waist
belts as mementoes of the day. "It'a
got my money in it, replied Tommy
and the captor said no more"
Stevens writes almost HISTORICALLY
of the hosting of the white flag by
British officers, implying that it was
done in sight, and says that in one
case the British soldiers refused IL
see it and kept on firing.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
MAKING OCEANS OF DESERTS
Great Changes that May BE Wrought
by the Ingenuity oi. Man.

Great Changes that May BE Wrought
by the Ingenuity OF Man.
London Mail: Few people realize how
completely of late years the surface as
poet of this weakened old globe Of ours
has been altered and improved.
The-wOfld Gf today, in fact. differs FROM
he world of our ancestors much as So.
:iety lady. in all the glory Of fold and
age sister running wild in residential
woods. AS art has TRANSFORMED the one.
% has It the other. Only the Nine:
sSsatIy b mo hs forever at least
pleasant and healthfui place wherein to-
lwell. is no charlatan with dray load
i sNinser and op ge noesng
harmful than Il few mysterious looking
instruments and .neasnrins tape s,. and has
Seen done is but an intlnstcsimal fraction
Of that which may and doubtless will bes
lone. Who. can doubt, for instance, that
the worlds face-will one day be but a.
memory? 1t was ain inland sea oEce. ~
would not be very difficult to convert 81
into one again.
with il the Atlantic tH the vast depression
which runs close up to the c2ast nearly .al,E
tieth parallels q lat latitude! would do The
not. Of course curse. cover cove the eatire surface
OF the desert. Here ana t'GM!{s 81 pp,,iJ
tons lying above sea level. ThsSe wouN
oecome the islands of the new sAAars
)oea1.
What would be the results that wSule
ensue upon this stupendous transformS
ton? Some would be good and some pao.
Among tbs latter may be mentioned the
probable destruction of the vineyards OF
southern Europe which depend for their ell.
the great African desert AS some COM
pensation for this, however, the mercan,
tile marines Of the nations affected. would nc.
access to vast regions now given over to-
bar Sss and series OF more, or less
lour'sh!ng seaport towns void on. IS sP MIN
COCO and Algeria. where the western
watershed Of the N,ile sinks into rug s. d .is
ert, and on the northern frontier CT the
Congo Free state.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
HERo's WIDOW, IN NEED.
Wife OF Captain Gridlcy Compelled
TO Take Boar(lers.


Erie, Pa, Nov. 3o.--With one daugh-
ter I'LL, another engaged in kindergar.
ten work and her only son striving to
emulate his fathers career through
admission to the navy, Mrs. Gridlcy
takes boarders in her fathers modest
nome. Against these adverse condi-
tions the widow of one of Dewey's Of
tcers in the battle of Manila bay is
struggling for livelihood for herself
and her children.
All Erie now knows. though tho
country at large does not, the story of
Mrs. Harriet Gritlley, The body Of
whose husband, Captain Charles v.
Gridley, lies buried in the bluff in
Lakeside cemetery overlooking Lake
Erie. Adversely overlook his family
when the captain of Admiral Dewey's
flagship died on his way home from
the philippines. and congress, al
though Il year has passed, has done
nothing fol- their relief.
Sad and discouraged, though not UNI
grateful, Mrs. Gridley spends her time
at the home Of her father. the former
Judge j. II. Vincent. in this city. With
his consent she has thrown the house
open to hoarders. to whose comfort
she dcvotcs herself, in the Hope of
tiding over her aayersitS. Her father,
although 50 wears old. continues to
practice law. Her eldest daughter,
Miss Katrina Gridley, seeks to relieve
her distress through kindergarten
work. Her younger daughter, Miss
Ruth, who has a good voice. has been
compelled to abandon her studies be-
cause of i'll health. Her only son. John
=. y. Gri,lley, 10 years old, served as Il
volunteer ensign during the war with
Spain. but is too old TO enter the naval
academy in Annapolis. His mother
hopes that he may receive from the
president an appointment 10 the ma
rine corps. and he is studying With
that end in view
When Captain Gridley died he left a
small amount of insurance. He had
no property. His death was due to an
injury sustained during the battle of
Manila bay in which engagement he
had charge of the admirals flagship
end was one OF Dcwey's advisers. lie
remained on duty for twenty-four
hours continuously, disregareling his
injury. lie oserestimated his strength
and fell i'll almost Immediately after
the battle. He was invnltled Il few
days later and was sent home dying
during the voyage from Hong Kong to
Kobe, Japan.
Although Captain Gridlcy's death
was directly due TO the injury sus-
tanned in he battle i'm which he played
such a conspicuous part. his widow
has received from tie government only
the regular pension of $50 a month,
Given under the general law tD thp
Widows OF naval captains.
Mrs. Gridley's friends believe con-
iress should take some action and
laey will urge the prompt passage Of
bill granting her pension of 500 a
iaonth Such a bill was introduced at
the last session, but it did not come to
a vote. Senator Quay offered the bill
in the Senate on January 26, 1899, and
Representative Davenport, Of Pennsyl-
vania introduced IL similar bill in the
house
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30

If girl is born in January, SO runs
an old superstition, she will be CAPT.
tai housekeeper, given to melancholy,
but good tempered. If in February,
Z humane and affectionate wife and
owing mother. If in March, n flippant
rhatterbox, given to disputing. If in
April, inconstant, wanting in intelli-
sence. but likely to be good looking.
II in May, handsome and likely to be
happy. If in June, impetuous, will
marry at an early age and be frivol-
BUS. If in July, rather handsome nnl
With a sullen temper. If in August,
amiable and practical, likely to marry
rich. If in September. discreet, cour-
teous and popular. In October. pref
ty, coquettish and unlucRy. In No
vember, liberal, kind and II mild dis
position. In December, well propor-
toned, fond of novelty aud extrava
CANT
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
ANOTHER CONCERN coLLApsEs.
white Bureau" pcposi.nrs DE
pos;t"r> Dcfraudcd.

- White nur..,,. n,,:. NJ.
,ns:,,,.. H., $780,,
y.n vi. . r.. "' an .r'
~: =" ~ ''o'' '''-- nv iiei'''''
'his morning says:
whites bureau" sometimes known
as CHARLES II. Whites bureau a
"get-rich quick concern, located in
the Cotton Exchange building, van
ished with it's managers on Sunday,
and it is estimated the crcdulous de-
positors are out of pocket more than
100000. Whites bureau was i'm many
respects similar to the Franklin syn
dictate, operated by William +. Miller.
1t was operated by two young men
who Went under the name of Lyman.
One OF them gave the. name OF c. III.
hymanl' ana ne is understood to have
neen the "C. ~. White" whose bureau
the concern purported to be. The "bu-
feau began business IN the latter
part OF September. 1t sublet two
rooms from another tenant on the
first floor. The offices are very hand
somely furnished and are partitioned
OH in small rooms. Many typewriters
were employed. and when the bust
ness was first established an cnor-
nous quantity of letters and circulars
was sent forth. The firm inserted
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
PROF. CUKrlss HoNoREn.
Amcs Nan PLACED On Committee by
National live Stock Association.

National Live Stock Association.
Ames, ln., Nov -. Director {. r..
Curtiss, of the government expert
mental station of the Iowa college,
while attending the National Live
Stock association meeting in Chicago
last week. was one of the prime NOV
ers in perfecting an organization fof
the purpose of holding nm interhatiol-
al live stock exposition In that city
next year from December 1 to 8. The
affair promises to be one of the great
est live stock shows ever held, the pro
jectors of the affair having gone at
it in the usual Chicago way. The
Union stock yards. of which the Van
derbilts now own Il controlling in
tcrcst, has agreed to put up II guarnn
tee fund of $4,000 to meet the eN.
pcnses of the show, and the various
love stock registry associations about
twenty in all, have agreed to contrib.
ute AN equal amount. The competi.
ton will be open TO the world, and
many foreign contributors will doubt
less attend.
Professor Uurtiss was honored by
being given Il place on the executive
committee to represent the agricul-
tural colleges and government eNper,
iment stations of the United States
The other members of the executive
committee are Edward Swift and j.
ID. Armour, of Chicago: \. j. Loveioy.
Roscoe, ILL.,; Hon. r. f. b. Sotham,
Chillcothe. Mo-; Richard Gobson.
Delaware, Ontario; DIR. Howard David
son. Millbrook, n. V; Robert Ogilvie,
Trevor, Wis.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
FROG INDUSTRY OF MINNESOTA.
Inst Years Receipts Estimated tc
Exceed Half IL Million Dozen.

grown up in St. aPal and MINNEAPOLIS IL
the last few years n .a2 I'M ~ ar otR
err frogs like the Minnesota product for
The cplcure. Like the quail ara other
wild fowls found in the south. the ne; frogs 9,s
caught there are unpalatable The dlfS
ference is attributed to the clear, Sgop
weather found in Mlnnesota's 10000 laSss
in which the frogs liXe ana l1 have th tha
largest frog markets in the world. The
total. receipts, for the pasct year from
he r9E oz satcsre q hs s re
the two Cities 's and The occupation gives
employment t. more than 100 fa am l..sr
are in great demand in New York, Gin n
einnat in all OF the n ex states sia
north CT t''; ST. AZ Louin, and the demand is
constantly incl easing. The greatest de-
larger ST Cries. sg throngheat
mand for them, which is growing: In st.
be found on the Bill of fare of every hcteI
and restaurant. Here they cost FROM %
TO so cents dozen.
lakes hr Dg The state
catches arc in the fall and the spring: In
the spring the frogs come out of their
catch them. In the fall they return to
the water as soon as cold approaches,
md 1t is also very easy to capture great
Quantities of them at that tfsne, The
rog breeds very fast and 1t requires q
couple of months for them to attain full
size. In the various lakes ia. and ponds s OF
| 100000 breeding places. .
Unlike oysters, there is good demand
for frogs legs all the year round, and
1t is necessary to hunt them in the win
ter when the ground Is frozen to the
depth Of two or three feet and the ice
covers the ponds TO the thickness of from
| twantyfour to thirty-six. inches. But
with all these drawbacks, it is not diff
| cult to earn $40 IL day at this occupa-
| ton. When they take to the water in the
fall the professional frog catcher watches
them and learns where they nest. He
winter and then cuts the ice over the.
| nests marked, scooping out great num-
bers of frogs. AS many. as 500 or 1,000
can be secured in one of these nests in
| good seasons. No effort has yet been
made to establish frog hatcheries or. to
| ing so large. The frog catcher kills the
| frogs with a stick and gathers his catch
1 up in bag as he walks around the va
| rious lakes and ponds. He has no caps
| tai invested and realizes from So to $40 u
| day for the time he is employed in the
| occupation.
The average price obtained for frogs
| legs in this market at wholesale is from
to s cents a dozen during the summer
| but they go as high as Is cents during
| the winter months. The demand for
| frogs legs is steady from certain Gus.
the New York hotels has a standing order
| for fifty dozen a day, and they have been
| shipped regularly for more than year
! to this house.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
SILVER REPUBLICANS MEET.
National Conference Is Being Held
in Chicago

Chicago, Nov. 3O.-The executive
committee of the national silver re-
publican party met at the Auditorium
this afternoon to discuss plans for the
next presidential campaign. Though.
no official statement was made by
Chairman Charles \. Towne, the senti-
inent of the members of the commit
tee apparently favored holding IL ma
tional convention i'm 1900 simultnne.
ously with the national democratic
convention and Endorsement by the
silver republican nominees of that
convention providing the silver plank
OF the convention OF 1876 is adopted.
Kansas City, Mo-, Nov 2S.-Dr. Il. B.
Lawrence, of Eldorado. Kas., who is in
favor of the silver republicans holding
a national convention of their own
next year and putting presidential
ticket in the field, left for Chicago last
night to attend The meeting of the en-
ecutive committee of the silver re
publicans. He is armed with authori
ty from the Commercial club and 9th.
er local organizations to offer induce.
mentssto hold the convention in Kan
SaS City.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
STRIKERS BADLY BEATEN.
C'hbbcd and Routed 10y Non Union
Sewer Won krrs in Chicago.


Sewer Wul krrs in Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 3o.--A riot occurred
last evening at the intersection of In
diana avenue and 'rhirty-ninth streets,
where for some weeks there has been
strike on the large intercepting
sewer being constructed by the city.
There have been numerous fights
between the strikers, who are union
their places. the latter being for the
have beaten seve1al of the colored men
badly, but last night the tables were
| turnctl-the strikers were beaten,
dubbed and driven out of the neigh
berhood.
Injured:
William Tuck. striker, cut about
the head by an iron bar: may die.
John O'Connor, officer, toe cut off by
Il bullet.
Officer William Cox, had severely cut
| by a razor.
Joseph Lettesh, striker, severe scalp
wound.
Willis Black(. colorcd, conclusion Of
right shoulder.
| George Casper. colored. face
|
! Henry Allen, colorcd. bullet in
cheek.
/ Eugene Washington. colored, gum
shot wound in left foot.
Unknown striker, gunshot wound in
right cheek.
Over $50 men We're engaged in the
battle.
Last night when the colored men
| lett their work trouble with the
/ strikers started, as usual. The ne
| grocs made determined onslaught
upon the union men and clubs, iron
bars, stones, razors and revolvers
were all brought into use. All the
windows i'll drug store on the corner
were smashed by bullets. A riot call
was sent in and two patrol wagons
filled with officers We're sent TO the
scene. They arrested twenty-eight
colorcd men.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30

made in dealing with former delegates
from the territory Of Utah. are conceded
not to apply to the fuil-fiedged represent
tative whom Utah as a state now sends
to congress. Both democratic and repub-
lican leaders are. seeking some method
of dealing with the Roberts case which
Undoubtedly the faircst and most salts
factory procedure would be to ac,snow,-
edge the legality OF the Utah members
prima facie credentials and to refer his
disputed qualifications, as the constitu-
ton provides. to the subsequent iuds-
ment OF the house. A resolution to eXpel
lations would require two-thirds vote.
aid IN securing that majority the co.
operation Of the two parties In the house
that IN any irregular effort to jugglc him,
out Of his eligibility on = point OF order
recurring only majortt vote.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30

Boston Herald: A French paper
aas this droll story OF laundress who
lately gained the first prize in a big
,cttery with the number seventeen.
When asked how she hit on that num-
Der she said she had dreamed three
nights running of the number seven,
md thought it must mean something;
10 she said, 'sThree times seven are.
;eventecnl Seventeen will be a lucky
ticket. So I bought it and won the
orize!" 1t will be seen that, in spite
If education" superstition still lin;'
gers. and is often found in unexpected
quarters
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30

An old and experienced English
army officer travelling in this country
said in Chicago last week of the Brit
ish commander in the Transvaal:
General Butler is man of the stamp
of your Grant-frst of all, an aggres
sive fighter. He is disliked heartily at
home. Officers under him have never
liked him; l don't myself He Is 10
have free hand in Africa, however.
He is not SO much a strategist as IL
hammer and anvil. lie cares nothing
for mems lives, so he gains his point.
Sod pity the Beers if, defeated in bat
tie, their lines become broken. Per-
sonally, would like to have seen Il
more magnanimous commander in
South Africa, but his worst enemy
cannot deny that Butler is a tremen-
1ous fighter
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
FOR USE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

New York, Nov. 3O.-A consignment
of 500 horses arrived in Jersey City
over the Erie railroad from the west
this morning. F. Hugo skead, of Cape
Town, South Africa, bought the horses
and was in charge of their shipment
across the country. Slsead refused tc
talk about the purchase of the horses,
but it is understood they were bought
for the British army IN Africa. II i.
said the animals win he used in the
cavalry branch of the army. The
horses will be shipped from Jersey
City to Cape Town.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
Not That!

heard In the Cracker district of Tennes-
The mother shouted from the door oe
the cabin behind the trees:
"Yank Tyson! Tim Tyson!' she cried,
what yu'uns doin'?'
Two little boys raised their heads over
barrel, 300 yards down the mountain.
"Foo!in',' was the reply.
BE yu'uns smokin'?"
"Ye'um."
BE yu'uns chawin'?''
'tY4um."
BE yuuns chawin' twist an smosin'
cob piper"
''Yc'Gm."
"Thet's alright. But if yo' let me kotch
yo' srnokin' them cigareets, I'll gil yo tn
wust lammin yo' ever he'd in yo' lives.
Yo' hear you MAJ"
'.Ye'um" .
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
A CLEVER FoRGEn.
Succeeded in Dipping n Wealthy


Cedar Rapids, Ia, Nov. a9.--rhe de-
tails of a smooth swindle have just
come to light here. Two months ago
Il man giving the name of .Abram b.
Moods made his appearance at II MAJ
rion notary's office with deed TO 100
acres of the finest land i'm this coun-
ty owned by w. c. Johnston. of JAS
per county. He exhibited an abstract
and executed a mortgage to ID. NJ.
Rowlty, a wealthy farmer, signed and
acknowledged the mortgage and nego-
tiated a loan for $1,000.
ii now develops that the deed from
Johnston was IL forgery. Rowley is
looking for Woods and Johnston has
appealed to the courts to have his title
set right. a Marion banker effected
the negotiations for the loan, suppos-
ing Moods to be all right. and now adj
mits that he never saw the deed. 1t is
said that Rowley will ask tho banker
TO make his loss good.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30

were grossly incompetent. The off,
GERS also say that the behavior of the
troops was beyond praise. For days
they worked in the dark, sutfocating
hold with water sometimes up to
their shoulders, and planls washing
about in Il manner dangerous to life
and limb. The officers took the lead
in battling and encouraged the men.
The captain of the ship promised
the men % cents day for battling, but
he now proposes to pay them in all
$l.5o each. The soldiers talk of at
taching the ship.
The regiment will proceed to Zam-
boanga on the Pekin to garrison sew
erll ports on the island OF Mindanao.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
l,o,hsc,,ild,s Girt TO ohiccrs

London letter: The most striking feat
ure of Pail Mall just now is a huge pile
Of 400 cases of all kinds of delicacies ly-
ing outside q noted comestible, store. adj
dressed to officers of the Cold Stream
South Africa.
This one firm alone is sending :15,oos
worth of the choicest viands. fruits and
wines. which is only two months sup.
ply. In addition, Alfred Rothschild has
presented the guards officers with 10c
dozen of the finest champagne and 5000
of his famous brand of cigars.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1899-11-30
Elected wee President.

Des Moines, Ia. Nov 29.--W. +. Har-
riman. of Hampton. Ia. president of
the Iowa State Agricultural society.
state senator and otherwise we'll
known in political circles of Iowa, has
been elected vice president of the
American Association Of Fairs and
ENpositions, which convened in Chica-
go this week This is a noticeable
mark of recognition of The agricnltur-
al interests of Iowa, particularly as
the election of Mr. Hartman WAS
made unanimous. The association is
the largest OF its kind in America. en-
bracng the agricultural interests OF
both Canada and the United States.