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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
I,umor of Iain.,s Max Defea,.
MET FIERCE RESISTANCE.
NIahon Had Five Hours Hot Fight
Before Entering NrnEnkinr.

Mallon Had Five Hours Hot Fight
Before Entering NIafeking.
London, May 23.-Lord Roberts re-
ports to the war Office in a dispatch
dated Kroonstad, May 81, as follows:
"Aiahon reports that his flying col
umn entered. Mafeking at a. m. May
is. He was stubbornly opposed by
1850 men on May IL, nine miles from
Matching, but the Beers were driven
from their strong position after five
hours fighting, thanks, he says, to
the magnificent qualities of his
troops. A detachment of Canadian ar
tillery, by a series of forced marches,
reached him the morning of the fight
ing and rendered valuable assistance.
Mahon's casualties were about thirty.
The Boer losses are heavy"
A dispatch to the Daily Mail, dated
Mafelsing, May 10, says:
"Among the prisoners captured
with Commandment Sarel Eloff are
Count de Fremont, Trenchman,
and Count Won Weiss, German. 1t
was found that the Beers were guided
by two deserters named Hay and Boil
ton. At the enemy's request we have
handed over their dead. Today one of
our men was asked to surrender and
replied, Never The Beers at once
shot him through the head.''
Ontmaneuvered Beers.
The second edition of the Daily Mail
this morning contains dispatch from
Janlnadibis, under date of May 49,
which says:
"The British left Alagal Sunday at
sunrise, making tour to the west.
ward in order to avoid Koodoosrand,
where there was strong force OF
Beers. The maneuver was successful
but 81 large force of Beers in ambush
wns encountered. The column OF
light horse dislodgcd the Beers, who
endeavored to .,.filade the convoy. but
We're prevented by artillery and the
enemy fed. our rear guard, composed
of the Kimberley horse. enfilading
their retreat. Captain Hands was
wounded, sustaining compound frac.
ture of the thigh. The Beers left
thirty dead. The column arrived here
this morning and met Colonel Plum
er's force''
Opens the Way for Butler.
A dispatch from Pietermaritzburg
dated Mohday. says the Beers are re.
ported to. have entirely left Natal
leaving Laing's mex free. If this is
true it leaves the way open for Butler
to advance into the Transvaal as soon
as he repairs the railroad sufficiently
to insure good communications.
Roberts is still at Kroonstad reor.
ganizing his forces.
Rnndle's forces encamped at from.
mel are recnperating. A patrol -four
miles from Trommel was attacked b,
Beers. One man was wounded and
some horses killed. The affair is un.
important except in showing the
Beers are still in the neighborhood.
Further details of the fighting al
Mafeking say Eloff's followers desert.
ed him, whereupon Eloff fired OIL
them himself and then surrendered
with eighty followers. The dispatch
says:
"a party of Beers was driven out OF
the stadt and allowed to escape, as we
had sufficient prisoners"
The capture of Eloff and his follow.
ers cost Baden-Powell three men
killed and seven wounded.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
IL
,scscrvoir Must he Rebu,,r

West Point. Neb., Mr.. 22.-The new
reservoir of the city waterworks j,
finished at cost to the taNpayeH
$4,000, has proven total failure+7.Ti
wager engineer began pumping waite
into the new reservoir last Monday
and by Wednesday evening the water
was within a few feet of the top.
Thursday morning the reservoir wa.
4aalna empty. The southwest side was
obliged out and huge cracks extend il.
places from top to bottom of the
structure. A large section of tlS. hill
adjoining. has been washed a.wuySnnd
general ruin and dcsolaton plexails
in the neighborhood. The fault IS laid
TO the Incompetence of the CONTRACTOR.
who supplied sand instead of celNent.
The city council has decided tqStear
down he entire reservoir and rebuild
at, anothr place.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

have ssked Ags,iinaldo for Ia armis-
tice. Say what youchoose," Senator
Spooner exclaimed, sabout tine bresi-
dent. He has been grossly insulted
in this chamber. but he has done his
duty, and done it in 9 way to inn
press on the Filipinos his desire and
the desire of the American people to
do them good-to give them the larg-
est liberty possible, and he has done
it in disregard of hostile criticism at
home; he has done what under his
oath he was obliged to do; he has sent
United States troops to enforce the
authority of the United States over
territory of the United States"
After brief executive session, the
senate, at p. M, adjourned.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

raven and, not content with this,
went to work upon white dress.
When the raven was asked to try it
on, she merrily ran and skipped about
and refused to sit still.
BE quiet little while!" cried the
owl angrily. IF you don't. I will spill
the lamp over you!"
But the raven paid no attention to
the threat and continued to tease the
owl.
AT last, in his vcxation, the owl
dashed the sooty oil ilA the lamp over
the white suit. Of the raven and cried
out, "Qna quail
From that day the unfortunate
raven has worn black coat.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
ST. LOUIS SITUATION.
Street Cur Manager snys All Cars
WIZ Soon He Running.

I'LL soon nc ltOUUtNK.
Of ST. ssr 1o ons,, Mo number Tns
sit company is Being Increased daily.
with the help of non-,inion men from
other cities and deserters from the
ranks of the strikers, so General Man
agel Baumpoff says. This the strikers
deny. The work off repairing wires
and clearing debris from; the tracks is
progressing rapidly, but it will prob
ably be several days before the lines
traversing the northern part of the
city will be operated anything like
before the strike. A number of United
States deputies have been sworn in for
patrol duty along the lines and in the
vicinity of all the transit company's
property. Baumpoff says he is salts
fed that with the progress made, if
the company receives the necessary
police protection. it will soon be oper-
ating all it's cars despite the strikers.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

The seven days beginning with
August 6 have been selected for the
celebrat ton of old home week" in
Maine, and during that time the peo-
pie of the Pine Tree state will well
come with great cortliality and many
festivals all the absent sons who may
find it convenient to return to their
native towns. New hampshire, where
the "old home week" originated, will
celebrate from August II to Aug
,1Sf is
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

John Brown. who has Just been
taken to the county nlmshouse of
Orange county, New York, was once
manager of that institution and SUI
perintendent of the poor for that
county. He was once well-to-do, but
is now pauper IS years old and in
capable of self support.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
MURDERED 4 PROFESSOR.

Colored Man Con cesses He aud :
Companion Killed Il. w. West.
Philadelphia. Pa, May 23.-Henry
Iyer, . colored laborer, confessed to
the superintendent Of police that he,
with q companion, murdered Prof.
Roy Wilson West, q young law In.
structor of the University Of Pennsyl.
vania, Saturday night. The details of
the confession will not be made public
until Ivers' accomplice is arrested.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

The public library at Newbury,,or4t,
Mass, has just had the luclsiest dav in
it's history. In the morning it EssSiyetl
$4,000 as u gift from Johnf (8Yf5
Spring of San Francisco, CAL, and in
the evening came check for 81, 500,
the amount of bequest of the late
Stephen W. Marston, of Boston.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
M'ENERY AND FOSTER.
Nominated for Senators by Louisiana
DcmOcrxts.t y


democratic Tiisiative caucus Of
Louisiana, (which is synonymous with
the legislature, for every member of
the body is a democrat, last night
nominated as United States senator's
S. d. McEnery to succeed himself, his
term beginning in 1903, and Governor
Murphy ]. Foster, to succeed Senator
Caffery, his term to begin in 1901.
Governor Foster confessed to the
caucus he was not sound on the 16 to
proposition, but declared he would
obey the wishes of the democracy on
that point. Senator McEnery made a
similar confession on the tariff, but
insisted the tariff had never been.
made and could not be made test of
democracy. McEnery also declared in
favor of the popular election of sen.
atorS.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
TO SUPPRESS BOXERS.

Imperial Troops Sent to Disturbed
Districts ia China.
Picking, May ss.-rhe authorities
apparently have begun to realize that
the boxers movement is too serious
to remain longer undealt with
Troops are being sent to the disturbed
districts with Instructions to rigidly
suppress outrages. Six leaders Of the.
movement in Picking have been. az.
rested.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

Rev. T., il. James, who has been
preaching in Oakley. Kan. on a $500
salary recently inherited fortune
from relatives in England. and Intends
to devote 100000 of it to the endown-
ment of college and hospital in Okla
bona.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
an,dIski,iio LEGEND OF the Raven
San Francisco Call: The following

yam taIN1seo V'rII: TIC IOIlOWlng
fable of how. the raven became black
is common to every Eskimo house
hold: Once upon a time (all their
stories begin in this way) the owl and
raven were fast friends. Indeed, they
were SO intimate that they spent
most of their time together and had
things in common, like brother and
sister.
One day the raven made "a dress of
dapple white and. black for the owl,
and the latter, not to be outdone in
generosity, made pair of nice whale
bone boots and presented them to the
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

Less than two years ago Grant Gill
lette was perhaps the leading cattle
dealer and SPECTATOR in Kansas City.
He was worth millions and babe fair
to practically own all the herds in that
state. just before Thanksgiving, 1898.
he collapsed through overspeculation.
Cattlemen and banks are now fight
ing over the remains of his once vast
estate, and Gillette is now peddling
shirt waists to the senoritas of Chi
huahua, Mexico.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
'BRlsIOW &lpEllsE DEs
DIRECTOR Rl 4 !! !.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
in Charge Of Cuban Postal
1zsffass
49, u
aATHBONE CRIMlNALlY NEGLIGENT
Investigation Reveals a Chaotic
Situation la the Whole Depart.
ment---NIay BE implicated
In pcculations.

Postmaster General Rristow yest1 -.
div took over the direction Of the NOS!
tai affairs of the island. relieving
Estes II Rathhone director ~ nnsts 4
Who was susnanded Saturday al
thonph formal announcement * the,
snsnension was NOT made mill now.
The charges rnga;nst Mr.. Rathhona 81
scr;minal nepIgence are.--Innlf;nlv;nU
daily. 1t is asserted that he has not
shown any Indication Of desire, to
have official records kent. and. that he
has imnroperly indorsed eSnense nc
counts his own and Neelv,s. to q s,,r-
'prising degree.
During the invest;pations now In
progress Mr. Rathbone will not be al
lowed to leave the island. III Is renort-
ed That W. N. Reeves. in his confess
sion. made charges that reflect se-
riously anon Mr. Rathhone's honesty
Mr. Rristnv and his ;nsnec+ors have
found nothing hut chaos throuphout
the entire denartment. Often no rec-
sords were kept for DAYS at a time and
to get a thorough insight calls for
the service of every inspector now
here. A considerable time must elapse
before the facts of the case will be
known. Indeed, it is doubtful if the
muddle will ever be entirely cleared
up. Deputy Auditor Lawshe had
Reeves brought to the Office to assist.
Reeves had an interview with General
Wood which lasted more than an
hour. 1t is understood that he fur
nished valuable information, which is
helping to clear away certain matters
in doubt.
The postmaster general when asked
If Mr.. Rathbone's suspension was due
simply to negligence in administering
Cuban postal affairs, said that such
might be the inference drawn. When
asked whether Mr.. Rathbone was at
liberty to leave the island, the post
master general replied that General
Wood had control OF that branch OF
tne sun1ect ana would ACT as ne
thought proper. MT. ha0nDones sal-
AIRY as an o1nclal ceased Win tle Or
uer announcing his suspehslo p,
Mhether OF not ms conhectioh Wlt VIII,
the postai service mas oeen severeu
permanently was not stated.
Ills Authority ls Absolute.
Washington, May 23.-Fourth AS
sistant Postmaster General Brlst0w,
who has been sent to Cuba by Mckin-
ley to take charge of the Cuban
postal service, has full power to re-
tain in the service or to DISMISS any
person at present connected with the
Cuban postal service and this power
extends over Mr.. Rathbone. He also
has power to direct arrests OF persons
against whom evidence may be round.
Administration officials say that Mt.
Bristow can be depended upon to act
With the utmost severity IN 0eall0X
with every criminal who may be
found in the Cuban postal service e, no
matter what his rank may De: ihey
believe that the political erect OF the
scandal Will not be adverse 70 the re-
publican party If they can make rec.
ord OF promptly unearthfng and ade-
quately Furnishing every one who, may
be shown to be guilty: This Will be
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

A collector of autographs says: 81
bought good autograph of Queen
Victoria in London for $40. got
Matthew Arnold's autograph for ST.,
. Blackmore's for So, Carlyle's for SO
and Gladstone's for $3.50. The sigma
/, tnre of Lord Byron comes higher, and
cost me $25. -
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

A Canadian has designed am office
message box. which prevents mes
sages being read by outsiders. having
a reel of paper to be unwound and slid
across shelf to receive the message,
the sheet passing two rollers through
slot in the door. with locking paw
TO prevent the rollers from beil
being turned backward.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

Bostons registrar of births and
marriages recently refused to grant a
marriage license to an ill-assorted
couple who had applied to him. The
prospective bride was "A years old and
had $4,000 in her own name. while
the would-be groom. 30 years of age,
was practically pennilcss.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

The next generation will see the
Could fortune pretty we'll cut up.
there being so many heirs. The rich
est OF these will be Kingdom, Georg
Gonld's eldest child. His father is
rated at S7o,o0o0o0 Kingdom. though
a mere child, speaks German and
French. and has picked up surpris-
ing knowledge of Yachting.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

Another claimant of the honor of
being the oldest Mason in the world
has just been heard from-this time
in Denver, Col. He is Adna Adams
Treat, who joined the order in Febru-
airy 1882, and who is now in his 103d
year.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
wAYLAID AND ROBBED.
Party OF Campers Holds Up Aged
Resident Of Gnrrelson.

Sioux Falls. 8. D.. May 2l.-states At
torney Bates was called to Garretson this
afternoon to prosecute party of camp
ers. consisting of three men and n
woman; who Sunday evening waylaid and
robbed an old gentleman of Garretson
named Newgard. taking from him q sum
OF money between 40 and $50. The people
Of Garretson are greatly exercised over
the occurrence. and az Newgard was bad
ly pounded. the case has taken on Sc
yious aspect -. q
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
Mrs. Sally Baker. who died

Mrs. Sally Baker, who died at
nafs1fffH1d Mass. AT the age of 101
years. was the only pcnsioner of the
\ XaE.of 1912 in the Bay state. She and
= herhusband lived for many years on a
farm adjoining the estate of Daniel
Webster. She left number of chill
dren and grandchildren.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

Many of the streams in France have
been stocked with American black
bass, and the fish have tionrishcd to
such an extent that they are common
articles of diet in the hotels and res
taurants.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
1t is claimed for c. P. Robertson. OF

1t is claimed for c. p. Robertson, of
Chattanooga that he is the youngest
living man who fought throughout
the war on the confederate side. He
enlisted i'll the Twenty-fourth Georgia
infantry Augunst 13, 1861, when he
was Is years and months old, served
four years straight and never went
home, having meantime taken part in
thirty battles, including Chickamauga,
Fredericksburg and the Wilderness,
besides Scores of small affairs.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
SHOT AT A DANCE.

James Dawson. or Mystic, Dies Of
His Wounds.
ottumwa. Ia. May 2l.-James David
son. who was shot at dance near Mystic
Saturday night by William Quinley. Of
Frankfort, KY. died Sunday morning.
Quinley has surrendered to the sheriff of
Appanoose county. AS,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

Bankers estimate that American Wis.
/. itors to the Paris exposition will
spend abroad this year $4,000 O0OI
more than is usually spent by Amer
leans in Europe during the vacafiani
season. ,,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

American wooden ware is in great
demand in England and Germany, and
is now finding its way into Russia. 1t
is also exported to the West Indies,
South America, China, Australia, New
Zealand, India and South Africa. The
articles which find most ready mar
let abroad are clothes pins. pails
cchopping bowls, folding chairs, re-
frigerators, ice cream freezers, wash
tnbS and rburpS
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

Senator Pettus' big black SLOUGH hat
is curiosity. 1t is his travelling
desk. When he starts out in the
,-..urning Senator Pettus fills Ibis hat
with letters and papers. he distributes
them in sections as he visits the WHITE
house and the departments, but the
old SLOUGH hat is still bullying with
documents when he reaches the SEN
Ofp
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

Delcasse, Frances minister of for
eign affairs is the most democratic
member of the cabinet, not excepting
the avowed socialist 4lillerand. He is
very short of stature, blunt, course,
unattrnctive of feature and generally
very badly dressed. He is we'll liked
by his associates, however, and is re-
spected as a hard worker and clear
thinker. He has lasted through three
ministries.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
old Paper Min nnrns,

Middletown, o., May 22.AThe Old Globe.
or Gardner mill, belonging to the Titus
Gardner Paper company. was destroyed
by fire early this morning. The loss =
100000. fully insured.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

The czar of Russia's suite consists of
173 persons, of whom fifteen are mem
bers of the imperial family, seventeen
are princes who are not of imperial
birth. seventeen are counts, nine are
barons. and the remaining 115 are no.
hlemen of lower rank. Only 12s arc
Russians, the rest being Germans.
Firms, Poles, Circassians, Greeks and
Ro,manians.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
.. she Wanted to Know. i

you let me look at.your watc3Spalttl
&hile?"
Certainly, Miss Flypp. Do W
want to consult the time?"
No. replied the girl, as she open
it and examined it's case and work.
IL was curious to see if water tan
nished gold, or had any effect on tn
watch's delicate mechanism
Wafer? What do you smean?"
Well, Mr.. Hnnlser told me you wer
III the habit of soaking your watch
What is the object of such treatment
Mr.. Dolley?'
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24

Senator Platt of New York is a re-
ligious man, and a member in good
standing of the Presbyterian church.
He joined the Madison Square church
when he went to New York, more
than thirty years ago. and was Il
member of the choir for more than
twelve years. Senator Platt is also
licensed pharmacist. and used to put
up prescription as we'll as anybody.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-24
ConstitutiOnnl Questions,

Senator Spooner then entered upon
b discussion of the constitutional
phases of the Philippines question. He
said our 6S,0QO troops were in the Phil
ippinA 6r>fhe purpose of maintains
ing order in territory (which had been
acquired by the United States.
Whe United States sha8ihg acquired
the Philippines by the treaty of Paris,
Senator Spooner continued, the presi-.
,dent could do no less than send troops
to that Archipelago. He could not
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-02

On the outbreak OF hostilities Aguin-
aldo assured Gen. Otis that the rupture
was not Of his seeking, and asked that a
cessation OF hostilIues might be agreed
upon, in order that the situation might
be discussed. II, as the proclamation
OF the Commissioners sets forth, the
Philippines have been acquired by the
United States solely with the obj sct OF
beneftting the Filipino people, OF grant
ing them blessings OF just ard upright
government. and OF doing this ''in way
that will satisfy the well founded
demands aud the highest sentiments
and aspirations OF the Filipino people"
why cannot truce now be arranged and
neGotia tions entered into2 We believe
that such a course Of action would 60
much further towards convincing the
FIipinos OF the dIsinteTestedness of the
Americans than the present method OF
striving to instil this belief with the
baYonet. Everyone is we'll aware of the
power of the United States, and we do
not think by adopting the more humane
course, and thus saving hundreds Of the
lives OF the people that they profess to
have come to elevate and civilize, that
the least loss OF prestige could accrue to
them. The blessings of civilization will
not be Of much account to an extinct |
-acel
Washington sentinel., 1900-06-02

While there is much that may
be considered open to question in
the report,oi the Philippine Com
mission it at least contains two
statements which lew will cavil a..
One is the insistence, as a SlRe 9ua
non of success, that any govern
ment set up in the islands "must
be adapted to the Filipinos," the
other that "the majority Of the in
habitants Of the Philippines are
possessed Of a considerable degree
OF civilization" 1t is because the
people are civilized that they know
what is best suited to their needs,
and are, apparently, prepared to
contend for an indefinite period
for the right of being their own
judges Of what is best suited to
themselves. Had the Filipinos, as
was undoubtedly originally IN
tended, been given fair chance to
govern themselves they would
being, as this Commission admits,
civilized people-in all probability
have done as we'll if not better than
the Japanese.