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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
Mass Meeting at Akron.

Akron, Ia, Jan. 25.--A mass meet
ing of citizens of Akron and vicinity
was held in the opera house, to per-
feet plans for helping to build a
bridge across the Sioux river at this
place. Committees We're appointed as
follows: On finance, j. f. Kennedy, f..
A. Fields, G.. w. Rash; general com
mittee on behalf of Sioux Valley town
ship, Union county, South Dakota, w
S. Dodd, A: w. johnson, John Sell
berg; general committee for Akron
n. S. Moore, I. Sullivan, L. S. Wilson.
The sense of the meeting was ex.
pressed in favor of the construction
Of steel bridge.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
CAsTELLANE INDIGNANT.
Declares stories That lie $

Declares Stories That lie $
lated Are False.
New York, Jan. "a. Count BE
CastclIanc and wife, nee Could, a
today from France. They Wen
hotel. The count evidently di
lake the stories printed about |
legged losses in speculation. liz
matized Dcroady, editor of tn
CARO-. which first published the
as !; liar. and declared that wht
gees back he will slap his face
does not retract. The count shoN
statement which said he would
The editor. \ translation folloN.
'''There has been communicate.
me on hoard ship the calumny
l';urisian papers which emana
The Figaro. You will at once
formal denial reserve the ris
my return TO tell you what l til
your ,lisloyal act
II never gambled in my life,
tinucd the count warmly. Il
played cards for money or gamh
any other form. did not lose L
i'm speculation. These stories
falsiiioations, as false as can be. !
is 10 truth in them at all"
When the question Of the reE
between himself and wife was TO
upon The count said: Our re
are perfectly harmonious.
Then he smiled ut his wife.
stocd by his side. and she sna
him. There was seeming good
| in the smiles.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
WOODS TOUR OF CUBA.
Governor General Inspccts Public
Institutions in Santa Clara.

Institutions i'll Santa Clara.
Casilda. Province OF Santa Clara
Cuba, Jan. Ex-Governor General
Wood and his party arrived here on
board the dispatch boat Ingalls, at day
light yesterday morning. Later The
general visited Trinidad and inspected
the Jail, hospitals and other public
buildings at that place. He visited the
post of Company IL. Second infantry,
under the command of Captain Ben
ham, whom General Wood compli.
mented upon the manner i'm whicl
the Jail. hospitals and streets had been
kept clean. a noticeable feature of
the province was the lack OF public
work.
General Wood does not believe in
the advisablity OF supplying he pco.
pie with oxen and farming nipple.
ments, thinking it better 10 supply
them as much as possible With public
Works and allow them to save money
and buy the necessary implements and
oxen. The general is in favor of max
ing the people more self-relant, and he
thinks this plan is the best way ,c
do it.
General Wood says the prison at
CienfuegOs was ONcrcrOwdcd. Other
wise il was in good condition. He il
of the opinion that HE hospitals are
dirty and that many improvement
can be made.
\ road is being built between CASH.
da and Trinidad, four miles. but il
gives employment 10 few men.
The party left here this afternoon
for Manzanillo
Havana, Jan. %. Senior NiIlalon
secretary of public works, has issucs
a request to all mayors to send details
regarding the public works i'm theil
municipal districts, together with ;
statement of what is required to bt
| done and the reasons i'm support o.
their claims.
He says he is receiving so many pc
titions for road and bridge cons,ruc
ton that al lie can do is To apply tin,
available funds i'm the most urgen
cases.
One reform contemplated is such a,
alteration in he railway time table
tional system. thus greatly reducing
the time now taken in travelling u,
rail in Cuba. For instance. the i'm,
required now to go from Havana Il
| Cienfuegos will be reduced by W.,
| hours.
| Al meeting of the national com
mittce of the republican party hels
| yesterday Il resolution was adoptct
asking the provinces to proceed immc
diately to elect provincial delegates f.
| the national assembly in proportion o
one delegate TO 10000 inhabitants.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

Lawton Gave II Lesson in Discipline
indianapolis Press: The story is told in
Cuba how Lawton on one occasion had
the chief surgeon of his command placed
under arrest and threatened him with
court martial because he refused to take
a drink before breakfast.
The general. in a genial mood. had
,,! the surgeon to join him in a drink
The surgeon politely but firmly refused
Then sir" said the general. las your
commanding officer, direct you to take
drink
And refuse 10 obey ORDERS, said the
surgeon thinking the whole matter a
Joke.
But 1t was no Joke with Lawton Sum
moning two. soldiers, he placed them in
charge OF the surgeon and declared he
would have him court-martialed imme-
diately. Then the surgeon weakened and
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles O'Brien, who
are now man and wife, but who before
their marriage were brother-in-law
and sister-in-law, came all the way
from Liverpool to be united because
of the English law which prohibits
the marriage of man to his deceased
wifels sister. They were to have been
welded in Jersey City, but were in
such haste to catch the first steamship
going back that they did not wait for
the five days required to elapse in
New Jersey after the issuance of the
marriage license, but crossed over to
New York, where they were married
by an alderman.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
CASUALTIES IN Luzon.
IAatest List OF Deaths Reported
General Otis

Washington, Jan. 81. General
ends the following list of casua'
Deaths: Nar,s,.2D December
John Cooling Company II,
teenth infantry; December 81. Even
Barker, Company 6; January 10, '
ID. sasl, Company Il, Thirty-thisd
fantry. Observation-Disclosures IL. }
G. Bettcrff, Company ID, Third in:j
try; january IL, William Brady, CT
pany H. Ninth infantry; January
James Ross, Company Il. Thirty
infantry; January II, William
Quade. sergeant, Company G, I
artillery. Chronic Diarrhoea-J
AIRY IL, Frank House, Company
Fourth infantry. Rupture-Jan,
Ii, George Gaywood, Company
Twenty-fifth infantry. Wounds s
Ac.ion-,Janrary -, Peter Mode
Company II, Fourth cavalry; Janu.
Is. Charles Singleman, Company
Eleventh cavalry. Found in Rio
nobaitistia. Luzon. covered with
ciscd wounds January 6, Joseph, G
pi, musician. Company A. Seventei
infantry. Tuberculosis January
Robert Mil, corporal, Gonpan
Eleventh cavalry. Pneumonia
AIRY II. Walter Harris. Compa
Foriieth infantry. Gunshot. acc
al january IL. Clarence Barkli
poral. Company NJ, Twenfy-setel
TautrN
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
Binding for For. Dodge.

Fort Dodge, Ia, Jan. 25. Silas and
Frank Corey, for consideration of
$4,000, purchased of Andrew Hover
seventy feet fronting First avenue
south. between the Midland theater
building and the Hover block, to-
gether with party wall rights to both
buildings. They will erect three
story business block, 7ONl4O feet deep.
Three store rooms will he provided on
HE first floor
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

A curious point in insurance law is
troubling the Vienna courts. A sur
geon in trimming his nails before per-
forming an operation cut his finger
and was infected SO that he had to call
in doctor for himself. He claimed
compensation on an accident policy,
but the company refused to pay on the
ground that operations performed by
doctors on themselves We're expressly
excluded in its policy. The courts
must decide whether nail cutting is a
surgical operation.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

A story is told by the Utica Observer
of an intoxicated man coming out of a
saloon in one of the city's suburbs and
falling upon the sidewalk. dIe was
unable to rise. A bright and sharp
eyed miss, perhaps a dozen years OF
age, was passing. a thought struck
her snd she opened the door of the
saloon, and said: Mister, your sign
has fallen down." The proprietor
came to the door and Immediately
recognized that a truthful point had
been made at his expense, while at
safe distance stood the girl laughing
ut hisn.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
A dispatch from Fort Worth, Tex

A dispatch from Fort Worth, Tex,
says that an alligator's nest has been
found in the Angelina river bottoms,
near Nacogdoches, by June d. Harris,
in which was the mother and eighty
young ones about one foot long. The
mother was eight feet long. He also
captured the mascot of the alligator
family, a large, loggerhead turtle,
which was in the nest. Mr.. Harris
states that this oviparous animal is in
sariably found with this species of
reptiles while the young are in
state of Information.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
MORE BRIBERY STORIES.
Testimony in the Clark Inves
fiAu tIQ1oI

tIou IOuH!.
Washington, Jan. 24.-ln the j
LEGATION of the charges of bri
against Senator Clark. of Nom
The first witness of the day was {
Smith, president of the Montana
tional bank, OF HeleTa. He said
neither Clark nor Welcome tn
acted any business in the bank du
the last session of the Legislature
cept that Clark opened an acct
with the bank Just prior to the {
of the session with a deposit of So
and he had never drawn upon t
count since.
Patrick w. Murray. member
Montana Legislature from Butte,
tailed interviews with Callick. IL
porter of Clark. who held up his y
and spread out his fingers and tn
saving witness could have that
his vote for Clark. George Case.
come 10 him to buy a piece of m
ground Witness owned, but Il conc
OF the sale WAS that he should vo'
Clark. lie refused all PROPOSE
Adjourned.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
Jenkins Bond Forfeited.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, Jan. 25.-When the
prisoners were arraigned in district
court yesterday morning to plead, j.
L. Jenkins, charged with attempt to
criminally assault his 14-year-old step
daughter, and who was out on bond
OF $4,000, failed to appear and his
bond was declared forfeited. jenkins
is mayor of Central City and has al
ways stood very high. The board of
supervisors will offer reward of $500
for his capture.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
LEPROsY IN IOWA.

State Board Reports Two Cases in
faio Alto County.
Des Moines, Ia, Jan. %. Some time
ago the state board of health was di-
rected by resolution to investigate the
outbreak of leprosy in Iowa. Secre-
tary Kennedy reported today. He
found three cases of leprosy in Palo
Alto county, near Graettinger; one
victim, Miss Carrie Peterson, has died.
There is little danger of the disease
spreading.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
New Electric Railroad.

Iowa City, Ia, Jan. 23.--An electric
railroad is being projected and will
probably be built this year from Iowa
City westward and passing through
the villages of Frendale and Windlam.
in johnson county, and Holbrook in
Iowa county. This will make the line
twenty-five miles long through rich,
thickly settled agricultural region
which, at, present, has no railroad ia
cilities.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

Not long ago Police Magistrate
Crane, of New York, fined and severe
" lectured man who was brought
before him for kicking homeless
i1og, Gust for fun" Now Harry j.
Bascom, of Providence, who had some
Valuable collies in the New York dog
Ihow, has presented the judge with
one of the finest of them.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
Leaves Musnn 1,i1X

Mason City, Ia. Jan. 2:.-Rcv sum
ner I. Martin. for four years the pop
ular pastor of the Christian church of
this city. and president OF the North
western Association, has resigned his
pulpit here to accept call from the
First church al Omaha. He will not
leave here much before the first of
Aplil
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

While Marcus w. Montgomery, q
New York business man, was boiling
sandwich in quick lunch" estab-
lishment his $50 overcoat was stolen
from a hook on which he had hung it.
Montgomery sued the lunch room
man and obtained verdict, which,
however, has just been set aside by
higher court, the latter tribunal hold
ing that such an establishment could
no more be held responsible for a
patrons clothing than for his diges-
ton.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

Sir James sivewright, of Cape Town
has turned over to the government his
great estates, lying twenty miles from
Cape Town, to be used as hospital
and convalescents' home for the army.
Three different mansions, giving ac-
commodations for nearly 300 officers
and men, have been provided. In adj
dition Sir James has equipped and
brought to south Africa at his own ex-
pense two complete corps of doctors
and nurses.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
Editor,s Wife Dies.

Early, Ia, Jan. 25-Mrs. III. w. Cory,
wife of the editor OF the Sac County
News, is dead. She leaves five children
and a husband to mourn her death,
and they have the sympathy of the
whole community.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

An interesting automobile contest
took place at Longchamps recently.
The fete was exclusively social, and
special stands were erected for the
corps diplomatiqle, the Jockey and all
the leading Paris clubs. The ''teufs-
teufs," as owners affectionately call
their horseless vehicles, numbered
About sixty, and were all beautifully
decorated. There was procession OF
the automobiles past the presidents
stand, after which they all proceeded
to the Restaurant de la Cascade, in
the Bots de Colonge, where the lun-
cheon was served.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
She Shocked the Corn.

Cleveland Plain Dealer Thets
right One of them eastern wo-
men critters in what they cali a rainy
day costoom went a-cavortin' by our
place yestiddy an you never see SIGH q
outlandish rig"
'Kind o. sh.>rt an resky, wuz it,
You bet it\yuz Derned eff it didn't
actually shock tn corn
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

At the Paris exposition 10000 square
feet have been allotted to the Beers.
Their pastoral life will be shown by "a
Boer farm, portraying wildly the life
of the first colonists of the 1ransvaal.
The National pavilion of the Trans
vaal, built in the Dutch style, will dis
play geographical documents, mineral
specimens and exhibits showing the
methods of instruction in the schools.
In the Boer farm will be exhibited the
wild animals of the Transvaal. The
means and methods Of transportation
used will also be portrayed. The min
ing industry will be shown by "a five
stamp battery.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

Does Nephew Attempts Suicide,
Denver. Colo. Jan. 23-Guy Den
nett. aged 2l, Il nephew of President
Dole. of Hawaii. attempted suicide
here by cutting his wrist with knife
i'm rooming house. He was out OF
money and Respondent. He probably
will recover.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
IOWA SUPREME COURT.
Decisions Handed Down at Dc
MOincs.


Moincs.
Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 23.--The SUI
preme court today handed down de-
cisions in the following cases:
Mc1ver, appellant, VS.. Davenport:
Woodbury. district; affirmed.
jackson VS.. Independent school dis
triot, appellant: Hardin district: af-
firmed
Hibbs, appellant, VS.. board of direct
ors; Mahaska district: affirmed.
Baxter Reed & CO., appellant. VS..
Rollins O. Co.: Ida district: dismissed.
Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 22.-The Iowa
supreme court today handed down de-
clsions i'm the following eases:
Norman. appellant. ". Chicago and
Northwestern Railway company; Har-
i'Ison district. affirmed.
Russell, appellant, VS.. Finn: Winnie
shiek district: affirmed.
Warder. Bushnell g. Glcssner COM
pany, appellant, VS.. Horre Bros; Linn
district: reversed.
Ferry VS.. Campbell. appellant: Pot
tawattamie district; reversed.
Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 19.-The state
supreme court has handed down the
following DECISIONS:
Building, Savings and Loan associ-
alton VS.. Froelicll, appellant; Sioux
district; affirmed.
Hurd VS.. Ladner g. Corbin, appel
liant; Hamilton district: reversed as to
Ladner; affirmed as to Corbin.
Hizere, appellant, VS.. Ezere; Wa,
pello district: reversed.
Sylvester VS.. incorporated town of
Casey. appellant: Guthrie district; re-
yersed.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

1t was General Gatacre who caused
London to smile approvingly by hav-
ing his baggage labeled Pretoria, via
Cape Town" He omitted, however,
wNAt seems imminent and needed in
Me iabel-sThs Raca Course
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
Sir William preece, Of Southampton.

SN1 WHAdlu ITcece, Oh southampton,
England, at the November meeting,
uttered some very wise and fruitful
words before the sanitary institute.
He told his hearers, and it is largely
true, that the greatest sanitary engi-
neer the world had ever known was
Moses. The book of Leviticus Ia II
treatise on hygiene. For 3,4Oo years
the world stood still, and only two
races followed the doctrines and
teachings of that great master. The
Christian threw his tents to the wind,
the Mohammedan, to his great benefit,
had continued to practice some of his
principles to the present day, and the
Jew remained faithful and was the
hea!thiest and longest-lived type Of
humanity. The doctrines of Moses
could be summed up as the objects of
sanitation today: Pure air, pure wa
ter, pure food, pure soil, pure dwell
tngs, pure bodies. Sir William boldly
assured his audience that they might
stretch the natural span of human
life to five score years if they would
only be clean with the cleanliness
physical, social and moral-of the
Mosaic system.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
REPORTS IN QUAY CASE.

Majority Argues Against seatins--
Minority Favors Him.
Washington. Jan. 25.-The reports
of the committee On privileges ana
elections in the case of Quay. who
claims n seat in The senate on the APP
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
RAISING BIG ROW.
Expert Collectors Making Ii Warm
for YaN DODGERS.

Mason City. la. Jan. %. Expert tax
investigators are raising big row In
the different surrounding counties. In
Hancock county in the neighborhood
OF 100000 have been unearthed that
have never been accounted for i'm the
way of taxes, and some of the men are
coming up TO the scratch and paying
up without the expensive channels of
legal prosecution. Franklin county is
in about the same condition. The
board of this county is now negotiat-
ing with parties to have an examine
ton made here and Mitchell county is
right in line as soon as they arc able
to secure the right sort of men, \
question has arisen regarding the way
these men are to be paid for such
work. 1t would be morally right to
pay them from the money they are
able to secure, but the board has no
legal right to pay it out of any but the
county fund. So many counties are
going into it that the legislature may
be asked to legalize the act of using
the money thus obtained from the
tax dodgers i'm payment of the experts.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
HABEAs CORPUS REFUSED.

Judge Wallace Declines to Gran,
Writ in Garter Case.
Albany, n. ", Jan. 25.Judge Wal
lace of the federal court. refused to
grant Il writ of hnbeas corpus in the
ease of Captain Oberlin NJ. Carter.
convicted OF conspiracy against the
government.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

(. Curiosity in Military Nc
on her arst voyage as Il transl
Orient had on board the Black
Here is tire menu OF the last
served To the regiment before I
the Cape:
Raaas en- Pickle.
Consomme q Ia Coode dhe Col
British Pluck en- MaNoanais
Beers Cheek ia A ic.
1'artiaos de Black Wat
Stem Hard Pressed
The Mounted Fayoci
tlitlander Grouse.
Conference Pears aux r le5
Ge,ee de Tudwuy en- Viz
Duifs Delight.
Krueeer Deviled an Ma
Most OF the items explain
6ielee de Tudway is Eamed
Major Tudway. in oommai
-.oanted Infantry on board.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
Bonds Are LEGAL.

Iowa City, Ia, Jan. 1o.--By de.
cision of the supreme court the city
of Cedar Rapids is authorized TO call
in $205,000 outstanding warrants and
issue that amount of refunding bonds
which will be done at once.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

Professor C. r. Lanman is having
manuscripts copied in Ceylon and Bur-
mah for "The Harvard Oriental Sto-
ries." The college library at Ran
COON is rich in Buddhist palm-leaf
books, and a transcript of one of
these, "Ghula Middesa," will soon be
on its way to Cambridge
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25

Dickens: All men whom mighty
genius has raised to proud eminence
in the world have usually some little
weakness which appears the more con-
spicuous from the contrast it presents
20 their general character.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
Drake to Go South.

Centerville, Ia, Jan. 25. Ex Cover
nor +. M. Drake returned home from
Chicago where he Went to look after
business matters after attending the
governors Inauguration and awarding
the contract for the building of the
chapel addition 10 Drake university at
Des Moines. The ex-governor hopes
to get his business in shape soon so
that he may take a two-months' pleas
nre trip through the south for the
purpose, il possible of Kidding him
self of very persistent headache,
which seems to become aggravated by
business cares. He will travel through
the south visiting With friends and
may take some friends with him. He
wants to start on his way before the
advent of cold weather.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-01-25
said he would drink rs much liquor as
could be found in Santiago If he could
only regain his liberty

could be found in Santiago If he could
only regain his liberty.
I.awton promptly released him. but for
the next three or four hours the surgeon
was kept SO busy obeying his command
er's instructions that both of them forsot
all about breakfast and when lunch time
arrived the surgeon had lost his appetite.
When they finally separated and the
surgeon was loaded into an ambulance
eral said to him:
Doctor. have given you Il lesson In
military discipline this morning. On some
etiquette"
Some folks make mistake in
thinking they can keep love in cold
storage.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-05-12
A Political Vegetable.

Lord Rosebery, the jingo Liberal
leader, made speech in Edinburgh a
few days ago in which he spoke of the
"dear little shamrock" beloved of Vic
toria and all England, as nothing but
sort of political vegetable and one
which, if worn at all, should be done so
only as reminder of the bravery OF
the Irish troops in the war. He has
been somewhat roundly berated for
what arc regarded as insulting refer
ences to ''the chosen leaf of bard and
chief" as Tom Moore has it, and to one
London correspondent he makes,
through his secretary, the following cx-
planation, which seems little lame:
"No one could read the speech in
question without seeing that Lord
Rosebery's remark about a political
vegetable alluded to the annual discus
sion on the refusal OF the authorities to
allow private soldiers to wear the sham
rock OH St. Patrick's day-a refusal
which Lord Rosebcry never understood
and always regretted. OF course the
shamrock is national emblem in ex-
actly the same sense as the thistle and
the rose"