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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
EcuMENIcAL CONFERENCE.
Increased Attendance at the Mis-
sionnry Gathering.

luCfCNScu AttcuuunCc IU INC Mis-
sionnry Gathering.
New York, April 26-Thcre was /;
noticeable increase in the attendance
when the ecumenical conference began
its session today with simultaneous
meetings in Carnegie hall and three
churches. Evangelistic work was the
subject discussed at Carnegie hall
while at Central Presbyterian church
Calvary Baptist church and the Madi.
son Avenue Reformed church sectional
meetings We're held on woman's work
At 10 o'clock the regular morning SEES.
sion service of the conference at Car.
negie hall was begun by Bishop Il. G
Andrews, of New York. who made a
brief address. Bishop j. NJ. Thoburn
of India, then delivered an address or
the subject, Character Importance in
Evangelistic work and the Conditions
for Success
The morning session at Calvary Bap
fist church was devoted to the won.
ans meeting, the general topic under
discussion being evangelical work. The
speakers We're Miss Jennie Duncan, oil
India: Miss Alice i. Delton, of Japan
and Miss r. Baskerville, of India.
At Central Presbyterian church
there was another meeting of women
in the interest of educational work. n,
which Mrs. Irene Barnes, of London
Miss Isabella Thoburn of India, Miss
f. L. Baldwin of China. Mrs. L. NJ. Nc.
Nnir of Japan, and Mrs. j. w. Francis
of Indianapolis, spoke.
AT the Madison Avenue Reformed
church a meeting was held at which
the general topic was "Giving.'
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
WARNS The UNITED STATES.
Vienna Paper on the Mission of the
Boer EnyOya.

London, April %. The Vienna cor
respondent of the Times says:
The Boer peace commissioners will
not be received at Vienna, Berlin, st
Petersburg or Rome. 1t is we'll the
United States should know how the
mission has failed in Europe and the
temper OF Europe toward the United
States.
The widespread hostility toward
the United States which is constantly
manifested on the continent is fac
tor to be rccltoned with, as the United
States will probably discover at the
next renewal of commercial treaties. :
The correspondent goes ON at grea,
length to argue that "thc latent feel
ing of hostility toward the United
States, though not of a serious char
acter, is yet strong enough TO make
an opportunity of putting u spoke in
Americas wheel very Welcomes, and
he adds that ION this account america
will probably realize the desirabilits
of maintaining Il good understanding
with England
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
ENGLISH GIRL AN INDIAN NUN.
Renowned Her Country for Her
New l'aith-..ln Chicago Now.

denounced Her Country for Her
New Faith---In Chicago Now.
Chicago Tribune: On the limited
train that left New York for Chicago
Saturday was a sweet faced young
woman clad in strange garb. Around
her was wrapped long garment of
gray wooden stuff, with loose cassock
sleeves, half dress and half robe, held
III at the waist by q simple girdle. 1t
was the dress of an Indian devotee.
She was Miss Margaret Noble, a
wealthy English woman, who has
been converted to the weird beliefs
of the far east
She believes in Kali worship. Her
faith i'll reincarnation is supreme. She
holds that the supreme being should
be typitied by motherhood rather than
by fatherhood, which is the essence of
Kali worship. She holds dear all the
mysticisms of the orient-yet she still
,ings, she says, to her Christianity.
Miss Noble is now Sister Nivedtina.
II have renowned the English
world" said Sister Nivedtina. II will
spend the rest of my life in India. 1t
IS far more satisfying than the crude
west am an Indian nun now, for
have taken the three vows-never to
marry, never to possess anything, al
way to obey
Miss Noble left England for India
eighteen months ago. She is in Amer
Ca to publish book and to raise
funds for an educational institution in
india which purposes teaching girls
manual training in order that they
may better support themselves.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
REPORT FROM ROBERTS.
British Commando, Tells of Recon

Operations.
London. April 26. The war office
this evening received the following
dispatch from Lord Roberts, dated
l5loemfontein, April %:
Yesterday dispatched the Elev-
enth division. under General Pole
Carew. and two brigadcs of the cav
airy. under General French from this
point to assist General Rundle The
force reached Karricfontein without
much opposition.
J. Casualties reported:
''Welsh Observation-Disclosures killed,
Captain Prothero mortally wounded
and seven men.
'Norkshires-E Eight wounded
eighth llusSars-One killed and
one wounded.
''l'ourteenth lI,lssars One wound
cd
Seventh Dragons Lieutenant
Jenkins and ten men missing.
Captain Rotton, Royal artillery, broke
an arm by a fall.
General Pole-Carcw' mounted infan-
try seized Leeuw kop. IL high hill Il few
miles north of last nights position. The
enemy evacuated hurriedly, leavin., some
rifles aud ammunition
General Rumble reports that twenty
five men of the First Worcesters are
missing. 'ifty-three were sent with Wood
to an outpost after dark. and only eight
cen returned. Their numbers and names
Will be reported today, as we'll as our
wounded yesterday"
The war office has no explanation of the
apparent discrepancy in the figures as TO
the men of the Worcester regiment
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
ANIMALS FOND. OF MUSIC. J
Scorpions and Bears Especially sus-
CentibIc tn r,unetul Sn,,n.S.

Scorpions and Bears Especially sus.
ceptiblc to Tuneful Sounds.
Chicago Chronicle: It,is little re-
markable that none Of the many tall
ented musicians of ChnsIsb Has en-
deavored to charm the animals at the
Lincoln park zoo with their melodies.
1t is we'll known that many members
OF the brute creation are particularly
fond of instrumental music. In an
eastern city the violin was used re-
Gently with interesting results in ex-
periments with all sorts of living cfea-
tues. First, it was played Before "a
tarantula. She paid no attention
whatever to it. But nest of scor-
pions became intensely excited and
wiggled frantically. cobra showed
remarkable susceptibility. She was
sleeping soundly when the expert
mentors approached her, but the first
tone awakened her and she raised her
head. AS the music swelled she con-
tinued to rise till she was standing
straight on pillar. supported only by
her tail. Every change in tempo and
pitch had effect. The pizzicato made
her puff her entire body. Swift waltz
iHuslo caused nef 10 erect her ugly
hood to it's fullest size and a sudden
dlssonance made her wind and twist
her body as if she Were in real agony.
The polar bear tried to dance to the
sounds of tlH instrument. At least
nc swayed his body rhythmically and
made rumbling sound which be-
trayed deep pleasure. The grizzlies
and the lions moved their paws and
fni1, a1 So,
the music. 1t happened that a string
snapped with its peculiar sharp smack
just as the player had begun to per-
form before the cage of the hyena.
That poor animal at once hunched its
back up, drew fits tail between the legs
and crouched trembling in the fur
thest corner of the cage. The elephant
and the osteeh were delighted by soft
tones
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
IOWA RETAIL GROCEHs.
ssociation Meeting Opens in Cedar
Rupi,ls Totlay

ISNnllS
Cedar Rapids. la. April %. The
second annual convention of the Iowa
Retail Groccrs' association convened
in the new auditorium today at 10
O'clock, and will continue for three
days. The indications now are hat
no less than 1000 or 900 retail gro
GERS will be present during the scs-
sions. Today is Des Moincs and Fort
Dodge day "Wednesday has been made
Waterloo. Clinton, Dubuque and Sioux
CITY day. and these cities will send
large crowds. Thursday will be Bur
lington. 1T. Madison, kcoknk. Musca-
tine and Iowa City day. Darlington
alone will send 1000 people to the con-
vcntion, about 500 tickets having been
sold already. The otler cities will
send an 4 ltc way from 800 to 500 each,
and a ni;foritv of these will be groc-
eIs.
The iowa Retail Croccrs'' associa
ton WAS organized i'm l)cs Moincs a
year ago with something like 500
members. 1t has grown rapidly, and
of the 1000 retail groccrs i'm the state,
5000 are members of the association.
The presidents address will he
given his afternoon. Wednesday
morning Eugene j. Hall, editor OF tho
Groccrs' Criterion. Chicago. will read
a paper and i'm the afternoon the
feature will he an address by y. G.
Hanson. of Minneapolis, president OF
the national organization.
Questions such as the grocery ped
dlcr, the green stamp man and other
things he groccrs have to contend
Fysrh will be discussed during the
Meeting. The only candidates for the
next convention are Waterloo and
MHsbhlttown.
Held in connection with the conven
ton is the Trans Mississippi Food eN-
position. seventy oil he leading man
ufacturcrs of food products of the
country have exhibits, filling every
available foot of space on two floors
of the auditorium. This exposition
was opened last night with an adj
dress of welcome and responses and Il
band concert. 1t will NOT close until
Saturday night.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
SOUTHERN FLOOD SITUATION.
Slight improvement Showm---lsail.
roads Am Dcm,ornlizrN.


New Orleans, April 26.-While con
ditions in the flooded sections of
Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama
show some improvement today the re-
lief experienced is slight because OF
he difficulties of railroad communica-
ton. The suspension of freight traftis
and delay to the mails is causing great
loss and inconvenience here and distress
among the inhabitants in towns where
supplies have been cut Off for over IL
week. The overflow of streams has
not been increased as much as was en-
pected from yesterdays rains, for.
while they were terrific, they lasted
but ii short time. Unless there is am
other downpour to undo the vast
amount of repairs accomplished in the
past week, the New Orleans and
Northeastern will be able to resume
the running of its trains ON Thursday.
The service on that road has been al
most completely interrupted for ten
days. The Illinois Central mail line is
again open today, but full service-will
not be attempted for a day or two.
and owing to conditions trains will
scarcely be able to make schedule
time until the roadbeds dry out.
Trains are operating over the Missis-
sippi valley, but the roads are not in
good shape. Hhc disaster i'm West Pas
cagoula has completely checked the
movement of freight trains on the
Louisville and Nashville and cut i'm
two he passenger service. Only one
train from and to the north is being
operated. Passengers are ferried
across the Pascagoula river and bag
gage and mail are carried over in
boats. 1t is said today that full re-
sumption of service over the Louisville
and Nashville is impossible inside Of
ten DAYS.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.
y u ,li7S Id T.c,.v-er -snr Porto

AVdiAN dssl- Trcss,rer for Porto
,Y-INco---Succcssor to Davis.
Washington, April 26.-The presi-
| lent h;ls.scnt the following nomina-
| tions to the senate:
TO be assistant quartermastcrs
with rank of captain First Lieu
| tenant Thomas b. I.amorcauX, John
Cibbon, .ir., of Oregon.
Navy-Lieutenant Commander Her
bert Winslow to be commander;
Lieutenant Edward T.. Wright to be Il
lieutenant commander.
lnterior-To be Indian agents: Nor
ris l.. Bridgman of Montana for the
Bclknap agency, Montana; Oscar A.
Mitschcr of Oklahoma for the Usage
agency, Oklahoma.
Frank l.. Campbell, of the District
of Columbia, to be assistant secretary
of the interior.
j. III. Ilollander, of Maryland, to be
treasurer of the island of Porto Rico;
John II. Garrison, of the District OF
Columbia. to be auditor of he island
OF Porto Rico.
John II. Garrison, nominated by the
president to be auditor of Porto Rico,
although native of Virginia, has
been Il resident of Washington since
the civil war, md has been connected
with the treasury for almost thirt v
years. most of the time in the ac-
counting Office. For Il number of years
he was deputy comptroller of The de-
partment until that office was abol.
ished by the Dockery commission in
1894. Mr. Garrison. II year ago. was
sent to Porto Rico as auditor of Gus
toms. He is now in that country.
Frank l.. Campbell, who succeeds
Webster Davis as assistant secretary
of the interior. is 50 years of age. He
was born in West Virginia, and left
Washington and Jefferson college To
enter the union army. AT the close OF
the war he opened the first free school
in West Virginia. In 1870 he came to
Washington as an. crpployS in the pen
sion office, and rose steadily to an as
sistant attorneyship in the office OF
the assistant attorney general for the
interior, which position he has held
for nineteen years, having by. promo
tions become first assistant attorney.
Mr.. Campbell has always been an earn
est republican. 1t is understood that
Secretary Hitchcock asked for MIR.
Campbclls appointment.
sor at Johns Hopkins university. Gen
cral Davis requested that an expert in
questions of taxation he sent to Porto
Rico, and Mr.. llollander was selected
upon the strong recommendation of
the college authorities as a specialist
on the subject of taxation.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
A Pertinent Question.

Omaha World-Herald: A North
Omaha Sunday school superintendent
always conducts the lcsspla, review in
mis- school. He spends about five min
ltes in explaining the lesson and then
asks:
Now, has anyone a question to
ask?"
Last Sunday he explained the les
son as usual, dwelling at length on it's
chief thoughts, and wound up with
the usual questions:
Now, has anyone question to
ask?"
A member of the boys junidf'class
raised his hand.
Well, what is your question:"
asked the superintendent.
Please, sir, are we going to have
a picnic this summer?'
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
Wounded Dog story

Lon don Referee: Here. Is tfueSdog
story from the front:
Dear Dagonet: AS constant reader
of Mustard and Cress' for the last
eighteen years, / think the following Incl
dent may interest you: After the battle
OF Spion kop on the oath ult. the writer
was assisting at one of the ambulance
wagons attached to an irregular corps
While dressing the wounded we had no
down some fifty yards away. He waited
patiently until the last sufferer had been
attended to and despatched to the field
and with whine held up one of his fore,
paws, which, on examination, proved to
nave received bullet wound. Needless
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
REVOLT AGAINST CASTRO.


The New Ven zucIan President IL
Proving Dcspotic.
Kingston, Jamaica. April %. News
received here from Venezuela via Trim,
iolad says President Castro's admins
tration is so despotic that his nwr
troops are rising against him and that
military officers are engineering an.
other revolution. The populnce, how.
ever, is clamoring for the re-cstablish-
mcnt OF social order and security il,
securing fun political and other
rights. Some of the leading wealthy
men are leaving Caracas for Europe
the United States and the West Indies
because of the present regime. whicl,
j. classcd as being abolninably tyran.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
.Camcuscs nl Pierson,

Pfersoh,' Ia, -4r6il s5.-At .the .re-
publica9ssaucus Saturday evening the
follayYnfg delegates We're selected to
sepfes township in the
county convention nj Sioux City next
sFfNa|; 3. 4eWoOd, Ny. "a Gacspy. S.
b. Miller. A. NJ. Thatcher, j. NJ. Wat
son and j. \. Bum.
The democratic caucus Saturday
evening elected delegates to the coun
" convention as follows: r. Iattison,
j. II. Reyes, ID. Cattrell and NJ p.
Sewers, with alternate. j. \. HALEY,
Benton Hathaway, S. S. Strohm and A.
]. Impson.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
Body of Missing Man Found.

DEBORAH, Ia, April -. Theodore
Thorson. thy man who has been miss
ing here for two weeks, WAS found
yesterday morning in the river back of
Relum's slaughter house, lodged
against wire fence. Night Watch
Rima found him. Foul play has been
suspected, but, the finding OF his purse
and money on his clothes goes to show
that he wandered into tie river and
was drowned. Thorson was intoXi-
Gated when last seen alive.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

Even garbage is adulteratcd nova
days. In bridgeport, Conn, whcr,
the removal of garbage is paid for AT
so much per hundredwcight, the con
tractors have been dcfrauding Inc city
by mixing marble dust and water
with the refuse in order To make il
weigh heavier
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
MEXICAN TOWN WIPED OUT.
Pnnuca Destroyed by lire --Los.
Over $4,000. 900.

st. Louis. Mo-, April ga special
tonic, Ten, says that according to
adviccs received here Panuco Mexico,
one of the most important trading
towns of the east coast, sixty miles
west of the seaport of Tampico, has
been entirely destroyed by fire.
ranuca was "A town of l1,00O, on the
Panuca river. Thatched roof adobe
houses and modern frame business
blocks, surrounded by brush hnts,
constituted the city. Everything
went down before the flames. as there
was no fire fighting appliances in the
city, The loss will aggregate two
million and a quarter, il is said
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

to say the poor beast received the atten
tion he SO plainly asked for. after which
he lay down quietly under our wagon
the truth of the above story. Yours faith
fully, Fred Howarih
Victoria Club. Maritzburg. February q"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

Next fan new commercial course
will bc instituted at Michigan univcr
sity. Instruction will be given which
will train students for diplomatic and
consular duties, for newspaper work,
for higher commercial pursuits, for
pastoral and philanthropic work. such
ms social settlements, and for public
administration. There will be courses
in commercial geography and statis-
tics
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
CARRIERS PETITION REFUSED.

United States Supreme Court DC.
clincs to Grant Witt of Ccrtiorari.
Washington. April a6.-The supreme
court has refused to grant a writ OF
certiorari i'm the case of Oberlin M
Carter, convicted by court martial for
Irregularities while in charge of Ell.
ginecr works i'm Georgia.
The effect of the decision is to leave
in force the decision of the Circuit
court, refusing to interfere i'm The sen
tence of the colrt-martal which sen.
fenced Carter to five years imprison
ment
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

The keeper of the pay roll on a
large estate in the southern part of
Cuba says: The average payment
per man per month for February was
sli.ol. Spanish gold, and this month
1t will average from Sl.5o to $40
higher. Besides the payment in coin,
the men are housed and fed AT the en-
pense of the estate. The food for each
man costs the estate 50. Spanish gold
DO You know of any country where
the people who work in the fields are
bet ter poilo"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
WAITING FOR RElNFoacEmsN1s
Rumble Opposed by Larger Force
Than He Expccteu.

London, April 26.-All the attention
is conferred on the interesting though
complicated situation in the south
eastern portion of the Orange Free
State, from Which developments of
the utmost Importance must cnsue i'm
the near f'ryirc. General Rumble, it
would seem, has found the Beers con
fronting him at Dewetsdorp in strong
er forces than he cared to engage, and
SO he is marking time pending the ar
rival of supports. While Rumble is
preparing to strike Dewetsdorp, Bra
bnnt and Hart are pushing along the
frontier of Basutoland, where they
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
Poor but Honest.

Golfers Weekly: Clerk Please, sir,
may | have my next months salary in
advance?
Employer That would be very I'M
businesslike. How do l know that
you will not die tonight?
Clerk lin proud scorn)-Sir, 1 may
be in need, but I am too much of a
gentleman to do anything like that.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26
Millions for Baseball.

A million of dollars are spent every
year for baseball. but large as this is
1t cannot equal the amount spent in
search of health. We urge those who
have spent much and lost hope to try
Hostettey's Stomach Bitters. 1t
strengthens the stomach, makes di-
gestion easy, and cures dyspepsia, con-
stipation, biliousness and weak kid
neys.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

Fifty-two automobile wagons have
been specially built in Paris for inland
service in Africa. They will be used
in the kongo Free State TO transport
freight ana feFssengcrs from the pres
ent terminus of II railroad at Badunbe
to the Upper and Lower Niger.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

An example of patient industry is
the sorting of hogs bristles. as it is
carried ON at lien Tsin. China. Each
bristle of the 100000 Kilograms export
ed from that place in 1898 had to he
picked out, measured and placed in
The bundle of hairs of corresponding
length, and the different lengths by
which the hairs are sorted out are nu-
uernuS
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

A venerable chef. who was tile
white house cook when Lincoln was
president, is in Bellevue hospital,
Manhattan, recovering slowly from
starvation. John Jeremiah had saved
money from some thirty years work
In various hotels and restaurants,
enough to keep him we'll through life.
eNt was bitten with speculation, lost
everything and when he would have
returned to his profession he was for
gotten. His case is a common one.
He is Pfussirn. and his father was a
famous cook of Naiser Wilhelm l.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

Justice Garrett, of the southwestern
police court, London, says. il is Il
shocking thing to find fh;tt the evil
dencc i'll that court showed Tffperrasing
drunkenness among women, and that
one one day every prisoner charged
with drunkenness was a woman.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

The price of the Transvaal siNpcnse
in London is now ) shillings Kruger
pennies. however, are relatively more
expensive. Ono London dealer who is
now charging IS pence for them re-
GREETED that he parted with four
dozen at shilling each the other day.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

There is society with over 300
members i'm Riga. Russia. each of
whom pays r-usles every time-a child
is born to one Of the other members,
while the one who has the child gets
from 300 to $50 rubles, according to
the number of payments he has made
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

The body of Roger Ryookc fancy,
formerly chief Justice n the supreme
court of the United States, was re-
moved recently from the old Catholic
graveyard in the rear of the Jesuit
novitiatc, IL Frederick Md, TO the
Catholic cemetery in that town.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

Liverpool is the greatest foreign dis
tributing point FOR American apples.
and as many as 100000 barrels of our
apples have been. sold thsre income,
week AT remuncratve prices. LentBI,'
Glasgow and Hull also receive inn
mense cargoes of American fruit.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-04-26

Hans Bettner and his wife, who
have lived on farm at Whiting, Ind.
for sixty Years, went to Chicago a few
days ago to see the sights and quar-
relied over the motive power of the
cable. They separated, but We're
united through the efforts of the po-
lice