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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10
SEEKS SOLDIERS DEATH
Col. nicci Says lie Is Disheartcncd

Col. Ricci Says He Is DishcaYtcncd
and Hopes to Die in the Field.
London-A private letter has been
received in London from Colonel Ricci,
the Italian officer in the employ of the
Boer government, which gives
gloomy account of the state OF affairs
in the Transvaal month ago. The
writer says: every day diminishes
the burghers' hopes of obtaining an
honorable peace based on the recogni-
ton of the independence of the repuh-
lies. President Kruger, by look and
voice. shows himself disheartened. He
is nearly always in the field. where he
ardently hopes to find a soldiers
death. Many European volunteers
haze deserted various commands and
the Boer armies daily lose men whose
places cannot be supplied. Since the
commencement of February there
have not been dozen volunteers from
the outside world. Roberts has all the
trump cards in his hand and can sub
due the Transvaal without giving bat
tie.
"One need only wait. Already the
process of disintegration of the Boer
forces has set in, while the stores of
ammunition are diminishing at
much greater rate than new shot and
shell and carriage can be manufac-
tured. At Johannesburg, as in Pre-
toria. the one overpowering desire is
for peace. The country is dead, and
many despair of its ever coming to life
again.
Colonel Ricci adds that the COM
mandant at Johannesburg has issued
proclamation forbidding citizens go
ing near the mines, from which it is
assumed that there is some truth in
the reports that arrangements have
been made for their destruction. A
good many bnrghers appear to believe
that the gold mines constitute a sort
of hostage which God has placed in
their hands and by means of which
England, whose one desire is to get
gold. can be compelled to concedc rea-
sonable terms of peace.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10
i.ighth-W. II. Hart. Malov.
FOUR KILLED AND SIX WOUNDED

An American Accommodating. Party
Narrowly Escapes Ann,hilntion.
Manila, May 81 dispatch re-
ceived here today from lloilo reports
that a desperate fight took place at
Lcanbcnc, IN the center OF the island
of Panay. 1t appears a accommodating
party of the Twenty-siNth infantry
was surrounded. Four Americans
were killed and six wounded were left
on the field. The remainder of the sol
diers had Il narrow escape. Reinforce
ments were sent from lloilo as soon as
the news OF the affair was received,
whereupon the Fiiipinos retreatcd to
u mountain stronghold.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

The federal department of agricul
ture contemplates the establishment
of an experiment station in Porto
liico. I'VE know great deal about
the place and the people already
said Secretary Wilson the other day
but our observations thus far have
been only superficial. Now we are go.
sing into a thorough, scientific invest.
CATION. The application of modern
progressive ideas will make Porte
Rico even more profitable than it has
ever been, and we are going to try
TO teach not only the planters but the
laboring element to apply those prin-
ciples TO their toll"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

Judge Mcllvane. of Pittsburg, has
reused CONSERVATION among lawyers
in that city by declining to allow fees
for two lawyers in the settlement of
an estate where only the services OF
one were required He also ruled that
a lawyer who has rendered profess
sional services for an executor or adj
ministrator is not creditor OF the es-
tate. The claims of he two attorneys
I'm the case at issue aggregated $1,000
and the court scaled The fees down to
$500
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

is the first of the three in the field. We
stand ready now to do everything In our
country and for lssTfn as We. stand
ready to put country above party and to
or will permit to win victory for the
people and for the rephblic. i feel that
every delegate in this convention Endorses
accomplish the result is not for me to die
tate. j can trust it TO your wisdom and
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

The seNtonship of the parish church
ct Chapel-en-le-Frth, Derbyshire,
England. has been retained in one
family since 1851. The latest incum-
bent. Joseph l'ramwell. who has lust
died, had held Office since 1893. He was
buried in Il vault in which lay the
bodies of eight predecessors of whom
he was descendant. One of them
was sexton for tifty-two wears.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

Walter Wentworth, IS years old.
md for many years professional
contortionist. is in New York looking
for somebody TO buy his body. He has
long been wonder to medical men ON
account of the wonderful pliability of
his frame. which he has already sold
fwice-once to DIR. Cowes. of Detroit,
and later TO DIR. Wilder, of New York,
receiving in each case 500. Both
these medical men are dead, and now
Wentworth is looking for third
Spectator,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

A black bishop of the Anglican
church was recently consecrated at
Lambeth. The RI. Rev. james John
son, assistant bishop of West equator
'al africa, is Sierra Leone negro,
whose parents We're rescued slaves
from The lornha country. His sta
ton WI be Benin. Durham university
has made him an honorary A. Nj.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

The son of William Waldorf Aston,
who lives i'm England, is 10 and will
get the bulk of his fathers fortune
AT the present time it is estimated
that fortune is s200.0o0.0o0. John Ja-
cob Astor. of New York, while not so
rich as his brother, has over $75.ooo.-
600, most of which viii GO to his o.
year-old son, a bright ,N.alngstcr.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

Upward of $1,000 has thus far been
contributed toward the guaranteed
fund of $4,000 TO meet the expenses
of the Cuban public school teachers
who are to be taken to Cambridge,
Mass, for a summer course of instr,lc-
tlon at Harvard university. The
teachers. 1.450 in number. will be
lodged in the college dormitories and
in private houses.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

Iii rntucky, there there is law
to compel railway companies to pro-
vide separate cars for white and col
ored people, Il negro woman has
brought suit against railway COM
Pany for permitting white men to
ride in the coaches set apart for col
ored people The white persons re-
ferred to smoked. swore and drank
whisky in the vehicle in which she
rode, and the conductor and other en-
ployes of the company ignored her
protests Her feelings were outraged
TO the extent of 100000.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago
recently received letter containing
two-cent stamp and a request that
copy of the city directory be sent
TO the writer by return mail. The mis-
sive was signed by a resident of
Waterloo, N. ID. He said that he in
tended to visit Chicago during the
summer. and wanted to know the
names of some of the people.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

There is said to be only one China
man who has been regularly ordained
minister of the gospel. His name is
jam ice. and he lives in San Francis
co. He came to this country in 1863,
and was soon after converted. and was
ordained in ISL He had chapel of
his own i'm Oakland. and wears his
queue and native dress in order to
have greater influence over his coun-
frymcn
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

Hammond Lamont, professor of
English at Brown university. has re-
signed from that position and will be-
come managing editor of the New
York Evening post. After his gradu-
alton from Harvard in 1856 Professor
Lamont engaged for some years in
newspaper work in Seattle and AL
bany.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

IT was while seated astride of a log
fishing for bass that the chief Justice
OF the Kentucky court of appeal
granted II writ of error to the Unite.
States supreme court in the governor
ship cases.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

OF the four members of the Porto
Rican delegation in Washington two
: owe allegiance TO foreign govern
ments. George Finlay, one of the two,
IS nm Englishman but has lived on the
island for thirty-tive years, and cxerts
'm"ch influence. Fernandez Juncos,
the other foreigner, is a spaniard, and
says that he will retain his allegiance
to Spain. He is one of the foremost
neWspapcr men ON the island.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

Mrs. Susan Simmons Winans. the
eldest living person born on the site OF
Chicago, and one of the survivors OF
the Fort Dearborn massacre of 1872. is
very i'll at Santa Ana, Cal. For a long
time it was supposed that the last
survivor of the massacre had died
years ago; but Mrs. Winans proved tic
the satisfaction of the Chicago listor-
zeal society that she was an infant
six months old at the time of the In.
dian attack, and with her mother cs.
capped injury at the hands of the saw
ages and was taken captive by them.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10
STATE CONVENTION
OF IOWA DEMOCRATS
Meet at Des Moines and Select
Delegates to the National
Gathering.
ARE ENTHUSIASTIC FOR BRYAN
Delegates Instructed to Vote as II
Unit for Him--Sclls. Walsh,
Murphy and baker Chief
Delegates.

Delegates at Large Cato Sells, of
Ninton; Charles \. Walsh. of Ottum
wa, John 5. Murphy. OF Dubuque, and
George Baker, Of Davenport.
.Alternates Edward Il. Evans, of
Des Moines; a. Van Wagcnen, of
siouN City; l.. L. Gcnung, of Mills.
and Daniel T.. Stubbs. of Fairfield.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

The dowager empress of China has
ordered the Chinese minister to
France to have 500 large photographs
of the Paris exposition buildings
taken for her.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

Paris woman's paper, La Fronde,
Which boosted that all it's work was
done by women, has run foul of the
law, which does not permit women
to set type at night.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10
GREAT FOREST FIRE.

Thousands of Acres OF Fine Timber
Destroyed.
I'ridgetown. n. j., May "a fierce
forest fire has been raging since last
night i'm the woods between Ccdaiville
and Ccntergrove. Thousands of acres
of valuable oak and pine have been
burned. The loss is enormous.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

Senator Davis of Minnesota is an In
vcterate smoker and as the rules per-
init smoking only during executive
sessions he often takes refuge in an
open doorway for an occasional in
diligence in he delights of nicotine. =
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10
POST OFFICE ROBBERS.

BieY Open Safe at NIcchnnicsyfilc
and sccurc $500. Z~0f
Clinton, Ia, May 5.-Burglars Blew
open the safe in the postof1ice at Me-
chanicsville at / o'clock this morning.
They secured 5000 in money and
stamps. Dynamite was used, but the
explosion failed to arouse anyone.
The robbers escaped, leaving their
Identity unknown.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

When the worst comes to the o,st
The only thing to be done is to make
the best of t.--Philadelphia Record.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

Nature is always spoken of as femi-
nine, because nature will have her
way.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10
COMMITS SUICIDE.
Farm Hand Cuts His Throat With
Jack Knife.

odebolt, Ia, May 5.-Philip Adolph,
farm hand about 40 years of age,
committed suicide at farm three
miles east OF here early this morning.
lie had been suffering severely from
gravel Tor some time and became VIC.
lently insane last night aud early this
morning he cut his throat with a jack
knife.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10
stcasd--waltte,r I. nnye., Clinton.

sec5hd--walter 1. nnyes, Clinton.
p Third Mr.. Leggett, of Franklin.
Fourth-lI. c. Bishop. Elkadcr.
Fifth-J. II. Hamilton, Cedar Rapids.
SiNth-Richard Burke, Oskaloosa.
Seventh W. III. schooley, Indianola.
Fighth-E. j. SanSey, Leon.
Ninth-J. Nj. Emmert. Atlantic.
Tenth-W. l. Brannigan, Emmcts-
burg
Elcycnth-W II. Wonder, Monona.
Central Committee.
Members of the state central COM
mittee were elected in the First, Third,
Fourth, Seventh, Eighth and Tenth
districts. The conservatives are left
securely in control of the committee.
In the Eleventh il was agreed to defer
the election till the next convention.
The fight against the reelection of L.
i. Ward, of LeNlars, has Developed
considerable bitterness and this plan
was considered the best. i'm the inter
est OF harmony. The postponemcnt is
regarded as Il point gained for Ward,
who is Il conservative, and whom he
silver men want TO defeat. The mcn-
bers of the committee newly elected
are:
First N. c. Roberts. Lee county.
Third T.. W. Carr. Manchester.
Fourth-D. \. Lyons, Cresco.
seNenth--Geo. \. Huffman, Dcs
Eight, II. Hart. Maloy.
Tentl-J. b. Romans, Des Moincs.
Douglass Dcremorc, of Waullon,
was chosen permanent chairman and
made brief speech elenouncng the
Anglo-Nmrrican alliance.
y resolution introduced by cN-Con-
gresham Walt II. Butler, asking the
chairman of each county delegation to
take up Il collection for the Beers, was
naSSed
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

Happiness is often the price of be-
ing commonplace.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10

First N. C.. Roberts, Lee county.
Third. w. Carr. Manchester.
Fourth-D. n. Lyons, Cresco.
SeNenth-Geo. a. Huffman, Des
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-10
,he federal department. of anricnl

SOURI, VALLEY. IOWA
ture contemplates the establishment
of an experiment station in Porto
Iico. I'VE know a great deal about
the place and the people already
said Secretary Wilson the other day
but our observations thus far have
been only superficial. Now we are go.
sing into IL thorough, scientific nvest.
cation. The application of modern,
progressive ideas will make Porto
Rico even more profitable than it has
ever been, and we are going to try
TO teach not only the planters but The
laboring element to apply those prin-
ciples to their toll"
Mrs. Susan Simmons Winans. the
eldest living person born on the site OF
Chicago. and one of the survivors OF
the Fort Dearborn massacre of 1872. is
very i'll at Santa Ana, Cal For a long
time it was supposed that the last
survivor of the massacre had died
years ago; but Mrs. Winans proved tic
the satisfaction of the Chicago liistor-
ical society that she was an infant
six months old at the time of the In.
dian attack, and with her mother cs
capped injury at the hands of the saw
ages and was taken captive by them.
-.-,s--.----
IN en-, "cky, mere there rs law
10 eoi'lPei runway companies TO pro-
,lue scl'ar''e cars lor wilite and col
orea people negro woman has
brought suit against a railway COM
Pany for permitting white men to
ride IN the coaches set apart for col
ored people The white persons re-
1erred to smoked. swore and drank
WHISKY IN the vehicle in which she
rode. and the conductor and other en-
pioyes OF the company ignored her
Iro1es's. her ieellhgs were outraged
10 the extent of 100000.
49, -
hnd Tor many Years professional
contor1ionst, is in New York looking
lor somebody to buy his body. He has
lohg peeh wonder TO medical men ON
accouht OF the wonderful pliability of
ms frame, winch he has already sold
'"ice- once TO Or. Cowes, of Detroit,
una iatef 10 l'r. Wider OF New York,
receiving IN each case 500. Both
ines! mcaleal men are dead. and now
wentworth is looking Tor third
Spectator.
-.-s--.--
Judge Mcllvane, of Pittsburg, has
reused conservation among lawyers
IN mat CITY by declining to allow fees
'or TWO lawyers IN the sett lclncnt OF
an estate where only the services of
one were re4mlfed. lie also ruled that
lawyer VINO mas rendered profess
ministrator is not a creditor OF the cs-
tate. The claims of he two attorneys
IN me case at lssGc aggregated 81, 100
una the court scaled the fees down to
$500.
~. '-s,.----
Or. ~ WY lo'I members or the forto
.N."a m''isaiio'i III washington two
nms aii.s'allee TO foreign govern
Is "h Eng'ishman. but has lived on the
! islahh Tor 'hlrty-five Years, and cNerts
: .il''eh influence. fernandez Juncos,
'ne otneI foreigner Is Spanlard, and
e'ss 'i.a' ne VIII retain ms allegiance
70 apa'h. ne is one of the foremost
newspaper men on the island.
There is s,iI - - 49, c,.
,,.l, - s''1 =" 1e only one 1hlna
I,,n Ia va ny i:ospcl. nus name Is
no La go . -. .'s ~. MS ~. 9a1l tra,'cis-
and u,s saa,, e. ,''as so''...is IN ieo''
"'' '"7 ''oii .'i'Ni 'oiiNCFlttl, anu was
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-16

The first silver wedding dates back
to the time of Hugh Capet OF Franco.
TWO servants had grown gray in his
service, man and a woman. and what
could he give them as a reward? Call
ing the woman. hc said: Your service
is great. greater than this mans.
whose service is great enough. for the
woman always finds work harder than
man. and, therefore ! will give you
reward At your age. know of none
better than dowry and a husband
The dowry is hoTe-this farm from
this time forth belongs 20 you. If this
man, who has worked with you five
and twenty years. IS willing - marry
you. then the husband is ready"
Your majesty" said the old servant.
how is il possible that We should
marry. having already silver hairs?"
Then it shall be a silver wedding"
and the king gave the couple silver
enough TO keep them in plenty. This
soon became known all over France.
and il became a fashion after twenty
five years OF married life 20 celebrate
a silver wedding
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-16
Cleaning the oil Lamp.

Every good houscllecpcr who cnjoy.
the light from good oil lamp SHOULD
keep always on hand a little brush t(
clean the holes in the burners, the
lungs of the lamp. TLc lamp SHOULD
he taken apart every day. That is. il
should he opened to allow the gas tc
escape, and then carefully filed. There
is no danger of an explosion if this Is
done. The reservoirs should he washed
out once week to insure a clear fame
When the lamp is put out the wick
should he turned down low and the
flame blown out across the chimney
If the wick is turned down below the
tube when the lamp is not lighted the
wick will not feed over the edge and
there will he no odor. 1t is never
necessary TO do anything more thar
TO rub the wiCks TO take off the black
crust that forms at the top If the
wicks become gummy they can bt
soaked in vinegar and thoroughly
washed and dried. Chimneys may bt
tempered by putting in cold water anC
allowed TO come to boil. In lamps
where the reservoir is glass little
coarse rock salt makes the oil give E
clearer light, but it must not be useC
when there is anything that Will rust.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-16

1t is not 50 much what we should do
in the apiary in mid-wintcr. as it is
what we should not do. The bees NAV
have been badly neglected in autumn.
ana need attention To save them. Yet
we are dcharrCd from supplying their
wants owing to The condition of the
weather. Bees should he in the very
midst of their quiet slumbCr with good
and ample stores surrounding the clis-
ter in ready reach at this season Of
me year, If we are TO count on them
as profitable colonies the following
spring Ii is better to let some colo
MES Starvc out and die rather than to
undertake 10 20 through the apiaIy to
supply TO any extent provisions, and
jhus arouse the bees to activity dur
ing mid-wintcr. Such untimely moles-
tation will usually he followed by in
jury rather than any good Not only
does it cndangcr the welfare of bees
10y feeding in mid-wintcr. but for the
same reason we should not in any way
10 any work with them that will arouse
them to activity during this period
Bees when in good condition are i'm the
most quiet dormant state during the
mid-wintcr months, and nothing should
| occur with them TO change this condi.
ton. Opening The hives, or handling
them in any way. should he avoided
even if the weather is fine and they arc
| out for fly. ] would not apply This
rule at any other time but just as soor
rs mid-wintcr is well past I would
make careful inspection of every col.
ony during fine weather. when the bees
are out for a good fly. furnishing pIen.
~ of candy to all those short of stores
Bees begin To show considerable activ
ity during the month of February in
any locality ana it thus seems that
they arc on the alert TO get ready for
their spring work, and indeed II is al
together necessary that they should
y. II. Duff, in The Agricultural Epi
tomist.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-10-16
BURNING WEEDS.
Method OF Destroying Them In Use by
Railroads.

Railroads.
AZ this season of the year one n
reminded OF the annual contest waged
against growing vegetation TO preserve
railway tracks in clean condition. Es.
pecially is this true of the dirt-bal.
lasted tracks in the western states
where the expense entailed i'm keeping
vegetation down by grubbing with q
shovel is a formidable figure. com
pared with the expense OF the same
work where tracks are ballasted With
good quality Of gravel For many
years western roads have resorted &c
numerous experiments for killing veg.
citation, with machinery. the most
successful of which has been the
scheme of subjecting il to scorching
heat produced by burning crude pc
troleum under a shield carried n few
inches above the track Machines of
this description are used on the Chi
cago. Milwaukee & st. Paul; Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Re and Chicago
Great Western roads In the construc-
ton of this weed burner use is made
OF an ordinary fat car, on the front
end of which Gas il runs in service) is
mounted an upright thjrty-horse- pow
or boiler and a pair OF engines. BY
means of sprocket chain connection
between the engine shaft and car axle
the car is made self-prupCllinC. After
some experience IL was found neccs-
sary to connect the second axle OF the
truck with the first. or that driven by
the engine, by means OF a sprocket
y In, Ill
due to the looping of long weeds over
the rails. by this means OF locomo-
ton a speed of from ten TO twelve
miles per hour is easily made. rs
when running for stations TO meet
passing trains. The water supply for
the boiler and for extinFuish!ng fires.
which may be set accidentally, Is car
ried in wooden tank in the center
OF the car. On top OF this tank there
are two air reservoirs. and inside OF
the forward cab there are two air
pumps for creating the air pressure
necessary to spray the oil into the
burners. The burner rigging is sus-
pended from rear platform. built
upon four Trails. The shield and
burners arc hung from tho outer end
of this platform upon bell cranks. and
an old reverse lever md quadrant are
used to adjust the burners to the de-
sired height from tho rail. The burn
ors are easily taken down when it is
desired 10 couple the car in with a
train. The oil tank for supplying oil
TO the burners is located inside the
rear cab or just in rear of the water
tank.