Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1901-05-09

and he caught many notorious per
sons. among them Dutch" Heinrichs
and Louis Nan Eetcn, noted swindlers
In all the captain had sixteen go6
medals. and OF these one was for saw
ing thirteen persons from drowning. and
another for rcScuing three boys from
burning building. The biggest of the
lot. however, MAS Il given him by
Richard Is. Fox. OF me Police Ciezette,
at an Aston house dinner given by Fox
to Sampson. 1t was q $500 medal,
studded With diamonds.
In several states the payment of a
poll tax is condition of suffrage.
There is a poll tax In Arkansas Della
ware twhere II is called "A registration
fee). mississippi (s2 is head. Pennsyl-
Nania. Tennessee and Georgia. the re-
cuirement in the la't state being the
payment of all taxes since lSiI by the
1900 federal census the population of
Georgia was 22l6,0G0 and under the or
binary ratio of voters to population,
one In six, the total vote in Georgia
should be about $4,000. Actually 1t is
only one-third of this, or 10000 last
year
Edward Settle. of Hicksville, L. l., is
Seeking legal advice upon perpleslns
problem. Afew days ago Settle sold
an old COW to a Brooklyn butcher, for
SAG. He considered that he had OBJ
tanned good price and was happy
On Monday Settle received a postal
card with some interesting news The
butcher he'd found a wallet In the
stomach of the COW The wallet con-
tained several gold coins and s72 In
bills. Settle thinks he has some claim
upon the money, and Will demand that
the butcher turn over part of ii TIC
him. If not he declares he will sue
a builder of motor cars in Liege;
France, has just sent to Teheran an
open carriage of the Landau s. .pe, or
dered by the shah. at the price of $4,000
1t has seats for five. one of which is
the driver The body is painted royal
blue. and the wheels carynine The
seats are very luxurious, springy and
covered with pearl gray satin. Two
handsome lamps stand out We'll from
The drivers seat; the frames are silver
gilt. ard the glass panes beveled: they
ore decorated In the middle With the
aon and sun of Persia.
Several companies of the Royal Flu.
stleers of England have mutinied be-
cause ordered to new quarters 1t Will
be remembered that the Royal Fast
leers In South Africa hold the record
FOR the number of men surrendering
without fighting. The Beers at last
refused To capture them. because they
worth their food in captivity. Still
that's the brand of soldier that is the
first to mutiny on such a small matter
as change of barracks.
Miss Morris has just been reap.
pointed lieutenant colonel on the staff
of Governor Chandler of C;eorira. 1t
{ l1I In 4, =
appointed on the governors staff A
woman holding such a place assists at
social functions of a state character.
and on great state occasions of a milf
tary character Miss Morris Is secre-
tary of the Georgia Society of C'hatta-
nooga. She is an accomplished horse
woman. linguist and musician.
Vnsoltish goodness is seldom appre-
GATED In this world of ours. There
Was a man in an electric car the other
day. for instance Having rung up
three fares in his efforts to stop the
car for the woman that sat on the o;,-
posite Side. he tossed after her the UNI
breila that belonged to the little gray
whisllercd man on his right Neither
Me gray Whiskcred man nor the con-
dactor liked the thoughtful Samaritan
for his altruistic efforts
II think said Miss Swclldom to he,
rome drrsslnaker that / will have
y"u make my bathing suits when go
east this year. | was much taken with
those you made me last season. Tho
aressmakcr was BATTERED is that
So" she said. glowing With apprccia-
Gon. Yes; the proprietor of the hotel
ard beach said | was taken oftener by
he snap shot fiends than any other
I:rl on the beach,.
wall street is greatly interested in
he latest "self-rlade'' man Frederick
r. Fish. who wiz draw sl0o.ooo for
Twelve months service as president OF
the American Iiell Telephone and Te,e-
:; aph COMPANY. He was CONSUL for
the New York Airbrake compan,
AGAINST the Westinghouse company
Electric company.
Emil zola writes four pages n
day-no more, no less But they arc
I"'a's pages and the market price is
tGh. The great novelist is now 81
Years old
The aversion of one United States
), lator To being interviewed is s1ch
rat when Washington newspaper
Nan simply accosted him with How
re you, senator?" he replied from
.'.ire of habit: II have nothing 10
-: on that subject, sir. Absolutely
NJ thing"
An acre of bananas will produca IN
weight l5S times as nuch as an acre
y Wheat. banana -four is coming into
sc. brewers are experimenting with
ID nanas as substitute for barley
from the fiber of the plant rope. can
;aSS and thin clothing are being mada
The Ohio branch of the Women.s
Christian Temperance union recently
requested that no wine should he
served at the banquet to be given In
San Francisco to Mrs. Mckinley and
the wives of the cabinet members. In
.eply the secretary of the Ohio yoctety
IN San Francisco practically advised
:he temperance workers to kindly mind
their own business.
odd Tightfist there drinks like
al, and yet l never saw him buy a
; INK for anybody in my life" mo
n,,d not for your life. He sneaks in
me back door by himself and is 30
t5ngy that he won't even stand for n
: IKE made ct his EXPENSE