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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22
ROBBERS EaAK6 BIG HAIL
Said to Have Taken 5000 From a
Country Store in Southern
Iowa

Corning, Ia. Dec. u Two profcssion-
nj dynanitcrs made killiig by dyna-
uniting the store of |. +. Mii'i.ltt At Car
bon. a stul mipins town il Ndaniss
county, fifteen miles north of here T!lc
village is in II rough country, Ear from
II railroad The Naliatt store is orc
OF the large cstablishihents of the couA-
sty and report is that there WAS in the
safe, which the bandits blew open.
about s. 900 which belonged to the stock
buyers who had left 1t there over sun
day for security. The store was en-
tered and the explosion took place
about II. NJ. liesides getting ;iway
With the money. the robbers did about
$500 damage 10 the store.
The Village WAS aroused soon after
the explosions but the ROBBERS got
away. lhele is ample opportunity for
hiding themselves. The robbers took
AN open rig. h'iftS farmers and miners,
with a pack of bloo,lhounds. are in pur-
suit 1t is expected thai there Will be
4 battle before h@ robbers are taken.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22
CHECKER PLAYERS TO MEET.
Association Will Open Annual Tourn
fnent in Webster Citv.

Iowa Fails. la, Dec. 2l.--A call has
just been issued for the second am
nual tournament of the Iowa state
Checker associations The call being
made by tie secretary, H. Ii. lsutledge
OF storm Lake, la The tournament
next year will be held at Webster City.
mcnt for 1904 The dates for the meet
ing are January 3, A ana ). The method
OF counting the prizes 10 be given VIII
be decided at meeting Of the assoc
citation on the first day of the tourna-
ment l.. w. Sven of this city, who
is recognized as one OF the best play
ers in the state, ana OTTER local checker
enthusiasts. Will attend the coming
tournament
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22
Farmers Marketinn Corn

Onawa, Ia. dec. ~ Monona coun.
iy farmers and merchants have rea-
son TO feel good al present because Of
The immense com crop raised the nast
season, which is now beginning 10
move to market. Not for several wears
has such q splendid stimulus been
given TO trade in nearly all lines on
the approach OF holiday buying as is
now apparent ana when promises in q
Wonderful degree TO continue far into
tho new Near.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22
kccAELL FOR POSTMASTER

Mason cils-. a.. Dee IL. The .ppolr L
m'n' Of Nater i hell fot Postmaster a;
Mason CITY lia boon ccnhlmtd hv ,he
senate IN Wasnas,on, President Rocsa-
- SehH'lsR ms name To ~" senate lipen
accommodation Of Congressman liauson.
alter spirited contest j. II. Amundscn
has Withdrawn in favor of kochel Win
had the snrpor Of such strong local men
us George w. Rowland. Thomas \. May
j. W kcerl and others who have assoc
ated with them in Ccrro Gorto c..,infv 10.
lltical contests. The appointments rnltcri.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22
Castana's Bic EIoyatos.

castana, Ia. Dec. 2l.--Che new ele-
vator erected by the Trans Mississippi
Grain company, which has just been
bushels OF grain. The building is re.
garded as ono of the most valuable I'M
proyements made here the past year,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22
matter, Blu. your man. she ended. W, I

lie did no, understand as yet He did
not try. He only Iii that he had learcd
from hell to heaven. He held his angel
of deliverance fast and heped his heart
wouldn't burst with 50 much joy.
Afterward, when they were a little
caimer, he asked her anNionsly:
But are you quite quite sure you
won't regret that YOU didn't go home?'
She laughed softly, and nestled closer
within his arms.
Homer" she repeated; dearest, this IS
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22
Preparing for Christmas.

ITO catch you uea.i, the n,isllcsoe
VIII be my aim" said lie.
"Prsy. wiI you kindly lei NE know
just where the spray Will beg"
III shall be where you wlsf. said abe;
II really DO not care
he ANSWERED. THEN be ainj t. mo
And wear Il IN yout HAIR
Chicago Eytnlfe svst
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22
$4,000 Fire at DversviIle.

Dubuque, Ia, Dec. 49, F'loclSens;cin
Bros livery barn ut Dyersvlle. IN
buque county, WAS destroyed by fife
Loss, $4,000.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22

The Judges Mt the London dog shows
do not allow the rank of the exhibitors
10 affect their decision. OF King Ed
wards logs none received more than a
third pTiZe at the last show.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22
Former Sioux CITY siste, Dee.

Waterloo. Ia. Dec. 90 Mary Kcnally
aged 81 years, q Sister Of Mercy. ka0Wi
Gs Mary Ursula. died to-day alir Was
once located at Sioux CITY,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22

In Tilst. Prussia. a man who had
used derogatory expression about the
kaiser was denounced TO the police by
MS fellow workmen and has been cent
TO prison for two months.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22

Glass houses may soon be made
stone-pIoof. Sllesan elassmakers are
turning out glass bricks for all sorts
of bnileing purposes, and hope hat the
proverb will soon have no Significance.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22
The forests OF the Hawaiian islands

Inc forests OF the Hawaiian islands
have been studied by Tie servants ems
ployed by the department of asricul-
turc. There are Two very distinct Kinds
of forests in the islands, one on the
drier lowands near the sea ana the
other on the mountain slopes. where
there is i heavy rainfall. The coastal
forest is composed exclusively of al
Earoba,a OF the mesquite OF our
southwest. which was introduced by
father !eaehalot ii 1887 From the or
iginal tres. which is sun stan ling. IL Is
estimated THAT nj ieast $4,000 aires of
forest have sprung. fairly well distrh
uted over The different islands. The
native forest of the mountain slopes is
distinctly oil tropical character None
C the familiar trees of the north tenn
perate zone are present ono looks in
Vain to oaks. the maple, pine or
spruce. The more important trees are
the ''lellua,' "koa,'' "mamane'' and
"kulSui.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22
By
Ethel
Bowman
Ronald.

" 80 ~" AE
~ -
the wagon. and drove away without once
looking back.
Elizabeth gazed after him with some s,f
the brightness gone from her face She
tapped tn. sill Of the station door discon-
tendedly with her little foot.
There rcaIy isn't much pleasure in 90
,np without i,ol,ort >. sho tbn,,nht and
then looked cur.ouslv at the note IN her
hand II believe I'll read IT now" she
decided. .IIe said any time" She went
into the station and sat down upon n hard
bench There was only one other norspn
in the room. a ga,nt. fat-chested Ger
man woman.
Elizabeth tore open the note and read:
"rhis is to be only n faw words to hid
my little wife God-specd. tell her how
much / love her. and a few other things
thai want to saw now white 7 SEQ them
clearly 1t has come unon mo 1ate,v th;t
/ have wronged ,ou in bringing Won to
this lonely place MY lo,-hood was
passed. in the country ana love II. 1T
seemed to me that there could be no
freer, happier life than here in this virgin
land. knew that there world be mi
va.ions of course but did not fear.
them. and Won. catchina n liftle of my
enthusiasm We're wiling TO come. So
refused the kind offer of Your Uncle
Henry The sitting round of the Office.
me struggle of the world Of men. favers
me 10 grape vii wind aaa dust and
famine-that was the battle al thought OF
which every sinew of me thrilled.
i'ut YOU Were differently made. You
were born for the easier. more sparkling
.'1e OF the city. All tho pleasant and
gracious things which society offers to
u lair ana sweet woman. were yours by
right.
@ct 1,r-
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22

An oyster containing pearls OF The
value OF G35o WIS found by fisher
man at New Munster. Germany, few
days ago.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22

The FrIiish soYafnment has decided
to Withdraw the British troops from
Egypt. only tie native arlnN Will be
left in possession and Aew police
force Will be createl For ycar Tho
garrison VIII consist or n field battery.
mountain battery and two battalioiIi
q infantry Vt present. the array il
Is 600 strong
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22

Il donot believe that it VIII be many
Years before wheat VIII be grown on
:he plains CT Montana said l.. G. Pet
,ihone. of Dawson. y. u. in New YoIil
city. There is already a remarkable
change in the climatic conditions OF the
western part OF North Dakota mad
eastern Montana. believe that il is
due largely 10 the opening ZIP of vest
efn Canada. whore 50 many thousands
Of people are establishing homes eyelg
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22

Doctor" said the caller, 'aou,ehow
I'm afraid OF pneumonia. There's
good deal OF It in town. hear What
causes IT? Riding in cold cars?"
mo, said the doctor THAT toughens
n man. All my pneumonia patients
contracted the malady by living In
oycFheated steam fats"
The caller went away With q light
heart lie was doubly safe.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22

The deylI often luyks behind tn,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22

Six dnels haye already been fonpht
as the result of The assault on General
Ahare ny " SsNetoA, in the French
:aaiNher Of deputies 40 harm Mas
.otF. We astallS We're lrttctieallH
oieol!ess TIE dueiist Who was tho
worst hurt YES able To ride awQv from
me field or honor OH Lis hicyela.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22
TWO KILLED IN WRECK
Great Northern Freight Train Ditched
and Engineer and Fireman
Killed Near Hinton, la.

Hinton, a.. Dec. 81 Mistaking Great
Northern freight No. 243 for Il passenger
train of the Omaha railroad, Tower
Watchman C. f. Kernmerer. at the
crossing Il mile above here, Monday
threw the switch against the Great
Northern train, sending two men TO
their death and injuring himself and
two others.
AS a result Of his mistake ana. prob
ably, the negligence of the engineer
fourteen Of the nineteen ears ON the
freight train were demolished, Engineer
r. ciilbertson of Wilmar MINI, and
Fireman n. T. Hansen of Sioux city
We're crushed TO death in the cab of the
engine, brakeman j. j. Hale was
thrown thirty feet ;,hd badly hurt. Con
dueter Griffin was injured and Watch
man I<emmerer himself was hit on the
head and thrown over the right OF way
by the destruction OF the tower i'll
which lie stood
The few seconds iust before the
wreck We're the most horrible in the
life of young Kemlncrcr. Realizing ut
the last moment that he had mistaken.
u Great Northern train for one OF tile
Omaha, knowing that in IL moment the
train would be ,,itched ana probably
lives lost. he watchmaa struggled
frantically ut the switch lover which
held property and life in its CO.'S Vain
~ he threw his weight against the steel
10 undo lis fatal error, and il WAS
probably a kind providence that
wrecked his tower with The train aud
for Il time made him Unconscious OF the
terrible consequences.
In its mad cateer The train plunged
into the watchman's tower and it wls
literally splintered. 1t was then that
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22

One hundred merchants aad citi2an9
d Aalehez Miss hfee s;eiei bitter
- ,ssi e.nf llif'Iri: i35e 81 Louis
"olt'i lii4a li@lesil{ig aginst the
5hrase0lopy of CioEeilIor N-3ti,fl., i,,,,l,,..
selssianl TO President lrmncis relafN,n.
-, =, ne interest nlaiifostei by President
t.00ss,eIg " tile AllsslsslnrI cNhibit.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22

II was Christians exc. Robert sat alone
IN ne ltsle hou.i and locked ia;o the
Gro. 'ihe ok w!lere ..li@abctl,'s iacl.es
ha.l hume wns empty. Her little over
shoos werc s.ane. 100. We WAS acuteiv
conscious ci ti!.s and dared not turn HIS
eyes ~ TIA; direction. Suddenly he bowed
hia bead Ia his nands s;tfons ana gallant
sou. lhat ae VIZ there li;;a come upon
tim i5asilt IN utter observation-disclosures and
despair
II ani . fAiluse," he told himself bitter
~ n failure. have failed with the
f.sin: nave Called wie Elizabeth. !
thought l cou!J make up To hsr for tAe
THINKS sb "ou.i es. thought my love
We wiz leave the farm. Perhar, | sha l
succeed after a fashion. Perhaps Liza
beth will be happy aGair. ijut | shall
know it Is not | who have cone 1t. shall
see myself for whSt am, ghastly fail
ure."
Tears fell upon his tanned cheells--not
the quick bright tears CT childhood. but
the awful tears Of manhood. that start IN
.:le deeps of the heart and come by Il
slow. burning pathway 10 the eyes.
Then Elizabeth came.
Ner cheeks g.cwed with the cold: her
ayes We're tHo dazzling loye-lights. She
fell upon him with q divine fe?ociiy. she
submerged him In her arms, she over
Hhelned him with kisses.
'Oi. Robert she cried. II couldn't 60!
II was no use 10 try. | couldn't endure
Christmas witlou; YOU. should die. I
dart Wait 10 20 10 !..dann, | only want
10 stay With yea. And. OF course, wea.
,.s Dakota Hide lonsei- forever. Il you
like shall nevcr hate IL again. Nothing
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22
HOLIDAY IN SWEDEN.

William Rosaer Cobhc
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-12-22

Meet and right is it. then, that the
Christ-day shi9 be one of gladness in
the human heart; that the children
shall take part in it. since He loved
them and blessed them, and that gifts
shall be exchanged in token of that
love for one another, which He bore for
all humanity.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-15
FRIDAY, JULY 15, 1904.
TWO FOURTHs OF JULY.

writer in The New Bedford Mer- cury suggests that while the people of the United States have a special cause to revere and celebrate the Fourth of July, because on that day independence was proclaimed for the American colo nies. all Americans have a claim to the day, founded on prior reason. He claims that John and Sebastian Cabot landed on the North American conti- nent on the fourth day of July, 1497.
 We do not now call to mind whether that was the day of landing but the history of the voyages and discoveries of the Cabots show that they sighted the mainland on July, 1497, and we may accept it as fact that the first landing was made on the fourth. That was about a year before Columbus touched the continent, though he dis covered and landed on some of the American islands in 1492. Even when he first saw the mainland he was not certain that it was not an island.
 The Cabots were English by adop- ton, but Venetians by descent who had settled in England and identified them selves with that country. They sailed from Bristol early in 1497 under the authority and protection of the English government, and when they landed on the continent of North America they took possession of 1t in the name of England. The writer in The Mercury thinks Discovery Day should take precedence of Independence Day. but we are of the opinion that the people of these United States will not suffer any day to set aside that which an nounced to the world that this was a tree and independent government.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-15
HE sAvEp THE srruAr1oN.

The Chattanooga Times thus speaks of Judge Parker's telegram to the St. Louis conventions:
 No such exhibition of unfaltering de- votfon to convictions as this has been years--if ever--and 1t stamps the man as worthy of the high honor his party sought to confer upon him. At late hour as this department goes to press the convention is wrestling with the question as to whether it would ad- here to Parker or repudiate his posi-. tion and name another candidate. The indorsement of Judge Parker after such a declaration and in such an emergency by such a representative triumphant election for the ticket. Any other action would mean disaster.
 To do the right thing at the right time is an evidence of genius. To do it when the act may seriously injure the prospects of the one who does it is an evidence of true courage. Judge Parker saw. as soon as he read the platform as adopted that it failed in an important and essential particular genuine Democracy of the country He looked on its failure to mention the money question as an evasion which would be regarded by conserva- tive people as a cowardly dodge, re- sorted to for the purpose of placating the free-siiver element of the Party. He knew that such a dodge would put a weapon in the hands of the enemy against which Democrats would have no defence.
 Judge Parker saw all this and he was too brave and too honest to be party to that kind of political dodg- ing. He had no right to tell the con- vention what to do, but he did have the right to define his own position and he did it promptly and unequivo- cally. He believes in the gold stand ard and could not accept a nomination on a platform which placed him in the position of trying to dodge, or to hide his sentiments He was willing to de- cline the honor offered him rather thar leave any doubt of his own sen- timents.
 It is not too much to say that Judge Parker's promptness and boldness saved the situation, for he forced the convention to adopt his views. He placed the Party fiatly against any attempt to interfere with the estab lished monetary standard of the country. The financial question cannot be made an issue because both the great parties are now on record in agitation for a change of the standard or recognized value of the two metals. If success comes, it will be largely due to the man who set the Party right and removed all doubt as to it's position. He showed himself true man and a true Democrat
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-15
WILL LAY CLAIM TO FORTUNE.
Clairyoyant Professes to Be Wife of
 George F. Abbott.

Asheville, N. C., July 14,-Mrs. George F. Abbott, wife of the aged junk dealer, whose body was found by fremen called to put out fire in Chapel Alley, Brooklyn, Tuesday, left Asheville to-day for New York for the purpose of laying claim to for tune of $10o.Ooo. alleged to have been left by the deceased junk dealer.
 In this city Mrs. Abbott was known as Madame Monk, clairvoyant, and she was supported last winter by the flow CT mission of Asheville.
 The body of the dead mans son, George, lies in the Asheville ceme- tery He came to Asheville with his mother, after being released on parole from the reformatory several years ago, where he was sent to expiate a sentence imposed for criminal assault. The young man died here two months ago
 Mrs. Abbott had always claimed to be utterly penniless, but 1t is gener- ally believed that she possesses much money When she learned of her hus- bands tragic death in Brooklyn, Mrs. Abbott borrowed money from her land lady to send a telegram. The landlady states that "the clairvoyant" showed no emotion when she learned Of her husbands death. She stated that the dead man had left a large fortune and she was going to claim 1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-15
CIVILIZATION IN NEW YORK.

In New York City the other day gang of hoodlum boys, whose ages ranged from 14 to IT, took possession practically of one coach on an elevated road. They had been playing base ball and it is to be supposed had come off victors; for they threw balls and gloves about the car, swung bats while they flung at the women present all manner of profane and obscene lan- guage. The most of them escaped the police by shining down the iron pill lars that support the roadbsd of the elevated.
 It is as much almost as his life, and certainly as much as his clothes, for q man to appear in any one of a large number of quarters in New York, rid ing in an automobile. That women are with him as companions. does not stay the hail of decayed fruit, decayed eggs. bottles and stones. It is like going to war there. to venture out in an automobile.
 The latest exhibition the metropolis is furnishing the country is in the at tempts made to ride from Brooklyn to Coney Island for one fare, , cents. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, op- erating certain leased lines in connec- tion with its own system, have been charging two fares, ten cents for the trip. An inferior court held the com pany could not lawfully make this ex- tra charge. Pending the determina- nf riD pany SUIT endered its leases and insist ed on collecting the extra nickel from persons who took passage on the inde- pendent lines, independent as the com rany now asserted these to be. The good citizens of Brooklyn would have none of this. The bold sovereign, the man intent upon his right, would swing his picnic basket on his arm and ac companied by his wife and children, board a car, resolved he would suffer any indignity or outrage rather than pay the extra nickel. The company employed "bouncers" and instantly q man refused to pay his fare. he was turned out by the heels, his wife by the hands and his children by the mid dle. Struggling and screaming. out they go. the police standing by to see that excessive force is not used in ejecting the anti-nickel people. Hun dreds and thousands daily mount the cars only to go through with a like performance in fighting the payment of cents.
 Without assuming to pass on the merits of the question involved and confessing a willingness to admire q stout stand for principle even where there is only a trife involved. we still cannot quite understand how a grown man or woman or half grown boy or girl could deliberately go about spend ing a holiday with the grim intention of being thrown off a car rather than pay nickel.
 Now that the St. Louis Convention is over, there will be some curiosity to see whether the lid is kept tightly on in New York. Has keeping the lid down by Mayor Mcclellan caused the spirit of the people there to effervesce in other ways. in rowdyism, in most ridiculous public exhibitions of stren- uous desire to save a nickel?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-15
At Last, Democracy. Courier-JournaI.
Let the galled jade vince. our wither
 are unwrung.

Let the galled jade vince. our withers
 are unwrung.
 It comes to us through the return ing braves from the St. Louis Conven- tion that certain members of the Ken lucky delegation in tho body were statesmanlike message of Judge Alton Brooks t,l its nominee for Pres ident of the United States.
 What else was the Judge to do? His friends had sought Intellectually to se- cure the insertion of the gold plank in the platform. MT. Bryan had sought effectually to keep it out. This was to make at least dog fall. It was to have it go forth that the Bryan Hearst crowd seeking ruin and revenge, had got in their work over a great ma- jority of Democrats who, weary of the Journey twixt tweedledee and tweedle- dee and worn with the dry-husks Of Populism and the dead-languages of damn foolism, were honestly seeking to work their way out of the wilderness of disaster and despair into the open and on to the highways of current political thought and action. It was, if not to put the Bryan brand upon the fabric. to give it such a Bryan swipe as would enable that cheap agitator to hie him thence and claim victory. where he had planned slaughter. This meant the defeat of the ticket, which was. Is now. and will continue to be until the day of election, the dearest aspiration of the Bryan heart, if 1t has a heart; for the touch of Bry- anism Is leprosy, its very memory a taint.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-15

The Charleston News and Courier advances the novel proposition that if It is the correct thing for Judge Par ker to resign his present office to make the race for President, then Roosevelt should do the same. Perhaps that would be only fair, but there is one serious objection, and that is that be kept reasonably quiet, while he holds his official position, but if he were free, the country wouldn't hold him. Let's leave as much muzzle on him as possible