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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15
ON THE PACIFIC COAST.
THE Political Conventions Neat
Week-Hearst's Big Fight.

San Francisco May 13-Both political parties
will hold State conventions next week. with
the Republicans. the only question is whether
the delegates will be instructed for Roosevelt.
Judging by the feeling of the leaders, there will
be dissent from this course. The party is
strong and harmonious in this State. and the
leaders are confident that California will give
big majority for Roosevelt From the present
outlook the convention will be one of the
uuietest in years. The platform will declare
strongly for a continuance Of protection and
against reciprocity.
With the Democrats everything is problenlati-
cal. Hearst has made tremendous efforts 10
secure the Endorsement of California. and the
interior counties about evenly divided be
tween the Hearst and Hearst factions but
careful estimates give the anti-Hearst men
about thirty majority. This leaves the balance
OF power with San Francisco which can never
be depended upon. San Francisco has 16S dele
gates out of total of 723. and these delegates
viii be aligned almost as one man to whatever
policy is adopted by their leaders The pos
session of newspapers in two of the largest cities
OF the State gives Hearst great power The best
Judges believe the delegation will go unin-
structed. The platform will repudate Bryan.
but Parker viii not figure in the convention.
It looks as though the Southern Pacific would
handle practically all the deciduous fruit from
Northern and Central California this season.
The California Fruit Distributors Company.
composed Of large orchardists. has made ar
rangements by which the Santa Fe is practically
barred out of any share in this lucrative bust
ness. Better time and increased facilities will
be given by the Southern Pacific. and all fruit
trains will go east via the Union Pacific
Professor Albert y. Smith head Of the de-
partment Of mechanical and electrical engineer
ing at Stanford University. has resigned TO ac-
cept an appointment as dean OF Sibley College
Of Engineering at Cornell University TO succeed
the late Or. Thurston. Professor Smith is n
graduate Of Cornell Of the class Of ~, and has
gained a high reputation Stanford for his
ability teacher and executive. He is popu-
lar among the students. who regret his departure
but are proud of the compliment 10 his ability
San Francisco florists are still making an
Effort to upset the recent ordinance permitting
free flower markets in certain downtown streets.
One firm has hIed injunction suit restraining
the Board Of Public Works from granting per-
nlits, the ground that the ordinance was I'M
constitutional. The ordinance was passed by the
supervisors IN response TO & general public de-
mand. and its validity was guaranteed by several
able lawyers. The suit is prompted by the Board
of Public Works itself, which violently opposed
the ordinance. The street flower market is re-
ga-ded by tourists of the prettiest features
Of San Francisco, and several organizations here
are determined to that It is maintained.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15

struction was complete. Thousands OF human
beings were thrown. helpless. struggling mass
into the seething maelstrom. and within few
minutes about twenty-five hundred people In
this territory had their lives crushed out.
Words are powerless to express the horror of
the situation as this town was crumbling away
and the people by thousands were sinking to
their doom. Many OF those on the fearful
waters believed it was the Judgment day. and
each OF them felt it was the end of their own
earthly career.
II was almost o'clock In the evening when
the flood struck the town. The water as IL
emerged from the narrow valley at Woodvale
diverged into two main courses One part kent
on down the line of the Conemaugh River. with
its burden of human freight and debris NJ all
kinds. until 1t struck the sides Of Kernvina r1m
from the recoil OF which 1t started I'm the co,,sa
oi the stonycreek. carrying all before II for a
distance OF three miles. In the mean TINA +ba
other large volume of water, which had crt
across the town. came in contact with .h,.
immense river now flowing up STREAM, ors
counter currents and eddies were formed. on tho
Top OF which desperate struggles for life We
oelns made by hundreds OF men. women a,a
children. ~A0
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15

ruler which many persons IN many ways have
tried to explain. Some say the Car is the VIC
tim Of an incurable disease Despite official
contradictions. the report every now and then
emanates from his palace that he is an epileptic
When a child. it is said he had fits every four
months but of more recent years they have in
creased I'm frequency and violence. At one time
the Car compel a 10 give up all mental
work and consigu the cares Of state to his
uncle, the Grand Duke Michael In 1899 the
Cars skull trepanned. operation which
is said 70 have relieved him considerably Of
his sufferings from cerebral pressure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15

desired exclusiveness. Cottages were built
around the margin of the lake, and here the
families of the wealthy spent the summer sea-
son. their chief pastime being boating and fish
ing. 1t exclusive set that enjoyed the
pleasures of this place. persons of wealth being
members OF the club.
An unprecedented rainstorm on the night of
May 80 1880. caused the water to overflow, and
next afternoon at 8 o'clock the whole breast ~
the dam suddenly collapsed and the millions of
tons of water thus released bounded down the
valley
Everything within touch was destroyed, and
before Johnstown proper had been reached sew
eral small villages had been carried away and
at Conemaugh dozens of monster railroad en-
gines and whole railroad trains, with their pas
sengers and freight. were picked up and borne
on the breast of the flood. AS the water reached
Woodvale. a suburb adjoining Johnstown Dor
ough. it was already laden with a harvest of
death. but it swept through the narrow val
ley at height of over eighteen feet every yes
tige of the borough of Woodvale was wiped
away. Then. as the madly rushing torrent
swept on into the heart of Johnstown, through
miles Of business and dwelling houses. thu de-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15
ATLANTIC CITY ASTIR.
Seaside Sports to the FOre-Yachts
an commission.

Atlantic City. y. /. MAY II CSpecian.-The glori-
GUS weather Of the last week has brought visitors
here in great numbers and out ot all proportion 10
the May crowds Of any previous year. It has also
had the effect Of giving all kinds of seashore
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15
STAG PARTY.

From The Chicago News
Harker-Was there much wine down at Bender's
dinner Darty2
Barker-I should say They had to have a
oAoloeraga TO deliver the aster-dnner speeches
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-05-15
PAYING THE PRICE.

From Puck
Mrs. Du BiousI guess can get you into ~ rsr~
ties
Newrich-How much viii be expected 70 -
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02
WAS A PRETTY WEDDING.
Miss Ngaude Boyer and Samuel
ChenGy lNarriGd last Evening.

At Z o'clock last evening at
the home of the BRIDES parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Boyer, of
SO Ashland avenue, occurred
the marriage of Miss Maude
Boyer and Samuel Cheney. 1t
was a very happy occasion and
only relatives and immediate
friends of the families were
present.
The house was prettily decor
ated with hawthorne blossoms.
Miss Charlotte Isabelle Van
Epps played Mendelssohn's
wedding march and the we'd
ding party was preceded by
two little nephews of the bride,
Bunnie and Harold Boyer, act
ing as pages. The bride was
gowned in brown voile and car
ried violets. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. Finis Idle
men and during the service
Miss Van Epps played Mendel-
ssohn's Evening Song"
At 8 o'clock a wedding dinner
was served, the table being dec
grated with snowballs and tu-
lips. Mrs. Amanda Moore served
the dinner. The young couple
then left on the 1910 train for
st. Louis, to be gone about two
weeks. When they return they
will make their home on the
Cheney farm in South Dixon.
The groom is a son of Super
visor Person Cheney, and both
bride and groom have the re
spect and good will of the com
munity where they have spent
the greater part of their lives
and won a large circle of friends.
Dixon, Qll.) Evening Tele-
gram.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02
THE BLACK HILLS
The Richest Hundred Square
Miles In the World

The Black Hills, in the south
western part of the state of
South Dakota, produce one
third of the gold found in the
United States, and are said to
be the richest one hundred
miles square in the world. A
new booklet on the Black Hills
has been issued by the North
Western line, with a fine de-
tailed map Of this wonderful
region. Send four cents in
stamps for copy of the booklet
to w. B. Kniskern, P. 7. M.
Chicago & North Western Ry.,
Chicago, III. AZ
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02
Death 81 James Amy.
Hamburg Times. J

James Amy was born July
81, 1881, at Missouri Valley,
Iowa. He died May z, 1904, at
10 o'clock a. m. of heart failure
following an attack of appendi-
citis and pneumonia. He was
apparently better and had
dressed and was awaiting the
changing Of his bed; he walked
into another room when he
tainted and was Immediately
placed in bed again and a doctor
hastily summoned; he never
rallied and in a few minutes
was dead. He was taken sick
two weeks ago and was con-
sidered dangerously sick at all
times. He was married to Miss
May Egbert, September 25,
1902. At the time of his death
he was agent for the Tarkio
laundry with headquarters at
Wingate & McRride's barber
shop. He leaves father, mother,
brother and sisters beside his
wife to mourn his loss. The
funeral services were held at
the Methodist church at 2::3O p.
m. Monday and then the body
was sent to Council Bluffs for
interment in the family burial
lot.
CARD OF THANKS.
We desire to thank the
friends and neighbors who so
kindly assisted us during the
illness and death of our beloved
one.
Mrs. May Amy,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Amy
and family.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02
Crop Bulletin.

For the week ending May 80.
Des Moines, Iowa
The mean temperature of the
past week was slightly below
normal, except in portions of
the eastern districts. There was
a large percentage of cloudi-
ness, and the rainfall was above
normal in the larger part of the
state, the excess being greatest
in portions of the central and
northern sections. The rains
were timely and beneficial, ex-
cept in the localities visited by
heavy and destructive down
pours. In sections where the
rainfall was moderate very good
progress hiss been made in finish
ing planting and beginning cu.-
tivation of the corn crop. Re-
ports are variable as to the
stand of corn, but there is gen
eral agreement as to the in
creased acreage planted. In
some of the southern counties
planting operations are likely
to be continued another week.
The weather conditions have
been very good for grasses and
small grain crops, which are
showing improvement. The hay
crop, especially, has been much
benefited by wet and cloudy
weather, and in many sections
reports indicate that a good
| yield is assured. Potatoes, gar
den truck and fruit are doing
we'll.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02
Half Rates to G. A. r. Encamp.
nent, Mason City, Iewa.

Via the North Western Line.
Excursion tickets will be sold
at one fare for round trip on
June 6, Z and 8 and on June 8
for trains arriving at Mason
City before noon on that date,
limited to return until June II,
inclusive. Apply to agents Chi
cago & North Western R'y.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02
PROGAMFORC COMMENCEMENT
Week
At Iowa State College at Ames,
june 2--8, 1904.

OuNo - VIZ h0VTs
Thursday, June 2
1880 p. M. Peace Pipe.
Friday, June 3
300 p. m. Base ball: Ames
VS.. Grinnell.
S:15 p. M. Society Gradua-
tion.
Saturday, June 4
7::3O p. m. Senior Breakfast.
300 p. m. Base ball: Pro
fessors VS.. Seniors.
S:15 p. m. Term Recital.
Sunday, June 5
1890 a. m. Baccalaureate
Address.
Monday, June 6
9::3O a. m. Band Concert.
1890 a. m. Exhibition Drill
by Special Company.
2::30 p. M. Inauguration of
President Storms.
8:15 p. m. "The Merchant
of Venice" presented by
the Junior Class.
Tuesday, June z Class Day
lO:3O a. m. Choosing of SEN
ior Committee.
2::3O p. m. Class Day Pro-
ZOO p. m. Alumni Business
Meeting.
$50 p. m. Senior Promenade.
Wednesday, June 8
1920 a. M. Graduation Ex-
ercises: Commencement
Address "Our Century of
Action by President Da-
vid Starr Jordan, of Leland
Stanford Junior University
loo p. m. Alumni Dinner.
500 p. m. Presidents Re-
ceptlOn.
Missouri Valley and the
farming community in this vi
entity are deeply interested in
The success of the Iowa State
of Agriculture, as
many of the sons in this vicin-
ty are attending there.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02
Found a Cure for Indigestion

I use Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets for indigest-
ion and find that they suit my
case better than any dyspepsia
remedy | have ever tried and |
have used many different rem
edies. | am nearly fifty-one
years of age and have suffered
a great deal from Indigestion.
| can eat almost anything |
want now.-Geo. w. Emory,
Rock Mills, Ala. For sale by
Elliott & Harvey. j30
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02

AOWAs VII CllO SO1lNlO0lOll vi
the Civil War he settled down
in Stirling, ILL.,, as a machinist,
and is now following this pro-
fession in connection with the
Chicago and North Western
Railway Company, with which
he has been associated for 20
years. He has not forgotten
the fighting days of his youth,
nor has a grateful country, for
he is now a Colonelof the Grand
Army of the Republic, and an
aide-de-camp on the National
Staff.
Turning from soldering to
machinery, Colonel Newton
was persuaded to say something
in the way of comparison be-
tween British and American
trade conditions.
81 have been agreeably sur
prised, he remarked, ''to find
that trade is not only so good
in England-in the machinery
and allied branches, | mean
but that the methods of man
ufacture are as up-to-date and
as | have found
them to be on a visit to the old
country. A lot of nonsense is
talked ndwritten in the States
tending to show that British in
dustry is played out, methods
of manufacture antiquated, and
no scope allowed for modern
processes. 1t is all so much
bunkum, and is circulated as
solid fact by those in the States
who can know nothing of the
real truth. ! am under prom
Use to give three lectures ON my
English trip when return to
the States, and | will take good
care that the real situation is
explained as far as my own
particular calling is concerned. "
1t might be mentioned that
Colonel Newton has visited
Messrs. Jessops' and Thomas
Turner and Co.'S works already
since his arrival in Sheffield,
and is loud in his praise Of the
enterprise shown by these two
firms, as he is of the courtesy
shown to him as a stranger
without personal introduction.
This by the way.
From 1856 to 1904 is a far
cry. The Sheffield of half a
century ago differs much from
the city as we know it today.
Colonel Newton mentioned that
he was educated at Professor
Charles's Academy, situated in
Shrewsbury road-a thorough
fare which at that time was on
the outskirts Of Sheffield, with
green fields close by. 81 have
CLEANED wheat in fields which
now form the site of Victoria
Wesleyan Chapel" he re-
marked; "and within a stones
throw have seen foxhounIs be-
ing trained"
With three months leave OF
absence, Colonel Newton will
remain in England till the mid
die of June, when he returns
by White Star steamer to the
States. His home and family
are there, his loyalty is to the
country of which he is proud tc
be a citizen, but despite all that
there remain in his heart a
deep-seated, ineradicable affec-
tion for England, and greater
love still for the smoky city ir
which he spent his earliest and
some of his happiest years.
A. G. Brown returned from
Chicago where he has been in
the interest of the Yeoman
lodge.
Found a Cure for Indigestion
| use Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets for indigest-
ion and find that thew suit nv
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02
Mrs. May Amy,
Mr.. and Mrs. r. j. Amy
and family.
For Sale CHEAP.

The farm known as the John
D1nner place, containing l57
acres, laying within one and
one-fourth miles of Mo. Valley.
$50 per acre. Write the Button
Land Co., Plainview, Neb.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02

O. S. Wadsworth, a former
resident of this city, arrived
from Oklahoma last evening.
He will be the guest of friends
in the Valley for the next few
davs.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02
Natural Inquiry.

He'd like to meet Miss Bond
Ehe--Why?
II hear she has thirty thousand .
rear and no incumbiunce.-
Ills she looking for oneT-Lita
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02
From Finland.

A fellow whose name Is Ollie,
who was enroute to Deadwood,
S. D., met with rather a hard
predicament yesterday while
eating his dinner at the rail
road eating house. 1t seems
that his partner had transport
ati) for both himself and Ollie.
The westbound trainpulled out
and left him busy eating his
dinner and at the same time
taking his partner with the
tickets. Mr.. Robinson assisted
him in getting his transporta-
tion and today he went his way
tickled most to death.
Mrs. Ruth Hipple, of Pierre,
South Dakota, arrived in the
Valley last night and will be
the guest of Mrs. r. II. Harris
for a week. She says the coun-
try around Pierre is suffering
for rain.
Miss Ruth, of Omaha, is in
the Valley, the guest Of Mrs.
L. N. Goodrich. She has estab-
lished an art studio in Walkers
Hall, where she will be glad to
see all those interested in art.
Studio open Thursday.
Robert Hileman, of Portland,
Oregon, is in the Valley for a
ten days. visit with friends.
The board of Supervisors will
meet in regular session next
Monday. Much important bust
ness will come before the board
at this session.
Mrs. II. Jones returned to her
home in Fremont today, after a
pleasant visit at the home of
Mrs. Davis of this city.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02
AFTER M. YEARS.
Saeffieldsr's / TESS In the
States.
YEARS.
AFTER NJ

Fou9ht in the Great Civil! War.
Sheffield Independent, May II,
1904.)
Amongst the visitors to Shelf
field at the present time is
Colonel William O. Newton,
formerly of Stirling, Illinois,
but now of Missouri Valley, Ia,
a citizen of the United States,
but Sheffielder by birth and
by many family ties. A ma
chinist and the son of a machin-
ist whose name will be known
to many of the past and some
of the present generation, he
migrated to America as far
back as 1856, leaving Sheffield,
by a strange coincidence, on
the very day that news reached
England of the fall of Sebast-
opol. "There were great jolli-
fcations in Sheffield on receipt
of this good news from the
Crimea," said Colonel Newton
toa Sheffiel Daily Independent
representative. 81 was then
only 49," he added, "but can re-
member the boisterous, merry
crowds which thronged the
streets and made them all but
impossible.
1t should be explained that
the gallant Colonel is now on a
visit to his native city, and is
staying with his cousin, Mr..
John Newton, of IL Talbot ter
race, the Park, Sheffield. Hence
the interview.
Young Newton did not allow
the grass to grow under his
feet in America. Landing in
the States when 13 years of
age, he was but five years older
when the great civil war, North
v. South, broke out.
II had read Uncle Toms
Cabin, was thoroughly imbued
with the moral teaching of that
famous book, and was possessed
with a whole-souled hatred of
slavery in any FORM" said the
Colonel in reply to a query as
to how he became concerned
with the war.
81 enlisted as a private in
the Northern Army" he added,
E'and put in three full years.
service from 1861 to 1854" Of
the privations endured by the
Federal Army, of the ultimate
triumph, and of the many
thrilling experiences which pre-
ceded this consummation of
hostilities there was much to
be said in answer to the inter
viewers questions.
cat the Battle of Chickersaw
Bayou, on December 29th,
1862" said the Colonel, 81 was
laid low with a bullet in the
shoulder. Myself and four
others were advancing toward
the rebel position, when a shell
burst right in front of us. My
four comrades were killed, but
escaped unharmed, only to be
rendered hors de combat a
minute later by a stray ball. !
was unfit for further duty with
the army till March, 1863, and
after that continued on active
service to the end Of the
struggle"
Reference to war served as a
reminder that stirring news
was being received from the
front in the Far East at the
present time.
"Ah," said the Colonel, his
eyes flashing as they doubtless
flashed when he was rushing
the rebel positions in the dis
tant sixties. Gail my sym
pathies are with Japan, and
should like nothing better than
to have command of a regiment
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1904-06-02

A. G. Brown returned from
Chicago where he has been in
the interest of the Yeoman
lodge.