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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27
and F. Zahner fifty-six. Mr.
Chatburn was declared tn
candidate.

and F. Zahner fifty-six. Mr.
Chatburn was declared the
candidate.
For the office of clerk of dis
trict court M. B. Pitt, of Cas-
township, and A. w. Blackburn
deputy clerk at present, were
placed in nomination, and OF
ballot Mr.. Blackburn received
one hundred thirty-6ve votes
and Mr.. Pitt twenty-five
Clerk of the Court, r. L. Cox
declined to run again and his
deputy, Mr.. Blackburn, was
therefore given the nomination
There being no other candi-
dates for the office of county
treasurer, D. F. Ogden, at pres
ent the incumbent of the office
was nominated by acclamatior
by the convention. Also the
same was true with regard tt
the office of county auditor ano
George w. Atkins was renom
mated by acclamation. The
name of H. B. Owens was pre-
sented for the nomination O.
recorder and there being NJ
other contestants, he was nom
mated by acclamation.
Sheriff Andy Shinn declined
to make the race for the NOM
ination for sheriff and in a nea
speech thanked the resident
of Harrison county for the as
sistance during the years h.
has occupied the office. H,
presented the name of Osca,
O. Rock, deputy sheriff, for tn
place, and he was nominated bN
acclamation.
There were three contestants
for the office of county attor
ney, Tom z. Smith, OF Logan
Clarence Kellogg of Missour
Valley and A. Burke of Missour
Valley. On formal ballot
Smith received eighty votes
Kellogg fifty-four, and Burk.
twenty-three. Smith was de
clared the nominee.
For the office of county SUI
perintendent, D. p. Brainart
was nominated to succeed him.
self, this by reclamation. There
were several names proposed
for the office of county survey
Or, being j. G. McCabe, A. w
Gaines, and j. S. Wattles, bu
as none wanted the berth tn,
nomination was left blank.
I. j. Hennessey, of Missour
Valley, was nominated by accla
mation to succeed himself a
coroner of Harrison county.
With the nomination of w
T. Stearn, of Logan, for county,.
chairman the convention wa
adjourned.
The convention was harmo
nious from the beginning am
there was never at any tim
friction that caused any un
necessary delay SO common t.
meetings of that sort. Th'
opera house is fine building
in which to hold conventions
and everything was pleasant.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

William Randolph Hearst is
likely to get the nomination for
governor in New York. He has
certainly put up a good fight
and has u4ed his papers to ad-
vantage.
1t is almost a case of "button,
button, who has the button in
Cuba, except it is really, who
has the power, the liberals or
the Palma faction. This MORN
ing's paper states that Taft has
given up hope and that perhaps
very soon the troopers Of Uncle
Sam will occupy a part or all of
the island. 1t is also stated
that the Cuban congress will be
called Friday to consider the
resignation of President Palma
and Vice President Capote.
There seems no other way open
now but the intervention of the
United States.
1t seems the advent of the
labor leaders into politics has
not been as pleasant as they
had anticipated. Already dis
sension has arisen in the ranks
of the laborites and it is stated
semi-officially that Gompers,
president of the Federation of
Labor, will lose his official head.
Politics is a fascinating game,
but sometimes the flames singe
the wings.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27
Mrs. Geo. E. johnson visited
Omaha today.
Burglary.

Burglars entered DR.. E. I.
Giddings' dental office last
night in the Burbank block and
helped themselves to whatever
they wanted. The doctor, in
checking up this morning,
found that he was shy about
SIS worth of gold leaf. None
If his valuable dental tools
were taken. the burglars evil
IDENTIFY wanting only such stuff
as could not be identified. The
burglars evidently had skeleton
Keys, as the door was locked
shis morning when the doctor
vent to the office. The work
was evidently that of profess
sionals.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

The Times received a letter
from Mrs. H. A. Chambers this
morning, written in the Iowa
Sanitarium at Des Moines.
She states that she has been
operated on for appendicitis
and the doctors now tell her
that she has to have a kidney
removed or else death is GER
tain to come within a week or
two. We are sure her many
friends in this city will be
grieved to learn of the extent
of her suffering.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

In Clarinda, Iowa, the citi-
Gems haven't lived up to their
Part of the agreement whereby
The government should appro-
] riate $4,000 and they would
,onate the site for a postoffice
luilding. Representative Hep
burn has requested the super
Using architect of the treasury
department not to send a spec
jail agent until after election,
Us that is his home town and
lie does not desire to stir up
ny more strife than necessary.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

Sir Thomas Upton is now en-
route to the United States on a
pleasure trip and it is reported
on good authority that he will
again challenge the American
yacht racers. We are glad to
know the English think so
much of the cup so often won
by the United States, and we
trust they will try again for
they are not very hard to de-
feat.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

L. M. Walker and wife leave
Friday for Greenwood. Missis-
sippi, Friday, where they will
visit Mr.. Walkers people until
November 1st. This is the
first time Mr.. Walker has
visited his old home for over
eighteen years.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

The president certainly used
good judgment in choosing
Secretary Root to represent
the United States in the PAN
American congress held in
South America. Mr.. Root is a
diplomat of the highest order
and has created a good inn
preston wherever he has
stopped.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

Miss Mildred Lambin, who
has been in the Valley the guest
of her aunt Mrs. w. j. Burke,
leaves for her home in Chicago
this evening.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

F. M. Terry, L. H. McWill-
Jams, w. H. Butler, L. L. Reyn-
olds, pos smaster of Little Sioux.
are the guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
E. ]. Terry today. They are
also attending the convention.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

Senator Dolliver is canvass
ing the southern part of the
state, trying to unite the re-
publicans on the ticket.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27
MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES
AARRls & H0YLE, Editors
Weekly Established July 3, 'e8
Daily Established April l, 81
Buffalo Bills Wild West

Buffalo Bills Wild West
show is now preparing to en-
bark on ships destined to the
United States. This show has
been in Europe for four years
and it is decided to come home
for another year before Colonel
Cody retires from active man.
agement. The people of the
United states will be glad to
witness the interesting per-
formances given by the only
wild west show in existence.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

The District Court at Des
Moines yesterday granted 80
divorces. Pretty good for one
day.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

Mrs. C. C. Lahman and Mrs.
Emma Russell entertained Mrs.
Geo. p. Johnson, son and daugh-
er at a 6 o'clock dinner yes
terday. Mrs. Johnson and
daughter, Miss Josie, leave for
Jefferson, Ia, Thursday, to join
Mr.. Johnson.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

Frank Harmon and Louie
Ladue left this morning for a
trip to Chicago and Milwaukee
and other points of interest.
Frank will remain a week and
Ladue will stay a month visit
ing and sightseeing.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

Mrs. 3. Mattox, of Logan, is
in the Valley, the guest of her
daughter, Mrs. G. S. Green.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27
Callers Today

Editor Kerr, of the Little
Sioux Hustler, Editor Stewart,
OF the Woodbine Chronicle,
Editor Ford, of the Woodbine
Twiner, Supervisor Hall, of
Woodbine, Editor Enbody, of
Dunlap, attended the conven-
tion today.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

Miss Eleanor Milliman, of
Logan, was the guest of friends
in the Valley yesterday.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

c. H. Deur is l,sy with
gang of men gathering his ap-
pie crop. He says he will har-
vest eight thousand bushels of
apples this year from his big
orchard east of this city. The
apples are of very fine quality
this year.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

Martin & Stout sold q fine
farm of 1GO acres near Wood
bine to T. J. 1'eagar, of Nebras-
ka. The deal was consummat-
ed YESTERDAY.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

Mrs. G. B. Cole, of Carroll,
Iowa, is the guest of her pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. d.
Fitch.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-09-27

Mace, Mrs. Allen skeiton, Es..'l
Mason, HAIRY Selvy, Edi; II
Shelton, Roy selvy, Mary Sec
bold.
Club adjourned to meet with
Mr.. and Mrs. q. G. Jones third
Saturday in October.
A. E. Bessire. Pres.
Mrs. w. A. Jones. s,ecv
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-02

into another train, or been run into,
and you have to be pulled out of a
window by the heels, and laid out in
= marsh until the claim agents can
settle with you.
always thought in reading of rail-
road accidents, that the railroad sent
out a special trainlOad of doctors and
nurses, to care for the injured, but the
special train never has a doctor until
the lawyers give first aid to the
wounded in the way Of financial poul-
tees for the cripples. People in our
business are on the railroads., and We
work them for all there is in it; and
the man that is hurt the least makes
the biggest howl, and gets the biggest
slice of indemnity. Some circus pao-
pie spend all their salary as they so
along, and live all winter on the dam
ages they set from the railroads when
the wreck comes.
The night of the wreck our train
was %whooping along at about 80 miles
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-02

an hour, on a hippity-hop railroad in
Pennsylvania, and the night was hot,
and the mosquitoes from across The
line in New Jersey were singing their
solemn. tunes, and pa, who attended a
lodge meeting that night at the town
we showed in. was asleep and talking
in his sleep about passwords and
grips, and the freaks and trapeze per-
formers in Jul car had got through
kicking about how the show was run
there was a terrific smash-up ahead,
an engine boiler exploded, a freight
car OF dynamite on a side track ex-
ploded, and there was a grinding and
humping Of the cars. Then they rolled
down a bank, owe and over, so the
upper berth was the lower berth half
the time, and finally the whole BUSH
ness stopped in a hay marsh, and the
bilge. water in the marsh leaked into
the hold of our car; people screamed,
and some one yelled "flre!" and /
pulled on pa till he woke up.
7 thought pas head was all caved
in, because he talked nutty. The
first thing he. said was: "Say I, pro-
nounce your name, and repeat after
me- and then he said: Il promise and
swear that I will never reveal the Sc
crets Of this degree" and then the con-
duclor pulled pas leg and said:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-02

then he crawled out, and we sat down
in the mud.
The bearded woman came next. with
her Whiskers done up in curl papers.
and then the fat woman got one foot
through the transom, and she couldn't
get it back in, and the train hands got
an AK and were going to cut her leg
off, and save one foot, at least, when
pa got a move on him, and took the
ak and broke out the side of the car,
and got her out. Eight or nine men
lifted her tenderly onto a stack of hay,
and she wrapped it around her, cause
she left her clothes in her berth.
Well, it was a sight when the people
were got out of our car, and they
let it burn. to light up the scene, and
pa and l and the boss canvasman went
along the d1tched train, and helped
people out. The giant was in two
upper berths, and he got one leg cut
of the transom over one berth. and one
leg out Of the transom over the other
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-02

berth, and We pulled his legs, but he
couldn't make it, so pa took the ak
and made both berths into one and
got him out.
The giant shook himself and START
ed on a run across the marsh. bn!
he mired up to his neck, and a farm
er who heard the noise came to order
Us off his hay field for t~respass. and
yelled: Here's a head of some of
your performers cut off away over
here" and he was going to bring il in.
when the farmer found the head was
alive, and he raj away from it.
In an hour we had everybody ont
and made beds for them by spreading
out hay cocks, and nobody seemed to
be hurt SO very much. We heard a To-
connective whistle up the road. and
some one said the relief train was
coming with doctors and nurses. t,pt
the show owner who was with us
said: "Relief doctors, nothing. That
is a tra1n-load of lawyers and claim
agents to settle with US. The doc
tors will not come till tomorrow.
Now, everybody pretend to be hurt
awful bad. and strike the sharks for
SIC, 900 apiece, and come down to 500,
If you can't do any BETTER
1t was getting daylight, and the re-
lief train stopped, and the good Sa-
maritans came wading into the nav
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-02

"Alas! we have committed sacrilege,
and of the worst kind. We set to work
to mend our tire, and just as we have
finished a heart-rending, ear-piercing
shrek rang out from the temple in
closure.
I'VE rush in, brushing aside two
Juvenile priests who try to stop our
progress. A crowd of white-robed
priests stand between us and the in
ner sanctuary. But the three of us are
old football players; the priests are
down like %ninepins; we tear the cur
tain aside and stand for a moment
rooted with horror.
There on a rude altar our pool ma
tive motor boy is being literally roast
ed alive. Only a seconds pause to
take in the situation, and with a rush
we are Oh them. Selling the uplifted
knife from the nearest fanatic, we cut
the leather strings and lift the faint
ing sacrifice from the altar"
Then the motorists beat the priests
off, regain their car and ride away
amid a shower of missiles.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-02
HIS HAIR TURNING WHITE.
Bright Bay Horse of Ware, Mass,
Undergoing a Curious Expert
enc from Fright.

Ware, Mass.-Dan, a bright bay
horse, and n of the pets of this vii
lage, is gradually turning white from
the effects of a SHOCK which he suffered
last summer. Veterinary surgeons say
the effect on the animals nerves are
precisely like that on the nerves Of a
human being whose hair turns white
overnight through some severe fright
Or tremendous strain. The white hairs
have appeared gradually in patches all
over his body, giving him a queer
notified appearance, and he is becom-
ing winter every day.
Last July Dan was hitched in front
OF a livery stable while a heavy thun-
derstorm was in progress. Suddenly
one of the bolts of lightning struck the
edge of the stable and there was a ire
mendous crash and a dazzling flash of
lightning. The horse dropped down
to the ground as if shot, and remained
there in a shivering, trembling mass
until he was literally dragged to his
feet. He was not hurt a particle, and
it was doubtful if he was even stunned
by the bolt of lightning, but he was
nearly frightened out of his senses.
He was taken to a stable and cared for,
but continued to SILVER and tremble
until the next day.
About a week later Dams driver, A.
T. Thayer, noticed a small spot of white
hair on the horses legs. The next
day there were several white spots on
the animals back. Mr.. Thayer made a
thorough examination to detect the
presence of an eruption or any skin
disease, but the horse was found to
be in the best Of health. Daily new
spots of white have appeared, until
Dan is now nearly one-half white, and
is n of the sights of the town.
He is a big, handsome animal, weigh.
ing 1,400 pounds, and does duty on a
heavy wood wagon. No load is too big
for him to handle, and his ready dis.
position to tackle any burden has
made him a favorite with the team.
sters, as his kindly, friendly nature
has made him a pet with the chill
dren. Since his transformation be.
gan he is receiving more apples and
sugar than ever and MI. Thayer says
there is danger that Dan will be
| spoiled.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-02
Heavy Tonnage.

Duluth. Maj Charles L.. Potter,
United States engineer in charge of
Lake Superior, issued his annual re-
port of the Duluth-Superior harbor,
and all Minnesota and Wisconsin
people, he declares will take pride in it.
The freight movement during 1905
was 22,576, AS net tons of a total value
Of S196, Isl, 584. This is an increase of
26I per cent over the receipts and
shipments in 1904 and the increase of
valuation is more than $4,000, 900. The
increase in net freight tons for the
harbor last year was SO. 6 per cent over
1890.
Major Potter says in his report that
considering the mean monthly freight
movement during the season of uavi-
CATION, the Duluth-Superior practically
stands next to New York.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-02

succumbing to the flames, she sank a
charred and blackened mass.
Passing children ran with terror
from the spectacle and when help
reached the woman she was already
beyond all human aid.
The first to reach the woman's side
was Michael Wallace and Policeman
T. NJ. Kelly, the back of whose homes
look into the front yard of the Rizz
house. Attracted by the screams of
women and the weird chant of Mrs,
Rizz, the two men, who were eating
their breakfasts, rushed to her aid. AS
Wallace reached the woman's side she
a still whirling in her dervishlike
dance and singing. He and Kelly, with
rugs and blankets, suffocated the blaze
and tore the burning garments off her
blackened body. In his efforts to a v
the woman Wallace burned his hands
badly.
An ambulance was summoned and
the woman was rushed to the county
hospital, where she died.
Neighbors who testified at the in
quest, said that Mrs. Rizz was extreme
ly. devout in her worship of the sun.
"She was a sun god worshiper," said
Mrs. R. A. Fitzsimmons, who lived in
the same building. "Often I have seen
her as the sun was setting, with her
eyes turned toward it and her lips
moving in prayer"
All of the neighbors of the dead
woman testify that her religion was
of that character, and her son George
reluctantly admitted it last night.
my mother was a worshiper of the
sum-" he said. But little did I eve,
think she would sacrifice herself"
Both the son, who is 20 years of age
and his sister, who is ten years his
senior, were Frustrated by the awful
death of their parent. Neither had
seen their mother in flames, as the bow
had left the house in the interim OF
his mother preparing herself for the
sacrifice, while the daughter had moi
yet arisen.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-02

Crawl out of thu window, old man,
cause the train is in the ditch. the
car is atire, and if you don't get out in
about a minute with the other freaks,
you will be a burnt Offering"
Pa said you couldn't fool him, cause
he knew he was being initiated into
the 2o-steenth degree of the masons,
and he guessed he could tell a
degree from a train wreck, cause the
degrees was a darn sight worse than
a wreck, but the conductor took one of
those long glass fire extfnguishers and
sprinkled the medicated water on :he
freaks in the next berth, and then
turned it on pa, and pa tasted it, and
thought he was at a banquet, and he
said chat sauterne is not fit to drink"
Then when the bearded woman
yelled that the fire had almost reached
her whiskers, and would nobody save
her, pa began to get ready to move on,
cause he concluded he hadn't been
riding a goat after all. and he told me
to hand him his pants. Pa is a man
That will never go out among people,
matter how dark the night is, with
out his pants, and l admire him for
1t. Some of the circus men didn't care
for dress that night, but got out just
they were, and the result was that
when daylight came they had to tie
hay around their legs.
Our car was bottom-side up, but l
found pas pants, and he got his legs
in, and L buttoned him in, but I felt
all the time as though l had buttoned
them in the back. so the seat was in
front, but the fire was cracking, and
pa pushed me out of a transom, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-02
PRIESTS TRY 70
ROAST CHAUFFEUR ALIVE
Enraged at Dissertation of Auto Crash
>:ing~*1nto Temple Door, They
Place: Him on Fiery Altar.

London.-A thrilling story of how
the side slipping of a motor car nearly
resulted in a man being roasted alive
is told by Ernest Esdaile. The incident
occurred in Dublia, a village on the
road from Delhi to Bombay. The car
Vas being driven slowly past a Jain
temple amid the whooping of natives
n the beating of tom-toms.
AT the temple entrance" said Mr..
Esdaile, Stands two priests, regarding
us with no friendly visage. Bang! and
u back tire has b~urst-deep rut in
the road has caught the wheel, too. In
a moment we swerve round, and hor-
ror! smash right into the temple door.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-02
Young Woman and Bow Elope.

Mishawaka, 1nd.-A case, which
seems an exact counterpart of the sen,
sational episode at Evanston, ILL.,, some
time ago, when Miss Florence Elv.
through her strange infatuation for
her nephew, Frank Rogers, aged IA,
eloped with. the lad, is7recorded here.
Miss Adelia Evans, Of Akron, o., who
has been visiting in this locality for
two weeks gave indications in numer.
GUS ways that she was infatuated with
Clyde Major, a lad of only Is, less
than half her age. Her love for the
boy was noticed, but the matter was
not seriously considered by the rela-
tives. Recently she drove to the
Woodland school and askedafor the lad,
then induced him to enter the carriage
with her.