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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-26

Travellers say that the first sight Of the
city of Valparaiso confirms the belief in
the fitness OF the baptismal name conferred
upon It by the old Spanish voyager. After
passing through a sea gate very much like
tine one that gives entrance TO the bay OF
San Francisco. a passenger on an incom-
ing steamer sees the city, unless It has
again been wiped out, piled UP in terraces
OF sun-browned buildings upon the steep
hills that rise almost Immediately from
the water front.
The city proper takes on roughly the
form OF an amphitheater, the circling
ridge of hills upon which 1t is built ter
minating in two horns Of rock at either
boundary Of the bay. On nearer view the
extensive artificial embankment or male
con, that follows the shore nearly its whole
distance along the city 'front.' seems to form
a restraining wall that keeps the heaped
up city from slipping into the bay.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-26

Austrian cavalry and received wounds that
disabled him for army life. Converting his
fortune into money, he left Europe and
went to Valparaiso Having hernits dis
position, he established himself on the re-
mote island Of Juan Fernandez. Finding
the lobster and other kinds Of fisheries
could be made profitable. he leased the
island from the Chilean government and
conducted this industry. as we'll as fruit
raising. on a large and profitable scale.
The war with Peru at length occurred and
his business was broken mp.
Won Rodt returned to Europe. but found
himself so little adapted for civilized life
after his island experience, and so home
sick for his ocean home, that he set sail
again for Juan Fernandez, this time taking
with him q bride to share his lot. There
on the green tropical shore, the most i'm
posing of the dozen villas, was his home
for many years.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-26

follows San Fran
nv cisco as a melancholy reminder
. OF the instability Of those sec
IE$4t1 lions of the Pacific coast.
~ Valparaiso is a city OF 10000 peo-
pie. Located seventy-five miles northwest
It is connected by rail, II is a city OF busi-
ness blocks. more resembling European
seaport than any other on the coast.
1t is the capital Of the province of the
same name, and the bay before II Is
shaped like a half moon and is large
enough TO float the vessels OF the world.
The business section is built upon land
reclaimed from the sea, and much of the
residential portion Is built upon terraces
In the face Of the hills, which rise from
the bay like an amphitheater 70 height
of l,0oO to LOO feet. Elevators are used
TO convey people to the upper section OF the
city.
Valparaiso docs annually business equal
that Of any American city twice its size
Its industries include foundries, railroad
and machine shops. sugar rehneries distl-
leries, large bottling works and factories
OF various kinds. II is the terminus for
many European steamship lines.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-26
The MODERN section.

The Modern section.
The eastern part of the city. where il
broadened out between the Maleeon and
the eerros, 10 the most modern section.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-08-26
Telephone Company Franchises.

N response to the request Of the
new board of estimates for an
offer OF terms for continuance
Of the present telephone fran
chises, without competition, the
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
A story Of False inpri.s.me.t.

One of the strongest Of stories OF
false imprisonment comes from France.
A woman was sentenced to imprison.
ment for life for having caused the
death of her husband and brother The
three had lived together ut Malaunay,
near Rouen. i'll cottnge, the lower
part of which was used as wine
shop. When the woman was sent to
prison other people took the wine shop.
but the new tenants suffered. the man
from fainting fits, his wife FROM nau
sea, from which she died Another
couple tried their fortune, but they
too. We're overcome by the spell of the
accused place. as they Thought it.
They were subject to faintiny and loss
of memory. Az last scientific exam
nation of the premises was made
Then it was found that adjoining the
inn was lime kiln In tho wall livid
ing it from the cottage were many ts
surcs. so TINT whenever lime was burnt
monoXidc Of carbon escaped into the
inn. This was the secret of the deutlls
for which the woman was suffering
She was brought out of prison after
six years of scrvitude.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
Dwellers nv the Pole.

According to the census of October,
1901, there were II 1893 Inhabitants In
Greenland. IN increase Of 1877 since
1900. This increase includes AL Els
kimos discovered by Captain Holm IL
1904. The actual increase was there
fore 038. or 80 per cent. The Euro
pean population Of Greenland In 1901
was 272; In 1890 1t was 800. The lar
gest villages are Sukkertoppen, with
3S2, nnd Julianshaab, with 1903 inhnb.
itants. The east Greenlanders are Of
pure Eskimo blood The remainder of
the population is greatly mixed The
birth and death rates vary greatly
from year to year.
Consumption claims 81 per cent in
the north and 90 per cent In the south.
About 10 per cent Of the deaths are
from accidental causes, chiefly drown.
Ing. In 1901 about 81 per cent OF the
population sustained themselves by
seal catching, fishing and hunting.
The remainder are connected with the
administration, missions and trades.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
THE BAND OF RoN,Ns.
! Cory Story to Prove the Loyalty .
japanese Servants.

Cory Story to Prove the Loyalty Of
1 japanese Scrvants.
/ The other day l found amid great
wealth OF old theological material, nov
dead, curious little book printed in
Tokyo in 1892 called The Story of the
Forty-scven Ronins" and purchased il
at once for the love of the covers. The
1sonins seemed to have been the serv-
ants of some noble OF Japan who had
been killed ut the hands Of another
Japanese lord. and it had become their
duty as faithful servants to kill their
masters enemy. The way they went
about 1t was the story.
OF course the party of the second
| part was not anxious to be killed and
took every precaution. The forty sew
en-, knowing what he would do took to
drink and dissipation. They apparent.
~ gave up all purpose Of revenge They
were often seen drunk on the streets
of Tokyo or playing ut blindmun's buzz
with geisha girls. Some of them even
quarreled With their wives and divorc-
ed them. The noble lord, hearing
through his spies what the Ronins
We're doing. settled down into fancied
| security and henvcd sigh Of relief
This was what the Ronins wanted
When Il spy reported to them this state
of affairs, they Immediately prepared
for action. One night they broke into
the noble lords palace, killed his
guards and servants and appeared be-
fore him in his own apartments. Pros
lrating themselves. they said:
I'VE would beg your honorable lord.
Chip to commit harakiri."
| When the honorable one could not soc
his way clear to this course, they kill
cd him. took his head to their former
masters tomb and offered 1t to him.
with their regards.
But the shogun's officers OF the law,
hearing what had been done, now up
pearcd ON the scene and informed the
forty-seven Konins that, the law hav.
ing been violated by the tumult, they
We're requested to commit harukirL
The forty-seven. seeing the Justice Of
the request, Immediately diseInboweled
themselves and so honorably died. The
tombs Of these noble and faithful men
Mt once became removed and were visit
ed by many pilgrims. One man who
had insulted some of the Ronins while
they were drunk and dissolute, seeing
now the true state of the case, up.
peared ut the tomb and disembowcled
himself as mark of his sorrow ut his
mistake and Of his respect for their
memories
The writer Of the story tells of visit
to the graves Of the Ronins. incidental.
ly he mentions that Just before his ar.
rival there another Japanese. us n testi
mony to the faithfulness Of these dis
Interested and noble servants, had been
disemboweling himself Mt the graves,
and the scene OF his death struggles
and the blood OH the soil were pointed
| out by ndmirinY natives.
This story shows something Of the
character Of the loyal Japanese Will
they die for their country and die for
their emperor?
With pleasure. Minneapolis Tribune.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
A Doctor Of the Old school

Father was Il doctor. II genuine, hemp
sewca. cora fed country physician Of
the gray haired class of our oldest
school. He neither wore kid gloves nor
practiccd in them. His patients either
had to get we'll or die, with no loiter.
i:'.- on NE way. lie felt the pulse with
one l,aEl and poured castor oil with
the other.
INT Your trust in CASTOR" was ia.
Tiers creed. and he lived it and ad.
miniStcrc;l it.
Cas-. ,r oil was both his liagnoser and
LIS e'i.er. He gave 1t any way IL 1t
worl. I. we'll and good; II not, he used
some ,thcr lubricant or else admlnis-
tered liberal doses Of more energetic
connections. There We're no milk and
water mixtures in his medicine case
But castor oil first; castor oil, the dis
case seeking chaser of everything with.
In Its reach, and by the great table.
spoon 1t reached about everything.
"Gumption," by n. G. Fowler, Jr.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
When Eolkn Feared Gas.

In the early days of the last century,
when Illuminating gas was first used In
London, timorous people talked Of the
dangers of sutfocution and of explo
sions to which the gas, which was still
imperfectly purified, exposed the cltf.
zens. Scientists confirmed these asser
lions, and the first gasometers erected
In London by Samuel Clcgg SO terrified
the people that no workman would ven
ture to light the gas Jets which had
been placed OH Westminster bridge
But Clegg soon ovcrcame this difficulty
by lighting torch and applying 1t to
the burners with his own hands. on
another occasion before committee OF
the Royal society Of London he bored
hole In the gas holder and put light.
cd candle to 1t, to the great alarm OF
the spectators, but without causing the
slightest accident. Gradually the eyes
even of the most prejudiccd were open.
ed to the truth
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
A Feminine E.ilin.

was being rowed across IL CanadiuI
lake by party Of Indiuns and was
told I must not break the stiffness u.
the spirits Of the place would be O..
Tended, says n woman writer in the
Indiana Farmer. 1t was a calm, cloud.
less day, and the canoe sped Ike an ar.
row across the smooth waters. Sud.
denly, when III the middle Of the lake.
l determined to prove to these simple
folk the folly Of their belief So lifted
UP my voice In Il wild cry that woke
every echo of the hills The Indians
were filled with CONSERVATION. They
uttered no word, but, straining every
nerve, rowed OH In frowning silence.
They reached the shore In safety, and
! had triumphed. But the leader OF the
Indians looked on me in concern.
The great spirit is mcrciful," he
said He knows that the white wom-
an cannot hold her peace"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
The Diamond Fields.

For more than u hundred years 1t has
been thought that extensive diamond
deposits are hidden In the island Of
Borneo, and recent rumors have given
the old suspicious new life. A diamond
Of 3G7 carats, found on the west coast
In 1857 and named the Matan, was,
after brilliant but b..cf career. de-
nounced us mere block of rock crystal.
Should 1t now prove that Bornco can
yield diamonds in paying quantity the
British empire will be In possession Of
practically every diamond field Of any
Importance in the world South Africa,
Australia. India and Borneo.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
Monte. the Enkinnn.

Mcnic. Greenland Eskimo boy, Is
one of the most interesting Of the pupils
In the public schoAs OF New York city
He was brought to New York by Lieu
tenant Pcaly and has been transformed
from blubbcr eater into clever
young American. bright in his studies
tribe TO which he belongs Is very small.
comprising less than $50 people They
are the northcrnnost known inhabit-
ants Of the globe. dwelling in complete
isolation on the barren shores OF Smith
sound. on the west coast OF Greenland,
q region of desolation and gloom.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
cuba. Money system.

The official money OF Cuba is the
United States currency. The CONNER
clal money is Spanish coin, Cuba hav-
Ing no money Of her own coinage. Unit
eli States currency Is always ut pre-
MUM over Spanish gold. but this pre-
MUM fuctuates. according to demand
for Spanish gold or silver. During the
year ended June 30, 1904. the American
dollar was on IN average equivalent to
$1.O0 Spanish gold, or S1.38 Spanish sil.
yer, the fluctuation being from s1.1OH
to $1.0s1a In gold and from $40 to
el.35 in silver.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
GA STo1IA.
Sears tho This Kind YOU Have Always Bought
Signature at ls,1z7ZZzSw
Low Rates to Los Angeles,

Low Rates to Los Angeles,
Via the rth-Western Line.
An excursion rate of one first
class limited fare for round
trip, will be in effect from all
stations April Is to May S, in
elusive, with favorable return
limits, on account of Imperial
Council, Mobiles of Mystic
Shrine. Three fast trains
through to California daily.
"The Los Angeles Limited, .
electric lighted throughout, via
the new Salt Lake Route, with
drawing room and tourist sleep
ing cars. "The Overland Linn
ited," electric lighted through
out, less than three days en-
route. Another fast daily trair
is "The China & Japan Express
with drawing room and tourist
sleeping cars. For Itineraries
and full inform ltion apply to
agents Chicago & North West
ern Ry.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05

Miss Sadie Bender was an
Omaha passenger this after
ter noon.
W. c. Fensler is suffering
with a serious attack of erysipi-
las in the face.
G. F. Erway, on the Charles
Spires farm, is the right kind
of a man. He has made a king
road drag, and dragged about a
mile of the road near his farm.
and rural carrier Cox says that
that part of the road is as
smooth as a floor.
H. H. Dlckman is in Omaha
today on business.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
ILLINOIS CENTRAL RR
P asseneer Trains Leaving Rode
WEST BOUND.

WEST BUUNU.
No daily Through Passenger -. 64l am
No. 5-Daiy Through Passenger -. 3 Dti pm
No. 81 Daily Local Passenger ...... SOP pm
No. 8! Except Sunday Local Frt.. 4:3G pm
EAST BOUND.
No. Daily Through Passenger -. $50 pm
No. 4-Dlily Through Passenger ;. 80 am
No. 32-Daily Local Passenger -. 9:25 pm
No. 92-Daily Local Freight ........ 100 am
Nos. 1, 2, 5 and will stop cn signal for pass
engcrs holding tickets for points beyond Omaha
81 and 90 run between Council Bluffs and Ft
Dodge only.
Nos 81 and 80 run between Omaha
and St. Paul
Thomas ]. Cochran. Agent.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
Vol. 10

Yesterday the Daily Times
commenced Vol. 1G of it's exis-
lance. For fifteen years the
Daily Times has been an every
day visitor to a majority of the
houses in this city, and we be-
leive it has been a welcome Wis
ltor. With Mr.. Hoyle a part
ner and associate editor of the
paper it will be better than ever
during the next year. If you
want all the news all the time
come with US during Vol. l6.
Millinery Opening.
The clear, beautiful days ard
the many bright CHEEKY ladies
who attended Mrs. Stoddard's
Spring Millinery Opening, GER
tainly helped her to make it the
success that it was. The Easter
hats this year are lovely, and
what a variety one has to Sc
lect from. as every shape and
size seems to be permissible.
The colorings are remarkably
beautiful in the light shades, or
in the deep, rich tones. The
quantities and varietiesso flow
ers have never boon excelled,
everything from the larg e
American Beauty rose to the
smallest violet are used in pro-
fusion and combined with tie
flowers and foliage, ribbon in
all widths, both plain and flow
cred, in every conceivable shape
and tint in the taffetas, satins,
and soft silks are being worn.
Novelties in frames, and rich
beautiful braids, and feathers
have their places together with
buckles and ornamentsof every
description.
To all who have not seen this
seasons creations, be sure and
call before buying, and you will
be received cordially, and we
feel sure that we can give you
the newest and best.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
A Similarity.

Hes quite wealthy and prominent
now" said Mrs. Starvem, land they
say he rose practically from nothing"
We'll. wtll.." remarked Mr.. Border.
That's just what rose from-at the
breakfast table this morning"
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
just u Misplaced Comma.

An article on the milk supply OF
large cities in the British Medical Jour-
nal contains this remarkable passage:
THE man having finished milking,
his COW offered to take me into an ad-
Joining room where the milk was
coolcd.'
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
j. II. Wilkinson returned
from Fort Dodge this morning.
His mother is still very low.
Miss Nettie Earnest, of Coun-
Gil Bluffs, spent Sunday in the
Valley the guest of friends.
Get Together.

We trust the operators and
miners will get together, and
fix satisfactory scale of wa
ges so that a long drawn-out
coal strike may be averted.
While some of the operators
appear willing to be fair and
|just, others are less willing to
!arbitrate their differences. Just
why should any company or
combination desire to promote
a strike, and thus tie up their
mines, is a question, when by a
conference with the miners, and
some concessions on the part of
iboth, they would be able to con-
tinue to work their mines and
obtain satisfactory revenue
therefrom, instead of deprivipg
nearly half a million Of laborers
of their means of support. We
believeand hope that something
will be done to avert the threat
\ ened strike.
\ Miss Josephine johnson en-
Htertained the Alpha Zeta Tau
girls last night, also a few 9th
err friends, at a farewell party
complimentary to Miss Helen
Noyes who leaves this week
for Spokane. The evening
was pleasantly passed by the
aid of cards, and the usual pas
times indulged in at an infor-
NAL party. Light refreshments
were served during the even
ing.
! Mrs. Dennis O'Leary is in
the Va Hey for a weeks visit
with her mother Mrs. Bird.
4 S. B. Shields and wife arrived
in the Valley Saturday evening
and will remain here during
the summer. Mr.. Shields says
|Cyrus Arndt is doing fine in
Sioux Falls making money.
! ]. w. Pratt, of Clay township
was in the Valley on business
today. He says the water up
IN his country is going down.
!Shoshone Reservation Will
Be Opened Middle of August.
Cheyenne, Wyo., March 81.
The opening of the Wind river
or Shoshone reservation public
lands has been postponed until
August Is. The Chicago &
Northwestern railway is push
ing the construction of it's
track to the border of the res
ovation, and the work will
probably be completed within a
few weeks.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
No Dissection In Jersey

In many states the law assumes II q
dead man has 10 friends to bury him
there will be no objection made II the
body is dissectcd. For this reason all
unclaimed bodies are given to medical
colleges. Although there are more than
$50 medical colleges in the Unite.'
States. not one is III operation In New
Jersey because dissection Of the hu.
man body is prohibited by law in that
state.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
The Cros. Counter.

Two debutantes We're lunching at q
table by window
I've been wondering all day." said
the blond. why you weren't invited to
the Smith Smiths"
The brunette, with u sweet. cleap
laugh. replied:
"And I've been wondering all day,
dear, why you were."-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05
The Preferred.

Du;nley-What they call preferred
stock is the stock that pays dividends.
isn't 1t? Wiseman- Not at all; but the
stock that does pay dividends is al
ways preferred Exchange.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05

Miss Nina Richardson, Miss
Mate Farquhar and Mrs. D.
Richa rdson returned from
Council Bluffs this afternoon,
where they have been visiting
friends for several days.
Mrs Robert Craft and chill
dren, Of Norfolk, are visiting
friends in the Valley for a few
days.
|. H. Turner returned from
Waterloo, Neb. this morning.
He will farm here the coming
season.
G. S. Gl cen was in Logan to-
day doing some work for Car
roll Bolter.,
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05

Aims of higher order even though
they be not fulfilled. are more valua.
bic than lower ones entirely fulfilled
Goethe.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1906-04-05

VIVA
who have secured about all of
coal lands of the country belong
to the white men, are now try
ing, by act of congress, to take
all the coal lands belonging to
the Indians. Senator LaFollette
has opened fire on this coal land
congressional steal, and Presi-
+. dent Roosevelt will veto tie
bill if it passes congress.
REBEkAH DISTRICT CON-
VENTION
District No. IS, to be Held at
Woodbine, Iowa, Friday,
April 6, 1000, /. o.
O. F. Hall
PROGRAM.
Morning, 10 a. m.
Called to order by the presi-
dent Mrs. Belle True.
Opening Ode.
Prayer.
Roll call of officers.
Music.
Address of welcome Mrs.
Annie Hewitt.
Response Mrs. Fannie Nc
Clannahan, Mondamin.
Report of committees.
Report of lodges by the vice
president.
Music.
Afternoon, 1:15 p. m.
Reception to visitors.
1:45p. m.
Called to order by the presi-
dent.
Opening and closing lodge
Logan lodge.
Reading of minutes of lastI
convention.
Address by president Of state
assembly IS. Elizabeth Nelson.
Reading Little Sioux Lodge.
Installation of officers--Mo-
dale Lodge.
Music.
Opening of Question Box.
Music.
Location of next convention.
Election of Officers.
Glasses in secret work.
Regalia work ~ Magnolia
lodge.
Music.
Evening, 7::3O p. m.
Meeting called to order.
Music Miss Mona Small,
Persia.
Balloting exemplified -Lo-
gan lodge.
Music Miss Minnie Smith,
Logan.
disqualification of degree
work Missouri Valley.
:, Music.
Fancy drill Woodbine De-
gree Staff.
Good and Welfare.
Closing Ode.
Officers.
Mrs. Belle H. True, president,
Woodbine.
Mrs. Lennie Mcqueen, vice
president, Modale.
Miss Maude Bassett, secre- !
tary, Little Sioux.
Miss Alice Lindsay, treas
urer, Logan.
Let every Rebekah attend as
the meeting will be instructive
as well as entertaining. Spe- !.
cial rates to all Rebekahs and !.
Odd Fellows wishing to attend. :
j. 0AsToRIA..
{ ess., IL 11he Kind You Have Always Bugtt
'', : NM1Azzs1 :