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Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05

Dan Finley is home from
Norfolk, where he makes his
headquarters.
No reports have been receiv-
ed at the city offices regarding
Halloween depredations on
last Saturday evening. There
were several special policemen
out but it seems there was
nothing doing, except the reg
ular Halloween pranks.
Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1908-11-05

Mrs. Walters of Council
Bluffs is in the Valley the
guest of Mrs. Ed Casey.
Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-31

The Christian evangelization of the cities
has been solved at last.
For this the church owes a debt of graft
tude to Rev. j. Wilbur Chapman of
Philadelphia
His plan is to hold simultaneous services
in every district upon the TorIey-Alexander
style. These meetings are to be held on
the streets and sinners called to repentance.
AS the people refuse to attend the services
already provided for them, the services are
to be taken to the people.
The plan is not a new one. 1t is an old
method revived. It has been tried and
abandoned It worked we'll for brief sea-
son but the people tired of it, New methods
we're then sought and having :un the gamut
a return to the old is thus made necessary.
Undoubtedly the Rev. Chapman Is great
man-in his own mind. 1t remains to be
seen what his co-laborers will think of him
as his methods are being put to a test. The
failure Of the church to attract the masses
finds additional proof with every service.
The rich humor of John d. Rockefeller,
Jr., in telling the members of his Bible class
that the rich man who told lies, destroyed
mems regulations, and took advantage of
those weaker than himself" must have
brought smile to the lips of all who heard
it. Considering the methods by which the
Rockefeller wealth was acquired for which
Federal Judge as a means of punishment
therefor, it is fitting that they should en-
courage, and show a high regard for, that
Christian humility so vigorously expounded
from the pulpits. The wonder Is that the
ruined homes, lost fortunes and broken
hearts of the independent oil operators men
sent to premature graves because of the OPP
pressions of the Rockefeller trust, do not
haunt them day and night and make life
miserable for them. 1t Is easy to preach
love of god with untold millions i'm gold at
their command but there is another side
which the Rockefeller's do not care to hear
from.
William H. TAFT is a candidate for presi-
Dental honors. Like Bryan he has an eye
to business. Both want the Christian vote
and both are making strong bids to get 1t.
From time to time we have been RECALLED
with the deep religious sentiments of Bryan.
The daily press has gushed over with 1t.
Taft seeks an even break ami intends to
divide the honors with him. In a recent
speech delivered before the Layman's Mis-
sionary Movement in New York he took &C.
casion to sing the praises of foreign mission
airy enterprise, stating that he had been
won to this view by reason of his ex-
pxeriences abroad. He insisted before his
hearers, that the spirit of Christianity is
the only basis for the hope of modern civili-
cation and the growth of popular self
Now we wonder who told
ton and popular self-government only came
in spite of Christianity? Did he not know
that both were denied by the Christian
Church while at the zenith of its political
power? OF course It is an easy matter to
distort facts and misrepresent history when
Blue-grass blade., 1908-05-31
BLUE GRASS BLADE
Current Comment on Public Events

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votes are needed but neither Bryan or Taft
have been able to win the respect of the
intelligent portion of the American people
by their professed piety. 1t is a great pity
that voters choice has got to fall uDon
one or the other.
When priestcraft and kingcraft refuse to
work together in the common interest ii
is a sure sign that one has not been toting
fair. Reports from Servia state that Father
Sava Kesitch an army chaplain, in a sermon
recently delivered, scored the reigning
dynasty because of it's alleged criminal Oper-
ations, and we are further told that King
Peter, in whose .;ervice the Chaplain was
then engaged, was a listener to the scath-
ing denunciations delivered. 1t Is now ex-
pected that the priest will be fired from his
job.
The strangest part of the affair is that
this same priest had full knowledge of al
the shame and disgrace hanging over the
Servian monarch and his church when he
accepted the job. Having frequently in
voked the divine blessing upon his king and
the Servian court, there must have been
some hitch in the program that brought on
the denunciation. To be consistent he
ought to return all the cash he has hereto
force received for salary, but when priest
does this the millennium will be near at
hand
In any event it is good sign for the old
saying still holds good, that when rogues
fall out honest men may get what Is due
them.
Christ was and Christ therefore, is now.
Let the nations humbly confess him. Come,
you infidels, admit your ideas are all wrong
and get in the orthodox band wagon before
it is too late. If you prefer doing so you
can wait until the eleventh hour and then
confess him. The scripture assures us that
this will do just as well. In any event
Christ must be confessed for we are told
that indisputable evidences are at hand of
his being. These evidences are said to have
actually startled" the religious world, al
ready believers, SO we can guess what
greater power it should have upon all unbe-
levers. From among the embalmed cats and
bats of ancient times has come linen towel
upon which is imprinted likeness of Christ
thereby furnishing undeniable proof of his
existence on earth. This towel is in the
possession of the Church San Bartholomew,
at Genoa. The great care taken for its
may be perceived by the fact
that it is kept under twelve locks and keys.
OF course 1t is not said just how the
likeness got there but the legend has it that
Christ simply put it there himself With
1t is a fragment of manuscript said to be
in the handwriting of Christ and consists
of letter addressed to Abgar, King of
Odessa.
Considering the fact that even Christian
historians admit that Christ, even did lie
live, never wrote line, there being no evil
dence that he could write, the wicked
sceptic will pronounce even this forgery
and the towel picture a fake. But what OF
a divinely ordained religion that must be
compelled to depend upon such evidences?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06
JUDGE APPOINTS AM
EXAMINING BOARD
Fred Henning, Douglas Gregg and John
Murphy Named to Pass on Min
ers In the County.

Judge W. ii. Gest in the circuit
court this afternoon appointed the board
of nine examiners provided for under
the new state law which went into ef-
feet July l.. The board is composed of
three Coal Valley men, Fred Henning
of the Price mine, John Murphy of the
Sommerson mine, and Douglas Gregg
of the Volunteer company's mine. I'm
der the new law it will be the duty of
this board to examine and certify to
the competency of every miner in the
county. The board will begin its work
at once. The mines, under statement
| of the attorney general, are not to be
closed for failure to comply with the
law, until the board has had an oppor-
tunity to examine all of the men now
at work
| The board appointed today holds of
flee until the January term of the
court.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06
A Boy Is Attacked bx a Rat.

Enos, the 4-yearold son of Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Thompson of Andalusia,
is in serious condition as result
of being attacked by rat while in
bed several night ago. The lad, who
was sleeping between his two young
brothers, was aroused twice during
the night and on the second outcry
the parents went into the room with
a light, finding the rodent on the bed
1t had sunk its teeth in the boys hand
in two places and had also bitten him
on the arm. The hand and arm are
now badly swollen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06

sert it without any qualifications; the
republicans admit they are not con-
fdent
Bryan believes he can carry Ohio
and Indiana 1t is understood ne will
visit both of those states and make
a fight for them. The republicans
claim they are not worrying about
Ohio, but confess to more or less
anxiety about Indiana.
Oddly enough, the Bryan men count
upon getting Iowa, or coming very
mere that Governor Cummins says his
men will be loyal, but that Taft can't
carry the state by more than $4,000
The Perkins people give Taft only
/ 10000. And the democrats say that
| if Roosevelt's 100000 is to fade away
10 10000 or $4,000 on republican esti
mates, why may it not disappear alto
gether when it once gets going
Bryan and his people feel sure Of
Montana and North Dakota and Wash
ington and declare their chances arc
bright in both Wisconsin and Illinois
We see the convention as a whole
with only small minority dissent
standing squarely behind Bryan ant
his bid for the La Toilette republican.
| of Wisconsin, the Cummins republi
CaEs of Iowa. the Roosevelt republi
cans of the whole west, with tn,
trust, tariff and campaign planks.
Standing by. him, also, again will
only a minority protest in his plai
to raid the labor vote through plaiI
and unmistakable declaration agains
government by injunction to outpla.
tie republican straddle.
And the significance of all this
judged as a part Of the history of OH
day as observed and written withou
prejudice or favor, is that the demoC
racy is putting it's best foot forward
1t is getting in better shape for tn
battle than it has been in since 1S9:
All the indications are that this year
, struggle for the presidency is to
: the hardest and most closely contes
ed we have had since 1896. 1t is
: contest which is to be almost nation
, wide.
The democrats will fight not onl
for New York but for Connection
: New Jersey, Delaware and Marylan
. They will contest Ohio, West vi
ginia, Indiana, Illinois, Wiscona
5 Iowa, the .Dakotas, Nebraska. Col
f RADIO and number of mountain an
coast states. The republicans, v
may be sure, will not only meet IL
enemy along this far-fiung battle lin
but will try again for such states
5 Missouri. Kentucky, and possibly TIE
$ ressee and North Carolina. 1t is
s. ibe big fight.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06
GREATEST Get TOGETHER CONVENTION OF THE PARTY
the and
PeyaHW WithouAny Serious

an appreciation of the opportunity
which lies before their party. They
still! look upon Bryan as a magnifi-
cent leader of a hopeless cause. They
hear the northern democrats say that
this time success is sure, and they
reply: 1--WE are from Missouri"
Now these northern democrats, in
whose breasts hope springs eternal,
business. They may be deluding
themselves. They may be gazing into
the refulgent rays of a nice lot of
rainbows. | express no opinion about
that. only record the fact that they
are confident, that they have their
fighting clothes on, that they arc
gladly responding to the plans of "The
Farmer of Vairview'' to put the party
in the best possible condition for
making fight all along the line.
Bryan told Herman Ridder he be-
lieved he could be elected without
New York. He does. But he also
believes he can carry New York
Norman Mack says New York is not
even doubtful state-that it is sure
for Bryan. Harry Walker says New
York will go for Bryan by $4,000.
| Sbeehan, who is one of the few really
clever men from Gotham on this
scene, but playing a game without
any cards, says New York is easily
| fighting ground. Bird Coler is sure
the Empire state will go for Bryan.
They tell here, and l think truly
that Stewart Woodford says New
York is for Bryan. You remembeI
his peculiar declaration before The
| Chicago convention. He made bolc
to tell the republicans that only two
luen could carry the Empire state thi!
lyear-Roosevelt or Hughes. Since
the Chicago convention Woodford i
Represented as saying the state is lost
There is a circumstantial story tha
lGovernor Hughes has said the sam,
thing. Not few of the newspape
I men and independent observers wit
whom / have talked-men who liv
in New York-say the state is eithe
for Bryan or extremely doubtful.
point out these things only to shoy
The basis of the democratic confidenc
which is so much in evidence here.
y
Bryan himself, Dahlman, Mayo
Brown Dunn, all from the Nebrask
: contingent, declare, there is no dout
: lwhatever that Bryan will carry hi
own state. AT Lincoln number {
republicans admitted to me the
feared Bryan would make his wor
good. Perhaps they are more scare
than hurt.
! Colorado is another state that
counted upon to go back to il
'l Bryan allegiance, The democrats a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06
Theodore Bell Marooned
at Lincoln Leaves
by Wagon.
T0WNE BOOM GROWING
Bryan Declines to Reply to
Colonel Guffey's TRADE of
Yesterday.
Program for Democratic
Convention. "A
TUESDAY.


Convention called to order at
noon by Chairman Taggart; pray
er by Right Rev. James j. keane,
bishop of Wyoming; "keynote"
speech by Temporary Chairman
Bell; announcement of creden-
tials, resolutions, permanent or
'ganization and rules and order of
business committees; probable ad-
journment until noon Wednesday
in respect to Grover Cleveland.
WEDNESDAY.
Prayer; reports of committees;
temporary chairman turns over
9aveI to Permanent Chairman
Clayton; speech of Chairman Clay
ton; report and debate on resolu-
tions committee report; announce
ment of national committee; ad-
journment.
THURSDAY.
Calling of states for nomina-
tons for president; motion limit
ing seconding speeches; call of
states on the nomination of presi-
dent.
FRIDAY.
Motion limiting nominating
speeches FOR candidates for vice
president; nominating and second
ing speeches; call of states on
nomination for vice president; an
nouncement of committees to no.
tify nominees for president and
vice president; sine die adjourn
ment.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06
RAILWAYS TIED UP
I AT LINCOLN, NEB
Day and Tracks Are Washed Out
or Submerged.

Lincoln, July 6.-Train service has
practically been annulIed. Floods have
stopped all traffic in Lincoln. More
than three inches of rain fell last
night. The water this morning rose
about three feet above the maximum
records of 1892. Serious yashouts are
reported in all directica on the Bur
lington and the Rock Island tracks are
submerged Union Pacific. Missouri
Pacific and Northwestern officials are
helpless. Street car traffic is stopped
this morning.
The foundations of the Hughes block
were undermined and the building
tumbled into the Antelope. Twenty
persons escaped without injury.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06

Chicago, July 6.-Seventy-one dead
and 2,624 injured are the totals of the
accidents attending the celebration of
the Fourth of July In the United
States. This breaks all records for
deaths since 1899.
The number of deaths this year is
Is more than at the same time last
year. The number of injuries, how
ever, is 1,1S3 less than in 1907 and is
the smallest number since 1901, when
1903 persons were hurt This is re-
garded as an indication that the agita-
ton for sane Fourth is having its
effect
This years fire loss is s525,935,
which is above the average of the las;
10 years.
Chicago Heads the List.
Chicago still heads the list of deaths
its total being Is. Cleveland with Il
deaths is in second place, while New
York, which usually has had the larg
est number, has only six this year. In
the death lists of various cities are
counted those caused by premature
celebrations and casualties in fireworks
stores previous to the Fourth.
Tetanus is now getting IN its work
and the little burns of Saturday ma,
mean lockjaw this week. Some will
recover, but others will pay with thei
lives the penalty for few short hour,
of pleasure on the Fourth.
1874 Deaths Last Year.
In August last year the Journal o
the American Medical association is
sued tables showing 164 deaths up t.
that time, and of these 62 succumbet
to tetanus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06
FIELDING WINS GREAT "CH|CACO
TOOCEAN" RACE OF BIG BALLOONS:
COVERS 800 MILES IN d HOURS

court today handed down a decision
declining to set aside the judgment of
the criminal court against Abner
Smith, former judge of the circuit
court, and Gustav F. Sorrow, growing
out of the failure in February, 1906,
of the Bank of America. The men
were found guilty of conspiracy to OBJ
tain money and property by false pre-
lenses and We're sentenced to the pen
itentiary and fined $1,000 each.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06

Lincoln, Neb., July 6.-Temporary
Chairman Theodore Bell, who spent
few. hours with Bryan today and
feared he would be unable to get out
of the city because the flooded CON
dition in the vicinity of Lincoln. ar
ranged for special train TO take him
to Omaha from Waverly, 10 miles
north of this city.
starts In livery Wagon.
Bell hired livery wagon to take
him to Waverly. He left Lincoln
shortly after > and expects TO reach
Omaha g time to catch a Denver
train on the Union Pacific at 4:15
for Denver, which will get him into
Denver early Tuesday morning.
Bell Comes to Denver.
Lincoln, July G-Theodore Bell OF
California, who will be temporary
chairman of the convention,y yarrived
here to confer with Bryan this fore
noon Almost coincident with Bells
arrival communication between Fair
view and Lincoln was restored. Bell
called Bryan up by telephone and inn
: mediately thereafter started for Fair
view.
May Not Get Back.
There is great apprehension felt here
that Bell may be unable to return to
Denver in time to open the convention
at noon tomorrow because it is report
ed mo-; a road out of Lincoln at pres
-. ;, ohIa m dicnatch trains
Contests Being Heard.
Denver. july 6.-The national com
mittee met today for the purpose oi
considering evidence in the various
contests for seats on temporary rol
call. II had already been arranged
each contest would be referred to sub
committees. A resolution was adopt
ed requiring each subcommittee to re
port at 5 this afternoon.
GuTcy Is Reelected.
Denver. July 6.-J. M. Guffey wa
reelected as national committeeman
nv the Pennsylvania delegation today
There was bolt in the delegation.
Dubois Wins Out.
Denver. July 6.-The sub-committe
which heard evidence in the ldah
contests decided in favor of the Dubois
Heitfeldt faction.
Bryan Cut OF by Flood.
Lincoln. Neb., July 6.-With th
phone wires out of commission an
Fairview cut off from Lincoln by
washout on the trolley line, Bryan ha
ample opportunity to peruse the stri'
lures upon himself delivered yeste
day by National Committeeman Gu
fey in response TO Bryan's attack upo
himself in a speech Saturday.
81 have nothing to say" was Br.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06
Notes show Feeling.

(Walter Wellman, in Denver Letter to
Chicago Record -Herald)
"This is the getting together
convention of the national democ-
racy. Harmony is now the
Importance is in sight at this hour.
New York and the east are bowing
the knee to Bryan. There may be
little ripple over some planks of the
platform. as democrats have a way of
breaking out when least expected, but
nothing bitter or vital in the way of
opposition to the Bryan program is
looked for.
The farmer of Fairview has every
thing his own way except the nom
ination by acclamation, on which he
has set his heart Governor Johnson
still stands in the path, and Gray, too,
after a fashion. But neither the John
son nor Gray movement attracts fol-
lowing. Both are oyershadowed by
the man whom the democratic masses
have idealized and idolized and made
the absolute master of the party after
an interregnum out of which no dem
ocrat g ned any satisfaction.
AS ~ the vice presidency, the
shrewd and masterful dictator has is
sued this ukase:
"If there is a fight in the conyen-
zion the vice presidential candidate
will be radical. If there is no fight
he will be a conservative
And thus, invited to be good, the
eastern conservatives and opponents
of Bryan are in a mood to accept the
terms and make SIRE of getting Gray
or Gaynor or some eastern man OF
the ticket. ~
Murphy and all the New Workers
have virtually tassented to the inevi
table, the complete triumph of Bryan
/ with more or less cheerfulness ant
lgraciousness.
| AS it looks now. the democrac!
| Will this time go into the presiden
tlal battle more than united, more
harmonious, more hopeful than in an.
struggle since 1892. One of the note
worthy features of this convention i
| the confidence of many, democrats IL
their ability to carry the country
Bryan himself has inspired them witt
his own indomitable fighting, conf
cent spirit. 1t is well known that il
"a way Bryan is a fatalist. He Sc
cut years ago to make himself pres
dent of the United States. He be
lieves away down in his heart tha
the third try will prove the charm
And it is not only. Bryan who feel
THAT way. The democrats who com
from all parts of the country are ful
lof enthusiasm and hope and even cor
lfdence-all except those from tn
lsonth. They have not yet risen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06
1854 Deaths Inst Year.
DELEGATES IN RECORD RUN
Party From Vermont on Way to Den
yer Cut Time From Chicago Here.

A special train bearing the dele
gates from Vermont to the democratic
convention at Denver made new
record for the time required to run
between here and Chicago. The best
time up till last night was 8 hours
and so minutes but the special cut it
down 10 minutes, making the distance
in the remarkable time of hours and
40 minutes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06
NOT MISSIONARY
LANDS ANY K,sER
United States and Other Countries Re
moved From Control of Cath
olic Propaganda.

Rome, July 6.-An important pon-
tificaI document reforming the orgyn-
ization and working of Roman obn-
was made public today. Il 1t
removes Great Britain, Holland. I'M
ada and United States from the jT is-
diction of the propaganda, these q IN
tries thus ceasing TO be coDsid ed
lands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1908-07-06
BREAK BETWEEN UNITED STATES
ANDVENE zUELA PROVES COMPLETE

the Venezuelan Minister Of Foreign
Affairs Haul, subsequent 20 the with
drawal of Sleeper indicates not only
are the friendly relations interrupted
but completely severed.