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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
STATE
Governor Silas AHolcomb
Lieutenant Governor James EflarrW
tfecrefctfyal State WF Porter
Treasurer JNMeserve
Auditor John F Cornell
Com Lands and Bulldlngii Jacob V Wolfe
Attorner General ConstantlneJSmvth
bupt Public Instruction W R Jackson
f R A Hadley SCojla
C W KaleymRed Cloud
Regents University Shos Rawlins wakefld
I Chas Weston Hay
Secretary
t l iooia umaiia
C H Morrill
LTOCOl
CONGRESSIONAL
Senators Wm V Allen Madison John M
Thurston Omaha
Rspresentatlves First District JesseB Strode
Lincoln Second D H Mercer Omaha Third
UeoDMeiklejohnFullerton Fourth E J Hal
iir Aurora Fifth Wm V Andrews Hastings
Sixth O M Kem Broken Bow
JUDICIAL
Supreme Court T L Norval Chief Justice
Harrison and Polk associates
Fifteenth Judicial District M P Klrikatd
ONeill W II Wcstover Rushvllle
LEGISLATIVE
Representative Fifty second District O P
Billings Norden
Senator Fourteenth District Otto Mutz
Bprlngvlew
LAND OFFICE
Register O R Glover Longplne Receiver J I
a t nee ivewpori
COUNTY
Treasurer G P Crabb
JierK Geo Elliott
Sheriff Amos Strong
Judge W R Towne
County Attorney F M Walcott
County Superintendent Lillian Stoner
Surveyor Chas Tait
Coroner A Lewis
Max vlertel
Commissioners W A Tsuker
1 P Sullivan
PRECINCT
Overseers of Highways R Hansen and J Raj
-1 Constable R Towne
1 Justices of the Peace John Dunn and J M
Camm
Assessor- John Dunn
VILLAGE
Town Board E Sparks president C H Cor
nell treasurer T C Hornby clerk D S Ludwlg
and P F Simons
Marshal and Water Commissioner Henry
Rarey
chool District No 1 F M Walcott president
M V Nicholson treasurer J C Pettijohn sepre
tary W S Jackson G P Crabb and J TKealey
SOCIETIES
Imp 0 RM
sitting Bull Tribe No 22 Improved Order of
Red Men meets every second and fourth Friday
evening of each month at Davenports Half
Visiting brethren are fraternally invited to be
present at the councils of the tribe
J H SfiAits F M Makch
Chief of Records Sachem
A F A M
Mlnnekadusa Lodge No 192 A F A M
meets in regular communication Saturday even
ing on or before the full moon in each month
members of the order in good and regular stand
ilng cordially and fraternally Invited tp attend
J T KEBLflr W M
W W Thompson Secv
0 E S
Northern Star Chapter No 59 Order of the
Eastern Star meets on second and fourth Tues-
I dav evenings of each month in Hornbys hall
W W Thompson Magoie WAtctfrr
i Secretary Worthy Matron
A O U W
Valentine Lodge JSTo 70 A O U W meets
on l si and 3rd Mondays of each month
J C Pettijohn Rec O W Hahx M W
D OF H
Valentine Lodge No Degree of Honor
j holds regular meetings first and third
day evenings of each month
1 M Christensek Mas J C Pkttuobn
Recorder Chief of Honor
I 0 O P
Valentine Lodge No 205 I O O F meets
srEry Thursday evening Visiting brothers cord
tally nvited to attend our meetings
1J a 1HUKST0N JJKANK iJKAXTUJX
Noble Grand
G A E
Col Wood Pest No 208 Department of Ne
braska regular meeting 2d and 4th Saturdays of
each month at 2 v m sharp Comrads from
other Posts are cordially invited to attend
ij W Tcokkr Johw DUXN
Adjutant Commander
MW A
Valentine Camp No 1751 Modern Woodmen of
America meets second and fourth Wednesday
evenings of each month at Davenports Hall
Visiting neighbors cordially invited to attend
W S Jacksox W E HAi1r
Clerk Venerable Counsel
K of P
Cherry Lodgo No 169 KnlghtS of Pythias meets
every Tuesday evening jxt DavenpMt9 Hall
W S JACKBOX E P EoBEftTS
K of R and S Chancellor Commander
Arrival and Departure of Halls
Mall east and west closes at 8 p m
Rosebud leaves at 800 a m daily except Sun
day and arrives at 500 p m
Simeon Kennedy and Oasis leaves
at 700 a m Mondays Wednesdays and Fri
days and arrives at 700 p m Tuesdays Thurs
days ana saiuruays
vt Niobrara loo
l leaves daily at700 a m and
c500p m arrives at 930a m and 730 pm1
Kflwanee and Soarlcs arrives Mondays
Wednesdays and Fridays at 500 pm and
leaves Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at
7s am
General delivery open from70 a m to 700
p m General delivery open on Sundays from
6 to 10 a m Lock boxes opendally form a a
to 800 p m
W EHALEY Postmaster
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS
TJD CLARKE
Attorney-at-Law
y
AUklnds of legal business promptly attended to
Valentine
Nebraska
T C DWYER
Physician and Surgeon
Olhce at C R Watsons Drug Store Prompt
attention given to all professional calls
VALENTI2TE - NEBRASKA
Teachers Examination
The regular monthly Teachers
Examination will be held the
third Saturday of each month
at my office in the Court House
LILLIAN STONER
Supt of Schools
P F SIMONS
RRQPRITOR OF
DRAY LINE NO I
Satisfaction guaranty
Seasonable charges
NEBRASKA CONGRESS
DAILY REPORT OF WHAT IS BE
ING DONE
Many Measures of More drliess Im
portance Being Introduced at the
Present Session of the Golden Rod
Legislature
Wednesday
Wednesday was Lincolns turn to sweat
through a legislative session over a dis
puted charter The occasion was marked
by a large outpouring of the residents of
the capital city the gallery looby and all
available space on the floor of the senate
itself being filled with interesting
spectators The charter is claimed to be a
partisan document having been prepared
by the Populists of Lincoln It is
opposed by the Republicans and
ispecially by Senators Talbot and Spencer
the members from Lancaster County
Schaal of Sarpy offered a resolution pro
viding for a committee to investigate the
charges of bribery preferred by D E
Thompson president of the Lincoln Gas
Company McCann moved to lay the res
olution on the table saying it was beneatli
he dignity of the senate to even consider
such charges Graham and Mutz both ex
pressed themselves as against the resolu
tion On roll call the motion to table re
sulted in a tie vote and the lieutenant gov
ernor cast his vote in the affirmative thus
knocking out the proposed investigation
Appropriations for the State University
and State Normal School met with sturdy
opposition Wednesday from the fusionists
in the house By a scant majority the two
university items of 30000 for the mechanic
school of arts and 20000 for the state
dairy building were recommended for pas
sage The surety bond bills providing
for bonding couuty and state treasurers by
corporations were recommended to pass
by votes which are far from being unani
mous House roll No 274 by Gaffln pro
vides that county fair associations may
participate in the Trans Mississippi Expo-
sition and provide for the expense of such
exhibits This measure was recommended
by the standing committee to be engrossed
for a third reading Wooster opposed this
and moved that it be indefinitely post
poned This was lost as was also the mo
tion to send it to the general file The bill
was at last recommended to be engrossed
for a third reading The whole afternoon
was consumed in committee of the whole
Tuesday
The following tabulated statement shows
the total appropriations for each board and
institution as agreed to by the bouse It
will be noticed that one of the largest items
of saving has been made in the amount
appropriated for the maintenance of the
convicts in the state penitentiary The
saving is made possible by the new system
of managing the state penitentiary The
money derived from leasing the labor of
the convicts is now applied toward their
maintenance
Too much space would be required to
give an itimized satatement of the appro
priations for the several state boards and
state institutions They are summarized
as follows
1897 1895
Board of Public Lands and
Buildings 21700 22675
Board of Educational Lands
andFunds 4000 18000
Board of Purchase and
Supplies 400 400
State Banking Department 1600 1500
State Library 7200 10000
Supreme Court 18303 15210
Board of Transportation 871 525
Board of Irrigation 2400 2800
Normal School in Peru 9842 14790
State penitentiary 63100 138700
State university 58500 50850
Hospital for Insane at Nor
folk 71670 79450
Asylum for Insane at Hast
ings 152125 127800
Industrial School at
ney 89650 85400
Girls Industrial School at
Geneva 80850 25350
Institute for Deaf and
Dumb at Omaha 31740 49467
Institute for Feeble Minded
at Beatrice 56800 63550
Institute for Blind at Ne
braska City 81525 43950
Industrial Home at Mil-
ford 17900 20200
Home for the Friendless at
Lincoln 31000 24500
Soldiers Home at Grand
Island 64750 67750
Soldiers Home at Milford 11600 8000
Hospital for Insane at Lin
coln 118500 103500
Fish commission 7500 8550
State Historical Society 8500
Totals 906778 992923
The senate on Thursday morning by
unanimous consent advanced the Trans
Mississippi Exposition bill to the head of
the general file It therefore stands third
on the list of bills which will be considered
in turn The senate went into committee
of the whole to resume consideration of the
Lincoln charter This bill occupied the
attention of the senate for the entire day
and it was not until 630 in the evening
that the big document was finished Only
once was anything approaching deter
mined opposition shown the entire day
being consumed with the reading of the
bill line for line this being insisted upon
by the Lancaster County senators The
only section seriously contested was the
provision for a fire and police commission
but the section was retained The senate
voted down a proposition to submit the
charter to a vote of the people of Lincoln
and recommended the bill to pass
Friday
The Trans Mississippi Exposition bill
passed the senate on the 12th and is ready
for its final passage as soon as one or two
small amendments are printed The sen
ate by a narrow margin of two votes de
clined to increase the amount appropriated
by the house But two amendments were
made one designed to limit the monthly
allowance for each member of the commis
sion and the other to make the appropria
tion of 100000 available as soon as the
stockholders had paid in an equal amount
The bill bad the - right of way
over everything except tba treasury
vault bill Both had been hiade spocial
orders for Friday The latter bill was
made special order for further consideration
Monday Before the special orders were
takeri up the senate read and passed
several bills which were ready for third
reading Among them were the following
Senate file No 78 relating to the trans
fers of real estate from one school district
to another for the purposes of taxatjon
The lavy at present provides that all the
real estate of parents sending children to an
adjoining school district shall be transferred
to laid adjoining district for purposes of
school taxes The new bill provides that
only the quarter section of land on which
is located the residence of the parents shall
be transferred Senate file No 40 was
passed by a vote of 26 to 0 It provides for
the organization of mutual hail insurance
companies Concurrent resolution No 25
was passed It designates the Friday near
est the middle of the month of May in each
year as bird day to be observed by pub
lic schools Concurrent resolution No 27
was passed with no votes against It au
thorizes the governor to sign a contract
with the governor of South Dakota to fix
the boundary line between the two states
at a point in the center of the main chan
nel of the Missouri Kiver running between
Dixson County Nebraska and Clay Coun
ty South Dakota subject to the approval
of congress
Among the most important bills passed
by the house are the following House
roll No 154 defining what shall be a legal
tender for currency in the state of Ne
braska and providing that it shall be gold
coin and standard silver dollars of the
United States of standard weight and fine
ness House roll No 184 by Rich pro
viding for the sale upon execution of stock
in corporations and interests in companies
incorporated and designating the manner
of levy under execution and writs of at
tachment The bill passed with the
emergency clause Hulls bill house
roll No 150 to prevent the adulteration
of cider passed by a vote of 77 to 2
House roll No 261 is for an act to prohibit
the useless waste of mutual artesian well
water to which was attached an emer
gency clause The bill did not pass with
the emergency clause and was placed on
ts passage without it and passed House
roll No 267 to prohibit corporations from
contributing money to influence and con
trol elections was then placed on passage
and passed by a vote of 83 to 1 House roll
No 170 providing for the imprison
ment of non resident voters in the
state of Nebraska was passed by o
vote of 84 to 0 House roll No 171 to pun
ish the bringing of illegal voters into the
state passed by a vote of 81 to 0 House
roll No 172 by Gaffin amending section
189 of the Criminal Code and punishing
bribery threats intimidation and imped
ing electors at elections was passed by 7i
to 0 House roll No 36 the suffrage meas
ure was defeated by a vote of 50 to 40
Saturday
The senate gave itself up to routine mat
ters on the 18th and by dint of close appli
cation to work succeeded in accomplishing
a great deal of business The notable
features of the forenoon session were the
final passage of the bill carrying an ap
propriation of 100000 for the Trans-Mississippi
Exposition the final postponement
of the new age of consent law which occu
pied the attention of the house for sogreat
a length of time and the spirited debate
upon the -bill introduced by Mr Beal of
Custer having for its object the repeal of
the deficiency judgment law From the
committee on federal relations Mr Ran
som reported joint resolution No 21 in
quiring into the alien ownership of lands
in the United States with the single rec
ommendation that it be placed on general
file The joint resolution is as folllows
Resolved That we urge upon our repre
sentatives in congress that a provision op
made in the twelfth census for ascertain
ing the amount of leal estate bonds stocks
machinery shares or any other property
whatever owned by non residents aliens
in the United States
The same committee recommended the
indefinite postponement of joint resolution
No 26 introduced by Mr Graham by re
quest proposing an amendmentto the state
constitution relating to revenue and
finance The only negative votes on the
exposition bill were cast by Canaday
Osborn Ritchie Buncjas
When the order of bills on third reading
was reached jn the house Saturday the
committees substitute for house roll No
183 was first on the list It is for an act to
authorizo the organization of mutual in
surance companies to insure city and vil
lage property against loss by fire light
ning tornado and to regulate their con
duct The original bill was introduced by
Jones of Nemaha and is practically the
same bill that passed the legislature of 1895
and was vetoed by Gov Holcomb The
bill received 77 votes and none against and
was passed A report from the committee
on rules was submitted making a change
to the effect that the introducer of a bill
should in committee of the whqle have
ten minutes to explain his measure and
five minutes to plose in answer to opposition-
On the adoption of this report
roll call was demanded tfhe vote
resulted Ayes 54 nays 23 A re
quest from the secretary of state was
read asking that he be allowed a voucher
for 8 for postage used in collecting returns
from the variqus pquntjes for thpusB q te
commission engaged in recounting the Yotes
cast for the constitutional amendments
On objection of Clarlr of Lancaster the re
quest went over The house then went
into committee of the whole with Billings
of Keya Paha in the chair House roll Nq
615 tlie general salary bill was first on the
list for consideration When te general
salary bill house roll No 615 was reached
Wooster made an attack oh some of the
items in the governors offipe Ths led to
a wranglp between Wooster and Clark of
Riphardsap chairman pf the ppmmittee on
finanpe ways ana means and bcqre any
action could be had on fhp apprqpriation
salary bill tljo noiqnvtteeQf the whole rose
and adjourned
Twenty million dollars worth o
bank notes leave the Bank of England
dally while sixty folio volumes o
ledgers are filled with writing in Keep
ing the accounts of a single day
The Argentine Government will
shortly order the construction of six
new torpedo boats and likewise
projects ordering two new cruisers The
total cost of these vessels j estimated
at 5000PQQ
A Geneva elockmaker has invented
a speaking watch It is an application
of the phonograph to the old fashioned
repeater whoso springs and hammers
have been replaced by a disc of vul
canized india rubber As the point
moves over the surface It emits articu
late sounds Indicating the hour being
an exact reproduction of those pro
duced on a cylinder by the human
voice and which can be heard iu an
adjoining room
D A Buck a resident of Taterbury
Coun once made a perfect steam engine-
tlmt was so small that the engine
boiler governor and pumps all stood
on a space only one fourth if au incb
in diameter and less than seven six
teenths of an Inqh high The engtac
had 14S dtetmct payts beia tosother by
fifty twp screwa The diameter of the
oyJinder was but X 2G of an inch and
tho whole affair not including the bus
plate weighed but three grains I
THE PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Treasury Situation Reviewed and
Prompt Action Urged
The following is President McKinleys
message as read before congress in extra
session Monday
To the Congress of the United State
Regretting the necessity which has re
quired me to call you together I B tht
your assembling in extraordtoary bmsJoW
is Indispensable because of the oondltlon1
in which we find the revenues ot tho gov
ernment It is conceded that it current
expenditures are greater tkan Ma recaipts
and that such a condition has existed for
now mora than three veaxa With unlim
ited means at our command w are pre
senting the remarkable spectacle of in
creasing our public debt by borrowlu
money to meet the ordinary outlays inci
dent upon even an economical and pru
dent administration of the govfirtoaant
An examination of the subject dladloses
this fact in every detail and leads inevi
tably to the conclusion that the condition
of the revenue which allows it is unjusti
fiable and should bo corrected We And
by the reports of the secretary of the
treasury that the revenues for the fiscal
year ending June 30 1892 from all sources
were 42586826022 and the expenditures
for airpurposea were 41595380656 leaving
an excess of receipts over expenditures of
391445368 During that fiscal year 40
57046798 were paid upon the public debt
which had been reduced since March 1
1889 259O7G850 and the annual interest
charge decreased 1168437660 The re
ceipts of the government from all sources
during the fiscal year ending June 80 1893
amounted to 461716q6194 and its expendi
tures to 45937488765 showinf an excess of
receipts over expenditures of 284167429
Since that time the receipts of no fiscal
year and with but few exceptions of no
month of any fiscal year have exceeded
the expenditures
Records of the Past Three Xeara
The receipts of the government from all
sources during the fiscal year eridlna
June 30 1894 were 37289249829 and its ex
penditures 4426057587 leaving a deficit
the first since the resumption of specie
payments of 0980326053 Notwithstand
ing there was a decrease of 1676912878 in
the ordinary expenses of the government
as compared with the previous fiscal year
its Income wfes still not sufficient to pro
vide for Its daily necessities and the geld
reserve In tho treasury for the redemption
of greenbacks was drawn upon to mast
them But this did not suffice and tlie
government then resorted to loans tore
plenlsh the treasury reserve In Febru
ary 1894 50000000 in bonds were Issued
and in the November following a sacond
issue of 50000000 was deemed neoeuaarj
The sum of 117171795 was realised by the
sale- of those bonds but tho reserve was
steadily decreased until on February 8
1895 a third sale of 5231fi4O0 In Wnds f 6r
65116244 was announced to congrass
The receipts of the government for the
fiscal year ending June 30 1B95 wF 880r
37320330 and the expenditures 423178 4284BJ
showing a deficit of 4280522318
A further loan of 100000000 was nego
tiated by the government February 1835
the sale netting 111166246 and swelling
the aggregate of bonds issued within throo
years to 262316400
For the fiscal year ending June 80 186
the revenues of the government from all
sources amounted to 40947540878 while Its
expenditures were 43467865448 or an ex
cess of expenditures over receipts of 25
20324570
In other words the total receipts of tbo
three flsoal years ending Juno 80 1806
wore insufficient by 13781172943 to meet
the total expenditures
Nor hofl this cpndltLoaaInop Improved
For the first half of the pfaaenj fiscal ydar
the reosipts of the government aoluslve
of postal revenues were 76wWJ6 and
its expenditures exclusive or postal serv
ice 19541000022 or an excess of expendi
tures over receipts of 8780239646 In Jan
uary of this year the receipts exclusive of
postal revenues were 24S16siQ3 atj tfce
expenditures exclusive of postal service
3026938929 a deficit of 39538524 for the
month In February of this year tha re
ceipts exclusive of postal revenuea ware
2440099738 and expenditures exolualve of
postal service 2879606586 a deficit of
433505928 or a total deflolt of 86031
58044 for the three years and eight monJKis
ending March 1 1897
Not only are we without a surplus in the
treasury but with an Increase Tn th pub
lic debt there has been a corresponding
increase in the annual interest oharge
from 2289388320 in 1892 the lowest of any
year since 1862 to 343879760 in 1895 or
an increase of 1149341440 r
It may be urged that even if tho reve
nues of the government had been suffi
cient to meet all its ordinary expenses
during the past three years the gold re
serve would still have been insufficient to
meet the demands upon It and that bonds
would neoessarily have been Issued for its
repletion Be this as it rooy it is clearly
manifest without denying or affirming
the correctness of nuch a conclusion that
the debt WQUlo have been decreased Li ut
least the amount of the deficiency a J
business confidence immeasurably
strengthened throughout the country
Prompt Itevenuo Action Urgoq
Congress should promptly correct the
existing condition Ampfb revenues must
be supplied not only tor the ordinary ex
penses of the jrovernment but for the
prompt payment of liberal pensions and
the liquidation of thefprinoipal and inter
est of the public debt
In raising revenue duties should be so
levied upon foreign products as to pre
serve the hom market so far as possible
to our own producers to revive and In
creased manufactories to relieve and en
courage agriculture to increase Qur do
mestic and foreign commerce to aid and
develop mining and budding and to render
to labor in very field or useful occupation
the liberal Vfuges and adequate rewards to
which sljiU and industry are JUBtly enti
tled The necessity of the passage ot a
tariff law which ahall provide amtflo rev
enue peed not be further urgedv ha im
perative demand of the hour ft the prompt
enactment of such a measure and to this
object I earnestly recommend thftt con
gress shall mak ivery endeavor
Before othsp business i3 transacted ler
us flrs provide sufficient rvnue to faith
fully administer the government without
the contracting qf furtner debt or the
continued dlstwroance of our finances
William MoRlnley
Executive Mansion March fo 1897
tsottea
A wash battle for washing gaseb
has bPm devised recently The bottle
has no stopper and consists of a conical
flask with a gallwy round the top into
which mercury or other suitable liquid
ist poured In this rests an inverted
bulb flask wUh wide neck from which
a glass tube leads away the gas but
the gas is brought into the arrangement
by a tubo which comes bodily through
the hollow of the bulb and terminates
in the conical flask below within the
washing liquid
Shoe Soles
A new shoe sole is being tried in the
German army It consists it is said of
a kind of paste of linseed oil varnish
with iron filings with which the soles
of the new shoes are painted It is said
to keep the leather flexible and to give
the shoe greater resistance than thety sfc
nails Already in many regiments
nails made of aluminum a ised in
stead of the ordinary fcn nails and
are apparently oWd satisfactory
The man who controls hiinseAfj may
hope to reform other men
Of cotton other toft Sea Island ive
last yeai expoxe 3 02171787 pounds
forvtueh ye received 202418551
Refrigerated povk was exported from
this country year to the extent of
818581 pounds valued at 60660
fhe American orchard owner last
year exported 81S711 barrels of apples
and received 954318 for them
Of hides and skins for tanning pur
poses this country last year exported
36002859 pounds valued at 2310323
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ABSTRACTER
Valentine Nebraska
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Office in JP O Building
The DONOHER
Has recently been refurnished and thoroughly ronoyated
making it now more than ever worthy of tho
reputation it has always borne of being
THE MOST COMPLETE
AND COMFORTABLE HOTEL
IN THE NORTHWEST
Hot and Gold Water Excellent Bath Boom Good Sample Boom
31 J DOXOHEM Proprietor
Qherry Qounty Bank
Valentine Nebraska
Every facility extended customers consistent withlcongervatire banking
JExchaBge bought and sold Loans upon good security solicited at reasonable
rates County depository
E SPARKS President CHARLES SPARKS Cashier
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ANK OF VALENTINE
C H CORNELL President M V NICHOLSON Cfsahiev
Valentine Nebraska
A General Banking Business Transacted
Buys and Sells Domestic and Foreign Exchange-
Correspondents Cheraioal NatlonalBank New York Xlrst National Bank Oaafct
CITIZENS - MEAT - MARKET
GEO G SCHWALM PROP
This market always keep3 a supply of
FISH AND GAME
In addition to a first class line of Steaks Roasts Dry Salt Meate
Smoked Hams Breakfast Bacon and Yegetable3
At StattersOld Stand on Main Street VALENTINE NEBRASKA
THE PALACE SALOON
HEADQUARTERS
WINES LIQUORS and CIGARS
Valentine
Ol the Choicest Brsuadft
Neerasxa
Remember
that this office is fully prepared at all times to turn ou
on the shortest notice in the most artistic and
workmanlike manner all kinds of
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