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About The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898 | View Entire Issue (March 10, 1898)
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thigh William F Schmidt PET 01 TEE SEBFACE Warlike Spirit of the People Has Some what Subsided TALK IS MUSS HOSTILE Verdict of the Naval Board Is Pa tiently Awaited Two Weeks May Elapse Before Official Reports Arc Made on the Maine Disaster Belligerent Congressmen Claim the Silence Js Ominous Mean time Uncle Sam Will Be Prepared for Wa The naval court of inquiry in the cifee of the ill fated battleship Maine is pro ceeding1 as a court martial and keeping its proceedings to itself The Secretary of the Navy says that he has no informa tion not given to the public that he knows nothing of the character of the evidence taken or the opinions or conclusions of the board of inquiry What is more to the point Secretary Long intimates that he does not expect to know anything about how the Maine was destroyed until the board of inquiry makes its report which may be not for two or three weeks With such positive assertions from Secre tary Long there cau be nothing but spec ulation in Washington as to what the ver dict will be There is plenty of specula tion and little of it is now in line with the accident theory In the absence of exciting news from Havana there has been a noticeable cessa tion of the war talk in Washington The conservative attitude of the President has reflected in Congress and members who first would listen to nothing but war are now disposed to wait patiently for the actual decision by the court of inquiry Members of Congress says a Washington correspondent are gradually coming to see that events are moving fast enough without any assistance on their part and that if an outside explosion is proved and an indemnity demanded Spain would nearly certainly refuse it and thus justify the President in interfering actively to preserve peace in Cuba It is said at both the State and Navy Departments that there is no disposition to delay the publi cation of the finding of the board but it is more than hinted that in all probability the board will merely present the facts and say that they are too vague to make a positive declaration one way or the oth er That contingency will produce new com plications and it is probably this which has induced the President to say positive ly that there is no immediate prospect of any war between this country and Spain for if the board of inquiry is not able to reach a positive finding it will be exceed ingly difficult for the State Department to formulate any kind of a demand upon Spain The President will not precipitate the country in a war unless the facts are such as to justify him in the eyes of an overwhelming majority of the people He evidently realizes however the strained relations between the two countries and the active possibility if not probability of a dispute arising which could only be set tled by a show of force on the part of this country The Presidents desire for and belief in peace has not interfered in any way with the orders issued to the army and navy to put the armed forces of the country into a condition for active service It is dis tinctively announced that this is the ounce of prevention rather than the pound of cure and that the preparations will con tinue until all possibility of actual war has been disposed of So far as the general public is concern ed the war scare has subsided for the present at least There may be more ex citement when the report of the court of inquiry on the Maine disaster is received but it may not be easy to stir the country up again Besides it is now pretty well BOARD OF INQUIRY EXAMINING A WOUNDED MARINE matter to be rushed through in haste All the investigation the court has so far been able to make in Havana was of a purely preliminary character The members will now have to carefully and patiently watch the wrecking operations for further evi dence Secretary Long does not profess to be lieve in the accident theory as he did for several days after the Maine was blown up Other members of the cabinet be lieve as does Secretary Long that the ship was blown up by design The ex perts in the navy also believe this or now profess to believe it but they will await facts before expressing positive opinions Method in the Silence It may be truthfully asserted however says a well informed Washington corre spondent that nine out of every ten mem bers of Congress believe there is a deep significance in the seemingly dilatory tac tics of the administration in regard to the disaster They believe that President McKinley and the members of his cabinet BAItTOLOMC MASSO PRESIDENT OF CUBA are not so much in the dark regarding the information secured by the court of in quiry as is indicated by the official bulle tins anJ that there is method in the si lence Many of the members are convinc ed that the President is playing for time and that every minute is being utilized to make preparations for war Other members believe that the President has received word from the court of inquiry that the explosion was an accident and that he is taking measures to have it ap pear that the court is making a most ex haustive and deliberate investigation in order that no cry may be raised that a snap verdict was returned It is believed by some that Spain is pre paring the way to contest any finding that the battleship was blown up by acci dent With the wreck sinking deeper and deeper into the mud of the harbor it may be difficult to prove any assertion to the contrary It has been asserted by Span iards that there were mines in the harbor x3 - r ft If mmrsM y 7 if Mill tUftL2ifw ir v f Jy ijllhi imrn - RECOVERING BODJES PROM THE MAINE BY MEANS OF ROPES understood that it is going to take a long time to get at the facts Secretary Long received a letter from one of the officers at Havana in which the statement was made that so far the result of the investi gations made by the divers within the wreck has been rather unsatisfactory The writer explains that the water of Havana harbor is so foul the divers can not see their way about and have to de pend upon the sense of touch It is un derstood the writer of the letter was rath er pessimistic as to the outlook for getting at the actual facts At best it is going to take time to ascer tain the truth and the country will have need of -all its stock of patience The court of inquiry will return to Havana to be present after the wrecking opera tions hav4e been started Although no official news concerning the movements of the court has been received the authori ties thinktne court will need at least two weeks and perhaps a much longer time for completion of its nvork This inquiry the conservatives say is too important to be rushed -through Too much depends upon its results Most serious is the re sponsibility which the members of this court have assumed As high minded offi cers they are naturally eager to acquit themselves with credit The issue of war or peace between nations may depend upon their verdict -and this is no trifling and there has been no denial until Senor du Bosc made the unofficial assertion Sat urday Shortly after Blanco became cap tain general of Cuba there were reports from Havana of explosions in the harbor wliich excited people but were explained as caused by experimenting with explo sives in the harbor where Spanish officers were planting mines and torpedoes It has never been denied that Havana was protected by these modern defenses The denial at this time is looked upon as the beginning of more diplomatic maneuvers by Spain to delay and escape the responsi bility for blowing up the Maine Excitement Is Abated Everywhere in Washington abatement of unrest and excitement of the past fort night is noticeable and it is now quite evi dent that the administration has settled down to the belief that the naval board of inquiry will not conclude its work and be ready to report for two or three weeks and that in the meantime the Government and people can only wait as patiently as may be for the verdict The action Monday of Senator Hale and Representative Boutelle chairmen re spectively of the Senate and House com mittees on naval affairs in pigeonholing the recommendation of Acting Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt for legislative au thority to enlist at ouce 1500 additional seamen deprived Senators and Represent atives of an opportunity to discuss the sit uation growing out of the Maine disaster Naval preparations go on as before but the diplomatic policy of the administra tion with regard to the Cuban question is held in abeyance Those close to the President say that he is less apprehensive of the consequences of the disaster than he Avas a week ago These represent Mc Kinley as being inclined to think that the Avarlike spirit of the people which broke out so fiercely upon receipt of news that the Maine had been destroyed is subsiding somewhat That the disaster to the Maine has up set completely the Presidents Cuban pol icy is indicated by the fact that the time has already arrived when the ultimatum of the administration was to have been sent to Spain It was generally under stood the Sagasta ministry would not be permitted to postpone beyond March its reply to the demands made upon it by Woodford but the President knows no more now officially as to whether Wood fords mission is to meet with success or failure than he did when the minister for warded Sagastas first reply to his note of instructions eight Hour law is upheld Important Supreme Court Decision on a Case Appealed from Utah In the Supreme Court at Washington an opinion was handed down in the case of E P Holden vs the sheriff of Salt Lake Count- Utah upholding the con stitutionality of the territorial law fixing a days work in smelters and mines in the territory at eight hours Mr Holden was arrested for violating the law and was sentenced to imprison ment He brought the case to the Su preme Court in an effort to secure a writ of eiTor on the ground that the law was unconstitutional in that it was calculated to deprive a citizen of life or property without due process of law The court held that such was not the case but that the law was an exercise of the States police powers Justice Brown said in passing upon the case that it was not the intention of the court to pass generally uponthe constitu tionality of eight hour lawsbut that in so far as State laws were exerted for the protection of the lives the health or the morals of a community there could be no doubt of their propriety or of their constitutionality There could be no doubt of the exceptional and unhcalthful char acter of work in smelters or mines be cause of bad air high temperature and noxious gases and hence the wisdom of the State legislation The decision of the Supreme Court of Utah was affirmed CANNOT INSPECT MEAT Federal Officers Deprived of Their Power by a Decision in Court By a decision handed down by the Unit ed States District Court at Kansas City Mo by Judge John P Rogers at Fort Smithj Ark the entire system of Govern ment inspection of meat was declared un constitutional The opinion of the jurist is to the effect that Congress has no au thority to create the office of meat inspec tor and to place such an official jui the packing houses in the United States to examine the product before it is packed and shipped or delivered for consumption The opinion was handed down in the case of a man named Harry Boyer who was indicted by the Federal grand jury on the charge of attempting to bribe a Government meat inspector Boyer is foreman in the fresh meat department of the Jacob Dold Packing Company The court holds that Congress exceeded its power in creating the office of meat in spector and that even if Boyer had at tempted to bribe such an official he could not be held as an offender His act the court decided was not a crime against the Government Under this decision the packers of this country may disregard the meat inspection statutes with impunity RATE IS CUT S36 War Begins Between American Roads and Canadian Pacific Thirty six dollars was clipped from the passenger rate of all lines between Chi cago and Seattle and other north Pacific coast points Monday morning The rate hereafter will be 3150 Up to that day the authorized charge was 6750 on the same class of transportation On unlim ited transportation it had been as high as S150 The cut therefore is one of more than 50 per cent No higher charge will be put into effect until the warfare between the American lines and the Canadian Pacific is settled either by amicable agreement or the back ing down of one or the other interest Prospects for yet lower charges are ex ceedingly bright for American lines are determined to make the fight a bitter one aud the Canadian Pacific shows no signs of weakening The rate of 3150 will be applied through Omaha Kansas City and other Missouri river gateways as well as through St Paul Through Missouri river cities however single tickets will be sold on the rebate plan purchasers be ing obliged to deposit the regular rate G750 with the agent who sells the ets At Seattle 30 -will be refunded -to them Three or more persons traveling together may secure their tickets via the Missouri river gateways at the flat rate of 3150 Through St Paul all tickets will be sold at the flat rate of 3150 CTZENS - MEAT - MARKET GEO G SCHWALM PROP This market alwavs keepa a supply of FRESH -GAME -FRUIT -AND In addition to a first class line of Steaks Itoasts Dry Salt StTeats Smoked Hams Breakfast Bacon and Vegetables AtStetters Old Stand on Main Street VALENTINE NEBRASKA 35b 19 4 jO 4 AAAAAAA AAAAAAA AAAAAAA 1 Hfc r ALAUfc SALUU1N g HEADQUARTERS FOR ih 5 WINES LIQUORS AND CIGAFS S 49 49 49 H VALENTINE 49 Of the Choicest Brands NEBRASKA j o ANK OF VALENTINE C H VOUXEIA President ill V XIIlllOLSOX Cashier Valentine Nebraska A General Ranking Husiness Transacted Miuje nail Sells Domestic and Foreign Eaccliangc Correspondents National Bank New York First National Bank Omaha f 3fcAA AAA I The DONOHER t 4S 49 g Js continually adding 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