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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 4, 1900)
fc -A 6M L V V IS GUILTY HOWARD FOUND GUILTY MURDER OF OOEBEL v OF SENTENCED TO HANG There Was No Doubt Expressed In Jury Room of Proof Howards Terrible Crime Frankfort Ky Special James B toward who has been on trial for the past ten days charged with being a principal In the assassination of Wil liam Goebel was found guilty by the jury his punishment being fixed at death The fact that the jury had deliberated all of the afternoon without reaching a verdict led to the belief that it was hopelessly divided and this fact made the verdict shocking tc Howard and those who hoped for his ultimate ac quittal Howard did not lose his composure when the verdict calling for the ex treme penalty of the law was read in the crowded court room He glanced at his attorneys and smiled but said nothing After the jury had been discharged Howard was taken back to the jail and there for the first time he betrayed emotion He called for a pen and paper and wrote a long letter to his wife during which tears coursed down his cheeks He was joined later by his at torneys who spent a good part of the day in conference with him in regard to the motion for a new trial which will be filed immediately and other matters in connection with the case W H Culton who is under indict ment as an accessory to the Goebel murder and who gave damaging evi dence against both Howard and Caleb Powers was released on bail and his case continued until the January term PJis bond was fixed at 10000 and his brother-in-law E EL Hogg of Owsley county and J F Halcomb and John Johnson of Jackson county became his sureties Howard was represented by ex-Congressman W C Owens of Georgetown and Carl Little of Manchester The prosecution was represented by Acting Commonwealths Attorney Williams T C Campbell of Cincinnati and H B Golden of Barbourville Jim Howard as he is commonly known in the mountains is a striking ly handsome man 44 years of age and would be the last man pointed out by a stranger as the man on trial He had the record however of being the leader of the Howard White faction in the Baker Howard feud in Clay coun ty in which numerous lives were taken He had killed George Baker and was suspected of the assassination of Tom Baker who was killed after the same fashion as the Goebel murder and Howards friends believe that these facts had much to do with the making of the verdict sending him to the gal lows The trial of Henry -E Youtsey of Newport will be caleld next at George 1 town next Friday One of the jurors after the jury had been discharged stated that a number of ballots were taken but the first ballot resulted in a unanimous vote in favor of a verdict of guilty After that the ballots were as to the degree of punishment and on the ballots ten members voted for the death penalty while two voted for life imprisonment This was while the jurors were in the jury room yesterday afternoon The first ballot today resulted in a verdict the two jurors who had voted for life imprisonment gave in to the majority and voted for the death penalty After the verdict had been rendered Howard was remanded to jail where he was followed by his bosom friend- John G White who seemed almost paralyzed by the verdict Howards face looked blanched as he stood up to accompany the jailer back to jail - The jury was composed of nine dem ocrats two republicans and one anti Goebel democrat v The verdict of the jury it is believed wasbased largely upon the destruction of Howards alibi upon which he de pended solely One -of the jurors admitted that the failure of Howard to bring any of the occupants of the executive building on January 30 to testify that he was not there was considered by the jury as an Indication that he was there The tes timony of Gaines as to seeing Howard run out of the grounds and A Stubble field who swore that Howard con fessed the killing a few days after the murder were the principal points upon -which the jury relied Howards attorney will apply for a aew trial basing the motion upon the expressions of several of the jurors made prior to the trial which were hos tile to the defendant It was charged that all of the suspects under arrest ought to be hung and that he particu larly specified Howard as one upon whom the death penalty ought to ve pronounced LOOMIS CONJECTURED MISSION Scranton Pa Special There Is no radical change in the anthracite coal strike situation in the Lackawanna re gion The departure of General Super intendent Loomis of the Lackawanna company has given credence to rumors that he has been summoned to New York to discuss the situation with the heads of the coal companies Mr Loomis Is chairman of the Mining cerintendents association 4- V SOUTH OMAHA MARKET REPORT- South Omaha Neb Sept 2 Receipts for the past week have been jus tabout the same as last although the run of Monday was the largest on record at these yards About ninety per cent of the offerings have been western cattle and mostly of rather off quality desirable cattle being very scarce especially those good enough for beef The market for corn fed cat tie has been rather slow and dragging all the week until yesterday when prices firmed up a little and the mar ket was active Today the supply of beef cattle was heavier and buyers went back to their old tactics of hamr mering prices but were not able to do much damage Fair to good dattle sold today at 515 to 535 common and half fat 440 to 4 Cow stuff has been in very liberal supply this week and prices have held up very well Monday prices were about a dime lower but yesterday and today the loss was about regained with the demand active from all sources Thin stock has met with a particularly good demand the past few days both irom pacKers ana ieeaer ouyers Receipts of feeders this week have been exceedingly large but the demand has ben sufficient to take care of ev erything in that line and prices are just about the same as last week Good heavy feeders are still the most sought But as was the case last week buyers are taking more medium and light weight cattle and not a great deal of this kind of stuff is being carried over in the hands of speculators Receipts of hogs have not been as heavy the past week as the week be fore Packers have shown a very bear ish feeling all the week and with large receipts and lower markets at outside points were able to hammer prices down 10 to 20 cents the early part of the week but the last two days has witnessed a slight reaction for the bet ter and prices are only a shade lower than last Friday and are about 90c to 1 higher than a year ago The demand still continues for the light fat hogs while the heavy coarse and light skip- py stuff is neglected and brings bottom prices ROWDIES ASSAULT ROOSEVELi Vice Presidential Candidate Is Denied Free Speech Victor Colo Special Governor Roosevelt and party met with an unex pected reception here at the hands of a mob The trip from the station to the hall where the governor spoke was without incident beyond the jeering cheering and hissing which greeted the party Roosevelts speech was made under difficulties owing to frequent disturb ances but the climax of rowdyism was reached when the vice presidential party attempted to leave the hall for the train which was to bear them to Cripple Creek A band of rough riders surrounded the governor and attempted to force a path through the almost impenetrable throng The jeering of the crowd was renewed some small boys hurled stones at the escort shouts for Bryan were given and the trouble was on After a brief struggle in which Gov ernor Roosevelt received a blow in the breast from a banner pole in the hands of a hoodlum the party reached the de pot and amidst renewed hisses jeero and cat calsl resumed the journey Throughout the incident the governor retained his self possession and was not in the least disconcerted Nebraska City Neb Special Wil liam J Bryan gave out the following statement last night From what I know of the people of Colorado I am not willing to believe without further evidence that they de nied to Mr Roosevelt or to anyone else a fair hearing If it proves true that he was mobbed or in any way interfered with I am sure that it was not the work of any political organization There can be no justification for a re sort to violence in this country and those who resort to it injure the cause which they represent STRIKE IN CIGAR FACTORY Over a Thousand Employes Quit Work at Tampa Tampa Fla Special A general strike was ordered today in the cigar factories of Sanchez Heya and Ar guelles Lopez Bro about 1000 per sons being thrown out of work They would not join the union and the man agement refused to discharge them The other factory had a non union trim mer whom it also retained Norwich Conn Special Two hun dred men employed in the Page boiler works struck when informed that an increase of 10 per 6ent in wages granted last April would no longer be paid Logansport Ind Special At the session of the IndianaFederation of Labor Factory Inspector McAbee sub mitted his report dealing with the en forcement of the child labor law and the weekly wage law While much opposition had been encountered much good had been accomplished Resolu tions were adopted expressing sympa thy with coal strikers and officers were elected S R Stone of Malvern la one of the veteran shippers to the South Omaha market was over the other day and re ported conditions in hissection as very satisfactory He says there are in the neighborhood of 3000 fat cattle ready for market and lots of hogs Feeders are also putting in a good many cattle to lie turned about the first of the year Crops were well up to the average in some cases winter wheat threshing out forty bushels to the acre pastures are good and there will be an abundance of 1 rough feed for stock during the winter p - THE STRIKE RUMORSgTHAT OPERATORS WILL CONCEDE ADVANCE TALK OF SETTLEMENT Powerful Political Force Being Brought to Bear to End the Trouble Philadelphia Pa Special The tow ering IeatureT of the coal strike situa tion and one yhlch attracted the at tention of all interests involved waj the widely circulated report that nego tiations are pending and rapidly reach ing completion lor an amicable settle ment of the strike While the identity of the person oi persons who are said to be at work endeavoring to bring about a peaceful adjustment of the differences between the employers and employes ias not been disclosed It was openly admitted in authoritative sources that such en deavor was in progress Eresident Truesdale of the Lacka wanna is quoted as making such ad mission but in what manner or by whom they were being conducted he declined to state President- Mitchell expressed the belief that the operators iiad decided to offer the miners an in crease of wages but he too declined to admit whether he possessed any fur ther information on the subject From Scranton comes a report that the opinion prevails that the persons at work were strong politically and that the operators were obliged to offer the men at least a concession of wages The information upon which the opera tors based their conclusion that the working influences were political could not be learned - Coupled with nearly all the reports of the probable early settlement of the trouble is that the men would be of fered an increase of pay but the op erators positively refuse to arbitrate the differences with President Mitchell or in any manner give recognition to the Mine Workers union This refusal to recognize the union would not prove a difficult obstacle to overcome Presi dent Mitchell in his open letter to the public having expressed his willingness to accept a settlement through separ ate conferences of committees of the employes and their direct employers If the railroad presidents and others were controlled the miners would ac cept this proposition he said he would waive all claim to the recognition of the union One condition he exacted however was thatJthese various conferences be held the same day and in the same city v Matters were quiet throughout the strike regions today and the strikers forces were increased by the closing of a few mines The Associated Press secured from President Mitchell the admission that he believes the mine operators have agreed to make the mine workers an offer of 10 per cent increase in wages Further than this Mr Mitchell de clines to talk He has been reticent all day on the subject and several times declared that he knew knothing of the rumors of a settlement of the strike Mr Mitchells admission was made while he was holding a conference with his lieutenants Those at the confer ence were National Committeemen Fred Dilcher of Ohio W R Fairlee of Ala bama Benjamin James of Pennsyl vania President T D Nichols of the Wyoming Lackawanna district and President John Fahey of the Schuylkill region After the meeting which lasted to midnight President Mitchell informed the Associated Press that the meeting was held for the purpose of holding the men together if negotiations were on foot Mr Mitchell has not yet been officially notified of the operators offer It is understood the offer by the presi dents does not carry with it recog nition of the union GEN WOODFORD MARRIED Ex Mininister to Spain Marries His Stenographer New York Special General Sfew art L Woodford former United States minister to Spain and Miss Isabel Han son were married at noon today in the chapel of the First Presbyterian church The Rev Howard Dufiield officiated at the ceremony which was very sim ple Neither the bride nor the groom had attendants Admission to the church was by in vitation A wedding breakfast was served at Sherrys Miss Hanson was once the private secretary of Genera1 Woodford She was with him in Mad v rid at the outbreak of the Spanish American war and shared with him the perils which he endured in the Spanish capital She was always his confidante and helped him frame his ultimatum to Spain She is 25 the general is 65 TOUNG PEOPLES CONVENTION Kansas City Mo Special The na tional convention of the American Young Peoples Christian Temperahce union opens tomorrow in Grand Avenue Methodist church Delegates from all parts of the country will be present A choir of 200 voices will sing rally songs September 28 is the anniversary of the birth of Miss Frances E Wil lard and the meeting is in commemoration-of the day The convention will continue three days SHAftPIMSUftEMTTTACKS Several American Outposts At tacked By Flllplnns Manila Special On Monday night iolent insurgent attacks were made on the United States outposts in the dis trict near Zapote bridge Las PInas Paranaque Bacoor and Imus twelve miles south of Manila the scenes of the fighting last October It is estimat ed that the rebels numbered 400 and they were armed with rifles The in habitants took refuge in the churches The Americans haVe since energet ically dispersed the enemy killing and wounding fifty A party of scouts belonging to the Eighth United States infantry landed on the island of Samar the inhabitants and Insurgents fleeing to the mountains They met with but slight resistance and burned a town Last night there was outpost fight ing at Paette Pasasan and Santa Cruz in Laguna province It is reported that an American scouting party developed a party of the enemy in the province of Nueva Ecija two skirmishes ensuing in which twelve of the natives were killed Similar Vbrufshes have taken place near Indang and Siland in Cavite prov ince and the Americans having two killed and three wounded Advices from the island of Leyte say General Mojicas bands have been scattered and demoralized by Major Henry T Allen of the Forty third in fantry who has vigorously pursued the insurgents in the mountains captur ing money rifles- ammunition and stores Senor Arillay Senor Leon Pepper man the n recorder Mr Shurman Judge Taft and Mr Huggins have been appointed commissioners of the Philip pine civil service This morning the commission enacted a bill designating their line of legislative procedure The commission also at todays session es tablished a bureau of statistics and appropriated 20000 for expenses in curred by the war department in thf Philippines FRANCE IS READY TO GRAB Will be Supported By Russia In Its Claim for Land FRANCE READY TO GRAB Paris Special In official centers ft is said that with the refusal of both the United States and England and the reserves made by the tw6 other powers the German proposition has achieved only the same negative result as Rus sias The American attitude still forms the principal subject of discussion The new socialist journal Le Petit Sou printed its first edition with a flaming headline Chinese Encouraged by America and the body of the pa per contains a few lines tracing the responsibility of Tuans appointment as secretary to the emperor to the Amer ican isolation Russias annexation of Manchuria taxes the expertness of the Paris for eign editors to its utmost While they frankly assert that Chinas integrity has been violated and that her dismem berment isclose at hand a justification for Russia is found in the urgent ne cessity undr which that country la bors of insuring safety in its colonial ventures There is no doubt whatsoever that France has agreed not to oppose Rus sias annexation of the territory i n question and inV return Russia will support Frances claim to a post in Chi Li The Journal des Debats says that the Washington government will not go so far as to renounce all action in China but that it appears desirous of adopt ing a personal policy and even curi ously enough of acting as mediator between China and the powers Perhaps the paper concludes the United States wil lnot lose anything in this way as it will thus be enabled without sharing in the toil to partici pate in the honor when the other pow ers have brought China to reason WORK OF CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR pttumwa fla -Special The 1901 convention of the Christian Endeavor society of Iowa will be held at Chero kee the last week in August The se lection of the place and date was made at the business of the state convention this afternoon Over 300 delegates were in attendance Dr J Wilbur Chap man of New York conducted the serv ice this morning addressed the conven tion briefly this afternoon and delivered the principal address of the evening The following state officers were se lected today for the ensuing year President the Rev R C Sargent Ma Eon City general secretary Miss Celia Lyday Newton statistical secretary Miss Zerilla Black Clinton treasurer Tohh P Roberts Perry GETS CONTRACT FOR 7000000 Colorado Springs Colo Special The contract for dredging the Russian Pacific coast harbor at a cost of 7 000000 has been let1 to an American H Colibran according to advices re ceived here Colibran was the builder of the Colorado Midland railroad In 1S96 he left here for Korea where he has built a railroad for the king LIEUTENANT DANNER KILLED Washington D C Special A dis patch frofn General MacAruthr re ports the death of Second Lieutenant James D Danner Twenty eighth United States volunteer infantry caus ed by accidental discharge of a pistoL IRISH AMERICANS REMOVED Lourenzo Marquez Special The Irish Americans lately serving with the Boers have been removed from theii barracks to the Portuguese transporj India to prevent disturbances f v SITUATION PEACE DOES NOT YET REIGN IN CHINA OXERS ARE IN POWER General Chaffee Is Very Indignant Over Withdrawal of American Troops Pekln Special General Chaffee has expressed his opinion to a Chicago Record correspondent that recalling the army at this time is simply an out rageous desertion of immense mercan tile and missionary interests in North China It is in his mind vitally necessary that the army should remain during the winter until the missionary work is safely re established and the American indemnities paid That after sixty days endurance of an unprecedented siege due to the credulity of the foreign representatives Americans should now see their inter ests abandoned will cause the Christian world to rise to a point where it will adjure Mr McKlnley to remember Poa ting Fu Shanghai Special The situation is more serious than ever before to those interested in the integrity of China The Chinese government is in the pow er of the Boxer leaders who are not likely to submit to the empress pro positions unfavorable to themselves and friendly to the viceroys of the south still loyal to the throne Any aggressions in Southern China will precipitate an a med uprising Al ready the governor of the province of Nganhwei has addressed a memorial to the empress declaring that his signature to the viceroys agreement with the consuls at Shanghai was forged There is also danger that all the vice roys friendly to the foreigners will be replaced Taotai Sheng of Shanghai has been ordered north which practi cally means his death Russia is holding all the forts and strategical points from Taku to Pekin through possession of the railway By a permanent arrangement Russia is making it is evident that that country intends to swallow North China No one here believes that Russia will ever move out unless forced by overwhelm ing pressure Germanys assurance that it does not desire territory in China if the latter Is able to pay the indemnity is misleading The German demand for the punish ment of the Boxer leaders as a condi tion precedent to peace negotiations means continued war and perhaps the complete disruption of the Chinese gov ernment The friendly feeling between Russia and Japan Is increasing France is hand in glove with Russia Admiral Sey mours attempt at an isolated British occupation of Shanghai and the patrol of the Yangtze valley has weakened the British position as well as lost the opportunity to make a definite agree ment of non partition with Japan The United States is consistent but pow erless It is unofficially announced that Lull Chuan Lin an anti foreigner of Canton will be the new viceroy unless the al lies protest The friendly viceroys are likely to have no friends lift in China The only method of dealing with the situation not involving a division of territory is through the friendly vice roys who might gradually remove the throne from the power of the Boxers The Americans on the spot believe that the settlement of the present ques tion will decide the fate of the enor mously increasing Americo Chlnese trade PREDICTS WAR WITH MEXICO Sees Trouble For UnltecLStates In Near Future Kingston Ont Special Fred Jv Pope is home after fifteen months of private investigation in the United States fora mining house in New York He has been in thirty nine states and Mexico and traveled- 31000 miles He says More American capital is going into old Mexico thaninto any other place outside of the United States Compa nies are getting concessions for mjning railroading and- everything else dl profit I venture to prophesy that be cause of this there will eventually be the same trouble between Mexico and the United States as there was between the Transvaal and Great Britain As soon as a more extravagant government gets the reins of power it will put the burden on the Americans for the Mex icans are already overtaxed Then the Americans wjh appeal to Uncje Sam for protection I AM IHOCEHT Only Reply of Jim Howard Regard ing the Verdict Frankfort Ky Special Since lear ning of his fate Jim Howards man ner has greatly changed During his long confinement in jail and during the trial he always appeared cool and unconcerned Now he is a changed1 man He sulks away in the darkest aprt of his cell and shuns everybody He appears worired over the verdict and although confident of a new trial seems to regard death on the gallows as certain A fierce enmity toward all has possessed him I am innocent are the only words Howard has spoken regarding the verdict to anybody ex cept his lawyers 3 COMERS INSTRUCTIONS NEU The Action of the other Powers la Awaited In Washington Washington D C Special The following has been received from Gen eral Chaffee Taku Sept 25 llHX Adjutant Gen eral Washington Sept 27 Leave tart Tien Tsln this afternoon Will be ab sent several days General Wilson re mains here Li Hung Chang at Tien Tsln Understand starts here soon have offered him escort declined Country very quiet good order in Pe kln CHAFFEE The dispatch from General Chaffee has no date showing that It came from Pekln but the war department officials are satisfield that It Was sent from the Chinese capital This one dispatch from General Chaf fee relative to conditions in Pekin was made public today It Is apparent that our government is again in a waiting attitude General Chaffee had not received the departments instructions when he sent his message made public today but without doubt has it now His offer to escort LI Hung Chang was- In con formity with the expected purpose of the state department to facilitate In every proper manner the journey of the Chinese viceroy to Pekln Still It is now regarded as just as well that the offer was declined and the respon sibility for Lis safety left with the Russians The instruction to Minister Conger to establish relations with LI and Prince- Ching is still held up here It is be ginning to appear that the purpose of the delay Is to ascertain more clearly the plans of the powers Interested If it shall appear that there is a disposition on the part of any considerable portion of them to reject in advance the well meant efforts of the United States to bring about a conference and negotia tions in which they could participate oit equal terms with our government with the purpose of terminating the Chinese difficulties then Mr Congers Instruc tions may require recasting TRY TO RECAPTURE PEKIH Report That LI Has Orders to At tempt It Is Confirmed London Special The China ques tion is again the phase of the discussion of the stability of the European con cert and the likelihood of Germany find ing it convenient to modify her ag gressive attitude According to the Yokohama correspondent of the Dafly Mail Japan assents to the German proposal but at the same time strongly urges that there should be no pro longed delay in the negotiations The same authorities say the Japanese would decline to follow Germany In pursuing the imperial court Into the interior of China From Shanghai comes the announce- ment that an Imperial edict confers posthumous honors on the anti foreign Li Ping Heng who committed suicide after the evacuation of Tung Chow and Duke Chung Yi the late emperors father-in-law who killed himself after the emperor and empress regent lefb Pekln Chinese papers assert that orders have been issued for the erection of a new imperial palace at Si Ngan Fu They also -report that Li Hung Chans has started for Pekin escarted by Rus sian and Japanese troops and that Li Chuan Lin has been appointed viceroy of Canton Shengs yamen confirms the rumor that Li Hung Chang has received se cret orders to attempt to recapture Pekin Describing the disorders In the vi cinity of Canton the Hong Kong cor respondent of the Times says The American church in the sub orbs of Canton has been destroyed and the Catholic church at To Kam Hang and the foreign cemetery there havr been desecrated MOROCQ ASKED TO PAY 5QQQ America Demands Money for Heirs of a Murdered Man Washington D C Special Moroc co will again have to put her hand in her pocket to pay an indemnity to the United States As a result of consider ation given the outrage by Assistant Secretary Cridler Instructions haver been sent by the state department to Consul General Gummere at Tangier directing him to demand of the Moor ish government the payment of JoOGO for the benefit of the heir of Marcus Azgui wjio was murdered at Fez Az gui was a naturalized American citi zen At Fez his horse unintentionally jostled a moslem who became greatly excited and assaulted the American The struggle between the two men at tracted a mob who took the part of the moslem and Azgui was seized and put upon a bundle of straw and -wood afterward saturated with coal oil which was fired TO REYIVE DREYFUS CASE Letter From Switzerland Shows l VIctom Still Active Paris Special The Presse publish es the text of an alleged letter fromf Alfred Dreyfus to M Trardieux thei former minister of justice dated Gen eva Switzerland September 13 in which the latter says The moral e fects of the iniquity still exist and the mental torture is as great as ever Since justice has not been done to me the aim I pursue remains the same un til attained viz The legal revisioa of my trial The Presse cites this letter as prov ing that the Dreyfusards are stil and persisting in their intention to keep alive the recent hatred- s