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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1900)
r w 5 The Valentine Democrat I M RICE Publisher Valentine NEBRASKA BRIEr TELEGRAMS Postmasters of South Dakota have formed a state organization Marriage was invented to show that there were two sides to every ques tion The total vote for president at the late election was McKinley 726326ti Bryan 6415387 Lord Roberts will take chief com mand of the British army January 1 He is an Irishman An effort is being made in this coun try to raise funds to erect a college for women in Madrid Spain The comptroller of the currency has approved the Merchants National bank of Omaha as a reserve agent for the First National bank at Rawlins Wyo The Irish Times says that a huge newspaper trust is forming in London which will control several large week lies as well as morning and evening dailies in the metropolis The fugitive ex governor of Ken tucky Mr Taylor has settled in Indi anapolis and opened a law office with two more Kentucky refugees who were members of his administration Half a million in gold was shipped to London December 8 for the pay ment of silver purchased for the coin age of rupees The total purchased for this account since February is 4700000 It is intended by the people back of the international live stock exposi tion to make it not only an annual affair but to make it the court of last resort so to speak upon judgment of live stock Panama canal lobbyists have circu lated a report that Nicaragua will de mand 520000000 from -this government in payment for canal concessions nec essary to establish a right of way across the isthmus R G Duns estate is valued at 2 rn 000 most of which was left to his wife and relatives He gave 85000 each to four New York hospitals and twenty five paintings to the Metropol itan Museum of Art Martin Stlckel who was arrested and brought to Tacoma has made a confession to the effect that he and E G Pierce murdered Cornelius Knapp nd his wife near Castle Rock Wash last week also that they murdered a rancher named Shanklin a year ago Representatives of nearly every church denomination in Chicago have resolved to unite in a crusade against civic immorolity and take an active part in the suppression of vice ana the maintenance of law and order in Chicago The English capitalists who are try ing to buy Colorado gold mines are believed to have obtained an option on the Gold Coin at Cripple Creek Colo It is said that the price men tioned is 820000000 General Joseph Wheelers successor in the house of representatives is Wil liam Richardson who was once sent enced to be hanged as a confederate spy by General Crittenden but who waa recaptured before the sentence could be executed The statistician of the agricultural department reports 10100000 bales as the probable cotton production of the United States for 1900 1901 In the making of this estimate the same methods and agencies have been used that were employed last year The American Steel Wire company has declared a dividend on the pre ferred stock of 1 per cent payable January 2 1901 and directed the pay ment of the quarterly dividend of 1 per cent on the common stock as de clared at the beginning of the year Rev J H Bitler the Methodist evangerist who was recently given 1 000000 worth of Cripple Creek mining property for reformatory work has taken up his abode in Chicago He will make his home in Englewood and expects to start on his work at once The servant girls of Minneapolis are being organized into a union by the Trades and Labor council A New York real estate firm an nounces that a colony of Boers farm ers is to be established on Long Is- land between Hicksville and Sosset dn Nassau county A postoflice has been established at Byron Big Horn county Wyo with Joseph H Neville as postmaster H Melville Hanna brother of tor Hanna has given to Lakeside pital in Cleveland O a thousand shares of Northern Pacific preferred stock the aggregate par value of which is The official vote of Washington state is McKinley 57456 Bryan 44833 Frink republican for governor 51- 944 Rogers democrat 53574 The will of the late Robert G Grig ham leaves 52259700 most of which is left for the founding in Boston of a hospital After having received subscriptions for the famine stricken in India to the extent of 5252988 the New York Com mittee of One Hundred ended its wors Representative Kitchen of North Carolina has introduced in the house a resolution for a constitutional amendment to repeal the fifteenth amendment to the constitution Robert W Willox Hawaiis delegate elect to congress arrived at San Fran cisco on the steamer Rio de Janeiro en route to Washington Miss Amanda Kidder an elocutionist well known throughout Wisconsin has accepted the chair of elocution in Lombard college Dixon Illinois Joseph F Wright aged 70 secretary of the board of trustees of the Uni versity of Cincinnati was struck by a street car and fatally injured The Lorain Steel company has re sumeTt work at itp converting finish ing and shaping mills at Lorain with more than 3000 men employed in the entire plant 1 I GERMAN W SINKS Big Iron Training Vessel Goes Down in the Mediterranean S3a THE NEWS IS FROM MADAGASCAR Forty Persons Are Said to Have Perished in Their Efforts to Escape frigate Carried a Complement of 401 Be longed to German Navy MADRID Dec 17 The German training frigate Gneisenau has foun dered off Malaga sixty five miles northeast of Gibraltar Private dis patches that forty persons were drowned The Gneisenau foundered at the en trance to the port of Malaga where it was about to take refuge from the ter rible storm prevailing At the pres ent time only the masts of the vessel are visible The training ship had been at Ma laga since November 1 practicing with guns of large caliber She had been previously at Megador Morocco At 10 oclock this morning a review of the cadets was in order The wind was extremely violent and instructions were given to stoke up as rapidly as possible But already the mountain ous waves had struck the ship snap ping the anchor chains She was driven helpless toward the port and sank The men threw themselves into the sea and clung to the wreckage but the major ity quickly disappeared Captain Krestmann died at his post The Malaga lifeboat made heroic ef forts and rescued fifteen but the weight capsized the boat and twelve were drowned The other three were saved by means of ropes thrown to them The port authorities saved many of the sailors The survivors have been received at the hospital the Hotel Deville and private houses All the theaters in Malaga abandoned their performances this evening A large number of the cadets can be seen rom the shore clinging to the rig ging They are shouting and signaling for help The captain and many of the cadets have been drowned It is be lieved that a party who left in one of the ships boats and have not been seen since are also lost The total loss is now thought to be not less than 100 Some dispatches say 140 Forty of those saved are bad ly hurt Tndians Burned to Death CANNON BALL N D Dec 17 An Indian family consisting of -father mother and four children were burned to death last night by the ex plosion of a can of gasoline Another family of father mother and one child are frightfully burned and will probably die The Benton Transpor tation company had five tanks of gasoline on the river bank at Bis marck awaiting a boat The bank caved in and all the oil went into tne river One tank was saved by an Indian Last night this Indian named War Bonnet sunnoMner hp tank contained kerosene lit a match to nil a measure when the explosion took place Insurgents Not Dispersed KINGSTON Jamaica Dec 17 Ad vices from Colon Colombia today re garding the recent fighting between the government troops and the insur gents at Tumaco the rebel stronghold which lasted three days the insurgents then evacuating the town say that the withdrawing insurgent force was not dispersed On the contrary fears are entertained at Colon that this body of rebels will effect a junction with the force operat ing around Buena Ventura Russia Defends Its Course ST PETERSBURG Dec 17 The Official Messenger publishes an in spired statement as the views of the Russian government concerning the Yang Tsun Shan Hai Kwan railroad repudiating the charges that the Rus sians have acted illegally in handling the line contending that Russias ac tions was necessitated by military con siderations declining to recognize the British as owners of the line but admitting that they have the prepon derating financial interest Boers to Settle in German Colony BERLIN Dec 17 According to the Lokal Anzeiger fifty Cape Colony Boers now in Amsterdam- with their families have been granted permission to settle in German Southwest Africa the Ger man government having just assented to the purchase of lands by them in Damaraland and Great Namaquin land The Boers will leave Amsterdam on January 5 New Packing Plant CHICAGO Dec 17 A charter was filed in Recorder Simons office today incorporating the John Cudahy com pany with a capital stock of 500000 The object of the corporation is to conduct a general manufacturing and mercantile business A new packing plant will be erected immediately at Wichita Kan John Cudahy is the principal stockholder Confirmed by the Senate WASHINGTON Dec 17 Confirma tions by the senate Judson C Cle ments of Georgia to be interstate com merce commissioner a reappoint ment Nimrod S Walpole of Pueulo to be Indian agent of the Jicarilla agency in New Mexico No Selection of Coadjutor Yet WASHINGTON Dec 17 Before leaving for his home in Minnesota last night Archbishop Ireland stated that no selection of a coadjutor or assistant bishop for the archdiocese of St Paui has yet been made During his recent visit to Rome the archbishop suggested to the holy see the need of appointing an assistant prelate for that jurisdic tion owing to its rapid progress- It is yet a matter of conjecture whether Bishop OGorman of South Dakota or one of the secular clergy of St Paul uill be promoted to the officei JfA M TARIFF TOR PHILIPPINES Judge Taf t Declares New Measure will Be for Revenue Only MANILA Dec 17 Advices from Hollo island of Panay report that the American troops have been moving northward raid westward for several days and ihpt detachments of the Sixth Eighteenth and Twenty sixth regiments have been active near their stations The insurgent losses during the last ten days have been fiver killed seven wounded and forty taken prisoner The Americans Lave lost two killed and three wounded Large numbers of the natives how ever are swearing allegiance to the United States In several recent at tacks and expeditions in southern Lu zon the insurgents have lost eight killed seven wounded and about twen ty captured The Americans have lost one killed and two wounded General Whoaton reports that 430 na tives have entered Calanao for regis tration Most of tha time of the Philippines commission is now devoted to the tariff bill Judge Taft said today that generally speaking the new rates would be about 40 per cent of the existing raos It will be essentially a tariff for revenue he remarked but some of the industries that are already estab lished will be given protection The commission is not considering the question of the constitutionality of taxing United States products The precedents have been established in the case of Forto Rico and by the mil itary government of the Philippines The bill requires the washing of cot ton goods so as to eliminate the clay used fchy Furopean manufacturers which increases the weight This will incidentally favor American goods The rate on kerosene will be reduced from 11 cents a gallon to 4 Some American goods will be admitted free and almost all will come in at re duced figures FURTHER CHANGE DEMANDED Ernest Satow Instructed to Demand Modification oC Joint Note PEKIN Dec 17 Definite instruc tions supplementing yesterdays com munication from London have been received by Sir Ernest Mason Satow the British minister and he now de mands a modification of a point in the joint note which the foreign envoys generally regard as important This means further delay as all the minis ters must communicate anew with their respective governments Just what is the nature of the objection raised by Great Britain the ministers decline to say but they admit that the new demand will involve a good deal more diplomatic procedure WASHINGTON Dec 17 Officials here are at a loss to understand the reasons for the important modifica tion in the joint Chinese note which it is reported the British minister to Pekin is to demand before signing that document preparatory to its presenta tion to the Chinese plenipotentiaries They have no information on the sub ject as Siothing has been heard from Mr Conger on the matter for some days The understanding here has been that the joint note as agreed upon by the envoys was in the main satisfactory to the British govern ment It simply desired a slight amendment to the scope of the agree ment This did not conflict with any of the principles held out for by our government Such being the case it was confidently expected the signature of the British minister would be promptly affixed to the agreement and the note presented to the Chinese at an early day Locate Regular Magazine PEKIN Dec 17 Yesterday while a private of the Ninth United States in fantry was searching for two stray muies near Ho Si Wu he arrived at a town where he found a rapid fire ma chine gun with 5000 rounds of am munition of which he took charge He went back to the mail station for the night but on returning in the morning he found several magazine rifles and 1100 rounds of ammunition When leaving the town he was fired upon but he did not return the fire Dollar Makers Arrested OIL CITY Pa Dec 17 United States marshals arrived here tonight having in custody Samuel B Latshaw and George E Coast who are charged with counterfeiting Fifty spurious dollars which were still warm and a counterfeit plant were captured with the prisoners at Coasts home at Lis bon Venango county The prisoners are supposed to belong to an organ ized gang of whom secret service men have captured eleven since October last Our Claim Not Settled WASHINGTON D C Dec 17 Con trary to the impression which accord ing to the Constantinople dispatches prevails regarding the United States claims for indemnity against Turkey the statement is made that no settle ment respecting their payment has been reached All this government secured up to this time is a series of promises to settle by the Ottoman government Vice Consul Kills Himself SAN FRANCISCO Dec 17 Paul Antoine vice consul of France and acting consul shot himself through the head last night and will probably die The shooting was witnessed by a woman who is known as Belle Chappell She has refused to make a statement May Decide to Arbitrate TOPEKA Kan Dec 17 Repre sentatives of the trainmen conductors engineers and- firemen held a confer ence this evening with General Man- ager H U Mudge of the Santa Fe railway for the purpose of attempting to mediate the trouble between the road and the Order of the Railway Tel- egraphers While no agreement was reached the board of mediation was encouraged by Mr Mudge to hold a conference with Third Vice President Barr They will it is said seek this conference at Chicago tomorrow or Tuesday I NEW BRAND LAW HIS PLAN Sesator Elcct Van Bosklrk Intends to Discourage Cattle Stealing LINCOLN Dec 17 The extremely rapid growth of the cattle industry in Nebraska has prompted the proposal of several very important measures for the consideration of the next legisla ture From the great cattle plains come appeals for more effective legislation and with a view to remedying the in efficiency of existing laws a bill Has been prepared under the direction of the officers of the Northwestern Cattle mens association which is designed to increase and extend the protection provided for cattle owners and ranch men The measure contemplates an amendment to the Brand Marks Com mission act reducing the membership of that commission to one man and re vision for the inspection of cattle at the markets inspection of hides and the publication of an official brand book Senator elect J R Van Boskirk of Aliance will probably Introduce the proposed bill in the legislature He has been secretary of the Northwestern Cattlemens association for several years and it is said that his bill will reflect the wishes of the other officers and members of the organization The principal object of the bill will be to give cattle owners absolute pro tection against thieves If we succeed in enacting the pro posed law a man who steals a cow cannot escape detection unless he de stroys the hide and eats the animals said Mr Van Boskirk Provision will be made for registering all brands and for the publication of an official brand book and a man will have to prove ownership before he can law fully dispose of any cattle If he takes a quarter of a cow to market he will have to exhibit the hide as an evidence that it is his property The official brand book will enable the purchaser to compare the registered brand with the brand on the hide and determine whether they are the sam in design Fancy Price for Iiive Stock OMAHA Dec 17 The prize cattle that were on exhibition at the South Omaha stock yards were sold at the highest price paid in recent years on that market The 3-year-olds which carried off first prize were owned and fed by John Shannon of Hoskins and the Omaha Packing company brought them at 750 per 100 It will be re membered that the same company also1 bought the highest priced cattle last year and paid 725 for them Mr A W Clarks load of yearlings which were awarded first premium in that class were also sold at a good figure There were heifers in the bunch and the fifteen head sold at 6 to the Omaha Packing company which is th highest price ever paid for a mixed bunch of yearlings on the South Omaha market New Railroad for Nebraska OMAHA Dec 17 Mr A O Perry of Atkinson well known as a railroad promoter is in town in the interest of his new enterprise a railroad running from Callaway in Custer county to Gandy in Logan county a distance of thirty five miles About three years ago Mr Perry conceived the idea of running a railroad from his home in Atkinson to the new town site of Perry on the northern bank of the Niobrara river- in Boyd county He promoted the enterprise to the point where it was ready for the ties and rails and then his Chicago contractor fell down on him and brought everything to a standstill Gentleman Pleads Not Guilty COLUMBUS Neb Dec 17 Nicho las Gentleman who did the- shooting at Platte Center a week ago was ar raigned in justice court and upon the reading of the complaint he entered a plea of not guilty waived the pre liminary examination and was bound over to the district court without bail The witnesses for the state were each required to enter into a recognizance in the sum of 200 for fheir appear ance Is Young in Crime FALLS CITY Neb Dec 17 James Mahan plead guilty in the district court to the charge of grand larceny The prisoner who is a mere boy was em ployed on the government riprap work at Rulo and stole a sum of money from a fellow employe He broke down when arraigned and Judge Stull was inclined to be lenient and gave him the mini mum sentence one year in the peni tentiary Farmers Pall Proves Fatal SPENCER Neb Dec 17 At a lone ly spot four miles northeast of here on the road to his home the body of Anton Holechek has been found and it is thought that he was killed by a fall from his wapn He has occasionally taken liquor to excess while in town and two years ago a friend of his one Turachek by name was killed in a sim ilar manner as the two were driving home in an intoxicated condition Tries to Beat the Fast Mail FREMONT Neb Dec 17 Patrick Tulley a farmer residing eight miles from North Bend was seriously injured by train No 101 while he was attempt ing to cross the Union Pacific track two miles west of North Bend Tulley was driving a wagon He saw the train coming and attempted to cross ahead of it Jail Delivery at Beaver City BEAVER CITY Neb Dec 17 Charles Griffin and Arch Bisbee two prisoners of the county jail sawed their way to liberty last night A hole 7x13 inches was cut in the steel cell through which they squeezed them selves Four other prisoners refused to take advantage of the opportunity and remained in their cells although they later refused to divulge any of the details The escape of the two was thus hidden from the officials BRAND LAW DDES NOT SUL Stockmen Want It Amended so as to Bo More Efficacious LINCOLN Dec 15 One of the in numerable bills that will be intro duced in the next legislature for the benefit of cattlemen of western Ne braska wil provide for reconstructing the state marks and brands commis sion and changing in many places the law which governs and regulates the exercise of its authority It 16 pro posed to reduce the membership of the commission to one man who shall maintain a permanent office at the state house and to raise the fee charged for registering a brand from 150 to u50 The existing commis sion is composed of four members in cluding the secretary of state each of whom shares equally the proceeds from the registration of brands S P Delatour of Llewellyn presi dent of the Northwestern Cattlemens association and member of the Nebras ka commission is one of the men who are urging the proposed changes He has devoted more time to the work of the commission than any other man and is interested in seeing its auihori ty and jurisdiction extended so far as possible During the few months of its existence the board has registered over 3000 brands and applications for nearly 5000 have been passed upon many of which were returned because of duplication Cattlemen in all parts of Nebraska are manifesting consid rable interest in the work believing that the time is notlar distant when the official registration of brands will greatly benefit their class One of the arguments used in sup port of the plea for the amendments is that the work of the commission could be much more successfully pros ecuted by one man giving his entire time than by four men who meet ony periodically It is also argued that an increase in the fee would enable the commissioner to enforce the law and bring it into more general operation However the matter of fees is con sidered of secondary importance and the increase would probably not be urged should it meet with any strong opposition Kearney Wants Extension Completed KEARNEY Neb Dec 15 F J Keens as a representative of the Com mercial club of this city visited St Louis for the purpose of conferring with the officials of the Missouri Pa cific road regarding the extension of the line rrom Prosser to this place When the line was originally constiuct ed it was the intention to build to Kearney but work was stopped when it was completed to Prosser twenty four miles distantt General Manager Harding gave him encouragement that the line would ultimately be built and probably in the near future but was not prepared at present to -make a prepared at present to make a direct proposition Mr Harding denied there was any truth in the rumor that the Missouri Pacific had secured con trol of the Kearney Black Hills line running from Kearney to Must Show the Books LINCOLN Dec 15 The supreme court has issued a forjnal order to the Standard Oil company to permit the attorney general to inspect the boofks of the company gving the list of stockholders at present and from the time the company vaa organized the minute books of the company and1 other books and papers The order was the decision of the court a week ago Avherein it declared it was com petent to try the case of the attorney general against the Standard Oil com pany in which it is soajjbt to debar it from the state on the ground that it is a trust Organize a New Church McCOOK Dec 15 The Congrega tionalists of this vicinity held an im portant meeting at the Noble school house near Box Elder fifteen miles from this city A church of thirty eight members was duly recognized by a church council and Rev W J Tur ner of this city preached the sermon and Rev J S Calhoun of Indianola Rev A G Axtell of Stockvilie Rev J D Stewart of Auburn and Ivev H Bross of Lincoln took part in the ser vice Rulo Murderer Sentenced for Life FALLS CITY Dec 15 William Mil ler was arraigned in the district court on a charge of murder in the first de gree having shot and killed A J Wake city marshal of Rulo on the night of November 29 At first Miller entered a plea of not guilty but after consultation with his attorneys with drew the plea interposing a plea of guilty Judge Stull immediately sen tenced him to life imprisonment Booth Physical Director LINCOLN Dec 15 Walter C Booth has been retained as coach of the uni versity of Nebraska football eleven for the next year The regents of the university elected Mr Booth to the chair of assistant physical director of the university the position of director temporarily remaining vacant Uuys Nine Quarter Sections OSMOND Dec 15 W H Butter field of Norfolk closed a ceal where by ne come into possession of nine auarter sections of land lying just thre miles east of town He paid 40 000 for the tract anu will open an other big ranch A Cincinnatti wife attempted suicide because she didnt like her new hat This should be a warning to other wives not to order new hats this fall How a Farmer Fooled a Town ST PAUL Neb Dec 15 The oil boom at St Paul has collapsed Some time ago the excitement started over the report that oil was ozing out of a spring situated not far from town anu people had visions of ffirtune with Coal Oil Johnnies on every block In vestigation has broken the spell It appears that a farmer with a view to having some fun saltel the spring daily with coal oil One day a party v sited it and found no oil The farmer was away from home and the salting process had been neglected For starching fine linen use Magnetic Starch It Is poor rengious exercise balanc ing on one foot on the edge of sin Garfield Tea is an invaluable remedy for all forms of bowel and stomach dis orders It will cure the most obstinate case of chronic constipation -There are lots of men who think they understand women TO CUKE A COXD IN 0TE DAY Take laxative Bromo Quince Tablets ah WgUts refund the money if it fails to cure EYVGrovessignatureisontneDOX oc The Irish Times says that a huge newspaper trust is forming in London which will control several large week lies as well as morning and evening dames in tne meirupuns REVERE HEADACHES 111 I X I I IM ul JiilHii of any kind are caused by disordered Kidneys Look out also for backache scalding urine dizziness and brick dust or other sediment in urine which has been allowed to stand Heed these warnings before it is too late reward will be paid for a caso of backache nervousness sleep lessness weakness loss of vi tality incipient kidney bladder and urinary disorders that can not be cured by - MORROWS 4 the great scientific discovery for shattered nerves and thin Impoverished blood NEBRASKA AND IOWA people cured by In writing tliem please enclose stamped addressed envelope Mrs Lilly Pratt 1010 U St Lincoln Neb r Mrs Robt Henderson W Market St Beatrice Neb Mr H L Small 1S10 Ohio St Omaha Neb William Zimmerman 2315 White St Dubuque Frank Rand 2nd St East Dubuque Mrs Emma Hancock 32G 15th St Dubuque N D Nagle 815 Iowa St Dubuque Morrows are not pills but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty cents a box at drug stores I0HN MORROW CO CHEMISTS Springfield 0 What Shall We Have for Dessert This question arises in the family every day Let us answer it to day Try a delicious and healthful dessert Pre pared in two minutes No boiling- no baking add boiling water and set to cool Flavors Lemon Orange Rasp berry and Strawberry Get a package at your grocers to day io cts ar flSgBelKaP 9f2B3Elii9l COUGH SYRUP Cures a Cough or Cold at once Conquers Cronp Whooping Cough Bronchitis Grippe and Consumption Quick sure results Dr Bulls Pills cure Constipation 50 pills 10c For Top Prices Ship Tour GAMK A3Jfi JOUtTIfSt To Headquarters CJ IV XcUen Company Butter Eggs Veal Hides and Furs Potatoe Onions in Carload Lots Omaha Xcbraska J JOHCN WIHOKRIS Washington O fi Successful Iv Prneprllte ninims Iate Pincinal Bxmlner TTH PnrmfriTi Piiont i 3 vrs m civil war 15 adjudicating claims att j since V NEW DISCOVERY gives cases Book of testimonials and io DATS treatment FUEE DR II H GKEES8 S05S Box E Atlanta Ga 1 afflicted core eyes use Thompsons y e Wair0 TOUR OP ALL MEXICO In Pullmans finest Compartment Drawing Room Library Observation and Dining Cars all Vestibuled with the celebrated OPEN TOP CAE CHILILITLI for Observation in the Mountains and Canyons and Dining Car in the Trop ics A delightful trip of 38 days with Three Circle Tours in the Tropics of the South of Mexico and a visit to the Ruined Cities All exclusive features of these itin eraries of leisurely travel and long stops The Special Train starts Tues day January 22 from Chicago TOTJE OF PTJEBTO EICO Special Pullman Cars leave Chicago Thursday January 17 and Thursday February 14 at 930 a m connecting with the splendid new steamships Ponce and San Juan sailing from New York the second day following ln dividual Tickets sold for other sailing dates alternate Saturdays L TICKETS INCLUDE ALL EXPENSES EVERYWHE2E These select limited parties will be under the special escort and manage ment of The American Tourist Asso ciation Reau Campbell General Manager 1423 Marette Building Chicago x Itineraries Maps and Tickets can be had on application to Agents of the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul rail way VV N U OAIAHA No 5ii0oo H Best g iasiel C Uce 4 V J A f t I 4