Ii The Valentine Democrat I M RICE Publisher VALENTINE NEBRASKA I BRIEF TQfGBAMS I It la rumored that Agulnaldo vis ited his mother in Cavite province re cently An officer in the Swodish army has invented an sir torpedo with a range of nearly four miles General Andrew Jackson Mackey a veteran of the civil war died after a few days illness in New York City Signor Verdi was taken ill in Mi lan shortly after his return from a drive and was found in his room un conscious Denver is solely disappointed The administrative council of the G A R has selected Cleveland for the next na tional encampment Exports of cattle from this country in December amounted to 35186 head valued at 3152221 as compared with 22872 head of the valuation of 2025 850 for December of 1899 When John G Carlisle was in con gress ho was always comparatively a poor man It is said that the ex-secretary is now making 50000 a year from his law practice in New York Rear Admiral George W Sumner has ucceeeded Rear Admiral Silas Casey in the command of the Phila delphia navy yard Admiral Casey has been transferred to the Pacific station Fire in the Eagle Horseshoe works at South Milwaukee destroyed the nine inch mill sixteen inch mill office and copper shop The loss is esti mated at 150000 partially covered by insurance Funeral services over the body of Major A J Newby who served through the civil war with the Fourth Iowa cavalry were held from the residence of his daughter Mrs Minnie I Rick etts in Chicago The stockholders of the North Amer ican company at their meeting at New ark N J voted unanimously to de crease the capital stock from 40000 000 to 12000000 and to increase the number of directors by three There is a n ovement on foot among the soldiers of Indiana to secure the appointment of Thomas A Eanna ex lieutenant governor of Indiana as United States commissioner of pen sions to succeed H Clay Evans Secretary Gage transmitted to the house deficiency estimates of appro priations for the various departments to complete the services up to June 30 1901 amounting to 12S60d2 and 264198 5 for the post FPrvtce pay able from the postal revenues J A Johnston mayor of Fargo N D is at Copenhagen as the guest of L S Swenson the United States min ister He is working up the project of emigration to the northwest of America Mr Johnston will later go to Sweden Norway and Finland Among the visitors at the White House was Colonel Russell Harrison son of the former president whose exit from the army has been widely commented upon He called to pay his respects to Secretary Cortelyou and bis old friends in the executive man sion me Carbon Steel company of Pitts burg Pa has booked orders for 6000 tons of a high grrde of tpen hearth acid steel wire for use on the new East river bridge at New York The company took the contract from Swed ish producers who heretofore have been regarded as the only interests able to supply the grade of wire re quired In consequence of attending the ob sequies of the late grand duke of Saxe Weimar a number of persons of high rank contracted the measles in the in fected schloss The duke regent of Mecklenburg Schwerin and the duch ess who is a daughter of the late grand duke are down with the disease as is also the young grand duke of Saxe Weiniar himself The annual meeting of the Nebraska Beet Sugar association will be Jied in the directors office of the Board of Trade Omaha on Tuesday February 5 next commencing at 10 oclock a m for the reception of official re ports election of officers for the en suing year and the transaction of oth er business contemplated by its arti cles of incorporation Handsome Elk a noted Sioux In dian was riddled by bullets by seven Indian policemen sent out to bring him to the agency They fired upon him from ambush Elk shot an In dian policeman two years ago and had served a term in prison Warren Leland jr died at the Ho tel Grenoble New York of which he was the proprietor The Washington correspondent of the London Daily Mail says he under stands it is practically certain that England will accept the amendments of the senate to the Hay Pauncefote treaty Mrs Carrie Nation the Kansas sa loon smasher is going to lecture The bust of Rabbi Wise the noted Hebrew scholar which Max B May has presented to the Hebrew Union college of Cincinnati was unveiled at the Plumb Street temple in that city on Tuesday afternoon What is supposed to have been an incendiary fire destroyed 500000 feet of quarter sawed oak on Frys lumber yards at Limestone Tenn Minnesota democrats decided to sup port Judge R R Nelson for the long term and Charles A Towne for the short term in the senatorship con test Every jobber of window glass in the United States has received notice of an advance of 20 per cent in its price This means that the trust and tho indeDendent manufacturers have ended the war which began in the lat- J ter part of 1899 when prices were cut 30 per cent in a single day Secretary Root has approved the al lotment recommended by the board of ordnance and fortifications for the construction of a six inch rapid fire gun with pedestal mount and shield Murray H Hall a member of the Iroquois club the Tammany organi zation of the Fifth assembly district New York died WORK IN THE SENATE This Will Be a Eusy Week for Upper Branch of Oongreae IMPORTANT MEASURE COMES DP War Revenue and Ship Subsidy Bills Will Receive Consideration Speech by Towne on Philippine Question Arralted With Keen Interest WASHINGTON Jan 28 A variety of subjects including appropriation bills the war revenue reduction ship subsidy bill and to some extent the Philippine question will claim the at tention of the senate the coming week Monday Mr Towne will speak on the problems involved in the govern ment of the Philippines There is somewhat more than usual interest in this speech not only because of Mr Townes reputation as an orator and the fact that it will be his only speech in the senate on a politcal subject but because of increased interest in the Philippine question aroused by the presidents request of the senate for early legislation on this subject It does not appear probaUle that the Minnesota senators speech will call out ctner speeches immediately on this subject because even the senators who would like to see legislation during this session admit the impossibility of taking up the matter seriously until the report of the Tatt commission can be printed or sd long as there are other pressing questions before the senate Still straggling references to the subject are not improbable at any time during the remainder of the ses sion Senator Aldrich chairman of the fi nance committee has given notice that the will ask the senate to take up the war revenue bill early in the week The understanding is that he will press that question to the exclu sion of all other bills except appro priation bills Being a revenue meas ure it will take precedence over all other measures There is no real opposition to the war revenue bill but it appears proo able that there will be some discus sion of it as an easy means of delaying consideration of the subsidy bill If there is opportunity the subsidy bill will be taken up but it is not expected that anything more definite will occur in this connection during the present week than the making cf speeches The week in the house is likely to be monopolized by appropriation bills Seven of the fourteen general appro priation bills haye already passed the house namely the executive legisla tive and judiciary pension military academy Indian naval river and har bors and District of Columbia bills Three others the postoffice agricul ture and fortifications bills have been reported to the house and the remain ing four the army consular and dip lomatic sundry civil and general de ficiency are still in the committees having them in charge The three reported to the house and the consu lar and diplomatic which is practic ally completed probably will be dis posed of during the week Whatever time remains will be occupied with the bill to promote the efficiency of the revenue turter service which lias been made a continuing special order not however to interfere with ap propriation bills The postoffice appropriation bill is likely to be made the occasion of much debate All the questions rais ed by the report of joint postal com mission are likely to be dragged into the arena An effort undoubtedly will be made to continue the appro priations for pneumatic tube service which were eliminated from the bill and there probably will be the usual fight on the appropriations for spe cial mail facilities IOWA VETERANS ENCAMPMENT Will Be Held at Dubuque During First Week in June SIOUX CITY Jan 28 Col MBDa vis commander of tne Iowa G A R returned from Dubuque and announc ed that the annual encampment of Iowa veterans this year likely will be held June 4 5 and 6 at Dubuque The members cf the council of administra tion will be consulted before these dates are definitely decided upon DUBUQUE la Jan 28 It has been decided that the annual state encamp ment of the Grand Army of the Re public will be held in Dubuque during the first week in June subject to the decision of the council of administra tion which body must give its sanc tion before the date is definitely set tled There is no doubt that the coun cil will approve of the date Famine Sufferers of China PEKIN Jan 28 There has been great distress in the province of Shan Si owing to the famine and thous ands have died The court has ordered rice relief to be issued in large envoys that native Christians suffering from the famine were to be discriminated against and to be punished if they even begged for food Krupjer Has Three Doctors LONDON Jan 28 New York World Cablegram An Amsterdam correspondent of the Express says that news has been received there that Krugr is so seriously ill that medical men have almost despaired of his life Three doctors are attending him daily Fpr a Bluratiine Congress BRUNSWICK Ga Jan 28 The attendance at the maritime congress which convenes Wednesday is ex pected to approach 150 Advices are that Senator Hanna will come Gov ernor Candler in anticipatio of an effort to have the convention endorse the shipping bill which he opposes will attend Meanwhile the board of trade under whoseauspicerf the meet ing will be held is endeavoring to eliminate everything savoring of pol itics from the gathering - r stn Mi M BOERS MAKE THNGS LIVELY Capture One Supply Train and Inflict Heavy Casualties LONDON Jan 28 The war office has received from the commander-in-chief in South Africa a dispatch dated Pretoria January 26 reporting numerous engagements the following ing being the most important Cunningham was engaged at Mid dlefontein and Kopperfontein yester day with Delareys force Babington while moving north from Ventorsdorp threatened the enemys flank where upon the Boers retired west Cun ninghams casualties were two officers wounded four men killed and thirty seven wounded In the engagement at Llchtenburg January 17 some yeomanry were cap tured These have since been releas ed with the exception of a major and three men No details are yet at hand Smith Dorrien had a successful en gagement of five hours while on the march from Wonderfontein to Caro lina where the Boers had lately been concentrating The enemy were in considerable strength and held the river but were driven out Our losses were one officer killed and two officers and thirteen men wounded Lord Kitchener confirms the report that a British train with troops and military stores on board was waylaid and captured at Slijklipp near Four teen Streams last Friday but says the Boers retired on the arrival of the armored train sent in pursuit FAVORS THE SP00NER BILL Filipinos Uurge Legislation for Perman ent Form of Government MANILA Jan 28 The executive committee of the federal parcy has filed a petition requesting the Philip pine commission to urge upon Presi dent McKinley that the passage of the Spooner bill by congress is an urgent necessity as the progress of the archi pelago demands an authority which can legislate and control the incor poration of concerns regulate mining claims dispose of public lands and perform other functions not vested in either the military or executive au thorities The petitioners state that the time is ripe for a general civil government the establishment of which will win over those favoring the insurrection while at the same time it will encour age the natives to subscribe in favor of the settled government in the Phil ippines under American sovereignty Therefore they urge that the Spooner bill which empowers President McKin ley in his discretion to declare the insurrection ended and to establish a civil government b2 passed by the present congress CRAZY SNAKE IS KIDNAPED Deputy United States Marshal Johnson and Companion Seize Rebel Indian ST7COUISrjan 28 A special to the Republic from Henrietta I T says Deputy United States Marshal Grant Johnson who bears the reputation or being the boldest most prudent and best man on Marshal Bennetts staff and Bonnie Mcintosh made a bold dash dash today into the stronghold of Chitto Harjo Crazy Snake who was surrounded by his followers near fala thirty five miles from here and j 22treJ the chief insureent The In- fiaa chief was brought hire ately and is being closely guauled by the deputy marshals and Trcop A Eighth United States cavalry under Lieutenant Dixon This capture with the sweep east that the soldie s will make tomorrow will probably end the insurrection Marshal Bennett with a dozen deputies will leave with the troops and it is expected they will cap ture the other leaders of the insurrec tion CARRIES GERMS WITH HIM Doctor Breaks Quarantine and Flees by Rail APPLETON Wis Jan 28 Dr JEto dermund the physician who to sup port his theory of non contagion of disease deliberately spread smallpbx contagion in this ciiy broke quaran tine Saturday evening eluded the offi cers and aided by H W Rathbun principal of a business college drove to Waupaca and took a train to Chi cago Rathbun returned tonight and was arrested and put in the pest house He will be prosecuted as will Rodermund also if captured BOERS DYNAMITE TRAIN Special Bearing Lord Kitchuer and Par ty Derailed PRETORIA Jan 28 Yesterday a train with Lord Kitchener and a body ol troops proceded toward Middejberg an armored pilot engine precedii It was derailed by dynamite near Bal moral The Boers who were in force opened fire and the British replied The BoeiS were ultimately driven oil The British sustained no casualties New Labor Commissioner LINCOLN Neb Jan 28 Governor Dietrich has appointed C E Watson of Omaha to succeed Sydney P Kent as deputy labor commissioner and head of the state bureau cf statistics Mr Watson has for several years been prominently identified with the labor interests of Omaha and was strongly endorsed for the position to which he has been appointed It is announced that the appointment will become ef fective February 1 SPAIN CAN KEEP HER DRY DOCK Secretary Long Adopts Naval Boards Recommendation WASHINGTON Jan 28 The na val board headed by Judge Advocate General Lemley appointed to decide upon the desirability of buying the large floating steel drydock in Havana harbor from the government of Spain reports that to place ihe dock in thor ough repair and to prepare it for a voyage wculd involve an expenditure of over 500030 and that a dock could be built new at a figure not greater FAVORS AW SBI Depew Supports His Views in Character istically Brilliant Fashion THE FLOOR AND GALLERY APPLAUD An Appeal for the Upbuilding of Ameri can Merchant Marine Discussion of the Problems of Transportation In teresting WASHINGTON Jan 26 Senator Depew of New York today delivered in the senate a characteristically forc ible and eloquent address In support of the shipping bill The address which occupied just an hour was in the nature of an appeal for the up building of the American merchant marine by the granting of subsidies S3 provided for in the pending meas ure His discussion of the problems of transportation which now confront American manufacturers and Ameri can farmers was notably interesting and effective The peroration in which he urged that the American flag be restored to the mastheads of the freight carrying ships of the Uni ted States was a brilliant piece of or atory and elicited cordial applause from the senators on the floor and the crowds in the galleries Little prog ress was made with the Indian ap propriation bill The last hour of the senate iay was consumed in the pass age of private pension bills Senator Depew began with a sur vey of the countrys first century of development pointing out the im mense material progress that had been made in agriculture and manufac tures how our exports had grown to Sl500000000 annually in excess of our imports and how the internal lines of communication had -developed into the most comprehensive in the world But he insisted that the development of the country had been one sided While prepared to feed and clothe half of the world outside of the Uni ted States wc had developed our transportation system only to our own coast line and had allowed our mer chant marine to remain undeveloped so that there was actually a greater tonnage of American vessels built in this country for the foreign trade in 1807 than in 1900 Said Mr Depew The farm the factory and the mine haye filled the warehouses and docks of our Atlantic and Pacific coasts with their contributions to na tional wealth employment and the happiness of cur people and left their transportation to Europe to Asia to Africa to South America and to Australia to the greed of foreign ship owners to the protection of for eign flags and to the hazards of for eign wars A general collision which is often predicted in the European J pers among the great powers of Eu rope in the mad haste of their na vies and armies to outstrip each oth er in the acquisition of spheres of in fluence in Asia and Africa would act upon the United States who might be simply a spectator of the conflict as an embargo upon our coast We would be shut up with ourselves as absolutely as if the navies of the wcrM wre blctdiug our port3 Looking to the ilue fy for the pres ent stagnation in the Ameiican mer chant marine Mr Depew said the cry of free ships had long ago been discounted It was not to be consid ered as a remedy for it left out of the question the development of an American shipbuilding industry The plan of discriminating duties he said was also impracticable France had tried it and been forced to repeal its law within a year No nation would submit to discriminating duties with out retaliating against us and no na tion like oms which is more of a seller than a buyer can afford to provoke such retaliation and thus stimulate production in Russia In dia Egypt against our cotton and our corn The speakers conclusion was that thero remained only the sub tidy as a practical solution of the problem MAY CALL EXIRA SESSION IttcKie of President Sets tho Senators to Spcrulatur WASHINGTON Jan 2G The brief recommendation in the message of the president sent to the senate today urging immediate legislation in the interest of the Philippines caused general surprise among the senators and speculation on the probability of an extra session of congress immedi ately after March Senators generally have received they say no inthnalion from the White House that an extra session would be desirable but they unite in saying no Philippine legislation is possible during the remainder of the present term The Spooner bill vesting all power of the government in the Philippines archipelago in the president is the only Philippines general bill It is believed that whenever an earnest ef fort is made to secure legislation bearing on this subject much time will be required Some senators also express the opinion that legislation may be necessary in the Cuban situ ation and while there are differences J of rnion all agree that if such ac tion would become necessary it would be impossible to secure it at this ses sion The Pure Food Bill WASHINGTON Jan 28 Strong efforts are making to induce Speaker Henderson to fix an early date for the consideration of the Brosius pure food bill The measure hrs attracted wide spread interest among grocers drug gists etc It aims to prevent adultera tion cf food and drugs Some opposi tion has developed among dealers in certain lines but it is understood amendments will be accepted which It is claimed will rmove these objec tions LAa4se r FMPIN0S ASK FOR A DELAY Bcal Estate Owners Wish to Be Exempt from Taxation I MANILA Jan 25 The hearing on the municipal government bill today developed an attempt on the part of prominent Filipinos to secure a delay of two years before taxing land where the owners are unable to cultivate on account of the dangerous situation in the fighting territory The bill orig inally deferred taxation for a year The commissioners adopted an amendment providing that land own ers who are not implicated in the in surrection after March and prove that the unsettled conditions prevented working land be exempted for the second year Lieutenant Steele with ten men of the Forty third regiment and seven native soldiers fought a fierce half hours engagement with a large force of Filipinos at Tenaguna island of Leyte January 9 which resulted in the killing of over 100 insurgents Private Edward McGugie of Company JM was killed The situation in the island of Sa mar since the increase of troops has been quiet Lukbans forces are hid ing Captures arrests and seizures of arms continue in the unpacified dis tricts of the island of Luzon HEIRESS IN NEBRASKA Leaves Her Husband in Omaha and Goes to Kushvllle NEW YORK Jan 25 Relatives of Mrs Schindler Siebert look to Ne braska to clear up the mystery of her disappearance She was one of the prettiest girls in Hoboken society and a favorite daughter of the wealthy Dr Schindler Several weeks ago she suddenly disappeared Police aid was invoked without success Her father was much troubled over the matter and died last week In his will he left her 40000 John Schindler her brother has just succeeded in tracing her He found she had gone with William Siebort of New York who also has money The two were married and went to Omaha There they quarreled and separated The groom went to Mussels Hill Mont and the bride to Rushville Neb where she is now Mr Schindler today received a letter from Siebert detailing some of the facts Schindler says We are all won dering vhy my sister does not com municate with us She surely must know by this time that father is dead and tLdt she is his heiress My brother-in-law wants some of the money and refuses to interfere with his wifes actions i VENEZUELA IS SURPRISED Cannot Understand Why United States Should Interfere WASHINGTON Jan 25 The steamer Caracas which arrived in this country TuesJay from La Guayra brought official communications from Dr E Blanco the Venezuelan min ister of foreign affairs to Charge Pu lido They make strong representations as to the strict neutrality which the Venezuelan government has observed throughout the asphalt controversy which is set forth as an issue between the rival companies themselves and not one involving the government Surprise is expressed at the threaten ing attitude of the United States Ban Put on Countess Book BERLIN Jan 24 The Berlin courts have rendered an adverse decision against the divorced Countess Von Wedel Berard whose book entitlded My Relations with His Majesty Em peror William II Revelations About the Regicide in Italy and the Dreyfus Affair in the Light of Truth made a great sensation last year The de cision is that the book shall be con fiscated and the plates destroyed The wrhereabouts of the countess are un known Tien Tsln as Military Base - TIEN TSIN Jan 25 Preparations are being made in Tien Tsln to make it a military base for the coming spring and summer when it is be lieved a majority of the troops in Pe kin will encamp in this neighborhood preparatory to gradual embarkation Great quantities of ice ore being stored and options are being obtained upon a majority of the large build ings in the foreign concessions Condolences from Senate WASHINGTON D C Jan 23 In the senate this afternoon Mr Allison offered the following resolution That the death of her royal and imperial majetsy Victoria of noble virtues and great renown is sincerely deplored by the senate of the United States -of America The resolution was adapted unan mously Boers Show Sympathy PRETORIA Jan 25 Signs of sor row over the death of the queen are everywhere visible Even the burgh ers show a respectful sympathy It has been suggested by influential burgh ers an amnesty proposal would have the effect of greatly hastening the re turn of peace lias Nothing from Conger WASHINGTON Jan 25 The State department has had no recent advices from Minister Conger so it has no knowledge of the latest phases of the negotiations at Pekin as re ported in the press dispatches Turkey Sorrows Over Queens Death CONSTANTINOPLE Jan 25 The sultan who is much affected by the death cf Queen Victoria has wired King Edward VII expressions of sym pathy at his loss and felicitations on his accession Signs of mourning are general here The heads of the various faiths have telegraphed condolences to the arch bishop cf Canterbury notably the Ar menian patriarch who wired that the Queens name was immortalized The newspapers deplore her majestys death as that of a sincere friend of Turkey A Seems to Be tho Bight Sort Young John D Rockefeler in hiff address to a Bible class in Tarrytown the other day told his hearers that there were a good many things better than money In this world nnrt nnA of them was work- i He said he had learned this fact by cutting wood and crushing stone at 15 cents an hour He recalled that when he was in 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