11 i t I Pi iiHJ in i rurti The Valentine Democrat I M RICH Publisher VALENTINE NEBRASKA BRIEf TELE GRAMS The Nebraska senate has passed a bill legalizing the practice of osteop athy Governor General Wood has appoint ed a commission to revise the Cuban customs R W Punk president of the Jack sonville 111 Creamery company com mitted suicide Samuel I Irvine of Iowa a 100G clerk in the pension office has been promoted to 1200 Congressman Marriott Brosius chairman of the committee on banking and currency died at Lancaster Pa Oliver D8wey aged 96 years died at the home of his son County Surveyoi R K Dewey art Greenville 111 Hfr was a distant relative of Admiral Dew ey Secretary Root has appointed Mrs Dita Hopkins Kinney of New York City superintendent of the female nurse corps under the army reorgan ization act Lamar C Quintero a well known young lawyer of New Orleans has been appointed a member of the su preme bench In the Philippines at a salary of 7000 Eugene Zimmerman of Cincinnati the father of the duchess of Manches ter and Miss B Evans aunt of the duchess sailed for Liverpool on the fiteamship Umbria M Bologiepoff minister of public in struction who while holding a recep tion February 27 was shot by Peter Karpovich formerly a student at the University of Moscow died of his wound Burglars entered the Valentine post-office- by cutting the wire screen and breaking out a light of glass They got only about 3 in change from the cash drawer They did not disturb any of the mall Montpelier O the other morning saw a mirage of a cluster of buildings trees and Btreets etc which as easily recognized as the village of Edon eight miles distant on the line of the Wa bash railroad Intimate friends of Andrew Carnegie Bay that it is the Intention of the steel master to give at least 25000000 for the erection of building3 and for the endowment of the proposed technical school of Pittsburg The Easton Ea board of school con trollers refuse to increase the tax rate one half of a mill for the maintenance of a public library thereby practically refusing the offer of Andrew Carnegie to give the town 50000 - Miss Edna Horrick a handsome young society girl of Canton Miss committed suicide at a hotel In Jack son by swallowing the contents of two bottles of laudanum No motive has yet ibeen assigned for the act The city council of St Joseph Mo accepted the offer of Mr Andrew Car negie giving 25000 to South St Jos eph for a library and night school providing teachers and a librarian and assistant were supplied by the city -Mary E Ford aged 74 living with her son Noah a well known farmer nine miles north of Logansport Ind was iburned to death her clothing tak ing fire from a lighted lamp which she had just prepared for the night W B Martin secretary of state as tonished the members of the Iowa ex ecutive council and the railroad attor neys at Des Moines working on the an nual railroad assessment by introduc ing a resolution calling for an increase of 2500000 in the railroad assess ments The New York Herald says that a letter just received In New York from Sir Edwin Arnold shows that he has been obliged to relinquish much of his active literary Tork owing to blind ness In a message to the legislature Gov ernor Odell recommends a continuation of the work begun several years ago of deepening the New York state canals to nine feet and lengthening me locks The cost of carrying on this work to Its completion is estimated at 25000 000 The dry goods Arm of Gaziagan Par malee Whitley at Cleveland O was placed in the hands of a receiver The corporate existence of the Me chanics National Bank of Cedar Rap ids has been extended until March 13 1902 Mr Henry Rochefort is organizing a big lottery throughout Europe in aid of the Boers The new Bulgarian ministry of the interior has reiterated its order that the Macedonian rifle clubs shall be dis armed and prohibited from drilling The wholesale drug house of Learn ing Miles company burned at Mon treal The mower and reaper factory of Sieberling Miller at Doyleston O was burned loss 50000 and throw ing 108 men out of -work FEAR OF THE EMPEROIl Nicholas Convenes Ministers to Consider Troubled State of Affairs WILL REVISE UNIVERSITY STATUTE Dccldo to Koinovo Some Pressure From Recalcitrant Students More Demon strations Are Expected Outbursts at St Petersburg ST PETERSBURG March 25 The political situation is so serious that Emperor Nicholas held a meeting of the ministers yesterday to consider the state of public affairs Threaten ing letters have been received by Lieu tenant General Kouropatkin minister of war M N V Muravieff minister of justice and M Zipyagih minister of the interior The czar presided at the council which was convened at the Tsarskoe Sele palace It was decided not to abolish the law for drafting recalci trant students Into the army but for the present to refrain from applying the law It was also resolved to revise the university statute The decision of the council of ministers is regarded as a step in the right direction be cause it is an attempt at a partial remedy of the grievances of the stu dents Renewed demonstrations on a great scale are expected tomorrow It is reported that Prince Viazemsky has been disgraced for petitioning the czar to consider the grievances of the stu dents Lagowsky the provincial of ficial who last Friday attempted to assassinate Privy Councillor Pobe donostzeff procurator general of the Holy Synod is a disciple of Count Leo Tolstoi and he has asserted that the act was one of revenge for the excommunication of Tolstoi According to a special dispatch to the Rossia the governor general of Kieff General Gragomieroff has pub lished a riot ordinance similar to that published by General Kleigels in St Petersburg and declaring that the military will be called out unless Ue ordinance is strictly obeyed The day passed quietly in St Peters burg Some 40000 persons promenad ed about noon along the Nevskoi pros pekt particularly in front of the ca thedral of our Lady of Kazan The crowd dwindled to normal proportions when it became apparent that noth ing would happen The promenaders were for the greater part curiosity seekers NORTHERN PACIf IC WANTS IT Is Negotiating for the Southern Pacifics Line From Portland MINNEATOLIS March 25 A spe cial to the Times from Tacoma Wash says It is currently reported here and is generally believed in railroad circles that the Northern Pacific is negotiat ing for the purchase of the Southern Pacific line from Portland to San Francisco It is said the purchase of that portion of the line within the state of Oregon is assured It is known that a representative of the Northern Pacific has been over the entire line within a few days on a tour of inspection and much depends on the report he will make to the board of directors Negotiations have been hanging fire for more than a year and the matter has been kept very quiet Buy Home for Schley Soon WASHINGTON March 25 At a meeting of the committee appointed at a mass meeting of the citizens of Washington for the purpoie of pre senting Admiral Schley with a modest home held in this city tonight it was reported that about 6000 had been contributed to the fund It is expect ed that by April 15 15000 will have been raised and this will be used to purchase a home in the suburbs of Washington Kidnapers and Dynamiter NASHVILLE March 25 Kidnap ers and dynamiters is the signature to a letter received by Joseph Schnei der of this city Friday The contents informed Mr Schneider that unless he placed 300 at a certain spot in Cum berland park by Saturday afternoon one of his children would be kidnaped or his house blown up by dynamite No harm has yet come to the Schnei der home Discrimination on Flonr WASHINGTON March 25 The dis patch of Minister Hart at Bogota say ing that Colombia had imposed dis criminating duties upon flour and other articles is not clear to the State department nor to the Colombian minister here as it is net known whether the discrimination is favor able or unfavorable to the United States The Colombian minister Dr Silva thinks there has been a reduc tion THE CUBANS WILL ACQUIESCE Contend In t favaua that Amendment Will be Accepted HAVANA March 25 -The action of the republican party in Santiago in endorsing the Piatt amendment and instructing Senors Gomez and Ferrier of the Santiago delegation to the con stitutional convention to vote for the amendment to gether with the letters of General Sanguilly and the mayor of Cienfuegos advising acceptance were incidents of the week just passed that have tended to clear up the political atmosphere until now there are few who do not expect the convention to approve the amendment The visit of American congressmen has had an excellent effect as in no Instance have the radicals received any encouragement in the notion that if action is dlayed until the next con if action is delayed until the next con demands of the United States The radicals insist that some concession no matter how insignificant may pro vide a sufficient excuse Already the radicals are taking their cue from the conservatives and pointing out that commercial inter ests demand recognition There is a possibility of uniting the convention along this line The platform of the conservatives calls for a reduction of American import duties on tobacco and sugar and approves any scheme of relations which the United States government sees fit to impose -In fact the situation is leading to a point where commercial interests will be the chief question under discus sion at the next session of the con vention and it is not unlikely that a resolution will be adopted asking for a reciprocity treaty COREAS ACTION IS PROTESTED British Government Doesnt Approve of the Dismissal YOKOHAMA March 25 Advices from Seoul announce that the Corean government has dismissed from office Mr McLeavy Brown director general of Corean customs and that Great Britain is protesting against his dis missal LONDON March 25 The dismissal of Mr McLeavy Brown from the post of director general of Corean customs is regarded in London as another score for Russia In 1895 and again in 1898 Russian pressure was exerted to secure his removal In the latter case he was only reinstated after a British squadron had moved to Che mulpo As recently as a few months ago Russia strongly opposed an at tempt by Mr Brown to raise money for the Corean government to pur chase shares in the railway from Seoul to Fusan As a result the negotiation for the loan failed JAPAN MAKES PREPARATION Orders Squadrons to Corea and Convenes Fort Commanders LONDON March 25 A Japanese squadron Admiral Tsubhim com manding left Nagasaki Saturday for Corea says the Yokohama corre spondent of the Daily Mail The general opinion here is that the situation is serious Urgent in structions have been issued by the minister of war General Katsoura to the commanders of forts td attend a conference in Tokio to consider ques tions of home defense The war rumors are causing a fall in prices on the various bourses The feeling of the country is uneasy and intensely anti Russian but the cabi net shows no indication of its policy REBELS GET AN EXTENSION Philippines Commission Xow Givoy Until May 1st MANILA March 25 The munici pal code provides that anyone in re bellion after April 1 shall be ineligi ble henceforth to vote and hold office Upon the report of General Trias who is winding up the remnants of the in surrection the Philippines commis sion has extended the date to May 1 Tile Philippines commission has sailed from Ilolio to Jolo to make a three days visit and to endeavor to come to an amicable understanding with the sultan regarding various measures There will be no legisla tion According to treaty the sultans government controls the Sulu group Outlaws Bullets Kill Him WICHITA Kan March 23 Deputy Sheriff Tom Johnson who was shot by the Red Rock O T outlaws Tues day night died today at Perry O T Merchant as a Kidnaper MOBILE Ala March 25 W II Stevens aged 55 years and a mer chant of Luceldale Miss is being searched for by the authorities Ste vens is charged with having kidnaped the 13-year-old daughter of B M Stearns of Lucedale It is charged that Stevens boarded with the family and on Wednesday took the girl to Mobile With them was J A Free man who was arrested on the charge of assisting in the affair A FATAL FAMLY FGOO Near Cambridge Connolly Tnayer Takes His Brother-in-laws Life SUICIDE OP A NORWEGIAN f ARMER Young Man Goes to Sleep on the Bail roati Track and Is Probably Fatally In jured Various Matters of Interest Hero and There in Nebraska CAMBRIDGE Neb March 25 J D Williams who was stabbed by his brother-in-law Connely Thayer died at his home southeast of Cambridge WillVuns and Thayer had been liv ing together on a farm and had trou ble over a division of the farm work Thayer made an attack on Williams with a pitchfork and stabbed him in the neck One of the prongs just miss ing he jugular vein Williams finally secured the fork Thayer renewed the attack with a jackknife and inflicted the wounds that proved fatal Thayer has disappeared and the offi cers are making a diligent search for him Goes to Sleep on the Track DUNBAR Neb March 25 Jesse Jennings was struck by the Missouri Pacific passenger train at this point and badly injured Severe gashes in the head a broke arm and other in juries make his life uncertain He came to Dunbar about eight months ago He had been drinking and in the evening about thirty minutes preyious to the arrival of the Missouri Pacific passenger wandered down the track and laid down it is supposed with his head between the rails on the outside of the track and thus remained unconsciously until the train came along -when he aroused a little and in trying to get out of the road became so dizzy that he went the wrong way Home From the Philippines FREMONT Neb March 25 Arthur Hansen has just reached his home in this city from the Philippine islands where he has been during the past year and a half part of the time as a mem ber of the Thirty ninth regiment and the remainder of the time as a member of the office force of General MacAr thur He is authority for the state ment that the rebellion is dead and that the only insistence at this time is from bands of bandits having not more than twenty men each which harass the inhabitants Young Man Drops Dead HILDRETH Neb March 25 Frank Clugh son of J M Clugh superintend ent of the county poor farm died sud denly of heart failure Frank and his father were sitting on the front porch of the house when his father asked him if he had made a charge of some articles bought Frank making answer that he had not but would before he forgot it He then went into the house and had just reached up on a shelf to get the account book when he dropped dead PraUes Nebraska Officer ONEILL Neb March 25 Hon Ed gar L Hills of Jefferson O who is now inspector of United States survey ors general and United States land of fices was in ONeill and made a very careful and thorough examiantion of the United States land office located here He paid a high compliment to the officers at this place Messrs Weeks and Jenness He said that the business management of the office was excellent and that all work was up to date More Military Operations BLOEMFONTEIN Orange River Colony March 23 Military opera tions in the southwestern part of the Orange River Colony are progressing Major Julian Byng has brought in 300 refugees 16000 cattle and 40000 sheep from the Wepener and Smithfield dis tricts Colonel Bethune has sent in seventeen prisoners from Thaba NChu Three hundred prisoners are now camped here Smallpox Case at Pine LONG PINE Neb March 25 The first case of smallpox in this part of the country is thought to have made its appearance John Kurtz foreman of the railroad coal house being under quarantine for what the doctors be lieve to be smallpox If the diagnosis is confirmed he will be taken to a house of detention outside the city limits Celluloid Comb Takes Fire ELMWOOD Neb March 25 Miss Hoyer the seventeen-year-old daugh ter of Mr and Mrs J B Royer resid ing eight miles southeast of Elmwood met with a severe accident in a very peculiar manner She was wearing a celluloid comb in ier hair and coming too close to a hot stove the comb Ig nited causing a severe scalp burn be fore the blaze could be extinguished The wound appeared to be healing all right until erysipelas resulted -- THE LIVE STOCK MARKET Latest Quotations from South Omfth and Kansas City SOUTH OMAHA Union Stock aYrds Cattle There was a light run of cattle and the demand being of liberal proportions prices were strong er all around The market has been In good shape all the week and it is safe to call prices on the better grades fully 13c higher for the week The commoner grades have also improved somewhat but not quite as much as the choicer cattle Everything in the yards today was sold in good season The cow market was also active and higher There were only about 15 cars offered and they were picked up In a hurry For the week the market can safely be quoted 15c to a quarter higher The greatest advance has been on the choice cows and heifers but the medium kinds have Improved easily 15c Light and handy weight bulls were In good request at good strong prices There were very few feeders offered but the de mand being in fair shape it did not take long to clear the yards of all desirable stock cattle of all weights Hogs There was a light run of hogs and the market opened a big dime higher than yesterday The bulk of the hogs sold at 580 and 5S2 with the choice heavyweights selling mostly at 583 and a top of I3S7 At those prices the mar ket was fairly active and the receipts being light it did not take long for the bulk to change hands The lightweights were very hard to dispose of as packers would hardly bid on them at all They finally sold however from 377 down The last half of the market was good and strong which made the long string of hogs sell at 3S2 Sheep Quotations were Choice fed wethers 4404G5 fair to good wethers 423440 choice lightweight yearlings 4GO4SO fair to good yearlings 440 4C0 choice lightweight ewes 415130 fair to good ewes 390tf415 choice lambs 515523 fair to good lambs 5490S515 feeder ewes 323g350 feeder wethers 375400 feder lambs 430460 KANSAS CITY Cattle Light fat steers and Texans 10 15c higher heavy beef steers steady other cattle steady to 10c higher native steers 545OQ360 Texas steers 4CO500 Texas cows 20373 native cows and heifers 24Vq4S0 stockers and feeders 3731S0 bulls 5300g423 calves 400 650 Hogs Market t10c higher the highest price 397 since 1894 being reached Bulk of sales 3S0390 heavy 590 o97y packers and mixed 3S0iQ390 light 37017555 Yorkers 5603S0 pigs 300 540 Sheep Market strong W lambs 310530 Muttons 4Q DANGER Of A CLASH IS OVER Withdrawal of Troops from Disputed Xintl Averts Collision PEKIN March 23 Troops on both sides of the disputed land at Tien Tsin have been withdrawn and all danger of a fracas is ended The opinion of the British is that the promptness of General Barrow in calling up the ma rines from Taku prevented a collision The British report that prior to the ar rival of the marines sentries were sup plied from the Madras Pioneers who for several days were surrounded by cowds of foreign soldiers mostly French who assailed them with all kinds of abuse calling them Coolies The Madrasses were becoming restive when the marines arrived at night and quietly relieved them and it was only when daylight appeared that the Rus sians discovered the change ADVICES ARE REASSURING Members of Cabinet Pleased With Re ports from Philippines WASHINGTON March 23 The cab inet meeting today was not protracted The latest advices from China largely press reports indicating an adjust ment of the acute situation between the Russian and British at Tien Tsin was considered reassuring Secretary Hay submitted the recent dispatches from Commissioner Rockhill The re ports from- the Philippine commission submitted by Secretary Root indicat ing rapid progress of the establish ment of civil government at various points in the islands and showing a constantly increasing disposition at on the part of the insurgent chiefs to surrender were considered very satis factory St Louis Wants to Accept ST LOUIS March 23 Public-spirited citizens have offered conditionally to free the site of the exposition if it can be secured for the use of the pub lic library in order that the city may avail itself of the 1000000 gift of fered by Andrew Carnegie The Public Library board at its meeting today determined to make every effort to obtain more ground for the new building Denial of Cabinet Story WASHINGTON March U2 It is stated on high authority that Former Senator Wolcott of Colorado is not to succeed Secretary Hitchcock as the head of the Interior department as published this morning Secretary Hitchcock when shown the item said So far as I am aware there is abso lutely no foundation for the story Improve Jbrgensens WASHINGTON March 23 The ord nance department of the army has ar ranged to equip all the United States Krag Jorgenson rifles with a new sight developed by the department af ter years of careful experiment The feature of the sight is the combina tion of the ordinary hinged elevating eyepiece with a side movement con trolled by a simple and strong friction clasp which turns the sight into a very effective graduated wind gauge nfe - Fair words please the fool sometimes the wise SSr uctr In the Spring take Garfield Tea This wonderful Herb Medicine purifies the blood and gives new and vigorous lifo to systems depleted by the trying win ter season True greatness consists In being great in little things Johnson Do Your Foot Ache and Burn Shake into your shoes Allens Foot Ease a powder for the feet It makes tight or New Shoes feel Easy Cures Corns Bunions Swollen Hot and Sweating Feet At all Druggists and Shoe Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Address Allen S Olmsted LeRoy NY Confusion is the enemy of all com fort and confusion Is bom of pro crastination Amiel A Help for Fralt Growers Anything that will save the orchards from ravages of insects and give to growers of fruit satisfactory results for their labor and expense is deserv ing of investigation and trial Realiz ing the importance of any method or device to this end a representative of this paper has been looking into tho claims of the Haseltino Moth Catcher that does away with all expensive spraying outfits with their poisonous solutions which have frequently de stroyed valuable live stock The cost of operating the Moth Catcher is only one sixth the cost of spraying The well known fascination of a light for moths of all kinds is utilized by the in ventor S A Haseltine to clear tho orchards and gardens of insect pests in the most effectual way by catching the moths before eggs are laid so there are no worms hatched to destroy fruit or vegetables or to breed mora pests for another year The Moth Catcher is made by placing two pol ished roflectors at right angles with a torch in the center The whole is then placed over a pan or tuh partly filled with water on which floats a little kerosene oil The torch is lit at or about sundown and tho light multiplied many times by the reflect ors attracts the moths They strike the reflectors and fall into the coal oil which kills tnem instantly A recent visit was made to the or chards of Central Missouri and invest igation made furnished conclusive evi dence of the utility of the Moth Catch er Four orchards were experimented with In one locality No 1 was apart and at a distance from any other or chard No 3 lay between and imme diately adjacent to Nos 2 and 4 Nos 1 and 3 were protected by Moth Catch ers and were not sprayed while Nos 2 and 4 were thoroughly and repeat edly sprayed but were not protected by traps The fruit in Nos 2 and 4 showed at packing time sixty per cent damaged In No 3 only fifteen per cent was damaged and even this small per cent is shown to be caused from the proximity of the other or chards that were not trap protected because the fruit in No 1 was perfect there beihg scarcely any damaged specimens in the entire orchard Wormy apples were placed in closed glass jars with a little earth and when the coddling moths were hatched they were found to be the same kind as those taken from the Moth Catchers in the orchards and at the apple houses where the coddling moths were hatched in large numbers among the old apple barrels and boxes The cheap safe and reliable trap will prove a boon to all orchardists from Maine to California and will make profitable a pleasant occupation that has hitherto been remunerative to a less degree than it deserved The cost is only 100 for the protection of an acre and the improved quality of fruit on a single tree would amply re pay the cost The Central Farmer of Omaha Neb has been made general agent for sale of the device and through descriptive 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