VALENTINE DEMOCEJ
I. M. RICE , Publisher.
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VALENTINE. - - NEBRA3I
CLOSELY MUFFLED HE IS TAK !
TO VERA CRUZ SPAIN HIS
OBJECTIVE POINT.
DEPARTURE KEPT A 8ECR !
Deposed Executive Embarks on Stea
er Bound for Spain De La Barra
augurated Provisional President
City Quiet the Entire Day.
Mexico City. Porfirio Diaz , f
whom during thirty years all Mexi
has paid deference , secretely left t
capital at 2 o'clock Friday mornin
Only a few friends , whom he truste
followed him to the station. He w
bound to Vera Cruz to take a ship
Spain. In the distance he could he
voices of enthusiastic celebrants , wl
v/ere acclaiming the new presider
" -ancisco Leon De la Barra , and "Vii
Madero. "
o carefully were the arrangemen
made for his departure that detai
could not be confirmed until that a
ternoon. Secrecy was due less to a
prehension of a popular outburst hei
than to a desire to reach Vera Cri
without the fact being known to m
rauding bands along the route. Travi
between here and the seaport is usi
ally over the Mexican railroad , a stai
dard gauge line , with modern equi ;
ment. Rails along this route frequen
ly have been removed of late by bai
dits who were determined that Dia
for reasons best known to then
selves , should not reach the capita
They are reported to have harbore
the idea that Diaz would follow th
precedent of other Latin-America
residents and carry the national fund
with him.
UPSET BY GHASTLY JOKE.
Students Place Naked * Corpse on Piz
no Stool in College Chapel.
Alfred , N. Y. The placing of a na
ked human corpse on a piano stool ii
the chapel of Alfred university so UF
set he faculty and student body tha
the program prepared for the last da :
of the college year had to be postpon
ed. Students are suspected of th <
deed. For several days the students
had been in a sullen mood over th (
suspension of the entire basebal
team , which played a game recentlj
without permission.
A raid was made on an undertaking
room in the town and a body was car
ried away. The corpse , nude , was
placed in a sitting posture on the pia
no stool and was discovered by Prof.
Annas , of the music department.
Steel Products Prices Cut.
New York. Price cutting of steel
products , following the lead of the
Republic Iron and Steel company , con
tinued Friday. . The Illinois Steel
company reduced its stock prices on
steel bars 10 cents per hundred pounds.
The new prices apply only to the Chicago
cage district.
Barn and Contents Burn.
Randolph , Neb. The barn of John
Voss , southwest of Randolph , burned
to the ground , together with two hors
es and a quantity of hay and grain.
The loss was partially covered by in
surance. The cause of the fire is un
known.
Retired Army Officer Dead.
San Antonio , Tex. Brig. Gen. John
L. Bullis , TL S. A. , retired , died here of
.apoplexy , aged 70 years. Gen. Bullis
was with Gen. Nelson A. Miles when
he captured Gernomio.
King George a Field Marshal.
Berlin. It has been announced that
Emperor William , while at Bucking
ham palace on May 16 , had appointed
King George a general field marshal in
the Prussian army.
Succumbs to Her Injuries.
London. Mrs. Sybill Bernby , a sis
ter of Baron Delamere , who was in- j
jured by a fall from a third story window - i
dow of her house two weeks ago , died
here.
Population of Ireland.
London. Ireland has a population
of 4,381,951 , according to the census
*
returns. This is a decrease of 76,824
In ten years.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Sioux City , Io. Friday's quotations
on the local live stock market follow :
Top beeves , $5.50. Top hogs , $5.95.
An Unusual Distinction.
Rolla , Mo. Miss Eva Endurance
Hirble , of St. Louis * has graduated
with a class of thirty-five men in min
ing , from the Missouri School of Mines
and Metallurgy. She is believed to be
the only woman who has ever received
a diploma as a mining engineer. ,
Wealthy Contractor Dead.
Winnepeg , Man. Israel M. Ross , a
millionaire railway contractor , who
with Donald Grant built many rail
roads in western America , died here ,
aged 70 years.
IN BITTER NOTE HE GIVES
PRESIDENCY OF MEX
ICO.
DE LA BARRA TAKES OA'
Retiring Executive Expresses H <
That Passions Which Caused I
Abdication Will Be Calmed Me
Frenzied With Joy at Freedom.
Mexico City. President Diaz , in
letter bitter in its inferences , resign
thef presidency of the republic
Mexico , and the acceptance of his r
Ignatlon by the chamber of deputl
was announced.
As the "Gray Eagle of Mexico" 1
helpless in bed the president of t
chamber of deputies , in a closed roc
with armed guards at the doors and
great impatient throng awaiting 01
side , slowly read his resignation.
No cheers from the deputies , only
solemn , impressive quiet greeted tl
reading of this document.
"President Porfirio Diaz is dea
Long live Citizen Porfirio Diaz ! " di
matically spoke Deputy Jose Asj
His was the only address that f <
lowed the reading of the resignatio
The speaker admitted that Gener
Diaz had been called to account ft
his errors by a people who had pr
gressed faster than the author of the
progress had realized , but he declare
the good that General Diaz had dor
his country would live forever in hi
tory and outweigh his mistakes.
The resignation of Vice-Preside ]
Ramon Corral was also read. In tl
yellow room of the national palac
not far from the chamber in whlc
Citizen Porfirio Diaz lies ill , Minist (
de la Barra took the oath of office i
provisional president of Mexico.
He acknowledged his elevation t
that high office in an open letter t
the Mexican people. In it he declare
he will not be a candidate for eithe
president or vice-president when
general election Is called.
The entire cabinet resigned ,
corollary to the retirement of Geners
Diaz , and as such excited little intei
3St.
Great throngs , anticipating tha
Diaz would abdicate , gathered aroun
: he national palace. It was a grin
? aced , solemn , determined , quie
: rowd. It filled the plaza and the sid
Jtreets leading up to it and wouli
lave jammed the palace itself had no
nounted police and soldiers with gun
) locked the way. When the announce
uent was made by the clanging cathe
Iral bells and two cannon shots tha
) Iaz had resigned the crowd gave om
nighty cheer and then all was quie
> nce more.
To prove , even beyond the resigns
Ion of President Diaz , that it is act
ag In good faith , the federal govern
lent has given complete charge of al
roops In Mexico City to Alfredo Ro
les Dominguez , the personal repre
entatlve of Gen. Francisco I. Madero
'he ' garrison is instructed to make nc
love without first consulting him.
The letter of resignation which was
Irected to the president of the cham-
ar of deputies read as follows :
"Sir The Mexican people , who gen-
ously have covered me with honors ,
ho proclaimed me as their leader
iring the international war , who
itriotlcally assisted me in all works
idertaken to develop industry and
le commerce of the republic , estab-
sh Its credit , gain for it the respect
the world and obtain for it an hon-
able position in the concert of na-
3ns ; that same people , sir , has re-
ilted to armed military bands , stat-
g that my presence In the exercise
the supreme executive power Is the
.use of this insurrection.
"I do not know of any fact imputa-
e to me which could have caused
is social phenomenon , but permit-
ig , though not admitting , that I may
unwittingly culpable , such a possl-
iity makes me the least able to rea-
Q out and decide my own culpabil-
Therefore , respecting , as 1 have al-
iys respected , the will of the people ,
d in accordance with article 82 of
3 federal constitution , I come before
j supreme representatives of the na
ns in order to resignunreserved' ,
j office of International president of
3 republic with which the national
: e honored me , which I do with al ]
s more reason since , in order to con-
ue ? in office It would be necessary
shed Mexican blood , endangering
s credit of the country , dissipating
wealth , exhausting its resources
I exposing Its policy to internatlon-
lompllcations.
I hope , gentlemen , that when the
isions which are Inherent to all
olutions have been calmed , a more
scientious and justified study will
ig out in the national mind a cert -
t acknowledgment , which will al-
me to die , carrying engraved in
soul a just impression of the esti-
iion of my life , which throughout I
e devoted and will devote , to my
ntrymen. With all respect.
"PORFIRIO DIAZ. "
Theater Man Guilty.
t. Louis. William Garen , former
lager of Havlin's theater , pleaded
ty to embezzling ? 22,000 of the
iter's funds , and was sentenced to
re five years In the penitentiary ,
was paroled.
Mother and Son Lynched.
kema , Okla. Laura Nelson , ne-
is , and her son , sixteen years old ,
e lynchedhere. . They shot Deputy
riff George H. Loney , who tried
search their shanty for' stolen
Is.
MEXICO'S NEW PRESIDENT
5SxWXv-5w : > > < -xgxH : : : : (5
topyrlgftt Dy Wuldon Fawcett
F. L. DE LA BARRA.
SAYS COLLEAGUES ON SUPREM
COURT TELL STANDARD IT
MAY MAKE NEW PACT.
PREDICTS MUCH LITIGATIOI
Formal Dissenting Ruling Declare
Business May Be Brought Nea
Chaos Censures Tribunal for Pei
mitting New Arguments.
Washington. Associate Justic
Vohn M. Harlan , In his forms
dissenting opinion , filed here , charac
terized the assenting opinion given ii
the Standard Oil case as "a blow a
the integrity of our government sye
tern that In the end will prove mos
dangerous to all. "
"The disposition of the case unde.
consideration , according to the viewi
of the defendants , will , it is claimed
quiet and give rest to 'the business o
the country. ' On the contrary , I havt
a strong conviction that it will throv
the business of the country Into con
fusion and invite widely extended anc
harrasslng litigation , the injurious
effects of which will be felt for manj
years to come. When congress pro
hibited every contract , combination or
monopoly restraint of commerce 11
prescribed a simple , definite rule that
ill could understand and could be eas
ily applied by everyone wishing to
ibey the law and not to conduct their
justness In violation of law.
"But now it is to be feared we are
o have , in cases without number , the
: onstantly recurring inquiry difficult
: o solve by proofs whether the par-
icular contract , combination or trust
nvolved in each case i $ or Is not an
unreasonable' or 'undue' restraint of
rade. "
"There are some who say that It is
. part of one's liberty to conduct com-
aerce among the states without being
ubject to governmental authority.
Jut that would not be liberty , regula-
Bd by law , and liberty which cannot
e regulated by law is not to be de-
Ired. The supreme law of the land ,
rhich Is binding alike upon all upon
residents , congress , the courts and
eople gives to congress , and to con-
ress alone , authority to regulate In-
jrstate commerce , and when con-
ress forbids any restraint of such
smmerce in any form all must obey
s mandate. To overreach the action
f congress merely by judicial con
duction , that is , by indirection , is a
low at the integrity of our govern-
lental system , and in the end will
rove most dangerous to all. "
Submits New Trust Bill.
Washington. A bill declaring "ev-
y contract , conspiracy or combina-
an in restraint of trade" illegal and
iposlng heavy penalties on officers
mnected with them and branding
olations as felonies has been intro-
iced by Representative Smith of
inois.
$100,000 to Children.
Paris. The will of Georges Eugene
; rtin , who died at Tunis December
last , bequeaths $100,000 totheChil-
cn's Seashore house of New Jersey.
SEEK LORIMER QUI
DILLINGHAM INTRODUCES RES
LUTION FOR FULL INQUIRY.
La Follette in Address Reviews Cas
Declares Delay Brought Oppro
brium on Senate.
Washington. A resolution callln
for a prompt Inquiry into the charge
against Senator Lorimer of Illinoli
was introduced in the senate by Sei
ator Dilllngham , chairman of th
committee on privileges and ele <
tions. The Democratic senators wl
support the resolution.
The resolution was offered by Mi
Dilllngham in recognition of the ref
olutlon adopted by the state senate c
Illinois calling upon the federal aet
ate to take action. After quoting th
request of the Illinois upper house li
full the Dlllingham resolution prc
vldes for a full Investigation by th <
committee on privileges and elec
tions or a subcommittee , with spe
cial Instructions to ascertain whethe :
corrupt practices or methods wen
adopted by any person , firm or cor
poration with reference to the elec
tion.
Senator La Follette first discusset
representative government He salt
the government was representative as
long as senators obeyed the populai
will and were elected without the in
terposition of any outside power. He
asked senators to conceive a mar
holding such a trust sitting silently bj
with his title tainted. He said the de
lay by Senator Lorimer had brought
great opprobrium on the senate itself ,
Senator La Follette attacked the sen
ate system of courtesy as helping to
veil and undermine representative
government He said the system ex
cused and palliated violations of the
high principles which senators
brought from home. He said there
svaa some purpose behind it , and that ,
moreover , he could not understand
low Senator Lorimer could rest under
charges against him.
MME 50 MORE DEPOSITORIES
fetal Number of Postal Banks Deslg.
nated by Postmaster General
to Date 276.
Washington. Fifty additional
K > stal depositories were deslg-
lated by Postmaster General Hitch-
0ck , making the total number an-
.ounced to this date 276. The de-
ositories designated today , all second
lass , will begin operations on June
5 , 1911. Among them are Kewanee ,
IL ; St Charles , 111. ; Harlan , la. ; Wy-
ndotte , Mich. ; Negaunee , Mich. ; Clo-
uet , Minn. ; Stougbton , Wis. ; Antigo ,
7ia. ; Merrill , Wls.
Reinstates Expelled Students.
Ada , O. Four of the nine students
'ho were expelled from the Ohio
torthern university because of a prize
ght , were reinstated by President A.
L Smith , following a strike of 800
indents. He announced that the
ther five would not be reinstated.
Direct Vote on June 12.
Washington. By unanimous con-
; nt , Senator Borah got the consent
! the senate to have a final vote on
le resolution for the direct election
! United States senators on June 12.
DENY PARDON PLE/
TAFT REFUSES TO FREE WAL :
AND MORSE FROM PRISON.
Declares Men Guilty of Breach
Trust Must Be Punished Under
the National Banking Act
Washington. The petitions for p
Ions of John R. Walsh and Char !
V. Morse of New York , both servi
sentences in the federal prison 1
violating the banking laws , were <
nied by President Taft
Walsh is now confined in the pe :
tentiary at Leavenworth , Kan. (
January 19 , 1910 , he began serving
five-year sentence and , under the pi
visions of the new parole law , he w
be eligible for freedom in the midd
of September of this year.
The decisions were handed down 1
the president and followed a lengtl
conference with Attorney Gener
Wickersham. In both cases he f <
lowed the recommendations of the a
torney general.
President Taft's action in the Wah
case was based strictly on a clot
analysis of the facts contained in tl
records. Declaring that a man wt
uses the funds of a bank to promol
his private interests in such a mannc
that he Is guilty of a fraudulei
breach of trust must be punished ui
der the national banking act , th
president swept aside the reasons a <
vanced by Walsh and the thousand
who petitioned for his pardon.
In denying the application c
Charles V. Morse , who Is now servin
a sentence of 15 years in the penitei
tiary at Atlanta , Ga. , where he wa
sent on January a , 1910 , the presider
characterizes his request as premt
ture , and accordingly he gives th
New York , banker the privilege of r
newing it after January 1 , 1913.
The president denies Morse's applj
cation for the same reason given ii
the Walsh case , after declaring tha
"the methods taken by Morse tent
to show that more keenly than Walsl
did he realize the evil of what hi
was doing. "
HINES IN GENERAL DENIAl
Tells Lumbermen's Association He Ii
Not Guilty of Charges Made
In Lorlmer Case.
Chicago. "I absolutely and unquall
fiedly deny these charges. I have nc
apology to make for my conduct Al
the proper time and in the propei
procedure I shall vindicate myself
and confound my traducers. "
In those words Edward Hines , mil
lionaire lumberman , made a voluntary
defense against the charges that he
"put Lorimer over" at a cost of $100-
000. He spoke as he opened the ninth
annual convention of the National
Lumber Manufacturers' association In
the Congress hotel.
Of the 200 or more lumbermen pres
ent more than half applauded vlgor-
3usly when the president made his
statement , which was not a part of the
jet annual address he had prepared.
Mr. Hines said that at some time
n the future he would insls1 on a full
ind thorough Investigation before a
; ribunal that "will not be a mere tool
) f politics and a grotesque travesty
m justice and on law. "
\IEW \ BATTLESHIP IS AFLOAT
) readnought Wyoming Is Launched at
Philadelphia and Is Christened
by Miss Dorothy Knight.
Philadelphia. The United States
attleshlp Wyoming , unsurpassed
y any fighting vessel in the
rorld , was launched at the Cramp
hipyards , and as she slid down
tie ways into the water Miss Dorothy
oiight , daughter of former Supreme
lourt Judge Jesse Knight of Wyom-
ig , hurled a magnum of Champagne
t the bow and cried :
"Go , brave ship : I christen thee
Wyoming. "
Standing with Miss Knight were dlg-
Itaries from Washington , a scatter-
ig of society folk from Washington
ad Philadelphia , and representatives
! the state of Wyoming and other
; ates in the Union.
IDNAPERS SENT TO PRISON
en Who Stole Rogers Baby In Las
Vegas , N. M. , Are Given Heavy
Penalties.
Las Vegas , N. M. Judge J. C.
> berts of the district court pro-
iunced sentence on Will Rogers and
e Wiggins , confessed kidnapers of
iby i Waldo Rogers on March 29 last.
> gers received five to twelve years
the penitentiary and Wiggins seven
twelve years.
Senate After Oil Heads.
Washington. Information as to
iat steps had been taken for the
minal prosecution of the officers of
5 Standard Oil company under the
: ent decision of the Supreme court
s demanded of the attorney general
the senate , which adopted without
bate a resolution of inquiry of-
ed by Senator Pomerene.
Britons Beat Belgian Crew.
Jhent , Belgium. The eight-oared
e between the Ghent Rowing club
I Jesus college , Cambridge , on the
rneuzen canal , resulted in a victory
the Englishmen. The distance was
j mile and 555 yards.
Wills Liquors to Son.
toston. Mrs. Grace R. Shaw , a
minent Boston woman , in a will
d for probate here , bequeaths her
2k of wines and other liquors and
clothes to her son , and $35,000 to
rvard university
INSTRUCTS STATE BANKS.
Banking Board Prepares to Enforce
Guaranty Law.
State banks which are instructed to
report their average deposits for a
period of six months so that the
amount of their assessment under the
guaranty of deposits law may be made
have in many instances applied to
Secretary Royse for further informa
tion. Mr. Royse has replied that noth
ing must be deducted from the depos
its except deposits otherwise secured ,
and to include in. deposits the amount
due from other banks , also time and
demand certificates of deposit , certi
fied checks and cashier's checks. Mr.
Royse has no accurate record of the
number of banks that have nation
alized since the guaranty of deposits
act was held valid by the United
States supreme court in January , but
he believes the number is about twen
ty. Ten. banks have nationalized
since April 10. The latest to apply for
a national bank charter are the Bruns
wick bank and the Farmers' State
bank of Osmond , each having a capi
tal stock of $25,000 as state banks.
New Game Laws.
Chief Game Warden Henry N. Miller - ,
ler has received printed copies of the
amended game laws of Nebraska and
will send a supply to county clerks
ind to citizens who ask for them.
Some important changes were made
.n the game laws by the -last legisla 'M
ture and all who hunt or fish usually . (
lesire to keep within the law. One of
; he most important changes was a law
equiring the taking out of a license
> y all who hunt or fish , regardless of
vhether they hunt or fish outside of
he county of their residence. Per-
; ons may hunt or fish on their own
ands without a license and all female
lersons and boys under eighteen years
aay hunt without a license if accom-
ianied by guardian or parents. Chief
Varden Miller desires all persons who
eport violations of the law to sign
heir names and such communications
rill be treated in confidence. For in-
armation in regard to fish for propa-
ation , people may address W. J.
> 'Brien , superintendent of the state
sh hatcheries , Gretna.
Had a Strenuous Trip.
Governor Aldrich has returned
* om a strenuous trip and speechmak-
ig tour. He first went to Kearney
ad after remaining over night re-
iewed the parade of old soldiers at
le annual encampment of the G. A.
. at 9 o'clock in the morning. There
ere 350 veterans and 1,300 children
i the parade. Governor Aldrich re-
ewed the parade and delivered an
Idress.
Exonerate Asylum Officers.
A coroner's jury , sitting in the case
! Charles Brookman , an insane pa-
ant , who was killed late Saturday
ght by Martin Skew , another insane
itient , brought in a verdict that
ookman had come to his death at
e hands of Skew and that the jury
I not consider the asylum officials
blame , owing to the crowded condi'
in of the institution.
Dr. Ludden Has Returned.
Dr. Luther P. Ludden has returned
> m a trip to Illinois and is again on
ty as secretary of the state normal r\ \
ard. He delivered a dedicatory ad-
ass at the Lutheran's policies.'M
Nachusa , 111. At Omaha he attend-
the eighteenth annual meeting of
i Nebraska children's home finding
: iety , and is the only surviving
mber of that society.
1 C. Husted of the governor's
ce , who has been ill for three
nths , is reported to be in a serious
idition at his home , 2327 T street ,
itate Superintendent J.W. Crabtree
; issued a directory of county su-
Intendents , county institutes , junior
mals and summer schools.
Adjutant General Phelps has de-
id to muster out the second regi- v
at band at Kearney. The chief
aician left that place one year ago
: no one has been found to take
place.
Treasurer Buys More Bonds ,
tate Treasurer George has pup
sed $7,000 worth of bonds for the
manent school fund , consisting of
000 of Washington county school
rict No. 22 , $12,000 of Thayer
aty school district No. 22 , $10,000
51aden water bonds , $4,000 of Bla-
electrlc light bonds and $25,000 of
se county court house bonds.
ichard L. Metcalfe , associate edl-
of The Commoner , has accepted
nvitation to be the orator in Te-
seh on July 4.
Tfo bronze cups , trophies for ex-
mt marksmanship , have been re-
3d at the office of the adjutant
ral. One will be sent to Captain
S. Johnson of Stanton for rifle
rd in 1910 and the other to Cap-
Chris L. Anderson of Norfolk for
best revolver record during the
competition.
ate Auditor Barton has refused to
nr the license of the Modern
aerhood of America to do busi-
in the state on account of the \
that they have scaled down , many
is and Tiave had more or less dif-
y in settlement on death policies.