Tlic Valentine Demoe !
GEORGE M. GASKILL , Editor.
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VALENTINE , - - NEBRASKA ,
KILLED IN II
PENNSYLVANIA'S FAST FLYER
JUMPS THE TRACK AT FORT
WAYNE , INDIANA.
FIVE COACHES IN THE DITCH
Baggage , Smoker , Buffet and Two
Sleepers Topple Over In Leaving
Rails Both Locomotives of Nine-Car
Train Sideswipe a Freight Engine.
Fort Wayne , Ind. Two people were
Idlled , two were reported missing and
thirty were injured at the western lim
its of this city in the second wreck
within a week of the Pennsylvania
railroad's Chicago-New York eighteen-
hour train. Pulled at top speed by two
locomotives , the heavy train ran into
a temporary switch that was too weak
to stand the terrific strain. The rails
of the switch were swept aside , the
engines of the flyer careened crazily
and sideswiped the engine of a freight
train on a sidetrack. Engines and
passenger coaches a second later were
piled on their sides.
In the panic of passengers which
followed the piling up of the fast train
men fought women in their frenzy to
escape , and scores were trampled and
beaten.
Patrick Malone , the veteran en
gineer of the flyer , was found in a
fainting condition several rods from
the wreck. One leg hung by a mere
thread and he was otherwise bruised
and cut. Although it was necessary to
remove both legs and an arm , the sur
geons say he may recover. Dragged
from the engine at the crash , he was
pinned under the wreckage and the
steam from the engine completely
binded him. Summoning all his
strength he managed to crawl away.
TO BLOCK COPPER MERGER.
Fourth Suit Instituted Against Michi
gan Companies.
Marquette , Mich. Another attempt
to block the proposed consolidation
of the Calumet and Hecla , Osceola ,
Ahmeck and several other Lake Su
perior copper mining companies was
made when Joseph S. Jackson , of
Milwaukee , an Ahmeck stockholder ,
began an action in the United States
court at Marquette , in which he asks
a permenent injunction against the
merger. This makes the fourth suit
that has been instituted , each in a dif
ferent" court.
The principal points made in the
Jackson case are the alleged low valu
ation of the Ahmeck property and al
leged too high valuation of the Cal
umet and Hecla.
Three Sisters Drown.
Alton , 111. Three sisters , Flora , El
la and Mary Brogley , aged 11 , 14 and
17 years respectively , of this city , were
drowned in the Mississippi river a
mile south of Richie Station , 111.
Their skiff was capsized when it struck
the sunken end of a dyke.
Girls Wade Beyond Their Depth.
Springfield , Mo. While wading in
the James river Misses Eula Cato and
Kathlyn Scarbrough , each about 19
years old , were drowned when they
went beyond their depths. In an ef
fort to save the girls two others of the
party narrowly escaped drowning.
Auto Company Fails.
Chicago. The Fal Motor Co. has
been placed in the hands of Edwin C.
Day as receiver. Creditors made the
application , placing the company's
assets at § 75,000 and its liabilities at
$150,000. Th.ey allege the business
and assets of the concern are being
"neglected and dissipated. "
Shot in His Ceil.
San Francisco. Calling his victim
to the grating of his cell in the city
prison , Patrick G. Farley , a local in
surance man , shot and seriously
-wounded William T. Holland , a cook
from Los Angeles , who was charged
with attacking Mrs. Farley about fif *
teen months ago.
Sioux City Live Stock.
Sioux City , ' Io. Saturday. Cattle-
Beeves , $6.25 @ $7.25 ; steers , $4.50
@ $5.75 ; cows and heifers , $5.00 @
$6.60 ; veals , $3.00 @ $6.50. Hogs-
Tops reached $7.20 , the long string of
hogs going at $7.00@7.05. Sheep
Yearlings , $4.00@4.50 ; ewes , $3.00
@ $3.50 ; lambs , $6.25 @ $6.50 ; feeders ,
$2.25 @ $2.75.
Florida Coast Swept.
New Orleans. Pesacola , Fla. , was
shut off from wire connections with
the rest of the world Saturday as a
result of a storm which swept that
part of the gulf coast. The wind blew
ninety miles * an hour , the worst since
the hurricane of September , 1906.
Typhoon at Shanghai.
Shanghai , China. A typhoon did
much damage to the property of the
Amsterdam Dredging company. But
little loss was caused to shipping gen
erally.
DOCK STRIKE IN LONDON CAUSES
SUPPLIES TO BE TIED UP
PRICES SOAR.
APPEAL IS MADE FOR TROOPS
thirty Thousand Carters Quit Work-
Many Vans Are Demolished 100-
000 Men Are Now Idle , More to
Follow Fruit Rots in Crates.
London. London Is In great
peril of a foodstuff famine in the next
few days unless some step Is taken to
prevent the tieup which has.resulted' .
from the great dock strike accompa
nied with frequent sharp collisions be
tween the strikers and the police.
The Combined Millers' Association
of London has telegraphed the home
secretary asking for military protec
tion against the striking dock hands.
A bread famine within the next
three days is certain if present condi
tions prevail.
London is practically without vans.
Thirty thousand carters quit work ,
and thousands more will join the Idle
ones. All attempts to move wagons
loaded with London's supplies of meat ,
fruit and provisions were stopped by
the strikers , in many instances only
after a fight with the police. There
has been much overturning of vans
and destruction of supplies , the wom
en joining the men in preventing a re
plenishing of the markets where prices
are nearing figures that are prohibi
tive for all but the well-to-do.
The fish porters have joined the
strike movement , and there was no
one to unload the fish trawlers that
arrived in the Thames. The wholesale
prices of chilled beef have advanced
seven to ten cents a pound since last
Friday. The manager of one of the
largest houses importing American
beef says that unless the strike is set
tled at once there will be the greatest
beef famine that this country has ever
known.
Tons of California pears , Tasmanian
apples and French fruits are rotting
in their crates and Covent garden is
almost without fruit. Practically no
business was done on the corn ex
change , as the sellers were unable to
guarantee delivery.
At a meeting of strikers at Tower
Hill Benjamin Tillett , secretary of the
Dock , Wharf , Riverside and General
Workers' Union of Great Britain , an
nounced that orders had been issued
calling out every man of the port o :
London. The new order will increase
the total of strikers to 100,000.
SENATOR W. P. FRYE EXPIRES
Veteran Maine Statesman Succumbs
to Heart Disease at His Homo
in Lewiston.
Lewiston , Me. United States Sen
ator William Pierce Frye died at his
home in this city from heart dis
ease , aged eighty-one years.
Senator Frye was dean of the
Unletd States senate. His term of
service began only ten days later than
that of his former colleague from
Maine , Eugene Hale , who retired
last March and left Mr. Frye as the
ranking member of the senate in point
of service.
All last winter he was 111 , but went
regularly to the senate and met every
requirement of his work.
The death of Senator Frye means
that Maine will be represented in the
United States senate by two Demo
crats. The governor of Maine Is a
Democrat and he will appoint a man
of his party to take the place , pend
ing a meeting of the legislature ,
which is a Democratic body.
Senator Frye's wife died about ten
years ago. He leaves two married
daughters and a number of grandchil
dren.
ACTOR LOSES LIFE IN FIRE
London Hostelry Is Destroyed and
Many Americans Have Narrow
Escape From Death.
London. Fire and water ruined
the beautiful Hotel Carlton , one
of London's show places and the re
sort of the most fashionable English
and American society. James R.
Keene , the New York broker , and Gov.
and Mrs. Frank Brown of Mary
land , together with nearly 100 other
Americans , narrowly escaped death in
the blaze.
One guest , Jameson Lee Finney , an
American actor , perished. His charred
remains , burned almost beyond recog
nition , were found on the top floor
after the fire was extinguished.
The rescue of James R. Keene 'was
one of many thrilling Incidents. The
smoke quickly filled his apartment on
the third floor and he was soon over
come. His valet wrapped him in a
blanket and carried him through a
window out on a ledge , whence fire
men carried.him down a ladder to the
street.
Would Bar Liquor Sales.
Washington. A bill prohibiting the
issuance of federal permits or special
license tax stamps for the sale of
liquor in "dry" states or communities
has been introduced by Representa
tive Goodwin of Arkansas.
Jollet Stove Magnate Dies.
Redlands , Cal. Word was received
here of the sudden death in Auckland ,
N. Z. , of William N. Moore , a million-
airs orange grower of Redlands , and
stove manufacturer of Joliet , 111. Heart
disease was the cause.
CANADA NOW JUGGLES WITH IT
AMERICAN :
FINANCIER AND STEEL COMMIT
TEE PATCH TRUCE OVER
TESTIMONY.
CAMPAIGN FUNDS DROPPED
Investigators Decide Not to Press Po
litical Question Corporation Offi
cials Who Refuse to Tell of Person
al Contributions Win Point at Issue ,
Washington. George W. Perkins ,
director of the United States Steel
corporation and former partner in J.
Pierpont Morgan & Co. , was not cited
for contempt before the bar of the
house by the house committee of in
quiry into the affairs of the steel cor
poration. Neither will he be.
The committee decided at a turbu
lent executive session not to press
questions relating to Mr. Perkins' per
sonal campaign contributions. The
inquiry into gifts of the New York
Life Insurance company and the Unit
ed States Steel corporation , it was
said , was left in abeyance.
The committee's decision not to
press the inquiry into campaign con
tributions was based on the conclu
sion that the house resolution did not
give authority to go into this sub
ject. It was said that Representative
Littleton of New York insisted that
the committee would transcend its
power.
Several members of the committee
asserted that Mr. Perkins had been
freed only from answering the ques
tions regarding his personal contribu
tions and that the matter of the
United States Steel corporation and
the New York Life Insurance com
pany campaign gift had not been de
cided finally.
Chairman Stanley and Representa
tives Littleton and Sterling of the
committee and Herbert Knox Smith ,
commissioner of corporations , had a
conference with President Taft at the
White House following the executive
sessions. All refused to discuss the
conference.
Chairman Stanley and his associ
ates , it was learned , had gone to the
White House to ask- the president to
release the reports of the commission
er of corporations on the steel indus
try with a view to getting at some of
the information sought by the inquiry.
President Taft , it was said , prom
ised to give the committee all information
mation in the possession" the bureau
of corporations in regard to the steel
trust which could be furnished with
in the law.
DEATH TAKES JOHN W. GATES
American Financier Passes Away in
Paris After Hard Fight
for Life.
Paris. John W. Gates , the Ameri
can financier and millionaire , is dead
here of a complication of kidney and
heart diseases. His death followed
a sudden relapse after a night of
fighting with stimulants to save his
life.
Fly Poison Kills Boy.
Dudley , Mass. Theodore Keene ,
four years old , found a saucer of wa
ter on the table of his home and drank
it to quench his thirst. The water
svas a solution from poison fly paper ,
rhe boy died.
Blast Kills One ; Hurts Seven.
Toledo , O. John Pell was killed and
seven other men were injured by an
jxploslon of dynamite at the White
Rock plant of the Kelley Island Lime
ind Transport company , near Clay
LEGAL KIDNAPING HIT
CONGRESS URGED TO CHECK
HASTY EXTRADITION.
Senate Special Committee Files Re
port Apparently Based on Hay-
wood and McNamara Cases.
Washington. The process of "legal
kidnaping , " as in the labor cases of
Meyer , Haywood and McNamara , was
condemned in a report presented by
the senate select committee appointed
to investigate the third degree methods
of the police authorities of the United
States. Senator Borah presented the
report on behalf of the committee.
The committee said the practice of
hurrying accused men from one state
to another without giving them an op
portunity to be heard should be pre
vented by prohibiting extradition un
til after a lapse of a certain number
of days or by some other effective
plan.
plan.The
The only other recommendation was
the cessation of "jury shadowing" by
the secret service men. The inquiry
did not extend to the police methods
of the state or cities , the committee
believing its jurisdiction did not in
clude them.
The condemnation of jury shadow
ing was based upon the committee's
discovery that In important cases the
department of justice authorized sur
veillance of jurymen to prevent their
being tampered with. The committee
in this final report condemned the
practice of the government , even
though it be by the defense , because
it is "liable to great abuse. "
The committee's comment on irreg
ular extraditions evidently was based
on the course pursued In removing
Meyer and Haywood from Colorado to
Idaho on the charge of murdering
Governor Steunenberg and in getting
McNamara from Indiana on the
charge of destroying the Los Angeles
Times building , but neither Instance
is specifically mentioned. They were
spoken of as cases in which "no op
portunity was offered to test the le
gality of the proceedings or the juris
diction of the court granting judg
ment. "
COL WILLIAM C. GREENE DEAD
Former Copper Magnate Succumbs to
Acute Pneumonia Which Develops
as Result of Accident.
Cananea , Mex. Col. William Cor
nell Greene , the former copper mag
nate , is dead from acute pneumonia ,
which developed as a result of in
juries he sustained when he was
thrown from his carriage. His collar
bone and two ribs were fractured.
Colonel Greene was one of the most
picturesque figures of the group of
copper men who have operated in the
southwest His -rise from a penniless
prospector to directing genius of the
Cananea copper camp was meteoric.
From the time he assumed ownership ;
here until he encountered reverses in
the panic year of 1907 Greene was one
of the dominant figures in the copper
Industry.
He was born August 26 , 1S53 , at
Duck Creek. WIs.
Gaynor Given Loving Cup.
New York. A committee of citizens
of "the
zens on the anniversary
mayor's providential preservation in
the attack made upon his life , " pre
sented to Mayor Gaynor a handsome
silver loving cup , suitably inscribed.
Condemn 26 for Ship Mutiny.
Madrid , Spain. A court-martial at
Cadiz condemned to death 26 men.
who took part In the mutiny on board
the Spanish battleship Numancla ,
while the vessel was lying in the
roadstead at Tangier.
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ROOSEVELT OW STAND
DEFENDS SELF BEFORE STEEL
INVESTIGATING COMMITTEE.
Asserts His Approval of Tennessee
Iron Merger by Trust Averted
Financial Panic.
New York. Col. Theodore JRoose-
velt took the witness stand In the
congressional inquiry into the United
States Steel corporation to tell what
he knew regarding the absorption of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron company
by the Steel corporation during the
panic of 1907.
Mr. Roosevelt read his statement
from manuscript.
"It was the utmost duty of the ad
ministration , " he read , "to prevent by
all means the spread of the panic
before it became a disaster. "
The secretary of the treasury and
he , Mr. Roosevelt said , were constant
ly in touch with the situation. Dur-
ingjfthat time he learned that two
members of the Unked States Steel
corporation wished to see him In the
morning. At breakfast the next day
he was informed that E. H. Gary and
H. C. Frlck were waiting to see him.
Mr. Bonaparte , then attorney general ,
he continued , had not yet arrived from
Baltimore.
"I sent a note to Secretary Root to
come over , " the former president
read , "and he arrived at the White
House. "
Mr. Roosevelt went on , going Into
details about the serious financial
conditions in New York , and told how
he had taken the responsibility to
permit the transfer of the steel
company , and did it on his own Initia
tive.
"It was necessary ior me to act at
once , " said the former president , "be
fore the stock exchange opened , or
the transaction might prove useless. "
He said he was convinced that ac
quirement by the steel corporation of
the Tennessee Coal and Iron company
did not change the legal status of the
corporation.
TAFT PLEADS FOR TREATIES
Wants Moral .Influence of Natior
Used on Senators to 'Ratify Con
ventions of Nations.
Mountain Lake Park , Md. Presi
dent Taft traveled 400 miles through
Maryland and West Virginia by spe
cial train to appeal to the people of
the United States to use their moral
influence to have the senate ratify
the British and French arbitration
treaties.
His appeal was made direct to the
Mountain Lake Park Chautauqua of
the Methodist Episcopal church , but
in it the president included the rest
of the nation as well.
In making his plea for the Central
American conventions , the president
highly praised former President
Roosevelt He spoke of the tendency
of the United States to extend their
helping hand to less powerful people ,
and instanced Mr. Roosevelt's inter
vention In Cuba ,
MECESS IN LORIMER CASE
Committee Adjourns Hearings Until
Early in October When Scene
Shifts to Chicago.
Washington. A two months' recess
to meet in Chicago early in October
was taken by the Lorimer investigat
ing committee. More than 100 wit
nesses remain to be heard , according
to present plans. Some of these are
important actors in the drama. The
majority are nondescript members of
the Forty-sixth general assembly ,
while others will be brought forward
to corroborate or disprove acts in
which they were not the principals.
The committee started work here
more than seven weeks ago , heard 47
witnesses and has canvassed a large
portion of national and Illinois po
litical history , as well as going into
the Lorimer and "jack pot" scandals.
It is believed that all principals have
been named.
SHIFT IN DIPLOMATIC CORPS
J. G. A. Leishman Appointed Ambas
sador to Germany C. P. Bryan
Goes to Japan.
Washington. The long expected
shake-up in the diplomatic serv
ice came when President Taft sent
the following nominations to the
senate : John G. A. Leishman of Pitts-
burg , ambassador to Germany ; Thom
as J. O'Brien of Grand Rapids , Mich. ,
ambassador to Italy ; Charles Page
Bryan of Chicago , ambassador to Ja
pan ; Larz Anderson of Ohio , minister
to Belgium ; John Rldgely Carter of
Baltimore , minister to the Argentine
Republic ; John D. Jackson of New Jer
sey , minister to the Balkan states ; Ar
thur M. Beaupre of Aurora , 111. , min
ister to Cuba ; Lloyd Bryce of New
York , minister to the Netherlands.
Chile Pays Indemnity.
London. Augustin Edward , the
Chilean minister to Great Britain , paid
over to Ambassador Reid 184,637
pounds , the indemnity awarded the
United States in the Alsop claim
against Chile under the arbitral judg
ment of King George.
Gen. G. W. Gordon Dies.
Memphis , Tenn. Gen. George W. .
Gordon , commander-in-chlef of the
United Confederate Veterans , and rep
resentative in congress from the Tenth
Tennessee district , is dead here.
G. A. R. Will Ask Appropriation
The Grand Army of the Republic of
Nebraska will at the next meeting of.
the legislature ask for an appropria
tion of $15,000 for the erection of a/
monument to the memory of General
John M. Thayer , the only Xebraskaa
who distinguished himself at the mem
orable siege of Vicksburg during the ;
civil war. All other states that had'
troops at that- battle have erected
monuments in memory of their sol
diers arid officers , but Nebraska , which
was a young territory when the war
of the rebellion broke out , has never
done anything to commemorate th&
memory of its small band of soldiers ,
and its galksit colonel , John M >
Thayer , who won a general's stars at
that famous battle. The only monument
ment to the memory of General
Thayer in Nebraska is a modest
bronze tablet on a stone at his grava
in Wyuka cemetery at Lincoln , where
he was buried at his own request.
Some State Fair News.
Entries for state fair races , Septem
ber 4th to 8th , will close Monday , 'Au
gust 14th , and are as follows : Trot
ting , 2:25 , 2:18 , 2:15 : and 2:10. Pac
ing , 2.30 , 2:20 , 2:17 , 2:10 and free-
for-all. Each for a $500 purse , with 5
per cent entry. On this date also-
closes the 11/1G mile Nebraska Derby
for $300 , and the 10 mile relay run
ning race (2 ( miles each day ) for $1-
250. These , with the eight early clos
ing races , four of which are for $ l,000f
each , and nine running races easily
constitute the best card ever offered
in Nebraska. The new grandstand to-
seat 6,400 people will be completed
and patrons will have a nice , com
fortable seat from which to enjoy
races , aeroplane flights , Liberati's
Military Band and Grand Opera Con
cert company , vaudeville and fire-
svorks.
Immigrants from Cholera Districts.
Dr. B. A. Carr of the board of sec
retaries to the state board of health ,
has received notice that several immi
grants from the cholera stricken dis
tricts of Italy and Russia are headed
for Nebraska. The immigrants were-
examined on landing and the warning :
is sent ahead so that physicians may
be forewarned if any of them become
ill. The immigrants and their Nebras
ka destinations are given as follows :
Heinrich Geist , wife and sister , to-
Lincoln ; Giovanni Zinman to Verdi ;
Icontro Rosario to Omaha ; Panebi-
anca Vincenzo to South Omaha ; Her
man Raiseman to Calumet ; Radsuaz.
Szyman to Sotuh Omaha.
State Treasury Funds.
The monthly report of State Treasurer - -
urer Walter A. George shows that
there was in the state treasury at.
the colse of July $152,002.13 of unin
vested trust funds. There was a total
of $643,112.62 on hanJ , of which $6.-
900.58 was cash on hand and $636-
212.04 in depository banks. There
ivascash on hand and $636,212.04 irt
depository banks. There was $175-
L04.14 in the general fund. At the-
beginning of June there was a total
3f $786,743.71 in the state treasury.
During the month there was received
5414,014.75 and payments amounted to
557,645.84.
New Contract for Prisoners.
The state prisoa board has recent-
y entered into a new contract with ,
he Lee Broom and Duster company
or an increased number of men and :
he shirt company formerly using :
hem has been released from its con-
ractQ accept 100 men.
Governor Aldrich Deeply Interested.
Governor Aldrich has taken a deep
nterest in the primary campaign and.
s impressed with the apparent lack :
f interest shown by the people in the-
election of candidates for public of-
ice.
Governor Aldrich on his return from ,
iis Butler county farm reported that
lis wheat threshed out twenty-three
ushels to the acre. He had 140 acres ,
f wheat and the crop will net him-
nore than a year's salary in the gov-
rnor's office.
i
Wants Nebraska Professor.
GH. . Morse , professor of electrical
ngineering at the state university , ,
as received an offer from a Wheel-
ig , W. Va. , electrical concern to take :
n important position at a salary con-
Iderably in advance of that now paid :
im at the Nebraska institution.
Corporations Pay Tax.
Secretary of State Wait receive
17,390.05 from corporations during the-
lonth of July as payment for an an-
ual license to
pursue their
occupa-
ons in Nebraska.
The Apple Crop.
C. G. Marshall , secretary of the state
orticultural society , has returnee *
om Weeping Water , where he haa
een attending to an orchard which
B has near that
place. According to
ir. Marshall , people in that and other
rchard communities of eastern Ne-
raska found it
necessary this year
> spray their 'fruit trees for the
mrth time , largely on account of the
ivages of the grasshoppers
, which
ive been more numerous
Giaa for-
jveral years past.