U The Valentine Democrat GEORGE M. GASK1LL , Editor. VALENTINE , - - NEBRASKA. TO FEAR PICTURE SHOW HORROR IN WHICH 56 ARE INJURED IS WITHOUT A PARALLEL. SCORE KILLED IN MAD RUSH Frightened Boy's Unconscious Shout of Fire Starts Frantic Race for Exit of Theater Senseless Mass Soon Fills Narrow Passageway. . Canonsburg , .Pa Twenty persons were suffocated or trampled to death , 26 were seriously injured and 30 were less severely hurt in the senseless pan ic at a moving picture show In the Canonsburg opera house , according to the revised figures. How foolish the fatal panic was developed more fully when those involved returned to their senses enough to relate just what oc curred. It transpired that there was no fire. The fatal rush for the exit was due alone to baseless fear. It developed that not even a spark flashed. The film broke with a snap ping noise and a bright light was thrown on the screen. A frightened boy Imagined It was a fire and uncon sciously shouted out the death knell of more than a score of persons as he started the mad rush for the exit. Bolus Dubrowski , a huge miner , jumped from his seat and ran wildly for the same exit. In a moment there was fighting , struggling masses after him. At the head of a narrow stair way , which leads to the street , the miner tripped. As he rolled down the stairs he swept from their feet many persons who were waiting their turn to enter the theater and soon there was a horrible pile of women and children and a few men at the foot of the steps. Dubrowski was probably the first person killed. It was all over within a short time. The stairway was jammed full from top to bottom and those behind could not get out. Firemen , several police men and a few level headed citizens untangled the human mass. NEBRASKA RANCH GIRL ACCUSED. Miss Eunice Murphy Charged with Having Incited Murder. "Lincoln , Neb. Miss Eunice Mur phy , living on a ranch near Cody , Neb. , Is wanted by the state authorities on the charge of having incited the mur der of her lover , Charles T. Sellers. Sellers was hung on the night of June 18 by Kenneth Murphy , the girl's .brother ; Harry Heath , her cousin , and Alma and * George Weed. Miss Murphy is supposed to be at Independence Mo. , Requisition pa pers have been issued. The affidavit for the requisition as serts that she had a conference with the four men before they set out for the Hutchback home , from which 'Sellers was taken and hung. It is al leged that she expected to inherit his property. Recaptured and Returned to Asylum. Fergus Falls , Minn. Henry E. Mar tin , a fugitive from the Cherokee , Io. , insane hospital , was taken into custo dy here. He once lived here , and made his way back , walking every step of the 470 miles. Martin is 75 years old. He will be returned to Cherokee. Accidentally Kills Sister. Binghamton , N. Y. While cutting corn with a grass cycle at Marathon , the 10-year-old son of Wilford Morgan accidentally slashed the throat of his little sister. Stricken with grief , the y lad bravely bore her to the house where she died. Courts Death on Daring Journey. Sault. St Marie , Mich. While 50- 000 persons looked breathlessly on , James Pollock , a river man , of Tower' Mich. , successfully shot the St. Mary river rapids on a log. For his feat he received a purse of . ยง 35. Sioux City Live Stock Market. Sioux City. Saturday's quotations on the local live stock market fellow : Beeves Good to choice corn fed steers , ? 6.25@7.40 ; medium to oed , $5.75@6.25 ; good to choice grass' steers , ? 4.50 < g)5.75 ) ; good to choice fat cows and heifers , $5.00 @ 6.60 ; grass cows , $3.50@4.75 ; canners and cutters , ? 2.50@3.50 ; bulls , $2.S5@5.25 ; veals $3.00 @ 6.50. Hogs Prices covered a spread of $7.00g ( > 7.25 , with the bulk of the sales at $7.05 < g > 7.10. Sheep- Lambs , ? 4.30@6.50 ; yearlings , $3.50@ 4.50 ; wethers , $2.S5@3.75 ; ewes , $225 @ 3.50. Lumber Plant Burns. * Beaumont , Tex. The plant of the Aldridge Lumber company , at Al- dridge , Tex. , eighty miles north of here ; was destroyed by fire. The loss will be heavy. The mill was of 85,000 feet capacity. Ten Lose Lives. Newcastle , Eng. Ten persons have been killed and several others have sustained injuries through the over turning of a motor car near Consett. The car was in collision with a car riage. PRODUCE WRITER IS NEARLY SUSPENDED FOR ASSAILING TRUST. tRESH SUPPLIES HELD UP Newly Laid Product Bought for 17 Cents and Sold for 25 to 30 Cents a Dozen Old Ones Laid Away for Future Federal Inquiry Soon. Chicago. Under the. direction of an alleged butter and egg trust , thou sands of cases of bad eggs are being placed in Chicago storage houses for future human consumption. The stock of good eggs in storage is being con stantly increased , while new laid eggs , which cost the commission man IT cents a dozen , go to the housewife for 25 to 30 cent * . -A Statements to this effect published by the Chicago Produce Bulletin known in the trades as the "Green Sheet" nearly'caused the author to be suspended from-the Chicago but ter and egg board. He was charged with "uncommercial conduct. " One of the "uncommercial" things which Isaac Tuck , publisher and ed itor of the bulletin , did was to predict a coming "break" in the" price of eggs and butter. His other "uncommercial" offenses were to decry the storage and sale of No. 3 eggs. In the face of , an unprecedented pro duction , Mr. Tuck said In his paper , the prices of eggs and butter remain exorbitant. Furthermore , he hinted at the responsible parties. Investigations , following the publi cation of the article , brought out a general conviction among produce men that the "price board" of the but ter and egg board regulates the prices of butter and eggs. It was even said that since the conviction of New York poultry dealers for an identical of fense many dealers had refused to serve on the price board. According to a few Independent deal ers exactly the same conditions pre vail in the butter and egg situation in Chicago as prevailed in the New York poultry market when thirteen dealers were sent to the penitentiary for con spiracy in restraint of trade. Butter and eggs , it is said , are com ing on the market in unusual quanti ties , but , as fast as they arrive , are being sidetracked to the cold storage houses. A man In the egg business declared during the day that the price of the highest grade eggs to the , con sumer should not be more than 22 cents a dozen. September 18 the long promised gov ernment Investigation into the butter and egg board of Chicago is to be taken up. RISK FRAUDS ARE BARED President of State Officials' Bodj' Scores Risk Concerns Forgery Is Used. Milwaukee. A number of industrial , health and accident Insurance compa nies were severely criticized by Joseph Button of Virginia , president of the organization , in his'annual address be fore the forty-second national conven- tlon of state Insurance commission ers. ers.Mr. Mr. Button said that an investiga tion by a committe of 14 or 15 com panies doing a health and accident business resulted in disclosures that were shocking in the extreme. "As the committee which made the investigation has its report nearly .ready , I shall not anticipate the reme dies they will suggest for the condi tions there disclosed , except to say that it is incumbent upon us to root out this evil without mercy. " TRAIN KILLS BUSINESS MAN George C. Sterling Crushed by Wot. verine Flyer at Battle Creek , Mich. Battle Creek , Mich. George C. Sterling , fifty years of age , and one of Battle Creek's foremost business men for many years , was Instantly killed by the Wolverine flyer. Mr. Sterling was making a short cut to the business district via the railroad right of way when he was struck by the flyer. LOSE DATA IN ALASKA RIVER Professors Starr and Madden Are Plunged Into Waters of Big Delta. Cordova , Alaska. All field notes and the cameras and exposed films of the Smithsonian institution gla cial expedition are somewhere on the bottom of the Big Delta river , ac cording to advices received here. The current of the river tipped up a wagon in which Professors R. F. Starr and Lawrence Madden were crossing the stream. The men got ashore. Members of Mob Are Guilty. Coatesville , Pa. Under a ruling of Judge Butler in West Chester "that any one who was in the mob is guilty of murder , " another arrest was made in the case of Zack Walker , the negro who was burned at the stake here ten days ago. To Erect Shaft to Johnstone. Denver , Col. The Denver board of supervisors voted to erect a jnonu- ment In honor of Ralph Johnstone , the aviator. The tablet will be placed where Johnstone felL THE END VETOES COTTON BILL PRESIDENT TAFT DECLARES TARIFF - IFF MEASURE UNWISE AND DANGEROUS. WAS NOT FULLY CONSIDERED Congress Adjourns With Echo of Third Veto Ringing in Its Ears No At tempt to Pass Bill Over Head of Executive. Washington. With the echo of an other presidential veto ringing in its ears the special session of congress adjourned. In his third tariff veto message the president made special objection to the attempt to add a revision of the Iron and steel and chemical schedules to the cotton bill as amendments. "I find , " the message of the presi dent said , "that there was practically no consideration of either schedule by any committee of either house. There were no facts presented to either house In which I can find material upon which to form any judgment as to the effect of the amendments either upon American industries or upon the revenues of the government. " Briefly reviewing the manner In which the iron and steel and chemical amendments were added to the bill the president said : "I cannot make myself a party to dealing with the industries of the country in this way. The Industries covered by metals and the manufac ture of metals are the largest In the country , and It would seem not only wise , but absolutely essential to ac quire accurate Information as to the effect of changes which may vitally effect these industries before enacting them Into law. " Speaking of the cotton industry , the president said the capital Invested In 1909 amounted to $821,000,000 , the value of the product to $629,000,000 , the number of wage earners to 379,000 , making , with dependents , a total of at least 1,200,000 persons affected , with annual wages of $146,000,000. The bill would not have gone into effect until January 1 next , and Mr. Taft said the tariff board would be ready with a report before that time. In vestigation by "the house ways and means committee , Mr. Taft said , was purely for the purpose of preparing a bill on a tariff for revenue basis. The president denounced the bill as "empirical and haphazard. " "This bill , " he continues , "Illustrates and enforces the views which I have already expressed in vetoing the wool bill and the so-called free list bill , as .to the paramount importance of se curing , through the Investigation and reports of the tariff board , a definite and certain basis of ascertained fact for the consideration of tariff laws. When the reports of the tariff board upon these schedules are received the duties which should be imposed can be determined upon justly and with In telligent appreciation of the effect that they will have both upon Industry and upon revenue. " No attempt was made to pass the bill over the veto. The bills passed by congress which received executive approval were the reciprocity bill , the statehood bill , the reapportlonment bill and the measure providing for publicity of campaign funds. " Mrs. Robert Mantell Is III. Atlantic Highlands , N. J. Mrs. Rob ert B. Mantell , wife of the Shake spearean actor , is suffering from an affection of the heart at her home here. Mrs. Mantell is known on the stage as Marie Booth Russell. Mikado Gives Czar a Ship. Tokyo , Japan. An official statement will be issued announcing the return to Russia of the former Russian hos pital ship Angara , which was sunk by her crew at Port Arthur WILL REVEAL GRAFT FORMER OHIO SENATE OFFICER TO MAKE CONFESSION. Expected Several Lobbyists Will Be Called Into Court as Result of Exposure. Columbus , O. At the conclusion of a conference participated In by Attorney General Hogan , County Prosecutor Turner and Rodney J. DIegle , former sergeant-at-arms of the senate , who was convicted of aiding and abetting bribery in the Ohio legis lature , it was announced that Diegle would make a full confession of what he knows of corruptive practices in the last assembly. For his part In aiding the alleged graft hunt , Diegle will receive mercy at the hands of the common pleas court when the time comes for sen tence to be passed. Probably he will escape a penitentiary sentence. He was given two weeks to prepare his confession. It Is expected several lobbyists will be drawn into court as a result of Diegle's agreement to confess. The prosecutor and attorney general ex pect to have evidence to place before the grand jury when It convenes next month. Diegle was 'indicted with Senators I. E. Huffman of Butler county and George K. Creton of Dayton. The two senators have not been tried. Each Is charged with soliciting bribes from detectives In the employ of the William J. Burns agency , who were employed to uncover graft In the state house. SHOWS FRAUD IN CUSTOMS Remarkable Revelations Made by Secretary of Treasury Before House Committee. Washington. Secretary of tile Treasury MacVeagh in a document made public tells some remarkable revelations made by his department in eradicating many gigantic frauds from the United States customs' service and the assistance given him by business firms and citizens. The document Is a stenographic record of a hearing In which Mr. MacVeagh testified before the house committee on expenditures in the treasury department. The tremendous cleaning up of frauds in the customs service which the secretary has accomplished was briefly sketched for the benefit of the committee. Most of these instances never became public. More than $500,000 in fines and penalties was collected from English woolen manu facturers and American Importers. The secretary said that hitherto not only sugar but every other kind of merchandise had been underweight- , ed at New York and the "government heavily defrauded right and left" RIVER PACKET GOES DOWN All the Passengers Reach Shore in Safety Negro Fireman Is Thought Lost. Memphis , Tenn. The Mississippi packet Harry Lee Is reported to have sunk near Brandywine land- ing,25 miles north of Memphis. All the passengers and crew of the boat , with the exception of a negro fireman , are said to have reached the bank in safety. * Woman Drow'ns While Bathing. Zanesville , O. Mrs. Sarah Drew of Columbus was drowned in the Muskingum river while learning to swim with her sister , Mrs. F. E. Hem- me'r. Both were using water wings. The wings collapsed and both women sank. Mrs. Hemmer was rescued. Found Drowneo in Mystery ! Zanesville , O. : L. H. Maxwell , forty years old , was found dead along the Licking river. His head was submerged. Coroner Walters said It was a case of accidental drowning. G , A. R. MEN PARADE THINNING RANKS OF VETERANS REVIEWED BY TAFT. 'resident Delivers Address to Men of ' 61 Peace Is Subject of Hie Speech. Rochester , N. Y. The fast thinning ranks of the Grand Army of the Re public , gathered in Rochester for the forty-fifth annual national encamp ment , passed in review of President Taft. Taft in a speech to the Ye erans announced himself unalterably opposed to the nostrums of refers which he declared demagogues and theoretical extremists have advanced for the solution of the problem of concentrated wealth in this country. The president spoke to the veterans of the G. A. R. and in the struggle which they went through 60 years ago and the one which he said now confronts this nation he found a strik ing analogy. In the end , the presi dent said the peace loving , straight thinking people of the country will be victorious , but the fight itself may be the longer because it will be fought out to the end without bloodshed and the roar of the battlefield. From the moment he reached Roch ester until he left for Beverly the president was surrounded by veter ans. He stood on a reviewing stand for more than two hours while thou sands of old soldiers , most of them in blue , many of the just tottering along with the aid of friends , filed slowly by. Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant , Major Edgerton and Com- mander-in-Chief Gilman of the G. A. R. stood with the president TO KILL CANADA MAYOR Ottawa's Executive Receives Threat In Letter Under a Rome Date. Ottawa , Ont. Mayor Hopewell ot Ottawa Is the recipient of a' threatening letter from Rome , Italy. It is written in a combination of Ital ian and dog Latin , which , translated , means : "In the name of the Roman king dom , you and your friends I will de stroy even as unto eternal death. " It is supposed to have been written by an Italian immigrant who was de ported by the dominion government. MIKADO GIVES CZAR A SHIP Japan Returns to Russia Vessel Sunk by Its Crew at Port Arthur and Refloated. Tokyo , Japan. An official state ment will be issued announcing the return to Russia of the former Rus sian hospital ship Angara , which was sunk by her crew at Port Arthur In No vember , 1904 , to prevent the vessel from falling into the hands of the Jap anese. The ship was refloated by the Japanese , converted into an auxiliary cruiser and added to the navy of Jap an. She was then renamed the An- egawa and used as a training ship. DARING AUTO RACER KILLED Ralph Ireland Loses His Life While Making Practice Run on El gin Course. Elgin , 111. Ralph Ireland , a daring motor pilot , was killed during official practice for the Elgin National road races. Driving his huge Staver-Chicago car along the south leg of the course at an estimated speed of 60 miles an hour , Ireland was ditched. Before he regained the road his right rear wheel collapsed , wrecking the car and fatal ly injuring the driver and hurting the mechanician. COURTESY LEADS TO ARREST Alleged Stage Bandit , Polite to Wo men Pasengers , to Be Tried. Denver , Colo. A bandit's softly modulated voice and an extreme ly courteous manner of address ing women passengers of a stage coach held up in the San Miguel canon of Colorado in 1910 , caused the arrest of Alexander Peterson , accused of the crime , at Pagosa Springs , this state. He was brought to Denver to answer an indictment returned by the federal grand jury last November. PLANS TO KILL 72,000 CATS Anti-Cruelty Society Gathers 800 Stray Animals Each Night in New York. New York. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has started a three-months' crusade against stray cats. The average "bag" thus far has been nearly 800 a night , Indicating that a three months' campaign should result in the destruction of nearly 72,006 cats. France to Give Final Word. Paris , France. A cabinet council has been called , when consideration will be given to what is designed to be France's final wofd to Germany concerning Morocco and the compens ations to Germany In other parts of Africa. Auto Overturns ; Two Die. Ogdensburg , N. T. Clyde Berch of Los Angeles , Cal. , chauffeur for Wil liam .Robertson , and Miss Edna Koeher , were killed here when their automobile overturned. JJNCOLN "ffrrrr WWW i What University Men Are Doing. Some interesting statistics have just been compiled by the student employment bureau of the TJniuersity ef Nebraska , whch show by actual figures that one-half of the university " dollars" while receiving - men are "turning ceiving their education. Of en reg istered in the collegiate departments , 49.3 per cent , or 612 out of 1,242 , called on "father" for none or Jor but a part of their college expenses last year. Written reports were Deceived from 505 men , of whom one-thfcd re ported "no work done. " The remain ing 359 men gave detailed reports of their work and earnings tt > the amount of $49,818.23 almost $5.800 an average of $138.76 per man. The individual earnings reported varied greatly from less than one dollar -in. one instance to over $1,09& In two cases. Six hundred twelve of 1,242 regis tered were wholly or in part self-sup porting , a percentage of 49.3. marte reports Three hundred fifty-nine ports of earnings to unirerslty em ployment bureau. The university itself paid out ? 73- 634.79 to students for assistance in various departments , men and women , both city and state farm campuses. From these figures it is estimated that the total amount earned by male students is over $115,000. Employers' Liability Commission. Four of the members to be appoint ed in the commission to investigate employers' liability laws for tie pur pose of drafting a measure for the consideration of the next legislature are said to be Victor Rosewater of Omaha , I. D. Evans of Kenesa-w , .Labor Commissioner Guye and F. B. Coffey of Lincoln. It appears to be the in tention of Governor Aldrich to place on this commission men who ha.ve given the subject some attention and to divide the commission roughly be tween men who favor and men who are opposed to broader employers' lia bility laws. Big Races at State Fair. The best racing ever seen in Ne- > raska is promised by Secretaiy Mel- ior of the state lair board whem the Btate fair races open Monday , Septem ber 4. The entries show the largest and fastest harness horses in the west. Two hundred and seventy-three har ness horses are entered , and among them are free-for-all entries that can go a mile in 2:05 or 2 06. Wttu. . . magnificent new grandstand for the comfort of spectators , it is believed the races will be the big drawing card of the fair. Deeds and abstracts covering different tracts of land for a total of 462 acres , which will be the campus and experiment tillage area ior the new agricultural college at Gurtis , has been accepted by the board of public lands and -buildings. The board first ratified and confirmed its action of * , \ \ May 30 , when it chose Curtis as the ' location of the school before the law- establishing the institution went into effect. The state's title to the lands is now complete. According to officials of 'the board of secretaries of the state board of health , an organized and systematic effort will be made next year to wage war on the house fly along the same lines as has been done for * many years past in several of the eastern. states. The number of these annoy ing insects can be considerably re duced in this state , say the medical , men , and they propose to inaugurate' ' a movement which will tend toward the reduction of these -pests. Governor Aldrich . has announced . that he had decided to appoint Deputy State Superintendent James E. Delzelt to the position of state superintend ent if State Superintendent J. W _ Crabtree resigns November 1 to take- a position as principal of a state nor mal school in Wisconsin. Mr. Delzeii immediately announced that if ilr _ Crabtree resigned November 1 lie vrould appoint Robert I. Elliott or Broken Bow to the -position of deputr . state superintendent. Secretary Mellor of the state fair board has received an inquiry regard ing a resolution alleged to have been passed by the lower house of the last legislature making "Wednesday of state- fair week a day for a reunion of mem bers of the legislature. The resolu tion was never presented to the secre tary , but he will search for ft. It is- said that Speaker Kuhl favored the resolution , thinking that the reunion might be made an annual affair. That Nebraska farmers , are conserv ative is shown by the condition of * bank accounts. Land Commissioner Cowles has re turned from a visit to the institute foi feeble minded at Beatrice. Dr. Orr ol the orthopedic hospital accompanied Mr. Cowles and took two more trained nurses to the institution to help carer for inmates who are ill of typhoid fever. Dr. Thomas , superintendent. , who was among the first to be at tacked bythe disease , is in a critical , condition as a result of kidney and. bladder ailments following the fever _ John C. C. Will has been appointed" . postmaster at Rlcnland. Colfar count- . .