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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 . § 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
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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- . .