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The Valentine Democrat
GEORGE M. GAS KILL , Editor.
VALENTINE , - - NEBRASKA.
SENOR OSPINA , COLOMBIAN MIN
ISTER , FROWNS ON SECRE
TARY KNOX'S VISIT.
SUGGESTSITIS INOPPORTUNE
While Views Expressed by South
American Envoy Are Unofficial , Dip
lomatic Relations May be Severed
as a Result.
Washington , D. C. A grave diplo
matic situation between the United
States and Colombia lias been precip
ttated by the publication of a lette :
which Senor Pedro del Ospina , the
Colombian minister , has written to
Acting Secretary Himtington Wilson ,
of the state department , suggesting
that it might be "importune" for Sec
retary Knox to visit Colombia during
his projected tour of South America.
The Colombian minister , first drawing
attention to the fact that the views
are his own and not officially those
of his government , seriously criticises
the United States for not submitting
Colombia growing out of this govern
ment's acquisition of the Panama ca
nal zone.
Inasmuch as the letter admittedly
Is the personal expression of the min
ister , written without having- communi
cated with his government , it was re
ceived at the state department in the
nature of a personal insult to this gov
ernment
No action has been taken and no of
ficial would comment on it , but the
incident is known to have stirred of
ficials of the United States to such an
extent that the recall of the Colombian
minister is expected as a matter of
course. At present the United States
is disposed to Avait until Senor Ospina
receives instructions he has asked for.
OBJECTS TO WORD "OBEY. "
Minister Refused to Leave it Out and
Wedding Is Postponed.
Richmond , Va.Iiss Bessie S.
Mess , suffrage leader , declined to sub
scribe to the word "obey" in the Epis
copal marriage service and in consequence
quence , her wedding to Albert E.
Chamberlain of New York , was post
poned. The minister who was to have
officiated refused to leave out the ob
jectionable word. He was sustained
by his bishop.
Young Crooks Hold up Store.
Chicago. Two young men , each
armed with a revolver , walked into a
north side department store , herded
several score of customers into the
basement , locked the proprietor and
several clerks in a large vault and
robbed the store safe of $500. The
holdups then left the store , stepped
aboard a street car and escaped.
Prefers Death by Shooting.
Salt Lake City. Death by shooting
was selected by Harley McWhinney
when the court , before passing sen
tence , asked him how he preferred to
die for the murder of C. L. Erickson
October G , 1911. March 25 was fixed
as the day of execution. McWhinney
has appealed to the supreme court for
a new trial.
Freight Rates Suspended.
Washington , D. C. Ine/eased freight
rates proposed by the Chicago , Bur
lington and Quincy railroad on coal
from mines in Wyoming to junction
points in Montana
and beyond were
suspended by the interstate commerce
commission pending an investigation.
New York Bank Statement.
New York. The statement of clearing -
ing house banks for the week ( five
days ) shows that the banks had $35-
424,950 reserve in excess of log il re
quirements. This is a decrease of
reserve as compared with last .week ,
reserve as compared withlast
Prefers Death to D.sgraoo. ?
Pondleton , Ore. Believing himself
disgraced because he would be forced
to enter the Chinese
new year with a
debt of $200 , Wong Tong , an aged Chi
naman , ended his life by hanging him
self.
Live Stock Market.
Sioux City. Cattle Good to choice
corn fed steers , ? 7.00@8.00 ; medium
to good , $5.50(5)7.00 ( ) ; good to chice fat
cows and heifers , $5.00 @ 6.00 ; graes
cows , $3.50@5.00 ; canners and cutters ,
$2.75@3.50 ; bulls , ? 4.00@5.50 ; veals ,
| 3.75@ > 8.00. Hogs , Prices rang * from
| 5.75@G.05 , with a bulk of the sales at
? 5.85 @G.OO. Sheep Lambs $4.25 ®
G.OO ; yearlings , $4.50g ( > 4.25 ; ewes.
? 2.75@3.75.
Work on New Treaty.
Washington , D. C. Negotiations will
aoon begin for a new treaty with Rus
sia to replace the convention of 1832 ,
recently abrogated
Hogs Break Record.
Omaha , Neb. Hog receipts at Soutk
Omaha for the week just ending- were
102,603 head , which exceeds the pre
vious high record for the market ,
made last week , by 14,748 head. This
puts Omaha in second place
hoe markets of the United States.
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GOVERNMENT TAKES SIMULTA
NEOUS ACTION IN APPREHEN
SION OF LABOR LEADERS.
TRIAL IS SET FOR MARCH 12
Those in Custody Are Charged With
Being Participants in Dynamite
Conspiracy Are Either Behind
Prison Bars or Have Given Bonds.
Chicago. At a given signal the long
arm of the United States government
reached out and closed the net which
for months a federal grand jury in In
dianapolis , Ind. , has been laying for
the alleged participants in the dyna
mite conspiracy.
From New York xo San Francisco
and from Duluth to New Orleans the
meshes of the net extended , and with
in a few hours most of the 64 labor
officials under indictment were behind
prison bars or had given bonds for
their appearance in Indianapolis
March 12 , when the dynamite con
spiracy trial is scheduled to begin.
The general text of the indictment
reads :
"That on December 1 , 1906 , said
persons unlawfully , knowingly , willful
ly and feloniously did then and there
conspire , combine , confederate and
agree together with certain divers
other persons , whose names are un
known to the grand jurors aforesaid
to. commit an offense against the Unit
ed States , to-wit : To transport , carry
and convey explosives , to-wit dyna
mite and nitroglycerin between a
place in one state and places in other
states against the peace and dignity
of the United States. "
List of Those Arrested.
In Chicago Richard H. Houlihan ,
business agent Chicago local No. 1 ;
William Schoupe , former business
agent of local No. 1 ; James Coughlin ,
member of Iron Workers' union ;
James Cooney , business agent.
In Indianapolis , Ind. President
Frank M. Ryan of the International
Association of Bridge and Iron Work
ers , lives in Chicago ; Spurgeon P.
Mathews , business agent of the Inter
national Brotherhood of Carpenters
and Joiners ; Herbert S. Hockin of De
troit , secretary-treasurer of the Inter
national association and successor to
J. J. McNamara in that position ; John
T. Butler of Buffalo , first vice-presi
dent of the International association ;
Fred Sherman , local business agent.
In St. Louis John Barry , former
business agent of the iron workers ;
Paul Morrin , active in raising the de
fense fund for the McNamaras and
business agent of local No. 18.
In Detroit Charles "W. Wachmeis-
ter , former business agent , now in
contracting business.
In Kansas City W. Bert Brown , la
bor leader ; W. J. McCain , business
agent , McCain was successor to
Brown , the business agent , at the time
the $1,000,000 Armour , Swift and
Burlington bridge over the Missouri
river was dynamited in August , 1910.
In Milwaukee W. E. Redding , busi
ness agent ; Herman G. Sieffert.
In Syracuse , N. Y. B. E. Phillips ,
former secretary of the Iron Workers'
union ; John Carroll , to whom Phil
lips' books were surrendered when j
his term of office expired. '
'
In New York Frank C. Webb , former -
mer member of the executive board
of International Association of Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers ; Patrick
F. Farrell , said to be a former mem
ber of the executive committee of the
International association ; Daniel Bro-
phy , members of local No. 35 in Brook
lyn , former member international ex
ecutive committee.
In Philadelphia Michael J. Cu-
name , business agent.
In Cleveland , O. Peter J. Smith ,
former business agent ; George ( "Nip
per" ) Anderson , walking delegate.
In Springfield , 111. A. J. Kavac
naugh , iron worker employed by the
Springfield Bridge and Iron company
M. L. Pennell.
In Duluth , Minn. Fred Mooney ,
iron worker.
In Peoria , 111. "Ed" Srnythe , busi
ness agent of the iron workers and r
president of the Peoria Building
Trades council ; James E. Ray , president - I
dent of Iron Workers' union.
In Davenport , la. Daniel Buckley ,
business agent , , iron workers.
In Scranton , Pa. M. J. Hannon , for
mer business agent of the iron work h
ers , now agent of the Central Labor
union.
In Minneapolis , Minn. Charles M.
Beum , business agent and secretary
of the Minneapolis Building Trades
council.
The charges in the indictments are
divided into two groups. The first
group charges violation of the federal
statutes regulating the interstate ship
ment of explosives , aiding and abet
ting to violate the law , and aiding and
abetting to- conceal the violation. The
defendants in this class are termed
accessories before and after the fact.
The second group charges
conspir
acy to violate the law by furthering
the plans for carrying explosives.
Visit Family Under Bond.
Washington. As the result of a de "
cision rendered by Secretary Nagel
of the department of commerce and
labor , Mrs. Schule Lipschitz and her
fleaf and dumb daughter , both of Rus-
Bia , will be permitted to visit their
family in Chicago for six months , un-
ier bond of $1,000.
Humble , Tex. , Has $150,000 Fire.
Humble , Tex. Four business
blocks and several residences were
destroyed In a fire here. The loss is
$160,000.
UNFORTUNATE START
On His Very First Call Sister's New Beau Ruins Johnny's Favorite Pastime.
MAY , , HAVE TO ANSWER ALLEGED
TREASURY IRREGU
LARITIES.
AMERICAN MAKES A DENIAL
Former Treasurer General of Persia
Says His Books Were Passed by
Imperial Bank and Proved to Be
Correct.
St. Petersburg. According to a dis
patch received by the Evening Vremya
from Teheran the Persian government
has telegraphed orders to authorities
of the towns of Resht and Enzeli in
structing them to hold F. E. Cairns
and eleven other Americans who made
up the staff of W. Morgan Shuster ,
former treasurer general of Persia.
Mr. Cairns and his former asso
ciates In the Persian treasury depart
ment left Teheran on their way homo
on February 10.
They will be required , the newspa
per dispatch adds , to answer for ir
regularities which , the Persian offi
cials allege , have been discovered in
the accounts of Mr. Shuster while he
acted as treasurer general.
Southampton , Eng. W. Morgan
Shuster , who was shown the dispatch
from St. Petersburg , about the order
for the detention of his associates In
Persia , said :
"I know nothing of this matter , but
presume that It is a continuation of
< he campaign of the Belgian officials
to foster M. Mornard's candidacy for
the treasurer generalship of Persia
by currying favor with the Russian
government and by attacking the
Americans.
"My accounts were balanced to a
cent with the imperial bank of Per
sia , when T left on January 11. I re
gard the charges as absurd on their
face and purely political. "
AVIATOR / HAS EXCITING TRIP
Struggles With Hysterical Woman
and Disordered Engine 1,000
Feet Above Earth.
New York. Struggling with a hys
terical woman 1,000 feet above the
earth and with his engine out of order
because the gasoline had frozen in the
carbureter , George W. Beatty , the
aviator , brought his aeroplane and
passenger , Mrs. William A. Dunlap ,
safely to the ground after perhaps the
most exciting trip of his career.
Mrs. Dunlap stated after recovering
from her hysteria that neither gold nor
precious stones would ever tempt her
to again leave the earth in a flying
machine.
MAINE I IS AGAIN FLOATED
Historic Battleship in Havana Harbor
Still Lists to Port , But No Big
Leaks Discovered.
Havana. The wreck of the Maine
floated free of the mud when water
was turned into the dam surrounding
the wreck.
As the water slowly rose until It
covered the whole floor of the coffer
dam , nearly twenty feet of mooring
lines were run out fore and aft on
both sides to hold the ship fast and
prevent the possibility of Its being
blown against the sides of the dam.
Major Ferguson , who has had
charge of the work , has received
many congratulations on his success.
Call Themselves "Lincoln Rebels. "
Albany , N. Y. Dubbing themselves
"Lincoln rebels , " boys of the high
school mutinied when denied a half
holiday and marched out of the
school. They paraded the streets in
single file , giving their yell and were
cheered by citizens.
Gus Ruhlln Passes Away.
Brooklyn , N. Y. Gus Ruhlln , for
several years prominent as a heavy
weight pugilist , died here suddenly.
Ruhlln was widely known In the world
of sport. (
CHJNA 13 A REPUBLIC
EMPEROR ABDICATES AT PE
KING BY ISSUING EDICTS.
Only Opposition Displayed Against
Dr. Sun for President Comes From
Few Mongolian Princes.
Peking , China. After tnree cen
turies of absolute rule the Manchu
dynasty has yielded up Its power and
abdicated the throne of China in favor
of a representative form of govern
ment. This was proclaimed to the
people in three simultaneous edicts.
The only opposition against the
democracy , with Dr. Sun Yat Sen , the
American educated Chinese , as presi
dent , comes from a few Mongolian
princes , allies of the old dynasty , who
declare that , unless Premier Yuan is
chosen president , they will rebel.
The abdication , without conditions ,
conies as a surprise. The third edict
In which the abdication was an
nounced advised the viceroys and pro
vincial governors of the retirement of
the throne from political power and
instructed them to continue doing
their duty and to preserve order
throughout the land. It declares that
the step taken by the throne was to
meet the wishes of the people.
Washington. Even the name of
China is to pass into history with the
world's oldest empire , according to ]
state department dispatches. j
The new republic will be known as
the "Ching-Hwa" republic , It was
stated. All Chinese cabinet members '
and diplomatic consular officials will
retain their places for the present ;
San Francisco. Chinese consular '
officials in the United States were ordered - '
dered to adopt American style of dress
by an edict received here from President - j
dent Sun Yat Sen of the "Chang-Hwa
republic , " containing the formal an
nouncement of the abdication.
NO INVASION IS PLANNED
State Department Assures Mexico
U. S. Does Not Contemplate Inter
vention to Suppress Revolts.
Washington. The state department ,
In a circular letter to all diplomatic
and consular agents , emphatically de
nied that the United States was con
templating intervention in Mexico to
suppress the many revolutions which
are raging there.
The circular expresses the good will
of the United States toward the Ma-
dero government and declares that
Mexico's internal affairs are of no con-
cern to this government
The American government demands
nothing save the protection of all
Americans who are in the southern
republic.
American representatives in Mexico
have been instructed to circulate the
note freely among the newspapers to
correct the impression that the United
States was only awaiting a good
chance to invade.
MME. NORDICA IS STRICKEN
Famous Prima Donna Attacked by
Paralysis Just as She Is About
to Appear on Stage.
Boston. Mme. Lillian Nordica , fa-
maus American soprano , who rose h
from the obscure town of Farmington , c
Me. to be of the
, one greatest prima tl
donnas on the grand opera stage , was tlU tln
stricken with paralysis as she was U
about to go on the stage here.
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Mme. Nordica did not appear and
p
Mme. Gadski was rushed from New
York on a special train to take her
place.
Make Anglo-German Pact.
London. The first official glimpse
at the progress of the Anglo-German ,
negotiations was given by Premier
Asquith In the course of a debate In
the house of commons here. The
prime minister made the announce
ment that the British government had
received last month an intimation
from the highest official sources In
Germany that the visit of a British
minister to Berlin at this time would
not be unwelcome. Viscount Hal-
dane , the secretary of war , conse-
auently was sent to Berlin.
I. J. HILL BEAT TRUST
INFORMS STANLEY COMMITTTEE
OF GREAT ORE LAND DEAL.
Declares He Gave Property Worth
More Than $4,000,000 to His
Associates.
Washington. J. J. Hill , chairman of
the board of directors of the Great
Northern railroad , testified before the
house steel trust investigating com
mittee.
Mr. Hill's testimony was designed
to throw light on the so-called Hill
lease of the Lake Superior ore fields
to the United States Steel corpora
tion , a lease which was recently or
dered to be canceled , in 1915.
Mr. Hill told the committee how ,
out of his own pocket , he had bought
54,000,000 worth of ore and railroad
James J. Hill.
property on the Mesaba Range , how
he had engneered the lease with the
United States Steel corporation , by
the terms of which the trust was un
mercifully "chiseled , " paying $1.02 per
ton for ore while independents paid
other companies between 15 and 47
cents ; how he had turned over the
Mesaba properties and half a dozen
other concerns to the Lake Superior
company , limited , thus keeping inside
the Sherman act , and how the profits
of the Lake Superior company had aft
er war.ds been turned into the Great
Northern Ore company , whose stock
was distributed share for share among
the shareholders of the Great North-
9rn Railway company.
REJECT "DOLLAR-A-DAY" BILL
Senate Committee Votes Down Sher
wood Pension Measure and Adopts
Senator Smoot's Substitute.
Washington. The senate committee
on pensions rejected the Sherwood
pension bill , providing for one dollar
a day pensions to G. A. R. men. and
adopted a substitute measure offered
by Senator Smoot of Utah , providing
for an expenditure of $24,000,000.
Senators Brown of Nebraska and
Curtis of Kansas gave notice that they
would move in the senate to substitute
the original Sherwood bill for the
Smoot measure and demand its pas
sage.
Senator Smoot's estimate of $24-
000,000 as the cost of his plan Is
based upon the pension bureau's com
putation ot age and length of service
of the veterans. The Sherwood bill ,
according to the pension bureau ,
would have cost $75,000,000 a year.
The Smoot bill was adopted by a
vote of 12 to 2 , after the Sherwood
bill had been voted down 10 to 4.
The Smoot bill provides a scale or
pensions varying with age and serv
ice , which in the casa of a soldier
who served 90 days amounts to $13 a
month betwen ages of sixty-two and
sixty-six ; $15 between sixty-six and
seventy ; $18 between seventy and
seventy-five , and $21 from seventy-flve
on.
on.The
The scale rises gradually with every
six months' service until it allows $30
per month to a veteran of seventy-
five years who was in the service
three years or more. For a soldier
who served three years or more the
scale is : From sixty-two to slarty-sLr
years , $16 ; fros sixty-six to seventy ,
$18 ; from seventy to seventy-five , S < 24 ,
and from seventy-five on , $30.
The action of the committee brought
a protest on the floor of the senate
from Senator Kenyon of Iowa ,
URGES DRUG FOR THE ROPElt
Prison Warden in Maryland Suggests tlB
to Legislators That Murderers
Be Chloroformed. b
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Baltimore , Md. That death by
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the administration of chloroform
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would be an excellent substitute for -
banging in the punishment of persons
convicted of murder was the suggestion - .
tion made by Warden Weyler of Balti
more to the committee of the Maryland
SI
land legislature who inspected the
penitentiary. The idea seemed to im
press members of the committee forc
ibly. There Is now before the legis a
lature a bill to do away with hangIng - at
Ing and to substitute electrocution.
Plan World-Wide Boycott. c
London. A worldwide boycott ot tl
British dealers seeking coal will be tca
in important part of the strike pro a
gram of the British miners , It is an a :
nounced. American miners will be alC
isked to join it C (
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22 Camorrlsts to Be Set Free. as :
Vlterbo , Italy. Twenty-two of the tlBl
Damorrists were ordered released by Bl
Judge Blanch. The men had been In BlUi
prison five years , the maximum sen Ui
tence , charged with associating with
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criminals.
Primary Election Proclamation ,
Governor Aldrich has prepared a
proclamation calling a primary elec
tion to be held April 19. In accord
ance with the law , his proclamation
calls for the selection of candidates
for the following officers :
Preferential candidate for president.
Preferential candidate for vice-pres
ident.
One United States Senator.
Four delegates at large and two
from each congressional district to at
tend national conventions of the vari
ous political parties.
One national committeeman for
each political party.
One congressman from each of the
six congressional districts.
Governor.
Lieutenant governor.
Secretary of state.
Auditor of public accounts.
State treasurer.
Superintendent of public instruc
tion.
Attorney general.
Commissioner of public lands and
buildings.
One railway commissioner.
Eight presidential electors.
State senators and representatives.
And five constitutional amendments
for adoption as party measures by the
various political parties , as follows :
No. 1. Reserving to the people the
right of direct legislation through the
initiative and referendum.
No. 2. Fixing the term of office and
increasing the salaries of members of
the legislature.
No. 3. Creating a board of commis
sioners for state institutions.
No. 4. Providing for general elec
tion once in two years.
No. 5. Allowing cities of more than
5,000 inhabitants in this state to frame
their own city charters.
Delayed Senate Journal Finished.
The long-delayed Senate Journal
which has just been delivered to the
members of that body contains 1,090
pages , which cost , at the contract
price , $1.14 , making the total price
paid by the state for the work $1-
249.44. The house journal , with its
1,008 pages , cost the state $1,562.40.
The senate journal of two years ago
consisted of 1.T74 pages , printed at
the rate of 96 cents per page , the
total cost of the work being $1,704 , or
$455 more than the 1911 journal.
During the last session Secretary
Smith installed a mimeograph in his
office for the purpose of printing
amendments and doing other odd jobs
in connection with the legislative
work. Approximately $750 worth of
work was done in this way at a sav
ing to the state of more than $500
above the cost of the machine and the
price of material and cost of opera
tion. In speaking of the work re
cently , Mr. Smith said that as long as
it costs in the neighborhood of $110-
000 to conduct each session of the
legislature , he believed that every ef
fort should be made by all its officials
to not only expedite the work , but to
preserve it in a thorough and efficient
manner for use after the session has
closed.
The Nebraska hotel commission has
been busy inspecting hotels and serv
ing notices on proprietors to comply
with the law. R. D. McFadden , of
Hastings , chief deputy , says "that his
department makes an order for such
changes as are necessary in each case
to bring about a full compliance , " al
lowing reasonable time for hotel men
to meet the requirements. So far he
has not found it necessary to make
any prosecutions owing to the co
operation shown by hotel men gener
ally. There are heavy penalties for
violations of those sections relating to
individual towels , ninety-nine-inch
sheets , fire protection and fire escapes.
Five hundred and forty crop report
ers over the state , who keep in con
stant touch with the state labor com-
miosior. and who act as aides to Com
missioner Guye in the collection of
figure ? and crop returns , have been
notified by the official to lend their
Rssitance in arousinc interest ainoni
their ] neighbors for the testing of seec
corn. He also aked them to do all
they could in boosting the seed corn
specials in their various f.ommunilies.
The largest bail bond ever exacted
by the supreme court of Nebraska will
be given by Frank V. Larson , a Buf
county , farmer , who is under a life
sentence for the murder of his brother.
Larson has appealed to the court , ask
ing for a supension of sentence and
leave to give bail. The court has
agreed to admit him to bail in the
sum of $30,000.
The insane asylum at Lincoln , with
accommodations < for 400 patients , has
present 617 inmates.
Land Commissioner Cowles is in re
ceipt < of executive order Xo. 1461. froic
the Interior department at Washing
ton , segregating for the use of the
agricultural ; department , as a preserve
and breeding ground for native birds ,
about twenty-two square miles of land
contiguous to Valentine in Cherry
county , which" preserve is to be known
the Xiobrara reservation , withn
the confines of which reservation it
shall be unlawful for any person to
hunt or take the eggs of birds except
Under authority granted by the secre
tary r f agriculture