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THE VALEHTIHE DEf.10CP.A1 I. M. RICE , Publisher. VALENTINE , - - NEBRASKA FOUR YOUNG MEN DROWN IN Bl < SIOUX RIVER AT SIOUX FALLS , S. D. SHOOT OVER A DAM IN BOATS One Craft Overturns and Its Occt pants Are Thrown Into the Swirl ing V/aters In Attempting The ! Rescue Other Two Meet Death. Sioux Falls , S. D. The Big Siou : river in this city was the scene of th < drowning of four young men. Tin dead are Matt Yost , William Dahl John Neeham and Guy Beck. In ; spirit of fun and daring , the fou : young man , who were in two boats two in each , attempted to shoot ovei the edge of a small dam near th < Eighth street bridge , in the heart o the business district The fall of wa ter over the dam is not over two 01 three feet , but owing to the rise it the river'for same days , has been rush ing over the dam at lightnining speed The first boat got over the dam all right but the second one capsizec when it plunged into the water belo\v the dam , and the two occupants were thrown into the swirling water. See ing the danger of the two struggling men the occupants of the other boai went to their rescue. They succeeded in rescuing one of the drowning men and had drawn him partially into the boat when their own boat was cap sized , and all four were left struggling in the water. They were drowned be fore assistance could reach them. FATAL SHOOTING IN KENTUCKY. Twenty-Five Persons Involved in a Battle in Jellico. Jellico , Ky. Fifteen minutes of battle and bedlam , following upon the attempt of Marshal Tom Bowlin to arrest a promiscuous shooter , result ed in the death of the marshal's wife , and Wiley Parton , the shooter , and the serious injury of at least three others. Twenty-five persons were in volved in the battle and at least 150 shots were fired. When Marshal Bowlin and Parton opened fire in front of her husband. Shot twice , she fell to the ground , dead. The shooting appeared then to -become general. When the smoke cleared away Parton was dead , shot through the chest , and friends were seen bearing away his wounded fath er , Wesley Parton , of fued fame. Al Butzer , who supported the marshal , had a bullet hole in his neck and may die , while Al Bowlin , brother of the marshal , had been clubbed on the head with a revolver. MRS JAMES ACQUITTED. fit. Louts Jury Frees Woman Charged With Slaying Husband. St. Louis. After thirty minutes' consideration , a jury acquitted Mrs. Alma Palmer James of a second de gree charge of the murder of her hus band , Leo James. She shot him while he lay asleep in April , 1911. The court in instructions to the jury said it must be found that Mrs. James was insane when she killed her hus band if she was to be found not guilty. Her attorney in addressing the jurors declared that James' alleged treatment of his wife resulted in her becoming the "instrument of just retribution , " and that she "obeyed an immutable law. " Mrs. James was not permitted after the first day of the trial to have her infant girl , born since James was killed , to appear in court Mail By Aeroplane. Washington , D. C. Postmaster Gen eral Hitchcock has authorized the post master at New York to dispatch mail to Washington on May 22 by aero plane on request of a Washington aeroplane company. The postmaster general is interested in the carriage of mail by aeroplane and believes the progress being made in aviation en- encourages the hope that ultimately the regular transportation of mail by aeroplane may be practicable. Live Stock Market. Sioux City. Cattle Good to choice corn fed steers , ? 7.50@S.50 ; medium to good , $ G.50@7.00 ; good to choice fat cows and heifers , ? 6.00@7.25 ; grass cows , 53.50@5.00 ; canners and cutters , § 2.50@3.75 ; bulls , $4.00@6.25 ; veals. $3.50@7.50. Hogs Prices range from $7.35@7.75 , with a bulk of the sales at $7.50@7.60. Sheep Lambs , ? 7.00@9.25 ; yearlings , $7.00@S.OO ; ewes , 54.75@9.75. Belden to Des Moines. Wichita , Kan. Ira Belden , outfield er with the Wichita club for the past two years , has been sent to the Des Moines Western league club. Damage By Tornado. Annlston , Ala. Three persons are reported killed , scores injured and property damage estimated at $75,000 as the result of a tornado at Talla- geda , Ala. Telephone and telegraph wires were down and the city is in darkness. TROOPS ON THE MOVE CAVALRY AND INFANTRY IT PHILIPPINES ORDERED HOME. All Soldiers Acclimated to Tropics An Being Distributed Along Mexican Border. Washington , May 9. The Seconc cavalry and the Fifth regiment of in lantry now In the Philippines wen ordered to embark immediately foi the United States. After arriving in San Francisco the cavalry v/111 proceed without delay tc Fort Huachicha , on the border of MexIco Ice , in Arizona. The infantry will gc to San Antonio for distribution along the Rio Grande. It is most significant that all of the United States troops acclimated tc the tropics through service in the Philippines , are now being quietlj withdrawn from the islands and quiet ly assigned to positions on the border , It was stated at the war department that before June 15 every cavalry regi ment in the United States will be on duty on the Rio Grande. It is confidently anticipated that within the next few days the Eleventh infantry , now stationed at Fort Rus sell , Wyo. , will be on its way to San Antonio. Cars for the transportation of these troops have already arrived at the fort In explaining the preparations at Fort Russely , the war department an nounced that it proposed to be ready for any emergency. The war department Instructed Colonel Steever , stationed at San An tonio , to Immediately investigate the shooting of Private John Baker on guard duty on the Rio Grande , near El Paso. The bullet came from the Mexican side of that river. If this report is not satisfactory to the United States Secretary Wilson will make immediate presentation to the government of Mexico. Escalon , Mex. , May 9. General Orozco , In command of the rebels here , has refused to recognize the provisional government established last week at Juarez. He has sent Gomez a telegram threatening him with arrest unless he leaves Mexico. Gomez , it is under stood here. Is virtually a prisoner in Juarez. Orozco says he only invited Gomez to come and consult him and not to set up a government. TOBACCO USER IS BARRED Stormy Debate Over Question in Meth odist Conference at Minne apolis , Minn. Minneapolis , Minn. , May 10. A stormy debate arose in the Methodist general conference here Wednesday over the use of tobacco by officials high in office. A resolution was pre sented by Dr. Robert Stephens , Dan ville , 111. , to the effect , "That it is the sense of this general conference that no person should be elected to any of- Qce within the gift of the conference who uses tobacco In any of Its forma. " A vigorous debate ensued. Dr. Rob ert Watt of Delaware , while favoring the motion , declared that It was a dangerous and unwise thing to try to regulate conduct by rules. Doctor Bettys of Nebraska retorted that big sSrporations passed on the conduct of its employes , and the conference had the same right Motions to defer to 3ther committees were defeated. Dr. Fames Bowe of Chicago created much imusement by a motion to refer the natter to the committee on education rhe motion was finally adopted by in overwhelming majority. Recommendations were adopted , un ier the direction of Rev. W. S. Chinn solored delegate from Louisiana , that he home missionary society provide lid to ministers and their people who iad suffered by thousands In the re- : ent floods in the south. 3. 0. P. COMMITTEE TO MEET Republicans to Assemble at Chicago June 6 to Decide Con tests. New York , May 10. A call has been ssued for a meeting of the Repub- Ican national committee In Chicago in Thursday , June 6 , to decide con- ests among delegates to the Repub- Ican national convention. It will be the earliest meeting In aany years , because of the many con- ests. The last da for filing contests 5-111 be May 29. CARDINAL TO BUY A YACHT CConnell of Boston Planning Sea Di version for the Summer Out of Marblehead , Mass. Boston , May 11. Cardinal O'Connell lay take up yachting as a diversion tils summer. He is at present negoti- ting for the purchase of a fine yacht , 'hich is stored at Marblehead. If the ardinal buys the yacht it Is under- teed that he will pass much of his me in Marblehead waters this sum- ier. Dives to Track ; Saves Child. Jefferson , Ga. , May 13.'Soap" ockett , fireman on the Georgia Mid- nd railroad , plunged head first from le pilot beam of a moving train near sar here Friday and saved the Jife of white baby givl. rs. Davis Discontinues Divorce Sui * . New York , May 13. Cecil Cirk ! avis , the wife of Richard Ilardin ? : ivis , novelist and dramatist , has mtliuied her-suit for an absolute > rce. She brought the aciiozt jhruary , 191C. WHERE THE PRESIDENT OF CHINA RESIDES \&z a \ ' < tl\r4' \ ' < "V | & 1 $ < 5 formal installation of Yuan Shih-Kai as president of China , took place In the new Wai-wu-pu ( foretgu office THE fice ) building , and that structure is being used temporarily as the presidential residence. SIXTY PERSONS IN TORRAS RE GION DEAD AND OTHER SEC TIONS TO HEAR FROM. ST. SOPHIA LEVEE GIVES WAI Thousands of Acres Are Added to th Devastation Caused by Rushinc Waters From the Mississippi Ovei 105,000 Homeless. New Orleans , May 9. Thousands ol acres were added to the flooded re gions of Louisiana when the levee at St. Sophia , forty miles above New Or leans , broke Tuesday. The country over which the watei Is spreading has always been regarded as absolutely safe from floods. The desperate fight for control of the situ ation goes on , with reports coming ID of heavy loss of life and great prop erty damage. Sixty persons have lost their lives in the Terras region alone , and it is feared that wllen reports come in from the remote sections that the number will be much larger. The total area of devastation to date is 4,590 square miles. One hundred and five thousand people are homeless in the section from Rosedale , Miss. , to Natchez , and from Arkansas City to the Red river , and absolutely dependent upon the government for rations. These figures exclude the greatest flood center that from Torras , La. , south. FIFTY KILLED BY QUAKES Mexican Cities Are Visited by Disas trous Tremors Volcano of Colima Becomes Active. Mexico City , May 11. Thirty-four persons were killed and many build ings in the city of Zapatalan , located an the slope of the volcano of Colima , were destroyed there by an earth- luake Thursday. Sixteen persons were killed In the city of Ciudad Guz- nan and ten others were seriously in jured. In the city of Guadalajara twelve listinct shocks were felt and consid erable damage was done. More than a half million dollars of lamage , including the total destruc- ; lon of a Catholic church , Is reported rom the town of Quartel. Following he quakes , the volcano became ac- ive. ive.The The observatory here predicts that Mexico City will be visited by a disas- rous earthquake within twelve hours. MRtNERS NAME OFFICERS Jouncil Will Meet Next Year at Dal las , Te * . , on May 13 and 14 Officials Chosen. Los Angeles , Gal. , May 10. South- rn Shriners scored a decisive victory t the meeting of the Imperial council ere Wednesday by electing Ernest A. ! utts , potentate of the Alee temple , lavannah , Ga. , as imperial outer uard by a handsome majority over 11 other candidates , and the naming f Dallas , Tex. , as the mecca of the nperial council next year. May 13 nd 14 , 1913 , were named as the dates Dr the sessions of the convention in le Texas city. Cutts is in direct line for the office t imperial potentate , and In twelve ears will automatically succeed to lat position. William J. Cunningham of Baltl- lore was chosen as the next imperial otentate. Lightning Kills Woman. Sioux City , la. , May 13. While look- ig out of the window of her farm Dme near here Friday , Mrs. George aunders was killed by a bolt of light- Ing. Four children in the room were inarmed. Steel Orders Increase. New York , May 13. The United : ates Steel corporation announced riday thr.t on April 30 it had on hand iflllcd orders for 5.G64.SS5 tons , an in- ease of 360.0-H over the preceding onth. . SAYS HE WAS TRAPPEE WITNESS REPUDIATES STATE MENTS IN ARCHBALD CASE. Scranton , Pa. , Man Admits Judge Pay His Carfare to and Expenses in Washington. Washington , May 11. At the it quiry into charges of misconduc against Judge Robert W. Archbald o the commerce court before the housi judiciary committee which is to d termine whether impeachment prc ceedings shall be brought against thi jurist , Edward" J. Williams of Scran ton , Pa. , a government witness , admit ted the reason he obtained a lette : from Judge Archbald in the Erie culn bank transaction was that he realize < many railroad cases were in Judg < Archbald's court and that Captaii May , who controlled the coal property was a railroad man. in connection with the testimony Williams denied all knowledge of the contents of signed statements secured from him by the department of justice In these statements he implicated Judge Archbald in various coal land deals with the Erie & Lehigh rail road. Speaking of his visit to Washington at the time the statements are alleged to have been made , Williams said : "I came hurriedly in response to a telegram from William P. C. Borland. I was met , I think , by Mr. Borland , and we had a good lunch. Then they took me to the department of justice , and the attorney general questioned me. Later I was given some papers to sign. I don't know what was In all those papers. After that I went back to Scranton , but before I left Borland I told him he had betrayed me. Bor land paid my expenses to Washington on that trip. " Under cross-examination by Attor ney Worthington , representing Judge Archbald , Williams said that for years he had been a daily visitor to Bor land's office and that Borland had in duced him to make his first statement Implicating Judge Archbald in the coal land transactions. William P. C. Borland and C. G. Borland , witnesses against Judge Archbald , will testify on Monday. They will be interrogated closely as to de tails of the trap that Williams alleges they set for him. "SIDNA ALLEN KILLED ME ! " Such Were Dying Words of Judge Massie , According to Eye-Witness of Shooting. Wytheville , Va. , May 11. "Sidna Al len killed me ! " These were the dying words of Judge Massie as he lay mortally wounded beside the bench in the Carroll county court house at Hillsville after the court had been shot ip by the Allen gang , according to Daniel Thomas , a lumberman , who ; vas a witness at the trial of Floyd Al- en Thursday. Thomas was one of the two or three nen who did not flee from the court oem when the firing began , but re- nained to care for the injured. Many character witnesses testified hat they had founcl Floyd Allen re- jpectable and honest in busines deal- ngs. Motherless Girl Kills Self. Louisville , Ky. , May 13. Aline louse , twelve years old , killed herself rriday by shooting. Grief because she iad no mother like the other children s the cause. Her mother died eight 'ears ago. Jo. U. S. Vessel in Thames in a Year. New York , May 11. A report by he medical officer of the port of Lon- ion , England , discloses the fact that LO vessel flying the stars and stripes rrived in the Thames in the whole of ast year. Thrown From Horse ; Killed. Joliet , 111. , May 11. Frank Viora , rell-known horse and livery stable wiier , of this city was instantly killed Tiursday when thrown in front of an lectric car by a horse which he was iding. " j COWS CONDEMNED ARE SAID TC BE O. K.'D AT STOCK YARDS BY INSPECTORS. MRS. DURAND'S LITTLE JOKE Says Arthur Meeker Used Govern ment Beef Inspection in an Efforl to Destroy Her Dairy Business Regarded Her as Rival. Washington , May 12. The exist ence of a conspiracy between the bei packers and the government meat in spection service was alleged here last Friday when Mrs. Scott Durand , a noted society leader and philanthrop ist of Chicago , filed sensational evi dence with Representative Nelson of Wisconsin in a statement relating how Arthur Meeker of Chicago , gen eral manager of Armour & Co. and himself a clubman and society leader known in two continents , utilized the meat Inspection service of the United States department of agriculture in an effort to put her famous dairy , Crabtree Farm , out of existence be cause he regarded her as a rival. In addition , the statement of Mrs. Durand sLows how , by her woman's wit , she is alleged to have trapped the government meat inspectors sent by Meeker to condemn her herd , and how they actually inspected and passed for Armour & Co.'s , warehouses cows which they had condemned as tubercular on her farm. So Important is the testimony offered by Mrs. Durand that she has been summoned as a witness , and she will take the stand early next week. Mrs. Durand charges that Meeker boasted "he would put me out of business ; " that government inspectors from the Chicago stock yards con demned ten of her seventy cows which had been frequently tested by veteri narians and which had taken her five years to select ; that they ordered them killed ; that she sent them se cretly to Armour's plant and the Inspectors specters , not knowing they had pre viously condemned the animals , thereupon passed them for food. Mrs. Durand has utilized her wealth to pursue but one hobby the opera tion of a model dairy and the distribu tion of pure milk. Crabtree Farm is located on the shore of Lake Michigan , north of Chicago. Never before In any controversy involving the relation of government officials with the interests have charges been made by persons , one against the other , of the social promi nence of Mrs. Scott Durand and Ar thur Meeker. Coincident with the filing of her statement , it became known that the packers , alarmed at the certainty that the house committee on expenditures will recommend a thorough investiga tion of the conspiracy between the meat trust * nd the meat inspection service , are bringing every pressure to bear on members of the house to block the inquiry. A number of mem bers of the house have received fran tic inquiries from the packers urging them to vote against it and lobbyists have been busy for a week. The charges made by Mrs. Durand were sent direct to Representative Nelson to be used as part of his argu ment before the committee , on his res- Dlution to order the investigation. Mrs. Durand first telegraphed Mr. tfelson that she had some information ibout the operation of the service at Chicago , and he asked her to forward it. Mrs. Durand then mailed her statement. Holland Minister of Marine Quits. The Hague , May 13. Vice-Admiral f. Wentholt , minister of marine , re- iigned Friday in consequence of the lefeat in the chamber of deputies of he proposal to build a battleship for lervice in the Dutch East Indies. Chief of Police Drops Dead. Binghamton , N. Y. , May 13. Police /hief Burdette Abel dropped dead at lis desk at headquarters here Friday , le was sixty-eight years eld and had ieen a member of the police force for orty-nine years. COULD HARDLY MOVE. Kidney Trouble Caused Terrible Misery. Mrs. J. S. Downs , 219 N. Sixth St. , Chickasha , Okla. , says : "My baclc across my kidneys became so lame I could hardly move. My limbs cramp ed and stiffened and. I felt completely" worn out. Nervous ness and headaches- kept me in an un- JSj strung condition and , frequent passages of the kidney secretions added to my discom fort I was soon re lieved , however , after I began taking Doan's Kidney Pills and when 1 had used four boxes , I felt like another woman. " "When Your Back Is Lame , Remem ber the Name DOAN'S. " 50c all stores. Foster-MIlburn Co. , Buffalo , N. Y. New York Journalists. "Here's a man who claims to under stand birds. " "Well ? " "Can't we feature it ? " "We might. " replied the editor of the New York paper , "if it were played up properly. Send him out to get an interview with the first robin , and let's see what he makes of it. " Not in Any Way Desirable. "Do those people who moved into the flat across the hall seem to be de sirable neighbors ? " asked the man. "No , " replied the woman. "I watch ed everything that came out of the- njoving van. They haven't a thing- that we would care to borrow. " Cure for Insomnia. "Dibble says he can't sleep. " "He ought to read the war news- from Mexico. " Garfield Tea keeps , the liver In condition , Insuring a clear head and good general health. Driuk before retiring. Some people impress us as being too polite to set all that's coming to them. Mrs. Whislotv's Soothing Syrnp for Children teething- , softens tlie pnois , reduces Inflamma tion , allays pain cures -wind colic , 25c a bottle. The man who wants the right of way wants it right away. City D. "Hub of the Northwest. " LARGEST IN WEST DRY CLEANING & DYE1N8 OUR SPECIALTY 517 PIERCE STREET SIOUX CITY. IOWA If * Dry Steam Vulcanizing. Agents for Kelley- Springfield Tires , Reliners , Auto Accessories. HALLER BROS. , 621 Pearl Street , SIOUX CITY , IOV/A THE LYTLE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. Sioux City. Iowa can help you. Store buildings , churches , school houses and large residences erected everywhere. in all its branches modern methods. Express paid one way on $3 orders. W. C. DAVENPORT CO. , Both Phones2677,417 DouglasSt..SiouxCltyla. AWNINGSTENTS Stack Covers , etc. TENTS TO RENT G. E. Martin Co.,307 Jackson St. , Sionz Cityla. Soda Fountains and supplies. We sell them. Chesterman Co. , Dept. F , Sioux City , la. Crockery , China , Glassware , Lamps , HotelDishesFountainSuppliesetc. Wholesalers and Manufacturing Agents. Write for catalog or salesman. SIOUX CITY CROCKERY CO. , 309-311 NebSt. , Sioux CityIsu YOUR HAIR WITH DeLUTH'S GOLDEN DANDRUFF DESTROYER , BEFORE TOO LATE wOmplete treatment , at your druggist or post paid to any address 51.20. Wigs and Toupees- ' .o match and fit. any bald head. DeLuth Golden- roilet Co. , 316 Grain Exchange Bid ? . , Sioux City. Iowa Electric Light Plants for farms and towns. All kinds of electric fixtures and supplies. Electric Supply Co. , 525 5tb , Sioux City , la. 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