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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
STATE
ftantrttor Silas A Holcomb
Lfeutebaat Governor James E Harris
Ijicreiafref State WF Porter
iTemurer JNMeserve
Auditor John F Cornell
Cora Lands and Bulldlngii Jacob V Wolfe
Attorney General Constantino J 8mvth
bupt Public instruction w KJaclcson
Regents University
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Hi A Hadley Scojln
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W KalevmHcd Cloud
JShos KawlinsWakefld
I Cnas Weston Hay Spgs
I H L Goold Ogaialla
LOH Morrill Lincoln
CONGRESSIONAL
Senators Wm V Allen Madison John M
Thurston Omaha
representatives First District Jesse B Strode
Lincoln Second D H Mercer Omaha Third
Geo I Mcikleiohn Fnllerton Fourth G J Hai
ner Aurora Fifth Wm K Andrews Hustings
Sixth O M Item Broken Bow
JUDICIAL
Supreme Court T L Isorval Chief Justice
Harrison and Folk associates
Fifteenth Judicial District M F Kinkaid
ONeill V II Westovcr Itushvillo
LEGISLATIVE
Representative Fifty second District OP
Ulllinps Norden
Senator Fourteenth District Otto Mutz
BpriiiKView
LAND OFFICE
BoRlstr O R Glover Longpine Receiver J
A Fikc Newport
COUNTY
Treasurer G 1 Crabb
Jlerk Geo Elliott
Sheriff Amos Strong
Judge W R Towne
County Attorney V M Walcott
County Superintendent Lillian Stmier
Surveyor Chas Talt
Corouer A Lewis
Max viertei
Commissioners W AF uker
l P Sullivan
PRECINCT
Overseeis of Highways R Hansen and J Raj
Constable R Towne
C Justices of the Peace John Dunn and J M
Jiur Camm
Assessor- John Dunn
VILLAGE
Town Board E Sparks president C H Cor
nell treasurer T C Hornby clerk D S Ludwlg
End P F Simons
Marshal and Water Commissioner Henry
Razev
chool District No l - F M Walcott president
M V Nicholson treasurer J C Pettijohn secre
tary W S Jackson G P Crabb and J T Keoley
SOCIETIES
Imp 0 BM
Sitting Bull Tribe No 22 rmproved Order of
Red Men meets every second and fourth Friday
evening of each month at DavenportsJ Half
Visiting brethren are fraternally Invited to be
present at the councils of the tribe
J H SEAita F M March
Chief of Records Sachem
A P A M
Minnekadusa Lodge No 192 A F A M
meets in regular communication Saturday even
ing on or before the full moon In each month
members of the order in good and regular stand
ing cordially and fraternally invited to attend
J T Keklky W M
W W THonrsox Secr
0 E S
Northern Star Chapter No 59 Order of the
Eastern Star meets on second and fourth Tues-
day evenings of each month In Hornbys hall
W W Thompson Maggie Waloott
Secretary Worthy Matron
a oTu W
Valentine Lodge Uo 70 A O U W meets
on l stand 3rd Mondays of each month
J C Pettijohn Rec 0 W Hahx M W
D OF H
Valentine Lodge No Degree of Honor
holds regular meetings first and third Wednes
day evenings of each month
M Christknsen Mrs J C Pkttijobn
Recorder Chief of Honor
I 0 O F
- Valentine Lodge No 20ri O O Fs meets
fvery Thursday evening Visiting brothers cord
lallv nvlted to attend our meetings
D H Thurston Frank Brayton
Secretary Noble Grand
G A K
Col Wood PstNo 208 Department of Ne
braska regular meeting 2d and 4th Saturdays of
each monlL at 2 d m sharp Comrads from
other Posts are cordially Invited to attend
J W Tcokkr John Dunn
Adjutant Commander
MwT A
Valentino Camp No 1751 Modern Woodmen of
America meets second and fourth Wednesday
evenings of each month at Davenports HalL
Visiting neighbors cordially Invited to aitend
W S Jackson W E Ha6y
Clerk Venerable Counsel
K of P
Cherry Lodge No 169 Knights of Pythias meeti
every Tuesday evening at Davenports Hall
W s Jackson E r Egberts
K of R and S Chancellor Commander
Arrival and Departure of Malls
Mall east and west closes at 8 p m
Rosebud leaves at 800 a m dallt except Sun
day and arrives at 500 p m
Simeon Kennedy and Oasis leaves
at 700 a m Mondays Wednesdays and Frl
days and arrives at 700 p m Tuesdays Thurs
davs and Saturdays
Ft Niobrara leaves daily at700 a m and
500 p m arrives at 930a mand 730 pm
Kewanee and Sparks arrives Monday1
Wednesdays and Fridays at 609 p iaand
leavss Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays at
7e am
General delivery open from 739 a m to 700
p m General delivery open on Sundays from
6 to 10 a m Lock boxes opendally form 0 a
m to 800 p in
W EHALEY Postmaster
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS
JD CLARKE
Attorney-at-Law
Allklnds of legal business promptly attended to
Valentine Nebraska
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T C DWYER
Physician and Surgeon
Office at C R Watsons Drug Store Prompt
attention given to all professional calls
Valentine - Nebraska
Teachers Examination
The regular monthly Teachers
Examination -will be held the
third Saturday of each month
at my office in the Court House
LILLIAN STONER
Supt of Schools
PFSIMONS
PROPR1TOR OF
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Seasonable charges
DEATHS AWFUL FOEM
COMES TO IMPRISONED PASSEN
GERS AT SEA
Sixteen Die in Flames on the Mallory
Liner Leona Ill Fated Boat Beaches
New York Harbor witli Her Ghastly
Cargo
Cremated on the Sen
The Mallory line steamer Leona which
left her pier at New York on Saturday
bound for Galveston took fire nt sen put
back and arrived in port Sunday night
with sixteen corpses on board The dead
were thirteen steerage passengers and
three members of the crew who suc
cumbed to a terrible fire which occurred
off the Delaware capes at an early hour
Sunday morning
The horror of the story can hardily be
told Those who are dead were penned
up below decks and although frantic
efforts were made by the officers of the
vessel to save them the lire had gained
such terrible headway before the danger
was discovered that all escape was cut
off The steamer carried in her cargo
many bales of cotton When the fire was
discovered it burst forth with such fury
that it was impossible to reach the steer
age The saloon passengers were first
aroused and in such a manner as to oc
casion little alarm When it became ap
parent hat the fire had cut off the steer
age the captain and his men poured great
quantities of water down the ventilator
and the most frantic efforts were made
for the escape of those penned up In
this way nine of the steerage passengers
made their escape
S V Winslow of Rutherford N J
a survivor told the following graphic
story of the fire
First Mate Wallace was pacing the
bridge about 2 a m when he thought
that he smelled smoke He went down
the forward to the companion way and
opened the door There was a burst of
flame which burned his face
Wallace cried the alarm of fire to the
forward watch telling ihim to wake the
steward and have all the passengers
aroused as quickly as possible without
creating any excitement
Warns the Passengers
The steward said in calm tones that
there was a slight fire in the forward part
of the ship and it might be advisable for
the passengers to get their things to
gether It might be possible he added
that the ship would eventually have to be
abandoned
There was no excitement among the
saloon passengers The steward made
frequent trips forward and came back
with reports of the progress of the flames
He said that the fire was confined below
decks and as the flames did not rise very
high the passengers did not fully realize
the extent of the peril
Oapr Wilder at once ordered the crew
to rescue the steerage passengers On
the same deck with the steerage on the
port side of the ship a large quantity of
cotton bagging was stored separated from
the steerage passengers by a board parti
tion
The main deck was almost completely
filled with freight cutting off all exit
from the steerage to the afterpart of the
ship The only way out from the steer
age was up the forward companionway
Try to Save Those in the Steerajre
The crew attempted to descend They
were driven back by dense volumes of
smoke and flames The smoke and flames
also came up through the ventilators and
it was apparent to all who were on deck
that below decks was a roaring furnace
When the steward aroused me I
jumped up hastily and dressed I ran
forward to see how extensive the fire was
The captain was just coming out of the
companioaway after his fruitless effort
to go below
When I looked down into that horrible
hole the thought came over me like it had
over the captain and the crew that there
were ihelpless people down below who
were probably burning to death
Stokers Desert Their Posts
When the news of the fire reached the
lower depths of the ship where the stok
ers were feeding the boilers they desert
ed their posts and rushed to the deck
eighteen of them in all They clamber
ed into the second boat on the port side
and began cutting it away First Officer
Wallace and Chief Engineer Taylor were
after them in a moment
Get out of that boat thundered Wal
lace
The stokers refused to obey and went
on cutting away the lashings of the boat
Come out of that boat re echoed
Taylor Then he reached for his revol
ver I will shoot the man who cuts away
the boat
The Spaniards looked at the chief en
gineer and then sullenly obeyed
Nine Make Their Escape
During the excitement of the first
hour we did not know that anyone had
gotten out of the steerage alive but later
we found in the cabin that nine of them
had managed to get out Their bunks had
been nearest to the companionway and
they had been awakened by the part of
the crew rushing out of the forecastle
The fire crept up through cracks about
the pilot house and then into the house
itself The quartermaster stuck to the
wheel until the flames almost enveloped
him
Captain Wilder ordered signal lights
of distress burned and in a very few
minutes there flashed up in the darkness
far to the north an answering signal It
came from the City of Augusta of the
Savannah line which came alongside
about daybreak
The passengers were all transferred to
the City of Augusta in safety and the
work of fighting the fire was continued
About 9 oclock in the morning the flames
were under control and the steamer out of
danger The passengers were sent back
to the Leona and the City of Augusta con
tinued on her way to Savannah Tho
Leona put about and returned to port im
der her own steam
Sparks from the Wires
The miners eight hour bill was defeated
fn the BritisTi commons
The Federation of Labor will aid the
striking tanners of Chicago
Gen Nelson A Miles has sailed for
Europe to observe the war operatiops
Stanford Newell of Minnesota was nom
inated by the President as minister to
the Netherlands
The budget committee of the German
reichstag has authorized the expenditure
of 40OUO000 marks to create a reserve
fit field artillery and material
WISCONSIN TRAGEDY
SHOCKING CRIME COMMITTED
NEAR WAUKESHA
William Pouch Enjoys the Hospital
ity of a Farmer and Then Kills Him
Three Others Fatally Wounded
Escaped Upon a Bicycle
A Tale of Horror
William Pouch a farm hand who was
given lodging and food at the residence
of Alexander Harris a wealthy farmer
five miles from Waukesha Wis Thurs
day night repaid the kindness Friday
morning by killing his host and fatally
wounding Mrs Harris and two servants
The murderer worked for Mr Harris
two years ago and when he rode up to
the house on a wheel and asked for a
nights lodging on the plea that he did not
like to ride in the night he was pleasantly
received He slept with McHolt the
hired man and arose with him between 4
and 5 oclock Mr Harris and McHolt
went to the barn to milk They were ac
companied by Pouch who talked and
chatted with them
The milking was in progress when
Pouch shot Harris as he sat milking He
fell dead Before McHolt had a chance
to turn the murderer shot him three times
the balls taking effect in the head and
neck He fell unconscious and Pouch
supposing him dead dragged the bodies
to a pile of refuse and covered them
He walked to the house where Mrs
Harris and the servant were preparing
breakfast Mrs Harris told him to sit
right down to the table which he did and
ate a hearty breakfast talking with the
women
Women Also Fall Victims
Having finished Pouch rose and with
out a word fired at Miss Vesbach the ball
taking effect in her head She fell to the
floor and Pouch then shot Mrs Harris
before she realized what had happened
He fired again as she fell both shots hit-
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ME AND MRS HARRIS
ting her in the head The murderer
started for another room when the girl
stirred and turning he shot her again
in the head Apparently convinced that
both were dead Pouch turned his atten
tion to raiding the house in the hope of
finding a large sum of money In this he
was not successful as all he found was a
sum that was in a pocketbook in another
room This he took and threw away the
pocketbook
He was seen by Nelson McHolt the
hired man who had revived sufficiently
to drag himself out of the manger where
he had been thrown with the body of
Farmer Harris Desperately wounded
and satisfied that he had not long to live
McHolt crawled out to the road and
dragged himself in the dust to the farm
house of Jacob Wagner 100 yards away
CHARGES OF BRIBERY
Legislators at Springfield 111 Have a
Genuine Sensation
There was a sensation at the Illinois
capitol Friday morning the cause of
which was the allegation that a man sup
posed to be a member of the House was
offered 2000 to vote for the Humphrey
bills
The person charged with making the of
fer on behalf of the street railway com
pany people is W C Garrard secretary
of the State Board of Agriculture The
accusation is made by A L Hamilton of
West Chicago publisher of the Journal
a weekly paper Mr Hamiltons business
A L HAMILTON
Who preferred pharges of attempted bribery
at Springfield is that of clerk for the
committee of which Charles Page Bryan
is chairman Acpprding to Mr Hamil
tons statements Mr Garrard asked him
to vote for the Humphrey bills under the
impression that he was Representative
Flannigan
Mr Hamilton who looks like Flanni
gan chanced to be sitting in the seat of
Representative Flannigan when Senator
Landrigan approached him and said ie
wanted to see him outside Mr Hamilton
did not know Senator Landrigan but got
up and followed nina In the corridor
Senator Landrigan introduced Mr Ham
ilton to Mr Garrard as Representative
Flannigan and turped away M Bjamil
tqn says he was qfferej 2010 for his
vote and promised to think the matter
over Bis story was soon all oyey the
House Mr Garrard denies the whole
story and brands the statement that he
offered money fqr a vote fpr ino Hum
phrey bills as a falsehood I never
spoke to Hamilton in my life said he
and it is a lie that I ever tried to solicit
a vote for the Humphrey bills
Of the UQ Chinese actors just released
from quarantine at Seattle Wash sixty
six will be deported and fifty allowed to
proceed under charge of the suryeyqr of
customs to the Nashville exposition The
Chinese are coolies and came to this
country w steerage passengers
By the burning of the building of the
Itasca Warehouse Co at Minneapolis a
loss of 250000 was entailed
Rinderpest has broken out among cattle
in Cape Colony and it is feared it will
sweep over the entire country to the coast
BLOW TO MONEOEEM
BRITAINS RECOGNITION OF THE
DOCTRINE MAY END
Now Has an Easy Way Out
Senators Spurn Overtures of Arbitra
tion Opposition Accuse England of
Havinc Sinister Designs on America
Dont Want Peace
Englands supposed recognition of tne
Monroe doctrine falls with the failure of
the arbitration treaty Having lost this
chance to fix Monroeism as an interna
tional principle the United States may
some day be compelled to fight for it or
abandon it The compact eays a Wash
ington correspondent was the outgrowth
of the stand taken by the United States
is to Venezuela and as the bargain wat
not fulfilled England is not committed to
he theory of American rule in America
After changing disfiguring and invali
dating the arbitration treaty until out of
all semblance to the pact as it came from
the hands of Olney and Pauncefote the
Senate kicked its own hybrid out of doors
By a vote of 43 to 20 the treaty was lost
The rules of the Senate require a majority
of two thirds for the ratification of trea
ties Hence four more affirmative votes
would have been required to secure a
favorable result The vote in detail was
Yeas Allison Bacon BurroWs Caf
frey Clay Cullom Davis Deboe Fair
banks Faulkner Foraker Frye Gallin
ger Gear Gray Hale Hanna Hawley
Hoar Lindsay Lodge McBride McEn
ery McMillan Mitchell Morrill Nelson
Pascoe Perkins Piatt of Connecticut
Piatt of New York Pritchard Proctor
Smith Spooner Thurston Turpie Vest
Walthall Warren Wellington Wetmore
Wilson 3
Nays Baker Bate Butler Car
ter Cockrell Daniel Hansbrough Har
ris of Kansas Harris of Tennessee Heit
feld Jones of Arkansas Jones of Ne
vada Kyle Martin Mason Mills Mor
gan Penrose Pettigrew Pettus Quay
Rawlins Roach Shoup Stewart White
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The total vote cast was sixty nine leav
ing nineteen Senators who did not re
spond
The pairs were as follows two affirma
tive Senators being paired with one nega
tive Senator in most instances
Chandler and Clark for with Teller
against
Tillman and Turner for with Chilton
against
Sewell and Earle for with Mantle
against
Senator George was paired for the
treaty and Senator Berry against it
Pairs not announced for were the fol
lowing Aldrich Cannon Elkins Gor
man Murphy Wolcott Kenney and Al
len
The vote was preceded by a short spir
ited debate introduced by Mills who
made a strong appeal to the Senate
against ratifying the agreement He as
serted that as amended the document was
most objectionable not to say contradic
tory in its terms He pointed out espe
cially the provisions for the settlement
of the controversies in regard to territo
rial claims and asserted that whereas the
amendments adopted by the Senate to the
first article of the treaty declared against
their inclusion those to the sixth and
eighth articles made a provision for them
He held that as long as these articles re
mained unchanged England justly would
claim that its questions of territorial
rights were still included within the scope
of the treaty Under such circumstances
he asked what was to prevent England
from purchasing the island of Cuba or any
other American territory and in case of
objection on the part of the United States
insisting upon reference of the dispute to
arbitration He spoke of the condnet of
England in connection with the Greco
Turkish war and implored the Senate to
protect the United States against the pro
posed alliance
PHARSALOS IS FALLEN
Greeks Euu Away Ajrain and Leave
the Town to Moslems
Pharsalos has been taken by the Turks
The Greeks have run away in spite of the
fact that they apparently had won the
biggest battle of the war Athens is in
a turmoil again and clamoring for Ralli
to ask the powers to interfere
The desertion of Pharsalos by the
Greeks is considered remarkable The
Turkish array was mowed down by the
destructive fire of the Hellenic troops
Thousands of Moslems were slaughtered
and every dispatch indicated that the
Sultans soldiers were in a trap
Now comes the startling information
that in the face of triumph the Greeks
have abandoned the tova and fled to Do
komos thirteen mjles south of Pharsalos
In an interview Qrumbkoff Pasha the
German officer who reorganized the Turk
ish artillery and wQ entered Larissa at
the head Qf the Turkish troops dwells
upon the splendid conduct of the Turks
an4 says the capture- of Larissa did not
cost them a single man
Continuing Grambkoff Pnsha saya the
works constructed by Greek engineers of
Larlsaa are deserving of all pjaise and
that he fails to understand why they were
abandoned The Turkish -army in the
field he further rpaiarks is one of the
finest Turkey yer postffssed and -at no
praise is too great for both soldiers and
offers
Grumbkoff Pasha gjvea many instances
of the self sacrifice and enthusiasm ani
mating the Turkish troops In regard to
the Groses the general asserts that both
Officers and men were seized with Tnin
and that great numbers- of Greeks in the
face of the ewmy stripped themselves of
their uniforms donned civilian clothing
and beseeched the Turks to spare their
lives The Tur fcs treated all their prison
ers and wounded with the greatest care
Jf iieut Eloff grandson of President
Kruger of the Transvaal who has been
susponded and tried for insulting lan
guage against Queen Victoria has been
reinstated and appointed
The first regular mail service xtffchoriz
ed for an entire year in Alasksfcas been
contracted for by the Postoffice Depart
ment the service being fromJuneau t0
Circle City 900 miles each way The
contract callB for on roundtrip a month
beginning July 3 1897 illiam F Sal
ter is the contractor the contract price
being 6999
Most of the business portion of Brad
ner a village near Fostoria O was de
stroyed by fire Loss estimated at 60
000 One woman died of heart diseas
the result of fear and excitement-
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