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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY
STATE
GoTcnjgr SllajAHolcomt
Lieutenant Governor James E Jlarrlfc
Secretary of Stabs WF Porter
w itreMurer JNMeserve
Auditor John F Cornell
Com Lands and Bnlldlngu Jacob V Wolfe
Attorney General Constantino J Smyth
Bupt Public Instruction W It Jackson
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Eegents University
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I C W KaleymRed Cloud
I UVnc TJnntllno Wnl nfUJ
1 Chas Weston Hay Spgs
I H L Goold Ogaialla
lOH Morrill Lincoln
C02VGRKSSIONAL
8enators Win V Allen Madison John M
Thurston Omaha
Kspresentatives First Disti let Jesse li Strode
jineoin mccoimi u it xuprcer umana intra
GeoDMelklelohnFullerton Fourth K J Hai
rier Aurora Fifth Wm K AndrHws Hastings
Sixth O M Kern Broken How
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JUDICIAL
Supreme Court T L Norval Chief Justice
Harrison and Polk associates
Fifteenth Judicial District M P Klnkald
OXuill W II Westover Rushvilltf
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LEGISLATIVE
Representative Fifty second District OP
Billlncs Norden
Senator Fourteenth District Otto Mutz
Sprlngvlew
LAND OFFICE
RecistfrO It Glover Longpine Receiver J
A Fiko Newport
COUNTY
Treasurer G P Crabb
Jlecfc Geo Elliott
Sheriff Amos Strong
Judge V It Towne
County Attorney F M Walcott
County Superintendent Lillian Stoncr
Surveyor Chas Talt
Coroner A Lewis
Max viertel
Commissioners W APaiker
I P Sullivan
PRECINCT
Overseers of Highways R Hansen and J Raj
Constable R Towne
Justices of the Poace John Dunn and J M
Cainrn
Assessor- John Dunn
VILLAGE
Town Board E Sparks president C H Cor
nell treasurer T C Hornby clerk D S Ludwlg
and PF Simons
Marshal and Water Commissioner Henry
Razey
chool District No 1 F M Walcott president
M V Nicholson treasurer J C Pettljohn secre
tary W S Jackson G P Crabb and J T Keoley
SOCIETIES
Imp 0 RM
Sitting Bull Tribe No 22 Improved Order of
Red Men meets every second and fourth Friday
ecning of each month at DavenportsJ Hall
Visiting brethren are fraternally Invited to bo
present at the councils of the tribe
J n Seaks F M March
Chief of Records Sachem
A 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 fraternallyinvited to attend
J T Keels W M
W W Thompson- Secy
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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 Walcott
Secretary Worthy matron
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Valentine Lodge No 70 A O U W meets
on l si and 3rd Mondays of each month
J C Petti john Rec O 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 Chbibtknsen Mrs J C Pkttijobn
Recorder Chief of Honor
I 0 O F
Valentine Lodge No 205 I O O F meets
every Thursday evening Visiting brothers cord
IaHv Hvlted to attend our meetings
rB H Thurston Fhank Bratton
Secretary Noble Grand
G A R
Col Wood PstNo 208 Department of Ne
braska regular meeting 2d and 4th Saturdays of
each montL at 2 d m sharp Comrads from
other Posts are cordially Invited to attend
J W Tucker John Dunn
Adjutant Commander
Mw7 A
Valentine Camp No 1751 Modern Woodmen of
Ameiica meets second and fourth Wednesday
evenings of each month at Davenports HalL
Visiting neighbors cordially Invited to attend
W 8 Jackson W E HalBT
Clerk Venerable Counsel
K of P
Cherry Lodge No 169 Knights of Pythias meet
every Tuesday evening at Davehpfllts Hall
W S JACKBON E F BOBERTS
K of R and S Chancellor Commander
Arrival and Departure of Malls
Mall east and west closes at 8 p m
Kosebud leaves at Sioo a m dall except Bun
day and arrives at 500 p m
Simeon Kennedy and Oasis leaves
at 700 am Mondays Wednesdays and FrJ
davs and arrives at 700 p m Tuesdays Thurs
days and Saturdays
Ft Niobrara leaves daily at700 a m and
5 KM p m arrives at 930a niand 730 pm
Kewanee and Sparks arrives Mgndaja1
Wednesdays and Fridays at 509 p nand
leaves Tuesdays Thursdays ind Saturdays at
7o am
General delivery open from 709 a m to 700
p m General delivery open on Sundays froin
E to 10 a m Lock boxes opendally form 8 a
oj to 800 p ra
W EHALEY Postmaster
PROFESSIONAL AND BUSINESS CARDS
D CLARKE
AUklnds of legal business promptly attended to
Valentine Nebraska
T C DWYER
Physician and Surgeon
Omce 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
OR
P F SIMONS
PROPRITOR OF
AY LINE NO I
Satisfaction guaranteed
Beaionable charges
EDUCAT0ES TO MEET
TWENTY THOUSAND EXPECTED
AT MILWAUKEE
National Educational Association
Meeting Will Be a Most Important
Gathering All of the Great Petla
COgncs Will Be Present
Will Eclipse All Others
During the second week in Inly Mil
waukee will be the Mecca of the teach
ers of the United States Then the city
will be tilled with educators representing
every class from the kindergarten to the
university Then will be held the con
vention of the National Educational As
sociation to whose sessions pedagogues
in every part of the country are looking
forward with interest
Eleven thousand two hundred and ninety-seven
life members active members
and associate members participated in the
proceedings of the annual meeting of the
National Educational Association which
was held at Denver in 1S95 Last year
when the convention was held at Buffalo
the number taking part was 0073 It is
with these statistics in view that Milwau
kee is making preparations to entertain a
large influx of visitors from all arts of
the United States on the occasion of the
thirty sixth annual meeting of the asso
ciation
Upon the educational and professional
side the conventions of the association
appeal strongly to the interests of teach
ers and of all intelligent people Each of
and Public Schools Clinton Scollartf oj
Clinton N Yt poem The Man of th
Ideal President James H Oanfield
Ohio State University Winners of
Men -The Needs of Rural Schools
will be disclosed in their various phases
by Henry Subin State Superintendent
of Public Instruction of Iowa William 1
Ilarris United States Commissioner of
Education Dr D L Kiehle of the Uni
versity of Minnesota and Dr A B Hins
dale of the University of Michigan Miss
Estelle Keel State Superintendent of Wy
oming Miss Jane Addams of Hull
House Prof James L Hughes of Tor
onto Canada will speak upon subjects
yet to be announced
OVERRUN WITH TRAMPS
Alarminc Increase Observable in the
Great Army of Unemployed
One of the significant and disquieting
evidences of the long continued depression
in industry is the large number of tramps
reported in all sections of the country
This is particularly true of the territory
east of Chicago The movement appears
to be toward the older States California
and the Rocky Mountain States are no
longer favored by tramps The coast is
played out and Colorado is no better is
the verdict of the traveling fraternity
A railroad detective whose business
keeps him on the road between Chicago
and Cleveland a large part of the time
said that the number of tramps exceeded
anything in his recollection There are
thousands of them he said and it is
not fair to call them tramps either The
majority of them appear to be mecnanics
and laborers out of employment They
drift from one place to another in search
of work and are reduced to the necessity
NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION CONVENTION
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these great gatherings may be regarded as
a national clearing house for the inter
change of ideas on leading topics of the
time There are other aspects in which
they are attractive the social aspect and
the recreational aspect It has become
the custom for all Americans who cap
afford it to indulge in a summer outing
The fact that the railroads will make a
half fare excursion rate to Milwaukee for
persons coming from any part of the Un
ion to attend the National Educational
Associations convention will lead thou
sands of people to select Milwaukee as
t3ie headquarters of their approaching va
cation The hnlf fare rate can be secured
bv anyone purchasing a transportation
ticket with the associate membership cou
pon
From present indications the convention
will be the greatest gathering of educa
tors the world has ever seen It is ex
pected that at leait 20000 men and wom
en interested in education will attend
The reports receiver from every part of
the country tell pf a remarkable interest
in the convention and the assembling
of all the brightest minds engaged in the
work of education cannot fail to have an
important effect on the progress of educa
tion in the United States They will dh
cuss the problems of pedagogy in the light
of principles and practical experiments
and each of the educationalists who has
become famous for his discoveries along
certain lines will freely give the others
the benefit of his experience and theories
The interchange of ideas is expected to
give American education an impetus
which will accomplish much
From every section of the country will
come the greatest minds who will deliver
addresses on important educational top
ics For instance Pvev Lyman Abbott
D D pastor of Plymouth phureh
Brooklyn and editor of the Outlook will
discuss The Democracy of Learning
Dr Alexander Graham Bell of Washing
ton D C will talk on The Education of
the Deaf Supt James M Greenwood
of Kansas City Mo Shall American
History Be Taught in Cross Sections or
Parallels T Supt Newton C Dougherty
ex president N E A Peoria 111 The
Study of History Supt Cairoll G
Pearse of Onjaha Neb 1 the Heart of
This People Changed Toward thp
Schools Bishop John H Vincent of To
peka Kan Tom and His Teacher
Dr Richard G- Boone principal of Yp
silanti normal school Michigan Lines
of Growth in Maturing Albert E Win
ship editor of the Journal of Education
Boston Educational Leadership Dr
James M Green principal of State nor
mal school Trenton N J Data of
Method Edwin A Alderman president
of University of North Carolina Chapel
Hill The Christian State Oscar T
Corson State Commissioner of Common
Schools Ohio Extremes m Education
President William R Harper Chicago
University Waste in Education n Gil
roan H Tucker of New York Edupation
from a Publishers frJtapflpointi jirB
Ellen M Henrotin of Chicago The Co
operation of Womens Clubs in the State
of riding in box cars and begging food
The percentage of genuine tramps is
small though there are apparently large
numbers of dangerous men on the road
As an indication of the straits to which
these men are reduced I may tell you
that only last Wednesday four tramps
armed with revolvers held up a box car
filled with other tramps near Butler hid
and robbed them of what little money
they had No one ever heard of such a
thing before The number of tramps in
the country may be judged from the fact
that I counted 197 of them on one freight
train that left Grand Crossing last Tues
day night The average is nearly that
high and you can readily see that freight
conductors and brakemen are not anxious
to undertake the job of throwing them off
The fact is that so long as they keep out
of sight in box cars the trainmen let the
tramps alone They are afraid to do any
thing else All the
twenty four roads cen
tering in Chicago have nearly an equal
number of tramps to contend with daily
With an allowance of three freight trains
in both directions on each road the daily
exodus will average oyer 10Q0Q and the
influx is about the saine number
DECREASE IN THE PUBLIC DEBT
The Monthly Statement Shows a Fall
of 1500000 for May
The monthly statemeut of the public
debt shows that the debt less cash in the
treasury at the close of business on My
29 1897 was 9966S4052 a decrease
for the month of 1500080 which is prin
cipally accounted for by an increase of
over 2000000 in cash in the treasury
The debt independent of the pash was
increased during thp month by 463215
npepunted for in redemption account
The debt is recapitulated as follows
kh nuiviu in iciest
ceased sine maturity 1348310
Debt neaulng no Interest 3780S4324
Total 1226797864
This amount however does not iuclude
595335953 in certificates and treauvy
notes offset by an equal amount pf cash
in the treasury Thp csish ui the treasury
j classified as fpllpws
1S1707131
i aper sr
utli ov
Bonds disbursing officers 0J 1
W etc - 38129555
10W 867490820
Against this there are demand liabili
ties outstanding amounting to 6373S3 -013
leaving a net cash balance in the
treasury of 230113812
In view of the action of il United
States Government through Minister Mc
Ienzip in March last in demanding and
obtaining the release of an American sail-
or named Ramsey the Peruvian Govern
ment will ask for an inquiry into the al
leged unjust arrest fpr vagrancy at Brun
swick Ga of a Peruvian citizen named
Francisco Melina who Is said to have
been 111 treated while in prison there
STBTO DP BY A MOB
NEGRO LYNCHED BY FRENZIED
PEOPLE OF URBANA O
Mobs First Attempt Was Met by
Deadly Volleys of Rifle Bulleta Au
thorities Didnt Interfere with the
Second Attack
NiKht of Awful Sensations
Click Mitchell the Urbana O negro
brute has paid the penalty of his foul
crime with his life An outraged people
took the law into their own hands and
meted out to him the punishment he so
richly deserved and obeyed the command
and wish of his prostrate and as announc
ed dying victim He was hanged to a
tree in the court yard Friday in broad
daylight after a night of horror and tra
gedy
Recently Mrs Eliza Gaumer the widow
of the late publisher of the Urbana Dem
ocrat was criminally assaulted by Chas
Mitchell alias Glick Mitchell a noto
rious negro who was arraigned Wednes
day but his victim was too ill to appear
in court The man was taken to her home
for identification As he entered the door
she raised herself on her elbow and ex
claimed The brute Hang him How
dare you face me you brute In de
fault of 1000 bail Mitchell was locked
up in thp city prison but on account of
the feeling was removed to the county jail
the same night for safe keeping
From the time of his arrest threats of
lynching were made and Sheriff McLean
took all precautions to prevent it secur
ing from the Governor the services of
two companies of militia His indictment
by the grand jury his plea of guilty and
the sentence were all recorded within tour
hours Thursday evening His sentence
was to twenty years imprisonment and
he was to have been taken from the Ur
bana jail Friday to begin the term
Thursday night the jail was surrounded
by a threatening mob News of the in
tended attack on the prisoner reached the
officers of the court in the afternoon and
they called on the Governor for militia
to protect Mitchell The local company
was ordered out and took up lodgings un
der arms in the jail At 230 oclock Fri
day morning a mob attacked the jail with
sledge hammers The militiamen fired
into the crowd killing and wounding
many of the attacking party and repelling
the assault
At 710 oclock in the morning a com
pany of militiamen arrived from Spring
field O The crowd already enraged1 at
the authorities rallied for another at
tack on the jail This time the authorities
made no resistance None of themen in
charge had the nerve to order another vol
ley turned into the bodies of is towns
men The negro was hustled out of his
cell and hanged to the nearest treo in the
presence of a howling mob of 2000 per
sons over 500 of whom were women The
feeling is intense against the sheriff for
allowing the National Guards to fire on
the people and there is a very generaj
Approval of the work of the mob
IS PATRIOTISM DYING
Sporting Events Crowd Oat Memorial
Services
Judging from the newspaper reports
and other appearances Decoration Day
has lost its character and significance in
New York writes William E Curtis to
the Chicago Record When telling of the
observance of st Memorial Day It is
no lQUge an event to revive patriotism
and stir the memories but is almost whol
ly given up to athletic exhibitions and
sports The old battle flags are honored
he Stars and Stripes float from every
public building and from the windows and
roofs of many residences and the Grand
Army posts still march with limping steps
to the cemeteries but the great mass of
the people do not give a moments thought
to their debt to the dead There were
ceremonies at the tomb of Gen Grant at
Greenwood and at other silent camping
grounds where as an old veteran remark
ed his comrades had been lut to bed with
a spade but the participants were mostly
the survivors of the war and the widows
and orphans of its dead The people at
the cemeteries numbered hundreds while
over 30000 saw Howard Mann win tlw
Brooklyn handicap 24000 saw a baseball
game between the New York ad Pitts
burg teams a similar crowd witnessetl a
boat race on the Harlow Vtver and- every
branch of outdoqr fcfKWt had some special
attraction 0 Pv lehrate the holiday
Newspapers are a fair indei xf public
interest on these subjects They give a
page to sporting intelligence and a column
to the ceremom of Decoration Day In
one paper- i counted twenty jour columns
filled wii sports and columns to the
soldiers monuueuti and cemeteries It
is a serious Question whether the his
toric significance of the holiday is to be
lost aud whether the public iniud is be
coming so absorbed with athletics games
and turf gambling that il cannot devote
one day in the year a the expression and
cultivation of paulQtism
ceraff
DSBHB
This seems to be an admirable decade
for private secretaries Cleveland Plain
Dealer
The latest diagnosis is that the Sick
Man of Europe has st the grip Boston
Herald
Perhaps Russell Sage is just working
up a good big inheritance tax joke on
somebody Cleveland Leader
Perhaps if the powers would guarantee
the balance Col Hamid can be induced to
take Greece on account Elmira Tele
gram
When the United States decides upon a
Cuban policy there will be no trouble
about maintaining the concert Colum
bus Dispatch
Miners in Penusjlrania are said to have
blown up a eornpany store The com
pany stW should go but this is not the
Way m which to abolish it Buffalo Ex
press
Emperor William says to his subjects
I am the vine ye are the branches
Pvvvn in his heart however he believes
that he is the whole vineyard Cleveland
Leader
No eousensus has been reached among
those who are explaining McKinleys Cu
ban policy It might be well to let tht
President speak for himself St LouJs
Globe Democrats
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