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Krownlee Neb
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Bange Big and
Little White Rivers
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and ortli Loup
Marshall fc Wblfenden
Kennedy Neb
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Louis F Richards
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Charles Richard
Merriinan Neb
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Louis J Richards
Merriman Np1
Charles H Faulhaber
Brownlee Ncbr
Fither tight or left
side on cattle
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left shoulder
Left ear cut off of
cattle
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on left thigh
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same on left hip or
shoulder
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DEFENSE OUTLINED
Ex Judge Vincents Opening State
nicnt in the Ietjcrt Trial
Ex Judge Vincent sprung a surprise on
the prosecution in the Luetgert murder
trial at Chicago in his opening statement
by reference to a man named Kobert
Davey who lie said Avas the original
medium through vrhicli all of Luetgerts
trouble arose and whose actions resulted
in Luetgerts beiug arraigned before the
bar of justice charged with murder
A little over a year ago Satan in the
shape of a medium sized well dressed
and educated Englishman ssamed Robert
Davey came to Luetgen and was th
cctise g il his trouble said ex Judg
Vincent This man came with forge
letters of introduction representing him
self as a man of great means Luetger
has always carried his heart on his sleeve
as you will see when he sees on the wit
nese eland
This was the first official notice that
Luetgert would testify in his own behalf
and the announcement was received with
a show of interest by the prosecution
and the spectators Davey told Luet
gert he could be the sausage king of the
world went on ex Judge Vincent And
Luetgert believed him for Davey was an
artist in Jatntfng glowing pictures ol
wealth and fame He told Luetgert
he represented an English syndicate and
that a company would be organized with
a capital of 5000 and bonds for an
additional 400000 woull be Issued The
company would be known as the A L
Luetgert Sausage and Packing Company
Davey said and Luetgert would be given
200000 cash and 100000 worth of
stock Out of the cash he could pay off
50000 of indebtedness which was cov
ered by a mortgage on his factory
Mrs Luetgert was delighted over the
visions of wealth revealed by Daveys
picture and Luetgert uneducated honest
aud without suspicion was pleased over
the prospect of ranking with the Ar
mours the Swifts and Nelson Morris in
the meat world Davey had expenses
during the time he was negotiating with
Luetgert whom he had induced to close
his factory preparatory to the change
which was to have taken place January 1
1S9T lie called upon Luetgertfor money
and got it in all about U5000 Finally
Davey told Luetgert the money and
bonds were in the custody o the Contin
ental Bond Company of New York
Luetgert and Judge Goodrich to whom
Luetgert had told his story went to New
York But none of the bankers or bond
companies of that city had ever heard of
Davey Luetgert had been swindled
The attorney told of Luetgerts strug
gles after this How his business had
been injured by the closing of the fac
tory and in addition to the loss of 25
000 to Davey he lost by the failure of
E S Dreyer Cos bank Then he
borrowed 20000 from Foreman Bros
bankers placing another mortgage on his
factory Finally the failure came and
the disaster drove Mrs Luetgert to the
verge of insanity Later the woman be
came insane the lawyer said and wan
dered away
The life of Luetgert Avas briefly
sketched Die arrived in America thirty
two yea it ago without a dollar counsel
saidand by industry and thrift had built
up an enormous business Die made
8000000 pounds of sausage a year and
sold it all over the country and Europe
Often there were 100000 pounds of meat
in the factory at one time and the
sales from the factory to local consum
ers averaged 150 per day Nineteen
years ago Luetgert married Miss Louise
Bicknese the woman he is said to have
killed She was his second wife They
had four children two boys and two
girls the latter are now dead Ex Judge
Vincent denied that the couple lived un
happily He said their lives were not a
continuous honeymoon but the couple
lived as happily as people in their station
usually do
Attorney Vincent startled the prosecu
tion by the magnitude of two of his
claims That Mrs Luetgert is alive he
said he would prove by witnesses who
have seen her since May 1 and he would
also prove that the bones found in the vat
were not human and were put there by
the police authorities As for the rings
claimed to be Mrs Luetgerts the attor
ney said he would show that they were
not hers and that she had never seen
them The attorneys speech made an im
pression on those in the courtroom
TROOPS RUSHING IN
Soldiers froin Japan Begin to Invade
Hawaiian Islands
If the stories told by the passengers and
crew of the steamship City of Pekin
which arrived in San Francisco from
Hong Kong via Honolulu be true a state
of affairs exists in Hawaii which demands
the attention of the State Department
When the City of Pekin arrived at Hono
lulu the attention of the other passengers
on board that steamer was attracted by
the remarkably symmetrical movements
of 174 Japanese steerage passengers who
were disembarking Although classed as
laborers their well drilled and military
appearance was too palpable to escape ob
servation and occasioned considerable
comment The Japanese were apparent
ly under the command of a veteran ser
geant and divided into squads of twenty
under noncommissioned officers
During the voyage a military discipline
was observed which created comment
among the other steerage passengers and
steamers crew and many conjectures
were hazarded as to the meaning of their
being shipped to the islands It was gen
erally believed that they were sent to the
islands for the purpose of forcibly resist
ing annexation if necessary Rumors of
the presence of the Mikados soldiers are
not new on the islands and it is said that
over 1000 well drilled men have already
been landed there and 400 veterans of the
Japan China war are expected upon the
next steamer
Ostriches which are supposed to
flourish only in very warm climates have
been mised successfully in Southern Rus
sia the feathers being of good quality
and the birds healthy
The Society of Art of Stuttgart has had
a memorial tablet placed upon the house
in that city which Rubinstein occupied in
the early part of his career and where
many of his compositions were written
The tablet bears a bronze mockilm por
trait of Rubinstein in his youth
Bulgaria has produced this year 527
750 muscals of rose oil a muscal being
equal to G42 ounces and an ounce being
valued at 140 The quality of this
years oil is considered good but the quan
tity is 72250 muscals less than last year
DEATH OF BUCK KILGORE
Feruer Congressman from Texas Ex
pires at ArdmorCf I T
Judge C Buckley Kilgore ex-Congressman
from Texas died at Aid more I T
after a short illness Mr Kilgore was
born in Newman Ga Feb 20 1S35 In
1846 he removed with his parents to
Rusk County Texas where he received
a common school education He served
buck kilgore
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in the Confederate army first as private
and by successive promotions reached the
grade of adjutant general He was
wounded at Chickamauga and in 1804
was confined as a prisoner in Fort Dela
ware He was admitted to the bar after
the war am in 1875 was a number of tjio
Texas constitutional eonvonlion lie was
a presidential elector in 18S0 011 the Han
cock and English ticket and in 1S84 was
elected to the State Senate for four years
and in the following year was chosen pres
ident of that body for two years He was
elected to the Fiftieth Fifty first and
Fifty second Congresses as a Democrat
Buck Kilgore achieved greatness in a
single night while in Congress by kick
ing down the door which Speaker Heed
had caused to be locked so that he could
hold a quorum while it was being counted
That brought him universal notoriety and
immense popularity on the Democratic
side of the house
FATAL MINE EXPLOS O N
Five Men Killed and Manj Injured at
Johnson City 111
By an explosion of black damp in the
Williamson County coal mines located
at Johnston City 111 Friday morning
five men were killed and several others
suffered painful burns and bruises The
machinery of the shaft was badly wreck
ed A quantity of gas had accumulated
in an entry 200 yards south of the big
shaft during the night and upon the ar
rival of the men who were at work at
that particular place it was ignited from
the limps worn by the miners upon then
caps Shortly after the descent of forty
five men into the pit a terrible explosion
occurred blowing the cage that was rest
ing at the bottom of the shaft fifty feet
upward and sending a volume of smoke
and gaseous vapor whirling and hurling
out of the mouth of the shaft In an
instant all of the machinery was stopped
A signal from those at the bottom told
the engineer that there were some below
who were uninjured The work of res
cuing the imprisoned men began at once
Nearly all the Americans employed in the
mine did not go to work at morning hav
ing decided to attend a picnic But for
tliis fact the death list would have been
much greater
AMAZON OF THE COAL FIELDS
Mrs Martin McCrone a Heroine of the
Pennsylvania Coal Strike
Mrs Martin McCrone the general of
the Amazon forces who so severely trou
bled the troops when she led her force
against them is the heroine of the big
coal strike in Pennsylvania Mrs Mc
Crone is the widow of an Irish miner and
she knows all about strikes She passed
through the great strike of 1S77 and un
derstands how to get the men out of the
MItS MCROXE
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mines and to keep them out Mrs Mc
Crone believes that the best method of
succeeding in inducing men to strike is
for the women to parade before them and
shame them into joining the movement
She says that with white people or
those who can speak English moral sua
sion is all that is necessary On foreign
ers she would use force You have to
beat it into them or stone them she
naively says Her forces consist of thirty
women Irish and Welsh who are well
drilled These are often re enforced by
Hungarian and Polish women who while
not understanding what is going forward
are ready to lend their strength to the
cause blindly
POSTOFFICE SAFE BLOWN
Michigan Robbers Secure 1500 and
Some Stamps at Omer
A party of bandits at an early hour
Friday morning blew open the safe in the
postoffice at Omer Mich and carried
I uij iuuul jLuuu iu uiunej auu a quu11
j tity of stamps and valuable papers The
B robbery occurred a few minutes after the
v village night watchman had passed the
building in which the postoffice is located
Acting Secretary of the Navy Roose
velt has made public a letter from Capt
Henry Taylor of the battleship Madison
in which a denial is made of the report
that the vessel was seriously damaged
while being docked at Halifax A slight
buckling occurred but repairs are not
necessary at present
The resignation of Second Lieutenant
Gordon Yoorhies Fourth cavalry has
been accepted by the President Assist
ant Surgeons Charles Richards and Geo
McCreery have been ordered to examina
tion for promotion
FIRE SWEEPS AN OHIO TOWN
Bainbridjre Knvajxed and Two Citizens
lint ncd to Death
The village of Hainbridge Ohio was al
moT completely destroyed by liie result-
j iir from an explosion of uaoline Many
veie made lnne c An entire
square containing nnt of the prominent
business houses several handsome resi
dences and the Methodist Church was en
tirely destroyed
The lire started in a barn in the rear of
Pen in Browns ireneral store by two lit
tle boys who were playing with ignited
matches The Haines spread rapidly and
communicated with the main buildings
Beardsleys drug store adjoining was next
ablaze and with the limited means at
hand for lighting tire it passed all bounds
and became uncontrollable In the midst
of the excitement a terrible explosion oc
curred in the drug store and Mr Beards
ley who was inside endeavoring to save
some of his property lost his life in the
ruin Mis brother-in-law Thomas Dig
ging who went to his rescue was unable
to uct cut and was burned to death
while several others weie nioie or less in
jured but none fatally
There was a hard wind blowing which
fanned the flames to greater fury and
gettini a fresh start from the burning oils
and chemicals in the wrecked drug store
the fiie leaped from house to house until it
was evident that the entire town was
doomed A message was sent to Waverly
and to Chillicothe asking for aid and
both fire departments promptly responded
The best that could be done was to pre
vent the fire from being communicated to
the other squares and the flames were
soon under control But two houses were
left standing on the square The esti
mated loss is 1000U0
SAY STRIKERS WERE UNARMED
Kvidence at the Coroners Inquest in
the Lattimer Affair
Coroner McKce ol llaxleton Pa
Thursday afternoon be m the Inquest in
to the deaths of the scute of striking
miners who were shot by a posse of sher
iffs deputies at Lattimer A two hours
session was held during which a score of
witnesses were examined District At
torney D A Fell of Luzerene County was
there and II A Fuller of Wilkes Barre
appeared for the coroner State Chairman
Garni an John McGahron aud B U
Laughlin for the prosecution and George
II Troitman of llazletou for the deputy
sheriffs Dr Thorodovich Secretary of
the Austro IIungarian consulate at Phila
delphia and R D Coxe attorney for the
consulate were also present
Nearly all the testimony adduced was
i repetition of that brought out at the
hearing of the deputies at Wilkes Barre
Most of the witnesses were foreign
strikers who were in the inarch halted by
the deputies deadly fusillade All de
clared that none of the strikers was
armed that Sheriff Martin pulled a re
volver ou them but no one attempted to
take it from him that no violence had
been offered that official and that the
miners had no intention of making an un
lawful demonstration
TO WORK FOR THE GOOD OF ALL
Kdmunds Talks of the Objects of the
Monetary Commission
The monetary commission resumed its
sessions in Washington Thursday with
ex Senator Edmunds presiding Several
of the members addressed the commission
on financial topics These discussions will
be private as they are mainly for the pur
pose of bringing out every phase of the
monetary question Ex Senator Edmunds
said concerning the scope and purposes of
the commission
Naturally and necessarily it may be
supposed that no particular plans or
changes in the laws would at present
either be agreed upon or even proposed
but rather ihat the first labors of the com
mission would be devoted to ascertaining
the existing condition of things as affect
ing all interests of the people and what
evils or dangers now exist The people
of the whole country may feel sure that
the commission Avill do nothing and rec
ommend nothing that is intended to ad
vance any interest or class at the expense
of any other whatever may be the pub
lic opinion in respect of the wisdom of
what the commission may finally suggest
to be done
WAR SHIPS FOR HAWAII
United States Prepared to Checkmate
Any Move by Japan
TJncle Same docs not intend to be
caught napping in Ilawaii Notwithstand
ing the denials of Japanese officials the
administration is suspicious that the wily
Japs meditate some sort of a coup There
is a feeling iv Washington that the Japs
deny too -vigorously and protest too much
At any rate orders were sent to the
gunboat Wheeling at Mare Island to
proceed without delay to Honolulu The
Yorktown is already 011 her way to the
Hawaiian capital It was originally in
tended that the cruiser Philadelphia
should return to the United States very
soon but now the understanding is that
the Philadelphia will be kept at Honolulu
till the Japanese cruiser Naniwa leaves
that port for Japan as it is reported she
is about to do The Japanese may not
be meditating action but the administra
tion thinks it wise to be on the safe side
CH3KE
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Those who wish the climatic effect and
cannot afford to go to Alaska may fall in
with Charlotte Smiths scheme and marry
Boston girls Chicago Record
Somebody has begun again the sympo
sium on Why Men Dont Marry In
the case of a good many men why not
ask the girls Chicago Record
It is well that Spain now understands
that we are not prepared to talk commer
cial questions with her until that busi
ness of Weylerism is settled New York
Sun
If Spain banishes all her anarchists as
she now proposes to do the next census
may show a significant decrease in the
Spanish population New York Mail and
Express
A careful study of the reports from
Dyea and Skaguay should be sufficient to
convince anyone that the only safe trail
is the water route back to civilization
Chicago Post
Greeces demand for war with Turkey
is not as unanimous as it was a few
nonths ago The chase home lias evident
y left a sore place in the Grecian mind -Baltimore
News
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CPECIALTIES
BILL HEADS LETTER HEADS
NOTE HEADS STATEMENTS
BNVBLOPES INVITATIONS
PROGRAMMES MENUS
LARGE POSTERS BUSINESS CARDS
SMALL POSTERS CALUNQ CAhD
SALE BILLS ETC CHROMO tikMt
Notary Publi
W E HALEY
Real Estate
ABSTRACTER
Valentine Nebraska
1000000 Bond Filed
Office in JP O Building
The DONOHER
Has recently been refurnished and thoroughly renovated
making it now more than ever worthy of the
reputation it has always borne of being
THE MOST COMPLETE
AND COMFORTABLE HOTEL
IN THE NORTHWEST
Hot and Cold Water Excellent Bath Koom Good Sample Eoom
M JT JDONOHJEU Proprietor
Qherry Qounty Bank
Valentine Nebraska
Every facility extended customers consistent withconservative banking
Exchange bought and sold Loans upon good security solicited at reasonable
rates County depository
E SPAEKS President CHAELES SPAEKS Cashier
ANK OF VALENTINE
V HCOIiNEIjJLJPreaident m V NICHOLSON Cashier
Valentine Nebraska
A General Baiikitifj Business Transacted t
Buys and Sells Bomestic and Foreign
Corrpopondents Chemical National Bank Neir York First National Bank Omaaa
CITIZENS -
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GEO G SCHWALM PROP
This market always keeps a supply of
FISH AND GAME
In addition to a first class line of Steaks Roasts Dry Salt Meats
Smoked Hams Breakfast Bacon and Yegetables
At BtettersOld Stand on Main Street VALENTINE NEBRASKA
THE PALACE SALOdN
HEADQUARTERS
WINES LIQUORS and CIGARS
Valentine
Ol the Choices Brands
Nebraska
Remember
that this office is fully prepared at all times to turn our
on the shortest notice in the most artistic and
workmanlike manner all kinds of
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