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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 27, 1900)
a 4 1 li i I i A I I V Lv 1 1 i i3 I 4 - 4 Hm3Miu 4 -- 4 WJF vv i ORE WAR I fct3ED FORCES AGAIN ENGAGE IN WAR 4TTAGKGHINESEF0RTS Advance Was Quickly Arranged and Was Executed But With Heavy Lose to the Allies 2Ccw York Special New danger was injected into the Chinese situation aesierday with the capture of the Pel 3ang and Lutal forts by the allies So explanation of the foreign attack accompanies the newa from Shanghai acat it is significant that the correspond ed sending the Information to Berlin a2s to his dispatch the statement that SenjBany as preliminary to peace has j Esslsted on the destruction of the Chi nese coast defenses as well as the 3ieais Tse forts 3h33 arises a new menace to the har nrony of the action of the powers Further danger caused by this action a tie allies is that China anxious for 2mEs before may now be driven into declaration of war as her minister in ZxzuSan unhesitatingly says that she Skjo22 If the attack on the forts be as asiszsFFBked as it appears IfenmvMle a special cable dispatch to Ezs Herald from Berlin announces the Gbzmzn determination to punsh those sssjesrsfble for the foreign outrages as a greJSrnisary to negotiations with the rsHffperation of the powers if possible teal it if it prove unobtain able SeaSn Special The Lokal Anzei gsaS Shanghai correspondent cables HSatl e allies today captured the Pei 31ms and Lu Tai forts with great EEoti Tsin Sept 19 via Shanghai 352S3iiL Two thousand six hundred gsvTHjii left Tien Tsin today to join a gnsce farming in the neighborhood of r y already composed of 4000 Rus ii57rr 2500 Germans and other foreign iiaasx the intention being to attack 52saEta Tang forts tomorrow Sept 16 via Taku Special SEircral James H Wilson with 800 Sacazfcans and 600 British and six guns naxzshe westward today and the Ger aszss Trill move tomorrow to co operate iaa SEiae Pei Ta Chu where the enemy ifesacgposed to be in lorge force 3HL American commander will attack Etzsa -She west and the Germans from E east General Wilson will then take EfiarSsaEi Tien San Kia Tin arsenal HESaSSj this will be the last big ex gHsEioi as it is understood that the FftTT -and Americans will abandon gb issmer plan of police campaigning mil prepare for the evacuation of dE British have countermanded the lor winter clothing and it is fall back to Wei Hai Wei T5 German legation is expected to TCSaiaw September 21 and it is gen CEsHp isported the Americans will with tgsartf hut General Chaffee refuses to seaSrm the rumor 10LLAHD HAS A CLAIM ants England To Settle Damages To Dutch in Transvaal Eigne Special In the upper EsnSssr cf the states general today ifee 3n5as3ter of foreign affairs and pre uxex Dr W H De Beaufort replying fca an interpellation said the govern raseni of the Netherlands had informed tPrrrt jBiitain that compensation would 1st demanded -for expulsion from the Sxausxaal of the employes of the Neth sspaads railroad Hssaxding the offer of a Netherlands vesssip to convey Mr Kruger from Ussa saxa Marquez to Europe Dr De Eeasfart said the Netherlands govern nrenrr made the proposition when it jtamsd Sinst Mr Kruger desired to visit USaap e for the benefit of his health Simultaneously with making the offer Hte De Beaufort continued the gov EEStea1 of the Netherlands informed GjHsst Britain of the action taken and SteSitter la thanking the Netherlands EnrsS information declared the Brit fesr 3vernment had no intention to in terfere with Mr Krugers projected Hazarding China Dr De Baufort sain SejITaielr commander had been notified tss acSataini from all military action - 4FTER J STERLING MORTON Attorney- General Smyth -Would Kill His Little Trnst Gtesaa Neb Special Attorney Sneral Smyth has begun quo warranto sarareedlngs in the supreme court ogjzaist the- Argo Manufacturing City He alleges that mn jStegust 28 1899 the defendant transferred all of its real and aexsaial property over to the United aiarcii company and by so doing ceased to perform the duties for which it was ifces cntuated in Nebraska He claims Cfisa Hhe United Starch company is a Etas Sormed for the purpose of creat Heg je monopoly of the starch business tfisanitrut the United States naa Jlrgo company was established ES5 X Sterling Morton who put his cap 022 5ao itj for his sons who pushed tiia Bnsiness to- unprecedented success mess eny they entered the trust City Ore Herman Peters arS a farmer beat his wife to death 552 x club and then committed Mjpm nrfth - V - u KT IJt SOUTH OMAHA MARKET REPORT South Omaha Neb Sept 20 Live Stock Report furnished by th Flato Commission Co of South Omaha Neb An indifferent demand has been thi prevailing feature of the fat cattli market the past week there havinj been nothing at all choice offered or this market the bulk of the corn fee cattle being short fed and of rathei inferior quality Strictly choice cattle are In as strong demand as formerly but the medium and common stufi shows a decline of 1015 cents from last week Although receipts consist almost entirely of range cattle the number of steers suitable for killing purposes continues rvery limited and packers are still meeting with very keen competition for this class of stuff from the feeder buyers which puts an edge on the market and holds prices very firm Receipts of cows and heifers have dealers are experiencing less trouble in disposing of it than they have any time this season Good to choice are selling at 420 to 470 fair to good 400 to 420 fair 375 to 390 common 365 down stock heifers 275 to 350 Hogs have been holding their own very well this week and are as high today as any time of the month with the single exception pf Tuesday of last week Packers have been very bearish all week being slow to start doing bus iness with the evident intention of making a slow market and cheapen the cost of their droves But sellers have almost unanimously held for steady or better prices and have been able to hold the market on a very firm basis Heavy and trashy lights are selling from 510 to 522 light 520 to 535 mixed 515 to 525 average cost today 521 7 S 6ALYEST0N IS CLEARING UP Conditions In the City Are Growing Better Galveston Tex Special Conditions in the city are growing better and to make a new and marvelous record in the upbuilding of the wrecked city is the object for which the citizens of Galveston are striving They hope in a short time to have a finer and more substantial town than the old one standing on the site now covered with debris Efforts are being made to open the nublie schools October 1 the date set f before the storm for opening Elevator A resumed business yester day and the other elevators will resume shortly Expert wreck workers say it will take 2000 men ninety days to clear away the wreckage and get all the bodies out The estimated cost will be 500000 The most reliable information ob tainable places the dead between 5000 and 5500 Governor Sayers in a signed state ment says the loss of life in Galveston cannot be less than 12000 while the loss of property aggregates 20000000 CARNEGIE TO BUILD A RAILROAD Said to Be Tired of Extortions of Pennsylvania Lines Pittsburg Pa Special President Chares M Schwab of te Carnegie com pany laid the plans of Andrew Carne gie before the board of directors at a meeting jesterday Mr Carnegie has decided to build a railroad from his plants to tidewater He will finance the project Mr Carnegie will not put up with the extortion of the railroads to the coast any longer so it is said and he intends to show the world the great est tonnage in history diverted to his new road Two routes are under dis cussion One project is to build from Homestead and Duquesne to the Con nellsville region thence east to meet the reading arrangements to be made with the Reading for tidewater facili ties The other project is to extend the Carnegie line now running into the coke region thence via the Mononga helai Southern a projected line through West Virginia Maryland and to Norfolk Va where the Carnegie company will construct its own ter minal Prices are coming down and a big boom in railway building may be ex pected Rails are now quoted at 35 to -10 per ton It is said the new price may be cut to 25 and 25 according to -tonnage AMERICAN LOSS IN BATTLE Manila Special A corrected list of the casualties sustained by the Amer ican soldiers in the latest engagement at Sinaloan situated at the east end of Laguna de Bay between a force of 1000 Filipinos and detachments of the Fifteenth and Thirtywseventh regi ments shows that 24 men are dead in- Icludnig those who have died from the effects of their wounds since the fight ing and the missing and that nineteen are wounded Including Captain John E Morgan of company L of the Thirty seventh regiment - - - J iA r r y THE f i THE STRIK SITUATION IN THE PENNSYL VANIA COAL STRIKE TRY TO ARBITRATE Deputy Sheriffs Beginning to Ap pear and Many Persons Have Begun to Fear Trouble Philadelphia Pa Special Every thing quiet and orderly is the word that comes from the strike region A few more mine workers joined the strik ers ranks today but not many The temper of the mine owners on the question of arbitration as indicated been liberal mostly range stuff but i in interviews and statements given out throughout the week there has been very little fluctuation the market today is very much against the pro position Nevertheless Father Phillips i ing today with an active demand for came here from the Hazleton region both killing and feeding cattle of thia tonight and is with Archbishop Ryan In kind Common and fair steers sold today at 440 to 480 fair to good 500 to 525 beeves 530 to 550 The demand for good heavy feeders and choice yearlings still continues heavier than the supply being tasily disposed of at strong prices The bulk of our feeding cattle have been ligh and medium weights of rather inferior quality and until the last few days has been a heavy drag on the market The week opened with prices 20 to 30 cents lower than two weeks ago but now that the corn crop is nearing ma turity the demand for this kind of consultation on the subject very near and dear to his heart the quick settle ment of the strike by arbitration or any other honorable means Protest ant clergymen in have also taken up the matter and will endeavor to bring the opposing elements togeth er amicably Coal scarcity Is more keenly felt to day and although the Reading com pany is mining and shipping its usual quota of anthracite dealers are finding it hard to get as much -as they reed The tonnage of other great coal terri tories is greatly diminished and in the stuff has strengthened materially and natural order of thingsunless the is settled will soon cease altogether from some districts Somewhat vague reports are coming in of preparations on the part of the sheriffs and county officials for a clash with the reckless element among thf strikers Nearly everybody believes that trouble must come yet there has been no sign of an outbreak and the mer appear to be well handled by thei leaders FIRST DEATH OF STRIKE Hazleton Pa Special There war little activity today around the United Mine Workers headquarters from where the coal miners strike is being directed Most of the union officials spent the day in the outlying towns meeting the striking men and giving them instructions No overtures have been advanced by either side and there is at present no indication that any will be put forth soon The strike officials are still at work getting the men out and say they will not cease their ac tivity in that respect until every op sration in the anthracite region is tied up The operatives though badly crip pled are today as confident of success as they have heretofore been The production of coal in the Hazle ton region is growing smaler with each succeeding day One of the best proofs of this is the report of the superintend ent of the Hazleton division of the Le high Valley railroad which handles the coal from all but six collieries in the region This report shows that the shipments have fallen off to less than two thirds of the normal quantity dur ing the last four days There is no denying the fact that the inhabitants of this region fear trouble There are very few persons who do not believe that there will be an outbreak somewherie in the region Most if not all the coal coal mines are being pro tected by extra watchmen Rumors are afloat that the Sheriffs of LuzerneSchuylkill and Carbon coun ties which adjoin one another at a point two miles south of here are swearing in deputies by the score None of these rumors can be confirmed When the sheriffs are approached on the subject they say there is no trouble that they are not looking for any Cer tain it is however that these officers are keeping a watchful eye on the sit uation and that they can be quickly found if their presence is needed any where o No 40 shaft of the Lehigh Valley Coal company east of this city was the center of numerous petty acts of vio lence during the day Before 6 oclock this morning a handful of Hungarian women wanted to whip three coal and iron policemen for persuading breaker boys to gQ to work The police how ever managed to get out of their diffi culties without a fight Shortly after that a mine workei says he was shot at by an unknown person but not hit while on his way to the shafL Later in the day an Ital ian was badly clubbed Tonight two mine workers on their way home from the shaft were attacked and badly beaten Aside from theseincidents quiet pre vailed throughout the region The striking mine workers say they are do ing their best to prevent disturbances X 15-year-old boy was found dead in bed in Colerain today The doctor says his death was due to heart disease caused by fright The doctor added that the boy had been told that a mob was marching toward Colerain and the shock caused his death Meetings were held this afternoon in the Hazleton mines and at the Silver brook colliery At the former place ad dresses were made by mine bosses who appealed to the men to resume work Several labor organizers addresned thi men and urged them to stay on strike until the fight is won The Lehigh Valley Coal companys collieries the strikers claim are being operated with a greatly reduced force of men Dubuque la Ira Hanson a residenl Df tis city forty five years is dead at the age of 76 - - fc rL -- -if T5he BondrxLi a 1 Contlnied Stcry By HALL CAINE SYNOPSI9 Rnohel Jjrffensen was the only daughter of the suvwtiior of Iceland She fell in cve oni1 narrled an idler Stephen Orry JTer fuitifX nnd other hopes for her and In his iirfr he disowned her Orry ran away to i Of this union a child was born and itachel called him Jason Ste phen Orry was heard from in the Isle of Map where he was agrln married and h neither rMi was born ltnchol died a litfari broLvn woman hut told Jason of his faM Hs acts Jason swore to kill him ami if not him then his son In the nieatitin Orry had descrttd his ship and sought refuse In the Islo cf Man He was sheltered by the governor of the Island Alani Falrbrother Orry went from bail to worse and married a dissolute woman and their chid called Michael SuuIcukK wus horn The woman died and Orry gr Smilocks to Adam Falrbrother who onofiM him and he became the playmate of the governors daughter Creche Time passed and Adam Fair brothor and- wife became estranged their five hoys siaying with their mother on account of Michael Sunlocks Finally Ste phen Orry returned and Michael Sunlocks determined to go to Iceland his fathers home His father confessed all to him and Michael promised to find Rachel if possible and care for her and If dead to find her child and treat him as a brother How long he sat there he did not know he was thinking of his past of his bad life in Iceland and his long expiation in the Isle1 of Man In the multitude of his sensations it seemed Impossible to his dazed mind to know which of these two had been the forst or the most foolish Together they had left him a wreck In the one he had thrown away the wife who loved him In the other he had given up the son whom he loved What was left to him Nothing He was a waif despised and downtrodden He thought of what might have happened to him if the chances of life had been different and In that first hour of his last bereave ment all the softening influence of nineteen years the uplooking and up working and the struggle towards his atonement were as much gone from him as if they had never been Then he thought of the money and told himself that it was not now that he had lost his son for the first time he had lost him fourteen years ago when he parted with him to the governor Since then their relations had bee reversed His little Sunlocks was his little Sun locks no longer He felt humiliated he felt hardened and by a strange im pulse whereof he understood but little he cursed in his heart his sufferings more than his sins They had been useless they had been wasted and he had been a fool not to live for himself But in that moment when the devil seemed to make havoc of good and evil together God himself was doing noth ing -Stephen Orry was drifting with the tide when all at once he became con scious of the lapping of the water on atones near at hand and of a bright Heht shed over the sea Then he saw the grating of her keel on the rocks low that he had drifted close to ground off the Point of Ayre He bore hard 1 below the beach He could bear the aport and beat out to sea again Very I suspense no longer and hoisted sail behind to bear down on the schooner and warn soon the white water way was him nothing was visible save the dark her But the wind was strong by this off towards time driving hard off the sea and the hull of the vessel going the north and nothing audible save the tide ran faster than before cry of a few gulls that were fishing by Stephen Orry was now some thirty the light of the flare It had been the fathoms space to the north of the bro work of three minutes only but in that ken pier and at that point the jurrent from across Maughold Head meets the time one vivid impression had fixed it- self on Stephens preoccupied mind I current going across the Mull of Gallo Laboring in the heavy sea he The nd of the old standstone pier had way about but when at could barely fetch been battered down by a recent storm had last e Sul urau uul lu c UCb the box that once held the light gone down with it a pole had been thrust out at an angle from the over thrown stones and from the end of this pole the light swung by a rope No idea connected itself with this impres sion which lay low down behind other thoughts The fog had lifted but the night was still very dark Not a -star was shin ing and no moon appeared Yet Ste phens eye the eye of a sailor accus tomed to the darkness of the sea at night could descry something that lay to the north The Irish brig had dis appeared Yes her sails were now gone But out at sea far out half a league away what black thing was there Oh it must be a cloud that Svas all and no doubt a storm was brewing Yet no it was looming langer and larger and coming nearer and nearer It was a sail Stephen could see it plainly enough now against the leaden sky It was a schooner he could make out its two masts with fore and aft sails It was an Irish schooner he could recognize its heavy hull and hollowed cutwater It was taking against wind and tide from the north east it was a Dublin schooner and was homeward bound from Iceland having called at Whitehaven and now putting in at Ramsey Stephen Orry had been in the act of putting about when this object caught his eye but now a strange thing oc curred All at once his late troubles lay back in his mind and by a sort of unconscious mechanical habit of intel lect he began to put familiar ideas to gether This schooner that was coming from Iceland would be heavy laden it would have whalebone and eider down and tallow If it ran ashore and was wrecked some of this cargo might be taken by some one and sold for some thing to a French smuggler that lay outside the Chicken Rocks That flare oh the Point of Ayre was the only sea light on this north coast of the island and it hung by a rope from a pole The land lay low about it there was not a house on that sandy headland for miles on miles and the night was very dark AH this came up to Stephen Orrys mind by no effort of will He looked out of His dull eyes at the dull stretch of seaVind skyand the thoughts were there of themselves - i U y re 1 Mn r rf r V - -- to drive down on the schooner at a furious speed He tried to run close along by her on the weather sde but before be came within a hundredfath oms he saw that he was in the full race of the north current and strong sea man though he was he could not get near Then he shouted but the schoon er had gave no sign In the darkness the dark vessel scudded past him He was now like a man possessed Fetching about he ran in before the wind thinking to pass the schooner on her tack He passed her indeed he was shot far beyond her shouting as he went but again his voice was drowned in the roar of the sea He was almost atop of the breakers now yet he fetch ed about once more and shouted again and again But the ship came on and on and no one heard the wiU voice that rang out between the dark sea and sky like the cry of a strong swimmer in his last agony CHAPTER IX THE COMING OF JASON The schooner was the Peveril home ward bound from Reykjavik to Dub lin with a hundred tons of tallow fifty bales if eider down and fifty casks of cods and sharks oil Leaving the Ice landic capital on the morning after Easter clay with a fair wind for the outer Hebrides she had run through the North Channel by the middle of the week and put into Whitehaven by the Friday Next day she had stood out over the Irish Sea for the Isle of Man intending to lie off at Ramsey for contraband rum Her skipper and mate were both Englishmen and her crew were all Irish exespt two a Manxman and an Icelander The Manxman was a grizzled old sea dog who had followed the Manx fish eries twenty years and smuggling for twenty other years and then turned seaman before the mast His name was Davy Kerruish and when folks asked if the Methodists had got hold of him that he had turned honest in his old age he closed one rheumy yellow eye very knowingly tipped one black thumb over his shoulder to where the govern ment cutters lay anchored outside and said in a touching voice Aw well boy Im thinking Castle Rushen isnt ---4 4 p jHHMtVKiglSgSfsiiC What power outside of himself was at work with him Did anything tell him that this was the great moment of his life that his destiny hung on it that the ordeal he had Just gone thro was as nothing to the ordeal that was yet before him As he sat in his boat peering Into the darkness at the blade shadow- on the horizon did any voice whisper In his ear Stephen Orry on the ship that Is yonder there Is one who hates you and has sworn to slay you He is coming he Is coming and he is flesh of your flesh He is your own son and Rachels Stephen Orry fetched his boat away to leeward and in two minutes more he had run down the light on the Point of Ayre The light fell into the water and then all was dark Stephen Orry steered on over the freshening sea and then slackened sail off to wait and to watch All this time he had been sit ting at the tiller never having risen from it since he stepped his mast by the side of the brig Now he got on his feet to shorten sail for the wind was rising and he meant to drift by the mizzen As he rose something fell with a clank to the boats bottom from his lap or his pocket It was the bag of money which Michael Sunlocks had returned to him Stephen Orry stooped down to pick it up and having it in his hand he dropped back like a man who has been dealt a blow Then indeed a voice rang in his ears he could hear It over the wind that was rising the plash of the white breakers on the beach and the low boom of the deep sea outside Remember your ipromise father I have bought every hour of your life thats left His heart seemed to stand stillfi He looked around in the dull agony of a fear that was new to him turning his tes first to the headland that showed faintly against the heavy sky and then to the pier where no light now shone and then to the black cloud of sail that grew larger every instant One minute passed two three Meantime the black cloud of sail was drawing closer There were living men aboard of that ship and they were running on to their death Yes there were men living men men with wives who loved them and children who climbed to their knees But perhaps they had seen the light when it went down Merciful heaven let it be so let it be so I The soul of Stephen Orry was awake at length Another minute he waited andother and another and the black shadow came yet nearer At her next tack the ship would run on the land and already Stephen seemed to hear Tno place for a poor tin anyways u v T -- - m8n wh he Wf brawny youn The Icelander wu gm - vnnt twenty or Kco red ieuow ui -- and wiw long and big muscles Lfi kjavIk hair He had -- nad of an Irishman n the room died on the oUiPisIand He burled at sea off EngT favorite among ej was not a but was no goo well he spoke English he was at a yarn in the forecastle of wo fond not too lent gloomy and often the butt of Wj mates Jest he did not ee lumbering many a wharf signed on the to see He had and sailed on the morning the schooner aboard w a the only kit he had brought He- huns a rush cage with a canary above h the bird In the darkness his sole com bunk-and-it was all but he spoke to panion Now and again old Kerruish but hardly ever to tn other men Och solium antt QUiet lek oia Davy would say at the galley fire bui all Aw no no no none so simple at and wonderful curous about my awn bit of an island vander of Ra Jason son The Icelander was chel and Stephen Orry chan There is not a more treacherous nel around the British Isles than that which lies between St Bees head the Mull of Galloway and the Point oi Ayre for four strong currents meet and fight in that neck of the Irish sea With a stiff breeze on the port quar ter the Peveril had been driven due west from Whitehaven on the heavj current from the Solway Frith until she had met the current from the North Channel and then she had tacked to wards the Isle of Man It was dark by that time and the skipper had lean ed over the starboard gangway until he had sighted the light on the Point of Ayre Even then he had been puz zled for the light was feebler than he remembered it Can you make it out Davy he had said to old KerruisTi Aw yes though and plain as plain said Davy and then the skipper had gone below The Manxman had been at the helm and Jason who was on the same watch had sidled up to him at intervals and held a conversation with him in snatch es of which this is the sum and sub- stance It is the Isle of Man on the star board bow Davy I darn say no boy Lived there long Davy Aw thirty years afore you were born maybe Ever known any of my countrymen en the Island Just one boy just one What was he A big chap six feet six if an inch and terble strong and a fist at him like a sledge and a rough enough divil too and ye darn spit afore him but quiet for all aw yes wonderful quiet Who was he Davy A widda man these teens of years But what was his name Paul no Peter no Chut bless ye its clane gone at me but its one of the lot in the culd book any way Was it Stephen By gough yes and a middlin good guess too Stephen1 what Stephen shoo its gone at me againi Whats that theyre callin the oulc king thats gone bury in down Laxe3 way Orry Stephen Orry it is for sure4 Ther its like you knew him boy No that is no no No relations v No But is he still alive Aaw yes though Its unknownced to me that hes dead anyway t Where is he living now Down Port Erin way by the Sound some nlace Davy do we put into the harbor at Ramsey Aw diyil a chance of that boy with sperrits comin over the side quiet like in the night you know eighteen pence a gallon and as much as you can drink for nothin How far do we lie outside Maybe a biscuit throw or two W never useder lie farther boy Thats nothing Davy To be continued CHEAP TEAMS There are many farmers who are not judges of horseflesh who know little about the fine points of a horse and have made no study of horse breeding or care There are many others who cannot profitably raise horses for mar ket they want only such as will do their farm and road work Such men will find it profitable to keep only ordi nary geldings to do their work It will not pay them to keep a team worth a good Msm price on their farms Th9 cheaper ones will usually do their work as well will cost less involve les risk -and less trouble too for theman who does not thoroughly enjoy us5n and developing good horses It is all rteht for a farmer to keep a 500 draft team if he likes that kind and can arford it but it is all wrong for him to take such risk and expense otherwise Cheap teams for farm work when used bv hired men or by unskilled owners are PrfitabIe is breng is no In spite of repeated urgings from the pastor some female members of t Methodist Episcopal church at Knights town ind refused to remove tell - Then fce erected that those who nr aioj i their heaar must s om psws in the amen corner ow Tese Dews have ymi Y lese regular occupants and here is a prospect that they will increase numbers for most of the womenS to wear their hats i yielded to ta Q U6U mW - -- foaiur s wiah if V y X- y i -- 1 AT i Ms1 1 I k 1 k
