The Valentine Democrat
I M RICE Publisher
VALENTINE
NEBRASKA
BfflEf TELEGRAMS I
Denis J Swenie chief of Chicagos
fire department for over half a cen
tury has formally resigned his posi
tion
The land has been purchased at To
ledo 0 for the largest linseed oil mill
In the world which will fight the
trust
Dr W S Caldwell a surgeon known
In this country and Europe died at
Freeport 111 of paralysis He was 69
years old
Captain Fred J Kountz son of J
W Kountz former commander-in-chief
of the G A R died suddenly at
Toledo O of pneumonia
The additional issue of ten millions
of stock to be made -by the Rock Isl
and road is for the purpose of paying
for extensions of the system
Louis Stern the former United
States commercial agent at Bamberg
Bavaria shot and killed himself in
the public gardens near the town
The Louisville Railway company
will on July 1 increase the wages of
its motormen and conductors from
17 cents to 18 cents an hour
W A Mattoon of Perrysburg N Y
advertised for a wife and secured Mrs
Mattie Blazier of Anderson Ind
whose wealth is estimated at 25000
The trustees of Otterbein university
at Westerville O are considering a
proposition to move to Toledo where
a land offer of 480000 has been sub
mitted
Matthew J Steffens a photographer
of Chicago has invented an automatic
nickel-in-the-slot photographing ma
chine which will make a complete pic
ture in twenty seconds
Rev C D Clapp rector of St Johns
Episcopal church Toledo Ohio has
teen appointed to take charge of the
work in the Philippines for the Amer
ican board of missions
There is only one case of yellow
fever in Havana Cuba at the present
time During the months of March
April and May there was only one
death from this disease in Havana
John D Rockefeller has made a
unique gift to the School of Pedagogy
of Columbia university He has given
three scholarships worth 500 each on
condition that the holders be negroes
Senor Segasta the premier address
ing a meeting of his supporters an
nounced that the government of Spain
would issue a loan for territorial de
fense and a reorganization of the
navy
King Edward appears to have de
cided to secure worthy pictorial illus
trations of the incidents of his reign
He has commissioned Seymour Lucas
to paint a picture of the royal recep
tion of the Moorish embassy
Frank F Ford a former Omaha
business man died in Philadelphia
aged 65 Ford Was for many years at
the head of large real estate and finan
cial concerns in Omaha and at Sioux
City la and was one of the prime
movers in the development of the lat
ter city
The naval authorities have decided
to resort to condemnation proceedings
to secure land necessary for the ex
tension of the naval station at Al
giers near New Orleans About 100
to 150 acres additional is required and
an agent recently has reported that
the price asked is about what the de
partment considers a fair sum name
ly 100000
Minister Conger will sail for Pekin
June 17
Unset rubies to the value of 19000
francs were seized by the custom
bouse authorities in a room of the
Grand hotel New York occupied by
two young Belgians
The vicinity of Greeley Colo was
visited by a disastrous hail storm It
covered a large area and practically
destroyed all the fruit alfalfa and
wheat All of northeastern Colorado
is more or less affected
In the bouse of commons the under
foreign secretary Lord Cranborne in
formed a questioner that the govern
ment was not aware that negotiations
were in progress between the United
States and Newfoundland with the
view of renewing the Bond Blaine con
vention or signing a oimilar treaty
James D Ross president of the
Railway Porters association issued
a call for a meeting of the executive
committee in Chicago June 20 to com
plete arrangements for the establish
ment of a hospital for colored men in
the railway service
Sarah Bernhardt will play Romeo
for a hundred nights in America to
Maud Adams Juliet This important
theatrical event was arranged at Lon
don at a supper given by Sarah Bern
hardt to Charles Frohman at which
her manager was also present
Judge Burnham of the district court
decided that the Iowa cigarette tax
law is constitutional and that the
property of dealers in cigarettes and
owners of buildings where they are
sold may be attached and sold for said
tax
FEff BRITISH ESCAPE
Of 250 the Boers EM or Capture 198 by
Unexpected Attack
1REEP ONTO CAMP Of THE Rlf LES
Get Within Short Range Before Opening
Deadly Fire Many Prisoners Are
Taken but Released Fall Details Not
Yet Reported
LONDON June 17 Lord Kitchener
cabled from Pretoria under date of
the 16th as follows
Near Welmansrust twenty miles
south of Mlddleburg 250 Victorian
mounted rifles from General Beastons
columns were surprised in a camp at
Steenkonlspruit by a superior force of
Boers at 730 a m June 12 The en
emy crept up to within short range
and poured a deadly fire into the camp
killing two officers and sixteen men
and wounding four officers and thirty
eight men of whom twenty eight were
only slightly wounded Only two offi
cers and fifty men escaped to General
Beastons camp The remainder were
taken prisoners and released Two
pompoms were captured by the en
emy Full details have not been re
ceived
The serious reverse which Lord
Kitchener reports is the first accident
Australian contingent and it is sup-
Austraiian contingent and i is sup
posed to be due to neglect of proper
picketing Although it is offset by
the defeat inflicted upon Dewet the
loss of the guns is regarded as a seri
ous matter which will encourage the
Boers to continue the struggle
More or less fanciful accounts are
published on the continent of alleged
peace negotiations but there is noth
ing in them and nothing has come of
the interview between Mrs Botha and
Mr Kruger beyond revealing the fact
that Mr Kruger will listen to no pro
posals unless they are accompanied
with a guarantee of the independence
of the republics
The Daily Mails correspondent at
Capetown says that Cecil Rhodes
speaking at Bulawayo Saturday pre
dicted that a federation of South
African states would come in three
or four years But he contended that
to grant self goverriment to the re
publics before federation would render
federation impossible
H CLAY EVANS IS TO RETJRE
Judge Peters to Succeed Him as Commis
sioner of Pensions
WASHINGTON June 17 The talk
of the early retirement of H Clay
Evans as commissioner of pensions
has been revived in the last two days
It is said here that the president is
considering Judge S R Peters of
Newton Kan for the place The
judge served in congress with the
president and the two are close per
sonal friends There seems to be
ground for the belief that the presi
dent is giving the matter serious con
sideration
CHICAGO June 17 A dispatch to
the Record Herald from Topeka Kan
says Ex Congressman S R Peters of
Kansas today received a dispatch call
ing him to Washington where he will
be tendered the office of pension com
missioner succeeding HI Clay Evans
President McKinley has had under
consideration the names of ex-Congressmen
Blue and Peters for this po
sition and Mr Peters summons to
the White House settles the appoint
ment in iis favor
Reducing Chinese Forces
WASHINGTON June 17 The
recent large reduction is now account
ed for by the terms on which the in
demnity was made up When each
country put in the amount of its claim
it included an estimate of the military
expenses running up to July 1 next
This was with the idea that it will
take until July 1 to settle the in
demnities
Mexican Killg a Texas Sheriff
LULING Tex June 17 Deputy
Sheriff J C Duke has received a tele
phone message from the Schnabel
ranch seven miles southeast of here
to the effect that R M Glover sheriff
of Gonzales county was killed and
Henry Schnabel was badly wounded
by two Mexicans Details of the trag
edy are not obtainable The Mexicans
escaped
Gen William Gardner Dead
MEMPHIS Tenn Jan 17 General
William Montgomery Gardner a vet
eran of the Mexican and civil wars
Gardner graduated from the military
died here tonight aged 78 Genera
academy at West Point in the class
of 1S46
Negroes Are Arming
LEAVENWORTH Kan June 17
Considerable excitement has been
caused by what appears to b a
scheme of the negroes at Leaven
worth to arm themselves with revol
vers purchased from soldiers at Fort
Leavenworth Ever sines the burning
of Fred Alexander the negroes of
Leavenworth have been in an ugly
mood and conservative men say that
the race feeling stirred up at tht
I time may break out any time
CAILLES SIGNS TO SlRRENQfcf
Stubborn Insurgent RepjpifeBtativeg
Pledge Him to Karly Surrender
MANILA June 17 Colonels Infant
and Guivar representatives of General
Cailles signed the name of their prin
cipal to an agreement to surrender
Under the terms of the agreement
General Cailles is to assemble his men
at Santa Cruz Laguna province as
quickly as possible and there surren
der himself and his command to the
American authorities The exact
number of his force is uncertain but
there will probably be more than 500
Seventeen judges have been appoint
ed to the courts of first instance
Among these appointments here are
eleven Americans who have been
given the most Important circuits as
follows Manila Kinkaid of New
Mexico and Odlin of New Hampshire
Appari Blount of Georgia Dagupan
Johnson of Michigan Batangas Line
barger of Illinois Neuva Cacares
Carson of Virginia Hollo Bates of
Vermont Negros Norris of Nebraska
Cebu Carlock of Illinois Samboanga
Ickis of Iowa Jolo Whitsett of Mis
souri
BLACK HORN WAS UGLY
With a Yakima Indian Ho Tried to Mur
der a Policeman
PENDLETON Ore Jun6 17 Half
a dozen well mounted Umatilla In
dians are scouring the Blue mountains
to capture Black Horn of the Umattlla
reservation and a Yakima Indian who
last night tried to murder Brisbow
chief of the Indian police The lat
ter about midnight was attempting
to arrest Black Horn and the Yakima
Indian for being drunk and disorder
ly when Black Horn drew a pistol
and the Yakima Indian a dirk They
rushed on Brisbow who fired three
times without effect The Yakima In
dian ran behind and struck Brisbow
in the back of the head knocking
him insensible Parr another Indian
fired twice but failed of his mark
Jack also a policeman started uo
a fusillade with no better results
Black Horn and the Yakima the
sprang on their horses and left for
the
mue mountains Black Horn
two years ago was accused of mur
dering Wip Sha and afterwards plac
ing his body on the railroad tracks
JAPAN THE ONLY HITCH
Cannot Borrow Money at 4 Per Cent for
China
PEKIN June 17 The foreign min
isters say that although yesterdays
meeting did not result in the settle
ment of matters still things are work
ing most satisfactorily toward a con
clusion and that the amount ofv the
indemnity and the 4 per cent rate of
interest were almost agree upon the
only hitch being with regard to
rn which country cannot borrow
money under 5 per cent It is the de
ere of most of
the ministers to ar
range this satisfactorily as it is felt
that Japan deserves special consider
ation The probability is that addi
tional bonds will be given sufficient to
cover the loss
Special Commissioner Rockhill on
behalf of the United States has
agreed to add 5 per cent tc the tariff
provided China would agree to the
widening and dredging of the Shan Si
and Pei Ho rivers and also to certain
tariff reforms
Raise Cattle on Shares
MINNEAPOLIS Minn June 17 A
special to the Times from Grand
Frks N D says News has been re
ceived here that the agents of the
Northern Pacific road are authorized
to purchase cattle and sheep in Mon
tana and deliver them to farmers on
a share basis The new plan will be
especially appreciated by the Russian
Swedish and Norwegian homeseekers
who have come into this state in re-
cent years and taken up claims
New Governor Arrives
ST JOHNS N F June 17 Sir
Cavendish Boyle new governor of
New Foundland arrived here from
England to assume his administrative
duties He will take the oath of office
tomorrow
The British warship the Columbine
ai rived here this afternoon The
flagship Charybdis will stop at Cape
Race to inspect the wreck of the Ley
land liner Assyrian The Carybdis is
due here tomorrow
Increase in Philippine Revenues
WASHINGTON June 17 An in
crease of 930915 In the customs rev
enues of the Philippines for the first
quarter of 1901 as compared with the
same period of 1900 is set forth1 in a
statement made public today by the
division of insular affairs of the War
department The total revenues for
the first quarter of the current year
amounted to 2199304
Kline in Killing Business
DENVER Colo June 17 A spe
cial to the Republican from Roswell
N M says Arthur Kline a well
known stockman today shot and kill
ed his wife Beatrice Kline danger
ously wounded Marshall Maddux and
probably fatally mounded the land
lady with whom Mrs Kline was liv
ing who attempted to interfere and
then committed suicide Kline was
crazed with jealousy his wife having
deserted him
THREE B0BSMEN ARE HELD
District Court Jury Renders Verdict In
the Bartlcy I ltlgatlon
OMAHA Neb June 17 The jury
in the Bartley bond case brought in a
verdict discharging W A Paxton
Thomas Swobe and Cadet Taylor from
all obligations as sureties for Joseph
S Bartley the defaulting state treas
urer John H Ames C C McNish
and E E Brown were held to be
liable for 54594716 the amount of
the shortage in Bartleys accounts
This was the third action brought
by the state to recover on the bond
of the ex treasurer The defendants
in the original case were Joseph S
Bartley F M Cook A B Clark
John H Ames C A Hanna Mary
Fitzgerald Ed J Fitzgerald C C Mc
Nish E E Brown Thomas Swobe
Cadet Taylor N S Harwood and W
A Paxton The case first came to
trial in February of 1898 before Judge
Powell and a verdict was entered for
the defendants This decision was re
versed by the supreme court
On a second trial before Judge Faw
cett a verdict was returned against
all the defendants with the exception
of Mary Fitzgerald who escaped all
obligations on a plea of insanity This
decision was reversed by the supreme
court and the case came back to the
district court and has been on trial
before Judge Baxter
SHEEPSKINS FROM THE STATE
Two Hundred and Eighty Two
Young
People Receive Them
LINCOLN Neb June 17 Two hun
dred and eighty two young men and
women received in the presence of
an audience that filled the large au
ditorium to its doors the certificates
showing that they had labored faith
fully for four years at the University
cf Nebraska and were entitled to all
i he honors attaching thereto Of
these eighty seven received the degree
of bachelor of law and were admitted
to practice in the courts of the state
seventy two were granted the degree
of bachelor of arts and there were
twenty post graduate students who
were enrolled with the degree of mas
ter of arts Wilbur C Knight receiv
ed the degree of doctor of philosophy
the highest honor conferred at the
university
Following the custom of previous
years a commencement procession
including the distinguished visitors
faculty alumni seniors and their
friends formed on the university
campus and marched to the Audi
torium where the degrees were con
ferred
Music Day and Night
To hear the celebrated Bellstedt
band there will necessarily have to be
a hustle The contract with the Om
aha Musical union for a month of
music has more than half expired and
soon all opportunity for hearing the
famous Cincinnati band will have
passed Afternoon entertainments
matinees can be enjoyed at reduced
rates of admission This is the iden
tical musical organization that won
such renown and was so popular at
the two Omaha expositions in 98 99
If heard at Omaha this year it must
be in June as the engagement closes
with the month when the band goes
to Kansas City for a series of con
certs
National Guard Encampment
LINCOLN Neb June 17 At the
next meeting of the State Military
board an officer high in authority will
submit a proposition to have the en
campment of the Nebraska National
guard this year held in some secluded
and rough section of the state prefer
ably among the lakes in Cherry coun
ty and at least forty miles from the
nearest town or railroad station
Heretofore the guard has held its en
campments near large cities
Nebraska Funeral Directors
BEATRICE Neb June 17 The
Nebraska Funeral Directors associa
tion in session here elected officers
as follows President H B Davis
Omaha vice presidents E Ratnour
Weeping Water A H Fellers Hum
boldt E Livingstone Harvard sec
retary George Brown Superor treas
urer N P Swanson Omaha execu
tive board H K Burket Omaha Jas
Heaton Lincoln W G Roberts Lin
coln demonstrator W P Hoehen
schue Iowa City la
Rains Affect Chinch Buss
BROKEN BOW Neb June 17
Rains in this county are bringing out
the small grain and corn in fine shape
and are having a desirable effect on
the chinch bugs which were reported
quite numerous in some localities
Fleets State Normal Teachers
PERU Neb June 17 The State
Board of Education met here and elec
ted teachers to fill vacancies at the
State Normal W R Hart of the
University of Nebraska was elected
professor of psychology and pedagogy
at 1000 C F Beck formerly deputy
state superintendent vas elected as
sistant in mathematics at 1000 S
L Caldwell was elected teacher of
GET A CORNER ON MILK
Prominent Nebraska Creameries Enter
Into a Consolidated Company
OMAHA Neb June 15 As a re
sult of a conference held at the Mur
ray hotel a consolidation of all the
creamery companies operating in Ne
braska north of the Platte river has
been effected and the new corporation
has decided to open in Omaha a
creamery with a capacity of 3000000
pounds of butter per year of an esti
mated value of 600000
The meeting was the result of the
idea of J J King secretary and gen
eral manager of the West Point
Creamery company one of the oldest
institutions of its kind in the state
He believed that a large amount of ex
pense could be saved by co operation
and as the result of correspondence
the meeting was called
Each of the constituent companies
will have one member on the board
of directors When the new company
is ready to begin operations the
creameries at the different towns in
the state will be discontinued and In
their place will be established collect
ing and skimming stations The
cream will be shipped to Omaha
where it will be churned The Umaua
creamery will cost 20009 exclusive
of buildings the company having de
cided to rent a building for the first
and then to build one upon their own
plans upon railroad tracks where
their stock can be handled without the
intervention of wagons
RUSH f OR SCHOOL LAND
Greater Return to State Than Ever Ex
pected This Year
LINCOLN Neb June 15 With an
increasing demand and a decreasing
supply the school land that will be
offered for lease at public auction in
August will probably bring greater re
turns to the state than ever before in
recent years Inquiry for this land
has been very general from all sec
tions of the state during the last two
weeks Land Commissioner Follmer
will start on an auction tour about
August 20 and it is probable that his
first tour will extend mostly through
the northwestern section
Youd be surprised at the demand
for school land said Deputy Com
missioner Eaton Every mail brings
ir some inquiry Some persons want
farm land and others want land for
pasturage The demand I think is
greatest for land for grazing purposes
ix western and northern counties
There will not be a great deal of
land available this year for the rea
son that nearly all of it has already
teen leased and it is not likely much
of it will be forfeited People who
hold the land are well satisfied and are
able to pay the rentals as fast as they
become due
When tne Band Begins to Play
Ragtime and classical music devo
tees are alike pleased with the Bell
stedt band for it gives selections that
please all classes and conditions The
program from day to day is varied
and numbers are always rendered
creditable to the band that afforded so
much pleasure to visitors at the
Trans Mississippi and Greater Amer
ica expositions The concerts last
through this month only two enter
tainments being given each day
Inocnlatlnir the Chinch Bug1
BROKEN BOW Neb June 15
This county has been favored with
several fine rains which Is putting a
stop to the work of the chintz bugs
and bringing out small grain nicely
Inoculation of the chintz bugs in sev
eral localities where they were the
worst is being tried but as yet the
experiments have not been tested a
sufficient time to determine whether
the experiment will prove successful
His Whole Stock is Stolen
OSCEOLA Neb June 15 A M
Darling recently came to Osceola and
engaged a building to open up a gen
eral merchandise store He had trad
ed a stock and had it stored at St
Paul Minn He ordered it shipped
here but when
the consignment ar
rived he found that all of the goods
in the boxes had been stolen and their
places filled with mattresses Mr
Darlings loss is 5300
Tramp Is Found Dead
ALLIANCE Neb June 15 An un
known man apparently a tramp was
discovered lying dead beside the track
at Bonner a siding seven miles out
on the Denver line He could not be
identified
Itoseland Postofflce Bobbed
ROSELAND Neb June 15 The
postoffice safe was blown open here
and about 125 in personal funds and
stamps were stolen The Edgar
bloodhounds were sent for
Doane College Jubilee
CRETE Neb June 15 The jubi
lee celebration of Doane college on
raising the endowment fund to 150
000 took place at the Congregational
church Pigif A B Fairchild presid
ing Many congratulations have been
received from friends of the college
Mr F H Chickering of Ashland
Nebraska trustee and member of the
executive committee addressed the
penmanship drawning and spelling at audience taking for his subject How
600 I We Did It and What Next
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Fall Weight Counterfeiters
A knid of counterfeiting that has
become popular in Bagland of bite Is
the manufacture of spurious shillings
out of genuine silver As the same
amount of silver contained in a shil
ing is worth only about one half of
that sum the coiners reap excellent
profits All of the false shillings de
tected heretofore have been cast in a
mold but it is pointed out that were
the counterfeiters to enlist the service
of an expert engraver and die sinker
detection would be almost Impossible
and the only obvious remedy would
be to increase the size and weight of
the coins
Maclarens Pun Won the Mod
Rev John Watson Ian Maclaren
and others according to the Congre
gationalism recently dined with W S
Caine member of parliament Mr
Caine offered to give 50 to a hos
pital fund through the man who would
make the best pun on his name with
in five mimites Brains cogitated for
a few minutes and then just as the
time was about to expire and Mr
Caine thought he was about to escape
John Watson said Dont be in such
a hurry Caine
Sad to say there Is such a thing as
alert stupidity
A Pike County Miracle
Velpen Ind June 17 Wm O B
Sullivan a farmer of this place and
who is a brother of ex Representative
Sullivan of Pike and Dubois counties
has had a remarkable experience re
cently
Mr Sullivan Is 49 years of age and
has been a citizen of Pike County for
30 years For two years he has suffer
ed much with kidney trouble and rheu
matism His shoulders and side were S
very sore and stiff and his back was
so bad he could hardly straighten up
tne
at an ie nao palpitation or
heart and a smothering which was
very distressing He used three boxes
of Dodds Kidney Pills and is as
strong and well as ever he was He
pronounces his cure a miracle Mr
Sullivans statement of his case is
startling
A month ago I was a cripple To
day I can do a hard days work every
day and have not a single ache or
pain
Dodds Kidney Pills have done some
wonderful cures in Indiana but none
more miraculous than that in the case
of Mr Sullivan
If you want to keep on the right
side of the average mother speak well
of her bad boy
Are Ton Using Allens Foot Ease
It is the only cure for Swollen
Smarting Burning Sweating Feet
Corns and Bunions Ask for Allens
Foot Ease a powder to be shaken into
the shoes At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores 25c Sample sent FREE Ad
dress Allen S Olmsted LeRoy N Y
What some people dont know they
are forever talking about
WONDERFUL GEYSERS
OF YELLOWSTONE PARK
No Other Region In the World Abounds
in Such a Variety of Attractions
The most wonderful scenery in the
world is in Yellowstone National Park
the great natural curiosity shop of the
universe Nowhere else within qual
bounds are found so many natural
wonders grouped almost as if by de
sign for the special convenience of
sight seers The wonders of the Alps
and the Himalayas could they be gath
ered together and compressed Into an
equal space could not hope to rival in
grandeur in variety nor in number
the attractions of the Yellowstone
Were all the attractions except the
geysers removed the region would
still be famed world wide drawing
nature lovers from all countries to
witness the exhibitions of unequalled
power of these matchless giants
which with a roar that may be heard
long distances spout huge columns of
seething water high into the air sus
taining them there for varying lengths
of time Old Faithful with a regular
ity that begot its name at intervals of
65 to 75 minutes sends up a huge col
umn of water 150 feet into the air re
maining active for four minutes Giant
with a deafening roar spouts 250 feet
every third day for 90 minutes while
Giantess at longer intervals and with
slightly less power maintains activity
for twelve hours at a stretch Many
others at intervals ranging from five
minutes to several days spout water
to varying heights remaining active
for periods ranging from one second to
an hour or more In all there are
thirty three members of this inter
esting Geyser family of sufficient
Importance to deserve special mention
Twenty eight of these are in Upper
basin and when several of them with
their rainbow tints spouting at
once the scene is indescrfDable Other
scenes of grandeur that abound In y
vored mountainous regions pass in
endless review before the enchanted
tourist all sense of fleeting time being
lost in their admiration
Travel to the park following Im
proved transportation facilities has
greatly Increased In recent years
Leaving the Oregon Short Line at
Monida Montana after a pleasant
ride through changing scenes from
Salt Lake City comfortable stage
coaches run to and through the park
making the trip at easy stages in five
days four of which are spent among
natures wonders and the other among
delightful scenery Good hotels are
conveniently located in the park for
sight seers where one may stay indefi
nitely at very reasonable cost
fcben Answering Advertisements Kindly
Mention This Taper
W N U OMAHA No 251901
UUHtS WHtHfc ALL FISF FANS
Best Cough Syrup Tastes Good Use
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