The Valentine Democra I. M. RICE , Publisher. VALENTINE , NEBRASKA BRIEf TELEGRAMS. Omaha and South Omaha will prot ably join in a celebration of Labo day. day.Miss Miss Nettie E. Brosius of Valentine Neb. , has been appointed to the posi tion at Fort Mohave Indian school * Arizona. Norway has adopted the Erhard system of artillery and has ordere < twenty-two complete batteries fron Germany. E-Senator Pugh's condition showi improvement at Washington. Hii physicians express themselves as en couraged. Francis Schlatter , the so-callec Divine healer , " was tried in the polici court at Washington Saturday , am fined ten dollars or thirty days in th < workhouse. The president has appointed Willian Cameron mine inspector for the In dian territory , and D. Clem Deaver re ceiver of public moneys at O'Neill Nebranska. Mrs. Fred Hodge , a fanner's wife residing near Oxford , Wis. , was crim- inaly assaulted by two masked men while returning from the field. It i feared she will die. The secretary of the German nav : ? and some German manufacturers are using large quantities of an oily pro duct of German brown coal tar call ed "Masut" for heating and steam producing purposes. At Beatrice , Neb. , Jack Gorman was arrested for stealing a horse and buggy from H : W. Rodman. As he had counterfeit money in his posses sion he will also be held for the United States authorities. A London dispatch says : "The sec retary of state for India has received a dispatch from the viceroy , saying that the monsoon is weak and irregu lar , but generally sufficient for sow ing , except in Gujarat and Punjab. " The state department has issued a warrantto the representative of tho state of Missouri to secure the return from Monterey , Mexico , under extra- ) dition of Adolph Groger , who is charged with embezzlement of $3,000 from a company in which he was em ployed in St. Louis. The weekly crop bulletin of the Bur- lington railway , which has just been prepared in the office of General Su perintendent Calvert and submitted to General Manager Holdrege , shows that while Nebraska has not been do ing itself proud this year in the pro- . duction of record breaking crops , the state is going to do a great deal bet ter than many others. According to preliminary estimates made by Commissioner Evans , the sum spent for pensions during the year ending June 30 , 1901 , was $138- 531,000 an increase of only $69,000 over the total for 1899-1900. Mean while 44,861 original pensions were granted , 4,751 names were restored to the roll and re-ratings were allowed in over 60,000 cases. The census office has issued a state ment giving the statistics of the school , militia , and voting population of the states of Idaho and Illinois , and Hawaii , the results being as fol lows : School age , Hawaii , 33,774 ; Idaho , 54,964 ; Illinois , 1,589,915. Males of militia age , Hawaii , 72,596 ; Idaho , 41,785 ; Illinois , 1,091,472. Males of voting age , Hawaii , 79,607 ; Idaho , 79- 607 ; Idaho , 53,932 ; Illinois. 1,401,456. Secretary Root has appointed CHas. Conant special commissioner of the war department to investigate the banking and coinage in the Philip pines and report to the secretary of war recommendations for reme'dial adoption. Mr. Wilson , secretary of agriculture , does not take so gloomy a viewof the agricultural prospects between the Allegheny and the Rocky moun tains as do some of the so-called ex perts who are not connected with the government service. The official mandate of 'the court of appeals of Kentucky , ordering the Scott county circuit court to grant ex-Secretary of State Caleb Powers another trial , was issued. It is pos sible that the trial will be held in October. - An alleged highwayman , giving his name as Will Jones of St. Joseph , Mo. , , was probably fatally shot through th t base of the spine at Leavenworth , Kan. , while seeking to escape from a policeman. His companion , giving the name of Murphy , was captured. 1 Rural free delivery will be estab lished on September 2 at Sac City , Sac county , la. , with four carriers. Reeves Bros. ' boiler works at Alli ance , Ohio , was completely destroyed by fire. Loss estimated at about $100- 000 , with | 40,000 insurance. The comptroller of the currency has approved the application of the fol lowing persons to organize the Farmers' National bank of Red Oak , la. , with a capital of $50,000 : Ralph Pringle , M. Chandler , W. T. Marshall. R. F. Owens and others. Many Thousands Are in El Eeno to Wit ness the Great Land Lottery. EXPECTANCY AMONG HOMESEEKER2 Everyone Confident of Being a Share bolder of the Lucky Few Not as Ex citing as a "Ban" Applicant * Have Bn One Chance In Thirteen to Gef a Prlzi EL RENO , Okl. , July 29. All Is ex pectascy tonight among-the thousand ! of homeseekers here over the gram lottery that begins tomorrow morning There are 13,000 claims to be distrib uted , and so each of the 165,865 per sons who have registered during th last firteen days has about one chance in thirteen of winning. It is ja. long shot , but every one apparently feels confident of being numbered among the lucky , and in consequence the best of good nature prevails. While the scene lacks the great ex citement of the "run" which has here tofore been a part of other land open ings in this part of the country , the last act in the throwing open to settle ment of the Kiowa-Comanche reserva tions will not be"without life and ani mation. The drawing will take place in the center of the city and will be witnessed by thousands of people. It will be accomplished on a large plat form in the open air , around which the sloping hillsides form a natural amphitheater. A commission appointed last week by Secretary Hitchcock and composed of W. A. Richards , assistant commis sioner of the general land office , and who has had charge of the registra tion , D. P. Dyer of St. Louis , former United States district attorney , and Frank Dale , ex-chief justice of Okla homa , will have the drawing in charge. The actual drawing will be both novel and extremely interesting. On the platform will be two oblong box wheels , each fifteen feet in length , one to hold the names of the applicants for homesteads in the El Reno dis trict , and the other for those of the Lawton district Into these wheels will be placed envelopes containing names of all the registered applicants. The envelopes will have first been brought to the platform in packages consecutively numbered/ A corresponding series of numbers upon slips will be placed in another receptacle , from which they will be drawn out at random. The package of envelopes bearing the first number drawn will be the first to be placed in the drawing box and well distributed , when another number will be drawn and another package of envelopes dis tributed , and this course will be con tinued until all of the envelopes have been placed in the box wheels , after which the wheels will be revolved for a sufficient length of time to insure a thorough mixing of the envelopes. In each wheel there are five aper tures from which the enevlopes will finally be drawn. Ten men for each aperture will perform the actual draw ing. The order in which they will be- ? in at each wheel will be determined by lot. The first envelope drawn will be No. L , which will be at once opened and Lhe identification sliya which it con- iains will be given a corresponding number , and the name and residence ivhich appear upon the slip will be publicly announced , This course will 3e pursued , numbering each envelope ind its contents consecutively , until .wenty-five numbers have been drawn rom one box , when an equal number ; vill be drawn from the other box in i similar manner. This course will be ) ursued until 500 names have been Irawn from each box , when , if the : ommittee deem is best to do so , ar- 'angements will be made for drawing simultaneously from each box. After the names have been drawn md announced they will be recorded ind a notice prepared to be made to he one whose name is drawn. The Lrawing will proceed in this manner mtil every envelope in both boxes has > een drawn out. The Exposition Is Paying. BUFFALO , July 29. President John } . Millburn of the Pan-American ex position issued a statement today irhich in , part says : "The exposition las been more than paying its ex- lenses since the beginning of June and ias already accumulated a conslder- ble surplus. An attendance during LUgust , September and October of the otal attendance at Chicago in "Octo- er alone will pay all the obligations f the exposition and will leave a sur- lus. " May .Cause Complications. DENVER , July 29. William Rad- liffe , owner of the lease on the Grand lesa lakes in Delta county , has been ummoried to Washington for consult- tion with the state department. This ives an international aspect to the re- ent shooting of two men by a deputy ame warden , the burning of Rad- liffe's hotel and the threatened lynch- ag of the proprietor by , a mob of Delta ounty citizens. Radcliffe claims to e a subject of King Edward. WEATHER BUREAU .ENCOURAGE ! Bala Having Fallen It Believes the Co : Belt Will Get More. WASHINGTON July 29. Tl weather bureau's advices from tl great corn belt Saturday were moi encouraging than any that have con to hand for forty days , showing i the opinion- -the forecasters that tl drouth has been broken by generi showers in many portions of that s tion and with a prospect of their coi tinuation today. Coincident with tl fall of rain have come reduced ten perjures. With few exceptions th temperatures reported were not ol normally high , no maximums of 10 degrees being reached. West of th Mississippi river they were generall in the neighborhood of 90 degrees. The forecasters , while not makin any specific predictions as to the el feet of the rain on the crops , expres the .opinion thatallthose * cropswhic ! have not been irreparably ruined wil be benefited by the breaking of th drouth. The late crops naturally wouli be helped the most. The reports show that during th past twenty-four hours showers wer quite general in he corn belt and wen heavy over much of the state of low ; and over part of the corn belt no hitherto visited by rains , including western Nebraska , southern Missour and Oklahoma. INDIANS INTEND TO fILE. Find a Means of Holding : Lands In tin Reservations. OKLAHOMA CITY , O. T. , July 29.- Keo Tuck , an Indian , has given notice at the land office at El Reno of his in tention to file upon the quarter sec tion of land adjoining the town site if Lawton , which will be the principal : own in the new country of the Kiowa ind Comanche reservation. This is probably the most valuable tract of the mtire 13,000 to be opened. The application is made under a section of the United States statutes massed in 1887 , which gives to every lomeless Indian the right to go to any ) art of the public domain and to make mtry for any tract of land that .is not n the possession of a homesteader. Che section has never been repealed ind the right of the Indians who have 10 allotments or who were omitted rom the tribal rolls is one that "they : an exercise at any time , it is stated. THOUSAND SILVER DOLLARS. iack of Money Disappears from a Chi cago National Bank. CHICAGO , July 29. A sack of 1,000 liver dollars has mysteriously disapp eared from the Commercial National tank and all of the detectives have teen put on the case , but their ef- orts so far have been futile. The lackage was left outside of the vault y mistake when the bank closed for he night and since then no trace of t can be found. This is the second strange disap- learance of a package of money be- onging to the Commercial National tank within a year. Detectives are till looking for a $20,000 bundle of ills shipped by the bank with the idams Express company to the Na- ional State bank of Burlington , la. , LUgust 17last. . When the package fas opened at Burlington it contain- d only slippings of papers. OMAHA MAN SELECTED. T. Foster. Chairman of Nebraska Com mittee , to Be at Land Drawing : . EL RENO , Okl. , July 29. Governor Lichards , chairman of the committee ppointed by the president to conduct tie drawing of the new lands to be pened for settlement , suggested that ach state select a committee to be resent at the drawing to see it was lirly and honestly conducted. Acting upon his suggestion the Ne- raskans met and selected the follow- ig committee : Dr. H. A. Foster of raaha , chairman ; J. E. Jones of Hast- igs , George. Hess of Omafla , F. A. weezy of Blue Hill and Amos Quinn C Beatrice. Their headquarters are t the law office of Crow & Jones , 3om 4 , Warren block. Kansas Thoroughly. Soaked. ATCHISON , Kan. , July 29. The routh in northern Kansas , wh-cb. haJ .stt'd without interruption since April , ' , was broken Saturday ni ht an-1 unday morning. The Missouri Pacific tilroad has received reports from all s stations which extend 300 miles cstward from the Missouri river and srtbward into Nebraska , aad ail e-x- jpt two or three report a downpour : from one-fourth of an inch to two ii-'nes. The rain was a steady , , dr.'z- iug one. * Arizona's Total Acreage. WASHINGTON , July 29. According a bulletin issued by the census bu- ; au there are 5,809 farms in Arizona , ith a total acreage of 1,935,327 acres , : which 254,521 are improved. Of tese farms 1,769 are owned by In- ians. Crisp ! Growing : Worse. NAPLES , July 29. The bulletin is- led late tonight regarding the con- ition of Signer Francesco Crispi says le heart trouble is increasing. " * INTERSTATE OLD SETTLERS. Pioneers of Nebraska and Kansas to Me < at Bob Scott's. LINCOLN , Neb. , July 27. Earl settlers in the territory which include Nemaha and Pawnee counties In Ne braska and the two adjoining COUE ties just below the state line in Kar .sas have rformed -Interstate Ol Settlers' association and on July 3 and August 1 the organization wl have its first annual meeting. * Th gathering will be at Turkey creel in Bob Scott's grove , a section whic ! figures prominently in the pionee history of the state and which is sal to have been the camping place c John Brown , the Harper's Ferry hen Thirty years' continued residence i : the territory is the requirement o membership , but everybody is invltei to attend , the meeting. Governor Savage has accepted ai invitation to. represent Nebraska a the gathering. He will deliver an ad dress before the assemblage on Au gust 1. J. Sterling Morton of Ne braska City , Governor Stanley am Congressman Bailey of Kansas an also named on the program. Wanted the Bridge To Bnrn. WYMORE , Neb. , July 27. The wes approach of the Burlington bridge No 39 , across the Blue river , about a mil < east of town , was discovered to be 01 fire about 11 o'clock at night by Franl Crawford. While returning to towr he gave the alarm. He was met by E stranger who tried to get him not tc give the alarm , and failing in the at tempt he fired three shots at Craw ford , none of which took effect , how ever. The bridge gang succeeded in putting out the fire but not until three spans of the bridge had burned. Find Evidence of Guilt. HASTINGS , Neb. , July 271 Coinci- den twith the removal of the post- office seeming proof of the guilt of Ed Bexton was found. His November re ports as money order clerk were in complete , and the department at Washington has been annoyed there by. Bexton insists that he had for warded the reports. When the miss ing report was discovered and Bexton confronted with it he confessed to issuing a forged money order for twenty dollars. Further developments are looked for. Sues Head of Geneva Home. ' FREMONT , Neb. , July 27 Miss Anna Strellner of Ames has begun ac tion against B. R. B. Weber , formerly superintendent of the industrial school at Geneva , and others of the instructors and managers , for $10,000. She alleges that during the year 1900 , for some alleged infraction of the rules , she was kept for seven days and nights in a cell without sufficient clothing. As a result of her exposure one of her arms became diseased and will probably have to be. amputated. Republican State Convention. LINCOLN , Neb. , July 27. The re publicans of the state of Nebraska are called to meet in convention at the auditorium in Lincoln on Wednesday , August 28 , 1901 , for the purpose of placing in nomination candidates for the following offices : One judge of the supreme court , two regents of the university of the state of Nebraska , and for the transaction of such other business as may regularly come before said , convention. Blackleg : Among : Cattle. CALLAWAY , Neb. , July 27. Blaek- le ghas again made its appearance in ; his locality , many cattle having met leath from its effects the past week. Phe cattlemen % are busy vaccinating ; heir herds , and otherwise guarding igainst the disease. Numerous re- Dorts also come to the effect that nany fat hogs are dying from the in- : ense heat. Good "Wheat Yield. SEWARD , Neb. , July 27. The vheat yield is even better than previ- msly reported. Scarcely any fields ire turning out less than twenty-five mshels per acre , while some have jone over forty. One farmer living n the south part of the county hreshed a field of 200 acres that av- iraged thirty bushels to the acre. Fined for Violating Fish I.HW. FREMONT , Neb. , July 27. Deputy lame Warden Carter had Charles tenton and A. W. Burns arrested for ishing in the Platte river with trot ines containing more than five hooks. Phey Claimed they did not know nything about the new law and were et off with the lowest fine. Populist State Committee. LINCOLN , Neb. , July 27. Chair man J. H. Edmisten announces that be populist state central committee rill meet in Lincoln on August 7 , the ame date as that set for the meeting f the free silverites and democrats. Court Hon e Bonds Defeated. SEWARD , Neb. , July 27. At the pecial election held here , when an 80,000 court house proposition was oted upon , it failed to carry. THE NEBRASKA GUARD. Adjutant-General Colby Forwards Cert icate to Washington. LINCOLN , Neb. , July 29. Adjuta General Colby has sent a certificate the war department at Washingt * certifying the number of men in a tive service in the Nebraska Nation Guard the past year. On this certi cate the appropriation from the ge eral government for the guard is ba ed. Last year the appropriatU amounted to about $17,000. It will 1 about the same this year. The adji tant general's statement shows th 2,077 men were regularly organize uniformed and in the service of tl state during the year ending June 3 1901. This number comprises 1' commissioned officers and 1,950 ei listed men. The average attendant of officers and men at drills and pz rades was 1,007. The adjutant general has or.dere another list of officers of the Nebras ka National Guard to appear at hi office a'c. 9 a. m. Wednesday , Augus 7 , to stand examination as to thei fitness to hold commissions in th guard. The state military board wl also meet on the same day. The es amining board will comprise Colont Ernest H. Tracy , Major William E Wood and Major R. Emmett Giffir Captain Charles M. Hichardson , com pany LFirst regiment , is the onl officer of his rank in the list of thos to be examined. The first lieutenant are : A. M. Hull , .quartermaster , Firs regiment ; George T. Nor then , com pany I , Second regiment ; Leroy Patch , company A , Second regiment George H. Emery , company L , Firs regiment ; Herald jBednair compan : K , Second regiment ; , Edwin F. Wil helmy , company C , Second regiment The second lieutenants are : Henr : Olson , company I , First regiment ; Ar thur R. Marshall , company A , Firs regiment ; Charles E. Brown , compan : E , Second regiment ; John T. Cham bers , company K , Second regiment Charles M. Anderson , company , C Second regiment ; William H. Ray company I , Secondregiment ; Claytoi J. Norton , company B , Second regi ment ; William S. Baldwin , troop A. Deputy Game Wardens. LINCOLN , Neb. , July 29. Gover nor Savage has appointed the follow ing deputy game wardens to serv < without compensation : A. J. Shirlej of Ord , for Valley county ; J. A. Ed wards of Franklin , for Franklin coun ty ; G. W. Whitehorn of Spencer , foi Boone county ; L. K. McGaw of Osce- ala , for Polk county ; W. A. Myers ol iUma , for Harlan county ; J. E. Cos ) f Cairo , for Hall county ; M. H. Bru- aing of Cedar Bluffs , for Saunders and Dodge counties. Heeded Not .the Warning. M'COOK , Neb. , July 29. Ben GlasT- ion of Nelson , Neb. , was struck by an mgine on the Narrows , about a mile ; ast of McCook , and instantly killed , ilasson was walking along the track ind heedless of the stock whistle ounded , attempted to cross the trade n front of the train at a curve. He vas struck back of the head , dashed o one side of the track and instantly tilled. The coroner's jury exonerated -railroad company from blame. Howe's Welcome Home. AUBURN , Neb. , July 29. The work if the committee having in charge reparations for the reception of Hon. Ihurch Howe , United States consul , iheffield , England , on his return ome , July 30 , is about completed , arge posters announcing the date , rith half-tone portrait of Mr. Howe , re being freely displayed in all parts f the city. The Pawnee City band of hirty pieces has been engaged for the ccasion. Farmer's Xarrow Escape * ASHTON , Neb. , July 29. Adam 'rederick , a farmer living five miles orth of here , was overcome by heat 'hile mowing hay in a deep ravine , [ e fell in front of the rowing ma- tiine and * t passed over his body. He as carried home unconscious and ir. Howard of Ashton called , who > und two ribs broken and other in- jrnal injuries. His condition is seri ns. Another Snspect Arrested. SPRINGVIEW , Neb. , July 29. Dep- ty Sheriff Hackler arrested William Castings for alleged cattle stealing. ' : e pleaded not guilty at the prelim- tary hearing and was bound over to le October term of district court in le sum of $1,500. This is the fifth ae of the Helyer and Bingham men lat have been arrested in the last < fo weeks. r and Seekers From Pair nee. PAWNEE CITY , Neb. , July 29. Out ! about thirty who went to El Reno > secure land , about twenty are yet iere , and will stay till after the awing. Quite a number went down riday and will take up their resi- > nce with those already there. They ; port the weather pleasant and the ghts cool and are getting along well , here are over fifty thousand people jnped on about a square mile at El eno. Fro HI Pnlpit to Consulate. Rev. Dr. C. P. H. Nason , who has resigned the pastorate of tho Second Presbyterian church in Germantown , Pa. , is to be United States consul at Grenoble , France. Dr. Nason was- graduated at Williams college in 1862 , which was President Carter's class and his degree was conferred by Williams two years ago. This is rather a pleas ant way for a cergyman to retire. Rev. Mr. Nason was acting pastor of the American church in Paris in 1899. A College Professor qje 8O. Although President Henry G. Weston of Crozer Theological seminary is more than 80 years old , he performs all t he- duties of his office and will deliver four lectures next week at the interdenom inational Bible class to be held at Lake Orion , Mich. As long ago as 1S49 he was moderator of the Baptist General Association of Illinois , which state was- the scene of his early labors. "Bobs" Is a Crack Rider. Lord Roberts is a fearless rider and : usually well in at the death In a fox hunt , but his eminence as a hunting : man depends on his splendid eye for country and his unrivaled knowledge of horse flesh and not on mere dare- deviltry. Lord Roberts has had bis : share of "croppers , " but , thanks to his light , steel-built frame , he has never come to any serious harm in the hunt ing field. Six Doctors This Time. South Bend , Ind. , July 29th : Six different doctors treated Mr. J. O. Lan- deman , of this place for Kidney Trou ble. He had been very ill for three years , and he despaired of ever being well. Somebody suggested Dodd's Kidney Pills. Mr. Landeman used two boxes. He is completely cured , and besides losing'all his Kidney Trouble , his gen eral health is much better than it has been for years. No case that has occurred in St. Joseph County for half a century , has created such a profound sensation , and Dodd's Kidney Pills are being well advertised , as a result of their won derful cure of Mr. Landeman's case. ' Oom Paul's Smoking and Drinking : * Paul Kruger smokes almost inces santly and for many years drank amazing quantities of beer daily , but only on once occasion did he ever taste alcohol. That was at Bloemfon- tein after the signing of an alliance with .the Orange Free State. On that occasion Oom Paul took off a bumper of champagne , and he liked it so well that he has never tasted it since. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH , the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. If labor is divine , the man who robs labor robs divinity. TEM.OW CXOTHES ABE UNSIGHTLY. Keep themwhite with Red Cross Ball Blue. All grocers sell large 2 oz. package , 5 cents. Patience is fortitude fixed in faith , endurance lighted up with hope. The greatest of professional athletes use Wizard Oil for a "rub-down. " It softens the muscles and prevents sore ness. The most satisfying things in life are love and sympathy. Indies Can Wear Shoes. One size smaller after usingAllen's Foot- Ease , a powder. It makes tight or new- shoes easy. Cures swollen , hot.sweating , aching feet , ingrowingnails , corns and bunions. All druggists and shoe stores , 25c. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad dress Allen S. Olmsted , LeRoy , N.Y. Last summer 1,043 free band con certs were given in London. Ask your grocer for DEFIANCE STARCH , the only 16 oz. package for 10 cents. All other 10-cent starch con tains only 12 oz. Satisfaction guaran teed or money refunded. Man is the only animal that tries to fence in the earth and fence out his neighbors. MOREJHANHALrACENTOi . . 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