The Valentine Democrat
I. M. RICE , Publisher.
i VALENTINE , NEBRASKA
BRIEF TELEGRAMS.
Paul Alexis , the Fiench novelist , is
dead.
The broom trust will raise prices 25
to 50 cents per dozen.
Acting Adjutant General Warren has
received a cable announcing the death
of Major William E. Almy , Porto Ri-
can regiment at San Juan , from appen
dicitis.
People who are in close association
with Mr. Kruger say that up to the
present it has not been decided tha *
the Boer statesman will visit the Unit
ed States.
Bishop John Moore was buried at St.
Augustine , Fla. The funeral was large
ly attended and dignitaries of the
church from all over the United States
were present. '
Prussian officials take seriously the
statement from St. Petersburg that
Russia will forbid Russian farm labor
ers to cross the , frontier for summer
work in Prussia.
Commander William Swift , com-
jmanding the gunboat Yorktown , has
been ordered to relieve Commander
Seaton Schroeder as naval governor of
the island of Guam.
The bureau of admissions announces
the attendance at the Pan-American
exposition at Buffalo during the first
three months ending at midnight on
July 31 as 2,724,908.-
Former Congressman Blount is not
critically ill. He received a slight
'touch of paralysis some days ago , af
fecting the muscles of his face and
limbs , but he is steadily improving.
Myron A. Decker , a well known New
York piano manufacturer , Is dead , aged
83. Mr. Decker was born in the Cats-
kills and began the manufacture of
pianos in New York about forty-years
ago.
ago.The
The navy department is about to es-
, tablish a private school for children on
the Samoan island of Tutuila. The
naval commander , Chaplain Tilley , has
made an urgent recommendation to
this effect.
At Marlin , Tex. , Porter Sawyer , aged
18 , shot and killed his father and was
overcome by heat while trying to es
cape and died. The boy is said to have
become angry at his father for whip
ping a horse.
The president has commuted to life
imprisonment the sentence of death
pronounced by court martial upon
James W. Allen , private , Company F ,
Forty-sixth infantry. Allen was con
victed of rape at Humingan , Luzon.
The Cincinnati Price Current in its
weekly review of the crop situation
says : "Important relief to corn by
rains , but indications not above 60 per
cent , or 1,500,000,000 bushels. Wheat
threshing maintaining expectations. "
Court martials are to be held in Ma
nila on Lieutenant Preston-Brown and
Captain Francis P. Fremont , Second
infantry. The lieutenant is accused of
lillling a native who refused to recover
the body of a soldier from the river.
Dr. Henry B. Horlbeck , for many
years health officer of Charleston , S.
C. , is dead. He was a confederate sur
geon of ability , a former president of
the American Medical association and
an eminent authority on yellow fever.
r The weekly crop report shows that
In the great corn states late corn
and , fortunately , a much larger pro
portion than usual of this year's crop
was planted late has experienced a
general and in some cases a . .decided
improvement , but the early corn has
been practically ruined.
Henry C. Payne , the Wisconsin mem
ber of the republican national commit
tee , is dangerously ill in Berlin.
Shares in some of the Texas oil com
panies are selling as low as 5 cents
each , with a splendid chance of losing
even that amount.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the First National bank of
Dysart , la. , to begin business with a
capital of $50,000. '
President McKinley has sent the fol
lowing message to Emperor William of
I'1- Germany on the death of his mother :
"I learn with deep sorrow of the death
of your majesty's beloved mother , the
dowager empress and Queen Frederick.
Her noble qualities have endeared her
memory to the American people , in
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whose name and in my own I tender to
U your majesty heartfelt condolence. "
Wall street is greatly alarmed at the
loss of the coarse grain crops and its
probable effect on the railroads.
The president has made the follow
ing appointments in the navy : William
P. White , lieutenant commander ; Al-
" 'fred A. Pratt , lieutenant.
An offer of $25,000 , made by H. M.
Hanna , president of the Cleve
land Driving association , for Eleata
(2:08 ( % ) , who won the M > & M. stakes
at Detroit , was refused by the Hon.
Frank Jones of Portsmouth , N. H. ,
owner of the mare.
T. Dabney Marshall , recently pardon
ed by Governor Longino of Mississippi
from serving a life sentence in the
state prison for the killing of Dinkins ,
bas announced his candidacy to suc
ceed Judge Anderson as representative
- in the lower houia.
Amalgamated Association's Secretary Says
Strike May Have a Bloody Ending.
THE BAYONET MAY BE POSSIBLE
Declares It Will Be Appealed to If All
Other Means .Fall Unions Decide
Their Course Shaffer Disappointed at
the Number That Will Stand Firm.
PITTSBURG , Aug. 12 The iron
mstears are tonight claiming victory
in the great steel strike. They base
their claim upon the refusal of the
Amalgamated men at South Chicago ,
Joliet and Bay View to obey the gen
eral strike order of President Shaffer
and their'success in maintaining oper
ations in other plants where it was
anticipated that there would be seri
ous trouble.
The strike Jeaders meet the claims
of the masters with the assertion that
their cause is making satisfactory
progren and that they will show
themselves masters of the situation be
fore the contest has progressed much
further. They do not conceal their
disappointment at the refusal of their
western brethren to join with them in
the strike , but none of the leaders
would discuss the defection.
The association secretary , however ,
gave out an interview on the general
situation , in which he said :
I tell you this question will have to
be settled in some way. If not by
peaceful strike , then by legislation.
If that fails the ballotwill be tried.
I all else fails I believe that it will
result in an appeal to the bayonet. I
tell you , there is a condition existing
today that places this country on the
eve of one of the greatest revolutions
that ever could occur in the history
of the world.
Secretary Williams urged the blame
for the strike upon the refusal of the
United States steel corporation to ar
bitrate and declared that before the
strike was over thousands of men in
other trades would be drawn into it
to save the Amalgamated association
and the principles for which it stands.
He said :
"We agreed to arbitration because
the business men and citizens of
Pittsburg urged us"to do so. We
were willing to risk the interests of
our organization in the hands of oth
ers in this dispute if there was any
prospect for peace. It is practically
the first time in the history of our
organization that we have gone this
far. The effect upon the future would
be far-reaching , as it would enable
manufacturers to ask the same con
cession from us and this we have in
the past declined to grant because we
Seared the results. This arbitration
being turned down flat and uncondi
tionally , those who have been urging
us to submit to it will have a chance
to prove their interest and friendship
for us in our inevitable battle with
the greatest trust that was ever or
ganized. "
Mr. Williams said that the strike
had been studiously avoided by the of
ficers of the Amalgamated association.
It had been as studiously encouraged
by the officials-of the manufacturers'
organization. The officers of the
Amalgmated association had done all
they could and had worked hard to
bring about peace. The battle. * was
now in the hands of the men , and it
was up to them "as to what the out
come would be.
BOUGHT BY ARMOUR AND SWIFT
Stock Yards at Fort Worth to Be Expand
ed by Branch Plants.
CHICAGO , Aug. 12. The packing
firms of Armour & Co. became joint
owners of the stock yards at Fort
Worth , Texas , and will soon expend
$1,000,000 in building branch plants at
that place.
Ownership of the stock yards was
secured at a conference in the after
noon by J. Ogden Armour , president
of Armour & Co. ; G. F. Swift , presi
dent of the Fort Worth Stock Yards
company. While the two firms be
come joint owners of the stock yards
they will erect separate plants and
will continue as business rivals. It is
denied by the company that any com
bination is intended.
Boers Accused of Atrocity.
LONDON , Aug. 12. According to a
dispatch to the Daily Mail 'from Loren
zo Marquez , the Boers are reported to
have captured and shot in cold blood a
lieutenant and trooper of Steinacker's
Horse in revenge for their being , in
strumental in shooting a Boer dispatch
rider.
Pick Successor to Sampson.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 12. Having in
view the possibility of the application
of Admiral W. T. Sampson for relief
from duty as commandant of the Bos
ton navy yard , pending his retirement ,
the navy department officials have se
lected an officer for assignment to that
dut3r. The admiral has been in deli
cate health for some time and it would
not surprise the officials here should
he seek an early relief from duty. He
has made no request.
SIGNOR CR1SPI IS DEAD.
Famous Italian Statesman Passes Away
at His Home in Maples.
NAPLES , Aug. 12. Signer Crispi
died at 7:45 o'clock this evening.
He was surrounded by the members
of his family and several intimate
friends. The news was immediately
telegraphed to King Victor Emmanuel
and Queen Helen. The evening papers
assert that the body will be conveyed
by steamer to Palermo , where the mu
nicipality will arrange for a great pub
lic funeral.
It is rumored that Signer Crispi's
will authorizes a prominent Italian
politician to examine" his papers and
to publish his memoirs.
ROME , Aug. 12. In consequence of
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the low condition of Signer Crispi
yesterday ( Sunday ) morning the in
jections of stimulants' and the admin
istration of oxygen were stopped , the
physicians recognizing that both were
quite useless. Throughout the day he
lay inert and insensible , and he was
virtuallydead for hours before the
physicians certified that life was ex
tinct.
Some indignation was expressed
when the public learned that the de
tails of the funeral had been arranged
before death came.
It is rumored that the affairs of the
deceased are in the greatest confusion
and that Signora Crispi will have to
depend solely on the proceeds of the
sale of the memoirs. The body will be
embalmed and will''lie in state for
three days in the drawing room of the
Villa Lina , in Naples , the walls of
which are adorned with frescoes pre
senting the principal episodes of the
aribaldean epoch.
SOON THE PRESIDENT'S TURN.
St. Iionis Fair Management Nearly Ready
for Proclamation.
ST. LOUIS , Aug. 12 During the
past week there has been a rapid
closing up of the gaps in the work of
organization at world's fair headquar
ters , the most important of which has
been done by the executive commit
tee , which had under consideration
the classification reports of the vari
ous departments into which the ex
position will be divided. All these
were gone over carefully by a sub
committee and its work was approved
by the whole committee. This was
the last stage" necessary to meet the
requirements of the federal law be
fore the president of the United
States could issue , his proclamation
to all the governments of the world
announcing that an international ex
position would be hejd in the city of
St. Louis.in 1903.
WAR PROFITABLE TO KANSAS.
Sunflower State and Missouri Have Sold
i
British Many Animals.
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Col. Skinner ,
one of the English officers who has
been stationed in the United States
since the outbreak of the Boer war ,
buying horses and mules , returned to
Kansas City from New Orleans today.
With the shipments just made from
Kansas City to Capetown the British
government has spent $1,000,000 in
Kansas City for horses and mules for
service in South Africa. Colonel Skin
ner says that approximately 100,000
animals have been shipped from this
vicinity through the port ofNew Or
leans during the past three years. The
average prices paid for these animals
is $50 a head , making the total ex
penditure $5,000,000 in Missouri and
Kansas alone.
Another 'Negro Hanged.
SAVANNAH , Ga. , Aug. 12. The
negro assailant of Mrs. J. J. Clark was
captured at Liberty City by R. L.
Young , a stationmaster of the Sea
board Air Line and identified by Mrs.
Clark. While being removed from
Ways to the Bryan county jail the
prisoner was taken away from his cap
tors by a mob and it is believed , has
been burned at the stake. Positive
news of the lynching is lacking. .
This Gold Brick Has Talne. v
SEATTLE , Wash. , Aug. 12. A tele-
-gram received by Captain James Car
roll from the Apollo Mining company
of San Francisco " states that a gold
brick valued at $20,000 , which was
shipped from Unga , Alaska , via the
Steamer Newport last July , has not ar
rived in that city.
"Fighting Bob" Called Down.
WASHINGTON ; Aug. 12. The navy
department has reprimanded Rear Ad
miral Robley D. Evans , acting upon
the complaint made by former Secre
tary of the Navy Chandler , for criti
cisms of the latter in Admiral Evans'
book , "A Sailor's Log. "
Mine Workers Lend Cheer.
INDIANAPOLIS , Ind. Aug. 12. The
executive board of the United Mine
Workers of America , in session here ,
has officially recognized the steel
strike. It indorses the action of the
Amalgmated association , pledging the
support of the mine workers and call
ing on President Gompers to call a
meeting of the presidents and secre
taries of all bodies connected with the
American Federation of Labor to aid
the 'strikers.
SHOUSE SUES BURLINGTON.
Man Charged "With Ticket Stealing : Askn
for 81O.OOO Damages.
HASTINGS , Neb. , Aug. 12. Oliver
Shouse , who was arrested at Bladen ,
Neb. , June 29 at the instance of the
Chicago , Burlington & Quincy rail
road for supposed complicity in the
theft of about $3,000 worth of tickets
from the David City depot , but who
soon afterward proved his innocence ,
now through his attorneys , Batty &
Dungan , filed a suit against the rail
road company for $10,000 damages.
Superintendent Bignell with "a detec
tive and Sheriff Ren of Butler co/mty
went to Bladen on a special train to
arrest Shouse. A Denver ticket brok
er was with them to identify Shouse.
He claimed Shouse was the man who
had disposed of one of the stolen tick
ets to him. Later developments prov
ed to a certainty that he was sadly
mistaken. Messrs. Batty & Dungan
soon convinced Superintendent Bignell
that they could prove their client had
never been to Denver in his life. The
railroad man was soon convinced of
the serious mistake in the way of
mistaken identity and hastened to re
lease Shouse.
Mr. Shouse has sued for false im
prisonment and for injury to his good
name.
STUDYING TI1VBER CULTURE.
United States Forestry Commission in
Scotts Bluffs Connty.
BRIDGEPORT , Neb' . , Aug. 12. The
United States forestry party has been
in camp here some time and is mak
ing good progress in its study of Ne
braska tree growth. During the past
week the old military timber reserve
on Lawrence fork of Pumpkin Seed
creek was visited and an examination
made of the yellow pine which occurs
abundantly in that region. Although
the best and nearly all the large spec
imens have been cut , there yet remain-
thousands of trees that with proper
treatment would produce much valua
ble timber in the future. Residents
use it extensively for fence posts and
say that if well seasoned it is very
durable.
This week the territory between
Snake and Pumpkin Seed creeks as
far west as Scotts Bluffs will be cov
ered. E. A. Boostrom , teacher of bot
any in the Lincoln High school , join
ed the party here and will collect for
the State university until abopt Sep
tember 15.
Small Griin Yield.
WAUSA , Neb. , Aug. 12. Threshing
is in full force in this community and
small grain falls considerably short of
expectations. Wheat runs between
ten and fifteen bushels ; oats from
twenty-five to forty ; barley from
twenty to thirty-five. The farmers
now begin to realize that corn , espe
cially the early planted , was damaged
much more than was at first thought.
Hay will be the best for years , and
pastures have been much benefitted
by recent rains.
Studying : Half-Breed Cases.
FENDER , Neb. , Aug. 12. John L.
Webster , special couns'el for the Uni
ted States on behalf of the Omaha In
dians in what are known as the half-
breed cases and o"f which there are
twenty-three or twenty-four suits now
pending in the United States court at
Omaha , has been here for the purpose
of getting facts necessary in the hear
ing of the cases , which4 will like oc
cur in November.
Fatally Kicked by a Horse.
ATLANTIC , la. , Aug. 12. William
H. Disbrow , a prominent citizen of
the county , who lived four miles
northeast of town , was kicked by a
vicious horse and was so seriously
injured that he died as a result of the
injury in a short time.
Yonncr Man Drowned in Bine.
BLUE SPRINGS , Neb. , Aug. 12.
Ed Craig , 19 years old , was drowned
in the Blue river while bathing with
two companions. C. A. Liedy , one of
his companions , nearly drowned while
attempting his rescue.
Mormons Seeking Converts.
SUPERIOR , Neb. , Aug. 12. Two
Mormon missionaries are making a
house to house visit here in the inter
est of the Church of the Latter Day
Saints. They canvass principally
among the women.
Deputy Sheriff Robbed.
NIOBRAKA , Neb. , Aug. 12. Deputy
Sheriff John Conway lost by the'ft his
watch , chain , and ? 4 in cash. Retir
ing in the evening he left his room
door open and awoke to find that he
had been , robbed.
Capt. Wiley Resigns.
NEBRASKA CITY , Neb. , Aug. 12.
Captain Wiley of company C , Second
regiment , Nebraska National guard ,
has sent his resignation to the adju
tant general , to take effect at once.
Nebraska City Man Disappear * .
NEBRASKA CITY , Neb. , Aug. 12.
H. C. Sylvester , residing a mile and
a half west of this city , has myste
riously disappeared and his family is"
at a loss to locate him.
DEMOCRATS AND POPULISTS.
They Will Hold Their State Conventions
September 17.
LINCOLN , Aug. 10. The demo
cratic and populist state committees
in session here both agreed to hold
their state conventions in Lincoln
September 17. The hour for assem
bling was left to the chairman.
The basis of representation in the
democratic convention was fixed at
one delegate for each 100 votes or ma
jor fraction thereof cast for Hon. W.
D. Oldham for attorney general last
fall. This will mean from 800 to 1,000
delegates in that convention.
There will be over 1,200 in the pop
ulist convention , representationbeing
based on one delegate for each 100
votes or major fraction thereof cast
for Hon. W. A. Poynter for governor
last fall.
State Vegetation Improves.
LINCOLN , Aug. 10. Secretary Ad-
na Dodson of the state board of irri
gation returned from a tour through
the North Pl.tte river valley. He
says the recent rains have materially
increased the flow of water in all
streams in that section of the state.
"Vegetation in the North Platte val-
.ley is in excellent condition , " said Mr.
Dodson. "Corn is doing exceptionally
well and alfalfa is now being cut for
the second crop. In Cheyenne and
Deuel counties hay is making a good
crop. In those counties they grow
what is called wheat grass.It is a
superior grass and sells at 88 a ton
when alfalfa brings about $3. "
School Money Invested.
LINCOLN , Aug. 10. Records of the
state treasurer's office show that there
is $4,582,977.47 of permanent school
money invested in interest-bearing
bonds. The revenue on this invest
ment averages S1per cent , and all
money so derived is credited to the
temporary school fund , which is ap
portioned twice each year among the
schools of the state. The amount of
school money invested is $108,476
greater than at any time prior to Mr.
Stuefer's incumbency.
\Vnnt Single Women as Teachers.
GRAND ISLAND , Neb. , Aug. 10.
At the meeting of the board of educa
tion a resolution was introduced by
Member McAllister to the effect that
hereafter should any woman teacher
marry , her contract as teacher be ter
minated at once. The resolution was
discussed and it was the general be
lief that married women should not be
employed as teachers. On motion jthe
resolution wasylaid the table for
one month. f
Big Yield it Wheat at Genoa.
GENOA , Nebi Aug. 10. The biggest
yield of wheat reported in this section
thus far is that of S. T. Battles , who
lives one mile east of Genoa. Battles
had 200 acres of winter wheat and
fifty acres of spring wheat. He finish
ed threshing his winter wheat Friday
and found that he had 8,000 bushels.
He has not threshed his spring wheat ,
but estimates that it will yield twen
ty-five bushels p.er acre.
Pa.nl Hunger Passes Away.
LINCOLN , Aug. 10 Paul Hunger ,
one of the youngest member's of the
bar of this county , died at St. Eliza
beth's hospital from an operation for
internal abscess. Mr. Hunger , who
was but 23 years of age and had been
ill about ten days , had a wide circle
of friends in this city , belonging to
many fraternal orders and was presi
dent of the Young Men's Republican
club.
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Bnrned to Death.
STELLA , Aug. 10. Mrs. Ed Knapp
of Nemaha was so terribly burned in
a gasoline explosion that she died. She
broke a jug of gasoline in a. cave and
the ground was soaked with oil. Later
in the day she has occasion to go into
the cave and , as it was dark , struck a
match , which ignitedthe gas. She
ran out in the air. but did not extin
guish the flames until fatally burned.
Two Boys Sept to Penitentiary.
SIDNEY , Neb.Aug. . 10. Judge
Grimes sentenced Harry Ickes , aged
19 , and Fred Pierson , aged 20 , to the
penitentiary for one year each. Ickes
and Pierson both pleaded guilty , the
former to the charge of forgery and ,
the latter to stealing a check and
pocketing the proceeds.
Condition of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON , D : C. , Aug. 10. To
day's statement of the treasury bal
ance in the general fund , exclusive
of $150,000,000 gold , showsAvailable
cash balance , $176,207,117 ; gold , $102-
436,748.
Townley Denies Wrong : Intent.
LINCOLN , Aug. 10. In his sworn
testimony before the Manila court
martial on May 29 , Lieutenant Town-
ley said he was led into the commis
sary scandal by an impulsive desire
to be of assistance in what at that
time he believed to be a worthy cause ,
but he denied any intention of wrong
doing. A copy of the Manila Ameri
can , published the day following the
trial , contains a detailed report of the
proceedings in the court martial.
Warranted Waterproof.
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knocks end rough
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