The Valentine Democrat
I. M. RICE , Publisher.
VALENTINE , NEBRASKA
BRIEf TELEGRAMS.
The Peruvian Chamber of Deputies
has * adopted' a resolution censuring
the cabinet by a majority of one vote.
. The secretary of the treasury pur-
chaspd $20,000 short term 4 per cent
tfonds at 113.000 and $1,020 3s at
108.444.
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' Extensive forest fires are raging in
three districts of the government of
f $
Nijni Novgorod , central Russia , and
several village have been destroyed.
. The most serious forest fires known
in five years are raging in several
parts of the great timber belt lying
west of the Cascade mountains in
Washington.
Troubles of a domestic nature caus
ed Mrs. Mary McGuire of 816 Monroe
street , Topeka , Kan. , to send a revol
ver bullet through-her-heart , ending
life instantly.
The general feeling of discontent
prevailing afc Madrid has reached the
royal kitchen and the principal chef
and five cooks at the king's palace
have gone out on a strike.
The United States Fidelity and
Guarantee company has caused the
arrest of A. L. Adams , charged with
the embezzlement of $400 of the funds
of the Singer Sewing Machine com
pany.
Pernod's absinthe factory at Pont-
arlier , one of the largest in France ,
was stride by lightning during a vio
lent storm , 'ihe factory was com
pletely destroyed. Damage , 8,000,000
francs.
The Culter & Proctor Stove works ,
ofvPeoria , 111. , the largest in the
state outside of Chicago , resumed
work after afour weeks' shutdown.
One hundred and fifty iron workers
are employed.
A Chinese gambler by the name of
Ah Wooey , at Vancouver , B. C. , was
committed for trial for the murder
of four Chinese who were hacked to
-death with an axe by Quong , another
Chinese , last month.
Twenty-six residents of Chicago
have sold their bodies in advance of
death , according to DiL. . C. H. E.
'Zeigler , a surgeon with an office in
McVicker's theater building. The
sales have been made to Dr. 'Zeigler.
Miss Estelle Reel , national superin
tendent of Indian schools , has com
pleted a uniform course of instruction
in the Indian schools. The course
treats of thirteen subjects , designed
to make the Indian self-supporting.
The manufacturers' association at
Fall River voted to reduce the price
of weaving from 19.8 to 17 cents per
cut , which is practically a cut down
in wages of14 per cent. The vote
taken on the matter was unanimous.
The cut goes into effect on Septem
ber - .
Eben L. Boyce was .executed at Ta-
coma , Wash. , for wife murder. He
collapsed when sumomned for the
march to the gallows , but was reviv
ed , and , as he stood on the scaffold ,
said : "I am a soldier still. " The ex
ecution was perfect , his neck being
broken by the fall.
The Chicago , St.Paul , Minneapolis
& Omaha railway will tap the upper
Michigan iron countrjr. It has sur
veyed a line from Cumberland , Wis. ,
to Rice Lake , where it will connect
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with the Birch Lake branch now
b'uilding. This will be the western
terminus for the present. The line
will be 125 miles long.
Takahiko Ofuji , professor in the
University of Kioto , Japan , and his
brother , J. Ofuji , a civil engineer , of
I&oto , accompanied by Yasnosko Oh-
kio , the Japanese acting consul in
New York , are visiting the different
public improvements and institutions
of New York , including the bridges
and the rapid transit system.
George M. Rogers of Topeka , son of
the asissta'nt postmaster at that point ,
has been appointed to a $900 place in
the interior department for the civil
service eligible list.
The Cincinnati Price Current in its
weekly crop review says : "Corn crop
situation cannot be defiritely stated.
Rrevious Vindications of 1,500,000,000
bushels likely to prove 100,000,000 or
possibly 200,000,000 too high. Spring
wheat advices somewhat more assur
ing. Outlook for total crop fully
equal to recent calculations. "
General Mei has returned to Tien
Tsin and professes to have killed or
dispersed hundreds of Boxers and
brigands. The harvest prospects in
the southwest districts of the province
of Chi-Li and in the province of Ho-
Nan are excellent.
Utl The law passed by the Wisconsin
legislature last winter , appropriating
§ 30,000 to pay innocent purchasers of
county orders , issued under the Kee-
iey cure law of 1895 , declared invalid
by the supreme court , is declared to
be unconstitutional.
The Havana Discussion says" that
the order for the enrollment of a Cu
ban artillery corps by only only per
mitting whites to be enrolled will
sow germs of discord between ths
'whites and Jlackfand-establish a pre
cedent both dangerous and unjust.
Steel Corporation Brings Uumbsr of Non
union Hen from South ,
USE THEM AT MONESSEN PLANT
ErpectB .to-Add JLt to the JList of Mills
Already in Operation Union Memben
Say It Is Impossible Amalgamated
Leaders Claim Hidden Strength.
PITTSBURG , Pa. , Aug. 13. A party
of strikebreakers brought up from the
south by special train were safely de
livered in the steel steel mills at
Monessen early yesterday morning and
the United States Steel corporation ex
pects to add that plant to the number
running partly or in full with non
union men within the next twenty-
four hours. The Carnegie properties
also resumed last night without a
break in the forces operating them ,
and that fact , joined with the prom
ise of an early start at Monessen , leads
the steel officials here to take a very
hopeful view of the situation. The
strikers claim that men enough to start
the Monessen mills cannot" be obtained
andthat they have not yet shown
their hand. At Duquesne and other
Carnegie plants they promise that de
velopments will indicate thoir strength
to better advantage.
It was anticipated that there would
be trouble when the non-union men
reached Monessen , for the strikers
were watching the railroads and riv
ers and had expressed a determina
tion to prevent the entrance of the
strikebreakers. The men who were
handling the movement for the steel
corporation successfully veiled their
action , however , and had thsir charges
safely within the plants hours before
it was known definitely by anyone
on the outside that the men had ar
rived. They were brought to Mones
sen by special train and were landed
at 4 o'clock in the morning. It is
not known how many men were in the
party or where they were obtained.
The mills are guarded and the men
will be kept on the premises until all
danger of trouble ceases. Bunks for
about fifty men have been erected and
large quantities of food have been pur
chased for them. A fence has been
thrown around the property and
guards posted to keep out all intruders.
The strikers will undoubtedly make an
effort to induce the strikebreakers to
quit and the fear -expressed that
there will be trouble if any demonstra
tion is made against the men or prop
erty. The situation there is regarded
as very delicate.
The steel managers may succeed in.
getting another mill on tomorrow at
the Painter plant. Two mills were
operated there last week with non
union men and part of another crew
was gotten together last week. 'Just
as soon as enough men are available
the third mill will be started.
IOWA GOES TO PANAMA.
Navy Department Decides tnat the
Hanger is Not Enough.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , Aug. 19. A
telegram has been prepared at the
navy department to go forward to the
Iowa immediately upon .her arrival at
San Francisco , ordering her to prepare
at once to go to sea. When she ad
vises the department that she is ready
an order will follow for her to pro
ceed at once to Panama.
The little cruiser Danger , which is
at San Diego , was ordered to sail to
day. It is not believed that there
will be any delay in her departure , as
she has had several days' notice in
which to prepare for sea. She is very
slow , however , making not more than
six knots , and as the distance to Pan
ama is about 2,700 miles , it would re
quire almost fifteen days for her to
reach her destination. The depart
ment therefore decided to dispatch the
Iowa as soon as the battleship arrives
at San Francisco and can prepare for
the trip.
"Nebraska Man Killed.
COLORADO SPRINGS' Colo. , Aug.
It1. Nelson H. Gatesof Nebraska was
instantly killed in Williams canyon
near Manitou yesterday. He took his
family up the canyon to spend the dy
and while the rest were eating lunch
he climbed the cliff and fell to death.
German Boat for Venezaeli.
BERLIN , Aug. 19. The German
government has ordered the cruiser
Vinetta , now off South Africa , to pro
ceed to Venezuelan waters to be in
reaediness to protect German interests
if an emergency should arise.
Cattle Shipped to Davroon.
SEATTLE , Wash. , Aug. 19. From
1,200 to 1,500 beeves will be shipped to
Dawson from this port and Vancouver
toward the close of. the season. Hun-
areds of cattle are being shipped in
for summer use , but 1,200 or 1,50Q head
will be needed to supply the winter de
mand. The purpose is to load the cat
tle on river , steamers at White Horse
, and ship them to Dawson , where they
will be' butchered from ten to two
weeks before the first heavy frost :
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SCHWAB WILL TAKE CHARGE.
Bethlehem Steel Company Bays the
Bethlehem Iron Company.
PHILADELPHIA , Aug. 19. At a
meeting of the stockholders of the
Bethlehem Steel company today it was
decided to ratify the purchase of the
Bethlehem Iron company and to issue
$7,500,000 bonds , the purchase price of
the iron company. There was not a
dissenting vote , 236,443 shares out of
a total of 300,000 being represented.
The meeting was the result of the
recent meeting at "which the stockhold
ers of the Bethlehem Iron company
voted to sell their holdings in the
company. It was denied that the pur
chase was a part of the Vickers-Max-
im-Cramp deal to secure control of the
two companies named.
It was authoritatively announced
today that within ten days the control
of the Bethlehem Steel company and
the Bethlehem Iron company will be
assumed , by President Schwab of the
United States Steel corporation. Tttr.
Schwab holds an option on the stock
of the company at $24 a share , which
expires August 26. ' More than 240,000
shares out of a total of 300,000 are now
in the vaults of the Girard Trust com
pany , which acts as trustee in the
transaction.
MANY SINK WITH SHIP.
Alasknn Passenger Steamer Islands ,
Crashes Into an Iceberg.
VICTORIA , B. C. , Aug. 19. The
steamer Islander , the crack passenger
steamer of the Alaskan route , operated
by the Canadian Pacific Navigation
company of this city , struck an ice
berg off Douglas island ut 2 o'clock
on the morning of Thursday last and
went to the bottom , carrying down
from sixty-five to eighty souls , includ
ing passengers and members of the
crew. Some of the survivors arrived
here this evening by the steamer
Queen. They report that as the ves
sel went down its "boilers exploded ,
causing the death of many who might
have escaped. Captain Foote was on
the bridge when "the vessel struck and
stayed there and went down with the
ship.
ship.There
There was $275,000 in gold on the
steamer , $100,000 of which was carried
by passengers. H. H. Hart , who has
spent sixteen years in the Klondike ,
lost § 35,000 in dust.
Some say that Captain Foote reach
ed a raft , but that when he saw the
extent of the disaster ne jumped over
board.
No accurate list of dead will be
available until the arrival of the pur
ser on the steamer Farallon.
ALL NATIONS TO BE INVITED.
Exposition Proclamation is Xow in Hands
of President.
WASHINGTON , Aug. 19. There
were further conferences today be
tween Chairman Carter of the Louis
iana Purchase exposition and State de
partment officials concerning the proc
lamation which is about to be issued
inviting foreign nations to participate
in the exposition. The pi'oclamation
has been mailed to thepresident ard
as soon as he returns it to the Stato
department it will be issued. This
proclamation , together with the regu
lations relative to exhibits , will , be
communicated to the diplomatic repre
sentatives of all nations in Washington
and also sent to all diplomatic and
consular officers of the United States
in foreign countries.
SAYS BOTHA WILL SURRENDER.
London Son Claims Boer General Mob
ilizing With Kitchener.
LONDON , Aug. 19. The Sun today
says it hears that the concentration of
General Botha's forces at Hondweni ,
on the borders of Zululand , announced
in a. dispatch from Durban last night ,
does not foreshadow a fight with
Botha , but his surrender , in pursuance
with an understanding reached be
tween General Botha and Lord Kitch
ener. The Sun adds that the'govern
ment is so satisfied that the war is
virtually over that Lord Milner , now
on his way back to South Africa , has
in his pocket the draft of a complete-
constitution and plans for the future
government of the annexed territories.
JnpaneSR Excited Over Blauchurin.
LONDON , Aug. 19. "Japanese pub
lic opinion , " says a dispatch to the
Times from Tokio , " 'is becoming ex
cited over the Manchuriau question.
The newspapers contend that Russia
contemplates a permanent occupationj
in which Japan cannot possibly ac
quiesce.
Spain Seeks IMore Tronble.
TAMPA. Fla. , Aug. 19. The Spanish
minister at Washington has asked Vin
cent Guerra , the Spanish vice counsel
here , for the names of subjects who
were recently deported by the citizens'
vigilance committee as leaders * of the
Resistencia cigarmakers' strikers and
for an investigation of the whole affair ,
so far as Spain is concerned. The vice
consul has begun investigation and
has called upon people to give testi
' '
mony. .
FHE STATE PAIR IN SEPTEMBER
Sood Crops or Pour Crops , It Is Going to
Bo a Hummer.
LINCOLN , Aug. 19. For thirty-two
years past , good crops or poorcrops ,
the Nebraska state board of agricul
ture has annually presented to the
public at its fairs the products , re
sources and possibilities of this won
derful young state , the flower of the
"new west , " u region of country known
until a few years ago comparatively
as a barren waste. These products
have been found , on actual examina
tion , without superiors anywhere , both
as to quality and yield. This year
corn and vegetables have been badly
scorched in some parts of the state , it
is true , and yet in many other parts
they are goo3. Small grain was never
better.
The fair management is going.right
along with the fair as usual. Sep
tember 2 to 6 is the date of the fair
and on that occasion one of the largest
crowds ever on the grounds is con
fidently expected. The management
has improved the grounds lately pur
chased by the state by the expenditure
of $18,000 for permanent improve
ments. The wing of. Horticultural
hall , destroyed by a wind storm , will
be rebuilt. A new woven 'wire fence
has been placed around the whole
grounds , all the old buildings have
been repaired , painted and put in the
best condition.
September 5 is Woodmen day and on
that occasion the handsomely unucrm-
ed drill teams will contest for prizes
ranging from $25 to $75. Three prizes
will be given for the best drilled
teams. There are 40,000 Woodmen in
Nebraska and a host is expected on
that day.
Secretary Furnas announces that the
outlook for exhibits was never better.
Let the people all attend this great
fair and with their families spend a
few days' recreation profitably and
pleasantly.
CATTLE DIEf ROM ANTHRAX.
State Veterinarian Called But Could Do
Nothing for Them.
PENDER , Neb. , Aug. 19. Fred
Smith , a farmer one mile from Fred
Glister's , lost four head of cattle from
anthrax. Mr. Smith did not realize
the tearfulness of the disease and
skinned one of the cows. He let his
hogs have the carcass and inside of
two hours forty-five hogs were dead.
His big dog ate a portion of the car
cass and died in a few minutes. Mr.
Smith cut his finger while skinning
the creature and when he reached
town his hand . .was swollen stiff. He
was persuaded to go to a physician for
treatment. The doctor is unable to
say whether he can save him , but the
swelling seemed toybe checked some
what before he left town for home.
Christian Endeavor Convention.
The sixteenth annual convention of
Christian Endeavor for the state of
Nebraska will be held in Omaha Octo
ber 25-27. A large gathering is an
ticipated by the 1901 committee. Prof.
Excell of Chicago is engaged as musi
cal director. Father Endeavor Clark
will be at the opening meeting. Other
speakers of note will be present. En-
deavorers throughout the state should
plan to be in attendance , as they can-
"hot affordo miss the great treat in
store for them.
MISS JOY REED ,
1901 Press Com.
Cattle Poisoned by Cane.
HASTINGS , Neb. , Aug. 19. There
was a wholesale poisoning of cattle at
the asylum for chronic insane. A herd
of thirty-five cows belonging to the in
stitute had been feeding in a field of
corn planted for fodder and as there
was a slight sprinkling of cane
amongst it the cattle ate it with the
corn. Nine cows died.
Slept With Gas Turned On.
OMAHA , Aug. 19. John W. McBride
registered at the Midland hotel and
in the morning was found in his room
dead , with the gas jet turned on full ,
the door locked and the window and
f
transom tightly closed. The man was
a stranger in the city.
Furnaa Connty Ifair Canceled.
BEAVER CITY , Neb. , Aug. 19. The
officers of the Furnas County Agricul
tural society have canceled the date
for the annual fair on account of short
crops and hard times.
The postoffice at Michigan City , Ind. ,
was entered by burglars , who forced
open the steel vault and steel safe ,
securing $80 in stamps and $100 in
cash.
Will Build New Court House.
GRAND ISLAND , Neb. , Aug. 19.
The county board has declared the
court house bonds carried , selected the
new siteupon the condition that the
offer of a strip of adjoining real es
tate be made good by the donors with
in twenty days and have let the con
tract for the lithographing of the
bonds. Architects' plans will be in
vited at once and the work of con
struction begun as 'son as they are
finished. '
IMPORTANCE OF IRRIGATION.
State Engineer Dobson Inures ItsVortfc
to Nebraska. l-iimls.
LINCOLN , Aug. 17. State Engineei
Dobson has issued a report which will
convey to the public an accurate ides
of the importance of irrigation ir
Nebraska. Figuring on a conservative
basis he estimates that the increase in
land value , due to irrigation alone , " is
not less than $16,988,000. There are
3,924 miles of irrigating canals in the
state , constructed at an estimated cost
of $4,773,984 and covering 1,698,831
acres of land.
The report shows the irrigation in
each county and is as follows :
Christian Endeavor Convention.
The sixteenth annual convention of
Christian Endeavor for the state of
Nebraska will be held in'Omaha , Oct.
25-27. A large gathering is anticipat
ed by the 1901 committee.
Prof. Excell of Chicago is engaged
as musical director. Father Endeavor
Clark will be at the opening meet
ing. Other speakers of note will be
present.
Endeavorors throughout the state
should plan to be in attendance as they
cannot afford to miss the great treat
in store for them.
MISS IVY REED.
1901 Press Committee.
Denies Pardon for Trainwrecker.
LINCOLN , Aug. 17. An application ,
for the pardon of George Washington
Davis , the colored man who was con
victed here in 1891 of wrecking a Rock
Island passenger train , was denied by
Governor Savage. On the petition ,
which was signed by a large number
of Lincoln professional and business
men. Governor Savage made the fol
lowing entry : "This case thoroughly
investigated. I believe the party guil
ty of the crime as charged and there
fore deny the application. "
Fails to Return Team.
FREMONT , Neb. , Aug. 17. An im
posing looking man , with a dark Prince
Albert coat and light trousers , hired a
rig of August Jens for a few hours'
drive around town and has not yet re
turned with the team. The horses
were sorrels and the buggy a light one
with red running gear. The officers
tiave no trace of the team or the man.
He was 35 years old and of clerical or
professional appearance.
Lincoln Girl Elected Director.
BALDWIN , Kan. , Aug. 13. Miss
Ada G. Heaton of Lincoln , a graduate
of the University of Nebraska , has
been elected director of the Woman's
gymnasium at Baker university , the
Methodist school here.
South Omaha Cuttle Company.
LINCOLN , Aug. 17. The Vinta
Hereford Cattle company of South
Omaha filed articles of incorporation.
The capital stock is limited to $15-
000. The incorporators are : A. F. M.
Laughlin and George Harvey.
Cattle Poisoned by Cane.
HASTINGS , Neb. , Aug. 17. Several
cattle were poisoned at the asylum
tor the chronic insane. A herd of thir
ty-five cows belonging to the institute
fed in a corn field planted for fod
der and as there was a slight
sprinkling of cane amongst it the cal-
tle ate it with the corn. Nine cows
were dead. A veterinarian was call
ed as soon as the cows showed symp
toms of poison , but he could do noth
ing to relieve them.
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