The Valentine Democn I. M. RICE , Publisher. VALENTINE , NEBRASI BRIEF TELEGRAMS. Efforts to conect the Chicago am chists with a plot to assassinate t president will be abandoned and t prisoners released. , Captain Levi S. Mann , aged 64 yea for twenty-five years a master steam and sailing vessels on the lak died at Benton Harbor , Mich. , of cc sumption. It is estimated at Fall River , Ma that 48,000,000 yards of black cott cloth will not supply the demand di ing the designated period of mourni for the late president. It is announced that a dinner honor of Sir Thomas Lipton will given at Chicago on October 5. Go ernor Yates and other distinguish men have been invited. Secretary Gage will leave Washin ton on Thursday for Colorado whe he will spend his vacation. Secreta Gage was on his way to Colorado wh < President McKinley was shot. The Society of American Wars i tends , with the financial assistance patriotic people of San Francisco , secure the erection of a monument the memory of John Paul Jones. Mrs. John Morris , wife of the ve : erable Judge Morris , late of the I ; diana supreme bench , died at Fo Wayne , Ind. , aged 77 years. A hu band and six children survive her. The death of John Paul Jones in I .Grange county , removes one of tl 'historic figures of Indiana. He was .great-grandfather of Philip Jones , 01 of the surveyors who laid out the ci of Baltimore. Complete success has attended tl .tests of the submarine vessel , Marqu < at Rio Janeiro. The experimen were made in an aquarium and in tl presence of representatives of tl Brazilian navy. "There is terrible destitution in t ? Tang Tse district , " says a dispatch 1 'the Times from Shanghai , "owing 1 the recent floods , which have not y < subsided. More than iU.OOO.OOO pe : song are homeless. " In the belief that Czolgosz will I executed in Auburn , N. Y. , prisoi more than one hundred persons ha\ already made application to Warde Mead to witness the electrocution c the assassin of President McKinley. The annual statement for the fiscz year of the American Board of For eign Missions shows total receipts c the year applicable for current ex penses was $697,370 ; total expend ! tures , $717,081 ; the excess of expendi tures over receipts was $19,710 , which added to the debt of a year ago , make the present debt , $182,341. The addition of two prisoners fron Johnson county makes the number o convicts in the state penitentiary a Larimie , Wyoming , 191. This is thi largest number in the history of th < Institution. Owing to delay in recov ering steel , caused by the strike , th < new penitentiary at Rawlins will no be ready for the prisoners October 1 as arranged. The prisoners will no be moved before the middle of nex month. The last Iowa crop bulletin says : The last week was unusually cold , th ( daily mean temperature ranging fron 8 to 12 degrees below normal. Frosts occurred in all districts , reported a < "heavy" or "killing" in the westerr counties , and "light" in the balance of the state. The damage resulting from the frosts in the state as a whole appears to be relatively light. The percentage of unmatured corn was small and the damage to that portion of the crop has been mainly in killing a portion of the leaves , thereby im pairing the value of the fodder. \ v It has been determined that the memorial of the late Senator Stephen M. White of California shall be in the form of a life-sized statue which will be placed in the court house grounds at Los Angeles. Captain Herbert L. Draper , United States marine corps , died of heart di sease at Hong Kong on the 10th inst , according to a report from Admiral Kempff , to the navy department. Cap tain Draper was appointed from Kan sas and entered the marine corps in July , 1889. Omer Peelee , aged 10 , was fatally 'shot at Winchester , Ind. , while posing as President McKinley at Buffalo for Emil Miller , the same age , who was the supposed anarchist in the case. The lads were playmates and decided to go through the Buffalo case. United States Judge Estee has de cided , that the constitution of the United States was extended to the Hawaiian islands by the Newlands resolution , sustaining the decision of Circuit Judge Gear and reversing the supreme court of Hawaii. J. E. Turley , superintendent of the Atchison , Topeka & Santa Fe railroad between Newton and Albuquerque , an nounced that the headquarters of the division between Newton and La Junta would be removed from La Junta to Dodge City , Kan. * Infantrymen of Ninth Eegiment 61 prised While at Breakfast. NEARLY fIFTY MEN ARE KiLLI Ilesldei This Many AreVonnded Forco of Seventy-Two Men Overcoi by Greater Number Insurgents Seen a Rich Prlzo. MANILA , Sept. 30. A disastro fight bdtwesn ( United States trou and insurgents occurred yesterday the island of Samar , near Balingig A large body of insurgents attack Company C , Ninth infantry , on twenty-four members of the compai escaping. All the others are repot ed to have been killed The company was at breakfa when attacked and made a determii ed ( resistance , but the overwhelmir numbers of the insurgents compellc retreats. Of the survivors , who have arrive at Basey , eleven are wounded. According to the latest returns tl strength of the company was sevent two. The survivors , include Captai Thomas W. Connelly , First Lieutei ant Edward A. Bumpus and Dr. R. i Griswold , surgeon. Captain Edwin V. Bookmlller c the Ninth infantry reports that Get eral Hughes is assembling a force t attack the insurgents. The insurgents captured all th stores and ammunition of the cone pany and all the rifles except twentj six. six.WASHINGTON WASHINGTON , Sept. 30. News c the disastrous fight between troops c .he Ninth infantry and the insurgent in the island of Samar yesterda was sent promptly by Genera Hughes , commanding in that islanc ; o General Chaffee , at Manila , and b ; lim transmitted to the War depart nent'lt reached the department dur ng the early hours today and Ad utant General Corbin , realizing th mportance , at once made it public liter sending a copy to the Whit louse. General Chaffee's dispatch vhich agrees with the Associatec ess , is as follows : "MANILA , Sept. 29. Adjutant Jeneral , Washington : Hughes re iorts following from Basey , Southeri lamar : " 'Twenty-four men Ninth regi- aent , United States infantry , manj rounded , have just arrived from Bal- ngiga ; remainder company killed , nsurgents secured all company sup- lies and all rifles except twelve , lompany was attacked during break- ist , morning September 28 ; corn- any , seventy-two strong. Officers , 'homas ' W. Connelly , captain ; Ed- Td A. Bumpus , first lieutenant ; Dr. : . S. Griswold , major , surgeon , es- iped. ' CHAFFEE. " The news created a sensation in fficial circles. It was the first se- ere reverse that has occurred for a > ng time. Still the officials were not nprepared for news of just this char- : ter from Samar , in which the rev- lution started by Aguinaldostill > ntinues. Samar is a country about f large as the state of Ohio and the merican forces of occupation num- 2r in all between 2,000 and 2,500 ien. These are distributed among irious posts in the i&land , a large imber being located at the more im- Dfrtant centers. Spain never made ly efforts to occupy Samar and it ily has been for probably three onths past tLat the United States is undertaken that work. The lat- it report made by General Hughes the War department was that the imber of insurgent rifles in the is- nd aggregated about 300. The Fil- inos earned on a guerrilla warfare id operations against them were dif- sult The disaster to Company C the Ninth infantry occurred , it is ilieved , while it was engaged in an : pedition to clear the country of ving bands of these' insurgents , ie fact that the Americans were tacked whileat breakfast indicates e daring and pluck of the insur- nts. Mrs. McKiuley Drives Oat. CANTON , O. , Sept. 30. Mrs. McKin- r had two drives again yesterday , i account of dismal weather and the in of yesterday and last night , the ting was confined to the streets in e city. It was said at the McKinley me last night that there had been material change in her condition d that she continues to bear up re- irkably welL Waldersee'a ILeg PaiiiR Him. BERLIN , Sept. 30. Count von Wal- rsee , who is ailing , is worse. He ffers from a painful sore on the leg d has no appetite. He is still near ikarsulm , Wurtemberg , on the estate his sister-in-law. Christians In Conflict. PARIS , Sept. 30. A dispatch from nstantinople reports that a bloody ht has taken place between Mussul- ins and Christians at Beirut , Syria. ' details are given. STAS M'KMLCY GUARD Ghouls or Grave Dynamiters Reported Have Made an Attack. CANTON , O. , Sept. 30. A stras story comes tonight from West La1 cemetery , where a company of reg lars from Fort Wayne , Mich. , guarding the vault inwhich the bo of President McKinley lies. It is to the effect that the gua on duty on top of the vault fired shot at one man .who refused to he his challenege and that the shot w diverted by another man who appej ed from another direction. Al that an effort was made to stab t guard. Military regulations prevent eith the officers or the men of the pa from being quoted on any matter co nected with their service , and f this reason Captain Biddle , who is command , was obliged to decline be quoted at the camp tonight. I will make a full report to his supe iors at once. Reliable authorities made the fc lowing statement : ' Private Deprei was on guard duty on top of the van at a point commanding the entran < below and the approach from tl rear. Shortly before 7:30 he sa what he took to be the face of a ma peering from behind a tree aboi forty feet from his post . He watcl ed it for twenty minutes , he say and at 7:45 : saw the man hurry to tree ten feet nearer. He challenge the man to halt , but this was n ( heeded and the fellow approache nearer. Deprend levelled his gu and aimed to shoot for effect , but jus at that instant another man wh 3ame toward him from the opposit side caught the gun , threw it up an the bullet was spent in the air. PRELIMINARY TO MESSAGE ? rosident Requests Cabinet Members t prepare Their Report. WASHINGTON , Sept. 30. At th : abinet meeting yesterday only routin uatters were discussed. The meetini iras attended by Secretaries Hitch ock and Wilson , Postmaster Genera Imith and Attorney General Knox , th nly cabinet member in the city. It was determined that the cabine fficials should begin at once the prep arations of their annual reports , in or er that the president might have a n early date such information regard ig the executive department as woulc nable him to prepare his first mes > ige to congress. Regarding the action of the Hawaiiar jgislature in providing for an addi- onal district court in Hawaii , the resident and attorney general are i some doubt. The question of the alidity of the act has been raised , othing about it will be done at pres- it , but Attorney General Knox will camine it and prepare an opinion pon it for the guidance of the presi- Colombia Takes First Prize. NEW YORK , Sept. 30 In tha closest id most soul-sthYing race ever sail- l for the old Ameiicas' cup , the white rer Columbia Saturday beat the ritish challenger over a windward id leeward course of over thirty nau- cal miles by the narrow , heart-break- g margin of 39 seconds. As Lipton's test aspirant for cup honors must low the defender forty-three seconds i account of the extra 833 square feet canvas in her Fail area , gives Col- nbia the victory by one minute and fenty-two seconds. tabor Riot In France. RHEIMS , France , Sept. 30. The m d'armes have been called out to ppress an outbreak of. the grape ckers , who are dissatisfied .with the y they are receiving , and overrun- ng the Ay district , in the department Marne , waving red flags , singing e Carmagnole and attacking travel- s. The strikers seized one employer lorn they wished to hang , but he is rescued by the gen 'darmes. Many rests have been made. Kltchlner Wants More Horses. LONDON , Sept. 30. The Daily Ex- ess publishes a report thajt Lord .tchener has asked for 25,000 more asoned mounted men and for power hang rebels , traitors and murderers thout reference to the home govern- jnt Will Soon Have Protectorate. BOMBAY , Sept. 30. The Bombay .zetta says it believes a British pro- : torate will soon be proclaimed over > weyt , the proposed terminus of the gdad railroad en the Persian gulf a'result of the Anglo-Turkish dls- te. Foot Racer is Too Slow. FORT SCOTT , Kan. , Sept. 30. 0. G. inbury , a professional foot racer , 10 is charged with having conspired th "Bud" Gillstt , another profes- mal sprinter , uow in jail here , to fraud State Representative Jonathan vis out of $5,000 by inducing him bet that amount on a race and then "owing the race , was arrested and now in jail. Officers are now after E. Ellis and "Bob" Boatright of 3bb City. . . , - - " - ' - - ' - ' ' - - . pTgJi - , DECISION OF LITTLE EFFECT * Endurance Men Had Anticipated t Federal Court. OMAHA , Neb. , Sept. 30. The c cision of Judge McPherson of t United States court in the case 'the Mutual Insurance company ai others against the attorney general the State of Nebraska and others , i volving the right ofthe insuran companies operating in the state combine for mutual protection , w have little effect upon the practic work of the insurance companies , f the law which was declared unco stitutional was never enforced and i terms were evaded by the compani interested. When the law was first enacted tl companies united to make a test ca : of the matter in the United Stat court. A temporary injunction w ; issued by Judge Munger restrainir the state officers from enforcing tl provisions of the law and this injun tion has operated from that time ui til the final decision rendered ye terday. The companies had made provisioi to avoid penalty in case they shoul lose the suit and at the same tin : maintain practically the same syi tern which the legislature of the stal had sought to destroy. A. G. Beeso at the time the law was passed wa state inspector of insurance for th companies doing business in the stat < By the terms of the agreement be tween the companies he made th rates which were to be charged o each class of risks , or upon each ris as desired. For this work he recerv ed a stipulated salary , which was pal by all of the companies to the agree ment. POR VIOLATING NEW GAME LAV Sportsmen Fined for Hunting Without License. DAKOTA CITY , Neb. , Sept. 30.- Sherlif Sides' office here took on th ippearance of a camp of the stat nilitia , when Deputy Game Commis jioner C. P. Counsman of Oman ; stacked up four guns , piled up severa lundred shells , tied up a dog am mng up a string of four hell-divers 'our mudhens , one turtle dove anc me duck , and at the same time plac id in custody of Sheriff Sides , Alfred Sdgar and Al Richardson and Georg < lare of Sioux City , charging then vith violations of the Nebraska gam ( aw. They are accused of being non- esidentd hunting and killing wile ; ame without the prescribed license The defendants were brought before Jounty Judge Enners. They pleaded ttilty , but said they were ignoranl f the law and that it was their first rip to Crystal lake in quest of game , lince this was the first arrest in this ocality under the new law , Judge Jnners was lenient with ? the offenders nd fined them each $5 and costs. Crystal lake , with its two pleasure esorts , is a good place for lowans to unt and fish , as it is only two miles rom Sioux City. The movement to nforce the law is strongly backed y local sportsmen and residents. Be- > re his departure Deputy Sheriff ounsmaa will appoint a resident dep- ty to enforce the law. The attorneys C this place will refuse to defend ay violator'of the law , but will as- ist in the prosecution of any of- snder. Bids Opened for York Library. COLUMBUS , Neb. , Sept. 30. The ork public library committee now ave plans and specifications for the = w building and are advertising for .ds to be filed with the secretary of te committee not later than October The committee has $10,000 left to le city of York by the will of Mrs : , G. Woods , who made provision for le building of a public library. Breaks Lea : in Runaway. LOUISVILLE , Neb. , Sept. 28. Henry ! uma , aged 23 years , a farmer three id a half miles southeast of here , is thrown from a wagon and between e horses. One foot caught and he is dragged some distance , breaking .e leg and severely bruising him out the head. Thieves Steal Bagjry From Woman. ELK CREEK , Neb. , Sept. 30. lieves stole a buggy and a new set harness from the barn of Mrs. Wil- > lmina Trute , a mile west of town. 5 clue has been found by the offi- rs. Farmer Loses Bueey and Harness. rECUMSEH , Neb. , Sept. 2S. lieves stole a buggy , a set of harness d a lap robe from Henry Trute , n mer in the southwestern part of is county. No Anarchist Society at Fremont. FREMONT , Neb. , Sept. 30. For the it ten days an item has been going 3rounds of the local state press acerning an alleged anarchist soci- r in Fremont. No trace of such an anization can be obtained here d if it exists it meet so secretly to be unknown to the police. It claimed that one or two copies of > st's paper come here regularly , but jre is no anarchist organization re- n THE NORFOLK ASYLUM FIRE. Remaining Property Figured to Worth 917OOOO. NORFOLK , Neb. , Sept. 28. Super tendent Teal had the old cornice at 1 top of the wall around the ruins the hospital taken down. A force workmen has put in steam , elect light and water fittings in all the : maining buildings. Things are in b ter shape to handle a fire now , there is better pressure. All inmai remaining are comfortably housed a each patient has a separate bed. Members of the state board w were in Norfolk found things in mu better shape than they had anti pated. The institution will be able take care of 150 patients. The dama is not as heavy as at first estimate The value of the property saved i Furniture , bedding and carpets , whi have all been put under shelter , $5,00 buildings untouched by fire , the chap a two-story brick building , having i kitchen and a large dining room < the first floor ; the laundry , a tw story brick building ; the engine ai boiler houses of brick ; the storehous a two-story brick building ; two Ian frame structures ; several boilers , e gines , pumps and dynamos ; the tunn leading from the boiler room ai kitchen to different parts of the ma building , which contain water ai steam pipes and wiring , and the wal of the main building , which a worth half the original cost pric making a total of $70,000. The lar is estimated to be worth $100,000. has been estimated by an architei that $75,000 will put the burned buili ing in better shape than it was bi fore. WILL REBUILD AT NORFOLK. State Officials Sure Hospital Repairs Wl Cost Less Than 5OOOO. LINCOLN , Sept. 28. It may I stated as a certainty that the ho ; Jital for the insane at Norfolk will t ebuilt on its present site. Land Com nissioner Pollmer and Secretary c state Marsh returned from Norfol ind'it is learned that both are or > osed to removing the institutioi fhey are confident that the destroye lortion of the building can be replace " or slightly over $50,000. ' "We have not arrived at any definit .greement , " said Secretary Marstf andwill not until all members o he board can get together for a meet ng , but it is very likely that plan rill be made for rebuilding as sooi s possible. We have investigated thi uins thoroughly and Governor Sav ige and Attorney General Prout wil o to Norfolk and look over thi round. After they return the boarc f public lands and buildings will hol ( meeting and make the necessary rrangements. It is safe to say tha tie institution will be rebuilt at Nor slk if we can find some contractoi 'illing to do the work and look to the ext legislature for his compensation. ' Nebraska Day'at Imposition. LINCOLN , Neb. , Sept. 28. Governoi . P. Savage and his entire military : aff will attend the military exposi- on this week , arriving there in time ) participate in Nebraska Day , Thurs- ly , October 3 , having been set aside 3 a compliment to"the people of this ate. Governor Savage and his entire aff , many of them accompanied by ieir wives , will leave Omaha Monday rening. From Chicago to Buffalo the ibernatorial party will travel over le Wabash railroad , that line having jen designated as the ofiicial route T Governor Savage yesterday. Harry . Moores of Omaha , general agent of e passenger department of the "abash , will be in charge of the irty. State University .Registration. LINCOLN , Sept. 28. The registra- m at the State university up to is time is 1,338. This includes the .rollment of both new and old stu nts. The authorities hope that late rivals and second semeter students 11 bring the attendance up to tha ; ures of last year. Beatrice Preacher Goes to Iowa. BEATRICE , Neb. , Sept. 28. Rev. I. : K. Stuart , paster of the Century ; thodist Episcopal church of this y , will accept a call to the Metho- > t Episcopal church at Harlan , la. Baby Drowned in Reservoir. * " : OLUMBUS , Neb. , Sept. 28. The 3- ir-old son of Henry Kruse , a gard- 3r in the eastern part of town , ayed av/ay from home and was ) wned in a reservoir. Nebraskan Killed in Colorado. 5UEBLO , Colo. , Sept. 28. Bert Bee- .n , a member of the Carpenters' ion cf Pueblo and of "Woodmen's ge No. 2 , fell four stories , sixty-five t , at the Prudential building , and s instantly killed. Baeman/was 31 irs old , unmarried , and had but re- itly came from Hastings , Neb. , to ich place the bodywas shipped. 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Reports rom the various railway points along the Soo" Line show yields of 25 to 38 bushels D the aero of wheat , and from 15 to 20' ushels of flax per acre. Flax is now ringing $1.25 per bushel. Most of the rop was raised on newly broken land , so bat the first crop pays for the farm and il the labor , and leaves a handsome profit , 'here ' is still plenty of good free govern- * lent land open for entry ; also good open-- igs to go into business in the new towns long the "Soo" Line. For descriptive cir- ulars , maps and particulars , write to D. 7. Casseday , Land Agent , "Soo" Line , Ilnneapolis , Minn. the man who wears Sa ryer's Slickers. They're made of specially woven goods , double throughout , double and triple stitched , warranted water- proof. , Sawyer's Slickers are eoft and smooth. Will not crack , peel ofl or become i sticky. Catalogue free. I. M. Sawyer & Son , Sole Mfrs. East Cambridge , Mass. IFE OF : ves L T Qnicfe relief and cures worsS ses. 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For rates , lake trips , Pan-Ameri ? . cSl maUer and l InfoTmaJ j at CITY TICKET OFFICE , ' L5 Farnam Street , ( P ton Hotel Elk.)1 or write HARRY E. MO ORES , G. A. P. D. , Omaha , Neb. i-J : n Answering Advertisements Mention This Taper. .N.U.-OMAHA No. 40-1901 f r x\ \