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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1902)
TOPICS OF THET1MES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER ESTING ITEMS GomnicntR ami Crilici mH Based Upon the Iliippenin s ( if the Day Uiotori- ctl and Ne\vn Note- . .Pride is truilfs gr.'atest foe. The older a woman grows the safer If. is to intrust a .secret to her keep ing. * Money talks wis the old saying. All llfhas to do now is to make a ges ture. Ail the world's ; i stage and all the people thereon are high kickers of more'or less merit and ability. Admiral Schtey's "rest in Chicago" \ vu8a good deal like the repose ihe Tanner's boy catches after sunrise. A man has been sent to jail for five months for stealing : iu umbrella. Jus- Hce mr.st have been peeping that time. It takes some people a long time to Und out that the whole world isn't sighing when they happen to feel blue. lu France they still fear the uiau on horseback. In this country we fear the man on the bicycle and the automo bile. The correspondents for the present havo laid aside King Edward's cancer - fiind are devoting themselves to his trousers and wesklt 32ven the mail who shoots birds and unimuls for sport probably thinks we liiivc uiadu wonderful .advances since the days of the cave men. A contemporary speaks of the "dark motives" of railway corporations. The dark motives of most railway corpo rations urc their locomotives. The Oklahoma man who was sen tenced to ninety-five years In prison lias not yet begun to lay plans of what l e will do when his term has ex pired. A physician says that tight lacing is a-beuelit to the human race , inasmuch as it kills off the foolish girls and leaves the wise ones to grow into women. Andrew Carnegie SU3-S the man who succeeds Is the one who looks on while others do the work. We would like to meet some poet who achieved success that way. There is a good deal of conflicting testimony with regard to the.attitude of the European nations toward us during the war with Spain. It looks very much us if some of the witnesses bad poor memories. In the City of L'ittsburg a large stone church has bi-eii moved a distance of several aquaixs. Why , then , should BUCU a fuss be made over the proposed removal of the Borghese picture gallery 'from Italy to this country ? If we make divorces hard to get peo- " "ple will not rush blindly into niatri- niouy. They will calmly and deliber ately weigh the consequences Oi the step and the result will be that divorce Vises will soon cease to incuuiber the _ the dockets of our courts and happy .boraes will become more numerous. g the cuneiform texts from Babylonian tablets which J.he world now has an oppotuuity to examine is a "clay" dictionary , of a date several hundred years before the Christian era. Au imaginative writer , familiar with the modern dependence on lexicons , pictures Artaxerxes telling Darius to run and see how Nineveh is spelled. The dictionary habit may have been handed down to us from an exceeding ly remote generation. " Americans are said to have been iieavy buyers of the best farm hind in Manitoba , where the wheat acreage next season will be increased L'O per cent. A new idea of the grain-growing .possibilities of Manitoba is given by the statement that less than 10 per cent of the fertile land is under culti- ? ation , although the farmers of Mani- ; oba und the northwest of Canada have already received $20,000,000 for their wheat crop , and the total sum will probably reach $30,000,000. The president of Bryn Mawr College declares that each year the girl stu dents of that institution eat more rounds of beef and mutton per head thiui in the year previous , and that each freshman class is more athletic and .in better physical condition than Its predecessor. Parents and educators alike are learning that success in life is often due to being hig and healthy. Perhaps with the passing of the "pie nd doughnut lunch" even country schools may share In the humorous definition of a university : "a body of well-fed individuals who devote their strength to learning. " The Paris Chronique des' Arts enters a protest against the sole of ancient French art works to foreigners. It fa vors the enactment of a law prohibit ing the export "f any such work ex ceeding one thousand dollars in value and a century in age. The paper in stances the sale , to an American , of a screen of eighteenth century work manship , in wrought iron , that stood In the choir of Troves Cathedral. Money was needed for a new heating appara tus , and the ecclesiastical authorities resorted to an auction. The Chronique has a depressing theory that America Is to become so much richer than the Old World that Europe will be de spoiled of its art treasures unless strict me.-isnrus he taken. Foreign criticism is self-c'ontrank-tory. Americans , it la sometimes said , : : n too much engross ed in money-getting to care for books or art ; and yet here is a proposition born of a fear that we care too much for them. tils name is " .Jimmy" Feiley. Ht holds a bootblack privilege in a Middle- town. N. Y. , hotel. The other day he drew $ . " 00 from the bank , representing about all of his savings , and went up and down the streets for a day or two , distributing It directly to people whom he knew , paying a little rent here , buy ing some groceries there , providing del icacies for the sick , giving some poor fellow a chance to start in a small busi ness , and carrying sunshine wherever he went. Speaking of the matter he said : "I am alone in the world. My wants are few and simple. To hoard up money does me no good. I've known what it is to walk the streets of a strange town hungry and without shel ter. I made up my mind long ago that if ever luck came my way , I'd share it with the chaps in hard luck. " Jimmy Feiloy didn't give his money to a li brary. He probably was never in one. It might puzzle him to know the mean ing of the word philanthropist. Yet it is doubtful if Andrew Carnegie ever got as much heart warmth out of any of his millions as did Jimmie Feiley out of his $ , " 00. His was the direct touch and for him was the "God bless you. " All the philanthropists are not million' alrcs. Andrew Carnegie once looked upon the accumulation of wealth as the most desirable thing In life. He did lay up riches. He put away more dollars than any other one man living. But he wasn't successful , for after he had piled up all that money he heard a voice in his heart saying : "To die rich , with so many opportunities for doing good open , is to die disgraced , " and he at once began his philanthropic work and gave away millions. Is he success ful ? The world lauds him , and the applause is mingled with curses. Some say that an honest due to labor would have prevented the amassing of this great fortune. Others assert that the world needs more personal kindness , more heart charity , more opportunities for men and women to help them selves , and not so many libraries. And so the question , "Is Carnegie success ful ? " remains. George M. Pullman built up a great fortune. He helped many a man to rise from obscurity to fame. He failed to so train his sons that they would become good citizens. One of them died the other day. At 25 he had seen more of life and tasted more of hel ! than reaches most men at 75. Pullman was not successful. John D. Rockefeller amassed millions , and aroused the hatred of the workers of a nation. lie has given away fortune after fortune. He is charitable and kin.l where his sympathies are aroused. He abused the constitution that nature gave him till it resented the insult , and , while he has the money to buy the most costly and delicious viands , he feeds on the plainest food. He is his stomach's slave. How much success can li" found in this man's life ? The other day the poor authorities in New York stumbled into a squalid room and found a sick man and three little chil dren. There was a lire in the stove and fooJ on the table. * That was enough to eat , such as it was , and evi dences of somebody's loving care. And that somebody came in while the visit ors were there. That somebody had a brave face , though a pinched one. and a stout heart beat under a ragged dress. Somebody's head was just a little higher than the table. The bread winner of that little home was a girl under 10. She had been mother for years , and mother and father for weeks. She sold papers on a corner. She ran errands and somehow God , knows how she wrested from the world of business enough pennies to keep life In five hunian beings. A sense of duty was born in her. She was face to face with a condition and she did her best. And there you get very close to the true meaning of "success. " She did her best. She used the brain and the body that nature had given her. She was unselfish. She shouldered the bur dens that came her way and bore them without complaint. She did her best. All tlie human beings who are putting into life the best that is in them are striving for and finding some success , and there are no statistics of failure or accomplishment. Perhaps It is best that it should be that way. To Sterilize a Needle. In discoursing to a woman's club re cently a physician , dwelling upon how to treat children's bruises , told of a simple method to sterilize a needle that was to bo used to pick out a splinter or other foreign substance often jab bed into small boys' hands through , their reckless falling. If the needle is passed through an alcohol flame or boiling water , and used without touch ing the poiit with the fingers it is safe. The average mother thinks if she uses a needle instead of a pin she has con ceded all that is required of her , but the surgeon , keen to the dangers of germ contamination , knows that a step further is necessary. The lecturer also spoke of the value in the mother's med icine-chest of a little gutta-percha tis sue such as every one who has had a tooth filled will recognize. This will be found to be of great service in cov ering any moist dressing of wounds , as it protects the clothing from the wet and also retains the moisture which it is needed to preserve in the dressing. Cremation iu. Oupun. Cremation 'las been the custom in Japan for 1.200 years. In books and newspapers , a husband always refers to his wife as "My dear. " F1JS.U . NO FAULT CORONER'S JURY AT FILLEY JUS- TIFIES KILLING. V - Exonerate Man Who Shot The Father ! Y < imi Smith Does Not limme Slayer 73 lief in the Town That Dead JJo > Wan fttool IMgeou. Beatrice , Neb. , March 18. Tb ; own of Filley lias not seen such : rowds since its incorporation as illed its streets today soon after the tilling of young Williard Smith be- : ame known , which was a rapid pro- : ess. When .Coroner Walden arrived ihere today his first thought was to dnd a place : n which to hold an in vestigation which wculd accommo- late the largest portion of the as sembled crowdf Several witnesses were examined , among them Frank Shadley , who did the shooting. Practically nothing new was devel oped. At 8 o'clock the investiga tion was resumed and was concluded about ] o'clock. The coroner's jury returned a verdict to the effect that Shadley shot and killed youug Smith without felonious intent , and that the act was justifiable. The verdict meets with the approval of everyone , Including the father of the young nan , who speaks in the highest terms of Shadley. Mr. Smith says he lays the blame for the tragedy at the doors of his son's companions , many of them older than he , and that it was bis love for gambling ? which caused the troulbe. He says that he has repeatedly remonstrated with him for his wayward ways and the class of his companions , but that these companions had a greater in fluence over him than be bad. The opinion is almost unanimous in Filley that young Smith was the actor for older heads. Both Llew elyn , upon whom the demand for money was made , and Shadley say that had they known who they were confronting at the church doors they would have let him go undisturbed. Shadley at first had hold of Smith'3 arm , jumping out from his hiding place and grasping his arm as soon as Smith reached out and picked up the money sack. Shadley called on him to surrender , but instead Smith struggled from Shadley's grasp and jumped for the door. He was com manded a second time to stop before he was shot. Subpoenas were issued for two young men who drove into Filley yes terday afternoon from Crab Orchard , and who were met at the livery stable by young Smith , but they did not appear until after the investiga tion had'concluded. It was appar ently believed that the two were evading the officials and the officers had decided not to delay longer and let tlie county attorney prosecute the case. The fact that these two men were not seen after arriving in Filley until 4 o'clock this morning , when they took a team from the livery stable and drove away caused them , to be placed in suspicion. The tullet which killed Smith wag from a 38-caliber revolver. It entered his back elbow the shoulder blade &nd penetrated the heart. Cracksmen at Donn'-brojj. St. Paul , Neb. , March 18. M. 0. Peterson's jewelry store at Danne- . brog was burglarized last night. The safe was blown open and all the con tents , valued at about $60 , taken. The crime was committed at about 2:15 : a. m. , the force of the explosion having stopped the large jeweler'a1 clock at that time. A number of citizens heard the report but sus pected nothing wrong and no alarm was given until daylight. A message has teen received from Grand Island that three suspects arq under arrest there and Sheriff Hani sen leaves for that place tonight. Coming just at this time the rob bery recalls a similar crime commit ted at Boelus , only a few miles from Dannebrog , five years ago , when the Howard bank safe was cracked and $1,300 stolen. Governor Savage re sently liberated one of these robbers , Otto Warwick , who had served less than half of his term of eight years. Grand Island , Neb. , March 18. Three men supposed crooks , giving their names as John Riley , Georps Lytle and Charles Adams , were ar rested here at noon today on a mes sage received from Dannebrog , ad vising the pi-lice to look for men ol a given description and hold them for having robbed the jewelry store safe and taking $600 in jewelry and some cash. The men answered the dscription exactly and will be taken back to Howard county for trial. The same men are said to be wanted ( or burglary and highway robbery. Troops May Ue Summon * d. Norfolk , Ya. , March 18. Th troops which have been on duty her < juring the strike of the street cai men left for their homes today. Thq first trouble following the withdraw al of the troops occurred on tbf Oceanview line. A rock was tied U a trolley wire , and when a car passed at bigb speed it was thrown against each window , and the passengers cut by flying glass. If there is mori ( rouble the militia will be returned HENRY IS HOME AGAIN. German Pnncn Returns to CnzhaTon Ij Excellent Trim. Cuxhaven , March 19. The returq Df Admiral Princ * Henry of Prussia to German soil was safely accom * plished this afternoon amid all the pomp and circumstances with which the prince's imperial brother hag Been fit to mark the successful end- Ing to Prince Henry's American mis- sion. The same good fortune o ! freedom from untoward incidents which characterized the prince's Irans-Atlantic journey continued un til the end , and the landing occurred 'luring a period of brilliant sunshine lifter an overcast day. The Hamburg-American line steam er Deutschland , from Cherbough , having on board the prince and his suite , was first sighted at balf-p.ist five this afternoon. The German tnttleship Kaiser Wilhelm II , steam- sJ down the roadstead to meet the Deutschland , and returned escorting the big liner. The Deutschland tied up to the new stone quay and was the first ship to dock there. Emperor William stood upon the quay , surrounded by high naval and municipal officials. As representa tive of the American embassy at Ber lin , Commander William H. Beehler , the naval attache to the embassy , Bt0d at the emperor's side. As the steamer drew near to Cux haven , Prince Henry received the correspondent of the Associated press in his cabin. The prince said : "I desire to send a last word through you to America , to say how ; 1 ° eply grateful I am for the measure- ss kindness I received while there , i tried to say this before I left , but T want to say again that 1 am grate ful for the cordial and generous man ner in which the people and the pres-1 ident of the United States received me. me."I "I met and talked with as many indiviuals as I could , but of course I avv most of the people in crowds , and sometimes only from the railroad sar platform , and only long enough to touch my cap or take oil my hat to them. I wish to thank all those thousands for the trouble they took. ' The prince spoke with feeling. "I had no oppoitunity , " he con tinued , "of studying the details of industry as I would like to have done. " As to the fatigue of the trip the prince said : "I was often tired , and I had to be careful of what I said , both pub licly and privately. ± hit since my l' ng-sleep on board the Deutschland I would be ready to return to Amer ica at once for just such another trip , this one has been so full of pleasure and instruction. It is a pood thing to look upun another peo ple face to face and form your own impressions. " Concerning his speech at Philadel phia , Prince Henry said : "It seemed proper I should make some utterance , for there are always some undercurrents running that have to be taken into account. What I said in my Philadelphia speech was precisely the truth It might have k > een thought that during my talks with President Roosevelt and my ride with him alotfe I rfuight have Baid a word or two of a political character , but such was not the case. No political topic was alluded to on either side. " Prince Henry referred to President Ro. sevelt's attentions , and said he had not received the president's fare well telegram , as he was by that time at sea , and that he only saw the text of the message upon his arrival at Plymouth. The interest Emperor William takes in Prince Henry's trip was then mentioned. In this connection Prince Henry saidxto the correspond ents : "I shall tell his majesty exacMy what I have told you ; namely , how I appreciate the kindness sliown mo by the people of America. I wish to add a special word of thanks for the sjmpathetic way in which the Amer ican papers treated me. " In conclusion the emperor's brother said : "You may be sure the impressions I received will be lasting. " Prince Henry , who looked to be thoroughly rested , wore a dark blue yachting suit with the Kiel yacht club buttons. Before disembarking from the Deutschland Prince Henry again thanked Captain Albers for the comfort and kindness he had ex perienced on board the vessel and paid a high compliment to the ship und the seamanlike qualities shown in running her. The prince presented signed photo graphs of himself and scarf pins sur mounted by crowns to Captain Al bers , the first officer of the Deutsch land and to Chief Engineer Barenda. TakeSwiniv in Icy XVnters. Louisville. Ky. , March 79. Ed Dameron paid a betthat he lost $1 the McGovern-Sullivan light yester day afternoon by taking a swim in the Ohio iver with the thermometer hovering around zero. Dameron swam seventy-five feet through the icy waters , and when he reached the bank his mustache was frozen stiff. Dameron made a bet with Henrj Yaner , that Sullivan would win. Fli'E NOT GUILTY JURY AT SAVANNAH , MO. , AC- ! QUITS HIM PROMPTLY. Did Not Kill Richardson .Murder of the \Venlthy Merchant I StJH a Mystery Drnmatic Scene in Court Koom Follows the Verdict. St. Joseph Mo. , March 22. A spec ial to the Daily News from Savan nah , Mo. , says : When court opened-at 9 o'clock this morning the jury in the case of Stewart Fife , charged with the mur der of Frank Richardson at the home of the victim Christmas eve 1900 , returned a verdict of acquittal. It is siid that only one ballot was taken and that from the beginning the juiors stood unanimously for acquit- til. The case wee t to tbe jury last evening. When the verdict was announced there was a dramatic scene in the court room. Mrs. Fife , mother of th ac : used sprang forward and em braced her son , shouting for joy all the while. Mrs. Fife is of a very nervous temperament and has suffer ed from hysteria at intervals ever since her son was arrested. Mrs. Richardson , widow of the murdered man , was also in the court room and gave vent to her emotion. Mr. Fife , father of the young man on trial , declared in open court that the verdict was in accordance with bis expectations and that he had Known from the start that bis son had nothing to do with the murder of Richardson. Young Fife himself was so nervous that he could not speak. Although Judge Burns , preliminary to the ren dering of the verdict , issued an order against any demonstration , it was found impossible to preserve absolute qu . Th's is thi e ; ncl tri il in the mur der * ilrs. Kichardson having been ac- quiiied only a few weeks ngo , and still the mystery of Frank Richard- son'ds sensational murder is un solved. No other indictments are pending and the incident is now probably closed , so far as the courts are concerned. Stewart Fife is a member of an aristocratic andwealthy family of St. Joseph , his father having been a millionaire wholesale merchant. A few years ago Stewart went away from this part of the country and af ter a long absence he was arrested at North Yakima , Wash. , and returned t ) Savannah in custody a few months ago , charged with he murder of Richardson. Savannah is the bounty s > at of Andrew county , north of St. Joseph , and is a suburb populated largely by wealthy citizens of this city. May De Mnch Wwn'eil Crook. Chicago , March 22 As a result of what seemed a common shooting yes terday the police have becoiue sud denly active todiy and are bending their energies to connect Hopkiri1- , , fie injured man , with the $7GOi.O postolrire robbery last summer. * .T shot "Dan' ' ( seph Hopkins was by Ki lev , a nephew of former Chif f of Police Kipley. and himself a firmer detective , yesterday in a fiat occu pied by Lillie Arlington , otherwise known as ' 'Diamond Lil. " Kipley , who with the woman , is under ar rest , claims self-defense. At St. Luke's hospital today Ilopkin's con dition was critical. The shooting developed that Hopkins had been lea ling a Dr. Jekll-Hyde life He was i lentilied , according to the police , as a lank robber and burglar of na tional notoriety , but in Palos Park , where he had a cozy little home in a secluded spot , sheltred by trees , it was found that he bad a reputation as a dispenser of charities , a giver to the church , and a man of standing in society. His wife's standing also was of the best , but when she was brought into the police station po licemen claimed to have recognized "Blonde Marie. " her as Kipley , while in his cell , told a friend that Hopkins was a man for whom the- police had been searching in connec tion with the postoffice robbery. What the connection is has not * ieen made plain , but it is pointed out that Hopkins is an electrician and that holes drilled in the bottoms of the safes in the postotfice were by 'tools receiving power from some elec trical device. An attempt to search the house yesterday failed because no search warrant had been taken out. The warrant was secuied today and Postollice Inspector Stuart start ed for Palos Park to make the search. Hnnsred In the Jail Yard. , Hull , Quebec , March 22. Stanilas la Croix , who murdered his wife and an old man named Thomas , who was endeavoring to protect her , was hanged in the jail yard here this morning. The prisonei , who has since his conviction , made all kinds of threats that the hangman 'would never be permitted to end his life , but that he would commit suicide instead , was at last subdued and de clared last night that he was happy. NEBRASKA NOTES P. O. Laska , while hunting acci- -ntally discharged his gun and hie * i is head to pieces. Adjutant General Colby has dfr t tiled Lieutenant fFull of Lincoln , U Ulster the Fremont company int Lue state militia on March 29. A defective flue caused a fire in tbe rm house of J. W. Meradith , near Si-etna , that was subdued with small loss after hard work. The government has sent six tomfc- it mes for the veteran dead in U j tmetery at Heraingford. The quar- 2 muster general made a request far hern two years ago. * The debate between represent- ives of the Nebraska and Colored * rate universities will take plae * \pril 4 ; that with Kansas April 25 , .nd with Missouri May 9. M. C. Petersnn's jewelry store at Dannebrog was entered by burglars md $500 worth of watches taken. [ t is reported that three suspects lave been arrested. H. Nelson , a farmer of Wahoo , at- empted to take his life by firing a ullet into his forehead. The baU fl ittened on striking his skull an * iiused a bad wound , but the doctors say he will recover. The killing of Willard Smith , of villey , by Frank Shadley , while ba former was trying to escape from ilicers who were attempting his mr- r-st for levying blackmail , was joi- ified by the coroner's jury yesterday. Reports from all parts of the stale > vhich raise winter wheat are to tbe effect the plant has not been injure * my up to date and that with tha Lite rains and snows the prospects tat i large crop are excellent. The body of Rlley Stratton , aged . )5. and a resident of Spring Rancb , was found in the Blue river neai -'C'ltt's ' place. It is believed that tratton fell in the river while wai- ng clothes. Inrenrlaries are supposed to hart set the fire that burned the stablci and granary belonging to Mrs. Olivci Bnnvier , four miles south of Blair. Eight horses , a team of mules , n > e jows and considerable stable equip ments were destroyed. John Nicholson , a well-to-do farm er neir "Newark , shot himself in the forehi ad. Death was instantaneous. He h id been ill with grip for several weeks and became despondent. Hft went into a room adjoining the kMchen , got an old shotgun , leaned against the wall , calmly looked down the barrel and sprung the triggei with a stick. The city of Eremonthas purchased the site for the n'iw Carnegie library from Mr. J. T. Smith for $1,000- , ahnut one-half the value of the land. Mr. Carnegie has been notified that the deed to the site is in the posses sion of the city , and it is expected that he will acknowledge the notifi cation by advancing the $20,000 , which he promised. Fire of unknown origin destroyed nearly cne-half of Campbell. The citizens turned out enmasse and formed a bucket brigade , but foi which the entire town would have been burned. The hotel , postoffice , a printing office , a blacksmith shop , pool hall , drug store and two imple ment houses , were burned. The d t mage will reach several thousand dollars , mostly insured. Joseph Juva of Howells met with an accident which is likely to cost him his life. His team ran awaj ana in some manner Juva got his leg in the wheel , breaking the limb it several places. The surgeon who was ailed advised amputation , but tbe p-tient refused to submit to the op- etion. . On account of tbe seven nature of his injury and his advance * age , small hopes are held out for bii recovery. ! Some months ago a man and wom an c-slling themselves J. W. Carllle and wife appeared at Blooraingtoo and the man engaged in business. Later a brother of Carlile's appeared fr > m Algiers , Ind. , and stated Car- lile had abandoned a wife and twc children at his Indiana home and eloped with the woman who was with him at Blooraington. He alsf stated that the man had forged the name of his mother tc papers or which he had secured'several thous and dollars. Carlile turned over af his property to his brother for the benefit of the wife and mother and then disappeared with the womas who had been living with him ir Bloomington. Oden "Enger , a farmer living neai Niobrani , put some strychinine in i ten. cup and set it away in the par > try. Later one of the children pro cured the cup and drank some milS from it. The fact the child ha * swallowed poison was soon discov ered , but before medical assistanct could be procured the little one waj dead. The South Omaba l.roop of cavalrj will be mustered into tbe state sex I