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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1903)
TOPICS OF THE TIMES. A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER ESTING ITEMS. 'Comments and Criticisms Based Upoa .ithe Happen ings of the Day Hiatori- 1cal and News Notes. | Love Is a disease that a preacher ft very often cures. 'fit looks as If a dispensary would do a good business in the nation's capitol , , > * * hi r ' | France Is organizing a north pole expedition. It is still two to one on the pole. Professor Delitsch bas come up foi another round and has landed on the Kaiser in a new place. Leonard Wood may Induce the Filipinos to change their religion , but aiobody believes that he can make Jth em work. ' Hetty Green calls her dog Dewey. People who think lietty has absolute ly , no sentiment may be partially inis- itaken after all. Seven hundred dilferent dialects are spoken by the natives of Africa. That will he a great place for the dialect poet some day. Jose Palma's elopement with a New York girl demonstrates the fact that riot all Cuban treaties are balked in the United States. "Mrs. WIggs of the Cabbage Patch" Is to be dramatized. We know a few actors who could play the part of the cabbages all right. 11 Gunners shoot through yellow spec tacles with 30 per cent more accuracy than without. Yellow politics and yellow journalism are not so accurate is yellow gunning. A national organization of dressmak ers has declared against the shirt waist. But anything as smart and jaunty as the shirt waist will not mind n little thing like that. A Minneapolis lady in Chicago faint ed when somebody mentioned $700 as the price of a gowii she , was looking at. Perhaps she knows now how fath er feels about these things. The Chicago aluiunl of Augustana College has declared that "we must take woman as she is. " That's what most of us have been doing right along , and we have been glad to get her oil her own terms. "Sow the wind and reap the whirl wind" simply means that if you per sist in talking to that girl three nights .In the week at present , later on she will talk to you every night of your life unless you stay out all night. The word chaffeur will soon have a special meaning one who runs down .and runs away ; one whose disregard lor others' safety is in direct proportion tion to his regard for his own ; one who lacks the courage of his destruc tion. A young man who received $1,000- 000 as a wedding present a few days ago took it into Wall street for the purpose of linding out how the busi ness Is done. Money was a good deal easier .when he walked back to his "bride at the hotel in the evening. Various contemporaries in the Unit ed States are belittling the Czar's re form ukase with the assertion that it -will amount to nothing unless the re forms are properly put into * effect. They have not , however , gone so far as to claim that the ukas is no more finding than a platform pledge of our own happy land. A millionaire who died recently in .New York left an account-book filled with his "speculations" as apart from his' legitimate investments. The total purchases and sales for the last three .years approximated two million del lars. .Two hundred and sixty dollars' profits remained to the financier's es tate. The wonderful part of the story ds not that the profits were so small , , but that they were so large. Say , when a fellow Is eternally af ter something , and runs or is run by -others , for every little picayune , tup penny thing going , doesn't he remind you of a remnant scrap of soap ? It is lee small for use ; you can't lather with it ; it slips and slides around in the dish like a drop of mercury. The only thing to do with it is to chuck it into the slop pail. So , also , fire the chronic candidate. Or give him a hot stove and let him make off with it and stay put. Natural woodlands are better regu lators of water supply than are dams , reservoirs and ditches , and , besides , they are much cheaper. Moreover , In tel IIgently cultivated forests can be made steady sources of wealth , where- jis irrigation works and levees are per- iMinial causes of expense. There are men who cannot understand that more crops can be raised if a proper proportion tion of land is kept In forest than if it is all cleared and cultivated ; there jire others who do understand , but who prefer quick profits to slower , though jnore permanent , gains. For such per versity there is no cure other than leg islative assertion of the greater rights of the whole community or the re straint of individual selfishness and Ig norance by law. Nothing is more ominous than the sftf ady increase in the number of defal- ' at.ons and breaches of trust. These iihvqys come with changes and altera tion's In the conditions of business When expenses increase faster thai gross receipts and the margin of profit shrink owners and managers inevitably begin to Investigate leaks , to look lnt < the corners , to examine books and ac counts and to find just how things are When this Is done Irregularities aresur < to be uncovered , dubious practices ar < laid bare and defaulters find them selves suddenly discovered or so neai discovery that they flee. A falling mar ket plays its part also at such a time Speculation ceases to be profitable Losses replace past profits. Men whc have risked their employers' inonej lose it or are tempted to pilfer on i large scale or small to save some ven ture near collapse. These various causes are all now operative. "War is an anachronism a relic 01 the stone age , when prehistoric man adopting the only mode of argumeni known to him , fought for the posses sion of caves. When it is made toe horrible to contemplate it will cease tc be the resort of civilized nations. " Dr IliebaVd Gatliug , who died Feb. 20 ir New York , wrote that opinion to a friend many years ago. Dr. Gatling was the inventor of the famous Gat ling rapid-fire gun , the first "pepper box" designed for wholesale slaughtei of troops. He was once a clerk IE a St. Louis store. Witnessing the suf ferings of wounded soldiers coming from the front during the Civil Wai led him to wonder if a remedy could not be found for the great world evil When he took up the construction ol his machine gun in 1804 his life was threatened by people who considered him a "public menace" and a whole sale murderer. General Butler used two of the first Gatling guns in the famous James River expedition , Abroad the invention was taken uji at once and many similar mechanisms sprang from his idea. The case of Mrs. Maybrick is undoubtedly \ doubtedly one of the most celebrated in the annals of crime , and , like that oi Elizabeth Canning and others of sim liar character , will long he discussed , though doubt will never be entirely cleared from it. One reason why shi has had the sympathy of so.many people ple on two continents is because it wai felt that she had not had a fair trial The Judge who tried the case Sij James Stephen though he had been a very able man , was known for his severity verity in such case's and was undoubt edly then in the decline of his powers A year or two later his mind became s < impaired that he was retired from tin bench. Notwithstanding the brillian ) defense made by Sir Charles Russell subsequently the Lord Chief Justice oJ England , the Judge charged so strong ly against the prisoner that the jurj was compelled to return a verdict ol guilty , and Mrs. Maybrick was sen tenced to be hanged. The outburst oJ indignation in England at such a sen tence In a case admitting of so mud doubt was so strong , however , that thi home office commuted the sentence t ( imprisonment for life. Since then , nov thirteen years ago , a persistent aiiC well organized movement has been car ried on both in England and America to obtain Mrs. Maybrick's pardon. Tin petitions sent forward from the TJnite ( States were presented through our am basador in London , though it was no a case in which our government couk interfere. Although there have beei three or four changes in the Britisl cabinet since Mrs. Maybrick was con victed , and at least four different sec reraries of the home office , all of then able lawyers , none of them until nov seems to have been influenced by thi doubts that had been raised , but be lieved that she had been properly con victed. "DIABETIC FLOUR" FRAUD. In Most Cases It Is Not What It Par p.orts to Be. According to a Massachusetts Stati Board of Health report , of thirteei samples of diabetic flour , or flour pre pared for the use of diabetics and pur porting to be free from starch , enl ; three samples , the product of one man ufacturer , were found to be free fron starch , the other ten , or nearly 80 pe cent of the samples collected , wen found not only to contain starch , bin that in large quantities , seven belni found with 60 per cent or more ot starch. These were , in' reality , but lit tie better than whole wheat flour , am were sold at prices varying from 11 t ( 50 cents per pound. There are prob ibly few of the better informed oi general physicians who would not say 'All the better for the patient , so fai is his health is concerned , " becausi uread that does not contain starcl loubtless injures him more than thi > est-made , well-baked "crusty" wheai jread. There seems to be a deal 01 ndefiniteness and a vast deal of dif 'erence of opinion among physicians ai 0 these questions of bread and diet foi liabetlc patients. These difference ! lo not show themselves so much in thi ext books , where there is general uni 'ormity of advice. But when it comei : o getting" his bread the poor diabetii inds that the physician knows little o : lothing as to the chemic and digestivi jualitles of. the breads he can buy [ ? he matter is left without oversight tc he bakers and commercial agents , pre : lsely where it should not be left , am ouch to the perplexity of the patient to wonder that the diabetic's healtl adls when he tries to digest some o he "bread" he is advised to get ! Af tc rylng it he can but think , if he doet .ot know that this disease Is a moderi ne , that the origin of the Scrlptura ijunctlon against giving a stone whei > read Is asked for arose from the ex erience of his poor ancient brethrei I 1 trying to live while conforming ti be scientific diet list of thoie days.- Linerican Medicine. POSSE GETS HIM SUPPOSED SLAYER OP JUDGE MAB. CUM : CAPTURED Taken Without Bloodshed , ALLEGED ASSASSIN BETBAYZD Bl BIS RELATIVES I Uncle Swares Out Warrant .Flye "Witnesses Ready to Testily to hit Guilt Prisoner a" Athletic Young Man of twenty-eight Years Lexington , Ky. , May 11. The cap ture of Curtis Jett , charged with the assassination of J.B. Marcum in Jack son Monday , was accomplished with out blood shed at 3 o'clock Sundaj morning. He is now in tha ClarK county jail at Winchester. ; Bearing a warrant which.had been sworn out by Sam Jett , uncle of the accused , Sheriff McCoid and a possu of seven left Wiuchester at midnight Saturday. They proceeded to the home of Mrs. A. Haggin , Jett'a mqther. Jett made 110 show of re fiistance. Jett's stepfather A. Haggin , charges that when Jett reached hia house last night from Jackson .he pro ceeded to draw his pistol on him ( Haggin ) and ordered him to get out of the neighborhood. ' Haggin went to Richmond and swore out a warrant charging Jett with breach cf tha peace by assault with a pistol. In the jail today Jett was corr > municative on all matters save thfl killing of Marcum. "I'll get out ol this all right , " was the only state ment he would make that could be construed as a leference to tha charge. He said he wanted to be tri ed in Breathitt county. He was bit ter in denouncing his uncle , who had him arrested and said ; that the score would be evened up when he was at liberty. When asked in reference to the statement that five men would testify thab he killed Marcum he simply sneered and replied , "What's that to you ? " To sheriff McCord he was equally non-comrnuuicathe as to the Marcum tragedy. Jett is twenty-eight years of age , athletic in build , with deep-set , keen eyes and has bushy red hair. That he submitted to arrest was an agree able surprise to the officers who fear ed an encounter. Jett denies that he drove his step father from home. ! e will be arranged Tuesday and it is supposed will be transferred to the Jackson district for trial. BROTHER WAS NOT WILLING Beatrice , Net. May 11. Jiminie Walsh , of Lincoln , temporarily resid ing in Beatrice , had all arrangements made last evening to get married when his hopes of matrimony weib rudely shattered and the wedding was Sectored off , all because of the inter ference of an unfeeling brother. Jim- mie came here a few days ago to en gage in the picture business of some kind. He met and became madly in love with a young lady of the city tvho reciprocated the feeling. It wa i sure enough case of love at first > ight and every thing was running smoothly until the brother , Thomas F. Walsb , also .of Lincoln , filed an ) bjection. Jimmie was so elated ovei lis good fortune that he had to con- ide in some body so he wired his ) rother that he was going to be mar led. And right there was where the mother got busy. He wired the : ounty judge warning him n-.t to ssue the license , saying tbat Jim- nie was a minor and that he was his guardian. Jimmie had gone so far in his prep .rations for the wedding that he had ailed on Justice Inman who was to lerform the marriage ceremony. Just befure the county judge had losed his office for the day Jimmie eminded that to get married it was necessary to have a license , appeared tefore the judge and announced his rrand. The judge flashed the tele- ram on the young man and regret- ally told him that he could do nuth- 3g for him. And then the balloon 'ent up. "My guardian indeed , ay , that brother of mine is only tghteen vearsold while I was twenty ae several months ago. If there as going to be any guardianship in nr family'I rather guess I'd be 'it. " b w s several minutes before the sung man could realize what had appened , it was , all so sudden and aexpected , when he left the court Duse to go and announce the sad 2ws to his intended wife. A DESPERATE STREET DUEL Yazop. Miss. May' II. A desperate- reet duel took place here this after- ) on between T. A. and E. M. Kelly i one side and B E. BirdsaU. editor the Yazoo Sentinal , and his two others-in-law , Gibbs and Doyle Drsey on the other. T. A. Kelly is instantly killed by a bullet rough his heart and his brother is dangerously wounded. Doyle > rsey was fatally shot and died . ' * be- ruble , Srew oub of PQli- s.T. A. : Kelly was circuit clerk of e counts. SWEPT BY FIRE Ottawa Has Kept tition of Calamity , 1900 Burns Over Saza * District. Ottawa , Ont , May 12. A fire sus peoted of being of incendiary origin Sunday afternoon and evening des troyed hundreds of houses and mill ions of feet of lumber in this ci ty John White , who has just been re leased from the penitentiary afte serving a term of imprisonment fo arson , was caught near where tb < fire was first discovered. He wa taken to the police station ana wil be charged with starting the confla gratlon. The fire originated within a stonei throw of where the great Hull fire o April 26 , 1000 , was checked. Two hours before Che principal fin started two smaller blazes were dis covered and quickly extinguished ir the lumber yards near the Canadiar Pacific railway. It was 3:30 when the third was discovered. When the bri gade arrived at the scene it wa < found that the water main had beci damaged and no water could be ob tained. When the brigade did get watei the fire was utterly beyond control. It swept along over the same grounc the t the former fire had gone , the only difference being that it was go ing In the opposite direction. There is a large cliff which extends from the Ottawa river into the corner oi Margaret and Preston streets. The fire area was on the flats below the cliff , At two or three points it came very near getting over the cliff , and had it done so nothing would have saved the city. At 9:30 : last night the fire was under control and was confined to the following area : The Ottawa and Parry sound rail way on the south ; Divison street on the east ; First avenue on the west and the Richmond road on the north. From the Parry Sound road to the Richmond road is about one mile and from First avenue to Division street is about one-quarter of a mile. While the fire was burning fiercely among the lumber piles the whole brigade of the city which had been summoned were forced to remain idle. For an hour not a drop oi water was thrown into the flames. After leaving the lumber piles the flames swept over Pine street , which runs east and west , down Willow , Pop lar , Anderson , Eckles , Somerset , Spruce , Elm , Maple , Albert and on to the Richmond road or properly speak ing , We'lington ' street , where it was Stopped , a short distance from the Canadian Pacific railway depot. At 9 p. m. it was feared that the fire would get over the cliff , on the top of which is St Jeanne Baptist church. The firemen , however , succeeded in keeping back the flames. Fifteen million feet of lumber were destroyed. The loss on the lumber will be about $300,000. The buildings burned were principally dwelling houses and stores. They were all built since nhe last , great fire and were eith er solid br c < or r ck A e eered as the city u cl not permit of any other kind being erected. The loss on the buildings was estimated at various figures at night- Mayor Cook said that there were from five hundred to six hundred families homeless or about 2,000 ndividuals. All the parties are supposed to be well insured. The mayor said the city would op pose any aid being asked from outside Canada and personally he thought that bhe city should grapple with the sit uation without any appeal for outside aalp. aalp.Mayor Mayor Cook estimsted the loss on the 3ui dings at $300,000 , making a total loss of $600,000. Mrs. Lillie Granted Stay. Columbus , Neb. , May 12. Judge Sullivansigned an order this afternoon luspending the sentence of Mrs. Lena [ jillie until her case can be reviewed ) y the supreme court which will pro- ' ) ably be in September. In the mean- iime she will be confined in the Butler sounty Jail. Injuries Prove Fatal. Nebraska City , Neb. , May 12. lerbert Meyer , a 7-year-old son of ienry Meyer , tried to cross the rack of the Missouri Pacific ahead if the passenger train from Omaha t noon and was caught on the pilot f the engine and thrown some dis- ance. His body was so hadly bruis- d that he died three hours after- rards. He and a companion were oming home from school , and while hey could see the train coming they bought to cross ahead of it. The ther boy escaped' ' unhurt. Remains Brought Back. Waboo , Neb- , May 11. ( Special. ) 'he remains of Alfred T. Davis , who ied last September while servinj ? as soldier in the Philippine islands ? ar- ved today-for burial. Deceased en- sted from this county two years ago ad was the son of James K. Davis he funeral will be held from the tethodist Episcopal church in Weston , ( ednesday , at 2 o'clock p. m. Chap- -in Mailley is expected to be present ad preach the funeral sermon. DEAD LIE IN HEAPS BRITISH DEFEAT TRIBESMEN STUBBORN" BATTLE PROPERTY IS CROWNED DECISIVE VICTORY MEAJMS CHANGE OE POaSEaSION THOUSANDS ARE KILLED Invading Force Outnumbered by the Ntlveg , Who Fiprht With Fanat ical Fury .Hut .Badly liepulsed London , May , 13. Colonial Secre tary C'lamberlain annoi uced in the house-of commons coday that as a result of the British military opera tions in the So'koto and Kane dis tricts , ending with the capture ol the emir of Kane , 100,000 squan miles of territ > ry had been added to northern Nigeria , and would be ad ministered by the government of that territory. Interesting details have been re ceived here of the capture ot Sokoto Marcb/14 by the British commanded by Cclonei Morland. The engage ment lasted two and a half hours. The British numbered about 500 meo , with four quick-tiring guns and lour Maxi JQ. The enemy's horse and foot was estimated to number 6,000 men , their ridemen being armed with modern rifles and using smokeless powder. The British camped dur ing the night of March 13 one and one-half miles from Sokoto , after a hard march of 100 miles from Kaura , with but little water and having passed through a difficult country. ] At daybreak March 14 the British 'moved out in square formation 'towards the valley in which Sokoto lies Immediately after the British appeared over a ridge the Kulanis charged with fanatical bravery , un deterred by a withering Maxim and rifle fire. They had no proper leadership , but the isolated bands continued to advance over heaps of dead and dying , often only individuals - , viduals reaching within a yard of the square , where ; refusing quarter , they were shot down while shouting "allah" with their last breath. The main body of the natives were finally routed , leaving only a remnant of ab mt thirty chiefs around the emir's white flag. These chiefs were de fiant to the last , and their corpses 'were found hedging the standard when the British entered the city , which consisted mostly of thatched houses. Its semi-ruined walls ex- 'tendeci ' seven miles around the place and were pierced by eight gates. A few days later the populace re turned and the Fulanis tendered their submission to C-immissioner Lugard , who arrived March 19 and installed a new emir. The British then retired towards the coast leav ing a garrison of two companies of infantry , Panama Canal Company not Worrying Washington , May 13. William Nel son Cromwell , general counsul of the new Panama Canal company , made public a stitement regarding current reports affecting the company , in cluding that eminating from Panama that the company had offered the Colombian goveinment $12,000,000 of the $40,000,000 the company is to re ceive from the United States. The Statement is as follows : ' The new.Panama Canal company has not made a oroposal to pay $12- 100,000 nor any sum whatever to the Colombian government nor to any parties whatsoever for or in con nection with the ratification of the pending treaty. Statements to the contrary are absolutely without the slightest foundation. TZ "Dp to this hour I have no confir mation of the report that President Marroquin has resigned , but if it were trne the obligations of Colum bia to the United States under the pending treaty negotiotions would not be affected , " San Domingo News Not Satisfactory Washington , May , 12 Orders were issued today for the Nashville to pro ceed south to relieve the Atlanta , which for some time has been watch ing American interests In San Domin go The Olympic.already has started Do relieve the San Francisco in Cuban waters. The latter vessel will make i tour of inspection through the Wests [ ndies before starting for the Euro pean station. Strike Begins in Denver. Denver , Col. , May 13 Efforts to i vert the threatened general strike of iifferent trades have been fruitles ? , md it is expected that strikes will > egin that will involve 15,000men. . U midnight the joint executive com- nittee of organized labor rejuulqd he proposition of the citizensalii - .nce , for a permanent board of arbr- ration , declaring their belief that'it ? as not made in good faith but- \ ih imply to gain time. EVOLVED A DRAWING ROOM. Cons in-In-Law Makes Some Cbaages in the Apartments of Her Relative- My cousin-in-law , Clara , has don much for us in the ebort time sbo has been with us. For one thing , she has given us a drawing-room. This la the apartment which was formerly the parlor. The furnishings of mis room are not costly. To be vulgarly confidential , a reference to the re minders sent out by the installment linn of Avenue A whose cleverly worded announcements you may have noticed in the elevated cars shows that it was a $27.50 parlor. Now , however. It Is a drawing-room which is a source of much gentla joy to all of us. Clara said "drawing- room" the very first day she came ta us. When one of the family spoke o going Into the "parlor" Clara regard ed that one with an air of well-bred reproach that was more effective than argument. And so , one by one , we all fell into the use of the smarter term. I do not think the maid approved of this revision of title. Bythe way , we had been calling our serving woman "the girl , " but Clara's advent changed all that , and she Is now known , and properly known , as "thq maid. " As I said , ,1 , do not think sha looked kindly upon the change In. designation. In fact , I am sure sha did not. She made believe to misun derstand and peered ostentatiously around the room for easels and palettes and maulsticks , and when questioned said she was looking for "them drawIng - Ing things" Miss Clara said was la there. The maid listened politely when Clara suggested the use of "drawing- room" as a term , vice "parlor , " re tired. She seemed to understand per fectly , but she never applied her un derstanding , taking an obviously keen though repressed delight In spouklng of the "parlor. " Of nourse this could not go on. Tha upshot of it was that one afternoon when all the rest of the family were enjoying the matinee , Clara stayed home , she and the maid being tin only occupants of the apartment. We shall never know just what hap * pened that afternoon , but when wa came home the maid said "drawing- room" six times In five minutes. Clara made a well-bred effort to conceal hel triumph. I could not understand the capitulaT tion until next day I met the maid on the stairs it being her afternoon oni gorgeously head-dressed in one ot Clara's most fetching hats. It was a very costly hat , as I happen to know , but Clara doubtless felt that the prlct. she paid was none too high. ; : Gets Car Seats for Many Women , He was a little old man with a "left over from last year" appearance , bu } when the crowd of shoppers entered the Sixth avenue elevated at Twenty * third street the female contingent ot strap-hangers found they had an enen getic friend. He wore an old silk hat and a bright pink rose fastened in th buttonhole of his shiny frock coat There was a look of amiability in hi | gray eyes which did not find its inspira. tion .solely with an evident acquaint ance with the flowing bowl. A row of men characteristicallj oblivious to the line of feminine man ionettes dangling back and forth ii front of them occupied the seats. Tin defender of the fair sex promptly ares < and with a courtly bow offered his sea ) to an elderly woman , who , lurchinj madly back and forth , wns vainly en. ieavoring to keepjpossesslon of a num. ber of bundles she carried. Then th ( entertainment began. "Sure , and it's a pleasure , ma'am , ' the little man replied to the woman'4 thanks. "It's no more than any gentlemaj nrould do. " He eyed the apparently unconsciouj row of men before him with an exprea sion that raised a laugh In his cornej of the car , and by gobd-natured guying be made them , one at a time , give m bis seat to a woman. One man hel : > ut a long time , but finally relinquished bis seat. i "Good boy , good boy , " cried the llttl | man joyously. "Now , we're all right [ 've gone clear past my station , but 1 svas bound to see you give up that seat When a man smiles , though , I knoTi lie's got a soul. Good-by to ye all. I cai ilways get along -with the ladles , buf snce in a while 1 have trouble , "with , t man. You see , I'm married and I bavt JeeTiwelj Jrainedj I'm glad you're al comfortable. Now , donH worry. J cvon't get off till the train stops. " The little , old man , with his good-na : ured smile , his pink rose , and silk hat massed out into the darknessL Chlcagi Tribune. A Mere Myth. "Welcome , " cried a voice , as Chan > n's boat grounded on the trans atygian beach. "Who are you ? " Inquired the newlj irrived shade. 'I can't see you at alL * "No wonder , " replied the voice. " 1 lever had even a ghost of a chance t ixist. " I'm the man under the be that the old maids are still lookin | : or. " Philadelphia Press. Large Cork Pine. A cork pine tree measuring seveg 'eet In diameter was recently fellei n Turner , Mich. Seven 16-foot logj vere cut below the first limb , the lasj jeing 27 inches in diameter. Two In Han tomahawks were found buried it : he second log from the bottom. When a woman Is tough , she ca * nake a man ashamed of himself.
