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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 10, 1903)
It There are 144,000 Mormons in the United States. There are about 11,000,000 Catholics to the United States. Last year America imported only 8,000,000 bushels of potatoes. Automobile building gives employ ment to 20,000 persons in France. In future women will be allowed to 4ake degrees in the University of Dub lin. AJderney is the only place in the British islands where tobacco is now liritaxed. Six hundred men are regularly em ployed on the new steamship Kaiser Wilhelm. i Japanese is the latest language to be -added to the list taught at the Uni- verlsty of Chicago. In London twenty-nine autograph 'letters and manuscripts of John Keats were sold for 1 )70. Wisconsin is lirst in lumber and tim ber products , and Minnesota leads in flouring and grist mills. Prussian railway cars liave only .about three-tenths the carrying capac ity of those used in the United States. During the last three years twenty- -rwo millionaires have died in England. Their average age was seventy-five years. Compared with 1901 the population of New Zealand (851,063 ( , including 43,143 Maoris ) shows an increase last year of 20,263. Before he had reached his twelfth "birthday young Handel -was known throughout Germany as a brilliant composer and virtuoso at the court of the Emperor. The Uganda Mission , in Central Africa , begun twenty years ago , has now 1,070 church buildings , seating 126,850 persons , erected chiefly at the cost of the people. Several new comic papers make their appearance in Paris every year. Rirewhich was founded ten years ago , had so much success that it has since had about twenty imitators , most of which were short-lived. Artificial teeth and "uppers" for boots and shoes are among the new uses to which paper is being put. A substantial business firm in Boston is considering a proposition to take up the work of manufacturing paper hats. ' Several Chinese cities have erected temples in honor of Li Hung Chang. His tonib also has the form of a tem ple. Two of its inscriptions are : "All countries in the world mourn him" and "lie changed heaven and revo lutionized the earth. " Capt. S. P. James , who was asso ciated with the Royal Society's com mission on malaria during the investi gation in India , says that in India , anj-way , the kind of mosquito that carries malaria rarely , , if ever , flies more than half a mile from its breed ing place. The Pennsylvania terminal to be erected in Manhattan will be the Ititr- jiest railroad -tation in the world , wLh " "accoimm tint ions for hamllinir 200.UCO passengers a day , or about 70,000,000 or 80,000,000 a year. From sixty to ninety trains will enter and leave it hourly. The tunnels will be lighted " " and trains moved through" them by electricity. A German professor has been inves tigating the causes of insanity among women , and has come to the conclu sion that if women are admitted into competition with men the inevitable result will be a tremendous increase of insanity among the women. lie finds that the percentage of women teachers who become insane is almost double that of the men teachers. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell says too much importance is attached to college ath letics. In a letter to the senior class of Pennsylvania he says : "You have lost out of college life that which it were better to have kept. We played hard in my college days , but we talked of our sports less than you do. You. I fear , care too little for your Intel lectual athletics. Athletic sports are meant , as I see them , to insure that the body shall be made and kept ound. " It is said that Mascagni seeks dra matist's laurels. The composer has written a three-act c'omcdy , which will be staged in October. A Rome newspaper , the Menestrel , is quoted as making the following very discour teous comment on the composer : "Composer , leader , newspaper man , lecturer , professor and conservatory director without a job , likewise play wright , Mascagni would hop around St. Peter's on one leg if he could get an. audience. " Old furniture collectors in this city have lately been driving prices high er and higher. The rage for Chippen 7 dale and Sheraton patterns of the finer lines is greater , than ever. Chairs es pecially fetch astonishing prices. Even iealers are paying in some cases as much as ? 5n for a single Chippendale chair of rare pattern , though it l.e out Df repair. A collector in this city pi d the other day $279 for a GhippenuMo armchair. Chairs of less unusual pat tern are sold every day for $40 , $50 ind $300. New York Letter. STARS THAT STEAL. Planets and Suns May Pick Up Minor 'Celestial Bodies. Jupiter is much the blggesj : member if the family of stars which revolve iround our sun. Consequently the /ower of his attraction is greater than that possessed , for instance , by tha earth. Jupiter's exploits as a burglar have caused very considerable annoy ance and inconvenience to astronomers in the days before his powers wrere fully recognized. In 1770 there appeared a fine comet , which was found to have an eliptical orbit round the sun of so compara tively small a size that Mr. Lexell Its discoverer , calculated it would re turn In five and a half years. But in 1775 telescopes were vainly focused on the spot where it was expected to re appear , and again in 1781 it disap pointed all observers. Mr. Lexel plunged into fresh calculations , and after much research found that Jupiter was the culprit. The unfortunate comet had been rash enough to plunge into the sphere of the giant planet's attraction , with the result that it had been completely diverted from its for mer orbit , and flung off into quite a different one of a twenty years' period It has never been seen again by any one on this earth , and probably never will be. Jupiter was also responsible for the delay which occurred in the return of that splendid visitant known as Hal- ley's comet. Halley found that he was not the first discoverer of this big com et It had appeared at least twice previously , once seventy-five years be fore , and again seventy-six years be fore that. The astronomer concluded that there would be a further delay In its third return , and predicted that its next appearance would be 518 days later. He did not live to see It ; but in 1758 , the year he had prophesied for its reappearance , astronomers were waiting for it. But they waited for more than three months before It did actually appear , and then found that it was the planet Saturn they had to thank for delaying the comet this extra hundred days. This same comet appeared again In 1835 , this time late again. Not only had Jupiter delayed it 518 days , and Saturn about 100 , but Uranus had also had a hand In retarding It , and had added another sixty-nine days to its Journey. Our own earth is by no means' guilt less. It is constantly picking up unconsidered - considered trifles of Stardust , which range all the way from the thirteen foot long mass of meteoric rock lately found by Professor Ward in Mexico , down to the infinitesimal particles which are found on the roof of St. Paul's , on the Arctic snows , and at the bottom of the deep sea. It is cal culated that the total amount of mat ter thus absorbed by us is certainly not less than 500.000 tons a year , and that , therefore , the weight of this world is increasing at that rate every twelve months. Itappears also that we may be occa sionally responsible for the disappear ance of a poor , unoffending comet. Biela's comet , Avhich went astray , is supposed to have been absorbed by the earth. That amazing shower of shoot ing stars , which was seen on Novem ber 27 , 1872. may have been the death throes of this misty space-traveler. London Answers. ILL-NATURED AT BREAKFAST. Where Men Are Said to Differ from Their Sisters and Wives. "I think my business affords me the best opportunities in the world foi judging human nature , " said an ob servant Avenue restaurant keeper , "and my observations have led me to the conclusion that woman , with all her 'nerves , ' are much more good-tem pered than men , and there is no great er test than at breakfast. I have no reason to believe that my patrons dif fer from the ordinary run of people ; in fact , most of them are newspapei men , who for the most part take life as it comes without much complaint , and if you take them at dinner or al night they are fine fellows and easj to please ; but breakfast time is quits another matter , and as friendly as J am with my men customers , I cannot recall one whom I would care to pro voke before breakfast , for this is his favorite time to register kicks. First , his very attitude signifies that the waiter is too slow ; that he has been there at least fifteen minutes without being so much as seen by the waiter , and when the order Is finally brought to him he's in a bad humor and finds fault with everything placed before him. The steak is sure to be too rare or too well done and the eggs fried only on one side , or because he prefers them so they will upon this occasion be cooked brown on both sides. But by the time the first meal is consumed and , having had a cup of good coffee , he then realizes that things were nol half so bad and that he do < is feel bet ter and then gets in really good hu mor. mor.With With women it is different. It may be that an empty stomach does not af fect their nerves to the same extent that it does a man's , but it is the ex ception when my woman patrons com plain of their breakfast , and for the most part are in apparent good hu mor. " Our Greatest Frontier Judge. A man who sentenced 172 criminals to death , SS of whom were hanged ; an upright judge , holding sway for twentj'-oue years over 74,000 sorwre miles of the most lawless territory in tlie United States ; a stern , just jiulge. whose name became a terror to evil doers : a very kindly , sympathetic gen tleman and public-spirited citizen- few characters have been developed in our West who have played a more striking role than Isaac C. Parker , United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas from May , 1875 , to September , 1890. Les lie's Popular Monthly. If a man draws a Wank in lottery he can tear up the tlckot , but it's dif ferent in the matrimonial game. | PREPARE UPRISING 3EN. HERRERA ORGANIZING A < REVOLT . DEVOLUTION IN COLOMBIA MANY OTHER LEADERS ARE DIS- SATISF1ED-PREPARE TO JOIN 13 CAREFULLY PLANNED Stacks of Arms and Ammunition ar Be I ii Contlrtcated by the Rev- olutloniBts. New York , Sept. 2. Travelers from.1 Panama reporD the isthmus alight , with tires of a new revolution , accord ing to a Times dispatch from San , Jose , Costa Rica. The Indians have ! arisen and the late fol'owers of Gen. Benjamin Herrera are mustering in" " the mountain villages preparatory to ( joining an organized revolt caused DV > the rejection of the Panama canar treaty. Hundaeds of stacks of arms confis cate. ! by the Columbiangovernmenl at the close of the late revolution , have reappeared from some mysterious' ' 5 an e. With the arms goes ammuni-1 Lion fresh from factories , showing th6 | movement is not spasmodic , but carefully planned. , Travelers from Panama to Piontaj Arens say that in Panama it is re- ; pjrted that General Herrera has dis appeared from his home nt-ar Bogota , and its presumed to be on his way to the isthmus. If this is true Herrera probably will igain assume command of the revo lutionary forces and cast his lot with the isthmus Ipeop'e , as was his in tention had the late revolution term inated in favor of the liberal party. Gen. Yictonian Lorenzo , who was banished to Coucau aftei the surrender ' der of the liberal forces last Decem- * bc-r , has escaped and is presumed to be in the marshes making bis * ay back ! to the isthmus. Lo enzo had 7,000 Indians in his following , and it is be lieved he will have little ditliculty in rallying the old forces if he succeeds in making his way back to San Carlos or to any contiguous point. From Chorrerra comes the report that he is in that locality mustering the Indi ns. At Boujouka Colonel Arcuca is in command of ell mobilized - ' ilized forces. D spatches from a Bogota corres pondent. says a Panama dispatch to the flerala , declare that tbe Panama canal treaty was jejected in the senate because of the imperative nature of the notes received from Secretary of Rate Hay and United Sta'es Minister Beaupre. These notes , the correspon-J dent declares , were regaided as of- ! feosive. The main nues1 ion now discussed is whether the Onited States will be willing to enter into negotiations or1 will simply lee the matter drop and' take up the Nicaragua route. It was aftei the tivaty was rejected exchange went up 10 J2,000 per cent Jiscount. Terrible Disease in Cuoa New York , S pt 2. Menaced bv a disease which has bafuVd the best medical skill of the island the health department officials of Cuba have fp- plied to the authorities of Columbia u tiversity and JeQVrson medical co - lege of Philidelphia for aid in deter mining the nature of the disease. The most eminent , patholngists and bacteriologists of those institutions are working in conjunction wiM ) tbe medical authorities or the marne hospital and public- health depart ment , in an ell'ort to determine the nature of tbe disease * Al details of the investigation aie refused. The disease in many of the syrnp- tons resembles the bubonic pliguo , but it is said to be more swift in its progress , and more deadly in its ef fects. It first appeared some montl s ago in the isolated town of Daiquiri , province of Santiago. Men employed in the iron mines in that locality were affected. The disease did nor yie d to treatment and tlie mortality was meater than in yellow fever or any kindred disease. America Coins Foreign Money. Venezuela will have coined at tne Philade phia mint 4,000.tQO ( bolivars in silver. A bolivar is wortii 19.d cents , and its name is pronounced bo-lee-ver , wijbh the accent on the middle syllable. Looking for Indictmen.s Washington , Sept. 2 A number of % the inspectors who have beeu inves tigating the affairs of the office of the assistant attorney general for the postuffice department were in con sultation today with Assistant United States Attorney Taguart regarding postal matters before the grand jury. Although it is possib e that the jury may reach an auree- m"nt to return one or more indict ments any d y , it is nut now antici pated that the decision .of the jury will be reported before Friday. THEY ARREST A LUNATIC MAN WITH REVOLVES M.VSTER BAY TAKEN IN CKAhfiE. Oyster Bay , L. I. Sept. 3. A man giving his name as Henry Weilbreuer was arrested at Sagamore Hill late. Monday night while making a per-1 sistant demand to see President RoosiTelt. The man was armed with a revolver , fully loaded. He was taken to the village and placed m the town prison. Shortly after 10 o'clock Monday night Welbrenner drove to Sagamore Hill in a phaeton buggy. He was stopped by the secret service opera tive on duty. VVeilbrenner sa d he had a personal engagement with the pres ident and desired to see him. As it , was long after the Jicurs when vis itors were received , the officer de clined to permit him to go to the hou-e , the man insisted , but the oilicer turned him away. Soon afterward Weilbrenner re turned , and again insisted that he be allowed to see the president , if only lor a minute. This time he was or dered away and warned neb to return. Just before 11 o'clock the man re turned a third time and demanded of the officer that h should be permitted to see the president at once. The- - officer's icsponse was to take the man from h s buggy and put him in the' stables , where he was placed under the guard of two stablemen. A re volver was found in the buggy. Later Weilbrenner was brought to the vil lage and locked upj He is five feet , eight inches high , twenty-eight years of age , has a medium sized dark mus tache , black eyes and evidently is of German descent He resides in Sy- osset , about five miles inland from Oyster Bay. He was well dressed in a suit of dark material and wore an old-fas ioned derby hat. It is thought by the officers that Weilbrenner was accompanied by two other men , as their footprints were found in the mud alongside of the buggy tracks. In view of this fact the officer on duty telephoned to the village for assistance and was soon joined by two other sec ret service men. While Weilbrenner talked ration ally to the officers Monday night it seems evident from his conversajion today that he is demented. He said that he had received telegraphic com munication from the president di recting him to call at Sagamore Hill. His buggy was taken to the local liv ery barn When asked what had become of the ri'j , Weildbrenner replied : 'Oh , the president h.-s taken care of it ; hat's all right" Weildbrenuer is regarded by those who had seen him to be a dangerous lunatic. At 83 osset it is learned that the man is the eon of a truck farmer , and is one of three brothers , He has t o sisters. The family is respectable and is held in general esteem. Weildbrenner , several yeais ago , had a nervous artack which rendered him mentally helpless -or a day or two , but his family supposed that he had been quite restore 1 by medical treatment he received at that time. Since then he had manifested no symptoms of mental abberation. He had no social istic or anarchistic tendencies so far as kno-An , never having been inter- es'ed in any question of the kind. He was employed daily on his father s farm. Wei brenner was arraigned today before Justice Franklin on comp aint of the secret e vice operatives who p aced him under arrest. Weilbren. ner's brother William was present at the examination. Justice Franklin qu stione.d the prisoner about his movements last night. His replies were made in a quiet tone of voice , but they indicated , apparently beyond a doubt , that the man is crazy When ask-d why he went to Saga more Hl. ) he replied : ' 'I went to see the president about his daughter Alice " 'Had you an engagement with the presde ; t ? " 'Y 'S. " ' How was the encasement made ? " "I talked with the president last niyht , " replied Weilbrenner. 11 How did yon talk with him ? " Oh , I just talked " | CA s < > rt of a wireless talk , was it ? " Yi s , that is ir , a wireltss talk. " ' Why riid you want to see the pres ident about Miss Alice ? " "I wanted to marry her. " "Did you ever see Miss Roosevelt ? " "Yes , Iaw her night before last. " "Yes , 1 saw her night before last. " "Where did you see her ? " "At my home. " "Did she go over there. " "Yes. she came in a red auto mobile. " "Who accompanied net ? " "Her br ther Theodore. " Justice Franklin after the examina tion , concluded he would ho d Weil brenner until an inquir of lunacy could be held upon his case. Tue ex amination then was postponed until later. Wreck on A. T. & S. F. En t r prise , Kan. , Sept. ? . A spr. cial fre ght train on the Atchison , Topeka& Santa Fe railway carrying thirteen passengers in the cabuose , backed into an open switch here. Five cars of merchandise and the ca boose were wrecked. Three passen gers were seriously hurt , Mrs. Munn. Glasro , Kan , foot cut and head bruised ; Joseph Kochonover , Hope Kan. , collar bnne broken and internal Injuries , may die : Henry Kandt , Wood- b.ne , Kan. , arm injnred. FWO ARE KILLED THREE MEN COMMIT MUf.DFR CHICAG . 3- ATTACK WAS SURPRISE klLLED AND WOUNDED ALL EM PLOYEES OF STREET CAR CO. FIRE WITHOUT , WARNING Two Killed in Track and Tvro Othect U'ouuded Stayers Secure Three Thousand Dollars and - DIake Eacapo Chicago. Aug. 31. Without a word of warning two men were killed and two others waunded by ho'd-up men at the barns of the Chicago City Rail way company , SixCy-first and State streets , at an early hour yesterday. The sh oting was done by th'ree men who escap-d after securing $3,000. Three of the men who were shot were working in the cashier's office and the ather was a motorman asleep in the outer office. The men in the office were shot before they were aware of the robber's presence , and the motor , man was kil'ed as he was rising from \ bench where he had been asleep- The dead : Frai k Steward assistant clerk in cashiev's office , shot through body while standing at his dek. } Died half in hour later. John E. Johnson , motorman , shot through head died instantly. Injured : William B. Edmond , receiving clerk , ; hot in left thigh while at his desk , will recover. Henry Bici.ii. shot in the headT5ill recover. The robbers took no chances , but disposed of all the opposition of the employes before they entered the office. Choosing the time when the employes were busily engaged in bal- incingupthe receipts of the night , just after the last , conductor had turn ed in his money and left the barns , th-d robbers suddenly aopeared at the receiving ; window and began shooting. The firsc intimation those ins de the Dfficehad that anything was wrong was when they heard the shots. The first bullet fired struck Stewart , and he fell to the floor without a word. B chl and Edmond , who were sitting near Stewart , turned to see what was bhe matter , but before they could leave their chairs they were rendered helpless by the well directed bullets of the robbers. Johnson the motor- ; manwho was asleep on a bench in the Duter office , hearing the noise , started to go to the assistance of his com panions but was shot and killed be fore he could get on his feet. Making sure that all opposition had been re moved the robbers then broke open the door of the cashiers office with a sledge hammer and secured $3,000 in bills which were lying on the desk. They then made their escape. ; Four men were arres.ed three hours if ter the robbery , on suspicion of be ing implicated in the crime , but they have not as yet been identified. Pass Night in Small Boat. New York , Aug. 31. During a strong northeast gale eight miles off Highlands , N. J. . at half-past 10 o'clock Saturday night the thiee- masted schooner , Henry P. Mason , from Perth Am boy , JN" . J. , for Port- iand , Me. , loaded with 1,100 tons of red clay , struck , it is believed , a sub merged wreck and at half-past 1 o'clock this morning sank. The crew and two passengers of tbe schooners took the vessel's small boat and aftcr-be ng buffeted by the heavy seas all night and a part of * today , were rescued by Captain Patterson and the Sandy Hook life saving crew , who were towed out to the boat or e mi e off Galilee by the New York yacht club's committee boat Naviga tor , on which was C. Oliver Iselir , managing owner of the yacht Reli ance , and Herbert , C. Leeds. The res cued people reached Sandy Hook at half-past 2 this aftemooa on board the Navigator , and later were brought by the same vessel to this city. When the Mason struck the main mast and mizzen mast were broken off short and the vessel started to leak badly. A female patient in a Berlin insane asylum haa temper which affects her hair "When she is cool and quiet her hair is a Mght yellow , bat when she is restless and exHted it becomes auburn. pi re on Fiagship Yankee. Newport , R.L , Aug. 31. The flag ship Yankee , of the naval training squadron , flying the flag of Rear Ad miral Wise , and which has been en- gage-1 in the maneuvers off Portland , entered tbe bar or yesterday mnrning Avith her midship bunker afire. The fire was disovered Thursday morning by smoke o- the gun dek. . Some 203 tons of coal were removed from the top of the bunker , leaving some threa hundred tons. Th n the fire hose was used and smce. that time the fire has bees smouldering. Nebraska Two rural routes will be established October 1 at Philips , Hamilton Couatv. * * * tE. . J. Gloekel and Miss Anna Hand- rup were married yesterday at Ne braska City. James Hamilton has sold the Cool County Currier to R. B. Blythc ol Tecumseh. * * * Three marriages were solemnized by one pastor in one day at Beatrice recently. . , r , ff 4 * * * * The old settlers of Beatrice and vicinity will hold their picnic Sep tember 23. - . - ( . . * . . t ' l * * - . i i ' > J. S. Wheeler , a farmer near Beat rice , reports that his , wheat crop aver aged 26 bushels to the acre. * * Frank Coe and O. 0. Holtz of Neb raska City have bought the lumber yard of Edwards & Bradford. * # * The board of supervisors of Beatrice have advertised for bids for the rip- rapping of the Blue river. * * * William Y. Mordeck has been ap pointed regular carrier and Barney Bryant substitute at Fairfield. * * * The Rev. G. F. Mueller of Columbus has accepted the call to St. JohnV 3erman Lutheran church at Yutan. * * * The Gage County Teachers' Insti tute has begun its annual sefaion ati Beatrice with 250 teachers in atte&d- ince. * * * Frank lams of St. Paul has re turned from a horse purchasing trip' ' to France , where be bought many1 Ine animals. * * * A failure or the pumps at the Hav- : lock jailroad shups resulted yester-i day in 600 men being temporarily * thrown out of employment. * # * Mrs. Eliza * Dickenson of Lincoln. ( net with a serious accident while vis-i iting at Humboldt by falling down .tairs. One arm was broken , * * * Frank Pittman of Oakland yester- i y i ijd to ride a brcnoio. He wasj Lurown and ser ously nurt. Several1 Tibs were crushed causing hemorrhage. . * * * L. Emery of St Joseph yes terday fell off a railing at Beatrices and dropped a distance of twelve feefe without in any way injuring himself. * * The recent hot weather Is reported to have greatly helped tbe corn crop in York county. Forty per cent of the crop in that county is repot ted 'ate. * * * The reports just recel > ed at the of fice of the state superintendent show that the attendance at the five junior normals held this year approximated 1000 teachers. * * * Johnnie Fuller , a young lad of McCool Junction , had his foot badly crushed in a hay rake gear while driving the machine after he had teased to be permitted to do so. * * * U. G. Sawyer , engineer of the capitol - itol building , has jus' suffered serious internal injuries by a large tank at the Btate capitol falling against him and pinioning him agaiust the wail. * * * Clarence Palmer and Mrs. Henri etta Herdraan were married Thurs day evening at Beatrice , the Rev. Thomas officiating. Tfcey will make their home in Lincoln. * * More than 225 claims for wolf boun ties , ranging from $1 to $20 , for which warrants wtre issued have been re turned. The persons never called for them. The state will be richer by $750. * * Yesterday at Beatrice while the two small sons of L. H. North were driv ing a colt , it became frightened and kicked tbe car to pieces. The boys were thtown out and somewhat bruised. * Henry Koabau , deputy game warden of Lincoln couutv , has tiled a com plaint against John Sawyer , whom be alleges was one of a party of hunters whoa-saulted him while performing his official duties at North. Platte. * * J. Mullan and Ed Markum of Wacc quarreled and the latter was shot in the leg. * * The following rural letter car riers were ap ointed in Nebraskat Hooper , regular , Emil 0. Raach : sub stitute , F'vd J. Raach. Uolmesville , regular , Robert R. Smith ; Clarence Ei Jones.