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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 19, 1903)
COLOMBIA MAKES APPEAL * REPLY FROM COLON THAT PLEA IS IN VAIN. COLON , Nov. 10.The steam launch < ent to Boca Del Toro Thursday last "to capture that place in tbe name of the new republic of Panama , has re turned here and the officers report that the place was captured and the ! 'flaz hoisted without a she being fired. No difficulties whatever were encoun tered. The majority of the officials of Bocas Del Toro ar"e natives of Panama tind they expressed themselves as re joiced at the course affairs had taken on the isthmus. Only a few persons were found to be dissatisfied with the situation. These latter were brought to Colon , but not as prisoners. The provisional government at Panama - -ama has received a telegram from President Marraquin of the republic -of Colombia , giving assurances that tbe Panama canal bill would mostj certainly pass congress next August and that General Pteyes was on his way to the isthmus to make proposals looking to peace and the saving of the national honor. The provisional government has sent sa letter to general Reyes , which will ireach him on his arrival at Savanilla , | 'Advising ' that it is useless for him to come to Panama , as hi& mission is a thopeless one. J The United states cruiser Atlanta [ has just arrived from trer cruise along the coast. Decide on a Nebraska Man. PITTSBURG , Pa. , Nov. 11. The committee appointed by the board o ! trustees of the Carnegie Institute to -select a president for the Carneg e technical scboorsof Pittsburg reported Hu favor of Arthur Arton Ilarner- .schlag of New York for tue position. The committee says that It is well understood that Mr. Hamerschlag will accept the'iolliee ' when it is formally joilered. llr. Hamerschlag has for years been a consulting engineer in New York and h s been cjnnected with many ipublictrks in that city. lie w. s iborn in Nebraska thirty-seven years ago and received his early education iin the schools of Omaha aud New JYork , following with special courses ttu physics and mining at Columbia 'university. Chicago bars Toy Pistol. CIIIC-UiO , Nov fl Thecil } coun cil passed an ordinance prohibiting 'the sale of toy pis-ols in Chicago. 'The measure provides a penalty of y * $ 100 for anyone wijo "shall sell , leaner or furnish any ioy gun. or toy pistol , jor toy fowling piece , or other toy fire iarm m which any explosive substance can be used. tit. DAY OF THANKSGIVING However widely our people may differ in their individual laith , and in matters pretain- | ing to church , party or sect , [ c there is une neutral territory J where we can all meet and join v ? hands and hearts in praise and * : thanks to the Giver of "all jt good and perfect gifts , " for l-ife and liberty , for peace and i prosperity , in our state aud | nation. We are once more fe blessed with and abundertbarfe vest. The threatening clouds g tbat hung over our broad fields were d spersed when His time jame , and our people have reaped bountiful fruit of their honest toil. All forms of labor and commercial energy find profitable employment ard rich abu. dance is apparent on every baud. There is joy around our firesides , and an honest en deavor towards a purer and higher plane of life is every where manifest. For all these b'essings praise and thanks be to God. Therefore I , John H. Mickey , governor of the state of Nebras ka , in harmony with the action taken by the president of- the United States , do hereby pro claim Thursday , November 26. 1903 , a day of private and pub lic thanksgiving aud I recom mend that the people of Neb raska on tbat day suspend their usual avocations of toil and business and attend divine wor ship in their churcnes or family circles and I earnestly pray that the same spirit miy be mani fest in ail of our state institu tions. Given under my hand and the great seal of the state of Neb raska on the 6th day of Novem ber in the year of our Lord , i903 , and of the state the thir y- eignth. J. H. MICREY. SLuTlnrQ tTLruli uQrw CH Plot Against the Prince. VIENNA , , Nov. 10. Private tele grams received bere from Sofia say ! tbat several Bulgarian officers have been arrested at Kustendil , Philip- ' popolis and Bresuik on suspicion of plotting against Prince Ferdinand. Opposition circles assert that the procedure was a measur of revenge because tbe officers refused to coerce the people afe the receut elections. i COLOMBIA OBJECTS COLOMBIA PROTESTS AGAINST RECOGNITION OF ISTHMUS. SAYS U. S. IS * TO BLAME fERMS OF PROTEST NOT YET ASCERTAINED. TRAFFIC IS UNMOLESTED L Strong Objection IH Made to the Atti tude of the United States. State Are Iletlcent. WASHINGTON , Nov. 10. It has jeen given out in official circles that the United States of Columbia has odsed a protest with tbe state de partment against the action of the \ [ Jnited States in connection with the ivents which have occurred on the isthmus J Panama. The terms of the protest mid not be ascertained as ret , but ib is known that strong ob- ction is made to the a'titude of the United States in general and against uterpretations made by this govern- nentof the treaty of ISiG between the United States of America an < i the [ Jnited States of Columbia. The state Jepartment has tbe protest under isrious consideration , but tbe nature if its replv , if any , or the time when it will be ina'le is not known. Other than admitting that such a document aas been filed in the state department the officials tbere will say nothing ibout the matter. Word reached the navy department Sunday of the arrival of U-e United States cruiser Boston at Panama , Commander Diebl , in reporting her Brrival , announcing also the receipt Df instruotiona from the navy depart ment which directs the keeping open Df the transit of the isl hmus. He also said that at this time the traffic was Undisturbed. Found Body in Creek. RUSHVILLE , Neb , Nov. 10.-The dead body of Carl Fisher , a farmer re siding four miles south of town , \\as found Saturday in R.ush creek. The soroner'b jury found that Fisber came to his neath by an accident while in a state of intoxication. It.seems that lie had remained in town until late at night , when he started fr borne. His team passed along the stt-ep bank Df the creek. The wagon was over turned and Fisher was caught in such 1 manner that he was unable to extri- Jate himself. A portion of the body was in the creek. Both horses were dead when found. On the same day Patrick Burke , also of this county , met bis death while in a state of intoxication He was on bis way home from Hay Springs He fell with his neck across the endgate of 'he wag > n , thereby Completely strangling himself. Want Arbitration Treaty. CHICAGO , iNov. 10. Prof. Charles Cheney Hyde of the Northwestern university law schoo , left for Washing in with Tomas Barclay ing on , company - omas - clay , who is desirous of arranging a treaty of arbitration between the United States and Eng'and. ' Mr. Bar clay , who is a member of tbe Mos lej educational commiss on from Great Britain now touring the country , is also a member of the institute of in ternational law , and is said to have aided materially in bringing about the recent negotiation of a treaty ar bitration between Great Britain and France. Professor H > de , and Mr , Barclay hope to spend several days in jonference with Senator Cuilom and ais colleagues of the foreign rela'ion ' ? committee. Arkansas White Man Lynched. MEMPHIS. Tenn. , Nov. 10. AI Brinkley. Ark. , early Saturday morn * [ ng Z. C. Cadle , a white man. wa $ ynched by a mob of ten or fjfteeq jeopie. Cadle in an altercation had : ut Policeman Cux who died sbortlj ifterward. The crowd secured en. : rance to tbe jail and taking Cad' ( mt , shot him four times and theij mnc his bodv r a telephone pole. Sleeping Girl Dead SALT LAKE CITY , utab , NOV , 0. Bessie Knecht , the "sleeping [ irl , " is de.id. Miss Knecht wa $ iQten to a hosoital last Feirurarv Sr , in unconscious condition. Aftei orty-seven days she partially revive ' iut soon sank into a comatose condi. , ion again and never fully regainef onsciousness. Plot Against the Prince. VIENNA , Nov. 10. Private tele , rams received bere from Sofia saj hat several Bulgarian officers bav : een arrested at Kustendil , Philip-1 npolis and Bresuik on suspicion oj letting against Prince Ferdinand , Apposition circles asseit that th rocedure was a measure of revei i' ' scanse the officers refused to coeic' 36 people at tbe recent elections. THE TIE-UP IS COMPLETE STREET RAILWAY STRIKE IN CHIC AGO IS SERIOUS. CHICAGO , 111. , Nov. 13. Constant x Scenes of disorder over a district ap proximately fifty square aailes in er- tent resulted today from toe inaugu ration of a strike by trS employes of one of the two principal surface street railway companies in Chicago. All ilong the lines wherever cars were started strike sympathizers made des perate onslaughts on the crews , begin aing at dawn of day and continuing as long as cars remained on the tracks he tieup was made com plete. A number of cars were wrecked a t that DO person was killed is no fault of the rioters. One man had his back broken and the first shot of the strike was fired at Wentworth avenue and West Sixty-ninth street , where a mob of several hundred persons tried to hold up a train. Many persons , chiefly non-union street car men , were injured by flying stones or splintered glass. Two women were among those hurt. Excepting a few dozen passengers who had to flee from the cars , the 300,000 daily patrons of the company were forced to all sorts of other meht- Dds in order to get down town and back. back.With With face- and hands bleeding from the attacks of the strikers , motermen , ? ripmen and conductors who tried to run trains returned to the barns and refused to go out again unless the tirains bore platoons of police or patrol jvagons were aloucsioe. The police confined their efforts to feeing that rbe passage of oars from ; he barns was unobstructed and that jrowds and blockades in the streets ffere quickly cleared. This was done inder orders irom Mayor Harrison , vhose announced purpose was to pre- lerve an impartial attitude , rakin * lides neither for nor against tintn / Jrs or the street car company , vvnic 'ihough known as the Chicago Oil railway , is a private corporation , th- ines of which extend ihrouart South side of the city , radiddL ir < - he business center. Bryan Sails for Europe. NEW YORK , Nov. 13. Wiilium J. Bryan sailed fur Eiuope yesterday frith his thirt-en-ytat-oid son Will iam J. Bryan , jr. , on tbe steamlir Majestic. He is going to Europe for fcbe first time , partly on business and partly fur pleasure , aud will take in tbe most of England jiud a good pare oi' the continent before return ing. He will ba gone several weeks Before be sailed Mr. Bryan was asked by an interviewer : " Vill tbe democrats go to the polls next year as a united party ? " "I think all democrats will be united at the polls , but not of course those who are not democrats. Those who are not democrats will not be with the democrats. " "If all agree upon you , would you accept the nomination ? " "I am HOD a candidate. I have said this before. 1 repeat it. I am not a candidate for office. "On my return I shall simply re sume my fight for democracy , and what I shall do can be gauged by what I have dune in the past. 30D6 to keep up the n'grjt for at least twenty-five years more. I will tben be sixty-eiyht years of age , and n the meantime there will bu six presidential elections. Even then [ may not be too old to continue the tight. " Rosebud Reservation Opening. WASHINGTON , Nov. 13. Man Nebraskans are inquiring when thq Indian lands of Rosebud Sioux in Gregory county , South Dakota , will ) s opened to settlers , and what action , if any , this session of con gress is likely to take on tbe subject. Senator Gambel of South Dakoa , who has managed the legislation from the beginning was asked whether ne would pusb tbe measure during this session , replied that he would do so. The senator had discussed the sub ject with Commissioner Jones of thq Indian office , in the hope of agree ing upon a plan of action that couH 3e endorsed by the commissioner and ihe secretary of the interior. In this : ase great consideraiion has beec shown the Indians and mote than a rear-s time lost in trying to get tbeii : onsent to sell their lands at a stated Kice. In many other like cases tha rovernment has not been so consld * irate. Senator Gamble will soon in. : rorluce a bill designed to oveicoxe ill objections to the opening of th Elosebud lands and push it ttuougrj ibe Indian committee. Governor Grants Extradition. SAN FRANCISCO , Nov. 13.-Gov- : rnor Pardee has issued a warranl ) f extradition aga nst Davia C. Nel < ion , tbe rn'in who has been undei inest bere for several days upon the sbarge of being accessory to a mur ler committed by his brother iq ] ofTeyville , Kas , Tbe sheriff > \ Montgomery county , Kansas , arrived n Sacramento with requisition pa- > ers aid immediately applied w the : overn r foi a warraut authorizing nm to take Nelson back to Kansar LOOKS TO MILITIA REGULAR ARMY IS INSUFFICIENT IN TIME OF WAR. STRENGTH OF THE ARMY ANNUAL REPORT OF ADJUTANT GENERAL IS SUBMITTED. OBLIGATION IS A THEORY Deals with the Army Matters Entirely- Attention is Directed to Work of Military Attaches Abroad. WASHINGTON , Nov. 11. The annual - nual report of Acting Adjutant Gen eral Hall of the army , was made pub lic today. It. deals with every phase of the mi itary establishment. The actual strength of the army on Octo ber 15 , 1U03 , was 3,681 officers and 55 , . 500 enlisted men. There were lost to the army d ring the year ended June 30 , 1903 , 9,279 men as follows : One hundred and thirty-eight offi ce s , of whom twenty-live were killed in accident or died of wounds or dis ease ; 28,141 enlisted men , of whom 837 were killed in action or of worn ds or disease , the remainder representing men discharged for expiration of term of service , for disability , by sentence of court-martial desertions and - , re tirement. Attention is directed to the work of military attaches abroud which the report states has been very satis factory and proves the wisdom of se lecting office s peculiarly adapted to this delicate semi-diplomatic work , which Secures to the army the most recent , authentic aud valuable information mation at a minimum cost. Over one-h.-lf of the report is de \otecl io the ruilitia aud it gives a detailed account of the workings ot the act to promote the efficiency of the militia passed at the last session of congress. Inspections of the sev eral militia organizations , the report sjys , were begun on April 25 , J903 and completed ai.out the first of July. The total number Of the Organizer militia , including officers of every rank arid grade , was ascertained to be 110,542. Heyaruiny the dependable strength of the militia in time of nationa peril the adjutant general states that "although the obligation of olficers and men of the militia to responc promptly to a sudden call of the pres ident has been on the statute books more than a hundred years , and o : the organized militia , or nationa guaid. for nearly forty , and the neg lect to so respond is punishable b > such penalties as a court martial may direct , experience has shown that this obligation is a theory rather than a fact Without going farther back than the late war with Sp tin tbe propo tion of the membership ol militia organizitions who have actu ally responded to such calls of tbe president has borne a very small pro portion to tnose actually borne on- tbe company rclls. " Eliminating tbe men unfit for mil itary service and those unable to go to one fro'nt for logical reasons , the report says that only about 30 per cent of the original ( Ornpany is a fair es timate of the men of each company that were finally received into the service of the United States. Storm Swept. SALT LAKE CITY , NOV. 12 The whole.Pacifiu coast , free British Co lumbia to Southern Califoinia , and the states of Oregon. Washington , idaho , Montana , Nevada , Wyoming , Utah and Western Colorado were swept by a storm yesterday that has resulted in an am ! < st total prostra- Liun of telegraph service over that : erritory , and in the mountains has ill but tied up the railroads in a nid-winter blockade. The stnrra , which is still raging yith unabated fury , is severest on ibe coast. Rain has been Jailing steadily for Qve days in the Puget ? cund country , acd it turned into mow today , accompanied by wind vhich tonight is blowing thirty-five uiles an hour , Dowie Has No Followers. LO\"DOtf. Nov. 10. Followers of rohn Alexander Dowie , members of ihe organization known as the Catholic Church in Christ , finding io supp irt for their mission here , lave gene to Paris. Most of Men Idle. DENVER , Colo. , Nov. 10 , The tie- ip in the > olorarlo fields in conse- uence of the strike order issued by ohn1iichell , pres dent of the united aine workeis of America , is more ex- ensive thau operators had anticipa- ed ur union labor had expected. In .as Animas county , the principal attleground , the union leader assm. ha * or ly one hundred of the 8COO len employed in the various canrps re working today. The operators de- lare that they S'ill have about luOO len in the mines. Nebraska The United States recruiting sta- ; ion at Beatrice bas been transferred io Grand Island. At Beatrice some new corn has oeen sold for feeding purposes for 30 ; ents a busbel. Carpenters working on the Funke building at Lincoln struck for a taise from 32 to 35 cents an hour. The farm house of Thomas Irelandi near Moorefield.was totally destroyed by tire. The origin was a defective Sue. Mrs. David Giesbrecht , an old res ident of Beatrice , Is dead at the age af 60 years. A tusband and six chil dren survive her. Corn busking has been stopped at West Point by the steady downpour Df rain which has been falling for twenty- four hours. Corn is making i Hoe yield. E. D. Cramer , a farmer living near Beatrice , lost twenty-five hogs by cholera in the last few days. Neither ither cases have been reported in the neigbburbood. The number of farm mortgages Sled in Gage county for the month 3f October was 1 , amounting to S34- J21 ; number released , 30 , amounting to 850,662. At Lincoln two masked men heli ap a street car at Seventeenth and 5 uth streets and robbed the motor * man or Si. No ono else was on the 2ar , The merchants ab Arcadia report a small amount of spurious coin in circulation. The denominations are 511-1 rters and half dollars. They seem to be made of lead. At Red Cloud Henry Jones was > 3'abbed by Clyde Cu mm ings. The -tabbing was the result of an old f'-ud. Curnmings savs he struck in self defense. Jones will recover. Oscar Richie of Nnrfolk was ser iously burned and otherwise hurt by ; m explosion of chemicals which he was preparing for a stereopticau lan tern. The house was partially wrecked. The funeral of the late Ed Welch was held in Gretua. He formeily re sided in that place , but of late had been an implement dealer in Belle Fourche , S. D. Butte , the county seat of Boyd county , 'will have no new court house this year. As a special election held Saturday to vote a 3-miii tax for three years for the purpose of erect ing a 512,000 building , the proposi tion was losfc. Bishop Hill of Chicago Monday de livered the dedication sermon at the Evangelical church at Callaway. The cost of enlarging the chur * h was $1,400 and pare of this had been raised. The balance was subscribed at the meeting. The wedding of Miss Clara M McGee and C. A. Patton both of Arapaboe , Neb. , was celebrated at the home of the bride's parents.Rev. T. S. White officiating. Mr. and Mrs. Patton are leaders in social cir cles and have been residents of Arapahoe - ahoe for many years. Banker M. F. Carton of Nebraska City , who went to Colorado to re main until after the courts bad passed upon his divorca petition , states that be will return and will Guht his wife's cross bill. Carton alleges that his wife became infat uated with another man. A partition suit has been flled in Che district court at Plattsmouth by RayM. Patterson against James Pat terson et al , for the purpose of par titioning the real estate left br the late Hon. J. M. Patterson. This estate is composed of lots and farm lands in Cass Douglas and ' heyenD ? jounties. The board of public lands ano auildingsduiing the absence of Com missioner Folimer , who had fouehi : be measure , allowed the claims ol IV. A. Bailey for painting and re- jairs at the Grand Island Soldiers' Home , amounting to $2,677.70. Tht contract for the dynamo and engine it the penitentiary was let to the Western Electrical company foi 52,435 Frank Benfer , a former saloor reeper of Plattsmouth , was placed jncler arrest on a charge of assault ind battery sworn out by Edward Donat , local agent for the Gund Brewing company "Several week. igo , while Donat was on his wa\ jome , he claims to have been at- ; ackiid by Benfer , and another mar ind that when he emerged from the : onfl'ct he was in such a bruised and mattered condition that a physician lad to be called to repair the dam- ige. Benfer bas been placed undei > 200 bonds pending bis hearing be- 'ore ' Justice Archer next Saturday. A man giving his name as M. E. ishton and claiming to be the son oJ t physician at Syracuse , was found ying beside the railroad track ea < t if Kimhali with one leg entirelj levered from his bndy. He was iroiight to the city and medical aid uramoned. Later he was tsken tc 3heytnne for treatment. He says le was short of money and was beat- ng bis way on the fast mall and fell rom the train. It is thought h recover. DOES NOT LIKE VINEGAR. Hhd Ilia Till of It While Do < lZlHj Duty nt Sea. " 1 Lear any number of queer stories . 'rom superannuated old salts who hat * obs as watchmen along the Nortl itlver front , " Bald Bayard C. Fuller , inspector specter of fruit , to a New York Time * .oporter the other day , "but the fua nlest one yet was from a grizzled vet . ran who told me how dosing hlmseD with vinegar had saved him from i seafaring life , and probably from i watery grave. "He said that fondness for the se * had made him run away from norm . .n-1 ship before the mast on a voyagi around the Ilom , thence from Siu Kraiicisco on to China. By the time hi got to Frisco his love of the sea wai iiitirely gone. He tried to get the cap tain to let him off there , with the con sequence that he was not allowed shore leave while the ship was In port "Aji old sailor who took pity on th * lad told him to drink all the viuegai he could get hold of. He had monej and he pc-rsuatled the jackies who hai shore leave to bring aboard three o > four gallons of it in b jttles , stone ju.'t or anything else they could get holf of. He began drinking it while tin ship was in port , and although tin- cap tain noticed the lad was getting nib atd weazeny , he wouKl not let l.io abhore for fear he would desert. "To quote the man's words , " ' contlnu e < l the inspector , " 1 drank about i quart of vinegar every day. As fast aj I emptied the bottles my mates woul < fill them up for me. When we sailed I had a good store laid in. Well , sir I could almost feel myself shrink. Tin men told me not to go it too hard or ) might have to be thrown overboard before fore the ship reached Hawaii. Thi fust mate asked me one clay what wat the matter with me. I told him thai both my father and grandfather had died from poverty of blood. * 'Well I guess you'll die of it , all right , ' sayi he. " Til never reach Shanghai on thli ship , ' I says. "The cap'n looked kind of queer al me , but never said iiuthhf until iln day we was nearin' nonolulu. 'i\u n * < cursed me for a shore lubber and siiH he wouldn't have such a hunk die 01 his ship. But he put me ashore al right , and paid ine what was due mi t < o. I didn't know for three j o & afterward that his ship never reachei China. "I was taken care of in Honoluli and worked on a coffee plantation untl I had enough money to bring me I a 1 to New York as a cabin passenger 01 a clipper ship. Work on th-it plant -ti a drained ail the vinegar out of me. "When I got back to New York i friend got me a city job through the In tiuenee of Mayor Fernando , and I kery it until he went out of of lice. Then 1 got to working around the river front and I have been here ever since. Vine gar ? Xo more lit mine thanks. " Diversion on a Journey. A Harvard ' 43 man who went froa his Kentucky home to Cambridge ti enter college lias recently given rem iniscences of the long antl arcluoui trip. General Winh'eld Scott was i fellow passenger. When they reaehc < the Allegheny Mountains they founi that because of recent robberies th stage company had given orders thai the stages should close up and ascent the mountain road together. The pa3 sengers were required to organ-Iya elect a commander , and , armed by thi company , march at night immediately behind the coaches. General Scott wai chosen to lead the force. The grnera ! is said to have entered Into the fun o } the occasion , and during a two hours climb he gave many commands and at tempted various military movements When the time came to resume tbi seals In the coaches the general thank ed his command for their obedience tt orders. Young men going to eollegi this year did not have such divertin | adventures. A. Cutting Story. A story is told of a major in a cei > tain regiment who has a great con tempt for Incapacity of any kind aiU Is somewhat impatient. Some tlmt ngo he was in charge of a detachmen } of men guarding the lines of eomrnuni cation , and a sergeant complained ti him that he could get no man to im dertake the duty of barber to the. com pany. "Is there no gardener In the com pany ? " asked the major , testily , 't seem to remember one. See if yoi can find him and send him to me. * The man was duly sent , but , on ra ceiving orders to act as barber , ven tured to expostulate. "Great guns ! * cried the major. "If you can cut grass you can cut hadr ! Go and do it ! " YiThar Racing Settles. George Arnold was arguing with ai Englishman about -going to the races but the Englishman refused to go. "Some one once remarked , " said thi Englishman , "that a race simply uro\ d that one horse could outrun another Be already knew that , and so couli aot see why he should go to the races rhat's my fix. " "Of course , one horse can outrun aa > ther. " retorted Mr. Arnold. "We slia ? ly go j the track to see whether 01 not his , jockey will let him. " ork Times. The Prestige of Credit. Mrs. Au Gait Are you happy novfj laughter ? Mrs. En Regie Oh so happy , ma/ nal Papa never would let us makt nils , you know. It is simply lovelj o be rnai ried and have great big billj oining in ! " Puck. There wouldn't be much room at thi op if those who reach it were hall s Mz as they thinir thev are.
