Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, March 24, 1904, Image 3
SUPPOSE WE SMILE. HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS , Incident * Occurring tb * World OverSajrinBwtlint Are Ckoer * fid to Old or Yonnjf Fanny S lo- that Krerybody Will itajoy. * * Wkew ! but it seems good to get near a radiator r exclaimed a man M fee walked Into the office of a friend. "Warm enough now ? " Inquired hi * a few momenta later. " Tea. all right now. but I was about r ea whoa I came In here , " said he , stiU spreading bis hands abore the gilded pipes. That's funny , " said the other. "tfacre Isn't a bit of heat In that radia tor. We've been using the furnace thii year. " Haul It. Frugal Aunt Well , Tommy , haven't L you anything to say , after eating a nic dinner like that ? .Tommy Yes'm. I hain't had hall euongh. Chicago Tribune. Of the Same Mind. * * Wky , William , I'm surprised ! " "It's autuaU ma , if s mutual r ! Generally Po. T m Working hard lately ? Arthur Yes. I'm making my hours now , and I work longer than 43d before , Somerville Journal. The Line of Least He l tanco. "I've been calling. " "Hear any news ? " "Not much. Tbe Joneses have ttieir third cook within tw months. " Puck. Jnst a Hint. "Talk about your incendiary speech * as. I beard Arson ski make one to day. " "You don't say ? I didn't know ha was a public speaker at all. " "Oh ! this wasn't a public speech. He just whispered to me that his cloth ing store was insured for twice itl value. " Philadelphia Press. Refuted. "Philadelphia's too slow a place to aiake money in , " said the New Yorkei acornfully. "Uncle Sam doesn't seem to thinh so , " retorted the Quaker. "He's go } .his mint here. " Philadelphia Public Ledger. Foiled. \Mr. Phoxy Iwas going to ask yoq to try this little trick. Multiply th < years of your age by three , subtract twenty-one from the total and what'i the answer ? Hiss Kute You should be able tu # uess the answer at once. Sir. Phoxy What is it ? Miss Kute None of your business. Philadelphia Press. The Cause of It , Cholly I admit it frequently taket sne sonic time to make up my mind tutMiss Miss Popp/ey Ah ! naturally. Yoi must lose time trying to locate It Philadelphia Press. Not at Home. i Air. Monk Did you find Miss Ost rich out ? Mr. Ostrich Yes ; I couldn't see hej at all. She had her head buried sb Inches in the sand. None Such , "I'm looking for a painless dentts Can you recommend one ? " "I never knew any that didn't huu at least once. " "When is that ? " "When his bill conies In. " Revenge. Teacher I am a thorough believe n reincarnation. Willie ( aside ) If she erer come back here as a chicken Fm going 4 chop her head off. Too Many * "Do you read many novels ? " asks our lady correspondent of her Tisito from the country. "Oh , yes ; a good many , " waa th , reply. "Have you ever read Ten Thousan , a Year ? ' " Lord bless us , ma'am , no , * * a * te-wered the astonished visitor. "I neve read so many as that in my 2ife. " Beston Traveler. OPINION OF THE EDITOR OF THE "NEBRASKA FARMER. " lie Expresses His Approval of Ameri can Krxiicrution to Canada. During the winter months the head of the family consults \ritb the other members as to the prospects for the future , and doubtless one of the most Interesting topics discussed la that of movJnj to some district where It la possible to more easily secure what Is necessary for a comfortable existence. where it Is an easy matter to become possessed of Bufflcieut farm land t * assure a competence for the future. This not only Interests the head of the family but v xy Individual mem ber of It. Having before me the knowledge where he can secure a home with the sxpeneUture of but little money. It Is well for him to obtain all Information possible regarding the productiveness of tha land In the country that he may select. For several years past a largo number of Americans have removed to Western Canada , and as nearly as it can be ascertained almost all of these bave expressed themselves satisfied with the conditions that exist there. During the past summer a number of the editors of farm papers throughout the United States made a personal vis it on a tour of inspection , and the re ports of these gentlemen prove inter- Ing reading. Mr. H. E. Heath , editor of the Nebraska Farmer , a paper en joying a wide circulation , as well as the confidence of its subscribers , after giving some Idea of the extent of this wonderful country , says : ] "Western Canada Is the last unoccu pied and unimproved good agricultural land In America available to-day. " He then discusses Its possibilities for raising live stock and the advantages It possesses for dairying , farming and wheat growing , and says , "What has be , n said abput the country as to tha ability of the soli , the yield of won derful crops of wheat , is quite justi- To quote further from Mr. Heath , he says , referring to climate : * * These people ( skeptical ones ) do not know or realize that altitude more than latitude makes climates ; that large bodies of water , both fresh and salt , that never freeze over , exert D wonderful Influence on climate. An other Influence on climate , more po tent than those named above , whlclj applies more to the Alberta district , Is the warm Chinook breeze from tins 'Pacific ' Ocean , which Is 000 or70Q miles nearer than Colorado or Wyo ming , besides the Rocky Mountain range Is not nearly so high nor hall so far from the ocean as It Is down in the States. "In further considering the cllmats of the Canadian prairies , we should not lose sight of the fact of the Influ ence of the rains ; the total averag ? rainfall for the season is but 13.33 inches for the territories and 17.3 inches hi Manitoba , and that th amounts falling between April 1 and Oct 1 are respectively 9.39 inches and 1287 inches or about three-fourths ol the entire rainfall. From the middH of June to the middle of July there ar ? over two hours more daylight in everj twenty-four hours than there is ic Nebraska. The main reason why West ern Canada wheat grows to such per. fection is the effect of solar light , oi longer period of sunshine it gets eaclj day. This is what makes seeds oi grain more perfect , grown in tills coun try than elsewhere. This extraordi nary rapid growth of vegetation undei the Influence of this long continued sunshine exceeds anything known In lower latitudes. "We do not wish it understood that wheat alone Is the main product of this country ; it leads in that , yet It i3 destined to become famous for Its cat tle , horses and sheep and for its dairy products. We saw more and larger bands of cattle and sheep grazing in Arsiniboia and Alberta than we ever saw on the western plains of the Unit ed States. One band of cattle num bering 5,000 head were grazing on tha rich grass and sheep without nurn * her. " The Government of the Dominion of Canada is still using the same ener getic eiiorts which have been used for the past five or six years to settle up these western prairies , and on applica tion to any Agent of the Canadian Government the settler will be ablate to secure a certificate entitling him to a low rate , which will give him tha opportunity of visiting any portion of Canada's grain producing domain. JC The Gwne TOWERS POMMEL SLICKER HAS BEEN ADVERTISED AND 5OLD FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY. LIKE ALL ALLMING. MING. It is made of the best materials , in black or.ydow. ! full/ guaranteed , and sold by reliable dealers everywhere STICK TO THE OF THE FISH A. J TOWERED , IN NO DANGER Mistress "I tbink you handle those tine obiia disbes very care * less y. " Domestic "Don't worry , muni They are so light tbat tbey wouldn't hurt even if I dropped 'em on mj toes , mum , " There iz nothing men are so vair ov az tbicr judgments , and nothing in which they differ from each so widely. WILL HOLD THE FORT RUSSIA HAS NO THOUGHT OF ABANDONING PORT ARTHUR. Iferward MoYcmea * t y fepane e la Korea Indicated by Order * te- vi d at Saoul--Atwnt * - tag New T. PETKRSBURG. r'ioiu tbe highest official quarter tbe Associ ated press has received information that tbere is absolutely no founda tion for tbe rumcrs persistently sent out from Tokio that tbe Russians abandoning Port Arthur. 1 "It is the veriest nonsense , " said ihe ofllciai informant of tbe Associ- iited press. "Nothing has occurred I here to warrant s.ieh reports. Tbe Japinese fleet has not been seen seen fur forty-eight hours. " Tbe newspapers here manifest tha greatest indignation over the report , the Boerse Gazette cbaiacterizing it as outraueous and a British inv ri- tion. General Kurop'-sUcin expects to reach Mukden March 23. Every thing will be sidetracked in order ( t'i get him to tne front on schedule time. Tbe gener.il may proceed oa a flying visit to Port Arthur , but ha js } more likely to enter at o ce upon his duties as rommander-in-Qhief of lihe Muncuhriau army. > General Kuropatkin had his plan , of campaign pnctlcally perfected be fore b t left here for the far eat. . He relurnt-dto St. Petersburg quite ! ? Tiom bis country seat and his pre sence hare w-is i.ot ' < nown for four days. These four days he devotee ] lu tbe elab'iration of bis plans in conjunction with his stutf and wit ! ] the aid of all the information in pf'SriessiOJ of the ministry of war as > v 'il s t.f the special reports fr-m the theater of war. On account of the difficulty ot housing the vast number of troopa poured into Mukden. 14 000 have , been sent forwird within tbe last ) JVw di\s tcwarcis the Yalu river , ag reinforcements for the 7,000 troops already at Kism and Anju , and tha strom < f ol lie-s from Euorpean Russia is notv bcitg held at Harbin. The housing problem will dis-jppeai with the advent of warmer weather , b t in the meantime the government is huriring forward large numbers uf portai le collapsible w.oden quarters. Close To a Fall. LONDON. Premier Balfour'sgov ernment today was defeated in the bouse of commons ty tbe combined liberal and nationalist vote. 'Ibis rve.se was due to the prohibition by Mr WyndhdU ) , uhier secretar > f jr IK land , on ttie teaching of Gaelic in \he junior grades of the Irish ? .ationilist ; s-Miools. Mr. Balfour , t1 ough defeated by a tcajority of cloven on this question , does not rig ird tbe vote as one of want of contileaee , and he will not resign tm this account. His determination not to resign was strengthened by tue f ; ct thai shortly after the.fore noinii defeat he was able to secure a in : o itof twenty-five. The failure f the government to cary the b'jus with it on a question of purely administrative policy in its Irish depaitment is generally admit- cpd to gieatly weaken its already 4 .itiing prestige with the couLtry , although it is not thought probable that any immediate developement w 11 ensue. Favor Anti-riormon Party. SALT , LA ICE CITY , rjtah.-Non Mormons who are indignant at the testimony of Prtsident Jcsepb F. Smith and the admissions made In fore the Smoot Investigating com mittee , met here tonight with thq nvowed purpose of forming an anti Mormon party. A committee o | tweuty-flve citizens was appointed to frame & plan of political action and a mass meeting will be held nex $ week to ratify feho acUon and perfect the organization. A protest against tbe statements of President SmitU was unanimously adopted and wa $ at once signed by about 20 citizens. Tne protest will be forwarded tc Chairman Burrows of the Investiga ting committee and copies will b3 ci'culated for further signature Iq Utah and adjoining states. The resolutions declare that tbq law-abiding citizens repudiate em- pnatically tbe statement of Piesid ° nt Sruilh that his offense of living iq open polygamy is condoned ; thit on the contrary the disulosures mads bv him at Washington were nowhen received witb greater amazement , indignation and disgust than iq Utah. No Education For Negroes. JACKSON. Miss. , Governor Var. daman this afternoon sent to the house his veto of tbe bill appropria ting 82,200 fur the support of tlie Hollv Spriogs normal school , a color ed institution. The governor in hh veto message takes ground against ne ro education , stating that It is jiot tbe best thing for the negroe * . He advanced this view during his ampaigo for governor. It id saM tbat a strong tight will be made fos pass the bill over his-veto. ' CASE ABOUT ENDED 6IETRICH COMMITTEE HAS BUT ONE MORE W1TMES8. WILL BE HEARD SATURDAY FtSTlMONY FOR THE DEFENSE OF LITTLE INTEREST. No lutiiuattea a * to TTUefi Hprt to 3i M e Will H MaOo B rfe * t u l Hlaftfeuir May WASHINGTON.-The Dietrich heaiing was practically concluded today. Saturday D. S Rohrer of Hastings will testify , and then the lenate committee can deliberate on the measure of the senator's wrong doing or the extent to which his re putation has been blasted. Tne hearing was resumed at 13:30. i1. R. Wright , of Hastings , a janitor In the post office there until Febru- kry , formerly a minister and formerly Janitor of the German National bank , -was called. Senator Hoar read b letter from United States Attorney Hummers about the $740 voucher for moving the postotlice fixtures. Judge Batty explained that tbe said con tract was made by ex-postmaster B hn and hence it had no relation to Senator Dietrich. In It O. N. Stanley contracted to move the fix- Lures rrom tbe G. A. R. building to Dietrich's building. The witness knew nothing uf tbe contract of the voucher. Senator Hour passed tbe letter ol Attorney Summers on to tbe other members of the committee. Senator Platt could not sec tbat any impor- tan-e attached tu the letter. The witness knew of no attempt at fraud in connection with the Hastings postoiEce in any way. Judge Batty.asked tbe witness about the conversation with Mr. Habn. The witness said after Fisher waq made potsmaster , Habn said to wit ness that be would get even with Fisher and Dietrich it' it cost him 810,000. The attorney asked permission to read tbe affidavits of Dr. John Cooke , whj died three weeks ago , and oi Alexander Campbell , who is ill. Chairman tloar said Attorney Sum mers had sent to the committee the hames of Dr. Cotke and Alex Camp bell , saying that one had said to the other certain things prejudicial to Dietrich. Tbe committee .with drew to consider the affidavits and later Senator Hoar announced tbat buch affidavits wuuld not constitutes evidence in court , but as it was thq committee's duty to investigate ths documents would be , admitted in evidence. They were not read. , Judge Batty recalled Senator Die trich and cited the statement madt y WitnesesDutton , who said Dietrich had said be thought Fisher ought t ( take the fixtures off his hands. The Witness denied that such statement had been made , but said Dutton lirst suggested that Fisher buy tbe postiilice fixtures and later Dietricn bent for Fisher. Also wherein Dut- ion spoke of tha attempt of the stite central committee to have Adam Breede appointed postmaster Dietrich denied that the state cen t al committee had endorsed Breeds fur postmaster. Dietrich asked per mission to put his written statement iu answer to tbe charges in their indictment into tbo record. It wag granted. More Liberal In Pensions. WASHINGTON. Commissioner of Pensions Ware , witb tbe approval ol Secretary Hitchcork , has issued an order making the following change in age consideration in pension ratings : Ordered : In tbe adjudication of pension claims under said act ol June 27 , 1890 , as amended , it shall be taken and considered as an evi dential fact , if the contrary does not appear , and if all other legal icquirements are properly met , that when a claimant has passed tbe age of sixty-two years he is disabled one half his ability to perform minual labor and is entitled to ba rated at S6 per month ; after sixty-five yea s at $8 per month ; after sixty-eight fears st 310 per month , and after Veveuty years at 312 per month , and dfier seventy years at S12 per month. "Allowance at higner rate , n t exceeding 312 per mortb , will con tinue to be nude as heretofore , where disabilities other than aue Bhnw a condition of inability to par- form manual labor. May Go to the Jury Friday. NORTON , K--S. Arguments in the trial of Cbauncy Dewey , the millionaire ranchman , and bis cow boys , William McBride and Clyde Wilson , charged with the killing of Hursbard Berry , on Berrys' ranch , in ' Crawford county , were b ° gun today. [ t was agreed tbat each side should argue for a day each and it is be lieved tbat this will bring the case to the jury lateen _ Friday. _ _ [ BLOWN UP BY A MINE STRIKES UNPLACED EXPLOSIVE AT PORT ARTHUR. four Members of Crew Aluue Eav d Vl eory AlexieflT Dculei Ruporta of Extensive Iamac Damage by Fire. CHE FOO. While entering Port Arthur on the 16th insb , the Rus- iian torpedo boao destroyer SSkorri I mck an unplaced mine and was blown up. Four of the crew were laved. Viceroy Alefefl wires a report confirming tbe account of the damage done to Port Arthur during the bombardment of the 10th. He Bays tbe story of a fire there is "a- base fabrication.11 Tbe United States cruiser Cin- cinati just at rived from Cbemulpo , * icports everything quiet , witb no news from the front. At the re-1 quest of Minister Al'-en tbe cruiser brought two firmer Korean othYers wno bad left Korea in consequence of their friendsbip for Russia. Warnings liave been received here c n-irming previous reports to tbe , e'e-t that tbe Russia-s havelaU , mines along tbe Liago Tung penin sula and tbat neutral vessels arj ! obliged to show their colors five kil imefcers off hhore and await a Russian pilot/ . TIEN TSIN. Lloyd's , agent at New ChwauK wires as follows : "Port Arthur will be open be tween March 25 and 30 and steam- r s have been chartered for spring shipments. The reports tbat New Chwang will ue attacked shortly are ; untrue , and there is no truth in the statement tbat the Russians are try ing to lay mines abreast of the fort.1 "Business is going on as usual , ; and M. tJrosse of the civil admini stration is doing all in bis power to further tbe trade interests of both Chinese and foreigners. "Tbe American and British resi-J dents insist tbat warships should be stationed here , but there are no sicns of any trouble. "Japanese troops probably will land in Kai Cbou by and cut off tbe main lice at Tasbi Chao , southeast of New Ghwang. " LONDON. Inquiries made at Lloyd's on tbe subject of the Tien Tsin disptcb , in which Lloyd's agent at New Cbwang is quoted as telegraphing that Port Arthur will be opeued between March 25 and 30 d'cited ' tbe statement tbat tbe New Cbwang agent probably meant that the river at New Chwang will be free of ice between March 25 and 30 and that communication with Port Arthur by sea will then be reopener1. SHANGHI , Three Norwegian Steamers the Brand , Argo and Seir- estadt bave arrived here. Officers report tbat scarcely a residence in rr > e new part of Pore Arthur escaped damage. Says Us Is Doomed. WASniKGOls. As a result nf the inquiry into tbe charges against Senator Dietrich of Nebraska , Will iam S. Summers , United States dis trict attorney of Nebraska , will Le removed from otliie. President Ro sevelt today infcrrned Senator Dietrich and Editor Rosewaterof the Omaha Bee tbat he would take such action auainst Mr. Summers. The p ' abilities are that. Chairman Lindsay of the republican state rorn- mitiee of Nebraska will be appointed to succeed him. OMAHA. Neb. District Attorney W S. Summers was shown tbe Wash ington dispatch statirg that Lo would be removed from office as a result of the Dietrich investigation and refilled to discuss the matter , remarking : "Just say tbat silence is golden. " Friends of Mr. Summers , however , have anticipated action of I is nature , and the announcement did not come as suiprise to them. Receiver For the Paxton. OMAHA.-On petition of Rome Miller , a minority stockholder in the Kitchen Brothers Hotel company , owners of the Paxton hotel , one of the largest in the city , Judge Baxter In tbe district court today decided to appoint a re-eiver for tee com- panv , later to be agreed upon. The court found from evidence pre sented that James B. Kitchen presi dent of the ctrapauy , owned to the minority stockhulders $150,000 , from undividpd profits , and that he bad n t conducted the business in a proper manner. The hotel will not be closed pending the selection of a receiver. Liquor Dealers Indicted. WICHITA , Kas.-The federal zrand iury returned six indictments ] igainst Kansas City and Kentucky1 wholesale liquor dealers today , who ire charged with violation of the prohibitory law. ihe method cora- pl-iined of Is tbe shipping of liquors to Qctitlous persons and thpn allow ing express agents to dispose of tbe packages to whoever wants them. M -11 M I t 1'i i NEBRASKA NOTES I * - H1rl i H-Mi-i-M M The Platte river is out of its banlm and is doing considerable around Fremont. Richard Law of Falls City an * Kate Heer of Table Bock were ried at Pawnee Olty. Miss Eva Rich was waylaid outraged near her home at ScrikMr , by three masked villians. Smallpox has broken out at Spring field , Sarpy county. Tbe family f Frank Comte has been quarantined. J. H. Ludwick , a pioneer furuitMt dealer of McCook , was found dead te his bed Thursdpy morning of ksvrf disease. Professor 0. B. Sbermam a ain chosen superintendent of schools at Scbuyler. This is bit lourth year. Food commissioner Thompson fcac seized six barrels of vinegar sent Irom Paducab , Ky. , to Auburn. B alleges it was made with acid Tbe Southwestern Nebraska Teaofi- ers' association will meet at BeatiKM on March 30 , 31 , and April 1. A large crowd is expected. P. Sutton , F. A. Bernel , N. P. Bros ; and O. Kunke , all of McOock Nebr. , have just been tined $25 eaob at Wray , Cole. , for hunting witboal a license. Mike Gardner of Nebraska Oitf , charged with selling land withoufca title and with intent to defraud , has just been released on a writ af habeas corpus. Ihe Nebraska City Hollow BrUk company is the name of a new indus try that has been started atNebraaba City for the purpose of ma nufaelw * Ing hollow brick. Frank Stark of Seward , Neb. , w&i struck by a Missouri Pacific engUr * while crossing Vine Btreet it Liu- coin. Stark' s wagon was smashed , but the man himself , beyond a few Blight trulses , escaped Injury. Robley D. Harris , Sidney's candi date for lieutenant governor , is es sentially a pioneer Nebraskan. B * came to the state in 1860 with aa overland train and wielded the ball whip over a ten yoke bull team. Mrs. Johannah flanke , for tbe part fourteen years a resident of Beatric * , died aged 70 years. Deceased was a native of Germany and leaves a fam ily of eight children , five sons anil three daughters. Her death was caused from asthma and dropsy. Three cases of typhoid fever haw been discovered among the emoolyeea of the stale bouse. The plumbing ol tbe entire east wing will be over hauled in an endeavor to locate th trouble. While seated at tbe organ , play * ing a piece of music , George Lynch , cf Oxford , a 36-year-old ooy , was kill ed by the accidental discharge of a shotgun in tbe hands of his brother. The charge took effect in the side , "Sailor Jean" walking to ever ? capital in the United States on a wager , was in Beatrice. His nam is Jean A. Krohm and he left Augus * ta , Maine , April 1 , 1 J01. He La * three and one-half years to make tbt trip and will receive 35,000 if success ful. A party searching the lake for th body of tbe son of George Laother- bacb , of Kearney , who was drowned at last have been successful. Tbi bodj of the little one was found Tues day noon in. the deep water of th lake , it was necessary to blow out tbe ice witb dynamite. Jacob Mann was found dead in 9 pasture on his farm a few mile * northwest of Stella. Mann went 004 to the pasture to water the stock , but was gone so long tbat the familj became uneasy and made a search fa him , finding him dead. Death it supposed to bave been caused by t paralytic stroke. Superintendent J. T. Morey , Prof , | Loeb. Miss Sousley and seventeen pupils from the Institute for th | Blind left for Beatrice and tour o4 principal cities of the state. At eaci place visited an entertainment wJB be given , showing the work done al the institute , in a musieal way , ant ] also to demonstrate to the public tbi manner of teaching in the industrial departments. , J F. Brehn , a brakeman on t n Northwestern , living in FremonJ was crushed between two freight earj .at Dwigbt and died a few minute } .after. . He had gone in between thi cars to look after the air coupling and just as he got up the train bacte ed a few feet , catching his bead be tween the bumpers and fractnrini his skull. He was about 25 years oH and unmanied. , Mr. John Joseph Grelghton ant Miss Etta Williams were married aj Beatrice by Judge Bourne. The bridl and groom are residents of Lewiston Neb. * and will make their home a tbat plaoe. Tbe funeral of the late Mrs. Frtekt of Papillion was held Tuesday frora tbe German Methodist church it tbat olty. She was 82 year of age at tbe time of her death , and bat lived at Papillion for thirty-sere * years. _