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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1905)
J Legislative HOUSE. On convening at 30 o'clock Friday teaming tho house passed a motion by Wilson , of Pawnee , thai when the house Adjourn it be until 2 p. in. Monday. The senate amendments to IT. R. P,0 , which provide for the incorporation of the Benevolent and Protective Older of Elks , Averc adopted. The house began its forty-fourth legis lative day at 2 p. in. Tuesday , after a recess since Friday afternoon. A petition , .signed by Mrs. Nettie C. Herman and other parents of Lincoln jhaA-ing children in the home for the friendless , protesting against the remov al of their children to tho Milford home for Fallen women , Avas read. A meas ure i.s pending befoie the legislature for the uniting of these IAIO institutions. A large number of committee reports cam'c in and OACIone a contest vote Avas taken. The house convened at 30 a. in. Tues day and passed S. F. (50 ( , by . .Tonesof Otoe , to provide for animal correction by county boaids of evident and gross errors in the valuation of real property. .The . present laAV makes uiis once in four years. t GOA * . Mickey .submitted a bill to the house to transfer 800 from tho clothing to the repair fund at the Geneva girls' school. The bill points out that repairs are irrcatly needed and while there is $1.773.f 8 in the clothing fund , the re pair lund is exhausted. The governor .says the. boa id of public lands and bu. dings agiees Avith him in this matter. II. It. I ) , by Wai nor , of Lancaster , oc cupied much time. It provided originally an appropriation of $100,000 for a sub- experimental station at Noith Platte and the purchase of land for the uniA'ersity. As the bill did not state what portion of this sum might go to each purpose the pill Avas amended appiopriating $18,000 jfor the purchase of land adjacent to the university campus .Cli0,000 for the sub i station. $15,000 for library purposes and I $7.500 for poultiy culture , cutting the to- I lal to $82,300. The bill Avas icconi- mcmlcd for passage as amended. | Ernst , of Johnson , moved to non-con- cur in the repoit on the university bill i because the amendment took the money j j from the univei.sity fund. The house put in another reason of debate on the Ei nst motion. The motion Avas lost , 30 i to 44. McClay then moved to strike out that pait of tho report on the bill cutting the I I ! appropiiation and the motion Avas lost i by a A-ote of ol to 40 , the lepoit of the committee of th < Avholc beimr adopted. i | ' Convening at 10 H. m. Wednesday the house passed these bills : i By Douglas , of Rock , cutting out the assessor and county clerk as members of , the county boaid of equalization. i By Ander.son. of Douglas , to protect labels , trademarks and forms of adver j tising of union labor organizations. j 1 liy Parker , of Otoe , prohibiting the re ' tail sale of liquor Avithin 400 feet of any j public school or country school house. i At 10oO the house Avent into committee of the whole Avith Jackson , of Antelope , i ' in the chair. At the afternoon session Dodge , of Douglas , moved that the house go into , committee of the Avhole and first take up H. It. 2i7 ! , by himself , a proposed con stitutional amendment for a railroad commission. ( Foster , of Douglas , expressed the AMCAV , [ that it Avas unfair to himself and the I introducers of other bills to place Dodge's bill ahead on s ncral file. i Peabody. of Nemaha , moved to table Dodce's motion and then changed it to , amend Dodge's motion to strike out the part taking up the Dodge bill. Pea- body's motion was carried. The house thon Avent into committee of , tho Aiholc Avith. Dodge in the chair. SOA- j i oral measures Avero dealt Avith and the j house adjourned at ? : 'M to qive ; time for | the extens'nx1 committee work. ! 1 A lively but ono-sids d fiirht on the sub-1 joct of terminal taxation was precipitat- I 'cd ' in tho hoti'-e Thursday morning soon i ' after that body oomv.ied. Tho revenue 'and ' taxation commitlc'/s adA-erse report , | on II. 14. 2P3 , by Clarke , of Douglas' i ' ' i 'the terminal taxation bill , came in Avith other committee report1Immediately j Clarke moved that the report on the bill | ; be not adopted HOAV. but laid OA'er until ' ' .next Tuesday , or as soon tiicicaflor as ! i J could properly be taken up. ' No sooner had Chirl.e taken his seat than half a dozen members from rural districts jumped to the floor demanding . recognition. McElhinncy got the floor and the Burt County man launched into j j an attack on everything pertaining to j the subject of terminal taxation. lie wanted tho committee report adopted without delay. ArirunnMit was like AA-ater on a duck's back and Avhcn the roll Avas called on McElhinney's motion as an amendment to Clarke's to adopt the committee icpoit the vote stood 03 to 1M. These bills Avero passed Thursday : By Iloaro. of Platto. making the trans fer or assignment of waircs contingent on the agreement of the employe and wife or husband if the person attached be married. General appropiiation bill , carrying j By Rouse , of Hall , lo logulate and pio- j tcct livery stable keepers. I By Maiks of Fillmoie , arranging sala ries of county as esot. . < = . By Doduo , of Douglas , to provide for the distribution of money for tho main ' tenance of non-resident high school pu pils. pils.By By Perry , of Furnas. outlaws mort gages in ten years and fifteen years Avhrro they have only one indorsement By Hill , of Hitchcock , fixing fees to be paid for scmc < of the socictary of tho state boa id of jriigation. . By Hogrefo. of Richaidson , alloAvinc j purely mutual foreign accident insurance i v companies to operate Avithout compelling vfv tliem to IUIA-C as > ets of $ .10.000. fvi By Atwood , of RoAvard , alioAving road i overseers $2 a day for time employed superintending roads , but not to exceed $30 a year. By Hill , po-iidiug for odicial seals b } * state hoard of irrigation. By McAllister , providing for the elec tion of Snigation districts and ihc terms of their oilioe. By Thomas , of Douglas , tho twelve- hour firemenhift bill , AVHS killed by a vote of ' 1 to A. \ At 5:40 the house adjournpfi SENATK. Tic " b"s ! viv placid on genou-l fi.'o I"id.-A by the reports of standing com mit ! e s : Itcgul.iting the issuance of marriage licon-.1 ? . Foibidding consolidation of fraternal coir-panics Avilhout consent of auditor. Regulating formation of mutual instir- ane ? companies. Tin1 senate spent Friday afternoon in committc"- the Avhole , Avith Sheldon , of Cass in the chair. Those measures were looominonded for passage- S. F. 201 , tho bill pioviding thai the salary for each of tho deputy state olfi- should bo $3.800 a year. Two at- ti"npts were made to amend tho bill to c-it the salary to S3,700 and then to $1.51)0 , but both failed. The < enate voted to reconsider its ac- iio : : on II. It. 375. Avhich it had previous ly indefmitolv postponed. This bill pro vides that twenty people can organize a coii'ity agricultural association hold a j fair and secuie an appropiiation of , ' , ' eoi'ts for each inhabit nut. It applies to I counties of over 40,000. I Tie fiist real lineup of the senate Aviil j come piobably Tuesday , Avhen an at- j tompi \ \ ill bo made to compel a recon- \ sidciation of the action Monday in nam- j ing a sifting committee or to so tie the j hands of the committee that it Avill be un- I nbio to do any work. Tliis because Mon- ! day , when the action was taken , ten | members Avere absent .ami these niem- ) beis believe a snap judgment was taken l.eciuse of their absence. Monday Cady , FiiiGilligan. . Williams and others rc- tuined to Lincoln and upon learning Avhat had been done , did not hesitate to express their disnppioval. It is the first split in a session that has been noted for the good feeling ex isting among the members. It is asserted by some of those Avho weie absent that ilie committee was the Avork of the jndi- riary committee , inasmuch as three of tn.-it committee are on the sifting com- ii iitoo. Whether theie A\as any outside p -\or behind the judiciary committee n > . ' < . f.f the mcmbois oared to say. but it V.MS piolty well doiided Monday night to alion.pt to name the time Avhen the coin- n'it : < o shall begin AAork at ono Aveek altoiadjournment. . The senate spent the entire morning TroM-iy ? in passing these bills : \lIoA\ing comjlaints ncrninst opening oT i-fvds lo bo filed in district court and giving that couit oiiginal juiisdiction. Fi\in-jr the lerm Avheu mill sites shall i\A.-it to oiiginal owner , Allowing the laying of sidewalks in vill. gos Avitliont reuaid to grades. AloA\ing ! cities of the second class to ' o\vn and operate electric light plants. Localizing osteopathy and prosciibimr < xaminraion of thoo Avho intend to prac- tico such a piofession. To make State Historical Society cus- todi"i of public records of a historical n. tuie. Tioviding for the selection of giand and petit jurors. To establish a state board of veteii- na'.v medicine. Making it laAvful to servo a .summon1 : o'i tiny agent of a foieiirn corporation d )5n business in tho state , and making fie summon * , binding on tho corporation. Any poison Avho shall deposit lefiiso in any diainage ditch .shall bo liable for d.-rnacr.s. MiiKI'ig fire escape la\vs applicable to thrco-story buildings Stunt or GiiHii , of Dawson County , fon-od a great victory Wednesday in the -onate ov < r tho persistent Avork of a powerful lobby in srctting his lill giving to inigntion districts tho ri-zlit of emi- iu nt doinain recommended for third read ing , and Senator Cady , of HoAvaid Conni i tv. alter ono of the h.ardet-1 fights of the entire sc.ssion. iiad llio pleasure of sod-ig his doct'dents bills , four of them , rocommendcd for passage. Th.senate in tho committoo of the spent nearly tho entire morning awl a large portion of the afternoon on tkdec.dents bills by Cady. Th" coiiuittoe on rules , Avhu'li was authoiixod to confer Avith tho house com- nittoo ir rardintr the discussion of bills by either body , reported that the IAVO committees had agreed that the liotise rolls hould be given proforonco in the h iu.sami the senate lilos in ill" sonato a itil March 37. Tho lopoitas adopted. At the afternoon session tho decedent bills were .amended so lh.it the idoAV sStuld receiveonehalf instead o ! onp- tbird of the real estate of her husband , Cady. Moservo , Wilsoy and Williams o.ach made strong talks at tho afternoon session , the last Ihiee opposing it The senate p.issod the.se bills Wednos- Limiting t'ao numVr of proxies voted by mombois of building associations to tho number of shaies actually owned by the paity votimr. An aniondmont lo tho constitution pm- Aiding for the creation of a state rail- road commission. 1'roA'iding for tho care of delinquent children , Avas indefinitely postponed. The bill by Gibson to prohibit the sale of liquor Avithin 500 feet of any bouse of ill-fame Avas indefinitely postponed. The Tucker drainage bill Avas parsed. Ti.insfoning S20.000 from tho Noifolk to tho Ha-.lings asylum fund AV.-IS passed. Tho i : osocution attoiney bill Avas Kill ed 'n tho commit too of tho wiiolc. T'pon the itorsonal request of GOA\ Mickov 3'hurday morning the senate al- lov.-ul llio iutioductioii ol tho county en gineer billvhich the governor vetoed b cj't-so of defects in the bill locontly pas-ed AAhidi inv.alidatod it. Tin so lils ! wore recommended for passage J Thursday in committee of the | Avhole : Allowing cities of the second class to make a lo\y for the purpose of impioving the loads loading into tho towns upon tho petition of a majority of tho fioo- iiolders along the IO.K ! . and to make the poll tax S2 Avbon paid in cash. To compel i.ailroads to carry stock at a late oi eighteen miles an hour on tho main lino and fifteen miles an hour on branch linos and to allow the roads to j design.-U : > lhr % o days in the week as stock shipping days for the branch lino- . 1 rovi ing f r county couits to settle upstates Avicn deceased had loft no < b ! v. AAith the consent of the hoirs and AAithout an : : dniinit > trator , Avas recom mended : for passage. Providing that the state boa id of pub lic la-I.s : md br.ildinss shall have tho au- thc riij to : cnt or lease buildings owned r but not used by the state , v.-as iccoui- - mended l. r passage. I J To n.aLo the stalutos coA-ering filiiiir cf ' J < transciipt " ' judgment from the federal 1 courts conform to the fcdoial .statutes. j By Thomas , for a constitutional amendment to allow all cities of $5,000 and over to make their own charters * " fJ ( was placed on general lilip. * j Russians Are Defeated in Great 18-Days' Battle at Mukden. fiETBEAT IS A JROUT. KuropatUn's Shattered DIvisioas Fly lo Escape Annihilation. Prolonged Battle at Mukden the Blood iest of the War Slaughter on Both Sides in the Fiyrht la Estimated at 1OO.OOO Defeated General Burns Supplieo of Food and Clothing in Order toT-.ishten ; Burden of Retreat. As the result of the flanking move ments and desperate fighting of the Japanese during a continuous eighteen days' struggle , the Russians , under Kuropatkin , have been driven from their strongly intrenched , positions and forced to take another hurried back ward step towards Harbin , which is the point Marshal Oyama is aiming for. The Japanese have won another great victory. Tho rout of the Russians became an irregular battle , a conflict of the Slavs to cut their way through to Tieling. Field Marshal Oyama 1ms once more proved himself ono of the greatest masters of offensive strategy since Na poleon. The serious news of Kuropatkin's defeat was received by the Czar at Tsarskoe Solo before noon on Wednes day. General Kuropatkin reported that the Japanese had massed an enormous force to the northwest of Mukden , ne cessitating his immediate retreat. All reports indicate that the .Tapan- ese were utterly reckless of sacriiices , THE "YELLOW DEMON" WITH THE BAYONET. Tuesday morning's dawn marked the beginning of tho rout. At that hour Kaullwrs. exhausted after four days and nights of continuous battle , was still lighting with the desperation of despair at Ushutun , seven miles west of Mukden railway st.ition. while Nogi was extending his lines still farther northward toward Tie Pass- . Ushutun proved too hard a nut for Kaulbarr to crack. The houses of the village are constructed with thick walls and the villages are surrounded ' - " | V ? ' > | ? . | f J l ! / ' . "c * < > t "C Lx < x2wvtTiA. . . * 5 * * J - / * . Vi S-vj.7 r-t > VV jvfSy'f \ % , fs .w-w FIELD MARSHAL OYAMA , TIIE NAPOLEON OF TO-DAY. making attack after attack , especially on the center and westward , against machine guns and infantry fire which literally mowed down the advancing columns , making human life so cheap that the survivors could bastion them selves behind piles of corpses. After this action General Kuropat kin's deposition may be reg-mled as certain. War Minister Sakharolf is picked as his probable successor. A strong faction of the army , those high in influence about the Emperor , opposed General Kuropatkin from the first an 1 though his early defeats were condoned because it was realized that General Kuropatkin was doing all that man could with the tools at his com mand , it is now felt that after twice having had the opportunity to show what he coiikl do with a powerful army and having failed to accomplish victory cither time his removal is ad visable. Vast T osbca. The Russian losses are enormous in killed and wounded. Kaulbars lost 30,000 men in fourd : ys trying to die-If Oku's advance. Sunday he lostliCO in Nogi's first onslaught. Monday he lost o.GOO to 0.000 more. Tuesday af ternoon and night he lost 7,000 more. G-eneral I Rennenkampf's corps had nearly ] . " 0,000 men when he went into battle. In the eighteen days' fighting , he lost a fourth of his men. The mighty roar of the battle rising from the incessant thunders from 2 , . > 00 guns swept over Mukden from east , west , north and south. The city was completely encircled l.y the combat. The retreat was a battle itself , tho Ris5i.'i'is being closely pursued from the rear aud harJ preswetl on both flanks. Every hour added to the al ready enormous "butchery bill. " Kur opatkin burned his stores for three days.-hundreds of tons.ofyclothing and provisions having been destroyed. by high cl.iy ramparts , converting them into fortifications impervious to rifle bullets. Each house had to be taken singly by hand to hand combats. Again aud a train the Russians ad vanced to the attack. Under the eyes FXi HAL - . iOPATKTi. of General Kaulb : : : . who. Avir.li his staff , moved about where the hail of iron was thickest and who seemed to boar a charmed life , the riflemen de- ploytil over the plowed fields as if at maneuvers and without firing a shot. Though bespattered by the continuous burning of shrapnel and lead they pushed ontrerly forward in close skir mishing oi\lr. captured the village , and advanced on tho Japanoso flanks. The fight then grew more bitter , the Japanese attacking madly , and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon the Russian position became untenable and ( Jen-1 eral Kaulbars withdrew iiis troops , the Japanese bid.'ing them : : dieti with a burst of shimose shells. Opposite Tatc-hekiao the lighting was of nn equally desperate nature. The Russians cstaJjlisIiwl themselves in the \ illaires of Tsunhuanclie and Liudyaofan. but night fell with Tat- chekiao .still in the hands of the Jap anese. Northward of Tatcheklao the cannon also roared. There a regiment under the command of Colonel Zapo- ! sky clung tenaciously to a village un der a shower of shrapnel until it was compelled to withdraw. Toward evening General Kuropatkin ode out of Mukden in an automobile , xamined personally the positions of the second army , and reluctantly gave the order to retire. Story of IS-Day Fisht. The story of the battle of Mukden is the record of the greatest conflict in the history of Avar. In no other com bat is there a record of a million men and more being locked in mortal com bat for eighteen consecutive days be fore the defeated army was dislodged from its position. The battle extender ! along a front of eighty miles , through mountains , across iYozen rivers , over broad plains. During many of the days the snow was so blinding thnt the gunners sight- ° d their artillery only by the roar of the guns in the opposing trenches. The battie which has resultod so dis astrously to Russia was brought on by the aggressive tactics of General Kur opatkin's new army commanders. Gen- oral Linevitch , just placed in command of the left v.-int : . attempted to turn the flank of Kuroki's army , just as Gripenberg had tried to turn the Jap anese left at Ileikoutai last month. Linevitch failed just as Gripenberg did. lie sent Rennenknmpf with two divisions to the far eastern lines , Avith his base resting at Ts ink he tenon , fifty- five miles southeast of Mukden , and his advance post occup3'ing Ilaba and , Vanze passoj , seven miles south and southeast. Haltic Fleet Ketreats. Along Avith the news of General Kuropatkin's retreat comes that of the retreat of the P.altic fleet. A dispatch from Madagascar reports that it has left tliere for Jibutal , in French So- malllan-d. on the east coast of Africa. ' That slioAVj discretion. Admral Togo ic ; searching for the iieet , and were he to find it Avould destroy it. A speedy ciurn to European waters is Admiral j Kojestx-ensky's best policy. The Russians are faring ill on both sea ac'I land. They Avill have to build more battleships before they can ven ture to moot the Japanese on the ocer.n. They Avill have to put in the I field many more soldiers before they can cope Arirh tbe Japs in Manchuria. Considering the ignominious return of the Baltic fleet and the retreat from the Kliakhe. the Czar might well make up liLs mind that ill us Avar is one in ' Avhich Russia cannot be victorious , j and make peace on the best terms available. Discipline on a warship is from stem to stern. I v it Tho Kins < > f * The king of mollusks lives ic The In dian and South Pacific oceans. He at tains to u AA-eight of 500 pounds , and the shell is of the bivalve kind , and the shape i.s al > out the same as that of our common fre h Avater mussel. The gi gantic Tridacna is the largest mdllusk known to have lived on the earth sir.ee the Silurian Age. It i.s found on the bottom of the shallow parts of he ocean , and the large individuals have no longer the power to move about. The } * lie on one side , and all about them the corals build up until King Tridacna is sometimes found in a well-like hole in the coral formation. St. Ni ( l < OUIUi tit JjU Alston. Mich. . March 13th. ( Spe cial. ) After suffering for twenty years from Rheumatism and Kidney Troubles , and spending a fortune in doctors find medicines that brought him no relief. Mr. .lames Culot of this place has found a complete cure for all his aches , pains and weakness , in Dodd's Kidney PdK Naturally Mr. C'ulet feels much elated over his cure and gives great credit to the remedy that gave him health. "Yes. " Mr. Cnlet says. "My Rheu matism and Kidney Troubles. are all gone and I feel like a new man. Uoild's Kidney Tills did it. P.efore I used them I spent a small fortune on doctors and one remedy and another. I cheerfully recommend Dodd's Kitl- ney Pills to anyone suffering from Rheumatism or Kidney Trouble. ' Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure sick kidneys. Healthy kidneys take all uric acid the cause of Rheuma tism ou ? " of the blood. That's why Dodd's Kidney Pills always cure Rheumatism. As Compared. "And that's a fact , " said the noisy thinker. ' What's a fact ? " queried the htminu interrogation mark. "That while self-made men and hom - made furniture may be strung and relia ble , the polish is usually lacking , " ex claimed the noi'-y thinki-r. 3ochcr Gray's Sxveot Poivilcrs Tor Children. Successfully used by Mother Gny , nurse la , the Children's Home in Ne\v York , cure Con stipation. Feveiishness. Had Sumach , Teeth- mjr Disorders , move and reflate thu Hou els and Destroy Worms. Over.fi'KK ' ) testimonials. , At all Drueu'Ists. 25c. Sample VR11E. Ad dress A. S. UMfsrcu. LeIIoy. N. Y. Tv.-vs Kvcr 'J t u * . If you earn a thousand nearly , r You think t\vo thousand yearly I Would be j.i-t the proper figure * to j I j make yuur happiness complete ; j 15ut your income , if it doubles , Only multiplies your troubles , % f- For the outgo th < ii increases ana still the ends don't meet. A. GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Itehin } , ' , IJImd. Uleedmff or Protruding Piles. Yoiirdrutftrist will refund money if PAZO OINT MENT tails to cure you in (5 to 14 days. 50c. T2ie Misuse of "Quite. " "Quite" strictly means "completely" and is rightly used in such sentences us "The llower is ( mite faded. " Its secondary meaning , "very. " "to a great extent , " has the authority of good writers , though such expressions as "quite young" and "quite hot" have a colloquial ring about them. There is , however , springing up of late the slov enly practice of employing the adverb "quite" with a noun e. g. , "quite a. panic ensued. " If an adverb can mod ify a noun , where is the distinction between adverb and adjective ? As a j matter of fact , the functions of the adverb seem to be encroaching on those of the adjective. London Re view. MAEEED A YOUlfG WOMAN'S EAP- PliTESS TOE SEVEN TEAES. Interfered TV'itli Ifer Social Dntirs and Tlm-atPiiod to Cause Her Retire ment How She Was Cured. Every sufferer from nervous headache knows iiow completely it unfits one for the duties and pleasures of life. Any little excitement over-exertion ir , or - , or regularity brings it on. Sometimes tho pain is over the Avhole head. Again it i.s like a nail driven into the brain , or a wedge splitting it open , or n hand tight ening about it. At one time it is all in. the top of the head , at another it is all nt the base of the slull. Most headaches can bo traced to some faulty state of the blood. "When tho blood is scanty or charged with poison , mid the nerves are imperfectly nourished mid the digestion weak , one of the com monest ; results is frequent and severe headaches. The important thing is to get rid of the diseased condition of the blood that causes the attack by the ti.se of a remedy that will do tho work quickly and thoroughly. "What is that remedy ? The experience of 3Iiss Ellen ilcEenua fur nishes the answer. She says : "For more than seven years I was a great sufferer from nervous headache and dizziness. My stomach was disordered , and I became so restless that I could not sic still any length of time. Dizziness interrupted my vorl : greatly. At first the attacks were not so severe , but they gradually grew more violent , and finally became so acute that I was on the point of relinquishing my membership in the different organizations to which I be longed. " * "What saved you from that necessity ? " "A very simple drug ; the call of a. member of one of the clubs.who strongly advised nie to try Dr. WilliainVPiKkPilL-i before giving up. I acted on her sugges tion at oaco.aud after s-teadily using this great blood and nerve remedy for two mouths , my headaches and my tiizzi- xiess entirely disappeared. MifS McKeni'si is secretary cf the Associated ladies' Guild , and resides at No. 4.S Wait srieet. Roxbury , Mass. Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills have cured many hundreds of similar cases , and can bo confidently recommended to drive all poisons from the blood and to give needed strength to the nerves. Every druggist : keeps tkeui.