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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 23, 1905)
' 5 MONDAY. 1002Massacre of the Danes throughout" . .xEngland by order of King Ethel- red. 1-199 Amazon River discovered by Pin- 7.011. So named after the bravo Indian woman. 3549 70110 Paul ill. died. Succeeded by Julius 111. ,3553 J.ino , wife of Lord Dudley , pro claimed Queen of England. Be- ho.uled in 1554. 1G47 Battle of Knockinoss , Ireland. 1781 Join : Mo.-s executed as a spy in Philadelphia. 3805 Vienna occupied by the French. 1832 ? 5ege of Antwerp begun by the French. 3854 : Thirty vessels lost in storm on Black Sea. 1SS4 : Treaty of commerce concluded be tween United States and Spanish West Indies. , 1S9S Battleships Oregon and Iowa ar- rive at Rio Janeiro. " TUESDAY. 1318 ? Io < ? t disastrous earthquake ever known in England. 1770 Explorer Bruce discovered the sources of the River Nile. 1S09 Bonaparte congratulated on hi3 return from Austria as the great est of heroes. 1854 : Telegraph line opened between Paris and Bastia.1 ISCO Announcement of annexation of territory on the Amur by Russia. WEDNESDAY. 1213 First regular English Parliament assembled at Oxford. 1712 Duel between Duke of Hamilton and Lord Mohun. Both killed. 1777 Articles of Confederation of thq United States agreed to. 1790 Battle of Arcola. 1S4S Assassination of Count Rossi , first minister to Pius IX. at Rome. 1819 Steamer Louisiana exploded at New Orleans. Nearly 100 killed. 3S52 Labos Islands difficulty between United States and Peru settled. 1S9S Michigan State Supreme Court de clared boycotting illegal. 1901 James J. Jeffries defeated Gua Ruhliu in a battle for the world's pugilistic championship at San Francisco. 1902 Attempted assassination of Kinjj Leopold of Belgium. THURSDAY. 1G20 The Pilgrims discover the land of Cape God. 1701 French and Spanish "blockading squadron forced tt > leave Gib raltar. 1813 British repulsed in an attack on Ogdcnsburg , N. Y. 1840 Eastern Railroad opened to Ports mouth , N. U. 3S4J. King Edward VII. . present ruler of Great Britain , born. 3872 Great fire in Boston. Loss about $70,000,000. 3S93 Francis n. Weeks sent to Sing Sing prison for embezzlement of $1,000,000. 1S9S American and Spanish peace com missioners hold session at Paria I FRIDAY. WSJ Martin Luther born. 3558 Last auto-da-fe in reign of Queen Mary. Nearly 300 perished at tha j stake in three years. 3799 Bonaparte declared First Consul. 3S4S General Wrangle enters Berlin and expels assembly. 18153 President Pierce presides over ceremonies at the beginning of work on the Washington Aque duct. 3S70 Dr. Livingston found by Henry M. Stanley. 1SS4 Million dollar fire in Duluth , Minn. 3893 Secretary Gresham advises resto ration of monarchy in Hawaii. 381JS Luchessi. assassin of Empress Elizabeth of Austria , sentenced for life. 391)2 Spanish cabinet resigned. SATURDAY. 3G20 Plymouth Pilgrims signed a com pact for their government to go in force on landing. 3040 Impeachment at Strafford. 171-i George I. issued * edict prohib iting clergy meddling with state affairs. 3791 Marquis 'de Lafayette escaped from prison at Olmutz. 1804 James Monroe appointed minister to Spain. 3S55 Jeddo. Japan , destroyed by an earthquake. 1884 Third Plenary Council of C&iholic Church convened at Baltimore. 1S9.'J Masked robbers hold up train on Illinois Central Railroad and get $7,000. 3S99 John A. Logan , Jr. , killed in bat tle in Philippines. " 1902 II ola ml Molincaux acquitted of murder after one.of greatest crim * inal trials ever held in New Yorki 1901 Lou Dillon trotted 2:01 : at Mem- - phis , i f REVOLT AT VLADIVOSTOK. Over 500 of tie Czar'w Soldlcra Ivlllojl ami tin * City JJet on Fire. Dispatches early Wednesday from Vladivostok stated that the whole town itiul port were ablaze and that fhe greater part of the city had al ready been destroyed by lire. More than 500 soldier.have been killed in the fighting which resulted from the mutiny of over one-third of the Czar's troops and sailors stationed at the great Eastern naval base on the Sea of Japan. The rebellious soldiers and sailos word driven by the loyalist troops to a point northward on 'the railroad line to Nicolskoy. The mutineers in- Irfiiched themselves and gave battle to the loyalists , driving them back into the city. Av conflagration was started by the mutineers and terrible destruc tion of life and property resulted. 'The Russian navy department sent orders to Shanghai for the Russian warships Manjur , Bodro and Gromo- voi to proceed at once from Shanghai to Vladivostok. The mutineers used dynamite to blow up several stone buildings which the loyalist troops used as fortresses during the fighting. The rioting soldiers captured large stores of guns and ammunition after . their return to the city in pursuit of die loyal soldiers. Nearly all of the civilians , men and i women , in the city took refuge on ves sels in the harbor at the beginning of the fighting. One of the vessels , the Labor , carried a number of Americans away from Vladivostok. Orders de claring martial law at Vladivostok and the surrounding country have been is sued by the imperial government. Troops at other points along the sea coast have been ordered to proceed to Vladivostok as reinforcements to the loyal soldiers. The mutiny is reported to have been , j \ caused by the arrest of a number of j soldiers for presenting a demand to the military authorities for better food and clothing. Following the arrest and imprisonment of the men who made the demand for better rations , the soldiers in the garrison flemauded the release of the prisoners , and when this was refused many of the soldiers mutinied and took possession of two warehouses and successfully resisted all attempts to capture them. In view of the condemnation to death of many of the soldiers who mu tinied at Cronstadt , the delay in car rying out the reforms outlined in the Imperial manifesto , the proclamation of martial hnv in Poland , and otner re pressive acts , the council of workmen's delegates decided to proclaim a gen eral strike throughout Russia to-day. GIRL GIVEN $15,000 DAMAGES. Jury \ e.s.se.s j\fed Chicasronu Big Sum in Brencli of Pronii.se Suit. Tohn O'Neill , 74 years old , veteran Chicago politician and head of the city's track elevation bureau , was assessed $15.000 , Wednes day by the jury in Judge Gary's court , which heard the testimony in breach of promise suit brought by Mabel B e 1 a n d , aged 22 years. The B eland- O'Neill case was a remarkable one in JOHN OXKILL. several ways First , in its principals , a pretty young woman of 22 and a gray-haired , vener able-appearing man of more than 70 years. She told on the stand a story of her girlhood years spent in O'Neill's house , wherein she was raised from the position of household drudge to the old man's fiancee this , of course , after the first Mr . O'Neill had been divorced from the track elevation expert. Almost the day after Mrs. O'Neill left the house. Miss Belaud testified. O'Neill called the 10-year-old girl to him and asked her to be "his little wife. " After that the "affair" developed rapidly , till the inevitable quarrel came ami/Miss Be laud was turned out of the house. Later , she declared , O'Neill offered her $50 and again $200 r > settle her claims. Then she sued for $50,000. The Year's Corn Crop. The corn crop of the United States this yoar is not only the largest but the best on record. We arc having the greatest industrial activity in the na tion's history. It is a record year in textile manufactures and in the demand for products. Retail and wholesale mer chants report Increasingly heavy sales. There is more money in circulation than in previous years. There is more activ ity in allleading industries. Freight movements on the railroads centering in Chicago are on an unprecedented scale. All these are indicators of continued prosperity , but the greatest of all is the unprecedented yieldof corn. The product of our corn belt this year is 2,707,933,000 bushels of corn , or six times as much as is produced in all the rest of the world in one year. The money value at current prices of this single crop is $1.245.049,180. The corn crop is not only large , but it is of supe rior quality. Large as the crop is , there is demand for all of it , and for the 81- 000.000 bushels held over from last year. Kansas , 58,000.000 bushels more corn than last year ; Missouri , 51,000,000 ; In diana , 44,000,000 ; Illinois , 39,000,000 , and Ohio , 12,000,000 bushels more. The great corn States of Iowa and Nebraska had a phenomenal yield in 1904 , but each reports a gain of 3,000,000 bushels this year. With an increased demand for home consumption in all the corn States , and with prospects of an increased foreign demand , the heavy yield of corn moans ready money to the farmers of the corn belt. Ready money in the hands of the farmers nieansheavier purchases at , re tail stores , and that means heavier'de- mauds on the wholesale establishments "and on the factories and foundries. Chicago Inter Ocean. Sparks from the "Wires. One death and one new case of yellow fever were reported in New Orleans PIANO WORKERS' TJIJIOff. The Piano , Organ and Musical Work ers' International Union of America was organized in Chicago in 1S9S , and | from a small bei i 1 ginning it has , grown in six years to a membership of over 12,000 , distrib- | utcd in 51 local un ions. The organiza tion is the succes sor of theoldPiauo- 1 forte and Organ Workers' L e ague , which , after an ex- CHAKLKS DOLD. istCUCO Of 21 V went down in 1893 during the in dustrial panic. The spark of or ganization was , < however , kept alive in Chicago , one of the old locals , known as No. 20 , refusing to disband. It amalgamated with another local un ion of piano varnish finishers , taking the title of Piano Makers and Varnish Finishers' Union , No. 1. This organi zation kept alive until 1S9S. when , it scut out an organizer , and in a short time there were six locals established , ! with a membership of about 2,500 , when the convention was called to form an international union. This f convention met in Chicago Aug. G , 1S9S , and before it adjourned the pres ent organization was launched. The following year the union attempted to secure a nine-hour workday in Chi cago and brought on a lockout , which lasted sixteen weeks. It was not sue- cessful , however , at that time. For several years it was refused a charter or recognition by the American Feder ation of Labor because of a claim of the Amalgamated Woodworkers' Inter national Union for jurisdiction , but later it was granted a charter through an agreement with the other organiza tion. Charles Dold is president and organizer of the international union. Mr. Dold is also president of the Chi- / go Federation of Labor. WISfDOW GLASS WORKERS. The Amalgamated Window Glass Workers of America is composed of four trades blowers , gatherers , flat- tcners and cutlers whose average earnings for the four weeks' period are 100 , $75 , $100 and $110 respect ively. The length of the working year , however , does not average over seven months. The by-laws restrict the mem bers of the union to a certain amount of production a week , which requires on an average of from about six to six and one-half hours' work a day. The granting of apprentices is governed and regulated so that none but sons or brothers of members arc granted the privilege of learning the trades. This , the union claims , is because there is and has been a large surplus of men in the trade. Apprentices must serve three years , and at the expira tion of this time are permitted to join the organization upon the payment of a foe of $25. The organization num bers about 0,000 members and has $ . ' 55,000 in the treasury. INDUSTRIAL NOTES. At the conference between employers of several States and the officers of the Coopers' International Union nt Indian apolis a working agreement and an in creased wage scale was decided upon. The United Textile Workers of America have issued a letter addressed 1o the different bodies of organized labor of the country , thanking them for their assistance in the great Fall Rirer strike. The rush of work at the iron , steel and tin mills continues without abate ment. Practically every iron mill and furnace in the country is operating to capacity and the same conditions exist in tlj : shoet division. There has been a marked improvement in the conditions in the sweat shops throughout Chicago as well as a mate rial reduction in their nnmbw in the past year , according to Chief Factory inspector Edgar T. Davies. The Nevada Supreme Conri lias de cided the eight-hour day law of that State as all right and constitutional. The Supreme Court of Michigan lias held that the law requiring that a clause he inserted in contracts for public works to employ union men is constitutional. A circular letter lias been issued by the American Federation of Labor ofl'n cials. calling the attention of all union ists to the struggle between the Shirt Waist and Laundry Workers' Interna tional Union and the Shirt and Collar Manufacturers' Association of Troy , N. Y. If a union man tells"a contractor lie will not work with a non-union man. flnd if. as a result , the non-union man is discharged and is unable to sccura employment on account of the attitude of the union toward him , the union is not liable for damages to the non-union man. This is the substance of a decis ion rendered in the Superior Court at Chicago recently by JudgeGary , when instructing a. jury to find a verdict of not guilty in favor of Local No. 147. of the Brotherhood of Painters , Decorators ' and Paperhangers , which organization had been sued by John P. Burgher , a non-union man , for $35,000 damages. Bricklayers in New York make more money than many lawyers and doctors , but if the demands of the Plasterers' Union are acceded to , these artisans will have incomes that rival those of. some of the lesser lights in the insurance field. The plasterers now receive $5.70 for an eight-hour day. The union is demanding $ G a day , with double pay for. extra time , and the men estimate by working twelve Lours < i day they will be able to earn $12. Twelve dollars a day wonld he $72 a week and $3,744 a year. The average income of a physician is not over $2,500. WORK FOR EVERYBODY. Occupations ia Which the Demand Koiv .Exceeds the Supply. There is work for everybody who wants it in the United States to-day , says the Utic.'i Globe. If any well man is idle it la because he is lazy ; or thinks the value of his labor is greater than tho man who can employ him will pay for it ; or because he has accumulated enough of the fruits of toil so that ho can look with contempt upon it. Immi- ' gration is at flood tide. The countries of Europe which offer so little to their peo- pie in return for the loyalty and service which they exact are sending us great throngs of strong and ambitious , if not mind-inolded , men and women , so that one is forced to speculate as to how they are to sustain themselves here. And while we speculate , the problem solves itself. ' The great vortex of industry clutches them with a grip which they cannot escape and they become a part of the producing machinery which makes this nation the industrial marvel of the world. It .is an insatiable demand which the varied occupations of America make upon its cosmopolitan populace. From the Atlantic to the Pacific the call ia heard for more men. The channels of commerce absorb them. The manufac tories which throw upon the markets of the world a wonderful mass of utilities which are eagerly purchased are con stantly drawing upon the native and the incoming population for help. These oc cupations , with their greater remunera tion and shorter hours , rob the farm of the ' men it needs. They take from tho building trades young men of skill and stamina who , despite the splendid wages \ of construction artisans , think that the larger ] industries , with their steadier and less hazardous employment , offer better means of livelihood. They take from the kitchen and the chamber tho domestic , for the average girl , with a persistency which facts do not warrant , sticks to the i belief that housework offers her less independence , less pay and more de meaning service than the shop and the mill. To her foil } * she sacrifices comforts which the manufacturing plant and the Ptore counter cannot yield , and opportu nities for self-improvement which can nowhere be found in such generous meas ure as under the mistress of a household with kindly heart and fat purse. Three phases of the industrial situation are evident. In the first is the scarcity of farm labor. The fields are ripo and tho harvest is plentiful , but where are the reapers ? Tho tiller of the soil could give employment to many more. Not only in the great Northwest , but in New York State , there is scarcity of men. The Department of Agriculture says the Empire State wants 50,000 farm hands and will pay each from $150 to $250 per season. So limited are the hired men that farmers have to give their own time in exchange with one another in order to work their fields. Another phase is the need of builders in Pittsburg , which is typical of other large cities. But there , especially , telegraph dispatches report a dearth of men in tho building lines , so pronounced that five firms have offered a bonus of from 50 cents to $1 per day above the highest union wages. Manu facturers have asked the building trades for 1,000 more men , the shortage having seriously delayed work on some impor tant buildings. The demand is especially for masons , bricklayers , carpenters , structural iron workers , liousesiniths , sheet metal workers and puddlers in iron mills. The third phase is the ever pres ent need of domestic servants. TIED ON RAILS TO DIE. Fimls Ivsnyoji College Si - rfeiit AVas Bouinl When Killed. Stuart L. Pierson , the Kcnyon Col lege student who met his death on a railroad bridge at Gambier , Ohio , on the night of Oct. 28 , when he was being initiated into the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity , was bound hand and foot when he was run over and killed by a loco motive , according to the verdict of Cor oner Scarborough. The names of the persons who tied iho young man to the rails are not ' known , but the grand jury will be asked to take up the matter and bring the guilty to justice. "I shall bring this't case before the grand jury , " said Pros- ecutor Stillwell as soon as lie heard of the coroner's verdict. "I have sufficient facts to prove that Stuart L. Pierson was tied to the tracks , and shall do ev- j crything in my power to bring the guilty parties to justice. " Members of the D. K. E. Fraternity were indignant over the coroner's finding and said that Coroner Scarborough simply was trying to make a name for himself. Various members of the fra ternity again made the statement that Pierson was not tied or bound to the track , and that they would show con- , elusive evidence to this effect. ? President Pierce , of Kenyon , after reading : tho coroner's verdict , said that his conviction that young Pierson was not tied to the track and that the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity men were in- t nocent , was unchanged. This school year in Duluth will con sist of nine months. Heretofore it has always been ten months. George K. Linsley , for fifty-seven years principal of the same school in Jersey City has been , retired on a pen sion of $1,200. Theodore Roosevelt , Jr. , has joined the Philharmonic Society of Harvard uni versity. It is possible that he will teach 'in the Chinese Sunday school in Boston or collect money in aid of the charities connected with the Phillips Brooks house. Prof. Charles S. Leavenworth , who recently returned to New Haven after a two years' professorship in the Chi nese imperial college at Nanyan , Shang hai , has been appointed vice consul at Nagasaki , Japan , and will leave imme diately for his post. Pennsylvania , West Virginia and In diana haveminimum salary laws , and they were passed with comparative ease. He is a rare legislator who will oppose a bill making $30 or $35 a month the minimum , and yet there are few States in which some teachers are not receding as little as $20 Fence * Post. The old-time fence-post 1ms served its purpose for so long Unit it is about time It was improved. It has always seemed natural that in erecting a fence post a liole should first be dug in the ground and the end of the post insert ed in the hole , the remaining space be ing filled up again. A California man thinks this method antique and cum bersome and has invented an exceed ingly simple plan , which entirely elim inates this procedure. By the use of his method the initial digging of the hole is entirely unnecessary. The bot tom of this post is spiral in shape. SCREWED IXTO THE GKOUXD. similar to an auger , being partly in serted in the ground , is turned round and round until sunk sufficiently deep. To more easily accomplish this a dum my post , with a double-handed lever , which first bores the hole in Hie ground , can be used. The post shown which first bores the hole in the in the illustration is made of two parts , the top being separated from the base. Along one side of the top portion is a vertical row of prongs , to which an equal number of wires can be attached by clamping the prongs. StackingAlfnlfn. . Throughout the western half of the United States alfalfa hay is commonly stored in stacks in the field. Alfalfa stacks will not shed water as readily as stacks of grass hay. In the arid re gions there is little danger from rains during the season of storage , but in humid climates it is uecessarj * to store the hay in barns or else cover the stacks with large tarpaulins , or they may be topped with grass. Otherwise the percentage of waste is very large , In any case there is likely to be some waste , for which reason the stacks are made large , thus reducing the propor tionate amount of waste. In the al falfa regions of the West the stacks are as high as the hay can be handled 't easily ' and may be 200 feet or more in length. The size of the stacks is then ; limited chiefly by the convenience in bringing ' the hay from the surround ing field. Cheap Potato Pit. Select slight elevation for position. Dig pit 10 feet long , 5 feet wide and 2 % feet deep. Get three G-inch poles , 10 feet long ; put two , one above the other , at back of pit. Get sixteen 4- foot poles , G inches in diameter , and twenty 7-foot poles , 0 inches in diam eter > , for roof. Make frame for door 2 : feet wide and 5 feet high ; set in cen ter of front. Put your 4-foot poles , eight on each side , nail through door frame and set two stakes each end to hold poles in position , one above an other. Then put your other 10-foot pole on top , resting center on door frame. Notch all 7-foot poles so as to fit each end on front and back ; then POTATO PIT. set up so as to form roof. Nail any , old plank on ends. Bank up earth all around and on top. Nail old bags on door to keep frost out. Guaranteed to keep potatoes well through the coldest weather. Will hold ICO bushels. Henry Kirk. Kind of Cows to Keep. I have no particular choice as to the kind of cows to keep. This is a good deal like a man getting a wife it de pends largely on the kind he prefers. If you are going to keep cows exclu sively for butter , the Jersey , Guernsey and Holstein are desirable breeds. If you are going to take into considera tion the value of a calfwhich seems quite necessary in our State , the milk- strain of the Shorthorn meets the requirements as well as any. The only reliable test for a cow is the amount of butter she produces. If she does not produce 225 pounds of butter fiit per year she is not a desirable cow to > keep. In building up a herd it is quite necessary to select sires from the best milking strain. G. L. McKay , Iowa. A Good Stable Ventilator. The idea some men have of ventilat ing stables is to throw open a window directly back of an animal and let the wind blow in ; other men open a win dow about an inch and keep it open ten minutes. Neither plan is ventila tion. Animals stabled in warm build ings catch cold readily , so that , hav ing made the stable comfortable for the animals , the next thing to do is to provide for a supply of air , but in such a manner that it will not blow over the animals. If one has box stalls for tho horses a window at some distance from them will supply needed ventila tion. If the stalls are not so arranged then some opening should be made in the barn if necessary so that the air may enter readily yet not blow direct ly on the animals. If there is no other way of getting ventilation than through the windows at the rear of the animals then put an attachment to each window to shed the air ; a board eight or ten inches wide nailed on a slant over the opening that Is made when the window slides to one side will reflect tho wind , so to speak , and it will not strike the animals directly. Surely a man of bright wits will find some way of giving his animals venti lation without injury to them if the way suggested docs not suit him. IiroKt Bitten Comb.i. If the trouble is seen before the frost has thawed out , put the bird In a room that will warm up slowly , let ting the circtiltion begin slowlj * . Avoid a place where the bird can get into the direct sunlight or a room that is much above the freezing point. Even the holding of dry snow against the cornb will help remove more slowly the frost of the parts. Having restored the cir culation , or noticing the bird after it has thawed out , apply twice a day an ointment of vaseline , six tablespoon- fuls ; glycerin , two tablespoonftils ; tur pentine , one teaspoonful. This will help start into a healthy condition the blood circulation of comb and wattles and at the same time reduce the swell ing. Dr. Sanboru in Reliable Poultry Remedies. Vine for llnrjies.i , Etc. In winter months is the time to re pair harness. The cut shows a very handy tool to hold your straps while you sew. Take two hardwood staves about 2 . feet lon . bore ainch hole , 10 inches from top end , through both the staves , then put in a boltinch thick and 5 inches long , and a nut with short handle on. Old coiled spring slipped on the inside , between the two staves , make it to open itself. Lower ends could be hinged together with piece of leather. F. B. Thor. Feed Ifor.se * L.CIH T-Vhen Idle. In an exchage Andrew Stcnson sen sibly says : The horse not only requires less feed when Idle than when at work , but is actually injured if the ration is not reduced on days of idleness. Some feeders of high standing reduce the feed of their work horses on Sundays and holidays , in the belief that even one day's feeding of a working ration while the horse is at rest is injurious. It is now the belief of all who have thoroughly studied the subject that idle horses are fed too heavily as a , rule. But no fixed ration can be named , since the food requirements of individual horses differ so widely. Close observation will enable the feed er to adapt the quantity to the needs of each animal. Avoid Haste In Cnlllnpr. Because a ewe is in poor condition and generally ill looking is no reason why she should be culled , for such arc usually the best of mothers and are the ones that raise big lusty twin lambs. After her lambs are taken from her she will soon flesh up. Poultry The smaller the poultry quarters the cleaner they must be kept. The best breeds will Hot be profit able if they are mismanaged. Profide nestswhere they are handy for hens and handy to gather eggs from. Poultry is the cheapest and most economical and best meat raised on the farm. Are you giving your poultry the at tention you give the other stock/or just allowing it to shift for itself ? Coarse food promotes digestion and helps to keep the fowls in a healthy condition. Feed as much of it as pos sible. Do not simply throw the water out of the drinking vessels and put in freshvater , but wash the vessel * thoroughly every time you change tha water ;