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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1906)
THE : WEEKLY ifeJJi " 1510 Juan Dias DC Solis discovered the mouth of the Rio Janeiro river. 151:1 Louis XII. of France died. 3521 Martin Luther excommunicated. 1.TJ3 Knights of Malta driven from the Island of Rhodes by the Turks. 3540 Henry VIII. married to Anne , daughter of Duke of Cleves. 1589 Catherine DC Medial died. 1G04 Jesuits reinstated in France. 1(549 Anno of Austria. Queen Regent of France , fled from Paris to St Germain. 10,11 Charles II. crowned King of Scot land. 10(51 ( First appearance of women actors said to have been made at Lin coln Inn Fields theater , London. 1l > ! ) .l Marshal Luxembourg died. 16H ! Whitehall Palace , London , de stroyed by fire. 3717 Triple alliauce formed by Eng land , France and Holland. 171M Philip V. of Spain abdicated in favor of his son. 3725 Pope Benedict XIII. opened the Holy Gates. 3.7l0 ! Many persons killed or injured as a result of a great fog enveloping London. 173.1 Paul Revere born. IT , " ? Jehu Hancock born. 1740 Benedict Arnold born. 17-ir > Gen. Anthony Wayne bora. J7. > 7 Attempt made to assassinate Louis XV. of France. 17. > 7 ( Calcutta retaken by the English. ITij'J England declared war against Spain. 177 ( > Uuion flag raised at Cambridge , Mass. ' 1777 I'attlo between American and British forces at Princeton , N. J. 'J 7S1 French invaded island of Jersey j and met with defeat. j 17S-I Treaty between United States and Great Britain signed. j 17S7 Arthu ? Middleton , one of the sign ers of the Declaration of Inde pendence , died. I ! , * ' * - 17SS Georgia ratified the constitution of the United States. 3 71C Slate canal of Pennsylvania be gun VHcn bill passed in Eng land Third partition of Poland arranged between Russia , Austria and Prussia. ITD.j Josiah Wedgewood. inventor of Wedgewood ware , died. 17S ! American Congress made gift of I $12,800 to Kosciusko , the Polish patriot who aided in the American revolution. 3S01 Union of Great Britain and Ire land. 1S04 Insurrection of Irish convicts in New South Wales. 1SOG Breslau surrendered to the French. r ISM Dantzic surrendered to Duke of Wustemberg. 1822 Declaration of independence by the Greeks. 1825 Ferdinand IV. , King of "Naples , died. 1S2S Fall of the Viliele ministry in France. 'JS29 Protests received at Washington against dispatch or delivery of mails on the Sabbath Forty lulled in a mine explosion at Lyons , France. 1S30 Methodism first introduced in Germany. | IS&l First newspaper issued in Bnffalo , N. Y Charles Lamb died. | 1842 English began retreat from Cabul. I84o Steven F. Mason , ex-Governor ol Michigan , died. 1S4S Girard College , Philadelphia , opened Insurrection at Mes- shia , Sicily. 3SU ) Discovery of the magnetic clock by Dr. Locke of Ohio. IS vi Gen. Aristas resigned and Ceval- los chosen president of Mexico. . . . Spain enacted stringent knv against liberty of the press , 18,14 : French and English fleets enter the Black sea on their way to the Crimea. 18-15 Victoria Bridge across St. Law rence river carried away by ice. ' 18,17 Assassination of the Archbishop of Paris ( Sibous ) . 1S J3 Stnte of West Virginia admitted to the Union. I 1875 Trial of the Beecher-Tilton case begun. . . .Garibaldi refused pen sion from Italy on account of na tion's low finances. 18S.1 Earthquake shocks felt in Mary- " land , Virginia and New Hamp shire Archbishop Ryan ol Philadelphia invested with the pallium. 181)1 Emma Abbott , famous operr siuper. died. . . vSettlement of fron tier dispute between Persia and Afghanistan. 3SOS Ln t spike driven in the Great Northern extension to the Pacific i coast. i 3S : > r Million dollar fire at Toronto , Ont . . . . 'Many lives lost in great storm on English coast Mrs. Mary T. Lathrop , W. C. T. U. leader , died. 3808 John D. Rockefeller donated § 100,000 to University of Chicago , delivery of Cnba to tin States. J TEN DIE IN FIRE. Blaze In "Went YIotel Fire in the West Hotel at Minneapo lis early Wednesday morning cost the lives of ten persons , damaged the great hostelry to the extent of § 25,000 and gave throngs of spectators views of thrilling rescues by the firemen that called forth cheers from the crowds. Feats of heroism by the firefighters kept down the death list , although Captain John Berwin of hook and lad der company No. 1 perished while working to lower a woman from the fifth story. The fire was discovered at 7:15 o'clock and the guests and employes were given prompt alarms by the ho tel's system ofelectric bells. Fire es capes cut oft by roaring flames , fanned by acold and strong wind , and halls filled by impenetrable smoke caused three people to jump from windows to their deaths. The firemen had the flames under control within an hour nnd at S :30 : it was reported that it was extinguished. The West Hotel has for many years been regarded as the leading hostelry of Minneapolis. It was built nearly twenty years ago by the late Colonel John T. West and was made as nearly fireproof as possible. Located at 5th street and Hennepin avenue , it occu pied a commanding position in the city and was regarded as a show place and one of the leading attractions of the city. The facilities afforded by the hotel brought scores of conventions and other gatherings to the city and rarely were its accommodations overtaxed. The Republican national convention of 1892 was secured to Minneapolis chiefly because of tho West Hotel. The vast lobby , declared to be the largest in the United States , was easily able to accommodate the crowds which filled the place. Many other notable gather ings were held within its walls and in the afternoon nnd evening it was the center for business and professional men to gather. With the death of Col. West the property passed into other hands. WALTER WELLMAN. Journalist-Explorer Asrnin to Visit the Polar Rt'Kions. A new interest in Arctic exploration lias been aroused by the announcement of Walter Wcllman that he and Santos Dmnoiit , the aerial navigator , will start in the near future upon an expedition which they hope will carry them to the North pole. They will go in an airship and will describe their journeys as they proceed northward by aid of the wireless telegraphy and submarine cables. It is the most spectacular undertaking in the history of Arctic exploration. Walter Wellman is an able journalist , Washington correspondent f leading dailies , and a reliable writer. He is'also an explorer , having twice visited the polar regions. On his first expedition in .1894 he reached the Sl. t degree. His iip was crushed in the ice and he suf fered many hardships. On his second expedition 1S9S-0 he went to Franz Joseph Laud , by way of Archangel , Rus sia , having 84 dogs with him. After fruitless efforts to push his ship farther north in waters which the following year were free of ice ( an example of the luck that runs in the Arctic ) , he was forced * o establish his base at Cape Yagethoff , latitude 80 degrees 4 minutes. In the autumn an outpost was established 70 miles farther north. From this outpost Wellman and his men eventually moved north and explored hitherto unknown regions , but their cherished hope of go ing further north than other explorers ivas spoiled by an injury to Wellmau's leg and by the destruction of some of the camp equipment. Ever since the second expedition Mr. Wellman has been a close stucent of Arctic work and conditions. Probably he has never been ible to get the polar fever entirely out of his system. In ad dition to his newspaper and magazine work he has written much oh geograph ical and exploration topics. lie has lec tured before the Royal Geographical So ciety of London , the British Association for the Advancement of Science , the Na tional Geographical Society of Washing ton , the Arctic Club of New York , and other similar bodies. WAGES SMALL FOR BIG FAMILIES Cliild-Imnor Secretary President' * * Theory. President Roosevelt's declaration in favor of big families was discussed be fore the New Rochelle People's forui in New York Sunday. The Rev. Owen R. Lovcjoy , secretary of the National Child Labor committee , declared that ex cept in special cases the President was inistaken in promulgating such ideas among the American people. Many men , he said , were working to-day at the bench and in the factory for less wages than their fathers received for the same amount ofwork _ and it was costing them more to live. Such men , he said , if they were of con scientious type , would hesitate at the re sponsibility of bringing children into the world to struggle and toil for a bare liv ing without prospectsof advancement. Mr. Lovcjoy estimated the number of children employed at manufacture and mining in the United States at 2,000,000 , which , he said , is far too many , as they are crowding men and women out of work and lowering wages. He said that the National Child Labor committee , in conjunction with the Na tional Consumers' League , would go to Washington thirf winter to try to have Congress pass a bill to ostablish an ad ditional child-labor bureau , which would raise the condition of working children to that of France and Germany. Short Ne'svs Notes. Pickering College , at Pickering. Onr. , was destroyed by fire. The loss is $75.000. Walter B. Hill , chancellor of the Uni- versity of Georgia , died in Athens , Ga. , of pneumonia. Eight persons wore wounded by pro miscuous shooting during the first minute of the new year in Philadelphia. The municipal ferry operated by New York City between Staten Island and the city is costing $500 a dny moie than the reccijrts. (32 CITIZEN Now I know what they mean by "Old Line Compa nies. " Indianapolis Sun. SHIPS IN A CRASH. Battleship Kentucky Rnn Dotvn by the Powerful Alabama. The battleships Kentucky and Kear- sarge ran aground and the Kentucky was fouled and damaged by the bat tleship Alabama during the passage of the battleship squadron under com mand of Rear-Admiral Robley Evans through the main ship channel out of \ REAR ADMIRAL EVAKS. New York harbor Sunday. Tho Ken tucky was so badly damaged that it was unable to proceed with the fleet. The Maine , Admiral Evans' flagship , was the only vessel to carry a pilot and was leading the squadron , the Kentucky , Kearsarge , Alabama and Illinois following in close formation in the order named. An ebb tide and a west wind combined to urge the ves sels toward the east side of the chan nel and the Kentucky went aground. There was not room for the Kearsarge to sheer off into the main channel without a collision , so her commander drove her aground. The Alabama at tempted to make the channel and struck the Kentucky a glancing blow on the starboard quarter , carrying away the rail and all belonging to it. The upper steel plates of the Ken tucky were bent for a distance of about ten feet. Both the Kentucky and Kearsarge freed themselves and the Kearsarge joined the fleet outside the bar. Rear-Admiral Charles H. Davis , in command of the second division of the squadron , with the Alabama as flag ship , explained the accident in detail , but would not comment on it other than to say that the high wmd , the action of the tide and the narrowness of the channel were directly respon sible. He would not say that the Kentucky was seriously disabled. * was of the opinion that his own ves sel , the Alabama , was not. PATTISON NOW GOVERNOR. Democratic Anti-iLfquor 3Ian Jnnn- Kiiratcd in Ohio. Under unwonted conditions both phy sical and political John M. Pattisou was inaugurated at Columbus as Gov ernor of Ohio Monday. The political peculiarity of the cere mony was that the new executive is a Democrat the first the buckeye State has called to office in many years. Mr. Pattison introduced a unique feature at the inaugural ceremonies by reviewing the parade while standing hi a glass cage which had been erected on the reviewing stand to guard him from the wintry air. Gov. Pattison had been ill with a severe cold for several days and under no other conditions would his physician permit him to venture beyond liis home. The spectacle of a new Governor standing in a glass case to review the parade celebrating his induction into of- lice attracted an immense crowd of peo ple , every section of the State being rep resented. Gov. Pattison and his party stood in the cage , which was ten feet high nnd about twelve feet square , with a peaked roof , and watched the troops and civic organizations as they filed past. While trying to arrest some Italians at Torrington , Conn. , Robert Newitt , a po liceman , was fatally shot and L. S. Hull , chief of police , was stabbed. Eight Ital ians were shooting at each other when the police appeared and the rioters turn ed their weapons against them. Chief Hull will recover. President Faulkner , in a letter issued at Cleveland , urges the members of the Amalgamated Window Glass Workers f America to accept a reduction of wages in order to meet the competition of ma- china made goods. * ROOSEVELT REPORTS ON CANAL. Sends to Congress the Annual Re ports of the Commission. President Roosevelt transmitted to Congress Monday the annual reports of the Panama canal commission aud the Panama Railroad Company , with the Secretary of War's letter of Irausmittal to him. Speaking of the work on the isthmus , Mr. Roosevelt says : "All the work so far has been done , .not only with the utmost expedition , but in the most careful and thorough man ner ; and what has been accomplished gives us good reason to believe that the canal will be dug in a shorter time than had been anticipated , and at an expendi ture within the estimated amount. "From time to time various publica tions have been made , and from time to time in the future various similar publi cations doubtless will be made , purport ing to give an account of jobbery , or im morality , or inefficiency , or misery , as obtaining on the isthmus. I have care fully examined into each of these accu sations which seemed worthy of atten tion. In every instance the accusations have proved to be without foundation in any shape or form. "Any attempt to cut down the salaries of the officials of the isthmian commis sion or of their subordinates who are do ing important work , would be ruinous from the standpoint of accomplishing the work effectively. "The zeal , intelligence and efficient public service of the isthmian commission and its subordinates have been notewor thy. I court the fullest , most exhaustive and most searching investigation of any act of theirs , and if any one of them is ever shown to have done wrong his pun ishment shall be exemplary. " ELOPEMENT PROVES FIASCO. Miss IJuscli nnd Lieut. Sclmrrei May Xot Mnrry After All. The two principals in the strenuous St Louis romance , wllo apparently are not to be married after all. Brewer Adol- phus Busch's daughter went to Belle ville , 111. , with Scharrer , who is a suitor from Stuttgart , Germany. They sought a marriage license , but could not get one. The girl communicated with her father , who ordered her home , saying sh could be married there just as well. How ever. Miss Busch has been taken to the ISS irscu AND SCHARRKI : . country home of the family , and rumors that ho frightened Miss Bnsch into con sent by displaying a pistol are not dis cussed by Scharrer. He is also reported to have demanded a million-dollar dowry for his intended bride. From 3ar and Near. B , B. Mitchell , a stock broker of San Francisco , Cal. . has closed his doors. His liabilities are $100,000. Mrs. D. Stuart Null of Wellsboro , Pa. , was killed iu a runaway accident. Her husband and Miss Emma Mathers were bady injured. Miss Goldberg , aged 22. a sister of B. B. Goldberg , a merchant of New York , was probably fatally burned at their winter home at Thomasville , Ga. About 150 cutters , pattern-makers , ma chine operators and finishers employed by A. B. Kirschbaum & Co. , clothing man ufacturers at Philadelphia , ni'e on strike for the eight-hour dar. The Board of Public Safety at Louis ville , Ky. , ordered that the police regu lations regarding the standing in aisles . and blockading oC passages in theaters must b strictly enforced. Walter A. Florer of Gray Horse , O. T. , well known as a trader among the Osage Indians , died iu Denver from tuberculosis of the braiu. The announcement was made of the sale of the beautiful home site in Pasa dena known as Garmclita to L. V. Hark- ness , the Standard Oil magnate , for 5180,000. Charles W. Hecker of Chicago and John Kelly of Memphis , employed on the engineering boat Bamnee , were murder ed and robbed near St. Joseph , La. , by a negro named Asa Bcc , who w g cap tured. fTAPT ON THE CANAL. SECRETARY ' DISCUSSES ISTH MIAN AFFAIRS. Letter to the President on Panama Conditions Sent to Conerean Ac tion on Type Delayed Hallway Bond iHsne nnd 3Iarliel Criticised. The letter of the Secretary of War to the President transmitting the an nual reports of the Isthmian Canal Commission and of the president of the Panama Rail road company , to gether with the re ports , were receiv ed by the two houses of Con gress. The report of the canal com mission has been made public. Sec- rpjf * . tn SECRETARY TAFT. " " " " , . . . letter advised the President that there is to be a major ity and a minority report from the board of consulting engineers as to the type of canal to be recommended , and he hopes that the whole matter may b presented , for submission to Congress by Feb. 1. The Secretary takes up the report of the president of the railroad com pany and discusses two transactions referred to in the report the issue of bonds and their repurchase by the company and the market contract for feeding employes on the isthmus. Of these the Secretary says : "The question of issuing the bonds was not submitted to you or to me before final action was taken by the board of directors. The policy of sell ing the bonds was a doubtful one and should not have been adopted until after a conference with higher govern mental authority. I have not the slightest doubt that the president and directors of the company acted in en tire good faith in what they did , and , as they thought , for the best interests of the government ; but considering tho anomalous and peculiar relations bo- twen the directors and the company and the government , the bonds should not have been issued without your ap proval or mine. "In view of this fact , by your au thority , I instructed the president of the railroad company to proceed at once to repurchase the bonds. The bonds themselves contained a stipula tion providing that they might be re deemed either Oct. 1 or April 1 upon the payment 'of the previous six months' interest , the principal , and a premium of 5 per cent. "Arrangements were made with the purchasers by which the bonds were bought back at the premium paid , 105 , and accrued interest to date of repur chase from Oct. 1. To make the re purchase it was at first thought nec essary for the railroad company to borrow $400,000 from the canal com mission. " In future , the Secretary says , ques tions of this character "will not be acted upon until after conference with the proper authorities. " Discnfise.s Markcl Contract. Secretary Taft then discusses the cancellation of the Markel contract for feeding the Panama laborers. He says : "The reason for the cancellation of the contract was that , in carrying out Mr. Markers recommendations , the railroad company , under Mr. Stevens , had been able to furnish food to its employes and those of the commission at a less price than that fixed in the contract Mr. Markel still insists that Ihe estimate of cost made by him was reasonable aud that the results ob tained by the company were due to two circumstances one that all the elements of cost to the contractor were not included in the railroad com pany's estimate for the cost of first- class meats , and the other that the specifications of the contract required for meals for the second class of ein- plnyes a more expensive meal than the company was actually furnish ing. " After stating that Mr. Markel was later allowed $10,745 for his expenses under the contract , Mr. Taft says : "This action was taken without con sulting either you or me , and was not brought to my attention until some time after my return from Panama on Nov. 15. Looked at from a purely and strictly legal standpoint , if the amendment of the contract with re spect to the cancellation at the discre tion of the President was to be strict ly construed , a cancellation would end the obligations of both parties under it and leave them without any claim for damages by either against the oth er , and therefore Mr. Markel would seem to have no claim against the rail road company after the right of abso lute cancellation had been exercised by the president In other words , it would appear that the payment or- .dered by the directors was gratuitous and without legal consideration. " Panama. Railway Ileport. The annual report of the Panama Railroad Company for the ten months ended Oct. 31 last , submitted to Con gress , shows that after payment of all fixed charges and cost of operation for the period covered there remains $354.2 IS , or somewhat in excess of 5 per cent on the capital stock. The to tal earnings of the road for the trans portation of all kinds of traffic show an increase of $302,204 , or 18.77 per cent over the corresponding ten months of the previous year. V"1 Merciful Rabbit Trapping : . It Is confidently stated that th Ibocking cruelties of the steel trap In common use for catching rabbits can readily and cheaply be prevented by hvisting a few turns of copper or brass jvire closely around each Jaw , below Ihe teeth , where the spring flies up , * o is to insure the teeth being always fixed a full quarter of an Inch open when the trap is sprung. Rabbits are Ihus caught with equal ease , and nrhen taken out of the traps are found ininjured. To complete their purpose , the traps must be placed far down la Ihe boles and be regularly visited early md late. These modified traps ara nost successful , with advantages rela tive to food , while dogs , cats and > irds derive proportionate freedom Irom suffering when trapped by mis take. _ _ j Don't Wait. Hanna , Wyo. , Jan. 15th ( Special ) Delays are dangerous. Don't wait un til all the awful symptoms of Kidney Disease develop In your system , and pour physician shakes his head grave ly as ho diagnoses your case. If you suspect your kidneys , turn at once to the great Kidney Specific Dodd's Kidney Pills. You can do so with ev ery confidence. A few of Dodd's Kid ney Pills taken in time have saved many a life. Tho early symptoms of Kidney Disorder may be the forerun ners of Bright's Disease , Diabetes and Dropsy. Mr. W. H. Jeffries , a resi dent here , tells below how ho treated an attack of Kidney Trouble. He says : "Before I commenced taking Dodd's Kidney Pills , I had always a tired feeling every morning when I got out of my bed , and my Kidneys were In very bad shape. There was always a dull heavy pain across my loins , and I had hard work to stoop. I took two boxes of Dodd's Kidney Pills , the tired feeling and back pains have en tirely gone , and I am now cured. " , No Caudc for Alarm. "I see there are a couple of oil mag nates in the audience , " said the minister to the doorkeeper at the lecture ; "give them hack their money. I won't have any tainted money ! " "You needn't worry , " replied the door keeper ; "they both came in o"n fre passes ! " Naiuerona Picture * . Bacon I see the Baron has two oil paintings in one of his rooms. Egbert They are his ancestors , I sup pose. "But in another one' close by there are hundreds of pictures. " "Yes , no doubt they are his creditors. " A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES. Itching , Blind , Bleeding Protruding Piles. DruggiHts are authorzed to refund tnouey if PAZO OINTMENT falls to core ( a 0 to 14 days. 60c. Cheap Trc There is an almost universal com plaint among fruit growers that thci trees obtained from nurseries nowa days do not possess vitality nor bear the quality of fruit thati did trees years ago. This is un doubtedly due to the fact that the de mand for trees at low prices has In- ; duced nurserymen to obtain their' scions for propagating purposes fromt trees In the nursery rather than from : selected bearing trees. In other words , the individual merit of the tree from. which to perpetuate is no longer con sidered. We appreciate the value ofi proper breeding with our stock , but can see only the cost of the tree when it comes to that part of the Investment. It is expensive for nurserymen to ob tain proper material for first-class trees , and such trees can not be sold for a few cents each. Fortunately , there Is likely to be a decided change in this condition , for some of the larger nurseries are pre paring to offer trees at different prices , strictly in accordance with the excel lence of the tree in all ways. As these men are reputable , there will be no doubt about honest dealings. Twenty years ago , when our first orchard was set , we paid 25 cents each for apple trees In hundred lots , j ast year we bought better-looking trees for 8 cents each , but we do not believe they will bear fruit to compare with that given by the trees of the old orchard for many years back. Don't forget there Is such a thing as false economy. UNCONSCIOUS POISONING. How It Often Happen * from Colte * . "I had no idea , " writes a Duluth man , "that it was the coffee I had been drinking all my life that was responsi ble for the headaches which were growing upon mo , for the dyspepsia that no medicines would relieve , and for the acute nervousness which un fitted me not only for work but also for the most ordinary social functions. "But at last the truth dawned upon me , I forthwith bade the harmful bev erage a prompt farewell , ordered in some Postum and began to use it. The good effects of the new food drink were apparent within a very few days. My headaches grew less frequent , and de creased in violence , my stomach grew strong and able to digest my food without distress of any kind , my nerv ousness has gone and I am able to enjoy life with my neighbors and sleep soundly o' nights. My physical strength and nerve power have in creased so much that I can do double the work I used to do , and feel no un due fatigue afterwards. "This improvement sot in just as soon as the old coffee poison had so worked out of my system as to allow the food elements in the Postum to get a hold to build me up again. I cheer fully testify that it was Postum and Postum alone that did all this , for whon I began to drink It I 'threw phy sic to the dogs. ' " Name given by Postum Co. , Battle Creek , Mich. There's a reason. Bead tho famous little book , "The Road to Wellville , " to pkft.