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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1906)
.The Valentine Democrs Valentine , Neb. 1. M. Rice. Publish * HTJNGEJft DRIVEN OF JIG CAIGOES or FOOD PIIED i : JN FRISCO. Jltit- Charity Isn't Overdone llomelc People Must He Assisted Indefinite' A Busy Day in the Ruins Worl men Begin Clearing Away Debris. Had it not been for the sight of it. rude altars set up in the open ai wherever San Francisco's homele : thousands Avere camped , one AVOU ! have some difficulty in finding an of the peaceful associations of the Sal bath in that city Sunday. EA'erj where throughout the burned as AVC as the remaining- section of the cit there Avas the greatest activity. Streei Avere being cleared of debris , laborei Avere repairing broken water pipe ; seAvers and gas main ; electricians Aver everywhere seeking to untangle th almost hopeless confusion of Avires ; i Tact , San Francisco Avas in the fin stages of its regeneration. There Avere no hungry people ther Sunday night ; the gaunt specter ha Tjeen banished by the generous re spouse of the nation to the appeal 'that went out for assistance. Food b the carload and by the boatload pour ed into Oakland Saturday night an Sunday in sufficient quantities to over whelm the committee Avhich has 3 charge its distribution. So great wa the volume of foodstuffs brought int the general depot at Oakland Moletha 'the general committee Sunday mad an appeal for skilled labor in th handling- these supplies. Grocers , butchers and commissioi men haA'e been requested to secur men who are familiar in the handlin : of foodstuffs in order that the distri bution at the stores of stations estab lished might go on without confusion The homeless people are no longe obliged to subsist on bread and ca'n .ned stuff entirely , as they had beei during the preA'ious days of their try ing experience , but Avere Sunday giv en hot coffee , canned meats and eAei cakes and oranges. Oranges haA'e come in plentiful sup ply from southern California , and th < sight of California's famous produc Avas everywhere hailed Avith Avords o : delight. It must not be understood by th < charitable people of the country tha ; there is a surfeit of food for the suf ferers. While the supply is abundani at this writing it is Avell for the public to remember that the homeless thou sands must be fed and cared for bj the organized relief committees for ar indefinite period. It is desired , there fore , the contributions be continued everyAvhere until the people who have been rendered helpless can care for themseh'es. LODGINGS IN THE CHURCHES. .Refugees Sleep in Sanctuaries of Oakland. Oakland , Cal. , is caring for 75,000 people rendered homeless by the San Francisco disaster , and is prepared to care for twice as many. The height of the influx has been reached and the number of the refugees is slightly de creasing. Although they are still com ing in in large numbers , still more are leaving on trains for other points. The requests for transportation are being investigated as closely as possible and all the dcserA'ing are being sent aAA'ay. "Women and children and married men who wish to join their families in dif ferent parts of the state are given the preference. "WILD WEST" ' SHOWMEN SHOT. One Killed mid Another Fatally Wounded at Richmond , Mo. "Skip" Wilson , one of the proprie tors of a "Wild West" SIOAA % is dead at Richmond , Mo. , and his partner , "William DuA'all , is fatally injured as the result of a battle Avith officers on the public square at a late hour there Saturday night. The fight AA-as betAveen four officers on one side and a band of coAA-boys. led by Wilson and Duvall , on the other. None of the officers Avas injured. The fight was the result of an at tempt to arrest Wilson for an offense it is said he committed Avhen his show appeared there last fall. Destroyed by Fire. Fire SAvept the tOAA'n of Mariquina in Hizal province , P. I. Many thousands homeless and starving and dAvellings are ruined. The government is rush ing assistance to the sufferers. Fire also destroyed Pasii , near the of Cebu. Sioux City Live Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Sioux City liA'e stock market folloAv : Butch er steers , $4.40S ( > 4.60. Top hogs. Italian TOAVII Evacuated. A Florence dispatch says : The whole of the population of Poggibonsi Saturday night camped out. The toAA'n has been evacuated. The sick are housed in railway carriages at the sta tion. There Avere seven more slight shocks of earthquake Sunday. Tonialcs in Ruins. A San Fafael , Cal. , special says that the town -Tomales is a pile of ruins. Two children \vere killed. NEW PERIL IN WIND. Gale Sends Flames Toward. Wat 'Front. It Avas reported at Oakland at 11 : p. m. that the fire in the neighborhoi of the merry building at San Franci co had been checked. Plunged into absolute darkne ; Friday night at 10 o'clock San Fra cico had not seen the conclusion the devastating Avork of the confiagr tion. tion.The The fire that started at Neb hill ai worked its Avay to the north bea < section , SAveeping fhat section clean buildings , AA-as later A'eered around 1 a fierce Avind and made its Avay soutl erly to the immense sea Avail shed ai grain Avarehouses. The flames Avere heading direct for the immense ferry building , tl terminal point of all central , oA'erlar and local trains of the Southern P ; cific road. The darkness and the wind , whic at times amounted to a gale , add ( fresh terrors to the situation. Tl authorities considered conditions j grave that it Avas decided to SAvear ; immediately 10,000 special policeme armed Avitli rifles furnished by tr federal gOA'ernment. In addition 1 this force companies of nation ! guards arrived from many interk points. It Avas reported Friday night th ; thirty-five men had been shot and kil ed while trying to Avork their way inl the ruins of the subtreasury on Con mercial Street. TAA'O Chinese Avere shot and killeen on Market Street for refusing to obe orders of the soldiery. Six hundred laborers from tli ocean shore arriA-ed Friday night t look after the city's seAvers to prever an epidemic , and the United Raihva\ Company commenced its efforts t clean up some of the streets. Late Friday afternoon the polic broke open every saloon and corne grocery in the saved districts an poured all malt and spiritous liquor into the gutters. The problem noAA- confronting th city gOA'ernment and federal author ! ties is IIOAV to feed the multitude c destitute. Supplies are coming in b the trainload , but the system of dis tribution is not in complete workin order. Scores of bodies are being- found i the collapsed buildings. THE IOWA SCALE IS SIGNED. Miners and Operators of the Stat Reach an Agreement. The scale committee for the IOAVJ operators and miners Friday in De Moines signed a scale on the 190 ; basis. It Avas ratified by a joint conventioi Friday afternoon. The international executiA'e boar < of United Mine Workers of ! Americ ; Friday in Indianapolis rejected thj proposition of the operators of Avest ern Pennsylvania , Indiana , Ohio anc Illinois , Avho are opposing the pay ment of the 1903 Avage scale to th < 2oal miners and Avho , through J. M Winder , their chairman , offered tc submit the difference to arbitration. HURT WHILE SEEKING AVORK. Fliirly 3Ieii Arc Injured on Dulutl Ore Docks. At Duluth thirty laborers were in ured , several seriously , by the giA'ing vay of a trestle that connects ore locks No. 1 and No. 2 of the Duluth , tfesabe and Northern RaiUvay. The iccident happened Friday when aboul LOO men , applicants for positions on he docks , AA-ere croAVding to get to the oreman , who AA-as doing the hiring. : n the rush a portion of the rail on he trestle ave AA'ay , thirty of the men icing precipitated to the ground be- OAAa distance of about forty feet. TO AID SUFFERING. 'he Cabinet Takes Action at a Mcet- Friday. At a cabinet meeting in Washington n Friday it Avas decided that Secre- ary Metcalf should proceed at once 3 San Francisco as the representative f the national gOA'ernment. Metcalf left Friday afternoon and . Avill be his effort to consult with ie governor of California and the lunicipal authorities of San Francis- o and to advise the national admin- stration Avhat , if anything may be one to alleviate the distress there. Important Grain Ruling. The appellate court at Chicago hursday decided the purchase of op- onal contracts by one member of the sard of trade from another is illegal , he effect of the decision is to do away ith "bids and offers. " Millionaire Ends Life. William Beckers , a millionaire of ilAA'aukee , Wis. , Committed suicide Mobile , Ala. , Friday. 10,000 Messages Filed. Secretary Taft at Washington says 1,000 messages haA'e been filed in San rancisco to eastern people. Discoverer-of Radium Killed. At Paris Prof. Curie , discoverer of dium , AA-as run over and killed by a igon Thursday. Conflagration in Luzon. Fire has SAvept the toAvn of Mari na , in Rizi , province of Luzon. Many ousands of persons are homeless and irvlng. TAVO thousand dAvellings are ruins. The gOA'ernment is rushing sistance to the sufferers. Kansas City Generous. The business men of Kansas City , ) . , subscribed $10,000 for the San ancisco sufferers , and an effort AArill made to increase the amount to 3,000. VAST HEAP OF ASHES. Little Left for Flames in S : Francisco. An Oakland , Cal. , special , dat > midnight Thursday , says : At tl hour the fire in San Francisco do not appear to have diminished. Tl entire sky is illuminated by the gla of the unchecked conflagration. The is no Avind and only the faintest su picion of a breeze but it is said th there is a stiff breeze bloAving ov San Francisco. A gigantic column smoke hangs over desolated San Frai Cisco , the apex forming fantast shapes thousands of feet in the a sloAvly drifting aAvay to the nort ! Avard. A San Francisco dispatch says : Sz Franpisco is the city desolate , seemed that the acme , of its misei Avas reached at dusk Thursday , AVK the flames burst from all sides of tl beautiful Hotel Fairmount. Surrounding that lofty pinnacle < flames far as the eyes could see to tl south , to the east and far out to tl Avest lay in cruel fantastic heai charred and smouldering all that r < mains of the prosperous city. This Avas another day of an uneA' struggle of man against unconquei able flames. Thursday there was a hope that tl worst had been nearly reached an that the end Avould soon come , bi the hope AA-as faint , indeed. If tli flames can be barred in their deA'asti tion of the Washington addition the "finis" Avill be Avritten to the gret disaster. But San Francisco is not discoui aged. Its best people haA'e alread begun to plan for the relief of th destitute. Arrangements were mad for the immediate relief of the need : The baking of 50,000 loaA'es of brea daily has begun. ' Free transportatio is provided by the Southern Pacifi for destitute persons Avishing to get t the interior points. MYSTEKY IN SUICIDE. Gco. E. Charles.Supposed to 3fail fror Ida Grove , la. . Kills Himself. A Sioux Falls , S. D. . special says Coroner L. D. Miller has returne < from Hartford , near Sioux Falls where he Avas called to take charge o the body of Geo. E. Charles.'Avho com mitted suicide by firing a bullet fron a , 3S-caliber revolver into his head. Charles apparently Avas about 2i years of age. He A\-as from Ida Grove [ a. , and friends and relatives then liaA'e been advised of his tragic end He first attempted to have his lifi crushed out by a train in the Hartfon ards , but lost his nerA'e and steppe < from the track Avhen an approaching Lrain Avas only a feAV feet from him Then he returned to a Hartford hotel ivhere he some hours later fired th < aullet into his brain. As he had th ( mm of $143 in cash , and appeared tf ae in good health , the reason for talc ng his own life is shrouded in mys- : ery. MORE SHOCKS ARE FELT. disturbances Recorded on Instrument * at Washington. A Washington , D. C. , dispatch an- lounces that the Aveather bureau rhursday issued a bulletin saying tAA'c mall earthquake shocks AA'ere record- id by the seismograph at the bureau here at S:4C o'clock Thursday inorn- ng , and 2:03 o'clock Thursday morn- ng. The first shock was decidedly tronger than the last , although both fere very slight compared to the orig * nal disturbance. TO CARRY SUPPLIES FREE. ro Charge for Food and Clothing Sent to Stricken People. That relief supplies for San Francis- o Avill be , carried gratuitously by A'ari- us transportation companies Avas in- icatecl when the export shipping ompany announced through its pres- lent , F. G. Bailey , of Chicago , that it ould agree to take supplies to the nffering municipality free of cost. Mr. alley said that clothing and food sup- lies Avould be transported as fast as Teachers' Plans Unchanged. A Winona , Minn. , dispatch says : 2cretary IrAvin Shepard , of the Na- onal Educational Association , Avho sceiitly returned from San Francisco , ates that , notAvithstanding IICAA'S of ie terrible destruction by earthquake , 3 change is contemplated in the ans for holding the next convention : the National Educational Associa- on in that city in July. To Express Supplies Free. The Wells-Fargo Company an- mnced at NeAV York Thursday that ey Avill transport free of charge sup- ies for the sufferers of the San Fran- 3co disaster. VESTERN LEAGUE BASE BALL. hcdule of Exhibition Games to Be Played During April. During the month of April the aux City Packers will play exhibi- n games as follows : At Sioux City aterloo April 24-25-26' iluth April 27-28-29 The Duluth team holds the cham- mship of the Northern League. Daring Lincoln Robbery. At Lincoln , Neb. , daring burglars ednesday night looted the jeAvelry ire of Charles Fleming and secured 000 ! n diamonds. The thieA'es broke ' t the skylight and slid into the ilding by a rope. Navy Yard Escapes. According to a Washington , D. C. , scial , a telegram Thursday from the nmandant of the Mare Island navy d reports $1.000 Avill cover the -nage done there. STATE OF NEBRASE NEWS OF THE WEEK ITT A CO DSNSED FOim. Fireman Day , of Clmtfron , Is Scalil to Death Caught Between Boil Head and Tender of the Engine \Vreck on Northwestern. A Long Pine special says. Pinion between the boiler head and tenth Avith scalding water pouring from broken water gauge upon his face ai over his shoulders and breathing fie flames issuing- from an open fire be Fireman L. . E. Day , of Chadron , Su day night died a horrible death < Northwestern freight train No. 1 two miles west of Merrlman. He w in the act of shoveling coal into tl fire box when the engine stmck a si foot washout and came to a sudd < stop , causing the fireman to be caugi between the cab and tender ai breaking off the water gauge , besid the coal from the tender poured dev upon and covered the lower part of h body. In this helpless position he ei deavored to speak to his engineer , b ; failing , waved a farewell with his 01 free arm and succumbed. O. P. Masters , the engineer , wl had a miraculous escape from deal also , was unable to render ary assis ance to his suffering mate , as he. to was cramped into his cab corner ui able to squirm out. He was dazed t a hard knock he had received on tl head. Nine freight cars were piled on to of one another and smashed almost 1 kindling wood. No other members ( the train crew were seriously injure ! and the road was soon opened ft through passenger trains , which m < at the wreck and transferred. MAN 31YSTERIOUSLY KOIT. Either Falls. Jumps or is Throw from a Second Story Window. Horace Whitmore , the head of a insurance company at Lincoln , whic he is now organizing , Thursday nigl was the hero of a most mysterious ac cident which may result in him bein a cripple for life. He was picked u in the alley back of a rooming hous at Tenth and P Streets suffering fror injuries received from having jumpe or being thrown from the second stor window. "Whitmore had engaged a room a the place early in the evening. Mr ; Spencer , who was in charge , escorte him to the room , and upon leaving i ran into her husband , who started quarrel over the presence of Whit more in the house. Spencer the : broke into the room and asserts h found it empty. Whitmore said h became sca-ed when Spencer kicke , in the door and jumped out of th window. One knee was disjointed , on ankle broken , his eyes were blacken ed and swollen shut , and his nose wa broken in the fall. GIiAXDISKS IX NEBRASKA. Horse at Magnet Known to lie Infect ed Was Shot. A horse belonging to Mr. Ilessey , o Magnet , the implement man , was fount Lo be afflict'ed with glanders and wa ; promptly shot by Dr. Severn , of Kan 'lolph. It is rumored that there maj be other cases and they will be deal ; ivith in the same manner. At Bloomfield glanders has beer round among the horses on the Tndiar -eservation and the Indians keep their n hiding to prevent the state veteri- larian or his deputies from shooting .hem. In this way the disease is gain- ng a foothold in that section. Painter Commits 'Suicide. The body of Charles Tl. Ivory , n minter and paper hanger living at Council Bluffs , was found at an early lour Monday morning in the north ; nd of Rohrer Park by a teamster. DAVO bullet wounds were found in the eft side of the body and a 32-caliber evolver was held in the right hand , he officers think clearly indicating uicide. Soldier Has Smallpox. Private Hill , of Company I. Twenty- ifth infantry , a prisoner in the guard louse at Fort Niobrara. was taken to he hospital on Thursday morning suf- ering from smallpox. He had ' been n the guard house for only one day , o it has been necessary to quarantine Jompany I and a guard has been laced over the barracks. Trainmaster Tloach Dead. Franch Roach , trainmaster of the 'Ikhorn division of the Fremont , Elk- orn and Missouri Valley branch of iie Northwestern , is dead at Fremont f pneumonia. The deceased was rominent in railroad circles in Io\va nd Nebraska. Daring : Lincoln "Robbery. Daring burglars Thursday night > oted the jewelry store of Charles leming at Lincoln and secured $1,000 i diamonds. The thieves broke out ie skylight and slid into the build- ig by a rope. Hartingtoii is Prosperous. The records of the Hartington post- nee show that the receipts for the jar ending March 31 were $5,537.61 , j an increase of about $600 over the Devious year. The receipts are three mes as much as a dozen years ago. Photograph Gallery Burns. Fire at Beatrice Thursday rnorn- g destroyed the Begole & Vanarsdale lotograph gallery and for a time reatened the dry goods store of eibe Bros. For Lack of Coal. At Chadron the Chicago and North- jstern has taken off all gravel and her extra freight trains , only the gular trains moving , and they are loaded they can hardly move , cause , ; k of coal. Cedar County"s Population. The Cedar County commissioners ve instructed the county assessor to Ice a census of Cedar County while ting the assessment of the county , ere has been no census in Nebraska ice the national census of 1900. LIGHTING PLANT PAYS. cs Lighting City Turns Cash In Ci'ie Treasury. A Hastings special says : The m nicipal electric lighting plant , whit was installed early in 1901 , has bc > successful beyond expectations. Tl report of the city clerk shows th its receipts during its live years operation , up to April 1 , were ov $13,000 more than its disbursemeni Not only has the plant more thr paid its current expenses , but it h ; also given the city street lightl : which woull have cost many thousam of dollars. The plant supplies 76 street a lamps. For this service the city fo merly paid a private enterprise ( per lamp per month , or $7,269 a yea The total cost of installation with a permanent improvements up to Api 1 was $70,901. Since the gambling institutions an other disreputable resorts were bar ished the police business of the cil has diminished several hundred p < cent. In 1901 approximately $3,50 was collected in police court fines an costs. Since that year the revenue of the police court have steadily de creased , being only $495.70 yast yea GUILTY OF MURDER. Yediet of , Tury in the Case of Job Walker at Pendcr. The jury in the case of John Walk er. charged ith the murder of Natha lyons , on Dec. 11 , 1905 , came to a agreement Saturday at Pender. afte being out about four hours , flndin John Walker guilty of murder in th second degree. The trial lasted fou days. days.Walker Walker and Lyons are both Omah ; Indians and the killing took place a Henry Woods' house near the agenc ; about 4. p. m. The evidence showei that Walker killed Lyons with a sticl of stove Avoid in the door yard am then leaded the body into a wagoi and hauled it away. He told the fam ily that if any of them told of th < crime he would treat them in the sam way. way.Walkerisan Walkerisan ex-convict , having serv ed one year in the penitentiary semi years ago. INDIAN'S BODY FOUND. Yoir.ss Man AVas Drowned in Rive Four Months Ago. A Pender special says : The body o Byron Preston , a young Indian. wh < lost his life in the Missouri Rivei about four months ago , was found b ] Paul Thomas , an Indian , while fishing The body was near the Omaha agency The coroner of Thurston County , Hen ry Rockenbaugh , has been notified ol the discoveiy. The body was not mov ed until he had made an examination Thomas will get the reward of $100 of fered for the body by the father ol Preston. The young buck was drowned whilt crossing the river on the ice in com pany with a party of Indians who had been visiting a bootlegger's camn icros3 the river. WAUKSN ACQUITTED. reriliet of Not Guilty in Case of Al leged Holdup Man. After having been out for seventeen lours the jury at Omaha , in tht casa igainst Joe Warren , one of the 'four Tien charged with the killing of Sa- oonkeeper Lausten on the night.of Fan. 20 in a holdup , Sunday returned i verdict of not guilty. Warren ia icltl for further trial for complicity n the burglary of a South Omaha irug store. Of the other j-oung bandits charged vith the Lausten murder. Jay O'Hearn las been sentenced to hang. Leo An- rus has begun a life sentence in the > enitentiary and Ray Nelson , who urned state's evidence , has not yet esn tried. Iavin - Workers Strike. Twenty-five shovelers employed on he Fiftli Street paving job at Fre- nont struck Monday morning for 20 ents an hour. They had been getting 7Vi cents. Foreman Jones refused heir demands and wired Contractor lichael Ford at Cedar Rapids for or- ers. The reply Avas not to pay over " 7 % cents. They refused to "go to ; ork and the foreman succeeded in etting four men to take their places , nd soon expects to have a full force t work. The strikers made no dis- jrbance and assert they Avill Avin out , hich is not very probable. A Big Job. At Ilumboldt the big- steel railroaa ridge over the Long branch Avas loved to its new concrete foundation , ie structure being- raised and placed pen rollers on regular railroad steel nd by means of Avindlasses pulled to s new location , the A\-ork being ac- jmplished Avithout delaying traffic , 'though ' the structure weighs nearly 30,000 pounds. Stranger Found Dying. William Searson. residing east o. Ida , found a man along the right of ay of the Union Pacific railroad four iles east of Alda , evidently hurt from lling off a train. The man Avas tak- i in the buggy with Mr. Searson , but jfore he could find out his identity hoAv he Avas hurt , the man had ex red. Hastings Preparing for Druggists. Druggists are preparing for the en- rtainment of the 300 or more drug- sts A\-ho AA-ill come to that city to at- nd the annual convention of the Ne- aska Druggists' Association on June 6 and 7. Held for Illegal Voting. Walter Ashby , Avho Avas arrested for ting illegally at the spring election Tekamah , has been bound OA-er to e district court under $ SOO bonds. PriA-ate Rogers Sentenced. Private Edward Rogers. Troop A. nth caA-alry , stationed at Fort Nio- a.ra , Avho was tried by the general ' urtmartial , has been sentenced to : hteen months in the Leavemvorth nitentSary and dismissed from the ' A'ice. Farmer Drops Dead. Stick Anderson , a farmer Jiving ith of Oakland , dropped dead in his d lot Saturday evening , AA'here he s found later by his son. Death s due to heart disease. Brlckx from San(7. A correspondent of Cardiff , Walesj , reports tlmt great sand dunes extend- for miles along the north coast of the- British Channel. These , in addition to- being utterly worthless for all pur poses , are also a menace to the narrow * strip of lowlands between thjin and the hills. A company of business men- have determined to put the sand to some use , and if their works prove- profitable an industry \vill be built up on the dunes. The plan is to manu facture bricks from sand. The experi ment has proved a success on thu conti nent where the bricks are produced im several colors and take a ghmsatis - factorily. Some experts cLntn that these bricks made of sand a : l ihiio- will be the building brick of th future- In Wales and the United Kingdom. i CAN'T STRAIGHTEN UP. Kidney Trouble Cause * "Weak Kurlc * and Multitude of Paln.t uuO. Aches. Col. R. S. Harrison , Deputy Marshal , 710 Common St. Lake Charles. La. , says : "A kick from a horse first weak ened my bark and affected my kid neys. I became very- bad , and had to go- about on crutches. The doctors to hi me- I had a cas > or chronic rhemitisnv but I could not be lieve them , anil" finally began using : Doan's Kidney. IMlls- for my kidneys. First the kidney secretions came moro Ireely , then the pain left my back. I went and got another box. and that completed a cure. I have been \vell for- tAvo years. " Sold by all dealers. SO cents a box Fostor-Milburu Co. , Buffalo , N. 1' . Kridpre to Span Koyal ttorjje. The highest bridge in the world Avilt be built across the top of the famous * lioyal ( Jorge , near Canon City , I'ol. It Avill be i-VSOO feet above the hanginsr bridge of the Denver & Ilio ( Jrando Railroad so high in the air that the- roaring of the Arkansas Riv * > r below will not be heard. The structure will be erected in connection with an interurban - urban system of electric railways in ? Fremont Comity from Canon City to * Florance and the top of Royal Gorge- Work was begun this week and it is ex pected that the line to the top of the- Royal Gorge Avill be in operation some time this summer. RUNNING SORES ON LDIES. Little Girl's Obstinate Case of Eczema' Mother Says : "Cuticura Rem edies a Household Standby. " "Last year , after having my little- girl treated by a very prominent physi cian for an obstinate case of eczema , t resorted to the Cuticura Remedies , antf was so Avell pleased with the almost Instantaneous relief afforded that AVQ- discarded the physician's prescription. and relied entirely on the Cuticnm Soap , Cuticura Ointment , and Cuticura. Pills. When we commenced with the- Cuticura Remedies her feet and limbs- were covered with running sores. In- about six weeks we had her complete ly well , and there has been no recur rence of the trouble. We find that the- Cuticura Remedies are a valuable- bousehold standby , living as AVC do- twelve miles from a doctor , and Avherer It costs from twenty to twenty-five- dollars to come up on the mountain. Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas. Fair- Mount , Waldeu's Ridge , Teuu. , Oct. 13r 1903. " Taking Xo Chance * . The visitor had asked permission to in- pect the extensive works. "Certainly , " said the superintendent , 'You Avon't rnind bfing searched b forcy ou begin , I presume ? It's merely a 'or- uality. " "What do you want to se.irch HIP for ? * Do you think I liaA'e bombs concealed1 ibout me ? " "Worse than that. You might hnA-p a. tote hook and pencil , you know.- < -Chi- ago Tribune. . O. O. F. and Rcbeknh Assembly , Hot Springs , S. D. For the aboA-e occasion the C. & N. V. Avill run special train to leave iioux City May 14 at 7:30 p. m. . ar- iA'ing Hot Springs next morning at 0:15. $12.00 for the round trip. Ex- eedingly IOAA * rates AA'ill be made from' lot Springs to Rapid City , DeadAxoocF nd Lead. For further information apply tc ity ticket office , corner Fourth and rebraska , or new passenger station. Full to Iluiiiiliifjr Over. The little girl was sitting in a Sun- lay school class one Sunday , and , , rowing very thirsty , asked her teach- r for a drink of water. The teacher rought her the glass of AA'ater and the * ittle girl , in her eagerness to drink , , pilled some of the Avater down the- rent of her clean dress. Handing the- alf-filled glass back to her teacher she- xclaimed : "I must be so full now I'm running : ver " Judge. sk Your Dealer for Allen's Foot-Easer powder to shake Into your shoes. It rests ie feet. Cure < Corns. Bunions , Swollen , are. Hot , Callous , Aching , Sweating feet id Ingrowing Nails. Allen's Foot-Ease akes new or tight shoes easy. Sold by all ruffglsts and Shoe. Stores , 25c. Sample- ailed FREE. Address Allen S. Olmsted , e Roy , N. Y. Mr. Cra-wford' * Endeavor. "W. B. Yeats , the English poet , got I a good thing when he Avas at the- ranklin Inn for lunch the other day , " " Jd the Literary Man. "Of course he' * 1 for art for art's sake , but he told ' . a woman Avho once said to Marions rawford , the novelist : " 'Have you ever Avritten anything" ' at will live after you have gone ? ' " 'Madam , ' CraAvford replied , 'what am trying to do is to write some- Ing that AA'ill enable me to live while ain here. " " Philadelphia Press. Jit