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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1906)
CONGRESS \ Announcement of a deadlock in the conference - ference on the meat inspection provision tf the agricultural appropriation bill was -made in the Senate Wednesday. Senator Bailey made a long reply to the recent -attack upon him in the Cosmopolitan 'Magazine ' , and Senator Warren spoke in support of his resolution relative to the Ilive stock industry. The naturalization Tbill was passed , but Senator La Follette ttas unable to secure a vote on his bill { limiting the hours of service on railroad trains. An almost complete report on the undry civil bill was accepted. In execu tive session it was agreed that the Al- gecirar treaty in relation to Moroccan affairs - ' -t fairs shall be brought to a vote Dec. 12 , 5 -at the next session of Congress , the latest &Ue on which action could be had if the ( United States is to participate in the con tention. The general deficiency bill , the 'last of the big money measures , was passed - -ed in the House , about $000,000 being .added to the measure as reported from . 'committee. ' The amendment legalizing the . 'collection ' of duties in the Philippines be- stween the date of the peace treaty and : March , 1902 , which was cut out of the 'bill on a point of order Tuesday , was re- sstored under a special rule. The Senate 2bill providing for a lock canal at Panama -was passed. The conference sought by &he Senate on the bill creating a United 'States District Court for China was cagreed to , and Messrs. Perkins , Denby an < 5 "Howard were named as conferees. The Senate Thursday passed the public , "ibuilding bill , reported from committee fwith a net increase of $4,084,500 over the total as passed by the House. A confer ence report on the agricultural appropria tion bill , complete except for the moat inspection - -spection measure , was accepted and an- 'Other conference ordered on the disputed tpoint. Consideration of the conference re- jport'on-the pure food bill was delayed un- -fil Friday. Conference reports on the JLake Erie and Ohio river ship canal bill land the measure creating a United States Jcourt for China were accepted. Senator ' 'Tillman made his long-deferred speech on 'the ' ejection of Mrs. Minor Morris from ithe White House. The general deficiency . appropriation bill , the last of the great tsupply measures , was reported and a might session held for its consideration. It carries a total of $11,549SR55 ; , an increase - -crease of $684,405 over the amount voted 'by the House , and was passed in that .form. The House adopted the conference treport on the railroad rate bill and ac cepted'a partial report on the agricultural appropriation bill , , instructing its con- 'ferees not to recede from the meat inspec ; tion amendment by the vote of 193 to 45. , "Under a special rule the conference re- Sports on the immunity bill , the Chinesa court measure and a number of minor ! iacts were put through. Fifty-five bills i Were passed , including the following : To ; pay $7,000 each to the widows of Captain - , " tain Charles W. Dakin and Thomas Hen- 'nessy of the San Francisco fire depart ment , who lost their lives fighting the firs 'on board the transport Mcade ; to pen- 'sion Gen. E. F. Bragg of Wisconsin ; ap propriating $20,000 to raise Commodore Terry's flagship Niagara , to be kept on ' free exhibition in the Pennsylvania Sol- > diere' and Sailors' Home. The rcjrigna- -tion of Timothy D. Sullivan ( N. Y. ) ai ra member of the House was read. The Senate Friday adopted the confer ence -reports on the railroad rate and pure ffood bills and the meat inspection amend ment to the agricultural appropriation lbill. The action on the rate bill passed the measure. Senators Tillman and Bai- 1 'ley engaged in a heated controversy on rthe subject of passes for railroad lawyers I "The conference reports on the sundry civil : and general deficiency bill was sent t < conference , and at 11 o'clock Senatoi 'Scott reported that there were fourteen ritems of difference 'between ' the twa "houses , and it would be impossible tq complete the work that night. After a discussion without action on the La Fol- -Jette bill , limiting the hours of labor foi -trainmen , the Senate adjourned. Th "House adopted conference reports on th 'following bills , completing their passaga -through Congress : Agricultural appropri ation with the meat inspection provision , -pure food , sundry * civil , creating a bureau -of naturalization and immigration , and "Lake Erie and Ohio river ship canal , Dills to simplify the collection of reve- I ' inuea and to aid the Alaska railroad in th construction of a railroad and telegraph j -end telephone line from Cordova bay to' 1 Eagle and the Yukon river were passed , ' Considerable feeling developed during th consideration of the bill to grant an ex I 'tension of time for the completion of tha Alaska Central railroad , but it was pass- ed. A bill to extend the time for the con struction of a bridge across the Missis- tsippl river near South Omaha , Neb. , also -went through. Final action on the gen eral deficiency bill was taken. The omnibus - nibus public building bill was sent to con ference , but late in the evening Represent ative Bartholdt reported a disagreement -on fourteen items. A motion instructing the conferees not to agree on the Senate amendment appropriating $3,000,000' for the purchase of a site in Washington fo ; ; a building for the Departments of State , -Justice and Commerce and Labor war adopted by a unanimous vote. Notes of the National Capital. Congress passed many Jaws of benefit tto nation and made record for , words. I Secretary Root turned down reformers iin making appointment of consul general ito Congo Free State. Senator Tillman charges Standard Oil influence in changing common carrier -clause in rate bill. President Roosevelt wants everybody In othe United States to understand that tha food at the White House is plain but -wholesome , nothing more. He read in a "Washington paper a story about the elab orate menus declare * to be in order three rthnes a day at the White House. Straightway - -way be sent for a reporter of this'paper ; &nd made a strong denial that he and his -family had anything to eat so much bet ter than the average American family. , " "Why , for lunch , " he declared , "I some-j time * -have only a bowl of milk and a "bunk ot bread and the children get col3 I beef. ' * [ NEW LAWS IN EFFECT. SEVERAL ENACTMENTS BECOME OPERATIVE JULY 4. Anti-Pass , Anti-Bird and Pure Food Bill.- * , Passed by litt t lovra Gen eral AflncmbXy , Are Tiovr in Force. DCS Molncs correspondence : A largo number of the laws enacted by the last Io\va General Assembly be came operative July 4. Most of the laws contained emergency clauses and became effective upon publication , soon after they were passed , but several im portant statutes went on the books for mally on that day. Among them are the numerous stat utes fixing the terms of State , county and township officers to comply with the recently adopted biennial election amendment There are about twenty of these laws and under them the terms of officers' are extended or cut off , as the Legislature deemed best. It was u hard job to reach an agreement on these questions. Many favored four year terms for certain officers. The ' | laws as passed provide not more than I two year terms. I The law providing for a system of j municipal accounting went into effect 1 July 4 , but it really doesn't become ' operative until April 1 , 1907. The aud- Her is authorized to name a commis sion to draft and compile a system. He then sends out blanks explaining it and it must be used after the date men tioned. j The anti-pass bill is another important - , ant bill which went into effect on the , nation's birthday. After July 4 no pub- i He official in Iowa , whether he be of the Federal government , State , county , i township or city , can use free transpor- ; tation. The child labor bill also went Into effect on the same day , as did. the pure food bill , the bill limiting peti tions of consent to manufacture or sell liquors to five years , the bill to protect birds and others. Two bills went upon the statute books as laws July 4 but which do not become operative immediately are the State teachers' certificate and the gas oline bills. The teachers' certificate bill , which really reorganizes the school teaching system of the State , becomes operative Oct. 1. The gasoline bill re quires big red labels on cans contain ing gasoline. It goes into operation Jan. 1 , 1907. The following new statutes became effective July 4 : Fixing the rate for legal publications. Fixing the terms of State , county and township officers to coincide with the provisions - visions of the biennial election amend ment. Requiring county auditors to keep a.fee book. Authorizing additional levy for librarj purposes. Providing n. uniform system of muni cipal accounting. Providing freedom of worship to in mates of charitable State institutions. Removing the circle from the ballot in all elections. To exempt from taxation accumulations and funds of fraternal benefit associa tions. Providing for the taxation of State sav ings and national banks. To encourage the protection and plantIng - Ing of forest trees. To encourage the use of wagons with wide tires by remission of part of road tax. Authorizing life insurance companies to invest funds in construction of office buildings. Prohibiting issuance of or acceptance of free passes over steam or interurban railwaysby such railways or public offi cials respectively. Authorizing registration of stallions and bulls. Prohibiting the establishment of sa loons within 200 feet of cemeteries. Limiting petitions of consent to sell or manufacture liquor to five years. Prohibiting child labor in certain cases. Increasing powers and appropriation of geological survey. Increasing powers of the State dairy commissioner. Prohibiting the transportation and sale of dead birds , their plumage , feathers , skin , etc. Prohibiting importation into the State of infected nursery stock. Establishing course of clay working and ceramics at State agricultural college at Ames. Raising the age limit for admission to the girls' industrial school from 10 to IS years. To preserve the public archives of the State. Authorizing ' State institutions to accept bequests. To regulate assignment of wages. Providing penalties for injury or de- rtruction of sidewalks on Hallowe'en. Prohibiting solicitation of patronage for immoral resorts. Prohibiting the sale and manufacture Of impure or adulterated foods. Appropriating $7,500 for the dedication of Iowa monuments on Southern battle fields. JAIL , DELIVERY AT OTTU3IWA. Four Men Succeed in Getting : Out of Wapello County Jail. Ottumwa is in a great state of excite ment over the escape of four prisoners from the Wapello county jail. The es cape was effected by prying out an iron plate from the walls , digging a hole through the brick structure and squeez ing through this aperture to the outside and freedom. The other prisoners , who did not escape , claim lhat they knew nothIng - Ing of the jail delivery until they awoke. FOURTH MOKE SANE. IMPROVEMENT NOTED IN DAY'S OBSERVANCE. IDcadly Slaughter In Lc.ss Frightful than In Previous Years , hut US Arc Dead and 2,789 Hurt Record of "Patriotism. " Dead 38 By fireworks 9 By cannon - . 1 By firearms , 11 By explosives 7 By toy pistols 4 By runaway 1 By drowning 5 Injured 2,7S9 By fireworks 1,099 By Cannon 261 By firearms 393 By explosives 097 By toy pistols. . . ' . 304 By runaways 35 Fire loss $60,450 The immediate Fourth of July death roll Is smaller this year than -that of a year ago , but unfortunately the thirty- eight slain by fireworks will be but an infinitesimal part of those who will lose their lives because of the orgy of power and noise. Last year forty-two persons were killed outright , but when lockjaw and other diseases induced by Injuries had completed their work over 400 lives had been sacrificed to patriotic idiocy. The number of injured 2,789 is in excess of last year's figures by 358. The agencies by which these injuries were inflicted , as compared with last year's record , are as follows : 1906. 1905. Fireworks 1,099 788 Cannon 261 202 Firearms 393 327 Explosive ; ; 697 693 Toy pistols 304 371 Runaways 35 40 It will be seen that the toy pistol is the one instrument of destruction to fall behind in its death dealing work. The center of slaughter was , as usual , Philadelphia , where 711 patriots and In nocent bystanders were victims. Chicago cage was the second center of injury , two children being killed and 157 per sons wounded more or less severely. In New York sanity ruled to a cer- tatn extent , 65 injuries being reported , with two deaths. WILSON TALKS INSPECTION. Outline * Object of Trip to Chicago Blsr Prospects for Packers. Secretary Wilson has arranged to go oa a tour of packing centers , wjfch a view to the proper enforcement of meat inspec tion law. In Chicago cage , where he will go first , he has plans made to con vene the managers of packing plants , heads of concerns and their immediate executive subordi nates and give them a lecture on living SECKETABY WILSON , up to the new law. A number of letters have reached him from packers , all expressing willingness to counsel with him and uphold his hands in meat inspection administration. Dr. A. D. Melvin , chief of the bureau of animal industry , will accompany Sec retary Wilson. A week or more will be passed in Chicago looking over the plans and conferring with the packers. Cooperation eration between the government and the packers , Secretary Wilson said , was to be the watchword in carrying out the in spection law. He will advise the packers that the time is at hand for the greatest campaign ever made for the promotion and exploitation of the American meat business. Backed by thorough government inspec tion , Secretary Wilson will tell the pack ers they can conquer the world's markets more fully than ever before and have Ht- tle to fear from Australia or Argentnia. The Secretary proposes to use all the powers of his department to push the sale of American meats abroad and President Roosevelt will back him. He is confi dent an era of unprecedented prosperity ( is dawning for the American meat business. With the healthiest cattle , finished on corn and thoroughly inspected , American packers , Mr. Wilson says , can overcome nearly all competition. In having an ad equate corn supply to fatten cattle and other stock the Secretary says America has an invaluable asset which other na tions have not WAR ON GAMBLING. French Lick ' ( Ind. ) Hotels Are Raided by Sheriff. America's alleged Monte Carlo , the French Lick Springs ( Ind. ) hotel , a sumptuous resort , in which women as well as children are said to have been permit ted to play for high stakes , was raided by Sheriff Maris of Orange county Tues day , while Deputy Sheriff Jones led another raiding force on the West Baden hotel , another elaborate place. When the officers , armed with search warrants , swooped down upon the two BRYAN -FOR OPPRESSED. Outlines Duty of Nations In Lond'oB Address. William Jennings Bryan , fresh from his tour of the Orient , was the orator at the Independence day dinner of the ! American society at the Hotel Cecil in London and expressed his conviction that on the United States and England devolves the mission of diffusing edu cation and political freedom throughout the benighted lands. He took Kipling's poem , "The White Man's Burden , " as his text and declared that now , as nev er before , the Christian nations are workng | to spread civilization and up lift others , rather than to exploit their weaker brethren. Nearly 500 members and guests sur rounded the society's board and cheered patriotic sentiments with the peculiar zest born of exile. Ambassador White- law Reid and Mr. Bryan engaged in f WILLIAM J. BRYAJf. some sharp but good-humored bantef over political differences , the crowd evincing its enjoyment of the sport with cheers and shouts of laughter. Mr. Reid , in responding to Sir W. B. Richmond's graceful proposal of his health , said witU reference to Mr. Bry an : "As the official representative of the American people , without distinc tion as to party , I am glad to welcome him here as a typical American , whose whole life has been lived in the day light and one whom such a , great host of my countrymen have long trusted and honored. " In discussing "the white man's bur den" Mr. Bryan declared the chief duty of the Christian states is fivefold to carry to the remainder of the world ed- ENGINES OF DESTRUCTION AND NUMBER OE THEIR VICTIMS. Chicago Tribune. Toledo was an example of what rig orous enforcement of law and the edu cation of its citizens can accomplish. For days Mayor Whitlock preached sanity , and the result was that only two persons were injured , one of them being in a runaway. The fool with a revolver , or other firearm , was the cause of the most pro lific slaughter , the "stray bullet" being particularly destructive. The deadly toy pistol followed as the instrument of death , but its harvest simply was sown , and will be reaped from lock jaw. jaw.The The cities where lives were taken are as follows : Chicago 2 Grand Falls , N. D.I Cincinnati 1 Jersey City 1 Catskill , N. Y 1 New York 2 Elkhart , Ind INegaunee , Mich..2 Fall River , Mass. .1 Niagara Falls 1 Kenosha IPittsburg 1 Memphis 1 South Bend 1 Newton , Iowa . . .IWanamie , Pa 5 New BedfordMass.lSpringfield , Mass..l Oswego , N. Y IFond du Lac , Wis.l Cleveland 1 New Albany , Ind. .1 Clarksville , Ore. . .1 Stevens P'nt , Wis.l Fulton , N. Y IVincennes , Ind 1 The publication of the lists of persons injured by the use of powder in various forms has proved an effective force toward ultimately gaining the object desired , the elimination of the useless waste of life and limb. The figures presented merely are a suggestion of the total of such accidents. In every community a small proportion reach publicity , especially in cases which at first appear of minor Importance , in juries from the use of toy pistols. These are the most prolific cause of subse quent tetanus which yearly costs 400 or , more lives. The array , small as it Is by compari son with the real total , is a sad one when it is considered tlyt each death or Injury ha& been useless and born of an almost criminal license granted to a mistaken exhibition of patriotism. It becomes more startling , however , when a month later the returns of dead be gin to swell and the extent of the slaughter becomes ai parent Curved Spines nnd Evcstrnln. During the discussion on headaches , Dr. George M. Gould of Philadelphia air ed his theory that nine-tenths of all head aches are attributable to eye strain. Be sides this , he thought-that eye strain caus ed many gastric disturbances and asserted that about 15,000,000 persons in this country , or one-fifth of the population , are suffering from lateral curvature of the spine , due to the same cause. The obvious and only remedy , In his opinion , is a properly fitted pair of glasses. health resorts many women in fashionable attire were at play , while the children were courting "the goddess of chance at the slot machines. One guest jumped through a second-story window , but was captured by the deputy sheriffs who sur rounded the buildings. None but the at tendants were arrested , but the gambling machinery , valued at thousands of dollars lars , was confiscated. While the raids were in progress , the State of Indiana , through the Attorney General and on instructions from Gov. Hanly , filed quo warranto proceedings in the Orange County Circuit Court against the French Lick Springs Company , ask ing that their charters as corporations be revoked , that they be enjoined from per mitting gambling on their property , that receivers be appointed , and that admin istration of the assets be made among the defendants and their creditors. The suits and the raids are the result of a long standing campaign of the women of In diana. LEGES The schools of Bloomington , 111. , take great pride in their flower culture. In Sweden the school children , led by their teachers , plant 600,000 trees annu ally. ally.Of Of thirty-seven county superintendents in the State of Washington , ten are women. The New York City schools use yearly 4,000,000 pounds of pads , blank books and paper. Emerson G. Taylor , an instructor at Yale , has resigned to devote himself to literary work. The teachers of New York City will give a per cent of their salaries in aid of those in San Francisco. A fully equipped Teachers' College of high professional grade will be opened at the Ohio State University , probably in 1907. 1907.Many Many Georgia school districts and coun ties have voted to supplement the State school fund by local taxation. This is done under the local taxation law passed last year. The reports of the Republic of Cuba show for the month of December last , 3,660 teachers , of whom 2,256 were wom en and 1,404 : men ; 3,452 were white and 208 colored. Iowa county superintendents must here after hold certificates to teach. Their salary has been raised $240 a year and they are required to visit all the schools of their counties. J. Pierpont Morgan is an alumnus of the old Cheshire school in Hartford , < 3onn. , which has trained many a Wall street man since the financier was gradu ated with th ? class of 185Q. ucation , knowledge of the science of government , arbitration as a substitute for war , appreciation of the dignity of labor and a high conception of life. He styled as false that conception of inter national politics which made the pros perity of one nation depend upon the exploitation of another. President Roosevelt and King Ed ward were praised by Mr. Bryan for their influence in behalf of peace and the cause of arbitration. Mr. Bryan declared the odium which rests upon the work of the hand has exerted a baneful influence on the world and this'theory , he said , was largely responsible for the creation of an almost impassable gulf between the leisure classes and those who support them. Consumption n Social Problem. Writing of the campaign against con sumption in the June Everybody's Maga zine , Eugene Wood says that there is nothing particularly new in the medical or scientific side of the problem to report , pending the outcome of Von Behring's experiment with tuberculosis , a substance separated from the growth of the tuber culosis bacillus. He thinks it quite gen erally accepted now that people with light hair and blue eyes should not live out of doors where it is always br ht and sun ny , because they lack the pigmanetation to absorb the light rays , which become a source of irritation and fidgets. A cloudier climate is better for blondes , and there is nothing dangerous in a damp cli mate. The statement is also made that "those who don't care for meat are very likely to die of tuberculosis. " Referring to the effort of the consumption fighters to enlist the American Federation of La bor , Mr. Wood says that the disease is essentially a social problem , and he con cludes that something is wrong with riie way we live now. We know its causes and how to stop the spread , but , never theless , a great majority of the people in homes and factories are so living as to be unable to resist tuberculosis , and the social gulf between the people and the better classes is not wide enough to sep arate us from the disease that decimates. He believes that when this fact is square ly faced the people will find a social remedy. The Earth a Self-Heater. Prof. Charles Thwing announces , as a result ofhis researches at the Western Reserve university , that the common met als and rocks of which the earth is con stituted have the internal temperature due to radio-activity. He estimates that the heat thus constantly generated will maintain tha earth at its present tempera ture for many millions of years , and hs concludes that at least a part of the sun's heat is due to the same principle -within itaelf. THEWECKLY 1G44 Batle of Marston. 1685 Archibald Campbell , Earl of Argyle - gyle , beheaded at Edinburgh. 1720 The "Mississippi bubble" burst. 1745 Capture of Cape Breton by the English. 1776 Battle of Fort Moultrie , Charles ton , S.G Battle of Long Island. 1777 Dr. William Todd executed at Ty burn. 1778 Battle of Monmouth Turkish. fleet defeated and destroyed. 1797 Richard Parker , head of The naval mutiny at the Nore , hanged. 1800 Act passed for legislative union of Great Britain and Ireland. 1815 U. S. brig Peacock captured Brit ish cruiser Nautilus in Straits oC Sunda. 1817 Pius VII. condemned Bible socie ties by bull. 1831 United States treaty with Black Hawk , chief of Sacs and Foxes. 1832 Cholera appeared in New York. 1837 Act of British Parliament to dis continue use of pillory for punish ment. 1838 Coronation of Queen Victoria. 1840 Blockade of Canton by the English. 1844 Joseph Smith , founder of Mormonism - ism , killed by mob at Carthage , III. 1846 Repeal of English corn laws. 1848 Archbishop of Paris shot while acting as mediator. 1857 Ship Montreal lost near Quebec ; 250 persons perished. 1861 Battle of Falling Waters , Va. 1862 Lee defeated McClellan at battle of Games' Mill , Va. 1863 Gen. Meade succeeded Gen. Hooker in command of Army of the Potomac. 1864 Confederates victorious at battle of Kenesaw mountain , Ga. . . .Presi dent Lincoln signed repeal of fugi tive slave law Invasion of Den mark by the Prussians. 1873 First reception of foreign minis ters by Emperor of China at Pekin. 1874 : Henry Ward Beecher requested Plymouth church to appoint a com mittee to investigate the Tilton charges. 1875 Great flood at Budapest. 1876 Democratic convention nominated- Samuel J. Tilden for President. 1879 Great tornado in Iowa , Minnesota , and Wisconsin. 1SS1 Assassination of President Gar- field. 1882 Charles Gtriteau hanged at Wash ington for murder of President Gar- field. 1885 James D. Fish , bank defaulter , sentenced to prison for ten years in. New York. 1891 Pike's Peak , Colo. , reached by first railroad passenger train Nineteen victims of the Samoan disaster buried at Mare Island. 1893 Gov. Altgeld of Illinois pardoned the Chicago anarchists. . . .Peary's vessel Falcon sailed from New York for the Arctic regions. 1894 The Tower Bridge , London , for mally opened by Prince of Wales. 1897 Coal mine > ; in Ohio , Pensylvania , and West Virginia went on strike. 1898 No newspapers published in Chicago cage owing to strike of printers. 1900 Great Hoboken dock fire. 1902 Roosevelt signed Isthmian canal bill. 1904 Prohibitionists nominated Dr. Si las C. Swallow for President Steamer Norge lost off Scottish coast and 40 persons perished. 1905 Mutiny broke out on board Rus sian battleship Kniaz Potemkine at Odessa John D. Rockefeller gave $1,000,000 to permanent endowment fund of Yale University. . . .Warsaw besieged by revolutionists ; 200 per sons arrested. Cobalt for Storagre Battery. Thomas A. Edison , in an Asheville , N. C. , interview , said he had found in that section cobalt that would reduce the weight of storage batteries in automobiles one-half and the cost of city traffic more than half. He says the vein of cobalt runs from a point east of Nashville , Tenn. , in North Carolina , and traverses four counties. He thinks it means a revolution elution in the electrical world. Most of the cobalt hitherto known to the world , has been found in France and Australia. Cobalt is a hard , white metal , with gran ular structure , which is malleable , at red. heat and capable of receiving weak mag netic power when rubbed with a magnet. It is nowhere found native , except in some meteorites , but usually exists as an oxide , and the ores are known to have been in use in the sixteenth century for Imparting a blue color to glass. ReligionR Novel Prohibited. "II Santo , or the Saint , " is the title of a much-discussed novel by Senator Fo- gazzoro of Italy , which has just been , added to the list of prohibited books "Index LSborum ProhSbitorum' * by the Vatican authorities. Ths author is a devout Catholic , but start Is for liberal re forms. The theme of the book is the fate of a drvout and zealous Caiholic , modeled after St. Francis of Assissi , who under takes reform within the church and en counters the opposition of the hierarchy *