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The Valentine Democrat
VALENTINE , NEB.
f. M. RICE , - - - Publisher.
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WIEE STiUKE GROWS
CHICAGO POSTAL KMPLCPEG
JOIN WESTERN UNION.
Tfnioii Leaders Will Seek for Pru
dential I Seasons to Prevent Further
Spread at This Time , but Declare
They Are Out for Decisive Battle.
Following the lead of the telegraph
operators employed by the Western
Union Telegraph company in Chicago ,
who went on strike Thursday night be
cause they were ssked to work wit.i
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non-union men in Los Angeles , the
telegraphers in nine other cities
throughout the United States quit
work Friday. The-JS O men employed
"by the Postal Telegraph company in
Chicago , who belong to the samfe local
of the Commercial Telegraphers union
as the Western Union men , and who
declare that their working conditions
ii "with the company are unsatisfactory ,
took advantage of the situation and
quit work in a. body Friday night at 0
o'clock.
With the walkout of the Postal em
ployes Chicago is left with about thir
ty-five Telegraphers endeavoring to
transmit the business of both telegraph
companies where , under normal condi
tions , fully l.HOO men are necessary to
do the work.
The other Western Union offices
which became involved in the trouble
TYiday , together with the number of
men who quit work , are Salt Lake
City , 30 ; Helena , 40 ; Kansas City , 330 ;
Dallas , 105 ; Fort Worth , Texy 40 ; Col
orado Springs , 10 ; Denver , S3 ; El
Paso , Tex , 35.
In Xew Orleans the men employed
by the Postal Telegraph-company left
their keys to enforce demands made
on the company several weeks ago.
HARVEST FOR JEWELERS.
Purchasers of Siamese King in Europe
Amount to $ : i.000.000.
King Chulalongkorn I. left Berlin
Saturday morning for Casael , AA'here
he Avill be the guest of the German
emperor and empress. Stories of the
extraA'agance of the Siamese king con
tinue. It is considered certain that
lie has bought $3,000,000 Avorth of
diamonds and gold and sihrerAvare.
Two gold serA'ices among the selection
cost $800,000 each.
The king is occupying nearly the
entire floor of one-of the principal ho
tels , several apartments of which haAre
been given up to an exhibition of the
jeAvels and precious metal work Avliich
AA'ere brought from London , Paris and
elscAvhere by dealers expecting to sell
most of the wares , and AA'ho Avere re
warded for their enterprise , asthe
king took about half of all that Avas
offered' to him.
The king has shown unusual interest
In the dispatches in the newspapers
referring to the delimination of the
frontier of Siam and Cambodia , and
receiA'ed Avith extreme consideration
the neAVspaper represcntatiA'e Avho
brought him intelligence on the sub
ject , and who arranged for a neAvs
serA'ice from the Siamese capital dur
ng his sojourn in Germany.
RACE RIOT IN ILLINOIS.
s Chased Out of the Town ol
Ililishoro.
Ill feeling toward negroes in Hills-
"boro , 111. , which has ben brewing
since last Friday night , when John T.
Maddux , an aged white man , was as
saulted by a negro , culminated in a
race riot Thursday night , and the ma
jority of negroes were chased out
town. Negroes and white citizens
fought in the public streets for several
, hours , and the business section was in
a turmoil. Finally most of the ne-
Jgroes fled from town and order was
.restored. C. D. Fry , who has a contract -
, . tract for paving work and employed
'negroes , insisted that his employes be
iprotected , but to no effect. Friday Fry
{ went to St. Louis , declaring he would
| produce other negro laborers. It is
.feared if he brings back a number of
negro laborer ? that fighting and blood
shed will result , and the anti-negrc
feeling is at high tension.
Wrcclc on the Lake Shore.
A Lake Shore Twentieth Century
limited , westbound , collided head-on
with a freight train at Chesterton.
Jnd. , Frid'ay morning. Twq coaches /
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and the engine of the limited'were de
railed.
Uritt to Meet Gnus.
Representatives of Jimmy Britt and
Joe Gans have signed articles for the
.appearance of the two lightweights be
fore Gleason's Occidental club -in Sau
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"OTrancisro Sept. 0.
Sionx City Live Stock Market.
Friday's quotations on the Siouv
City live stock market follows : Butcher -
er steers , $ G.25G.-15. Top hogs , $ G.OO.
Suicide Leaves Family Rich.
George W. Delamater , who commit
ted suicide at Pittsburg , Pa. , Thurs
day , carried $95,000 in insurance. In
every policy there was a suicide clause ,
but he had carefully outlived tha'
clause in each.
Dreyfus' Lawyer Decorated.
/ I Maitre Mornand , one of the lawyers
who defended Dreyfus , has been decorated -
of
, rated with the cross of the Legion of
, Honor.
MOROCCO IN UPROAR.
Entire Country Iiillained by Looting of
Casablanca.
The horrors of the looting of Casa-
'blanca by native tribesmen became
'known in Tangier.Thursday and their
recital inflamed the minds of the na
tives against all Europeans.
The situation in various coast towns
is worse. The natives are excited. A
holy war is being -preached at Rabat
Anti-foreign sentjment is growing as
a result of the activities of fanatical
agitators. There is fear of a general
outbreak.
A number of European families are
preparing to flee from Aangier. The
Moorish authorities have practically
no control of the situation. There are
many complaints among the Europeans -
peans that France acted ill-advisedly
at Casablanca in bombarding that
town before protection could be ar
ranged for the Jews and Europeans
and elsoAVhere on the coast and in the
interior. The neAA-s from Casablanca ,
while conflicting as to the situation
there , unites in sheAving that the bom
bardment AA-as continued for longer"
than AA'-as first supposed , and that the
lack of an adequate French force to
afford protection resulted in an op
portunity for barbarous looting , ra
pine and pillage , Avith all the accom
paniment of murder and horror.
The French landing parties could
not control the situation. Moorish au
thority \-anished Avith the first French
gunshot and laAvlessness reigned. It
is now reported. hoAvever , that be-
tAA-een 2,000 and 3.000 Spanish marines
and bluejackets are ashore at Casa
blanca and thott order has been re
stored. The Europeans there are all
safe. The loss of life among the
Moors resulting from the bombard
ment appears to be much greater than
AA-as first indicated.
BARON UNDER ARREST.
Wtncsscs in the Hau Case Accused of
Blackmail. -
Baron Karl Lindenau , a new witness
< n the Hau case , Avho claims to have
seen the fatal shot fired , but says the
murderer cannot possibly have been
the former professor , Karl Hau , IIOAV
under sentence of death for the crime ,
AAras arrested at Mannheim , Germany.
Wednesday night on the charge of
blackmail.
The police of Karlsruhe haA'e giA'en
out a statement to the effect that Lin-
denau sent Frau Olga Molitor. daughtj
ter of the late Fran Molitor. during
the trial of Hau for the murder of the
latter , an anonymous letter claiming
he saw Olga shoot her mother , but the
baron promised to preserA'e silence ,
declared his love -and asked for her
hand in marriage. The police sa w in
this an attempt at blackmail and cal
umny against Olga. but the neAA-spa-
pers do not lake Lindenau's revela
tions seriously.
MAY SOLVE MINE MYSTERY.
Skeleton Found Near Telluride , Colo. ,
Said to Be That of Miner.
What is said to be the skeleton of
W. J. Barney , a timberman employed
on the Smuggler-Union mine , who
mysteriously disappeared in June ,
1901 , has been exhumed near Alta
Mill , twelve miles from Telluride ,
Colo. , by Gen. Bulkeley Wells , manager - f
ger of the Smuggler-Union Mining
company , and others.
According to Wells' account , the remains -
mains were found in an improvised
grave , its location being pointed out
by Steve Adams , now in jail in Idaho
waiting a second trial on * the charge
of murder.
Barney incurred the ill will of the
union here by working at the Smug- ,
gler-Union mine after the strike in
1901.
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POLISH PRIEST A MURDERER. Id
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Shoots Tivo Proprietors of a Pittsburg
Hotel.
Ludwig Sczegiel , said to be an unat
tached Polish priest of Chicago , walks .
ed into a hotel on Carson street in
Pittsburg , Pa. , early Thursday and otJ
without warning whipped out a re
volver and opened fire upon the two
proprietors , Steven and Andrew Star-
zynski. Steven died within an hour
and the physicians say Andrew cannot
recover. The cause of the shooting is
shrouded in mystery.
Coal Mines Forced to Close.
Being unable to secure cars on ac
count of the trainmen's strike on the
Colorado and Southern railroad , sixteen -
teen coal mines in the vicinity of Trin
idad closed down , throAving out of
Avork 2,500 men.
Burn Towns , Carry Off Girls.
The latest advices from the Persian
/rentier say the Turkish troops which
recently crossed the northwest frontier
are marching on Urumiah , burning
and devastating villages along their
route.
Fears Insult to Cardinals.
The pope Thursday countermanded
jill receptions planned in honor of the
anniversary of his coronation , fearing
the cardinals might be insulted in the
streets while on the way to the Vati
can.
Upholds Primary ' ia\v.
-The supreme court of California has
sustained the primary election law
passed by thejast legislature , requir
ing voters to state their party affilia at
tions at the time they register.
County Funds $13,000 Short.
The authorities of Kosciusko county ,
Ind. , were startled when it was learn
ed that there is a mysterious shortage
$1,000 in the treasurer's office and
an investigation is now in progress.
INTERSTATE LIVE STOCK FAIR
Big Time Promised at Sioux City Sept.
7 to M.
The Interstate Live Stoch. "air ,
which will be given at Woodland park.
Sioux City , la. , Sept. 7 to 14 , inclusi\ .
Avill be everything its name implies.
Live stock from a dozen states Avill * > ?
entered in competition for the greatly
prized premiums of this association.
XoAvhere in the AVCS < . this year Avi'l
there be more blooded stock gatherc-l
together in one enclosure than AAlthin
the boundaries of Woodland. More
fine cattle Avill be on exhibition than
ever before at the fair , Avhile in the
horse department , also , there will be a
larger number of animals. The exhibit -
hibit of Percherons Avill be especiaPy
large. ' ! The s\vine herds Avill come from
the best farms in thw Missouri A'alley.
Every farmer who believes in ad
vanced methods in conducting his bus
iness ] , OAVCS it to himself , his sons , and
his family in general , to go to the In
terstate Fair and inspect this stock
ind listen to the owners explain their
.mproA'ed methods. -
On the amusement side the fair thi *
year Avill be better than ever. Of
course , the races naturally come first.
and it can be said truthfully that if
there Avere nothing else on the
grounds , the races alone would be of
sufficient merit to attract enormous
croAvds. Great strings of horses from
as far east as the grand circuit Avill too
on hand to mingle Avith those kings of
the turf. Dan Patch and Cresceus.
Then there will be Horace Wild and
his airship. HOAV many people in this
part of the country ever saw an air
ship ? Xot many. Wild is one of the
most daring and successful aeronauts
of the day and his flights Avill be one
of the chief attractions of the fair.
The free vaudeville attraction Avill
contain acts entirely new. one of
Avhich is said to be the most expensive
offered to western fair managers.
The night attraction Avill be Ihc
$20,000 Biblical spectacle , "The Siege
of Jericho. "
During the week of the fair the
atholics of northwestern Iowa Avill
hold a semi-centennial jubilee celebra
tion in Sioux City.
GEORGIA'S WINE BILL.
Prohibition Governor "Will Xot Pay
Jamestown Account.
The large bill rendered to the state
of Georgia for champagne used c-n
Georgia day at the JamestoAvn < xpo. -
tion is stirring up the Georgia cons-
mission and Gov. Holce Smith. Wine
is politically most unpopular in Geor
gia just now , and Gov. Hoke Smith
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has refused te pay the bill which A IS
sent by a Xew York wine firm.
A curious feature of the matter is
that the members of the commission
Avill not admit any knowledge of the
use of champagne. President Mit < hell -
ell says thfvh ; - .vas sent on approv
al , to be paid for if itvas found good.
As no one admits drinking the Avine.
it could not have been approA'ed , and
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therefore ] it is argued that tbs Xew
York firm has no claim on the state.
'But Gov. Smith wants to knoAV Avho
ordered the AA'ine , and. aboA'e all , win-
drank it. Xot only has he disapproved
the wine bill , but he has refused to
pay a bill which the commission in
curred under the head of "entertain
ing , " and he is curious about a bill
for < cut floAvers ordered by President
Mitchell. The governor wants in
knoAV AArho got the floAvers , but nobody
Avill tell.
Beveridgc is Married.
Miss Katherine Eddy , of Chicago ,
and Senator Albert J. Beveridge , oJ
Indiana , were married in Berlin Wed
nesday. The civil rite took place in
,
the registrar's office at noon and the-
religious ceremony occurred half a-i
hour later at the American embassy
and was performed by Itev. Thomas G.
Hall , professor of the Union Theologi
cal ; seminary.
Turks Burn and Pillage.
The latest advices from the frontier
say the Turkish troops are march ins
on Uhumiah and burning and devas
tating the villages along the route.
The Christian village of Mevan is re
ported to have been shelled and nine
ty persons killed.
Fire at Colorado City.
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The fire in the Golden Cycle Mining
and Milling company's huge plant at
Colorado City , Colo. , Wednesday
caused a loss of $750,000. The mil !
last month handled nearly half the
output of vthe ore of the Cripple CreeL
district. a
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For Monument , to Davis.
The final act of the Alabama legislature -
lature , Avhich adjourned Wednesday e
night , Avas for the erection of a mona
ument to Jefferson Davis near
place where he receiA'ed the oath ol
office as president of the confederacy.
WESTERN LEAGUE BASEBALL.a
Schedule of Game ? to iJe Playctl ai '
Sioux City la.
Followhit is a schedule of the West
ern League games tu be played nt
SIous City In the Immediate future
Pueblo . Aug. 14 , 15s 1C. 17
Denver . ' . .August IS , 19 , 20 , 2i
Omaha . August 22 , us , 24 , 2"
Lincoln . September G. 7 , S
Killed in Auto AVrcck.
Two men were killed , one fatally in of
jured and a fourth slightly injured as at
the result of an automobile accident
Brookfield Corners , Wis. , early
Wednesday ,
A German. Rail Disaster.
A passenger train was derailed
TuesVlay night between Posen and
Thorn , Germany. Up to noon "Wednes- at
daj- the bodies of twenty persons ha'J
been recovered from the wreck. 95
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TO SEND FRIEND TO EUROPE.
Lincoln Banker is Too Busy to Make
, the Trip.
* "If I A\-as as rich as Tom Auld I
AA'ould go to Europe and take all my
friends. "
So clicked the typewriter of A. L.
Bixby , poet and paragrapher of the
State Journal , the other day. He AV S
filling out the two-thirds of a column
of daily drift. The Auld pargraph
Avas necessary to fill out the daily
stunt. So he Avrote it.
William T. Auld , alluded to as
"Tom , " is president of the City Xa-
tional bank of Lincoln , and a former
loAva man. He read the paragraph
and his eyes glistened Avith the "don't
take i a. dare" look.
Bixby sauntered into the bank the
next day. Hfe had a check to cash.
Auld tackled the poet. "Get your
trunk J packed , " he said ; "I haven't got
time to go to Europe. Just saunter
OA'er'for a few months. Stop at the
best places. Take in the past tensc-s
and the has beens and the Avuzzerp.
Send the bills to me. "
Bixby looked at the man behind the
president's ] desk.
"Stop your kiddin' , " he said. "Don't
taunt * me because I am poor. "
The president countered Avith an
order on the bank's cash box. It au
thorized Bix to draAV until he caused
a feAv spinal shivers on the continent.
This document Avas deposited Avith
-Cashier Dunn.
Dr. A. L. Bixby Avill start for Europe
on Sept. 1.
W. T. Auld Avas born in Knoxville ,
Ia.f Avhere he is Avell knoAvn. He came
to Nebraska in 1S85. He started a
number of banks , all of which he
OAvns. He Avas in the banking , grain ,
farming j and stock raising business nt
Guide < Rock and Red Cloud. XOAV he
is interested in a number of ranches
and banks. He founded the'City Xa-
tional bank of Lincoln in 1S99.
FARM HAND ESCAPES MOB.
Man Accused of Assaulting Girl Cap
tured ot AVayiie.
James Robley , a former resident oi
Beemer ] and Wisner , a man of some
50 i years of age , has been arrested at
Wayne and AA-ill be taken to West Point
to ansAver to the charge of outraging
the 12-year-old daughter of Mrs. Z.
Gardner , liA'ing a short distance from
Beemer. Robley AA-as a farm hand em
ployed on the Gardner farm , and en
ticed the little girl to the barn and
committed the crime. He immediate
ly made his escape on foot. Avith no
coat or vest , and Avas captured by the
sheriff of Wayne county. Sheriff Mal-
choAV , Avho has been pursuing him for
three days and nights relentlessly ,
and only gave up the chase from pure
faitgue , Avent to Wayne to bring him
dOAvn for trial in Gumming county.
The Wayne county sheriff had con
siderable difficulty to keep the citize *
from taking summary A'engeance upon
him.
YOUNG MAN KILLED IN SAND PIT.
Caves in on Him and Life Instantly
Crushed Out.
Willis , the 18-year-old son of W.
B. Jones , Avas killed at PaAvnee City by
the caveinof a sand bank. With a
neighbor boy he had gone about three-
fourths of a mile from home after sand
and Avhile busily engaged in getting
the sand out the bank caA'ed in on him
crushing out his life almost instant
ly , although his head and arms Avere
not coA'ered. The father coming to the "
scene as soon as he could get there
Avas so shocked by the death of his boy
that he AA-as OA-ercome and is IIOAV in a
precarious condition.
Automobile Blew Up.
EdAA'ard Gregg , of Xebraska City.
Avho recently purchased a runabaut
automobile , Avas badly burned by a
gasoline explosion. On entering the
garage he asked some of the men to
put some gasoline in the tank. Mr.
Gregg Avas inspecting the machine
Avhen there Avas a doud explosion , the
flames leaping at least 100 feet into
the air. Mr. Gregg Avas burned about
the face and arm.
"Sweetest Girl in America. "
Miss Carrie L. Shaw , of Atlantic , X.
J. , a niece of Mrs. A. Foristall , of
Steele City , and a former Steele City
girl , Avho some time ago Avon the first
prize in a beauty contest in the east ,
has recently been declared the "Sweet
est girl in America" by a committee of
ncAvspaper men Avho Avere conducting
a national beauty contest.
Convicted of Instiitinj. ; Girls.
Isaac Brittendahl , an old resident
and hitherto a respected resident of
Fremont , Avas convicted in police
court of using indecent language to
girls between ten and thirteen years
old. He pleaded not guilty but ihc
evidence of four little girls Avas such
as to leave no doubt of his guilt.
Takes Fr.HiiJy to Cuba.
Max J. Baehr , American consul at
Cienfuegos , Cuba , is , as in former a
yean ; , spending his annual vacation
at his home in St. Paul. He is mak
ing arrangements to remove his fam-
'ly Avith him to Cuba.
Eo : - Narrowly Escapes Death.
Carl Wait , the 17-year-old son of
Ed. Wait , a prosperous "farmer of
Ainsley , Avhile discing with a team ,
became OA'erheated during the fierce
heat of August " 6 and Avas unconscious
for 20 minutes.
Coroner Investigates Killing1.
The coroner's inquest in the killing
I. Tyrrell by City Marshal Stevens -
Arapahoe occupied the entire day
Thursday. The coroner is permitting 3
greater latitude than eArer that o-f a
preliminary trial , making progress
slowly. Stevens is no.v under arrest
and in the custody of Sheriff Modlin.
Heat Prostrates Four Men.
Four men were prostrated by heat
Lincoln Tuesday afternoon , one of
Avhom may die. The mercury reached
degrees lit 2 o'clock.
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MAN AND WIFE Diil jtX FLOOD.
Little Daughter Escapes hy Graspinj.
Tree Branch.
A Knox county farmer and his Avif
perished in a Avail of flood Avater an'
their little S-year-old daughter nar
rowly escaped by grasping a tree IIml
and climbing into the tree branche
as the result of a terrific rain storm
Avhich swept over northern Nebraska
The dead : William Elliott , aget
about 35. Mrs. William Elliott , agec
about 25.
The little family Avere , driving horn
from Center , the Knox county seat
just after the rain. They drove acres
the little bridge , and suddenly thei
team and buggy Avere plunged off th
bridge into a deep hole that had been
Avashed out by the flood Avaters. Xc
sooner had they struck this deep cu
than a Avail of AA'ater seA'en feet high
came doAvn from the hill and oAer-
Avhelmed them. The man and his wif
Avere carried away and haA-e not been
found. The little girl Avas washet
against a tree limb and pluckily grasp
ed it , later climbing to its top am
shouting'for help. Her condition is
howcArer , considered critical.
Elliott Avas a brother of Postmaste
J. C. Elliott of West Point , editor o
the West Point Republican. Mrs. El
liott Avas related to Mrs. Tom Franse
of West Point. The family came fron
Pennsyh'ania ,
The storm demolished telegrapl
and telephone Avires oA'er the nortl
half of the state. A small tornado
east of Center destroyed all crops Over
a patch three miles long and three
miles Avide.
There have been a number of se
vere hailstorms in northern Xebrauc
ka during the past month.
ATTACK THE BIG CREAMERIES.
Dairymen of Nebraska Are Given a
Hearing by Hoard.
Special rates to the centralize *
creameries of Sioux City. Minneapolis
and St. Paul have reduced the numbei
of creameries in the northwest from
165 to 145.
So declared Prof. H. Wheden , o
the South Dalcota agricultural college
at Brooklngs , the hearing of the state
dairy men before the state railway
commission at Lincoln. He asserte-
that the scheme of low rates for shor
hauls stimulated the local creameries
while the special rates for long haul
killed them off.
The dairymen of Nebraska are pre
testing against an increase in freight
and express rates on cream. The rail
way commission granted a specia
hearing , which began Wednesday and
may last for several days. The dairy
men called Wheden as an expert wit
ness.
ness.W.
W. C. Hoard , editor of Hoardj
Dairyman , telegraphed the railway
commission from Fort Atkinson , AVis. ,
indorsing the proposed increase in
rates. He declared the railways were
standing for the best future interests
of the dairymen and the state at large
by urging the adoption of a new
schedule.
GRIEF FOR SALOON MAN.
Dakota City Deiler Fined for Selling
on Sunday.
August Moeller , of Dakota City ,
pleaded guilty to the charge of selling
liquor on Sunday and paid a fine of
$100 and costs. He had been arrested
on the complaint of Fred Hughart ,
formerly a bartender. Moeller hay
encountered considerable trouble since
he opened up his liquor establishment ,
and it is understood that he contemS
plates removing from Dakota City.
At Homer , also , the saloonman Is
having his share of grief. William
Odell recently was granted a license
by the * town board. The action met a
with the disapproval of many resi
dents and they have taken the matter
into court. The board is to be made to
explain under a court order why it
"Should not have refused to issue the
license.
Tillnia.ii Remembers Pollard.
Wednesday was Tillman day at the
Nebraska City chautauqua and the
senator was greeted with an immense
audience and for more than two hours
he well entertained them. He paid his
respects to Congressman Pollard , who
criticised him in his Memorial address
in that city , and said that Pollard was
one of those men "whose guns were
not large enough to be heard any dis-
taiice from where thev were ex
ploded. "
Fanners Xot Present.
Former Senator Laverty , of Ash
land , came to Lincoln to the hearing
on the application to the raihvay com
mission for higher rates on cream ,
but Avhen he found no one present Avho
milked the cows or engaged in agricul
tural pursuits , Mr. LaA'erty sought the
cool air outside and wondered Avhat it
was all about.
g Pocturo Theater to Be Built.
F. G. Keens has just let a contract
to Crossley for the immediate con
struction of a firepVoof building tha.t
will be used for a moving picture the
ater at Kearney. The building has al
ready been leaued to a syndicate that in
operates similar enterprires in othe'r
cities.
Heat Ssvere at Xebrasl : : * . City.
The heat at Nebraska City has beer by
terrible for the last few day ? and sev
eral have % been overcome. A. Ilhese ,
gardener , fell from his wagpn nnd of
was carried to "his home , and after
working with him for some time he
was restored to consciousness.
Sensation at jleLeaii. erT
A stabbing affray at McLean has T
created a stir. John Sconeld , a young fr
merchant , stabbed Arch Scripter , the in
knife striking the man's shoulder and fa
imiicting a wound that will not prove tvm
serious. Bad feeling between the par m
ties led to the stabbing.
Traffic Rec'orcl-BrcakiiJjr.
The passenger traffic on the Burlington - sli
-ton in and out of Omaha has been ca
record-breaking the last few days. Xo. caCl
went out Wednesday in three heavy ai
sections ? . Xo , 2 consisted of two sec fo
tions and Xe. 1 also.
Pregram for Anniversary.
The committee having in charge the
golden anniversary celebration at i5J (
Beatrice met and appointed commit OC
tees. There Avill be four days of the in
celebration in the last week in Sep
tember.
ROAD'S BIG DEFICIT.
MILLIONS OF THE DELAV/AR *
AND HUDSON GONE. %
Irregular * .
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Accused
Old Regime
tie * Amonntlnff to 9TOOO.OOO-
Cride * .
Free Honse * I > nrc Panama
- In Uriel : .
O.-C-.VN Record
Squandering of a sum
irregularities in t..e inflation
87,000,000 and
tion of assets and the payment of conmis
sions are charged to the old manas ent
Kn.lroai.
and Hudson
of the Delaware
Company. It is now believed tku nervous -
ous strain dac to the financial taxsle uj.
' itself
hud 'involved
which the company
for the suicide o. I avi *
was one caube
II. Wilcox , late president of the coaccrn.
The investigation of the affairs of t.ie Delaware -
aware and Hudson was the result , ot th -
meeting which led to tfa-
row at the last
ousting of the old officials. The facts-
disclosed indicate that whilecVrtam transactions -
sactions carried out wore such as mignt
find no remedy or redress in the caurts , .
condemnation. In ? last
thev are open to
annual report of the company for tho-
year ended Dec. 31. WOtf. according to
the balance sheet contained thfivin. shows-
a surplus of $7,4S.'VJS2. It is believed
competent accountants would agree this-
if entirely , written.
should be almost , not
off to make up for the inflation of the-
assets by reason of various purchases of
properties within the last two jv rs at
exorbitant and fictitious prices , in-hiding-
commissions which would ordinarily b *
considered far out of proportion to the-
compensation due to intermediaries in tha-
acquisition of other concerns. Particular \
reference is made to transactions involved
in the purchase by the Delaware and
Hudson of the Quebec , Montreal and
Southern railroad , the United Traction.
company of Albany , the Hudson Valley
Kail way company and certain coal prop
erties , which has been accomplished with
in the last eighteen mouths.
1,000 KILLED _ IN MIH23.
Official Report on Year's Casualties.
in Pennsylvania.
More than 1,000 persons were killed
last year in the coal mines of Pennsylva
nia , according to the annual rcpo : i issued
by James Koderick , chief of th - depart
ment of mines. The statistics show that
of 537 persons killed in anthracite rnines
27-i were the result of the victims. * care
lessness ; G9 to carelessness of oi : ers , 1SS-
unavoidable and 20 resulted from acci
dents for which responsibility could not
be fixed. Of the 477 killed in bituminous-
mines 277 victims died from their own
carelessness , 10 by the carelessness of
others . , 142 by unavoidable and IS by ac
cidents for which responsibility could not
:
be placed. The accidents left nearly
1,000 widows with 3,410 children under
14 , years of age. A great deal could be-
done to alleviate the distress , the chief
ds
says , if the age limit for the employment
of boys inside the mines were lowered
ofi
from 1C to 14 years.
SIX MONSTERS STOP SHIP C TIMES
Best Fish Story of Season , Battle 3e- -
tween 4 Whales and 2 Sharks.
Captain Jameson of the fruit steamer-
.
Amelia , in New York from southern-
waters , has brought the best fish story
so far told this season. When two days-
out from Port Antonio the lookout re
ported a strange disturbance dead ahead * .
Captain Jameson took the steamer in.
hand and , approaching cautiously , found
fight raging between four whales and-
two man-eating sharks. There W.M a ter
rific lashing of the water and the marine-
fight spread for hundreds of f > ct across-
the path of the fruiter. Six t'r.ies Cap
tain Jameson was forced to b/ing his-
ship to a stop to avoid striking t ! < % mon
sters , who paid no heed to the st-arner ,
and finally he had to inake-a wid > turn so-
that he could proc-ppd. When la : t seeO-
the fighters were still hard at if , with-
the sharks apparently having a Htrle tho-
better of the fight.
TREE HOMES LURE MANT BRIDES-
_
Government's Liberality Sringsj
Young Couples to Panama.
According to passengers who Iiv. ar
rived in Xew York from Colon , there is
an influx of brides to the canal zoa- . and
all because the government th re has of
fered a separate home for every married
couple. The passengers say there are not
enough carpenters to build th houses
needed to comply with the new or-ler. All
along the canal workings they aiv scat
tered and are hard at 'work in the strug
gle to keep up with the weekly arrival of
Avives.
-
Oil Monopoly Pined. *
The Standard Oil Company Saturday
received the most terrific blow in its history -
tory , and simultaneously was served witfi
notice that more serious trouble was i $
store for it. Judge Konesaw M. Lindis ,
the United States District Court at
Chicago fined the company S2i.2KOSO )
the extreme limit of the penalty fixed for ?
the -acceptance of illegal rebates , nndec
the conviction of last April. This fine fs
far the largest ever assessed in ariy ,
case in the history of jurisprudence. It
was accompanied by a scathing criticism-
the oil 'ti-ust's methods.
Woman R.ps "Women's Clubs.
Women's clubs aud
organization
SQI >
erally , including the Woman's * Christian
Temperance Union , received a rebuke
from Mrs. Sam Small
when-she
< ii > cJare&
an interview at St. Lenis that they had
failed in the purposes' for wbJrh they
were organized ami had--deteriorated
- iut ! >
merely "entertaining clubs. "
Cause for Cruise. '
Tlict the trip of United .States war
ships to the Pacific is to be on hand ia-
case of a threatened internal crisis in
China and has no eonnrction with Jaj >
anese affairs is the opinion of well-in
formed circles in Washington
Chicago's Population.
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charge o the compilation of the
directory for 1007.
