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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1907)
c nions of Great Papers GSI important Subjects. - - A t Ot i it it t i i i i it flf HOW TO BE HAPPY THOUGH SIGH. RICH woman recently took her life be cause she was 'tirrd of having nothing to do. She left a pitiir.l littlu note behind saying she was absolutely c" 1:0 use to anybody ; MI-F. .Tacs I . Ilaury.vLe cf New England's lumber king , wiio is v.th seine 20to ; .OCO , is buj-y in lur ho : : . ! ro.n 'early morning un til late at night scrubbing , coal. : . ; : ; , cleaning , caring for the children' , and sewing bi.ls on her husband's trousers. , . There's a lesson behind the rt-irv o-tho rich woman suicfde ; it is unnt'cosry la * . ! / Kiuch about tlie rich woman who docs her hcusi.wpk.Ciy could tint ! nothing todo ! ; the other cares lor li r iXlurea and is tlie re .1 mistress of her home. One gets tired of feast ! : : : ; : : : ul plajing. A p-iron wants to be serious occasionally ts.t ! nuas : work. Tin1 lumber king's wife solved the problem That the rich wom an suicide was unable to solve. SIw fairs for her children - dren and does hdr housework. Sli ? laid aside her seal skins , gave her auto to her children and with a song on her lips took the broom and the duster and got busy. The rich woman who tok her life was gailly mistaken rhen she said that she was of no use to anybody. There is plenty of work for the rich woman in the philanthropic field to keep her days full and happy. But the home is the place. That's where charity should be , first and last "The real queen of the home is tlic woman who knows : ber home from the kitchen to the parlor and nursery. Chicago Examiner. . , . " > HATS OF21 TO OUNT JOIIANN VO.N IIARRACII of Aus tria has set out to organize an international society for the prevention of salutation by taking off-the hat according to the custom followed by men in their recognition of women. Since the count is a member of Viennese high society it is iftvsumed that he needs something to occupy.his attention. This agitation which he has started will help to employ his time and "will add somewhat to the gayety of nations. * The count contents that hat-lifting is very bad -for liats. It must be admitted that the higher and heavier rthe hat. the more will mtictt lingering of its brim result in wear and tear. But men even men addicted to the wearing of silk lints usually" are willing to suffer some slight damage to their headganr as part of the price of their homage to members of the gentler sex. The prac tice of baring the head is unhygienic , 'says Count von Harrach. It causes influenza. He says he always laughs .at American men for uncovering their heads In trie pres- -enee of women regardless of drafts and the next day colds. The count overestimates the danger.Courtesy does not demand that a man stand with head uncovered , for .example , if he meets a woman while out strolling in a blizzard. .Finally , Count von Harrach.says that the method of , salutation by hat-raising is absurd. It may be that he has read the history of tlie origin of ceremonial institu- . RICH CHUBCH UNDES ITEE. rfolsposttion of Vast Wealth a Mys tery Wliidi Causes Scandal. Trinity Church , in New York City , Is under fire again , and it has , as usual - . al , been as serene under the bombard ment as Gibraltar would be If peppered - ed by a broadside of popguns. Trini ty Is the serenest as well as the richest . church corporation in the world. It : Is in regard to the riches of the church that the fuss is about. What the health of Trinity is and what is done with its income his been a burning issue for more than a century. It is a standing mystery in New York. The property of the church is lield by Trin ity corporation , and it is a close one. The extent of its wealth is-a secret recorded - corded in the corporation books , and they are open only to a few of the higher officers. Outsiders cannot get a complete view of tbe church holdings , because much of he property stands on the tax rolls ain the names of persons to whom it has been leased for Jong terms. Estimates of the churcli property - erty held by Trinity and property upon which it pays taxes range from $40,000,000 to $100,000,000. The best these estimates seem to be tbost tions as sot forth by Herbert Spencer , 'rnat philosopher cites the fact that the primitive Tahitians when in the presence of their king , besides disrobing to the waist , un cover" their heads. "Hence it seems that removal of-the hat among European people * , ' ' sa.vs the great evolution ist , "is a remnant of that process , of unclothing himself by which in early limes the captive cxpre.cssd the yield ing up of all he had. " Perhaps Count vou Harrach ob jects to having ihen rpcognine what he may regard as their cAplivity. But let the count do his worst. Civilised man will continue to lift his hat to woman as a sign of the respect he his : for her and of the homage he is glad to pay to all members of his mother's sex. Ciiirago Daily News. TO BUY. * IAT wo need , more than statistics as to high prices , is a schooling in thrift in the home. It is for the fuu:51y to learn hgw to econo mic. It is for the wife or the family cook to study saving and to learn how'to buy and how to feed the family on less than formerly was \r3ed. No home ' is con ducted on the least possible expenditure. Most homes are run with an almost prodigal disregard for saving money. Many a household could be operated on half the sum now being expended. Many a family could be fed as fully , as wholesomely , and as well , on half what it cpsts to-day to do the trick. The science of buying to the best advantage ; the study of what to buy , how much -to purchase , and the science of making the nlost of that which has been bought , are the things which ought to be given most thought and study. It is worthwhile to consider , in the kitchen , the problem of living rationallj * , carefuly and sensibly , with a reasonable outlay. The rise in prices is not the only evil thing. The rise of recklessness and the absence of a calculating thrift must be counted in with living expenses. Most people can remedy these last evils. Des Moines News. LAlffD FBAUD CONSPIRACIES. ATE disclosures made by the Interstate Commerce Commission , under the Tillman- G.illespie resolution of Congress ; evidence given by employes of the General Land De partment ; facts brought to light by the army of special agents and by attorneys " of the Department of Justice , have disclosed a condition of rottenness with respect to ae disposal of public lands which staggers imagination and challenges credulity. The people of the United States have not begun to realize the inestimable loss which has been occasioned , the enormity of tlie crimes -which have been committed and the mass of corruption which has be smirched the high and the low , the individual and the corporation , the private citizen and the public servant , and even permeated and controlled a branch of the Gov ernment itself , , during the successful consummation laud-fraud conspiracies which have existed since the early sixties. The World To-Day. that most nearly approach the latter figure. In the- control of this vast wealth the twenty-two wardens and vestry men of Trinity are absolute. The actu al management is left in the hands of a committee of half a dozen men. No reports are required to be made to the State or any church authority. An an nual report is prepared and is opened to the vestrymen , but they are allowed to see only such books as are mention- li TO i I ! ' ! N ! J fl 1 ' 1 I" ! U UI I V 1 RAMSHACKLE TENEMENT OWNED BY TRINITY CHURCH. ed in the report. The list of persons allowed to vote at Trinity church elec tions is'secret. Trinity's holdings consist in large part of west side tenements , and it lias often been criticised as an inconsider ate landlord. These buildings are old and ages behind the times. Some were originally fine private dwellings that have been rearranged to accommodate several families. Many are ramshackle wooden struc tures with brick fronts. The many fire eecapes with which they are adorned by order of the city authorities tell what the building inspectors have thought , of them. The picture shows a type of many tenement houses owned by Trinity church corporation in the crowded part of lower New Yorl The ramshackle building Here shown is on King street. The church owns , too , much valuable business property. One real estate au thority has estimated the taxable and income bearing property of the church at $30,000,000 , and thenoiitaxable , nonincome bearing property at $30- 000,000. PERFECTLY SATISFACTORY. * Danny Married Just tlie Kind of Wife His Mother Ldkert. When Danny ilartin married 'Liza Tomkins , Dulverton openly disapproved the match. 'Liza was a- large , lazy , pink-and-white , peony-faced creature , notably without "faculty ; " and .to bring such a bride to the house which old Mrs. Marlin , now entering on her eighties , and presumably needing the help of an'able and industrious daugh ter-in-law , had kept in immaculate or der for over half a century seemed so unsuitable as to be nearly cruel. "If 'Liza Tomkins brings her slack ways into Danny's kitchen , " one pes simistic" neighbor prophesied , "it'll be the beginning of the end for old Mis' Marlin ; you'll see ! I've known old folks as spry as she is give out suddint and drop quiet into Ntheir graves. Folks at her age can't brace up to bear do- metic crosses.- " But old Mrs. Marlin , who had been reticent and presumably disapproving before the wedding , was found to be In a very different frame of mind shortly afterward. "Danny couldn't ha' suited me better if he'd picked her out a-puppose , " the brisk little old woman confided , jubi lantly , to an inquiring cousin. " \\Ty- , Jane , you'd scarcely believe it it sounds too good to be true but 'Liza , don't interfere with the work no more'n If she wa'n't there ! Just let her set behind the teapot to meals for Danny to look at , and beside the windy mornin's. fool in * with a bit o' sewin' and watchin' the passlu" , and go outer or have folks in arternoons , and get Danny to help her write notes to firms and magazines for patterns and sam ples -and sich evenin's and , land ! she's contented as a kitten and no more bother. 'Cept for cookin' enough extry , and a few ex-try dishes , I'd clean forget she was in the house. It's more'n I'd have dared to hope for , an' I trust I'm thankful. "You're at liberty to tell inqulrln' friends , Jane , direct from me , that I regard it as the closin' and culmintin' blessing of a long life that my son Dan'l has married n perfectly satisfac tory wife. " Youth's Companion. .Some people scorn to want theii horses to scare at automobiles , ea they will Mve a grievance SOLDIERS' LOW PAY. , Small Wage-Results in Depletion of the Army's Ranks. I Tlie military authorities have discov ered that it is impossible to get men to enlist in the army on wages of 40 cents a day wliile manufacturers , contractors , and other employers are paying unskilled labor anywhere from $1 a day up. Con sequently it has been decided to inform Congress that if the army is to be main tained iu a state of efficiency it is im perative that the pay of soldiers be ma terially increased. A 30 per cent in crease will be asked. Secretary Taft has authorized the appointment of a board of army officers to draw up a new pay scale for the service and to create public interest in the project between now and the time of the convening of Congress. The alarming shortage of men , the ever increasing number of refusals to re-enlist , and the general advance in pay in other classes of employment contrasted with the pitiful compensation now paid to the spldier boy will present such a strong argument in favor of better pay that it is believed Congress will promptly give u-hat the War Department demands. Tlie ranks of the army are now only two- thirds filled. The regular establishment consists of 100,000 jncn. This has been cut down to a peace footing of 58,000 The best recruiting officers can do is to muster about 40,000 men , there being at the present time a shortage of-more than 17,000 in the enlisted force. CAUSED BY "FLAREBACK. " Navy Department Fixes Cause of Battleship Georgia Accident. Rigid precautions will hereafter be taken to prevent disasters to battleships in practice work , according to Acting Sec retary of the Navy Newberry , who has acted upon the findings and recommenda tions of the board which investigated the accident on the Georgia on July 15 last , resulting in the death of ten officers and sailors and the injury of a number of others. The report includes ail of the testimony taken by the board. Almost all of the findings .and recommendations , most of which have heretofore been published , were approved by Mr. Newberry , who has ordered them put into effect. The Navy Department is now convinced that the cause of the accident was beyond ques tion a "fiarehack , " which it regards as a welcome conclusion because it is believed that such "flarebacks" can be dealt with safely by additional precautions. Ad miral Mason , chief of the bureau of naval ordnance , in an analysis of the pro ceedings of the board , expresses certainty that the accident's cause was a "flare- back , " and that "the entering of the cir cular loading scoop or tray prevented the proper action of the air jet , winch was opened up properly. " One of the board's recommendations is that loading trays that will obstruct the jets of the gas ejectors should not be placed in the gun " until after the bore is clear. ADATvr MIGHT EQUAL JOHN" D. Provided He Earned $450 a Day , Saved All , and Still Lived. If Adam had , on his first arrival on earth , secured a position which paid him $450 a day , worked at steadily all these years and never purchased Eve any other raiment than that which was con sidered proper in those early days , he would have just the same size pile as John D. Itockefeller is reputed to have $1,000,000,000. Xo less a person than Gov. Cummins of Iowa is responsible for these figures. In an address before the Will County Chautau'qua assembly at Plainfield he set forth that he had made this discovery by dint of much figuring. These figures were used as the basis for the assertion that no man could become as rich as John D. without practicing dishonesty. Gov. Cummins placed the Chicago and Altpn and the Chicago and Sock Island railroads in the class with Rockefeller for questionable business deal ings , declaring that the manner in which the stock of these roads was watered was no less than ax crime. FAITH LANDS MA1T IN CELL. Jail Sentence for Parent of Girl Whc Die& from Neglect. Charles W. Byrne , who failed to pro vide medical attendance for his G-year- old daughter , with the result that she died of pneumonia , must serve the thirty days in the Nevv7 * York city prison to which he was sentenced by the court of special sessions. " After deliberating for several weeks three justices of the court uninamously 'ruled against appeal for a new trial. Byrne claimed that he was a Christian Scientist , although not an en rolled member of any church. His law yer , however , asserted that Byrne was not a Christian Scientist. Byrne's con viction and sentence to prison for Cliis offense is the first on record in New York City. Assista'nt ' District Attorney Rob ert J. Burnbull , who secured the convic tion of Byrne , said nothing would deter the district attorney's office from fighting the case to a finish providing an appeal was taken. NEW EXPOSURES IN STORE. States May Punish Oil Trust as a Common Cheat. The Standard Oil Company must face another ordeal in the matter of prosecu tion and punishment. It will be held tea a certain degree of accountability for giv ing short measure. In his supplemental report , made public recently , the commis sioner of corporations declares that tlie Standard was'guilty of selling oil on-short measure. He furnishes no particulars. A large mass of evidence was collected on this point , . Many States and municipali ties have stringent laws against selling products on short weight or measure. The bureau of corporations will give the nec \ essary evidence to all such States and municipalities as desire to bring action against the Standard O'il Company. There are already indications that a large num ; ber of suits will be brought under local and State laws relating to "cheats. " NEGRO FINDS $6,000 AND JAIL. Janitor Cleans Up After Forgetful Cashier and Comes to Grief. Had Charles Jones * not paraded the Btreets of Kansas City and boasted that he had "more money than any nigger in Missouri , ' he might have continued to spend his wealth on automobile rides , good [ clothes and other diversions Jooes. af- SCORES THE CHURCH. Bishop Potter In Address Aver * Sects Xcgrlcct Poor. Caustic criticism of tlic church for in difference to the mental , physical and social needs of the masses was made by rionry o. Potter of New York in an address on "Tlie Relation of the Church to' the So cial Unrest , " at the assembly in Ghau- tauqua , N. Y. For fear of being called an "institu tional church , " he said , it hesitates to get into sympathetic toucli with the needs DISIIOl'POTTEB. of the peopic about .t. Conditions of modern life are making the average workman a bondsman to ma chinery , according to the Bishop , wko also holds that extravagant expenditure by the rich was one of the great causes of social unrest. "There is no more righteous arraign ment of the church of our time , " said Bishop Potter , "than its indifference to the social condition of the classes made up of the less favored men and women down in the gutter. The church has Justly been severely criticised for its lack interest in the mental , moral and phy sical upbuilding of tjie masses. The tas ] of the church is to translate the mind of Christ , first by sympathy , then by painstaking curiosity. "This sympathetic curiosity would lead men in the church to know something of the strata of life below that in which we nre wont to move. Such sympathetic curiosity will sooner or later lead to the only hope for t ie social unrest of our time , and that is personal service. "The trend of our generation toward mechanical devices and the elimination of the personality of tlie workman , how ever clever and valuable in its material results , is a trend to be afraid of. The modern tendency to institutionalism is destroying the habit and instinct of per sonal service. It is only by personal service - vice that we can lift the man in the gut- "When Christ found the hungry he fed them ; when he saw the diseased he healed them ; when he found the blind he made them to see. Note how invariably he did this himself , how often he illustrated the principles of the New Testament by means of the human hand. Some time when you have leisure go through the New Testament and put a mark through every incident that Christ did for the sorrows rows and the woes of human nature with his own hand. /"The church should take active steps to cure the physical and mental as well as the religious ills of the people. The :1 : :1j church neglect of this vital work cannot j be remedied too j-'oon. It lias neglected < k "its most important functions. 'As ' a further and great cause of social f unrest there comes that monstrous profu- , eion and extravagance of expenditure. Ostentatious wealth cannot be too scath i ingly condemned. t "In such conditions of social life you ( have come very close to the origin of a s sreat deal of social unrest. I am pro ss st foundly convinced that the impatience of s 10 masses comes more from the abuse A wealth than from any other cause. . "any of us who claim to be Christ's dis- ples are guilty in this particular. The a presence of luxury in the midst of tene ment life has become to the average work er a source of irritation. He sees wealth openly lavished around him while he struggles in misery. Is it any wonder he E becomes , wrought up at what he con- v liders the great injustice of society ? " Qv Qo Qo o o ? a t : o Tlie Republicans of Massachusetts are to meet in State convention in Boston on s Oct. 5 to name candidates for Governor : and other State officers. Congressman Wesley L. Jones of the State of Washington has announced that > he will be a candidate for the United , States Senate in 1909 to succeed Levi Ankeny. sti Former Gov. Joseph M. Terrell of tiv Georgia , wbo retired from office a few tia weeks ago. is to be appointed United a States district attorney for the northern IJ district of Georgia , according to current ii report. The position is now fillfyJ by iio Carter Tate , who is expected to resign to make th'e race for a Georgia judgeslnp. si ; Notwithstanding that on Monday Sena siSI tor Foraker had given out a letter ad- O ] dressed to C. B. McCoy , a member of the Republican State committee , announcing that he would not fall into line with the organization in any definite endorsement p > of Secretary Taft for the presidency , and w intimating that he might announce his S own candidacy later on , the State Central li committee met at Columbus and passed a cite resolution endorsing Taft by a vote of 15 ciw to G. At the same time it extended an n ( olive branch to the opposition by a reso lution against tlie elimination of Sena tors Dick and Foraker from public life. y Foraker had criticised Taft especially on Q the score of his weakness on the tariff question , but nothing that the senior Sen ator could say was able to turn the tide ! of popular approval for the President's favorite. Afterward the Senator said that his purpose in publishing the letter svas to give notice that he would not be bound by the committee's action , con tending that it had no more right to speak on this sub'ject for the Republicans of di Ohio than any other twenty-one Repub licans only the next 'State convention of \vould have authority to speak , and by that action he would abide. tli Beryl F. Carroll , who has formally an nounced himself as a candidate for Gov- rnor of Iowa , has been active in politics - _ ! . tics since 1S90 and has campaigned in , : nearly all the congressional districts of the State. He has been a member of uc th the State Senate , and is now serving his , . . third term as State Auditor , receiving the nomination each tune by acclamation. Six thousand speeches delivered simul taneously in 2,000 cities , towns and vil fo : lages in Pennsylvania on the text , "Thou in inPi Shalt Not Steal , " is the program arranged Pi ranged on behalf of the Democratic fighf CO or the State treasurership. an BAD AS EAETHQUAKB SAN FRANCISCO'S INTERNAL STRIFE RENDS CITY. and Cal- Tlic Rivalry of Spreclcels tlic Town Into liouii Una Divided Two Camp * and for Months tlie Battle Has Raged. San Francisco correspondence : Time alone -will reveal the full truth ofthe extraordinary intrigue and war- ifare , class feud and personal vendetta , that involve the graft investigation in San Francisco and that have filled this city's cup of bitterness and strife a more disastrous visitation , indeed , -than that of earthquake and fire. San Francisco , the fairest and great est of cities on the Pacific coast , in comparably favored by natural advan tage with illimitable resources -behind - her , and the trade of tlie Orient facing 'her ' , destined to be one of the greatest .ports in the world , has been vexed and torn more by iternal strife and dis order than 'by. ' the calamity which start ed at 5:15 o'clock Wednesday morning , April 18 , 1900 , shaking her foundations , and by the consequent fires devastating four square miles and destroying five hundred millions worth of property. In San Francisco today the fight is not merely the old one of capital against labor , although that is still be ing waged fiercely and without quarter , 5mt the Opposing forces of two captains of industry , two of the heaviest capi talists in California , are drawn in a struggle tothe death. For some months the lines of battle have been clearly drawn , and -while , outside of San Fran cisco , public attention has been con centrated upon the dethronement of Eugene Schmitz , thrice mayor of San Francisco , and the surrender of his partner and manipulator , Abe Reuf , here the feud between Patrick Calhoun. president of the United Railroads , and Rudolph Spreckels , the largest property , holder J in San Francisco , has been most closely watched. Patrick Calhoun , who is a grandson of John C. Calhoun , and is a man of great ability , impressive force , and who has built up a great fortune , controls street railroads in Pittsburg , as well as In i San Francisco. Five years ago , the United 1 Railroads , in which Mr. Cal houn is the heaviest - , ab sorbed most of 'the street railroads in San Francisco , and set about vast improvements - " provements of the system. Shortly be fore the disaster of April , 1906 , the United Railroads commenced the elec- itricization of its system. After a long and embittered controversy , in which , Calhoun and Spreckels first joined is sue , Mr. Calhoun decided on adopting the overhead trolley system. Spreckels and his colleagues , of whom tlie chief was ex-Mayor James D. Phelan , had insisted that the United Railroads adopt the underground conduit system. The Merchants' Association employed William Barclay Parsons , of New JTork , whose conclusion was positive that the best way of meeting the trans- > ortation problems of San Francisco was to convert the cable roads into the overhead trolley. His report was vig- rously assailed by the Spreckels group f theorists , who , disappointed in their bstructive tactics , organized the Mu- aicipal Street Railway Company , with 14,000,000 of capital stock. Incorpor- ition papers were filed the day before he ; great disaster and the war was The earthquake and the fire occa sioned the temporary postponement of he Spreckels-Phelan street railroad ilans , but immediately afterward they vere found concentrating their efforts n Stacking and heckling the United , Railroads and its president. Rudolph apreckels carried his opposition so far ' hat in the famous Committee of Fifty , , . vhich took chncze of the city's affairs if ter the tire , he objected to the United Railroads resuming car service , advanc- ng the fanciful view that the operation -t f : the cars niight cause further confla gration. Despite the dire need of the * uffering people , the service was topped for several days , and the gen- ral manager of the United Railroads vas threatened with arrest The Uni- ed Railroads agreed to carry the peo- le free of charge. This permission vas finally granted , but again Mr. ' Spreckels intervened , claiming that the ree .transportation caused such over- rowding of the cars that business men , rilling enough to pay their fares , could , lot find accommodation. Thus the fight progressed , until final- there came the graft investigation , the course of which Spr kels nian- ged to have Calhoun induod on the harge of bribing officials with § 200,000. * alhoun and his colleagues proclaim heir innocence of the charge of bribery ' nd express their willingness to meet heir Enemies. At present their cases re being delayed by other trials. The eople of San Francisco are now fairlv ivided into two camps comprising the dherents of Spreckels and the forces Calhoun. The battle will be at its eight just before the November elec- ions. _ Stoclc of Goia. Retiring director o the mint Geor-e Roberts gives it as his conclusion that ic amount of gold coin and bullion , ow in the United States Treasury and' le banks and in circulation amounts to , 1,404S45,2SO. Result of Prencli Elections. Purports of the recent French elections r membership in the' general councils idicate a decided loss on the part of rogressives and Reactionaries , with a rresponding gain for the Republican * id Socialists.