The Valentine Democrat ,
VALENTINE. NET. .
r. AL RICE , . . . - Publisher.
LTJEB IN ASSET PLAN
DIJAIIJMAN PLEADS F
CYociid Authorize Cashier's Check as
Permanent Substitute for Cash ,
Thus Adding Hnorinously to Vol-
u : c of Currency in Times of Need.
Tiutt pcrnianerit relief from the
present monetary stringency can only
be had through : i .system of credit
: urreney adequate to meet the re
quirements of trade and redeemable
in sold coin wa-s the opinion express
ed by Representative Charles Fowler ,
af New Jersey , chairman of the bank-
nr and currency committee , which
will , at the coming1 session of con-
ifrcss , emea.vor to have a law passed
providing1 for credit currency issued
by- this national banks. Until such
permanent reJief i.s made possible by
legislative enactments Mr. Fowler as
serted the situation must be met by
Issuance of clearing1 house certificates ,
cashiers' cheeks and due bills of busi-
-jiess houses and manufacturers. '
"The underlying business condi
tions. " said Air. Fowler , "are essential
ly sound , as evidenced by the increas
ed earnings of railroads and the fact
that tliu value of our agricultural
products this yea.r are $ r > 00,000,000
.more than last year ( which was the
highest year in our history ) and are
3)ringing to our people about $7,000-
OOO.'OQO. but public confidence has
heen greatly shaken and credit seriously -
ously affected : therefore , every pa.tri-
otic citizen , from the president down ,
should do all in his power to restore
that confidence , which is essential to
iiutiiinal prosperity.
"The cause of the currency strin
gency i.s that there is scattered broad
cast throughout the country , in the
mints , ifi the wheat , corn and cotton
lields. and the pockets of the people ,
or locked up , about $1.300.000,000 of
the reserve money of the United
Elates , most of which , under proper
conditions , would be in the banks
serving : ts a reserve.
TRAP OFFICER.
-Lynching Follows Murder of Police
man at Tttllanmdga , Ala.
As a re.sult of the murder of Sam
-Thompson , assistant chief of police at
Tallamadga , Ala. , Saturday night.
Fred Singleton , a negro , was riddled
- -with bullets by a posse early Sunday.
3ii the shooting of Police Atwell , who
was a member of the posse , was shot
in the leg. Singleton's body was
hrousht to Tallamadga Sunday mornIng -
Ing , and there was the most Intense
excitement. Two other negroes im
plicated in the killing of Thompson
were caught and placed in the jail at
> "ylacauga for safe keeping. Thomp
son V ; murder was peculiarly atrocious.
-He had arrested three crap shooters ,
who told him they knew where a big
crap game was in progress and direct
ed the ollicer to the Chemical plant.
"When the officer arrived there he was
fired upon simultaneously from several -
eral directions. It is feared that the
intense feeling aroused mtiy result in
-further trouble.
MKN" lLO\VN TO 1MKCES.
in Railroad Grading Camp in
Washington.
Seven men were blown to pieces
Friday at a construction camp on the
Portland and Seattle railway near
Lyle. Wash. All were laborers on the
North bank road.
There is no living witness to the
-accident. It is presumed that one
-of the unfortunates drove his pick
into a missed bole of a mine that
had been planted there last summer
by another construction gang. The
accident was not discovered until oth
er men were returning to camp Fri
day evening. These searched for the
bodies , but I'xcept the leg of one man
-and the arm of another not a vestige
-was found. The victims seem to have
-been directly above the blast and were
probably hurled into the Columbia
7'iver , which is near by.
Stork to Kept Very Busy
President Roosevelt has granted
3loebling. N. .1. , a postoilice on account - ,
count of the wonderful activity of the
stork thereabouts. A delegation of
jcitizens told him there had been
births in nine-tenths of the 300 families -
-ilies since the place was established
two years ago.
I'anatmi'.s Fourth of July.
The independence of the republic
f Panama was celebrated Sunday
day with enthusiasm throughout the
entire country , as well as in the canal
-Bone. Acting President Obaldla in
augurated a new school of arts and
trades in Panama Sunday.
Girl Tranins In Male Attire.
After traveling around the country
Attired in men's clothes for six weeks
it girl giving her name as Rosa AToore.
of Newark , O. , was arrested at Kan-
kakec. III. .She said she wore male
attire for convenience in getting
tiround.
Sioux City Live Sltx-k Market-
Saturday's quotations on the Sioux
rily live stock market follow : Beeves ,
$5.00@G.OO. Top hogs , $5.70.
STARTLES J'UKITY COIIGIIJSSS.
NCKTO Woman Savagely Assails South
ern Homes.
Mrs. Mary Church Terrell , presi
dent of the National Association of
1 Colored Women , delivered a furiouo
invectimo against the people of the
south before the purity congress at
| Deroit , llich. , Friday.
"No servant girl is safe in the homo
of the white people , " she said , "and
no mother who considered her daugh
ter's honor would allou her to become
a servant without first requiring refer
ences. " She declared that all of the
states of the south had voted to shut
out the children of th'e blacks from an
education and that the courts had re
fused to protect colored women. J.frs.
Terrell was especially bitter in her
condemnation of the women of the
south , some of whom she quoted as
saying the negro woman was devoid
of honor.
"Many of our rich men will gladly
give thousands to help my race , " she
said , "but refuse to give an honest ,
honorable , educated negro respectable
employment. "
John Roberts , delegate of the Alli-
ance'of Honor , of London. Eng. , urged
! that young men and women about to
marry pass not only a mental and in
tellectual examination , but a physical
examination before a license is isfeued
to them. He urged the suppression of
immoral literature and liquor. Al
though once an actor himself Mr.
Roberts declared that purity workers
inustantagonize the theater.
"Our young cannot touch the mod
ern drama without being infected , "
he declared. "Most of our modern
plays deal with the so-called love of
two men for one woman or two wom
en for one man. The theater is a men
ace to the home , and if we do not fight
it it will engulf the Anglo-Saxon-
in a sea of lust and infamy. "
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KAMSEY JJEATKX IN 1JIG SUIT.
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i Verdict for $ o8D.)0 ) ) Against Former
j Railroad Magnate.
A verdict of $589,000 against Joseph -
seph Ramsey , Jr. , former president of
the Wabash railroad , in a suit brought
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by John S. Jones , a financier and coal
land operator , was handed down Fris
day in the New York supreme court.
Mr. Jones sued George J. Gould ,
William E. Guy , and Mr. Ramsey as
individuals to recover $460,000 which
he alleged to be due him from the
three defendants for securing for them
30,000 acres of coal lands in southern
Ohio. A part of the money sued for ,
according to Mr. Jones , represented
sums advanced by him in payment for
the land , and the rest included his
commissions , expenses and interest.
Justice Goff held that neither Gould j
nor Mr. Guy were liable , and the ver-
diet consequently was rendered only
against Mr Ramsey. Tt represented j
the full amount of the suit , plus costs j
and interest , since the debts were
made.
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A 1'ARM ; TRUST VICTORY.
Tobacco Crop of Five Kentucky Connj j .
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ties Sold. :
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By a deal recently consummated at
Henderson , Ky. , the Imperial Tobac- J
co company purchased the -entire 1907
tobacco crop pledged- the American j .
Society of Equity in Henderson. Union - }
ion , "Webster , Hopkins , and Crittenden [
counties. The deal involves 1G.OOO-
000 pounds of tobacco and will bring
? 1.0,000 ! of English money to the
farmers of this section. The price paid j H
was that demanded by the farmers ,
and is the highest price ever paid
since the Civil war.
All equity factories and employes
are taken over by the Imperial com
pany and will be continued in service.
Deliveries begin as soon , as the tobacco
is in order. The gold will be shipped
from England at once.
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NO All ) FOR SUFFKRKRS. ti
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llussian Jlovermnent Made no Move $
to Help People. if
ifa
The Russian government is taking a
no steps to send the relief petitioned w
by Karatagh. To do so would be
contrary to the Russian custom of
nonintervention in the internal af
fairs of Bokhara , and it would a"lso 13
involve a journey of over 500 miles 13b.
through the mountains from the nearest b.
b.CJ
est point. It is not known what steps CJV
the Bokharian government is taking V
to send relief , but it would appear to el
be acting with the usual and char
acteristic Asiatic fatalism and pro
crastination. Newspaper corporations {
at Samarkam. Tashkent , Bokhara and by
Kokhand have not yet beer able to * >
supply further details of the disaster. l >
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Found Dead in Tfotel.
. A man who on Thursday registered
at the Waldorf Astoria in New YOTK
as H. B. Potter. Jr. . of Philadelphia , is
was found dead in his room Monday- 01h
night. Coroner Harburger emphati h
cally stated his belief that the man in
had been murdered. of
UiK Strike in England.
The executive committe of the he
Amalgamated Society of Rail Services heN.
of Ixmdon Friday adopted a resolu ing
tion to call a general strike. es
10 Per Cent Cut in Wages.
The Xew York Airbrake company
Friday issued notice that commenc R
ing Nov. 1 the salaries of all employes sh
from superintendent down would be til :
reduced 10 per cent. tilw <
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Hein/e to Quit Bntte Ban' : .
M. S. Largey , president of thy Slate
Savings bank at Butte , Mont , which
closed its doors two weeks ago , stated
Friday that F. Augustus Heinze will ro
retire from the bank in a few days. Q
MORI- ] CASH IN SIGHT.
Hankers Assured of liig Increase u ?
Supply.
Indications that the available sup
ply of cash would be materially in
creased within a short time , both by
imports of gold and the increase
the bank note circulation , and that
the movement of cotton and grain
crops would be facilitated in every
way possible , with the result of in
creasing our credits abroad , were the
salient features of Thursday's financial
'
cial situation. It seemed to be recog
nized everywhere that the acute stage
of the crisis was over and that all
that remained was sutlicient currency
to resume currency payments upon a
broad scale and thus to restore condi
tions prevailing before the crisis.
The engagements of gold made in
New York , Chicago And elsewhere
brought up the total import move
ment within the past week to $23,70.-
000. As this amount of gold will af
ford a basis of credit to four time.- *
the amount , or about $95,000,000 , it
will in itself afford much relief to the
existing pressure. The action of the
Bank of England in raising its dis
count rate from 4 Vi to 5'/i per cent
was in accordance with expectations
in conservative circles. The fact that
the increase was not made to fi per
cent and that the English rate re
mains 1 per cent below the German
rate is accepted as an indication that
the situation at London is not consid
ered acute.
A UTAH 1XJ > IAN OUTURKAlt.
Several Persons Killed in Fiiiltith ;
the Redskins.
In a battle between United State. *
troops and Indians , which occurred
in southern Utah several days ago ,
three perspns were killed and another
wounded. All are believed to have
been Indians. The news of the occur
rence was conveyed to the Indian bu
reau in a telegram from Superintend
ent Shelton , of the San Juan agency.
The army command consisted of
four ollicers , seventy-four men and
three Indian scouts. The telegram to
the Indian bureau , which was dated
at Ship Rock , N. M. , is as follows :
"The troops have returned from
southern Utah. They arrested JJylillii ;
and nine other Indians. Three other.- :
were killed and one , , wounded while
shooting at the Indians. The Indians
are quiet and I do not anticipate fur
ther trouble. "
Ollicials of the Indian bureau as
sume the killed and wounded were In
dians. ; The Indians arrested are part
of a band of Navajoes that has been
making trouble on a reservation iif
northwest New Mexico.
A BIG FlllK IX CHICAGO.
Blaze in a Shoe Factory Causes Loss
of Half a Million.
Seven firemen were overcome by
smoke and a loss of $500,000 was
caused in a fire in a five-story building -
ing i at State and Quincy streets , Chicago
cage , occupied by the Holden Shoe
company , early Thursday.
The fire broke out on the top floor
in the repair department , and before
the firemen arrived had spread to the
next floor below. The burning leather
filled the building with dense smoke ,
and the firemen were unable to enter
and were compelled to light the flame *
from the roofs of adjoining buildings.
Seven firemen on a fire escape at onetime
time were overcome.
D. M. Mclntosh , manager of th ;
concern , said the company carried a
stock of $300.000 and that the entire
stock was ruined.
The cause of the fire is not known.
l > ead 3sn an
John Dongle , president of the Dollar
lar Savings bank at Akron , O. . was
appointed a receiver of that institution
Thursday in consequence of the sui
cide of Fred A. Baron , cashier and
treasurer , last Sunday. An examina
tion by the directors and the clearing
house association found a shortage of
$38,000 , against which stands a cash
ier's bond of $20,000 and overdrafts
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amounting to $ J 8,000. on which $ C.OOJ ( .
was realized Wednesday.
Killed in HI'H Sin. :
R. E. Weber , a sergeant in the
United StateB army barracks at th
Columbus , O. , barracks , was killed
by Edward Mitchell , a negro , who
came home unexpectedly and found
Weber ( in company with .Mrs. Mitch
ell.1
Ci-oker Ueats Kinu's Horse.
Richard Croker's Rhodora , ridden
VT. Bullock , won the Dewhurst
pls.16 , at Newmarket , Eng. , Thursday ,
beating ( Kfr.g : ? Jdward's I'errier , which
was second.
Railroad Land for Settlers.
United States Commissioner Curran
accepting homestead applications
216,000 acres of land heretofore
held by the Santa Fe railroad , situated \ \
a body beginning four miles north Ac
Clovis , N. M.
Fire In Hover Hotel.
Fire broke out in the American
house , the principal hotel in Dover , c
. H. , at 1:35 o'clock Thursday morning
and a number of guests narrowly F
2scaped with their lives.
Russian Cholera Statistics.
The official cholera statistics of
Russia : for the week ending Oct. 112 r
how that with the approach of winter'C'
ho epidemic is being checked. There . i
--ere 1,099 new cases and 41G deaths 'cc
reported.
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Loch Retui < ns toVasnn t n.
Secretary Loeb returned to Washi
ngton and resumed his duties as sec- D
otary to President Roosevelt Thurs- !
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INDIA- , * iAs"r > s ARIiiKixc : ; SOLD :
Urn Ovrr Fci-ty Dollars.
The t-yes of land buyers were turn
ed toward the fertile reservation of
the Winnebagoes in ans'wer f ) ihe ad
vertisement of a sale of inherited In
dian laiHl. Two thousand three bun-
died and sixty acres were offered for
t-a'o ' and out of that amount about
l.H"0 acres wore .sold at an average
price < ; f $41.25 per acre. The remain
der b-Miisr below appraisement.
According to an ant of congress ,
dated February S. 18S7. land inherited
from' { he original allottee may be
sold after due advertisement , by seal-
oj bids. .Mary thousands of acres of
this valuable land has been sold in the
rast and 'much more will bo sold in
the future on account of tin's increased
facilities for marketing the produce
-ivon hy the advent of the Burlington
' ailrnail into this territory. A more
rrceri.t act of congress allows ; tny In
dian t' < sell hi' ? own allotment under
Hi" same conditions as the heirship
I.i'd has been sold. There is no
ouestion of 'title to lands sold under
the lctl ° r act.hilf in some cases
there aie heirship matters quite dil'.l-
eiilt of settlement under the former. i
Much information of Interest to
prospective land buyers could be had
by ! n < juiiy from the office of the su-
oprinlondopt and special disbursing
a/rent , arid this information would bo
more authentic than that received
frciin local land dealers and specula
tors. wIiii are always anxious to have
those who would buy for homos believe -
liovo Pint no title can be obtained.
This i.- ; their way of deceiving with the
purpose of having no competition i'l
the r in U or of bids on the land offered i
for sale. There are some verv unseru-
pulous speculators who -approach tin ;
prospective land buyer with the. prop
osition that if lie will make certain
payments to them he uan assure the j
purchaser that he will receive the
piece of land on which he bids. Any
one ean bid and all bids ar considered
if the regulations are complied with.
X ] iRASKA : i'OAL AJIOX WIN" .
Commission OoHines to SVrmit Nexv
Schedule. i
The N'ebrask.t state railway com
mission has declined to permit the
railroads to adopt the schedule
< f reeoiiKigntncnl of eharj-vs. The j
roads \\anlcd to chaige ? n and $7 a I
ear for each car reconsigned. The |
lumber and eoal men fouirht the j > ref f
changes.
H. If. I0nbry , tralfie manager of
the liock Island , filed an amended
scale of prices , proposing $3. $4 and J
$ . " > . However , the matter will not be j
tnrco.n up until the Interstate commis- 1
si m has acted. i
The Burlington accepted the revist }
ed cereal rales and the sc-.hi'dule went
into i effect on nio.st of ( he roads Fri
day.-
day.The
The Burlington railway notified the j
state railway commission that the
new cream rates would be accepted \
and Ihe revised schedule equalizing j
the charges of long and short hauls j
goes into effect. Passenger Trafiic {
Manager lOustis insisted that the inI I
junction Judge. Kohlsaat issued in
Chicago last August prevented Iho act
eoptanco of the Nebraska schedule ,
Tlie clerk of Judge Kohlsaat's court }
informed the. commission the decree !
lid not effort interstate business. !
IKRS * HOiMK. i
Nebraska Ve.enu l > enl ! Admission
Because < : f Pt-nsion. 1
The state board of institutions re- '
j'H-ted J ihe application filed by Bur- i
detle X. Cleveland , of Fremont , for j
admission to the soldiers' and sailors' j '
home at Grand island. Clovhuul is j
a veteran of the civil war with nn j '
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honorable discharge , but inasmuch as j
he draws a pension of $ : ? 0 a month he j t
i.s not considered to be der-ftident on il
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juililic or private charaliy. Secretary
of .State Junkin , siienking for the (
board , said it was enjoined from enforcing - \ '
forcing the new rule which would por-
nit < ; Clevelaiul's admission and con-
.se < tuently it was obliged to fall back
.111 the old rule which barred any veteran - °
eran from the home who drew over (
$1- a month. In recent years this rule
ius been construed liberally and was .
recently changed so as to admit any
applicant , but providing that he SI
contribute a part of his pension j
money. The new rule was opposed j tl
and enjoined in court. j ln
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Ferjruson Ilrinjrs Suit. \v
I lev.V. . . P. Ferguson , deposed pas e
tor of the First Methodist church of
ITniversity Place , filed in the district j
court suits for $ n.)00 ! ) each against j
the firms of Atwood & Guile and C. R. j n
Smith & Co. , of University Place. He tt
alleges these firms attached his furni ttd
ture to secure the payment of small iii
bills while he was out of the city last iiifc
summer. fcP'
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Injurx' Man Jloidiiuv Ilis O\vn. '
John J > ingman. the brakeman who
was so seriously injured on the North
western railroad at Blair , by being
crushed between two freight cars , i.s
reported to be holding his own. ! ' .
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( 'ore < l { Death by liul ! . O
The county coroner ofVahoo was t'i
called : to Moss IJluff to hold an in- lit
on the body of a farmer named tii :
Fialla. who was gored to death by a Pi
savage bull. di
laborer Killed by Train.
Ernest Hazel , a laborer not long
from the old country , was instantly H'
killed ' at McCook by the enjfin" of pa : > _ in
rfenger train No. 14. He was walking ft
alongside the railroad track and fail in
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to give himself sufficient clear w
ance. sa ;
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Tries to Entl Two Lives.
John Losey. a liveryman of Hubbell -
bell , stabbed his wife and then cut
iis own throat. He was intoxicated. Gi
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Roth are expected to die. Hubbeil is w ;
2iiall to'.va in Tliayer county.
Carries cut the 'Ilireat of Clcr-cd Sunday -
day in Cniaiui.
DoGlnnins Sunday , December 10th ,
Omaha is to be a closed town and the
letter of trie law. as well as the spirit ,
is to be observed.
.Mcyor D.ihlman issued his edict to
that effect in the shape of a letter
adc'ressied to Chief of Police Dona-
luie instructing him to notice that
the Sunday closing law must be strict-
iy observed in the city of Omaha ,
and further instructing- him that if
he finds his force of patrolmen too
small to cany out his order , the chief
shall invoke the section of law which
provides that county officials may be
called upon for assistance.
The order is sweeping in the ex
treme and will effect not only thea
ter's and other places of amusement ,
but will close up every store and of
fice that has formerly done business
on the first day of the week.
The action taken by the mayor is
the result of a crusade begun by the
anti-saloon league whose
, represen
tative , 1C. Thomas , served notice on
the i mayor that he must cause to be
removed i the screens from all saloons ,
and threatening the executive with
court action if ho declined to do so.
The mayor at once took stops to have
the screens removed.
To retaliate the liquor dealers , as
sociation , through Justice of the Piece
Charles < Fields , vhioh resulted in the
order that the Sabbath .shall be ob
served not < ry by the saloons , but
by every other business place in Om
aha. With five weeks in which to pre
pare for the Sunday closing , business
concerns will have an opportunity to
prepare , for the enforcement of the
order. The theater managers say
they will carry the matter to the
courts.
iKAirx : < ; PLACE-IS AT O.MAITA.
( rrai : : Men Will He Heard on Switch
ing Charge IlcqiieM.
Whether the grain men of Omaha
iec''ivii shipments over the Union
Pacific and Missouri Pacific roads are
to t be subjected to an additional
switching1 charge will come up before
the t railroad commission on Nov. S , at
x hearing they have yet for Omaha.
The present charge for handling air
< -ir sent to the grain inspection tracks
< f the ITnion Pacific in Omaha is $ . * > .
Under i tlie proposed charge it will be
possible ? to make an inerea.se. The
Missouri ; Pacific has submitted a num
ber of tariff sheets embodying
changes it desires to make which
amount to substantially the same
thing. In the application of thi. road
it i is set out that a careful examination
is i necessary to determine just how
the rate is changed and that it is hard
Jo t say in a few words vrhat the differ
ence i.s.
The Union Pacific specifies the new
' hangft in the following- language :
Grain in car lots from Union Pacific
railroad grain inspection tracks , Oma
ha , consigned to grain elevator on
Union Pacific tracks , Omaha. 52 net-
car.
Also de.sire to establish switching
c.imrcre \ of 5 per car on grain in car-
lots I from Union Pacific grain inspec
tion tracks * to transfer tracks with
connecting line where grain is con
signed to elevators.
CHAXC.'KS IX MAIL SEtlVICE.
Xew Plans of Northwestern in Kf-
feet.
Important changes affecting the
railway mail service on the North
western line we-'t of the Missouri
river went into effect recently.
Full cars heretofore operating out
: f Missouri Valley will now go out
of Omaha , and twenty-seven clerks
employed on these lines between these
points and Dead wood will report to
the chief clerk at Omaha instead of
at Sioux City. Clerks heretofore per
forming i-ervice between Omaha and
Gregory , S. D. , will be assigned to
runs on Omaha and Lrong Pine trains
X-os. 1 and 2. Service between Nor
folk and Dallas will be by apartment
car under the supervision of the chief
clerk at Sioux City. Runs of mail
clerks on the Lincoln and Fremont
ailway posloffice will be extended to
.start from Missouri Valley.
This service also will be under the
supervision of the Sioux City office.
The change is made for the good o
the service as the postoffice depart
ment views it. for the reason that
mail cars and the runs of the clerks
will correspond with the manner in .
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which through train service is operat
ed < by the Northwestern.
No I'neasiness at Xcligh.
The ; financial flurry has not scared
the people of Neligh. On inquiry at
the local banks they said that their
deposits are not falling off. and that
nothing has been withdrawn except V
for the usual course of business. De
positors ' are stisfied with the safety
their money and feel hopeful as to
'he future.
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iSissourJ Pacific Reports.
The Missouri Pacific railroad com
pany has made its weekly report to
he Railway commission showing the
imoutit of work done on the line. To
October 2Gth. ties had been spotted
the number of IOC.188 : ties re-
lewed , G7..S.14 : ties received. 68,764 :
ies on hand. 910 : section men em-
loyed , 256. This report was for one
iivision.
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Worker is Insane , ti
Many Kiigore. aged 20. of Hastings. in ,
vlio has become involved in trouble
Cleveland. O. . Barin , Wyo. . and "
ither places during the last few _
nonths , through the negotiation of i-
.vorthless cheeks , was adjudged inane -
ane by the Adams county insanity j so <
joard.
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Grr.d Island llnnk Fails.
The Commercial State Bank of to
Jranri Island has failed. The failure li
vas due to the failure of the First It
sational Bank of Chariton. Iowa.
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prevalent notion that
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Roi-kefeller ought to divide. Phi la del- * I"
phiu Press.
' on the laud , ,
Lot's haul our navy up
lest some other power should object.
New York Mail.
It makes the average man fed rather-
cheerful to discover that last year's ,
overcoat is seed for another winter.
Washington Post.
When a good jockey can earn $50-
000 a year , it is strange that o niaiiy
light-weights. try to get into Congress-
Washington I'ost.
A.s the chorus girl season is ct > min -
on we may begin to look for the dis
tribution of some swollen fortunes.
Philadelphia Press.
While the President was enjoying :
dir meat in camp , the rest of usvero -
growling about the dear meat at home. .
- - Washington Post.
Salesgirls in Piltsburg liave been for
bidden tovear pompadours. Was not
life in Pittslmrg hard enough before4
Philadelphia Inquirer.
All kinds of food are getting so-
hixh in price that corned beef and cab
bage will soon ri.se to aristocratic rank ,
on tie : menu. Philadelphia Inquirer.
After Miss Gladys Vandcrbilt be
comes the Countess Sxechonyi she. wil *
always remind her friends of an incur
able case of hay fever. Washington-
Post.
While a Paris doctor may , as In : as
serts , euro cancer in thirty minutes , so-
important a process ought to lie worth ,
least an hour's time. Philadelphia
.edger.
With the price of pie up , the cost of
indigestion is again advanced. Il" this
continues it will soon be so that no
one can afford to have it. New York
Tribune.
In Xew England the price of pie has-
advanced 20 per cent. The manufac
turers must have felt that they have-
been mincing matters too long. Wash
ington I'ost.
The Norwegian explorer who pur
poses to reach the North Pole with a.
team of polar bears would draw a big-
tor crowd if he drove up Broadway.
Xe\v York World.
It i.s reported that 20,000 pounds of
prunes have been ordered for victual
ing MK Pacific fleet. That ought to-
m.ike the men feel like fighting.
Washington Post.
Pastor Aked , recently brought over
from England to New York , says the
story of Jonah is a fiction. Then the-
nature faker is no modern creation.
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Russian opinion that war be
tween the United States and Japan is-
ifevitable arises , doubtless , from a not"
unnatural desire to see Japan Hcked.
Philadelphia Ledger. ;
Women's hats , the experts tell us , .
nre now the same as they were a hun
dred years ago. That is doubtless ther
reason why they seern to be looking-
backward. New York Tribune.
Now somebody else is going to glad
den the hearts of mankind by "making-
a dash for the North Pole. " Can't tbo-
North Pole be abolished by internation
al agreement ? New York Sun.
A new opponent of rural free deliv
ery has arisen. The postmaster at
Afount Carmel , Conn. , has become tirerJ
of distributing mail on a daily wage
of 15 cents. New York Tribune.
A large steel plant has been locatccE
in China , and that country is destined
to discover that for ways that are dark
and tricks that are vain , a large steer
plant is peculiar. Washington Post.
Doctors who plead guilty to Prof
Osier's charges that they smoke too
much may allege .that they compound
for their own indulgence by forbidding- ,
it in their patients. New York World.
Hunting the North Pole seems to
iiare become a popular game. Under
the rules of 1906 and 1907 it seems to-
be much safer than football , automo-
foiling or aerial navigation. New York :
Sun.
Sun.The
The Baltimore Sun says some vaude
ville "artists" are paid $10 a minute
We have seen some that made us fee ?
that we were earning that much by
watching their performance. Wash
ington Post.
If the reduction in steamship rates-
goes much further the competing com
panies will offer not
only to carry pas
sengers without charge , but even to-
Kive them handsome bonuses. New-
York Tribune.
Uncle Sam is gathering crops worth *
7,000,000,000. That means about $ Sf >
worth of farm produce for every in
habitant. As a producer of real wealth ,
the farmer is still in a class by him
self. Philadelphia Press.
Captain Amundsen announces that
lie is having six polar bear teams-
trained for a dash to the North Pole-
1910. Matched against the Wellmar *
airship , an Arctic race between the tor
toise and the hare
seems to be prom
ised. New York Sun.
Some of those people who arc doing-
much kicking about the Irish girl's-
face on the new gold coins probably
wouldn't get hold of one often enough- ,
recognize the lady , and wouldn't
have it long enough to'commit her
looks to memory. Washington Post ,
