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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 15, 1908)
ir , : ; . i Cartier loft hi- ship and proceeded up the St. Lawrence invboats. 3071 .Mediators between tiic colonists and the Indiana met at Plymouth. 1710 An e.\pediton ! of British and Pro vincials appeared befoio Port Royal in Canada , IT. . " , Xengcr's Weekly Journal , the second end paper in New York , first ap peared. 17. s First legislative assembly ever held in Canada met at Ualifax. 17 < > -Hurricane in Havana caused great destruction of life and property. 177 < ' The now constitution of Pennsyl vania was formally -proclaimed. 1777 ( 'engross assembled in York , Pa. , and continued in session there until the following .summer - The Brit ish. nmlsf Sir Henry Clifton , cap tured Foits Cliulou. and Montgomery. 17X0 Major Amlro , British army officer , hanged as a spy at Tappan. 17S : > Treaty of peace between Great Britain ami the United States pro- da. ! incd. S.7S7Ship Columbia .sailed from Bos ton. Mass. . and returned three years Inter , having completed the first trip around the world. 17HO Force of regulars and militia un der Gen. I farmer defeated Hie Indians at Miami village , in Ohio. 3SOO United States and France con cluded a treaty settling long standing difficulties between tlie two countries. ISO. , First Catholic church in Boston , Mass. . Medicated. tSi : ' . Moravian Town , on the River Thames , destroyed by the Americans under Gen. Harrison - Jenny Liud , famous singer , born. Died Nov. 2 , 1SS7. 3S2' ! First Sunday school in Texas es tablished at San Folipe. lc.i : : A free trade convention met in Philadelphia. IS.'jq The Indian chief Black-hawk died at bis camp on the. Des Moincs river. 1S. ' . ! > Business portion of Aiken , S. C. , destroyed by lire. 1S41- Santa Anna entered the City of Mexico. $ bi ism Great damage was done by a storm which swept over Prince Ed ward island. lSr , Abraham Lincoln challenged Ste phen A. Douglas to a joint debate. The Prince of Wales visited "Wash ington , D. C. 3Si-j Gon. Nelson shot by Gen. Jeff C. D.ivis at Louisville. 3 si ; : : The Uuioa troops threw Greek fire into Charleston. Wn Negro riots in Savannah. 3Si-S Gen. McClclian welcomes in New York upon bis return from Europe. 3S70 President Grant paid a visit to Boston. - HS74r- Engagement of Col. Frederick Dent Grant and Ida Marie Ilouora announced in Chicago. IS7S Failure of tlie City of Glasgow bank _ Marquis of Lome appointed governor general of Canada. 3 < NJ Steamboat R. 1C. Lee , which made the fastest time on record between > . w Orleans ami St. Louis , burned below Vicksburg. O Clark university , at Worcester , Ma s. . formally opened. The Count of Paris arrived m America. , : > , ! > , - . William Lawrence consecrated bishop of Mr. .saohusetts. M David B. HiH. for the third time , accepted tlif Democratic nomination for Governor < > f New York. j. S David J. Hill was appointed Assistant - sistant Secretary of Stale. Naval p.irmie ia Now York harbor in honor of Admiral Dcvvcy. l Duke and Duchess of Cornwall visited Vancouver. B. C. } HJ Canadian-Australian cable com pleted from Vancouver to Fanning island , distniuo of : ,4. r5 miles. 30Tho , ) : ; JritiCanadian case closed before the Alaska boundary tribunal. 1IHV5 Kentucky r.ring commission law unconstitntioii.il. , Jfot Sii Muny .Irvrlnh rritniiial . Police Couimissioner P.ingham of New Yi i-k. upi > 'i conijilaints as 10 the incorrcct- n. > s > [ his .stateuiiMit in an article for the North American Heview that half the criminals of New York City wore of the lT > hrew r.u'e ( mostly KussiaiiK has formally - mally admiitrd the unreliability of the figures on which hi.s sLitomont was based. Tin's correHion has .satisfied the loading Hebrews who protested acainst irticle. ALL AKOUJJD THE GLOBE. Four persons uere killed and twenty- six injured in a wreck on the Yazoo and Mississippi Valle\ railroad .near Clarks- dale. Miss. Negroes at Va/oo City. Miss. , shot and killed Charles Jones , a member of their own race , who killed a white man and two negroes at Eden Station. Miss. Blanche Cribier. . " years old. of Hel- metta , N. J. . was soi/.ed by an eagle near * hr borne , but was rescued by her father after d fierce fight with ( he great bird. 'iirrTTffe fiOSinST ! ? tEnoliubll ! LNtB-TO-BOU - - LhSlLU i U OUL3 Greatest of Deep Waterway Gath erings Is Opened in the Chicago cage Auditorium. \ ADDRESSES BY NOTABLE MEN. Boom for Improvement of the Coun try's Natural Transportation Ee- , sources Given Hew Impetus. The greatest deep waterway conven tion over hold began its sessions in the Auditorium Theater at Chicago Wcd- n < " --v ; , and the city on that-day was host to two presidential candidates inil one vice presidential nominee , \\ho were guests of honor of the Lakes-to- the Gulf Deep Waterway Association. William Howard Taft. Republican nominee for President : William Jen nings Bryan , Democratic nominee for President. : . * nd John Temple Gra'.es , vice presidential candidate of the Indc- 1 hdence parly , were the three distiu- guislied guests. These three men ad dressed the waterways convention Taft and Bryan at a banquet Wednes day night and Mr. Graves at a great smoker held Thursday night at the Coliseum for . " .000 of the waterway delegates and their friends. Taft also .spoke at the opening meeting of the convention Wednesday morning. Bryan spoke at the session Thursday morn ing. William K. Kavanaugh. president of the association , called the convention lo order and introduced Bishop Sam uel Fallows , who pronounced the invo cation. Bibhop Fallows prayed for the early consummation of the convention's objects in the interest of American pro4 .rress and the greater gjory of God. The address of President Kavanaugh fol lowed the invocation , and after it Sec- j tvrary William F. Saunders read his j report. I The. audience presented an nnusnal- ' ly beautiful assemblage , every delegate ! holding an American Hag. which bad been presented to him at the > door on his entrance. On the stage , in addition to the officers of the association dele gates , sat Governors , United States Senators and Congressman of the vari ous States and officials of many differ- on t cities. AVaiervrny History Ji Related. William F. Sauuders of S't. Louis , secretary - rotary of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf Deep Waterway Association , in his report to the convention detailed the history of the deep-waterway movement , the difficulties it encountered in the beginning , its pur pose , scope and prospects for the future and the benefits that the United States would derive from it. The work of the association in teach ing through newspapers , magaxincs. pamphlets and speakers the importance of the deep-waterway project was explained by Secretary Saunders. "Through its publicity , " the report sets forth. * 'l.lic association teaches the mer chants and manufacturers that with the building of the deep waterway freight rates will be steady and reasonable and not -subject to the violent fluctuations such as occur at present. It also teaches tb" l.r 00trOO m < Mi directly employed by the railways that mil and river traus- ixntation are complementary : they must help eaoh other to perfect the transpor tation of the country. " According to Secretary Saunders the doctrine of the association is that the first duty of the government is to perfect its transportation and that this can only bo done by building the deep waterway from Chicago to New Orleans , improving at the same time into complete naviga bility the principal tributaries of the Mis sissippi river s o that Uie ship waterway between the lakes and the gulf will be the trunk Hue of a comprehensive system of uafM'wa.vs. The actual lanni'lting of the deep wuier- \ \ movement . by the frip down the river from f'hi'-auo to Now Orleans over rhu route of the proposed waterway made by Congressmen William Loriiner and Henry T. Rainey of Illinois and Ben JHumpbroys of Mississippi and their oriraniziim of the deep \valerway association was re lated hi Secretary Saunders and every stop taken in that connection by the \ari- ous associations , officials and citizens since then was explained. "Tho fiiM convention of the association held in St. Louis had on its roster 1.100 delegates representing twelve States. * * ' runs the report. "The second conventiou in Memphis ia tear t had mi its roster 2'WO delegates , representing nineteen States , and this convention has on its roster : > . . " IT delegates , representing forty- cour States. " Would Senrettrrito < * * . Dr. V. A. Moore of Cornell university , in a paper road before the convention of the American Veterinary Association , urged that the only cour.se ilia ) offered hojvo of chocking the rapid increase of bovine tuberculosis in America is to seg regate the healthy herds and pass laws to 'control the sale of cattle. NOTES OF 3U31RENT EVENTS. Frank A. Day has been iv-cloeted chair man of the Minnesota Democratic State central committee. At Shei'pshead Bay Priscillian. carry ing top weight , won the Occidental han dicap at one and one-eighth miles in the fast time of 1 : o2. On Labor Day labor organizations throughout the country received an ad dress from Samuel Gompers. in which he reviewed the events since the previous Labor Day. nrai nzjirn : IN THE BALKAN CLASH , BTJL&AFJAI4 AT.D TTJ312 WARRIORS. fjr& y t ' \ ' . \ % # * & ! - > * $ ' : \ 'M&M&'i > . > , - * " : ; , tt\ ' , ' ' " A Rv % * - ; > ' ' ' &fif"r : - " ' : ? * / > , { w ; - ' ' A > ? / i * , flfei' ' * " < ? i &v , uw ; , BB J ' , % i > ' * r-- ? * $ & ? - . % s , . * fev' - Sfcv t fcf | * ' iisi- R J * * - T' ZM ? * * - ' 'T A3I2VX , - HAKLTD BIllT ee f&'F-.DItfANJ ) of EULC AttjlAJ V 1 ' < = . 4\- ' ' ' . / * . " ' , - ; : ] x < * . & i OW 03HE. : EUROPE'S WAR CLOUD. Muss in the Balkans Has Served to Greatly Excite the Powers. It is a long time since Europe ha had anything as exciting as the Bul garian muss. Turkey had just begun business under its constitution , and lion.be Humid had begun to cot used to the sight of his subjects and quit wearing .sheet iron linings in bis bloom ers. There was some prospect that the army and navy might get a 1'ew years' overdue back pay. and the ladies of the zenana were figuring on a few new Paris gowns ami high-heeled slippers. E\erytiiing was sailing along smoothly when Prince Ferdinand suddenly got the bit in his teeth and ran away with the whole outfit. His independence party movement has set all Europe wor rying Austria has announced her intention OL annexing the provinces of Bosnia and Herxegovina. and as Cousin \Vil- helm is backing tip this little land grab it is pretty likely to go through. Ituly is mad because Austria is seizing a ter ritory largely peopled by Italians. Rus sia is mad on general principles. Tur key is busy trying to thrash naughry , naughty Ferdinand , and Austria is un opposed. There is a demand for a con gress o'f the-signatories to the Berlin treaty to decide what shall be done , nuw that Austria has violated the In tegrity of Turkey , but siudcnts of Eu ropean politics fear that such a meeting would icsult in trouble. However , it is not believed that war will result unless the progressive ele ment among the Turks feels that some thing must be clone to prove that a new era has dawned in Turkey. The chief danger apparently is that Russia and perhaps certain other countries of Europe will demand something to com pensate them for the increased strength of Austria and its allies. Further , the fuiy of the Servians , at the growing prestige of their old rivals , the Bulga rians , may lead to armed attacks along the Bulgarian or Austrian frontier. The Bulgarians of Macedonia who , opposing Greece an one .side and Tur key on the other , long have sought to come under the political domination of Sofia , doubtless will take new hope from the formation of an independent nation ruled by a "czar of the Bulgari ans. " Only a war of conquest against Turkey could join them to the new Bulgarian kingdom. The Bulgarian army is remarkably efficient for its size , but the staying power of 1he Turks has been abundantly demon strated. Russia's wish for a new conference of tbo powers which signed tbo treaty ol Berlin tn modify that instrument .seems to lv generally shared by the governments of Europe- . The present feeling at P.iris and London is that the emperor of Germany , by encouraging Francis Joseph and Ferdinand in ( h < > ir daring course , has scored heaily against the n w western alliance form- edy hy King Edward. Still , it is prob able that the whole matter will end merely in peaceful diplomatic pas sages. s in HiH Scintli. Reports published by the Manufactur ers' Kocoid of Baltimore show that stone roadmakiu is in progress throughout the Sirnihithont let-up , and that coniracts are constantly beinir mad" . Also' huge sums ai" being sp.-nt othe development ofriou. . , "adr.stries. such as coal , oil. cotton , etc. At Edinburgh. Scot In pd. Andrew C.T.- necie ant'ouiiocd his < le-ivjon to set aside ! $ I.J. 0.ni'0 for the foundation of u hero fund in his native land. * 5 , Stt ft A " ' XT * \ -IL I 411 * ® U s SS-'T-lk. & * S * Ti "BULG-AR.IA.W AT A &UDGE Orf PRAISE GIVEN RAILROADS. Declare Country's Amazing Develop ment Is Due Largely to Carriers. The work of the railroads in in de veloping the- West was highly praised at the meeting of the Trans-Mississippi Congress in San Francisco by J. C. Stttbbs. director of traffic for over 1C- 000 miles of Harriman railroads. Ilia subject was. "Transportation , " and he spoke at the request of E. II. llarri- man. man.The The speaker went into the relation of railroads to the workof developing trans-Mississippi country very fully , and showed how the big transportation companies had been doing work along the lines mapped out by the congress for many years. Dr. Benjamin Ide Wheeler , president of the University of California , spoke on "West of the Mississippi River \\hat does it mean ? " He said a great future is ojKMiing out before the trans- Mississippi country in general and Cali fornia in particular. Col. Fred VT. Fleming of Kansas City took for his subject "Western Insur ance , " while Gov. Cutler of Utah and former Governor Pardec of California both paid attention to "The conserva tion of natural resources. " The delegates were greatly impressed with the work of conservation that baa already been done in Utah and Calitor- nia as outlined by the speakers and warmly applauded Gov. Cutler's re- mari.s as to the prominent part Presi dent Roosevelt has taken in forward ing the work in all parts of the coun try. Attorney General Dickson of Colora do , speaking on the topic. "Irrigation and disposition of public lands , " drew the attention of the meeting to the im portance of guarding government lands from too free distribution. .Tallies J. Callbreath. secretary of the American mining congress , talked on the conservation of mineral resources , and Frank Short of Fresno. Cal. , dis cussed the relation of the natural re sources of the country to its social and political conditions. TOLD IN A FEW LUTES. in the shipbuilding trades on the Mer sey and Tyne there are "JO.UOU fewer men employed than last year. At I.i\pnpoi t , Iowa , on Labor Day. Ed itor Ile.irst and Candidate llisgen addressed - dressed a number of labor unions. { Gov. .Tohn-on of Minnesota commis sioned 1.,00 : fanners as delegates to the Tanners' Comrrcss at Madison. YVis. In opening the State campaign in Illi nois. Speaker Cannon nude reply to tlw attacks of both Bryan and GoinpoK * Ferdinand , Supported by Cabinet , Takes Action at Tirnovo , Ancient Capital. THE NATIONS ARE MEDIATORS. Will Try to Prevent War Over Balkan Trouble , and Diplomats Confer. Bulgaria , a tributary principality niuloi- the suzerainty of the .Sultan of Tin key. Monday proclaimed its inde pendents of Turkey.rjhi.s action was Liken at Tirnovo by Prince Ferdinand , who \vas elected Prince of Bulgaria in KSS7. The Bulgarian HI bind was with tlic prince , having mot him at tbo fron tier and journeyed \vith iiim toTirnovo. Tiniovo is the ancient capital of { bo Kingdom of Bulgaria. and itvas there in the old days that tbo kings wore crowned. Turkey is not inclined toward war with Bulgaria , and London advices say that she will likely call a conference of the powers to consider Bulgaria"- ; proclamation of independenco. Indica tions from the other capitals ant.'iat the powers will intervene to pre\cnt hostilities in the near East. France has decided to act as mediator for the pur pose of preventing war. and ( It-eat Brit ain also has made mediatory proposals to the governments of Turkey ami Bui PENSION INCREASE $18,064,821. Loss of 15,684 Persons from Roll , but Amount Is Largest Ever. The report of the commissioner oC pensions for Mie fiscal year ending on June 'JO last , shows that during the year there were : 'A'V \ deathsnmong civil war veterans who were on the pension roll. This falling off was equal to about r per cent of the total , and left 0 ± SOSl survivors on the roll. The number of deaths was 'i.lS greater than during the previous year. The total number of pensioners at the end of the year was D3UJS7. Dur ing the yrar r ' .n. 0 pensioners of all classes were dropped and oS. ( > S- added , making a net loss of T. 1,08-1. The .state ment also shows that 1SS.-1 lo widows of soldiers already have taken advan tage of the law of the last session eC congress Increasing to $12 a month tbo pensions to widows. The actual expenditure for the year on account of pensions was $ l"j'JtOiX > , - OSU. but on account of the law increas ing the rate to individual pensioners the annual \alue of the roll at the close of the year was .Sl. > 9.405,701 , an increase of Sis.rn-l.s-jI over the previ ous year. The expenditure was the largest in the history of the bureau. The total number of applications for pensionof all kinds pending at the close of the year \\as 1,5S. ! : ; } . against : : . - ) ' ; . 1 at the beginning of the year. There are now only a little more than one-third a > many claims pending as then- were a year ago , and these arc being adjudb-uted as rapidly as ha evidence necessary to determine their merits fa furnished. "Ui-.al" Oil Trust H-tiiciic . \Vhiio Vice President F. B. Squire of the Standard Oil Company of Ohio wns on the samP"in ; the oil trust investigation at Ncn York. Lawyer Kellogg , for the ul.howed how the Toledo Oil ANOTHER ASGEKSIOK. Hogs Are the Hig-hest Since 1903. -Chicago Tribune. garia. German } * , it is announced at Berlin , has associated herself with these proposals and will not counsel Turkey to go to war. The proclamation of Bulgarian inde pendence was preceded by a conflict between Bulgaria and Turkey over the Oriental railroad in eastern Riimelia. Bulgaria took possession of this line In September because of a strike and began to operate it with her military forces. When the strike had been set tled she refused to restore control lo Turkey , which led to a sharp conflict. In spite of the Qtideavors of the powers the military forces of both Turkey and Bulgaria prepared for eventualities. The action taken by Bulgaria and Austria-Hungary is condemned in offi cial and diplomatic circles of London , but the British government is prepared to co-operate in any steps which may be taken by the powers concerned. The principal purpose is the prevention of a warlike outbreak. News no less interesting than that concerning the act of Prince Ferdinand Is brought in the Vienna dispatches to tlie effect that Austria-Hungary has de cided to annex the occupied provinces of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Emperor Francis Joseph has addressed an auto graph letter to the beads of all the states in which he explains the neces sity of changing the political status of these provinces. School of Sanilnry Science. Much favorable comment is appearing in the press for the proposal made by Dr. Norman E. Ditinan in the Columbia Uni versity Quarterly to create a school of sanitary science devoted to enlightening the public upon preventable * agencies of death. Dr. Ditmaii brought to light the fact that over -100.000 lives are sacrificed in tins way in our country each year. . " > , OOO ait-ii Apply for Work. The announcement made by John Wan- anihlcer that he would give employment to 1,0.00 men in the work of demolishing the old section of his store on Chestnut street , Philadelphia , beginning last Mon day morning , brought to the place a throng of at least . " . .000 men. who surged about the streets and so impeded traffic that the police reserves had to be called out to make n-ay for the cars. After the favored ones iiacl been chosen the rest of the crowd dispersed without disorder. Company and the American Oil Com pany had been operated for 3'cars as in dependent concern- , although in reality .owned by the Standard. Squire admitted that this was done , hut said it was to take advantage of the good will of the old names. Squire told how he had dis missed C. J. Castle , in charge of tha Cleveland business of the Standard , for giving rebates to ustomer * Fred Brel. the wrestler , ha * , bought an eighty-acre farm near Colby. Wis. , and uill wrangl" with the stumps hereafter. M. II. Griffin of Joliet , 111. , who won second pl.icc in the discus throw in th Olympic games in London , will enter Bc- loit college this year. Freddie Welsh , the English lightweight , krocked out Frank Carney of Chicago in. the fourth round before the Pacific Ath letic ' * Iub at Los Angeles. Ma al"-rer : i' II irc this year has forty husky candidates for the football team , and Carlisle : - thirty-fixe. The smaller colleges ouirlst to p'it up some good games this fall. At Nashua. N. H. . Charles I. Van /ant , for several years a prominent basobali player and a member of the Albany club ot the Nf.v Vork State League , commit ted suicide at lii- > home by shooting. Mighty Kosebon ins probably run hit- last race. At least that is what Dave Johnson and Trainer \Veir .spjid after the Big Train bad been badly beaten , in the Flight stakeat Shecpshead Bay. It was a complete breakdown that caus'ed Koschrn's defeat. With a notable lie-d of eleven , horses including GemV Tea-el , Spanish Queen , Acquin and De-\itt. it took five hc.it * and some sensational racing to decide th biz race at the New York State fair , , the Empire State stakes of 510,000 for 12:14 trotter- , . Magotiin , the ne\v football coach of the North Dakota agricultural college , has ar rived. He is from the Michigan univer sity , where heva a star on the team for some time and a favorite protege of Coach Yosr. This will b - MugoHin's first effort at coaching and Jie has - ; liaid task to fiU the shoes of Gilmoie Dobis.
