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T THE VALENTINE VALENTIXE , NEB. M. RICE , . . . . 1 25 MEN LOSE LI DISASTROUS EXPLOSION I ? ' ( _ 11. 11.OUS ZEIGLER COLLIER Leiter and Wife Spend Entire Work of Rescue , tlic Latter I iug Coffee and Sandwlclies ti iu Search of Bodies. A disastrous gas explosion , ir twenty-five men lost their lives red at an early hour Sunday r in Joseph Letter's famous col. Zeigler , 111. A spark from a pole of an electric motor cor contact with a pocket of gas is ed as the cause of the explosion Mr. Loiter personally conduc first relief party that descend the mine to recover the dead b ( The lone survivor of the ex was an Italian youth , who escai harmed. An expert , who had been menting with the gases in the at Zeigler , left Wednesday cc that he had placed the mine condition to be operated. The men entombed were engi clearing the debris caused by cent fires in this mine , and it pected that operations would sumed this week after two r\ \ suspension. The bodies taken from the are badly burned and identifical difficult. Tventy-six men entei mine on the night shift , and the of the victims are taken from th roll. The explosion was peculia shock er noise was heard or the opening of the shaft , only of smoke. The engineer notic smoke , and. realizing that an at had occurred , summoned aid. mine had recently been seale confined to workings not in the Ity of the present explosion. Mrs. Leiter is at Zeigler , ar was at the mouth of the mine wi husband aiding in quieting the \ and orphans who crowded abe mine. She furnished coffee and -vviches to the men attempting 1 cue the bodies. The day was b cold , but Mrs. Leitor was forom comforting the widows. Mr. Leiter said Sunday nigh after the bodies are recovere would have work started towat reopening of the workings. The was put in operation in 1903 , am after labor trouble began. In 1905. an explosion in the mine fifty-one men. PORTUGAL'S KING ILL. Efforts Being Made to Dissipate mors of Its Seriousness. In order to dissipate the rumor rent that his recent illness had en lung trouble. King Manuel , attir the uniform of field marshal , through the principal streets of bon. followed by a brilliant staff Itwas noted that the king was pale and that he sat on the horse difficulty. Afterward he went al the royal yacht Amelia. His physi are Insisting that the king make quent cruises in the hope that th air will strengthen his constitut weakness. It is said that the duke of Or the king's uncle and heir appare : the Portuguese throne , has dec. that in the event of Manuel's e nothing could induce him to ass the crown. In such a circumstan < this there is no other descendeni the royal family in direct line of cession , the monarchical form of eminent in Portugal would be seri ly jeopardized. ON A HERESY CHARGE. Chicago Minister is Deposed Withe Hearing. On a heresy charge Rev. Ho WestTrood has been deposed witho hearing from his assignment as pa of the Edson Park Methodist Epi pal church ef Chicago. The action taken by the district superinten < after a conference with Bishop Dowell , without formal compl from the congregation. The mini had tendered his resignation , to t effect January 24. Rev. Mr. Westwood , who is 24 y < old , when his dismissal became kno admitted that he believed chu teachings had come to include st things which the bible did not int it should include. Sioux City Live Stock Market. Saturday's quotations on the Si < wity live stock market follow : : beeves , 55.85. Top hogs , $5.95. Blue Laws in Roanokc. Mayor Cuthokins' order to the ] department to enforce every 1 and ordinance of the city of Roano Va. , was carried out Sunday , cigars , cigarettes , tobacco , fruit , cc fectlons , toilet articles or other mi chandise were sold. The police halt all milk wagons , 5ce cream wagons a hacks and took tin- names of drive and owners of the vehicles. CHARGES AP.E PUBLI < PrcsMJfcnt Gives Out His Re ] Tillnian Case. President Roosevelt Fridaj made public the details of an .jatlon by postoffice inspectors 2ret service agents of Senate man's connection with an "land grab" in Oregon. As he presents the evidence itor Hale in response to the request to the heads of the jxecutive departments for a st ; if the operations of the secret .he president undertakes to she "That Mr. Tillman used hi jnce as a senator in an effort .he government to compel a corporation to relinquish its co and grants from thv United S > rder that he and his family secretary , J. B. Knight , migh .hrough the purchaseof some and. "That the senator used his nent franking privilege in nu nstances for the use of privai less. " Comparatively few senators avored with the opportunity c ng the president's report to lale , but those who did read > ort took a serious view of it , a ! nest of the senators refused ieve that Senator Tillman ha [ one anything in violation of 1 : s senator. LIVE WIRE. SAYS HAXI n Farewell Message He Warns Xot to Repeal the Option I "I am aware there are son ave already celebrated the ption law's repeal , but I beg lind all those who contempl epeal that it is the liveliest i ie political machinery of thi : lonwealth and is charged with ' lectricity to electrocute the par ipeals it. " i In these words Gov. J. Franl r , of Indiana , in his final mes : ie legislature Friday , closes 1 eal in behalf of temperance smonstrating by figures that tl > rity of crime , pauperism , e il poverty are due to alcohol. BIG FORGERY CHARGE alifomia Promoter and Bro Under Arrest. F. B. Signor , real estate pr < id mining broker of Oakland riday was arrested on com i-orn to by James H. Murry , i millionaire banker and minim Montana. Salt Lake and Seatt ore recently of Monterey , Cal.i g Signor with forgeries aggre > arly $1,000,000. Signor is s have forged Murray's name t tes of § 100,000 each as well imerous other negotiable docui BOYS HELD FOR MURDE . Louis Lads Accused of Kill Peddler. Five boys , ranging in age fron years , were arrested at the : iool Friday , at St. Louis , arged with the murder of W achter , a pedler , who was th his skull crushed Thursday , rests followed information giv 2 police by Mrs. Mary Goebe ] ) ther of two of the prisoner : Many Killed in Riots. Dispatches from Mosul , in ai Syria , report serious rioting at ntinople , with considerable Ic ; . The trouble arose on Sundaj : arrest of a soldier for insult rkish woman. His comrades rescue him and the turbulenl nts of the populace joined ii y. Thirty persons were killed [ ty-five wounded. Route Private Detectives. Vhile the government was elec lence in its investigation of king industry before the fe < 7 Friday at Chicago , secret se i swooped down upon and rou e of private detectives when n loitering in the lobbies. It srted that the private dctec been sent in the interest of k yards. Mystery Partly Cleared. r. Charles Bowbeer. a dentis Claire , Mich. , Friday afternoon > . ! y indentified two teeth foun stove in the Battle Run Meth < rch , at Port Huron , Mich. , as i set manufactured for Gi < ivning , the missing carpenter f Ir , Mich. Towhoat Runs Down a Skin" . ie towboat Valiant , southbot listerville , W. Va.F ran down in a skiff who tried to crosi t of the tow. A produce de c-d Scoonmaker and a relative tor Dick , of Ohio , are believec he victims. The bodies have found. Treasury Statement , iday's statement of the treas ices in the general fund exclu : ie gold reserve shows : Availt balances , $102,421,388 ; gold c bullion , $28SCG,5C8 ; gold cer , $44,664,690. Mail Sack Stolen , mail sack , containing bonds , e i $200,000 , was stolen from sry wagon in Paris in broad d ; Friday. The police have not est clue to the thieves. To Spend Thirty Million. 3 announced , at Winnipeg , Man y that the Canadian Pacific rt will this year spend $30,000,0 nstruction work on its weste RIDERS ARE ( H'lLTY. Bring in a Verdict of 1 Thursday night. With a. verdict of guilty the ; he night riders' trial at Unioi "enn. , reported at.8:45 p. m. Th light. The twelve men found ( "ohnson , Tid Burton , Boy H red Pinion , Arthur Clear an Applewhite guilty of murder irst degree , and fixed their puni t twenty years in the penitent The punishment of the six firs d defendants was left to the nd maybe death or life im ] ienL The court has indicated ention to pronounce the deatl Ity. The dc-fense made a motion ev ? trial , which was set for h aturday , and which will be uled. Sentences will then b osed. The jury was out since 2 p. r. ecause of the illness of Juror 3 ad not been able to consult i . m. There was a difference of m among the jurors as to the f guilt of the defendants , b greement was reached quickly The couit was convened at S nd the jury sent word that it e able to report shortly. At S i. the bailiff called for the ( hysician. Juror Rosson was ate of collapse and needed attc It was half an hour before I as revived , the jury filed in a : aputics were summoned to ca ; e bed upon which the sick jur ined. The foreman announced the v < he defense called for a poll , as made , and the judge disr ie jury. Rosson's condition is such tl as deemed not advisable to m. The defense demanded onday to move for a new tria e state opposed it and the : ed Saturday as the day , intin at the motion was a mere form ay , which would be overruled. The defendants received the v Imly. as they had been cxp < since the closing of the argun Attorney Pierce turned to len it was announced and Ve will tear this case to pieces i prenie court. " The state expected a verdict ol gree murder in all eight casci is disappointed. "Bob" Huffman , one of the m lape with twenty years , is the 10 , according to the confessic ank Fehringer. fired the shot Y led Capt. Ran ken as he was 1 iv.-n up by the rope. BUTCHERY IS A MYSTERY ficcrs Seek Clews in Michigander dor Case. Vnth rumors of ovr > ry clescri [ 1 stories o'f ; ill sorts floating : i i countryside , near Columbus , ere a dismembered body was f ffed into the Methodist ch ve , there is not one positive d rient toward solving the my : ich shrouds the crime. A susp the accuracy of the identificatic i body as that of Rev. John M. Jhael developed Thursday. pie living about the neighbor ! iresssed doubt that it is the mini ? he authorities on their arrive church found parts of the mbered body between two st < ane stove was the head of what arently a hatchet , the handL ich had been burned off. A ) was found. This , it is belie ! used in the murder , while chet was used to cut the bed ; ; es. : ut two men are missing form rhborhood. They are Rev. ( hael and Gideon Browning , a ter , who lived near the mini for whom the officers have I ching since the crime was ired. OUR BOYS ARE CREMATEI sh in Fire AVhich Destroys lie -Rest of Family Have Close Cal our boys , aged S to 16 years , s Christ Lee , near Rice Lake , "fl j burned to death in a fire ot rsday which destroyed their ho and Mrs. Lee and three sn Iren escaped from the burn ie in their night clothing. TV thermometer registering 32 3 below zero. Lee and the me of his family who escaped sts or the nearest neighbor's hov ile distance. Mrs. Lee and t ren collapsed when within ter of mile of the neighbor's hoi the husband was compelled ' the three. The third child li feet frozen. Vandcrbilt Must Pay $100. e civil court of the Seine , in Pai ed Harold S. Vanderbilt to p to a peasant named Guigard , w struck recently by Mr. Va'nd < automobile near Nice. Mr. Va It had already give the man $3 tarily. Bomb Wrecks a Saloon. > omb thrown by an unknown pc artially wrecked a saloon of Jol s , in Twenty-second street , Cl Bip : Fire at Texarkann , Ark. > rtly after midnight fire in tl sn Dry Goods company and tl Chatfield Hardware company ishment and Cassidy's saloon ; kana , Ark. , caused a loss estlma $200,000. Movements of Warships. battleships Georgia , New Jei nd Nebraska have arrived t Said. The Virginia and Louis ave proceeded to Beirut , Syria. FILMS CAUSE BIG FIR larbuch Block and Contents Loss of $170,000. Fire starting from a spark igar falling among a lot of lee ig picture films caused a loss < d at $170,000 in the Karbach 1 ruaha Thursday. The fire originated In the i ie Omaha Film company < Mirth floor and was practical ned to those rooms , although nd water did considerable ) the property of adjoining t < The Omaha Film company , \ lid to be a branch of the firn : . Swanson , of Chicago , estim iss on films and apparatus al )0. The damage to the building i at $7,000. The balance of t divided among a large nun Tices. WANTED FOP. IXFAXTIC1 onus Mother Who Dropped From Car Window Disappc Miss Jane White , the young ho dropped her newly born be om a Burlington train at Dav : i the morning of December ! sappeared from the hospital ; In , where she was taken. Tb complaint was sworn out 1 unty attorney at David City cl \r \ with infanticide. Sheriff Butler county , came to Lin < rest her , and learned she hi th an unknown man several fore. Killed by Train. Xels M. Peterson , who was ru a train in the Union Pacific lursday at Fremont , died at .ere were no eye witnesses to t lent. He had been working n < iter crane and stepped aside > . 6 pulled in and was struct r and swith engine. The m No. 6 engine blew over t > south and evidently did i i train on the sidetrack. H years old and leaves a wide Children. He had been in tl y of the company for twenty Missing Horse is Found. iVhile the sheriffs all over Nel re on the lookout for a fine onging to Frank Tachmeir , ir Archer , which was suppose /e strayed or boon stolen , and ibling their efforts In hopes ing a $75 reward , the anirmi nd dead at the bottom of av farm of its owner , where i ibably fallen in when it disapr m the barn two weeks ago. HojK'\\cll Clmi.to Xcw Gav .ieutemint Governor II < pTWf Tg i gavel pres-enteti to him L flents of the engineering d tit of the state university and of nativewalnut. . Ho inft senate when he accepted the hat it was not state property served notice that at the ce i of the session he inton'lo p it. Children Given to Father. n order has boon issued in ci rt at Hastings giving George ; . of Buffalo county , the cuato minor children. The action 1 lit of the application for th < itment of a guardian follotHn ling over of Mrs. Eldrege tc net court for trial on the char taping Maggie Nichols last m Hastings to Have Academy. tie fund for the purchase oi idonod convent property nt 3 for a boys' and girls' acaden : stablishcd by the Dominican of the Catholic church , has pleted. This is the propertj 1 to the state for the normal sc : h was given to Kearney five 3 Must Install Telephones. ic state railway commh sday evening at Lincoln issue r which will have the effec Celling railroad companies of to install telephones in p.ll i wherever patrons make the t , to be maintained at the cxp ie roads. There are betwen 1,000 stations in Nebraska. Gets Three Years in Pen. a special term of the flis : , held at Nelson. Thursday nl : Brunimage pleaded guilty sentenced to throe years In entiaryBrummage is the i was arrested some weeks age ff Jones and at that time el of committing several hi at Lawrence and other points Bridge Worker Meets Death. nry Reimer. 30 years of age- . itly killed while working wit of five men building a bridge iorder line between Morrick : counties , the pile- driver don g and crushing his skull. Asks for Divorce. d Felthauser , of Nebraska C iled a suit in the district co ig for a divorce from his -w a Felthausor. on the grounds : d to live with him. Llirht Plant at Ponder. : electric lighting plant at P 5 now completed excepting ing of the engine , which has ; ached hero from the factory. Funeral of Tekamah Man. burial of Clinton M. Houst ) lace at Tekamah and was 5 of the Free Masons , of whi he had been a member for ma Mr. Houston was SO years ( 2ptember. Grand Island Bank Sold. Commercial State bank Island has been sold by H. t , of Chariton , ami B. F. Cla Indianola , la. , to Michael Dev Omaha , and E. Williams nt. ELOPIXG COUPLE ARREt IV. A. Brown , of Lincoln , ami Island Woman Found at St. A pathetic Kceno was enacts Central District police statior Louis Sunday afternoon whci Brown , aged 2 , entered the cc. ather , W. A. Brown , travolin nan. of Lincoln , Neb. , aged : grabbed the child and kissed loatedly. Brown's wife , who t he boy , gazed a minuteat th' ' hen stretched out her hand lusband.- Brown had boon arr ompany with Miss Mildred Crr Jrand Island , at 280G Was venue , whore they had lived t-eeks as Air. and Mrs. W. II. Joth women are 20 years old , nel look enough alike to bo t 3rs. After Brown and wife had coi Jrown said : "I will return her ly wife. I do not know wh ? ssed me to leave hor.Ve hr appy continuously. I mot Mi ler at Grand Island , whore sh ith her parents. She knew larriod. She would have r < ome last night if we had nc rrestod through a letter she ome. " Miss Cramer told Phief D < rnith that when she upbraided r deceiving her by tolling her nmarried he promised to mai ; soon as ho could got a divon lid she did not expect to return .thor and mother now. She sj other first informed her she v g with a married man ( Browi tier. Mrs. Brown announced she ) t prosecute. POOL TS CIIOSEX SPEAK ! fter Close Contest He Winy < Lincoln. In a long and bitterly conteste s hold Monday in the Lincoln ter sixteen ballots had boon which the result was in doubt ry last , the 68 democratic me the Nebraska lower house ( larlos W. Pool , of Johnson c eakor of the house of repre os over his chief opponent. Miry , of Holt county. Pool's ol a victory for the anti-local o s , Henry , his strongest opp ving made his campaign fo sakorship on this issue. Henry led on the first ballot tes. Pool having 17 , and \ jeeker. of Douglas county , ai eng anti-local optionist , 12. On the third ballot many of S s supporters switched , and co r their strength the anti-local < ; n kept Pool in the lead unt al ballot. Mr. Pool is an editor and pub Tocumsoh. 52 years old. H ( 70ted follower of W. J. Bryar Warded in sympathy with Mr. s position on the guaranty of > oits and other measures dot in the democratic state plalfo The twenty democratic sonatr icus elected W. H. Smith , of I. secretary : H. M. Davis , of I E. A. Walrath , of Ocooa , s f-'ocretaries. ror clerk of the lieu ? ' * the c- ' most bitter , three ballots t before Tremore Cone , of 5 s county , defeated Henry Rich tnorly editor of the Fremont . by a vote of C5 to 33. TWO CITIZKXS LTCAVE. ivrrt on Same Train Almost ] Years AKO. y a singular coincidence State Barton and Cashier E. D. H ; both terminate on the same ssidonce in Grand Island that im on the same day. Mr. Hani resigned his position as cashi Commercial State bank and i a position with a bank at J ? . Mr. Barton has resigned tion as grand recorder for the t Oorder of United Workmen es for his new duties at Lin i came in the same train on 301. Some Bad Dollars. > veral pieces of counterfeit m < i come to light in the last ; around Kearney. Two or t ) osedly pilvor dollars are no-\ hands of local police. The mi coarse imitation , apparently made of load and babbit. ] ght that the wark is being < ie immediate vicinity. Good I'rkv for Land. ; orge Townsend. of TecuniFoh , ; ht James M. Moyer's 200- ; i. two miles west of that city. > was $20,000. of $100 per acn aimed this is the first tract ? on county land of over 160 a ing $100 per aero. armors' Institute at Hiimhcldt o two days' fosion of th ? H\ farmers' institute , just clospe boldt. Is pronounced by manj ! in attendance very best ; profitable gathering of farrr .heir wives over held inthat i e stato. Banker Buys Land. J. Jones , president of the F nal bank of Seward has retun Mexico , where ho b camo. int in a tract of 100.000 acre ? an land. It is said that K. P ? f Lincoln , is associated with Y , c deal. \ 'air Charged with Robbery. complaint of Frank Thioler , nt of Ansley. 70 years of age. irtin and Harold Nyboo. pool h los. were arrested at Grand 1 -jr alleged highway robbery. Rob a Hardware Store. glars broke into Nielsen & Mac ' .s hardware store at Oxford NI > night , securing a number and revolvers. HUTS' Institute at West Point. annual convention of the Coi innty farmers' institute for t Point district will be held in t house at West Point on Thin nd Friday. Januaiy 14 and 1 is being held in the afternot cning. Hotel Almost Complete , third story of the new Nation it Falls City is now enclosed ar en turned over to the plasterer be only a short time until : ready for occupancy. 5sia ! HH R resident Roosevelt Hits Congress in a Special Alessa e on Secret- Service Row. ) IDH'T CHARGE COERTIPTION. luotes Record Against Men Who Had Law Changed Frauds Un earthed by Detectives. ' 'There is no more foolish outcry than iis against spit's ; only criminals need ; ur our detectives. " This sentence 1'rom former utterance ot" himself on thk ibject is hurl ( l at Uu- House of Rep- isentativcd by President Roosevelt onday iu a special message on the fret service and the action of Con- ess in cutting down the appropriation r this part of the government's work. The message , which \\v-s eagerly vaitcd , was the President's answer to request of Congress Tor evidence to ppport his statement in his last an- uil message that "the chief argument favor of the provision was that th mgressmen did not themselves wish be investigated. " Xo Chnrsrc of Corruption. President Roosevelt declares he made charge of corruption against mcm- rs of the present Congress. If he had oof of such corruption , he says it mid be the duty of the government start prosecutions , as it prosecuted 2 late Senator .Mitchell and others , d in regard to the ' 'alleged delinquen- s of members , " he says , it is not tha ty of the President to report on that bject. 3n the question of the secret servicfl ing used to "shadow" Congressmen , ; President asserts that this was tha iin argument used by the men who re instrumentaj in cutting down the ; > ropriation. Chairman Tawney of th umittee and Walter I. Smith of Iowa , 1 Swager Shirley of Kentucky , two its members , are quoted as using h arguments , while the Dili was ng discussed. Mr. bbirley's argu- nt , put in the form of a question , la ) ted from the Congressional 'Record , en Mr. Sherley opposed investigation the secret service of "a member oi igress accused of conduct unbecom- a gentleman aud a member of Con- . ' ; < ; 'he President says , \\hile he makes sweeping charge against the mem- 3 of the House , the Committee on u'opriations , headed by Mr. Tawney , o be blamed for the amendment to law as passed. Heal Ixsue H.I He Scc.i It. etting down to a discussion of the es involved , the Pr , slilcnt sajs : This issue is simply. Does Congress / / re that the government shall have W ts disposal the most ellicient instru- t for the detection of criminals and prevention and punishment of ie , or does it not ? This action of House last May was emphatically iction against the interest of justice in effect of beuelit only to law- kers. Is the House now willing to 5dy the wrong ? " ie President then gives a list of s where frauds against the govern- t were unearthed and punished by aid ef Lhe secret sorvire. These in- sd the Nebraska an-l Oregoa land ds , the Gayuor & Greene contract die , the Honduras lottery , the ink flal in the bureau of printing , and r similar deliquem-io-- letter by atary Cortelyou to Chairman Taw- last May which accompanies the ment gives further data on these Icoines Probe of Department * . indicating the Pre.Mdnt's attitude > ngress on the snbjo-t. the message ny instance of abn p by the secret ce er other invest ? ' . ; iting force in lepartments should be unsparingly ihed ; and Congress > hould hold it- ready at any and all times to in- jate the executhe departments ever there is reason TO believe that Jch instance of abuse has occurred , h to emphasize iuy more than cor- icquiescence in the vi-w that this t only the right of Congress , but atically its duty. To use the e- ervice in the investigation of pure- vate or political matters would lie 53 abuse. There ha- , been so single ice of such abuse during my term esident. " ' .1 Are Sentence * ! to Death. i military court in Yokaterino.-Iav , i , pronounced forty-one death scn- , of which nine \\-rc for mcent ; . Thirty-two of the condemned rere strikers in th nilroad troubles ober , 1005. In audition to the death ces twelve strikers were condemned ial servitude for life , forty-eiht to terms of exile and thirty-nine wer ted. Appendix II a ue. ) rding to a London hospital physi- \ .he vermiform an-'cndi.x. which has ; been considered a useless and ous organ , has at last justified its ice. It is now being used as a cut whereby medicines can be ad- ; red to the lower intestines , a part digestive system hitherto difficult : ss. The new operation consists in through tihe appendix and insert- ; lass tube through which medicines plied directly to the mucous lining , lower intestines.