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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1909)
| Nebraska I1 \ Legislature .Among th < IU > important bills pre sented Monda } u < ' < - ' the following : In the senate , by liurgess , and in the house by KnII. providing that doors on all public buildings , schools , churches , court houses and theaters , must swing outward. In the hou.- ' . y drier , transferring banking and municipal departments from the . ' -tat * auditor to the state treasurer. Harding , of Woodbury , introduced a bill allowing titles of 10,000 popula tion to issue bonds on a vote of a ma jority of citizens. The White lenprocal demurrage bill also made its biennial appearance. When the Hunter junket resolution is brought to th - senate it will not be received with open arms. The senators have been conning the records of oth < i visiting committees find they find much to disapprove They do not \\.uit to quit work right 7iow when the lull- are getting in .shape for consideration They do not want to spend th $ .ri.OOO or no that the junket committee- , will cost. They do not take kindly t > the Hunter resolu tion. tion.That That is to s.iy. some of them don't. There are oth < rs \\lio would be glad to see the committees appointed , and there are still others who refuse to uay what they umild like. .Senator l\lattes is among I hose who oppose the naming of the committee. * * .ScheoJe , of . < < ward , who favored a "bill introduced in the house Tuesday. "wiping the jirimaiy election law off the .statute book- , asked leave Wednes day to \ \ - ithdr.iit It was granted. lie said that h < < lid not intend to re vert to past methods of making nomi- ination.s , but wanted something in stead of the pKsonl law. As his bill did not provide that , he wanted to withdraw it. The house had a H\ ely debate Wed nesday moining over whether a bill appiopriating 4 > 1t .ou0 to carry the stale penitentiary until the regular ap propriation becomes available in April should be advaiu ed to third reading or go to a committee for investigation. Taylor led th < lipht against Clark , who was pushing the bill ahead , and Clark linallyithdn \ \ his motion to ad vance. In the senate Wednesday Diers in troduced a resolution requiring all registered lobbyi.-ts to wear suitable badges , and that all other be expelled from the building. Ransom thought that the men ought not be branded publicly in that way. and the resolu tion went over under the rules. Joint committees were appointed Wednesday for ihe purpose of arrang ing for a joint M"-sion to be addressed by Mr. Bryan. * * * Begole. of r.ag.has aimed a blow at high school li.iternitios. The rumor has been persistent that an attempt would be made to abolish all fraterni ties in high schools and colleges of the state but the Hegole bill does not di rectly hit mmtrsity see-ret societies It provides that * -ehool boards may refuse to register stud cuts who are kno\\n to belong to secret Iraternities peculiai to high school * ? , and it is made a M"-- demeanor for anyone to invite a ; h school student to join such an organ ization. .Senator Mill' r , of Lancaster , intro duced a similar bill in the senate. It permits school boards to expell any student who belongs to a school fra ternity. The act applies to high schools and Intermediate schools , but it pre vents university students or other per sons from "rushing" or soliciting membership in fraternities either in public school giotinds or in school buildings. The "rushing" act is de clared to bf a misdemeanor punish able by a fine oi not less than $ 2 and not more than $10. Xoyes , of Ciss. has introduced throe hills that hit the liquor trade. One provides that all persons delivering in toxicating liquor shall pay a yearly license ranging from $2.50 to $25. An other provide- that a county liquor license shall be raised from $500 to 55.000. Still another provides that druggists who hold permits to sell in toxicating Iiqucis must keep on record the names of all who bring prescrip tions to be filled , when the sale "s made , and why. that this record be open to inspection and shall twice a year be filed at the office of the coun ty clerk. Xo liquor may be so dis pensed except on a physician's pre scription. Xettleton. of clay. has introduced a bill to wipe out the attachment law passed by the last session of the leg islature. lie would have sixty days' wages of the head of the family ex empt from garnishment , attachment. or execution , provided that such head of a family is not about to leave the state with debtunpaid. . The last leg islature amended the law so that only ninety per cent i- exempt from attach ment. Under the provisions of the law of 1007 much work for justice courts has aris < n through attachments on wages , and the costs to the individ ual so attached have been no small item in the final settlement of the debt. * * The finance committee of the senate took up the proposition to appropri ate $75,000 for an agricultural school at Cambridge , which is being urged by Kelley. of Furnas. By a vote of five to six it wa < decided to in definitely postpone the bill Mr. Kelley then made a counter proposition to amend the bill and le.i\e its location to the board of re > gt ins , provided it is placed in the western part of the state , and the committee wi'l withhold its report for lurther consideration. . t t. * TP.ibets , of Adam * , offered a reso lution for the holding of Lincoln day -'ces in the senate chamber at 2 p. . * : r . February 12. under the aus- - ' of the Iegi'aturo and for a joint committee on program. The resolution contained a lengthy eulogy of the life of Lincoln. Majir.of \Vr.-ha , said while he was in sympathv with the resolution to honor the grn li"n man the world ever saw , a inhering had been ar- ninged by the Oaml Army of the Re public for th - same hour in St Paul's church and an u.v Station had been ex- tendee ! to Uvi.ue. : . Gov. Shallen- in beiger was to preside. The se Lor' ' Irom Xemaha said a meeting should b < helel and there should be no con- ilu t between the senate and the citizen zenof , the state. * * * Nepotism will be a thing of the past in Xebraska officialdom , .shoud the bill introduced In the senate Wednesday ] afternoon by Fuller become a law. This bill makes it an offense for any official of the state , county , district , city or other state , county , district , city or oth er muncipal division to appoint or vote for the appointment of any person re lated to him by affinity or consanguin ity with the third degree to any clerk ship , office or position in any depart ment of the government of which such executive , legislative , ministerial or judicial officer may be a member. Such officer is also forbidden to em ploy any such relative or any other officer in consideration of the second officer giving employment to a rela tive of the first. Violation of the law is to be punished by a fine of from $100 to $1,000 and removal from office. < > The following bills were read the third time and passed in the house Wednesday : My Young of Madison Providing that in cities and towns violations of the tiuancy law may be taken into justice and police courts instead of in county courts as now provided. Vote. Yes. Sl ! ; no. 4. My Humphrey of Lancaster Provid ing the Oiegan plan of popular elec tion oi I'nitfd States senator by pledg ing legislative' candidates to vote for the man h.i\ing the highest popular \oto for senator. Vote : Yes , US ; no , 2. ) . The following bills were introduced in the house Wednesday : My Kapei Authorizing county su- pei visors and commissioners to pro- euie metal markers for soldiers' gia\es. 1Humphrey To pi event the manufacture or sale of improperly la beled or misbranded paint , white lead , luipentine and linseed oil. Fy Lawrence ( by request ) Provid ing lei vesting the title to a homo- sti .id in minor children during their minority * * * Notice was s .nt up to the hou-e and - n.ite Wednesday of the signing of iippiopriation bills Xos. 11 and 42 which allow the wages of members and employe- the session. The an nouncement of thi- tact brought forth a slioit burst of applause from those ) who have been waiting all this time lor some return on their labor. * * * Seh < ele withdiew his bill that pro vided for the repeal of the direct prl- maiy law. He made little explanation of this action other than that he did not want to repeal the law without placing something in its place. This . is- the enl > house bill that has sought to repeal the direct primary bodily al though there is considerable sentiment in that direction manifest among the member's. * * Myyland's bill to change the electior of county commissioners from the whole county to the districts from which they are nominated was con sidered and recommended by a heavy ote. * a Tile senate made no objection to th leport of a committee on a bill to re- - . the Sackett law. The bill was placed on the qcneral file. The Sack- eti law subjects the county , city and tther officeis to removal from office for wilful neglect to enforce laws which it is their duty to enforce. In the house Holmes , of Douglas in troduced a bill making it a felony fo telephone or telegraph companies to furnish reports to bucket shops. Representative Armstrong is the au t thor of a bill declaring the South Oma ha stock yards a public feeding station and giving the railway commission au thority to fix rates. The daylight closing bill championed - . ed by Senator King was slaughtered 1 y the senate committee. The measure - ure provided for the closing nf saloon.4 except between the hours of 3 a. m. and 7 p. m. A bill by Senator Ransom to estab lish a state college of osteopathy wa . favorably reported. Klein , of ( lafiv. offered a resolutior \ fixing the pay of the postmaster of the a Donate at ? . " > . Ollis. of Valley , objected n to giving the postmaster more than k an > other employe , and as much as C members of the legislature and moved > amend by making the pay ? 4 a day. As amended the motion was adojd. . F Friends of other employes may > ko similar steps to got salaries adjusted 3e before the committee on employes or the committee on accounts and ex penditures get busy. Flu Wednesday afternoon was spent bj svl the senate in committee eif the whole ? C wrestling with King's game law. When ye it ( merged from the struggle the bill ad was shorn of some of its provisions. bu That portion preventing the shooting of ducks from artificial blinds built in the bed of streams by hunters or by I'ai wading in the bed of streams was re jected by the committee on fish and ame and by the committee of the whole. The game committee's report was accepted with little change 1 in- sorn. of Douglas , led the attack on lat part of the bill to prevent the us < of blinds built in river beds when King tried to get it restored in the bill. The committee of the whole agreed that it should not go in the bill. Myers made an elfort to kill the entire bill on the ground that there is no demand for a change in the game laws. The bill as amended was ordered engrossed for third reading. It closes the season on chickens and quail for throe years , make * ; the open season for ducks and geese from September ! . " to April 5 : closes the -nipe season May 1 : takes ild pigeons out of the protected list , d protects doves the entire year ; make an open season for squirrels from October 1 to Xovember 30 : black bass , from June 1 to Xovember 13 ; prohibits the taking or pursuing of game later than half an hour after sunset and before daylight : permits the afl taking of fish in any manner except dn byeine from the Platte river or any st'--arn whore iho water recedes or no stands in pools. The latter provision cot will permit the use of pitchforks or clu scoop shovels , but not seines. uoi Swan and white crane are protected wo > the year round under the bill. , More tlma two million sheep are eat a inParis in a yt-ar. mi DEATH OP ADMIRAL DEFEATED BY JAPANESE. ADMIBAI , BOJESTVENSKY. Admiral Kojeslvensky. who died at St. Petersburg recently , would have been more fortunate if he had gone down with his flagship on that fateful' 27th of May when the Russian armada met the doom of the Spanish three centuries before. That is the feeling of men of the seafaring races , with their : tradition that seaman and ship arc one. Probably Rojestvensky did not feel so , for he endeavored to escape. He was not of a race born to the mastery of the sea. And | n some measure that explains his f.tilnre and his country's , for it was his country's more than his. Sinovi Petrovitch Rojostvensky was ! bout u'O years old. and I'MIyears bore the roputntion of being the most cool-headed and scientific oflleer in the Russian navy. In the summer of 1004 lie started with the second Russian . Atlantic squadron from the Baltic for Vladivostok. Arriving In the Far East. Admiral Rojestvensky was joined by other Russian vessels , and then haJ fifty-six ships under his command. May 27-28. 190. . occurred the battle of the Sea of Japan , in which the Russian licet was practically annihilated and Its j | commander taken prisoner. A nuval court of inquiry indicted Admiral Rojestvensky for surrendering to the Japanese , but lie was acquitted on the plea that at the time the surrender was made he was unconscious from in juries received in the fight. J'o It is not given to the men of all races to say , with Hawke. when warned of the lee shore and the rising tempest : "Sir , you have done your duty. Now lay me alongside of the French Admiral. " It is not given to all to say. Jig Fsirragut : "D n the torpedoes ! Full steam ahead ! " Nor is it given to all to say , with Craven : " 'After you , pilot , " and make of his sinking ship a tomb of immortal glory. Yet. says the Chicago Inter Ocean , though Rojestvensky lacked that marrow of tradition or that final touch of grace or fortune and so did not in the manner of his death give dignity to his share ] of a colossal failure , it must be remembered that to him was doubt less due the boldness of an enterprise which , had it succeeded , might have changed the course of history. A strong Russian fleet in the Pacific , with an almost impregnable harbor in uhich to refit , and energetically operated , would have lifted the weight of the Japanese army in Manchooria for a time. One branch of the Russian service the railway hod learned by experience to do its work well. Given a little more time and the Russian armies might have been reorganized for victory. We know now that Japan consented to peace not merely because all that was immediately fought for had been won. There was also a consciousness itl that Japan could do but little more , and a possibility that Russia , if given breathing space , might do a great deal more. To give Russia time to make a new military machine to take power from the transportation machine was the mission of Rojestvensky and the armada. It was a bold design , and Ad miral Togo knew what its success what letting the Russian armada even get by meant for Japan. There was a full realization of its meaning In Togo's battle signal : "The fate of the Empire depends on this effort. Let every man do his utmost ! " Rojestvensky failed , and with him Russia failed as a sea power. And with failure in sea power is recorded judgment against the Russian system as a producer of real national efficiency. There may be another Russian navy , but not until Russia is irade over and can breed men who more than know men wbo have the instinct for sea mastery and live and die in ac cordance * with it can Russia really count in the dominion of the seas. rATHER JOHN OF CRONSTADT. L-atli Takes Ku.ssinn Priest to Whom Many Mlmcles Are Credited. The once famous apostle of all the ussias , Father John of Cron tadt , hose : death occurred recently in St. itersburg after an illness of over two 'ars' : duration , was revered and iored not merely among the lowly it by royalty as well. Born ] Nov. 30 , 1S29 , he achieved early me. coming into prominence soon lAI'HKK .IOI1X OF CUOXSTADT. ter taking a priesthood at th An ew Church of t'ronstadt. Although t ; a factor in the political life 01' his imtry. nor leading dignitary of the urch. Father John stood out consplc- usly whenever Russia attracted th" rld's attention , whether because of tional sorrow or rejoicing. % A scoffer at superstition and a broad- ndod man. nevertheless he was uni versally known to the people of Russia as the holy seer and miracle woricoi of the empire. This resulted from the deep impression his zeal and devotion to the church wrought on the people. At the beginning of his ministry in 1S.13 , his zeal , his personality and his unique methods appealed to the mediae val spirit which largely prevailed among the people and in ihe Russian church , and he wielded wide influence , becoming firmly intrenched in Russian hearts. Quickly his fame spread. lie was credited with healing powers anil with the ability to perform miracles ; the raising from the dead of a girl in a St. Petersburg hospital was attrib uted to him by peasants , and soon his home became the Mecca of many long pilgrimages by the faithful suffering from maladies. The sterling qualities of Father John were admitted also by the late Emperor Alexander III. , who constantly honored and befriended him. and who sent for him to administer the last sacraments of the church when he lay dyinir. He was a conspicuous fig ure at the solemnities attending the coronation of the present Czar , and the Empress showed her faith in him by making a pilgrimage to the siirlne of St. Seraphin to offer her most fervent prayer. In his church Father John was urg ent along the lines of missionary en deavors iu foreign fields , and of this interest the Russian Ortbodox Church of St. Nicholas in New York City has received ample share. Known to but fewof bis followers by bis surname of s M'troiff. be wis Father John to nil. anil as Father John Russia mourns him. Whisky by any other name would tangle men's feet Just the sam . WITHCRAFT OF LUI3ENOS , The Ciillfortiin Iii < ! IuiiM Still Oon nult 'I In-i sluiiiirtiiw. The culture ot the LuNono Indians ia discussed by P.iillp Stedmaii Sparkman in one of the reivnt publications of the University of t'aJitornia. Sparkmun , who was killed lust year at his home at Hiiicon , near Valley Center , Sun Diego County , Cal. , had for years spent much time in communication with the Luisenos of Riucoit and vicinity. Among his papers was found the one dealing with the culture of these people , and it has been published without many alterations , lie discusses the food of the Luisenos. their clothing , pottery , basketry , weapons , implements , games , and other matters which have a bear ing on their manner of life. In telling about "shamanism" ( witchcraft ) lie says : "As may be supi > osed , witchcraft ia still much believed in. though not near ly so much as formerly. A person whose children arc d\iug. even of such a disoas < ' as consumption , will imagine that some evilly disposed person is be witching them. He will perhaps go to some wizard and ask him who i3 killing his children. The wizard will inform him that a certain person is doing so. and after this nothing will make the man believe otherwise. "Te > bewitch a person it is considered necessary to got something belonging to his body , as a little of his hair , the parings of his uails , some of his blood , or a handkerchief that he has blown his nose in. For this reason it was formerly customary when one had his hair eat to caretully sweep every par- tide , carry it away , and bury it , for fear that some enemy might possess himself of it to bewit-ch him. Some follow this custom still. ' 'One method employed by the wiz ards is said to bore make small h mges of the people they wish to kill and to perform their incantations over them. It is said that such images have some times been found , either accidentally erin in the house of a wizard after his death. Should the finder burn them the death of the wizard is said to fol low invariably. "Tho wizards , shamans , or medicine men , by whichever name they may ba called , are nearly all doctors. An In dian has but little faith in medicine , but much more in the supernatural powers of the medicine men. It Is a fact that the latter use remedies made from plants to suim extent , but they rely mostly on shamanistic practices. " Now York Post. "Rasttis. does Farmer Jones keep chickens. " "Well , boss , he do keep some of 'em. ' * Maud You have no idea how jeal- ' ous my husband is. dear. Kitty ( he1 * dearest friend ) Pshaw , he's flattering you. "The spirit of your husband wishes to speak with you. madam.Vhat docs he say ? ' ' "He says that ho doesn't have to dress in a cold room. " The Bohemian. "When you got to Washington , son , don't you be afraid to work for thd , public service. ' ' "No. dad. It's the Secret Service I'm afraid of. " Cleve land Plain Dealer. Irene A girl shouldn't marry a man till she knows all about him. Evelyn Good gracious ! If she knew all about him she wouldn't marry him. Philadelphia Inquirer. May The bride nearly fainted dur ing the wedding , and had to be sup ported by her father until it was over. Jim Yes. and now I hear her father is supporting both of them. "Speaking of poetry , does the modern school make us think ? " "Well , It makes us hustle for the dictionary , that is , { ' -so of us who have any curiosity at all. " Louisville Courier-Journal. a Wiggles I hear Bjenks has been very ill. Is he out of danger yet ? Waggles Well , he's convalescent ; but he won't be out of danger until that pretty nurse who has boon taking care of him has gone away. Life. Medical Student What did you oper ate on that man for ? Eminent Sur geon Two hundred dollars. Medical Student I mean , what did he have ? Eminent Surgeon Two hundred del lars. The Christian Register. Parke I don't know what I am ever going to do with that boy of mine. He is careless and absolutely reckless of consequences , and doesn't seem to care for any one. Lane Good ! You can make a taxicab driver out of him. Life. Life.Mrs. Mrs. Murphy Arrah ! 'Tis Saterdah night an' th' facth'ry is closin' down , a an' Timmy don't know whether he'll git his pay or not. Mrs. Flaherty Here he comes home now. Mrs. Mur phy--Wirra ! Then he ain't been paid ! Cleveland Leader. Kind Friend Henpeck , let me intro duce you to Professor Glass , the great hypnotist , who can put any one to sleep within two minutes after start ing. Ilenpeck Glad to meet you , pro fessor. Come , let me Introduce you to my wife. The Bohemian. "You must do your best. " said Mrs. Psmith to the new cook. "My husband is very particular about the way his food is prepared. " "Yessum , " gald th * new cook , sympathetically ; "ain't tbest men all alike ? Now you take my hus band ; I never was able to cook thing to please him in all nay liftl" ClffTttland Leader. ANOTHER BOMANTIC Pitrii lOxcltctl It ) SrnNittluti Kijuol tm Dreyfu * niul IIunilM-rt AlTuIra. Paris has a real < cnsation. quite the biggest since the I > rc\fns ease , still so fresh in mind as to neotl no special mention , and the Humbert affair , which Involved I the obtaining of millions , loaned " to a shrewd adventuress having a trunk full of a I lewd gilt-edged se curities that wore afterward found to be only worthless paper. The excite ment produced in those instances pales to insignificance by comparison with the present incident , which , with its nnelatioi.s pointing to the possible wc- posur" of a national scandal , promises to attrai-t world-wide attention. It IB the recent arrest of Mine. Stoinheil , following her confession that fof months sim-o the slaying of her artist husband and Mine Japy. now known to have boon her stepmother , who wore found strangled in the home of the artist on the im ruing of May 31 , her attempt to find the assassins and the innumerable fantastic clues fur nished the police and the newspapers wore only a ilVsporato fareo to conceal the real author of iho crime , herself. The < -nno : in question was peculiar. Stoinheil was n portrait painter and a grand-nephew of flic famous Melsso- ni > r. The- assassination of the woman , Mine. ! Japy , is suppobed to have beou incidental , to the killing of Steinhell. He was the man itvas desired to get out of the way. Steinhoil , his wife and Mine. : Japy lived together. The wife was found bound and gagged in bed , and at first she declared that she had ab boon thus treated by three men and a woman , all unknown to her. It is now learned that Mine. Steinhell was receiving the visits of several wealthy men , among them a Maurice IJordorel. and that she had promised each ! of them that she would marry him in event of her becoming widowed or divorced. Testimony from every quarter seems to upset completely the charges of the royalist press that the late President Felix Fa ure was the victim of criminal dealing , but oven M. Dupuy , his pre mier , docs not deny that Mine. Stein hoil was with him shortly before his mysterious death in 1SOO. During her confession Mine. Steinhell was in great distress e > f mind and sobbed out : "I heipo te > justify myself before a man whoso love I have now lost forever. " This man is said to be a French nobleman and in his Identity is believed to lie the key to this ro mantic tragedy. A Queer Test. The grocer said to the applicant : "Your references ure good. Sho\ me your style of weighing out five pounds of sugar. There's the scales. " The applicant wreathed his face in the amiable smile all salesmen wear and weighed out the sugar with dla- patch and accuracy. He put on too little sugar at first : ho added gently a full half pound before the scale bal anced. "You'll do. " said the grocer. "You understand the scale trick. It is plain that you learned your trade in the thorough old school way. " "Yes. sir. " the other answered. "I learned in the country , and almost my first lesson was that in weighing. You must add. add. add. till the beam tips , because all that adding pleases the cus tomer seems to him almost like a gift But if. on the contrary , you subtract from the quantity on the scale the cus tomer is affected in the opposite way you seem to bo robbing him. He goes away convinced that you are a stingy cheat. " New Orleans Times-Democrat. Vticntuii A supply of sponges from Yucatan may be looked for ore long. There is large growth of fine singes left un touched so far. as the native divers do not usually take sponges at a greater depth than 15 feet. The better class grow in the greater depths , and these ire now to bo gathered. A "Wonder. "Bligirins" baby must be a wonder. " "Yes , " answered Miss Cayenne. "It is the only human being I know of whose conversation he esteems more highly than his own. " Washington Star. "The baby has something the mat ter with his stomach. " "How do you know ? " "Because we had it taken out and examined. " Life. If carelessness is a sin , we are all in the sinner class.
