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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1909)
i q - - - - - - . , . , ' , , , I , - , . , , . . . . ; > ; ' , ' - ' > ' ( , . . . : . . ' " , , . " J - : . , Valentine Democrat . > ' . _ . VALENTINE , NEB. I 'c 'f'IE. : . RICE , - - - - Publisher 1 \ . : , - CRIME NEAR DETBOIT . ' + , , . , ' IUTIT TED CORPSE FOUND I : ' : , . ; ; : , ' CL11.UP OF UNDERBRUSH. I :1 : . ' " . . - ! L . . ; . y _ _ _ _ I I t . . I i I ' : : ncou > > Those of a Woman - - Ground - . . I' ' ' . ' . , for . Several Yards About Scene of , . I " . , : MuiiJjre is Tom Up , Indicating a I , . . - . . . . > i TerriWc Struggle on Part of Victim. I " ' . , , i I Ii : , The badly mutilated I a , , . body : of a wom , ; : hl an about 35 of I I ' p l years age was found I' In a clump of underbrush in Ham- I I ' track near Detroit , Mich , Sunday . ' ' y . , JThe condition . of the body indicates , ' . that ; the woman Avas assaulted and : . kill ed . I' : The body has not been identified. ' It was found by Justice of the Peace Munch of Highland Park. It was I lying on its back with the skirt care : fully drawn over the face. The skull ] I . i was. crushed and the face and body "I " ' : were covered with bruises. The cloth- . ! / ' ; ing was disarranged. A handkerchief , ! 'i ' \1 \ l supposed to have belonged to the vic I I ' ; . tim , was found several feet awayr as : i i was also her purse , which had been ! i I torn open , and nothing which might 1 " I . serve to identify the body left in it. I , ; J . The ground for several yards about i J ' was torn up , and bits of flesh were in ! .1 ' . ' the finger nails ] of the woman , indi 1 'ii' \ eating that she made a valiant fight I. for her life before being - , over- I i ! E I powered. The clothing is of cheap q ; { material , but was neatly made. " : Tfie land on which the body was i I ' round is owned by an Italian named - If If Serriera Marke . 'I , I , who of late has en i I' , ' 'II ' tertained , : , it is said , many of his coun- I : trymen , who seemed to be itinerant I i i I ! peddlers or laborers. While no sus- ; i I picion attaches to : i\ _ arjre. the officers Ii ' ( are investigatingreports that women : of the neighborhood have been i I an- I I 'I ' , , noyed by some of Marke's : : guests dur ing the last week or two. TRAGEDY IN . HOTEL ROOM. , i Blueeoat Shoots Two Men In North I i " Carolina Town. , Ii i I Paul Cameron Collins , cashier of the hank of Hillsboro , X. C. , and John I , / Hill Bunting , , a traveling salesman oi , ; Wilmington/ . * N. C. , were shot in theii : .oj I. 'I ' room at tHe Gladstone hotel at Black ' , I Mountain , X. C. , Saturday by Police- snan F.c. , ' Watkins , of that town. Collins ffs at the Mission hospital in . . . - -Ashville X. C. The body of Bunting , 7- : ' / Pho did II from the effects , of a wound ' E In the abdomen , is .also at the hospital Collins , though shot under the heart ! as expected to recover. 7 Policeman Watkins , who came ir. i Saturday and surrendered to the au I thorities of Asheville and was placed I under $500 bond pending develop- - , ments , claims that he was called from I bed , by the proprietor of the hotel i e . . who stated that the men were creating I I . < i disturbance in their room , cursing I and threateningtheguests of the hotel When he reached the hotel the po- Jiceman claims that he heard the men : using the language attributed to them ; that on entering the room he was at- t ; tacked by Collins - and Bunting , whc i upset the lamp and that he drew hi { ! I .revolver and shot in the darkness , tc protect himself. Watkins says he . fired twice and the men fell awaj- from him. A light was secured and Collins and Bunting were seen lying on the floor of the room , both bleeding - .profusely. $4,000 IN CASH IS TAKEN. , , i - - ! JTrusted Bookkeeper in Bank Leaves Cleveland. O. r J. : E. Alvord , secretary and treas- ' 4irer of the Continental Trust and Savings Bank company , of Toledo , 0. . Saturday announced that $4,000 of the I , . ' 01 iiank's : cash is gone and also gave out ( the information that a trusted book- ' ' 4 : keeper in the bank has been missing I since July 2S. Xo trace of the em- { ploye has been discovered since he I .left the bank the evening of July 2S. I i . - According Mr. Alvord , the tellei iiad put on the time lock fifteen min- , Qtes after counting the money in the r ) - safe. The several packages of $5 and I i 510 bills are supposed to have been 1 , abstracted during the interim. I i " Packages of $1 and $2 bills similar ! , II" in size , were substituted for those , ol ! bills of larger denomination , and the " bands showing the larger amounts : j , had been shifted to them. , , . The .bookkeeper did not go home , 1 hat night , and his wife telephoned tc : - j the bank the next morning. She dis I i claims all knowledge of his where I i abouts. The books were all found tc t . i be in excellent shape , Mr. : Alvord said ; I I , " . , The loss was covered \ > y a bonding f r . company Scranton , Pa. (1 : " . SionX City Live Stock Market. : Saturday's ; quotations on the Sious " 'City live stock market follow : Top : : . .beeves , SGJI5. Top hogs , $7.65. . Mnrdertind Suicide. < t' Grant Siers , of Kansas City , Mo. : , 54 I .years old . late Saturday shot and kill- . . ed his sister-in-law : , Mrs. Mary Siers , ' i . f .at her 'home in that city , and then V' , skilled hiniseJf , following a jealouj - . ' . quarrel. li J I > i f Gen : Atwood Expires. ' , . ' Brig. Gen- Edwin B. Atwood , 6S ! .years old. who : was placed on the re- . jtired / list in 1903 , died suddenly ir ' hicaJo Sunday. . , - . . . , ' " .1' < - " - , , . , V . . : , . " , . ! . . . < . . . . . . . . : . \ , j ; , " s . iJ. " , .1 . . - ' V - . . . r" : - . . . , . ' - : ' . V , . , r I _ , , , . . . . . . . . . . . . . ' " - . - - . . . . . - - Y : . .10..0. YP.fIW.IMCWr" .1 " " ' ; : ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " . l Y : - . , \ . . - - - . - - : - _ . . . . - . . . . . - - - ' , . " ' . ' . 4 : ' , , . , : , " , " " , ; . " , , - ; . , , ' . , , . . I " . I " ' NEGOTIATIONS HAVE FAILED. I Japan to Proceed with Antun -3Iuk . den Line. The negotiations between ! China and Japan for the construction tfy the Jap- anese : of the Antung-Mukden : railroad ( 1n accordance ' with the convention j j signed several years ago by Prince : I Ching , then the Chinese minister of . ; , | , . foreign affairs , and Baron Komura | ; ! the Japanese foreign secretary , and . which have been In progress at Muk- ' ' den since 1907 have failed , Muk'j 'j , disputes between the contracting par- , ties arising from the interpretation ot , , , the clauses In the convention providing 1 for the policing of the line. , j I Japan had formerly intimated to. ; . . the Chinese her intention to proceed with the construction of the line with- in a time limit which Japan considered reasonable , regardless of China's ob- jection. The entire railroad question , there- fore , will be transferred from Mukden : to Pekin , and this made part of the whole Chlno-Japa"nese question con- cerning Manchuria : , ' the negotiations for the recommencement of which were concluded July 27. A dispatch from Toklp says that Ja pan Friday officially notified the pow- ers of her intention to proceed imme- diately with the reconstruction and improving the Antung-Mukden rail- road without the consent of China. { diplomatic negotiations having failed to overcome Chinese opposition. The note outlines the entire course i of negotiations relative to the ' im- provement of the railroad up to the I present. It declares that throughout j ' ' discussions China has had recourse to her well known policy of obstruc- . - tion and procrastination , has evaded , the just and reasonable demands ; of Japan and raised collateral questions regarding police authority and other matters , thus delaying a settle > me > nt. { I China's reply of June 24 is mention- i ed ; and the note declares that Japan's ' rights under the treaty of 1905 were disregarded and the provisions of the treaty wholly nullified thereby. ! TAFT TO COVER 13,000 3fILES. . tlis Western Trip Will Be a Notable , Journey. President Taft left Washington late Friday ! afternoon for the summer cap- itol at Be"erlyfass. : : . , and will not re- I turn to Washington until the middle of November next. Remaining at Bever- j i I ly with his family until September 15 , i 1 ' he will start " - west on that day on ri I tour that will embrace all but eight or . ten states of the union and both of the I territories In the far southwest. j Before his departure Taft made pub- i i lic a tentative outline of his , trip I through the west and south this fall. I I It will embrace a journey approximat ing 13,000 miles and will approximat-I most notable ever made by a president. I It will be , as diverse as could well be . imagined and no "seeing all America" I tour could be devised to embrace as < many points of interest in so brief 6 ? i space of time as President Taft will = j I , give to his jaunt to the Pacific coast ! and back through the south. -The president : , accompanied by Secretary Fred W. Carpenter , Capt. Archibald W. Butt his military aid , several j White House attaches , and perhaps a I guest or two for various parts of the I trip , will travel in a private car at- ! tached for the greater part of the trip ! ! to regular trains. . j During his tour the president will i traverse the Royal gorge of the Rocky ! . . i mountains , will visit the Alaska- Tu. . " " ! kon-Pacific exposition at Seattle , will j ! spend three days in the famed Yose- j mite valley , will stop off at the Grand ' canyon of the Colorado , will greet the , president of Mexico on the internation- ! al bridge over the Rio Grande at Eli i Paso on October 1C , will make a four I ' g days' sail down the Mississippi river j from St. Louis to New Orleans , with ; . various ; stops en route : , and will spend j four days on the ranch of his.brother , j I Charles P. Taft , near Corpus Christi j Tex. i , ONE KILLED ; 31 HURT. Chicago Electric and Pennsylvania Suburban Trains Collide. ' I Thirty-four persons were hurt and ' Motorman O. P. Best killed when an : electric car in which were a number I | of laborers and eight women and ' five ! .children was struck by a Pennsylvania j I suburban train at the One Hundred J I and Third street grade crossing in ' Cbicago Thursday nighth. I Four or five are injured so serious- ly that there is little hope fqr their recovery. The injured motorman said before .he died at a hospital , whither he and a number of the injured were taken , that the accident was causesd by the brakes on his car- refusing to work at a critical moment. There are no I gates at the crossing and no flagman was stationed there. I The passenger train , running at a speed of forty miles an hour , hit the street car squarely in the center and turned it upside down in a ditch fifteen feet away. . Laborer Robbed by Tramps. John Gustafsen , a laborer in Ro- I jchester , was attacked by a bunch of ' hoboes , beaten and robbed of a hat nnd 30 cents. This is the first serious ' Bubonic Plague in California The first case of bubonic plague in . California in a year has been discov- . | , ered in Alameda county by the federal and state officers. The yic.tim ; is a boy named Joseph Mondoza , aged 13 Canadian Pacific Wreck. . The Canadian Pacific railroad ex , press , eastbound , for Toronto , was , ditched near Winnipeg , Man. , Friday. jMany . passengers were injured but' ' . I I ' none were killed. ' . . ( t \ - . . . . . . . > . " . ' - . : . . . : ' . < i ' - " : , _ , - . . : ' , : ' . : ; . ' , : : . , . . . , . . , . . . . . - > < ' - . ' 7. ; " - " " ; " " - : : ' : " ' - . r. . . . . . . \ - - T _ _ . . - = " " , . ; occ. _ - . . . . . " ' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . _ . . . . _ . . . . , Co ' " ' - , . . , . . = " ' - " - " . . - - . - - - - - - . . . - " . TARIFF BILL A LAW. . Senate Passes It and Taft Affixes His Signature. The tariff has been revised and the extra-ordinary session of congress has been brought to a close. Both houses adjourned sine die officially at 6 o'clock Friday night. That is the time , entered upon the journals , but as a matter of fact the adjournment was : taken in the house at 5:38 : p. m. and in , tho senate at 5:58 p. m. I The closing hours of the session were uninteresting. The revision had been according to the desires of some . and with the hearty disapproval , of I others , and the last two days had been , consumed' by members of the senate in expressing their satisfaction or dis- satisfaction , as the case might be. The conference. report on the bill was 'a reed to by the senate by a vote of 47 to 31 when the vote was taken at 2 p. m' ' and soon afterward the con- ! current resolution making certain changes in the leather schedule was I adopted : by both houses. I President Taft arrived at the capi- tol at 4:45 : p. m. and entered the room I set aside for the occupation' of the I president "on the concluding day of I the session of congress. His appear- ance there , the first since his incum- ' II bency as president , caused members I of congress to desert the two cham- bers , and form in line tQ be received I , ! by him. There was a constant proces I sion of 'handshaking statesmen I through the president's room from the I time of his arrival until his depart- ! ure at 5:50 : o'clock. Just as the hands I , of the gold clock in the president's room reached six minutes past 5 II o'clock , the Payne tariff bill , as the , measure ' will be known , was laid be- fore the president. He picked up a pen supplied by Chairman Payne , of the house ways and means committee , and which had been used by the vice president and the speaker in signing the bill , and attached his signature. After writing "William H. Taft , " the president added , "Signed five minutes after 5 o'clock , August 5 , 1909.---W. H. T. " ' REPEAL A "BLUE IJA "r : ' ' Connecticut Solons Modify the SumMy Observance Law. Both houses of the Connecticut leg- islature passed a bill repealing the so- called "blue laws" relating to Sunday observance , which forbid almost every form of recreation and secular activ- ity. The laws , which have seldom been enforced , arc the relics of the en- actments of the law giving body of 1772. One of the laws specifically re- peated is that which provides for a fine of $4 on each person who shall at- tend a concert or entertainment on the Lord's day. The new Sunday bill is short. It defines the Sunday and pro- hibits all sports and secular activi- ties "except such as are demanded by necessity and mercy and such' 'as are for the general welfare of the com- munity. " Under the words , "general welfare of the community , " .Sunday baseball probably will be permitted. ' WILL TRY TO BREAK : : WILL. Kansas City Saloonkeeper : Left ,117- 000 to Charities. A suit to break the will of Charles Schattner , a wealthy saloonkeeper and politician , who died a few months ago at Kansas City , Mo. ' , leaving $117,000 to local charities and about $25,000 to negro employes , has been filed by Eugene Schattner a brother. The es- tate was valued at $200,000. Eugene Schattner alleges that his brother was addicted to the use of in- toxicants , which impaired his mind and made him incapable of making a will when the instrument was drawn. He also alleges that Mary E. Yates , a negro housekeeper , to whom the will gave $10,000 , exerted undue influ- ence over his brother. A negro porter and a negro nurse were also beneficia . ries under the will. PROTECTION FRO3I LIGIITNIXG Official of the Weather Bureau Tells IIo\v Rods May Be Put Up. Prof. Henry , of the weather bureau , in a bulletin just issued , entitled "Cheap Protection from Lightning , " declares more attention should be giv- en the question in view of the fact that 500 to 800 people ai killed and an immense amount of property de stroyed by lightning every year. Prof. Henry shows how lightning rods that are "inexpensive yet effective" may be put up by everybody. The following is . his list of necessary materials : . ' Enough galvanized iron telegraph wire to serve for the rod , a pound of galvanized iron staples to hold the wire in place ; a few connecting tees and a pound of aluminum paint. "While irorn is not as good a conduc tor as copper , " says the professor , "it is less likely to cause dangerous side flashes ! ! and it also dissipates the ener- gy the lightning flash more effective- gy of the lightning flash more effect. ively than does copper. " French Army Commander. Gen. Charles Louis Tremeau haas been appointed commander in chief of the French army , in .succession to Gen. iie LaCroix. Three Governors Visit Victoria. Gov. Charles E. Hughes , of New York , and his secretary ; Gov. John A. Johnson , of Minnesota , and his staff , and' Gov. Marion E. Hay , of Washing . ton , sailed from Seattle for Victoria Thursday. Gasoline Explodes ; Fatally Burned. While filling a lighted gasoline stove the can exploded , throwing the burn- ling fluid over Mrs : A. V. Smith , of : Sandwich , Ill. Her injuries are fatal. . : f . . . . . . . " . . . . . . \ , . , " . " : : . . . . > , ? ' . . . , . , " , , . . . . . - . ; ; 0.\1 ( : . ' " ' ' - , , . : -fi' : .i. : . < . . .Y ' , ' ' - . " ' . 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He says that he alone is implicated and that the story he told about being bound to the fence by two masked robbers while they I piled the rails on the track is all I wrong. He says that he put the rails on the track to stop the train that : he I might get aboard for Alliance to re- ceive medical treatment. This last , part of the story is not believed by the officers nor by the railroad officials. Berger at first told a thrilling story of being tied to the fence by the two masked bandits , who threatened to shoot if the moved. He told of a scuffle with them after he had worked I himself free from his bonds. His I former story was that after he ran from the bandits they shot and hit bis little finger. If It is not believed that his last story of doing all the work himself is the true one , as he does not bear the best kind of a reputation. Some red pa- per was found nailed to a post at . which he had been practicing target I shooting. This paper has been traced I ' to Berger , as it was wrapped around a new shirt , which he had bought a , couple of nights before at Harshand. STORM LOSS PROVES IlEA VY. I Ninety-Eight Farms Were Swept by the Hail. The Friday night hail wind and rain storm that swept from northwest to southeast through Hartington and vi- cinity , was more destructive than at first supposed. The storm started southwest of Fordyce , near the west I line of Cedar county , and took every- I thing in its path to the place south east of Laurie. In some south-I storm was two miles and at others five miles in width. Some fields of corn are a total loss ; others may make a third of a crop with favorable weather. Every field of oats in the path of the storm is a complete loss , many pastures are chopped up as if run over with a disc. A careful estimate shows that 98 ' farms were visited by the storm. While it is hard to esti- mate the damage , it is believed by the most conservative that it will exceed $125,000 , with little or no hail or tor- nado insurance. Many : farm houses were ' left without window glass on I the north and west. So far as heard from twelve horses and colts were cut I badly in the barb wire fences as the storm drove them through. Five head I of cows were found in the path of the storm struck by lightning. HORSE KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE. Police Making : Dilig'nt' Effort to Fine ! i ' Driver of Car. The police department is making diligent efforts to ascertain the iden- tity of a man , woman and child who ; passed through Grand Island in an automobile , presumably from the east- ! ern part of the state and bound for ! Kearney. When the machine ap- ! proched the canning factory in the I eastern . part of the city it met a team I driven by two stock yards men , who I were ! trailing a horse at the rear of ! their buggy. The autoist kept up full I speed in passing the stockmen and tdarted ' in so closely behind the latter 1 that they struck the horse , causing a I leg and hip of the animal to be brok- en and the collision snapping the rope to which it was tied to the buggy and almost causing further damage and accident. The driver of the machine I saw what had happened , but kept up full speed 'through the city and on westward , never stopping to ascertain whether any of the men had been hurt. The horse , valued at $100 had to be shot immediately. VICTIMS : OF THIEVES. iGov. Sballeiibergcr Touched for $130 at Marshalltown , la. Gov. Ashton C. Shallenberger of I Nebraska , is not favorably impressed with Iowa , or at least with the hon- esty of one of its citizens. The gov- ernor went to Marshalltown , Ia. , to de liver a chautauqua address de-I When his excellency finished his ad- dress he missed his pocketbook , which I. I . 'contained $130. He reported the theft to the police , but is unable to say how he was victimized. He thinks he lefc his pocketbook on the writing desk at his hotel , but it may have been taken from his pockets : on the chau- tauqua grounds. The police are work- ing on the case. I ' BEATRICE MAX : IOLLED. Was Caught Between Engine and " "a- ; ter Tank of Threshing Outfit. George Meyers : , a former Beatrice resident , was killed near Palmer , Kan. , by being caught between the en- gine and water tank of a threshing , engine. The thresher men were going up a hill , Mr. Meyers driving behind with the water tank. 'The engine broke loose and came back with terrific force against the water wagon almost severing Mr. Meyer's : body. He was j 28 years old and leaves a young widow. Wanted for Burglary. Sheriff Fenton and Deputy McFar- : land of Falls City , arrested a msfi 'named ' Jake Edwin Saturday , who is I ! wanted across the river in Missouri for : robbing two stores and a barber shop. : He had some of the stolen goods with : him when arrested. Beatrice Man Found Dead. Stephen Starling , for thirty tears a resident of Gage county , was found ! { , , dead recently at the home of C. H. l , J jKelley at Beatrice , where he had been 1 : living A coroner's inquest was held j "L : ' . . . ' - . \ . , "b : > f/ . . . , . - - . ; ; : . " , . ' 1 .y / " ' . . . - - - - - - - . . . . . . . - . . . . - - . . - - . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i. . . . . . . - BEAT IHS BOARD : BILLS. Julian Franklin is Taken : to Louisville Where He Owes Hotel Bills. Julian Franklin. who recently was arrested at Omaha for attempting to I beat his bill at the "Rome hotel , has I been taken to Louisville to answer to the charge of cashing worthless checks. Requisition papers were se - cured frof the governor without any I objection on the part of Franklin's attorney. Detective Warren says Franklin has passed bad checks in several cities of the south and that in each case his parents in Philadelphia have cor f forth with money to get'him out of the trouble. Franklin was in Louisville the lat ter part of July and became very inti- mate with several of the drug firms there. He stayed around the Taylor drug store a great deal of the time and finally went broke. He secured the confidence of the proprietor of the drtfg store and. got him to cash a cou- ple of his checks. : At once he left Louisville and was traced to St. Louis , Kansas City , Chi- cago and then to Omaha. He came to Omaha about the middle of July and registered at the Rome hotel. There he ran up a bill of $60 and when he could not settle it , was ar- rested. . His folks. sent money to pay this bill and Franklin was released. Instead of immediately getting out of town he stayed around two days , or just long enough for the Louisville authorities to learn that he was in Omaha and have him locked up until Detective Warren could reach the city. Since his second arrest Omaha Franklin has made a big effort to se- cure money from his parents to settle for his folly ] ] at Louisville. Two tele- grams were sent saying his parents would fix up his debts , but no money- has come. LETS MAN GO BY MISTAKE. : Opens Door and Bird Flies and Now Ho is a Much-Sought Birdie. \ Through the mistake of Jailer Jas , . Talbot at the county jail Eugene Kitchen who was brought to Omaha from /Milwaukee for breaking into a' residence on July 11 , was given his freedom and now all the detectives of the police force are looking for him. Kitchen was bound over Monday : morning to the district court for trial. In the afternoon at fifteen minutes of 3 , he. with three other prisoners ; ' was taken to the county jail from the city jail. In transferring the prison- ers'the mittimus for each one was giv- , en to Jailer Talbot. Enclosed in the mittimus for Herbert Johnson was an order fer that fellow's release. : Kitchen informed the jailer that he was expecting some men in a few minutes to give bond for his release. : The jailer glanced at the mittimus for. Johnson and thought it was an order of release for Kitchen , so he unlocked the big iron door and shoved the housebreaker into the clear air of freedom. Shortly after the mistake was dis- covered there was all kinds 'of scur- rying around the police station and city jail. Detectives flew in all direc- , tions in pursuit of the lucky criminal. ' Kitchen had made a fast retreat and the officers did not catch him. SHOT DEAD ON A DOORSTEP. Charge of Murder Made by Omaha Police Against Truck : Gardener. Evidence in the possession of the Omaha police leads to the charge against James Phillips , a truck gar- dener , of being the murderer of Mar shall . C. Hamilton. Friends of Phillips say that he was jealous on account of attention paid his wife by Hamilton. Friends of Hamilton say there is noth- ing to this report. Hamilton was call- ed to his door and shot , dying instant- ly. A young brother was with Phillips at the time of the shooting , but he has disappeared. It is believed that he and his brother are hiding in the woods north .Florence. . The sheriff and his deputies are working on the case and expect to make an arrest soon. DR. CARR BOUND OVER. Nebraska. Health Board Contesting Hi5 Right to Office. Dr. E. Arthur Carr has been bound over to the federal court on the charge of opening a letter sent to the secretary of the state board of health. He was examined before United States Commissioner Marlay and furnished' ' ' a bond for $500. Carr was named as secretary of the state board of health ! by Gov. Shallengerger and the old board is contesting his right to serve. Boys Drowned in Missouri. Homer Velie , 12-year-old-son 01 Policeman Velie , and an unknown boy of about the same age were drowned in the Missouri river. They were in swimming and wading out on a sandbar and got beyond their depth and were' swept away by the current. Youth Drowned While Bathing. Earl Clark , aged 22 , son of Post- master Clark of South Omaha , was drowned in Lincoln creek near Utica while bathing . . with . . . companions. - j Work on Anbarn Water Plant. f Work has begun on the Auburn waterworks , and a large force of men is ready to get to work as soon as they can be called on. Hartington Cigarmakers' Strike. All of the men at the Hartington cigar factory , eight in number , went . out on a btrike recently. J. R. Isaac- son , the proprietor claims a union shop in a small town is unsatisfactory and will open a non-union shop and continue the business. Charles Knapp Still Alive. ' Charles Knapp , of Madison , who shot his wife and then put the gun to his own head and sent a bullet into his brain , is still alive. Mrs. Knapp la improving rapidly and will recover. J , . . a . , ' ; ' : . r. : ' : . ' . . . . . . : , : . . A s - . , - y - , . , , - - . . . : ; : : o. - - . F- ; ; . _ . --l" . _ . - - . n I I II I . : : : : . ! 4TISFORIAN f -fesauj r iHfe - ( I' , .1 i \ r L-1 . : a , K . : 1 I E . I. . , - - - 1492 - Columbus embaraed from Palm on his first voyage of discovery. 1619-First leg'islath'e' assembly in America met at Jamestown , Va. 1684 - Treaty of peace concluded at Al bany between the Colonists and ! the Five Nations. 1711 - A British and Colonial fleet sail- " ! ed from Boston for the conquest ot II- - Canada . - 1773 - The city of Gautemala laid in ruin by the earthquake and the eruption of a volcano. 1776 - The Declaration of Independence was engraved and signed by the members of Congress. 1782 - Rhode Island refused to give Congress the power to levy an im port duty of 5 per cent. 1789-First issue of the Pittsburg Ga- zette , the first newspaper "west of the Allegheny mountains. , 1754 - Fall of Hobespierre and end ol the Reign of Terror. 1795-Commissioners of the United States met the Indian chiefs of Western tribes at Greenville Ohio , and concluded a treaty of peace. i 1802-First issue of the Western Spy at Cincinnati. 1816 - First Presbyterian congregation in Missouri was organized at Bellevue settlement in Washing ton County. 1822 - The Xew Orleans Prices Current appeared in New Orleans. 1831 : - Opening of new bridge across the Thames River in London. 1842 - Abolition riots took place In - Philadelphia. 1846 - Congress passed a tariff bill re - ducing the duties on imported goods. 1850 - Delegates fro.m Nova Scotia , Xew Brunswick and the ' -Xew En- gland States met at Portland , l\ to discuss the project of a railwa _ from Halifax : to Portland. . . 1S54 - Yellow fever became epidemic in f ) . New Orleans. 185G-Kansas rejected the Lecompton constitution for the second time. 18C4 - Federals made an unsuccessful assault upon Petersburg , Va. 18GG - Hace riots in Xew Orleans on the reassembling the State con- vention . . Gen. William T. Sher man commissioned Lieutenant General. 1868 - Proclamation by the Secretary of State that the fourteenth amendment to the constitution of the United States had been rati- fied by three-fourths of the States. .I . "ft 1870 - Benjamin Xathan , a wealthy He- / ' brew citizen of Xew York , foun / murdered in his home ; the mysf tery of the crime was never soltt. . 1872 - Cuban privateer Pioneer seized by the United States marshal at Newport , R. I. 1873 - Large section of Portland Ore. , destroyed by fire. 1874 - Kansas militia engaged in battle with Comanche Indians on the Canadian River . . Gen. Custer's . expedition reached the Black Hills. 1876-Colorado admitted to Statehood. 1883 - Southern exposition opened in Louisville. 1884-The Imperial Federation of Great Britain and Pier ' Colonies formed in London. 1894 War declared' between China and Japan. 1895-Serious flood in Fort Scott , Kan- r sas. I t 5S9S - Military : expedition , under Gen. Brooke sailed from Newport Xewa ! for Porto Rico. . . Spain accepted the American conditions of peace. , 1899-Final sitting of the Peace Con- ' ference of The Hague. . 1900-Lord Roberts proclaimed the an- nexation of the Transvaal to Grea't Britain. 1908 - Typhoon at Canton China sa.rk--- the Chinese vessel Ying-King drowning 300 : natives. : . . .Forest fires devastated several towns of British Columbia. . l , War of Labor Unions Begun. A test of strength between the Uni ted Mine Workers of America and the members of a local union known as 'the Provincial Workmen's Association at the Sydney ( Cape T3reton ) collieries of the Dominion Coal Company was begun when the former organization ordered a strike to enforce its demand for recognition. The local union which was formed originally with the aid and consent of the union remained loyal as a body , although some of its members J ' had been won over to the American organization. The company charges that the American labor leaders have sought to divert the Canadian coal J trade. Stockades have been built about the mines and preparations made to prevent any forcible interrup- 1 tion of the work. Armed deputies ; were placed on guard. } A Xew Illuminant Offered. The Engineering and Mining : Jour ' nal recently reported the successful , commercial introduction of a neW' ' - ; luminant called blue gas in German ] It is delivered to customers in liquid . i form in steel cylinders , from which it \ . ; is poured into the gasometer of a given \ _ x 7t. room or house. It is said to be cheap- er than petroleum , while giving more powerful light and more intense heat. It is a hydrocarbon : compound , free from carbon-monoxide , , J " . / - .I . _ , . . < , t. - . . , . ' . . " . : ' - - - ti --7'-- : ; : -'Jt -
