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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (June 9, 1910)
1 I Ivn \ n1 . . . 1 _ _ _ _ The E Week I , in Congress' I : ii - - The Cummins amedmeni to the rail- foad bill prohibiting the putting into effect of increases in railroad rates 1 , untIl they shall have been approved by the Interstate Commerce Commis- Bion was before the Senate Tuesday. . Arguments in favor of the amendment - were made by Senators Cummins , iBorah and Dolliver. Senator Martin suggested an amendment to the Cum- tnins provision requiring the commis- } slon to pass upon all increases within 1 Bix. months after their filing. In the 'House ' an amendment to the' sundry civil bill was adopted by a strict party vote of 110" 'to 83 , appropriating $250- 000 > to enable the President to obtain such prices relating to production here or abroad as would be necessary for , an enforcement _ of the tariff law. By S""ls ' _ . , j.Je.--I. a vote of 84 to 106 the House rejected I an amendment reducing this allowance to $75,000. With the exception of a brief time given to the general calendar , the Sen- ate devoted the entire session Wednes day to the consideration of the rail- road bill. Senator La Follette occu- pied the floor for almost five hours in support of the Cummins amendment requiring the approval of increases in railroad rates by the Interstate Com merce Commission. In the course of . his speech he declared that it would toe necessary to add greatly to the J equipment of the commission in order to put it into condition to render . .ef fective service. ' The House consider- ed various bills on its calendar. Meas ures were passed to provide a railroad in the Hawaiian Islands and to build in Nome , Alaska , a house of detention for persons suspected of being insane. Mr. Olmsted of Pennsylvania explain- ed at length the bill to provide a new civil government for Porto Rico. The Senate Thursday by a vote'of 29 to 43 rejected the Cummins amend- ment requiring the approval of rail road rates by the interstate commerce -commission before they became effec tive. It also adopted an amendment providing for six months extension of the : ; 120 days' suspension of new rates -and regulation in case the hearing is A not concluded' within the time. The . -capitalization provisions were stricken from the bill. Because the President .exceeded his traveling expense allow- ance of $25,000 voted by Congress for the present fiscal year and the com mittee on appropriations sought to meet the deficiency by making the ap propriation ; for next year "immediate- ly available , " the House was thrown Into lively debate. Chairman Tawney .offended several Democrats by sug .gesting that the President had made bis extended Western and Southern - \ . . \ trip largely upon the urgent solicita- . tion of Democrats of the House. Sev YJ . eral Democrats made angry retorts and .1. { the motion was defeated. ' ; ' The Senate failed Friday to reach a final : vote on the railroad bill. Senator Dixon moved an amendment placing telegraph and telephone lines undei the jurisdiction of the Interstate Com- .tnerce Commission. This provision had ao sooner been adopted , though in dif - ferent form , than Senator Brown , of Nebraska , offered an amendment pro- : hibiting railroads from acquiring con trol of competing lines under a pen. alty. Unwilling to accept so import- ant an amendment without more op ' - portunity for consideration , the Sen. ate adjourned. The House twice re jected amendments by Mr. Keliher , of Massachusetts to authorize canteens at -soldiers' homes where such institutions are within five miles of a town or city -In which the sale of liquor is author- ized. It appropriated $1,500,000 for State and Territorial homes for dis abled soldiers and sailors and refused 'to : move from New York City to Wash ington or anywhere else the board of managers of the national homes for disabled volunteer soldiers. _ The Senate Saturday laid aside the railroad bill to listen to a personal ex 'planation by Senotor Lorimer of Illi- nois of the charges of corruption in i connection with his election. He in- -troduced a resolution directing , the t committee on privileges and elections ; to make an investigation. The re. ain. vder of the day was devoted to eulogies on the life of the late Representative 'Griggs of Georgia. The House devoted the to the ' civil day sundry appropria- tion bill. Led by the Democrats , it -curtailed the appropriation for the pro tection : of the public domain , cutting In half the amount authorixed to be used in bringing the work up to date .and prohibiting the use of any of the snoney to meet the existing deficiency. INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS. Potato fields of Minnesota averaged 115 bushels to the acre during 1909. Alfred Wade , Montesano , Washing- ton , raised 123 bushels of wheat on two 4-cres of land. Experiments with African cactus at the botanical greenhouse of the Uni- ! yer.sity of Pennsylvania have demon- ' istrated that that plant will grow in the deserts of Arizona and Southern ' California and will yield enough rub- ' ber to make its cultivation pay. f . f From records from nursery houses it f' ls learned that more than 50,000 cherry trees have been set out this spring by farmers of Door County , Wis. The in- dustry in the last few years has reach- ed such vast proportions that the ter- eitory is ! ! being given the namn of th . ° Trult Belt of the North. : : a - . BANISHMENT FOE HEBREWS. Russia Ousts Jews by the Thousands from City of Kiev. . One thousand and two Jewish , fami- lies have now received official notifi- cation that they must leave Kiev , Rus- sia , in accordance with the determi- nation of the Russian government to drive back into the pale all Jews who are unable to establish their legal right to remain outside its confines. An additional 193 families living in the suburbs outside the city proper are subject to deportation before June 14 unless in the meantime they pro- duce proofs of their right of residence In their present homes. It is quite impossible to secure sta- tistics showing the number of those already expelled. Even the Jewish re lief committee is unable to state the exact figure , but the committee esti- mates that between 200 and 300 Jew- ish families have quitted the city. In addition to the deportation order- ed , the Jews of Kiev have been sub jected to minor annoyances , such as the refusal of passports , good over the year , and interference with their residence at the summer resorts out- side of Kiev , where all those who are prosperous enough go during the heat- ed term , the law forbidding Jews to settle in the villages or on farms , "in order to prevent , the exploiting of simple peasantry. " The real hardships for the Jews are expected to come on June 14 , when the time limit for their departure ex- pires. All who still remain in Kiev on various pretexts will be expelled on that date. Although the Jewish relief committee is collecting funds for this contingency , it is feared that many will face deportation by force rather than leave the city voluntarily. The committee has collected several thou- sand dollars , and hopes are entertain- ed that adequate funds may be secured from the considerable colony of Jew ish millionaires in Kiev. LORIMER DEFENDS HIMSELF. Illinois Senator Makes Speech De- nying Bribery in Legislature. William Lorimer the other day ask- ed the United States Senate for an in- vestigation of the charges that his elec- % tion was secured through the buying of votes in the Illinois General Assem- bly at prices ranging from $1,000 up- ward. By way of preface to this re quest he delivered his long-awaited speech , and in vehement language de- clared before his colleagues that the bribery scandal is the outcome of a "political conspiracy. " Immediately after finishing his speech Senator Lori- mer hurriedly put his affairs in order and caught a late afternoon train for ' Chicago. . The main points in the Senator's ad- dress were as follows : Eulogy of Minority Leader Lee O'Neil Browne , now under indictment in Chicago for bribery. . Attack upon Governor Deneen. ' ' Assault upon Representative Charles A. White , whose confession opened the scan- ' ' dal.Attack scan'I' 'I' Attack upon the Chicago Tribune. Five-thousand-word history of Mr. : Lor- imer's political career since 1884 , and an outline of his newspaper "feud. " Declaration that Governor Deneen first suggested that Lorimer become a candi- date for Senator but withdrew his support on the day of election. Accusation that Governor Deneen broke I faith with him on water way legislation. Denial that Representatives H. J. C. Beckemeyer and Michael S. Link have made confessions corroborating White's. Declaration that Governor Deneen join- ed the Tribune in a "conspicacy" to over- throw Lorimer , to get control of the next Legislature. .Mr. Lorimer's request for an inves- tigation was referred under the Senate rules to the committee on contingent expenses. BIG FIRE IN MINNEAPOLIS. Implement Warehouses Destroyed as Blaze Rages for Hours. Fire , which started at 1 o'clock on t. recent morning and burned fiercely , was not got under control until 3 a. m. , after burning down four large implement warehouses and other pieces of property in Minneapolis , en- tailing a loss of over $75,000 , accord- ing to last estimates. But one man , Christ Madison : , was burned. His con- dition is serious. The fire started from an unknown cause in the ware- house of the Great Northern Imple- ment Company. The burned district is bounded Washington avenue and 3d street and 6th and 7th avenues , south. The implement warehouses burned were : The Rock Island , the Great Northern , the Waterbury and the Northwestern. The Sixth Avenue Ho- tel was practically destroyed. Three engines were detailed from St. Paul to help fight the flames. The princi- - pal losses are : Northern Rock Isl and Plow Company , $200,000 ; Great Northern Implement Company , $250- 000 ; the less on the building owned : by C. W. . Wright , Saginaw , Mich. , $200,000 ; Waterbury Implement Com' pany , stock and building , $100,000. Makes : Parcels Post Record. A record delivery of a parcels post package has been reported to the Post master General in Washington. The package was placed in the mails at Bremen , Germany , on May 2 , and de livered to the addressee at Seattle , Wash. , on May 14-twelve days. This is the best time ever reported of mail of this character. Butter Highest , Since Ch'nVar. . Although market reports show that butter receipts in May were larger than usual , prices of the best grades are higher in New York than they have been at this season since the Civil War. Fire Destroys Lumber Town. The village of Inglis , Ore. , was prac- tically wiped out by fire in the night. Tho sawmill and yards of the Oregon Lumber Company were destroyed. r . COURT STOPS RAISE - IN N fREIGHT RATES Twenty-five Western Roads' Are Re- Brained from Enforcing the , . New Tariff. I H.EA CITES UNLAWFUL COMBINE Action Is Begun by Attorney Gen- eral Wickersham on Behalf of Federal Government. Twenty-five Western railroads were temporarily restrained by United States District Judge David P. Dyer In [ Hannibal , Mo. , from enforcing or ! making a general advance in inter- state freight rates. The injunction was granted on a petition filed by the United States government on the alle- gations that the advance in rates were fixed by the defendants by agreement , without competition and in violation of the Sherman anti-trust act. , The petition was filed in the United States Circuit Court at St. Louis and was brought to Hannibal to present to Judge Dyer. It states that unless such a restrainiIg order be issued the ad vances will become effective at once , to the grave harm and injury of the people of the United States. The petition was presented by Ed- win P. Grosvenor of Washington , spe- cial assistant to the Attorney General , and ! Frederick N. Judson of St. Louis , acting as special counsel. It was sign- ed by George W. Wickersham , Attor- ney General ; William S. Kenyon , As- sistant Attorney General , and Charles A. Houts , United States District At- torney. The roads restrained from % ncreas- ing their freight rates are : Missouri Pacific Railway. Chicago and Northwestern Railway. Chicago , Burlington and Quincy Rail- road. Chicago , Rock Island and Pacific Railway. . Wabash Railroad. Chicago , Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway. Illinois Central Railroad. Chicago and Alton Railroad. Atchison , Topeka and Santa Fe Rail- road. Chicago Great Western Railway. Missouri , Kansas and Texas Railway. St. Louis and San Francisco Rail- road. San Francisco Railroad. Quincy , Omaha and Kansas City Railroad. St. Paul and Des Moines Railroad. Minneapolis and St. Louis Railroad. Iowa Central Railroad. Fort Dodge , Des Moines and South- ern Railroad. Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad. Elgin , Joliet and Eastern Railroad. Chicago , Peoria and St. Louis Rail- road Company of Illinois. , Chicago , Milwaukee and Gary Rail- way. way.Minneapolis , St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad. Kansas City Southern Railroad. Chicago , Indiana and Southern Rail- road. road.Western Western Trunk Line committee. Brought to a sudden climax in the West by the successful invocation of the Sherman anti-trust law to enjoin the lines west of Chicago from putting their proposed rate increases in effect , the freight ra.te controversy was given an unexpected turn later. While the Western roads thrown into consterna- tion by the application of a law from which they had considered themselves immune , were preparing to restore their old rates and to defend them- selves against charges of illegal com- bination , the Eastern roads were filing tariffs at Washington with the Inter- state Commerce Commission. These tariffs advanced commodity rates throughout the territory north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi. This move will actively extend the fight at once to every section between the Missouri River and the Atlantic seaboard and is expected to make the Eastern trunk lines defendants in a similar proceeding. I KILLS MAN WHO JILTED HER. Milliner Slays ! Dool.keellerVhen : lie Tells of AVertdiiigAnother. , . Because he jilted her , Miss Carrie Pritchard , 25 years old , a milliner em- , ployed by J. F. Ball & Bro. , shot and killed Sam E. Ford , bookkeeper : for the same firm in his office in Pollock , La. Miss Pritchard , on going out for luncheon , accused Ford of fickleness and asked him if the report was true that he would marry Birdie Long on June 22. Ford admitted the accusa- tion. The milliner opened her hand satchel and flashed a large revolver. Before clerks could interfere she fired a bullet through Ford's head. Miss Pritchard was arrested. STAMPEDE , BEGINS : . TO ALASKA. Rush of Prospectors " . . , Overtaxes Ca- pacity of Xortbcrii Steamships. Officials of companies operating steamships to Alaska points on the Bering Sea estimate that 15,000 people ' will leave Seattle for Nome and St. Michaels on the early June sailings , drawn to the far north by the reports of rich discoveries in the Iditarod gold fields. Wealthy men have been com- pelled to take accommodations in the steerage , and there is a waiting list at the steamship offices larger than the combined capacity of the north-bound steamers. , . r ; LONG HVE THE JONG. I ii7 = ' - " - - ; _ _ - - - - - - 'r - - - - - = - - . tAC F i - - - = - - - ! 1 - - - = 1 = 1 -Mi4 : /111 ! R l\ ' l j \c 1d - : . -m , r ! D ' J - , c E' ' , 1 . _ - - . _ - _ - - r / ! Ir I 'miiJo ' \o _ . 11 1 , . -c- . _ ; , 1- ; - POli/J ourn 1. - DR. KOCH IS DEAD German Professor Who Developed Preventive Medicine Passes Away. Professor Robert Koch , the eminent German bacteriologist , died iq Baden Baden the other afternoon of 'L ' _ _ u.L , ' _ _ _ _ _ TT _ r ' . , . . ; I 4 , , _ - - - " I neart uisease. rie had been in fail- ing health , for a year or more , fol lowing the expos- ures to which he subjected himself while engaged in scientific research : . in malarial dis tricts in German . East Africa and elsewhere. He was in his sixty-sev- enth year. A graduate of DK. ROBERT KOCH. the University of Berlin , Dr. Koch began his bacteri- ological investigations about thirty years ago , when he was district sur- geon Wallstein. . He first achieved public notice through his discovery of a method for coloring microscopical preparations by means of which he isolated the tubercle bacillus and pro- duced tuberculosis by its inoculation . in animals. His reward for this was his selection as privy councillor and the enjoyment of the full confidence ' of the Kaiser. He gained world fame by his dis covery of antitoxin for the prevention and cure of diphtheria and by his re search for the cause and cure of "sleeping sickness" which afflicted the I tribes of Central Africa. He also was the discoverer of a ratkilling gas which proved effective in ridding ships of rodents. Koch never claimed that his lymph cure for tuberculosis was infallible. He did claim , however , that it was a preventive and a practical j cure in a great majority of cases. , i JULIA WARD HOWE 91. ' Masses of Floral Greetings Received by Aged Author from Friends. Julia Ward Howe was 91 years old the other day. There was no public observance of the event , the break- fast to her which the New England Women's clubs have given every year for forty-two years having been served two days before. As has been her custom of late years , Mrs. Howe spent the day in her home on Beacon street , Boston , with her family , surrounded by her children , grandchildren , and now the little great-grandchildren , who had loving greetings and caresses. While few outside of the family circle were received by her , gifts of flowers from relatives and friends and tele- grams and letters were received from all parts of the world. s a The ships of the British navy con- sume 3,000,000 tons of coal each year. " It is proposed to forbid the exporta- tion to America and Australia of the : famous Angora goats from Turkey. The Turkish mthister of the interior is drawing up regulations on the subject. Commander Robert E. Peary gave his polar lecture at the Casino in Ber- lin under the auspices of the Berlin Geographical' Society. About 200 were present. The American explorer left Berlin for Rome. For the first time in many years the czar visited a theater the other night. The visit was kept a profound secret , and-surprise was great when the fact became known. The occasion was a grand military concert at the opera house in aid of funds for old soldiers. In their effort to suppress the re- bellion in Albania , the Turkish forces under Gen. Shefket stormed Katchanik Pass on the 29th , where the rebels were stationed in , strong force. The Alban- ' fans retreated In good order and took up their positions on the surrounding mountains . . . . . . . . , C. H. TREAT FALLS DEAD. Fonaer Treasurer of Xntion Stricken , . ivith Apoplexy. > > Charles Henry Treat , treasurer of the United States under President Roosevelt , died of apoplexy in his apartment at the Hotel Victoria in New York. He was stricken an hour before death , and did not regain con- sciousness. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Mr. Treat was born in Frankfort , Me. , about sixty-eight years ago. Among his ancestors were Robert Treat Paine , a signer of the declara- tion of independence , and Robert Treat , a colonial governor of Con- necticut. He was graduated from Dartmouth College in 1865 , and at once entered business with his father and brothers , who operated a fleet of twenty-eight vessels Engaged in the import and export trade. In 1888 he was Delaware's delegate- at-large to the Republican convention in Chicago and was credited with so- lidifying the Delaware delegation for Benjamin Harrison. Soon after Mc- Kinley's election he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the Wall street district , serving during the Spanish-American war. STANDING OF THE CLUBS. Progress , of the Pennant Race in Base Hull Leagues. , XATIOXAL LEAGUE. W. L. ' W. L. Chicago . . . .23 12 St. Louis . . .19 20 New York .24 14 Brooklyn . . .17 22 Pittsburg . . .18 16 Philadel'a . . .13 21 Cincinnati . .18 17 Boston . . . . .14 24 AMERICAN' LEAGUE. W. L. W. L. Philadel'a . .26 9 Cleveland . . .14 18 New York. . .23 10 Washington. 22 Detroit . . . . 23 16 Chicago . . . . 11 20 Boston . . . . .19 16 St. Louis . . . 7 28 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. W. L Minn'polis . .29 14 Ind'polis . . . .20 24 St. Paul . . . .29 15 Kan. City . .15 23 Toledo . . . . .26 17 Louisville . .17 28 Columbus . . .20 Milwaukee . .16 27 " WESTERN LEAGUE. o'W. . L. W. L. St. Joseph .18 14 Lincoln . . . 17 18 Sioux City .18 16 Omaha . . . . .17 19 Wichita . . . .19 17 Des Moines .17 20 Denver . . . . .19 17 Topeka . . . .13 17 FLOODS RUIN NORSE CROPS. I'own is Submerged ; , Hallways Are Damaged and People > > Imperiled. Phenomenal warmth has melted enormous quantities of snow on the mountains in the interior of Norway. The result is that lakes and rivers are flooded to an extent not equaled since 1860. The town of Lillestrommen , twenty cniles from Christiania , is sub- merged. The inhabitants .have been compelled to take refuge in the upper stories of their houses. Widespread damage has been done to railways and crops. NEW YORK PRIMARY BILL DEAD Assembly Kills : Compromise Act - HUf"lleVill Veto Other. By a decisive vote of 46 to 94 the Cobb compromise direct nomination bill , after having passed the senate , was defeated in the New York assem- bly as the climax of a session of four- teen hours. Governor Hughes has an- nounced that he will veto the Meade- Phillips bill , which has passed "both houses , and the only hope of primary reform or direct nomination legisla- tion this year lies in the possibility of an extraordinary session being called. DYNAMITE WISCONSIN BANK. Bold Robbery Is Committed at Unity by Two Men : Who Escape. The State Bank of Unity , Wis. , was robbed the other day of $2,000 , the safe of the bank being dynamited. The robbers escaped. It is supposed the robbery was committed by two men who had been hanging around the bank for several days. The bank was established in 1905 with a capi- tal of 10OUO. . I . CHURCH MEMBERSHIP , NOW AT 32,936,445 . Protestant Denominations Report 20,287,742 and the Roman Catholics 12,679,149. NUMBERS ARE ON THE INCREASE : Statistics Are Based : on Report of United States Census , Soon to Be : Published. : . . The aggregate number of communi- cants or members of all religious de- nominations in the United States in 1906 was 32,936,445 , according to the United States census of religious , bodies. Of this grand total , the va- rious Protestant bodies reported 20- 287,742 an'd the Roman Catholic church 12,679,142. Of the Protestant communicants , ac cording to the report , 80.6 per cent were outside the principal cities of the- country. Of the Catholics , 27.9 per cent were in the cities of the first class , those having a population of more than 300,000 , while 47.8 per cent were outside the cities of the first , sec ond , third or fourth classes , the last class being cities of 25,000 to 50,000. Protestants : ! in the first-class cities ag gregated 7.3 per cent. Of the Protestants , the Protestant Episcopal church reported a majority of its communicants in the principal cities , 51.2 per cent , as did the Church of Christ , Scientist , 82.6 per cent. The report shows a growth of all communicants , both in the cities and country , since 1890. In the five lead ing cities the proportion of communi cants to population was : New York , 44.7 per cent ; Chicago , 40.7 ; Phila delphia , 38.8 ; Boston , 62.6 ; Ct. Louis , 46.6. ' STATE SENATOR IS INDICTED. Sangamon County Grand Jury Makoa Charge Against Holstlaw of Iuka. ' State Senator D. W. Holstlaw , of luka , Marion County , who represents the Forty-second Senatorial District in the Illinois General Assembly ; was in dicted by the Grand Jury of S'angamon County on two counts charging per- jury in testimony given by him in the local investigation of legislative bribery. The evidence against four oth- er men is being carefully considered by State's Attorney Edmund Burke , and on the basis of it more indict- ments are being drawn up. The alleged perjury consists in Sen- ator Holstlaw's sworn statement before- ] 1 the grand jury that he "never wrote a letter to J. W. Knox , a salesman for the Derby Desk Company. At the time Mr Burke , it is claimed , had in his possession a letter written by Holst- - law to Knox , shortly before the con- tract was let. MORE THAN 500 PERSONS PERISH Cast Africa and Adjacent Ocean Is . Swept by Terrible Cyclone. \ More than 500 persons were drowned and many ships lost in the terrific cy - clone that swept East Africa , according- to dispatches received from Mozam bique. The storm did great damage on land as well as on sea. It is be lieved that several large ships , as well as smaller ones , were lost. On one were 400 miners , en route to the Rand mines. All were drowned. . \ i - - r - " wwww President Tuttle , of the Boston and Maine , announced that passenger rates on that line would be advanced on June 1 to those prevalent before the 10 per cent reductions of 1907. The increase is said to be due to the recent advance in wages paid to employes. It will not affect the suburban service. Records now published show that the number of accidents since the pay- as-you-enter cars were put into opera- tion on the Chicago Rapid Transit System about two years ago , have de- creased 31 per cent. This is due to the fact that the new system requires that the car shall not be started till all passengers are aboard. At the same time the receipts of the Chicago system have increased 4 % per cen , . and , allowing one-third ! of this for in- creased traffic , there still remains to the company a gain amounting to $1- 000 a day. . Several more railroads have joinerl the procession of those which had granted better wage scales to employ- es , and the largest of the independent steel companies of Pittsburg have fol- lowed the example of the steel trust by volunteering a 6 per cent increase. Trolley companies in many cities have agreed to pay 10 per cent more , and the Postal Telegraph and Cable Com- pany gives notice of advances of from 5 to 25 per cent. At the same time the railroads of the Middle West have given notice of coming advances of freight and passenger charges , the former averaging 18 per cent. Soft coal miners in Central Pennsylvania and in Pittsburg district have received an addition of 51/ per cent and have gone to work. The Pressed Steel Car strike at McKees : Rocks , Pa. , ended without material results. , . .
