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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 28, 1910)
- I'M ' . i l . , . ' :00 , s : ' ' ' , - . t i < .i j I _ ' . Q . ' The Valentine : Democral ° j VALENTINE , NEB. PI 1 I. M. RICE , - - - Publisher. - Keep In the shade. but nut shady. . . . . . These are busy days for elpotrlc and k base ball fans. / . It will be difficult to make a fool- 1 proof automobile. 1 ; . . - ! The man-birds are beating the other : r birds in their own specialty. Halley's comet and Theodore Roose velt are now retired from the spot light t I In the economy of modern civiliza tlon the fly has no place. Swat 'him , I -and swat to kill ! II I IIII " Does any one remember the . big j snowstorm of last winter and the fear- ' , ; iul oaths that were uttered then ? , Ii i I I Aviators now get $10,000 a day , but 'I ' the prospect is that their wages will t ! be cut down at least ten per r.ent. ! I I I The man-bird who sees his supply of gasoline running low becomes a E subject of ridicule to the other birds. , 'I' ' ' ' That Texas man who has adopted ! dollar bills as his calling cards will . . . I i ! I . - probably find the folks at home at any II ) i I time. I ! I . 'I' ' ' \I j ; ' The back-to-the-farm movement is : ; 'I ' 'Very popular with those who could not i go if they would and would not go if I 'f , ' I [ I ' they could. I i II { In hot weather , too , the iceman has , ! an exasperating habit of failing to : J I f j see the card placed conspicuously in : i your front window. " I * , , The sultan of Sulu will visit the I r : "United States , bringing $250,000 worth I of : pearls. He'd better bring a body- : guard , while he's about it. I I Showers of sandbags and monkey : wrenches will mark the course of avia- , tion. The pedestrian suffers at every turn from every innovation. Reckless aeroplanists may yet run down innocent automobilists leaving # them helpless and bleeding on the road. The world do move. t While it may be cruelty to mi crobes the human society announces that there will be no prosecutions against bakers who wrap their bread. I ; Correspondent asks anxiously why . so many weddings take place in June. t 9I' ' k Because ! : in this season the contracting parties aren't so likely to have cold feet. I That was a Solomon of a market reporter who stated that eggs have 1 receded one cent a pound. He neg- " lected to say how much sugar was a I dozen. c New York makes It unlawful to I catch more than ten pounds of trout $ in one day. This is farcical. Who could catch 48 trout in New York in one day ? fI I f In the Interest of public health , those who are determined to make way with themselves are requested to 4 keep out of the lakes that supply the I people with drinking water. . The queen of Bulgaria asked for a cigarette and the French ambassador didn't have a single one In the house. Being a diplomat , he restrained him- self from offering her a nice five-cent cigar. A society has been formed In New York which proposes to reform the calendar. We trust it will be able to prevent February and May from trading places up In this section of the country. A steamship which Is to be nearly 900 feet long has been launche in Germany. Owing to the fact that It Is not to be a war ship it will not be necessary for England to hasten to launch a larger one. A Milwaukee woman is to get a be- quest of $100,000 if she marries , and only the interest from that sum If I she remains a spinster. Her decision may depend a good deal on the rate of Interest the money is drawing. A Tibetan hootookatoo , who was be headed by mistake three years ago , Is to be reincarnated by Chinese im perial decree. That Is easy as falling , off a log when you know how. They Just take an Innocent baby and ap point it to fill the vacancy. A Milwaukee girl , according to the terms of her mother's wil , is to get $100,00i provided she wins a husband. Of course , that Is a terrible handicap , I but she may be able to find some fearless young man who will assume the responsibilities of wealth for her sake. A hotel porter ' at Helena , Mont. , found a quarter and laughed so hard over it that he died. If it had been a " ' " would have "tip" he probably grum bled because it was so little. The south has resented the Intima tion that the hookworm disease Is ex- t ceptionally prevalent in that section and practically unknown in the north. Now that a pronounced case of hook worm ailment has been found in Phils . adelphia some of the southerners will e be Inclined to Indulge in "I told you , h I so" comment iftj i tj f1 - - . . . . . - . - " - ' : " - ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' - = . . . ; - - . _ - Ii { , . . . , . - . , ; . - . : . . , " . . . . . . ; : ' ' ' ' ' ' , - ' ' } . > 16,000 , RAILROADO t GO OUT _ STRIKE ON GRAND TRUNK SYS TEM TIES UP FREIGHT. , - - Passenger Service Is Congested-Milk Famine Threatens Montreal- . Strikers Are Orderly. : Montreal. was estimated Tues- ! ay that 16,000 men were out of em ployment as a result cf the strike of employes of the Grand Trunk railroad system which went into effect Monday night. The strike , order was obeyed by 6,000 conductors and trainmen and the company Tuesday locked out 10,000 men in the shops in the hope that they would accept the positions deserted by the conductors and trainmen. The coup has not been successful. Freight and passenger traffic on the entire Grand Trunk system is congest ed. Freight is piling up in immense quantities at the various transfer points , with no likelihood of being moved for a long time. A few trains were run by minor of- ficials of the road , with office clerks to take the tickets , but this method has proven a failure. Passengers will not purchase tickets because of the in- ability of the company to guarantee a through trip to any point. A milk famine is threatened in Mon treal by reason of the company's fai ure to deliver any part of the usua supply of that commodity from out- lying points. Also there is a marked scarcity cf other necessities USUa transported by the railroad. There was nothing approaching dis order among the strikers at any point along the system , excepting in one in- stance , in which a brakeman on a Grand Trunk train at Flint , Mich. , was attacked by the strikers and saved by ; his mother , who shamed the strikers into retreat. Toronto , Ont.-The second day of the strike on the Grand Trunk has been uneventful throughout Ontario. Through passenger trains are running fairly on time. A few locals have been abandoned. No attempt is be- ing made to move freight. The freight situation in this city is indeed serious. The yards and sidings are congested with cars. The ice companies are suffering and much perishable freight is being ruined. But stories that the city is undergoing a milk famine and soon would suffer foi want of meat are unfounded. Cleveland , O. - "There will absolute- ly be no quarter given in the fight be tween the Canadian trainmen and the Grand Trunk and Vermont railways , " said President W. G. Lee of the Broth- erhood of Railroad Trainmen , on his return to this city. "The Brotherhood of Railroad Train men and the Order of Railway Con ductors will back the strikers to their last penny. "The strikers will hold out for the same terms granted by the Baltimore & Ohio , and which every other rail- road excepting the Grand Trunk an < ? the Vermont has accepted. " P GOV. CARROLL , IS INDICTED Grand Jury Returns Bill Charging Iowa's Chief Executive With Criminal Libel. Des Moines.-Gov. , B. F. Carroll was Indicted Wednesday by the Polk coun ty grand jury here on the charge of criminal libel preferred aaginst him by John Cownie , former member of the state board of control , whom the governor forced to resign under charges of misconduct preferred in affidavits by girl Inmates ; of the Girls' Reform school at Mitchellville. After his resignation Cownie de- clared he was forced to resign with- out justifiable cause and Governor Carroll issued a published statement in which he set forth the claim that Cownie ! had sold diseased cattle be- longing to the state and had conducted himself unbecomingly among the girls at Mitchellville. The governor was released on his own recognizance and will demand an Immediate trial. His effort will be to prove the truth of his statements and show justification for publishing them. Under the Iowa statute the penalty upon conviction Is imprison- ment in the penitentiary not to ex- ceed : one year or a . fine not to exceed 1000. REPORT CRIPPEN IN CANADA Liner Steward Declares Alleged Wife Slayer Reaches Montreal on Steamer Megantic. Montreal , Que.-Positlve statements that Doctor Crippen , the London mur- derer , sought by Scotland Yard , ar- rIved here Sunday on the White Star Dominion liner Megantic was made Monday by H. J. Airress , saloon stew- a.rd of this ship , who is corroborated by two other stewards. The actions and appearance of a passenger who was attended at table by Airress and accompanied by a . woman registered only as "Carruth- ers , " seemed suspicious to the stew- rd. rd.The The police believe Crippen has left ontreal [ for American soil. Woman Killed in Kansas City. Kansas City , MO.-Miss Bessie CoX venty-seven years od , was struck ( hursday by a speeding automobile ] [ iven by a negro at Eighth and The 1 Paseo , and received injuries from 1 hich she died two hours later. e ] Goes Crazy Over Airships. New York.-As a result of 12 years' tudy of the problem of aviation Rob- ert , J. McKinley , a Brooklyn inventor , 1 has become mentally unbalanced ana I s confined in a hospital for observa- ( [ on > and treatment. 1 . J - , = . , - - - ' : : ' ' : - : - - - - . . : . - . - . : , " 7--- - - - - = - - - " . . . - - - - ; ; ; . = " " . . . : _ - - - - _ , : . _ . - , 4 , . . , . , . ' " - - . " - " ; " : . . , _ . ' ' ' _ . , . I THE EMBARRASSMENTS OF AIR-LINE TRAVEL : : I J . . , ' - J l- ' c CaC k4 _ YoURFpRE ey oR PEI. PUT . , _ - I .l -7 - : J i ta. . , . th , w std } i'AS , f' / ' . The Fareless Passenger. . . . . . . . . , . . . . . , . . . . . ' " - - - - - - - - - - NMMIHNNNNHH11.rY - - - - - DID BAWH COMMIT SUICIDE ? DETECTIVES SAY RAIL PRESI- DENT WAS NOT MURDERED. Believe Monon Head Killed Himself- Family Clings to Theory of ' Assassination. Chicago , July 22.-That Ira G. Rawn , president of the Monon road , came to his death by a bullet fired from a revolver in his own hands is the conclusion of Herman Schuettler , acting chief of police and the police of Chicago have dropped the investiga- tion into Mr. Rawn's death , firmly be- lieving that he committed suicide. Acting Chief Schuettler announced his decision after a long conference with the detectives who had investi- gated the Winnetka tragedy. All the details of the tragedy point to suicide according to the detectives. It is thought that Mr. Rawn commit- ted suicide rather than face the im- pending and inevitable revelation of bis connection with the $1,500,000 frauds perpetrated on the Illinois Cen- tral railroad while he was its vice- president. This is the theory of both the police who investigated the case and of those most familiar with Mr. Rawn's Illinois Central record. The latter , from their definite knowledge of the facts and cir- cumstances attending the railroad's graft losses , furnish the motive - fear of a collapse from wealth and a re- spected position and of probable prose- cution and conviction. The police , from their investigation of the shooting , so far as the reticent relatives have permitted that investi- gation to go , negative all theories of murder by a burglar , a hired assassin , or a private enemy-in fact , all theo- rIes but that of suicide. Despite the withdrawal of the Chi- cago police , the private detectives em- ployed by the Rawn family continued their investigation and steadfastly de- clared that Mr. Rawn was killed by a burglar. The private detectives have nothing new on the murder theory , according to Ralph G. Coburn , a son-in-law of the dead man. "We have heard nothing new and there is nothing further to be said , " answered Mr. Coburn. Mr. Rawn's funeral was held this afternoon. BLAZE IN JOLIET PRISON . Shirt Factory Is Destroyed With Loss of $25,000 - Convicts Create No Disorder. Jollet , 111. - Fire that broke out in the shirt factory at the Illinois state prison here totally destroyed the building and equipment , causing a damage estimated at $25,000. Crossed electric wires Is assigned as the cause of the conflagration. The volunteer fire department composed of "trus- ties" failed to check the flames and the Joliet city department was called. Guards were dispatched through the corridors at the out-start to allay the fears ! of the convicts and there was no disorder. IOWA COLLEGE TO BE SOLD Des Moines Presbyterians to Acquire Highland Park Institution and Turn It Into Technical Scfi ool. Des Moines Negotiations have practically been completed whereby Highland : Park college of this city will [ lass under the control of the Des Moines Presbytery. It is under- stood that the consideration is $200 000. Cyclone Sweeps Over Sweden. Stockholm , Sweden.-Central Swe- len was visited Thursday by a cyclone. No lives were lost , but there was inch damage to property. : Many farm ouses and factories were unroofed , specially in and about the city of E skilstuna. Death in Car Wreck. . In head-on col- Boise , Idaho.-In a - - slon between cars on the Boise & iterurban railroad near Boise Thurs- lay Motorman William Earwood was Illed and four passengers hurt. PLOT TO KILL 'AMERICANS Three Moro Outlaws Are Slain and Five Wounded In Fu- silade. Manila. - Dean C. Worcester. Ameri- can secretary of Interior for the Philip pines , was set upon by renegade Moros , on the Island of Palawan Mon1 day and escaped assassination only through the alertness of his body- ' guard , who shot down the outlaws , killing three of them outright. ( Secretary Worcester was touring the island , which is the most westerly t of the larger Philippine group , boundI I ing the Sulu sea on the we t , and was present at the installation of the new governor. In anticipation of his coming a band of Moros planned his death. Armed with bolos carefully con- cealed , they laid a trap for the secre- tary , who suddenly found himself the object of a savage rush. Captain Moynihan of the scouts was the first to recognize the hostile move ment and just in the nick of time he ordered the scouts to fire. At the fusillade three Moros who led the attack dropped dead in their tracks , while several others doubled up with more or less severe wounds. The rest of them took to their heels. , AIRSHIP HIT BY LIGHTNING 1 Spectacular Exhibition Is Witnessed Near Barcelona as Flyer Ehrmann Miraculously Escapes. t - Barcelona. - While he was making 2 cross-country flight , Aviator Ehrmann's s aeroplane was struck by lightning and fell blazing to the ground. The avia tor escaped uninjured , which Is re f garded as almost miraculous. There has never been a more start ling aerial exhibition than that which of Ehrmann unwillingly afforded , and those who witnessed it could hardly believe their eyes when the airman emerged from the singed framework a none the worse for his experience. 1. : He was sailing along at a moderate tJ height when he got in the path of a skybolt. Instantly the aeroplane was of enveloped in flames , its canvas wings B shriveled up , and clinging to the skele- ton of his craft Ehrmann came down 7 with a thud. JEWS DRIVEN OUT OF KIEV ' Expulsion by Russia of Israelites at Rate of 45 Individuals Each Day. Kiev , Russia. - The expulsion of a ! II Jews from Kiev continues at the rate of 45 Individuals a day. From July 4 fl until July 15 497 were expelled by II what is known an the second method -that is , they were forced actually to rj leave town. During the same period t , L.121 persons were expelled by the it t first method , which , in effect , is a U warnIng for their departure , but pert1 mits them time for a settlement of pri- vate affairs. In the majority of cases i ie the latter method proved ineffectual , fi is the Jews in that category are prone f1 to return to Kiev after temporary ab- sence. is : During the 12 days mentioned there Ii were 165 expulsions from Solomenka IiB and 151 from Demieffka. B Boj oj Accused of Slaying Sister. n , Wayne , Neb. - William Flege was ar- 0 rested Wednesday on a charge of murfI his sister Miss Louise Flege. Lering , Si ( Vllllam Eichencamp , aged eighteen , a a hired hand on the Flege farm , is also bl nder : arrrest. He told the sheriff that lege wished to marry Miss Ida Hen- bl ricks , who lives on an adjoining w : arm. ; t t New Judge In Brown Case. Chicago.-Judge Kersteu will pre- ide over the retrial of Representative OJ f OJC Lee C O'Neil Browne , which will begin cc ( lr the criminal court Monday , August tl tloi l. This was agreed Wednesday by oi Itate's Attorney Wayman and the at. it itbe arneys : for the defense. be orest : Fires Destroy Lumber Towns. Winnipeg , an.-It is reported that affray , Three Forks and Bayness ; tli tlias Lake , mining and lumber towns in the as loan district , have been destroyed by de irest : firea bi x : ' = - - _ , - - _ . , - - - - - - - " . . . I BLAST I KILLS ELEVEN ! FATAL ACCIDENT OCCURS DURINC TARGET PRACTISE AT 'FORTRESS MONROE. FAMILIES SEE MEN SLAIF " JVrtillerymen Are Horribly Mangled When Breach Block of Big Gun Ex. plodes-Board of'lnquiry Is Invest ! gating Disaste'r. " Fortress Monroe , Va. - As a result of the explosion of the breach block In a 12-inch gun without warning at the fort Thursday 11 men are dead and eight others are injured. Whether the accident was due tc faulty mechanism in the gun , or negli gence upon the part of the men whc were hurled into eternity is to be de termined by a board of inquiry whicfc is still investigating the dreadful af fair , The killed : First Sergeant Harry G. Hess. Corporal Charles C. Atkins. Corporal Albert Bradford. Private Roy Duffey. Private Cleve N. King. Private Alfred W. Smith. Private ; James H. Turner. Private Arlie Adey. Private Andrew J. Sullivan. Private J. E. Hogan. The only man seriously wounded vas Second Lieut. George L. Van Dusen , U. S. A. , who had a leg broken and sustained painful burns and bruises. Five men were slightly though very paInfully hurt. Target practise had been in progress inly a few minutes when the accident lappened. Naval tugs , towing targets which represented a "hostile" fleet rying : to pass Fort Monroe to reach rashlngton , had just appeared in ight and all of the batteries had ipened fire. The fire was very effective during he few minutes and the targets were adly > battered , but when the explosion ccurrd interest in the mimic battle , ras lost. Colonel Townsley , commandant of the : fort , said that he did not know ; whether the mechanism of the gun ras , at fault or whether the accident ras ; due to the carelessness of the len around the gun. Colonel Townsley stated that the hell is still in the gun and that only ne breach was blown away. The rhole breach block was blown away nd was carried some distance by the rce of the explosion of the 300 ounds of high explosive. The rojectile was left in the gun and ex- spting : the breech block the gun was not damaged. The men and the gun were in a concrete pit about fifty by fifty [ feet and the whole effect of the giant charge-took effect In that small nclosure. The men were torn to , leces , arms , legs and heads being mattered in all directions , some of hem going into the waters of the oads and other parts of tb < 5 land ide. All the men close to the reech end of the gun were either tiled : or wounded. The powder which orms the charges for the 12-inch guns : is made up into pyramids with Dies pierced through them. Several , f : these pyramids were scattered ound . in the pit unconsumed and the Dies were filled with blood. Many of the dead were so burned nd mangled that they had to be iden- Bed [ by the shreds of bloody clothing tat were left on the pieces dt bodies. The wives and children of several f ! the men killed were present and aw them meet a terrible death. ' DO HEMMED IN BY FLAMES ' jwns of Bloomville and Helnemann , WIs. , Menaced by Forest Fires- Railroad Tracks Burned. Merrill , Wis.-Seven hundred per- ons of Bloomville and Heinemann sre hemmed in Thursday by forest fires at the former town with seem- Bly no means of escape. The fires have destroyed the rail- ad tracks for some distance be- ween Bloomville and Merrill , making ; impossible for the inhabitants of the doomed village to seek refuge in h at direction. hThe The situation at Bloomville is crit- al. The 400 homeless of Heinemann ced ed to that village only to be con- ' mted by a similar peril. Gleason , north of Bloomville , Is Jlated by the fire , and it has been possible to get word from the vil- IQ for many hours. This leaves oomville with its 550 persons cut if [ ' on every side. With the population early tripled , the question of feeding he people is a serious one. Reports 'om Bloomville tell of the flight of ares of people , some going on foot Ild others in wagons. The loss in ildings is over $200,000. Several farmers' families have not een accounted for. Fields which ere about to be thrashed and live , ick and buildings were abandoned. Estimate 2,100,000 In Chicago. Chicago. - Children to the number 814,115 now living in Chicago ac- > ding to the school census report hat was made Thursday to the board , education , represented families that is estimated have 2,100.000 mem- ers all told. Burned by Mischievous Soys. Mttsburg , Pa.-Robert Finley is in he i hospital , painfully burned. He fell ileep on a bench in East park Thiirs- tY , and mischievous beys threw a ning newspaper -under ! him. \ .coo. . : - - - - - - - = . : . = : . ' " * " = _ . . , ' ; . : : . _ : : _ . , . - " . . - . . - . ' " . . . ( ' . . . . " . ; . . . 1 . rri rJ- r Prohibitionists Put Up Tic ct. The prohibition party which It was supposed would not put up a : .1tC- ticket this fall in consider : tion of the . scrap in the two old parties over county option , is now in the race with nominees for governor , Ueucnant I : governor and state treasurer. George Wright [ of Otoe county filed for gov ernor and Samuel Lichty of Fr.lls ; City . filed as a candidate for lieutenant gov ernor and Albert Fitch of Central City for state treasurer. Several drys ago T. M. Birmingham of Fender filed as- a prohibition candidate for United- : State senator. Later he presented pe titions from twenty-five republicans : and twenty-five : populists so his name will go on three tickets as a candidate for the place that Hitchcock and Met- : calfe are striving for. John D. Stod- dard of Republican City has filed as a , prohibition candidate in the Fifth dis- ; trict. It has been customary for the pro-1 hibitionists to have a full state ticket in the field , but this year it was gen erally thought the party would stay out of the fight in order not to em- ) arrass candidates of either of the ' ild parties who may stand for county option. The filling of prohibition can- didates is considered proof that the- men who filed in the name of the par- ty do not propose to wait on any of , the old parties to take a stand oa ! county option. Raising the Dues. Raising the scale of dues paid b } , members was the means adopted by the Nebraska postmasters' associations at Lincoln last week to take care of a threatened $200 deficit in its treas- ury. Officers of the association laid : before the convention at its final ses- sion the fact that expenses had been. so heavy as to make necessary some * provision for increasing the income in ! future. The method proposed for do- ing this was to abolish the old flat rate of $1 annual dues for all postmas- ters of whatever grade , with 50 cents- " - added for initiation fee , and substi- ' , tute a sliding scale. After a lengthy- " " - discussion the dues were fixed as fol- . , : - . lows : . For postmasters of first class offices , $10 ; second class , $5 ; third class , $2 ; . fourth class , $1. , Ogallala to Have Depot. 'Edson ' Rich , attorney for the Union- Pacific Railroad company , met Mayor Harris of Ogallala and Mr. Holloway of that town the compainant in a de- pot case , and together with the mem bers of the railway commission a stip- ' ulation has been agreed upon. The ; complaint asks that a new depot be- ' built at Ogallala. .The railroad at- torney agreed to recommend an appro- : , - ' / priation for a new depot the amount , ' ' ' to be incorporated in the company's * / budget for 19li , and to file plans for < the proposed building with the com- mission by July 1 , 1911. If the rail- road officials do not provide funds for- the building it is agreed that the rail way commission shall order the com pany to build Will Exhibit a Battleship. . The naval department will exhibit : a $30,000 model battleship at the Ne-j braska state fair , according to ad- | vices received from the department ojj Captain Clark. The model will be ! of the Nebraska type and will be su perior to the exhibit which the navy- had last year. The recruiting officer built a wooden model for the boot , last fall and the exhibit attracted gen eral attention on . the grounds. Th i department distributes souvenirs to visitors illustrating the service. Lie - | tenant Commander Wettingel of Om 1 aha has assurred Captain Clark that ; the costly model would be sent here > I in plenty of time. Big Semaphore Plant. One of the largest semaphore plants in the entire west is now being built in the Burlington yards. It will be al ! 120-lever machine , housed in a larg ; \ brick building protecting Burlington yard tracks and the Union Pacific crossing. 'It will require about thre- months to complete the plant and * , When done It will cost between fiftj ? and sixty thousand dollars. I City of the First Class. North Platte , according to the celbl : , , sus recently taken under the supervi sion of the mayor and the city council- is now a city of the first class , having ; a population of 5146. A proclamation : naming North Platte as a city of the' first class will be issued within a dayj- or so from the governor's office. , State Food Commissioner S. ! , , _ Mains : has notified the National Bis - - cuit company that after August 1 its' ' f customers in Nebraska must obey the ? law. -1' Visit the Havelock Shops. Delegates to the ' postmasters' con- , vention paid a visit to the Havelock : shops of the Burlington. They were ; escorted through the big plant by of-i . ficials of the Burlington , ) 'lavorj ! , HInkle , Postmaster A. A. Hayers andt 1 other Havelock officials. " ' -.J Many of the visiting delegates at , 1 tended the reception given by the- , , Commercial club at the II ' city auditor- , him. They were made to feel that the people of Lincoln enjoy their com ; . ing and would like to see them corns' * again - i - - - - - - . * . I . t k5