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x - = - - - rte ; f a i I ' t F , J The Valentine Democrat t . . . VALENTINE , NEB. I. M. RICE , - - - Publisher. . - DEATH Of DOLLIVER H - - SENIOR IOWA SINATOR CLOSES . . . . LIFE AT FORT DODGE LAST * . SATUFIDAY. - / 6 EXPIRES SITTING IN A CHAIR It . - , r Physician at Work With Stethoscope ' Examining Patient's Heart When It Ceases to Record Beats-Had Been Outdoors During Day. Fort Dodge , lo. - Senator Dolliver died Saturday ; evening at 7:30 o'clock , of dilation of the heart. While Dr. E. M. Van Patten , a consulting physician , : , . ' was testing Dolliver's heart with a stethoscope as the senator sat in a chair , the heart suddenly stopped beat ing. The physician shook his steth- . ' oscope and thought it was not work ing. Then he looked into the states man's face and saw his eyes staring , , off into space. Mrs. Dolliver had just \ stepped into the door of the room to .speak to her little son George when death came. The physician told her simply that her husband was dead. Not a tremor of the body marked the passing away of one of the greatest present } day statesmen of America. He had just finished a recital of his physical } condition during the lay , in saying he.had not been feeling as well as usual , and th6 physician with his stetlfoscope had counted fourteen reg ular strokes of the heart and had told ' ' the senator. "That's good : , the most : , I've been able to get is seven. " Two more beats of the herat and two very . faint 'ones again and Dolliver was dead. . Dolliver the past week had suffered from regurgitation : of the blood ] through the valves of the heart back i Mnto the lungs causing labored breathing and bleeding at the mouth and nose. ANOTHER FEAT IN AVIATION . French Dirigible Sails From Com- piegne to London , Eclipsing Run . of Fast Trains. London-Another chapter was added when the French dirigible balloon , I Clement-Bayard made the'voyage from l ! Compeigne to London in the remark- (1 ( able time of six hours , a journey re , quiring seven hours by the fastest ex- ' press trains and boats. Compeigne is about 195 miles by air'route to Lon don. don.It was the first occasion on which a dirigible balloon has crossed the Eng . lish channel. The over-water route required forty-five minutes. I . Canadian Trains Collide. North Bay , Ont. - In a headon col ] - lision between the Imperial limited , J westbound , and a stock train at Gene- va , six miles west of Cartier , on the Canadian Pacific , three men of the crew were killed. The accident was due to the engineer of the limited over- ' looking orders. r Beef Trust Cases. Chicago.-Judge Landis in the United States district court has set November 14 as the date for the trial , . of the "beef trust" cases. Deputy United States marshals finished 'the ' work of serving 100 subpoenas for wit- nesses who will be put on the stand by the government. . . , Denver Strike Continues. Denver , Colo.-The strike called Sat- urday night by the union pressmen on three Denver newspapers continued Sunday. The two week-day morning Capers involved are issued by assis tance of their foremen , Who did noi go out. Killed By Lightnning. Zanesville , O. - Mrs. Emma Johns of Norwich was instantly killed by light- ning Sunday _ evening. The bolt -pan . the length of her body and burned off both shoes , without injuring the re mainder of her clothing. to Thirty Bodies ' " Recovered. Starkville , Colo. - Thirty bodies have now been removed from the Starkville mine , it was reported today. Many now being brought out can never be identified. Twenty-five bodies are still in the mine and , according to the rescuers , have not yet been located. Sioux City Live Stock Market. " . Saturday's quotations Sioux Cit-Saturday's - on the Sioux City live stock market /follow : Top beeves , $5.50. Top hogs , ' ' 8.77. - ' : . , . is . ; To Abolish House of Peart. . ljishon-Decrees were issue/S Mon- day morning abolishing the house of peers , the council of state and the titles of nobility , banishing th' Bra- ganza dynasty , and secularizing ohari- : 'table Institutions. Gypsum Mills Burned. Albaster , Mich.-The mills , dcf and warehouse of the United States G 'p- sum company burned to the grou : / d at p. an estimated loss of more than $400.- " 000. . ! _ ! ! ! ! - - - - : : - - - : : : - - - . " - - - " - - - - , BIG CUSTOMS FRAUD [ , MEMBERS OF NEW YORK ART FIRM HELD FOR SWINDLING UNITED STATES. . . , STORE RAIDED , GOODS SEIZED ( Alleged Government Has Been foi Years Systematically Cheated Out 'of Millions by Importing Concern -Millionaires Among Customers. New York. - Charged with systemat ically swindling the United States oul of millions of dollars of customs du ties , Benjamin J. Duveen , one of the resident managers of Duveen Broth ers , No. 302 Fifth avenue , the great est art dealers and importers in the United States , was arrested Thurs day on a bench warrant by federal officers. Other members of the firm are also involved. trenry Duveen , his uncle , was ar rested upon his arrival in New York on the Cunarder Lusitania. Duveen was released on bail of $50,000 tor ex amination before United States Com . missioner Shields. United States Dis trict Attorney Wise and Assistant Dis trict Attorney Wemple asked that the prisoners' bail be fixed a $100,000 , declaring that the frauds of which the wealth art deaier Is accused had been systematically practised for a long period of years and that the results of their operations in cheat ing the government were appalling. Duveen Brothers for many years have numbered among their custom ers nearly all the millionaire art col lectors in the United States. The firm was established in New York 32 years ago. The parent houses are in London and Paris. Joel J. Duveen , who c\ established the house in New York , died only two years ago whise visiting Paris. Scarcely ' a big man sion in Fifth avenue is" without some work of art brought to the United States by the New York house. Among their largest and best-known custom ers are J. Pierpont Morgan , Otto H. Kahn , and Mrs. Collis Huntington . They make a specialty of antiques. Other members of the firm whose names were included in the warrant of arrest are Joel J. Jr. , Joseph A. and Louis J. The arrest of Benjamin Duveen was made after a sensational raid of the famous store by six United States officers. Hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of art works were seized and carted off to the custom house , where they will tye \ kept until the case is finally disposed of. MAKES PLEA FOR BEVERIDGE Roosevelt Plunges Into Indiana Cam. paign and Tells People Why Sen- ator Should Be Returned. Indianapolis , Ind.-Theodore Roose- velt plunged into the Indiana cam- paign Thursday with a trip across the state , in which he made a vigorous plea for votes to send United States Senator Albert J. Beveridge back to the ; senate. The last speech of the day from the balcony of the Hotel English here was delivered before a crowd of. 50,000 people. * From the time the colonel got on the back platform of his private car at Covington , just across the border line from Illinois , until he left Indianapolis he urged the throngs to elect the whole Republican state ticket so that a legislature would be put in that would support Beveridge. The ex-president went to the utmost lilmt in indorsing Beveridge. He gave him credit for having initiated ' the fight against the beef trust that re sulted in the passage of the pure rood law. Without the amendments put in that bill by Senator Beveridge , the col- onel insisted , there never would have been any pure food legislation passed * that was worth anything. . SMASH 3 WORLD'S RECORDS . . The Harvester , Aileen Wilson ana Joan Trot Sensational Races at Lexington Track. . - Lexington , Ky.-Three world's rec ords were smashed at the Kentucky Trotting Horse Breeders' association fall meeting here Thursday. The Har vester , driven by the veteran reins- man Ed. Geers , lowered the world's " , Lwo-mile record held by Cresceus from 1:17 to 4:15 : % , trotting the last quar- ter In the sensaticnal time of 31 % sec onds. Aileen Wilson , 2 : 02 % , a black mare by Arrow Wood owned by John W. Coakley , Boston , set a new record for pacing mares to wagon , negotiating ± Q distance In 2:041,2. In the Walnut Hall [ farm cup race , the four-year-old bay mare Joan , by DIrectum Spier , a-otted. the first heat In 2 : 05 % , setting a new record for the race , and the Jiird heat of the same event she trot- ed : the mile in 2 : 04 3-5 , making a world's record for a four-year-old of my sex. Hotel Burns ; Guests Ssf . Marksburg , O. - Several .persons vere ' ' badly hurt and property valued it b $40,000 destroyed in the fire which Thursday razed the Hotel Longfellow md the Schneider business block. A lumber of hotel guests barely escaped vith their lives. , - Ex-Gov. W. E. . Stan ley Dies. Wichita , Kan. - W. . Stanley , for- ner governor " of Kansas , is dead at ils ' home hero of hardening of the irtevies , from which he had suffered for four years. . . . " . . " . I . . . - - - " ' " ' - - - - " \ . . . . OBJECT , LESSON FOR YOUNG MONARCHS " i I r > - ' ' ' ' , . . " = ' ' - . . . " " : f ' . . . . . " . . ' 7 " , . ' : . . . .1'- .o' . > . ) : . , . . . . ' " . I " 7 o . : , , .l : . , , . : - - : \ . , < . ; - . " \ \ \ \ \ \ \ . > " " . J \ \ ) J7 I r2twrl ( . . l II I I r . " . . . . . 'lr . I'l' ' . - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - HEJNDREDSAE DEAU : EW SETTLERS IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA ARE BELIEVED TO HAVE ESCAPED. - - - - - - - SEVEN TOWNS OFF TH&-MAP 'i'i\ , . Fifty Miles of the Rainy i . Lake Coun- try a Mass of Fire-Martial Law for the Stricken District-Whole Families Are Destroyed. - Rainy River , Ont.-It was estimated Monday that at least 500 lives and $700,000,000 worth of property had been lost in the forest fires prevail- ing in this region. The tales of horrible suffering brought in Monday by refugees is al most beyond narration. Oscar John- . . . son , wife and three children stood five hours in the Baudette river duck- ing their heads when the heat became too intense. They say the water in the river was heated to an uncomfort able temperature and that steam rose from the surface. It will be some time before the loss of life is known even approximately , and in fact It may never be known. The residents of Rainy River , Ont. . are doing everything possible to as- sist the homeless residents of the two American towns. Poverty of the worst kind Is added to the woes of the throngs that flocked into International raIls and Rainy River. / There were hundreds of homes de stroyed in the territory , and as there are no roads In the district save for the trails through the bush , It is , feared that many lives have been lost that will not be reported for weeks. The state of Minnesota is sparing no expense to check the fire. The state fire warden is mustering every man he can procure , and he is in- structed to use every possible means at his command , regardless of cost. Rainy River , Ont.-Fire rangers throughout the forest fire territory be- tween this place and Warroad , Minn. , sent in reports Tuesday that 139 bodies had been located. Of these but 90 were recovered and only 60 have been identified. While fires can be seen to the east and southeast , their progress is not dangerous to human life. Fire rang- ers here complain that the heat of the surface and gases arising there- from prevent their proceeding far into the masses of charred tree limbs and burned underbrush. The air in the devastated district is still smoky and no further attempt I will be made to locate bodies until re-enforcements and relief are secured. Five nurses , a doctor , 50 cots and thousands of loaves of bread and thousands of pounds of meat have reached here from Winnipeg. The streets of Rainy River are be- ing patrolled by 60 armed guards un- der Fire Warden Hurst and national guardsmen ' from Bemidji , Minn. , guarded old Baudette. The funerals of 19 fire victims have been held here. The burned area is at least 36 miles wide and many of the settlers are new1 to the country and compara- tively unknown locally. Much of this land was thrown open to homestead entry this summer and many of the settlers have gone in far beyond the roads , where they had only a path to reach their place. It may be months before they are discovered , and some of them may never be found. Many bodies of fire victims have been robbed. This caused an order of "Shoot to kill , " which applied to all the burned \ district . Arrested for Mall Fraud. On a charge of using the mails in a scheme to defraud , H. Brooks , man ager of the Redeemable Investment company of Boston , a concern having capital stock amounting to $10,000,000 , was arrested. Negro Is Killed by a Mob. Montgomery , Ala. - Grant RIchard- son , colored , was lynched near Cen- treville Wednesday by a mob of white residents. He was being brought to Bibb county jail on ra charge of at- tacking a white " woman. . " ' ' f rct { 00 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 'M . GEIT POSTAGE NOW PROBABLE POSTMASTER GENERAL SHOWS ; RATE REDUCTION POSSIBLE. Says It Will Be Accomplished Without Curtailing Service in the . Slightest. Washington , Oct. 13.-That the post- office department will soon be self-sus taining and that penny ostage for first-class letters is a probability of the near future are statements made by Postmaster General Hitchcock. "Before the close of another fiscal year the federal postal establishment will become self-sustaining. This will be accomplished without curtailing in the slightest the service rendered or lessening : : in any respect its efficien cy. " " This was the statememade : by the postmaster general , in connection with the announcement that he had submit ted to the treasury department , five days in advance of the time fixed by law , bis estimates of appropriations for the post office department and the postal service during the fiscal year beginning on July 1. In private conversation heretofore Mr. Hitchcock' has indicated his belief that it may be possible within a year ar two , through the operation of plans tie had worked out , to place the postal service on a paying basis. BIG SUPREME COURT DOCKET Tobacco Trust , Standard 011 Corpora- tion Tax , and Other Cases of Great Significance. . Washington. \ - Owing to the Ill ness and deaths of the members of the : United States supreme court dur ing the past two years that august body , when it reassembled Monday , docket with im- found ' the piled high - portant cases which presaged a busy and important session. Although the tobacco trust , Stand ard Oil , railroad and the corporation tax cases are regarded as the'most important ones now before the Su- preme bench , there are a number of Dther cases of considerable national significance. One of the latter is the Driginal act of the state of Virginia against its next-door neighbor , West Virginia , In which several million dol- lars are involved as a result of the livision [ of Virginia in its original state. The suit consists of an at- tempt to' compel West Virginia ta shoulder part of the debt that existed in Virginia at the time of the division. There are two peonage cases ap pealed by the state of Florida ; the ap- peal of a number of railroads in the western territory in the suit brought jy them against the railroad commis- sion of Missouri ; three criminal cases brought by the United States on ac count of alleged violations of the pure oods : and drug act ; the appeal of the Jnited [ States from the United States circuit court for eastern Missouri in its suit against the Western Terminal issociatlon of St. Louis ; ; which Is cnown : as the Eads bridge monopoly ase ; and the libel suit of the United States against the Press Publishing ompany : of New York which grew out of articles printed in the New York SVorld about Theodore Roosevvelt , vho was then president ; William Nel- - son Cromwell and others In connec- ion with the sale of the Panama anal. The docket contains also a orrespondlng : case against the Indian- ipolis News. The tobacco trust and Standard Oil ases : are to be reargued and the clerk of the court has placed them on the locket for November without an ? lefinite date. Ship Sinks ; Seven Drovyned. Cuxhaven , Germany.-The fishing iteamer Senator Holthufen collided vith and sank the Swedish bark ) iana Thursday. Seven of the Diana's rew were drowned. The survivors , vere brought here by the steamer. Admiral Out for Office. Farmington , Conn.-Rear Admiral W. 8. Cowles ( retired ) , brother-in-law of former President Roosevelt , was lominated Thursday by the Repub- icans for representative ( , from this own in the general assembly. " . ; . , , . . . . - . . . - - - , , - 2' . . . , . . . . . , . .I FRANCE FEARS : FOOD FAMINE : / - - GREAT RAILROAD STRIKE IS PA RALYZING BUSINESS. . Labor Leaders Boast They Will Make Tie-Up Cqmplete - War : Measures Are Adopted. Paris.-The railroad strike has com pletely tied up the Northern , Eastern , , Western State and Paris , Lyons and Mediterranean lines , and the situation has assumed a most serious aspect The leaders of. nearly every class ol workingmen 'are threatening to call a general industrIal' ' strike that will par alize business in > every section of the country. , The electricians and the employes of the omnibus , metropolitan and sub way transportation lines of this city , Wednesday considered the advisabil ity of seizing this opportunity to launch a strike for the redress ol long-standing grievances. The situa tion throughout the republic is re garded as grave. The railway companies are ma . king a desperate struggle , to maintain : servico with the aid of military en gineers and men from the navy , but are meeting'with little success. The president of the grain syndi : cate said that the stock of' flour on ] the Paris market did not exceed 75- 000 quintals which is less than eieht : of days' supply for Paris. This does not Include the flour in bakers' hands , which , however is not large. The bulk of -meats , vegetables and fruits come in over the Western and Paris , Lyons and Mediterranean lines. " The National Railroad union , com prises only 100,000 of the total of 300,000 men employed in the railway ; service , but a large majority of the + nonunion men are participating in the + strike. . The government is adopting meas ures similar to those practised in time of war. " ' The calling of 30,000 of the strikers : for army reserve duty is not likely to have any Immediate effect on the situation , as the military code allows a man a delay of 15 days before re sponding to the call. The strike leaders boast that soon the tie-up will" be complete throughout the country. Premier Briand has is sued a public statement in which he denounced the strike as an insurrec tion , purely , built up on criminal : foundations. . The garrison of Paris has been rein forced by troops from the provinces and all the principal points along the railroads effected by the strike are guarded. Many telegraph wires were cut In cluding several connecting French points with London and Brussels. President Fallieres hurriedly re turned from his estate in the south and conferred with the ministers The problem of food looms ominously. Already the market is pinched. Enor- mous quantities of milk and fish en route from Normandy and Belgium are stalled at points along the North ern road. CJUR : BOOMERS IN CHICAGC , Governor Sanders of New Orleans ane : Party Are Entertained by Press Club. Chicago.-Chicago has been enter taining a lively party of boomers fron New Orleans , who are urging the Cres cent City's claims to the expositiqi that is to celebrate the completion o' the Panama Canal In 1915. In th party were Governor Sanders , Mayoi ) Behrman of New Orleans , C. H. Ellis president of the New Orleans Board of Trade ; M. : B. Trezevant , secretarj of the-New : Orleans Progressive Union and J. L. Wright , secretary of the World's Panama Exposition company Immediately after their arrival Mon day they were entertained at lunch eon by the Press club John C. Shaf fer retiring president of the club , presiding. In the evening they wert the : gues.ts of the Southern club al dinner ( at the Congress hotel. Tuesdaj Governor .Sanders addressed the National Grain Dealers' association , IE ] convention here , and Mr. Ellis ad : dressed the Board of Trade. ThE party was given a luncheon by th Cook County Real Estate board. DOLLIVER'S ) HEART AFFECTED Physicians Order Iowa Senator t * Take Complete Rest-Condition Serious But Not Critical. Fort Dodge la. - Physicians at tending Senator Jonathan P. Dol liver , who is confined to his bed , gaVE out a statement that his condition was due to stomach trouble which hac affected his heart. It - was admitted that his conditior is serious. Even his intimate friend are excluded from the ' sick room While his condition 'is not now re garded as critical his physicians havE ordered a complete . rest to prevent s : general physicai collapse whicl : threatens as a result of his arduous work during the last session of con gress. I . Jealous Iowa Farmer a Suicide. Des Moines , la. - Lee Wilson , a wealthy farmer living south of here , shot and killed himself Wednesday night after firing five shots into the body of Claude- Masters , a dairyman. Masters is dying in the hospital as a result of his injuries. Jealousy * s said to have been the cause. . 300.000 Attend Exposition. Knoxville. Tenn.-The Appalachian 9xpositioh cloEed Thursday after a month's run. Thrpc hundred thou . sand persons visited the ! exposition. . . . . . . " . ' , , ' . . , " " \ : { ; - ' ' ' ' 1 " . ' , .t' " . t. - A " . . . . _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ - . _ lAt' fut . . . .J _ . . ' . - . . . . . . . _ - _ . _ - - - . . J - ALL OVER NEBRASKA Second Crop of Strawberries. Johnson County-John P. Vlckroy of Tecumseh , is marketing strawber his ries. It Is the second crop from has a beds this year. Mr. Vickroy large berry patch and sold a great many berries from the same this spring. . * _ . .J . .Ji : -i Kearney Soldiers' Monument. Buffalo County-Elaborate prepara tions are being made for the cere monies that will accompany the un veiling of the soldiers' . and sailors' monument In Kearney : on the 27th of October. Several prominent men of the state will be present and deliver speeches. Nebraska Boy Heard From. Richardson County-William Mc- Bride , a former Stella boy , whose whereabouts has for many years been unknown to his relatives has turned up as the man who took the official photographs of the remains of Belle " < Elmore for the Scotland Yard detec . tives in London. St. Joe Man in Jail. Buffalo County-Roy Chadwick ot St. Joseph , Mo. , is in jail in Kearney charged by his wife with threatening to kill her because she would not come back and live with him. They have been separated for seventeen months , and the wife has been teach- ing school near Amherst. , , Crops in Cuming. Cuming County-Corn throughout this county is practically made and the major portion of the crop is be yond the reach of frost. The hay crop is exceedingly poor , the , lightest in years. Potatoes are a very light crop , one three-acre patch near the city , which promised well early in the season , produced only ten bushels. Had to Return Money. Nemeha County-A man appeared In Auburn recently soliciting funds for a church and the more he was questioned the less he would say. He had quite a list of recommendations , several of which proved to be fakes when the parties whose names were attached were called. He had $109 on his person when arrested. He was finally allowed to return the money he had collected in Auburn and take his departure. Beet Sugar Grind Begins. Hall County-The Grand Island fac- tory of the American Beet Sugar com- pany has begun the manufacture of sugar from the season's crop of beets. The tonnage is reported good and the sugar content of the beets is high er than for three years. There will be a long campaign , there being a good acreage this year. The com pany is already putting out contracts- for next year at the same terms- $5.00 per ton flat. Sneak Thief Gets $325. Dodge County-Checks and money _ _ _ . - to : the extent of $325 were taken from / tha residence of Joseph Snyder three / / miles east of Fremont , by a sneak- thief ; who entered the place while Mr. : / and Mrs. Snyder were milking the cows. Mr. Snyder had been in Free- + mont during the day to sell some grain and produce. He took the mon- ey home in a grip. While he was milking the grip disappeared. ° Private Soldier Decapitated. Douglas County-Either by acci dent in attempting to board a Mis- souri Pacific freight train upon which it is supposed he intended to beat his ( way to Fort Leavenworth , Kan. , or by committing suicide from some one of several reasons , R. G. Carrott , a soldier of Company K , of the engi- neer corps , was killed in Omaha Sat. urday night by a train at Fifteenth : and Pratt streets. Despondent Farmer Kills Self. Knox County Despondent over minor difficulties in which he had been involved , Jacob Reiners , a farm- er living ten miles southwest of CTreighton , committed suicide by hang- ing himself to his windmill. He had been dead for some time when found. Funeral of a Suicide. Colfax County-Joseph Cernin , whc committed suicide by throwing him self into a neighbor's well and then putting a bullet into his brain , was aid to rest in the Clarkson cemetery. Uernin ' was a young man of twenty- hree : and married. He lived on a farm ibout nine miles south of Clarkson L.ast week he was summoned for jury vork and was on the panel last Fri- lay at Schuyler , and at night returned lome without being excused. Cerain lid not understand English very well md the day's transactions were be- rond him and he decided he would lot serve longer. Friends explained to him what he had done and he romised to return Monday. It is bought he brooded over the matter md decided to take his life. . Corn is Good. Frontier County - Many farmers are ringing in samples of corn. It is all to i the good and will run from twenty to fifty bushels per acre. The recent ihowers have put the ground in ex * eilent : shape for winter wheat. - - Fairbruy Woman Suicides. Jfcfferson ' County r-Irs. Ella Picker- ' " . . " ng , wife of Ross Pickering , commit- .y- ed suicide at her home at Endicptt . , by hanging. ' She had been in poor lealth and had grieved constantly for , her 'rfIid } , whieS died last spring. 4 . . . . . . . .j' 1 " .o - . . . ,
