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The Valentine Democrat VALENTINE , NEB. I. M. RICE , - - - Publisher. r.NGGAGED BY MEXICAN TROOPS NEAR CHIHUAHUA CITY A\'D FORCED TO FLEE. PURSUED BY THE INFANTRY Chase is Later Abandoned in Order to Allow Federals to Care for their In- . .jured , Which Number Several. The Other Districts Tranquil. Ohihuahua , Mex. In au engagement near tnis city Sunday , which lasted from 9 o'clock in the morning until 2 o'clock in the afternoon , GOO federal troops routed a force of 400 Maderis- tas , driving them repeatedly from strong positions and compelling them to take to the mountains. The revolu tionists lost fifteen and many wounded. There were no fatanities on the fed eral side , but several , including three officers , were wounded. Gen. Navarro was in command of the federal troops. He left Chihuahua at 5 o'clock Sunday morning at the head of four squads of cavalry from the Thirteenth regiment. Near Fresno , twelve miles out , one of the squads of cavalry fell behind to guard the rear road. They were ambushed by the rebels , who opened fire from the hills on both sides of the highway. Cap't. Florentine Gavica Avith fifty troopers drove the enemy from their positions. He waited for a portion of the federals who had gone forward , to reinforce him before pursuing the in surrectionists. In the meantime the latter took a position on another hill a short distance away and prepared to resist an attack. Within half an hour Gen. Navarro reached the scene with his infantry and opened fire. Again the rebels re treated only to seek a new position , from which they were again dislodged At last they fortified themselves , be- liind a stone wall , where they made a determined stand. The firing was heavy and here the most of the loss of life occurred. BRAZIL CAPITAL QUIET. People of Rio Janeiro Delivered from Their Nightmare. Rio Janeiro , Brazil. The city awoke Sunday morning with a feeling of in expressible relief. The warships of the fleet were again in the hands of the government , which last Saturday eveniBg sent officers to take command. Trains from the interior brought back families whicb had fled in fear of the bombardment of the mutineers , and the newspapers rejoice that the people had been delivered from what the } ' de termined a nightmare. The mutineers did not lack for cer tain supplies , but had difficulty in se curing water and coal. The principal grevience , adjustment of which the men demanded , was the employment by the officers of a leather whip called "chibata"and the stories of the pun ishment inflicted upon the men as told in the newspapers show this to have been a veritable torture. Banker Under Arrest. Detroit , Mich. Milton R. Nock , 27 years old , a bank auditor , was arrested in Detroit OB a warrant charging him with violating the federal banking laws. Advice from there say that he is short between $8,000 and $9,000 in his accounts at the First National bank where he was employed until July 28 , 1909. Nock was living here with his wife. Wreck at a Switch. t Cincinnati. One man was killed , the b conductor probably fatally injured and six other passengers seriously hurt I when a southbound Glendale streetcar c car ran iato an open switch and over } turned. Charles Roesche was killed. There were about 100 on the car. rf Shoots and Kills Himself. rd Evansville , Ind. Capt. Simeon P. Gillette , former president of the Citi o zens National bank , of this city , who ii is under federal indictment for alleged iiIV mismanagement of the bank , shot and IVt IVa killed himself at his home in this city t Sunday. tl Banquet to Sailors. icP Brest. The municipality Sunday gave a banquet to 500 sailors of the b American and French warships now in si port. The men fraternized most cor ii dially. iifl. fl.is fl.C Sioux City Live Stock Market. is Sioux Cityla. . Saturday's quota IE tions on the local live stock market fc fcel follow : Top beeves , 4.5,25. Top hogs el eld $7,05. d Acquitted of Murder. Sheridan , Wyo. Mrs. C. D. Smith of Huelit , who was charged with kill ECm ing her husband by shooting him m through the heart with a rifle while a he lay asleep , has been acquitted in rzbi the district court of Crook county. " 1 Automobile Manager Killed. Yale , Mich. David Hunt , jr. , of De troit , manager of the E. M. F. Auto p mobile company , was killed near here R when automobile in which he an wa ? .w raiding overturned. .was MUTINOUS BRAZILIAN SAILORS CONTROL FOUR WARSHIPS AT RIO JANEIRO. DEMAND BETTER CONDITIONS Train Guns on Loyal Ships and Shell City Congress Meets to Consider Situation Granting of Amnesty Will End Trouble. Washington. The state department Thursday received a cablegram from American Consul Slechte at Rio de Janeiro that the crews on several Bra zilian war vessels had mutinied and were in control of the harbor. The Brazilian embassy received a cable message from the Brazilian for eign office which stated that in the opinion of the government the mutiny of the sailors on the ships of war was due entirely to personal grievances and therefore had no political aspect. The dispatch says the vessels in mutiny are the battleships Minas Geraes and Sao Paulo , the scout cruiser Bahia and the protected cruis er Floriano. All of the officers on the ships in mutiny were killed. Captain Neves , one of the victims , was on the Minas Geraes. He was not long ago in Washington as one of the delegates to attend the body of the late am bassador to Brazil. He was in line for early promotion. Rio Janeiro , Brazil. Congress was summoned into special session to deal with the tense situation rising from the mutiny on board two Brazilian warships. The two vessels in charge of the mutinous crews are anchored outside the bar awaiting action by the government. Additional details of the outbreak have been learned , though the censor ship Is strict. The men of two of the bigger warships turned on their su periors and in the fierce fight that ensued several officers were killed. The captain of the battleship Minas Gerner is reported among the dead. The guns were turned on the loyal ships and shells were turned into the city. When the fighting ceased the mutineers had gained complete con trol of the ships. It is officially stated that the revolt is not against the administration of President Fonseca , but the last re sort of the sailors in their attempt to secure better service conditions. They have demanded more pay and the abolition of corporal punishment. It is believed that if the mutineers are granted amnesty and the changes they demand the trouble will end. If adverse action is taken by congress the subsequent attitude of the men is .doubtful. - 'MADERO IS BADLY WOUNDED Report Is Made by Diaz's Commander th"e Rebel Leader Was Shot at Guerrero. Eagle Pass , Tex. The Mexican com mander in Ciudad Porfirio Diaz in formed Customs Collector R. W. Down that Francisco I. Madero , claimant of the presidency of Mexico , was badly wounded in a fight Thursday at Guer rero betwee1' his forces and 200 rurales and cavalry commanded by Colonel < Fuentes and Lieut. Nicanor Valdez. The Mexican commander stated that 1t his 1 advice- ; had come directly from a trustworthy citizen of Guerrero , who came in during the day. According to the report to Mr. Dowe , Madero led his force when fed eral troops engaged them. The en gagement was fierce for a time. Madero was seen to fall from his horse , but was carried to the rear and his force fell back. The federal troops are reported to have followed up their advantage , scattering the rebels , who took to the hills. The na ture of Madero's wounds are un known. Washington. From Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson at Mexico City came the report Thursday that the IV Mexican government already has com plete control of the revolution and from : consular agents in the field come reports of fighting between the sol diers of Diaz and Madero. G Secretary Knox admits that much a of the information received from the g interior of Mexico , especially from e Mexico City , is severely censored. He etl also conceded that much of the mat tln ter Ambassador Wilson is sending Si this government comes from the Mex ti ican authorities and is not a true re titc port.A . tcS A telegram received from the am bassador was to the effect that the situation is improving. He says he is informed by the foreign office that 3f fighting . continues at Parral and olcl Ciudad Guerrero , that the revolution clb ists have lost 14 men and the govern b ment forces had four men killed and A four wounded. The minister of for eign affairs declare that the remain S der < of the republic is quiet. si Deer Hunter Shoots Boy. Menominee , Mich. Walter Daniel- Eon , eight years old , was shot at Her- le mansville Wednesday in mistake for leF deer by an unknown hunter , who b : ran away , leaving the boy dying. The la boy is the third victim this year of of > "buck fever" in this state. oi di Bishop Named for Detroit. Washington. News reached the papal delegation here Thursday from Rome of the appointment of Rev. Edth , ward D. Kelly of Ann Arbor , Mich.i j 4C : auxiliary bishop of Detroit tL OLD MR. CORN CROP TO THE RESCUE GRANT FAVORS SYSTEM OF CON SCRIPTION TO RAISE MIL ITARY EFFICIENCY. SEES BENEFIT TO NATION General Declares Trained Reserve Force of 1,000,000 Men Is Needed Cites Germany as Proof Would Curb Mob Spirit. New York. In order to bring this country up to the military standard of the European powers Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant , commander of the department of the east , is in favor of Inaugurating a system of con scription in the United States. He thinks the plan would not in crease the army expense more than 50 per cent. , as there are sufficient 'bar ' racks and equipment now on hand to accommodate the new forces , and he believes the respect engendered for : law would put an end to mob out rages and lessen crime in America. "By increasing our army to 250- 000 , " General Grant said , "we could in a few years have among the people ple engaged in peaceful and gainful occupations 1,000,000 men trained to the military service. The present au thorized strength of our army is 100- 000 , but we have actually in the serv ice only about 85,000 men , because congress has refused to make the ap propriations needed. In the execution of his scheme , Gen eral Grant would divide the country into military districts and require each district to provide the enlarged army every year with a quota of re cruits to be determined by the mili tary authorities , based upon popula tion. "As I estimate it , such an increase In the size of the army would not in crease its cost 50 per cent. In round figures the present cost of the army is $123,000,000. The addition of 150- 000 men probably would not run the cost up to more than 5200,000,000 , " he said. PASTOR DANCES IN PULPIT Minister Takes Unique Way to Demon strate to Congregation Neces sity for Physical Culture. Wilkesbarre , Pa. , Nov. 23. Rev. George R. Flinn , pastor of the Protest ant Episcopal church here , did a song ( and dance in his pulpit for * the edification of the congregation. To the tune of "In the Good Old Sum mer Time , " the minister danced and sang to demonstrate to the congrega tion that they should pay attention to their physical as well as their spiritual ] welfare Ketchei's Body Is Exhumed. , Grand Rapids , Mich. The body Stanley Ketchel , middle-weight hampion , who was murdered near Springfield. Mo. , was exhumed by three brothers John , Leon and Alexander Ketchel. They explained they had heard Stanley was beaten to death and not shot. Wireless Across Continent. Vallejo , Cal. An exchange of wire- ess messages between Key West , c la. : . and Norfolk , Va. , was picked up n y Operator Bennish at the Mare Is- i and navy yard Tuesday. Every word f s. conversation between the two fI fk jperators on the Atlantic coast was I listinctly read. 1,000 Drowned ; 400 Barks Lost. Saigon , French Indo-China. One c housand persons were drowned and d :00 barks were lost during floods in 1 < 1fi he province of Quangugai in Annmm. fi MB MUMS OF STOCK FRAUDS ALL MEMBERS BURR BROTHERS' CONCERN UNDER ARREST. Fourth Man Is Found in Michigan and Fifth in Portland , Ore. Hitchcock Elated. New York. All members of the stock brokerage firm of Burr Brothers , Inc. , whose offices were raided by postoffice inspectors , are now in custody , C. Harry Tobey being placed under arrest at Bloomingdale , Mich. Frank H. Tobey , the vice-president of Burr Brothers , is a brother of C. Harry Tobey. With Shelton C. Burr , the president , and Eugene H. Burr , the secretary and treasurer , he is still in the Tombs , charged with using the mails to defraud. The fifth pris oner , E. W. Preston , Is under arrest at Portland , Ore. None of the prisoners has been able to secure bail. Tobey and Preston will be brought here for trial. C Harry Tobey , it is alleged by the pos ? office officials , is the head and brains of the Burr company. Every move made by the concern , they say , was by his direction. His interests here were looked after by his brother and between , it is said , they have In vested over a million dollars of their profits In western lands. Many pathetic scenes were wit nessed in and around the offices of the Burrs. The publicity given to the raid brought some fifty dupes , many of them women , hurrying to the Flatiron - iron building to see if they could save anything for themselves out of the wreck. Few of these were investors in Buick oil. Postmaster General Hitchcock was greatly elated over the success of the raid and said that it was only the be ginning of things. CRIPPEN DIES ON GALLOWS American Dentist Goes to His Death In London Prison Yard for Killing Wife. London. Doctor Hawley H. Crip- pen was hanged at 8:20 a. m. Wednes day for the murder of his wife , Belle Elmore Crippen. The execution took place in the court yard of the Penton- ville prison. The official hangman of England pulled the trap that sent Crip- pen into eternity. The prisoner , to all outward appearances , seemed resigned to his fate and walked bravely to his doom. Eighteen minutes after the trap fell the jury of four physicians pro nounced him dead. His neck had been broken. The death march started from his cell at 8:15 a. m. and'proceeded through the prison corridors to the gallow , which had been erected. As Crippen was led upon the scaffold , the hangman's aids removed the prisoner's collar. Before the noose was adjusted the chaplain of the prison administered the last rites of the church , at the conclusion of which the attendants adjusted the black cap and dropped the noose over the pris oner's head. An immense crowd gathered outside the prison courtyard early and eager ly awaited the news of Crippen'a death. The news of his execution war received without demonstration. Jury Divided on Killing. Dallas , Tex. The jury in the case of Mrs. Fannie L. Flanary , accused of murder , was discharged Thursdaybe ing : unable to agree after being out four days. Mrs. Flanary shot and killed her husband. Her defense was temporary insanity. Favors Irish Home Rule. London. Baron Loreburn , lord chancellor , while talking on the Lansdowne - downe resolutions in the house of lords Thursday , declared himself In favor of home rule for Ireland. SAYS HEW ta I cSHflT HEEDED EASTERN SHIP'ERS PRESENT THEIR SIDE OF'CONTROVERSY. Brandelo Declares Roads Can Add to Their Income by Scientific Management. Washington. The shippers had their innings in th e contest be fore the interstate commerce commis sion over the suspended proposed increases in freight rates on the east ern lines. Their contention is that the advances are not justified , and that the real solution of the problem lies in the introduction of scientific principles in management. Louis Brandeis , counsel for the traffic committee of the commercial organization of the Atlantic Seaboard , opened for the shippers by asserting that the proposed increase were neith er reasonable nor just. He declared that If the railroads need additional net income it should bs secured through greater efficiency and econ omy of operation instead of resorting to the dangerous expedient of raising freight rates. In instances where such need may appear it resulted , he said , not because rates are too low , but that the management has by reck less expansion , waste and inefficiency impaired the financial condition of the roads. Mr. Brandeis concluded by saying that burdens so arising should be borne by the stockholders and not by the shippers and consumers through increases in freight rates. ASOUITH ASSAILED BY WOMEN Premier Is Saved From Possible In jury at Hands of Suffragettes by Police. London , England. Premier Asquith has yielded to the importunities . of the suffragettes and in the house of commons announced that if he was still in power at the next ses sion of parliament the government would give facilities for the consid eration of a woman's franchise bill , so framed as to admit of free amend ment. Premier Asquith was later as saulted by suffragettes in the pre cincts of the house of commons and was saved from rough handling only by the prompt arrival of a strong body of policemen. It seems that the premier's promise made in the house , instead of placating , only inflamed the women. Soon after the premier's announce ment concerning woman suffrage a meeting of the suffragettes was held at Caxton hall , when Miss Christabel Pankhurst characterized the minis ter's statement as wholly unsatisfac tory and "nothing more nor less than an insult to the cause. " The women , she shouted , considered the attitude of the premier a declaration of war and they would answer the challenge immediately. With a rush several hundred of the women started for Downing street. Here they encountered Mr. Asquith en route , and in a moment he was surrounded by the irate mob. With out any preliminaries Miss Henrietta Williams struck the premier in the face , at the same time screaming : "You tax women as heavily as men , yet women are not represented in parliament. " The women : had just begun to close in on the premier when police whistles brought a squad of officers and the premier was hustled into a taxicab. Miss Williams made one more attempt to reach the premier and in so doing thrust her hand through the cab win dow. HENRY M. HOYT PASSES AWAY State Department Counsellor Dies of Peritonitis After Illness Last ing But Four Days. iitl Washington. Henry M. Hoyt , coun tln seller of the state department , died n here Sunday of peritonitis after an P illness of only four days. ii iio Mr. Hoyt AVP.S graduated from Yale o in President Tuffs class , 1878. Mr. Hoyt has jusst mnrluded the prelim inary work at Ottawa for the reci h procity treaty between the United ti States and Canada. He held the po- is isti rition of solicitor general at the de ti partment of justice , in which he was tiC si : rp.ced ! a jear ago by the late s Lloyd lowers. hi hirt rt BRIAND HIT BY ROYALIST Frerr'er Struck in Face Twic C Guards Gave Assailant From O Hr.r.ds of Mcb. m Si Pnns Trpmier Hriand. while at- r.f:1 ? ll'o core-monies in the Tuil rU-s F-unday in connection with the < ' . - " ! . nrioa of .1 monument erected to th" r-enio'-y of .Iic ! Ferry , the Frpf h stat' i-ian. v.-a assaulted by a Hcvrlif. who rtnick hiin twice in the fco vh M'T t'sts. The premier 7'nt FPriou ly hurt or te 'tIa"ge cicvd which had gath- for ' ' set upon i' > premier's assailant nnd or'v prompt 'Intervention from af t- ! ? ' : jrds p.\ec ! him from serious he injury. the Up'ods ! ! Sentence of Ruef. San Francisco. The district court of r.rreals vYeor-csday sustained the to : cocvietion of Abraham Ruef , former fo : political boss , charged with having co bribed supervisors , and denied him a 3. new trial. Ruef had been sentenced m. to 14 years' imprisonment. o V/ideiy Known Mason Dies. \ ! Columbus , O. Dr. H. M. Kinsman , " n a thirty-third degree Mason and one of the best known members of the he fraternity in the United States , died of heart disease Thursday. j JT ftfe C 7F ' W fefirt - * * JJ / mi ft t AI 1 f v - * * " * wi s JfciiiA. WOA LINCOLN Repairing Mechanics Arts - ' . The workmen who have btca em ployed on .Mechanics Arts iiaH , .rich. was partially destioyed by fire a ht- tle over a week ago , have torn t.jwn. the east portion of the roof or che building which was burned. They 'JilL commence to rebuild this at cncu. A slight change wlil bo made in thfr construction of the part , which will be rebuilt so as to admit more lisht into the rooms on the fourth ilnor , . which are to be occupied by the , stu dents in the applied mechanics de partment. The work in this courre is mainly in mechanical drawing and setter light will be thrown en 'Mi * desks of the undergraduates. The rooms on the first three floors cf the- building have been repaired and all classes which met in this part of the- structure have been assembling reg ularly , according to the originaP schedule of classes. Red Cross Christmas Seals. Dr. II. W. Orr , chairman of the charity organi/ation tuberculosis branch , has received from i'e na tional Red Cross society 50,000 stamps or "Red Cross Christmas seals. ' " These will be placed on sale ; uf one- cent each. These are issued b > the national society and the receipts go " to help stamp "out the while pinrue. . The effort is to sell 1,000 000 of thse. . Fifty per cent of the proceeds of the- local sales go to the local branch for the prevention of tubPro osis- Posters issued to advertise tbcir sule- say : "They will not carry any kind of mail , but any kind of mail will carry them. " They are being used by : nan } * for letter and package seals and are- especially in demand about Christmas * ime. Money in Hogs. The hog department of the Lincoln asylum for the insane continues to- grow and the officers of the asylum , have just completed a hog house at a cost of about $900. It is of frair.e with a cement floor. Last year the depart ment sold $8,000'worth of hog * and it is now preparing for a larger and better hog farm. The money for the- hog barn was taken by some hook or crook from the maintenance fun.I of" the institution. State Treasurer's Bond. State Treasurer-elect Walter A. George of Broken Bow has arraisefl ; with the National Fidelity & Casualty company to write his official bond for the usual amount , $1,000,000. The bonding company will undrewrite all but $100,000 or $150,000 of the bnnd. The state is to pay the premium o- $5,000 for a period of two years , pro viding the legislature will make ihe- same appropriation that has been- made during recent years. Political Headquarters Closed. With the close of the campaign/ politicians and political numbers have simply dropped fijom si ht Most of them are taking a. much- needed rest. Both state and county committee headquarters are vacant and silent. Republicans and demo crats alike say they have won"a sat isfactory victory. So both sides are- satisfied apparently. As delegates to the lakes-to-the-gulj deep waterways convention to be held f at St. Louis November 25-2C , Gover nor Shallenberger has appointed sonie- of the most active and past masters ; in the art of politics in Nebraska , al though here and there is a 'delegate- who is merely a prominent business " man. The appointees are required to- pay their own hotel bills and travel ing expenses while honoring the state- of Nebraska as its representatives. Railway Commissioner H. T. Clarke has gone to Oklahoma to visit rela tives. Commissioner H. J. Winnett in Washington to attend the na tional association of state railway- commissioners ( and will visit in Penn sylvania. : Commissioner W. J. Furse- has been at hs home at Alma and will return in a day or two. Food Commissioner Mains and State Chemist Redfern will leave for New- Orleans November 28 , to attend the meeting of the National Association of State Food Commissioners. It is ex pected that a. hot fight will develop- over the question of uniform" net weight laws in the various states ani- over a more comprehensive federal , act. The teachers of the state had the' opportunity of seeing State Superin tendent Zishop in his official capacity the last time , as he is to leave- after January 1 for Ames , la. , where- takes up his work as instructor im Ames agricultural college. State Appeals FoIImer Case. The attorney general has appealed the supreme court from a judgment $1,504.04 , obtained in the discrict iourt of Lancaster county by Geor-e- Follmer , formerly state land . com- nissioner. The judgment was givenl the former land commissioner for egal services performed for E. j \urfm In connection with state land& Boyc county which the land com nission-r succeeded in keeping out or hawris of squatters who claimed itle from the state. ' ,