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VALENTINE , NEB.
I. M. RICE , - - - Publlshe
TARIFF TINKERING UNL1KEL'
. AT PRESENT SESSION SLIGHT
AGITATION.
HOUSE BREAKS A PRECEDENt
Early Passage of Two Approprntio
Measures a Thing Unheard of ray
ney Promises to Report Other Su |
' ply Measures as Fast as Wanted.
Washington , D. C. A week of coi
§ ress has not cleared the atmospher
aa to whether there will be any se
IOUB effort at tariff tinkering. Whil
many bills have been introduced fc
the repeal of duties on lumber , fee
products , coal and many of the rai
materials , they have come from th
democrats minority and are regarde
as indicating the intentions of ind
viduals next session when the dem (
crats will be in the majority.
In the senate the only tariff activit
has been in connection with the pr <
posed amendment of the rules pn
sented by Senator Cummins. Th
change suggested is designed to pei
mit revision by schedules and pn
vent consideration of amendments t
schedules other than those specificall
under discussion.
The opposition to the propose
change in the rules insists that it ii
volves cloture in a form that has bee :
repugnant for 100 years. Friends o
the Cummins scheme point to Pres
dent Taft's indorsement of tariff r (
vision by schedules , and declare sue !
a rule is necessary if the president'
plan is to carry.
The passage through the house o
two of the large appropriation meas
* tires was an unheard of thing in th
liistory of congress , especially when i
was considered that they were tin
Indian and the rivers and harbor
"bills , both of which have precipitate !
controversies and long debates hereto
fore.
ALL QUIET AT REO JANEIRO.
The Mutineers Surrender and Roya
Troops Control.
Rio de Janeiro. The governornmen
troops are again in control of th <
garrison on Cobra island and the second
end mutiny of the naval forces hai
ended with a heavy casulity list , bu
in a way that probably will prevent up
risings for some time.
The mutineers , who composed a bat
talion of the marine corps , numbered
about 600 men. Of these 200 wen
either killed or wounded. The others
were 'taken prisoners by the destroyers
while attempting toescape from tlu
island in the night.
Two hundred citizens were eithei
killed or wounded while watching the
bombardments from the streets of the
city or along the water front. Many
government buildings were damaged ,
including the treasury , the foreign
office and the departments of public
works and telegraphs.
. Two land batteries , two warships
and several destroyers took part in the
bombardment , and twice in the engage
ment an armistice was allowed for
the removal of the dead and wounded.
Firing ceased entirely late in the even
ing , but no actual surrender of the
rebels occurred , the commanders of
the government forces deeming it the
wiser course to await the coming of
/ . '
Defies the Blue Laws.
Painsville , O. In defiance of blue
laws , and the prosecuting attorney's
threat to enforce them , Mayor J. H
Burrows Sunday operated a moving
picture show. The owner of the theat
er did not care to brave the promise
of the prosecution if he opened' his
place so the town's executive determ
ined to do "so and leased the theater
for the day.
The proceeds of the entertainment
were given to a local branch of the
Salvation army.
Alleged Counterfeiters.
New York. Secret service agents
arrested Frank Weber and Benjamin
Letters at Astoria , L. L , whom they
charge with making counterfeit $5
"and $10 gold pieces. Weber , they say ,
formerly worked in a German mint.
Seven steel molds , a quantity of gold ,
silver , copper and alloys , some coun
\ terfeit pieces and two elaborate ma
chines , estimated to be worth $2,500.
were seized.
. . -t Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Sioux City , lo. Saturday's quota
tions om tke Iccal live stock market
follow : Top betves , $6.75. Top hogs ,
' $7,70.-
Leading Yachtsman Expires.
New York. J. Rogers Maxwell , for-
. , . Jner president of the Central Railroad
> 'of ! New Jersey and & leading yachts
man , died suddenly of appolexy at his
home in Brooklyn. He was 64 years
old.
Hongkoag. John. William Hayes , a
sailor on the American cruiser New
York , who tilled a Japanese while he
was running amuck in the lower quar
ter of Hongfeong on September 1 , has
'jb een sentenced to three year's penal
i ervltude.
30STON SERVICE AT BIER OF
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LEADER
ATTENDED BY 120.
ONLY PINK ROSES ON CASKET
Relatives , Members of Household and
Officials of Church Make Up Com
pany of Mourners Body Placed in
„ Vault at Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Boston. The body of Mrs. Mary
Baker Glover Eddy was placed in the
receiving vault at Mount Auburn
cemetery Thursday after services at
tended by 120 persons , including her
family , relatives , members of her
households , officials of the Christian
Science church-and publishing house
and her personal students residing in
Boston and vicinity.
Funeral services at the Chestnut
Hill home were simple and were con
ducted with quiet dignity. Long be
fore the time for the services to be
gin the holders of cards of admission
began to arrive. Judge Clifford P.
Smith , first reader of the mother
church , conducted the services.
A great hall divides the house. At
the left are two parlors and in the
rear parlor in the bay window was
the coffin of massive bronze , contain
ing the body of Mrs. Eddy. Upon the
coffin , which was closed , Mrs. Eddy's
son and her grandchildren and her
adopted son having seen the well-
known face , was a bunch of pink roses
from the members of the household.
This was the only floral offering to be
seen. In the rear of the hall Judge
Smith was stationed. Those invited
to the services were In the hall , the
front parlor and the library , to the
right of the entranca. Grouped on
the second floor at the head of a wide
staircase were Mrs. Eddy's family , her
other relatives and members of her
household. The furniture had been
removed from the room where the cof
fin sat. The old rose draperies harmo
nized with the wall decorations , and
the soft light of day illuminated the
surroundings.
Judge Smith began the services by
the reading of a lesson sermon cor
relative passages from "Science and
Health , With Key to the Scriptures. "
The poem by Mrs. Eddy ; "Mothers
Evening Prayer- was read by Mrs.
Carol Hoyt Powers , second reader of
the mother church.
This concluded the services and the
coffin was then carried'out # the door
to the porte cochere , where the hearse
was in waiting and the journey to
Mount Auburn cemetery was begun.
There was no service at the rece'iv-
ing vault other than the reading of
the XXIII. Psalm by Judge Smith and
last verse in Jude : "To the only wise
God , bur Saviour * be glory and majes
ty , dominion and power , both now and
ever , " given as a benediction.
The coffin was- then taken within
by the pallbearers , tfc" > vault was
sealed and there a guard will be main
tained until a mausoleum has been
built on the plots chosen for the final-
resting place of the body.
URGES MONEY REFORM PLAN
Secretary MacVeagh Says , In Annual
Report , Our Present Currency
System Breeds Panics.
Washington. Currency reform ; ex
tension of the scope of the national
banking laws , if there are no imme
diate general changes in the monetary
system ; civil service retirements ; a
customs service free from practical
politics ; business-like methods in the
daily transactions of the government
B.nd abolition of red tape wherever it
clogs the wheels of the government's
business are among the recommenda
tions in the annual , report of Mac
Veagh , secretary of the treasury , re
sented , to congress Thursday. I j
Expenses-of governments In the fis
cal year 1912 , for which this session
of congress is asked , to appropriate ,
are estimated at $630,494,013.12. The
estimated expenditures of the Panama
canal are given as $56,920,847.69 ,
making a total of ? 687,414,860.81. The
estimates represent net savingsof
about $18,000,000 in the executive de
partments , compared with the ap
propriations for the current fiscal year.
"Our system can fairly be called a
panic-breeding system , " he says ,
"whereas every other great national
banking and currency system is panic-
preventing. As long as we continue
under our present system we are lia
ble to panics , and the devastations of
panics reach Republicans and Demo
crats , and all parts of the country
alike. Panics .are no longer necessary
and no longer respectable.
"We have , no system of reserves ;
jur banking system destroys them. It
: oncentrates in New York what are
pretended to be reserves and then
forces the New York banks to lend
md abolish them. Our system , in
stead of building up a reserve , de
stroys It as fast as it inclines to ac
cumulate. "
Porch Climbers Get Rich Haul.
Detroit , Mich. Porch climbers en
ered the residence of Mrs. J. Eliza
> eth Buhlwidow of the late Theodore
3uhl , while the family were' at din-
icr Thursday and escaped with $ SOOG
vorth of 'jewelry and diamonds ! ;
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Warship to Honduras' ; :
Washington. In view of reports of
; n impending ; revolution'-i 'i Honduras
; gainst the , administration > 6fj Pcesi-
! ent Davilia , "the navyT > detriment
: hursday ordered the cnilisr Ta'corna
o Puerto Cortes. ;
PUSS 1 N BOOTS
MEMBERS OF CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE REPORT FAVOR
ING INTERIOR SECRETARY.
HIS EFFICIENCY SUSTAINEC
Critics of Cabinet Official Held Over
Zealous in Findings of Nelson ant
Colleagues- Coal Land Entries
Taken Up.
Washington. The Ballinger-Plnchol
Investigating committee , after elevei
months of work , made its final reporl
to congress Wednesday. The majoritj
report , which is signed by seven Re
publican members , completely exon
erates Secretary Ballinger on all the
charges brought against him and con
demns his accusers as having bees
inspired by animosity , built upon a
supposed difference of policy respect
ing conservation.
Afrer stating that the evidence pre
sented related in the main to charges
of various kinds against Mr. Ballingei
and that these came chiefly from two
sources L. R. Glayis and Gifford
Pinchot the majority announced the
following conclusion :
"The evidence has wholly failed to
make , out a case. Neither any fact
proved nor all the facts put together
3xhibit Mr. Ballinger as heing any
thing but a competent and honorable
gentleman , honestly and faithfully
performing the duties of his high of
fice with an eye single to the public
nterest. "
This report is signed by Senators
Knute Nelson , chairman ; Frank P.
? lint , George Sutherland and Elihu
ctoot , and Representatives Samuel W.
VIcCall of Massachusetts , vice-chair-
nan ; Marlin E. Olmsted of Pennsyl-
rania and Edwin Denby of Michigan ,
ill Republicans.
A few , months ago the Democratic
nembers , Senators D. U. Fletcher and
William E. Purcell , and Representa-
ives Ollie'M. James of Kentucky and
Fames M. Graham of Illinois , with
Representative Edmond H. Madison
if Kansas , progressive Republican , is-
iued another report ; which they
naintained to be a majority opinion ,
sondemning the conduct of Mr. Bal-
inger as secretary of the interior ,
[ "his report was made public after a
neeting of the committee at Mlnne-
ipolis last September , which was" not
tttended by several of the Republi-
: ans who now have exonerated Mr.
Sallinger. The natural minority be-
: ame a majority and the Republicans
rho were present , with the exception
if Mr. Madison , withdrew and broke
he quorum.
In speaking of the "animosity"
aused by differences respecting the
onservation of natural resources , the
aajority of the committee said that
he accusers evidently had this policy
eeply at heart , and were "evidently
isposed to take a most unfavorable ,
lew of the character and motives of
nyone whom they supposed to be op-
osed to their views. "
Labor Head js Slain.
San Francisco. In a riot between
00 union and nonunion workmen
Wednesday Domingo Navarro , presi-
ent of the Ship-sealers' union , wa ;
hot and killed by Augustine wTavare-
; p , a nonunionist. A number of
thers. were badly beaten.
'shearer Gets Life Term.
ay 'denlV a n'eV'frfal Yn
jnced iSy Judge Ie'llejK'tb
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tent for Iif
LIBERAL LOSSES WIPED OU1
CAPTURE FIVE UNIONIST SEATS
IN THIRD DAY'S POLLING.
Hope of Changing Complexion of Gov
ernment Has Become a Forlorn
One to the Opposition.
London. The third day's polling
in the general election to decide
control of the next parliament
prove"d the , most severe blow the
.Unionists have received. Going into
the contest with a net gain of five
seats , they came out with a net loss
of one in the 299 seats now filled.
The Liberals > captured five Union
seats , Whitehaven , Coventry .West ,
Southwark , Burnley and Woolwich.
Against these decisive victories the
Unionists have won only one seat , that
of St. Helens in Lancashire , where
they defeated a Laborite.
This net gain of four on the day's
polling , added to the two Sunderland
seats , wipes out the 12 Liberal losses ,
leaving the government with a net gain
of one seat. As they went to the coun
try with a majority of 124 , this net
gain of one , counting two on division ,
marks the beginning of the advance tea
a majority of 150 anticipated by the
Liberal whips , and possibly to the 175
lugubriously predicted by the Unionist
whips.
The voting nas been remarkably
steady. With the exception of Bir
mingham , where the Unionist plurality
went down by 3,000 , Liverpool , Pres
ton , Nottingham and all the industrial
towns , with a population of over 100-
000 , have recorded majorities for the
Liberals. As far as the boroughs of
London are concerned , the result of
the election Is a foregone conclusion ,
although there are btill many boroughs
to vote.
It is expected that the Liberals will
win many of the county seats which
they lost in January.
The complexion of the house of
commons now stands : Government
coalition , 152 ; Unionist opposition ,
147.
147.The
The coalition consisted of : Liberals ,
106 ; Laborites , 20 ; Nationalists,26.
MOTHER MAKES FATAL ERROR
Gives Her Two Little Sons Tartar
Emetic for Epsom Salts and
They Die. '
DeKalb , 111. Two sons of Mr. and '
Mrs. E. J. Brown died within a
few hours of one another from the ef
fects of a dose of tartar emetic which
was given them instead of epsom
salts. The Browns' were moving from
Sycamore to DeKalb.
The children had complained of not
feeling well , and the mother decided to
give them a dose of salts. In the con
fusion of the goods which were packed
and ready to be hauled to Dekalb , she
picked up the wrong bottle , which con
tained tartar emetic and which had
been used about the house to drive
ants away. It was from this bottle she
gave the children the dose which took
their lives in a few hours. The grief-
stricken mother is lying in a prostrate
condition.
Safe With $15,000 Disappears.
Minneapolis , Minn. Mystery sur
rounds the disappearance of a small
safe Thursday , said to have contained
$15,000 and valuable merchandise ,
from the office of the Adams Express
company.
Eighteen Hurt in Wreck.
Springfield. James T. Uppergrove
of , Chicago sustained a broken rib and
,1 , ' oftier passengers were sligfctly in-
iureci fu'ti collision on the Illinois Interurban -
terurban- ' Hner'neaVHhis' city Tnurfr
day. s
TORONTO MOB WRECKS GAR
WILD RIOT FOLLOWS MEETIN
OF PROTEST.
Eighteen Men Are Injured Eleve
Coaches Destroyed Police Pow
erless to Keep Order.
Toronto , On. In a riot of citizer
18 men were injured , 11 street cai
demolished and the windows 2C
more were smashed , and quiet was r
stored only when the street car ser
ice in the down-town district we
stopped.
incited by fiery speech.es > an aud
ence of several thousand persons at
mass meeting called by Mayor Gear
to protest against the installation (
pay-as-you-enter cars was swept h
yond control and became a mob whos
carnival of destruction continued ui
checked for over an hour. Excel
when motormen ran at high spee
through the mob , every car that cam
within reach was demolished.
Two weeks ago the Toronto stree
railway Installed pay-as-you-enter car
on the principal car lines. Much dii
satisfaction developed over the inn <
vation. It was claimed that antiqu !
ted cars not adapted to that kind c
service wenrused. In addition it wa
said people.getting on have been sul
jected- rough talk from conductor
and crowding which , In the case c
women , almost amounted to ind <
cency. Ill feeling on the part of cit
zens has been growing steadily.
Much popular indignation has bee
aroused by the company's orders prc
hibiting smoking on the rear platform
and requiring persons to leave by th
forward exit. The company asserte
the right to fine persons Infringin ,
these rules and the provincial raihva ;
board affirmed this claim.
DUVEEN BROS. OWE $5,000,00 !
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Collector Loeb Announces Art Firn
Has Defrauded Government Out
of Vast Sum.
New York. Duveen Bros. , the great
est art and antique dealers and con
noisseurs'in America , owe the Unite *
States government $5,000,000 , accord
ing to an announcement made by Col
lector Loeb Tuesday.
This vast sum represents the cus
toms duties out of which the govern
ment has been defrauded by the Du
veens since they established their fa
mous house twenty years ago. Th <
amount was arrived at by the govern
ment experts , who have been compar
ing the book values of the firm witl
invoiced values sworn to on articles
entered at the New York custon
house. The amount claimed does noi
represent the , value of the imports , bui
the actual amount out of which it Is
alleged the wealthy Englishmen have
swindled this government in tarifi
duties.
John. B. Stanchfield , attorney for the
Duveens both in the civil and criminal
actions pending against them , has in
stituted negotiations with officials ol
the treasury department and depart
ment of justice at Washington to com
promise the cases against his clients ,
one condition of which is , that the
criminal proceedings against them
sha'll be stopped upon the payment ol
a large sum of money by them.
JACK-POT STORY IS DENIEL
Robert E. Wilson Testifies Before Sen
ate Committee at Washington
in Lorimer Case.
Washington. The issue of whethe
or not William Lorimer is entitled tt
ihis seat in the United States senat *
will be submitted to that body before
the Christmas recess of congress , ac
cording to the present plans of th
sub-committee that is taking the evi
dence in the case. That was the pro
gram announced Wednesday by Sen
ator Burrows , chairman of the com
mittee on privileges and elections.
The announcement was made at the
conclusion of the testimony of RoberJ
E. Wilson of Illinois , the alleged dis
tributor of the "jack-pot" of the last
Illinois legislature. Wilson , after be
ing much sought after , followed the
footsteps of his predecessor on the
witness stand Lee O'Neil Browne
by entering a general denial to all the
charges that he personally profited by
the election of Lorimer to the senate ,
or that he gave out the "jack-pot"
money , in $900 , packages to White ,
t
Link , Beckemeyer and the other
southern Illinois "jack-potters. "
PATTEN PLEADS NOT GU1LH
Second Cotton Pool Indictment Re
turned Last August Is Opened
at New York City.
New York. The second cotton-pool
indictment which was returned by the
federal jury in August under seal ,
was opened and James A. Pat
ten , Eugene Scales and William
P. Brown , who were named in tht ? pa
per appeared beiore Justice Hough
in the .criminal branch of the United
States circuit court and entered tenta
tive pleas of not guilty.
U. S. Loses Coal Trust Suit.
Philadelphia. The United States
circuit court here dismissed the suit
filed by the government to dissolve
the anthracite coal trust Thursday ,
but declared the Temple Iron com
pany to be a combination in violation
of the Sherman anti-trust law.
Lasker Retains Chess Title.
Berlin. Dr. Emanuel Lasker ol
New York Thursday retained the
world's chess championship by de
feating the challenger , D. Janowald
of Paris , with a score of 8 games toil
Makes Some Appointments.
Governor-elect Aldrich lias am
nounced his first batch of appointees- ,
Will Hayward , chairman of the repub
lican state committee , gets the oil in
spectorship and Louis V. Guye , a la
bor leader of Omaha , will be labon
commissioner. C. B. Manuel , super
intendent of the Kearney industrial
school under governor Shallenbergerj
is reapnointed to his present position.
C. A. Randall , formerly a banker oC
Newman Grove and state senator fen
three terms , wil be fire commissioned
Following are the appointees al
ready named :
"Chief deputy oil inspector , William
Husenetter of Linwood , Neb.
"Deputy oil inspector for First dis
trict" Will S. Jay , Lincoln.
"Deputy oil inspector for Fourth di
trict , James Schoonover , Aurora.-
"Chief deputy game warden , Henry ,
N. Miller of Wahoo , Neb.
"Chief deputy state veterinarian , Dr.
A. Bostrom of'Minden , Neb.
"Superintendent of Beatrice Insti *
tute for Feeble Minded , Dr. W. N.
Thomas of Pickrell.
"Steward of Beatrice school , Amos
Qtiein of Beatrice.
"Chief deputy fire commissioner ,
Charles A. Randall of Newman Groves
"Secretary to fire commission , Misa
Mamie Muldoon of Omaha.
" ' Industrial
"Superintendent of Boys'
school , Kearney , C. B. Manuel.
"Secretary to the governor , L. B.
Fuller of David City.
"Chief clerk , governor's office. Lt S.
Fiegenbaum of Geneva.
"Record clerk , governor's office/ (
C. Ousted of Lincoln.
"Warden of state penitentiary , Jamea
Delehanty of Clay Center.
"Chief deputy labor commissioner ,
Louis V. Guye of Omaha.
"Adjutant general , Major E. H ,
Phelps of Lincoln.
Superintendent school for the blind ;
R. C. King of Nebraska City.
Deputy oil inspector , Sixth dis\rict (
R. W. Hyers of Bassett.
Deputy oil inspector , Fifth district ,
U. G. Etherton of Bartley.
Stenographer to chief oil inspector
Mrs. Ella Stevenine of Lincoln.
Commandant of soldiers' home at
Srand Island , D. W. Hoyt of York.
Have Paid the Tax.
Two hundred and sixty-nine corpor *
ations that had failed to pay their oc
cupation tax on September 1 , when
it became delinquent , paid their tax
and the $10 penalty during the month ;
o November. The report of receipts
in the office of the secretary.of state
nhows that the total income /rora this
source , taxes and penalties combined ,
was $59,950.70. From other sources
the office received :
Articles incorporation , ? 9,6f0.05
Notarial commissions 389.00
Motor license . .l..i. . . . G,7g0.8C
Marks and brands ; 261.
Certificates
Trademarks
The total receipts from all
during the month were $77,244.55.
Shift in District Lines.
Census figures for Nebraska show
that a shift of congressional district
lines is necessary even if the state re
tains the present number of congress
men. The First , Second , Fourth and
Fifth districts each have fewer people
than the average. The First distric
is far below the average -while the
Sixth district has fully 60,000 more
population than the First.
Following is the population 'by dis
tricts : First , 164,305 ; Second , 190,4682
Third , 233,194 ; Fourth , 189,670 ; Fifth ,
176,806 ; Sixth , 226,775. The average
af a district if six congressmen are
allowed the state is 198,700.
Organi'/ed Agriculture holds meet
ings at Lincoln January 16 to 20 , 1911.
Agricultural , horticultural and llva
; tock subjects will be discussed each/ /
Jay. In the animal discussion , Tues-
iay will be assigned to horses , Wed-
lesday to swine and Thursday to cci
: le , and a general silo discussion la
> et for Friday morning. This is the
; reat farmer meeting of the year.
Adjutant General Hartigan has re-
riewed the findings and sentences of
he military court martial appointed
o pass upon charges filed against
nembers of the Nebraska national
juard. He has modified the findings
n some instances , but they will not
le made public till Governor Shallen-
icrger , commander in chief , signs his
lame to the documents.
Col. J. C. Hartigan , adjutant gener-
,1 of the national guard , has stated
hat he would not accept reappoint-
lent to the office under any consider-
tion. that he was not a candidate fof
Appointment and would not accept
he p'ace if it were tendered to him , '
State Librarian Lindsay has filed a ,
eport with the governor showing J
hat there are new C2.348 books in the i
tate library. The library has been
icreased nearly l.GOO volumes during-
tie last six months , 286 volumes h
ig been acquired by purchase
14 by exchange or donation.
re on hand 25.694 volues of
ourt reports. During thi
tate librarian has turned $983.25 over
> the state treasurer. ? S5 of this snm
eing derived from the sale of ses-
ion laws and the remainder from the
ale of court reports.