Nebraska Newspapers

    VALENTINE DEMOCBAl
I. M. RICE , Publisher.
VALENTINE. - - NEBRASKA
iH ON FAT. FEE
MANY LAWYERS FIND
CLAIM BUSINESS VERY
LUCRATIVE.
CLUB PUT ON BIG TRAFFIC
Halls of Congress in Past Six Yean
'Have B.een Crowded With Ex-Sen
ators Who Have Become Wealthy
Off Poor Lo.
Washington. That congress has de
cided to put a check on . .the activities
of a group of former senators and rep
resentatives in Washington who have
grown rich on fat fees received in pay
ment for the prosecution of Indiar
claims is indicated in legislation pass
ed at the recent session. Laws were
placed on the statute books that pave
the way for enactments that will even
tually place a limitation upon the
amounts paid for legal services per
formed in behalf of the Indians.
For the past six years the halls ol
congress have been crowded each ses
sion with a half dozen or.so ex-senatora
who have grown wealthy in the prac
tice of pushing Indian claims through
the house and the senate. Most of
these men were "dead broke" when
they retired to private life. They are
now numbered among Washington's
affluent citizenship.
The Indian bill which became a law
on March 4 contains a number of pro
visions designed to break up the trade
in Indian claims. Checks' are put on
the expenditure of Indian moneys , and
the white light of publicity will be
thrown in the future upon transactions
which in the past were put through
behind closed doors.
FOUR KILLED IN SNOWSLIDE.
Boarding House Car Near Gladstone ,
Colorado , Wrecked.
Denver , Colo. Four were killed and
one injured in a snowslide that de
stroyed the boarding house at Gold
King mine , near Gladstone , in south
eastern Colorado , Sunday. Wires to
that part of the state are working bad
ly and details are meager.
Information received from Telluride ,
eight miles from Gladstone , states
that hundreds of tons of snow and rock
swept the boarding house into a deep
canyon. The five occupants had no
; hance to escape.
rv Boarding House- Manager F. O.
Drewe was held fast by the heavy tim
bers. Though not seriously Injured ,
he was unable to extricate himself to
go to the aid of his less fortunate com
panions , whose cries were heard for
some time after the avalanche.
Mrs Hayes Not Guilty.
Whiteville , N. C. After a sensation
al trial Mrs. Rosa Hayes was acquitted
of the murder of Robert M. Floyd , a
medical student , of Charlestown , S.
. C. , last February. Her husband ,
charged with being an accessory be
fore the fact , was acquitted. Mrs.
Hayes , admitted killing Floyd , .but
pleaded that she shot in defense of
her honor.
Randell a Candidate.
Washington. Congressman C. B
Randell , of Sherman , Tex. , in a state
ment addressed to the democrats of
Texas , and setting forth a progressive
* platform , has announced himself as a
candidate for United States senator
from Texas to succeed Senator Joseph
W. Bailey , whose term will expire in
1913.
Fire at Nome , Alaska.
Nome , Alaska. Fire recently de
stroyed the telephone exchange , put
ting all telephones on the peninsula
out of commission. A temperature
of 12 degrees below zero baffled the
attempts to extinguish the flames.
Red Cross Cables $3,000.
Washington. The Red Cross recently -
ly cabled $3,000 to the American con
sul general at Shanghai , making $25-
000 which has already been sent to
China in this way. The sum ofv-$8-
000 also was spent in Seattle for food
supplies.
Schoolboy Ends Life.
Rockford , HI. Heartbroken at see
ing his sweetheart walking with a
schoolboy friend , Walter B. Cotton , 18
years old , committed suicide by drink'
ing cardolic acid.
Sioux City live Stock Market.
Sioux City , To. Saturday's quota
tions on the local live stock market fol
low : Top beeves , $5.50. Top hogs ,
$6.80.
& " Found Dead in Icehouse.
F * .
L ; . Corey , Pa. Harry Ziele , who shot
fe. and seriously wounded his wife and
tv ' sister-in-law , Mrs. John Loveland , was
Hjfc later found dead in an icehouse near
fe , here. He had killed himself. His
kiv. victims w-ill recover.
Bishop Forest Dead.
San Antonio , Tex. Rt Rev ! John
Anthony Forest , bishop of the Roman
Catholic diocese of San Antonio , died
.in the Santa Rosa infirmary here Sun
day , aged 73 years.
SECRECY ABANDONED AS TC
MOVEMENT OF TROOPS TO
MEXICAN BORDER.
STATEMENT FROM TAFT PARTI
American Soldiers Will Stop Filibus
tering and Smuggling of Arm
Across Frontier Situation in Low
er California Causes Anxiety.
Washington. A correspondent , whc
Is accompanying President Taft or
his journey to Atlanta , Ga. , declares
in a dispatch received here Thurs
day night that the administration has
decided to no longer hold back HE
reasons for the sudden assembling oi
American troops in Texas along the
Mexican border. *
The United States government pro
poses to see that the Mexican revolu
tion comes to a quick end and peace
be established in the republic. The
dispatch asserts that all aid possible
for the United States government to
give to Diaz will be given. Other
sources in Washington take an op
posite view and declare it is the in
tention of this government to over
throw the Diaz regime.
Conflicting reports are still being
received here as to President Diaz ,
some asserting he Is dead , others de
Glaring him to be alive and well.
One report received declares that
Mexico City is hemmed in by rebels
and will be cut off from communica
tion with the outside world March 11.
The dispatch referred to , dated
Charlottesville , Va. , through which
place the president's train passed ,
follows :
"All doubt as to the purpose of the
government in sending 20,000 troops
to the Mexican border has at last
been swept away.
"The United States has determined
that the revolution in the republic to
the south must end.
"The American troops have been
sent to form a , solid military wall
along the Rio Grande to stop filibus
tering and to see that there is no
further smuggling of arms and men
across the international boundary.
"It is believed that with this source
of contraband supplies cut off the in
surrectionary movement which has
disturbed conditions generally for
nearly a year without accomplishing
anything like the formation of a re
sponsible independent government
will speedily come to a close.
" his to Atlanta
"President Taft , on way
lanta and Augusta for a ten days
vacation , Appeared well satisfied with
the situation.
"There is a general belief that the
rapid movement of troops Into Texas
and southern , California .will so speed
ily accomplish its purpose that the
net results in the end will constitute
a valuable lesson in quick mobiliza
tion of an effective fighting force that
will prove a revelation to the country
at large , to the critics of the army
In particular , and a justification of
the diplomatically worded explana
tions that have been given out from
official sources in Washington.
"There no longer is reason to
doubt that the sudden move on the
part of the American government
was the result of either unofficial rep
resentations of foreign governments
regarding the situation in Mexico or
the intimation that several of. the Eu
ropean powers were sounding each
other as to the desirability of making
representations to the United States
at an early date. At any rate , the
matter was put up to the administra
tion in such a way as to call for the
quickest sort of action. The neces
sity for this speed of mobilization
was seized upon by the war depart
ment as a heaven-sent opportunity to
answer critics both in and out of
congress , and that interpretation was
put upon the movement.
"There was little doubt In the
minds of these officials that the true
meaning of the 'maneuvers' soon
would be known and the logical in
terpretation so quickly put upon the
movement of the troops unquestion
ably disconcerted the administration
officials , from President Taft down.
"There is no telling at this time
how long the big army sent to the
Mexican frontier will have to remain
there. It will not be withdrawn un
til the revolution has been crushed
aut and until conditions in Mexico
are much more stable than they now
are believed to be.
"The situation in lower California
*
: s said to have caused more concern
to the United States than at any
Dther point. It was reported that the
"evolutionists were exceptionally
strong there , and threatened to set
ip a government independent of
jither that of Diaz or of the revo-
utionlsts to the east. The line be
tween the United States and lower
California is but an imaginary one ,
md a revolutionary government there
vould be a source of constant worry. "
Iowa Rejects Oregon Plan.
Des Moines , la , The house of the
owa legislature Thursday refused to
jass the Oregon primary bill over
Sovernor Carroll's veto. The vote
vas 69 yeas and 37 nays , a constitu-
ional two-thirds vote being required
o pass it over the governor's veto.
Accused of Huge Swindles.
Paris , France. Three men 'describ-
Qg themselves as Italian noblemen'
srere arrested Thursday charged with
laving swindled Levin Hart , a young
American , out of $52,000
ON THE JOB ONCE MORE.
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR PRE
SENTS RESIGNATION AND TAFT
APPOINTS WALTER L. FISHER.
GIVES ILL HEALTH AS REASON
Retiring Official Bases His Request
Entirely Upon His Condition and
Receives Warm Praise In Letter
From the President.
Washington. Richard A. Balllnger's
resignation as secretary of the in
terior was accepted by President
Taft and Walter L. Fisher of Chicago
was Tuesday appointed as his suc
cessor.
Mr. Ballinger tendered his resigna
tion in a letter on January 19 , being
on the condition of his health. The
president replied at once , expressing
his confidence In Secretary Ballinger ,
his reluctance to accept his resigna
tion , and requested the secretary to
remain in office until the close of the
session of congress. Immediately on
the adjournment of congress Secre
tary Ballinger renewed his request
Tuesday President Taft , in a letter ,
formally accepted the resignation and
Mr. Fisher was appointed as his suc
cessor , his commission being signed
immediately by the president. Mr.
Fisher will take office immediately.
The correspondence between the
president and the secretary is not
voluminous , but displays beyond ques
tion the confidence which Mr. Taft
has reposed in Mr. Ballinger through
out the long siege and the indignation
with which he has viewed the attacks
' and official
on the secretary's personal
cial integrity.
"I have had the fullest opportuni
ty , " the president says in his letter
accepting the resignation , "to know
you , to know your standards of serv
ice to the government ant the public ,
to know your motives , to know how
you have administered your office and
to know the motives of those who
have assailed you.
"I do not hesitate to say that you
have beeen the object of one of the
most unscrupulous conspiracies for
the defamation of character that his
tory can show. "
And in the conclusion of his letter
the president declares that "every
fiber of my nature rebels against such
hypocrisy" ( referring to the attacks
on Ballinger's character ) "and nerves
me to fight such a combination and
such methods to the bitter end , lest
success in this instance may form a
demoralizing precedent. But person
al consideration for you and yours
makes me feels that I have no right
to ask for a further sacrifice. "
The president goes on to declare it
evident that he has been himself the
ultimate object of the attack , and says
that to Insist on Mr. Balllnger's re
maining In office "with the prospects
of further efforts against you , Is
selfishly to impose on you more of a
burden than I ought to impose. "
Ninety Burned to Death.
St. Petersburg. Ninety persons ,
many of them children , were burned
to death and forty others injured In
a fire that destroyed a moving pic
ture theater at Bologole Monday.
In the stampede that followed the
first appearance of the flames forty
or more persons were burned and
crushed. Many of these are expected
'
to die. The toll of death may reach
125.
Eight Slain by Madman.
Glasgow , Ky. "Doc" Masey , a ne
gro , believed to be insane/ killed a
negro deputy sheriff and seven mem
bers of a family in Hart county Thurs
day night After the crime he es
caped. A posse is searching the
country for him.
Plea of "Tub Trust" Fails.
Detroit Mich. Judge Dennlson in
the federal court here Thursday over
ruled the special plea recently en
tered by the defendant in the so-called
"hnfv- ' . - - -t" suit.
STARTS ON LONG TRIP
ROOSEVELT TO TOUR THE SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST.
Will Participate In Many Importanl
Events During the Next Two
Months.
New York. Former President
Roosevelt left Wednesday on a twc
.months' tour of the south and south
west. A $10,000 dinner , a reunion ol
the Rough Riders , a day spent In pre
siding over ceremonies to be held IE
the town of Roosevelt , Ariz. , to marl
the opening of the Roosevelt dam , one
of the greatest engineering feats in
the west , and long hunting and fish
ing trips in and about the Rockies are
some of the things which will enliven
the peregrinations of the former pres
ident.
In Birmingham he addressed a Child
Labor Commission. New Orleans en
tertained the ex-Rough Rider with a
$10,000 banquet given under the
auspices of the Commercial club ol
Louisiana. The annual convention of
"Cattle Raisers , " one of the most pow
erful organizations in the state ol
Texas , was addressed by the Colonel
at San Antonio. The next stop in the
initerary was Albuquerque , N. M. ,
where the ex-Rough Rider spent two
days among his old friends of the sad
dle. From there he went to Grand
Canyon , Ariz. , where a short address
was delivered. Then on to Phoenix
for the opening of the Roosevelt dam.
In Los Angeles , Colonel Roosevelt
will speak at the invitation of Gov
ernor Johnson of that state.
San Francisco , the termination of
his trans-continental trip , will receive
some ten days of his time. Here he
will divide his time between the Uni
versity of California , at Berkeley ,
where he will deliver the Earl lec
tures , six In number ; and his head
quarters in the city where he will re
ceive visitors from the Pacific slope.
No definite arrangements , other
than a personal promise to be pres
ent at the opening of the new Y. M.
C. A. building at Reno , have been
made , though it is probable 'that he
will visit friends in Oregon and Nevada -
vada for an intermediate period , aft
er which he will visit Seattle' and
Spokane. No speeches to be deliver
ed in those states are yet announced ;
nor is the length of his stay. At the
conclusion of his visit he will proba
bly go to some place In Idaho , thence
to Sand Point , Montana , and home
through the north and middle west
SEVEN INDICTED FOR FRAUF
Alaskan Development Company Offt
clals Accused of Using 300 Citi
zens to Make Coal Entries.
Detroit , Mich. Government Investi
gation Into alleged Alaskan land
frauds Involving approximately 48-
000 acres of land , valued at more
than $50,000,000 , resulted In the issu
ance Monday of an Indictment by
the local federal Jury , charging seven
Individuals with conspiracy against
the United States. The defendants
are Wilbur W. McAlplne , Albert H.
Roehme , George W. Ross , Frank D.
Andrus , Arthur Holmes and McCurdy
C. Le Beau , all of Detroit , and JohnM.
Bushnell of Chicago. The foregoing
are officials of a company known as
the Michigan-Alaska Development
company.
Actress Weds Rich Chinese.
Vancouver , Wash. Miss Anita
Deschontz , an unusually attractive
actress , twenty-two years old , was
Thursday married here to Lew. Ting , a
wealthy Chinese merchant of Hoqul-
am , Wash. She Is of Spanish descent
Her home was In Plttsburg , Pa.
Lives of Crew Saved.
Little Island , Va , The Imperiled
crew of the stranded steamer Man
churia was saved Thursday. Nine
members of the crew were landed in
a breeches buoy.
TELL OF PROGRESS
SOUTHERN COMMERCIAL CON
GRESS OPENS AT ATLANTA.
'resence of Promlnetn Men From Al
Sections of Country Adds Dig
nity to Gathering.
Atlanta , Ga , The presence of PresIdent
Ident Taft , Col. Theodore Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson , Secretary
rotary of War Dickinson , Woodrov
Wilson , governor of New Jersey , to
gether with all the governors of tht
southern states and some of the fore
most business men of the nation al
the opening of the Southern Commer
clal congress here Wednesday addec
dignity to a convention whose 1m
portance to the country at large anc
to the south in particular will be second
end to none. Coming as it does Jusl
fifty years later the division of the
states in civil strife , it exemplifies
that great commercial union that has
sprung from the ashes of a dead revo
lution to bind the North and the
South firmly in t'he bonds of mutual
Interest.
Three men of world-wide reputation
occupied the attention of the conven
tion with addresses of much interest
Secretary Wilson delivered a speech
on agriculture In the South , George
Westinghouse spoke on "Electricity in
the Development of the * South , " and
George W. Perkins addressed the con
vention on "Business Efficiency in
Southern Progress. "
During the three days o fthe con
vention many speeches were deliv
ered. These discourses were headed
by a speech from Senator Duncan U.
Fletcher of Florida on "The Southern
Renaissance. " The second speech of
national importance will be by Sen
ator Money of Mississippi on "The
Obligation of the Panama Canal. "
The third national utterance was
from the lips of Former Senator
James Gordon of Mississippi , who
brought a message "From Yesterday
to Today. " He was followed by Dr.
Clarence J. Owens , commander-in-
chlef of the United Sons of Confed
erate Veterans , who spoke on "Today
and Tomorrow. " Colonel Roosevelt
was the fifth speaker. President
Taft made the closing remarks of the
convention , taking for his topic , "A
Greater Nation Through a Greater
South. "
TARS FACE DEATH ON TUG
Craft With Men From tne Fleet Goes
Ashore and the Sailors Pass
Eight Hours of Terror.
Norfolk , Va. For eight hours
one hundred enlisted men en
route from the American battleship
fleet In Cuban waters were In momen
tary danger of losing their lives when
the naval tug Uncas went ashore two
miles south of the Rip Raps , near
here.
The supply ship Celtic arrived
from Cuba with a big draft of
men whose enlistments have expired
or will expire shortly and the Uncas
was dispatched from the Norfolk navy
yard to bring the men to this city.
When the tug started back to Norfolk ,
despite the fact that the channel is
wide and deep , it went about 1,000
feet off the course and hit the beach.
Finally the vessel floated , but only
after a night of terror during which
distress whistles were blown and
rockets and revolvers fired continu
ously. The men declared the tug on
several occasions nearly capsized.
KIEFF MASSACRE IS DENIED
Recent Rumors of Killing of Jews
Without Foundation , Says United
States Consul at Odessa.
Washington. Recent rumors
that a number of Jews had been
massacred at Kleff are untrue , ac
cording to a cablegram received by
the state department from the Ameri
can consul at Odessa. The consul said
there was no foundation for the re
ports and that all was quiet in the
vicinity of Kleff.
EMPRESS GOES TO AID OF SON
Mother Goes to Bedside of Adalbert
and the Kaiser Also Is on
the Way.
Kell , Germany. Empress Au-
guste Victoria arrived here to as
sist In nursing Prince Adalbert , who
Is 111 with what is described as a
mild attack of appendicitis. The em
peror Is expected here soon. He left
Bremen today. No official bulletin
concerning the .condition of the prince
has been issued.
Grant to Be Coronation Aid.
Washington. MaJ. Gen. Fred
erick D. Grant at present com
manding the department of the east ,
has been selected as military aid on
the staff of John Hays Hammond ,
the special ambassador to represent
President Taft a the coronation of
King George V.
Rear Admiral Fremont Dies.
Boston. Rear Admiral John Charles
Fremont , commandant of the Charles-
town navy yard , fell dead of heart dis
ease in his home at the navy yard
Wednesday. He was born In San
Francisco In 1849.
Price of Champagne Going Up.
New York. Advices from Paris
Wednesday to local wine Importers in-
iicate that an advance between $5
and $10 a case on champagne is con
templated by the French wine grow
ers this year.
ALL OVER NEBRASKA
First Debate of Series.
Lancaster County. In half of the
eleven districts of the Nebraska High
School Debating league the first ser
ies of contests to decide the district
championship and the honor of send
ing representatives to the state de
bate Is about concluded , and the dis
trict directors are arranging the
schedules for the second series. In a
district of eight schools , for example ,
the second series will include the two
debates between the two pairs of win
ners in the first series. The third and
final debate for the district champion
ship will then be between the two
winners in the second series.
Victory last week fell to Osceoia ,
which won from Stromsburg in the
central district ; Indianola over Mc-
Cook , in the southwestern district ;
Trenton over Culbertson , in the
southwestern district , and Sutton over
Geneva , in the central district.
Horses Burned at Hastings.
Adams County. Forty-eight heaa
of horses burned to death in a fire
which entirely * destroyed Ed Tanner's
livery stable at Hastings. The fire
had gained such headway whea dis
covered it was possible to save only
seven animals. Several were badly
scorched. Fifteen vehicles , machin
ery and feed were destroyed. The
loss is about $16,000 and insurance is
$10,500.
Farmer Killed.
Cuming County. Anton Neeson , a
well known and highly respected
farmer living west of West Point was
accidentally killed. Mr. Neeson drove
to the parochial school at Alois to
take his grandson to school. On his
rfiturn , when about a mile east of
the village , he was thrown from his
seat in the buggy , caught between the
shaft and wheel and was wedged to
death.
Indian Shot by His Wife.
Richardson County. Word has been
received at Falls City that Isadore
Rodd , an Indian living on the reser
vation southeast of Preston , was
shot twice by his wife at the home
of Sherman Hays. There is very lit
tle chance to save his life , the physi
cians say. One bullet entered.the ab
domen and the other went through
both of the jaws.
Eighth Deer Lost.
Platte County. A 200-pound buck
deer escaped from the Condon park
at Humphrey. Boys playing in the
park frightened the deer , only one of
which succeeded in clearing the" fence ,
which was made of woven wire and
over eight feet high. This makes the
eighth deer that the park has lost by
death or fright in the last ten months.
Next Meeting at Omaha.
Douglas County. By a vote of 1,412
to 1,310 school teachers of Nebraska
have voted to hold their next meet
ing in Omaha and it will be during
election week in November , the teach
ers voting almost two to one in favor
of this time. This is the third time in
thirty years that the association has
come to Omaha.
Dr. Redfield a Candidate.
Lincoln County. In response to
earnest solicitations Dr. Willis J. Red-
field , head physician of the Surgeons
and Physicians hospital of North
Platte , has announced himself as a
candidate for re-election as grand
medical examiner of the Ancient Or
der of United Workmen.
Infantile Paralysis.
Cherry County. The first case of
infantile paralysis to develop in Val
entine was when the child of Jake
Kline and wife came down with it.
The case is in the hands of Drs. Dal-
lal and Barakat , who report the little
one as getting better and think she
will recover.
Burglars in Union Bank.
Cass County. The burglars who
broke into the bank of Union some
time Thursday night left one clew
which , may help to establish their
Identity. In their hurry they left a
man's blue work jacket of a rather
small size , badly soiled and worn , but
It being the kind any workingman
might wear , this is a very slight clew ,
rhey evidently were * investigating the
vault as a numberof burned matches
were found around the vault door.
County Judge Elder Dies.
Lincoln County. County Judge W.
[ J. Elder died at North Platte of dia
betes. He was a pioneer citizen and
prominent in politics in Lincoln coun
ty for many years. For sixteen years
le was clerk of the district court and
: or the last six years has been coun-
: y judge of the county.
Lincoln Man Suicides.
Lancaster County. John McLeod , a
prominent real estate dealer , shot
limself in his ofilce and was found by
ils stenographer. He was about 36
rears of age and came to Lincoln
! rom Neligh about a year ago. Gauss
tor the act is not known.
Joy Ride Proves Serious.
Gage County. A joy ride proved
ather expensive for Paul Wayham
it Beatrice and he is now in the
: ounty jail charged with stealing a
12,000 touring car from William C.
31ack , which was in his possession
vhen arrested.
Benkeiman Votes Bonds.
Chase County. The Benkeiman
school district voted bonds in the
sum of $12,000 for the construction
> f a new school building in Benkel-
nan. The proposition had a majority
> f 21 over the necessary two-thirds.