VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M. RICE , Publisher.
VALENTINE. - - NEBRASKA.
IS A BRUTAL
KINGSLEY OLDS , a PROSPECTOR ,
.HELD FOR KILLING TWO
: YOUNG GIRLS.
DAUGHTERS OF HIS PARTNER
Bodies Found in River Near Town of
Globe , Where They Had Lain for
Twenty-Four Hours Victims As
saulted and Then Drowned.
Globe , Ariz. Charged with assault
ing and then drowning Mula and Myr
tle Goswick , aged 11 and 12 , in Salt
river , 24 miles from here , Kingsley
Olds , a prospector 46 years old , and
mining partner of the father of the two
girls , was lodged in the county jail.
His lower jaw had been shot away in
an ineffectual attempt , it is believed ,
to commit suicide after killing the two
girls.
Olds rode into Globe and told a story
of having been shot by an Indian or
Mexican and it was feared that the
girls , who were known to have been
with him , also had been shot and
killed. Later their bodies were found
in the river where they evidently had
been for nearly 24 hours.
They had been drowned.
MANY KILLED AND INJURED.
Immense Damage Done by Hurricane
on Chilean Coast.
Valparaiso. The great cyclone
which devastated the coast of Chile a
few days ago extended from Pisagua
on the north of Antofastago on the
south. Torrential rains have followed
the hurricane , almost completing the
disaster. It is estimated that more
than 200 persons were killed or in
jured. Immense damage has been
done to property of all kinds. Many
vessels in addition to launches and
lighters have foundered. Incoming
steamers report having passed buoys
adrift and cargo and derelicts.
Smallpox in Alaska.
Washington , D. C. Gov. Clark , of
Alaska , has applied for federal aid to
prevent the epidemic of smallpox in
i
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Dawson City from spreading south into
American territory. Officers of the
public health service in Alaska have
been instructed immediately to estab
lish quarantines at Eagle City and
Skagway. The outbreak is regarded
as serious at this time of the year ,
when prospectors are coming south
from Yukon territory in Alaska at the
rate of 300 a week.
Issued 420,000 Certificates.
Chicago. Morris Salmonson , having
assisted in the matrimonial aspirations
of 840,000 hearts which wished to beat
as 420,000 succumbed to a change in
municipal administration and has re
signed as marriage license clerk. Dur
ing the 25 years of his incumbency Mr.
Salmonson issued 420,000 marriage li
censes.
Searching for Slayer.
Marion , 111. Officers are searching
for "Speck" Holman , who disappeared
after a fight on a road in which James
Turnage , former county surveyor , was
killed. Holman , a former employe of
Turnage , was wounded. The fight was
the result of Holman leaving Turnage's
employ.
Rides in an Aeroplane.
Mineola , N. Y. Henry W. Taft ,
brother of the president , was carried
as a passenger by Thomas Sopwith , the
English aviator , in an aeroplane flight
here. Mr. Taft had a fine flight , the
biplane traveling about ten miles all
told and reaching a considerable alti
I" )
tude.
Sidney Beery Expires.
St. Joseph , Mo. Sidney Beery , a
prominent attorney and politician and
well known over the state among the
legal fraternity , died here following
an operation. He was imperial poten-
tatte of Molla temple of the Mystic
Shrine and commander of Hugh de
Payns commandery No. 51 , Knights
Templars. v
Eleven Prisoners Escape.
St. Joseph , Mo. By digging a hole
through a 24-inch brick wall eleven
prisoners escaped from the city jail.
Five men refused to go. The men
dropped ten feet to the ground from a
rope made of blankets.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Sioux .City. Saturday's quotations
on the local live stock market follow :
Beeves , $5.75 < g > 6.25. Top hogs , $6.20.
Held at Quarantine.
New York. The steamer Hamburg
from Genoa and Naples was detained
at quarantine for observation. She re
ported the death at sea of a 5-year-old
boy from an ailment sympttomatic , the
health officers say , of cholera.
Commence Board Delaying Election. .o
Washington , D. C. The interstate
commerce commission adjourned for
the summer without electing a secre
tary. Railroad Commissioner Theme tltl
tl
of Towa is a candidate. The matter tlst
will rest until fall.
GUI ft UTES
ILLINOISAN IS WITNESS BEFORE
LORIMER SENATE INVESTI
GATING COMMITTEE.
DENIES TALKING TO MINES
Editor Hinman of Chicago Testifies
That He Believes There Is Legis
lative Jack Pot Supported by
Liquor Interests at Peoria.
Washington. The Lorimer Investi
gating committee of the United States
senate was told by George W. Hin
man , editor of the Chicago Inter
Ocean , that there was a biennial Illi
nois legislative "jack pot" which de
rived a great portion of Its sup
port from the whisky interests at
Peoria.
Mr. Hinman was called to explain
editorials which had appeared in his
paper relative to the various Investi
gations of the election to the United
States senate of his friend , William
Lorimer.
To Attorney Marble's questions , Mr.
Hinman said he was a close friend of
Senator Lorimer , but had received no
money to be used in his election.
The witness was questioned at
length in regard to the "jack pot"
funds of the Illinois legislature.
Mr. Hinman said he had never
talked with anyone who said he con
tributed to a "jack pot , " operated one
or received money from one. "But I
believe there has been a 'jack pot * in
every legislature of Illinois since I
went to Illinois 12 years ago , " he
added.
"What do you mean by a 'jack pot ? "
asked Senator Fletcher.
"A corruption fund. "
Mr. Hinman showed some heat
when the committee asked him about
his business relations with Funk ,
Hlnes , Tilden and Lorimer.
"I ceased speaking to Mr. Funk
about three years ago because he was
too malignant an enemy to Mr. Lori
mer , " explained Mr. Hinman.
The witness declined at first to ans
wer if he had borrowed money from
either Hines , Tilden or Lorimer , be
cause it was a question concerning
his private business.
Oh , well , I will answer under pro
test , " he said after thinking It over.
On one occasion I borrowed $4,000
from Mr. Hines on three or four
months' time. "
"When ? "
"Within the last eight or ten
weeks. "
Ex-Gov. Richard Yates of Illinois
was the next witness. He denied that
he was the person addressed as " gov
ernor" In the now famous telephone
talk between the Grand Pacific hotel
in Chicago and Springfield the morn
ing of the Lorimer election.
In that talk Edward Hines is said to
have informed the "governor" that he
had just left President Taft and Sena
tor Aldrich at Washington and would
be at the deadlock convention in a
few hours with money to elect Lori-
mer. Governor Deneen will now be
asked if he was the one talked to.
"Senator Lorimer once refused to
support me for governor and Gov
ernor Deneen broke a promise to
make me senator , " said Mr. Yates.
"And with all due deference to you
gentlemen , I can say that I would
rather be governor of Illinois for" one
term than United States senator from
Illinois for a long time.
"The dark cloud which hangs over
Illinois now Is due to broken promises
of our political leaders. "
Mr. Yates told of a letter he had
written Senator Lorimer In which he
had characterized Governor Deneen as i
a "liar. " In reply to Senator Kenyon i
he said he had made the same statement -
ment to the governor in his office.
"Not using the shorter or uglier
word , " he added , "but there was no
misunderstanding between us about J
it Neither of us got much excited
over it"
RECIPROCITY HAS A CHANCE
Situation In Senate Shifts When Farm-
crs' Free List and Wool Bills
Are Reported.
Washington. Reciprocity will prob
ably win. Another quick shift of the
situation in the senate put the Demo
crats firmly back in their original at
titude of favoring the commercial pact
with Canada free of all amend
ments.
The necessities . which brought
about the coalition of Democrats and
Republican Insurgents ceased to ex
ist when Senator Penrose , chairman
of the finance committee , though giv
en 20 days 'in which to consider the
fanners' free list and wool bills , re
ported them out with an unfavorable
recommendation , and they took their
place in the senate calendar.
Now with the house bills in a posi
tion where the senate may call them
up for consideration at will , there IB
no longer any necessity to offer them
as amendments to reciprocity in order
to get a record vote.
Lelshman's Son to Wed.
New York. Announcements havt
just inched this city from Paris ol
the engagement of Miss Helene Dem a-
rest , daughter of Mrs. Warren C.
Demarest'of Nw York , to John Leish-
man , son of the American ambassador
Italy.
Honor Robert G. Ingersoll.
Peoria , 111. Peoria park board , in
the face of opposition , decided to place
the bronze statue of Robert G. Inger
sell at the grand entrance to . Glen
AGAIN A PIRATE IN THE CARIBBEAN ?
SPECIAL MESSAGE SENT TO CON
GRESS ASKING FOR LEGISLA
TION TO STOP FRAUDS.
FRUITFUL LABELS SOUGHT
Jrges That Action to Prevent Delu
sion of the Sick Be Taken by
Amendment of Food Law Shirley
Introduces Bill on Subject.
Washington. Death dealing drugs
of the cure-all variety and their mak
ers are severely condemned by Pres
ident Taft.
In a message to congress the presi
dent scathingly arraigned the manu
facturers of what he denounced as
"dangerous drug frauds" and urged
congress to amend at this session the
pure food and drug law to strengthen
that act in vital points of weakness
recently pointed out by decisions of
the United States Supreme court
President Taft believes that unless
the law is amended forthwith the
country will again be flooded by "in
jurious nostrums" and "cure-alls"
which were common before the pure-
food law first was enacted.
The message was transmitted to
both the senate and the house , and it
was said that the latter body probably
would take up the matter at an early
date. Representative Sherley of Ken
tucky already has introduced a bill
bearing on the subject.
The president , in his message , calls
attention to the provisions of the pure
food and drugs act of June 30 , 1906 ,
designed to prevent the manufacture
and shipment of "worthless nostrums
labeled with misstatements of fact as
to their physiological action misstate
ments false and misleading even in
the knowledge of those who make
them , " and asserts that the law was
received with general satisfaction and
"has been vigorously enforced , " more
than t 2,000 cases having been pre
pared for criminal prosecution under
Its 1 terms. He continues :
"The Supreme court has held In a
recent decision that the act does not
cover the knowingly false labeling of
nostrums as to curatl-e effect or
physiological action , and that inquiry
under this salutary statute does not
by its terms extend in any case to the
Inefflcicacy of medicine to work the
cures claimed for them on the labels.
"It follows that , without fear of pun
ishment under the law , unscrupulous
persons , knowing the medicines to
have no curative or remedial value
for the diseases for which they indi
cate them , may ship in Interstate com
merce medicine composed of sub
stances possessing any slight physio
logical action and labeled as cures for
diseases which , in the present state of
scien.ce , are recognized as incurable.
"Fraudulent misrepresentations of
the curative value of nostrums not
only operate to delude purchasers , but
are a distinct menace to the public
health. There are none so credulous
as sufferers from disease. The need
Is urgent for legislation which will
prevent the raising of false hopes of
speedy cures of serious ailments by
misstatements of fact as to worthless
mixtures on which the sick will rely
while their diseases progress un
checked. "
Plague Kills 83 More at Amoy.
Amoy , China. Eigthy-three deaths
from the bubonic plague and seven
deaths from smallpox were reported in
this vicinity the past two weeks.
Sees Lightning ; Loses Sight.
Atlantic City , N. J. Harry Adams ,
son of a well-to-do bath house owner ,
lost his sight by seeing a nearby bolt
Df lightning reflected into a mirror.
Specialists hold but little hope of his
recovering it
Amateur Wins Big Shoot.
Columbus , O. An amateur won the
jrand American hadicap shoot The
lucky marksman is Harvey Dixon of
Orenogo , Mo. , who stood at twenty
yards. He made one miss in a hun
dred shot1 ;
WOULD RUIN "TRUST"
SON OF SUGAR MAGNATE WANTS
TO SMASH FIRM.
Witness Tells Special Committee 01
Plan for Hostilities "to Make
Career. "
Washington. Horace Havemeyei ,
son of Henry O. Havemeyer , the
late sugar king , is planning to build
up a competition that will be destruc
tive to the sugar trust and. declares
he will succeed If he can obtain con
trol of the National Sugar Refining
company.
"I will make It an active competi
tor of the American Sugar Refining
company , In which I have no Interest
and with which I have no sympathy , "
the twenty-flve-year-old son of Henry
O. Havemeyer , told the Hardwick
sugar investigating committee.
"Will that competition benefit the
consumer ? " asked Hardwick.
"It will benefit the consumer tem
porarily , " said Havemeyer.
"For how long ? "
"Oh , until some one is busted , " he
remarked carelessly.
Mr. Havemeyer explained that he
wished to go Into the sugar business
to make a career for himself. He
learned the sugar business under his
father and members of the investi
gating committee were impressed
with his knowledge and his ability to
take care of himself.
Primarily , Mr. Havemeyer was de
sirous of defending the memory of his
father. "My father was accused of
many things , " said Horace Havemey
er earnestly and in a voice filled with
emotion , "but I know he never did
anything unless he thought it was for
the best Interests of the company.
He did not have much of an interest
In the American Sugar Refining com
pany. He drew $100,000 a year sal
ary. That was pretty large , but he
ran the company. No one has suc
ceeded him in that. He got rid of
most of his stock in the company be
cause he believed a lot of speculators
were engaged In a plan to boost the
stock. He sought to prevent this and
save a lot of innocent stockholders
who would be busted. I do ifct think
you can learn from witnesses what
was in my father's mind in conduct
Ing his business. My father discussed
these things only with my mother , and
my mother's sister. "
Mr. Havemeyer was asked why his
father organized the first sugar trust
in 1887.
"I think It was from philanthropic
motive , " he declared emphatically.
"He told my aunt , " he continued ,
"that the companies would either go
busted or be taken into a combination.
He formed that combination. "
Mr. Havemeyer told the committee
that a combination of commercial con
cerns was a good thing and that the
marvelous industrial advancement oi
the United States was due to the
trusts.
Referring to the estate left by his
father , young Havemeyer said it was
valued at $15,000,000 , about $ ,000OOC
of which was in the beet sugar Indus
try and $7,000,000 in real estate am
stocks.
Admiral Badger Gives Reception.
Cronstadt , Russia. JRear Admiral
Badger gave a reception on the battle
ship Kansas to officers of the Russian
navy , the German ambassador to Rus
sia , other diplomats and a number of
persons from the American and Brit
ish colonies at St Petersburg.
Direct Vote Bill Rejected.
Washington. The house refused to
accept the bill for direct election of
senators in the form In which It
passed the senate , and by a vote of
172 to 112 sent It to conference. The
Bristow amendment was the only
change made by the senate , and it
was because of refusal to accept this
amendment that the house voted for
conference. The vote was on strictly
party lines , one Republican Sells of
Tennessee voting with the Demo
crats , and one Democrat Burk of
Wisconsin with the Republicans
TAFT SILVER FETE
THOUSANDS REJOICE AT WED
DING ANNIVERSARY.
House Lawn Is Converted Int
a Fairyland Hundreds of Rich
Presents Sent by Friends.
Washington. A reception on the
White House lawn brought the silver
wedding celebration of the President
and Mrs. Taft the second that has
been held in the executive mansion ,
to a close.
Invitations had been sent to close
to 12,000 persons , and while the offi
cial count of those who shook hands
with the president was not given out ,
it was estimated that at least 5,000
persons were present
Never in the history of the nation
probably has such a function been
held in Washington. The diplomatic
corps , the United States Supreme
court , the senate c.nd the house of
representatives , the departments of
the government , the men who are
high In political affairs of the coun
try , the army , the navy and every
walk of life almost were represented.
Possibly 15,000 people crowded
about the iron fence that surrounds
the grounds and looked longingly at
the electric display , the splashing
fountains and the gay throng within.
The cards said the reception would
begin at nine o'clock , and promptly
on the hour , to the strains of the wed-
ing march , the President and Mrs.
Taft came slov/ly down the staircase
of the White House , preceded by the
six presidential aids and followed by
the cabinet Out through the red
room to the rear portico of the man
sion , down the broad steps and out
onto the lawn , which brut been con
verted Into a veritable fairyland , the
procession marched. They took their
stand beneath two trees just about
the center of the lawn , whose branches
were joined by an electric sign flashIng -
Ing " 1886-1911. "
Mrs. Taft surprised even those fa
miliar \7ith the Improvement In health
that she has shown t remaining by
the president's side in the receiving
line all the evening. She wore a
gown of white satin , brocaded with
silver flowers , with a court train.
Miss Helen Taft who was near at
hand , wore a gown of pink satin
with a tunic of pink chiffon.
DEALS PACKERS FRESH BLOW
Federal Judge Carpenter , In a Six-
Word Edict , Denies Rehearing
to Indicted Beef Men.
Chicago. "The motion for rehear
ing Is denied. "
In these six words Judge George A.
Carpenter In the United States cir
cuit court brushed aside the latest
plea of the Indicted packers , ruling
that they must plead to the indict
ments charging them with maintain
ing a conspiracy In restraint of trade.
The packers based their right to the
rehearing on the ground that the
criminal provisions of the Sherman
act were not definite enough to war
rant the return of Indictments or
prosecution for an alleged violation of
Its Inhibitions. They also argued that
the restraint alleged was "reason-
able , " and referred to the United
States Supreme court decisions In the
Standard Oil and tobacco cases.
BONDS BRING GOOD PRICES
None of Government's Issue of Panama
Canal Three Per Cents. Sell
for Less Than 102.21.
Washington. The high price
brought by the sale at popular
subscription of the government's Issue
of thre per cent. , fifty-year , Panama
canal bonds was further Indicated
when the treasury department pre
pared a list of accepted bids , subject
to revision for clerical errors.
The list shows approximately 1,190
accepted bids. Of the $50,000,000 Is
sue , bonds to the amount of $2,330,500
will go at 103 and upwards , $18,698.500
at 102.75 to 102.99 ; $11,019,500 at
102.50 to 102.74 ; $16,568,800 at 102.25
to 102.49 , and $1,382,700 at 102.21 to
102.24.
This means that of the whole issue ,
nothing was sold for less than 102.21.
TROTTERS MAKE FAST TIME
Obed Lowers Track Record at Open *
ing of Cedar Valley Racing Cir
cuit's Second Meet
Ji
Marshalltown , la. With splendid
fields of horses and ideal weath
er the second meeting of the
Cedar Valley racing circuit opened
here. The track record was twice
broken , being lowered from 2:12 4 to
2:11 : % by Obed , a bay horse owned
by J. W. Neary of Emmettsburg , la. ,
in the 2:14 pace. The two first heats
of this race-were run in fastest time
in the west this season. Obed won
the race in straight heats. Best time
2:11 % . C. S. O. , owned by J. N. Ross
of Knoxville , la. , won the 2:24 pace. C
Best time 2:154. Duke's Mixture , o
owned by W. J. Shanklin. of Anamosa , I
took the 2:20 trot Best time 2:17 % .
Bernhardt Off for France.
New York. Sarah Bernhardt sailed
for France on the Lorraine , after a
tour of the country which might well
tax the vitality of a younger woman
she is sixty-seven years old but not C
Bernhardt She was as full of spirits c
and life as ever. S
t !
Bill to Amend Act Goes In. n
Washington. Senator McCumbei nti
Introduced a bill amending the pure tiB
food and drugs act to conform with a
the recommendation made to congress a
by President Taft ti
JfrTTTWff f
To Enforce Certification Law.
At a conference of educators of the *
university school of superintendence-
held in the Temple building , in con
nection with the' summer school , a ,
committee was chosen to act in con
junction with State Superintendent
Crabtree to enforce the new city cer
tification law. The committee is as.
follows : State Superintendent J. W.
Crabtree , Superintendent W. L. Ste
phens of the Lincoln city schools , Su
perintendent A. H. Staley of Superior
Charles Arnot of Schuyler , W. A. Yo-
der of Douglas county , Edith Lathrop
of Clay county , Dean Fordyce of the
university , Chancellor C. A. Fulmer of. '
the Wesleyan university , and Dr. "W-
A. . Clark of the state normal at Kear-
icy .
Want Cheaper Coal Rates.
The Nebraska state railway commis
sion has filed a complaint with the *
interstate commerce commission for
the pufpose of compelling the Burling
ton railroad to reduce its rates on coaL
from Colorado to southern Nebraska.
The commission filed a complaint ot
this nature a few years ago against ,
the Union Pacific railroad company-
and as a result obtained a reduction ,
for stations on the Union Pacific as.
far east as Grand Island.
Governor Instructs County Attorneys. .
The governor's office has requested ,
county attorneys to file an affidavit of
the injured party when asking for the-
extradition of criminals who have fled :
from Nebraska. The federal law pro
vides for an indictment or an affidavit. .
In Nebraska many prosecutions are on
information and not on indictment. In.
the event of a prosecution on informa
tion the governor asks county attor
neys to accompany the information :
with an affidavit of the injured party. . \
Postmasters Eject.
At the convention of Nebraska post
masters , just closed at York , officers ,
were elected as follows : E. R. Sizer , .
Lincoln , president ; W. T. Cooke , .
Blair , secretary ; A. F. Buechler , .
rand Island , treasurer ; B. F. Thomas , .
Omaha , first vice president ; G. W
Schreck , York , second vice president ;
J. H. Tower , Button , third vice presi
dent ; A. P. Menteba , Firth , fourth
vice president. Lincoln was chosen *
as the next meeting place.
Rids Lakes of Carp.
Chief Game Warden Miller and Su
perintendent O'Brien of the state fish
eries have seined two large lakes ,
north of Fremont for the purpose of
removing carp and buffalo which are-
said to be depleting the water of ? _
supply of croppies and pickerel. The
lakes are public waters , each
more than ten acres in extent.
Injured by Patient at Asylum.
Melvin J. O'Conover , gardener at
the * Lincoln asylum for the insane , ,
was attacked by a patient at the asy
lum and underwent an operation to re
store the mashed bones on one side of
his face to their normal position. None-
of the physicians at the asylum would :
undertake the operation and another-
surgeon was called in.
The supreme court has decided that
the bishop of Lincoln and the vicar
general as trustees of the parish of
the Immaculate Conception at Ulysses-
may maintain an action in the corpor
ate name to enjoin Father Murphy
from officiating as priest in the parish ,
church at Ulysses or to enjoin the-
diversion of the church property from
the purposes to which they were de
voted by its founders.
The question of contract convict
labor will soon be taken up by the-
board of public lands and buildings , .
Governor Aldrich and Warden Dela-
hunty of the penitentiary. The expira
tion of the broom and shirt contracts :
brings it up in the near future.
A movement has been started at
University Place by the Method is ?
church for the organization of * boys"
brotherhood. It is to be organized :
along the order of the scout move I
ment , but will include more of the re
ligious element.
The deputy fire commissioner has.
issued a bulletin calling upon parents :
and all others to lend their efforts
toward a diminution of the Ipss of
life and limb by explosives on the-
Fourth of July.
Law books of special value , com
prising the Roscoe Pound prize for ex
cellence in freshman law work in the-
state university , were awarded to Eart
Oline of Sidney and Anan Raymond !
of Fairmont. The first is a three-year
law ; student and the
second
a six-year
student.
Epworth assembly "dates this year
are August 2 to 10 , inclusive.
To Prosecute State Employe.
Deputy Attorney General Ayres and
County Attorney McGerr of Gage
county have investigated the report of
State Accountant John W. Tulleys
om
the shortage of Thomas Stewarr for
merly bookkeeper at the state insti
tute for the feeble minded
youth at
Beatrice , who was found by the state
accountant to be $1,337 short in hi-
accounts. Suit will
probably be InstT
tuted by the county attorney