VALENTINE DEMOCBAT
I. M. RICE , Publisher.
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VALENTINE. NEBRASKA.
LIVES SNUFFED OUT IN A COAL
MINE EXPLOSION IN PENN
SYLVANIA.
BLAST ONLY A SLIGHT ONE
Accumulation of Afterdamp Responsi
ble for Loss of Life Three Sets of
Brothers and a Father and Son
Among Those Killed.
Dubois , Pa. Twenty-one miners
"were killed in an explosion in the shaft
of the Cascade Coal and Coke com
pany's mine at Sykesville , nine miles
from here. The explosion occurred
at 9:30 : , but it was after midnight be
fore the extent of the disaster was
known. All of the dead but three are
foreigners. The explosion was slight ,
as evidenced by the small damage
done to the mine , but the deadly damp
is responsible for most of the deaths.
Three sets of brothers and a father and
son are numbered among the dead.
None of the bodies were mutilated
and few showed bruises. Eleven of
the men in one heading had apparent
ly made ready to escape , for they car
ried their dinner pails and were head
ed for the opening.
Neither mine officials nor mine inspectors
specters are able to assign a cause for
the explosion , as there are no surviv
ors from which to gain an explanation ,
but it is the general belief that some
one drilled into a pocket of gas. The
shaft is known as a non-gaseous one ,
and Fire Boss John Brown reports he
Tvas through where the explosion oc
curred but an hour before and found
no trace of gas.
Six men were in another heading at
the time and knew nothing of the ex
plosion until the compressed air stop-
ed their drills and one man was knock
ed from his rock drill. They realized
something had happened , but did not
know the nature of it until they met a
party of rescuers coming for them.
When the rescue car of the bureau
of mines arrived here their services
were not needed , as all of the men
were dead.
SUMMER RESORT WIPED OUT.
Olentangy Park , Columbus , O. , Swept
. . by Fire.
Columbus , Ohio. Seven buildings
X which housed places of amusemen
were destroyed and probably 1,000
persons were thrown into a panic by
a fire in Olentangy park , a summer re
sort The fire swept district extends
over an area about the size of a city
hlock. The park is located at the
extreme north end of the city.
Several persons were injured in the
panic , but it is not believed any fa
talities resulted.
Defective wiring in one of the build
ings is believed to have been the
cause , the inflammable material feed
ing the flames and causing them to
spread with great rapidity. Only a few
persons , it is said , were in any of the
places when the fire broke out and
all of these , it was declared , were ac
counted for.
All of the property was uninsured.
Dynamite Caps Explode.
Butte , Mont Willie Gaiginioni ,
aged 14 , is dead , Gred Gaiginioni ,
aged 15 , is dying , and Matthew Mat-
tely , aged 11 , is seriously injured as
the result of an explosion of dyna
mite caps. The caps , it is said , the
"boys have been taking from the mines
and exploding for sport
Wind Wrecks a Canvas.
Chicago. Seven persons were hurt
here when one of the canvas covering
Buffalo Billys circus collapsed after
the storm had torn one of the guy
ropes from its fastening. The accident
occurred when the tent was nearly
mpty.
Sforza Castle Ruined.
Milan. Fire partially burned Sforza
castle at Sant Angel Lodigianzo. The
tower , which was built in 1391 , and
* he armory still stand , but the arch
ives containing imuportant documents
were destroyed.
Killed by Lightning.
Washington. J. B. Johnson of New
York , recently appointed solicitor of
the navy department , was struck by
lightning and instantly killed. John
son had been playing golf with a com
panion and was in the open.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Sioux City. Saturday's quotations
on the local live stock market follow :
Hogs , § 6.35. Cattle , $6.00@6.60.
Woman Bather Drowns.
Evansville , Ind. In an attempt to
have her friend , Anna Griffith , from
drowning while they were oathing in
the Ohio river at Cypress beach , Bon
nie Walden , 21 years old , was drowned.
Now Out of Danger.
Erie , Pa J. C. ( "Bud" ) Mars , who
"was hurt when he fell with his aero
plane here , is reported recovering.
Sunday he sat up for several hours
t I and as he is now out of danger it is
expected he will be able to .leave the
hospital in another week , .
TELLS OF JACKPOTS
GOVERNOR DENEEN IS WITNESS
IN LORIMER CASE AT
WASHINGTON.
GIVES OUT LIST OF DONORS
Illinois Executive on Stand Names
Alleged List of Contributors to
Legislative Fund Refutes Mines'
Testimony About Telephone Talk.
Washington. Gov. Charles S. Deneen
of Illinois , who appeared before the
senate Lorimer committee as a wit
ness , told how "jack-pots" had flour
ished In the state since 1897 , and gave
out a purported list of corporation
contributors to the funds.
He also told how he had suggested
to Senator Lorimer that he ( Lorimer )
become a candidate when the latter
wanted to elect Shurtleff senator. A
mild sensation was caused when the
governor pulled from his pocket the
notes of a speech delivered at Taylor-
ville , August , 1910 , which he said
charged the former speaker with be
ing responsible for the "jack-pot"
"The 'jack-pot' fund has been in ex
istence since 1897 , " said Governor De
neen. He sketched how the legisla
ture "is organized , the committees
named and how things dragged slowly
until the rush of the final few days
when everything went through or was
killed in a rush.
"The 'regulator * bills are disposed
of then , " he said. "Some are killed
outright. Others are sent again to
committees on the theory that they
cannot stand an extended coroner's
inquest. The theory Is that the money
Is paid , accumulates In the hands of
several men and finally distributed. "
"Who contributes ? " asked Senator
Jones.
"I don't know. "
"Have you ever heard ? "
"Oh , yes ; the railroads to protect
themselves , the gas companies of
Chicago , the electric light companies ,
the liquor interests , the Union Stock
yards company , the grain elevator
companies , the Pullman company and
possibly others. "
Governor Deneen told of a meeting
of railroad presidents he had been
asked to attend in Chicago during the
Forty-sixth general assembly. He
mentioned Messrs. Harahan , Earling ,
Miller , Hughitt , Winchell and Felton
as being there.
"They said the demands of the
legislature meant confiscation , " he as
serted. "They declared the govern
ment scrutinized them so closely that
they could not set aside money In that
way. I told them to come to Spring
field and protest They came , 1,000
strong , and defeated the legislation. "
Governor Deneen denied the charge
made by former Governor Yates that
he had "double-crossed" him. He
said that he had not promised Yates
he would support him for United
States Benator.
Concerning the famous Hlnes-De-
neen long-distance telephone conver
sation , the morning of Lorimer's elec
tion , Governor Deneen said :
"Mr. Hines called me up and asked
me if I had received a message from
President Taft , to support Lorimer. I
said I had not received it Hlnes
said his train was late , and he had
missed connections or he would have
come down to Springfield.
"I said , 'that's rather a remarkable
message for the president to send. '
"Hines said that President Taft waste
to send the message through Senator
Aldrlch and that George Reynolds of
the Continental Commercial National
bank was to call me up and tell me
about It. "
Governor Deneen said he never
heard from Reynolds , he did not tell
Hines he would support Lorimer , and
there was no discussion about recog
nizing Hines' voice , as Hines had pre
viously testified.
"I doubted if it was Hines. I just
accepted it as one of those anonymous
communications. "
The governor said that he did not
know Senator Aldrich , and had never
had a communication from him. He
said there was no talk of money in
the conversation with Hines.
DR. WILEY MAY BE OUSTED
Is Charged With Arranging for Pay
ment of Food Expert More
Than Law Allows.
Washington. Dr. Harvey W. Wiley ,
pure food expert has been condemned
by a committee on personnel of the
department of agriculture , with a
recommendation to President Taft
that he "be permitted to resign. " In
an opinion on the case , submitted to
the president , Attorney General Wlck-
ersham recommends approval of the
committee's action.
It is charged against Dr. Wiley that
he permitted an arrangement to be
made with Dr. H. H. Rusby , a recog
nized pharmacognosist of Columbia
university , New York , for compensa
tion in excess of that allowed by law.
Chosen Ruler of Elks.
Atlantic City , N. J. John Patrick
Sullivan of New Orleans was elected
grand exalted ruler of the Elks. He
received 814 votes. The next meeting
of ' the grand lodge will be held at
Portland , Ore. The western city had
no opposition.
Boy Killed by Mosquitoes.
Logansport , Ind. Barton Alfred
Errick , aged ten , died from mosquito
bites. Blood poisoning followed the
severe stinging of his ankles , accord
ing to the coroner's report
THE HAT HER FATHER WORE
BURNING FORESTS TRAP HUN
DREDS OF MINERS IN NORTH
ONTARIO DISTRICTS.
WHOLE TOWNS WIPED OUT
Flames Fought Back in Michigan as
Relief Is Provided Au Sable and
Oscoda Survivors Village of Wa
ters in Peril.
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Toronto , Ont Several hundred
lives and millions of dollars'
worth of property have been wiped
out as the result of the forest fires
raging In the Porcupine district in
northern Ontario.
Only three of the eighty-four em
ployes of the West Dome mine have
been accounted for and 200 miners ,
muckers and other workers In the
Dome mine have been suffocated.
Among the dead are Robert Weiss ,
manager of the West Dome mine , and
his wife and child.
The Philadelphia mine's loss Is
about $50,000 ; the United Porcupine's ,
$20,000 ; the Standard's , about $40-
000 ; the Imperial's , about $35,000 , and
the West mine's about $75,000. All
the buildings of the Eldorado , Porcu
pine and the Success were destroyed.
All reports give but a vague idea
of the loss of life and property in Porcupine
cupine camp , which probably will total
hundreds of lives and millions of
dollars.
In just four hours the fire swept
from the Standard mines through to
the shores of Porcupine lake , where
it ate up the towns of South Porcu
pine and Pottsville and part of Golden
City , as well as many small buildings
along the lake front
While some loss of life occurred in
the vicinity of Porcupine lake , the
greatest havoc was wrought around
the principal mines , notably West
Dome and Big Dome.
There the entrapped miners , cut off
from escape , were forced to take to
the shafts for safety , and , penned in
by flames , perished.
The streets of South Porcupine
strewn with dead persons , horses ,
dogs and cattle. Along the mine
roads are the charred bodies of those
overcome while trying to escape.
Of the staff of 300 at the Dome ,
but a few are saved , and at'the West
Dome but three out of eighty-four em
ployes are known to be alive. Along
the highway between West Dome and
South Porcupine , over a comparative
ly open section , were found six charred
bodies.
Many miners lost their lives in ef
forts to save others , and some were
drowned.
Detroit With food at their dis
posal and tents provided for their
shelter , the thousand or more home
less survivors of the fire-swept vil
lages of Ausable and Oscoda are
today breathing easier than at any
time since the flames destroyed their
homes Tuesday.
The known , dead remain three in
number , with Samuel Rosenthal , a
tailor , the only one yet identified.
The village of Waters , 107 miles
north of Bay City on the Michigan
Central , is reported to be burning , to
gether with the Stephenson Lumber
company's mill and lumber yards ,
valued at about $400,000. The village
has about 200 permanent residents
and a large floating population of
"lumber jacks. "
It is believed , loss of life will re
sult from the outbreak of the flames
about Waters , as there are many
lumbermen in $ he woods. Reports
come from camps near by that the
men fled for their lives and little is
known of what became of many of
them.
Evelyn Authur See Guilty.
Chicago. Evelyn. Arthur See , high
priest of "Absolute Life , " was found
guilty of abducting Mildred Bridges , a
seventeen-year-old girl , from her
home and of contributing to the de
linquency of Mona Rees , another
young woman.
Committeeman Ryan Dies.
Waukesha , Wis. Democratic Na
tional Committeeman T. E. Ryan died
here suddenly of heart failure. He
had been ill for several years with
the disease
THREE LOSE LIVES
STEAMER JOHN MITCHELL SINKS
IN SUPERIOR AFTER CRASH.
Is Hit by the W. H. Mack Boats
Come Together During Dense
Fog.
Sault Ste. Marie , Mich. Three lives
were lost and thirty-one persons , In
cluding six women and a little boy ,
experienced a thrilling midnight res
cue , when the steamer John Mitchell
of the Elphlcke fleet of Chicago
went to the bottom of Lake Superior
in collision with the steamer Wil
liam H. Mack of the Jenkins Steam
ship company , Cleveland , In a heavy
fog off Vermlllion point
While the two vessels were steam
ing through a dense fog off Vermillion
point , which is about sixty miles
northwest of the See passage , they
crashed without a moment's warning.
The Mitchell began to sink immedi
ately , and soon the lake , which was
rolling heavily , was strewn with
wreckage. The Mack , however , suc
ceeded in lowering its life boat and in
rescuing sailors and passengers floun
dering in the water , with the excep
tion of three of the crew of the Mitch
ell , who were drowned.
The dead :
Archie Causely , Detroit ; second
mate of the Mitchell.
Al Clemens , steward of the Mitch
ell , Rochester , Ind.
George Austin , watchman of the
Mitchell , Cleveland , O.
Mrs. Siemens of Rochester , Ind. ,
wife of the steward of the Mitchell ,
suffered a broken leg in the crash.
Shortly after the captains of the
two vessels had ordered the life boats
and rafts lowered , the Mitchell
plunged to the bottom. The damage
to the Mack was not so great , but It
filled rapidly. Those aboard the lat
ter vessel were safely landed on Ver
million point. Steamers were sent
to the rescue of the survivors from
Sault Ste. Marie.
INDICT LEWIS FOR FRAUD
Former Publisher of St. Louis Accused
of Illegally Using U. S. Mails
in Debenture Scheme.
St Louis. E. G. Lewis , until re
cently publisher of a number of maga
zines and promoter of large enter
prises , was indicted by a special
grand jury in the United States dis
trict court on charges of fraudulent
use of the mails.
The indictment containing twelve
counts , covers four propositions laid
before the public by Lewis , in which
he is alleged to hwe obtained several
million dollars by misleading state
ments circulated through the malls.
*
It Is charged thac through misrepre
sentations with intent to defraud
Lewis sold unsecured notes on the
Woman's Magazine building and the
Woman's National Daily building in
University City , of which Lewis is
mayor , sold unsecured notes of the
University Heights Realty and Devel
opment company , operated a "deben
ture scheme" and misrepresented the
condition of the Lewis Publishing com
pany in selling stock in that concern.
TREAT IS SHRINERS' HEAD
North Dakota Man Is Unanimously
Elected Imperial Potentate Los
Angeles Gets 1912 Conclave.
Rochester , N. Y. John F. Treat of
Fargo , N. D. , was unanimously elect
ed imperial potentate of the Imperial
council , nobles of the Mystic Shrine.
Los Angeles , Cal. , was chosen as the
place for the next supreme council
which will be held the first Tuesday
and Wednesday of May , 1912.
Author's Auto Kills Two.
Port Washington , N. Y. Miss Edith
Jotinstone and Frank P. Jordan , a
of Mrs. Frances
brother-in-law Hodg
son Burnett , novelist , were killed In
a collision between Mrs. Burnett's
automobile and a trolley construction
car.
1,000 on Boats Strike.
New York. About 1,000 firemen ,
stewards and oilers of the Ward line
steamers were called out again follow
ing the rejection of terms offered by
the company to its striking employes.
12 KILLED IN WRECK
TRAIN ON NEW HAVEN ROAD
FALLS OVER EMBANKMENT.
Fire Starts ! n Wreckage , but Is Con
trolled St. Louis Ball Team
Escapes Injury.
Bridgeport , Conn. Twelve persons
were killed and 44 badly injured in
the wreck of the Federal express , one
of the New York/ New Haven & Hart
ford railroad's fastest trains , carrying
passengers without change from
Washington to Boston. The engine
plunged down a 30-foot embankment
while running 60 miles an hour.
Fire started in the wreckage , but
the Bridgeport department put this
out and the men helped in rescuing
the injured persons.
The engineer took a "cross-over"
switch at a speed of 60 miles an hour ,
violating a rule limiting the rate to 15
miles. He died at his post
Of 100 passengers that went down
with the first six cars few escaped
death or injury. Twelve bodies were
taken out of the twisted wreckage.
Forty-four Injured are in the hospitals
and a score more received injuries not
severe enough to prevent them from
continuing their journey.
The passengers on the train In
cluded the members of the St. Louis
National league baseball team , who
were on their way to Boston for a
series of games. The ball players
were In the last Pullman car and es
caped Injury.
Without waiting to dress complete
ly the players hurried from the car ,
descended the viaduct and devoted
two hours to helping railroad men ,
policemen and surgeons at their work
in the wreckage.
A new "cross-over" Installed on the
Burr , road viaduct and embankment on
the western outskirts of Bridgeport
was Indirectly responsible for the ac
cident The train was late and the
engineer was driving to make up lost
time. When the heavy west-bound
train of nine cars struck the switch at
full speed , the locomotive leaped ,
rocked and swayed over the ties for
nearly 150 yards , and then fell to the
street below , dragging six cars down
the bank. The coupling broke be
tween the sixth aud seventh cars ,
leaving three sleepers upright on the
embankment.
GRAIN MAN SHORT MILLION
F. H. Peavey Company Officials De
clare Dead President Did Not
Personally Profit.
St Paul , Minn.T-James Pettit , presi
dent and general manager of the
Peavey Grain company of Chicago ,
whose death occurred by drowning at
Chicago on July 8 , was short approxi
mately $1,000,000 , according to a state
ment issued from the offices of F. H.
Peavey & Co. , the parent of a dozen
subsidiaries , which is the owner of
the stock of the Peavey Grain com
pany.
The statement was Issued from the
Minneapolis office , after a conference
with representatives of Minneapolis
and Chicago banks and commercial
paper houses of Chicago holding notes
floated by Mr. Pettit in the name of
the Peavey Grain company. The state
ment says in part :
"On Saturday afternoon , July 8 ,
following the death of James Pettit , a
representative of F. H. Peavey & Co. ,
who had been sent to Chicago to as
sist in the office of the Peavey Grain
company during Mr. Pettit's Illness ,
discovered that certain unauthorized
and concealed speculations had been-
going on In the business , which subse
quent Investigation proved will result
In a shortage of approximately $1,000-
000.
000."Mr.
"Mr. Pettit has apparently in no way
profited by these speculations , and
they were carried on absolutely con
trary to the instructions and without
knowledge of F. H. Peavey & Co. ,
and in direct violation of the well
known policy of the Peavey corn-
any. "
ST. LOUIS IV. WINS AIR RACE
Balloon Lands at La Paz , Ind. , 525
Miles From Kansas City Million
Population Second.
Chicago. Two worn and tired St
Louis balloonists Lieut Frank P.
Lahm and Lieut J. P. Hart , pilot and
aid respectively the crew of the air
bag , the St. Louis IV. , dropped in
not literally on Chicago , and told ol
thrilling experiences. Their craft
landed at La Paz , Ind. , near South
Bend , and Is declared to be one of the
winners of the James Gordon Bennett
cup elimination flight that started
Monday at Kansas City. The balloon
represented the aeronautic corps ol
the Missouri National Guard.
According to a press dispatch from
Kansas City , the St Louis IV. won
the race with an estimated distance
of 525 miles , with the Million Popu
lation club balloon second , with 481
miles. The Miss Sofia , which land
ed near Chicago , is declared to be
third.
Kills Wife , Shooics Self.
Fort Wayne , Ind. Because she pro
tested when he ordered a niece out
of the house , James M. Nolan shot
and Instantly killed his wife , Emma ,
and then attempted to take his own 1C
life , but inflicted only a trivial 1t
wound. t
Will Probe Rail Wreck.
Washington. The interstate commerce t .
i t. :
merce commission will investigite the
recent wreck of the Federal express
at Bridgeport Conn. , which had n
:
death toll of 14 and many Injured "
ifirt * g
50,000 NEEDED TO
HARVEST WESTERN
CANADA'S CROP
Will Take 160,000 Alto
gether to Take Care .
of Yield of Prairie
Provinces.
One hundred and sixty-two thousand
farm hands will be required this year
to harvest the grain crops of Mani
toba , Saskatchewan and Alberta. OF
this number the local help will pro
vide about 112,000 , which will leave-
about 50,000 extra farm hands. There-
Is , therefore , a great demand for this :
class of laborers in all parts of West
ern Canada. In order to meet the re
quirements it has been arranged to-
grant very low railway rates from all
boundary points reached by Canadian
railways. In order to secure these-
rates it will be necessary for you to-
call on one of the following authorized
agents of the Canadian government :
M. V. Mclnnes , 176 Jefferson Avenue
Detroit , Michigan ; C. A. Laurier , Marquette -
quette , Michigan ; J. S. Crawford ,
Syracuse , N. Y. ; Thos. Hetherington ,
Room 202 , 73 Tremont Street , Boston , ,
Mass. ; H. M. Williams , 413 Gardner
Bldg. , Toledo , Ohio ; Geo. Aird , 216-
Traction-Termlnal Bldg. , Indianapolis , .
Indiana ; C. J. Broughton , Room 412 :
Merchants' Loan & Trust Bldg. , Chicago
cage , 111. ; Geo. A. Hall , 2nd Floor , 125
Second Street , Milwaukee , Wis. ; B-
T. Holmes , 315 Jackson Street , St
Paul , Minn. ; Chas. Pilling , Clifford ,
Block , Grand Forks , N. D. ; J. M. Mac-
Lachlan , Box 197 , Watertown , S. D. ;
W. V. Bennett , Room 4 , Bee Bldg. , .
Omaha , Neb. ; W. H. Rogers , 125 West
9th Street , Kansas City , Mo. ; Benj.
Davies , Room 6 , Dunn Block , Great
Falls , Montana ; J. B. Carbonneau , Jr. ,
217 Main Street , Biddeford , Me. ; J. N.
Grieve , Auditorium Building , Spokane , .
Wash. '
This will give to intending harvest
laborers a splendid opportunity to look :
over the magnificent wheat fields of
Western Canada and will give them *
the best evidence that can be secured
of the splendid character of that coun
try from the farmer's standpoint.
There will be at least 200,000,000'
bushels of wheat harvested within the
area of the three provinces above-
named this year and it is expected
that the yield will run from 15 to 25-
bushels per acre. Many farmers , this *
year , will net , as a result of their-
labors , as much as $8 to ? 10 per acre
and many of them will deposit as-
profits as much as $8,000 to $10,000.
The wide publicity that has beeo.
given to the excellent crop that is be
ing raised in central Alberta and :
southern Alberta , central Saskatche
wan and southern Saskatchewan , and"
also In Manitoba , will increase the
price of lands in these three provinces :
from $3 to § 5 per acre and the man.
who was fortunate enough to secure-
lands at from ? 12 to $20 per acre wilt
have' reason for gratification that he-
exercised sufficient forethought to In
vest , while the man who was fortu
nate enough to secure a homestead or
160 acres free will also have a greater-
reason tofeel , pleased.
Notwithstanding the great addition ,
to the acreage this year over last and :
the large crop that willbe ready for-
harvesb there is no reason to become-
alarmed that the harvest will not he-
reaped successfully. There will be a
great demand for these low rates dur
ing the next couple of months ; be-
sure to make your application to any
of the agents above mentioned that
may be fn your territory at as early
a date as possible. Harvesting will'
commence about the 25th of July and !
continue for five or six weeks , when ,
threshing will begin and there will b ?
plenty of work until November. -
Harold Knows the Signs.
Five-year-old Harold's older sister-
was In the habit of making a goodl
many demands on him. Generally
her requests for favors , usually the-
runnlng of errands around the house ,
were prefaced by what she considered !
subtle flattery.
"Now , Harold , " she began one day , ,
"you're a dear , sweet little boy , andl
you know I love you " but Harold
cut her short.
"Well , Ethel , " he said , earnestly , "iff
it's upstairs , I won't go. " LippSncott's *
Magazine.
Sincere but Awkward.
It was at the private theatricals
and the young man wished to compli
ment his hostess , says the Bostorr
Transcript :
"Madam , you played your „ part
splendidly ; it fits you to perfection. ' "
"I'm afraid not A young and pret
ty woman is needed for that part , "
said the smiling hostess.
"But , madam , you have positively
proved the contrary. "
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA , a safe and sure remedy for
infants and children , and see that it
Bears the
Signature of _
In Use For Over
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A good word is an easy obligation ;
but not to speak it requires only our
silence , which costs us nothing. Cur
tis Yorke.
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leethinfj , softens the { fums. reduces inflamma-
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There are some things that even
he most absent-minded of us can't
"orget