The Valentine Democrat
GEORGE M. GASKILL , Editor.
VALENTINE , - - NEBRASKA.
MANY HOUSES ARE RAZED AND
CROPS LAID LOW IN
NORTH DAKOTA.
MOVES ACROSS BORDER LINE
Tail End of Gale Hits Winnipeg , Do
ing Some Damage At Sherwood , N.
D. , Advices Say Two Tornadoes
Collided.
Minneapolis , Minn. A terrific wind
storm along the international bound
ary line in North Dakota blew down
houses on the heads of their inmates
and whipped crops in places into
shreds.
A number of persons are reported
killed at Antler , in Bottingcau county ,
N. D. It is reported that two torna
does collided at" Sherwood. Heavy
property loss is reported at Sherwood ,
Loraine , Mohall and Souris. At Souris
one person was killed.
The 6-year-old child of Elmore Carl
son , living near Sherwood , was killed
and several members of the family
were injured. Several persons were
injured when tbe storm struck the
home of Jacob Kanz , northeast of
Sherwood. The farm buildings of Ole
! i Johnson were demolished and several
farm hands were injured.
Members of the family of Imogene
Nelson , southeast of Sherwood , saved
their lives by lying down in a wheat
field. The buildings and personal
property were scattered.
The tail end of one of the storms
smote Winnipeg , across the border ,
doing somedamage.
Reports are that property in Sas
katchewan and Manitoba suffered. A
destructive hail storm struck Purdue ,
Sask. Wind destroyed many farm
buildings in the Elmore district of the
same province. One person was seri
ously injured. Two fatalities are re
ported at West Hope.
PUTTING DOWN REBELLION.
Order Is to Be Restored Before Troops
Are Withdrawn.
Mexico City. Order will be reestablished
tablished in the state of Moreles be
fore the federal troops are withdrawn.
They have been ordered to occupy the
various towns now held by the Zapa
tistas.
Gen. Ambrosio Figueroa has been
instructed to march his men north
ward from the Guerrero state line
and rurales now in the state of Vera
Cruz will be brought into the disaf
fected region.
This is an outline of the policy of
the federal government will follow in
dealing with Emiliano Zapata and his
rebels in Morelos , as determined by
President De la Barra's cabinet.
Lassoed by an Indian. „
Valentine , Neb. A traveling sales
man had a narrow escape here. He
was lassoed by a drunken Indian by
the name of Pete Neisse. He got the
rope off his neck and started to chase
the Indian with a rock. The red man
drew a gun and fired on him. He
managed to get away without getting
hit , although the Indian shot several
times.
Man Dies on a Car.
Lincoln , Neb. An unknown man of
refined appearance was found dead
in his seat in a street car , being de
serted by a woman , his only compan
ion , a few seconds before the condi
tion of the man was noticed. There
were no effects on the body to lead
to an identification , and the woman
who was with him has not been lo
cated.
;
Mad man Captured.
New Brunswick , N. J. After wound
ing one of the besiegers who had sur
rounded a house all night , George \
Smith , a former inmate of an insane
asylum , who had armed himself and
defied a number of deputy sheriffs ,
was captured.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Sioux City , la , Saturday's quota JiSI
tions on the local live stock market SI
SIW
were as follows : Beeves Good to W
choice corn-fed steers , $6.25@7.40 ; r <
medium to good , $5.75@6.25 ; good to n
choice grass steers , $4.50@5.75 ; good C
to choice fat cows and heifers , $5.00@ IV :
6.60 ; grass cows , $3.50@4.75 ; canners -
ners and cutters , $2.50g ( > 3 50 ; bulls , dA
>
52.85@5.25 ; veals , $3.60@6.50. Hogs dt
- Top price , $7.35 ; bulk of sales , t (
$7.15@7.25. Sheep Lambs , $6.25 ® sisi
.50" ; yearlings , $4.00@4.50 ; wethers * . si
$3.50g ( > 3.75 ; ew'es , $3.00@3.50. Ishi
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One Million Dollar Blaze.
Frankfort , Germany. The Opal
Sewing Machine and Bicycle factory w
at Russelham was destroyed by fire. in
Two persons perished in the flames
te
and many were injured. The loss is be
more than $ bewi
$1,000,000. wi
la
Fire Destroys a Hotel.
Krebs , Okla. Fire here destroyed a
hotel , the opera house , city hall and
twelve residences before it was al l
brought under control. The total dam fn
age is about $50,000. he
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TWO AVIATORS KILLED
FATAL ACCIDENTS ATTEND AIR
MEET IN CHICAGO.
jadger Crushed to Death by Machine
Johnstone Is Drowned
in Lake.
Grant Park Aviation Field , Chicago.
In the presence of 500,000 people ,
two aviators , one the son of a Pitts
burgh millionaire , the other the son
of a Chicago physician , were dashed
to their deaths.
One of the fatalities occurred on
the field , a few yards from the gates
of the enclosure , when a biplane with
huge spread of red wing folded up
like a jack knife "d struck the earth
with terrific force.
The second accident occurred at
sunset when a graceful monoplane
suddenly shot toward the lake from
a height of 3,500 feet As it neared
the water its pilot tried to steer it
upward , but the forces of gravitation
were too potent The wings collapsed ,
the engine exploded and the driver
was either killed before he struck the
water or drowned.
The dead : St. Crolx Johnstone , a
Chicago aviator , whose Molsant mono
plane dived into the lake afte * a glide
of 3,500 feet It collapsed when its
pilot tried to turn its course upward
and Its engine exploded. Johnstone
had vanished when Robinson , in his
hydroaeroplane , reached the wreck a
minute later. He was eJher killed
by the engine or drowned.
W. R. Badger , a Pittsburgh pilot
and reputed millionaire , who sought
to emulate the hair-raising exploits of
Lincoln Beachey. His Baldwin "red
devil" collapsed as Badger was mak
ing a spectacular dip not far above
ground. The engine struck the pilot ,
breaking his neck and crushing his
skull. Badger died in St Luke's hos
pital within half an hour.
COL WATTERSON IS BEATEN
Kentucky Democrats Ignore Plea ot
Editor and Declare for Exten
sion of County Unit Law.
Louisville , Ky. Delegates to Ken
tucky's Democratic platform con
vention refused to accept Henry
Watterson's advice and adopted the
majority report of the resolutions
committee , which provided for the ex
tension of the county unit law to all
counties of the state.
Colonel Watterson moved to amend
the report so as to leave the state's
liquor laws as theytstand , urging that
the county unit was but a preface to
prohibition.
The vote on Colonel Watterson's
amendment was 514 for and 667
against Immediately It was lost the
majority report was carried unani
mously.
Besides the county unit law , which
has not been In force In counties
where cities of the first four classes
are situated , the platform commends
the Democratic congress and the
state's Democratic representatives
and condemns everything Republican.
The resolutions contain no Indorse
ment of any national candidate , but
declare for the popular election of
United States senators , direct pri
maries and good roads.
GENERAL STRIKE IS BEGUN
Industrial War Is Declared In Great
Britain Troops Are Ready
for Emergencies.
London. A general strike on Brit
Ish railways was declared in effect
But the declaration may yet be with
drawn.
Representatives of the four organi
zations comprising the Amalgamated
Society of Railway Servants issued a
strike order calling out the 100,000
members of their allied unions. The
men were asked to strike "Immedi
ately. "
Though the membership of the
unions is less than one-sixth of the
entire force of railway workmen , it
includes the highest skilled laborers
smployed by the companies , and if
hey keep in line they will be able to
cripple the traffic of the entire United
Kingdom.
\STOR DOWRY IS DISCUSSED
Marriage Settlement to Be Made or
Miss Force Is Drawn by
Lawyers.
New York. Former Supreme Court
ustice Henry A. Gildersleeve is
(
aid to have been in consultation |
dth Lewis Cass Ledyard with
egard to drawing up the terms of a
narrlage settlement to be made by
3ol. Jacob Astor upon his fiancee ,
Hiss Madeleine Talmage Force.
In addition to the $25,000 solitaire )
liamond engagement ring that Colonel :
V.stor gave Miss Force , he presented
o her while In Newport , a superb
iapphire ring , an enameled watch
itudded with diamonds , a bar pin of
arge daimonds and a set of diamond
lair ornaments.
Transatlantic Balloon Ready.
Akron , O. After several months'
rork the mammoth dirigible balloon ,
which Melvln Vaniman will at- !
3mpt to cross the Atlantic ocean , has
een completed at a local plant and
11 early next week be shipped to At-
intic City , N. J.
Martial Law at Juarez.
Juarez , Mex. With 200 men , Gener-
Pascual Orozco , who arrived here
om Chihuahua , raided the gambling
ouses in this city. He has pro- :
aimed martial law in Juarez. i
THE BIRD MEN AT CHICAGO
Lincoln Beachy , Who Flew From New York to Philadelphia and There *
by Won a Prize of $5,000 , Is Here Sh own Rounding One of the Pylons Dur
ing His Successful 20-M'e ! Race at th e Great Aviation Meet at Chicago.
COLONEL SAYS MOTIVE OF STEEL
MERGER OF NO CONCERN
TO HIM.
HOLDS COURSE EFFECTIVE
Dormer President Declares Tennessee
Deal Saved Common People- Mis
ery and Suffering Explains Testi
mony Before Committee.
New York. In an article In the
Outlook under the headline , "The
Steel Corporation and the Panic of
1907 , " former President Roosevelt dis
cusses his recent appearance before
the congressional committee Investi
gating the steel corporation , repeating
the written statement he then pre
sented and after dealing with some
of the lines of inquiry and his responses - '
sponses he says :
"Most of the questions dealt with
matters not of sufficient moment to
warrant allusion to them here. Many
of them were as to what my belief
was concerning the motives of the
steel corporation people in acquiring
the Tennessee Coal and Iron com
pany's property ; to which , of course ,
my answer was that it was not my
business , and neither was it in my
power to seach the hidden domain of
motive , and that my action was con
ditioned , not upon what I believed to
be the motives actuating the steel
corporation , but upon the belief tbat
the action which they proposed taking
would be enormously to the benefit of
the community at large at that par
ticular moment.
"Whether the chief motive for their
action was a desire to absorb the
Tennessee Coal and Iron company , or
whether their chief motive was to
save the threatened New York firm
from failure , and thereby stop the
panic , was of no concern to me.
"That both motives were in their
minds I thought possible , and now
thing possible. What was the pre
dominant motive was of no cense
quence. My concern was that the ac
tion should be taken and the situation
saved in the interests of the people
of the United States.
"One of the questions put to me in
dicated disbelief , or , to be more ac
curate , perhaps I should say that it
was meant to be understood as In
dicating disbelief that the action
taken was really efficient in stopping
the panic. The action taken was , in
my judgment , the only action that
could stop the panic , and it most cer
tainly was of enormous , and in all
i
human probability of decisive , influ
ence in actually stopping it. "
Rostand Is Seriously Hurt.
Paris. Edmond Rostand , author
f Ceyrano De Bergerac and Chan-
ecler , was seriously but not fatally -
' V
tally injured when an automobile in
which he was riding overturned near
3ambo. M. Rostand's head was
aruised and he was badly hurt in the
ibdominal region , but the physicians
ire of the opinion that he will recover.
Mail Lies in River Six Years.
Albuquerque , N. Mex. Several mail
sacks lost in tbe flood of 1905 were
ound in the bed of the Pecos river ,
fhe mail was so well preserved that :
t was forwarded to destinations orig- :
nally given , after six years :
lelay.
Headache Powder Fatal.
Knoxville , Tenn. Henry C. Good-
vln , president and general manager of
he Goodwin Clothing company of this
ity , died suddenly , presumably from
dose of headache powder.
WILEY RULE REVERSED
OVERRULED BY BOARD IN SYRUP
CASE DECISION.
Offered Money by Manufacturers to
Make Ruling Favorable to
Their Product.
Washington. That three of Presi
dent Roosevelt's cabinet officers Sec
retaries Cortelyou , Straus and Wilson
sitting as a board of review , had
reversed the government's ruling
against the Corn Products company
was the assertion of Dr. H. W. Wiley
as a witness in his own behalf.
The case was that of the Corn Prod
ucts company , whose right to apply
the name of "corn syrup" to glucose
the bureau of chemistry and the board
Jpf food and drug inspection had de-
"nied.
Doctor Wiley testified that when
the bureau and the board had agreed
that the name was a misapplication
the corporation had offered money to
chemists to make affidavits that "corn
syrup" was a proper description.
Shortly afterward , he declared , the
board of three cabinet officers Sec
retary of the Treasury Cortelyou , Sec
retary of Commerce and Labor Straus
and Secreary of Agriculture Wilson
set aside the decision and sustained
the contention of the corporation.
That ruling , he added , still stands.
In opening his testimony Doctor
Wiley placed in evidence the letter
written by Secretary Wilson on April
24 , 1907 , notifying him of the appoint
ment of Doctor Dunlap as associate
chemist. This is the letter which
Doctor Wiley interpreted as giving
Doctor Dunlap authority greater than
his own.
STATEHOOD BILL VETOED
President Withholds Approval Be
cause of Judiciary Recall Clause
in Arizona Constitution.
Washington. President Taft , In
a special message to the house
of representatives , vetoed the joint
resolution providing for the' ad
mission of New Mexico and Arizona
to statehood. His reason for exer
cising the executive power of veto
was based on his thorough disapproval
of the recall of judges clause In the
Arizona constitution.
The fact that New Mexico's state
hood was bound up with that of Ari
zona meted out to it the same fate ,
and neither territory can come Into
the Union at this time unless friends
of the joint resolution In congress
can muster the two-thirds vote neces
sary to adopt the resolution over the
president's veto. This may be at
tempted.
Lincoln Military Aide Dies.
Hanover , Germany. Major H. R.
Rathbone , who was a military aide
to President Lincoln , and in attempt
ing to defend him the night Lincoln
was assassinated ( April 14 , 1865) ) re
ceived a stab wound from Booth ,
died In the Hildesheim asylum for
the criminal Insane , where he was In
carcerated for murdering his wife. He
will be buried on Wednesday.
Pope Much Better.
Rome. The physicians found the 1
pope with a normal temperature and ]
jtherwise improved , and accordingly , 1
or the first time since his Illness be- 1t 1t t
ame serious , permitted a departure t
rom a liquid diet They ordered rice i
md chicken.
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Cholera in a Garrison ? ,
Paris. The Paris Midi is authority
or a report that sixty soldiers at the |
Marseilles garrison have been placed
J
n the hospital as suspected cholera
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Nebraska's Progressive Laws.
In reply to a request from Senator
Owen of Oklahoma for detailed facts
regarding the enactment of laws in
Nebraska increasing the scope of pop
ular rule , Attorney General Martin has
written him showing the 'progress '
achieved along this line. He mentions
the following acts :
Australian ballot law First enacted
in 1891 ; amended in 1897 to provide
for party columns on the ticket ; later
changed back to "the old form of group
ing candidates for each office under
the same head.
Direct primary Passed in 1907 ;
amended in 1909 to provide for the
open primary ; changed back to the
closed primary in 1911 , and - presidential
tial preference feature added.
Initiative and referendum Consti
tutional amendment : tibmitted by the
legislature of 1911 foi ratification by
the voters.
Recall Provision made for this fea
ture , as applied to mayor and.council-
men , in the South Omaha charter.
Commission government for cities-
Optional iplan passed legislature of
1911.
Corrupt practices Original act
passed in 1899 , since amended in some
respects.
Oregon plan of electing senators
Enacted in 1909 and one senator elect
ed 'under it in 1911.
Protest Against Delayed Payment.
Numerous protests have been re
ceived at the office of the attorney gen
eral because of the ruling of the pure
food commission that cream dealers
shall not pay for cream the same day
that it is tested. It is possible that the
protests may culminate in a suit to
test the power of the commission to
make such a rule.
A similar rule has been effect in
Kansas for several years.
The rule was made because testers
are frequently hurried when farmers
want their money at once. Consequently
quently inaccurate tests are sometimes
made. In towns where there are two
or more dealers the practice of paying
for cream as soon as it is 'delivered
has resulted in tests being boosted be
cause of competition. The rule postponing -
poning payment until a few days after
delivery is supposed to correct these
abuses.
Mr. Crabtree's Fees.
The semi-annual report of State
Superintendent J. W. Crabtree to the
overnor shows that his department
collected $3,963.19 for the certification
or registration of state , county and
ity certificates for teachers and that
his department expended all of that
amount except $356.18 for the ex
penses of certification or registration.
The law heretofore has not required
any other state officer to audit these
receipts and disbursements of the
state superintendent , but the Gerdes
law , passed by the last legislature , re
quires all such fees to be paid into
the state treasury and the funds can
be drawn out only on vouchers signed
by the department in charge of the
fund. The new law went into effect
July 7.
Governor Asked for Interviews.
Governor Aldrich has been invited
by the secretary of the people's
power league of Montana to write
"editorials" for the league in support
of its campaign to educate the peopl6
of Montana in the use of the initiative
and referendum laws- already upon the
statute books. The league intends to
initiate a direct primary law and a ]
{
corrupt practices act during the coming -
ing year.
Land Commissioner Cowles * private
record of property at state institutions
shows that the Lincoln asylum leads
in the production of chickens and
eggs. August 1 there were 2,153 chickens - .
ens and 208 'hens and in six months
the production of eggs was 19,000.
There are 128 ducks by actual count
*
and twenty-three roosters. The state
board has given ( permission for the
building of a new hen house in the
hope that more eggs may be produced
during the winter.
The Nebraska public library commission -
mission will have an 'exhibit at the
state fair , September 4th to 8th , in
the Educational building , to which the
attention of everyone interested in
books is directed. B.ooks are loaned
by the commission to people in the
rural districts and small towns of the
state free of charge. In this exhibit
will be shown a regular traveling
library , a library for country schools ,
and a library for club work or special t ;
study of any kind. There will be at lie
tendants in charge to explain how lifl
these books may be obtained fl
s ;
Miss Mamie Muldoon of the state
fire warden's office is putting in the
hot August days writing a text book
to be used in the public schools for
the purpose of instructing children in C : (
the dangers of fire , and how to prevent u
l
vent damage by proper care in the
use of matches and fire. She is writ
ing a pamphlet which will contain
fifty or sixty lessons for children. The
new law makes it compulsory for IEbi
teachers to devote one-half hour each
month to instructions in the handling
of fire.
INTERSTATE
THE NINTH ANNUAL EVENT
WILL PROVE A RECORD
BREAKER.
AT SIOUX CITY , SEPT. 18-23
The Fame of the Interstate Fair Has
Grown Steadily Until Its Blue Ribbons
bens Are Now Eagerly Sought After
by Exhibitors.
The ninth annual Interstate Live
Stock Fair , which will be held at
Woodland Park , Riverside , Sioux City ,
the week of September 18 , will be a
larger and a better fair than ever be
fore.
fore.The
The fame of the Interstate Fair as
an exhibition place of the leading
herds of cattle and show horses in the
country has been growing steadily
year after year , until today the blue
ribbon of no state fair is more eager
ly sought after than that bestowed by
the Interstate for the very simple rea
son that no where is the competition
closer.
For instance , this year the Inter
state Fair will have an exhibit of
Hereford cattle second to no fair or
exposition in the country , and the
herd that leaves the gates of Wood
land Park with the Hereford blue rib
bon for 1911 will be compelled to win
it over the most celebrated herds in
the country , some of which will con
tain champions of the International
exposition.
All departments of cattle , horses
and hogs are crowded with entries ,
and the fair as a fine stock show is as
sured of a huge success.
The exhibit of farm machinery and n
automobiles will occupy every foot of
space in Machinery avenue , and addi
tional space is being begged for by
manufacturers who realize the advan \i
tages of Sioux City as a point of dis
play.
play.Another
Another educational feature of the
fair will be the exhibit of specimens
from diseased animals which will be
made by the United States Bureau of
Animal Husbandry. Veterinary ex
perts will deliver lectures daily on the
way to prevent diseases common to
farm animals.
The Iowa State Agricultural Col
lege also will be represented by pro
fessors who will make talks on proper
methods of farming.
A good racing program has been ar
ranged for every day of the fair.
The entertainment and amusement
feature of the fair is costing the asso
ciation more money this year than any
year previously. Secretary Joe Mor
ton has engaged six of the highest
priced vaudeville acts anywhere in the
world today. These acts will be put
on by twenty-two performers , nearly
all of whom will be brought over from
Europe for a few fairs.
A star act , in addition to these
vaudeville acts , will that of the cham
pion sheep dog trials , one of the great
entertainment features of Scotland.
These champion sheep dogs will be
brought over from Scotland by their
owners and handlers.
The feature of the Midway will be
Parker's Carnival company. No gam
bling nor Immoral shows will be al
lowed and any attempts at overcharg
ing on the grounds will be followed by
Immediate arrest.
Joe Morton , secretary for the Inter
state Live Stock Fair association , has
received assurances that the Inter
state Fair would receive the same re
duction in rates which the roads of
the Western Passenger association
have granted to the state fairs.
Mr. Morton was informed that the
rate for tickets to Sioux City on ac
count of the fair would be as follows :
In Iowa One and one-half fare for
the round trip from all points except
Council Bluffs. The minimum excur
sion fare to be $1.
In Minnesota One and one-half fare
from all points.
In Nebraska One and one-half fare
from all points except Omaha within
a $4 one-way radius.
In South Dakota An open rate of
one fare from all South Dakota points * ,
within a $6 radius.
The Interstate Fair is a clean show
and .deserves the patronage of the people
ple it serves.
A Spartan.
The negro hackman had driven them
over a long and dusty road. When
they reached the village hotel one of
the. party asked the negro if they
couldn't send him out a drink , "No ,
sah. Ah don't '
drink. It's agin man
principalities. "
Filler for Linoleum.
One woman who had been much
troubled by the breaking of expensive
inoleum tried sawdust well sprinkled
jver the rough floor
before laying as a
lller , and was delighted with the re-
ult
Let Well Enough Alone.
They tell of an Emporia woman who
vent to the public library to read a
ook book. It would be a genuine pleas-
ire to the Gazette to print her pic-
ure. Emporia ( Kan. ) Gazette.
It All for Themselves.
There are men who love liberty so
ouch that they not only grow selfish
ut actually do get excited when some
me else dares to suggest that others
hould be allowed the right to enjoy
he use of some of it