The Valentine Democra
GEORGE M. GASKILL , Editor.
VALENTINE , - - NEBRASK/
FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT AT NEE
NAH , WIS. , WHEN TRAIN HITS
HAYRACK PARTY.
VICTIMS HORRIBLY MANGLEE
Limbless and Headless Bodies Cove
Right of Way for a Great Distance-
Two of Killed Hurled Through :
Flagman's Shanty.
Neenah , Wis. Sixteen deaths wil
probably result from a mile-a-minut <
passenger train at Neenah crashing
into a party of thirty-one merry younj
people loaded upon a hayrack.
A big billboard along the railwaj
tracks obstructed the view from th <
locomotive , as well as from the wagon
Mist and fog did the rest.
Twelve persons on the hayrack were
instantly killed , one person has sinc <
died and three out of the eight in
jured are believed to be fatally hurt
Nine of the thirty-one people aboarc
the wagon escaped without a scratch
as did both the horses. Nobody on thf
train suffered except from a momen
tary shock.
The collision occurred on the Chicago
cage Northwestern railway at the
Commercial street crossing here ,
Train No. 121 , northbound , whirled
through the wagon load of people at
a 45-degree angle. This peculiarity
was owing to the fact that the railway -
way crossing is a diagonal. The vic
tims were returning from the Peter
Hansen farm , where they had gone
to attend the celebration of a wedding
anniversary. All but two , who were
Chicago men , were residents of Me-
nasha.
WOMAN CASHIER HELD.
Miss Augusta Martin of Kansas City
Charged with Embezzlement.
Kansas City. A woman's jealousy
of her fiance because of his attentions
to another caused the arrest here of
Miss Augusta Martin , charged with
embezzlement of $5,600 from a musi
I cal instrument company. Miss Martin
was a cashier in the company's em
ploy. She admitted , according to the
police , to taking the money in small
amounts by manipuating expense
vouchers , and said she divided it with
a man acquaintance. It was a letter
from her fiance which disclosed to
the company the peculations of Miss
Martin.
Stabbed by a Negro.
Cincinnati , O. Because they were
crowding in a seat on a crowded car
here Thomas Taylor , aged 25 , and
Floyd Easter , aged 21 , were attacked
by an unidentified negro and sustained
knife wounds that will prove fatal.
The negro escaped. The two men ,
both of prominent family , were hur
ried to the hospital , where no hope is
entertained for their recovery.
Man Fatally Injured.
New York. Upton Sinclair , the nov
elist , was in an automobile which ran
down and probably fatally injured an
unidentified peddler while the author
was on his way to his home in Edge-
more , Del. Witnesses said the acci
dent was unavoidable , as the peddler
walked directly in front of the car.
Sinclair was not detained.
Nude Body Washed Ashore.
Sandusky , O. The body of an un
identified man with legs strapped to
gether above the knees , a rope around
the waist and a large gash in the neck ,
was washed ashore at Keney's island.
The body was nude and bore no mark
to make identification possible. It is
believed the man was murdered
aboard a vessel and thrown overboard.
Central Strike Settled.
Cairo , 111. The strike of the clerks
of the Illinois Central at Mounds was
settled by the company taking back
all clerks , including the two who
caused the walkout when they refused
to take the places of the strikers at
East St. Louis.
Sioux City Live Stock Market.
Sioux City. Saturday's quotations
on the local live stock market follow :
Cattle : Good to choice corn fed
steers , $6.25@7.75 ; medium to good ,
? 5.75@6.25 ; good to choice -grass ,
steers , $4.50@6.50 ; good to choice fat '
cows and heifers , $5.00@G.GO ; grass !
cows , $3.50@4.70 ; canners and cutters , i
$2.50@3.50 ; bulls , $3.00@4.50 ; veals , |
? 4.00@7.00. Hogs Prices ranged from .
$6.45@6.75 , with the bulk of the sales
at ? 6.50@6.55. Sheep Lambs , $4.50@
5.50 ; yearlings , $3.50@4.25 ; wethers ,
? 2.S5@3.50 ; ewes , § 2.00@3.25.
Drinks Carbolic Acid.
Port Clinton , O. A note left in a
milk pan , instructing the milkman to
notify the authorities that the author
was dead , \ras the way Mrs. Sarah
K. Burg told the public she had com
mitted suicide by drinking carbolic
acid. Despondency was the cause.
Lawyer Ends His Life.
Geneva , N. Y. A young San Fran
cisco lawyer , Louis Nadour , was found
dead in a hotel here. The police say
he committed suicide.
STEAMSHIP OLYMPIC BADLV
DAMAGED IN COLLISION WITH
BRITISH CRUISER HAWKE.
SAVED BY COLLISION DOORS
Largest Passenger Vessel Afloal
Turns Back to Southampton With
Large Hole Near Stern No Panic
Among 3,000 People Aboard.
Southampton , England. The steam'
ship Olympic of the White Star line ,
the largest vessel afloat , which left
here with a large crowd of returning
American tourists , lies off Calshot
Castle badly damaged as a result of
being rammed by the British cruiser
Hawke.
The collision occurred off the north
side of the Isle of Wight A great
hole was stove in the starboard quar
ter of the Olympic , but the 2,000 pas
sengers escaped unharmed. Captain
Smith immediately signaled for Ports
mouth to send him tugs , then drove at
full speed for the mud banks off
Osborne bay.
Meantime he ordered the collision
gates and doors closed , thus stopping
the inrush of water. The craft im
mediately righted itself and the com
mander decided he could reach South
ampton under the Olympic's own
power.
The Hawke had been undergoing
steam trials following extensive re
pairs at Portsmouth and was travel
ing at great speed when she over
took the Olympic. The cruiser was
passing the liner to starboard when
suddenly the former drew in and
crashed into the steamer's quarter
about twenty feet from the stern. It
is thought the warship was drawn
against the other vessel by the suc
tion. After the Impact the Hawke
drew astern and her crew threw the
collision mats over a badly damaged
bow.
bow.There
There was great excitement , but no
panic , on board the liner , the passen
gers of which were reassured by the
officers. The weather was somewhat
thick and there was a squall at the
time of the accident , but the haze
was not sufficient to obscure either
vessel from the other.
The Olympic sailed from Southamp
ton , bound for New York by way of
Cherbourg and Queenstown. The first
cabin passengers numbered 724.
Among them were between twenty
and thirty American millionaires.
All told there were nearly 3,000 people
ple on board.
JUDGE GROSSCUP TO QUIT
Appellate Jurist Will Resign Front
Bench In October Plans Ac
tive Public Life.
Chicago. Peter Stenger Grosscup
judge of the United States circuit
court and a member of the United
States circuit court of appeals for
this district , will send his resignation
from the bench to President Taft
early in October. '
This announcement , absolutely unexpected - '
expected to members of the bench
and bar and to the public generally , i
was made by the jurist. I
In a statement dictated for the
press he gave the following explana
tion of his decision to retire : j
"I wish more freedom , not only as
an individual , but as a citizen. The
world politically is trying to catch up
with the world's radically changed
economic conditions. The 'formative'
period Is approaching. Next year's i
presidential election will , I believe , he
the last one on the old lines. And the
settlement for the future will come
not through the courts of law , but
through the courts of public opinion. <
"I wish no office expect never again
'
to hold office but I wish greater freedom -
dom than the bench gives to do my' '
part in this court of public opinion. [
"I expect , of course , to re-enter the
practice of law an idle life would be
an unhappy one but to practice law
in a not too strenuous way. "
YOUTH MURDERED BY TRAMPS
Melvln Bradrick Is Slain at Orescent j
City , III. , During Altercation i
Over Stolen Chickens. i
Gilman , 111. Melvln Bradrick ot
Crescent City , a son of former
Postmaster Porter Bradrick , was
nurdered by three tramps in the
ivoods near Spring creek. In company
yith his cousin , Charles Bradrick and
: wo other young men , he was hunting
n the w/jods , when they came on the ,
ramps with two dressed chickens ,
n the altercation which followed over
he supposedly stolen chickens , the
ramps shot Melvin Bradrick through
he breast and his brother Bob in the
irm. A posse with bloodhounds are |
earching the country for the murder-
TS. Melvin Bradrick was a soldier
n the Spanish-American war and a
rery popular young man.
Raise World Strike Fund.
Davenport , la. With a view to pre-
arlng for a world-wide strike for an
ight-hour day , the International Union
f Machinists , in convention here ,
oted to increase the per capita tax
C the organization from 45 cents to
5 cents a month.
Steal Great Painting.
Florence , Italy. The priceless paint-
ig. "Christ With Saints , " attributed
> Andrea Orcagna , and an altar piece
L the Church of Santa Maria Novello
ave been stolen
KING OF FLY SWATTERS TO FINISH JOB !
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PERILS
ALL SPAIN UNDER MARTIAL LAW ;
TROOPS SHOOT DOWN
BILBOA RIOTERS.
GENERAL STRIKE I * CALLED
Alfonso Signs Decree Suspending Con
stitutional Guarantees Republican
Plot Said to Have Condemned Wey
ler ; Cities Seethe With Mobs.
Madrid. King Alfonso has signed s
decree suspending the constitutional
guarantees , a general railroad strike
has been called , the nation is prac
tically under martial law and the
fall of the Spanish throne is threat
ened.
These drastic measures bring to a
crisis the revolution agitation which
has been fomenting for several
months. In the labor strikes the gov
ernment recognizes an attempt to
overthrow King Alfonso and establish
a republic and the measures of sup
pression will be sharp and swift.
Disorder Is reported from every cor
ner of Spain. The revolution is gain
ing headway at an alarming rate , de
spite the proclamation of bayonet
rule. Great excitement prevails in
government circles. The railroads of
the country will be tied up''as ' well as
most of the manufactories in the in
dustrial sections. Thousands of men
will be idle.
Premier Canalajes announces that
the outbreaks at Valencia and Barcelona
lena were the first step in a well
planned revolutionary plot , the details
of which were subsequently learned
by the police. The assassination of
General Weyler , captain-general of
Catalonia , was to have been accom
plished at once and other officials
were marked for death. Several of
the conspirators have been ar
rested.
Valencia has been under martial
law for two days and the city has
been in a riotous tumult The author
ities gained the upper hand , but the
strikers proceeded to the adjacent
town of Cullera , where they murdered
a judge and wounded several other
officials who had been engaged In the
trial of those who had been ar
rested.
The situation is acute at Bilboa ,
Saragossa , Cadiz , Huelva , Seville and
Gijon , where riots have occurred. A
mob stormed the jail at Bilboa in an
attempt to free the prisoners and their
purpose was frustrated only by a vol
ley from the troops. Twenty-six were
wounded.
The execution of Professor Ferrer
in 1909 is being raised as an issue by
L.he revolutionary leaders with tre
mendous effect.
IOHNSON RAILROADED , IS CRY
Confessed Slayer of Madison ( WIs. )
Girl Is Innocent in Opinion
of Sheriff.
Madison , Wis. That John A. John-
ion was railroaded to the peniten-
iary for the murder of Annie Lem-
lerger is the belief of thousands of
tladison people , who are demanding
hat the case be reopened. Sheriff
Srown , who took Johnson to prison ,
tated that in his opinion the Lember-
; er case Is not yet solved and that
ohnson is not the murderer. He in-
imated that other arrests may be
lade.
The sheriff and the police are still
asking an investigation in the vicinity
f the Lemberger home in the hope
hat they will be able to find the
lissing night gown.
It Is reported that the Lemberger
irl was insured for $200 and that this
mount was recently increased to
500.
Aviator Killed by Fall.
Clinton , la. Louis Rosenbaum. aged
sventy-seven , an aviator from Mineola ,
, . I. , fell 150 feet to his death here
fter a 20 minutes' flight at Dewitt
efore 2,500 spectators at the Clinton
ounty fair.
Children Saved in Fire.
Denver , Colo. The coolness of Miss
7alsh , principal of the Harmon and
rownell schools , saved the lives of
le 500 children under her care when
ath buildings were destroyed by
re.
STOLYPIN IS DEAD
PREMIER ASSASSINATED AT
OPERA HOUSE IN KIEV.
Passing of Russia's "Iron Man"
Causes Jews by Thousands to
Flee Country.
Kiev. Premier Peter A. Stolypln Is
dead from bullet wounds received at
the hands of Dimitri Bogroff , a Jewish
lawyer , during a gala performance at
the municipal theater.
With the passing of Russia's "iron
man" the emperor faces a situation
which all the bewildering under
ground resources of the czar are at
work to combat.
Jews , fearing a massacre more violent
lent than any yet recorded in Russia's
black history , are fleeing from the
country in hordes. Hundreds left the
province of Kiev Immediately upon
hearing of the premier's death , and as
the news reaches the outlying prov
inces thousands of the persecuted people
ple are crossing the borders for safe
ty. The utmost excitement prevails
in the government centers , where dili
gent search is being made for others
of the revolutionary band of which
Borgroff is believed to be a
member.
Almost until the last the premier
was conscious , and for half an hour
his wife alone was at his bedside.
Half an hour before his death Stoly-
pin asked the doctors to turn him
on his side. He died peacefully , sur
rounded by several of his relatives
and state officials.
TRUST ASKED TO DISSOLVE
Government Will Allow Harvester
Company to Reorganize in Com
pliance With Sherman Act.
Washington. The International
Harvester company will be allowed
by the government to change its cor
porate form so as to comply with the
Sherman anti-trust law as recently
interpreted by the Supreme court of
the United States.
A threatened dissolution suit Is be
ing delayed pending conferences by
Attorney General Wickersham and
counsel for the company on this re
adjustment.
The directors and financial heads of
the Harvester corporation are now as
sembled in New York working out the
details of the reorganization.
WETS WIN MAINE ELECTION
Governor Plalsted and Council of State
Officials Check Up Votes Cast in
Recent Liquor Balloting.
Augusta , Me. Governor Plalsted
and the council of state officials which
checked up on the votes cast in the
recent election , said their recount
showed a majority of 26 for repeal of
the prohibition clause of the state
constitution. Some doubt still remains
as to the correctness of the returns
and Governor Plalsted announced that
city and town clerks would be given
20 days to check the results.
With the result standing so close , a
correction in the vote in any of the
several towns might .be sufficient to
turn the tide against repeal.
ABDUCTED TEACHER MARRIES t
Manitoba Woman Is Wed to Frank
Patterson , Who Led Posse
After Assailant.
Winnipeg , Man. Eleanor Gladys
Price , whose abduction and thirty
hours of captivity In the woods
last week resulted in a man hunt last
ing several days and the subsequent
irrest of Ed Davis , alleged to be an
escaped California convict , was mar
ried to Frank Patterson , who led a
posse to her rescue.
Fierce Battle in Mexico.
Mexico City. One hundred and sev-
: nty-eight were killed and 215 wound-
> d in a battle on the banks of the
jirjalva river near the city of San
Cristobal between a force of 3,000
Chiapas Indians and 1,500 Maderists
Archbishop Against Johnson Fight.
London. The archbishop of Canter-
iury has interested himself in the
ampaign to prevent the scheduled
ohnson-Wells fight and has written
he home office urging that action to
uppress the contest be taken.
NINE KILLED BY AUTO
MACHINE THROWS TIRE IN RACE
AT SYRACUSE , N. Y.
Fourteen Are Hurt Car Piloted by
Lee Oldfield-Plunges Through Fenct
at Terrific Speed.
Syracuse , N. Y. On a track which
had been sprinkled for the benefit ol
President Taft , who had expressed a
desire to make a circuit of the race
course at the state fair grounds , a
Knox car , driven by Lee Oldfleld ,
slipped a tire during a race and
crashed through a fence surrounding
the track. The machine , which was
traveling at terrific speed , plunged
into a throng of onlookers , killing nine
persons and injuring fourteen. The
president had left the grounds before
the accident.
Oldfleld , who was Injured , is being
guarded by an officer in a city hos
pital , and as soon as he recovers will
be arrested.
Six of the nine victims were killed
outright , and three others were so
badly Injured that they died on the
way to the hospitaL
The accident happened during the
forty-seventh mile of the fifty-mile
race. Oldfield was a lap behind Ralph
De Palma and was running even with
him. Oldfield had had a bad tire on
his car for over twenty-seven miles ,
but it did not blow out until the race
was within three miles of the finish.
At the time the tire exploded De
Palma and Oldfleld were neck and
neck. They had just taken the turn
at a terrific speed that had the spec
tators almost In a frenzy. Then came
a crash that was heard all over the
field.
SIX ARE FOUND MURDERED
Grewsome Discovery Made In Twf
Homes In Colorado Springs
No Clue to Assassin.
Colorado Springs , Colo. The most
atrocious crime in the annals of Colorado
rado came to light here when the
mangled bodies of three children , two
women and a man. were discovered In
two adjoining houses in the northwest
part of this city.
The head of every one of the vic
tims had been cut and smashed with
an ax until the brains oozed out and
the rooms were flooded with blood.
The victims are :
Mrs. Alice May Burnham , aged thir
ty-four ; her six-year-old daughter and
two-year-old son.
Mrs. Blanche Wayne , aged forty-five.
Henry F. Wayne , aged fifty , and
their one-year-old baby.
A. J. Burnham , a cook at the Mod
ern Woodmen sanitarium , and hus
band of one of the murdered women ,
was taken into custody by the sheriff
cvhile on his way to the scene of the
: rime. Medical Director J. A. Rut-
edge , of the sanitarium , Is positive
: hat Burnham has not been away
: rom the sanitarium since last Sun-
lay afternoon. All of the murdered
ivere last seen alive Sunday night.
Every circumstance connected with
.he crime points to a cold-blooded , de-
iberate murder. Not content with
mashing the skulls of his victims ,
he murderer used the blade of the
ix and hacked them about the head
ind shoulders. Wayne's head was
jattered and cut to pieces.
AAD1SON OF KANSAS IS DEAD
nsurgent Kansas Congressman If
.Stricken Suddenly In His
Home.
Dodge City , Kan. Edmond H. Madl-
on , representative from the Seventh
Kansas district , and one of the most
afluential "insurgents" In congress ,
led at the breakfast table at horn *
ere.
Pontiac , Mich. President Taft was
hocked to learn of the death of Rep-
esentative Madison. He was to
ave been a guest of the congressman
uring his visit In Kansas next week
nd In Syracuse last Saturday de-
lared that Judge Madison was in a
irge degree responsible for the in-
uguration of the present tour across
le continent.
RMY TEST PASSED BY JEW
rivate Bloom , Whom Col. Garrarc
Said Was Not Wanted , Is Placed
on Eligible List.
Washington. Private Frank Bloom ,
e young Hebrew artilleryman and
> n of the post tailor at Fort
yer , has successfully passed his
ental and physical examinations
ir a second lieutenancy in the army
id is on the eligible list for April ,
loom is the young soldier against
horn Colonel Garrard , commandant
: Fort Myer , made a report saying
lat Jews were not wanted In the offl-
$ rs' corps of the army. President
aft publicly reprimanded the colonel
id ordered that Private Bloom be
ven every right any other Amerlcaa
tizen might have.
Eastern Tailors End Strike.
New York. The strike of the ladies'
ilors and dressmakers which has
en in progress here for a week will
settled by arbitration. The strikers
ve returned to work pending the
cision of the arbitrators.
Veteran of Navy Is III.
New York. Rear Admiral Benjamin
lerwood , retired , who was chief en-
leer of the United States navy from
31 to 1869 , and who is now in bis
letieth year , is dangerousir in at
i home here.
A Camp of Instruction.
Camp John H. Mickey is to be the
name of the camp near Bellevue where
the Nebraska national guard will train
for ten days. The name has been
chosen in memory of the late Gov
ernor John H. Mickey. Adjutant Gen.
eral Ernest H. Phelps has issued an
order announcing that a camp of in
struction will be held near Bellevue
September 27 to October 6 inclusive ,
and for this purpose all organizations
and the medical corps will be assem
bled as a brigade under the command
of Brigadier General Joseph A. Storch.
Col. A. D. Falconer , quartermaster
general ; Col. W. A. Prince , judge ad
vocate general , and Col. A. D. Fetter-
man , inspector general , will report to
the brigadier general for duty.
Will be Chosen by Committees.
There will be a special election in
the Third district , on the same day as
the general election , to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Congressman -
gressman J. P , Latta and the candi
dates will be chosen by the congress-
sional committees' if these committees-
are recognized by the state central
committees , or by convention if the
congressional committees of the sev
eral parties are not recognized by the
higher political authority. The opin
ion inclines toward nomination by con n
vention , however. This is the gist of
an opinion written by the state legal
department in reply to an inquiry from.
Dan V. Stephens of Fremont.
Dean Bessey Finally Got It.
After searching ten years for a copy
of Miller's "Gardener's Dictionary , "
Dean C. E. Bessey of the state univer
sity has at last managed to secure the
book. The work was published in 1731 . i ]
and , while not as old as many other u
botanical treatises , is extremely rare.
Bound in leather , fifteen by ten inches ,
the book is of a size not ordinarily
found in modern libraries. On its \ :
title page it recites that it is a "gar
dener's dictionary , compiled by Philip
Miller , gardener to the botanical gar V
den "
at Chelsea.
Don't Want Them Reinstated.
County Attorney M. A. Hartigan ot
Adams county has filed a protest with
the secretary of stare asking that
officer not to reinstate in good stand
ing in Nebraska the Sperry & Hutchinson -
inson Trading Stamp company on the
ground that the company is violating-
the tradi'ii * stamp law passed by the
last legislature. He has also filed a
similar protest against Stein Bros , of
Hastings , a company that Is working-
in connection with a big trading stamp
company
Was the Biggest Kver.
The poultry show at the Nebraska
state fair , according to Secretary Mellor -
lor , was the largest show of poultry
at any state fair in the United States.
There were 2,462 birds in the Nebras
ka exhibit. Secretary Mellor has com
pleted the work of issuing warrants
in payment of all premiums in all de
partments of the fair and in payment
of all claims that have been filed
against the fair.
Egg and Poultry Lectures.
A representative of the bureau of :
inimal industry may be secured to ad- I
Iress farmers' institutes in this state
Lhis winter ou the subject of the care
3f eggs and the breeding of poultry. /
Fhe lectures will be illustrated. It is. .
said that the bureau of animal indus-
: ry possesses the best set of slides in
the country for this purpose.
No Successor to McBrien.
Chancellor Avery of the state uni-
rersiiy has announced that no succes-
; or would be chosen by the board of
egents to fill the place made vacant
iy the resignation of J. L. McBrien as
uperintendent of the extension bureau.
7he work will be carried on in a way
iy members of the faculty.
Bank Advertisements.
State banks under the guarantee act
re permitted to advertise that "de-
ositcrs are protected by the deposit-
rs' guarantee fund of the state of Xo. .
> raska. " Some state banks have been
ailed to task by the state banking
oard for going beyond this statement. .
President Taft at Lincoln October 2.
Lincoln. Ex-Senator E. J. Burkett
ill be chairman of the reception com-
littee for President Taft when he-
isits this place October 2. A dollar
inner , open to the public , will be
t the Lincoln hotel.
The railroads of this state will'
lortly be forced to drop the "limited ,
ability" clause in their shipping-
jntracts. The railway commission ,
i motion df Commissioner Furse , wilL
ike this subject up within a short
me.
Installed Officers at the Home.
Land Commissioner Cowles went ta
le soldiers' home at llilford Monday
> installing officer for the governor'a
; w appointees , Commandant Hilyard.
: Superior and Mrs. Saum , matron.
be installation ceremJnies were said !
be impressive and solemn , especial-
that portion of the services where-
e new commandant pinned to the >
alls of the corridors copies of Cover-
> r Aldrich's warning to inmates ot
e home that they must behave them-
Ives' well or leave the institution.
