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The Valentine Democrat
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: GEORGE M. GASKILL , Editor.
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Police Recognize Youthful Stranger as
J. W. Hill , of Detroit , Mich. , Wanted
in Various Cities for Having Passed
Fictitious Checks.
IM San Francisco , Gal. A well dressed
IMu ! young man appeared at the Oakland
police headquarters and asked for aid
in discovering his lost identity. He
said he had forgotten his name and
remembered nothing of his past life.
The police made an investigation
and answered the youth's inquiry by in-
foming him that he is J. W. Hill , of
Detroit , and that he is wanted in var
ious cities for having passed fictitious
checks. He was arrested and held on
two charges preferred by a SanFran-
cisco hotel and by a member of a the
atrical company , now playing here.
The young man denies all knowledge
of the crimes with which he is charged ,
and the hospital physicians , who ex
amined him , believe they have discov
i ered a remarkable case of either amue-
! sia or alternating personality. He was
brougnt to San Francisco and is be
ing examined by physicians at a hos
pital here.
The information upon which the
youth was arrested was supplied by a
detective agency. According to a re
port of this organization Hill left De
troit after forging checks in that city ,
and was traced to Salt Lake City and
afterwards to Los Angeles. In Salt
Lake City , says the detective , he mar
ried Miss Sweeney , with whom he
went to southern California , where the
trail was lost.
OUTLAWRY ON INCREASE.
Advices from China Sent to State De
partment.
Washington , D. C. Affairs in China
apparently have reached such a point
that neither the rebels nor imperialists
are able to check acts of lawlessness.
Advices to the state department re
port that brigandage is on the increase
in various parts of the empire. Busi
ness is reported in a serious condition
and finances in very bad shape.
From Rear Admiral Murdock , com
mandant of the American naval forces
in China , come reports that Nanking
is cut off from communication with
the outside world by railroad'and tel
egraph and that natives are leaving
in disorder. All the missionaries , ex
cept three , are reported to have left
Nanking for Wu-Hu. There are no dis
orders in Ghee Fee , but many robber
ies are being committed in the vicin
ity.
Castro's Defeat Denied.
Willemstad , Island of Curacao. Re-
laible information contradicts reports
that ex-President Castro , at the head
of a body of revolutionists , had met a
disastrous defeat near San Cristobol.
Castro's where abouts is unknown , but
a recent dispatch from Caracas said
he was residing on his old plantation
at Cucuta , Colombia.
Manchus Terrorize 30,000.
King Chow , Fu Hupeh Province.
The Manchu soldiers are terrorizing
30,000 Chinese inhabitants. Twenty
thousand people of King Chow Fu
have fled. Many Chinese have been
beheaded. Robbers infest the count
ry and the people are being executed
by the hundreds.
Second South Pole Attempt.
Sydney , Australia. The Japanese
Antartic expedition aboard the Kainan
Maru , which was forced to return here
last spring after reaching 74 degrees
south , has started on its second at
tempt to reach the south pole. The
expedition is in command of Lieut.
Shirase.
Live Stock Market.
Sioux City. Cattle Good to choice
corn fed steed , $7.00@8.50 ; medium to
good , $5.50@7.00 ; good to choice grass
steers , $4.50 @ 6.50 ; good to choice fat
cows and heifers , $5.00@ 6.00 , grass
cows , $3.50@5.00 ; canners and cut-
ters , $2.50@3.75 ; bulls , $3.00@4.25 ;
veals , $3.50 @ 7.00. Hogs Prices
range from ? 5.S5@6.35 , with bulk of
the sales at $6.25@6.30. Sheep
Lambs , $4.50@5.50 ; yearlings , $3.50@
4.25 ; wethers , ? 2.S5@5.50 ; ewes , $2.25
@ 3.25.
To Guard Neutrality.
Washington. Commanders of the
American troops now near the Mexi
can border were ordered .to hold
themselves in readiness to proceed
immediately upon request from the to
proper federal officers to enforce the
neutrality laws of the United States.
Bandits Blow Safe.
Colgate , Olda. Several armed men
dynamited the safe of the bank of
Clarita , fourteen miles west of this
city , and got about $1,500 in currency.
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FORMERS DEMAND ABDICA
TION OF THRONE.
AMERICAN TROOPS TO CHIN/ / )
Soldiers Stationed at Manila Will Be
Dispatched to Chinwingtao Within
Reach of Peking Legation Nan
king Taken by Rebels.
Peking. Nanking has been cap
tured by the revolutionists , accord
ing to dispatches received here.
The fall of the city marks the end
of one of the most desperately fought
battles of the war , lasting ten days.
Following two days and nights of mas
sacre in which 2,000 Manchus and Chi
nese were butchered , the loyal troops ,
firmly intrenched in Purple Hill ,
fought off the rebels. Several at
tempts to dislodge the imperial garri
sons were repulsed with heavy loss of
life.
life.Yuan
Yuan Shi Kai has accepted the
premiership. The Official Gazette con
tained an expression of thanks from
Yuan Shi Kai to the throne for his
appointment , but the truth is that
he did not undertake the task without
receiving guarantees that he would
have practically a free hand in con
ducting affairs while he retained his
official position.
Another important development in
the capital was the Issuance of an
edict ordering Hsi-Liang , formerly
viceroy of Manchuria , to assume
command at Jehol , where the sum
mer residence of the emperor is situ
ated in place of Pu-Ting , the Tartar
general.
This appointment has led to the
belief in certain quarters that the
court may retire to Jehol , leaving
Yuan Shi Kai as chief executive until
the crportunity arrives for the court
to reassume a measure of authority.
Wu Ting Fang , secretary of foreign
affairs in the provincial government
of Shanghai , and other noted re
formers , have sent a telegram to the
American charge d'affaires here , ask
ing the good offices of the United
States in connection with the deliv
ery of a demand of abdication.
Washington. The state department
has virtually decided to send a regi
ment of troops from Manila to Chin
wingtao , a seaport in China , about
250 miles from Peking on the Gulf of
Pechili.
The purpose is to perform an inter
national duty under ths Boxer treaty
in keeping open the line of communi
cation between Peking and the sea.
SHIP WITH 47 ABOARD SAVEDj
Tug Tatoosh Rescues Schooner Wash
ington After Hopeless Thirty-Hour
Battle With Giant Waves.
Astoria , Ore. Rescued from the
Jaws of death after a battle with the
elements extending over nearly thirty
hours , 47 passengers and sailors on
the schooner Washington , which
struck on Peacock Spit , were towed
to this port. Taking advantage of
the cessation of the gale the Columbia
bar tug Tatoosh , Capt. Charles T. f
Bailey , slipped in close to the Wash
ington and after several attempts got
a line , aboard. t
The rescue of the Washington and
its passengers and crew was dramatic.
Hundreds of persons who had gather
ed on the beach in the early morning
hours and had watched th'e vessel all
day , momentarily expecting to see It
irushed on the rock near North Head c
and its passengers and crew swept
into the sea , saw the Tatoosh reach its
side.
DECLARES DRUG KILLED TWOt ;
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Three Deaths Are Attributed to Mrs , b
Vermilya Mrs. Quinn Held $
for Murder.
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Chicago. Arsenic In "abundant Ir
quantities" has been found in the bodies a
ies of two more supposed victims of 01
Mrs. Louise Vermilya , alleged poison ttC
er , and Coroner Hoffman is satisfied C
the exhumation of other bodies will si
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produce additional evidence against h
the woman. oi
Chicago. Mrs. Jane McDonald-
Thorpe-Quinn was formally charged
by a coroner's jury with the murder IV
of John M. Quinn. her third husband.
NIECE OF GOV. DIX IS BRIDE
Miss Dorothea Douglas Becomes Wife
of George Cabot Ward Low tl
of Brooklyn. in
Albany , N. Y. Miss Dorothea ta
Douglas , daughter of Curtis W. Doug oi
las and niece of Governor and Mrs. sc
Dix , was the bride at one of the largest ttai
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est and most fashionable weddings of
that Albany has seen in a long time.
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Miss Douglas was married to George itdi
Cabot Ward Low , son of A. A. Low of diG
Brooklyn. The ceremony was per- is
formed in St. Peter's church and was I „
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followed by a large reception. th
Must Support Victim's Widow.
Milwaukee. Judge August Backus
sentenced Emil Samefink , a carpenter , C
support the widow of the man he % <
killed. Samefink pleaded guilty to
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manslaughter in connection with the to
death of Albert Jutrzinski
during a It [
row over a game of cards.
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Aviator's Neck Is Broken.
Berlin. Herr Pletschker , an aviator ,
was killed while making a flight. His
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aeroplane became unmanageable and .
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INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER
COMPANY FINED BY STATE
OF MISSOURI.
$50,000 PENALTY ASSESSED
Supreme Court Holds Concern Was
Organized as Holding Body to
Evade Laws , and Declares That it
Is an Unlawful Combine.
Jefferson City , Mo. The Interna
tional Harvester Company of America
is ousted from Missouri and fined
§ 50,000 as an unlawful combine in re
straint of trade , by a decision of the
state supreme court.
The court imposes this condition
that : If the company pays the fine , sep
arates itself from the International
Harvester company of New Jersey ,
flies a statement of its business and
shows to the court that it will obey
the ] laws in the future , it may be per
mitted to continue to do business in
the state. It has 60 days to comply
with this order.
Tfe court sustained the position of
Special Commissioner Brace on every
contention. It was declared in the
opinion that competition was lessened
and that practically all of the harvest
er : business was done by the respond
ent : company in the state. It held that
itf is contrary to the laws of Missouri
for one company to conduct the busi
ness of another , as , in this case , the
New Jersey company had no license
to do business in Missouri.
In September , 1910 , the Interna
tional Harvester company was found
guilty of violating the Missouri anti
trust laws by a commissioner appoint
ed by the state supreme court. The
case was submitted to the supreme
court < for affirmation last April.
The companies which make up the
International company are prevented
by the decision from conducting fur
ther business in the state.
Commissioner Brace declared in his
report that the International company ,
by ; reason of its enormous capital
$120,000,000 ] could not obtain a license
ir Missouri , so the International Har
vester Company of America , as a sellIng -
Ing agent , was organized and obtained
license. This concern , he said , was
organized simply to evade the laws of
the state which barred the holding
company from entering. The commis
sioner found that the International
had ; practically a monopoly on the sale
binders In Missouri.
MACHINE TO TAKE EVIDENCE
Trial Records Are to Be Taken at
Springfield , Mass. , by
Machine.
Springfield , Mass. For the first
time : in this state phonographs
Instead of stenographers are to
take court-room evidence. An elab
orate system of phonographs and
sounding boards has been Installed In
the Springfield court house in prep
aration for a trial this week. As each
the phonographic records Is filled
will be taken to another room to i
dictate to stenographers. Attorney a1
General Swift says the new system
more accurate than the old. It is iiu
adopted in this Instance because of iiA
the Importance attached to the case. A
Turkey Ready for Peace.
Athens. Private telegrams from
Constantinople ( say that the Turkish r
government Is ready to accept the si
oed offices of the powers with a view 3
peace. It is learned , however , that e1T
taly : has refused to acquiesce in this T
plan. Ir
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Canali Succeeds Falconlo.
Rome. Monsignor Canali , under
secretary of state at the Vatican , has
oeen appolnteed to succeed Monsignor IEdi
Falconio as apostolic delegate to the diai
United States. ai
LABOR ASKS RECALL
GOMPERS CALLS TAFT'S MESSAGE
ON ARIZONA "CANT. "
"Semidelfication of Judges Is Drivel/
He Says , and Avers Change in
National Principles Is Near.
Atlanta Ga. Predicting great
changes in American methods of gov
ernment , especially with regard to po
litical parties , Samuel Gompers , pres
ident of the American Federation of
Labor , presented his annual report to
the thirty-first convention of that body
here.
here.He
He gave the referendum , initiative
and recall the unqualified indorse
ment of organized labor and declared
that a real , representative democracy
had never been known in the United
States because of the absence of those
provisions.
"This semideification of Judges , " he
said in defense of his indorsement ,
"this sanctimonious cant about 'mob
rule , ' some of which was in Presi
dent Taft's message vetoing the Ari
zona statehood bill , is mere drivel. "
President Gompers' report , which
covers 60 closely printed pages and
would make more than 30 columns in
a newspaper , says It leaves many sub
jects untouched or inaccurately pre
sented.
With its membership now more than
1,750,000 , the greatest in its history ,
and its financial condition excellent ,
the organization enters the thirty-first
year of its work.
PACKERS' TRIAL IS HALTED
Nine Surrender on Bonds and Are Re
leased Pending Arguments on
Habeas Corpus.
Chicago. The beef packers now
under federal Indictment , and to be
tried next month , sprung a surprise on
the government lawyers by appearing
at the United State's mrshal's office ,
where their leading attorney , John S.
Miller , formally surrendered nine of
them on their bonds. The only one of
the defendants not surrendered was J.
Ogden Armour.
Judge Kohlsaat Issued a writ of
habeas corpus , and the packers were
released on bond.
The possibilites of the .situation .
are almost unlimited. Should Judge
Kohlsaat make the write permanent
the government would take an appeal
to the Supreme court and months
would be consumed in argument and
legal moves. The government believes
that if Judge Kohlsaat rules against
the packers the trial may begin on the
date set , even though the defendants
appeal.
DECLARES ARABS ARE CRUEL
War Minister of Italy at Rome '
Tells in Cable of
Atrocities.
Washington. That "the punishment
fitted the crime , " and "blood met
blood" on Tripolitan battlefields was
declared in a cablegram to the Italian
embassy by San Giuliano , Italian min
ister of war , referring to the repo-fed
atrocities against the Turks and Arabs.
The cablegram from San Giuliaro wa.s
in the form of an official statement v
under the caption : "Italian Heart ; S
Arabian Cruelty. " C
Yale Has 3,224 Students.
New Haven , Conn. Preliminary
registration < figures issued at Yale
show a total student registration of
3,224. There is an increase In almost
every department of the university.
The officers also show 516 professors ,
Instructors and officers of the uni
versity.
Indicted as Kin's Slayer. F.
Kewanee , HI. Ernest Schroederwas
indicted by the grand Jury for the mur
der of Ignatz Schmidt of Geneseo , an
aeed relative
TRUST STOCK PLAN
STANDARD OIL ANNOUNCES ITS
SCHEME FOR DISTRIBUTION.
Holders of Parent Company Will Re
ceive Shares in Thirty Differ
ent Concerns.
New York. The Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey declared a divi
dend of seven dollars a share for the
last quarter of the year. This is the
last dividend to be declared before
the company dissolves under the man
date of the supreme court.
Since the Standard Oil was given
corporate form in 1882 it has distrib
uted , about $751,000,000 in divi
dends.
The Standard Oil Company of New
York also declared a dividend of $20
a share , which is equivalent to a
dividend of $3.05 a share on the stock
of the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey.
The regular Standard Oil Company
of New Jersey dividend for the last
quarter of the year has been $10 a
share.
Following the meeting of the direc
tors formal announcement was made
of the manner of distribution of
stocks of subsidiary companies to the
shareholders of the Standard Oil Com
pany of New Jersey. It provides that
In the segregation'In compliance with
the decree of the United States Su
preme court fractional parts of the
shares of subsidiary companies will'
be exchanged for each share of the
New York corporation.
With the exception of the stock of
the Anglo American Oil Company ,
Limited , the shares of the companies
will be ready for distribution Decem
ber 1. Shareholders of the Standard
Oil Company of New Jersey will re
ceive In exchange for their stock , the
stock of 34 different companies.
The basis of distribution was de
termined by the capitalizations of the
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey
and its subsidiaries.
Thus in the case of the Atlantic
Refining company a holder of one
share of the Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey received a proportional
Interest In the capitalization of the
Atlantic Refining company , In this
case 49996-983383 of one share.
The report that John D. Rockefeller ,
William Rockefeller and others of the
older group of Standard Oil men are
to retire from the company and turn
Its affairs over to the directors of
the younger element , Is officially de
nied.
EIGHT KILLED IN CYCLONE
Terrific Storm Hits Wisconsin and
Property Loss Is Enor
mous.
Janesville , Wls. A cyclone swept a
path through Rock county a quarter
of a mile In width and twenty miles
In length , killing eight persons , Injur
ing many more and doing damage to
the extent of $1,000,000.
The storm broke suddenly and with
intense fury. Farmers and villagers
were caught entirely unprepared. A
high wind and warm temperature had
prevailed during the day. Although
the weather had been the subject of
much comment , none was prepared
for a tornado.
The loss will run up to a million ,
according to David Atwood , who made
a trip into the country immediately
after the storm passed this city. The
loss to the tobacco crop alone will be
more than half a million.
Many valuable farmhouses were de
stroyed.
SOLONS OF ILLINOIS QUIT
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Two Houses Adjourn Sine Die Just Be
fore Governor's Message Pro
roguing Session Arrives.
Springfield. With the governor's
secretary waiting at the door to pre
sent a mesage proroguing the general
assembly , the house adopted a sine die
adjournment resolution. The resolu-
ttion was rushed to the senate , where
it was concurred in.
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- When the call for a special session
will go out has not been determined.
It may be predicted the date will not
be fixed until after the adjournment
of the December term of the supreme
court , about December 20. Several
suits are pending in the court which if
decided against the state , will create
a condition of chaos such as never
g
existed in Illinois. The governor w
therefore will await the court's action.Hi
RICHESON PLEADS NOT GUILTY | =
Trial of Preacher Accused of Slaying
Avis Linnell Is Set for
January 15.
Boston. Rev. Clarence V. T. RIche
son will be placed on trial January 15 (
1912 , on the charge of murdering Miss
Avis Linnell. This date was set when.
Richeson was arraigned. R
Without emotion and in a clear ve
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voice the preacher pleaded "not 25
guilty. " He was then returned to the 25M
Charles street jail to await the trial. M
Millions for Dixie Roads. dim
Washington. Nearly $44,000,000 has J
been spent in road improvement by
the southern states alone during the
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present year. This enormous total is
made up by expenditures in the various
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ous states.
Weds on Eighty-Second Birthday. if
Wesslngton Springs , S. D. William
. Taylor celebrated his eight-second
birthday by making it his wedding
day. He married Mrs. Hannah Barber.
Both are pioneer residents of Jerauld
county.
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Ask your grocer for *
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One of the Accessories.
Quiet-Spoken Customer You keep
everything for the piano , don't you ?
Salesman Yes , sir. We do , sir.
Quiet-Spoken Customer Give me
&a ax ! Puck.
Proved.
Orator T thought your paper was
friendly to me ?
Editor So it is. What's the mat
ter ?
Orator I made a speech at the
dinner last night , and you didn't print
a line of it.
Editor Well , what further proof do
you want ? London Opinion.
A Hunting Story.
An old backwoodsman that Abra
ham Lincoln often told of had very
heavy , overhanging eyebrows , and
wore big spectacles with brass rims.
One day he came rushing into his
cabin . and seizing his rifle , aimed it
carefully through a crack of the door
at a great oak tree that stood near ,
and fired.
"What is it ? " whispered his wife.
"A wildcat , " Sairy , " he said , ex
citedly , "an' I missed him ! "
He hastily loaded and fired again ,
and then again.
"Now , hold on , Joshua , " said his
good < wife. "Let me look at you.
why , laws-a-daisy , it's nothin' but a
little bug on one o * your eyebrows ! "
Housekeeper.
feed in One Day
A. * . rule , a few doses of Munyon's Cold
Ken.v will break up any cold and pre
vent pneumonia. It relieves the head ,
throat and lungs almost instantly. Price
cents at any druggist's , or sent postpaid.
If you need Medical advice write to
Munyon's Doctj - .
- They will carefully
diagnose your case and give you advice by-
mail , absolutely free.
Address Professor Munyon , 53d and
Jefferson streets , Philadelphia , Pa ,
Defiance Starch
ounces to the package other starches
only 12 ounces same price and
"DEFIANCE" IS SUPERIOR QUALITY
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