Nebraska Newspapers

    Tlic Valentine Democrat
GEORGE M. GASKILL , Editor.
VALENTINE , - - NEBRASKA.
ALLEGED CONSPIRACY AMONC
LABOR LEADERS INVOLVING
PROMINENT MEN.
AFFAIR NOW UNDER INQUIRE
Assistant District Attorney Declare :
U. S. and California Will Cooperati
to Uncover Most Gigantic Combina
tion in Country's History.
Los Angeles , Gal. "The Unitec
States government and the Californu
authorities are cooperating to uncovei
one of the most gigantic conspiracies
ever conceived in the history of this
country. "
This was the declaration of Assls
tnat District Attorney W. Joseph Ford
second in command to District Attor
ney John D. Fredericks , and the mar
who was arrested in Indianapolis foi
alleged illegal extradition of John J.
McNamara.
"It is only a question now of wheth
er the federal government or the state
authorities can reach certain persons
better and bring them to justice more
effectively , " continued Mr. Ford.
The latter has been in Chicago for
the gathering of evidence for the pros
ecution , and while his chief , District
Attorney Fredericks , was resting on a
ranch near here Ford occupied
himself with the details of the McNa-
mara case. He admitted that the
prosecution had under surveillance in
other parts of the country some prom
inent labor leaders , alleged to have
been involved in the Times explosion ,
but said that arrests might first be
made by the federal government in
connection with its investigation.
FALLS HEIR TO BIG SUM.
Boy Sweetheart Dies Leaving Girl
$60,000.
Kalamazoo , Mich. Miss Ula Ra-
zelle , a stenographer , was notified that
Ralph Meecham of Albany , N. Y. , a
school day sweetheart , had died , leav
ing her $60,000. Miss Razelle's parents
reside at Niles , Mich.
' 1 never dreamed he cared so much
for me. I did not even know he was
sick. "While we have been friends for
the last few years , we have not corre
sponded so very much , " said Miss Ra-
zelle.
"Yes , I am going to quit my position
when I get the money , " she added.
Miss Razelle is 25 years old.
Buffalo to Sail.
WashingtonD. C The navy trans
port Buffalo will leave San Francisco
about December 18 laden with men
and stores for the Asiatic fleet , vnow
looking after the interests of Ameri
cans in China. It was also said the
supply ship Glacier would sail for Hon
olulu from San Francisco about De
cember 15 with provisions for the Pa
cific fleet , now engaged in joint ma
neuvers with the troops stationed
there.
One Killed , Three Hurt.
Ogden , Utah. Engineer Edward
Henley of Evanston , Wyo. , was killed
and three other trainmen injured
slightly when passenger train No. 4 ,
on the Union Pacific , sideswiped a
switch engine in pulling out of the Og
den yards. Henley was guarding the
passenger train.
Held for Conspiracy ,
El Paso , Tex. Fourteen men , in
cluding Dr. Raffael Molina , were ar
rested here , charged with conspiring
against the Madero government in
Mexico. Molina is said to be a prom
inent man in Coahuila. In all , twenty
warrants are said to have been issued.
Football Victims.
Pomeroy , O. Cline Watson , the 17-
year-old son of E. E. Watson , of Mid-
dleport , died during a game of football
there. He fell on the field and died
from brain hemorrhage. He was play
ing right end in a game between the
Pomeroy and Milldeport high schools.
Live Stock Market.
Sioux City. Cattle Good to choice
cornfed steers , $7.00@8.50 ; medium to
good , $6.50@7.00 ; good to choice grass
steers , $4.50@6.50 ; good to choice fat
cows and heifers , $5.00@6.00 ; grass
cows , $ rf.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 $6.05(5)6.10 ( , with a bulk of the
sales at $5.95@6.05. Sheep Lambs , '
$4.50@5.50 ; yearlings , $4.25@4.50 ;
wethers , $3.25@3.S5 ; ewes , ? 2.25@
13.35.
Wanted in Milwaukee.
Milwaukee , Wis. Ortie McManigal
be brought her for trial for a local
dynamiting in 1910 if he is freed in
the west , declared District Attorney
Zabel.
Rear Admiral Wilde Dead.
North Easton , Mass. Death came
suddenly at his home here to Rear
Admiral George Francis Faxon Wilde ,
United States navy , retired. He suf
fered from heart failure. Rear Ad-
jniral Wilde was 67 years old.
WHARTON BARKER ASSERTS E >
PRESIDENT SOLD OUT TO
WALL STREET IN 1904.
TELLS OF "BARGAIN" MAD
Declares Before Senate Interstat
Commerce Committee That Mone
King Told Him Interests Woul
Support Colonel for Presidency.
Washington. A sensation wa
sprung on the senate interstate con
merce committee when Wharto
Barker , a former banker of Phik
delphia , alleged that a prominent Ne :
York financier had told him that th
financial interests would support Co
Theodore Roosevelt "for president i :
1904 because the latter had "made ;
bargain" with them "on the rallroai
bill. "
Mr. Barker's statement came in thi
midst of a vigorous attack on thi
"money tifcist , " in which he allege )
also that President Roosevelt ha <
been given the details of the impend
ing panic of 1907 several months be
fore it happened , but took no actioi
to prevent it. He asserted that th <
Aldrich currency plan was the handi
work , not of former Senator Aldrich
but of Mr. "Warburton of the bank
Ing firm of Kuhn , Loeb & Co. o
New York , and that a fund of $1,000 ,
000 had been started to insure its
adoption.
"Three or four weeks before tht
election in 1904 , " said Mr. Barker , " ]
was walking down Broadway when 1
met one of the most distinguished
money kinga In New York , a mar
now dead. He said to me : 'We are
going to elect Roosevelt' I ex
pressed surprise and asked if he had
given up the support of Parker. He
said yes ; that they had frightened
Roosevelt so he had made a bargain
with them. "
Mr. aBrker said the financial giant ,
whom he declined to name , told him
that Roosevelt had "made a bargain
on the railroad question. " Mr. Bar
ker continued :
" 'He Is to holler all he wants to , '
he told me , 'but by and by a railroad
bill will be brought in by recommend
ation of the president cutting dff re
bates and free passes , which suits us
who own the railroads , permitting the
railroads to make pooling arrange
ments and providing for maximum
rates. '
"I told him I didn't believe Roosevelt
velt had made such an agreement , "
said Mr. Barker , "but when the an
nual message of 1905 went to con
gress he recommended most of those
things. I wrote to President Roosevelt
velt and told him what I heard , and
that I had thought the man lied , but
now I must believe he had not. It
was the only letter of mine Mr. Roosevelt
velt ever failed to answer. "
Members of the committee asked
Mr. Barker to give the name of the
Financial man who had told him that
Roosevelt was to be elected.
"I cannot do it , " said Mr. Barker ,
"but subsequently somebody was re
ported to have stolen some corre
spondence between Mr. Harriman and
the president , telling of $250,000 put
ip for election expenses in the city
Jf New York. "
New York. Col. Theodore Roosevelt
velt when shown the synopsis of
fVharton Barker's testimony declared :
"I would as soon discuss a pipe
Iream with an out patient of Bedlam
is discuss such nonsense. "
Colonel Roosevelt would not add to
his statement , only repeating it later
vith added emphasis.
BRIBERY IN M'NAMARA CASE
Jhlef Investigator for State Arrests
Three Persons With Money
In Their Pockets.
Los Angeles , Cal. The ugly smirch
if suspected bribery was trailed
-cross the trial of James B. McNa-
aara for the alleged murder of
Jharles Haggerty , a victim of the
xs Angeles Times disaster.
Samuel L. Brown , chief Investlga-
or of the state , arrested three men
nd stacked District Attorney Fred
rick's desk high with yellow bills
aken from their pockets in Fred
rick's presence.
Bert H. Franklin , employed by the
efense as an investigator , released
n $10,000 cash bail , Is to appear in
ourt to answer charges of bribery
nd attempted bribery sworn to
gainst him by Brown , while George
[ . N. Lockwood , an unsummoned
enireman , and C. E. ( "Cap" ) White ,
n alleged stakeholder , will appear as '
ritnesses against Franklin. |
Five hundred dollars , taken from '
ockwood's pockets , is declared by '
ie prosecution to have been the first '
ayment of a sum which he was to
ave received If he would prevent an '
averse verdict in the McNamara '
ise and $3,500 found on White was }
lid to be the amount to be paid
hen the Jury was discharged.
Spanish Students on Strike.
Madrid , Spain. Students of the col-
ges and higher schools in order to
cpress thetr disapproval of the gov-
nment's repression of a proposed
jmonstration of medical students at
ircelona have proclaimed a "general
rike" throughout Spain.
BLg Steamship Combine.
London. A deal has been conclud-
l whereby the Cunard Steamship
impany lias acquired a big Interest
the Anchor line ; The management
the latter will not be changed.
THE BLOT ON THE 'ESCUTCHEON
CHICAGO INTER-OCEAN.
POPE PIUS CREATES NEW CARD1
NALS AT PUBLIC CONSIS
TORY IN VATICAN.
CEREMONY IN SALA REGU
Archbishops O'Connell , Farley anc
Falconio Are Among Those Whc
Are Honored by Being Made
Princes of the Catholic Church.
Rome. With all the pomp and
ceremony prescribed by tradition 17
eminent ecclesiastics were made
princes of the Roman Catholic church ,
Among them were three Americans-
Archbishop John Farley of New York ,
Archbishop William O'Connell of Bos
ton and Archbishop Diomede Falcon-
do , the apostolic delegate In the
United States and a naturalized citi
zen of that country.
The public consistory at which the
scarlet hats were placed on the new
cardinals was held in the Sala Regia ,
one of the most magnificent apart
ments in the Vatican.
At the appointed hour the pontiff
made , his entry into the Sala Regia
seated in the gestatorial chair , which
was borne on the shoulders of four
attendants.
The 17 new princes of the church
now entered from an adjoining apart
ment , each walking between two
cardinals of older creation. They
were clad In scarlet mantels with
hocds and long trains that were borne
by "caudatorii. " Each one , as he approached
preached the throne , bowed three
times , ascended the three steps , knelt
and kissed the cross embroidered on
the slipper of the pope's extended
foot , and after that kissed his hand.
A prelate whc stood beside the pope
then raised the hood of the new
cardinal's mantel and drew it over his
head , and the pontiff , repeating the
Latin formula of consecration , placed
on the hood the cardinal's scarlet hat.
The same hat , which had a low , loose
crown and two bows at the brim ,
served for all the 17. As it was re
moved the new cardinal was embraced
by the pope , and then by each mem
ber of the Sacred college.
The holy father then bestowed his
benediction upon the assembly , seated
himself again in the gestatorial
chair and was borne from the hall.
The ceremony was witnessed not only
by the ecclesiastical and lay dignitar
ies of the papal court , but also by a
number of invited guests , some of
them relatives of the new cardinals
and others members of royal fami
lies. These were in a stand erected
at the right of the throne.
"PLUMBING TRUST" GIVES UP
Proposes to Go Into Voluntary Dissolu
tion Proceedings at Washing
ton This Week.
Washington. The "plumbing trust , "
which government officials say con
trols the sale of plumbers' supplies in
most of the Rocky mountain and Pa
cific coast regions , has capitulated to
the department of justice , and is seek
ing to avoid court proceedings. There
is talk of voluntary dissolution. The
svldence against the combination , it
was said , is strong. United States
District Attorney MuCormick of Los
\ngeles has been ordered to Wash
ington by Mr. WIckersham , to be pres
ent at the conference.
Ambassador Dudley Dies.
Baltimore , Md. Irving Dudley ,
Jnlted States ambassador to Brazil
ind ex-judge of the city court of San
Diego , Cal. , died suddenly In the
Fohns Hopkins hospital. His wife is
L patient in the same hospital.
Sell Former Sultan's Jewels.
Paris. The sale of Jewels belonging
o Abdul Hamld II. , ex-sultan of Tur-
; ey , was begun at the galleries of
Jeorge Petit In the Rue de Seze. The
ale for the first day amounted to
.bout $533,455.
1ULFORO iS WINNER
CAPTURES VANDERBILT CUP Al
SAVANNAH , GA.
American Driver of Lozier Break *
Record Machine Covers 291
Miles in 236 Minutes.
Savannah , Ga. Ralph K. Mulford ,
the American driver , in a Lozier car ,
won the sevenrh Vanderbilt Cup race ,
covering the 291 miles at an average
speed of 74.63 miles an hour and low
ering all previous records. His time
for the race was 236 minutes.
Ralph de Palma , driving a German
Mercedes , finished second in Amer
ica's most noted automobile classic.
He crossed the finish line two min
utes and 11 seconds behind Mulford.
Spencer Wishart , in another Mer
cedes , finished third , his time being
246:20. Harry Grant , who won the
Vanderbilt Cup in 1909 and 1910 ,
finished fourth in a Lozier , his time
being 250:23:57. E. H. Parker , in
a Fiat , was fifth , his elapsed time
being 254:25. After Louis Disbrow ,
driving a Pope-Hummer , crossed the
line in sixth place the remaining .driv
ers were signaled that the end had
come.
The Savannah challenge cup race
was run off just before the start of
the Vanderbilt race. It was "won by
Hughie Hughes in a - four cylinder
Mercer car , which covered 222.82
miles in 3 hours 15 minutes and 35
seconds.
Frank Witt , driving an E. M. F. 30 ,
won the race for the Tieteman
trophy , covering 171.40 miles in 2
hours 56 minutes and 19-100 seconds.
TAR MEN ARE SENT TO JAIL
Two Guilty , One Acquitted in Trial
of Three Charged With Attack
ing Kansas Teacher.
Lincoln Centei , Kan. The three
n.en who confessed to the tarring of
Miss Mary Chamberlain , the school
teacher , were sentenced to a year each
in jail by Judge Grover. They are
E. G. Clark , Jay Fitzwater and Wat
son Scranton.
"Ed. " Ricord , who decoyed the girl
to the place of the attack anil who al
ready has been 70 days in jail , also
Wks given a year.
Sentence upon Clark and ScHmidt
was reserved until the hearing of a
motion by the defense for a new trial ,
which will be heard December 18.
The jury proceeded in a methodical
manner taking 42 ballots in all.
It was decided that , although not
present at the actual tarring , Clark
had furnished the tar used In tarring
Miss Mary Cchamberlain the night of
August 7 and that Schmidt had been
one of the conspirators.
JURY HOLDS MRS. VERMILYA
Woman Charged With Poisoning Chicago
cage Policeman Bound Over to
Grand Jury Without Bail.
Chicago. Mrs. Louise Vermllya ,
known to the police as the "arch
poisoner" of the century , was held
to the grand jury without bonds by
the coroner's jury which investigated
the death of Policeman Arthur Bis-
sonette.
lillness prevented the presence of
Mrs. Vermilya at the Inquest , but
she was represented by her attorney ,
Joseph R. Burres. Her physicians at
the county jail hospital , who oper
ated on her for an abscess , stated
that she would not be able to leave
the jail for several weeks.
Fairbanks' Relative Kills Self.
Marysville , Ohio. Miss Alice Fair-
Danks , aged forty , a niece of former
Pice-President Fairbanks of Indianap-
jlis , committed suicide with poison at
.he home of her mother , Mrs. Matilda
Fairbanks , near Chickery. The mo-
ive is unknown.
Acquit Woman of Murder ; .
New York. Mrs. Francis O'Shaugh-
lessy , who shot her husband "to save
lis soul , " was acquitted on a charge
> f murder by the jury , after It had
lellberated two hours.
REBELS TAKE NANKINt
REVOLUTIONISTS ENTER FOU
GATES OF CHINESE CITY.
Twenty-Eight Hundred Killed I
Fierce Battle U. S. Marines
Go to Capital.
Nanking , China. Revolutionar
troops entered the four gates of th
city of Nanking.
Peking. In a fierce hand to ban
battle in the streets of Nankinf
in which 700 loyalists and 500 rebt
soldiers perished , that city has falle
into the hands of the revolutionar
forces.
The loyalist troops in the city wer
driven out by the rebels , who haulei
down the Manchu flag and ran up th
revolutionary emblem over the put
lie buildings.
Terrible slaughter has marked th
three days' battle , 2,500 regular sol
diers and 300 civilian volunteers ha\
ing been killed.
The revolutionary navy is prepai
ing to bombard the suburb Shis
Kwan , occupied by the Manchus. Al
the foreign warships have withdraw ]
out of range.
Rear Admiral Joseph B. Murdoch
U. S. N. , is sending a company o
marines here from Shanghai on boart
the United States cruiser Saratoga
The force of French troops stationec
at the capital has been increased t <
1,000 men and that of the Japanese t <
1,200.
Wu-Chang capitulated to the im
perial troops , the revolutionar } ' lead
ers expressing a desire to negotiate
for a compromise and suggesting som <
alight alterations in the government
program.
Lieut. Gen. Fong Kwo Chang , com
mander of the imperial troops at
Hankow , telegraphed that he had oc
cupied the whole of the city of Han
Yang.
BEATTIE ADMITS HIS GUIL1
Young Virginian , Who Killed Wife ,
Leaves Statement With
Ministers.
Richmond , Va. The state of Vir
ginia took the life of Henry Clay
Battle , Jr. , In payment for the wife's
life he took last July and the state
made no mistake. The boy himself
made that plain before he went to
the electric chair.
The confession was as follows :
"I , Henry Clay Seattle , Jr. , desirous
of standing right before God and man ,
do , on this , the twenty-third day of
November , confess my guilt of the
crime charged against me. Much that
was published concerning : the details
was not true , but the awful fact , with
out the harrowing circumstances , re
mains. For this action I am truly
sorry and , believing that I am at
peace with God and am soon to pass
Into his presence , this statement is
made.
( Signed )
"HENRY CLAY BEATTIE , JR. "
To the confession was appended a
note from the clergymen :
"This statement was signed In the
presence of the two attending minis
ters and Is the only statement that
can and will be made public by them. "
SLAYS HIS WIFE AND COUSIN
Wronged Husband Decapitates Wo
man and Man With Hatchet
Hides In Church Tells Priest.
Kenosha , WIs. Tortured by the men
tal picture of his headless wife and
her paramour , whom ho slew at his
home in Kenosha , Pasqualo Marches ! ,
twenty-seven years old , a merchant ,
went to a priest and confessed the dou
ble crime , which had theretofore not
been discovered. The young avenger
of his honor was turned over to the
Kenosha police , who are closely guardIng -
Ing him for fear of possible mob vie
lence.
According to MarchesI , he went
home earlier at night than usual , and
found his wife , Rosaria , and his cousin
and namesake occupying Mrs. Mar-
chesi'e bedchamber. The younger
MarchesI , who was not of age , had
been a favorite of the husband , and
the scene drove him mad , he said.
Without allowing his presence to be
come known Marches ! went to a wood
shed , procured a hand ax , crept to the
bedroom and chopped off the heads of
the two lovers.
FWO FAMOUS HORSES BURNED
Sovernor Gray and County Tax Burn
to Death With Several Others
at Midway , Ky.
Midway , Ky. Governor Gray , the
jreat son of Garry Herrmann Sal-
ima ; County Tax , a full brother of
he winner of the Latonia Derby and
> ther big events , owned by Capt Jim
Villiama , the noted Kentucky breed- ,
; r , who has owned and raced some
if the best thoroughbreds in the west , !
vere burned to death at the Williams '
lome , Stockwood farm. i
Governor Gray , a 3-year-old , was
he heaviest winner of the year on
he turf , having won over $20,000. He
sras valued at $25,000.
Bay State's Tallest Man Dead.
Lynn , Mass. Benjamin Ames , aged
ilxty-five , the tallest man In Massa
chusetts , is dead at the city hospital
f heart failure , as the result of a fall
rom a horse. Ho was nearly seven
eet in height and weighed 360
lounds.
Noted Yacht Designer III.
Bayonne , N. J. A. Carey Smith ,
he noted yacht designer , is critically
11 of liver trouble at his home here ,
, nd it is feared he cannot live more
ban a few days.
Results of the State Vote.
The receipt of the Douglas county
vote cast at the late election com
pletes the list of all of the counties of
the state. According to the official
figures now on file in the secretary oC
state's office , the total vote cast was.
225,380 , or within about 18,000 vo'js.
of last year. This is an unusually-
heavy vote for an "off year" and is-
17,805 more than was cast in 1909. .
Votes of the preceding "off years" "
were as follows : In 1909 , 207,575 ; im
1907 , 203,934 ; in 1905 , 192,152.
The socialist vote this year of the ?
entire state was 9,067 , a great gain. .
The socialist vote for the past few-
years has run as follows : In 1910 , .
6,721 ; in 1909 , 4,995 ; in 1907 , 4,500 ; :
in 1905 , 3,713.
The majority of Judge Hamer over-
Dean was just 1,229 , and Hall's ma
jority over C. E. Harman of Holdrege ?
was 10,584.
Following are the figures on fotate ?
officers :
Supreme Court
F. G. Hamer , r 97,01 *
C. B. Letton , r 104,191
W. B. Rose , r 101,273 :
1 J. R. Dean , f 94,785-
W. D. Oldham , f 86,457"
W. L. Stark , f 86.710 *
James Campbell , s 9,163
James R. Burleigh , s 9,067
H. C. Bittenbender , p 3,592 :
G. I. Wright , p 3.94L
Regents
Frank L. Haller , r 102,891-
V. G. Lyford , r 100,141.
C. T. Knapp , f 87,503 :
J. E. Miller , f 88,271
E. I. Morrow , s 9,508 ?
G. C. Porter , s 9,225
George- . Fitch , p 3,855-
T. B. Frazer , p 1 3,681
Railway Comimssioner '
Thomas L. Hall , r 103,08 ! ?
C. E. Harman , f 92,505
E. D. Moody , s 10,222 :
L. O. Jones , p 4,651
It Was Rather Expensive.
It cost Iven Brittell of Kimball $180'
to kill an antelope in Kimball county-
Chief Game Warden Miller has been *
working on the case for one month. .
The antelope is alleged to have been'
killed three months ago. Brittell left
Kimball and was recently found at
Neligh , Neb. Sheriff E. W. Bartholo
mew of Kimball county was sent after
hlm and returned him to Kimball. .
where he pleaded guilty and was fined'
$100 and costs.
State Gets Tubercular Hospital.
The state of Nebraska is now at
liberty to "take possession of a build
ing at Kearney which it bought for
a tubercular hospital. A tenant ol
the building who had a lease until'
March 1 was ousted from the prem
ises by an action instituted in court
by Mrs. Grothan , who sold the build
ing to the state. The tenant asked ?
| 1,000 to relinquish his lease.
Delegates to Go to Chicago.
Delegates from the Nebraska state-
board of agriculture will attend the
annual meeting of the American asso
ciation of fairs and expositions at'
Chicago , December 4 and 5. This as
sociation fixes dates for state fairs.
The delegates from Nebraska are
C. H. Rudge , W. R. Mellor , both of
Lincoln , I. W. Haws of Minden , Peter
i'oungers of Geneva and L. W. Leon
ard of Pawnee City.
Will Inspect Iowa Hospital.
With the view of learning some
thing about the institution , in order
that he may apply his knowledge t < r
: he state hospital for indigent con
sumptives , which is soon to be estab
lished at Kearney , Land Commissioner
Bowles has .qpne to Iowa for the pur
pose of inspecting a similar state in
stitution.
Declines to Register Lincoln Bonds.
State Auditdr Barton , acting on the
idvice of the attorney general , has1
efused to register $350,000 of higlr
school bonds voted by the school dis
.rict of the city of Lincoln. He doey
; his in order that a speedy determina-
; ion of the validity of the bonds may
) e brought about in the supreme
5ourt.
To Head Off the Epidemic.
Governor Aldrich has urged the-
joard of public lands and buildings
o replace all of the plumbing at the
Beatrice institute .for feeble mindeff
n the hope of stopping the epidemic
) f typhoid fever at that institution-
The board decided to continue to re-
) lace the old plumbing in the admin-
stration building where the fever in-
ection comes from and also to put
n new mains to connect the well witb
he building.
Addition to Morril ! Collection.
The C. H. Merrill geological collec-
lon in the university museum has
een enriched by the addition of some
aluable material donated by Yale
niversity. It consists of ten or
welve replicas of animals and ani-
lal heads , among them being speci-
lens of the Irish elk. The choicest
at is a series o'f head , tusk and.
unk specimens , showing the develop-
ient of the mastodon and mammoth
* om its small and early ancestry to >
s liter stages.