The Valentine Democrat
GEORGE M. GASKILL , Editor.
VALENTINE , - - NEBRASKA ,
SURPULS OF $219,118.12 AT CLOSE
OF THE LAST FISCAL
YEAR.
SYSTEM IS SELF SUSTAINING
At Beginning of Taft Administration
in 1909 Postal Service was in Ar
rears to the Extent of $17,427,720 ,
Largest on Record.
Washington , D. C " the first
time since 1- * ' : t . . . . . _ ! financial
statameut of tue postofiice department
submitted by Postmaster General
Hitchcock shows a surplus instead of
a deficit. The revenues for the fiscal
yc.r ended in June , 1911 , amounted
to 2 7,879,823.60 and the expenditures
U 237,660,705.48 , leaving a surplus of
? 219,118.12. At the beginning of the
present administration in 1909 the pos
tal service was in arrears to the extent
of $17,479,770.47 , which was decidedly
the largest deficit on record. In the
brief space of two years this deficit
has been changed into a substantial
surplus.
The wiping out of the deficit has
been accomplished without curtailment
of postal facilities. On the contrary ,
important extensions have been made
in every branch of the service. Since
tkc opening of the present adminis
tration there have been established
3,744 postoffices , delivery by carrier
has been provided in 186 additional
cities , and , 2,516 new rural routes , ag
gregating 60,679 miles , have been auth
orized. Meanwhile the force of postal
employes has been increased by more
than 8,000. In compensating such em
ployes the department follows a liberal
al policy. Last year the total amount
expended for salaries wes approxi
mately $14,000,000 greater than two
years ago. The average annual sal
ary has been increased from § 869 to
1967 for rural carrier , from $979 to
$1,082 for postoffice clerks , from $1,021
to $1,084 for city letter carriers , and
from $1,168 to $1,183 for railway mail
clerks. Thus a marked extension of
tke postal service and higher compen
sation for its employes have gone in
hand with a vanishing deficit.
WHITES AND BLACKS CLASH.
Two Negroes Lose Lives in a Riot Be
fore Fleeing to Cover. !
Pave , Ga. Twe negroes were killed j
when blacks and white clashed here
im a serious riot. The trouble started
after Will Williams , a negro , was shot
and killed by Marshal Frank Byrd ,
after he had attacked the marshal for
arresting a brother.
The town was crowded and negroes
amd whites were lined up , both sides
being heavily armed.
Frank Mobley , a negro , opened fire
i to a crowd of whites and he was shot
amd killed. The negroes then fled to
c ver , but are organizing , and another
outbreak is feared.
Christmas Seals Go.
Washington , D. G. Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock has suspended until
January 1 the postal regulations for
bidding the transmission through , the
mails of matter bearing upon the ad
dress side Red Gross Christmas seals
or other charity stamps. From now
umtil January 1 the Christmas seals
may be placed , anywhere on letters 01
packages.
Wainwright to Retire.
Washington , D. C. Rear Admiral
Wainwright aide for operations in the
avy department , who was executive
officer of the battleship Maine when
ft was blown up in Havana harbor ,
amd who later "won fame in the Span-
iak-American war , will retire from ac-
tire service December 17 , on account
of age.
Bomb Explodes in a Show.
Liege , Belgium. A dynamite bomb
exploded during a crowded cineoma-
tegraph exhibition , A terrible panic
easued in which fifty persons were in
jured , several of them mortally. The
p iice believe that a discharged em
pl ye threw the bomb for revenge.
Live Stock Market.
Sfoux City. Cattle Good to choice
ocrmfed steers , $7.00@8.50 ; medium to
gwd , $5.50@7.00 ; good to choice grass
steers , ? 4.50@6,50 ; good to choice fat
CWTTS and heifers , $5.00@6.00 ; grass
c ws , ? d.50@5.00 ; canners and cut
ters , ? 2.75@3.50 ; bulls , $3.00@4.25 ;
Teals , ? 3.50@7.00. Hogs Prices range
fr m $5.06@6.10 , with a bulk of the
ties at $5.90@6.05. Sheep Lambs ,
J4.M@5.50 ; yearlings , $4.25@4.50 ;
wethers , ? 3.25@8.S5 ; ewes , $2.25 ®
M-35.
Killed by a "Windy Shot. "
PIttsburg , Kan. Andrew Richards
Napoleon Lettace , miners , were
killed by an explosion caused by a
"wMdy shot" in a mine at Radley ,
i er mere. Richards' son was injured
im a similar accident last week.
Uflfffied Steel Orders.
New York. Unfilled orders on the
hMfcrc of the United State Steel corp -
p ratoa om November 30 were 4,141-
9io tMts , as compared with 3,694,328
( wis em October 31 , 1911 , andt 2,760-
413 toms on N FS nber 30,1910.
SECRETARY WILSON IN ANNUAI
REPORT BLAMES COLD STOR
AGE FOR HIGH PRICES.
ASKS FOR WAREHOUSE
Cabinet Member Would Have Report
Made So That the Public Migh
Judge of Future Cost of Food Com
modUles.
Washington. In his annual repor
Secretary Wilson of the agrlcultura
department asks this pertinent ques
tion : "The consumer pays one della :
for food ; the farmer gets less thai
fifty cents of It. Who gets the restr
| The secretary does not attempt t <
j answer it. He does explain , in some
j detail , the results of an investlgatior
his department has just made intc
the effect of cold storage on the
wholesomeness and cost of food. HU
investigation leads him to recommend
publicity for the amount of food iu
cold storage , just as the department
now gives publicity to the condition
of crops from month to month.
Instead of food remaining In stor
age for longer than a year or two
years , as a rule , the secretary de
clares that his investigation showed
that "receipts into cold storage are
entirely or very nearly exhausted by
the deliveries out of cold storage
within ten months. "
Long1 storage is the exception , the
secretary asserts. Warehousemen
explained to the department that ex
cessively long storage was due to lawsuits -
suits and other circumstances of an
uncommercial nature. The cost of
storage , including storage charge , In
terest and insurance , is considered as
a barrier to long storage.
Cold storage , the secretary reports ,
has raised the cost of living by in
creasing the annual price level for
butter and eggs.
The secretary says that an examina
tion of the record of prices gives a
"suspicion" that there has been much
speculation in some years by the men
who keep commodities in cold stor
age.
age.He
He refers to "an apparent mistake"
of the storage men in overestimating
the consumption of eggs by the public
at exorbitant prices last winter with
the result that in the spring the stor
age men had to sell eggs at remarka-
ly low prices and send abroad the
largest amount of eggs ever exported
In order to get rid of the supply. The
secretary declares that the warehouse
men ought to be required to send to
Washington each month the amount
of commodities placed in storage so
that the public may be able to judge
of the future trend of prices.
The department announces that the
corn crop is moving northward by
seed selection.
The American systems of renting
land are declared to be faulty.
Poultry products for the past year
are estimated to have been worth
$750,000,000.
FOUR KILLED ; MANY INJURED
Collapse of Concrete Building In Indi-
anapalis Brings Death to Many
Workers on Structure.
Indianapolis , Ind. Four men are
known to have been killed , and It is
almost certain that several others are
iead as the result of the sudden col
lapse of a three-story concrete build
ing in the rear of St. Vincent's nos
pitaL
A number of men , probably twenty-
Ive or thirty , were buried In the
ruins. Cries of pain and shouts for
lelp were heard , as legs and arms
: ould be seen moving under the con
: rete , plaster , scaffolding and other
lebris.
Firemen , police and others worked
rantlcally with saws and axes to
escue the men In the ruins. The build-
ng was being erected for the Presto-
ite company and is in Harrison street
lear South street.
'RINCE ' CHUN FORCED OUT
Chinese Regent , Who Has Been Re
garded as Stumbling Block to
Good Government , Resigns.
Peking. Prince Chun , the regent ,
.as abdicated , and thus is removed ,
evolutionary leaders declare , the
hief stumbling clock In the road to
ward a constitutional government ol
Ihina.
In Chun's place two guardians have
een appointed for the Infant em-
eror , Pu YI. They are Hsu , Shin
lhang , a Chinese diplomat , and Shin
Lsu , a Manchu and close associate ol
ie emperor. Both were formerly
rand councilors.
Yuan Shi Kal , the premier , Is be-
eved to have forced the regent to
tep down as a concession to the oft-
apeated demands of the revolution-
its , who have always regarded Chun
s a traitor.
Plunged to Death.
New York. Hundreds of persons in
ark Row saw an unidentified man
op from the dome of the World *
lildlng , a height of more than 300 .
et and plunge with terrific force on
°
te hood of an automobile. Tne man
as instantly killed.
Gas Explosion Fatal.
St. Petersburg. Two employes
ere killed and 40 injured by an ex-
osion of gas In the gold-plating de
triment of the Imperial mint The
itire plant wa degtroyed.
Twould Be a Pity If That Muff Became So Big She Couldn't See Over It.
LEADERS PREDICT THAT SESSION
WILL BE BUSY AND INTER-
ESTING.
LAWS AND POLITICS MIXED
Proceedings May Make and Unmake
Presidential Candidates Trusts
*
and Tariff Legislation Occupy Chief
Place.
Washington. The senate and
the house of representatives , compos
ing the regular session of the Sixty
second congress , began what promises
to be the liveliest session In recent
years.
The two words "busy" and "inter
esting" as a forecast of the proceed
ings are used on high authority. In
the rush of the opening the comment
of the leaders was brief.
It will be an interesting session.
Senator La Follette.
It will be a busy session. Speaker
Clark.
The lower house of congress , for
the first time in many years at a
regular session , is In control of the
Democrats. It may not be necessary
to remind the country that the last
session was a special one convened
by the call of the president , and that
Its time was given up largely to the
discussion of two subjects , the tariff
and reciprocity , subjects so nearly
akin as to be almost one flesh.
President Taft will watch the
proceedings of house and senate
with a keen and at times anx
ious eye. If tariff legislation based
on the reports of the tariff board be
passed the president will hold that
Us vetoes of last summer have been
vindicated and will feel perhaps that
; he prospect of re-election has been
cleared of overhanging clouds.
As for the Democratic leaders , they
seem to be determined that if the tar-
ff board's report on wool is in ac-
: ordance with the information gained
> y members of the ways and means
jommittee , which , of course , is dom-
nated by the Democrats , legislation
> ased on the board's report must be
> assed. The party leaders , however ,
ieem to be determined that if the
arlff board's report has in it a suspi
: ion of leaning toward the side of du
ies which are too high , a bill cutting
hose duties shall be passed and sent
> ver to the Republican senate for
ommendation or condemnation.
1ALT CHORUS GIRLS' TRIAL
Severe Illness of Millionaire Hotelman
Plaintiff Causes Postponement of
the Case.
New York. The trial of Ethel Con-
ad and Lillian Graham , show girls ,
or the shooting of W. E. D. Stokes ,
illllonalre owner of the Hotel Ansonla ,
T&B postponed owing to the illness of
tie plaintiff , who , his physician said ,
j confined to his bed by a severe at-
ick of heart failure.
John Bloo'm , superintendent of the
'aruna apartments , In which the
hooting took place , testified that aft-
r he had conducted the two girls Into
Q adjoining apartment , Miss Conrad
lid :
"Let me take the blame , I have
othing to live for. "
"No , " Miss Graham said , "Til take
le blame. I meant to kill him. "
This is the first testimony tending
show that either girl had suggested
iat they had shot to kilL
Goes Blind In Sleep.
Passaic , N. J. Cleveland W. Speer ,
lanager of an automobile garage , o
woke bereft of sight Examination Y
f physicians disclosed no abnormal w
mdition and there was nothing to
low what had caused blindness. file
Charged With Conspiracy.
Oporto. Castello Branco , who was
inister to China during the days of
ie Portuguese monarchy , was arrest- i
[ here on the charge of conspiring le
gainst the republic while on a Tlsit 01
01ai
Brazil. ai
CHICAGO DAILY NEWS.
COURT REFUSES STAY
SUPREME TRIBUNAL FAILS TO
GRANT PACKERS DELAY.
No Opinion Is Handed Down , Chief
Justice Contenting Himself With
Mere Announcement.
Washington. The United States Su
preme court refused to grant a stay
of proceedings to the packers under
Indictment in Chicago on charges of
violating the criminal sections of the
Sherman anti-trust act This means
that the ten packers must go to trial.
The court's decision was the final
step in the long legal contest to avoid
trial at this time. Shortly before they
were first cited for trial on November
20 nine of the indicted packers sought
to have the United States circuit
court at Chicago release them from
custody on the ground that the Sher
man anti-trust law , under which they
were Indicted , was unconstitutional
as a criminal measure , particularly In
view of the recent interpretation of
the law in the Standard Oil decision.
The circuit court refused to release
them and an appeal was taken to the
Supreme court Chief Justice White
Individually refused to grant a stay of
trial until the Supreme court could
review the proceedings before the cir
cuit court Attorneys for the beef
packers asked the full court to grant
the stay and to release the defend
ants on bail.
Chief Justice White announced the
decision of the court No opinion was
handed down , the chief justice con
tenting himself with the mere state
ment that the packers' motion was re
fused.
TAKES ACTION ON PASSPORTS :
President Taft Officially Asks Russia
to Alter Its Policy Against
American Jews.
Washington. After months of un-
jertainty , the United States govern-
nent has taken up with the Russian
fovernment at St. Petersburg the
mestion of passports for American
Fews in Russia and the obligations
ipon Russia embodied in the much
Uscussed treaty of 1832. j
President Taft is awaiting a report
rom American Ambassador Guild at ,
3t Petersburg which , if it comes , I
vill be discussed t by the cabinet at
ts regular session.
If it does not indicate a willingness
ipon the part of the Russian govern1 1
aent to consider the question , Mr.
? aft may recommend to congress leg-
galtion that would accomplish the
nd desired.
JASH REGISTER IS ACCUSED
government Starts Suit in Ohio *
'
Charging Concern With Conspiracy
and Restraint of Trade. t
Cincinnati. United States District
t
ittorney Sherman T. McPherson and j
> . E. Harrison of the department of
ustlce filed anti-trust proceedings '
c
lleging conspiracy In restraint of "
rade against the National Cash Regj j
; ter company of Dayton , O. , Its offl-
ers and managers. '
The government complains that the
' e
orporation has resorted to illegal
cts to eliminate , stifle and suppress
ther manufacturers and dealers
iroughout the United States , engaged
i the business of making , selling and j 8
alpping In interstate commerce cash a
jglsters and other registering de-
ices. 6tl
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tlti
Overdue Ships Reach Port. tid
Hancock , Mich , The steamer Ber- tiP
i and its consort Aurora from P
leveland reached port , a week over- tl
Two Aviators Killed.
London. A double aviation fatality
icurred at Filey , near Scarborough ,
jrkshire. Hubert Oxley , an aviator ,
is killed instantly and his passen-
T , Robert Weiss , suffered Injuries
om which he died soon afterward.
Boy Fatally Shot.
Goshen , Ind. Frederick Cregler ,
urteen , was shot by Harold Hutch
son , fifteen , firing at target Creg-
r diverted the muzzle towards his
ra breast Cregler ran sixty feet
d fell dead at his mother * * feet
Biography of Nebraskans.
Clerk Harry C. Lindsay of the su
preme court of Nebraska has been
requested to furnish additional information
mation for biographical sketches of
Nebraskans whose names are in the
biographical congressional record , a
publication printed in the year 1903.
The book covers the period from 1874
to 1903. Mr. Lindsay has been re
quested to bring up to date the bio
graphical sketches of the following
Nebraskans : John M. Thayer , Lor
enzo Crounse , Thomas J. Majors , E. K.
Valentine , Charles F. Manderson ,
George W. E. Dorsey , John A. Mc-
Shane , G. L. Laws , W. J. Bryan , E , J.
Burkett , John S. Robinson , William
Neville and A. C. Shallenberger. Gen
eral John M. Thayer died March 19 ,
1906 , three .years after the biograph
ical record was published , and all but
five of those in the list mentioned are
dead.
Dr. Bostrom Offers Some Advice.
Dr. A. Bostrom , state veterinarian ,
offers advice to farmers and cattle
feeders which he believes will save
loss from cornstalk disease if fol
lowed. He says :
"Cornstalk disease in cattle is quite
common just now over a great portion
of the state , and is fatal in almost
every case. When cattle are first
turned into the stalks in the early fall
they should not be allowed to remain
more than four hours each day. It is
a sudden change of food , it is sweet
they like it so well , and they are liable
to eat too much. In four hours they
have eaten all they can take care of ,
and more than that would not only be
useless , but harmful and dangerous. "
State Claims Hay Land.
In sustaining the contention of the
plaintiff in the case of State of Ne
braska against Woodruff Ball and
John H. Bachelor , the supreme court
has refused to permit settlers to en
croach on the school lands of the state
because of uncertainty as to the loca
tion of corners. While this case in
volved only about 120 acres of hay
land on a school
section , there are
many other school sections In the
state where settlers
and ranchmen are
claiming title to valuable land right
fully belonging to the state. Attorney
General Martin is reliably informed
that title to about 8,000 acres of hay
land , now claimed by ranchmen , is
established in the State of Nebraska
under this decision.
Railway Fatalities for a Year.
A summary of persons injured and
killed by railroads in Nebraska for
the year ending June 30 , 1911 , com
piled by the state railway commission ,
shows that thirty-three
railway
em
ployes , five passengers , one postal
jlerk and forty-two others , a total of
3ighty-one persons , were killed. There
were injured 720 railway employes ,
L29 passengers , 31 postal olerks and
> ther employes , and 146 other per
sons , a total of 1,024 persons , injured ,
rhe average total number of railway
smployes was 29,973 and the total
lumber of revenue passengers carried
ras 10,447,863.
State Oil Inspector Reports.
State Oil Inspector Husenetter has
eported the collection of $4,659.95
TOSS fees for the month of October
nd $95.90 uncollected. He turned
ver to the state treasurer $3,315.71
fter paying expenses as follows :
lalary and expenses state inspector ,
191.60 ; salary and expenses six depu
tes , $764.26 ; mileage books and mile-
ge , $262.10 ; office expense , $126.28.
Considerable money Is now coming
ito the state treasury and Treasurer
eorge believes that the receipts from
ixes this month may make it possi-
le to cash state warrants before the
rst of the year , or soon thereafter.
The candidacy of R. L. Metcalfe for
ie democratic nomination for
gov-
: nor of Nebraska has taken form in
ie past month and petitions are be-
tg circulated throughout the state.
The attorney general holds that
; ate banks must
pay guaranty assess-
ent on postal savings deposits.
R. I. Elliott has accepted the posi-
on of deputy state superintendent.
A restraining order has been grant- b
l against the city of Beatrice and its
Beers by Judge Munger of the fed- n
al court to prevent the enforcement
an ordinance lowering the rate on
LS charged by the Gage County Light
id Power company. d <
The case of the State vs. Theodore
anlsics , dismissed the other day in a ]
e supreme court upon the sugges- e <
> n of the attorney general that the etl
fendant had died pending the ap- tlot
al , will not be revived. An order teat ot
at effect has been entered. te
The wards of the state were not
rgotten on Thanksgiving day , and
eclal menus were prepared for the
iner hour at the state penitentiary
d the asylum. For two hours pre- SI
ding the dinner hour at the peni-
itiary the prisoners were given the
erty of the yard. A chicken dinner
lowed at noon , with other extra
ihes , and cigars. At the asylum a
anksgiving service preceded the
mer , at which Dr. F. A. Stuff dis-
ssed Thanksgiving , its origin and th
laning. The patients at the ortho- ou
lie hospital were also treated to a
ankBgivIng day feast
ALL OVER NEBRASKA.
Christmas. \
Christmas , how are you going to
spend it ? There are two ways. You
can spend it for yourself , or you can
spend it for others. You can make
gifts to those who can make adequate
return , or you can make gifts to those
who can make no return. We do not
need to say which is the more Christ-
like. If you prefer the more Christ-
like , you might remember the Society
for the Friendless. "I was sick and
in prison , and ye visited me" will be
a good record for every one to make
the next Christmas.
The Society aims at , first , the pre
vention of crime , second , the reform
of prison laws , third , the reform of
prisons , fourth , the reform of prison
ers , fifth , to aid them when they come
out by finding them a temporary
home where they < an ha.ve good en
vironment and 'by ' getting them per
manent employment under good in
fluences.
The New School at Curtis.
Douglas County. Gould & Son of
Omaha were awarded the contract
for the erection of the new agricultur
al school at Curtis , their bid of $57-
150 being the lowest of eight opened
by the State Board of Public Lands
and Buildings. The highest bid was
$66,950. The heating and plumbing
bid was let to L. W. Pomerene of Lin
coln for $6,485 and the electric wir
ing to the Standard Electric company
of Lincoln for $735. The total Is
brought up to 564,370 for the main
building , for which an appropriation
of $75,000 was made by the last ses
sion of the state legislature.
Settles School District Case.
Cherry County. The case over
which trouble has been brewing since
1906 , and into which Judge Hamer's
name was drawn In the last cam
paign , was passed upon by District
Judge W. H. Westover in the Novem
ber term of district court for Cherry
county. The trouble arose over the
liability of joint school district No. 2
of Hooker county and district No. 51
of Cherry county for indebtedness in
curred while these two districts were
Joint.
Nebraskan Dies In Iowa.
Holt County. H. R. Henry , a for
mer member of the Nebraska state
legislature , passed away at his home ,
Mt. Vernon , la. , aged 63 years. The
immediate cause of his demise was
pneumonia. Mr. Henry was a resi-
lent of Mt. Vernon about two years
igo. He formerly resided in Holt
: ounty and held the office of county
; reasurer for two terms. In the nine-
: ies he served two terms in. the state
egislature. He is survived by a wife
ind four daughters.
Woman Loses Hep Arm.
Jefferson County. Mrs. August
Jhoenrock , a prominent resident west
> f Fairbury , sustained a serious In-
ury. She attempted to take a load-
id shotgun out of a wagon and in
Lfting it over the side with the muz-
le toward her , the weapon was ac-
identally discharged. Her arm hade
o be amputated.
Farm Mortgages in Otoe.
Otoe County. According to the re-
ort of the county recorder during
ie month of November there were
[ even farm mortgages filed valued at
34,300 and fourteen released whose
alue was $32,400. On town and vil-
ige property fourteen gled valued at
1.0,842.59 and seven released valued
t $7,452.35.
Newspaper Sued for Damages.
Adams County. Suit for $10,000
images for the publication of an al-
> ged libelous statement was brought
L the district court by County Super-
itendent L. R , Willis against the
maha Daily News and its resident
> rrespondent , William H. Haugh.
Fine Thanksgiving Gift.
Dawson County. As a Thanksgiv-
g gift to the city of Kearney H. D.
ratson , founder of Watson's ranch ,
cecuted a contract with Mayor John
r. Patterson placing in his hands for
sposal all of the land held by him-
> lf and associates adjacent to the
ty , in all over 3,000 acres.
A Recount in Custer.
Custer County. The official re-
iunt on the office of sheriff that was
lied by John Craig , defeated can-
date on the republican ticket , has
sen completed , giving Craig a gain
11 votes. Joe Wilson , democrat ,
mains sheriff.
Fees Are Not High. "
Lancaster County. Despite the
claration of Governor AWrich that
charged state university students
pear to be excessive , figures collect-
by the university authorities show
it the University of Nebraska re-
ires lighter payments than do most
ler institutions of similar charac-
Rescued From Gas Explosion.
Poughkeepsie ( N. Y. ) dispatch :
th Ashby of Fremont , Neb. , Berma
inner of Iowa Falls , and Grace Don-
son of Wilmette , HI. , were dragged
conscious from the Gleneden sem-
ry near here following ah explo-
n of gas in the ceiling between the
ipel and one of the dormitories.
9re were -between sixty and seven-
girls on the dormitory floor when
i explosion took > place , but all got \
, safely except the three Vostern
is , who , though overcome by gas ,
ckly recovered.