Nebraska Newspapers

    The Valentine Democra
GEORGE M. GASKILL , Editor.
VALENTINE. .T" NEBRASKA
II
CITIZENS OF DENVER , COLO. , IN
CENSED OVER OUSTING OF
AN ASSESSOR.
ftlEETING OF PROTEST HELC
Srowd Hoists Henry J. Arnold , the
Dismissed Man , on Its Shoulders anc
Starts for Courthouse to Place Hirr
Back in Office.
Denver , Colo. Colorado's state cap
itol was the scene of an unusual dein
onstration , participated in by niort
than 10,000 persons , including women
and children , and it came near result
ing in a riot.
The public had been invited to be at
the west front of the biulding to join
In a demonstration against Mayor Rob
ert W. Speer and the city council.
The climax came naer the meeting's
close , when Henry J. Arnold was hoist
ed upon the shoulders of several anti-
Speer enthusiasts. Arnold was recent
ly ousted as county assessqr by Mayor
Speer , illegally , it is claimed by Ar
nold's supporters.
"We do not purpose to regain the of
fice to which the people elected me by
force , " said Mr. Arnold , "but I shall
reoccupy the office under the law. "
"You won't have to wait for the
law , " someone shouted.
"We will put you in the office where
you belong right now , " shouted an
other.
Then an immense throng crowded
in about the ousted official and eager
hands caught him up and bore him up
on their shoulders out into the crowd
in an effort to reach the county court
house but a few blocks away. Cooler
heads soon ended the demonstration.
MORE BODIES RECOVERED.
Total Dead in Briceville Mine Placed
at 84.
Briceville , Tenn. Twenty-one more
bodies were found in the Cross Moun
tain mine in which an explosion oc
curred several days ago. This brings
the death list up to 84. President
Steison , of the Knoxville Iron com
pany , owner of the mine , stated that
he believed this accounted for every
man entombed.
Five were rescued. The company
nas claimed from the first that but 85
men were in the workings when the
explosion occurred , but miners say
there were more.
Fifty-nine women were made wid
ows and 147 children left fatherless
as a result of the disaster. It is prob
able all bodies will be removed by
Sunday night. Only one of the 84
men tilled carried life insurance. The
relief fund has passed the $20,000
mark.
Fire in Hudson , N. Y.
Hudson , N. Y. Fire starting in the
large storehouse of the New York and
Hudson Steamboat company here
burned that building and contents
spread to the Washburn icehouse
which also was destroyed , and to the
Hudson Wholesale Grocery company's
building , all but one end of which was
saved. The total loss is estimated at
'more than ? 200-000.
Attacked by a Dog.
Motley , Minn. As the result of an
attack by a pet dog , the 4-year-old
daughter of George Hanson , living
near here , probably will die. A bac
teriological examination of the dog's
body is to be made to discover evi
dence of hydrophobia.
Pioneer Merchant Dead.
Pittsburgh , Pa. Thomas Noble Mil
ler , aged 76 , merchant , manufacturer ,
railroad operator , inventor and pioneer
neer steel man , died here after a two
days' illness. Mr. Miller formerly was
engaged with Andrew Carnegie and
Henry Phipps in the steel industry.
Expelled In a Polite Way.
Cologne. The Hripoli correspond
ent of the Volks Zeitung sends a mes
sage to his paper that he has been
expelled "in the politest manner. "
Live Stock Market.
Sioux City. Cattle Good to choice
cornfed steers , $7.00(8)8.50 ( ) ; medium to
good , $5.50g ( > 7.00 ; good to choice grass
steers , § 4.50 @ 6.50 ; good to choice fat
co'ws and heifers , § 5.00@6.00 ; grass
cows , ? d.50@5.00 ; canners and cut
ters , $2.75@3.50 ; bulls , $3.00 ( § > 4.25 ;
veals , $3.50@7.00. Hogs Prices range
from $5.60@6.15 , with a bulk of the
sales at ? 5.90g)6.10. ( ) Sheep Lambs ,
$5.25@5.50 ; yearlings , 54.25@4.50 ;
wethers , ? 3.25@3.85 ; ewes , $2.25 ®
$3.35.
Emperor Joseph III.
London. Reports have been re
ceived here that the health of Emperor
.Francis Joseph , of Austria Is again
causing great uneasiness. He is said
to be suffering from a severe cold and
rheumatism.
Old Indian Fighter Dead.
Chicago. Capt. George R. Bacon ,
of Decatur , III. , a graduate of West
Point sind an old Indian fightor. who
accompanied Gen. Howard in the Nez
Perces campaign , dfecl in a hospital
Jiere.
KING GEORGE'S SISTER ANI
NIECES THROWN INTO WAVES
WHEN BOAT CAPSIZES.
SIX FRENCH < SAILORS Dli
Their Launch Capsizes When It Gee
to Rescue of Passengers on Line
Delhi on Rocks Off Moroccai
Coast.
Gibraltar. King George's sister , th <
Princess Royal Louise , her husband
.the Duke of Fife , and their daughter
together with a number qf American !
and -other persons had a narrow ee
cape from death when the liner Delhi
on its way to Egypt , went on th <
rocks near Cape Spartel , Morocco.
While being taken ashore by th <
longboat of the British armored cruise :
Duke of Edinburgh they werer throwi
into the water by the capsizing of th <
boat , one of the daughters having i
narrow escape from drowning. She wai
rescued by a sailor and carried to lane
with the others , all suffering severelj
from the bitter cold.
Six sailors of the French cruisei
Friant were drowned when a small
boat which had been sent to the aid oi
the English vessel was swamped by s
gigantic wave. The others reached
the shore in a desperate condition and
several still are suffering.
It was still dark when the Delhi ,
having lost her bearings in the dense
fog , was blown by a terrific gale on
the rocky shores of Cape Spartel. The
passengers all were In their cabins
when the boat hit and the flrst warn
ing they had of any danger was when
the big liner began , pounding. There
was a panic on board , but the officers
of the ship were prompt In their ac
tion and soon succeeded in calming
the fears "of the passengers.
The life boats were at once manned
md made ready. As soon as daylight
lad bought Its way through the smoth
ering fog all the women and children
aboard were put into the boats and the
start made for shore.
Time and again1 it was feared that
the terrible swells would swamp the
boats , and groan after groan went up
from the men assembled on the upper
deck many of them with their wives
and children in the disappearing boats
as a huge , sea would lift the small
boats to the crest of a giant wave and
an instant later send it plunging to a
depth of thirty feet to meet a still
larger swelL
In the course of an hour or two they
were landed at a point five miles from
Cape Spartel , from where they were
driven through a drenching rain to
the lighthouse , wet to the skin , and
.hurried to hotels in Tangier , where
extra clothing was furnished. It was
necessary to administer stimulants to
many of the frightened and exhausted
women.
The lifeboats at once returned to
the wreck , and with the aid furnished
by other craft , among them the life
boats of the French cruiser Friant ,
which had by that time arrived , all the
other passengers were safely taken
from the Delhi and landed.
It is believed that the Delhi will be
a complete loss , as she lies in an ex
posed position and the storm , which Is
one of the worst experienced in years ,
has whipped up a sea that will soon
batter the boat to pieces.
Wireless messages carried the news
of the Delhi's plight to the British
warships at Gibraltar. Realizing that
several members of the royal family
were on board , all was excitement and
bustle in a moment The two cruisers ,
the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke
of Weymouth , were at once dispatched
to aid-the stranded passengers.
VOTE TO ABROGATE TREATY
Houee Adopts Sulzer Revolution to
Cancel Agreement With Ruesla
With One Opposing Voice.
Washington. The Sulzer resolution
demanding the abrogation , of the treaty
with Russia passed the house prac
tically without a dissenting vote. The
rote in faror of the resolution , was
JOO to 1. Mr. Malby of New York , a
Republican , was the only one to vote
against the resolution.
A day of fervid oratory , In which
Russia's treatment of American Jews
; vas fully recounted , preceded the
passage of the , resolution. On the
leer but one voice was raised against
: he Sulzer proposal * and this was that
) f Mr. McCall of Massachusetts. He
irged that the Russian passport ques-
ion should be submitted to arbitra-
ion before the house took drastic ac-
ion. More than fifty speakers , in
ipeechea ranging from one to five
nlnutes in length , spoke in favor of
he resolution.
Some of the speakers were charac-
erized by Mr. Mann as being so In-
emperate In language that they .might
jreclpitate war if uttered In a foreign
larllament Nevertheless Mr. Mann ,
lepublican floor leader , favored the
esolutlon.
"Pat" Rellly Dies In Boston.
Boston. William Atkin , who , as
Pat" Rellly , has entertained thou-
ands of patrons of burlesque while
onnected with the firm of Reilly and
Vbods , died at the Maiden hospital of
complication of diseases.
Warship Blast Hurts Twenty.
Portsmouth , England. Commander
lerbert N. Garnett , four engineer of
fers and fiftfen of the crew of the
readnought battleship Orion were in
ured as the result of the explosion of
n oil tank.
THE SEASON OF JOY
BALTIMORE AMERICAN.
One Good Thing Right on the Heels of Another.
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVEN
TION WILL BE HELD IN
ILLINOIS CITY.
CONVENES TUESDAY , JUNE
Administration Dictates Policy oi
Commltteemen Primary Question
Is Quickly Disposed of Despite the
Opposition of Senator Borah.
Washington. Chicago was chosen
as the convention city to nominate
candidates for president and vice-
president by the Republican natlonaJ
committee which met here. The calJ
was issued for the assembling of dele
gates on Tuesday , June 18. St. Louis
formally withdrew from the contest
before the voting began , leaving Den
ver and Chicago to fight it out The
vote resulted : Chicago , 42 ; Denver , 7 ;
St. Louis , 1 ; absent , 3.
The committee formally accepted
the resignation of Frank H. Hitch
cock as chairman. A rising vote of
thanks was tendered Mr. Hitchcock
for his services. Former Gov. John
F. Hill of Maine then was elected
chairman.
The Taft forces , directed by Charles
D. Hlllea , secretary to the president ,
won the first serious fight attending
the committee meeting. The admin
istration's friends had insisted that
Col. Harry S. New of Indiana be
named as chairman of the subcom
mittee to take charge of the conven
tion arrangements , Including the
choice of temporary and permanent
chairmen , and the selection of a her
ald of the party keynote. The Taft
people also had Insisted that in ad
dition to Colonel New they should
name a majority of the committee.
A sharp fight developed with Post
master General Hitchcock and other
friends of Chairman Hill of the com
mittee Insisting that Mr. Hill should
be given the authority to constitute
the committee as he saw fit. At the
end of a long series of conferences
the administration forces won a com
plete victory.
The Taft forces dictated the entire
membership of the arrangements com-
mi tee'which was Increased to seven ,
instead of the usual five.
The subcommittee having in charge
the call for delegates developed a seri
ous split , Senator Borah leading a
hopeless fight to open the primary
door to every state in the tJnlon and
framing a minority report. The sub
committee decided to follow the form
of call adopted four years ago. This
call recognises the rights of states to
choose delegates at primaries where
primary laws have been passed and
where the state'committee so directs.
In all other states it provides for the
selection of delegates at state conven
tions.
ROGERS ENDS LONG FLIGHT
Aviator Fliea Laat Leg In Ocean-to-
Occan Journey Injuries De
layed Him.
Las Angeles. Fifty thousand peo-
pie , lining the sands and broad
'
walk at Long Beach , cheered them
selves hoarse as Calbraith P. Rodgers ,
the transcontinental aviator , officially
completed his ocean to ocean trip by
flying from Compton , eight miles away ,
where he was forced to1 temporarily
abandon his dash several weeks ago
when he fell and was painfully in
jured.
Mother Accused of Slaying Child.
Little Rock , Ark. Mrs. Alice Vance ,
accused of the murder of her four-
year-old daughter , was arrested here
and her brother was locked up as an
accessory. The mother says she went
to a spring late yesterday afternoon
and returned to find the child slain. *
Nail Taken From Appendix.
Duluth , Minn. Lester Brewer is at
the Duluth hospital , where he under
went an operation for appendicitis.
iVhen the appendix was removed It
vas found to contain a naiL
CRAZED VICTIMS FLEE
CHALK SIGNS LEAD RESCUERS
,
TO DYING COAL MINERS.
Buried Men Mark Directions as The >
Retreat in Death Galleries Be
fore Deadly Fire Damp.
Briceville , Tenn. Thirty-five
bodies have been taken out of the
Cross Mountain mine and the rapid
work of burial preparations and quick
funeral services went on. Canary
birds , the most' sensitive to any at
mosphere that will not support life ,
are being used to mark the danger line
for volunteer rescuers who are search
ing for the 75 or more men remaining
In the mine , some of whom are be
lieved to be still alive.
By chalk marks on beams and rocks
these men have been traced down the
blackened corridors as they made
their stand , and then were forced back
by the damp.
"We have gone to 23 , " one message
read , and a roughly drawn hand , with
index finger outstretched , pointed to
ward the designated cross section of
the mine. At top speed the squad :
went to section 23 , but found it empty.
None of the precious chalk was-
waited by the fighting prisoners to
tell how many were in the party or
whether they had food and water. It
is hoped , however , that the 75 or more
miners who are supposed to be in the
mine still are sticking together , and
that when the party is found it will be
found to contain all the men now miss
ing.
ing.While
While the main rescue squad is
keeping at its task a smaller band of
workers is engaged in the pitiful work
of trying to capture two miners whose
terrible experiences in the explosion
have converted them into raving
maniacs.
TRIAL OF DR. HYDE HALTED
Juror Flees From Hotel and Cannot
Be Found May Undo Work
of Weeks.
Kansas City , Mo. The work of
weeks of court procedure was undone
and the trial of Dr. B. Clark Hyde
brought to a standstill when Harry
Waldron , one of the jurors , escaped
from his room at the hotel , eluding
two deputy marshals set to guard the
13 men.
Prosecutor Conklin immediately
started an investigation to find 'out
if Waldron had been induced to es
cape. Whether the matter will re
sult hi a mistrial will depend on Wai-
dron's course during his period of
liberty , should he be captured.
To prevent his roommate and fel
low Juror from discovering his ab
sence and giving the alarm Waldron.
made a dummy of pillows and
slipped it into his place in bed.
PENSION BILL 13 PASSED
Sherwood's Dollar-a-Day Measure Will
Add Between $35,000,000 to $45-
000,000 to Roll Annually.
Washington. The Sherwood "dol
lar a day" pension bill , which , It Is
estimated , adds from $35,000,000 to
$45,000,000 to the pension roll , passed
the house.
The vote was along non-partisan
lines , the great majority of Demo
crats and Republicans favoring It
The original measure was amend
ed in several particulars. Represent
ative Mann obtained amendments
making the bill apply to veterans oJ
the Mexican war and to old soldiers
confined In soldiers' homes.
General Reyes Ready for War.
San Antonio , Tex. It was reported
here from a reliable source at Laredo
that Gen. Bernardo Reyes was in
trenched with an insurrecto army in
the mountains near Galeana , Neuvo
Leon state , and expected to be In
Monterey soon.
President Eliot Improving.
Colombo , Ceylon. Dr. Charles W.
Eliot , president emeritus of Harvard ,
underwent an operation for appendl-
: itis here last week and is reported ,
is progressing favorably.
IS HELD FOB BRBER\ !
FRANKLIN MUST APPEAR BEFORE
COURT TO ANSWER CHARGES.
Prosecutor In Dynamite Case at Lot
Angeles Says He Has No Evi
dence Against Lawyer.
Los Angeles , Cal. Bert H. Frank
lln , an Investigator employed by th
defense in the McNamara case , wai
held to the superior court to answei
charges of bribing a juror. Durins
the hearing the name of Clarence S
Darrow was mentioned , but Franklli
made a statement saying the Chicagt
lawyer was not implicated in the af
fair in any manner whatever.
The statement was called out wher
Robert F. Bain , sworn juror in th
McNamara case , testified that Frank
lln had told him , when arranging foi
the bribe , that was paid to him , thai
Darrow had given Franklin $20,00 (
"to use. "
"I haven't said anything about this
case , " said Franklin after the bear
ing ended.
Darrow when told of the statement
denied any connection in any waj
with the bribery.
San Francisco. John Joseph Me
Namara , convict No. 26,315. convict
ed dynamiter and former secretary
treasurer of the International Bridge
and 'Structural Iron Workers' assocla
tion , and James B. McNamara , convict
No. 25,314 , printer , dynamiter and con
victed murderer , now occupy a cell IE
San Quentin penitentiary adjoining
that occupied by Abraham Ruef.
BASEBALL LEAGUES SPLIT
American passes Resolution CancelIng -
Ing Official Intercourse With Na
tional Except for Protection.
New York. The American league
threw down the gauntlet to the Na
tional league. The league at its meetIng -
Ing passed the following resolution :
"Resolved , That the American
league will continue to exercise its
privileges and appraise its obligations
under the national agreement , but
will decline to have further official
intercourse with the National league
except so far as may be requisite for
the safeguarding of its territorial and
player rights.
"That the American league will not
have representatives in another series
for the championship of the world or
Interleague aeries unless given the
entire charge of tickets on its grounds
under an arrangement and with the
understanding that it shall not assume
responsibility for the conduct of the
business department of the games at
the park of the other contesting club. "
U. S. SHORT OF AMMUNITION
Secretary Stlmion In Annual Report
Points Out Defect * In Field
Artillery.
Washington. That there is not
enough field artillery ammunition for
the guns we now bare for a single en
gagement such M were required In
the Manchurlan war Is the statement
made by Secretary of War Henry .L
SUmsoE. in hit annual report
"At the present rate of proportoln , "
says the report , "It IB estimated that
t would take more than 50 years
to secure a reasonable supply of the
field artillery guns , carriages and am
munition that would be necessary In
.the event of war. "
MAN LEAPS TO AWFUL DEATH
Naked Machinist Hurls HImeelf From-
Nineteenth Floor of Masonic
Temple at Chicago ,
Chicago. Removing all his clothing
and scaling the five-foot iron fence
which wag built to keep suicides from
jumping down the light-well oi the
Masonic temple , J. F. Greek , a machin
ist leaped from the nineteenth story
of the big : building.
Hurling down 800 feet striking-
againit the gallery railings , hla nude-
body crashed Into the cigar stand In
the ground floor rotunda. Harry
Erans. clerk at the stand , was
knocked down and probably fatally
Injured by flying flaw and broken ,
wood which the force of the fall scat
tered about the rotunda.
NOW SHOWS BIG SURPLUS
HItohoock Report Baya Postal Deficit
1 Wiped Out By Depart
ment.
WashingtonTbe annual financial
statement of the postofflce depart
ment submitted bj Postmaster Gen
eral Hitchcock showi a surplus In
stead of a deficit for the first time
since 1888 , The revenues for the fis
cal year ended June 30 , 1911. amount
ed to $237,879,823.60 and the expendi
tures of 1237,660,705.48 , leaving a
surplus of 5219,188.12. At the begin-
ding of the present administration in
1909 the postal service was in arrears
to the extent of $17,479,770.47 , which |
was decidedly the largest deficit oh
record.
Teacher's Wife Ends Life.
New Haven , Conn. Despondent at
protracted melancholy , Una Leach
Subelmann , wife of Prof./'Albert Ed
ward Gulxjlmann of Yale university ,
committed suicide by throwing herself
Into West river.
Want RIcheson Trial Postponed.
Boston. Postponement of the trial
Df Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson , in-
licted for the murder of Miss Avis
Linnell , was asked tor by his counsel.
EUcheson has no funds to pay his at-
ALL OVER NEBRASKA.
Peculiarly Fatal Accident.
Hall County. With the edge of a.
large , three-deck wagonbox across his.
throat , Frank Klincacek , aged 27 , 3u
young farmer residing two miles ,
northwest of Cairo , at the edge of the-
county , was found dead in a ditch ,
.alongside the road. He had been in
the village of Cairo In the evening :
and had started home. Wagon tracks ,
indicated to the coroner that the driving -
, ing had been irregular and that of-
ificial decided no inquest to be neces
sary. The wagon had fallen en him.
Tooth Found In Home-Made Candy-
Burt County. At a church fair
held in Lyons there was quite a.
quantity of "home-made candy' "
sold from one of the booths , .
Mrs. Julia Cleveland was among the >
purchasers' a dime sack of the sac
charine dainty , which she took7 home ,
with her. While munching it with.
much satisfaction the next day she.
discovered that one piece had a gen
uine human molar too.th in it.
Second Degree Murder.
Dodge County. A verdict was re
turned at Fremont finding Louis Rodgers -
gers guilty of murder in the second !
degree for killing his illegitimate *
.child. Whether or not Mrs. Richter , .
who is a defendant on the same-
charge , will be brought to trial the-
state's attorney refuses to say. There
seems to be no question but what she-
will be held at Fremont until the mo
tion for a new trial in the case of
Rodgers , her paramour , is decided.
Nebraskan Drowned in Illinois.
Douglas County. Charles H. Mar-
pie , former regent of the University
of Nebraska , prominent Omaha attor
ney and captain in the army in the >
Spanish war , was drowned at Beards-
town , 111. , when he accidentally walked
off the dock in the dark. He fell
against a stone wall which ran up to *
the dock and was knocked uncon
scious-the swift current carrying him
into deep water.
South Omaha Protests.
Douglas County. Through Secretary -
tary A. F. Stryker the South Omaha-
Live Stock exchange has filed a com
plaint with the State Railway com
mission asking that the Minneapolis
& Omaha railroad be compelled to-
give better train service for the ship
ment of stock from Wynot , Crofton.
and Bloomfield to South Omaha ,
Student Painfully Burned.
Jefferson County. Miss Myrtle-
Schlarb , a student in the Fairbury
High school , met with a painful in
jury while performing an experiment
in chemistry. She was mixing a solu
tion of sulphric acid and water when ,
it exploded , throwing the contents
over her head.
Died a Pauper.
Otoe County. John H. Swartz , one ?
Otoe County. Jolin H. Swartz , one-
elf the pioneers of this section , died !
at the county farm and was brought
to this city for burial. He was 84 years
of age and at one time was one of the-
largest land owners of this section , ,
but sold out and went south , where-
he invested in southern land and lost
his all.
Shot by Companion.
Otoe County. Mr. Imm of the firnt
of Imm & Tucker was out hunting-
with Marcus Sichl , and while the-
latter was crawling through a hedge-
fence his gun caught and was dis
charged , the contents of the gun en
tering the calf of the right log of Mr-
Imm , making a serious , if not fatal-
wound.
Richardson Settles With Road.
Cass County. Postmaster W. T. .
Rlchardson of Mynard , one of the vic
tims of the wreck of the Missouri Pa
cific at Fort Crook October 14 , is get
ting along nicely. He settled with the ?
railway company , receiving $10,000.
Fiege to Renew Bond.
Wayne County. William Flege , .
who is charged with the murder of his :
sister , Louise , and whose case was re
manded by the supreme court , left for
Ponca to appear In the district court , ,
now in session there , to renew his
bond. It is not known now when the
case wiil be tried. *
Hpmestead Proofs.
Lancaster County. Seventeen final
homestead proofs were filed at the
local land office during the month of
November. This is about the average
number filed during the cold weather , ,
it was stated at the land office. More
final proofs are made during the win
ter than during the summer.
Found Dead in the River.
Seward County. The body of John :
D. Troyer was found in the Blue river
above the Blue River Power com
pany's dam. He had but a short tim&
before rowed across the river with
Captain Elwin Culver and whether his
death was due to accident or suicide
ioes not seem certain.
Athlete Killed by Falling.
Merrick County. Word has reached !
acre of the death of Noble Rennekerr
formerly a star athlete in Nebraska-
[ Tentral 'college , a semi-professional
Krestler of some note in this part of
ie state , and afterwards a star ath
lete in Whittier college at Whittier
3al. He was instantly killed by a fall
? rom a tree , where he was trimming-
) ff branches. He alighted on a cement
sidewalk and dashed his brains out
L&st year he was considered one of
: he star athletes on the Pacific coast ,
lis pictwe was recently printed.