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Tlie Valentine Democr ;
GEORGE M. GASKILL , Editor.
VALENTINE , - - NEBRASK
IOWA'S HEROINE PASSES AWA
AT HER MOINGONA
HOME.
HAD BEEN ILL SOME TIM
Gained Fame When 16 Years Old c
Night of July 6 , 1381 , by Saving Pa
senger Train from Plunging Into
Collapsed Bridge.
Moingona , Iowa. Katherine Carro
Bhelley , known as Iowa's heroine , die
at her home here Sunday , aged A
years. Miss Shelley became * famoi
on the night of July G , 1881 , when sli
saved a Chicago and Northwestei
passenger train from going into a rive
which had left its banks and washe
away the bridge.
Bright's disease , following an ope
ation for appendicitis at a Carroll ho :
pital last summer , wore her vigoron
constitution away and for months sh
Lad lain at death's door. Sun Ivor
of the family Miss Maine Shelley , Mrs
George Swisher , of Woodward , Io. , an
John Shelley , a Northwestern employ
at Boone. were all present at he
death. The patient suffered greatly
but was conscious to the last , thoug
unable to speak. She was as brave i
the race of death as in life.
While sitting in her home about 1
o'clock on the night of July G , 1881
Miss Shelley heard a crash , and upo
going to the door found that a freigh
train had been plunged through
bridge which had been weakened by
fierce storm. The entire crew wa
killed. Miss Shelley knew that th
passenger train was due to pass eve
the structure in thirty minutes , am ;
against the wishes of her mothei
went out into the storm and pickci
her way through the black night t
the closest telegraph station , nearl ;
two miles away. The passenger crm
was warned of the danger. At tin
meeting of the next legislature. Mis :
Shelley ; who was then 1G years old
was given a gold modal and $200 ii
cash for her bravery. She also wa :
rewarded by the railroad compan :
and given a position as station agent
which she held until a. few month ;
ago.
U. S. MAIL POUCH STOLEN.
Colorado Officers Fir.d 300 Letter :
Which Had Been Opened.
Walsenburg. Colo. A United States
mail pouch that arrived here on Colorado
rado and Southern train No. 8 from the
north was stolen and rifled. Twenty
minutes later the slashed pouch , emp
ty , was found in a nearbv corral. The
trail of the robber led east to the bdnfc
of the Ilurfano river , where 300 rifled
letters were found hidden in the bush
es. There is no clew to the robber's
identify.
Coal DeaJera Cut Price.
Chicago. Coal dealers in the west
side tenament district have cut their
prices for fuel delivered in baskets
In half , as a letult of the establish
ment of a small coal yard by the
Episcopal cathedral , at which coal was
sold at 10 cents a basket. It was pur
chased as fast as Dean Walter T. Sumner -
ner could supply it. and dealers an
nounced they would meet the church
price. They previously had sold k
at 2-3 to 30 cents a basket.
Another Wholesale Murder.
Lake Charles , La. Badly mutilated ,
the bodies of Felix Brussard , his wife
and three children , aged S. G and 3 ,
negroes , were found in their home
here , making the second wholesale ne
gro murder in this state within a week
and the sixth within a year. A blood
stained ax was found beneath the bed
on which the bodies lay.
Admitted to West Point.
Washington , D. C. Congress has
authorized the admission of Joe Pa-
sos Diaz , son of the president of Nic
aragua , to the military academy at
West Point , the house passing the sen
ate resolution for that purpose.
Live Stock Market.
Sioux City. Cattle Good to choice
corn fed steers , $7.00@S.OO ; medium to
good , § 5.50@7.00 ; good to choice grass
steers , S4.50@G.50 ; good to choice fat
cows and heifers , 55.00@G.OO ; grass
cows , o50@5.00 ; canners and cut
ters , $2.75@3.50 ; bulls , $4.00@5:50 ;
Teals , $3.75@7.75. Hogs Prices range
from $550@6.10 , with a bnlk of the
sales at $5.85(5)6.00. ( ) Sheep Lambs ,
$4.50@6.25 ; yearlings , ? 4.75@5.25 ;
vvethers , $3.50@4.50 ; ewes , S2.75 ®
umng ! County Institute.
"West Point , Neb. The Cum ing
County Farmers' institute will hold
its sessions at West Point on January
31 .and February 1.
Shuster Departs for Paris.
Vienna. William M. Shuster , the
former treasurer general of Persia ,
has left here for Paris Mr. Shuster
was also accompanied by Edward Bell ,
secretary of the American legation at
Teheran , who will return to his post
after a few days In Pari
FLAMES SWEEPS THROUGH DU
NING ( ILL. ) INFIRMARY BUILD
ING ; 270 PATIENTS SAVED.
EMPLOYES ARE THE HERO !
Two Insane Turn on Attendant a
Fierce Battle on Bridge 50 Feet
Air Ensues Police Restrain I
mates From Self-Destruction.
Chicago. Insane patients at t
Dunning (111. ) Institution were herd
together and marched out of the blf
Ing "old infirmary" building just t
fore the structure collapsed.
Supposed to have ignited from
defective flue on the top floor of tl
main wing , the flames gradually a
their way downward and four hou
after the fire was discovered virtual
all of a three-wing building , four ai
five stories high , was in ruins.
The fire was characterized by i
most innumerable acts of heroism (
the part of underemployes and a
tendants.
One man was leading a group of p
tients across the bridge leading fro
the main structure to a wing that he
not been attacked by the fire wh
two of their number tried to run bac
into the flames. Thomas Edgar , a
tendant in charge , ran after then
seized both and endeavored to dra
them back to safety.
The two patients turned on him an
struck , hit and kicked him in an e
fort to drive him away. Failing i
this they tried to throw him over th
high railing and down to tthe groum
50 feet below.
They had succeeded in pushing hii
to the top of the railing when h
broke from their grasp , knocked dow
one of the men and forced thp othe
into the wing in which he was carin
for his quota of patients. Then h
carried in the other man , still kicl
ing and biting.
There were 270 insane patients i
the institution all of whom were goi
ten out without injury.
When some of the patients saw th
flames and heard the clanging of th
bells on the arriving fire engines the
began to fight. Like horses , for whicl
flames appear to have mad fascin ?
tion. some of them started to run ii
the direction of the fire , while other
rushed to windows and tried to leai
out.
out.The
The police , with drawn clubs , helpe <
to form lines of the patients and t <
keep the violent from committing sui
cide or injuring those who were try
ing to save them.
Many policemen , firpmon and at
tendants , both men and women. bor <
deep scratches and bruises as mui <
witnesses of the terrific strugp * the >
had.
HARVESTER TRUST IS FLAYEE
Representative of Independents Makes
Sensational Charges at House
Committee Hearing.
Washington. Sensational charge *
against the International Harvester
company , the so-called "harvest ;
trust , " were made before the housi
rules committee by F. J. Lowe of
New York , representing independent
manufacturers.
Mr. Lowe told the committee tht
51 per cent , of the stockholders in thf
steel , sugar , beef and bankers' trusts
control also the International Harvest
3r company. "We charge that the
international Harvester compam
: hrough the National City bank of
ew York , can break any independent
concern in the United States , " sai < !
Mr. Lowe.
The witness said the department
) f justice had "chloroformed ever
novement made to prosecute the hnr
rester trust , shown by the fact thif
.he Townsend report to the depart
nent in 190G has slumbered ther-
iver since. The report showed , amon"
ither things , that there were thirteo-
ndependent harvester concerns in th
Jnited States when the Internationa'
Tarvester company was organized
" "oday there are only two imlepend
nt concerns in the United States
Mr. Lowe charged also that the In
srnatioual Harvester company insist-
d on a profit of 100 per cent , on its
oods sold in this country , but that
uropo got them almost at cost.
: IGHT IN ASUNCION'STREETS
lany Are Killed During Battle Be
tween Rebels and Loyalists
in Paraguay's Capita
_ x _
Buenos Aires , Argentina. Many
ere killed in the streets of Asuncion
ie capital of Paraguay , in fights be-
veen adherents of President Liberate
ojas and revolutionists.
Insurgents , however , are still in con
ol of the situation , and all attempts
7 the government troops to rescue
resident Rojas. who has been a pris-
ler in their hands for several days ,
ive proved unsuccessful. I
Lula Glaser Granted Decree.
Chicago. Mrs. Ralph C. Hern ,
sown to the theatrical world as Lul ?
laser , the comic opera star , xvap
anted a decree of divorce here bv
idge McDonald in the supreme court
i the grounds of cruelty.
$6,250,000 More for Ship Line.
Hamburg. Germany. Directors of
e Hamburg-American Steamship
inapauy propose to stockholders a
,250,000 increase in the capital stock
the compan- . thus bringing it up
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FIND MAN WHO WANTS TO TALK POLITICS
.
VE. TRlCp
WE1-S
IN HOT WATER ,
BUTTHR'FROZE'rq
REPUBLIC FACES THIRD OCCUR )
TION UNLESS IT REFORMS
EXISTING CONDITIONS.
SEE SITUATION AS SERIOU
t
President Gives Gomez Ultimatui
That There Must Be No Militar
Interference in Political Affairs-
Veterans Seeks Gomez's Overthrov
Washington. Armed iuterventio
In Cuba by the United States for th
purpose of protecting the establishe
government and preserving peace wa
predicted here as likely to follow th
transmission of a note to Havan ,
that the United States would be con
polled to interfere in Cuban politic
unless the "veterans' movement
there is immediately quelled.
The note , which amounted practical
ly to an ultimatum , was sent to Mir
ister Beaupre following a repor
from him that officers in th
army had deliberately disobeyei
in order issued by President Gome :
forbidding them to participate in pol
itics or attend meetings of the Vet
Brans' association.
The situation is regarded as th <
Tiost serious since the second mill
tary occupation. The veterans are re
ported to have made threats agains
the government.
A fleet of four army transports I :
now in readiness at Newport News tc
sail for Guantanamo , and within a fe\\
3ays 20,000 troops , can be put aboart
it with which to enforce the ultima
- After the cabinet meeting Secre
tary Knox , under instruction from the
president , gave out the following note
which has been sent by the govern
ment to Minister Beaupre in Havana ,
who was directed to present it tc
President Gomez :
"The situation in Cuba , as now re
ported , causes grave concern to the
government of the United States.
"That the laws intended to safe
guard free republican government
hall be enforced and not defied is ob
viously essential to the maintenance
of the law , order and stability indis-
lensable to the status of the repub
lic of Cuba , in the continued well be
ing of which the United States has al
ways evinced and cannot escape a vi
tal interest.
"The president of the United
States , therefore , looks tc the presi-
lent and government of Cuba to pre
vent a threatened situation which
cvould compel the government of the
United States , much against its de
sires , to consider what measures it
nust take in pursuance of the obliga-
: ions of its relations to Cuba. " c
EXPRESS AGENT IS TAKEN
Robin C. Fergason , Claiming to Be
Son of Railroad Chief , Held
for $7,000 Theft.
Chicago. Posing as the son of a
ailroad president , and known to the
imployes of the Hotel Astor as the
Millionaire Kid , " Robin Carlisle Fer-
; ason is under arrest here.
Until recently he was a messenger
or the Southern Express company on
he Georgia Central railroad. He was
ccused of the theft of a package
ontaining $7,000 on December 16.
He has been in Chicago since Janu-
ry 2. With him was a young woman
e represented as his wife. It is said
he was a waitress in a hotel at
uincy , 111.
Since coming to Chicago Fergason
as financed a theatrical venture that
as cost him. more than 31,000.
Wilhelmina III , No Heir.
The Hague , Netherlands. An ap-
arently well grounded report is in
trculation that Queen Wilhelmina ,
ho two weeks ago was said to be ex-
ecting an Interesting family event ,
as suffered an illness which dissi-
ates immediate hope for the birth of
i heir to the throne.
Taft Honors Illinolsan.
Washington. President Taft has
Dminated Edwin Baxter of Illinois
t be commissioner of education at
arto Rico
WOULD OWN WiRE !
HITCHCOCK ASKS U. S. TO A (
QUIRE TELEGRAPH LINES.
Postmaster General Points Out Thz
Postal System Would Be Made
More Profitable.
Washington. Acquisition of th
telegraph lines by the governinen
and their operation as a part of th
postal system is the latest idea c
Postmaster General Hitchcock , i
resolution to this effect will be o !
fered _ to congress at t e present ses
sion.
sion.He
He believes such a consolidatioi
would result in important economic
and permit the adoption of lower tele
graph rates. Post offices are main
tained in numerous places not reachei
by telegraph and proposed consolida
tion would afford a favorable oppor
tunity for the wide extension of tels
graph facilities.
In many small towns where tele
pi-aph companies have offices th <
telegraph and mail business coulc
b ° readily handled by the same em
1-loyes.
A method has already been pre
scribed for the taking over of th <
telegraph lines by section 5267 of the
revised statutes , which provides thai
the government may , for postal , mili
tarjr or other purposes , purchase
telegraph lines operating in the
United States at an appraised value.
PRIZES FOR SCHOOL PUPILS
National Municipal League Offers Twofer
for Essays 0:1 "Street Cleaning
in My City. "
Philadelphia. The National Muni
cipal league announces that through
the generosity of certain friends it is
enabled to offer two prizes to high
schools , the first of $30 and the second
of $20 , for the best two essays on
"Street Cleaning in My City. "
The essays must not exceed fifteen
hundred words in length. They must
be clearly written on one side of the
sheet only and must be mailed to
the secretary of the National Muni
cipal league , Clinton Rogers Woodruff ,
703 North American Building , Phila
delphia , not later than Feb. 20 , 1912.
Each essay must have an assumed
name at the top of the first page and
be accompanied by a sealed envelope
bearing within the name , address and
class of the competitor , and on the
outside of the envelope the assumed
name. These envelopes will not be
Dpened until the award of the judges
lias been made.
JURY SEES DYNAMITE CODE
Ping" Letters Direct the Blowing Up
of Certain Structures Facts
Given by McNamara.
Indianapolis , Ind. Telegrams and
etters signed "Ping , " purporting to
: ontain a code giving instnicticns
ibout viaducts , bridges and buildings
hat were to be blown up , were read
tefore the federal grand jury in con-
lection with Ortie McManlgal'a con-
ession regarding the dynamite con-
piracy.
This signature , according to Mc-
lanigal , was not that of the McNa-
aaras , but was used by , another per-
on whom he named.
Because of his belief that "Ping"
ras receiving $200 for each "job , " and
: as giving him only $125 , McManig.il
ays he refused to work with him , and
iter arranged through John J. Me- {
Tamara , to do "jobs" with the aid of
ames B. McNamara.
Surgeon to Fix Morse's Fate.
Washington. Surgeon General Tor-
ey of the army has been called In
Dnsultation by Attorney General
Tickersham to review the findings
C the army medical officers on the
Dndition of Charles W. Morse and re-
ort to the department of justice.
Sailors Are Lost In Storm.
London. A three masted steamship
alieved to be from America founded -
ed with all hands at Peterhead in
ie fierce storm which swept the
ritish Isles.
I
MANY GREET FARLEY
CARDINAL IS GIVEN GREAT OVATION -
TION AT NEW YORK.
I Triumphal Return Is Marked by Elab-
i orate Decorations 330.CQC Gather
I
, at Pier.
, New York. The triumphal return to
I New York of Cardinal John Murphy
; Farley was the signal for the great-
j est ovation that has ever been accord-
i ed a man of the church in the United
{ States. Coming back from Rome ,
! where he had been elevated from
Archbishop of New York to the high
est honor within the grant of the
Catholic church , excepting that of the
Holy Father , he was the recipient of
visible and audible homage such as is
seldom paid to any man.
Many of the most prominent ligures
in the public life of the nation were
Cardinal Farley ,
among these who participated in the
welcome to Cardinal Farley , which
was not only brilliant , but impressive
At Twenty-third street the cardinal's
carriage turned into Fifth avenue and
I proceeded in a direct line to St. Pat-
j ' rick's Cathedral , the curbs on both
sides being crowded with members of
all the big Catholic societies of Greater
(
er New York. Further up the cadet
' corps of all the Catholics military
' schools , institutions and organizations
of the metropolis lined both sides of
Fifth avenue and at the very end of
his triumphal march , the cardinal was
greeted by his best and most beloved
friends , the 90,000 Catholic children
!
attending the parochial schools of
Greater New York. This part of the
reception seemed to please the car
dinal more than any other feature of
his welcome.
RAIL CHIEF DES ! IN FIRE
Guy L. Steward , Industrial Agent of
Cotton Belt Road , Burned to
Death in Wreck.
St. Louis. Guy L. Stewart , agri
cultural and industrial agent of the
Cotton Belt railroad of St. Louis , was
burned to death in his private car in
a wreck in which trains of three dif
ferent roads were in collision at
Kelso , Mo. The Cotton Belt passen
ger train was late in arriving at Kel
so. It found the track blocked by a
Chicago & Eastern Illinois freight
train. While the passenger train was
waiting an Iron Mountain freight train
crashed into it from the rear , telescop
ing it into the freight train ahead.
RIOTERS ARE SENT TO CELLS
Striking V/orkers at Lawrence. Mass. ,
Sentenced to House of Correc
tion on Various Charges.
Lawrence , Mass. A dozen strikers
appeared in the police court to an
swer charges for rioting , assault with
intent to kill , carrying concealed ,
weapons , disturbing the peace and I
other offenses. Three men were sen
tenced to the house of correction for
terms up to two years.
FIFTY HURT IN DERAILMENT
Big Four' Passenger Train Goes Over
an Embankment Near
Carey , Ohio.
Toledo , O. Fifty passengers on
Big Four train No. 1 , from Detroit to
Cincinnati , were hurt in a wreck
vhich occurred four miles south of
2arey , O. Two of the day coaches
eft the track on account of spread-
ng rails. These two cars went into :
L ditch.
( ELLOGG MAY BE A DIPLOMAT i
raft V/ouId be Glad to Have St. Paul
Man Become Ambassador to Some
European Court.
Washington. Frank B. Kellogg of i
5t. Paul , Minn. , soon may be invited j
v President Taft to represent the j
. . -'ted States as ambassador at one j
if o courts of Europe. News that j
he president would be glad to have j
Ir. Kellogg enter the American diplo
matic service has become known here
Five Children Die in Fire.
Prentice , Wis. Five children , two I
oys and three girls , of John Deer-
ig , ranging in age from one to thir-
sen years of age , were burned to
eath when the Deering home , two
liles from here , was destroyed by fire.
Vardaman Goes to Senate.
Jackson. Miss. Balloting separate-
- , the two houses of the Mississippi
sgislature named James K. Varcla-
lan to succeed United States Senator
eroy Percy , whose term expires in
[ arch. I
Chancellor on "Agricultural Educa-
| tion. "
I At the joint session of the Farmers'
1 Co-operative Grain and Live Stock
' association , the Nebraska Farmers'
Congiess. and the Nebraska Rural
Life Commission , held at Lincoln last
week , Chancellor Avery of the state
university spoke on agricultural edu
cation , and among other things said :
"The-state university has b"ecmieone
of the great educational institutions
of America , and we are entering an
era in which the keynote will be the
development of agricultural educa
tion. The agricultural college has
won its place as a trainer of experts.
Let the university maintain its posi
tion of leadership in this newer edu
cational mox'ement. Let the state
maintain a strong agricultural depart
ment in each of our four normal
schools. Let the central school of
agriculture at Lincoln , and the new
school at Curtis , be developed as
models in secondary agricultural edu
cation. Then let the next legislature
pass a bill granting liberal subsidies
to those high sclfools which are mak
ing a beginning in efficient agricul
tural instruction. Blair , Tecumseh ,
and Holdrege are already taking
steps in this direction. Valentine
might use our substation there for
demonstration purposes. Definite
standards should be set , and the prin
cipal of the University School of Agri
culture might be made the supervisor
of agricultural instruction in the sub
sidized schools. ,
j
Hotels Must Have Fire Escapes.
R. D. McFadden , state inspector of
hotels , reports that the conditions of
hotels in Nebraska have improved un
der state inspection and that hotel-
keeprrs generally are willing to do \
anything required of th' in for the bet
terment of conditions. He and his as
sistants have inspected 250 of the ! ) S7
hotels in the state. January 7 that
portion of the hotel inspection law re-
luiring fire escapes on all hotels more
: han two stories high will become ef
fective. Mr. McFadden's department
vill enforce this law. The labor com-
nissioner , who has charge of the en-
'orccment of fire escape laws in gen-
? ral , has by agreement consented to
his arrangement. The hotel law re-
luires iron fire escapes on the exterior
> f buildings used for hotel purposes
f such buildings are over two stories
( igh. Mr. McFadden will require one
; uch escape for each fifteen rooms on.
he floor above the second floor.
Prepare for Mobilization.
Adjutant General Ernest H. Phelps ,
.ssisted by Major Julius A. Penn. U. S.
ufantry , has completed plans , for the
peedy mobilization of the Nebraska
ational guard in the event the guard
hould be called into the service of
lie United States. The war depart-
lent has asked each state to prepare
omplete plans for mobilisation. Ad-
atant General Phelps has issued in-
Irucf ions to company commanders to
lake the necessary preparations and
ave mobilization orders in readiness n
5 that future company commanders
lay readily lay their hands on suck
Dcuments and thus lose no time. /
Secretary V/ill Accept Petitions.
Secretary of State Wait has decided
mt in the absence of any lavon
ie subject he will accept petitions
ir delegates to the national conven-
on asking for the placing of two or
ore names on the ticket. Petitions
ir delegates may be filed separately ,
ie petition for each delegate , or one
Jtition may contain the name of sev-
al candidates for delegates.
No Wolf Bounty.
Governor Joseph M Carey of Wy
ning has asked Governor Aid rich
nether or not the state of Nebraska
> propriates funds for the extermina-
in of wolves and other wild animals ,
reply Private Secretary Fuller has
ritten that at present no bounty la-w
: ists.
Indian for Representative.
Thomas L. Sloan of Fender , an at-
rney who lays claim to Indian an-
stry. has filed nomination papers as
democratic candidate for represen-
tive in the legislature.
Name Can Go Twice on Ballot.
Attorney General Martin holds in-
mally that the name of a candidate
: two offices whose duties do not
erfere with each other can be
infed twice upon the primary ballot-
is will IP- Governor Aldrich run for
vernor ar-d for delegate at large at
j same ' ne. It will also enable
JBrj -i to be a candidate for
egate at large , whether his name
tak n off the ticket for president or
V. D. Hunter , a former Lincolnite ,
v of Dallas. Tex. , has been honored
the election to the presidency of
: National Society of Entomologists
Washington.
in. application signed by forty-nine
ing men of Columbus who desire to
: ome members of a militia company
i been received by Adjutant Gen-
1 Phelps of the Nebraska national
rd. There are now twenty-three
ipanies in the guard and the adju-
t general will not add to the list
il he is confident there is sufficient
ds at his disposal to sbpport and
ip another compaav.
