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About Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 28, 1912)
FINAL TRIBUTE PAID TO UNIDENTIFIED - IDENTIFIED BODIES OF MAINE MARTYRS. THOUSANDS ATTEND FUNERAL X Services Begin in White House , Grounds and End at Arlington ! Cemetery President Taft and Cabinet - > inet Present at Ceremonies. Washington. The nation has paid tflnal tribute to its martyred dead. The chief officials of the United States hon ored the memory of the men who perIshed - [ Ished in Havana harbor fourteen years ( ago when an explosion destroyed the "battleship " Maine. Thirty-four unidentified - [ fied bodies recovered from the wreckage - ; age were interred In Arlington ceme tery with ceremonies that were most ilmpressive. President Taft was pres- , jent , as were also members of the cabinet - ' { net , other high government officials , , jmany officers and men of the navy and army and thousands of private- ( citizens. ' The funeral began with services in [ the park behind the White House and { B procession thence , the escort being - > ing second in size only to that at the funeral of President McKinley. At the cemetery the services were 'conducted ' by Rev. G. Livingston Bayard , chaplain of the Washington fnavy yard , and Rev. Father John P. ' jChadwick , who was chaplain of the , Mainc at the time of its destruction. : The thirty-four buried were the last , tof the martyrs recovered from the Maine wreck , the other 227 having been taken out shortly after the explosion - ' plosion , when they were identified , shipped to their several former homes 'in different parts of the country and. 'buried ' in sep&tate private funerals by ; their families. The last thirty-four ibodies , however , which had lain under { Havana harbor for fourteen years , could not be identified , so the one great funeral was arranged as a trib- 'ute ' of the nation to her heroes. Before noon the cruiser Birming- 'ham arrived at the Washington navy { yard with the remains of the men re cently taken from their watery tomb. At three o'clock they were taken , on ' 34 caissons , to the White Lot , where , -a distinguished gathering , headed by ( President Taft , awaited , in stands draped in the national mourning. Among those in the stands were Rear Admirals Charles D. Sigsbee and Richard Wainwright , who were captain and executive officer , respect ively , of the battleship Maine , when the explosion sent the vessel to the bottom of the harbor and carried with her the gallant officers and men. There were also men and women from all over the country , relatives and friends of the Maine martyrs .as well as ranking army and navy of ficers , congressmen , representatives of foreign countries and many other prominent persons. Each casket was carried to the scene of the services on a separate caisson. These were sent here from army posts all over the country. Dur ing the procession , a field gun sta tioned at the Washington monument fired twenty-one minute guns. ' The pallbearers were enlisted men of the navy , and the honorary pall- 'bearers ' members of the United States 'Spanish War Veterans. At the conclusion of the services at the White Lot , the funeral procession formed and marched to Arlington cem etery , across the Potomac. All business was suspended In Wash ington and thousands of the people at tended the ceremonials. ALIENS OFFER TO SURRENDER -Outlaws' Last Hope Is to Avoid Death Chair for Crime Sidna Edwards Is Captured. Hillsville , Va. The hunt for the Al iens is drawing to a close. With Sidna Edwards , one of the five original fugi tives captured and behind the bars of th j little jil here , the Aliens are weakening. They are going back upon their lifelong boast that while they might be arrested they would never stand for conviction. They have sent mi emissary to the officials at Roanoke and have offered to surrender. This was the message which came , through secret channels , from the clansmen who nine days ago shot the judge , sheriff , prosecutor , a juror and a woman witness in the courthouse here : / "We will give up and la } ' down our arms on these conditions : "First , we must be guaranteed abso lute protection from the vengeance of relatives of the persons we shot , or from other people of Carroll county. ' "Second , we must have fair and im partial trial in some other county. "Third , we must be allowed to plead guilty to second degree murder. Oth erwise we fight to a finish. " The offer of the Aliens was refused "by the officials at Roanoke , who have decided that they must be tried for first degree murder if captured alive. Army Officer Is Dismissed. Washington. President Taft has approved the sentence of dismissal of First Lieut Orra L. Houser , Philippine -scout , convicted by court-martial of drunkenness on duty and inflicting -cruel and unauthorized punishment on enlisted men under his command" Trains in Collision ; Many Injured. Peru , Ind. Head-on collision at "Wolf creek , near Plymouth , north of , "here , between passenger and freight Drains on the Lake Shore & Western road. Several persons were injured. BAD EUROPEAN EXAMPLES 75 BURIED VICTIMS APPEAL THROUGH AIR PIPE FOR HELP. TRY TO TELL LOCATION Fifty-Five Bodies Have Been Recov ered Twenty-Five Men Brought Out Alive Volunteers Aid in Rescue Work. McCurtain , Okla. Pitiful cries for help , conveyed to the surface through a small air pipe , were distinctly heard from the seventy-five miners still im prisoned in the shaft of the San Bois mine. For several hours the imprisoned men , 200 feet below the shaft open ing , could be heard as they attempted to tell their exact plight and location to the rescuers on the ground above. Every means was taken to understand the words , but nothing more than the cries and a murmured jumble of con versation was audible. Tappings , the sound of which was conveyed along another air pipe , re- 1 suited in the rescue of fourteen more I .survivors of the terrible explosion. j This makes just twenty-five miners j brought to the surface since the i rescuers started to work , and still leaves in the vicinity of seventy-five , men battling for their lives against I the poisonous gases and black damp 1 in the crowded shafts. No way is ! known to tell the number who have 1 already .succumbed to the lack of oxy- , gen. gen.Volunteers Volunteers came from near-by mines and the rescue parties were more sys tematically organized under the di rection of mining experts from the government station at McAlester. The cause of the explosion has not been definitely determined. State Mine Inspector Boyle is of the opin ion that gas was responsible. There was but little dust in the mine , he declares. An inspection of the prop erty was planned for last Saturda3r , but was deferred because the mine I was not being worked last week. FIRE HORROR TRIALS HALTED Court Rules Proprietors of Shirtwaist Company Cannot Be Placed in Jeopardy Again. i t j ' New York. Justice Seabury ruled that Max Blanck and Isaac Harris , I proprietors of the Triangle Shirtwaist ! company , in whose factory 142 lives were lost last March by fire , could not be placed a second time in jeopardy and retried on a charge of manslaugh ter. At a former trial the defendants- were acquitted. BARS PUBLIC DRINKING CUP Kansas Board of Health Orders Them Removed From All Cities in the State. Topeka , Kan. To prevent the spread of epidemic diseases , the state board of health issued an order that public drinking cups must be removed from all the cities of Kansas. City officials were notified the order must be enforced rigidly and business men uere requested to remove common drinking cups from their places of business. Famous Quinn-Peck Suit Dismissed. New York. The $100,000 suit for breach of promise that Miss Esther Quinn brought against Harry Thurston Peck , formerly a professor at Columbia university , has been dismissed by Su preme Court Justice Platzek because of a technical defect in complaint. B. B. Johnson's Mother Dies. Cincinnati. Mrs. Eunice C. John son , mother of B. B. Johnson , presi dent of the American Baseball league and member of the national baseball commission , died at her home here. HOUSE PASSES BILL DEMOCRATS PUT INCOME TAX THROUGH. Measure Extends Tax Law to Include One Per Cent , on Yearly Net In comes in Excess of $5,000. Washington. The Democratic In come tax bill passed the house un- amended by a vote of 249 to 41. The bill was supported by 170 Democrats' and 79 Republicans , while the oppon nents of the measure were all Repub licans. The excise bill has been under dis cussion by the house for the last two. days , the debate being marked by many speeches sharply criticizing the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States by which a previous income - ' come tax measure was declared uncon- , stitutional. ' The present bill was prepared with , a view to meeting objections raised byj the higher court against it in the liti gation of a few years ago. It exempts incomes of less than $5,000 a year. The bill Avould extend the existing corporation tax law to include a tax ; of 1 per cent , on the yearly net in come of all firms or individuals in excess of $5,000. I The Democrats declare the tax is ! ! one on "doing business , " despite the | i fact that it would include salaried people ple , and claim it would bring in suf ficient'revenue to offset the estimated' loss of $60,000,000 resulting from put ting sugar on the free list. The free sugar bill already has gone to the senate. The excise tax bill was sent to that body which may j | defeat it. | | I MEN REFUSED WAGE INCREASE , Coal Operators Will Not Grant De mands of Miners 200,000 in Four States Ready to Strike. Cleveland , O. All the demands of the 200,000 miners in the bituminousl coal fields of western Pennsylvania ? Ohio , Indiana and Illinois for a ten' ' per cent , increase in pay and shorter * working hours were voted down by the operators here. As a final effort to prevent a prolonged - ' longed shut-down of the mines after'1 April 1 , and possibly a strike , the' ' whole dispute was then referred to aj subcommittee. The subcommittee , ! composed of eight miners' delegates' and eight operators , will convene to consider the possibility of a compro-i mise to be recommended to the gen eral conference. Both operators and miners declared , after the union demands had been refused - ( fused , that the coal situation through out the country was grave. Intima tions were made by John P. White , president of the United Mine Workers' of America , that the negotiations here , might continue a fer , ' days longer , un til the union's policy committee will convene. Besides the 200,000 miners in the four states directly concerned , 150,000 , bituminous coal miners in other states are dependent upon the present delib erations for a basis of making their wage scale , and in addition tthe policy committee will consider the wage de mands of about 170,000 anthracite miners. It was pointed out by President - ; dent White that the wages of more than 500,000 union miners after April ) 1 were in dispute , and that the coal , output of the country , other than that' mined by nonunion men , was involved. ' Oldest U. S. Mason Dead. ) Minneapolis , Minn. William Hoit,1 aged eighty-seven , thought to be the ] oldest Mason in the United States in ] the point of membership and a resl- ! dent of Minneapolis since 1865 , is4 , dead at his home here. He was a member - ber of the Portland lodge , No. 1 , joining - ] ing the organization In the ' 50s. "Father of House" Critically III. Philadelphia. Congressman Henry ; H. Bingham of the First Pennsylvania ] district , "father of the house , " is critically - , ically ill at his home here. GRAND JURY REPORTS. ( Concluded from page two. ) threatened Flora Weed , a sister of two of his murderers , that if she did not marry Harry Heath , another of Them , and thus eliminate him out of the race for the affections , of Eunice murphy , he would kill both her brothers , and would outrage her person. If this statement is true , it would furnish some motive for this crime , but it is seriously contradicted by the admit ted fact that Miss Weed did not tell this to her brothers until the evening of Sunday , June 18 , 1911 , while Ken neth Murphy and Alma Weed rode over to the place where Sellers was staying on the night of Saturday , June 17 , with the intention of shooting him , but did not find him , or lost their nerve , and returned without at tacking Sellers in any manner. We therefore disbelieve this statement , and we regard it as simply the effort of a sister to extricate two brothers from a serious difficulty. It has been further rumored and largely talked that Sellers was killed for the reason that he knew that some of hi1 ? murderers were concerned in the stealing of live stock , and that he A\as put out of the way to prevent his tolling what he knew. It appears , however , to our satisfaction , that the attorneys for the prosecution investi gated this matter personally in South Dakota , where the Weed brothers had worked prior to coming back to this county , and were unable to find anj connection between them and the stealing of live stock. After fully in quiring into this phase of the situa tion ourselves-we have heard nothing to induce us to believe in this stor\ or theory. No evidence has been secured - cured to indicate that the defendants in this case were implicated in the stealing of live stock , or that Sellers knew that they were so involved. Another motive which has been as signed for the crime is that it was believed by Eunice Murphy that Sel lers had left some valuable papers for her in the hands of Banker Skeen ot Cody , and that she incited his mur derers to the execution of the crime for the purpose of obtaining these pa pers , and reaping the result thereof. Helief in this theory was strengthened by the eagerness with which Eunice Murphy inquired from the banker for these papers on the very morning af ter the murder , and her apparent anx iety to get possession of them , and by her statement to the convicted men that as soon as the bank opened she would have plenty of money. A care ful investigation reveals that Eunice Murphy never claimed to know the nature of these papers , and the fur ther fact that no papers had ever been left with the bank for her by Sellers , and such testimony as we have upon the point seems to indicate that Sel lers had told her that he had fixed up his papers and placed with a com plete description of his plans for car rying out the threats he had been making to kill the Heath family , and that she desired the possession of these papers for the purpose of sub stantiating the reasons given by the murderers for the crime. We have given careful consideration to even- possible motive which the testimonv shows may have lead to the commis sion of the crime , and we have named them all above , with one exception which we will now proceed to consider , although as a motive it seems illopical and unreasonable to men of well or dered or balanced minds. The testi- mony shows Sellers to have been of a sullen , brooding and jealous disposi tion in his relations with women Some of the testimony introduced to show throats and attempts made b1 him against the honor and virtue of certain women is open to suspicion and we do not believe it. But we hat - before us the testimony of several women to the effect that he has made threats to kill them should they re- fuse to marry him. No actual attempts - tempts seem to have been made by him to put these threats into execu tion , but there seems to have been more , or loss knowledge of these threats in the neighborhood , and they seem to have been matters of some what common gossip. It seems to be clear that Sellers was infatuated with Eunice Murphy , and that his suit was opposed by her relatives , and it is doubtful if it was ever greatly en couraged by her. This seems to have fomented his pre-dispodition to brood , and produce a sullen state of mind which voiced itself in the threat to kill the whole Heath family. They , in his mind , having become the chief obstacle in the consummation ot his wish to marry Eunice Murphy. No overt act was ever committed by Sel lers against the Heath family , the Weed family , the Murphy family , or any of their relatives or connections , nor were any attempts ever made to put any threat into execution ; but by some crooked , deformed and ignorant process of reasoning , the four men who committed the crime and those others named elsewhere in this report as having knowledge of it before its commission , appeared to have arrived at the conclusion that these threats justified them in planning and carry ing into execution the crime for which the murderers have been convicted. Repugnant as this may be to all law abiding minds , there seems to be no question but that it was the actual fact. This theory is further strength ened by the action of the four con victed men and Eunice Murphy , be fore and during and. after the com mission of the crime. So far from manifesting any remorse or fear or grief or any of those natural emotions which would undoubtedly affect the minds of any ordinary human being after the commission of some grave and deadly offense , these parties all j seemed to have been firmly convinced 1 that they had done nothing to be pun ished for ; that their actions in the premises were right ; that it was a matter of merely an hour or two de tention before they would be liberated and sent home , and even that they ought to be in some manner honored or distinguished for the terrible act which they had done instead of pun ished. We desire to express our thanks for and our appreciation for the sincere and earnest efforts made by every of ficial , court , and of the county , to as sist us in this investigation and arriv ing at the truth of the Sellers case , as well as all matters before us. Not only have they thrown no obstacle in our way , but all through this investiga tion the district judge , the clerk of the district court , the county clerk , the ounty attorney , 'the sheriff , and , in fact , every officer of the court and of the county have done everything in their power to enable us to reach the true state of the facts and to a ist us in our labors. Respectfully submitted , II. R. SIIOCKLEY. Foreman Nationality of Eggs. Is it possible to tell the nationality of an egg by inspection ? The ques tion is raised in acute form by the ei i- dence given in the prosecution of a iancashire ( England ) firm for selling Russian eggs as Irish , which resulted n acquittal. The experts varied , as ? ven experts will. One confidently > renounced the eggs in question Rus sians nearly five weeks old ; another aid they wore second class Russians , i third specified the south of Russia On the other hand , experts for the de fense were equally positive that no body could tell the birlhplaco of an egg from external examination. Wo ire most impressed by the witnos-s who said that when eggs were bad their nationality was indeterminable On the whole , one is bound to como to the conclusion that the a\crage purchaser of eggs must take their na tionality upon trust. He may lune his suspicious , no doubt , based upon the jgj. ' apparent antiquity. Hut the or dinary consumer cannot get beyond Dan Lena's division of the genus into j new laid eggs , . " "fres eggs" and . To Enlarge a Monument. The "Germania" monument erected [ in the Xeiderwald near the Rhino at i time when Germany's population was far smaller than at present , is no , longer of a size commensurate with j the Fatherland's importance in the world. It has therefore been decided to enlarge considerably the terrace around the monument's baso. The monument itself will remain the samr. but it will be framed by porticos , while an imposing staircase will load from the present terrace when it is enlarged to another spacious terrace lower down. On the staircase will bo two equestrian groups , one represent ing William I. , Louis II. of Bavaria and the grand duke of Baden ; the oth er. Frederick III. , the king of Saxony and the king of Wurtembnrg. Lower down will be the statutes of Bismarck , Moltke and Roon. The cost of this extension will be borne by a group of Rhenish patriots. Pampered' Dog's Funeral. One of the most elaborate dog fu nerals on record was carried out at Buffalo the other day , at the death of the pet of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cro- ning. The dog , an 'Irish setter , was buried in a casket of white brocade satin , and the hearse which carried it was also white and was drawn by A-hite horses. During its lifetime the setter received every attention that a pampered child could wish , and at its leath an expensive coffin suitable for a child of twelve was ordered and the embalmed dog was placed in it with s head resting on a satin pillow trimmed with lace. The casket bore .Il\er handles. The animal was buried v n a farm outside the city under a id cherry tree , in a grave lined witfi overgreens. and the coffin was covered with roses and carnations. A granite shaft is to be erected over the grave. The dog ( luring life slept on a feather bed and drank two bottles of ale every night. A Museum of Safety. The American Museum of Safety is working out the basic principles for preventing the enormous waste of human - man life and limb in our industries with its attendant train of sickness , misery and poverty. This institution is not an experiment ; Germany has clearly demonstrated its value , and by means of her two museums of safety , sanatoria and other forms of practical sanitation , she is conserving annually 3230,000,000 in the wage-earning effi ciency ofher workmen. She has been the inspiration for museums of safety in Amsterdam , Vienna , Stockholm , Bu dapest , Milan , Zurich , Paris , Mos cow and Copenhagen. These countries claim that every life saved is a na tional asset. The American start has been made , and is the only movement of its kind on the continent of North and South America. Metropolitan Magazine. Largest Beryl Ever Found. March 28 , 1910 , in a pegmatite vein at Marabaya , a village in Brazil , there was discovered the largest crystal of precious beryl ( aquamarine ) ever found. It was so trasparent that look ing down into the crystal through its basal termination it could be seen through from end to end. In color it was greenish blue , absolutely free from included impurities , but traversed by a number of fractures. T is crys tal was found by a Turk , who mined it in what is known as a primitive mine at a depth of from five to six meters , and only with the greatest difficulty was it transported by canoe to the coast by way of the .Tequitinhonha riv er and then shipped to Bahia , where it is said that he realized $25,000 for it. It is estimated that this crystal would furnish at least 200,000 carats of aquamarines of various sizes. Mining and Engineering World. Queensland's Sugar Industry. " "Queensland is one of the great su gar producing states of Australia , and practically all of the sugar consumed in the commonwealth is raised and refined in this state and in the north ern part of New South Wales. The leading feature of the sugar industry is the number of small cane growers engaged in it , who now supply cane to the central mills of which they are proprietors POWDER SEE how ranch better it makes the baking SEE how much more um form in quality SEE how pure how good SEE how economical and SEE that yon get Culumet At youi * Grocers SFSSJG POWE 1 I to MADEBYTHETRUS ! BAKING CHICAGO Even a wise man never gets over be ing a fool to a certain extent. Constipation can bo cured without drugs. Nature's own remedy is Gartield Tea. Avoid the race course if you would keep on the right track. A man is known by the company he keeps , and by the conversation he hands out. Memories. "My lad , I was a newsboy once. " "Aw. what cha tryin * to do git me downhearted ? " No End to His Bad Luck. John D. Sheep , at an Anti-Cigarette league banquet , explained his feelings in the story of the colored man. "How are you getting along , Laz arus ? " asked his master , interestedly. "I gets along poorly , " replied Laz arus , who complained of his misfor tune at length. "Master John , I has such bad luck , " says he , "that when I dies and is laid away in the tomb and the good Lord says to me , 'Lazarus , come forth , ' I know I is sho' to come fifth. " Happiness Postponed. An awkward predicament in which a sailor bridegroom and his bride were placed in St. Mary Major's church , Ex eter , Devonshire , England , recently , caused the postponement of their wed ding. The banns had been duly called at the church , but when the parties presented themselves at the altar the bridegroom , who had been recently paid off from his ship at Portsmouth , was unable to produce the necessary permission from his commander. The bride swooned , and eventually re turned home , while the bridegroom left for Plymouth to get the required document. | ; Something Extra Good | j j For j Breakfast , - j Lunch or Supper Served direct from pack age with cream. Surprises Pleases [ Satisfies "The Memory Lingers" Sold by Grocers. [ PoUura Cereal Comoany. Limited Battle Creek , MicHgon
