THE VALENTINE DEMOCRAT
I. M. RICE , Publisher ,
VALENTINE , NEBRASKA.
IOWA STATE CONVENTION IS
NOW CONCEDED TO BE IN
TAFT'S CONTROL.
SURE OF FOUR DELEGATES
Careful Compilation of the Figures
from County Gatherings , Including
Caucus ResultSf Given President
Taft 741 Votes.
Des Moines , lo. On the face of
the returns from ninety-five counties
President Taft's supporters will con
trol the election of the four delegates
at large from the Iowa States Republi
can convention to be held at Cedar
Rapids April 24.
A careful compilttion of the figures
from the county conventions , includ
ing caucus results in nine counties ,
gives President Taft 741 delegates ,
Senator A. B. Cummins G50 delegates
and Col. Roosevelt 24 delegates.
To control the convention by the
barest majority Senator Cummins will
have to win Cherokee , Jackson , Mar
shall and Muscatine counties' solid
representation of votes and poll the
Roosevelt strength of twenty-four del
egates in Page and Mills counties. In
that situation the Cummins column
\vould read 743 delegates.
There are 1,481 accredited delegates
to the convention. Seven hundred
lorty-one govern the selection of a
delegate at large. The fact that
there are 120 uninstructed Taft dele
gates elected and 70 uninstructed
Cummins delegates elected must be
taken into consideration. The four
counties missing are in progressive
territory and the Cummins men &x *
pect to cacry all of them.
AN UNLUCKY WRECK.
Wife No. 2 Learns Through Papers of
Whereabouts of Her Spouse.
La Crosse , Wis. It was an unlucky
wreck for Bert A. Bond , brakeman on
the Chicago , Burlington and Quincy
railroad , which caught him in a
smashup at Newport , Wis. , two weeks
ago and sent him to the hospital at
La Crosse.
Bond was living here with one wife.
Mrs. Bert A. Bond , No. 2 , who had
heard of the wreck and thus located
her husband , arrived from Burlington ,
la. , and swore out a warrant for his
arrest on a charge of desertion. The
day's mail also brought to the rail
road company a letter from a woman
near Quincy , 111. , who claims to be
Bond's wife , and , hearing that he had
been killed in a wreck , asked that his
clothing and other effects be sent to
her.
her.Bond
Bond is still in a hospital and is
showing no anxiety to get out.
Wife No. 1 , who is said to be really
wife No. 3 , was taken to jail for sixty
days on a charge of associating with
Bond , though she knew they were no/ /
legally married.
Merger Suit Fight.
Washington , D. C. The earnestness
with which the Union Pacific-South
ern Pacifis merger suit is to be fought
in the supreme court of the United
States became apparent when D. T.
Watson and K. F. Stambaugh. both of
Pittsburgh , filed a brief in behalf of
Henry C. Frick , the steel magnate , and
one of the defendants. The attorneys
claim that the charges against Mr.
Frick narrow down to the fact that
lie owns stock and is serving as a di
rector of several of the defendant's
railroads , "which are to some extent
competitors. " It is urged that were
there no evidence whatever in the
case in favor of Mr. Frick the law
would presume these facts to be law 1
ful under the Sherman anti-trust law. 1li 1C
.Candidate for Congress. lid liI
Harvey , N. D. Senator H. J. Bes d
sessen of this city has announced him
self as a candidate for congress from f
the Second congressional district of ct
North Dakota. t
He is the third pro-
gresssive candidate who has entered t'e
, ihe race. t'o
Live Stock Market
Sioux City. Cattle Good to choice
corn fed steers , $7.25@S.25 ; medium to iit
good , $ C.25@7.25 ; good to choice fat tl
cows and heifers , $5.25@G.50 ; grass tla
cows , $3.50@5.00 ; canners and cutters , ] V
$2.50@3.75 ; bulls , $3.75@G.OO. veals , h
$3.50(5)7.50. ( ) Hogs Prices range from G
$7.40(71)7.85 ( ) , with a bulk of the sales at n
§ 7.65@7.75. Sheep Lambs , $ ( j.00@ P
$7.00 ; yearlings ? 5.75@G.50 ; ewes , b
$4.00@5.50. P
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Cubs Trfm Hoosiers.
Indianapolis , Ind. The Chicago Na
tionals made it three straight in the
exhibition series with an easy victory tlw
tlA
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over the Indianapolis association A
team , 8 to 1.
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Theodore , Jr. , a Bond Clerk.
New York. Theodore Roosevelt ,
Jr. , is a full fledged pupii in Wall
street. He makes his debut in the fl-
world of high finance as a bond clerk fltc
in the brokerage offices of a Wai ) tcd :
.street iirni. d :
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NOTED AVIATOR PLUNGES 250
FEET TO DEATH WHEN
AIRSHIP DROPS.
SCRAMBLE FOR SOUVENIRS
Transcontinental Airman Drops Into
Ocean at Long Beach , Cal. Was
the First to Cross the Country In
an Aeroplane.
Los Angeles , Cal. The only man
who ever flew across the American
continent , Calbraith Perry Rodgers ,
was killed here when his biplane fell
250 feet into the breakers at Long
! Beach.
Rodgers fell from his seat in the
machine and his body shot downward
ahead of the biplane , striking in the
shallow surf. His neck was broken ,
and he died instantly.
With several thousand people
watching him , he ascended for an ex
hibition flight , taking off at the edge
of the beach. Rising about 150 feet ,
the machine suddenly tilted at a per
ilous angle , and the spectators rea
lized that something was wrong.
Rodgers managed to right the aero
plane and again began to climb in a
long spiral. When he was about 400
feet in the air the machine suddenly
dipped sharply and plunged like a
plummet earthward.
An instant after Rodgers struck the
shallow water the machine crashed
into the surf and was reduced to a
mass of splintered wreckage and tan
gled wire , so that the exact cause of
the accident may never be known , al
though it is believed that one of the
wire guys broke as he was rising in
the air.
For a moment the spectators stood
horror-stricken , and then ensued a
wild scramble into the surf for sou-
venirs. Seekers for ghastly relics
.plunged . knee 'deep into the surf , and
the police had to use their clubs to
, fight them back.
Thus ended the career of one of the
most brilliant , daring and resourceful '
airmen of 'the age. ' j
The official end of his epoch-making j
flight was made November 6 last at j
Pasadena. One week later he started '
from that city to fly to Long Beach ,
and actually dip the planes of his
'machine into the Pacific oc an. He
had passed over the extreme eastern
end of Los Angeles and , when thou
sands were thronging the beach waiting -
ing for him , news was flashed that he |
had fallen at Compton and was badly |
hurt How he ever escaped death will
never be told. He and bis machine
fell at least 100 feet.
Less than a. year has elapsed since
Rodgers first touched an aeroplane.
June 6 , 1911 , he appeared at the
Wright brothers' field at Dayton , O. ,
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and said he wished to learn to be an i
aviator.
Ninety minutes after he took his
seat in a machine for the first time he
soared into the air away from his in
structors.
That stamped him as a man of ac-
tion. When he began his coast-to-
coast flight there were many experi
enced aviators who said that if any j
man in the world would accomplish j
the feat , "Cal" Rodgers was the man.
He did it. In forty-nine days from
the time he ascended at Sheepshead r
Bay , N. Y. , he landed on the Pacific
coast. He had flown 4,231 miles in
4,924 minutes actual time in the air. v
Four times he had rebuilt his , t
wrecked machine after falls that B
would have taken the courage out of
the ordinary man. Eight times he
had replaced parts.
Over three mountain ranges , two B
great deserts and the great continen
tal plain ; over rivers and lakes , cities
and forests , alone and dependent , n
wholly upon himself , while in the air ,
he had crossed the continent. c
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CAMPA REPULSED AT PARRALp
General Teller's Federal Command
From Torreon Reached Beleaguered
City in Time to Assist.
Jiminez , Chihuahua. Defeated in e
his attack upon Parral , Gen. Emilio
Campa retreated to the liberal base tin
here , leaving only a small force near tie
Parral , and these are now being e
driven back. itsi
General Tellez's federal command si
from : Torreon reached the beleaguered
city before the liberal command at
tack ; and this brought the strength of :
the defending garrison to a number
estimated by the liberals at nearly i
2,000. They beat back the rebels with
ease in the fighting.
Campa was forced to retreat , los
ing one of his field pieces in the retreat ra
racc
treat ! and now the federals who hold cc
cca
the city are pressing north after him a <
and engaging a command of 400 under re
Major Quevedo , left by Campa to cover reF.
his retreat and harrass the federals. F.w \
Gen. Inez Salazar and Gen. Luis Fer w
nandez have been dispatched towards
Parral with other troops and a big PI
battle is expected to take place at a
point between this place and Parral ct
ivhen the two armies meet. IS
"Cannot Find Arbuckle Will. -
New York. It was admitted here
Lhat all efforts to discover a will
cvhich might have been left by John th
Arbuckle , the millionaire sugar and St
cffee merchant , who died last week te
Brooklyn , had been unsuccessful. teM
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Valuable Horse Is Dead.
Louisville. Montgomery Squirrel , a
Ive-gaited show stallion , owned by Dr.
. D. Finck and valued at $5,000 , tried 5C
jump his stall and broke his neck , rk
lying instantly. The horse had been "Oi
jxhibited in many prize shows. rii
MONUMENT TO JOHN PAUL JONES
I'HE monument to John Paul Jones in Potomac park , Washington , will be
I unveiled on April 17. It is the work of Charles J. Niehaus , a New York
sculptor , and congress appropriated $50,000 for its erection. The photo
graph shows the monument nearing completion.
HOUSE COMMITTEE LINKS MAILS
AND EXPRESS IN ADOPTED
BILL.
ZONE \ IS BASIS FOR CHARGES
Would \ Interchange Packages With
Rural Delivery Service Highest
Rate for Greatest Distance Is 12
Cents a Pound Senators Seated.
Washington. A bill enlarging the
Interstate ' commerce law so as to place
express companies under the commis
sion was reported to the house by the
committee on interstate commerce.
Provision would be made for rate
zones , the charges varying according
to t the distance the package was car
ried from the point of origin. A close
working arrangement also would be
provided between the express com
panies and the rural free delivery
system of the post office department
The bill would govern the trans
portation of packages not exceeding
eleven pounds in weight and with a
valuation of $80 or less. No allowance
would be made for the expense of
transfer from one express company to
another.
The rates would be fixed as follows :
Between any two points in the
United States more than 2,000 miles
ipart , 12 cents a pound ; not more than
2,000 miles apart , 10 cents ; not more
ihan 1,200 miles apart , 7 cents ; not
Bore than 800 miles apart , 5 cents ;
aot more than 600 miles apart , 4
ents , and between points not more
.ban ] 250 miles apart , 2 cents a pound.
It is provided , however , that no ex
press company shall be compelled to
iccept for transportation any pack-
ige for a charge of less than 10 cents.
An innovation in the bill is the pro
vision for co-operation between the
express companies and the rural free
lelivery routes. Express matter des-
.ined for a farmer living on a rural
nail route would be delivered by the
jxpress : agent at the nearest point to
ts destination , where , provided the
ihipper had attached the necessary
jostage , it would be turned over to
he mail carrier , through the regular
hannels , for delivery. Rural carriers
Ikewlse would be authorized to accept
natter on which postage had been
laid for delivery to the express com-
lany.
The senate became a body of 9C
aembers , the new states of New Mexi-
o and Arizona contributing the four
dditional senators. Thomas B. Cat-
on and Albert B. Fall of New Mexico ,
Republicans , anc' T. A. Smith and H.
Ashurst --Aitzona , Democrats ,
rere the new members to take the i
ath on the dais in front of the vice-
resident's chair.
Senators Catron and Ashurst were ]
hosen to serve until 1917. Fall until
913 and Smith until 1915. c
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Dafoe to Manage Manitoba Road.
St. Paul , Minn. C. E. Dafoe , for-
icrly superintendent of terminals for
ie Chicago Great Western railway in
t. Paul , has been appointed superin-
mdent of the Midland railway of
fanitoba , recently acquired by the
'orthern Pacific.
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Japan Greets Baden-Powell.
Tokyo , Japan. The Yokohama boy
outs , comprising several national-
os , welcomed General Baden-Powell ,
itmder of the organization , on his ar-
val in their citv. i t
HOUSE PASSES BILL
NEW WOOL MEASURE GOES
THROUGH VOTE 189 TO 92.
Majority Leaders Believe People Will
Support Effcrt Whether Veto
Is Used or Not.
Washington. The house of repre
sentatives , by a vote of 189 to 92 ,
passed the Democratic bill reducing
the tariff duties on wool , wool cloth
ing , carpets and other products.
The measure is identical with the
Underwood bill passed b } ' the house
last session and the Democratic ma
jority preserved it intact from amend
ment by the Republicans in putting it
through the house.
It provides a 20 per cent , ad valorem
duty on raw wool , which amounts to
about five cents a pound specific duty
as compared with the 11 cents in the
Aldrich-Payne law.
This and other reductions in the bill
average about 47 per cent , and the ef
fect , according to the Democrats ,
wduld be a material decrease in the
price of clothing and other wool prod
ucts.
Eighteen Republican progressives
and two regulars Nye and Stevens of
Minnesota voted with the Democrats
in favor of the bill , and one Democrat
Francis of Ohio voted abainst it.
MILWAUKEE SOCIALISTS LOSE
Fusion Ticket Wins Election by Ma
jority of Over 18,000 Votes Cam
paign Very Violent.
Milwaukee , Wis. Dr. Gerhard
A. Bading , Republican , has been elect
ed mayor of Milwaukee on a. Fusion
ticket , on which his associates were
J. P. Carney and Louis M. Koteckl , for
treasurer and city controller , respect
ively , both Democrats. This marks
the downfall of Socialism by the big
gest vote ever cast in any election in
Milwaukee. The Fusion ticket , with
eight aldermen at large , and a major
ity of the ward aldermen , is carried
into office by a majority over the So
cialists of over 18,000.
The result follows the most violent j
city campaign in Milwaukee history , ,
'
as evidenced by the fact that 80,000
\ otes were polled , out of atotal registration - ,
tration of 90,000 , and as compared ,
with 60,000 votes for the nighest j
previous ] record of any election. j
MAINE ELECTS U , S. SENATOR
Obadiah Gardner Will Serve Out Re
mainder of Term for Which He
Was Appointed.
Augusta , Me. United States Sen
ator Obadiah Gardner , Democrat , re
ceived a majority of the votes cast in
both branches of the legislature for
United States senator to serve for the
remainder of his term ending on j
March 4 , 1913. He was appointed by
Governor Plaisted upon the death of
Senator William P. Frye , Republican.
Reflect Parents' Hate.
Milwaukee. An unprecedented situ
ation arose in a school in the Twenty-
second ward , a Socialistic ward here ,
when the pupils in several rooms re
fused to stand and join in the singing
of "The Star Spangled Banner , " as the
result of Socialist anger at the defeat
n the election.
Doctor on Trial for Murder. i
Bad Axe , Mich. The trial of Dr. , J
Robert A. McGregor , accused of the } t
murder of.Scyrel Sparling by adminisf
Lcring poison , opened here.
TRAINS HELD BY FLOOD
2,500 PASSENGERS TIED UP AT
FREMONT , NEB.
Shelby , Schneider , and Other Indiana
Towns Inundated by Raging
Rivers.
Fremont , Neb. Twenty four trans
continental trains on the Union Pacific -
cific and Northwestern railroads , en
route from different Pacific coast cit
ies to Chicago , are tied up in Fremont
by floods on the Elkhorn river be
tween here and Omaha ,
Hammond , Ind. The flood along the
Kankakee river has assumed larger
proportions , and another dike , the
Hack embankment , south of Schnei
der , Ind. , gave way , inundating 25.000
acres.
Shelby , Water Valley and Schneider
are accessible only by boat , and much
damage xhas been done to farms.
Muscatine , la. The flood situation
in the Mississippi. Cedar and Iowa
rivers is the worst in years. The
Mississippi is within two feet of the
danger mark , but the crest of the rise
is said to be here.
Cairo. 111. With the river marking
53 feet , which is eighth-tenths higher
than ever before , with all territory
both north and south covered with wa
ter , Cairo and the drainage district
north of the city are both safe and
dry , being protected by substantial
levees. Reports from McClure. ill. ,
state that the country about there is
being Hooded , and farmers are taking
out their families and driving their
stock to the hills. The Mississippi
nver is now twenty-two feet higher
than the Ohio.
Des Moines , la. One hundred and
mty lamilies residing in the bottoms
along the Des Moines river within the
city limits have been driven from t >
their homes by high water. ' !
FOUR HELD IN LAND FRAUD
U. S. Employes Are
Indicted as a Re
sult of Florida Everglades Inquiry
at Washington.
Washington , D7 C. Indictments
growing out of the Florida everglades
investigation in the department of ag
riculture were returned by the federal
grand jury here against C. G. Elliott.
A. D. Morehouse , Ray P. Teelo and
Frank E. Singleton. The defendants
are charged individually with having i
approved or presented false vouchers |
against the government.
Elliott and Morehouse have asserted
that the charges of technical violation
of the law against them and their dis
missal from the department were
brought about by their opposition to ,
everglades land promoters. |
'
Elliott formerly was chief of drainage -
age investigations in the department
of agriculture ; Morehouse was assistant -
ant chief ; Teele formerly was an as
sistant chief of irrigation investiga
tions , and Singleton an accountant.
Singleton is under suspension.
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CAPT. SCOTT IS HEARD FROM ,
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Explorer Sends Ship Back for Supplies - '
plies To Remain Away !
for a Year.
Wellington , New Zealand. The Brit
ish explorer , Capt. Robert F. Scott ,
will remain in the antarctic for an
other year to complete the scientific
anc exploration work which he has
undertaken there.
This word was brought to civil iza- ,
tion by Captain Scott's vessel , the i ll
Terra Nova , which arrived in Akaroa , i v
a harbor in the Banks peninsular. The
captain of the vessel brought from the a
southern cape of the world the follow
ing message , signed by Scott : t
"I am remaining in the antarctic
for another winter In order to con- i E
tinue and complete my work. "
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GEN. GRANT SERIOUSLY ILLJ
Said to Be Afflicted With Disease That i\
Killed His Father Forced to Se- I p.
cure Leave of Absence. j
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New York. Though all of the offlg '
cers at the headquarters of the department - ;
ment of the east on Governor's island '
are maintaining discreet silence , it '
has become known here that Maj. Gen. ' vi
Frederick Dent Grant , the commander , '
of the department , has quietly left the is
island on a four months' sick leave. |
An affliction of the throat , said to be '
similar to that which cause tte lingering - h
gering illness and final death of his " "
father , Gen. Ulysses S. Grant , is the
cause for General Grant's sudden de
parture from his duty.
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of
Senator Gore Near Death.
Waukesha , Wis. Thomas P. Core ,
the blind United States senator from
Oklahoma , while addressings meeting
of Wilson supporters , was attacked
here by a maniac , who tried to kill
him with a club. Judge Hamlln , who
was presiding , saw the danger Just in
time to knock the maniac down as his
clnb swung within a few inches of the
senator's head.
Two Yankee Horses Win.
Paris. Tv.-o American-owned horses
were successful at the race meeting
at St. Cloud. W. K. Vanderbilt's Hight-
ly won the Prix Simonian and Thomas j
P. Thome's Monsieur Guerin won the
Prix de Mareil.
Breaking Ice In Lake Superior.
Duluth. To facilitate the early
movement of grain , the ice breaker
James Whalen of Port Arthur Is cut
ting a channel through the ice fields
from that port to open water , fifteen
miles out.
I
govvpi
Calumet Baking
disappoints
biscuits
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Rccclvod highest rou/ard World' *
Purs Food Exponltlon ,
Chicago. ! 9Or.
NO WONDER.
Hicks They tell me that all the- sin
I gle foreign noblemen are very much w
worried.
Dicks Why so ?
Hicks So many American million
aires have lost their fortunes lately.
Medical Genius.
An old doctor , seeing a young one-
ivho was going along the street with
mlf a dozen shabby-looking men anil
.vomen , called him aside and asked :
'Who are all those people , and where-
ire you going with them ? "
"I will tell you in confidence , " was
he : reply , "that I've hired them to
: ome and sit in my reception room. I
jxpect a rich patient this morning ,
ind I want to make an impression oc-
lim. " Judge's Library.
A Quarter Century
Before the public. Over Five Million Free
samples given away each year. The con-
tant \ and increasing sales from samples
roves the genuine merit of Allen's Foot-
ase , the antiseptic powder to be shaken
nto the shoes for Tired , Aching , Swollen ,
'
'ender feet. Sample free. Address , Altai *
. Olmstccl , Le Roy , X. Y.
Quiet , As a Rule.
"What sort of town is Squidge-
ille ? "
"The sort of town where a funeral-
3 a social event. "
The more a man expects the more
e < will be surprised if he gets it.
id be compelled to pay to your landlord most
your hard-earned profits ? Own your own
farm. Secure a Free Homestead in
Manitoba , Saskatchewan or
_ Alberta , or purchase
land in one of these
districts and bank a
profit of S10.OO or
51I2.0O an acre
every year.
Land purchased 3
years ago at SlO.OOan
acre has recently
changed hands at
S25.00 an acre. The
crops grown on these
lands warrant the
advance. You can
n'j-Acn-p" * ? !
scorn
bycattleraisinET.dairying'.mised
farming and crain erov.-tnfr in
the provinces of .Manitoba.
Saskatchewan and Alberta.
Free homestead and pre
ft/- emption areas , as well as land
held by railway and land com
panies , will provide homes
for millions. 3S
Adaptable soil , healthful
climate , splendid schools
and churches. tined railways.
For settlers rates , cjcj-criptive
lltcratnrc-'Last Erst Wf-u tow-
to reach thecountryacd of ! ir par
ticulars , write to up't of Irnail-
uration. Ottawa , Canada , or to the
Canadian Government i
E. T. Halnes. 315 Jaclw n SL. SI Past. SSaa.
J. R Skdadlan , Dre r 137.i atertc c. 1 0.
I'lcasK ! write to luc pcntnearecjou