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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04

just DtIOTe IL was
time to close the general merchandise,
store known as the Golden Rule, located
ON West Madison street, owned and con-
Quoted by Mr.. Marshall, three men enter
ed the store by different doors and ap-
preached the cashiers desk, where sat
Miss Matte Garretson. One Of the men
ordered her to deliver over the cash, en-
phasizing his demand by pointing two re-
vOlvers at her. She refused to comply
with his demand, and closed the cash
drawer, throwing off the combination. The
would-be robber aimed blow at her head
with one of his guns. which she barely
managed to dodge. There were several
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04

The city of St. Louis, torn and devas-
tated by cyclone, flooded by torrents
of rain and in many places attacked by
fires, was Wednesday night the scene of
such a carnival Of death and destruction
as has seldom been equaled in America.
Owing to the frightful havoc Of the storm
cutting off almost every line Of communi-
cation with the stricken city, but little
information could be had, and that of a
very vague nature. 1t is estimated that
as many as 500 lives were lost, while the
damage to property is inestimable. Scarce
y building in the city but has been in
some way or another damaged by the
tornado.
Ruin and desolation are upon st. Louis.
For the first time in the history Of a me-
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04

visited upon Jobnstown, Pa, and adjoin4
ing towns May 81, 1889, in which many
lives were lost and millions of dollars
worth of property destroyed by the floods
that ragged along the COnemaugh river,
bursting reservoir covering square
mile located just above JOhnstown. For
weeks heavy rains had fallen in the noun
tains, and the resultant freshet wrought
ruin and death that appalled, the country.
While towns were washed away, bridges
destroyed and industries forced to sus-
pend. Hundreds of people clung to their
floating homes, which were swept onward
upon volume of water unprecedented in
modern history. Many people were res
cued from their perilous positions in the
upper stories of their homes.
The Cambria iron works were destroyed
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04

threads. Telegraph poles fell in long
rows, not coming down one by one, but
in groups of dozen or more at a time.
A railroad train on the Eads bridge, one
of the express trains of the Alton, known
as No. q, was blown over and the pas
sengers piled up in heap of injured.
The east end of the Eads bridge, one
of the most solid and finest bridges in
the world, was destroyed. The other great
bridges spanning the Mississippi were all
injured, some as seriously as the Eads.
Scores Of persons were drowned, or, after
being killed ON the land, blown into the
water. Steamers like the Grand Repub-
lie, the City of Monroe, packets which
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04

and women, horses, all kind Of fowl in
the open, were picked up and carried
hundreds of feet in every direction.
So irresistible was the cyclone and so
much greater in magnitude than any the
country has ever previously known OF,
that some of the stanchest business blocks
went down before it. Structures, the pride
of merchants and architecturally famous
from New York to San Francisco. were
like tinder boxes when the wind was at
its height The massive stone fronts
caved in.
Iron beams were torn from their fas-
Jennings and carried blocks away, as if
they had been feathers. Roofs, braced
and held to their positions by every de-
vice known to the best builders of any
day, were torn off as if held only by
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
are famous between New Orleans and st.

are famous between New Orleans and St.
Louis, were carried everywhere. Still
others, after being torn from their moor
ings, disappeared, and have not been
heard from. AS a rule the smaller craft
was sunk. This was particularly the case
with the smaller excursion steamers,
most of which had q great many women
on board. Houses were blown into the
river, and at one time during the worst of
the blow a section of the river was SCOOP
ed out and the muddy bottom shown
The water was carried blocks away as
though it were solid. Not while within
the city limits did the tunnels rise and
fall from the ground. as is usually the
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
ID A WHOLE FAMILY.
Is Fair Commissioner and
re Others Murdered.

Is Fair Commissioner and
We Others Murdered.
P. McGlincy, his wife and
Mrs. James Dunham; James
son of Mrs. McGlincy; hired
Minnie ScheSler and hired man,
Briscoe, were killed at Campbell,
James Dunham, the son law
McGlincy. The multiple muir
capped. About midnight a neigh
I'd Page heard reports of shots in
ction of McGlincy's home, fol-
the sound of galloping hoofs on
" roads. Page hurried to the
IcGlincy and was Mortified to
Pody of McGlincy lying in an
pool of blood. Entering the
hnd the bodies of James Wells,
leen shot; Mrs. McGlincy and
!ter, who had been stabbed, and
"a man and woman, who had been
to death with a hatchet. The
where the bodies lay were bespat-
u bIaod,-Nith every evidence
made desperate resistance
Ives. The only>Reing in the
escaped alive was MOI th-old
Mrs. DFnham and the alleged
Family troubles are said to
6sed the murder. The last seen of
h he was riding rapidly towards
Sc. Col. McGlincy was one of the
fnia commissioners to the Worlds
at Chicago.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04

pots were piled on top of each other.
Long lines of box cars loaded with valua-
bic freight were turned upside down. The
telegraph offices were destroyed and miles
of wire blown down.
There was a short time after the storm
when st. Louis could not communicate
with the outside world. Nor could her
own citizens communicate with each 9th
er by any electrical means. Such a con-
fusion and ruin in large city was never
witnessed since the Chicago fire.
Breaking at the hour it did, and the
night following, the work Of rescue and
relief was very slow. The fremen and
police were Immediately made aids to the
surgeons and physicians of the city.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04

place DR.. MOsher Is Eliza ". MOsHER.
to fill is a new one. Her duties will bring
her into almost personal relations with
the 900 yofng women in the university.
and to each of them she will be guide.
philosopher and friend. DIR. Mosher will
be the first woman professor in the uni
versity, and her post will be one of great
distinction and responsibility. She leaves
a very lucrative practice in Brooklyn to
accept the offer of the University Of Mich
igan.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
Compressed Air as Power

The Metropolitan Traction Company Of
New York, will soon place in service or
its Lexington Avenue line twelve cars
which will be operated with compressed
air as the motive power. If the expert
ment proves success it is possible that
this method will be employed on the en-
tire system. The dozen cars which are
now being equipped will be given the
first run June Is.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
Worlds Fair Medals,

1t has been found there are some names
on the worlds fair medals incorrectly
spelled. These errors, however, are not
chargeable to the Treasury Department,
as the spelling in every instance corre-
spends with that in the list furnished
by the fair bureau of awards. In order
to avoid any dissatisfaction ON the part
of exhibitors the department announces
that it will make needed corrections free
of charge if the original medals are re-
turned
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04

case in cyclones in small places. There
was no rebounding. Consequently what
ever was in the path of the wind was
either destroyed or badly injured.
And this destruction was done in thirty
minutes.
The bells of the city were pealing 6
o'clock when the worst of the storm had
passed.
East St. Louis Ruined.
East st. Louis tremendous shipping ir-
terests have received heartrending
blow. The railroad tracks were literally
torn up from the right of way and scat
tered Huge warehouses and freight de
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
Heated Campaign i'm Chill.

spatches from Valparaiso, Chilli say
people are growing excited over the
lions and the struggle between Reyes
Errazuires promises to be the most
tly contested since the days when Vic
Makenna opposed Anibal Pinto and
lie latter was elected.
Errazuirez and his party were badly re-
Fceived in Conception, where the people
hissed and threw stones at him. In San
tiago the clubhouse was attacked and all
The furniture wrecked. The police finally
drove away the rioters.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
REVIEW OF TRADE.
The Business World as Seen for the
Past Week

Past Week.
r. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of
Trade says: Continued exports Of gold,
amounting to So, 900, 600 this week, are rec
ognized as natural results of the borrow
ing and importing early in the year, but
caused no serious apprehension.
Markets for products are weak rather
than stagnant. The business done is
small, but largely governed by the belief
in large crops and insufficient demand.
Wheat has fallen 8 cents. Atlantic ex-
por.s of wheat, -four included, are 1874
rs bushels for the week against 1,4SS. 745
Llast year, it remains that for May these
IMPORTS have been only 4,742.7 TT bushels,
NJ included, against 6, 183, APO last year,
western receipts for the week near
her cent. larger and for four weeks
bushels, against 5,9A,57 last
imates vary widely, but obody
crop SO short as to exhaust the
Eht. Cotton has fallen "A cent
u inued reports that famine
lusive of few specula-
based on extreme low
than 40 per cent. of
sumption, and for May
300 pounds, against 2O,-
Prices are weaker.
that rebuilding at st. Louis
b and steel markets exten-
minor metals are a shade
the week have been 2S9 in
tates, against 215 last year,
hada against 81 last year.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
KATE FIELD is DEAD.

Noted Woman Journalist Dies of
Pneumonia in Honolulu.
"a. H. K0hlsaat, the proprietor of the
Chicago Times-Herald, received cable
message dated at Yokohama and signed
by Lorin A. Thurston, ex-minister to the
United States from the Sandwich Islands,
which said: tsKate Field died at Hon olulu
May 19, of pneumonia
No further particulars than those con-
tanned in the dispatch of Mr.. Thurston
are known.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
Seven Children at a Birth,

ThDsee weeks ago, at Fishers Corners,
near Ottawa Lake, Mich, Mrs. Charles
ComstGek gave birth to seven children.
All are now living but one, and the mother
and six children are doing well. The
place is fairly beseiged with sight-seers.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
ST. Louis TN RUINS.
Huge Buildings in the C.ty's
Heart Destroyed.
Huge
DEATH ON THE RIVER.
Excursion Steamers Are Blown
Bottom Side Up.

Human Beings Swept to Instant Doom
Steamers Are Sunk, Buildings Blown
Down, and Railroad Trains Over
turned-Loss of Life Rivals That of
the Johnstown Disaster - Principal
Buildings in East St. Louis Destroyed
Fire Adds Its Horrors-Mil1ions of
Dollars Property Damage.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04

Thomas j. Marshall,
one of the most pros
porous young mer-
chants of Chicago,
and the quartet has
been held for trial.
The murder was
one Of the most SEN
sational which have
occurred in the west
ern metropolis in
years. One evening
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
Wisconsin People Escape.

A strip of country quarter of mile
wide and several miles long, in the towns
of Center and Freedom, Outagamie
County, Wis, were devastated by tor
nade the other evening. One dwelling
was wrecked, timber and crops leveled,
cattle killed. but no persons hurt.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
Will Forsake Cleveland.

1t is now regarded as certain that the
Standard Oil Works in Cleveland, Ohio,
at one time an immense institution, will
be practically abandoned and its place
in the company's system be taken by
works at Lima, Ohio, and Whiting, Ind.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
Irving to Save Her Husband.

Mrs. Percival Coffin of Wabash, Ind
wife of the bank wrecker, who was SEN
fenced to eight years Imprisonment in the
penitentiary for his part in the fall of the
Indianapolis National Bank, is making
an energetic effort to secure pardon for
her husband.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
The Milwaukee Strike.

Samuel Gompers held two conferences
with the street car managers at Milwau-
kee, but was unable to unrayel the strike
problem. The men made d proposition
that the company make three shifts in its
forces, so as to employ the old hands as
well as the new at the old rate of wages,
but the company will not grant the re-
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04

professor of hygiene,
is now on her way
to Europe to study
the colleges for wom-
en- in connection
with Oxford and
Cambridge. 7 b e
dean of the depart
ment for many years
was Martin L.
D'Ooge, bat the
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
ZeigIer the Winner.

BY consistent, hard fighting and fore
ing the issue throughout, Owen c. Zeigler
of Philadelphia bested Dial Hawkins in
an eight round contest at San Francisco
and got the decision of the referee and
purse.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
Indiana Man Suicides.

The dead body of William Myers of
Huntington, Ind, was found near Day.
ton, Ohio. 1t is said he fraudulently pur-
chased some stock at sale and it is sup
posed the fear of prosecution caused him
to take his life.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
Pastor Kills a Deacon.

Rev. Kennedy Martin, pastor of the AZ
rcan Baptist Church. of Pttsburg, Kan,
shot and killed ''Decaon" Wright, pillar
of his church. He shot four bullets into
the deacon. Alleged intimacy with Mar
tins wife led to the killing. Martin is in
iai
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
Tug Reported Lost.

1t was reported at Windsor Ont, that
the tug Lorimer of Detroit, owned by
Alexander Ruelle. has gone down on the
middle ground off Pelee islands and all
hands lost
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
FOUR UNDER ARREST.

Quartet of Chicago Toughs Charged
with T. J. Marsha11's Murder.
The coroner's jury has charged Frank
Carpenter, Charles Gurney, Clarence
White and John Lang with the mnrde- of
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
RECALLS THE JoHNsTowN FLOOD

Story of the Disaster that Visited
the Pennsylvania Towns.
The catastrophe which has befallen st.
Louis was within few days of the sew
enth anniversary Of the awful calamity
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
NEW PROFESSOR AT ANN ARsoR

Six Hundred Women to Benefit by DIR,
Eliza NJ. Mosher's Experience.
DR.. Eliza NJ. MOsher, of Brooklyn, who
comes to Ann Arbor as associate dean Of
the department of literature and arts and
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04

Henry Stefke, aged 40 years. was found
dead in Bloomington, Ind, the presump-
ton being that he met death in run
away.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
,uiIty of SmuggIing Diamonds.

Herman Kreck, member of the firm OF
Kreck, Cotterman & Co., diamond i'm
porterS of Cincinnati, was found guilty of
attempting to smuggle diamonds at Phil
delpha
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04
Ship q Million Gold.

The Won Hoffman Company Of New
York shipped on the 3Oth 81, 900, 900 in gold
by order Of the director of the mint.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1896-06-04

Robert j. Lyons, leader of the miners
during the strike of 1894, convicted of in
citing the Strong Mine shaft heuseiriot al
Victoria, Colo, was welcomed back to
that camp by $500 people with brass
band on his return from the penitentiary,
a pardon having been granted him.
Mayor Doyle made a speech of welcome.
The miners, to show their good will, set
fire to the celebrated Fort Dean, on Bull
Hill, and it was entirely destroyed.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30
THE FAR EAST.

At Calcutta university e,743 students
are matriculated, more than Ave times
as many as in 1865. There are 90 Indian
colleges affiliated with the university,
which receives no public money In any
shape.
In 1894 there were In all LOTT mission
aries in Chinn-s00 men, 500 married
women aud SAG single women. Ofthese
1880 were representatives of British,
Irish and Canadian societies, s12 of
them of American societies and S5 of
continental societies.
The japanese have again given evil
dence Of their practical ideas. Instead
OF presenting medals to the soldiers
who especially distinguished them
selves in the late war with China the
government has purchased $4,000
watches ut $3.50 each in Switzerland,
which will be given to the brave fell
lows.
1t is learned that Russia has induced
the fiowery kingdom to make all her
railroads now building in the northern
part of the country four feet eleven
inches wide, the width of all roads in
Russia. In the future, therefore, en-
gines and trains of the great Siberian
railway can be run on the Chinese lines
"a concession the advantages of which
are apparent.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30
STRANGE AND UNUSUAL.

The young of several species of SER
pents retreat down the throat of the
mother when pressed by sudden danger.
In Europe thrushes build their nests
as near to human habitations as they
can, to escape the prosecutions Of the
magpies.
The largest bird in the world is the
condor. Condors with spread Of wing
OF is to 20 feet have been shot on the
Andes.
The first modern bridge Of which
history makes mention was the famous
sublician bridge a. Rome. twas erect
ell In the seventh century, i,
The average golden eagle weighs 10
rounds. Is three feet from the tip OF his
bill to the tip Of his tail, and has wings
OF seven feet spread.
The crater of Etna is a quarter OF q
mile high on plain three miles across;
Il falls in every 100 years. In an erup-
tion in the year 1903 the city Of Catnia
was overturned in moment, and 49,
COO people perished in the ruins.
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30
BACKACHE.
From the Press. New York CITY.

EfOfh Hc It5Sy ltCW IOfH CUH.
Few people have suffered more from pain
in the back than Mrs. Lille B. Newell of
No. 23l3 Second Avenue, New York City.
For several years she was 80 afflicted with
this distressing malady that she was hardly
able to get around, and could do little to
care for her children which made her suffer-
ing all the harder to bear. Her husband,
Charles Newell, who is well-known New
York ,optician, tried In every way to find a
remedy for his wife, but NO medicine
seemed to havc the power to remove her
pain.
Mrs. Glynn, q sister OF Mrs. Newell, is q
professional nurse, and was familiar with
the symptoms OF her sisters sickness. Mrs.
Newell was away on visit when a reporter
at No. 4i6 East One-hundred and-twentieth
Street, told the story of her sisters re-
covery.
A doctor was called when Mrs. Newell's
condition became serious and he prescribed
small pink pills which, In short time, re-
cine has done. "After awhile,n Mrs. Glynn
told the reporter, 1--WE learned that themedi-
cine the physician was giving my sister was
nothing more than DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People. Knowing by experience
how excellent remedy these pills were,
Mrs. Newell bought some at q drug store
and continued taking them. The effect was
most gratifying, for in six months my sister
was perfectly well and the pain in her back
was nothing more than an unpleasant men,
ory. Both she and have recommended the
Pink Pills to other people, who have not
failed to find them alt that Is claimed. All
doctors my sister had been treated by, be-
fore taking the pills, had done her no ap-
parent good"
Pink Pills are sold In boxes (neverin loose
form, by the dozen or hundred) at 50 cents q
box or six boxes for $3.50, and may be had
Of all druggists or direct by mail from DR..
Williams' Medicine Company, Schenectady,
N. Y. The price at which these Pills are
sold makes course of treatment inexpen-
sive. a. compared with other remedies or
medical treatment
Macon beacon., 1896-05-30
FAMILIAR SAYINGS.


ITO cave in" comes from the English
coal mining regions. After mine had
been worked out and abandoned, the
last item in its history was the caving
in of the ground above.
"To curse with bell, book and candle"
was the most formal accommodation
practiced by the Church of Rome. 1t
was an anathema pronounced with the
most solemn ceremonies.
ITO knock the spots out Of anything
is an allusion to the traditional skill OF
western cowboys and famous rifle shots
who would shoot the spots out of a card
held between the fingers Of a friend.
ITO throw up the sponge" is bor-
rowed from the prize ring, it formerly
being the custom when a prize fighter
had been worsted, for his second to
throw up the sponge used for wiping
him off.
"Do at Rome as Romans do" is cred
tied to no less an authority than St. Au-
gustine, who advised convert, doubt.
full about the propriety of some custom
observed at Rome, to do as other people
did.