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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

man with fifteen children ranging in
age from 5 to 1G years. None of these
belong to him by parental ties; they
have been bought or leased from fnhu-
man mothers and fathers, Or stolen
outright. AS the party CROPPED its way
up the dark stairs there was the sound
of hard slap, and a mans voice ut
tered some harsh reproof in Italian. A
faint CLEAN of light came from under
the door Of the room, but the door it.
self was barred-they always are in
that part Of the town, where uneXpect-
ed visits by the police are not welcome.
Officer Birmingham laid his hand on
the knob lightly and the lamp was at
once eXtinguished. 1t took long rap
grel italian to convince the man that
no harm was intended, or, in other
words, that he was not to be arrested,
and finally he consented to open the
door part way while inquiry was made
after a supposititious neighbor. The
timely striking Of match revealed
room bare of furniture with the eXcep-
ton of a rickety cook stove, a rough
pine table, a couple of chairs, and some
pallets of straw on the floor On these
latter children were sleeping just as
they had come in from the street.
Walls, ceiling and floor were filthy with
dirt, and the stencil was sitting.
1t is only at night that the Italian
quarter can be seen at its worst. There
are the same dirt and bad smells in the
daytime. but the men and children are
then mostly absent-the former at
work and the latter on the downtown
streets begging, stealing, and in other
ways trying to scrape together the
amount Of money which the padrone
has named as the stint. In most cases
this is SO cents for each child. Those
who bring this sum back with them at
night get some kind of food and shelter
and escape punishment; those who fail
are starved and beaten.
Ewing street, from Canal to Des-
PLANES. is full of padrones' dens. and
most of them are counterparts of that
first described. One room, dark,
filthy and devoid of the commonest
kind Of sanitary conveniences, will
house half dozen people. The man
who rents two rooms is looked upon as
a sort of Vanderbilt or a crazy profit
gate. Tony Masch is the swell Of Ew-
ing street because he has suite of two
rooms in the Gariba1di Building.
great rambling structure with many
devious and confusing passages,
through which no stranger could possi-
bly, make his way unpiloted. Masch is
one of the laW-ahidirg Italians who
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16
Cementine Leather to Iron.

To cement leather to iron, cut the
leather roughly to shape, allo@Ting
about one inch per foot in the width
of the pulley. Then soak the leather In
water until it is wet through. Now
stretch it we'll in the direction Of the
circumference of the pulley and cut it
10 exact shape and length. 1t should
next be sewn up butt to butt with a
shoemaker's awl and thread, and the
leather, having been stretched in the
direction Of the circumference only,
will. as it gets dry, have tendency
to resume its former shape, thereby
shortening in circumference and "clip"
tc the pulley. A shallow groove might
be made for the stitches to sink in.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

J. L. Hebrahn, the German archae-
ologist, has just completed an explora-
ton tour through the State of Chiapas,
Mexico, where he reports having found
another ancient buried city in the
depths of tropical forest, about sixty
miles west Of TIE Guatemalan border.
He brought away with him a number
of relics of the place. and says that he
will 60 to the United States, and thence
to Germany, where he Will organize
an expedition for further researches
in Ch:apas.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16
John Bull Sizes Himself Up.


England to-day, says London news
paper, is what Carthage was in times
of old. We are ruled by a hungry,
greedy aristocracy, which, in its turn,
is ruled by loan mongers and by COM
pany mongers. Honor and honesty
under this regime are derided as old
fashioned supersttions. The minister
who can steal any territory whose in
habitants are too weak to resist us is
acclaimed as a hero. The company
promoter who can build palace by
appropriating the savings of his fel-
low countrymen is worshipped as a di-
vinity. When we NOW down Africans
with Maxims we glory in this proof Of
our bravery. When, at the bidding of
kings and emperors, we shell Euro
peans struggling to free themselves
from the suzerainty of some wretch
who claims their allegiance, we glory
in our shame. And while we swagger
and boast of our might, we are in such
abject fear of being attacked that we
heap up armaments on armaments, be-
cause, no matter what we spend, we
stSl would spend more to make us
secure.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

The scheme of autonomy proposed
for Cuba by the new Liberal ministry
goes farther than previous projects Of
the kind. If it were carried out, Cuba
would have its own legislature, chosen
directly by the people; and this legisla-
ture would have control over taxation,
the tariff, public instruction and all
matters Of internal administration.
There would be a ministry, appointed
by the Governor General, from this
legislature. and responsible to it. The
Governor General, appointed, by Spain,
would have veto upon legislation.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

Germany's foolish hostility to Eng
land, as voiced through her monarch,
naturally gives offense to Austrian and
Italian statesmen, and to that extent
tions. Thus far the net result of the
kaSier'S freaks in his efforts to isolate
England has been the creation of dis
trust toward himself among his friends
which may, if his pranks are persisted
in, isolate Germany.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

Italian quarters and the result is q
story Of bitter bondage, of fiendish
cruelty and Of most rapacious greed.
The first stop, says the reporter, was
made at a tumble-down two-story
house on Ewing street, near Des-
PLANES. No lights could be seen from
the outside, but the noisy gabble of
voices told Of a lively commotion
among the inmates. Here, Oh the up
per floor, in one sGualid room, lives q
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

Science and sanitation not only ought
to drive yellow fever out of the United
States, but it ought to drive out all
other filth diseases. We talk about
the dirt Of the Digger Indians, and yet
We are dying by the thousands all the
time from dirt. The objectionable sin
of civilization is its daily death rate
from dirt
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16
THE sTILETTo FOR THE INFoRMER.
while slaves were just returning home

while slaves were just returning home
TO report to their masters and hand
o-c- the financial results of their day 5
k. Through streets and alleys they
came silently like rats, those who had
money pushing along carelessly. while
the unfortunate who had failed in their
task hung back, dreadins to encounter
the fierce padrone and yet afraid to
remain away longer than the appoint
ed time. 1t was a mournful sort of
procession, this return of the child
chattels, and even the stolid policemen,
Injured to countless repetitions Of the
scene. could not forbear from COM
menting upon it.
In this manner the party tranped
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

New England farmers have organ
ized cooperative hogkilling clubs. I'm
til a national organization is establish
ed, however, the person who sprawls
over two seats in a crowded railroad
car need feel no uneaSinesS.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

The British lion is now maintaining
two wars against uncivilized tribes.
Both are being waged by the tribes in
an attempt to maintain or regain indie
pendence, of which Great Britain has
robbed or is seeking to rob them. The
sun never sets upon the British empire
anG it never runs its daily course but it
sees blood spilled by British bayonets.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

Miss Augusta Main, of New Berlin,
Conn, charged with an assault with
intent to kill, declared in court that
there were two things in the world she
hated, and they were men and dogs.
Il never see either" she said, ''but
what l ache to kill them" How un-
womanly in her not to love dogs.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

New York has sent sixty women in
boomers ito civiliZe the Klondike re-
gions." If they reach their destination
at all it is pretty safe to wager that
they will be civilized by the miners.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16
THE EPADRONE SYSTEM
IN CHICAGO'S ITAL.
IAN SECTION.
Miserable Children Held in Bitter
bondage and Mutilatcd So as to Create
the Sympathy of the Pnb1ic-Fiend-
ish Cruelty and Greed.
White Slaves!

The horrible padrone spstem flourish
es in the Italian section of Chicago and
innocent childhood is held in q thrall-
dom far worse than the slavery that
existed in the South before the war.
Recently a newspaper man, with sew
eral police officers, made a tour Of the
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

Mrs. Mckinley, mother of the Presl-
dent, has been Informed that she is
one Of the heirs to the rich estate of a
relative who has just died in Scotland.
With the Presidency of the United
States and fortune in Scotland things
are breaking nicely for William Nc
kinley and his venerable mother.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

A New Jersey training school for
nurses has refused diploma to a
young woman who writes poetry. This
is rather rough on the young woman,
bur just think how unpleasant she
would make things for an invalid.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

1t has been predicted that Africa
would be the theater of the great strug-
gle between European powers in the
next century, as America was in the
last Two centuries. Bishop Hartell, or
the Methodist Episcopal church, after
n close observation of the situation ID.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

4 Boston asylum advertises for ''gra-
ture for eleemosynary distribution"
The Bostonese have such a charming
way Of putting things.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

That the Prince of Wales is 56 years
ole Of course lessons his possible period
as king. However, he's supposed to
have had royal time as it is.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

Pride is never SO effectually put to
the blush as when it finds itself con-
trasted with an easy but dignified hu.
mility.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

A Paris dispatch says: IN. Sauverin
was scratched in duel fought early
this morning." Heavens! The women
have begun it now
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

If there is one real failure possible
in life, it is the failure to be true to
the best one knows
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

The reason woman is in no hurry
to die is that she wishes to sweep into
heaven after everybody else is seated.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

A New York physician says he "can
give directions for living a hundred
years." Well, anyone can do that.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16
The Rise of Cities.

Europe has four times as many cities
as it had in 1881, and the United States
fourteen times as many.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16

A long pedigree doesn't prevent 6
horse from beirS the last Of his race.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1897-12-16
Ihe Valeufi,,e Aepoeraf

ROBERT GOOD, Editor and Prop.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06
NEW C0L0NIZATI0n SCHEME.
Boston Woman for 100000
Acres on Which to Locate
5000 Men.

Topeka, Kas.. July 5.-(Special) Miss
Anna F. Goodyear. of Boston. is the latest
person to start a colonization scheme. She
wants to start a colony either in the West
or South. She would come to Kansas II
the conditions were favorable. and in order
to get posted on Kansas has written to
Secretary Coburn, of the state board OF
agriculture, for particulars. Her scheme
as outlined in her letter follows:
A am trying to perfect a scheme to
give opportunity to the unemployed and
destitute, who are able to farm. 20 lift
themselves into independence. kindly send
me all the helpful Information which you
have at your m
IF 100000 acres of government land can
be obtained in any part of the United
States, twenty-five men can be sent nrst to
prepare log cabins and raise food for more
and within two years 5000 men can be at
work on the plantation.
would the West be better than the
South, and where?
a variety of animal and vegetable products
for the colonists themselves be as good as
anything?"
Continuing. Miss Goodyear says: 81 de-
sire particular information about wheat
and sheep raising. horses, hunting and
trapping and fishing. so far as either would
work well with farming for food. etc.
About swine raising for the manufacture
of soap; details about the kind and cost of
implements: general expenditures: prchts.
risks and whatever Information would be
acceptable and necessary"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06
ELKS TO MEET TO-DAY.
Eleventh Annual Reunion and Grand
Lodge Session TO BE Held in
Minneapolis

Minneapolis. MINI. July 5.-The eleventh
annual reunion and grand lodge session of
the Benevolent Order Of Elks is now fairly
on 1t has been d busy day for the local
contingent. Delegations have been arriving
steadily through the entire day. The re-
ception committee. accompanied by a band,
greeted the various delegations. and gave
them escort 10 their headquarters. The
number already registered Is not as large
as expected, but many trains are delayed
and will not be coming In until morning.
Tn grand lodge session opens tomorrow
morning. and the chief interest connected
with the meeting centers in the election of
officers. II is thought Meade d. Detwciler
will succeed himself as grand exalted ruler.
although he has a formidable opponent I'M
Charles L. Jewett, 81 New Albany, Ind,
whose claims for the honor are being
strongly backed. George A. REYNOLDS Wilt
It is generally conceded. succeed himself
as grand secretary. there being no open
opposition to his reelection at this time
New Orleans and Louisville are making a
big night for the reunion of 1898. with the
chances in favor of the Crescent CITY.
One Of the severest transforms in the his
tory Of the Northwest passed over Mime
apolis this evening. and lasted nearly an
hour. The streets were running rivers. dec
o~rations were ruined. and the reception of
visitors interfered with. marching being
wholly out of the question.
The ladies are taking an active interest
i'm the reunion. and are coming in large
numbers from different parts of the coun-
trv. They are being handsomely enter
tained.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06
THE FOURTH IN LONDON.
Three Citizens of the United
States Celebrate With a
nnnnncf

London. July 5.-ThTee hundred citizens
Of the United States. residents of London
and visitors. sat down to the annual din
ner OF the American Society in London this
evening to celebrate independence day.
The banquet was held in the Empress
rooms of the K~ensinEton Palace hotel,
which were handsomely decorated with
American and British flags for the event;
and the banquctcrs sat about the table ar
ranged i'm the form OF a EridirOn, with the
distinguished guests at the head of the
table. Most Of the Americans prominent in
official business life in London were pres
Cnt- Notable among them were Ambassador
Hay. Mr.. Henry White and Mr.. john r.
Carter, of the United States embassy;
Lieutenant Coville. naval attache; Consul
General William Mckinley Osborne. Con-
sui Boyle. OF Liverpool. and other Amer
lean consuls in England. The non-official
guests included the Hon. Whitelaw Reid,
General Miles. former vice president Ste
yenson. Mr.. Terrell. former minister to
Turkey: Mr.. Thayer. former minister TO
the Netherlands; Captain MaGs. L. S. A;
Bishops Potter. Doane. Whipple. Dudley.
futile. Leonard, Perry and Quintard and
Messrs. Creighton Webb and Ogden Mills.
No ladies were present. nor any English
guests. for 1t was considered more fitting
to make the commemoration a national af-
fair.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06
Kisses FOR GROVER.
Continued From First Page.

| concentration of property which interferes
with either the rights or the welfare OF
"For thirty years our party has been a
wished the use of II as a convenience did
not want IL TO stand for anything. There
were interests that seemed TO control ootn
parties. This was the easiest way OF con
trolling national legislation. Had this
been a positive, compact. and aggressive
minority party. standing for principle me
cry Of distress would not be heard IN this
land to-day. Had there been such a party.
the Standard Oil trust never could nave
nominated the same man three times IN
succession for the presidency. Trading pol
iticians made this possible. Compromis-
ers. traders and neutral men never correct
abuse. never found or save free .lnstitu-
tions. and never fight for human rights.
Only men of conviction and courage can
save this land.
Unfortunately we seem to have been
slowly and unconsciously losing our per-
sonal independence. Through the scram-
bic for the dollar, the longing for position
and the dread of criticism. we are becom-
ing cowardly In conscience. In thought ana
In action and are losing our birthrigl.s.
Meanwhile we have fallen into the
hands OF the despoiler and the poison OF
political leprosy is entering our blood. If
we submit. all is lost; if We rise in our
manhood and crush the enemy. II will give
a new inspiration to mankind. II will be a
new declaration of Independence: broader
and deeper than that of our forefathars.-
In every state the people are aroused;
they see their condition growing worse;
they see the hope of their children disaP-
pearing; they see poverty hanging ever
the future: they see the black flag of hum
ger floating over some of the richest sec
tions of Gods earth and they are crying
for justice. My friends. that cry will free
the American people. Even if we should
be borne down again and again the vice
Of humanity will arise from the dust and
drive the money changers out of the tenn
pie and the traitors out of the land. The
Benedict Arnold of 1850 sleeps on English
soil. Let the Benedict Arnolds of this age
make their graves beside him"
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06
MASS MEETING HELD AT ERIE TO
PROTEST AGAINST A PARDON.
OPERA HOUSE WAS PACKED.
STRONG SPEECHES IN DENUNCIATION
OF THE PARDON MOVEMENT.
Committee Appointed to Appear Be-
fore the Pardon Board mt Its
Coming MeetIng-PrOsPect
Is Board VIII Recon-
mend n Pardon.

Erie. Kas., July 5.-CSpecial) A rousinS
mass meeting was held at EatOn's opera
house this evening to protest against the
pardoning of Willie Sells from the state
penitentiary. The opera house was packed
and the meeting was unanimous against a
pardon. Speeches were made by MAYOR
Lodge. Hon. J. NJ. Allen and a number Of
leading citizens, among whom were some
OF the nearest neighbors of the fated Sells
family. The Kansas City World was de-
nounced for the part it is playing under
the direction of a branch of the w. G. 7.
u, which is entirely unfamiliar with she
crime committed by young Sells. and
moved wholly by charitable sentiment.
backed by grabbing attorneys who are for
feiting principle and honor for personal
gain" Resolutions were adopted AMI a
committee. composed of Hon. J. NJ. Allen
and ex-Sherif Jesse Parsons, was appoint
ed to present TO the board Of pardons, at
its coming meeting. the resolutions. and TO
explain the almost unanimous feeling Of
the citizens of Neosho county against the
proposed pardon.
Topeka. Kas.. July 5.-(Special) The
state board Of pardons will open its quar-
terly session tomorrow and proceed to
undo the work of the courts in several in
stances. Two important cases will be
acted upon this time-those of Willie Sells
and G. W. Rogers. j. NJ. Allen. treasurer
of the Populist state committee. is oppos-
ing Sells pardon. but the indications are
that the board will recommend it. Rog-
ers was sent TO prison for burning the rec
ords of Harvey county. The day he en-
tered the p~enitentiary he was stricken
with palsy and since then has been com
PEELED TO use crutches. His condition is
very serious, and If he is granted a par
don 1t will be so that he can go home TO
die.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-06
PARTISAN PATRIOTISM.
Washington Democrats Celebrate the
Fourth by Declaring for POpO-
cratic Principles.


Washington. July S-A patriotic celebra-
ton was held here to-day in the Grand
onara house under the Joint ausnjces of
opera house' unu ~ YIN IuspIee
II a'roh AsNh
clubs and the Democracy OF the District
of Columbia and contiguous sections. An
elaborate programme was gone through,
oadra..o. to;nr ~odo h. 80 ~ the lead-
auN ms "
ing democrats IN pubic NE. fdtrloUc du-
dresses were delivered by Senator John w.
Daniel. of Virginia. and Hon. Joseph {.
Syblo, ~ pornsyLrapio short sneecbes
oS, u he"N9sia"
were mace oy members OF congress anu
others representing the original thirteen
states.
UJr,au T Rrvar In = Iettsr axnressing
- &c
ms regret at not oeing aote 10 atteho the
meeting. said:
Lincoln. Neb.. June %. 1s97.-Hon. Law
rance Gardner washington n q Nv
~ ST.. oaaaa-ort~a Ios sn,aIos
Cal, will make 1t impossible for me 10 at
tend the Fourth of July celebration held
under the auspices of the National Assoc
s,a,to.a Deuioora,n. CInha raaard r.
eidtpoh Vi Dehoia,I NIups' tee"IH tme
commemoration OF the anniversary OF our
national independents day as a duty; ana
useful in stimulating those present to re-
newed exertlons. to the end that the lnde-
pendence achieved BY our ancestors may
be preserved for postertty. Just now there
Is special reason Tor solicltude.- lest a ser
vile acquieScence In a foreign nnanclaI pol
ICY may roD US OF the supsidhCe u PInu-
cal freedom and leave US onIy the snado~-
Very truly yours, w j. BRYAN;
Resolutions we're adopted declaring mat
We indorse the time-honored Democratic
doctrine that taxes should be laid Tor rev
enue only and limited To the wants OF a
simple government honestly administered
aad We denounce the scheme OF the Ding
ley bill and various amendments made in
secret caucus as a more Migrant roooery
Of the masses tnun the hSpuDlCdn law