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The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON.
DENSED FORM.
Nebraska Man Has Negotiations
With q Counterfeiter-Was About
to Purchase $4,000 of the
Queer When Dealer is Nabbed.
Nebraskan Arrested in Missouri.

hrFcSLcu III N1iSSOuFls
A. A. Kincaid, who claims to be a
rancher at Whitman, this state, was ar
rested at Milan, Mo-, last week on the
charge of Offering counterfeit money for
sale and using the mails for fraudulent
purposes. When arrested Kincaid had
$3.50 in a belt underneath his clothing. He
also had over fifty letters from people in
different points in Kansas, Nebraska,
Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Arizona, Mich
igan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and
Missouri. relating to the dealing in green
goods. OF the money III him 500 was in
crisp new bills issued by the Merchants
National Bank of Omaha. One of the
letters in the possession of Kincaid was
from a man named Andrews, at Kearney,
who was about to buy $4,000 OF the
"queer." Another from a woman school
teacher named Westgate, at Decatur, ILL.,,
indicated he was trying to make a deal
with her,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Kills a Horned Rabbit.

Lon Junken of Bancroft, while hunting
one day last week, killed what might be
termed a horned rabbit. The little an
Imafs head had projecting from it over
thirty horned projections, which ranged
from one-elghth to n and One-half
inches in length and resembling in every
way horns. Close inspection proved that
the horny substance was attached only to
the skin and is probably Of a superfuous
growth, the cause of which is not evident.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Arrested in Omaha,

James Williams, wanted at Springfield,
ILL.,, for the embezzlement of SIC, 1000, was
arrested in Omaha last week. Williams
left Springfield four weeks ago, and soon
after his departure it was discovered that
he was an embeZzler. He confessed to the
full amount Of the embezzlement. He
said that gambling Il liquor was the
cause of his downfall and expressed a
Willingness to return to Illinois without
going through the formaIity of securing
requisition papers.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Nebraska Short Notes.

Frank K. Helvey will be the next post
master at Nebraska City, TO succeed Y. NJ
Street.
An Omaha man who peered into
windows after dark 10 see women disrobe.
was fined 81 and costs recently by the
police judge.
The ~Gothenburg high school held its
first declamatory contest last week. CLYDE
Trotter was awarded first prize and Maude
Newman second.
A meeting OF the citizens of Falls City
was held the other night for the purpose
of collecting food and clothing for the
starving Cubans.
0. l.. Horr, contractor, with forty horses
ard contracting outfit, has arrived al
Columbus. He will commence work Oh
the Great Eastern canal at once.
Under a new city ordinance all BARRIERS
who work at the trade in Omaha must
pass a satisfactory examination before a
board appointed by the city authorities.
Clay Center Lodge No. IS, Ancient
Order of United Workmen, and theil
friends celebrated the ninth anniversary
OF the institution of the lodge in that city
last week.
While engaged in fighting fire neal
Ansley Mrs. John Tyler. the wife of a
farmer, was so severely burned that she
died. Her husband did not miss her fol-
some time and finally found her almost
dead lying in a small canyon.
Miss Grace Liddicott, a teacher in the
city schools of Beatrice, and Ernest Pore
man, who was in a buggy with her. lad q
miraculous escape from a frightful death
recently. While driving on 10 a yiaduct
over the Burlington track, the horse
plunged against the railing and, falling
over, carried the buggy and occupants
with it to he bottom of the cut. a distance
OF thirty feet. As they fell a passenger
tram flew by, the last car of which struck
the horse, mangling it so badly that it had
TO be killed. Mss Liddicott and her COM
panlon emerged from the wreck almost
without a scratch. The buggy was
smashed.
The ferryboat ''Queen of Omaha No. 81
sank at Decatur last week. Loss est.
at 5000.
David Renter, a farmer near Berlin had
his hand horribly lacerated by falling un-
a harrow while trying to stop a run.
team.
line farmers around Roseland bavs
completed their seeding. A laroa,
acreage OF spring wheat has been sow
than usual, but not as much oats FIJI
wheat never looked better and with the
average amount OF rain this portion Of
NEBRASKA viii. turn out more bushels of
"hea' taan Il was ever known to do.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
WALSH WAS MURDERED.
Verdict of the Coroner's Jury After
Two Weeks DeIiberation.

Thomas Walsh of Joliet, ILL.,, was
murdered. This is the verdict reached by
the coroner's jury. Walsh disappeared
sale grocery store of his brother, Robert
Walsh, Saturday night, March 5. Sunday
morning his body was found in Plainfield
in a ditch by the side of the Elgin, Joliet
and Eastern Railroad tracks, ten miles
from Joliet. The Joliet police have in
but the jury thought otherwise, after two
weeks deliberation. The verdict was
generally satisfactory to the members of
the Walsh family and a disappointment to
the police department.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
To Prevent Yellow Fever,

With a view to preventing, if possible,
a recurrence of the yellow fever epidemic
of last fall in the southern states, the ma
rine hospital service of the treasury de-
partment is taking extraordinary precau-
lions to compel the most punctilious OBJ
servance of the sanitary and quarantine
regulations throughout its jurisdiction.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Child Badly Burned.

A little daughter of Hon. S. w. Christy
of Edgar while playing near a bonfire in
the street, happened to get too near. Her
dress caught fire and was soon blazing
furiously. She ran toward her mother,
who was in the back yard and the flames
flaring backward as she ran did not touch
her face. Her mother succeeded in smother
ing the fire with her own clothes, but
was burned quite badly while doing So
The little girl was considerably burned on
the lower limbs, but it is thought not
fatally.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
MARKET QUOTATIONS

C~hicago-Cattle, common to prime,
$500 to 1913; hogs, shipping grades,
S3.OO to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50
to 5000; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.04 to $1.05;
corn, No. 2, 2Sc to 29c; oats, No. 2, 25c
to 26c; rye, No. 2, 4Sc to soc; butter,
choice creamery, tic to 19c; eggs, fresh,
&c to 1Oc; potatoes, common to choice,
soc to zoe per bushel.
lndianapolis-Cattle, shipping, $500 to
5000; hogs, choice light, $500 to $4.25;
sheep. common to choice. $500 to $500;
wheat, No. ?, Csc to Csc; corn, No. 2
white, Bic to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c
to SIC.
st. Louis-Cattle, $500 to 1919; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $500 to S4.75:
wheat, No. 2, 97c to Csc; corn, No. 2
yellow. 26c to Csc; oats, No. 3, 26c to PC;
rye, No. 2, 4Sc to SOC.
Cincinnati-CattIe, $3.50 to 1925; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $40;
wheat, No. 2 red, 97c to Csc; corn, No. 2
mixed, Bic to &c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 2Sc
to 29c; rye, No. 2, sic to 53c.
Detroit-Cattle, $3.50 to $3.50; hogs,
$500 to $4.25; sheep. $3.50 to $500;
wheat, No. 2, 95c to 97c; corn. No. 2
yellow, 29c to Gle; oats, No. 2 white. zoe
to Bic; rye Ole to 53c.
Toledo-Wheat, No. 2 red, DC to Csc:
corn, No. 2 mixed, SOC to Gle; oats, No. =
white, 26c to Csc; rye. No. 2, 5Oc to sic;
clover seed, $2.S5 to $2.95.
Observation-Disclosures, No. 2 spring, 97c
to Goo; corn, No. 3, 29c to 3Oc: oats, No.
2 white, CSC to Soc; rye, No. 1, 49c to sic;
barley, No. 2, 42c to 44c; pork, mess,
$3.50 to $1,000.
Buffalo-Cattle, $500 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $4.25: sheep, $500 to $5.25;
wheat, No. 2 red, Csc to $1.00; corn, No.
2 yellow, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white,
30c to 32c.
New York-Cattle. $500 to $3.50; hogs.
$500 to $3.50; sheep, $500 to $500;
wheat, No. 2 red, S1.03 to $1.05; corn. No.
2, 36c to &c; oats, No. 2 white, Bic to
&c; butter, creamery, Ice to zoe; eggs,
Western. 10c to lie.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Billy Hart Badly Hurt.

During the practice game of the Pitts
burg National League team Saturday
afternoon at Little Rock, Ark, Pitcher
William Hart, who played with the st.
Louis Browns the last two seasons, and
recently Joined the Pittsburg club, was
struck by a ball from the bat of William
Schriver and had his jaw broken in two
places. 1t is believed that he will be able
to resume his place in the team in three or
four weeks.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Suicide at WeisSerf.

Charles Davis of Weissert committed
suicide by shooting himself with a rifle.
He was at home at the time and took the
gun from the house and went out, placing
the muzzle of the gun in his mouth. The
report of the gun attracted the attention
of his wife and some men neal by who
were working on a fence. He was about
90 years old, an old soldier and the father
of fifteen children. His youngest is only
about4 years old, the ntxt youngest 10.
Several are married. He leave his family
in poor circumstances.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
GLADSTONE is VERY ILL.

Sir Thomas Smith, Surgeon to the
Queen, Called in Consultation.
Sir Thomas Smith, surgeon eXtraordi-
harry to the queen of England, who was
called in consultation upon the case of Mr..
Gladstone, said 10 an interviewerthat after
the examination Mr.. Gladstone begged
him not TO say a word about his condition
unless the queen asked for information on
the subject. The surgeon confirmed the
report that Mr.. Gladstone was suffering
intense pain and was very ill.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Ex-Treasurer Acquitted.

The trial of ex-Treasurer Peter Turney
and his bondsmen to recover a claimed
shortage of about 81 900 in his second term,
occupied the attention of the district court
all last week at Aurora and resulted in ar
acquittal. 1t was the second case. In the
first one about the same amount was sued
for and the jury gave a verdict against
him of about 81, 100. The case was carried
to the supreme cOur on error and is still
pending there. The cases have involved
an expense of over $4,000.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Want to Fight Spain.

Three hundred and fifty La Fayette
students made anti-Spanish %demonstra-
tons at Easton, Pa, the other night. They
marched through the streets, offered Pres
ident Mckinley their service in war and
afterward burned a flag supposed to rep
resent the standard of Spain.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Many loans JnyaJidated.

Eastern loan companies by the dozen
have been wiring their correspondents in
Omaha for definite information concern
ing the court decision recently made which
invalidates hundreds of loans all over
Nebraska. Much alarm has been Oc-
casioned. If any loss results it cannot be
attributed to the Nebraska law, but to the
carelessness of agents in making loans and
not having Acknowledgements of nOtaries
properly made.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
TRAGEDY OF THE ARCTIC.
Disastrous Experience of the Seal
ing Steamer Greenland.

A st. Johns, n. F., dispatch says that
the sealing steamer Greenland, which put
into Bay de Verde Sunday night with a
story of terrible disaster to her crew on
Wednesday and Thursday while among
the ice foes in search of seals, arrived
there Monday. She reported IS men
dead, % missing and IS so fearfully FROST
bitten that about 20 of them will lose their
limbs. The colony is aghast at the mag
nitude of the disaster. Nothing like it
has ever been known before.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Women Burn a Saloon.

A report comes from Otoe, southwest of
Wichita, Kan, and near the Oklahoma
line, that twenty women raided and
burned a saloon building a mile south Of
there. 1t wa claimed to have long been
a Sunday resort for lawless characters.
Rev. A. c. Fairchild, a Baptist minister
who had been prominent in the crusade,
was shot and severely wounded by IN
known parties as he was returning home.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Sheep Shearing Pens.

Extensive sheep shearlng pens are being
erected at the ranch of j. T. Ash, three
miles from Basin City, Wyo.. IN the Big
Horn River. Twelve thousand head of
sheep nave been contracted for the OPEN
ing of the shearing season and over $1,000
will be handled during the year.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Wants GALLAGHER on His Staff

Governor Holcomb has asked for the ap-
pointment of First Lieutenant Hugh j.
Gallagher of the Sixth United States
Cavalry TO take the place of Major E. G..
Fechet as instructor of the Nebraska Ma
tional Guard. Lieutenant Gallagher en-
tered West Point Academy from Iowa in
1880 and graduated in 1854. He was
made first lieutenant of cavalry in 1891
and assigned to the Eighth regiment, but
was transferred to the Sixth regiment in a
few DAYS.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Kills His Wife and Himself.

William Osterhage murdered his wife
at Fincennes, Ind, Thursday, then
then placed the revolver to his head and
blew his brains out. Mrs. Osterhage had
just rsturned from a three weeks visit at
Petersburg, and in less than half an hour
was murdered. The husband and wife
had been separated for some time, and on
her return he begged her to live with him,
but she refused to do so. Then came the
tragedy.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
jackson Wants Another Fight.

Jackson has now made up his mind not
to retire from the ring. He wants another
match with Jeffries. The Olympic Club
has the call on Jeffries and Sharky for
next month. Jeffries has agreed and
Sharkey is expected to consent. If
Sharkey makes it impossible to arrange a
match Jeffries has agreed to meet Maher
before the Olympic Club. The battle,
whichever man he takes on, will be pulled
off the latter part of April.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Netoes the Anti-Ciearette Law.

Lieut.. and Acting Gov. W~orthington
of Kentucky has vetoed the Walker anti
cigarette bill. The measure contained
stringent penalties against the manufac-
ture, sale or use of cigarettes or cigarette
material or having these articles in ones
possession. 1t was backed by the w. G.
7. T., but warmly opposed by the tobacco
interests of the state.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Accidentally Shot

A young nan living with Richard John.
son, eight miles south OF Scribner, while
handling an English bulldog revolver, was
badly injured by 4 discharge of tie gun.
The bullet struck him in the tleShy part of
the leg between the thigh and knee, maxi
ing a serious wound.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Scarcity OF Seed Grain.

A dispatch from Otto. Wyo., states that
there is a scarcity of seed grain in the Big
Horn basin this spring that threatens to
seriously interfere with planting a full
acreage of grain, especially of wheat.
The high prices last fall induced many
of the ranchmen of the region to sell
closely and they are now short Of seed.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
TO DISFRANCHlSE NEGROES.
Louisiana Constitutional Convention
PerfeCtS a Plan.

EIOONS u 4 Ut
By a vote of 95 to %, with eleven dele
gates absent, the Louisiana constitutional
convention, in session at New Orleans, on
Friday adopted a suffrage plan. 1t took
%forty-five days to reach a verdict. The
avowed purpose was to eliminate the ne
gro from Louisiana politics. The measure
adopted, By providing for educational and
property qualifications and a poll tax, is
presumed to answer the purpose effect
lively. At the same time it was desired to
let in as many white people as possible,
and this is accomplished by exempting
naturaliZed voters as we'll as those who
were voters in 1867, with their sons and
GrandSOnS,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
BAD FOR COTTON.
War Scare Seriously lnterferes with
Its Transportation.

War Scare Seriously l~nterferes with
Its Transportation.
The cotton buyers and brokers of Texas
are becoming alarmed at the situation in
their business brought on by war rumors
They find it impossible to secure insurance
on export cotton from either Galveston or
New Orleans, as the insurance people will
not accept the cotton with the present war
cloud lowering over the country. Several
foreign firms have wired their state buyers
to ship on British bottoms only, as they
transportation in case of war. At least a
third of the Texas cotton crop is to be
moved yet and the present war scare is
felt seriously in the marketing of the
product.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
FOotpads at Work.

Chris Bader. yardmaster of the Burlinc-
ton at Nebraska City, was held I'D by
three masked men while on his way home
the other night and relieved of 50. Bader
lives in the suburbs and was only about
two blocks from home when the men
stopped him. That city seems TO be in
tested with a gang OF robbers and tramps.
Several attempts have been made to rob
houses.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Chalmers Murderers Indicted.

William Lamon, a merchant; G. w.
Gains, agent of the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas Railroad, and l.. A. Sharpe, a Sec
ton hand, all of Gibson Station, 1. T.,
have been indicted by the federal grand
jury at Wagner, 1. T., for numbering Ed
Chalmers and wife, who were killed by a
mob near Wybark.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
BIG PENSION FRAUDS.
Gigantic Swindle Discovered by U.
S. Agents at Providence, r. L.

Pension frauds, said by the investigating
agent of the pension department to be the
greatest ever known in the United States,
have beer discovered in Providence, r. I.
Two arrests have been made and fifteen
other warrants have been sworn out
against claim agents of shat city and vicin-
ity and others, charged with perjury and
uttering forged checks or pension vouchers.
The amounts fraudulently secured will
reach in the aggregate many thousands of
dollars. In one case alone SIS, 900 had
been traced.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31

The state board of transportation has
received a petition signed by seventy-one
citizens OF Hildreth, in Franklin County,
asking for better railroad accommodations.
They complain that they have but one
passenger train a day, that it is usually
eight or ten hours late, and that i IN order
to make connections with the main line
they are compelled to drive from sixteen
to twenty miles.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Killed at His Children's Grave.

W. w. Pool, manager of the Nebraska
Land and Cattle Company's ranch neal
Ravenna, killed himself by shooting
through the heart. His body was found
in the cemetery lying across the graves OF
his children. He was an old settler in
Buffalo County and was a very keen, in
telligent and wide awake business man.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Will Burn Gumho-

The Burlington and Missouri Railroad
Is making preparations to burn gumbo-
used Tor ballast-at Table Rock this sum-
mer and will employ about 100 men on the
work. The beginning of hard times four
years g stopped the work and since then
the kilns have been lille.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Hurt in a Runaway

A four-forse team belonging to Fred
Moulton of Elk City and hitched to a
large disc pulverizer ran away, throwing
Moulton off, cutting one foot severely and
bruislng him up badly. One horse was
badly cut about the legs.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Window Glass Plants Shut Down.

Window Glass Plants Shut Down.
The window glass troubles are spread
ing. The Anderson Window Glass Com
pany plants at Anderson, Ind, threaten
to shut down. At Frankton the plants
were shut down by a strike. Indications
are that every plant in the country will
be shut down before the week is over.
President Burns action in withdrawing
from the arbitration session at Orestes
FASTENED matters,
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Aged Couple Burned to Death.

Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Kegan, an aged
couple living about five miles west OF
Bloomfield, were burned TO death last
week while asleep. 1t is believed by the
%neighbors that they became intoxicated,
as they were both addicted to drink and
were in town during the day and carried
liquor home with them. The origin of the
fire is unknown.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Train Rol S Down Embankment.

A combination train On the south Park
and Hill Top Railroad at DeEv.r, Colo,
left the track Sunday and rolled down an
embankment. None of the passengers
were seriously injured, but a number of
persons sustained cuts and bruises.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Killed While Resisting Arrest.

Sheriff Bell attempted to arrest George
Yarber at Brentwood, Texas, when the
latter opened fire, fatally wounding the
sheriff. Yarber was shot through the
heart, dying instantly.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Death of a Congressman.

Representative John Simkins of the
Thirteenth district of Massachusetts,, died
Sunday night at his residence in Washing
ton of heart failure, induced by gastric
complications.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Flour for Starving Cubans.

Johnson County will send a carload of
Hour to the starving Cubans. Organiza-
ton has been perfected and the county is
now being solicited by precincts. Grain
and cash contributions are being made in
generous quantities and the same will be
exchanged for the -four.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Parnclrs Mother Dead.

Mrs. Della Tudor Parnell, mother of the
late Charles Stewart Parnell, died Sunday
night at Avonda!e, Rathdrum, County
Wicklow, Ireland, as the result of burns
received Saturday from the igniting Of her
clothing while she was sitting before a
fire.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Burglars at Nebraska Civ

The residence of E. K. Bradley of Ne
braska City was entered by burglars while
they were in Omaha visiting friends.
Clothing, linen, silyerware and house-
keeping utensils valued at about $500 were
taken.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Hanging at Colfax. Wash.

John Leonard was hanged at ColfaX,
Wash, Friday before a thousand people,
for the murder July IS, 1896, of Jacob
Matquist, a Swede s~aloonkeeper at Texas
Ferry.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31

Declines to Sell The Dante Buena
The Fanful,a, a newspaper published in
Rome. says the Italian government has de-
clined to sell to the United States the war
ship Dana Buena, for which 10000, 900
lire was offered, being 100000 over her
COST nrice.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-03-31
Sail for New York.

Lloyd's reports that the United States
cruisers San Francisco and New Orleans,
which sailed from England Monday, are
bound for New York.