Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-06-21

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The Department of State has been adj
vised of the penalties inflicted by the
Chinese Government upon the persons
alleged to be responsible for the recent
murder of Mr.. Brooks, the English mis-
sionary in the province of Chan-Tung.
One man has been beheaded, one stran-
gled, one sentenced to Imprisonment for
| life and six for term of ten years. The
people of the village where the murder
occurred are required to erect monu-
ment on the spot with an inscription OF
warning against future attacks upon for
eigners, and the Government has con-
| tributed 1900 taels (about $4,000 for
| chapel near by. 1t is claimed that the
| persons executed for the murder Of Mis-
| sionary Brooks were not actually guilty
| of the crime, but were substitutes hired
| by the real assassins to suffer the penal
ties of death. This is frequently done
in China, and as the leaders of the mob
that murdered Missionary Brooks were
| men of Importance in the community and
have the sympathy of the officials, it is
highly probable that they would be able
| to hire others to take their places.
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In six months it will be a whole half
| century since Galusha A. Grow was
| elected for his first time. in Congress
| As Mr. Grow sat in his seat listening to
the debate on the Nicaraguan canal bill
| John Sherman came into the House and
| took an adjoining seat. Sherman entered
! Congress only little later in the fifties,
and has been everything but President,
| Then Representative Hit of Illinois,
with continuous service in diplomatic and
congressional life spanning twenty-six
years, moved up and joined his elders
The group Illustrated marvelOusly what
former President Harrison calls ''the pos
sibilities Of American citizenship"
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| The last quarter of the fiscal year end
ing March 81, 1900, was a record-breaker
in the sale Of postage stamps, the total
for the three months reaching 1,080, ,151,-
515 stamps, valued at $50, 755, ,119. High
water mark up to this time was reached
in the corresponding quarter ending
! March 81, 1898, when the total was $685.
316,538 stamps, valued at S1S,611 $50;
| but it will be seen that the last quarter
exceeded that amount by III, ,000, ,0O0
stamps and $2,144,O00. There is evil
dence that the present quarter may go
ahead of the last.
For years the two beautiful doors at
the entrance of the White House have
been grained in imitation of black wal
nut, but in the spring cleaning this year
Col. Bingham ordered the paint scraped
off so as to have them done over. To
the astonishment of everybody, it was
discovered that the doors were Of solid
mahogany and of beautiful grain. Col.
Bingham ordered them restored to their
original native condition, and is now try
ing to find out who had them painted.
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Secretary Gage will disburse about
S25, 100000 within the next three months
for payments on the per cent bonds
AS fast as this money is paid out the
Secretary will call upon the national
banks to replace the money. The per
cent bonds are mostly held by the banks,
which receive the money for them, and
the return Of government deposits to the
treasury is designed to equalize the circu-
lation throughout the country.
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Last year we sent furniture to eighty
four different countries, the total valua-
ton being So, 81 ,375. The trade is grow
ing rapidly, and American chairs and
beds and tables can be found not only in
every civilized country, but wherever the
inhabitants are not entirely savage.
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The oldest official of the Government
of the United States is Roswell Boards
ley of North Lansing, Tompkins County,
New York, who has held commission as
postmaster at that place since the 2Sth
of June, 1928, nearly seventy-two years.
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An unusual spectacle was presented in
the United States Supreme Court the
other day when Congressman j. A. Barn
ham of Texas moved to admit his wife,
Luda ", and his son, Ed c., to practice.
They were admitted.
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The Secretary of War has been official
" informed that Capt. Carter, recently
of the engineer corps, has been formally
received at the LeavenwOrth prison and
detailed for duty as clerk at headquar-
ters
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Speaker Henderson, who lost his left
leg at the battle of Corinth, has a new
artificial leg, with ankle and knee joints,
and hopes to be able hereafter to dispense
with his cane.
Notes of Current Events
Kentucky district unanimously re-
nominated Davis Smith for Congress.
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