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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31
PEACE ENJOYS FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN REPUBLIC

he did with great pleasure in the hope
that it might possibly bring the conflict
to an end. This offer had been declined
by Great Britain, and, he said there was
nothing further that the United States
could do in the premises.
The ENJOYS intimated that they were
glad to feel they had friends in this coun-
try and then bade the President good-by.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31
BISHOPS ARE CHOSEN
Methodists Elect David II. Moore and
T. W. Hamilton.

J. w. Hamilton.
DR.. David H. Moore of Cincinnati, edi-
tor of the Western Christian Advocate,
and the Rev. John W. Hamilton, also of
Cincinnati, corresponding secretary Of
the Freedmep's Aid and Southern Educa-
ton Society, were chosen bishops of the
Methodist Episcopal Church on the sew
enteenth ballot at the general conference
in Chicago Tuesday. The balloting was:
Total number of votes, go; necessary to
choice, 444; D. II. Moore, 534; J. w.
Hamilton, so; ]. r. Day, 104; II. Spell
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31

President Mckinley Tuesday pardoned
H. S. Knickerbocker, formerly bookkeep-
er in the First National Bank at Chi
cago. He embezzled $4,000 and was sen
fenced to the pen for five years in 1898.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31
MUTINY ON THE TEXAS.

Ten Men Are Court Martialed at the
End of n Long Cruise.
The crew Of the warship Texas mutt
MED on the ships last voyage, which has
just concluded at the Brooklyn navy
yard. The commanding officer was in
suited, the officers and men guarding the
mutineers were attacked and one petty
officer was injured fatally. Orders for
the court-martial Of ten of the men have
been issued.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31

This country last year exported more
meat products, leaving out sheep and
mutton, than all"the rest of the world
combined. The amount was nearly $780,
O00,000,- and the great croAs of Indian
corn are the foundation of the trade.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31

have the slightest
hesitancy in accept
ing his word for
that fact, just ask
him to show you
his badge. If he is
really Uncle Sans
agent he will un-
button his coat and
display a silver
badge just like that
shown in our illus
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31

New York ice trust has decided to sell
ice in 15-pound lots to the poor for five
cents.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31

tration. This con- CENSUS BADGE
fers upon him all the powers of an officer
of the United States Government, and as
such he is entitled to all due respect.
When his labors are over Uncle Sam
generously is going to allow him to keep
the emblem Of his authority as a sOuve-
mir.
-
The director Of the census will make an
effort to obtain exact returns from every
gin and press in the South of the number
of bales of cotton they handle during the
present season. No gin is too small or in
significant to be overlooked, and the in
formation sought is so important to the
Southern people that the enumerators and
special agents anticipate their helpful CO.
operation. The work will begin on the
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31
FACTS ABOUT
THE CENSUS.

When the young man with the winning
smile rings the door bell and announces
that he is a census enumeratOr, If you
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31

Arctic installation ut the Paris sxposi-
ton burned.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31

John Lutz, WEkesbarre, Pa, will bang
for killing his wife. - lang
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31

LIST Of June, and if successful it is expect-
ed that similar cotton census NAV ba
! taken every year. The price of cotton is
| always based upon the volume Of the
| crop, and from the beginning of the plant
ing until the last bale is pressed 4hor-
SANDS OF people throughout the South are
studying the subject with anxious care in.
order to determine whether to sell tbai.
crop at the ruling prices or wait for an
advance. The Agricultural Department
has thorough system that is oanoroI1,-
reliable. Several private agencies Dny-s- .
papers, transportation comDanios 81
commercial organizations have undartoIr-
en- the same work, but their nstinoo+as.
are always hundreds of thousands o4
bales apart. There is only ono rnao1s -
which the exact amount of the cron oor,
De ootaned, and that is from the ginning
esJaonsnments. Every bale has to be Gin
neu' Whether 1t is consumed on the planta-
tion OF sent to Europe, and the director of
Ine census proposes this year to comm
every pale that goes through the ginneries
of the country.
MIR. WI, the Chinese minister n VOL
l1gton, has issued a proclamation r. -.
OhineSe residents of the United Statos
explaining the purpose Of the census 80
requesting them to give all tho infour-D .,-lu
ton asked for by the enumerators 1-;+f
out hesitation. Ten years ago the 60
orators found it difficult 20 obtain 80.
nation from the Chinese, who sDsnaatoz
that 1t was to be used against them 81
Director Merriam, anticipating sirniIa,.
dlihculues this year, requested Mr. w,
to allay the suspicion of mis- feI1o1v oo
trymen. eOuA-
1t may be matter of interest to s-,
st1tlous people that the enoumeratio1l -
population this year will be made ON r.;
day-the 1st of June hapDeDino - tIiI
on that unlucky day. i'H
For the first time in the bistorr -
national census there viii be an aT,,,y-,o-l .l-e
ton this year of animals epnIova5 a
cities and towns. Heretofore the IN -
stock census has been confined avcIr.i I'VE
" to farm animals, horses, cows sbaoe
etc, but Director Merriam has or5oIl;
the enumeratOrs TO ascertain the D,,n1bo-
of carriage and saddle horses. DRAFT a";
mails and other live stock owned in &C.
towns and VILLAGES. o''ies'
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31

The average length of a whales jaw
bone Is seven feet,
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1900-05-31

1t may be matter of interest to snnor
s1tious people that the enoumeration %
population this year will be made on FL
day-the lst of June happening to fan
on that uuIucky day. - IAN
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ests, and be impressed with the import
ance of such work. 1t is time for US to
wake up in this matter.
POOR SHOOTING.

When the war between the United
States and Spain broke out and the
gunners on our warships got chance
to try their skill it was found that they
they could hit things often enough to
knock them out. The Spanish gunners
couldn't hitwhat they aimed a and they
didn't do much damage. 1t Is not a
pleasant surprise for England to be
told that the gunners on her warships
can't shoot straight. The admiralty
return of naval gunnery for 1899 makes
Englishmen feel uncomfortable. Eng
land, it seems, has the finest guns, and
gunners who cannot hit the bulPs-eye
at practically point-blank range. The
13.5-inch, 12-inch, and 10-inch gun re-
turns show that the chips steamed at
eight knots, with targets at from /, 400
to 1000 yards range, and yet only 33
per cent of hits were made by them. The
Majestic, which is the flagship of the
Channel squadron, obtained only three
hits in twenty rounds with the 12-inch
gun. The Magnificent, the second flag
ship of the Channel squadron, obtained
only two hits In seventeen rounds, yet
in the event of European war the
Channel squadron would be the first to
be engaged. The heaviest weapon
carried In the f1rst-class cruisers Is the
92-inch gun, and here the percentage
of hits has fallen from 43.6 to "a, while
the Royal Arthur, another flagship,
made only two hits in eight rounds
This is poor enough shooting. Ii
Britannia would continue to rule the
wave, and we suppose she would, she
must learn to shoot better. Perhaps
she could hire some United States gum
ners to teach her.
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SuENG,S STORY.

Sheng, the director of railroads and
telegraphs In China, has been telling a
correspondent of the New York Sun all
about the Boxer movement, and the
tale is a most interesting one. He does
not hesitate to charge the Empress
Dowager with participation In the at
tacks on the Foreigners. 1t appears
that she became convinced that the
Boxers were powerful. Then she ap-
pointed Kang VI and Chao Shu Chan
a special commission to investigate the
situation. They reported In favor Of
the determination of foreigners and
edicts to this effect were subsequently
issued. Emperor Kwang-su was oppos-
ed to this policy and when the first
edict was issued he wept for several
hours. Then he sent for Prince Ching.
They discussed the situation and wept
together. There seemed to be no help
for the matter, but the Dowager EN-
press finally saw that she had made a
mistake and with the Emperor she Is
sued secret edict on June &c in which
she said she had been compelled to
issue the declarations in favor of the
Boxers because all the military strength
of the Empire was in the hands of
Prince Tuan and the Boxer adherents,
and it was impossible for the throne to
oppose them.
This story accords with what has
happened. Some way should be found
to convince the Empress Dowager that
her discovery that she made mistake
in ordering the determination of for
eigners was a real discovery.
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TOTAL.

| Here, waiter you have charged for
| three soups instead of two" Yes, sir;
| there is the one spilled on madame's
dress" journal Amuant.
| He-Well, there's one thing; you new
| er hear of a man wishing he was
| woman. Sheer course not. 1t might
be his fate to marry some horrid man,
Boston Transcript
Mrs Bayview--Is the blue glass of
Kentucky really blue?
Colonel Kaintuck-No, it's green
same color as your blue sea, you know
Rev York Weekly.
There should be fewer Divorces re-
marked the woman with advanced
ideas What remedy would you sug-
eest, Mr. Crustily?" Fewer mar
riases," suggested Mr. Crustily.-Pick-
up.
Jane-My, my whatever did you get
so sunburned for? Kitty (back from
her summering)-I couldn't help it.
There wacnt man at our hotel to hold
"a sunshade over me.-Detroit Free
Press.
Paw, what Is stage frlght?" asked
the boy, opening his bag of popcorn.
Stage fright?" repeated his father,
pointing to a veteran of the chorus,
why, there Is one. philadelphia
Record.
Fair ones father-Why did you
bring that kodak with you? Poor lover
That I might catch your expression
of establishment when l asked you for
your daughters .-Fliegende
Bleetter.
Annette--What Is an artistic tailor
anyway?
Reginald-An artistic tailor, my dear
child, is q tailor that makes correct
clothes that no artist would paint.-1n-
dianapolis Press,
Stubb-You say he is very sensitive
about being called awkward? Penn
Yes; when he accidentally gashed him
self with a razor he tried to make peo-
pie believe he had attempted suicide
Philadelphia Record,
A Total LOST think that I'll be
married on my birthday" said Miss
Tommey. What" exclaimed Miss
Frooks, holding up her hands in con-
sternation. land lose one entire set of
presents! "--Detroit Free Press.
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FO II EST FTR E.S.

The forest fires that have occurred in
Connecticut lately have called attention
to the need of some system Of dealing
with such fires. What can be done Is
indicated in the report OF the Chief Fire
Warden OF Minnesota. He points out
that in other States having no fire-war-
den system vast areas were burned over
and many millions Of dollars in proper
ty destroyed by forest fires In 1899. In
Minnesota only ten insignificant fires
occurred, covering an aggregate area of
only 3,635 acres and causing a property
loss Of only s1,54l. OF those ten fires all
but three were controlled by fire war
den or his helper, and that the number
occurring was reduced to such insgni-
ffcance as compared with former years
Is fairly attributable, at least in part,
to the diligence with which warning
notices have been posted up all over
attention to the liabilities incurred by
those who carelessly start fires in the
woods or neglect them when started,
Regarded in the light Of a fire-insur-
ance premium only, Minnesota's expen-
ditures for It's fire-warden service Is q
good investment. but the prevention Of
fire is only small part of the good
work done by these conservators of for
est growth.
Now that New Haven is to have a
School Of Forestry perhaps Connect
cut will be able to learn something
about the care and preservation of for
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A CLOSE CALL.
Only an Accident Led the Lynching
Party to Investigate.

Only an Accident Led the Lynching
Party to Investigate.
"An officer often has to risk his life
to protect a prisoner" remarked an old
railroad detective last evening, "but
generally little strategy will outwit a
mob. The queerest case of that kind |
ever heard of happened years ago, out
in Colorado at a place called Carbon
vile. 1t was pretty tough mining
camp. and one night, in a brawl, the
town marshall was shot dead by
gambler named Connors. The murder
err was stranger in the place and
managed to escape; but the marshal
had been very popular, and the miners
swore all kinds of vengeance About a
week later a couple of deputy sheriffs
captured Connors at a place some thlr-
ty miles away and decided to take him
to the next county seat f6E' safe keep
ing The road ran through Carbonville
and as .the>news of the arrest had al
ready reached that camp and stirred it
to fever pitch, they calculated, very
correctly, that there was likely to be
trouble when they showed UP. At last
one of the deputies, a reckless sort of
chap named Jake Higgins, suggested
scheme I looked a deal like Connors,
he said, and those folks over there
hardly know him. Suppose I play pris-
oner. while we send an officer with our
man through town by a back road.
They amt going to hang me right away
sudden, and while they are powwowing
about it Connors viii be through and
gone. Then we can tell 'em who I am,
show 'em our badges and papers, have
tho laugh on the gang and follow on
behind. This brilliant idea. which
would have occurred to nobody but a
Drained lunatic like Higgins
was promptly adopted. He was hand
euffed, put in Wagon between two
deputies, and the real prisoner brought
up the rear with another officer in
buggy.
1T was about dusk when the wagon
reached Carbonville," continued the de-
tective. land, just as they had expect
ed, a crowd of tough citizens We're in |
waiting. They promptly held up the |
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team, and the spokesman told the off,
GERS that the good citizens of the camp
had decided 1t wasn't worth While to
waste any money giving Connors reg
ular trial The only thing that was
reeded, he said, was short piece or
hemp, and they brought a section of
sha rope, all ready for the ceremony
The deputy began to eXpostulate to
gain time, but they cut him short and
started to drag Higgins out of the Wag-
on, while some of the others threw the
loose end of the rope over nearby
limb. They locked critical, and the
deputy got ratified. Hold on, boysH
he yelled: this isn't the mani And
with that he blurted out the whole
story as fast as his tongue could wag.
AS they might have anticipated, If
they had had any sense, the explana-
ton was received with jeers. You see,
Connors had been in camp only few
hours before he got into the shooting
scrape, and Higgins was himself
stranger in that locality, 80 1t was easy
to confuse them, especially as they
really did look alike. A dozen men in
the crowd declared positively that the
tSPuly Ntts lliG real 81 tthu tiiSJ
simply laughed at his papers and star.
It's too thin!' said the leader; wen
give you a couple of minutes to say
your prayers, and then up you go! At
I that stage, when Higgins life wasn't
worth an old button. miner came
rushing up with the news that two
men had been badly hurt In a runaway
on the edge Of camp, and that one of
them was handcuffed. That started
the crowd and they suspended proceed
ings to investigate. 1t seemed that the
other officer with the bona fide prisoner
had attempted to cut around town at
top speed and ran the buggy into lit
tie gulch. He had his collar-bone
broken, and Connors fractured his leg.
When they carried them into 4 bar ii
was seen at once that there had been a
mistake, and somehow or other, the
idea that they had come within an ace
of stringing up the wrong man took all
teh lynching spirit out of the mob Con-
nors was allowed to go through, spent
six months in Jail, got change Of
venue and was actually acquitted on
trial. / don't know what became OF
him. Higgins died a year or so ago.
That's true story, boys, and the very
closest call in my memory. New Or
leans Times-Democrat.
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Ehc IumrmuL and WuMrter
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other sins''
advertisements, One Cent Word each in-
sertion. Five Gents a Word for fuii ween
(seyen timesr.
Display advertisements, per Inch, one IN
sertion, S120; each subsequent incer'lon. Az
cents; one week, $500; one month, $lo; one
year, $40
Obituary Notices, In prose or verse; Id
cents per line. Notices or Births, Marri'
ages, Deaths. and Funerals, 50 cents euch'
Local Notices, Is cents per line
Yearly advertisers are limited to theAr
own Immediate business (all matter TO De
upobiectionable), and their contracts do not
include Wants, To Let, For Sale. etc.
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IN INTER ESTING TRU

| Those who have been fighting for or
against asphalt will be interested in
the formation of the National Asphalt
Company Of America. This trust will
have, to start with, capital stock of
S22, 600, 900 and $6,000,000 gold bonds. 1t
will take in all the Barber properties,
Pennsylvania Asphalt Company, the
ellison Asphaltum Company, which con-
trolls the ellison Asphaltum Company
of ST. Louis, owning mines in Utah,
and the Gilsonite Roofing and Paving
Company of ST. Louis, which has an ex-
tensive paving business in Western cit
les. IT will also combine the New Jer-
seyMexican Asphaltum Company,
which has two leases of important
asphalt properties near Tuxpan, Mext-
co; Manhattan Trap Rock Company,
which owns valuable quarry lands and
appurtenances at Upper Nyack, Rock
land county, New York; titles to three
valuable asphalt deposits upon the east
shore of Lake Maracaibo, In Venezuela,
known as Ell Meme. Templador and La
guinillas.
These properties taken by the Nation
al Asphalt Company give it an import
ant control of the best raw material de-
Li~a
the new trust will be able to do well In
controlling those who have the say
about pavements in cities.
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An ingenious Austrian has just pat
ented a speaking clock which he claims
will be Of the greatest value to persons
of forgetful and irregular habits. 1t
consists of clock photograph combi-
nation. In place of the usual striking
attachment is a monograph, which can
be set to speak a sentence at any time
minder to it's owner of the duties OF
each successive hour.
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For District Electors.

For District Electors.
First District-M. S. CHAPMAN, OF
Manchester.
Second District-FREDERl DE
PEYSTER, of Portland
Third District-WINSLOW e. WILL
LIAMS, of Norwich.
Fourth District-G. w. MARSH, OF
Bridgeport.
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REPUBLICAN NOMIN ATIONS

FOR PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY. of ohio.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, of New
York.
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The American Tsraelite, which was
founded by a Democrat, the late DR..
Wise, says: "Ncver before in the histo-
ry of American politics has such a
depth of degradation been reached as
that to which the Democratic party of
New York has sunken. There have ere
now been political bosses, who were
the autocrats and dictators OF the par
ties Of which they belonged, but never
before in State and National party an
nails has been witnessed the spectacle
of a man like Croker in supreme and
unquestioned command That he should
be all powerful in New York city is not
remarkable, for there he has behind him
the influence of the slums in which he
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The City Council of Cleveland, Ohio,
has decided to pay $11 to municipal
employe who fell into a sewer last
spring while working in a manhole in
performance Of his duty and who was
carried along by the filthy current until
rescued at the next manhole by fellow
workmen. Princely compensation for
such an accident, isn't it?
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Westyille School District.

vile School District, to elect three mem.
bers Of the Board OF Education and other
district officers; to lay district tax for
school purposes, street lighting police, pro-
lection from fire and other district ex-
penses and to do any other proper business,
will be held at Masonic fall, Westville,
Monday, September II, 1900.
Polls open from to 8 O'Clock p. m. Bust
ness meeting at s o'clock p. M
L. w. BEECHER,
N. e. TERRELL,
n. i. HOTCHKISS
AMOS DICKERMAN,
NJ. J. POWERS,
A. N. FARNHAM,
CHARLES A.. MARVIN
ROBERT T. GRANT,
GEORGE w. CRANE,
sis ct Board Of Education.
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Some of the United States women
know how to get what they went, but
the championship must be awarded to
the Paris woman who, finding that her
husbands income was not sufficient to
keep her as well supplied with luxuries
as she wished, urged him to extract
from his employers till an amount
large enough to supply her wants. She
had him arrested in order to secure a
divorce and marry man better fitted
to indulge her expensive tastes.
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For EIectors-at-Large.

CHARLES S. MERsICK, of New Ha-
ven.
HENRY H. BRIDGEMAN, of Norfolk.
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Cotton is again king in the export rec
ord of the United States. Dollar wheat
In 1898 brought the expectation Of
breadstuffs far above that of cotton,
but ten-cent cotton in 1900 brings that
agricultural product again into first
place in the record of exports by single
articles. The seven months ending with
July, 1900, showed an exporta ton of
cotton amounting to s142576 097, while
ing the same period was s13S, 304 500;
that Of provisions $106, sos, $3.50, and that
of mineral oil the next largest item,
500, 49s,151
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Consular Agent T.. l.. Harris, of Ell
benstock. calls attention to the change
that has taken place in the tea trade in
the last forty years. Nearly all tea
formerly came from China, but the in
PRODUCTION of tea culture in other coun-
tries, with better methods and more
honest dealing, has diverted the de-
mand. Ip 1860 China sold to Great
Britain over 100,0O00oO pounds of tea
and in 1879 as much as 125000,0Oo
pounds, but last year the consumption
of Chinese tea in Great Britain was but
IT 900 pounds. India in 1869 supplied
great Britain with 10, 716,000 pounds of
tea, but in 1899 increased the amount
to 134,O1S 900 pounds. Ceylon also con-
tributes, sending last year nearly So
100000 pounds But countries other
than England are more partial to Chi
neSe teas
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Mr.. S. r. Toothaker, Of Westmore-
land, Kansas, has gone to Kansas City
to study dentistry.