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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Work on Alaska Cable

San Francisco, April 22.-James
Allen has returned from the NORTH,
where he went to attend to matters
connected with the laying of the e
Alaskan cable. He said today that
the first half of the cable, which is
being made in New York, will arrive
at Seattle August /. The second half
will reach it's destination about Oc-
tober 1. The cable ship Burnside.
which is nov undergoing repairs at
Hong Kong, may not get here until
early in July. She will go to Sitka,
making soundings south from there,
and then will lay the first part OF
the cable from %Juonea, which will ba
cut in and connected with the new
military post at .Haines' Landing, so
that the new cable connecting Skag-,
way and Sitka will also bring SItka
and HaineS' Landing into communi-l
cation.
Colonel Allen says that the princi-
Pile cause of delay is the non-arrival
of the cable, but s.the work will be
completed late in the fall.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Sheepmen Ready for War.

Cheyenne. Wyo., April 21-The
ihcppmen of the Sweetwater country
have declared open wal on the cattle
hen and d clash is imminent unless
Steps are at once taken to get the
warning factions",together on appcsi-
ton of a satisfactory division of the
ranges of that section.
Information from Lander is to the
effect that the MALTA there may be
called out to prevent a general fight
and much blOodshed. Sheriff Charles
Slough of Lander, has gone to the
range country land if he finds the
tOnditiaon Of affairs as alarming as
reported he will Immediately make a
formal request of Governor Richards
for at least one company Of the state
militia.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Elder Vanderbilt to Wed.

New York, April 21-It is reported
here says the Paris correspondent of
The American, that William X. Van
1erbilt is to be married here quietly
pn Wednesday to a young American
lV paying atten lion.
The name of the bride to-be, who
!; at present living in Paris, is kept
a secret. She is reported to have VS.
tied New York a year ago, where she
was entertained by her sister, an un-
married woman who is in the secret
of the approaching marriage, to the
exclusion of Mr.. Van%derbilt's rela-
lives in New York.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
TroIIy Car Ran Away,

Pittsburg, Pa. April 21-Because
an electric brake refused to work a
crowded western avenue car Of the
Pitfsburg Railway company ran away
on Federal street, Allegheny, wreck
iLg a carriage, broke through the safe
tv gates Of the Fort Wayne railroad,
derailing a fast moving freight train
and then went to pieces. Almost all
the forty-three passengers aboard the
Ear were hurt, tn ugh only one ia
tally. When the motorman tried to
make the safety stop on the steep
grade at Stockton avenue he found
the power brake useless and the car
beyond control. 1t had about l25
yards to go before reaching the gates
Of the railroad which were down to
let a freight train pass. The big car
famed mCe.ntum every second.
Harry Catlin vas trying to get his
rarriage off the track but failed and
ct was wrecked completely. The car
dashed through the safety gates,
struck an empty refrigerator car on
the moving freight train. turned it
pvel and derailed several other cars.
by this time the trolley was a wreck
Itself and its passengers were strewn
In all directions. the wonder being
hat there were not any fatalities.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
BIG DRUG FIRM FAILS.
Lord, Owen & Co., One of the Largest
Houses in Chicago, Forced to Wall.

Lor1, owen x Co., One OF the LargeSt
Houses in Chicago, Forced to Wall.
Lord. Owen d Co. of Chicago, one of
the oldest wholesale drug firms in the
West. is bankrupt. The firm confessed
insolvency ia the United States District
Court. The liabilities are fixed at SIG2,-
40 and the assets ut $315,537. The as
sets consist principally of S125,OO0 worth
of stock in the store and $4,000 i'll
outstanding accounts. Judge Kohlsaat
appointed John J. Williams receiver in
bankruptcy, and his bonds were fixed at
100000. The members of the firm. each
holding a One-third interest, are Thomas
and George S. Lord of Evanston and
James K. Owen. The individual debts
Of Thomas Lord are placed at $37,525,
and his assets at S124,600 George Lord
Says he owes $167.25 on his own account
and has about S121,4S0 assets. Mr..
Owen schedules no individual debts, and
claims exemption for his only assets
500 worth of wearing apparel, $3.50 in
cash and a 5000 life insurance policy.
Among the largest creditors of the part
nership whose names are given in the
schedules are: The Bankers National
Bank. for $4,000: Harvey B. Hurd of
Evanston. for $116.S40: w. II. Richards
d Co. for $102. 800; John P. Hollings-
head d Co. of New York, for 100000;
the Mercantile National Bank of New
York, for S25, 600.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Death Claimed Them Both.

New York, April 21-Frank J.
Feeley and his wife quarreled on the
street today and less than an herr
later both of their bodies were taken
put Of the North river The Police
believe that the woman committed
suicide and that the husband was
drowned in trying TO rescue her.
The couple bad quarreled early in
the day in their apartments and
both left the house, the wife writing
q note threatening suicide. When
Feeley returned he read the note and
'ushed from the house, overtnnk b.
wife with the result that the Quarrel
was renewed. A policeman inter-
feared and the woman breaking awav
from her husband. ran to the river
and jumped in. Her husband dived
after her. but both we've caught I'm.
n some barges and drowned.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
POISON KILLS DUKES KIN
G.. HI. Guest, Said to Be Chicago n and
Related to marlborough, Dead.

George II. Guest, a civil engineer.
whose home is thought to be in Chicago,
and who may be a relative of the Duke
OF Marlborough, died at the Blossom
House in Kansas City from the effects
Of morphine. Whether he took the drug
with suicidal intent or by accident is a
mystery. Guest arrived in Kansas City
March 81. From letters found in his
possession it was learned that he was
on his way to Little Rock, Ark, where
he was to work as a draughtSman for
the Rock Island Railway. Why he
stayed in Kansas City is a mystery. Sew
eral newspaper clippings found in the
mans pOcketbook indicate that he may
have had titled relatives. One clipping
from a New York paper referred to the
Hon. Lionel Guest, son of Lord Will
bourne and first cousin to the Duke of
Marlborough" was was at the Waldorf
Astoria Hotel. Another clipping refer
red to Lieut.. G.. Guest of London" who
had arrived in New York.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
SUSPENDED BY RED CROSS.

Prominent Washington Members Are
Ousted by Clara Barton.
Walter =. Phillips, a member of Clara
Barton's inner board of control of the
Red Cross Society, has issued al an
nOuncement that the executive commit
tee of the society has suspended from
membership what is known as the Wash
ington minority" or those members
who have been trying to GUST Miss Bar
ton from the presidency. Among the
Westinghouse suspended are Gen. John
M. Wilson, w. K. Van Reypen, surgeon
general of the navy; John w. Foster,
former Secretary of State; Harriet
Blaine Beale, Anna Roosevelt Cowles,
sister of President Roosevelt, and Hilary
A. Herbert. former Secretary of the
Navy.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
A SHOCKING DEATH
Burned Herself to Death With Keroseae-N6
Responsible For II. I

HcSpOaSiplc TOT II Z
Ashland, Neb.. April o. Mrs Al
G.. Bentz, who succeeded in killin6
herself Tu esday, will be buried to.
morrow in the Ashland cemetery.
Her husband is a prosperous farmer.
living near Memphis and there is .
large family of grown up children.
All the home life and family cons
nections seem to be pleasant with
nothing to cause insanity.
Her death was a shocking one,
Several months ago she began to
show a tendency to take her "a. and
after some earnest attempts she was
placed in the insane hospital at Lin
coin. 1t is only a few weeks since
she was brought home and while it
was hoped that she was cured, a very
close watch was kept ever her by the
family, but. yesterday morning her
opportunity came. She slipped into
the cob house where the kerosene can
stood, poured oil all over her clothes
and over a quilt, which she wrapped
around her and set them on fire. AS
the flames fiared up around her she
rau out screaming around the house
A son in-law seized her and tore of
the burning clothes. Medical aid
was obtained and everything done to
save her life but she died about 5
O'Clock. After being taken into the
house she was very anxious to have
the fire in the cob house extinguished
in order not to burn down the resi-
dence, and other buildings. During
all the hours of her suffering she
never uttered a scream or a word, but
bore it all without a muImur.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Poison In Can of Peaches

Des Moines April 21-As a result OF
a ptomaine poisoning, caused by eat
Ing from a can Of peaches, two mem
ters of the family of l.. TT. Evans a
pat Mt right attorney, residing at 317,
East Twelfth street, are dead and
five are i'll.
EaJl aged five, died on Friday, and
Eva, aged four, passed away Monday
morning. An inquest was called and
4 PORTION of the peaches submitted
TO State Chemist Marcy for an anal
isis. The peaches were purchased
from a neighb0ring grocery. The
tenlaining members of the family will
teCOyer,
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Soldiers Sentenced to Die

Pretoria, April 22.-Five private,
soldiers belonging 60 the Leinster
regiment to-day were sentenced to,
death in the supreme court in con-
nection with a riDt which took place
at the barracks May %. When the,
military police attempted to arrest a
number of drunken suldiers the lat,
ter. reinforced by some of their COM,
rades, fire. on the police. One Of
the latter, a member OF the LeinSter.
regiment. was killed and sixteen,
men we're injured.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
GIVES 100000 TO CHARITY.
Legislature Rushes Through Act to
Make Woman's Will Valid.

Make Wornan'S viii Valid.
The unusual spectacle of a State Leg
islature passing a bill under suspension
Of the rules in order to validate the will
of a woman on her deathbed has been
witnessed in Minnesota. although few
legislators knew the nature of the work
they were doing. The case was that of
Mrs. A. H. Wilder, mother Of Mrs. \. V.
Appleby, who died recently. The moth
er was known to have drawn a will con-
tanning charitable requests Of $4,000
She was taken i'll and knowing the ma
ture of her will prominent attorneys in
duced the Legislature to rush through a
bill reviving the law of uses and trusts"
as in old English law. The House passed
the bill. The measure went to the Sen
ate, which passed it under suspension of
the rules, and Governor Van SAINT i'm
mediately affixed his signature and it
became a law. Twelve hours later Mrs.
Wilder died.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Fatal Tornado In Kansas

Topeka, Kas., April 21-Word has
just reached here OF a tornado at st
Paul. Neosho county, Saturday night
which destroyed a great amount of
property and injured five people. four
bf whom cannot recover. Mrs. David
Chambers and three members O; a
German family named Longham will
lie. it is thought. David Chambers
has bruises of a severe character while
~ieveral other persons sustained miner
Injuries.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
A GUEST OF LABOR UNIO MS
Workingme a Of Butte. Mont. will Entertail
the Presi emf

bEc FlcSi Gil
Butte, Mont, Ap'il2 2l.-President
Roosevelt will be the guest of Butte
labor Unions during a part Of the
time he expects TO stay here May q.
He has accepted the invitation Of
the Silver Bow trades and labor as
Iemly. Immediately upon the receipt
Of the invitation Private Secretary
Loeb drove ten miles to where the
president was and laid the matter be-
fore him. When Malcolm ellis of
The labor unions committee. arrived
In Cinnabar, Secretary Loeb had re-
turned and informed the labor repre-
tentative that the president was
Pleased to accept the invitation. In
ali preparations will be made to en-
tertain the'spresident at assembly gar
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
INDIANS FLEE TO THE HILLS.

Government Will Fave Trouble in
Moving Them from Warre Ranch.
The Warner ranch Indians, near San
Bernardino, Cal, are fleeing to the hills
to escape eviction. Albert Juan, an In.
dian interpreter, who has just returned
from the ranch, states that there is very
little hope of the Indians submitting
quietly to be carted off from Aqua Cali
ente, and that they are now leaving the
reservation and the commissioners viii
find no one to move when they arrive.
Juan intimates that before the Indians
leave they will demand the payment of
ranch.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30

mobile accident on March 10. it is claim
ed. was a defaulter to the extent Of
$4,000 or 100000. He is said to
have swindled the estates of friends in
the East out of large sums of money.
He carried over 100000 life insurance.
in order, it is said, that after his death
the estates might be able to recoup the
losses.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
JOHN BROWNS COTTAGE BURNED.
Old Home of Abo1itionist at Ia dor, Ia,
Is DESTROYED.

The small cottage in which John
Braown, the abolitionist, lived for sew
eral years in the SOS, and which was
used as the headquarters of his under
ground railroad for the helping of rum
away slaves, burned at Tabor, Iowa. In
connection with his headquarters in Ia
Dor, Brown organized a military school
in which his sympathizers were taught
the manual of arms, the knowledge to
be used in an uprising which never &c
Cured. From this building Brown Oh
rected his companions in running away
slaves, who were taken through various
resting places, travelling at night only,
to the Canadian border and freedom.
The building was one of the show places
of the town, although small and dilapi-
dated.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
SETTLE STRATTON FIGHT.

Son of Millionaire Agrees to Take
$35O,OOO in Cash.
County Judge Orr of Colorado Springs,
Colo, has agreed to approve a compro-
mise that has been reached between the
attorneys for 1. Harry Stratton and those
for the executors of his fathers will.
Young Stratton is to receive $350,000 in
cash. This includes his legacy of 500,
600. The money will be paid at once,
and all litigation. over the estate of the
late multimillionaire mine owner, Win
field Scott Stratton, will cease. Mr..
Stratton bequeathed the bulk of his for
tune, estimated at $15,0O0,0O0, for the
establishment of a home for the poor in
Colorado Springs.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
RATCHET MAY BE HISTORIC.

Quaint Old Weapon Found in Ceiling
of George Westinghouse Home.
The House in fredericksburg, Va,
occupied by Mary Washington, mother
of George Washington. during the Revo-
luton and his presidency is being con-
verified into the Mary Washington Hos
pital. In removing a ceiling a quantity
shaped Ratchet was found of ancient
type. George Washington was grown
before his mother owned the house, how
ever. and there seems little likelihood
that this was the famous Ratchet con-
nected with the nc less famous cherry
tree.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Drive Mob i'm the Streets,

A body of police officers marching in
solid front from curb to curb drove 1000
noisy Greek millworkers through the
streets of Lowell. Mass. for nearly a
mile Tuesday night and prevented what
might have developed into a riot growing
out of the return to work of a number
of ring spinners of the Lawrence Hosiery
Company who left work in sympathy
with the strike order Of the Textile
Council. p
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Claims 100000 on Patent.

An attachment amounting to $1,000
600 has been served on the United Shoe
Machinery Company in a suit instituted
by Harry E. Cilley of Boston in the
United States District Court in Boston.
Cilley claims damages for infringement
of patent.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
May Need an Extra Session.

The regular session of the Fourteenth
Colorado General Assembly came to a
close by constitutional limitation. The
general appropriation bill was passed by
the Senate after the adjournment of the
House. Some members claim that for
this reason it is illegal and an extra ses-
sion will be necessary.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Two Shot by Hirhwaymeu.

John Stephens was shot and fatally
injured and Ben F. Edens was danger
ously wounded during a battle with high
waymen in the western limits of Hunt
ington, w. Va. Stephens had his skull
fractured by a blow. Edens leaped into
stream and escaped.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Incendiaries at MONTGOMERY. Ind.

The second attempt within a week to
burn the town of Montgomery, Ind. was
made early Monday. Just before day
light FIVE fires were started with oil
soaked rags in as many buildings in the
business section of the town. All the
fires were e~xtinguished without heavy
loss. The citizens have organized a Wig
ilance committee and declare they will
lynch the incendiarieS.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Elections in Ohio and Michigan,

NJ. E. Ingalls, was defeated for Mayor
of Cincinnati by julius Fleischmann.
Republican,; Tom L. Johnson and Demo
cratic city ticket was elected at Cleve-
land; Sam Jones, non-partisan, and Re
publican ticket, at Toledo; Michigan
Republican State ticket was elected by
$4,000 plurality.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Bible Barred in California.

Attorney General Webb of California
has rendered an opinion declaring the
use of the Bible in the public schools to
be unconstitutional. Not only may teach
ers not use the scriptures as a text book.
but even reading from them, as is the
custom frequently at the opening exer-
ciSes, is barred.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
will of G. III. Swift.

The will of Gustavus 81. Swift, OF
Chicago, filed for probate, disposes Of
S12,OO0,OO0 estate; $250,OOO is to be
distributed by the widow to charities;
the balance is left to her and the chill.
dren after special requests are paid.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Killed by City Marshal.

City Marshal S. 2. Rowland of Gard
ner, Kan, during a fight lasting half an
hour, shot and killed Bud Briggs in
Gardner while Briggs with two compan-
ions was trying to secure the release of
Estelle Briggs, a brother, whom the Off
GER had arrested for disorderly conduct.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Killed BY a Falling Tree.

One fatality and considerable loss of
property resulted from a windstorm
which visited the vicinity of Appleton.
Wis. Percy M. Clark, civil engineer of
the Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
was struck by a falling tree and killed.
about thirty miles north of Appleton.
Property losses throughout the county
will aggregate several thousand dollars.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
High Fine for Cigarettes.

Governor Pennypacker, of Pennsyl-
vania, has signed the act of the Legis-
lature prohibiting the sale of cigarettes
or cigarette paper to any person under
p years Of age. The penalty for viola
ton of the act is a fine of from 500
to $500.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Washington, Ind, Hotel Burns,

The Walters Hotel at Washington,
Ind, burned, the fire being of incendiary
origin. Twenty guests barely escaped
with their lives. Harry Kramer, a rail-
road man, carried Mrs. John Harlan from
the building after she had been overcome
by smoke. Mrs. Lucy Trainor jumped
from the second-story window with her
boy in her arms.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Orders Capture or Sinking of Gunboat.

Admiral Coghlan has ordered the
capture or sinking of the Tatambula,
formerly a tug, now a converted guuboat
In the service of the government of
Spanish Honduras, as the result of the
forcible detention of the Norwegian
steamer David, a merchantmen in COM
mand of Captain Warnecke, which ar
rived in New Orleans from Ceiba, Hon
duras.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Trie, New Method o Suicide.

Mrs. Mary Phillips, q years old, at
tempted suicide at st. Paul by swallow
ing pennies. She took at least half a
dozen of them, and. failing to end her
life in this way, she drank carbolic acid.
She was hurried to the hospital and will
recover. She is hopelessly insane.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
CARPENTER DIES WEALTHY.
Boston Artisan, Working at Bench
Daily, Leaves $3,OOO,OOO.

Boston Artisan, Working at Bench
Daily, Leaves $3,Ooo,ooo.
Patrick Mc!Aler. the famous million
aire carpenter of Boston, is dead, aged
IS years. He came from st. John, n.
B., with $1,000, and while working at
the bench every day amassed a fortune
of $3,000,000. He never signed Il con-
tract, although he handled jobs for
buildings counting up in the thousands.
He always paid cash for everything,
from a pound of nails to a business block
worth $250,O00. Most of his property
was located in the heart of the city and
included some of the oldest and most
valuable pieces of real estate in Boston.
His son was not allowed to remain idle,
but when old enough was put to work at
the bench on SIS q week.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Threatened with Famine.

Holland is threatened with famine be-
cause of the railroad strike. Food ship
ments by land and water are practically
stopped, and sympathetic walkout of
bakers ordered. Shipowners have de-
clared a general lockout
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Three Are'Burned to Death.

Mrs. Yetta B%rownstein, 30 years old,
and her two children, Cecilia and Yetta,
were burned to death in their home IN
Philadelphia. Two other members of the
family are in a critical condition. The
fire was caused by the o%verturning of an
oil stove,
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Offers Post to HeHe,6uyer

1t transpires that President Roosevelt
in the course of his recent stay in Min
neapolis offered the vacancy in the Civil
Service Commission to w. w. Heffel-
finger. the famous Yale guard and now
a leading citizen of Minneapolis. Mr..
Heffelfinger has not yet given his an
SWer.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Thirteen Are Reported Killed.

Meager information has been received
regarding a cyclone which passed a mile
north of Ha~nceville, Ala. Persons on
the Louisville and Nashville accommo-
dation train from Decatur, which passed
the scene Of the disaster, say that thir-
teen dead bodies are reported to have
been found and that about twenty-five
persons were injured and many farm
houses destroyed.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
REFUSED MEDICINE; Is DEAD.

Dropsy Patient Wou1d Not Take Hos
pital Treatment.
Refused to take medicine" is the en-
try in the records of the st. Louis city
hospital opposite the name of Henry
Lemberger, u years old, who died from
dropsy. The boys mother is a teacher
at a school conducted by Christian Sci
entists. The lad entered the hospital
March %, but refused medicine. He
fought the attendants when they tried
to make him take medicine, and at times
when he was able he tried to escape
from the institution.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1903-04-30
Jame. II. TilImau Indicted

The grand jury returned a true bill
against James H. Tillman. charging him
with the murder of n. G. Gonzales last
January. In the indictment also occurs
the charge of carrying concealed weap-
one.