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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
MAY USE S1nTE 1hCLto
Peabody Threatens TO Make Trouble
in Co iUT.-f do

Denver, Colo, advices state that the
tangle over the governorship has beco.""
so serious that business interests and tie
friends of peace are beginning to take
alarm Gov. Peabody contends that Z"
fair canvass of the vote viii give M
a majority and it is reported has open.
threatened to hold his Office by the us"
of troops if necessary. Alva Adams a.
serts that he has been fairly elected and
that he will not yield. He declines, how.
ever, to outline his plans in the event
that Gov Peabody decides to attempt
to hold the Office. Democratic leaders
say that Adams must be seated and that
if this creates a civil war it will be 4
righteous war. Gov. Peabody's adherent*
assert that with fraud eliminated Pea
body is elected and that they do not
intend to be cheated out OF the Office.
With the militia at their beck and call
every one admits they are in a position
to enforce their demands.
Public opinion is aroused more than il
has been at any time since the killing o.
Is men at the Independence depot eX
plosion. While commercial interests are
counseling forbearance, they admit the
situation is critical. All the mining
camps in the state are filing up with
members of the Western Federation OF
Miners. and every one of them, it is de
clared, will take up arms if Adams
should ask them to.
In, oil bn
situation are delayed by the attitude of
the supreme court. Before election the
supreme court, which is composed OF
three judges, two of them friendly to
Peabody, issued an order giving the Re
publicans the right to appoint represent
atives at certain polling places in the
city and County of Denver to watch the
canvass of the votes. The order enjOined
all persons from interfering with the Re
publican watchers.
Immediately after election the Repub-
Iicans complained that their watchers
had been interfered with and asked c.
tatiOns of Democratic workers for con-
tempt. The supreme court thereupOn
ordered the arrest of Democrats so com
planned Of The number of election Off
Gals under arrest for contempt of court
is now twenty-seven. Confronted by this
situation, the Democrats attacked the SUI
preme courts jurisdiction in the case, de
claring that the court had no power OF
right to issue the ante-election order per-
hitting Republican watchers at the poll
mo D1ocac
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN a CON-
DENSEO FORM.
Alleged Hunter as Thief-Hires
Team to Haul Ammunition and
Drives Off with Booty-Intended
to kidnap a Girl.

The authorities Of Battle Creek are
looking for a man who gave his name
as James McClain and professed to be a
hunter from Omaha, and who is known
to have driven away with Il load of guns
and boxes stolen from Morse's hardware
store at Battle Creek, and who told the
driver he was going to steal James Gil
lespie's daughter from her home fifteen
miles south.
The man gave Twenty-siXth and Far
nam Streets, Omaha, us his address and
said he had a wife and two children
there. He claimed to have served four
years in regular army in the Philippines.
For some time he has been working
around Battle Creek among the farmers.
About midnight he went to CoX's livery
barn and wanted d team and driver to
take him and some guns and ammunition
he had out in the country to William
Tiedgen's place, about four miles south
of town, where he said some boys from
Omaha were to meet him and go hunting
in the morning.
He secured the team and driver, Will
liam LOsey, whom he requested to drive
to the rear of Morse's hardware store
where he said his guns and ammunition
were. The driver did as
We're. The driver returned about ]
O'Clock Saturday morning, bringing back
some of the guns and revOlvers and also
some of the boxes, which, when eXamin-
ed, were found to contain valuable cut
lery of all kinds He Immediately hunted
up the marshal, to whom he narrated the
strange story.
After hearing the story the marshal,
accompanied by the driver, went to Nh.
Norse's store and found that one of the
back windows had been broken and the
cutlery and guns cases rihed. The mar
shall Immediately secured team and tax
ing William Losey started for GilleSpies
place. In the meantime all surrounding
towns have been notified to be on the
lookout for McClain
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
WRECK IN MICHIGAN.
Fatal Collision Occurs on the 2 re
NiatUuptte Railway.

N3tUjlPtre ksiftWaN-
According to special from Detroit,
Mich, two passengers were killed and
nine or more passengers and trainmen
were injured in rear-end collision We'd
ncsday night at Elmdale, on the Pere
Marquette Railroad.
The dead are VI. Simons, New York
City; ]. l.. Strelitzky, Chicago; unknown
colOrcd man.
The collision occurred at Elmdalc
junction, two miles east Of Grand Rap
ids
Both trains were eastbound. The Sag
inaw train had preceded the Detroit
train out of Grand Rapids by a few
minutes and was standing on "G'' at
Elmdale, where the Saginaw division
branches off from the Detroit division.
Through some mistake the switch was
not turned behind the Saginaw train and
the Detroit also ran upon the ''I, the
Detroit train crashing into the parlor
car of the Saginaw train. The passcn-
gers killed and injured were in the parlor
car Of the latter train and the trainmen
uuIl were Oll tie bGIIOiJ lIdili 1NO t[A-
PLANTATION has been made as to where
the responsibility lies for the failure to
turn the switch behind the Saginaw
train.
Late Wednesday the mangled body Of
a colorod man was dug out of the wreck.
1t is supposed to be the body Of the por-
ter of the parlor car, though it is so
badly mangled as to make Identification
extremely difficult.
The engine of the Detroit train
ploughcd its way through onethird of
the length of the Saginaw parlor car.
SimonS and SterlitZsky were terribly
mangled, but most Of the injured suffered
principally from scalds, the parlor car
having been filled with escaping steam
from the introducing locomotive. The
fireman and engineer of the Detroit train
saved themselves by jumping when they
saw a collision was inevitable
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24

Twenty-Five gas tanks in the big rail
road gas charging station at Seventy
third Street and South Chicago Avenue,
Chicago, exploded Friday.
-Four employees were killed and score
injured; two seriously. The tanks were
of the style used in railroad cars for
lighting purposes.
All the men were buried under tons OF
iron, making it impossible to remove
their bodies for hours after.
The gas company supplies illumination
for railroad coaches. This illuminant
is forced into small retorts, which when
attached under the floor Of Il car will sup
ply it with light for months. In order
to make this possible the retOrts are sub
jected to an extremely high pressure. II
was such tank that caused the first eX-
plosion. While wOrkmen and wreckaSe
filled the air, other retortS exploded III
such rapid succession that it was almost
impossible to distinguish the separate de-
donations. There were nine such eX
blossoms in all, and these left the plant
in flames, which kept the fire department
busy for several hours.
The total loss to property is $4,000.
The fire spread among the property of
the Peoples Gas Light and Coke Com
pany and threatened TO reach the large
storage tanks Of that company
Policemen were sent about for a mile
radius warning persons to move from
the homes.
TO prevent an explosion of gas in the
mammoth tanks the waste pipes were
opened and soon the tanks were discharg-
ing gas into the air. This was 4 dan
geIpus undertaking, but prevented a larg-
cr destruction Of property. When the
danger of the larger tanks exploding had
been reduced to minimum. Chief Engi,
necr Eustace. with several assistants.
entered the grounds and shut off the SUD-
ply pipes from the ruined building to the
large tanks.
One victim was blown through a wall
and 100 feet away from the building in
which he WAS at work. He was fearfully
crushed, but may live. lie said:
Il was working about one of the gas
tanks when the first explosion occurred.
l believe one OF the tanks in the row east
of us blew UP. The ground trembIed and
scemd to heave upward. when suddenly
there was rip and roar and | don't
remember what occurred after that until
L came to III the street 100 feet away"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24

Sensational Charges Made Against
Prom .nent Norfolk Woman

Kidnaping three children and giving
one of them away to an unknown party
is the sensational charge made against
Mrs. 4. T. Clark, wife of a prominent
Northwestern railroad man in Norfolk,
by John ". Clark. of Norfolk. The two
Clarks are i'll no way related. The man
further declares that he was struck Ill
the face by the woman who had kidnapped
the children, and that his wife, in at
temptin" to enter the alien home to re
cover the two little girls and Il baby boy.
was repulscd and driven away from the
premises by means Of big club. Mrs.
y. f. Clark admits slapping the man
and driving away the woman, whom she
had ordered to stay away.
When ne came Thursday to attempt to
recover All three Of the children who had
been taken away. he found that one was
missing. Elmer, i year-old baby, was
gone. MIS-. \. i. Clark says she has
given it away, where it Will be cared for.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
BEAMS DRAWS FVE YEARS
Man Responsible Ior Nr0nged Girl
Pleads Guilty

The trial Of William G. Bcamis in dis
trict court ut Fairbury came to Il sudden
stop Monday evening. The jury was
cmpancled. but before any evidence wa,
Introduced Ecamjs concluded to plead
guilty.
This is the case where he was charged
with statutory assault upon Bertha
HutZlcr, the 14-ycar-old girl who was.
after Il long search, found at Omaha,
where she had been sent by Bcamis. He
was sentenced to five years in the peni
tertiary.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
HELD FOR P-RHiCiOE.
Father and Son We're Drunk and
On rreIing Wh.n Lass S""U

On rreiing W h IN Last S''"U
Coroner w. Fitzsimons has fled com
plaint against Henry Broer for killing his
father last Friday night. The inquest
was held Saturday night. II seems NJ
Broer and his son Henry Were in Brun-
ing Friday and both had been drinking
freely and were quarreiing on their way
home. The elder insisted on taking the
reins, saying that his son was driving
in the wrong direction. At last he got out
of the buggy, and i'll trying to get him
back III, i'll the dark, there WAS Il general
miXup and singletree was broken.
William Werniment, who lived near,
hearing the noise, went out and helped
them to another vehicle, only finding
Henry, who said his father was lying III
the road, where he was found dead. with
his skull smashed. \ piece of the sin
gletree was found near by, with which it
is supposed the deed was done. Sheriff
Page arrested Henry and took him to
Geneva, putting him in Jail. He does
not seem mt all sorry for the deed with
which he is charged.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
BLAMED FOR WRECK.
w. 3. Caldwell, of Knoxville, Indic:.
INV

w. 3. Caldwell, of Knoxville, Indict.
ed by tn Grand jury.
W. 3. Caldwell, of Knoxville, Tenn.
who at the time admitted his responsible
ity for the terrible wreck on the Southern
Railway near NEWMARKET, Tenn, early
in September, in which 81 lives were lost.
has been indicted by the grand jury OF
jefferson County, Tenn, for criminal
negligence. Caldwell was conductor 0.
the westbound passenger tran at New
market and crashed into the eastbound
train few miles west of Newmarket.
The penalty for criminal negligence il
Tennessee is imprisonment for from two
to ten wears
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
MAY Not Prosecute.

1t is quite likely that Peter Kuhn,
wanted at Beatrice on the charge of forG-
cry, will not be brought back from
Kansas City, as Fritz Kees. on whom he
passed a forged check for $40 recently
received a draft from one of Kuhn $
sons at Kansas City for $50. The young
man stated that the balance would be
forthcoming in a few days In case Mr.
KEGS receives the full amount which he
is short he has no desire to prosecute
Kuhn
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
NEW POINT IN SALOON LAW
Nan Who Gets Drunk and IS Fined
Receivers Damages.

In this district court at Fremont Anton
WiSuiski received a judgment against
Frank Venek and others for S4O0 III an
action to recover for the unlawful sale
of liquor. Plaitiff attended picnic up
in the country northwest Of North Bend
and drank more beer than was good for
him, was arrested and fined for fighting
He brought this suit to recover his eX-
penses in the criminal proceedings and
for damages he sustained in the scrap
The case has been tried once before and
a judgment rendered in favor of the de
PENDANTS. The supreme court reversed
the case.
The case has attracted considerable at
tention as, according to the position of
the plaintiff, saloon keepers are liable for
the costs of all criminal prosecutions and
consequent damages where the defend
ants procured liquor from them.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Carrant is Acquitted.

I. N. Tarrant was found not guilty ut
Tekamah. TaTant was charged with
shooting Andrew Young with intent to
kill. In September Tarrant and another
young man were invading the watermcl-
on patch of Andrew Young, Il farmer
near Craig, and when Young came out
after them with a pitchfork they started
to run, but Young caught them before
they could get through the wire fence
The defendant proved that Young ran
the fork through his hat and that he
shot Il revolver loaded with blank car
tridges, just to scare him.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
French Cabinet MAY Fall.

The stability of the entire French cabi-
net is considered to be seriOusl,
threatened over the resignation Tuesda.
of War Minister Andre. The privat,
view of some Of the best informed per
sons within the ministerial circles is thai
a new cabinet will be formed in tn,
course of the next three weeks.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
BANK PRESIDENT ACCUSED
Held to Grand Jury on the Charge
of Emb element

Held to Grand Jury on the Charge
of ttmh element.
President w. Il. Leighton, of the Lima
Savings Bank and Trust Company, Ii
ma, O., has been held to answer before
the grand jury for embezzlement under
bond of 5000. 1t was shown in the
preliminary hearing that Leighton's per-
sOnal obligations TO the bank exceed SAL
GOO, secured solely by stocks in three cor
porations now in the hands of a receiver.
and further that on the day of suspensio:
$3.50 was in the banks vaults.
The banks directors voted to make an
assignment thus further cOmplicating
matters. N. J. Davis was named as as
signce and gave bond for $4,000. An
action will follow for the dismissal Of the
receiver.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
TO UPLlFT THE DEPRAvED.
Daughter of Multi Millionaire and
Husband Move to Sums.

In pursuit of their desire to assist the
poor and uplift the depraved, Robert
Hunter and wife, a daughter OF Multi
millionaire Arson Phelps Stokes, have
forSaken their country residence in Moro
ton, Conn, and their mansion in Madison
Avenue, New York, for a small brick
house i'll Grove Street, on the lower
vest side, New York
Both have devoted several years to the
alUms. They were married two years
ago. Hunter was formerly Of Chicago
and was in charge Of the university set
tlement,
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
TWO OFFICERS ARE SHOT.
One is Killed ami Other PERTAINS Fa-
tally Hurt.

tdiiS EfUrt.
Patrolman John Daily was shot and in
stantly killed at Detroit, Mich, Thurs
day night by an unknown man. who es-
capped, and J. d. Pickell. special officer
of the Michigan Central Railroad. who
went to Days assistance. was also shot
and perhaps fatally injured.
Officer Pickell, who happened to be
near by, was attracted by the shot that
killed DAILY and was shot by one of the
burglars as they retreated.
When Daly's dead body was found his
hand still grasped the handle Of his re-
volver. Pickell was shot in the abdo-
men, the bullet passing through his body
and coming out at the backbone. 1t is
understood that Patrolman DAILY found 4
white man and a negro effecting an en-
trance at the rear of a store at Wayne
Street and Michigan Avenue Upon ap-
preaching them he was shot down before
he had chance to use his revolver.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24

Pope Plus has granted authority to til
Mexican prelatcs and priests taking paI
in the great pilgrimage from Mexico t
Lourdes, Rome and the Holy Land
say mass on the ocean. This is said +
be a unique diSpensation and is appre
ciated by the hundreds of Mexican Cath
olics who will sail this week.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
RiOting in Chicago.

A mob of sympathizers with striking
furniture movers attacked several wag-
ons Of the Johnston Chair Company in
cago Thursday. For a time traffic was
blocked by mass Of struggling rioters.
who menaced the drivers. The policemen
on hand were helpless until reinforce.
mentS arrived.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
To Prevent Overflow.

The land owners whose property lies
djacent to the Little Nemaha River
re called to meet in Syracuse Oh Sat
rday afternoon, Nov. 26. The object
the meeting is to make arrangements
hereby that stream can be Strengthened
nd thus prevent the annual overflow
( the farms near the river.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Rrid0c Man Killed nv Train

Eli Ruiker. of Fairbury, was run over
" Rock Island train near Phibipsbur@
[an., and killed instantly. He was en-
Dloyed with the bridge gang working on
his division and was father-in-law Of
!. 2. Upp, foreman Of the bridge gang
IT. Ruiker was % years old and leaves
| wife and one daughter.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Accidentally Shot.

James Coltmau, the I3-ycar-old son of
+. CoTman. of Nebraska City, was acct
dcntaliy shot in the right leg Wednes-
day afternoon by Jess Cisco. Young
Cisco was practicing shooting with a 80
clHhcr rife ana one of the balls struck
Hohfman, passing through his leg above
the knee. The wound Is a large one, but
is not considered necessarily dangerous.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
CROOKS IN A NET.
Members of Gang of"Green Goods
Men Caught.

Members of Gang of"Green Goods
Men Caught.
Five men who are charged with being
green goods men have been arrested
in Brooklyn, n. Y. Postoftice Inspector
Boyle, who brought about the arrests, is
of the opinion that the prisoners are the
most daring operators with whom the Sc
cret officers have had to deal in years
and their method of working made de
lection especially difficult.
The men are George farley, sales
man of New York; Charles Wilson, alias
Dan Creed,' truckman; Albert Sloan
alias George Primrose" alias "Charles
Tiffany" a clerk; Henry Rogers, sales
man, and Elmer Brown, alias albert
Copper" a commission merchant OF
Brooklyn.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Parker Opens Law Office

Ex-Judge Alton &. Parker opened 4
law Office at 81 Liberty Street
New York City, Wednesday. At the sam,
time he announced he had become res
ident of New York; that Mrs. Parke.
would join him, and that they would a,
once secure 4 home III that city. H
said he would practice law alone.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Child Burned TO DEATH.

The little G-year-old daughter of Henry
Newhouse, a prominent farmer living a
few miles south of Leigh, was burned to
death Saturday. She was left alone i'll
the house for few minutes and while
she was putting some fuel III the stove Il
spark few on her dress and in her fright
she ran into the yard where the wind
famed the spark into flames. The little
body was burned to crisp.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Had Trouble with Teacher

Joseph Tess and Robert Townsend,
aged Il and II years. respectively, were
arrested il Lincoln 1t tie request of the
lattcr's father, who resides at Abba, Ia.
The boys lad trouble with their school
tcaclor and started out to see the world.
The boys passed through PlattsmOuth
while footing it from Pacific Junction te
4 srlr-r.f
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
HunlrcdS wore in Dancer

Three hundred men and girls employed
in several manufacturing concerns in a
fve-story building OH the Bowery at
New York, were thrown into a panic by
fire Wednesday, but by prompt work
on the part of the firemen and volunteer
rescuers all were taken out in safety.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
a STRANGE TRAGEDY,
Lacrosse Man browns Stranger no
Tried to Hold Him Up.

George Tuchek, a young man of good
reputation has surrendered to the police
at La Crosse, Wis. saying he had killed
Il stranger by holding the mans head
under water until he was dead.
The police searched for the body and
found 4 man not yet identified, over 6
feet tall and Of powerful build.
Tuchek claims the stranger attempted
to hold him I'D.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
SCANDAL IN ALASKA
Federal Officials Removed by Presi-
dent Roosevelt.

NVUI IIUU~PVtIC-
President Roosevelt has removed from
office Frank II. Richards, United States
marshal for Nome district, Alaska, and
has requested the resignation of Judges
Alfred s. Moore, of the Nome district
and Melville e. Brown, of the Juneau
district.
This action is the result of an investi-
cation of the Alaska judiciary made re-
Gently by Assistant Attorney General
Day.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
HgbDpPS Get Cash.

For the first time for several years,
Chris Hansen. proprietor of the Hast
ings Implement Company. neglected to
make deposit after the days business,
with the consequence that the safe in the
office was rilcd and nearly 500 in cash
removed
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Priest in Court.

Rev. Father Joseph ScheI, charged
" Mary Little Walker, a squaw. with
orgery, was arraigned before Judge Cur
is l.. Day, at Pendcr, Friday morn
NC. The priest asked for Il continuance
three weeks. which was readily grant
d. The bond was placed at $JGG. Faith
+ Schell was released from custody.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Two MI EIDyyD IN Pieces

At Windsor Mills. Quebec. the pressing
mills of the Hamilton Powder Company
were blown up. Joseph Witty and Geo.
Herbert were blown to pieces. The ex-
plosion was felt at Sherbrooks, thirteen
miles away
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
More Trouble for Russi,

a Moscow, Russia, dispatch says a tel
egram received there from Baku an
nounces that trouble has occurred be-
tween the Russians and Afghans at
Kusuk. The Afghans exploded a Rus
sian magazine and many soldiers were
killed
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24

The Central Vermont Railways steam
er Mohawk burned off Horizons Point.
i. l., early Friday. The Nohawk's crew.
except the Waterman, numbering twenty
two, were taken off and were conveyed
To Fall River
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Cleared of Mn. q n

The trial of Felix Richey, Matilda
fleming and Ella Brown, ut Tckamah.
ur the murder Of Dave Monet near
Decatur OH Sept. Is, was Terminated
friday, the jury returning a verdict of
cuuiftgl
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-24
Another Power i'm line.

Ambassador StOrer cabled the state
department at Washington from Vienna
that the Austro- Hungarian government
is willing to participate in the second
Welt