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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
AWFUL MifaE DISASTER.
Terrific Explosion Occurs at TeriO,
i'm Southern Colorado.


a terrific explosion occurred ut mine
No. 3 of the Rocky Mountain Fuel and
Iron Company. ut Tcrio, forty miles due
west of TriniG*s, Colo, at 80 o'clock
Friday afternoon, and the number Of
Head is variously placed between thirty
having gone into the mine in the morning
was seventeen miners and four company
men. Friday afternoon many more mill
FRS are known to have gone into the
mine, and the exact number Of dead may
never be known, as the mine is burning
and in all likelihood the bodies will be
.remated
i large number of mine officials left
Trinidad as soon as word Of the accident
was received. Company doctors were
picked up all along the line, as well as all
other available physicians.
United States Government Stock In
spector +. J. Foreman was at Terio when
he explosion occurred. He gives the fol-
owing account OF the affair.
Il was standing not more than 800
cards from the mouth of the tunnel when
the explosion occurred. The explosion
was preceded by Il low, rumbling sound
resembling an earthquake, which made
the earth tremble and startled the whole
camp.
Il looked toward the mine, and out Of
he mouth OF the tunnel and the two air
shafts came Il great volume of smoke and
lust, which continued for nearly q min
ate. Out Of the two air shafts, each of
which is seven feet in diameter, tim
oers that were fully from two to three
feet in diameter were shot into the air
and broken TO splinters Rocks were
thrown over the camp for Il distance of
Il quarter Of mile. In fact, it rained
rock, broken timbers and all kinds of de-
bris for fully minute, and many people
were injured by being struck with these
missiles. Immediately after the eXplo-
sion, which was for all the world like Il
volcanic eruption, there was the widest
excitement
Women and children rushed to the
mouth of the tunnel. and women whose
husbands We're in the mines had to be
brought away by miners to keep them
from being killed by the deadly fumes
coming from the mouth of the tunnel.
The works employ eighty men, and it
IS believed that sixty men were i'll the
mine at the time"
1t will be impossible to secure names
IF the dead and injured. Nearly all the
miners employed are Slavs. The mine
was opened only year ago and extend
ed 1000 feet into the hill.
The explosion is supposed to have been
caused by dust.
But one body has been recovered
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
County Treasurer Charged with
EmbeZZiement and Fraud.

County Treasurer Charged with
Embezziement and Fraud.
After investigating for Il month the
grand jury at Pomeroy, o.. indicted Conn
ty Treasurer Thomas j. Chase, charging
the embezzlement of $14,500 from the
county treasury on Sept. 9. when he
claimed that the treasury was looted by
masked robbers and himself locked up in
the vault. When Chase was brought
from the county treasury into the court
his bonds were fixed at $4,000 As he
was unable to furnish bail. he was re
handed to Jail.
The arrest of Chase caused no surprise
II Meiggs County, but there is mucf
excitement over the fact that there are
indictments against other persons. Chase
Claims that two unknown masked men
entered his office and robbed the safe,
iOcked him in the vault and made their
escape in daylight without being seen by
any one about the court house or the
.own. Chase was found locked up by his
daughter. who rushed to Il local bank
and thence to the fair grounds for some
one who could open the vault 1t was
shown to the jury that at least 4 half
dozen men were sitting i'll front OF the
court house all forenoon of Sept. . and
saw no strangers.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
a SHOCKING CRIME.
fOwan Fatally Wounds His Wife
and Then Ends Own Life

towan Fatally Wounds His Wife
and Then Ends Own Life.
William Peddicord, a farmer living
about eight miles southwest of Perry, Ia,
attacked his wife with a club Friday, in
ficting injuries from which the woman
will die and then went into Il corntield
nearby and killed himself
peddicord is thought to have been tenn
)orarily insane.
The man and wife arose early Friday
morning and went into the barn yard to
DO the milking, leaving their three chill
dren. who range from - to 20 years, in
the house.
Becoming alarmed at the long absence
Of the parents one of the children went
TO the barn and found the mother pros
trate on the ground unconscious from
horrible wounds and bruises.
A later search revealed the body Of
Peddicord in 4 field near the barn, with
life extinct
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
FORGED RAILWAY PASSES.
Clerk in Cincinnati Railroad Office
Must Face Trial.

A rcquisition from Gov. Herrick, of
Ohio, was honored Thursday by Gov.
Mickey, of Nebraska, for the return to
Cincinnati of George w. Bacon, under
arrest at Omaha. Bacon is accused of
forging railroad passes over the Cincin-
matt, New Orleans and Pacific Railway,
in which he was employed as a clerk.
George w. Bacon, who was arrested at
Omaha, was clerk in Cincinnati in the
passenger department of the Queen and
Crescent offices. 1t is charged that while
pretending to be working nights he Sc
cured $4,000 worth of tickets and es-
canned
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN a CON
OENSEO FORM.
Winnebago is the WOrst-COnditions
at Indian Agency Shock Inspector
Worse Than Other Reservations.

A Homer special says: Ten times
worse than those ut any other Indian
reservation i'll the United States, is what
A. .. Wright, government Indian i'll
spector said about conditions ut the
Winnebago reservation, after spending
the day listening to testimony regarding
the morals of the Indians
Il never heard anything like it, said
Mr.. Wright. Il could tell you things
that would raise your hair, but | don't
suppose you would want to print them.
| am convinced there is not another In
dian reservation in the United States
where the conditions would compare for
rottenness with those | have found to eX
list Oh the Winnebago reservation. \
system of organized free love seems to
have prevailed over there. and not very
well organized at that"
What are you going to do about it,
you tell me-
Because of the character of the tcSti
mony Mr.. Wright said he would not
make public the names of the white wit
ncSSeS.
-Four different cases of rape on young
Indian girls were reported by one wit
ness said the inspector. He testified
that he saw Indian boys make attacks
on the Indian girls in the open highway"
DR.. e. S. Hart, physician ut the agency,
testified as to the deplOrable condition
of the WinnebagOes as TO venereal dis
eases. He said he had had experience
among three tribes, the Sioux. the Chip
pewa and the Winnebagoes. The Sioux
were the cleanest. Of the three. the Win
nebagoes by far the worst Mr.. Wright
said the evidence had disclosed that
about one-half the Indians were afT!ict-
ed
''The Indians of this reservation have
had almost no regard for the marriage
relation,' declared the inspector. Con
ditions are nothing short of frightful
Few couples take the trouble to go
through the marriage ceremony.
and the men and women change
about from one to another as
it suit them. | have been around
the reservations Il good deal. but this
beats me. | would not brand all the
men and women on the reservation as
unchaste. | am speaking of general CON
ditOnS.'
The evidence which was offered at the
investigation Monday only served to
make Mr.. Wright the more determined to
recommend radical measures in the case
of the Indian on the Winnebago reserva-
tiOn
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03

Three persons were killed and twenty
three injured ia 4 rcar-end collision be
tween section No. - and section No. l, of
train No. 3, Missouri paciiic Worlds
Fair special, nj Upton, Mo, early Sun
day
Train No. .. on account Of the heavy
Worlds Fair travel, was made up i'll tive
sections, the first leaving st. Louis foI
Kansas City Saturday night at 1910 y.
III. The second section left Il few min
utes later and when it reached Upton
section No. | was taking on passengers.
According to Engineer Ramsay, Of sec
ton No. ., headlight in the yards
blinded him and he WAS unable to see
section No. /. He also says that his
orders were CLEAR ahead"
Section No. . was running about TWEEN
ty-five miles an hour when the collision
occurred. The end sleeper of section
No. ] was entirely demolished and the
second sleeper was overturned.
Those Of the passengers whose injuries
were slight continued their journey. while
III" more seriously hurt were taken to
the company hospital in st. Louis
The engine of the second section struck
the Pullman car Topaz squarely, splitting
it for two-thirds of its length and all of
the fourteen passengers in the car were
either killed or injured There were
twenty-five persons in the day coach
ahead, and although all were badly Shak-
rn up by the collision and received a few
scratches, only few were injured seri-
ousiy
The blame, according to Superintcnd-
rnt w. j. Mckee. who went to the scene
of the wreck. rests with the engineer and
conductor of the second section. They
were running twenty-five miles an hour.
when, the superintendent said, they
should have had their train under con
troll
y Sedalia, Mo-. special says: The cor
oner of this county held an inquest here
inquiring into the cause of the wreck on
the Missouri Pacific Railroad at Tip
ton, No. in which three persons were
killed and twenty three injured early
Sunday, and the following verdict was
rendered:
The collision was caused by neglect of
fiagman of first No. = in not properly
tagging second No. ,. and also by en-
gineer of second No. 3 for coming into
station in n careless manner, in not hay
ing his engine under control"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
DO NOT BELIEVE IT.
British Public Scouts RCjcstven
Sky'S Story.

According to London advices, Admiral
RojeStvensky's explanation Of the attac
Of his squadron on British trawleEs
while it IS received with incrCdulity by
the people and press OF Great Britain.
has probably turned the current of dipio-
matte negotiations into Il new channcl.
The British foreign Office is i'll courtcs5
obliged to accord an investigation into
circumstances narrated by the Russia
admiral, reinforced, as it is by the test
mOny Of subordinate officers Of t.,
squadron and by the report that. veSse'-
were known to have been chartered in
Hull and in Sweden by the Japanese TO-.
the purpose of attacking the Baltic
squadron during its passage Of the North
Sea and the English channel. There are
1n the one side stories of Russian ships
hiring upon vessels OF several neutral na-
tiOnS, and on the other incidents tend
ing to establish Admiral RojeStvcnsky
report that there were armed hostile yes:
sells in the vicinity ut least of the Hull
fishing feet Pending developments in
diplomatic exchanges. the British adj
miralty is showing the utmost activity il
bringing fleets within the course of th2
Russian squadron. The Russian ships
at Nigo. Spain. it is promised. will de
part rs soon as necessary repairs are COM
pleted.
France and Germany may be regarded
as throwing the weight of their influ
cnce in the scale for peaceful conclusion
Of the controversy.
While up to the present the government
has maintained an attitude of almost
complete silence with regard to the pro-
gress of the affair, it is regarded as al
most certain that Premier BalfOur will,
after a conference with the entire cabi
net, be in Il position to make some definite
announcement. Public sentiment. whic!
hitherto has been kept under remarkable
control, will hardly stand the passage Of
another day unless some satisfactory eX-
PLANTATION is made.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
RAILROAD AGENT MURDERED
Evidently Had Killed One Of His
ASSISTANTS Before Expiring.

\ telephone message reached Ncbras-
ka City Tuesday that :. Nj. Sells. Bur
lncton agent ut Nebraska City Junction.
about five miles across the river, had
been murdered.
The agents body was found by farm
cr named Bob GilliSpie, who was driv-
ing home from the Junction store. Gil
hSpie ut once drove back to the station
and gave the alarm. Mcn at the store i'm
mcdiately ran up the track and found
the body of the agent and that of Il
tramp lying near each other, both dead.
The agents revolver, with two empty
chambers, was lying near his body. He
was shot through the temple and the
tramp in the right eye.
Sells was Young man about - years
Of age and had been married about two
years
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
TIM CARR CONVICTED.
Must Serve Time for Killing Charles
Best at Sarpy Mills Park

After being out for over twentyfour
hours the jury in the case of Tim Carr.
charged with the murder of Charles Best
at Sarpy Mills Park. on July +. brought
ri Il verdict at Il late hour "Wednesday
night of manslaughter Carr was in the
court room when the jury came in and
seemed to pay little or no attention to the
decision of the jury. Much interest was
manifested throughout the entire trial
and murder in the second degree was the
anticipated verdict OF the jury. After the
ending of the trial the popular sentiment
IS that the verdict was Il just one. Carr's
parents and host Of friends were con-
stantly in attendance at the trial and did
everything possible for the prisoner. who
is only Il boy. Sentence has not vet been
pronounced
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
SPECIAL TRAIN WRECKED.
James Speyer. New York Banker.
Has n Narrow Escape.

Has Narrow Escape.
Word has just reached Laredo, Tex,
that the special which just left over the
Mexican National Railroad. bearing Jas.
Speyer, of the banking firm of Speyer
Il Co., of New York. while going at a
high rate of speed was ditched between
Sanchez and La Jarita, about twenty,
five miles south of Laredo.
A special train later reached Laredo,
bearing the members of the party who
started out with Mr. Speyer early in the
evening.
Mr.. Speyer is uninjured One of the
party, j. Davis, of New York, received
painful cuts about the face, but otherwise
is uninjured.
The wreck, it is stated, was the result
Of the condition of the roadbed and the
speed-seventy-fve miles an hour-the
train was going at the time, it having
been the intention of the railroad officials
to endeavor to establish a new record be.
tween Laredo and Mexico City.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
TWO ARRESTS AT HOMER.
August Witt and Fred Jensen
Charged with Theft.

Two men. giving the names of August
Witt and Fred Jensen. are i'll Jail at
Homer charged with stealing Il pocket
book from Mrs Grace Lake
Mrs Lake and her mother. Mrs. Den
mis- Armour who live half way between
Homer and Dakota City, were about to
start for Sioux City to do some shopping.
While the buggy stood near the house
Mrs. Lakes pockebook. containing $40
in gold and some jcWelry, was taken
from the vehicle Two men were seen
taking purse from the buggy. and Mrs.
Lake gave chase. The men dropped the
purse by the roadside and she recovered
ii.
At Homer the two men We're arrested
on suspicion and arraiSned before JUS
tice L. ID. Curtis. The case was con-
tinued
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
Charged with Forging Check.

Sheriff Rauman. of Fremont. went to
Spencer and arrested Jake Herbst, of
that town. who is charged with passing a
forged check of $40 on Fremont bust
ness house. The check purported to be
signed by Nick Quale. of Spencer Herbst
had been taking in the Ak-Sar-Ben car
nival ut the time of this transaction and
evidently had not recovered from the eff.
fpctS of if
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT,
PIucky Battle Creek Boy Walks
Home, After Receiving Injury.

Willie. til" 14-yearold son of ID. G..
Fender, section foreman of the North
western Railway ut Battle Greek, was
the victim of shooting accident. He
had been ont hunting and when crossing
Il railroad bridge his gun, which he was
carrying in the left hand, barrel up, slip
ped between the ties OF the bridge. the
hammer striking a tie and dischargins
the gun, the full charge taking effect in
the left hand and the left side of the
chest and head. He was alone at the
time of the accident and walked to town.
Il distance of about half mile. after be
inw hurt
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
Fire at Harrington.

Early Monday afternoon fire broke out
i'll the basement Of Spork X Spielman's
drug store. which for Il time threaten.
ed to become Il general contiagration,
owing to Kerosene and gasoline stored
in the cellar. Fortunately the fire was
controlled and an explosion averted. but
not until considerable damage had been
done to the store and drug stock. The
loss may reach 5000.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
FATHER SHOOTS SON.
Family Quarrel Leads to an ARRAY
Between Them.

At $50 Wednesday evening John r..
Boese, ii well known German farmer liv-
ing one mile south of Nebraska City,
shot his son Joseph, Il young man about
% years of age.
The shooting occurred during a quarrel,
III which the father received several Sc
we're cuts on the head. BOese was placed
under arrest and is now i'll the county
Jail. but refuses to tell what caused the
trouble.
The boy is shot through the stomach
with Il :}S-caliEpr revolver bullet and can
not live. The father and son have had
many quarr"lS over family matters and
have frequently threatened each others
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
BrayeIy Meets Death.

Louis Harmon, one of the trio of rob-
bcrs who murdered George Grier. farm
er near Alton, O.. more than a year ago,
was electrocuted in the annex of the Ohio
penitentiary early Friday morning The
electric shock was administered at 1903
and Harmon was pronounced dead at
1908 He met death bravely
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
SAYS HE DID 1T HIMSELF.

Mrs. White Arrested for Shootin y
Banker Buchanan.
:. II. Buchanan. banker Of Jones
boro. Ga, was shot in Danville, Va. Sat
hrTiay night and is in critical condi-
ton.
He was ia the room of Mrs. W. r.
White at the latter's home at the time.
and she has been arrested charged with
he crime. She declares, however, that
it was a case of attempted suicide
Buchanan is said to have a wife living
II Georgia. AIRS. White says she knew
Buchanan in Georgia before coming tc
Virginia.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
Note in a BOTTLE

Some boys at Decatur found bottle
IN the bank of the Missouri River. which
contained a note bearing these words:
"This to let the world know that | am
dead Ed earns the slayer of the sheriff
Of Monona Co Iowa" The find has
excited much curiosity.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
Horse Stolen from Hitching Post.

Horse thieves stole Il horse and buggy
Wednesday night from John Whitman
while he and his wife were attending Il
performance at the Overland theatcr at
Nebraska City. Mr.. Whitman had tied
The horse on Central Avenue and did not
discover his loss until after the perform
ance. A reward of $50 for the capture
and conviction Of the thief and reward
Of $50 for the return of the property has
been offered.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
BIG GANG OF GRADERS.
" or& is Pushed on the Sioux City,
Homer and Southern

y large gang of graders appeared at
work at Dakota City Monday on the
Sioux City. Homer and Southern inter
urban line. They are now ut work
grading along the track through that
place. and when through will work on
the extension of the track to Homer The
gasoline propelled car. which suffered Il
not box Oh Saturday afternoon, is being
repaired and it is hoped to have it il
running order again by Wednesday,
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
FIREMAN BURNED TO DEATH
Burlington Passenger Train COllides
with an Oil Wagon

\ Phillips, Neb., special says: A Bur
lington passenger train struck an oil
wagon which was crossing Il street here
Thursday. Oil was thrown over the en-
CINE and the cars, and caught fire. Fire
man c. l.. Lazear. of Grand Island, was
burned to death, and Engineer Parkinson
barely escaped.
Some of the cars were damaged, but the
flames were soon eXtinguiShed. The
fireman was roasted alive in the cab
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
Touched for G65.

y stranger cnroute to st. Louis was
touched for 500 in cash at Wymore by a
smooth CRATER. The two men boarded
the train at Oxford, and before they
reached Wymorc they had become ac
quainted. At Wymore they left the train
and the confidence man secured 4 loan of
500 Oh the pretensC that he had to pay
freight charges upon his household goods
He said he would return. but failed tc
show Ip
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
The DenniSOn Case

The judges of the supreme court ut
Lincoln have not yet filed a decision in
the Dennison eXtradition case. The suit
was argued at the last session of the
court, and Ine decision will be LANDED
down in November.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
Three Laborers Suffocated.

Three Italian laborers were suffocated
beneath fifteen feet of earth at the Ma
pie Street crossing of the Boston and
Maine Railroad Company at Hudson,
Mass. The men, with number of 9th
Prs. were excavating a trench preliminary
to tunneling under the railroad tracks
when the earth caved in, burying four
workmen
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
DESPERATE MANS DEEDS,
Charles Steinberg, of Oakdale, I'm
der Arrest

Having brutally beaten his wife last
Friday and imprisoned her, Charles
Steinberg, angered at her escape. at
tempted to kill himself and two visitors.
John Bossard and Charles Stout. in his
home near Oakdale. Bossard was SHOT
IN the shoulder Armed with rifle
Steinberg tried to kill Sheriff Frisbic.
who arrested Kim. Mrs. Steinberg is in
serious condition.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
Aged COuDIe Killed,

Mathew Alden and his aged wife met
death together OH a railway crossing at
Battle Creek, Mich, Wednesday. Alden
was so and his wife 73 years old. Both
had been Methodist workers for half Il
century, the former filling pulpits occa-
eioually
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
One Perishes in Chicago Fire.

Fire in the saloon and rooming house Of
II. S. Fewer, 145 West Madison Street,
Chicago, Friday, resulted in the death of
Dennis Hogan and the serious burning
of Norris Burns, both of whom were en-
ployed about the place.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
Secretary Arias' RESIGNATION.

\ Panama dispatch says: The resig-
nation saturday of Tomas Arias. secreta-
ry Of state of the republic of Panama.
apparently ends the division Of political
parties there. 1t is reported that San
tiago Gurdia, minister to Costa Rica.
will replace Arias
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
Held for Murder Of Son.

A cOroner's inquest was held at Ne
oraska City over the remains of Joseph
Boese, who was shot and killed by his
father, John h. BoeSe, on last WedneS-
day evening. The jury brought in YER
dict that the deceased came to his death
from d revolver bullet fired by his faith
ar, and recommended that he. John Il.
Boese, be held on Il charge of murder in
the second degree.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03
Steve NhiIffcar Case.

1t is expected the application for new
trial in the case of Steve Whittecar, of
Dakota City. convicted of Outraging his
13-ycar-old daughter, will be filed at once
and that arguments will be made when
court rccOnycncS
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-11-03

Manager Campbell, of the large -id-
ans ranch on the South Loup River.
southwest of Ansley. committed suicide
Monday evening. The owner of the ranch
came from Chicago Sunday for the pur-
pose of checking up the accounts and per-
sOnal property belonging to the ranch.