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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-10-04

Ogdensburg, N. Y, Sept. ga posse
is tonight securing the nearby coun-
try for burglars who entered the home
of Mrs. Moses Rickett seven miles
from here and after securing $159
which Mrs. Rickett drew from the bank
this morning, set fire to the house in
four places heavy rain extinguished
the blaze. Mrs. Rickett is elderly and
lives alone.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-10-04
Execution of Pirates.

Toxic, Sept. 30.-Piracy on the Lao
River has been very frequent despite
the earnest efforts Of the Japanese to
check the activity of the river robbers,
Fifteen of them were caught on Sep
tember 26 and executed the following
day at Ying Kow.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-10-04
zoo ANIMALS
Escaped From Park, and All Captured
Except a Wolf.

Lexington, Mass, Sept. 29.-When
the employees of Lexington Park ar
rived there today the gates of the
barricades OF many of the animal cages
were found broken, and the animals
missing.
During the morning all were cap-
tured, with the exception of one wolf,
which is still at large somewhere in
the vicinity of Maynard. The animals,
which were let loose were four bears,
two wolves. three elk, six deer, one
buffalo and one bull.
While trying to capture the bull,
Gerard Chisholm of Newton was in-
jured about the face.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-10-04
Nominated For CONGRESS.

Albany, N. Y, Sept. 29.-Daniel G..
McElvane of Cohoes was nominated
here tonight by the Democrats for rep
resentative in congress from the 2Sd
district.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-10-04
Declared Sane,

Cleveland, Sept. 29.-David James,
an aged man who eloped to Buffalo and
whose sanity has been questioned,
was today declared sane by Judge
White, who dismissed the case against
him.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
CLOSE OF TIE WORLDS FAlh
End Of the Greatest Exposition
Ever Known.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition nj
st. Louis has eneded. Tie stHYcndous
and magnificent exposition, whose ten
drills have extended into every portion
Of the civilized world and even into abo-
riginai recesses, bringing within the gates
of st. Louis millions OF visitors from
throughout the entire world. has run its
course and now passes into history as
probably having comprised the most rep
resentativy collection Of resources, indus
tries, arts, peoples and customs of the
world ever assembled.
From the inception of q project to hold
an exposition to fttingly commemorate
the one hundredth anniversary of the
purchase of the Louisiana territory, until
the portals were thrown open and the
world was invited to enter and enjoy the
completed exhibition Of the worlds life,
occupied a period of seven years. The
duration of the exposition has been seven
months, and during that time nothing has
occurred to throw dampening effect on
the interest Or to detract from the expo
sition in any way. The best order has
been maintained throughout; there have
been Il few fires, but all we're of small
moment with the exception Of the de-
structiOn of the house of Hoo-Hoo and
the partial destruction of the Missouri
building recently. The former was i'm
mcdiately rebuilt No loss of life has
occurred during the exposition from ac-
cident.
St. Louis has proffered her most gra-
cious hospitality to the world, and it has
been accepted. Throngs of visitors have
poured i'll to attend the exposition with
the expectation of being pleased and sat
isfied. They have departed amazed and
gratified. The opinion has been express
ed at all times on all sides. and without
reserve, that the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position has been a success. Congratulate
tory messages were received in large
numbers from all parts of the country and
from abroad, conveying Fluctuations up
Oh the success of the exposition.
Gov. Dockery and President Francis
each made speech during the evening.
The latter was the recipient of a beauti-
full silver tea service from the exposi.
ton management
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
FOUND GUILTY
Minister Convicted on Every Charge
and Suspended from Church.

At O'Clock Thursday afternoon the
jury in the Blakemore case returned
verdict finding that Rev. +. Z. Blake
more, of the Methodist church, should be
suspended until the next conference, at
which time he will have another trial.
Mr.. Blakemore was tried on tive
charges and ten specifications. The
changes were classifying, gross obscenity,
profane language. improper advances to-
ward certain women and solicitation or
a local physician for malpractice. On all
the charges and all but three OF the speci-
fications it is understood the minister
was found guilty, but what the spccitica-
tons were has not been given out.
While there is naturally some sympa-
thy for the man who is down the YER
dict is popular one in Tecumseh. The
guilt of the man was generally believed
in and the town was practically unam-
nous in awaiting the outcome, which,
had it been different. would have caused
great surprise.
Rev. Mr.. Blakemore still maintains he
is innocent.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
Editor Wins Suit.

l.. \. Wilson, editor of the Springview
Herald. has Won his lawsuit against W.
N. S. Skinner, president of the Citizens
National Bank at that place and former
publisher of the Herald. The jury, af-
ter being out for twenty hours straight.
found verdict against the banker He
had. it seems, agreed, when he sold the
paper to Wilson. not to rc-enter the news
paper business in Keya Paha County
within ten years and had. year ago.
established the Keya Paha County
News. under the name of his wife. Pearl
Skinner. He had agreed to forfeit So
600 in case he did re-engage in the news
paper business and the jury gave Will
son Judgment for that amount and the
costs. which amounted to $500.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
ONE VICTIM MAY DIE,
None Of the Others Badly Hurt IN
missouri Pacific Wreck

Only sixteen Of the fifty or more per-
sons injured in the Missouri Pacific wreck
near Holden, Me. Saturday, are still in
hospitals ia Kansas City. The others
have either gone to their homes, or con-
tinued their journeys westward.
OF those remaining at Kansas City the
condition Of Mrs. Mary Gillett. Of Can
ton. \. Y, is the most serious. She is
"A years of age, but her attending physi-
clan believes that she will recover. Mrs.
Gillett was in the rear Pullman, which
was precipitated into creek more than
twenty feet below the bridge where the
wreck occurred, and she was rescued
from the wreckage after holes had been
eScpped in the top of the car with axes.
None of the other injured is in a seri-
Gus condition, and most of them will. it
is expected, be able to leave for their
homes in few days.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN A CON-
OENSED FORM.
No Assets' Are to be FoUnd-ONeiii
Bank Was Left Clean of Cash
Officers Accuse Each Other-Cash-
ier's Statement Finally Made.

State Bank Examiner WhittemOre, OF
Lincoln. who has been looking into the
records of the Elkhorn Valley Bank at
O'Neill. which failed few days ago,
has reported to the state banking board
that he has found all the cash and s4o'-
600 in notes missing and that nothing
is left with which to pay dcpositors eX-
cept the bank building. There are depos-
it's OF $5S.443.
The statement left by Cashier Hager-
ty with his wife was given to the exam
liner Monday. 1t contains nothing that
throws any light on the missing assets.
Mr.. Hagerty charges his partner. Ber-
nard McGreevy. with scuttling the bank,
and says he Hagerty) did not have
the face to again meet the people of
O'Neill, who had implicitly trusted him.
in view of the failure. Mr.. Hagerty is
over 20 years of age.
Mr.. McGreevy's statement, which was
made public last week, charges Hagerty
with systematic appropriation OF the
funds Of the bank to his own use.
Warrants have been issued at O'Neill
for the arrest of both officers, Hagerty
being charged with receiving deposits
when he knew the bank to be in an in
solvent condition, and McGreevy with
ENLIGHTENMENT of city funds.
1t is stated the bank was started with
$4,000 of borrowed capital, and that the
interest payments on this and the high
interest paid depositors had gradually
absorbed the depositors' principal.
An Omaha special says: The depos-
itors of the defunct Elkhorn Valley
Bank, of O'Neill, include few business
men; they are mostly widows or aged
persons, and there are many pitiful
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
JACK The PEPPER" AT YORK
Mysterious Man AnnOys Unprotect-
ed Women and Girls.

lack the Pepper some mysterious
man who has a mania for proving
around private homes and following and
soaring unprotected girls after dark,
again attempted Sunday night to catch
three young women at York, and fol-
lowed them to the door of the residence
of Mr.. Roach From the description Civ
en- he is the same man who attempted to
assault Miss Sedgwick. daughter of Col.
Tim Sedgwick, of the York Times who
was found lying unconscious near the
door of the residence of Mrs. Z. Joe
Brown.
The mysterious man is described as be-
ing Of medium height and weight, wear
ing Il long. gray Oyercoat and a SLOUGH
hat. The officials of the city believe they
have 4 clue to the identity and are fol-
lowing the same, hoping to learn beyond
Il question of a doubt the guilt of the
party and an arrest will follow.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
COSTS FOUR LIVES.
Texas Wedding is Followed by Two
Tragedies.


y sequel to the tragedy that cost the
ives of Steve Mckinney. his father and
hired man, near Alvarado, Tex, Tuesday,
came TO light Thursday.
j. NJ. Williams, the triple murderer
oarricaded himself in his home and defied
the officers. He sent word to his daugh-
ter, the widowed bride of the man he had
murdered, that if she did not come to him
he would kill her In fear and trem-
bling she went to the house There she
found her father armed with a Win
chester rifle and in a frenzy of rage.
The officers We're afraid to fire into the
house for fear of killing some member
IF Williams family. Finally Williams
fell asleep, and the daughter made her
escape. The officers then opened fire
upon the house and Williams, was killed
by a bullet through his brain.
The cause of the triple murder was the
sopement on Sunday of Steve McKin.
ncy with Williams daughter
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
YOUNG WOMAN INJURED.
Miss Alta Foreshoc, OF Dakota
County, Badly Hurt.

Miss Alta Foreshoe, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Milton Foreshoe, pioneer resi-
dents of Dakota City, met with an acct
dent Sunday evening which may cost her
her life.
With Bernard Boals, her betrothed.
she was en- route to the Salem Lutheran
church to attend service when q runaway
horse, which had been driven by Jesse
White. ran into the vehicle they We're in,
throwing out the occupants. The neck
yoke of the runaway team struck Miss
Foreshoe in the face, knocking out Il
number of teeth and cutting Il large cash
in her face. She was rendered uncon-
scious. She was conveyed to the st. Jo-
seph's hospital. Sioux City. where she is
now lying i'll Il precarious condition. at
last accounts not having regained con-
SciOuSneSS.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
PAPER FOR WOMEN.
New Daily Will be Launc II ed in
Chicago Next Week

Chicago is to have a new daily news
paper and it will be conducted by Des
Moines, Ia, people. Mrs. Ella Hamil-
ton Durley and her brother, John J.
Hamilton. formerly of the Des Moincs
Daily News, will start one for women.
1t will be called the Chicago Daily Re
view, and the initial publication will be
upon the 10th inst.
Mrs. Durley will open temporary head
quarters in the Auditorium Hotel in
few days and begin the campaign. The
advertising, circulation and editorial
forces will be largely drawn from the
ranks of the Des Moines newspapers
Mr.. Hamilton recently sold his interests
in the Evening News, of Des Moines, to
Kansas City syndicate.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
SHARP FIGHTS WITH BANDITS
Bank Robbers Blow Open Safe
at Wabash.

Aroused by the muffled sounds of an
explosion at 3 o'clock Sunday morning.
citizens of Wabash tumbled from their
beds and engaged in running fight with
two desperate bank robbers. The bandits
escaped from the citizens and disappear
ed i'll the brush near Weeping Water.
The robbers blew the outside door, from
the safe and partially wrecked the build
ing of the Bank of Wabash. 4 second
charge was laid to destroy the vaults
where the money was kept. However,
the explosion brought the citizens i'll
such numbers that the robbers We're
compelled to give battle in order to es-
cape, without any booty.
1t was thought that the bandits made
their way to Lincoln on an early morning
train. 4 systematic but useless search
was made for them.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
SHOT IN SSLF-OEFENSE,
A Prisoner is Fatally Wounded at
Sioux Falls.

While making an assault Oh Deputy
Warden Cooley, Of the Sioux Falls, ;.
d., penitentiary, Friday afternoon, Rob
ert White, a prisoner, was fatally shot,
dying in about half an hour.
White was the most unruly prisoner
in the penitentiary and the dungeon, SOL
TRY confinement and other modes of
punishment failed to break his spirit. He
had frequently threatened the lives of the
prisoners and members of the prison
force.
For some time past he had been con-
fined to his cell, where his meals were
served to him. White was unusually
ugly Friday and the deputy warden
found it necessary to enter his cell, ac-
companied by four guards, for the pur-
pose of Handwriting him.
White had torn his table to pieces, and
armed with club made from it and q
steel bar which he had secured in some
mysterious manner from the blacksmith
shop, he made a vicious spring fer the
deputy warden, with the evident inten-
ton if killing him.
Guard Frank Hogan drew a revolver
and shot White in the thigh. The wound
wounded man fought like maniac, but
was finally overpowered. He steadily
grew weaker until his death, half an
hour after being shot. The bullet is sup
posed to have glanced upward and lodged
in the abdomen. The coroner will hold
an inquest
White was serving ten years for a
murder committed in Yankton County.
He was only about &c years old.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
DEFENDS HIS WIFE
DR.. CHADWICK CABLES FROM
SOMEWHERE IN EUROPE.
Says She is Greatly Wronged-Airs.
Chadwick Remains in a Nervous
State-Her Attorney Max es State
demonstrations Should be Patient

\ New York special says: DIR. Leroy
s. Chadwick, the husband of Cassie L.
Chadwick, whose financial troubles have
been undergoing the thrashing out pro-
cess for the past week, has come out
with brief statement from Europe
Sunday he cabled 10 Phillip Carpenter,
Mrs. Chadwick's counsel, from some
place abroad, the name Of which MI.
Carpcuter weuld net disclose, requesting
that gentleman to deny the published
statements rejecting OH Mrs. Chadwick
life and character.
They are absolutely false" the cable
gram reads. Il wish 10 have it under
stood that / stand by Mrs. Chadwick i'll
every particular in her present troubles.
] feel she has been greatly wronSed by
the publication, and | believe she is be-
ing perseruted by some of her creditors.
DIR. Chadwick explained that he had
dispatched his cablegram just as soon
as be saw the report of his wife's trou-
bles
Mr. Carpenter also made 4 statement
Sunday.
DIR. Chadwick" he said. ''is abroad
for his health. and the Newton suit was
not brought until some three weeks after
he sailed.
Before gsing away DIR. Chadwick
consulted ne in regard to the Newton
claim, and with him l met Mrs. New
ton and his Boston attorney. The mat
ter was then arranged seemingly to the
satisfaction of all concerned, and the doc
tor sailed
Mr. Carpenter said further that all the
creditors would be paid this week. and
that 10 push the bankruptcy proceedings
would mean only to delay matters.
''AIl the members of the doctors fami
~ are alss standing by Mrs. Chadwick
Loyalty, and are in entire sympathy with
her
Il know that Dr. Chadwick would be
by his wifes side look out for her if
he were liz this country. There is no
doubt that all the claims against Mrs.
Chadwick win be paid if her smaller
creditors Will only exercise Il little pa
tienSe. Bankruptcy proceedings and at
Schment suits do their promoters no
good whatever and creditors resorting to
these and other harassing methods will
certainly not hasten the settlement Of
their claims
''Mrs. Chadwick has acted in the most
honorable way in all her dealings that
have come to my knowledge. One very
good evidence of this is found in the un-
shaken confidence still reposed iii her by
her largest creditors and those who know
her best"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
Wife Beater Bound Over.

The preliminary trial of Frank Ku-
cera, who has been in Jail at Table Rock
since Tuesday last for an assault on his
wife and breaking two of her ribs and
otherwise injuring her on Sunday, Nov
20, came OH for hearing Saturday before
Justice NJ. II. Marble, this being the
earliest time at which Mrs. Kucera could
lSave her room. and he was bound over
to appear at the next term of the district
court his bond being placed at $500. He
was taken to the county Jail. Mrs Ku-
clan
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
MESSENGER FIRES ROBBERS
Succeeds in Driving Them or With
out Any Booty.

\ battle with robbers in which num-
Der of shots were exchanged, took place
Wednesday night at the American Elk
press office Oh Norfolk Avenue. Norfolk.
Messenger i. i. Valentine, who was
sleeping III the building at the time,
heard the shuff!ing OF feet and the muir
muring OF the burglars. Raising OH his
pillow lie reached for gun and opened
fire in the direction of the burglars. Fir
ing back. the robbers dived through a
window through which they had gained
an entrance. They carried away all the
valuable packages that two men could
well carry as they leaped out of the
building: but they dropped the parcels,
either from fright or enforced 10 do so
by their wounds. in the rear alley.
Every missing article was recovered.
There IS no ciew to the robbers.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
NEW MINING COMPANY.
Corpora ton with Capital Stock of
SI.OO0,O0 Organized.

The Alliance Mining Company, with a
capital OF $1.000000. We'll paid up, was
organized 1T Alliance Saturday with the
following officers: Mayor l.. w. Bow
man. president: j. +. Gray, vice presi-
dent: +. J. Okeefe, secretary: Sheriff
Ira Reed. treasurer
\ majority OF the stockholders are AL
lance people and include good share
of the leading business men. The COM
pany owns thirty claims near Mystic, S.
H.. assays from which have run abnor-
mally high. While some development
work has been done. active operations
will begin upon the arrival of the newly
elected officers. who left for the Hills
Sunday
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
MANY ARE STARVING.
Fearful Conditions Reported in
Portions of Old Mexico.

A special from Mazatlan, Mex, states
reports from the northern part of Old
Mexico are that fearful conditions exist
there. Deaths range from thirty-fve
to forty per day, owing to starvation and
malaria. In many instances the dead are
not given burial, it is said, but are
thrown into open bitches and canals. The
authorities are unable to cope with the
situation. Provisions have been scarce in
northern Sinaloa for some time, owing
to the destruction of crops by torrentiaI
rains
The epidemic-of malarial fever is due
to the rains
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08

No Cne Appears to Have Been Hurt
in Exchange of ShOrs

An exchange of shots seemingly in con-
nection with Joseph Letters attempt to
install non-union workmen in his coal
mine continues to be of nightly occur
renee at Zeigler, III. There was more
firing Thursday night. AS in previous
cases no person appeared to have been
wounded.
A Springfield, ILL.,, special says that
Gov. Yates made statement to the As
ISOLATED Press that he has not the slight
Zeigler
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
BANK TO BE OPEN NIGHTS.
Novel Institution to be Opened in
New York.

New York.
Impressed by the need for an institu-
ton where money may be obtained at
any hour, prominent New York financiers
and commercial men have organized the
first night and day bank and safe deposit
company.
The names of men prominent in the
business and social world appear in the
organization committee, and capital
stock Of $250,000 already has been sub
scribed.
The plight in which many travellers
of wealth often find themselves because
they are unable to draw cash in cases of
emergency suggested the organization of
the bank. 1t will be conducted on the
lines of state bank and will be open
day and night. There will always be
On hand large emergency fund.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
MORE FIRING AT ZEiGLER.
No One Hurt During Night Attack
on the Town.

on the Town.
According to Sheriff Stein. an attack
vas made on Zeigler, ILL.,, Wednesday
1ight The firing began at the pumping
station, two miles north of Zeiger, and
spread back to the mining town. where
Stein said at least 800 shots were fired.
The machine guns responded promptly.
The Zeigler Coal Company has con-
Guided to rush into Zeigler as many men
as are necessary to work the plant to its
fullest capacity. Wednesday evening
.hirty-tive skilled miners were brought in
from St. Louis in two special coaches,
which were drawn directly inside the
stockade. The cars were half filled with
deputy United States marshals and pri-
vato guards furnished by the company.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
Illinois Drought Serious

The monthly government weather re-
port for central Illinois, issued from
Bloomington, ILL.,, Thursday, shows that
last month was the dryest November in
eleven years. Only 10 of an inch of rain
fell during the month. The drought is
Incoming serious.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
New YOrk's New Mvs,erv

Fashionably attired and wearing ex-
pensive jewels, the body of a girl 10
years Of age was found in a room at
hotel at New York Saturday night. Tied
about the girls neck was one end of
towel which had been fastened carefully
with safety pin. The other end was tied
to q bed post
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
Made Good Wages.

The small army Of Russians who
have been employed in the beet fields
about Sutherland during the season re-
turned to Lincoln the first of the week
They received good pay and returned to
their homes with Il considerable amount
Of money
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
FOUR HOLOUPS AT OMAHA.
Police Believe Same Men Were En-
gagged in All.

SNrttI III LtiI.
-Four hoIdups melted two highwaymen
who did the jobs about 500 in money
Sunday night at Omaha. Three men
held up 4 man at Sarpy Mills and secur-
ell $50 and Il watch. One of the trio was
later arrested but the other two escaped.
Sunday night saloons were held up at
Forty-frst ard 0 and Twenty seventh
and j Streets in South Omaha from
which 500 was secured. Two hours later
Il street car while standing at the ter
minus Of the Hanscom Park line. just
west of the park. was held up and the
motorInan and conductor and one passen-
ger were robbed. the bandits securing
$40. The police believe the same men
committed all four of the robberies.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1904-12-08
Deer Runtin. Casualties.

Twenty-Five dead and fifteen serious
ly injured is the record of the deer hunt
ing season, which began Nov. II and
closed Nov. 80 in Wisconsin. All the
deaths and injuries are believed to have
been accidental.