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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29
PROGRESS MADE BY CROPS.
Weather Is Favorable for Corn Guilt
walton and Wheat Harvest

The following is the general summary
of crop conditions as shown by the
weekly bulletin Of the weather bureau:
With the exception Of the upper Mis-
souri, valley, where low temperatures pre-
vailed, all districts east Of the Rocky
mountains received ample heat during
the week ended June 10. The rainfall
was very unevenly distributed, being am
pie in most northern districts, but INSULT
cient in portions of the central valleys
and of the middle Atlantic and Southern
States, although good rains fell in some
parts of these districts. The week was
favorable for the cultivation Of crops,
and this work, which in previous weeks
was much hindered, is now in a very sat
isfactory state. Abnormally low temper
atures prevailed over most Of the pla-
teau districts, with frOsts in some places.
Except in eastern Missouri and central
and southern Illinois, corn has made good
progress throughout the corn belt. Gull
tivation has been brought up to date, ex-
cept in portions of Michigan, Wisconsin
and South Dakota.
Winter wheat has progressed under
favorable conditions and harvesting is
now we'll advanced in Kansas, Missouri
and southern Illinois, and has begun In
Indiana and Maryland. The reports from
the southern portion of the wheat area
generally Indicate yields lighter than
were anticipated. Fair yields of good
quality are reported from California, and
in Oregon and Washington the crop has
made good progress.
In portions Of Wisconsin and Mime
sofa dry weather is needed for spring
wheat, but this crop has generally made
very satisfactory progress throughout
the spring wheat region and is beginning
to head in the southern portion. Very
favorable reports continue from the NORTH
Pacific coast.
The oat crop has suffered to some ex-
tent from excessive moisture in Wiscon-
sin and Minnesota, rust in southern
Iowa, rank growth in northern Illinois
and drought in southern Illinois, but in
these States and generally elsewhere the
condition of the crop is promising Oat
harvest is in progress as far north as
Missouri.
In Illinois drought continues in the
southern and central parts, where vege-
tation is suffering. Corn has made rapid
growth. is clean, has been cultivated a
second or third time. and some laid by.
The replanted is up to good stand.
Oats, rye, barley and berries are prom
Using: there is a rank growth of oats in
the north; moisture is needed in the
south. Wheat harvest is well advanced
in the south and begun In the central
part; the outlook is favorable. Rye 10
being cut IN the south and is ripenine In
the north. Barley is heading In the
north. A large crop of clover is assured.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29
WRECKED BY DESIGN.
FAST TRAIN DISASTER WORK OF
A MlSCREANT.
officials Declare a Maniac or Plot L.
to Blame for Catastrophe at Mentor
Twenty Hour Schedule Will BE
Resumed.

AS result of the wrecking of the
twentieth century limited train at
Mentor, Ohio, in which nineteen per
sons lost their lives, the railroad com
pany will abandon its eighteen-houl
schedule between New York and Chi
cago. The old schedule of twenty
hours for the run will be resumed.
Another development is the charge
that the wreck was caused through a
plot Or by some man who had grudge
against the railway or some one aboard
the flyer and deliberately threw the
switch at Mentor
Declarations that the wreck of the
twentieth century limited train at
Mentor, Ohio, was the result of Il de-
liberate plot were made by officials of
the railway. The switch was found
open by Conductor Alexander Camp
bell of the flyer Immediately after the
wreck, and investigation showed that
it had been locked open. What the
motives were that induced the persons
charged with wrecking the train to
throw open the switch are not limited
at by the railroad officials
AS the Lake Shore officials inveSti-
gate the cause of the wreck and get
the situation in hand the conclusion is
fixed more and more firmly that the
sacrifice Of lives was the work of a
man who deliberately and maliciously
threw the fatal switch for the purpose
of wrecking the fast train The rail
road company has set i'll motion all
the machinery of its powerful police
organization to ferret out the man who
is believed to have committed the muir
deouS act
While the abandonment. at least for
the present, of the eighteen-hour sched-
ule is announced, observing people
realize that what happened to the ely
er" might have happened to one Of the
sO-called slow trains, and the result
in the latter case, perhaps, would have
been more disastrous than in the for
mer because of the lighter equipment
of the slow train. 1t is to be borne in
mind that the flyer was wrecked not
because it was going at high speed
but because switch had been left
open.
SO far as speed is concerned, the
results Of a wreck are not much affect
ed by difference of a few miles per
hour. The dangers of railroad travel
are little affected by the scheduled
speed of trains. There is a certain ele-
ment of peril that cannot be eliminated
entirely, but that peril applies to the
:slowest as well as to the fastest trains.
1t was the open switch and not the
high speed of the flyer that was re-
sponsible for the catastrophe at Men
tor.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29
Man in the Kitchen.

The helplessness of mere man In tho
presence of ordinary domestic tasks
was illustrated in the case Of the old
miner, who explained that he had once
tried to improve his cooking by study
ing book of recipes. 1T was no use."
he sGily confessed. because every one
of them receipts starts off with take
a clean DISH"
He was kin to one of the sons Of
Mrs. Dunsmuir, a Scotchwoman living
in Pennsylvania. She was called away
from home one day just after dinner.
As she was leaving she said to the
boys:
"One of you must wash the dishes
and the other wipe them and put them
away, so that everything will be tidy
by the time l get back"
''All right, mother" said Jack, but
Wills got to wipe them. I'm willing
to wash, but wiping is such greasy
work.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29
wOODMEN IN BIENNIAL SESSION
Head Consul Recon- mends Prohibition
of Sunday Picnics.

Head Consul Recon- mendS prohibition
of Sunday Picnics.
The head camp of Modern Woodmen
of America opened its fourteenth bien-
NAL convention in Milwaukee Tuesday,
with between GOO and 100 delegates, rep
resenting over II 900 camps and nearly
100000 members, present.
Mayor Rose welcomed the delegates
to the city and presented the keys of the
city to the head consul. Responses were
made by Head Consul A. r. Talbot for
the Modern WOodmen and Head Clerk
Charles w. Halves Of Rock Island, ILL.,,
for the head office.
Head Consul A. R. Talbot recommend
ed an amendment Of the bylaws prohib-
from holding Sunday picnics or excur-
sions under the auspices Of the society,
with a penalty for disobedience of ex-
pulsion or revocation of charter.
Head Clerk C.. w. Halves reported the
insurance in force at the close of the
biennial term to be 81, 136, 678, 800. The
society paid 7,O51 death claims, amount
ing to $12,663, 6O3, as against $500
claims, amounting to $10 ,435 during
the term preceding. The average per cap
tia payment to the benefit fund was
$1.261a, as against so cents during the
term preceding. The increase was due to
the new rates becoming effective Jan. l,
1904, when the rates of the members
were increased from % per cent to 70
per cent at the various ages. There were
2,991 deaths from accident and SO4
deaths from suicide. OF the latter 248
were farmers-3O.S5 per cent of the total
number The farmers also led in acct
dental deaths-SS5.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29
LOCUsTs RAvAGE THE WHEAT.
Many Fields Swarm with 17-Year De-
stroyers of Vegetation.

The 11-year locust has appeared in
some parts of the country and is doing
a great deal of damage to the wheat
fields, orchards and forest trees. Ac-
cording to their peculiar habit they come
in the night to the surface of the ground
from their subterranean caverns, where
they have been maturing and slumbering
for the last seventeen years. The ground
beneath the trees is perforated like an
immense colander with the holes from
which they emerged
Soon after emerging from the ground
the locusts shed their underground over
coats, leaving the trunks of the trees
studded with the dry and brittle garment
of yellowish hue Scientists say the eggs
from which this brood was Matched were
laid on the leaves of the trees seventeen
years ago. The eggs remained where
they were deposited for three years, when
the cicadas were Matched and the new
born insect burrowed downward into the
ground. Here. beside the roots of trees,
the insects dweit until this year, when
they sailed forth in numberiess Quanti-
ties, driving the farmer almost to ruin
in their ravageS.
The locusts after flying about for a
few days, feeding on the vegetation, at
tach themselves to the under side of the
leaves on the trees. Here the female
deposits her eggs.
The cicadas have three deadly enc
mics in this countryside despised Eng
lish sparrow, digger wasp and the ants.
At present the innumerable locusts are
filling the air with their sonorOus. monot-
onous and doleful song. The farmers
are spraying their orchards with prepar-
ed mixture of kerosene. Out on the prai-
RE farms the insects threaten destruc-
ton to the growing crop.
The sparrows have come in countless
thousands to the aid of the farmer. Rob-
ins and wild birds find the locust palat-
able eating. The sparrows' method Of
attracting the locust is to wait on the
ground for the locust to appear above
the ground, when he greedily gobbles him
up before he gets time to sing his dying
song.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29
WHY THEY ARE HAPPY
TWO NOTABLE RECOVERIEs FROM
EXTREME DEBILITY.
husbands Strength Had Been Waning for
Three Years, Wife a Sufferer from
Female Weakness.

AuSband'S Strength HAD Been waning Tor
Three Years, Wife a Sufferer from
Female Weakness.
"My strength had dwindled so that
couldn't apply myself to my business
with any snap but was tired end listless
ali the time" said Mr.. Goldstein.
81 went to bed completely used up by
M days work, and when got up In
the morning didn't feel rested bit. I
had awful headaches too, and my kid
neys got out Of order and caused me to
have severe pains in the back. At one
time became so feeble that could not
stir from bed for three weeks"
Mr.. Goldstein is a young man and had
then but recently established home Of
his own. His anxieties were increased
by the fact that his wife was far from
being robust. Mrs. Goldstein says:
"For twoyears had been i'll most Of
the time. Sometimes was confined to
bed for weeks i'll succession under ply
stefan care. I had headaches, kidney
trouble, pain about the heart and many
more uncomfortable symptoms con-
nected with that weakness to which my
sex is peculiarly subject"
Trouble had invaded this household
and settled in it in just the years that
ought to be the very happiest. Physicians
could not tell them how to get rid of it.
81 was utterly discouraged, said Mr.
Goldstein. "Then the urgency of soma
friends led me to try blood and nerve
remedy which was said to be wonder
fully successful. Within month there
were unmistakable signs of improvement
in my condition, and within a year I
was completely well. Through the use
of DR.. Williams Pink Pills have now
as good health as lever had in my ife"
Mrs. Goldstein adds: "The wonderful
effect that DR.. Williams Pink Pills had
in the case of my husband led me to try
them and they helped me even more
quickly than they did him. One box
made me decidedly better and few
months treatment cured me-"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are the best
tonic and regulator, they make pure,
rich blood and when there is general
weakness and disorder that ia what tho
system needs. Mr.. and Mrs. n. Goldstein
live 1t 50 Cove street, East Boston, Mass.
DR.. Williams Pink Plls ere sold hN
ouGgists evegyVbesA
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29
JAPAN REFUSES ARMISTICE.
Informs Roosevelt that P1enipoten-
tiaries Must Meet First.

Japan has informed the United States
that she will not agree to an armistice
with Russia until the peace plenipOten-
tiaries have met and found each others
credentials entirely satisfactory. She
would be willing to do 50 if guarantee
of some kind could be given her that
Russia will negotiate a peace in good
faith. The Presidents efforts to stop
the fighting in Manchura have thus met
with temporary check.
So far as can be ascertained Russia
has not asked for an armistice, and will
not do so. She is in the same receptive
mood she was when the President
preached the idea of peace. 1t is Japan
this time which is not welcoming the
suggestion of an armistice. Marshal
yama has a force greatly superior to
that of Gen. Linevitch. A tremendous
victory will insure better terms for his
country Moreover, if hostilities should
be stopped the Russians might continue
to strengthen Gen. Linevitch. At pres
ent he has only sufficient re-enforcements
to make up for the wastage due to death
in battle or from disease.
Japan's position has the sympathy of
officers of the army and navy in Wash
ington. Its justice is also concede by
the administration. There is no way by
which she can be brought to adopt a
different attitude. Germany and France
have made polite representations at To-
kio in behalf of peace. Neither has gone.
or dares to go. as far as the United
States. Great Britain has asserted posi-
lively that she will not bring pressure
to bear upon her ally.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29

Mrs. ROosevelt's summer home in Al
bemarle county, Virginia. was a part of
the beautiful Springfield farm owned by
w. n. Wilmer of New York. The
Springfield farm consists Of about 500
acres altogether, but Mrs. Rooseyelt's
purchase comprises only fifteen acres and
a small house. This dwelling, by Mrs.
Roosevelt's order, has had a rock chin
ney added to it and porch has been
built around the dwelling. All the par
titions on the lower floor have been re-
moved, making one large room. Mrs.
Roosevelt bought the property so that
when she wishes a week or so Of rest she
can go to the little retreat among the
Virginia mountains.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29
WILL HAVE A SUMNER CAPITAL.
Philippines to Be Given a Counterpart
Of India's Official Resort.

The United States is to lay out Il sum-
mer capital in the mountains, about 100
miles from Manila similar to Simla, the
summer capital of India, to which the
latter government is removed en- masse
on April l Of every year, and remains
until Nov. /. Thus the government OF
India has a duplicate set OF public Off
soes. one in Calcutta and one in Simla.
The books and records are moved back
and forth every year, and the officials
and their clerks and messengers make an
annual migration. Most of them are
thus required to keep up establishments
in both cities.
This has been found to be absolutely
necessary TO the health of the corps of
officials and their families. 1t is impos-
sible for white men to survive the sum
mer climate of Calcutta, while in the
winter Simla is buried under snow. The
climate of Manila during the rainy sea-
son is similar to that of Calcutta. and
is exceedingly trying. Few people can
live there for two years in succession
without suffering for it the rest of t :"
lives. and the strongest of cOnstitu
will break down ultimately. At present
the only recourse is to run up to Japan
TO escape the heat and the humidity Of
the summer but that is too expensive a
trip for men of ordinary incomes, and
the government cannot afford to give
its employees the long leaves of absence
that are necessary to make the journey.
Within five hours by railroad of Manila
however, is a climate as healthful and an
atmosphere as pure as that of Colorado
Springs. or the Adirondacks. 1t is about
5000 feet above the sea, surrounded by
forests and beautifully supplied with
pure spring water.
1t has been decided to build summer
capital there, and remove the entire gov
eminent from Manila to Benguat dur
ing the summer months. In order to do
this it will be necessary to construct
number of buildings for official purposes
and to build hotels boarding houses. cot
tages and other quarters for the officials
and their families. Several of the Off.
Gals have already erected houses there,
and the medical corps of the army has
established a sanitarium to which if
sends convalescents from the military
hospitals. Two or three of the mission.
airy boards have erected homes and asy.
lums for destitute and deserving invalids,
bat before any more of the land is taken
III and any more buildings are erected it
is considered desirable to lay out q city
upon artistic lines
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29

Prof. NJ ar TAI tt QUEEN TERMITE.
states in reply to mandatory and house
owners threatened or undergoing attack
by the pest that complete dryness in
buildings is essential.
If the winged termtes are seen to
emerge from any particular place, by the
removal Of flooring and the opening Of
the walls, the colony may be reached
and destroyed by steam, hot water, Or,
preferably, kerosene or some other petro-
leum oil. To destroy the winged individ-
uals is of no value at all; the colony
itself must be reached.
But in places where the pest has be-
come serious, the only remedy seems to
be ultimately the replacing Of wooden
floors, etc, by stone brick or cement.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29
Telegraphic Breyitiea.

Three men were killed and one mortal.
ly wounded in a feud fight at Palmetto
La.
Omaha has received reports that the
Hessian fly is doing great damage to Ne.
braska wheat.
L. L. Quimby, formerly captain of the
Yale baseball team, according to late
advices, suddenly becoming insane, wa,
taken into custody by the rurales neat
Colima, Cuba. He found an opportunity,
however, to obtain a razor and killed
himself.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29
Cheap Labor and Destitution.

1t is estimated that in New York City
there are 100000 respectable English
speaking families who are on the verge
of restitution because of being crowded
out of employment by the great volume
of cheap European labor. The welfare
of tAis class of citizens has recently been
interesting sociologists. They say that
relief must come from some sour, or
they will become burden to the city.
These families are of the class with too
much pride to ask for charity.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29
Interesting News Items.

Captain T. Bentley Mott, the retiring
American military attache in Paris. has
received the cross Of the Legion of Honor
from France
Mrs. Barclay H. Warburton. of Phila-
delphia, recovered the $4,000 pearl heck.
lace she lost, the jewels having been
picked up in the street.
Horace r. Basler, editor and proprie-
tor of the Sheridan pa Journal, fell
off Panhandle passenger train at Pitts
burg and was 80 seriously injured that he
died in an hour
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29

Illinois was thoroughly ruined by their
attacks. In South Carolina a school
library closed for the summer was found
in autumn to be completely eaten out
and valueless. Even in the Department
Of Agriculture, at Washington, an accu-
mutation of records and documents, stor-
ed in a vault, on examination proved to
be thoroughly mined and ruined by these
destroyers.
They work in the dark Prof c. i.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29

Korea and during the next two years
explored China, Mongolia and Thibet,
visiting many remote regions Of those
countries. Returning to the United
States, Mr. Rockhill became chief clerk
of the State Department in Washing
ton; then third, and, in 1S96-1S97, First
Assistant Secretary Of State. In 1897
he was appointed United States minis
ter to Greece, Roumania and Servia.
From this post he resigned in May,
1899. In July, 1900, he went TO Pekin
as special envoy and remained in China
during the long-continued negotiations
between the Chinese government and
the powers, and was largely instru-
mental in securing the signing of the
final protocol.
To have been an important part in
the developing of national reputation
for q husband is an enviable accom-
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29

to marry a couple
until she was fur
nished evidence
that neither of the
contracting parties
was q Divorce.
Miss Starr has
been in the gospel
ministry ten years,
and in that time
she says she has
offciated at many
Jn E-t
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29

plishment for any
woman. To an I'M
usual degree Mrs.
William E. Cramer
was of assistance
in the building of
the honorable rep
utatiOn Of the late
editor of the Mil
w a u kee Evening
Wisconsin. F or
over forty years,
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29


Marlatt, Of the en-
tomology depart
ment, states they
cannot bear the full
sunshine, and when
exposed to it shrivei
up and die. They
first colonize under
ground and then be-
gin their attack on a
building, seldom, if
ever, coming to a
floor surface.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29

in diplomatic rela-
lions with oriental
peoples. At the
age Of 81 he was
appointed second
secretary Of the
American legation
in Pekin and the
following year,
1885, to the full
secretaryship. In
1SS6-1SS7 he was
B.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29

six years spent in the
public service, with
few temporary inter
ruptions. He was
born in Kalavryta in
1926, and studied in
Athens. In 1913 he
entered the govern
ment service and
was rapidly promot-
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29

ed to high positions. I. r. DELYANN1s
He was the representative Of Greece
at the Berlin congress in 1873, and in
1885 became premier. Twice he suf-
fered political eclipse on account Of
his foreign policy, but after a short
retirement each time was reelected.
-.
Edward Doyle, the blind poet of New
York, has just issued his third book. He
is so years old. and has been sightless
for thirty-seven years.
c. II. Dallas of Leavenworth, Kan,
has a Sharp's rifle sent to that State in
1855 by the abolition society Of Boston,
marked as Bibles.
-
Boston Corbett, the man who IL cred
tied with havinx shot ]. Wilkes Booth,
the assassin Of Lincoln, il residing In
TsxaA
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29

Ike an ant, but is
not of the ant fam
lily. 1t is really allied
to the dragon flies
and May flies. 1t
is of tropical origin,
but somehow man
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29

ouiA MS pldIliCdliy Mrs. W. E ChAMElt-
all Of the time her husband was en-
gagged in the formation Of his career,
Mrs. Cramer was his eyes and ears
and his trusted and necessary assist
ant. She accompanied him on tours
Of Europe and Of this country and rem
dered him invaluable assistance in the
securing and preparation of the manu-
script that made the blind and deaf
editor a national character Her de-
yotion to her husband was beautiful,
and at the last tinged freely with the
pathetic. She remained at his bedside
and ministered to his needs until his
death. Among the remarkable expert
ences she had while travelling with
Mr.. Cramer was during the Franco
Prussian war, when the Cramers were
locked up in Paris for several months
during the siege.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-29
NEW INSECT PEST.
A Pernicious Bug Which Destroys
Wood and Wooden Structures.

Fifty years ago a travelling entomolo-
gist reported that lie was surprised to
find termites ''colonized in San Francisco
and on the shores of Lake Erie, near
Cleveland, Ohio" The termite looks