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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
CHANCE FOR HOCH
"Blucbeard" Case May Go to Su-
Dreme Court.

"Bluebeard' Johann HOch, who was
sentenced to be hanged at Chicago June
% for the murder of one of his numer-
Gus wives, may be given one more chance
to escape the gallows. His case may
be taken to the supreme court of Illinois.
day Gov. Deneen assured counsel for
Hoch that in case the states attorneys
office is assured by Wednesday June 81,
that sufficient money is forthcoming &c
provide for the preparation of the neces-
sary record a reprieve will be granted
until the October term of the supreme
court. The sum needed is 500.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
FATAL ACCIDENT AT MILLARC
Lars johnson Falls Under Train. s
Killed and ManoIed.

Lars Johnson. an Old resident of Mil
lard, was instantly killed by the cars
there Thursday morning Mr.. johnson
was going from his home to the butcher
shop and was crossing the tracks about
$50 o'clock, when train No on the
Union Pacific was pulling out of the sta
ton. He was struck by the engine and
fell on the tracks. the cars passing over
him, breaking his shoulder blade. collar
bone and mangling his face in a horrlDle
manner. The body was dragged about
12J feet along the track
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
PARENTS INSTANTLY KILLED.
Two Sons Probably Fatally Injured
in Automobile Accident.

An automobile occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Richard S. Sayer, of Englewood, y.
Erie train near Goshen, n. Y. Mr.. and
Mrs. Sayer were instantly killed and
their sons hurled several feet, striking
near the tracks. They are not expected
to survive their injuries.
The chauffeur saved his life by jumping
before the train struck the automobile.
Mr.. Sayer was president of the Rider
Engine Company.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Put Ban on Telephones.

The national conference of the ole
German Baptist brethren at its session
at Flora. Ind, decided that the members
should not permit the use Of the tele.
phone in their homes, and that any mem.
Der now using a telephone should have
it removed from the house.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Charges Father with Incest.

Miss Minute Schroeder. daughter of
August Schroeder. a farmer near Tecum-
sch. came into the county court Tuesday
and swore out Il complaint against her
father charging him with incest Nj.
Schroeder is aged about 20 yaarS. and
her mother is living. and she has several
brothers and sisters living at home, Mr.
Schroeder is aged about 80 years and has
borne a good reputation.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
New Peace Agent at Work.

While apparently trere was no surface
change in the teamsters' strike at Chica-
go Thursday, powerful agent for peace
was at work. Grand Master J. G. Han
rahan, Of the Brotherhood Of Locomo-
tive Fireman, arrived in Chicago, and
after a conference with the mayor an
nounced he would use his good offices to
settle the strike
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Lads Caused Anyiety-

Three Seward lads caused good deal
of anxiety Monday by taking Il freight
train for parts unknown. The parents
feared that they We're drowned in the
Blue River. rs it had been their inten-
ton to go swimming. The depot director
1T Lincoln detained them at the police
station until their parents could 90 after
them
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Held for Attempted Murder.

Harry Foot and Charles Woodward
were arraigned Wednesday before Jus
tice Crowley at Hastings on the charge
of attempt to commit murder upon John
Froscheuser. The case was continued
Bond was fixed at $1,000, which they
were unable to give. The two defendants
assaulted Froscheuser Monday night and
beat him up 50 badly that he is still in
critical condition.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Monitor Puritan Aground,

The monitor Puritan was reported tC
he hard aground off Point Lookout in the
reserves of the District of Columbia. Al
Potomac. She has on board the nava
adiudged guilty of contempt in the Unit,
efforts for two days to float the ship
have so far proven unsuccessful.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
TOBACCO TRUST INQUIRY.
Secretary Adjudged Guilty of Con.
temDt of Court,

William II. McAllister, secretary If
adjudged guilty of contempt in the Unit
adjudged guilty of contempt in the INT
ed States court at New York for having
refused to answer questions before the
federal grand jury in connection With
the so-called tobacco trust.
Judge Lacombe fined McAllister s.
and ordered that he be taken into Gus
tody by marshal until such time as he
purges himself of contempt by answering
questions, producing books and papers.
McAllister furnished $1,000 bail for
his appearance, pending an appeal to the
United States supreme court.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
PLACE is NAMED.
Peace Representatives Will Meet in
Washington.

WashingtOn.
Official announcement is made that
the location for the peace conference.
The announcement came in the form of
an official statement issued by Secretary
Loeb by direction of the president. The
statement is as follows:
when the two governments We're I'M
able to agree upon either Che Foo Ar
Paris the president suggested The
Hague, but both governments have now
requested that Washington be chosen as
the place of meeting, and the president
governments that Washington will be SO
selected
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Woman Ends Six Lives.

A Tucumcari, n. NJ, special says:
Mrs. George Campbell, wife of ranch
man, while insane, Tuesday with q rifle
chased her husband from their home.
She then killed her five children and
ended her own life by shooting
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
A Royal Wedding.

Windsor, England. the scene of many
historic events. was in holiday attire
Thursday for the wedding of Princess
Margaret Of Connaught, the oldest
daughter of the duke of Connaught, TO
Prince Gustavus Adolphus, Oldest son
u Crown Prince Gustavus Of Sweden
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Caught in Frog.

With his right foot tightly wedgpd in
switch frog in the Burlington yards at
Omaha and with a fast moving engine
bearing down upon him, Frank Gernues
leaned as far back from the track as his
imprisoned limb would permit and watch
ed the engine as it ground his foot off
and then fell PROSTATE to the ground.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
tacates TOwnSite.

Charles Hagedorn appeared before the
county commissioners ut Papillion with
Il petition asking to have the Portal
townSite vacated As the petition had
the required number of Signers and there
being 10 objections. the petition was
granted. Portal was laid out in 1897
and for Il time grew rapidly, but the
boom did not last long.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
To Save the Life of Barker.

Alleging that Gov. Mickey was pre-
eenting an insanity hearing. Judge Ha-
mer, at Lincoln, Monday morning. APP
pealed to the district court to save the
life of Murderer Frank Barker, who IS
sentenced to be hanged Friday.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
A ST. Louis Mystery.

The dead body of an unknown man
was found in room in the Hotel Gar
mum at st. Louis, Mo-, Friday, but there
was no evidence to show what had
caused death. Wednesday two men,
registered as It. Martin and r. H. Pat
terson, were assigned to the room. One
was found dead Friday and the other has
disappeared.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Double Norfolk Wedding

State Veterinarian G. A. McKim. Of
Norfolk. and Federal Veterinarian W. f.
Jones. of McCOok. surprised their friends
Wednesday in a double wedding to Miss
Mamie Maniau and Miss Matte McNish.
respectively, at Trinity church. The
brides are Norfolk girls. prominent in
society. DR.. McKim is about to assume
his duties at Lincoln.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Barn Burned.

y barn belonging to James Hill and
newly built. was burned at Falls City
Wednesday morning about = o'clock.
Nothing is known about the origin of the
fire. \ horse which was locked in the
stable was badly burned before the door
cnull he broken down.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
To Relief of Polar ESDeditiOn.

The arctic steamer Terra Noval sailed
Tuesday from Tromsoe, Norway, for
Franz Josef land to the relief of the
Ziegler expedition, headed by Anthony
-Eiala ON the America
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Auto Runs Into Wire Fence.

William Butler Woodbridge, a promi-
nent Boston business man, was killed
and three other men injured in an auto
mobile accident in Saugus, Mass. early
Thursday. The automobile ran into a
barbed wire fence.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Nose Broken by Hammer.

Thomas Moody, a Seward character,
threw a hammer at Paul Armstrong.
breaking his nose. He was arrested and
pleaded guilty to assault and battery and
received sixty days.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Believed Seven Drowned.

A Hazelton, B. c., special says: Sew
en- men are missing and have probably
been drowned in the Skeena River near
Lorne Creek, their upturned canoe hav-
ing been found and no trace of the men
having been discovered
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
To Buy Up Water Bonds.

At meeting of the Chadron city
council it WAS decided to accept Il propo-
Sltion tn buy up the water bonds. They
have been trying for the past eight
months to do this. but this offer is quite
saving: ii will mean at least IL per
INT 10 the city.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22

August Bruckner. farmer living
three miles southeast of Hoskins. in
Wayne County. was thrown from his
buggy and suffered a fractured skull
while driving home The team was frac-
tious and ran away with him ut Hemlit,
a mile each of Hoskins. His physicians
hope to save his life.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Hanging is DELAYED.

"Jocko'' Briggs, who was to have been
hanged Friday at Chicago for the MUIR
der Of Hans Peterson, a cigar dealer,
on the night Of Sept. T., has been grant
ed a stay of one week by Judge Barnes
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Nebraska Girl Said "No.-

Because Miss Anna Cleburne, IF
Portsmouth. could not look with favor
upon his addresses, John Allen. aged %,
committed suicide by shooting himself
with shotgun loaded with buckshot.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Discussing Money to Indians.

Capt w. H. Beck, as distributing
agent for the government. will arrive in
Il few days to pay the Omaha Indians
the 100000 apportioned them out of the
tribes trust fund
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Uneusiness Over Morocco.

Much uneasiness prevails in official
quarters at Paris concerning the Franco
German situation growing out Of the No
roccan question. The government feel
ing is decidedly pessimistic concerning
negotiations.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Unusual Divorce Case.

Alleging that her husband had not
taken Il bath for four months Mrs. J. A.
North. of Raymond. got a divorce in the
court of Judge Cornish. Before marriage
she was Il school teacher and has many
friends near Raymond Before marriage
she AYERS her husband was neat, but
afterwards he became so negligent about
his personal habits that she could not
live with him
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Sent Improper Letter.

Fl. Leon Miller, of Oak. convicted of
mailing an obscene letter to Miss Turner.
Of Logan, Ia, was sentenced i'll the fed
eral court at Omaha to pay fine of 500
and serve q years hard labor at .--oux
Falls.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Murderer Cantured.

Max Ploehn, who assaulted and muir
dered Alma Goose at Plattsmouth, Neb.
Saturday, was captured hiding in a barn
near Plattsmouth. He was heavily
armed. but be made no resistance.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
A Murder in St. Joseph.

John McKown, laundry employe at
st. Joseph, Mo-, was shot and killed Fri
day by G. w. Stockton, a farmer, who
claimed that McKowan had ruined his
daughter
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Eighteen Persons Injured.

During gun practice on board the first
class battleship Magnificent off Tetuar
Wednesday after 6-inch shell exploded
Eighteen persons, including four officers,
were wounded. eleven of the seriously
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Frank Barker ReprIeved.

A Lincoln special says: Gov. Mickey
has announced that he has extended the
reprieve of Frank Barker. the condemn
ed murderer. who was to have been hang
ed Friday. for two years.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22
Sioux City Stock Market.

Fridays quotations Oh the Sioux City
stock markte follow: Butcher steers
$4.00@4.95. Top hogs, $3.50.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22

The state board of public lands AND,
buildings has made contract with the
Norfolk Electric Light and Power Com
pany to light the new asylum at thar
place.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22

There were filed at the state house
Thursday afternoon articles of incOrpOra-
ton of a new fraternal beneficiary order
growing out Of the troubles of the Mac
cabees. Its headquarters are at Grand
Island, which was the home of the
Western Maccabees. which order was re-
Gently enjoined in Judge Cornish's court
at the instance of the knights of tie.
MaccabeeS.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22

Adjt. Gen. Culver, Col Mcdonald anG}
Storch expect to attend the meeting OF
the Interstate National Guard Associa-
ton. to begin in st. Paul June 10. The.
latter two go as delegates from -Nsbras-
ka. Secretary of War Taft and other
prominent men will address the meeting.
state Superintendent McBrien has re-.
ceIved a letter from Principal Crabtr
or the Peru normal. stating that tha
total enrolment for the year has passed
the 1000 mark. This is accounted for
oy the heavy registration Of new SIN.
dents for the summer school work
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22

PlOehn was captured near PlattSmouth
and is confined in Omaha Jail.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22

The city of Lincoln is doing itself
proud for the Postmasters' Association
this week. The entertainment committee
has raked up seventy-ive automobiles.
and in these the pOstmasters will be tax
en- over the village and the exciting and
interesting points will be shown them
Besides this ride there will be banquets,
theaters, speeches and other entertain
ment galore. The association holds forth
from June u to Il. and the railroads
have offered reduced rates.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22

State Superintendent McBrien said
Thursday that the awakening in rural
school matters is one of the most re-.
markable things in the recent history of
the state. He estimates that fully 1900
young people will be graduated from the
country schools this year. a bout two
thirds of them are girls. and the average
age is 10. He has engagements to at
tend several Of the graduating ceremo-
MES which are usually held in the princi-'
pal town in each county.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-06-22

Union College has some adjuncts to its
educational institution upon which it
does not want to pay taxes, consequently
it has filed a protest with the Lancaster
County board of equalization at Lincoln
The property which has been assessed
consists Of tailor shop. farm equipment
and printing office. The college claims
that the money derived from these goes
into the college treasury and is used for
educational purposes and not for profit
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-29
DENOUNCED THE PRESIDENT
Remarks at Meeting OF Socialists Caus
ed Police to Give n Warning to the
Speakers.

|
Philadelphia, December IA po-
iliceman today threatened to stop a
injecting of socialists who had gather
led in a local theatre TO protest
against the massacres of Jews in Rus
isia," if the speakers persisted in de-
lnouncing the President and his admin
.listration. Ben Hanford, of New York.
the vice presidential candidate on The
socialist ticket in 1904, was speaking
when the interruption came. He had
lbeen d~enOuncing the Russian govern
Iment and was in the midst Of a TRADE
against the President and other
iagents of this country of the Gar"
THE policeman on duty at the theatre
believed his remarks justified him in
warning Hanford to desist. He walked
down b aisle, and ~interrupting Han
ford. told him he would have to o
down his remarks or he would stop
1.-THE meeting. The interruption caused
la furry. which was increased when
Edward Moore, of this city, chairman
,Of the meeting, took the floor and de-
nounced the policeman and said his
faction was an infringement upon the
rights of free speech. The policeman
Summoned a detail of men from Il
NEARBY station house, and when the
lsquad arrived a New York socialist
was making a speech in the Russian
Language. The policemen not being
familiar with the language, did not in
iterfere, and the remainder of the meet
ling was not interrupted.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-29
Drinking and Society.

II i no longer good form to drink
in polite society.
AT some houses owaday no wine
DIT all Is served. Scotch and soda
has taken it's place. because the doc
tors say it r. the least injurious OF all
tiDDlcs. but very little OF that * con-
Suncd The butterflies of fashion have
at last learned the lesson that a drum
ken millionaire Is as bestiaI as q
drunken tramp and that n society
who overindulges in drink is
as disgusting as though she were an
habitue Of Harrison Street Police sta
ton They have learned. too. that
there is no fun in the world like fun of
always being sober. The women. as
pecially have also learned that drink
rapidly and inevitably destroys their
physical as well AZ their mental
charms.
The result; is that today drinking
is decidedly bad form among rich and
fashionable Dcrscns. in Chicago. at any
rate. The occasional man who makes
z practice OF drinking too much liz
soon o5tracised. The woman who Is
observed only once under the influence
of liquor il tabooed thereafter.
Those philosophers who heretofore
have never been able To- see that what
is called society" Is OF much use I'm
The world VIII have TO admit that now
II - of some tise. in the good example
IL Is setting. For IL IL useless 20 deny
that too often the tone OF moralItv In
the mass is given TO 10 by hose persons
who are conspicuous because of wealth
and fashion Now that they have
made temperance fashionable. they
in a very important respect~Chicago
Journal
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-29

esses They surprised a force of gen
darmes in Karetnaia street today. kill
ing or wounding twenty of them Since
artillery has been firing uninter-
ruptedly III that section Of the city.
In many 10 dragons fired into
private houses, whele they suspected
r~evolutiona les had taken refuge
In nearly every district, large num-
Of innocent persons were acct
IDENTIFY killed or wounded
Late this afternoon 1t was reported
that fighting was proceeding in the
outskirts Of the city, and that there
We're heavy losses on both sides.
During the day bombs were thrown
the streets. The troops hold the
railway stations. but the plundering of
freight CAR continues. Three hundred
OF these cars have been entirely strip
ped on the kazan railway siding alone.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-29
TO DEVELOP ANOTHER
BIG WATER POWER
Power Company Purchases a
Site on the 100 Lands" on the Broad
River in Cherokee County. and Will
Begin at Once to Develop it-$1.-
900. 900 to be Spent-Work WIFI be
Rushed.

The Southern Power Company, hav-
ling its principal Offices in this city
land being the biggest corporation in
THE Piedmont section of the Carolinas.
has purchased the water power located
lon the "99 lands on the Broad river,
in Cherokee county, South Carolina.
Negotiations have been in progress
for several months, but the deal las
Just been consumated.
The consideration, it is said, will
run up in the hundred thousands. The
development will net about 10000 or
i12.A00 horse power and will require
THE expenditure of at least 81, 900 900.
The site is situated midway between
jGaffney and Blackburg and on ac-
IcouIrt of its relative position to large
.Icotton mills it is all the more valuable.
The development of this large power
will NEAR much to that particular
section of the Piedmont. 1t Is already
a great milling centre. but the incom-
ling of electric power in large quanti-
ties will give it a new impetus.
Plans for the development are now
IbeinG made and actual work will begin
lat once and will be rushed after it
Ihas begun. The company has pur-
Ichased property rights five miles up
the river from the prospective plant.
The development is but another step
jim the gigantic plans mapped out by
the Southern Power Company.-Char-
!lotte Chronicle.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-29
CASUALTIES WE'RE HEAVY
Results Of the Disturbances in o
cow-5OO is Moderate Estimate of
the Losses.

Moscow, December Pa p. m.-Ar
tillery. rifle and revolver firing on
tined throughout the day, but the noise
Of the battle has now somewhat abat-
ed. The guns have been ~bombarding
one barricade after another, the can
nonades being followed by charges by
the dragons who set fire TO the debris.
The area of the fighting was more
extended and included Trabnois
square, Sadovia, Karetnaia and many
other streets. The revolutionaries ap-
parently have not in the least lost
heart, Notwithstanding Saturdays
heavy casualties. It is now known
that 500 is a moderate estimate of the
losses and many more persons fell to-
day.
The revolutionaries had few sue
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-29
CHINO-JAPANESE TREATY
Commission Headed by KOmura Left
for Tien Tsin on Return Home.

Pekin, December 24.-The japanese
commission, headed by Baron Komura,
treaty, left today on 4 special train for
ITien Tsin on its way to Japan. At
lTien Tsin the commissioners will be
entertained with great ceremony by
the viceroy, Yuan Shi Kai.
The negotiations of the C~hinO-Jap-
Ianese treaty makes it clear that Yuan
jShi Kai has inherited Ii Hung
Chang's place as the mainstay of the
throne, as he attended at the meetings
lof the commissioners and led in all the
discussions, Notwithstanding the fact
that the foreign office nOninally on
tducted them.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-12-29
To the hen of the Navy From Admiral

Washington. December 24-Admiral
Dewey has prepared the following
Christmas message 20 the officers and
the men of the American nayy
through out the world, which, II lis
expected. will reach practically every
American warship sometime Christ
mas day:
My Christmas greetings TO the Off
GERS and men of the navy: let us have
neither ciiques nor ~grudges. bat all
stand together for the good of the
country and the service.
lSigned) GEORGE DEWEY"