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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS OF THE WEEK IN a CON-
DENSEO FORM.
Franchise Of the Sioux City, Homer
and South ,rn Railroad Company
Expires-Doubtful if the Enter
prise Will be Revived.

\ Dakota City special says: Midnight
| Saturday marked the expiration of the
| franchise granted the Sioux City, Homer
and Southern Railway Company by the
board of county commissioners for the
purpose of establishing Il street car line
between South Sioux City and Homer via
this place On March 80, 1903, the board
Of county commissioners granted right of
way along the highway to the proposed
line, giving the company eighteen months
in which to install and operate the line.
During that year some work was done
OF the line and during the summer OF
1904 the grade was completed nearly tho
entire way from South Sioux City to Ho-
mer and ties and rails were laid from
South Sioux City to a point about mile
west Of this place.
During the month of October last year
a gasoline propelled car was installed on
the line and after several weeks futile eT-
forts i'll trying TO establish passenger serv-
ice, it was abandoned. On Oct. 30, 1904.
Capt. X. \. Talbot. promoter of the road.
appeared again before the board of cOuD-
~ commissioners and asked to have an
extension of the time in which to estah-
liSh service. which was Granted-the fran
chise being continued until Sept. 80, 1903.
II the time the first franchise was grant
ed j. 5. Lawrence, representing the Sioux
City Traction Company. appeared before
the board and asked that his company
also be granted a franchise and that the
first company to have line into Dakota
City be recognized as that holding the
franchise. This the commissioners failed
10 grant Mr.. Lawrence offered the fur
:her proposition on behalf of his company
that upon the expiration OF Capt Talbot's
franchise his company be given thirty
days in which to extend its line to Dakota
City, but this also was refused. Now the
Sioux City, Homer aud Southern Rail
way has held 4 franchise for over two
and one-half years and Dakota City
seems no nearer rapid transit connection
with Sioux City than it was Il decade
ago.
The county commissioners meet soon,
when the matter will probably come up
for action again. 1t is doubtful if anOth-
or extension will be granted the Sioux
City, Homer and Southern Company I'M
less they can make Il showing sufficient
to prove beyond doubt that they have
the means at their disposal to complete
the work undertaken. There is strong
talk if the commissioners should extend
the franchise of taking the matter into
the courts.
The board of county commissioners
Wednesday granted the Sioux City, Ho-
mer and Southern Company an extension
to its franchise for thirty days.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
BANK DECIDES TO CLOSE.
Dougherty Scandal Causes Peoria
National TO Go !u.o Liuuidation.

AS a direct result OF the indictment of
\. {. Dougherty at Peoria, ILL.,. for forg-
cry Thursday, the directors Of the Peoria
National Bank. of which he was presi-
lent, announced shortly after midnight
Friday morning that they had decided to
discontinue business and would call in
the comptroller Of the currency to wind
mp the affairs of the institution.
The meeting of directors lasted all
'vening behind closed doors. 1t was adj
mitted that a disastrous run would be in
evitable Friday and the only course was
to Gquidate at once. Tie loan of $780,
900 by the Peoria clearing house was tied
up in such wise that it could not be ac-
'epted. 1t was learned that quiet with
lrawals from the bank had been going on
Ill day, most of the calls coming from
banks in the neighborinG towns.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
UNCOVER a STEAL.
Prominent Peoria Educator In.
volved in Big Theft.

y. c. Dougherty, for many years s'I-
perintendent Of schools at Peoria, H.,
and one of the most prominent educators
il the country, is under arrest. following
, an Indictment by the grand jury charging
| forgery.
DOugherty was n 'eased on n $4,000
bond. His arrest follows most asronnd-
Ing revelations by the grand jury, now
Ill session, which has been examining the
books of the Pe-,ria school board. With
in a comparatively bi.ef space Of time
a shortage OF $4,000 was discovered.
but a further discovery was made that
the peculatiOns have been extending Owe!
i long term Of years. The shortage viii
reach hundreds Of thousands of dollars.
The arrest followed an investigation
by the grand jury on charges brought
against Prof. Dougherty that the &C
counts Of the school funds which were de
posted in the bank of which he was pres
ident were being manipulated. The in
veStigation resulted III the discovery that
there was shortage of at least 500
coo.
he invest cation covered only the pc
Rod from January, 1901. The grand
jury, it is stated, viii investigate the Ell
tire record of Prof DOugherty as super.
intendent of schools. and it Is believed
much greater shortage will be found
Prof. Doughery was first arrested Oh
charge of forgery. the specific charge
being that lie had forged a voucher roi
S1G4.J0 for coal. He promptly furnish.
ed $1,000 bail The Indictment and ar-
rest Oh the charge Of embeZzemcnt fol-
lowed Thursday afternoon and on tn.
charge Prof. Dougherty furnished 50,
100 bail.
Following his arrest on the charge of
forgery, Prof. Dougherty sent in his res
isnation as president and director Of the
Peoria National Bank He also sent in
his resignation IS superintendent of
schools.
Prof. Doughcrty's arrest created a sen
sation. He has been rpputcd a wealthy
man, owning much real estate. consider
able western l1nd, and is connected with
4 number of financial institutions be.
sides the Peoria National Bank.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
A BIG MEETING.
Eleventh Annual Session of FEEDER
alton Of WOmen's Clubs.

Fully 200 Of the most representative
women of Nebraska are in session Mt
Lincoln at the eleventh annual meeting
Of the Nebraska Federation of Women's
Club.
Mrs. Sarah Platt Decker. Of Denver,
president of the General Federation of
"Omens Clubs, was the guest of honor
the convention during the entire session.
The prediction that there would be no
real issue at this meeting promises to
prove untrue, as the directory at pre-
liminary meeting passed proposition
which will be presented to the convention
providing for an amendment to the con-
stitution which will make future state
meetings biennial instead of annual. As
this plan has been strongly opposed in
the past. it will hardly be carried with
out a struggle.
The directory further recommended
that district vice presidents be made dis
trict presidents and admitted to the direc-
tory: also that adjacent districts COM
bine their annual conventions when pos
bic and bear their own expenses.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
IN A FIERY FURNACE.
Fifty Men Are Miraculousiy Saved
from Death.

Advices received from Pueblo, Colo,
state that n defective electrical generator
started destructive fire at the Fremont
coal mine near Florence, Colo. at about
noon Friday. Al the works, save the air
shaft, were destroyed
BY the prompt work of their cOmpan-
ions the miners who were in the under
cued alive through the air shaft, which
was being slowly burned.
The men We're in the main working
shaft when the fire first started, and We're
unable to get to the surface by reason Of
the flames having destroyed the main
shaft. Superintendent McCalister. real
izng their danger, signaled them to hast
Ell to the air shaft, and ropes were let
down to rescue them. They acted at once,
and all the available men in the camp
were fighting the flames, which were eX
tinguished about > o'clock in the after
noon.
Superintendent McCallistcr and twenty
men were reGcuing the men in tie shaft.
one at a time. the work being so slow
that only two were raised an hour. It
took the combined strength OF twenty
men to hoist one of the miners from
below
At q late hour Friday night nearly all
Of the men had been brought out, and the
rest were in no danger
All of the buildings, including the elec
tric house, blacksmith shop, boiler house,
main shaft, etc. We're totally destroyed.
The property loss is about SO, 900.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
AUTOMOBILE SMASHUP.
One Killed, Two Fatally Injured,
and Two Badly Bruised.

An Athens, Mich, dispatch says: Wal
Ter Palmer, of Athens, was instantly kill
ed, Chauffeur Blake, of Kalamazoo, was
fatally injured, and Mrs. Walter Palmer
and her daughter Frances We're badly
bruised i'll an automobile accident Sun
day two and a half miles west of this vii.
lage.
The automobile, which was travelling at
n good speed, swerved out of the road
into marsh and capsized Mrs. Palmer
and her daughter are not dangerously
huTf
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
PAT GROVES REQUEST.
Wants the Douglas County Officers
70 Escort Him TO Nebraska

Sheriff Power, at Omaha, has received
telegram from Pat Grove himself in
which Grove asks the sheriff to 90 to
Montana TO bring him to Omaha. In
his telegram Grove says that he will
make 10 effort to avoid extradition in
case the sheriff goes after him, but that
unless he does 50 Grove will make every
effort to prevent his being brought to
Nebraska.
The sheriff has taken 40 action in the
matter, and VIII cooperate with the
Omaha police authorities.
The alleged confession Of Pat Grove
to the Kidnapping Of Eddie Cudahy five
years ago. in which Grove duplicates the
boy i'll 4 conspiracy to wiring $4,000
from the boys father, Edward y. Cud'
ahy, IS given little crydcnce i'll Omaha.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
AFFAIRS ARE DESPERATE
Rioting at Moscow Saturday and
Sunday Was Fierce.

Special dispatches to the London news
papers describe the desperate state Of af-
fairs at Moscow Saturday and Sunday.
Many persons were killed or wounded In
the rioting on the Tversky Boulevard at
the site of the monument to the poet Al
eXander Pushkin and in the great square
fronting the monastery, where the troops
used sabers and rifles, firing point blank
into the rioters.
The authorities have issued proclama-
ton giving the police absolute power to
prevent assemblages.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Close Cal, for Thrcsher.

Rufus Strdugh. near Pickerei, was
crossing Il field with threshing outfit.
when the engine set fire to the stubble.
The flames, famed by strong south
wind, soon envclOpCd Strough and his
team. He fell from the machine and
was rescued by several other threshng
men who were following close behind
He was seriously burned about the face
ana body, but it is thought he will re-
cover. The thrcshing outfit and team
was saved. although the hair was singed
almost entirely off the horses.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
a LADY BURGLAR.
Dressed in Male Attire, She is Cn-
der Arrest at Hail;nI.

Town Marshal J. \. Vent. OF Hal
lam, arrested two persons Monday on the
charge OF ToJbing 4 school house i'll the
neighborhoGd Of the village, only to find
after some questioning that one of them
was a woman who had assumed the mas
culine attire. They gave the Names of
James and Ella Clifford and claimed that
they We're husband and wife. They claim
to have come from Chicago.
The woman was dressed in black trous-
els coat and vest and wore 4 pink shirt
and a crushed hat. Mrs. Clifford said she
formerly lived in Cedar Falls, Ia. and
WAS married in AnOl;a. MINI.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
MURDERED IN HIS HOME.
Bachelor Living Near Des Moines,
Ia. is Found Dead

Ed Gresser bachelor, aged 80 years.
residing in Allen township just south of
Des Moines, Ia, was murdered in his
home Thursday night. His remains We're
found Friday morning by Chas. Graves,
ner has gone to investigate the crime.
Gresser was a bachelor, living Glen. and
it is supposed he had money in the house
His pipe was lying beside him, where he
had been felled to the floor.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Nearly q Disastrous Wreck,

The Chicago and Northwestern fast
limited passenger train, nOrthbound, had
a narrow escape from a bad wreck in
the Sheboygan. Wis, yards by daSlling
into an open switch and into line Of
freight cars. The fact that the train
had slackened its speed only prevented
what would have been in all probability
a terrible diSiStpr
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
LION AND THE Scar,
Fwo Ancient Enemies May Bury
the Bone"

Fwo Ancient Enemies May Bury
the Bone
Following closely upon the publication
If the text of the Anglo-Japanese treaty
has come considerable talk of the posi-
bility of an understanding between Great
Britain and Russia. All the newspapers
are devoting columns to discussion of
the question, pointing ont that if Russia
IS sincere in her expressions of desire for
peace in central Asia there is no reason
why the two ancient enemies should not
come to an agreement that will not only
assure peace. bat clear away suspicious
that have led to the friction which has
existed for years.
That negotiations with this object in
REV are pending seems possible, though
definite official confirmation is lacking
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
WOULD KILL HIS FAMILY.
Joe Larkins is Placed Under Ar
rest at Heatrice

Joe Larkins. Il farmer living ten miles
southeast Of Beatrice, was lodged in Jail
Monday night by Sheriff Trude, accused
of trying to kill his wife and two chill
dren, who escaped to the home of neigh
Dor.
Larkins shot at his brother George.
who tried to protect the family, but the
shots went wide OF the mark
George Larkins was released Wednes-
day after he had entered into an agree
ment to allow his wife a divorce. turn
over all his personal property to her and
give her the custody of their three chill
dren.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Stranger Passes Forged Checks.

y man who gave his name as H. Milton
passed a forged check on y. Sampler. a
Fremont merchant. The man met Mr..
Sampler at the store by appointment to
purchase quite Il bill of goods. He picked
out about S24 worth and gave q S4OHheck
purporting to be signed by r. E. Gould,
a contractor at the sugar factory, in pay
ment, receiving SIG in cash. The clearing
house rejected the check as Il forgery.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
ONE DEATH IN CHICAGO.
Niss!ssippi Man Succumbs to Vel.
low Fever in a HosDltnI

VIM. Cunning. OF Natchcz, Miss, who
came TO Chicago city week ago, died
Thursday Of yellow fever. When Mr..
Cunning reached Chicago he was suffer-
ing with the disease and was at once tax
en- to a hospital. whore he steadily grew
wolse despite the efforts of the entire
hospital staff. Cunning. who was 20
years of age, broke through the Quaran-
tine at Cairo, ILL.,. and came direct to
Chicago. His death is the first in many
years that has been caused by yellow fe,
Yer in that city
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Fatal Accident Near Partition.

8 Claus Harmsen, farmer living one
and one-half miles east of Papillion. was
probably fatally injured Monday after
noon by a Union Pacific train. Mr..
Harmsen was driving some cattle across
the track, when the horse he was riding
became frightened and stepped directly in
front of the rapidly approaching train.
The animal was instantly killed and his
rider was thrown about forty feet.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Gets No gIicerSP

The Bankers Union of the Void has
failed i'll an action to compel State Audi
tor Searle to issue Il license to do bust
ness in Nebraska. Searle refused permits
sion and the company. an Omaha frater-
nal concern, applied for writ Of man
damus compelling him to issue the GER
titicate. This the supreme court Satur-
day denied
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Death of Prof. Dewitt ID. Brace.

IrOf. DeNltt y. Brace, head of the
physics department of the University of
Nebraska, died Monday as Il result of
blood poisoning following an operation on
a carbuncle. Lr. Brace was Il native of
New York. 4G years of age, and occupied
Il chair in the University of Nebraska
eighteen years. He IS survived by a wife
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Bad Gang Broken I'm

With the holding for trial in the police
court at New York Saturday of three
men said to be expert fiat burglars, and
two jewelers. through whom the plumber
is said TO have been sold. the police be-
lieve that they have broken up a gang
which during the past two years has rob.
bed many hundred flats in Harlem.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
"EUnUer Strike" General

The hunger STRIKE which began Oct.
,, i'll the woman's department of one Of
the large prisons at st. Petersburg. de
voted to the detention of political offend
ers. has become general. For three days
all the inmates Of the prison have been
refusing to eat as protest against r0u@h
frn1 tmnEt
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
OVER TWO HUNDRED KILLED
Loss Of Life in Philippine Storm
Was Great.

The government reports at Manila, +.
L., show the result of the recent storm
was very serious.
At least 200 natives and - Americans
and foreigners were killed. 1t was i'm
possible to identify many of the latter.
In Albay, Sorsogon, Masbate and Sa-
mar fields have been devastated. stocks
damaged and 40 to so per cent of the
buildings. dwellings,, schools and ware
houses DESTROYED
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Lid Was on in West Point.

Sunday for the first time in over twent-
ty years, the lid" was on in West Point.
The saloons, business houses, barber
shops and butcher shops were kept tight
II closed all day. a petition to the city
authorities was circulated and signed,
with the result that all business in buy
ing and selling will be discontinued here
after on Sundays
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Held for Biz SwinS;a

Charged with swindling Henry T.
Wheeler, a wealthy farmer of Stratford.
Conn. out of ST. 1000, Frank l.. Rogers
an attorney of Bridgeport. and ID. X.
Tripp. New York business man. are I'm.
der arrest
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Valuable Collection Stolen

Rev. Jeremiah Zimmerman, of syria.
cuse, y. Y, the well known numsmatiSt
and Psychologist, who stopped over in
Paris on his way to the United States
from Egypt, was the victim of thieves.
who stole his entire collection of ancient
coins. medals and canoes, valued at
5000 900
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Turkeys Sentence Affirmed.

The supreme court Friday evening af-
tirmed the decision OF the Hall County
district court in sentencing VIM. Turley
to seventeen years imprisonment for the
murder of Norman I. Bliss The two
farmers Quarreled and Turley shot Bliss.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12

A woman passenger aboard 4 Rurling-
ton train stepped into the layatoray about
the time the train left Crete and gave
birth to a child. She was on route from
Lincoln to Diller. and after the train
reached Nymore the woman and child
were removed to 4 hotel, where they are
being cared for
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Michigan Brewers Unite.

a Detroit, Mich. Free Press special
from Grand HIpids, Mich, says: Repre-.
sentatiyes of twenty-eight central Mich
igan hreweries met here and formed q CO.
operative brewing company. representing
about $4,000. 600 cnnital.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Hessiau Fiy is Numerous

John Sheve, a prominent farmer and
stock raiser living northwest Of Beat
rice. reports that the fields where there
are weeds and volunteer growth of
wheat the Hessian fly is exceedingly nu-
merOUS,
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Bound Over to Court.

The preliminary examination of Chas.
Crook charged whit criminal assault upon
4-year-old girl at Diller. was held be-
fore County Judge Boyle and the ac-
cused was held in $1,000 bonds to answer
the charge at the next term of district
court. He was unable to give bond.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Absconder Pleads Guilty

In the criminal court at Chicago Fri
lay Gus Bobbs, who absconded with
$4,000 belonging to the firm of Charles
\. Stevens & Bros, entered plea of
guilty. He was sentenced 20 an indefinite
prm in the penitcntiary
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Taft to Manage Canal.

1t has been definitely decided at Wash
.ngton that the management Of the iskl
milan canal shall remain under Secretary
Taft. The matter was discussed after
the cabinet meeting Friday, when this
.OnclESiou rrAS reachnd
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Killed by Russians

The schooner City of Papeete, which
arrived at San Francisco Saturday from
having picked up the dead bodies Of nu.
merous japanese on the Kamchatkan
coast, who had been killed by the Rus.
slams some months ago
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Woman Injured in Runaway.

Mrs. Minnie Schrader, who resides
near Prosser, was badly injured at Hast
ings IN runaway. In jumping from the
buggy she WAS thrown against the stone
steps OF the Presbyterian church. Be
sides receiving Il severe cut on the head
she sustained Il fracture of her left leg.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
GRAND TRUNK FACES STRIKE
The Switchmen May be Called Ou,
at Any Moment

at Any Moment.
"Eighty per cent of the switchmcn en-
ployed by the Grand Trunk Railway be-
tween Chicago and the Canadian border
may be called out Oh Il strike within
twenty-four hours
Grand Master Hawley, of the Switch
mems Union of America, who went to
Chicago Wednesday in the hope of nego-
tiating with the heads Ct the Grand
Trunk for a settlement of the strike at
the Elsdon yards, and failed, made the
foregoing statement Thursday.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
americans Acquire H1ininp Ola

A Mexico Clay special says: Messrs
Scully, Perry and Newell. Americans,
have acquired, for the sum of $500, 600,
group of mining claims situated in the
state Of Durango. The first payment
Sl,J01,O00, has been placed with the Ma
tional Bank of Mexico.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Fourteen Men Are Killed.

Fourteen men were killed and two in.
Jured Friday by Il cave-in at the Yer
mont Slate Compauy's quarry near Gran.
vile. y. \. Among the dead is J. =.
Williams. president of the company. The
others were Hungarian labOrerS.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Mexican Bandits CAUGHT

state that eleven bandits engaged in the
hold up Of Manuel Parades, shipping
foreman of the Buena Vista mines, and
his two assistants six miles west Of Hos.
toippaquillo Jalisco, have been captured
and shot by ruraleS. 1t was learned that
fifteen men participated in the holdup
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Death Was Accidental.

The coroner's Jury emranneled in the
case o. J. T.. Noerge the Roci; Island
engineer who was killed Sunday in the
collision with an iron brace on the rail
road bridge ut Clatonia. rendered a ver-
dict finding that the injury was purely &C
CitlputaI
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Suicide of q Prisoner.

st. Louis: While waiting the arrival
of a patrol wagon after his arrest on q
forgery charge, Thomas G.. O'Connor. 40
years of age, Sunday committed suicide
by drinking carboic acid He died be-
fore he could be sent to the city hospitaI
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Texas Oil Goes I'm.

y Beaumont. Tex, dispatch says: A
straight advance of > cents on Texas
crude oil has been posted by the Texas
company, making total Use of ) cents
during the past two wcelS
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-10-12
Wants $4,000 Damaoes

John S. Lewis has filed suit in tie
district court against the Nebraska City
water and light company for $1,000 dam
ages. Lewis was severely shocked on
Aug. - by his back coming in con-
tact with Il live wire. He was terribly
burned and WAS rendered unconscious.
and in his petition claims lie was per1na-
nently injured