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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
ROCKEFELLER NOT DISHONEST
g. @. t. Dodd Defends Head Of
Standard Oil.

| A New York special says: :. {. r
Dodd, general solicitor for the STANDARD
Oil Company, gave out Il statement
Thursday with reference to The recent
discussion of the acceptance of Il gift
| of 100000 offered by John y. Rockelel
Ter for missionary work
Mr.. Dodd declares that the statement
| thrt Mr.. Rockefeller made his money
dishonesty is false. Is vile. and being
made by ministers in the pretended in
terrSt Of morality is doubly vile.
Mr.. Dodd then says that the Standa I'd
Oil Company does not own a share Cf
any railroad company, does not control
any railroad company. and since the Ell
actment of the interstate commerce law
has not received better rates than other
shippers by rebates, arrangements. de-
vices or plans of any character. The
agent of the Standard Oil Company be-
fore the commission, is quoted in this
connection
With relation TO gas and copper COM
panies Mr.. Dodd says: NO doubt
many have been prejudiced against Mr.
Rockefeller by sensational writer's whose
articles, accompanied by portraits and
caricatures. are intended to create the
impression that Mr.. Rockefeller was
principal in the affairs relating to the
organization of the gas and copper COM
panies, although 10 fact showing such
connection is stated The Standard Oil
Company has already denied that it had
any connection Or interest. directly or in
directly, in the organization Of these cor
porations, and on the best authority the
same denial is now made for John ID.
Rockefeller. He had no connection with
or interest in, directly or Indirectly. the
organization of these corporations"
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
SEA FIGHT IN SIGHT
BIG FLEET OF RUSSIAN SHIPS
NORTH OF SINGAPORE.
Said to Number rty-Seven-Japan-
csc Everywhere on the Watch
Ii Seems Impossible for Russian
Ships TO Slip by Them.

Singapore. Straits Settlement advices
state that the British steamer Tara re-
ports having sighted forty Russian
ships 100 miles north Of Singapore.
A dispatch from Durham, Natal.
March %, said that the British steam
Dart, from Rangoon, reported that sac
passed Oh March 10 thirty warships and
fourteen Golfers probably the Russian
feet Steaming eastward $50 miles north
east of the island of Madagascar. The
feet reported by the Tara is probably the
same one as sighted by the Dart.
\ dispatch from Singapore to the Lon
don Express says that the captain of Il
cQasting steamer reports having sighted
twenty-Seren warships seventy miles
southwest of Penang.
A Batavia dispatch to the same paper
says that Chinese junkS report that Jap
csc warships are policing all the straits
available to Rojestvensky in an attempt
to reach China seas.
The Daily Express takes the view that
the fleet reported in its Singapore dis
patch was Admiral Togo's. Nothing def
mite has been heard since March 16 from
Vice Admiral ROjestvensky' ships.
which were recently in French waters off
Madagascar.
4 Jubitil. Gulf of Alden. special says
that Vice Admiral Nebogatoff's porto
of the Russian Pacific squadron sale,
Friday morning.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
+ TEN yc 30 G1.nc0.
The Russian y val Programme i.,.
Oars True.

The committee appointed nj st. Peters
! burg to investigate tie capacity Of the
Russian shipbu;lIiAg industry for carry
i@g out kussia's naval program has re-
| ported, showing that the present Baltic
yards and machinery shops expanded 10
/ their full capacity could deliver III three.
| years eight Of the twenty-five big battle
ships ard cruisers and eight OF the TWEEN
| ty-four smaller cruisers contemplated
| Given five years fourteen big battleShips
| and seventeen small craft could be COM
! plGtCd, while the whole program can
easily be executed under ten years if the
haste is not so urgent.
| The details of the program have not
! been officially published. but it is report
; ed that it consists of ten battleships, tf-
teen lo.GOO-tOn armOred cruisers OF the
Rossia type, twelve 9.O0O-ton cruisers of
the Bayan type, twelve cruisers of the
0.GGO-ton type, exclusive of torpedoboat
. deStroyerS, submarine and mine ships
The Russian works are capable OF
supplying arinor for only two and one
half ships yearly, and the committee has
not considered armament
Peace at an early date is regarded as
probable by the German embassy at st.
Petersburg, the Associated Press is IN
formed, and, in consequence of dispatch
eS received at Berlin from there by the
government during the last three days,
this opinion circulateS in official circles
for the first time since the war began.
The Russian emperor. it is true, has
not yet decided for peace. but the grand
dukes and practically all the members Of
the court who have access to the en-
peTor are for peace.
Considerations that still delay the
ears decision are personal ones He is
feeling his reign is Il failure if Russia
does not win the war and that his pres
tigc as Il sovereign Will be lost at home
and in foreign countries. but he cannot
Yet bring himself to speak the word that
Will set peace negotiations in motion.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
TOO MUCH LATIN.
More English and German Recon-
mended for High Schools.

BY declaring that Latin. in its value as
mental developer, has been greatly
oVerestilnatpd, and that by eliminating
this branch and substituting more Eng
liSh and more German better results
would be accomplished. Miss Maggie
Mclean. principal of The high school ut
Randolph provoked the most heated
discussion Of the three days session of
the Northern Nebraska Teachers Asso-
citation just held i'll Norfolk. Like Il
h"mbShell her theory landed in the au-
dience and instantly she had finished it
was vigorously taken up by dozens of
eager speakers. After Il battle royal
over the question the points in favor of
Latin seemed 10 have won the day.
This session WAS the most largely at
tended of any in the history of the asso-
cation, 100 outside teachers being pres
emit
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
STATE OF NEBRASKA
NEWS Or THE WEEK IN q CON.
OENSEO FORM.
Shoots Wife in Church-E. ID. NOyak
Then Kills Himself at His Home in
but Worshippers We're Scared.

After shooting his wife as she sat IL
her pew III the church at Howells, COW
ing the other worShippers by brandiSh
ing the smoking revolver in theil faces
and threatening anyone who interfered
+. ID. Novak coolly walked out of the
sacred edifice, marched up the main
street OF the town and finally shot him
self in Il summer kitchen in the rear of
his home, dying instantly.
Novak and his wife have had trouble
for several years. Without giving any
hint of his murderouS Intentions. No
wax entered the church during service
and walked straight up the aisle 20
where his wife sat. Drawing Il revolver
he pointed it directly at her face and
fired
With Il mocking laugh Novak turned
and walked slowly down the aisle. bran
dishing the revolver III the air and
threatening to shoot anyone who made
I move To stop him.
Leaving the church Novak walked de-
liberately through the main part Of the
town, still swinging his revolver.
His only daughter. Rose. was alone in
the house. and when the girl saw her
father coming up the street fourishing
the weapon she FASTENED to lock the
doors. Unable to enter the house. No
wax went round to the rear and into 4
summer kitchen. and Immediately shot
himself in the head, dying instantly.
Mrs. Novak fortunately escaped with
4 comparatively slight injury. The shot
entered the side of the neck The wound
was dressed and the woman was able
to walk to her home.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Railroad Bonds DESTROYED.

Last Tuesday K. ID. Pollard, tax com
missioner of the Burlington Railroad
Company. appeared before the county
commissioners ut Pawnee City. and in
the presence of the board and himself.
presented and authorized the cancellation
and destruction by fire of $4,000 in
bonds with interest-bearinS coupons ag-
gregating $4,000. These bonds were
voted by Table Rock precinct in 1871.
in aid of the Atcilison Lincoln and Co
lumbuS Railroad After the bonds were
issued the precinct resisted payment and
Il long legal contest cnSued. \ decision
was finally rendered by the supreme
court in favor Of the precinct.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
SHOT IN y RIOT,
Four Wounded in West Virginia
Election Fight.

In an election riot at Huntington. W.
Va, Thursday, Policeman Roy Hill WAS
shot and fatally wounded, and Deputy
Sheriff Adkins, Policeman Burt Foster
and Deputy Sheriff Ennis Baylcss were
slightly wounded
The two deputy shcrifs are in jail.
The trouble grew ont OF dispute
over authority III an attempt to arrest
q negro for ''rcpPatinG'
The feeling is bitter on both sides and
further trouble is feared.
The policemen are Republicans and
the deputy sheriffS Demncrats
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Barn Struck by ii0btDino

Monday hight lightning struck Il large
barn belonging to Ed Munson. a farmer
living twelve miles west of Columbus
Just over the line in Nance County. \
horse had all the hair burned off his
tail and hind legs. but his flesh seems
not to have suffered any. When repairs
were started on the cornicc the work
men took out about bushel of dead
bees and nearly 100 pounds of honey
was found in the box of the cornice be-
tween the raftprs.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
BARKER WILL HANG.
New Trial is Denied the Nebraska
MNcIerpr

y Lincoln, Neb.. special says that the
supreme court has decided that Frank
Barker, aged % years. who killed his
brother and his brothers wife. shall not
nave new trial and that he must hang
June 16.
The double murder was committed
near Red Cloud. Neh.. in February,
1904, Barker Staying his relatives in or
der that he might have the house and
farm which beor ged to them. and thus
be able to marry 4 young woman of the
neighborhood.
On May II, 1904. Barker was found
guilty and sentenced to hang Sept >.
but secured new lease on life. pending
an appeal TO the supreme court.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Exeter is Booming.

Exeter village is having Il boom this
spring in the way Of new buildings and
other improvements. Last year the vii
iage board proposed to furnish brick fol.
sidewalk purposes to all parties who
would us" them. at actual cost. on track
Exeter. During the season about 100000
were distributed over the town in new
walks and crossings. The same PROPOSE
ton * held out this spring and about
:i2'NO hay" already been distributed
and orders fer as many more have been
been placed with the street commissioner
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
WOULD Kill GOV. HOCH.
Dangerous Insane Man is Captured
at Topeka

An insane man. who gives his name as
j. Evart Worthington, whose former
place of residence the police have been
unable to learn. was captured within Il
block of the state capitol at Topeka,
Kan. where he said he was going to
kill Gov. Hoch. The man was unarmed.
but he is of powerful build and un-
doubtedly would have handled the chief
executive roughly had he not been inter
cepted.
Worthington is now in the county jail
and will be sent to an asylum. Com
munication with him is held by means
Of written questions and answers, as he
pretendS TO be deaf and dumb.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
AGAIN SENTENCED TO HANG
Attorneys Make Desperate Efforts
to Save Anna Valentina

Anna Valentino, who was convicted Of
the murder of Rosa Salza. at Roda. y.
j., a year ago, and whose attorneys have
been making every effort to save her
from the gallows, has been rescntenced
to be hanged Oh Friday, May - SEN
tence was passed by Judge Garretson in
the supreme court at Hackensack, y. J.
Mrs. Ealentina's lawyers Will make
another appeal to the board of pardons,
and should that fail may appeal to the
supreme court of the United States on
the ground that she was deprived of her
constitutional rights.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Barker Still Has Chance

Frank Barker, whom the supreme
court said must hang June Is for muir
dcring his brother and the latter's wife
may yet cheat the gaIlows. Warden
beemer IS Of the opinion Barker is i'll
sane and he will he examined by the
Lancaster County insanity board. and if
1t IS proven that he is insane the asylum
instead Of the gallows Will be his finish
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
A Victim of LeprOsy.

The Honolulu Star says that Brother
Serapion Won koop, of the leper set
Element at Molokai, is the victim Of lep-
rosy. His case is similar to that of
Father Damien. Brother Won Hoop, who
is native of Holland, went to the set
Element in 1895. Eighteen months ago
he detected signs of the disease.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
FACES BIG STRIKE.
Danger of Another Labor War in
Chicago

Two hundred teamsters employed by
Ward x Co. ut Chicago. struck Friday
in sympathy with the garment workers,
who had been i'll Il struggle with the EN-
ployerS for four months.
In the belief of many labor leaders
Fridays strike is the beginning of Il
great contest that may involve 2Q,GG0
drivers.
Strike pickets surrounded the Ward
building Friday and drivers with CON
signments of freight, express, coal. etc.
for the firm were stopped and turned
back.
There were several clashes between
the police and crowds during the day.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Held for Illinois Murder.

A man who closely TALES with the de-
Scripti0n Of an alleged murderer wanted
at StraWn, ILL.,, was arrested at Thomas
Mahopey's farm, near Pennington.
Mimi, by Deputy Sheriff Brownell. He
gave his name as Charles Gran.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Rouse to Get His Chair.

Speaker Rouse will get that chaii,
"hlch the house of representatives voted
to him and over which the employees of
the house held an Indignation meeting.
The chair is now i'll the possession of the
secretary of state and Will be sent to
the home of Mr.. Rouse. The board of
public lands and buildings. in checking
up legislative supplies turned back to
the state, decided upon this Thursday.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
BANKS ARE PROSPEROUS.
An Increase OF Over S2,OOO,OOO
in Deposits During Quarter

In the quarterly and yearly bank state
ments Secretary Royce. of the state
banking board. Monday declared that
conditions were the most tluttering in
the history of the state Eight new
banks hay" been organized and notwith-
standing tn" heavy demands for money
the deposits have Increased more than
$2.0Oo,0O0 during tho last quarter. The
Increase III dopositorS exceeds II .OGO.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Carnegie's Offer Rejected

At PaWnee City, ut the municipal cleo
ION Thursday. a proposition was sub
mltted to the voters To levy Il 2-mill tax
on city property to maintain Il free public
library and to accept a donation of s.. 600
from Andrew Carnegie to build the libra
~. The proposition was defeated bv
three yotaS
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Victim OF an Assassin.

T. G. Lamb, superintendent of the
Tresamigo mine, was blown to pieces by
an Internal machine while asleep in his
house at the edge OF Tucson. Ariz. Lamb
had been involved in several bitter dis
putes about mining property, and it is
presumed one of his enemies committed
the deed
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
San Francisco Ngystery

The headless and legless trunk of q
young man was found late Wednesday
night on Vallejo Street. San Francisco.
The body was wrapped in an old blan-
ket, tied up with fsherman's Irvine. 4
man was seen to throw the bundle away
by passerby. No cIew to the murdered
man or the murderer
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Bound Over TO Court.

Orvil Woodward and hmery Baldwin.
the young men arrested some days ago
Tor breaking into school house near
Albion and taking some property there
from. were bound over by the court
judge for their appearance at the next
term of the district court.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13

Inc report Of State Treasurer Nrertsr,
Esp OF the condition of the treasury IA
tne month of March. filed with the audi
tor, shows that be has received In All
Epads S351 ,9SS.94, paid out $425, 400 3W
;aoq that he has now remaining Ia tha
treasury 1881, 0J9.G2. OF this amount ~
hes in cash on hand $3.340G7, and On M
fposlt 1868, 7I595. In the perfnsneTS
EssnQol fund there is at this time SGD 00Ij
swplle in the temporary school fund tSeca
is S25S679
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
PREFERS DEATH TO SCHOOL
Young Boy at Lincoln Commits
S;iIiciUP

Merle O'Brien. the 14-year-old son Of
William O'Brien, of 1873 Washington
Street. Lincoln. shot himself Monday
and physicians declare he cannot recover.
The boy had been worrying about the
next month of school and did not want
10 go. While the members of the family
We're at breakfast he went into an adj
joining room and shot himself with a re
volver. The bullet entered the right
temple and penetrated the brain.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Lovers Quarrel Fatal

At Huntsville, Ala, H. A. Ballard
was fatally founded Thursday by Miss
Oma Hardie, his sweetheart, who fol-
lowed her attack upon him by killing
herself. The tragedy resulted from a
lovers quarrel
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Girls as Eirebuos

Five attempts Saturday and Sunday to
burn the Bucker hall, the girls dormi-
tory at Georgetown, Ky, college and
the largest Baptist institution in the
south, have just come to light. The au
thorities believe the girl students started
the fires.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
-Four Are ASnhYIiated

-Four persons were killed by illuminate
ing gas escaping from a defective stove
Thursday in tenement house in the
upper east side, New York. The bodies
were found by the father Of the chill
dren, who, with his wife and young son.
occupied an adjoining room.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
TRAGEDY Follows Divorce.

Despondent over Il divorce suit which
ended in a decree for his wife, Anthem
Bower, farmer, living west of Lincoln,
Neb., shot himself Thursday night The
body was found under the window Of his
divorced wife's room Friday morning.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Teacher Hung in Effgy.

The friends of Prof. Joseph X. Fulk
were incensed when they observed an eff
fgy bearing his name suspended from
the ropes Oh the S0-foot flag pole on the
school house grounds at Randolph. The
school board ordered the etfigy removed
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Loan Heavily Oversubscribed

The correspondent at Toxic Of the
London Times says that owing to heavy
subscription only 3 per cent of the do
mestic loan will be allowed at the issue
price. and consequently there is much
disappointment.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Lynch Seryian Marauders

The Mussulmans of Uskub province,
Macedonla, are so exasperated at the
governments inaction against maraud-
ing bands they have taken to lynching
prisoners. Nine Servians have been
hanged
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Barred from Nebraska

The Bankers Union of the World. \
fraternaI order, of which DR.. Spinney is
the head, has no license TO do business
III Nebraska. Deputy Auditor Pierce
W ednesday refused the company permits
sion to do business in the state
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Zeigler Mine EXp!Osion.

at Zeigler, Ill, the coroner's jury in
its verdict finds that the forty-three men
men who lost their lives in the Letter
coal mines Monday, April >, were killed
by afterdamp due to an explosion of
powder caused by parties Unknown
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Charged with EmbezzIemenr.

B. 81. McDuffie, New York, who is
FiGe &c. president of the defunet bank of
Iawton, Okla, was arrested Friday
might OH charge Of having embezzled
1900 of the funds of that institution.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
May Contest Election.

The "wetS" elected their entire ticket
at the village election at Gordon by ma
jorities ranging from one to nine. The
election Was the most exciting and hotIv
contested i'll the history of the town. If
Is claimed that several illegal votes were
cast by the vets and Il contest will like.
" result
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
NEW YORK RIPPER" MURDER
Young Woman is Stabbed 20 DEATH
in Hotel.

Elements of mystery. recalling the sto-
RES of Jack the Ripper" lent Il sensa-
tiop to q stabbing Friday in Thirteenth
Street hotel at New York Of 4 young
woman named Mamie Wilson. She died
a few hours after the stabbing.
James Boyne, whom the police arrest
I'd, although admitting he was in the wo-
mans company u short time before she
was injured, declared he did not know
now she received the wounds.
The woman was stabbed in the abdo-
men with very long knife. The char
actor of the cut was similar to that made
on the victims of the London Jack the
Ripper
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Robbery at kearney.

The harness store of !. II. Haney x
Co. at kearney. Frank NJ. Leake. man
ager, was entered by burglars nd tool.
valued at $1U0 stolen.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Mormon Church Conference.

The seventy-ffth annual conference of
the Mormon church opened Thursday in
The tabernacle at Salt Lake City and
WI continue several days. Apostle Reed
Smoot Is lot in ATTENDANCE z .'-'l'-.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
ACCid eataEIy Shot

At West Point, while handling re-
yoiyeF in his buggy. Frank Priedknow
was accidentally shot through the upper
part of his right leg. No danger is an
pretended.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Mail Pouch Rihed.

The northbound midnight mail pouch
in the nohh part of the city cut to
pieces and a part of the contents gone.
The sack is said to have contained a
rye number of drafts, one calling for
N ono
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
". NJ. G. 4. Robbed

Someone broke into the Young Mems
Christian Association rooms at Fremont
and stole all the electric light bulbs in
the rooms and bath rooms. Nothing
else was taken. There is no clue to the
thieves. - ~
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Believe Woman Was Drupoa5

The fact that $3.50 is missing from the
body Of Mrs. Cynthia Martin, 60 years
old, found frozen near Mears, Mich. has
led to the suspicion of murder. 1t is be-
lieved ST. was drugged and left in a
anoWdrift
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Grace for Mrs. Chadwick.

a Cincinnati, O., dispatch announces
that Mrs. Cassie l.. Chadwick was Wed
eesday granted n stay Of execution by
TIE United States circuit court of ap-
Pxals until further order of the court.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Two Burned to Death.

At Cripple Greek, Colo., a fire We'd
nesday morning in the Paul Wilson
building resulted in the death of William
Davis and another man called Dig
Walsh. Several others had narrow es-
canes -
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Frost at Linwood

There, was frost and it froze some at
Linwood Wednesday night, but the frhit
trees were not injured. Winter wheat
looks ffpe apd there is no sign of the
Husslal ~ ip that immediate ciyiRiVs i
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Killed in Auto Accident.

Frank Stevens, one of the two Ameri-
cans injured III an automobile accident
lear Monte Carlo, Monday, is dead. Ste
7ens' companion, Louis Hay, is recover
ipg.i =
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1905-04-13
Shooting at Nebrask, r;,r

Spense Minor and Eli Walker. colored
men. got into quarrel at Nebraska CITY
and Minor shot Walker i'll the left leg,
lntlctlng Il serious but not dangerous
wound.