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Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
OVER FORTY DEAD
GREAT DAMAGE TO LIFE AND
PROPERTY IN WAKE OF OK
LAHOMA TWISTER.
MORE THAN 100 ARE INJURED
T%orrentiaI Rains Follow and Swell
Streams Out of Their Banks, Pre-
venting Rescue Parties Exploring
the Stricken District.

Oklahoma City, Okla.-As detailed
reports come in the extent of the dew
astation and loss of life and property
from Saturdays tornado increases and
news from many places now inacces-
sible on account of high water and
destruction of telephone lines probab-
ly will add to the losses already tabu-
lated.
1t is now known that twenty towns
were struck by the storm which swept
northward from Texas, through por-
tons of southwestern and central Ok
lahoma; that two of them, Butler and
Foss, were literally wiped out and for
ty-one dead and more than a hundred
injured are accounted for. Other
deaths are reported, but cannot be YER
flied because torrential rains swelled
streams out of their banks in the wake
of the tornado, preventing rescue par
ties exploring whole sections.
Following is a summary of the dam
age to life and property in Oklahoma:
Foss-Ten killed, twenty or thirty
injured; town badly torn up.
Butler-Nine killed; many injured.
Sentinel-Two killed; fifty houses
blown down.
Hinton-One killed, many injured;
score of buildings blown down.
Hobart-Two known dead, four
Others reported dead, several injured;
great damage to property.
Lugert-Two killed, five fatally
hurt; n store building left standing.
Rocky-One killed; half the town
blown away.
Calumet-Three killed, six or eight
injured; heavy property loss.
E~ldorado-No news since Saturday
afternoon, when it was reported many
killed and injured.
kirkland, Tex.-Seven dead; great
damage to property.
Reports Of numerous smaller lorna
does have been received from Minco.
Yukon, Mulhall and points in Gar.
field county.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
MURDER AMERICANS
MExICANS ASSASSlNATE AND
TORTURE MEN AND WOMEN
FROM UNITED STATES.
AWFUL STORIES BY STEAMER
Refugees From Vera Cruz Arriving
at Galveston Say They Were
Forced to Leave Lands, Homes,
Furniture, and All Else.

Galveston, Tex, April 25.-The
steamer Texas arrived here Tuesday
from Vera Cruz with f~orty-seven pas
sengers, all but one citizens Of the
United States. They told of torture
and assassination of Americans in
Mexico. All the refugees had left
their lands and homes in a flight for
life.
H. H.. Ish, one of the refugees, told
Of the murder of an American citizen
named Wait.
Mr.. Wait was a neighbor to me"
said Mr.. Ish. He had sold several
head of cattle and hidden the money.
Desperadoes came to his hacienda
and demanded money. Failing to get
it they beheaded him with machetes,
herded his cattle together and drove
them away. There are many in
stances like this.
We lived where eleven American
families had founded the town Of San
burn. All eleven families left because
we were afraid to remain longer,
knowing we would all be killed or
tortured"
Sanburn is in the state Of Vera
Cruz, Is miles north of Santa Lucre-
tia. 1t is on the Vera Cruz and 18TH
mus railway.
John T. MCGEE, a wealthy planter,
who went to Mexico two years ago,
told of alleged cruelties rracticed on
an American woman, who is now in
a hospital at Mexico City.
THE bandits visited the home of
Mr.. Shay, n of my neighbors, about
a week before 1 left the settlement"
said MI. MCGEE, "and demanded
money and guns. Being refused, hey
took Mrs. Shay, tied her down and
began beating her feet. Mr.. Shay and
his son, to stop the torture, gave four
guns and $500 to the desperadoes,
who left the place. At the hospital in
Mexico City it was found hat nearly
every bone in Mrs. Shay's feet had
been broken.
What is true of the Shay family
has been true Of scores of other
Americans. The bandits are every
where.
Many Americans believe the Ma
dero military forces so dislike the
Americans that they would rather per-
NIT the brigandage than try to stop it.
Whenever rurales are near the ban
dts dispense, but there is rarely a
shot fired"
San Antonio, Tex, April 25.-One
hundred engineers and conductors,
formerly employees of the National
lines Of Mexico, called at Fort Sam
Houston Tuesday and offered their
services to the United States govern
nent should it be necessary to send
troops into Mexico. They told of
cruelty to men, insults to women, pill
age and robbery perpetrated by
bands of guerrillas. They also told
Of hatred in Mexico for all Americans
and said the American flag was
hissed in Mexico City. In other arts
Of the republic they had seen the
same flag pulled off its staff, torn to
pieces and trampled in the dust.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
FEZ WOMEN TORTURE
AMAZONS LEAD IN CARNAGE AS
MOORS ATTACK FRENCH.
Jewish Quarter Of Capital Is Scene of
Murder, Pi!lage and Torch
Thousands Homeless.

Paris, France, April 26.-The CORE
spondents of the French newspapers
at Fee indicate that the rebels in the
recent uprising plotted to massacre
the whole French mission.
This plan failed owing to the i'm
patience of the Arabian women to be-
gin the carnage. These women are
appearance, who passed their time in
rushing about the streets and tortur-
ing the wounded and sometimes aid
ing the Moorish rebels in the final mu-
tllation and Dissertation of the victims.
Scenes OF horror occurred in the
Jewish quarter Of the city, where the
mob murdered, pillaged and burned all
the Jews they could find, throwing
their bodies from the roofs. Many
young girls were carried off to suffer
Understandable %outrages. The Jewish
quarter was set on fire and three
forrths of it destroyed, rendering
more than a thousand people home
less.
The story of the death of the teleg-
raIhers is a narrative of GOODNESS and
bravery and the newspapers are COM
pairing their devotion to duty with
that Of the wireless operators on the
titanic. Although they possessed
only one revolver between them they
kept the mob at bay for a consider
able time, killing sixteen of the
fanatics. All the time one or another
OF them was sending off dispatches to
headquarters at Tangier telling OF the
plight of the city. Finally, however,
the Arabs tore a hole in the roof, in
to which they sent a murderous fire
and flaming torches, which set fire to
the telegraph room.
Three of the telegraphers fell dead,
the fourth succeeded in escaping.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Peculiar MARRIAGE Mixture.

Johnson County.-Charles B. Morrf-
o and Miss Bernice Lewis, well
known people of Sterling, secured q
license to wed and have since been
married. In this marriage the con-
ditions are peculiarly mixed. Miss
Lewis is the daughter by his first wife
Of Rev. John Lewis, Methodist mini
ster at Sterling. Miss Lewis mother
is dead. Mr.. Morrison is the son OF
the present Mrs. Lewis, wife of the
preacher named. His father is dead
and Rev. Mr.. Lewis and his present
wife have been married for some
twelve years. There is no relationship
between the bride and groom, and yet
they have been members of the same
family. Rev. MI. Lewis by marriage,
is his own daughters father-in-law. He
Is also her s%tepfather.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
OPEN BIG FLORIDA CANAL
Governor GiIchrist mt Many Other
NotabIes Attend Function of the
Great Everglades Ditch.

Fort Myers, Fla, April 24.-Gov-
ernor Gilchrist and other state Off
Gals and trustees Of the internal i'm.
provement fund were the hosts Tues
day at ceremonies marking the open
ing of the Gulf to Atlantic canal.
Among the guests were many prom
inent men and a large party of news
paper correspondents brought here on
special trains.
The canal is one of the five big
channels by which some four million
acres of the Everglades is to be re-
claimed.
After the exercises the entire party
embarked on launches for a trip
through the canal to its eastern term
mus at Fort Lauderdale, with stops
at Citrus Center and Okeechobee City.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Flour Thieves Busy.

Custer County.-A gang Of thieves
operating in Broken Bow seems to be
specializing On flour. Twice within the
past few days warehouses belonging to
two grocery firms have been broken
into during the night and a quantity of
flour taken, probably 1900 pounds in
all. A streak of flour leading from the
warehouse through the alley east to
Eighth avenue showed the direction
taken by the thieves on their last
marauding expedition, but at this point
all traces were lost.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
RAP AT ROOSEVELT
LETTERS FROM COLONEL AND
KNOX SENT TO SENATE.
EH-President's Letter Concerning Dis
solution of Trust Read: Do Not
File Suit Until Later.

Washington, April 26.-The senate
received on Wednesday, in response to
a resolution, Photographic copies from
the official records Of the department
OF justice and the department OF com
merce and labor Of correspondence
which refuted certain statements
which Colonel Roosevelt has made in
reply to charges made by Representa-
tive Gardner Of Massachusetts. The
correspondence shows that Colonel
Roosevelt while president in 1907 d.
rected Attorney General Bonaparte
not to file suit against the Interna-
tional Harvester company until he re-
ceived further instructions from him.
This action was taken by Colonel
Roosevelt after comforting with George
W. Perkins.
The senate adopted early in the day
a resolution offered by Senator John
son OF Alabama, Democrat, calling for
the correspondence. The attorney
general submitted the Photographic
copies within three hours.
Aside from the instructions from
Colonel Roosevelt, which forbade pros
ecution pending a conference between
Attorney General Bonaparte and Her
bert Knox Smith, chief of the bureau
OF corporations, and Mr.. Perkins, the
most striking feature of the CORE
s%pondence is the report subsequently
made to the president by Mr.. Smith.
In it, as all through the correspond
ence, emphasis is given to the desire
of the International Harvester COM
pany to bring itself within the law.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
To Gasoline Dealers

Effort to compel gasoline dealers
over the state to place their supply
tanks under ground to insure safer
handling of this liquid have been
started by Fire Commissioner Randall.
Names of dealers have been collected
and Mr.. Randall is now engaged in
mailing letters out to the merchants.
In connection with the campaign the
commissioner has experienced some
trouble at Superior with an oil COM
pany which las been allowed by the
city to build a more or less preten-
tious central distributing station with
n the city limits and which Mr.. Ran
dali says is dangerously near to sew
eral residences.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
CALLS FOR ARCHIBALD REPORT
House Resolution Asks Taft to Trans
NIT Copy of Charges Against Com
merce Court Judge.

Washington, April 26.-Representa.
tive Norris of Nebraska introduced a
resolution which would direct the pres.
ident to transmit to the house a copy
of any charges made against Judge
Robert W. Archibald of the court of
commerce.
The resolution referred to charges
that Judge Archibald figured In recent
negotiations with the Erie railroad.
over which he had judicial supervt-
sion.
The resolution was referred to the
judiciary committee.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Dog Saves Farmers Life,

Lancaster County.-John Rothmann,
a hired man on the farm of Arthur
Deinert. IN all probability owes his life
to the big sheperd dog which attacked
and drove off a large bull which had
thrown Rothmann to the ground and
almost killed him. Rothmann receiv-
ed a broken collar bone, a dislocated
shoulder blade, several fractured ribs
and a badly lacerated face. He was
brought to Lincoln where he received
treatment and was hurried tc a hosui-
tai. 1t Is believed that he will re.
cover
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
IOWA IS FOR TAFT
PRESIDENT WINS WHEN REGU-
LAR REPUBLICANS CONTROL
STATE MEET BY 761 TO 72O.
26 DELEGATES FOR PRESIDENT
Rhode Island Adds Ten to Western
States Ex-senator Cummins Gets
Ten-Cedar Rapids Man Heads
Iowa Delegation.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, April 26.-The reg
ular Republicans controlled the Iowa
state convention last Wednesday by
a vote of 761 to 720, and elected dele
gates-at-large to the national conven'
ton, instructed them for Taft and took
revenge for the rebuff Of two years
ago to the president by refusing to
mention the name Of Senator A. B.
Cummins in the resolutions.
But two roll calls were taken, one
on permanent organization and the
other on resolutions. The insurgents
offered a minority resolution report
which praised Roosevelt and Cummins
in the same sentence and Endorsed the
Sherwood pension bill.
Delegates at large selected are:
Governor II. F. Carroll of Davis coun-
ty, George D. Perkins OF Sioux City,
Luther Brewer of Cedar Rapids and
James Bryan of Creston, the latter be-
ing the former secretary of Exon
gresham William P. Hepburn, and
the proxy may be given to the latter.
Iowa now sends to the national con-
vention 16 votes for Taft and ten for
Cummins.
At a meeting Of the delegates, Col.
William G. Bows of Cedar Rapids,
Fifth district, was named chairman Of
the delegation, and United States Mar
shall Clark of Ottumwa, Sixth district,
sergeant-at-arms.
The address of the temporary chair
man, insurgent, was an appeal for
harmony. 1t was the Taft mems day
and they ruled after the method
taught them by the insurgents. John
Adams of Dubuque. state manager for
Taft, will be made the national com
mttteeman from Iowa.
Providence, R. l., April 26.-The
state Republican convention here
Wednesday adopted resolutions in
structing the delegates to Chicago to
support President Taft's candidacy for
the nomination until released" after
which the following delegates at large
were chosen without opposition: Uni
ted States Senator Henry F. Lippitt,
R. H. l. Goddard, Jr., Herbert A. Rice
VI IAoSloSuCSS NSOlS &c n. Law VI
Tiverton.
Besides %tnstructing for Taft the
state platform indorses the president
and his policies and opposes the recall
Of judges and judicial decisions. Res
olutions Of similar import were car-
ried at the district conventions. The
following district delegates were elect
ed; First, R.. Livingston Beechman and
Ezra Dixon; Second, George b. Wa
terhouse and Frank W. TilIinghast;
Third, Harry Cutler and Volney M.
Wilson, Jr.
Theodore Roosevelt was vigorously
scored by Chairman Utter. chairman
of the convention.
Concord, N. H., April 25.-Indica-
tons Wednesday were that President
Taft has buried Col. Roosevelt in the
state primaries. 1t is believed that the
president has captured nearly all of
the state delegates to the national con-
vention. With considerable more than
half the state heard from the vote is
about 5 to 8 for Taft delegates. Two
hundred of the 290 cities and towns
heard from give Taft $50 delegates
and Roosevelt 234 out Of the total of
81 in the state convention.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Expense of State Institutions.

The expenses for the operation of
al OF the state charitable reforma-
tory institutions for the month of
February totaled 3~75,9SS.S6, while the
total for the month of March reached
only s65,776.41. A change in food
allowances for the state penitentiary
brought the total up higher at that
institution, but at the other places
was on an average with the same
month Of other years.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Live Stock Market.

Sioux GENERALIZATION to choice
corn fed steers, $7.25@8.25; medium to
good, $6.25@7.25; good to choice fat
COWS and heifers, S5.75@7.OO; grass
cows, $3.50@5.0O; canners and cutters,
$2.5O@3.75; bulls, $3.75@6.OO, veals,
$3.5O@7.5O. Hogs-Prices range from
$7.45@7.75, with a bulk of the saues at
s7.60@7.7O. Sheep-Lambs, S6.25@
$50, yearlings $5.75@6.50; ewes,
s4.00@5.5O.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
SENATOR C. M. DEPEW IS 70
Announces His Ambition to Reach
Century MiIestone-Receives Hun
dreds ConsratuIatory MESSAGES.

New York, April Ex-senator Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew celebrated his seventy
eighth birthday Tuesday and was the
recipient of hundreds of congratula-
tory messages. In replying to them,
he announced that it was his ambition
to live to be a hundred years old. He
attributes his splendid health to care
full dieting and a judicious mixture OF
work and play.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Debts Will Be Liouidated-

Chlcago.-Steps toward the liuuida-
ton of the obligations of the Wabash
Railroad company were taken when
Federal Judge Geo. A. Carpenter en-
tered an order directing the receivers
to raise $4,000 OO. The money will be
raised by means of certificates of in
~debtedness and will be utilized in the
settlement Of interest on bonded debts
and other obligations.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
RECALL DEFEATED IN OHIO
Constitutional Convention Rejects Pro-
posaI to Place Names of Objec-
tiorabIe Officials on Ballot.

Columbus, o., April 26.-The Ohio
constitutional convention defeated a
proposal to incorporate a provision
for the recall OF public officials in the
constitution by a vote of 81 to 40.
1t provided for the recall OF all pub
&c officials, including. the judiciary, on
q majority vote at regular November
elections.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
MANY Killed in BattIe

Lisbon, Portugal, April 26.-Many
soldiers and civilians were killed
Wednesday in an encounter between
the striking textile workers and q de-
tachment of troops at Villa Nova de
Gaia, a suburb of Oporto.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
$4,000 Fire at Omaha. Neb.

Omaha, Neb., April 26.-Fire de-
stroyed the First regiment armory of
Nebraska National Guard with all
equipment Wednesday. Thirty-three
automobiles were burned in an adjoin-
ing garage. Total loss is $40, 900.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Thew Beard "Iion" In Den,

Johnson County.-William Glasson
and Fred Jacka captured seven young
wolves in a drainage tube under a
road east of Tecumseh. The animals
were driven into the tube and the men
stopped one end of the cylinder, crawl
ed into the other and captured the
game.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Find Loot After Nine Years,

Boston, Mass, April 25.-An amount
of silverware and jewelry, part of the
$4,000 loot taken from the home of a
Boston millionaire by burglars nine
years ago, has been unearthed on the
grounds of the Milton academy.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Death Won't Halt Rail Plans.

Boston. April 26.-The plans provid-
ing for the extension of the Grand
Trunk railroad to Boston and Provi-
dence will not be affected by the
death of President Charles H. Hays,
one of the Titanic wreck victims.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
State Supreme Court.

Lancaster County.-The state SUI
preme court will V for a sitting
on May 6, and will remain in session
until May 10. At that time several i'm
portant cases will come up for G
ment, among them the Enterprise irri-
cation company VS., the Tri-State Land
company.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Discovered Old Letter.

York County.-Harry Martin, deputy
sheriff, has discovered a sealed letter
that was addressed to him in February,
1896. The letter is a business one and
was sen to him from Woodbine, Ia.
He had never seen it before.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Senate Hits Direct vo+e

Washington, April 25.-The senate
decided Tuesday, by ~ to SO, to in
sist on its amendment to the house
resolution looking to the election of
United States senators by direct vote
OF the people.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Needed Plea and Saved Life.

Box Butte County.-A most remark
able premonition Of something dire 60
ing to happen the steamship Titanic
developed in Alliance when it became
known that Mrs. B. U. Shepherd, wife
of a we'll known business man, warned
her father, John Sampy, not to return
on the Titanic. He needed her warn
ings and thus no doubt saved his life.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Found Guilty of KiIIino Husband.

Davenport, Ia, April 26.-Mrs. Anna
Kilduff. charged with numbering her
husband, John Kildufr. was found
guilty Of manslaughter by a jury here
Wednesday after about twelve hours
d~eliberation.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Fire at Joplin, Mo.

Joplin, Mo.-A fire of unknown orr
gin broke out at midnight in a depart.
ment store and caused a damage of
$100, 900 before placed under control.
Guests of a hotel next door escaped
with their belongings.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Use Wireless Phone 20 Miles.

Tokyo, Japan, April 26.-Experi-
ments made here on Wednesday with
the wireless telephone have been uc-
cessful. 1t has been found possible
to at a distance of twenty
miles.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Acquitted of Murder.

Bloomington, Ill.-Ray and Edward
Stibbins, on trial here for the murder
of their father, George Stibbins, last
October, were acquitted by a jury
here.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02
Repays Ten Cents After Forty Y..re

Washington, April ga conscience.
troubled citizen of Shepherdstown, w.
Va, who forty years ago used some
Cancelled postage stamps, has sent ten
cents to the federal treasury to pay
the debt.
Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1900-1930, 1912-05-02

Plant Tree Where Kings Tree Died,
New York, April ga royal Eng.
lish oak tree has been set Out in Cen
trail park as the official successor of
the n planted by the late King Ed.
ward VII, when he was here in 1860,
The kings tree died in 1908.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-01-27

GAS always with his large musical
production Mr.. Savage carries a
special grand opera orchestra of so
pieces. 1t is under the direction of
Giorgfo PoIacco, of Venice and Milan,
the friend and co-WOrker of Puccipi.
NJ. POlacco is q celebrated musician,
known in all parts of the world. 1t
was he who discovered Tetra zzini, train
ed her, and was her conductor for two
years. POlacco is the representative on
this tour of the eminent Puccini. There
are two other conductors of note with
the ganization-Bimboni and Sodero.
Every detail of this wonderful pro-
duction has been wrought out with the
same faIthfulnesS and disregard of ex-
pense which has characterized Mr.. Saw
ages other productions of musical
nature He has really reproduced the
atmosphere of the days of 40 in Cali
fornia in grand opera, just as David
Belasco succeeded in doing in drama
The expense of the organization is SO
great that if every seat is sold for ev-
cry performance he is little more than
cleared"