$30,000,000 LOSS
Estimate of Damage Throughout
Central West.
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THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1910.
Speaking of the Influence Lin
coln, as a dry" city will have
on the rest of the state, the
Crete Democrat remarks: "If it
doesn't turn Crete dry in a year.
we will miss our guess.
Editor A. B. Wood of the Ger
ing Courier favors county option,
but thinks state option would be
better. He thinks if a part of
the counties in Nebraska are
voted dry, they should all be
dry. But we wish to remind
Bro. Wood, as well as others,
that "circumstances sometimes
alter cases."
Speaking of insurgents, it is
proper to remark that there are
insurgents from principle, whose
principles are the samo every
where, and tlie same after elec
tion that they were before; there
are others who play Insurgent
before election, at home, to se
cure votes, but at Washington,
D. C, after election, they are
standpat. As the Hastings Re
publican says: "The world
right now Is greatly in need of
real insurgents of the La Fol
lette type."
If it is really desired to re
move the Nebraska capital to a
location near the center of the
state, why all this talk about
Hastings, Kearney, Grand Is
land and Columbus? Broken
Bow Is the only town mentioned
in this connection that is near
the geographical center. If the
capital is to bo removed to a
central point, Broken Bow is the
place for it: but then, Broken
Bow is not a boozeorium, hence
is not being en'dfcrsed by the
prime movers of the capital re
moval agitation.
What fools a rank partisan
spirit makes of otherwise sensi
ble people; and what foolish
things it leads them to say. We
have had occasion to commend
the editor of the Hemingford
Journal for some of the good
things he has published, but In
a recent issue he made use of
the following statement which
we can excuse only on the ground
of partisan blindness: "A loyal
democrat would vote for the
devil if he was on his ticket."
Such statements are no disgrace
to the persons about whom made,
but in our opinion they are a
serious feilection on the intel
ligence of the person using them.
Persons who are expecting
the Nebraska state democratic
convention to' be split over the
question of county option may
have another guess yet. Judge
Edgar Howard of the Columbus
Telegram probably has the sit
uation as nearly sized up ns may
be done in advance. In an edi
torial in the issue of April 22,
he says: "The democratic state
convention will not declare for
county option, neither will it
proclaim against county option.
The present liquor laws, includ
ing the new daylight saloon law,
will be endorsed, und every
democrat will be left free to
fight for or against county op
tion in choosing men to fill the
legislative positions."
A recent issue of the Wymore
Wymorean contained mn its ed
itorial page a half-dozen good
town-boosting and business
boosting paragraphs. This is
the kind of stuff merchants need,
though they often seem singulur
ly unapprechtlve of the efforts
put forth in their behalf. Any
good newspaper of the Wyinore
an's class, and carrying no more
home advertising than it does,
could make a barrel of money by
throwing down tho bars to cat.
houses and other such foreign
advertisers. This is a fact that
many merchants do not seem to
understand fully, says the Omaha
Trade Exhibit; and its remarks
tit more towns than one in this
great state of Nebraska.
We are not advised whether
the editor of the Scottsblnff
Republican holds an appointive
federal office, or is merely a
candidate for one. Evidently it
News Snapshots
Of the Week
In private car to demonstrate to farmers best way to breed cattle. Miss Marjorle Gould, eldest daughter of Mr. and
unu ui a.. l, uiuiiu, 41.
is one of the two. In his last'
week's issue he quotes approv
ingly Attorney General Wicker
sham's onslaught which he made
in his speech at Chicago; says
that "they will have to quit
'flirting' with the democrats or
join them soul and body;" calls
them "bushwhackers;" and says
that unless thev endorse the ad
ministration, tariff bill and all,
without further delay, they will
be kicked out of the party, but
adds: "This may mean that a
number of pops who have been
sailing under the false colors of
republicanism in Nebraska may
join the democrats, but from the
vote cast for Bryan two years
ago It looks as though they
voted that way anyway, so the
republican party is not losing
anything."
Officers of standpat Republicans re
semble mail order houses these days.
To head off impending defeat, the
standpatters are burdening the mails
with millions of packages of garden
seeds, farmers' bulletins, maps,
speeches and horse doctor books. Not
a few of the regulars are uneasy as a
result of the recent election in the
Thirty-secoud New York district, in
which Havens, the Democratic candi
date, changed the 1908 Republican
plurality of 10,167 'nto a Democratic
plurality of 5,831.
OBJECTS TO AMENDMENT
Stat Railway Board Sends Letter to
Nebraska Delegation in Congress.
Lincoln, April 26. The state railway
commission has Hent a letter' to the
two senatois and the members of tho
Nebraska house delegation making
suggestions regnrd.'ug the railroad bill
now pending In congress. The letter
sets out that the executive commttteu
of the National Association of Railway
Commissioners objects to tho repeal of
that provision of the la rending as
follows:
"Provided, however, that the pro
visions of this act shall not apply to
tho transportation of passengers or
property or to the receiving, deliver
ing, storage or handling of property
wholly within the state and not
shipped lo or from a foreign country,
or from or to any state or territory as
aforesaid."
The Nebraska commission Indorses
this position and urges the Nebraska
delegation to see to It that the pro
vision Js not stricken out.
TAKES POISON BY MISTAKE
James Chorm of Falrbury Swallows
Carbolic Acid, Immediately Expiring.
Falrbury, Neb., Apr.ll 26. Jaruei
Chorm, a wealthy retired farmer resid
ing. In Falrbury, died t Immediately
after swallowing u small quantity of
carbolic acid. Mr, Chorm had been
(11 several weeks. He moved to Fair-
bury from Daykln and he was rated aaj
very wealthy, owning several flna'
farms In this county.
An Inquest .Into the cause of his d-
mlse resulted In a verdict .by a coro- l . V. ,e" . V0 . ,e" ' - inc,n
ner's jury that death was due to Mr,'ad ""velock Sunday morning. She
Chorm taking the wrong medicine. I Wl ' ,,e "? oft,,e l)rld1e,8.ma,Js ,n he
Mr. Chorm leaves a wife and twoUohnson'Kauffman wedd,nK-
daughters, one of whom is In the high
school here.
BOYS SET FIRE TO SCHOOL
Janitor Discovers Flames In Time tc
Put Them Out.
Norfolk, Neb., April 26.Untdentl
fled boys set the Grant school on flr
and a serious catastrophe was narrow
ly averted. They saturated the steps
in the basement of the bujldlng and
applied a match. The janitor discov
ered the fire and put It out. Ther
hfive been fifteen fires in the last font
weeks and it Is believed that many ol
them have been set by the same boys
The Are was set at 1:15, Just before
school was called. The same building,
one of the largest schools In the city,
was bet on fire a year ago.
Big Blaze' at Overton.
Overton. Neb., April 25. Fire start
ed In P. IT. nilerna' lumlinr nnrf kah)
sheds and in less thnn twn hnnra thn'mpderti
whole Jumber yard was In ruins, also,house a"d ard nnd expects to furnish
a house belonging to Mrs. Rucker and ! Pltr.v (pr the rapidly growing patron-;
se-eral barns and outbuildings mak- aBe of t,ie Ho,el Burlington.
Ing a total loss of about $25.0:0. Miss Agnes De Boer has beeu very
Tbo dcutb of Mark Twain at his homo, Redding, Conn., caused deep sorrow throughout tho entire country. President FnlllereJ
of France greeted Hoosevelt In Purls. Mnry D. Spiers resigned for some mysterious reason ns private secretary to Mra
Taft. James S. Havens, Democrat, elected congressman from Rochester, N. Y. Senators Aldrlch and Hale announced
that they would retire from senate next spring. Six college professors from Cornell are making tour of country with a cow
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LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
Geo. D. Darting was called to
ingford Monday.
All store fixtures
Herri
for
sale. Regan's.
H. E. Grings does public steno
graphy. At the Alliance Hotel.
I. S. Glidden has returned home
spending a couple of weeks in Wyoming.
Mr. . C. McClure who has been
quite sick was able to be on the street
Monday.
Mrs, Ben Fernald, who has been ill
for some time, is reported no better at
this writing.
S. V. Holt recently made a business
trip to Bridgeport and from there up
the Guernsey line.
All store fixtures for
sale. Regan's.
Attorney C C. Barker is one of
those who have been bit hardest the
past week by that enemy knowii as la
grippe.
W. A. Springer went to Ft. Morgan
Monday to inspect the property for
which he traded his grocery store, re
turning Tuesday.
J. A. Robertson of Sioux county has
filed as candidate for the democratic
nomination for state representative
from the- 53rd district.
Miss Gladys Boon returned last Sat
urday from a trip to the North Platte
valley, bringing a bunch of new sub
scriptions to The Herald.
K. E. Wood drove his auto down
from Hemingford Tuesday, bringing
with him Henry Love I and and Rev.
and Mrs. R. D. Waterman'.
Mrs. Cowan of Minatare spent a few
hours in Alliance Satin day. She is on
her way home from a visit to Lincoln
and other Nebraska points.
D. Kauffmnn, one of the popular
salesmen in the Famous, left for Have
lock Sunday morning. Farther details
of his trip will be given later.
The payment of its indebtedness
gives to the Alliance Methodist church
parsonage property to the value of
$10,000.00 free from incumbrance.
Dineen, Rubendall & Young, of
Alliance, have purchased the Opera
House meat market and took immedi
ate possession. Grand Island Free
Press.
Mrs. E B. Burris, Miss LeonaWait,
Mrs. lerrv Rowau, Mr. Jack Miller and
Mr. Harry Troup were among those
who went to Hemingford to help with
Queen Esther.
After an absence of several days
Mr. R. E. Murray is again on duty in
W. O. Barnes' jewelry department.
Mr. Murry has been visiting a brother
in Denver.
G. F. Johnson notifies us to change
his address from Edgemont to Mars-
land as he has been assigned to the
"helper" service with headquarters at
the last named place.
Miss Bertha Anderson of the New.
Rev. A. L Godfrey left Monday for
Pool and Majors, Nebr., where be bad
appointments for week-night preaching.
He will go to Tnrrifigtori, Wyo., to
morrow or Satt..Uy, remaining over
Sunday and prmHiing for Dr. McNary.
H. C. Avevba tf-ivned bis position
at the rouudhom-f und is advertising
his house and thrte !" for sale with a
view to returning to astern Nebraska.
He wishes to keep posted ou Alliance
doings, hence subscribes for The Her
ald this week.
Frank Bloom of the firm of Bloom &
Son. marble dealers. Omaha, is in this
part of the state taking orders to be
rilled a mouth later. He came down
from Crawford the fore part of the
week and spent a couple of days in this
city.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Lock wood moved
to their new home on Toluca Ave.
Monday. The house is new and
Guv has built a tine chicken
, , . .., ..,. ammnVmaunviBttmumtmmmi,mi,mHR
ill the past week with appendicitis at
the home home of her sister, Mrs. E.
F- Gleason. Her condition is some
what improved. Her mother, Mrs.
Wm. De Boer, has arrived from York,
Nebr., to be with her daughter.
Ed Gregg, who is associated with his
son Charles in the mercantile business
at Marsland. was in the city Monday.
If honesty counts for anything Gregg
& Son will be kept busy selling goods.
Crawford Tribune
Walter Buchenstein a prominent mer
chant of Alliance, and John Adams of
the Alliance Herald force, spent several
hours with friends in this city between
trains Monday, being on their return
from a visit to Chadron. Crawford
Tribune. '
Mr. and Mrs. W. 'N. Wilkinson of
Long Lake, and daughters, Miss Vic
toria and Airs. Clifford, were Alliance
visitors Tuesday. Mrs. Wilkinson
called at The Herald office long enough
to cast 150 votes for one of the candi
dates in the great voting contest.
The Ladies' Aid of the M. E. Church
met last Wednesday afternoon with
Mrs. A. T. Lunn. An unusually large
crowd was present. The dainty lunch
was a pleasant feature of the afternoon.
Mrs. Lunn's ability as a hostes3 is too
well known to need any words of
praise.
Word received from W. W. Norton
brings the good news that Ward is get
ting along nicely, and is well on the
road to complete recovery. Mr Nor
ton is expected hoipe the first of next
week, but , Mrs. Norton will probably
remain in L03 Angeles a week or two
longer.
Wolf Freimuth was in town yester
day and called at The Herald office to
pay on subscription for himself and
Jos- Freimuth ct Carroll, Iowa. He
informs us that spring work is progres
sing nicelv in his neighborhood and
that he expects to begin planting pota
toes next week.
Miss Lettie Carev, who came from
the east several weeks ago for the pur
pose of recuperating her health, was re
moved from the home of her sister.
Mrs. F. J. Brennan, on Tuesday, to
the Alliance hospital, her physician
thinking the rest and quiet she would
have there would hasten her recovery.
L, M. Kennedy, who is a brother-in-
law of D. M. Gorman, the Fremont
nursery man, received a shipment yes
terday of five young elm trees for the
court house grounds. Mr. Kennedy
informs us that he will receive another
shipment from the Fremont nursery
of one hundred trees, eighty elms and
twenty box elders, part of which he
will have for sale.
.Jim Feagins returned Tuesday from
his trip west, having been gone from
Alliance since February 19th. He
spent a good part of the time while
away in Idaho and Salt Lake City, and
returns looking hale and hearty except
that he is still troubled with the
cutaneous trouble on his lip mentioned
in The Herald before his departure to
the west.
Members of the Alliance Baptist
church will send their pastor, Rev. J.
M. Huston, to Chicago next week to
attend the national convention of the
Laymen's Missionary movement and
the Northern Baptist convention. After
attending these two conventions, Mr.
Huston will visit several, days at -the
Moody Bible institute, returning to Al
liance iu about two weeks from the
time of his departure. ' "
Mrs. Harriet C. Vance, who is gen
eral secretary of the L. T. L. branch
of the Nebraska W- C. T.U., left Wed
nesday morning to attend the spring
meeting oi the state executive pom.
mittee of the W, C. T. U. From Fre.
mout she will go to North Piatte to at
tend the state declamatory contest Fri
dav night, and from there return home
with her daughter, Miss Lura, who is
one of the contestants.
Supt. W. R. Pate ot Sidney has
been elected superintendent of the
Alliance schools, and State Superin
tendent Bishop now appoints him
principal of the junior normal at
Alliance. Mr. Pate is one of the fore
most educators of western Nebraska,
and his Bridgeport friends rejoice at
the recognition of his ability. Bridge
port News-Blade.
The case of the United States
against Elmer Bowman, which was
heard before Clerk of the District
Court C D- Casper last fall, iu uhicli
Mrs. tieorge J. Gould, became tb
the government charged Mr. Bowman
with having failed to comply with the
provisions of the homestead laws, has
been decided by the land office in favor
of Mr. Bowman. A special attorney
was sent here to prosecute the case,
while Mr. Bowman was represented by
Wilcox & Broome, the well known firm
of land attorneys at Alliance- Bridge
port News-Blade.
The home of Mrs. A. T. Lunn pre
sented a very busy scene from 5 until
8 p. m. last Friday. The Ladies' Mis
sionary Tea was the reason. A very
bountiful and wholesome supper was
served for 15 cents. About seventy
people were fed. On the supper the
ladies cleared $9.00. The homemade
candies donated by Mrs. Plank and
Mrs. Dr. Campbell are worthy of
mention. These suppers should be
well patronized as they certainly give
you your money's worth.
C. J. Wildy of Hemingford was in
Alliance Tuesday and called at The
Herald office to leave some money on
subscription. He informs us that he
and Mrs. Wildy will start June 1st for
Canada where they will spend the
summer visiting friends and enjoying a
well arranged rest at the summer resorts
of the north land. Mr. Wildy has
been in business in Hemingford twenty
three years when he recently sold out
to Rockey & Son, and this will be the
first extended vacation that he has
taken for many years.
Readers of The Herald will not fail
.to observe the half page ad of Gray &
Guthrie, representing The Farmers &
Merchants Insurance Co. of Lincoln.
There are a few points of special in
terest in this advertisement that in
terested parties will not fail to observe;
one of these is the writing of farm
policies by the ageuts, Gray & Guthrie,
without referring the application to the
Company, something that is probably
not done bv any other farm insurance
agents in the state outside of Omaha
and Lincoln. Another point of great
interest is that losses are adjusted by
Gray & Guthrie, general as well as
local agents, instead of referiug claims
to a stranger for adjustment.
State Hospltnl for Consumptives.
Lincoln, April 2G. Now that Lincoln
has officially disbanded Its sanltar
camp for the treatment of persons af
Hlcted with consumption, talk has beer
started for a state hospital for the
treatment of these unfortunates whu
are unable to pay their own expenses
Joel Piper, secretary to the state board
of charities and correction, advocated
the structlon of a hosnjtal for con
sumptlves In some city of the state
and he will go recommend to the gov
ernor.
Bryan Will latue a Statement Soon
Lincoln, April 25. W. J. Bryan will
Issue a statement within a few dayi
Indicating exactly what he intends tc
do In Nebraska regarding county op
tion. Mr. Bryan said that he had not
prepared to make any speeches, when
he was asked If he would make conn
ty option speeches In Nebraska during
the next three weeks, and then stated
that he would Issue a statement cov
erlng the point within a short time.
Crop Damage U Still Uncertain.
. Omaha, April 26. According to the
repot ts of the various railroads tho re
rent cold spell was not hb severe as It
seemed and no material damage tc
cropa has been received. The formal
cold snap had the ev.il effect upou
practically all vegetation, but the ex
act amount of damage cannot be told
until another warm period visits the
state.
Bridge Over Platte River Burned.
Grand Island, Neb., April 23. The
Burlington bridge over the Platte riv
er between this city and Omaha was
destroyed by fire. The Are, It 3 be
lieved, originating from sparks from
a passing engine dropping out of the
fire box. Traffic will be detoured from
Aurora to Central City hence via
Union Pacjfic to Grand Island until a
new bridge can be built.
Methpdlst Conference Jt Brownvllle.
Stella, Neb., April 20 The sixth
session of the Nebraska City district
conference of the Methodist church
will lip held at Brownville, April 26
2S. mong the prominent speakers
on tho program are JI. S. Paulson of
tie AnV'Sr.loon league. Bishop John
L. Nuelsen and Chancellor W. J. Da'
vldson.
Indiana 2,000,000 T
Michigan 4,000,000
Wisconsin 2 000,000 5
Kansas 1,000,000
Kentucky 1,500,000?
Missouri 2,000.000
Ohio 5,000,000
Nebraska 1,500,000
T
Chicago, April 25. Property losj
amounting to $30,000,000, peril to
many lives on land and sea, Interrup
tion to traffic, a damper on general
business and widespread troubles of
one sort or another, followed In the
wake of the blizzard which swept over
the northwest.
The fruit belts of northern Indiana,
western Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, Mis
souri, Minnesota and Wisconsin have
been devastated by the eastward-moving
storm and fears are expressed
that peaches, grapes and' other lux
uries ordinarily plentiful and com
paratively cheap In warm weather will
suffer big boosts In price and be be
yond the reach of the poor.
The Michigan fruit belt, the back
bone of the fruit district. Is described
as almost wholly wiped out for the
season. Freezing temperature In Illi
nois and Iowa not only killed buds,
flowers and fruits, but threatens to
ruin oats.
Blizzard In the South.
Atlanta, April 2G. For the first time
in the history of Atlanta there was an
April snow, which lasted for three
hours. The fall wns as heavy as any
of the last winter. With snowstorms
of blizzard proportions raging through
out eastern Tennessee, northern and
central Alabama and the greater part
of Georgia, this section faced a great
loss in early cotton, fruits and vege
tables. PATTEN DENIES A SQUEEZE
Not in Cotton Corner, but Looks for
Higher Prices on Wheat.
Chicago, April 25.r-James A. Pat
ten, credited all over the country
with having cornered the cotton mar
ket and created a panic among shorts
In that commodity, resulting indirectly
In the Investigation begun by Attorney
General Wlckersham, returned to Chi
cago after a brief visit in New York
and laughed in the face of the cotton
corner, saying:
"The story will not hold water, no
matter how hard they try to make It
look like truth. There Is no cotton
corner at this time, and has beeu
none so far as I am concerned. What
Is true Is that conditions warrant a be
lief In much higher cotton than now
rules, nnd so I am buying cotton. So
are a good many other men who be
lieve ns I do."
Mr. Patten, laughing at the rumora
of a big game involving himself and
J. Ogden Armour, said: 'It is per
fectly obvious that with the winter
wheat losses In Kansas and Nebraska
wheat will have to go higher."
STATE'S RIGHTS CAUSES ROW
Daughters of Revolution Adjourn
After Animated Discussion.
Washington. April 25. With an ani
mated discussion of "states' rlghv"
as its final effort, the nineteenth con
tinental congress of the National So
ciety or the Daughters of the Amer
ican Revolution ended. As the certalu
was rung down on the closing session
the delegates refused, as they did at
various preceding conventions. t
amend their constitution so a3 to au
thorize elections of state regents and
state vice regents to be held In their
respective states or territories.
Roosevelt Guest of Paris.
Paris, April 25. Colonel Roosevelt
Is the guest of the municipality of
Paris today. The city fathers In sol
emn session received him at the Hotel
de VHle, where luncheon was served
In his honor, after which he Blgnert
his name in the "LIvre rt'Or," which
contains the signatures or all the mon
archs and noted persons who havo
been the guests of the city.
The papers are filled with Rooas
velt; his name is practically upon
everybody's lips. The government
will try to stop race suicide becausa
he recommended such a course iu hla
speech. He will be asked formally
and Informally to help the French pro
serve their natural resources.
First Prize Fight Ticket for Roosevelt.
Denver, April 26, The first ticket
for the fight between Jim Jeffries and
Jack Johnson at San Francisco on
July 4 will be presented to Theodore
Roosevelt on his arrival In New York.
This statement was made by Jack
Gleason while Jn Denver on his war
to "the coast. The ticket will be mado
of solid gold and appropriately en
graved.
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