State Historical Society
DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD.
VOLUME XVII
DAKOTA CITY, NEB., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1908.
NUMBER 3
BRYAN AS PROPHET
FAILS TO QUALIFY
Disaster lis Foretold Never Com
to Pass.
OPPOSITE IS ALWAYS TOTE.
Oold Standard Doss Not Slay, Nor
Doss It Writs Future la Blood.
As a prophet William Jennings Bry
an bus never been a success. The ca
lamities which he has foretold would
have brought unlimited, disaster to the
country if they had ever been realised.
Bat tbey rever cam to pass. The bar-
rowing pictures which be painted were
merely figments of bis imagination,
based on absolutely no foundation
whatever.
It Is well to have Americans remem
ber that prophecies uttered by the ora
tor of the Platte must be discounted
fully 100 per cent, for all signs Indi
cate that he feels .the fates once more
and Is about to begin prophesying
r gal u. A male Cassandra, Mr. Bryan
might by this time have learned that
the forecast of evil will never be be
lieved by those who have found that
In the past bis vaticinations have be-n
but empty air.
"Driving Country te Ruin."
For Instance, when Mr. Bryan was a
member of the House of Representa
fives in 1892 he was absolutely certain
that protection was driving the coun
try headlong to rack and ruin, and In
ills speech delivered March 10 of that
year he drew the following agonizing
pictures :
"Protection has been our cannibal
tree, and as one after another of our
furniers hns licen driven by the force
of circumstances upon that tree ami
has been crushed within its folds Ms
companions have stood around and
shouted. 'Great Is protection !'
'lbus in every State, so far as these
statistics have been collected, the pro
portion of home owning farmers is de
creasing and that of tenant farmers
i&ortaslng. This means but one thing.
It means a land of landlords and ten
ants, and, backed by the history of
every nation that has gone down, I say
to you that no people can continue
a free people under a free government
when the great majority of Its citizens
are tenants of a small minority. Tour
system (protective tariff) has driven
th farm owner from his land and
substituted the farm tenant."
How far this picture portrays the
America of to-day or the Amerloa of
uny year since be made' that speHcb
pny American can answer. Even In
Mr. Bryan's own State be can find an
answer right at his doors, for the farm
1m db of Nebraska have doubled in
value.
"Murderous Oold Standard."
But during the four years succeeding
that speech Mr. Bryan's agitation grew
no less nor did the demon which he
bud mUed in his own imagination hido
with diminished head, for In 1890 he
again saw destitution threatening the
country. .He had a remedy for it,
panacea, a fetich which be held up for
worship free silver. Here are some
of the things Mr. Bryan said would
happen If the gold standard were con
tinned:
"l reply that if protection has slain
its thousands the gold standard has
Bliilu its tens of thousands." From
svieech ut Democratic National Conveu
tlon, July, 1890.
"Do not let the Republicans beguile
you about the future. . The future ,1s
written In blood crushed out of yon by
gold." From speech at Erie, Pa., Au
gust, 18! Hi.
' "Ah, my friends, there Is another
reason why people have gone Into the
i ;!es and left the farms. It is be-
- cause your legislation has been can
ins the foreclosure of mortgages upon
the farms. Mark my words
If the gold standard goes on and peo
ple continue to complain, the gold stan
dard advocates Instead of trying to lin
prove the condition of the people will
be recommending that you close your
schools so that the people will not real
Ue how much they are suffering."
from speech at Monmouth, 111., Octo
ber, 1690.
But whom has the gold standard
Haiti? tfbat future did it write in
blood? What djetriot schools did It
-lo? Agiln the dohdltion of the
couutry makes a calm reply confuting
the Impassioned orator.
Cumpajgnlng again in 1000 Mr. Bry
an decided that Imperialism was an
other danger to the ootintry'. If it were
continued the Fourth of July would b
forgotten by all Americans and the
-spirit of 'Te" would beoonie a thin
of the east. Speaking at Lincoln, Mr.
Vryan said:
Sees Death of Patriotism.
"The fight this year will be to ognj
out the aejjtjment of thit song we haft
so often repeated. M Counter. 'Tie
Thee.' ft we lose, & children and
4ur children's children will nt m,wA
te the spirit ef that song, and eeleera-
tlons of the Feufta ef July will jfkss
away, for the spirit ef the empire 111
be upon us."
If there anr spot hi these United
Bulti whm (u tpifit fme is teu
forgott-n and the Fourth of Jul
meaningless date on the calendar?
One of tb moat ridiculous of these,
prophecies was contained In a speech
Mr. Bryan made In supisirt of Judgo
Parker during the campaign of 11K4,
when he attacked President Roosevelt
bitterly. This prophecy bad It that
military despotism was sure to follow
the decrease In the slr.e of the standing
army. In this speech Mr. Bryan also
emphasised the fact that be was then
and always would be a firm believer In
the principle of free silver. He sum
med up his position on this question In
the following sentence:
I believe to-day In the principles set
forth at Chicago and Kansas City (10
to 1) and shall continue to fight for
those principles."
THE VERMONT ELECTION.
Result of Viotory Zndleates Undi
minished Majorities for Republi
cans In November.
Raymond, the Washington corre
spondent of the Chicago Tribune, who
is regarded as one of the most reliable
political writers In the country, regards
tho result of the Vermont election as
presaging absolute victory for Mr. Taft
In a recent special dispatch to the
Tribune Raymond said:
"Practically speaking, the result of
Tuesday's election Is more favorable to
the Republicans than they had any
right to expect, because there has been
m determined campaign for the purpose
of making a good showing- In Vermont
and few of the big guns of the party
have been put on be stump there this
yeHr.
"There is, of course, a slight falling
off In the vote of both Republicans and
Democrats, as compared with four
years ago, but this was entirely to be
expected,- because at that time Roose
velt was the nominee of bis party for
1 resident, and the result In Vermont In
that year was merely a forerunner of
the tremeudous landslide which took
place h1! over the country.
"As It Is. the plurality of over 29,000
at ytsterday's election is taken to be
an indication that, while the campaign
this year Is not to be a sensational one.
the election of Mr. Taft Is foreshadowed
by a Mifo majority.
"If Vermont can be taken as an In
dex of the condition of public oplnlcn
throughout the country, it means that
in the November election, ""whatever
strength the Independence League de
velops is the other States will come
almost exclusively from Bryan and not
from Taft
"The Vermont Democrats, while few
In number, are extremely rock ribbed In
their sentiments. They make a point of
going to the polls year after year and
carry on a hopeless fight merely be
cause they want to set a good example
to the Democrats in other States. In
1S96 they repudiated Bryan and the free
silver heresy, and they did It largely
by staying at home on election day.
The result was"a plurality of a little
over 40,000 for MoKlnley, which has
been a record in Vermont elections. In
the State elections of 1900 and 19C4
the Democratic vote was practically
stationary."
T API'S RELIGION.
A Consistent Christian with Ne Spot
Upon His Record of Private Con
duct and Publio Service.
To dispose of questions which should
not be asked as speedily as possible let
us say that Mr. Taft is a member of
the Unitarian church. That was the
church of bis parents, and he has never
separated himself from it. His wifo,
however, is an Episcopalian, and ho
worships more often beside her In her
church.
These are the facts, which are utter
ly and absolutely unimportant. The
matter of a man's religion has no right
ful place in consideration of his fitness
for ths presidency. ,The constitution
of the nation, ordained and established
"to secure the blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our posterity," expressly
places the very suggestion of such
thought outside the pale ef patriotism
No words can 'be clearer thun these
from our country's fundamental law,
"No religious test ever shall be re
quired as a qualification to any olllce
or uubile trust under the United
States."
The numerous queries about Mr.
Taft's religious belief shows simply the
extent to which hs enemies have gone
to rouse some prejudice against bliu
Since there was no spot upon his whole
clean record of private conduct and
public service to which they could
point to Taft's detriment they display
ed their willingness to descend to any
depth of pety, cowardly, contemptible
attack that might do him harm.
Philadelphia North American.
Union Laser Vote.
Hon. William H. Buohanan Is one of
the leading union men of westers New
York a, ad is 1907 was the Democrat!
candidate for assemblyman In C'uau
tauqua county. This is what he has to
say of the effort of Mr. Gomners to
turn the labor vote over to Mr. Bryan
"I am a union labor man, and I want
to say further that so man can carry
the laber vote Into tbe Democratic
cim. I know bow union labor men
fsel In Ujls olty, and tbfee-fourtbi of
them will stand by the Republican
pirty because ely Id that wy havo
they the assurance of freedom from
tbe business disturbance thai Mr. Bry
an promises for at least four years If
he can be elected. We woikiugroen
can't eara wa,ges If statesmen are put
la offloe to dlituifc busUwM and asaa
trouble."
SUtCPAU.
ORGANIZED FOR HUNT
HENEWED ACTIVITY BY CHICAGO
s VICE SYNDICATE.
Deports to Tollce Show that Fifteen
Young Girls Have Siidtrvnlj Dlsnp
p oared from Their Home In the
Fast Seventeen Dajs.
Fifteen young girls have disappear
ed In Chicago In the lat seventeen
days. So numerous have, tne missing
girls become that Chief' of Pollco
Shlppy has detailed a special suad
of police ond detectives to make a sys
tematic search for them. It is the
theory of tho chief of police that
many of tho girls have been lured
from their homes and folJ Into white
slavery. Recent revelations In the po
lice courts that youna white slave girls
have been sold for ns high as $200 is
the cause. It Is believed, of the un
wonted activity of the agcnt4 of the
vice syndicate.
Last winter police court records
showed that girls were sold for as low
as 150. Chief Shlppy believe there
-I
la-n regularly organled hand of pro
fessional kidnapers at work In Chlca
go and that these kidnapers have tho
assistance of al leaM two women. The
notable Instance- of a missing girl
slnco Sept. 1 l. Unit of Emily Iloban,
who accompanied a strange man from
her home, leaving a note to tho effect
that she hud received word that her
sister wus -very III. Afterwards she
wrote her niothei she was being kept
prisoner by a woman In u sniull room.
Clews to the whereabouts of tho little
ITohan Kill have been discovered by
Detectives Spcchl nnd Mat-sett, of the
North Rol'cy street Halloo, These are
expected to lead to the discovery of the
Bill and the capture of her kidnapers.
Two of the young women for whom
the police are scorching live tn South
Chicago. Tho fuel that u nutn was
seen to accost one of them shortly
before her disappearance was noticed
led the police to believe that he may
have been a kidnaper. These girls
are Elizabeth Lally. lb years old. 234
Seventy-fourth Cohrt. and Annie Donl-
lon, 15 years old, 1005 Green Bay ave
nue. Both have been missing since
Sept. 12. -
CAKHIE CALLS ON TAFT,
Itefornicr Visit tho Home of the Can
didate.
Mrs. Carrie Nation, without her
hatchet, dropped Into Cincinnati
Thursday and went direct to the r
residence. Judge Taft admitted Mrs
Nation.
"You know me?" she demanded.
The candidate admitted that from
public prints he knew who Mrs. Na
tion was.
"Well, I havo come hero to have a
discussion with you on the liquor
question, " was her next remark.
"You will have to excuse me from
entering xipon uny discussion with
you." was Taft's reply.' Whereupon
Mrn Ntlon began one ( tier char
acteristic speeches against the drink
evil, not overlooking condemnation of
all those who did not go valiantly to
the work of reform us she believed it
should bo carried on.
- Tuft was modestly backing away,
nnd Mrs. Nution, seemingly somewhat
owed by what she was doing, also
backed, and her Interview was ended.
Slain by Curgular. -Edward
Quick, a penitentiary guard,
has murdered In his, homo at Michigan
City, Ind , enrly Thursday by a burg
lar. Mrs. Quick was awakened by. a
noise and, seeing a man at a dresser,
nudged her husband. The burglar
commanded Quick to lie still. Quick
nevertheless raised himself on his el
bow. Instantly the Intruder fired, the
bullet stli-klng Quick in the head. The
slayer escaped.
Against the Railroads.
The United States circuit court of
appeals, In reversjng the decision ol
the lower court at Hlchmond, Va.,
holds that the interstate commerce
law casts upon a.rallioad company
the plain duty of furnishing a fair and
ifual distribution of car facilities, and
this duty cannot be evaded by the
carrier claiming it, Is not the owner
of a portion of tbe cars carried over It
lines.
Circus Rider Futally Hurt.
Cupt. Demetrl, a Jiushlan Cossack,
with Campbell Hros.' circus, was fa
tally injured at Musactine, la., by be
i.g struck by a tent pole while riding.
Sioux City Live Mock .Market.
Thursday's quotations on the Sioux
City live stock market follow: Top
beeves, 14.40. Top hogs, $6.87 H.
Powder Magazine Explodes.
A powder magazine at McAlestei,
Okla., was struck by lightning Wed
nesduy evening, the force of the explo
sion killing one miner and seriously
injured eight others.
On Trial for Perjury.
The trial for perjury of Samuel
whitlow, recently acquitted of the
murder of Miss May Napp, who died
Kept. 27 last, Is In progress at lola.
Kan.
paitwui-
WOMAN I'MKiS A MI.YISTF.lt.
Startling Attack on (street of Alcxan
tier, la.
.The little town of Alexander, la.,
was afire with excitement Wednesday
following the horse whipping by Mrs.
Iionlta Swartzcnberg of Rev. C. H.
Worten, pastor of one of the best
churches In the town. The Maying
was done In the presence of the minis
ter's young wife and two score of cltl
sens who had gathered to witness the
affair. Worten and his wife had been
on awo months' vacation and had Just
returned. They were walking down
the main street when they met Mrs.
Swartscnberg, who without warning,
produced a large horsewhip and began
flogging the minister nhont the head
and shoulders. Scvetal bystanders ut-
tempted to Interfere but were waved
aside and with folded hands the mln-
Ister accepted the punishment until
the woman was exhausted.
Mrs.
Swartzenberg Is a young widow and
she alleges the minister has been
making remarks reflecting upon her
character: She recently threatened to
thrash him as soon as he returned and
Wednesday took, occasion to make
good her threat upon the flrst oppor
tunity presenting itself.
CI IAN li :u heaps tiik
TICKET,
by New
Nominated For Governor
York Democrats.
Lieut. Gov. Chanler was nominated
for governor by acclamation by the
New York democratic convention.
On the call of the roll for nomina
tion for governor the only name
placed before the delegates was that
of Chanler and his nomination was
made by acclamation.
John A. Dix. of Washington county.
was nominated without opposition for
lieutenant governor.
Secretary of State John S. Whalen,
Comptroller Martin B. Glynn, Attor
ney General George M. Palmer and
State Treasurer Julius Hauser were
renominated by acclamation.
The selection of the leaders of Dix
as the candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor came as a big surprise, as It
was taken for settled thut Francis
Burton Harrison, of New York, would
be the choice. It Is believed the lead
ers desired to stregthen the ticket by
naming a far up state man. Dix Is a
member of one of the oldest families
in the state. The preference of Har
rison for congress was considered In
making the substitution, '
WOMAN SLAIN AND HORDED.
Assailant Lures Victim to Lonely Spot
. and Escapes After Crime.
Lured to a lonely spot ' In Central
Park addition . of Aklahoma City,
Okla., a few blocks east of the Belle
street car line, Mrs. Horry Pearson,
aged 21, was shot and fatally wound
ed by Harry Parker, aged 28, a grain
Inspector from lola, Kan., Wednesday
afternoon. Mrs. Pearson died Wed
nesday night. Parker escaped.
According to a statement by Mrs.
PeUrson before her death Parker took
her to see some property for which
he wanted her to act as agrnt, saying
he was going away and would give her
half of the sales money. When they
reached an out of the way place he
asked her to fly with him to Mexico.
She refused and he shot her three
times, took two of her diamonds val
ued at $200 and fled.
Mrs. Pearson crawled on hnnds and
knees to ff. house a quarter of a mile
away, where she told t'.ie story of the
tragedy.
NOW HOLDS WOULD MARKS.
Wilbur Wright Smashes Euroeon Ae
roplane Records.
On the field of Auvour, nearLemans,
"Prance, Wednesday morning Wilbur
Wright, the aeroplanlst of Dayton, O.,
eclipsed all European records for a
sustained aeroplane flight. He re
mained in tho ulr for 39 minutes and
18 3-5 seconds. This gives the Wright
others the records for both heml
bpheres.
Wright circled over the field at an
average height of forty-five feet. He
turned and twisted In every direetlop
and his complete mastery of the ae
roplane aroused great enthusiasm
among, the spectators. It Is estimated
lie covered twenty-six miles. Upon
alighting Wil;lit wild ho could have
remained In the air longer had not
the gasoline became exhausted.
Slieiin Placed In Jail.
Sheriff Dan P. Stein Is being held n
prisoner at Akron, O., In tbe Jail over
which he has Jurisdiction. Late Tues
day night the sheriff was locked up on
order of Mayor Sawyer, who alleged
contempt of court, because the sher
Iff refused to take two prisoners before
the mayoT for preliminary hearing on
he charge of murder.
Society Women Itnn Cars, ,
Wednesday was trolley charity day
at Hloomlngton, HI., and society wom
en of Bloomingtop handled street cars,
and the Hloomlngton league team
played a ball game with a team from
the Country club. A ball at Miller
'tk closed the day's program. About
,000 was realized for various char
itable institutions.
.' .
Killed by Full; Two Arrested.
Anton Krajuc, of Sheboygan, Wis.,
was killed, supposedly by being push
ed off the porch at his boarding house
while asleep. Two fellow Lithuanians
are under arrest.
Kw allows Arsenlo aa Modit-iiie.
Swallowing the contents of a bottle
containing arsenic, thinking It medi
cine, Mrs. J. T. Webster, of Atlanta,
III., was probably fatally poisoned.
"JOKE" COSTS MANY LIVES.
Lighted Match Thrown Into Pile or
( Iowdrr.
even persons ore dead and tnlrty
Injured, four of whom are not expect
ed to live, as the result of an explo
slon of a car of tlnck powder at the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas station at
Windsor. Mo.
The dead: Frank Yoke, station
agent, Windsor: James, McCabe,
brakeman, Sedalln, Mo.; Henry Giey
stone, tramp; Klmer Keech, H-ycar-old
boy, Windsor; Walter Box, boy,
aged It; Howard Kerns, negro miner,
Sedalla; Chan. Davis, negro, Sedalla.
Probably fatally Injured: A. F.
Herschberger, conductor, severely
burned shout hands and head; J. C.
Hall, drayman, Windsor; It. A. Mwtooe,
coal miner, Windsor; Charles Walker,
negro, Windsor.
When It became known about town
that a car of powder was on the tracks
ni nie Biunon a nuinoer 01 curiosity
seekers, a majority of whom were ne
groes, assembled A. F. Herschberger
a Missouri, Kansas and Texas freight
conductor, who was supervising the
work, became annoypd at their pres
ence. In moving a keg of powder
some of the explosive fell out. Seeing
It on the ground Herschberger te-
marked:
"I'll show you how to scare nig
gers." He took a match from the hat
band of a negro standing near hy and,
lighting It, threw It Into the powder.
Instantly there was an explosion that
shook the town, knocked off one end
of the depot ami shattered windows
for miles uround. The car containing
the powder was torn to pieces anil
hurled In every direction.
OltPKItED HACK TO EXILE. ,
Col. Willinnt V. Stewart Not Permitted
to Take Test Itldo.
Ordered back Into exile ol Fori
Grant. Cnl., Col. William F. Stewotl
will not bo allowed to make the nlnelv
mlln test rldo recently prescribed for
him by tho war department. No rea
son bus been assigned for the changed
plans.
A torse order mailed from the head
quarters of Gen. Thomas, at Denver,
September 12, was received Monday,
commanding the colonel to Immedi
ately report for duty at Fort Grant,
tho lonely post to which ho was sent
a your ago. When seen Tuesday Col.
Stowart admitted that he had been
ordered o return to Fort Grant with
out taking the test. Ho said he would
fake the train from Fort Huochunrs,
Ariz., on Wednesday morning and go
to Wilcox, Arlx., where he wll bo met
by his companions fn exile, a colored
cook and Wltlum Nail, a civilian, who.
on Thursday will drive hi in back to
his post.
Col. Stewart, it Is declared, Will re
sist retirement. Ha Insists thai he
can prove himself fit for service If
given a courtmartiul nnd that he will
never surrender until he Is given a
hearing.
POLICE STOP S'lTDENT 1TGIII.
Fifty Arrceta Are Made hy Chicago
ItlllCCOlltA.
The police summoned to the Farr;
a gut bout house at Chicago, by a riot
call arrested more than fifty students
of Armour Instltuleof Technology who
were Indulging in a scrimmage result
ing from tho marooning of a score of
sophomores In an abandoned yacht
Other freshmen came to the rescue.
of their companlor.snnd while the fight
was nt Its height the police swooped
down upon them. Tho affair was n
prelmlnary to the class rush Tuesday.
The sophomores kidnaped tho fresh
men, appropriated a small boat club.
and carried them abrond tile boat on
Lake Michigan, where they tied them
ond left them while they danced and
sang around a fire on the shore.
Mob Attacks I'mplre,
Umpire Jack Sheridan, of the Amer
ican Uasnball league, was attacked by
angry baseball enthuslastls as ho was
leaving the American league park at
St. Louts, Mo., Tuesday afternoon. One
of the men struck Sheridan, who pro
tected himself as best he could until
the police dispersed the crowd.
Found Wounded In I'urk.
A man found unconscious In Cen
tral park, New York, with a bullet
wound In the back of his head during
Monday night, was Identified Tuesday
as a Roman Catholic priest from San
tiago, Santo Domingo, Aruro'Arscnl
clo by name.
For Great Packing Plant.
Edward F. Swift, president of the
Swift Packing company, Tuesday
approved of the location of the site
for the stock yards and abattors re
cently secured by the company and
the three railroads entering Winnipeg,
Man., for a-$1,000,000 plant.
The MoiiMvan Situation.
Jules Cambon, the French smbas
sador to Germany, has received as
surances from Herr Stemrlch, actng
secretary of the foreign office, tha
Germany will consider tho French
Spanish note regarding Morocco In a
most friendly spirit.
Two Miner Killed In Explosion.
The premature explosion of forty
ticks of dynamite at Galena, Kan., re
suited tn the Instant death of James
Mitchell and William Murphy,
miners.
sino
Boy Killed Under Train.
Frank Hughey, the IS-year-old son
of John Hughey, of Mt. Vernon, 111.,
fell under a Louisville and Nashville
train and his body was cut to pieces.
NEBRASKA
STATE NEWS
CHEIGIITON tilltl.S KII.I.K SKLF.
. v
Student of Drovvncll Hnll anil About I
, to Hcturn to School. I
Miss Vivian Cheney, for three yeors I
student ut Browned Hall, Omaha, I
nd tho daughtervof II. A. Cheney,
president of the Security bank of
'rclghton. committed suicide by swal
lowing carbolic acid. She belongs to
one of the oldest nnd most prominent
families in Knox county and was a fa
vorite at Urownell Hall becauso of her
light-hearted disposition. She was 17
years old.
The cause of tho net Is supposed to
be disappointment because she could
not come to Omaha a week before
Urownell II. ill opened, though It Is al
so believed the took tho drug to
frighten her parents Into letting ber
come, expecting to take an untldote
which would prevent death. 1
She had her trunk packed, ready for
he trip, her parents being under the
mprcsHlon school opened this week,
When they learned It would not open 1
for another week they Insisted she
wait. She was very much disappoint-
ed. . About 11:30 she went Into a room
adjoining that her mother was In and
wallowed tho contents of a small bot
tle of acid. She rushed nut to her
mother and told her what she had
done, telling Mrs. Cheney to give her
eggs and milk to counteract the ef-
feels. This was done, nnd a physlclnn I
was called, but In a few minutes she I
was dead. About three yeurs ago MIbs I
Cheney ran awny from home, but was I
found and brought back before she
had gone far. Five years ago her
grandfather, George R. Cheney, fell
down an elevator shaft in the Drexel
hotel In Omaha and was killed.
CATHOLIC SCHOOL FOlt ALLIANCE
St. Agncft' Academy 0ciis for Work I
In Wctttcrn City.
St. Agnes' academy, the only Catho
lic Institution of its kind west of
Grand Island, was opened at Alliance
Monday to a full attendance.
Th tuillfllna- la a fnuf.dtnrv hrinlr
and stone structure and was erected
during the last year at a cost of $35.-
000, and through the Herculean ef-
forts of Father W. L. McNamara, who
supervised the whole work, the school
doors are thrown open practically free
from debt.
The academy is under tho manage-
ment of the teaching order of the Sis
ters of St. Francis, who come highly
recommended for their teaching abili
ties
The new high school, which was be
gun about the same time as the ncftd
emy, will be ready for occupancy
about Sept. 25
These two schools
will relieve the congested condition
that has existed In the public schools
of Alliance for the last eight years.
With the completion of the new
Burlington depot, which will be
thrown open to tho publio the lattei'
part of the month, and which Is the
finest building of Its kind outside of
Omaha, costing $65,000, will have end
ed public work In this city for the lust
year, amounting In round numbers to
a little better than $135,000. all of
which has enabled Alliance to make
advanced and permanent strides as the
metropolis of western Nebraska
I'AHMEHS TO FIGHT FOH LANDS.
Organizing to Contest Claims of the
Union l'ucillc.
Charles Wooeter, of Silver Creek.
has gone to Duncan to attend a Union
Pacific right of way meeting, the thlril
of the kind held at or near thut place.
The next meeting Is to be held nt Sil
ver Creek on Saturday, Sept. 19, to
which the farmers along the Unlor
Pacific and others Interested are In
vited.
Mr. Wooeter refuses to state tht
purpose of these meetings, further
than to say that a big fat hen Is on
It Is believed on very good authority
that the farmers meditate brlnglnr
some sort of action against the Unloi.
Pacific railroad. This Is over the con
tention of tho right of way wherein
the Union Pacific claims 400 feet right
of way and which people owning luni
contiguous to the railroad tratl-
throughout the length of the state of
Nebraska deny. If the company I
successful It will take thousands of
acres of land to which the farmerr
now claim title.
GENOA FAItMEH ENDH LIFE.
Domestic and IIiikIiichh Troubles Said
to Ho Cause.
Olaf Hansen, a farmer of Genoa, by
attaching a wire to the trigger of 11
shotgun and fastening the wire to a
buggy In his barn, manufactured a
machine by which he killed himself
when he pulled the gun toward him
He had had business and domestic
difficulties, but they were of so slight
consequence that when he galled to
his .wife to come and see him In th.
burn, she thought nothing of the mat
ter. The report of the gun followed.
His family Is left in destitute circum
stances.
Ncliawku Fulr a Success.
The fourth annual fair of the Ne-
hawka Social Fulr association was
held, Friday and Saturday, with a rec
ord breaking attendance of 5,000 peo
ple.
llcutrli-c Mun Killed by Cars.
Word was received ut Beatrice Mon
day stating that Horace Mltcbell, a
former Beatrice resident, was killed In
a railroad accident at Atchison, Kan.
Sheriff Finally Locutcs Mun.
Sheriff Trude and Chief of Police
Moore of Beatrice, have gone to Win-
field, Kan., to take charge of Thomas
Hopkins, a half-breed Indian, wanted
on a charge of crlminully assaulting
. Florence Mecum, a 16-year-old girl at
Beatrice last November.
New Waterworks for WeMou.
I Work on the waterworks system for
f Weston commenced Monday. This
(plant when completed will be one of
the finest in the state In towns ox tne
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IXTERESTIK3 HAPPEKIXgS
From Day to Day Ccni;:t
FOR OUR BUSY READERS
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FHONTIEH SHOW IS PLANNED.
Hastings Hangs I'p targe. Prises and
Expects Grand Success. '
The second annual Hastings Fron-
tier Festival, which wall take place on
Oct. 14, IS and 18. will be a repetition
of last year's notably successful event.
though on a. moch more elaborate and
extensive scale. The purpose of th
managers Is to perpetuate the festival
as an annual amusement enterprise)
for Hastings and central Nebraska and
with this object In view new features
have been added to tho frontier pro
gram that are calculated to keep up
a lively Intercrt. i
While numerous towns In Nebraska
hove had frontier shows, Hastings
was the 'first to make a success of
such an t-nterprlse. The program ar
ranged for last year Included prize in
the various contests that were equat
In number and amount to those given
annually nt Ch yenne, and they at
traded rough 'riders from throughout
the west. Carl Hildegrandt, wlnnet
of the world's championship saddle,
came from Cnreyhurst. Wyo.. and h
h
hns slgllnincd his Intention of entering
again this year. Upwards of a score
of "outlaw" horses will be brought
from Wyoming and Montana and a
carload of wild horses will be collect-
ed on the desert plains of the lattet'
state.
One notable extension of this year
festival Is in the racing events for
thoroughbred running horses and the
contest for matched draft horses and
the contest for matched draft teamsj
There will be the usual wild horse and
Indian pony races and each day there
will be one or more races for thor
oughbreds, for which "purses from $71
to $30n will bo offered. The contest
for draft teams Is open to all corner
and entries have already been received
from n number of importers and
breeders.
An event that will recall the stren
uous experiences of the pioneers In the;
great western country will be a repro
duction of tho battle of Laramie
plains. In which several companies of
soldiers nnd n largo body of Indian
will meet In combat.
There will be free street attraction!
and a festival parade each mornIn;i
The tournament will take place In the.
afternoon at the fnlr grounds and ln
I the evening there will be downtowri
entertainments.
BEYOND DVNGEU FKOM FROSfv
Cticrrlng ltcxirts of Dumper Con
Crop from Nebraska Points.
The Intensely hot weather of the
n?t oik hn.m-acMcallv. matured the
,orn croP( tne early piantod corn belnrf
bryond danger from frost. Fears have
been expressed by some that the In
tense heat has been harmful to the
;rnp, tending to shrink the ears and
cause them to be light and chaffy, but
tho bcrt opinion sr-ems to be that the-
weather Is just sight and that the pres-j
fit high percentage of Nebraska corn,
'8 due to tho favorable weather of the
last two weeks. Potatoes are being;
marketed in large quantities at 50c
per bushel. Thcylast week has been at
splendid one for the corn crop. 1
was warm ond dry and this Is what
was nee.led to ripen the crop and get
the green fields out of the way of frost:
Thi season has been favorable and thl
will bo a banner year for King corn
ind the largest crop ever gathered
ind qiality better than many years;
:ast. Farmers have already had of-
'cr.i cf 60 cents a bushel from the field
fVlEKLING SALOON MAN FINED.
(tendered Dill for Drinks and . Boy
Mother Takes a Hand.
Recently Henry Seele, a Sterling sa '
'oonkeeper, was arrested upon com-
'ilulnt cf Mrs. Mary Southard, of Ad-
imp, upon tho charge of selling Intox-
cants to her two sons, Henry and
'red Southard, who are minors. It
eems the saloonkeeper sent a collec-
'or to Adams to see the young met
'n regard to the settlement of an a a.
:ount alleged to have been run at his
"i-og shop. The mother took a hand
n the matter and secured Seele's bill
nuJe out to her sons, upon which were
terns of intoxicating drinks. She (wort
iut n warrant against tne saioonaeep-i
-r at once. He was brought to Tecum-
ch and taken into the county court.
The ease was tried before ' County
bounty Judge Livingston The Judge
found Selee guilty and assessed hlin
with the mnximum fine In one count,
which was $25 and costs of suit. Seele
refused to pay, but gave bond for a4
appeal to the district court
Dcuil Man Not known.
F. W. Hums, a bartender in the sa
mm of W.A. Atkins, is still held at the
-ollce station pending hlsN (examination.
The man who was shot and killed by
(turns has not yet been Identified. The
police are Ineiined to give credence
to the story of Li urns that he shot the
man because he pulled a gun on him
'n an attempt to hold up the saloon.
;t Hllx'i'iilan Convention.
Columbus has secured a third con-.
ventlnn to be he'd next year, the An
Sent Order of Hlbernluns, and Its aux
iliary having agreed to meet there.
Injured by Pitchfork.
William Theye was badly injured!
at the home of his father, Lewl
Theye, eight miles southwest of Wy.
more, by running a pitchfork handle)
into his body.
Injured by Fall.
While stacking hay at his home t
mile south of Plattsmouth. R. Sponil
fell from the stack and landed on ah
I inch gaa pipe In such a manner as to
I cause it to penetrate the arm and
come out at the top of the shoulder. 1
I I
Hoy Dead From Lockjaw. 1
I Harold Kestersoo. the Shelton lad s
j who broke both his arms at the wrlsl
I Sunday night In a fall, while making
I slide for life, was taken with lockjax j
I Friday and died after suffering In 4
tensely
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