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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1904)
- ) J i d i i i THE ALLIANCE HERALD T. J. O'Keefo, Publisher. ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA. The Boy of Tunta nrrlvod In Pnrls and was filled with enthusiasm. Radium Is going up to $100,000 nn ounce. Plonso glvo us n nickol's worth. IHislncss In some of tho London theaters Is said to bo nenrly as bad as Eonio of tho plays. If that "dcclslvo battle" at Tn Tcho Kino comes oft tho nows will Bet evorybody to sneezing. Thero would bo no talk of lynching In Now Jersey If Justice wero as swift and sure as Jersey lightning. Tho British ghurkas have enptured tho Gyangtso Jong. How clear tho whole plan of campaign Is now I A summer girl who nssumod tho bucolic rolo of milkmaid at Seabrook on tho Bay Is now wearing a gored skirt. Thero nro times when ono fools It would have been more Judicious to put tho money in n mackintosh than in n panama. AH Now York's passenger boats are to bo Inspected ngaln. What a flno now lock tho stablo always has after tho horso Is stolon 1 A Kansas man hns left his wife '"because bIio was too kind to him." Naturo hath mado strange fellows In hor time. Mllwaukeo Sentinel. Thero is a suspicion that tho Dove of Pcaco has gono into training with a view of making a public appearanco In tho far East in tho near future. It is now pretty conclusively admit ted that tho great American pruno when labeled "grown In Franco" makes good eating at homo or abroad. Lord Kitchener has mado tip his mind never to marry. In other words, ho wishes American girls to under stand that ho doesn't need the money. Tho wail comes from Manila that resident Americans won't go to church. Evidently tho traveled Amorlcans can't shako oft homo habits. Tho Duko of Manchester Is doubt less glad to note thnt Mr. Zimmerman of Cincinnati is at tho head of the now railroad combine. There's mil lions in It. That red ant they aro Importing for tho cotton fields nppoars to servo the double function of killing tho boll weevil and keoplng tho cotton pickers lively. Lucky Highball! Ho died in tho height of his glory and will never linvo to hear tho other cab horses tell him it isn't -what you used to bo but what you nro to-day. Among tho other heroines of pcaco Is tho girl who gives her correct ago to the marriage license clerk when sho happens to bo a little older than the man of her choice Mr. Rockefeller's old school teacher has a lot of poems ho wrote when a youth and talks about publishing them. John D. Is in for a requisition of 40 Harper power this time, sura Tho CottimbiiB man who reported to the police that a thief had stolen his pants, mado a great mistake, Tho chargo would have been made grand larceny if ho had thought to call 'em trousers. With advancing years King Edwnrd Is developing quieter tastes In tho matter of apparel. At Ascot ho woro "a blue frock coat, a purple tie, whlto gaiters and a red flower" an almost somber ensemble. When it is known that it took place in Spain no further seeking Is nec essary for tho cause of tho darkened spirit which led eight women to boll a sister to death in tho effort to rid her of a demon. Ho is a mean thief who will steal the Jewels belonging to a bishop's wife, but no doubt Mrs. Potter's dia monds sparkle Just as temptingly as though they had been the property of some comic opera celebrity. American citizens of Italian ances try, and others as well may be inter ested to learn that tho closest living relative of George Washington Is Mrs. Attllo Moroslnl, wife of a son of Giovanni P Moroslnl, a New York banker, who before her marrlago was Mary Washington Bond. Sho Is a great-great-granddaughter of Samuel Washington, a brother of tho general. If tho list of American heiresses who have secured divorces from for eign noblesmcn keeps increasing their circle will soon bo no more excluslvo or select than that of tho holrosses who capture noblemen and do not get divorces. A current Item says that Queen Margherltn of Italy has a laco hand kerchief worth 510.000, Wo would movo to amend this statement by substituting for tho word "worth" tio words "that cost," in the Interest of mere facts. STRIKE J AGAIN PACKING HOUSE EMPLOYES ARE OUT A SECOND TIME. A JOINT CONFERENCE IS HELD Strikers Assert that Discrimination Is Shown When Application Is Made for Work Packers Pick Out Cer tain Employes and Let Others Go. CHICAGO Tho stock yards strike, which was renewed Friday morning In Chicago and nil tho other points whero tho hog packing companies linvo branches, becauso tho strikers wero dissatisfied with tho manner in which tho employers proposed to re instate their former employes pend ing a settlement by arbitration, will continue for another dny at least. A Joint conference between repro rcscntatlves of both sides to tho con- TEDIOUS .KMBTIUeRY POSITION. , The picture shows a method of attacking a fort If high angle fire fails to reduce It. The Irregular trenches leading to the parallels are dug 60 that they cannot be swept by the enemy's fire. The men dig tho trenches under the protection of their own artillery. Tho parallels are for the protection of the storming parties as they approach nearer and nearer the walls. trovcrsy and representatives of tho al lied trades In "an attempt to bring about n peaceable adjustment of this second strike was unsuccessful, and the meeting was adjourned with tho understanding that another conferenco would bo held Saturday morning at 8 o'clock. , At tho conferenco, which lasted flvo hours, a committee consisting of live representatives of tho packers ana flvo representatives of the butchers' union, wns appointed to go over the wholo situation, but tho committee was unable to reach n working ba sis with which both sides would bo satisfied. Whether tho difficulty can bo satisfactorily settled lat Saturday's meeting is problematical. After adjournment a publication commlttco announced that the peaco negotiations had failed, but still has hopes that an agreement could bo reached In the near future. No written statement of what occurred In tho meeting was given, as has been customary at tho former confer ences and tho committee declined to glvo nny further information, except that another meeting would no held Saturday. In tho following stntement given out by President Donnelly of the butchers' union, the reason why tho strikers refused to return to work Is given: "Tho packers signed an agreement that there would bo no discrimination In tho rc-hlrlng of tho men. This was accepted by tho officers of tho organization In good faith. On the return of tho mon tills morning they wero lined up llko cattle. The fore men and superintendents wou.M wnlk through the lino and pick out; a man and say: 'You come up.' Tho next man would bo pushed out of lino and told that ho could not be active. It was always the nctlvo untax men whom they could not use. "Wo un derstood the agreement perfectly and tho strike was only called after the packers had violated tho earn:. This has been their system in tho past and that was our main reason for Insisting on tho time limit in tho agreement, 'but In spite of this tho packers' In tentions were to htro only suca men ns wero favorites. They also hired men in somo of the departments who had not been employed prior to the strike." Must Give Indemnity Bond. PORTLAND. Ore. Accordinc to ad vices received at tho local offiocs of tho Portland & Asiatic Steamship company from Now York, the steam ship Aragonla, which is ownee by tho Hamburg-American company, will bo allowed to carry a cargo of flour from hero to Japan, providing the Portland & Asiatic company first file an indem nity bond to protect tho owners In case tho steamship is seized by Uio Russians. Thp amount of the bond was not niade public, but Is believed mho S275.0C9., WANTS BRYAN AND PARKER. Mayor Harrison Would Open the Dem ocratic Campaign In Chicago. KSOPUS, N. Y. Esopus took on a new atmosphere Tuesday with tho ar rival of tho first trnln bringing New York newspapers. Tho conference of Now York democrats hold last night at tho Hoffman houso was tho subject of tho keenest Interest, even to tho villages, who hitherto have been con tent in tho knowledge of Judgo Par ker's nomination, without bothering about nny of tho details or gossip con nected with his campaign. Tho Judgo himself showed nn interest beyond his usual calm, and nt breakfast rend tho nowspnpor accounts of tho conference with closo attention, but, ns usual, without any commetn: which could reach newspaper men. A report Is current that there will bo an effort to get tho Judgo to begin his nctlvo campaign in tho mlddlo west with a speech af Chicago soon after tho notification ceremonies. It is un derstood that Mayor Carter H. Harri- SIEGE METHOD JAPS M AY HAVE son of Chicago is anxious not only to have tho first gun of tho campaign fired In Chicago, but to linvo Judgo Parker and William J. Bryan on tho platform together upon that occasion. Of course, nothing definite on that subject can bo learned here, for Judgo Parker absolutely refused to discuss his plans previous to his notification. So far as the notification is concern ed1, it will bo held at Itosemcnt. Judgo Parker Intends to Remain hero throughout tho campaign, savo per haps for two or threo absences to mako speeches In Inrgo cities such as Chicago, Philadelphia and New York and possibly Boston. HIGH HONOR FOR AN AMERICAN. Secretary Hay Will Be Given Grand Cross of Legion of Honor. PARIS The most Important an nouncement of tho forthcoming list of decorations following tho French na tional holiday will bo that of President Loubet conferring the grand cross of tho Legion of Honor upon Secretary Hay. Tho grand cross is the lilgest grade and is given only to personages the government desires to signally honor. An official said it was evidence of Foreign Minister Delcasse's high re gard for Mr. Hay's conduct of foreign affairs during tho last flvo years. This has constantly strengthened Franco American relations, tho latest being American recognition of French para mount nuthorlty In Morocco under tho Franco-British arrangement. Mrs. Maybrick Is Free. TRURO, Cornwall, Eng. Mrs. Flor ence Maybrick Is free. Sho left hert at 11:43 a.m. Wednesday on her way to France. Mrs. Maybrick'8 Imprisonment was not terminated with the clang oi doors, the last sound which remains in tho cars of so mnny of hor fellow prisoners who had preceded her to liberty from Aylesbury prison, whero sho spent more thau fourteen years of her life. It closed before the arched doorway of tho whlto convent of the Sisterhood of tho Epiphany in this lit tle town, with tho black-robed sisters softly uttering their blessings and good wlches for her future. Jews Are Helplnq the Russians. ST. PETERSBURG Rabbi Drab kin, in an interview with tho Asso ciated Press correspondent, asserted that there wero 15,000 Jews fighting In tho Russian army in Manchuria. Tho rabbi called attention to tho fact that when Jews fall In battle tholr burial is different from that which oc curs when death results in other ways. Tho Talraudlc law requires that thoso who fall in bnttfo shall be buried in their blopd. Therefore, tho bodleB of such are not placed in sboruds. but aro Interred in clothes. DANCER TO JPAN SQUADRON STEAMING FOR AND TO SHELL CITIES. ISL- SHIPS ARE HEARING YOKOHAMA Ships Sighted In Jap Waters and Bom bardment May Be Expected Jap anese Torpedo Boats Retire Under Heavy Fire From Forts. TOKIO. A fisherman reports that tho Vladivostok squadron was off Myj nko yesterday,' going In a southeaster ly direction at a speed of 10 knots If this course and speed Is maintained tho squadron will bo off Yokohoma lato today. Tho eastern coast of Japan is shrouded in fog. Shipping has been suspend "d, awaiting tho lo cation of tho Tiussian fleet. CHEE FOO. Copies of tho Novo Krai, a newspaper published at Port Arthur, including tho issue of July 11, TO USE. reached hero this afternoon. Accord ing to this paper tho Japanese fleet, composed of six cruisers, five gun boats and twenty torpedo boats, was seen early in the morning of July 10 to tho southeast. At 9 o'clock In tho morning part of the Russian fleet moved to tho en trance of tho inner harbor. Tho Jap anese torpedo boats then approached and at 10:30 they wero fired upon by the gunboat Klllak and tho cruiser Diana. Tho Japanese vessels retired. At 5 o'clock In tho afternoon several torpedo boats again approached Port Arthur. Tho cruiser Novlk, with an escort of torpedo boats, advanced and the enemy retired the second time. During tho night of the 10th six teen Japanese torpedo boats formed for attack. They were, However, dis covered by tho searchlights and re tired under a heavy Are from the forts. At a later hour that same night a single torpedo bont made for the entrance of tho harbor at full speed, but also retired under Are. Tho whitehead torpedoes which had failed to reach tho cruisers at which they had been discharged by the Japanese were found at tho entrance of tho har bor. On July 11 tho Japanese fire froi the sea stopped and tho Japanese as cended Klnsan heights, from tho supi mlt of which rapid flro guns wero used against the Russians. During the evening of the 11th tho Russian batteries sent many shells from three posltitons against the Japanese on these heights. Later the Russian re serve, accompanied by bands of mu sic, began to move toward Ludslgdao. The fire on the heights was very ef fective. News was received from Ta Toho Klao yesterday that the Japanese had broken through the Russian left flank between Lieutenant General Count Keller's position and that of General Rennenkampff, and that they wero marching on Mukden. Tho rumors to this effect aro persistent, but thero Is no official confirmation of them. Sambia Is Not Captured. HAMBURG. Tho Haiuburg-Amerl-can line steamer Sambia passed Pcrim at tho southern entrance of the Red sea, thus disproving tho report of Its capture by a vessel of the Russian volunteer fleet. Doings of the Maccabees. DETROIT, Mich. Tho specral com mlttee appointed to consider the reso lutions submitted by the 224 Macca bees' tents who objected to tie pro posed readjustment of rates, and asked for a more liberal representa tion in tho supremo tent, submitted its report on Friday. Tho report rec ommends that consideration -3 given thoso protests that woro worded ro spectfully, and that tho board of trus tees take up tho matter of punishing thoso tents that submitted protest? nnuched In disrespectful language. NEWS IN NEBRASKA WOULD ALTER KINKAID LAW. Senator Dietrich Thinks System Can Be Changed to Advantage. HASTINGS. In nn Interview- In re gard to the taking up of Nebraska land under tho Kinkaid act Senator Dietrich expressed himself as lollows: I am satisfied from information that I have received from a great many sources that tho Kinkaid bill, increas ing tho homestead right In the west ern pnrt of this state to 040 acres, is not a satisfactory solution of the prob lem, for the reason that the size of tho homestead provided for Is not suf ficiently Inrge to Justify settlers In en tering upon the land except In a very few places. While tho bill will bo of some benefit I confidently believe that something more must bo done. I have talked with a great many men on this subject, and the opinion seems to be quite general that a law should be enacted at the next session of congress authorizing the secretary Df the Interior to classify all lands which Khali have been entered under the Kinkaid bill, and also nil unappro priated lands In Nebraska. The pur pose would bo to sell at auction all or nny land not taken within two years after the passage of the Kinkaid bill. This would furnish nn Incentive for tho settlement of the vast territory under existing laws, by making It pos sible for homesteaders to later on ac quire additional lend at a fair price. I think tho KInkaicr- bill should be amended so as to allow communtntlon at GO cents an acre, Instead of $1.23, as under tho old homestead law, such somnmtntinn, however, not to bo al lowed until after two years' occupa tion and full compliance with all the provisions of the bill. The major por tion of tho laud within tho territory specified by the Kinkaid bill is of such character that G40 acres does not uiake a tract large enough for the support of a family. The law should be amended to enable tho settler to acquire additional land. FAXING INSURANCE COMPANIES. A Matter in Which the Last Legisla ture Builded Well. LINCOLN. Tho lato legislature oullded well when it changed the manner of taxing Insurance com panies to the 2 per cent premium plan. So far this year, seven and a half months, Deputy Pierce has col lected In fees, reciprocal tax and other taxes, $74,903, while last year for the twelve months there was collected on ly S5G.355.72. Before the year Is out the total In all probability will be run up to $100,000. Mr. Pierce has sent out notices to tho companies which are yet delinquent In 'their reciprocal tax, telling them of tho decision of tho supremo court holding the law constitutional and requesting n settle ment. However a rehearing has been asked for, and as this will not be act ed upon probably until September somo of the companies may yet hold oft longer. The life companies have paid In $48,72C.C4 and the surey and casualty companies $1,402 on the 2 per cent gross premium tax plan. The Auburn Chautauqua. AUBURN. Tho announcement or catalogue for tho sixth annual assem bly of tho Auburn Chautauqua Is out. Tho chautauqua Is to be held at Howe & Nixon's park In Auburn, commenc ing August 13 and ending on the 21st. Howe & Nixon's park is in the heart of the city of Auburn. Wheat a Two-Thirds Crop. SEWARD. The wheat harvest is in full blast. Tho wheat is rusted and will bo n two-thirds crop. Early oats are also being harvested now. Deserter Shoots Himself. IIARTINGTON. Sheriff Rosen berger. In response to a telegram from the United States military authorities, last week arrested Edwin Johnson at the homo of his parents, fourteen miles east of Hartington, on' tho charge of oesertion from tho army. When making the arrest tho sheriff discovered that the young man had been shot, and upon inquiry was in formed that young Johnson had shot himself In tho left shoulder late the evening before, the evident cause of which was a love affair. Wheat Better Than Expected. EDGAR. The last ten doys have been splendid harvest weather and the farmers have all got their wheat cut and In shock. Threshing began hero last Friday and wheat is turn ing out better than was expected. Cuts Throat While Insane. ASHLAND. While in a state of temporary insanity Jacob Eggert, 38 years ohL and a farmer of Marble pre cinct, north of Ashland, attempted to tako his life with a razor. Somo hopo for his recovery is ontertalned. Buy Massachusetts Bonds. Tho state board of educational lands and funds lost out on another bond doal and ns a consequence the $74,000 worth of Washington county bonds will not be bought by the state. Tho contract was made last wook with an agent of tho county and he failed to deliver the bonds and ho had no forfoit up. Tho board then bought $75,000 worth of Massachusetts state bonds to net the state 3V6 por cont. The bonds woro bought from Farson Lea" & Co. of Chicago through their agonL THE STATE AT LARGE. A now business college will oponin Fairbury In the fall. Tho Episcopal congregation of Falls City will erect a $2,000 rectory. J. H. Lnndate, of Beatrice, dice from lockjaw, the result of a Fourtt of July nccldent. During the heated term union ro liglous services will be held In thi park at Table Rock. August 23, 24 and 25 are tho dntc set for the fraternal order picnic tc be held in Falls City. Ray Curl, a IG-year-old boy, wat drowned in tho clay pool nt tho brict yard near West Lincoln. At Rogers Samuel Estes was bounfi over to the September .term of dis trict court for assault with intent tc kill Martin -Heavicaso. Burglars broke Into tho house of Henry Kluger at Rude and stole o gold watch and chain and a necklace that was given his wife for a wedding present. The Hastings Pressed Brick com pany hns fllcd articles of incorpora tion with the secretary of state. The capital stock is $50,000 and tho paid up capital $15,000. Anton Ncmec, aged 30, single, of Newman precinct, was brought before the examining board at Wahoo and adjudged insane. He waB taken to the Lincoln asylum. Many reports are coming Into Co lumbus from the harvest fields that the wheat and oats are badly dam aged from fust. Rye Is generally re ported to be a very good crop. The records at the county superin tendent's office In Dodge county show that of tho eighty-three districts In the county all but about a dozen have already engaged their teachers for the ensuing year. Master Sclby Butler, the young son of Mrs. Florence Butler, of Tecum seh, came near drowning in the Ne maha river. Ho was fishing from the mill dam when he lost his footing and fell Into the water. Ho was rescued as he came up the second time. Ray Nye, senior member of the Arm, Nye-Schnelder-Fowler company, Fremont, has in his possession the first lading book issued from the old Fremont Union Pacific depot, which Is soon to bo moved from its present lc caation. Over 120 horses aro entered for the race meet at tho Fremont Driving Park association, which will be held on August 3, 4 and 5. Tho list com prises some of tho best horses in thG country, and the meet promises to be a successful one. Eight hours of toll docs not end the day for the-deputy assessor. Ne braska has no effective law regulat ing the hours in a laboring day. So declares Attorney General Prout in an opinion formulated at the request of the county clerk of Gage county. Denny Hobbs, of Humboldt, a young man of about twenty, shot himself in tho foot with a 22-caIibro rlfio, as?' the result of accidentally pulling the' trigger while standing with the muz zle of the gun on his foot. No serious results are anticipated from the wound. Word was received in Hastings of tho sudden death of Edgar Morledge, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Morledge of thn -Hy. Young Mor ledge was killed i,. .. railroad wreck near Colorado Springs while on duty as fireman on the Colorado Southern railroad. Wm. Sutton, president and manager of tho Table Rock Clay company, say? that the recent stock issued by the company and ordered sold has been disposed of, and that the erection of a new plant on the ground recently purchased for that purpose of C. H. Norris will begin In the nenr future. A broken axle caused a wreck at Ogalalla to an eastbound freight train. Eleven cars were derailed, four badly, and the track torn up. The annual city school census of Fremont has Just been completed by Enumerator Hartwell, and shows on increase of Afty-two pupils over last year. The children were tvlded by wards as follows: First, 1,053; sec ond, 481; third, 080; fourth. 535; She! don, G9; Inglowood, 71. Total, 2,889 A stock company to bo known as tho American Central Oil and Fuel company, incorporated under the laws of Arizona, has been organized in Be atrice with a capital stock of $500, 000. The company has purchased a tract of 340 acres of land in the olr Aelds in Kansas, which it proposes tc develop. A set of smooth lightning rod graft ers beat a farmer east of Randolph out of $320 by a game that, thougb old, made good In this case. The far mer signed a contract by which 17f feet of rod was to bo put up free and for the balance he was to pay 75 centt per foot. His bill was $220, and he signed a note for this amount. A great many threshing machine ownors will not take their machines out this season. In some localities they fear they cannot make enough owing to the poor yield of wheat, tc repay them for the wear on tho ma chinery. The board of supervisors of Rich ardson county has made a levy of nlno .mills for general purposes which will bring in tho following sums to the various funds: General fund, $29, 492.29; road fund, $8,507.39; bridge fund, $11.343il8; relief fund, $507.15; Insane fund, $1,134.30. H y. a. ir