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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1908)
Are You Buying Your Groceries Right ? If you want anything in fancy or staple Groceries, Fresh Fruits, Vegetables remember that we have the largest stock in the city and our prices are always right Yours for fair dealing A. D, RODGERS a We are are out for business. See our prices and our stock of both Omaha and native MEATS Porterhouse 1"7p Omaha )f Steak, native! 0 L3 T-Bone Steak, native 16cmaha18 Sirloin Steak 1 C Om- -fl Q native AUnha IO Round Steak -i er Om- 4 L native I O arm IU aha Shoulder Steak 11 Omaha 14 native Veal Steak Veal Chops Veal Roast Veal Stew 17 15 10 Best Ham, 17c Second-grade Ham, l5C Sausage, 10c Best Bacon, 22c " " Bacon, 17c Bologna, 8c Smoked Shoulders, 13c Wieners, 10c Hamburger, 10-12 JAS. GRAHAM mm- NOTICE Owing to the fact that our patronage has increased nearly one-third in the last 30 days, we would kindly ask patrons to give us their orders as early as pos sible. Phones 131a and 131b. Palace Meat Market S. H. DESCH, Prop. m FIRE INSURANCE AGENT REPRESENTS THE FOLLOWING INSURANCE COMPANIES. Hurtford Fire Insurance Company. North American of Philadelphia. I'hoenlx of lilooklyn. Now York. Continental of Now York Olty. Niagara Klro Insurance Company. Connoctk'utt Flro nommnnlul Union Assurance Co., London Gcrmanlii Fire Ins. Co. Statu ot Omaha Palace o. ONE HI oCK WEST OF TUE NE V ZOINDEN BUILDING. 'Phono I AsW mi I K rnW-t .-w9mmmi' . I ' i HMm I f avV1 Z le 2 Omaha JLJ Shoulder Roast, nat. 10 Omaha 122 Rump Roast, i(J Omaha Ij2 Neck Boil, O 1 ( native O Omaha U Rib Boil, nat. 7 Omaha, Q Briscut Boil, nat. 5, Om. Pork Chops - - 15 Pork Steak, ham - 15 Pork Steak, shoulder 12j Pork Steak, side - 12 mm m m Ltvorpool, London and Globe 1ns. Co. Cfei man American Ins. Co., New York, Now Hampshire Columbia Fire Insurance Company. Philadelphia Dnderwrlters. Phoenix Ip1". Co.. Hartford, Conn Fireman Fund Insurance Co. ltocliuater (Jermun Ins, Co. Office UD-.Stnirs.rictchcr Illock. Rib Roast, jl native I 2 Livery Bam C. SMITH. Prop. (Successor to S. II. Ucsch) Good turnouts, strict attention to our business, and courteous treatment to all has won for us the excellent patronage we enjoy. Try us. Wallaces Transfer Line Household gbods moved promptly and transfer work solicited. Phone i Frank Wallace, Prop'r. SEVEN SULQRS KILLED Boiler Tube on Cruiser Ten nessee Explodos. Victims Blackened Almost Beyond Recognition by Blast of Cinders, Steam and Soot In Flro PitRear Admiral Sebree Has Close Call. A disaster occurred on board tho Unit od States armored cruiser Tonnesseo while the ship waa stoamtng at nine teen knots on a speed trial off Point Hucneno, California, a steam plpo In tho starboard cnglno room bursting undor 235 pounds pressure, killing sov en men and injuring soven others, all ot the men in tho compartment at tho tlmo. Tho explosion, tho cause of which 1b unknown, occurred only a few mlnuteB after Admiral Uriel Se bree, Captain P. D. Howard and Chief Engineer Robertson had left tho en glno room on a tour of inspection. Four of tho men wero killed instantly and three more died at San Pedro on tho arrival there of tho Tennessee. Tho dead: George Wood, water tender, Scranton, Pa.; B. C. Boggs, second class fireman, Woodlawn, Ala.; A. Reinhold, machinists mate, second class, Gormany; Georgo W. Meok, first class fireman, Skldmore, Kan.; E J. Burns, P. J. Carroll, F. S. Maxfleld. There wero fourteen men in tho flro room when the tube, which is four inches in diameter and enclosed with water inside tho boiler, blow out, driv ing a torrent of scalding steam, coal dust, binders and hot ashes through tho ashpit and showered the half nnked men. A blast of white steam from tho ventilators told those on deck of tho accident, and Lieutenant Commander Robinson, tho navigator, Instantly sounded a general alarm and drop ping twenty lines of hose ready for Instant use in case of flro. Within tho doomed flro room No. 3 the surviving seamen wero fighting for life. Rein hold and Meek were stricken dead at their posts. Boggs and Wood' crawled or were dragged into tho adjoining fire room, and died almost Immediate ly. The surviving seamen, all of whom received some injuries, acted with tho greatest heroism In aiding their un fortunate mates. Only one tube exploded. Tho break was less than six Inches in length, There was no wreckago, but tho ex plosion was described by the surviv ors as frightful. So groat was tho blast of soot and steam that every man In tho room was blackened from head to foot, while those closest to tho break wero literally cooked alive. There are sixteen similar flro rooms, but each separated by steel doors, and tho men in adjoining compartments did not feel the explosion. When tho first outside rescuors enterod tho flro room It was in utter darkness, tho steam and soot covering the electric lights and celling and walls with a thick coat. The men In this flreplt work naked', except for short trousers and slippers, and the dead and in jured were blackened almost beyond recognition. FLOOD PANIC IN ARMOURDALE Rush of Families to Remove House hold Goods to Higher Land. The rise of tho Kaw river caused a panic In North Topeka and the Ar mourdale section of Kansas City, Kan., and there was a rush of families to re move their household goods from their homes to higher land. In Armourdale, more than four hundred families moved their furniture, and the stam pede was becoming general when tho police intervened. They arrested ex pressmen who were frightening house holders and obtaining exorbitant prices for moving their goods. Tho drainage board issued a statement, saying that a rise of eight feet more would be necessary to flood Armour dale. Packing houses and other estab lishments in tho bottoms removed tho contents of the basements to upper floors. Tho Missouri has reached the dan ger lino of twentyone feet, but is al most at a standstill and is carrying off the waters from the Kaw river easily. The weather bureau gives as surance that the crest of tho flood Is almost reached. The railroads arc the heaviest sufferers, miles of track be ing washed out In various places and bridges damaged'. TROLLEY CRASH KILLS EIGHT Score of Others Seriously Injured In Collision Near Annapolis, Md. In a head-on collision near Annapo lis, Md., between two cars on the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis railroad eight persons were killed out right and a score of others wero seri ously injured, some of them perhaps fatally. Tho collision was due to a confusion of orders, as the line has been running several extra cars each day in connection with the commence ment festivities at the naval academy. The dead: Richard Norton, Balti more; A. H. Schultz, Baltimore; Po lice Patrolman Shrieber, Zach O'Neal, New York, motorman of one of tho wrecked cars; Ruth Slaughter, six years old, daughter of General Traffic Manager William E. Slaughter of the road; J. W. McDanlel, Baltimore; un identified woman. Of the Injured, General Traffic Man ager Slaughter was in the worst con 'dltlon and his death at any moment would' not cause the physicians sur prise. The disaster occurred Just beyond' Camp Parol?, which 1b the first sta tion after leaving Annapolis. Both of the wrecked cars were specials. OF Seventeen Victims of Torna does Last Week, Revised List of Dead Increases as Wlro Communication Is Restored to Stricken Districts Path of Twist ers Strewn With Wreckage. Omaha. Juno 0. A revised list of he victims of the tornadoes of the three last days of last week show sev enteen people lost their lives In Ne braska, as follows: Near St. Paul, Howard county E P. Envoldsen, Mrs. Envoldsen. Near Carleton, Thayer county Mrs Maud Carter and Baby Carter. Near Franklin, Franklin Bounty Mrs. Chris Fintell and daughter, Hen ry Madisonv Near Red Cloud, Webster county Mrs. Vanorcka, two children of A. Small. Near Geneva, Fillmore county Eli jah Argenbrlght and wife. Near Schlckley, Fillmore county Miss Lulu Schmidt, Joseph Shlvely, Irene Shlvely. Near Deshler, Thayer county T. J. Austin and son, Ernest. The path of tho tornadoes is strewn with the wreckago of flno homes. STREAMS ARE OUT OF BANKS Farms Flooded and Railroad Traffic Blocked One Fatality Reported. Fairbury, Neb., Juno C Heavy rains are roported nil over south-central Nobrasku. Every stream Is out of its banks, farm proporty In tho bot tom, lands is badly damaged and rail road traffic Is blocked. A washout of a bridge south of this city has com pelled the suspension of traffic on the main line of tho Rock Island road, and all trains on tho St. Josoph nnd Grand Island road between Fairbury and Marysvllle, Kan., have been an nulled. Tho night's rainfall in this county varied from flvo to seven Inches. Nenr the town of Jansen, east of this city, a fatality is reported. Joseph Flaming, a farmer, was aroused at 4 a. m. and found the floodwatcrs of Cub creek flowing Into his house. Flaming and his family fled on horse back, the father leading tho animal, while his wife .and two children clung to its back. Their three-year-old child was swept away and drowned. Sev eral other houses near Cub creek aro submerged.water reaching to tho eaves. CONSTRUCTION START8 SOON Actual Work on Omaha and Nebraska Central Begins In Little While. Omaha, Juno 8. S. C. Nelson has been appointed assistant to the vice president of the Omaha and Nebraska Central railway and Is preparing to begin active work. "Construction work on tho Omaha end of the line will begin soon," said Mr. Nelson. "The preliminary sur veys havo hocn made, tho right-of-way secured practically all the way and very little remains to bo done before construction work can be started. The road certainly will be built and that as rapidly as is consistent with con servative management." Statistics on Crops. Lincoln, Juno 8. Returns from county assessors aro being received by Labor Commissioner Ryder, which, when compiled, will show what there really is in Nebraska. Tho schedules sent out by the labor department in cluded space for the number of acres of farms, number acres under cultiva tion, owner, tenant, number of milk cows, number of chickens and other fowls, and other information not re ported to the state board, but essen tial in getting out statistics relating to tho wealth of the state. Ben Marshall Found Guilty. Omaha, June 6. It took a Jury in tho criminal court Just fifteen minutes to decide that Ben Marshall, colored, was guilty of attempting to criminally assault Miss Molllo Grnnn. Besides the Grann assault Marshall Is also charged with a similar assault upon Mrs. Anna Grabowskl, a few days bo fore. Eight years ago he was charged with the same offense against a little girl, but the Jury found him guilty only of assault and battery and he served' a ninety days' sentence In Jail. Reunion of Spanish War Veterans. Lincoln, June 5. A reunion of Spanish-American War Veterans, attended by nearly two hundred' members of the three Nebraska regiments, was held here. Among those who attended was W. J. Bryan, who was colonel of the Third Nebraska, and Governor Shel don, who was a captain in Mr. Bryan's regiment. A campfiro and business meeting was followed by a banquet, at which Mr. Bryan, Governor Sheldon and others made addresses. Ernest Kennlson Granted a Stay. Lincoln, June 6. Ernest S. Kennl son, sentenced to twenty-three years in prison, has appealod to the supreme court for a stay of execution. He was convicted of the murder of Sam D. Cox. Judge Hamcr, who is conduct ing Kennlson's case, secured a stay of execution and will try to make ar rangements for $15,000 bail. 75 Cents Per Day for Convict Labor. Lincoln, Juno 5. The state board of public lands and buildings adopted a resolution requiring a payment of 75 cents a day per man for the use of convict labor. Tho Lee Broom and Duster company has paid 50 cents and offered an Increase of 5" per cent. The rule will become effective June 17. MEWS NEBRASKA NO NEW CLASSIFICATIONS Railway Commission Likely to Stop by Changing Specific Rates. Lincoln, June &. It Is by no moans certain that the state railway commis sion will Issue nn entire now classifi cation of freight rates, but it is prob able that tho commission will tnako reductions In the rates for the ship ment ot certain commodities and from time to tlmo make still further reduc tions on other commodities. This practice may be kept up until the com mission feels that tho Nebraska rates aro just and not exorbitant. Since tho hearing granted the rail road officials, followed by tho hearing granted tho railroad employes, to gether with its Investigations along other lines, the commission has decid ed the making of a now classification ot rates is a big task and one Unit will require a long time. On the other hand, ono member of the commission believes that by picking out hero and there certain commodities upon which tho rates seem high and making reduc tions in those instances it probably would accomplish moro for tho pcoplo than it it mndo a sweoplng reduction of a certain per cent in all rates. ENGINEER FALLS FROM CAB Train Runs Seven Miles Before Fire man Discovers He's Alone. Omaha, June 0. Plunging around sharp curves, through cutB and ncrosB bridges at forty miles an hour without an engineer In tho cab, Burlington trnin No. 23, St. Josoph to Omaha, ran a wild course of Boven miles Just tho other sldo of Henton's, which Is twelve miles from Council Bluffs. En gineer E. Stnrllng had fallen from IiIh cab and lay unconscious by tho sldo of tho tracks. Fireman C. A. Jackson did not know that tho cnglno wob running wild. Several sharp curves were taken with undiminished spcod and whon thero was no whlBtle ob the train dashed' through Henton's tho fireman lookod over to the right sldo of tho cab aud was horrified to And it empty. Fireman Jackson backed tho train slowly nnd a close watch waa kept for tho body ot tho engineer. Ho was found nt the end of soven miles, un conscious and bleeding. DENTIST DROWNS IN SALT CREEK Gasoline Launch Goes Over Mill Dam at Ashland, Neb. Ashland', Neb., June 9. Charles G. Whistler, a dentist, was drowned In Salt creek. With three companions, Mr. Whistler attempted to take a rldo In his gasoline launch. The current of the creek, which recent rains havo swollen to tho dimensions of a river, was very Bwlft, tnd the launch becamo unmanageable, going over a mill dnm. Mr. Whistler's companions managed to grasp tho girders of a bridge ob the boat waa swept along and saved them selves. Mr. Whistler was a graduato of the University of Iowa and ono of tho leading residents ot Ashland. Saloon Men Out of Politics. Omaha, June 4. By unanimous voto tho Nebraska Retail Liquor Dealers' association, which closed a two days' meeting In Omaha, decided that all members should withdraw from pol ltlcs and that not 1 cent will be con tributed by saloon men iu the future for any campaign fund. Fremont will be tho next meeting place of the asso ciation. Old officers were re-elected. Alleged Bank Robbers Captured. Fairbury. Neb.. Juno 5. Shoriff Lowell of Republican county, Kansas arrived here on his way to Lincoln to secure a requisition for tho return of two men supposed to bo concerned in the robbery of the Cuba (Kan.) bank. The men were captured near the town of Davenport. Missouri Pacific Lost $400 a Mile. Lincoln. Juno G. In a statement filed with tho state board of equaliza tion tho Missouri Pacific railway offi cials assert that the loss last year amounted' to $400 a mllo. Tho Mis souri Pacific has 297 miles of track in Nebraska. v Farmer and Wife Killed by Tornado. St. Paul, Neb., June C. In a tornado that passed over the southwest part of Howard county, E. P. Envoldsen and his wife were killed. Their home was on a farm three miles northwest of Boelus. Their dwelling and other structures on tho farm wero destroyed. Train Robber Gets One Year In Prison Lincoln, Juno 8. A sentence of one year at hard labor In tho state peni tentiary was pronounced by Judge Stowart upon John Donaldson, who pleaded guilty to tho chargo of burg lary. He bad been caught robbing passengers on n Rock Island train. Bryan Speaks to Woodmen. Lincoln, June 8. William J. Bryan delivered the memorial address to Modern Woodmen In this city. He spoke highly of tho value of fraterni ties and pointed out their need In our modern system of living. Andrews Talks to Graduates. Lincoln, June 9. To tho members of the senior class of the state univer sity, Chancellor E. Benjamin Andrews delivered' the baccalaureate address. The exercises were held in the audi torium of the Temple building. MacLean Orator at Lincoln Banquet. Lincoln, Juno 9. At tho annual ban quet of tho Phi Beta Kappa of tho University of Nebraska, Chancellor George E. MacLean of the University of Iowa delivered the oration. Two Drowned In Swollen Creek. Adams, Neb., June 4. Georgo and Scott Burke, young sons of a farmer near here, wero drowned in Hooper creek, which had become greatly swollen from recent rains. TAFT GAINS 16 VOTES His Forces Divided on Question of Compromise. Decisions In Florida, Georgia and Ken tucky Cases Are In Favor of tho Candidate from Ohio Hitchcock Opposes Any Concessions. At tho meeting of tho national Re publican commlttco at Chicago on Monday a fow haudfuls of sand wero thrown into tho cylinders of tho Taft political machine. So far everything that has como up laB been handled quickly and decisively by tho Tnft mon, but from their own moinbor ship came a proposition to dlvido tho Louisiana delegation with tho oppo sition, seating both Taft and anti-Tuft delegations with a halt a voto each. Tho proposition In Itself did not como as a surprise, but tho number of mem hers of tho nationnl committeo who favored tho movement created Bomo consternation iu tho Taft camp. Tho friends of tho secretary of war on tho committeo brought nbout an adjourn ment rather than permit a voto to bo taken. Before tho Louisiana caso, which In voIvcb four dologntes at largo aud fourteen district dolegatOB, la brought to a voto, noses will bo sharply count erf. Mombora of tho committeo who havo been ardent Taft supporters, but who havo bIiowii a disposition to yield to tho appeals from tho allied forcca to compromiso in tho intorest ot har mony, will bo Bubjected to pressure from Washington. To allow tlmo for this was tho purpose of tho sudden adjournment. Hitchcock Says No Compromise. Manager Frank H. Hitchcock an nounced that thero will bo no com promiso. Ho is determined to fight for tho seatlnc of tho delegations In structed for Taft and declared ho would InBlst that tho committeo paBB upon nil contests. To flettlo them in any othor way, ho said, would bo un fair to tho delegations themselves. Ho expressed' tho opinion that tho committeo should not shirk tho re sponsibility of Bitting on tho merits of every contest, nnd in this vlow ho Is supported by practically ovory com mitteeman from tho west and south, and many from tho north. Thus far, contests havo been Bettled from tho Btatea of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia and Kentucky, and thero has been no division of tho committeo la disposing of any of them. Lodge and Clayton Favor Compromise. The political maneuvering by Bucb. members of tho "old guard" as Sena tors Crano, Scott and Penrose and Committeemen Hart of Iowa and Mul vano of Kansas has not been without effect. Tho growth ot tho compromiso Buggestlon was noticed by tho Tnft ,men, but they were not disturbed by it until they learned to their aurprlsa that tho plan for a division in Louisi ana was favored by Senator Lodge ot Massachusetts and General Powell Clayton of Arkansas. Hasty confer ences were held by tho Taft mombera ot tho committeo -during tho hearing of tho Louisiana contest and tho de cision was reached that it would ba wise to adjourn until they ascertained exactly whoro they stood. This course was followed. Mr. Hitchcock called. up Secretary Taft in Washington and Charles P. Taft, brother of tho secre tary, did some telephoning and tele graphing on his own account. What the effect of tho many messages will bo cannot be accurately told until after tho vote. Mr. Hitchcock feela that there Is far more at stako In tho movement for a compromise In Louisi ana than appears on tho surface. Sim ilar contests aro pending from Missis sippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Okla homa, South Carolina, Tennessee, Tex as and Virginia. The plea for a com promise in Louisiana Is based on tho argument that tho negro question la involved and that somu recognition that would appease tho negro voters of tho south should be given tho For aker delegation. In all of the contests mentioned tho Issues are involved with the race question. More tlmn 150 delegates are in volved in the settlement of these con tests from southern states yet to bo settled. Tho Taft men declare that If they make concessions now they may expect further demands. They aro determined to prevent the Insertion of any opening wedge, if such a thing is possible. Sixteen moro votes were gained for Taft by tho settlement of contests. Two of theso came from Florida, six from Georgia and eight from Ken tucky. Theso wero all the contests heard by the committee. National Committee Slate. Charles G. Dawes was host at a "good' fellowship" dinner to several ot the leading Republicans here. It was rumored that W. Murray Crano, Unit ed States senator from Massachusetts, will be the next chairman of the na tional committee, with Harry S. New of Indiana as vice chairman. Tho ru mors had it further that Charles G. Dawes of Illinois will succeed C, N. BIIbs of New York as treasurer of the " committee and that Elmer Dover of Ohio will again he tho secretary. Two Tornadoes In Oklahoma. Two tornadoes passed Sh(vnee,Okla., forty-five minutes apart. The first one was seen for many miles. It waa tho largest cloud of the many that havo visited Oklahoma this season. While considerable property damage was done, no fatalities havo been re ported. The storm was most severe went at Dale, Okla,