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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 24, 1908)
vmmerwmmmmammm E St. Petersburg in Grasp oJ Asiatic Plague. Sharply Reprimand! Municipal Offi j clali for Appalling Condltloni Now I Ca8 Number 308 and Deatiu 141. Nineteen Die in Manila. 81. Potorsburg is in the grasp of tho Asiatic cholorn. wnlch has excoeJed in severity and numbers, tho vlsitntlon ot 1S93. The disease Is Increasing dally at an alarming late and unless the authorltloa show t:i tho future a greater degree of ability to cope with the situation than tr.ey have in the past, there Is every reaf.cn to tear that It will get out of hand. The gov. ernment's threat to apply the pro visions of martial law has driven tho municipality officiate to bend all their energies to clearing the city of the ecourge. Tho aldermanlo council Tfoted ?250,000 to enlarge the hospital spneo, to purchase and distribute dis infectants, tho supply of which In St. Petersburg Is well nigh exhausted, arid to expedite tho Interment of bod leu, which has been notoriously slow The dead houses are overcrowded and many corpses lie unburled Tho situation assumes a graver Aspect from the appearanco of a very virulent typo of tho disease in two cases of which death followed within fifteen mlnutos of the first symptoms. As announced by tho ofllclal bulletins, the new cases numberod 398 and the deaths 141 during the last twenty-four hours, this being the largest number to far officially announced. All varieties ot Asiatic cholera havo now developed here, there being nu merous cases of the algid type, which is accompanied by the greatest suffer. Jng. The metropolitan of St Petersburg caused prayers for dollverance to bo read throughout the diocese, In which tho pestilence is described as a pun ishment 7or the people', lawlessness. Premlor Stolypln has sharply repri manded tho municipal olllclals for the appalling conditions. At Obuchoff hospital, ho found that three bath roomB wcro doing service for 300 pa tients, Nineteen Die In Manila. Flfty-clght new cases of cholera and nineteen deaths are reported at Ma nila. The Infected areas In the city tuul suburbs are spreading somewhut, but the health authorities are still confident that they will be able to speedily gain control ot the situation. PARIS HAS $5,000,000 BLAZE. Postofflcc and Central Telephone Buildings Destroyed by Fire. Fire broke out Sunday night In the Central Telephone building nt Paris and spread with such rapidity that the telephone employes wore forced, after brief ami Ineffectual ef forts to extinguish the flames, to llee hastily to the streets The entire building was soon in llames, and this together with the postolllce, which Is located closo to the Place de Victors, was totally destroyed. The loss Is es timated at $5,00: '0, but n hlghet loss is likely to bo involved through the complete Interruption of all tele phonic communication In the center of Paris, as well as communication with tho provinces and abroad. The tele phono building was comparatively now and was fitted with the costly new central battery system It will lake more than a month to reestab lish tho service. T"ne origin ol the fire Is a mystery, but is believed to have been duo to a short circuit TOURNAMENT OPENS AT ST. JOE. Soldiers Will Compete for Prizes Amounting to $5,000. The biggest tournament ever at tempted by the war department of the United States began in St. Joseph Mon day and will continue a week. For nearly a week C.000 regulars have teen encamped' at Camp Everett Pea body, on the banks of Lake Contrary. Brigadier General Charles Morton, commander ot the Department of the . Missouri, 1b the commanding officer. Secretary of War Wright, Major Gen eral Bell and other prominent army men will be here. Captain C DeFor est Chanler, Lieutenant Fiank P. OLahui and Lieutenant IS D Foulels will bo In charge of the aeronautic experiments, to be conducted daily In connection with the tournament. The Baldwin dirigible balloon will be used The soldiers will' compete for prizes' aggregating $5,000 cash. ! At the same time the interstate j live stock show, with more than 2,000 entries, will be held here. FEEDER OF CANADIAN PACIFIC. Great Western Road May Be Branch of Northern System. That the Chicago Great Western railroad, together with all of Its termi nal facilities, rolling stock aud motlvq power equipment, will soon become the sole property of and n subsidiary line to tho vast system of the Cana dian Pacific Railroad company secuia to bo a certainty, according to unof ficial information from headquarters of the Great Wostern In St Paul The fact that givos the report more weight than ordinary rumors Is the statement of one of the officials to the effect Miat during the visit of President Shaugh r.Kaey of the Canadian Pacific all rud In St. Paul last woek ac uiilimlt 1 i option on the Chicago Great V i.n was obtained by President Shaugh i.tfgpy and Horace G. Burt from the re elvers of the Great WdUeru. CHOLERA SPH 1G OPPONENTS DEFIED 3Y BRYAN. Bays He Is Running Against Two Re publicans Instead of One. "The President has given the Repub lican nndldato another Indorsement. It 6oni8 thnt I am running against two Republicans Instoad of one, but our platform Is so plain and the punose of our party is eo well expressed in that platform that I am prepared to meet tho arguments of both of thorn." Hurling deflanco nt his Republican opponents, W. J. Bryan, Democratic candidate for president, speaking here before immense audiences, so de clared himself. From the moment ho began speaking in Now York, at Brocl.-port, until he had concluded his remarks at Buffalo, tho Nebraskan tool; the bit In his teeth and as sailed at evory turn President Roose velt, Mr. Taft and the Republican leaders. Ho spoke of the conflict which he said oxlsted between the president and tho Republican mem bers of congress, attacked the presi dent for what ho said was his failure to enforce the anti-trust law and from which ho said the president could not escape; denounced Senators Piatt and Depew as having betrayed tho people; charged the Republicans with turning the financial system over to Wall street and finally poured a stream of denunciation into tho Stand ard Oil company. It was admitted on all sides that at no time during the present campaign has Mr. Bryan been bo aggressive. He mado a dozen speeches to large and enthusiastic crowd's all along tho lino. COLONEL STEWART IS DISABLED. Ordered to Appear Before Retiring Board at Washington. - Colonel Stewart of tho coast artillery, whoso case, because of his detail to tho uugarrlsoned post at Fort Grant, Arizona, has been before the public for somo time, has been ordered to appear before a retiring board at Washington, where he will bo exam ined as to his disability, its nature and whether It wats Incurred' in tho lino of duty. This action by Secretary Wright Is tho outcome of tho physical examination of Colonel Stewart by a board of ofllcers at Fort Hauchuca, Arizona, when ho appeared recently nt that post for tho purpose of taking the test ride of ninety miles directed by President Roosevolt. That board re ported that tho colonel was pructlcally blind In one eye and that because of this and the additional fact that he had heart troublo, he was disabled for military service. Oklahoma Bankers Arrested. State Bank Commissioner H. H. Smock of Oklahoma swore out warrants for the arrest of T. H. Miller, Jr., and W. M. Gardiner, vice president and cashier respectively of tho Farm ers' and Merchants' bank of Lahomn, Gnrflold county, on charges of making falso returns to the state baifklng board. The complaint alleges that loans and overdrafts amounting to J11.781 were concealed from the state board, all being In excess of the legal per cent of the capital stock. Woman and Sheriff Fatally Shot. John Roberts and wife resisted a sher iff's posso In a desperate battle near Prcstonia, one mile south of the M1b-Bourl-Arkausas line, when the ofllcora attempted to arrest Roberts for kill ing Obe Kesstuger, a neighbor. As a rosult, the woman and Sheriff Mooney of Baxter country, Arkansas, are mor tally wounded; Roberts and two mem bers of the posse Max Lowery and his son are all seriously hurt. Rob erts may not survive. CHICAGO GRAIN AND PROVISIONS. Features of the Day's Trading and Closing Quotations. Chicago, Sept. 21. Evidence of ac cumulating stocks was too much for tho wheat market today and an curly advance, for which there seemed no legitimate reason, was more than lost. December closed IVic under Saturday. Corn Blumped nearly 2c, while oats and provisions receded less violently. Closing prices: Wheat Sept., 99c; Dec, $1.00Vi 1.00; May, 1.031.03,a. Corn Sept., 76Vic; Dec, G4c. Oats Sept., 48,..c; Dec, 48y48c. Pork Sept.. $15.37; Oct., $15.47&. Lard Oct., $10.37j; Jan., $9.92M. .Ribs Sept., $9.92; Oct., $9.95. Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hard wheat, $1.0031.01&; No. 2 corn. 78c; No. 3 white oats, 47,j49.c. South Omaha Live Stock. South Omaha, Sept. 21. Cattle Re- celpts, 5,600; steady to stronger; na- tlvo steers, t.007.45; cows and heif ers, ?2-754.25; western steers, $3.25 i5.65; Texas steers, $3.0004.50; can ners, $2.002.85; stockers and feed ers, $2.75(8 4.75; calves, $3.00C.OO; bulls, stags, etc., $2.253.25. Hogs Receipts, 2,000; steady; heavy, $6,750' C.95; mixed, $6.806.85; light, $0.70 6.95; pigs, $5.00(6.25; bull; of sales, $6.80'6.90. Sheep Receipts, 39,000; steady to 10c lower; yearlings, $4.00 4.35; wethers, $3.404.00; ewes, $3.003.60; lambs, $5.0005.30. Chicago Live Stock, Chicago. Sopt. 21. Cattle Receipts, 20.1.00; steady;, stoers. $t.30(3'7.70; cows. $3,2665.25; heifer. $3.00 4.V5; hulls, $2.5014.50; calves. $3.50 S.25; stockors and feeders. $2.00 4.40. Hogs Receipts. 19.U00: tirin; choice heavj. $7.35 745; butchers, $7.30 7.40; light mixed, $0.90 7.15; cholc light, 57.20 7.30; packing. $.9Q 7.20; rough. $6.75 6.26; pigs. $3.75 C.26; bulk or sales, $)i.907.15. Shoep HaeelpU, 33,000; uteady to 10c low er; sheep, $8.75 4.71; yutirliugs, $1.00 CM.75; iniiibs, $3.50 C.OO. J MAKES PLEAFOR TAFT President issues Statement or. Foraker Disclosures. Encloses Letter Taft Wrote Laot Yen Refusing Joint Indorsement Witn Foraker by Ohio Convention, In Single Resolution. Secretary Loeb gave to the Associ ated Press a formal statement by th president, which was called lorth by tho recent exchanges between W. It. Hearst and Senator Foraker of Ohio. Mr. Hearst, In public utteinncerf, had accused the senator of relations witl the Standard Oil company inconsist ent with his duties as a senator and his attitude as a representative of Re publican policies and professions, in the statement President Roosevelt makes another appeal for the support of Mr. Taft and declares that his de feat will bring "lasting satisfaction to but one sot of men, namely, those men as shown In the correspondence published by Mr. Hearst, who were bohlnd Mr. Foraker, the opponont ot Mr. Taft, In his own party, and who aro now behind Mr. Haskell and his associates, the opponents of Mr. Taft on tho opposite party." The statement embodies a letter written by Mr. Taft to a frlond In Ohio, July 20, 1907, In which tho pres ent Republican candldato for the pres idency refused to acquiesce in tho plan of the Ohio state central commlt teo to Indorse Mr. Taft for the presi dency and Mr. Foraker for re-election to tho senate in a single resolution. Tho president points out that Mr. Taft's attitude has always been di rectly opposed to that charged against Senator Foraker by Mr. Hearst re garding tho moneyed Interests. Tho president cities the Brownsville mat ter as a ense where the agitation was n phase of tho effort "by the repre sentatives of certain law-defying cor porations to bring discredit upon tho administration." It was, he says, in large part, "not a genuine ngltavlon on behalf of colored men at all." HEARST REPLIES TO HASKELL. Refuses to Discuss Standard OH Affair Before Board of Editors. William Randolph Hearst has is sued a statement concerning the challenge of Governor C. N. Haskell of Oklahoma. In his recent speeches, Mr. Hearst had' charged that Haskell, who Is now treasurer of tho Demo cratic national committee, had sought in 1899 to influence Attorney General Frank S. Monnett of Ohio to dismiss certain suits then pending against the Standard Oil company. Governor Haskell invited Mr. Hearst to prove his charges before a committee of ed itors. Mr. Hearst "refuses to accept the suggestion of an editorial board of arbitration In tho following lauguage: "To the Associated Press: I ad dress this communication to you as I cannot have the slightest correspond ence or coutroveisy with a man of Mr. Haskell's character. Mr. Has kell's proposition reminds mo of the well kuown story of tho burglar who was caught hi the act by the police and wanted to arbitrate the case. "The court records, the complaint of the ex-nttomey general of Ohio, Mr. Monnett, the affidavit of the present assistant of the present attorney gen eral of Ohio, Mr. Burnett, the court records of the state of Oklahoma in the Prairlo Oil and Gas company case, accuse Mr. Haskell, and' not I. Mr. Haskell has had many years In which to sue Mr. Monnett if that gentleman committed a libel In naming C N. Haskell as one of the men who at tempted to bribo him in tho Standard Oil case. Mr. Haskell s proposition to arbitrate tho matter now shows that he has a sense of humor, oven If he has not a sense of honor." Foraker Out as Speaker. Senator Joseph B. Foraker has can celled all of his speaking engage ments in the campaign. In a written request to National Chairman Hitch cock, he asked to be relieved from the appointments which had been ar ranged for htm by the national speak ers' bureau, and in a communication to State Chairman Williams ot the Ohio Republican committee he made the same request as to tho engage ments which had been arranged for him In Ohio. As to Senator Foraker's senatorial candidacy, the Associated Press Is au thorized to state the senator'c po sition as folio 3: "Senator Foraker will leave the selection of his suc cessor to tho legislature, but will do all In his power to see thut a Repub lican legislature Is elected." Senator Foraker told his friends that he would at the proper and con venient opportunity mako a speech against Mr. Hearst's charge aud thou should campaign the entire state in behalf of his senatorial candidacy, but under the jurisdiction of no polit ical committee. PLOWING MATCH AT JOLIET. Alvin Stark Is Proclaimed the Cham pion Plowman of the World, At the tlilrty-flrst plowing match of; Illinois, held on a farm nar Jollet, Alvin Stark was proclaimed the ohaui plon plowman of the world. Stark drove a single ul! plow with three hores over half au acre. Tho judge declared that there was not a variation of half an inch in tha furrows, utMsurod at the onis and the middle. Cyrui Stark, a brothar of the wiujitr, previously held the record for six years. - . M HEMINGFORD l'mtmitter IV. V. Walker. Killtor. Uollie Pierce returned from Rapid City Tuesday. Mrs. Burleigh enme up from the ranch the first of the week. Col. Fosket and Luke Phillips attended the fair at Chadroa last week. The small son of Mr: and Mrs. H. It, Olds is quite sick at this writing. Dr. and Mrs. Little are enjoying a visit with Mrs. Little's brother at present. Mr. and Mrs, Middlekauff were guests at their son's home the first of the week. Miss Clara Dice arrived Tuesday from Dowagiac, Mich., to visit Mrs, Ben Price. Mr. and Mrs. Thorpe came in from Sioux county to attend the Johnson-Lack sale Monday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Kmory Abley Sept. 17, a son. All doing nicely. Con' graduations. Cal. Vinsel and Art Wiker came up from Alliance on their motorcycles Sunday for a few hours. J. C. McCorkle brought a crowd up from Alliance one day last week stopping a few minutes in town. Rov Hickey moved his family to the new home Tuesday. Mr. Hickey recently purchased the C. A. Rowland property. Misses Lizzie and Beryl Walker re turned from Wood Lake Monday where they spent the past six weeks with their sister. Miss Hazel Hickey, accompanied by her friend, Miss Gertie Olds, spent Satur day and Sunday at the Hickey home in Sioux county. Dr. Hikner was called to the Gregg home Monday to set a broken arm for the youngest child.. The youngster is doing fine at this writing Miss Gladys Burleigh is very much im proved at this writing and we hope to hear ot her permanent recovery from her recent Illness soon. Our genial friend. Pete Watson, of Sioux county was in town last week shaking hands with his many friends. We ac knowledge a pleasant call. Dr. Quincy, wife and little son arrived Monday from the south. They expect to make this their home in the future We tend a most hearty welcome to them. Mr. and Mrs. Crossley and children re turned Saturday to their home in the eastern part of the state after a very pleas ant visit with friends and relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Millett are enjoy ing a visit With Mr. M's. sister, Mrs. Houghton, from Waverly, Iowa. The brother and sister had not met for a num ber of years,. MARSLAND. A fine rain and quite a hail storm visited this valley last Friday. Henry Clark is moving his fence aud taking in his new possessions. Mr. Hasser has been building a granary to hold his crop of small grain. L. Snow spent last week at the N. G. Poole place building a granary. Miss Attie Snow is up from Alliance for a two weeks visit with home folks. I.. Hayes went to Alliance on Saturday to visit with his brother. Prof. Hayes. A son of large proportions arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs. Roy Lemon on Friday. Helen Hughes has returned to Craw ford, where she will continue her school work. Mr. and Mrs. C. II. Richey attended the wedding at the Niece home on Wed nesday last. Smith Trusselt brought in a fine fat beef, which sold readily to the hungry townspeople. T. Squibb is kept busy receiving grain from our farmers, many of whom are threshing, Peter Allison of O. U. ranch was down on Monday getting a load of oats for his haying teams. Smith Trussell and other neighbors shipped a car of cows to South Omaha the first of the week. Mrs. Ed Roll returned Monday to her home at Springfield. She was accompan ied by her son, Otto. J. M. Tollman keeps his corn cutting machine running late and early these days binding fodder throughout the neighbor hood. Dick Ballieu of north table had a good crop of apples in his orchard this year which he found ready sale for at Si. 00 per bushel. Dr. Willis sent his trotting colt to Craw ford where it will be entered at the Carni val races. George Clay has it in hand and drove it over Friday. The little Harner boys were breaking their little colt to lead, the other day. They gave it too much slack and now they have no little colt, for the little colt broke its little neck. P. Clatterbuck has harvested his crop of spuds and while the yield was below what he expected, the quality is fine and he will use them as a lever in selling land to the many home seekers. For the past few days the writer has been cooking for a batch of threshing hands which averaged about seventeen it a meal. They are all well-to-do farmers good republicans, contented with crops, prices, etc., and with but one exception, all are Taft men. The exception said he ' j ,:. .,.,.... . I whs no nisgusiea wiui pontics mat ne worn vote for anybody. A. K. Byers, a former merchant of this place but now a resident of Blockfoot. Idaho, came in on 43 Sunday afternoon. He will remain a few days attending to business matters and visiting old friends, j Misses Louie and Maud McGogy left on Monday for McMinville, Ore., to join their fathrand brother, who are there, where they expect to make their home for the present. Mrs. McGogy will go later on. The Dawes county fair was a big event, and was attended by great crowds each day. The old Deadwoud stage coach was a prominent feature and served to convey passengers from the city to the fair grounds. The reverberation of shotgun reports are heard these cool mornings and our local sportsmen are bagging ducks in great shape. L. Hayes is a champion shot and his appetite for choke cherry jam has changed to that for roast duck. The McGogy, Poole Trading Co. had a car of apples on the track all last week which were sold readily to our citizens at $1.25 per bushel. They were of fine qual ity, and the remainder of the car were moved to the store Saturday morning. Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Richardson came in recently from Chevenne, Wyo., bring ing their little son, Harley, who has been undergoing a severe attack of typhoid fever. The little fellow shows the effects of the severe illness, but is now convales cing. Miss Daisy Hocket, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hocket, living a few .miles west of town, was married on Wednesday last to Mr. Ernest Tillotson of Mitchell. Miss Daisv is well known here and highly re spected for her superior qualities and her many friends sincerely wish that she has joined herself to a good man. Mitchell will be their future home. It may not be generally known that the gavel recently presented to Judge Taft, came through the hands of Hon. M. P. Kinknid, who in turn received it from Mr. Irish, quartermaster wheelwright at Ft. Robinson, who furnished it from a wood taken from a Spanish block house on San Juan Hill. Nebraska always figures in big things. The wedding of two well known young people took place on Wednesday at the Niece home, when Miss Nora Niece was married to Mr. Bert Hughes Miss Nora was one of our most efficient school teach ers, and Mi Hughes, who once resided here and who is well known to many, is a well-to-do ranchman living near Sidmore. The ceremony took place at the noon hour and they took the west bound train in the evening. After a little jaunt in the hills, they will settle down on the ranch. A host of friends wish them success and happiness. HASHMAN. J. W. Hashman moved on his claim the other day. There was preaching in the Unity church last Sunday night. The Misses Edith and Jessie Kev visited at Haslimau's Sunday. Franklin Vaughn will have to move upon his claim the first of October. It. Denton and Scotty made a few calls iu this neighborhood Sunday. A. lav sold his hogs last week and took them away Tuesday of this week. Mr. Brown of Ewing, Holt county, is spending a few days nt Mr. Ross's. The threshers are in this neighbor hood. They have finished threshing Mr. Key's grain and are now at Mr. Hashman's. Mrs. Skinner and granddaughters, Misses Ethel and Fay Hetnbry, visited Mrs, Skinner aud Mr. and Mrs. Leish man Sunday. Mrs. Hashman aud children returned last Wednesday from their visit in Missouri. Mr. Hashman's brother and wife with their son-in-law accom panied Mrs. Hashman home. They are looking for land. LEGAL XOTICK. The State of XebruxUa, 1 In the County Box llutte Count v. f Court In matter or the estate of Lurlnlu A. Herrlcl;, deceuscd. To tlio creditors ot said estate: You are hereby untitled, thut I will sit at the county court lu Alllunco. in wild County, on the &th day of Murcli, IWKt. at ton o'clock in the forenoon ot said duy, to receive uud examine all clulms ugalnst srnld cm lit o, with a tIuw to their adjustment and allowunco. The time limit for the nreientatlon of i-lnlnis agutnst suld estate is Mx months from the Urd day ot September. UKH aud the time limit for the payment of debts is one year from the 3rd day of September, IP08. Witness my hand and the seal of ealdCounty Court this -.tub duy of Angina. lWo. IbEALJ 1 A. UEUIir I Mipt 3-lW County J tidier. Some High-Class Short-Horn Bulls. I ra-sed the bull calf that took first premium, also calf that took fifth in same class, in open competition, at our State fair in September 1907. My herd took fourteen ribbons, altogether. 1 now have thirty bulls, from one to three years old, which I would like to sell for fall delivery; a car load. 1 will sell from twelve to twenty; you take your pick for $100 each, 1 will keep them for two months, feed them oats, alfalfa, etc., get them iu good shape. You take them in December, winter them at home, and they will do you some good. j, o. Bkenizbr, 43-1 year Broken Bow, Neb. Try My Flour and you won't have any more worry about your bread. My brands of Ai and Cow ate not excelled anywhere in this country, and ladies who have used'them are my best adver tisers. Phone No. 71 Ris. Phone No. 95 J. ROWAN THE FLOUR AND FEED MAN 1 We have a customer for a large modern house. He will pay a good price for it, but wants the best. Do you want to sell yours? We also have several cus tomers for small resi dences Nebraska Land Co. Phone 281-Allianccc Natl. Bank Blk. KALDAL BROTHERS Contractors, Builders ANI- Brick Manufacturers ALLIANCE, NEB. G. W. ZOBEL DRAY LINE Office at Geo. Darling's Store Phone 139. Residence Phone 570. GEO. W. ZOBF.L. H. NELSON, Painting, Paper Hanging and Kalsomining Phone 641 APlliance Nebr. When you plan your home remember the importance of Good Plumbing l do sanitary work and guar antee it. I install Standard bath room fixtures. Steam and Hot Water Heating- with modern, ' up-to-date Ideal Boilers and American Radiators right in my line. FRED BRENNAN vm. James, Exclusive Dealer in COAL & ... WOOD 'Phone No. 5. Alliance, Nebraska. n When You Buy The Home 1 Metchaatt merit yonrwpport. VeJ "I xht nuintuy ot tho commSEity. And when yon buy of Horns Merchant. boy of thote who adrerUie. ""luul1' V A