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Published Hyery Thurday by
T. J. O'KEEFE Editor
J. B, KNHJST,,..,. ,, v AssoclateEdltor
Entered at the nostofilco at Alliance,
Nebraska, for transmission through the
mails, as second-class matter.
Subscription, $1.50 per year In advance.
If anyone thinks that there aro no
democrats, lot him refer to the election
in Morrill county last week.
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Omaha Jlce.
"Dbes'tlio Ananias club expire bv
limitation at midnight on December
3t?" asks the Chicago Tribune. No,
The date is noon, March 4.
AMERICAN CMSm KILLED
Arthur F. Ctatty ami Wfft imki
UMta Ruins if CMSulati.
A dispatch received at tho state de
partment at Washington yesterday from
American Consul Gale at Malta con
firms the reported death of United
States Consul Cheney And his wife at
Messina, The body, the dispatches
say, has not been recovered.
The commander of the Russian
battleship Majharoff, which has ar
rived in Naples with refugees from
Messina, brings word that Arthur S,
Cheney, tho American consul at Mes
sina, and his wife died under the debris
of the consulate, The estimated loss
of life now is 150,000,
The Band Dance Tonight
Prepcrations for the grand dance to
be given at tho at the opera house to
night by tho Commercial Club Band
are complete and there is no doubt
the attendance will be large. The
band members have spared no pains in
their efforts to give a concert and dance
that will be entertaining and pleasant.
Before tlie-dnnce begins the concert
will take place when the following in
strumental program will be rendered:
March The New Tlpperary Fulton
Overture Sweet Brier Lauaendeau
Concert Walts Wedding of the Winds. . .
JohnT. Hall
Medley Gems of Stephen Foster. .......
Tlieo.H. Tobano
A Tone Poem Apple Blossoms '..
, ....A. Roberts
Potpouri Santiago Flynn...Theo. Morse
Intermezzo Senoma .'Leo Friedman
"America"
Public Installation
of Officers.
The Woodmen of the World will
hold a public installation of officers on
Wednesday evening,. January 13, at
which time the Rev, G. H. Schleh, Ph.
D,, D, D., of Omaha will deliver a
lecture. Dr. Schleh is the sovereign
lecturer of the Woodmen of the World,
and as an orator and speaker has no
superior in the northwest.
He has
been in Alliance on other occasions
and needs no introduction.
At the regular meeting of Maple
camp No, 165 held , Wednesday even
ing, Dec. 23, the following officers were
elected for the year 1909:
T. R.' Kennedy, P. C. C,
E. P. Woods, C. C.
. Joe S. Saxton, Adv. Lieut.
S. H, Desch, banker.
T. J. Threlkeld, clerk.
L. L. Adams, watchman.
Jacob Jesse, sentry,
L. W. Bowman and H. A. Copsey,
physicians.
G. H. Stanton, manager for three
years.
M. E. Grebe, manager for two years.
The Woodmen of the World stands
today at the head of fraternal insurance
organizations. Her installation service
is beautiful and impressive. Sov.
Orville Owen was unanimously chosen
installing officer which insures that the
beautiful installation service will be ex
emplified in the highest degree. The
entire evening will be a continuous
literary treat, interspersed with sweet
est music. The professional people of
Alliance cordially invited, as well as all
others.
NOTICE
The annual meeting of tho stock
holders of the Lour Lake Telephone
company will be held at Alliance, Neb.,
Saturday, Jan. 2, 1909. Said meeting
will be held ot Burton's law office at
1:30 p. m. M. A. Brown,
3-it President,
For Sale-Two milk cows, comimr
fresh. C. E. Rosenberger, Heming
ford, Nebr.
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Dies Christmas Mornini
Hi Down Town Stairway
Whilo the world wrs singing its
praises to the now born King of Beth
lehem and Btrains of Christmas anthems
burst forth in praise of tho Messiah,
there was another side to' life in this
city which was sad and touching.. Fred
Pride, a colored man in-the employ, of
ContractoV Sang Reck, for a year or
more, was discovered in the early
morning in the stairway leading to the
Elks lodge room cold in death. Tho
last seen of Pride was during the night
when he and several associates were
enjoying the event ot Christmas by im
bibing of liquor. It is thought that
Pride got more than his share and with
the cold that prevailed brought 011 his
death. He and his companions were
roving about town and it was in front
of the Elks hall that he was last seen
alive. Hero the party of colored men
were singing and laughing most heart
ily. Then Pride went to the Elks
stairway to lie down on his couch of
death. A colored companion named
Jackson was horrified when he discov
ered the body and' running across the
street almost white with terror an
nounced tb tho passers that "Dat coon
am surely dead.1"
The remains were takeu to the
undertaking rooms of the Gadsby store
and an inquest held. A thorough
dissection of the body gave no evidence
of foul play and a jury composed of Ira
Roc'd, W. O. Barnes, Jos. Smith, Sang
Reck, C. W, Brcnnan and Win. James,
returned a verdict of death by exposure,
Deceased owned two horses and pos
sessed some money. He was about
thirty-hvo years of ago and a jolly,
good-hearted soul. It is said that his
mother lives in Brownsville, Texas.
The funeral took place last Sunday
afternoon from Holy Rosary church
and tho remains wetc buried in the
Catholic cemetery.
Death of Mrs. J. G. Stewart.
Conductor E. W. Stewart returned
last Tuesday from the sad mission of
being present at the death of his be
loved mother, Mrs. J. G. Stewart, at
Valhsca, Iowa, last Saturday. Mr.
Stewart had been called to the old
home on several other occasions when
serious illness threatened the life of his
mother but she rallied and appeared to
improve until this last attack terminat
ed fatally. The death of Mrs. Stewart
weighs heavily on tho devoted son who
was dearly attached to his mother and
in his hour of grief will haye the deep
sympathy of his friends in this com
munity where she visited on several
occasions and was known to many of
our citizens. Deceased was 58 years
of age.
Restaurant Under
Former Management
Commencing December 29, Mr.
Philip Nohe will again assume the pro
prietorship of his old restaurant, which
has, for the past two months, been in
charge of Graybill & Coplin. We ex
tend a hearty invitation to those who
were numbered among our patrons be
fore and will welcome all others who
desire a good clean place to eat as well
ag good treatment, P. Noun.
Alliance Dentist Arrested
on Serious Charge
Special to -the Lincoln Journal:
BRIDGEPORT, Neb., Dec. 39
Dr. Koons, a prominent dentist of Al
liance, who makes regular visits to
several town in this part of the state,
was arrested here Tuesday night on a
warrant charging him with criminally
assaulting a young woman for whom
he was doing deutal work, The of
fense is alleged to have been commited
in a rooming house where the dentist
has his office. The charges are sensa
tional. Excitement is high. The young
woman is under the care of a physician.
TflTtSTiiSc!
We wish to cordially thank our
friends and customers for the liberal
patronage wo have enjoyed during the
past year. My business has more than
doubled itself over last year and I hope
I have succeeded in pleasing you with
my business policy of the best goods at
the lowest prices. The coming year,
which is opening with so many signs
of prosperity, I shall try to serve ,yoi
better than ever with goods at money
saving prices. Now, I want to welcome
you often at my store this year. Com
pare my goods and prices before send
ing away. I will meet any competition.
nguiu uiuuKiug you ueariuy tor your
BOod wlu and wisbinE ou a most pros
- Parous and happy New Year, I remain
yours,
The Bee Hive Store.
Four Celebrations
of New Year s Day
EW YEAR- Is celebrated In
this country at least on
four different dates In ad
dition to tho regular na
tional New Year's celebra
tion on January I. The
first of these foreign celebrations will
be that of the Groeks and Russians
and a few other nationalities which
adhere to old style dates. They will
have New Year on, Jajiuary 14, 13 days
later than the New Year of the new
Btyle. Next In order comes the Chi
nese Now Year, on February 13, and,
but a day later, February 14, comes
the Mohammedan first duy of the year.
Tho Jewish New Year falls nealy nine
months later, about tho middle of Sep
ber, on the first day of tho month of
"Tlshrl."
The celebrations vary both In ac
cordance with the religions of tho va
rious peoples anjl their climatic,
racial and national characteristics.
With the Greeks, Russians. Servians,
Bulgarians and Macedonians, all of
whom adhere to the Greek Catholic
church, Now Year's Is one of the most
pleasant If not the plcasantest festival
of tho year. With tho Jews, on tho
contrary, tho New Year, ltosh Has
hana, as It Is called, Is far from being
a pleasant affair. It Is a day of retri
bution, of Judgment. It Is preceded
by weeks of prayer, fasting and peni
tence, and' Is followed by ten daya
known as the days of repentance,
which wind up with Yoni Kippur, tho
day of atonement, a most grewsomo
and weird day, dreaded by every or
thodox Jow.
Greeks Celebrate Two Days.
The most interesting and joyous
celebration of the New Year Is that of
tho Greeks. The Greek New Year
lasts two days. In these two days the
Greek nature with Its unbounded Joy
of life comes Into Its own. The heart
of evory Greek thrills on that day with
unbounded Joy. Passionately Me,
awaits the evening, when In his llttlo
Greece, In a genuine Greek restau
rant, with male cooks and attendants,
he can get his genuine Greek food,
Hellenic dishes, and wash them away
with Greek wine which was purpose
ly Imported Into this country for the
holidays.
"Christmas is a great holiday with
us," said a prominent Greek, "but it Is
after all a solemn day. It Is a relig
ious holiday. No gifts are exchanged
on Christmas and tho three days which
the liol'day last are given over to
religious meditation. How different
it Is with the New Year! Next to our
national holiday on March 25, which
commemorates the date of our Inde
pendence, JuBt as July 4 commemo
rates the birth of the American na
tion, New Year's days, for we have
two of them, are our greatest holidays.
In Greece New Year Is essentially a
family holiday. There we have a chil
dren's afternoon which Is devoted en
tirely to tho young ones, who aro giv
en the utmost opportunities to enjoy
themselves. In this country, how
ever, It Is slightly different. Out of
the 13,000 Greoks living in Chicago
only 200 have their families here.
There are only between sixty and
eighty children, and as we are only
Just planning to build a school of our
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the rail for a children's afternoon on
New Year's day,"
Still, many, of the Greek families
will observe this ancient custom In
this country. They will have their
children's afternoon. They will have
their delicious New Year's pudding
known as "king's pudding," In fact,
In many cases the pudding will be
even more delicious than It would
have been In old Athens. For one ot
the ancient customs among the Greeks
Is to hide some gold coin in one por
tion of the pudding and he who gets
the share of the pudding with the gold
coin In it becomes the favorite as well
as the leader of the two days' Joy and
sport. In this country, where gold Is
moip plentiful than In Greece and
where It Is moro easily earned by the
Greek father, the pudding promises to
contain more gold and be much moro
delightful to the finder of the same.
Perhaps the most unique Greek dish
on New Year's eve is tho roast lamb, sot
up In Greek style, of which each son
of Hellas must partake. The roasting
of the lamb is attended with a great
deal ot pomp. The entire carcass of
n lamb Is set up on a polo and this
Is held over a Are until It Is duly
roasted. Then It Is sliced and appor
tioned among the various persons
present at the feast and tho roast Is
eaten along with the other strictly
Greek dishes and washed .down with
Greek wine- (
Russians Like Our Food.
Russians In this country celebrate
but one day, and they, too, attempt to
produce a home atmosphere. How
ever, home, food Is not thought of.
The bread, the meat, and the wine of
the United States are considered as
good as and even far better than the
products of their own land.
The Macedonians, .Servians and Bul
garians celebrate "the New Year, per
haps less elaborately, also on the same
day as their Greek and Russian co
' religionists.
The Turks celebrate their flrst of
the year with the modesty character
istic of people who have not yet any
bold on a place.
Tho Chinese will have their cus
tomary celebration ot the Chinese
New Year on February 13 with feast
ing nnd enjoyments with which tho
.holiday Is observed in tho Celestial
empire, s ,
In striking opposition to the spirit
of Joy and happiness which pervades
the Now Year of the Greeks and
Christendom generally Is tho Now
Year of tho, Jews. With the Jews,
who also observe the New Year for
two days, the days are not days of
feasting and enjoyment but days of
Judgment. According to the belief of
every orthodox Jew, every member of
the Jewish race Is tried on the New
Year. The hooks kept In .heaven are
opened on that day, the record of each
man for the year Just ending Is looked
through, and taken under advisement
for ten days. On tho tenth day, tho
day of atonement, the fate of each
man for the coming year Is drawn up,
whether ho should live or die, prosper
or be poor. On the day of atonement
the fate is sealed and nothing can
change It any more.
GHsMll&4MttrbaJ
QUEER DEFINITIONS.
'An
Early Eighteenth Century Inter
preter of Hard Word.
Bulley's Universal Etymological Dic
tionary, with the subtitle, "An Inter
preter of Ilnrd Words," was first pub
lished In tendon In 1721. Most of its
definitions are eccentric, and some of
them Incredibly so. Here are sped
bienrltluckcd at ran16m:
Man A creature endowed with rea
son. Thunder A noise known by persona
not deaf.
Llghtntng A meteor.
A! Rainbow A meteor of divers col
ors. Weapon Salve A sort of ointment
which Is said to cure n wound by be
ing applied to the sword or other weap
on that made the wound.
Balloon A football; also a great ball
with which noblemen and princes use
to play.
Cow A beast well known.
Milk A food well known.
Peacock A fine bird.
Elephant The biggest, strongest and
most - Intelligent of all four footed
beasts.
Medlar. A fruit which Is grateful to
the stomach, but Is not ripe till It b
rotten.
Snow A meteor well known In north
erly nnd southerly climates, especially
beyond the tropics.
Mouth Part of the body of a living
creature.
Eye An Instrument of death.
HELPED THE BOYS.
A Letter That Aroused King Christian
of Denmark.
Klug Christian of Denmark once
found in his morning mall a letter
which moved him moro than did most
matters of state. The letter wus In a
boyish scrawl and read as follows:
Dour ICIng We aro four boys at Flak
kebjerb school, and the master whips us
dally with a piece of steel rope he found
In tho harbor. If he doesn't stop there
will be a fire.
The name of the teacher being glveu,
the klug ordered him to report at once
to tho minister of Justice, while be
took the next train for Flnkkcbjcrb
and examined the class in the teacher's
absence. The children, uuawed by the
presence of the cruel teacher, told their
grievance to the kindly old king, who
promised immediate relief, closed the
school for the dny and ordered that the
boys be treated to chocolate nnd cakes
at his expense "to remember him by."
But be did more than that. On re
turning to Copenhagen be dismissed
the cruel teacher without pension, at
the lame time giving a general warn
ing to nil teachers to be chary of cor
poral punishment. "If boys cannot be
trained without cruel beatings," this
wise king said, "then there must be
something the matter with those who
train them. The coming generation
must uot be made ruflinns by ruffianly
teachers."
Isle of Wight.
The Isle of Wight Inhabitants are
not nloue In speaking of "going to
England" when they ienve tbolr own
fragment of the kingdom. A pntrlotlc
Cornlshman also "goes to England"
when he crosses the Tnuiar. Similar
ly inhabitants of the Rnikau peninsula
talk of "going to Europe" when they
leave their own comer of the conti
nent In curious contrast with the peo
ple of our own Island. Wo regard our
selves as both of nnd tn "Europe." and
accordingly It Is only "tho continent"
thnt we visit. The record In tho
splendid isolation lino Is probably held
by tbnt minister of the Cumbrncs. In
the Clyde, who prayed for a blessing
upon "the Inhabitants of Great and
Llttlo Cumbrac and the ndjncent Is
lands of Great Britain and Ireland."
London Graphic.
The Tower of Famine.
The Torre della Fame, or Tower of
Famine, was noted for Its grewsome
history. It once stood In Pisa. Italy,
but there are now no traces of It
Count Ugollno della Ghcrnrdscha.
whom Dante immortalized, was the
heud of the Guelphs. nnd because of
his tyranny nnd nccredlted attempts
to plnee his country In bondage he
was antagonized and finally conquered
by the chief of the Chlbclllnes. who
Imprisoned him. with his two sous nnd
two grandsons. In this tower, the slow
method of starvation being employed
as the manner of their death. The
door of the tower was locked nnd tho
keys thrown Into the Arno.
The Holy City.
Medina, the holy city, triumphed long
ago over all the.rlvals In various parts
of the world which bore the same
name, which means simply "city."
Notable among them were the old cap
ital of Malta and Mcdlnn Sldonlu In
Spain. The Arnblau city was original
ly known as Ynthrlb, but owes Its later
name, El-Medina (the city) or Mcdlnnt
Itasul Allah (tbo city of the apostle of
God), to the Koran. To a good Moham
medan there Is only one city "with a
big O."
Inside and Outside.
The following report was sent by a
subordinate-Inspector to his chief In
the telephone service. It concerned a
faulty bouse connection:
"Found wire with no outside outside.
Put Inside wire outside nnd outside In
tuit. Need more outside for Inside."
, Learning.
Wear your learning like a watch, In
a prlvnte pocket, nnd do not pull It out
nnd display It merely to show that you
have one. If you nre asked what
o'clock It Is. tell It, but do not proclaim
It hourly or unasked, like the watch
man. I . mm I . 1 .11 'it
The wrongdoer Is never without a
pretext. Italian Proverb.
HEVTHATmrT PBESfggN'fT
General Antolne Simon and Hit Tur
bulent Island Republic.
The coup by which General Antolno
Simon, with 8,000 troops at his back,
gained the presidency of Ilalt'f was
not the work of u moment or n day.
When the two chambers of the
Haitian congress met in joint assem
bly "nud elected. him the successor of
Nord Alexis without ono dissenting
voice It was the culmination of a
scheme which originated several years
previously. It is jiow 10? years since
Haiti threw off the rule of France,
and It has had many rulers In that
time. Generally tho man who could
rally the most BOldlera to bis sup
port has wort the presfdency. It was
In 1902 that Nord Alexia won It in
that way. But he had not been Hvlng
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Port an Prince before General Simon
had pinna under way, it Is said, to be
come his successor. Rather more cau
tious than souu of the other Haitians
of umbltlou. General Simon kept his
mubltluuri under cover uutll he could
be assured of sutllclent disaffection
and restlessness on the part of the
iirmy to enable hhn to strike.
And thnt Is the way things have al
ways gone in the Island between Porto
Itlco nnd Cuba. The usual period
which ii schemer for the presidency
can count upon is eighteen months. A
peaceable rulo of greater length Is not
to be dreamed of. There are minis--ten
of state nnd ministers of war
especially the latter to say nothing
of exiled presidents and ministers of
war, who must be given consideration.
Of the score of presidents, so called,
which Haiti has h'ad, sixteen have
been deposed by violence.
MRS. PHlLIPNOWDEN.
Handsome Woman Who Is One of the
Leaders of the Suffragettes.
At a recent meeting in New York In
the Interest of woman suffrage and
under ttie auspices of the Collegiate
Woman Suffrage League of New York
State a message was read from the
noted English advocate of woman's
rlghtH, Mra. Philip Snowden, accepting
nn invitation to become honorary vice
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president of tho league. Mrs, Snow
den has been-conspicuous In the recent
doings of the suffragettes In England
and Is not only a woman of brains,
but nlso ono of beauty. Mrs. Snowden
was Miss Ethel Annaklu, daughter of
Richard Anuakln of Harrogate, and
she married Philip Snowden, M. P., In
1905. Mr. Snowden Is one of the lead
ers of the Socialist party In the houso
of commons nnd Is author, Journalist
and lecturer.
Out With "Uncle Joe."
Several members of the present
house of representatives are not on
speaklug terms with Uncle Joe Can
non. Among them is Victor Murdock
of Kansas, who has been tclllug In a
current magazine for several months
the hardships and difficulties against
which a member mus.t contend who Is
not on friendly relations with the czar
who wields tho gavel. Representative
Burton Is unother man who has not
truckled to Uncle Joe. It is doubtful.
If Burton's insubordination has cost?
him anything, however, because hV
commands so much Influence In the
house on his own account.
Family Discipline.
"So you are going to send
youngest boy to college?"
your
"Yes," answered Farmer Corntossel.
"He's too big for me to handle In the
wood shed, nnd I guess I'll have to
haw him hazed." Washington Star.
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