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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1909)
rr3 P It.' V ' fc OVERliNDHELDUP Union Pacific Fast Kali Slopped by Robbers Near Omaha. SEVEN MAIL SACKS STOLEN. Valuable Foreign Pouches Among the Loot Secured by the Bandits Re ward of Five Thousand Dollars Each for the Robbers Is Offered by the Railroad Company Particulars of Daring Raid. Omaha, May 24. Ovorlnnd Llmltod train No. 2 on tlio Union 1'aclllc was j. held up by four masked robbors on tlie Lnno cutort nt midnight, tho train crow and mull clerks subdued with guns and seven Bucks of foreign reg istered mail taken from tho mall car by tho robbors, who jumped Into a waiting automobile and escaped. Tho Limited wnH coming Into Oma ha over tho I-juio cut-off and had reached n point this sldo of Soymour when two mnskod men crawled over the tender Into tho cab of tho engiuu and forced Knglncer Mlcheljohn nud Tlremun Prawl to throw up tholr hands. After they had been searched for weapons they were told to run tho train n little farther and stop, thu plnco of stopping having been planned with reference to Ihq waiting automo bile. A third robber soon appenred on tho scono and wan Joined by a fourth as soon as tho train stopped. Taking tho engine crow aloug with them, tho robbers wont to tho mall car and found tho door open. They flrod a couple of shots and brought the eight mnll clerks to the door of tho car, where they wore soon confronted with guns and lined up and soarched for weap ons. Tho robbors, aftor lining up tho mall clerks, forced tho englno crew to carry soven sacks of ro&Istered mall to tho waiting automobile, and as soon as tho soven sacks were load ed', the four Jumped Into tho automo bile and started for thu north. Tho train wns not dclnycd moro than fifteen mlnutos by tho robbery. W. T. Canada nnd members of tho Omnhn police forco left In tho pollco automobllo In search of tho robbers. Whon tho robborB climbed over tho tender thoy hnd handkorchtefs over theta faces and guns In their hands. Tho onglneor ordorod them to put tho guns away, thjnktng thoy wero only hoboes. The robbers noon convinced tho englno crow that there was no foolishness about tho affair, and nftor tho train had' been run to tlio streot, where tho automobllo was waiting, thoy wero ordered to stop tho train and to Jump off. Tho orders wero obeyed. Brnkomnn Crlss enmo. tho nearest to any of tho train crow to Injury In tho mix up. Ho was on tho rear end of tho train and when It stopped ho Immediately started to walk back from the train wjth his lantern. Ho was fired on a dozen times and tho bullets whizzed closo to his head and tore up tho ground' all around him, but none of thorn struck him. Tho Union Pacific officials nt onco offered a rownrd of $5,000 oach for tho capture of tho robbers. Suspect Arrested at Cheyenne. Choyenno, Wyo., May 25. A man giving tho nnmo of L. U. Stemhoff was arrested hero on suspicion of.bo Ing an nccompllco In tho robbery of tho Union Pnclflo mall car at Omaha Saturday night. Ho had Jn his pos session $800 In bills. FIVE DEATHS IN FLOOD Unprecedented Rains In Oklahoma Do Heavy Damage. Oklahoma City, Okla., May 25. Five people aro dead, at least ten se riously injured, severnl thousand acres of crops are Inundated and ovory stream In tho northern and eastern part of tho state Is raging as a result of almost unprecedented' rnlns during tho past twenty-four hours in Okla homa. A number of houses have been washed away. Tho dead: Mrs. V. V, Brown and three children of Fornker; Mrs. Mat tlo Jones, negro. Mrs. Drown and her children were drowned In Salt creek at Yalo while attempting to escape from tho high waters. Mrs. Jones dropped dead of fright when the waters of Doggy creek, near Enid, surrounded' her home. CARRIERS WIN LIQUOR SUIT Right to Ship Intoxicants Into Dry Territory Is Upheld. Washington, May 25. Tho supremo court of the Unltod States decided tho case of tho Adams Express company vs. tho commonwealth of Kentucky, Involving tho right of tho express com irnny to ship liquor into a local option county, contrary to the law of the stato, In favor of tho company. The opinion revered the verdict of the Hart county court on the ground that the transaction was intarstnto com inorce and therefore not subject to In terference by the Kontucky author titles. Haskell Case Still On. Tulsa, Okla., May 25. When tho federal grand jury resumed investiga tion hero cf tee Muskogee town lot fjrkuds'U was still concerned with the (pivie' concerning Governor Charles N. "-ikell. Several witt esses from out ' 5wn wero eunlaU;, CUBA'S FINANCIAL PRO&l.EM Central Feeling of Uncertainty and Lack of Confidence Prevails. Havana, Mn 24. F?nnnclal prob lems constitute tlio gravest fonture of nixloty on tho part of tho Cubnli gov ernment and with tho protracted delay tn the presentation of the bidget for tlio coming year the general feeling of uncertainty and lack of confidence be comes accontuatcd: Can tho govern ment, In vlow of Its enormously In creased expenses, duo In a groat meas ura to tho cost of equipment and pay of tho new permanent nrmy, tho cost of national legislature and tho vastly Increased number of clv.Il employees, arising from political prossuro for of fice, meet Us obligations out of tho ordinary sources of revonuo Is usked on all sides. While thoro Is no doubt that Presi dent Qomoz Is fully alive to tho sort ousnoss of the situation and Is doing everything In his power to effect re ductions In tho cost of nil depart ments, It Is feared that polltlcnl exi gencies will compel him to refrain from Insisting upon retrenchment on the scnlo that is believed to bo abso lutely necessary. INDICTED FOR LAND FRAUDS Wyoming Grand Jury Returns True Dills Against New Yorkers. Cheyenne, Wyo., May 22. A-federal grand Jury returned thirteen Indict ments, charging conspiracy to defraud tho government of thousands of acres of valuable coal lands in Dig Horn county, now controlled 'by tho Gebo Coal company, against prominent New York coal operators and capitalists. Tho uofendnnts named aro Samuol W. Gebo, Georgo W. Dally, Wllborforco Scully, John Nelson, Johu D. Wright, RufuB J. Iroland, Thomns McDonald nnd Krnnk T. Wells. Tho land In question, which Is do cnted Jtn tho Owl creok district, was filed upon tlireo years ago and tho en tries havo been under investigation for a yenr. Witnesses were brought to Wyoming from New York to testify. Tho grand Jury also reiurnod Indict ments ngalnst ten prominent Laramlo county ranchmen, charging illegal fencing of public lands. Jap Squadron at Port Townsend. Port Towtiaend, Wash., May 24. A saluto of twenty-ono guns from Fort Worden boomed a noisy welcome to Admirnl Ijlchi's Japanese training squadron, composed' of the cruIsorB Aso nnd Soya. Tho Jnpanoso returned tho snluto and steamed to nnchorago In tho uppor waters or tho bay. Mayor Gorson went nboard and extended an ofllclnl welcome. The Aso and Soya then left for Tacoma. Lid Not on at Coney Island. Now York, May 24. Two hundred thousand porsons went down to Conoy Island to watch tho pollco clap on the lid, as threatened by Mayor McClel lan's recent declaration that the Sun day closing law would bo enforced. Thoso who oxpected a clash between tho law and the showmen were disap pointed, for no friction whatever oc curred. All amusement resortB rnn as usual. French Battleship Still on Ways. Drest, May 24. Tho battleship Dan ton is still on tho ways, whore she stuck at her launchjng. All tho efforts of the tugs to release the battleship have failed and It win be a fortnight boforo tho launching- can be complet ed. Tho accident Is attributed to tho sinking of tho supports under tho Immense weight, which caused the hull to deviate from hor course. Farewell to American Envoys. Dublin, May 24. Matthew Cum mlngs, prosldont of tho Ancient Order of Hibernians In' tho United States, and the Rev. Fnther P. H. O'Connoll, stato chaplain of Massachusetts, who havo boeu In Ireland for tho past six weeks as delegates from their order, wero given n farewell banquet nt tho Gresham hotol by the executlvo com mittee of the Gaelic league. Sheridan Sets New Mark. New York. May 24. Martin J. Shor Idan, tho Irish-American Athletic club's world's champion discus throw or, sent the newly adopted discus fr6m a seven-foot circle nt the Pastime Ath lotlc club's oval for a now world's rec ord of 138 feet 114 Inches. The form or record of 132 feet 11 Inches was held by M. F. Horr. a Barkley Reviews Work of Church. Denver, May 24. Nino greut devo tional services marked tho activities of tho Prosbyterlun general assembly at Central Presbyterian church. Dr. James M. Barkley, tho moderator, de livered his annual sermon to tho as sembly. Ho reviewed at length the work of tho church throughout the world. Taft on Hampton Board. Hampton, Va.. May 24. At the com mencement exorcises at the Hampton Normal nud Agricultural Institute, a lottor was read from President Taft, In which ho nnnounced his ncceptunco of n place on the board of trustoes of that great school for tho education of the negro and the Indlnn, Georgia Railroad Tied Up. Augusta. Gu., May 24. Tho Georgia railroad Is completely tied up by tho firemen's strike and the officials will not attempt to move trojns until tho state affords ample protection to the strikebreakers. Run Over by Train. Ottumwa, la. May 24. -Thomas Wennell, a4 farmer living nea"r-5 Dud ley, was run over by a JBurUngtpntraln and lost both, legs., He- died? snortlr nftor. . DlCKMfSBMii Secretary o! War Seems to Be Improving. ' WEAK FROM HIS ILLNESS Returns to Washington on Government 1 Yacht Mayflower Aftor a Tour of Inspection of Panama Canal and Is Pleased at Progress of Construction. Declares He Only Saw Cuba Through a Porthole, Washington, May 21. Weak from tho effects of his illness, which com pelled him to cut Bliort hM trip, Sou tutary of War Dickinson stepped ushoie from tho government yacht Mayflower nt tho Washington navy yard nfter a tour of Inspection ot tne Panama canal. Mr, Dickinson hud not loft his berth since the Mnytlowor millod from Havana, where tne vessel was when hjs condition began to cause concern. Secretary Dickinson stood en the bridge of tho Mnyllower with Mrs. Dlcklnsou and other members of the party when tlio little vessel ar rived at the navy yard. He wus first ashorq and while showing signs of his Illness, ho appeared to be Improved. Ho assured the icportors that ho would be all right as soon ho had re gained his lost strength. Mr. Dickinson expressed pleasure at tho progress being mndo in tho con struction of tho Panama canal, but when asked regarding conditions hi Cuba und tho ports the Mnyllower had touched In tho Panama zone, tho sec retary laughingly replied: "1 only saw Cuba through a porthole." APPEALS TWO-CENT FARE CASE St. Louis Attorney Decides to Test Re cent Ruling of Judge McPherson. KansaB City, May 22. Another step was taken by tho stato to restrain the railroads of Missouri from restoring the 3-cent passenger faro when Jeptha Howe of St. Louis, representing See bert Jones, circuit attorney of that city, filed In tho federal court here an nppcal from tho recent decision of Federal Judge Smith McPherson con tinuing In lorco a temporary Injun Hon restraining the circuit attorney from prosecuting an Injunction suit ngnlnst the railroads. Tho appeal was l..cd with tho consent of Judge Mc Phorson, who was not present, but from whom a telogram was read sanctioning tho action. The appeal U based upon allegations of error In tho ruling of Judge McPherson. HOW TO BUILD GOOD ROADS National Convention Recommends Convict Labor. Washington, May 24. Tho second national good roads congress at the closing session adopted t solutions fa voring the active co-operation of stato and nation in the construction of post roads and tho employment of convict labor in the-Jr construction. With uractlcal unanimity tho con gress urged that tho United States government appropriate at least 10 per cent of the national revenuo for building and maintaining public roads, provided that any particular stato us ing such an appropriation shall ex pend an equal amount for tho purpose of pubUc roads. fJOY ESCAPES FROM KIDNAPERS Ten-Year-Old Seized by Gypsies and Hidden in Wagon. Princeton, Ind May 25. Much ex citement prevnlls In tho old Un..n set tlement, twelve mjlos Bouthwest of here, where an attempt was made to kidnap ten-year-old Harold McDonald. A band ot gypsies passed through the settlement and the McDonald boy fol lowed them some distance, when he was seized and liiadon In a wagon. At Stewartvllle tho boy escaped and made his way home. A posso Is pur suing the gypsies. Trainmen Elect Officers. Columbus, O., May 25. The Broth erhood of Railway Trainmen unani mously re-elected Grand Master, or president n3 he will be known, W, G. Leo of Cleveland. A. II. King of Cleve land was re-elected secretary and trensuror, and T. L. Cense of Cleve land, editor and manager. Val Fitz Patrick of Columbus, A. F. Whitney of Iowa and' James Murdock of Toronto were re-olected first, second nnd third vice presidents respectively. Severe Shock at Messina. Messina, May 25. Ono of the sever est shocks slnco the great earthquake occurred hero this afternoon. The movement was both vortical and hori zontal. The shock was procoded by a rumbling noise. Tho populnce fled, panic stricken, nnd tho walls of the ruins in various places collapsed. Mediation In Railroad Strike. Washington. May 25. As tho rosult of appoals to the fodernl board or me dlatlon to use Its offorts to settle the ftrlke of flromou on the Georgia rail load, Commissioner of Labor Nelll, a member of the board, loft for Atlanta. Garrettson Is Re-Elected. Boston. May 24. A. B. Garrettson of Cedar Rapids, la., was re-electd grand president of the Order of Rail way Conductors. Judge G. C. Scott Dead. Galesburg, 111., May 25. Justice Guy 0. Scott of tho Illinois supreme court died here, following an operation for appendicitis. ". .k k ' ' QUIT FOR My Entire Stock of Groceries and Notions mr THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO BUY GROCERIES "Hg I have a Fine Line of Fresh Goods and a Full Stock to begin the Sale Prices to be PT Come Early, WmrEVERYTHING MUST S. F. S. 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