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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 29, 1909)
r ''i IT ALWAYS PAYS TO BUY YOUR iiKtJi:K; from a Reliable House We have the BEST of everything good to eat Our Prices are Right Yours for a Ct. D. Rod gets Good Things to Eat AT lpfe! Desch's M. ,2 On the corner EVERYTHING FRESH AND On SATURDAY, JULY 31 we will receive by express a fine line of PEESH PBTJIT Fresh Peaches Fresh Apricots Fresh Strawberries Fresh Cherries Fresh Pineapples Fresh Banannas Fresh Oranges All Qu ickMealQasol i ne Stoves &fcrM The above is the "Quick Meal" Trade Mark. If you want to see the little "Quick Meal" chick get a quick meal, put it close to your eyes and your nose on the cross (-f). Look at it that way steadily for a minute and you will see the chick make a "Quick Meal" of the bug. People who use a "Quick Meal" know how to cook a meal quick and cat it in comfort. "Quick Meal" Stoves look well, cook well, bake well and last well. They could not be made better at any price. Their immense i ale is due to their merits to nothing else. Over 300 Stoves to Choose from Prices, $2.75 to $32 hhmb -r- mu II Largest stock of Granite flonu- ments in the West. Nothing but I first-class work and lowest prices H All lettering done by pneumatic tools H I Write us and let us quote you I J. K BLUUM & CU. I fj B 1815-17 Farnam St., Omaha, Neb. 9 pyjwyKjfyTlPBynPgfrjyncysBilBMt square deal, Phone 19 west of P. O. CLEAN kinds Fresh Vegetables Make Happy Homes A Quick Meal Stove will do any and all work that can be done on a range or cook stove. Only it does it QUICKER, CHEAPER and in a more agreeable way Newberry's Hardware Co. DRIAND FORMS NEW CABINET demenceau's Successor Succeeds in Uniting Party Groups. Pnrjs, July 24. Alter a day of con ferences, Aristlde Hrlnml succeeded In forming n new French ministry and officially announced tho success of his endeavors to President FnlUores. Tho now cabinet Is made up as fol lows: Premier and' minister of tho 9mWmmm ARISTIDE BRIAND. interior and of public worship, M. Brland; minister of Justice, M. Bar thou; minister of foreign affairs, M. Plchen; minister of finance, Georges Cochery; minister of education, M. Doumergue; minister of public works, posts and telegraphs, M. MUlorand; minister of commerce, Jean Dupuy; minister of agriculture, M. Ruan; minister of the colonies, M. Toulllot; minister of labor, M. Vivian!. SUTTON HEARING RESUMED Sister Says Only Aim Is to Clear Brother's Name of Suicide. Annapolis, Md., July 2C "1 am not vindictive; ull I desire ,1s to clear my brother's namo of tho dlsgrnco of sui cide." So spoko Mrs. Kose Sutton Parker, Bister of Lieutenant James N. Sutton of Portland, Ore., tho circum stances of whose death the court of Inquiry continued' to Investigate today at the resumption of the hearing in the naval academy auditorium. The Inquiry thus far has been nota bio for the conflicting naturo of tho testimony adduced. Four young lieu tenants of tho marine corps, Adams, OBterman, Willing and Bevan, told stories which, while agreeing In many points, yet differed materially ,ln es sentials. The first named swore that no one was sitting on Sutton when tho fatal Bhot was fired. Two of the oth ers testified that two or three men were sitting upon tho prostrnte form of Sutton, lying face downwnrd, with his right arm under him. These swore that one of the men on Sutton was Sergeant Do Hart, who In turn sworo that ho had not oven touched Sutton. Most of tho witnesses who have testi fied on that polut declare that Sut ton shot himself and express thejr be lief that he had so Intentionally; this in support of the nssertlon that ho was a suicide. On the other hand, Surgeon Plckrell, asked If the fatal wound' could hnvo been self Inflicted under the conditions decrlbed by tho youn licutenantB, declared It would have been utterly Impossible. MAN IS STRANGLED BY FENCE Coachman Fell Asleep and Caught In Pickets, Choking to Death. Milwaukee, July 27. His neck wedged tightly between the pickets of n fence, the body of William Lenz, for thirty years a coachman for Au gust F. Gallun, a rich tanner, was found In front of his" employer's resi dence. Lenz evidently had been strangled. The head projected be tween the pickets and the nrms were resting upon the fence. The knees had crumpled from under, leaving tho body suspended by the neck. The police say that he probably leaned over the fence to rest for a while, fell nsleop, and, nB his throat caught betweon tho picket"", slowly strangled. DR. COLLINS SLAIN BY WIFE Former Des Moines Man Shot and Killed by Jealous Spouse. Portland, Ore.. July 2C Dr. R. A. Collins, a pronifilent "physician, was shot and killed by his wlfo at the home of Captain J. II. Slatlen, whoso house they were to occupy for tho summer. Jealousy was the cause. Both Dr. Collins and his wlfo had been married and divorced and It Is nlleged that the first Mrs. Collins ar rived here recently from St. Louis. Dr. Collins was a gradunto of the medical department of Drake univer sity, Dos Moines. Latham's Machine Meets With Mishap Calais, July 27. Hubert Latham's monoplane came vlolontly to the ground In making n landing aftor a trial flight, preparatory to making tho attempt to cross the English channel. A wheel was smashed and the pro peller damaged. Explosion on Jap Battleship. Tokyo, July 27. News has been re celved of a gunpowder explosion aboard the battloshlp Asahl, In whJch flvo men were killed and four wound ed. Tho explosion took placo during target practice. Daughter of President Taylor Dead. Winchester, Va., July 26. Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor DandrJdge, aged eighty-six, the daughter of President Zachary Taylor, died here after a brief illness. Grand Army Reunion. Toledo, la., July 27. The thirtieth annual Tama county G. A. R, reunion began here today. NEBRASKA NEWS Roy Short of Omaha Is Victim of Distressing Accident. strangled1nduhbwaiter. Acting Engineer of Iter Grand Hotel Is Dead When Found by Bellboy. Chlr I; Caught Between Floor and Lift and Neck Held as In a Vice. Neck Not Broken and Death Due to Strangulation. Omaha, July 27. HIb bend caught betweon tho top of a dumbwaiter and the floor In riont or tho Bhnft, Hoy Short, temporarily acting as night en gineer, was strangled to death at tho Her Grand hotel. Short was going from the first floor to tho basement to start a flro In tho kitchen range. In stead of going down tho stairway, he Btepped' upon the dumbwaiter aB a quick and easy moans of transit. Tho weight was too great tor tho lift and Jt dropped. Short'B chin struck tho floor and tho top of tho dumbwaiter caught his head so that his neck was held bo tween the two ns In a vice. Fifteen minutes later a bellboy passed tho shaft and saw what had happened. Ho immediately called tho night clerk and an elevator boy. It was apparent that Short was dead and tho police and coroner wero nt once notified nnd the body taken in charge by tho coroner. Tho young man's nock was not broken, death be ing duo entirely to strangulntlon. BOOTBLACK IS BOOTLEGGER Barrel of Beer In Boxcar Proves Too Strong a Temptation for Him. Central City, Nob., July 27. Bo cause he put the hotel push cart to another use than that for which It wns Intended, Jack Costello Is behind tho bars of the county jail. Costello has been shining shoes nt the Schiller hotel, and it was also his task to meot pnssengers on tho night trnlns nnd haul their baggage to tho hotel in the push enrt. But ho dis covered that there was a barrel of beer In a boxenr on tho Union Pnclflc tracks, consigned to Central City par ties, nnd he used the enrt In remov ing its contents to his room In the ho tel In Installments. But unfortunate ly for Win, tho cart left some tracks, and this led to an Investigation which resulted In tho finding of the stuff and his arrest. Together with tho spoils obtained from him nnd the fruits of two raids on bootleggers, Sheriff Her hns an immense quantity of liquor In his keeping. BOUND OVER TO COURT Six Long Pine Citizens Used Hose on Tramps. Alnsworth, Neb., July 27. Six resi dents of Long Pine, churged' with bru tally beating some tramps, have been held for trial Aug. 4 by Judgo Potter in $1,000 bonds. According to the complaint some tramps vlBlted Long Pino last week and wero summnrlly ordered out of the town. It Is Bald they filled up on whisky nnd did not leave as soon as they wero ordered to. Some residents of the town thereupon caught tho fel lows and, placing them over a barrel, ndmlnlstered a garden hose with such effect thnt their cries worked so upon a woman living nenrby that sho fainted. lowan Held in Omaha. Omaha, July 27. Henry Murphy, n young man claiming Cincinnati, Ap panoose county, la., as his home, was arrested, charged with passing coun terfeit money. Ho pleaded not gujlty and' was held to tho federal grand jury. Ho wns stopping nt a rooming house nnd pnssed a $5 bogtiH coin on the keeper of the place. Murphy claims to be the son of a farmer ard says ho was on his way to the harvest fields. The coin was n poor Imitation nnd Murphy claims that he received It from a stranger, who told him that ho could have it ns a gift. Sheriff Destroys Whlaky. Herman, Neb., July 24. Sheriff Moncko came up from Blair nnd de stroyed tho 255 pints of whisky ho se cured In the raid of tho J. A. West place a few weeks ago. Tho sheriff nnd a crowd of pooplo took tho liq uor to a vacant lot and everyone got n chance to break a bottlo that cared for tho honor of doing so. Mr. Wost entered a plea of guilty and sentence will be passed at the next term of the district court. Railroad Men Before Board. Lincoln, July 24. The state board of equalization hold a session with reprogontntlves of tho Burlington ana the Union Pacific to discuss terminal valuations. R. D. Pollard of the Bur lington and A. W, Scrlbnor of the Un,lon Pacific each had some objec tions to the assessment In various towns und those wero gone over. The board did' not conclude Its work on the tormlnnls, but probably will do so In n day or two. Tolf Hanson Still Missing. Omaha, July 27. Rumors aro rife as to tho whereabouts of Tolf Hanson, who disappeared at tho time his ros taurant became badly involved and who was last hoard of In New York city. Nolthor his creditors, his attor ney nor his wife hnvo tho remotest Idea as to his movements. ADVISES SUIT ON STATE TAX Omaha Commercial Club Commltteo Makes Report on Law. Omaha, July 2C Aftor Investiga tion of tho net passed by tho Nobrnska legislature at Its lato BCBslon, provld lng for an occupation fco upon corpor ations and known ns senato lllo No. 10, tho Judiciary commltteo of tho Com mercial club Issued Its report. Tho commltteo In Ha Investigation finds tho law Is unconstitutional on hoveral counts, and declares It might bo attacked In sovernl ways. Tho flrst point brought out to show the law Is unconstitutional Is that the Btato has no power to levy an occupa tion tax, which tho fee In tho senato fllo really 1b, nnd oven Is cnlled in tho act Itself an "occupation fee." In conclusion tho roport advises that the tax bo paid under protest and suit then be brought to test tho con stitutionality of the net. TREATY NULLS 8TATE LAW Decides German Heir Can Succeed to Nebraska Property. York, Nob., July 24. In tho settle ment of tho Christian Schuster es tate In probnto court Jiulgo Wrny wns confronted with a peculiar question of law, owing to a Nebraska Btato law prohibiting n non-resident from being heir to real estate, while under n Unit ed States trenty with German such heirship Is recognized. As ono of tho heirs of thin estnto lives in Gormnny it was a dobatablO4)olnt In lnw as to whether or not this heir In Germany would succeed to her rights to tho proporty. Judge Wray decided that tho German heir held rights In ac cordance with tho United' States treaty. Whether or not tho matter will bo carried up to a higher court has not yet been decided. HARVE8T CALL IS HEARD Army of Workers Fllto to the Country to Bring Home Sheaves. Omaha, July 24. Tho army of un employed has hoard tho call of tho farmers In tho Dnkotas for harvest hands and' nro hurrying there In an Bwcr to tho appeal from tho wheat fields. For two days trains going north from tho Union station to tho Dakotns have been carrying Bcores of men I bound for tho harvest fields of those Btatos. According to tho depot offi cials the men seeking work In tho north outnumber those of any pre vious Biimmor for tho laBt thrco years. It Is a motloy crowd that is going north, too, being composed of former farm laborers, tramps und college studonts wanting work until tho mid dle of September. HORTICULTURE THEIR TOPIC Fruit and Flower Experts Are In Ses slon at Beatrice. Beatrice, Nob., July 24. Tho Ne braska State Horticultural society held a two days' sosslon hero. In tho exhibits wero over thirty varieties of gladlolas furnished by Henry Field of Shenandoah, la.; specimens of straw berries raised by G. S. Christy of Johnson, Nob,, which are claimed to bo of an everlasting varloty, and a branch of seedling cherries brought by C. H. Green of Fremont, who rep resents them to bo nn improvement over the varloty of tho late cherries grown today. The ornnmontnl shrub bery wns furnjBhed' by the Dole Floral company and tho German nurseries of Bentrlce. Public Meetings Under Ban. York, Nob., July 20. Dr. G. W. Shld- ler, city physlrjnn, after Investigating tho serlouBnesB of tho epidemic of cerobro spinal meningitis now prevail ing nt Stromsburg and' Polk, and tho northern part of York county, made announcement through tho local pa pers that every precautionary meas ure must bo tnken to prevent it from breaking out In York, nnd asks post ponement of nil meetings nnd picnics unt.ll tho epidemic Is no longer a menace to tho public. Thero are over one hundred cases reported In tho country nnd places named and through recent ordor of the state loard of health every enso is now being cjuar antincd. Young Man Dies of Broken Neck. Omnha, July 2C Victor J. Rem mington of Beverly, Neb., djod at tho Immnnuol hospital In this city from the effect of nn nccldent which frac tured a cervical vertebra. The nccj dent hnpponod several days ago near tho Remmlngton homo. Tho young man wns swimming In n small lako and jumped from a spring board Into shallow water, striking tho bottom and bronklng his neck. Smith Pleads "Not Guilty." Omaha, July 24. Josse Smith, charged with murder In tho flrst de gree In connection wJth the death of James Rollins, colorod, pleaded not guilty In police court when arraigned by the county attorney. The prelim inary hearing has beon set for July 27. Smith Bays his mind Is n blank on tho events of the night when the shooting occurred. Bankers to Meet at Omaha. Omaha, July 23. Omaha Is tho next meeting, placo of tho Nebraska Bank ers' association and the convention will bo hold Sept. 8 and 9. Secretary V. B. Hughes Is now working out the dotnlls of tho raoetlng, which includes speakers and a place of meeting nnd entertainment for the bankers while In Omaha. Merchandise Holds Its Own. Lincoln, July 2C Tho roturns ot the assessors show that merchandise has held Its own this year and galnod a little. With all countios In except fl 1PF I SHIP TO I Thuet Bros. & Melady South Omaha Have JIM HORN Sell Your Cattle SALE F. J. Brennan Wm. James, Exclusive Dealer in COAL & ...WOOD 'Phone No. 5. Alliance, Nebraska. Al Wiker e S AGENT FOR Grand Island Granite and Marble Works All kinds of Granite and Marble Tombstones and Monuments. Lower prices and less freight than from firms farther east HAVE YOU PAID YOUR PERSONAL TAX? Taxos are due Nov. i. Personal taxes delinquent Dec. i. Land tax delinquent May i. Interest io per cent from date of delinquency. Real estate advertised for sale the first week in October and sold for taxes the first Monday in November. In all com munications relative to taxes, please give description of property. Fred Moluunc. Co. Treasurer, Repair Work Sewing Machines and Organs. Have secured the services of a prac tical mechanic and can guarantee all work done by him. Don't trust your work to travelling repair men. TI113 man will be here permanently. Re pairs and parts furnished for all ma chines. Phone 139. Geo. D. Darling, j!fg;!JCE KIM PQ FREE FROM LICE. FOR