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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1909)
lt-im. Sim fflGJB -jWJJ3J Jf Wlm IT ALWAYS PAYS TO BUY YOUR jjWUCKfC.? from a Reliable House We have the BEST of everything good to eat Our Prices are Right Yours for a square deal, A. D. Rodgeis Good Things to Eat AT ft Desch's ft 3 On the corner west of P. O. ! EVERYTHING FRESH AND CLEAN On SA TURD A Y SEPT. 4th we will receive by express a fine line of Fresh Peaches Fresh Apricots Fresh Strawberries Fresh Cherries Fresh Pineapples Fresh Ban annas Fresh Oranges All kinds Fresh Vegetables Quick Meal Gasoline Stoves The above is the "Quick Meal" Trade Mark. If you want to sec the little "Quick Meal" chick get a quick meal, put it close to your eyes and your nose on the cross () Look at it that way steadily for a minute and you will sec 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 sale is due to their merits to nothing else. Over 300 Stoves to Choose from Prices, $2.75 to $32 Low Rates for Autumn TO the Northwest: Cheap one-way Colonist fares to the Northwest, Puget Sound and California, September 15th to Oc tober 15th; daily through trains to the Northwest via the Great Northern; also via the Northern Pacific. To California, daily through tourist sleepers via Denver, Scenic Colorado and Salt Lake City. ROUIld Trip tO Pacific Coast: Very low Seattle and California round trip excursion tickets on sale during September. This is the last chance to obtain these cheap rates for the great est railroad journey in the World. EaStbOlind: Special round trip rates to Chicago, Kansas City, Lincoln, Omaha, St. Joseph, St. Louis, from September nth to September 19th. Daily low thirty day round trip rates from Chicago to At lantic cities and resorts. Consult nearest ticket agent; he has latest advice of special rates. Palace Livery Bam II. 1?. COURSEY, Prop. (Successor to C. C. Smith) one in CK west of Good turnouts, strict attention to our business, THE N v ziiindkn and courteous treatment to all has won for us the iil'U.D.s'G. 'I'hone excellent patronage we eniov. Trv us. tam&iz I oa '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. F. L. Skalinder, Agent, Alliance L. W. WAKELEY, G. P. A., Omaha NEBRASKA NEWS Kearney County Murderer Will Not Be Hanged Sept. 17. CASE IS IN SUPREME COURT. Attorneys For Bert H. Taylor File a Petition In Error Suit to Test Con stitutionality of 8 O'clock Saloon Closing Law Is Begun In Supreme Court at Lincoln on Behalf of Oma ha Saloonkeeper. Lincoln, Nob., Aug. 31. llert II. Taylor, the Kearney county murderer, cannot bo hanged Sept. 17, thu dnle set by the court In which ho was con victed of murder. Taylor's attorneys filed a petition In error Jn the nit premo court and this will act as a Btay. Taylor was convicted ot an atrocious crime and two attempts were made to lynch him. He escaped and was captured In Callforna sov ernl months after thu commission ol the crime. Suit to Test Saloon Law. A suit to test the constitutionality of tho 8 o'clock saloon closing law was begun hero In the supremo court In behalf of Frank Dlnuzzo of Omaha, who was-recently convicted and lined for keeping his saloon open alter S o'clock. The Arc nnd pollco boaid also revoked the license. TOLF HANSON A BANKRUPT Liabilities $150,000 and Assets $97,0C3, According to Petition. Omaha, Aug. 31. Tho formal peti tion In bankruptcy of Tolf Hanson has been filed in tho United States district court by C. E. Honing, nttorney for tho barUupt. Tho summary of liabilities and as sets Bhow tho liabilities to bo $149, GG3.87 and tho assets nt $97,600, In cluding real estate valued at $20,000, upon which there Is a mortgago of $20,000. Tho furniture nnd fixtures ol tho Hanson and' Calumet cafes aro scheduled at $30,000, tho permanent fixtures of tho Hanson cafe at $35,000 and tho unexpired leaseholds of ttie Hanson and Calumet cafes at $12,600. SORENSON READY FOR FLIGHT Aviator Who Fell 3,500 Feet Will Try Out Machine Again. Broken Dow, Nob., Aug. 30. Ulrlch Sorcnson, the aviator-blacksmith, whoso drop of 3,500 feet while testing his aeroplane made htm famous, is preparing for another test of his ma chine. He will fly as one of tho at tractions at tho Custor county fair, to bo held here Sept. 14 to 17. Instead of being dismayed by hla first thrill ing experience, Professor Sorenson Is now satisfied he has struck tho right principle and can successfully navi gate the air. Whether ho will start this time fiom his balloon among tho clouds or from the ground is not an nounced. SINGERS GATHER AT HASTINGS Women Participate In Saengerfest for First Time. Hastings, Neb., Aug. 30. Several hundred visitors aro hero for tho lentil annual saengerfest of tho Nobrasku Saengerbund. Concerts by tho United societies under tho direction of John Rees were given at Chautauqua park. An innovation In this year's saenger fest is the participation of the Omaha Concordia Ladles' quartette, as it Is the first time women have had a part in the meeting. Singing societies aro here from Omaha, Grand Island, West Point, Madison and Columbus. KILLS HIMSELF WHILE HUNTING Dr. Z. W. Woods Meets Death While Taking Gun From Buggy. Central City, Neb., Aug. 31. News comes from Garfield county of the ac cidental killing of Dr. Z. W. Woods, formerly of this place. Attempting to pull a loaded gun out of a buggy, when ho was out hunting pralrja chickens, ho took hold of the muzzle, and when he Jerked tho gun It was discharged. The shot took effect In his body nnd he lived but a short time. Dr. Woods was engaged In the veterinary practice hero eight years ago. Twenty Trainmen Di-clisijed. Beatrice, Neb., Aug. 30. Tho places ' of tho Burlington tralnnun at Wymora who wore discharged for taking gooJs from cars in transit aio being filled by new men. In all, about twenty employees wero let out. Moat of thoin have left Wymore to seek work else whero. It Is said' that tho company will hereafter keep closer tab on its train crews by employing daleuiu. to make trips over the line occasion ally with a view of protecting the com pany's interests. Horse Balks; Farmer Killed by Flyer. Central City, Neb., Aug. 31. John Reeves, a young farmer, was struck and killed by tho Union Pacific flyer near here in an unusual way. He wus leading a horse ncrosa tno tracks with tho halter wrapped around hlB arm. The animal balked In the center of tho track and, although Reeves was Bafely across, he was dragged back and under tho wheels when tho engine struck tho horse. Report of Frost Near Norfolk. Norfolk, Neb., Aug. 31. Tho tem perature dropped' 58 degrees In forty eight hours here, falling from 98 to 40. The cold -wave is said to havo brought light frost 0.3 tho lowlands, though set fetnsftog om, WOMAN RUN DOWN BY AUTO Police Rescue Driver From Angry Crowd at Omaha. Omahn, Aug. 28. Aa tho result of an automobile accldont on a prom inent downtown corner, Miss Sadjo Hopper of 3132 Woolworth avonuo, this city, lies In n hospital fatally In jured, and Cleorgo Ollmoro, tho driver of the car, baroly escaped rough hand ling at tho hands of nn excited crowd of onlookers. Miss Hopper, with two companions, was crossing tho street at Sixteenth nnd Fnrnam, when tho heavy car struck her and dragged her sixty feet, tho whoolB passing over her neck nnd chest. Sho was Jmmodl atcly removed' to a hospital, whoro she remnltiH unconscious. Her com panions wero uninjured. Gllmoro attempted to escape aB soon as tho victim hnd been removed from under tho machine but was seized by tho oxcltod spectators and compelled to remain. Many shouts of "Lynch him" woro heard from tho moro excltnblo members of tho crowd, but trouble was averted by tho ar rival of a squad of policemen, who removed Ollmoro to tho station. Tho car Is tho property of Mrs. W. B. Millard, who said' Ollmoro hnd taken It from tho gnrago without per mission, DIES TRYING TO SAVE HAT Bridge Carpenter Drops Off Train and Is Killed. Broken Bow, Nob., Aug. 28. Cor nelius J. Wlggolonkhuyzon, ngod twenty-four years, a carpenter bolonglng to Daultou's bridge gang of tho Bur lington, was frightfully mangled by fnst freight No. 45, about Blxtcen miles out of hero. Whllo returning from work on a handcar, Wlggelonkhuyzon's hnt blow off, and, Instead of stopping for it, ho went on to AnBloy and boarded No. 45, clinging to tho sldo of tho car. When ho reached' tho spot whoro tho hat was, Jt Is presumed, ho dropped off and rolled under tho wheols, whero ho met death In a most horrlblo man ner. Papers found In his vallso Indlcnto Wlgglonkhuyzen was a Hollander, but he told his associates that ho was born in Cologne, and was adesertor from the German army. Ho was highly educated' nnd an expert tolcgraphcr. Coroner Colo empaneled a Jury, which returned a verdict of accidental death. IRRIGATION CA8E IN COURT Big Suit Started at Goring to Deter mine Water Rights. Goring, Neb., Aug. 28. A suit waB filed In tho district court hero this week which promises to Introduce tho biggest irrigation litigation that tho stato of Nebraska has over Been, In volving the right of some fifteen Irri gation ditches to water from tho North Plntto river. Tho Enterprlso irrigation district Is the plaintiff and tho TrI-Stato Land company Is defendant, along with all the other ditches that tako water from the river In this valley. Tho action Is aimed, however, to dotormlno whether the Tri-Stato company'B big Irriga tion ditch hnd a water right prior to all tho other ditches, as It claims, or a right subsequent to nil tho others, as thoy claim. All tho ditches, aside from tho Trl-State, havo formed nn as sociation for tho purposo of carrying through the courts this suit in order to dctermlno finally the question ot priority as between tho Trl-State and themselves. BOY MANGLED BY FARM DISC Both Feet of Lad Are Almost Severed In Runaway. Beaver CJty, Nob., Aug. 30. Forolo Rott, ten years old, was thrown from a farm disc nnd terribly Injured. He was driving four horses, which be carao unmanngablo and ran a quar ter of a mile. The boy's clothing caught and he wns drawn beneath tho disc. Both feet wore nearly cut off and his body badly bruised. Ho will live. While ho was riding a rake tho team of Dan Moyes, nineteen years old, ran away with him nnd ho fell In front of the rako teeth nnd was badly Injured. Pullman Seats Free. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 30. At the re quest of tho Union Pacific and tho Pullman company, tho stato railway commission has modiried Its' order re lating to tho sale of seat tickets on trains Nos. 7 and 8 of the Union Pa cific. Tho now order provides that no seats may bo sold on theso trains, but that when tho local coach 1b full, paB sengprs are entitled to any vacant sent on tho parlor and sleeping car without extra charge. It Is provided, however, tho passenger who Is riding In tho parlor car without cost must return to tho coach whenever there Is a seat for him there. Busy at Fair Grounds. Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 30. Tho stato fair grounds have every indication of a real fair, though it does not begin for a week from today. Scores of men aro at work putting up tents, cleaning up buildings and putting up machinery, several carloals already having been placed upon tho grounds. Temporary stalls aro being fitted up adjoining both the cnttlo and horse barns, because the entries havo ex ceeded tho room In both departments. Death of Dr. Borglum. Omaha, Aug. 30. Dr. James M. Borglum, father of Gutzon and Solon Borglum, tho New York sculptor, died as tho result of an accident several u'nys ago, when his horso crowded him over onto a sidewalk. Dr. Borglum was seventy years old and was bora In Denmark. HIT WESTERN PRIMARY LAW8 New York Commissioner Says System Results In Political Anarchy. Albany, N. Y., Aug. 31. "Direct nominations as wo havo scon them tnnko tho greatest gold bricks that was over hnndod to n confiding people," was tho declaration here of Assembly man Robert J. Coukltu, a member o( tho special committee appointed by tho last legislature to Invcstlgato tho question of direct primaries and re port to tho legislature of 1010. Mr. Conklln said the commlttco hnd com pleted Its Investigation In other states which havo direct primary laws. "Tho pcoplo of Now York state," ho said, "havo no Idoa of' tho political annrchy that oxlsts in tho mlddlo wost em states. Direct nominations hnvu driven parties entirely out of exist ence In many communities. "In Wisconsin there Is no longer a Republican party and a Democratic party. There aro sovoral factions, the most prominent of which aro tho stal warts and hnlfbroods. There aro no longer party principles, but only per sonal viows of faction loaders. "To soino extent tho same stato of affairs oxlsts In Iowa and Kansas and ovorywhoro olse whero this system of direct nominations 1b In operation. Tho minority party has boon Bwal lowod up. Tlmo nnd again wo mot with tho expression from tho biggest men In tho eltlcB wo visited, 'For God's suko do not Inflict thjs Iniquity on tho stato of Now York.' " BOYS WANTED TO SEE WRECK Obstructions Removed From Track In Time to Prevent Disaster. Kankakee, III., Aug. a0. An attempt by four bayB to wreck tho Chicago ex press, southbound on tho Illinois Cen tral rallrond, was discovered by a switching crow in tlmo to provont nn accldont to tho train which was crowd ed. Tho boyB had placed frog blocks and rail braces at a switch south of town. Wesley Smith, Samuol nnd Davjd Blatt and Clayton Robortson, ranging In ago from fourteon to six teen yearB, woro arrested near tho scene of tho Intended wreck, whoro thoy woro awaiting dovolopmontB. Thoy admitted placing tho obstruc tions on tho track and said tnoy Just "wanted to seo a wreck." FEEDS POISON TO CHILDREN Insane Mother Then Tries to End Her Own Life at 8t. Joseph. St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 30. In a fit of Insanity Mrs. Carrlo Sanders gave fivo of her six children morphine. Whllo trying to fled tho poison to tho sixth, Bho was detected by a neighbor and sho then confessed' to what sho had done. Woldon, ngod five yoare, is dead, but physicians say thoy will savo tho lives of tho other children. Tho mother also took poison and cut her throat, aftor making her confes sion, but sho Is expected to recover. Tho children rungo In ages from two to ten years. TAYLOR VISITS KENTUCKY Former Governor Passed Through State, but Did Not Stop. Indianapolis, Aug. 31. William S. Taylor, former governor of Kentucky, returned to this city. Ho had made two trips through Kentucky, ho said, but on neither of them hnd ho stopped In his native state longer than neces sary to change trains. Mr. Taylor may go to Kentucky In October. That will be hla first real visit to his old homo slnco he left tho Btnto charged with complicity Jn tho murder of William Goehel, nine yenra ago. Ho was pardoned by Governor Wlllson three months ago, ORM8BY M'HARG RESIGNS Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and to Get Out This Week. Bovorly, Mass., Aug. 30. Tho resig nation of Ormsby McIIarg, assistant secretary of the department of com merce and labor, will be accoptcd. Sec retary Nagel, hoad of tho department, hnd an extendod conference with President Tnft and discussed with tho chlof executive tho question of a sue cossor to Mr. McIIarg. Mrs. Barclay Gives Bond. Topoka, Kan., Aug. 31. Mrs. Bar clay furnished bond and returned to Kansas City for a conference with her attorneys. J. N. Gentry, the de tective, who helped Mrs. Barclay se cure tho Blcnkloy girl, was unablo to secure bond. Ho remains In tho coun ty Jail. Pressman Is Exonerated. Louisville, Aug. 27. Will Koonlg, tho pressman who struck off the count erfeit $1,000,000 Jn Mexican pesos cap tured In possession of tho Roberts brothers In this city laBt week, was absolved by tho federal courts from complicity In tho swindling scheme. May Sutton Defeats Miss Hannam. Niagara, Ont., Aug. 28. Miss May Sutton of California defeated Mlsa Hannam of Toronto in tho tennis Bin gles for tho woman's International championship tennis. Kills Two While Robbing Hen Coop. Newark, O., Aug. 27. John Weakley nnd William Trace wero shot nnd In stantly killed by G. A. Hartshorn, a farmer, who alleges thoy wero robbing his hen coop. Deadlock on Wage Question. Chicago, Aug. 31, Tho surface trac tlon companies of tliNs city and their 10,000 employees reached a deadlock on the wage question, Mrs. Hlrsch Loses Diamonds. Chicago, Aug. 31. DJamonds said to bo valued at $12,000 were stolen from Mrs. Adolph 'Hlrsch at tho Yen dome hotel. SHIP TO T Thuet bros. & Melady South Omaha T Have JIM HORN Sell Your Cattle FOR SALE I1Y F. J. Brennan Wm. James, Exclusive Dealer in COAL & ... WOOD 'Phone No. 5. Alliance, Nebraska. e(tateaiM9f Al Wiker AGENT FOR Grand Island Graiito and Marie forks All kinds of Granite and Marble 9 Tombstones and Monuments. Lower prices and less freight than from firms farther east HAVE YOU PAID YOUR PERSONAL TAX? Taxes are due Nov. 1. Personal taxes delinquent Dec. 1. Land tax delinquent May 1. Interest 10 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 Mollrinc. 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. This man will be here permanently. Re pairs and parts furnished for all ma chines. Phone 139. Geo. D'. Darling. FREE FROM LICE.,