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we will receive by express a fine line of
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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
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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
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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,
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CHEAPER and in a
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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.
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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.,