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THURSDAY, DEC. 23. 99'
Is Football Worth While?
Recently the editor ot the athletic
department of Collier's weekly address
ed a note to the presidents of the load
ing colleges of tho United States, cast,
west and south, asking for a brief state
ment of their opinion ol the placo of
football in the student recreative life;
whether tho student would be more
benefited by an abandonment of the
game, or by its retention and tho elimi
nation to present features to which ob
jections arc taken; in a word, whether
tho gamo is worth trying to keep. Quite
a' number of answers were received,
the largo majority favoring retaining
football. In our opinion the most
practical and sensible of all the answers
published was that of tho president of
the University of Colorado, which was
ns follows:
University of Colorado.
I believe in athletic sports. I think
that tho great problem is to create an
interest in a variety of athletic exercis
es and induce all of the students to
engage iu them. There is nothing now
on the subject of football. The views
of those who favor and of those who
dppoBO have been presented to the
public too often. Personally, I shall
bo glad when, a more rational interest
hi a variety of sports, that will reach
tho whole student body, is substituted
for tho present monomania which has
many ovils. Jas. H. Uakbk, I'res.
Reputation Jolted
The Herald's reputation for getting
out job printing promptly has received
a pretty severe jolt during the last two
or thrco weeks. For n while we were
short of sufficient help, which threw us
back somewhat with our work; follow
ing that we began the mechanical work
on two periodical publications besides
The. Herald, one a four page weekly
and the other a twenty-eight page
monthly. In addition to the foregoing
we havo had the usual holiday rush of
orders for printing and for two weeks
made Tho Herald sixteen pages instcadj
of the customary eight. For these
reasons some orders for printing have
been unavoidably delayed; but we wish
to inform our patrons that wo are get
ting "caught up" on our woik, and
they may depend upon getting their
orders for printing filled promptly as
formerly.
Enthusiastic Over Silos
V, E. Spencer, manager of the Alliance
Creamery, returned this morning from a
week's trip to eastern Nebraska and Iowa.
At the farmers' institute held in Alliance
last month Prof. Haecker gave a talk on
silos, strongly recommending them for
this country. - Mr. Spencer who is con
stantly on the lookout for anything that
will benefit farming and dairying in this
country decided to investigate the merits
of the proposition, and as a result he .re
turns from his trip ot inspection enthusi
astic over silos and the possibility of them
becoming a great help to northwestern
Nebraska. He has kindly consented to
furnish The Herald an article on the sub
ject for publication in our next issue.
Holiday Vacation for Alliance Teachers
A majority of the teachers of the
Alliance public schools are spending
'their holiday vacation abroad, a few
retnaiuing in the city. Among those
who remain hero are Misses McIIugb,
Alexander, Reed, White, Phelan nnd
Frazier.
Prof. Hanna left Friday for his home
in Auburn. Prof. Williams will be a
guest of Chadron friends a poition of
the two weeks. Miss Lichty goes to
Denver, Miss Lulu Wirt to her father's
ranch lfome at Seneca, Miss Ida John
son to the home of her parents at York.
Miss Bacon goes to Crab Orchard, Miss
Snodgrass to Kearney, Miss Ruby
Ashmorc to Lexington, Miss Hanthorue
to Superior, and Miss Carpenter to
eastern Nebraska, a pait of the time
to be spent with friends in Omaha.
Misses Peterson, Larson and Jones are
also absent but we did not learn where
they are spending the vacation,
Misses Riddell and Nerud will lend
Christmas cheer to the hearts of rel
atives and friends at Scottsbluff and
M mature.
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LOCAL PARAGRAPHS
Hcurv Mother it home from school
to spend the holidays.
W- H. Thomas and wife arrived in
the citv the first of the week.
Mrs. Ill J. Ellis and children re
turned from Lincoln Monday morning.
Robert Hunter came home Thursday
morning from the Lincoln Uustncss
College.
Georgo Douglas returned Thursday
from a visit with relatives iu eastern
Nebraska,
Geo. Carrel of Hcmiugford has been
transacting business in Alliance several
days this week.
M. O. Jodcr and family removed
the first of the week to their new home
on Big Horn avenue.
J. C McCorkle returned yesterday
morning trom a trip to Kansas uity,
and the Corn Show at Omaha.
Miss Kathcrine Plctl of Omaha ar
rived recently for an extended visit
with the Herald editor's family.
Ben Anderson returned home Sun
day morning from Lincoln, where he
has been attending Cottier University.
C. 12. Ford, president of the First
National bank, was in the city Friday
on his way from Scotts Bluff to Chi
cago. Miss Laura Miller leaves today on
44 to spend Christinas and Now Years
with her mother and brothers at Albion,
Nebr.
On Friday evening the United Pres
byterian Sunday School will give a
Christmas entertainment consisting of
songs nnd speaking.
Homer Tash, a brother of Postmas
ter Tash, and family passed through
Alliance this morning on their way to
spend the holidays with relatives.
If you did n't get your Christmas
shopping dono early, "do it now". Re
fer to tho Herald's advertising coltims
for information that will be helpful,
Mr. and Mrs. R Fenncr arc plan
ning a trip to the southland, to be
gone till after the coldest of the winter
is over. They will probably leave next
week.
Snow from the Rocky Mountains to
Ohio, and from Toxas to the north
pole, means little or no warm weather
betorc next March, and probablv not
much then.
Mrs. E. J. Walmer met with another
accident. While returning home the
other eveniug sho slipped and fell,
spraining the 'ankle which she has
been nursing the past several months,
Dr. Bcllwood left Monday morning
to spend the holidays with his family
at Long Beach, Cal. He went via
Billings aud Seattle, and will return by
the southern route.
"When the days begin to lengthen
tlie cold begins to strengthen." But it
has already strengthened so much wo
aro wondering what it will be about the
middle of the mouth 1.
Miss Agatha Gregg returned from
Lincoln to 'spend the holiday vacation
at home. She is attending school at
Cotncr university and, as her friends
naturally expect, she is making good
progress.
Mr. and Mrs. Chase Feagins received
the sad intelligence on Monday of the
death of the lattcr's grandmother, Mrs.
Gamett, at her home at Woodbine,
Iowa. They left on 44 that day to at
tend the funeral.
The usual Christmas supper for the
children of the First Presbyterian Sun
day school will be served at the church
next Wednesday eveniug, following
which the children will spend the even
ing in frolic and having a general good
time.
Last week's Hay Springs Enterprise
was published on Monday of this week,
the delay being caused by a failure to
secure "ready print' on time, which is
one oi the disadvantages to country
papers that get their paper each week
partlv printed.
C H. Brittou and Judge Xurn, two
of the first settlers of Box Butte coun
ty, favored The Herald with a pleasant
call yesterday. Although still paid
ahead, Mr. Britton left a dollar and a
half on subscription, for which we
mark him up to 191 1.
Rev. and Mrs. A, L. Godfrey are en
joying a very pleasant two-days' visit
from thu lattcr's sister, Miss Elsie
Bloomfield of Albia, Iowa, who is on
her way to Denver and is making the
trip via Alliance iu order to make the
above mentioned visit.
A fatal accident occured near Hav
Springs last Sunday. Chus. Clousur
accidentally shot aud killed himself
while out hunting rabbits with his
fathei and another man. The accident
was caused by drawing the ' gun
towards himself while under a bridge.
A. R, Wilson will spend Christmas
at home 111 ThaVer county.
He leaves
on 44 today for Bclvidcrc. His son,
A. Wayne Wilson, left for tho same
place about' two weeks ago, so that
there will be a family reunion on or be
fore Christmas. One or both of them
will return to Alliance within a few
weeks.
The feature of Christmas observance
at St. Agnes' academy will consist of
high mass celebrated immediately after
midnight in the chapel of the convent.
Father McNamara will be celebrant,
and a choir of school children will sing
the mass and appropriate hymns ' for
the occasion.
Mrs. Cort Clark and children of
Hcmiugford who have visited the past
week with Rev. and Mrs. Vallow leave
today for their new homo in the Black
foot country. Mr. Clark left with a
car of goods about ten dayB ago.
They will locate at the new town of
Powell.
Geo. E. Younkiu went to Kimball
last Sunday, returning yesterday morn
ing. While there he sold a large num
ber of town lots that he oVnert in that
town. He reports Kimball growing, a
large number of houses having been
built during the last year and a half,
with prospects for more building next
spring.
W. F. Rosenkianz, the blacksmith
returned from Omaha about two weeks
ago and bought Brandt's shop, in
which he was formerly interested. He
has been having a big run of work.
On Monday of this week sixty-eight
horse shoes were put on in the shop,
supposed to be the largest number of
shoes ever put on in one shop in one
day in this city. Mr. Rosenkranz had
a good position in a shop in Omaha,
hut prefers Alliance as a place of res
idence.
An Open Letter
Dear friend:
The object of this letter is not
to sell you anything. It contains
no price quotations therefore,
won't you read all of it? -
Two years ago we came into
this town strangers and with a
small stocK 01 goous. in tne ue
ginning you received us as one
of your townspeople, made friends
with us and showed us plainly
that you wanted us to feel "at
home" among you.
In return we have tried to sup
ply you with such merchandise
as you needed at a fair price,
and we know by the generous
patronage already given us that,
we Uave"in o,measUre succeeded
in pleasing you. ?
We want to take this opportun
ity of thanking you personally
for your past business and next
year we hope- to even serve you
better.
With all good wishes for a
Merry Christmas and a Happy
now Year, '"
BEE HIVE STORE.
New Teacher Chosen
The election of Miss Delia Reed to
the office of county superintendent has
made it necessary for her to resign her
position in the Alliance city schools,
aud the school board has filled the
position thus made vacant by choosing
Miss Carrie Neidenieyer of Blair, Neb.
The patrons ot the Alliance schools
will regret to lose Miss Reed from the
corps of teachers, as she has given
excellent satisfaction, but we are
pleased to inform them that her suc
cessor is eminently qualified for the
position, in fact so well qualified that
work .so well done by Miss Reed will
proceed without interruption.
Announcement
The entertainment to be given by
the M. E. Sunday School on Christmas
eve will begin as near 7 o'clock as
practicable. It is requested that the
front seats be reserved for the children.
Married in Alliance
Saturday morning. Dec. 18, '09, at the
home of Rev. Dr, H. V. V. Bogue, Mr.
Bert M, Beem and Miss Mary E. Haney,
both of Hyannis, were united in marriage
by Dr. Bogue. They will make their
home at Hyannis.
Ridgell-Baer
At the Alliance Hospital, Wednesday
eveuiuR, Dec. 22, Mr. Wm. S. Ridgell
and Miss Olive M. Baer were married,
Rev. J. M Huston performing the mar
riage ceremony. The groom, Judge Rid
gell, is well known to most, if not all of
The Herald's Box Butte county readers.
The bride has been repderiog efficient
assistance at the Alliance Hospital, acting
in the capacity ot housekeeper. They
left on the early train this morning for a
trip to Kansas City and Oklahoma points,
expecting to return soon after New Year's
I day, via Denver.
Train Wrecked at Seneca
Last Saturday's wreck nt Sen
ecu was one of the worst on this
line in recent years. About 7;80
p. m. (i local extra west, engine
No. 2015, Conductor Ferrler and
Engineer Grabbert, ran into an
open switch at Seneca, colliding
with switch engine No.2947, En
gineer A. P. Gordeli and Fire
man Phillips. Tee switch engine
having the right of way over the
freight had left the switch open.
On the freight the fireman was
acting as engineer while Brake
man Shumaker, who was instant
ly killed, was doing the work of
the fireman. Fireman Phillips
was so badly injured that he died
soon after being brought to the
Allianco hospital. A relief train
was sent from Alliance m charge
of Assistant Train Muster C. D.
Reed. The two men killed were
both unmarried. The horn of
Shumake was in Illinois and of
Phillips in Omaha.
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rinsT rREsnviEiUAN church
At tlie'hour of the morning service, n
o'clock, the Sunday-school will render a
Christmas exercise. In the evening the
pastor will preach a Christmas sermon,
and there will be Christmas music.
ALLIANCE CIRCUIT, M. IS CHURCH.
The regular services for next Sunday
will be as follows: Fairview at 11 A. M,
The Unity Church is closed for repairs.
HAPTIST CHURCH.
In the morning there will be a New
Year's sermon by the pastor. At the
evening service the subject will be "The
Three Crosses." There will be special
music. A cordial invitation is extended
to all.
UNITED PRESUV.TKRIAN CHURCH
Subject for morning sermon next
Sunday, "The Desire of Nations;"
it. . .
1 evening, How siiouiu wc cnu ttie
year."
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METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
The morning sermon will be ad
dressed to the young people, and all
High School pupils, and those of simi
lar age, may find something in it to
their profit. It is sincerely hoped that
all young people, unaffiliated else
where, will be present. The evening
theme will be "The 125th Anniversary
of the Organization of the Methodist
Episcopal Church." Special music for
both services, all are cordially invited,
aud let us hope for a good day.
Baker-Ball
At the residence of Conductor
Richey,
317 E. Dakota St., Alliance, at 4
o, clock
p. m., Dec. 20, Mr. Albert Baker and
Miss Nettie Ball, both of Denver, Rev.
J. L. Vallow officiating, The groom is a
brakeman on the Denver-Alliance line of
the C. 0, & Q.
HOMESTEADERS BURN CORN
Cold Weather Causes Shortage of Fuel
Near Sutherland.
Sutherland, Neb., Dec. 19. The
cold weather of the last two weoks
has been a great hardship for many
people In the country, owing to a
shortage of fuel. There has been a
great demand for coal and the coal
yards of the various smaller towns
have had trouble in supplying the de
ninnd. In numerous cases residents
of the sandhill . country and home
steaders have been forced to burn
corn In order to keep warmth In the
house. Some shipments of coal have
arrived here nnd hundreds of farmers
are flocking to town In the hope of
getting n supply.
SALOON MEN ASK REHEARING
Omaha Saloon Keepers File Motion In
Supreme Court.
Lincoln, Neb., Dee. 10. A rehear
ing of the 8 o'clock closing case Is
asked in a motion filed In the supreme
court by Weaver & Glller, attorneys
for the four Omaha saloon keepers
convicted of violating the law and
whose JJcense8 were revoked. Tho
court sustained the law In'rt decision
some time ngo and the motion alleges
error of lav In the decision.
Governor Shnllenberger said after
conferring with Chief Donahue of
Omnhn that he was satisfied thore
would bo no further violations of the 8
o'clock closing law in Omaha nnd that
he was much gratified.
DEATH NOT DUE TO BULLET
Nebraska Man Accused of Murdering
Neighbor is Acquitted by Jury.
Kearney, Nob., Dec. 17, Andrew M.
Treat, charged with the murder of
Thomas Grnflus nt Shelton, has been
accorded his freedom by a Jury In the
county court. Thu case grew out of a
divorce, a marriage nlid u fend.
Treat'b wife seeureU the divorce last
spring and married Thomas Gntflun.
The fouling between the two men grow
inoro acute and at last terminated in
the shooting of Grnflus on July 5.
Later Graflus died. Tho coroner's
jury pronounced his. death due to liver
trouble and not to the gun wound
NEBRASKA "NEWS I
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Governor BurkToTNartii Dako-!
fa Again Heads River Men. '
KANSAS GUY GETS NEXT MEET
William A. Campbell Re-elected Secretary-Treasurer
Resolutions Favor
Deep Water Channel Project and
for This Are Opposed by Henry T.
Clarke and White of South Dakota,
but Are Adopted.
Omaha, Dec. 17. Governor John
Burke was reelected presldont of the
Missouri River Navigation congress,
nnd William A. Campbell was re elect
ed secretary-treasurer of the congress.
The report of the committee on nomi
nations recommended tlus action, and
there was no opposition.
Kansas City will entertain the iicm
convention, but the time for holding
It will not bo set until the Commer
cial club of that city has corresponded
with all other commercial organiza
tions in the Missouri vnlloy. The sec-
GOVERNOR BURKE,
retnry wjll also get Into correspond
ence with these organizations, and
when their sentiment is learned the
date will be fixed. It will he cither
In June or September next.
The constitution and- bylaws were
revised by a committee, and the re
vision provides for n vice president iu
each state represented In the organi
zation, who shall be the governor or
such state, exofdclo.
There Is also provided a hoard of
directors of twenty members from
each state, ten of whom shall he
elected by the delegates from the dif
ferent states at any meeting, and tho
remaining ten shall be appointed from
ench state annually by the president.
The resolutions were presented' by
Justin Runyan of Kansas City, chair
man of the committee, who moved
their adoption. This motion was
Btrcnuously opposed by Henry T.
Clarke, who objected to .indorsing tho
deep water channel project. He based
his opposition on the treatment ac
corded the Missouri river advocates at
conventions of the deep water advo
cates. While of South Dakota also
seemed to he opposed, and moved to
lay on the table. Governor Burke de
clared his motion out of order, and'
the resolutions -' then accep"",
with but two or three dlsientlng vofs.
DISAPPEARS FROM TRAIN
Aged Man Lost From Car and Search.
er Fall to Find Him.
Giand Island, Neb., Dec. 17. The
local Union Pacific officials and de
tective officials are completely baffled
over the disappearance of a passenger
from train No. 3, westbound, Tuesday
night. An aged man, a stranger here,
Jt is believed, bought a ticket for Sid
ney, Neb. Fiom the description given
of him by the passengers and Con
ductor Peterson, he appears to have
been under the Influence of liquor, a
tact not noticeable when he boarded
tho train, he having been in thp open
air. But the warm air of the car
seemed to affect him after the train
started. After the conductor had
passed him and got to the third car
hack, he was notified by the passen
gers that the old man had got up trom
his seat, wandered back, had gone out
Into the vestibule of the car, and had
not returned, and that the vestibule
door was open. Conductor Peterson
Jnstigated a search of the train, but
no trace of the man could he found.
At Gibbon he filed a message to the
dispatchers hero, relating tho Inci
dent, and it was neclded here tq strnd
a switch engine, caboose nnd crew up
tho track. No trace, even of blood,
could be found along the track any
where from, three miles west of this
city to Wood River.
Scandal Causes Teacher's Suicide.
Tecumseh. Neb., Dec. 18. J. A.
Dlmmick, principal of the high school
of Sterling this county, killed himself
by shooting. Professor Dlmmick hai
been despondent since his name had
boon mentioned In connection with
the case of Miss l.ora Noff. The case
was to be heard next week In court
Miss Noff had. however, mad affi
davit esonoratlng Pmfessor Dlnunlck.
Senator Dietrich Is Better.
Hastings, Neb., Dec. 18. Former
Sonator C. H. Dietrich, who Is at the
Methodist hospital hi Omaha, Is slight
ly Improved in health His condition
Is, howewr, still serious.
ZELAYA RESIGN
.
Nicaragua's Execuiive Sends
Resignation to Congress.
ONLY COURSE OPEN TO HIM.
People Were Aroused and Guns of
Revolutionists Threatened Man
agua Spirit of Revolt Had Spread
to Gates of Palace Who Will Sue
ceed to Reins of Government Sub
jects Neither Know Nop Care.
Managua, Nicaragua, Dec. 17. Jo3e
Santos Zelayn has resigned from the
presidency of Nicaragua. He placed
his resignation In the hands of con
gress. Apparently there was no other
course for him to take. The people
were at last aroused. The guns of
the revolutionists threatened. Tho
warships of the United Slates lay in
NIcaraguan ports. Mnnagua has bee"n
seething for days. The spirit of revolt
has spread even to tho gates of the
pa.acc. Zclaya surrounded himself
with an armed guard. Unchecked,
tho populace have marched through
the Btreets, crying for the end of the
old, proclaiming the new regime.
Dr. Jose Mndrlz, Judge of the Cen
tral American court or justice at Car
tago, who has been close to Zolaya
and Is now his choice for president,
la on his way hero. He will arrive to
morrow. Madrlz has his following,
strong and lnlluentlal, eveu among the
revolutionists, but General Estrada,
under whose command the great body
of fighting Jnsurgents now face Vas
quez's troops at Rama, will havo none
of him.
. Zelaya's Message to Congress.
Accompanying his resignation Ze
laya sent the following messago to
congress: "The painful clrcumstunces
Jn which the country Is plunged call
for ucts of abnegation and patriotism
on the purt of good citizens, who are
the witnesses of the oppression of the
republic by the heavy hand of fate.
The country has been staggering un
der a shameless revolution, which
threatens the national sovereignty,
and a foreign nation unjustly Inter
venes In our nffalrs, publicly provid
ing the rebels wjth arms, which has
only resulted In their being defeated
everywhere through the heroism of
our troops. To avoid further blood
shed, and for the reason that the revp
Unionists havo declared that they
would put down their arms when, I
surrendered the executive power, 1
hereby place In the hands of the na
tional assembly the abandonment of
the lemalnder of my term of office,
which Is to bo filled by a substitute
of their choosing, with the hope that
this will result Jn good to Nicaragua,
tho re-establishment of peace and
particularly the suspension of the hos
tility of the United States, to which I
do not wish to give a pretext for In
tervention." A commission of five deputies was
appointed to draft a bill looking to
the acceptance of Zelaya's resjgnatlon,
which Is considered a mere formality.
TWO MANGLED BY DYNAMITE
Victims of Explosion In Oklahoma
Believed to Have Been Robbers.
Tusla, Okla., Dec. 17. Torn to
shreds by some high explosive, proba
bly dynamite, the bodies of two un
identified men were found on the bank
of the Arkansas river near hero.
Tho appeal ance of tho men's cloth
ing, together with tho fact that the
Tulsa banks have a large supply of
money on hand, led the authorities to
believe that the men were bank rob
bers. It la thought that the men may
have been killed by the accjdontal ex
plosion of dynamite they carried with
them to blow bank safes.
SEVEN INDIANS DROWN
Medicine Man Failed to Quiet Winds
on Alaskan Waters.
Juneau, Alaska, Dec. 17. Because
She Shon Jim, an Indian medicine
man, insisted that by his magic he
could quiet the winds, he himself and
six others were drowned while trying
to reach Juneau from Gambler bay in
a canoe. The victims of the accjdpnt.
beside the medicine man, were his
mother, his wife, two sons, a daughter-In-lnw
and a grandson. The sea wa3
rough when the family started, but ef
forts to dissuade the medicine man
from attempting the trip were futile.
MAY SEND BATTLESHIP
Nebraska Hurriedly Preparing for Sea
at Brooklyn Navy Yard.
New York, Dec. 17. Movements at
tho Brooklyn navy yard indicated that
the battleship Nebraska was being
ranjdly prepared Tor sea, and a roport
was current that she had received or.
ders to proceed to NIcaraguan waters.
LEWIS IS RE-ELECTED
Etays at Head of United Mine Work
ers of America.
PJUsburg, Doc. 17. From returns
reewven nere from various parts of
the country It is apparent that Thom
as L. Lewis has been re-elooted presi
dent of the United Mlno Workers of
America.
SENATOR RAINES IS DEAD
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Author of Famous Law Passes Away
at Canandalgua.
Cnnandalsua. N. Y., Deo. 10. state
Senator John Raines, author or tbo
Haines law, died this morning.
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