I
PINCKOTSREPORT
Senator Nelson's Land With-
drawai Bill Commended,
OTHER MEASURES CRITICISED
Recently Chosen President of Con
aervatlon Commlstlon Gives Views
on Nine Proposed Resolutions for
Protection of Natural Resources.
Says Some Should Be Changed,
While Others Must Be Recast.
Washington, Fob. 8.TI10 necessity
for the passage nt the present session
of congresa of good laws lor the pro
tection of the natural tesources 01 tho
United States Is the keynote or a w
port just made to the National C-u
servntlon association by Olllord I'm
chnt, tho recently chosen president 01
the tiBsoclntlon. Mr. PInchot takes
up In what bo calls "a spirit of con
Btructlvo criticism" the nine bills 10
lating to the conservation of nnttirnl
resources introduced Into congress on
Jan. 18 on behalf of the secretary of
tho interior, one of which hau been
reported from tho senato public lauds
committee, while the other eight are
still In the hands of tho committee.
Mr. PInchot calls upon the members
of the association to put forth strong
Sorts to havo enacted Into law the
bill on tho withdrawal of public lauds,
which has been reported from tho com
mittco by Senator Nelson, after It
had been amended, ub a result, in part
at least, of conferences between tho
committee and officers of the conserva
tion association.
Of the other eight bills, he believes
that some merely require amendment,
while others must bo recast altogether.
Tho coal bill and the phosphate, oil,
asphaltum and natural gas bills, ho re
ports, aro fundamentally sound in
principle, but need some amendment.
They wisely separate, ho says, tho
surface of tho land from the under
lying minerals and provide for tho dis
posal of the minerals by lcaso and
not by sale.
But tho coal hjll, ho objects, "con
tains no sufficient anti-monopoly
clause Tho clauso which put poses to
rcgulnto rates to bo charged the pub
lic Is so framed that it may be uvadr-a
with ease." ,
Another clause of Hip hill, ho adds,
"may reduce the staiii.aia of mining to
tho wasteful level of tho prevailing
commorco practice."
The rault found by Mr. PInchot with
the rcclnmntlon bill is thnt It opens
reclaimed lands to absentee landlords
and to speculators. The worst fenturo
of the bill for the sale of timber and
timber lands, he declares, 1b that it
replaces the objectionable feature of
tho timber and stono act, wltJch was
tho inducement to speculation in gov
ernment timber, with provisions
which promote speculation and retard
tho development of agricultural and
mineral lands far beyond the act It
repeals.
"Tho withdrawal bill as amended
and reported by Senator NcIboii tmikes
easy," says Mr. PInchot, "tho piotec
tlon of nil natural resources on tho
public domain until good laws can bo
passed."
SCOTT ACQUITTED BY JURY
Other Cases Against Alleged Mabray
"Steerer" Likely to Fall.
Council Bluffs, la., Fob. 7. Frank
Scott, charged with larceny In onnec
tlon with the swindling of John Her
melbrccht of Bancroft, Neb., out of
$G,00O on a fake horse race In this
city, April 24.MUCS. was acquitted by
a Jury In tho district court. Another
state Indictment, charging conspliucy,
is on tho docket for trial, but It is tho
general opinion that tho verdict In the
laieeny case disposes of the conspir
acy charge. Judge Thornell will not
rule on this point, however, until ho
hns heard arguments later. Scott was
taken in custody after the reading of
tho verdict by the federal officers, un
der Indjctments charging conspiracy
returned by the federal grand Juries
in Council Bluffs and Omaha Later
ho furnished bond in the sum of $3,
000 and was released.
HERMANN HAS NEW EVIDENCE
Counsel Declares Important Facts In
Laud Cases Have Been Found.
Portland, Ore.. Feb S Gathering
up tho 'ooso ends of evidence in the
trial of former Congressman Ringer
Honnann, charged with conspiring to
defraud tho government out of public
lands, was a more extended process
than counsel oxpocled Counsel for"
Hermann said new evidence had de
velopod beating on Hermann's efforts
to have the Hen land law of 1807
amended or repealed.
Three Killed in Wreck at Crossing.
Munclo. Ind., Feb. 8. James and
Jjeonnrd Hicks, brothers, were Instant
ly Jtlllod and Rolla Jones, a livery
man's driver, was fatally hurt when
the enrriago In which (hoy were rid
ing, was struck by a passenger train
on tho Bg Four railroad at Yorktown.
Kills Son-ln-Law in Street Duel.
Graham, Ala , Feb 8. In a njstol
duel on the streets here. Doe Johnson
killed bis son in-law. Henry Kemp, und
was himself fatally wounded. Four
shots took effect in each of the partic
ipants. Three weeks ago Kemp eloped
Vlth Johnson's daughter.
Two Missouri Towns Go Dry.
Jontfn, Mo., Feb. 5. By majorities
jf 172 and 132 respectively, Carthage
ind Carlervllle adopted prohibition.
WADE ELLIS RESIGNS
Accepts Chairmanship of Ohio Repub
lican Executive Committee.
Washington, Feb. S Alter several
conferences nt tho White IJiuso Wndo
Kills of Ohio resigned his position as
assistant to the attorney general In
the department of Juatlco to nccopt
tho chairmanship of tho Republican
oxecutlvo committee of Ohio and to
assume chargo of the Ohio campaign
this fall.
Tho Ohio political situation has
been giving the president much con
cern and hns been tho subject of a
Wade h. ellis.
number of conferencea at the White
IIouso during the past few weeks.
With the expected nomination of Gov
ernor Harmon, tho Republican paity
faces a hard fight this fall and the
president has been anxious that fac
tional troubles be eliminated as much
as possible. He believes that Mr. El
lis wjll be nblo to do more along that
lino than any one also who could havo
been designated to take chargo of the
coming campaign.
SEVEN MEN BLOWN TO ATOM3
Motorman Attempts to Take Machine
Past Burning Fuse.
Phoenix, Ariz., Fob. 8. Heedless or
tho warning of n foreman In charge of
excavating operations along the Hue
of the private motor road from Kelvin
to tho Ray copper mines, tho motor
man of a gasoline car containing six
passengers inn his car close to a sput
tering fuse of a heavy chargo of d na
mlto and tho car and its seven occu
pants were blown to atoms.
Tho dead: J, B. Joyce, A. S. Biobor
and J. C. Griffin, cjvll engineers; It. 1.
Coleman, W. H. Frooland and Walter
O, Fronz, mining engineers; W. II.
Lyalle, motorman of tho cnr.
Tho lorcmnn had discovered a
missed shot In the excavation and be
fore the motor enmo in sight he had
relighted the fuse. As tho car ap
proached he signaled the motorman
and warned him of the Impending ex
plosion. Motorman Lyalle, evidently
believing he could take his" car past
the charge In safety beforo tho explo
slon, paid no heed to tho warning and
Btarted ngaln at full speed. Just as
tho car was passing tho charge, tho
explosion came, and tho cnr, with Its
toad of human freight, was blown high
In the air amid a gieat cloud of do
bris The dead men were all promi
nent In mining aifalrs in Arizona,
To Testify at Beef Inquiry.
Chicago, Fob. 8. Frederick Joseph,
president of tho Now York Butchers'
Dressed Beef association, arrived hero
to testify boforo tho tedoral grand
Jury In Its Investigation as to tho
methods of tho "beef trust."
WHEAT CLOSES HIGHER
Visible Supply Showed Decrease ani
Prices Advanced Sharply.
Chjcago, Fob. 7. Wheat made a
good advance today , after a weal,
start, duo to a decided decrease ii
the visible supply of grain. Corn und
oats ruled lower throughout the sea'
ston and provisions, st'mulated by a
bettor demand, advanced from 5c to
17M..C, pork leading the procession.
Closing prices:
Wheat May, $1.09; July, $1.00" 4
(pl.OOTf,; Sept.. atnse
CornMay. i5!i65u..c; July, WHlfl
CCi,ic; Sept., G5!K,c.
Oats Miy, 4Cc; July. 43c.
Pork May, $22.20; July, $22.02V'..
Ijiril Mny. $12 15; July, $12.10.
Ribs May, $11.82; July. $11.80.
Chicago Cash Prices No. 2 hqnl
wheat. JMWjil.14; No. 2 corn, C3
G3VjC; No 2 oats. 4G.c.
South Omaha Live .Ctoclc.
South Omaha. Fob. 7. Cattlo Re
ceipts, 2,800: 10flGc higher; native
steers, $4.0Q7 10; cows and hclfnrs,
f3.!!55.25; western steers, $3 25$
S.00; stockcis and feeders, $3. 0S
5.30; calves, $4.008 00; bullR and
3tags, $3.005.00. Hogs Receipts, 3,
TOO; 10c higher; heavy, $8.50JTS(i0;
jilxod, $8.45?pS50; light, $8.358.55;
pigs, $7.007.75; bulk of sales, $S.4f.
J8.35. Sheep Receipts, 10.000; 10(?
I5o higher; yearlings, $6.7507.90;
Ketheis. $5.75g'G,G0, ewes, $5.00
510; lambs, $7 75S.75.
Chicago Live Stock.
Chicago, Feb. 7. Cattle Receipts,
16,000; lOJfluc hlghor; beeves, $4.33
7.05; cows and heifers, $2.20(J?a.75;
stookers and feeders, $3.10(0)5.45;
westerns, $4 0006.00. Hogs Receipts,
28.000; 5ifli0e higher, top, $8.72-;
mixed and butchers, $8.308.C7,:
good to che.lco heavy, $8.4508.72':
rough heavy, $8.258.40; light, $8.15
8.55; bulk. $8.50g8.G5; pigs, $7.25tf
$.15. Sheep Receipts. 12,000; 10
lie higher; sheep, $4.406.G0; lambs,
J3 5"?8.75.
NUBS FAIRBANKS
Valican Incident Causes a Slii
in Rome,
GETS REBUFF FROM PONTIFF.
Declines to Grant Audience to Former
Vice President Because He Ad
dressed Methodists In Eternal City.
American Refused to Cancel Engage
ment at Request of Vatican Case
Is Widely Discussed.'
Rome, Fob. 8. Tho unhappy inci
dent which marred tho visit here of
former Vlco President Charles W.
Fairbanks has been the subject of
animated discussion, particularly
among members of tho American col
ony. Mr. Fa,lrbnnks had expressed a
wish to pay his respects to the pope
and it had been announced that an
atldlonco would bo granted the dlstln
gulshed American, Subsequently, it
was learned that ho had promised to
address the local society of the Amor
lean Methodist Episcopal church, and
following the receipt of this lnformn
tlon at the Vatican it was announced
that Mr. Fairbanks would not be re
celved by tho pontiff unless his pur
poso to address the church society
was abandoned. Mr. Fairbanks elect
ed to keep his engagement with the
Methodists.
Protestants generally warmly con
gratulated the former vice president
on what they termed his dignified at
titude in the matter. The Catholics,
on the. other hand, express regret that
what was Intended to be in the nature
of a homage to tho pontiff should' have
given rjse to a cause for friction.
Each party accuses the other of hav
ing assumed an irreconclllabte atti
tude. The Catholics place the rcspon
slblllty for the unpleasantness upon
what they describe as the offensive
Methodist propaganda being conduct
ed in Rome.
At tho court ball last night, as r
special honor, former Vlco President
Fairbanks and Mrs. Fairbanks verr
admitted to tho section resolved Tor
tho members of tho diplomatic corps
Mrs. Fairbanks was Invited to occupy
a 3eat next to tho queen, who engager
her In conversation for about an hour,
n distinction which is seldom con
ferred except upon tho wives of am
bnssadors. Meanwhile the king chat
ted with Mr. Fnirbanks.
MRS. FORD TO BE TRIED AGAIN
Prosecutor Prepares for Second Ac
tion Against Cincinnati Woman.
Cincinnati, Feb. 8. Honry T. Hunt,
prosecuting attorney of Hamilton
county, announced that' the second
trial of Mrs. Jeannette Stewart-Fordv
on a charge of blackmailing Charles
L. Warrlner, would not be delayed.
"We will set tho case for trial
again within 'the next two or three
weoks," he said. "It will come up
again while Judge Swing Is still pre
siding over the criminal branch of the
common pleas court."
The prosecutor reiterated his opln .
Ion that tho fal'ure or the first Juo
to reach a verdict was tho result o!
"sickly sentimentality that makes It
almost Impossible to convict women "
That even an acquittal would not,
have ended the woman's troubles wail
indicated by Dennis Cash, ussjatnnt
prosecutor.
"There oro indictments against Mrs
Ford for receiving stolen money and
for a more recent attempt at black
mall than that brought forward In the I
first trial," said Mr. Cash, "We would
have tried her on one of these shou
she have been freed on the first trial.
Wo do not feel thnt we are hounding
tho woman. The dpfense has demand
cd that the affair be aired In all Its
ramifications and we agree thor
oughly "
SAYS 8WOPE USED STRYCHNINE
Woman Declares Millionaire Too!
Poisonous Medicine.
Kansas City, Feb. 8. That Colonel
Thomas II. Swopo, tho inllliounlu
whose death on Oct. 3 has been tii
subject of a diligent Inquiry for t to
last month to determine if he dl .
from nolboiilng, took a patent modi
cine containing tonic of Iron, qulnhc
and strychnine up to within a ft ,
das of hlh death developed at the In
quest over his body In Independence
This testimony was given bj Pe i
Kollor, Colonel Swope s nurse. It v .. -,
tho most significant plero of ovale u
brought out in tho Inquest. She t 'it.
fled that tho millionaire took the m
turo dally In addition to the treatment
glvon to him by Dr. B. C. Hyde.
Phslcinns say that tho fact of Col
onel Swope having taken much of the
concoction would explain tho presence
of poison in his ltnl organs.
Roosevelt Starts for New Camp.
Nlmule, Uganda, Feb. 8. Tho ten
days' march to Gondokoro was be
gun by the Smithsonian African t.clen
tlflc expedition. The first camp will
be at the Assa river, twelve mile
north of this place. The distance fiou
Nlmule to Gondol;orp IsJ08 miles and
this stago of tho expedition will be as
severe a test of physical endurance
as the party has had.
Foreign Aid to Flood Sufferers.
Paris, Feb. 8. The foreign subscrip
tions to tho flood relief fund now e.x
coed SSuO.OOO. Tho river Seine hns
fallen Blxteen feet from Its crest.
More cave-Ins "in the streets and fall,
lng hqusos aro repotted as tho reced
ing waters withdraw the supporting
l)rrs?'iio.
l-COA I. NOTICE
In the District Court of Ncbtuhku In and for
Uox llutto county
In the mnttcr of tho application of ,f. F
Kcnnc, Qunrdlan of tho person and cstnte ot
William .1. Kcane, n minor, for permission
to ell real estate.
Upon rending und tiling the petition, duly
verified of J. V. Kenno. Ktttirdlitn of the per
son uml estnte of William J. Kenne, a minor,
for llccnsotuncU the following rieftcrlltcd ical
cstnte, situated In the co initio of Itlcliardson
and Hoz llutte, NchrimUn, the land In Rich
ardson county, belnft descrllied as Ijot num
bered Three, or Nortii Kast Quarter of North
West Qunrtcr. of Section Tliro, and the Solith
WeM tjnnrter of tho South East Quarter of
tho Worth West Quartorofwild Section Three,
In Township Three. Khuko Sixteen, ltlelmrd
50ii county, Nebraska t t'hu land lying In Ilex
llutte county. being the houtli East Quarter
of Section KlRlitccti, In township Twenty
Eight. Itnoge Fifty.
Said petition asks thnt said I amis may 1
sold and the proceed invested In other ways
for tho reason that the looking after tho said
lands and collection or the rents therefrom Is
attended with surli expense as tomakn tho
land unprofitable (or said minor, said hinds
lielng situated at so great n distance apart
tliatorau person must lie employed to look
utter the samn which makes the expense of
attending to the collection of rents and look
ing after said lands very gro.it.
It Is therefore ordered that the next of kin
ot tho said minor, and all persons Interested
In said estate appear before mo at chambers
at the city of Itushvllle, Sheridan county,
Nebraska, at tho Court house therein, at p
o'clock A. M. on the X8th day of 1'ebruary,
lfllO to show cause If nny thuru be why a li
cense should not bo granted to said Guardian
to sell said lands ns prayed for tho pnrposo
named In tho petition. It is further ordered
that a copy of this order bo personally served
on alt persons Interested In said estate at
least fourteen days prior to tho dato of hear
ing, and published once each week for three
successive weeks In tho Alliance Herald, n
newspaper printed, pnbllshed and circulating
in Uox llutto county, Nebraska.
Dated at chambers In said Sheridan county,
Nebraska .this 20th day of January, A. I).,1UI0
W. II. Wmtovkr, Judge or the District
Court of Uox llutte county, Nebraska.
f p Jang7-"-3t
LEGAL NOTICE
In the Connty Court of Uox llutto County
NebraskH.
In tho Matter of tho Estato of John M,
Whitney, deceased,
Order for heurlng on final ttccount.
Now. on thoSOth day of January, I0IO, came
J. C. McGorkle, administrator of said estutc,
and prays for leave to render account as such
administrator. It Is therefore ordered that
the nth day of February, 1910, at 10 o'clock,
a.m., atmyoHlceln Alliance In said County
be fixed as tho time and place for examining
and nllowlng such ncconut. And the heirs of
said deceased, and all persons interested In
said estate, aro required to appear at the time
and place so designated, und show cause, If
snch exist, why said account should not bo al
lowed. It Is further ordered that said J. C.
McOorklo, administrator, give notice to all
persons Interested In saldevtuto by causing a
copy of this order to be published In the Alli
ance Herald, a newspaper published und In
general circulation In said County, throe suc
cessive weeks prior to the day set for 8.ild
hearing.
Dated Jan CO, 1010.
18EAL r,. A. IlEnitr.
ft. Jan.tO-7 3w County Judge.
LEGAL NOTICE
In the County Court of Uox Hutto county
Nebraska.
In tho .Matter of tho Estnto of ltobort
Lclslnnan, deceased.
Order for Ilrurlngon Final Account.
Now, on tho U)th day of January 1U10. came
Norman O. lA-Munau. administrator of said
estate and piays for leuto to rendu account
as.Micli admlnlstrat r. It 1 f oreforo order
ed that tho 11th day or February, 1010. at 10
o'clock, ii.ni., ut my office In Alliance In said
County, be fixed us the time und place for
examining und allowing such account. And
tho heirs of said deceased, und all nervous in
terested in said cstiite, aro rr quired to ap
pear ut the lime uud place so designated, anil
show citUBO, If such exist, why said account
should not bo allowed. It Is further ordered
that said Norman G Lelsliniai). administra
tor, give notice to all persons Interested In
said estale by causing a copy of this order to
be published In the Alliance Herald, u news
paper published und In general circulation in
said County, three sjccessUo weeks prior to
the day set for said hearing, ini CJ
Dated Jan. 20, 1010. ,. i 1
lsi'Ai.1 I, A. Uriinr, a
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Best Equipped, Most UptoDate Exclusive
Meat Market in Western Nebraska
Shop open from 6:30 a. m. to 7 p, m.; Saturday and pay days,
open till 9 p. m.; not open on Sunday during winter
Prompt Attention to Phone Orders
We purchase good dressed beef and pork in the carcass. Gall
at our shop before selling
State of Nebraska. Uox Uutto county In Dis
trict Court
In the mutter of tho petition of J J flut
tery, Administrator for license to sell renl
estate.
Now. on this 10th day of January, IPI0. this
cause came on for hearing upon lno petition,
under oath, of J. J. Uuttorj. Administrator ot
the estate of Addle E Thompson, deceased
praying for IIccuko to sell the following de
scribed real cstata of th'j said Addlo h.
Thompson, to-wlt Lot numbered Thirteen
(13) lu lllock Numbered Twenty (20) In the
First Addition to tho cltv of Alliance. In Uox
Untto county, Nebraska, or n sufficient
amount thereof to bring the amount of 9525 00
for the payment of the debts allotted against
tho said estutc. a id costs of admlmrtration,
for the reason that there is no personal prop
erty belonging to suid estute which can be ap
plied to the payment of said amounts It Is
therefor ordered thut nil persons Interested
In said estute appear be'oro mo at chambers
In tho city of- itushvllle in Mierldun county,
Nebraska, on the 20th day of February, 1P10,
at the lionr of 10 o'clock am to show cause,
If any there be. why a license should not be
grunted to said J.. 1 ltutterj, Administrator,
to sell the said propertj, or so much thereof
us shall bo necessary to pay said costs and
expenses.
It Is further ordered th.it a copy of this
order lie served upon all persons interested In
mild estate by causing the same to bo publish
ed onco each week for four successive weeks
in tho Alliance Herald, u newspaper printed
und published In said county of Uox llutte.
W. It. Wkstovkii.
fp.Jun 20-7-H
Judgeo the District Court.
County Commissioners'
Estimate of Expenses
The Board of Dox Butte County
Commissioners being in session at their
regular meeting in January, to-wit,
January nth, iqio, made the following
estimate of expenses for the year igto,
on which to base their levy for the
year igio:
County officers S 5000 00 1
Free t and Uist. officers 4500.00
Fuel 800.00
Books and stationery, looo.oo
Elections I300.00
Incidentals I700.00
General
Fund
14300.00 j
Road and bridge
fund (7000
Pauper fund.. I500
Institute fund. 200 $8700.00
$23000.00
V C. Mounts, Co. Clerk.
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I'OK SALE IJV
F. J. Brennan
Cement Contractor.
For estimates on cement walks, ce
ment lilocks and nil kinds of concrete
work, ee J. J. Vance, Wet Lawn,
Alliance. Nehr. 39tf
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tooDafl's
JruffS
ore
Patronized "by
careful and
discriminating
buyers
The one place in
town where you
can buy really
go o d chocolates
Cement Walks
I make a specialty of ce
ment walks and work. Have
been constructing same in Al
liance more than one year,
and invite the most rigid in
spection of my work. Use
only the best of materials and
make prices as low as can be
done with honest work. Have
I had man' years experience in
cement construction in vari
ous cities. Remember poor
cement work is dear at the
cheapest price and when you
have had to replace it is mon
ey thrown away.
John Pederson
Vm. James,
Exclusive
Dealer in
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'Phone
No. 5.
Alliance,
Nebraska.
Palace
meat
MARKET
I. W. Herman, Prop.
Miss Rose C. Herman
Casiiier and Bookkeeper
Jos. Skala, - Meat Cutter
Jake H. Herman Stock Buyer
Loujs Skala ( Sausagemakers
John Herman i and Butchers
Wm. C. Herman Delivery Boy
Day Cunningham Delivery Boy
Phone
131
Residence Phone, 375
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