ARE YOU FROM MISSOURI ?
WE CAN SHOW YOU
To your satisfaction that we are selling goods at 30 to 50 per cent less than
others are selling exactly the same goods for. Call and be convinced
Clothing, Shoes, Caps, Hats, Men's Overcoats, Overalls, Duck Coats, Bovs' and
Men's Ready-made Clothes, Women's Ready-made Clothes and Sweaters. Fine
IjrtJrfLg
If you want anything: at wholesale cost, call at once as these
bargains will not last long
Basement Alliance National Bank building
YOUNKIN
BATTLE IS RAGING
Revolutionaries Attack Imperial
ists at Hankow,
RENEWS HOPES OF ROYALISTS
throughout (lie country, eneoura ge (tie
reopening of trade evwywltw a'"!
guarantee the safety of foreigners
May Make a Great Difference in Atti
tude Toward Coming Convention.
Fight Is Between Four Thousand
Rebels and 30,000 Imperialists.
An army of 4,400 rebel troops attack
ed Hankow. An inipeiialiRi army, es
timated 10 number 10,006, oe upies the
dtjr. A battle is now in piogress.
According to report current in gov
i mucin ( tides, the leadeis of the ini-1
pe-ialists are delighted at : ;e out '
break of hostilities, as this i'l give"
them an opportunity of avoiding the
result of the national convention
agreed to by the edict of the imperial
court aud hy the representatives of
the parties to the peace conference at
Shanghai.
By the terms of the agreement, dele
gates from nil the provinces of China)
are to meet to decide the future form
of government lor China, and the im
perialist? were of the opinion that the
national convention was likely to cul
minate in the victory of the republic
an party.
Hankow was the scene of severe
fighting between the two armies on
sevenl occasions before the recent
armistice was decided upon.
LIABILITY BILL READY
Will Provide Graduated Compensation
For Injuries to Railroad Men.
Wa sh in jt n. .Jan. 2 - Sometime dur
in? this month, hrt probably not until
the close, the I -in, oyers' liability com
mission w'il present its final report to
the two Loose Of congress and it will
embody complete bill providing a
gradual sc.le for the compensation
tbtough government Instrumentalities
for injuries to employees of railroads
engaged in Interstate commerce
whether due to negligence or not. The
bill was drawn by Senator Sutherland
chairman of the r omniission, and he
will introduce it in tiie senate. Rpre
tentative Brantley of Georgia, a mem
her of the ootflmitsloo, will prest nt
the bill In the house
MISS ELLEN M. STONE
Missionary Once Held
For Ransom Who Will
Brave Brigands Again.
6'
1
ELECT DR. SUN AS HEAD
Insurgents at Nanking Usnimously
Elect Their Head.
Dr. Sun Yat Sen has been elected
unanimously president of the republic
of China by the rebel conference at
Nanking
There Is reason to believe the per
sonnel of a cabinet will be announced
almost immediately and that it will
be representative of all sections hold
ing the confidence of the people.
Among those selected is Chen Chin
Tao, who hag accepted the portfolio of
minister of finance.
It is an open secret that Sun Yal
Sen offered the foreign ministry to
Tsng Shao VI, who declined to enter
the first cabinet. It la believed, how
ever, that his nariiwn be found on
the next page of the history of the. re
organization of China.
The president will select General
l.i Yuen Heng as minister of war.
After the selection of the cabinet
the president s proclamation will be
issued. This wit! outline the policy of
the new governst t ; oJfer terms to
the Mancbus for rwtarlng e:d
JAMES W. M'DANIEL IS DEAD
Mark Twain's First Literary Adviser
Pa&ie.s Away at Hannibal.
Hannibal. lo., Ian. ( -James V.
Mi Daniel, who was the first literary
adviser of Samuel L Clemens (Mark
Twain)! was found dead in bed at ills
l'omo here.
In a magatiae article published a
s'aort tine before the death o! Mark
Twain, the author said wlen he first
b i;an to write humorous stories he al
ways triid 'b in out on McDanle be
fore he and them published, it the
atftrie got B Ic.ugh trom Mr. McDanicl
the gjgmm 11 wrote, he always felt as
s ired the wJhld do.
Leading Men Indorse Wiley.
Washington. Ian. t, Th work of
Ct. Harvey V. Wiley was indorse
a "of great benefit to the public
ht tilth and welfare" in resolution pre
senfed at Uie general session of the
Association for the Advancement oi
Science The resolutions had be I
prepared by the section on economn -and
bore the Indorsement of some of
the leading men in the general associ
ation of scientists.
Two Men Burned to Death.
New York Jan. 2.- Two lives were
lost and fluc.OOn damage was done by
a fire which destroyed a big milk
depot on Kast Twenty-second street
The two men who lost their lives
were companions, known to their fel
lows as Tony and Joe. After leaving
th burning building, Tony went back
to get his money, and Joe lost his life
trying to rescue him.
Jeb Goes After "Mens Lisa."
Florence, Italy, Jan. 2. A report has
reached bete from Siena that a famous
painting of Job, painted by Girolamo
del Pscchl la the Sixteenth cen
tury ha.- been stolen from St. 8e baa
Jan's church.
1 Is? Psl Ls
SHAKEUP AT SALT LAKE CITY
Police Shadowed by Sleuths Employed
by New Chief.
Salt l ake, Jan. 2 Chief of Police
B. P. Uranti who has just assumed of
fire, announced thai he inteuds tc
clean out the department, incidentally
removing many officers from coveted
jobs. t 1 said on good authority that
Chief Grant secured the services of a
fore of detectives from Denver and
eastern cities to report on the mem
bet8 of the local force.
Detectives, duty sergeauts and pa
trolmen have been shadowed carefully
boiii on po t and in their hours off
duty The local officers deeply re
sent the fait that their private lives
are reported to be under surveillance
and eft is a with whiskers and rubber
heels ate being "moved on" with ce
lerity. Chief Grant does not deny that he
had had members of the forte shad
owed, but det lines to comment on the
results of the investigation.
he said:
"Notwithstanding emphatic protesta
tions on the part of certain so called
labor leaders of opposition toth dyna
miting practice indulged in by the
McNamaras, not one of them has lifted
a hand to aid the officers of the law in
their efforts to discover the truth. On
iht contrary, there has been exhibited
a decided disposition to impede such
err i ts."
W. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT
Proclamation for National Constitu
tional Prohibition Lillian M. N.
Stevens, President National Wo
men's Christian Temperance Union.
SIX LOSE LIVES IN WRECK
Great Northern "Oregonian" Thrown
Into C itch by Broken Rail.
The rOeel Northern railway's
"Oregonian." wa wrecked lour miles
west of 1 irlev, with the loss of six
known dead and thirteen injured. The
wreck was ilty ton broken rail.
The dead: Albeit lodge, cook: Jo
seph Mosher, cool i m. Meboney,
brakemao; Mrs. Martha Keeton,
Kalian). Mont.: man, passenger, not
Identified; two year old child of Mr.
and Mrs. .1 Bailey Bottineau, N. D.
Bradst.-eet's Trade Review.
Rrad t feet's says: In wholesale and
jobbing lines trade Is very quiet and
Inventory taking receive most atten
tion, while clearance sales-more than
usual l.y tle way are the noteworthy
features for retail tr.ide. Still, cold
weather has imparted some zest to the
diftlibntlon. Of seasonable goods. Re-
svltg regnrllng holiday trade, on the
whole, are satisfactory, but some cen
ters, particularly country towns, ex
piessct! disappointment over the out
come. HoWevee, the vear ends with a
most Optimistic feelUig in most lines.
New Mayer of Cleveland.
Cleveland. Jan. 2 -Tom U John
Mitt's bedv lies in the grave, but hi-;
tpirit lives and itihabits the city hall
where he spent eight years as mayor
from 1902 to IflO, Newton I). Bal.ei
his political heir, began his regime as
ma' or and his official family com
prises the heads of departments, who
had held oftiee under Johnson
rilegro Lynched in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City, Jan. 2. For the
murder of George Casey, a laim r.
and an attack upon his wife, at Mul
drOW, Okla , a negro named Turner
mas lyn- bed
GOT NO AID FROM LABOR
Oscar Lawlor Questions the Sincerity
of Union Leaders
Not one lslor leader lis of I
fared to lend bia aid la getting to
tt. bottom or the McNamars dynamite
conspiracy, gl cording to Oscar i.awloi.
specisl government prosecutor. After
the arrest of Olaf Tveltmoe. Aaton
Johannsen aud J. K. Munsey, Mr.
Lawfifr sa oat a statement, .u wkwli
Curds were received here by
friends or Mrs. Robert Blraey telling
that she spent Christmas with home
folks in Omaha. She will return to
her home in Dayton about Jan. 10.
WW O'Keefe, son of Mr. and Mrs.
John O'Keefe, who has been spend
i hp t tie holidays here, returned to
his school work in St. Jo Monday
night.
Buy your coal of Rowan Wright
I'bone il. tf
Or. Boland. phone Co.
"Whereas, modern science lias def
initely established for all time that
alcohol Is a toxin, th worst roduct
of the fern, .-n t germ; a pptSOfl to
every living tissue, deruclhe and
degenerating to the liuman organism,
striking at the health, character and
life of the Individual, blasting th -lives
of our children unborn; and un
dermining the integrity of the fam
ily; "Whecetae, 'Wine : a mocker," ami
the maintenance of nlccholl ' bever
ages in the channels of track' ulwaj
causes their widespread use anion
the people, entailing i :ica!rulable e
COBOmic loss iii produt I ivene - h and
heavy burcb n of taxation J lr:nitig out
multitudes of slaves and alon of
drink; lowering !n an appalling de
gree the average standard of char
acter of c itizenship, up n which the
nation s Institutions and Hbertl s
must rest; bringing about the u i
tlmely death cf many thousand I c f
citizens, cxcesdlng in numbers all
those destroyed by war, pestilence,
fire, tlcod and famine comb'ned;
"Whtfreaa, a ..- terrible disease hus
been running fcr long centuries, and
Is now, gnawing at th vitaia of the
nations and civilizations of today,
gripping the governments cf the
world, and is interwoven into the
political, commercial and social life
of the peoples, constituting thus the
dceptet seated, most chronic organic-
disease known to the body politic
and body social:
"Whereas, such a disease for a
permanent cure requires of ne?eesity
deep, continued organic treatment
for the whole body, for which partial
superficial devices like legalization
and local regulation have always
proved and frcm their own nature
must always prove inadequate;
"Therefore, in the name of the
World's and National Woman's Chris
tian Temp. -ram-e Union, we' hereby
make .this Proclamation for a Great
Crusade to carry the vital truth to
the peoples themselves ta all land t,
and through them to place prohlbl
tion in the organic law of all nations
and 'ultimately in the organic law of
the world now in the forming: and
to this high end, we invoke the
God. and the co-operation of the men
and women of all lands who love
their fellow-men, and
"T America, the birthplace of tbe
Ijocal. State, National, and World'e
WOman's Christian Temperance Un
ion, we hereby proclaim, umld tbe
smoke of the second great battle Of
Maine, in the home of Neal Dow
anil io the slate which longer than
any ether ha; lad a Prohibitory
Iaw, that within a decade, prohibi
tion shall be plac d In the Constitu
tion cf tha United State.-.: and to
Gils end we call active co-operation
all tempera: prohibition, re
ligious and philanthropic belies; all
patriotic, fmtOfOl '. civic usso. '.. ions
and all Ameri.; who love their
country!"
Dr. Boland, phone 65.
NOTICE OF SALE
IN TOT DISTRICT COURT OP BOX
I'.CTTK COUNTY, NK11RASKA
In the i. .alter of the application of
Rctnhold A. Klttelmaun, guardian of
the persons and estates of Rob
ert Kittelann, Gerhart Ktttel
manii, Kdn Kittelmann, William Kit
telinann. i'aul Kittelmann, Pauline
Klttelr ana and Clara Kittelmann,
minor childim of Krnestlne Kittel
mann, deceased, for leave to sell
real estute.
Notice is hereby given that in pur
suance of an order of the Hon. W.
II. Westover, Judge of the District
Court of Box Butte county, Nebras
ka, made on the 2th day of August,
I'.tll, for the sale of the real estate
hereinafter described, there will be
sold at public vendue to the highest
bidder for cash at the west front
door of the court house In the city
of Alliance, in Box Butte county,
Nebraska, on the ltlth day of Janu
ary, 1H12, at the hour of 10 o'clock
A. M . the following described real
get at I an undivided seven-tenths of
the northwest quarter of section two
ISJ and northeast quarter of section
three CD, township twenty-seven (27)
north of range forty-seven (47) went
of the sixth principal meridian, in
Box Butte county, Nebraska, being
tbe interest and estate of said min
ors in said land.
Said sale will remain open one
hour.
Dated this 2Uth day of December.
1811.
Relnbold A. Kittelmann, Guardian
of the persons and estates of Robert
Kittelmann, Gerhart Kittelmann. Eda
Kittelmann, William Kittelmann, Paul
Kittelmann. Pauline Kittelmann, and
Clara Kittelmann.