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VOLUME XIX
ALLIANCE. BOX BUTTE COUNTY, NEBRASKA I THURSDAY. MARCH 21, 1912
NUMBER 15
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THE FIRST NATIONAL
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Office Upstairs, First National Bank
Building
Phone, Office 302
Phone, Residence 16
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
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A. J. KENNEDY J
Office in Alliance National Bank Blk
Over Postoffice.
'Phoue 391.
NEBRASKA NEWS
Escaped Convicts Rounded Up
by Posse and Two Killed,
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YOUNG FARMER THIRD VICTIM
qfe Corsets
FOR SALE AT
BOGUE'S
Driver, Whose Services Were Im
pressecl by Bandits, Shot in Run
l lug Fight Near Omaha Third Des
perate is Made, Prisoner.
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JAMES H. KENNEDY
Dentist
New office
First National Bank Building
PHONE 2.1
AGENTS. 16.00 A DA.
inFAl Pantaka
Griddle Knew. Savet
houar wives money .tunc
and tabor Fa adler.
Quick moaeyfof age I,
write for tunde val-uai-lc
prefmutnt and a
Free Calatoa"
Saaple Griddle p
ssstHJt I t
f Thursday Shot ty Giay,
4iowd and Claries Morlcy
t from Nebraska pauiteni iary
Uncoil, early in afternoon
killinii Warden James Uclauunty
Deputy Ci.ailes W ii'-mht and L.-inr-
A. G. iri"ilman. 2C
Friday Having terrorized Mrs. j
J. C Lickman and tier young sou X
at bans home near thepnu.tentiary v
J. the uiilH betore. the three mur
T dorors force the boy to dihe tueiu
3Ithrou.gh Lincoln at 3 o'clock is
Tthe morning- Chief of Police Hun
3.er helps the milk wagon, lit
which they were riding, out of a X
suowdiift, not knowing Ubai an
Cnped coin ids were inside with J
guns rsreaaed ajsainst the tov drlr-
T, i V bank. The three men at
IcainVI into thai railroad yards
Tnoitfc of I IflroJn
f Satur.:;n aed .Sunday- Arriving
Tat tJM' borne tif .Mr. and Mrs. E.1
rT. applho ran
RECTOR CO., Holdrege, Nebr.
finer Hall, iv-
Havelock latr
milefl nort Is-ast ol v
Friday nifiJ.ii. tl' J.
threw murderer comp l th-oupl?
fieri it-lit il l'i:3u o'rloc
J. to keen
Dr. JAS. P. HAXFIELDj
Dentist
OVER BRENNAN'S DRUG STORE '
All Electrical Equipment
I
Evenings by Appointment
PHONE 525 RED
mat;
when thej J.
j'he fi:rcf
31 liardw are
Counting
Year
Money
wi'l occupy your entire
time when yoa become a
regular advertiser in THIS
PAPER.. Unless you have
an antipathy for labor of
this kind, call us up and
we'll be glad t come and
talk over our p roposition.
i i t. binding tlw
land woman with ( orda
Tlestve T
71 .MoTulay BkBssjajtlne In tli- niplrtj
outlaws break 1to as T
toro i Unrdock, tfefrtr-X
miles avortbeaMt of IJneo'n. wenr-T
inp a lance of -clothes, shotgun
and ammunition- Tlny proceed T
m foot to Soufn Rend on the
Rock Inland trads, where tti T
Z Steal a "handcar and ride to Mead
Tow, where they threw the handcar J
J into tl river. Force farnn-r I
Xiiamed ffntnea Itlum to Kive them
Zkreakfaat and tbn force his MPT
f 10 drive I hem away in a waeon jf.
? fosses sir. round ihiu on all -iil'.-j'
Xand n Aeapenda tight omrm3
J-three and one half miles from j
jGretna. Gray. Dotr4 and the inno
Teen: farraee, lie, Psiajit, killed tut
X the battle, and kforlei eatptnnsd
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Omaha. .March 1 Hloody id
came to the man limit tluit lias beeu
iii progress sine,- TbttfadSy of last
Week, when three desperate convict
literally sliot 'heir wa' out 01 the Ne
hrasla peniteatktfjf at Umulu, p..sei
thai wee on tbeir trail having round
ed t! : 1 up fOUtheaal of Giettia. lu
Sarpv eousity. In the battle thai nd
'owed, two Of the outlaw- were killed
and 'lie third wart captured.
!Co Hl.ii'i, a lai in r, who whs driv
ins the eotjrlcts toward Oinaha under
duress, wa., alao killed, itut whither
by one of the posse or one cf the des
perado, s ju not ietlnltel) known Mot
ley, third oi the trio, was ta!,en h, tne
inn sets and T' tuined to Lincoln
To John ItllgRS, chlet of police of
South Omal a, is given the credit (or
kuliai the rv.o bandits and capturing
the third
KOffhing Fight.
The battle came on early in the
afternoon nftvr a chase that had taken
up most of oQm morning. Infinite word
of the whereabouts of the murderous
trio was obtained by the police of the
state eafly on Monday morning, when
word wsi sent out from Murdock, in
Cass county, that on Sunday night a
hardware store there had been broken
into and clothing and arms secured by
men who inswered to the description
of MM men who had escaped from the
penitentiary, and who had last been
heard from en Thursday night, when
they forced a boy to drive them Into
Titucoln ind through Its streets In a
milk wason. While the police of Oma
hr, I incoln and Routh Omaha were
nreua'ina o Wart.ri.aio Un arrivrtl ot
I the desparadoea, She sheriffs of l.an
caster, Cass and Sirpy c-ounlies were
gett'ng po.-sos; ready for pursuit, an
the man hunt wa3 begun without ar
delay.
A tO'ephnno messfge told Of their
hnvlttg ftattnj the farm house of Roy
niunt. Ttmut thTM mif-s northwest of
BprittgfteM. I1"re they demanded
bregkfnKt, and eoforoedj tlndr orders
by Oiicnts of mnrd.T. ,rtM- breakfast
Blunt was compelled o hitch nrt a
team and drive the riHiidit-. to -d
Omaha Kt soon M she could Mrs
it", it" ram to ttre hom.1 of 'her father.
Peter T-eerstTti, and from there the
pews nrs telephoned.
The ?.-uth Omah 1 pollen were first
to UlUWUffllnr Qsn waon n which the
convicts were - Idin-j;. The pursulnn
farmers --non came np, -anil the battle
was 1idn'd. Tte murdvtprs lay eon
cedi"! hi th" wagtn 'nx. and under
toot: tt iptv cm their "aht from thnt
potrtion Uo TTliint who was diivine
ihe 'wainm, tttmped to run for cover
and -wav shot, lioiny mistaken, per
haps, fur one oi tin cmvicts. The
hatlle wrts of stmrt AnMfton, as ttiv
Are pOUrss in mion thf sragotl from
the posar-a sras too hot.
Adam Vtlcnpi, deputy sheriff of
Douglas county, says that "Chief Briggs
of Si. nth Omahit's police force, killed
both Dowd and Tailor. It was report
ed her" that Firlgpt- was wounded, hut
this later proved incorrect. Morlej
was laptured.
RUSHING IN THE CANDIDATES
Political Managers Hustling to Get
Their Lists Complete.
Lincoln. March 19. Secretary of
I Slate Wnit is the husit'st man in tin.'
! suite lions, and there is every pros
' pert he will continue to be thoroughly
occupied until after 6 p. m., wheal the
1 time expitvs for tiling fer place on
the iirimary ballots.
i'p to th- pre d th Democrats
are short a candidate for ehtor lu
the Second district and Secretary
Matthews of the state committee was
working overtime trying to get things
fixed un It had been arranged that
Sophus Nchle of Omaha should file fur
the place, hut he has neglected to do
up to the pretent. Matthews said
' '1 ouchl the riling would be here in
til . bm f It wns not tley would
have SCglPOSK else ready at the last
ml nto
Th 'I 'ft and I F'llelte tftdegati 3
1 . till made fr't flllnss and a
LpO ;: .. I ;; t't v I t icr.a.
Kiti-ed to :rt - iy a Horns.
Ja oh Enbn iwaUllani near S'.O.
i.iet! arm kicked bj a horse and w.i
ti tnptty kill, d He was struck in
tne cbeat, iu--t oer the heart, and
with such force that bis body was
1 hulled against the barn door, breakitg
1 It from its hinges The unfortunate
I man whs s4xt -eight yeatw of age and
leaves a widow and three suna
NEW LUTHERAN CHURCH
Growth of German Evangelical Luth
eran Immanuel Congregation
and Parochial School
LOCATED ON SWEETWATER AVE
The German Evangelical Lutheran
IminnnuiTs congregation of thin
city, having bought a lot some time
ago on the corner of Yellowstone
Ave Ik Tib Sts , has decided to erect
a church building on this site.
The Nebraska District of the tier
nuun Bvangellon Lutheran church ha
been doing mission work in thte city
for the last twenty years. Service
went conducted up to laet yoar by
Lutheran pastors from Hemlngford,
ait t'irsi in the country eonie four or
five miles from Alliance and later in
the city In various localities But ow
ing to this tact the mission among
Gorman Lutherans in Alliance made
slow progreaa.
Tat year, however, the present
resident pastor, Rev. Titus lung,
was placed in cliarge of llie mission.
he coming here from California in
March Soon after a Sunday school
wa.s started, the congregation wits
organized in July, service wore con
ducted regularly every Sunday morn
ing and in September a German Eng
lish Lutheran parochial school was
established, which under the care
of an efficient teacher has been a
success and now has '.'1 pupils.
The Drake building at 51'.) Sweet
water Ave., which has been leased
to temporarily house the school end
the congregation during its meetings,
has become loo small, nnd the con
giegaiinii, greally enccuraged by
such remarkable success, now in
tends to erect a building in which
'he school and (be sr- u can be
properly and comfortably conducted,
In ,Tg tVr by to 'n. crease i;s mem
bership and 10 improve il.s mic-sion
for the benefit of all to rman Luth-
arans in this city and its vicinity and
for the kOOd of the city In general.
The building is to be 40s:M f,et and
I? feot high.
ATTENDED BIENNIAL RECEPTION
Building Time at Hand
See us for prices on all
kinds of Building Material
S. A. Foster Lumber Co.
A. L CONKLIN, Mgr.
1ST IE
ALLIANCE, NEBRASKA
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DECLAMATORY CONTEST
Alliance, Bridgeport, Scottsbiuff and
Dalton and Sidney Will be
Represented
WINNERS REPRESENT DISTRICT
StPECIAL W. C. T. U. MEETING
The W. C. T. U. will meet at
the First Presbyterian church Mon
day afternoon at :i o'clock. A rail
road program will be rendered. Rail
road people are especially Invited.
Alpha Tau Onuya of Nebraska
State University.
The annual content of the North
Platte Valley High School Declama
tory Association will be held In the
Phelan opera house ait Alliance, Fri
day, March IS, commencing at 8
p.m. Alliunce, Bridgeport, Scotts
bluff and Sidney will each have three
representatives, and Dalton one The
winner In each o the three class?
oratorical, dramatic, and humorous,
will represent the district in the state
eo Mesi, the time and place of which ;
have not yot DOnn nncMOQ upon.
Alliance will be represented as
follows: Oratorical class, Fred Swiin
ey; dramatic, Pauline Montgomery;
li unmrous, Leone Mallcrj .
We have a clipping from the Boone
Dally Republican of Boone, Iowa, re
garding fOarl B. Spencer, son of Mr.
and Mm. W. K. Spencer or this city.
Mr. Spencer Is attending school at
Boone. He and K. R. Gobrecht were
host last Friday evening at the Y.
M. C. A. of the above place at a
party given In honor of one of the
departing members. Mr. Spencer
had been a room mate of the hon
ored guert and a speeoh was given
by lil in regarding their friendship
While in Lin; oin last week, Karl
1). Mallery had lAe pleasure cf b tig
present at the biennial reception of
the Alpha Tau Omega h Id Friday
night al the l.iucoln Hotel. Mr.
Mallery is one ff the alumni of the
above named frJern.ity Following
is in account of Jhc pnji taken
from a Lincoln exchange:
Seventy- five couples at! ended the
biennial fnrina: part) ! Alpha Tau
Onu 1. held Friday night ai the
Lincoln kOkaL The company was
chaperoued hy Mr. and Mrs. John
W. Towle f Omaha. Mr. and Mrs. S.
K. McKelvie. Dr. and Mrs. C. A. Rev
imlds. Proff.ssor aiid Mrs J M. Buck
The ball room was deccrnieil wi'.li
jialms. A .lattice work of mcuniain
pine and flowers wj. placed in Hie
middle of t he- hall and the prcgrams
, re given ojst at the ft ranpfl of a
sort of lattice wor ckoltage. Leal her
slipper has were give as favors 10
the ladies A novel grand mar h
op btd the program of djannM, The
alumni pn.-ent from out of ttie city
vstte Jolia TOW g of Ouuha. C K
llropn? of Cameron. Pa . K. I), klal- j E
Wry of Aliianee. IV. C. Hutchinson 01
Ouuha. K. S. Mmison of Aurora. C.
It Jack, on of Dtn r, L. G. Bratton
of Omaha, It. F. Flower of .Mimic!,
T. Reynolds of Alberts. Canada. Geo
l! ' ex pet-led that largo delega
tions 1 I visitors will be present from
other 1 mils represented in the con
tcist, and Alliance teachers, students
and citizens may be depended upon
to do themselves proud In giving
1 hem a royal entertainment while
here.
To defray the expense cf the con
,est an adinlssii n fc will be charg
d, 60 cen: for adults and M cents
for school children.
JUDGE AND COURTHOUSE
Judge Thornton L. Massie,
Who Was Killed on Bench;
Courthouse, Scene of Crime.
DAILY DOING NICELY
"ll( w are you getting on with the
dUly pap, r" i a quoin. 11 frequent
ly asked us the last few iiys. To
one and all we will say that we
are gelling ah lg nicely wilh It. but
the .x.ra work Is taxing our for.-e
to the limit. We had expected it
would make 1 great deal -..f work,
which with the im al large amount of
printing, we burn to do wcuid crowd
ca hard, but in some rcepcrita kt has
u: ide more work than we had an
ticipated. As a COnat queuce we
have not been able to make It hjaM
what we wishetl, but with additional
iclp we expeu to Improve it as the
days go by.
FOUR MORE FAMILIES COMING
T Kibble Makes Deal That
Will Bring More Pecple
Dole of Blair and
of Ncrlh Bend
11. H WnBrwiikni
li.orge Behner. one of The II 1
aid's subicribers lu the northwest
pari of the county, was in Vlliance
lliis week oil bus nt ss H. '.anir
down from Hemingford on the train
I'm i day, returning yesterday. Mr.
BehOWf informs us thai r" i is g -i
u very scarce In hi neighbeinu ul
and that unless the xm pics off
Mm there is liable to Ik a heavj
1 of to--n
As will be seen by a notice els.
v here In this Issu ' under ih head,
Bn iking Wanted," Tribcti broth
.1 of Milfci I have puri hased large
tra:ts cf land near Alliance hrough
K. T. Kibble and will operate a gas
trai tor breaking uiifii We arc in
foruied 1 hi t this will QafM n addi
lion of four lamllles to t ie popula
tion of Box Butte county and .
iire sure that oar readers will jc:i
; with 111 kg giving them a heart w.l
Oilie.
Dr. Chits. L. Blngto bai rthnnod an
offlcn on the s,-.,nd floor of the
A i W, ir of ('anion made final
proof on his claim ,n the edge of
Sioux county today His witnesses
Tf J. W. Scod and Garfield Ball
They will return to Hemingford on
c: today, theucr drie borne
"
Phtituy hy American I'reaii AnsticlMton
Pin-Ian opt 1 i. 'louse bkn k
mnnu fotinerii of cuphad
luitetl States LhiuI
PLAN SOCIALI TIC TEST
French Deputy Proposes to Organise
Colony in Morocco.
Paris, Man h l'J A remarkahlo
S' heme of Deputy Lucteii Desliuieres.
for tin- col'-inatiou of Monnco b si
ciaiistic mciih is al present occupying,
a large share of public attention.
M DenUnlnren chief argument l
the virtual failure of Algeria as a col
ony, on) 2 LOW French people hll .4
settled there as a remit ot an expend
Iture ol l0Q9.ni n.non.
Agricnlture is al a standstill tbntn
he poUi'- out, while mauuiactures do
in tlii ' not exlat, despite the cheapness of
by the
Office.
bloik in the room.- formally ooenniod
by the Putted States laud off e
Tilts is a convenient lo.tiiion. and
the rooms are commodious enough
to make him a fine office
Coal, Me attributes this to the de-
11 1 is of tie ranttntlat system ami Itnj
nukntttt d to the I'sited Socialist par
ty tbe Iralt ol a bill for the creatiou
of a so- iidi-t eolanj In Morocco at a
onm to itie pfrnncb btntn 01 ony $20.
I.IMlrt.