RECORD OF
The Events of the World
In Paragraphs.
TWO ATCACKS ON TURKEY.
A Summary of Affair Abroad and
at Home MIsrellaneoMB Happen
ings Accident Storm and Ship
Dim) rrt-Sport.
POLITICAL AND PERSONAL
JANUARY.
11 The United State government warned
Cuba that political disturbance on the
Island must cease.
FEBRUARY.
It The Manchu dynasty abdicated the
throne of China by an edict vesting
tbe sovereignty In the people.
VI. Ari nna proclaimed a state of the
I :nlon
II. Yuan 8hlh Kal elected prelilent of the
Chlneso republic.
M. Roosevelt formally announced thnt he
would accept the Republican nomina
tion If offered him.
MARCH.
If. Yuan 8hlh Kal Inaugurated provision
al president of China.
18. Judge Mshloa I'ltney of New Jersey
was Installed a associate Justice of
the United State supreme court.
APRIL.
14. The state department warned the Mex
icans that their country will be held
responsible for the protection of Amer
Icsns. MAY.
. I. Gen. Bennett H. Young elected com
mander In chief of the United Confed
erate Veterans.
II. The Danish crown prince proclaimed
king as Cluistiun X.
II. The Socialist national convention at
Indianapolis nominated Eugene V.
Debs and Emit Beldel for president and
vice president
17. President Taft Informed the Cuban
government that the United Htutes
would not Intervene in Cuba.
JUNB.
It Republican Rational convention met In
Chicago.
21 President W. II. Taft and Vice Presi
dent Jsmes 8 Sherman renominated
by tlic Republican party.
3fc Den o. ratio ntitlnnal convention met at
Ualtimore.
JULY.
' 1 Wood iow Wll-
m i
u
l
I son nominated
for president by
the Democratic
convention at
Baltimore.
I. Governor Thom-
1 as R. Marshall
.nominated for
vice president
by the Demo
cratic conven
tion at Balti
more. 1. The national
Prohibition con- IMasffir " , it
ventlon met at
' Atlantlo City,
N. J
:t U a vote nf 55 BKK ' n,
to M the United
State senate
declared that by American Cress
William I ..in- Association
mer of Illinois ,,.
had not he-en Woodrow Wilson.
. .i.,rv J 111 II IH'H
AOODST.
.The United States senate warned for-
elgn nation attains! acqutrinK naval
' military sites near United States pos
sessions. I National convention of the Progressive
party met at Chicago.
'J. Theodore Roosevelt and Iliram John
son nominated by the Progressive na
tional convention at Chicago.
X. Second regular session of the 6'M con
gress closed
SEPTEMBER
II. Judge Alfred B. Beers of Connecticut
elected commander in chief of the U.
A It at Loe Angeles
I OCTOBMR.
19 Dr Alexis Carrel of the Rockefeller
in.-iit in. was awarded the Nobel prize
of SSs.000 for achievement n vuraery.
UV. Peace protocol slgneil by Italy and
Turkey, bringing to an end the war
over Tripoli.
NOVEMBRR.
f Governor Woodrow Wilson of New
Jersey and Governor Thomas R. Mar
shall of Indiana elected president snd
vice president on the Democratic tick
et by an overwhelming electoral ma
jority. Popular vote: Wilson. ti.lW.itti;
Roosevelt, 3,92S.140; Taft. S,::;ii.C-. Debs.
673.7S3 (approximate); Cbafla, IflMM.
! Treaty between Great Biitnln and the
United States adjustintj the north At
lantic fisheries controversy re titled in
aahiiiKlon
UECEMBER.
X Last session of th Ud congress
opened.
I. President Taft recommended measures
to strengthen the army snd n ivy in
his annual message to congress
S. Woodrow Wttfoa'a Mtb Btrtbday cele
brated at Staunton, Va., where h was
born in 185ti.
tl The commercial treaty of IKJi with
Russia, which was abrogated by the
United States, ici minuted
roruls and a !W vard d.h in It see
ond at Auckl.ind New Zealand Both
at w hi Id's recoi d.
APnti..
1. iitfiinl w.iu the ntitinnl race with f'am
l.i ilgc on tin- 'limine; time for 4V
mil.-. 2 minute? 3 xecunds
XL .Mai.. I league haRclmll seanon opened.
It MIKe 1 1 in of the New VorK Athletic
cluh won the annual American Mara
thon at Boston, covering the J mile
course In houis II minutes 111-6 sec
onds MAY
X Jerome D Travels, defended hi title
of champion by defeating Gswsld
Klrkhy at the Metropolitan Golf asn-
0 tattOYI tournament at Short Hill.
N J.
17. Abel R Klvist made a new record by
running the 1,600 meter race In I min
utes 69 1-6 seconds nt New York.
JUNB.
1 Jame Duncan made a new record
with the dlscus-145 feet 9 Inches.
Klvlat rsn 1,500 meter race In I min
utes 6ii 4-5 seconds in New York city,
heating his own tecni-d msde May 27.
I. Tagallo won the klnglisli Derby at Ep
som. I. Mark 8. Wright clesred II feat 214
Inches in s pole vault at Cambridge.
Oswald Klrkhy defeated Jerome D.
Travers at Atlantic City for the New
Jersey golf championship
Q. llarvnnl won varsity eight rowing race
from Yale at New London.
M. American marksmen won the Inter,
national shooting competition at the
Olympic, game In Stockholm; gran.:
aggregate score of I.iiM.
Cornell won all three host racing event
at Pnughkeepste- vanity 8 oared race,
4 mile, time 19 minutes 21 2-5 seconds;
varsity 4 oared race. 2 miles, time W
minute 14 1-5 seconds; freshmsn S
oared race, a miles, time 9 minutes,
II 2-6 BSjOOPdS
JULY.
L Miss May Sutton won the clay court
tennis championship of the United
States by defeating Mlsa Mary Brown
at Pittaburgh
1 Jack Johnson defeated Jim Flynn in
the 9th round for the heavyweight
championship at East Ess Vegas.
N. M
Ad Wnigast declared winner in a II
round contest for the lightweight
champlonslrp. defeating Joe Rivers at
1 .os Angeles, Cat.
Formal opening
of the Olympic
games at Stock
holm. 7. Jim Thorpe of
Carlisle. Pa.,
won the pen
tathlon In the
Olympic game.
12. Ted Meredith
(American) won
the 41)0 meter
race In the
Olympic gautes,
making a new
world's record;
time 4N seconds.
14. K K. Mc Ar
thur of Houth
Africa won the
Olympic Mara
thon at Stock
holm.
America won
the track and
field meet at
Stockholm with 128 iolnts to Sweden's
101 and Englund'a tit! Thorpe, the In
dian, won the decathlon
Olympic games ended Sweden won
with a total of 123 points; United
States, 129; England, Tl. United States
led In firsts with S; Sweden second
with 23.
Arthur Chappie ran a motorcycle a
mile In 29 1-5 ttcconil and .i miles In
21 minute 2nS 4-5 seconds, both records,
at Brighton Beach. N. Y.
Ernest Barry, the English champion
sculler, defeated Richard Arntst of Aus
tralia over the Thame course for the
championship of the world.
AUUUST.
Arthur Chappie drove s motorcycle a
mile in 38 4-5 seconds at Brighton
Beach, beating his own record mt July
24.
SKFTKMVKR.
Jerome Travers won the amatew nolf
championship of the United States, de
feat. i.g Charles Evans, Jr.. at Whea
ton. 111., in the iln.al round
The Chicago Americans defeate Phil
adelphia at Chicago. Insuring the
league pennant to the Boston Red Stex
for the world's series.
The New York club ef the National
baseball league cinched the pennant
by defeating the Bostnn club ra New
York, 8 to 3.
Matt McCrath made a new at or Id's
record by throwing a V pound hammer
a record distance of 191 feet hscties;
former record ISO feet 1 Inch.
Photo by American
Press Association.
Jim Thorpe
gBlS,
THE DEATH ROLL
Noted People Who Passed
Away In 1912.
VICE PRESIDENT SHERMAN DIED
Renowned Authors, Noted Artist,
Kmlnetit Statesmen and Knlersand
Kamou Soldiers Crowd the Idst.
All Kank.B Leveled.
JANUARY
1 Alfred Tennyson Dlckenson of the
novelist. In New York. nw 67.
1 Rear Admiral Bobley D. Evans. U. 8.
N.. retired. In Washington, aged H.
FT. Judge William l.ochren, noted jurist,
former commissioner of pensions. In
Mlnnespolls, Minn.; aged su
FEBRUARY.
I Gen J. B. Weaver, who was candidate
for president In 1S80 and again in 1892,
at Des Moines; aged 79.
9. Abbe Charles l.m son, famous French
preacher known as Pere llyscinthe, at
Paris; aged 86.
I. 1. Mr. Roger A. Iiyor, author and one
of the founder of the Daughter of
the AmeVli nn Revolution, In New York
City; aged 8.'.
MARCH.
T. Renr Admiral G. W. Melville, noted
naval veteran of the civil war and lat
er an arctic explorer, at Philadelphia;
aged 72.
B. Gen. If. If. Bingham, member of con
gress known as the "father of the
house," at Philadelphia; aged 71.
II. Senator Robert I.ove Taylor of Ten
neee, a veteran in national politics
known as "Fiddling Bob," In Wash
ington, aged 61.
APRIL.
4 Dr. I. K. Funk, author and publisher,
at Montclair. N. Jt; aged 71.
I. Emily Soldene, vocalist, actress. Jour
nalist and novelist, who Introduced
Gilbert and Sul
livan operas In
America, in Lon
don. 11 Gen. Frederick
Dent Cmnt. son
of the late Gen.
U. 8. Grant, In
New York city;
aged U2.
Miss Clara Bar
ton, founder of
the American
Red Cross soci
ety, at Glen
Eclio, Md. ; aged
90.
li. W. T. Stead.
Journalist Hrul
reformer, at sea;
Hgcd t)2.
Isldor Straus, merchant and philanthro
pist, at sea; aged 7.
Francis D. Millet, artist, at sea; aged 65.
Col. J. J. Astor. soldier and capitalist,
at sea; aged 47.
Jacques Futrelle. author, at sea; ajjed 37.
!t. Justin McCarthy, novelist, historian,
former member of parliament, at
Folkestone, England; .ngtd 82.
MAY.
I Homer C. Davenport f.uuous cartoon
ist, la New York; Bgad u
4. Frederick VIII. of lcnnwk at Ham
burg. Germany; ag. il 69.
B. Wilbur Wright, aviator ami acioplana
inveuter, at Dayton, U. ; aged 45.
JUNE.
I. Mrs. Margaret S muster, poet and au
thor, a Maplewood, N. J.; aged :t
4. Eliza A re hard Conner, nodal: refiwiner
and writer, in New York city;, aged 72.
:0. Lottie 4lUson. actress known, for ycum
as the "Llttlo Magnet." in New York
city; aged I!
. Gen Cdarard Stuyvesant Brass, noted
civil IBM veteran who commanded llw
fanioo. Iron brigade, at Fond: lu Ijic;
aged -
Iteld Marshal Sir George ttluart
White, defender of Ladysmicln In the
Boer war, at London; agedi 77.
8ir l.vurence Alma-Tadema. the fa
mous English unlit, at vt, iuin.
Germany; ag d ;'..
Ba i
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LQ Br
jHjj mm .
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Clara Barton.
1
Photo by American
Press Asuoi lation.
Joe Wood.
Itoston Americans.
. S C A It Y
Kol. enialneri ! inland won Mara
thon and cha laonshtp of the world
at Edinburgh . I IBM) i hours 3.' minutes
6' recond.
Barney Rt-llly hroe the record of the
8toughton slide iskli at Milwaukee
with a 137 f..ot jump
V George liouhag tan 5 two meters In la
minutes 4-5 second In New York, a
world record
Pat Mm ion i: l heaed an 18 pound khot
44 fee and a half inch In New York, a
recoid
Jack Filer made a new recoid in a 7&
ysrd I'.uidle race in New York; time t
second.
rUMKlf ARY
7. Willie Iloppe retained hi title ol
world's oiiBmpion at 18.3 balk line bil
liards by defeating Ueorge Sutton M0
to 30 in New York
II. The woild's record of 6 feet Inches
for Indoor high jump beaten I S. C.
Lawren'e. wko leaped C feet 4ij niche
at Uostau
9. slilbau defeated Attell in a 30 round
Miu, tet for the feathet weight okasa
pionship at ixs Angelas. Cal
It HCM
II Arthur i'oa'.r famous :Mofesieaal
Vunner. tin'- a tie raid daah in a l i
ooroatnt
Ralph De Palma won the VaBMterbllt
auto cup on the Wauwatoaa course,
Wis.: time 4 hours "."0 minutes ::i i4
seoonds; dis
tance about 300
miles.
The Australian
team won the
International
cricket match
by a margin of
Hi runs in New
York
I. Miss Margaret
Curtis of
ton won the na
tional woman"
golf champion
ship at Man
chester, Mass.,
by a score of
I up and 2 to
Ida
8 In the opening
game of the
world's series at
New York the
with Joe Wood in
t lie box. def gated the New York Na
tionals hy a aoore of 4 to z
it. .stun Red s.. won the final game In
the worl.l m championship series, de
feating New York Giants J in I it
Boston
Willie Kolehmainen. the Finnish cham
pion made a new recoid In Marathon
racing by running the distance in
hours Si minutes 39 1-5 seconds In Nsw
ark. N J
NOVEMBER.
. Ilarvat.l d. feaied Princeton In the an
nual game at Soldiers' lield. Cambridge
16 to i Uis.-ousiu defeated Chicago, 3D
to 12 at Madibon
I Carlisle Indians defeated Army. !7 to
6, at West Point. Pennsylvania won
over Michigan. to It, at Philadel
phla
i Thti annual footh. til game of Yale and
Princeton teaulted in a lie scote of
to 6 at Prlaeetun. Pennsylvania de
feated CarlbaV Indians. 34 to Z6, at
I'lilladelt.'ua Wisconsin defeated Mln
nesota at football. 14 to 4, at Minneap
oil Mulligan won over Cornell at
Ann A i Lor. 3u to 7
I I ' i ail f. kiii. ill tajini defeaieit Yale.
30 lo 0 at New Haven Chicago won
over Minnesota 7 lot. at Chicago
I Ad Wolgasi defeateii foi the light
weight i !.Mipii.nlnp by W illie Ritchie
hi t round si Ikgli city cat
i'ei.tiaylvania won a: reottiall ovei Car
nell. 7 to '. at t'lnlsilelpMa
HIS dav
u.e le r: wiin
a New
17. J. P. Jones, former Cnlted States sen
ator from Nevada, at Lo Angeles, Cal.;
aged gf,
S i'oI James Cordon, noted ex-Confed-Bt
Be, at OkOtotML Miss., aged 79.
i Rev. Dr llobeit Collyer, noted Uni
tarian preacher, in New York city;
age I o
Drx.'KMBRR.
I. Gen. Julius II. Stshel. Federal veteran
of the civil war. In New York city;
s.fcd 87.
i. Uett Gates p ThruBton, civil at ct
etran. author and iiislorlan. at Nash
ville. ng d 77.
Z Prince l.tilipold. regent of Bavaria, at
Munich; aged m.
i
JANUARY.
U. The RtunrlRfl steamer Bus foundered
in the Black sea; 172 lives lost.
18. The British stesmshtp Wiston Hall
wrecked off the coast of Aberdeen
shire; 53 seamen drowned.
FEBRUARY.
1 The British submarine torpedo boat
A-3 sunk In collision with gunboat
Hazard off the Isle of Wight; crew of
14 drowned.
MARCH.
13. American fishing schooner Patrician
wreckeil off Cape Sable; captain and 9
of the ci. vv drowned.
16. 10 lives lost by the sinking of the Ori
ental liner OeMM after collision In
tiie English channel.
APRIL.
15. Tli- While Star
liner Titanic
aunk by colli
sion wltli an
Iceberg In longi
tude 60 14 west,
latitude 41.46
north, at 2:20
a. m. Out of
2.208 passengers
and crew only
707 were saved.
Among the
Americans lost
were Isldor
Straus and Col.
J. J. Astor
ID. Steamer Texas,
under the Turk
Ish flag, sunk
In the gulf of
8tuyrna : M pas
sengers drowned.
JUNE.
8. Krencn submarine warship Vende
milre sunk in collision with the bat
tleship Saint Louia off Cherbourg;
crew of 'S'. drowned.
OCTOBER.
41 The British B-2 suhmurine cut in two
by an ocean liner In the English chan
nel ; 1 drowned.
DCCEKIC.
10. British battleship Ceuturlon ran down,
the Italian steamer Dvrna in the Ung
llsh channel and sank her with all her
crew.
BaBB& BflH
14
Col. Astor.
1
ACCIDENTS ON LAND
JULT.
Gen. ttbert Frederick Hoke, s aUtttn
gutshed. Confederate vetcean,. at Ra
leigh, V C. ; aged 75.
Boieri IVIajitaMna Barri.t Bresrning.
only of the English, poets Rob
ert RkunlBB) and Lllr.abeth ILasrett
Brown g, at Asolo. Italv:
Andr- i.ang, English, peet, crUic and
noveUat, it Banchory. Scotlan.E aged
at
I'an.i tienliam Rouse., probabiy the
oldesA ...tree In America, ail Ohlo
ville. N V.J aged 81.
Mutsuliito. emperor ol? Japan at To
kyo; aged du. vriucceeded by his son
Yosiilhito.l
AUGUST.
. Massenet. French ..wnputtr ef opera
music, at Paris; aged 70.
Ir. florae" Howard F urn axe. noted
St.aki sp.-m an scholar, at Walling
ford. Pa. ; aged 9,
i Rev. William BoMli. founder and gen
Brajl nf the Salvation Arniy, In Lon
don, aged HS.
SUPTEMBER.
L Maj. A. R. Calhoun, a etvil war vet
eran, iournaaisi and author, m Brook
lyn: aged iX
i. Lieut, den. Arthur MaeArtlinr. U. &
A., retiied. at Milwaukee; aged 87.
t. Ex-Senator Hernando De Soto Money,
at Cult port. Miss.; aged 73.
I. Barog ItorachaJI von Bielierstein. net
ed (Jerman diplomat, at Berlin; aged
70.
OCTOBER
7 Fx .Senator W. A PefTer. one of the
Populist leader in t Le senate, at Cre
tin'..!. K in ; aged 81.
J. Weldon (trillion lleyhurn. United
States senator from Idaho, in Wash
ing! . aged Cm
I- Robert Bwr, the novelist, at Wolding-
nam. r.ngisno.
aged 41
& Hen 11 B. Car
rington, U. 8.
A. retired, a
veteii',1 of the
plain and the
civil war. In
Ronton ; aged 88
f7 Mm. Judith.
French actress,
w ho as the idol
tif her day. rival
.if ft.iiiiel and
friend of Hugo
ai'di'ieirgeHand
In Paris, aged
IKV
fe) James School
craft Slisrman
vice pi esideat
of the United
Htates. at Ut: b Harris A Kwing
ca. t. i., agea
ssvEMIBIt
A Miiitil Hauk-Wsrtegg. retired prima
donna, famous In the title role of Car
men hi Munich. Bavaria.
lander Rayner. United dials senster
from Maryland, in Washington
JANUARY.
2S. 15 miners k i 1 ; . -1 and 40 Injured by dust
explosion at Kemmerer, Wyo
in B wreck on the Illinois- Central at
Klnniiinil v, II., the former president
of the road, J. T. Harniian, was killed:
also F. O. Mel.mer, second vice presi
dent of the Rock Island, and E. B.
Pierce, general solicitor of the same
system.
MARCH.
18. A mysterious explosion killed & men
at San Antonio, TeK.
L0. Explosion Wrecked the San Rots mines
at Met in tain, (Htln . burying over 100
inlaw ra
Ji B miners klllef y an explosion at
Jed, w. Va
JUNE
23. 40 people killed by the collaree of a
decayed dock at Eagle Park, Grand
island, Niagara- river.
Jans
4. 4! ki.V.1 and many Injured on. fhe Dela
ware and Lackawanna railroad in a
rear end collision ait Gibson's Narrows.
N. Y.
6. 21 killed and 3D- Injured in am accident
on the Ltgouler Valley railroad at Wil
pen. Pa.
II. IH killed in a collision on the- Chicago,
Burlington and (Jtuncy railroad at
Western Springs. 111.
NOVEMBER.
11. IV p .(. . killed and 48 injured in a col
lision! on the Yazoo and M iss:1ppl
Valley railroad at Montz, La.
13. In people killed and 14 Injure-1 in a
wrec.t on the Cincinnati, Haioilion and
DavLiin railroad nuar Indianapolis.
DECEMBER.
3 12 killed and many injured, mm a rali-
roavt .... . i i at Dresden
, O.
GIRLS IOENTIFY ASSAILANT
Stanley Naylor, Charged with At
tempted Assault, Identified
This Afternoon by Glrlt
He it Said to Have
Attacked
About two weeks ao two young
'iris. rlaugliK rs of a prominent -Alliance
faulty, were atlfltked by an
unknown man during the night, while
their pttrentH were out of town. He
Bnttypejtl the liottse through I window,
blew out the light which they had
burning, anil attacked the elder of
Ihe two Kirls. He became frighten
ed and escaped without beins ap
lirehended. A detective wa hired from Den
ver and after thoroughly Investigat
ing the case. Stanley Naylor, tvho
hast been painting signs in Alliance
for about three yetars, was arretted
jtnd charged with the crime. He is
DOW confined at the eonr.'y jail. He
stoutly maintains his lnnocense.
This afternoon he was thoroughly
sweated by the officers but would
not confess lo committing t lie crime.
The parvnts and two girls were
brought before him a.ntl itlentifietl
.him as their assailant but this seem
Ingly had no tjafect. The evident e
secured so far is mostly circumstan
tial and the identification of the two
little girls is the strongest evidence
yot secured. The preliminary hear
ing; will not he had for it few (l:iys
If Naylor is found guilty of the
charge against hint it will undoubt
edly result itt a long penitentiary
sentence.
MORE CIVIL
SERVICE EXAMINATIONS'
Arftlitional civil service exam illa
tions will In" held in Allunrce on the
dates given below. Full information
can be obtained by the tool secre
tary, .Ur. Johnston, at tlite- Alliance
postofflefe.
January 8, 1913
.Ittnior Alloy Chemist unufiei. sal
ary $1.5iJ to $1,800 per yeair
arwary 13, 1913
Chief of Field Service in: Rural
dotation (Qtalei. salary H-.tHV) per
annum.
January 22, 1913
Tariff Clettt (male), salary $1,200
per year. BtOfj Printer (malH. sal
ary $2 per diem. Cadet Officer
(malo), salar t600 lo $720 petv year
l'rts r"49der (male), salary $4X0
per year. CanfH Kngineer (tisule),
ffiiiis to $780 nsjr fanvr.
WEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS
Reported by F.. E. Reddish, Bomded
Abstracter, Box Butte Coun
ty, Nebraska
c
Fub
a! OX
r:r.o
HENRY CURL ARRESTED
Colored M?n Charged with Gravs
C -e Charge May Be (
Spite Work
Henry Curl, a married colored
man living in Alliance, was arrests
Tueftday afternoon at two o'clock
rhargetl with attempted assault on
Ola Slater, a six year-old colored girl
who VM at his home at the time
Curl i notv confinel in the county
Jail. His preliminary hearing will
probably he held on Saturday. The
mature of the evidence is such that
police officiuls state that the charge
may be spite work.
M ARSLAND SALE
A GRAND 8UCCE88
The sale of lots and acreage at
Marsland last Saturday was a big;
success. The owners Of the townsite
ftom the advertising done in The
II. raid a big slice of the credit for
the successful sale. Colonel Cooper
of Crawford and Coursey of Alliance
were the auctioneers.
Over fifty lots, two so a re tracts
and one 460 sicre tract were dispos
ed of at bargain prices. It is likely
tfiad another sale of lots will be held
Ul the spring.
Jainss x dhrtnsn.
JANCARY.
t. The i:.(...utahle Life Ajwuraare building
Uurncd in Sew York; j persons killed
snd 19 injured.
17. Nearly li.DUVt BtldlnjJJS huriLed in Osaka,
Japan: loss tn.OUO.ux).
21k Flrtt destroyed tho Academy of Music
and anwt building in Pittsfleld.
Maas ; lues ttuO.OOD.
PEBRUAvRI.
4 11. factory hluto in Fhiladelphla.
S. Hotel Ixjwney bucavd at Lanaina.
Mich : loss SttXl.OOO.
21 Fire in the Icimno.- and residence see
tiin if Houston. Tea , t-auaed a loss -A
ki.).mo and left MM) pciil llOiaalBSa
UAHil
S. Youns's pier, nu it-sort at Atlaatic
City, burned; kMv i,.n.mi..
A run.
&. The steal Ui'.a.n ijnarteii in fin.
cus, Sy.ia. burned, luas t.tt.UW,MW
MAY
It l-':.u.i.-i la the business district of
II i. Tex., caused a loss of U.uss.-
m
Htotttrta old Kuttiw llou.ie liii nisi m
Ualttntore
JUNE.
i L4JSJ aasjajN Iwrsjad la tiaisntiiiopi
JL'l.Y
J l-'ii 9 in the business diitriet of North
Adams. Mas , caused a loss ef ..
Tlnih in. I l-sland . it aweut by tire;
luas tal.OUO
hV A $L'.ui,uuu -hre in Vaana ver, U C.
tnEPTKUllK.t
1 Kite in Ocean Park, a resort near l.u
Angelas, OaL, caused damsae of over
f 0"
OCtUilKR
I. laiaa uf (I nW.OiW by fire in the B slid
O, railroad pier at Plilladelphta.
LC Ktia in i ne sloreliotiss of the Cnited
Mtatss arsenal at Kenicia, Cal., caused
a loss of over tl.onn.Oi
HovEMBan
at. Ktaioes in the business district of Put
nam i .inn , iused a loss Of 6M.UItf.
IB. "t he) WsjtSjrta town of Washington, the
Teaas "ciadl of liberty," destroyed by
(Ire
I'ECKJSBBK
fj). i w of sros.otk) by rta ne in the bun
ties district of Uui ilnnati
I.incitlfi land ( :t. to t
met-: lots '1. :;, block :
Muu Add. to. Alliance
j. EL Phetaa to c. I. sturgis?.
east !iu feet lois 7, 8, H, block.
!t, m.v. :tdd. to Alliance .... tOO
.loiin B Barger to Busarj R. Bar-
ger: interei to XV'4 sec.
14, suitl NBM sec. S4, twp. 7,
ra nijta SI 1
Levi lleuterbiiugh tt Henry
QaJut! sec. '1, sec. 14. K' L
sec. 18, BWIfa see. 18, Si of
8t ae. 11, NV-NVWi sec. 2.4..
NVtiUH. Mt'c 18, is 1 1 in tw
28, nangc 50 I
W. K . Ilryson to Andrew Olson
SVfc sec. -WWl
Ci.roltiif lleaUr to William. 8.
UcLaan ud Margaret U u
l.enn: lot 4:. block ::. Alliance. 1050
Kitti. BcltOfJ to George J.
HfUMll lot , block I, Cirst
add. to Alliance 4U00
Kscitrcr A. Ijockwood to Uwija
Uliti E. .loUnson: lots 2-:'.-4,
SK'.,X and K'i.SWV Of
sec. lS.ri-.' 4S0U
William iltlthell to (ieooge W.
Loer: VVtWV', sec T-itt-451
and BhjbBtWU sec. la88l .. I
( hdiles KV". LockwoOnV ! Ben
.i.i ut. ii K. lotaaon: lot i of
NAV'iNW, sec. 3-2r52 ... I
Christina F. Met. t( tUorge
Bom: - Wool Mk first
tstld. to Alliance 1881
C. M. Cox, sheritt f Bos llutle
ctMinty, to The Kiiuitablc Land
Co.: SK, sec taVIMI ....ftf.1t
U Banks Wilsooi to Maty S.
Wilson: SW4 bOb. B-88-4S
L
ANOTHER BOND ELECTION
The county commissioners have
called it special court house bond
election to be held on February 18,
1818. The following petition, signed
by 488 names of legal Box Butte
county voters, was presented to toe
county commissioners at their meet
ing held at. the court house on De
eember S'.rd. As more than one
Third of the legal voters of the
county have signed tUie petition the
commissioners called the special
diction to take place a above stat
ed. TO TILK HONORABLE BOARD OF
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF
BOX BITTK COUNTY. NKURAS-
KA:
Petition
"We, tlw- undersigned legal voters
of Box Butto county, Nebraska, here
by respectfully petition the County
Commissioners of Box Butte County,
Nebraska, to call a special election
at each, potbng place in said, county,
to be held on 1 uesday the 18th day
of February, 1818, for the purpose
of voting upon the following ques
tions, to-wit:
Shall the County CoutmisRloiiiers of
Box Butte County, Nebraska, issue
the Bonds (at said County, in the
Sum of Bitot) Five Thousand. ($05,
000.00 1 Hollars, of the following de
nominations, viz: Sixty Five Bonds
of One Thooanad Dollars each to
run for a period of twenty years
from the date Of issuance of said
Bonds, bearing interest at the rate
of five per cent per annum, interest
payable semi-annually, said interest
itnd principal at the fiscal ageney of
the State of Nebraska, in New York
City, State of New York, said Bond
Issue to be known as "Court, itouse
Bond Issue"; said bonds to be issu
ed for the following purpose, tt-wit:
For the erection and construction
of a fireproof Court House, for the
use of said' it.nunt.v, to be -tweted
and constructed on lots 22 and IS
in County Addition to the city f Al
liance, Box Butte County, Nebraska,
according td rahe recorded plat there
of, and shall said county oooimis
tioners be empowered to make an
annual levy for a sufficient amount
to pay the interest on said Court
House bonds tn the sum of Sixty
Five Thousand ($65,000) Dollars; and
shall saitl commissioners be empow
ered to tnakif nn annual levy to cre
ate a sinking fund for the payment
of the principal of said Sixty-Five
Thousand ($65,000) Dollars. Court
House Bontl issue?"
It is protiaAte that the speeial elec
tion, if tailed, which is very prob
able, will be sometime dtunag the
month of March or the first of April.
8888
Banks vYtfctOa to Mary S.
Wilson: N'W4 sec. 13-8848. . 8888
I. Banks Wilson to Mary S
Wilson: SRa sec. :2-26-4S.. J400
.1 R. I'Uelau to Alia Cat He
Co.: ft NB'i, SW'jNKVi
sec. 81, and W'e NWV,, SK1,
NWV sec. :!2-24-47 1
QeortM L Taylor to Nellie B
Furmati: S'.fc of Sla sec T
28-30 2t00
Myra S. Morrison to Magjsie
Zurn: lots :t-4 in tract :!5, sec
add. to Duncans north side
residence tracts to Alliance-. 100
Frank Catiey to Ralph C Watu-
bauuh: UU sec 4 24 47 .. IS00
Ora K. Fhillips to Fred Craw
ford: SKt, sec. 22-25 51 . . . I
Lou Skala la in Allutuce over
Christinas, tisiting with many of
his friends, who ait glad to see bim
out again after bi tinni operation
at. the hospital.
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Tits steadier has been very cold
and windy the past week.
The -octal Friday nigtltt at the La-
mon school house was well attended.
md the beskets Wen suctioned off
by Marion Sheplterd, baringing a good
BfJetj the net proceed. being twenty-
six dollars and twenty tents. Miss
QnM I'.urkholdtr is the teacher, and
180 pupils of the ssbool rendered a
fine program which showed skill of
tbe teacher In tiie nhasd room.
Bee
Mr, Ooo. Haauian and Aunt Sal
He Underwood returned home from
Lineville, Iowa, where they have
been visiting the past three weeks
aitta relatlrea and old time frlecala
Tit, y report a fine time.
Miss KUiel Hagaman and Mrs. Ce
cil Qlatj were visiting Friday night
81 the borne ol W. S Ookor, and
toi li iu the social.
UiM Mabel Oaaaj has been help
ing Mrs W. S Coker the past we. k
V
l.yie ( iker and Roy started tor
Befvof Crossing Sunday afternoon 10
visit a couple of weeks with their
grandparents and other relatives
a a a
Mahal Corey und Dora Coker were
8 Jot Carey's Sunday,
see
Miles llugaman has been busking
torn for (luy Worley the past week.