THE ALLIANCE HERALD
JOHN W. THOMAS. Editor
Lloyd C ThomM, City Editor
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MR8. B WHKKIjKH
MRS. K. J. WHKKIJCK
MRS. W. VAN NORTW1CK
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THURSDAY. KKH1U ARY 20. liHJ!
At a meeting of Alliance lodge No.
168, I. O. O. V., held on Tuesday
evening. Kebnwry IX, ItU, the fol
lowing preamble and resolutions were
adopted and a copy, thereof forward
ed to the I. O O. V. lodge at Rock
ville, Nebraska, and Mrs C, Sund
strom:
WHKRKAS. It is allotted unto man
but once to die, therefore be ye
ready, fcr in such an hour as ye
know not, the Son of man cometh.
and
WHKKKAS, it has pleased our Al
mighty Father, in His infinite wis
dom amd power, to remove from our
midst our beloved brother, C. Bund
istrora, be it
RBSOIA'KD. that we. the mem
ber of Alliance lodge No. lrx, I. 0.
O. F., In regular session assemltliil.
offer our condolences and deepest
sympathy to the sorrowing widow
and the members of the Rockville
lodge.
ALLIANCE 1ODGK NO Mtm,
By F. V. Hedengren
H. R. Beans
J. A. Hcplngardncr
Committee.
rCnglneer Carter is working at Ard- j distance of several inches. The
more at present. i front end of the boiler, held by
I j large steel boltB, was torn away as
'Irakeman I'ryor is i-niertaiiiiug a though it had been made of paper
brother from the Black Hilht. : a wstigce of th cab remains
I around t he firebox and all that
Engineer George Hicks tf liawima could t)e found of It was twisted
made a trip to Alliance the first of pieces of steel and charred pi ceres
the week
Conductor Koretrt Mil is oin the re
lief this week. He la suffering
from a severe attack of rheumatism.
Win. Sower of the switch yard
fonce layed off several days this
week on account of a badly bruised
knee.
Machinist Austin left Monday noon
for hla home In Seneca. He receiv
ed word that his mother was very
Ick.
Fireman Mc.Milllan of Kdgemont
1. 1 rived In Alliance on No. 44 Wed
nesday for a few days' vtslf with
friends.
Ki renin n Robinson, who has been
spending the past month in the Mack
Hills, returned to Alliance Wednes
day morning.
Night round house foreman. Van
o.rwert. was aick and i.,,ihle to be
on duty Tuesday night. Mr MiCill
filled his place.
of wood. The boiler, in its flight of
three hundred feet, had nearly
stripped itself of the heavy coverings
placed over It. The sand dome was
full of mud and the front end of the
bolleer, out from which projected
twisted steam pipes and a mass of
.shapeless steel, had burled itself in
the ground when striking. The en
gine trucks (it was a big elght-wheel-er,
four big drivers on each sldei
did not see.ni to be injured at all
excepting where the fastnlngs had
been torn loose when thee explosion
took place. It appears, from the
looks of the wreck, that the first
and most Intense part of the explos
ion was around the crown sheet
iwhich is surrounding the fire box at
the rear of the engine. The crown
sheet, which Is steel and half an
inch thick, was burned and torn.
The bodies of the men were brot
to Alliance Sunday morning on 42
and were taken charge of by the
different fraternal organizations and
relatives
K ire man "Speck" Ambrose left
Tuesday evening ffr Ravenna, where ' ing.
!i lias relatives. lie VMM gi to
North I'latle lor a few days' before
his return.
r-'in man It f, Trcnklr aecompan
led Mrs. Wheeler and the body of
her husband to the, heme of Mr
Wheel r's mother,. In Grand Rapid
"Santa Fe"
Funeral services
day morning at
church. Rev. O. S.
The members
Johnson
were held
Sun-
the Methodist
Maker offiotat
of the railroad
oid is as well as the Masons, of
which he was a member, were pres
ent in large numbers.
Mr. Johnson was born in lloone
Mlle, Missouri, June. IXM. The body
was accompanied by Henry Reiiuau
to Ipswn h. S l . where the mother
ol the deccastd lives His loss is
Mich. Mr. Trenkle will be gene for d eilv felt by his manv friends and
ten days. his fellow employes on the railroad.
When the B. of L. I K. or an - T Wheeler
otlter of the four railroad orders The arrangements for the funerul
start to do anything I hey do it with ol Kireman O. T. Wheeler were tak-
Q will. When one of their members ' ' are of by Alliance Lodge No.
H In trouble they ife not only ilielr M 3, B, of L, C & B. I!i , linker,
help and sympathy, but money to of the Methodist church, conducted
tide them over the time of trouble. ! 'he funeral services ai the Darling
I-
undei'taklng parlors B. I. Trenkle
Chas. Kredrlcks, a wll known A!- accompanied the body to Coldwater
I'tlMMI railroad man, has x c tied em- ! Michigan. R. C. W'lieeler, a brother,
);loyment in Canada, and has irc.ed arrived Monday morning and return
Moose Jaw, where he is working is ed with Mrs. Wheeler, leaving' Alli
brakeiuan for the Canudi in I'acifif ance Tuesday morning. Mr. Wheel
M". ."d Mrs. Fredrick have many er was twenty-seven years of age.
t'ds here who wish theijt health He leaves a wife, mother and father,
and prosperity in their new home brother and two sisters. The funer
I - , al services were held Monday even-
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Crilev ol Li v. ' ing. A large number of flowers and
BUREAU VISITS ALLIANCE
Members of Nebraska State File
Prevention Bureau Inapect
Alliance Property Are
Banqueted
MAKE INTERESTING SPEECHES
insston, Montana, arrived in All: ua .
dnesday They will spend a few
,. r with Mr. Crllley's aunt. Mis
elUe .Muran, 'then go to Denver,
i hence to Florida, for a month's hou
moon. They will be ut home at
ter March flrt in hlvlngstoi.. wbere
Ditiny is employed as condu- lor on
'tie Northern Pacific.
ALLIANCE MEN KILLED
Monster freight Engine Explodes.
Killing Thiee Alliance Men
Entire City Grieved
ENGINE BROUGHT TO ALLIANCE
A shapeless mass of sleel. looking
like a huge cannon of war, only
many times In - -r. was brought iuto
the la.hoari vaids at Alliance this
morn i g. loaded on two flat car. Be
hind th : r . llowed an odd. grue
so Hi) " .v.n. angcnitlkl of wheels
and tha teude of an engine. It 1
was all that inained of the mon
ster freight QhltaW '. that left
tli)- Alliance yards Friday noon at
the head of a fasi through freight.
No. 10H, and which exploded at 12:05
Saturday morning, four miles east
of From. South Dakota, inatautly
killing "Santa Fe" Johnson, engin
Iter, Q. T. Wheeleer, fireman, and
le wis Charles Suildsti au. head
brnkeman.
: i. 'i n- of people viewed the
hreeek Of the cnxiu hi the railroad
yards this morning and a large num
ber of photoH were taken. It .
aliuosi impossible for the human
mind to cgayeeive of the awful force
which was expended in tearing the
thick steel cniwn sheet from a hun
dreed sleel bolts, tearing off their
beads as though they had been
in. itches Id, lone ol thee explos
Ion. which was downward and for
ward, caused I he m.i slue', in
tearing Itself loose from the many
bolU whi.h tauum-d n, to pull Hie
rear end ol the monster fire box a
a beautiful floral cross were on the
ceekt t A telegram was received
wsurday by F. W. Hicks from Mr.
Trenkle stating that the parly nr
rived at Coldwater and thai short
funeral services were held.
Lewis Charles Sundstrom
Lewis Charles Sundstrom was born
in Howard county, Nebraska. Febru
ary ft?, IXK6. When still a small boy
he, with his parents, moved to Sher
man county, Nebr., on a farm two
milts southeast of Rockville, where
he lived until he was married to
Miss Kva Blanche Carpenter, of
Austin, Nibr., October 17, l05. His
parents then moved to Rockville ami
hi remained on the tarni four rear.
Ill then moved to Alliance. This :
was three years ago. He took a I
pcsiucn as liruKi iiiun on me raiiroau,
win h position he held at the time ot
his death. He leaves to mourn his
d. ath.a wire, two boys, used live
and three years.
FUBCfAl seniles were held at the
house in Alliance Suuday eeuing.
tin house was crowded with friends
and members of the trainmen's or
ders and the Olid Fellows, who as
sisted in the services and care of
the dead. Rev. F. A. W'oleii preach
ed the funeral sermon. The body
.is accompanied to(the di pol by fif
u brother Odd F Hows and the w id
c . and bcaly accollipauied to Uan
it a by Bio !' D. Weillel.
CARD OF THANKS
1 wish to thank the many kind
fri) nds who assisted during my be
ivaveniint and sorrow in the death
and burial of my husband. I wish
i ixiend my ilea ere thanks to the
i ail road men and the members of
the I. O. O. F. ror their kind atten
llcli and thought tullieb
MltS KVA Sl'N DSTROM
AND CHll.DRK.N
CARD OF THANKS
To the many friends who so kind
ly gave their assistance and com
fort, and especially the members of
the l: of I. F K . we wish to
r uder our situ ere appiecluliou and
Charles V. Hendiickson, state
agent for the Hanover Fire Insur
ance Company, of Omaha, chairman
for the board while at Alliance; F
M. Pond, state agent for the Fidel
Ity-Phoenlx Fire Insurance Company
of Omaha, state secretary of the as
soda Hon; Wr. 8. Harding, state
agent for the Springfield Fire-Mar
tne Insurance. Company, of Omaha; A
O. Evans, state agent for the Contln
ental Fire Insurance Company, of
Omaha; and J. L. Tliorburn, state
agent for the Aetna Fire Insurance
Company, of Omaha, together with
Hon. W. S. Rldgdl, Btate fire com
misstoner, were visitors in Alliance
on Monday. These men comprised
the members of the board selected
by the Nebraska State Fire Proven
Hon Bureau, who were here for the
purpose cf inspecting the business
and public buildings of Alliance. Fire
Chief Romlg of Alliance Is aUo a
member of this board, and accompnn
led the gentlemen on their trip of
inspection.
In the evening a banquet was ten
dered the members of the board by
the business men ol Alllai. i, Th'rty
flve of the leading Alliance business
men gathered with the members of
the board at the banquet table and
were given a fine banquet by the
Burlingtcn Hotel management in Its
spacious dining room.
John W. Gutltfe of Alliance acted
as toast master. Mayor j'. O. Barnes
made the opening speech after the
toastmaster had projierly Introduced
him as Walter O'Barnes. Charles
I'. Heiidrii kson. chairman, spoke
next, ills spiel) was in part as
follow s :
In German and Knglish cities an
Incendiary fire create as much ex
citement as a murder. In Frankfort,
Oirmany, there has not bee,u an in
cendiary fire for more than a year.
Some states recommend the estab
lidumnt of a secret service fund
for the use of the fire marshal iind
an arson burcuu as a means of re
ducing the fire waste In the state.
Indirectly fire prevention will have
a salutary effei t in solvlnj? the cc-t
of ttvibS. The fire losses In the
I'nlted t- ates in 11H2 would pay the
total fotereat bearing debt of the
country m four years; would build
the Panama Canal In le than two
years; txcoed the total cost of the
army and navy for one ye;jr; an
linater than the annual cist of t lie
Cnited States postal service.
fifteen hundri'd people are killed
and fi.onn are Injured annually as a
result of fire.
Fire losses in the Cnited Sta;t -and
Canada in I!I2 were over $-S0.
000,000.
Fire losses and the cost of firv
prevention In tne united states
. i mount annually to 4fi0,490,000, or
mere than the total American pro
duction of gold, silver, copper and
petroleum in a year.
The cost of fire each ye ir is one
half the ccet of all the new build
ings erected In a year.
Tin annual per rapita fire .waste
in the Cnited States is nearly $1.00.
In Furepe ;.: cemts. Cause: The
latter lias better coiniruction. less
carelessness. Increased! responsibil
ity. If buildings in the Cnited States
were- as fire proof as in Kurope, the
annual cost of fire looses and pro
tection would only $00,000,000.
Fins In the United States cot
over $500 a m'.mte.
The way to gel lower insurance
rates Is to hive fewer firts
New York city sp.nds $IU,niMi,Ouo
a year for fire extii uishinent and
$15,000 a year for fire prevention.
Spend more money for fire preven
tion and less will be needed for fire
extinguishment
The 90,000,000 people iu the Cnited
States usee more matches than the
900,000.000 lu the rest of the more
or less civilized world.
Over 1,000 fires In Chicago lu IMI2
were due to the careless use cf
matches.
Defective flues are responsible
for L! H-r cent of all the fires
Klec trie wires act property install
ed or carrying a greater current
than is required has caused many
fires
l-amp black Is dangerous w lu u mix
ed with oil. specially linstted oil.
Hay, it Is well known, when -tored
sway wet or too green, can set fire
tc barns by fermeutatlon. causing
heat to generate to the point cf Ignition
Dangers of gasoline: Gasoline Is a
dangerous oil and will ignite quickly
when near a fire or carelessly hand
led, though this can hardly be called
spontaneous combustion, and la men
tioned only as emphasizing the dan
ger of mineral, as well as animal or
veegetable oils.
Spontaneous combustion probably
causes more fires than arc attribut
ed to it, from the fact that tin order
determine whether a fire origin
ated in this manner It must be ills,
covered at the very bee-glnflng. be
fore the flames have conusmed the
evidence In its cause.
Sicretnry Frank M. Fool followed
next. He tcld of a gnat deal of
poor electric wiring In buildings in
the city and said that buildings With
poor wiring of this kind were in
great danger of serious fires. He
said that the motto of the associa
tion Is, "All fires are the same size
at the start." He stated that the
alleys of the city were dirty In some
places and that the basements were
particularly clean. He said that tum
blcweeds pile up in the aant lots
and alleys and are very dangerous.
He said a man with a wagon should
be hjred to haul away the trash
which is now burned in the "little
bird cages" He spoke of the good
work being done by Chief Rotnig
and that 1100 feet of the hose own
ed by the department Is geed, that
1000 feet more should be purchased.
He told of the urgent need of a
chemical engine for the town of Al
liance and said that one should bp
purchased at the earliest possible
moment.
State Fire Commissioner VV. D.
Ridigell, of Alliance, spoke next. He
told how that he now has 2i0 deputy
fire commissioners working under
hi in and how that by the end of the
year he will have 500 of them, how
that condemned buildings will come
down, and .stated that there are
from twenty-five to thirty fires per
day in Nebraska.
C. A. Newberry, A. D. Rodge.rs, W.
D. Rumer, and others, miide interest
ing talks.
Get an ad in the Industrial Edition.
VETERANS MEET
The United Spanish War Veterans
met in the council chamber of the
city hall Thursday evening for a big
lianquet. A good, big bunch "were
.present and a regular old-time reun-
1on was held.
Jack Reardon made a good speech. I
It Is said that when Jack was In the
Philippines he always drank coffee
that was brewed by the Chinese
cook. He said the coffee served at
this banquet was almost as good as
that they used to get in the Phil
ippines under the blazing sun.
REBEKAHS INITIATE
The Order of Rebekahs initiated
five new members on Friday even
ing. They were F. W. Hedengren,
J. A. Hopingardner, Inez Brandt, F.
A. Trubert, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd C.
Thomas. After the initiation cere
monies were over a banquet was
served by the ladles. It was certain
ly del incus and we know a fw who
did their part In diminishing the
food supply that evening. This
branch or the I. O. O. F. is rapidly
growing in Alliance and is becoming
one of the leading lodges.
Watch for the Industrial Edition.
NO FEDERAL BUILDING
FOR ALLIANCE
Representative Kinkaid Neglects Al
liance Until toe Late. Chad
ion Gets $110,000
"Slippery Moses" fciinkaid, who
was entrusted by the people of the
'Sixth District with their interests in
the bouse of representatives In
Washington, has "slipped one over"
on AlUance and neglected to ask tor
an appropriation for a federal build
ing here until the appropriation
bill, carrying an appropciat ion of
$110,000 for CUadron, has passed the
House and was In the Senate.
Kinkuid, Just before electir.n a
couple of years ago, secured an ap
propriation of $15,000 with which to
purchase the site for the federal
buildiug. This wus done, but siuce
t.ia time no action whateveer luis
been taken for an appvopriation for
building to be erected on the site,
It - cms that us long as Represen
tative Kinkaid is on the Job Alliance
-tands no show whatever of getting
hi'. Just deserts
Seuator Brown Is In Washington
Md Is making an effort to get an
.ipui-opiiation of $I2.JJOO for Alliame.
Si nator HltcfeoocJt, who Is in Oinahi.
i- bdiig a.-Ucd to use his influetK ,
I.; getting this appropriation tlaouc.
although it sevens (hat there its no
lope whatever of getting anything
.it this time.
Get an ad in the Industrial Edition.
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BIG VALENTINE SOCIAL
A big Valentine social was held at
the T. H. N.i. -on home, three and a
half ui.les northwest of the Falrvieu
church. About 125 persons were
present und euJoytd a fine banquet.
The proceeds of the so a I Went to
the benefit of the church.
Watch for the Industrial Edition.
SPECIAL TRAIN TO WASHINGTON
The Burlington will run a -,. I
train from Omaha to Washington, D.
Cm Hie inauguration of President
Wilson on March tth. The train
will have Omaha at t:.io o'clcck In
tlo evening on February 28th. This
will be u special train and will be
used by Governor Morehead. Reser
vations can be secured by having the
local agent wire to Omaha.
Get an ad in the Industrial Edition.
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CREAM
BAKING POWDER
You will And it a &reat satisfaction to do
More Home Baking
You will make biscuit, cake and pastry
clean, fresh and tastybetter every way
than the ready made foods.
Dr. Priced Baking Powder is specialty
devised for home Use, and makes home
baking easy and a delight, It will pro
tect you from the dread alum baking
powders, which are too frequently found
in the ready made articles, and insure
you food of the highest healthfulnezs.
An Alliance home was robbed this week
IF
your home or office had been rob
bed this week, and the burglar had
taken some of your valuable" papers
or other property which could not
be replaced except at considerable
expense, you would now be re
gretting that you did not have a
SAFETY DEPOSIT BOX
in the fire-and-burglar-proof
vault of
The First National Bank
$1.00. $1.50 and $2.50 per year
BIG NEW STOCK
will arrive the last of
this week
Come in and note the wonder
ful values offered and the big
stock from which you can select
Big Stock of t ii
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