r Ik ALLIAKCE DIRECTORY Nebraska Farmers' Alliance. J. H. Powirs, President, Cornell. W. A. Potktk. Vice-Pree , Albion. J. M. Thompsoh, 8tate Sec'y. Lincoln. a. C. Faischild, Lecturer, Oakdale. B. F. Allen, Chairman, Ex. Com., Wabash. In the beauty of the Mliee Christ was born across the sea. With a glory In his besom That transfigures you and e. As he troTe to make mea heir Let us strive to make them tree. Since God is marching oa. -Julia Ward Howe. This department will be under te direction of J.M. Thompson. ate secretary. Short Items from Alliances on matters of jrenenu interest, questions when dispute have arisen, and any news beariu? upon the great work of our organization will be welcomed by the editor. Write plainly, on one ude of the paper only, aud address "All an:e Depart ment" AiUABCE-iNDisPBHDiiiiT, Lincoln, Neb. THE ANNUAL MEETING. (Continued from page 2.) We would be glad to get items rnvery eounty in the state n condition of the Alli ance work. - The Alliance Aid. Many of our members have suggested that the Alliance could take up mutual life insurance and make it a feature of permanent interest to the members. The consolidatioa of the Nebraska Alliance with the N. F. A. '& I. U. brings such an institution fully organ ized and able to pjy losses in full within our reach. It is called the "Alliance Aid" and gives to all mem bers life insurance at actual cost. The "Alliance Aid" has a separate degree work which is not complicated but simply for protection to its mem bers. Tho executive committee has ap- mntii ivn state secretary as "state- agent" for the "All! ance Aid" until definix arrangements can be made. All correspondence on tha subject can therefore ba directed to him. We should hav an active repre sentative in every county. Remember this is not insurance to make money but for mutual protection mU r!t assessments vearly. Insures ladv members same as men and has joint policy whereby the husband aad wife aaay take insurance jointly the amount of the policy to be paid to the survivor in case of death. Has an ac cident feature also. Write forsinstruc- tions and particulars. THAT GOVERNMENT RAILWAY. Another Letter Prom W. L. Greene- acted without their legal consent, there fore Resolved, That every sentiment of justice and fairness should urge the legislature of Nebraska to pass a bill conferring upon the women citizens of Nebraska, all the voting privileges which lie within its power to grant. Resolved, That while we incessantly oppose all unjust forms .of monopoly, we will henceforth oppose by all lawful means that greatest and most wicked of all preeent monopolies the open saloon and the liquor traffic. Report of committee amended and adopted, additional resolutions referred as recommended by tho committee. Recess. EVENING SESSION. Called to order at J:30 p. m. Pratt of Merrick county moved that all delinquent members may be rein stated by vote of the subordinate alli ance on payment of one quarters dues. Carried. Committee on resolutions .reported the following: Resolved. That we the Nebraska Farmers' Alliance are in favor of affilia tion with the National Farmers' Alli ance and Industrial Union. A resolution to refer this action back to the sub-alliance for ratification was voted down and motion adopted to con summate such union as far as possible at this session, and instruct the secretary to make application for charter for state alliance. President Loucks made explanations and suggestions and thanked the alli ance in benair. oi mefl.r.A. aci. u. for action taken. Committee on co-operation made the following report, and recommended the resolutions which follow: Your committe on co-operative sell ing and buying submitted the follow ing report, Inasmuch as all experience has shown that all co-operative selling and buying on a general scale nltnerto at tempted in the west have either failad or fallen far short of the results obtain ed by similar systems in Europe, and in some degree in the eastern prtioa of our country, your committee cannot confidently urge such general applica tion of the principle at the present time. And moreover it is impossible for your committee to secure within the few hours of time allotted to it the necessary information for intelligent suggestions. As we view it. the present great ob struction in the way of successful co oneration bv the'farmera of Nebraska, are the class combinations existing among manufacturers and large oom modity dealers. Our present unfavor able financial condition and the thinly scattered and unstable character of our norjulation. Until these conditions are changed we dare not with our limitsd knowledge and experience expect, a successful application of the principle fBrnild It. Poynter was elected rice-president unanimously by acclamation. The informal ballot for secretary treasorer resulted a follows: Thomp son 163; Wright 45; Pirtle 1. On motion of Wolfe of Lancaster the informal ballot was made formal and Thompson declared elected. Boot of Douglas moved that in the election of the executive committee each delegate shall vote for five and the five havirg the highest number of votes bo declared elected. Provided, there be five having a majority of all the votes cast, the committee to select its own chairman. Amended by Beal of Custer that we proceed to vote for members of the committee one at a time until all are elected and amendment agreed to. First ballot resulted in no choice. On motion the rules were suspended and B. F. Allen of Cass county was elected by acclamation. P. F. Barry of Greeley county was chosen in the same manner. Allen Boot of Douglas and Clark Olds of Box Butte were chosen the 6ame way. A ballot for the fifth member re sulted McGaw 49 votes, Mrs. Spink 44, Linton of Polk 23, ana on motion H. B. McGaw of Adams was declared un animously elected. Ballot for state lecturer resulted in S. C. Faircnild of Antelope receiving a majority of all votesast, and on mo-, tion his election was made unanimous. On motion J. M. Snyder of Sherman county was elected chaplain by accla mation. Remaining officers elected by accla mation as follows: Doorkeeper, John Shay of Adams countv. Assistant doorkeeper Henry Sheeley f York countv. Serceant-at-arms. H. a. Linton oi Polk county. Compensation oi secretary-treasurer fixed at $700 for the year. State lecturer to receive 9iW ana necessarv expenses After some lurtner consideration oi miscellaneous and unfinished business, . i i l a.1 a motion was aaoptea leaving wib matter of place for holding the next annual meeting to De cnosen DV ins state executive committee. The Alliance then adjourned. SOME IMPORTANT THINGS TOREMEM BER. The initiation fee for new members was reduced from $1.00 to 50 cents, art, 9. sec. 2. The fee for demit card from secretary of the State Alliance changed from 50 cents to 25 cents Art A, bee. 7. Sections 13 and 14 of article 1 repeal ed, and in lieu of this all salaries are to be fixed by tne state Alliance at iu annual meeting, or by the executive committee. By the action of the State Alliance any subordinate alliance that may have failed to report duriag tho last year can file a report for quarter eadiug Dec. 31 1802. with the secretary of the State Alliance and also with the secretary of the county alliance remitting one quar ters dues in full when they will be DEAR S, ed throusl Gulf of M ment. Sir iiCE Independent: -Some days ago I advocat or paper the building of om JNortn uaKota w mo Ico, by the general govern- iq tnat time, a. u ye many questions asked concerning the scheme. There are many who seem to think such a road could be built by the states through which it passed much moro easily than by the government To this I would answer that such a plan would, in my judgement be im practicable, for this reason: Amendments to the state constitu tions would necessarily preceed such a plan, and 6uch amendments could never Via r.ar-ip.d. not that the people do not wanV-i road, but because of local jeal ousies that would arise over its loca tion. For instance: Suppose such a line would be located through Grand Is) fad, Hastings, etc. Then Columbus, Kilrney, Broken Bow, Holdrege, etc.. wilild likely oppose it. If through IiVicoln. Omaha would want it. and so on over the state. If congress were to enact liiw to build the road everybody in Nebraska would favor it. And thus it would be removed beyond local jeal ousies of the towns and cities. As a means of keeping it out of poli tics, I would suggest that tho general management be placed in tho hands of a board of three, one of whom shall be selected from each of the three domi nant political parties. By this means you entirely divorie it from interfer ance with elections, and secure promo tions because of merit, and thus pro duce the best possible service to the people. I am glad to see that the state alli ance favored this plan in their meeting at Grand Island. We have theorized long enough. Now we must get down to the earth and do something. One brave, bold stand in congress by our men to put into praetico a measure for the relief our people is worth a thous and idle dreams of the most ardent dreamer. This is an age in which peo ple and parties are measured by what they do, and tot by what they say. The general in the army who marched upon the enemy it practical battle aad stormed tho brWtworks ot his foo, put down the rebellion, not he who re mained idle ant dreamed of victory. The raan who was for something to "turn up," dies disappointment, but the successmi , "turn something ur." If our men to in the legislature w situation with nr hearts, tho future And though we seem odds seem to be agaii and justice are on "lift uo our eyes, and tains round about us a nnA iarits." r " w Tho Weakness of Samuel. Way back in the seventies Yonng Samuel went to school, Perhaps he studied. Browning, too, For Samuel was no fooL Now Samuel runs a paper Not the Police Gazette; At least he ran it yesterday And claims to run tt yet. Once a man read the paper O! disenchantment cruel "Send Sam to the asylum Or send nlm back to school. "For Samuel's mind has wanders And Browning he decries; Surely had Sammy pondered At least he might be wise. ' Do printers study Browning, And do they play high-five? O: Samuel, you are frowning At the purest things aMve. "And you've gone a little farther Than e'en I care to go So as It stands I'd rather Not take Sam Cox In tow. "We'd make a wad of money Running a 'pink Gazette,' Bat you're a bit to funny. So we won't start tt yet, Uron the whole it's bettr That you pursue your 'Call' For running a 'Gazetter' You've entirely too much gall." As the Good Samaritan. Nebraska City, Neb., Deo. 27. General C. H. Van Wyck and his most estimable wife made thoir annual Christmas donation to the poor of this city. It consisted of the necessaries of life and was given lo families whom tbey knew were needy. The General always remembers the poor, and if the rest ef our well-to-do people were one- half as liboral and solicitious of tho welfare of the poor as he and his wife have been in vears tast. the poor of this citv would seldom, if ever, suffer for the necessaries of life. Omaha Bee. ' Nebraska Bankers Meet, Tho Nebraska Bankers' Association met in Lincoln December 20 and 21 . C F. Bartley of Grand Island wa? elected president for the coming year and A E. Cady vice president. Mr. Cady is well known as the chairman of the re niihlipan state central committee. The bankers seen to appreciate his political services very highly. Alter tne associa tion adiourned. the executive com mittee hold a secret session to arrange fnrwnrk- in the coming legislature. Thev will have a strong lofcby on hands backed by plenty oi ooouie. Vi a 11 1 in congress and tako hold of the hands and loyal full of promise. be Few, and the is, yet if truth side we may ld tho uioun- ull of horses .ectfully, Gkeekk. Mr. J. A. Edgerton, w has been doing such able editorial vy-fc oa the Kearney Standard, is going, send out Lincoln lotters to the rcioriyapers of Nebr'ka this winter. Jtnjj?apcr on the other hand we have instances from many localities in various parts of this state of successful and profitable shipping and buying conducted in a lo cal way. Especially is this true of the shipping of stock. Co-operation in the grain, lumoer, coai ana otner imge commodity business is also carried on profitably here and there, all governed by the local conditions. In other in stances it ha resulted in losses, owing to the above named reasons or incom petent management, one advantage of the mutual shipping of stock seems to be that it neither requires the outlay of capital or employment of experienc ed agents at home. In view of these facts your commit tee would recommend that -.this State Alliance, in the interest of a Tmsic eco nomic principle urge upon the mem bers of tho Alliance to establish trade co-operation in every locality where enough members can agree to, in such places where there is a possiomiy ui profit, and in' such lines that require no COnslOOraoie capiuu inicauucui, these local organizations to form in the course of time the basis of an effective general organization. Further and finally we would recom mend that this State Alliance create a social committee to enquire into the details of co-ooeratins buying and sell- intf and manufacturing as now existing and to formulate a practical plan for the application of the system in tais state. We have embodied this latter bu gestion in the accompanying resolu tions which is made a part of this re port. Respectfully submitted, Peter Ebbkson. B. r. Pratt. S. M. Darnell. Resolved That the president of the State Alliance appoint a special com mittee of throo members, whose duties it shall be to gather detailed informa tion about the successful systems of co-operatiue selling, buying and manu facturing now in force, to report same to the next annual meeting of the State Alliance together with a plan for the practicf.1 application of tho system in this state. On motion the resolution was ac cepted :and resolution recommended adopted. Secretary Thompson men reaa tne following resoluliom which was unani mously adopted: Resolved That we the representa tives of the Nebraska Farmer's Alli ance appreciate the kindness trf his Hon. Mayor H. D. Boyden, the mem bers of the city council and citizens of Grand Island for their generosity and kindness in providing a hall for our an nual mectin?, and for the cordial re ception of the delegates to the same; also the Pacific Hose Company's band of Grand Island for furnishing such ex cellent music for our mooting Tuesday e.veninff. and that we tonder to all those who have contributed to make cur meeting so successful, and visit to thn citv so pleasant, a hearty vote of thanks; and further Resolved. That we request the state press to publish this resolution. Election of officers was declared in order. The informal ballot for president re sulted in the election of J . LI. Powers, and on motion the ballot was made for mal and hiJ election declared unanl- date. The meetine was a success, tendance while not so large aa we have had was large enough for the intelli gent transaction of business and every delegate present felt the need for earn est effort in spreading the alliance work more generally among the people dur ing the coming year. The city of Grand Island treated the delegates with the utmost courtesy and every delegate went home feeling that her citizens had made every arrange ment possible for their convenience and comfort. The character of the work done will we feel confident tell for good on the future of the organization in Nebraska. "s Jcn The celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Whittaker of Dunbar, occur red on last Monday evening at their pleasant home. About thirty were present, all relatives of the family. An elegant supper was served at 6 p. m., and then games, music and conversa tion till 11 o'clock, when the guests de parted leaving many substantial pres ents of silver ware as tokens of the BRtflp.m in which Brother Whittaker and his familv are held in this com munity. I. S Whittaker is one of the strongest friendo and supporters of the ttllianna and neoDle's party in Otoe Co, and the wish of his friends is, that ho. and Mi estimable wife may live to ! witness many more mile stones on life's -1 . - v r xi journey. Whr He Sobbed. It is generally supposed that it H only judges have the power of shed dinsr tears at an advanced age. but eminetn counsel occasionally display this gift A century ago it wa com mon enough among lawyers. At Horno Tooke's trial the attorney-general (Scott), who was, against him, foil into tho error of justifying his own character: "It is tho little in heritanco I have to leave to my chil- drea and, with heaven's help, I will leave it unimpaired." Here he began to sob; and. not to be behindhand, the Rjlicitor-freneral (Mitford began to weep in concert. "Look at Mitford What on earth is he crying for?" said a bystander to Tooke. "He is cry ing. " was tho reply, "to think of the little inheritance Scott's children arc likely to get." Argonaut mon s. The president responded by briefly thanking tho Alliance for their confi dence and promising faithful efforts for tha natiua In thA VpflP in Mime. itrafla society.' --Ao outlook is ausplt-1 i... :pHjrpli calculated to cheer th? OUR FAVORITE LOW PRICES. THE BEST IS OUR KIND ALWAYS. WILL PROTECT YOUR INTEREST. ANXIOUS TO PLEASE. CEASLESS TOILERS FOR TRADE. CLAS0N & FLETCHER COMPANY BOOKS, STATIONERY, TOYS A5D WALL PAPER. ' 1120 O ST. LINCOLN, NEB. WHEN IN LINCOLN CALL ON US. CD CD X READ OUR PRICES. 56 riece tea set $3.49 I 100 piece dinner set $10. 23 in. Bisque Doll 20 j 30 inch Bisque Doll 40 Large Bisque Doll head 10 cents. A thousand other bargains too numerous to mention at THE GfYEAT IO CEfT STOPE,lt1pcolr,leb. m m 7s WHFN IN LINCOLN CALL ON US. THE DOLLAR TYPE WRITER. ABCDEFGHI JKLMNOPQRS TUVWXY Z&1234567890. . ::"!?- T PATS NTS PENDING. "Aa A Labor-Savins Device. I was immensely amused tho other day. says a writer in tho New York Recorder, at hearing of the device of a Newport swell who. while well up Ma attire, to avoid tho labor of dress- The at- Ifng COmplotely twice a day. It seems hat he Darticilarly oD.ects to cnang- lpg his clothes at evening for dinner at home, and so absolutely declined, unless he had to go out to dine, to put on evening dress, much to the horror of his mother and sisters. He finally confided his troubles to a young lady to whom he is somewhat devoted, and she suggested to him that when ho dressed in the morning he should carefully cover his shirt front with a napkin and wear high- cut vests so that this would not be noticeable. 1'hia she further added. would obviate the necessity of chang ing his shirt at eveuinps and so do away with at least a part of tho labor. He accepted the suggestion and now weai-3 a dress suit every evening. Joy icigns in his maternal household. and the sweu is more devoted to tne young lady of suggestive ideas than ever. . . .... l I .-A manhlnn llnln? 1 h RAltlS OllUlitV Of WG1K ftR IH6 H1CU nnVduriter and with ' 'e,tcr hePt a,,v lenlh- wm write VKTand m weU as Sworld ot Victor. Wdi and Ink. automatically. Well made, care ful ly kA tiXlV Telantlv finished, mounted on policed hard wood baae and packed in wood box with ink and full direction, Bach neatly wrapped and labeled. Price $1.00 Each, by Mail 15c Extra. , T. J. 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To a man moving right on the and and improving the same, can 6ell he same on payments, and make pay mania Rfl PRSV that anv man renting land can purchase a homo and pay for same without any trouble. All of this land for sale is so that perfect title can ho iHvpti. will deed freeof all incum brance on loan mortgages that not exist which falls due in about two and one half vp&rs. This land must be sold as parties owning same want to close up their Business. j. a. vYi,Mun, t, Lin coin, Neb. Office with Woods Investment Co. 29it ' 1203 O street. SiKitnlins With Mirrors. Few people understand the differ ence between a heliostat and helio trope. The former is a mirror moved by clockwork in tho patch of tho sun so as to throw reflections in a desired direction. The latter is a field mirror. The most romarkable thing about both is the distance which tho flashes may be thrown. A mirror of one inch in diameter is distinctly visible without tho uso of a glass at the dis tunco of eight miles, while two miles away it looks liko a very bright star. With either tho helicstat or the heliotrope it is possiblo to signal from one mountain-top to another M0 or 100 miles distant and. in fact, experi ments have shown that signals may bo transmitted from one mountain-top t unotner in the Rocky Mountains without tho least difficulty, a distance of 90 niilos. Globe-Democrat. TLere are 4.5U xmr ..- fish no how, massa,. Oalyspea.jin to him." "Ah, Indeed and what jiM he Burlington Konte Playing Cards, New designs, round corners, flexible linen stock, permanent colors, worth 50 cents. W sell them at 15 cents. Good scheme to buy a few packs, might-need them this winter. Eucher, whist, high five, etc. A. C. ZIEMKR, City Passenger Agent. The Progressive Society will meet at Kolicy's hall next Saturday B. Komine will speak on "Money and its Mission." The public cordially invited. 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