.A- I . V , -.. k nn n n n RFAO OUR 3 Double TESTIMONIALS Will romnletelvdeetro tha dair u Ipm j rause do alcanna, and may bSs 4 1 9 f The Atliance-lndependent IS the bcs Advertising medium la the west It Is especi ally valuable as s means of reaching the farmers. Its circulation isas large In Nebraska as the cir culation of all the "farm Joe rnals" combined. Give Tbb Alliance Independent a trial If you want good results. c VOL. V. TRAINS WILL BE IN Secretary Smitb Bays Bo, Conditions. But Under CERTIFICATE HOLDERS RIDE ONLY. The Train Not to Take On Passengers Till the Word is Given ior Settlers to Enter the Strip. Other Regulations. Washisgton, Sept. 13. Trains will run through the Cherokee Strip on Saturday next, so says Secretary Smith. Possibly nothing has been so pro ductive of pro tents and petitions as this one subject Tho contemplated action on the part of the secretary by way of stopping trains for a time greatly annoyed many of those who had hoped to get homes on the strip, and who, with limited means " of transportation, were placed at a disadvantage. Many boomers and strip associations and all sorts of so cieties were wirin? for train service. The leading men of Oklahoma and many prominent men of Kansas had asked for the same thing, and the question had been presented as strongly as possible W favor of train service. There were really very few who had indicated that an abandonment of the train service would be a god thing. Governor Kenfrow, after hearing that the secretary supported the idea, in , eluded the recommendation in one of his letters to the secretary. Aside from the governor and some of the fellows In the "sawbuck" gang who have fast horses, no one has appeared in favor of an abandonment of tho train service. After discussing the subject with some of the officials of the department the secretary stated that he had reached the decision that he would ad mit trains to the strip on the opening day under certain conditions. For twelvo hours before the opening no trains would be admitted. Up to the moment of opening to settlement the roads would not be allowed to admit passengers, but would have the coaches empty but ready to start as soon after noon us tho coaches could be filled with passengers. The trains were not to be run in the usual way, so that anyone who had a ticket could demand, under the law, that tho railroad should carry him. Hut it was to be a special service and only those were to be carried on trains who could show a certificate entitling them to take land in the strip, in order to be able to ride on the administration train one should have a ticket such as would satisfy the railroad company for carrying him, and then, in order to satisfy the government, should also be provided with a certificate from one of the booths. The train would not only be provided with the train Tew, but willt United States marshals, who would look after the matter of each man and would make certain that every wan on a train was supplied with a certificate. In this way he hoped to be able to keep back all who were going into the country for mere speculative purposes. It was suggested to the secretary by one of tho officials that this would rule out all the people who wanted to get into the townsites for the pur- nose of getting a lot and going into business. It is anticipated that there will uo many on hnnd who were nn ablo, from some cause, to gt eertifi cates. They also want to get into the country and go into business in town and want to get there quick, liut this class U to bo leU out and they are forced to look io other means for transportation. It Is required that no train shall be run at a speed of over fifteen tntlee au hour ami that they fcttali stop every tire inite. This rate of ed U supposed to keep the trains tack with tUo horsemen. His so ananiied that U will late at least an hour before the flrat train can leave the IWi. ThU W a delay at a time when tic- other fellow ar making ft 1 1 mo Into the Mrtp. U.ititmt tut i UitMtt t Ut.ratUa, WlllUUroWS, Me., Krpl. 1 . (in H'tbr nwtl William rtdleg will cMrrl ttt f ritntl slyla tba ooe bui drr.hh v sr f ll atUtroc aad U i lrom!Hl lltM l th acvumpaoy Iny cr m,niu will W luipri" luvila IUu id W ftH ut Kara alrvaJr W, axrpll Y I'rvM.W-ut t ltUud, IU. IJi.rn.rt l 11S af Naw !;. llirt.- t ulhUrt Hall of linH.stya. i;. dmc ,. rWl o hyri, Ivait Ju ( tha t hWafu iu;vxrliy, ljii i.nt'iii t J. ll.ip'bk Haiwr aliy, I ts4ii' !te Hauv f Kabaa U ifily ait 1 1 !- I ft t a it lU Ul f lha I Mttll(y 'f ,flH4. WaaUnl-Ta sa taJepvaJaat fmr AUkh VMk I.. Vwri t.! . i A ' T " 5 i i i ANOTHER INSURANCE FRAUD. 1 1 I l If A Bold Schauta to Ubtln Sloiiay on FaKa Drowntui FaiU. Philadelphia, Pa., Hept 13. July 20 William II. Gregg of Duluth, Minn., who had a short time previously ob tained 114,000 insurance in the Fidelity Mutual Life association of Philadel phia, the Mutual Life of New York, the United States Mutual Accident association of New York and North western Mutual Life Insurance com pany of Milwaukee, was reported as having been drowned in Lake Su perior by the capsizing of a small sail boat The various insurance companies were promptly notified of the death and proofs of loss, duly sworn to, in which the details of the capsizing of the boat and the drowning of Oregg were given by John T. Clark of Du luth, who accompanied Uregg and who was in the boat at the time of the accident, were presented to the sev eral companies. , Detectives were , employed by the different companies to investigate the matter and Oregg was captured in New York city and brought to Phila delphia, where he is now awaiting the arrival of extradition papers from Minnesota. CJark, who was with Gregg in the boat and swore to the drowning, is also under arrest. Ilailnesi Men Meet In Conference. Wasihxotox, Sept 1 The na tional congress of business men con vened here to-day with about 100 men representing boards of trade and com mercial interests of the principal cities of the country present. D. R. James of New York called the assemblage to order. Baying the object of the meeting was to call for the immediate repeal of the purchas ing ' clause of the Sherman act and then consider financial interests of the country. Km lu raaha Surely Dead. jHtussELS, sept. 13. Advices re ceived from a Belgian officer confirm the story of Emin Pasha's death, Tho Belgian officer says that he has found Emin Pasha's journal; that the last entry was made December 31, and that he hns obtained possession of the dead explorers botanical collection. i ne omcer aiso has m his possession thirty tons of ivory which Emin had scattered among the natives. The Uurglar Knaily Fooled. Emporia. Kan , Sept. 13. Last night Judge li W. Cunningham was awak ened by a burglar aud met a midnight marauder face to - face on the steps. "Hall, said the burglar, "or I will shoot you." "I'll shoot you," replied the judge, at the same time raising his hand to his eye with one linger out stretched like a revolver barrel. With out further parley the robber fled. Office-Seeker Mimt Wait. TVashinotox, Sept. 13. The presi dent has as good as told Missouri and Kansas members that he will make no appointments in which they are inter ested except such as appear to be nec essary until the silver fight is settled. The cabinet officers occupy about the same position. Morton franklv tells the Western people that thev need not ask for anything just yet. liltiuitrrk Keported Itetler. Kissisokx, Sept I .It is officially announced that Prince liismarck con tinues to improve. He has left his bed every day since Friday and has walked about his toomi. Ills suffering is from sciatica aud is less acute. Two Victim ofa (iaeollue Stove, (it 111 mi k. Ok., Sept 13. Mrs. Staltio Gillette, aged 03, and Miss Irene John son, aged 20, were f itally burned last night by the explosion of a gasoliue atove. NEWS IN BR It P. The Delaware peach trop ! the liirget ever known. About T.ouo.ouu basket will be marketed. Mats S'flck. a well-to-do farmer at t'ort IKnlgo, Iowa, suicided un account of the I of a favorite cow. The claim agalnt the Union fMn and Trunt company at Mm city prove la bi double the lUMtitte l tirl tHnff!ci The American Wir .Nail company cf Aftdrroe. IntL, employ iff soo men, ha potted a notice that hivatltr the company wouM wivr.tl !i lu mill bmu 'union WlUUm 11 in of Topek. a a .tcrUry f ut In kana dur ley th lo term ( ti,icrar Hum t hry. pf 1 t. ui,.Tt ta Kana t ty, St a, in a trt tun. When tho Newark. nu.lrr u!l. In or.hr, take faff ilcpj,rtr fue Ku Janeiro, but tw.i ut tb thirlaa tar shlM whU-h romikxui I he Auieri- ran Meet wilt U Ut ttume water The 1 1 ewua,U m( the Amrt- UaWera awmlalloa lt.ta dm. Wrmlaed ta ka.. ih tlefwrrat ia. t0all anaatt .iirUoa atttWa.t! WMintM,t and 'I hur la. IvwWr 1 1 LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1893. Ml 1 VUIUHU WIVUUllI Express Trains Robbed Thieve,- by Indiana CAB BLOWN OPEN WITH DYNAMITE. Booty Reported to be $300,000 Engineer Seriously Wounded Twenty-five Men in the Gang. $15,000 In Gold Overlooked, : Kendallvillk, Ind., Sept. 13. Lake Siiore express train No. 14, the New York express, was held up and robbed by twenty desperadoes at Kesler siding, west of here and 140 miles from Chicago, just after midnight this morning, one express car blown, up with dynamite, the safe blown open and the engineer shot through the shoulder' The robbers, according to the best figures obtainable here from train men, but denied, as usual, by express officials, secured 8300.0J0, of which 250,000 is said to have belong ed to a Chicago bank and was being sent to if ew York. , As the train was passing through a stretch of timber land near the siding, the engineer saw a red light ahead and slowed up. As the red light drew nearer the engineer saw the group of men. In front of the light the nraln came to a stop when a dozen men sprang into the cab and leveled rifles at the heads of the engineer and fire man with the order "Throw up your hands." The fireman lifted his arms at once, but the engineer with a cry of warn ing on his lips turned toward the' passenger coaches. A dozen rifles were quickly turned toward the plucky fellow and a dozen shots startled the passengers who had been awakened by the sudden stopping of the cars. The engineer, Darned Knapp, had one hand on the throttle aad at tempted to start the train. One of the desperadoes pushed a big revolver against his shoulder and fired. The bullet passed clear through, tearing a hole in which a lead pencil could be laid. THE EXI'JtKSS CAR HI.OWX UP. The next moment there was a ter rific explosion. The robbers had put dynamite under the train, and as the stillness of the lonely place was broken the express car cracked and split and showed a huge gash in its side. Tho conductor and tho brakom.vn hurried to the platform only to be covered by Winchesters in tho hands of men who said they Would shoot to kill if a move were made. The rail road men became motionless and dumb. A guard was put at the end of eacn car and the express car was at kicked. I he messenger behind his barri caded door refused to obey tho com mand of the robbers to open the car door. Miot after snot was fired at tho car but the robbers soon saw thev could gain no entrance by intimida tion. Ihey were prepared for this re sistance and seizing engineer and fire man the? used them as bucklers, 1 he messenger then surrendered. II. . m ne whs soon disarmed ana witn a blow on tho head leveled on the lioor senseless. nan a uozen 01 me twenty men ... 1 . then looted the express car. Dyna mite was aguin used in opcninir the safe aud the thieves used their own time in taking everything thoy thought worth carrying The ltooty included several lurge puckage marxeu 51.000, 53,000 ana so on. These were carefully examined before they were stored away. The guards at the door of the pas senger eiKiehe were culled off, a few parting shot were fired ,urhap in the air to wurn thoe on the train that pursuit meant death, and tho band of robbfr disappeared In the wmHttd htreteh of land that skirt the railroad .NO r41K or THK HMI'KKAlHtL'. A fjnt a leg eould carry them messenger ran to Kendatlvllle ta spread tlia alarm. Thekherlff of the county, aroused from be.l, called oik all pear him for help, and n a poate of rexlletu of KendatlviUa ware Hfdiiia? along the highway o the scene of the hold ws Thy aciurad th.t tlclnHy. beat through the truH and traveled mil through Ue aumU but thev could Itmt Nothing. tttltiif that the rubber had route from t htiHi;t the aherirt routed out a Wlegraph operate and wirvl ta the tHko polite the try of the rob TtitfthnamU herlni wteeked ! oh t pi t ar, the ru'iber 0011 lent) lltDtttM Uv with looHtfa tl alone an I oui.v effort le forva an tf tnce I 1 'H' ee,tt I 'I he r... 4 4t lv the crakhin of tho l h, a lHd)B)tnittMu wa hi . 1 , 4ittt It wa the ir laklitta . v tMtin ha. that Ik ttl t the head vt rbtcr. 'Here uow .ag piueai, wuowui volunf BEHKENra and MIME 'B!. the patient, by the nse of oar SPEC? Pa ring treatment patlenta ar alio pulna until mica ttinaa they ahall We send particular and pampli! b glad to place euTcrere from any tlou with pereona vho have been cui MIL! 'A TIRLPTB era. tm wa a lively scramble among the pas sengers to crawl under the seats and secrete what valuablos they hod in sight, such a watches and other Jewelry. I STOKIKS OP HL0E 11 A IT tlKXIKD. ' General Snperindent Crosby of tho United States Express company de clared this afternoon that they were early lug away national bauk notes, but secured mostly papers worthies to them and overlooked $11,000 worth of gold bullion. He denied that f?73, 000 had been taken. In the safe blown open wus a sealed bag full of pack ages of ubout the same alze aud shape of packages of bank notes. These were marked 11,000, $3,000 and so on. These figures indicated what some of the packages were listed at, but prac tically they were worth no more than the paper they contained; thotr eon tent consisting of settlements with agents, reocipts for moneys, legal piipcrs, etc., which can all be dupli cated after a time, The senate has confirmed the nomi nation of Alexander McDonald, of Lynchburg. Va., as minister to Persia, SILVER MSN . FIRM. A Cornpromla Seemingly the Only Hop ' v . i tot a Volution. Washington, Sept. 18. The disap pearance ' of ' panicky , condition! throughout the country, coupled with what is now understood to bs the firm purpose of the administration not lo accept any compromise on the silver purchase repeal question, has nerved the ultra silver men In the scnato to fight indefinitely rather than yield without conditions. Had the flurry continued the pressure of publlo opin ion, so it Is reasoned, would have been too great for them to withstand, but now, with a pleasant "You see tho Sherman law wai not responsible," they are getting in trim for a fight to the death. , , . .. As the case stands tho senate op pears to be 1,000 miles away from a vote; the repeal men are In a clear majority; the silver men will not bo able to hold half their anti-repeal strength to filibustering purposes, but it seems that there will then re main enough of thcrn to frustrate any attoraptto get a voto on a measure carrying no recognition of silver. All that could move them would be tho pressure of tho public sentiment That they profess to fear no longer now that the tide of prosperity lias set in again so strongly. If they shall hold to their present purpose, which strengthens daily, the country will see the most notable leirlslative dead lock in its history. ino seriate tinance committee, at Its meeting to-tfay discussed at some length tho resolutions of Senators Stewart and l'eirer. the latter refer ring to the failure of national banks to maintain proper reserves and cash the checks of the depositors and tho lormer cirectmg the secretary of tho treasury to furnish information as to tho possibility of a deficit No conclusion was reached but there was shown a more favorable disposi tion towards the reporting of the res olution than many, Including their movers, had supposed they would re ceive. It seems probablo that the resolutions mny later be favorably re ported in some form. Tho committee also considered Mr. Morgan's bill re pealing the law providing for the re demption of subsidiary coin, the pur oose of the bill being to keep the Col t:!!nn coins in circulation, but also .cstponed action upon this measure. The neiiHte. WAsinsoTox, Sept 13. In the sen ate tbU morning Mr. Stewart' resolu tion providing for a senatorial com rnitteo of five to ascertain whether any senator wa Interested a stock holder or otherwise In any national bank by unanimous consent went over until to-morrow, and on motion of Mr. Voorhee the repeal bill was Uken up and Mr. Mitchell of On gun wa recognised and proceeded to ad dreaa the senate against the U1L ' Arrte4 for lJla Itaaltery. Ahkasa Cur, Kan , Sept 11 Joe Reynold, formerly a aecrel service ageul of the I'rUco, wa arretted here to-day o a warrant charging him ith complicity in the murder and robbery at Monad Valley, He we wurkinga aw extra iiimaa whra arretted It I aaUl Ueynold left here tnrdy talarUt and avt back Kua. day tilght aud without djubt ai?r flered tit espr uieeugr. Hfa tMnr(t liefoee Salullk ( Hit tint, e;.t. it,-father A. M J. Utile of I'Wsrc t'liy, Mt, appemed Wfr Moa!i!ir loll I trday and n-iM ill hi ! of tha rawloiij Peeutitg iwlyH umi ait f Uihoa j. ,i, lloa, ol k Ksnsa til daieeee. t akhcr lliae a he wa r i uh piea4H unit the irtlat reeeuHa g t a Him Uv Mjn'jiof- i.ta TaHt. Caailee aatol at lae lout of U btreet U the moat pwpvtlftr (aruer koe la Uacv!a. thti II M a 4t. i vrisT i I 3 1'. REGISTRATION LW No Decrease in the Line Beekeri. of Home- THE TOEOE OF 0LERI8 INCREASED- Serious Sickness Caused by the Dust and Heat Praybf for Rain Danger of Prairie Flrei. , The Willow Springe Doom, A rkaxsai Citv, ICatt.. Sept.,' It The result of th drit day'i registra tion of CheroUeu strip hums scokers was certiQcstas !uad in ten hour. When , time was catlod at night there wa seemingly . no diminution of th line and enough remained on the ground to give. the present fore enough hard work; for four day. ' The force was increased dur!ngthe day by two clerks and a land office clerk was dlspatchod on the evening train to Wichita for more clerks. 'A feature of the registration I the large number of women who stood in line all through tho mists of the night and heat of the day. It will be ruin ous to many of the men's constitu tions, but the women teem to have stood it first rate. ; When night fell on the first day the long lino of dusty, thirsty, tired men sank wearil' In the dust to piss an other mlserai le night Then another Industry came into existence. Hoys had gathered from hedges along the road and in the fields with their arms fall of branches and corn stalks which they sold to tho boomers and soon all along the line small campfires gleamed and twinkled In the darkness. The boomers tang songs and called to one another in tho night. . Occasionally a man would start the cry: "Hoka Smith," with a long drawn, mournful intonation which would be taken up and flow along tho line with as many different inflections as the human voice Is capable of. Many menhavobaen made seriously sick through tho exposure to the sun and dust. The physicians say that tho dust is causing more sickness than the heat Such dry weather as Is now experienced In this part of the country w as never known, Everything is like tinder. Everyone is praying for rain. If rain docs not come soon, a ere at danger will confront the homo seekers when thoy at last get on tho promised land. The prairie Is ta dry that tho least snark will start prairie fire which will soon spread and mav co3t tho loss of much property and many lives. ' If the drought coutinues tho horses will commence to suffer for water and when the run Is made many of them win soon drop from exhaustion and have to be shot and left 1 ho crowds of people arriving are increasing instead ot diminishing. In spite of the thousands at the booths the streets are jammed and it is estl mated that at leant 4,000 people are niuica to tno floating population. The townsite excitement in no wise abates. There is a line In front of the Willow Springs town oflloe a block long. The place will start with a popuatiou of at least 10,000 people Saturday. The location of the town at the ou!y spring of water in the whole strip and tho fact that so many business enterprises have -nade ar rangement to start up at once hero is attracting the crowd. Th troop are tumble to control the sooner movement and many say that registration will only aid the sooner. It Is openly sal J that tho soldier nro In sympathy with the swncrs and while they will eject any that they may come aero they w ill not hunt for them. An organization i b.'lug formed by the boomer w ho are em ploying men who have exhausted Hie ic right to take publlo land, to go in and mix with the eoonera and e cure evidence against them by being able to Ideutify them If they attempt to file. uM a lu Ua t'rout kiNtiriaiii ii, Ok , Sept 11. Deputy l ulled Hiale ,Mnthal (tarltett f hi Uemt, ia Mint lit with a bed limn from Kanaa. whom he hunted .Iowa ami arretted in the ttle Home tain. In the tioi thwttru part of the t herokee strip. The follow n l Perry Packett, and he la wanted la Mwtttuar rotiaiy foe attempted murder, rrliuiaal awtault aud several charge ut hore tlraSiuif i'w la tll wtart MMilii. M-k, fut. U(Vul Mlt .inl is ktttrViititf fro4 the loug reatiaued drouth The very late cor I failure, and ho gruead I au boa ' 4t) that plowUM l lipal bU t iat ervwk and vlkee trm la ttm U'itty are lower than they h Iven for )er aod tu .i U tiic f.MH'i te ktuUef water It tt k The Alliance-Independent Advocalet Tho free and unlimit ed coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1; la other word, the restor . atloa of silver to the place It held in our cur rency from 1792 to 1873. That the Sherman law should not be re pealed unless a law more favorable to sil ver Is substituted for It NO. 13 THOUSANDS ABOUT ORLANDO. IteaUtritlon Frooeedin( Slowly-. Perry tha Point foe Matt Hen. Oki.ando, Ok., Sept. 13. The crowd at Arkansas City is the largest of them all but It is hourly augmented in such (Treat numbers that many are leaving and crossing over by train to this place from which point there trill ba a better chauce of securing claims. Orlando is about the nearest point to the Perry laud office, where all agree tho big town will be built On this account there are more horsemen gathered here than at any other point and the ehiof struggle will be for town lots at Perry or for quarter sec tions In close proximity to the town site. From here also the "stripper" will spread east and west along tha border, especially east near Stillwater where a rush will be made for tha rich lands south of the reservation of the Oloes and Missourlas and still further east for the equally good land south and west of the Arkansaa river. "' ' s The registration Is progressing at the rate of six a minute. It is esti mated that there were 15,000 persona In line or waiting yesterday morning. This is probably an exaggeration, but no matter what the number may be It Is inci easing faster than the clerka employed in booths can reduce it and unioss they ucgmtogain soon they Will be compelled to work through the nlghtt and even then doubts are expressed as to their .ability to give certificates to all applicant before the hour ci tns opening Saturday. Twenty eight hundred were regis tered yesterday. Hut it scarcely made an impaction on tha crowd, the line being longer at nignt than when tho. booths opened and thousands were in camo on the ndjicent prairie. The clerks worked ten hours, but quit promptly at 6 o'clock. The crowd then settled clown to wait the nlghf on tho ground. Men, women and children, negroct and Indians were packed in a common mass. The wo- m.. . I. !,.. ..!.. t,,.t it...l nature finally asserted itself and they stretched themselves upon the ground nd slnot. but they held tteir posL tions In the line throughout the night. Soldlors were present but made no at tempt to preserve order, At 0 9 clock this morning the crowd organized a set of co umittees and ; gave the people in lino numbers, counting them off in blocks of six 1th a captain for each block. The numbers preserve the places in tha lino and five on every block are per- : mltted to leave their places temporar ily. This prevents soonering aud at ' the same time gives the people an op- portunity to obtain food una refresh- ment The scheme is a boon to the ! women. . . There is a rumor here, said to have ) originated with Agent Svvlneford.that j the Interior, department, In order tp I make an even race as nearly as possi- I bio for all, will place soldiers alonar i the border with orders to make every- j Dody ride at not to exceed a mild can ter. The report pleased the majority of tho crowd, but the Texans, cow boys and other swift riders are pro testing. Crowding Through Guthrie. Guthhie, Ok., Sept J3. Traine of wagons a mile in length and in squads of forty and fifty are passing through here to-day bound for the strip and hundreds are coming in on e tcry train. Inspector Swlneford state that all arrangements for the opening are now completed and there will bo no hitch anywhere. The scarcity of water is causing much suffering everywhere, Near Stillwater several children have died from exposure and for want of proper care. Harry A. Pract of New York city died here last night from expos ure while camping on tho lino. Assistant Secretary of tho Navy McAdoo will represent Secretary Herbert at the ceremonies incident to the acceptance of the caravel Santa Maria by the United State govern ment at Chicago, QFor the present, at least, the trouble growing out of the iwliiir of 3,000 sheep by Mexican custom officials on what I claimed ! be Texan soil, hba been brought to an end by order for the aurrender of the Mexican official, The report ent out from New York that Ctiarle I'.olilimon of that city had Wen slated for the placo made vacant by the resignation of Asstataat Secretary of Slate Quiney, la not credited itre. Secretary Gretna in declared that be knew aothlnf of It, Tu d ife'ourage vagrancy and ta drt away aa anticipated 'Inter swarm of tramp, alui ta prevent ptl!eace antoorf rrlnir lu a erow,l4 city la It. lLa tvvittnuit luuni-il of TaAiiua. lh., ha enacted aa ordlaaaee r qatrinf kaower bath is the Jail twle a da Henry German, a tWMutaeat farmer who lite ar t ult.m, Uu, touk the train Jvou I ulMa ta Hr Ubttrg, la., u Aug et t, U lit rvlattve In teat plaee ta aui Wen heard trm la. It I Nated that he ha met with dwl blay, Mr. Urma I aUiat It f ar t l we. li "NT ""ZIZ a"