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. 4 . fil cirj f he Alliance-Independent The Alllance-lndependem X Ihe esttseSBr- Advertising medium In the west. It U eepecl ally valuahle as a means of reaching ?he fanners, ita circulation is as l&rice in Nebraska aa the cir culation of all the "fmn Journals" combined. Give Thi Alliano Indxtendebt a trial if you want good results. VOL. V. t . To Every Lover of the People's Cause ! fk VOkUPTEETl WOPKEPS' COppS. Dear Reader: We are working for you and yours. And that our work may be made effective to the utmost will you not help us in our efforts to reach and educate the people? We have no means at command to send a canvasser to your neighborhood, and if we had, no stranger could do as successful work as one who knows the people. We must depend on voluntary help to advertise and intro duce our paper, and we appeal to you for the cause' sake, to help us reach as many as possible in the circle of your acquaintance. It need not be an expense to you. It need not take much of your time. And by telling the truth about the Populist state paper and handing copies to your friends you can easily induce them to sub scribe. Is not this your part, your propaganda work? . That we may know our helpers and communicate with them we ask that you sign and return the appended pledge, to do simply whatyoucan for The Alliance-Independent in the way of getting subscribers. ALLIANCE PUBLISHING CO. Lincoln, Nebraska. Knowing that in the great impending conflict with the money power we must have votes to win; get the people to read the truth; less those now aroused bring one and attention of their neighbors; promise to do my share, and will five new subscribers for The Alliance-Independent within the next ten days, sending in subscriptions as I am able to get them at club rates. Dated 189.. Name. Town. State. ZEKE BILKtXS IN SACKCLOTH AND ASHES. A Bis Row Kesults From a Discus sion of the Tariff Question. B. "Hello! Mr. Editor." R. "Good morning: Major. Hope you are welL" B "I'm not feelln' enny tu gude I've bin in sackcloth an' ashes ever since I cot disappointed erbout the re vernew persitlon. Betsy she laffed at me an' wanted ter know If I hadn't better wear mournin'. That made me as mad as blazes an' I pin Batsy sum strate talk." R "Of course you were disappoint ed, and so were about 20,000 other pat riots for revenue only. But sorrow and disappointment generally humbles a man and makes him trore considerate." B. ''I guess you are right, but that doesn't rattle in a man's pocket like new s liver dollars I've bin a votin' fer tariff reorm for 30 years, an' seein' I wasn't goin' ter git much, I thought revernew reform would sorter take it place an foften down things a little. Say, I bed a big row with Betsy over the tariff the other day Stie wanted ter go ter town an' buy a new dn-si whether or not. I told her sho must wait till the panic was over. Sbe 'lowed that we Demokrat mid the panic was all over when silver was demonetized. I told hr tnet I hadn't stld so. J. (J. Sherman, Czr Reed, Grover H i rln, John Carlisle an' Wannaraaker M rton an' sum of the other big lKnvkrat load er a'd it was over an good tlms were here, but I wuzn't cola ter say so till 1' was to, More'n that I tola hr thtl bad falkd tor v it my revernew position oln' ter the fact that I cm du't git In half a m!e ov Coll-ctor S,raiuons when he wu givln' out pie, hnce ths longest polfs got all the slmmons. Then h 'lowd that didn't make enny difference frr w would nave tariff reform an' tverjldy wou'd be m-a an' happy She said she Didn't had a new dr i five )ar, oIq' moat'y to the high war tariff an' the dagger of argro supremacy, Now when my pry U la an It h a tapped the pant by dVroy. lu'orie h,f ov tb tuoney In tb country too tmwh ru ny U lu' ths cau of hard tiroes, h thought It time for the nw urn to f aUadd to, 1 tol her th ew tariff hilt vi strictly a Urlff fur rvverarw only an' wuio't one ov then iltfh fabiUitt' MtKiidry Mils whloli C,-v fvttilu an brought la reftr- and that to gain votes we must and that tbis cannot be done un or more of our papers to the hands I, therefore, freely and gladly exert myself to secure at least new, tooC She wanted ter know what gude it would do ter call it a tariff fer revernew only, when the MoKinley bill an' all other revenews will lack $50,000, 000 of bringin' in' ennuff money to pay the government expenses this year She 'lowed there might not bo as much protection in it, but wanted ter know what gude it would do people to pay the fame tax, pay the same fer goods, even though the duties on some articles were slightly changed. I tell you that wuz a stunner, I'll hav ter git President Sherman or Secretary Smith ter explain tha fer I can't. Without a reduction of expenses, an' nothln' is sed erbout that, Betsy's logic holds gude, an' there can be lo beneficiil reduction in the tariff as long as the government is short ov money, even under the McKinley bill. I believe Betsy is an anarchist, or she couldn't ask questions that nobodj can answer. Good bye." Progressive (N. C ) Farmer. We are extra tilled up with matter th's week, and some interesting com munications are held over till our next 1 SUP. We take pleasure in calling attentl ;n to the card of the Woodman Llnocd Oil Works of Omaha, which appears in thiilsiue. TbH concern Is known alt over the West, im operations extending to the Paclfi Coast, and It la not tailor t much t y that most of the largo feeders in this state are ulnir their Ground Oil Cake, wbluh meets with favor wherever fed. If you have never tri d this artio e. procure tome and lest its merits for jourMvf. TouiUta from MinmsuU Points Commencing Oo oh -r 5th, a Tourlsi car leaves Mtnu-api lu every Thurwiay morning an t run to Piiob'u ana via A bert l to Columbus J amnion, ar rivlnc at 11)7 p. m. and thr cuu.m with our C. It. I. & I'. train No. IS wMcb will hold at that point for ar rival of the II V. It A N train tairr mg thaler, and via KanCltr arrive ai lubl .'OtiaU mornipK. lUgtaplrg Octorvr lUtb. TourUt car will la Altwrt vry IumU moro!j? and run vt Minneaooll A si. l.out.Ky through A)guttUsMtni, arriving at nignt, ana hr lay o. r and ua-a wrs' 'Hig KUm" Krl day m ining, and run vt 1 1 iina, Ll iIb atul IWii-vllU ti I'ut hJu, Call ih. Nattennaa A . for -nlMr' . wagwn. NUr, I all Una liuileine.u, VV U uc aa rlgot :il timiih Nnh Hi , l.lo.xin. Tasa Tu a au unck ltKi'KM3t.N'r LINCOLN, NEB., THURSDAY. ; DECEMBER 21, 1893. WANTS A CANAL. Fremont Aff'.tatlns; a New System of Tower Sapply. Fremont, Dee. 19. Another move is on foot to carry forward the project cf building a canal to utilize the Platte river for power purposes in Fremont. A few months ago a survey was made by an engineer imported from Chicngo for the purpose, but according to the results of his work it was decided that the cost of construction would be so great as to render the plan impractical. Mr. McDonald an extensive railroad and public work contractor who re sides in this city, was not satisfied with the report made at that time, und so he has been , investigating the matter and he has come to the con elusion that the engineer employed last summer got his figures many times too high. At any rate it litis been decided to have another engineer make the survey in the near future and if his report confirms Mr. McDon ald's opinion in the matter,' there is rttle doubt but Unit the canal scheme will be pushed through within a year. Homa BTandamut Cae. The Home for the Friendless at Lin coln is plaintiff in a case versus the State Board of Public Lands and Build ings. Plaintiff wishes the court to compel the board to audit and approve vouchers for the home. The board contends that they should have power to discharge or employ help: that the revenue of the home should be turned over to them, and that the home should be brought into the same relation with them as other state institutions. The board al.so banks on the statute which provides that, "The government of the said home shall be by and under the super vision of the society of the home for ttie friendless; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be so construed as to prevent the board of public lands aud buildings from establishing rules and regulations for the government of such home in any manner." . The case was taken under advise ment by the court. Valuable Collection of Wood, Ex-Oovernor Furnas was in Lincoln Monday to superintend the unpacking and setting up of his celebrated collec tion of woods which was exhibited at the world's fair. The collection is now open to visitors in the rooms of the state board of agriculture at the state house. It comprises over 4,000 specimens and is the result of thirty five years work along that line. Nearly all the wood has been turned and polished by the ex-governor him self. Each piece is attractive in itself and collectively they form a display beyond value. Secretary Furnas be lieves he has a sample of every wood growing in Nebraska. If he has missed one he wants it. The collec tion is enclosed in a large glass case ten feet high. At one time an offer of J!),000 was made by the government for the collection. rieaded Guilty. Omaha, Dec. 19, F. Lucchesi was in court yesterday morning and pleaded guilty to the charge of embezzling $'-iG0 from the Omaha News company and was remanded to the district court and bail fixed at $1,500. The prisoner told Assistant County Attorney Day that he would plead guilty in the district court and wanted his case railroaded through as quickly as possible. Lucchesi is the man whom Captain Mostyu brought back from New York eitv. In thnt. city the prisoner was living under the uuiiiu vi vurua ana ne ana inn wile were trying to start a lodging house with the stolnn mnnnv. I iii.l,uiV wife Is still in New York, not having enougn money to pay her fure to this eity. New Militia Men. Adjutant General Gage went toOma ha Monday to ba present at the mus tering in of a new militia company which has heretofore been knows aa the Thurston rifles. The company cum priMia fifty-live men, commanded by I'uptaln Arthur 11. Miarp. Julm Fey is the first Leuteuant and J. Ilurrixon Johnoon second lieutenant. The adju tant general wm aeconpanU-d by In-'vetur-Ueneral llotolilixmi. Surgetw Genera! tilffen f this pity: (V.lonrW J. P. Itratt of Bennett, O. J. ltilla of r air bury, C U Adam of NuTr!r. M. P. httumway of S skeiSetd and J. J. Prrnh lar of JJneoln. Governor ("rouu rwuld not g, a he had arranged to at lenii m irrigation convention at Norli PUtt. Hpwvtat Premium tiftr. To Uit ifcra -n q Ita In t lartf.t.l lUt of yearly ufeM-rth-r ui Tim AM I ANCK ttM'Kl.T hw'wia IV I Vh i ay tVhr d tha 11 Uy ? J. J'!, I wPlaWn lhnruutfhhr-4 lrfr Knila l'Mp!g,lilH're, w r h wot ! U'Rfitii.iH tl. M H'lU.t ,. ntns T ' dlrflh; i te tutti):) irw liver tn Ilea. ik Prealileut Gompere Ke-Klected. 'Chicago, Dec, 19. The American Federation of Labor re-elected Samuel Gotnpera president for the twel fih con secutive time bv a rite of 1,314 to 1.223 for John Mcliride of the United Mine Workers union. The other officers were all re-elected. i Mew Trau-i'ontlnental I.lne. San Francisco, Dee. 19. The Call Is authority for the statement that ground will be broken inside of sixty da vs. and work begun on a compet ing trans-continental railway out of San Francisco. The company is said to be the San Francisco and Atlantic. Akeson Murderer Found Guilty. Plattbmouth, Web., Dec. 19 At 3:20 o'clock yesterday afternoon the jury in thecaseo'f Hill, who was tried for the murder of Matt Akeson, brought in a verlict of murder in the first degree and declared the penalty to be hanging. Beuweira t'ane Called. Pi.attsmouth, Dec. 19. District court opened at 10 o'clock yesterday morning and the work of securing a jury to try Ben well, the accomplice of ilill in the murder of Akeson, was en tered upon without delay. The prisoner takes a livelier interest in the proceedings than Hill did, and in pos8essed of more cunning, but less self-reliance. In uppearance he looks lilce a pr..e fighter. His attorney gave his real name to the court as John Iienwell Carnes. and it Is s.tid he will go on the stand and tell all about the Akeson murder, and that Ilill will help him out in an effort to get a peniten tiary sentence. ; A Truity I nt runt worthy. Shortly after midnight Monday the Lincoln police were instructed to keep a lookout for Charles E. Johnson, who escaped about 11 o'clock from the pen itentiary. Johnson was a trusty and it is supposed that he just walked out of the gate. lie is described as twenty seven years old, light complexion, light brown hair, sandy beard, blue eyes, five feet eight inches in height and 149X pounds in weight. A reward of $50 is offered for his capture. Arrested Two Suspects. Holdreok, Neb., Deo. 19. On the night of November 27 the station agent at Bertrand was knocked down and robbed of a money express package containing 91,000 intended for the bank at that place. Yesterday Nathan Chall berg and Alfred Q. Axelson, two resi dents of the place, werr arrested and brought to this city. Their prelimin ary examination will take place next Thursday. The detectives of the ex press company who worked up the case claim to have a sure thing on them for a trip to the pen. THE MARKETS. Knna City. Prlcoi wore quotoj at the clow an follow: No 2 bard wheat, 5lo; No. 3 bard wheut, Wo; No 4 bard wheat, 4i)o: rejected, 46o: No 2 red wheat, 53 140 No. 3 red wheat, 504$5:!.' No 4 red wheat, it UVa Cobn Wa H to V4c lower Shippers con tinue active buyers and local demand was fair Receipts of corn to d.ty, onr; a year ago, 73 curs. No. 2 mixed sold at Hi0;io Kansas City No. 3 mlxoJ, SJo; No i 2o: No S white. ?0',4'ft30Vo No 8 white, :iO'l,3t)o: No. 8 white and mixed sold at Mfl'4 Memphis. Shippers bIJ S3o Mississippi river for No. 3 corn. Chicago Hoird of Trade. Chicago, Deo. 19 -The followlni table hows the range of prices tor active futures on board of trade to-day; Deo l& Op nd IHj't Lost 1 2 Imo la WuAT-ioo. Cl4 7-, .0 e7, 4 ft :i iTl, iSl flts - .b , ' 4 VH :i '. May 67 k .0', M , -7S i4 : -TV Jtiiy I ec J nn i-Bfl W .v t'lUK- l0 12 lit J .n. ia ft May I:.'" (.AHD- iK-o 1 . I Jaik' 7 I is in 12 U IS HI tw ts ! ' i) t.i, 4 13 HI : ii 7M .M l .12 W i I : It n t."i 7S T i , . W , , : 7 :t t ts M x l li May t ; S rtB- !: hit j ui ! i'. in May l" 1 . 1 . 1 U.I 1 t ,A M...MM . .Itfh.d im mill eora, ol. ii I er. bo;, . OU bnad KeiMlpU at ttilc o lody -Wh vit vlolnr, M ear, enalreci U etr. siruw ISJer Boiiirki'l, Si em " ailer e-miraut, ai ir u, sar euutract. tu 4r KAi'A4 HIV IIVK IIIHK, K4l Cltr Ml, ln l-Callle-l: tr'cl )., MetUfd kt. VM Mtvet 1 attlio irl tv. Sil Ta Mrt $ntHt utihnK4 t,-r mot very alilt cuw nn l ri avilre fsdi'iH btJw an t tjitv re ry auiet lmMtt beef anl nlila tt.wr W IN e an-t hmtHr ti l i 1 1 TeMa. ltlta l-er M t T 4t at ( 4 (tu, here aa-t . K' t ni i I U S v ia II we - K.wi)i, lute tuf4if Mi J tup ii iur-ut l a Tat epi i4 Ike Xiuiiii ei.e sat W hi he I ! llt l bt!S wt e e t Kt i A aial Ik IS a4 ! t k I I I ,y , ,t 4i,r,r Iff l h I xtMt. I'M tirl twt-t if mxiM h. lua' r4 ; M SI a ,1 cm r t.Mi uk tl& toe a. m r pteea ' . . w r m wt m 'I t 4 I tMl .... lit a at ... it lt A HIGHWAYMAN SHOT. Thomas H. Harnett Laid Low by Ballet at Kansas City. Kansas Citt, Mo., Dec 19. An nnknown highwayman was twice shot and mortally wounded by Jacob Iiarner, night manager for the Home telegraph company, at the corner of Sixth and Wyandotte streets about i2:45 o'clock this morning. The high wayinan was armed, and just before being shot sent a bullet Into JonnJtur ton, a hack driver, who fought against being robbed by him. He bad just robbed a negro near the same spot a few minutes before. The dying man at first refused to reveal his identity, but was finally prevailed upon to give his name. He said he was 1 nomas 11. liurnett of Chatham. New llruns wick. He did not blame Iiarner, and would have killed him. ? Fearful Voyage of a Hark. Mki iiduhnu, Dec. 19. The bark Trafalgar arrived here yesterday from Itutavia after a fearful voyage lasting forty-eight days. During the passage the captain of the Trafalgar two ottl I'ers and three seamen died of fever. Several other seamen were prostrated by the same disease. ' A youth only 19 years of age navigated the vessel after the death of the captain and officers. Fell Into an Open (Irave. CAHi.isr.K, Pa., Dec. 19 At the funeral of Margaretta McLure, the only child of the late thief Justice U ibsott yesterday afternoon, as the body was be;iig lowered into the grave in the presence of a large gath ering of people, the undertaker Alex K. Wing slipped and fell head fore most upon the casket He was lifted out of the grave in an unconscious condition and it is feared he will die. A Striker thot. Apom.0, Pa., Dee. 19. Last night the ba I blond that bat developed be tween the strikers und the non-union men at the Apollo Union iron mills resulted in a collision that will end in murder. It appears that a party of str kers got after a man named Mason and beat him. To protect himself Mason fired into the group of his as sailants and shot William Kelly, a striker, who was active in the attack on him. Kelly's death is only a ques tion of a few hours. fit. Louis Zoo" Mortgaged. St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 19 The St Louis Agricultural and Mechanical as sociation was to-day forced to mort gage it personal property including the zoological collections to raise 6, 000 to apply on overdue salaries. The real estate consisting of some 51)0 acres of ground. was already covered by a mortgage," and the personal effects had to respond to this last call. Letter Carrier Pound Drowned. Cincinnati, Ohio. Dec. 19. Henry McMillam, a letter carrier of this city, was found drowned in the Ohio river here yesterday. An interesting feat tire ofthis casualty was tha revelation thttt McMillam leaves an unincum bered estate of 8100,000, comprising a woolen mill in Indiana, several farms and a number of houses in Cincinnati, Newport and Covington. He lived in Newport Chief Harris Impeached. Tahuequah, Ind. Ter., Deo 19. The lower house by a vote of S3 to 10, passed articles of impeachment charg ing Chief Harris with misdemeanor aud malfeasance in office for refusing to issue credentials to the agents charged with the sale of the Cherokee atrip bonds. The matter now goes to the senate. Herd t,f HafTalo Found. DrNvr.a, Col., Dee. 19 A state deputy game warden has found another small heard of buffalo, larger than the one found in Iot park last summer, in N rth park, ltoutt county, a region more UoUte l than any other part of Colorado. The herd la aald to vtnaiat of two d i urn of the rart anliuala A Ian lu 'Hlwr leil Pi.AixeriKt.m N. J, lve.19. Ueorga II, lUU'o-li. the lu veil l.n of the fa nioii It iM-ook fire extinguUher, died vetrnt. , e?t 63 years. He was the frt in veil tr f a chromatin printing tir.'-a and during the war Invented thi Mirt'i?ll aUeiU He auiaaed a Urge fortune. l'relleMl iMter Ite-I.leete4. Out' too, Doa !. The A me r lea a Federation of t.tir re-a'.evted Hatuuel timfwra pre. Ment f r the twelfth w utive time lf a t i l.ill K for J.ilm Moll rid a uf the United Vnt N or It era tin on The other ofiltera were all rw-eleeted. a. Ntx ) attv :, I Hm. I'J -lh Call U autu rity t ata emeut thai fc-ri.on l wtl W troken in ile t ! ' jrs and Wi'fk brjfua ia a hiu et j tri e.'iu nental radway out of I rwe I ti0 e.ui(iany U d la 1ms tt.e .Vii f4iviai,a an t AtUattok The free and unlimit ed coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1; i other words, the restor ation of silver to place it held In our cur rency from 1792 to 1873 That the Sherman law shcu d not be re pealed unless a la more favorable to Oli ver is substituted for it. NO. 27 HURLED OVER A HILL THREE MEN ARE KILLED IN A FREIGHT WRECK. FOURTEEN LOADED CARS SMASHED One Hundred Head or Cattle and M Many Ho-a slaughtered One Hal Fatally Injured and Three Otuere Slightly Hurl Cheaapeake, Ohio and southern Koad the ltUaetroua Scene. Louisvi'LE. Ky., Dea 19 Section Jot Ho. 14, freight train of the Chesa peake, Ohio and Southwestern road, north-bound, was wrecked at 10 o'clock yesterday morning, and four teen cars, ten stock and four loaded coal flats, with the engine, were thrown down a' steep embankment between West Point and Muldraugh, Ky., twenty-four miles south of here. Three lives were last, one man prob ably fatally injured, three others slightly hurt and about 100 cattle and as many hogs slaughtered. A RARE DOCUMENT. Pronator Thomaa, of Philadelphia Has the Original Connotation of Hawaii. Nkw Yobk, Deo. 19. It is probabla that the only copy of the original constitntlon of Hawaii is that in the possession of Professor W. IL B. Thomas, of Philadelphia. Professor Thomas has for years been collecting rare documents of a public ana private character, and many of the tiberartaus of the country nave trieo to secure some of them, bat Pro fessor Thomas will not part with them. Inasmuch aa some of the Hawaiian documents seem to sustain the posi tion taken by President Cleveland ia the Sandwich Islands controversy, Professor Thomas it about to offer transcripts of the originals to the government The documents were printed for the benefit of the natives nearly half a century ago in the Haw aiian language and afterwards trans lated into .English, but copies have never been published In this country. NIKS. HI A Y BnlwK 9 MUTnER, Preaent naroneaa Von ftoqnes Dlvoreed From an Italian Conot In Indiana. Columbus, Ind., Dea 19. A letter has just been received here inquiring about a divorce for the present Baron ess Von Roques, mother of Mrs. May brick, now in prison for life in London for poisoning her husband. The di vorce was granted here in the name of Mrs. Caroline Dubarry In the common pleas court in 1868. Mrs. Dubarry and her mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Hal brook of New York, came here and resided one month and year in the state with her little ghl, then S years of age and now Mra Maybrick, and was divorced from Charles Rebello, an Italian count, who forced Mrs. Dubarry to marry him under duress and fraud in New Jersey, October, 1866, and then de serted her in an hour after, sailing on a South American steamer for Vene zuela. FLOATING LUNATIC ASYLUM. Two Maniacs Die on Board the Paelfla Mall Steamer Klo Do Janeiro. San Fh a nci sco, Deo. 19, The Pa cific mail steamer Rio de Janeiro, which arrived yesterday from China, was a floating lunatio asylum during the voyage. It brought the corpse of A merman Consul General Alfred D. Jones of Shanghai, who died seven days after leaving port a raving ma niac, and it also brought Purser J. IL Mahar, late of the steamer Peril, who was also violently Insane. COAL MINK ON FIRE. One Operated by the tale facia at fcvaaalwa Wyoming, Harelag. Evaxstom, Wyo,, Deo, l. About II o'clock Saturday evening No. T coal mine, owned and operated by the Union PaelQe railway, situated seven in I lea north of this pUeo, was dis covered on fir. Up to last even ng all trforta to quencH tn Bantea had been unaueeeatfuL No on aerrn lo know how the tire sUrted, at leaal if s-i they won't tell tolled lo tteath ltKrtbKxct, Kaa, Pea 19 Charles Winner, an employs at th I riaoo mm4 nous at Wslr City, met with a serious accident, which tHi l his Ufa. lie waa aider the eng at work whan tta soma way an e. pip Weatna tpeasd and atrtaai ft UdUaf water and steam utfk him la taa &e 4 shout ler II managed to erawi front ntr the nkia aad ? la ai nana, hat tl was u tl t be for RaedWaA aid rearh.l u.ui. and before the dovtvra arrived be dieL