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Loup City Northwestern. VOL. XVII. LOUP CITY, SHERMAN COUNTY, NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER r>, 1900. NUMBER 17. OFFER TEN PEI! fflT Coal Company Makes a Concession to the Striking Miners. TWO NOTICES P0STID IN DISTRICT Aline Worker* Are Warned Not lo lie T«ni|>lnl Ilf lmreu»<! — Kegulnr Ad value I'revluuHly Fixed—Sixteen I’er Cent Heller Wage* limn lief ore Strike. r PHILADELPHIA, Oct. L—The fol lowing notice, bearing date of G< tober J, wile pouted today in the vicinity of i.U the collieries of the Philadelphia A* Heading Coal u.ad Iron company in tlie anthracite region. Philadelphia At Heading Coal and iron Co„ October 1. Thin company will pay an advance of JO per cent on ull men and boys employed In Its col r lleries. This advance takea <‘tTi ct to day. It. C. LI1THEU, General Superintendent. Beneath this notice another wan posted which read as follows: Fellow Mine Workers, United Mine Workers of America Do not pay any attention to this notice posted by Mr, Luther of the Philadelphia A- Heading Coal ami Iron company, but wait un til you bear from President Mitchell of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica, or until you have decided by your own locals what Is right, for you to do. C. B. POTTK... Mr. Potter Is an officer in the dis trict branch of the United -.iiio Work er out America. The regular Heading company ad vance for the last half of September and the first half of October had pre viously been fixed at o per cent above the >2.50 basis. The scale for the pre eceding thirty dayB wife at the >2.50 basis. The advance of 10 per cent of fered in the posted notice by the Heading company is separate and dis tinct from the natural scale Increase and hence the total Increase to the miners would be 10 per cent. BHAMOK1N, Pa., Oct. 1 -Notices were posteo here today by the Phila delphia & Reading Coal Ac Iron Com pany to the effect that beginning with tomorrow an advance of 10 per cent on the net wages of all men and boys Will obtain. Willie some strikers said they were ready to go to work in the morning others hold that it would not. be wise until President Mitchell had Issued official notice as to the course y tin men sb , ild pursue. Interest i* manifested as to whether the Reading company's collieries will be able to work tomorrow, Irrespec tive of the question of the recogni tion of the mine workers' union by the mine operators. SCRANTON, Pa., Oct. 1.—At every colliery In tho anthracite region a notice will be posted Tuesday morn ing announcing a 10 per cent Increase In wages based on the present Beale, effective October 1 and, that the oper ators will arbitrate any grievance their employes may present. 1 here is no condition to be attached as to the men returning to work before the arbitration shall begin, so it Is to be inferred taat the men are privileged to meet in convention ami adopt any plan of action they may deem advisa ble before entering upon arbitration. It is supposed the miners will come together as members or the umon, llx the minimum of the concessions they will be content with and then go forth as Individuals to treat With their em ployers tnrough committees of em ployes. The arbitrations being con cluded satisfactorily committees of I employes will report back to the con vention of United Mine workers that they have come to a settlement and the strike will then bo declared off. This would avoid the recognition of the union by the operators and at the same time permit the union to regu late the terms of settlement. IIiim No C’onf4'mmIoii to .Muk«. FRANKFORT, Ky., Oct. 1.—The kcasq of Henry E. Youtsey, also charged with being a prlnciiml In the Ooebel murder, will bn taken up at Georgetown on Monday. The prose cution claim* that Youtsey wa* in the secretary of state'* office with H>>w ard when the *hootlng occurred. Yout *ey I* represented by L. J. Crawford and R. VV. Nelson, two of tne ablest * erlmluul lawyer* in the atHte. Colonel Nelson sent the following telegram here today; "All publications In newspaper* that Youtsey would make HetiNutlonnl disclosure*, and a* to agreement* with the common wealth, uru false." Auluiuiiltlle In llm Aruir. WASHINGTON. tVt l Lieutenant General Miles, commanding the regu lar army. In lit* annual repo.d to the secretary of war, will renew hi* sug Kesltoll for the Use of the autoiuobtle There are now at Fort Myer. Va . three automobiles. but they have not proved quite satisfactory on account of lack of facilities for recharging them with electricity. Meanwhile General Mile* and other officer* inter ested in making the automobile useful for the army have been waking tnvew tigat hms oi oihei power* than elec tricity, vihI W-uki l« vkul lass, JOl.lKr III thl. I Orth laU of th« lillsslt kiwi civmpaity this afternoon admitted that the entire giant. with J would l>e Idle on tl oudny Morning About J CUM) Hst-n Will l» »(?H teal No * a use l* given fur the »u *a* icsioa, nor U ll known bow long || wrl Inal A torrz in tiiu unhid status. Funner Secretary of .Igulmiltlo Will I'ru nout lllii ( dun. NEW YORK, Oct. 1.—Sexto Jopez, formerly secretary and confidante of Aguinaldo, arri.ed here tola/ on tho Campania. Lopez Is said to have eomo here at the invitation of Fisk Warren and he expects to explain to the peo ple tho Filipinos' side of their light with this country, Lopez is a small man, with a yellow complexion and straight, black hair. His secret 'ry, who rays that he haa known Lopez for eight years, I, a eo lonial from Queenstown, and describe* himself as a Britisher from head to foot. At the dock there was only one man to meet him, a largo aundy-baired personage who wan addressed as Mr. George, but to reporters refused to give his name, iI<■ iluted the i-'lllpluo and together ihey began a hunt of the dock for Fisk Warren, who finally made his appearance and tho party wuut to tho Imperial hotel. While coming up froi i quarantine Lopez gave out the following state ment: "My object In visiting the United | States Is not to interfere in American politics, l»ut solely to tell the American people what the Filipinos desire In ref erence to the future government of our country. It has ig»eu an id tliat my coming to America Is In the interest of certain persons and parties. We, as Filipinos, know no parties In tho United titati ■ w.- h n e on I. one de sire, to set k Justice for our country. “Those who desire to give us justice will no doubt be glad to know the wants and conditions of the Philippines. All we want is peace with honor to both parties and I hope to be side to show tliat the conditions of our country are such os to fit us for the maintenance of thut independence!" 1*1 »x for Nuiiiomii NmIIti'I. WASHINGTON, Oct. J.—Baron von Sternberg was at the state depart ment In reference to closing up that portion of the Samoan agreement rel ative to the payment to the natives the value of the rifles surrenderor by them. When the Germans assumed control at Apia they deemed It expedient to quiet, the belligerent factious. This was agreed to by the natives on the understanding that $12.50 for each rifle should be paid. Some 2,000 rifles were turned over. Dr. Solf, the gov ernor, has proposed that the payment shall he made under the proposition of the foreign consuls thut the con siderable amount of money Involved shall not lead to disorder among the i stive*. The three parties Interested It: Samoa at the time of the surren der of the rifles the United States, Germany and Great Britain—will Jointly contribute the amount re quired and ho difficulty is apprehend ed In malting the settlement. Prominent lt»llnm<l Mnn SIOUX CITY, la., Oct. 1—Word was received here today of the death of W. B. McNider of this city at. the Presby terian hospital in Chicago last night. Mr. McNider, until recently, was gen eral freight and passenger agent for the Great Northern railroad at this point, and up to a short time ago was district deputy for the Klks of the northern half of Iowa, lie was prom inent In all public enterprises inaug urated for the advancement of Sioux city's Interests. Mr. McNider had gone to Chicago to suhm't to un op eration for cancer. It was generally known that the operation was a danger ous one. To lliiiiif From <«*llovts Tr«P. FRANKFORT. Ky., Oct. 1—The motion for a new trial in the case of Jameg Howard, charged with Goebel's murder, wan overruled this afternoon. Howard was sentenced to hang in De cember. Additional affidavits wero filed this tin rning by the defense and counter-affidavits by the prosecution in the motion for a ni w trial. All of the affidavits filed by the defense ex cept one attack Jurors who seat In the case. One was signed by the defend ant and alleges that the jury was not kept together on one occasion, as the law requires. Uftooln \ft«*r th«» t'on ventlmi. K ansas CITY, Mo.. Oct. 1.—The Young People's Tent iterance union con vention tdosed tonight with au address by Eva Marshall Shout*, the national president. The meeting place of the next convention was left to the execu tive committee of the lllllon. to he de cided within the next sixty day a. The location will be at Lincoln, t'hlcago, Indianapolis or Los Angeles. The ( handier of commerce of I,ns Angeles has offered f.'.ooo to war Is defraying the expenses if It be held there. Cotaiiim W lltiMMl lti« t'ruM PARIH, Oct l (New York World Pabelgrut i Mrs. Potter Palmer, with her htisUtiul, this week gave her last reception and will l«sv < Parla October In, tiling for home on the steamer Is uts, !,l<»toi after s few days spent In Liiiileir All of , rs Paitn *r‘s efforts to se cure the dei ora Goto of the L* solo of HoSof have proved futile and sne has suddenly t om-ludcd to give up the fight. kisisCa Alleged Mvwsit. LONDON ik t I An Interesting re port i«>lues from KuiMti|s«in to the I effect that M*. Knu> t, in a Ui*r t« : hU wife tAMunrlag that he Is g Hug ) *<n a six moaths1 holidav. .aid. la sob »un>». that attar the captuns af Ms ha t »l «rp he Xn. s (he struggle • as hojH tet , Ildl runIIset. d tuoderalllu j hut that Mr ffieu* srUttmry l» , havlur overruled his tewnvel. All Sign* Point to an Early Termination of tbo Coa! Miner’s Strike. PRESIDENT MITCHELL IS EVASIVE l.ul.nr I.oitilcr Buy* Ten I'er Out Wuge Iucrtitnn Would lie * Cirnut VU'lory— I'ruInMa I’liill of IrUlmni nl Outlined iu llln|ntl<'h from liallctim. HAZLETON, Pa.. Sep:. 21).—Not standlng the minor* of settlement und of concession upon tbo part of the operators there was no change In the great coal strike situation here to day. It was probably the most Inactive •lay that President Mitchell and hi* oflcial miaff have spent since the strike began. That President Mitchell was waiting for Information from New York cannot be denied, a* he lntl mated several times during the day that something might develop before night. In the forenoon he had two lengthy conversations over the long distance telephone and between 4 und 5 o'clock till* afternoon he was at tho wire for more* than half an hour. To whom he talked he declined to say. When he was pressed to say something on the general strike situation he said: "1 his has been the greatest Indus trial contest between labor and capi tal in the history of America. If tho 10 tier cent Increase mentioned In the newspaper* Is cored, while far fom satisfactory. It Is the greatest victory ever achieved by organized labor and won under the most adverse circum stances. I, of course, have nothing to nay as to wnat action win be taken as to the acceptance or rejection of any proposition; this must be determined by the whole body of antnraclte rnln era themselves. Our organization will not make the mistake which has wrecked many other organizations of assuming the power to determine through Its officers the happiness or misery, the weal or woo, of the 500,000 men, women and children dependent upon the anthracite coal industry for a livelihood.” In discussing the reported 10 per cent advance offered to (he men by the operators, Mr. Mitchell said; “Under the sliding scale such an in crease would practically amount to nothing; what the men would gain in one day they might lose the next.” liy the sibling scale Is meant that the wages are Oxen according to the market price of coal. If there Is an advance In the price the miners share In It, and should there he a decrease the miners correspondingly share such a .decrease. If an Increase of 10 per cent In wages 1m offered the miners It will probably be done by means of posted notices and the personal visitation of representatives of the mine owners and not to the United Mine Workers, because the operators will not recog nize the organization. If tlip men so Informed desire to consider the prop osition they would have a meeting of their union called for the purpose of having the officers of those bodies no tify the three district presidents. These presidents would Inform the national president. As Mr. Mitchell Is not em powered to accept anything less than all the miners' demands, he said he' I could do nothing but instruct the men to refuse the offer. If the strikers should still feel that, they ought to entertain tnis proposi tion they can ask the national presi dent through a local union meeting and then >a district convention to call n Joint convention for three districts This request, however, would not be compulsory, the national president be ing allowed to use ills judgment. 6C0D ARMY MOVt CY MILLS. Order letuul Intended to litcmtao Demo tion to the King. WASHINGTON. Sept. *29.—Lleuten nnt General Mile* haw Issued a general order to the army Intended to secure a general Improvement In the morale and physical condition of the force. The order particularly directs the In culcation of patriotic principles, the celebration of national holidays by pa triotic readings, strict attention to sa lutes. respect for the llag and attentlo to good martial music, especially vo cal music. The Importance of disci pline Is dwelt upon and loyal and cheerful obedience demanded. It Is di rected that the three arms of the serv ice, whenever practicable he assem bled for Instruction In Imttle tactics, and It is ordt rad that there be fre i|uent marches and sports calculated to develop the military spirit iRiHifh llttrr* l-rfl • •• Mtfhf. I-ON DON, dept. 29 Lord Huberts reports to the war office under date of Pretoria, Hcpteinle r 27, as follows ‘ The If.ters sttackeil a portion of pM. get's fore* at Pienaars river station this morning, but were beaten off af ter three hours' light tug ' Puller occupied Mai mac river and the eastern side of Iturghers' ptsa on ffeptemher 2i, after alight resistance IMIbron, H>dts and t.lndtvy hate H< n feu upted." Sis M ml.lt i In IfiN'IMlN dipt Jh "The insuim ministry has rtilitml," i«ude* the Vo k' hslIU* (if Ik# iNllU Mall, and Manful* I to will probably *ur. ve | to the premier ship gush a change would ini al« I Japan's poll, y la t'h to* Mmr<fuIs |ta fevers hearty to ep-ra»i‘**» »ttb Great Mruaia and Mr.-ugly iipp>HMM the partition uf t hi«* or Huasi is a> n Isu-> there." son CO41 4S WELL Hit I'nltt.i Mint Worker*' I nlon Maj Tit l |> liltuiulnou* Tlrlili. HAZLETON, Pa., Sept. 2S.-~l'ros lilent Mlti lu*ll of the United Mlno Workers today sent a telegram to the central Pennsylvania bituminous coal field, which possibly may have the ef fect of bringing the soft coal mine workers into the contest which the anthracite workers are now waging against the mine owners. The tele gram was sent to Richard Gilbert, secretary of District No. 2 at Clear held, Pa. It was as follows: "Issue circular letter Instructing all mine workers In central Pennsylvania that they me not to load coal for ship ment into market formerly supplied by anthracite operators. We aio in formed that the Philadelphia tit Read ing, Delaware At. Hudson and New JeV b > Central roalroads are now at tempting to defeat anthracite strike by sending their cars Into central Penn sylvania to have them loaded with bi tuminous coal. Please comply with thin request at once.” President Mitchell said he had liceii watching the bituminous coal held closely for Just such a move as he alleges lias been made try the rail roads mentioned in his telegram and ho does not fear that they will make much of a success In getting the Hoft coal into tho anthracite market. The miners in tho central Pennsylvania re gion, ho continue*', are in thorough sympathy with their fellow workmen in the eastern purt of tho state and President Mitchell feels sure that as soon us they hnd that the coal they are loading or are asked to load is to take the place of the hard coal they will refuse to handle it. l-alior leaders do not expect a hub jm nslon of work In tho soft coal fields unless the operators Insist on sending their coal to the anthracite market. They also say that the Philadelphia & Reading, Delaware & Hudson and Jersey Central railroads being unable to fill theh contracts for hard coal are prevailing upon their customers to accept soft eoul wherever It can he used as a substitute. Considerable Interest is being manifested as to the effect of President Mitchell's action tu attempting to defeat the alleged move ment of the coal-carrying roads. This was a day of rumors. Around Btrlke JoiidrjuiirtcrH tnere were stories In circulation tnat Archbishop Ryan ami Senator Hanna were coming here to sea President Mitchell, that all tae coal-carrying roads had agreed to ar bitrate ull differences and that tho strike had been settled. The last mentioned rumor wan the only one which the labor leaders paid any at tention to and in connection with It they sent a telegram to the president of the union In the three districts cotujuising the entire anthracite coa'. held of Pennsylvania. ORDTRID TO TIGHT TORCIGNTRS. H«*cr#t liii|iftrliil Drirefa Mm hi to IImv« lit un InruiuI. PARIS, Sept. 28.—The French con sul at Shanghai cables under date of September 26 (Tuesday) that Tuug Full Stun has Just been appointed general of the western anil northern armies. The consul adds that accord ing to Chinese information the vicer oys anti governors have received a.i imperial decree instructing them to tight the foreigners and destroy them. Cro«'k#r llrl|fu<l« oflircrv KEOKUK, la., Sept. 28.—The Croclt or brigade association finished ith sua sion here this afternoon with a large campfire. The following officers were elected: President, H. H. Rood, Mi. Vernon: vice presidents. Colonel J. H. Monroe, Muscatine; VV. M. Penn, lies Moines; Lieutenant Daniel Hnibiee, Ames; Captain Mayes, lied Oak; eor respondlng secretary, D. VV. Hushmdl, Council bluffs; recording secretary, Captain (J. VV. Kepler, Mount Vernon; treasurer, Peter Koine, Dubuque. Muscatine was selected as the place fur thu next meeting. Wlilt» Opu t* *nelt«r*N ri*r*. GRAND FORKS. N. D . Sept. 27 — At a meeting of the republican state central committee today a le'icr was read from Governor K. b. Kancher, who waa renominated. In which h» withdraws front the ticket by reason of his bad health. He Is uow at Hac rainento, Cal. The coinmlttee ad vanced Prank White of Valley City, the candidate for lieutenant governor, to first place and put David burtiett of Cooperstown In his stead. Trn ftr r«m Itu rgm#, HAZLETON, Pa Kept It The As sociated Press late tonight secured fiom President Mitchell the admis sion that he believe* the mine oper ator* have agreed to make the mine worker* an offer of a to per cent In creaee In wage* Purl her than lhi« Mr Mitchell de* lined to talk its lui 1-era reticent alt day on the subject sad several times declared that he knew nothing of the rumors of a set tlement of the strike. H.ltlesfcie IIS t.i iks .tries. WAfflllNllTUK, ffept b of Urn ■ it war ahtpa which were l,i.| we«h or-terect to prureed to Ike Hvleai to rein tores the Astatic squadron lbs Al bany and lb* \V*lmin*'-u alre* ly hat* atarled o* their lc«« )»«r*«y I he Albaay satte-t from I'tsraeua y*a tev-lav and t-day the Wilmington left M-otievtdco for bah In Hiastl Th.io • •be will rrusa tba Attanlle and fncv.il I via Urn Mediterranean ADJUST MATTERS Tbs Coal Miners in Markle Blopei Aooept Part of Firm's Terms. ARBITRATION Of DISPITID POINTS Htiorlff of L,iix#ru* Onuntjr MuU»* Ar r»iig*-i»i»ntn for Kunlilnjt Tr»vp» frum Minmndunli If 0<a<vi*loti for Uielr li® Arlan* — I’liiuo to He Muintnlned. HAZLETON, Pa., Hept. 27.—The 'el sis at the mines of (i. II. Markle ft Co. hits boon readied. There were many expressions among the men toduy of dissatisfaction with some of thn firm's answers to their demands. The prin cipal grievance Is thn wage scale, They ask for only about half of what, the United Minn Workers are demanding. Operations ut thn Markle collier!#* wore suspended today so that the em ployes could hold a meeting lo dlacuss the Arm's answer. The meeting was held In thn fornoon and this afternoon the committee composed i f employes of the several Markle nib.es, with the exception of Ehervaln, which Is com pletely tied up, made known to tin firm the decision of the employes. They accept the Arm’s proposition In regard to the hoistlsg men from the slope, ac quiesce In the refusal to pay the engi neers hy thn hour and wa-H to further arbitrate all thn other gi levancss ex cept those relating to semi-monthly pay and the location of powder houses, which have been adjusted hy the an swer of Markle ft Co. I lit* Hit 11 H1BU ut’i nmi i.u i “inuiii m work pending the arbitration negotia tions and agreed to ask the flrrn to "deduct from the pay of each family that returns to work their quota for the payment of the arbitrator selected by the men," Judging only by the talk of the men It looks an If a considerable num ber of men will not go to work to morrow morning. The force of men at each of the Markle slopes; is now very shorthanded. The firm for the time being refuses to discuss anything in connection with Its future actions The request made yesterday by Sher iff Harvey for troops, although not re fused, was not granted by Governor Stone. The sheriff and the state offi cials at Harrisburg, however, have an understanding and If the necessity arises soldiers will be thrown into this region In short order. If this be done the first to arrive would le one of the commands now stationed at Shenan doah. There were no disturbances report ed In this region today. Rumors of contemplated marches of strikers are constantly in circulation, but as far as can be teamed there Is no truth in any of them. With regard to the general strike situation In the Lehigh Valley It ran not he said that many great gains were matte on either side today Some who quit work yesterday at the Tomhickon, Derringer and Cowan mines returned today. The Lehigh Valley Coal com pany reports more men working to day than nny time since the strike tx» gau. The labor leaders claim accessions to their ranks from both the mines at Eckley and Lattlmer. The daily pro duction of coal In the district Is stead ily decreasing. This is shown from the shipments of coal from the region today, which indicate a falling off of more than 75 per cent. POSIT.'ON Of THE POVVIRS. AuntrlM nml Italy Only Unverniueutt that Keply Favorably. PARIS, S«pt. 27.—It is asserted from excellent diplomatic sources that Aus tria and Italy urc the only powers which have replied favorably and un conditionally to Germany's note. It is certainly a fact that the replies of Russia and France are almost identi cal, involving the punishmeut of the originutors of the antl-forelgn assaults but not making their surrender an ab solute condition of the peuce prelim inaries Japan takes a middle course, lean ing a little more strongly toward Ger many. while Great llritalu declines. A powerful argument used against Germany's position was its establish ment of a precedent that would per mit the powers In future wars to de mand personages considered by them to be guilty leaders and that their pun ishment* Is deemed (it before peace ne gotiations are undertaken. Ar«p|»U r*m«|tv'a I'roptHliiuH OTTUMWA, la. Sept M Ottumwa has accepted Andrew Carnegie's *p j proprlatlou of |;.0,0<»o for a free public library, the election on the Issue giv ing s majority of almost i>»)0 In favor of the mesxure 212 were cast by male voter# The women were also permit t«d to vote and their majority tncrene* I «d the total to almost Suo The m»a» ure lost last June when 'he judge of | the district court held that the wontru wore not entitled to vote The male I vole in June gave a majoilty of It | arwius' the measure, the Issue carry ' tug only by the votes snot hs the we i men The etevtlon settle* the I tlon a< «i**u •• • Mein t r HhUTMIFK N*h he |it }4 — The pall** kwbed op n suspicious character •as pot him in the sweet hoe. It* Soon WOa spotted as the patty whs held I an * Itohemien named I vensht. II* tng near Virgin.* tit weeks ago It vanafci w*a sent f»r an t at anew Idea U4e*1 huger n* hi* WetiUat The : prtsuani dentes that he had anything j W> da with Ike Ml up hat It t* wow I known that he served time be fern TORN TO PlfCfS BY A TRAIN. Terribly lulu I lim<bi('ro.Hlng: Acclitent ut I'llitr. STANTON, Neb., Ort. 1.—At the railroad crossing Just cast of the vil lage of Pilger, in this county, Ed Us <tlck was struck and killed by a special freight. Me hail been in Pilger and w;ts returning home. He was seen bj a number going toward the railroad in a wagon, his team going at a smart jog. U stick tiad his need bowed upon Ida breast, apparently giving uo atten tion to his team or the surroundings. His team slowed to a walk as they approached the track and just not over it as the train struck the wagon back of the fore wheelB. I'stick waa thrown under engine and dragged for the distant i* of over a hundred feet. His death was probably instan taneous. Mis intestines, stomach, heart, lungs and liver were torn out of the body and lay some thirty feel from it. The right arm was cut off and there was hardly a whole hone in the body. The undisputed evidence showed that the trainmen made every effort to avoid the collision as soon as they discovered the danger, though ut the time of the accident the train was running at a greater rate < f speed than permitted by the ordinances of the village of Pilger, within whoso limits the accident happened. A broken Jug, which had contained whiskey was found near llie corpse. Murder Trial al Alliance, ALLIANCES, Neb., Oct. 1.—District court convened here Monday with Judge W. H. Westover of nushvtlle presiding. This will be the most im portant term of court ever held In Box Butte county from the fact that there are several very Imprtant crim inal cases to be tried. There are five criminal cases on the docket, two of which are for murder in the first de gree. Monday was occupied In pass ing on motions and setting cases down for trial. Tuesday the case of the state of Nebraska against Richard M. Cline was called for trial. In this case Cline Is charged with shooting and killing one B. C. Richardson last August. Cline and his wife are trav eling musicians and when they came to Alliance were t|lred to play music In Richaroson's saloon. Some diffi culty arose between Cline and Rich ardson and Cline was expelled from the saloon. This angered him very much and he got a revolver and son after met Richardson in a restaurant which Joins the saloon and after some words with Richardson the parties came together and Richardson slapped Cline and Immediately Cline shot him through the abdomen, from the ef fects of which he died soon after. It is alleged on the part of the defense that before Cline and bis wife were put out of the saloon that Cline's wife had been insulted by a guest of Rich ardson's saloon and Cline took the matter up and Richardson took the part of his guest and from this the shooting resulted. The state Is represented by County Attorney Smith F. Tuttle. Judge A. W. Crltes of Chadron, B. F. Gilman and William Mitchell of Alltance and the defense by Judge F. G. Hamer of Kearney and R. C. Noleman of Alliance. Much Interest is taken In the progress of the trial and the court rtioni Is taxed to Its capacity at each session. Nebraska Hoy Dir* In Luzou. SUPERIOR, Neb., ~ct. 1.—Letters addressed to Roy Henderson have been returned here bearing the word "deceased." Roy had enlisted as a musician in the regular army and left Chicago some four months ago. Since that time Ins parents have heard Just once from him. It seems strange, howpver, if Roy had died In the United states service his name had not appeared in the roster given week ly by General MacArthur. The let ters were returned from Vigan. north ern Luzon. Klerlrlc l.lglit at Allinnre. ALLIANC.fi, Neb.. Oct. L—On Thursday the electric current was turned on and the result is that Alli ance is now one of tue best lighted cities of the west. The plant is among the best, having two large incandes cent machines and one large arc ma chine and run by a large Corliss en gine. Th plant is housed in a good brick builoltig. ftOxSO feet, and etjulp l*ed with two large boilers and two engines. I'nrkMi rirfcetl In Oinalta. Pl-ATTBMOUTH. Neb. Oct. I.—A very large number of Plaltsmouih people attended the Ak-Bar Hen In Omaha While on the corner of Elf t.enth and Earnam streets I'red Kgeit berger had his pocket* pit ked and U now minus a gold watch and •- uo. ttliyhuni System tur Kilgtr. El Ml AH. Neb. Oct I. Eugar Is putting In a telephone system ! throughout th* city. A large uutuhwr , of phones are already in pl*«* and th* I streets ar* bristling with pole*. Th* ! company consists of Edgar bus urea* men and th* system Is th* Central Telephone riystvm of Hi. lamia. A U«»a NxUI tuatol. Pl.hTTBMol Til. Neb, ihl t A gold nodal runted. In whi<h lh> re I were SIS 'CMOUI!1! tiMg place «4 Murray Tuesday evening Th«r* wan a In a* alien law** from a number of surrounding tow a* fb# Judge# w«r* H*« Mt Garcia of Omaha. Hr NssrU aad Mr Ellaa of Nebraska City and th*y awarded th* medal to Mtsa Mec M> Irnaald of Murray The winner *a ye i« is f i M Aurora in November to i»mpat« Air the diamond medal