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Want a Watch?
YOUR REPAIRING

We can dOat reasonable prices
and warrant all our work for
twelve months.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Feared q Mob,

ST. LOUIS, Oct. 19--It is belived
by the police that the mystery of the
murder OF Mrs Kate Lauman, whose
dead body was found lying by the
roadside near Normandy Thursday,
has been partially solved through the
suicide of John Williams, a negro ar.
rested as a suspect. Williams, who
said he had recently come from Miss
issippi, made several attempts to
sell a revolver and was arrested. lie
asserted his innocence Of the murder
but finally, under severe questioning
made the remark, "Well there are
others in this, I'll tell you more
about it. A small fire occurred near
the jail and caused some excitement
After it bad been eXtinquished Sher.
III Hencken went to Williams cell
and found the prisoner dead. He
had hanged himself. 1t is thought
that the excitement caused by the
fire alarmed Williams into the belief
that mob was approaching the Jail
to lynch him, and search for possible
accompliceS in the Lauman murder
Is being made.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Peonle Eat Less Bread.

"Well, how's business?' asked a re-
porter of a wholesale flour agent.
You would be surprised" he re-
piled, ''to know that in the time of
general prosperity we are selling less
flour than in hard times. From 1893
TO 1895 | sold more flour than ever be-
fore or since. Business is thriving in
many lines, but the country is too pros
porous for the flour men and the bak-
ers"
why is it? Simply because the peo-
pie have money enough to buy other
things than bread. When the country
IS hard up people get along ON bread
hs the staple of the table Now they
use the fancy cereals, breakfast foods,
can use more meat and vegetables and
generally expand their diet, which, Of
course, lessons the demand for bread"
Washington Star.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Rather Embarrassing.

A Washington friend of Mr.. Reed
named her favorite cat for him. One
morning, when the Speaker was call.
ing on her, he stroled the cat, and
asked its name. She hastily invented
a name, not liking to tell him that il
was "Mr. Reed" A minute later q
stern voice sounded on the stairway:
'Mr. Reed! Mr.. Reed Are you in
the parlor? Come out of there, you ras-
cal! What are you doing in there?"
Before any explanation could be
made, white-capped maid put her
head in the door, evidently unaware
of visitors, and cried:
Come out of that parlor, now, l
tell you, Mr.. Reedm
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
How TO Eat Mushrooms.

An English lady in Japan bought a
can of mushrooms and found the direc-
tons translated into English as fol-
lows: Direction-If several persons
will be eat this in that manner they
shall feel satisfied nutrition and very
sweet or it can put in the hot water
for the half hour and then take off
the lid. They shall be proper to eat.
1t can be supply without putridity for
several years.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
ElreMork Are An Evil.

COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 16.-The
state beard of health adopted a resolu,
ltion by which their secretary is d.
rected to take steps to prevent the
sale of "toy pistols ADD other explo'
sive appurtenanoes." The resolution
recites that six hundred persons were
killed, one hundred made blind, and
one thousand others injured on the
last Fourth of July. The board
therefore declares it to be the duty
j. of health authorities to abolish the
evils attendant upon the celebration
Of Independence day.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
ONLY ONE DIAZ.
he Is One of the Greatest Practical
Statesmen of the Times.


Statesmen of the Times.
General Porflrio Dlaz is serving his
sixth term as President Of Mexico,
Jays the Chicago Chronicle. He has
poen nominated for a seventh term by
4 convention of National Liberals.
This, it is understood, is not In ac-
tordance with the wishes of President
piaz, nor with his political plans. He
IS now 20 years old. He has been act
I'VE in public life for fifty years, and
when reelected President in 1900 he
planned to resign before his sixth
term expired so that under the Con-
stitution one of his Cabinet might be
elected President by Congress.
Early In 1902 it was announced that
Diaz would retire from office when the
work Of the Pan-American Congress
had been completed, or that he would
announce his determination not TO
serve another term This announce
ment was received with as little favor
In Mexico as in the United States. In
this country Diaz seemed to have no
enemies and in his own country he
had no rivals.
The people of Mexico. the capitalists
Interested i'm the development of the
country, the statesmen of the world in
terested in good government, were of
one mind against the proposition to re-
tire. President Diaz himself evidently
has recalled his decision to retire, he
cause he said to those who rendered Il
denomination: 1T is the duty of every
citizen to serve his country as long
and at as many posts as his fellow
citizens may desire"
This is a doctrine of continuity in
Office peculiar in Mexico under Diaz
He came into power as Il military hero
He was elected to The Presidency in
courage, his prowess in war and his
romantic career.
He retired in $780, because the Con
stitution prevented his reelection. lie
was reelected in 1884, because tho
Constitution permitted reelection and
because the people wanted him. Sc
great was the need of such a man al
the head of the nation that the Con
stitution was amended that he might
be continued in office.
He has been President twenty-three
years. He has quoted faction. He
has established order and has giveI
the Republic prosperity and influence
He Is as much a popular hero as he
was the day he entered the Mexican
capital twenty-eight years ago as die
tator. He appeals as strongly to the
Imagination OF a romance loving PEG
pie.
In addition, he has proved himself
to be one Of the greatest practical
statesmen of the time. lie has sue
ce2ded as an executive and as a diplo
matist, and the world acquiesces in tho
Mexican disposition to reverse the
rule in republics, and make a mar
President for life.
There is only one Diaz
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Supply of Food is Scant

MOBILE, Ala, Oct. 15-Accordinp
to information received by steam
ship from Georgetown, Grand CAV
man, the conditions on the islands
as a result of the hurricane aud flood
are deplorable and the people are
suffering from fever. 1t is also
stated that the supply OF food is
Bcant. The fever is attributed to
the decaying Of sap trees which were
felled by the storm and the numerous
cattle that persisted.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Three lien Indicted

SPRINGFIELD, H., Oct. IT,
Deputy United States Marshal, W. l..
Ward Of Bellville and Sheriff G. f.
Grove, Of Madison county, left Ed
wardsville for Cairo having In charge
James Rainey and James and Frank
Ryan, who have been indicted by
the grand jury in the United States
district court at Cairo on the charge
or Iobbing the mail pouches az
Springfield Junction on one of the
two occasions last spring when
pouches were stolen.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Cutter Does 10 Lake Erie

MILWAUKEE, Wis Oct. 19-Mil,
wauke's new revenue cutter left
Tor Cleveland. Ohio, today to take
part in the settlement OF the inter.
national dispute which has arisen
between the United States and
canada over the fishing in Lake
Erie. Orders to proceed at once to
mat port and to report To the col.
lector OF customs there were re.
peived by Captain David IL. Hall OF
the TuscaTora and the cutter left
at once for Lake Erie.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Americas oldest Mines.

The oldest mines In America are To-
Gated in Missouri. They are the lead
and nickel mines in Madison County,
which were worked by the Indians as
early as 1925, and have been mined
continuously almost ever since. The
mines were acquired by Frenchman
named La Motto, who named them
after himself
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Rousing a Lion,

30, Tommy, where did you get such
a swollen noseW
"Well papa, jes' hit that .newsboy
once-a-n' then he Jes' ft-an' fit
an 1T"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Telling the Twins Anart.

Faith, Mrs. o'Hara, how dye tell
Thin twins apartT
Jaw, it's aisy-I sticks me finger in
Dlnnis' mouth, an If he bottles, l know
it's Moika"-HRrVard Lampoon.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
SETTLEMENT is PROPOSED
SPECIAL COMMISSION SELECTED
BY RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 49, A
newspaper published at Port Dalny, is
authority for the report that the
British minister to Japan, Sir Charles
Macdonald, has undertaken to medl-
ate between Russia and Japan, and
having secured Japan's consent to cer-
tain proposals, is now negotiating
with Russia. These proposals are that
Russia shall restore Manchulia to
China, and that the principal towns
be open to foreign trade; that Russia
withdraw all her troops from Man
churla with the exception OF the rail-
way guards; that she renounce her for
estry concessions on both sides Of the
Yalu river, as well as the Yongampho
concessions, and that the whole coun-
try south of the Yula be admitted as
belonging o the sphere OF Japan.
A special commission, under the
presidency of the car, has been form.
ed TO consider affairs in the far east.
1t includes the ministers of the in.
terror, finance, foreign affairs, war and
of the navy, and Niceroy A'eXielT;
other members will be nominated by
the car. The commission will con-
slider budget proposals, measures to
develop trade and industry and pro-.
pose alterations in the laws
YOKAHOMA, Oct. l9.--The Japan
csc minister of war, Lieutenant Gen
eral Terauchi ri, denies that the
army is DESTROYS Of war and says that
peace with honor.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

PARIS, Oct. licking Victor En-
manuel of Italy and his wife, Queen
Helena, heard mass early yesterday
morning in the Italian chapel here,
whittier they drove without escort.
At about 8 O'Clock start was made
for VincenncS to witness the military
review. The streets through which
their majeStieS passed were not crowd.
ed, owing to the early hour aud a
dri2zling rain which continued to fal
internationally almost all morning,
Upon arriving at the review ground
King Victor Emmanuel mounted a
horse, Queen Helena took her place in
President Loubet'S carriage, while
Madame Loubet entered the richly
decorated royal stand, where, before
the march passed, she was Joined by
their majeStieS and the French presi
dent.
The party returned to Paris by way
OF the Boulevards amid the hearty
cheering of the people. The sun hat
come out and the crowds were enthu
SiaStic.
At l O'Clock their majesties drove
in full state to the Eysee palace
where an elaborate luncheon was
given, the guests being all military
or naval officers and including Com,
mander Giles b. Harder, the naval
attache, and Captain 7. Bentley Mott,
the military attache at the Amer lean
embassy. At the lunch King Victor
Emmanuel made speech IeXpres Inc
his admiration for the French army
and recalling the days when it had
fought side by side with the soldier;
of Italy. His majesty referred again
to the pleasure that he and Queen
Helena had derived from their visit
to Paris.
The king and queen left for Italy
from the Invalides railroad station
at twenty-five minutes past three
They were accompanied to the sta.
tion by Pres dent and Madame Lou.
bet, and along the route received en-.
thusiastic demonstrations from the
crowd. Their departure was without
any noteworthy incidents.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22
Nebraska NoteS


verely bitten on the left leg by dog.
Mrs. John Jobman, an old resident
Of near Beatrice, is dead at the age
Of II years.
Superintendent Fowler Of Lincoln,
has designated Friday, October %,
as Flower day.
eral fences were partially destroyed,
The fire started from an ash pile left
by steam threSher. -s,,.
A tramp entered the store OF May
hew Bros. at Riverton and stole a
rifle and some shells.
The walnut crop at Papillion is
the largest in years One man picked
City bushels in one day.
49,
prairie fire at Moorehead, burned
300 acres Of small grain, and several
meadows and the hay in stack. Sew
Charles S Fisher, a civil war vet
eran, died at Nebraska City. lie
was member of an Ohio regiment.
George Westerman, well known
German farmer of the Humboldt
country died Tuesday afternoon after
brief illness.
Hundreds Of tons of hay and some
out buildings were consumed in a
prairie fire, which started eight miles
west of Bassett.
The Catholics are holding ten
day mission at West Point. There
is large attendance present Of botf
Catholics and Professionals.
Miss Estell Payne and Charles b.
Wahlquist were married at Hastings
The groom is associate editor of tn,
Adams County Democrat.
Frank Bender, the Lincoln farme
who mysteriously disappeared tw'
weeks ago, has returned, but Is un
able to say where he has been.
The saloon Of Lacy & Co., at Col
eridge, was entered by burglars
They secured 80 in change. L. II
Peck's meat market was also robbed
Of So.
The new German Lutheran churcl
at Crete was dedicated Sunday
Ministers were in attendance from
all over the state. The church COS
$4,000.
George Peterson, who lives a
HolmesvIl'e, has been sent back t.
the asylum at Lincoln. He was ther
last winter, but was discharged al
cured.
! While cutting a bar OF railroad
iron at Beatrice, Pearl Bates bad
cash several inches long cut in his
right arm by piece Of steel striking
him.
The Verdel TowDsite company has
been incorporated with capital OF
$50, 900. The company will do a real
estate business at Verdel, Knol
county.
Miss Emily HERE and Mr.. Marion
James, were married in Fremont.
They will make their future home 10
Phoenix, Ariz.. where the groom Is
merchant.
Passersby frustrated an attempt IT,
rob the pastoflice at Oakland. The
robbers had succeeded in cutting out
panel OF the rear door when they
were frightened away.
Mass was held over ther remains OF
Mrs. Bridget O'Donnell at Platts.
mouth. The body will be shipped
to Burlington, Ia, the former
home Of the deceased.
Lot Walters OF Beatrice received
news Of the death Of his father, the
Rev, N. j. Walters, at Worcester,
Mass. He occupied a pulpit in
Omaha several years ago.
Telephone connections have been
completed by the Fremont Independ.
emit Telephone company and the
PlattSmouth company, making
another link In the Independent tele.
ohone system of the state.
Fire destroyed 300 feet OF corn cribs,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

The Rev. j. +. Bennett, who with
ais wife has been conducting meet
Ings at Humboldt for some time, has
been called to the pastoIate OF the
ocal Baptist church az that place.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

The Norfolk beet sugar factory
was started up for the first time this
season. The employees In the plant
now number 300 The factory will
run night and day until January.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-10-22

Fire destroyed 300 feet OF corn cribs
800 bushels OF corn and 300 bushels
Of oats belonging to Taylor & Morgan
In Tobias. The village was saved
from destruction by the direction OF
the wind.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-23

selfish purposes Is gratuitous insult to
men who are at least as good as he is
The public has not forgotten how 1t came
about. The President was invited to address
the brotherhood because they admired the
man. He accepted the invitation because
the occasion harmonfzed with his feelings,
and the brotherhood showed its appreciation
of the honor Of visit and address from the
President of the United States by admitting
him to membership. 1t was a natural pro-
ceeding and creditable TO both sides. Later
when ii became necessary for good reasons
to remove Mr.. Powderly as Commissioner Of
immigration, 1t was very natural for the
President to select prominent labor leader
for the position and he appointed Mr.. Sar-
gent. The appointment was generally COM
mended at the time. and Mr.. Debs is the
first person who has intimated that 1t was
unfit to be made or was the result Of a
political deal. His statement that THE
brotherhoods will elect the candidates Of the
railroad companies is a gratuitous insult.
class Of voters In the country than the
different brotherhoods Of railroad men, and
the intimation that they will allow them
selves to be voted by the railroads like cat
tie comes with poor grace from one Of their
former associates
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-23
PRICES AND PROSPERITY.

1t looks very much as If we were going
to have a demonstration of the fact that
high prices and prosperity are not abso-
bly, true that when business begins to re-
cover from a season of depression prices
begin to go upward and 1t is generally
true that they continue to go up until
there comes a collapse Of both prosperity
and prices. This year. however. we have
seen a gradual slump of prices on the
stock market, covering a period of more
than five months, and we are seeing the be-
ginning of a lower level of prices for a
number of commodities; but We are not
seeing any reductions Of working forces
in mining and manufacturing, any diminu-
ton of traffic of transportation companies,
nor any let-up in the volume Of trade. In
deed, in nearly all these lines, the figures
are larger than at the corresponding sea-
son of last year.
Conditions are vastly different now from
what they were when the country reached
the crest Of the last wave of prosperity in
1892, just before the collapse Of 1893. Then
we had an uncertain money standard: now
we have the gold standard fixed not mere
ly in practice. but in law. Then We had
greatly expanded credits; now collections
are kept up to date. Then we had every
manufacturer marking up prices fast
as he could until they got so high as to
cut off consumption in many lines; now in
dustries are in stronger hands. backed by
wiser heads. and the lesson that prices
out Of all proportion to production cost
are fatal has been in some measure
learned. We had big industrial trusts then
and We have bigger ones now. but they
have learned that the consumer, II he is
to continue to consume, must be given
chance to live and prosper. Thus it hap
pens that we are reaching a more reason
able price level without jolt to the general
prosperity of the country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-23
ON THE GRAND JURY.

On Sunday two or three of our city
preachers referred TO local politics and In
strong terms condemned the grand jury
for returning indictments against certain
persons for conspiracy in trying to bride
city official. One of them went so far as to
declare that the indictments were the result
of machine management thereby imply
ing that the grand jury had been either
coerced or corruptly Influenced in its ac-
ton. In another church the congregation
condemned the action of the grand jury as
"a travesty on Justice" Public attacks OF
this kind on an established institution OF
the government should not be allowed 10
pass without notice. For considerably more
than fifty years the Journal has stood for
honest politics and good government in ma
tional. state and city affairs. Its advocacy
Of what it has believed to be right has COW
cred a period several times as long as the
residence in this city Of any Of the preach
ers referred to. The Journal has the great
est respect for them and can safely chal-
Ienge the citation of any instance in which
1t has defended wrongdoing by an admins
tration composed of its political friends
when such wrongdoing was established. 1t
has no sympathy with political corruption
in any party, and If the present city admin
istration can be shown to have been guilty
of corruption the Journal will condemn 1t
as quickly as 1t would Democratic admin
istration. The Journal is in full sympathy
with the purpose of the Citizens League as
originally announced to investigate alleged
wrongdoings in the administration Of city
affairs, and, in common with the league
and all good citizens, it desires to see the
investigation now under way carried
through. But it believes in fair play, and
| it cannot approve of public attacks on
courts and grand juries for dischargine
what they believe to be their duty under
oath. Grand juries are appointed for six
months. and the present one was made UP
/ last December, long before any Of the re-
cent proceedings began. Its members are
presumably honest men, as anxious to dc
their duty under the law as average citizens
| generally are, and the Journal does not be-
lieve they were governed in their action by
corrupt or improper influences. They may
have been mistaken in their construction OF
the law, though they had a right to ask le-
| gal advice, but to charge them with hav'
| ing yielded to machine management In
the performance of duties which they had
taken an oath to discharge honestly and
| impartially is carrying matters too far. The
public expects always to find ministers or
the side of honest politics and good govern
ment, but there is reason for surprise wher
they publicly attack established institu.
| tons like courts and juries.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-23
No Work I'm Cuba.

Philadelphia Record.
81 wouldn't advise any one to 60 TO
Cuba with the idea of seeking employment,
said a young Philadelphia who has just
returned from there. MY health had
been poor during the winter. and my doc
tor thought the climate Of Cuba would
benefit me- as it did. The climate is all
right, but there's as much as L VIII say
for the island. My financial resources were
not great, and when my money ran low and
/ found | was being benefited, l made up
my mind to stay longer If could get some
congenial employment. After two weeks
of constant looking around had two jobs
offered TO ne. One was TO go into the In
terror and cut sugar cane with gang OF
negroes for IS a month and my keep. and
the other was as waiter In a restaurant
for my board and lodging and what could
pick up in tips. That's why came home
sooner than i had expected. / met a lot OF
fellows looking around down there. and
they all had the same story 10 tell"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-23
A Good Word for Newspapers.

Leslie's Weekly.
IT never knew a man who was hurt by
newspaper publications except men who
should have been hurt" was the just conn
ment made by Chief Judge Fitzsimmons.
of the New York City Court. in an interview
with reference to the absurd libel law re-
Gently put upon the statute books OF PENN
sylvania at believe" added Judge Fitz-
simmons, that one reason why our Nation
has risen is that our public men have been
subject to criticism. Such watchful cr1ti-
cism tends to make public servants careful.
and where they do their duty thoroughly
they should acquit themselves satisfactory
ly'' In the judges opinion all questions or
libel and SANDER may be safely left TO me
ordinary juries and courts of justice under
the general law applying to such onenses.
no special and extraordinary statute, sucn
as that enacted in Pennsylvania. being need
ed This is undoubtedly the common-sense
view Of the situation. 1t Is altogether TOO
late in the day for attempts to muzzle the
freedom of the press, and laws framed for
that purpose are dead as soon as porn.
In Russia and Turkey they can do sucn
things but not in America