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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20

No radical change is noted in the
positions of the opposing armies. Cos
sacks continue scouting east and west
on the railway about Yentai, showing
that Nod2u's command is still in the
vicinity of the mines. Kouropstkin is
said to be planning a vigorous de-
Tense should the Japanese take Muk-
dor and attempt pursuit. Telling APP
parently is to be his main base, bat
twenty miles south of Telling he is
terrifying Hilu, where the Topographic
cal conditions favor the Russians. The
map also shows the position Of High
Hill at Port Arthur, the scene OF re-
cent fierce fighting, where thousands
OF Japanese fell in their stubborn at
| tempt to hold the commanding emf.
hence
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Wiseonsln staswarts to STAY.

MILWAUKEE-The national repub-
lican (statwarD state ticket, headed
by former Gov. Edward Scoheld, will
remain in the field. This was decided
after protracted meeting of the lead
Ing stalwarts from every part OF Wis,
consin. Among those who took part
in the conference We're: Senator
John c. Spooner, former Gov. Edward
Scofield, former GOV. w. II. Upham,
Senator Spooner, It is said. was in
favor of Withdrawing the ticket in
the interest of national and congress
sional tickets.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
TWO TRAINs COLLIDE.
Twenty People Are Killed Outright
in Wreck

WARRENsBURG, Mo.-1Twenty
nine persons were killed and sixty
injured by collision OF Missouri Pa
cific trains three miles east Of War
rensburg at o'clock Monday morn
Ing The trains were the second sec
ton of passenger train No. 80, which
left Wichita, Kan, for st. Louis Sun
day night and an extra freight train
The dead are in undertaking rooms
in this city and most OF the wounded
are in the railroad hospital at Sc
dalia, Mo
The passenger train, consisting OF
two day coaches, a Pullman car and
caboese, was loaded with Worlds
fair excursionists from southeast
Kansas and southwest Missouri. The
regular passenger train No. 30 had
been cut in two at Pleasant Hill on
account of the heavy load and an en-
CINE attached to the front car with
out a baggage car as buffer. Ihe
extra freight had sidetracked at
Montserrat for the. first section OF NO
80 which carried signals that sec
Ond section was following. This was
followed by passenger train NO. 81,
which the freight crew took for the
second section of No. so. The freight
pulled Out of the sidetrack and three
niles west met the second section.
The impact telescoped the tender OF
the passenger engine into the front
car. which was loaded with passen-
gers. and il was here that the sacrl-
fee of life took place. The passen-
ger conductor, r. l.. Barnes, ran all
the way to Warrensburg and broke
he news of the wreck. Every physi-
clan in the town responded and hun
dreds of citizens fastened to the
wreck and assisted the wounded from
beneath the timbers of the broken
cars. Twenty people were killed out
right and seven died before O'Clock.
The dead were placed upon flat cars
and brought to this city and DR.. Bills,
the coroner, Immediately impanelled
jury and started on the inquiry,
which is still in session. The after
noon was taken up III 1uenCllylnS tne
dead and Tuesday night the conductor
of the freight train was on the stand.
He claims to have been doing while
his train was at Montserrat and when
train No. so passed Engineer Horton
believed it was the second section of
No. so and thinking the track clear
pulled out on the main line.
l.. G. Dressed postmaster AT Eaton
vile, Kan. was taken out from under
a heap of seven bodies and escaped
with nothing more serious than a
broken leg.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Reforms in Education.

LINCOLN-State Superintendent
Fowler some time ago sent out lists
of questions to the various county SUI
perintendents OF the state asking them
to make suggestions as to new educa.
t!onal laws needed. The replies are
now in and will be used as a basis in
forming bills to be introduced at the
next session of the legislature In
addition to the new educational laws
to be proposed the repeal of a num-
Der of dead letter laws now on the
statute books is suggested.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
THE ARMIES MEET
But AT PRESENT ALL NEWS is
UNOFFICIAL.
MUCH AT STAKE ON THE FIGHT
Should kuropatkin Fall in This Battle
the Disaster Would Be Great-oen.
eral kuropatkin Has a Big Job On
His Hands.

ST. PETERSBURG-No official
news OF the result of today's battle
south OF Mukden is available at this
hour. General Kuropatkin doubtless
has communicated his regular report
to Emperor Nicholas, but the dispatch
was not sent back to the general staff
tonight. So the latest word from Rus
sian sources is contained in the AS
ISOLATED Press dispatch from Mukden.
AS is natural, the absence of official
news is pesSlmistically interpreted in
many quarters. but the general staff,
though reticent, counsel patience,
pointing out that the offensive move
ment was planned on a large scale
and has not yet reached a stage where
decisive reverse could have been at
tanned.
The frontal attack on thhe Yentai
mines developed a desperate battle in
which probably 100000 men are en-
gagged, but though the dispatches so
far deal almost exclusively with this
feature OF the battle, it is pointed out
that there is a much wider field in
volved. A fight on the Russian left
flank has not yet developed and pos
sibly here General Kuropatkin intends
to deliver his main blow. What force
is pushing forward in this direction
behind the screen containing the col
umn at Shantintaidze is unknown, but
the appearace tonight of Russian
column at Tzeyanchan, thirty miles
southeast Of Mukden, striking at Field
Marshal Oyama's communications with
the 1alu, and the knowledge that an
other column is already across the
Taitse river, gives evidence of the
wide nature of the turning movement
IT is possible that the attack on the
Ientai mines may simply be intended
to hold the main Japanese force sta
tionary and that the outcome of the
Ientai fight may have little bearing
on the result of the general engage
ment.
While ii is now asserted that Cen
eral kuropatkin enjoys a considerable
numerical superiority, the main fear
expressed is that this superiority is in
sufficient to enable him to carry out
the big operations he has undertaken
Apprehension is caused by the To-
ltio dispatch sayins that Field Mar
shall Oyama reports that he is gaining
ground and has cut OFF Russian col
umn below the Taitse river. 1t is only
natural, after the repeated reverses
already suffered, that Russians fully
realize how much General Kuropatkln
has staked on the assumption of the
offensive. The battle now in progress
undoubtedly will outweigh in import
ance the hard fight at Lao Yang. For
kuropatkin victory, partial or com
plete, is necessary
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Grain Men Ask Iniunction.

TOPEKA-An action was filed in
the United States court asking for n
temporary order against J. w. Rad
ford, the Kansas state grain inspect.
or, to prevent him from enforcing the
law of this state concerning the
weighing of grain because of an al.
legged unfair fayoritlsm. The com,
plainants are the Midland Elevator
company of West Virginia, the Har.
ris-Scott company of Illinois, the Gran,
w Kenny Grain company of Missouri
John |. Glover Of Missouri and Broad
max & McLiney OF Missouri.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
PRAISE FOR kURoPATkIN.
News That Russians Advance Hailed
With Joy at ST. Petersburg.

WIN Joy dt OF. petersburg.
ST. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
upon the order of the day issued by
General Kuropatkin on Sunday, the
NoVosti expresses unqualified conf
dence in that commander and says:
This is the man who at the begin
ming of the war said, patience. pa
thence, and again patience" We have
awaited in obedience for his words,
now the time has come to turn south
ward" Advance now will be no idle
word. Kuropatkin is going through
to save his comrades at Portt Arthur,
though he may have to defeat four op
posing armies to do so. But our sol
dicrs are happy. 1t is not nature to
desire Russians troops to retire.
The formal announcement that Cen
eral Kouropatkin is at last strong
enough TO assume the offensive, to-
gether with unofficial reports that Of
fensive movements against the three
armies Of Field Marshal Oyama have
been progressing since October 4, has
sent thrill Of joy throughout Rus
STA. The announcement, which has
been awaited patiently through the
long, weary months Of discourage
ment and defeat haG an instantaneous
effect The public bulletin boards at
the street corners upon which were
posted copies of Kouropatkin's order
of the day were surrounded by crowds
really cheerful for the first time since
the war began.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Uprising in China is Feared.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES reports re-
ceived from the interior telling of the
activity of secret societies at points
widely apart are causing serious I'M
easiness. 1t is known that the officials
everywhere are displaying great anx-
iety and are procuring the most mod
ern arms and munitions Of war for
the purpose of equipping the soldiory,
There is no certainty as TO whether
the anxiety of the officials is directed
against anticipated risings or as to
whether II is a precautionary move
ment against possible danger.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
NEWS IN NEBRASKA
REVENUE LAW is SUSTAINED.
Supreme Courv Reverses Lower Tri-
bunaI in Nemaha County.

Supreme courr Reverses Lower Tri-
bunaI in NemaIia County.
LINCOLN-The revenue IL, enact
ed by the las, legislature has again
run the supreme court gauntlet ana
come out unscathed.
The court. in deciding the Nemaha
county tax case, held that the section
attacked was constitutional and re-
versed the decision of the lower court
and dismissed the case.
Church Howe and others secured
an Injunction in the Nemaha district
court to prevent the county clerk
from adding per cent to the valua-
ton OF the county property as or
dered by the state board of equal
ization. In bringing the suit the con
stitutionality OF the section which
provided that the state board must
equaliZe between the counties by
adding or deducting a percentum OF
the valuation was attacked. The
opinion has not yet been written,
though the decision was the unani-
mou sverdict of the court.
In the case OF Pine against Pine
the decision Of the lower court was
reversed. This was the case wherein
the husband though proving the in
fidelity of his wife, was refused d.
vorce because he was a nonresident.
The wife filed the first suit for di
vorce and this was refused here by
the lower court.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Lieutenant kavanaeh Returns.

TECUMSEH-Mr and Mrs. John
Kavanagh of this city have received
word that their son, Lieutenant Ar
thur Kavanagh Of the United States
navy, has reached San Francisco on
a return trip from China and within a.
week or ten days will return to his
old home town for visit. Lieutenant
Kavanagh. who is IA graduate OF Ann
apolis. has a brilliant service record.
He stood on the bridge of the Olympia
with Dewey during the entire maneu-
vering of the Manila bay engagement
and was, in fact, second in command
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Great Corn and Cabbacs.

NEBRASKA CITY-W. r. Cotherp
exhibited two cabbagos, one weighing
twenty-three and three.fourths and
the other twenty and one.half pounds
each grown near this city. William
Matthews exhibited six ears Of corn
that measure eighteen and twenty
rows around and eighteen inches in
length. He picked the ears from a
ninety-acre field of corn promlscu-
ously, where he says that he has
plenty of ears TO match them. His
corn is out of danger from frost. as is
all of the corn south OF the city.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Orpheum Vaudeville Bill.

OMAHA, Neb,-For the week COM
mencing Sunday. October 10TH the
vaudeville bill at the Orpheum will be
varied and includes both New York
and European favorites. The headline
feature will be Mr.. and Mrs. Sidney
Drew. They will present new come
diette. Fay and Clark will also have a
new success in the sketch line. The
Three Ramoniers are recent import
alton from Europe of the Orpheum
Circuit company. Paul Barnes will
have an assortment of funny stories.
Klein and Clifton are a pair Of lively
dancers and sweet singers.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Storm in Central America,

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-A New Orleans
special says: The steamer Beverly,
which has arrived here from Hon
duras and Guatemalan ports, reports
that terrible storm swept the Hon
duras coast for three days beginning
September 20. The city OF Puerto
Cortez suffered great damage and all
settlements from that city to Ceiba
were badly damaged. Several enor-
nous landslides We're reported, No
advices had been received from the
interior up to the time the Beverly
sailed
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Corn Looks Fine.

LINCOLN-O. T.. Mickey came
down from Osceola to call on his
father, the governor. He brought
with him gripful OF ears Of corn
picked at random on one OF the gov.
ernor's farms. The executive cUun.
tenance assumed the semblancs of a
smile as the corr was laid out in or
derby array on his desk. We have
lots of corn like that in Polk county"
said the governor.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
UNION PACIFIC DIRECTORS.
Frick and Rockefeller Succeed Burt
and FjtzucraId

and Fitzgerald.
SALT LAKE CTTY-At the annual
meeting of the stockholders of the
Union Pacific railway, held in this
city Tuesday, Henry c. Frck of Pitts
burg and William G. Rockefeller of
New York were elected directors in
the place Of l.. Fitzgerald and Horace
G. Burt. The board OF directors now
stands as follows:
Oliver Ames, Thomas p Eckert,
Henry C. Prick, George j. Gould. f.
II. Hartman, Marvin Hughitt. James
IL. Hyde, Otto ii. Kahn, Charles A.
Peabody, Winslow c. Pierce. William
G. Rockefeller, Henry II. Rogers, ia.
cob II. Schiff, Joseph f. Smith and
James Stillman.
There were represented at the meet
ing 1,410,S66 shares of stock.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
REPORT OF WARDEN BEEMER.
Tells What is Being Done at the Pen
itentiary.

LINCOLN--Warden Beemer has fill
ed his monthly report with the state
board OF public lands and buildings
concerning the administration of the
penitentiary for the month of Septem-
Der. Sixteen persons were received
at the penitentiary in September, tf-
teen We're discharged, two committed,
one escaped, two were transferred to
the asylum, and one was paroled, re-
ducing the number of men on hand
September 80 from $40. the number
on hand August 81. to 315. OF these
165 were employed on full task by
the Lee Broom and Buster company,
nine on three-quarters task and TWEEN
ty-one or half task.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Parcels Post Aqre ement.

PARISH is officially announced
that the arrangement for a parcel post
between the United States and France.
including Corsica and Algeria, will
come into force on November under
contracts with the Compagnie Gen,
erale Trans-Atlantique and Express
rOmnanN
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Build Bio Elevator.

BEATRICE-At a meeting OF the
Farmers Elevator company OF Blue
Springs was decided to build 4 new
20,000-bushel capacity elevator. The
building will Nc erected on the east
side of the river from Blue Springs
and Will be operated by gasoline
power.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
viii Argue Boyd Case.

LINCOLN-The Boyd county land
case will be argued in the supreme
court October IS. The attorney gen
eral is seeking to Gust settlers from
lands in Boyd county, supposed to be
long to the school funds.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
Farmer Killed by the Cars

TILDEN-Mr. Hawkins dieG here
from injuries received two hours be-
fore, when wagon loaded with oats
which he was driving was struck by
a special train at the depot crossing
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
A BATTLE RAGING
JAPANESE TURN ON THE RUS
SLAMS NEAR YENTAI.
FIGHT BEGINS MONDAY MORNING
Japanese Receive Strong Reinforce
ments and Assume the Offensive
Artillery Fire Directed With Great
Skill.


| MUKDEN--A bloody battle is now
| raging about six miles north Of Yen.
| tai railroad station. The Japanese on
Sunday fell back along the whole front
and the Russian advance guards
crossed the Schili river (about half
way between Mukden and Lao Yang)
and came within three miles of Yen.
tai, but Monday the Japanese received
strong reinfOrcements of infantry and
artillery and not only held their posi-
tons. but even assumed the offensive.
The fighting lasted the entire day and
night. The Japanese directed their ar
illery fire with great skill and search
ed The Russian positions SO iiorcely
that the Russians fell back north of
the Schili river, which crosses the
railroad seven miles from Yentai.
The Russians Tuesday morning re.
5umcd their advance and once more
crossed the Schli river and engaged
The Japanese two miles south of II.
terrific artillery engagement is pro
ceeding along the entire front. The
result of the battle is still undecided.
ST OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES fighting
1orth of Yentai. resulting in a tempo
AIRY check Of General Kuropatllin's
advance guard. of which the Associ-
ited Press correspondent at Mukden
telegraphed the first news, is not re-
uurIaI ut hn .Fipn n Indicating
general engagement. The latest
official dispatches indicating the dis.
position of the various corps show that
the whole army is not yet in line OF
battle. The present engagements
may. therefore, be regarded as a re-
suit of "A counter attack which an
enterprising foe like the Japanese
might be expected to- make, but with
ont any calculation to prevent the
Russian advance General kuropGt-
ldn's present superiority, in numbers.
1t is held here, is bound sooner or
later 10 compel the Japanese to fall
back upon their strong position within
the triangle formed by Yentai. Lao
Yang and Sykwantun. Everything
points to that district as being the
prospective scene of the decisive
struggle of this years campaign.
Strategic reasons Of the most weighty
character render il imperative for the
Russians. as well as for the Japanese,
to bestow their chief attention upon
the country east of the railway. The
Russians are compelled to this course
because the railroad runs northeast
ward and hence lines of communica
ton are more vulnerable from the
east
The Japanese are influenced by
similar consideration, but the railroad
no longer plays foremost part in
their plans. In view of the approach
ing close OF navigation at Yinkow,
and of the fact that the line to Pitsewo
is long and cumbersome and liable to
interruption, they must consider Feng
Wang Cheng and Takurhan as the
source of supplies during the winter,
and with this in view the eastern com
munications of Lao Yang are OF the
utmost importance.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
German Miners Drowned

DESSAu, Germany--A sudden in
rush of water and mud in coal mine
at Gerlebock, district of Koethen, yes.
terday, imprisoned eighteen miners
who are believed TO have persisted.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20

TOKlO-A corrected list of the lives
lost in the sinking of the Japanes gxn-
boat Hei Yen OFF Pigeon Bay Septen.
Der IS places the total number At 1877
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-10-20
An Editor for CONGRESS.

BATTLE CREEK-Democrats of
the Third district named Editor l.. T..
Feighncr of Litchfeld for congress.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-24
The President Will Carry
New York State.
Canvass Indicates a Safe Re.
publican Plurality.
Authoritative information from the
Inside Shows That Theodore Rooss.
velt viii Carry the Great Empire
State by from 1900 to 10000.

Chicago, ILL.,, Aug. 23-In specia,
dispatch from Washington, Walter
Wellman says:
"AuthOrative information from tho
inside of the Republican management
is to the effect that Roosevelt NAV
carry New York by something like the
same plurality ne had when he was
elected governor in 1898, or saw from
1900 to 10000. l have preliminary es-
Inmates in the hands of eminent Repub-
licans which call for a Republican plu-
rality of from 115.000 to 125,OOO above
the cities. 1t is expected this will be
met by something like 100000 below the
Bronx; possibly a little more.
CLOSE as this margin is, the Repub-
lican managers find good deal of COM
fort in it, because their estimates are
based on actual knowledge of condi-
tions and not simply on guess work
for instance, they have taken number
of counties in different parts of the
state, outside of the large cities, and
have listed these counties by means
of hundreds of letters of inquiry sent
out through their organization. This
work was done secretly. and solely for
the information of the managers, and is
not intended for the public. l have the
figures for two of these counties. In
Steuben the net result of about 1000
letters of inquiry showed a net Repub-
lican gain over the Presidential vote of
1900 Of so votes
Bryan radicals. dissatisfied with the
new regime in their own party, are
coming over to Roosevelt. The number
of these nearly offset the number of
Gold Democrats who have gone back to
their party regularly. 1t is from the
first voters-three out of four Of whom
are for Roosevelt in these reports-that
the net gain is made. In Broome cOun-
ty the figures are similar, but showing
a net Republican loss of six votes on
the Republican majority, due to the
fact that these returning Gold Demo-
Gratis are not compensated for by Bry-
an radicals who cannot swallow Par
kerr
Daily Kennebec journal., 1904-08-24
NEWPORT TENNIS.
Semi Finals Played in National Con-
test.

Newport. r. L.. Aug. 23.-The semi
finals In the national tennis champion
ship were played. this morning under
conditions that were all that could be
desired. The air was cooler and had
more life than yesterday, and the
courts though beginning to show the
wear that they have had to stand We're
dry and firm. The attendance was large
and enthusiastic and though I.arned
was the unmistakable favorite, every
good play received generous applause
Ii seemed to be the general wish that
Larned after his long years of cam
paigning should come through and win
his third leg in the cup. SO far as to-
days match went, he was expected to
succeed though the experts pointed out
that for several years pest ClOthier has
been the hardest man in the country
for the ex-champion to beat This year
each of them had scored over the other
but Larned's victory at Southampton
was the more recent and more decisive
and this fact together with his excel
lent play against a right, yesterday.
that gave his followers confidence.