Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-11-24
Brief kilograms

on the story of her prison life.
William II. Lawrence one of the pic.
neer electricians of Baltimore. Ia
dead.
A Marylander laughed so heartily
over the election returns that he fell
dead.
Congressman Hepburn says that the
this term.
Three Michigan lumbermen have
purchased 600,0000 900 feet of stand.
ing timber in Toba Inlet, b. c.
George Demetewakowles and Mary
neutrality-suspicious., both of Chicago,
have taken out a license to marry.
The supreme court or the United
States has adjourned for two weeks,
to permit the prep lratlon Of decisions.
The Financial led Book cuts out
$4,000 fake millionAires, reducing the
number in this cC1ntry to an even
1000.
The Consolidated Gas company has
declared quarterly dividend of 2k
per cent. or at the tate of 10 per cent,
against per cent last year.
Postmaster General Wynne re.
moved Hunter Arnold Of North Caro-.
lima from Office as rural free delivery
inspector on the Cd arge of improper
conduct.
Three million dollars will be ex.
pended by the Hartman lines in Ore.
gon in 1905 in improvements and gen.
eral work on the maintenance Of way
and structures.
The lady managers of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition have returned to
Secretary O the Treasury Shaw $780,
900 of the 100000 appropriated for
: the boards use.
Four and one-half million dollars in
gold have been engaged by the NJ
tional Bank Of Commerce and ths
National City bank of New York for
shipment to Cuba.
meeting of the steel billet pool
was held in Jersey City. 1t is under
stood that an advance of $3.50 a ton
I'm billets had been agreed to, making
the price s21 per ton.
Albert Rolyea, a chief of the re-
demption division of the office of the
treasurer of the United States, COM
mitted suicide by shooting himself in
the head while at his desk.
The hulk of the Inflated excursion
steamer General Slocum, which was
burned In East river early last sum
mer, with the loss Of more than 1000
lives, was sold at auction for $1,000.
Captain A. T. Rouse of the royal
naval reserve of Great Britain, COM
mitted suicide by taking carbolic acid
at his lodging in West Sixteenth
street, New York. He was 55 years o.
age.
Mrs. Leila Kirkham Yarde-Buller,
well known as Lady Yarde-Buller,
died at Oakland, Cal. aged 54 years.
She was the daughter of General
Kirkham and inherited part of his
fortune.
Hugh Smith Thompson, former gov
ernor of South Carolina and assist.
ant secretary of the treasury in Presi-
dent Cleveland's first administration,
is seriously i'll at his home In New
York city.
The Chinese government is formu-
lating a scheme of state lotteries for
the purpose Of wiping out the indem-
mites granted to railroad corpora.
tions. The prizes will aggregate $780,
100000 in gold.
A farewell reception to Commander
Rnnfh -TnpYnr ~ hA To-,
was rendered in New York at the
Grand Central palace by the officers
and privates of the army. The great
hall was crowded.
At a dinner in Havana, Cuba, OF
American and English business men
hearty Endorsement was given the
project for the establishment of a
branch of the Young Mems Christian
association in Havana.
At Tuesdays cabinet meeting the
president devoted all the time of the
session to a discussion of his forth.
coming annual message to congress.
No intimation Of the nature of the
subjects considered was given.
The will Of the late Eldridge M.
Fowler who died at Pasadena, Cal,
November z. disposes Of property
worth many millions of dollars. To
his widow is given 100000 in cash
and valuable real estate. Nearly
100000 In cash is distributed
among his two daughters, son-in-law
and nephew.
A bill to abolish capital punishment
In Vermont, upon which hung the life
of Mary M. Rogers of Bennington
was defeated in the house of repre-
sentatives, the vote standing SO to
1853 against it. AS a consequence, the
sentence of Mrs. Rogers, who was
convicted of the murder of her hus-
band and condemned to be hanged,
will be carried out.
DR.. Charles II. Potter, one of the
foremost investigators in this country
in the field of micro-photography, has
just died in Baltimore