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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
UNTIL THE END OF THE WAR.
Russian Vessels to Remain at
cb,nnhai with Small Guard

Russian Vessels to Remain at
Shanghai with Small Guard.
SHANGHAI-The Russian cruiser
Askold and the torpedo boat destroy
err GroZoboi have gone out of com
mission, but the work of repairing
them is being continued.
There was no formal ceremony
when the vessels went out of com
mission. Their flags were not raised
Thursday. A simple announcement
was made by the commanders of the
two warships that the vessels would
remain in port until the war is over.
The work of dismantling them will
begin on Friday. The Askold has
been authorized to remain in dock un-
til September II in order to complete
her repairs.
The crews of the two vessels. with
the exception of the necessary guards,
will be paroled and allowed to return
to Russia.
The Shanghai newspaper unani-
mously regard the outcome of the re-
cent situation as due in no small
measure to the diplomacy and tact of
John Goodnow, the American consul
general here.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
A FINAL ASSAULT.
1T is ANNOUNCED FROM TOXIC
AS IMMINENT.
PORT ARTHUR TO Be STORMED
japanese Guns Pouring a Destructive
Fire Into the City-No Doubt but
That the Death Roll Will Be Very
Heavy.

TOKIO-Tnc final assault on Port
Arthur is imminent Hundreds OF
japanese guns continue to pour a de-
structiyo fire into the city and harbor,
along the lines of forts and entrench-
ments preparatory to the infantry as
sault.
1t is evident that the Russian lines
have been weakened and partly pene-
trated in the vicinity of Autzshan and
ltzshan forts. The entire line of Rus
sian defenses Immediately about the
harbor are within range of the Jap
anese guns. A number of Russian
forts and batteries continue to be Wig.
orous.
The Japanese death roll will be
heavily increased before they are cap
tured. The direction of the japanese
attack creates the impression here
that the city and defenses on either
side of the harbor entrance will fal,
first The final stand will be made
at Liaotishan.
Japanese official channels of infor'
nation remain closed and the navy
departments announcement of the
striking of u mine by the battleshir
Sevastopol and the firing upon the
Russian forts by the cruisers Nisshir
and Kasuga are the only disclosures
made for several days.
1t is believed here that both sides
have suffered heavy losses and thai
the final record will make the siege
the bloodest since Sedan. The Jap
anese are supremacy confident of the
ultimate result. The leaders of the
government await the outcome with
calm assurance. The people are ev
erywhere decorating streets ant
houses and erecting arches and flag
STATS in preparation for national cci
ebration of the expected victory.
LONDON-The correspondent O
the Times in a dispatch dated thu
24h, 1885 p m, says that ordel'
from Emperor Nicholas have beer
conveyed to Captain Reitzensteb
commanding him forthwith to disaru
the cruiser Askold and the torpedt
boat destroyer Grozovoi, and that 'th'
flags on both vessels were lowered a
I o'clock tonight"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
%gNEWS IN NEBRASKA ~
FARMERS MAY HOLD WHEAT.
Society Sends Out Circular Advising
Them to Wait for Dollar TNventv

Society Sends Out Circular Advising
Them to Wait for Dollar Twenty.
LlNCOLN-Wheat growers in this
section have recently received cir
cular from President Everitt of the,
American Society of Equity urging
them to make minimum price OF
$120 a bushel for No. red winter
wheat, Chicago market basis. Ever
lit estimates the winter wheat crop
in the United States at 1865 100000
bushels and spring wheat at 210.
100000 bushels. To reduce this to a
flour-making basis there must be de-
Quoted an immense quantity Of low
grade wheat, caused from rust and
wet weather Much of this, he says,
is fit only for feed. He estimates
the shrinkage at 25,000,000 bushels.
He bases his figures ON estimates re-
ceived from 10000 farmers. OF this
number he says 11,122 say they do
not need to sell at once, and he
strongly urges that the farmers unite
in controlling the market by hiding
the visible supply out of sight Of the
elevator men and wheat gamblers OF
Chicago, and thus force prices to
their own satisfaction.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Ranchmen Are Worried.

Chief Clerk f. S. Mickey of the
governors office, who has returned
from his Keya Paha ranch, stated
that the outlook for the ranchmen is
not very bright in the near future.
Even with the ending of the strike
he believes that there is danger Of
sudden rush to the market which
will glut the stock yards and run
prices down to low level. He says
that many of the ranchmen are hold.
ing their cattle, waiting for the end
of the strike. 1t is a serious matter
because from now on their cattle will
shrink rapidly.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
YORK RAISES A NEW POINT.
Counties Whose Valuation Was
Raised Look for Flaws in Law.

Counties Whose Valuation Was
Raised Look for Flaws in Law.
LINCOLN-A York county man
stated that there is q possibility that
the increases in county valuations
ordered by the State Board of Equal
cation may all be invalid, because of
tho interference with the power OF
the county boards to raise revenue.
Under the statute for the regulation
Of county levies, county boards are
required to make estimates in Janu
airy of the amount of revenue which
they will raise for local purposes,
and they are subject to a fine should
they raise more revenue than the
estimate calls for. Under the new
revenue statute The state board to
equ6lize must of necessity interfere
with the amount of revenue raised
locally and that fact, it is claimed,
makes the section granting the power
to the state board invalid. 1t is not
yet known whether test suit will
be instituted in York county. The
success Of such suit would cut down
the grand assessment roll of the state
by about $4,000,000.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Funeral of Mrs. Davis.

WASHINGTON The funeral OF
Mrs. Davis, wife of General George
w. Davis, governor of the Panama
canal zone, was conducted at St
Matthew's church Friday, after which
burial services We're held at Airing
ton. where the remains were inferred
The pallbearers were General George
w. Gillespie, acting chief of staff
General F. C. Ainsworth, military
secretary; General Tasker H. Bliss
president of the war college; General
Sanger, General Wilson and Dominica
Murphy.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
On a Slender Founoatlon.

LONDON,-The ConstantinOple cor
respondent of the London Standard
considers that the diplomatic triumph
of the United States III the matter
of that governments demand upon
Turkey rests upon a slender founda-
ton, and proceeds to give in detail
the developments already announced
in the dispatches to the Associated
Press. The correspondent says the
council of ministers there recon.
mended yielding to the American de.
mand, but that the sultan absolutely
declined 10 agree to this STEP
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01

CHE FOO--G Golden hill, White
Marble and Liaoti mountain, accord
ing TO Chinese advices, dated the
night of August 90, are now the only
main forts securely held by the Rus
slams at Port Arthur. Others are
occupied by them. bat they are sub
jectcd to an artillery fire which rem
ders their tenure uncertain. Fort
number five, which has frequently
been reported taken by the Japan
csc and retalien by the Russians, is
again declared to be in the hands
Of the Japanese.
A rumor having some points indi
eating authenticity says that the
new European section of Port Ar
thur is in flames. Owing to the mud
and brick construction of the build.
ings, however, it is probable that the
fire is not general.
1t is said that the Japanese are
using guns taken from the harbor
defenses of Kobe, Nagasalii and Yo-
kohama. These guns, numbering
800, are of heavy calibre.
A junk which left Port Arthur Au-
gust % reports that the Russian
wounded at that date numbered 5000
and that the Japanese occupied the
heights near Chaochanllo. 1t is
further reported that boys are fight
ing in the Russian ranks now.
Major l.. L. Seaman, u. s. A.,
went from here yesterday to the sum-
NIT of a mountain on one of the
Mao Tau islands, twenty miles from
Golden Hill, near Port Arthur. With
a powerful telescope Major Seaman
could see a great deal of the coast
of the Lao Tung peninsula, He
heard six heavy shots and much small
artillery firing, indicating that fight
ing had subsidized to certain degree.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Inspecting the New Cells.

LINCOLN-The state board of
public lands and buildings visited the
penitentiary tor the purpose of in
speeding the new cells in the west
cell house and to pass on AN estimate
for payment of work already done.
The cells are nearly completed and
are expected to be entirely finished
by October l, when Nebraska will
have the finest cell house of any
city in the United States outside of
Baltimore.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
President EnioYs a Rest.

OYSTER BAY, L. President
Roosevelt is enjoying a period of rest
and recreation. uninterrupted either
by public business or by callers. TAX
ing advantage Of the beautiful
weather, he and Mrs. Roosevelt
passed several hours in the saddle.
1t is the presidents intention during
his sojourn here to take as much rec
reation as his public duties will per
nit. 1t is announced that the rule
requiring those who call on the presi-
dent to make engagements in advance
of their coming will be adhered to.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Plans of New Cruisers.

Observation-Disclosures will be
sacrificed for formidability in the
new armored cruisers authorized by
the last congress and the plans now
in preparation in the bureau of con-
struction and repair show important
changes in the interior arrangements
of these vessels. The water tight
subdivision will be made complete
and there will be no piercing of bulk
heads by ventilating pipes or other
openings. This change is in the eff
fort further to protect the vessels
from the damaging effects Of torpedo
attacks.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
THE MOON BECOMES SPOTTED.
Observations Of Prof Pickering Of
Lowe Observatory.

Lowe Observatory.
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--A telegram
has been received here from Prof. w.
II. Pickering who is at the Lowe OBJ
scryatory, California, tending to con
firm an observation Of spot on the
moon, made by him last month. He
saw a Eazy patch in the large lunar
crater Plato, which had not been de-
tected before. It was again seen on
August 2 and >, 1t had then grown
dark, measured about two inches in
diameter and resembled a SMALL era
ter. The object is said to coincide
in position with a previously record
ed cratorlet, but is apparently larger
Renewed scrutiny in the last few days
reveals the continued existence of the
feature, which now measures three
miles across Two other tiny crater
lets and a dark spot on the floor of
Plato, not previously reported, also
are announced by Prof. Pickering.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Nav Have Found Murderer.

DENVER-Chicf of Police Delaney
of this city has communicated with
the warden of The penitentiary at
Joliet, ILL.,, to ascertain if a prisoner
confined there under the name OF
John Mahran is really Wellington G.
Llewellyn, former member of the
Thirty-fourth United States infantry
who shot and killed Policeman Thorn
as G. Clifford and n. E. Griffiths in
this city August IS, 1899. The de-
scription of Mahran taliies with
Llewellyn, who was six feet in height
at the time of the murders.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
GOT THE GENUINE RELIGION
Converted Man Wants to Make
Good His Populations.

ST. PAULA letter was received
at the office of President Elliott of
the Northern Pacific railway from q
woman missionary in San Francisco
telling of the conversion of man,
formerly a section foreman on the
Northern Pacific road, and that he
confessed to her that for several
years he regularly reported one more
man than he had on his force, in his
pay roll When the check arrived he
appropriated the amount to his per
sonal use. The missionary says the
mans conversion is so sincere that
he wishes to return not only the
money taken, but wishes to observe
the old Mosaic law of paying one-fifth
additional in the form of smart
money. The letter asks that the
records be gone over and the amount
determined.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
In the Hands of Brleands.

DENVER A Republican special
from Roswell, N, M, says John FL.
land, vice president of the Bank of
portales, Portaes, ~ NJ, and veal.
thy sheep man, has fallen into the
hands of brigards in old Mexico
where he went on business. Mrs. ELL
and has received a letter from him
postmarked Oputo, state of Sonora
Mexico, saying that he has been cap
tured by brigands and they demand O
heavy ransom and that unless ar
rangements are made to pay the ran
som he will be tortured and killed.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Manv AppIications.

S. c. Bassett of the state fair man
agement is trying to make room for
all the hog owners who are seeking
space. The applications on file fill
the pens already on the grounds and
allow an overflow, but Mr.. Bassett
promises to make room for all ex-
hibitors. The same situation is found
in regard to the display of agricul-
tural implements, but the solution
will be found by making the indi-
vidual exhibitors take less space.
The presence of Dan Patch on Tues
day, August 80, is expected to draw
an enormous crowd.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Iowa Crop Bulletin.

DIES MONIES, lathe tempera-
ture of the past week was about nor
NAL. Well distributed showers in
nearly all parts of the state relieved
apprehensions of damage by drouth,
and revived the pastures. The con-
ditions have been especially favorable
for the healthy development of the
corn crop, considerable portion Of
which is now in the roasting ear stage
and quite heavy in stalk and ear.
Good progress has been made in the
northern districts in stacking and
threshing small grain.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Cost of Colorado uprisinos.

DENVER-A special committee of
the grand jury reported to District
Judge Carpenter criticis!ng certain
expenses of the military during the
campaign in Cripple Creek and Tel
luride as "eXtravagant." With re-
gard to the experience of troops on
the streets of Denver on election day,
comment as to whether a soldier
should perform partisan services UNI
der tho guise of citizenship and rem
der n bill to the state therefor" is
withheld. The report shows indebt-
edness for instructions of 1921, 239,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
MICKEY WILL GO TO SEATTLE.

Nebraska Executive Will See New
Battleshp Christened.
LINCOLN, Neb.-Governor Mickey
and twenty-five invited guests will go
TO Seattle to witness the christening
and launching of the battleship Ne
braska. A Nebraska girl, probably
Miss Maria Mickey, will toss the bot
tie of champagne against the hull of
the vessel. However, the governor
may object to any member of his fam
lily handling intoxicating liquor, and
in that event the honor will fall to
some one else. The governor has no
tilted the shipbuilding authorities that
he will be present.
Those who will accampany him will
be state officials and politicians.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Hay Will Speak at Berlin.

BERLlN--lt was announced Thurs
day night that Secretary of State John
Hay will make an attempt to be pres.
ent and make at least one address at
the International Peace conference
which opens in this city October 8
1t is thought he will discuss the sub,
ject of the reduction of ornaments.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
ANOTHER EFFORT TO SETTLE
Chicago Council to Try Its Hand in
the Strike.

CHICAGO, Ill.-The city authorities
are to make a second effort to settle
the stock yards strike. At a meeting
of the city council Wednesday night
a resolution was passed empowering
Mayor Harrison to appoint a commit
tee of eleven aldermen, who are to
make it their business to bring about
settlement.
There was some opposition to the
resolution, a number of the aldermen
declaring that in their opinion the
result would be nothing. The resolu
ton, however, was passed, and the
committee appointed by the mayor.
Invitations were at once sent to the
leaders of the strikers and to the EN-.
ployers, inviting them to meet the
members OF the committee.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Teachers, Waoes Have Increased

The county superintendeYts' re-
ports which are being received at the
office of the state superintendent in
dictate that there has been a large
increase in the average salaries paid
school teachers, both male and fe-
male, as compared with the figures
for 1903.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Carpenter Declared Insane.

WAHOO-Frederick Anderson, a
carpenter and cabinet maker, was
brought before the board today and
adjudged insane. He served term
in the asylum at Lincoln in 1900, but
was released, having been pro
nounced cured. OF late he has been
seized with fits of insanity, several
times threatening violence to his
family.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Repairs Ordered Stopped.

WASHINGTON - Consul General
Goodnow at Shanghai cables the State
department that the Chinese toatai
of Shanghai, through the British CON
sui, has ordered that the repairs to
the Russian cruiser Askold and the
torpedo boat destroyer Gro&0voi be
stopped
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Protests AGAINST Russian Action.

DURHAM, Natal--The captain of
the British steamer Comedian has
lodged a protest against the action of
the Russian auxiliary cruiser Smo-
lensk in stopping the steamer and eX-
aiming its papers on Sunday last on
the southeast coast of Cape Colony.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Democratic Speakers for Maine.

NEW YORK-Former Senator
Frank ]. Cannon of Utah and Frank
Clark democratic nominee for con-
gress in Florida, will speak for the
democratic ticket in Maine during the
campaign.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
WATSON AND TlssLES.
They Receive Official Notification Of
Their Nomination.

Their Nomination.
NEW YORK-Thomas e. Watson
of Georgia, the peoples party candi
date for president, and Thomas II.
Tibbles of Nebraska, vice presiden
tial candidate, were formally notified
Of their nomination here Thursday
night at Cooper Union. The big hall
was crowded when, at s o'clock, the
two candidates, accompanied by Al.
fred G. Boulton of Brooklyn, chair
man of the meeting, appeared on the
platform There was much cheering.
Chairman Boulton at once intro,
duc2d General Samuel Williams of
Indiana, who made a speech officially
notifying the candidates of their selec
ton,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
Farmer Gored to Death.

FREMONT-August Bauman, aged
70, was fatally gored by bull in his
pasture, three miles northwest of
Snyder, Tuesday. He was dead when
round. He lived in Dodge county for
a iCng time and was highly respected
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
On a Tour Of Inspeetlon.

General Chaflce, the commander.
in-chief of the army, and General
Humphrey, the quartermastcr gen.
eral visited Forts Niobrara and Rob.
inson on their tour of the west.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
COURSE OF STORM.

Map shows path Of cyclone In Min.
nesota Aug. Fl, which cost fifteen
lives and property loss of over g..
100000.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-01
THREE FORTS
THAT is ALL THE RUSSIANS Sc.
CURELY HOLD.
THERE ARE OTHERS OCCUPIED

But owing to Heavy Artillery Fire
of the Japanese They are Uncer-
tain--Boys are Fighting in Russian
Ranks.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-08
CHINESE ARE SMUGGLED IN
Washington Authorities Have Made
Several Arrests.
IL Said to BE the Work of an Or
Ganixed Band Along the Ca
madam Border Line.

Chicago, April IAN organized gang
for the systematic smuggling OF Chi
nese into the United States by way OF
the Canadian border Is believed to have
been disrupted by the arrest Thursday
o. three Cinnamon, who, 1t is said,
were active agents of the organization.
The arrest of an American, the ring
leader of the gang, is all that Is lacking
to make the breaking up Of the SNUG
Cling complete, according to agents of
the department of commerce and labor,
of Washington, who have been work
ing secretly in Chicago for several
weeks. Those already arrested are
Lam Chez, a prominent Chinese mer-
chant of Chicago; Leong Man, Of
Joliet, ILL.,; who admits paying Lem
Chez $3.50 for the arranging of the
smuggling of countrymen into the
United States, and Leong Dock, of st.
Louis, cousin of Leong Man, and a pa
tron of Lem Chez.
For several months the United
States authorities have been aware of
the existence Of IN organized gang
which has been smuggling Chinese
across the Canadian border line, prin-
cipally between Windsor, Canada and
Detroit, Mich.
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-08

important part and the Germans who
are in politics seem to have divided into
factions in the senator's home town. 1t
is out of this factional disturbance that
the charges against him have grown.
Most of the witnesses who have ap-
peared before the committee are of Ger
man extraction and many of them
speak English with SO marked a dialect
that the venerable members of the COM
mittee have difficulty in comprehend
ing what is said, while the stenographers
are driven to desperation in their en-
deavor to make an accurate report.
Charges made by reputable witnesses
are denied with emphasis by equally
reputable witnesses, SO that the result
of the investigation is likely to be a clean
bill of health for the senator.
The most serious charge is that made
by Leopold Hahn, whom Dietrich de-
clined to reappoint as postmaster. He
asserted before the committee that Mr..
Fisher, his successor as postmaster, had
told him that he had been obliged to
pay the senator for his appointment.
This Fisher now denies. But Hahn Of
fers in evidence a memorandum which
he says was made at the time and which
constitutes an interesting exhibit in an
The Tupelo journal., 1904-04-08
MADE A SERIOUS BUAGLE.
A Mistake Made in Sentencing the
Chicago Car Barn Bandits.
As n Result tho Prisoners Attorneys
Have Made Application for
Writs of Habeas Corpus.

Chicago, April 1.-Seemingly a bad
bungle in the sentence of the car barn
bandits, Marx, Niedermeier and Van
Dine, c%onfronts the states attorneys
office. Instead of speedy hanging for
the condemned trio, a long legal battle
seems in prospect. The Illinois stat
utes, provide that the date set for
hanging must not be earlier than the
tenth day of the next term of the
state supreme court, nor later thar the
t~wenty-ffth. April %, the date on
which, according to sentence, the band
~ty-seventh day of the supreme cour.
term.
The fact developed that attorneys for
the defense had been quietly waiting
till Saturday next, when the present
term of the criminal court expires.
Proceedings were then to have been in
stituted to have the sentnce set aside
and the three bandits released. The
problem with which the states attor-
ney and his assistants wrestled was
how to correct the mistake, If possible,
and also find an effective way to make
the correction before Saturday.
Before n action could be taken by
the states attorney, application was
made, Thursday, for writes Of habeas
corpus in behalf of the bandits. The
writs were issued by Judge Chytraus
and were made returnable Monday.