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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
Great Rush of Immigrants.

NEW YORK-So great has been the
rush of immigrants to this point in
the last few days that the immigrant
station at Ellis island was crowded
and several thousand steerage pas
sengers were Obliged to remain on
board the steamers on which they ar
rived from Europe, The Baltic came
with steerage list numbering 100
and with the arrival of the La Savoie
the number of immigrants awaiting
an opportunity to face the inspectors
at Ellis island was still further in.
creased.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
Will Improve Victoria Harbor.

VICTORIA. b. C.-The Canadian
Pacific Railway company has just ac-
quired by purchase Laurel Point, Vic
toria harbor, a rocky promontory, the
existence of which has restricted
shipping in this harbor, and will blast
il out, it is said, at cost of 100000,
thus greatly charging and improving
the harbor on the site which the com
pany has chosen for its wharves. The
company will apply Immediately to
the Dominion government for a sub
stantial subsidy to aid it in this for
midable undertaking..
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
GREAT JOY AT TOXIC.
Hope of Early Fall Of Port Arthur Re-
vived by Late Reports.

TOKIO-General Nogi's telegram
announcing the storming and capture
of 2O3-Meter hill was received with
cheers by the Japanese people. 1t re-
wives the hope of an early capture of
Port Arthur proper. The people have
never despaired of the success of the
besiegers, but the fortitude of the de-
tenders and the proclamation of the
siege, which exceeds SbE months the
most liberal preliminary estimate of
the time required to accomplish the
reduction Of this stronghold, has been
a source of deep regret, combined
with the loss of life and disappoint.
ments over the fact that the siege
has occupied such large force of
men, decreasing Field Marshals Oya.
mas strength at time when he need
ed every available man.
Thursday was the date set under the
conscription act when recruits could
join the army. Cheered by the news
from General Nogi, thousands of re.
cruits throughout the empire marched
to barracks and donned uniforms for
the first time. Following an honoreG
custom, the relatives of the recruits
carrying flags and banners, escorted
the new soldiers to their barracks.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
JAPS GET NEARER
Report That They Now Occupy 203
Meter Hill.

Meter HilI.
LONDON--Accordin to Toxic
dispatch to the Standard there is an
unofficial rumor that the Japanese
hauled large caliber guns to the top
of 203 meter hill. from whence their
fire has sweep of the whole harbor.
This report doubtless goes beyond
the facts, but various dispatches in.
dictate the progress the Japanese are
making in the reduction of Port Ar.
thur. Japanese here explain the great
importance of 2O3 Meter HILL which,
besides giving command of the har-
Dor, will serve as wide breach made
by the wedge the Japanese had pre-
viously driven in between the Else
group and the Russians last retreat
in the ravines of Laotie mountain.
They declare that retreat to Laotie
will be effectively cut off and that it
is not unlikely that Laotie will be 81
multaneously attacked in the final as
sault.
Bennett Burleigh wires to the Daily
Telegraph from Che Foo that in the
last assault the Japanese lost 1000 in
one hours fighting They claim to
have cautpred two more of the north.
eastern forts and third, which is
part of the West Keliwan fort. They
claim, Mr.. Burleigh adds, to have eff
fected a Judgement at Pigeon bay
thus turning the fort on 203 Meter hill
and that they are now tunnelling from
the gorge below Laotie hill which
they hope first to damage and then tc
rush. The dispatch continues:
Desperate fighting is proceeding
daily and the losses are admitted tc
be excessive, but the Japanese insist
that Port Arthur must fall within
twenty-one days"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
AMERICAN COMMITS SUICIDE.
New York Man Jumps to Vestibule
from Third Floor of Hotel.

LONDON-Elverton Chapman, agel
%, whose home is in New York City,
committed suicide at the Carlton hotel
by throwing himself from the third
floor landing to the vestibule, where
he was shockingly mangled on the
marble floor His skull was crushed,
one arm was shattered and there were
other injuries, from which he died in
terrible agony within few minutes.
Chapman arrived at the Carlton last
Saturday accompanied by his valet.
After dressing for dinner Monday
evening he left his room and upon
arriving at the head of the staircase
suddenly eluded the watchful attend
ant, sprang forward, cleared the ban
lister and fell three flights TO the
ground. The vestibule was filed with
we'll dressed men and women who
were proceeding to the dining hall.
The band was playing when the tragic
incident occurred. 1t was all so start
ling that great confusion at once pre-
| vailed, but the doctors speedily arriv-
| ed and Chapman was conveyed to his
room. He succumbed almost immedi-
! ately.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
Bio Hairpin Factory.

The greatest of the worlds manu-
factories of hairpins is at Painswick,
village in the Stroud valley, at the
foot of the Cotswolds. There are no
fewer than three hundred persons en-
ployed in turning out these tribes OF
the boudoir, and hundreds of auto
matte machines are in constant opera
ton Transforming miles Of wire into
tons of finished pins.-London En-
gineer
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
OUR COLLECTIONS
INTERNAL REVENUE MONEY is
MORE THAN LAST YEAR.
WHAT YERKES REPORT REVEALS
The Cost OF Collection and the Esti-
mated Receipts From All Sources
Need of Tax on Wood Alcohol
Explained.

Washington. The annual report of
Commissioner John W. Yerkes of the
internal revenue bureau shows that
for the fiscal year ended June 80, 1904,
the receipts of the bureau were 1892
0O400i, an increase of $2,164,079 over
the collections for the year next pre-
ceding. The cost of collection was
1888 per cent, as against 2.07 for the
year 1908, and 2.S3 per cent, the aver
age cost of collection since the forma
ton of the bureau.
The estimated receipts from all
sources of internal revenue for the ifs
cal year ending June 80, 1905, are
$230,000,000.
In 1903 the total production Of dis
titled spirits was 14S ,2O6,S75 gallons;
in 1904, 139 ,5O5214 gallons. In 1903,
in round numbers, 114,000000 gallons
of tax-paid spirits were withdrawn; in
1904, 117,000,000. There has been
decrease in the amount of tobacco
manufactured and an increase in snuff
in the production of beer
The four states having the largest
production of distilled spirits during
the year are: Illinois, 1,7S5, 1893 gal.
Ions; Kentucky. 23,070,162 gallons; In
diana, 90, S3S 1858 gallons, and Ohio, 49,
1881 gallons.
The four states which produced the
largest quantity of fermented liquor
are New York, 1861 1868 barrels;
Pennsylvania, 6,123, 1886 barrels; Hi
nois, 4632,446 barrels, and Wisconsin,
j ,035, 292 barrels.
On the subject of wood alcohol Mr.
Yerkes says The recent death in
New York city of several men, caused.
as alleged, by drinking in a saloon
| liquor sold as whisky, which in fact
was liquid composed largely of wood
alcohol and colred so as to resemble
whisky has brought prominently to
the attention of the public the sup
posed use of wood alcohol as a bever-
| age.
There is no tax upon wood alcohol
and, therefore, no record of its manu-
! facture or sale is kept by this bureau,
and in no way does it come within the
scope of the inspection or regulation
of this Office.
The methods of purifying and re-
fining wood alcohol now employed so
far remove its toxic qualities that il
can be and probably is used with some
less danger than formerly to adulter-
ate ethyl alcohol in the preparation OF
various kinds of compounded alcoholic
beverages. Through these improved
processes of refining it is competitor
with ethyl alcohol for use in the man.
ufactures and arts, in the preparation
of perfumes and cosmetics and tC
some extent in the making of medi-
cinal compounds.
UNLESS by legislative enactment the
use of ethyl alcohol free of tax in the
arts and manufactures should be-
granted, then this office submits fol
consideration the propriety of the i'm
position, through necessary legislation
of tax on wood alcohol to an amour
sufficient to place the two articles
wood and ethyl alcohol-on basis o
equality"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
A Teachers Testimony.

Hinton, Ky, Nov. 2S.-(Special.)-
1t has long been claimed that Diabe-
ties is incurable, but Mr.. E. ]. Thomp-
son, teacher in the Hinton school,
has pleasing evidence to the contrary.
Mr.. Thompson had Diabetes. He took
Dodd's Kidney Pills and is cured. In
a statement he makes regarding his
cure Mr.. Thompson says:
II was troubled with my kidneys
for more than two years and was
treated by two of the best doctors in
this part of the state. They claimed
I had Diabetes and there was little
to DO done for me. Then | started
to use Dodd's Kidney Pills and what
they did for me was wonderful. It
Is entirely owing to Dodd's Kidney
Pills that l am now enjoying good
health"
Many doctors still maintain that
Diabetes is incurable. But Diabetes
is kidney disease, and the kidney
disease that Dodds Kidney Pills will
not cure has yet to be discovered.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
Another Russian BIunder.

LONDON-The Morning Posts cor
respondent at Shanghai telegraphs:
TT is reported that Russian torpedo
boat destroyer returned to Vladivo.
stok from a scouting expedition was
sunk by the guns of the Russian forts
in error"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08

Every nouseKeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in q pound pack
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you
1907. package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts In Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
ters and figures "16 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance OF the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
Saws jap Loss Was Great.

ST. PETERSBURG-Th war Office
has received information from Che
Foo that the Japanese assault on Port
Arthur was repulsed with enormous
losses
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
Ask Your Druggist for Aliens Foot.ease.

81 tried ALIENS FOOT-EASE recent
ly, and have just bought another supply It
has cured my corns, and the hot, burning
and itching sensation in my feet which was
almost unbearable, and would not be with
out it now.-Mrs. w. j Walker, Camden,
N. j." Sold by all Druggists, 25c.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
American Stops Swiss Train.

Losing his new hat out of window
of Swiss express, an American pas
senger pulled the alarm cord and the
train was stopped. He recovered his
hat and cheerfully paid $40 fine.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
Antiseptic Flanellette.

An English inventor claims to have
found process of making flanellette
garments non-inflammable and at the
same time antiseptic.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
Saws a MisouYnist.

If Paris hats and tiaras and neck
laces were rewards of cheerfulness,
women would forget how to weep.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08

You can't always judge a mans
bank account by the artistic decora.
lions on the front of his office safe.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08

I do not believe Piso's Cure for Consumpv on
has an equal for coughs and colds.-JoHy F.
BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. IS. 1900
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08

Living for ones land is far greater
than dying for it.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08

The church is not at all sacred
when It thinks that the street Ia
wholly secular.-Chicago Tribune
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08

The three most beautiful things in
the world are roses, white butterflies
and womans heart.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08

The wise man who has anything to
say to mule says it to his face.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY

Take Laxative BrOmo Quinine Tablets, All drug
Eists refund the money II II fails TO cure. T., W.
Gtoyes signature Is on each box. 25c.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-08

Some men work overtime trying ia
dodge hard work.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-09

Editor Independent: Enclosed find
list of old populists and 10 cents-all
the money have; sorry 1t isn't ten
dollars.
There is great unrest among the
people OF this state. A socialist club
OF 80 socialists has been formed In
the town " Sumpter In the last few
days This county was popullst once
and betrayed by the managers What
we need here IN an organizer
have been writing TO Mr.. =. H.
Phelps, chairman peoples party com
mlttee OF Malhner county. In refer
ence Co calling state convention.
Don't know what will be done.
VIM. r. SHELTON.
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-09

Wnen man SeLS 10 De a TdhLinS im-
perialist he can't use good rhetoric,
not even if he has had long years of
culture and the very best educational
opportunities. John Hay did not mix
lis metaphors when he wrote Little
Breeches," but at st. Louis, in the
exaltation of imperialism, he said:
Even the shores of the ocean could
not long check the eagle in his mar
Vicious fight. The isles of the utter
most seas became his stepping stones
Whether we consider the isles of the
sea a stepping stone. or try to i'm
agine an eagle using stepping stones,
we get badly mixed. The fact is we
cont believe that the American eagle
has any more use for stepping
stones than the United States has
Tor the Philippines.
>SSSSSS$
The way subjects are governed TO-
coo miles away is shown in Senator
E'rye's bill to apply the American laws
governing ships in the coasting trade
to the Philippines. That bill was for
the benefit of a few of Senator Frye's
constituents and for the oppression OF
the people in the Philippines. 1t puts
some money in the pockets OF the
Massachusetts Yankees by taking it
away from our subjects in the Phil
irpines who have no vote and no way
OF protecting themselves. The Puri-
tans didn't seem to object to it at all.
ScSSSS5&
The Russian army in Manchuria
must be supplied by one line OF rail-
way Military experts of the quarter
master and commissary departments
Of European armies agree that it will
require seven trains day of IS cars
each to supply an army OF 100000
men, while the most that can be>g got
over the road in its present condition
and with it's present equipment is six
tIains day. They say that the at
tempt to put an army of that size in
Manchuria would end In famine for
the army and the people of the coun-
try. The loss of the Russian navy,
these experts say, makes the Russian
situation desperate.
S&sSSS>S$
A Filipino gives his opinion of
benevolent assimilation in the fol-
lowing words "A curious blend of re-
lJgiOn and rum, of beads and beati-
tudes, of grace and greed-the deca-
Iogue written with the hearts blood
OF dark men; picture of mercy
scared upon quivering~ flesh; a pro-
c,amation of love that reaches the
heart through an opening made with
the sWord-these are the blessings of
civilization
&SSsS<SS<
Mr.. Maher, tax commissioner for
the Rock Island, testified under oath
last week before the board of equaliza-
tion that that road could be repro
Guced for $4,000 a mile. Every one
knows that the Rock Island is one of
the best and most luxuriantly equipped
through routes that run across the
state. Think what enormous profits
upon their original investment the
roads of this state are forcing out of
the farmers and merchants! Isn't it 4
about time that some remarks were
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-09

Kentucky; state mass convention.
Louisville. Saturday. July 2. Ia select
delegates 10 Springfield and nominate
presidential electors
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-09

Kansas state convention 60 re-
convene ut Topeka. August .. 20 nom.
mate state ticket and presidential
electors
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-09
Low Rates To The South
Are Made On Tho First And Third Tues.
days OF Each Month BY The
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

At which times round trip tickets to
points in the south and southeast are
sold atone fare plus 800.
Asplondid opportunity is thus Afford
ed the residents of the North and West
to personally gain knowledge of the
great resources and possibilities of q
section which is developing very rapidly
and showing results which are most sat-
isfactory.
Low priced lands, superior business
opportunities, unexcelled locations for
factories can be obtained or are offered
in all OF the states reached by the south
ern system.
illustrated publications and full infog-
nation upon request.
N. V. Richards,
Land Il Industrial Agent,
Washington. d. G.
Chas- s. Chase, Agent,
Land 4 Industrial Dept.
Chemical Building,
St. Louis, Mo.
T. s. Thsckston. Tray Agent,
Land 4 Industrial Dept,
225 Dearborn ST.
Chicago. ILL.,
The independent. [volume] (Lincoln, Neb.) 1902-1907, 1904-06-09
Grant Co, Oregon

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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-18
Negro Brute HANDED,

ROANOKE, Va. March 1S.-The
negro. Henry Williams. whose capt
IRE and trial We're attended by many
sensational features. including the
calling out of eighteen companies OF
militia to prevent mob violence. was
hanged today.
On January 80 last Williams as
saulted Mrs. George J. Shields and her
year old daughter with a Ratchet
razor, and pocket knife and left then
for dead. After hacking and frac-
turing the skulls of his victims Will
a Ratchet Williams cut Mrs. Shields
throat from ear to ear with a razor
and locked her in a clothes closet. He
escaped to the coal fields, where he
was captured a few days later. He
confessed to the crime and was rushed
across t Of VIRGINIA on =
special tain - Richmond. He was
brought here for tr'ol on specia
train, under escor "a than 1000
soldiers, and a heavy ard was main
tanned about the court house during
the trial.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-18

\ Wall street banker who nartici-
.n,tal f., ,na d,.,I ,..,,+.t ,.,,...., 11-.....
-
''i'' 9'HN'
Did it ever strike You that the
Northern Pacific panic made the North
egu Pacific AM American railroad for the
first time in is history?- The English
built il. owned it. ana ut the time OPP
Grated it. They tried to make a pres
EFT OF il 10 Hill in the famous London
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-18
MURDERS DUE TO VENDETTA
Police Obtain Clues to Secret of Deaths
From Flames and StiIetto.

ALTOONA. Pa, March 1S.-In the
Who had been stabbed and left for
lead, detectives have clews to the
most dangerous Italian society they
have known.
Thirty murders are ascribed to the
members of this band, all in this and
the two adjoining counties. Twenty
eight Italians in the railroad camp at
Lilly were cremated four months ago.
The building in which they died was
1 flimsy one. with numerous doors
md windows. but none of the men es-
,aped. On several of the charred
bodies stilletto wounds were found
1t is believed the society executed
his wholesale crime the members
driving back at the points of their
Knives those who sought to escape
rom the flames.
Ten of these murders have been
committed among the Italian labOrers
working on railroad improvements.
Arrests have been made. but in every
case. the prisoners furnished strong
alibis. and although the circumstan-
tial evidence in each case was almost
conclusive. no convictions could be
lad. In every case the victims of the
society who died by the stiletto bore
the dread mark of the banda cross.
deep carved on the forehead.
Recently detectives were called to
investigate the stabbing of two Ital-
ians near this city. The victims were
brothers. and the elder was killed
but the younger. a boy. is recovering
When he first was aroused from the
StupOr in which he was found he
whispered: The avengers: the aven-
gers
In the hospital While in delirum,
he repeatedly cried out in fear. de-
him; but when he became rational he
absolutely refused to talk. In his raw
ings. however. the boy divulged
enough to furnish the detectives clues
on which to work.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-18

Walsh'S superb portrayal of MaslOVa.
the leading character. AS an instance
of the esteem she has won from the
critics the opinion of 50 conservative
Evening sun, is we'll worth While to
quote:
audience last night" says Mr.. Da-
Vies as she has never done before.
You could literally have heard a pin
drop in the prison scene last night.
Miss Walsh threw all her charms to
the winds. Every trace of beauty in
face and form was sacrificed. With
her brandy bottle in hand she sat
there in the prison yard Il befuddled
besOtted cerature beyond despair
and 50 far past recollection that when
her first love, her betrayer comes to
her. protesting repentance and prof
fering aid she does not recognize him
and merely greets him with the pro-
fessional leer that habit has taught
her to extend to each new customer.
1t was an awful sight and made your
blood ran cold. Then when lie dis
closed himself, when Maslova finally
az ! vt rs haodroroe prince in
l4r@ t,a@ 100 uni. ner betrayer but
one OF the men that sat on the jury
which had found her guilty of a muir
del she had never done. she turned on
him and Withered him with a scorn
which was made the more splendid
from the very source from which it
came. In no role that Miss Walsh has
played has she shown so intellectual
a grasp of d character Her later
notes of sorrow, repentance. tender
ness and final love were all touched
honestly. surely. Her MasIova in fact
was the triumph of her career.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1904-03-18
Cooks Wanted by Uncle Sam.

WASHINGTON, d. c.. March IS
The American housewife is not the
only one who has difficulty in obtain
ing a good cook. Uncle Sam is wor-
ried over the same problem. A num-
Der of cooks are needed in the Indian
service ard the government is offering
Inducements to secure competent
knights of the gridiron. The civil
service commission will hold an ex-
animation tomorrow. and as an in
ducement to applicants it says:
In view of the difficulties which the
commission has experienced in secur-
ing eligibles for the position of cook
it is desired that all persons who are
qualified will apply for this position.
No educational test will be given and
it will not be necessary for appli-
animation.
There are nineteen Indian schools
where dyspepsia is said to run riot
because of lack of competent cooks
At Navajo. \. NJ, and Carlisle. Pa.
salaries of $500 a year are offered
Three of the schools offer $40. six
offer $500: five offer $3.50 and three Of
fer $500.
The requirements are that appli-