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The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27
Ma Got orders.

pek,n: General Ma received oroers
fourteen days ago to drill the troops
constantly and prepare for a maren
70 the East at short notice. Two thou
sand soldiers are wording on the roaoS
and 1900 more are at KoupeiNo~' ~
the vicinity Of T4o Nan. The men are
,wa,, drilled and disciplined. They
comprise infantry only, and are quar-
tered in public inns when possible
The natives between that polhS an'
pakin have no interest in or known
e.dye of the war. but they dread natiV'
soldiers. Crops are In mashlheen
| condition.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27
uaed x-Ray on AnkI

Laredo, Texas: DIR. Steel
rey arrived. with his A-ray
and located the fracture in
of MIR. Austin, the Pacific
agents ankle. which was ~
days ago at the International
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27
china Opens Ports.

pek!n: An imperial edict voluntarily
issued opens to the commerce OF the
world the ports of Gilman Flu: WEI 9Al
En- and Chou Tsun, on the Shah iuhs
Deninsula.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27

soak,ne In Pure Aleshe
Than tatoxies

saak,ns In Pure Aieshs
Than iatexies
Houston. Texas: Some
ting paarmsceutists CAP
A. Knapp's sell weevh
while they were IN Houa
abseaos Of the dostor y
ed ~ PROT. Geo. w. Cu
ter has . half susaei OF =
weeyiis and various exp
made with some Of the
| lily to test their harsanes
I under strenuous cennsR
periments began by put
| iis into q vial and then
the same vial enough 2
thoroughly cover the
actly Ave minutes es -
peared to be either dead
tose condition. The ale
poured off and the pug
on q piece OF plotting pa
minutes from the time
ken from the vial they
Il B. a n ~
stand fairly we'll on the li
another minute or two
I batch of them made o b
water pail, a human
that provoked much m
those present. Several
who witnessed the exl
magnifying glasses with
watch could be kept .
~ unent OF the hug while
r soaking up the into
+ when about two-third
stated that the weevi
7 to bulge out and bef'
~ drunk stage was reach'
had crossed eyes. Al
Of from under the effects
airy every weevil's eyes 9
ltly was further remarked
,rts signs OF life exhibited
ach when coming to was 9
tan. OF the toes on the two
nif- showing that the bug
on stem to stern In an IN
aad- the human. Prof. @
harA the weeVil he had si
port hol twenty-four hours
The alarm clock go of In
eta. became q good wee
I'M "What do you call a
con- fessor?" asked MIR.
r re- ton. "A dead one,
3 to Piled Professor Curt
IDENTIFY been reading
came across the re-
dan made about WI
"good Injun."
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27
Or. Meviear pea

New York: Rev. DR.. NJ
VicaT president OF Union
Of Richmond, Va, and VIII
jnected with the BaptiSt
Isionary Society, is dead n
He will be buried at 8faptel
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27
Elnht az Chelousan.

LONDON: The Central News CORE
at Baku. CaveasiR. report2
> Sarious eight bett. zen Armenians andN
; = IT troops az Chelousan, in the
district of Mush vrd.
t4a vo,,Ile the krmeBiaps had their
q - n4tsl5sa.l.A :. = 80. n4hhra killed
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27

Application has been made for entry
at the postoffiee in Houston as Se'co"o
class mail matter.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1904-05-27

; ared IN 9 flFat gun
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11

L hope you will see that these little
motherless waits are given plenty of
milk and treated kindly Bowers re.
piled: 4 will see, Mr. President, that
they are taken in charge by the cook
of our mess and are well cared for
Several times during his stay Mr.
Lincoln was found fonding these kit.
tens. 1t was a curious sight at an
army headquarters, upon the eve OF a
great military crisis in the nations
history, to see the hand which had
signed the commissions of all the
heroic men who served the cause of
the Union, from the general-in-chief
to the lowest lieutenant, tenderly
caressng three stray kittens. 1t well
illustrated his kindness, which was
mingled with the grandeur of his ma.
ture. Detroit Free Press.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
Renounces Episcopal Faith.

MILWAUKEE, Wis.---Rev Charles
Fl. Schultz, formerly rector of st.
stephens Episcopal parish in this city,
on Sunday publicly renowned alleGi-
arce to the Episcopal faith and was
baptized and received into the Cath
Ollie church. A number of his for
mer parishioners witnessed the cere-
mony at Gesu church. Rev Schultz
had been rector of st. Stephens
Episcopal church for over year.
coming here from Nashotah, where
h was Instructor in an Episcopal in
stitution.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11

and patriotic soul, whose influence was
revealed in his confidential letters
and talks. We know furthermore
that he often took counsel of his cab
met officers before deciding matters
Of moment. Certain it is that in ar
bitrary arrests Seward and Stanton
were disposed to go farther than Lin
coin. The spirit of arbitrary power
was in the air, and unwise and unjust
acts were done by subordinates which
although Lincoln could not have done
himself, he deemed it better to ratify
than to undo. This was notably the
case in the arrest of Valandigham.
Again, Congress did not always do
what Lincoln wished, and certain men
of his own party in Congress were
strong enough to influence his actions
in various ways. But, after all, he
was himself strong man exercising
comprehensive authority; and it is
an example of the fexibility of the
constitution that, while it surely did
not authorize certain of Lincoln's acts,
it did not expressly forbid them
Scribner's Magazine.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11

the dandy, is at the same time in good
taste and thoroughly in the mode of
the period. Indeed, none of Lincoln's
authentic pictures suggest the outland-
ish garbs in which he is pictured for
some reason or other in the popular
mind. Perhaps because so shown by
the average cartoonist.
In the collection of Fl. w. Fay OF
De Kalb, H., is probably the earliest
was taken early in 1861. His face was
smooth until about the end of 1860
and when he first allowed his beard
to grow it was the subject of much
public comment. 1t seems a pity that
he ever thus disfgured himself, as his
beard, instead of improving his ap-
pearanCe, hid his strong chin and also
added to the almost distressed express
sion which his face constantly wore
while in repose in later life.
Justice Mitchell has in his collec-
tion two other interesting portraits of
Lincoln. One is an idealiZed bust, now
but little known. 1t was executed by
JOHu odIldln, the uOleu enSTdNeT, uuT-
ing the presidency of the great liber-
ator. The engrayer, being a great
admirer of Lincoln took all the pains
of the retoucher to present the none
too handsome countenance of the
President in the most attractive man.
ner possible. All the lines in his face
are gone, as well as the hollow and
careworn expression. His beard is
carefully combed and hair neatly ar.
ranged. In brief, the engraver has
done all in his power to beautify the
subject, but the result, from the stand
point of likeness, is unsatisfactory
and the picture is principally interest,
ing as a curiosity.
The other picture is along the same
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
is READY 70 ACT.
Russian Fleet at VlaGiVo3tock Fully
Equipped.


ST. PETERSBURG.-A dispatch
issued here by semi-official agency.
says the Russian fleet at Vladivostock
has been fully equipped for immedi-
ate service and prepared for sea.
All the wood fittings of the ships
have been removed. The harbor is
being kept open by ice breakers
The fleet consists of four cruisers,
the Cromoboi. of 1886 tons; the
Rossia, of 1880 tons; the Bogatyr,
of 6,750 tons, and the Burik, of 1928
tons, and the transport, the Lena
TOKIO.-The Russian note is still
undelivered and the government and
people Of Japan do not possess any
definite information concerning the
time of it's arrival or it's contents.
Russias delay. coupled with the an
nouncement of continued movement
of reinforcements into Manchuria, in
creases the strain of the tension. while
it dimlnishes the already slight pros
poets for peace. The government has
been urged to dispatch a peremptory
note to ST. Petersburg, threatening to
declare war il refused immediate sat
isfaction in the way of a reply to its
previous note, but still the government
is patiently waiting, although it is
manifest if the delay is much more
prolonged it will act energetically.
Events will move rapidly when the
note is finally received, il it is not
satisfactory, and the prospects for
additional negotiations is slight, al
though probably Japan will dispatch
an ultimatum before striking. The
Japanese show a remarkable outward
calm AMI no scenes similar to those
in America and England before re-
cent wars were Witnessed There
were occasional demonstrations and
outcroppings of popular feeling, but
the usual visitor to the larger cities
can see nothing out of tho ordinary in
! the disposition and behavior of the
people. There is, however, an under
current of desperate determination
running the nations length and
breadth, more imposing in many ways
| than a demonstration would be. The
! people have counted the cost and
made final preparations. so that IL
forced to fight they are capable of
waging and sustaining war in man.
ner that will surprise the world
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
Lincoln's Faith in God.

Gen. Dan" Sickles once told a
story illustrating the tenderness of
President Lincolns heart as well as
his faith in Providence and his optim.
ism.
After Gen. Sickles had been wound.
ed at Gettysburg, he was removed to
this city, and the President called on
him at the hospital. When the gen.
eral described the battle and the aw-
full slaughter, Mr.. Lincoln wept like
a child.
while the two armies were con.
verging," said the President, Il went
into my room and prayed as | had
never prayed before. told God that
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
HAYTIAN AFFAIRS
LEADERS OF REVOLUTION ARE
SHOT TO DEATH.
COUNTRY IN STATE OF TERROR
Uprising Promptly Nipped in the bud
with Rifles-Revolutons Riddled
with Bullets While They Are In
Their Beds.

WASHINGTON-Mail advices from
a thoroughly authentic source which
reached several persons in Washing.
ton Wednesday indicate a terrifying
state or affairs has existed recently
in Hayti. One letter from Port Au
Prince gives the following account
OF happenings at that place:
Affairs here are In a state of wild
and dreadful disorder. While the
president, General Nord, was in Con
aives, a city in the northern part of
this republic, conspiracy was dis
covered to ina,gurate Il revolution,
not so much against General Nord
himself as for the purpose or getting
control of the city and forcing the
president to agree to certain measures
respecting the liberation and pardon.
ing of a number of Haytians impli-
Gated in the bank scandal When the
time arrived to carry the plot into
execution, many withdrew therefrom.
Ore of the number, General Maxine
Nomp. aizer was, however, determin-
ed to carry it through.
Learning of the conspiracy the mil
itary governor of the city, with a
numuer of soldiers, broke into the
house where Nomplaizer and a few OF
his friends We're gathered Orders
We're given to shoot all those within
on the spot. Those who were killed
were NomplaiZer, his son, one or two
other persons and a servant The
owner of the house escaped by jump
ing from second story window. and
in doing so broke his leg, but man
aged to crawl to the house of a Ger
man, who gave him shelter.
The military authorities arrested
and imprisoned his wife. Hearing OF
this, the man informed the authorities
If they would release his wife he
would return to his house. He kept
his word, returning to the house,
where the authorities found him III
bed after a physician had set his leg
Without any ceremony they killed him
as he lay there by firing thirteen bull
lets into his body The foreign res.
idents then became alarmed and the
German admiral informed the authori.
ties If their actions did not cease he
would land marines and take posses.
sion of the city. This stopped fur
Their proceedings
General Nord afterward reached
Port Au Prince and the excitement
Is allayed. Nearly all the foreign le-
cations are full of refugees.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
LINCOLN AS A DICTATOR.
Restrained Always by the Promptings
of His Conscience.


of His Conscience.
Lincoln is inaugurated President.
the civil war ensues, and with it an
extraordinary development of the
executive power 1t is an interesting
fact that the ruler of a republic which
sprang from a resistance to the Eng.
lish king and parliament should eX.
ercise more arbitrary power than any
Englishman since Oliver Cromwell,
and that many of his acts should be
worthy of a Tudor. Lincoln was n
good lawyer who reverenced the con-
stitution and the laws, and only
through necessity assumed and eXer.
cised extra-legal powers, trying at the
same time to give to these actions
the color of legality. Hence his theory
of the war power of the constitution,
which may be construed to permit
everything necessary to carry on the
war. Yet his dictatorship was diff
ferent from Caesars and different
from the absolute authority of Ma
poleon. He acted under the restraints
imposed by his own legal conscience
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11

as to his appearance at the start of
his career.
Robert T. Lincoln owns what is
probably the earliest portrait of his
father. 1t is an old daguerreotype,
taken about 1913, probably at Wash.
ington, when Lincoln was serving his
only term in congress. This portrait
is but slightly suggestive of the Lin.
coin Of later life. The countenance,
1t has been remarked, is rather that
of poet than that of a statesman"
and not few of those who have been
permitted to examine it. have been
impressed with the striking resem-
blance it bears to the face of Emer-
son.
One of the earliest photographs of
Lincoln was owned by Geo. Schneider
of Chicago, former editor of the
Stats Zeitung, one of the most in
tiuential anti-slavery newspapers in
the west. In 1854 Mr.. Lincoln was in
Chicago and Mr., Isaac N. Arnold,
prominent politician and lawyer of
Illinois, invited Mr.. Schneider to dine
with Lincoln. After dinner as the
gentlemen were going downtown, they
stopped at an itinerant photograph
wagon and Mr. Lincoln had his picture
taken.
A curious contradiction, indeed, is
the Lincoln of this photograph to the
Lincoln in the popular mind. He was
then about 40 years of age and had
probably not lost what youthful vanity
he once possessed. Instead of being
rough and devoid of fashion, his cos.
tune is almost that of an exquisite,
while his orm, if stiff, is neither awk-
ward nor ungainly. The pose is even
graceful. Ills face is just beginning
to show a few lines, but his counte-
nance is entirely devoid of the care
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
Withdraws from Turkey.

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-The Euro
pean squadron. composed of the
Brooklyn, at Alexandria,; the San
Francisco, at Beyroot; the Machias.
on it's way to Port Said, and the col
lier Alexandria at Alexandria, have
been ordered to sail for Culebra to
join in the combined maneuvers
about to ensue. 1t is stated that with
drawal of the fleet from Turkish wa
ters is but temporary and that at
conclusion Of the maneuvers it will
return strongly reinforced and pre-
pared to make a more vigorous dem
OnstratiOn.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
rranlc Climax Of a Wedc,lnn.

SAGINAW, Mich,-The wedding
here last week of Corporal Charles A.
Vslois of Company II, Twenty-sixth
United States infantry, and Miss
Mabel Steiner had a tragic climax
Tuesday night when the young couple
took poison in roCming house on
Franklin street Mrs. Valois is dead
and her husband Is in a critical con.
dition. The match met the disap-
proyal Of the parents of the young
couple, They left letter saying that
their parents had turned them out Of
home.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
WHY the Lord Made So MANY.

In Lincoln's lips, the words that
often came were these-"The common
people" To those who lived with him
and talked with him, especially dur
ing the Civil War, it seemed as If he
could never cease thinking of those
who were just human beings, inlet
tered, unknown, inglorious. A Con-
gresham from a Western district APP
preached him during his term as Pres
ident, and apologized for presenting a
petition from his constituents, because
they were very common people.
We'll" said Lincoln, pleasantly,
God must love the common people,
He's made so many of 'em. Success.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11

When it is remembered that Abra-
ham Lincoln was not what might be
called handsome or even cookbook
ing man, in the popular acceptance of
the term, and that he lived in a period
when photography was in its infancy,
1t is surprising how many times he
must have posed for the camera artist
during the seventeen years of his ac-
tive public life. He must have yield
ed with great good nature to the APP
plications for Sitting from photog-
raphers. Every now and then a new
unknown" photograph of Lincoln is
turning up in some old album or store
room, and although the number is al
ready large, it is hard to tell if they
have yet all been found.
While the photographer was busy
recording on the sensitive plate the
image of his distinguished subject, the
engraver was not idle, and as a result
there are over 200 different engraved
portraits of Lincoln known to col
1ectors. Many of these pictures are,
however, hardly worthy OF cons!dera-
ton, as they are really but poor
copies, with some slight change in
costume or pose, from celebrated orig
inals.
The wide field of Lincoln portraiture
really offers an interesting opportunity
for the careful study of his facial ap-
pearance at different periods of his
active career. Particularly is this
true since the recent discovery of
several early portraits of Mr.. Lincoln
which fill a gan and satisfy curiosity
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11

worn expression of later life, yet 1t is
full of intelligence.
In the collection of Lincoln portraits
owned by Justice James T. Mitchell OF
the Supreme court of Pennsylvania is
an old ambrotype of Lincoln. Here.
tofore, it is believed, unpublished.
This picture is full of interest, as il
was taken just before the famous de.
bate between Douglas and Lincoln.
Lincoln was 40 years of age when
this old ambrotype was made. Only
four years older than when the Chi.
cago photograph just mentioned was
taken, and yet the change in his APP
pearance is most striking. One would
say he had aged ten years at least.
The lines on the face have multiplied
and deepened, while the gentle ex-
preston of the poet has been utterly
dissolved into one of calm, unbending
determination. The rising country
lawyer has become a full-fedged man
of the world.
Another recently discovered. and
exceedingly rare portrait of Lincoln
made at about the time of the Doug
las debate was engraved by an I'M
known artist in Philadelphia. 1t is
one of the few full length pictures of
Lincoln that is not caricature, and is
interesting from this point of view
alone. The future president is stand.
ing with one arm resting on table on
which manuscript is exposed. 1t is
presumed that he is pictured in the
act of debating with Douglas.
His costume while not suggesting
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
INDIANS IN A SORRY PLIGHT.
Return From Indian Congress Which
Stranded In Paris.

NEW GORK,-After stormy pas
sage the steamship LaChampagnc ar
rived in port Tuesday from Harve.
From January q to 81 west and south,
west gales, with very rough seas,
were encountered and one day the
steamer made only twenty knots In
the steerage arrived Ernest Elmer, the
manager of an Indian congress which
went to pieces in Paris. With him
came Albert Hensley, an Indian, with
his sQuaw and two children, Roy
Thunder and his four.year-od son,
Dewey Thunder, The party was q
sad looking lot They were shipped
through TO Nebraska.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
LINCOLN AND'THE KITTENS.
Great President Found Time to Min.
lister to Waits.

On one occasion when President
Lincoln visited Gen. Grant, Gen. Por.
ter, who was Gen, Grants secretary
at the time, says that three tiny
kittens were crawling about the tent
The mother had died, and the little
wanderers were expressing their grief
by mewing piteously. Mr.. Lincoln
picked them up, took them on his lap,
stroked their soft fur and murmured;
Poor little creatures, you'll be taken
care of, and turning to Bowers, said:
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
7---------
BITTER TOWARD UNCLE SAM.
Russian Papers Are In a Pusilistic
Mood

LONDON-Special dispatches re-
ceiyed from the far east and pub
ished Thursday morning add nothing
to the actual situation. The st. Pc
tersburg correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph quotes from the Move
Vremya as making a bitter editorial
attack upon the United States, which
he supposed to be an outcome of the
dispatch to the American consul to
Mukden.
The Move Vremya accuses the Uni
ted States of desire to win the trade
of the entire globe and exclue Europe
of the entire globe and exclude Europe
clares: If as it seems likely, war
breaks out, it will have been instigat-
ca by the Yankees"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
Inereaee Of Public Debt.

WASHINGTON, d. C,-The mouth
ly statcL.enl of the public debt shows
that at the close of January 80 the
total debt, less cash IN the treasury,
amounted tC $9l5,062 SAB, which is
an increase of $9l1 663 as compared
With the preceding month, This IN.
crease is accounted for by a core
spending decrease II the ca?h on
hand.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
Cashier Rose Gets Ten Years.

CLEVELAND, O.-George A. Rose,
late cashier of the Produce Exchange
bank, who recently confessed to EN-.
bezzling $4,000 of the banks funds.
was sentenced to serve ten years in
the penitentiary.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11

lines. 1t shows the head and bust OF
Lincoln. 1t is the work of an unknown
Italian artist and bears the inscrip
ton; "Abroamo Lincoln, Presidente
Della Republica Degli Staff Unite
D'America." AS the only known like
ness of Lincoln published in Italy, the
picture is not without interest.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11

if we were to win the battle He must
do it, for had done all that | could.
| went from my room with great
load lifted from my heart, and from
that moment | never had a doubt as
to the result. We shall hear good
news from Gen. Grant, who has been
pounding away at Vicksburg for so
many months. am in prophetic
mood to-day, Sickles, and | say that
you will get we'll"
The doctors do not say So" the
general replied.
II don't care, Sickles; you will get
WELL" the President persisted.
And that afternoon Gen. Sckel
went on to say, telegram was re.
ceived from Gen. Grant announcing
the fall of Vicksburg. Sickles' recov-
cry soon followed Washington Star,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11

Give a swift horse to him who tells
the truth, so that as soon as he has
told it he may ride and escape.
BY the time the wise man gets mar.
ried the fool has grown-up children.