Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-22
News in Brief

LlOnlStS was SlEUeu'
Howard Gale, the former law part
ner of General Benjamin Harrison, Is
dead in Indianapolis.
1t is reported that the Department
of Commerce and Labor will smoke
put the tobacco trust.
The house sustains the civil service
PROVISION of legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, and passes
a measure with but few changes
A dispatch from St Petersburg to
news agency reports that in a recruit
ing riot at Batoum on Saturday sew
eral persons were killed or wounded.
has given $125,OOO to Edinburg uni
versity to extend its usefulness and
assist the Carnegie trust in carrying
out it's work
The president has announced de-
finitely that no effort is to be made to
secure an extra session of congress in
interests OF tariff reform.
Miss Achsah NJ Ely, professor OF
mathematics at Vassar college, died
very suddenly at the college, death be-
ing caused by apoplexy.
The Japanese cruiser Saiyen was
blown up by Russian mine while
engaged in bombarding Port Arthur
defenses, and goes to the bottom.
Emperor William is sending his
life-sized portrait to King Menelik by
DIR. Rosen, head of the recently APP
pointed German mission to Abyssinla
John Uhnweiler, who has just died
in Dallas. Texas, was a native of
France and marched under the first
Napoleon as a drummer boy at Wa
terloo.
Charles Henry Wiberiy, an actor
known on the stage as Charles Yves.
ton, died at Denver of septic portion
tits. aged 80 years. His home was in
New York.
A young woman who sued a New
York street railway company for
$4,000 damages because she fell while
attempting to get on a car lost her
case in court
The American Asiatic association
gave its annual dinner at Delmonico's
In New York with Prince Fushimi of
the imperial house of Japan as the
principal guest.
Stojan, alias Tshaiyia, who stole the
famous picture of Our Lady of
Kazan," from the convent at Kazan,
Russia, has been sentenced to twelve
years Of penal servitude.
With $1,000 cash in their rockets.
two men. believed by the authorities
to be the men who robbed the Peoria
National bank. Saturday noon, are I'M
der arrest at Toulon, III.
An interesting presentation will be
made to the president by some scen-
tific men of Prussia. 1t Is a map made
in 1904, and it is the first one known
upon which the name America" was
used.
Governor Ahumada, OF Jalisco, Mexi-
co, has rendered his band to the FL
Paso Elks to accompany them to
Brooklyn next summer when they will
begin a campaign for the capture of
the 1907 meeting of the grand lodge
A dispatch from Constantinople says
the Russian and Austrian ambassadors
have presented note to the porte re.
counting recent Macedonian outrages
and adjuring Turkey to maintain or
der with a firm and impartial hand.
No hope is held out in Washington
administration circles of a revival Of
the French-American reciprocity
treaty, efforts to encourage which are
being made by American chamber of
commerce of Paris.
President Francis of the Louisiana
Purchase exposition will make a
Thanksgiving tour of the world, call
ing on the various crowned heads to
express to them Uncle Sans appre-
citation of their exhibits.
The board of directors of the Louis.
lana Purchase exposition approved
the contract with a Chicago wreck
ing company for the removal of the
exposition buildings. The exposition
company is to receive $45O,0OO.
The University of Chicago Is the
recipient of another gift from John
ID. Rockefeller, according to a mem
Der of the advisory committee of the
Baptist Theological union. Between
$2,O0O,000 and $3OOO,OOO is said to be
the amount of the endowment.
A. c. Tonmer of Ohio has resigned
assistant commissioner of Indian af.
fairs, and will be succeeded by
Charles F. Larrabee. now chief of the
land division of the Indian bureau. The
change is made at the instance of
Francis e. Leupp, who will become
commissioner Of Indian affairs
shortly.
A gambling house was robbed of
$1,000 at Tonopah, New, while a large
crowd was present, by an unknown
man who crawled under the building
and with large augur bored a hole
through the floor. The money from a
roulette wheel was in box under the
lookout chair. The man reached his
hand through and took the money.
The four seats on the New Yorl,
Cotton exchange held by Daniel J.