Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-01-28
Brief kilograms

Adjutant General Jonn s. Saunders
OF the Maryland national guard is dead
Mt Annapolis.
The death of Herman Z. A. Rodcll
prominent in Illinois Grand Army cir
clcs. occurred at Pekin II.
Senator Quay introduced a bill pro
viding for the admission of Oklahoma
and Indian Territory as one state.
The directors of the Erie railroad
declared q per cent scmiannual div
idend on the first preferred stock.
A dispatch from Picking says that
missionaries who have arrived there
report that Prince Tuan is seriously
ILL.,
1t is reported that a serious battle
has taken place between the govern
ment troops and the insurgents in
Uruguay, the insurgents losing heav.
lily.
Senator Penrose introduced a bill pro-
hibiting the issuing or paying of mon
ey orders or the registering of letters
on Sunday.
The Northern Pacific directors have
declared ~ per cent quarterly divi-
dend, comparing with " per cent reg
ular and an extra half per cent for the
preceding quarter.
Seymour r. Church, who formerly
controlled the pig iron business in
San Francisco, filed petition in insol-
vency. He places liabilities at $465,
600 and assets at $442,550.
. &c ri, at No nj
partment that the resignation Of
George l. Harvey, superintendent of
the Pawnee Indian school, has been re-
ceived and will be accepted.
Andrew Carnegie has given $4,000
to build library at Talladega college,
Talladega, Ala. Talladega college
was founded in 1867 and is devoted
to the education of the negro.
Brigadier General Frederick D..
Grant assumed command of the de-
partment Of the lakes in accordance
with the territorial redstricting army
act recently passed by congress.
An additional $4,000 has been ask
ed of the French chamber of deputies
to add to the 100000 already appro-
priated for an agricultural and horti-
cultural exhibit at the st. Louis expo
sition.
Postmaster General Payne said
there was nothing to bar postmGsters
or other federal Office holders from
serving as delegates to political con.
ventions, whether national, state or
county.
Major General Macarthur has is
sued an order to the effect that no ex.
tended leave Of absence will be grant.
ed to army officers serving in the Pa
citlc division of the army until further
notice.
Judge Williin Of the Illinois supreme
court has granted n supersedeas in
the case of S. B. Michaels, recently
convicted of passing a forged check
on Postmaster Hull of Peoria and sen
fenced to the penitentiary.
The brick layers and masons' inter
national union at its conventio-
adopted a resolution praising William
K. Hearst, member of congress anC
owner of several newspapers for hi!
championship of organized labor.
According to the testimony of Can
tain Bronson, superintendent of tn,
naval academy, before the house com
mittee on naval affairs, the Unitet
States will have naval officers erougl
in 1907 to man all naval vessels
The United States has the poores
building road system of any civili2e,
country on earth, according to Hora
ito S. Earle of Detroit. This coma
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tional. state and local cooperation.
At Oklahoma City, Okla. the mott
er of Thomas Queenan, the wire-mu,
derer, whose execution was set for Eel
ruary H. has received a letter fror
Governor Ferguson stating that h
would commute the sentence to IF
Imprisonment.
The house committee on merchar
marine and fisheries by strict mart
vote has ordered a favorable reno,
TO be made to the house on the Gar,
ner bill providing for a commis9io
to investigate the whole question {
shin subsidy.
The president has sent to the Sc,
ate the following nominations. Co,
sui general Fleming d. Chessire ,
New York, at Mukden China: consul
James w. Davidson. Minnesota at A.
Tung, China; Edwin V. Morgan. Ne
York, at Dalny, China.
supplemental estimate for an q
preparation of $3.445 600 for arm
ment of Notifications" was transmi
ted to the house by Secretary Root.
The Detroit board of CONNER,
adopted resolutions declaring tn
the Joint high commission should
reconvened for the purpose of neg
tiating a new reciprocity treaty wi
Canada"
Thirty-hve hundred employees of q
Illinois Steel company at South CT
cage returned TO work with the ]
opening OF the open hearth, plate a.
slab mills which have been idle sin
before Christmas. The men accept
a reduction in wages from 10 TO
per cent