Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-03-10
News in Brief

worth. Pa, is ended, the company az
ccding to the demands ol the men.
Within a mile of Johannesburg
building contracts to the amount OF
over ten millions are being carried
out.
Dr. Emmett, a granddaughter OF Rob
crt Emmett the Irish patriot, has Just
celebrated his golden wedding in New
York city
Congressman William A. Reeder
was renominated by acclamation by
the republicans of the Sixth district
Of Kansas.
Paper nywheels arc coming into use
The tensile strength OF paper is enor-
nous, hence it's advantage over iron
for this purpose.
George A. Brooke of Philadelphia
won the racquet championship of the
United States by defeating Quincy A.
Shaw, ir.. of Boston
John Phillips, secretary of the ma
tional organization of hatters, and well
known in labor circles, died at New
York, aged 81 years.
At Cincinna' the convention OF In
dependent telephone companies In the
Ohio Valley convened with over 100
exchanges represented.
Switzerland is inaugurating sys-
TEN of itinerant school teachers, who
will visit and spend some time in the
isolated outlying villages.
w. T. Stead has broken down under
the strain of publishing his new daily
paper in London and has started for
South Africa tor complete rest.
MAJOR Arth@r Mcclellan brother of
the late General George b. Mcclellan
and uncle Of the mayor of New York,
died suddenly of heart disease at Drift
ton. Pa
Harry A Zillarro was hanged at Kit
tanning. Pa, for the murder of his
wife Zilafro who was scarcely %
years old. was cool and collected on
the scaffold
William Miller, probably the oldest
engineer in service in the United
States. has just been killed near Lead
vile, Colo. Miller began railroading
ffty-two years ago.
The Senate Committee on Com
merce authorized a favorable report
IN the nomination of w. d. Crum, to
be Collector of Customs at the Port
Of Charleston, S. c.
John Millikan, the oldest editor in
he State of indiana, lives in Crown
Point, in good health and at the age
If so years. He is still connected with
the Lake County Register.
Advices have been received that an
enormous tonnage of exhibits is now
cDroute to St Louis. Within two
weeks this freight will begin to arrive
IN the grounds in great bulk.
Prof. w. h. Morgan, late OF Rich
mond, Ind one OF the foremost OF
Quaker educators died ut Lowell, Kas.
lie was prominent in the movement
that brought about co-education in
Quaker schools.
Replying in the House of Commons,
the Chancellor o. the EXcheQuer, Aus
ten Chamberlain, said the government
had no intention at present of reim-
abolished last year
Mrs. Bradley-Martin, the society
leader, who is now making her home
I'm England, has ordered twenty-seven
pairs of shoes made to her own last
from a manufacturer of women's foot
wear in Lynn, Mass,
The Right Rev. Joseph C. Hartzell
missionary bishop of the Methodist
church, mas Just returned to London
from a tour of the African missions.
extending over nine months and tray
cling about 10000 miles.
Two men were lost by the steamer
NDrl. Cactla which arrived NJ Now
York from Delagoa bay, in an attemp
to give aid Sunday to the American
schooner Willie /. Newton, 200 mile
south. asst of Sandy Hook.
The private car used by Presiden
Lincoln during the Civil war, ant
which carried his body to Springfield
for burial has been loaned to the st
Louis Exposition or exhibition in thu
Lincoln Museum by the Union Pacif
railroad.
Emil Kuehnel of Manchester, N. II
has clock which il is believed wa
used in the days of Columbus. On tn
upper part of the wooden face
carved picture of the great discoN
carved ammo 1892"
ne heaviest uldH III the DllllSu EN-
pire is dead from cancer, says
dispatch from London. lie was Thorn
as Longley of Dover. His weight eN
ceeded 600 pounds, while he was 81
feet one inch in height, and had
chest measurement OF seventy inches
John Britt of Medora, n. D., ha
written TO the authorities of the Lol
isiana Purchase exposition that
can secure for the fair log cabi
in which President Roosevelt one
lived on a ranch in North Dakota
The Pope has sent a magnifcci
chased gold chalic to the church
Quero a town in the Venetian pro
inces, to take the place OF the on
which had been used there for &c
fury, but which was recently stole
Captain George Broome of the Uni
ed States army, now stationed in Pc