Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-11-17
Brief kilograms

Cornelius Vanderbilt has invented
new type of locomotive tender built
of steel and cylindrical in shape
1t is reported in British naval circles
that a japanese man.of-war has been
sunk by mine off Port Arthur.
Captain Colin Campbell, to whom
Miss Nancy Letter of Chicago - said
to be engaged, is a descendant OF
Irish kings.
Mrs. Susan Heller, wealthy widow
of Corydon, Ia, applied to St Louis
police for assistance in finding man
who was to have welded her.
According to a dispatch received in
Tacoma, 5000 houses have been des-
troyed and hundreds of lives lest by
floods in Chang Chow, China
Madame Gabrielle Rejane and twen-
ty-six members of her French drama
tic company arrived in New York on
the Ward line steamer Monterey from
Mexico AID Havana.
Martin w. Burke, for seventeen
years the manager of the Brevoort
hotel, Chicago, was found dead in bed
at the hotel. 1t is believed that he
died Of Brights disease.
e. II. Hartman Is said to have an
ambition to control all transcontin-
entail railroad lines, and already has
secured voice in the management
of six of the seven coast routes.
G. A. Pearson, proprietor Of the
Daily Express Of London, and other
newspapers, authorized the announce
ment that he had purchased the Morn.
ing and Evening Standard of London.
The names of Admirals Fourier and
Gervais are under consideration for
appointment as French members or
the international commission which is
to investigate the North sea incident.
A hundred persons were drowned
by the stalking of the French steamer
Gironde after having been in collision
with the French steamer A. Scniaf-
fino near Herbillion, twenty-three
miles from Bona.
The Fall River (Mass.) Textile
Council unanimously rejected a prop
osition to verify the statements of the
mill managers that they are unable to
pay the wages in force before the
strike was declared.
Officials OF the Amalgamated Cor
per Company make public correspond
ence showing that f. A. Heinze de-
finiteiy offered to dispose of his min.
ing properties to the company for S..
100000, and that the sale is still pend.
ing.
Sir Ernest Cassell, the Anglo-Ger
man fnancler, is coming to America
He Is of German birth, but a natur
allied Englishman, and Is tho mar
who furnished the monetary backing
for the construction of the Nile dams
at Assouan and Assiout.
Secretary Woodson furnished IN;
following figures regarding the dccu
ments sent out by the democrats. Al
together 43,040,743 documents wer,
sent out, distributed partly as follows
English documents, 19,6O3,134; for
eign documents, S,332,095
The Japanese legation has received
a cablegram from Honolulu, savint
that Prince Fushima, the mikado'
adopted brother, sailed from Honolulu
for San Francisco, where he is e1
pected to arrive on the evening O
November 8, or the morning of Nc
vember 10.
The secretary Of the interior has ar
pointed DR.. William II. Barry, Cap
Samuel l.. Steere of the army, an
Charles d. Graves to act as a boar
70 m hn 0f hx
sicians who prescribe the use Of tn
waters of the springs on the govern
ment reservation at Hot Springs, Arl
Russia's exhibits In two of the e,
hibit palaces at the worlds fair wei
closed by order Of the exposition MAJ
agement. The cause of the closir
was n reopening OF the dispute b
tween the fair management and 70
eign exhibitors relative to the pa
ment Of percentage on cash sales
their exhibit booths.
Dan Patch failed at Delmar trac
In st, Louis, to equal his worlds pa
ing record Of 1856 made at Memph
two weeks ago, but succeeded in ma
ing mile in 2:01 fiat, thereby brea
Ing the state record of 2:02%.
Creos Unger. seizure clerk in Il
Office of the collector of the port,
San Francisco, has been suspende
The charge against him, 1t is said
that he received the deposits ma
on valuable parcels and kept Il
money The extent of Unger's alleg
appropriations Of these funds is n
yet known.
Negotiations have been initiated (
treaty of arbitration between G,
many and the United States. Soy,
oil days ago President Roosevelt 81
gested to Barren Sternbcrg, the G.
man ambassador, that treaty OF
bitration between the United Stat
and Germany you'd in his judgme
be very cogivnble.
The American Institute for Scier
flc Research PLANS the ESTABLISHING
of hypnotic hospital in New Yo
William r. Curtis writes of the
croaeo of CerOnr IN 0upDro In tba