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

blind of Japan support themselves by |
practising massage.
The cost Of the pension roll Is SIZE |
q year for every man, woman, anG
child in the United States.
j, II. Hofmeyr, for many years lead
or Of the Dutch party in Cape Colony !
has retired from political life.
1t is given out at Paris that treaty
Of arbitration will be signed between |
the United States and France shortly |
The Russian official organ in st |
Petersburg has hne name for the
newsboys. 1t is the Prauitelstvin'
Viestnk.
In London $50 book has been
published that the author may con
vince his rcadcrs-if any-that Co
lumbus was born in 1851.
Professor Chester lost a set of notes
which he had been a number of years
collecting. in fire at Colgate Cniver
sity. which occurred recently.
Il. Aubrey Hunt, the American ar
fist, has just returned to Boston after
spending year in England, where h;
has been busy painting landscapes ant
portraits.
The United States supreme court
holds against a steel company thai
sought to avoid the payment OF
taxes levied against merchants in
Tennessee.
The supreme court of the United
States held against the Spreckles SUI
gar Refining company, which sued to
its income.
Senator Ankeny, of Washington,
acted as interpreter the other day
when a group of Yakima Indians wero
presented TO the President at the
White House.
The new Cathedral at Liverpool will
be remarkable for its high vaultine
of the nave and choir-1lG feet, meas
ured in the barrel vaulting, and in tho
high transepts, 140 feet.
At a recent fashionable wedding in
London the hats of the bridesmaids
were trimmed with natural flowers,
and it is predicted that the style will
be popular next summer.
The deepest gold mine in the world
is at Bendigo, Australia. It's shaft is
down 5000 feet, or only sixty feet
short of three.quarters of mile. The
heat at that depth is 10S degrees.
Forty wheat millers from Ohio,
Michigan, Indiana and Kansas met at
Toledo, o., to take steps to organize
an association, the chief object OF
which is to secure better freight rates
The United States is not the only
government that is feeling Ittle
nervous about the big guns on its
warships. The new British 9.2-inch
gun is not coming up to expectations.
Mrs. Harriet S. MacMurphy, of
Omaha, Nebr. who has won some rep
utation as a lecturer on domestic
science, will conduct restaurant for
dyspeptics at the st. Louis Worlds
Fair.
A memorial brass has just been
placed in the chanel of Farnham Par
ish Church to the Rev. Augustus Mon
tagu Toplady, author of the hymn
Rock of Ages" who was native OF
the town.
NJ. Natchovitch, the Bulgarian agent
at Constantinople, who has just return
ed to his post, brought back formal
assurances that the Bulgarian coun
try intends to retain a proper attitude
with regard to Macedonian affairs
Oral arguments on the eight-houl
bin will be heard March 10 by the sen
ate committee on education and labor
Until March 10 all persons may sub
nit, in writing or print, testimony o.
arguments, statistics or other data re
lating to the bill!
The United States supreme cour
confirmed decision of the court o
claims, holding the Chickasaw freed
men in Indian Territory had no RICH
to lands and fund of 100000 whicl
the United States paid to the Choc
taws and Chickasaw tribes.
Building commissioners, inspector
and engineers of a number of LEADING
cities of the United States and Caar
ada met at Washington to form al
international organization. A cor
stitution was adopted and permanent
organization will be completed.
The Turkish Minister. Chekib BeS
has a cottage at Seville, and whe
there, it is said, he works nearly a
night, only retiring when the othe
members of the household are prepal
ing to arise. He then retires an
sleeps until o'clock in the afternoon
Residents of the Milk river valley |
Montana have addressed resolutio
to the government at Washington, cal
ing attention to the fact that Can;
dams are building a canal with
view to dividing the waters of tn
Milk river in Northern Montana. o
the Montana side of the line thou
ands of dollars have been expended
irrigation works.
The Sultan of Johore is visitin
Europe for the first time. The lat
Sultan died while on visit to En-
land nine years ago.
Leipzigs new railway station CO.
l30000000 marks $(32,0OO,OOO),
10, Go. !,