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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
NOTHING TO BE DONE
DEMOCRATS SEE LITTLE PROS.
PECT FOR GETTING VOTES.
Entire Session of Congress Has Been
Republican Vote.Mai<ing Time and
the Opposition Is Naturally Willing
to See an Early Finish.

1t is said that the Democrats are as
an early adjournment of congress-
The Republicans have been figuring
on closing the session about April 80,
and as they are likely to have all
the big money bills of the government
cut of the way by that time. they can
probably accomplish this without det-
riment to the public service. True,
the date would be earlier than any
previous adjournment in presiden-
tial year for about half a century, but
the work Is well advanced and the
leaders of the party are anxious to
get home to do some preliminary
campaign work
Several reasons are responsible for
the Democrats willingness that the
session should end long before the
national convention time. They see
that nothing which will be done in
congress will give them chance to
make party capital. They supposed
they could embarrass the Republicans
by the Smoot inquiry. This resource
has failed them. The Swayne inn
parchment matter has no votes for
them and they know it. There is no
prospect of getting any Democratic
campaign material out of the state
hood question. Oklahoma and the In
dian Territory are favorable to union.
Arizona and New Mexico will accept
joint statehood although there is
some opposition in Arizona to it now.
Thus the Democrats are wise in
cOnSentiug to let the Republicans have
their own way about an early winding
up OF the business of the session.
Everything that can be done in Con
gress from this time forward is more
likely to aid the Republicans than it
is to help the Democrats. In fact, the
entire session has been Republican
vote-making time. Every big question
that has been before Congress or that
has been considered in any OF its
aspects, from the Panama treaty and
postal investigation down, has helped
the Republican party, and correspond
inSly impeded the Democracy. These
are Republican days in any case, and
as the deliberations and deeds of Con
gress, when they affect the conditions
at all, help the Republicans, the Dem
ocratic members are right in consent
ing to an early finish of business. The
presidential campaign is not likely to
be particularly exciting in any stage,
but the Republicans are ready to open
it at any time,-St Louis Globe Dem
ocrat
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
ISLE OF PINES TREATY.
Only Question Is Whether Territory
Is Part of Cuba,

The Senate committee on foreign
relations has decided to postpone ac-
ton on the Cuban treaty, which pro-
vides for turning over the Isle of
Pines to the Cuban government until
the next session of Congress.
1t appears that the opposition to
the treaty which presumably led to
postponement OF action upon it, came
from Americans who have settled In
the island and have invested money
in lands and farming industries with
the understanding that the sovereign
ty would remain with the United
States" 1t is reported also that the
members of the Senate committee
contemplate a visit to the island to
see whether it would be worth any
thing to the United States, and wheth-
or this government would be justified
in assuming sovereignty over it.
While the interests of American cit
liens are always to be carefully con-
sidered by our government, 1t is hard
ly to be expected that the government
is to be guided in its Cuban policy by
can settlers in the Isle of Pines. Ger
tainly our declared policy with refer
ence to Cuba did not warrant the "un.
derstauding" that the United States
was to assume sovereignty over the
smaller island.
1t appears to have been definitely
settled that the Isle of Pines was po-
litically part of Cuba under Span.
ish rule, and section of the Plat
amendment, which was adopted by
the Cuban constitutional convention.
as an appendix to the Cuban consti-
tuition, provided only that the Isle
OF Pines shall be omitted from the
proposed constitutional boundaries of
Cuba. the title thereto to be left to
future adjustment by treaty"
1T was to bring about this lad
justment," that the treaty now pend
ing in the Senate was framed, and II
was in conformity with our declared
policy respecting Cuba that the treaty
proposed cession of the island to the
Cuban government. The question to
be determined by the Senate commit.
tee, therefore, would seem to be, not
is the island worth anything to the
United States, or what are the inter.
ests OF American investors there. but
was the island a part OF Cuba, and
would its retention be consistent with
our declared Cuban policy?-Chicago
Record-Herald.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
THE KOOPYETS' FRIEND
BY VIRGINIA LEILA VENT.

and matched her moist lips exactly.
The other hand was stretched out Sc.
ductively to the greyhound leaping
round her. A crystal buckle flashed at
her waist; the sunshine coming in
through the open window caught the
red-gold of her hair, the pink cheek.
the white, moving hand.
And it was SO that Aksenov and she
met.
Twelve months rolled by, and life
in the little village of Poltvtsee grew
wearisome to Sergia.Kara. Often in
her morning and evening walks she
would pause and look far off, follow
ing the course of the thick-wooded
country which ran toward Moscow.
Moscow the Beautiful, Moscow the
Glad! Moscow the Gay and Laughing!
All, why had she ever left her dear
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
Some Cheap Claptrap.

The estimate held by the gentlemen
conducting the Hearst newspapers of
the stock of common sense and intel.
American workingman is evidently not
high one.
These sheets pretend to be greatly
exercised over their recent "discov-
cry" that American labor is going to
be Disseminated against in the mat
ter OF employing workmen for the
coarse kinds of labor in constructing
the Panama canal Natives of the
tropics and sub-tropics Gas West In
dian negroes) are to be employed, and
the other day Gen. Davis suggested
that the use Of coolie labor might be
necessary. Thereupon the Hearst
papers-scenting an opportunity to
play Ito their own profit on the as.
sumed childlike ignorance and credul-
ity of our laboring classes-raised the
cry that American worllingmen are TO
be cheated of the right to dig the
canal, through the employment of Chi
nese cheap labor. Coolies" saws MIR.
Hearsts hired man, in high moral
Indignation, work for less than free
men. But the people of the United
States will have something to say
about making the isthmus slave
camp"
Now the people Of the United States
including the laboring classes, are not
exactly fools, and are fully aware of
the fact that the employment of our
American white labor in the work II is
proposed to hire gangs of negroes and
If necessary coolies to do, would be
next to physical impossibility.
White men, natives of our ATTITUDES
could not do hard manual labor under
the tropical sun and in the fever
haunted swamps of Panama. 1t is the
humane purpose of the canal commits
sion to employ so far as possible only
such laborers as are Injured to the eli
matte conditions Of the isthmus and
immune from the fever peril. The
Hearst talk Of the governments cheat
ing American labor of the privilege of
working in the Panama swamps. and
making the isthmus a slave camp ;"
Is mere claptrap. and an affront TO the
Intelligence of the class it is addressed
to.-Milwaukee Sentinel
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
WITNESS IN A TIGHT BOX.
Magistrates CLERK Compelled to Tes-
tify to Superior's lncompetencY.

fifty to Superior's lncompeteney.
Among the most successful practi-
TONERS at the English bar is Lord
Brampton, whose strong point is the
cross-eXamination of witnesses. In
this he is quick to see a point in his
clients favor and to take advantage of
it. Lord Brampton tells a story of
how he once won a case on a techni-
cal ground when he had no defense.
He forced a magistrates clerk to be
put into the witness box by the prose
cution to prove a purely formal mat
ter; now, having gotten him there, he
cross-eXamined him and made him
practically admit that he led his mag
istrates by the nose" to admit also
that they had refused bail by his ad-
vice, and that a judge at chambers
had afterward granted it, although the
witness had come up all the way from
London to oppose it. Then, asked the
cross-eXaminer:
You were in the room, sir, and did
you not hear the learned judge say
there was not rag of case against
my unhappy client?'
The prosecuting counsel objected,
and it was ruled out But the jurors
had heard it, and had heard the an
swer stopped. The dissatisfaction thus
adduced in their minds made them
acquit the prisoner.
Leaving the court that day the pris,
oners counsel asked his opponent:
why did you object to that ques
tom"
The latter Indignantly protested
that his adversary must have known
that it could not be put.
Eyes, l did" was the answer; "but
| knew you, too, and felt sure that
you would object at the right time.
But you should have waited for the
answer, as it would have been No."
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
tecnag the flash of knlfe's stee,

tecttag the flash of a knife's steel
blade among the bushes
Stab, Semenovitch!" said he
Then out stepped the koopysts and
stabbed blindly
you have killed me. friend" cried
Aksenov as he fell, pressing his hands
to his breast
"Semenovitch, ono last scrvice!"
whispered the dying man. Hand me
the knife which is behind my guitar. .
The koopyets hesitated, not under.
standing; but when he handed it to
him Aksenov frowned between his
gasps of pain.
mo, no! Stain It with my blood.
There-like that. Now, put 1t in my
hand. Good. Do you see, Semeno-
vitch-it is for your salle-for the
sake of Sergia-nara-no one must
suspect you-every one must believe
it was myself"
Then. making a last strenuous eff.
fort, iTan Dmitrievitch Aksenov
shouted to his horses to go on. They
started at his voice, and it was not
long before the cart came to the next
village. The horses. trained by long
habit, stopped at the village traders
and the koopyets himself came out tc
greet Aksenov When he caught
sight of him stretched out on the
floor of the wagon, stream of blood
flowing from his breast, he called to
some moujiks for help.
There, grasped tight in Aksenov's
hand, they found his knife with ini.
tials carved in the handle.
"They are his own initials" ex-
claimed the moujiks. "He has died
by his own hand. Poor Aksenov-
whoever would have thought it? And
he the gayest of the gay!"-New York
Press
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28

old home? True she had been very
poor there; often she had not enough
to eat. But then there had been
plenty of mirth and youthful COM
pany! (Ah, Makar Semenovitch, good
man, youth will seek youth as the
bees will seek the lavender.)
Sergia-Kara grew almost happy
again when Aksenovs periodical Wis.
its came around. He could tell her all
about her dear Moscow, forsooth. And
so, side by side. the two who. for
youth and gayety matched each other
like the candlesticks on an altar.
would talk together. Often, however,
they were silent, not speaking, but fol-
lowing the same train of thought.
Alas! if l had known" sighed
Sergia-Kara one day.
Yes, if we had known" replied Ak
senov.
From that moment, without the ut.
terance of another word, Aksenov
multiplied his trips; for to him hence
forth, as to Sergia Kara, the only
happy moments were the rare mo-
ments they spent with each other.
Gossip came to Makar Semenovitch
or course; but being a man free from
evil thought, who respected his wife
and knew Aksenov for friend. he
chose to muse over other things.
1t was a holiday, one of those in
Vulnerable Russian feast days, and
Semenovitch had closed his tractir
and gone to take a walk in the woods.
His thoughts were not the pleasantest,
for he was trying to SHIFT off his mind
some more of the horrid gossip which
had just reached his ears that morn
ing after mass. Some one had said
that the last time Aksenov passed
through the village he had Deen seen
secretly entering a hut with Sergia-
Kara. The hut referred to was an
empty log house of Semenovitch's,
used by the koopyets for the storage
of grain.
SemenoVitCh had almost reached
the hut and was regarding it with a
scornful pride on his lips, when the
regular tic-tac of great wheels turning
on the aXles announced the arrival of
cart. Why it was Aksenov himself.
tie was gust going to step forward
when the cart stopped, and from the
back end woman sprang down into
the dusty road, He stood there livid
behind the bushes, his heart humping
like huge fire engine
Wait, Sergia,Kara, you are forget.
ting the key" called Aksenov. holding
up something which blinded the koop.
vets like a fash of lightning. 1t was
the key to his grain hut!
Run, SergiaKara, some one
comes!" cried Aksenov suddenly tuin.
ing pale.
And Sergia-Kara having run away
with Gogol at her heels, Aksenoy
turned with folded arms toward Sc.
menovitch, He did not see him, but
OWNED who it was, hearing the heavy
painting OF a mans breath, and de.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
Radlum to illuminate Gun Sights.

The discovery of the latest use to
which radium can be put--the illumi.
nation of gun sights, and the like at
night time-seems to indicate that it
will play an important part in war
fare.
In gun sights. leveling instruments
and telescopes there is what is called
"fducial' mark, which is used to
obtain faithful result.
These marks of course are useless
In the dark, and, though many ways
of Illuminating them have been tried,
nothing has proved satisfactory.
Mr.. Andrew A. Common OF Eaton
rise Falling, was the first to attempt
to solve the difficulty by the use of
radium, and his experiments were so
successful that he applied for a pat
ent. Unfortunately, he did not live
TO have it granted, but the complete
specifications submitted by Mrs. Com
mon, his widow and executrix, have
just been accepted.-London Daily
Mail. ''
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
DECREE OF TALMUDIc LAW.
Wives Of Jewish Soldiers All Given
Conditional Divorce.

According to the Jewish World,
very touching editorial appeared in
recent Issue of the Hebrew Daily
Ha2efirah of Warsaw, Poland, where
the editor. Mr.. Sorolow. calls atten
ion to the Talmudic law which re.
luires every married man before go
ing on the battlefield to grant con.
1itional divorce to his wife, that she
may remarry If he does not return
within reasonable time after the
end of the war.
The rabbits of Lodz have caused all
the Jewish soldiers that left that city
Tor the seat of war to grant such di.
vorces, and Editor Sorolow suggests
that the example of LODI should be
copied all over Russia.
Every married soldier, volunteer or
reserve, registers with a rabbi his
name, address, age height, birth
marks, name of company and regi-
ment he joins, and the rabbi keeps a
record of same until the soldier re-
turns from the war.
If reasonable time after the close
Of the war elapses and the soldier
does not return, he Is counted among
the lost and unidentified dead. and his
wife obtains the divorce from that
rabbi granting her the right to re.
marry.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28

Second, than the regular establish.
ment in the United States will proba.
bly, never be by itself the whole ma
chine with which any war will be
fought" These words coincide al
most exactly with the opening para.
graph of Lord Eshers committee pub.
lished last month.
Secretary Root defined in 1899 the
reforms which he considered essen
tial and he devoted the remainder Of
his term in Office with unfailing per.
sistence and with signal success to
carrying oat his program, which in.
cluded the formation of a war college,
the admission of officers of the state
national guards to the courses there
and at other training schools; an in.
crease in the number of inspectors
general; the establishment of Joint
board to consider army and navy
questions; the passage of the militia
act. which provides for the co-opera
ton of the regular and auxiliary forces
of the United States; the abolition of
the office of general commanding the
army, ami the creation of general
STAFF, with a chief entrusted with the
preparation and planning of war, the
direction of military education and
general supervision over all the other
departments of the army.
This is the program which Score.
tary Root marked out and achieved.
Now the British government, having
almost identical problems on its
hands, is adopting practically the
same solutions of them.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
Growth Of American Exports

In 1S45, the earliest year for which
exact figures are obtainable, our ex-
ports were valued at SlO6,O4O,11l and
our imports We're $l13,1S4,322. Our
exports passed the $500 100000 mark
in 1853, the s300,OOO,OOO in 1860 and
did not exceed $4OO,OOO,OOO until 1871.
During all the years from 1916 to 1876
our imports exceeded our exports in
value excepting -four, Since then our
exports have exceeded our imports
every year except in 1888 and 1889. We
now frequently export goods of as
much value in a single month as were
exported In the year 1915. ...
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
orophecY Was Timely.

There is an old story of French
kings astrologer, who made a false
prediction concerning the issue of
certain battle.
"You are an excellent prophet"
said the king, casting a vicious glance
at him; now pray tell me how many
days you think yc" will live?"
Il shall die just three days before
your majesty" answered the willy seer.
His majesty took good care to keep
him aliye.-IOuth.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
How Woman Worries.

To her inability to look at things
from practical standpoint may be
attributed woman's talent for borrow
ing trouble. She never waits for sor.
row to come to her. She goes forth
to look it up and if she doesn't have
any of her own she assumes that of
her friends. Above all, she antici-
pates. If her children are well she
agonizes over what she would suffer
If they were ill; while her boys are
in roundabours she begins worrying
over the dangers of college life;
while her girls are still babies she is
miserable. thinking how unkind their
possible husbands may be to them. In
Mr.. Dixon's new novel he tells about
man who had carved over the man
tel in the library this sentence: Il
am old and | have had much trouble,
but most of it never happened" No
woman would have ever adopted that
for her motto and she couldn't have
lived up to it if she had. She has
plenty of trouble and the troubles
that never happened troubled her
more than the ones that did.-Ex.
change.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
Mr.. Root as War Secretary.

The achievements of Mr.. Root as
secretary of war during the last five
years are attracting attention abroad
and the London Times makes them
The theme Of two-column criticize in
which 1t characterizes Mr.. Root as a
great American reformer.
The reforms instituted by Mr.. Root
in tho departments are curiously like
those which are suggested for the
British army in the recent report of
Lord Eshers committee AS long ago
a. 1899 Secretary Root defined the
problems OF reorganization in Ian.
guage almost identical with that used
by the British committee with refer.
ence to the British army five years
later. In 1899 Secretary Root wrote:
Two propositions seem 70 me funda-
mental in he consideration of the
subject F':st that the real object of
HaviLs On away is 10 provide for war
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28

In every Russian village you will
find one building that is conspicuous
because of its location and its height.
1t is always exactly in the center of
the village, and it is always two
stored. This conspicuous two-storied
house belongs to the village koopyets;
it is his residence and shop. The
koopyets or village trader is a person
of the utmost importance from the
moujik's point of view.
Well, Makar Semenovitch, the koop
vets of the village of Poltvtsee, was
no exception to tho rule. He was a
thrifty Ivan. The troughs outside his
house, one filed with water the other
with grain, never led an idle life; they
were constantly in use by the steeds
of the wagoners who travelled from
Warsaw to Moscow.
Among all the wagoners who passed
that way, none was so gay and none
so well liked by Semenovitch as Ivan
Dmitrievtch Akscnoy He was
handsome, fair-haired, curly-headed
singing.
Aksenov passed through Poltvtsee
twice month, sometimes oftener;
now one day, now another. according
to his loads. One morning toward the
end of May he and several other Gus
toners were drinking tea with Makar
Semenovitch in an inner room 2djoin-
ing that in which the koopyets dis
played his stock. One by one the mou-
l.g hoI 4 II ~
in token that they had really had
enough. One by one they had risen,
shaken hands with their host and
thapked him for his hospitality. Fin
ally Semenovitch and Aksenov re-
manned alone in the room.
We'll, friend" said Semenovitch,
looking the young fellow straight
in the eye, 1--WE secret
to tell thee" Then he dropped
his eyes somewhat, as one abashed,
and began strolIing GogoIs sleek
sides. Il am going to marry" he an
nounced Il have decided it is not
good for koopyets to live alone he
gets too hardened, he needs"
"A woman's softening Influences"
supplied Aksenov, holding his sides
with laughter. BY st. Michael and
all the holy angels, friend"
at is true, nevertheless" said Sc.
menovitch softly. And In going in
to Moscow to fetch her next week.
We are to be married on the last day
of the month Of Mary. She's barely
20. unhappily; but then for a man
past so I'm pretty vigorous-looking
fellow, dost not think, Aksenov?"
That you are!" cried the young
man heartily. And | wish you JOY
Makar Semenovitch.
Three weeks later. when Askenov
passed through Poltvtsee again, he
saw the young bride. He was in the
tractir or shop, trading some prian.
Mkt and herring for some gorgeous
colored calico when a pea! of merry
laughter reached his ears.
What is that?" he exclaimed boy.
ishly, laying down the calico. For it
was lovely laughter, full of music, and
1t rilled and rippled through the quiet
Soom like flock of wild pigeons.
THAT" said the koopyets. That's
my young wife. i suppose she's play
ing with Gogol she's a veritable child
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-04-28
More Canal Legislation Nee ed.


Work on the Panama canal will not
begin before Congress reassembles in
December, but the matter of santa
ton should be taken in hand forth
with and somebody should be vested
with authority to attend to it.
A bill has been reported to the SEN
ate which may be defective in details.
but which is based on the correct
principle. 1t makes the canal com.
missioners the governors of the canal
strip. This Is proper Capitalization
or power while the canal is under con.
struction. 1t does away with the DOS
sibility of that friction which might
arise If there were two sets of Off
GERS exercising functions in the same
limited territory. There are on the
commission two men of decided ex-
ecutive ability-Admiral Walker and
Gen. Davis. The latter was military
governor of Porto Rico.
The civil engineers on the commits.
sion should be quite willing to devote
themselves to canal problems and
leave questions of government to
their more experienced associates.
The commissioners are on their
way TO Panama to look over the
ground and study the situation thor.
oughly. The grant of authority to
regulate police and other matters in
the canal zone ought to follow them
speedily.-Chicago Tribune.