Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-11
Brief kilograms

come 10 nSnt
DR.. Simon Bell of Rosedale, Kas,,
has given the university of Kansas
$4,000 in Missouri lands.
The shops of the Wheeling & Lake
Erie railroad at Canton. o., were
Quilted by fire Loss $4,000 to $751;
0OO
The supreme court of Missouri has
upheld the constitutionality of the
eight-hour law passed by the legisla.
ture three years ago.
John Hayes Hammond, the Ameri-
can mining engineer of New York, has
increased his gift of $4,000 to $780,
600 for the metallurgical laboratory
lat Yale college.
John Mitchell denies the report sent
out from Trinidad, Colo that the
United Mine Workers has withdrawn
financial support of the striking min
ers in Colorado.
Governor Pennypacker issued
proclamation to the citizens of Penn
sylvania, requesting aid for the fam
lilies Of the victims OF the explosion
in the Harwick mine near Cheswick.
Near Hobart Okla. Frank Warner
shot and killed his father.in-law, p.
Towne. because the latter had taken
Mrs. Warner to the postofiice against
his wishes.
An effort will be made to secure an
additional appropriation of 100000
in the New York legislature for an
exhibit at the st. Louis fair. An ap.
preparation of 100000 has already
been made.
Charged with robbing the body of
woman victim OF the Iroquos thea
ter fire. Louis WITT, Chicago saloon
keeper. was found guilty. T. McCar-
thy and Charles Conway were con.
victed of aiding Witt.
President Stuart r. Knott of the
Kansas City Southern railway an
nounces the resignation of B. f. Dick
son, general superintendent of the
road, and the appointment of T. E.
Jarrett to fill the vacancy.
The supreme court at Havana, Cuba,
has modified the sentence of six
years Imprisonment imposed on Con-
gresham Corona, editor of the Ell
Cubano Libre, of Santiago. who was
c6ssvicted of killing Senior Insua.
Through President A. c. Wharton
of the international Machinists' union,
the demand of the $500 machinists
of the Missouri Pacific and the Iron
Mountain railroads, has been present
ed, for an increase in the wage scale.
The Dupont Powder company has
secured practical control of the man.
ufacture Of powder on the Pacific
coast through the absorption of the
California Vigorite company. The
consideration paid is said to be $780,
000
Official advices have reached Wash
ington from Santo Domingo and Port
Au Prince showing a distressing con-
dition of affairs in San Domingo and
Hayti Business is declared to be
almost at a standstill in both coun-
tries.
The graduation exercises ~ the
midshipmen of the class OF 1904 were
held at the United States naval acad-
envy. Secretary of the Navy William
H. Moody delivered an address and
handed out the diplomas to the grad
yates.
The report of the commissioner of
patents for the calendar year 1903
shows that the patent business trans
acted exceeded all previous records.
The total cash geceipts of the Office
were $1,616,69S, leaving a surplus of
S1SS,000.
A branch of the Russo-Chinese Bank
association is to be established in
San Francisco, license for it hav-
ing been issued by the board of bank
commissioners. This concern is or
ganized under the laws of Russia, with
a capital stock of S7500,000.
Al the Korean legation, the state
ment is made by one of the secre.
taries that Minhui Cho, the minister
who has recently been recalled by
his government, will be appointed as
minister to Japan, a post of consider
able Importance at this time.
Several accredited agents of the
Japanese imperial remount depart
ment are in the Okanogan and Nicola
districts of British Columbia purchas
ing horses for the Japanese cavalry
and for the land transport service
Other buyers are in Assinabola ant
Alberta. A large number of horses
have been secured.
Daniel Nj. Lord, for twenty-five,
years head of the advertising firm o
Lord G. Thomas, locked his desk las
week and retired from active business
life. His act in seyering his connec
ton with the business world was il
accordance with a promise that h
made nearly quarter of centur
ago-to enjoy life of leisure when h
reached the age of 60.
A trainload of thoroughbred Mis-
souri, mules passed through Joplin e
route to Port Arthur, where they wi
be shipped to Russia to be used
the Russian army in the threatene
war with Japan
w. |. Buchanan, United States mil
.ster to Panama, has sailed for honF
Passenger agents of the Tran