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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
FIFTY MILLIONS FOR DAUGHTER
viii of William Weiehtman, the
Chemist, Filed for Probate.

PHlLADELPHIA.-The will of
William Weightman, head of the firm
of Powers & Weightman, manufac-
turing chemists, who died a few days
ago at the age of 81 years, was pro-
bated on Monday
The entire estate, valued at more
than $500O0,00O, is left to his daugh-
ter Mrs. Anna M. Walker, widow of
the late Congressman Robert ]. C.
Walker of Williamsport, Pa. BY the
terms of the will Mrs. Walker, who
Is the only surviving child, becomes
sole proprietor of the extensive chem
ical works, which makes her one OF
the richest women in the world.
Mrs. Walker will assume active
management of the drug business. be-
sides looking after the real estate left
her by her father, who was one of
the largest holders of real estate in
the country. He owned much prop.
/ erty in Pennsylvania outside OF Phil.
adelphia and also in New York, Ohio
Nebraska, Delaware, West Virginia,
Missouri and Wisconsin
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
THE SULTAN DEAD
FORMER TURKISH RULER PAssEo
AWAY AT CoNSTANTlNoPLC
DEPOSED BECAUSE WAS INSANE
For Twenty.Eieht Years He Has Been
Held as Prisoner of His Brother,
the Present Ruler-The Malady
That Carried Him OFF.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Sui
tan Murad V. died Wednesday of dia
betes, from which he had long suf.
fered
1t was reported in May last from
Vienna that Murad ", the thirty-third
sovereign of the house of Osman, was
dying and at the same time it was
reported from the same source that
his adherents all over Turkey, known
as the young Turks, were secretly
arming and only awaited the signal to
rise In Instruction.
Murad V. was born in 1910 and as.
cended the throne after the murder of
the sultan, Abdul Aziz, May, 1876. In
July of that year Murad was placed
upon the regency of his brother, the
present sultan, Abdul Hamid H., and
on August 81 he was dethroned. Out
wardly this act was performed legally
by the council of ministers on the
ground that he was insane.
The real facts in the case, however,
will probably never be known, but it
has been claimed that Murad was a
good deal more sane than his brother
and one of the greatest terrors of
Abdul Hands existence was the fear
that this Turkish man with the iron
mask" as he has been termed, might
escape from his place of confinement
in the Cheragan palace, and some six
years ago he was removed to the
Malta Kiosk, in the grounds of the
Yildiz palace occupied by Abdul
Hamid, which is surrounded by lofty
walls. In spite of the secrecy OF
Murad's removal he was seen as le
Lassed by several foreigners, who de-
clared that though he had aged and
vas haggard in appearance, the forth
err sultan had not lost his majestic
bearing and that he preserved the AZ,
pearance of a man in the full posses
sion Of his mental faculties.
The confinement of Murad has been
If the c"uelest character. Only his
jailerS were allowed to see him and
every precaution was taken to pre-
vent any intelligence of what was go
ing on in the opposite world from
reaching him.
Although Murad is amour ced to
have died from diabetes, it had gen
orally been understood, according to
the palace representatives, that he
was suffering from tuberculosis.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
BUTCHERS STRIKE is GROWING.
Stock Handlers and Other Laborero
Ordered Out

CHICAGO Ill.-The efforts of Pres
ident Donnelly of the butchers union
to spread the strike against the pack
ers throughout all trades that are in
any way connected with the packing
house industry was only partially sue
cessful on Wednesday.
The first step was in calling out
the men employed by the independ-
ent packers and the stock handlers
that were still at work for those pack
ers against whom the original strike
was made. The total number of men
to quit work today in response to the
appeals of President Donnelly was
about 5000
1t was also announced by President
Donnelly that he had made arrange
ments for q strike of the switchmen
on the railroads doing business in the
stock yards, and that in a short time
the packers would find it impossible to
ship out their product. The switch
men, however, have refused to strike
After a long meeting which was at
tended Jointly by members of the
switchmen's union and members of
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
it was decided that the members of
both Organizations would remain at
work. The members of the switch
mems union declared themselves
ready to strike, but those switchmen
who are members of the Brotherhood
of Railway Trainmen declined to do
so. When this was made known to
the members of the switchmens
union they declared that strike on
their part would be useless unless the
members of the brotherhood went out
at the same time, and they rescinded
their action.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
ALLEGED Forqer Arrested.

YORK, Neb.-On August 23 a man
stopped at the Miller hotel and reg
istered as e. II. Seaman and wife. He
remained one day and when he called
for his bill presented check upon a
leading lumber firm of Davenport, Ia,
and payable at the Citizens National
bank of that city. The draft was
protested and the bank notified here
that it was forgery. Mr.. Miller at
once began the search for the man
who signed his name E. II. Seaman.
He was traced from here to Hastings,
Sutton and Fairmont. where he took
the train for Fairbury. The sheriff
of Jefferson county was notified and
on his arrival at that place he was
arrested and placed in Jail.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
is A GAME OF GIVE AND TAKE
Forts Change Hands Repeatedly at
Port Arthur.

CHE FOO.-A Chinese who lived
near Rihlungeshan, declares that he
saw the Russians occupying this fort,
from which previous reports stated
that they had been driven. Probably
both reports were correct at the tima
they were current, as semi-official ad.
vices state that many positions about
the fortress change hands repeatedly
The fighting, which began on the
9th soon became general. While the
Chinese were at sea August %, the
heavy firing was resumed.
Two junks containing contraband
of war were sunk by a Japanese tor
pedo boat ten miles off Liaoti prom
ontory.
1t is said that fort No. 5 has
changed hands four times and is
now unoccuoied.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
Wreck Spills Wheat.

GRAFTON.-As freight train
from the west was slowing up for
this station a car of stone destined
here for street crossings, broke down.
Four cars following were demolished
and the contents. wheat and corn,
scattered about. The front trucks
were torn from another car of wheat
which remained on the track Pas.
senger train No. ~, coming just af-
ter the wreck. backed to Sutton and
went around by way of Lushton.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
NEBRASKA STATE NEWS
ARGUE FOR ASSESSMENT RAISE.
Attorney General Attempts to Defeat


Attorney General Attempts to Defeat
the Church Howe Injunction.
AUBURN.--The case wherein Hon.
Church Howe obtained a temporary
injunction restraining the county clerk
from extending on the tax rolls the
8 per cent increase made by the State
Board of Equalization came on for
hearing on the motion filed by the
attorney general and county attorney
to dissolve the temporary order be-
fore Judge w. H. Kelligar of the dis
trict court. Attorney General Prout
and his deputy, Norris Brown, togeth-
er with County Attorney Quacken-
bush, argued the case in support of
the motion, and Edgar Ferneau and
Fl. A. Lambert represented the plain
tiff. The first contention of the attor-
neys for the defense was that the
court had no jurisdiction of the case;
that the board acted iudicially, and
its action was final and could not be
reviewed by n court of equity. This
contention was overruled by the court,
which announced that in proper
case court of equity would grant
relief The case was then argued on
the question whether the petition
stated a cause for action. and wheth-
er there was any equity in the BILL
and on this phase the court took the
case under advisement. and will rem
der an early decision
One of the contentious of the plain
tiff is that the authorities cannot tax
a man on a valuation of his property
for more than the true value thereof
and that any law that permits it, or
any attempt to do so is illegal and
in violation of the constitution.
The motion to dissolve is in the ma
ture of a demurrer, and the attorney
general announced his intention to
stand on his motion, should it be over
ruled and take the case to the SUI
preme court, where he hopes to get a
speedy hearing.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
MICKEY WILL GO TO SEATTLE.
Nebraska Executive Will See New
Battleship Christened.

LINCOLN, Neb,-Governor Mickey
and twenty-five invited guests will go
to Seattle to witness the christening
and launching of the battleship Ne
braska. A Nebraska girl, probably
Miss Maria Mickey, will toss the bot
tie Of champagne against the hull of
the vessel, However, the governor
may object to any member of his fam
lily handling Intoxicating liquor, and
in that event the honor will fall to
some one else. The governor has no.
tilted the shipbuilding authorities that
he will be present.
Those who will accompany him will
be state officials and politicians.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
EIanman Has a Close Call.

KEARNEY.-Geo Smith. Union
Pacific fiagman at the Central ave-
nue. crossing, met with a painful ac-
cident, and at the same time had an
exceedingly narrow escape from be-
ing crushed beneath tn wheels of a
locomotive. He attempted to step
upon the pilot of an approaching To-
connective and missed his footing. His
foot was caught beneath the pilot,
and while he held on he was dragged
for some distance, his foot being
turned and the side and top of it
ground into the gravel beneath the
pilot.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
The Blair canning factory is now
In operation, using about one hundred
tons of sweet corn per day.
House Burned by Tramps.

PLATTSMOUTH,-The large. two
story farm residence of John Wiles,
located six miles south of this city,
was burned to the ground. None of
the members of the family were at
home at the time. and when discoy-
cred by some men working in field
some distance away the roof was a
mass OF flames. Some of the house
hold goods were saved, but the men
were powerless to stop the progress
of the fire. 1t is believed that the
blaze was started by tramDs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
Count Michereux Is Dead.

NEW YORK.-Count Albert Won
MichereuX is dead at his former resi-
dence in Baldwins, L. l.. at the age
Of GO years.
Count Won MichereuX. who had
served in the Austrian army, accom-.
panied the Emperor Maximillian to
Mexico and participated in the wars
there until the downfall of the empire
Then he went TO New Orleans, where
he renowned his title and became a
naturali2ed citizen. For a time he
was IN the banking business. but re-
linquished that to establish a silk In.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
Letter in Hands of Printer.

OYSTER BAY.-Having transacted
all business of pressing Importance
that has been pending since his ar
rival at Sycamore Hill the president
will give more time henceforth to Wis
itors, A few callers will be received
almost every day, Members of the in
teraational arbitration conference
which is to be held in St Louis in
the next ten days, will he received
by the president at the White house
September "a, The delegates will be
the guests OF the nation while in this
country.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
Nine Persons Killed.

MONTREAL.-Nine persons were
killed and twenty-three injured in a
head-on collision on the Grand Trunk
railway, near Richmond, Que, Tues
day The trains involved were a spe-
cial excursion from Montreal bound
for Sherbrooke and passenger train
No 5, running between Island Bond,
VT, and Montreal, The collision, it is
claimed, was due to neglect of orders
on the part of the train crew of the
excursion train, which left Richmond
without awaiting the arrival of the
passenger train
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
Russians Abandon Stores.

LONDON,-4A dispatch to a news
agency from Toxic reporting the
Japanese occupation of Anping and
Tanghoyen, says:
"On the Japanese advancing to at
tack Anping the Russians evacuated
the place, abandoning large quanti-
ties of stores.
1T is roughly computed that the
Russian force around Lao Yang
consists OF thirteen divisions"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
NEGRO Lnnched at Laramie.

LARAMIE, Wyo.-Joe Martin, col
ored, was lynched by a mob of 300
men in front of Judge Carpenters
house at 8 o'clock Monday night,
Martin was a trusty in the county
Jail. He ATTACKED Della Krause, a
white girl employed in the Jail kitch-
en-, and slashed her face and arms
with knife One man was injured
by Martin when they were entering
the jail to drag him out.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
No Revolt at constantinopIe.

LONDON.-The Turkish embassy
here today issued a formal denial of
the report circulated in the United
States by news agency yesterday in
dispatch from Berlin to the effect
that the sultan's body guard had re-
volted or that fight occurred at the
Imperial palace at Constantinople be-
tween Turks and Arabs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
Killed hX Train.

AURORA.-Frank KlimDer, aged
about %, when driving home from a
neighborhood dance between and
O'Clock the other morning, was struck
by B. & M. passenger train and in
stantly killed at place known as
the Butler crossing, between Aurora
and Hampton. 1t is supposed he was
asleep when struck. Both horses
were killed.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
Former County CLERK Insane.

ALBION.-F. NJ. Silk. an early
settler of this county and county
clerk for two terms, was adjudged
insane by the insanity board and
taken to Lincoln.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-09-08
Omaha Man Gets Place.

F. M. Coleman of Omaha has been
appointed bailiff of the supreme court
to take the place of Henry Leavitt,
who will leave the Office September /.
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INVESTIGATION ORDERED.
Board Of Charities to Take Up Charges
Against Emergency Hospital.

TT committee on medical charities OF
the board Of charities. consisting OF MT
Iobn low Edison and DIR. Charles 2. Neill'
will be instructed to proceed with the IN
ve.tiga ton OF the charges preferred by Dr.
w. E. Hawkes. against the Emergency HOS
initial. This investigation was ordered by
the Comm, ssioners last Saturday afternoon
after consideration Of the charges made py
DR. Hawkes. and the statement OF MI w.
!. Boardman president of the hospital.
The committee on medical charities Is
engaged In making inquiry into the treat
ment given at the hospital to the late
Henry T. Offutt. whose death occurred sew
eral days ago. In this case the coroner
Jury charged that Mr.. Offutt had not re-
ceiyed proper treatment at the hospital
The committee will probably be ready to
submit It's report on the results OF the IN
yestigation within few days, and. 1t IL
stated. the investigation of the charges
made by DR.. Hawkes. will be taken up at
once.
II Is understood the Commissioners will
renew their request Of Congress that the
Emergency Hospital and institutions OF a
like character in the District. which are
mainly supported by public funds. be
placed under the control and supervision of
the District authorities. This matter will
likely be placed before Congress tins week.
House committee on appropriations with
regard to District matters.
In the report on a former Investigation
of the affairs of the Emergency Hospital,
which was made public October 30 last, the
board of charities recommended that the
Emergency Hospital and similar institu-
lions should be under the supervision of
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NO DANGER OF FLOOD
ICE BREAKERS CLEAR THE CHAN
MEL OF ICE.
Work Of the Fleet Begun Saturday
Was Continued Yesterday
and Today.

There Is little, If any, danger OF flood in
the Potomac from the ice gorging about the
railway bridges, as the operations of the
fleet Of tugs Saturday and yesterday were
very effective, the ice field having been
broken up from the forks of the channel
at the arsenal to point near the Three
Sisters, above the Aqueduct bridge. Re-
ports received state that from the Long
bridge down the river is almost entirely
free of ice, and should freshet come from
the upper river it is believed the broken
ice would pass the piers of the bridges
without making a gorge of any size. The
efforts of the tugs are today being directed
toward keeping the ice running through the
Long bridge, in order to have the George
town channel free should another heavy
freeze come.
low Alexandria as far as could be seen, and
they did not go below Jones Point.
Early in the afternoon the ice above the
Long bridge was attacked 1t was found
to be hard but the tugs were able to make
good Roadway through it. and before dusk
they had it moving and passing under the
bridge with the ebbing tide and what little
current was running.
The ice from Rock Creek and the canal
gave the tugs some title trouble. From
the creek it came in big masses. piled
three and four feet high, in which debris
OF all kinds was frozen. The masses were
too big to pass under the bridge and had to
be broken up. This the tugs succeeded in
doing and the danger of a gorge at the
bridge from this source was removed.
A short time before the fleet stopped
work for the day an attempt was made to
break the ice above the Aqdeduct bridge.
Led by Commodore Sutton in the harbor
tug Vigiant the fleet went under the bridge
and into the ice. They did not go far when
all the boats were brought to a standstll.
A second attempt was made but again it
failed, and the attempt was abandoned for
the day. The ice that showed it's edges
was from ten to twelve inches thick.
The tugs then returned to the Long
bridge, breaking up the large ice cakes on
their way, and about dusk returned to the
harbor office wharf for the night.
Above Aqueduct Bridge.
The fleet returned to work yesterday
| morning, and the ice was broken above the
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the Commissioners, in order that they
might have authority 10 correct any defects
found in the management Of the institu-
tons. 1t was shown by statistics In the re-
port that during 1903 the Emergency Hos
pitaI received from the government ap-
preparation Of $4,000, and that the receipts
from private sources amounted to little
more than 81 900.
AS has been previously stated In The
Star. while the Commissioners may order
the board Of charities to investigate the
hospital, yet they have no power to correct
any defects which might be found to exist.
The authorities regard this state Of affairs
as unsatisfactory. especially in cases of In
situations used in such large part by the
public and supported almost entirely by
public funds
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-25
TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINES.
For Eight Months an Increase of
$4,000. 600.

The import and export trade of the Phil
ippine Islands for eight months ended AL
gust. 1908. according to figures appearing
in the monthly bulletin of the insular bu-
reau Of the War Department, amounted to
$43 ,s94 the corresponding period of 1902
showing but $37 ,202 796, or an increase dur
Ing the present year of nearly six million
dollars. over four-ffths of which may be
credited to shipments from the archipelago.
the hemp and copra output being especially
large. These figures are exclusive of coin
and government supplies and In eight
months of 1903 show imports $50 266, 5SI
and exports valued at $50. S67, 313
The purchase of rice in large quantities
continues. tmportations for the month of
August being greater than the value enter
ed under all other classes of supplies com
bined, and with the exception of the French
East Indies. which furnishes the islands
with nearly all of the foreign product used
a general falling off is noted among the
principal importing countries, as compared
with the record for the previous year. BY
the increase of approximately three mil
hon dollars over the value Of rice receipts
during eight months of 1902 the purchase
of meat and meat products fish, vegetables
and other food-stuffs, as well as the import
trade in manufactured articles has been
materially reduced. At the same time no.
uceable increase is shown in the importa-
ton of cattle, many of which are needed
throughout the archipelago for farming
purposes.
Exports of hemp show an advance of ap-
figures of last year. in eight months of
1903 reaching value of $13. 1854 55S, more
than half Of the product being shipped to
the United States.
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were much hampered in their operations
but succeeded in breaking up about third
of the surface of the basin.
The Vigilant was unfortunate in getting
an extra heavy cake of ice caught in her
wheel, all the blades being cut from it. She
was taken to Benefits railway by the Car
ter and will be hauled out at high water to-
day. Commodore Sutton had an extra
wheel on hand and this will be placed on
the boat at once and she will be again in
service this evening.
The operation of the ice feet We're con-
tinued today, the efforts of the tugs being
to keep the ice moving through the bridge
and to prevent it gorging. This work may
have to be kept up for day or two longer
in order te~preveDt danger. Should an
other freeze come 1t is not probable it will
last long, as the water is very muddy, and
ice made in muddy water soon melts.
Statement by Weather Bureau.
The officials of the weather bureau stated
today that there has been at no time since
the recent snow fall and freeze any danger
of a food at Washington. They state that
it requires a rise of thirty feet in the Po-
tomac at Haper's Ferry to occasion alarm
here, and there has been no evidence of
such a freshet.
The work of the tugs in breaking the ice
and freeing the channel, the weather Off
Gals say, has removed the possibility of a
gorge and Washington therefore need have
no apprehension of loss from that source.