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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-04

main line. The coupling had
been made, all except the attach
ing of the air, when 10 collided
with the rear end of 48, which
occurred at $40 or about Is min
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-04

1t is asserted that fifty per cent
of the democrats in Minnesota
believe in Roosevelt. That ratio
will doubtless hold good the
country over, but the party lash
will doubtless pre- vent fifty per
cent of them from voting for
him, but they cannot control all
of them.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-04
Thursday, February 4, 1904.

Gov. William A. Taft took the
oath of Office, Monday as Secre-
tary of War, successor to Secre-
tary Root, resigned.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-04

The democratic press of the
state is quite unanimously in
favor of r. L. Metcalf, editor of
the World-Herald for delegate to
the democratic national conven-
ton instead of Congressman
Hitchcock.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-04

The REPUBLICAN publishes
this week the verdict and summary
of the evidence before the coro-
ners jury of the railroad wreck
that occurred in this city on the
2Sth. The coroner and jury are
certainly entitled to much credit
for the time they spent and
efforts put forth in trying to de-
termine TO whom the blame for
the wreck should attach. The
jury was impannelled on the
afternoon OF the date OF the
wreck and did not reach verdict
until Tuesday. The verdict may
not be as all expected, but when
we take into consideration the
ability and honesty of the men,
bers of the jury, there is but one
conclusion and that is the verdict
is warranted by the facts. The
summary of the evidence which
we publish in connection with
the verdict would indicate that
while the jury would not have
been justified in finding the col
lision was "iellonious," the fac
remains and may be read clearly
between lines, both in the sum
mary as we'll as in the Statement
of Messrs. Jewett and Kay, tn a
while no one can legally be helt
responsible, that the manage
ment of the road is not morally
guiltless in this matter. TIL
officer of the road, who is re
sponsible for over loading No
48, deserves the greater censue
Then the one whose duty it wa
to notify the crew of 40 that a
had been six hours tryingt o max
the distance from Anselmo t
Broken Bow is not without blame
The management that PERSISTS i
working its men from Is to 4
hours without sleep may eXpec
to pay out more for the destru'
tion of life and property by owe
loading and overworking the
men than they save and if the
presist in that practice after tt
numerous collisions in the pa
year it is time that the publ
should take the matter in har
and seethat those who are respo,
sible for this practice are he
mendable to the law.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-04
stock OF New ana second -Hano
Goods For Sale.

Due to the fact that my time
and my attention is needed in
other business, l will sell my
stock of secondhand goods. See
or write me, JUD KAY,
34-35 South side of square.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-04

Broken Bow the 80 cars he left at
Merna. By order from the dis
patcher he attached his engine
to an extra going west at 500 a.
m. and pushed the extra to Merna
where he detached from the eX-
ira and attached to the remainder
of the train and pulled for Broken
Bow. The second section of the
train arrived at Broken Bow
about $40 a. m. where the en-
CINE was detached and run to the
tank for water a second time.
The conductor and engineer then
went to the depot where they re-
Ceived a report from the dis
patcher that No. 40 was on time
and for As not to delay her. This
report was received by the con-
duCtOr at Sis a. m. The con-
ductor Immediately commenced
to clear the main line for 40. To
do this he attached his engine to
the 53 cars brought from Merna
as the second section of his train,
pushed them west until they
cleared the switch upon which
the IS cars first brought from
Nerna had been placed, He then
detached his engine, ran her east
to the east end of the switch and
backed in on the IS cars, coupled
to them and pushed them west to
the west end of the switch and
out upon the main line to couple
on to the 33 cars standing on the
so CUWt, - COIu IN ONE DAV
! nlI. LnNnL-Nn Mr-mn lnLn--. maL-.La An
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-04
Senator Dietrich introduced a

Senator Dietrich introduced a
resolution in the Senate Monday,
asking for an investigation of
the charges against him in the
Hastings post Office deal. The
resolution was adopted and d
committee of five, consisting of
Senators Hoar, Platte, Spooner,
Cockrell and Pettus were APP
pointed as committee to investi-
gate.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-02-04

80 CUJNI' - COy.Eo IN ONE DAV
Take Laxative Promo Qniniuo Tsb'ots, All
ruggsis refund the mouy II II fails 10 cure,
Il ". Groves signature Is on each box, 25c
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LEFT HIS TEXT.
Wit and Sarcasm Not Found in Can
mons Prepared Speech

convention Hall, Chicago, June 22.-
Mr.. cannon in his speech on assuming
the gavel departed at times from the
text of his prepared speech but the de-
partures were flashes of his keen sar-
casm of rugged humor that never failed
to arouse applause.
Our friends the enemy he said,
come out with strong lungs as trust
busters but did anybody ever hear OF
their doing any 'busting% That young
true man in in Washington has seen
to It that laws are enforced. and they
went out of existence. That's the diff
ference between US and the
other people. One 'busts' by
wind; the other 'busts by law
and here the convention once more
broke into loud cheers. His assurance
that the man in the White House,
Theodore Roosevelt-would enforce
the laws, was the signal for another
tribute OF applause. As he uttered
the words good bye" at the close of
his address, the delegates rose, cheer
ing and waving hats, flags and hand
kerchiefs. The chairman paid but lit
tie heed to the applause after one bow
as he closed, but returning quickly to
his seat entered upon the work of the
convention. The band played "The
Star Spangled Banner" the delegates
and spectators rising.
Ihere was stay in the proceedings
after the close of Mr.. Cannon's speech
While Mr.. Root and others on the plat
form crowded around the chairman to
thang him for his speech. Mr.. Cannon
remained apparently obliviOus to the
demonstration. The band drifted into
a medley of popular airs, the cheering
stopped and there was a hiatus of some
minutes.
Many. delegates began leaving the
hall after Mr.. Cannon's speech
FINALLY Mr. Cannon raped for order
and called for the report of the COM
mittee on rules. which was presented
by General Bingham of Pennsylvania
General Bingham in presenting the
report stated tina THE committee had
adopted the rules of the Fifty eighth
congress.
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F.ATIIONIs DEEP.


one day, as we of the American
brig Sally were cutting in a whale to
the north of st. Helena, the English
bark Empress came up from the
south, and the two crafts remained IN
company for three or four hours.
The Empress had then been out of
port forty days without capture
and crew and captain were disguised.
More than that, she had been through
a severe gale and had three men hurt
and had lost sails and topmasts. Cap
tain Travers was a fine seaman ana
an old whaler, and had never brought
an empty ship into port but the fact
remained that the Empress had not
even yet lowered for whale
Two weeks later, just after we had
cut in another whale and scrubbed
our decks, and while we were under
easy sail to the south of the island,
we lowered for a school of whales
and got two. There were twelve in
the school, and ten went off to the
southwest without being frightened.
We were making our captures fast
to the ship when the Empress came
down on US from the east She was
now f1fty-fOur days out and il-luck
still pursued her. After she had part
ed from us a fortnight before. she
had lowered for whale and lost two
harpoons and lines and half a cay
work for nothing. Subsequent to
that, two men had fallen from aloft
and broken arms or legs, and she had
run down to US to buy oil to keep
her lamps allgnt-
AS I was third mate of the Sally
had opportunity to discover the
state of feeling aboard the bark Her
crew were on the verge of mutiny
and Captain Travers had become
alarmed for the safety of the ship.
The men had come to regard him as
a Jonah, despite his previous lucky
voyages, and on the day he ran down
to US for the second time he had come
to the decision that~if his run of ill
luck was not soon broken he would
return to Bristol with an empty ship
He had been aboard of Us for a couple
of hours, talking things over, when a
monster whale broke water within half
a mile of the two crafts. We put the
man aboard Of his ship as soon as pos
sibIe. but long enough before he reach
ed her his mates had lowered and were
away. The hour was o'clock in the
afternoon, with fine weather and a
smooth sea, and we were permitted to
knock off work and see the fun.
There We're those aboard the Empress
who said that it was the same whale
which had been met with before and
had escaped them. At any rate, he had
a harpoon sticking into him and was
badly tangled up in a line He was
rolling on the surface when both boats
came up and made fast at the same
moment. For twenty seconds after be-
ing struck the monster did not move a
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broadside on, but he heard the approach
and INDUCED in a strange maneuver- Few
men ever saw a whale back water. and
there are plenty Of old whalemen who
contend that he can not. This whale.
however. backed a distance of one hun
dred feet. and with amazing swiftness,
too. and striking the boat with his hukes.
he killed four men and reduced her to
matchwood-
Then he started straight for the EN-
press. and his rush was that of ava
lanche. He was under the full view of
her crew. but the ship was lying to and,
therefore. perfectly helpless. Had she
been a steamer instead of a sailing yes
sci she could not have avoided that rush
on the Sally every man Of us had his
eyes on the whale when he struck the
Englishman on the port bow. and we
plainly heard the crash Of planlSs and
timDeTs.
After the shock he backed off and set
tied down and was seen no more. but IN
ten minutes the Empress was at the bot
tom of the sea. Not "A man saved except
an extra jacket There was scarce time
for them to lower their boats when the
bark pitched head under for a grave
the bottom mile below. and the story
of her ill-luck was finished at last
Copyright 1898, by It. G. McClure.)
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IFrom the Philadelphia Record.l
The average young mans object in life
Is to become some girls subject.
An appetizer really does give a man
an appetite-for more appetizers.
It seems funny, since talk is cheap, that
anyone should speak of talk as gas" -
Wigwag-'I hear Brown is as good as
married Henpeck-"B Better. He's still
single"
A peculiar thing about the Delaware
peach crop is that If it doesn't fail it will
go into the hands of receivers-lots of
them.
fsome men who go west to grow up
with the country would only grow up to
It they'd stand some chance of being
big.
When a widower gives it out that ne
doesn't want to infiict a step-mother on
his children. you may depend he's dis
covered that no other woman wants him.
Miss Richley-Mabel-I love youy' ex-
claimed young Dremer. ''Ah if 1 could
only prove my love; if, like a knight Of
old, I could only go and fight for you. -
You may go and speak to papa" said
the girl, demurely.
Reporters Senator Buncombe merely
mentioned the fact that the Republican
party would oppose the Trusts. Shall 1
say that?" Editor-"No. You may say
he merely mentioned the alleged fact.
etc.
When Cupid shoots his little dart
Well aimed to pierce a young mans heart
1t often pierces. sad to tell,
His poor weak pocketbook as well.
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view, a twofold character First,
whether as a question of general eco
no1nic welfare it were better to inject
/ a larger element of competition into
trunk-line business, and thus for some
lines, if not for all, diminish still fur
tner the residual portion which must
be shared among the participants in
trade; or whether, on the other hand, it
were better to maintain conservative
/ limitations on competition in the form
of differential rates as a means of
checking the downward tendency of
commercial charges in general and OF
freight rates on foodstuffs in particular.
Viewed from a strictly national stand
/ point these would seem to be the alter
natives at issue
! From this standpoint it would seem
that a solution of the question might
lie within the reach of the interests inn
mediateIy commemorative railroad lines
and the cities which they directly serve.
But such is too limited a view of con-
ditions. The trunk lines with their
termini, both east and west, lie between
expanding areas of surplus production
in the west and the maritime bases for
the world market on the east. The
western areas of wheat and corn pro-
duction have for some years been shift
ing southwestward beyond the Missouri
and the areas of spring wheat produc-
ton have been tending northwestward
on both sides of the International
boundary. As a result of this expan
sion new trade alignments have been
laid down. On the north the Canadian
lines reach the sea by lake, canal and
river, or by rail: while to the south new
trunk lines have been forming on both
sides of the Mississippi.
These bases are the north and south
lines of transportation between Chicago
and New Orleans, Mobile and Pensa-
cola, east of the Mississippi, and be-
tween Minneapolis and Galveston west
of the Mississippi. Between these two
lines the river directly or indirectly
contributes toward the lowering of
freights on these commodities south
ward toward the Gulf ports. The river
rate on grain, St. Louis to New Orleans,
averaged cents per bushel in 1903 A
study of the map of the growth of rail-
road facilities along these main lines
will show how rapidly the north and
south trunk lines are making them
selves masters of the grain territory
in the states bordering directly on the
Mississippi, and especially throughout
the Missouri river territory. The recent
competition of railroads west of chi
cago to find outlets to the Gulf, includz
ing the efforts of the Rock Island
System, the Missouri Pacific, and the
Atchison. Topeka & Santa Fe, has re-
suited in a condition by which each and
all of these lines can carry grain with
equal advantage into Chicago on the
one hand or to Gulf ports on the other.
The area of competitive territory has
been widening rapidly in recent years.
The effect of this Improvement in posi-
ton is to give these roads a strategic
advantage
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News

A word to the unwise is super1uous.
Love is blind-and the homely girl is
glad of it.
Politics has made few men and I'M
made u great many.
A woman's maiden aim is to change
her maiden name.
A mans house is his castle unless it
is in his wife's name.
When a man shines in society he sell
dom shines in business.
Truth is all right in it's way, but fiat
terry is often more satisfactory.
Money talks, but that of a niser
doesn't make extravagant speeches.
Where there's a will there's apt to be
a won't and a couple of lawyers.
When a, man is working for himself
he doesn't have to employ a time
keeper.
A woman's worth is usually more
than she can extract from her hus-
bands pockets.
When man helps his wife with the
housewOrk it takes her about twice as
long to finish.
A bachelor physician says the mic
robes in kisses are often fatal-at least
they often develop matrimonial germs.
Listen to what your friends say of
others in your presence if you wish to
get a line on what they say of you
when you are absent.
a woman can't understand why her
husband has to work so hard to make
both ends meet when he is so much
smarter than other men.
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MIR. WARE EXPLAINS.
Writes Personal Letters Replying to
Washington Post Article.

Governor Bailey and the members of
the Kansas delegation in congress
have each received this week a letter
from Pension Commissioner Ware, in
which Mr.. Ware says:
1.-The POst-a newspaper here in
Washington, asserts that pensions are
being issued under order No. rs to SOL
diers in the doubtful states for the
purpose of influencing elections and
that claimants from other states are
being delayed thereby The statement
is wholly untrue, and will be taken no
notice of except that / wish you to
know that your constituents are re
cefvfng the very same attentions that
any others are recefving.-Respect
E. F. Ware, commissioner"
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fin. Then he started off with a rush
and made a complete circle around
both ships, leaving sucn wake behind
him that there were times when we lost
sight of the boats in the foam
Having completed the circle, the
leviathan slowed about until he was
head on to the first mates boat. He
lay for a moment. swinging his lower
jaw TO right and left in a vicious way,
and then made a rush The boat at
tempted to shoot ahead and AVOID him,
but he caught her amidships with a
swing of that terrible jaw and left only
fragments behind as he headed between
the two ships and went off to the south
The second mates boat was obliged to
cut loose to pick up the other crew,
but three men, one of whom was the
chief mate. had lost their lives.
When the extent of the calamity be-
came known abroad the Empress, open
mutiny resulted. The men demanded that
She head away for Bristol, and two hours
later she was homeward bound Never did
a more disgruntled crew reach port Inc
owners at once removed Captain TraVers
from command and gave him a bad name
and the crew had to dodge to escape ar
rest for their mutiny. The bark laid up
for three months. until the affair had
passed out Of public mind, and she was
then prepared for another cruise she
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had lost prestige. but there was no lack
of applicants when she was ready for
sea- The new commander was named
Thorndyke, and on leaving port he told
the owners that he would return with a
full ship or not at all.
We in the Sally had meanwhile trans
shipped 400 barrels of oil and worked our
Wy down to Cape Horn and go miles to
the south Of it, We We're cruising east
and west, taking a whale occasionally,
when the Empress came down on US for
the third time She had made the trip
from Bristol without sighting a spout
She was sighted at 10 O'Clock one morning
and remained alongside Of US for three
hours and then headed away to the east.
Two days later we sighted her again
Neither craft had raised a whale mean
while, but we were passing each other
within a quarter of a mile and exchang-
ing signals. mighty leviathan broke
water within cables length of
the bark. He was so close to her that
we had no show and did not lower. He
was lone whale, and we no sooner had
him under our glasses than we knew him
to be fighter He had half dozen
scars his head and the way he rolled
about showed his temper As he was head
on to Us. he must have seen both the
ships as well as the boats. but he made
no move unt.I one of the boats was close
upon him and ready for dart.
The boat had made a half circle to get
out OF his line Of vision and approach Inn
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JAYIIAWKER JOTs.

Cherryvale has ordered all pig pens
from the town site.
out at Jennings beer is sold under
the title of alfalfa water
Several alleged harvest hands have
found work on the rock pile at New
ton.
Here's a tip to the Topeka Saints.
Grant county has two rafting good
lady baseball mines.
Blue Rapids men have invented an
electric fire alarm and a swing. Both
will be tried out July 4th.
An agitator who tried to organize
the Great Bend harvest hands in a
trust got only chaff for his pains.
A colored girl is attending the Nor
NAL at Mound City bur there will be
no school for her in Linn county.
In slxinning a big snake at SYRIA
discovered resting in the serpent's
bosom.
TWO Edna citizens planted five acres
each of genuine Kentucky blue grass
But now that it is heading out it has
proven cheat.
Only g dogs at Mcpherson are bay
ing at the moon with taxes unpaid
Disbelievers in IS being unlucky can
watch those CANNES.
A spoony couple at wellington
walks along, his arm around her waist
her arm around his neck. And that's
the long and the short of it.
An Anthony harvest hand is wear
ing three diamonds in his shirt front.
He can easily add d finger ring to the
collection after the season closes.
Selden's two ministers appear to
know something besides ordering cob
1ections taken up One is building
barn this week; the other a house.
After reading the recital of a coun-
try editors woes by Ed. Hoch, one
can't blame him very much for de-
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HUMOR OF THE DAY.

Caution p-to-Date--AfCther- chill
dren, you may run out a-d play on fhe
railroad tracks. but be sure and keen on
the street or the automobiles will get you
Puck.
Miss Golding-DO YOU think il Is NV
money that attracts him
Miss MISUNDERSTANDING wonder He
told a friend of mine that he had about
made up his mind TO marry you.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Yes" said little AIbertfs father s.ft
is estimated that there are at least a. mill
lion microbes on dollar bill. o
'Geel" said the astOnished child ssTs
there ten million microbes on "a ten dollar
bill2-'-CnicagO Record-TTerald
First Minister-Mr- Prosy how do you
nvious Of YOU
Rev Mr. Prosy-rrading stamps-ten in
ing. But. Brother Lastly we have a
contract by which no other church in eha
town may obtain the stamps--JudRe.
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Butler county leads all the other
Kansas counties in the production of
prairie hay. Butler county raises four
per cent of the entire prairie hay crop
of Kansas. The shaded map prepared
by Director T. 3. Jennings. of the
Kansas department Of the weather bu-
reau, shows the per cent of prairie
hay raised in the different counties
from the reports taken during the
last census. The total for the state is
100 per cent and Butler county is the
only county in the four per cent class.
Cowley, Sedgwick, Greenwood and
Marion come next with small areas
growing three per cent but the greater
part of the areas in each of the four
counties raising two per cent
The key to the shaded map pre-
pared by Director Jennings shows that
Eastern Kansas raises more prairie
hay than the western counties. In
Butler county where there are miles
upon miles of rolling prairie the chief
product of the county is cattle. But
Ter leads all other Kansas counties in
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cattle. and is close toward the top of
the list of alfalfa counties.
Every year thousands of head of
cattle are shipped into Butler county
to Craze during the summer ON the
succulent prairie grass. This year the
range pastures of Butler are crowded
with foreign cattle there to fatten and
go down to the market next fall.
More cattle have been shipped into
Butler county to Craze this year than
ever before. Butler with its 1,42S
square miles is the largest county in
the state and there is room for a good
many cattle. Butler county can al
ways report from $4,000 to 10000
head Of cattle besides the 10000 or
1000 shipped in to pasture South
of FL Dorado are what is called The
Flint hills and there the largest herds
of cattle that are shipped in are grazed
and this year the hills are crowded to
the utmost the acreage for each head
being cut down to the minimum. tt
is reported that if 500 more cattle
were shipped into Butler pasture could
not be found for them