Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-08-25
News in Brief

several high social events at New,
port.
Alexander ]. Cassatt finished his
education at Heidelberg university at
20 years Of age and joined survey.
ing party in Georgia.
The Carnegie Steel company has
notified all the clerks in the South
Sharon, Pa, office that after Septem-
Der their services would not be re-
quired.
The sultan OF Turkey has seventy
one titles and on the parchment con.
tanning them are the words, "As many
more as may be desired can be added
to this number"
Joseph w. Schaefer, aged 81, a
Worlds fair visitor from Beaumont,
Ark, was instantly killed while walk
ing on the street car tracks near the
exposition grounds.
Four more bodies OF victims of the
Denver & Rio Grande railway wreck
were recovered and all identified. All
of the lightweight bodies recovered
have been identified.
Ray Fetterhaus of Chicago, who
drew No. 232 In the Rosebud drawing,
arrived just one day too late to make
his fling and thereby lost a claim
worth at least $4,000.
At Everett, Wash, four trainmen
were severely scalded as n result of
the blowing out of a crown sheet on
a locomotive hauling an extra Great
Northern freight train.
Wayne McVeagh. formerly attorney
general OF the United States, has de-
termined to make war upon automo-
bile scorchers in the section of Penn
sylvania where he lives.
1t is said that Stephen W. Dorsey,
eX-United States senator and at one
time noted because of his connection
with the star route frauds, has made
up his mind to settle in New York.
Prof. w. F. King, chief astronomer
for the Canadian government, is un.
dertaking the resurvey of the Alaskan
boundary in accordance with the re-
cent award of the Alaskan commits.
sion.
IL the manner in which hardware
merchants are ordering husking goods
is an Indication, Nebraska will have
the biggest corn crop in it's history
this season." says wholesale hard
ware man.
Lafayette w. Jones, a wealthy far
mer living ten miles west of Platts.
burg, Mo-. was shot and instantly kill.
ed by his 15-year-old son Hugh be-
cause he was not allowed to drive
the family horse.
Miss Justine Ingersoll Of New Ha.
I ven, Conn, daughter of the late Gov
ner Charles r. Ingersoll, has decided
to erect a tombstone over her pet
monkey "Jim," who hanged himself to
tree in her garden.
The South Dakota Millers' associa.
ton is in session at Mitchell and from
reports Of members it is estimated
that the wheat yield ranges from
eight to fourteen bushels per acre. 1t
is cut down. largely by rust
Consul Rufiin cables the state de.
law has been declared in Paraguay
The forces Of the revolutionists and
the government have had fight and
considerable disorder prevails.
Advices received from Tabriz. Per-
STA, state that on July 10 a band OF
Armenian revolutionists appeared
near Outchkilissa and that the Turk
ish soldiers, using this as an excuse,
attacked and destroyed the city.
Secretary Shaw left Washington for
Boston and from there he will go to
Squirrel Island, on the Maine coast
for brief visit with his family. Lat
er in the week he will start on a
tour OF the northwest and the Pacific
coast and will make speeches in Mon.
tana, Washington, Oregon, California,
and probably in Utah and Colorado.
Don't think ii is incumbent on you
to make known just how you stand on
income.
Acting Commissioner Flmple Of the
general land office has issued orders
restoring to the public domain 319,500
acres of lands, constituting a part OF
the area which had been temporarily
withdrawn from entry for the propos-
ed Blue mountains forest reserve,
Oregon, and 1900 acres which had
been similarly withdrawn for the pro-
posed Wallowa forest reserve. Ore.
gon.
The poor condition Of the Pima In
dams of the ella river reservation in
Arizona was the subject Of confer
ence between President Roosevelt,
Commissioner of Indian Affairs Jones
and Rev. Thomas C. Moffett of Tue,
son, Arizona. The president has di.
rected fresh investigation regarding
the Indians, whose crops are affected
by the diversion from them of the
waters of the ella river.
According an an order issued by
Postmaster General Payne large sales
of postage stamps to purchasers who