Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1904-12-29
Brief kilograms
The Japanese are said to be suffer

Der for revision.
An anti-governmen demonstration
in st. Petersburg was broke up by
charge of the police
Congressman Hepburn arraigned
the civil service and moved to throw
out the appropriation.
The railroads have granted rate
of 1 cent mile for the grand army
encampment at Denver.
One contest in the senate and two
in he house must be settled by the
G. Ieral assembly in Illinois
Newton l.. Penn, said to be the last
Iineal descendant of William Penn,
has just died in Hartford, Conn.
1t seems to be pretty certain that
Secretary Wilson Of the Department
Of Agriculture will retain his place.
The Japanese are reported to have
torpedoed the Sevastopol, last battle
ship of the Russian Port Arthur fleet.
Senator Hopkins introduced n bill
to place Gen. Peter ]. Osterhaus on tse
retired list of the army as a major
general.
The interstate commerce commits
sion Is likely to order reduction in
cattle traffic rates from the West and
Southwest.
The Mergenthaler Linotype company
has declared quarterly dividend Of
2k per cent and an extra dividend of
s per cent.
The mercantile store Of w. Melon
aid at Meadow Grove. was entered
and robebd of goods to the value of
about $1,000.
Senator Elkins proposes plan for
circuit court of Interstate commerce
which is being seriously considered
by the president.
About 500 Porto Ricans, whose con-
tracts for working in the sugar plan
tations of Hawaii have expired, are
In San Francisco in destitute condi-
ton.
Weekly trade reviews show that an
active holiday trade is IN progress, en-
couraging conditions resulting in the
placing of many orders for new
stocks.
The Colorado supreme court has
thrown out the vote of Denver pre-
cinct, establishing a precedent which
may seriously affect the result of the
election.
Prof. Robert Koch of Berlin will
start for South Africa on December
II to engage in further scientific in
vestigatlon of rinderpest and other
animal diseases.
Cornell university authorities have
started a systematic movement to rid
Ithaca, N. Y, of mosquitoes, which
are said to have caused last summers
epidemic Of malaria.
At the cabinet meeting Secretary
Metcalf talked briefly of the status Of
the land fraud cases, indicating that
some startling developments in them
might be expected in the near future.
Queen Victoria's jubilee presents
have been sent by express in twenty
large packing cases to New York City
from St. Louis, where they will be
placed on board steamer for Eng
land.
The eight bicycle riders who re.
fused to finish in the six days race
In New York last week have been
penalized by the National Cycling as
ISOLATION.
The mysterious package held by Iri
Reynolds and said to contain $4,000
600 in securities belonging to Mrs.
Cassie L. Chadwick was opened in
Cleveland and found to hold only
brown paper.
John Orme, daring highwayman,
fnown as the tall man" in the com.
bination which terrorized Chicago in
1896, Is under arrest, as one of the
two highwaymen who entered the
Peoria National bank at Peoria, III.
Senator Depew said his candidacy
for the senatorship of New York was
In the hands of his friends and he
would not withdraw from the canvass
because Of any action the conference
might have taken.
Count Tolstoi's son Andre. who is
an orderly attached to Lieutenant
General Sobeloff's sixth army corps,
has received the st. George cross for
repeated bravery in carrying dis.
patches under fire.
iShS iOb'l ltlu up the DdnK OF
Chisholm, Mimi, during business
hours and secured $4,000. He forced
the cashier into the vault at the muz-
zle OF a revolver and locked the door.
The robber escaped.
William e. Curtis writes OF the com.
ing report Of the commissioner OF
education, which will show the .veon.
derful growth OF co-education in Vhis
country, 90 per cent OF those atte1,d.
ing colleges being In mixed classes
Bids were opened in Washington N
the transportation OF $4,000 tons I'LL,
coal from the Atlantic coast to ~
coaling station in Manila bay. M
bids OF the American shippers wa
nearly 81 per ton higher than tn,
OF foreign shippers
Orders for the steel rail re1u
ments OF the Pennsylvania rail-
company for lines east and WEI
Pittsburg for the year 1905, anon,