Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-03-09
News in Brief

at New York auction.
Science hall at the Virginia Poly
technic institute, Blacksburg, Va, was
destroyed by fire. Loss $4,000
The United states armored cruiser
West Virginia was, at Newport, for.
maily delivered to the government.
The senate passed the Cullom bin
-edistricting the federal judiciary II
Illinois and giving Chicago additional
circuit and district judges.
Sir Henry Irving, who recently had
severe chills at Wolverhampton. has
suffered a slight relapse and has can
celled the remainder of his provincial
tour
Major James C. Carlton, president
OF the Mexican War Veterans associa-
ton. was stricken with paralysis at
Bedford, Ind and is believed to be
dying.
Governor La Follettes attendance
ut dinner given to retiring COVER
nors is taken as an indication that
he will retire on March to become
senator.
Louisville, KY, is at present aglt.
ated by a remarkable religious revival
movement Thus far 1900 converts
have been announced fhe revival be-.
gan February IL.
William Il. Curtis compares the i'm
port and export trade of the United
States and Cuba, showing that the re-
ciprocity treaty has stimulated the in
dustrios of both nations.
The George Washington university
at Washington, which from 1921 until
recently has been known as the Col.
umbian university was formally dedi.
Gated under its new name.
The president issued a proclamation
converting the senate in special session
at 10 o'clock noon on March next to
receive such communications as may
be made by the executive.
Grove Walter, former assistant state
attorney of Chicago, who mysterious
ly disappeared in Los Angeles several
had committed suicide, was located in
San Diego
District Attorney Jerome OF New
York, speaking of the proposition to
open the saloons part of Sunday before
the Peoples Institute club, said:
There are some honest men on the
police force"
The Mexican forces under General
Torres, numbering about 400, have
killed forty Yaquis and taken 1867
prisoners in a two days battle with
the savages in the mountains east of
La Colorado
Rev. Diomede Falconio, the apos-
tolic delegate to the United States,
was tho guest of honor at Philadelphia
Mt the annual dinner of the Alumni
association of the Catholic university
at Washington.
Emperor William has sent an auto.
graph letter to Chancellor Won Bue-
low congratulating him on his conclu-
sion of the commercial treaties with
foreign nations and rendering him a
marble bust of the emperor
In the course of an interview at
Paris with tn St Petersburg cores.
pondent of the Matin, Count Leo Toll
stoi is reported to have expressed his
repugnance to both the arstocracy
and the revolutionists of Russia.
Importers of wines and liquors must
pay duty on the full quantity shipped
from abroad without regard to leakage
or breakage Sin transit" under deci.
sion handed down by the board of
United States general appraisers.
The Kansas house has refused to
adopt n resolution providing for sub
hitting to the voters at the next gen
eral election proposition to amend
the constitution so that the Legislators
will not be allowed railroad passes.
Nearly every shoe manufacturer OF
the middle states and middle west was
represented at a meeting held in New
York City for the purpose of organ
izing the National Association of Boot
and Shoe Manufacturers of the United
States.
That the best work of the world Is
accomplished by men under 40 wears
of age, and that men over 60 should be
retired or chloroformed. are the start
ling declarations made by DR. William
Osler, on leaving Johns Hopkins Uni
yersity.
The Standard Oil company is sale
to have purchased two Independent
concerns in Kansas in an effort to buy
up all firms outside the trust" anC
acquire control of any evidence tina
might be damaging in the pending In
vestigation.
The Missouri house has passed
maximum freight bill, making a ma
terial reduction in freight rates. TIL,
house also passed bill amending tn,
damage law so that relatives can re
cover $4,000 for the death instead o
$1,000, as at present.
The Agra diamond, weighing thirty
one carats, was sold at London 70
S25,50O.
The house committee refused 10 re
consider the request for an arpro
priation of s1,25O,OOO for the improve
ment of the Chicago river and QUITE
harbor.