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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
SENATOR BURTON SENTENCED
Six Months in the Iron County Jail
and to Pay a Fine of $4,000.

ST. LOUIS, Mounted States
Senator Joseph Ralph Burton of Kan
sas was on Thursday sentenced in the
United States circuit court to serve
six months in the Iron county Jail,
Ironton, Mo-, and to pay a fine of
$4,000 for acting in the capacity of
paid attorney in behalf of the Rialto
Grain and Securities company of st.
Louis before the postoffice department
to prevent the issuance of a fraud
order, while a senator.
He was released on bond in the sum
of $4,000, with r. C. Kerens, as surety,
pending an appeal to the supreme
court. Execution of sentence was
stayed pending appeal.
After trial which continued
throughout the last three weeks, Bur-
ton was found guilty early last Sunday
morning on six counts of the indict-
ment, four of which charged that he
agreed to receive compensation for his
services as an attorney before the
postoffce department in behalf of the
Rialto company, and two charging
that he received such compensation.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
FIND HIM GUILTY.
Senator Burton Of Kansas Convicted
en- All Counts.

ST. LOUIS.-Senator j. Ralph Bur
ton of Kansas was found guilty on all
six counts in the indictments upon
which he has been on trial for the past
week in the United States circuit
court charging him with having agreed
to accept and having accepted com
pensation from the Rialto Grain and
Securities company of St Louis to
appear for the company in the capac-
ity of an attorney before the postoffce
department.
The verdict was brought in at 1850
o'clock, two hours and twenty-five
minutes after the jury had received
the case.
Senator Burton was ordered to APP
pear in court at 10 o'clock Monday
morning when, his counsel announced,
bill of exceptions would be pre-
sented and an appeal asked for. Court
then adjourned.
From the time the jury went out
Burton was pacing the court room
with even strides.
At 12:40 there was a summons from
'ilS iholuS VI llle IOOHl III WHICH IuS
jury had been confined considering rs
verdict. The marshal, upon being in
formed that an agreement had been
reached, notified Judge Vandevanter
Senator Burton took his accustomed
seat at the table with his counsel. His
features were set, but they expressed
no visible sign of emotion from the
time the jury entered the room until
the verdict had been read.
His facial expression did not change
during the reading of the verdict and
the separate answers by the jury of
guilty" to each count.
Senator Burton, accompanied by his
counsel, descended by the elevator to
the ground floor, and together they de-
parted for his hotel The senator was
permitted by the marshal to have mis-
freedom on the promise of his counsel
to produce him in court when wanted
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
ATTACK ON JUDGE MUNGER.
Washington Post critlcises the Land.
fencinq Decision.

WASHINGTON-In the matter OF
the Nebraska land case the Washing.
ton Post devotes a half column edit
orial, in which 1t makes a bitter at
tack on the rulings OF Judge Munger
of tho United States district court for
Nebraska. Tire Post says:
with the exception of the head OF
the state and the courts Of last resort,
every official has some one higher up
with authority to exercise some con-
troll over his proceedings, to modify
his decisions, and to rebuke or punish
any neglect of duty or improper Off
cial action. In the judicial branch OF
the government, however, so impor-
tant was 1t thought to make judges in
dependent that to a large extent they
are exempt from any official supervi-
sion or central If they decide a point
of law, 1t can be appealed and reversed
in higher court, but if they impose an
unjust or inadequate sentence, or IL
they are guilty of any conduct unbe-
coming, short of an Improbable Of
Tense, which all experience OF inn
parchment trials has shown must be q
very grave one, to secure conviction,
there is no one with authority to re-
buke them, or call them down, or dis
cipline them in any way. The chief
justice of the United States has no
supervising power over judges Of the
lower courts
Such being the case, the exercise OF
otherwise irresponsible judicial power
should be held responsible to public
opinion, and should be kept under close
and constant watch.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
UNITED STATES OFFICIAL
ATTACKED BY R0WDIES

ST. PETERSBURG-Robert Wood
Bliss, second secretary of the Ameri-
can embassy, who has just returned
here after a three months vacation
in Paris, was the victom of an out
rage by rowdies in one of the most
fashionable streets of the capital late
last night, and only escaped being
beaten to death through the timely
arrival of the police.
Charge d'Affaires Eddy has report
ed the affair to the authorities at
Washington, but as the incident was
a plain case of rowdyism he probably
will not make official representations
at the foreign office here unless in
structed to do so.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
Operations of Postal Department.

WASHINGTON-The annual report
of the auditor for the postofilce de-
partment for the year ended June 80,
1906, shows the fiscal operations of
the department to have been as fol-
lows; Revenues of the postal service,
1852, ,585; expenditures of the pos
tai service $167 1893 1863; total amount
of money orders issued, domestic S401,-
916.214; foreign, $42,50S,246; total
amount of money orders paid, domes-
tic $404. 334.974; foreign $7,1506S9 To
tai. $1.176. 130.879.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
~. S." WILL BE REMOVED.
This Country Has No Claim to Isle Of
Pines,

WASHINGTON-ln the new map
for 1905, issued by the general land Of
fee the little dot of land lying off
the cost of Cuba and known as the
Isle of Pines will no longer have the
letters "U. s." following its name.
This decision has been reached by the
general land Office, which, since 1900,
has designated this bit of land Pine
Island" GU. s.
The official maps have had the
island indicated as an American pos
session for over four years Frank
Bond, chief of the map division of the
general land office, said today that
the letters III. s." had been placed
after Pine Island by mistake and that
the error would be rectified on the
new maps. There is now pending in
the senate a treaty formally turning
over the island to the republic OF
Cuba
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
THE GUARDS FAIL
TROOPS PROTECTING IMPERIAL
FAMILY SHOW Discomfort.
A NUMBER SOLDIERS ARRESTED
They Are Charged with Presenting
Series Of Petitions to the Emperor
One Rumor Abroad that the EN-
peror Had Been Attacked.

ST. PETERSBURG - The most
alarming indication of the spread of
the disaffection in the army, extend
ing even to regiments near the person
of the emperor, was given in the ar
rest at Tsarskoe Selo of a number of
soldiers belonging to the Yellow CUR
assiers of the Guard, the Hussars of
the Guard and the Life Guard Rifle
ment for presenting a series Of petit
tions, including one against the use of
troops for police purposes.
The regiments in question are those
which have been specially selected by
General TreDoff to guard the emperor
and his family. They have been
counted upon as being loyal to the
last, ready even to be torn to pieces
in defense of his majesty, like the
Swiss guards of Louis XVI. Their ar
rest, however, although not for open
sedition, shows how the leaven of dis
content is working even within the
precincts of the imperial park at Tsar-
skoe Selo.
The incident gave rise to most
alarming rumors in st. Petersburg, in
Guiding one to the effect that the en-
peror actually had been attacked and
that a grand duke had been wounded
while defending him; but the Asso-
ciated Press is assured by a member
of the imperial encourage at Tsar-
skoe Selo that this is absolutely un-
true.
Communication with the outside
world ceased at o'clock in the after
noon, when a strike was called in the
general telegraph office. By ruse,
however, the management succeeded
in reopening the cable shortly after
o'clock.
At o'clock, when the strike went
into operation, many of the Russian
operators were reluctant to leave, but
walking delegate promptly smashed
bottle Of hydrochloric acid on the
floor and the fumes soon drove the
men from their keys.
The government still manages, with
the aid of the administrative officers
along the line, to keep communication
open with Sebastopol. The manager
of the Moscow Office is himself work
ing a key there.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
AN INFLUX OF JEWS
SEEMS QUITE LIKELY

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Wolf, of
this city, former president of the ma
tlonal organization of the B'Nai b.
Rrith, and a leading member of the
executive committee of that associa-
ton, declared in an address last night
that he feared the recent atrocities in
Russia will bring another exodus of
Jews to this country. The address
was delivered at sacred services which
were held in the Washington Hebrew
congregation in commemoration of the
two hundred and fiftieth anniversary
of the coming of the Jews to America.
The meeting was attended by leading
members of the race in this city.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
Carnegie is Finding Fault.

SYRACUSE, n. Yin a letter to
the Syracuse library board congratu-
lating the city upon completion of it's
new 100000 library building. Andrew
Carnegie, the donor. takes occasion to
criticise the commission that erected
the building for the expenditure of
$4,000, or nearly 10 per cent of the
cost of the building, for inspectors
fees, attorneys fees and architects
fees. Mr.. Carnegie says he never
heard of such things and knows moth
ing as to attorneys in connection with
the building of his libraries
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
Chicago May Bar Football,

Observation-Disclosures Harris of the
Ninth ward on Monday night intro
duced in the city council resolution
requesting Corporation Counsel James
Hamilton Lewis to prepare an ordi-
nance prohibiting the playing of in
tercollegiate football in this city un-
til the rules regulating the game have
been modified and changed to elimi-
nate the present danger of serious in
jury to players. The resolution was
referred to the committee on health,
which will report thereon at a future
meeting.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
HAVE NOT CHANGED MINDS.
Canal Consulting Engineers Stick to
Their Views.


Their Views.
WASHINGTON-Th five foreign
delegates to the board of consulting
engineers of the isthmian canal COM
mission left for New York and will
soon sail for their homes. They will
meet again in Brussels during the
first days of next January. General
Davis will go to that city as repre-
sentative of the American members
of the board, and will take with him
the documents which are not yet
drawn up and which will then have
to be signed by the foreign delegates.
Speaking of published stories that
they had reconsidered their first vote,
one of the delegates made the follow
ing statement:
Whatever we have had to say will
be found in the report which VIII
shortly be in the hands of President
Roosevelt. That we should change
our vote on subject to which FOR
three months we have given our clos
est attention, and should change it
merely because some parties are not
contented with it, is a great absurd
ity"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
Dates for Transport Sailing.

WASHINGTON-The postoffice de
partment has announced that informa-
ton has been received from the United
States army transport officials stating
that until further notice transports
will sail from San Francisco for Ma,
Mia on approximately twenty day
schedule, viz; November 25, Deem
Der Is, 1905; January 5, January %,
February Is, March and March &c,
1906, and continuing thereafter in this
order, 20 days elapsing between sail
ing dates.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
Exchange Notifications.

MISREPRESENTATION formality
the final chapter in the bloody war
between Russia and Japan was en-.
acted in the diplomatic room of the
state department, when at five min,
utes past o'clock Baron Rosen, the
Russian ambassador and Mr.. Taxa
hira, the Japanese minister, on behalf
of their respective sovereigns, eX-
changed notifications of the treaty Of
Portsmouth, which was signed Sep
TENDER last.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
INCREASE SHOWING IN
EXPORTS TO CHINA

WASHINGTON.-The total value
of merchandise exported from the
United States to China in the ten
months ended with October, 1905, was
$5O104,767 against $2O,5571S4 for the
same period of 1904 which up to that
time was the high record year in our
export trade with China. These figures
are given in a report issued by the
bureau of statistics of the department
of commerce and labor. In October,
1905, the value of exports to China
was $3,13Sb45 against $3,S46,S03 in
October 1905
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
WORKING FOR A
FLAT RATE PENSION

WASHINGTOr-C. e. Adams Of
Superior, Neb., has been appointed by
Commander-inC Chief Tanner as a mem
Der of the pension committee of the
Grand Army of the Republic. The
work of the committee will be to for
mulate and present bill to congress
to provide that all honorably dis
charged soldiers of the civil war be
granted a fiat rate Of pension of $12 a
month, and to raise the pensions Of
those who are now getting So to the
fiat rate of $12
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
BILLS ARE ALL PAID
AND THERE'S MONEY LEFT

WASHINGTON - To inaugurate
Theodore Roosevelt, president of the
United States last March cost S145,-
491, greater sum than was ever spent
for any previous inauguration. The
details of this cost was made public
in report by Gen. John M. Wilson,
chairman of the inaugural committee.
Notwithstanding the large expense,
the committe has turned over a hal
ance of S4,S30 to the auditorium asso-
citation, an organization formed to
erect building in which to hold fu-
ture inaugural balls. General Wilson
strongly urges the erection of such a
structure
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
Postponea ENFORCING Order

WASHINGTON-A circular was is
sued to collectors of internal revenue
by Commissioner General Yerkes of
the internal revenue service postpon-
ing until January l next the order re-
curing internal revenue taxes to be
paid on certain preparations sold as
remedies, but containing preponder-
ance of alcohol, The circular states
that the chemical bureau of the service
has completed the analysis of eleven
such remedies which come within the
scope of the order on the subject of
September IL.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
THE BATTLESRlP OREGON
To Be 0vERHAULED

WASHINGTON.-As soon as the
historic battleship Oregon, now under
orders to return home from the Asia
tic station reaches American waters
she will be sent to a government navy
yard and placed out of commission for
thorough overhauling. Having
served in the first line, she will, when
recommissioned, be placed in the sec
ond line of defense, use being found
for her in home waters. The out-of-
date battleship Massachusetts, now at
the New York navy yard, will be put
out of commission.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
PEOPLE OF MOSCOW LEAVING.
Panic Stricken, They Hurry to Get
Away.

ST. RSBURG-Advices by
telephone from Moscow declare that
that city is in state of panic and
that the better classes are hurrying
abroad From 100 to 200 foreign pass
ports are being issued at Moscow
daily.
Mail advices from Warsaw say that
the number of arrests of political Of
tenders is on the increase and that
the searching of premises by the po-
lice Is continuous. The political pris-
oners are marched through the
streets, guarded by dragons with
drawn swords.
From Tobolsk, in Western Siberia
comes news of Dreat procession to
the cemetery to show honor to the
memory of the exiled 'Decembrists
who are buried there.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
IOWA INSURANCE LAW
UPHELD BY COURTS

WASHINGTON Iowa state
law prohibiting insurance companies
from entering into agreements fixing
insurance rates is declared constitu
tional by a decision of the supreme
court of the United States in the case
of Beryl f. Carroll, Iowa state audi
tor, against the Greenwich Insurance
company, ct al. The decision reverses
the decision of the United States dis
trict court of southern Iowa.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
MR.LIEB BOUNCED
UNITED STATES ASSISTANT
TREASURER REMOVED.
VIOLATED CIVIL SERVICE LAW
A Constant and Persistent Effort to
Evade the Laws Provisions-Fraud
Shown in Civil Service Examina-
tons.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Roose'
welt on Monday removed from OFF,
William s. Lieb, assistant Unite
States treasurer at Philadelphia, for
constant and persistent violation of
the civil service law while in Office"
In formal statement issued at the
White house by President Roosevelt
Mr.. Liebs removal is announced. The
president gave Mr.. Lieb a hearing last
Friday at the request of Senator Pen
rose and Senator Knox Of Pennsyl-
vania. Mr.. Lieb submitted long
statement in answer to the charges
made against him and was supported
in his defense by Representative Pat
terson of Pennsylvania.
The statement says:
After careful consideration of all
the facts developed by the inquiry, the
president decided to remove Mr.. Lieb
from office. it being shown, according
to the statement, that there was con
slant and consistent effort on your
(Mr. Lieb's) part to evade the proVi'
sions of the civil service law, to nam
per its workings as far as possible and
to obstruct in every way the action of
the commission
The president declared that the evil
dence showed fraud in the civil serv-
ice examinations, the fraud in one in
stance duplicating Mr.. Lieb's sister.
After reviewing the case the presi-
dent concludes;
Under these circumstances of per
sistence in wrongdoing on your part,
it seems to me that there Is no alter
native but to remove you from office.
You are accordingly hereby removed
from the position of assistant treas
urer of the United States"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
WEALTH IN FARMS.
The Secretary Of Agriculture Issues
His Report.

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Agri-
cultureWilson has sent his annual re-
port to the president In its opening
pages the secretary sets forth at
length the reasons the American
farmer has for thanksgiving. He says:
Another year of unsurpassed pros
perity to the farmers of this country
has been added to the most remark
able series of similar years that has
come to the farmers of any country
in the annals of the worlds agricul-
ture. Production has been unequaled;
its value has reached the highest fig
ure yet attained; the value of the
farmers national surplus still main
tains the magnitude that has built up
the balance of trade by successive ad-
dtions for many years sufficient TO
change the nation from borrower in
to a lender; there is continuation of
the unprecedented savings that have
embarrassed local banks with theft
riches and have troubled farmers to
find investments; and as if all of
these manifestations of high degree
of wellbeing were not enough, the
farms themselves have increased in
value to a fabulous extent
Farm crops have never before been
harvested at such a high general level
of production and value The partial
failure of two or three second-class
crops makes no apparent impression
upon the great aggregate of all crops"
The corn crop just harvested in the
United States is placed by the secre-
tary at 2,70S,000O00 bushels, a gain of
42000,000 over the next lowest year,
that of 1899, Wheat yielded 6S4 ,000-
600 bushels, the second largest yield
in the history of the country Oats,
with yield of 93O,OOO,OOO bushels, fell
50,000,000 bushels short of the record
production. The farm values of the
average crops, according to the esti-
mate placed on them by the secretary
Of agriculture, Isl
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
Pastor Falls Dead.

LINCOLN-News of the sudden
death of Rev, G, H, Wright of Fair
field was received by Rev. Harmon
Bross. Rev. Mr., Wright was pastor
of the Congregational church at Fair
field He was lying on a sofa at his
home and rolled onto the floor ana eX-
pired instantly
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
SENATOR WILLARD
WHERE HE STANDS ON THE RATE
QUESTION.
INTERVIEWS THE PRESIDENT
Promises to stand by Roosevelt on
Much Discussed Question-Repre'
sentative Hinshaw of Nebraska Also
Sees the President.

WASHINGTON-The Evening Star
has the following on Senator Millard's
rate position:
The attitude of Senator Millard of
Nebraska, who is member of the SEN
ate committee on interstate COM
merce, has been one of doubt for some
time, but there is strong belief that
Senator Willard has pledged himself
to the president, voluntarily to sup
port a measure in keeping with the
presidents views. Senator Millard
saw the president a few days ago and
had a conference with him. The Ne
braska senator is a candidate for re-
election and there would be absolute
ly no chance in the world of his com
ing back to the senate if he should go
astray on the rate proposition. The
Nebraska republicans last year started
the habit of indOrsing candidates for
United States senator in their state
conventions. This was done in the
case of Senator Burkett. The next
state convention, to be held next sum-
mer probably will make an indorse-
ment for successor to Senator Mil
lard Even in case he stands by the
administration on the railroad rate
proposition Senator Willard will have
a hard time coming to the senate
again. Among those who will oppose
him are Norris Brown of Kearney,
present attorney general of the state;
Ross Hammond, well known editor
of Fremont, and Gurdon w. Wattles,
prominent banker and citizen of
Omaha"
Hinshaw Sees President.
Representative Hinshaw saw the
president for a few moments. On
emerging from the cabinet room Mr.
Hinshaw said it was his positive con-
viction that a rate bill in strict accord
with the presidents policy would pass
both bodies. The people of Nebraska
are uns 1imous in support of the presi-
dents position as to rate legislation"
Senator Dolliver of Iowa, a member
of the committee on interstate COM
merce, talked with the president brief
| ly. After his interview the senator
remarked when asked about rate leg
islation: I'VE are now moving along
toward a practically unanimous stand
for the presidents policy"
President Silent Until Message.
1t developed today that the subject
under discussion at the White house
conference which was participated in
by the president, Secretaries Root,
Taft and Bonaparte, Senator Knox and
Commissioner of Corporations Gar
field, was proposed legislation affect
ing freight rates. 1t has been posi-
lively decided that there shall be no
further expression of the administra-
tons views on this subject pending
the publication of the presidents mes
sage to congress in which it is treated
at great length.
1t was also learned that there has
been no change whatever in the presi-
dents view as to the best form of rate
legislation. In other words, his views
have not been affected by any of the
| propositions recently made public.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
Visible Supply of Cotton.

NEW ORLEANS - Secretary Hes
ters statement of the worlds visible
supply of cotton shows a total of A.
SAG, 661, against 4,2SO,S56 last week. OF
this the total of American cotton is
3,722,661 against 3,5O2,S56 last week.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
Taft Gives a Dinner.

WASHINGTON. - Secretary Taft
gave a dinner at his home here to the
board of consulting engineers of the
Panama canal commission. The occa-
sion was a farewell entertainment OF
the foreign delegates, who leave for
their respective countries.