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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
Sixteen Millions for Canal.

WASHINGTON--It was stated at
the War department that while con-
gress would be asked to appropriate
total of $16,OOO,OOO to meet the
needs of the Panama canal works to
June next, it is not expected that con-
gress will appropriate it in a lump
sum. What is expected by the canal
officials is that congress will pass a
bill making available portion of this
amount to meet immediate wants of
the commission, because it was said
congress would probably investigate as
to how the money already spent had
been used.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
BURTON IN TOLLS
COURT REFUSES TO DISMISS
CHARGES AGAINST HIM.
A QUESTION OF JURISDICTION
Important Witness Brought Forward
by the Government-Testimony Not
secured at the Former Trial.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-In a lengthy ex-
temptore opinion, United States Cir
cult Judge Willis van Devanter over
ruled a motion to dismiss oil the
counts against United States Senator
Ralph Burton, charged with having
agreed to accept and having accepted
compensation to act as an attorney for
the Rialto Grain and Securities com
pany before the Postoffice department
at Washington, which was filed by the
defense Immediately following the
close of the governments case Thurs
day.
Judge van Devnater said that the
| definition of the word agreement"
bore pertinently upon this contention
and went deeply into both legal and
commercial meanings of the word. He
| held that the agreement was not con-
| summated until the representative of
| the Rialto company, who had conduct
ed the negotiations with Senator Bur-
| ton on the train en- route st. Louis to
Chicago, had returned to st. Louis and
| Senator Burton's proposition had been
accepted by the Rialto company. At
| torney Lehman had held that the
mere agreeing by Senator Burton to
accept compensation was all that he
(the defendant) was accountable for
and that that had occurred in Illinois.
Judge van Devanter then denied the
motion and allowed an exception to
the decision.
One of the most important witnesses
brought forward by the government
was placed on the stand and the tes-
timony adduced was regarded as very
damaging to Senator Burton. The
witness, Charles p. Brooks, did not APP
pear at the former trials. His testi-
mony was to the effect that Senator
Burton had been introduced to him on
the recommendation that he employ
the senator, who would, it was stated
be a valuable man for him in the light
of pending investigation by the Post.
office department of an investment
concern of which he was president.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
WILLARD HAS A RATE PLAN
Thinks Creation of Cabinet Office
Would End Agitation.

WASHINGTON-Senator Willard is
taking an active interest in the meet
ings of the interstate commerce COM
mittee. A freer exchange of opinions
regarding railroad rate legislation is
noticeable among the members of the
commission than characterized these
self-same gentlemen when they ad-
journed early last summer. Senator
Willard has an idea that the creation
of new cabinet position to be known
as secretary of transportation will
bring about the changes desired by the
people. We believe that if such a cab
met position were created it would eff
fectively put stop to the present dis
cussion over rates and get the coun-
try back to it's normal attitude. The
senator frankly says he is the only man
of the committee favorable to the pro-
ject, but he is going to stay by it until
a bill is reported that will create such
a cabinet officer as he outlines.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
THE FEDERAL CONTROL
OF RAILROAD RATES

SANTA BARBARA, Cal. - H. r.
Emerson, minister of railways of Can
ada, said regarding federal control of
railroads rates:
I'VE have in Canada federal juris-
dictfon over freight and passenger
rates, and have what President Roose-
welt is seeking to establish in the
United States-federal control more
comprehensive than that now exer-
cised by the interstate commerce COM
mission. This jurisdiction might we'll
be extended without infringing on the
private rights of your citizens. We
have the same questions between the
federal government and the provinces
as you do between the national govern
ment and the states"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
CIVIL SERVICE RULES
UNDERGO SOME CHANGE

WASHINGTON-The president has
issued an executive order amending
the civil service rules in substance to
conform to his recent order relative
to the dismissal of employees in the
classified service without hearing by
direction of the president or head of
an executive department. AS laid
down in the rule which is an amend
ment to civil service rule XII, this
principle is preferred by the follow
ing statement:
"2-No person shall be removed
from a competitive position except for
such cause as will promote the eff
ficiency of the service"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
RATE WILL STAND.
Decision Of Judge 5ethea on Live
Stock Tariff.

CHICAGO 49, Judge Bethea in the
United States circuit court on Monday
decided that the order issued by the
Interstate Commerce commission di-
recting that the railroad rates on live
stock between the Missouri river and
Chicago be lowered in conformity with
the rates on dressed beef, was illegal.
The Chicago Great Western and
seventeen oth1r railroad corporations
were the defendants in two suits
brought by the Interstate Commerce
commission. The first related to the
decision of the commission in which
the lowering of rates on live stock
to point where they would conform
with the rates on dressed beef was
ordered. The second was an applica-
ton on the part of the commission
for an injunction against the railroads
prohibiting them from refusing to
lower the rates.
Several weeks were consumed by the
introduction of expert testimony and
the court considered the evidence for
two weeks.
In summoning up the case Judge
Bethea declared that there was no evil
dence of collision on the part of
railroads and the rates on live stock
were not discrimination. He held,
further, that the interstate commerce
decree was not binding on the railroad
and that the commission had not the
power to compel the railroads to obey
their rulings
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
Driving Out Land Owners.

BORISOGLN CHSK, Russia - Many
panic-stricken persons are seeking
refuge here from the peasants who
are taking possession of the estates
removing the grain, burning the build
ings and ordering the lroprletors to
relinqush their rights and depart
under penalty of death. The excite
ment has assumed such dimensions
that the vice governor has ordered
the troops to desst from making ar
rests. In encounters with marching
bands of peasants the troops have
killed 100.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
RATES DISCUSSED
COMMERCE COMMITTEE HOLDS A
CONSULTATION.
VARIOUS VIEWS ARE SET FORTH
Apprehension Felt That Bill May
Be Presented That viii Create d.
vision in Republican Ranks-VIews
Of Senators Foraker and DolliVer.

WASHINGTON-Railway rate max.
ing was again considered by the senate
committee on interstate commerce
Wednesday, but in an informal way,
as no measure has been presented to
the committee upon which 1t can base
its action. Views were expressed by
several members which indicated q
sharp division as far as the situation
has developed. There is the further
indication that majority of the COM
mittee will favor a measure giving the
interstate commerce commission more
power, which means in some form con-
troll over rates. 1t seems to be quite
well understood that three republicans
and enough democrats favor such leg
islation to insure a rate-making bill
being reported.
Informal discussions among republi-
can members of the committee show
that apprehension is felt that If q bill
should be reported by republicans and
democrats against the wish of a ma
jority of the republican members it
would create a division in the party
that will work disaster in the future.
The republicans who favor rate MAX
ing legislation assert that the way to
avoid rupture is to support a con-
sentative measure in line with the
recommendations of the president.
Some of the opponents of bill giving
the commission power over rates eX-
pressed the hope, after the adjourn
ment of the meeting today, that when
the views of the president have been
set forth an agreement can be reached
by the republicans on bill which can
be reported and passed without much
friction.
At future meet q each member of
the committee viii )e given an oppor-
tunity to state his views in regular or
der. During the discussion Senator
Foraker expressed the opinion that it
would be sufficient to meet the present
situation if the interstate commerce
commission should be authorized to
take cognizance of complaints, bring
suits to enforce the laws in the United
States courts and that all district at
torneys be empowered to prosecute
such cases. Senator Dolliver said that
he believed that the movement for
control of rates had progressed to the
extent that legislation short of giving
some tribunal of the government such
power would not be satisfactory.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
SHIPPERS ACKNOWLEDGE
THEY COT REBATES

TOPEKA, Kas.-Before the state
board of railroad commissioners here
A. H. Hogshett, a representative Of
the Great Western Salt company of
st. Louis, admitted that his house had
received rebates from the Missouri
Pacific railway on salt shipments.
The examination of E. E. Martin of
Hutchinson, Kas., brought out the
fact that the salt company he repre-
scented had received rebates from the
Chicago, Rock Island e Pacific rail
road.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
Army Laundries Restricted.

WASHINGTON-By a general order,
Acting Secretary Oliver has prohibit
ed army canteens and laundries from
entering into competition with civilian
concerns in supplying goods and SER
vices to hospitals organization and
supply departments Mt army posts,
which are to be paid for from public
funds. Only in cases whore such sup
plies and services cannot be as con-
veniently or reasonably obtained as
elsewhere, and whore direct advan-
tage will accrue 10 the government,
may this rule DO departed from.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30

the hostiles' strength had been re-
duced. So had the number of troop
ers, and the wounded horses unable
to respond to the bugle call, neighed
pitifully from where they had gone
down in the charge.
The wounded were being looked
after and their misery eased where
that seemed possible, when Donald
Mckay took the floor, and, in stentor
Ian tones and Snake dialect, told the
hostiles they had better cease firing
and surrender otherwise the soldiers
would kill the last one of them.
A defiant answer came rolling back,
and just then an Indian woman hold
ing up baby rushed toward the SOL
diers, saying she would surrender to
save her child. A shot followed from
the gulch she had left, and her own
husband became her murderer. He
was stalking out to secure the baby
when bullet from McKay's carbine
ended his career. This baby boy was
afterward raised by a pioneer cattle
man named Altnow, and became the
most expert vaquero on the great Pine
Creek Range.
After a twenty-minute parley the
hostiles were given their choice Of
determination or surrender, and final
ly chose the latter, Sulkily they came
into camp, what was left of them,
thirty warriors with guns, while as
many more lay dead and dying around
the camp. Dead soldiers were there,
too, six of them, and ten wounded.
Swapping fellows in the very flower
Of youth, laid low on that Thanksgiv-
ing morning, sad sacrifice to the
cruel war waged in the winning OF
the West.
A sorry-looking camp it was, but
there was meat in it, for the Indians
had killed and dried most of Henry
Heppner's mules and they had several
sacks of dried crickets and cowse and
camas, and little flour stolen at An
telope. And this was all they had tc
offer the guests who had intruded OF
them.
But where Indians can live, soldier.
can exist, and the late Thanksgivin,
breakfast was nearly over when
"Gobble! Gobble! Goblet"
!. Those were the words which cam
5 from the adjoining sage brush, an,
quickly Capt Waters had surrounds
r the sound and brought in big gobble
t that the Indians had staked out. On
of his tail feathers, painted white
}, caused him to be recognized as 70,
e mer resident of the Clarno ranch
/, which nestled under the shadows c
6 the high Cold Camp country. The bo
), Frank Clarno had painted the feathe
Q and soldiers passing there had n,
ticed 1t.
q That TURKEY furnished a feast Il
n those forty troopers that Thanksgi
o ing morning, There were no Graz
y berries, but a sage hen was inserte
q into his interior for flavoring, and l
was Drowned on the embers, and thel
K was taste for several and Whit
Is the fragrance for all. There was OF
70 wishbone, which the mule meat hi
a. not.-ITos Angeles Times.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
FRONTIER THANKSGIVING
Only One Gobbler for Forty Hungry Troopers to
Make a Feast Of

at Camp Watson. Such news always
brought that stirring call.
Thanksgiving thoughts we're laid
aside; they would have to keep for
another year. Capt. Boutelle's troop
ers were quickly mounted. Their
trailer was Donald Mckay, whose
grandfather was John Jacob Astor's
partner, and his grandmother a prin-
cess of Concomlys Chinook tribe.
Away went the troopers just as the
westering sun went behind cloud
which broadened and blackened and
soon began to patter down in rapid
raindrops.
1t was to be swift pursuit and
sudden striking of the enemy, and so
every trooper travelled light, except as
to ammunition, which was $50 rounds
to the man. And big 50-caliber cart
rides they were in those days.
Not superfuous ounce was car
ried ON the horses; there was no pack
train, no impediments merely a few
hardtacks stuck into saddle pockets
comprised the commissary; the enc
my had food-capture 1t.
It was dark when the troopers
stumbled onto the trail. And how 1t
rained! Every man was soaking wet.
Every rock was afloat. The prance
had evaporated from the horses, and
they stuck close to the trail, tails
tucked under. All night they stuck
to 1t, and covered many miles.
|
and the footballs of his trained cayuse
told him in the dark the kind OF
tracks he was stepping in. Where a
small party of the hostiles had
branched off to the northwest Donald
knew their number and guessed theiI
object.
Silently the pursuit continued. Day
light could not be much further away
than over the next divide. Suddenly
in the darkness just ahead, what wa:
that? The yelp of a coyote? II so
II would soon be followed by chorus
No. It was the bark Of the coyotes
close cousin, an Indian dog.
Soon 1t was followed by anothe
bark. and bang A bullet tipped pas
the troopers.
Then came the defiant war whoor
telling that the Indians had put non
but Americans on guard that night
, and that the warriors were stirrin
and ready to meet the United States
the great nation with whom they wer
,, at war.
Quickly the troopers accommodate
them. There were volleys from bot
! sides. dashing cavalry charg
through the camp, reassembling b
, bugle call on the other side, an
. another rush through.
: It was blind business in the darl
I hut the Indians gave shot for shot q
D they scattered around in the sag
S brush and posted themselves in r
vines.
g AS daylight came, the trooper
closed in on the camp. and VIII
e warriors remained in it died defian
The camp was medley of willo'
S pole wickiups and alternating win
l. breaks shaped like the modern ha
v worn by women. When the soldie
$. got full possession they rather ignore
It the scattering shots that came fro
g the ravines, for they woult rather hi
70 the bees that were left THAI XIII thel
sr And they knew that the bulk of L
women and pappooses had escaped
ID ! the ravines. The firing showed tn
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
NEBRAskA's YIELD OF CORN.
Crop of 1905 Above the Record Estab'
lished for Ten-Year


OMAHA-Last week the Associated
Press dispatches brought from Wash
ington the report of the Department OF
Agriculture on the corn crop for the
current year In this Nebraska was
credited with yield per acre of 1928
bushels and a ten-year average of 1854
bushels. This last figure is patiently
wrong and an effort was made, with
out success, to get it corrected at the
time. The printed report Of the De-
partment of Agriculture for Novem-
Der is now at hand and brings the cor
rected figures. The Nebraska corn
yield for 1905 is estimated at 1913
bushels against ten-year average Of
26.d, which places a much different
complexion on the condition. This
shows the yield of corn to be GA bush
els an acre for 1905 above, instead of
SO bushels below the ten-year aver
age.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
coWLEs RELIEVED OF SHIP.
Will Soon Become Naval Attache at
White House.

BOSTON - Captain William S.
Cowles, brother-in-law of President
Roosevelt, was relieved of the COM
mand of the battleship Missouri at
the Charleston navy yard by Captain
Edwin c. Pendleton He will proceed
to his home in Garmington, Conn,
where he will remain until December.
Then he will report to the chief of
the bureau of navigation for duty as
naval attache at the white house.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
KNOW NOTHING OF A CANAL.
Project of Great Britain and Japan in
Doubt.

WASHINGTON-There is a COM
plete absence of knowledge at the
state department. the British embassy
and the Japanese legation of the exist
ence of the agreement reported from
Mexico between Great Britain and
Japan to build a ship canal by the
Nicaragua route in opposition to the
projected Panama canal.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30

The india-rubber bumpers of the
modern railroad coach have erased
the American frontier But 1t existed
only a few years ago on Oregon's
eastern edge. There the American
soldier which economical Congresses |
doled out in such homeopathic guam
titles, opened up the trails and made |
II possible for settlers and hand cars
to occupy the right Of way. Wild
country there Is there still, from the
mythical Malheur to the outstretching
Ochoco, but interspersed are modern
towns. whose electric glare has scared
away the jack rabbit, the antelope and
the Indian.
Boots and saddles!"
What stirring strains were those
bugle notes as they echoed and re-
echoed up the canons and through
the tall tamaracks at Camp Watson,
a typical frontier post whose barrack
buildings were of solid logs, located
In the part of the beautiful Blue noun
tains where the hostile Snake Indians
ranged and disputed with CORY hand
the advances of the white man.
The little garrison at Camp Watson
had had hard work all the fall hunt
ing hostiles far and away even to the
Owyhee, and now looked forward
with keen appreciation to Thanksgiv-
ing day, which the next sun-up would
bring. and the frontier feasting 1t
would bring with 1t.
ct will be to all the boys at least
taste of home and mother" said
Major w. v. Rinehart, post command
or, as he instructed Lieutenant Tom
Hand to tighten labor and give his
men all possible liberty.
So the company game hunters had
been out on the nearby ridges and
brought in dozens of big, fat grouse,
three deer and an elk, and the COM
pany cooks had given 1t out that they
would try their hands on mince pies
provided some commissary fire-water
were rustled up for flavoring.
Everything looked promising for a
fine feast.
But the two hunters who had
brought In the elk also brought the
news that half mile away they had
found the fresh tracks of an Indian
pony, and the telltale sign showed
that his rider had been spying about
Camp Watson. The tracks, two miles
away, Joined the trail of large party
which had headed southwest. In the
trail were the familiar footprints Of
many mules.
Then dashed into camp young Fred
Wilmarth, whose tough cayuse hat
brought him from Fort Dalles, more
than a hundred miles away, with the
news that the hostile Snakes had raid
ed down the John Day and captured
horses at the Maupin and ClarnC
ranches, and burned Jim Clarke
house.
Those wild Indians were making
history, for that spot is now marke
Burnt Ranch" on the maps OF tn
world.
The rough-riding raid of the Snake
had been very successful, for at Mud
dy Creek they had captured Henri
Heppners entire train of pack mules
and that energetic pioneer had to fol
up In the rocks, and after escapin
with his scalp and reaching TIL
pailes, had to begin business all owe
again.
Boots and saddlesl" soon sounde
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
Contributions to Relief.

NEW YORK-Contributi today
from all parts of the country received
by the national committee for the re-
lief of sufferers by Russian massacres
amounted to $67191, making a grand
total of $396.S70.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
TREATY is SENT FOR
FINAL RATIFICATION

WASHINGTON-The peace treaty
engrossed at Toxic, which is to be for
mally exchanged for the deliberately
inscribed vellum copy of the Ports.
mouth convention has been received
at the Japanese legation here. 1t is
intended that the state department
will be the scene of the final exchange
of the notifications. which probably
will occur within a few days.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
Mormons Flock to Mexico.

MEXICO-Almost daily large num-
hers of Mormons from Salt Lake City,
Utah, are coming to this country and
throughout the republic. Some of
these colonists are contemplating To-
eating in the state of Tamaulipas.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
Turkey Our Proper National Emblem

BY right of American citizenship
the turkey should have been our ma
tional emblem, 1t should have been
emblazoned upon our twenty-dollar
gold pieces in place of the bird OF
prey now enjoying that distinction.
Our forefathers, better imitators than
originators, accepted the eagle of the
Old World as our ensign at the mo-
ment when the American turkey was
gobbling his best to promote his own
cause.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
Boycott Has Been Checked.

WASHINGTON-The anti-American
boycott at Singapore has a report
from the consul general at that point.
He state that its force was broken
by the British colonial government.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
Senate Committee Meets.

WASHINGTON - The interstate
commerce committee of the senate
met Tuesday to take up the railroad
rate question. 1t is expected the COM
mittee will report to the senate about
ten days after congress convenes.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
Count of Flanders is Dead.

RUSSELS-The count of Elan
ders, brother of King Leopold and
heir to the throne is dead, Death was
due to Inflammation of the respiratory
organs. The count was born in 1887.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
MARK MORTON TO RETURN.
Says He Will Come Back to Nebraska
Soon.

CHICAGO-Mark Morton, treasurer
of the International Salt company,
has just returned from an outing in
Nebraska and is enthusiastic over the
condition in that part of the country.
Most delightful state" he said.
I'm going to move out there you may
be sure of that"
Not right away?"
well, within two or three years
Lake Forest is going to lose me-"
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-11-30
OFFICIAL VOTE IN
STATE OF NEBRASKA

LINCOLN-Judge Lotions majority
over Hastings for judge of the SUI
preme court is 23,21S. The vote as
shown by duplicate returns from
returns from county clerks is as fol