Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-10-12
General News

The International Union of Bridge
men and Structural Iron Workers, at
Philadelphia, elected +. M. Ryan of
Chicago president.
william ]. Hussey, the noted as.
tronomer Of Lick observatory has ac-
oepted the chair Of astronomy in the
University Of Michigan.
Herbert o. Barber one Of the alleged
wreckers of the Commercial bank at
Cambridge, o., was acquitted by Jury
In the common pleas court.
Advices from the south seas include
details OF disastrous typhoon and IT,
dal wave in the Marshall group caus-
Ing the loss of about 100 lives.
The wonderful mansion built by Sen
Rtor Clark of Montana In Fifth avenue,
New York is nearing completion. The
total cost will be about 100000.
Intense excitement exists over the
assassination at midnight Tuesday
night OF Andrew Carno, a wealthy coal
mine-owner, who lived near Gallup, N.
M.
A memorial tablet to Jeanne dare
IL to be placed in the dungeon which
10 said to have been the prison OF that
fair captive in the tower of the Cha
teau d'Eu.
Mrs, Harry M. Lawson of Sedalia,
Mo-, is the youngest grandmother in'
Missouri, She is "a years old, has
been married three times and d.
vorced twice.
The mayor Of Hull, England, an
nounces that negotiations are begun
with an American company for the
establishment at Hull of factory en-
ploying 1000 hands.
The honorary degree OF Doctor Of
Laws was conferred by Columbia uni
verslty on Baron Komura and Sergius
White, the senior peace plenipoten-
tiaries of Japan and Russia.
The Carnegie technical school
at Pttsburg Announces the appoint
ment Of Henry Hornsbostel, Phi. b., to
q professorship in architectural prac-
tice in the School Of Applied Science.
Acting Secretary Oliver has ordered
the establishment of post schools for
the instruction of children of officers,
enlisted men and civil employees at
posts where there are now no school
facilities near.
The decennlal census just completed
shows the population of Kansas, as
enrolled by the assessors In March,
1905, to be 1,543,51S, an increase OF
f09,SO4 over the population as shown
by the census Of 1895.
Sophomores and freshmen Of Colum.
bia waged a fierce battle at the Bronx
casino, on the occasion OF the sopho.
more smoker, at which captive fresh.
men were forced to furnish the enter.
taihment Severed men were injured.
General Peter G. Haines, one of the
members Of the Panama canal com.
mission, was not able to accompany
the board to Panama by reason of his
injuries received from fall in the
bath tub at his apartments in Wash.
ington.
W. L. Darling has resigned as chief
engineer of the Rock Island railroad
system 1t Is understood that he in
tends accepting position recently Of
Tered as engineer Of company that
intends building railroads in the Phil
ippines.
The, New York Subway tavern. the
saloon which was opened with prayer
by Bishop Potter a year ago, was
closed last week. The owner locked
up Its doors, saying that the temper
ance saloon had not been paying in
.vestment
The appraisment, at over $4,000, 900
OF the estate of the late Adrian Iselin,
OF New Rochelle. N. Y, was filed at
the surroPate's Office in White Plains.
The appraisement showed S1,407, 900
of real estate and $14,925, 9O6 of per-
sonal property.
The municipality, the board OF trade
and the exchanges Of Odessa, have
sent kilograms Of welcome to M. White
thanking him for securing peace and
expressing the hope that he will rem
der his country many more services
in this hard time"
William Kreider, OF Iogansport,
Ind, given up for dead, was suddenly
revived by the screams of his wife as
she entered his chamber and saw his
apparently lifeless form Now he will
get well, but his wife is in a critical
condition from the shock.
Announcement is made that the Chi
cago & Northwestern railway will
push to immediate completion tn,
new line under construction from Cas-
per, Wyo., west to Lander and the
Wind river reservation, where 1900,
900 acres of public land will be thrown
open to homestead settlement mex
June.
Burglars raided the home of a fed
eral Judge in Chicago and made of
with $1,000 worth of property
Examination of the teeth of the bod,
found in the river at Des Moline
proves 1t to be that of George Girls
void the insurance man, who 4
thought to have committed suicide.
On account Of diphtheria at tn,
Naval academy at Annapolis, the leav,