Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-14
News in Brief

ton of the town OF Arcadia, Fla, was
destroyed by fire.
Many vessels are reported wrecked
and 1t is feared that lives have been
lost In storm on great lakes.
President Loubet of France states
categorically that he will not accept a
reelection to the presidency.
st. Charles theater, at Toronto, one
OF the leading vaudeville house~ uf
Canada, was destroyed by fire.
A dispatch from Constantlnople re-
ports that the steamer Boleldieu has
been wrecked in the Bosphorus.
Senator Dolliver expresses the be-
lief that congress will meet the presi-
dents wishes on rate questions.
Adam w. Johnson of Washington,
former United States marshal at
Nome, Alaska, died at New York in a
sanitarium following an operation.
On the recommendation OF the COM
missioner of the general land office,
the president has issued an order
abollshing the land Office at Lamar,
Colo.
Percy Kuuttroff, a Princeton stu
dent, who disappeared several weeks
ago and for whom reward Of $4,000
was offered has been located in Eng
land.
King Alfonso OF Spain has accepted
the resignation of the cabinet and has
requested Senior Moret, formerly min.
lister Of the interior, to form q new
ministry.
The body Of John N. Tisdale, q
wealthy mining operator, who disap-
peared from the Hotel Seville, New
York, on November S, was found in
the Harlem river
Several names are mentioned at To.
kio for the resident generalship at
Seoul, but nothing will be known re-
garding the appointment until the re-
turn of Marquis Ito.
Miss Florence Carpenter of Chicago,
while riding horseback at Excelsior
Springs, Mo-, fell from her horse and
received injuries from which she died
few hours later. Her body was
shipped to Chicago
Alfred Lyttleton, secretary of state
for the colonies, on November 20 ca.
bled the colonial governments suggest.
ing the postponement of the colonial
conference on the fiscal question until
1907.
w. r. Janvier of New York bought
for price reported to be $12500, the
Indiana stallion, Director General. Di.
rector General Is the sire OF the noted
grand circuit trotter, Mainsheet,
2:OS1s.
1t Is understood that the committee
OF the interior department at Wash.
ington which was appointed to pre-
pare recommendations for winding up
the affairs of the five tribes, will COM
plete its work by Saturday.
On. the recommendation of the COM
missioner OF the general land office,
the president has issued an order
abolishing the land office at Lamar,
Colo, and consolidating the Lamar
land district with the Pueblo district.
Great excitement prevails in the
gold fields bordering on the strait OF
Magellan. Many companies have been
formed and there has been great
opening Of the fields and washeries.
The territory promises to be second
Klondike.
An indictment was returned by the
federal grand jury against Francis b.
Runder, former cashier of the St.
Louis postofiice, who was arrested a
few weeks ago on the charge of EN-.
bezzling $8,621 of the funds of the
postoffice.
Almost all of the stock of the San
Francisco Gas and Electric company
and the California Gas and Electric
corporation Of San Francisco has vir-
tually passed into the control Of the
banking firm of N. w. Halsey & Co..
Of New York. The negotiations for
this deal have been pending for some
time.
AS a result Of the agitation against
the game of football as at present
played, Alderman Frank ]. O'Toole
stated that he intended to introduce
at the next meeting Of the Boston
board of aldermen an order prohibit
ing the game within the city limits
until such time as the rules have been
80 amended as to make fatalities and
serious accidents an impossibility.
Albert Linse of Dallas, Tex, who re-
Gently brought up for decision point
OF tariff law which had never been
questioned before, lost his claim In a
decision by the United States board
OF general appraisers. The decision
was made under that section of the
law allowing 500 personal baggage to
each incoming traveller Mr. Linse at.
tempted to bring in under this provi.
sion some furs valued at $3.50, which
belonged to his wife.
Congressman Burton of Ohio denied
a widely circulated report that he
would be candidate for speaker of
the house.
King Edward has offered a cup for a
transatlantic yacht race to be sailed
In 1907. The race is to be from Sandy
Hook to The Needles.