Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-12-07
General News

question.
The brotherhood of American voc
men decided to hold the next conclave
in Minneapolis. A movement to in.
crease rates of insurance in the order
failed to pass.
Congressman Pine Guerra of Cuba
Is charged by the prosecuting judge
of San Juan Martinez with the lead
ership of the insurrectionary plotting
In that vicinity.
Gross earnings of the Atchison in
October are reported to have been
about $6,75O,000. This amount would
exceed the gross earnings in the
month last year by $1,2O0000.
The comptroller of the currency has
been advised that by order of the
board of directors the First National
bank of Leesvlle, La, has closed its
doors No cause is assigned,
The battleshlp Virginia completed
her official tests in four-hour endur.
ance run down the coast, during which
she slightly exceeded her contract
speed of nineteen knots an hour.
General b. J. Vlljoen is at FL Paso,
Tex, negotiating for land near there
on which to found another colony for
the Beers who recently abandoned
their homes In Chihuahua Mexico.
Rev. David Claiborne Garrett, rec.
tor of the Church of the Redeemer
(EpiscopaD of Chestnut Hill, Boston,
has received an invitation to become
rector of ST. Peters church of st,
Louis.
A dispatch to a news agency from
Toxic says: "A message received from
Seoul states that the Marquis $to was
slightly injured by stone thrown
by one of party Of disorderly Kor'
cans Wednesday night"
Foreign Secretary Landsdowne, in
behalf of Great Britain, has accepted
President Roosevelt's invitation to
participate in the naval and military
display on the occasion of the James
town (Va) exposition in 1907.
The British foreign office informed
the Associated Press that the porte
refused to accede to the demands of
the powers, the naval demonstration
will proceed, the matter no wbeing in
the hands of the naval commanders.
Cephas Poindexter, the murdered of
Deputy Marshal u. B. Wade, was
hanged at Rocky Mount, Va When
taken to the scaffold he was asked II
he had anything to say, and he re-
piled. "They are hanging an innocent
man."
Thomas Taggart, chairman of the
democratic national committee, ap-
pointed August Belmont of New York
as treasurer of the committee to sue
coed George Foster Peabody, who re-
signed, 1t is stated, on account OF
sickness.
The appointment of M. Revolt, for
mer governor of Algiers, to represent
France at the Moroccan conference
has been decided upon. Mr. Revolt
conducted the negotiations leading up
to the Franco-German agreement in
the conference.
1t was officially announced at Lon
don that Sir Henry Sanderson, perma-
nent under-secretary of the foreign Of
flee since 1894, retires early next year
and that he will be succeeded by Sir
Charles Hardinge, now British ambas
sador to Russia.
1t is authoritatively announced In
Toxic that the embargo against Amer
leans who desire to visit Port Arthur
to investigate the conditions of theil
properties abandoned owing to the
war, will be abandoned owing to the
war will b eremoved in fortnight.
The report of the c. j. Devlin receiv
ers, appointed by the United States
ceedings of the Kansas coal magnato
was made and showed: Total assets
$4956.94S; total liabilities, $4,592,2 0S
The contingent liabilities were estl
mated at s674639. but their value has
not yet been fully determined.
A new limited passenger train be
tween Chicago and Los Angeles, Cal,
over the recently finished San Pedro
line will be established December II
The train which will be known as the
Los Angeles limited, will be operated
over the Chicago & Northwestern, I'm
ion Pacific and the new San Pedro
Los Angeles & Salt Lake railways.
Governor Joseph W. Folk of Mis-
souri, says: "A state primary Law
should be enacted whereby nomina
lions for state, county and municipa
offices will be made by primary eleC
lions held on the same day all owe
the state by all political parties, wit
the same number of voting places a
in general election. and the expense
paid in the same manner.
Secretary of the Treasury Shaw Wis
tied the Florida state fair and address
ed 5000 people.
Judgment was rendered at Siou
City by Judge Gaynor of the distric
court against some twenty Indians o.