Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-06-29
Brief kilograms

secretary SHAW is encouraged over
the outlook for the rapid reduction In
the deficit.
Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia con-
tinues to WELD ak among Philadelphia
Office holders.
The apple king Of Kansas says there
will be but a fourth Of a crop in that
state this year.
Lars Johnson, an old resident OF
Willard, Neb., was run over by the
cars and killed.
Three suspicious cases believed to
be cholera have occurred at lula, 100
miles south Of Moscow.
Secretary Shaw gains a reputation
for hard work among his subordlnates
in the treasury department.
Employees Of the Pennsylvania Road
are given to understand that hereafter
hustle" is to be their watchword.
It Is officially announced that King
Edward has appointed King Oscar an
honorary admiral of the British fleet
The weekly trade reviews report i'm
proved business conditions in spite OF
the strike, which Is the only draw
back
Governor Higgins of New York has
issued call for the legislature to con-
vene in extra session on Wednesday,
June %.
For the first time in the history Of
the military academy at West Point,
representatives Of the Chinese empire
were entered as cadets in the institu-
ton.
An Illinois representative has de-
clined to be renomlnated because "a
congressman is nothing except a pen
sion agent and a solicitor of postoffice
jobs"
The abiding popularity Of Dickens
is attested by the fact that more than
100000 copies of his various books
were sold in England alone during De.
cember last.
Rear Admiral Uriu, who bore the
brunt of the great naval battle in the
Straits of Corea, graduated from the
United States naval academy at Anna
polls in 1881.
Daniel Tarbox Jewett, probably the
Oldest lawyer in the United States,
soon will enter upon his Tooth year.
He was born in Maine and lives at
present in st. Louis.
The Missouri, Kansas &c Texas Rail.
way company has accepted a land
proposition made by the city of Par.
sons, and will build new shops there
at a cost of S1,650,000.
Benjamin f. Daniels has been ap-
pointed United States marshal for the
district Of Arizona. The appointment
will take effect July 1. He succeeds
Myron H. McCord, resigned
The secretary Of the interior has de-
cided that the state of Utah is not
entitled to select school lands in the
Uintah Indian reservation, which Is
soon to be opened for settlement.
Rev. William Henry Locke, former
pastor Of the Methodist Episcopal
church, attended by the late President
Mckinley in Canton, o., died last week
at the home of his son in Brooklyn.
Dmitri Nelidoff, chamberlain of the
Russian embassy, and son of Ambas.
sador Nelidoff, was married in the
Russian church at Paris to the daugh-
ter of a Greek banker, M. Mavrocor-
dato.
The laborers Of Sweden are report
ed to be unanimous in favor of dis.
solution of the union with Norway and
may revolt IL attempt is made to
press them into service against Nor
wegians.
Edwin H. Copger, United States am.
basasdor to Mexico, has put an end to
the many rumors that he would re-
main at that post only six months and
retire to become candidate for cover.
nor of Iowa.
The late Premier Delyanis OF
Greece, who was assassinated June 19
by a gambler named Gherakarls, died
In absolute poverty. The chamber
will vote pension to the immediate
members of his family.
A granite shaft erected in memory
of those who lost their lives in the
disaster to the excursion steamer Gen
eral Slocum in East river a year ago
was unveiled in the Lutheran GENE
terry in Middle Village, LII.
Brigadier General Tasker H. Bliss
president of the Army War Colleg,
board, will sail from San Francisco foI
Manila on July to take charge of tn,
command of the Department of LUXOR
to succeed General George M. Randall
Intelligence has been received a
Yale that the governor of the prov
Inc of Human, China, has given pei
mission for the establishment of tn
new Yale college at Chengsha In tina
province, which hitherto has bee
somewhat unfavorable to foreign or
terprises, including missions. The II
suit was brought about by the goo
offices of the Yale graduates in China
Kotaro Date, a Japanese SUDDEN
has been awarded the Wayman Croy
medal for 1905 at the st, Louis schoc
of fine arts.