Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1905-09-21
News in Brief

sioner of police of Bielostak, Russia
The commissioner was wounded.
It is expected that Maxim Gorky,
the author, will be candidate for
election to the assembly in Russia.
Seven athletic organizations Of the
middle west will compete for honors
at the swimming races to be held IN
Milwaukee September 20.
The sugar syndicate, which was or.
ganized in Mexico several months ago,
is now estimated to have practically
cornered seven-eighths of the existing
supply
At Burnside, Miss, on the Pearl
river, the last spike was driven to con-
meet the north and south divisions of
railroad.
Four children, ranging in age from
to II years, daughters of Peter
Stubblefield, railroad porter, were
burned to death in their home near
Rolla, Mo.
Secretary Hester's annual report
was issued in full Friday. He puts
the cotton crop for 1904-5 at 13,565,885
bales, an increase of 3,554,511 over
that of 1904.
The Erie railroad has placed an or.
der for the construction of $500 steel
underfram box cars of $4,000 pounds
capacity and American Railway asso-
citation dimensions.
The French authorities are not yet
taking energetic measures in the mat
ter Of the Venezuelan authorities clos.
Ing all the Offices of the French cable
company excepting the La Guayra Of
Ace.
The aggregate value of all assessed
property in New York state for 1904-3
IL $773S,165 $40. The amount of ST.
051, 455,02 is represented in real es-
tate and $75S, 893,805 In personal prop
erty.
At Algonac, Mich, while trying to
save the life of one of his employees
who had grasped Give wire" Mana
ger Alex II. Howie Of the HOWE Roof
Ing company of Detroit was himself
killed.
M. Philippe Bunau-Varilla, the first
minister to the United States from
tho republic Of Panama, and Nine.
varilla were guests at dinner Friday
night Of President and Mrs. Roose-
velt.
The Panama canal commission re-
peived dispatch from Chief Engineer
Stevens denying the rumor that
General congestion of freight exists on
the isthmus of Panama as a result Of
ianitary regulations.
The fear of an epidemic of typhoid
fever in Columbia, Mo-, is causing
much alarm among the city officials
Ind the authorities of the Missouri
ltate university, there being fifty-nine
typhoid cases in the city.
When placed under arrest at his
home in ST. Charles, Mo-, Edward M.
Belby seized bottle of carbolic acid
and with the words, you'll never put
he into JAIL" drank the acid and fell
flying at the officers feet.
All the Norwegian papers express
regret that It will be impossible to
tward to President Roosevelt the No
bel peace prize this year, owing to the
requirements that candidates for the
prize be nominated before February.
The municipal council of Vienna
proposes to perpetuate the memory of
President Roosevelt's success In re-
storing peace by remaining a street
Theodore Roosevelt strasse and ca
bling the thanks of the city of Vienna
Auditing and passenger officials Of
the Santa Fe at Topeka rldicule the
statement to the effect that there Is
general conspiracy on the part Of
some telegraph operators in Colorado
TO defraud the company out of thou.
sands Of dollars.
Lord Charles Beresford, command.
Ing the British Mediterranean feet,
has created sensation in the feet
ut Malta bay by ordering the prosecu-
ton Of an engineer commander for al
lowing the bearings Of machinery OF
his vessel to become hot.
At the preliminary hearing of For.
Bythe, Mont, of G. w. Bailey, Harry
G.. Wright, Luther Turret and ]. w.
6elvidge, well known citizens of Rose
bud county, on charge OF defrauding
the state out of several thousand dol
lars by system of alleged fraudulent
bounty warrants, Bailey and Selvidge
were held for trial.
All records for the tonnage Of ves-
sells clearing from the district Of Chi.
cago In one month were broken in
August, when 1908 ships of all kinds,
with registered tonnage Of 1885, 1853
tons, departed During the same Pc
riod 1902 vessels, with a tonnage Of
1,2S05302 tons, arrived.
Rev. w. ]. Dawson, the London
evangelist, arrived in Boston to begin
q second revival tour OF this country.
Sir Walter George PNilllmore, Judge
OF the Kings Bench division of the
English high court of justice, was
elected president Of the international
law conference.
Germany is engaged in a hard fight
20 put down cholera, which continues
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