Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-15
General News

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The president nominated Charles b.
Hopkins to be marshal for the western
district of Washington.
The trial of Joseph Letter, the
owner of the Zeigler coal mines, where
some sixty lives were lost in an explo-
sion last April on a charge of Grimm
al negligence was begun at Duquoln,
Ill.
Mrs. Sarah r. Ray, 102 years old,
with possibly one exception the Oldest
woman in Baltimore, and who served
as a nurse on the field and in hospitals
throughout the civil war, died last
week.
The house agreed to n senate joint
resolution which continues the tribal
government Of the five civilized tribes
OF Indians in the Indian territory until
the property of the Indian& shall be
disposed Of.
Five minutes after some 500 factory
girls had marched out of the big fac
tory OF the Star Shirt company at
Bridgeport. Conn, the building was a
roaring furnace and within an hour it
was in ruins.
In the Pennsylvania university there
are students representing thirty-nine
nations, besides representatives of
forty-nine states and territories and
insular possessions Of the United
States. There are in all 3,769 students
M. Waddington son OF the Chilean
charge d'affaires at Brussels, who on
Saturday killed Senior Balmaceda, sec
rotary Of the consulate has decided to
submit to the authorities and stand
trial before a Belgian tribunal.
Former State Senator Frank French
of Sacramento, Cal, accused of accept
ing a bride, was acquitted by jury in
the supreme court The case was sub
mitted without argument. The jury
was out thirty minutes.
The government of Costa Rico has
received official notification of the ex-
istence OF yellow fever at Bocas Del
Zorro Panama, and quarantine regula-
lions have been put in effect against
vessels from that port.
Former President Cleveland has sold
his farm lying short distance out
side of Princeton. He bought the farm
soon after going there to live and in.
tended to make it an industrial farm
FOR poor boys. The project proved
failure
President r. p Ripley of the Santa
Fe is preparing to issue $17,296000
Of 50-year per cent bonds. This Is
the remainder Of the S50,000000 issue
authorized last year. The money is to
be used in improving the California
Overland line.
Receiver e. G. Day, who Monday
was placed In charge OF the Cash
Buyers Union First National Co-Ope-
rative society OF Chicago by Judge
Bethea in the United States court,
gave orders to close up the business
Of the company.
The Texas supreme court has sus-
tanned the constitutionality OF the
antitrust law OF the state, wherein 1t
prohibits the making or exclusive con-
tracts between railroad companies and
express companies to the exclusion of
other express companies.
The Bell Telephone company of
Canada at its annual meeting an
nounced that 1t had asked permission
of the Dominion parliament to in
crease it's capital from $10,000,000 to
$50,000,000 In view of necessary extern
sion OF lines in the near future.
At Jolo, the capital city of the Moros
a monster banquet will be rendered
by the resident Americans and Fill
pinos to future Governor James F.
Smith on the eve Of his departure on a
six months vacation by way OF
Europe.
The bank of Owl, I. T., was robbed
Sunday night Five charges OF ex
plosives were necessary to force the
safe. A number or valuable OF papers
were taken and 1t is believed some
cash, although there was but small
sum In the safe.
= Martin Jarbers, an old soldier, serv
ing his twenty-seventh year in the
Kansas penitentiary, was granted ar
unconditional cardon by Governor e
w. Hoch. Jarbers was found guilty
of killing his son by means Of poisoned
figs in 1878 and sentenced to be
hanged, which means in Kansas life
sentence.
Prof Wilhelm OSWALD Of the Uni
versity Of Leipsic, who has just re
turned home, after delivering a course
of lectures at Harvard, gave as hi
impression of American student life
THE personal interest or the students
next to their studies, is concentrated
alone on sport, which draws their at
tention altogether from intellectual OF
aesthetic pursuits"
Democratic members of both houses
OF congress are discussing the question
OF successor to Chairman CowherC
OF the democratic congressional cam
paign committee. Mr.. Cowherd, beinl
no longer a member of congress, 1!
eliminated from the possibility OF re
election.
Flint glass workers OF the UniteC
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