Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-01-11
News in Brief

Congressman Sulzer, in an address
Mt New York, arraigned corporations
and trusts as the greatest menace Of
the present time to American institu-
lions.
Unable to live on 100000 a year al
lowed her by her father, Frank Work,
n multi-millionaire turfman OF New
York, Mrs. Burke-Roche, his daughter,
left him after a quarrel.
Miss Elizabeth Shirley, the Kentucky
belle whose engagement to big Tom
Shevlin, captain of the Yale football
team was recently declared off, tells
of the shattered romance.
A masquerade bill was given for the
600 patients in the Western Pennsyl-
vania Insane Asylum, at which the in
mates were allowed to give full sway
to their various Authorizations.
With 100000 in election bets in his
hands as stakeholder, New York
restaurantkeeper disappeared, and the
angry betters stormed his place of
business, demanding their money.
William Eeims, son of banker in
Williamsburg, N. Y, confessed in court
that he tried to rob his fathers desk
and murderously attacked his fathers
partner, who discovered his crime.
President Loubet has conferred the
grand cross of the Legion of Honor on
the Russian ambassador. M. Nelidoff,
on the occasion of the fiftieth anniver-
sary Of his entry into the diplomatic
service.
Assemblyman Berg of New Jersey,
who has drafted a bill to abolish cap
ital punishment, will ask Governor
Stokes to reprieve all condemned MUIR
derers until the legislature acts on the
measure.
Despondent over the recent death OF
his daughter. George Amman, so years
old, threw himself upon her grave at
Pottsville, Pa, and then exploded
stick of dynamite on his chest. The
dynamite blew him into pieces.
Mrs. Alfred Waltse, of S15 Central
avenue, Albany, ~ Y, is the mother of
a 3-days-old daughter, which she in
sists was born 116 days, or less than
four months, after she had given birth
to son. Her story is partially
vouched for by DR.. George T. Moslon,
a reputable physician who attended
her.
The stockholders of the Latrobe
Steel Company ratified the sale of the
company's property at Latrobe, Pa, to
the Railway Steel Spring company, ard
at the same time voted to present to
Merritt C. Srnyth. the retiring president
of the concern, 100000, in recognition
of his twenty-one years of service in
the company.
Under a law passed at the special
session of the Wisconsin legislature,
requiring railroad companies to pay up
back taxes before contesting in courts,
the Northwestern paid $225,834 taxes
for 1905, and the st. Paul paid $464,-
25S taxes and interest for 1904 and
1905. II is expected that all the smaller
roads will follow.
The state department telegraphed
American Consul Mills, at chihuahua,
Mexico, the nearest consul to Diaz. the
scene Of the killing of Rutherford and
McMurray, to proceed Immediately to
that point and investigate the case
Finstad. the owner of the ranch where
the tragedy occurred. and shorty" a
cowboy. are held in jail for the crime.
DIR. j. Dobson, Of Riverton, Conn,
has attached real estate owned by
Charles Roberts to recover on a bill
for medical services amounting to S6S.
Pnhnrto N fnW he att ~ II
suicide by taking laudanum. DR.. Dob
son saved his life after working over
him for several days. Roberts paid
DR.. Dobson $40 and claims that was
all the job was worth.
Thomas Kennedy, delegate from
the Chicago Painters and Decorators
Union to the recent convention of the
American Federation Of Labor at Pitts.
burg, was shot and fatally wounded
at a meeting OF the union by James
Mcclure, member of the same organ
izatlon. The men have been enemies
for the past year on account of de.
sire of both to control the union.
Secretary Taft has granted the ap.
plication of Lieutenant General Nelson
n. mlleh, ". .. A., Tellreu, TOT TelleI
from further duty with the organized
militia OF Massachusetts, and the nee.
essary orders to that effect will be is.
sued. Since January 10, last Gen
eral Miles has served as military ad.
wiser and inspector general on the staff
OF Governor Douglas, of Massachu.
sets.
The energetic work of Mayor Dunno
Of Chicago in supressing the scalping
OF tickets to the Thanksgiving football
game between the Universities OF
Michigan and Chicago, bore such sat.
isfactory fruit that he has now entered
upon campaign against the scalpers
who, he alleges, have made a practice
OF buying up theater tickets and selling
them to the public at an exorbitant ad.
vance.
The Russian cabinet refuses N