Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-03-22
News in Brief

place at AUSTIN, rex, ana was ldIbe-
ly attended.
DR.. william l.. Felter OF Brooklyn
blames the higher education Of women
for race suicide.
Miss Maggie Hardy, aged II, has
gained renown by becoming stage drlv-
er in New Hampshire.
A Russian woman hid bomb in her
hair and attempted to assassinate
Vice Admiral Doubasoff at Moscow.
Berthe Cliche, on trial for murder
at New York, offered to disclose start
ling police methods If given her free
dom.
Because her hair was turning gray
Mrs. William Thomas, young ma
tron Of Eleanora, Pa, committed sui
eide.
George Harris. aged a. an escaped
convict from the Kansas City, Mo-,
prison, was captured at Kalamazoo
Mich
Frank b. Barr Of Pittsburg, real
estate agent, shot and killed himself
at Kansas City, while respondent over
III health.
DR.. w. r. Campbell, who with his
father and three brothers founded Des
Moines, died in st. Louis at the age
of 80 years.
Kansas will drop It's custer proceed
ings against the Standard Oil com
pany, which have been pending in the
supreme court for n year.
e. T.. McJimsty of St Joseph, Mo-,
recently appointed United States con-
sui at Callao Peru, has forwarded his
resignation to Washington.
The new Russian ambassador to ia
pan arrived in New York on his way
to Toxic to resume diplomatic rela-
lions broken Off by the war.
Russia's effort to make VladivostolS
a port OF entry to replace Port Ar
thur and Dalny opens up commercial
opportunities to the United States.
Representative Williams, the minor
ity leader, has introduced a bill in
the house approprlating $250000 for
government smokeless powder plant.
Senator Allison Of Iowa celebrated
his seventy-seventh birthday anniver-
sary and also the anniversary of his
entry into congress and into the SEN
ate.
The supreme court Of the United
States has denied the application of
Columbia George and Toy Toy, both
Indians, for leave to file q petition for
writ Of habeas corpus.
Judge Sanborn of the United States
court of appeals at st. Louis handed
down an opinion denying a writ of
habeas corpus to Ira N. Terrill, con-
victed of murder in Oklahoma
Unsettled conditions in insurance
business are assigned as one OF the
causes for petition for voluntary
dissolution Of the Tradesmen Life In
surance company OF New York.
The German steamer Meteor arrived
at Constantinople, with go tourists on
board. The German embassy applied
for and received the usual permission
for the tourists to visit the treasury.
Ex-Gov. Hogg of Texas before his
death said he wanted no monument,
"but let my children plant at the
head of my grave a pecan tree, and at
the foot of my grave a walnut tree"
Henry l.. Haupt, who was convicted
In the United States court at Helena,
Mont, of conducting a lottery in
Butte, has been sentenced to pay a
fine of $1,000 and to six months in the
county jail.
Andrew Carnegie has offered $50 900
to William Jewell college (Baptist), at
Liberty, Mo-, for construction of a col.
lege library, provided the college
raises like sum for n permanent en-.
dowment.
President Roosevelt sent special
message to congress urging the ne
cessity for extended coast defences
He says that our island possessions
must be fortified If they are to be
retained.
The royal family of Sweden, Spain
and Italy all own lots in New York
Kaiser Wilhelm owns several parcels
of New York land and has been for
some years heavy investor in west
ern property.
The appropriations committee Of the
Reichstag, on which all the parliament
tary groups are represented, approved
with a few dissenting votes, the gov
ernment's measure providing for the
construction of six additional armored
cruisers.
On the eve of the day set for her
wedding, Miss Elvira Jackson. aged 20
is dead at her country home, near
Huron, Mich. having contracted ton
silitis by kissing her fiance, ]. Arthur
Frazer, who had been i'll from the dis
ease for several days.
The Chinese delegation sent to Sc
cure ideas in America got into a clash
and the party will split up.
President Roosevelt has reappoint
ed Hon. Edward II. Kent as chief jus
tice of Arizona, He comes of faml.
ly Of eminent jurists and is an indie
fatigable student.
Governor Deneen OF Illinois calls the
asylum at Lincoln the "rottenest in,