Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1906-02-01
General News

of the Chicago board of trade by a
majority of forty-four votes over the
rival candidate, John b. Adams.
in accordance with the terms OF
the Russo Japanese treaty the relief
of M. Pavoff. who was Russian min
lister to Korea previous to the war,
has been gazetted
The steam yacht Diana, under char
ter of II. II. Rogers, Jr.. New York
Yacht club, arrived at Kingston, ia
maica, from Savannah with Mr.. Rogers
and party on board.
The Springfield G. Northeastern
railway, an interurban line, in course
of construction between Bloomington
and Springfield, H. was sold to the
Illinois Traction company.
Speyer & Co.. bankers, have pur-
chased from the Vandalia Railroad
company 100000 of that roads con-
solidated mortgage per cent gold
bonds, due February /, 1905.
Thirty days will be necessary to
prepare the transcript for appealing
the Burlington tax case which was
decided last week adversely to the
railroad by Judge Munger at Omaha.
Crazy Snake, the most renowned
chief of the Creek Indians, will call on
the president and tell him why, in his
opinion, the Creeks should not be
forced to relinquish their tribal rela-
tons.
w. r. Johnson, president of the Ma
tional Travellers Protective associa-
ton, announced that the annual con-
vention of the order will be held in
Buffalo during the week beginning
June II.
A dispatch from Warrenton, N. c.,
tells of the death there of Mrs. Lucy
e. Polk, the venerable widow of Col
onel William X. Polk, and sister-in-law
of President Polk. She was buried at
Warrenton.
Attorney General Moody has rem
dered an opinion for Secretary Wilson,
holding that it will be lawful for the
head of the department Of agriculture
to publish the names of dealerss who
sell adulterated seed.
George G. Grammer, who has been
vice president of the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern railroad for sew
eral years, has been appointed vice.
president of the Pittsburg G. Lake
Erie, Vanderbilt line.
Jesse Spielman, who died at Te-
kamah, Neb., last week. drove an OK
team overland to Oregon in 1852, and
reported Council Bluffs as having
twelve houses and Omaha with none.
He was five months on the trip.
Over 600 men desirious of getting
into the regular army have presented
themselves at the Topeka recruiting
station during the past year. Only
lao were accepted The rest were
physically unable to meet the require
ments.
Rabbi Isaac Kaplin of congregation
Benal David, Rochester, N. Y, re-
ceived an internal machine by mail.
He opened the package cautiously and
1t did not explode. Rabbi Kaplin has
expressed sympathy for the perse
cuted Jews in Russia.
The house committee on appropria
tions reported an urgent deficiency
bill. A provision in the bill directs
that the eight-hour law shall not apply
in the construction of the Panama
canal or in the canal zone. The bill
carries $15.215,5O3
The initial shipment of Alabama
quail and Virginia pheasants to bt
distributed in every county of Illinois
have been received at Bloomington. l
is planned to distribute $4,000 of thes,
birds in the state for the purpose o
renewing the stock of game birds.
The twenty-frst annual meeting o
the American Protective Tariff leagu,
met In New York. Resolutions wesv
adopted congratulating the countr
upon the failure of the tariff reform
element to force upon congress a rev
sion of the existing tariff schedules.
The International Cigarmakers' Ur
ion has declared the strike at the Ke
West cigarmakers off and work in tn
factories will be resumed at once. TIL
strike has been on nearly two month
and during that time all the factorie
in the city of Key West have bee
closed.
The Chinese commissioners now O
their way to this country have acept
ed an invitation to visit New Yor
February 2 to attend a dinner to b
given in their honor by the Presbytt
rian Missionary society. On the TO
lowing day they will be the guests a
dinner of the American Missionary sc
ciety.
Elihu Root, secretary of state, wa
chosen as president of the America
Society of International Law.
The Wisconsin legislative insuranc
investigating committee will look int
private grievances against life insul
ance companies as well as matters G
public interest.
W. H. O'Brien of Lawrenceburg, ha
been reelected chairman of the Den