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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30
LESLIE CLAY MYSTEROUSLY DISAPPEARS
Thought to Have Lost His Mind From
a Kick by Horse.

Leslie X Clay, teacher of the
Algernon school and farmer, left
home Sunday morning and up to
this Thursday morning no trace
OF him has been found. Will |
Clay his brother of this city re-
turned this morning from the
west, as far as Edgemont, but
could learn nothing of rim,
Mrs. Clay received a letter Mon
day morning that arrived at
Ansley on No. "a, in which he
stated he had been out of his
mind, but was feeling better and
for her not to be uneasy he was
gone after some money that was
hid away. The letter was mail
ed on the Edgemont division of
the B. & M. h. h. AS Al and "A
pass at Edgemont, it would APP
pear that he left Ansley, Sun
day morning on Al.
The following special lin the
State Journal yesterday from
Ansley gives the case as prac-
tically corrert:
Leslie II. Clay, young farmer
living two miles south of Ansley,
got kicked on the head by hose
on Saturday morning, which
rendered him unconscious for
some time. In the afternoon he
got to feeling all right and came
to town accompanied by his wife
and small child. While in town
his brother-in-law, II. J. Williams,
wanted him to go to Arcadia with
him on Sunday which he agreed
to do, and went home leaving his
wife and baby at her mothers,
Mrs. J. X. Rhodes, as he would
have to get up early to make the
trip. They had agreed to start
at o'clock and that if Clay was
not here by that time Mr..
Williams was to go without him.
Nothing more was thought until
Sunday afternoon when Mrs.
Clay learned that nobody had
seen Leslie come to town. She
then tried to call him up at the
farm but failed to get any re-
spouse. She then called up Mr.
Williams at Arcadia and then
learned that Leslie had not gone
with him. A party left Ansley
for the farm and upon arriving
there found that the morning
chores had been done; breakfast
had beer eaten and that he had
, changed his work clothes for his
better ones, but no trace of him
could be found. A searching
party of about fifty was soor
formed. A search was continued
. until about o'clock in the morn
: ing but no signs of him could be
, found. They abandoned the
search until morning. Yester
: day morning his wife got lette1
from him mailed upon the trait
q but not telling where it was
mailed, saying that he had beer
q out of his head but was feeling
better when he wrote. NOBODY
. knows where he is but it i
thought that he is going to Colo
= RADIO where his brother now is.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30
House Burned.

Last Sunday morning the
house of William Conrad in the
north part of the city was burned.
The family barely escaped half
clad. All their furniture and
clothing, except what they caught
in their scramble to get out,
were burned.
The fire started from an ex-
plosion of lamp in the second
story where the children were
sleeping. AS there was no in.
surance the family is in hard cir
cumstances.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

The coal men are anxiously
awaiting to see whether or not
the ground hog will see his
shadow next Sunday. Up to the
present time they have done very
little business-as compared with
other vears-and if the 2ud day
of February of this year is a
cloudy, sunless day, they might
as we'll hang up their shovels--if
they are believers in the goose
bones and other inumerable signs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30
Are Your Hogs for Sale?

G.. X. Russom is now buying
and shipping hogs and requests
all who have swine to sell to call
on him and get his prices which
will always be the highest COM
mesurate with the market. He
is making his headquarters at
the Bruce Lumber yard where he
can be interviewed every day.
Better see him if you have hogs
for sale.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30
A Flood of Aliens.

Aliens ludi HUN W Nut NIplNo VI
the United States each and every
year. Within twelve months,
ending last ycar-'ccording to
authentic report 1, 2S5, $40 OF
alien tongues, and colors and
climates swarmed in upon MS
with less than $40 apiece with
which to begin life in the New
World.
Where are they now
Swallowed~up in the restless
swirlings of our industrial life
and almost lost to view. A few
years more and we shall have
assimilated them-not trace OF
them anywhere-and every atom
Of them, whether good or bad,
becomes a part OF our national
system.
What effect will this con-
glomcrate mixture taken so thor
oughly, internally, have upon
our system? Will il act as
spring.time tonic -invigorating
our blood, Frightening our eyes
and strengthening our arms with
increasing health, or will it act
like a noxious drug aud poison
the system until our body petite
bre axis out with the sores of in
ward pollution2 The answer to
this is to be found in the kind of
aliens we have absorbed, and the
proof Of this is to be sought for
in an examination Of the devices
by which we have admitted the
healthful to assimilation and re-
jected the poisonous
Immigration Commissioner
Sargent says our devices for this
separation of the tonics from the
toxics are defective, pitifully
weak, inadquate and unservice-
able. We ought to have some
new ones and more of them.
The report shows that of the
vast army which we took in last
year more than nine hundred
thousand came from Italy, Aus
tria and Russia-peasants and
poverty-str1cken driven here by
oppression and conditions of liv.
ing which made existence un.
bearable Tor them longer in their
own lands. The personal habits
of many of these, their customs
methods and ideals Of life are un
speakable to Americans.
1t cannot be doubted that tn,
emigration of many of then
was ''for the good of their coun
try" Numbers of them brough
with them strange diseases, Sc
cret connections with criminal or
CARNATIONS or affiliations of som
sort inimical to the law and orde
of any organized communit
: which may receive them. Nor
than thirty.one thousand wer
from Oriental lands where tn
J ideals of morality and ethics t
: which they have been trained ar
!: vastly different from ours. An
yet, of all this vast army, only
few paltry thousand were re
jected.
Commissioner Sargent's recon-
mendations that we have marin
hospital surgeons stationed a
6 the various foreign ports to e1
= anime every emigraut to thi
country; that female agents b
employed to look out for wome
unlawfully brought in and tina
- we have treaties regulating tn
: handling of emigrants who com
: across our borders by stealth
:, would seem to be suggestions
" the most practical characte
u Without some such measures {
these we cannot we'll help b.
- coming the dumping ground fc
=, Europe's undesirable citizens,
. as well as haven for her o.
70 pressed ones.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

AT Hackensack, N. j., a judge
fined a man SIS for threshing a
fellow who insulted his wife.
Another sample of the kind of
men that sometimes get on the
bench through that great insti-
tution-the ballot.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

Presidential fever-unlik e
most contagious diseases-does
not provide immunity. One may
have it twice and sometimes
thrice-like Bryan.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

1t is rather humorous to OBJ
serve the optimism of some men
who seem to believe they can
talk BRYAN into withdrawing
from the race for president.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30
For Rent or Sale.

Stock farm consisting of one
section of land near West Union
For further information see e. c.
House, Broken Bow, Neb., or
G. Guyle on farm.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

There is a suspicion that the
attorneys for Thaw are being
paid by the job this time, rather
than by the day, from the way
the case is being hurried along.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

Adlai Stevenson expresses the
opinion that the hour of demo-
cratic opportunity has come.
Some of them appear to require
an alarm clock, however.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

The next census will contain
a tabulated report about how
many women support their husb-
auds. If the list should prove
large, it should promote matri-
mony.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

1t is claimed that candy is
good substitute for whiskey, but
old boozers in Custer county have
not yet taken to carrying bon
bons around in their pocket TASKS.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

The men who are always on
hand and ready to call for three
cheers for their favorite political
candidate-will soon come into
their own.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

The number of suicides during
1907-if published statistics be
true-reached total of 1872,
which demonstrates that few
people can die without the aid
of doctors and-automobiles.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

One good thing about this
winter IS that the chump with
the beautiful snow" poetry has
bad no chance to ring in.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30
CAUCUS NOTICES .

The Republican caucus of Broken Bow
township land city will be held at the
Court house on Saturday, Feb, IS, 1908,
at o clock p. III.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

Dated Jan. IS, 1908.
JULES HAUMoNT, Chairman.
A. ]. VANANTwERP, Secretary.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

A caucus of the Republican voters of
Garfield precinct will be held at the Swiss
Valley school house OH Saturday, Feb.
IS, 1908, at O'Clock p. M, for the pur-
pose of electing six delegates to the
county convention to be held in the
court house at Broken Bow on Feb. 18th,
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30
For Rent.

Two rooms in the Custer block.
inquire at the REPUBLICAN office.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

The Republican caucus in Lillian pre-
circt for the purpose of electing seven
delegates to the county convention, will be
held at the Oxford school house at q
O'Clock, p. m, on Saturday, Feb. is, 1908.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-01-30

When the bowels are constipated, poi
sonous substances are absorbed into the
boodinstead Of being daily removed from
the body as nature intended. knowing
this danger, doctors always inquire about
the condition of the bowels. Ayers Pills.
----AIsde by the j. G. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-07
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Nnises at unholv Hours.

9Th ere are in this town, as in all others, presumably" said southside lady yesterday, nervous wrecksi vic- tims of slow disease; persons to whom sleep comes only after patient wooing and as a rare and blessed boon. Is it fair to such afflicted folk that the loud and insufferable motorcycle be run be- heath bedroom windows at 2;So a. m?
 "A woman who was in deep grief had sunken at last into restful slumber, after days and anguished nights of bit ter wakefulness when-roaring, beat ing the soft night air, it seemed to her, with a thousand brazen and believing blasts came this invention of some rerveless somnolent one-and the long hours lay before her again robbed of rest
 Ut is not right that such things be allowed. But enough it is for the day: an offense to the sense of hearing; lut al least let us have immunity after the bedtime of decent folkH
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-07
Surplus Car Supply Decreasing

The latest bulletin of the American Railway association was issued April 1, and it includes a summary of car re- ports to March IS. At that time there had been a decrease in two weeks of 17.950 in the number of surplus cars. Outside of New England decreases are reported in all classes of cars, indicat- ing an actual, even though mild, inn provement in all lines of traffic. The south and southwest sections are cer- tainly rallying steadily from the ex- treme depression of January. New England and Canada are still tagging. If crops reports continue to be favor- able it is safe to say that six months hence there will be no surplus cars in the west and south.
 The following table gives the sur plusages and the shortages of freight cars on the dates mentioned
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-07
Cash Used In 1900

Thomas Fortune Ryan swore before a grand jury in New York last week that he and W. c. Whitney, W. L. FL kins, P. A. B. Widener and Thomas Dolan together contributed $500,000 to the campaign fund of 1900, presumably to promote the reelection of President Mckinley and the second defeat of William Jennings Bryan, although MT. Ryan does not state to which party the money was paid.
 Treasurer Cornelius N Bliss of the republican national campaign commit tee says the Ryan syndicate did not pay the money to his committee.
 Here, then, is question of veracity. Thomas Fortune Ryan understands the nature of an oath before a grand jury, and it is not reasonable to think ne swore falsely, or that he did not know to what uses the money he handed over in 1900 was put The state ments of Treasurer Bliss simply raise an issue.
 If Congress adjourns without ascer- taining the history of the Ryan contri- button of $500,000 it should get ready to face the charge that it shirked plain duty in order to save the repub- lican party from further stain of buy ing elections. The whole matter is up to Congress. MT. Ryan swears that he and his four associates sent their per sona1 checks and the understanding was that they were to be reimbursed by the Metropolitan Street Railway company of New York City. In other words, they made the people who paid nickel fares on the surface roads of New York contribute s500.000 to de- feat somebody for President
 The money was undoubtedly used to control states by the purchase of votes in crowded slum districts. Such vast sums could not well be otherwise used. The country is thus brought face to face with purchased elections. The slush fund is omnipotent, and Con- gress refuses to pass bill to check corruption by means of publicity. The issue is up to Congress, but it will soon be up to the people. That issue is sim ply this: Shall slush funds continue to make presidents, governors, judges and the like? That is the long and short of it, and Thomas F. Ryan pre- sents it in all it's nakedness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-07
Rehearsing for Festival.

We will have a good chorus for the May festival to be given at the Jefferson theatre in connection with Innes' famous orchestral band,'' said B. L. Michaelson of Bessemer, one of the most popular singers in the Birmingham district. Mr Michaelson attended the first rehearsal last night. MT. Memoli is training the chorus said he, "'and as we were read ing over Hail, Bright Abode, and other familiar festival numbers l recalled the happy days of a few years ago when was a member of MT. Guckenberger's loyal band of singers.
 ''As nearly all the experienced sight readers are members of some church choir, and as many of these ehoirs are busy with practice for Easter, our fes- tival rehearsals will not be as largely attended as might be desired unti. the lstter part of the month; but I feel sure that we will finally have 150 or 200 trained voices under MT. Memolfs baton D
 The festival will be given for the bene- fit of the Confederate veterans -eunion fund. The management has decided to charge only $1 for the best seats
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-07
----------------------- EnqIand's New Premier

The rapidly failing health of Sir Henry mpbell-Bannerman has led to his resignation as prime minister. He was also the liberal leader in the House of Comomns, in which he had held a seat forty years. The double task proved too much for his strength. Upward of seventy years of age, he has long been a force in the radical party of England, and his radicalism has never faltered. He became leader of his party in 1S99 and premier in 1905, and his retirement Is a distinct loss to the party that is perpleXed with social and economic problems.
 His successor is to be Herbert H. Asquith, now chancellor of the ex- chequer. MT. Asquith is an excellent debater and speaker, but he lacks the ready wit and magnetism of his prede- cessor. No doubt the leading members of the ampbell-Bannerman cabinet will be reappointed, for in law all go out of office when the premier does.
 Under the pressure of educational and liquor and labor questions, the radicals have of late lost some seats in by-elections, but they have still a large working majority, and MT. As quith may be able to present pro- gramme that will stay the drift of sen timent. He will answer MT. Balfour and the conservatives effectively on the floor of the House of Commons and he will endeavor no doubt to stem the popular tide that is running against his party in favor of the restor- ation of tory rule. The fear, however, is freely expressed that the task which outran Sir Henry Campbell-Banner- mans strength will prove much too heavy for MT. Asquith, who is a younger man, but not more popular leader. Leadership in England, espe- cially on the liberal side, is by no means a holiday task, for all the ele- ments of discontent are arrayed on that side To fuse socialists, laborites, home rulers, imperialists, and little Englanders" into one effective working party is more than any American lead CT has to undertake, and this is why
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-07
BALTIC SEA DISPUTE.
Settlement Is Reached by Russia, Ger
 many, Denmark and Sweden.

Copenhagen, April 6.-Russa, Germany Denmark, and Sweden have agreed to the terms of convention maintaining the status quo of the Baltici coasts, and the signing of the convention is expected without delay.
 The Swedish government is particularly well lpeased to have the menace of Rus sian fortifcation of the Aland islands definitely disposed of
 An agreement with regard to the status quo of the North Sea is expected to fol- low soon.
 The relations between Rusisa and Swe- den, and to lesser extent between Dem mark and Russia, have recently been well pleased to have the menace of Rus sio that she be released from the agree ment made when Sweden surrendered Fin land, that no naval stations or fortifica- tions be established on the Finnish shores adiacent to Sweden Russia went so far as to establish a naval station on the western shores of the Aland islands. which are 25 miles from the Swedish coast, and she was preparing to build for tifications there.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-07

explained on the floor of the House of Representative the law relating to beds of navigable streams. The state owns them, but the state has granted to the general government rights of igation-nothing more. The gen eral government has no more right to sell water rights in those streams than it has to sell rights in an adjoining farm. The state owns and controls all water powers in navigable streams subject, of course, to the delegated powers of the general government of maintaining navigation. This is so be- cause the state owns the fee to the bed of every navigable stream within its territorial limits.
 Judge Richardson makes this very plain, and his statement of the law of the case should put an end to the Rooseveltian scheme of controlling the water powers of the country. The state will attend to that branch of the business.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-07
GENIUS AND OLD AGE,
From the New York Times.


 Bishop Fallows, who is 73 years old, has told his church brethren that people ought to be "ashamed' that they do not live to be at least 100; that 80 in- stead of 45 should be the prime of life
 w. A. Norman Dorian in the Century magazine for April, gives catalogue of genius embracing 400 records of men fa- nous in literature, science, art and war. and he finds that, whereas they struck their gait at an average age of "A, men like Von Moltke, John Wesley, Michel angelo, Theophrastus, Izaak Walton, John Adams, Pope Leo XIII, Cornado, Fon- tenelle, Titan and Chevereul showed that they could keep up the pace well into the nineties and past the century mark Many of the finest achievements in busi- ness, statesmanship literature and in all activities have been wrought by men long past 60.' says MT. Dorian.
 Dr. Osler was, of course, misinter preted. He said the foundations and superstructure of useful life were built before 40 not that the edifice was not habitable after that period. Ellie Metch- nikoff reinforces Bishop Fallows' view about the practicability of living to be old, if men will kill off harmful bac- teria by taking daily doses of tactic acid germs. The leading dietetists are busy demonstrating their theory that a like result may be gained by abstemious liv- ing Carlyle said that the history of the world was the biography of it's heroes. But if thellives of the present generation could be prolonged to beyond 100, it might be thought that history would change more rapidly than in the previous six generations of men, both heroes and com mon people, cut off in their age of useful ness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-07
Who Owns the Water?

This question is beginning to be dis cussed in various parts of the country, ard the law concerning river beds is being rehearsed. No one questions the ownership of the beds of small streams those streams that are known to be unnavigable. The beds of such streams belong to adjacent property holders, just as does the title of high ways. In the latter the right of use as a highway cannot be interfered with, and in the former the stream must be permitted to flow on even if be tenn porariiy utilized.
 Congressman RichAFdson recently
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-07
Many Texans cominq.

Texas will send a large crowd to the Confederate reunion in Birmingham in June," said George H. Robins of Dallas. evidence but the younger generation will be much stronger in number. The cheap railroad fare is exceedingly attractive and it is safe to say that something like seven or eight thousand people from my state will make the trip.
 'Wlth the exception of New Orleans and Richmond, on account of the latter s historic character, Birmingham is the most popular convention city in the soIth. Everybody looks upon Birmingham as Q marvel and as unique in many respects"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-07
APRIL.

What time the prairie still lay bleak and frore, l sauntered forth; like some old palimp- sest That waits new writing for the old suppressed, Such seemed the dreary fields I wan dered O'er- A worn, age-yellowed parchment, little more. Fragments of words whose thoughti could could not be guessed And not single spear of grass Nt attest That here would yet be lavished newS lore. Today upon the selfsame fields I stroll The selfsame? Nay the mighty vellum hath been Illuminated with its summer green. As long as spring is spring and soul is soul, 1 ask not why earth, sky, and all be- tween Have not been tossed aside, crumpled scroll.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-07
To Greet New Trains.

Arrangements are about cont pleted," said J. B. Babb yesterday, "by which the two great railroads will en- ter Birmingham on Monday, the goth. The Illinois Central will leave Memphis in time to arrive here at an appropriate hour.
 While we we have not received ap- swers from many of the invitations sent out, I am of the opinion that many prominent railroad men will be In at tendance at the big banquet to be given on the night of the celebration.
 The committee is working with great energy on the proposition. Corr nhttees to meet the train in Jasper and also in Birmingham will be ap- lointed in a few days, so that all ar engagements can be made in plenty os time."