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Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-02-20
Marriage Licenses Issued.


licenses to wed in Custer county
have been issued as follows:
Walter c. Bryner, Oconto. .23
Lois M. Fox, Oconto. 10
John N. Myers, Ansley 10
Maud D. Wait, Ansley. ..19
Adam Lancer, Merna. ....... ri
Christina Magstaff, Merna ..23
Albert d. Wise, Galloway. ..22
Josie L. Stinman, Galloway 20
Ray Headrick, Anselmo ..23
Lydia Wachter. Anselmo. =. :. IT
Grover Wineman, Ansley, 30
Blanche Sloan, Ansley. ..1S
Edward LaDuke, Broken Bow .61
Mary Roberts, Broken Bow. ..53
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-02-20
THEIR FIFTH ANNUAL BANQUET
General Custer Lodge, No. q, knights
ofPythias' Fifth Annual Banquet
the Most Successful of Any.

Last night, February 10, 1908,
will always be retained in MEM
DRY as a green spot in the lives
of those who attended the Fifth
Annual Knights of Pythias ban
quet in Broken Bow. The lodge
was organized only few years
ago by mere handful of men,
but now numbers over eighty of
our prominent citizens and BUSH
ness men, ten having become
members of the lodge within the
past four months and several APP
plications will be acted upon at
the next meeting.
There have been superb sup
pers, elegant spreads, and elab-
crate banquets in Broken Bow in
the past, but the grandest and
most satisfactory one given in
the city since the first white
settler can remember was this
one which was pulled off without
a hitch, a kink or frazzle-the
arrangements being perfect.
At Castle Hall at 500 O'Clock
a program was rendered as
follows:
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-02-20

Let us be your printer. The
good kind of printing only.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-02-20
NOTICE OF PETITION.

Estate of Mckee u, Empheld deceased, in
County Court of Custer county, Nebraska.
The State of Nebraska: 10 all persons
in said estate, take notice, that a
petition has been filed for the appointmen t
of Rose Empheld as administrators of said
estate, which has been set for hearing, hear
ing on March 18th 1908, at 10 o'clock a. M.
Dated February IL, 1908
(sEALl A. r. HUMPHREY, County Judge.
First Pub. Feb. Goat
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-02-20

Try the REPUBLICAN office for
fine job printing.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-02-20

In the District Court of Custer County
Nebraska.
George IL. Rogers and Anna Rogers,
Plaintiffs.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-02-20

Those present then repaired to
the Temple theatre where, under
the direction af the Ladies Guild
covers had laid been for $50 per-
sons, and every cover was un-
covered-except eight. And in
the uncovering not one of those
who participated but freely COM
plimented the ladies upon their
excellent pre- partitions, the fol-
lowing being the:
MENU
Consomme la Creme
Sailed Waters
Celery Olives Pickles
Roast Chicken with Dressing
Cranberry Sauce Mashed potatoes
Gold Boiled Ham
Escalloped Oysters
Cabbage Salad
Fruit Salad
Harlequin Ice Cream
Nut Cake Angel Food
Brown Stone Front.
Coffee Tea
Toastmaster l.. d. George then
called the meeting to order and the
following program OF Toasts was
presented:
Ross Pickett. -. ..... Footprints
Q. w. Beal. ....... The Ladies'
J. K. Wilson. Behind the Scenes
Rev. Baker. ....... Fraternalism
Frank ]. Kelley. ..............
Practical Pythianism
Good Night Song.
Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1908-02-20

Frank j. Gustin, Mariana Gustin and
Susan Priest. Defendants,
NOTICE
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-06-23
Woman Offers to Fix .
Mrs. Martins Jury
Supposed "Friend' of Alleged
Dynamifer Is Accused by
District Attorney

OAKLAND, June ga proposition
to fix" witnesses for the prosecution
in the trial of Isabella j. Martin, car
rying with it guarantee of convic-
tion when Mrs Martin is tried for the
alleged dynamiting of Judge Ogden's
home. has been made to District Attor-
ney Brown and his chief deputy, w. III.
Donahue, according to Brown, by Miss
Alice Coles, a woman who posed as
Mrs. Martins doting friend in court
Saturday morning.
Miss Coles is a stately woman. past
middle age, with gray hair and very
well dressed. She said that she had
had much experience in New York
with that kind of work and her meth
ods were such that, in her opinion. they
excluded the possibility of failure.
AS an added feature to carry weight
with her proposition, Brown said. Miss
Coles told him she was the divorced
wife of DR.. Whithouse, chemist Of
national reputation, and an expert wit
ness in the Molineux murder trial in
New York.
Brown commented on her actions
today, saying:
came to us recently and offered to
fix the witnesses for the prosecution
in Mrs. Martins trial. She said that
she could do it readily, but implied
that her campaign would consist
largely of carrying money to them,
which we were to furnish. We did
not care to engage in that kind of
prosecution and told her so.
Now that she has apparently gone
over to Mrs. Martins side. I suppose
we may be confronted with the same
tactics IL she has her way. We are not
afraid that anything of the sort will
be done, and would find it out if 1t
were Her conduct has been so pecu-
liar that she can hardly be regarded
as sane.
urday Miss Coles said that she was the
"Tombs angel" name which she won
by her ministrations to women pris-
oners in the metropolis. She said that
she came here from Los Angeles. and
that she knew Mrs. Martin II years
aEo In the state Of New Yerk
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THREE DROWN AND NINE
ESCAPE IN BOAT WRECK
Skiff Overturns in Stream and
Icy Waters Claim Many
Victims
SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL


TACOMA. June 22.-As result OF
the overturning OF boat in the Tan
ana river 25 miles above Fairbanks
Dr. NJ. Mason of Los Angeles and Fred
Bieler of Richardson. whose relatives
are in New York, lost their lives. and
nine others had narrow escapes while
passing through a terrible ordeal
Those who reached shore safely were:
Don Russell and Henry Culbertson OF
Grants Pass, ore: William Knox, Peter
Smith and Louis Heidinger of Tender
foot. ]. T. Taggart Of Seattle. Fred
Hauselman of Hampden. Me-; w. A.
Cox of Chehalis, Wash, and F. c. SUIT
lifr OF Sacramento.
After the boat overturned there was
a wild fight TO reach solid earth and
some swan TO the mainland and others
to islands in the middle Of the stream
The boat was recovered and the sur
vivors rescued from their perilous po-
sitions. They were taken TO Fair
banks.
DIR. Mason was II Alaska with Sut-
hfg on combined hunting and pros
Meeting trip. the two having travelled
in many parts OF the world together
He in we'll known medical practf-
toner Of Los Angeles and leaves
family. DR.. Mason was possessed OF
a large sum of money. which was in
belt around his waist. He was an Elk
and members of that order have sent
out searching party for his body.
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based on the company's concessions
to the Boca and Loyalton railway and
three predicated upon special rates
granted to Miller & Lux Conviction
on all of these charges would lay the
company open to fine ranging from
$4,000 to $4,000.
The true bills are the direct result
of the investigation instituted in San
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
Franklin X. Lane. The evidence has
been presented to the grand jury by
George Clark of the United States at
torney's office and II. B. Duncan, a spe-
cial agent of the attorney generals S
office.
The indictments for the most part
will charge the Southern Pacific with
cutting rates for the Boca and Loyalton
a subsidiary company in a manner which
gave that cncern control of the lum-
her shipments from the California
mills into Nevada Most of the ship
ments, out of which the indictments
grew. were made to Verdi, New, town
four miles beyond the California bor-
der.
RECEIVED SPECIAL RATES
Miller & Lux have been the recipients
of special rates from the Hartman
line on shipments of wool, horses and
lumber. Wool originating in Button
willow. Cal, has been billed to Boston
with relays at Stockton and a special
allowance made on the first part of the
shipment.
The facts were laid before the grand
Jury by employees of the Southern Pa
cific and Miller & Lux and no attempt
was made to deny that the special
rates were used The defense was
urged that they were for the most part
on purely intrastate shipments.
1t had been the understanding that
the lumber companies which enjoyed
the lower tariffs were to be indicted
Jointly with the railroad, but, accord
ing to the reports in circulation yes
terday, the grand jury was not salts
fed that the lumber companies were as
culpable as the railway
Some consideration was given to the
case of G. w. Luce, general freight
agent of the Southern Pacific, but it
is understood that no true bills will
he returned against him. Luce ar
ranged the special tariffs, but in so
doing he was carrying out the policy
of the company.
whether the inquiry will be brought
to an end with these indictments is
that further sessions may be held dur
ing which the Indictment of Miller &
Lux will be considered.
The Southern Pacific was indicted
recently in Los Angeles for rebating
and will, therefore. appear as defend
ant in both divisions of the federal
court in California.
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HYDE IS found
GUILTY OF LAND
FRAUDS IN WEST
JOost H. Schneider Also Con-
victed After Long Delibera-
tion by the Jury
John A. Benson and Henry P.
Dimond Are Acquitted on
All Counts
Maximum Penalty Is Two
Years Imprisonment and
$4,000 Fine

WASHINGTON, June 22.-"G Guilty,
Frederick A. Hyde, Joost H. Schneider.
"Not guilty, John A. Benson, Henry
P. Dinond."
This was the verdict rendered at
$40 o'clock this afternoon by jury
in the criminal court here in the case
of the trial of these four men, who are
westerners, one of them Benson, a
millionaire real estate operator, for
alleged conspiracy to defraud the gov
ernment out of valuable lands in the
far west. The jury had been out al
most IS hours.
Benson and Dimond were ac-
quilted on all of the AZ counts in the
indictment. Hyde and Schneider were
convicted on all but 10 of the counts.
Benson and Dimond were Immediately
released from custody. All four men
have been under $4,000 bail. Hyde's
bail was increased under the jury S
verdict to $4,000, and Schneider's to
S12,500
LONG DELIBERATION
The jury engaged in one of the most
protracted deliberations over verdict
on record here in federal cases. The
verdict was the second report the jury
had made in the case, on the previous
occasion at 1922 o'clock this morning,
a disagreement being announced. JUS
tice Stafford had then instructed the
jurors to again retire in an effort to
reach a common agreement, and in the
intervening hours several of the jur
ors changed their votes, with the re-
sulting verdict. All the defendants
had expected disagreement or acquittai
and had made plans for departure from
the city.
SENTENCE Is DEFERRED
Hyde and Schneider Immediately
furnished the increased bail. Sentence
in the case of Hyde and Schneider was
deferred, and when imposed by the
court, the two men will have four days
in which to file notice of an appeal to
the district court officials. The maxi
mum penalty for the offense on which
they are held by the jury is imprison-
ment for two years or $4,000 fine or
both.
Benson, one of the two men acquitted,
was convicted some time ago in Cali
fornia with DR.. Perrine, under another
section of the conspiracy law in con-
nection with public land matters He
was sentenced to 10 months imprison-
ment, and his appeal from that SEN
tence is now pending.
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bezzlement. The jury in Judge Con-
ley's court returned verdict cf guilty
yesterday afternoon, and the financier,
who was primarily responsible for the
wrecking of the defunct bank, will be
sentenced week from TO-DAY 10 a
term in the state penitentiary which
may run from one to 10 years.
The verdict of the jury was returned
just As minutes after the case was
finally submitted yesterday afternoon.
but with the conviction came recon-
mendation for mercy which probably
will save Bartnett at least part of the
maximum sentence which might be i'm
posed.
Judge Conley did not order the de-
fendant into custody, and as the lat
ter's attorneys have signified their in
tention of taking an appeal to the
higher courts, year or. more may
elapse before the sentence to be i'm
posed by the court Is carried into execu-
ton. In the meantime, Bartnett is at
liberty under 100000 bonds. and is un-
der the constant surveillance of a de-
tective, supposed to be employed by the
bonding company which furnished his
surety.
1t took. the jury but three-quarterS
of an hour to reach its verdict. and
but three ballots were taken before
the report was made 10 the court. On
the first ballot the jury stood 10 to ,
for conviction, on the second ballot
IL to 1. and on the final ballot the
verdict was unanimous. This last vote
was taken after the jurors had sent
to Judge Conley for copies of the let
ters written by Bartnett to ]. Dalzell
Brown and portions of testimony relat-
ing to the spirits, which were said by
Brown to have controlled to a con-
siderable degree the management OF
the bank. The difference of opinion
on the first two ballots was principally
due to desire on the part of two
of the jurors to prevent a snap iude-
ment. and opened the way for a short
argument, which resulted in the unani-
nous verdict
Bartnett wilted under the blow of
conviction. and sat crushed and almost
inert while the formalities following
the reading of the verdict were
gone through with. His eyes were
still moist from the effect which
the final arguments of counsel
had upon him when the jury fled
back into the courtroom after its de-
liberation. and a tremor shook his
body when the fatefu1 words were read
by Foreman William Crocker. Bart
nett is high strung man and he could
not conceal his feelings when the YER
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Have You Registered This Year!

I'm order to take part In the
August primary and the Mo-
vember election you must have
registered since the begin
ming of this year. Last years
registration NO longer counts.
To vote Mt the August primaries
you must register by July p. Go
to the registrars office now, be-
fore the rush begins. If You post
pone this duty you may lose your
vote in the primaries. Remem-
ber that IL is just as important
TO vote at a primary as at a gem
eraI election.
whenyou register for the primary
be sure you state your party af-
AIiation. II you don't do this you
will not be entitled to vote at
the primary.
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WHEELER DISTRIBUTES 4
IMMIGRATION LABOR
Making Special Efforts to Send
Farm Hands to Pacific
Coast

SPECIAL DISPATCH TO THE CALL
WASHINGTON, June Cards are
being sent out to all persons receiving
mail by rural delivery, asking them to
notify the division of information, de-
partment of commerce and labor. if
they are in need of farm or domestic
labor. The division, under direction of
Assistant Secretary Wheeler, is trying
to distribute immigrants oyer the
country and has already placed about
700 immigrants on farms. This has
been done through the one office at
New York. Another office is being
established at Chicago and other Offices
will be opened at Pittsburg and other
industrial centers.
Assistant Secretary Wheeler is max
ing special effort to get European
immigrants out to the Pacific coast.
where farm labor is wanted the year
around.
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MILWAUKEE. June 22---George VIII
loughby, who shot and killed his wife
at their residence at Prospect March
%. today pleaded guilty TO the crime.
threw himself on the mercy OF the court
and was sentenced TO life imprisonment
at Waupun. Wlloughby was one OF
the most prominent business men In
Milwaukee before the murder. He ana
his wke were leaders in church work
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-06-23
ONE DEAD, Is INJURED
IN TRAIN COLLISION
Fast Passenger Strikes Freight
Which Attempts to Cross
Track Too Late

BATON ROUGE. La, June 22.-one
killed and about Is injured. some of
them seriously, was the result of the
wrecking of a Baton Rouge and Ham,
mond passenger train at the crossing
of the Red River valley road today
The wreck was due to the efforts of
a Red River valley freight train to
cross the Baton Rouge and Hammond
track in advance of a passenger train
of that road.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1908-06-23
REPORT LEpERs CURED

NEW ORLEANS, June "a remark
able medical report touching on the
cure of leprosy will be presented to
week by the leper home of the state of
Louisiana. From the report it ap-
peaiS that out of 81 lepers at the
Lou LLAMA institution in the past two
xeatI. six have been practically cured.
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Sketch in court of Walter
|. Bartnett, former bank head

SketCn IN court OF waiter
]. Bartnett, former bank head
and railroad magnate, drawn
while verdict of jury finding
him guilty of embezzlement
is being read. Bartnett wilt
ed under the blow of convic-
ton and sat crushed and al
most inert while the fornali-
ties following the reading of
verdict were gone through
with. A tremor shook his
body when the fatefuls words
were read. He bowed his
head over the table before
him and the weight of years
seemed suddenly to settle
upon his shoulders.
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PLAN SAN FRANCISCO
CONVENTION IN 1911
international Sunday School
Delegates Decide to Hold
Next Meeting Here

LOUISVILLE. KY, June 22.-The in
ternational Sunday school convention
late this afternoon decided to hold the
next meeting in San Francisco in 1911
The entire afternoon session was
taken up with the selection of the next
meeting place At the last convention,
held in Toronto in 1905, an agreement
was reached to have the body meet in
Louisville in 1908, with the under
standing that San Francisco would get
the gathering in 1911.
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HARTMAN LINE
FACES D NEW
INDICTMENTS
Federal Grand Jury to Return
True Bills Against South
ern Pacific Today
Will Charge Company With Re-
batting on Shipments of
Lumber and Wool
Corporation Liable to a MAXI
mum Fine of S440,000
if Convicted

The federal grand jury will file
report today with District Judge de
Haven, which, it is understood, will
include 22 indictments against the
Southern Pacific for rebaung-1o
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INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
NEWS TODAY
TELEPHONE KEARNY SO
TUESDAY. JUNE 20. 1908
WEATHER CONDITIONS
YESTERDAY-Clear

YESTERDAY-Clear; west wind; maximum
temperature, "A: minimum. so.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Fair; fresh west
winds. Page Is
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Two unknown men.


The Iynchings followed the killing Of
two white men by negroes. Two weeks
ago Hugh Dean and several other
white men visited negro church and
schoolhouse where dance was in
progress. presumably in quest os
liquor. it being the custom of some OF
the negroes to sell whisky during the
progress of such affairs.
PLOT FORMED AT DANCE
During the evening Dean was killed
and six negroes were held for the kill
ing At the preliminary examination
the evidence tended to show that the
plot was formed at the dance to kill
Dean.
Aaron A. Johnson. a prominent
farmer. was assassinated last Saturday
while. seated at the dining table with
his wife and child, the bullet being
fred through a window. For this
crime Perry Price. negro. was ar
rested and. it is stated. confessed. i'm
plicating Robert Wright. relative OF
one of the negroes held for Deans
murder. Price declared he was offered
S. to Kill Johnson
HANG FIVE TO ONE TREE
Then followed the forming OF mob
last night. the overpowering of the
taller at Hemphill and the lynching of
the six negroes held for the murder OF
Dean. Five were hanged to the same
tree, while another attempted TO es-
cape and was shot to death. Later in
the night William Mccoy, another
negro, was shot and kined while stand
ing at the gate of the Johnson home.
and this morning the bodies OF two
more negroes were found in the creek
bottom.
Wright. the negro who confessed to
the killing of Johnson. and the man he
implicated were taken to Beaumont for
safe keeping under guard of the mill
tary company of St. Augustine.
Sabine county is situated in the most
remote part of the eastern section OF
the state with sparse railroad and tele-
graph facilities.
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Ena of Battenberg, and King Alfonso
were married at Madrid on May 81,
1906. Their first son was born May 10.
1907.
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POLITICS

Bishops question easily answered. Page 9
Bryan bsrks up the wrong tree. Page 9 |
Jspsn's commercial grip Manchuria. Page /
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son BORN TO QUEEN

MADRID, June ga son was born
to Queen Victoria of Spain tonight
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Killing of Two Whites Leads
to Slaughter N Sabine
County
Jailer Is Oyerpowered and Five
Prisoners Are Hanged.
to One Tree
Other Victims Are Shot to
Death by Crowds of
Pnrsuers
Arms Are Secured and Further
Clash of Races Is I'M
minent


HOUSTON. Tex, June 22.-Nine
negroes met death at the hands of
mob in the vicinity of Hemphil1, in
Sabine county, last night Both races
secured arms today and the tension is
such tonight that race clash appears
imminent.
The dead:
JERRY EVANS, aged p.
WILL JOHNSON, aged "a.
NOSE SPILLMAN, aged "a.
CLEVELAND WILLIAMS, aged
81.
WILLIAM MANUEL, aged z5-
FRANK WILLIAMS, aged q.
VIII TTAM MEOW
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Contra Costa voters administer stinging re-
buke to machine and win victory for the peo-
pie. Page 2
Mysterious club of republican office holders on
water front formed, but not to do poll
tics Page 2
Thomas Flint Jr. quits machine and says he
VIII retire from politics. Page 2
Democrats making ready for convention and
arrangements committee begins work Page 3
Taft says he will follow in footsteps of
Roosevelt and seek inspiration from Lin
coin. Page 3
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