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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (March 7, 1901)
rfH' H' ' ( Ho. JUpublicnit rublliliod rery ThnreiUy at the County Soot. I ) . M , IlUltur tjWOU o 'n Onutor 1) ) lock , Vonrth ATO.- the pottomcoat fir oka n Uow. Hob. , iR coond-cla tniaUor tor trantmlielou through fcoU 8. M 1H. SOUSCUIPTION HUGE : One Tear , In advnnce ji.oo "THIMSDAY , AiAitoH 7 , 1901 , Congress appropriated $5,000'- 000 for the World's Fair at St. Lotus in 1003 It is reported that Senator Alton loft immediately after the inaugura tion , for Lincoln , with the view of opening up nogotiatioiiH with re publicans to secure a rooleotiou. Ho thinks hn eau got Cl fusion votes and with nix republicans secure an election. Gov. Doitriuh favors rebuilding the state penitentiary in a now loca tion whore a section of good farm land can be had on which the con victs can raise sugar beeta. That sounds very uioo but tbo plan is not feasible at the present time. Wo predict the building will be rebuilt on the present site where tbo shops walla and the now cell house are in perfect state. Pat Crowe baa written a letter to the World-Herald protesting his iunooenco in the Cudahy kidnaping. The letter was mailed at Doniaoin Iowa. Pat says if Cudahy had given his letter ho wrote him three weeks ago to the newspapers in stead of sending it to the Pinkerton detectives he would bave given lumfolf up , but he will not now allow the Pinkortons to capture him. City election is beginning to agitate the minds of a few wbo are interested in the person of the next mayor. Among the names of re publicans of whom wo hear men tioned for the office of mayor are W. J. WoodflG. W.Apple , Alpha Morgan , J. A. HarrisNand G. W. Thorpe. Whether either of the men mentioned would accept should tbey be the choice of the convention we are not prepared to say. It ia amusing to see the opposi tion to a normal school in Western Nebraska by such papers as the Kearney Hub and Oallaway Courier. It romindg us of the dog in the manger , that because hu could not , would not let the ox oat hay. An appropriation for a nor mal bohool in the western part of the state is not as much of a "laid" on the treasury ae is the appropria tion for the Peru normil down in the south eastern part of the s'ato. where but few can bo aooommodal * ed by it. W. A. Overman , who has ably edited the Callawaj Independent , for the past two years , bids farwoll to the craft and the public in general. Who is to bo his successor or whether the paper will continue to run he decs not state , but It in rumored that Mr. Stookham , the principal owuor in the plant , will BOO that the paper is continued. The probability is that the plant will , in the near future , be moved to Arnold , where the ad vent of a new railroad will make a paper a good investment. The republican caucus at Lincoln thus far has proven a failure. There fceoma a disposition on the part of a number of the logislatois to have their way or defeat the election of anyone. All such should bo branded - ed as disloyal republicans and in the future councils be left at homo. What the people want is two good republicans elected to the United States Senate. If they can not al agree on one man select one that can bo agreed upon. The success of tha party is of far rnoro import ance than tbo success of any one man , The inauguration ceremonies o President McKmley and Vioe-Pres idont Roosevelt Monday is said to have been tbo most brilliant in th history of the nation. The decora tions of the city , the military dis play , ia said to have uevnr been equaled in Washington. The regular lar contingent of cavalry , infantry ud artillury were uniformed aa hough for the uioet exno.tiu official nspectiou. Tbo same id said of he naval contingent , which was argor than over before aeon in a Wellington parade. Full 40,000 > oople were assembled at the oapi ol to witness the president deliver lis inaugural address. The state ponlileiuiary caught iiro last Friday night , and burned out tbo west part of the main build- ng and the cell house on tbo west , t is thought the tire started from a defective oleolriot light wiro. The ire was firal discovered by Mrs. Davis , the warden's wife , about mid light. The prisoners were all Ukeu 'roin their cells and utiarded in side of the walls , while the tire companies were engaged in subdu ing the flames. One' convict , by the name of Qeo. Ptluoger , from Curnmings county , was burned to loath. Ho , with the others , was released from his cell and went out and joined the others. But instead of entering the yard he followed ilong side of the buildings where 10 was lost sight of , and secreted limself where ho was burned. Ho was serving a life sentence lor nurdoring his wife , and bad boon n the penitentiary for seven years , t is said in all that time ho had not spoken a word The buildings estroyed by tbo h'ro cost over § 300,000. There was no insurance n the buildings. Several of the guards lost heavily in personal ) roperty. The now cell house that was built two yearn ago had never > eon used , and that is being used ow to shulter tbo prisoners until t can bo fitted up with colls. The hops containing the working tools were not burnod. The lose is very icavy on the state at this time , and no doubt will cause tbo legislature o out down appropriations for sev- ral other public institutions that re needod. A lilt , ' Gftlu. Figuns from the pork packing Htablishments in Nebraska show bat tbo Nebraska bog crop during bo year closing yesterday , netted bo farmers over 827,000,000 more ban the orop of last year. The bulk of thin gain was in bettor > riceo. The vrop was somewhat arger , also , than that of the pre vious year. And it was only a few months ago that sundry great orators were marching up and dowu. tbo statu oiling the farmers in stentorian ones that the price of the things boy had to soil hadn't gonp up un der MuKinley , nothing but tbo > nceof tninga they bad to boy. State Journal. Uood News For Stamp Lickors. Most of the stamp taxes were aken off by the conference com mittee and then the tax reduction bill wao passed by both houses of congress. The tax io repealed on > ank obooki , certificates of deposit , > romisBory notes , money orders , Mils of lading , express receipts , telegraph messages , telephone mess ages , insurance policies , convey' anooH of less than $2,500 , leases , mortgages , manifesto , powers of attorney , protests , warehouse re ceipts , proprietary medicines , por- rumory and cosmetics , chewing ; um and legacies for charitable , idllQatinilJll. rnlinimiH nnrl litnrnrn purposes. The total reduction of the revenues by tbo modification is estimated at41,000,000. . Most of the other items of the war tar are reduced. A Secoud Term. Next Monday President MoKin- ley will bo inaugoratod President of tbo United States for the second time. Wo cannot but apeak a woid in regard to it. When the country is in tuoh able hands , it is showing the best judgment in retaining it. Throughout tbo lour years just past , the moat perplexing problems hava corno up. We have boon engaged - gaged in war. An unusual expen diture of money has been called for. Through all of this tbo business of the country has been oared for in a master way. Wo hava increased in every way. Our induutries are greates. Our finau o'.al condition ia better. Our oom- morooo has increased until wo now Icad the world as exporting nation. Our place a 3 world power is now fixed at the head. All this being the case , Ameriia has a right to rejoice at the occasion of the second end inuaugerationof Wra. Mckiuloy. Arcadie Champion. Forward Segotiatlons It is stated that the American ppcoial commissioner at Pokin has been instructed to iniforin the for eign ministers that Piesideut McKinley - Kinloy deprecates any action tend ing to Uelay or chock negotiations with the Chinese govermeut and that bo is especially desireous that tlioro shall bo no further unneces sary bloodshad. Tbo attitude of a majority of the foreign minsters on the question of Hinishmont of Chineflo officials , as reported a few days ago , warrants be belief that the American rep resentatives will have co operation n his efforts to put a stop to execution ocution , for tbo fact of this govern- nont gxpressos its opposition to bo bloodshed policy of some of the ) owora opnnot fail to have great in iunco. As wo have heretofore aaui n reform t ; to thin matter , tbo course bat has been pursued is anything but creditable to western civilization and it ought to go no further. The danger if continued is , it might drive the Chinese to desperation and cause armed resistance on tboir part is one to bo considered. nit hardly less important is the question of tbo moral effect upon the civilized nations. ho position taken by Prepidout MoKiuley will bo heartily approved bj the American people and ought to have an improving effect on the Jhinese situation Omaha Boo. The McKInley Luck. McKmley's luck still holds out to tbo very end of bis first term. The back bone of the rebellion started by the democrats to side track tJ-e propositions for settling matters in the Phillippinesand in Cuba without a special session , has been broken and it is likuly that all necessary business will be wound up by congress - gross by the close of today's ses sion. The dead lock between the sonata and tbo bouse on the reduction of the war tax was broken night before last and the bill passed without de bate as recommended by the oon- ferencu committee. Unless the unexpected Happens after * abort session of tbo senate immediately upon the adjournment ot congress * to confirm the preident's cabinet appointments , there will be no more trouble with congress until next winter. Then will come the old question whether tbo president's second term will bo tbo one to floor him. It has been tbo general rule that luck runs against a man oleotod to tbo White house a second time. Ho has no more plums to give out by tbo wholeaalu , and bis followers , thinking that they have exhausted his treasury of favors become luke warm if not actually hostile and bis ennmies are apt to wax and grow fat on reprisals. But it is quito likely that MoKiu- ley will prove an exception to the rulo. Ho is more than ordinarily lovel-boadod and self-controlled - - and has never shown any symptoms of the "bighoad. " He has merely to keep on the even tenor of his way , setting up no obstacles to the full filuient of the wall ascertained de sires of the people on the ground that having been president so long , bo knows better than they do what they ought to want , and his good nature and sagacity will pull him through. State Journal. Nor Normal School * . SUte Journal , March 6. Friends of the bill creating two new normal schools and making an appropriation of $100,000 scored a temporary triumph in getting their bill buforo the committed of the whole. Currie of Custer moved to take the bill up. Th motion carried by a vote of 21 years to 6 nays , being tbo necessary two-thirds. The fusion side voted solidly to take uptho bill. Those voting against tbo motion were Aronds , Orounne , Kdgar , Uarlan , McCargar and Young , Those absent and not voting ing wore Baldrige , Cummins , Owens , Weber and Woolntonholm. Martin of HichardHon , was called to thii chair at the request of friends of the bill. Currie for the 1)111. ) Currie inttdo an earnest and elo quent speech in fever of the bill and in support of education , lie asked what if the state did propose to appropriate one million dollars for educational purposes. Ho wns suru no one would bogruJgo giving loss tbau ono dollar for each man , woniiu and chiH in the state to such a ucblo purpose. Correcting the erronerenus statement of an appropriation ol $010,000 for thi < university ho said it was true that institution would use tnat much money during the uoxt two years , but nearly one half of it would oomo from other sources , the amount to be raised by taxation being 348,000. Ho said tbo bill passed tbo bouse , seventy-one voting for it and only eighteen against it. While ho would likr to vote for a tbird school , tbo amend ment would certainly kill the bill. As to private normal schools be did not believe tbo owners of such institutions should do as they did two years ago when they were here on the floor of the senate working against a bill creating another state normal school To the argument that students would not patronize the proposed schools for lack of railroad facilities , ho said the young people of the western part of the state did not depend entirely on railroads. They had other moans of transportation and would fee found in the schools in great num bers. As an instance of the western pluck Lo said that he recently mot a young cowboy on horse-back on his way to the state normal. The young man bad saved up 300 while riding the range and was on bis way to school. Ho had then riddou over 100 miles and had 200 miles yet to go. That wns the kind of youth iu the west wbo would patronize the now schools Such men , deceudants of the pioneers , were the pride of tbo woildanu made up a race that is the bulwark of the nation. STATE CAPITAL GOSSIP. Special Correapoutlcuce. Lincoln , March 2 , 1001. Between fusion mismagemen and a serious iiire , tbo state is likely - ly to spend a good deal of mouoy on the penitentiary. It will be remembered membered that the sham reform officials made their campaign cry ii 1808 that they bad "made tbe penti- tentiary self supporting. " Yo they caked for and secured from the last legislature an appropriation of $30,000 to help run tbo institu tion , and they turn it over to the republicans with a claim of over $80,000 deficiency. This condition of affairs was shown up by the writer during the last campaign. Another suinplo of fusion reform is found iu the claim of J. B Mesorvo for $2,000 , premium pnc on his guaranty bond. This , in spile 'of the fact that ho has never explained whore ho kept the per manent achool fund deposited , anc has never turned over the iutorest from this source to the state tread ury. And now an investigation o the revenue s'tamps on his bone shows that the premium paid was only $1,500 , unUss the government was defrauded in the matter 0 stamp duties. By the application of the fifth clause in the caucus call which pro vides that "only republicans of un questioned loyalty shall bo consid ered , " the caucus has been a fiziclo from the beginning. It becomes more and more apparent that noth ing can be done until Mr. Thomp son retires from the raoo. This situation is so plain that tbe chair man of the national committee has written to Mr. Thompson and wired to several others that every sacrifice should bo made and now candidates selected to save the party from dis aster. On this point Vice-Chair man Payne of the national commit , tee has written that "it is a thous and times more important that the state should elect two republicans than that some particular individual should be selected. " This is a pa- riotii sentiment which docs not si'eui to strike a reppotmivo chord in the hi art of Mr. Thompson. There are a number of apportion- uent bills under consideration , but lothing definite baa been done It s not likely that the congressional liKtriot will bo L'reatlj change' ! , sin ji ! it is certain that ths state will not lose n representative under the lew CDtigrrHHionnl apportionment bill. Several tonns have put in claims to cover the expense of small pox * sieves during the past two yearn , but the fact that there is small-pox scattered all over the uUto at the present time is likely to prevent the allowance of uny of these claims , ' inasmuch as it would invite n hun dred similar claims from other localities ADAM GKA.NUBK : Most everybody knows by this tune that ' to Move T TO THE SOUTH SIDE , Wo have often boon considered "flighty , " but never con- ' ' * / ! Bidered moving seriously until very recently. ; ' ? < ; ONE DARK NIGHT | | WE "HAPPENED ONTO ANT OPPORTUNITY" } j3 To buy the largo double-roomed brick store building , eitu-Jpifc atod four doors north of First National Bank building. opportunity cost us $1,000 cash , which is about 25 cents on dollar of original cost , and is a fair illustration of the way wo * buy u great quantity of our Dry Goodw and Clothing. It will take until about March. 3Qtb. to make the little necessary repairs and put tbe building iu shape for us toc { move into , and dining this time wo will inaugurate a eiice Sale , 1 COMMENCI 1C MONDAY , FEB. 23th. A discount of Will bo given on all purchases from 50 cents up , for cash. Get on Your Wrappers * Get on Your Overalls , And Help Us Move , * Everything goes in this sale Dry Goods , Clothing , Shoes , Furnishing Goody , Carpott , Etc. Get vour eye on our new location 4 doors north of Broken Bow Slate Bank. You'll know we have bit tbo south side when wo open out witb our New Spring Stock. Everything will bo popping. Yours for mor business , North Side Until About March 2Oth. V5'4''i51ifd > - ? ' - ? ' . sSj : > ; * . ; iV # COLLOM'S GROCEjRYJ Having bought the stock formerly owned by A. Wallace , have added a complete STQCSS Qf &RQGB&XS8 , I And are prepared to sell as CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST. ' KltUIT , OYHTI2AM ami ClJI Itt.A" JN HISAHON. Butter and Eggs taken in Exchange. Goods delivered to any part of the city. Give ud a trial. A. A. COLLOM. K. U. WOKNALL , 1'rcalilcut. J. A. HAlllUS , Cnshler. A. J. HOI1KKTSON , Vlco-l'rea. W. 1) . BLACKWKLL , As 't Caehler Farmers Bank of Custer County , BROKEN BOW , NEB. Transacts a General Banting Business. County Clainm and W xrrants linught. U1UO ACID IH THE HLOOI ) OAU E3 KHBUMATI3M , SCIATIOA , 1.UM1IAQU , NKD- 1ULOIA AND OOUT You riu rumore tlio Mate by wearing one of our REX RHEMATIC RINGS. Tbuy ar eoM under a potlUre tDarante r HEX UHKtr.HATIO CO , Harlfora , Conn StUll BAI.1C IIV A. in. X , JIKOItlfN HONV.