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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 26, 1910)
Tlie duster County Republican D. M. AMSBERRY , Editor BROKEN BOW , . NEBRASKA NEWS EPITOME THAT CAN SOON BE COMPASSED. EVENTS HUE MENTIONED Homo and Foreign Intelligence Con densed Into Two and Four Line Paragraphn. A bill providing lor the opening to agricultural Hottlomont nnd develop ment of the surface of lands which have been classified as coal lands was passed by the house. The measure would reserve about 70,000,000 acres as coal lands. A bill was Introduced In the senate by Senator Burkott Increasing the limit of cost of the new federal build ing at Columbus , Nob. , from ? cr > ,000 to $75,000. It was found that under the specifications called for contract ors could not undertake to construct the building for the amount allowed In the bill. Attorney General WIckoraham will have a rival In his Investigation of the so-called cotton pool. The son ata committee which Is Inquiring into the cost of living decided to turn HH nttcnton to cotton as well as food products. Protest nganst the bill convoying to the cltlca of Colorado Springs , Mant- ton and Cascade , Colo. , 21,000 acres of land on the north slope of Pikn's peak to be uncd for bettering the wa ter Hiipply of the cltlca waa filed by the forest service through Associate Forester Potter with the house com mittee on house lands. Attorney General Wlckcrshnm de clined to send to the uonato , In 10- sponso to the resolution Introduced by Mr. Smith of Carolina , Information In connection with hla Investigation into the alleged pooling In cotton. The state department returned to Governor Shallonborgor the extradi tion papers which bo forwarded with the request that the ntato department take stops to return to Nebraska Thomas F. Shlrcmnn who Is a fugi tive from Justice In Calgary , Canada , and Is wanted in Keith county on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. Governor Sballon- bcrger'a request for extradition was forwarded through Senator Brown. Genera ) . John D. Rockefeller , always popular nmong the people of Tarrytown , N. Y. , where ho lives , la adding to that popularity this spring by his tondncsa for taking his friends and neighbors out driving. Not a pleasant day goes by without the oil king inviting no mo of them , men , women and children , to ride with him In automobile or car riage , and It la safe to my that the In vitations are seldom declined , for hla vehicles are the best to bo had , and the drives around Tarrytown are beau tiful. Mr. Rockefeller , before starting for a ride , always dons a paper vest , declaring it a great protection against mm uu IIIHIHIH uiai ma guosis uo the samo. After the ride ho refuses to take back the garments , and con- . Hcqueutly In nearly every homo In Tar- rytown may bo found a paper vest pre served aa a souvenir of n delightful ride with the multi-millionaire. President Taft takes full responsi bility for the Lawlor letter. The directors of the Aero club ot America decided to hold the Interim- tloral aviation meet on Hompstcad plains , Long Island. The race for world's championship will bo hold October 2. At Washington Information receiv ed points to an early conflict between the armies of Peru nnd Ecuador over their boundary disputes. The American Sugar Refining com pany hao appealed Ha case to the supreme court. By the lack of one vote the house declined to accord the necessary two- thirds vote to submit to the several states of the union the question of changing the date of the Inauguration of president and vice president from March 4 to the last Tuesday In April. A petition for the pardon of John R. Walsh , now serving a term In the Loavenworth penitentiary for viola tion of the national banking laws , noon will bo forwarded to the depart ment of Justice. At the annual national convention of paper Jobbers hold in Chicago It was announced that print paper prices will remain unchanged during the ensuing year. It Is said "Thoro are between 700 nnd SOO men In Seattle who live from the revenue of the white slave traffic , almost all of whom could bo reached by the atato courts If prop er effort were made. The senate baa passed the omnibus lighthouse bill , which makes pro vision for aids to navigation prac tically on every coast of the United States. Aa amended In the committee un commerce It carried items aggre gating about $2COO,000. Since a decision was rendered holdIng - Ing the South Dakota employers' lia bility law invalid the Nebraska ntatutp IB being closely watched. Death claimed 1.D9G lives In Iowa during the mouth of March , so the monthly report of Secretary Summer o * the state board of health , Just Is- tucd , chows Fear of a rising of negroon In Cuba ha ? about subsided. The National Municipal league will hold Its next annual mooting in Buffa lo. Plans for Klnff Edward's funeral ceremonies include a great military pageant. The Hyde Jury found the defendant guilty , fixing punishment nt Ufa im prisonment. The administration is embarrassed by recent disclosures in the Ballingor Investigation. Tim high cost of living was1 at tacked by the convention of the Amal gamated Association of lion , Tin and Steel Workers. Champ Clark may not got the speak- crshln oven If the democrats got con trol of the next house. I Five carloads of macaroni shipped from St. Louis to Chicago and alleged to contain poisonous coloring substance - stance , was ordered destroyed by Judge Landls. | Representative Bartholdt of Mis souri , charrmui of the American group of the Inter-parliamentary peace union , Is In receipt of a notice from the secretary of state at Brussels that the conference of the union will bo . hold at Brussels August 29 to Soptom- ' her 2 , Inclusive. Dr. Bartholdt will call together wltnln the next two weeks the members of the American group In congress to select delegates to attend the conference. j An engagement between the pro visional and Madrlz forces at Rama i la looked for at any moment. Tho' two armies are practically facing each other. | The Jockey club of Juarez ban an nounced that a gross sum of $30,000 In stakes and purses will bo given during a 100-day meeting Thanksgiv ing day , an Increase of $1,000 a day over the meeting last season. | ' I After quarreling over a $10 skirt which her husband had bought for her under protest. Mrs. A. J. Sun- dcrland'of Chippewa Falls , Wis. , shot ard killed him. ! I One hundred and fifty delegates to fie National Socialist congress , rep- rosontlng the entire socialist move ment in the United States mot In Chicago to prepare for the coming state and congressional campaigns. The International & Great Northern , railroad la to bo sold under foreclosure to satisfy the claims of the holders of second mortgage bonds , aggregating $12,105.545.00. The date of the sale will bo fixed later. Senators Burkott and Brown have given no assurance that they will vote for the railroad bill. President Taft paid tribute to the foreign soldiers who helped the Unit ed States to win independence. The house will Investigate to da tormina If the sugar trust bought the friar lands. Former President Roosevelt Is ex pected to bo the guest of honor and principal speaker at the formal openIng - Ing of the internatlonad biJdgo across the Rio Grande at Brownsville , Tex. , In July. Statues to two Polish-American heroes were unveiled In Washington. President Taft'a railroad bill as amended la a long stride forward In railroad legislation. The Now York Stock exchange will bo closed for two hours on Friday , May 20 , during the funeral of King Edward. Montreal oxportera fear a grain fam ine at that port , owing to the refusal of Manitoba grain men to market last year's crop for less than 99 cents. AUVICCS received at uuayaquii BUUO that the Peruvian government has sta tioned 100,000 men along the frontier to resist Invasion. The county treasurer at Seattle forced the Seattle Electric company to pay up $107,000 of delinquent taxca by seizing 12 of Its crs. The French minister of marines has ordered that all sh'ns ' of the French navy carry their flags at half mast until after the funeral of King Edward. An Imperative edict at Peking sum mons the national assembly to meet October 3 and announces the appoint ment of ninety-six members repre senting all classes. Personal. George V was publicly proclalmea King of Great Britain. Former State Printer Mark Slater was sentenced to four years In the Ohio penitentiary. Theodore Roosevelt made an un qualified denial of the letter credited to him at Washington. A telegram was sent by President Taft to General and Mrs. Balllngton Booth congratulating them on the celebration of the fourteenth anniver sary of the founding of the Volun teers of America. . Secretary Balllngor pictured Glf- ford Plnchot as a crafty conspirator who sought to discredit him. Congressmen will try to got away from Washington In Juno. King Alfonso has loft Madrid for London to attend the funeral of the late King Edward. Mr. Roosevelt may bo designated a special'ambassador to attend the fu neral of King Edward. Governor James O. Davidson ot Wisconsin , it is authoritatively an nounced , will not bo a candidate for rcnomtnatlon as governor or for any other office. Dr. B. C. Hyde and hla wlfo wore star witnesses for the defense In the Kansas City nr vdcr trial. Senators Cummins and Dolllvor wore In Iowa to open the campaign of progressive republicans. Commander Robert IS , Poary'a lec ture was given before the Geograph ical society nt Rome , King Victor Emmanuel and the duke of the Ab- ruzzl THE STATE FAIR MANAGERS OFFER - FER LOWER RATES. TWENTY-FIVE CENTS TWO DJIYS This Rate Will Also Govern Other Days After 5 p. m. Miscella neous Capital Matters , The board of managers of the state fair mot and approved the contract made by Chairman C. H. Hudgo and President O. P. Hendershot for the appearance of the Wright Brothers ncroplano at the state fair which Is to bo held at Lincoln the first week In September. The board members pres ent were President IIomlcrBhot of He bron ; Chairman Rudgo of Lincoln ; O. W. Hcrvoy of Omaha ; Peter Young- ors of Geneva ; L. W. Leonard of Paw nee City and E. X. Russell of Blair. The air ship flights promise to be one of the best attractions the board has ever engaged. Flights will bo inado both In the forenoon and after noon of each day of the fair. .Vaude ville acts will bo given at the grand Bland on the race course each fore noon , afternoon and evening. Night races will bo a feature of the folr this year for the first time In addition ( o Hroworks. To light the track at night for racing electric or gasoline lamps will bo used. The trouble over securing Loin- bardo's band and grand opera com pany has been settled and the band and singers will appear at a Sunday afternoon concert In the udltorium nt the fair grounds. The manager of the organization desired to give a Sunday concert nt another city , but the board proved that the 01 iglnal ar rangements called for a Sunday con cert In Lincoln and ho agreed to come and sign the contract. The oragniza- tlon compilses > li Instrumentalists , 8 grand opera singers and sixteen cho rus singers. Four concerts dally will bo given. Monday , September 1 , will bo labor day , and the fair board has decided to give special Inducements for laborIng - Ing men and old soldiers to attend on that day. The admission will be only 25 cents , half the usual price. For 25 cents one can stay all day and re main on the grounds during the evenIng - Ing ou Monday. On Tuesday , Wednes day and Thursday an admission fee of 25 cents will"bo charged after G p. in. This fee In made low for the benefit of these who desire to attend the evening entertainments only. The board has decided to change the form of Its tickets this year. In addition a season ticket will bo sold for $2. The board also contemplates putting In cash turnstyles at nil of the outer gates so that the ticket sellers and gate keepers may bo abolished. The kind of apparatus In view will turn only when a patron drops half a dollar lar In a slot. State to Refund Money. It la probable the next legislature will be called upon to pay In the neighborhood of $12,000 or $15,000 to corporations which have paid to the secretary of state an occupation tax based on the authorized capital stock instead of the subscribed and paid up stock. Cannot Cancel Stock. Attorney General Thompson , In re ply to a question , has Informed the Nebraska state railway commission that It ban no power to order the can cellation of stock , or any portion thereof , of any consolidated company organized under and complying with the provisions of section 10C71 , Cob- boy's Annotated Statutes for 1909 , where such compajiy has Issued Its stock to an amount in excess of the actual value of Its properties. The commission has this question before It In the complaint of County Attorney F. M. Tyrrell against the Lincoln Traction company. Reduction of Falls Allowed , The Nebraska Telephone company has been permitted to reduce its toll rates at Elk Creek , Johnson county , owing to the recent installation of an independent exchange at that point. The Nebraska company was also au thorized to cut its toll rate between Wayne and Wakcfleld from 15 cents to G cents. Invitation to Roosevelt. An Invitation will bo extended to Theodore Roosevelt to make an ad dress before the Epworth assembly this summer , according to an announcement nouncemont yesterday through the Lincoln Commercial club. A commit tee of club members who are also boosters of the assembly will send a letter asking him to come. As Mr. Roosevelt IH to speak before the national conservation congress at Kansas City and (111 ( some other west cm dates , it si hoped that ho can be booked for a Lincoln engagement. Nebracka Wheat Production. Grain dealers estimate the probable wheat production in Nebraska this year at upwards of' twenty million bushels , which is about half the istato'a crop In 1909 The normal amount produced In this state In past years has been 40,000,000 , and about half a crop Is what the grain men expect , taking the state altogether. The southeastern counties are worse lilt than the region farther west , but some of the North Platte territory has also suffered , notably a part of I'lntto county north of Columbus. TUBERCULOSIS LAW. Copy of the Enactment Effective July 1 , 1909. There having boon some crltlclnm ot the Nebraska laws regulating tubercu losis , the Poole enactment passed by , the last legislature and effective July 1 of last year , IH herewith printed ; M07. Sec. 4. ( Consumptives , Hos pital Care ) . Any person who Is afflict ed with tuberculosis disease of the res piratory organs of a curable nature , and who ban been a resident of this Htato for at least one year contlnuouslj preceding the application for his or her admission to a hospital under the provisions of this act , and who is with * out means to pay for hospital care and treatment , may be admitted to such treatment under the provisions of thla act. 4707. Sec. G. ( Board of Health- Duty ) . It shall bo the duty of the Ne braska ntnto board of health to Insti tute Inquiry for and receive applica tions from hospitals In this state for the care and treatment of the persons described in section 1 of this act. It shall pass upon and make a list of the hospitals suitably equipped and man aged and willing to receive patients under this act , and send a list thereof to each county cleric in the state. It shall prescribe regulations for the care , housing and nursing of each pa tient , and see that the same are com piled with. Provided , that the charges at any such hospital for any patient under thlu act shall not exceed $7 per week , and shall Include board , lodging , care and medical services. Provided further , that It is made obligatory for any such hospital or sanltorium to use modern treatment by Immuniza tion ( vaccine therapy ) In addition to open air and other sanitary methods. 4707. Sec. C. ( Expenses by County. ) It Is hereby made the duty of each county in this state to bear the pe cuniary burdens of caring for the per sons described in section 1 of this act In the manner provided by this act. Upon written application to the county judge signed by the person seeking treatment or by some relative or friend , setting forth the name , resi dence and circumstances of such per son , the county Judge shall order a hearing and examine under oath such persons ns may be required by him to establish the facts. If the county Judge shall bo satisfied that all the conditions named In section 1 of this act are fulfilled he shall approve the application in writing and certify the same to the county board of that coun ty. It shall thereupon bo the duty of the county board to provide for the transportation of such person to some hospital In the state approved by the state board of health and willing to receive such a patient and to pay for his or her care and treatment there. Provided , no person shall bo cared for under the provisions of this act with out a certificate from a practicing phy sician that such person Is afflicted with tuberculosis disease of the respi ratory organs of a curable nature. Mr. C. W. Poole , author of this meas ure , presenting the same for publica tion , says : "While- do not contend that this measure is perfect , I believe It to bo a step In the right direction out of which Nebraska will eventually have a law second to none In the union. " New Equipment for Rock Island. The Rock Island railroad has filed with the secretary of state Ha con tract with the Bankers' Trust com pany for new equipment for Its sys tem , to cost $0,750,000 , for the pay ment of which bonds have been Is sued. Laws Out of Date. In an address to the State Medical association Dr. J. B. Greene , former ly superintendent of the Lincoln asylum , but now of Illinois , said the Nebraska laws for the administra tion of charitable Institutions were the most antequated In the country. Vacancies Filled. The executive committee of the Nebraska association for. . promoting the interests of the blind mot last week. Two new members were elected to fill the vacancies on the executive committee. They were Miss Etta Caton of Lincoln and Frank IJrlgham of College View. Charge of White Slavery. Orln Teeters , under arrest at Nel son , has been extradited by Governor Shallcnbcrgor , and will bo taken back to Oklahoma on the charge of "white slavery , " an offense that Is punishable by the Oklahoma law by Imprison ment In the penitentiary from five to twenty years. Sheriff R. E. Reeder of Kay county , arrived in Lincoln to take the prisoner back with him. He says Teeters Is accused of taking Violet Pontious , aged seventeen , for Immoral purposes. Teeters and the girl have been traveling about in Oklahoma and Kansas since last January. The glrJ says Teeters promised to marry her but has not done so. The Fourth of July celebration to bo held In Beatrice this year under the auspices of the fire department will bo made the occasion for a mili tary display. Segregation of Earnings. The State Railway commission Us toned to the attorneys for Lincoln and the traction company over the question of a segregation of the earn Ings of the several companies owned by the proprietors of the traction company , The stock of the traction company also Includes a heating plant , power plant and un electric light plant , all of which are run by the same plant that operates the street cars. The commission Is trying to got at what portion of the earning ! should un to the several industries , . STUDY OF ASTRONOMERS WERE BUSY OBSERVING - SERVING HALLEY'S COMET. MUCH VALUABLE DATA OBTAINED Will Throw Light on Composition of Comets' Tails Earth In Tall of Comet Little Moro Than Five Hours. The comet cnme , the comet went , and this little old earth is no worse and no better , and thus far , very little wiser. There was no collision , as the su perstitious and the Ignorant feared , and now that the comet Is headed awny from us , there will be no lecur- rcnce of the manifestations of terror that were recorded from all parts of the country and of the world. The earth did pass through the tail of the comet , but nobody suffocated from the deadly cyanogen gas. To the naked eye the tall of the comet was "the veriest approach to nothing set In the midst of naught. " In fact the phe nomena of the daylight hours of Wed nesday were far more interesting. Dur ing the afternoon sun spots were ob served in varying numbers about the same hour from five western observa tories , but the astronomers who re corded them were almost unanimous In the belief that these disturbances of the solar atmosphere had nothing to do with the approach of the come' ' and were merely coincidental. I Thirty sun spots were seen from St. Louis , of which the largest was esti mated .to be 150,000 miles acioss ; t\vo i I from San Jose , Gal. , with thirteen surrounding pores , or smaller spots ; three "considerably accentuated" spots from Chicago , three connected spots j from Vallejo , Cal. , and two from Port land , Ore. None of the eastern ob servatories had anything of note to report either during the day or night. At Chicago and at Williams Bay , Wis. , where is the great Ycrkcs telescope , the conditions for observations seemed the best and the astronomers there believe that the negative as well as the positive results of their examina tion would bo of lasting value. While- the performance took a little more than five hours , astronomers dif fered as to the exact time the earth began to pass through the comet's tall , but the general oplnlos averages be tween 10 and 11 o'clock Wednesday night. The combined speed of the earth and the tall of the comet was estimated at slightly more than forty- six miles a second and the breadth of the tall at about a million miles. Friday the comet will become visible again , headed away from us with the tail sticking straight up out of the western sky a little above where the sun sinks. At the end of a month , good-bye for another seventy-five years. Yerkes Observatory , Williams Bay , iVls. , May 19. (1 ( a. m. ) As the world passed through the tall of Halley's comet astronomers at the Yerkes ob servatory here secured photographs and accurate records of meteoric phe nomena and varying heavenly Illum ination under atmospheric conditions nearly perfect for \vork with camera and telescope. The pictures and data are considered of unusual value and may develop scientific information and theories of unexpected importance. Prof. Edward B. Barnard , one of the world's greatest authorities on comets , was much pleased with the result of his observations , which have extended almost without interruption for a per iod of forty-eight hours. A most painstaking search warf made through the tail of the comet for spots where illumination might be lacking. This lack of Illumination , it was Indicated , may aid greatly in determining the substance of the glow that follows the comet's head. A Hundred Men Are Killed. Havana. Two almost simultaneous explosions of dynamite supposed to consist of 3,000 pounds completely de molished the rural guard barracks In the city of Pina del Rio Wednesday af ternoon. Fully one hundred persons were killed and nearly as many ser iously wonudcd. Most of the dead were rural guard , but the entire families of several of the olllccrs of the guards , It Is report ed , were killed also as were several emplrves of the public works depart ment and icsidcnts of the city on which f 11 a deluge of masonry and de bris from the blown-up building. Convicted of Murder. Bollevllle , Kits. Charles Nordmark was convicted of murder In the second degree her9 Wednesday. The crime was the murder of Alexander Llndhal and his small son and daughter. The Jury was out twenty hours. New Bishops Selected. Ashville , N. C. Rev W. R. Lambnth of Tennessee , and Rev. W. D. Mouz- on and Rev. R. G. Watcrhouao of Vlr glnia were elected bishops on the fourth ballot at the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church South , according to the announcement made shortly after the opening of the conference. On the sixth ballot Rev. J. H. McCoy of Birmingham , Ala. , waa elected as the seventh bishop , filing the college of bishops. WOMAN By Lydia E.Pinldiam's Vegetable Compound Black Duck , Minn. "About a year ngo I wrote you that I waa sick and could not do any of iny housework. My sickness was calico lletrofloxion. When 1 would sit down I felt as if I could not fret up. I took n - f-w * v v vr * * Lydia E. Pinkham'a vegetable Compound - pound and did just as you told mo and now I am perfectly cured , and have a 1 big baby boy. " Mrs. ANNA ANDERSON , Box 10 , Black Duck , Minn. Consider This Advico. No woman should submit to a surgi. cal operation , which may mean death , until she has given Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound , made exclusive ly from roots and herbs , a fair trial. This famous medicine for women has for thirty years proved to bo the most valuable tonic and invigoratorof the female organism. Women resid ing in almost every city and town in the United States bear willing testi mony to the wonderful virtue of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. It cures female ills , and creates radi ant , buoyant female health. If you are ill , for your own sake ns well as these you love , give it a trial. Mrs. Pinklmm , at Lynn , Mass. . invites all sick women to writtf her for advice. Her ad vice is free , and always helpful. Information. Census Taker What Is your color ? Sweet Young Thing George nays It Is peaches and cream. Get Some Free Land In Colorado , Rich soil , fine cllmato. Write W. F. Jones , 700 Majestic Bldg. , Denver , Colo. , for full particulars. Exercise Good for It. Asked the progressive woman ol the beauty culturlst : "Don't you think women should exercise the suffrage ? " "Certainly. My method will Increase It two Inches. " Puck. Something Visible. "Show me some tiaras , please. I want one for my wife. " "Yes , sir. About what price ? " "Well , at such a price that I can cay : 'Do you see that woman with the tiara ? She Is my wlfo. ' " Out of the Race. Because of the general scrapping match between the various cities as to who shall have the honor of the National or International Congress of Aviators , Washington and Baltimore have both withdrawn from the whole business. A Divided Family. The bright six-year-old daughter ot & physician happened Into his recep tion room the other day and a wait ing woman patient engaged her In con versation. "I suppose-you go to church and Sunday school ? " she asked. "Oh , yes , ma'am , " she replied. "And what denomination do your parents belong to ? " "Why , " said the little one , "mam ma's a Presbyterian and papa's a Btomach specialist. " Benefit m Outdoor Schools. Speaking before the National Assocl ation for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis recently , Dr. Henry Far- num Stoll of Hartford , Conn. , said : "Every city should have one or more such Institutions for all delicate , so- called scrofulous or anaemic children , and those with tuberculosis of the' bones , who are now In ordinary schools. Doctor Stoll declared that twenty to forty per cent of , school children In large cities are Infected with tuberculosis. By the use ot tn- culln , It was ascertained that 79 per cent , of the children from tuberculous homes were Infected as against only 20 per cent , of these from supposedly healthy homes. It was alee found that 50 per cent , of the frail children from healthy homes had the germs of the disease , but that only 13 per cent , ol the robust children from similar bomca were thus affected. A clear brain and Steady , dependable nerves Can win wealth and fame For their owner. Clear headedness and a Strong , healthy body Depend largely on the Right elements in Regular food and drink. Coffee contains caffeine A poisonous drug. Postum is rich in the Gluten and phosphates that Furnish the vital energy That puts "ginger" and "hustle" Into body and brain. " ' " "There's a Reason"