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About Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1901)
V" * Jtcpublicmi Published oTcry Thuredny nt the County Boat. 1) . 91. AMS1UUUY\ : J. a-O < llco tn Ctiftcr Hlock , Fourth Ate.- Entered nt llio poatonico nt Uroken How , Nch. , ai BOCond-clBBB mnttor for trin mlt lon tlircniK > i UioU. B. Malls. BUU80UUTION I'ltlOB : One Year , in advauco , . JI.UO TliUKSDAY , MAY 10 , 1001. While it muat be conceded by all that the re-election of William AlcKiuloy bns brought an end to the rebellion in the I'hilippineu , tlicro is another fact an potent to bo remembered , and that is that those who opposed the prosecution of the war against the insurgent ? did noi contribute to bringing about the happy lenuiimtion of the rebellion by voting for MoKitiley. They did not vote as they preached. The North River Bridge Co. , of Pennsylvania , have arranged to build a bridge from lloboken to Honhettors. The various railroads whoso business it will .luoonimodato are back of the sohnmo. It is esti mated that it will take four yo.TH to complete the bridge , and that it will cost 180,000,000. There will bo sixteen tracks for railroad trains and the strength of the structure will be Huflioiont for trains to run at full speed. Above them will be trolley tracks , drive ways , liyoiulo paths and foot ways. The bridge will bo the largest in the world The Republican oflico acknow ledges Uio receipt of ft copy of Remington's Newspaper Directory for 1001. This is a very valuable hand book as it is full of informa tion , arranged for ready reference , concisely compiled , handsomely and substantially bound , and issued by Edward P. Remington's Newspaper Agency , Pittsburg , PA. The direc tory contains full and complete list of all newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and Canada , with their days of issue , politics and circulation , and the population of eabh town , county and stale whore a newspaper is Li ; published , whiou makes it of special valno to each advertiser. tJ At Evanaton , Wyoming , the U. P. Railroad in Sinking a well for water has discovered an oil tiold The shaft was sunk 1,200 foot but no water wai found. At the depth of 423 fuut was struck a heavy flow of lubricating oil. At the dojth | of & 25 feet a largo vein o ! id i petroleum was struck 05 per cent , pure. . At 1,120 feet another veino oil wan struck , which is said to bo the richest natural oil over discover ed in this country , The B , Ac i\l Railroad survey of the extension o it's Guernsey line to Salt Lake passes over the same section o 1 country and within live miloH of the U. P. well. The land is oil ownet by the government , and if being , filed on very rapidly in miuora tracks of 20 acres. A grand jury is a creature of law that seldom has an existence in fact iu Nebraska niuco the law has been amended ao as to provide for the calling pf a grand jury only on the application of the county attorney But last week a grand jury wus im panelled iu Hall county for the purpose of finding an indictment against ouo Jack Smith wick , who was accused of stealing thirteen hogs valued at 8100 , from Couutv Superintendent llaye last March. While iu ses aion they uot only filed complaint against Stnithwiuk , but they con demned the court house , county jail and demanded that fire escapes bo built to both the colleges , St Francis Hospital and several other public buildings of the city. The man Smithwiok when sent aflor by the sheriff had lied. "In a few days , or just ae soon as they can forgot that $000,000,000 wai lost iu Wall street in one day uuder a republican president , the g. o. p. organs will again lake up their favorite pastime of talking about the great financial losses sus tained under a democratic presi dent " World-Herald. Thu above shows how hard up ibo democratic press is for an argu ment against tbo republican admin * istratiou. The financial puuio ex perienced uudtr a democratic ad- ninistration from ' 03 to ' 97 was very different from the gambling in Blocks in Now York last week , The two transactions wi'l ' not per mit of comparison from a national or political standpoint even should the loss in thu latter equal the iniouul of the former. The finan cial IOHS under democratic reign from ' 03 to ' 97 was universal so far in the business of the United States were concerned. No indi vidual esciped its depressing in- luonco. Rich and poor , from the lighest to the lowest , suffered to a greater or less degree from the panic brought on under a demo , oratic administration , Could the loss have boon estimated in dollars and eoutri that was sustained by individuals , $000,000,000 would be small in comparison. The depreci ation in value of real , estate alone , is a result of the panto of that amontablo period far oxccetlo.1 the amount the gamblers lout on Wall street last week. Then there in the stocks , bonds , manufactures , banke , norchantu , and every other indus try that eilhor wont to the wall or suffered greatly as a result of the naugeration of tno free trade ad ministration , which in the aggre gate amounted to billions instead of nillioiiH. Another difference be tween thriu which proves .that the two losses cannot admit of honest comparison is the cause as well an thu effect. The financial panic which prevailed from ' 03 to ' 97 was the direct result ol the government > olicy of ftoo trade , advocated by , lie democratic party and enacted into law us soon as the party came into power. Purely political. The effect upon the business interests of .he country wan universal. Every jusinesH as well as every individual suffered irom it. The wild trans actions in Wall street last week , in which it is claimed the speculators lost $000,000,000 was not of a polit ical nature nor was the republican administration in any seuso respon sible for it , except for the prosper ous times which provided men am ple means with which to gamble in large sums of money , The deal ings were voluntary on the part of the individuals from a speculative standpoint. They bought and sold on imaginative values and when the day of reckoning came they had no stock lo deliver and had to put up their cash and got nothing in rotuin. The individual speculators in the deal were the solo aufferers. The railroad bonds which sold on the board of trade iu the main re mained the property of their orig inal owners and the wild prices bid by the bulls was no inducement to Jim Hill & Co. to part with their stocks. Thus the control of the Great Northern and Ihe Burling * ton roads were neither enhanced or deoroasad in value and no one suff ered loss except those who bought futures and failed to sell in time to realize a profit. No panic resulted in the financial world. No butnuosa was disturbed and only those who bought and sold what they conic not deliver were effected. No la > \ of the land had at > y effect upon the transactions and the republican party is in no sonao responsible for the results. The Spirit of Arbor Day. Nebraska has the honor of s'art- ing Arbor Day. In Ihe year 1874 the Nebraska state board of agri culture recommended that a day beset set apart each year for tree plant * ing. The institution has spruaci until now the observance is almost universal iu the United States. In some oases the day is fixed by law and in others by annual appoint merit. The march of Arbor Day ever the country begins iu December in Georgia and ends to-day ii Rhode Island. The original imr pose of the holiday was the planting of new trees. The woodland area of the United States is thirty-six and one-half per cent , of llio tola land area , but the axe and tire are destructive. The wisdom am necessity of guarding the trees are evident , for a treeless country soon becomes desert , The idea of Arbor Day quickly broadened into the setting out of shrubs , vines anc ( lowers , the preservation and oaro of trees and forests , better overflight of school grounds , parka BUI cemeteries , which belong for the most part to the public , Private enterprise has also caught the spirit of the day. In all those lines the holiday has berne fruit and is jig with future promise. As might bo expected , the observ ance of the day first touched merely the external aspects of' the com munity. Attention has thus been drawn to the condition of public area nuoh as nohools and park spaces , roadsides , local cemeteries and semi-public grounds under church or other ownership. The day has generally led to putting these properties in order at least once a jear and frequently to their better permanent care. The com munity eye , so to speak , has boon opened wider to see what waa ui - seen before in fine natural features or opportunities for local improve , mont or adornment. Splendid HIII- glo trees , slrcches of roadside trees , the village green , the brook and stream , the bridges and other dements of the town have attracted public notice. An appreciation of the value of these things has atoad- ily frown. AH a plain Now Hampshire pshiro farmer , living daily among mountains , lakes and forest roads , said : "I did not sou these before , but now I mind them. " Provi dence Journal , Rhode Inland. Commander John Itcesc Retires At the concluding cession of the G A R.encampment the first of the week John Reese of this citywho has so efficiently filled the position of Commander of the Department of Nebraska -Grand Army of the Re public surrendered the office to his Buowofipor R. S. Wiloox ot Omahn. Commander Reese has h.indlvd the finances of the organization in a highly satisfactory way as is shown by the report of the treasurer. When ho assumed the duties of the oflico a year ago , the department treasury had only six hundred del lars. Ho loaves it with nearly one thousand dollars , which is account ed for by the statement that Com mander Recce payed a great deal of his own expenses. In his annual address Mr. Reese discussed the pension system at length , complimontinu the govern ment on the fact that "No other na tion had so righteously remembered the defenders of its flag in the matter tor of pensijns as has the United States. " Ho noticed the complaint so frequently made by the old soldier because of the different construc tion put on the pension laws by different commissioners of pensions and the injustice so frequently done. Ho called attention to the work of the committee appointed at the National Encampment a year ago at Chicago , which through congress had secured an amendment to the law so as to remove the ambiguity of the law , so lhat an interpretation unfavorable to the soldier cannot well be placed upon it. Ho further stated that : "The limitation of the income allowed widows has beou raised from ninety-six dollars to two hun dred fifty dollars per year , and an ant was passed restoring pensions to widows of soldloi'B who had lout their pensions by re-marrying and who have again become widows. "Tho amendment to the pension law also provides that each infirm ity alleged by an applicant shall be separately rated and the sum total shall form the basis for the pen sion. "A bill wae introduced in the late congress through the tfforts of this committee whereby , should it become a law , a court of appeals will bo created to which the appeal will Ho from an adverse ruling by the commissioner upon the claim of auy applicant for p pension. 'The applicant , under its pro visionsiwill also posses the right to bo represented by counsel , and iu all respects have the en me privileges allowed to parties iu the courts ol justice , and I am convinced lhat a law of this character will remove even the appearance of favoritism ) as the applicants claim will ho passed od upon by a court whoso integrity cannot be questioned. "Tho impression which exists in the minds of many of the comrades that the commissioner uses the power of his position to obstruct the laws by pretexts real or imagin ary , will bo removed , and the vet- rau'a claim will bo speedily determ ined by an unprejudiced tribunal. "An not generally known as 'tho votian's preference bill , ' was intro duced in the Fifty-sixth congress and WOB urged by the committee with all imaginable porsorverance mil ability. It waa largely duo to thu interest in this measure shown jy our chief executive that it was Drought before the lower branch of our congress und although thu vole of that body was unfavorable to the bill , it is > ratifying to us lo know that it hail iho hearty sauc lion and oarnrsl approval of our Comrade William MoKinloy , a wearer of the bronze button. "For the purpose of mooting the opinion wo have some tune heard expressed that fraud is a prominent feature of the prnsion department , wo will submit for your considera tion ail extract from the report of the attorney general of the United Status for the year ending June 30 , 1000. This report discloses tl number of convictions for infringe - menlB of the internal revc'iiuo laws to have been 3,7f > b of the postal laws 772 and of the pension laws only MO. and of this number but a Hinall fraction waH committed by the soldiers. We think this show ing will bo Huflioiont to convince any fair-minded person cf the hon esty of the comrades in iheir efforts to secure what is justly due them under the law and to establish the integrity of the prnsion roll. " Favors a Service Pension : "In my judgment the time has arrived when every , loyal , union soldier , who has received an honor able discharge , should receive a pension at the hands of the nation. A servioo pension law should be urged by our comrades and passed by the next o" > ngroes , and [ earnest ly recommend that this department will pass suitable service pension resolutions. " THE HOME GOLD CURE. An li.uuiilouM Treatment Iiy Wlilcli OruuJcarctM arc lleluj' Cured iialiy in Hplle ot "t No NuxtoiiN l OHes. No WenUeu- fllic NerveH. A I'lean- nt atid oSftive Cure 1'or tlie I.iqtior Ilalnt. It is now g i ! ii orally known and under stood that Lirunkmiucss Is a decease and not weiikueBB. A body tilled with poison nIK ! norvea complutclv shattered by periodical or constunt use o ( iotoxienUnt : liquors , requites an antidote capable ot neutralizing : md eradicating thla poison and deatrfyh'g the craving for lutox- icnnta. Suffers may now cure them- BulvPH at ttomu without publicity or lots o ( time irom business by tills wonderful 'Ilome Gold Cure" which has been per. fected nft-T many years of close study and treatment pt inebriates The faith ful use according ' j thu directions of thl8 wonderful discovery Is positively guaiiinteed to cure the moat obatlnal'e case , no miitt3r how hard ft drinker Our records show the marvelous trans formation of thousands of biunkurda Into Bober , Industrious and upijght men. Wives Curu Your Ilimtituid * . Children ron Cure Your Faihers. This remedy Is In no seneu a noatium but ia u specillo ( or this disease only , and is so skillfully devised anil prepared that it ia tin rough ly soluble und pleasant to the ttbto so that It can be given' In a cup of taa or cell tie without th * Knowledge of the per son taking it. Thousands of Drunkards have cured themselves with thli priceless remedy , aud as luauy inoio Iwvo been ctiri'd und madu tempers to man by having the "Uuro" ndualnistared by lov ing friends and relatives without tholr knowledge In collca or tea , and believe to-dny that they dlecontUied drinking of their own free will. Do Not Wait. Do not bo deluded by apparent and in 'end- lug "improvement. " Drive out the disease at once and for till time. The 11 Home Gold Oure" rs sold at the extremely low prict ; of Ouo Dollar , thus placing witbin reacti of everybody a treatment more oilcetual than olnora costing $ 'J5 to 50. full dlr onti accompany each package. Sp elal ndvlco by skilled phvnlclaiiH when re quested without extra charge. Sent prepaid to any part ot thu world on rerept of One Dollr.r. Add-e s Dan' E 177EDWIN B. GileB&OOML'ANY,2iiO ; ; and 2332 Market Slrnot. Philadelphia. All correspondence strictly confidetial. flt A Lnrge Stock of WALLPAPER PAPER New Spring Styles. New Line oi Buggies , Surreys , Spring Wagons and Farm Wagons. G. W. Apple- I < . 4 * Mt b'OH SALE A live room cottage with lawn , trccn , Inrgo barn , cellar and uood well , within two bloolcH of thn publio square. A bargain. Inquire at this office. 5-0 ii w TilE STANDAKD UA1TLE CO wislioi to make hay contracts for itH ranch in Cherry county. Wo will fnrniHli all niachinury and pay $1 00 per ton , or a higher price when machinery is furnish ed by contractor. Wo are will ing to moke Hinall contracts on basin of our furnishing maobin- ory. Add'OBS John PorU-r , Supt. , 1'ullman , Cherry county , Nob. , or the Standard Cuttle Company , Ames , Neb. 5-9 tf FOR SALE Five room house , half block of public square , For particular * * inquire of A , R. llumphroy. f3 tf. The old and reliable firm of DiorkH Lumber Co. is the plaoo to j o for lumber 'cr coal. A good supply and grades to moot the wants of their customers are always in Htook. 321tf I'or Hale or Trutle. ' A house and lot in Mason City to sell or trade for stock ; also a good ton foot wind mill with tower , that I will dispose of the same way. fob ? tf A. Y. SUTTOK. Hrokon Bow , Nobr. WILSON & DRAKE | f $ New Location , Four Doors North Broken Bow Slate Bank. i } 7. flft The man that would refuse to ; y&kuy one of these Nobby little v'iisuits for his only little boy at one il . < * * .dollar . fifty P fi kt 1 fof : . 11--.V Should be treated like this ; dd 40iiBir. Pwould serve him right. The Strength of this Iff Great Clothing Stoie | | lies in the fact that all our goods | | are bought direct from the manupp f acturer at the lowest possible cash $ $ prices , and we always sell every | | | garment at the lowest possible $ ' pricesand we offer to the econom ical good dresser of Broken Bow today and every day the greatest inducements in clothing that have l } | | ' been offered by any house in the { * $ west. $ &j nien'H HuItH Vnr Four Ninety-Five , fig Consisting of an assortment of all J- Wool Cassimers and Cheviots ; &jj good linings , good goods and well j made , superior to any low priced $ fj suit on the market today. All Wool Velour Suits Six Seventy-Five. This is by far the best values ever shown in a fine suit. Strictly all $ ? ? wool , nicely tailored and worth in ! / ' any market 88.50 or $9.00. All Wool Clay Worsted Suits , Six Mnet y. | $ This line of Men's allWool , finely | | | tailored , Clay Worsted suits at JM $ f > .90 is a corker. Come in either $ & round or square cut is actually $ * 7 ; worth $9.00 , but the cash in the | ( g right place at the right time turns gj&f many a sharp bargain for us. Bet- $ { ler Clay suits at $9.50 , $9-90 , and Jig $12 00. ? | R | ( lo a Courting , Study Nature und ditch + a Wife. Slr To be successful in this little manHl euver you should be rigged out iniu - one of our many nobby style Dress $ r suits. We are showing an ele'fSfl gant line of fine suits in all the | jj | new and popular styles including ? Military suitsCambridgesuitsetc si Childs Vcstee suits al9Sc , $1.50 , $1.75 , S2.00 , $2.85 , $3.75$4.)0 ( ) , etc. Each and every one a distinctive bargain. These sixes run . rom 3 to 8 years , and at these ages , the mama always - ways takes great delighi in having her darling boy dressed in Natty Shape. but when the boy arrives at the age of 9 the old man is supposed to appear on the scene , and of course then he wants the boy to look "Manly" just like papa. We have the little suits to fit him out just right ages 9 to 16 years. Round cut coat , double brcnstcd vest and short pants very nobby little suits , good materials , at $3.50 , * 3. ( > 5 , $4.40 , $5.00 and up. VoilllK' M'I 'H HtlltH , In sixes 14 to 20. Here is JRi $ where you find good valS lies. We are showing a $ $ splendid line of Youths jVi r > suits in all wool casitncres , ! j : cheviots and fancy worsteds - $ eds at prices no one can $ match. ; Unmatchable bargains | f in Hats , Caps , Underwear # and Furnishing Goods. si Our Men's Summer underwear - & ] | j wear at 25c , 50c and 75c & you'll find to be just a Lilf f S tie Better than can be had $ $ elsewhere for the money , ifi-f , m KK" r.n : GENTS 5ocTIES THREE FOR A DOLLAR. We have just received from the factory in Baltimore j m's Fashionable Neckwear , ai out on her spring bonnet. & Vf - f , ?