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The Cusler County Republican D. M. AMSBERRY , Editor BKOKEN BOW , . NEBRASKA A Boiling Down of ( he More Impor tant Events Here aiid There Foreign. An Individual believed to be Insane and having an imaginary grievance against the war department , shot and ncriously wounded General Verand In Paris on the steps of the Hotel Con tinental. It was later discovered that ho had made a mistake in his man. It is nineteen days since the Her- rcra line steamer Maria Herrera left Santiago , Culm , with a cargo of cattle , bound for Ponce , Porto Rico , where nho was expected to arrlvo November 11. The steamer , however , has not been heard from and It Is believed that nhe was foundered. The Invitation from the United States for Great Britain to partici pate In an International comerenco with a view to regulating the killing of seals In the International waters of North America has been referred through the colonial office in Canada. The London foreign olllco learned Indirectly that Germany had Informed the Htato department of the United Statcti that she had agreed to the terms by which the British , French and German groups of financiers wore each to surrender a portion of their iiharos In the Chinese railway loan in order to enable the Americans to par ticipate. The more liberal section of the French episcopate , headed by Archblah- op Turlnase of Hnncy , arc beginning to question the wisdom of the militant Hcctlon which began the formation of n league of Catholic voters In the com ing elections. Instead the former ad vocate a broader union , which shall Include , with the Catholics , other con- Bervatlvo forces. General. Senator Brown says the Insurgents will be In evidence at the coming BOB- uion of congress. The president will exert nil his In fluence looking to changes in the In terstate commerce act. President Delano of the Wabash railroad , Is Bald to have been profered the Chinese mission. A Greenville ( Ohio ) man killed his mother and a deputy sheriff , wounded two others and committed suicide. Senator Aldrich says the panic of 35107 cost the country $2,000ouO,000. See. Meyer has proposed sweeping changes in the navy. Attorney General Wickersham , Sen ators Elklns and Cummins conferred on changes in the Interstate commerce net. After hearing Samuel Gompers cpeak at Cooper union 200 members of the Ladles' Waist makers union de cided to go on strike for shorter hours and higher wages. George Crocker , youngest son of the late Call Torn fa millionaire , Charles C. Crocker , Is slowly dying at his homo In Now York from a malady said to bo a cancer. Bloodhounds proved so far unsuc cessful In running down the assail ant of soventeen-year-old Myra Smith at Lima , Ohio , who was attacked in the- streets , that there came near be ing a lynching of the wrong man. The gunboat Prlncton was ordered by the navy department to sail for Corlnto , Nicaragua , to Join the gun boat Vlcksburg , already ut that port Speaker Cannon , In a speech at Kansas City , defended the rules ol the house. Serious rock and snowslidcs on the Canadian Pacific railway In the Rocky mountains have compelled the cancel lation of all trains. / The Great plains reconnolssanco party of the United States bureau of sollfl , Is assembling \Mctorla , Tex. During the winter work will be done along the Gulf coast north of Corpus Christ ! . Low fares have been secured for the National Corn Exposition that opens In Omaha December Gth. Congress will turn the light on the water power problem. Heavy loss of life Is feared as the result of an explosion in a coal mine at Onoura , Eukoko province , Japan Fifteen men are known to have per- iBhed , while 228 miners arc entombed In the workings. Congress is to bo assaiicd by re form organizations within a day or BO after It convenes. Governor Deneen of Illinois , It was made known recently , will postpone convening the general assembly In special session pending the outcome of the Investigation of the Cherry mine disaster. Congressman Do Armond of Miss- pourl , who lost his life in a fire at his home , had served nineteen years In congress. The United States and Chile at last have reached final agreement as to the terms of a prbtocol referring to King Edward for n definite settlement ol the celebrated Alsop claim. Twenty Japanese were killed and fifteen injured , several of them fatal ly , in the wreck of a work train on the Great Northern railway between Vancouver and New Westminster. In a fire at Kansas City 140 horses wore burned to death Five members of family klllul Iwo fatally hurt when trolley cur hits an auto near Los Angeles. The government faces important problems relating to channels and terminals In proposed waterways Im provement. Congressman Carter of Oklahoma Is critically ill. Rear Admiral R. 71. Ingersoll , n member of the general board of the navy , will be placed on the retired list. Jamcn J. Hill has offered to give the Huron collcgo at Huron , S. D. , $50 , 000 of UR endowment fund. Tnomas Moaghcr.of Manila , P. I. , son of tno Irish patriot , died of pneu monia following an attempt to com mit suicide. Five miles of the Panama canal have been opened to navigation. This Includes the channel from a point In the Bay of Panama. Steamships plyIng - Ing between San /ranclsco and Pa nnma and the west coast ports of South America mil Panama arc using this part of the canal daily. James Freeman Curtis of Boston , now United States district attorney nnd once intercollegiate golf champion of the United States , has been chosen assistant secretary of the U. S. treasury. Mrs. Roosevelt and her daughter iavo returned from Europe. Customs frauds at New York are not limited to the sugar cases. What appears to have been an at- : empt upon the life of Baron Albert llothRchlld of Vienna Is reported from Schlllcrsdorf , the Rothschild hunting scat In upper Silesia. Oslerization of army officers to a radical degree was recommended to the war department by General Leon ard Wood , in command of the depart ment of the East. Ho wants an eli mination law enacted , so that officers above the grade of captain will attain grades on an average of at least ten years younger than at present. The Chilean government has again announced KB desire to subscribe to n protocol submitting the Alsop claim to The Hague tribunal for arbitration , and has deposited in London $1,000- 000 to the order of The Hague per manent court. Nicaraguan insurgents arc preparing for a final struggle. Lyinan J. Gage , former secretary of the treasury , was married nt San Di ego to Mrs. Ada Ballon. Gage is 73 , his wife 35. Power of revolutionists Is gaining strength In Nicaragua. At this writing , November 27 , Presi dent Taft has not done anything ,6n his forthcoming message to congress. It may be many weeks before all bodies are removed from the Illinois mine , wherein 'they ' were killed by black damp. Morgan Chambers , a negro , was and Deputy Joe Camp at Median , Miss. , by a mob of 200 Basked men and his body riddled with'bullets. ' Washington. The forthcoming report of the spe cial naval board , of which Roar Ad miral Swift is chairman , it Is de clared , will submit recommendations to the secretary of the navy that will revolutionize the operation of Ameri can navy yards. Officials refuse to give any Idea of what the report will bo , but experts arc of the opinion that concentration will be the burden of tne report. Practically every small railroad in the country carries the United States malls at a dead loss , according to Ralph Peters , president of the Long Island Railroad company , who called upon President Tnft to pay his re spects. The appropriations made by congress for carrying the mails , Mr. Peters declared , arc utterly Inade quate and ho stated that ho would take up the subject with that body this winter. "I shall cheerfully aid you in youi proposed temperance movement in the army , " promises General Frederick Grant , In command of the Department of the Great Lakes , In a letter ad dressed to the Rov. Wilber F. Crafts of Washington , superintendent of the International Reform Bureau. President Taft said ho enjoyed his Thanksgiving dinner because nc speechmaklng had to follow. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson , outlining work mapped out for cer tain bureaus of the Department ol Agriculture next year , said that a soil survey would be made of the western part of Nebraska and Kansas in the development of a plan comprehending the survey of the entire Unltcil States. The Interior department 1ms with drawn from disposition , as containing water power possibilities , about 9,00-1 acres of land along the Smith river in Montana. This tract will bo held In reserve pending action by congress which Is expected to enact legislation governing the disposal of power sites on the public domain. A portion of the lands withdrawn arc unsurveyed. Personal. Walter Wellman calls Dr. Cook a fraud , and says his claim to the polo discovery Is bogus. Cubans are becoming dissatlsflei with the administration of Presldon Gomez , and want him displaced. Dr. Cook , of Arctic fame , Is said to bo on the point of a nervous break down. Secretary of the Interior Balllngo has made his annual report. In a street duel with knives at Al lea , Ark. , Miss Nora Owens was fat ally Injured by Miss Stella Uolk am died within a few minutes. It is thought that bodies of many men In the Illinois uilno will never bo recovered. Six summary dismissals were made at the Now York customs house. The general counsel of the Stnnd , ard Oil company sees the bright side of the court decision. Castro IB accused of trying to fo ment trouble In Venezuela. GALLS I ELECTION GOVERNOR PROCLAIMS REGARDING - ING NEW COUNTY VOTE TO BE MEN JftN , 10TH One of the Important Features of the Corn Show Soon to be Held in Lincoln. Governor Shallenborg'cr has issued a proclamation calling an election in ho new county of Garden to be held January 10. The polls open from 8 a. in. to G p. in. Polling places shall bo the same an at the last general election. At the election the location of a county scat shall be determined mil the following officers chosen : County clerk , clerk of the district court , treasurer , Judge , sheriff , as- lessor , surveyor , superintendent , three commissioners , and all township and ) recinct officers , except those previ- > usly elected and qualHtied In the county of Deuol from which the new county has been formed and whose terms of office shall not have expired it the time of the election and whoso residence In embraced In the limits of : ho now county , shall continue in of- Ice until their terms expire. The notice of election shall be published for two consecutive weeks preceding the election In a newspaper of gen eral circulation in the county , and by posting in a consplclous place at each | ) olllng place at least two weeks be fore the election. Lincoln Has Corn Show. One of the important features of the State Corn Growers' show , to beheld held Irv the Lincoln Auditorium Jan uary 17-21 , will bo an exhibition of wheat. Up to date corn has always had precedence In both local and national shows , but the Nebraska Millers' association , realizing the im portance of wheat to the state , has decided to assist in a movement to ward Increasing Its quantity and qual ity. With this end in view the mil lers have arranged to co-operate with the Corn association and have offered a valuable trophy for the best ex hibit of wheat , to be given at the an nual show each year. Much of the widespread Interest in corn through out the state Is duo to the efforts of the state association. It Is hoped that the society will be as successful with wheat. In addition to the Millers' trophy several cash prizes for wheat ex hibits have been offered. The Mil lers' trophy for sweepstakes , will bo n large silver piece of a special de sign mounted on an ebony base. The base will be hollow and a sample of the winning exhibit will be kept In It and shown whenever the cup Is on display. The trophy will be formally presented to the association at its annual banquet to be held in connec tion with the show. After this it will be awarded annually. Majors Does Not Want It. A friend of Senator T. J. Majors has reported that Mr. Majors does not care for the appointment on the old normal board to fill a vacancy in the term of Mr. Hays of Alliance which 1ms expired. It was reported that a movement is being started In the Third congressional district in favor of the appointment of Mr. Kohl , a real estate dealer of Wayne. Ho Is a well known democrat and repre sented his district in a national dem ocratic convention. A Fine Picture. Will M. Maupin , head of the state labor bureau , has received a line pic ture of the delegates attending the American Federation of Labor conv vention taken In a group at Toronto. This picture Is fifteen Inches wide and about sixty-five inches long , and the face of every delegate can be plainly recognized , Gompers , Mitchell and Morrison , the Indicted labor leaders occupy prominent positions. The pic ture will bo placed In Labor temple Union Pacific to Issue Bonds. The Htato railway1 commission hold a conference with Edson Rich , at torney for the Union Pacific Railroad company , and Issued an order grant ing permission for the company to issue ? 141,508,000 of first lion and re funding mortgage bonds for the pur pose of buying and constructing now lines , double track , rolling stock , rea estate , terminals , yards and shops. Governor Sells to State. Coupland , a special commlttceshrd The state farm , through Regent Couplant , a special committee wltl power to act , has bought of Governor Shallenberger four shorthorns , paying therefore , $1,040. The animals wll bo used for Instruction purposes. W. R. Patrick Reslcns. Ex-Senator W. R. Patrick of Sarp ; county has resigned from the board of trustees appointed to control the state school for blind at Nebraska City and the state school for deaf a Onwlia. Johns Dismisses Complaint. The complaint of John Johns o Constance against the Chicago , St Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha rallroac has been dismissed by the State Rail way commission. John Johns a\lcgc \ ( that the town of Constance needed a Htatlon , and It needed certain side tracks and n few other things whlc ho alleged It was the duty of the ral road company to furnish , so he filet hl complaint. A hearing was hac and testimony introduced'after whlcl the commission decided John John had failed to make his en so. CASH FOR DAIRYMEN. mprovement In Method of Testing Cream. The Nebraska butter market Is vltliln 3 cents of the Elgin market , nstead of within 4 cents , the dlfforen- Inl which has ruled for years , Dur- ng the next year this means ? 250,000 or the Nebraska farmers. The efforts f the Nebraska state pure food com- illusion to get absolutely correct tests f the butter fat percentages have nought this about. Elgin Is the butter market of the world. The Nebraska buyers , in pur- basing butter , have paid 4 cents un- er the Elgin market for butter fat. Mils margin Includes freight and other osscs. In the latter one of the 1m- lortnnt Items IB dishonest , careless or ncompetent grading by the local test- rs. Efficiency in cream testing has havcd the margin 20 per cent , and his difference now goes to the butter at producer. The difference of 1 cent a pound has iroved a formidable item. During 908 , 37,144,000 pounds of butter were hipped. A difference of 1 cent a > oiind on this means $371,440. A luartcr of a million dollars in In creased returns to dairymen Is re garded as a conservative estimate of the saving. Food commissioner Mains has been vorklng for several months on the cream testing proposition. The 1m- > rovemcnt In testing methods has icon rapid , and since the beginning of the term of Governor Shallenber- gor , the system has been entirely re volutionized. The testing Is now a science. False grading is punishable > y a heavy fine. Testers must prove their ability , and they lose their per- nlts if they are caught making mis takes , House Journals Printed. A half do/en copies of the house ournals compiled by the Hon. T. Cone , chief clerk of the late house of repre sentatives , have been received by the secretary of state and it Id not near time for the next session to convene. The journal contains 1,107 pages ; the ) Ictures of the state officers , officers and members of the legislature and is a new feature a record In tabulated form of every official act of every member of the legislature during the session and a tabulated record of every bill Introduced. The table refers to the page on which every motion was made regarding each bill. There Is another table in the book which gives the epitomized title of every )111 together with Its number. At least 300 of the journals will be bound In icavy cardboard with leather covers. The book Is much smaller than those of previous sessions and the paper on which it Is printed Is of better quality. Mr. T. Cone has made It pos sible for anyone to secure the official record of any memb'ers with little trouble. Nebraska an Apple State. Nebraska fared well at the national liortlcultural congress at Council Bluffs , Secretary C. G. Marshall of the state horticultural society , assisted by Clyde H. Barnard , made a display for the Nebraska society that placed Ne braska in the front rank as a fruit growing state. For general display by any state , the Nebraska society took second premium , $150 in cash. Iowa was first in general display only defeating Nebraska because it had a larger number of variety of apples. The Nebraska state horticultural society was first and won a $300 silver loving cup for having the best display by any state horticultural society. It was also first In the most artistic dis play and won a gold medal over such competitors as Maryland , Virginia and North Carolina. The latter state was second in artistic display. On its display of home orchard col lection of apples , Nebraska was first and won a silver loving cup. School Compilations. State Superintendent W. C. Bishop was back In his ofllce after an absence of several days out over the state. At the present time he Is compiling a list of the schools of the state having normal school branches. There wll be more than a hundred Nebraska schools in the list. Water Bonds Registered. The city of North Platte had the state auditor register water bonds by that city to the amount of $100,000 Stata Treasurer Brian promised lasl summer to buy those bonds for the state as soon as ho had sufficient funds on hand. The city still depends upon the state to make the promised purchase If possible. Is Out for Congress. G. L. Shumway of Winter Creek precinct , Scott's Bluff county , has filed his name as a candidate for the democratic nomination for congress man In the Sixth district of Nebraska Mr. Shumway Hied his name with the secretary of state together with a re celpt from the treasurer of Scott's Bluff county for the $10 filing fee. Commission Slow to Act. Because of the failure of the State Railway commission to report the nnmo of Adna Dobson to the attorney general for Investigation as to his right to receive a pass , as reported bj the Burlington railroad , Mr. Dobson IUIH boon placed in a very embarrass Ing position. The report of the Bur llngton showed that ho had recelvet a pass to Madrid. Mr. Dobson said ho has never received any pass fron the Burlington or any other roac since the anti-pass law became effect Ivo. NEWS NOTES OF INTEREST FHOM VARIOUS SECTIONS. ALL SUBJECTS TOUCHED UPON Religious , Social , Agricultural , Polit ical and Other Matters Given Due Consideration. The corn yield In Taylor county has given n boost to land In that vicinity. One hundred citizens of Genoa met and reorganized the commercial club. An Industry for the manufacture of cement posts has been put In at York. Company 1C of Wymoro has been reorganized by Major Holllngworth. The national corn show at Omaha opens December 6th and continues un til the 20th. Owing to bad weather the first an nual Modern Woodmen log rolling at Broken Bow was not well attended. Mrs. Charles Boudegard of Hamil ton county , died from the effects of carbolic acid swallowed through mis take. A line showing of Aberdeen-Angus cattle were shipped from Red Willow county to the Chicago Live Stock show. The Corn Show In Nebraska City was a success In every way. Ex hibits were more than double those of the previous year. The government exhibit at the Na tional Corn Show was the first to be put In. Most , of the. showing comes from the Seattle exposition. Religious revival services are being held in a number of Nebraska towns and others will get busy in the same direction in tlie near future. Fred T. Robinson , a Lincoln barber , shot and fatally wounded his wife and attempted to take his own life at Beatrice. He is thought to be In sane. sane.William William , the ten-year-old son of B. A. Richards , a ranchman of Hillside , forty-five miles north of Ogalalla , was killed by being dragged and kicked by a broncho. During the past year the Omaha Child Saving Institute has placed six ty-two children In homes for adoption , according to the repotr submitted by Superintendent A. W. Clark. ' Edward S. Miller , whose corn mills ; were burned In Beatrice , states that he will rebuild the plant provided the city council will rtin a water main to the structure. Arthur Nlckols of Odessa was taken to the asylum for Insane at Hastings , he having become violently insane. This Is the second time Nickels has been confined In that institution. The annual exhibit of the Nemeha Valley Poultry ' association closed at Adams after a throe-days run. About 40& birds were oh exhibition , and the show was one of the best ever held. John Mandery , a former saloon keeper of Tecumseh , was accidentally killed by the discharge of a shotgun which he had between his legs , as the team he was driving tried to run away. Burlington passenger train No. 14 ran into and killed L. C. Brant , when about three miles west of Dawson. Brant was flagman for a dirt train working out of Dawson and was sent ahead to flag the passenger. Leo Lung , proprietor of the Chinese restaurant in Grand Island , and Miss Lulu Amsler , a white girl of Omaha , were married In Cheyenne , and have just returned to Grand Island to re side. The two allege that they have been acquainted for two years. L. B. Shepherd of Arlington , a pioneer neer business man and prominent cit izen and United States commissioner to Alaska under the late President McKlnley , died at the home of his daughter , Mrs. Fuller , in Arlington , last week. The Union Pacific has secured per mission from the state railway com mission to issue bonds to the amount of $11,598,000. The issue will be first lien and refunding mortgage bonds. The money will be used to buy new lines , make extensions and improve ments. Governor Shallenberger has ap pointed Charles C. Ellis of Sterling adjutant of the soldiers' home at Grand Island. Mr. Ellis was the dem ocratic candidate for county treasurer of Johnson county at the late election and Avas defeated by W. C. Redfleld , the republican candidate. A cornhusker unknown at Ponder was killed south of that' place by the northbound passenger train. The en gineer says he stepped into the track Just in front of the train. The upper part of his body was so badly muti lated that he could not be recognized. In his pocket was a quarter and a husking pin. An accident which culminated in the death of the 2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Nelson at their home in London precinct , Nemaha county , occurred recently. The child was playIng - Ing In the kitchen with a toy wagon and was backing along the floor with It and watching It. when he backed and fell Into a bucket of scalding The dedication of Wayne's hand some and modern high school build ing took place last week , attended by a large number of citizens of Wayne and visitors from abroad. A resolution urging congress to es tablish a national park on the home stead of the late Daniel Freeman , located six miles west of this city , has been unanimously adopted by the city council. A special council committee of three will bo named to present the council's action to Congressman E. H. Hinshaw and urge upon him the ad- 'vlsabllity ' of pushing his bill to secure the desired recognition WERE STILL SUPPLIED. "Have you given some frcBhwater to the gold fish , Anna ? " "No , ma'am , they have not finished what I gave them the other day. " TORE HIS SKIN OFF In Shredc Itching Was Intense < Sleep Was Often Impossible. Cured by Cutlcura In Three Weeks. "At first an eruption of small pus tules commenced on my hands. These spread later to other parts of my body , and the itching at times was Intense , so much so that I literally tore the skin oft In shreds In seeking relief. The awful Itching Interfered with my work considerably , and also kept mo awake nights. I tried several doc tors and used a number of different ointments and lotions but received practically no benefit. Finally I set tled down to the use of Cutlcura Soap , Cutlcura Ointment and Cutlcura Pilla , with the result that In n few days all Itching had ceased and In about three weeks' time all traces of my eruption had disappeared. I have had no trou ble of this kind since. H. A. Kruts- Icoff , 5714 Wabash Avo. , Chicago , 111. , November 18 and 28 , 1907. " Potter I > niff & Cticm. Corp. . Bolo Propi. IJostcn Special Note from Atchlcon. The engagement of Mr. Hiram Har- dosty and Miss Suzette Snarloy is an nounced. It occurred the other even ing at 9:45 : on the red sofa in Miss Snarley's parlor. The young lady was dressed in black , and wore no orna ments. She did not look unusually pretty , and what caused the young man's mental aberration Is not known. Neither one could remember exactly what was said , and both admitted it was not the first Umo ho kissed her. We print the details for the romantic young things who are always curious to know how an engagement Is brought about. 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