tate Historical Socfet ( uster County IRepublican
VOL. XXVIII BROKEN BOW , OUSTER COUNTY NEBRASKA , THURSDAY , APRIL , 21 , 1910 NO. 46.
Rev. W. H. BROMLEY , Evangelist.
Rev. W. H. Bromley , who has been in Broken Bow be
fore and did a great work while here , began a series of meet
ings last Tuesday evening. Assisted by his wife as a soloist
and personal worker and Prof. W. II. Myers as musical di
rector he has just closed a very successful series of meetings
at Centerville , South Dakota.
W. J. TAYLOR
Will Speak at llic Cadwell Building Sat-
f , urday Evening April 23rd.
The following appeared in the
Beacon last week as a paid ad
vertisement.
As the REPUBLICAN enjoys see
ing a man that is not afraid to
speak his conviction we repro
duce the notice without any
charge to Mr. Taylor. 'We ' feel
safe in saying that if the people
of Kroken Bow and community
will go out in respectable num
bers Saturday night so as to en
courage the speaker they will en
joy a rare treat.
W. J Taylor Will Speak-
I will speak in Broken How on
Saturday evening , April 23 , at
8:00 : o'clock p in. at ihe C.dwell
butldi g Will tell what kind o !
a democrat I claim o be. Will
charge hat both parties an
dominated by henchmen of cor
porations and assert that I am
o'pp'-st d by the machine hench
men and politicians of my own
party and challenge try several
critics to accuse me of insincviit }
inability or dishonesty in m\
friendship for the common pen
pie.
pie.I
I will charge J. R Dean witf
being an ingrate and the willin
tool of the machine and corpoi
aticm men who opposed him whet
I risked my political head in hi
support and in what I believed i
be the law. I realize that this i
the institution of a hard figh
with the professional political
oven the nomination and if I wi >
an equally hard one over th
election. Every body is invited
especially the ladies In fa'ct , i
you believe in women sufferag
lend me your presence. In th
last session of the legislature
introduced and put through th
house the municipal woman sni
It-rage bill whicb was killed l > .
the corporation ridden senate.
Deepl ) desirous of teeing th
time come when public official
will vote as they talk an'
parties will redeem their pla'
term pledges in full I am your
l-jr Justice and business and pu > -
ity in politic-- ,
VV. J. Taylor.
( Politic 1 Adverusing.-BitACON )
a FEW SPECIAL *
Strawberries ripe , red and
itiscious , ordered fresh time tunes
a \\eek One them a i rial
Grern VegeUbl s Radishes ,
Lettuce. Onions and Celen.
Hen Davs Apples , while they
ast , 500 per peck.
Fancy Box Apples at ui.irl.et
ice
Well veafrw House Plantle't '
irie . right
We wish to close out our line of
Fane } Dishes Sdlt and pepper
slmkers , bou ben dishes , cups and
siiuc' rs , etc 4 piece glass sets for
cuilj 500
\Ve Imtulle a fresh and nppeliz
iuliiir ( of cooV.it"all varieties
Leninii and Vanil i Wafers De
licous Giern Tarts , Mnr-hniellnu
Wnlnut Pup "ami others TO
them.
VEBUY , TEST and PAY SPOT CASEI for CREAM.
.
The Eagle Grocery Store.
The. Square Deal Store Phone 58
0. F. HAMILTON'S BODY FOUND
He Was Murdered by Three Citizens
of Mullen and Buried Near
the Stock Yards.
Two years ago O P. Hamil
ton , a lawyer of Mullen disap
peared and until last Friday his
whereab mts has been a mystery.
A i the time of his disappearance
he v is under bond to appear at
the district court on charge of
as ult , uid the fir > > t impression
w s th.it his aliscrici' * fn m the
county was to i va e the court. A
: w wei'ks aher hts dts ppiar-
ance an article appeared in the
World Herald , from Mieridan ,
Wyoming , in which was detailed
account of the reunion ot the
regiment of which he was a
member in the civil war and in
the list of those attendi g t'aat
reunion was the name of O. F.
Hamilton.
Mrs. Hamilton who was ap
parently of the opinion that he
was dead made some effort to
unravel the mystery , received a
letter through the post office
stating that she was looking for
a dead man but she would not
find him as he was alive. ,
That note was published in t < e
looker County Tribune at Mul-
en.
Phis statement together with
'he Sheridan article that appear-
d in the World Herald led many
o think that Hamilton was still
it > road in the land.
But upon investigation it was
found that he had never made
Application to the pension depart
ment for his pension.
This led < to further investigation -
tion and the authorities of the
-tatc became interested in the
matter , which resulted in an in
vestigation. I
The last seen of Hamilton was
m April 26 1908 when it is report
ed he vent out the back door of
the saloon in Mullen towards his
home which was only two blocks
away.
The investigation by the state
authorities resulted in securing
iffidavits of parties who had
made threats against the life of
O. F. Hamilton and of offers of
man to do him bodily harm.
Hamilton was not regarded by
his townsmen as a desireable
citizens. He became quite
officious in assisting the govern
ment agents in looking up violators
lators of the law on government
land which made some bitter en
emies among that class.
It is apparent that some one
who knew nf the circumstances
gave a tip , as the stock yards
where his body was found would
not have been dug into by search
ers otherwise.
A special from the State Jour
nal April 171910 gives the follow
ing.
ing.Word
Word has been received here
that the body of O. F. Hamilton ,
who disappeared from Mullen
two years ago , was found yes
terday near the stock yards at
that place. The indications are
that Mr. Hamilton had been mur
dered.
Some tioie ago secret service
men were sent out to investigate
land frauds in that section of the
country. Mr. Hamilton went
with these government men and
aided them in their investiga
tions , and thereby incrred the
enmity of a number of people
At that time his property was
burned , and he also received
i ! ueatumrit letters warning him
to cease his activity with the
officers.
Several weeks ago a statement
.was sent to Governor Shallen-
berger by persons residing in th ?
vicinity of Mullen , asking
that an investigation be held
concerning the disappearance oi
Mr. Hamilton. The statement
was to the effect that many were
of the opinion that Mr. Hamil
ton had met with foul play. The
finding of the body showing evi
dence of murder having been
committed shows that these sus
picions were not groundless.
Several important arrests arc
reported to have been made.
Harry Mclnlirc At rested For The Crime
I Since putting the above in type
we learn the discovery of Hamil
ton's body was through information
mation of Frank Cleveuger , one
of the three he implicates. From
his story it appears tuat Hamil
ton , with Harry Mclntirc , W. C.
Rector and Frank Clevenger were
in a room in the back of a build
ing that had formerly been occu
pied as a saloon by McBride.
The saloon being closed down ,
this room was used as a blind
tiger and the men were under the
influence of booze.
Clevenger claims that Mclntire
who formerly had rode the ranges
for the U. B. I. cattle company
killed Hamilton by striking him
over the head with the stock of
his revolver. He further states
that through threats of death he
and Rector were made to swear
never to reveal the transaction.
The three men secured a mail
cart and conveyed the body to a
hole they had prepared near the
stock yards where they covered
the body under two feet of earth.
From his story it was about 9
o'cl < < ck at night Hamilton was
killed and about 1 o'clock in the
morning his body was taken from
the cellar where hid and buried.
Harry Mclutire who has since
been in the employ of the rail
road company , and at one time'
deputy sheriff of Hooker county ,
was arrested at Seneca where he
now resides and taken to Grand
Island Saturday night for safe
beeping until court convenes to
try his case. Clevenger who
gave the affair away was put un
der bonds for his appearance as
a witness. Rector who is an old
man about 70 years of age , a
Texas booze fighter and badly
afflicted with rheumatism left for
the west several weeks ago to
seek medical treatment for his
rheumatism. He will in all
proba1 ility be found and brought
back to answer for the part he
took in the transaction.
Judge H. M. Sullivan who was
at Mullen Saturday states that
he made a thorough examination
of Hamilton's skull and there is
no indications of it having been
fractured in the least. He thinks
that he must have died from the
fright occasioned by the row as
Hamilton was afflicted with
heart trouble or that he was
merely stunned by the blow on the
head and rendered unconscious
and buried before he came to life.
A Pleasant Surprise.
The evening of the 18th of
April the friends of J. H. H.
Cross gathered at his home , the
occasion being his 70th birthday.
This was a genuine surprise as
the gentleman wus in bed fast
asleep when the guests arrived.
After spending the evening
with games and music both
instrumental and vocal all repair
ed to the dining room where a
bountiful supper was / rved. At
a late hour the guests departed
wishing Mr. Cross 70 years more
of happy life.
Those present were : Messrs.
and Mesdames James Allen ,
Arthur Pittaway , W. E. Big
gins , Leo Mitchie , J. D. Knapp ,
Elmer Cross , J. H. H. Cross , Mrs.
Retta Heathman , Messrs. Alvin
and Harold Higgins , Gerald and
Dell Cross , Ira Allen , Knox , and
Misses Irene Mitchie , Elsie
Allen , Emily Heathman , Nettie
Cole and Florence Cross of Ans-
ley ,
Prof. WM. H. MYERS , Singer. , , '
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Prof. Win. II. Myers , who has been known to the people
of Broken Bow and vicinity for several years ] past 'as ] a
singer of great strength and power , is , again here and using
his great talent and power in assisting Rev. Bromley.
CHURCH COLUMN.
JVL E. Church. R. II. Thompson , Pastor
Sunday School 10:00 : a. m ;
morning sermon lljOO a. m ; Jun
ior league 2:30 p. m ; Epwortb
league 6:30 : p. m ; evening sermon
7:30 : p. m ; E. L. Mission Study
Class , Wednesday 7:30 : prayer
meeting Thursday 7:30 : p. m.
Coure sji , worship with us you
WM' V \ utrz.nger in the church
but once.
Baptist Llturch. A. T. Norwood , Pastor
Sunday School 10:00 : a. m ;
preaching 11:00 : a. m ; Junior
union 3:00 : p. m ; B. Y. P. U. 7:00
p. m ; preaching 8:00 : p. m ;
teachers' meeting Monday 7:30 :
p. m ; Agoga class Tuesday 7:30 :
p. m ; prayer meeting Wednesday
8:00 : p. m ; Amoma class first and
third Saturday of each mouth
7:30 : p. m.
Christian Church Z. 0. Doward , Pastor.
At the Christian church next
Sunday. Communion and preach
ing services at 11:00 : a , m ; spec
ial song service and sermon 8:00 :
p. m. ; Special music by the choir
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TRADE
PURE OLD CIDER VINEGAR
MARK
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Texas Oil for dippig stock , farmers
who have used it say it is very
effective and does its work well
per gallon only 200
Fresh Straw Berries daily. Phone
us your daily standing orders ,
t
They are cheap.
\
" " Ib. can Turtle Tomatoes 20
i ounces solid pack gobd th"e
fanciest packed 6 cans for. . .840
< 2 % Ib. can Standard Pack Tom-
* ntoes 6 cans for 700
Baled Hay , delivered , per hale 500
Bran , delivered , per lee $1.25
and others. There will several
selections at both services.
Bible school 10:00 : a. m. ; Christ
ian Endeavor 7 p. m.
U. B. Church S. M. Zike. Pastor
- "Sunday scbo'ol " 10SOO ' * m
preaching 11:00 : a. m ; Junior C ,
E. 3 p. m ; special invitatibn to
all. Be sure and go to the union
services Sunday evening north
side opera house at 8 o'cock.
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Will Duild Tabernacle. ,
It was decided after services
last night to build a tabernacle
in which to hold the union meet
ings in order to accomodate the
increasing crowds that gather to
hear the evangelist.
This was thought best not
only to provide ample room butte
to provide a building more easily
accessible.
A committee with Andrew
Snyder as chairman was appoint
ed to secure a central location
and to erect the tabernacle at
once. N
The pastors were appointed as
a committee to secure helpers
from their churches to erect the
building. It is hoped to have
the building ready for occupancy
Sunday.
Shorts , delivered , per too.$1.35
Corn Chops , delivered , per
Joe $1:55
Com and Oat Chops , delivered ,
per 100 , _ . . . . $1.65
Scremiiugs , deliveredper 100 { 1.4 $
Chick Peed per sack 300
Oyster Shell per zoo $1.25
Chicken Grit per lee $ ' .5 °
A full gallon Lemon Cling Peaches
peeled fancy fruit for joe
A full gallon unpeeled California
Peaches per can 4 ° c
2 # Ib. can fancy Kraut Chow
Chow , full , 6 cans for 720
All goods sold by us are Pure and protected
by the National and State Pure Food Laws.
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