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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 3, 1903)
- O-" " ysraet,.-r'jK.' vv rf?r f ,V TH- Jl T)t S? 5T 6 THE COURIER -1jpwr r m i f y mkker forests of Acre are J. Pierpont Mwhh, Avcaat Belmont, Frederick P. Oteett. and other prominent lights of the financial world. That the syndicate will et Its due share of protection Is there fere a foregone conclusion, although it wHl of course devolve upon Bolivia to hew that the rights she granted were hers to grant Germany's Interest In the matter arises fresn the fact that that aggressive people controls the trade of all northern Brazil, including the province of Amazonas. The sasse country is also predominant In Bolivia. More than 27 per cent of Bo livia's imports are from Germany, and about 8 per cent from the United States, and about 40 per cent of her exports are to Germany, against 5 per cent to the United States. That the Kaiser will zealously resist any action that might tend to reverse these figures is a cer tainty. In a way Brazil seems to Have the lead on her rivals, from the fact that the na tural route to travel from Acre to civiliz ation is down the Amazon to the Atlantic seaboard. However, Peru is busy con structing a railroad designed to pene trate the heart of the district and if that is done the' advantage will be with Peru. Bolivia, however, covets the wealth of Acre, to use It as a weapon with which to Induce or compel Chill to restore her a port on the Pacific, and to that end seeks to enlist the aid or the United States. As exhibiting the possibilities of Acre as a wealth producer, it is related that one of the presidents, dictators, or kings (whichever you choose to call them) left after enjoying a few months' rule with a fortune of more than 100,000 in gold. He was a Mexican by birth, a baseball play er by profession, and a ruler by accident He "nsate his pile" in Acre and then "re tired"' to New Tork to spend it He suc ceeded so well that he is reported to have died in September in poverty and squalor. r CASTRO HARASSED BY INTERNAL FOES "fr vsssssBsK4isMs3Ss&C. t&3m& sBiHMHk' ttlBsssBWfssRul'tiliMt' il. fJfcMKjjfc! bsskK ssssB'BJsssyisssWBsssTAWrK?5fcWsMOBslBssssssjKTr HUsBa FMsF JbsMXv1bWAjJ1,bw8Mba tT sv,CWbssWbssM1? BBb9SBHB SslsBBBBViBBWWjBBbSBBSB&lEMlBYMBBBBBlsBBBBBvIs fmUri" 'xtSsssWUssHsBsUrlssssssssssI JsssHiVsssssB fBSSSsK-viXL fsSSM&BVLBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBysBSSjBP'- aVv- imMI? wl iHs msHkH rnwOSr:sssK & WKKSmmwmWmV9mBmamWU Kr m ? K5XQmWWWrPnmm UmWWmMmWWWMZms1 mFiMWWWlruLJmtwMWW MWWmmmMWWWWWl---:-i-iv i fiTw-mm idUB W 'MmmmmmmWmmWMmmlmmmmMJmmM mWmmmmmmmmmmWmstlJi. 'mMMmWwTwKmkmmWm mWTmmMMMMmmMMmMmWmmmM UmimmmmmmmmmmmUmmmWBmmm9mWEwJw.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMmmmmmLmmmRm SQUAD OF VENEZUELAN REBELS. General Matos, leader of the revolutionary forces In Venezuela, declares that he has an army of twelve thousand men ready to depose Castro. The Venezuelan president must therefore turn from danger without to quell In surrectionary strife. In 1900 the crude rubber production of Acre reached the enormous total of more than 4,500,000 kilograms, valued at 29, 000,000. This is surely a. stake worth play ing for, and however, the three nations PRINCESS BEGS FOR DIVORCE .cnBlfflffWWll mmZ&if$&, Standi jf'' i a ?!! gv-v ja"lttiBi?Tf JwSf"1 vVBI 'BBBw BrVBsvpBBsVUBr BB1BbVsWjsTP4SVP J SITObSvJbW KV HkBWX IbF m Following the sensational story of the flight of Princess Louise of Saxony, who has given up all right to share the throne because of her love for a Freack tutor, and her hatred of her husband, comes the news that the wHl seek a legal separation from her husband if the pope will give Ms may settle the controversy there Is sure to be unending trouble in subjecting the people of Acre to any of the existing governments. The rubber xepubllc, as It is sometimes called, is so remote from civilization, so difficult of access, and con trolled by such reckless spirits that its subjugation will be a contract sufficient to tax the resources of any of the na tions concerned. Its revenue can be made unprecedented. In proportion to Its size and population, by the simple im position of an export duty on crude rub ber. Its agricultural resources are un limited, and its forests are filled with valuable cabinet and dye woods, medi cinal plants, and food products. It is stgnflcant that the proposed capi tal city" of Acre is to be called Nova York. Its frontier custom-house, Puerto Alonzo, on the Bolivian boundary, is open for business, and its chief city, Puerto Acre, is reported to contain a population of more than 18,000. Most of the little we know about Acre .. is derived from the French engineer, Al bert de Lautreppe of Paris, who was commissioned by the Peruvian govern ment to survey the route for the pro posed railroad. He found the plan to be feasible, so far as natural features of the country were concerned. Mrs. Speyer The Newweds cannot have as much money as we thought Speyer How do you know? Mrs. S. 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By the way. have you seen the new 20th Cen tury High Grade Scbaff Bros. Piano? It is one of the finest Pianos made.and can be seen at the ware rooms of the Matthews Piano Co. 0"2st Lincoln, Nebr. ii j. .;Jb.UUfaiL-