Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-12-11

mourning over u terrible catastrophe which
occurred here last night and 10y which three
lives were lost. M~ackenderofl's large store
building was discovered on fire during the
night, but the fire gained such Roadway that
before it was possible to arouse the occupants
or save the contents the whole structure was
one mass of flames. On the second floor Ct
the building were sleeping rooms occupied by
Mr.. MackenderofI, proprietor Of The store, his
son, and }. j. Hoagland and Malcolm Miller.
Mr.. Mackenderon was awakened In time 10
find all means Of escape cut of except
through the window, and only saved himself
by jumping. In the fall he sustained severe
injuries, having one Of his legs broken. The
other occupants OF the building evidently did
not awaken until surrounded by the flames
and miserably persisted without any assist
ance being able to reach them. The entire
stock Of merchandise was also completely de-
stroyed, but the aggregate loss is not yet
known. A. II. Londen's butcher shop, next
to the il-fated building, was also destroyed
The loss on the latter will reach $1,000, or
which there is no insurance.
LIrrLR Rock, Ark, Dec. Information
reached here to-day Huntsville, Brady conn
ty, Ark, Of a dastardly outrage perpGtr led
near that place last week Three massed men
went to the house o tephen Pierce, an old
and feeble man, and hanged him
TIL he was nearly dead, hoping "a
discover the hiding place OF a
little money he was believed to possess.
Mrs. Pierce, his aged wife, recognized the
robbers and told one Of them so, when he
made at her and received a blow in the face
from the old lady with "A corn knife. Mrs.
Pierce then escaped from the house and
aroused some reighbors, who arrived in time
TO save the old mans life.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. About $4,000
worth Of opium was found ~secretcd on board
the Rio Janciro, which arrived froR China
Yesterday. 1t was seized for violation Of Gus.
toms Laws.
severe earthquake shock here at 2 O'Clock
this morning and a miider one at sos a. IN.
The first shock was heavy enough 10 cause
plastcring to fall and wake people up. No
great damage done.
NEVADA, Mo, Dec. Is. s. Sturkey, loan
and insurance agent, has obsconded, exposing
a defalcation of $30,0C He left a wife and
thre9 children to shift for themselves.
CHICAGO, Dec. "A special meeting Of the
Iowa, Minnesota and Dakota Railroad asso-
citation ic IA caIrof s.eSipn at .Hicn ~ lN,t,,u,fu
sioner Carman this morning for the purpose
Of considering the new agreement. A special
meeting Of the Central Iowa Traffic associa.
ton (Des Moines pooh has also been called
for this afternoon.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2.--The renewed activity
which Is being manifested in Anarchistic cir
Giles, coupled with the fact that the states at
torncy has so far failed to manifest his inten-
tions regarding the cases OF the score or more
people who are still under indictment forcom-
plicity in the May troubles, have combined to
create no little comment and considerable
suppressed alarm in business circles. 1t is an
admitted fact thnt nearly all the groups of
the international which were quietly dissolved
last May and June have been reorgauized
during the past few weeks. Secret meetings
are of nightly occurrence, while at the public
meetings, which are growing more and more
numerous, the speeches are as violent as thos,
that preceded the IIaymarket massacre. Mrs
Parsons, for instance, declared before an au
dience Of two thousand people on Sunday
night that she was still an Anarchist and
would continue so even If she reached the gal
lows and was %strangled, while Albert Curtin,
who was recently called from st. Louis to take
charge Of the Arbeiter Xeitung, and was once
a baker in the English royal kitchen, has gone
still farther in incendiary utterances. There
is no doubt but the sympathy which has been
manifested for the condemned men in different
parts Of this country, England and Europe,
has emboldened the leaders OF the movement,
and that they honestly court the interference
OF the authorities In the belief that such a
move would be regarded as an interference
with constitutional rights and attack upon
freedom of speech, and consequently react In
favor of the prisoners. At the same time the
fact remains that a good deal Of apprehen-
sion exists in conse4 uence of the activity of
the element, and 1t Is reported that the citi-
Gems association, which is composed of sever.
al hundred bankers, merchants, manufacture
ers and other solid men, will bring the sub
ject TO the attention Of States Attorney Grin
nell and ask, or rather demand, that steps be
taken TO suppress the demonstrations. Mean
while Attorney Zeisler, assisted by two steno-
graphers and four type writers, is busily en-
gagged in preparing an abstract of the evidence
given in the recent trial for presentation to
the supreme court in connection with the full
record which has already been sent on. 1t
will take about two weeks to complete it.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2.-Hebrew society circles
are busily engaged to-day in preparing for the
grand annual charity ball which takes place
at the Columbia theatre tonight. While the
event Is UNCONVENTIONAL In its management,
it's participants are not hedged around ~ creed,
and nearly every denomination will have It's
representatives in the throng. Gov. Oglrsby
will represent the state and Mayor Harrison
the city. Delegates will s!so be present from
may OF III leading towns Of the state, as we'll
as from Racine, Milwauk, and several points
in iowa and Michigan. The theatre has been
magnifccntly decorated for the occasion and
quite a number of costumes specially import
ed from Paris will make their first appearance
on this occasion.