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Democratic messenger., 1889-11-30
HEADQUARTERS FOR

\ large and elegant assortment OF the mos,
fashionable Millinery Goods
NEW GOODS: NEW STYLES:
We have just returned from the city after
an absence Of several weeks, where we pur-
chased our stock. Before purchasing however.
We careful = examined all the latest styles. saw
what the most fashionable were wearing. and
learned from iirst-claSs dealers what were to
bc the winter styles. We have ON hand "a nice
assortment Of hats. bonncts. ribbons. tips bir,ls
breasts, wings. hosiery. complete line OF No
TIONS, Jersey and Kill gloves. jerseys. gossa-
mcrcs. zephyr goods of all kinds. hoods. fasci
nators, baby sacrIucs. childrcn's lcggins- white
and cnlorcd. mitts. infants zephyr boots. boys
cashmere mItts. Fedora shields. swans Down
face powder. buttons. large lot of beautiful
windsor ties, laccs. iianhnirI,s. riching. buffet
and bureau covers. hbils. hcrring-honc and
rte rae. mcnding cotton. garter webbing. Zcph-
yrs. saxony. yelling. corscts childrcn's waists.
husilcs. tiiics. elegant assortment of handkcr-
chief. velvet AMI plush jocky caps for boys
and gitis. plush anil ramoshantcrs. Turkish
a@s-.sSfas.is, embroidered caps, new ani
f-Sals for fancy work. plushrS
needles, ctc' Si"-
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

ST. PAUL, Mimi, Aug, l7.-St. Paul If
one broad grin over the discovery ny an
evening paper that the Minneapolis di-
rec,ory is padded with names Of dogs. A
reporter found the following on page 225
Of the Minneapolis directory just issued
Carl Baxter, colored, ~watchman, Ores
cent club Having been given a tip
that something was wrong about this
entry, the reporter called at the Crescent
club and aCcosted w. III. Baxter, stew
ard Of the club, whose name appears
lust beneath that of Carl Baxter, .
with the request to be introduced
10 the latter. Certainly" said Mr..
Baxter with a smile, and with a low
whistle called up a splendid brown dog.
There, my boy" ne said, lis MIR. CAR
Baxter. have had that dog six years,
and he il brighter than half the men IN
this city. He 10 a treasure, and | have
had his name put in the directory. be
ia entered as Carl Baxter, colored watch
man He is colorcd al right, a bright
brown, and if he clnnot watch want tc
know VINO can"
Ii is said that several Other dogs Wer'
given places III the directory. thu help
ing to bring the total population up tt
235 coo.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-At : O'Clock
last evening an explosion OF gas in the
crockery store en- the corner Of Grand
and Clinton streets drove the contents OF
the store through the plate glass win
tows into the street and shook the neigh
borhood. One mar was killed, another
probably fatally injured and about thirty
persons wounded. Immediately after
the explosion a volume of tlimes poured
OUT into the street, through which men,
women and children ran screaming, with
blood gushing from cuts and gashes
Morris Jacobs, aged Is. bled to death al
most instantly. He was passing the
place when a large piece OF plate glass,
living before the terrible force behind
him. tore his RICH, side and back SO thai
the flesh and clothing hung from HIM II
chunks. Two men dragged his body
away from the flames and ran Tor al
ambulance. Jacobs agony was short
for he died almost Immediately. Jaeot
Seiqel, covered with bleed, rusheC
fran,ically about. He had been made
insane and fought the police desperately
anti! he became exhausted. be wa
taken to Bellevue hospital with a frac
trrnd skull.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

Dies MONIES, Ia, Aug. 16.'-The Iowa
Hotel Keepers association met in it's
eleventh annual session in this city yes
terday with a very good attendance. The
big convention interfered somewhat with
the program. But Colonel 3allingall de-
livo7ed an address in which he set forth
the objects Of the association. The PR
mary OBJECT is to urge the passage of laws
in Iowa TO protect hotel Keepers against
dead beats and thieves and TO promote
SO lial intercourse among hotel men. The
election Of officers for the ensuing 9ar
rasalted in the choice of p &. Baiiingall,
president; Frank Risely, vice-president,
and e. +. W|ightman, eeoretary and treas
lrer. The national committee is com
yosed Of ID Wormley. Charlton; J. {.
Manchester, Ottumwa A. b. Cox, Mar
ishalltown. The committee on l~e2isla-
a~lation, Geo. Christian, Albert Head, T..
! A.. Skinner, Chris Geiser, +. Riselv. A
7. Green, ID. A. Williams, f. A. How.
land AMI JEFF Phillips. An insurance
committee of nine was appointed, and /
was decided to admla women 10 member
/ ship.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
sdinstirx Mining Troubles.

JOLIET, H., Aug. ia large number
of representative operators and mineYs
from all OF tie large mines in the district
are here today and IN effort will be made
to adjust the existing trouble. Both sides
recognize the fact that unless something
IL done quickly the greater part o. the
years business will be lost ard the south
ern mines viii get the big contracts that
have always come TO this section. This
would mean untold misery, suffering and
desiitution among the northern miners
throughout the coming winter. There is
a general sentiment that at the confer
ence OF today both sides should avoid
rocks, and that every effort should be
made to bring about an harmonious un'
! d~erstanding.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 17.-Dr. j. Nil.
ton Bowers was convicted IN this city in
1856 Of poisoning his wife IL order TO OBJ
tain the insurance on her life, amounting
10 about Sl7, 600, and was sentenced to
be hanged. He took an appeal to the
supreme court Of the state, and on Octo-
Der 90, 1887, before that tribunal had
rendered Il decision, the dead body OF
Henry Benhay on, a brother Of Bowers
wife, was found in his room in this city
A letter was found purporting to be a
confession Of Benhayon that he, and not
Or. Bowers, was the cause Of his sister &
leath. Circumstances led TO the suspi-
cion that the confession was force! and
that Benha, on was murdered. John
Adimmirg was arrested as being the lat
ter murderer, but he was acquitted. A
book agent was arrested on suspicion.
The supreme court afterward granted
Bowers a new trial. Today, before
Judge Wallace, the district attorney
moved for the dismissal of the case on
the ground that not enough evidence
could be secured to convict. The judge
accordingly dismissed the case and Bow
ers was discharged from custody after
having been imprisoned in jail for over
three wears.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
Been I'm the Business Before.

New YORK, Aug. l6.-The New York
counsel to Mrs. Maybrick today received
a letter from Lawyer Alfred Monk, OF
Montreal, in which he states that a Mrs.
Yapp, answering the description Of Mrs.
Yapp, who was the chief witness against
Mrs. Maybrick, was obliged to leave
Montreal about three years ago to escape
indictment for perjury. AT that time a
man named Malvin Smith brought an
action against his wife for separation.
Mrs. Yapp was the chief witness for
Smith, and gave very damaging evidence
against the wife. 1t was shown that
Smiths mistress and the woman Yapp
had, with Smiths aid, plotted a con
spiracy t. blacken Mrs. SmNh's character
and prove her an adultress.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

SnosHoNE, Idaho, Aug. l6.-Agents
looking up fraudulent land and water
right entries are making important dis
coverie. The upper Blackfoot river has
fine natural meadows covered by desert
entries. On "a track Of II, 600 acres
claimed by a prominent Utah Mormon
they have ten moving machines cutting
thousands Of tons Of hay, dry as the sea
Son is. Notwithstanding the land is river
irrigated, that locality is SO far away
from travel and settlement that it makes
a good midway place for stock III out Of
Utah to evade the vigilant church re
ceiver. Large herds Of such stock arr
reported in that vicinity. Prosecution
are promised for placing these lands back
in the public domain, while examples
will likely be made of some offenders
charged with perjury.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
FIGHTING WOMAN SUFFRAGE
The Delegates At Olympia Can't
Agree and the Legislature will
Settle 1t.

OLYMPIA, Wash, Aug. 14.-Yesterday
was spent in a fight over woman suffrage,
which has been kept out of the constitu.
ton and will not be submitted to the peo-
pie until next year. Eldridge moved to
strike out the word male from the first
section OF the article Of elective rights
prescribing who shall have the right Of
suffrage. His motion was lost. The
convention being in committee of the
whole, an effort was made by Dunbar to
leave the question Of woman suffrage to
we legislature but ..ssiia was strongly op.
posed on the erouh5 that 1t would con
tlnue a disturbing element in rol.
ucs, Stiles said it would be as SEN
sible TO leave the whole question of the
electric right to the legislature as this
ore branch of It. This idea seemed to
strike Griffiths favorably, and he moved
that the legislature should settle the
whole question, but this was so broad,
and IS it might let in both Indians and
Chinese, the motion was badly showed
under. Dunbar's motion was finally
lost. An effort was then made to deprive
the women of the RICH. to vote at school
elections, but it was defeated. The
question whether woman suffrage shall
be submitted at the same time as the CON
stitution, in October of next year, was
the cause Of a party fight, the democrats
trying to have the question submitted
this year, and the republicans to postpone
ii. The democrats were beaten by 30
/, yeas to 81 rays, and the whole matter
goes over till November. 1889. An effor
was also made to incorporate a section
giving women the right to vote in con-
v%ention, but the motion was badly
beaten.
The elective rights bill cam up for its
hnal passage yesterday morning, but
only thirty. three delegates voted yea,
and although this was a majority Of
those voting, it was defeated, as ii takes
a majority Of all the delegates, or a vote
OF thirty. eight, TO pass an article. II
was sent back 10 the committee. who will
report a new article. Elective rights
will, however, probably be left to the
legislature to settle. The article on
mining was defeated, and nothing on
that subject goes to the convention. The
report Of the committee on harbors and
lands was then taken up without getting
70 a vote. The report establishes a
harbor line from a point where the water
is twenty. five feet deep to the shore,
which is TO be owned by the state and
leased only for wharves, etc, under such
regulations as the state may enact.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

NEw YORK, rug. 10 Miss Mildred
Fuller, daughterof the chief justice, isto
study law under The supervision Of her
father after her graduation. The young
lady has brilliant talents, and mas, among
other notable deeds, written q play. Dur
ing the last year at Wells college Il OF
the most notable events was the produC-
ton OF her drama in three acts, entitled
Dreams, in the drawing room of the
Morgan homestead. Miss Fuller assumed
the title role Of Elsie, the dreamer and
won for herself concentrations on al
sides. Miss Fuller is the fourth daughter
She is a decided blonde with light colder
hair, which g~listens in the sunlight lih'
p gold. She is rather tall, but wei
IporpOrtioned, and has a graceful carriag'
and a sweet, winning manrer. Miss Fui
,ei is not only handsome but is alo'
gifted in a marked degree.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
Nagle's Preliminary Bearing.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. is The prelim-
irary hearing Of Deputy Mosshal Nagle
wIll come up before a iusticc~of the peace
at Stockton Wednesday next. A strong
eaoi; will be made after the examination
to secure bail. If ii is refused the matter
VIZ be appealed. United St3tes Marshal
Franks has secured from Maggie the de-
tails of the affair. Maggie says he is con
fident shat Terry drew back his hand
after striking Justice Field for the pur-
pose of pulling from his coat q knife he
was presumed to be carrying, as he once
made affidavit that he always went
armed. 1t is the theory of those about
the United States marshal's. office that
Mrs. Terry, when she threw herself on
her husbands body, took the weapon
from him, though when the body was
searched no weapon was found.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
JUDGMENT DAY

This is the Lest Da According to
20 DUPONT Bsi'. thc New MS
stab"
SAVANNAH Ga Aug. lG THE If thu
day that was p~rophesied as the Day OF
Judgment" by Dupont Bel, the New
Messiah" but the sun still shines, the
world moves and there are no outward
and visible signs of the expected coming
of the Lord Of Hosts. According to
Dupont, who halls from Circleville, o.,
every white man was TO be turned black
and every black man white this morning.
Bell is still somewhere in Liberty county,
where the negroes have placed implicit
faith in his wild statements, and have
for weeks neglected their work to listen
to his ran!ings. So great is the influence
gained by the self styled "Son OF COD
over the ignorant people that sny eXpla-
nation he may give regarding the failure
of his prophesies will doubtless be &C
cepted and their faith in him continue
undated.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 16.-Articlcs of
Incorporation were died here Soday for
the Portland and Pugct Sound Railroad
company. The capital stock is fxed at
IS, $50, 600 divided into 20, 900 shares. The
object of the corporation is To construct
and equip a railroad and telegraph line
from Portland to Seattle, Wash, with
several branch lines. One Of the
branches is to extend TO Nray's Ha7boI
and another to Port Townsend. Phe
company is also empowered to purchase
real es,ate to build docks, piers, hotels
warehouses, etc, borrow money and il
sue bonds.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

WAsHIsSr0N, Aug. 16.-Major Nc
Kinley isbooked TO arrive here this after
0 and with his coming the contest
for the speskership will be formally in
a~ugurased. II is understood to be his in.
"iention 10 open headquarters at once and
20 in3o the fight with vigor. Mean
while Tom Reed, his New England cp
pone1t. has made no sign of his insen
tons. although his friends are doing a
good deal of talking in his behalf. These
are the two most formidable candidates,
although Burrows, of Michigan Hender
son, Of Iowa, Cannon, of Illinois. will bt
il the field. Reeds early acton renew
tse speculation regarding an extra ses
/ sion is congress.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
ID sappointed Again

New YORK, Aug. 16.-A London let
ter says the police have Just received 8
revere disappointment IN their search fol-
he Whitechapl murderer. They re.
ceived information IF a man who an.
Swered exactly TO the various descrip-
tons of Jack the Ripper" He was a
%lunatic, had learned the ~butchering
trade in his father shop; had become a
medical student had absented himself
rom home frequently at nights,
add hsd written an extraordinary
series Of letters to the rector
Of his parish which, by the way,
was very near to that in which al
the diabolical crimes have been com
mitted. These letters indicated clearly
that the writer was a lewG minded lun.
attic, and they abounded with omnibus
phrases such as threats TO rip rip" both
his mother and the rector, In fact every
conceivable circumstance about him
exactly fitted in with a rational theory of
the crimes with him as the chief actor in
them. But one discovery upset the
whole superstructure. He was
at liberty during the whole of the mur
ders but the last of all, when he was in.
generated in an asylum. Until this false
link in the chain was found the police
regarded the clue as the best in their
possession. 1t is officially announced
that a prominent and wealthy merchant
has offered to pension for life the police
officer that succeeds IN arres,ing the
woman slayer,
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

LONDON, Aug. Home Secretary
Matthews. Justice Stephen, the lord
chancellor and medical experts yesterday
held q conference with a view to arriving
At a decision in the Maybrick case. The
conference lasted four hours. IL is pc
lieved thai the result Of The d~elloeratioh
will be q pardon or communication OF sen
tence. umo
The Press association states that home
Secretary Matthews will recommend 10
the queen a Communication or the oealn
sentence OF Mrs. May brick to penal servi
tude for life, and that the commutatioi
az sentence will be announced AFTER th'
queen has piven formal consent.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
To BE Decided at the Polls.

BTsMAnCK, N. d., Aug. 1G.-The report
OF the committee on elective franchise
was adopted. This makes il necessary to
submit the question of woman suffrage to
a vote of the people. The general cleo.
ton Of the state shall be biennial and
held in November. 1t gives women the
right To vote at all school elections. The
article on municipal corporations was
adopted, the section providing that no
city, town or village shall ever become a
subscriber TO capital stock of any rail
road or private corporation being stricken
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
Gold I'm n River Red,

HELENA, Mont, Aug. 16.-The dry
season is at last benefting the people OF
Townsend, which is situated at the cross
ing OF the Missouri river by the Northern
Pacific railroad thirty miles east of
Helena. The river is SO low at that point
that it can be forded in a buggy, n a
large area Of the river bed is exposed.
Men of Townsend have recently begun
ground s%luicipg for placer gold on the
exposed portitrs OF the river bed and
have struck ii rich. The first experiment
yielded 81 to SO per ton TO the man and
now almost the whole population OF
Townsend have turned miners. 1t has
long been known that gold deposits were
plentiful in the channel Of the upper
Missouri, and frequent attempts have
been made to work them by dredging,
but tins method was so expensive that
nj arly al such attempts proved unprofit-
able. Now that the low stage of water
exposes these placers, they can lie
worked to al vantage. The excitement is
spreading, ard if il keeps up the Missouri
will soon be lined with gold miners for
fifty miles each way from Helena.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
Presenter strike,

New YORK, Aug. II AT o'clock
this morning men working in the press
room Of the World newspaper office re-
fused to continue at work.
NEW YORK, Aug. 17.-At ! o'clock
this morning the men working in the
press room Of the World newspaper
office refused to continue at work unless
certain rules drawn up by themselves
were complied with and men discharged
were restored 10 their positions. The
places Of the strikers We're filed with
other men. 1t is claimed the whole edi-
ton was printed and published.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. l6.-The state
board OF health has been notified of the
existence Of teveral cases of CHAMBERS in
Parke county, and in n instance q
prominent farmer has himself contracted
the disease. He was Flowing with one
of the glandered horses when the animal
threw his head around and struck the
farmer in the face, slightly bruising the
skin. Some days after he was taken
sick and the physicians have diagnosed
his disease as CHAMBERS, and say that he
cannot pOss by eCOver.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
THROUGH


Putting on the Finishing 1ouchss'
BISMARCK, Aug. 17.-The convention
has completed consideration OF the sflicle
on corporations. Any combinations DC
tween individuals. corporations, associ'
atoms or others. having for its object the
controlling Of the price of any product or
article of manufacture, is prohibited, de-
clared unlawful and against the public
policy, and that any and all franchises
shall, when owners violate this article,
be null and void.
The article on education was adopted
with a few amendments.
The article on public lands was adopted
after amending It so that the leasing OF
lands shall he under the control OF the
board Of university and school lands.
The article on county and township
organizations was adopted after amend
ing ii SO that it is virtually a copy OF the
Illinois system; also q section was added
defining the county offices to be filed.
All of yesterday afternoon was oc-
cupied in consideration of the article on
revenue and taxation to be established by
the legislature. The gross earnings sys-
tenn was defeated. The article as
adopted provides that all property shall
be taxed alike.
The article providing for the future
amendment of the constitution was
adopted. 1t provides that after a pro-
posed amendment receives the majority
votes of two successive legislative assem-.
blies, it shall be submitted to a vote OF
the people.
The section providing that all flowing
streams and natural waterways shall for
ever remain the property OF the state for
irrigating, mining or other purposes,
was adopted by a unanimous vote.
Parsons made another and this time a
su ccessful attempt to incorporate an
anti. blacklist section to the constitution.
The section prohibits the exchange of
blacklists between railroad or other com
panies or employees.
AT last nights session Bismarck was
made the capital of North Dakota, and
the other public institutions were located
as previously published. When the vote
was announced the immense concourse OF
visitors shook The capitol with applause.
Hats were thrown lii the air, ladies
waved their fans and handkerchiefs, and
everybody save the representatives of
the defeated candidates for the capital
relOiced over the settlement of the veXed
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24
The Pearl Craze Spreading.

DARLINGTON, Via, Aug. l5,-The
pearl craze has reached this place. DR..
Carey, pension examiner, who visits
B~roadhead every Wednesday, spoke OF
the excitement created at that place and
ylbany by the finding of gems. Some
interest was taken here, and a few par
ties commenced searching in the Peca
tonica river. Three pearls were found,
and today The river is crowded with mer
and boys wading after clans. AT least
forty pearls have been brought 10 light,
some OF them being very pure and white,
and, according to DR., Carey's estimate.
worth. in comparison with those found
at Albany, $75 TO 800.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

KANSAS CITY, No, Aug. 15.-The gas
company today informed Postmaster At
kins that 14s lamp posts which were at
tached to mail boxes, were about to be
removed. This will decrease the mum
Der Of boxes to such an extent as to u
great inconvenience to letter writers in
the districts where the posts are re-
moved, inasmuch as the department
makes no appropriation for posts. The
postmaster says the only relief will be in
the erection of posts by private sub.
ScrintiOn.
Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1889-08-24

CHICAGO, Aug. l4.-The supreme
council Of the secret beneficial and fra
ternal organization known as the Royal
League has officially notified the subordi-
nate lodges in Illinois, Wisconsin, Mis-
souri,, Michigan, Iowa and other states
that C.. +. Long, the Toronto reporter
who sent over the country the fake"
interview with Or. CrOpin after the lat
.er's murder, has been expelled from
Columbia council, of this city, for aid
ing the dead mans enemies in their
efforts 10 throw the authorities off the
track Of the mArderers.'