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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
1T is A TRAVESTY
Another Story Circulated to the
Injury of South Dakota.
Mistaken Ideas Given Publicity
Through Newspapers Regard
ing the Rainfall.

PIERRE, Sept. ct has often been
the occasion of remark during the past
summer that nearly every n of the
heavy transforms that passed over the
eastern portion Of the state originated
somewhere west Of the Missouri river,
and came from that direction. 1t is
generally conceded by those who have
travelled over the country between
Pierre and the Black Hills that more
rain has fallen west of the river this
year than east of it in South Dakota.
Bad river, which empties into the Mis-
souri, at Fort Pierre, is only now reced-
ing from the effects of a very heavy
rainstorm which visited the reserya-
ton country last week. Several set
tiers coming to Pierre from Nowlin
county had great difficulty in fording
the creeks, so general and heavy was
the rain. But Notwithstanding these
facts there still remains a mistaken
idea in the minds of a great number Of
South Dakota's well-meaning citizens
in the eastern counties regarding the
rainfall of the country west OF the
river. Then these mistaken ideas are
occasionally given publicity in the
newspapers, and as a consequence every
county in the state east of the river, as
we'll as those west, suffers more or less.
ANY story, however absurd, against any
considerable area of the state, is plas-
tered over the whole state before it
..o.L., TI;,nrn aN,ap on1 i'm uninpa finn
that might be looking to some portion of
the state is turned in some other direc-
ton. There is no doubt but that
the whole northwest has and is
suffering in this way on account
Of the unmerited bad reputation
the western half Of South Dakota has
acquired. Then there is a prevailing
opinion in many localities east OF the
river that the sinking of artesian wells
will not be practiced in the western
half Of the state should irrigation have
to be resorted TO for the successful
maturing Of crops. But some OF the
most learned men Of the state, who have
given the subject attention, claim that
the great artesian basin extends to the
foot Of the Rocky mountains, and that
western South Dakota anywhere offers
promising returns for the trouble and
expense of sinking artesian wells. This
theory is c~orroborated in tAe fact that
at Cheyenne, Denver and many places
on the Union and Northern Pacific rail
ways good artesian wells are TO be
found. Give the western half OF the
commonwealth half a show and it will
yet add untold wealth to the good Of the
whole state.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
Editors in Session.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Sept. l3.-The Fifth
District Editorial association held Its
second meeting here yesterday. A bust.
ness session was held during the after
noon, during which a constitution and
bylaws were adopted. At the evening
session the president, DIR. F. McClel.
land, editor OF the Cedar Rapids Times,
delivered an address on the Aims
and Ends OF the Association" Elmer
4. Taylor, Of the Traer Star-Clipper,
spoke on Foreign Advertising" Ber-
nard Murphy, Of the Vinton Eagle, on
the Business Management OF a Paper"
C. Byron Webster. OF the Marshalltown
Statesman, presented an able pape- on
the Political Editor"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
DlAZ ANO MEXICO.
The GuatemaIan President Desires Pea

The Guatemslan President Desires Peace.
CITY OF MEXICO, Sept. l2.-Reports
OF the probability Of wal between Guat-
dent Diaz said today: 81 want no war.
l want to see Mexico prosper in peace"
The secretary of foreign affairs said he
did not believe in war, and Guatemala
wanted peace TO further her industries.
The Guatenaian minister here referred
to the former conversation In which he
said Guatemala had reason to feel CRATE
fui toward Mexico Tor the perfect neut
rality she observed, and for having
suppressed the intended revolution OF
the late Gen. Barrundia. The press un-
animously attacks the United States
governments action in the Barrundia
affair.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
miss Arm f1leIning's Demise.

ELK POINT, s. d.. Sept. 12.-Miss
Ann Fleming, sister of Henry Fleming,
died here at 1920 today. She was 66
years Of age. She was born in Myra,
County Antrim, Ireland, and from there
removed to Canada, coming here in
1882. She weighed 23s pounds, and
consequently had several attacks Of
apoplexy. She had a slight attack six
years ago, and a more severe one four
years @ Last Saturday the final
shock came, which proved fatal. She
was highly esteemed for those qualities
in heart and mind which are apparent
In those who possess the attributes Of
charity, ~benevolence and kindness to
all The funeral service will be con-
Quoted by Rev. j.. V. Hines tomorrow
afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
Thieves Assault a Merchant.

Fort DODGE, Sept. ia couple OF
sneak thieves mado a brutal assault on
David Fessler, proprietor of the Fessler
clothing store, last evening. One OF
them was detected in an attempt to
walk out of the store with a pair OF
trousers concealed under his coat. Mr..
Fessler tried TO prevent him, when both
men brutally assaulted the s~torekeeper.
He was thrown to the floor and beaten
to insensibility. One OF the crooks was
captured by a policeman at the door OF
the store, but the other one got safely
away. An excited crowd gathered and
threats Of lynching were openly made
when the bleeding and insensible form
of the proprietor of the store was seen.
Mr.. Fessler was badly bruised. but will
recover.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
MINISTERC
The GuatamaIian Minister Maya
Recalled Soon.
He Failed to Use the Cable Enough
TO Suit the State Department.
South American MIDDLE.

WASHINGTON, Sept 13.-From sources
very close to the state department, and
which are not by any means controlled
by political predictions, ii is learned
that the department is anything but
satisfied with the information so far re-
ceived from Minister Miner, of Guata-
mala, and that his recall at an early
date is next door to an absolute GER
tainty. Instead Of using the cable to
the extent that an event like the kill
ing of General Barrundia would have
warranted, his dispatches on the subject
have been very meager and indefinite,
although he spread himself the other
day in a dispatch concerning the def
mite conclusion Of peace and the dis
bandment Of the opposing armies, which
might have been told in half the words.
a republican who is recognized as being
highly verscd in diplomatic law and
usage, says that there are grave
fears, even upon the insufficient evil
dence at hand, that Miner used the
weight Of the influence of the United
States far TOO much in the interest OF
Guatemala. If it is true that he ad-
vised the government of that country
that they possessed the right to seize
the general upon the vessel or advised
the master of the vessel to surrender
the general, then, in the opinion OF tnis
gentleman, he certainly under all dip
lomatic law exceeded his authority.
The most he could or should have done
was to have made the captain of he YES
sci we'll acquainted with the principles
OF international law governing the case,
and then to have left him free to use
his own judgment as to the proper
course to pursue. At any rate, an in
vestigation under the auspices of the
state department must inevitably be
had, and this will be tantamount to the
placing Of Miner upon his defense.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
A Caught.

Iowa FALLS, Sept. 13.-F. A. Leon, q
barber who skipped the town several
weeks ago, leaving his employer in the
lurch to the amount of about $50 and
numerous barber tools, was captured at
Livermore and tried here yesterday.
He was given fifteen days in the comfy
Jail and fined $25, which he cannot pay.
Several members Of the Pythian lodge
OF this place went to DAVIS last night
where a lodge was instituted by the
Clarion lodge. The members Of the
new lodge comprise the leading bust
ness men OF DAVIS, and there are pros
poets OF a fine lodge being established.
The county fair closes at Eldora TO-
day, Good weather and large atten-
dance together with drawing attractions
has made the meeting . success dpAu.
cjslly and otherwise.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
Something Must BE Done.

ericsson SPRINGS, Sept. l3.-That the
president is taking a deep interest in
the financial situation is shown by the
fact that he devoted nearly two hours
this afternoon to Geographic correspon-
dence with Secretary Window at Will
JAMESTOWN, Mass, and Assistant Secre-
tar les Bachelor and Nettleton at Wash
ington, as to the best means of reliev-
ing the present stringency in the money
market. One of the results of the con-
ference was an order for the prepay
ment of interest aggregating $4,000, 900
on currency Gs, and for an advance in
the rate for 4 per cent bonds TO 1925.
Another question considered was the
propriety Of suggesting an extension of
bonded per cents under the proposed
new tariff law. but no conclusion was
reached on this point. The latest ad-
vices received by the president were to
the effect that money was easier at the
close of business and the outlook more
favorable. The president and Mrs.
Harrison took a long drive this after
noon,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20

AN OF scOUNDRE.
He Follows an Adventures and Deserts
His

LIe TOIIOWH MI
His Daughters.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Sept. 10. - Mrs.
Henry Allen and sister. of Council
Bluffs, Ia, had an unpleasant expert
ence here Wednesday night. Six
months ago their father, Hiram l. Tay'
lor, of Council Bluffs, married a girl oil
10, who lived with him a few weeks and
then deserted him, coming TO st. 10
seph. The old man told his daughters
that II they would come to st. Joseph
with him he would make an effort while
here to ecure sufficient viden
against his girl wife to enable
him to obtain a divorce. The
daughters consented and the three
arrived here Wednesday morning. The
old man soon located his wife and called
on her. When they met they embraced
and his thoughts of divorce at once left
him. His daughters found them to-
gether and when they learned from him
that he intended to again live with MS
young charmer, Mrs. Allen demanded
money belonging to her which her
father had been carrying. Instead OF
giving 1t to her he slapped her on the
side of the head two or three times and
taking his wife to the depot left the city
on a north bound train. The daughters
hadn't a cent and were forced to apply
to the mayor for transportation home
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20

A peculiar looking reptile was cap.
tured at Cordele. Fla. 1t was about
three feet long, of a yellow striped
color, but had scales all over its body
like a fish. Its eyes were exceedingly
small, and an investigation of its mouth
showed an entire absence of fangs, but
instead small ish-like teeth. When
placed on dry land it sQuirmed and
twisted about. but could not crawl like
a snake. The conclusion Of all who
saw it was that it was a h~ybrid-hali
snake and half fish. Nothing like il
has ever been seen before in this
country, and the oldest inhabitants
never knew hat the waters OF Gum
creek contained such a specimen of the
reptile creation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
Fosters Bad Prophesy.

OMAHA, Sept. 13.-According to Col
onel w. 7. Foster, the noted weather
prophet of this city, a dangerous storm
period to last ten days is due to com
.hence today. The first and most dan
Terous OF the storm waves should leave
che Pacific coast tonight or tomorrow
morning, cross the Mississippi between
Monday and Tuesday and reach the At
lantic coast about Thursday. Its effects
will be most severe somewhere between
Kansas City and Cincinnati. The sec
and storm should leave the Pacific coast
: week from today and a third a week
Inter.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
Horse Stealing at Grand island.

GRAND ISLAND, Neb, Sept. IA
fast pacing horse belonging to Charles
Moore was stolen from his stable, one
mile north Of this city, yesterday after
noon. At night two Of the farm hands
concealed themselves in the barn and
about 2 o'clock were aroused by a man
trying TO get into the barn. They gave
pursuit, but were unable to overhaul
him. There have been a number of
cases in this neighborbood lately and
the first one caught will undoubtedly
be severely handled.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20

Burglars are industriously at work in
Deadwood.
A few cases of scarlet fever are reported
at A berdeen.
The Bijou Hills Times now appears as
the Huron Independent.
Hand county hopes to tap the artesian
basin with several wells this winter.
Poles for the telegraph line from Buff
falo Gap to Hot Springs were erected last
week.
d. X. Bryant, of Huron, has been APP
pointed a member of the state board of
pharmacy.
Mrs. Carpenter, Of DeSmet, has canned
265 jars of fruit, which she expects to sell
this winter.
White, arrested for selling whisky at
Hill City, was fned 500 and sentenced to
sixty days in jail.
Judge j. S. Halstad, of Canton, has pur-
chased the Eden Star, and will enlarge and
otherwise improve the same.
Four men were arrested at Grand Forks
recently on the charge of stealing four
pairs of pants from . clothing house.
A timber fire is raging between Galena
and Brownville, but not to an extent to
cause apprehensions of any great danger.
Two more grand flowing wells were
struck the past week in the vicinity OF
Villas. Miner county takes the lead In re-
gard to artesian wells.
Lieutcnant-G Governor Fletcher contem-
plates leaving South Dakota to take up his
residence in Colorado, where he 10 largely
interested in the mines.
Saturday night the bed room of Justice
of the Peace l.. G. Ferris, of Rapid City,
was entered by some unknown burglar,
and his pants pocket relieved of $37.
Sweeney, who was arrested as the sup.
has been released, the testimony connect.
ing him with the crime being too vague to
hold him.
The loss by fire to the elevator owned by
the Aberdeen Mill company 10 estimated
$4,000; insurance $3, 900. Value Of grain,
-four, ETC., in store In elevator, $ls, 500; in
sursd for sl9.5O0.
Samuel Cushmsn, . prominent citizen OF
Deadwood, at present filing the Office OF
auditor Of Lawrence county, has been
rendered the position Of dsan Of the Dako.
to school Of mines.
The people Of Nowlin county, now At
tached to Hughes county for Judicial pur-
poses, have petitioned for the organization
Of that county. They are anxious to have
. vote taken In November.
The young people Of Aberdeen have In.
augurated what they call "straw rides"
The conveyance ID a common lumber
wagon with a rack and plenty Of straw,
and four horses to pull the load.
Philip Walters, Of Copp, recently at
tempted to lift q heavy hsyrack, and re-
ceived internal injuries, from which he
suffered the most intsnss agony NATL the
Mms u he death, three days sftsn
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
NEWS NOTES.

In a dispute over money matters
three British officers were stabbed by
Spaniards at Gibraltar.
Heavy rains have caused a renewal Of
the recent disastrous floods in Austria.
Michael Sullivan, the father OF John
L., the slugger, Is dead.
Texas fever has broken out among
cattle at Elberon, la.
The earl of Rosslyn is dead.
BY an explosion of dynamite near
Paris seven men were killed and four
injured.
The wooden mills at LODI, Poland,
have been destroyed by fire, entailing a
loss OF 800, 900.
Nineteen breweries in Boston and
vicinity have been discovered by a gov
eminent measurer sent there from
Washington to be using diversified pack
ages.
The English syndicate which pur-
chased the Philadelphia brewery for
50. 600, 600 has failed to make the a
men due. Unless the money Is paid
by September IS, the deposit Of $3.50. 0OC
will be forfeited
Unusually heavy rains have caused
the river Senegal, Eastern Africa, te
overflow its banks, doing great damage
to the French colony there. The settle
ment OF Hayes has been entirely swept
away and many lives lost.
The labor congress in session at OF
tawa, Ont, adopted q resolution 'tha,
we demand on behalf of the people o,
this country the right to hereafter elect
our governor instead Of having one CD
pointed by the British government"
Mrs. Eva M. Reyes has been arrested
at Cincinnati on q warrant charging hei
with completely In the murder OF Billy
Fee, whose dead body was found in thu
river at Lawrenceburg, Ind, a few day.
ago. Mrs. Reyes is only II years old
John Brown. who received . wound
In the head at Reading, Pa, while ex
changing shots with John Arbegus In
quarrel over q white girl named Kat,
Kunkle, has died. Arbegus and tn,
girl are both in custody.
The New York State Farmers learu,
has been incorporated. The object 10
which the league IL formed IL TO unit
the farmers of the state for p~olitica
action and TO secure Q federation Of al
farmers organizations In the state.
The engine and t~hirty-six cars Of
north-bound freight train on the Rich
mond and Danville railroad ven
through . bridge nea Salisbury, N. G.
into the Yadkin river. No one was In
jured. The loss will reach 800. 600.
At Toronto, Ont. William J. Mcleod
sentenced TO forty lashes, To be give,
in two installments, aud two years i'm
prisonment for criminally assanlting
little girl. has received the first install
mont OF the .cat," He yelled for msyc
~ every stroke,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
Killed by lightning.

YANKToN, Sept. &-James Emmons,
son OF w. Ii. Emmons, who lives in
West Iankton, was killed by lightning
Friday night while herding cattle on a
ranch in Nebraska about twenty miles
distant. He mounted his horse and
started on the evening round up Of the
cattle under his charge. While en- route
a lightning holt descended from the
clouds, struck him and his horse, and
killed them both instantly. They were
found where they fell on Saturday
morning.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
a Soldiers, Reuninn

Iowa CITY, Sept l3.-The Twenty
second Iowa held their reunion on the
10th and 18th. Nearly all the survivors
of the gallant regiment were present.
The officers were reelected. DIR.
Schrader, of Iowa City, is president.
On Thursday the veterans were adj
dressed by Ex-Governor Kirkwood, who
was enthusiastically received. The
next reunion will be held in Iowa City,
but the date has not been set.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
Three Cars for Delegates.

CHICAGO, Sept. l3.-Three special
palace cars will be required this after
noon to convey the western contingent
OF delegates to the fifth annual conven-
ton OF the Switcbmen's Mutual Aid
Association of North America, which
opens at Buffalo on Monday. The Chi
cago unions will be represented by
some sixty delegates while about half
that number will join the party from
the west and northwest.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
A Typhoid

CARRoLLroS, Ohio, Sept 13.-An cpl
demic has been raging in the eastern
part Of this county the past week, and
many deaths have resulted. Wednes-
day six deaths occurred. 1t was
claimed by some TO be typhoid fever.
Yesterday John Tool died Of cholera
after intense spasms. DIR. Williams
pronounced it a genuine case Of Asiatic
cholera.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
ChargeA

CHICAGO, Sept. 13.-General A. v.
Kautz, colonel of the Eighth United
States infantry, was a visitor at the
army headquarters here today en- route
to Fort Niobrara, Neb., where his regi-
mentI is stationed. The charges pre-
ferred by General Kauts to the war de-
partment against General Brooks, to-
gether with the counter charges preferred
by Brooks against General Kautz, have
by mutual application been withdrawn
and the difficulty between the officers
compromised. The withdrawal OF the
charges were promulgated by the war
department today
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20

A French railroad has hit upon a new
source of revenue. In future people
who accompany their friends to any of
the stations IN that line 20 see them of
will only be admitted on the platform
on payment Of a fee ofa penny, in re-
turn for which they will receive q spe-
cial ticket Of authorization. For those
who are apt to tarry a long while over
their leaye-taking there is a further
tax as the ticket Is only available for
one hour, at the end Of which time an
other must, II necessary, be obtained.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
The Fair mt Lincoln.

LINCOLN, Sept. lathe Nebraska
state fair, in many respects the most
successful ever held in the state, closed
yesterday. Lycurgis won the 1927 trot
in 1921. Wallace c. won the 2:27 trot
in 2:2SA. The horse Jack was sus.
pended Indefinitely and his owner, +.
Slade. OF Omaha, and his driver, Lane,
were expelled. The charge was that
Charlie Burch in 1854. The three
quarter mile dash was won by Red Sign
in 1:2O%,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
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sTUNC ON THE NOSE.
Death Resulting I'm Ten Minutes From
Bee sting.

Death Resulting I'm Ten Minutes From .
Bee sting.
SYRACUSE. Sept. 13.-Yesterday after.
noon Alexander s. Baker, a wealthy
stock raiser neal here, was stung on the
nose by a honey bee and died within
ten minutes. The physicians say that
1t is one OF the strangest cases they
ever knew. Thirty-two years q he
was stung on the back Of his neck, and
nearly died from the effects. Since
that time he has not had q pulse more
than forty-fve 1t is said. Five years
ago he wal stung, with a similar effect.
and then sold his apiary. He was At
the home Of his son when he was stung
the last time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
~SaIyadnrian COnKress.

New YORK, Sept. IA San Salvador
special to the Herald says the special
session Of the ~Salvadorian congress was
convened yesterday to elect a president
to serve until next January. The
crowds in the galleries OF the house and
those in the streets made IN enthusi-
astic demonstration in favor OF General
Ezeta. A president will probably be
elected today.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
A singular affair has occurred at IT

A singular affair has occurred at To
ronto. The wedding suit of John
a lawyer, which cost nearly
500 and was paid for and ready to leave
the tailor's shop. and which had been
attached by a for the payment
of a debt, was sold at auction last week.
The highest bid was SIG. so from the
tailor who made it. The claim, which
was over $40, is, therefore, not ye,
liquidated. Creighton was absent on
his vacation and is not yet married.
The incident has caused agreat deal OF
local gossip.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
First Railroad Accident.

DEADwooD, Sept. 9-The first acct
dent in the history Of the Black Hills
and Fort Pierre railroad occurred Sun
day between Brownsville and Mawatts-
vile. The regular passenger train from
Piedmont was delayed in Elk creek can
. - 100 800
from Lead City ran into it, smashing
the locomotive pretty thoroughly, but
there was no loss of life. Five or six
passengers were somewhat injured, but
none seriously.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-09-20
The Winona Bridge RilI.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. I'm the
senate this morning at the suggestion
of Edmunds, it was agreed that an hour
be given each day, after routine bust
ness, to bills on the calendar. On mo-
ton, the Washburn house bill To
authorize the construction of the bridge
across the Mississippi river at Winona,
Mimi, was taken from the calendar
and passed.