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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
The Royal Signature.

The Queens signature to state
documents" said he, lis still a model
of tirmness and legibility, no sign Of
Her Majesty's advanced age being dis
cernible in the boldly written 'Victoris
r. which she attaches TO such papers
as have to bear the royal autograph.
The question of the signing Of state
documents in England by the Sove.
reign became one of great Importance
in the last months of George Tvs
reign. During this period His Majesty
was in such a debilitated state that the
writing of numerous autographs was an
impossibility. and under these circum-
stances a short bill was hurriedly passed
through Parliament authorizing the
King TO afiix a fac-simile Of his auto
graph by means of an linked stamp.
1t was also provided that George
should. before stamping each docu-
ment, give his verbal assent 10 it in q
special form. The Duke of Yelling
ton was in office ut the time. and 10
was his duty to lay certain documents
before the King for his approval. One
day the Iron Duke noticing that His
Majesty was stamping the papers be-
fore him without repeating the pre-
scribed verbal formality. ventured to
enter a respectful but firm protest.
Your Majesty sorgets to repeat the
verbal formalityP
Hang it, what can it siguifyP re-
piled the King in an irritated voice.
Only this, SIR replied the Duke,
that the law requires it,
George Nv. said no more, but al
c began to repeat the requisite for.
mality as he stamped each of the docu-
nlentS.n-K Y Siar.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
LOVED PROFESSOR
A Nebraska Woman Becomes In
fatuated With a Patent Med
icine faker.
Her Husband Objects and Will
Enter Suit for a
Divorce.
A Married Man at Fort Dodge Loses
His Heart and Virtue TO a Plump
and Confding Widow-Both
Arrested.
A Maynard Wife.

NORFOLK, Neb., April 1.-Two hearts
that heretofore beat as one are now, and
from last night about 1880 have been
torn asunder, parted as if by the whirl
wind and strewn for miles around. The
owners of these necessary organs OF
human makeup are Mr.. and Mrs. &. Il
Suter, the former a bridge builder on
the Union Pacific railroad. The cause
of the trouble within this household Is
one Professor Haymern, who does tn,
club swinging, handling Of dumb-bells
and various other acts in company with
a bakers dozen OF the good Indians
who claim to have never contracted tb'
habit Of stealing white mems cattle or
liking for canine soup. Mrs. Suter at
tended this entertainment last evening
and apparently enjoyed it hugely
fact, she evidently got mashed on tn,
professors shape, and as she came alone
accepted his offer of escort to her domi.
Gle. Perhaps a wonderful recital Of the
astonishing virtues of Sagwa oil, which
this company handles as a side line,
caused them to vary somewhat from the
ordinary course of individuals returning
home, and when overtaken by the in
dignant Mr.. Suter were about eight or
ten blockes distant in another part OF
town. Mr.. Suter states that this is not
her first o~fIense, and displayed some
very compromising epistles from other
gentlemen. The last act Of the enter
tainment will probably be given in the
divorce courts.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
A CONVENTION OF GERMANS.
Called for the lotection Of Immigrant
to TN Country.

New Yor.E, April 5.-Advices from
different pr ITS of the country say tina
great interest is being manifested b.
the German element IN the coming con
vention at Washington to consider tn,
best method of protecting the Interest,"
of German immigrants, which are i'm
perilied by the two measures before tn,
hoIse of representatives and which pro
vide for a considerable restriction %
immigration. Delegates have already
been elected by many Germans societies
of this city and Milwaukee, Cincinnati,
Kansas City, st. Louis, Detroit and
Philadelphia, among other places, are
expected to send strong delegations.
The convention will be in session three
days, and strong measures will be taken
to influence the action of congress
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
An Awful Ride on a Mule.

A printer well known in Atlanta got
hard up in Birmingham recently, says
the Atlanta Constitution. He wanted
to come to Atlanta and he crawled ints
the first vacant stock-car he saw, and
as 1t was night. rolled into one corner
and went to sleep. He was awakened
in a little while by a lot of mules
which were driven in on him.
''Scaredp Well. i think I was" hs
says in telling the story. But / wantet
to come. aud / thought l could pacif,
the mules SO they would let me alone
| soon found that wouldn't work. Thel
eyed me suspiciously, then bit at mi
and kicked M until / began 10 realiz
there must be some change or my las
days had come.
II made up my mind to ride one o.
the mules. / tried one. and wa
promptly landed against the top of the
car. Then another. and another. with
the same result. The fourth one waf
docile. and on that mules back ! rode
for a day and q night 1t was the mos
horrible ride anybody ever experienced
and you need not wonder at my hab
turning gray"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
HaIstead Laid on the Shelf.

CINCINNATI, April quite a sensa-
ton was created in this city when
il was announced that Murat Halstead
had retired from the editorship of the
Commercial Gazette. Two weeks ago
Halstead left for New York. and sin "a
his arrival in hat city reports have
been sent out that he will make New
York his home and edit the paper from
there. But there is another side to the
story. During the last campaign Hal
stead made several mistakes that were
costly to the republican party, and the
stockholders of the paper, which has
been losing money ever since the last
campaign. at the annual election, two
weeks ago, kicked up a row over Hal
stead's management Of the paper. The
result was the board of directors
politely told Mr.. Halstead that if he
was anxious to go to New York he could
do SO. lie went 10 the big city where
he now resides, and the only thing
heard from him is a column of matter
that appears in the paper every day.
The managing editor is Richard Smith,
but the real man is A. Howard Hinkle,
who in the future will dictate the policy
Of tho manor
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
RIVALS THE BENDER HORROR.
A Family Of Murderers In Rawlins County.
Kansas. ArreAted.

Kansas, Arrested.
DENVER, Colo, April 4.-Rawiins
county. Kansas, neal the Colorado line,
has produced a horror that is exciting
all western Kansas. Five years ago
Frank and Grocian Chleboard settled
two miles southeast Of Atwood and
were afterwards joined by their
father and mother, two sisters and
brother Joe. In 1887 the mother died
suddenly and was buried by the family
in great haste, the neighbors knowing
nothing of the affair until after the
burial. About a year later the father
disappeared and was gone several
weeks before it was known in the
neighborhood. On December IS, 1889,
Mary, wife of Grocian C~hleboard,
whipped Joe severely. He complained
to a neighbor boy, saying that If they
punished him again he (Joe) would tell
how Grocian and Mary had killed his
mother. On the afternoon OF December
26 Mary went to a neighbours at Hose
neck, and while there got a couple Of
apples, one OF which she ate herself,
bringing the other home TO Joe. Joe
was told there was an apple in the house
on the table for him, and, boylike, he
went in, ate the apple, and in fifteen
minutes was taken sick and lay down
on some chairs. Then he was seized
with commissions, and rigidity character
istic of s~trychnine poisoning was
manifest. Then Grocian took
the boy on his back and was
met by a neighbor on the Atwood and
Oberlin road, Of whom he inquired:
'What is the matter with my brother,
he is as stiff as a board?" When asked
where he was going Grocian replied hat
he was going to Mr.. Harper's for medi-
cine. On this same road, near Harper's
house, which was about one mild from
Chleboard's, was an old we'll known as
the Horn well, long ago abandoned, and
$50 feet deep. 1t is into this we'll that
old man C~hleboard was thrown, and
now a dozen other mysterious disap-
%pearauces are remembered, the well
will be given a thorough overhauling.
The s%trangest part of the thing is that
the well has been filled at intervals
and the ~Chleboards always did the fill
ing. Lynching has been threatened.
1t is believed that it is another Bender
case.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
STOCKHOLDERS MEET.
Election Of n Board OF Directors of
Worlds Fair.

Election of n Board of Directors of the
Worlds Fair.
CHICAGO, April 4.-There was a great
crowd of stockholders of the worlds fair
in battery ID this morning in response
to the call for the election of directors
for the enterprise. Large as it was,
however, it was but a small representa-
lion of the whole, the total number OF
shareholders a~ggregating 30, ZOO. Many
Of those present, however, held hun
ireds of proxies, and hence the task of
selecting the directorate will be greatly
,implified. IL the drift of public senti-
ment indicates anything it is that
o board will be elected that
will favor the lake front as the location
for the exposition. There have been no
formal candidates placed in the field,
but it is thought that John X. Walsh,
president Of the Chicago National bank;
Hon. joseph Medill, of the Chicago
Tribune; Marshall Field, Potter Palmer,
Cyrus Mccormick, with Robert Melon,
Of the Iron Moulders' union, 239, and
j. j. Morgan, Federal Labor union No.
1886, as the representatives of the
labor stockholders will be among those
elected. After the bill has passed the
senate a second assessment will be made
on the stock holders and the board will
then get to work in right earnest.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
ALL READY FOR WAR
Chicago Plumbers Determined to
Fight for an Advance of
Wages.
The Bosses AIIege Their Demands
to Be Unjust and Refuse
to Concede.
Murat HaIstead Retires From Jour.
naIism-Horace GreeIey's Old
Homestead Destroyed
by Fire.
Plumbers Strike.

CHICAGO, April Measures we're
ldopted by the Master Plumbers ssso-
.iation yesterday afternoon which are
by no means calculated to bring about
settlement of the ~journeymen plumb
er's strike. In fact the masters have
issued a bold defiance and have given it
cut that the men who have gone out
may strike just as hard and as long as
they care to. Although this was some
what of a surprise TO the strikers, it is
but the final declaration of the policy
which the masters have all along pur-
sued. A great many Of the journeymen
thought hat the masters would give in.
This supposition, erroneous as 1t proved
TO be, was based on the fact that a few
more of the lesser contractors had
granted the demand and asked that
their men be sent back to work. These
men who have given in, however, are
not members of the Master Plumbers
association and their action was Nholly
ignored at the secret meeting Of that
body yesterday afternoon.
Fully $50 of the masters attended
that meeting and the disposition from
the start was for a fight. One of the
first things done was the appointment
of a strike committee, or a committee
on ways and means, as 1t is called.
This committee, which is made up OF
Hugh Watt, the president of the associ-
alton, NJ. j. Corboy, p. Macy, Martin
Moylan, +. Baggot and j. j. Hamlin,
will have full power TO act in any way
they see fit toward a settlement Of the
strike or in securing new men for the
places that have been vacated. The
masters resolved to hold out against the
strikers until the strike is settled on
the basis of the same hours and the
same wages as those that existed be-
fore the trouble began. They say they
will not concede one item of the mems
demands and if the strikers come back
at all they must come on exactly the old
terms.
ave want a uniform rate Of SO. rs a
day." said Mr.. Byrne, president of the
International Plumbers association.
Before this strike some Of the best
plumbers were making and receiving "a
a day and others were getting a good
deal less. The 81 men are willing to
come down to the average just for the
sake of bringing the others up. Some
of the bosses are charging Sc a day for
the services of both plumbers and help
ers. 1t il not too much 10 ask, | think,
that the men who do this work should
get at least 1915 out of the amount.
Four years ago there were 300 plumbers
in the city receiving SO. so a day. Now
the bosses have reduced the wages SO
much that there are not more than
twenty-five plumbers in the city earning
that amnuut
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12

safeguard against the export duties on
logs provided to equal the excess In that
duty.
Sugar stands as already noted at 80
per cent. below 10. is anu 10 per cent.
above, which amounts to a so per cent
reduction on some grades and more than
that on molasses above Sc degrees 20
per cent, with a safeguard against ex-
port duty. Cigars, cigarettes and
cheroots SO and 25 per CEN
The liquor schedule is substantially
as at present, with the addition OF
effervescent IMMORAL waters, natural
and imitation, which are dutiable at 20
cents and so cents per dozen bottles, ac'
cordipg TO size.
Cotton manufactures are practically
as fixed in the senate bill Of the last
congress.
Cables, cordage and Irvine Of MANILA,
including binding Irvine, ~ cents per
pound.
On wool the duties have been already
stated.
Under the silk schedule the bounty
clause TO operate ten years provides for
the payment of 81 per pound on silk
produced and reeled in the United
States and Z cents per pound on
cocoons.
In leather, betting and sole decreased
90 per cent; calf skins decreased 20 per
cent; kangaroo, sheep and goat skin
decreased IS per cent. skins Of morocco,
tanned but unfinished, Is per cent.
gloves, kid and leather, in whole or
part, in any stage of manufacture, &C.
cording to value, from Sl.50 and 20 pei
cent. to so per cent.
Pianos decreased IS per cent.
The internal revenue provisions abol'
ish all special tax upon dealers IN leai
tobacco, dealers IN tobacco, manufac.
turers of tobacco and cigars and ped.
dlers. All restrictions upon growers
in regard to the sale OF tobacco are re-
moved. The tax on smoking and man.
ufactured tobacco and snuff is reduced
from S to 4 cents per pound. Provision
is made for a rebate to manufacturers
on goods held when the law goes into
effect.
Section 80 repeats all laws allowing
distillation of fermented liquids except
in authorizing difflieries, and the Law
allowing the use O alcohol vapor in the
manufacture of Vinegar.
The bill makes 1862 closely printed
pages.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
AN EXPRESS RoeBsR ARRESTED.
The Thief Is Captured With His Doodle in
Honduras.

NEW YORK, April 5.-A special to tn,
Herald from Tegucigalpa, Spanish Hon
duras, says: Edmund Sturgis Craw
ford has been arrested at Santa Barbari
for the theft Of a package %containin,
81, 900 in transit from the American
Exchange National bank in New Yori
to the Adams Express company's Office
The package was addressed to til,
United States treasurer at Washington
A large portion of the money was found
in Crawford's possession. The robbery
was committed in New York May 1
1888. Crawford has confessed and i'm
plicates two others. The Herald say,
that the express company has spent
S25, 600 in tracing Crawford. lie was 8
messenger in the bank when he com
mitted the theft. Pinkerton says thai
Crawford's confession duplicates some
fast New Workers. Crawford was living
IS a planter in Honduras and passed fol
a'lan of wealth.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
Misfortune Made Him Crazy.

MAYS LANDING, N. j., April 5.-The
misfortune which has come upon the
farmers of the town of Germanic causes
intense excitement all over southern
New Jersey. Over forty families are
now homeless. Sheriff Johnson. of At
lantic county, has sold within the last
two days 200 farms to satisfy mortgages
which have been foreclosed. One of the
farmers evicted was George Ling. His
misfortune made him crazy and he set
fire to his home and burned it TO the
ground, diving himself in the flames.
Another farmer, Fred Wersbo, has bar
ricaded himself in his house and an.
nounces his intention to keep posses
sion or die.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12

Rev. w. ID. Brown, a negro preacher
Of Brooklyn, N. Y, is an orator of the
Mark Antony type. Seymour Townsend
Brewster. an estimable member of his
flock, recently died and Tr. Brown de-
livered the funeral sermon. 1t appears
that the unfortunate MI. Brewster had
led TO the altar a short time before his
demise a blushing and buxom widow,
who st near the corpse, and whose grief
was pitiful TO see. Mr.. Brwn's sermon
was eloquent and touching, but it gave
no hint in its most impassioned pass
ages Of its startling climax. He closed
his discourse with these words:
Wives, prepare TO meet your husband"
Then he said: al am aware that the
mar whose remains lie here had two
wives. both Of won are present" The
statement was % true, and an inde-
scribable scene followed. This preacher
Is one Of the few orators now living.
lie c~omprehends and makes use of the
principle that truth is The secret of real
oloquence.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
A Wayward Husband,

FoRT DODGE, Ia, April BE. c
Knapp, a well-to-do citizen OF Dayton
township, and Mrs. Mollie Weeks, ,
plump and confiding widow from the
same vicinity, were bound over to await
the action Of the grand jury on a charge
of adultry today. Knapp is a married
mar. OF late he has scandalized the
Daytonites by his outrageous conduct.
For the past month his family has been
left to take care of itself while Knapp
was openly violating the laws of
propriety in company with the pretty
widow. Finally knapp's much abused
wife, by the advice of her friends and
neighbors, filed an information against
her husband and Mrs. Weeks, which re.
suited in their being held to the grand
jury. While in the custody of the con
stable, Knapp made an assault upon his
wife's brother, who testified against
him. Right and might were both With
the brother-in-law and Knapp got the
worst of the encounter. Knapp and
Mrs. Weeks will both stay in Jail in do
fault of bail.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
CHlckco'S CITY ELECTION.
Decent Men of Both Parties Are In I'll
Field as Candidates.

Field as Candidates.
CHICAGO, April 1.-The municipal
election which is in progress today is OF
more than usual interest from the fact
that the aldermen elected will be
clothed with the duty OF putting the
city in shape for the worlds fair. The
opportunities for fatal laundering and
the temptation TO bribery and corrup
ton at such a time will be unprece
dented, and hence there has beer
a movement on the part of de
cent men of both parties tc
make reputable nominations. Az
usual, however, the slum element has
made itself manifest in marked degree.
in the list of nominees there are to be
found men that are closely allied both
by business and instinct with the worst
of the criminal and depraved classes,
In fact 1T is many years since more OBJ.
~jectionable candidates were presented
for the suflrages of the voters. A strong
effort, however, will be made in the re-
spectacle wards TO return good men in
order that the slum element may find
itself in a decided minority in the next
council.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
An Old Landmark Burned.

CHAPPAUQUA, n. Y, April 3.-The old
Greeley homestead, built by Horace
Greeley in 1851, was destroyed by fire
this morning. Since Mr.. Greeley's
death the house had been owned by
Miss Gabrielle Greeley, his only sur
viving child. Miss Greeley was in
~Pleasantville attending church at the
time. The fire made rapid progress,
and the servants were compelled to
leave the house without saving much
property. 1t is believed $40, 600 will
cover the loss.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
-
AN INFORMAL PRODUCTION
OF Mr.. Edmond Harancourt's New Pas
sion Play" by Sara Barnhardt

"
sion Play" by Sara arnhard
New YORK April A London cable
says: The first presentation Of the
new Passion Play took place today at
the Cirque d. Huer. Owing to the in
terdiction of the censor all of the par
Elephants appeared in ordinary attire.
1t was, in fact, only a reading, although
up to as late as last evening Sara Barn
hardt had entertained hopes that the
minister of the interior would permit
the use of the full scenic effects that
she had provided. The role of
the Virgin Mary was assumed
by Sara who was attired in o
flowing robe of snow white vengaline.
Philippe Garner, who was seen in the
United States in the part of Justinian
in Theodore, impersonated the Savior,
and Judas Iscariot was interpreted by
nj. Fremont. Both of these actors were
in evening dress. Between the acts APP
propriate selections of sacred music
were rendered by Lamoureux's orchestra.
There was an immense audience and
the representation was received with
due solemnity. The author of the play,
Edmond Harancourt, occupied a box
and at the conclusion of the reading
was warmly complimented.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12

There is a mistake current in regard
to the birthplace Of the late General
Schenck. 1t is true that while Robert
c. was yet an infant his father removed
TO Franklin, o., hence the error. Cen
eral Schenck's father vas pastor of the
old Presbyterian church at Ballston Cen
ter, Saratoga county. N. Y, and in the
old parsonage yet standing. on October
4, 1909, Robert c. Schenck was horn.
The parsonage was also the birthplace
of another celebrity, Rev. DR.. Samuel
lreneus Prime, whose parents were on
a visit u Rev. Mr.. Schenck at the time
DIR. Prime was born.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
At a Methodist entertainment at Car

At a Methodist entertainment at Cam.
bridge, Mass, called a gypsy festival
a pretty young sister Mortified the ED
ers by doing a gypsy dance in strikingly
correct costume. She did her best to
please, and cavorted and whirled be-
fore them in the most exciting manner,
but what was her surprise, when she
had finished, and when she expected a
burst of enthusiastic applause, to find
herself chilled by cold chances and con-
demned by a puritanical shaking OF
heads. What do those elders expect?
Do they think a gypsy dance should be
performed in the costume of a Quaker
grandmother?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-04-12
the Levee.

ARKANSAS CITY, Ark, April 5.-Tht
levee lust above Catfish Point, Miss,
broke this morning, and tho crevasse il
nearly 900 feet wide and very deep
The break is said to be by far the wors
break that has yet occurred OF the Mis-
sissippi side. A tremendous volume o
water is coming out of the revasse an
is sweeping everything before III
Houses, cribs, stables and fences al
being washed away. Many head q
stock has already been lost. The su
fering that will necessarily follow tn
disaster will be great. The conditio
of affairs on this side of the river VIZ
bad enough before. and this break vii
make matters much worse.