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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
NEBRASKA pRoHIRIIloNisIs.
The Cold waterites Outline . Plan OF
Campajgn.

The Cold Waterites Outline . Plan Of
Campaign.
LINCOLN, Feb. 21.-At the session of
the prohibition state convention yester-
day afternoon the committee on resolu.
tions and on plan of organization made
a report.
The resolutions declare that Nebraska
has tried high license long enough to
demonstrate its utter impracticability
either to control the liquor traffic or to
lessen the terrible evils that flow from
the common center of social, moral and
political corruption; that the demand
for constitutional prohibition, both state
and national, has become the dividing
line that separates the people into
friends and foes of the greatest infamy
that blackens the pages Of modern his
tory, and they invite the hearty coop
Grafton of every temperance man and
woman in one common cause TO carry
the prohibitory amendment at the com-
ing election.
The plan of campaign contemplates q
thorough organization, one that shall
reach every quarter section Of LAM and
every home in Nebraska before the
campaign closes. 1t provides for an ex-
~ecutive committee Of nine, that, besides
the general supervising of work, shall
pay special attention to the main forces
in the fight, finance, literature and
speakers; for a voluntary lecture bureau
in every county and for the distribution
Of the campaign literature of both the
state ana national organizations. IL also
arranges for the management and con-
duct of such non resident speakers as
may be sent from other states and for
the collection of money to forward the
work of the campaign. Rev. c. +.
Bentley, OF Ulysses, was made chair
man and Hon. Artemus Roberts. OF Lin
coin, secretary of the committee.
In the evening eX-Goyernor st. John
delivered an able and temperate ad-
dress on the temperance question.
There was no calling OF names or abus-
ing the republican party, nothing to
ALLEVIATE any friends of temperance, but
an earnest appeal TO the people of Ne
braska TO give their entire attention
and support to the work OF carrying the
amendments.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
The sawtelle Murder Mystery.

GREAT FALLS, N. H., Feb. 22.-The
coroner's jury in the Sawtelle case COM
pleted the taking of evidence today.
The testimony as to whether the fatal
shot was fired in New Hampshire or
Maine has not been very conclusive,
but it is believed that the verdict will
be in accordance with the popular inn
preston that the murder occurred in
this state. The law requires the YER
diet to be kept secret ten days after 1t
is rendered.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Born ON a Street Car.

TOLEDO, o., Feb. 2l.-Mrs. Rosa Bar
ozynski, a Polish woman. who arrived
here from Cleveland yesterday, gave
birth to a bouncing girl baby in a street
car en- route from the depot up town.
She and her babe were taken from the
car to the nearest hotel, and are doing
finely. Her husband, who was with
her, left the hotel o after, and as he
has not shown up since, the wife thinks
the occurrence was too much for him
and that he has deserted her.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Law and Order Convention

TORONTO, Can, Feb. 29.-Delegates
to the international convention of the
Law and Order Association Of the United
States are arriving here in large num-
bers, The executive committee is in
session today and the formal opening of
the convention will take place this
evening. The delegates will be hospit-
ably entertained by the citizens. The
stars and stripes are freely displayed
over the city in compliment TO the Wis
itors
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01

1t is said that when the Grand Opera
management in Paris changed some
time ago the new men found W on the
books items amounting to $780, 00 an
nually for which no explanation APP
peared until it was found that it cov-
cred expenditures to secure favorable
notices in the newspapers. The new
management attempted to stop this ex-
pense, and after being bulldozed to COM
promise on merely cutting it down, have
now been compelled TO restore 1t to
more than its old figure. on the plea
that the newspaper men ought to share
in the increased receipts, brought by the
exposition.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Thrown From the Track.

SACRAMENTO, Cal, Feb. 2l.-Near
Cape Point Mills on Wednesday night .
snow pillow engine and four other loco
motives were thrown from the track by
. broken rail. Two Of the locomotives
and the pillow engine were carried down
. bank fifty feet. Brakemap Williams
was scalded to death; Fireman Evans
and Engineer Darland were badly
scalded and Fireman Bates was more or
less injured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
WAsHiNCTON'S BIRTHDAY.
The Day Generally Observed MT Chicago
as "A Holiday.

The Day Generally Observed MT Chicago
as a Holiday.
CHICAGO, Feb. %. -Washington's
birthday is being celebrated today on a
more general scale than for many years
past. Business is largely suspended
and the streets in the business center
are crowded with holiday seekers. At
9:3O this morning the two largest audi
ence rooms in the city, those of the
Auditorium and Central Music hall, were
crowded with school children as the
guests of the Union League
club. Addresses were delivered by
Right Rev. Bishop Spalding (CathOlic),
Of Peoria: Bishop Samuel Fallows,
reformed Episcopal), Rabbi T.. G..
Hirsch Hebrew, Rev. DIR. Bolter
(Methodist), Rev. J. L. Jones uni
tarian). Patriotic hymns and songs
we're rendered, and each child was pre-
scented with o nag. This afternoon,
also, under the auspices of the club,
5000 citizens of Chicago will rally at the
auditorium where a lecture will be de-
livered by Rev. o. IL. Tiffany, OF Min
neapolis, on the "Perils of National
Extension" Following this will come
the annual banquet of the league, at
which Chief Justice Fuller will be the
principal speaker. His address will deal
with the federal judiciary.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
EXhumed the Body,

ST. LOUIS, Feb. 2l.-The body of Mrs.
Vail, the victim of the tragedy at Old
Monroe, which resulted in the arrest oil
Charles Vail on the charge of murder,
was exhumed yesterday and an autopsy
held. The ball could not be found, but
the course Of the bullet was described
by the physicians. The verdict OF the
coroner's jury was that the deceased
came to her death from the effect Of a
gunshot wound inflicted the 10th day OF
February. The jury was instructed that
it was to say how the victim came to her
death, not who shot her.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
The Chicago Yerdicts.

CHICAGO, Feb. 22.-After a long and
bitter debate the jury in the Twombly-
Lactsche case this morning returned a
verdict fading the engineer and fireman
not grilty of m".der in connection with
the Sorth Engle wood accident on the
Rock Iland road last September, In
which Sc ven lives were lost.
The jury in the Cronin jury bribery
case this morning returned a verdict Of
guilty and sentencing ODonrell to
three years in the pe%nitentiary.
O'Brien was much surprised and cast
down at the verdict. Judge Waterman
refused to ad1it the defendant to bail
pending a motion for new trial.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
An Illinois Branch Organized.

CHICAGO, Feb. 21.-An Illinois de-
partment of the National Woman's Nom
Partisan Christian Temperance union
will be brought into existence at a mass
meeting to be held in Central Music
hall this afternoon. 1t will accept the
constitution Endorsed by the Cleveland
convention of last month, and declare
in favor of the advancement Of temper
ance independent of such side issues as
woman's suffrage or dress reform.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Russ,. demands Payment

SOFIA, Feb. 2l.-Russia has demanded
of the government Of Bulgaria the pay
ment Of 1900, 600 roubles AREAS as
money due on account of Russian occu-
patton during 1878 and 1879. The de-
mand is in part related to the consOlida-
ton under one government of Bulgaria
and eastern Roumalia. Russia has
never pressed the debt, but demands
the arrears now apparently under q
sense of irritation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01

Seattle has been largely rebuilt since
the fire, and the new buildings are
much finer than were the old ones. In
seventy days after the fire a brick hotel
containing 200 rooms was completed.
Nine street car lines have been COM
pleted, or nearly so, C $500, 900 rolling
mill has been established, and iron
works to cost 49, 900, 600 are being con-
structed, while a costly opera house has
lust been thrown open to the public.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
shipwreoked Sailors Rescued.

LONDON, Feb. 2l.-The arrival at
Port Talbot, Wales, of the steamer Bay
fisher is announced. She had on board
Captain Putnam and eight of the res
cued crew of the British ship Sovereign
from Cardiff TO M~onteviedo. The Sow
ereign had been run into by the steamer
Highgatc Tuesday while off Lundy
Island. When picked up by the Bay
fisher Captain Putnam and his COM
p~anions had been adrift in an open boat
for thirty hours and when rescued were
very much exhausted. Several of the
crew have been saved, but the fate of a
number Of others is in doubt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
RUSSIANS RATIFIED
The Stories Published of the Sibe-
rian Prison 0utrages Causes
a Commotlon.
An Official Denial of Remnants
Letters viii Be Made
Public Soon,
Secretary Blaine VIII BE Appealed
20 by the Russian Legation
The Publication Hurts
Them.
The siberian Atrocities.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l.-Despite the
statement OF a prominent member of the
Russian legation that the representa-
ties OF the car In this country are in
different TO the stories of Siberian atroc-
tiles that have been cabled across the
water, that they have NJ knowledge of
the existence of such an individual as
George KEENAN,, and that they have ex-
acting instructions TO ignore any
man Of that name" the fact re-
mains that the Russian minister,
as we'll as his superiors in st, Peters
burg, have been very much perturbed
by the circulation of these reports in
the United States. IL is likewise a
fact that for a year past the Russian
minister has been furnished, through a
press clipping bureau, with copies Of
all cable dispatches and foreign letters
relating to Russian affairs, as we'll as
with Remnants articles on Siberia and
th press reports of his lectures. These
have periodically been forwarded TO st.
Petersburg. Over a month ago a mem
Der of the legation stated 10 a friend
that the authorities at home were pre-
pairing an exhaustive replyto these state
ments, which would be presented to Sec
rotary Blaine for transmission, IL in his
judgment considered polite, TO the
house Of representatives and the SEN
ate, and that this statement would be
accompanied by an intimation that the
systematic publication of these stories
was not conducive to the maintainence
OF cordial relations between the two
governments. The matter, Of course, is
one with which the secretary of state
has nothing whatever TO do, but the
statement is significant as indicating
that the Russian administrative officials
are really more alive to the sentiment
in this country, and more concerned re-
garding 1t thar they profess TO be.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
North ako Chosen.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.--At the woman
suffrage convention held last night
North Dakota was chosen as the i'm
mediate battle ground for the cause.
The speakers we're Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe, Rev. Annie III. Shaw, OF Illinois,
and Congressman Picker, Of South Da-
kota, who spoke briefly in support Of
woman's suffrage and said he had moth
ing but contempt for . man who was
not willing I give his wife and sister
the same opportunity he enjoyed him
aelf
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01

An envoy from New York has been
visiting Paris, and likes the wooden
pavements very much, but says that
they would not do in New York because
the summers are too warm. This is a
novel and entirely absurd objection.
Wooden pavements, once properly laid,
cannot be affected by heat any more
than stone pavements can, and they are
infinitely better in very hot weather
than badly laid asphalt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01

An Anglo-Roman company has under
taken a contract TO light Rome by cleo
tricity. The plant is to be set up at
Tiyoli, it is said, and power supplied by
water there, the current then being
transmitted by overhead wires to the
city itself, and throughout the city by
overhead wires for public lighting, and
by subways for lighting of private
houses.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
A Fatal

New ORLEANS, Feb. 22.-The picay-
une's Aurora, Tex, special says; A
fatal epidemic is raging here. The dis
ease is pronounced spinal meningitis, or
spotted fever, and several persons have
died of 1t within the last two days. The
people are terror-stricken and fleeing
from the place. An appeal was made to
Fort Worth for physicians and nurses,
which was was at once responded to by
the mayor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Caused by Firecrackers.

HELENA, Mont, Feb. 22.-The
Granite block burned yesterday morn
ing. The fte was probably caused by
firecrackers c~arc,essly thrown by mem
bers of the Legislature during their
Notification v e the wind-up OF the
legislative session. The legislatures
journals, books and papers were de-
stroycd. The total loss is estimated at
450. 0O0.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Will PLAY in Australia,

LONDON, Feb Ell. l.. Toole, the
eminent comedian, left here this morn
ing for Brindisi, where he will take the
Peninsular and Oriental steamer Brit.
tanic for Australia, opening an en-
gagement at Melbourne-in Easter week.
He will probably return by way of the
United States and renew his ~acquain-
lance he made with many friends in
that country fourteen years ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Women Crusaders ON Trial.

Trenton, Mo, Feb. 2i.-The pre-
liminary hearing Of the thirteen lady
crusaders, who a week wrecked the
local saloons, opened today before jus
tice Tiff, at Spickardsville. The
prosecuting attorney appeared for the
state, and pretty we'll the entire village
turned out for the occasion. The de-
PENDANTS were we'll represented by
counsel. The hearing is still in prog
rpea
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01

In a court at Drogheda, Ireland, a Mr..
Kenny, being sued for rent due on a
house that he had leased, pleaded that
his wife had been frightened by a ghost
that appeared at their bed and threw
something upon them during the night,
and that the place was on that account
uninhabitable. The court held that the
fact that a house was haunted was no
defenre in such a suit, and gave a ver-
dict for the plaintiff.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Several Senators Were Absent.

HELENA, Mont, Feb. 2l.-The pres.
ent session of the legislature closes to.
day Owing to the absence of the dem
ocratic senators, nothing has been ac-
complished. Financial matters are in
bad shape, no appropriation bills hay
ing been passed. The governor may be
compelled to call a special session of
the Legislature at an early date.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Sentenced.

CAFEA, Crete, Feb, sl.-Three members
Of the Cretan council have been sen.
fenced to seven years imprisonment
each for resignIng their posts under
threats made by the Cretan committee
at Athens.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Dubuuue land Titles Are Clear.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Feb, 22.-Sensational
reports concerning the proposed bring
ing of q suit by the heirs of Julien Du-
buque to recover the land now occupied
by this city have been published in the
Chicago and st. Paul papers. Judge I.
S. Wilson, one of the oldest living Iowa
judges, and who furnished a synopsis of
the cases In the United States supreme
court which settles the question az to
the title Of Julien Dubuque to land in
Iowa, explained today that the land be-
longed originally TO Spain, and was
coded by Spain TO France previous to
1902, and by France to the United States
in 1903. Spain allowed no man TO set
tie on Indian land without permission
Of the Indians, and never sold land 10
settlers, but donated it on petition apd
in compliance with the Spanish law re-
curing the settler TO have the land
surveyed and the record and the pro-
ceedings recorded In the govern
ment books of survey kept In
the office of the lieutenant-governor
at New Orleans. The supreme u
decided, first, that the grant to Du-
buque was only a right TO mine, and
gave no title; second, that no survey
was ever made: and third, that Dubuque
resided on the land with the Indians
from 1888 to 1910, when he died. The
Indians continued to occupy the land
exclusively until 1892, when they coded
1t to the United States. The court did
not pass upon the question as to the bar
OF the statute of limitations, as it was
not necessary, but as the Iowa statute
makes ten years a bar 10 a suit, and as
Dubuque died in 1910, and no n has
since his death been In possession, no
intelligent lawyer will say that the
claim is not barred. II has been feared
that the publication Of the sensational
statements herein alluded TO might
cast suspicion upon titles TO land In
this city and thus frighten away pros
pective purchasers. The facts, how
ever, as given by Judge Wilson, will
set all doubts at rest.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01

Baron Rothschild, the Paris banker,
lives in fear of the commune. His cell
lars are almost impregnable, and his
pictures and jewels are protected in
such a way that a mob could not reach
them
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01

Important banks Of marine sponges.
including all the kinds most valued in
commerce, have been discovered on the
southern coast of Sicily. They extend
from fifteen to eighteen marine lee hes
in length, and are from twenty 70 thirty
n ellis in depth. GreeKs and Italians
are Fastening t-The spot.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
The Inference.

Dealer in Birds-We have just got .
choice lot OF new parrots in this morn
ing, Mr.. Bayley. Perhaps you'd like to
look at them.
Bagley-No. thank you; ] shan't want
one this winter.
.Oh, then ! take 1t that your mother
in-law has postponed her visit until
spring"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
a Grain Elevator Consumed.

IREToN, Ia, Feb. 22.-Last night at q
late hour the Ireton elevator, owned
and operated by y. M. Slagel, Of Alton,
Ia, caught FIRE and burned to the
ground and 10 q total loss, The insur-
ance is about $1,000, which fully covers
the loss. The house was fun Of grain,
which was ALDO destroyed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01

The bishop of Rochester, addressing
the students of the Royal Female School
of Arts, in London, on the occasion Of
the annual prize giving, remarked: u
am struck with the lovely taste dis
played in your hats, they are so quiet
and ladylike." That pleased the girls
more than all the prizes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01

A trtah in the harbor OF Portsmouth,
England, recently showed that a mod
ern torpedo boat can mount any boom
yet devised to protect a roadstead or
harbor. The structure tested it was
supposed would instantly stop and hold
fast any boat attempting to pass it, but
the boat, driven at full speed, went over
without difficulty or damage.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Cantain Murreu 10 Wed.

BALTIMORE, Feb. 22.-Captain Hamil-
ton Murrell, who made himself famous
by rescuing the passengers from the
steamship Danmark last year, has sue
cumbed TO the charms and graces Of a
Baltimore lady, and this coming sum-
mer will see him a happy benedict. The
lady is 81 years OF age.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Fifty Years Ago.

HorKISsvnLE, KY, Feb. 22.-The
fftieth anniversary Of the foundation of
Hopkinsviile lodge A. +. and A. NJ. is
being celebrated today. This after
noon the Grafton will be delivered by
Rev. II. g. Perry. grand chaplain of the
grand council OF Illinois.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Total Destruction by Fire.

TOLEDO, O., Feb. 21.-Breckenridge's
tin can factory, Smith g. Holdeman's
machine shops and Bortzes' junk house
were totally destroyed by fire this
morning. The third story of the Peo-
ple's theater was burned and otherwise
damaged. Loss, $3.50, 600.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
A Presby terrain Church Burned.

MIHSEAroLIs, Feb. 22.-Early this
morning the Fifth Presbyterian church
on Lyndale avenue and Sixth avenue
north wa burned TO the ground. 1t is
thought the fire ignited from a stove
used at the social last evening. Loss,
600 QOO
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
The Roof Fell In

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 2f.-The roof Of
the Grand opera house which Is under
going alterations fell In this morning
and several workmen were severely
injured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
prowned While skating.

PoRr DovER, Ont, Feb. s1.-Three
boys were skating on Lake Dover yes
terday when the thin ice broke and all
we're drowned before help could reach
them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01

Congressman Crisp, of Georgia, who
has been making himself prominent OF
late, is a son Of ar English actor of re.
pute. The elder Crisp supported Mrs.
MoMatt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Kno..ked ont by Jackeon.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2i.-Peter Jack
son. colored champion pugiiist, last
night knocked out James Walker, a To-
cal heavyweight, in just forty seconds
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Killed a Roustabout,

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 22.-Herbert
Dean, a steamboat engineer, shot and
killed Frank Cary and wounded Harry
Connolly, roustabouts, last evening.
They assaulted Dean because he dis
charged them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Leprosy Spreading.

LONDON, Feb. 2i.-Leprosy Is spread
ing in Nav Caledonia. Three thousand
a~borigines and many convicts have been
stfackad
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01

LONDON, Feb. Ella Berlin corre-
spondent OF the Times telegraphs that
paper the following: ''In Berlin the
second ballots will be in favor Of the
radicals"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
HEAVY Food I'm California.

HURON, Cal, Feb. 21.-The heaviest
tiers of Huron and the surrounding
country struck this place today causing
great damage in the town and surround
ing country. The flooded district is
fifteen miles long and two miles wide.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
Will Not Be Libeled.

PARIS, Feb. 22.-The French senate
by a vote Of ITS to l07, has passed a bill
providing for summary proceedings
against newspapers publishing libels on
government officials.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-03-01
The Rerlin Eleesions.

BERLIN, Feb. 2l.-The latest advices
indicate the election OF five conserva-
tives. two imperialists, eighteen GER
tricts. two liberals, fourteen socialists,
one national liberal, two Poles and two
Abadaps.