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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
TEN WE'RE ROASTED. /.
The victims OF the Norwich N. ", Pc
Hama. Iirn-

mouse flrc.
NORWICH, N. Y, May 9.-The ex.
element over the destruction OF the
poor house and county insane asylum
this morning is intense. All who had
friends among the u~nfortunates eagerly
sought information OF their fate. Pres
ton is SIX miles from any railroad, and a
procession of all sorts of vehicles has
been going there all day. The smoke
ceptible here. At the scene OF the dis
aster the stencil is sickening. The
idiots were locked in and roasted like
beasts.
Keeper Mainwarirg said: ''On OPEN
ing the door leading from b hall to
the idiot department l was thunder
struck u see the interior a mass OF
flames. l attempted to rescue the in
mates, who were all securely shut in
their cells as usual, but was driven
back by the heat and smoke.
/ saw the idiots were doomed
and that nothing could save them.
l then aroused the paupers. In
some instances the poor people were
dazed, and it was necessary TO Garry
them bodily from the house and turn
them loose in the yard and fields.
There were twelve inmates in the idiot
asylum, and they must have been over
come by the heat, for i heard nothing
from them, and they were roasted like
pigs"
Coroner Fernald, of this place, went
10 Preston and ordered the removal OF
the charred and blackened remains in
the ruins. Buckets of water were
dashed upon them and at length the
roasted trunks were pulled out and laid
upon the grass. All we're burned be-
yond recognition. In some instances
the remains were removed with shovels,
nothing but the skull or a few bones
giving any indications that they were
once human beings.
The following are the names OF the
lunatics burned to death:
Sarah Mills.
Sarah Gallagher.
Arvilla Atwood.
Sarah Bailey.
laura Gray.
Deborah Dibblc.
Mary O.. Daniels.
Alema Austin.
Adela Benedict.
Lucy Warren.
Keeper Mainwaring rescued several
ut the peril of his life. The scene a,
the burning buildings was indescribable,
and the horrors at Tongue Pointe were
re-enacted on a smaller scale. Tho de-
mented and terror-stricken inmates wan.
dered around the burning piles in a
hopeless manner The great wood in
the buildings lighted up the hills for
miles around. A bucket brigade was
formed and about 100 labored TO save
the smaller buildings in the rear, with
success.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
STRONG EVIDENCE AGAINST SAGE.
His Wife Swears That He Was n Party to
the Murder of Her hid.

His Wife Swears That He Was n Party to
the Murder of Her hid.
MARION, Ind, May 9.-In the trial OF
John Sage, charged with the murder Of
Harry Cunningham, Eliza Sage, the
divorced wife Of the prisoner and mother
Of the murdered child, was on the
stand. She testified that for weeks
Sage urged her to make away with the
child; that he told her that children
were often put to sleep and never
awoke, and If her child was thrown into
the water 1T would never be found.
June Is, 1882, he told her finally the
child must he disposed OF or he never
would marry her. They stood by the
fence and the boy was rollicking in the
grass at her feet. Sage went away and
she gathered the child in her arms and
carried him a mile away, threw him into
the creek and hurried away. During
the recital the witness showed no evil
dence OF emotion except when she de-
scribed the child's dress. He was b.re-
footed and wore a sunbonnet, flannel
upderclothing, a little gingham dress
and an apron. During this part of her
evidence Mrs. Sage appeared on the
verge OF bursting into tears, but recov-
ering herself, she continued to the end
with a strong, settled look Of utter
despair. She gave her age as 90 years.
The force Of her testimony was not
shaken on cross-examination.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
A GREAT GATHERING.
Preparations Under Way for a Big Metho
dist Meeting Next Year.

dist Meeting Next Year.
PHILADELPHIA, May 10,-Preliminary
arrangements for the second great
ecuminical conference to be composed OF
Methodists from all over the world, and
which opens in the fall Of next year are
already in progress. No location for
the conference has yet been decided
upon, and while Chicago is looked upon
with favor, the fact that there is a gen.
eral desire for some place near the sea
coast will probably lead to the selection
of Baltimore or this city. The
commission appointed by the last
general conference and which
comprises Ex-Governor Robert Pat
tison, Bishop Hurst, j. NJ. Cornell,
Of New York; G. Ii. Hunt, OF Baltimore,
and NJ. G.. Emery, Of Washing ton, is
now holding weekly meetings In this
city. The forthcoming gathering will
be composed of some 700 delegates, of
which number fully 800 will come from
the world outside OF the United States.
1t will be in session for about two
weeks, Its object being TO bring together
representatives from all Glasses Of Meth
odists, not only those belonging to what
is known as the Methodist Episcopal
church, but also believing In the gen.
eral principles Of that faith. The last
ecuminical conference was held In Lon.
don in 1881,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
A McrmaidSure.

w. w. Stanton, mate of the schooner
Addie ~Schaefier, now lying at the Mar
ket House dock, while fishing of bass
800 miles of st. Augustine, drew in his
line. and found entangled therein the
strangest fish, IL 1t Is q fish, that has
ever been caught, says o Jacksonville
fla dispatch to the New York Sun.
This strange creature Is about six feet
long. pure white and scaleless. The
head and face are wonderfully human
in shape and feature. The shoulders
are well outlined, and very much re-
semble those of Q woman, and the bosom
IL well defined and shows considerable
development, while the lips and
abdomen continue the human
appearance. There are four flip
pers. two of which are placed
at the lower termination Of the body,
and gave one the impression that neture
made an effort to supply the strange
creature with lower limbs. Mr.. Stan
ton confesses to quite . fright on first
sight Of his queer prize, which, On being
drawn on board. rave u~tterance to Z
low, moaning cry, which might easily
have been mistaken for the sobbing of Z
baby.
1t is extremely unfortunate that Mr..
Stanton did not succeed In keeping the
creature alive, which he thinks might
have been done, as the strange object
lived two days after being taken out
The schooner has been thronged all
day by curious visitors. who express
much wonder and astonishment 1t the
strange object Mr.. Stanton, after Wis
ting several ports apd showing his
strange creature, win donate IL to the
Smithsonian institution. The nsh OF
mermaid is in . large six-foot glass jss
In alcohol.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

A Supnosed Rank Robbarv

ALBANY, N. Y, May 1o.--It was
stated on the streets this morning that
the Albany City bank, one of the
largest institutions in the city, had
been robbed of $50, 900 during the night,
Inquiry at the bank was made but the
officers refused to say whether it was
true or not. The cashier denounced
the statement as ridiculous, but others
connected with the bank say it
is true. The police appeared to
know Of the occurrence and refused to
talk about 1t. General belief is that the
bank has sustained the loss.
In an interview Cashier Brooks stated
that the shortage was due to the opera
ton OF George =. Whitney, the indi-
vidual bookkeeper. The bank Is amply
secured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
WINNIE DAVIS COMING HOME.
The Daughter of the Confederaoy WI
We'd Lawyer Albert wilkinson.

The Daughter OF the Confederaoy VIII
Wed Lawyer Albert Wilkinson.
PARIS, May 10.-Miss Winnie Davis
left here yesterday and sails today for
the United States, where the daughter
OF the ex-president Of the confederate
states will shortly become q bride.
BEAUvoIR, Miss, May l0.-The mar
riage Of Miss Winnie Davis will prob
ably take place in Syracuse, n. Y, the
home OF the groom, Albert Wilkinson,
grandson Of Samuel j. May, the once
famed abolitionist. He is a lawyer, 2s
years of age, with a comfortable but not
large income. He was very much liked
by Jefferson Davis, and the affection
extends to his widow, who says that her
daughter cannot help being very happy.
The daughter Of the confederacy has
been in very bad health for the past
year, but her ocean trip and soJourn in
Paris has done her considerable good.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
THE FIRST OF THE KIND.
h Only Military Exposition Ever J. cid In
England.

Inv Vhhy NILtthfl LNlObitiOn GNGI y " IN
England.
LONDON, May 1O.-The FIRST military
exposition ever held In this country
opened yesterday at the Gordon House,
Chelsea, under the auspices Of the
prince and princess of Wales, and will
continue for one month. The exhibits
are dividedinto three sections represent
ing soldiers industrial works, military
trade manufacturers products and the
loan collection. In the first department
there are contributions from fifty Of the
seventy regimental districts, the whole
of the British army being consequently
represented. In the battle gallery are
portraits, pictures of battles war
sketches made In the field, uniforms and
arms Of each period arranged in chrono-
logical order from the time Of the first
commander-in-chief, George, earl of AL.
belmare 1860 TO the present Queen
Victoria has loaned q valuable collec-
ton OF pictures from her palaces, to-
gether with a unique collection of
medals, decorations, presentation swords
and musical Instruments, varying in age
from 100 10 400 years. In another de.
partnent army life is fully represented
and from clothing.making to drilling
and eating. every process is infinitely
detailed. An interesting feature of the
exposition is the band, which comprises
500 performers selected for merit from
the different regiments.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
TAKEN IN BY A CONFIDENCE MAN.
Two Iowa Farmers Beaten Out OF $1,000
by a smooth Rascal.

~ -
by n smooth Rascal.
AvocA, Ia, May lo.--John Bucking-
ham, who was on trial here charged
with playing a confidence game on two
farmers, Plummer and Denton, was
acquitted today. The evidence. how.
ever, tended to show that he was in
the scheme, but got beat also. Tho
were ''c~onfidenced" out of $l,400. A
plainly dressed but genteel appearing
man made their acquaintance and sympa-
thized with them on the low price OF
farm products, and after meeting them
two or three times TOLD them he could
put them in the way of making money
faster than by raising corn. He ex.
planned to them that he was an ex-em-
ploye of the treasury department.; that
by an error in the government printing
Office there were more bank bills
printed for certain banks than were or
dered; that they were just exactly like
the bills they did accept, and that he
had got possession of a lot of them. lie
agreed to exchange 81, 200 of them for
l,400 in gold, and the farmers agreed.
1t was planned that the transfer should
take place at night. Plummer and Dem
ton drew their good money from the
bank and repaired to the secluded spot
on the railroad track agreed upon.
where they met their friend with a big
wad of bills. Said he: NOW you walk
down the track 100 steps and lay your
package on the rail and lay a stone on
it; will walk up the track and do the
same; then face about and meet at this
point" This seemed to give the
stranger no advantage, and was agreed
to. But when Plummer and Denton
faced about, a confederate seized their
package, and both the rogues escaped.
Plummer had the son Of a wealthy
farmer, Mr.. buckingham, arrested Cor
completely in the affair.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

Awful Stories OF SUFFERING.

SHREVEPORT, La, May 1o.-The New.
haven, with the relief committee, ar,
rived last night from the Black and
Dooley bayous. They give narrowing
descriptions Of the condition Of the PEG.
pie in that portion Of the parish. The
whole section is deserted and like a vast
inland sea. Houses were washed away,
families scattered and a few escaped
with the necessaries of life. Hundreds
of people were rescued from their homes
standing in several feet Of water.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
A Musical Fele.

LONDON, May 10.-The prince and
princess of Wales, accompanied by ttei,
suites, today attended in state a must.
cal fete at the Royal Albert hall in be-
half Of the Morley convalescent home.
A tremendous crowd had assembled fl
the vicinity of the hall, and the prin,
cess. who looked very pale and care
worn, received a greeting of remarkable
heartiness. 1t is said that the princess,
whose health is anything but salts
factory, contemplates q prolonged So
journ at Carlsbad.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
BRUTES FIGHT OVER A WOMAN.
Desperate Battle Between Two Hesv
weights in a Low Dive.

Desperate Battle Two Heavy
weights i'm "A Low Dive.
New YORK., May 10.-One Of the
most brutal fights that has wei taken
place in Newark occurred yesterday
afternoon. The combatents were Michael
Horner and Theodore Buchalse, each
about 80 years old and weighing about
200 pounds. A buxom dame, who is
only known by the name of big
Mary" with whom both men are des-
perately in love, was the cause OF the
trouble. The men met in a notorious
dive. Both men stripped to the
waist and for an hour hammered each
other in a terrible manner. Once
Horner knocked Buchalse down and tho
latter fell on a dog. The animal turned
upon the PROSTATE man, and selling
him by the neck would not ~relinquish
his hold untA choked off. Horner was
afterwards kicked in the stomach and
could not come to time for several min
utes. When Buchalse seized Homer by
the throat and was slowly but surely
choking him to death, the spectators
rushed IN and separated the contestants.
They were carried off almost exhausted
and terribly bruised and battered, but
swearing to meet again and fight TO a
finish. The fght Was witnessed by q
crowd OF Italians, negroes and factory
hands numbering nearly 200 persons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
The Bars Must Go.

BosToN, May 1o.-The twenty days o.
grace given by the board Of police to the
liquor dealers in which TO remove theiI
private bars expire on Thursday, ana
the owner of every public bar that il
found in operation after midnight oil
that day will be punished by a forfeiture
of his license. The nine principal
hotels which have had their bars fitted
up regardless OF expense will be the
greatest sufferers, although the regular
g%roggeries will also find themselve,
lacking a goodly proportion of theiI
former receipts. These, however, car
turn their rum shops into beer gardens
something that would be impossible a.
the hotels. The police are acting unde,
an old law that has been a dead letter
for years, but which the prohibition Gle
ment has unearthed. Liquor of al
kinds can still be served TO person,
seated at tables, but the bars must 70
and the casks and bottles be kept out o
sight,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
Murder and Suicide.

OURAY, Col, May 10.-Yesterday aft,
ernoon John NJ. Winstead, while intox.
icated, went into a restaurant kept by
his wife and demanded money, which
she refused. Winstead then became
angry, drew a revolver and shot his
wife through the heart in the presence
Of his 1~2-year-old son. The murdere,
then fired two shots at himself, diving
instantly. The dead woman has rela,
tives at Marshalltown, Ia, and at one
time lived at Hutchinson, Kan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

A Well Known German . $4,000.
indianapolis, Ind, Sentinel, April W.
A few days ago Philip Rsichwsin, Of %
N. Noble street. received : draft through
the Merchants National bank Of this sity
for $4,000 from he Louisians State ze-l
terry company ~ New Orlsans-Mr. RsieAs
maa holding . twentieth part Of the ticket
winning the capital prise Of e8o0, 900. Dur
ing the month Of February Mr., Reiehwein
made q trip " New OrlSaps with The In
d~ianapoiis Masnnsrohor society, and whiie
there purchased . ticket for the Nsrek
drawing, leaving u with : fri end there
That d let drew IS, and sending word q
HE friend 70 Invest thps In more Heksts "
gave little thought TO the matter. Shortly
after The last drawing he found that he
held . ticket drawing . twentieth part q,
the capital prize He 10 ; promiusnt 0sSl
man, we'll known In thu city and supss1a
secretary 81 tie sncisat order Of dyui6sl
which gives him : large circle Of aequsinSI'
snces In New Orleane-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17


The first Alpine accident OF the season
lie reported. The victims, NJ. Odin, y
young professor of the Academy Of
Lausanne, and NJ. Jansen. a friend not
older nor more experienced than him
self, attempted the ascent Of the
Rochers dc Neige, but, the path being
obstructed by snow, they climbed the
face of the rock. After taking nearly
eight hours to cover 200 metres, they
found they could get no higher, and
turned 10 go down, when NJ. Odin
slipped, and his body was seen by his
companion bounding down the declivity,
NJ. Jansen tied himself to a sapling and
raised an alarm. His cries we're heard
and a party set out to rescue him; but it
was not until the ensuing afternoon,
when he was half dead from cold and
exhaustion, that he was discovered and
released. NJ. Odin's body was found
some time later. 1t bore few traces OF
external injury.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
TO RUIN TENNIE cLAFLIN.
An Indictment Said to BE Pendin1
Against Her for Manslaughter.

Against Her Tor granddaughter.
New YORK, May l0.--Advices to the
Herald from Illinois indicate that a new
attempt is on foot from some mysterious
source to drag from the past of the
Clafin sisters-Lady Francis Cook, Of
London, born Tennie C.. Clafin, and
Mrs. John Biddulph Martin, formerly
Mrs. Victoria Clafin Woodruff
now wife Of a London banker-cer
tain OF their history that may be-
used to their advantage, or at least
to the immediate discontinue of Lady
Cook. This story comes from Ottawa,
ILL.,, and Is Of no less serious a characte,
than a charge of ~manslaughter, which
is pending there in the shape of an in
dictment against Lady Cook, and tbs
threatened revival of which by her ene
mics, when she goes to Illinois is, &C
cording to the Herald information, to bs
used as the medium for her ruin. Thi,
story Of alleged m~anslaughter and the
indictment for it, held in allegiance fol
years, presumably for a vengeful pur
pose, and the statement made yester
day by the sisters and by Mr.. Martin,
make it all the more peculiar.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
A Tramp Fires a Barn.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, May 1o.-Last
evening about 6 o'clock Mrs. j. b.
Hawkins, living on the west side, or
dered a tramp of her premises. He de-
parted muttering threats of vegeance,
and in less than five minutes returned
and set fire to the barn. Mrs. Hawkins
pursued. but was not able to catch the
tramp, who is still at large. A team Of
horses were in the barn at the time il
was fired, but they were rescued I'M
harmed. The fire department extin-
guished the blaze before it did great
damage.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
Must Serve an old Sentence

CHESTER, Ill, May 1o.-John Muller,
alias Miller, did not find himself a free
man when he stepped outside the peni-
Tertiary doors this morning on the COM
pletion of a FIVE years sentence. He is
wanted in Missouri to serve out an I'M
expired sentence in the penitentiary
there and from which he escaped, and
officers were in waiting to take him
back to his old home.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
Fire Insurance Companies Combine

New YORK, May 10.-A gigantic loca.
fire insurance combination is in process,
of formation in this city. There are il
the metropolis in the neighborhood Of
140 Gre insurance companies carrying
on business. Several times during tbs
last fifteen years combinations have beer
formed to raise insurance rates ant
lower brokers' commissions. But each
time there was a collapse. For some
tine there has been quiet talk among
insurance men of getting up another
combination, but with stringent rule,
which would make it impossible for 8
collapse to occur. The present projected
organization is the result.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
Impossible to Exclude Jews.

berlin, May l0.-ln the upper house
OF the Prussian diet a motion wa.
adopted that the government take meas
ures to remedy the evils arising from
the large number Of Jewish pupils in
the superior schools. Count Pfeil, who
made the motion, declared that the Elk,
listing condition constituted serious
danger. The minister Of instruction
declared it was impossible to exclude
Jews from any educational establish
ment. Such attempt would force the
nation into a position leading TO dis
ruption instead of union.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

The money spent for fetes, carriage
hire, printing and ''indemnities'' at the
Hotel de Villa in Paris is said to be
just 1--WE times that Of the days of the
empire. The number Of s~inecures has
been nearly trebled to find places for
friends Of the high officers. The last
ball of the Hotel de Villa was TO cost
40, 900 francs, and the expenditures
being really 10, 600 francs less the sur
plus was divided up among the M
ployes. An investigation may soon be
expected.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

An old duck hunter of Savannah says
that q fight OF ducks coming south on
n day, II followed by other flights in
the same direction days or weeks after
ward, will not vary to exceed twenty
I'VE feet from the path Of the ducks
which have preceded them, and they
will alight in almost the exact spot
where preceding fights have settled.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

The sacrifice Of widows on the funeral
pyre still go on in Bali, an island near
Java. They are burned along with the
remains Of their husbands. The latter's
slaves also share the same fate II he be
Of high rank. A short time ago three
wives Of a chief were cremated.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
A Barber Blows His Head of.

CLEVELAND, o., May 10.-Richard
Butler Dicks, n barber, oblew the top of
his head of in the barber shop where he
was employed this morning. Tho bar
Der shop was full of customers, and
Dicks was shaving a customer when he
pulled a revolver from his pocket and
shot himsel. He he'd been drinking for
seueral days and had quarreled with
his wife.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17

One Of the prettiest at the
Spanish court in the days of Queen
Isabella was the duchess Of Medina.
Coch. She is now a grandmother and a
noted ]patronesss Of art and music, Her
grandson, a boy Of 10, is the richest
nobleman in Spain, having a fortune Of
&2b. 600, GOO.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-17
Killed an Editor.

GAINESVILLE, Tex, May 10.-Captain
Joe Mains, proprietor Of the Hesperian,
a daily paper published here, was shot
and killed Thursday night by Charles
Ball, a nephew of his wife. Ball is
under arrest. The cause of the trouble
was family affairs. Ball is 20 years old
and from Breeze, Ill.