Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-08-02
WEEKLY NEWS MARY.

Inc controller OF the currency has
appointed Gilbert Il. Shaw receiver of
the Park National bank at Chicago,
Representative Brookshire has been
renominated by the democrats of tho
Eighth (Terre Haute) Indiana district.
Thomas Oliver, n resident u Labra-
dor, killed his three children and then
committed suicide. No cause assigned.
A public meeting was held at Atlanta
Ca, and resolutions passed protest
ing against the passage OF the election
bill
An American named Rogers has been
arrested at Tilsit for forgery. 1t is
alleged that his known forgeries num-
Der 100.
John Springer e. Co.'S saw mill and
sash and door factory at Brush Creek,
Cal, were destroyed by fire. Loss,
800, DOC.
The boiler in a Touring mill at North
Jackson, o., exploded, wrecking tho
mill and killing the engineer and an
other employe.
A battalion Of troops has been ordered
to SSH at once from Madrid TO reinforce
the Spanish garrison at Mellila which
is besieged by Arabs.
Mexico is sending troops to the Guate-
maian frontier. She aims to preserve
strict neutrality regarding the disturb
nee in Central America.
Joseph Chamberlain and his wife, who
leave London early in August for
America, expect to spend three months
in the tour Of this country.
Mr.. Glenn, formerly a councillor at
Belfast, has been convicted OF embez-
zling $780, 600 and has been sentenced
to five years Imprisonment.
The liberal party in Spain is conf
don't OF carrying the approaching cleo
tions, as great discomfort exists against
the new conservative cabinet.
The guards who have been stationed
at tho government house in Buenos
Ayres have been withdrawn and the
public excitement has ceased.
Alanson See. n wealthy old gentle
nan and business man of New York,
was buncoed out of $1,000 at Ashbury
park, by two men, who escaped.
A part of the town of Slonim, Russia,
has been wrecked by a hurricane. Many
persons were buried in the ruins. Nine
teen bodies have been recovered.
Miss Mary Wilson has been arrested
in Boston for stealing a trunk full of
miscellaneous valuables worth uS3, 900
from a family at Rochester, n. Y.
At Goshen, Ind, Hoosiers had the
first practical test of the new Australian
election law in a local election. The
system was pronounced a success.
A. c. Wilson, of Rushville, H., found
his wife in company with James Denny.
Wilson shot and killed his wife and
wounded Denny, but not seriously.
A new Russian war vessel of 5000
tons is ready to be launched and another
yet larger is being built. There is also
activity in Russian military circles.
VIM. Cartwright attempted TO rescue
a young lady named Fora Warner from
in font OF a moving train at Pullman,
Ill, and both were instantly killed.
Captain Rye, a justice of the peace
and noted hunter, has been sentenced
at Cork to two months imprisonment
for shooting and %wounding u poacher.
DR.. Peters will leave Zanzibar for
Germany, hopeful of organizing a new
expedition lie declares that Uganda
house of commons that the government
would introduce the tithes and Irish
land purchase bills early in the next
session.
The proprietors OF three newspapers
on the Island of Malta have been ex-
communicated for printing articles
abusing the pope and the bishop Of
Malta.
G. II. Carr, OF Ocala. shot himself at
Romeo, Fla, on the eve of his marriage
to Miss Rubin Weston, of the latter
town, and the affair has produced a pro-
found sensation.
A duel with swords was fought near
Paris by NJ. Menier and George Hugo,
son of Victor Hugo, in which M. Hugo
was slightly wounded. The trouble was
from a private quarrel.
George Olson, aged %, a farm hand
at Granville, Wis, was stabbed
and killed by Michael Haas, another
farm hand OF the same age. The muir
der was the outcome of q drunk.
Il Harry Brown, a broker and real estate
dealer recently from New York, is I'M
er arrest in Chicago charged by Colonel
" IL ldNloI, vi NtW iOIh, VI having
defrauded him Of $40, 600.
1t is probable tina .he Uruguay gov
eminent will raise the customs duties
per cent. and make teem payable
in gold, which will be devoted to the
redemption of the paper money.
The United States circuit court in
San Francisco has rendered a decision
fourteen Chinese returned to
China. They were arrested in Arizona
after crossing the border from Mexico.
The population of the seven largest
cities of Michigan is, in round numbers:
Detroit, 207, 600; Grand Rapids. 81, 900;
Saginaw, "a, 000; Bay City, 80, 900; Mus
kegon. "a, 900; Jackson, 20, 900; Kalama-
zoo, Is, 900.
superintendent FARMLAND, of the
census bureau, has reported to
the board of education that his enumer-
alton of the population OF Chicago, just
shows that it contains
]. 205, 093 souls.
A detachment of Turkish soldiers
who were en- route from their camp TO a
well near Canoa, Crete, to draw water,
were fred upon by a party of Christians
hidden in ambush. Five Of the Turks
were killed.
The will of the late Judge Davis has
been filed at Butte, Mont. 1t makes
his brother, John Davis, OF Chicago,
sole heir, and leaves annuities to two
illegitimate children. The estate Is
valued at So, 900, 600.
The Russian ambassador at Constan-
tinople has SEN another communication
to the porte demanding payment of the
war indemnity. The debt nov amounts
to Sl52, 75O, 900. Turkey has only paid
two years instruments since 1882.
The eastbound fast mail train on the
Chicago and Northwestern railway ran
to a side track near Malta, Ill, col
liding with a freight. Several persons
were injured and the fireman OF the
passenger train was killed.
Frank v%illerman, secretary Of the
Denver German and Centennial Build
ing and Loan association, is short In his
accounts about $40, 600. He has turned
over to the association about $40, 600
worth OF property and resigned.
At Mount Morris, N. Y, Miss Lizzie
Long, aged 20, went to sleep Sunday,
July -, and has not yet awakened. She
breathes freely and naturally and APP
pears TO be generally healthy.