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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
A Thought Conference.

PORTLAND, Ore, April 26.-Tomorrow
Is the date fixed for a communion of the
whole world soul thinkers. This uni
yersal communion for the attainment of
universal peace and higher spiritual
light is observed simultaneously, SO it
is claimed, by over IL, 900, 600 Of people
among all sects and religions. A spe-
Cial address was issued some time ago
by the congregation of the Worlds Ad-
vance Thought of this place, and which
urged that lin view of the serious
crisis through which the world is pass
ing all Christians should take place in
this thought conference. The time for
each locality should correspond with
noon Portland time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
Iowa Patents.

Patents granted to citizens of Iowa,
for the week ending April %, 1890.
reported through the Office OF j.
i. Beale, solicitors Of patents, No. 63l
+ street, Washington, ID. c.:
G. C. Augustine, Muscatine, wrench.
L. G.. Bostedo, Atlantic, store service
apparatus.
A. w. Chamberlain, Stratford, wind
wheel.
L. w. Doolittle, Garden Grove, road cart.
O. X. Haight, Usage, bedclothes clamp.
Il. A. James, Daublin, vehicle running
gear. 4
NJ. Morton, Dewitt, combined platform
and signal lantern.
A. N. Paxson, Upton, clothes drier.
John Porter, Eldora, railway tie.
M. A. Smith, Atlantic, band cutter ana
feeder.
T. H.. Strong, Creston, bench clamp.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
Cause and Effect.

DIES MONIES, Ia, April 2e.-Corre-
spondence has been pouring in upon
Commissioner of Labor Statistics Sow
ereign for the past two days from the
various Farmers alliances and Knights
of Labor organizations. The reports
are Of much interest and show many
different ideas as to the causes and eff
fects of industrial depression. Among
the rural classes diversified and not
specialized farming seems TO be the
more r~emunerstive industry. The COM
missioner is also endeavoring to ascer-
tain the expense Of the state for the
arrest OF tramps and all the facts in con-
nection with the recent act passed by
the legislature in regard to Migrants
and now awaiting the signature OF the
govern.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
Something New I'm Tricks.

BOSS. you got a match?" an innocent
looking darkey inquired of a Savannah
News reporter who was burrying home
late a few nights ago. The young mar
stopped and handed over a lncifer.
''Wait a minute, boss, till / see what
kind Of a ring dis is which ! jest picked
mp heah." Striking a match the darkey
held up what appeared to be a gold ring
with q diamond set Boss, dis pears
to be a diamond ring, and If anybody
ketch me with it, I'll get into trouble.
How much you glib me for him?" After
some chafferng the young man bought
the ''purest gem serene" for %. IS. and
the innocent 'darkey" disappeared in
the cleaning as il were. The next
morning the young man examined HE
diamond ring and found Ii was o thinly
washed gold thing, with a beautiful
glass setting in pure lead, worth at auc.
ton about IS cents q dozen.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
Caught I'm q Corn shelter.

AUBURN, Neb., April 26.-While
Smelling corn on the farm Of Emery
Neal, north of town, this morning,
James Il. Cook got under the shelter to
tighten o burr. The machine being in
motion at the time his coat sleeve be-
came caught in the cogs Of tho machine,
drawing his hand and arm into the ma
chine mangling them SO badly that am
putation was necessary. The arm was
taken Of above the elbow this after
noon Cook is "a years OF age and Is
we'll known In this community.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
An Interesting Case.

DIES MONIES, Ia, April 26.-An inter.
esting case has COM up in the state
from foreign insurance companies. The
law provides that all such companies
shall pay into the state treasury an
nually ~ per cent. Of all their prem
iums. The premiums from their BUSH
ness in this state are not received here,
but are merely collected here and re-
ceived at the eastern Offices, and the
decision is sustained by an opinion
written by an eastern lawyer. The
auditor holds, however, that the per-
centage must be paid or the company
must cease to do business here. The
amount involved is about $40, 600, in
GLIDING all the companies under this
construction Of the law.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

AUBURN, N. ", April 26.-The career
of William Kemmler is gradually ap-
preaching a termination, and nothing
but a respite from the governor save
him from the terrible experiment Of
next week. He fully realizes his posi-
ton and intends to meet his fate I'M
fiinchingly. The arrangements for the
final act in the tragedy are sub
stantially completed. Warden Durston
has not divulged the day Of the xecu-
ton, but good guessers name the middle
of the week as the time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
THE CARPENTERS AND eossRs.
The Chicago Strike Remains Far Frol
Eeftlement.

5tttIe"ehts
CHICAGO, April 26.-In an interview
today President Goldie, of the Carpen.
ters and Builders association, said:
1--WE shall insist on our right to employ
whom we please and will never consent
to have al agent OF the union on each
job who will run our business and fix
wages, etc, and through whom we must
apply to the union every time we want
a carpenter"
A representative OF the carpenters
union said: 1--WE cannot concede the
right of employers to force us to work
with non-union men," Whether the
several conferences to be held this af-
ternoon will mark the beginning of the
settlement of the strike seems to de-
pend upon a degree which each side II
willing to recede from it's original
position. The eight.hour day has been
conceded by the bosses, and it is un.
ierstood there will be no quarrel over
wages. The hitch, however, will come
on the recognition OF the union by
agreeing to their working rules, the
apprentice system and the employment
Of only union men.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
Returned the Body.

NEW YORK, April 26.-The bark on
tanning the body Of the Danish clerk,
Myers, who was murdered by Soap
Dealer Phillipsen, in Copenhagen, is on
board the steamer Thingvalle, which
sailed for Denmark today. The body Is
in the cask, packed in plaster just as 1t
was hen shipped to this country. 1t
will be offered in evidence in the court
in which Phillipsen is to be tried, and
the murderer will thus be confronted
with the evidences of his guilt and
which he had transported across the
ocean in the belief that his tracks would
be effectually covered.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
A ClOud Burst.

ST. LOUIS, April ga Gainesville,
Tex, special to the Post-Dispatch says
a cloud burst struck the city last night
lasting four hours and deluging the
country to the depth of several feet.
The loss to the property will be heavy,
as the whole country was deluged and
crops ruined. The storm was the heav-
lest ever known in this section. Large
washouts have occurred on all railroads
in this vicinity, and 1t will be several
days before trains can rum. The only
loss of life was that OF a woman, who
died in the arms of . man who was car
rying her from her home, which was sur
rounded by water several feet deep.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
ro.ght for His Princlplea.

NEVADA. Mo-, April rs. Acting
Mayor Irwin Gordon shot and danger
ously wounded Sol Simon, a real estate
dealer. in a quarrel over local politics,
today. Simon was denouncing mug
wumps in politics, and said something
which Gordon construed as an attack on
hiS democracy. He pulled bis gun and
HrAd. and was trying TO shoot again
~ u bystanders seized the weapon
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

Reduced the Running Time.

CHICAGO, April 2G.-The reduction Of
time between Chicago and Denver from
thirty-six and a half hours to twenty
nine and a half goes into effect tomor-
row on the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy road, when the celebrated No. 1
train will be restored. By this train
travellers leaving Chicago at | p. m. will
arrive at Denver at $3.50 the following
evening. This will be the fastest train
how running in the country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

During n OF the snowstorms of the
past winter in the Rocky mountains
nineteen engines we're required for one
train, which was made up as follows:
First a snow pillow, with nine engines
behind it, then a train of nine cars with
another FIVE engines, and behind this
Ave engines with a gang of men to dig
the train out should it get stuck.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

PHILADELPHIA. April s6.-Thers 10 .
great sc;vcity OF seamen at this portland
able bodied men who know something
about the sea are in heavy demand.
Entire crews have been brought from
New York and all the neiChboring ports
have been drawn upon, bat still the
sailors boarding houses are empty, and
rates Of pay have materially ADVANCED
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR 81
A Lucky lumber Makes . Bloated Bond
Holder OF Kalamazoo Man.

A Lucky lumber Makes . Bloated Bond
Holder Of . Kalamazoo Man.
kalamazoo, Mich, Telegraph, March 2a.
The streak Of good luck that placed
5000 In cold cash In the hands Of Cody
Phillips. Of this city, from the treasury Of
Louisiana State Lottery, has created con.
siderable stir. Mr.. Phillips held one
twentieth OF ticket NO IA 9l tina drew the
second prize Of t100, 900 in the drawing o.
March IL. Mr.. Phillips n e5 years Of age
and . member Of the arm of Richmond d
Philiips, saloonists, of this city. Whsn
questioned ~ to whether hs had ever tried
his luek before he replied that he had reg.
ularly invested . dollar each month for the
past three years and had drawn thrss
smaller prizes during this time which had
nearly covered his total Investment "a
date
Shall you retire from business. Mr..
1hillipsi"
soh, NO; ! shall watch for . good oppos.
tunity to invsst this money, and keep Try.
ing nay luck until strike another
bundle"
Mr.. Phillips handsomely banqustsd his
friends In honor Of his good fortune And
Il a young man possessed Of the good aeuse
not to fool away his n fortune whiel
will place him In comfortable eircum'
stances for life.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
Want a Plan Adopted.

CHICAGO, April 25.-A joint committee
consisting Of two members Of the car
penters' council arbitration committee,
two from the new bosses association
and several members OF the citizens
committee, have arranged to call on
President Goldie and the carpenters
and builders association to adopt some
mode Of settling the strike. From
President Goldie's remarks this morn
ing it seems probable some way out Of
the trouble may be found.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
TERRIBLE SCENES
The Destruction byFlood at Bayou
Sara and Point Coupee'
Complete.
Many Lives Are in Jeopardy and
Live Stock Drown and
Starve,
Ruin and DesoIation Meets the Eye.
on Every Side-Another Levee
Gives Way With Dis
sstrous Results.

New ORLEANS, April 25.-A special
10 the Daily States from Bayou Sara
La, says the relief steamer Dacotah
reached there yesterday evening. She
had made a trip to Point Coupee N
had come back to Bayou Sara. Her ar
rival was a godsend to the people,
whose lives were in jeopardy, for she
had not only saved a large amount OF
property, but q great many lives. The
entire front of Point Coupee is under
water and most Of the levees have gone.
No pen is equal to the task OF ~picturing
the devastation Of the country or the
aesolation of the people. The small
stretches of the levee still standing are
crowded with men, women and children,
tide by side with horses, mules and
lows. Hundreds of lives are In jeopardy.
In an old gin house 500 negroes were
found huddled together. Their con-
iition was pitiable. The damage in the
bverflowed districts is incalculable.
The Texas and Pacific road succeeded
yesterday in saving 200 people from the
back country around Morganza.
Ruin and desolation meets tho eye on
every side at Point Coupee parish. The
destruction is complete. Not q planta-
ton is left above water, not a levee TIN
broken, while hundreds OF families are
homeless, Thousands OF stock have
been drowned, and from meager reports
received from the interior 1t Ia quite
probable human lite has been sacrificed
to the food. Standing on the deck Of
the relief steamer Dacotah last evening
the full extent Of disaster could be seen.
Grouping together on little broken
knolls between the broken levees,
through which the water rushed with
nngovernable fury, were scores OF peo-
pie, both white and black, some with
babies in arms, while others had dogs
secured by cords. Many Of them had
nothing else in the world except the
clothes they wore on their backs. When
ever the Dacotah discovered a scene like
this the stage was swung out and the
stricken ones taken aboard. Equally as
sad a scene was the poor dumb cattlo
standing in the water actually starving.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
The ~Pan.HandIe,s Replv.

PIrrsBURG, Pa. April 25.-Pan-
Handle officials handed in their reply
to the demands OF the federated rail-
road mems grievance committee today.
The contents are unknown as yet, but is
believed to be unfavorable to the men.
The supreme council OF the federated
association will be summoned by tele-
graph, and will probably hold their
first meeting tomorrow. The Pennsyl-
vania firemen and union station bag
gage men have asked for increased
wages.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
A PROPOSAL for Settlement.

PARIS, April 26.-Le Paix, the organ
of the Elysee, says that a proposal is in
course of preparation by Emperor Will
lam TO be submitted to President Carnot
looking toward a reconciliation Of the
French and German antagonisms. LIE
Paix intimates that the proposals will
be Of such a character as to make its
tender impossible under administration
of Prince Bismarck.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

In Switzerland and other mountain.
Gus countries the goat leads long strings
of animals daily to and from the noun
tains, but it is in South Africa that it is
regularly kept and employed as a leader
Of fiocks Of sheep. Should a binding
storm of rain or hail drive the silly
sheep before it, or cause them to huddle
together in a corner so as to suffocate
zach other, the trained goat will wake
them up, and, by a method best known
10 himself, will induce them to follow
him TO a place Of safety.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
A substitute for Windon.,s B,Il.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The house
committee on coinage, weights and
measures today authorized Q favorable
report on the republican caucus silver
bill which was introduced in the house
yesterday. The bill passed By q strict
party vote and will be offered as q sub.
stitute for the Window bill when that
bill comes up in the house.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
Suspension of Train ServiCe.

DUBLIN, April 26.-The railway ser.
vice at night is totally suspended on ac-
count of the strike. The more impor-
tant day trains are run by the aid Of
clerks who act as guards and switch
men. The suspension of the night
train between Cork and Dublin has
caused a delay Of the American mails.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

The state e~ntomologist of New York
has on his desk at Albany Q jelly glass
containing hundreds OF queer little
flies. They belong to a species which
rarely infests dwelling houses. There
are only three houses In the United
States known to be infested by the fly,
one in New Har,rshirc md two in New
York state. These insects appear dur
ing the winter, are liveliest when IL Is
eoldest, and disappear in April. II
they should suddenly change their
bsbits. and ccntlude 10 become house
fics. What % affection u would be-
We should then have ties the year
round,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

Henry George is having a cordial well
come in Australia. He has been enter
tanned at a grand banquet at Sidney,
and his lectures on the land question
have been attended by crowded audi
ences.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

A somewhat startling novelty in rail-
way construction comes from Mexico in
connection with the building Of the new
Monterey & Mexican Gulf railroad. IL
tbe equipment be equal to the track,
the line must certainly be classed Al
among railways, for it is reported that
its sleepers and woodwork are mostly
made FROM mahogany and rosewood,
while the bridges and culverts are built.
Of marble, both the wood and the stone
being abundant along the route.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
WESTERN PORK PACKING.

The Marketing of Hogs Has Been on u
Liberal Scale for the Past Week.
CINCINNATI, April 25-The Price
Current says: The marketing OF hogs
in the west the past week has been
quite liberal, the packing returns show
ing a total of 25O.O 900 against 215. 600
the preceding week, and 165, 900 last
year, making a total of 1880, 600 since
March /, against 1880 600 a year ago.
Packing at leading places compares as
followi.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
Heavy Rains Falling.

GREENvILLE, Miss, April 25.-The
heaviest rains of this season fell in the
lasS forty-eight hours through the val
ley. For the past thirty hours the rain
fall here has been ~ inches, and it is
still raining.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

Alarge petroleum tank steamer has
Just becn launched in England. 1t was
built for a Persian firm for the trans
port of petroleum between Baku and
Astrakan. The steamer, which is built
In two halves so that it car be taken to
pieces for the sake Of passing through
locks, is 253 feet long, IS feet broad and
II feet deep. She carries large steam
pumps for the filing and emptying of
the vessel. There is also accommoda-
lions for passengers both on deck and
in a saloon, and electric lights are used
entirely.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

Herr Johann Orth, the former Aus
trian archduke, has given the command
of a merchant vessel, recently purchased
by him, to a Captain Sodie. Herr Ortiz
serves in a subordinate position on the
same ship.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

A st. Louis jeweler outwitted his
land lord in a rather unique fashion.
lie desired to move, but was compelled
TO pay a full months rent Of $500, be-
cause he had not given the required
thirty days notice. He consulted a
lawyer, but was assured that the claim
was valid. 81 can use tho store, can i
not?' he asked. Certainly" said the
lawyer. His stock had nearly been
moved to the new store, but the remain
ing occupant of the store, who was the
landlord, was much surprised when the
ieweler returned with a select assort-
ment of four dozen cheap alarm clocks.
These the owner set TO suit himself and
then went out for a walk. Then the
alarm clocks began to go of n after
the other. The landlord was almost
frantic with the noise, and he hunted
up the ieweler and rendered him his
money in return, but the jeweler did
not want to be out the price Of the
clocks, so he drove a sharp bargain, ac-
-cepted>S300 and moved out.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
THE MARKETS..
Live stock.
Sioux CITY, April rs.

Sioux CITY, April rs.
Hoos-Light, s4.OO94O5; mixed, 400
a4.O5; heavy, S3.97H@4.02X.
CATTLE-Steers, ], 100 to 1900 MS, $3.50
@4.00; feeders, 81. 0Oa3.25; stockers, $2.65
@3. is; cows, common to good, N.2592. so;
yearlings, $2.00@2.s0; bulls, N.0O62.2 5
veal calves, $l.0f@200.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
Moved In,o the Cemetery.

A man who mysteriously disappeared
from his home in Keyport, N. j., three
weeks ago. has been found in the vault
OF . cemetery there. He took his de.
parture on account OF the disobedience
of his daughter, aged II. She has o
lover. a young En~glishman, employed
in a carriage factory. His attentions 10
her displeased the father. The girl
wouldn't give up her lover and the
father took a few of his effects and
moved to the vault of the Green Grove
cemetery.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
A Drunk en- Man and = Gun.

ALTOONA, Pa, April 25.-Early this
morning Daniel Reitman, while drunk,
fred several shots at his wife and then
shot himself dead. Mrs. Rcitman wal
shot through the body and through the
left arm. She may recover. No u
Is assigned for the deed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

Emin Pasha gets $50, 600 a year from
his German employers for his services in
Africa. He speaks twenty-seven differ
ent languages and dialects.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

The Japanese national industrial ex-
hibition opens at Toxic on the LIST Of
next month. The buildings cover
nearly ten acres of ground and the ex-
hibits will amount, it is said, to 100, 900.
A visitor doing the collection thoroughly
will have to walk past sixteen miles of
cases. The Japan Mail considers that
it will we'll repay a visit, even from Eu-
rope, for it will distance every prede-
cessor in quality as it will in quantity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

James Russell Lowell RECEIVERS very
slowly from his recent illness. He 10
still unable TO do any work.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
Souru OMAuA Apri

CATTLE - Prime 1900 to 1900 pound
beeves, A.00d4.60; fair to good cows, $500
caro-; good to choice cows, t2.70@3.50
feeders, &3.00@3.60 bulls, S2.00@3.25. :
HoGs-$3. 95@4.p5.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
Cluster Chronicle.
JOSEPH KUBLER, : PUBLISHER.

Louise Abbema, the French painter,
arrays herself in male attire, and is very
much Of a dandy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03
ArresteN Tor Forgery.

SALEM, Mass, April a5.--Assistant
District Attorney @. b. Ives was arrested
this morning charged with forgery. The
amount involved IL said to DO SEQ, 900.
The complaint was made by the First
National bank which had $1,000 OF tho
papar.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

CHICAGO, april 20.
wHEAr-Cssh, ssA@ss1Ic; May, ssx;
July, S6asc.
Corn Cash, s24c; May, 82llc; July,
83Hc.
OArs-Cash 24Hc; May 4xc July, $3.50.
RYE-49n@50c.
BARLEY-No trading.
TMoTHY-Prime, eL.33.
FLjxsEED-el.4a
WksKY-N.02.
PoRK-Cash, sla62H; May 1895.
LARD-Cash, t6.32x; May, a. 1910 IS;
SHoULDERs-E.00a5.25 rs; clear, &.oo@
b.65.
SHORT RIss-$5.S0a5.35
burTER-Crsamery, 1i@isc; dairy, Ga
16c.
CHEEsE-Fuli cream cheddars, GA
Zoe; aats, 9H0i0xc; young Americas,
l0A@llc
Eoos-Fresb, 10kQiic.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1890-05-03

This 10 the age Of discovery. In this
back of an old looking glass a deed is found
which will make the owner the proprietor
OF a big slice of the state of New York
And now 20J letters written by the mother
OF Goethe to her son have come to light ins
library at Welmar.