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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
900 SHEEP ROASTED.
Zig Fire in the Union stock YARDS
south Omaha.


OMAHA, Oct 3.-Fire broke out at $50
last Friday evening in the immense GOV.
cred sheep pens located in the north.
srn part OF the Union stock yards at
south Omaha, and just west Of the
large brick horse and mule market
barn.
How it originated no one can tell,
Great difficulty was experienced by
tho tiremen in getting their trucks
through the yards, square turns In the
alleys having to be made and many
ponderous gates opened
The scene that followed was n wild
me. In the sheep pens were 900 choice
-heep belonging to Swift & Co. 1t
was pitiful TO see how they struggled
for life, their plaintive bleatings
pounding above the oar of the fro
which was so soon TO consume them
There were six large peLs, perhaps
59X2OO feet in size. standing side by
side. The sheep attempted to crowd
through the cracks in the fences,
climbing over each other in n mad
scramble. No one could do any
thing for them, and IN a few moments
the smell of burning wool AMI flesh
Nlled the air, and the sheep gave up
The ghost and went to join Mary's lit
Tie lamb
Adjacent TO the sheep pens were the
cattle pens, containing about 500
Oeeves AS the fire made its way from
the center Of the sheep barns towards
the cattle yards, the wild
westerns beeuruo more LranGe
than ever. The m~addened cattle
rushed from one side Of the pen to the
other uttering ear-splitting bellows
that told that they feared their time
had come. Some Of the yard men, at
the risk of thor lives, rushed down the
burning alleys and opened the gates
of the different pens, allowing the
cattle TO escape.
This they at first refused to do, but
were soon driven out and all saved
except one big western steer, which
ran directly into the burning sheep
pens. When he saw where he was no
turned and ran toward the exit Just
before he emerged he again changed
his mind and re-entering the burning
pens dropped.
Several hundred of the cattle became
mixed up in driving them from tho
pens, and considerable loss will follow
to the yards company on account of 1t.
The loss to buildings will probably
reach s., 900. The loss on sheep will
mn close TO 81, 500 and on other prop
erty perhaps $500, making a total loss
Of $40, 600 Had the water pressure
been good the loss would have been
much less. The pens were insured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
TT is NOT a CRIME.
All Evasion OF the shipping Laws THAI
Can't Be Punished.

All H:yasion of the shipping Laws THAI
Can't Be Punished.
SAN Francisco, Oct For som,
time there has been stored in ware
houses in this city m~iscellaneou.
fright to the value Of 5000. 600, which
ha been seized by customs officers foi
alleged violation of the United State
shipping laws In order to secure
lower rates to the coast on merchan
disc from eastern points than were
otherwise obtainable, because, as they
claimed, of a combination between
clipper ships and railroads. some Cali.
fornia shippers had resorted to the
plan OF transporting their goods from
eastern centers to foreign points.
whence they would be reshipped
around Cape Horn In foreign
bottoma-It WAS found thai
on ali classes of freight was thus
effected. and the method was generally
adopted until the establishment of the
present competing lines of clipper,
ships. The treasury department, de-
spite the assurances which the mer
chants claimed had previously beer
given them that such a course was mol
illegal, instructed the officials here
to seize all such consiRnments AS 6
result, however, of n decision rendered
by Judge Ross, OF the United States,
district court at Los Angeles, Cal, to
the effect that the shipping law was
not intended to apply to two distinct
voyages, that while such methods oil
shipping goods were an evasion of the
law yet were not prohibited by tho
law. and that il such evasions ought
to be prohibited 1t is in order for con.
gress to amend the present law, the
merchants have begun to take theiI
goods out OF the warehouses and their
bondsmen are being released by the
customs officials 1t Is estimated the
government has paid $40, 900 in ware
house fees here since the seizures were
first made.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
FRiCK SAYS iT ISN'T so.
Denies the Rum r of the shutting Dow

Denies the Rum r of the shutting Down
of the Nils.
PGTrsBURG, Oct l.-Rumors that the
entire plant of the Carnegie company
at Homestead is to be closed down has
gained considerable credence. It was
also asserted that Carnegie is on his
way home from England. Mr.. Fries
denied both of these statements, and
said: ''There is not n word of truth in
them, The first rumor probably grew
out of the fact that the twenty-thrce-
inch mill shut down aud the crew was
paid off. This was made necessary by
the breaking of one of the rollers"
The men at Homestead deny this and
say that it is only the beginning of the
end, which will be a complete shut
down. They deny that there has been
n single detection in their ranks and
say their men are as firm as they were
two months ago Andrew Carnegie is
said to have written TO friends here
that he will come back and that it is
his desire TO have the strike settled as
soon as possible. Mr.. Frick smiled as
he said that II such was Mr.. Carnegio's
opinion he did not say il.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
COM MISSIONER PECK CASE.
rhe Matter Comes Up Before Justice
Edwards.

rhe Matter Comes Up Before Justice
Edwards.
HUDSON, n. V, Oct. 3-The matter
Of the application of L. Ellery Ander-
son for a mandamus compelling Labor
Commissioners Peck to produce in court
the private papers from which he COM
piled his report on the tariff came up
up before Justice Edwards, ex-
Senator Chase appearing for Mr..
Anderson and Edward Meegan for the
commissioners of labor. Mr.. Chase
presented the same papers as were pre-
sentcd to Judge Fursman, at Kingston,
rcciting that Mr.. Peck had refused to
allow access to public papers on
file in his Office and obtained under
the seal OF the labor commissioner to
be examined, although the law strictly
provided that the papers on file in his
office were public property. They
therefore asked for a peremptory writ
of mandamus to compel the produc-
ton of such documents.
Mr.. Meegan, for Mr.. Peck, presented
winch ne states that the commnnica-
ton and letters upon which his report
is based were never filed nor made a
record Tin my Office and were never the
property of the state, but were private
letters, and whatever property exists
in them is divided between this depo-
nent and the several senders of the
letters"
After the arguments were concluded
Judge Edwards said: 81 perhaps
ought to say that if a speedy deter
mination of this question is desired, it
is unfortunate hat it was tent here.
! am holding a circuit at Troy and fol-
lowing that another at Schoharie, and
still n after that, and l will be una
BILE to give a very speedy decision. /
will do tho best | can, however," The
court took tho papers and reserved de-
cision.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
HITS THE "BIG FOUR"
Grand Trunk Cuts the Mileage Allowed
on Private Refrigerator Cars,

orand trunk Cuts the Mileage Allowed
on Private Refrigerator Cars.
OMAHA, Oct IA blow is about to
be dealt by the Chicago and Grand
Trunk at the owners of private refrig-
orator cars On and after today the
company will only allow %one-fourth of
/ cent per mile for the use of these
cars. The rate heretofore has been /
cent per mile. Several of the east
bound lines have been complaining
for some time that they were being
imposed upon by the combination of
packers known as the big Four"
These packers own their refrigera-
tor cars and it appears that they
have provided themselves with
many more cars than are actually
needed for their own shipments.
In order to keep the ears in service II
is claimed that the '.Big Four uses a
portion OF the mileage received from
railroads to induce the shippers to use
their cars. The amount paid to these
shippers cut the rate just that extent
and compels the roads to pay mileage
on such shipments that otherwise
would have been forwarded in their
cars. Thus the packers come
into competition with the railroads
whose own cars are lying idle on their
tracks 1t is for this reason that the
Grand Trunk announces a reduction of
65 per cent in the mileage allowed to
the owners of private cars. Other
roads will probably follow its example.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
STOPOvER PRIVILEGES STOPPED
Messengers Must Buy Local Tickets a
Kegulac Rates.

CHICAGO, Oct. 3-The rule now en-
forced by nearly all western railroadi
disseminating stopover privileges causes
trouble from time to time, but the pas
senger agents declare they are per
fcctly willing to maintain it, A pas
seuger on the Burlington from Cmahs
to Fairmont, NeD, has just com
planned because his ticket bought "a
Omaha on the 23d inst and presented
for passage after n stay over at Lin
coin on the 10th was not honored, anc
he was compelled TO pay full fare by
the conductor. The amount origin
ally paid was refunded by the genera
passenger agent, The general pas
senger agent of the Northwestern
said yesterday that it was fouut
necessary for the companies to dis
continue stopover privileges to protec
themselves against brokers and TO dis
courage dishonest employees from sell
ing the company's tickets TO brokers
Under the present plan continuous
passage tickets are sold at reduced
rates, and people buying them are sup
posed to agree TO all conditions If E
passenger desires to make local stop
it will be necessary in future TO buy
local tickets at regular tariff rates.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
The LeMars Incest Cnsc.

LEMARs, Ia, Oct 1.-The prelimi-
nary examination OF Joseph Keehn
took place in Justice Alline's court
yesterday. The girl, Mary Keehp.
put on the stanL. She is slight
v"as -0,s ",-s PStnaPo Irunr uInesy-
five to 100 pounds, and at IS years, tho
nge at which she accuses her father OF
FIRST assaulting her. vas evidently q
frail built girl The prisoner, her
father, Is a rather small man. The
girl swore that he had repeatedly
assaulted her in a criminal
manner and at various places. No
evidence was produced which could
lead to the superstition that the girl
had been intimate with anyone else.
The trial was continued until this
morning when a brother about IL
years old was examined lie was a
very unwilling witness, The prisoner
held to await the action of tho
grand jury in the sum of $4,000 bonds
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
OF INTEREST TO BANKERS.
ne of Wrecker Harper's Creditor
Awarded "a Claim.

One of Wrecker Harper's Creditor
Awarded "a Claim.
CINCINNATI, Oct. 3.-In the superio
court Judge Smith rendered n decision
of great interest to bankers and busi,
ness men. The action was on behalf
OF The Western National bank, of New
York, against the estate of L. l.. Har'
per, the convict banker Harper in.
dorsed A. L. Gahr's note for $500, 900,
and pledging part OF the new issue OF
Fidelity stock as collateral secured
money representing the face value.
The action of the bank was based or
the celebrated prospectus OF the Fidel
ity which President Briggs Swift
signed. After the crash the new banh
sued Mr.. Swift and a compromise fol-
$4,000 was effected With n loss o,
90 G5az-nnn 49, ~a- vu>
Harper estate. The defense set up the
compromise entered into by Mr.
Swift. The court held that the banb
is entitled to present its claim for the
full amount, $500, 600, against Harper,
and it is entitled to receive dividend:
on the face value. A compromise by
another party could not affect the
liability Of the Harper estate foi
losses an l damages
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
PROSECUTING THE STRIKERS
Warrants Out for the HONS cad ADVISOR,
Board.

~PITTsBURe. Pa, Oct. 1T wal
learned at noon today that warrants
have been issued by the Carnegie Stee.
company against the members Of the
strikers advisory board at the Uniol
mills. this city. The charge pre- ferret
h that of conspiracy aud treason.
None OF the members OF this boari
have heretofore been called upon t.
answer charges of violation oil
law in connection with the present
strike. Ii is also stated that durinf
this afternoon attorneys represen tins
those OF the Homestead advisory com
mittco already under arrest on the
charges of treason. will make applica
tion before Chief Justice Paxon 70,
bail Six of the defendants are nov
under arrest. In all t~hirty-two wa-
rants on this charge have been issued
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
UP GOES COAL
The Earons Give Another Turn to tho
Sorrow

Ia Earons Give Another Turn to the
Screw.
CHICAGO, Oct 1.-The coal barons have
given another turn to the screw, and to.
day n ton of coal in Chicago costs 81. so.
Shippers say that they expect a regu-
lar monthly advance from now on un-
til January or February, and should
h winter prove u severe one they
would not be surprised if the price
won't up ~ eie "A tom They viui,-,
however, that there is no help for it,
and h n consumers will have to mako
the best of the situation. There has,
however, been n notable increase in
the demand for bituminous coal for do.
mestic purposes during the past few
weeks. This is taken as nm indication
that the high price of anthracite coal
is driving people who keep house to
the use of bituminous. notwithstand-
ing the fact hat the latter has many
characteristics and qualities which
render it undesirable for use in heaters
md stoves.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
STOLE $4,000.
A Former Philadelphia Newspaper Mar
Makes a Big SCOOP.

MAKES "a Zig scoop.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Oct 3. The theft
of $40, 600 from the Auer Incandescent
Light company by Tyndale Palmer, 6
former Philadelphia newspaper man,
in which he was joined by a hotel
keeper named Freitas, of Rio Janeiro,
has just been brought to light. The
company is owned solely by A. O.
Grander, the president, and ex-Sena.
tor Joseph NJ. Camel, vice president.
They formed the South American Wells.
bach I~ncandescent Light company auG
sent young Palmer 10 Rio Janeiro &c
boom the invention, lie and Freita.
sold tn" patent rights for $50, 900 in
gold and upon Palmer's return he re.
ported the sale as having been made
for $50, 600, of which so, 900 was ex,
pended in his salary, expenses and
commission. The theft was not
learned until two other mer
ond mission, although reports had
reached the ears of the company.
Palmer was sent to England to nego.
tiate the securities of one of ex.Sena.
tor CANALS iron companies, and upon
demanding a higher commission, was
dismissed. Palmer cannot be returned
from England, but action is being
taken to recover sums which he ex
pended in buying farms for relatives.
The second trip a made TO Brazil tc
sell improvements on tho original
Welsbach invention which caused the
title to be changed to the Auer com
pany.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
NORRIS MINE DISASTER.
One Man Rescued--No Trace of the Re
of the Mfuers.

One Man Rescued-No Trace of the Res,
of the Miners.
isHPEMISG, Mich, Sept. 30.-A dis.
patch from Ironwood says that one
man, q miner named Abraham Thomp'
son, was rescued alive from the
fated Norris mine at 10 O'clock
this morning. He is uninjured,
but was 70 fearfully scared by his
thirty hours imprisonment that he can
scarcely speak. He was in a room
by himself and does not know where
the other ten men were. 1t is feared
that they were in another room nd.
joining and that all persisted. carried
down to destruction by the
enormous fall OF rock and ore.
IL 30, even their bodies
will never be found. A'drift forty feet
long through rock and ore has already
been driven by the ~rescuing party.
The men working In this party are
themselves in great danger. The
ground in. which they are working is
likely to start to III at any time. over.
whelming them as well as the unfor,
tunate ten whose life or death is now
4 matter of conjecture.
Thompson says he has not heard any
OF the other ten and since he was
taken out no sounds have been heard
from the caved chambers. The rescu-
ing party has reached tho second
room" and find It intact, but none Of
the missing ten men were in it.
1t was expected all along that
part OF the men would have
been found in this room and
although the ~resepinR party will con.
hour that Thompson is the only one
who will escape alive.
Following is a correct list OF the
missing men: Frank Dausham, Sam
uel Dausham, John johnson. miners;
Simon Veclein, John Bloomquist, Her
nan Erickson, Jacob Sundquist, tim
Der crew; Matt Mother, John Her.
manson, trammers, and Michael
Downs, slip tender.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
FOOD EXPOSITION.
Ia Products of the Country shown
Nabison souar. G.rdan

The Products of the Country Shown I'm
Madison square Garden.
New YORK, Oct /. - The United
States Food exposition, one of the
largest exhibitions of food products
ever held in this country, opened to-
day at Madison Square garden. Com
bined with it is the New York state
exhibit OF dairy products and the CO.
lumbia Dairy show, the latter being
in charge of Professor James Chees-
man, the representative of tho United
States dairy interests ut the Paris cx.
position. The exposition. which in
cludes about everything known in the
line of food products, completely fills
the amphitheater, the concert and ex-
hibition halls and the assembly rooms.
1t will continue for three weeks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
LET THE GOOD WORK GO ON
Cities should Keep Up the Work OF SAM
tation.

Cities should Keep Up the Work of SAM
tation.
CHICAGO, Oct Although the nd.
vent OF cooler weather will operate
against the spread OF cholera, ever
should there be any sporadic S in
the east. it will nevertheless be advisa.
BILE for towns and villages which have
the work of sanitation under progress
to continue their operations So. al
least, say eminent physicians and san.
itarians, both OF this city and OF New
York. The next six months, they say,
are to be regarded as SO much vantage
time, a kind of breathing spell within
which the work of sanitation can be
pushed forward without immediate
fear of tho noar approach Of the
plague. That the New York authorl.
ties have 80 far been fairly successful
In keeping 1t out of the country is nc
guarantee that it will not make Il,
appearance mex spring. IL the worb
OF sanitation, however, Is vlgorousl,
pushed forward daring the cold
weather the probability OF q visitation
in every locality where time has been
taken by the forelock will be proper.
tionately lcssened.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
DENIED THE APPLICATION.

ST.. LOUIS Sept So -Governor Fran
els denied the application for cxtradi.
tion Of Willard L Winner OF this city.
md formerly OF Kansas City. The ap
p.ication was made by the state OF
P~ennsylvania, II being claimed thai
Winner obtained money Of parties 10
Philadelphia on false ~pretsnceA In
refusing tho application Governo,
Francis says: "Nhilo it is possible.
for n man TO violate tho laws OF Penn,
sylvania, when beyond the boundary
OF that state, he cannot. on that event
be considered within the meaning OF
the United Statcs s~tatutea Q fugitive
from justice and can not DO extra.
aited."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
FESTIVITIES.
Business Suspended In st. Louis and the
streets Crowded.

Business Suspended In 1T. Louis and the
streets Crowded.
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. This is the great
day of the autumnal festivities. Bust
ness is generally suspended, and the
streets are crowded with sight seers.
The event of the day was the arrival
of the Yelled Prophet, who was re-
ceived with the usual honors, and
after a short parade went into retire.
ment pending the grand carnival. of
tire country are also here to particl-
pate in the annual reunion Of the
Travellers Protective association.
Many of the leading cities of the coun-
try are represented. This morning the
visitors were driven around the city
in carriages aud witnessed the military
reception to the yelled prophet. This
afternoon there will be q general
roundup, and the drummers will listen
to an Grafton by Congressman w. c. y.
breckenridge, of Kentucky. Governor
Francis, of this state, and Governor
Fifer, of Illinois. will, also doliver adj
dresses.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
and Provision

CHICAGO. Oct q
Fiour-Spring patents, a. OlaL4o; win.
ter patents, AS0@L 10.
Mheat-Cash. 1880; October. 10sfc.
C~orn-Scash, 454c; October 4SAe
SlA@32c. 1850
kye-5Gc.
Barlcy-62c.
Flax-tl0S
Timothy-tl6L.
Whisky-tLl6.
~Pork-Cash, 90 %; January. tlan
Lard.Cash, $500; January, td95
@600 ~.'s
Short Ribs-e7.6l.
Chsese-Fui cream ~chsddars. Qf0gt<c.
mats, s9s4c; young Americas. loC6iO5<c
eye, -~y ivy
: Eggs-10c. q
Hides-Heavy and light green sa,tsa
sA@tsc; sailed bull lk@p(c; rresn
saised salt s9s>lc, dry Ains re; dry
:sissd idss'c@'si dry silf,s@ao; dsaeons,
cake. 10. " 80
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
COLUMBUS CELEBRATION.
New York's Fund of One Hundred Thou.
sand Dollars.

New Iork's Fund of One Hundred Thou.
sand Dollars.
New YORK, Sept 3o.-All but q few
hundred dollars Of the citizens' fund
Of 800, 900 required for the CO.
lum bus celebration OF two weeks
hence has been subscribed, and
by Monday night the subscription
will have been closed. The prompt
ness with which the subscriptions were
guaranteed was due to the personal
efforts OF Cornelius Vanderbilt and 8.
d.. Babcock. who between them had
guaranteed to meet any deficiencies
between the amount needed and the
total subscribed. They will not, how
ever, have to put their hands in their
pockets for more tn an their original
subscription.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
GARkETS AND RUBIES.
Idaho Miners Have Been Throwing Them
twax


Away.
Boise, Ida Oct 3-In the Rich
Neal district, twenty miles east Of
Boise, the miners have for the past
five years been throwing TO one sido
the large quantities of garnets and
rubies that they have run across.
They had been informed by an expert
that the stones we're smoky and OF
no value, and for MAT reason not one
of them was saved. A few weeks ago,
however, a Jewish lapidary visited
that district. examined some of tho
gems and found that they were quite
valuable. Without saying anything
to the miners LaslSy gathered up a
large number of garnets and rubies-
some of which he has already polished
and sold for good prices. lie expects
to make Sl0,0 geo out of his lucky find.
UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
CHICAGO, Oct. To-day is destined
TO be a memorable one in the history
Of higher education and marks a dis
tinctively new era in the history of in
tellectual Chicago. At o'clock this
morning the machinery Of the new
University OF Chicago commenced to
revo We, or rather was put In motion
by the calling of the day classes.
Every student was in his or her place
prepared for recitation. Shortly after
noon the faculty and young students
assembled in the chapel where the de-
v%otional exercises of the university
were inaugurated with services of ex-
treme simplicity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
Iowa Reports Destroyed

DIES MONIES, Oct l.-Wor has been
received here by the reporter OF the SUI
preme court that the publishing house
of f. W. Stephens, at Columbia, Mo,
the publisher Of the Iowa reports, was
destroyed by fire. together with n vol
OF the reports. The publisher
writes he will republish the volums at
once and have 1t ready for delivery by
November 1.