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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
A CHARMING OLD HERMIT.
He Lives Under "a Rock In n Hillside ana
Is Clean ana Unique.

A short distance west OF Alexandria.
in Schuyler county, Missouri, there
lives n man between 30 and 60 wears
old who has been leading the life of a
hermit for thirty years. His home il
in n cave under n large rock in the
side of a steep hill. Here he has dug
for himself m abiding place and
passes the time Ia solitude. his only
companions being books. papers and
periodicals, with which in some man
ner unknown to others. and which he
will not divulge, he keeps himself
plentifuIly supplied.
coscy and comfortable room. IL is
neatly furnished. Around its sides
shelves arc built upon which are piled
many OF the best works of the most
noted authors. This strange genius
refuses to diyulge his name or talk of
his history further than to say that his
family was one Of wealth. prominence
and influence in "A southern state prior
To the breaking out of the war. aud
that his father served with distinction
rs 81 officer on the Confederate side.
He shows by his conversation that he
is a man of education and refinement.
lie couverses intelligcntly about art,
music, science. literature, in fact upon
any topic that may be broached. Ho
is unusually well posted concerning
current events, and for a recluse APP
pears TO take great interest in the
world from which he has Withdrawn.
When pressed rs to why he adopted
such a mode OF Ii !ing he said it was
simply a matter of choice. lie denied
that the step was taken because of any
disappointment in love, failure in busi-
ness, or ingraiitude of friends or rela-
tives. As he first made his appearance
IN the locality in which he has lived so
many years about the time of the
breaking eat of the war, it is thought
by some OF the people of the vicinity
that some incident in connection with
that event was responsible for tho life
of solitude so long led by this man.
The cave in which the hermit resides
is at the end of a long and narrow
path. quite remote from any travelled
highway. He carefully watches this
approach to his den, and upon the APP
pearance Of any person ~wIthdraws to
the seclusion Of his hole in the hill.
lie carries on conversation from the
interior, and If satisfied the intruder
is not a person who has sought him
purely out of idle curiosity will admit
the visitor, who. if he impresscs the
recluse favorably. will be delightfully."-
entertained Chicago Inter Ocean.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26

not be true, as he had never
had any conversation with the gen.
tlcman from Massachusetts, on the
subject. The motion OF Mr.. Butler to cor.
rect the record was h adopted and the
matter was dropped.
On motion of Mr.. Cox, OF Tennessee, q
bill was passed to construct n bridge over
the Tennessee river near Clifton. Tenn.
The free wool bill was taken up and
Mr.. Payson. of New York, made a speech
eulogizing the Mckinley bill
WASHINGTON, March 1S-In the mouse
today Mr.. Williams, of Massachusetts,
rising to a question of personal privilege,
stated that Mr.. Walker, republican,
Massachusetts, had printed in the record,
i'm his speech, remarks about him (Mr.
Williams) which were not delivered, but
which were improper, unparliamentary and
offensive In the extreme, and n gross at
tack upon n class OF men who are called
by Mr.. Walker 'mugwumps" He read
the following captions, written aud pub
lished by Mr.. Walker: Hot shots for
the ~mugwaumps." 'Hoar aud Williams
shown up" civilians report on silver
ridd.ed" He quoted further from the re-.
marks, In which Mr.. Walker said: THE
mugwumps held their seats In congress by
gross deception and fraud"
Mr.. Loud, Of California. inquired II he
(Williams) considered the attack upon
the ~mugwumps as u personal attack upon
himself.
Mr.. Williams replied: eyes, / do, be.
cause | am one.n
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
NAMED THE MEMBERS.
The Personnel of the Ball Clubs Arranged
Today.

To-day.
CHICAGO, March 17.--Although an
announcement had been made that the
meeting of the Western base ball
league would be postponed from to-
day until Monday, all the representa-
tives of the various clubs put in an
appearance late last night and
early this morning, and accordingly il
was decided by President Williams
that the original program should be
carried out. The players committee,
consisting of Krauthoff, of Kansas
City; Schmelz, Of Columbus, and Ma
guire, of Chicago, were at work for
several hours last night and
again this morning on the
makeup of the different teams.
The teams as finally submitted by the
committee were not entirely satisfac-
tory to some OF the representatives Of
the clubs and several changes were
made. and at 1 o'clock it was propo ed
to take a recess, but the
majority decided to remain
in continuous session until
the make up of teams had been finally
settled. The Indianapolis club was
represented by John d.. Brush. and st.
Paul by A. NJ. Thompson Both dele
gates announced that the necessary
funds had been secured tn place both
cities in good standing.
Minneapolis and St Paul were adj
mitted by formal vote, President Will
liams announcing that tho circuit was
thus completed, and it was decided
after some debate that the selection of
umpires should be left entirely to the
secretary. The latter's salary has been
fixed but 1t was decided not to make it
public.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
MONEY is
Uncle Sam Is Able To Meet All His OBJ
legations.

Uncle Sam Is Able To Meet All His OBJ.
legations.
New YORK, March 1Q.-Secretary
Foster was seen this morning by a re.
porter of the United Press in reference
to a dispatch from Washington pub
lished this morning to the effect that
payment of money to those to whom it
was due was held back owing to the
present depleted state of the treasury
and that in order to tide over the pres.
ent emergency it might be necessary
to encroach upon the 500, 900, 600 gold
reserve. The secretary said: 1T is an
old story. There is nothing new in it,
md 1t is no nearer correct than when
1t was first started. There are ample
funds in the treasury to meet all obi.
cations and they are being met,
And the business of paying salaries
and claims is being expedited as rap
idly as possible. There are SO many
different departments for which money
has to be disbursed that it is q matter
Of impossibility for everyone to be paid
on the same day, but there Is no more
delay than is usual"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
HETHERlNGTON WAS JUSTIFIED


Admiral Beiknap says the Shooting Came
as IA Natura, Consequence.
San Francisco, March l7.-Admiral
Belknap, who arrived on the steamer
Oceanic, says the shooting of George
Cover Robinson by Lieutenant Hether-
ington was but the natural conse-
quence OF Robinson's failure to keep
an agreement, made as n man of
honor, TO remain away from Mrs.
HctherIngton. Admiral Belknap says
it was impossible to lodge a complaint
against lietherington in order to in
sure his admission to the American
consulate until the United States mar
shall connected with the consulate was
induced TO 10 so. lie says that the
verdict OF the %coroner's jury, willful
murder, has no significance. Robin
son, before his death, dictated n letter
which he furnished the admiral and
which was forwarded to the secretary
of the navy at Washington, forgiving
lIetherington for the shooting, and
saying he made the statement in the
hope that IL would mitigate any pun
ishmcnt which Hetherington might
incur by the act.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
INTENSE EXCITEMENT.
Further Developments In the Murder hi
cnXarY Mt Rain I'LL.

--
Further Developments I'm the Murder Dis
coyery at Rain I'M.
LONDON, March l7.-There is intense
excitement at Rain Hill over the muir
ders discovered to have been com
mitted in Dinham villa. The body of
the woman found under the fireplace
was today identified as that Of Mrs.
Denham, who formerly re-
sided at Birkenhead with
her family. Her relatives are
positive in their Identification II is
believed that Mrs. Dsnham was not
married to the murderer, Williams 1t
has also come TO light that boxes con
tanning bedding, which it is supposed,
bore evidence of the commission of tho
crimes, were forwarded to Plymouth
by Williams. The police are now maxi
ing efforts to ascertain what became of
these boxes and their contents.
T. The identity of the murdered woman
and the two children has at length
been established. The police have dis
covered that her former name was
Marie James, and that she was mar
ried in February, 1881, at ST. Paul's
church, Thanmoc, Birkenhead, to one
Deeming, which, there seems TO be no
doubt, is the real name of the muir
derer. Mrs. Deeining mot Denham, as
previously cabled) lived in Canning
street, Birkenhead. and her relatives
had not heard of her for a year. The
names of the murdered children have
been found in a copybook in the stable.
The news from Australia, giving the
account of the murder at Melbourne,
stated that scraps of letters had been
found in the pockets of the victim, in
which Rain Hill was mentioned, and
this suggested to the police the invest
igation which has had such startling
results at Denham villa The search
of the premises continues, but thus far
no more bodies have been unearthed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
CHiGAGO'S DOODLE TRIAL.
Three of the Counoilmen VIII lie Ar
rested Before Nlght.

Three of the Counciimen VIII lie Ar
rested Before Nlgnt.
CHICAGO, March 10. When the grand
jury reassembled this morning it de-
cided to enter upon an investigation
of the methods whereby the Economic
gas ordinance was passed by the city
council. A score of witnesses had
been summoned and were in waiting
to be examined. Among them were
the officers OF the company and sew.
eral aldermen. City Clerk Van Cleve
was first examined and produced the
records of the council showing the
names OF the aldermen that voted for
the ordinance under investigation and
the others under suspicion. Alder.
man Stanley Kunz was then called In
and examined at length.
Report has it that three members Of
the council will be arrested before
night. Those mentioned in this con
nection are Alderman John Powers,
Of the Nineteenth ward; John A.
Cooke, of the Seventh. and BILLY"
O'Brien, of the Sixth. States Attor.
ney ~Longnecker will neither affirm
nor deny the report. Kupz was still
on the rack when the grand jury took
racaSa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
IT MEANS a WESTERN MAN.
The Fight Between Grover Cleveland and
David niIl.

The Fight Between Grover Cleveland and
David HiIl.
WASHINGTON, March 17.-Ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland's letter to General
Bragg has been generally discussed in
Washington. The prevailing opinion
is that Mr.. Cleveland would like to De
nominated, but whether he is or is not
made the candidate he has served no.
tice on his friends that they must not
permit the nomination of Governor
Hill. The caustic n in which
the ex-president speaks Of Ex-Governor
Hills self-secking and his eager pur-
suit Of the presidency is regarded here
as another obstacle IN the way of Hills
success. The comment is made that
while the people do not require a nan
who wants to be president to hide his
light under a bushel, they do not, on
the other hand, are to have him in
dulge in such extreme measures for
the advance Of his cause as Mr.. Hill Is
accused of. The friends Of other can
didates agree Thai Hill and Cleveland
are engaged In killing each other off
and hat IT will be absolutely necessary
for the party to go away from New
York for a candidate.
In connection with Mr.. Clcveland's
letter an interesting bit of gossip has
been going the rounda 1t is To the
effect that Mr.. Cleveland's friends
have prevailed upon him to accept the
nomination If he can get it, no matter
what the platform may be hat he is
asked to run on. 1t has been hereto
fore assumed that il the house passes
the free silver bill, and the convention
should indorse that legislation. Mr..
Cleveland would announce his unwill-
ingness to ride on such a plank. Bnt
now the assertion is quite positively
made by those who are in n position
TO know that he is willing to ride a
free silver horse II che cannot get au-
other kind Of an animal to mount.
Senator Villas, who Is supposed to be
pretty well posted as TO what Mr..
Claveir-. thinks and desires. was
asked about this today, and he said,
while he did not think IL likely that
the nomination OF Cleveland a Id the
adoption of q free silver plank could
come together, he was quite sure that
II Mr. Cleveland should accept the
nomination on such a platform his per-
sonality and his known record on that
question would entirely ovcrshadow
the platform.
More conservative observers are still
confident that the Cleveland-Hill
squabble in New York has made the
nomination of either impossible, aud
the talk OF Palmer. German and Boies
continues.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
MARRIED n GIRL.
DIR. Perry Finds It u Case of jail {
Rrtda


Bride.
OTTAWA, Ill, March 1.-THE finale
of the sensational arrest OF DR.. w.
Warren Perry within five minutes of
the altar rail at Elizabeth last night
was enacted here in Probate Judge
Halls private Office this afternoon,
when the doctor was married to Miss
Minnie Borga. the pretty Peru girl who
caused his arrest. DIR Perry, who was
associated with DIR. Dennis at La Sale
during the summe and fall of 1921, is
a mar OF fine personal appearance and
caught the fancy of Miss Borga, a TO-
ciety girl, and a member of one Of the
first families of Peru. They were en-
gagged. Friday Miss Borga learned
that he was to be married last evening
to Miss Flossie Evans, of Springfield.
i'm Elizabeth She went to Galena,
swore out q warrant for his arrest and
he was taken by the night express to
Peru. He wanted to commit suicide
during the first 100 miles, but when he
landed in Peru and found that he was
likely to be placed in the county Jail
he was very anxious TO marry Miss
Borga. 1t was a case of bride or jail,
and he chose the bride. 1t was ar
ranged. they came to Ottawa this af-
ternoon, secured IA license, went before
Judge Hall. of the probate court, and
were married ut 4 p m They took
the 4:27 train to Peru, where they viii
spend their honeymoon.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
AN POLICY.
ships VIII he Ordered to Proceed to her
Ing Sea.

ships VIII BE Ordered to Proceed to Ber-
Ing Sea.
WASHINGTON, March l0.-Bering sea
matters were the chief topic of discus.
sion at the meeting of the president
and cabinet yesterday. The result Of
the conference was the approval of an
energetic policy for the protection Of
seals of the Bering sea and adjacent
waters resorting thereto, in harmony
with the tenor of the note of the sth
inst. from Mr.. Wharton, assistant Sec
rotary of state, to Sir Julian Paunce.
fote. intended by the president for
Lord Salisbury, Great Britain's prime
minister. Secretary Tracy, in due
time, which may be In the very near
future, will issue orders to the Pacific
squadron to proceed to Bering sea and
to a~pprehend any offenders found on
that territory, whether they DO from
Canada or the United States
Nothing has been heard from Sails
burv.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
iTALY'S CHANGE OF FRONT
King Humbsrt About to Resume Relations
with This country.

hiDg HunlDtrt ABOUT 10 Resume Relations
with This Country.
WASHINGTON, March 1s.--A minister
from Italy will present his credentials
TO President Harrison within "A short
time if the information received at the
state department is correct. A hint Of
this was given at the cabinet meeting
and general satisfaction was ex-
pressed that our suspended diplomatic
relations with the Italian government
are TO be resumed. Minister Porter,
who was given leave Of absence soon
after Baron Fava left the United
States, will be ordered back to Rome
as soon as the representative OF Italy
has presented his credentials to Presi-
dent Harrison. Minister Porter has
been absent from his post since the
sudden departure of Baron Fava from
Washington. The Italian government
has decided to send n minister, without
regard to the action taken by congress
to recompense the families of the
Italians killed at New Orleans. IL is
probable, however that n report will
be made from the committee on foreign
affairs Of the senate in favor of n small
appropriation for the families of the
victims of the New Orleans killing,
thereby restoring fully the entente
cordiale between Italy and thi3
country,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26

WASHINGTON, March l4-In the house
today a message from the president trans.
hitting the agreement between the United
States commissioners and the Cherokee
nation regarding the Cherokee outlet In
Indian territory, was referred to the com
mittee on indian affairs.
A joint resolution was passed authoriz.
ing the joint committee on print 6 10 in
vestigate the subject of n site for the pub
lie printing office and report to congress.
On motion of Mr.. Bowman, of Iowa, q
bill was passed to make Council Bluffs,
Ia a port of delivery.
The following reports were made: Bill
for the settlement OF claims of officers aud
militiamen in the state of Missouri;
bill to construct n bridge across the Mis-
souri, river at DE witt Carroll county, Mis-
souri,; bill to enable intermediate ports on
the great lakes to obtain official statistic /,
OF the amount OF bu ines transacted Mt
such ports.
This being district day, the house then
proceeded TO consider bills reported from
the District of Columb n committee.
WASHINGTON, March la.-In the house
today Mr.. Enloe, of Tennessee, reported
from the committee on postofices and
post roads a bill to repeal the mail sub-
sidy act.
A conference report on the urgency de-
6cit bill was agreed to.
The house then went into n committee
OF the whole on the free wool bill, Mr..
Blount, of Georgia, In the chair.
Mr.. Coombs, of New York, who had the
floor on Friday last, resumed his speech.
He said there was no need for high tariffs
now. He favored q policy which could be
SO arranged as TO prevent the excessive
collection of duty. The tariff should be
divorced from politics. The manufactur-
ers have SO much to do to
they had not paid proper attention 10
foreign demand The very patterns of
muslin which are imported from Manches.
ter were sold at % cents n yard aud the
next year at l2 centS Silk. sold Mt %
cents a yard at retail and sold the next
year for $3.50 n yard. The reason tho
United States did not export more prints
Is because we cannot supply the foreign
markets with the goods when they want
Mem.
WASHINGTON, March 1i-In the house
today n resolution from the committee on
accounts. providing for fifteen additional
folders, gave rise TO a political discu ssion
lasting nearly m hour, as 10 the
proper distribution Of patronage. partic.
iPated IN by Mr.. seerley, OF Iowa. Mr.,
Dickerson. of Kentucky. Mr.. Fithian. Of
Illinois, aud Mr.. Holman, of Indiana, the
two latter making n vigorous protest
against tho resolution. No quorum voting
on a division, the Q a and nays we're
ordered.
WAsniSaroN, March lin The houxe
today Mr.. Butler. Of Iowa, rising 10 a
question OF personal privilege said, that
the Spcech of MI. Walker, OF Massachus-
cts, OF Tuesday last. published In the
Congressional Record this morning
contained certain omissions whici,
made the Interruptions of Mr.. Butler &c am
nngentlemanly. He read from the nten.
o~grapher'. notes to show the omiss ions.
and moved that the record be corrected In
accordance there with.
Nj. Walker said he had only stricken
out what the gentlemen from Iowa de-
tired.
Mr., Butler replied that this could
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
RAIDING THE ANARCHISTS.
The Paris Police Arresting All Dynamit
Su spec ~.

n Paris Police Arresting All Dynamite
Suspec y.
PARIS, March 1.-THE police today
are continuing their raids upon sus-
pectcd anarchists. Where satisfactory
explanations are not given, the arrest
of tue suspected parties Immediately
follow. Explosives have been found
in the lodgings of Cazeau, who is re.
gardcd as one of the most dangerous
OF the dynamite faction. The police
demanded m explanation as to where
the explosives came from, and the use
for which they were intended. Cazeau
declined to make any statement. lie
was at once taken into custody. The
police have failed. as yet, to discover
documentary evidence Of the exist
ice of al anarchist organization, and
they are inclined to the theory that
the anarchists act on a common under
standing in isolated groups, and are
careful TO avoid the use of papers that
would betray their strength and inten
tions to the police.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
WAITING FOR THE EMPEROR.
The Kaiser Has Taken No Action on the
R~esignations.

Resignat.ons.
BERLIN, March 19.-Both Caprivi and
Minister Zedlitz are awaiting the ac-
ton of the kaiser on their designations,
and 1t believed that the kaiser's sudden
departure from the city was to avoid
being forced to an immediate decision.
The kaiser, it is said, will return on
Wednesday next 1t is also stated
that Chancellor Caprivi resigned be-
u he felt bound to sustain Minister
Zedlitz, and not from any per-
personal devotion Of his own to the ed.
vocational bill, and that II the kaiser
commands Caprivi to remain as chan
cellor, the command will be willingly
obeyed. 1t Is believed that Count led
litz will persist In resigning under any
circumstances.
1t is known that the kaiser is sick.
He rallied a little under the excite
ment of the crisis, but a reaction came
and one reason given for his departure
from Berlin is that he needs %recupera-
ton before again undertaking to con-
front the grave issue presented. The
indications are, however, that the sit
uation will be not less critical when he
returns
The Catholic hierarchy is said to be
deeply agitated over the turn of af.
fairs. Considering themselves safe in
the assurances Of the kaiser and
Caprivi that the government would
stand by the education bill, the prel-
ates anticipated for the church the
browning concession Of all that the
church desired from the state, namely,
state authority and aid in
the education of Catholic children by
instructors If their W religion. The
passage Of the measure was looked
upon as certain. when this sudden
abandonment of the bill by the kaiser
was announced, and now there is an
ecclesiastical ferment of the most seri.
Gus kind. Outside OF the Catholics
there are no signs Of serious disap-
pointment, and the socialists are
especially jubilant.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
ENGLISH co
The Kaiser Advised to Take Note of Pop
ular Opinion.

he'aSV" w h"rU -NONc Va ~
uiar Opinion.
LONDON, March 1a-The st. James
Gazette says that the Emperor William
is n difficult master to serve. lie be-
lieves hat he holds his crown direct
from God, and that he has an in
spired knowledge Of what Is good
or evil for his people. lie
thinks that 1t is needless to secure the
good will of the people.
The Evening News says that the
kaiser has again been checked in his
progress to olnnipotencc.
The Pail Mall Gazette says that the
crisis Is simply that the
kaiser has wisely changed
his mind, and that, as he
cannot resign his ministers must The
situation would only be serious il
Chancellor Caprivi should insist upon
following Zedlitz. The kaiser has
shown that the theory of absolutism
should be qualified by a fairly keen
sense Of popular opinion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-03-26
ALL COMING MILLS WAY.

CuIberson Withdraws and 1t Is Believed
That Chiffon VIII Follow Suit.
AUSTIN. Tex, March 10. Colonel Cul.
berson has telegraphed his friends
here to withdraw his name from the
senatorial contest. thus leaving the
field clear to Mills and Chiffon. The
general belief is that Chiffon will also
withdraw and allow the unanimous
election of MI. Mills.