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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
SWEEPING ALL BEFORE IT
A Prairie Fire Racing Across the
Plains of North Dakota.
III teen Miles In width and Twenty
Miles Long--Mcn Cattle and
sheep Fleeing Before the
Flames.

FARGO, n. d., Oct Passengers
arriving here from the west state
that II terrible prairie fire is rag
ing west of the Missouri river. Tho
fire is about fifteen miles in width and
twenty miles long. A stiff breeze is
driving the flames at n fast rate and
men, cattle and sheep have to run for
their lives. Every available means
been brought to use TO check its
progress, but without effect. The fire
is forty miles northwest of bismarck.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
AN EXPENSIVE VICTORY.

LONDON. Sept 80 The election Ia
South Bedfordshirc TO the sea made
vacant by the promotion of Cyril
Flower to o peerage has resulted in q
liberal victory. Mr.. Whitbread, the
liberal candidate, receiving 4.s3s votes
10 1890 for Colonel Duke. liberal un-
ionist. N the latc general election
Cyril Flower. liberal, received Q. 200
Votes to 4.277 for Colonel Duke.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
GllMORE'S AMBITION
The Dead Band Master Desired to OpeI
the Worlds Fair.

the Worlds Fair.
ST. Louis, Oct 3.-Arraugement,
have been finally completed which
will enable Gilmore's band of lO(
pieces to complete its st. Louis en-
gagement and western tour. The St
Louis contract included the personal
leadership of L. ). Gilmore and hi,
death practically terminated it, but
the members have completed arrange.
ments to fill out the term. At the time
of his death Colonel Gilmore was en-.
~deavoring to secure from the exposition
directors permission to open the
worlds fair, His contract prohibited
any engagements in the west until the
close of the 1893 exposition about Octo
Der %. but il was the bandmaster'.
ambition to open the fair and ho an
ticipated no difficulty in securing per.
mission. II is now very doubtful
whether the band will be heard II
Chicago at all.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
LIBERTY SEARCH LIGHT.
IL VIII be Visible for One Hundr
Milez.

1t VIII BE Visible for One Hundre !
Miles.
MIDDLETowE, Conn, Dot This
finishing touches arc icing given to
the big search light ordered by tn.
treasury department some time q
and IT will be ready for delivery or
Monday. IT will be placed In the
statue OF liberty in Now York harbor
and will be the largest and most pow.
crful search light in tho world. Il
will be visible for 100 miles .
capable OF transmitting messages tbs
entire distance. 1t is Of SO, 600 candle
power and tae mechanism Is SO deli
cate that 1t u be adjusted with a,
much ease as that Of u stem winding
watch,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
-r ~rrrHr 10 TRISHmEN.
Money Needed TO Push the Home Rule
Battle.

DUBLIN, Oct. 1.-The national fed.
Grafton has issued a manifesto ad.
dressed to tho Irish in America and
Australia. The proclamation main.
tains that home rule is near at hand.
Confidence is declared in Gladstone
and the liberal leaders. Referring TO
the declaration of Balfour that nc
matter If a home rule bill should pass
the house of commons the lords would
reject 1t, the manifesto says: ''We also
bear in mind Gladstone's warning that
II the house of lords rejected a meas
ure deliberately adopted by the coun-
try they would do SO at the peril Of
their chamber"
The manifesto concludes:
Success is near. In the meantime we
need the help OF the people to maintain
the movement with vlgor. The strain is
Increasing and will increase as the final
stage of tho struggle approached. We
need help urgently to save cvicted ten
ants until the Paris fund il available or n
government commission leads to pariia.
mentary Intervention
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
New Brunswick Legislature DIssoives.

htEtstttuTe DlssDfNeSs
ST. JOINS, n. b., Oct The New
Brunswick legislature has been dis
solved and a general election will
take place October 20 The dissolution
puts an end 10 the legislative council
and gives the province only one legis-
lative branch No government mani
festo has as yet been published giving
the eason for the disSolusion. 1t is
only two years and a half since the
last election.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
Cremated In "A Hotel Fire.

MASON CITY, Ia Oct. Ia special
received at 10 o'clock from Esthcrviile
says fro broke out last night at 10
o'clock in the Emmett house which
nearly resulted ia destroying the en-
tire business portion of the city. Mr..
brennan, who was sleeping In the
the hotel, was burned to death.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

France has n total Of So 900 men ir
her active navy and Great Britain has
IS, 200. Her reserve includes $50, OGC
STA has the third strongest navy, ant
Spain probably has the fourth, if we
can judge the strength of nnvies by
the number Of sailors and marines il
them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
The MARKETS.
Live stocA

SIOUX CtrY. Oct &
H~ogs-Light, As094.9O; mixed, sIe5
as 90; heavy, G.o5@5 10
Cattle Steers. l,i0J to 1870 ponds,
G.75@3.50; feeders. sl5)9a9); s~tockers,
sLs5 GAO; cows, CO. nmou to good. 4 LOCO
25a; yeariing, SL65Gsz5; luis, SLASH
AGO; veal calves, SAUOQ30l
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
TO GRIND AMERICAN CORN.
A Mill VIII lie Erected In HAMBURG 10,
That Purpose.

hat Purpose.
LONDON, Oct l. Colonel Charles
Murphy, special representative in Eu-
rope OF the United States agricultural
department. has written from Berlin
stating that Charles Scholvin will open
his new Indian corr meal mill this
month. He will grind only American
corn. lie has the latest improved
American machinery. This will take
two corn mills in Hamburg for the
exclusive grinding of the American
grain. The frat mill erected had 10
work night and dny aud then could
not fill its orders Colonel Murphy
says he expects to place the corn In
every part of the country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

An indication Of the progress Of the
time is shown in an official Request
from the government library at Well
ington, New Zealand, directed TO the
state library of Connecticut, for an ex
change of public documents-a request
which was gladly complied with,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
south Omaha.

souTu OMAHA. Oct. g.
Hogs-Light, and mixed, t5. OO0al rs:
heavy. s505GS.25
Catle-Stockers and feeders, e Oo6a
a00; cows, &.0O9250; commou $1,000,
La
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
ANOTHER OMAHA BRIDGE,
Let for a steel Railway Double

Contract Let for a steel Railway Double
Track Structure.
OMAHA, Neb, Oct. L-At a meeting
of the East Omaha Land company in
Omaha today, contracts with the
Omaha Bridge. and Railway Terminal
company for the construction of a
steel railway double track bridge
between Omaha aid Council Bluffs
over the Missouri river were approved.
contracts were secretly let TO New
York firms for the construction Of the
bridge som time ago. The contractors
were notified by telegraph today to be-
gin work at once.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

Chile has passed Il law making mill
tary service compulsory on every etfec
tive male in the republic above u
years of age. The first ten years are
to be spent in active service. At 80 the
men 60 into the first reserve and at Al
into the second.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
KICKS ON
The Chief of the Palousc Indians Has n
Grievance.

Grievance.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 3o.-Wolf, the
head chief OF the Palouse Indians, who
Washington, has been a frequent caller
at the interior department for some
time. The burden Of VOLTS complaint
Is that the state and county officials
where he and his people reside have
attached his ponies for taxes This is
an unwonted experience for Wolf, who
Is a ine-looking Indian, every inch a
chief, with a remarkably strong and
characteristic face. A number of the
Palouse have scorned the narrow con.
fines OF their reservation and have been
living on the public domain, contrary to
the treaty. Wolf claims that his father
never signed the treaty and that the
authorities have no right to tax him.
These Indians, OF course, have no real
estate, but they are well off in per-
tonal property. Wolf himself is said
TO be we'll to do and to own q pretty
herd of ponies. lie does not circum-
stantially raise the question of federal
authority. The main object of his
visit TO Washington is to complain of
the seizure of his ponies for taxes by
The state. His case has been heard by
the secretary, and the chief clerk OF
the bureau Of Indian affairs has been
instructed to ask the governor of
Washington to investigate the com
plant that the value of the ponies
seized was in excess of the amount of
the taxes due. The interior depart
ment will not enter into the contro-
versy beyond this. II the state and
county officials have taken more on-
les than they are entitled TO, the fed
cral government will insist on ade-
quate restitution being made to Wolf.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

As evidence of the peculiarities O.:
chance, a western paper narrates .
singular instance. A wagon loaded
with gunpowder, this paper says, NOV
Ing on u perfectly level road nea,
Wenachee, Wash, exploded last week
while in the same week another wagon
loaded with dynamite, drawn by }
four-horse team, went over the grad,
not far from the same spot and role,
100 feet without doing a bit of dam
age.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

Philadelphia used to be the city Of
homes, - but according to tho latest
statistics the distinction now belongs
TO Baltimore, of whose population
only PA per cent live in houses o
tanning over tw~enty-one persons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
Chicago.
CHICAGO. DC.

CHICAGO, Oct 3,
Cattle-Choice beeves. $t5ial50; cows
aud bulls, $l.0O9a40 stockers aud feed
ers, si.9o9e ~; Texans. S2OJa37l
Hogs-Heavy, x+7595.G5; mixed, "a. son
eco; light, slSJg555
sheep-Natives, $l00G %; westerns,
tsOo9L 40; Texans, s~S0O09L7J
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

Hair seals are found along the Maine
coast in increased numbers, and the
salmon fishermen are greatly alarmed,
as usual; but as the seals are an at.
traction for summer boarders, and the
latter pay better than salmon, the
seals remain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
uRs. HARRISON a LITTLE BrrrER

HRs. HARHIsON a LITTLE BETTER
WASHINGTON. Sept sa--MrA Mckee
aaid this morning that Mrs Harrison
Aad passed q more restful night than
any since she was SO extremely Ill at
Loon Lake and seemed TO rclisA her
nourishment this morning, of which
she took more than the usual quantity
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
Gnster Ghrnniele.
JOSEPH KUBLER, PUBLISHER

st. Peters church, in Rome, is the
largest church in the world; the sec.
ond largest is the cathedral or duomo
Of Florence, Italy; the third largest
the cathedral at Milan, Italy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

The French human ostrich,
Cligno, has a new trick. lie swallow
a watch. The spectators watch him
swallow and then listen to what they
are sure is the ticking of the time
piece in his inwards
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

The annual report of the London pc
lice department shows that there wer,
over 2, 600 burglary and house-break
ing cases there last year, and tn,
average amount secured by each burg
lar was less than s.. When one takei
the risk and the night work and tn,
rather long hours into consideration.
it is easy to see that the burglary bust
ness is not a paying one in London q
last
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

There are ex-miiitary officers, eX
doctors, ex-lawyers, n lord by our
tesy, one %baronet, several honorables,
n ex.member of parliament and a
dozen bankrupt landed proprietors
among the London cab drivers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
Captnln Thrift InyerfIpatinn.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Oct 1.-The court OF
inquiry finished the Captain Thrift in
vestigation yesterday. The testimony
was very conflicting.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
One Theory.

Mamma - Now, why did George
Washington confess to his father that
he cut down the cherry tree?
Small Son-I s'pose his mouth was
all cherry stains
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
Droppcd Dead of ApopIexy.

DUBUQUE. Ia, Oct l. john +. Fer
ring. q wholesale grocer of this city.
dropped dead yesterday at noon OF
apoplexy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
Kansas CITY.

KANSAS CfrY. Oct 8
CattiemCommon to extra fancy steers,
1OOgS W; cows, $40 600; stockers.
slSS@a75; Texans, ga 1909 6i
Extreme ranges, - 7a@La
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
The Regular Prosrams.

Little Mabel--If you don't stop, I'll
tell mamma. aud she'll tell papa, and
then papa will whip you.
Little Johnny-Then I'll cry. and
then grandma will give me some candy,
and ! won't give you any.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
TElEGR APH OPERATORS WIN
The Company Agrees to Recognize Their
Organization.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, Oct. 3,-The
strike of the operators on the Bur-
lington, Cedar Rapids and Northern
railway was declared off. The
company has agreed to recognize the
Order of Railway Telegraphers. and
the men will return to work. Wages
will be considered later.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

An eminent physician believes tina,
savage races have a better color per
ception than civilized az LOO f"@iup
boys he found meme color blind; an
other group of $50 had but two, while
none Of the girls was found to be color
blind
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
-~0->-
Hot Days

First Boy-What did you do durin'
the hot days?
Second Boy-I couldn't do . ching
'sept sit still ~ holler.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

The little village OF Elm, In the cam
ton of Glaris, Switzerland. although
situated 1900 feet above the level O!
the sea. is so encompassed by noun.
tains 8, 900 feet high that during sin
months in the year it is an entire
stranger to the :Rys of the sun. On,
Of these mountains has an aperture
pierced through it near tho top called
St Martins hole Through this hole
the sun shines upon the village for -four
weeks together about the time of thu
equinox every spring and autumn a,
through n natural telescope.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

KEoKUK. Ia. Sept so John Y.
Stone and Ezra Willard. candidates
kor attorney general, debated ~ Gil,
bons' opera horse TO . large audience
last night
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
..straight" Democrats for CIeye,and.

straight" Democrats for Cleveland.
TOPEKA, Kns, Oct 1.-The leaders
OF tho straightout democrats have pre-
pared q statement declaring for Clcve-
land. A committee has been appointed
to plan for q mass convention to be
held October z.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08
wltmer-Cummlns Debate.

INDEPENDENCE, Ia. Oct ]. - The
campaign opened here last night with
a joint debate between w. W. Wilmer,
democratic, and A. Il. Cummins, repub-
lican candidates for elector-at-Iurge.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

IOWA STATE NEWS.
McConologua and Mornrlnnd Meet.

KEosAUQUA, Ia, Oct John f.
McConologne and w. M. Mcfarland,
democratic and republican candidates
respectively for secretary of state.
spoke in joint discussion before a large
audience here yesterday.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

The German telegraph service has
adopted copper bronze wires and is re
placing all its iron and steel wires by
the new metal, which is used Of o
small diameter and weighs about lsC
mounds TO the mile.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

There is a curious group of rock'
near Milan which form the oft-de
scribed Natures City" An irregula,
mass Of rocks some 200 feet high re.
sembles a citadel Below are five de
pressions, of which one Is a giganti,
amphitheater, and the second a NEGRO
polio, q third a parade and the fourth
a regularly laid ont city quarters
with public monuments, gates, streets
atn
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

When the church Of Scotland petit
toned Lord Palmerston to appoint .
day Of fasting and prayer SO hat tn
cholera might depart from thea
midst" he told them instead to 6c'
floors and let IN Gods light and keel
everything clean They voted, how
ever, to resent his advice as blasphe
nous and insulting. That was Thrift
years ago, and such advice takes bettet
now.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

Wheat ciosingf May. 7zs<c. a..
temoer, 7Okn On tracks No. 4 hnrd- ~.
10 \ northsra. 7iko; No 2 norIhe,. Ss
0eSci Ma Z hard. 1aa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

One Melch DIR Parker, a convict in
the penttent!ary at Szrezdin, in Hun
gary, has invented a patent shaving
machine whereby he can shave a mar
in twenty-five seconds With thin
machine he shaved all the inmates OF
the prison, $50 in number, to the com
plete satisfaction of the governor
What the prisoners said is not stated
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

I. n. Hannah, one of the boys who
attended Elliott's Business College.
Burlington, la, is now bo"kkeeper fox
the National Bank, Burlington, Kan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

The introduction OF bells int
churches is usually ascribed to Saint
Paulinus, bishop of Nola in Campani'
400 A. D. Their use in churches ant
monasteries soon spread through
christendom. They were introduced
aoUvV VI u~-hrmouSh? -~DrOas1rv Aorh
from Italy into England about $50.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

One of the most complete and unique
collections Of newspaper clippings evei
made. perhaps, was damaged by fir,
In Philadelphia recently. 1t belonged
10 an invalid who for years has GU
out selections from the biographies.
political and news matter Of diffsree
daily journals and FASTING the clip
pings so obtained on sheets of filing
after the manner OF n Library car.
catalogue. The owner, nothin,
daunted. has set about buying oil
newspapers TO repair. as far rs Pc.
slble, the gap caused by the dre.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1892-10-08

The matchbox and wheel-lock n.
persedsd by the fint-lock In l692.
The advocate., 1892-03-30
Tho O. en-. vestibule Line.

Passengers going to any point east or
southeast, and desiring quick and COM
Portable trip, should take the Ohio 8
Mississippi Ry, the fast line from st.
Louis, and the only one running pas
senger train through to Cincinnati, the
time being less than ten hours.
Three daily vestibule trains are run
by the o. s. M. to Cincinnati, and two to
Louisville, making direct connections
with all trains for the east, northeast and
southeast, and trains of this line are
equipped with elegant Vestibule day
coaches, and Pullman's latest pattern In
vestlbule psrlor library cars and sleep
ers. The sleeping cars are run through
from St. Louis to Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and New York without
change, and the fare to these points is
less by the o. & NJ. Ry. than by other
through car routes.
Owing to its excellent through train
service and fast time, the o. & M. is en-
sbled to carry about 95 per cent of the
travel from St Louis to and via Cincin-
natl eastward.
See that your tickets read via the popu-
lar o. &. NJ. Ry., for sale at offices Of con-
Meeting lines.
For further information call on or ad-
dress A. s. Lytle, GenI Western Pass'r
Agent Ohio s. Mississippi Ry., 100 n.
Broadway, st. Louis, Mo.
The advocate., 1892-03-30

rent, and being relieved Of all other
forms Of taxation, would enjoy much
greater opportunities to amass wealth
than now, even if they really paid the
tax (rent) upon the valuable land they
occupied. But, as I have already shown,
they would pay small portion only Of
such tax, and that portion they would
pay as consumers and not as the users OF
valuable land.
The "single tax" levied upon lands oc-
cupled for income producing businesses.
the explolters Of which can aftix the
prices upon their own goods and services,
would be merely an indirect tax Isoied
upon consumption-i. e., upon the whole
people as consumers.
II not, why not? GEO. Q. WARD.
Kansas City, Missouri.
The advocate., 1892-03-30

want 1t distinctly understood that I work
for full, free independence, ,osomething
that cannot be found in either Of the old
parties.
"Or the fusion might made on the
basis of dividing the electors and giving
the 'embattled farmers the state offices"
Mr.. World, and others, 1t is not the offices
the "embattled farmers" are after. 1t is
laws, and they propose to elect their
servants who will enact laws fer the peo-
pie. II seems to be a common error
with political papers and politicians to
think on old party lines and suppose
this movement Of the people is for office
"a grave mistake. Just laws is what we
are after and we propose to elect SER
wants who will act the will of the people
who elect them, giving US just laws and
do away with the unjust laws that now
exist. The servants Of the people can
never be secured under either old party
lash, as the whip is held by the bankers
association of America, that whips the
tools of both old parties into line.
"But the next president must be a
Democrat" says the World. Why a
DsmocratY To give the offices so con-
spicuously put forward in the Worlds
editorial as the only thing to strive for,
to men whose sole political identity is
their greed for Office. | believe the cum
ming politician can see If the Peoples
party can be wheedled into fuslng with
the Democrats that the success OF the
Republicans is assured. What an act on
the part of prominent Peoples party
workers to advocate fusion with either
old party! What an indication OF sin
cerity 1t would be-! Look at the condi-
ton In any state that has been Demo
cratic for years. Are the farmers any more
prosperous, contented and happy under
those state governments? Let us keep
a clean movement, 80 honest, true men
can be identified with 1t without feeling
it necessary to wash their hands as they
do when identified in either old party.
The Peoples party stands alone in
Minnesota this year, and by doing so are
sure to elect q full and complete state
ticket, and cast a majority for the ma
tIonal ticket, the Republican convention
being held in Minneapolis notwithstand-
ing. HAMLIN V. PooRE.
Vice President Third Congressional Dis
trict, Minnesota State Farmers Ali
ance.