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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
DOCTOR FISHER THE FOXY
He Writes Letter to Mlslead the
Officers.
Pretends That He l; on the Ocean Bound
for England...cross Roads Papers
Out In the Cold... Temper.
anc, Meeting

Sioux FAILS, S. D., April 1o.--The
Canton News prints a letter from Dr.
Fisher which is apparently genuine
and which has caused quite sensation
In connection with this case. The let
ter is as follows:
YEAGrRrowN, Pa. April 9, '93 Editor
Sioux Valley News-Dear Sir: ! wish
YOU would express my contrition at being
implicated in the sad death OF Minnie
Olson through the columns OF your valu-
able paper. And also that emphatically
deny having been instrumental in her
death. OF course my sudden departure
from Canton would no doubt lead many
I, infer that l was guilty OF the
charge made against me. Knowing
that the scandal following nv connec-
tion with the affair would ruin me So
cially and my practice, considered that
il would be the best plan for myself and
other parties concerned To wait until
future time TO vindicate myself OF the
charge. 1t will be utterly useless for you
to look for me, for by the time you receive
this will be on my way to England. And
when return, will appear and vindi-
cate myself. Trusting that in the mean
time the good people Of Canton will have
time for their prejudice and reason to
reach a normal temperature; l remain,
p. s. will also statdthat ! am conf
dent that the guilty party does not reside
in Lincoln county, and never did.
The officers here think that Fisher
wrote the letter, but do not believe
that he is in England or that he has
any idea of going there. They think
that Fisher wrote it to throw them off
the track, and are quite satisfied both
as to his guilt and as to his presence in
! this country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
Cro;s Roads Papers Barred.

CHAMBERLAIN, S. d., April 10.--A
great many editors of the smaller week
lies published throughout the state are
now asking themselves, Where are we
at?" and all on account Of law passed
by the recent Legislature OF this state.
The act referred to provides that no
paper shall print legal notices until it
has been established at least one year,
and has bona fide circulation Of 200
copies per week. This law was de-
signed for the purpose of putting a
stop to the establishment of little
weeklies at every cross roads where
there happened TO be an unusually
large number of legal notices to be
published, such papers being but tenn
porary concerns and ready to be moved
to adjoining counties as soon as the
supply of legal notices should cease
where they were first established.
Scores of South Dakota papers were
started for no other purpose than to
reap the benefit from the publication
of land Office notices, and it is expected
that the new law will put a stop to
this practice. The papers which are
now barred from publishing legal
notices are making arrangements with
bona fide papers in their vicinities to
publish the notices which would other
wise have gone to them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
Narcotic Effects Of a Spring.

Superintendent Stout recently de-,
scribed q wonderful mineral spring that
formerly flowed from the mountain
above the Butte Creek House and near
the Plumas county. Cal, line.
This spring was first called to Mr..
Stout's attention some years ago while
camping in the vicinity by an old pros-
pector, who called it the "chloroform
spring. The water which flowed
from it did not differ in appearance or
taste from the water of other springs,
except that it was slightly brackish. Il
was the effect that followed the drink
ing of its waters that was remarkable.
A small cup would in the course OF
half an hour render the drinker total
ly inscnsible, and he would remain for
hours il dead. But few white men had
ever tried the experiment Of drinking
from 1t, but those who have done so
describe the effect as not unlike that
resulting from heavy narcotic.
TO the Indians this spring has been
known for generations. They call IL
the "heap Sleep spring, and It Is said
that more than one weary red man has
entered the happy hunting grounds
through the medium Of its waters.
Mr.. Stout states that when he sew
the spring in the summer of 1880 there
were no less than i've carcasses OF
deer, besides numerous smaller ami
mails. 10 its immediate neighborhood
that had drank OF the water and been
overcome and died from the effects.
An examination. Of the geological con.
struction OF the immediate section
failed to show any mineral that. might
account for the peculiar power. OF tho
water. and so far as known no analysis
has ever been made. - Ororiiis Herr
cHru
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
EIGHT HUNDRED YEARS OLD
Anniversary Of the Conservation OF Winchas.
ter Cathedral.


New YORK, April lO.-A London dis.
patch says: Today is the sO0th ami
versary of the conservation of Win.
chester cathedral, and the event is
being commemorated in the venerable
edifice with solemn services. There
was celebration OF early communion
at 6 o'clock this morning, and at the
regular service which commenced at 10
o'clock the edifice was filled to over
flowing. Within the chancel were the
bishops of Glonter and Bristol, London,
Exeter, Worchester and several other
primates. together with over 100 lead
ing Episcopal divines in full episcopal
robes. The choral service in
cluded anthems by Handel,
Mozart and Mendelssohn, and the
archbishop of Canterbury, in an elo-
quent sermon, paid tribute to the ven-
erable pile and referred to the fact that
house of Christian worship existed in
the town as early as l69. He narrated
how Bishop Walkelin had secured wood
for the completion of the cathedral by
depicting an entire forest belonging to
the king, and that in consequence he
nearly lost his head Tomorrow there
will be another grand service. when a
new work, The Glory of Lebanon"
by Sir Herbert Oakeley, will be rem
dered by choir of 1000 voices. Bishop
Thorold will preach the sermon. A
general holiday is being observed in
the town today and the municipal
council will banquet tonight.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
STATE SALOONS.
South Carolina viii Be Her Own Saloon.
keepsr After July ].

CHARLESTON, S. c.. April s.--There
will be no liquor or beer sold in South
Carolina except by the state after July
/, 1898. -Four Of the most eminent le-
gal firms in the state decided the mat.
ter. Soon after the passage of the law
by the last session Of the Legislature,
the liquor dealers of the state formed
an association and employed counsel "a
test its constitutionality. The counsel
filed their opinion, which was submit
ted TO the executive committee OF the
liquor dealers, that they might prepare
to meet the law as valid and constitu-
tional on and after July ], 1898. The
counsel say that the statute can only
be tested after July !, by the
attempt of the state or any OF
its officers 10 seize and sell
liquors manufactured in another
state and exposed for sale here by some
one who has obtained and holds a Ii
cense to sell liquors for the whole year.
The news was a great surprise and its
effects in business point of view will
be serious, as II will retire large mum
ber of persons from business. In the
u'oobeihic lie BoNeIuOr VI thIS SIdJe,
together with the state dispenser, is
travelling in the west and the north,
making arrangements to start the state
barroom July i. Under the new law
The state will sell all the beer and
liquor sold in South Carolina. Gov.
ernor Tillman expects TO buy the
liquors either in Chicago. st. Louis OF
New York. The act appropriates only
$50, 900 with which to start business,
but the governor thinks the state can
easily get all the credit it wants.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
A GREAT LIBERTY BELL
The First of Its Kind That Was
Ever Cast.
Cold, Silver and Precious Stones OF Hits Dr..
ical Interest viii Be Mixed With the
Meta,.-.Abraham Llneoln's
Watch Chain.

NEWARK, n. j., April 5.--Arrange-
ments have been completed here for
the casting of the great Liberty bell
for the worlds fair 1t will be made
of metal with which will be mixed
gold, silver and precious stones OF
historical interest.
Upon the bell will be inscribed tho
words, which are also on the Inde.
pendence bell, Proclaim liberty
throughout the land to all the inhab.
itants thereof" The following inscrip.
ton, taken from the centennial bell,
the highest, peace on earth, good will
among men" 1t has also been decided
to have the bell engraved with spe-
eial Columbian motto.
Robert r. Lincoln has offered TO con.
tribute the gold chain worn by his
father, President Lincoln, when he
WAS assassinated. Mr.. Lincoln was
\sked to obtain from Gladstone coin
br the bell. Miss Lulu Gordon has
mt silver spoon used by John c.
calhoun. Alfred ii. Love, president OF
he Universal Peace union, has given a
tlver knife, once the property of
tucretia Mott. Miss Pauline Mellow.
W, OF wellesley college, has sent the
!rst silver dollar contributed to the
9hational university.
This is the first liberty bell cast in
the history of the world. 1t is in.
tended that every step in the creation
o< the Columbian bell shall be marked
by some historic anniversary, II will be
cast April 80. that day being the
anniversary of the Inauguration of
George Washington as president of the
United States. The bell will be rung
for the first time under the supervision
of the board of lady managers, in
whose care it will remain while in Chi.
cago.
AT the close of the exposition the bell
will be taken TO Washington, where it
will be in the keeping of the society Of
the Daughters of the American Revolu-
ton After having been in Washing
ton for a few months il will be sent
around the world to all countries. Ii
will go to Bunker hill, Liberty Island,
the battle field of New Orleans, TO San
Francisco, and in 1900 to the next in
ternational exposition, which will prob.
ably be held in Paris.
Washington will be its home, how.
ever, and it's custodians will always be
the Daughters of the Revolution.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
A LONG TRIP ON sNowsHoEs
Remarkable Journsy l, Alaska Accom-.
plished by Chic ,go Man.

SEATTLE, WASH, April "A remark
able journey was recently brought to a
successful close by c. II. Hamilton, OF
Chicago, 22 years of age, who arrived
here from Alaska. lie traversed l,50c
miles ON snowshoes up the Yukon river
in OIaka. and over the divide to Chill
koot in the dead Of winter, being the
first white man who has ever crossed
these mountains at that season and
lived. He is an employee Of the Yukon
River Transportation and Trading com.
pany and left Seattle last July on the
initial trip of that company's cApeai.
ton.
At st. Michaels near the mouth Of
the Yukon, the expedition built a
steamboat and started up the river
with $50 tons Of provisions and sup.
plies. After steaming two weeks up
the river ice .tcpped further progress
As II was necessary to get word to
civilization that the boat was frozen in,
Hamilton volunteered TO make o jour
ney of !, 500 miles, and started Novem
Der 20 with three sledges. twenty -cns
dogs and some Indian guides. He ar
rived at Chilkoot, eighty miles above
Juneau, March 20.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
Scrab,of Snort

Thomas Burns, the old Chicago third
baseman, has been engaged as field coach
OF the Wesleyan base ball nine.
The idea of covering the bicycle track
at Chicago on which the international
races are 10 be ridden with burnt CLAW has
been abandoned and fine gravel will be
substituted.
Jack McAuliffe will not recognize Aus
tin Gibbons challenge, owing TO the
wrangle over the stake money in their
last hight. He prefers making a match
with Stanton Abbott
Several members OF the Oxford crew
wish to row at the Henley regatta. and IL
is feared that this will prevent the OK
ford crew from coming ta this country to-
meet the winner Of the Yale Harvard
race.
Foxhall keene is agitating the playing
of match or series OF matches of inter-
national polo, and players of this exciting
game here (ppe Tor the success OF his
efforts. as thy anxioas 10 meet 49,.
t-sss--iI IA glis ,pteams.
Jim Hall and Frank SIavin have signed
today TO fight for 81 900 side. The Botg-
ling Brook club has agreed 10 give 1900
and deposited the money Another club
will outbid the Bowling Brook club and
1t Is expected that El 900 will he offered.
The Chicago Athletic club will open its
doors on July 4, and will have n banquet
to celebrate the occasson. The clubs
quarters, when ready, will have cost
about 500, 900 and will have all the facili-
ties and comforts of q regular social club,
together with a fine gymnasium and
natatorium The latter will be finished
In white tuarshla la fa,, IA a.,
GOxi0 feet, will be lined W tn tile. The
bathing establishment will be modelled
on the style of the baths OF the Greeks
and Romans, who devoted conside ra ble
time to bathing II Is expected that the
natatorium will be the finest In the world.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
NEWS FROM AFRICA.
Bishop fuckers Party Discovers the Body
Of Bishop Hannlngton.


New YORK, April. s.-Interesting
advices have been received from one of
Bishop fuckers party, now on its way
to Uganda, in Africa, concerning the
discovery of the bones of Bishop Han
nington, who was murdered by the
cannibals at the town Of Vusoga-
Mumia. The chief of the tribe, Mumin,
denied all knowledge of the where
abouts Of the remains. Upon being
bribed with a flannel suit by Bishop
Tucker, however, he gave some gen.
eral information regarding the sup
posed place of burial. Six native
soldiers were hired to dig at the spot
indicated, and after going down some
six feet they brought to light wooden
box lined with tin, containing skull,
some rib bones, pair of boots which
were recognized as having been the
property of the bishop, and the top of
his canteen bucket. The remains were
taken possession of by the bishop and
his party, and will be buried in the
cathedral Of Uganda. The letter saws
that IL is remarkable that the first mis-
sionary party that has passed that way
since Harrington should be privileged
to bear his bones into that country he
twice tried TO enter.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
FIVE FEMALE PIcKPockETs.
They Left Omaha Saturday Night Enroute
for Sioux City and ST. Paul.

OMAHA, April 5.-For the past six
weeks many frequenters of the streets
have noticed several well dressed and
attractive looking women, who were
to be seen almost daily and in the
evening generally frequented some
place of amusement They were usu-
ally without escorts and have been the
objects of solicitous attention from the
local mashers brigade.
The younn women might easily have
been taken for well bred society
women, but police investigation has
developed the fact that they consti.
tuted the most expert and successful
gang of pickpocbets and confidence
workers that has operated in this city
in the past ten years. There were five
of them in all and they We're accom-.
panied by an equal number of men,
all of whom are well known to the
police authorities as crooks of more or
less pretension. The women We're all
good looking and were stylishly at
tired in garments which bore the
stamp of the latest art in dress max.
ing. They usually went out in a party
of three and there was scarcely a day
-anrinfs-theis stap- in -ths- atty that they
did not turn trick of more or less i'm.
portance.
The favorite game of the pickpockets
was what is known among the talent
as the switch. They would provide
themselves with a roll of paper with a
81 bill wrapped around it and, after
making the acquaintance of their pros.
pective victim, one of them would
playfully snatch roll of bills from his
pocket. and Immediately restore it, The
chances are that he would would think
nothing of the circumstances at the time
and after the woman had left him dis
cover that the money had been adroitly
switched" and that is hpocket con.
tanned the bogus roll while his own
money had gone to pay the rent of his
late companions.
| A well known sporting man was re.
lieved Of q roll of bills containing $3.50
by this method last week, and q travel.
ing man named Bardorfer sent nearly
! Sl00 over the same route. At least a
/ dozen similar robberies are known To
have been perpetrated by the same peo-
/ pie, but the reluctance of most men to
admit that they have been swindled
makes it very difficult for the police to
make case against them.
They are supposed to be the same
gang that has been operating in San
Francisco and other cities on the coast
during the past six months and they
have been marvelously successful in
eluding the police of those cities. They
are smart enough to know when they
have enough and never stay long
enough in one place to give the author
tiles time to get a case against them.
The took the train for the northwest
Saturday night Sioux City, st. Paul
and Minneapolis will likely have a visit
from the daring damsels.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
NINETYSTUDENTS STATEMENT
Faculty of 6rookings College Exsoriated In
Public lettsy.

Sioux FALLS, s. D., April 10.-The
latest sensation in the Broohings col
lege muddle is the publication
in the Argus-Leader of state
meut signed by ninety students
and addressed to the citizens of
the state. The students charge that
recent removals have been gross
breach of faith and serious injury to
the college. Ed Hewitt, they say,
was made secretary of the college in
consideration of his vote as regent.
DR.. Cormack, they claim, is ignorant
and is simply an ordinary horse doctor.
Professor Chilcott, they claim, knows
less about botany than his most ignor-
ant pupil, and the students say they
make the statement deliberately.
Mr.. Wheaton they call ''an ignorant
man and an unscrupulous politician
who is regarded with contempt by the
students"
They say that President McLouth is
the cause OF all the trouble, and that
he has threatened to expel students IL
they fail to keep still.
This public statement will create q
profound sensation through the state.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
D'yon and Griffin.

INDIANAPOLIS, April l0.--The fight
between George Dixon and Johnny
Griffin is now insured. Thomas
ORourke, manager of the speciality
company Of George Dixon, champion
feather-weight pugilist of the world,
has received an answer from the mana
ger OF John Griffin accepting Dixon's
challenge TO fight before the Coney Is
land Athletic club for purse of SlO,-
900 and side bet of SO. 900, making a
total of $4,000, which Is the richest
plum ever hung up for meeting be-
tween pugiists of this class O'Rourke
has wired the New York agent of
Dixon to close the terms of the match,
and check for $1,000 was mailed to
New York to be put up as forfeit.
The match is to take place June 30,
and the two contestants are to enter
the ring at 120 pounds. Dixon's pres
ent weight is 1877, and for man In his
condition 10 shed pounds will require
severe training. Dixon tonight ex-
pressed the belief that Griffin will prove
the hardest job that he has undertaken
but expresses confidence in his ability
TO beat him. He will cancel his thea
trical engagements for the last part OF
the season, and expects 10 go into train.
ing u about ten DAYS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
TEXAS ALIEN LAND OWNERS
Governor ho e Having Hard Fight With
the Syndicate.

AUSTIN, Tex, April s.-Governol
Hogg and his friends are gradually
being pushed to the wall in their con
troversy over aliens holding large
tracts in Texas. Some time ago Hogs
made statement that aliens must
vacate lands in Texas, and that he pro-
posed to engineer bill with these pro-
visions through the Legislature in lien
Of the alien law passed by the las,
legislature. The syndicate that built
the state capitol, hearing of the pro.
posed legislation, wrote to Governor
Hogg, through their agent at Chicago,
that the syndicate was willing to sell
the 3,000, 900 acres of land received for
building the capitol TO the state at the
same price the state was receiving for
its own lands and on the same terms,
which give forty years for final settle
ment. The governor said the state
should never take the lands with his
sanction.
Samuel Gossett, a member of the leg
islature, said that the legislature would
give the capitol syndicate fifteen years
to sell their lands TO individuals
or forfeit their rights thereto.
Ex-senator Carter, of Fort Worth, says
that neither the legislature nor any
body else can make the syndicate sell
it's land in fifteen or 800 years. The
general opinion is that the capitol syn.
dicate has placed Hogg in a position
which he will be unable to sustain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15
A coUNTERFelTERs psN.
.aborers Discover Cruesome Underground
4 air

Lair.
New YORK, April Son Saturday
afternoon gang of Italian lab6rers'
who had torn down an old horse ehed'
aear Linwood street and Sutter sSenue,
n East New York, came across trap
loor with ring attached to it'll and on
lifting it up with crowbars fPey dis
covered dilapidated stone sNircase
.eading to queer underground build
ng of brick. A days hard work with
picks and sbovels unearthed BY lding
sixteen feet square. 1t was ttongh'
that the building had really been3 occu'
pied by counterfeiters in the. 70s.
Harry Knickman, a jeweler in Atlantic
avenue, who owns considerable prop
srty in the vicinity, went down the
old staircase with lantern, and found
4 peculiar place. 1t was built with
brick walls about one foot thick; with
an arched roof, also of brick. The
building was between seven and'eight
.eeJ in height at the pid-
Ale of the arch. The roof was
about three feet below the ground fpor.
iuC oiu StdlItdSS ucHah VIC bSutt-
eastern corner of the building. Hf
CROPPED his way down the stairs, TIN
passage being but two feet six inches
wide, and at the foot came to a heavy
ron door with the top rounded to iii
she curve of the arch. This door had
heavy iron hinges set securely in the
brick of the west wall of the passage.
way. The door had heavy lock that
was broken. 1t took some time TO pry
.his door open. There was a continue
ton of the brick passageway, leading
around three sides of an inner building,
and stopping abruptly at the wall
against which the staircase was built.
When he walked through this doorwaf
Mr.. Knickman found himself in a room
built entirely of brick, with an archsS
brick roof In each of the corners wa,
queer joint of clay pipe, which ex
tended little bit above the surface oi
the ground, and had evidently fur
hished ventilation to the mysterious
underground apartment.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-04-15


Marie Jonreau writes me that when
she was travelling In Iceland last sum-
Emershe found that Of all Of our great
the ouly ono who seemed
to DC familiar to tho Iprlauders was
Gay Gould. One Of the first questions
her native guide asked her on learns
ing that she was from America was:
~You come from America; perhaps
then You know Jay GouldP And has
he really more money than he can
.count?"
Even far In the interior OF tho island
where the people could speak no En-
giish, they begged the guide TO a1k her
u she really know or had ever seen the
wonderful Crgsus, who 10 them waa
llke sople prince from the sArabIan
lights. Hosfon 0fobe.