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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
Condition Of tho Crops.

Sioux FALLS, $. d., May ERE
ports received here from twenty-eigh
counties in the south half of the stat
show that the crop is about twent,
days late, but progressing finely
There is falling off in fax, but an in
crease Of 10 per cent on barley. In tn.
southern half of the district the in
crease in corn is fully go per cent. The
increase in oats over the district is Il!
per cent. Wheat shows falling off il
the southern portion, attention thcr
being devoted more largely TO corn
The rest of the state shows an increase
but the average acreage of wheat viii
be about the same as last year. Brut
county reports the largest increase
80 per cent I'm all lines. Seeding is now
complete in small grain and corn is be
ing rapidly planted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
DICK MOORE WINS.
Defeats Tom Murray, OF Minneapolis, in
Ten Rounds


ST.. PAUL, May %. "A thousand peo-
pie saw Dick Moore defeat Tom Muir.
ray, Of Minneapolis, in a ten-round
contest with the gloves 1t was by far.
the cleverest battle ever witnessed in,
the northwest. 1t was very rapid from
the beginning. AS the men had met
four times before they wasted no time
in sizing up, but went to work in a,
manner highly satisfactory to the au-l
dience. They both displayed more
science than their friends knew theyl
possessed, and it was apparent the mo-,
ment they entered the ring that they
were in better condition than everI
before. They were trained down to
fine point, There was not an
ounce of superfiuous flesh visible
on either, and 1t was evident
that they could stand any amount of
jarring From the clang of the gong
the men were careful, each knew he
had no snap in the other. and each was
determined to do his best TO settle the
long standing question of superiority |
The exhibition given by Moore was the
more scientific of the two. He displayed
more science aud generalship than MUIR
r,\ and landed three times TO Murray's
once throughout the contest. Murray
jabbed away viciously at times, but more
often than not he was una bic to do any
effective work Moore closely watched
every opening and took advantage of II
with lightning like rapidity. furnishing
Murray, but creating no apparent i'm
preston. Dicks guard aroused admira-
ton and he ducked beautifully in get
ting away from Murray's terrific
swings. by his victory over the Min
neapolis man Moore once more made
clear his title of champion welter-
weight of the northwest
Immediately after the battle wa.
over he was challenged by Shadow"
Maber, and will meet him today to
sign articles of agreement for battle
In the near future.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
STARR GANG GETS LEFT.
They Make a Futile Attempt to Hold up
an AtchIson Train.

an AtchIson Train.
Topeka, Kas, May 22.-Telegrams
received by the officials Of the Atchi.
son, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad give
the details of an attempt by the Starr
gang of desperadoes to rob the north
bound express train in the Cherokee
strip. When the train reached
Guthrie, o. T., il was reported that
the Starr gang was on the track north
of there and that an attempt was to
be made TO stop the train when ap-
preaching Ponca. The train was stop
ped and a messenger was sent ahead to
reconnoiter. A reasonable time was
given him TO return, but as he failed to
do so the train pulled out, passing the
depot without stopping Six of the
Starr gang were standing on the depot
platform and when they saw that the
train was not going to stop
volley was fired into the
express car. The train stopped
short distance north of
the station near Ponca bridge and SUI
perintendent Stockton, of the Wells
Fargo Express company and Deputy
United States Marshal Heck Thomas
left the cars and started back toward
the depot. As they did so three of the
Starr men rode toward the train and
succeeded in getting between Thomas
and Stockton and the ears. The train
then pulled over the bridge and no at
tempt was made to molest the two men
on foot. In the meantime the citizens Of
Ponca had been aroused and the three
train robbers who remained at the
depot were compelled to leave without
their horses. They went u half mile
east, where a company of cavalry was
encamped, and stealing three horses
made their escape. The cavalry went
in pursuit as soon as the theft was
nisnNvnrnd
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
QUEER BANKING.
OPERATIONS Of the Proprietors OF the FIRST
Nakinr, al q ank Cad a. E.Ils A..

OPERATIONS OF the Proprietors OF the First
Nation,l Bank at Csdr Falls, IN.
WATERLOO, Ia. May 20.-Further in
sestigation into the failure of the First
National bank at Cedar Falls and the
subsequent assignment of Fields &
Bro, who were the. principal stossa-
holders in the bank, reveals strange
condition OF affairs.
1t seems that the bank and the firm
of Fields &c Bro. have been using the
same blanks for certificates of deposit
and notes OF the firm, and number Of
cases have been reported by partiea
who claim they supposed they were de-
posting money in the bank and find
that they have only gotten the notes OF
Fields g. Bro instead of certificates OF
deposit Instances of that kind were
reported from Reinbeck, Hudson and
other points.
The schedule of the assets ami liabil.
tiles of Fields a. Bro show $50 cre,iit.
ors, OF whom fourteen are wom IN. and
it is estimated that the total liza bilities
may not fall short of S301. ODl In the
assets are scheduled 1870 horses, 3l7k
shares of stock in the First National
bank and about 1000 acres of lani in
North and South Dakota, Kansas, Ohio
and Iowa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
KNEW THEIR MASTER.
Carl Hagenbeek Guslls a Fight Between
lions VITA His Voica

CHICAGO, May 1o.--Five big lions
with black names were added to Carl
Hagenbeclx's arena. They have been
on the way from New York ever since
last Monday. The beasts had been
but few moments in their cage when
Nero and Pasha, the finest specimens
in the group, attacked each other tooth
and nail, The uproar brought half "A
dozen attendants armed with sharp
sticks, but the animals were too
thoroughly enraged to mind the punch
ing they received from their keepers
They clawed and bit each other until
blood streamed down their tawny faces
and tufts of hair lay upon the floor Of
the cage.
During the royal battle. which lasted
five minutes or more, the thick boards
at one end of the den were split at the
top and almost wrenched from their
fastening. Herr Hagenbeck was hur-
riedly called while the tumult was at its
height. The famous trainer crawled
beneath the iron railing which keeps
spectators from approaching too
closely to the bars and began TO talk IN
German to the frenzied beasts The
familiar voice of their old master stop
ped the battle there and then. Neither
OF the lions had seen Herr lIagenbeclS
minute Is ssop sSs ss,s ns@ ,Sc than
was rapidly involving three other lions
cooped up in the cage.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
A WORLDS FAIR wo'speR3
Michigan City Hangs Inverted in the Sky
for an Hour

CHICAGO, May 22.-People living
along the lake shore, between the city
and Jackson park. and passengers on
the Illinois Central trains were ac-
corded most wonderful spectacle
about o'clock yesterday afternoon. 1t
was mirage they saw, and they will
not soon forget the strange. weird pic
ture which unrolled itself across the
eastern sky.
For distance OF twenty miles the
eastern and southeastern shore of Lake
Michigan hung inverted in the sky just
above the watery horizon. Although
forty miles distant every sand hill and
ravine was shown with startling dis
tinctness, the trees with which they
were covered pointing straight down
ward into the waters of the lake,
which reflected and reproduced the
picture in natural position, though
hazy and not so distinct AT the south
ern end of the miraged shore line the
inverted roofs and spires of a town
could be seem These two were mir
rored in the water and could easily be
recognized as Michigan City. The up
per line of the mirage was cut clean
and smooth as by water level, and
from this line tie entire Indiana and
Michigan shore hung suspended.
The strange atmospheric illusion
lasted nearly an hour and then slowly
dissolved in haze resting upon the
shoreless horizon of Lake Michigan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
LESSON IN CHARITY BY A JEW
6aro, Rothschd's SpIsn1j Gift for Con.
sumptive Sufferers.

Baron Nathaniel Rothschild has just
taught the anti-Semites lesson I'M
charity by splendid gift which he has
made for the benefit of Vienese suffer-
ers from pulmonary diseases, which are
peculiarly prevalent in that city owing
TO the cold winds and the dust. For
some time past number Of philan-
thropic persons have been trying to
found an asylum for patients of this
kind, but only fraction of the
sum required was forthcoming until
baron Rothschild informed the pro-
moters of the scheme that he wished to
present them with his chateau at Reich9
enau, in the Semmering, for the new1
establishment. 1t would be difficult To
exaggerate either the timeliness or gem
erosity of this gift The estate and
pleasure grounds, worth 5000, 900
forms, are widely known as among the
most beautiful in the Syrian Alps.
The baron will transfer the chateau
and grounds to the society the Ist Of
August, and has promised to make all
necessary alterations. IL is hoped that
il can be got ready for the reception OF
patients by next winter. Baron Roths-
child has already thrown open his park
and green houses in Vienna TO the pub.
lie for small entrance fee, which goes
10 local charity. His chateau in the
Semmering will afford accommodation
for 500 beds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
Little Girl-was your folks DO

Little Girl-Was your folks poor
when you were little girl?
Grandma--We thought we were, my
dear. We were pioneer farmers, and
lived in log cabin; but 1t was large
and comfortable; the floors were
warmly carpetcd; we had plenty to eat
and plenty to wear. But we raised
everything ourselves, and made our own
cloth. We had no money to go to
stores, even IL we had been near any;
and so we felt very, very poor. There
were two things we were all fond of,
and, 10. how we longed for them, and
how we wished we could afford them;
but we couldn't and II made MS feel
very miserable TO be so poor. These
two things were salt mackerel and
store molasses.
Little Girl --Oool Why. what did you
have TO 1at, then?
Grandma Nothing but beef, NUT.
toz, chickens, vcnison, quails, squir.
rels, wild ducks. brook trout. and such
things; and Is for molasses we hadn't
anything but ple.syrup
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
Has Faith i, Artesian Wells.

SIOUX FALLS, S. d., May .2.--C. S.
Fassett, of Hitchcock, state superin.
tendent of irrigation, spent the day
here. He says that there are now in
operation in South Dakota over 200 ar
tesisn wells, 30 per cent of which are
fully successful; the 10 per cent of fail
ures result from faulty construction.
He says he will this year make thor
ough test of practical irrigation. A
farm of 500 acres in Sphinx county, neal
Mellette, will be plated and piped and
connected with huge reservoir which
holds 0,000, 900 gallons of water Ho
believes that the experiment will prove
big success and that large portion
of that section of the state will be re-
deemed TO certain crops. He thinks
the expense will be small, but has not
progressed far enough into the subject
TO give definite figures.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
TWO THOUSAND KILLED.
Fearful Loss OF Lie by Fire Reported
Evot11 Chint

SAN Francisco. May 20.--The
steamer Oceanic brings the following
advices from Hong Kong and Yoko-
hama:
In connection with the efforts that
are being made to procure Chinese la
borers for Mexico, proclamation has
been issued prohibiting immigration
until the treaty between China and
Mexico has been ratified.
Two disastrous fires, resulting in the
destruction of 4,400 native honses,
have taken place i'm Manila. 1t is re-
ported that they originated from fam
lily quarrel in native house, "a woman
having thrown brazier OF hot Goals at
her husband, which missed its mark
and set fire TO the place. At the latest
report five bodies have been taken from
the ruins.
The uprising in Seoul, Corea, which
was mentioned in dispatches of April
II, was crushed in its incipiency by the
government
Information has been received from
Hong Kong which shows that the fire
at Kan LII some time ago, during the
progress OF n festival, in which l. 400
lives were said TO have been lost, was
far more terrible than was at first re-
ported. While the performances OF
some theaters were in full swing, three
mat sheds containing 1900 persons,
were set on fire. The dry mating
burned rapidly, and, the supports CIV
ing way, fell and suffocated majority
of the audience. One of the mat sheds
was occupied solely by women and chill
dren, and when this was fired
"A band of we'll dressed
Chinese who were wholly un.
known TO the natives of the district
rushed in and seized the best looking
young women and girls 10 the number
OF thirty or forty and rushed them
away. AS soon as other people went
to render assistance at the mat sheds
another band of robbers set fire To
houses In different parts of the villages
and plundered shops of all that was
valuable. Boats were waiting at the
river side and the kidnapers and rob
bers were able To make good their es-
cape. Chineee state that nearly 1900
persons were suffocated or burned To
death, and it is certain that over 1900
lives were lost. Over 1000 collins were
sent from Canton to Kan Ii. and cof-
fins were also sent from Fasham and
other places in the district.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
KANSAS INSURANCE.

The Attornsf CsnsraI Says Evsry Policy Is.
susd Must Be Writ IN 1, tn, State.
Topeka, Kas.. May ls.--The attorney
general today rendered an opinion for
the guidance of the state insurance de-
partment to the effect that every in.
sursnce policy on Kansas property
must absolutely be written in the state
and that every company's agent look,
ing after Kansas business must reside
here. The opinion is based on the non.
resident state law, which provides that
any insurance company authorized to
do business by the superintendent OF
insurance is prohibited from allowing
any person who is nonresident tc
issue any policy upon Kansas property.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
THE WOMEN'S CONGRESSES
Closing Day Given Up Entirely to the Subleo
of'Dress.

CHICAGO. May 22.-The closing day
of the worlds congresses of women wat
given up entirely to the discussion o
matters relating to the costuming oi
the SEX Naturally such "a subject o.
general interest brought the womer
out in force, and both Washington and
Columbus halls were packed to tn,
doors long before the opening of thu
opening Of the proceedings. The two
audiences themselves were an obleci
lesson on the question slated for con
sideration, for there were more stylish
costumes and more bewitching hati
and bonnets than had been seen at any
preceding session Of the congress.
The proceedings in the hall of Wash
ington, where Mrs, Il. Ward Dicks. pre-
sided, were fairly under way when the
landing of the approach gave way,
The crash of the timbers and the
shrieks of the victims temporarily in.
terrupted the proceedings. The par
ticular topic of discussion was tho
ethics of dress, and il was introduced
with paper presented by Alice Tim
minis Toomy of California. In the dis.
cussion that followed the following
Participated: Margaret Windever, rep.
r8entative of the Woman Suffrage
lekgue, New South Wales: Antoinette
Hwn Blackwell, of New Jersey; Julia
'Ard Howe, president of the Women's
Ministerial conference and the Asso-
atiop for the Advancement OF
Yomen; Laura Ormiston Chant, rep
tentative Of the Central Society for
Woman's suffrage, the British section
of the w. c. Il. L. and of the Woman's
Anti-Opium Emergency committee;
Octavia Williams Bates, of Michigan
Laura de Merritte, representative OF
the National Baptist Woman's Mission
ary society, and Elizabeth Krecker.
; Before the congress adjourned brief
addresses on topic which had been
sidc-tracted Mt previous session, viz
"Wouuans Place in the Republic o!
Meyer, of New York; Alice Wellington
Rollins, of New York; Cecil +. Ranoseo
France, and Louise +. Francis, of Cali
fornia.
Emeline ID. Wells presided ovcr the
assemblage in the hall OF Columbus
tWoman's Dress From the Standpoint
of Sociology"was discussed by Professor
Ellen NJ. Hayes, of Massachusetts; DR.
Leila A. Davis, of Canada, and Pro
fessor Helen j.. Webster, of Massachu
setts. A paper on the necessity u
dress reform, prepared by the Wis
countess Habberton, of England, wa:
also read and discussed, and the ses
sion concluded with a brief symposium
regarding woman's political future
led by Marie Deraismes, OF France
and Margaret Windeyer. of Australia
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
MONEY LEFT TO ANIMALS.
Requests by Eccentric Persons for the
Care OF Four-F Footed FAyoritss.

There recently died in Paris lady
who had beautiful cat, TO which she
was devotedly attached. When she
died she made provision in her will
for the payment OF rent for q suit Of
rooms for the use of the cat and left u
sum OF money to pay for the personal
attendance Of man and woman. An.
other woman left 10 the town in which
she died sum OF money on two con.
ditions. One was that her tomb should
be kept in good condition and the
other that the town should pay the
sum Of $40 per year for the care of her
cat. She carefully stipulated that he
should be fed in the morning with a
quarter of pint of milk served in .
Sevres saucer; at midday with piece
ossliver or fish from which the bones
had been carefully removed, the same
TO be repeated at night; his bed TO be .
basket warmly lined with flannel; and
on each Sunday the cat was to have .
bath and have tied on his neck bow
of blue ribbon.
A writer in the Christian Union dis
tinctly remembers. when she was lit.
tie girl, an old sorrel horse that used
TO stand usually under the one tree
that grew ia q certain field, rarely
moving beyond the shade OF the tree.
The horse had crooked legs, rough
coat, a name and tail that might bo
called molasses color, and yet he al.
ways was an especial object Of interest
because he was the heir to $500 year.
That IL, the owner OF that field was
paid $500 year TO take care OF this
horse. which under no condition was
to be put In hsrnesa The woman who
left the horse this noney had driven
him for twenty years. and she said that
In that time he had shown more In.
selligsnce In doing his work than she
had In doing hers, and was entitled to
this sum of money for tho care and
wisdom he had shown while pulling her
wagon. 1t was . source Of sorrow Ia
the man who was paid the $500 year
when the horse died. for tho money
went 70 foreign country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
oLNEY ON SUNDAY OPENING
The Attorney General Says the Fair Should
Close.

WASHINGTON, May 22.-John Willis
Baer, of Boston. the secretary of the
United Society of Christian Endeavor,
had an interview with Attorney Gen.
eral Olney in regard to points
of law and the governments TO
lation to the Worlds Columbian expo
sition. Attorney General Olney said tc
Mr.. Baer that as all appropriations
made or pertaining to the
Worlds Columbian exposition
were made upon the condition
that the exposition should not be open
TO the public on the first day of the
week, commonly called Sunday" 1t
would be the duty Of the Worlds Co
lumbian commission, created by con.
gress April 25, 1890, to make such rules
or notifications Of the rules of the CO.
lumbar exposition as should require
the closing of the exposition on Sun
Law.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
THOUGHT SHE WAS A SLAVE
Aged Negrsss Discovers Her Mstike al:
Sues - Recover Wages.

Aged Negrsss Disc w,ri Her Mistike a,d
Sues 70 Recover Wages.
BONNEVILLE, Mo-, May II. - Edie
Hickman, an old negress. is the plaintiff
in perhaps the most remarkable case
ever tried in the courts of this county.
She is an ex-slave and brought suit
against her master. Joseph Hickman,
of this county, for S5 n month as fam
lily domestic for twenty-four years, osir-
Ing which time she claims to have been
kept in ignorance of her emancipation.
The suit was instituted here in 1889 for
81, 400 and resulted in Judgment in
her favor for 500. Defendant appealed
to the Kansas City court of appeals,
which remanded the case to the circuit
court of this county. which now rem.
ders decision for the defendant. A
motion for a new trial has been filed
and public sentiment is in favor of the
old negress, who has toiled for her
master for quarter of "a century with
out remuneration.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
Postoffice Appointments.

WAsHrNGToS, May 20 Tho follow
ing fourth-class postmasters were ap.
pointed for Iowa:
Cummings, Warren county. Jackson
Smith; Groveland, Clark county, f. L.
Myers Gordon's Ferry, Jackson county,
j. II Schenk: Kcnross. Keokuk csunty.
II. A. Strub; New London, Henry county,
j. {, McKinnon: Prairie Grove. Clark
county, q. III. Dodd: Smithland, Wood
bury county, j. L Yockey; Summerset,
Warren county, X. B Neely.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27

All the hardware used in the great
Mormon temple at Salt Lake City,
dedicated April 6, was made to order.
and bears either the device of the bee.
hive-the Mormon name of their eoun-
try being "Deseret," or ''land OF the
honey bee"-or the clasped hands,
which is also one of the symbols OF
their church. In the basement all the
door knobs and hinges are of solid
brass, polished. Those upon the first
floor are plated with gold, on the Sec
floor with bright silver, on the third
door with oxidized silver, and those on
the top hoor are of antique bronze.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
couoHLiN HIS OWN LAWYER

The Detective Appears In Court and Asks
for Continulncs.
CHICAGO, May ls.--Daniel Coughlin,
the detective who was sentenced with
Bourke and 0'Sullivan to life impris-
inent for the murder of DIR. Cronin, but
was granted a new trial by the su.
preme court, appeared In the criminal
court Wednesday as his own lawyer
in his case, which was called for today.
Coughlin asked for q continuance of
the case to the next term. IL was
granted, the prosecution Offering no
objections.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
|, c. O, F, Appointments

SIOUX FALLS, S. d., May 2".-Grant
Master Bach Of the grand lodge ]. o. O.
f., has made appointments as follows
Chaplain, q. W. Freeman, of Elk Point
conductor, Il. II. Allen, of Aberdeen
outside guardian, Frank A. Adams; in.
side guardian, Peter Marquardt, OF
Madison; grand marshal, f. A. Grove.
of Huron.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27
ST. LOUIS BANKER MURDERED
Benjamin Mccullough, Teller Of the State
Bank, Killed.

ST, LOUIS, May 22.-SaturdaJ
benjamin Mccullough, teller of the
State bank, Of st. Louis, was found
dead in the door way of his resi-.
ience at the suburban village of Fer.
guson. lie had been shot through the
breast. BY his side was a shot gun
and revolver. The shotgun was the
property of Mr.. Mccullough, but the
owner of the revolver is unknown. II
is supposed the murder was committed
by burglars.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1893-05-27

Cromlechs, found in many countries,
are rude monuments to the dead.
Nearly seventy round towers, from 30
to 1875 feet high, are found in various
parts of Ireland. They are believed to
have been used in the ceremonies of
Ore Worship