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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

ono during the year. A large proportion
OF the new claims filed are For increase OF
pension by those now on the rolls. The
number of certificates issued was 0,21a.
The names dropped from the rolls for all
causes during the year numbered 1881.
Among our pensioners are nine widows
and three daughters of soldiers of the rev.
olution and iorty-iive survivors of the wal
OF 1912.
The barefaccd and extensive pension
frauds exposed under the direction of the
courageous and generous veteran soldier
now ut the head of the bureau leave no
room for the claim that no purgation of
our pension rolls was needed or that CON
tinued vigilance and prompt action are not
necessary 10 the same end. The accusa-
ton that an effort To detect pension frauds
is evidence of u~nfriendliness towards our
worthy veterans and "A denial of their
claims 60 the generosity Ct the government
suggests an unfortunate indifference To
the commission OF an olfense which has
for motive the securing Of a pension and
indicates "a Willingness to be wilfully
blind TO the existence Of the many and
treacherous crimes which play upon the
fears and make sport of the patriotic i'm
pulse of n grateful people.
The Eleventh Census.
The completion of the eleventh census is
now in charge OF the commissioner OF
LABOR. INC total disbursements on ac-
count of the work for the fiscal year end
ing june 80, 1894, amounted TO Sl0.365, G16-
II. 1T the close of the year the number of
persons employed in the census Office was
G1a. At present there are about 400. The
whole number of volumes necessary to
comprehend the eleventh census will be
twenty-five and they will contain
2?,210 printed pages. The assurance
L. confidently made that before
the close of the present calendar year the
material still incomplete will he practi-
cally in hand and the census can certainly
be closed 10y the 9Th of March, 1895. After
that the revision and proofreading neces-
sarY TO bring out the volume will still be
pouirpl
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08
NAVAL
Very Craft, Ing Progress in the Construc-
tion of Ships.


Attention is called to the report OF the
secretary of the navy, which shows very
gratifying progress in the construction
of ships for our new navy. All the
vessels now building, including the
three torpedo boats authorized at the last
session OF congress-, and excepting the first
class battleship Iowa, will probably be
completed during the coming fiscal year.
The estimates for the increase OF the navy
for the year ending June 80, 1894, are
large. but they include practically the en-
tire sum necessary to complete and equip
all the new ships not now in commission.
so that unless new ships are authorized
the appropriations for the naval service
for the fiscal year ending June 80. 1896,
should fall below the estimates for the
coming year 10y az least sl2, 900, COO.
The secretary presents with much earnest.
ness "a plea for the authorization of three
additional battleships and ten or twelve
torpedo boats, while the uuarmored YES
sells heretofore authorized, including those
now nearing completion will constitute a
fleet which it is believed sufi-
poses in time of peace. We have now
completed and in process OF construction
but four iirst-class battleships. Ii we are
to nave a navy for war like operations,
offensive n defensive, we certainly ought
to Increase both the number
of b~attleships II torpedo boats.
The manufacture of armor requires an ex-
pensive plant and the aggregation of many
skilled workmen. All the armor neces-
sary to complete the vessels now building
will be delivered before the first of June
next. III no new contracts are given out,
contractors must disband their workmen
and their plants must lie idle. Battleships
authorized at this time would not be well
under way until late IN the coming fiscal
year and at least three years and u half
from the date O. the contract would be re-
auired for their completion.
tary states that not more than Is per cent
OF the cost of such ships
need be included in the ap-
preparation for the coming year.
/ recommend that provision be made for
construction of battlesh ps and torpedo
boats. The secretary recommends the
manufacture not only of ordnance and
ordnance material for ships for the navy,
but also a supply for the auxiliary fleet.
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

According 10 a report brought back
from Alaska by the Bering sea fleet,
the reindeer, brought 10 that country
several years ago by the government
officials. are increasing so rapidly that
in n few years they will be numerous
enough to relieve the government from
the necessity of supplying the natives
with food. The beginning of the work
Q consisted in the bringing Of sixteen Of
the animals from Siberia by the gen.
eral agent Of education for the terri
tori. His efforts attracted the atten-
ton of congress and IN appropriation
was made by of which he was
enabled to get $50 more reindeer and to
obt,Sn two Siberian beriers to look
after them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

What is called the Fairview musical
tea is a very swell thing in the north
ern part OF New SoriS city. VOW I'VE
|. .-xpectaa ifyou happen to be invited,
20 pay $40 for a series of three of these
teas. Happily there is no tea at all to
drink, but in its place a very vigorous
punch, which you sip while YOU listen
10 the music furnished for the occasion.
The punch is really the best part of the
entertainment, not even excepting the
society, which is supposed to be very
swagger. Why these punch receptions.
which are growing very common in the
east, are called teas nobody has been
able to explain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08
WENT 70 THE ALMsHousE.
Ex.Jadge Harlan In tbs Grip Of the Liquos
Habit.

Ex-Judge Harlan In tbs Grip Of the Liquos
Habit.
LOUISVILLE. KY, Dec. a.~-Ex-Judgo
James +. Harlan. a brother Of Justice
Harlan. OF tho supreme court. won't 70
the city nlmshouse. lie undertook this
AZ q last hope OF curing hi1aself OF tho
liquor habit He has been aprom,ncnt
lawyer and fifteen years ngo served q
term upon the bench Of the law and
equity court lie had a large practice
and wa regarded u one Of tho ablest
men at the bar. bu. his habit Of drink,
ing grcw upon him until hc Is now 4
wreck. Ills brother has nlways Ga
sisted him. but cuuld not do him any
real good, and : visit 10 the a~lmshouss
wae hnAl'y the oAly thing LETT Tor him
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08
INTERIOR DEPARTMENT.
Over Ten NJ llion Acres Of Pebble Lands
soid During the Year.

The report of the secretary of the inter
Tor exhibits the situation Of the numerous
and interesting branches of the public
service connected with his department. |
commend this report and b valuable
recommendations Of the secretary TO the
careful attention OF the congress. The
public land disposed Of during
the year amounted to 1,0i0, 6l0,077 acres,
including 3,s87,G o acres Of Indian lands.
still remaining amounts to q little more
than CO.,, 600, 900 acres, excluding however
800, O00, 600 acres In Alaska as well as mill
tary reservations aud railroads and other
sections OF lands yet unadjudicated. The
total cash receipts from sale of lands
s sm 'osi'os received Tor inaiua lsnas'
Thirty-hys thousand patents were issued
Tor AGRICULTURAL lands and 8,l00 patents
were issued to Indians on ehQtments Of
theIg lands IN ssveralty. the lands "
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

1t is only possible for February to
have five Sundays three times in each
century. unless through some chrome
logical freak the century comes in with
u leap year, with the first day of Feb
ruary n Sunday. The five Sunday Feb
ruarys of this century have been these
of 1924, 1882 and 1880. The next time
this oddity will occur will be in the
year 1920.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

TheJGity Of st. John, y. b., a place
Gfehearly $4,000 people, has been with
out any means of public transportation
for several weeks, The trolley tracks
are all being relaid, and instead Of do
ing the job street by street, allowing
the cars to run in some quarters of the
city, al the traffic has been suspended
and the changes proceed with n dclib-
Grafton that Americans would find irri.
tating. But the people have acquired
strong legs through climbing up and
down their hills, and the cessation Of
passenger traffic seems TO cause no gem
eral Inconvenience.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08
OF WAR,
Ths Concentration Of Troops at Important
Centery n Success.

The CONCENTRATION OF troops at Important
Centers = Success.
From the report Of the secretary Of war
It appears that the strength Of the army on
September 80, 1904, was Abs Off
GERS and 25.765 enlisted men.
Although this is apparently a very slight
decrease compared with the previous year,
the actual effective force has been in
creased to the equivalent of nearly two regi-
ments through the reorganization of the
system of recruiting ind the consequent
release TO regimental duty OF the large
force Of men hitherto serving nj the re-
cruittpg depots- The abolition Of these
dcpots Il u predicted will Furthermore ef-
enct an sgnpal reduction spproximating
$3.50, 600 In the direct expenditures, besides
promoting generally the health, morals
aud discipline Of the troops. The execp-
tion OF the policy Of concentrating the
army at important centers Of population
and transportation, f~oreshsdDwed ia
the last annual report OF the secre-
tary, has resulted In the abandonment
Of Aftssn Of the smaller postS. which was
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08
DEPARTMENT o. JUSTICE.

Administration OF Justice in the Indian
Territory a Serious Problem.
A topic dealt with by the attorney gen
eral OF much importance is the condition
of the administration of justice in the In.
dian Territory. The permanent solution o!
what is called the Indian problem is prob.
ably not TO he expected ut once, but mean
while such ameliorationS OF present condi-
tons rs the existing system will admit OF
ar=h. mt "a hu ucBio",pd I I'm enti1h.l
there should be "A federal court established
for the territory with sufficient judges and
that this court should sit within the terri
tory and have the same jurisdiction as 10
territorial affairs as is now vested in thcfei-
eral curtis itting. in Arkansas and Texas.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

When Luigi Hevclli determined to
commit suicide he resolved hat the
press should get the exact particulars.
30 BE walked up 10 the Office of the
New York Christoforo Columbo, called
Tor Nse ~aNoss. pu>NoA o~e "a vN-~eN ~on
calmly Slot himself. AS fate would
have il he did not succeed in infiicting
Il mortal wound. but the incident made
a good story which TIE paper was cna-
eS,ed, through Luigi's thoughtfulness,
to get into its first edition. Such evil
dences Of courtesy to the press are ex-
tromely rare.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

The thrift and economy of French
methods have found a use for old
leather. This heretofore almost useless
article Ia put into watts. boiled, and be-
Ing subjected to hydraulic pressure
Yields q greasy liquid that, after treat
msnt With sniphuric acid. is run of
into barrels to cool. After passing
through various purifying processes IL
n at for the uses to which low grades
of oil are put.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

A company has been formed to at
tempt TO reconstruct the manufacture
Of charcoal iron in the province Con-
richest ores are located. Hitherto the
prohibitive price of peat charcoal has
precluded tho profitable manufacture
of charcoal iron. This impeachment has
been removed by the Rose r%etorts,
which produce an excellent charcoal at
u low cost, while the by-products, sui
lphate Of ammonia, etc, can be saved
and also lessen the price of the char.
coal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08
The deepest coal mine in France 10,

The deepest coal mine in France (by
,ome authorities Sid to be the deepest
IN the world is at Andre du Poirier.
1Tne mine is worked with two shafts,
one 2.952 feet deep and the other 3,Os3.
The latter shaft is now being deep
ened, and will reach the 1000 foot
!cvel by July, 1895. The yearly prod
net of this mine is 400, 600 tons of coal.
The remarkable feature of the mine Is
She comparatively low temperature
seldom rising above IS degrees Fahren-
aeit.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

Purnell Fisher is a negro giant Of
Bridgeville, Del. He is 6 feet Il inches
tall, and, although spare, he weighs
col pounds. He shoulders a weight Of
f50 pounds with ease, and he carried
800 pounds nearly 100 yards. He was
married the other day to q very large
woman of his own race.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

Larry Jerome gave the most expen-
Give privats dinner New York has ever
known. 1t was given to u party of
twenty and cost $500 a plate. The
largest dinner was that given by the
city of New York in honor of distin-
guished foreign representatives at the
Columbian exposition. Eight hundred
and twenty-five persons sat down to
sable, and the price paid by the city
was S15, 900. 1t is said that enough
wine was drunk on this occasion ito
float a good sized steam launch"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08
National Banks.

Fifty national banks We're organized
during the year ending October 81, 1894,
with n capital of S5,2s5, 600 and seventy
nine with a capital of.Sl0, AS coo went into
voluntary liquidation. Twenty-one banks
with q capital of 81, 10000 were placed in
the hands of receivers. The total number
OF national banks in existence on the 3lst
day of October last was 1855. being forty
less than on the 3lst day of October, 1893.
The capital stock paid in was s672,67l 1855;
being 50, Cos, 49I less than at the same time
in the previous year and tho surplus fund
and undivided profits less expenses and
taxes paid amounting to 1884, 121 .0S2. 10,
which was $40, $50, 7s) less than
on October 81, 1893. Tn, circulation
was decreased 81, 74l, 6s3. The obligations
of the banks to each other were increased
eli, 26s, 3s4 and the individual deposits
were s277. 294,4so less than at the CORE.
spending date ip the previous year, and
checks and other cash items were $905, $40
D63 more. The total resources of the banks
at the date mentioned amounted TO $347.-
500. POS so, as against s3lo,055,32S in
1lQl
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

Great success has been obtained in
Belgium with the ammonia process for
sinking shafts through quiclSsand. The
principle is that of freezing the quick
sand by nm ammonia freezer similar to
that used in making artificial ice.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

According to the statistical abstract
of the United States the total cost of
liquors consumed in this country an
nually Is over $40 per capita, twice as
much ms the total amount OF the fed
eral revenue.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

The Vassar Students association re-
Gently presented a petition signed by
400 students, asking for the adoption
of the cap and gown at Vassar. The
majority of tho faculty believe that the
cap and gown SAVIOR too strongly OF
mediaevalism, and make an unneccs-
sary barrier between the student and
the world. The petition was, there
fore, refused. For several years Vas
sar has attempted annually to secure
the cap and gown, but always In vain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

At Leeds, England, there Is an
electric clock which has been continu-
onsly ticking since 1910. It's motive
power is natural electricity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

An account of II strange lipidarian
freak comes all the way from Kim
berly, South Africa. Worlkmen in the
diamond mines at that place discov-
about the size of n pigeons egg, which,
viewed in a dark place with Il candle
or other light behind it. exhibits a per-
feet profile picture of u nan from the
waist up. Turning the pebble par
italy around, the image of the man
vanishes and the features OF IA woman's
face, clear cut and partly concealed by
heavy t~resses, comes into view. The
British museum offers $50 for the
curiosity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

Az Brunswiclr . linden tree more
than 400 years old recently fell. IL
was 90 feet high and 10 feet In girthv
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08
Cluster Chronicle.
JOSEPH KUBLER, . PUBLISHER

What Is a kiss worth2 Isabella Jean
of Brooklyn snys hat Philip Finn
kissed her against her will, and she
puts the value at $40, 600. Juries differ
on this important point. In Troy, o.,
a jury gave IA young woman $500 for
one kiss. In Garrett county, Md, an
unattractive spinster got $4,000 for q
k'ss on the remark from the judge that
anybody "who would kiss n woman
like that ought to pay heavy for his
FOOLS hness.' In New Brunswick Il kiss
forcibly taken was valued by n jury at
81, 800. 90. And SO it goes. But no
women vet has reached The $4,000
limit. Miss Finn has entirely too good
an opinion Of herself.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08

There are some odd for game
birds far down the Chesapeake. 4
small shy snipe that flies with a twit-
tering noise is called tiSs horsefoot
snipe. because Of its fondness for the
horsefoot or horseshoe crab. It Is also
called the turnstone, from its habit of
overturning pebbles in search of food.
The t~elltale snipe bears that name be-
cause it always sounds q note of alarm
at the sight of a gunner. Chesapeake
gunners believe that a single telltale
can clear q whole region of game birds.
The widgeon is locally called the bald
pate, and the willet is SO called because
of its cry, .'Will-will- willst.'
Though little IL said or written
about the grangers nowadays. they
still keep up their organizations in the
northern New England states, notably
Maine. where they are an important
social. II no longer q political. factor in
rural life. At their meetings. usually
occurring twice q month, the discussion
of agricultural topics IL followed by
singing and Rotations. and among the
younger folks by rustic games. Often
the entire grange OF one town will be
entertained on q stated evening by the
grange of another, and thus neighborly
feeling IL promoted as well as the Inn
~provement and elevation Of the farmers
vocation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-12-08
New and Important Lines OF Research
Undertaken.
w Gather Bureau.

h amount appropriated for the
weather bureau was s95l, 100. OF that
sum Il3S, 800, or IA per cent, has been
saved and il returned TO the treasury. AS
illustrating the usefulness of this service
it may be here stated that the warnings
which were very generally given OF two
tropical storms occurring in September
In OBTAINING safely in port 2,305 vessels
valued at $50, 2s3,0l3, laden with ear
goes Of probably still greater value.
What is much more important and graft
flying many human lives on these ships
were also undoubtcdlY saved.
The Meeker herald., 1894-09-15

Estate of Joseph StudCr, deceased.
Tho undersigned, having been appointed
Administrators of the esintc of Joseph
stuier. late Of the county Of Rio BlnHco. in
the state uf Colorado, deceased, hereby gives
notice that she Will appear before the County
Court OF SAID county, at the court house in
Meckor in said county, at the SeptemberTerm,
1881, on the last Monday in November next, at
which tine all persons having Claims against
said estate are notified and requested to attend
for the purpose of having the same diusted. a II
persons indebted to said estate are requested to
make immediate pay nent to the undersigned.
Dated al Mcekcr, Colo, this 9th day OF Sep
lcInbCr, A. D. 1879. MARY L. sTUDPR
rb-sg Administrative.
The Meeker herald., 1894-09-15

We have heard amateur hunters blow
about killing from six to eight deer dur
ing trips into the upper country. There
is probably more or less exaggeration in
some of the hunting exploits we hear
told, but admitting them to be partially
true, they show an inclination to be
wantonly destructive of one of Gods
most beautiful creatures = the noble
black-tailed deer. The average tourist
hunter ought to be satisfied with one
deer-what the law allows; more is a
sinfGl destruction.
The Meeker herald., 1894-09-15
Republican Convention.

The Republicans held their county
convention on Saturday afternoon last
and in addition TO nominating candi-
date for county commissioner selected
delegates to the state, legislative and
judicial conventions.
II. c. Peterson Of Buford, was elected
chairman, and W. IL. Clark, secretary.
The usual COMMITTEES were appointed,
after which the convention proceeded to
business.
For commissioner the name of Ezra
Flemming was presented and there be-
ing no opposition he was nominated By
reclamation.
For this important position the many
friends of L. a. Proctor have been urg-
ing him to allow the use of his name.
but Mir. Proctor has persistently de
clined and urged the selection of Mr..
Flemming with the result above noted.
The next thing in order was the cleo
ton OF five delegates to attend the state
and other conventions. Mrs. II. A.
Wildhack, Messrs. II. j. Hay, w. Il.
Clark, IL. a. Wildhack and q. b. Kelly
were the delegates named. They all
left in the early part of the week for
Denver.
a committee on resolutions was APP
pointed and after due elaboration re-
ported as follows:
Resol we'd, That re. the Republicans of Rio
Blanco county, in convention assembled, re-
affirm our allegiance to the principles of the
Republican party as announced and excmpii-
fed by Lincoln, Grant, Blaine and Mckinley.
and believing as we do that free coinage Will
be most speedily accomplished by and through
the Republican party Of the nation, which has
always been tho party Of progress, we propose
TO stand by the party and our gallant leaders
in the United States senate, the Hons H. NJ
Teller and E. o. Wolcott whom VIC pledge orr
undivided support and extend our sincere
thanks.
We denOuncc the present Popullst state nd
ministratiOn in the scverest terms; and its in
capacity 10 handle the affairs Of state is plainly
shown by capital being kept out through the
anarchistic actions Of Its executive, Davis Fl.
Waite
We pledge the candidate Of the Republican
party Of Rio BlaDco county for county com
missioner TO an honest. fearless and cconOml-
cal administration Of affairs by dcyoting his
time and personal attention to the discharge
Of the duties Of his Office.
We heartily endorse the candidacy of the
Hon. J. W. Lowell, for representative to the
Legislature from the district composed Of Routt
and Rio Blanco counties, and We deem his re-
nomination rs having been well earned.
II. a. WILDHACK,
c. j, SHDELER,
JOHN HANSON.
THOMAS BAKER.
JOE RlLsToS,
Committee.
These resolutions were unanimously
adopted. n resolution providing for the
filling of vacancies was also passed.
@. b. Kelly was elected chair
man Of the county central committee
and E. f. Fordham secretary.