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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
SIXTEEN PEOPLE BURNED
A Seattle Hotel Destroyed by Fire
This Morning.
All the Dead Burned Beyond Recognition
Wild Panic Among the Guests
Jumped From the Windows
In Night Clothes.

SEATTLE, Wash, Oct. ETA number
of lives were lost in the burning
of the West Street hotel on
West street this morning, which was
caused by a lamp exploding at the head
of the main stairway.
The hotel was completely destroyed
and four bodies have been taken out oil
the ruins.
The proprietor says there were sixty
guests in the hotel when the fire broke
out and it is beloved that more bodies
will be found.
A woman throw her 6 months old
child from a second story window into
the arms of a policeman and then
jumped to the ground herself without
sustaining serious injury.
Panic Among the Guests.
At 4 o'clock this morning the fire was
under control and an investigation oil
the ruins was made. All the dead,
twelve in number, were burned beyond
recognition and the oroner decided ia
allow the bodies to remain where they
we're in hopes that the proprietor could
identify them by means of the hotel
ItRiSbcI, WllicH Nuo ohNSu'
The flames broke m SO suddenly
and % fiercely that the occupants OF
the building were taken by surprise
and there was n wild panic, men and
ONE jumping from the windows IN
their night clothes. An explosion was
heard i'm the kitchen in the rear part OF
the second story by 5. +. Butler, n son
of the proprietor, and Immediately the
flames began u spread rapidly through
through the dry inner timbers OF the
corrugated iron building.
Finding exit by the stairways cut off.
the people began to drop from the
windows on both sides of the building.
w. &. II, News dropped twenty feet
TO the ground and escaped unhurt.
Jos. A. May tied the sheets together
and used them as n rope TO let himself
down.
G. b. Glass jumped out of a window,
but not until his hair was burned off.
One man, whose identity is not
known, was caught in the rush of the
flames near the top of the West street
stairway and was overcome with the
smoke and heat. The firemen fought
to keep the flames away from his body,
but were driven back.
IL was only after the fire department,
had got well to work that the full seri'
BUSINESS of the affair began to be sus'
pected. There was some ~unaccountable
delay in getting water, owing TO the
slowness of the fire boat in getting mp
team. When at last the pressure did
come Tho building was a raging furnace
and all that could be done was to con
fine the flames TO the block where the
fire started.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
THE NOVEL OF THE PERIOD.
What a Funny Pia CO Is Gotham If the
Picture BE Realistic.

Do the male and female writer's Of
certain fiction that is found on the news
stand and III the railway ears paint a
realistic portrait OF fashionable life in
Now York city? Novel after novel APP
pears with this one theme-social life in
the metropolis, says the Boston journal.
The plot is of Il r~udirnentary order, for
mystery and melodrama are now Ia
booed. The action is, us a rule, an in
trigue in polite life, To use a grandfath-
erly phrase. and the intrigue is con-
temptib.e, ~disreputab'e, The men all
belong to clubs and often indulge in
conversation that would not become a
bar-room. for bar-rooms have their
eliauette even If il Is primitive.
He--Now that you have obtained
your divorce we can be married ut once,
can't we? She-Married at once! In
deed. we won't be married ut once, ]
can tell you that. For the first time 10
three years l am n free woman free as
a bird-and am going to enjoy that
freedom for n little while. It's lovely
Hc--My goodness! How long? She
Well two on three hours anyway.-M
\. Weskiy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03

It is equally well known that demo
Gratis throughout the country, in ire
sistible majority, have insisted upon
renewing the fight and pushing for
ward toward free trade. This is the
real issue which the elections this year
must meet. The existing law, bad
and offensive as it is, will give way to
some other more destructive if the
democratic party gets enough popular
support.
The fact is well known that n large
minority of democrats, in Maine fully
forty per cent, are opposed TO the ex-
s-.1.ssr s.-ssr 49,. =. .ayS sarrI.-. step.
in that direction, and prefer the act Of
1890, whether improved or not. If these
democrats, or only n moderate proper
ton of them, agree with the repub-
licans in the election this fall, the act
Of 1880 will be substantially restored
without any serious delay or contro.
versy, and tariff agitation will be
stopped for years 10 come. To some
this may seem improbable because the
president may resist, and perhaps the
senat also. But the power of an edict
Of the people has not often been re-
sisted with success. The present sem
ate embraces n majority of members
who would have defeated the tar
if exactly as 1t stands IL they
could have found a chance. The
changes to be made in March will
probably increase the number of its
opponents in that body. If the people
take good care of the house, and of the
legislatures which have senators to
elect, the president will be confronted
very curly with IA repeating
the offensive act of ''peridy and dis.
honor" which he refused TO sign, and
it is not to be assumed that he would
in such a case defy the declared wishes
of the people.
That Is the only way conceivable to
end tariff agitation for years to come.
business men who are childishly pratt
Ting about suspending controversy
until the present law has been tried
are shutting their eyes to the fact that
all the republicans and nearly all the
democrats want some change without
delay and will make a desperate effort
Tor it as soon as congress meets again.
They can no more avoid this than they
can prevent the rising of the sun to-
morrow. Absolutely the only thing
they a do is TO decide whether they
will have the tariff of 1890 restored or
such a tariff as the democratic party,
strengthened by successful appeals to
the people, may see fit to enact as "a
further step in the progress toward
free trade. They can choose when they
vote, but they are ~unspeakably foolish
If they imagine thata democratic vote
will mean anything except further
progress toward free trade and trusts,
servitude to foreigners and servitude
to monopolies. IN. Y. Tribune.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
Grain and Provisions.

CHICAGO, Oct 20.
~Flour-Spring patents, $3.Ood3 80. win
ter patents, 81. 50M2 Z. 80;
Wheat - Cash, 551g@561Sc; December;
521Sc.
Corn-Cash SOC; closed 1850.
oats-No. white Oh track, 3ls4c;
No. 8 white, 30S4c.
R~ye-46l9c.
B~arley-53c.
Timothy-S5.a
Flax-sl.43k.
Whisky.
P~ork-Cash. sl1.s2; January, s11.G21S.
Lard-Cash, $685.; January, $685..
~kibs-Cash, S6.35; Juanary, IS. s7lS.
Shoulders--S6 81. 12lG .a6.25 :
Short Clear-S6s1%@1.W.
Butter-Creameries, l3422c. diaries,
13G zoe.
Cheese C~heddars, 9a9Ac; Young
Americas, 10c.
C Eggs-17d1Sc.
H~ides-Light and heavy green sailed,
fully cured, 4Ac; green hides, 2h@2slc;
green salted calf, sac; dry flint, tG6jsc.
d%eacons, each, 25c.
Tallow-Unchanged; No I. sac; No. 2
41sc; cake, SIC.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
Death of n Sioux Falls Man.

SIOUX FALLS. ). d., Oct. 25.-Woru
has been received here Of the death of
Wallace Keeney formerly OF this city,
in Colorado while prospecting for gold
daughter have been unable I O hear
from him ana finally when one of their
letters was returned they wrote
to the postmaster who informed
them hat he had been found
two months before up the noun
tains with his neck broke. No one
seemed to know how it happened, but
some said he fell from his horse while
others think he met with foul play.
When here he was superintendent of a
detective agency.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
a PARALYZED INDUSTRY.
nect Sugar Farming Ruiue6 by the New
Tariff Law.

Tariff Law.
1t looks now as though the Wilson,
German bill would kill the beet sugar
industry, which for two years past has
been promising so well. This will Ia
n great setback TO the farmers OF
Nebraska, Kansas. Utah and Cali
fornia.
The farmers declare THAI there is
not profit sufficient on the product to
stand so sweeping n reduction. and 1T
now looks as though this industry,
built up specially for the benefit of tho
farmer, would have to TO TO the wall.
The farmer will be compelled to turn
his attention to some other crop and
the men who found employment in
the mills will be forced to seek other
fields.
The bounty paid on beet suga, last
year amounted to Ss52,l1i 81, distrihu-
ted as follows: California, S655, i6S, s.;
Nebraska, Sis, SG4; Utah, ST7,5i2.
The strangling Of this industry
means n loss not only to these states,
but TO the of sugar through
out the country. 1t IL collateral lcgis-
lation in behalf of the sugar trust.
This product was not controlled by
the trust. 1t supplied the local mar
kets, the bulk being consumed IN the
immediate ncighborhood in which it
was made. The beet sugar mills bore
nearly the same relation 10 localities
that the old toll grist mills did and in
some sections still do in the east. Now
they are wiped out ruthlessly 10y demo
cratic legislation in the interest Of the
most monstrous and heartless monop
oily that ever cursed this country. idle
farms, idle men and idle mills in Utah,
California and Nebraska will be mute
witnesses TO the incapacity Of the
democratic party to legislatc for the
country, and will prove valuable cam
paign object decentralization Trav.
eller.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
$4,000 FIRE AT MANSON.
Large Fart OF the Town Reduced to Ashes
Early This Morning.

Large Part Of the Town Reduced to Ashes
Early This Morning.
MANSON, H., Oct. ?7.-At 1870 o'clock
this morning fire broke out in the
Jones 81 Wright livery barn on the east
side of Main street. The following is
q partial list of loss and insurance:
Sullivan g. Love, general merchants; loss
IS, ZOO.
Mailman 81 Hartman, harness and
saddlery; loss 81 900.
Jones q Wright, livery; loss 5000, in.
Guiding seventeen horses.
A. Haunsman, livery; loss 5000.
u. Turner, shoe shop: loss $500.
III. Moses Office; loss 800.
Il a. Richards blacksmith shop; loss
$500.
III. A. Loves store building; loss 81, 600.
c. A. Whittlesey's store building and
barn; loss $1,000.
The insurance company's losses are.
Home of New York, $3.50; Capital of Des
Moines. $500; Des Moines Of Des Moines,
ESQ; Insurance Company of North Amer
tca, $1,000; North British and Mercantile
company, s8,0O0; Fire Association Of Phil
%adelphia, $1,000; Hartford of Hartford,
1890; German of Freeport, $500.
The origin Of the fire is unknown.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
NEBRASKA'S GREAT FIRE.
Estimated That % S1,OO0.O0O Damage
Has Been Done.

Estimated That u SI,OOO,OO0 Damage
Has Been Done.
GORDON, Neb., Oct. 27.-Prairie fires
are sweeping over the sand hills in this
vicinity, doing immense damage. The
flames are travelling with alarming
rapidity and consuming everything in
their course. Last night the winds
drove them through the central por-
tions OF Sheridan and Cherry counties.
The Big Osborne and Spade ranches
and n number of smaller ones were in
The track of the fire, and this morning
not Il vestige of them remains.
At noon the fire reached Pull
man. The whole country in
that neighborhood Is "A raging
lives were lost today, but thousands OF
head of cattle arc known to have per-
ished. The people in the track of tho
fire are fleeing for their lives, leaving
all their property to the mercy of the
flames.
The fire broke out Monday in the
South sand hills, about fifty miles south
of this place, aud has burned already
over a strip of country 100 miles in
length and forty miles wide. The fire
&c ~ III III thoNtAfl
The flames burned oil the range on
Spade ranch, belonging to Richards and
Cairnes, aud about 5000 tons of hay,
The ranch has 700 head of cattle aud
175 head of horses and IL will necessi-
tate the moving of the whole outfit up
to White River, in South Dakota. The
next ranch to burn was the Stanbires
brothers, who lost $500 tons of hay
and all the range. which was 1900
head of cattle. Len Osborne's ranch
lost 400 tons of hay, barn and outbuild-
ings. The r anch is feeding about 200
head of cattle. Miners ranch, which
is feeding about 200 head Of cattle, lost
all its hay.
The fire was swept on by a heavy
western wind. Notwithstanding thirty
men were working like beavers to put
it out. The next ranch to go vas
Woodruff's, burning 400 tons of hay
md all his range, which supported
about 800 head of cattle. Woodruff
also lost barns, sheds and corrals.
Baugh lost all of his 500 tons Of hay
and all his range. which supported
..bout 400 head of cattle. The next was
Mason's burning him out of about 200
tons of hay. He is also postmaster and
had IL store, carrying IA stock of about
$1,000, with very light or no insurance.
He had 700 head of cattle. The next
was Davis. lie lost all his hay.
Zoo tons, but none of his build.
ings. lie has about 600 head OF
cattle. This is as far us the
fire had got at noon There are a num-
Der Of small ranches burned down on
the Burlington and Missouri. Samuel
Chestnut, Morry and Hewitt. j IL.
Overton and Dan Hill were the only
men not burned out.
The loss from the fire at present
must be nearly n million, besides the
expense of moving all the stock, for
hay is scarcer this fall than 1t has been
for years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
General Amos Beckwith Dead.

ST.. LOUIS, Oct. 27.--General Amos
Beckwith. y. S. A.. retired, died in his
rooms at the Southern hotel last night,
after an illness lasting three months.
General Beckwith was born in Vermont
in 1925. lie entered West Point mill
tary academy and graduated in the
class of 1850. lie was chief commissary
of the staff of u number OF generals
during the war and accompanied Gem
eral Sherman on his famous march to
the sea. The deceased was a member
of the Loyal Legion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
REVIVAL OF MINING.
Reports From the Black Hills Are Very
Encouraging.

CHAMBERLAIN, 5. D., Oct. He
ports received from all the mining dis
tricts Of the Black Hills are to the eff
feet that there is "a general revival OF
the mining industry and that by next
spring mining matters in that region
will be booming. Among the new de-
velopments is the u%ncovering Of an eX-
tensive body Of ore in Lawrence county,
the value OF which will shortly cause a
surprise in hat section should an en-
terprise now on foot be successfully
consulnmated. The ore has already
been thoroughly tested in D~eadwood,
also by eminent metallurgists and com
petent assayers in Colorado and the
east. These tests show hat the ore
carries a large per cent OF iron, sui
phur, copper and other metals, sup
posed to be copper or zinc. The per
cent, however, S small and does not
cut much figure. The value lies prin-
cipally in the sulphur, of which it ear
ries 90 per zen in addition to 81 TO
50. 50 in gold. The ledge crops out on
the surface and a tunnel 1l5 feet in
length has been driven in upon it at
water level, every foot of this tunnel
being In the ore. 4 cross cut is now
being made at the face of the tunnel
to demonstrate the width OF the vein,
which from surface indications is over
seventv-tve feet wide. The enterprise
referred to is the establishment of
works for the manufacture of s%ulphuric
acid, the promoters of which are san
guine Of carrying 1t to II successful is
sue. They are fully satisfied that it
will pe a profitable venture, owing to
the abundance and quality of the raw
material from which the acid can Id
6lr0pGrfy are ora timers IN The BiacfN
Hills, having been ~tireless prospectors,
and are deserving of all the success
that the new enterprise has in store for
them. Another place Of great activity
is the now famous Yellow Creek dis
trict, which has only recently attracted
attention by reason Of the rich dis
coveries made there. This district
bids fair to become one of the
largest producers of high grade
s~iIiceous ores. Development work is
being carried on with very good sue
cess. McShane Bros, owners of the
Alma mine, are now thirty feet under
cover, the opening being twenty-five
feet wide and all in ore. They are
working seven men and shipping from
four to six carloads per week 10 the
Deadwood smelter. The returns from
these are highly satisfactory to all con-
cerned. The ore runs from $50 to 500
gold per ton.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
AlllNE CASE CONTINUED,
Examination of IN witnesses for the
Defense Commenced.

Examination OF the witnesses for tine
Defense Commenced.
LIE MARS, Ia, Oct. 27.-The examina.
ton of Mrs. +. A. Alline for insanity
was continued all day yesterday In a
crowded court room. The last witness
for the prosecution was examined early
In the afternoon, and as soon us his
testimony was taken the attorneys for
the defense entered IA motion before the
commissioners to the effect that the ex-
animation be discontinued on the
ground that from the testimony of the
witnesses examined there was O suf-
fcent evidence on which to confine her
In the asylum. The commission took
q short recess for consideration and
then announced that the motion was
overruled, and the examination pro-
ceeded.
The first witness put upon the stand
for the defense was Mrs. W. =, Roberts,
u neighbor of the family. She testi.
fed TO the ill-treatment of Mrs. Aliins
by her husband, claiming TO have often
seen Mrs. Alline with wounds upon her
head and neck which Mrs. Alline said
were from being struck AMI choked.
This testimony created q great nsa
ton in the room.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03

You have not heard OF any commercial body IN
the United States. through its spokesman. de-
claring that any industries IN America have
been stimulated by this Jaw, whatever benefits
have gone to other countries. while the ban
quet at London was proceeding the board OF
trade OF Edinburgh sent its congratulations.
There was a singular absence OF any American
dispatches.
Here is a word OF encouragement which Mr..
Wilson himself gave To the gentlemen OF Lon
don. He said: Our protectionists have been
building defenses to keep you and other ma
tions from competing with Us In our home mar
kets. The tariff reformers are breaking down
I these defenses'
"That is what we object TO II We do not de
I 8" the cfieafefS faBor- Q r UTheT' hia.fiofg. VIC
, willy Is It any wonder that the gentlemen Of
the chamber OF Of London applauded
MIR. Wilson when he uttered such u senti-
mentf"
Gov. Mckinley, Congressman Wilson
and Sir Alfred Kaye Rollitt all agree
on one point, that the protectionists OF
America tried TO keep the home mar
ket for Americans. that the tariff re-
formers are breaking down these de-
lenses and that Europe is the country
to profit by the change of policy in
America. Gov. Mckinley has for years
claimed that this would be the result
of free trade, and when the Mckinley
law was enacted lie was the one Amer
lean most hated in England. because
IT made more difficult the efforts of
English manufacturers to C the
American market for their goods. Mr..
Wilson nov agrees with Gov. McKin-
ley, and admits that the tariff reform
ers intend TO break down all the pro-
~tective defenses around the American
market, a confession which demo.
Gratis have not been willing to make at
home. Sir Alfred Kaye Rollitt also
testifes to the truth of McKinley's
prophecies by admitting that 1.-THE new
tariff law. while it might not have re-
allied the aspirations of its promoters,
has already benefited England"
Why should democrats at home
longer deny that their party is in IA
vor of free trade when their tariff
leader boasts of this to Englisbmen,
and Englishmen testify to benefits
they have received from the demo-
cratic legislation? AS Gov. Mckinley
said at Findlay, the new tariff law is
not the end. it is only the beginning
Of the democratic warfare on Amer
lean industries. The leaders of that
party intend to carry on the war un-
til all the defenses have disappeared
and American manufacturers and
American workmen stand on the same
footing with English manufacturers
and English workmen. England is
pleased, as she has eve been pleased
when Americans or any other people
submitted gracefully to English dicta-
ton. But how about Americans? Where
are the American factories and Amer
Jean worlsmen who can boast with
these Englishmen that they have been
benefited and stimulated 10y the new
tariff law?--Chicago Inter Ocean.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
Human Sacrifice Among Ashantes.

a"The most savage and horrible of all
the barbarous customs of the Ashantes
in Africa" said Prof. w. G. Stcadman
OK Washington to the St. Louis Giobe-
Democrat man. lis that OF celebrating
the death Of a king or a great noble by
a sacrifice of other lives; indeed. almost
oil of their anniversary rites are attend
ed by a holocaust of human beings.
They believe that when a king or a
noble dies he must have wives aud
slaves in the next world. just rs he had
In this. and in order that these may not
be wanting the simple expedient Is re-
sorted to OF killing his wives and slaves
and sending them after him. Rude
and bloody ceremonies mark the prac-
tice of this custom, which are continued
for about a week. Strange to say, nu-
merous volunteers are always found
who are not only ready. but anxious to
be offered UP in honor OF a dead king"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-11-03
NOT AFTER THE CAPITAL.
Pierre Need Not Fear That Huron H.
After Her Pride.

HURoN, s. d., Oct. 27.-There Is abso
lutely no foundation for the rumor
current concerning Huron being i'm the
field urging the election of men to tho
Legislature who will favor the removn
of the state capital from Pierre to this
city. Huron is making no such canvass
and has given no occasion for such talk
She has had q bitter experience IN
capital location matters and wants
no more of il. IL the people of South
Dakota are not satisfied with the pres
ent seat OF government they have no
one but themselves to blame. 1t il at
Pierre and there let IL remain. Surely
this city Is in no condition to enter an,
other capital campaigns; she Is busy
trying to rid herself of the terrible
debt incurred four years ago by the ad.
vice OF over ambitious rainbow chasers.
To suggest another such campaign
to Huronians is to arouse their indig.
nation. Pierre or any other city need not
give itself any uneasiness on account
OF Huron's capital aspirations.