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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
BALTIMORE & OHIO MORTGAGE
Procuring the Money to Secure tho Co,
struction Of the Big Tunnel.

Procuring the Money to Secure tho Con.
struction Of the Big Tunnel.
BALTIMORE, Nd, June 1.-The sec.
ond mortgage for 80, 500, OCO on the
property Of the Belt Railroad company,
recently executed, will, 1t is learned,
be issued in mortgage bonds of $1,000
each, to bear AZ per cent interest and
to run for forty years. This is part
of the new loan Of $40. 600. 900 negoti.
ated by the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road company. The security for this
loan will be obtained by the execution
of mortgages on the subsidiary lines
owned and controlled by the Balti.
more and Ohio company In West Vir-
ginia. A large part OF the money &C.
cruing from the deposit or sale
of the Belt railroad bonds will be
used in the completion of the
Baltimore and Ohio's big tunnel under
this city and its new passenger station.
1t is said the company has used capital
from the treasury In the prosecution OF
this Belt line work and In improve
ments and extensions In West Virginia,
Pennsylvania and Ohio. The first mort
gage on the Belt line property is for
SO, 200, 900. bearing interest at 8 pei
cent and to run 100 years. 1t was exc
cuted In 1890, and IS, 200, 600 was frat
put on the market, which found ready
purchasers at about 1924. This mort
gage was negotiated before the actuai
work of constructing the lipe was be
gun, and with the proceeds Of the sale
Of these bonds the work of building
the great tunnel was carried on. When
competed baltimore and Ohio trains
between New York ahd Chicago will
rum under this city instead of passing
around and being ferried across the
harbor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
Cluster Chronicle.
JOSEPH KUBLER, . PUBLISHER

There Is a tree which grows in NADIA
gascar called the Travellers Tree"
which is of the greatest service to the
tired and thirsty travellers in that tropi.
cal climate. This wonderful tree has
no branches, the leaves growing from
the trunk and spreading out like the
sections Of a fan. These leaves, OF
which there are generally no more
han twenty-four on each tree, are
from six to eight feet in length and
from four TO six feet broad. At the
base of each leaf is u kind of cup, con-.
tainIng about n quart of cool, sweet
water. The natives save themselves
the trouble of climbing the tree by
throwing a spear, which pierces the
leaf at the spot where the water is
The water then flows down into the
vessel held beneath 1t and the traveller
Is enabled to continue his journey,
cheered and refreshed by the precious
liquid natur has SO kindly provided
for his use.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
GORGEOUS MEN FROM ORIENT

Annamite ENJOYS in Paris-Their Won
derfuI Apparel and the Gifts They
Brought
The Annamite ENJOYS are the most
gorgeously appareled f~unctionaries who
awe been seen in Paris for some time,
SAYS a correspondent of the New York
Evening Post. On the occasion Of
their visit TO the salon the other day
the first ambassador, who is regent OF
AMMAN, was attired in a cloth of gold
covered with branching flowers IN
broidered in red silk. The gold tissue
Of the choral like pattern distinguished
him from the other princes, who wore
black silk robes covered with embroid-
cries representing animals and flowers
All three had high oriental hats, each
ornamented with a pair OF wings, made
also of silk and intended TO initiate
sharks fins. Their shoes are like the
sandals worn by Greek actors, the
soles being three or four inches thick.
Attendants walked behind with
closed umbrellas. The Annamite en-
VOWS presented to President Carnot
many valuable and interesting gifts.
One is a piece Of yellow silk measuring
eight by three yards, on which an ad-
dress is embroidered with wonderful
skill and delicacy. Among the other
gifts is an inlaid cabinet OF teak and
mother of pearl; carpets manufactured
solely for the use of the emperor and
those to whom he may present them; q
large porcelain vase of great antiquity,
ornamented with q design supposed to
act as a talisman in securing prosperity
to the owner of the vase, and two
golden trees under a glass case, each
measuring thirty-five centimeters. The
branches of each tree intertwine and
symbolic the union Of France and the
Annamite empire. There are also seven
gold and seven silver coins to signify
that the material interests of the two
countries are identical. and two swords,
the scabbards of which are Of mother
of-pearl mosaic, and mounted with .
gold and i~ntricately carved ivory.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
NEBRASKA MINISTER Hoeeso
q Blair Reverend Was Thirsty and 6
Stranger Gave Him Beer.

. Blair Reverend Was Thirsty and .
stranger Gave Him Beer.
CHICAGO. June 1.-TWO glasses OF
beer prevented the Rev. Mr.. Gladsman
q Lutheran minister from Blair, Neb.;
returning TO his nome Thursday. Incl.
dentally a thief was mixed up In the
ease. Mr. Gladsman went to the Polh
street station to go home. There he
made the acquaintance of an agreeable
stranger who spoke German fiuently.
Indeed, SO agreeable was the stranger
the minister was delighted to hear hs
vas going On the same train. As Il
was some time before the hour
for leaving no accepted an invi
tation from the stranger to 60 for
q walk. Somehow or other the cor.
versation drifted around to beer and
the minister's new found friend expati.
nted at length upon the delicious beer
he had drunk in Germany. He grew SC
eloquent that he made the ministers
mouth water. As they happened u
pass q saloon at No. 400 Dearborn street
he accepted an invitation TO 20 In and
try the quality Of lager there, which
the stranger said was exceptionally
fine. They drank q glass each, which
was paid for by the stranger. 1t was
o nice that The minister insisted ON
taying for another round. He took
out his pocketbook. containing $40,
when his new friend seized It and ran.
The minister tried to follow. but the
bartender held him until the thief had
a gold start. When the minister got
loose he made his way to the armory
whore he reported his loss and asked
that the bartender be arrested - an
nccessory.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
THE IONA LlBRE.
A Strip of Mexican Territory with Peculiar
Tariff Privileges.


A Strip Of Mexican Territory with Peculiar
Tariff Privileges.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-One of the
side issues of the tariff agitation Is the
movement for a limited reciprocity
with Mexico for the purpose Of abolish
ing the free zone" in Mexico, which
is the terror Of local merchants on this
aide of the border. Representative
Grain of the Eleventh Texas district
has introduced II resolution calling for
the correspondence between our
government and Mexico on the
subject of the "Zona libre." This,
as explained by Warner p. Sutton, ex-
consul general TO Mexico, who has
the movement in charge, is a narrow
strip twelve miles wide along the Mex
lean border and within the Mexican
territory. Into this Zone goods may be
imported on payment of only 10 per
cent of the regular duty. Thus Next
can merchants pay only one tenth of
their duties, while the traders on this
side ave to put up the full amount Of
The Mckinley schedule. AS a conSe-
luence there is a temptation on the
part Of American residents TO buy small
articles In Mexico and run them over
without paying duty. The United
States supplies this strip with nearly
everything sold there for home con
sumption.
To wipe out the2free zone it would
be necessary only to permit reciprocity
10 a specified small amount, or about
$50.
Should the free zone pass into his
iory it would transfer what is left Of
The commercial prosperity of such
towns as Matamoras, Nuevo Laredo,
piedras Negras, and Juarez and Som
ora to the towns on the American side,
Is the Mexican merchants OF the free
zone, while enjoying low rates of duty.
are burdened by oppressive internal
revenue taxes from which American
merchants are free.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
AS FUEL.
Economical Consideration Preclude III
Use on Locomotives.

Economical Consideration Preclude III
Use ON Locomotives.
New YORK, June 2.-Apropos Of tho
great bituminous cool strike the current
number of the Railway Age contains
an interesting article on the use OF oil
as a substitute for black diamonds.
THE use of petroleum as fuel" says
the writer, sis no longer IN expert
ment, and in case of stationary boilers,
especially, it has been attended with a
good degree of success. Several con!
ditions, however, that apply In the case
of stn tionary plants are Of less import
ance in the case Of the locomotive. The
first successful use of oil as fuel for To-
comotives was made 10y Thomas
Urquhart, the locomotive s~uperintend-
ent of the Grasi-Tsartzin railroad in
the southeast of Russia, and since his
plan was first developed its use has
rapidly increased in that country.
His method consists simply in con-
verting the OIL into a spray by NEAR OF
steam or compressed air, and this with
some modification has been the basis
upon which most petroleum burners,
whether for stationary boilers or loco
motives, nave been constructed. The
same system, virtually, has been fol-
lowed in the construction of locomo-
tive fire kindlers, which have been used
recently upon several roads with such
success that it may have had some in
fluence in the very recent revival OF In
terest in the matter of the use of liquid
as a regular fuel. The principal ques-
ton which has to be considered and
the feature which has counterbalanced
the manifest advantages of liquid
fue! Is that of expense. The thermal
units of coal as compared with petro-
leum are as / to / ! or | to 2, according
to the quality of the oil and coal In
each particular instance. The expense
of carrying and firing are decidedly in
favor of the liquid, and to this may be
added the advantage accruing from the
nicely with which the fire may be reg
ulated and the much greater distance
which a locomotive is able to run with
out taking on supplies.
THE only point that needs consider
ing then, is the actual relative cost
upon the tender. This has been 30
much greater in the case of oil in this
country as TO be prohibitive OF general
use upon locomotives; but in other
countries IL Saving OF from 10 10 ~ per
cent has been obtained from the use Of
petroleum on account of the different
relative values of the two products.
There is a further consideration hat
must prevent any extensive use of Pc
troleum in this country. The supply is
SO small in proportion to the demand
that any general use would cause such
an advance in cost as TO destroy a tenn
porary economy. We are forced TO con
clude, therefore, that while the me
chanical difficulties in the use of liquid
fuel have been removed, economical
considerations preclude its extended
use, and while petroleum may have a
useful field in temporary emergencies,
and upon switch or suburban engines,
where the smoke problem is prominent,
the field is practically limited to that
extent"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
MORTON VS.. BRYAN.
rhe Secretary of Agriculture Discusses
the Congressman's Recent Erpressions.

rhe Secretary of Agriculture Discusses
the Congressman's Recent Expressions.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-Representa
i've Bryan of Nebraska recently wrote
, letter to Judge Broadly of that state,
II which he said that he did not expect
10 again be a candidate for any public
office. Mr.. Bryan is one of the most
pronounced of the free coinage men In
congress, and among the most able and
eloquent of the advocates of that pol.
Icy. In his letter Mr.. Bryan condemned
the policy of the administration i'm re.
lation to silver. II shall watch the
silver contest" says he, with deep in.
terest, for my political affiliations will
depend upon its result"
Secretary Morton, reading Mr.. Bry-
ans letter, said lie was not surprised At
the expressions in it. The secretary
agrees with Mr.. Bryan's estimate of
those who desire to collect tribute from
the masses by the operations of law,
and yet" says the secretary, 81 know
of no class more for favorable
legislation than owners of silver mines
aud silver bullion. The market value
Of silver bullion is today 6l& cents per
ounce of 4s0 grains, and free coinage
Of that bullion into il2t grain dollars,
which are to be made legal tender for
all debts public and private, is merely
a law which raises the price per ounce
TO Sl.29. / cannot see how the great
mass Of the American people will find
it easier 20 seclre silver when
they desire II at Sl.29 than
they can nov at CO cents.
In my judgment the people of Ne.
braska, who sell cereals and pork and
beef, are entitled TO receive, and desire
TO receive for all their surplus products
The very best possible money that the
>~yilized world can command. 1t is es.
Iential to the prospcrit y of the farmers
Of Nebraska and the northwest thnt
they be paid for their products in gold,
The worlds money. or it's equivalent
''By this | mean that they shall al.
ways sell for money with which they
San buy a value in the worlds markets
equal to that which they have sold;
money OF the least fluctuation in pur.
chasing power. Some years hence Mr..
Bryan may reconsider his inan.
cial views and come to the
conclusion that the people in Nebraska
desire better money, and lot more
money, and hat whatever kind OF
money there may be in circulation, the
people in Nebraska will have more or
less of it. as they may have more or
less surplus of products with which to
purchase money. The great misfor-
tune among our populist friends is that
they too often talk about a per capita
circulation when they are really think
Ing about a per capita distribution.
They seem TO confound the universal
desire for more money with IA demand
Tor more money. The former seems
common to all humanity; the latter,
that is the demand, can only be made
by those who have something of value
which they wish to exchange for
money. The mar who sells products
buys money. The man who buys pro-
duets sells money, and each man de.
,ires the best of quality-the first in
products and the last in money"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
COAL STRIKE ENDS TUESDAY
rhs Program Said to he Arranged for an
Understanding.

rhs Program Said to BE Arranged for an
Understanding.
PEORIA, H., June From a per-
fectly reliable source the information
comes hat the coal strike will be de-.
clared off on Tuesday next ut Column.
bus. The program is arranged for a
meeting to be held in Columbus on
Tuesday next, at which it Is in.
tended to end the strike in all
the districts, save that In which the
Springfield and ST. Louis operators
have Jurisdiction. AZ and in these re-
gions a boycott will be established.
President Crafford OF the coal miners
union is to be in Peoria tomorrow and
his business is to attend a meeting Of
the American Railway union.
At this gathering II plan Of
cooperation will be discussed and will
result in the enlistment OF the Ameri-
can Railway union in the cause of the
miners. If this reinforcement can be
secured, active hostilitics will be in.
stituted against the Springfield and st.
Louis Goa barons and the strike in this
section and III other parts o. the coun-
try affected by it will be declared of.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
VICTORY FOR UNITED PRESS
Judge Cox Renders n Sweeping Decision
This Morning.


This Morning.
WASHINGTON, June Elm the SUI
preme court of the District Of Columbia
,itting in equity this morning. Judge
Cox rendered a sweeping decision in
the case of the Western Associated
Press suing as THE Associated Press"
against the Washington News and the
United Press, an application for an
injunction to restrain the News from
receiving and the United Press from
furnishing the news of the latter asso.
citation and to enforce the contract pro-
Aibiting the News from receiving the
news or furnishing the news TO any
person or corporation declared
by the Western Associated
Press to be antagonistic to
It's interest. On "a material
point the judge decided against the
complaint and in favor OF the defend.
Snts. He, however, Intimated an in.
tention to grant that part of the prayer
which asked that the News be prohib.
tied from furnishing to the United
Press it's advance proofs. To
this part of the petition the
United Press had filed u disclaimer,
ttating that it neither sought nor
desired these proofs, nor could it make
pny use of them, but the Judge de-
fided this morning this had been
brought to his attention too late for his
consideration. At the request OF
counsel for the News he agreed to hold
even this matter open until Monday
next. On all other points his decision
was emphatically against the Western
Associated Press and its contracts,
holding that the only remedy under its
bylaws was to discontinue its service il
it were aggrieved.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
Grain ana Provisions.

CHICAGO, June 4.
Flour-Spring patents, . 3.1OG3.5o ; wins
ter patents, ~. s043.00.
Wheat-Cash, 54Xc; July, $500.
Corn-Cash, 37Ic; July, 3SAc.
Oats-No. = white, So4 G314c; No. 8
white. S6G3 &c.
Rye-41c.
Barley-Nominal
Flax-$l. SO.
Timothy-S4.00 per cwt
Whisky-Sl.l2.
Pork-Cash, ell 50; July, sl1 s2H.
Lard-Cash, $3.50; July, 81. 72x.
Ribs-Cash, Sc 10; July, IS. ID.
Shoulders-$5. 7s@h.0u.
Short Clear-$6. e2H86.S2H.
Butter-Creameries, l49l6Hc; dairies
l0Gittc.
Cheese-Cheddars and flats, S9Sxc,
Young Americas, S>.9SIc.
Eggs-lOc.
Hidcs-Light and heavy green salted,
,ully cured, 34c; green hides, 2Hc; green
,alted calf, 6t4c; dry flint, 6Tc; deacons,
each, 2 C.
Tallow-Unchanged; No. l, 40; No.s,
&c; cake, &c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
The Weekly Bank Statement.

NEW YORK, June 2.-The week.,
statement of the associated bank.
shows the following changes: Reserve
increase 1898, 400; loans, decrease
81, 7s3, 800; specie, decrease, 500. 900
legal tender. increase 1854, 400; depos
its, decrease %, 064, 400; circulation, de
crease S57, 400. The banks now hold
e77, 965, 100 In excess Of the require
ments of the rs per cant rule.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
Livery stable burns.

ALDEN. Ia. June 2.-Rowery's livery
stable burned Friday morning about I
o'clock. The barn and contents are
total loss One buggy was saved. TIVE
horses were burned besides q large
quantity of grain and hay. togetheI
with harnesses, vehicles, etc. The bars
and contents were insured In Del
Moines and Sioux City companies
There 10 no clue to tho origin of IN,
fire.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09

In some OF the German towns when q
man Is convicted Of beating his wife no
Is allowed to 60 to his work as usual
but his wife gets his wages and he Is
locked up only on Saturday nights and
remains in prison until the followirg
Monday. The punishment usually la, Q
for ten weeks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
IOWA..
Building mt Ackley.

ACKLEY, Ia, June 1.-The contracts
Ior building the Presbyterian church
ilnd the new hotel at this place have
been let TO j. +. Atkinson & Bro. of
Marshalltown. The contract price for
he hotel $40, sos, and for the church
El2, 200. Work will be commenced on
both structures Mt once.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
A COLORADO LYNCHING.

Twenty Men O~verpower the JaiIer al
Golden and End j. A. McCurdy's Ca.
reer.
GOLDEN, Colo, juno AT 2 o'clock
this morning n band of twenty men
went to the Jefferson county Jail
When Alexander Kerr, the jailer ap-
peared he was surrounded and forced
to give up the keys. The men
then went to the cell where
j. A. McCurdy is confined, took
him out and lynched him. The sheriff
arrested John Richwein and John Coch.
who are supposed to have given up thu
names Of the others. The lynchers
will be arrested. McCurdv has re.
Gently been on trial here for mayhem
He was found guilty and was awaiting
sentence. His crime was the horrible
mutilatior of his brother for illicit re
latiops with McCurdy's wife.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
WILL FEAST THE MILITIA.
iowa Miners VIII Invite the Soldier Boys
to a Feast.

toWa miners VIII luSite inc SoAosoh A~ss
to a Feast.
EVANS, Ia, June 1.-Striking miners
from Mahaska and adjoining counties
are congregating at Oskaloosa. Nine
hundred are already at the three
camps at Oskaloosa, Mucha KNOCK and
here and moro are coming from
the Centerville districts and
Missouri. This morning 400
strikers made a demonstration
near the camp of the two companies OF
national guards. but nc violence ensued!
Three hundred strikers have gone to
Mucbakinock to make a demonstrai
ton. They will be met by the two
companies Of guards and sixty Pinker'
tons
This morning President j.. L.
GARRISON OF the miners had q
conference with Major Lopez,
commanding the guards between
heir lines. Clarkson invited the guards
10 a big barbecue to be held Sunday
At which 2, 200 men are expected to be
present. Residents Of the town do not
lear violence when this body gathers,
None of the miners joined the strikers
today.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09

Cinnamon. when they refer to their
w~ives-which Is as seldom as possible
speak OF them az my duh thorn" or
'the thorn In my ribs" or ''the mean
ono OF the inner room" Children sim
ilarly are styled "insects." or worms"
much as We say ''chiclxs' or ''cubs."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
An Old Settlers Death.

Iowa FAILS. Ia, June wv. Perez.
gal, IN old settler living near Cottage
In this county, fell through n trap
door in his kitchen into the cellar and
received injuries on the head that re-
suited in his death a few hours after
the accident.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09

UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO, June 4.
Hogs-Quotations: Heavy, a 6,t94 81;
mixed, s4.t084 10; light, "a 50g4 20;
rough heavy, 81. '0d4.55.
AUTHORIZATIONS; Beeves, 50 7514.75;
rows, III. 6O93 rs; stockers aud feeders,
81 7593.S0
Sheep-Natives, s.. O0935O Texans,
81. Bog. 90; westerns, So UO93.91
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09

Ef8oOs
New York World.
A San Francisco mass meeting has In
vited the attention OF congress 20 what IL
characterixes, with apparent Justice. =,
- huge Job with . corruption fund be-
hind g."
The Central Pacific railroad owes the
government . vast sum Of money. This
money was advanced by the government
to build the railroad out OF whose profits
the st~upendous fortunes of Leland Stan.
ford, G p. Huntington. Croker aud Hop
kins were built up.
Under the law the estates Of these men
are liable for the debt, and every con,id.
Grafton OF honesty and justice calls upon
them To pay It,
But in their interest q bill framed IN
Attorney General Olney has been intro.
duced and Is now being actively pushed
In congress, to fund the debt In 100 wear
bonds At 5 per cent interest, with the
railroads for debtors instead Of tho states
which were created by absorption of the
government's bounty to the railroads.
The measure Is . swindle. II proposes
70 release the receivers OF toilet goods
from liability for their p~urloininrs. IA
should be beaten In committee and suits
should he instituted At oncs for the rc,
covery OF the plumber.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
Four Thousand Miner. Quit.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, June -Four
thousand miners at Coal Creek this
morning quit work, and say they will
not resume until a national settlement
has been effected. This Is the second
time they have quit since the general
strike began.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-09
Coal Famine at EIdora.

ELDoRA, Ia, June 1.-The coal fam
inc has struck this section. The Clay
Manufacturing company has been
forced to close down and the tile works
will have TO do so this week. The
other factories are still running but
have only a small supply left.