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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1894-01-03

Cago prizes makes it cost rs 1S cents bushel
TO ship wheat 500 miles. We're the costs
west of Chicago at the same rate east OF that
place, il would cost about cents per bushel
for freight, enabling the farmer TO get GO
cents for No. 2 wheat, instead Of 45 cents.
That the governor states facts con-
cerning freight determinations no
one will pretend to deny, nor will it
be disputed that a remedy should be
found for these abuses and applied;
but that the remedy he proposes
would be unsvsiling there is the most
abundant reason to believe. He says:
I have been Watching closely the situs-
ton and hoping to see something from our
state board Of railroad commissioners or
from the national board on this subject, but
so far have been disappointed. Their time
seems 10 be occupied in drawing salaries
and hearing complaints about switch ac-
Commodations of some lone settler on the
prairie or waysids hamlet. IL has not ap-
Darently occurred TO them that their CON
stituents were being robbed OF millions of
dollars right before their eyes while they
remain dumb as oysters.
Now, 80 far as the state board OF
railroad commissioners is concerned,
its jurisdiction extends only to the
state line, and the governor must
know that it is powerless to regulate
rates or prevent determinations in
any case where Interstate commerce
is concerned. TIE national board
might have jurisdiction, and its su-
thority might very properly be exer-
cised, but even If it were, it Is quite
impossible for it's action to benefit
the farmer. As the governor we'll
observes, Chicago is the great wheat
market of the world, and especially
of Kansas and regulates the price Of
our wheat:" and it would not matter
what the freight rate might be be-
tween here and Chicago, so long as
the present system of gambling in
food products is maintained, Chicago
would so regulate" the price in the
market that the gamblers and not the
farmers would receive the benefit Of
any decline in freight rates. This is
not a speculative proposition. 1t has
been demonstrated by actual expert
ence. II was in 1891, il we mistake
not, that the railroads established for
q time an emergency rate" on grain
from Kansas to Chicago in order to aid
Kansas farmers in marketing their
grain more sdvantsgeously. What
was the resultG Did the farmers re-
ceive the benefit Of this reduction in
ratesG Not q bit Of it. The price in
Chicago fell in tWenty-four hours
to correspond with the reduction OF
rates and the gamblers resped the
additional profit We think, there
fore, that Governor Robinson will
have to revise his proposed remedies
for the evils he names.
We have one other criticism of the
governors letter to the Journal. He
says further:
Even the so.called reform press is blind
and dumb, and, strange as it may seem, II
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1894-01-03

pu1'oa HoO'@ Topeka, Kaaalaals0Der aaV
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
The PUNISHMENT is DEATH.
A Sea CAPTAIN Arrested for scuttiing III
Vessel.

A Sea CAPTAIN Arrested for scuttiing HE
Vessel.
SEATTLE, Wash, Jan. 20-Captain L.
l.. Bangs of the steamer Mary Parker
was arrested here yesterday for scut'
tling his vessel off Race Rocks on De
cember 20, with the intent TO de-
fraud the San Francisco Under
writer's. He took on cargo
valued at $1,000 and insured
1t for s2,5s), and at Port Angeles In
conjunction with Jimmy Heay bored
num- Der of holes in the bottom Of the
steamer. The vessel was then taken tc
sea and when off Race Rocks the boards
covering the holes which had beer
bored were torn away. The crew was
allowed to sleep until there
was one foot of water In
the hold. when they were
aroused and all hands rowed ashore.
leaving the steamer to founder. When
Captain Bangs tried to collect the
81, 500 insurance the board of under
writer's refused to pay it and started to
investigate. They pressed him so hard
that the captain finally confessed u
the story as told above. The arrest Is
made under a statute which provides
that the punishment shall be death.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
ERNEST LACOuR'S END.
The PhIegmatic Brute Met Death Witho,
Signs of Fear,

The Phlegmatic Brute Met Death without
signs OF Fear.
JoLIEr, H.. Jan. l9-The execution
of Ernest Lacour took place in a sheh
adjoining the Jail at 1890 this
morning. lie displayed great nerve
and never fiinched
The crime for which Lacour was exc
cuted was committed on August 6 last.
Lacour was employed on the farm OF
Michael Byron. six miles north of Will
mington. As Byrons Is year old
daughter Ella was coming through
wooded pasture on her way
from church Lacour who was
hiding among the trees, seized and as
saulted her, breaking her neck in the
struggle. lie afterward went TO work
asthough nothing had happened and two
days afterward the body of the muir
dered child was found within forty
rods of her home in clump of hazel
brush where Lacour left her. He nj
first denied the crime, but afterwards
when confronted with evidences of his
guilt, confessed, saying that he wa
under the influence Of liquor when ho
committed the murder
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
VIII Fight Iuthy a. Go.

Sioux FALLS, S. d., Jan. 20.-Henry
w. Smith, who is one Of the signers o.
the Alliance company notes held by
Luthy & Co. of Peoria, Ill, says that
twenty-five of the s,Rners who live IL
this county have employed an attorney
and will fight the case in the courts
He says the notes were given to the Al.
lance company TO pay for stock and
that they were in the custody OF tina
secretary. The notes, he says. were
never assigned TO anybody and there 10
no record that they were ever trans
ferred by the Alliance company. lie
says also that the notes were never at
tached and seems TO intimate that there
Is something mysterious in the fact
that they are now in the possession oi
Luthy Il Co. All of the notes are foi
small sums and great many OF those
who signed will pay rather than fight
He says that as soon as the company
makes any effort to legally collect the
notes they will resist and throw the
matter into the courts.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
OLEOMARGARiNE WAR.
Case OF the Armour Packing CompaI
Against Minneso "a Dairy Commission.

Case OF the Armour Packing Company
Against Minneso u Dairy Commission.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, Jan. 10. The case
OF the Armour Packing company Of
Chicago and Kansas City against tho
Minnesota dairy commission is again
before the United States court today.
The Armours seek to make permanent
the injunction secured a few weeks ago
estopping the commission from making
seizures of oleomargarine in original
packages. whether pink or yellow
Added interest is given to the case by
the war upon oleomargnrine that has
been initiated in New York, Pennsyl-
vania and other states, as well as by
the forcible declarations of the anti
oleomargarine conference that assem-.
bled in Chicago this week
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THOUSANDS AT THE HANGING
Bomberger, Wholesale Murderer,
Executed at Cando.
Killed six Members of the kreider Pam
ny--Story of the Awful Butchery
which startled the Country
Other Executions.

CANDo. y. D., Ian. lo.-Albert F.
Bombe rger was hanged this afternoon
a mile from this place in deep ravine
surrounded by high hills, for the brutal
murder July :, 1898, of six members Of
the Kreider family. a tight board
fence about six feet high surrounded
the scaffold. but the execution was wit
messed by thousands of people who
climbed the hills and watched every
detail of the event.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27

FoRr DODGE, Ia. Jan. 60. l.
Thompson, postmaster of Thor. Ia. ha'
been arrested charged with embezzlint
81. Quo in money orders made payable t.
himself and friends, He got cash TO
them at neigh boring offices. The orderi
were drawn in $50 and 800 amounts
Thompson had his Office burglarized t
square accounts. Thompson confesse'
and waived examination. He was bouni
over in s.. 600 binds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
The Missing Sampson Seen In Frisco.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19.-Major
Sampson" the missing witness in the
trial of Dan Coughlin at Chicago for
the murder of Dr. Cronin, and who at
the last trial testified that ne had been
offered money by Cougblin to .'do up"
the doctor, was seen in this city
couple Of days ago and recognized by
man who formerly knew him well
by sight in that city, He is said
to have displayed big roll of
bills, although for few months prior
TO his leaving Chicago he was in hard
luck. Sampson is an old acquaintanc
and co-mingler with "shell workers
and other con men who lay cheap traps
for the unwary, but none Of this fra
ternity in San Francisco will admit
that they have seen him or know any.
thing of his whereabouts.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
MESSENGER PRlOR'S HAUL.
Got Away with Over S1.oOO--No Clue TO
N

Got Away with Over S1.OOO--No Clue to
His Whereabouts.
HURON, 5. d., Jan. 19.-Local officers
profess ignorance as to the whereabouts
of {. L. Prior, the missing American
Express company's messenger. 1t is
known that at Nirgie he and a
woman parted company, Prior
going to Bonilla, thence to Mitch
ell where they again met and
boarded south bound train, having
tickets for -. Loris. The team driven
from here has been returned. Prior's
safe was opened by Superintendent
Daniels, but it contained only the
books and unimportant papers. The
Chicago and Northwestern railways
loss now aggregates little over 81 900
and may reach more. That of the ex-
press company has not yet been ascer-
tained. Superintendent Daniels will
remain here until full investigation
is made.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
CUfUuyJ.
ITNI0N Snncu Nanna CIR.

UNION STOCK YARDS, CHICAGO, Jan. g.
Hogs-Quotations: Heavy, s5O5d5.40
mixed, t52095. 40; light, s. lOlg53,
rough heavy, q 00(a52l
Cattle-Quotations Beeves, $3 50Ct5 40
cows, sl.lv(d2 20; stockers and feeders
81. l0g3.50
Sheep-Natives, $3 0O(94 25; Texans
Il. 4O@320; westerns, Sc 2JQl3 40
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
MAY NUMBER STAMPS.
der 1t Necessary.

WASHINGTON, Jan. l9.-The post
office department is inclined to regard
with favor a suggestion that has been
made that postage stamps should be
mum bered precisely in the same manner
as treasury notes and bills issued by
the government. Sonne such means of
Identification as this ha been found
necessary owing to the numerous rob-
berries OF stamps in bulk from postoffices
in different parts of the country, a
species of crime which seems Of late to
be considerably on the increase. A
large number of representative busi-
ness men as well as postofiice inspect
ors situated in different parts of the
country have strongly indorsed TIE
project and urged its immediate con-
sideration
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
Word History.
Tea Is a Chinese word.

Aca 10 u Sulutsc WOIu.
Ukaso is of Russian origin.
Gin was first made at Geneva.
Acre formerly meant any lield.
Piiiow lace is made on pillow.
Candy was first made in Gambia.
Guinea Fowls came from Guinea.
FrieZe iirst came from Friesland.
feck was once only poke or bag.
Lemons originally came from Lima.
Florins were lirsl made in Florence.
Huzzy is a corruption of housewife.
Apocrypha means hidden or spnri-
ons.
Magnets were discovered al Mag.
uesia.
Tulle was invented Mt Tulle, i'm
France.
Canaries came from the Caaary
Islands.
Sarsanes was first made by the Sara.
Gems.
Gilly1ower is corruption OF July
flower.
Taboo anSl tattoo are OF Polyncsian
origin.
Farewell means. NAV YOU fare or
travel we'll.
DtOduStotn LOOK It's name from lis
unusual width.
Fetish aud zebra are from dialect
of South Africa.
Marigold took its name from Queen
Mary Stuart.
Ascalon gave the world the odorifer.
Gus shallot.
Gingham comes I" us from tho
Javancse language.
kreutzer was so called from the
cross on tho reverse.
Shawls were first made at Persian
town OF that name.
Agates were first found In tho bed Of
the River Achales.
Preyaricator was properly a cripple
with distorted legs.
Topaz took its name from Topazas.
m islnnd In the Red Sea.
Pragmaticnl formerly had the sic-
piiicance Of busincss-like.
Jungle. punch and toddy are words
from the Hindostancc = 81. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
Cluster Chronicle.
JOSEPH KUBLER, PUBLISHER

The quantity Of pepper, particularly
red pepper, that is consumed by the
natives of tropical countries will be
deemed incredible to people who live
In more temperate regions, but there
is physiological reason for the use of
these sharp condiments. The use Of
red pepper in the tropics braces up the
digestive organs when impaired and re-
laxed by the great heat. In other
words pepper is natures tonic against
hot weather and the more liberal use
Of II in summer time might be bene-
fetal even TO the natives of the tenn
perate zones.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
a MISSOURI HANGING.
Wilson Howard Dies at the End of a Rope
at Lebanon.

Wilson Howard Dies at the End of Rope
at Lebanon.
LEBANON. Mo, Jan. l9.-Wilson
Howard was hanged in the Jail yard at
9:l7 o'clock this morning. Howard wa:
brought here from St Louis last night
On his arrival he created con
sternation among the officers by d.
liberately drawing from a shsate
at his waist band an ugly looking dirk
knife with seven inch blade and hand
ing it over to the astonished sheriff
Howard says he procured the knife
several months ago To kill Detective
Imboden. but found no opportunity tc
use il. Late last night Howard made an
affidavit that he had killed John bailey
in Harlan county, Kentucky. crime
for which an innocent. man, his uncle,
Will Jennings, is now serving life
sentence in the Kentucky penitentiary.
lie further protested his innocence OF
the murder of Mr.. Michael.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27

1t is asserted that the introduction oi
the carp in the Pacific coast states was
a great mi stake, as the fish breeds in.
credibly fast, is a ravenous eater and is
also an uDpalatable table food. Ar
Oregon sportsman thinks that if the
black bass were introduced in the ponds
and sloughs where the carp breed II
would soon exterminate them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27

Letter boxes have been attached to
the street cars in Huddersfeld, Eng
land, and letters can be posted in these
boxes as the cars are traversing the
suburbs, the boxes being emptied by
the postoftice employees on the arrival
Of the car at or near the central post
office on each trip. II a person stops
the car especially for the purpose of
mailing letter penny is collected by
the conductor and deposited in the fair
box. This doubles the cost of sending
the letter, but the advantage of an i'm
mediate special delivery is secured and
letters are greatly expedited by the
gpheme
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
Grain and Provisions.

CHICAGO. Jan. o.
Flour-spring patents, So. 5OGI0o; win
ger patents, 81. 20G3 50.
Wheat-Cash, 5J4tc; May. Ga Sc
Coru-Casb, 34s&c May, '3sc
Oats-No white, 2JX93okc; No
white, 2S4@3Oc
Rye-44c
Barley--NominaL
Flax-$l.40.
Timothy-H 10 per cyt
Whisky-$l.l2
Pork-Cash, si8.45; May, 1880
Lard-Cash, sS, 10; May, s7s5.
Ribs-Cash. $672H; May, So So
Shoulders-$3. 75(d70O.
Short Clear-S70i(G7g5
Short Ribs-$667K.
Cheese-Cheddars and fats, I23l2,<c,
Young Americas, l3iQl3l<c.
Butter-Creameries, 1s923c; dairies
l5@2lc.
Eggs-l7@lsc.
Hides-Light and heavy green salted
fully cured, 3s<c; green hides, Sc; greer
salted calf, 55fc; dry flint, &c; deacons
each, &c.
Tallow-Unehanged; No I, b1<c; No. Q
4Hc; cake, 5l4c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
Clearing House for sioux Fails.

Sioux FALLS, S. d., Jan. ls.--A clear.
ing house has been organized in Sioux
Falls with c. Z. Mckinney rs president,
w. l.. Baker vice president and g. C.
Carpenter as manager. The business
Of the house will be conducted at the
Dakota National bank as the most GEN.
trail banking institution. The bankers
have heretofore done clearing bust.
ness, but have never before formally
organized their house.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
CONGRESSIONAL PRocsepINos
The Senate.

wAsErNeToY, Jan. 81 Nothing OF pub
lie interest transpired in the senate this
morning.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1S-A note TO the
vice president from Senator Walthali,
dem, Mississippi, aying that he had sent
to the governor OF his state his resigna-
ton, to take effect on the gath inst was
laid before the senate and placed on fle
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Pener,,
pop, Kansas. and laid over till tomorrow,
DECLARING that In the opinion OF the sem
ate, the secretary of the treasury has no,
Ia wful authority for issuing and selling
bonds rs proposed In his notice of ycster-l
day. A somewhat similar resolution was
offered by Mr.. Allen, pop, Nebraska, and
also laid over.
The senate has voted on motion OF Mr.
German, dem, Maryland, that when IL
adjourns today IL be until Monday next.
The senate bill sppropriating $40. for
an equestrian statue of Major General
John Stark in the city OF Manchester was
passed
The ''unfinished" business house
bill to repeal the federal election
laws was then taken up and
Mr.. Vest. dem. Missouri. addressed the
senate in support Of the bill. At the con-
clusion OF Mr. Vests remarks the senate
at3p m went into executive session
The doors were reopened at 10 and the
senate then adjourned until Monday.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
story of the Horrible Crime.

The crime was committed at daylight
OIL the morning of July : last The
murder ed family were at one time resi-
dents of lie banon county, Pennsyl-
vania, where four brothers of the muir
dered man still reside Bomb barge is
also a native of the same county and
his father lives on Lehman street in
the city of Lebanon Early on the
morning of the day named the com
munity was horrifed 10y the arrival
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
LYNCHING BEE IN PROSPECT

Leon Lozier. The Foot Racer, Assaults u
Year Old Girl In Council Blu1s.
Special To The Tribune.
Council BLUFFS, Ia, Jan. l9,-Leon
Lozier, the we'll known foot racer, last
night raped year old daughter OF
Christian Anderson. The city is ex-
cited and if Lozier Is caught there are
good prospects for a lynching.
Later-Lozier was captured at
O'Clock in Omaha.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27

The street money changer is an in
teresting character in Spanish cities.
He stations himself at principal street
corner early every morning and ex-
changes bag of coppers for silver. BY
10 o'clock his bag is exhausted and he
goes home. All the servants on their
way to market get their money changed
by him, as they are not skillful in
counting and afraid of false coins. He
gives them full count. his coppers being
obtained from the bakers, who get rid
of their coins at a discount
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27

The old trouble about water looking
like milk has perplexed the citizens Of
West Knoxville, KY, according to the
local papers, The water is SO full of
minute bubbles of air that it has the
same milky appearance that the water
In some Of the tanks Of Pullman cars
has when compressed air is employed
to lift il into the basins. The water
becomes clear in few minutes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
A Material Point Gained for Fisher.

Sioux FALLS, S. d., Jan. 1s.-Dr.
Fishers attorney scored victory yes
serday which is regarded by his friends
IS a most important gain. Judge Car
land demurred to the indictment on
the ground that the old territorial law
Of 1879 which classified death produced
by means OF an abortion to be man
slaughter in the second degree, had
never been repealed in substance and
that an indictment for murder in such
q case could not hold. Judge Jones
after sleeping over the question over
ruled the demurrer, but held that the
indictment OF DIR. Fisher was not for
murder lut for manslaughter in tho
second degree.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
NORTHERN PACIFIC AFFAIRS

Brayton Ives Asks That the Court Protect
the Rights of the Company.
MILWAUKEE. Wis, Jan. 20.-Attor'
ney j. +. Harper, acting for Brayton
Ives, president of the Northern Pacific
Railroad company, today fled
petition in the United States
courts asking that the court protect tho
rights of the company which II is al
legged are infringed by the action of the
receivers, and that the court issue al
order directing the receivers TO furnish
to the company the necessary accom-
modations for the transaction OF busi
ness. The petition will come up Feb
ruary 3.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27

Another fertile resource Of the great
centennial state was drawn upon fol-
the benefit of her unemployed people
a week or so since, when the cowboys
and farmers about Lamar had a great
jack rabbit roundup for the benefit OF
Denvers hungry poor. Over 9,ooC rao
bits were secured and sent TO Denver &c
feed the hungry.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27

NJ. lola, in reply to questions put to
aim last week about anarchists. made
he following answer: ITO tell the
ruth. l think all the means tried in
sufficient to stop the rising tide of an.
srchistic doc trines What. am asked,
will be preventive? Well, /. whe
have fought for positivism. after thirty
Years Of struggling, find that my con
,ictions have been shaken. Religious
.sith would prevent the propagation OF
such theories; but has 1t not almost
nowadays! Who is to give
IN . new ideal?"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
REBELS CAPTURE CHIHUAHUA
The People Sympathized and There Was
No Resistance.

Ell PAso, Tex, Jan. ia dispatch
10 the mayor Of Juarez says chihuahua
Is in the hands of the rebels A first
attack was made by detachment Of
revolutionists on the west side of
the town, which called the fed
eral garrison TO that point. I'm
mediately the insurgents rushed into
the city on the east. The masses Of
the people being in sympathy with
Santa Perez there was no resistance
from that source. This news was told
to Times reporter by an intimate
friend of the mayor Of Juarez.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27

In japan there are new twenty pub.
lic electric light companies Ia opera
tion. Further companies are pro-
posed and there Is considerable de-
mand for electrical engineers. Nearly
all OF the companies are conducted By
Americans .
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
Sou,J Om1h,.

SoUTu OMAHA. Jan. 2a
Hogs-lIeavy, t5 15G535 mixed, IS l.!
@a30; light. 60 la9530
) Cattle-Stockers and feeders, t2.25@
$50; cows u. 25G32 IS: common, 81. .25 ,g2 Ia
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27
An 1912 Pens,ouer.

WEST UNION, Ia, Jan. cot is said
the only 1919 war pensioner on the
rolls lives at Decorah. His name is
Ferguson and he was q mayor in the
struggle of 1912. In few weeks he
will celebrate his Tooth birthday. Ha
is lively old gentleman and his re.
collections of the fierce times early In
the century are still clear.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-01-27

NEW YORK, Jan. l9.-Judge Barrett
IF the supreme court has appointed
Henry Hinthrop Gray receiver of the
Thompson-Houston Electric company
Of New York. The receivers bond is
fixed Mt $50 600