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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
The RICH SOIL OF KANSAS
Petrlfed Elephants, Lions, ETC.,
Dug Up by a Professor.
A whole Menagerie Found by Geologsst w.
Il. Howard of the Dighton Public
schoois-A Very Romantic
SDof.

TOPEKA, Kan, May 26.-Near the
Smoky Hill river in Cove county, far
out on the western pains of Kansas,
stands Castle Rock, which marks u
place where General Fremont rested on
his memorable journey to the Rockies.
During all these years this silent seuti-
mel of natures sculpture hns been oc-
casionally visited by the geologist, but
until Prof. w. f. Howard OF the Digh-
ton public schools commenced digging
into the earth near this peculiar forma-
ton no one realized what was in store
for the searcher after natures hidden
wonders. Prof. Howard did not com.
mepce his search until recently, and
was then induced To pursue 1t because
he bad nothing else 10 do. He discov-
cred in the deep cavernous ravines in
the vicinity of Castle Rock many
sharks jaws and other petrifactions.
Then a new p~rospector, in the person
/ of II. NJ. Sternberg of Lawrence, put In
an appearance, and uncovered the en-.
tire form of a petriied elephant. to.
ge her with numerous parts OF lions,
camels and other beasts.
This discovery has excited a great
ucai VI Coihihchb anu pVpplS " hiuul
miles around have visited the spot TO
look at the wonderful find, which was
covered with about three feet Of eartr-
The discovery of tusks of animals led
TO the investigation by Howard and
Sternbelg, bu; now that they have dis
covered the petrihed remains of n full
grown elephant they can do nothing
with them. There is 10 way by which
they can remove them except in sec
tons, and hence they will probably
remain where they are.
This discovery was made in q very
romantic spot. From the Smoky river
near Castle Rock, extending south into
Lane county, is u range of hills broken
by numerous canons and cavernous
ravines. FROM n little valley at the
northern end OF this chain OF hills rises
perpepdicularly Castle Rock to u
height OF eighty-six feet, This great
monument is overlaid with ten feet OF
pliocene. thence downward the MO.
brara chalk, with a base of hrm, blue
shale.
G~eologists say there are evidences
here of petriied fish of all varieties,
and that in many OF the caverns may
be seen scales which must have come
from fish of monstrous proportions.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
Northwestern Iowa Teachers.

STORM LAKE, Ia, May 26.-Friday
mornings session of the North western
owa Teachers association opened in
he chapel of Buena Vista college with
+, paper by Superintendent Kratz of
Sioux City. His subject was SHOULD
.he National Educational Association
Appoint IA Committee Of Public Men
and Women to- Report on Elementary
schools" A general discussion fol-
owed, led by +. Is. Cooper OF Des
AIoines.
What Should BE Expected of Couu-
Try School Teachers" was "a subject
discussed and led by Superintendent
y. A. Brown Of Woodbury. county.
The graded school section was pre-
sided owe by Superintendent II. l..
Kratz of Sioux City. What Changes
Are Desirable in the Present Course OF
Study Below the High School" was the
subject of a paper read by Principal j.
j. Hobson of Sioux City.
The evening session was held in the
auditorium. State Superintendent
Henry Sabin presented an able address
on the Power of the Teachers Pro
session."
The committee on permanent organi-
cation reported and the constitution
and bylaws were read and adopted.
The association is to meet annually ut
At such place rs the executive officers
nay select in north western Iowa. ,
j. ). Shoup was chosen president for
the ensuing year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
The senate.

WASHINGTON, May "a. - Immediately
after tile presentation of n few petitions
md the introduction Of n couple OF bills.
he res luton offered yesterday by Mr..
lyle, pop. South Dakota, declaring neu-
rllity in the affairs OF the Sandwich
stands was laid before the senate, and
Mr.. Kyle made IA statement IN explanation
.ud support OF 1t.
Mr.. Hoar, rep, massachusetts,, asked
unanimous consent that the resolution
pa 50 without further debate, but obtec
lion was made by Mr.. White, dem Cali.
~fornia. The resolution was laid asid- a.
O:30 and the tariff bill taken up,the ques
ion being on the tin plate paragraph, TIL
pending amendment being the one Of
tered yesterday by Mr.. Aldrich. rep,
Rhode Island, to make the rate OF duty e
cent per pound. Mr.. P.dtt, REP. Connects
ut. continued his argument in favor o!
he amendment.
WASHINGTON, May 25-The Kyle resolu'
ion, offered last Wednesday by Mr.. Kyle
pop, South Dakota, TO Hawaii, was takci
Up in tho senate this morning. The dis
.ussion upon il was interrupted Mt 10 49,
H., when the tariff bill was taken up, thu
question being upon paragraph l4t, put
ling a duty Il 80 per cent on breech load
ng shotguns
WAsHINGToN, May 26.-The senate took
,p the tariff bill at 10 800. The committee
amendment making the duty on iron and
steel wheels ~ cents a pound was agreed
%. The committee amendment making
.le duty on lead ore or lead dross "a cent
4 pound was also agreed To. When the
vote on this latter amendment was IN
bounced Mr.. Hill con graduated Mr.. Cor
nan that he was now leading both sides
II the chamber with great unanimity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
NovsL. BOND PROPOSITION.
People Of Youngstown, o., Ask the o
To Aid Them.

People Of Youngstown, o., Ask the o
to Aid Them.
WASHINGTON. May 26.-Somethine
novel In noninterest bearing bond prop
ositions is suggested in n petition which
was presented in the senate Wednesday
by Mr.. PETER Of Kansas. 1t is to the
effect that n city be authorized by con-
rress TO issue bonds and that tho gov
,rnment stand as security for the ir pay
nent. The petitioners are DR.. Z. Is.
Carr and i,249 other citizens OF founRs-
own. o., and they ask that their city
De authorized to issue twenty year
ponds of the sort described Is may be
aeeded from time 4 time for public pur-
3oses. The reasons set forth are h Il a
arge majority of the workingmen of
Youngstown have been out of employ
nent since July Of last year, and that
she prospects for their early re-employ-
nent are very meager. The petition
,rs declare that for thirty-one years the
government has given private corpora
lions known as national banks the
right to deposit United States bonds in
exchange for 90 per cen OF their face
ralue in money, and they ask the same
privilege for public corporations. Hence
.hese citizens of Youngstown want an
amendment of the law SO rs To permit
public corporations, such as cities. 70
exercise the same privileges and rights
n the way OF issuing money as do the
national banks. These bonds are to be
twenty year noninterest bearing bonds,
not TO exceed 10 per cent Of the taxa
Die valuation Of the property In the
city.
when so issued and deposited with
lhe proper official at Washington"
says the petition. 1.-The city shall be en-
titled to receive 90 per cent Of the face
aalue of the bonds ia full legal tender
.reasury notes in denominations oil 81,
.2, S5 and SO that shall circulate as
money. Ninety-nine per cent OF these
aotes is to be forwarded to the proper
official of the city of Youngstown, and
the other / per cent is 10 be retained
10y the secretary OF the treasury to de-
fray the cost of engraving" The city
council of Youngstown is to retire
these bonds at the rate OF 5 per cent
per annum. The petition was referred
TO the committee on finance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
IN S
Climax of . Series OF Msrrisses and
Divorces.

.w#aH " HHnm
Climax Of . Series OF MARRIAGES and
Divorces.
COLUMBUS. O., May 25.-There was
an unusual event in the study Of Chap.
lain Winget Of the state prison. II
vas n wedding in which the groom wa,
a convict, with the major part of a sew.
enteen years sentence yet TO serve, an
the bride the daughter OF one Of Cincin.
MATHS most prominent families.
Several years ago u. +. Conrad came
to Cincinnati from Minneapolis, wher,
he had left a wife and two children
At Cincinnati he passed as n single MAJ
and married Miss Emma Ebe,le They
lived tog ether happily for a time, and
three children were born to them
Then the fact that he had another viii,
living became known. lie was peni
tent, and Mrs. Conrad No. 2 forgav,
him. II was agreed that he should gs
back to Minnesota aud secure u divorce
Then he would legally marry his Gin
cinnati wife.
This he did. aud shout a year z re-
turned and for the second time mmried
Miss Eberle. Soon aftcrward 1t trans
pired that while he had boon divorced
In Minnesota he had fallen In love with
a Milwaukee girl on the way back "a
Cincinnati and married her. Wife No
. then determined to prosecute him
and he 10 now serving q sentence foI
the act OF bigany. She heartily do
spises the man to whom she was mar
ried for the third time. and consented
to having the ceremony performed only
Ia order to make her children legiti
mate. The Milwaukee wife recently
secured a divorce. and therefore tn,
marriage IL legal.
Without = word they separated d
the conclusion OF the ceremony. Mrs
Conrad returning to Cincinnsti and hsl
legal husband to his prison cell.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02

SIOUX FALLS, ;, D., May 26.--The
charge of plagiarism brought by Mayor
Wilcox of Yankton against Richard f.
Locke, who won the first prize in the
state oratorical contest over Bert viii
cox the co~nplainant's son, has deyel-
oped a queer state of affairs. Prof.
Walsh of the baptist university, OF
which school Locke is a member, be-
gan to look into Wilcox's grafton and
finds that in many cases it very closely
resembles certain portions of Prof.
Strong's Our Country" from which it
is charged that Locke cribbed his ora-
ton. The resemblance is rather more
marked in WilcoX's case than in that of
Locke. 1t is reported from Yankton that
the state oratorical association will
shortly meet TO investigate the charges
of plagiarism lodged against Locke.
At the same meeting the association
will be asked to investigate similar
charges against Wilcox, and students
here say they will be able To make out
a stronger case against Wilcox than
can possibly be made out against
Locke. The fact OF the matter seems
To be that both Of the boys had read
and absorbed n great deal Of DR..
Strong, but that neither one of them
was guilty of deliberate plagiarism in
the strict sense of the word.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
WANTS RELIABLE SERVICE,

why the Washington News Will Not Prin,
Western Associated Press Matter.
WASHINGTON. May 26.-In the dis.
trict supreme court in general term,
Judge Cox presiding, arguments were
begun this morning in a suit for in.
junction brought by the Western Assoc
sisted Press against the Washington
News and the United Press to restrain
ihe News from receiving and
the United Press from fur.
aishing the News of the
latter association, the complaining
association asserting In its petition
that no pecuniary damage could coni-
pensate IL the arrangement were al
lowed to continue. The News In its
answer asserted the unreliability OF
the news received from the Weatern
Associated Press and the value OF the
services received from the United
Press. Both defendants maintained in
their answers that the issue of an I'M
junction a. claimed would be against
public policy. The argument will be
continued ON Monday.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
Brief Iowa Items.

The supreme court has refused the Hof,
fol6nger-Hummel case u new trial. This
case has been q prominent one In the
Grnndy and Hardin comfy courts for
some time past. The lower courts allowed
Mrs. Hoffoifinyer damages claimed on ac-
count of liquor the defendant sold TO the
plaintiffs husband.
The mnlct law IL not In effect In the
vicinity OF Eldora yet, but liquor 1ows
freely nevertheless, through the medium
OF bootieggers, who are doing y thriving
business.
The Saturday Mail 10 the namc OF q new
paper Just started At Stanhope in south
Hamilton county. The editor - Fred r.
B~arkhurst.
The annual commencement exercises Of
the high schools OF Iowa Falls took place
Thursday evening, when q class OF sir
graduated. The alumni rcuniou will be
held Friday evening. The Eidora cou-
mencement occurs June I. :
At Iowa Faiis Saturday will be played =
game Of base ball between the AoklAE
club and the one ut that place for the
championship Of Hardin county,
The semiannusl meeting OF the eastern
conference OF the Lutheran synod Of lows
opened in Burlington Thursday evening.
The meeting will last three days.
Another electt0n Was held Ia Shslden
Thursday 20 vote on the wAtsrw0r 10
question, made nscsssary by irreguiari-
ties Ia previous elections, y - carriedl
BY wv majority. Work Will b begun,
without dsIsy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
A PENSION FRAUD MINISTER
The Rev. ZacIaria Parker Carries on For
gerry for twenty-five Years.

The Rev. Zacharia Parker Carries on For
gerry for twenty-five Years.
PARIS, Tex, May 25.-The Rev.
Zacharia Parker, a Methodist minister
over 63 years of age, sleeps in O felon's
cell tonight, he having been convicted
of forging names TO pension vouchers
on which he has during the last TWEEN
ty-fve years obtained SO, 700 from the
government. In the days of slavery
Parker lived at Huntsville, Ala, and
owned a negress named Martha. She
married n negro named Austin Gill
more, who, mt the instigation Of Parker,
enlisted in the nth Illinois regiment
and died In Georgia. After the war Mar
tina married William lockwood. In 1869
the woman, through Parker, applied for
a pension, which was granted, aud a
draft for 81, 100 was sent her. OF this
he gave her $50, and that was all that
she ever received. Martha died No
vember IL, 1875. at Ashland, Tenn,
but her vouchers, duly signed, wit
messed and attested, continued to reach
the pension department, where they
were duly honored. In December,
1891, while residing in Sherman, Tex.
the voucher of Martha Gilmore was
forwarded by Parker. When itreached
Washington the postmark attracted at.
tention and IL was sent TO Mr.. Scott al
Dallas for an explanation. He pro.
nounced 1t a forgery. Detectives went
tn work and in u short time Mr.. Par.
ker was arrested. lie undertook to
hire a number of negroes to swear to
manufactured statements, but they
3 ave his letters to the government and
he was n self incriminated man.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
GREATEST TRUST ON EARTH
Standard Oil .Unites With the
Russian Monopoly.
The Two Greatest Combines In the World
Join Hands-It May Soon Cost
Moro to Let Your Light
Shine.

NEW York, May 25.-The World says
the two greatest n~enopoliesin christcn-
dom-the Standard oil trust of America
and the Russian oil trust OF Russia
are about TO effect a new division OF the
world.
The Standard Oil company is negoti-
a,ing with the Russian government,
shrough a committee, a formal treaty.
The immediate effect OF this treaty will
be- to raise the price of a necessity oflife
to the people of the whole world. This
treaty exists at the present In the form
of a memorandum agreement, drawn
up and signed by all the members of
the syndicate of the Russian petroleum
~refiners, with the consent Of the minis
ter Of finance"
The twentieth clanse OF this mem
orandum" begins as follows: 4
1.-The committee OF Ave persons have
10 communicate with the American
Standard OH company, TO work out the
necessary conditions of arrangements
for dividing the market of the whole
world, for the trade with Russian and
American kerosene"
These necessary conditions have al
ready been worked out" and the ex.
ecutive formal treaty dividing the
markets of the world" waits
but upon the fulflIment by tho
Standard Oil company of one
condition. One great foreign re-
finery. that of Mannheim, refuses TO
join the trust, and one or two
American associations. chiefly the Inde-
pendent Producers of Oil company,
have not yet surrendered to the
Standard combination. Until either
the Mannheim refuse 10 buy crude oil Of
the Producers company OF the Pro-
ducers' company refuses TO sell Man
helm refineries, the monopoly will still
lack n little OF being absolute, and the
Russian men will refuse 10 approve the
treaty.
This treaty was the result of a meet
ing OF Russian refners held ia 81.
Petersburg at the request OF the Rus
sian minister of fnance some time pre-
pose of this meeting was primsr-
lily to bring about an agree
meut Ia the nature OF a trust and under
the direction Of the government be-
tween the producers and the reiners Of
petroleum in the district Baku, Russia,
practically the only petroleum district
In the world outside of the United
States. Under the date OF October,
1898, the bass of such an agreement
was inally reached and put into writ
ing. The representatives of 81 per cent
Of the Russian output, and the repre-
sentatives Of the Standard Oil trust
participated In the conference.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
THE ERASTUS WlMAN CASE
u Subject to Csl In the Court OF Oyer ana
Termlner Today.

u Subject to CAN la the Court of Oyer ana
Terminer Today.
NEW YORK, May 2G.-The court OF
oyer and terminer was crowded to suf-
location today as a result of the An
nouncement that the case of Hon.
Erastus Wiman, who has been indicted
.or forgery at the instance of his part
qers in the X. q. Dun & Co. mercantile
agency, vas on the docket and subject
10 call. Wiman's case has attracted
International attention. For over u
quarter of a century he has enjoyed n
semipublic career, and is perhaps best
known as the original and persistent
advocate Of the union of the United
States and Canada. Although he has
resided on Staten Island for thirty
years he has remained a British sub
jcct in order to more successfully advo-
cate closer relations between the two
sections Of the English people con-
trolling this continent.
The amount of the alleged forgcries
involved does not exceed $40, 900, while
during his connection with the ruercan-
lite agency as a partner he handled
Millions Of dollars and had helped the
oncern out of many tight places. Dun
denies that Wiman was q partner, bui
The entire case SAVIOR Of persecution OF
,he worst kind. Ex-Assistant States
Attorney De Lancey Nicoll has been
specially retained as counsel for Dun,
while General Tracy, ex-secretary OF
.he navy, leads the array of counsel for
Niman. The trial is likely to occupy
'sveral weeks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
JESSE SsLiGMAN'S WILL.
The Dead Banker Left Many Requests to
Charity.

Charity.
New York, May 26.-Proof OF the
charitable and philanthropic nature OF
.he dead banker, Jesse Seligman, is
furnished by his will A petition for
is probate vas filed by his son Theo-
lore, who is one of the executors. The
,ther executors are the widow, James
seiigtnsn, "a brother of the banker, and
Max IL. Seligman, another son 1t is
stated that the personality amounts
% $1,000, 900, but no value is set
ipon the real estate. Although
he amounts Of the bequest are not
yiven, u list Of the institutions remem-
,ered in the will has been made public.
There are no less than forty-five Of
hese benetciaries, and the list in
dudes hospitals, disp~ensaries, chart
able associations and organizations,
Houses for the poor, the aged and the
ielpless, nsylums and schools. Not
'nly institutions maintained by Mr..
ieligman's own religious body are re-
~nembered; more than half the bene-
~ieiaries are nonsectarian organizations
md several which are under the con-
rol of the Catholic or Episcopal
hurches have been substantially re-
uembered.
A story extremely appropriate in
his connection has recently been told
Il the warm hearted Hebrew banker.
During one of tie troubious financial
risis which succeeded the war, he was
onsulted, with other financiers, as TO
measures of relief. when he suddenly
sked To be excused, explaining that he
must go TO a meeting of the directorate
# an ophthalmic hospital, of which he
vas IA prominent supporter. One of
he party asked him IL it was "a hospital
or Jews.
Sir" was his instant response,
when the sufferer comes TO us we do
lot ask him what his faith is; we only
six If he has sore eyes"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
M'ALLiSTER IN DlSGRA-,
Metropolitan Club Offended because He IL
said to Have Revealed Secrets.


NEW YORK, May 26.-It is said tho
governors and members OF the Metro
politan club are offended against Mr..
Ward McAliister and are determined
to make him resign. 1t grows out Of
the recent publication Of names Of rich
New Workers who have been black
balled, the publicity being attributed
To McAllister. There Is a well founded
report hat n private paper has been i'm
circulation in the club to this effect and
that many men have refused to enter
tho club doors because they did not
wish to associate with the ex-king of
the 400 IS a club member. This has
made McAllister bitter. 1t appears
also hat since McAllister took to writ
ing his fellow members in the Union
club have been weary Of him and
Franklin Bartlett Is reported n saying
that o another literary man should
be a member Of that club so long as he
was a governor or had anything TO do
with the executive committee. Several
men who are connected with newspa-
pers In a purely business way only, and
who have never written a line about
social matters, have been obliged to
withdraw their names from the union.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
A Subject for "a Iypchipc Bee,

CHAMBERLAfN, ). d., May 26.-The
authorities have as yet been unable to
discover the whereabouts Of Ben Ham
mill, who is wanted in this county for
q crime which proves him to be one of
the greatest villains %unhung. Among
the residents of Waldro township is the
Hammill family, who are much re-
spected German people. Living with
them are two young German
orphan girls, who were adopted by
the family several years ngo.
One OF the girls is IA years of
age and the other 10. Last fall a
younger brother Of the head of the
family named Ben returned from Colo
RADIO, after an absence of about seven
years. During the winter he was u
member of the household, and nothing
wrong was suspected until a few days
ago, when he suddenly disappeared.
Soon after his departure it was discov-
cred that in the course of the winter
he succeeded in running the oldest of
the adopted girls, aud before his dis
appearance he assaulted tho younger
one.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1894-06-02
FOREIGN NEWo.
Minority Report of the Royal Commissio.

Minority Report of the Royal Commission
LONDON, May 25.-The minority re-
port Of the royal commission, prepared
by Tom Mann, James Mawdsley and
Michael Austin, was distributed among
the members of parliament today. The
report is summed up in the closing par
agraph. The solution of present di fiji
culties is said to lie in industrial evolu-I
ton, which will assign both employ
ers and employed TO their proper posi-
tons rs servants of the community.
Attention is called to the necessity
for radical reform In the condi-
tions under which great masses of
h people arc compelled to live
and work. Among the direct re-
concentrations are the adoption by the
government whenever practicable, Of
direct public employment, the eight
hour day, and a minimum moral wage;
the extension of the factory act aud
similar measures; n thorough investiga-
ton and bold experimental treatment
Of the question OF the unemployed; and
the provision of adequate and ,anitary
housing accommodation for the whole
nation. as we'll as honorable mainte-.
nance for all its workers in their old
age. In general terms the substitution
OF public for capitalists enterprise Is
urged, and where this is not practical
BILE strict government supervision Ia
recommended.