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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-09

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-09

A. large number of books, about
eleven hundred in all, arrived in Lead
City recently for the library donated by
Mrs. George Hearst. The invoice EN-.
braces, says the Call, the latest and best
books published. The Hearst library is
a very important acquisition to Lead,
and when the fact that its establishment
involved a cost of $4,000, and it's main.
tainance the further cost of $3.50 per
month is considered, it may easily be
conceded the most valuable donation
ever bestowed upon a Black Hills town,
and adds a lustre to the name of that
philanthropic lady which should be i'm.
perishable.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-09
Waachars, Examination

Notice is hereby given that a public
examination ofapplicants for certificates
to teach in Custer county. So. Oak, will
be held at the public school building at
Buffalo Gap, Friday, March LIST. 1895,
beginning at 8 o'clock a. m.
ELIZA NJ. DREW. Co. Supt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-09

Mercury thermometers were UNEQUAL
to the emergency experienced here on
Thursday morning, the falling tendency
being only checked at the bulb limit,
which was reached with surprising
rapidity several hours before old Sol
v~onchsafed a welcome appearance above
the crest of the adjacent s]now-capped
hills. The extreme cold, which was
imperfectly realized by our citizens by
eason Of the exceedingly dry almost.
phere and the total absence of wind
was only indicated by spirit thermo-
meters, which registered at various
places IN the city from ~ to A degrees
below zero, thus breaking all former
records, and fully confirming the pre-.
diction of Prof. Hicks, so far as Custer
is concerned, that the coolest period OF
the winter would be during the first
week of the present month, providing
however that We do not herea fter have
a still colder period, which We regard as
being entirely improbable.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-09
Gard of Thanks,

We desire to express our sincere
thanks and gratitude TO the many kind
friends who so kindly aided us during
the long sickness. death and burial of
our darling little Burns. Also to those
who furnished the flowers.
MR.. & Mrs. FORD McLAuGHLIN.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-09

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-09
NoTICR ON sHERIrE,s sAI.E

II. II. WooD Il w. g. PORTER,
Attorneys for Mortgage.
First publication, Jan. 18th, 1896.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-30
FAIR HAVEN.

Frederick Bostwiclk will give his stereoptlcon views on Boston and the Y. P. S. c. E. Convention of 1S95' in the Grand avenue Baptist church on Thurs day evening at o'clock under the auspices of the Y. P. s. c. D. of that church. Admission fifteen cents. Cake and cream will be served at the close of the entertainment.
 At meeting of the Fair Haven Cemetery corporation, held Saturday evening, a building committee to have in charge the construction of the mor- tuary chapel and receiving vault, was appointed as follows; Henry A. Stevens, chairman; c. D. Parmelee, R. B. Farren, Friend Francis, D. M Smith, John O, Rowland, Herbert Barnes, William E. Morgan, Edward T. Wilcox, the last two representing the G. A. R. The committee was in- structed to obtain plans and specihca- tions and advertise for bids. The sum of $500 is available for the work and the building will cost about S6,OOO The building will be erected on the open space near the fountain and will contain the receiving vault, chapel, cemetery office and tool room. It will be of stone buff brick and terra cotta. It is building that has long been needed.
 Adelphi lodge F. and A. M, will meet Friday evening and work the third degree.
 Fort Hale lodge, N. E. o, F., will meet Friday evening and work the de- grees on three candidates.
 The annual ball of Columbia castle, K. G. D., will be held at Central hall tomorrow evening.
 Mrs. Catherine L. Parkhill of 69 Clin- ton avenue died yesterday at the age of fifty-four years after an illness of four years, her ailment having been chronic rheumatism. Mrs. Parkhill was born in New York and was the daugh- ter of John F. and Phoebe Corsa. Her husbands business is in New York. A brother of the deceased, a MT. Corsa, died in Alexandria, Va., about a year ago. He formerly resided here. Dur ing her long illness Mrs. Parkhill had been a great sufferer
 In the Y. M. c. A. course Professor W. H. Brewer will give a lecture on "A Trip to Greenland" at the association rooms tomorrow evening, The lecture will be Illustrated.
 Next Friday being Arbor day, it is expected that many citizens of East Haven will turn out and make improve ments in the cemetery, to include clean ing up the underbrush, fixing the paths and roadways, etc. A number of ladies will give the men dinner at the home of Mrs. Edwin S. Bradley.
 The drill by the Boys brigade under of Lieutenant Potter, and of the Ladies' Phalanx, given at the Grand avenue Congregational church, was witnessed by a large number, who the excellent work. After the drill Rev. J.. Lee Mitchell treated the members oflboth companies to ice cream.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-30
Arrival of vigilant.

Sandy Hook, N. r., April 29.-With boom to port, a small spinnaker to star board, spanker, gaff topsail and jib set, the Vigilant came in from the east wing and wing, thirty miles of easterly breeze driving her through the waves. Every stitch of canvas was drawing and it did not take her long from the time she reached the until she crossed the bar, where she took in her spinnaker, hauled in sheets and headed up the Swash chan nel. A tug tried to get a job from her, but she was sailing too fast. The Amer ican ensign fioated from the yawl mast, while MT. Gould's private signal was set at the masthead. The Vigilant arrived at quarantine at 1;20.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-30
1uE ooNsoLIDArnD SUED.
Mrs. Lewis Wants Ten Thousand Dollar
 for the Death of Her Husband.

Mrs. Lewis Wants Ten Thousand Dollars
 for the Death of Her Husband.
 Suit was brought against the Con solidated road yesterday by Anna J.. Lewis of East Hartford to recover $1OO0O damages for the death of her husband, William J. Lewis, who was killed at Hartford, November 29, 1894. MT. Lewis was an engineer employed by the New York and New England road, and while running across the Consolidated tracks at Hartford, as it is alleged, according to signal giving him the right of way, his engine was struck by a. Consolidated train, he him self was killed and hls engine demol- ished The suit is brought on the ground that the Consolidated was gull ty of negligence. Sheriff Tomlinson served the papers.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-30
OBJECrs TO 4 LICENSE.

The Derby Street Railroad Backs Colonel
 Woods objection-They Want to Build a
 Park.
 A hearing on the remonstrance filed by H. Holton Wood to the granting of a license to James V, Bowling to con- duct saloon on Housatonic avenue in Derby was held before the county com missioners yesterday. The objection is made on the ground of the location being an unsuitable one, It is under stood that the Derby Street Railroad company backs the objection, as it intends to lay out park near Dowl- ing's property. The commissioners will look over the location before rem dering their decision.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-04-30
BTTdGl'S s East Rock TGaStOrG.

073 State Street, near Edwards.
 WY B do not hesitate to say that the bust- w ness of this store is conducted on the most equal and just principles possible every purchaser receiving 6 ten-cent rebate, or present, if preferred, on each pound of tea, prime quality always, from 50c. up. Coffee splendid at 25c. Our Java and Mocha can not be beaten. a1s A BRYDENs
Arizona republican., 1895-03-10
TEMPERATURE OF SEA DEPTHS.
A Theory Accounting for the CoIdness of
 the Bottom of Oceans.

A Theory Accounting for the CoIdness of
 the Bottom of Oceans.
 The Photographers tell us that the law which is constant for the landed portion of the earth's surface must be inverted for the oceans. The further we descend into the earth's surface crust, says the St. Louis Republic, the higher is the temperature; on the other hand, the deeper we descend below the natural habitat of the white-cap waves, the lower becomes the temperature of the water. Very recent observation proves that an almost arctic coldness exists over the whole of the deep sea bed, there being no perceptible differ ence in the temperature of the deeper stratas of the Indian and the Arctic oceans. It is a well-known fact that sca water does not freeze as readily as fresh water, and, unlike the latter, it continues to grow heavier until it reaches the freezing point. Thus the effect of the intense cold of the arctic regions is to cause a constant sinking down of the cold surface water, which causes a current of most intense cold to flow toward the equator; while to sup ply the place of what sinks down, an indraught, or northward flow takes place on the surface. The above is the gen orally accepted vertical circulation theory, which explains the cause of the low temperature which prevails at the bottom of the oceans the world over
Arizona republican., 1895-03-10
ATTEMPTED MURDER.
Cutting Affray at Block Al Yes-
 terday.

Cutting Affray at Block Al Yes-
 terday.
 About 1 o'clock yesterday morning an attempt was made to murder a Mexican in block Al. He was ap- preached from behind by two men. One of them was armed with a razor. The murderous assaiant struck his victim on the mouth and cut gash along the left cheek to the side of the neck.
 The wounded man was brought to the calaboose and Health Officer Tuttle dressed his wound. The injured man nearly succumbed from loss of blood. He did not recognize his assailant and thinks the motive of the assault was robbery.
Arizona republican., 1895-03-10
FLORENCE and GLOBE STAGE LINE
Carrying United States Mail and
 the Express.

Stage leaves Florence daily for Riverside and Globe at o'clock D. m.; stops all night at Riverside and arrives at Globe at 5 o'clock p. m.; returning, leaves Globe at o'clock o. m., arrives at Florence at a. m. Good accommo- dstions on the road, improved line, good stock and comfortable stages, four-horse coach every other day. W. E. Guild, agent, Florence. E. F. Kellner & Co.,, agents, Globe.
 c. G. HACKETT. Prop.
Arizona republican., 1895-03-10
Bowie Station and Thomas Stage Line,
EAGAR BROs., Props,

EAGAR BKUs., PrOps. Carving U. s. mailfrom Bowie Station via Solo, monville to Ft. Thomas, connecting with stage for Globe A daily line of stages is run be- tween above points, connecting at Solomon vile with stage line for Clifton and Upper Gila at Bowie Station with the Southern Pacific rail road
Arizona republican., 1895-03-10

RICHMOND PLACE-Slx blocks west of Center street, most desirable neighborhood graveled streets, fruit and shade trees, half mile from F. .. Prices 35 per cent less than adjoining lots ln Orchard Grove. Monthly payments.
 KIRKLAND& STRONG, 4S s. CENTER ST.
Arizona republican., 1895-03-10

of Center street on Adams and Washington, the cheapest property for the location in the city Terms easy.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-17

sault Minnie Williams is absurd. There
are plenty of girls in San Francisco for me
to call on without having to go to Ala
media. 1t is nonsense to even think l
would be so greatly attracted by thin,
sickly little girl like Minnie Williams.
have always thought she was good, kind
little girl, but she never attracted me in
the way alleged in the least.
81 realize that the circumstances look
bad at present for me, but feel confident
that will be able to establish my inno-
cence. 1t is case of mistaken identity
on the part of three young ladies who
think they saw me board Powell-street
car with Blanche Lamont the day she dis
appeared. l will be able to explain away
at the proper time the other pieces of cir
cumstantial evidence which lead people to
unjustly accuse me.
mo, I have not the slightest idea who
could have killed the two girls. | cannot
believe that any one of my acquaintance
could have committed the awful deeds.
have no reason to believe that conspiracy
exists to prove me guilty in order to pro-
tect some other person. | am surprised
at some of the reported actions taken by
DR.. Gibson, George King, Clarence Wolfe
and DR.. Vogel, but | am sure that none OF
them could have been connected in any
way with the horrible crimes. We were
all young men together in the church and
L would be sorry to hear anything against
them -
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-17
AGAIN CONTRADICTS.
Durrant Was Absent From His
Glass on That Fatal
Wednesday.

One by one the links in the chain of evil
dence that is being wound slowly and
surely around Theodore Durrant comes in
place and the young medical student is
either the demon of lust and blood or the
victim of circumstances that are crushing
him in their deadly folds. In all his state
ments regarding his movements on April
3, the opening day of the double tragedy,
he insists that he attended his class
lecture at Cooper's Medical College in the
afternoon. Miss Minnie Edwards, Miss
Alice Pleasant and Miss M. Lanigan told
Chief Crowley that they identified Durrant
as the young man they saw with Blanche
Lamont on the car at the corner of CLAY
and Powell streets at clock that day.
Durrant denied their statement in the
following words:
My connections with Blanche Lamont have
been grossly misrepresented. 1t is true that
met her on Friday, April 3, early in the morn
ing. We went from the Mission to our re-
spect1ye schools. We went on a Mission-street
car, transferred to the Polk-street line at Ninth
and Polk streets We again transferred, this time
to the Sutter-street line.
Miss Blanche asked me to go with her. and as
could go by way of the Sutter-street cars near
to the Cooper Medical College, accompanied
her.
From the senior class attendance book of
the medical college kept by G.. A. Hall,
one of the students, it is learned that Dur
rant did not appear at the lectures that
day and he is marked absent. He did not
show up at the college until April 10. Med
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-17
that the assassin had to break his way into

that the assassin had to break his way into
the room.
'tTheo did not meet the girl at the ferry,
for he and member of the Signal Corps
rode up from the ferry together, leaving
the foot of Market street at five minutes to
o'clock. They went to the armOry to-
gether and were there at 4:30' O'Clock.
Theo was home to dinner and left about 8
o'clock. He saw DR.. Perkins at his home
and then started to go to the armory. He
changed his mind when near Fourteenth
street and started for the party. When
he got there he shook hands with
some of the ladies before he washed.
His hair was rumpled, but every
man who wears his hair long in
the present style knows how easy it gets
mussed. There was nothing strange about
his washing at DR.. VogePs, for the young
men when they come here to spend the
evening almost always want to rinse their
hands and brush their clothes.
They talk great deal about men who
saw him Friday night with Miss Williams
but the papers did not publish the fact
that two of the men did not identify Theo
when they went to the City Prison to do
so. do not wonder that they could not
recognize him, for he was not there. They
saw short, slender man, who wore long
overcoat and SLOUGH hat. There must be
10000 man in this city who would answer
that description.
another thing. What motive could
Theo have had for doing such thing?
Absolutely none. He has lived in San
Francisco fifteen years, and no one ever
could say thing against him. He has
hundreds of friends here, too, and all the
young ladies of the church respect and be-
lieve in him.
81 believe all these things which look so
bad against my boy are the result of con-
spiracy Either some enemy of mine wants
to injure my son, or the guilty man is
shielding himself by throwing suspicion on
Theo
"There are some questions in the case
which have never been satisfactorily an
swered. Why did Mr.. Gibson want to
hush the matter up at first. and why did
he refuse to let the police have the keys to
the church? Why did Mr.. Gibson refuse
himself to the reporters on Saturday? Did
not Minnie Williams say something once
about man about 40 years old? Towhom
ulu IndC gray Hdlr DeIou Wnlcn was louHu
yesterday in the clotted blood on the floor
of the book closet? Theodore has not
gray hair in his head.
'They talk about scratches on Theo's
face. They were not there when he kissed
me good-b at 80 o'clock Saturday morn
ing, that | can swear. He had, however, a
little pimple on one side of his chin. They
found horsehair to-day on the waist of
Miss Williams. Who that attended that
party had been riding horse?
81 only ask, however, that my son be
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-17
A VAIN SEARCH.
No BIOodStainS Found on Any
of Durrant'S Cloth
ing.

The weakest point in the theory that
Durrant killed the two girls whose bodies
were found in Emmanuel Church is that
most thorough search fails to reveal on his
clothing a single spot of blood. The de-
tectives have examined all his garments
bit by bit and inch by inch. They occu-
pied three days in the search, but have
found not the least discoloration.
Mrs. Durrant, the mother of the accused,
sends her washing to a. Chinaman every
two weeks. 1t was returned on Monday of
last week, so that since the disappearance
of Blanche Lamont not garment has
been sent from the Durrant home on Fair
Oaks street. The regular two weeks
washing should have gone to the laundry
yesterday but it was not ready and it will
be sent to-day. 1t includes fifteen collars,
five or six shirts and two or three suits of
underclothes belonging to her son Theo-
dore. The detectives hunted all through
the big ''wash," but without result.
Young Durrant has only one pair of
shoes-those he is now wearing. He buys
his shoes pair at a time and wears them
until they are worn out. His mother gave
away all his old footwear over month
q yn
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-17
DURRANT ARRAIGNED
He Listens to the Reading of
the Complaint Without
a Tremor.

An arrangement had been made to have
Durrant arraigned before Judge Conlan
Immediately after the inquest had ad-
iourned for the day.
1t was about 1890 O'Clock when hack
drove up to the City Prison. The few peo-
pie around expected to see Durrant step
out OF the hack, but they were disap-
pointed. 1t was ruse of Captain Doug
lass, who ordered the hack containing the
prisoner to be driven round to the Larkin-
street entrance to the Central police sta
ton.
People on Larkin and McAIlister streets
seeing hack driven furiously up to the
City Prison and another hack driven as
furlously round to the Larkin-street en-
trance tancied that some dreadful tragedy
had taken place, the more SO when about a
dozen policemen came pouring out of the
station and lined the entrance They i'm
medlately ran in all directions to the CITY
Prison and by the time Captain Douglass
rushed Durrant out of the hack, followed
by detectives and policemen, through the
nall TO the prison there was a fair-sized
crowd; The ruse had exactly the opposite
erect to what was intended.
Durrant had just got into his cell when
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-17

side to side he fixed his eyes upon the
Judge.
"W. H. Theodore Durrant," said the
Judge. "You have been arrested on a
charge of felony. You are entitled to
counsel to defend you, the processes of the
your disposal and you are entitled to time
to proceed to trial. Have you an attorney ?"
II have" replied Durrant. General
Dickinson is my counsel"
''Mr. Clerk, arraign the defendant" said
the Judge.
Clerk Watson read the complaint to him.
1t was sworn to by Detective Anthony and
recited the fact that on or about the 18th
day of April "the crime of felony, to wit,
murder, was committed, to wit. by W. H.
Theod ore Durrant, who then and there did
willfully and unlawfully, feloniously and
with malice aforethought kill and murder
a certain human being, TO wit, one Minnie
Williams, and this complainant upon oath
accuses the said w. H. Theodore Durrant
of having committed said crime"
Clerk Watson read the words containing
the charge slowly and deliberately, and
when he reached the word murder" he
looked Durrant straight in the eyes, ex-
pecting to see tremor of some kind or a
catching at the throat, but he was disap-
pointed. Durrant bore it all with the Ut
most GOODNESS and nerve.
What IS your true nameP" asked Clerk
Watson, after finishing the reading of the
complaint.
William Henry Theodore Durrant,"
calmly replied the prisoner.
Prosecuting Attorney Wakeman made a
motion to postpone further proceedings
till after the conclusion of the Coroner 8
inquest.
General Dickinson protested against what
he termed the outrage upon his client in
dragging him to the Morgue without con-
sulting him about it. 81 would like to
know by what authority he was taken to
the Morgue," he said. 81 ask for delay, as
| wish to consult with my client and have
time to prepare for trial This young man
has been charged with one of the most
heinous crimes that have happened in Cal
ifornia. Popular sentiment against him
is very strong, and as he is entitled to
fair and impartial trial l think it is only
right that the trial should be deferred until
the popular sentiment tones down."
Judge Conlan said he was opposed to
long adjournment. The prisoner would
have a fair and impartial trial. He fixed
Monday next at ii A. NJ. for the prelimin-
airy examination.
General Dickinson said he would reserve
his rights to ask for continuance at that
time. Court then adjourned and Durrant
was taken back to his cell in the prison.