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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
THE CHURCH MILITANT.
A Chicago Organization whose Greed IL
to D0 Good.

Chicago, Sept. Tin the rooms OF the
society for Ethical Culture persons In
terested in the movement for the new
Militant church met 10 discuss the idea
and effect plans. The objects OF the new
organization are to have physicians
to attend the poor, free d~ispensaries,
cooking schools. and to do good work
among the poor, and the rich.
DR.. Carwardine presided, and called
on the various speakers. DR.. NJ. Nj.
Thompson, president of the National
Health association. offered tine uses OF
the association as an adjunct TO the
church. He explained that a corps OF
twenty-five physicians was willing to
give Its services for free work among
the o Many children" said he.
ean be saved by proper o We can
give them medicine from our dispen-
saries but not proper food. What we
propose To do Is TO teach them
about proper diet. to teach them
cleanliness. We can go into their cell
'ars, and II they have no carpets on
the floors we can get them to clean their
DOORS
Mrs. Violet Sandborn said that what
was needed was a practical church and
hospitals. we women ought to take
of our feathers and work with the men.
What i want is for the men to lead the
way and for us women 10 follow. l do
not know a church i'm Chicago where L
would go in a calico dress. ] am afraid
| would not be well received. We want
TO put on calico and Bingham n 20 to
work. We want to teach the women TO
COON and prepare food properly"
Won't Fight saloons.
I'VE are not To fight saloons" contin-
ied she. That is absurd. Saloons do
Il great deal OF good. Al least i'm Chi
cago. They are warm on cold winter
nights. Men can keep warm and get
something to eat by spending a nickel.
don't know a church where ! can get
1 cup of coffee or get warm In the cold
weather"
DR.. S. II. Ebersole of the Charity hos
Dital at No. 1921 Dearborn street, said
Tome ministers had lost sight Of one Of
rhrist's teachings. Christ had said the
tick should be healed. and he proposed
% carry out that teaching. He believed
he religious public was ready for char
ty hospitals. In London. he said, there
we're forty free hospitals-in Chicago
)nly one. IF we can be Of use TO the
:hurch I'm any way" he concluded, 1--WE
shall be happy. BY working together
we may accomplish much good"
DR.. John Rusk, who is 10 accept the
oastorate Of the Militant church, con-
.urred I'm the sentiments expressed by
he speakers except he wanted to in
dude the rich In the list Of persons the
church wished 10 meet. He wanted
hem TO become interested in the new
movement. He wanted them to contrib
ate. Amy one who gives a cur Of cold
water or who helps the poo Is a Chris
ian said he. Wherever a lawyer or
my other man does a good service. ne
s following the teachings OF Christ
The first services Of the church will he
held in Willard hall Sunday. October 8.
m the meantime the work Of perfectlnS
an organization will be carried on.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
An unappreciated Story.

A story told by an English paper. and
claiming the merit Of absolute truth,
evidences once more the inexorable.
purity and womanliness of Queen VIC
toria's character. At Windsor q party
of young princes and princesses were
chattering with members of the royal
household on various matters The,
Queen was present, but was not MOTTO
Ing them especially, when a heartier
laugh than the rest aroused her interest,
and she asked to be told the fun. Now
the laugh had arisen from an anecdote,
which was not really risky, but just q
little bit SO. There was a demur ut re-
peating II to the Queen. Everybody
felt slightly uncomfortable. The Queen,
said again that she and Princess Beat
rice would like to hear the story. It'
was told. The Queen listened, and them
said with her inimitable dignity and
simplicity: 1--WE are not amused"
II IL not the example set by Its royal
head that has given to the English
smart set It's inevitable reputation In
the matter Of morals big and little.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
AFTER CHICAGO PACKERS.
Eastern Roads Want Refrigerator Cars
Loaded.

Chicago, Sept. THE lines running
east from Chicago are at loggerheads
with the big packing companies at the
Union stock yards owe the amount OF
dressed meat and provisions that shall
be loaded I'm a car.
Most of the packing firms at the yards
own their refrigerator cars, for which
they receive mileage from the different
roads. This mileage allowance means
thousands of dollars in the pockets OF
the packers every year. 1t has beer dis
covered that they have been getting =
great deal of mileage money on cars
that were not fully loaded.
A present the railroads require a GER
tain number of pounds of meat or pro-
visions to be loaded i'm "a refrigerator car
before the shipment will be allowed 10
take the carload rates. AS the rule now
stands 1t is not necessary TO load the
cars 10 their full capacity In order to
get the minimum carload rates. This
has resulted in the packers putting i'm
two cars what might be loaded In one
car and getting mileage allowance on
two cars instead of one. The railroads
believe that the packers are getting the
best OF them and now want to raise the
minimum carload weights in order to
make the packers fill the cars.
A conference between the two inter-
estv will be held in Chicago next week
10 consider the question.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
High Rates or Interest.

Many governments In good credit an
borrow money at 3 per cent, or even
less. When security cannot be given,
or when credit Is not good, the rate ex-
acted OF private borrowers Ii much
higher. A case has been found In Lon
don where interest was paid on short.
loans al "A rate which would amount to-
five thousand two hundred per cent. a
year.
\ Mr.. Moon, who has contributed MI
article on the subject to an English re-
view, las made a personal inv, stigation
Of the matter among tho pa wnbrokers
OF Whltechapel, London. These men
and women are regarded by the wretch
eddy poor people about them AS phil
a~nthropists rather than usurers.
An net OF Parliament permits these
pawnbrokers to collect Oh all loans Of
two shillings or less an interest Of at
least half penny a month. This appears
very reasonable to the poor people Of
Whitechapel; but many loans Of six
pence are made, and as In the case OF
sixpence loans no time longer than a
WYNN 10 CNti wv " Dus hlthtt uiiu I'M
the half-penny is always collected the
same as for a month, the rate on these
little loans amounts TO what would bo
equal to four hundred per cent. a year.
But the way In which this SORT Of
usury may be carried very much fur
Their is described In Mr.. Moons narra-
ton. A pawnbroker said TO him:
ssrpl,,,'. tlt,., hn,n .lx sI... l-..sA
stay here not a day. Last winter a wo-
man brought me I'm n evening a child's
pair OF shoes, and l lent her a sixpence
on them.
Next morning very early In she
comes, sir, with a bed coverlet. Ii must
have just come Off the bed, for IL was
rs warm as could be TO the hands.
lent her s%ixpence on II, and with that
sixpence and a half-penny that she
brought with her, she took the child's
shoes out of pawn and went away
with them.
"'Now them says she. the little 'un
can go to school,
"And In the evening back she ome
again with the child's shoes once more.
and puts 'em up for sixpence, and gets
the coverlet and pays her half-penny
on that, and goes away with that to
sleep under for the night.
"And that she kept up. sir. day after
day and night after night, until the
mild weather came again, and a cover
let on n bed wasn't no longer neces-
sary."
This m was really paying inter.
est. therefore. at the rate OF a hundred
per cent. II week, or flfty-two hundred
per cent n year. 8
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
CHlCAGO'S BIG WATER STEAL
City Authorities Are After the
Guilty Packers.
Police Stationed to Watch the Packing
Houses - That Forty
Million Gallons of Water
Day Were stolen.

CnIcago, Sept. 6.-The big packers are
of the city administration TO expose and
punish wholesale larceny az city water
The city has evidence I'm it's possession
that millions of gallons of water are
stolen daily; that the packing house dis
trict is gridironed with meterless pipes
and that nearly every packing house in
the stock yards district Is Implicated.
The packers would like to destroy
the evidences Of their guilt. but Com
missioner Kent and superintendent
Badenoch have blocked the game. Dur.
ing the continuance of the investigation
it will be difficult to make changes In
existing water connections. 1t came to
Commissioner kent's ears that some
of the big packers were secretly cutting
off their blind pipes to escape detection
4 hurried conference with Chief Bad
enoch resulted in a number of men being
detailed 10 watch the plants. The city
administration is terribly in earnest
No guilty corporation will be permitted
10 escape.
Wholesale robbery fitly chagacterizes
the methods practiced for years by sew
eral of the big packing establishments.
Estimates made In the city engineers
Office show that &c. 00, 900 gallons OF
water are pumped into the packing
house district daily. The records OF the
water office show that not more than
10, 900, 900 gallons are registered and paid
for. The manifest deduction is that 40
900, 600 gallons are stolen. At 4 cents per
1000 gallons. this means a loss OF $l.6O0
a day or $3.50 900 a year. This robbery OF
city water has been going on ever since
the Town of Lake was annexed TO the
city six years ago. 1t amounts to the
enormous sun of 81. 500, 900.
Commissioner Kent claims that he has
evidence Of the existence OF several
other clandestine. meterless pipes in ad'
dition to those already discovered. and
a Y the investigation will be pushed to
the end.
The city administration proposes to
collect every cent for water illegally
taken during the past six years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
GERMAN STOCK REGULATIONS
Importat ton of Cattle From Nearly all
Nations Prohibited.

Importation OF Cattle From Nearly All
Nations Prohibited.
Washington, Sept. THE department
IF agriculture has received from its
agent at Berlin a statement Of the i'm
ports OF agricultural and other products
into Germany. 1t shows that during
the first six months OF 1895 the following
percentage of the total imports of the
German empire of the articles specified
were obtained from the United States:
Cotton. so per cent: wheat. Is; maize. SO;
grass and timothy seed, 16; dressed beef.
50; oil cake. 80. and lard, SO.
Accompanying the statement are cop.
les of the quarantine and prohibition
regulations now in force in the German
empire in regard to the importation Of
live stock whether for consumption or
in transit only and OF fresh meat. All
live stock brought from the exterior Of
Germany must be examined by a vet.
erinarian before permission is granted
to transport il across the boundary line
of the empire. The expense Of such in.
spection must be paid by the importer,
and no animal infected with a con
tagious disease can be- brought across
the line.
The importation of cattle and fresh
beef from America, Russia, Austria
Hungary and Italy is prohibited. The
provincial presidents OF the German
government may order sheep and horses
imported from the United states Of
America to be- held at the landing place
for observation and inspection. Pork
imported from the United States must
be accompanied by a government certi-
ficate Of inspection. The prohibition
lies against Russian hogs, sheep and
goats. Prussian cities located near the
Russian boundary line are permitted to
bring hogs from Russia for killing pur-
poses for immediate slaughter in their
city slaughter houses. From Austria
Hungary cattle may be brought into
Germany only to city slaughter houses
Of the large cities for immediate killing.
not from districts, however. that are
| quarantined on account of pleuro-pneu-
monia or from any Of the provinces bor-
dering on southern Germany. nor from
Galicia, nor from the dukedom Of Salz-
berg. Sheep are allowed to enter the
German empire but for transit only.
Cattle for breeding purposes are allowed
to enter, but only On special permits
sion. Horses may be brought into the
German empire only at certain stations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
n NUDE IN JAPAN.
European Pictures Shock Japanese Visit.
ors by Their Realism.

4 curious topic, writes a correspondent
at Yokohama, is being discussed by the
Japanese papers. The art gallery at KY
otto contains a section devoted TO the pic
lures OF artists who have followed Euro
pean schools, that Is to say they are no
longer impressionists. but copyists. One
Of these pictures Is that OF an unclothed
woman. which is perhaps a little more
realistic than most studies OF the kind
but not so objectionable in this respect
as many pictures in European galleries.
But many Japanese visitors are shocked,
and the japanese papers declare that such
pictures lower the tone of art and dis
turb public morals.
The chief commissioner, Mr.. Kuki, thus
defends himself: Il have not yet founc
adequate reason to order its removal.
Nude statues in stone or metal are import.
ed from abroad in considerable numbers,
and are used for decorative purposes In
the halls of salons OF distinguished per.
sons. The importation Of such objects OF
art will continue in future as heretofore.
Above all, should a worlds fair be held In
Japan at a future date, grave difficulties
would be experienced were Japan TO inter.
dict the exhibition of nude images or pic
lures. Such a restriction would seriously
obstruct the satisfactory collection of art
objects from foreign countries, and might
even totally preclude the opening OF an
arts section in an exhibition OF the kind.
Further, in Japan, Buddhist images and
pictures drawn by Hokusai, Utanaru and
Harunobe depict things of "A more ques-
tionable character than the subject chosen
by Mr.. Kuroda for his oil painting. Yet
these old time images and pictures are
largely reproduced and publicly sold"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
Looking

DeS MONIES News.
A lady living over on East Grand ave.
nue. has the distinction of being first
cousin to the poet, James Russell Low.
ell, and secon cousin to the late Phil
lips Brooks, the distinguished Boston
clergyman. This lady Is Mrs. DR..
Shreves, whose maiden name was Mir
lam Hunt Hewett. 1t was through the
Hewetts that Mrs. Shreves' relationship
with Lowell exists. her fathers sister. a
Miss Hewett, being the poets W
mother; while her grandmother. who
was a Brooks, was a sister of Phillips
Brooks father. Mrs. Shreves Is also
cousin OF Senator Horn Of Massachusetts
and of the late George Hunt Pendleton,
ex-minister to Germany.
Miss Blanche Shrevcs, who is writing a
history of the Hewett family, says that
the name Is easily traced back to the
lime of Charles / of England, when a
Hewett was chaplain to the king. Her
grandmother Hewett knew all about the
present connection and could tell, too.
Just how they were descendants of John
Winthrop. who came over In the May
flower. The old lady's motherinlaw had
been a Horr and hus comes In a kim
ship with the Horn family. Prof. Harvey
Hewett, formerly OF Amherst. and Prof.
Waterman T. Hewett. at present occu-
plying the chair Of modern languages In
Cornell university, were brothers OF her
husband. The latter professor Is well
known through his text books In Ger
man, etc.
II would seem as IL the various men,
bers of the family were destined to be
related to the eminent. for q sister OF
Mrs. Shreves married j. p. Blood OF
Sioux City, whose mother, who died In
1876, when extremely old, was a cousin.
two or three times removed, of Sir Isaat
Newton. Mr.. Blood Is a lawyer and was
graduated at ~Galesburg. where he was
fellow student with ex-Minister f. Fl
Songer.
The Blood family had many interest
ng and valuable family relics In IL
'orm Of paintings. pieces of bric-a-bra
Id letters, ETC., but they had the mi
fortune to be burnt out q few years ag
ana thus loetall.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
UNION VETERAN LEGION.
SCis on

OGiciuI Call Issued for the Tenth Annual
Sc,s on.
Buffalo, y. Y, Sept. 6.-The official
call has been issued for the tenth annual
session OF the national encampmcnt Of
the Union Veteran Legion OF America,
to be held in this city during the third
week in October, and for the next few
weeks the various subordinate encamp-
ments throughout the country will De
busily engaged in electing delegates. an
honor that is sometimes vigorously cOn-
tested for. The legion is composed en-.
tirely Of soldiers of the late war. who
saw not less than two years of active
service. thus occurring in their ranks
only men who entered the army through
purely patriotic motives, and barring
out all bounty men and those who
served only ninety and 100 days. The
forthcoming encampment Is expected t.
be the greatest in the history of the or.
ganization. The city council has ap.
propriated the sum of 81. 900 toward the
entertainment Of the delegates, and tn
citizens by subscription have raised
nearly $1,000 additional.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.

Sioux Falls, s. D., Sept. 6.-Captaii,
<. +. letters who was for some years
Inspector general for the state, and dep
uty warden for the state penitentiary,
has been appointed one of the guards
in the United states penitentiary at
Fort Leavenworth, Kas. There are sew
Snteen places to distribute among 800
applicants and the captain thinks him
self lucky to nave drawn a prize pack
uge. some months < Captain Jeffers
removed to Lincoln, Neb., which has
since been his home.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
CALIFORNIA PIONEERS.
The Chicago Contingent Celebrating id-
mission OF the state Into the Union.

The Chicago Contingent Celebrating Adj
mission of the State Into the Union.
Chicago, Sept. Out at Jackson
park, in the German building, which
still rears it's head proudly among the
ruins OF the many worlds fair struct-
ures by which il vas surrounded, the
members of the Western Association Of
California Pioneers, with their children
and their grandchildren, are celebrating
with speeches and music and a banquet.
the forty-ifth anniversary of the adj
mission Of California as a state Of the
union. The anniversary proper falls on
Monday, but today was selected for the
celebration In order to enable the pres
ence of many veterans from out of
town points. There are nearly $50 act
i've pioneers in this part OF the country.
Each one has seen the SHOWS of three
score and many of them are octogenari-
ans. Greetings were exchanged by tel
egraph this morning with the San
Francisco society.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
Pensions and postmasters,
Washington, Sept. pensions we
ura nfnl &c follows.

Washington, Sept. pensions were
granted as follows:
Iowa: Renewal and Increase-David
5. Hepner, Upton. Increase-Frank G..
Hulka, F~arnhamville; Jonathan w. Ad-
ney, Clarinda. Reissue-Thomas Book
man, Holstein. Widow-Naomi Grubbs.
Linden.
South Dakota: Original-James Nc
cullah. Hotch City.
Nebraska: Original-John G.. Willis.
Omaha; Thomas Arnold, Unadilla Zim-
ri Elliott, Tekamah. Additional--Ben-
jamin Young, Santee Agency. Increase
George W. Partnership, Omaha.
Postmasters were appointed as fol-
lows:
Iowa-Breda. Carroll county, Frank
Salmen, vice II. Scat, resigned.
Observation-Disclosures, Keya Paha
county, +. +. McLain, vice J. b. VIZ
quin, resigned.
South Dakota-Grobe. Sphinx county,
r. A. Bastian. vice Mrs. Lena Boub. re-
signed.
A postoffice has been established al
Cottage. Hardin county, la. with Scrn
G. Christopher as postmaster.
The postoffice at Bakersville. Custer
county, s. D.. has been discontinued
Mai will go to Rocks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
DULUTH MEN SUSPICIOUS.
Grain Loaded for Chicago Elevators Sets
Them Thinking.

Duluth. MINI, Sept. THE grain
men OF this city are wondering whether
another wheat deal similar to the one
worked In 1892 by Cudahy is being en-
gineered. They began wondering this
afternoon, when 1t was learned that
during the day three big cargoes of
wheat had been loaded at the elevators
for Chicago, and that considerable Sc
cresy was being maintained in regard
TO the matter. Many OF the grain men
are OF the opinion that the wheat Is be-
ing purchased by the Chicago elevator
men in order that they may earn carry
Ing charges, while others think IA a the
grain Is for the millers. who want 1t for
mixing purposes. The former view
finds the most support. on account Of
the known fact that the Chicago eleva-
tor men have been trying hard TO MI
their houses. A vast amount of new
wheat Is being received here, and some
OF the grain men are predicting an adj
vance I'm prices inside OF two weeks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
The Turk and Armenian.

Berlin. Sept. Ga special dispatch to
the Vossische Zeitung from CONSTANT
nople says that the Turkish authorities
officially deny the statement that the
economic situation of the Armenians
is growing worse. Inquiry made In
parts Of Armenia alleged TO be in the
worst condition in the respect men
toned, show according TO the assertions
Of the Turkish officials that the harvest
has been fair and hat there Is no pos
sibility of a famine
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
Grain and Provisions

Chicago, Sept. Cash quotations were
as follows:
Flour-Easy.
Wheat-No. 2 spring 59l. a 5ys.c, No. 8
spring 5S4I59c. No. 2 red 594 459l2c.
Corn-No. 2 33lamS3esc, No. 3 yellow 3sikd
S3tsc.
Oats-No. ? ls1ac. No. 2 white 2l4q2l4c,
No. 2 white l9isQDAc.
Rye-No. 2 3sc.
Barley-No. 2 nominal, No. 8 32a39c, No.
4 S0d3 7c.
Fla Seed-No. ] 99c.
Timothy Seed-Prime $3.50.
Provisions-Mess pork per barrel 81. 37N
QS.5o, lard per 100 pounds $3.50, short rib
sides Qoosel G.6545.70, dry sailed sholders
Iboxed( oIOgs.62le. short clear sides
(boxed) sd.O0Q6.25
Whisky-Distillers' finished goods pei
gallon $l.22.
Sugar-Unchanged.
Butter-Creameries 12914c. dairles ITO
zoe.
Cheese-Cheddars sl4c. Young Americas.
l0c.
Eggs-9OQ20lsc.
Hides-Light and heavy green sailed
fully cured ii4q5c, green hides 3hQic,
green sailed calf nc, dry flint she. dea.
cons, each 30c.
Tailow-No. / solid packed &c. No. 2
akc. cake Sic.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
Lament of th. Emigrant.

I'm sitting on the stile, Mary,
Where we sat long ago,
I've walked a many u mile. Mary,
To find Sapolio.
mind me how you told, Mary,
When we were side by side,
Its match could not be bought for gois
la all the world SO wide.
Our home was bright and fair, Mary,
You kept IL so for aye,
And yet had time 10 spare, Mary;
Would you were there to-day.
You made the work but play, Maryt
All women might do SO,
Aud al. should know the charm you say
Lies in Sapolio.
But now ! sit and weep, Mary,
Nor fear TO break your rest,
For laid you, darling, down to sleep,
With your baby on your breast.
The graves are not n few, Mary.
Hard work brings many low;
II was not SO with you, Mary.
You used Sapolio.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-09-07
Poison Played no Part.

Oskaloosa. Ia. Sept. Mrs. Alice
Conklin was found burned to death rear
her home here July 10. After burial II
was rumored that she had not commit
ted suicide, as had been found by the
coroner's jury. The body was exhumed,
and Floyd Davis, an expert chemist,
was called in, who today filed his report
finding that Mrs. Conklln had been dead
from other causes when her body was
burned, but that poison had no agency
in her death. The case will go to the
September grand jury.