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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
billy smiths Challenge to wo,co,.

Boston. Mass. March 16.-"Mysteri-
Gus" Billy Smith has sent a letter 10
Matchmaker Kennedy OF the Seaside
club of Coney Island stating that he Ia
willing to meet Joe Wolcott In a twenty
five round contest at Coney Island.
Smith wants to match at 142 pounds
william DAILY. Jr.. OF Boston or Al Smith
or Jere Dunn Of New York to referee,
winner to take all Of the purse or gate
receipts. less $3.50 to the loser. He asks
that the contest be decided by a knock
out and neither man be decided a win
ner II there IL police interference or II
at the end of the tw~enty-hfth round
both men are on their feet, able and
willing to continue.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

How severe the loss of owners of
railway stocks during the last two
years is indicated by the decline in
value of the stock Of the four great
solvent granger railroads" Compar-
hg 1898 with 1895 the stock of the Mil
waukee has declined from SO to ga; the
Northwestern from lie to So; the Bur-
lington from 1.03 to 20; the Rock Island
from SO to 81.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
Adopt Resolution OF Silver Men.

Berlin. March 16.-The council Of state
today adopted the resolution Of silver
indorsing Chancellor Hohen-
ohe's monetary statement in the reich
stag and Immediately afterwards re-
jected the proposal of the gold adVo-
Gates that the guarantee Of the present
currency continue unaltered. IT is
learned that france has informed Ger.
many of her Willingness to cooperate in
settling the currency question.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
HYPNOTlST
He Wants to Experiment on Harry Hay.
ward.

ward.
Minneapolis, Min, March lev. w.
Erwin, attorney for Harry Hayward,
who has been sentenced to death on the
gallows for the murder of Catherine
Sing, is in receipt of letter from a Cal
lfornia hypnotist, one Alexander j. Nc
liver Tyndall, Offering to come to Mime
apolis and place Hayward in a hypnotic
state that will impel him to tell the
truth about his crime. Mr.. Tyndall
says he has experimental successfully
with minor criminals, but was refused a
chance to exhibit his power in the cases
Of Mrs. Maybrick and DR.. Thatcher
Graves.
The professor closes his letter in the
following language:
81 make the proposition to you in the
Interest Of science. ! do not expect any
remuneration beyond actual travelling
expenses for myself and private secre-
tary."
In speaking Of the matter Mr.. Erwin
said he a received hundreds Of let
ters containing all sorts of schemes and
suggestions, many of them containing
an out and out confession that the
writer was the real murderer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

The capital war in Minnesota. in
which st. Paul and Minneapolis have
descended to the mean level of tellirS
a lot of unpleasant truths about each
other, has the general aspect Of an,
other case of the pot criticizing the
complexion of the kettle. Two as big
and as good towns as the twin cities
ought TO be ashamed of themselves to
quarrel over a little thing like the dis
tinction of being a state capital.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

Washington, March Extensions were
granted az follows: W"
Iowa: Additional-John II. Wahl. Cow.
33eir,NQhn ~. Seehsr. Bslmond. Inorease-
Wiiifam Dubuque; David n
Day, Marshalltown. Reissue-Frankiin n
Hardy. Usage; Aaron Foster, Leon: CLAW
Wilson, Eagle Center: William Hittsman,
Boone; John c. Negley. Decatur; sydney
Paien, Modale. Original Widows-Elfza.
beth Bunce, Greenfield; Alwiida Bolt, Red
Nebraska: Decentralization w. Dun.
gan, Hastings; Franklin Mahannah, Oma.
ha- increase-Lemuel j.. Candy, Broke
Bow. Reissue-George II. Myers. Crai
Orchard. -
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

Her lips In ~aisin-coIore mirth ..
My Jexebel, In amaranfhi,a a..
sits, '"'"' Laughing
whils ns who called the merry peals %
crouches aside, In frozen dearth
VI wSfas' ana rends his amber, silker
opTT;;i u With love- She turns. and then
such a. they are. depsrt-he falls to earth.
Ths laughter from thy lips. O Jesxv min.
'"v Ger my sense the potent spell 81
reel. ! totter. clutch and tumble do~r,
L!rsing my love e~ntangled eyes "a shs"""
fnsn Dmries ~a'ond-thy fringe conceal,
MY love sxha'es IN n gray, srisly whine.
NORWAY y to have electric ferrybosss
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
Attorney General Crawford Goes tast

Pierre, s. D., March 1j.-The attorney
general left for the east Thursday ara
the general impression is that he Is
going to Washington TO secure eXtradl-
ton papers for eX-Treasurer w. w
Tayior. supposed ~ we unoe arrest I'm
Mexico. The belief is strong here
among the state officials and others
that Governor Sheldon has received adj
vices of the capture of Taylor, thou|h
he will communicate nothing during
the temporary absence Of Attorney Gen
eral Crawford. who has chars. OF the
case. lie told a mar that Taylor would
likely be In custody very soon ana CON
fessed that he had important news. Dat
would not diNulge Il. \ man named
Lambert. said To be- a special detective
left for the southwest and is supposed
to have gone To identify Taylor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
Indians ut Washington.

Washington, March 16.-A delegation
C~heyennes and Arapahoe Indians &C.
by their agent called upon
the secretary of the interior today to
pay their respects They are the most
notable Indians that nave visited Wash.
ington for some time. Among them are
the chiefs who participated In the Gus.
ter massacre AZ tho Little Zig Horn AMI
engaged In many other fights.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
No News al Monterey.

Montery, Mex, March l5.-Nothing is
known here concerning the reported
capture in Mexico of w. ". Taylor. the
defaulting treasurer of South Dakota
A mar answering the description OF the
fugitive official arrived here about two
weeks ago and remained several days.
stopping at the principal hotel. He
suddenly departed without making
his destination known.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
100000 MEN IDLE.
The Great English Bootmakers' Strike
Spreading.

London, March 16.-The bootmakers'
strike has been extending throughout
the week. until today there are POO, 00C
idle operatives i'm that branch Of indus
try. The strike affects all the factories
in England except those in Stafford,
Norwich and Bristol. Some OF the Lon
don trades unions are granting ten
shillines a week TO the strikers. The
employers are not in the least anxious,
declaring that they nave enormous
stocks yet unsold. Nevertheless they
are preparing to protect themselves by
the employment of American labor
saving machinery.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

The fokAer rtory-ox- ei NAY w ~
shows that the heavier vessels of the
Japanese fleet had for a long time bonn
barded the Chinese vessels and fleet
and did not produce any appreciable
effect. 1t was not until the little Davids
OF the torpedo boats went against the
floating Goliaths of the Chinese navy
that the end was reached. They threw
shining stones in the form of their
deadly projectiles and in short time the
fish were swimming about the sunken
ironclads. The torpedo BOAT has been
Nip1ioa.a1
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
LAND OPERATORS RESPONSIBLE
Professional boomers Causing the Tro,
BILE ON the KickapoO Border.


BILE ON the K~ickapoo Border.
tion has been received at the Indian
office of the interior department regard.
ing the trouble on the border of the
Kickapoo lands In the Indian territory.
Commissioners Lamereaux. under whose
direction the lands will be opened. says
the need not be in a hurry. as
1t will be several months before the
Kickapoo Indian lands are thrown open
to settlement. In no other portion OF
the country is there any trouble In open-
ing lands. THE trouble seems to be. !"
he said, that In the Oklahoma country
there are about 1000 professional land
operators who make a rush for every
tract that Is opened. When there are
nc lands to be opened they have no oc-
cupation. ! presume hat II is this
crowd that is now threatening the
Kickapoo border
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
Death at Sioux Falls.

Sioux Falls, s. d., March 15.-Mrs. Betsie
Allen, wife of u. o. Allen. cashier of the
Checkered Front dry gods stort. died here
yesterday afternoon OF pneumonia, after
an illness of only five days. She was 81
years of age and leaves besides her hus.
band three small children. The family
lived I'm Minneapolis before moving to
Sioux Falls eight years ago. The funeral
wi. take place tomorrow.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
Courtney WIN He Hanged.

wapello. Ia, March 16.-Stepher
Courtney was found guilty Of murder In
the first degree by the jury Friday
Courtney was beside himself with
anxiety and had to be closely guarded
to keep from injuring himself. He was
taken to Fort Madison penitentiary
to await sentence. which has been de
ferred until March 81.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

At an autograph sale in Paris i'm De-
cembcr, 1890, the signatureof Christie
phor Columbus Cwhichis, probably, one
ofthc most fantastic sign manuals ever
used brought 1000 francs. The only
existing piece Of manusCTip, in Titian's
handwriting wasknocked down at 1000
francs. and n with Cromwelrs sigma
ture attached brought i'm eXactlyhalf
that sum. Alfred Morrison, a great En-
glisn collector of autographs. was pres
"nt at thesale and paid a sum equal to
4, 1000 francs FOR the only letter written
10y Curneille that has ever been on the
market. The last letter written by Ma.
poleon to the Empress Marie Louise
was disposed Of at the same sale, bring
ing 1000 francs, and several signatures
Of Louis XIV. and Henry ~. fetched
/ 900 francs each.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

The question OF individual communion
cups has been agitating the Baltimore
Methodist conference. h arguments
In favor Of and against the innovation
were conducted on a low scale. Bishop
Andrews said the bible reads cup not
cups Dr. Harcourt, leade' of the plu-
raj cupites, retorted by quoting the
passage. This cup divide among you"
Then there was a jangle worthy of a
ward caucus. If Bishop Andrews is
right ana the new testament only per-
mits one cup, then the various churches
have departed from the rule 1t laid
down, for it is the custom in all church
IS. for convenience and in order To
Sas.rn-a-nnaGra9aniar, rapiaty- 10 have
more than a single one. Communion
sets always embrace more than one
heahrV.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

A physician in Switzerland undertook
Ito count by of a pedometer the
number of steps taken by him in a year.
He averaged daily 26,74O steps, or $780,
900 for the entire rear. He TOOK 700. 900
steps In walking up or down stairs.
Figuring a step at two feet, the doctor
walked nine and one half miles a day
during the entire year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
SUGAR U RIVAL.
New Orleans Planters Will Erect a Com.
petitiye Refinery.

pft'tIVF ntHHtry.
New Orleans, La, March 15.-At a meet
ing OF the sugar planters Il was deter
mined to erect "a sugar refinery I'm New
Orleans. This was done In direct opposi-
ton to the sugar trust. which controls
the two refneries In this city me PLAN
tiers complained that the trust had proved
hostile to them. had opposed them In every
possible way. and had robbed and despoiled
them. The bulk of the money for the new
refinery was subscribed at the meeting.
and II was decided to allow no one TO sub.
scribe except sugar planters. and to nvite
no foreign capital.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
To Meet II Hung Chang.

London, March 16.-The Globe pub
fishes a dispatch from Hiroshima which
says that Premier Ito and Viscount
Mutsu. minister OF foreign affairs, have
gone To ~Simonoseki, To meet Ii Hung
Chang. The prizes captured by the
Japanese at Wing Kow include several
%gunboats. tive steamers. 100 junks and a
large quantity of munitions Of war.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
5000 Acres of Scboo, Land

Sioux Falls, March 15.-John Lockhart,
COMMISSIONS Of school and public lands,
will on Monday lease 5000 acres OF schoo
lands In this county to the highest bidder.
The lands are well located and there IL
a great deal of rivalry among the farmers
to secure 1t. The result will be that the
rentals will be higher this year han ever
before.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

from the Land OF No. 4 Hard.
Fargo, N. d., furnishes another In
stance OF the merits of No-to-bac In the
person OF Frank Winters, who writes
the Sterling Remedy Co., Of Chicago, to
say that himself and q friend. to whom
nc gave a box Of No-to-bac, were COM
pletely cured OF the tobacco habit. He
says the druggists there are selling
large quantities OF No-to-bac.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

Captain Emmons of the Harvard foot
ball ear knows where the real evil is
lodged. mo amount Of ruling" he says,
will do away with viciousness. That
can only be done by the spirit of fair
play instilled into the mind by the cap
tains and c~oachers.' If there is to be
foot ball refoSm, IT is to come from the
under graduate n not from the fac
ulty.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

Uniontown. Pa. March 16.--Max Sam.
uels. y wealthy Hebrew peddler Of Pitts.
burg. ri murdered near Broad Ford
last night. for his money. The murder.
ers are supposed to have made a good
haul. ~ their victim was known to have
had . thousand dollars or more on hii
person.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

Houghton. Mich. March 1.-THE
dynamite factory OF the Hancock Chem
ical company. at Dollar Bay, blew up
at I o'clock. Telephone and telegraph
wires were broken by the explosion. A
number Of men are missing. but II will
require several hours search to give the
extent of the disaster and the loss OF
life.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

The ocean travel fell off to such an
extent last year that 1t MAJ be doubt
full whether some of the lines may not
be seriously affected in consequence.
The number of passengers of all classes
who arrived at New York was 2S0, 1875.
Taking a fair year foe comparison. Wa.
wnfcn SHOWS That a loss of nearly so per
cent. took place last year. Probably
there was a business in the other direc-
ton to make up for some of the loss.
but, on the other hand, 1t Is common
knowledge that very low steerage fares
have been i'm order for some time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

III has been settled. The editor OF the
syracuse Post wrote to the president Of
France and respectfully inquired how,
In the deuce he pronounced his name.
Inc chief OF the private se~cretary's
once replied and says pronounce Eel
as In fellow and tx" as In ''Ixion."i
mot Fee-lix) and Faure exactly like
the English m~onosyllabie "for."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
California Jacks Sentence

Deadwood, S. D., March l6.-For at
tempting To obtain a pension by imper-
sonating his dead brother, Jack Nelson,
better known as California Jack" was
fined $40 and sentenced to six months in
the custody of The marshal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

A. L. Mackenzie, an Englishman. has
earned the eternal gratitude OF students
In general by verifying and setting 10
simple music Dates; Of the sovereigns
OF England" from the Norman con-
quest to the present time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
The Reina Regente.

London, March l6.-A dispatch to the
Times from Madrid says that Admiral
Beranger and most of the other naval
experts are strongly inclined TO the
opinion that the cruiser Reina Regente
has not been lost.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

DR.. Proble--Now that my patients
have nearly III gone away | think 1
shall get of myself.
Miss Summit hope. doctor, that
you are not going TO join them
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

What liz speling?' asks a writer in
Il new paper-the Speler, the first NUM-
Der of which has appeared. A further
peIusal of the article suggests that
spelling is only a joke. For one OF tie
objects of the paper is to teach us by
example not to spell. 1t has several OBJ
iects, in fact six, which appear thus
under the title: "Devoated % tn the
Wurship and Luv of God and Saivier
Jesus Christ, az the Aulmeiti'; q the
kultiur ov the Relijus Left, and THAR
bel the Ekstenshon ov the Kingdom OF
God, or the Church, konsisting ov aul
hu wurship the Lord and keep Hia
konlandments; C)the Investigashon ov
Spiritual Tru'th;(D Spelling Reform:
90 Short hand; 90 PEGS on Firth"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
walding. Kinnan & Marvin

Applicant-you are advertising for n re,
TOUGHER, l see.
Photographer-Are you good at retouch-
ing?
Applicant-Good at II! Why, sir, / can
retouch a woman's picture so artistically
that her own husband will fall In love
with har
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

AS an aftermathof the Hayward muir
der trial the following story is told:
The defendant pretended to be so conf
dent Of acquittal that he packed his
clothing neatly in a valise while wait
ing for the jury's verdict. After it's
reading, when he reached his cell, APP
parently as unconcerned as ever, his
first remark was. "By -! / will have
Ia unpack this thing nav. If | don't my
clothes will get w%rinkled." This does
not indicate what is called nerve. 1t
simply shows that Hayward has a COM
mon m low sort OF pride.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
south Omaha.
Kansas CITY.

South Omaha, March 5.-Hogs-Ueavv
A.SVai %; mixed and light, "a. l0dt .30. "
Cattle--Stockers and feeders, So. 4O03 "a.
cows, &.JDd2.60; common. 81. 80.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

Vienna, March 16.-An explosion OF
a--s--r~ a.-s .,coutreu ru the ssfprec1st
mine at Trophau, Australian Silesia.
Eighty miners have been taken out
alive, but 200 are still entombed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
Chicago.

Union Stock Yards. Chicago, March ls-.
Hogs-lleavy, A.55n4.75 10: mixed, 81. 254l5J,
light. M.20ui.55; rough heavy. s4.3DQL.a5.
enthusiastically. Beeves, M.00ff5, 80: cows
:iod3.6O; stockers n feeders. 81. iOa4. 80,
Sheep steady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
Mlnnennolis.

Minneapolis. March "a.
Wheat-Closing: March 59TsG60c: May,
hard. Size; No. ! not'thern, 0DNc; No. .
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

Kansas City. March 1S.-Cattle-NetIvo
steers, A.s1m6.W; cows and heifers. 81. 2,65
40; ecker and feeders, S3.00Ti0O
calves. $5.0OMl 1890.
Hogs-Heavy, A.35a4.J0: medium. S4.2Oa
AS; light, N.15M4.35. T-"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
The HRkET
SIoux city Live stock.

Union Stock Yards, Sioux City, March rs
-Hogs-Heavy. A.i5Hi.5O, mixed, i.3Gq
4.45. light, Si.20nl.iO.
Cattle-Beeves, $2.25IlJO. cows and heif-
and feeders. $20043. Is: yearlings and
calves, 81. 15ffS.2I. "
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
fiso cure Tor Consumption ma. saved
me many a doctors bills. Il. Hardy,
hopkins Place. Baltimore. Nd, Dec. 2, ~.
y merry cockroach swallowed up
tn editors new paste. " -
And murmured: 1T In nice to have
literary taste"

nookkeeper--Si more OF our dunninr
them. p"'" v"
Laiior-It can't be helped.
II your envelopes contained your nama
out expense. ~ $500
dssi but then people who receive them
wv" snenn. =
xan Dressmaker-weli. what now?
mRprentice- have discovered = way 10
'iiS.eo na0oou With bats wings.
come ~ OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES II will be1
mospttal Nursc-These new patent IRE
'iuHspex are great blessings.
iiospttal Doctor-IndSed they are. II II
"scn easier 10 cure fractures than burns
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
Tor any case of catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
j. j.. CHENEY Il 20, Toledo, O.
We, the Undersigned. have known Il. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable In all business
transactions and financially able to carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
West a Truax, Wholesale Druggists. \
Toledo. q.
Walding, Kinnan a. Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, -.
Halls Catarrb Cure Is taken internally.
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. Testimonials sent
free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

ON sandy Martha's Vineyard the road
commissioners are spreading cotton
cloth over and to prevent macadam
from sinking into the sand.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
SET BY THE MANAGER.
Fur store OF schult a. Co., Omaha.
Damaged by Fire.

Omaha, March 16.-The fur store of
Schultze a. Co, managed by j. c. Nc
Cabe, was damaged by fire at 2:30 this
morning to the extent OF $1,000. The
cause was very mysterious and is be-
lieved To have originated from inside
the store building.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

"A london 1rm, which has msnufac-
tured eight OF the eleven cables linking
the Untted States to England makes nifty
nse miles Of cable each twenty-four hours.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

New York. March l6.-Erastus WI.
man has been granted a new trial.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

The use of blood as a curative agent
Is said to be on the increase In Paris.
and. certainly, it appears that persons
to the abattoirs every morning to par
take or his nauseous form OF socalIed
cure. Although French doctors do not
OFTEN prescribe these forms of treat
ment. blood baths" are notinfrequently
used. and certain patent medicines are
soidunder the name OF 'poudre de
sang" and other titles.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23

A butterfly supposed to be thousands
or years old was found dormant under
a rock In California and removed to the
Smithsonian institution. When discoy-
cred It's wings were growing shriveIed
and there were wrinkles In it's ~antennae.