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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19

officials do not place much reliance
on IL.
1t is believed Taylor is in hiding in
the east. 1t is known that he had
when he left here fully a quarter
million i'm cash. and he could have
drawn in New York 500, 900 more. It
Is believed that he has confedcrates In
the city who are keeping him advised
of proceedings. A strong attempt is
being made here to throw doubt
on the validity OF the bonds
and 1t is suspected that tho plan is to
force the state into a compromise with
the bondsmen for a moderate sum and
then when settlement is completed and
Taylor promised immunity he will
make good the losses of the bondsmen.
All sorts of rumors have been set
afloat by Taylor's friends to prevent
rigid prosecution. 1t is said That tho
shortage was duo TO liberality with
which he supported various banks dur.
ing the panic and loans on which he
has failed to realize.
The state officers are making siren
Gus efforts to raise sufficient cash to
keep the various state institutions rum
ming and the peremptory call for taxes
is expected to produce enough to tide
over the difficulty for some time, but
the state auditor feels positive that
South Dakota must default on the
bond interest due in June. Meanwhile
every effort is being made to apprehend
Taylor.
Taylor's bondsmen and the amounts
for which they are liable are rs fol-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
$500, 900 THE AMOUNT.
The Defalcation Of Taylor Is Growing
Aberdeen Not Affected.

ADcruecn Not Affected.
ABERDEEN, :. d., Jan. 9.-Erom alb
soiutely reliable it is found
that the dcfalcation of ex-State Treas
urer w. w. Taylor will reach
quite $500, 600, practically all
the state money in his hands,
except some $4,000 or $50, 600 on de-
post in various banks. The wreck is
complete.
1t has been known for n year that
Mr.. Taylor personally has been in
bad straits, but not one Of his most
intimate friends thought his situation
hopeless or even desperate. They knew
~,sney recislessiy at times, Yet theyy
never dreamed the truth.
When the officials make an in
vcstigation Of the treasurer's Office
they will be simply appalle d
Mt the condition of affairs. Fortunately
SO far as Aberdeen is concerned the af-
fair will in NJ way effect either
Of the local banks. The
books show that no state money
has been on deposit in either
the Aberdeen National W First Ma
tioHdl lOT ScNcIuh iuouthS anu ~ uo
time during the past year has the de.
post in either OF them been consider
able Mt any one time.
Walter w. Taylor was born in Indi.
ana about 1858 and for q time was as.
sociated with his father, William Tay-
lor, in the wholesale coal bust
ness at Lafayette, that state,
from the time he was 10
years of age. he has had almost ex-
elusive charge of the business and
demonstrated n truly wonderful
capacity for grasping the details and
intricacies of a very largo trade. He
came to Dakota in 1856 and established
the FIRST National bank of Reield, 5.
d., which he soon made one of the
leading financial institutions OF that
section of the country. He took
a. active part in politics from
the first and was earnest In
the struggle for statehood and was a
delegate from Sphinx county to the first
state convention held In Huron in
1850. At the approval of
the convention OF 1890 held
at Mitchell, he entered the race for
state treasurer and secured the
nomination after n Of the
most spirited and exciting
contests ever witnessed in
the west. He was renominated and re.
elected for n second term, which he
completed the LIST day of January oil
the present year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
TREASURY INVESTIGATION.
South Dakota Wants TO Know How the
Horse Got Out.

South Dakota Wants TO Know How the
Horse Got Out.
rIERRE. S. D., Jan. 1.-THE investi-
eating committee began wors this
morning on the treasury department.
The work is being done secretly, but
there arc rumors that some other Off
Gals will be implicated.
A strong effort will be made this
afternoon TO extend the scope CT the
inquiry to the department of school
and public lands.
1t is remembered that during the
panic OF 1898 800, 900 of school
funds which were in the hands
of the commissioner, and which by
law should have been turned over to
the counties on the 18th of Juno were
held up until late in tho
fall, No satisfactory explanation
has ever been given. The schools were
deprived of the money at n time when
most needed and it was only when the
Sioux Falls school board began suit
that 1t was apportioned.
A number of the members of the
legislature will endeavor TO investigate
this and some other affair." which are
said to be very suspicious. 1t IS
also limited that the scope of
the inquiry will be extended to all Of
The executive departments. But there
is no reason to believe there is such
universal crooledness.
A telegram has Been received from
Mi%ddleboro, Ky, stating that a man
answering Taylor's description has
been apprehended there. He will be
held for Identification.
A dispatch from Albany states that
Taylor's brother is captain OF the
steamer Persian Monarch, a tramp ves-
sci which sailed from New York last
week, and it is thought that the miss.
ing treasurer is aboard.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
TAYLOR IS 100000 SHY
South Dakota's Ex-Treasurer a
Gigantic Defaulter.
The Pierre Politicians Are Panic
Stricken.
Taylor Was TO Have Been Home Tuesday
Night, but lie Did Not Appear
Supposed to Bc In New York
City-More Startling Rev
Citations Expected.

PIERRE, S.. d., Jan. 9.-The whole
city is torn up over the defalcation of
ex-Treasurer w. w. Taylor. State
officers are para!yzed and no one knows
either the moun OF the default or the
method of cxtricating the state.
Under tho statute Taylor should have
turned over the cash to his successor
yesterday, but on Saturday lie wired
from New York that would not get
here before late last night. When
the train arrived at . this morning
lie was not aboard and his bondsmen
and personal friends became convinced
that their suspicious were correct and
that he had defaultcd. 1t Ia ut
terly impossible to tell anything about
the amount. All state funds are de-
posted TO the credit OF w. w. Taylor
individually at Redfcld. There are no
records to show where the money is
deposited.
Taylor should have had on hand
1896 00. lie set aside $3.50, 900 to pay
funding warrants which were due in
New York on Saturday. Whether he
paid them or not is unknown.
Public Examiner Myers found all
Inylor's accounts correct i'm April last,
but he has made no examination since.
Mr.. Myers has for thirty days
been somewhat suspicious and he
tried to get Il list of depository banks
but has been put off on one p~retext or
another.
Three weeks ago Taylor went to
New York and it is understood that
he has been trying TO raise
money to cover the shortage from
friends there. His father is very
wealthy and his connections are SO
powerful that it is a surprise he could
not fix the matter up. Taylor, ST., is
now on his way here rs is also ex-Gov-
erlor Mellettc, who were the chief
b~ondsmen. Other bonds.nen are
Speaker Howard and Bob Mccoy of
Aberdeen. The total bond was $780,
600 and Examiner Myers expects it to
shrinK somewhat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
Sioux Mythology.

Popular Science Monthly.
Before the advent of the white mar
these people believed that the world wal
Aat, with a circular form, and was sus
pended in a dark space, u sheltered by
the heaven or sky in the shape Of a hollow
hemisphere. The sun was regarded as the
father and the earth the mother of al
things that live and grow, but as they had
been married a long time. and had be
they were called the great grandparents
AS far as ! can judge, the seemed to
be their servant; at least, she was required
to watch. together with her brothers, thu
stars, over the sleeping universe, while thu
sun came down to rest with his family
In the thunder bird they believed God had
a warrior who presided Q the mos
powerful elements-the storm and tn,
fearful cyclone. This symbolic creature il
depicted as an impatient and wrathy goo
of war. at whose appearance even the ever
smiling grandfather, the sun, hides hi
face. In the realms of water the whale il
the symbolized chief of the finny tribes
In every great lake the Sioux imagines I,
huge fish as ruler of its waters. ,
Yet none of these possess the power o.
speech. The Great Mystery had showJ
them some truths denied to man, but h
did not trust them fully, therefore h,
made them dumb. They can only show Il
man some supernatural things by signs o
dreams, as, for instance, to foretell futurt
events or explain the use of certain pow.
erful remedies. The savage holds that the
key of heaven is vested In the visible phe
noinena of the universe. All creatures
save man, are assigned to a peculiar para
disc, In which there Is a forbidden fruit
namely, the apple Of speech and reason
Ing. Hence the animals and inanimats
things are exempted from sin. Thus 1t Il
that rocks, trees and rivers are surrounded
with an atmosphere of grandeur, beauty
and mystery. Nature Is the interpreter 0a
the Great Mystery, and through her MAJ
Ii convinced Of truth.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
A Crank In Custody.

PIERRE, $. D., Jan. 12.-Sheriff Hays
OF FaulIx county will arrive here to-
night to take charge of Joseph TEN.
my, q crank, who came here several
days ago and acted in a suspicious
n in regard to Judge Fuller, of
tho supreme court, who rendered q DC.
cision against Tcmmy while on the cir
cult bench. Tommy was placed under
arrest, and while In Jail informed the
officers that he would yet do up Judge
Fuller and Judge Gaffy, the present
circuit judge, who he includes in his
grievance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
RAILROAD MAN SUICIDES.
Claim Agent George w. Davis Shoots Him.
self Through the Head.

self Through the Head.
CLEVELAND, O., Jan. S~.-George W..
Davis, aged &c years, claim agent Of
the Lake Shore railroad, committed
suicide last evening under peculiar cir
cumstances. Early in the evening he
went with his brother to their home,
No. Isl Liberty street. Going TO a
spare bedroom, he lighted the gas, sat
down on n chair before n mirror, put
his feet on another chair
and shot himself in tho
temple. Tho bullet passed entirely
through his head. He had not been
dead an hour when there came to the
house two little girls, who inquired for
him and explained that their sister,
whom he was to marry last night. was
waiting for him ut her home. The
Davis family were amazed, MS they
knew nothing of his intention to marry.
The young lady is Miss Anna Noonan,
an intelligent and handsome girl EN-.
ploycd in IL of the hospitals.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
\ Clash of Authority.

PIERRE, :. d.. Jan. l?.-Thcre is q
slash of authority between the care
.aker of Fort Sully military reserva-
lion and the land Office in the city. ii.
e. Cutting was appointed caretalScr on
the abandonment of the post and in
structed to eject ali trespassers. The
and office is in receipt of n copy of an
act of congress approved August %,
1894, which clearly gives settlers a
light of settlement and entry when
ever the land is surveyed, but Mr.. Cut
sing's instructions compel him to eject
!hem. A number of settlers in the
sicinity of the reservation, a Lart of
which is well timbered and watered,
are looking out for the best locations
and will attempt to secure them regard
less of the caretaker's orders.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
HAVING A HARD TIME.
s~aloonkeepers of Cherokee County Now
Charged with Violation of Injunctions.

Sa~loonkeepers Of Cherokee County Now
Charged with Violation Of Injunctions.
CHEROKEE, Ia, Jan. 10.-The pro-
hibs are making q strong effort to de-
feat the IS per cent business In Cher
okee county. They claim that the sa-
loonkeepcrs have not secured II. In
the district court Wednesday morning
those against whom injunciions now
stand were called 10 answer TO the
charge OF violation of such ~injunctions.
A. G. Hobart and A. r. Molyneux APP
peured for the saloonkcepers and Sc
cured q continuance until next Mon
day. Each was placed under bond of
5000. They signed their own bonds
and were released.
The saloonkeepers have been doing
business In good faith. They were
satisfied that the consent OF 65 per cent
Of the people had been secured. IL Ii
10 defeated II will be on account OF
technicalities or some fatal error. Cor
tain II ID that o large majority OF the
people OF Cherokee and Cherokee
county are In favor Of allowing them
to run. A very few men may be able
to defeat the will Of the majority. II
the prohibs are successful 10 will be the
hardest blow Cherokee has been struck
In many . day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
$4,000 900 INVOLVED.
Demurrer to Petition In a Famous Suit
Oyerruled.

~ "snou oohs
Oyerruled.
COLUMBUS, o., Jan. l0.-In the COM
mon pleas court this morning Judge
Pugh rendered q decision on the de-
murrer In the suit of the Central Trust
company of New York against Judge
Stevenson Burke, the Hickock estate.
the Greene estate and others, In which
nearly $4,000, 600 are involved. In
1881, while Burke was president
OF the Columbus, Hooking Valley
and Toledo railroad, the stockhold-
ers voted to issue SO, 600, 900 worth
of bonds for the purpose of extending
and double tracking the road. Instead
of following the intention Of the issue,
Burke and the other defendants sold to
the railroad the canal and iron land
which they owned in the Hooking
valley for $4,000, 900. The petitioners
ask FOR the IS, 00o. 900 and interest,
which brings the entire sum to nearly
S14, OO0. 900. To the petition Judge
Burke filed a demurrer which raised all
the vital points In the case. 1t was
ovcrruled and Burke severely scored.
The case will now be tried on its
merits.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
Sioux Falls improvements.

SIOUX FALLS. s. d., Jan. lin
spite of the hard times Sioux Falls.
during the year just closed, has made
building improvements aggregating
ss5O,0o The largest single improve
ment was made by the Chicago. Nil.
waukee and st. Paul railroad, which
expended $4,000 in the construction
of two dcpots, freight and passenger.
Over thirty residences were built, ut
an aggregate cost of over $50, 900. Ono
Of the improvements Of the year was
the completion to Sioux Falls OF tho
Sioux Falls and Yankton railroad.
During the year s75. 900 was expended
by the city for paving. Tho city now
has two miles Of paving.s
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
Fire at Aberdeen.

ABERDEEN, s. d., Jan. 1o.-R. N.
Jewett's residence, one of the finest
and costliest in the city, was damaged
by fire last night to the extent o.
$1,000; fully insured.
A gang of rustlers and blind piggers
In Faulk and Edmunds counties hai
been partially broken up by two arrests
for illegal liquor selling and the con
viction OF Thomas Wells for larceny.
Wells Is now lodged In jail.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
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dow OF her shop BIuHeu VIII
mica by way of advertisement.
The magnetograph at p;

The magnetograph at Paris is re-
ported to have recorded the recent
earthquake at Constantinople twelve
minutes after the shock, the distance
covered being 5000 kilomcters, or
about 1900 miles. The oscillation
must, therefore, have traverscd Europe
from east to west at the rate of $50
miles per minute.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
An Irrigation Test.

Sioux FALLS, s. D.. Jan. 11.-An
excellent test Of irrigation will be made
this spring In Douglas county. There
will be at least eight farmers in that
county who will experiment with II.
James A. Wilson, who owns 900 ncres
of land near Armour, has completed q
Q inch well and has obtained a flow Of
2, 100 gailons a minute. lie has con.
structcd a reservoir which contains
twenty-seven acres of land and will
hold ID, 600, 600 gallons of wnter. From
this he has constructed waterways to
conduct the water over the farm. C. O.
Knapp will also irrigate 600 acres OF
land near Armour with q O inch we'll
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19

The use of the telephone on Austria
liam sheep ranches is becoming COM
mon. Its employment is mentioned on
the Clark ranch in Montana, where all
the sheep and shepherds are watched
and handled telephonically by means
Of six stations, all communicating with
a central point, from which come
weather signals. orders, etc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19

Mrs. James Costing of Ansonia,
Conn. is "a years old. but when the
girls dared her to put on her skates,
she accepted the challenge and spent
the afternoon showing the young
things how their grandmothers used to
whoop It up just after the revolution.
And she did not fall once. That's the
sort Of q gosling she Is.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
Iowa Editorial Association to Meet.

MASON CITY, Ia, Jan. s.-A call ma.
been issued for a meeting of the Upper
Des Moines Editorial association. TO be
held ut Nevada January 81 and Febru.
airy ]. y. M. Clark, johnson Kringham,
r. ID. Stillman. j. @. Duneli,
A. n. Adams and Senator Funk will
deliver the principal addresses
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
EXPLOSION AT DUBUQUE.
william Dougherty, n Japanner, Killed
and Tearfuily Mangled.

DUBUQUE, Ia, Jan. s. - william.
Dougherty, a %japanner, was killed by
the explosion Of a steel japanning oven
in Schrieber Il C~onchar's hardware fac
tory Monday afternoon and his body.
minus hands and feet, was found in the
OF the annex, through which the
flames shot rapidly.
Other workmen standing in tho door
of the %japannipg room retreated in
time. Dougherty was 81 yeas's old and
leaves a wife and child. The flames did
not communicate to the main building,
and the loss, fully covered by insur-
aace, hardly exceeds $4,000. The oven
was sx4X6 feet and heated by fire In
pots, which D~ougherty was adjusting
when the explosion came.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
A Taylor Transaction.

SIOUX FALLS, S. d., Jan. l2.-The
Northwestern Mortgage and Trust
company Of Redfield has filed deeds
here to Howard N. Benedict of Chi.
cago, who executes SEQ, 600 to Charles
ii. Wells of Chicago. The property
decided and mortgaged is not worth
owe 81, 200. The deeds were executed
by w. W. Taylor, president OF the Red.
field company, in Chicago December 81.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
Treasurer Phillips "a Tower of Strength

PIERRE, $. D., Jan. 12.-There has
been much gossip about the affect
which the defalcations would have on
the credit of the state and many people
have pretended to believe that war
rants would soon go to q very heavy
discount, possibly one half. The state
auditor insists that unless some of the
money can be recovered from Taylor or
his bondsmen that warrants now
issued can not be paid under two years.
This would ordinarily cause n discount
Of large amount. Treasurer Phillips,
however, authorizes the statement that
after thirty days at the outside he will
be able to take up all warrants in
cash at par. He has financial
Of very large extent and he will use all
of them to maintain the credit Of the
state. Mr.. Phillips is proving in this
emergency n tower Of strength to the
state and he has inspired the greatest
confidence in the other officials. He is
known to have been remarkably sue
cesssful in handling the funds of Law
renee county, and during his tern
county warrants never passed at less
than par, whether there was money ir
the treasury or not. lie is %unquestion'
ably the right man in the right place
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19

Near Rockledge, Fla, a farmer dis
covered a tramp asleep in his barn. He
sent for the town marshal TO have the
man arrested. but when the tramp was
being questioned it was discovered that
IL wa . long lost brother Of the
farmer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
SUIT ON TAyLoR's BONDS.

The Attorney General Has Taken Action
"A Conspiracy Suspected.
PIERRE, s. D., Jan. l0.-The attorney
general has begun suit on the bond OF
e~x-Treasurer Taylor. II is understood
that the bond will be contested.
Ex-Governor Mellette, who justified
for $50, 900. wires he will be here to-
night and will straighten the shortage.
A. his property. however, Ii only 10
psr cent OF the d~efalcation, the state
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19

The simultaneous presence of four
generations-represented by the queen,
the prince of Wales. the duke of York
and the latter's baby son-at Windsor
the other day, is fact unique in the
history Of the English monarchy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
Mrs. Schweisaw Is In Iowa.

CHAMBERLAIN, S. d., Jan s.-Mrs.
Schweisaw, who disappeared mysteri-
ously aud vas supposed to have been
murdered, is alive and well. BY the
aid of friends. who kept tho matter
quiet until much excitement had been
oc%casioncd, she has been enabled to
reach relatives in Iowa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19
Elklns Has . Sur. Thing.

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. II.-All
the senatorial candidates have with
drawn from the field, leaving .Hkins q
clear road TO the United States senate.
This announcement has just been made
and created O sensation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19

Tho huge ruff was brought from
Italy 70 France by Catherine de Medici.
~ became SO wide that spoons, with
handles . foot long, were provided for
ladies ut dinner, 80 they could get their
victuals to their mouths.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19

Delaware is not a dcnsely populated
state, but were Texas as thiclSly peo'
pied her population would be about
rs. 200, 900. We're Texas as n~umerously
peopled as Massachusetts her popula
tion would exceed by 10, 600. 600 the to.
tai population of the United States ac
cording to the census Of 1899. More
impressive still. If Texas were as dense
ly peopled as Rhode Island her popula
ton would be more than SO, 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19

+, Il IL stated that the gun and ammu-
milton trade at Birmingham, England,
IL now more active than ut any time
during the past twenty years. The
fact IL attributed solely to the demand
for war material In the east.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19

ABERDEEN, ;. d., Jan. s.-The cold
est wave Of the winter bore down here
last night and the thermometer sank 10
&c below. At $50 this morning 1t was
II below and at 1880 o'clock ) below.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19

BERLIN, Jan. ii.-Gcneral Won Pape.
military governor Of Berlin, has 70.
signed and the emperor has appointed
General Won Lee In his place. 6General
o Lee Ia ut present commanding the
Eighth army corps.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19

SALEM, s. d., Jan. 1s.-L L. Kruger.
owner OF tho Salem Roller mills, com
mitted suicide today by blowing the
side of his head off with q shotgun. HI
was 80 years old and leaves q wife and
three small children. No cause Il
known.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-19

After careful consideration Of the
question, the emperor of Germany and
the Berlin war Office have now decided
that artificial teeth are to be provided
free Of charge to the soldiers. on the
ground that the troops are better able
TO render good service with sound
grinders than with teeth which either
ache or are inadequate TO the perform.
apce OF their work of mastication.