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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-06-26
A Liberal Reward

Will be paid for information leading 10 The
recovery of hogs taken from my premises, or
the conviction OF the thief. Thirty-one shos'
have been stolen from me during the past ieE
months.-within a few days four black ones
weighing from thirty TO sixty pounds, were
taken.
April "A, 1895. II. C. BECKHAM
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-06-26
To Wheelmen.
A Young Lady,

"a Virginian-is DESTROYS of obtaining a DO.
sition as Companion. Governess or Teacher
She can teach the usual English course and
to beginners, French and Music Letters from
her former teachers commend her. Persons
who desire to communicate with her can gel
her address by app ying to this Office.
June % 1895.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-06-26

From an exchange we learn that while
Judge Okey johnson wss on the Supreme
bench Of this State, the Wheeling Inleili.
Rencer criticized a decision of the court in
such manner as % cause the editor, NJ O..
B. Hart. TO be summoned before 10 and fined
for contempt Mr.. Hart has long waited
for an opportunity 20 get even and last week
AZ Morgantown the occasion came. At the
meeting of the Board of Regents of the
State Uniyersity, Of which body Mr.. Hart
is q member. the name of Judge Johnson
was proposed for the position of dean of the
lac department This was Harris chance
and be did not leo ]; slip, exhausting the
dosers &c rhetoric iu depicting the legal at
taiuments sad high personal character of
Judge johnson. and the cordiality Of his
support doubtless had g-est influence in Sc
curing the Judge the position. The mau
who gets even in this way is dangerous. He
brings one 40 unexpectedly in debt
ChQrlest0R Gasetts.
Hon. G. B. Hart. the a6le editor Of the
Wheeling Intelligence did himself honor
BY the above mentioned recent magnsni-
NOUS action.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-06-26
Pasture.

The pasture field on "Mordington. nt.
will be opened Saturday April q. All loaiei'
are warned to keep out OF the field.
April "a, 1895. J.F. c. Mitchell"
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-06-26

We have been silently paying out good
deal Of rope lately.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-06-26

The case Of the State against Frank A.
Miner. which involves the validity OF the
anti-cigarette law recently passed by the
Legislature, was argued before Judge Goh
in the United States Circuit Court in Mar
tinsburg last Thursday and submitted. I'll
understood that the American Tobaccs Com
pauy il making the fight for the defendant
on the ground that the law is contrary to
the interstate commerce law and unconsti-
tutional Judge Gof announced that he
would render his decision as soon as possible.
The new Secretary Of State gave the Peo-
pie of the United States notice that they
must keep hands off Cuba-that the rights
of Spain must be respected aud he follow
cd it up by reminding Spain Of the Mora
claim, 81 800, 600 aud interest, and that ii
must be paid without further delay If not
probably, the United States may follow
England's recent course toward one Of the
Central American States and threaten to
collect customs 20 the extent of the claim
With big army in Cuba and more troops
on the way Spain might object.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1895-06-26
1895 SPRING. 1895
For the Finest
CLOTHING,

Giving TO the wearer Ease, Elegance
and Endurance you must see our
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
AUSTRIA ENTERS A PROTEST
More Trouble Because of che Sugar
Schedule.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The tariff war
between the United States and Europe
reached an acute phase Friday. AS fore
Swallowed in the Associated Press dis
patches last week the very first official
act of Mr.. Henglemueller, the new Aus
trian minister, was the Judgment of q
protest against that paragraph of the
sugar schedule which imposes an addi-
lional duty of Il per cent on sugar COM
lng to the United States from countries
which pay an export boonty on it. This
action was taken Friday and the ground
iaken by the minister vas similar to
hat which formed the basis for the
protest of Germany-that the addi-
tional duty paid discriminatcs against
Austria, n is consequently a viola
ton of the treaty of commerce with
that nation. So far no threat of ~retalia-
ton accompanied the protest. but in this
Mr.. HeDglcmueller is but following tho
example set by the German minister.
and the next step will undoubtedly be
in the same direction, namely: The inn
position of some restriction upon au
American product that is imported in
quantities into Austria. The foreign
sources of our sugar supply, outside OF
the small proportion contributed by
Louisiana, are Cuba, Germany, France
and Austria.
With three of these countries we are
already at odds over the sugar duty,
and in the case Of France, there are al
ready indications of the adoption of a
eetaliatory policy in the imposition of
restrictions upon our meat trade and
the Importation of American wheat and
-four. This whole subject was under
discussion by the abine Friday,
and rs far as can be gathered the out
come, # congress fails to come to the
relief of the executive by the removal
Of the duty which is supposed to cause
the trouble, a resort must be had to re.
tnliation, which will either open Eu-
ropeon countries to our exports or close
our W ports to all European pro-
duets.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
FOREIGN MAIL SUBSIDIES.
Vessels Flying the American Flag Get thu
Most Money for Carrying Mail.

vessels Flying the American Flag Get the
Most Money for Carrying Mail.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-"You ask me
what principle" said DIR. CLAWS, gen
.ral attorney for the transatlantic
steamship companies, lis underlying
.he granting OF subsidies by the Ger
nan, French, or English governments
% their shipping interests? This qucs'
lion of subsidies abroad has been greatly
exaggerated The English Steamship
Companies never yet received o
1.-the of the bonus which is given tc
ships flying the American flag when
carrying the United States mails. For
example, the North German Lloyd car.
lied during the last fiscal year ir
:ound numbers l0s, 000, 900 grams In
letters and 565, 900, 900 grams in prints,
for which II received a compensation
Of Sl5s,000 whereas the international
Navigation company, with its two
vessels, the Paris and New York,
flying the American flag, carried
$1,000, 900 grams in letters and
100, 900 grams in prints for which it re.
ceived a compensation of over S102, 900.
In addition thereto vessels under Amer.
lean registry receive SO n mile for every
outward mile they travel. remember
that ! made serious objections to Prince
Bismarck against the hardships i'm.
posed upon the German Lloyd when
The first subsidy the Lloyd ever re-
,eived for sending ships to Australia,
china and Japan was negotiated,
when he cnrtly replied to me that one
need not expect in Berlin what seemed
SO freely conceded in Washington"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
THE BILLIARD PLAYERS.
chsefer Iidicules the Proposed Ives
Nignaux Match.

schaefer Ridicules the Proposed Ives
Vignaux Match.
CHICAGO, Jan. 5.-Frank c. Ives left
for the east, aud went without signing
articles or making any arrangements
for the western trip, which he was
scheduled to take with Jake Schaefer.
Charlie Parker was to have left to do
advance work for the champions, but
is left in uncertainty by Schaefer. Ives
made some excuse about "A match for
So, 900 II side with Nignaux, but
Schaefer ridiculed the idea. II
think the talk of an Ives-Vignaux
match is mainly wind" said Schaefer.
For II thing, Nignaux cannot com
mand $1,000 backing, at least not in
France. Nobody takes enough inter.
est in billiards there to put up $4,000
on any match. Ives also says | ain dis
satisfied with the game as now played,
and want TO change it. lie is mistaken.
! simply play, or wish TO play, accord
ing to the wishes of the public. /
would play pool, or play with ten balls
on tho table if ! were asked to and
knew a change in the game would be
beneficial. During the last ten years /
have played almost every imaginable
style of billiards, according to the pop
ular fancy at the time"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
SOME STRONG MEN.
Wonderful Feats Accom- ?lished by Mas
cular PrOdigIes.

Wonderful Feats Accomplished by Mas
cular ProdigIes.
Cincinnati Tribune rhesnas Thomp-
son lifted three barrels OF water, weigh.
ing together 1886 pounds, on March 20,
1s4l. He also put an iron bar on his
neck, seized hold of its two ends and
bent 1t until the latter met. On an.
other occasion he raised with his teeth
n table @ feet long, supporting ut ita
farthest end a weight Of 100 pounds.
He also tore without serious effort q
rope Of diameter OF 3 inches, and
lifted a horse over q bar.
Some years ago q negro appeared In
London, who, with one hand and his
arm straight, lifted from the ground q
chair on which was seated q full grown
man, having on his lap n child.
1t is on record that q German called
Buchholz lifted with his teeth a can.
non weighing about 200 pounds and
fred it off in that position. While per.
forming at Epernay, France, the same
raculously he was not killed, although
some OF the Fragments were thrown
over Atty yards away.
There are stories Of other strong
men who did not appear In public. A
butcher lived in south Holland who
killed calves by strangliny them. A
Dutch count In q private entertainment
bent an iron bar by beating IL with his
right hand against his left arm. pro
tected by q leather bandage. bending
It afterward straight again by beating
Il the other way.
Charles Louvier, q carpenter of Paris,
found IL . child's play TO roll q tin
basin between his fingers into o cylin'
der. On one occasion he carried on q
soldier on guard who had been aslesT
in the gentry box. depositing both ON Z
low ch~urchyard wall close By.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
SOME MORE OF PIERCE.
Representatives OF English Capitalists
Have "a Few keepsnkcs.

Representatives OF English Capitalists
Have "A Few Keepsukes.
YANKToN, S. D., Jan. 5.-Messrs.
Reese and Robinson, representing tho
United States and Colonial Mortgage
company OF st. Paul have been here
for several days with a large amount of
real estate mortgages bought of Pierce,
Wright IL Co. Of Yankton. Some of,
rnc5e urr gcuuino uua aorne.
are fraudulent. But the genuine ones
are worth no more than the spurious
mortgages, for this reason: In 1889
Pierce, Wright e Co. had n large sun
of English capital to invest in
mortgages. This was done and
the sum thus invested is said
to have been about Sl33, 900. although
there is no means at present Of ascer-
tanning the exact amount. The mort
es were made payable to Pierce,
Wright & Co., and assigned to the Eng
lish Mortgage company. Shortly after
these mortgages were sold they were
discharged from the records Of Pierce,
Wright e Co. and G mortgages is
sued. Some of the spurious mortgages
are upon lana III tnlS county. DuI INC
names of the mortgagors are fictitious.
A conservative estimate Of the fraud
ulent paper that has been
placed in circulation by Pierce
Is about 81, 200, 900. There
Is one way in which Picrce's Legitimate
creditors may realize the full amount
of their losses. 1t is figured here that
legal claims against him will not, ex-
ceed 500, 600. At u recent meeting
held in London the subject of complet.
ing the Yanliton md Norfolk road was
considered. The road as it now Is is
worth but little, but completed it is
worth 81, 900, 600. With an investment
of $500, 900 it is said the road can be
completed. This is the only chance
the English investors have Of ever
realizing q cent from Pierce.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
WILL Pillow THE SEA NO MORE
Famous Old sioop OF War Portsmouth
Being Dismantled.

Being Dismantled.
New YORK, Jan. ,5.-Thc old second
rate sloop of war Portsmouth, now ly.
ing at the ordnance dock in the Brook
lyn navy yard under process of disman'
Element, has made her last cruise,
fought her last fight, and In a few days
her hull will join the veteran fleet in
Rotten Row."
The history of the Portsmouth, built
fifty years ago, carries with 1t the mar
rative Of three wars. She was con-
structed at Portsmouth, n. H., and was
launched with appropriate ceremo-
MES In the fall of 1s4l, her orig
inal cost having been 81 TO-, $50. TO this
sum many thousands more were subse-
quently added as the result OF alter.
ations and improvements. Under com
mand of Captain j. Is. Montgomery she
took part in the capture OF California
in 1916. San Francisco being taken by
the ship on July 9. The Portsmouth
also played an important part in the
Mexican war Of 1916 and lSiS, inclusive
and on March IL Of 1S47 the Mexican
schooner Jose Mazatian fell into Com
mander Montgomery's hands. The
vessels cargo was subsequently said
for 50, 927, but tho schooner itself was
released MS unseawocthy.
On the 9TH of April CT the same year
the ship Admittance vas captured Mt
San Jose. and the sale of her cargo
netted sos, 000. The town of Guaymas
was ombardeda and taken, with the
assistance of the Congress, on October
10 of the same year, and shortly after
wards the Chilean ~brigantinc Argo,
from Canton to Guaymas, fell an easy
prey TO the American warship, her ram
SON costing her owners Sl5, 000.
The Portsmouth took part in the
passage of the forts by the fleet under
Admiral Farragut below Fort Jackson
IN the Mississippi. The Portsmouth,
until the close of the war, served In
the West Gulf bloclSading squadron.
With peace the vessel was sent TO the
west coast of South America in 1873 on
a survey expedition. In 1888 and 1899
the vessel was overhauled, virtually re-
built, and was turned into a training
ship, with winter cruises in West India
waters and summer trips about Europe
and the Azores.
On Saturday the old ship was moved
to the ordnance dock, where her guns,
ammunition and stores are now being
,emoved, Her career of usefulness is
At IN end,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
HOW THE INDIANS VIEW IT
Harris on the Dawes Com
mission Report.
Took Impressions for Facts-Did Not Get
Gu Among the Peopie--Land I'm
severalty Means Dis
inheritance.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Sc. j. Harris.
5 in Washington at the head of u dele.
cation of Indians from the same tribe,
ior the purpose of opposing any ad-
verse action on the part OF congress
which might spring from the extremely
~lnfavorable report of the Dawes com.
mission.
"Ail we ask" said Chief Harris, "is
TO be let alone; for tho government to
respect its treaties, to honor the patent
IF IL lands, signed by President Van
Buren, in 1898, which hangs IN our
2apitol mt ~Tablequab. and To keep its
promise made when the Cherokee strip
WAS sold-that it would expel the 5000
white intrudors in tho Cherokee nation.
1.-The Dawes commission practically
ignored our efforts to aid them in oh.
tanning accurate information rs to the
real condition Of our people. Save for
two trips, which they made to two con.
veDtions held by the opposing parties
to nominate members for election &c
the national council, they chung to the
line of the railroads and did not get
out among the plain people at all. II
was impossible for them to get accu.
rate information in any other way.
"The impression has been given out
that swindlcrs of every description got
lhe greater part OF the So, $40, 900 dis
burscd in payment for the Cherokee
strip. This is untrue; the bulk of it
went into permanent improvements.
houses, barns, agricultural implements
improved stock and other things Of
real utility. We are not blanket In
dians, but farmers, stock raisers and
business men, such as will be found in
any frontier community.
"We raise and ship wheat, corn, cot.
ton, apples, peaches and other fruit.
Five railroads run through our nation
and we are progressing steadily.
ave know what the consequences OF
distributing our lands in scvernlty will
be: Land monopoly will be established
just as 1T is everywhere else, aud we
will then see poor CheroSees without n
foot of land to call their own As it is
now, every citizen of the nation is sure
Of all the land he needs.
at is true there are large bodies
held oil long leases, but the fee simple
never leaves the nation, and oil the in.
crease in value will return in time to
the nation for the common good.
1--WE are expecting delegations here
from other nations right away, and
then we will see what needs to be done.
We have already addressed u letter to
the secretary of the interior requesting
him to make an Independent investiga-
ton of the state of affairs in the ma
ton.
"The doings of tho Cook gang are
constantly thrown up at MS. Bill Cook,
who Is one sixteenth Cherokee, and
French, also a white Cherokee. are the
only members of the gang over whom
the Cherokee nation court has any
Jurisdiction, and we have spent $4,000
n trying to capture them. The rest of
the gang are amenable to the state and
federal courts"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
The most important ight and the

The most important fight and the one
which VIII attract the largest lobby will
be that over resubmission. Both sides are
actively ~canvassing the situation. When
the election WIS first held 1t was believed
by both that resubmission would carry
without a struggle. But a close and care
full canvass later demonstrated that IL
was no foregone conclusion. The house
stands for ~resubmission by nine majority,
but the senate is very close and
Il viii be impossible to tell the
standing of the members until the legisla-
turc organizes. Mrs. Cranmer, president
of the w. G. 7. u, has been actively at
work for months pulling wires on one side
and NJ. HOFFMAN OF the Sioux Falls brew
cry with n. T.. Phillips, the warden OF the
penitentiary, and E. w. Caldwell OF the
Sioux Falls Press nave been as energetic
on the other. However, the contests on
this subject which have gone before, vio-
lent as they were, are likely to be outdone
this year.
The next subject to attract the most
earnest attention will be that of appropr;.
ations. The state constitution limits the
tax levy TO 2 mills and on the present scale
OF expenditures this would make an an
nua deficit Of $4,000. There is a general
feeling throughout the state that expendi.
lures should be cut by this amount. How
TO cut them is Il difficult question. The
state officials are paid economical salaries
and the state government Is run with less
expense than that of any of its neighbors.
70 cut largely would be difficult without
hamperlng the administration. Thu IA.
vorite plan seems to be the suspension OF
the state colleges, five in number, or their
removal to a position by which they can
sustain themselves. These institutions
have made a great cutlery over the pro
posed cut, and rs they are located In the
chief political counties Of the state they
feel confident of their ability to prevent a
reduction.
Another fight OF considerable proper.
tons will be that for restrictive railroad
laws. The business men of various towns
have banded together and have had drawn
n voluminous statute which will compel the
railroads to give facilities TO South Dakota
cities equal to those granted to Minnesota
and Iowa. A careful canvass has been
made n a voluminous amount of litera-
ture and statistics collected and the man
ayers propose to 20 to Pierre and to sccure
the passage of their bill. On the other
hand the railroads nave taken the matter
in hand and are confident of their ability
TO defeat by legislation.
The artesian well question is also certain
to command IA great deal Of attention.
The irrigation association has carefully
formulated several laws which if passed
would enable the state to lend its credit
TO the various counties in the In.
terror to enable them to sink artesian
wells for irrigating purposes. Ii is hardly
likely that this measure will succeed for
it can apply to only a few of the counties
and the Others have shown n strong hostil'
ity to being taxed without return.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
.oLD DAN" WAS uNcoNCERNED

Finally Released After Serving Thirty
Four Years In Prison.
New YORK, Jan. 5.-David Finley, q
cheerful little old man with silvery
white hair, was released from Clinton
prison after serving thirty-four years
and four days for the murder of the
with whom he had livod by
pushing her from o window.
Finley's brother and son were at tha
Grand Central station to take him to
their home on Ridge street, where the
old man will remain until he goes to
Ireland, where he has another brother.
Finley Is "a years old according to
the prison record and 80 by his own
reckoning, and looks as little like q
convict as 1t is possible to imagine. He
is short and slender. n good deal bowed
with years. but his health is GOOD, his
movements arc brisk, and the re IL q
look OF good humor In his mild blue
eyes.
He was q privileged character at the
prison for years, and allowed to enter
and leave practically at will. When
Warden Thayer told him last Friday
that his pardon had come from Cow
ernor Flower the old man was seated
on the edge OF his cot stitching on q
button.
SWELL" he said. "that's about the
best news I've heard la three months"
lie displayed very little more emotion
yesterday on leaving the prison tor the
last time"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
NEW ARM0R PLATE.
An Invention That Is Expected to Revo-
lutionize Matters.

an Ahtthttoh ludt 81 EXptCtcu 70 ENtVO~
lutionize Matters.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Much inter-
est is manifested about the navy de-
partment regarding the official tests Of
the e armor plate invented by Paul
De Il. D'Humy, which will take place.
some time next week. The popularity
of the new invention is that it Is COM
posite instead of solid, being made
Of slabs of steel bolted together,
SO as to render the whole soine
what flexible and cushionlike. An
other feature is the manner in which
these plates will be fastened to the
sides Of the ship. Between them and
the wood Is n series Of metal pipes,
with asbestos in the interstices to
break the force of q blow. The bolts
which bind the plates to the ship are
so placed as to allow the yielding with
out an injury to the structure. The
cost of the coming test will be not less
than $3.50, 600, and tho expense
will be borne by n sym
dioate interested In the invention.
Tire, trial plates have been made,
each of which is twelve feet square.
They are Of different thicknesses aud
will be tested with ordnance of differ
ent caiibres. One target Is eighteen
inches thick, and will be tested first
with a ten inch gun, and il that does
not destroy ii a twelve inch gun will
be used. The second target is fourteen
inches, and the third ten inches thick.
The distance In all cases will be 800
Yards.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-01-12
Grain and Provisions.

CHICAGO, Jan. z.
Tour-Spring patents, 50. 1093.G0, win
ter patents, g.. 50a2.S
Wheat No. 2 spring, 57l5@5915c; May;
size.
Corn-Cash, 445sc; closed 47sc.
Oats-No. 9 white on track, 100. No.
3 white, 30s4@3lAc.
Rye-4Sc.
Barley-55Hc.
Timothy-S5.5 SIS.
Flax-S1.30 80.
WbiskySl.22.
Pork-January, s11.621f; May, s1l.s2.
Lard-January, $685.; May, 1851.
Ribs-January. $3.50; May, 1886.
Short Clear-6a6Ac.
Butter-Creameries, 12924c; diaries,
1l@20c.
Cheese - Cheddars, 9lSc; Young Amer
icas, 10c.
Eggs-20@20Nc. Il
Tallow-No I, solid packed, Sc: No. 2.
5Lc; cake, Sic.