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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
THE FAIR WILL CONTEST.
story az y New Testament by the Oh
Millionaire.

San Francisco, Cal. March 15.-Thc
Fair will contest is prolific Of sensa-
lions. The latest IL a report that the
old millionaire left a large sum, esti-
mated at $3.50. 900. to the trustees, in or
der To fight any contest of his will, and
that a will written entirely I'm his own
hand and only a few weeks before his
death. was stolen. This fund which
Fair left was not in cash, but II included
part OF Il big store OF wheat, which the
millionaire accumulated at Port Costa
in his vain effort To corner the worlds
market.
This announcement will not cause
surprise mong those who knew Mr..
Fair. The ruling passion was strong
with him even I'm death. He was a man
who took his greatest delight In sur
prising his opponents. That he has
done 80 I'm this instance by means of this
secret fund there can be- no doubt
Charles Fair tells "A curious story of his
fathers eccentricities. ,
One day when he was going down
Market street his father rushed out Of a
doorway, caught him by the arm. led
him in the middle Of the street where
the cable cars run, and told him with
every mark OF excitement, that he "a
making a new will, and asked Charles
how he would like his share left. The
son replied nat his father could suit
himself, and that ended the conference.
A young woman I'm this city was Wis
tied almost nightly by Mr.. Fair for sew
eral months before his death. She had
Just obtained a divorce from her hus-
band, who had treated her cruelty. Mr..
Fair wanted her to marry him, and was
very persistent. He told her about the
Photographic will that he had made. ana
also said that n of her family had
been appointed an executor. This
woman possesses information that viii
be valuable during the will contest.
She is positive that Mr.. Fairs will, n it
"A be found. will be in his own hand
writing. as he told her he was tired of
the lawyers and suspected them all.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
INDIANS WHO TAKE LANDS
Commissioner Browning Says They
Are Not Citizens.
rhe Courts Uave Held the Opposite -
Commissioners Point out Where
the judiciary Has Over
looked n Point.

Washington, March ~15.-Indian Come
missioner Browning regrets That the
last congress failed To pass any law To
meet the new question which has arisen
TO cause trouble among the Indians.
Decisions last summer by the United
States courts settle II that no prosecu-
ton would stand against a man for sell
ing liquor 10 Indians who under the al.
lotment law ook lands In severalty.
The courts held that this act on The part
OF the indian under the law admitted
him Ia citizenship and the selling of
liquor To a United states citizen could
not constitute "A crime. Commissioner
Browning says he does not agree with
the decision. for while the land In ailot'
ted To the ndian he is is not allowed &c
dispose of 1t for twenty-five years and
during that time he IL under the pro
lection of the government and the su
pervision Of the indian office. He hopes
III see in the next congress a law passed
meeting this phase Of the case and pro
yiding that so long as an Indian Is under
the care of the government. whether
on allotted and or not. he shall be con.
sidered an Indian I'm all things and max.
ing IL n crime To sell liquor TO him. The
commissioner says there will be very
little allotting done unless such a law
IL passed. as the authorities believe al.
lotments under the ruling of the courts
will do more harm than good.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
MONTANA SILVER STATUE.
Attempt to Steal the Gold base ut Kan.
us sas City.

Attempt to Steal the Gold Base ut Kan.
n..ss sas City.
Kansas City. March l5.-what was
doubtless an attempt to steal the S225.-
900 gold base OF the famous Montana
silver statue exhibited at the worlds
fair was frustrated here. The statue
Is on exhibition In the dry goods store
OF a local firm n has attracted thou
sands OF sightseers. II rests I'm plain
sight OF the street and liz very easy OF
access. Two men, who. II later deyel-
oped' had hidden themselves In the store
when II closed I'm the evening. got so far
as to wrench an iron bar of the door
near where the statue stood, and were
opening both doors when discovered.
The men fled and were chased for sey-
eral blocks. and though fired at half a
dozen times, escaped. They LETT Tools
OF various descriptions, which would
have been necessary to remove the
statue, showing their Intentions. aud
tracks In the alley nea ty. whc.c an.
other door had been opened. Indicated
they had confederates. The statue wns
that for which Ada Rehan posed as a
model.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
Encampment of Veterans.

Huron, s. D., March 1c.-Elaborate
preparations are i'm progress for the
sighth annual reunion and encampment
of the Fourth District Veterans assoc
citation to be held here July 3, 4 and 8.
The counties included in the Fourth
district are Beaale, Hyde, Hughes, pot
ter, Hand, Faux, Buffalo. Jerauld, San
born, Miner, Dawson, Aurora and
Brule. In each of these counties are
Grand Army posts with good member
ship. besides many old soldiers who are
not members of the organization. These,
together with the Relief Corps and Sons
Of Veterans, will participate in the re-
union, while people generally will turn
out To help the old vets have a good
time. The last reunion was held in
W~oonsocket and was a grand success
in every particular. and the coming
gathering here promises to be equally
successful, and more largely attended.
The officers Of the association are: w.
III. II. Jones of Huron, president: Il. s.
Kellogg of Woonsocket, and +. Nickel
of Huron, vice presidents: Major T.. NJ.
Thomas is adjutant, and Charles SUM
mers quartermaster.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
AprOpOs Of Alice.

When you stop to remember sweet Alice,
Ben Bolt,
Sweet ALICE with hair 80 brown
Don't you think she displayed dreadful
weakness. Ben Bolt,
-lnjEsSsA9tSuS o. Whit err living now.
In this era Of boomers, Ben holt:
Shed be snubbed for a baby, a bore and a
trial,
Ii she wept with delight when you gave
her a SMILE"
IT'S best she is laid in the valley, Ben
Bolt, 1880 80"
In the valley obscure and alone:
This age holds no place for such shy souls
as hers. 49,"
Girlish weaknesses are all outgrown.
For the New Woman living today. Ben
Bolt. ~ ~
Is mannish In all that she does:
And unless she could lecture. vote snoL.
n debate,
! am afraid Alice would be much out OF
uate. Minnie Mcintyre.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
FORCED TO MOVE on.
Shameful Treatment OF an Aristocratie
Coschman 10y "a Tramp.

The carriage drew up before a busi-
ness establishment in Lafayette place
with a clang of silver-plated harness
and n CHATTER of the sleek horses hoofs.
The footman jumped down aud ran to
the carriage door TO help the ladies
alight, while the coachman. rs sleek as
the horses, sat bolt upright on the box
and stared at the statue of Sunset Cox.
Then n dirty, shutting, ragged tramp
came along, holding himself and his
clothes together and stopped beside the
carriage.
See here my bloke," ne said, squirt.
ing up at the carriage, move your old
w~heelbarrow of the crosswalk. Your
blocking de way. see? Move right
along. now, or I'll have YOU arrested
and you and your old shandredang run
ill.," d.
The coachman looked around at the
tramp out of the corner of his eve.
while his face grew n iine old plum
color with anger. The footman basely
deserted his fellow servant at the tramp's
first attack and pretended TO be watch
ing the store door for his mistresses' re-
turn.
Zone. now" said the tramp, taking
an extra reef OF his garments around
the waist, you're right on de crossing.
see, n ! wants You to slide right Off;
and right away. I'm not going toSpoil
my patent feathers going round your
bloomin' nags. I'm a lawyer, | am, and
know my rights. can't sleep in your
little bunkie and you can't block my
crosswalk. SO move, now, or rip me
open if don't get a cop and have you
arrested"
The coachman's neck pulsated with
anger like a turkey ~gobbler's aud he
half lifted his whip, but when the
tramp opened his mouth to shout
police" he changed his mind and
brought the lash gently across the horses
backs. They moved on. the crosswalk
was clear and the tramp, with a gem
eral shrug all over. walked along the
sidewalk.
Il guess ! won't cross over Just yet"
he said. I've got a touch of govt same's
Groyey and my doctor tells me to keep
In the sum. y. SIN.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
THE COMING m
Her Iahumanity TO Man illustrated In
Kansas.

Atcl'son Globe.
An Atchiscn wife has la a cruel truth
told her by q heartless doctor. lie said
her husbac1 would not live long unless he
got syme fest. Last night, as she sat In
an easy chair and watching him take or
ais coat oh coming from the office. put on
a gingham apron and 40 to work cheer
fully washing potatoes for supper and
bounding steak, occasionally stopping to
care for the baby. her heart smote her.
She noticed tina he ooked Thin and care
worn and that he brought the bucket only
half full of water from the well. She spoke
TO him kindly and her heart smote her, a
second time when he looked mp surprisei.
Was II true that In the rush ana worry OF
stirring the country up TO political truths
she had forgotten TO be lind TO him. She
kissed him tenderly when he handed her u
cup OF tea al the table and his eyes filled
with tears: II was 80 long since he had
heard a tender word. She praised his bis
cults: then he broke down and cried.
The result of this tender little scene was
that this morning the woman Cancelled al
lecture Engagements and resigned from all
committees. She realized that since IL
would not dc 10 hire a strong girl to assist
him with the housework 1t would be better
for her to stay at home and aid him by
tende sympathy and loving words. ON,
wives, take warning from this little tale.
Speak gently 10 your husbands ere the
cold sod closes over them. Praise their
coffee and biscuits. A kin word costs 80
little and never gets through travelling.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
He MAY NOT Be TAYLOR
Mexican Arrest Possibly a Case
of Mistaken Identity.
The Man Held AT Vera Cruz May Be
Cyrus Waits of sioux Fails Who
Resembles tho Missing
Ex-Treasurer

Sioux Falls. S. D.. March ia great
many people here believe that the mar
arrested at Vera Cruz, Mex, for w. w
Taylor, the defaulting cN-treasurer 81
South Dakota by the Pinkerton detectives
Is not Taylor. but Cyrus Waits or TINS clty
formerly county clerk. but now IN Mexico
on a mining venture. Mr.. Waits II Was
expected by his friends would he IN vera
CRUZ on sunday or Monday. In persona
appearance he bears a very close reseth
blance to Taylor. being of about MS size
and age. having Taylor's complexion ahC
walking as Taylor does with IA waddlihA
gait
1t is regarded however as odd that u
Mr.. Waits was arrested last Monday III
has not wired to Sioux Falls by this umt
for identification. 1t Is also peculiar tha'
il the man arrested was Mr.. Waits II
should he reported that he was going uh
der the name OF Mason n that his ON
panion j. b. Watson, a well known aho
reputable citizen of this place, should alsc
he goirg under am assumed name. Many
here believe that Waits and Watson were
the ones supposed to be the Taylor party
bGt that they secured idenlihcalloh III
Mexico and were released.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
SETTLERS FL0CKING IN.
Hundreds waiting for the Opening of
the Yankton Reservation.

the NanktOh ReSefShtiob.
Yankton, S. d., March 16.-Settlers
who intend to secure land on the Yank-
ton reservation are arriving on trains,
wagons and on foot, all bound for "A free
homeland worth 80 an acre. The in
fux Of emigrants from other states Is
having beneficial results in counties adj
joining the reservation. During the
past thirty days these homeseekers nave
purchased land in Yankton, Bon
Homme and Hutchinson counties, and
many Of them have already begun their
spring farming. AS ar advertising
scheme for South Dakota, the reservd-
ton will be an immense success as the
overflow from the reservation will very
likely locate in the state. Again, the
Sioux reservation will receive n portion
Of those who are disappointed i'm get
ting Ian east Of the Missouri river. The
Sioux reservation and Is to be had for
70 cents per acre. but this is about all
IL is worth. Ii is because of its worth
.essness hat School Land Commissioner
Lockhart released GO, 900 acres which his
predecessor had filed upon for the state,
and he now proposes to make an at
tempt to claim this mount of land
state. On the Sioux reservation this
amount of land is valued at $50, 900. On
the reservation its value is
half a million dollars; yet the land is
less than a hundred miles apart.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
LION ATTACKS HIS KEEPER.
Ono of H~agenbeck's beauties Loses his
Temper.

Chicago, March 1j.-~Philadelphia, the
Hon tanner, and Nero, the boar hound. un-
dertook to act as peacemakers In a dispute
between "A lion and an elephant in Hagen
becks geological circus at McNicker's.
Philadelphia Is carrying his right arm In a
sling and Nero will not allow any person
TO come near him on account of the long
cash in his right leg. The last act of the
performance Is one In which Prince, the
big lion, and Essie, the elephant, perform
numerous and startling feats under the
direction OF Philadelphia. Nero stands
guard TO protect Philadelphia In case the
lion attacks him. At the matinee perform
ance rim was Ill tempered and mani
tested his hatred for the elephant more
than usual. When Essie rode "A tricycle.
about the stage and under "A bridge on
which Prince was standing, he was or
dered TO leap upon Essie's back. This he
refused 10 do. The act was very nearly
completed when Philadelphia noticed that
Prince was about 10 attack Essie. n
tanner struck the lion with his whip a
number OF times, and Nero, the boar
hound. jumped between the two In order
10 protect his master. The lion, quick as a
flash, struck Philadelphia's hand with ono
paw and with the other he sent Nero 10 the
other side OF the stage. The tamer's hand
was badly lacerated and the dog received
an ugly cash In the right leg. Only those
In the front rows OF seats noticed the oc-
~currence, for Philadelphia made no outcry
and succeeded I'm controlling himself until
dressed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
Grain and Proyisions.

Chicago, March Is.
Cash quotations were az follows:
~Elour-Strong at late advances.
Wheat-No. 2 spring ,57ikM6lILc. No /.
spring, nominal: No. 2 red, 55%M56c.
Corn-No. Z, AIm447se; No. 8 yellow. Az.
Mi3%c. ' Wi
oats-No. 2 &c; No. 2 white. s2c: No. /,
white. 3lA 932iac. ~ .
Rye-No. 2. SIC.
Barley-No. 2. 54a55c; No. 3. 5s65sc: No
4. nominal. ' ~
Flax Seed-No. I, 81. 4OG1.5O.
Timothy Seed-Prime, IS. Is.
Provistons-Mess pork, per barrel 81,
S7hQ 1900. $500 WI
Lard. per 100 pounds, Sc. 77IbT6.so.
Short RIBS Qoose). IS. SOG5.&
Dry salted shoulders (boxesl) 4xMl-kc
clear sides (boxed), 50. a5a,d' IN -
gallon, si.2sls. '' i'
standard A. A.03. wis
Sugar-Unchanged.
20c. ' AZ"
10c.
Eggs-Da201kc.
Hides-Light and heavy green sailed
fully cured, 4lsq5c: green hides. 3isSl4ci
cons. each, SOC. W."
Tailow-No. ]. solid packed, SC: No. 2
&c: cake, SAC. =
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
SERVED In w WARS
THE GRIP ALMOST WON WHERE
THE BULLETS FAILED.
Our Sympathics Always Enlistcd In
the I~ufirtuitics of tho Veterans.

Our Sympathics Always Enlistcd In
the Infirinitics of the Veteran.
tIrom the Hyshi Heohiock, Faj
There il an old soldier in Woodstock,
Va, who served in the war With Mexico
and I'm The wal Of the rebellion. Mr.. Levi
McInturn. lie passed through both
these wars without a serious wound. The
hardships, however, told seriously IN
him. for when the grip attacked him four
years ago il nearly killed him. Who ctn
look on the intirnitics Of q veteran with
out Il feeling Of the deepest sympathy?
His townspcople saw him ontine 90 ais
house SO Frustrated with great nervous
ness that he could not hold n knife aud
fork at the table, scarcely able 10 walk.
too. and az he attempted it. he often STUN
bled and fell. They saw HIM treated nv
the best talent Ia be had -but still he SUI
fcred on for four years, and gave up
finally in despair. One day, however. ne
was struck 10y The account of IA cure Wh.ca
had been effected by the use of DIR. Will
Jams Pink Pills. lie imcdiately ordered
q box and commenced taking them. lie
SAYS he was greatly relieved within three
days' time. The blood found its way 10
his fingers and his hands which had been
palSicd assumed n natural color, ana he
was soon enabled To use his knife lnd
fork ut The table. lie has recovered his
strength 10 such an extent That he ~ ahle
20 chop wood. shock corn and do his regu-
lar worn about his home. lie now says
h. can not only walk Ia Woodstock, but
can walk across the mountains. lie -
able 90 lift UP n fifty-two pound weight
with one hand and says lac does not know
what Dr. Williams Pink Pills have done
for others. but knows that they have done
q great work for him.
He was in town last Monday, court
day. and was loud in his praises Of the
medicine that had given him SO great re-
lief. He purchased another box aud took
IL homo with him. Mr.. Mcintunf IL wills
ing to make affidavit 10 these facts.
The proprieiors OF DIR. Williams Pink
Pills state that they are not patent me'l-
icino but "A prescription used for many
years by an eminent practitioner who
produced the most wonderta! results with
weakness curing all forms of weakness
arising from Il wHtery condition of tho
blood or shattered nerves. two ~fruitful
| causes Of almost every i'll 10 which flesh
IL heir. The pills are also Il specific for
the troubles peculiar 10 females, such as
suppressions. ali forms of weakness,
chronic constipation, bearing down pains,
etc, and i'm the ease of men will give
speedy relief and effect a permanent cure
In all cases arising from mental worry,
ovprWork. or excuses of whatever ma,
ture. They are entirely harmless AMI
car be given TO weak and sickly children
with the greatest good aud without the
slightest danger. Pink Pills are sold by
all dealers. or will be sent postpaid OH re-
ceipt Of price TO cents q box, or six boxes
for S2.I0-thcy are never sold In bulk or
by the 1000 by addressing Dr. Williams'
Medicine Company, Schenectady. y. \.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
Two Governors.


.s
Governor Frank Jackson of Iowa and n
whole bevy OF ex-governors, Including the
mammoth Oriental diplometist, Dick Huh
bard OF Texas, have been wading In JOY
al the New Orleans carnival, hut the iy-
ures which would have best rraced fbc
gorgeous royal progresses were not there
20 pehoid and be beheld OF thousands.
jackson Is a good, plain citizen. puts his
rect on the table by his chair or state in
Des Moines. with q noble courage smokes
IOWA cigars. but he Is not OF the snlens
didiy decorative and melodramatic SORT ~
governors. What would not the south rive
70 see Governor Greenhalge of Massac h,,s
setts caracoling conversely along New nr-
,sans streets on his unique retrograde
hopper, Saltator? Men who
nave seen the awful brow or Chamo,ni
prefer that OF the owner OF Saltator. rx.
perns ~ maple sugar say the goyernor's
smile n sweeter. backward. hack va.
LEADS saitator on his aft hoofs. his fore
ones rowing the daxed air. An touestrian
statme backsliding at the rate OF \ NILE
IN s:A would be but a faint picture ~ =
governor and his steed In martial ,nn,,un
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
My Thought OF TrIlby.
The dark and slumbrous night
Is mother Of THE sfara.

The dark n slumbrous night
Is mother of the stars;
The deep n Shiny pool
Gives birth to the queen Of flowers.
The daisies and sweet violets
Burst their leafy mold;
The murky mud and clay
Yields up the shining gold.
This page of a life that is dark,
Reveals a soul 80 winning,
In tho heart of this Paris child,
Though hayward, erring, shining.
You may find the queen Of flowers,
The star from the slumbrous night,
The daisy and sweet violets,
The FURNISHED gold SO bright,
You may ind a truth no true,
A 10 pure, yet human,
You may still find something good
In the life Of this lowly woman.
Maryvflie. MO-. ID. A. o.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
Cluster Chronicle.
JOSEPH KUBLER, : PUBLISHER

The famous man milliner, Worth, ls
dead. 1t is peculiar to his fame that
although known wherever fashions pen
citrate, that is everywhere except in
those few parts Of the world where
clothes are stlll considered ~superfiuous.
even ian his obituaries his first name is
not given. He has been simply Worth.
He has been a man Of power. Millions
Of womcn rave yielded 10 him a loyalty
and allegiance which they would pay
10 ~ other power. The coinage of his
taste have been multiplied and remul-
tiplied Ia the utermost ends of the
earth. He has played the pipe to which
two generations of women LAY felt
impclled to dance. Let Worth say,
Let there be narrow skirts" and mar
row skirts they were. Let him give the
prestige of his Endorsement to any va
gary or absurdity and forthwith it be-
came the vogue In his small room at
Paris he sat upon IA throne and ruled
his subjects with n tyranny the car OF
Russia cannot hope 10 initiate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
News From Cha mberIain,

Chamberlain, S. D., March Ia
number of prospective settlers are here
awaiting an opportunity to cross the
Missouri river when the ice goes out
and secure claims in Presho county.
The suit Of Morrison & Clemmenger.
artesian well contractors, against Brule
county, has been settled and dismissed
by the payment Of $500 to the plaintiffs.
Mrs. lydia Maxwell, known along the
Missouri river from Yankton TO Pierre.
and at present serving a sentence in the
Sioux Falls ~penitentiary for selling
liquor to an Indian, will be released next
Tuesday, as her term expires at that
time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
PEAvEY'S EXPERIMENT..
His Wheat Shipment to Europe Via PAN
anna Was Successful.


st. Paul, March 16.-Some time ago.
when f. II. Peavey returned from n
trip to the Pacific coast, he
that an excellent market for Minnesota
-four could be cultivated In the far west.
Recently he experimental with a ship
ment OF wheat from Portland to Liver
pool. and he has received advices an
%nouncing that the trial shipment from
California to Europe via the Isthmus
OF Panama a been a success. n
wheat arrived at Panama In good shape
where 1t was unbagged for shipment to
Europe.
Messrs. Peavey & Co. are elated over
the success OF their venture, and IL the
shipment reaches it's destination
promptly steps will be taken to organ
lie a connecting line of steamers for
the purpose Of carrying wheat from the
Pacific coast to Europe In thirty days.
which WOULD materiallu shorten the
time Of grain shipments to the Euro.
pean market. {,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-23
THE COLORADO lYNCHING.
some of the Italians Had Taken Out
First Papers.

Washington, March 16.-The secretary
Of state has received a telegram from
Governor Mcintyre OF Colorado. dated
at Denver today, In which the governor
says he has reliable and positive infor-
nation that two OF the Italians lynched
at Walsenberg had taken out their first.
n probably their second citizenship
papers. The governor does not know
whether Dano was an American citizen
but he says 1t is asserted that the two
prisoners who are said to have scaped
from the first attack of the mob had
first citizenship papers. The fate of
these two is in doubt as they have not
been heard from since their a
The governor informs the secretary
that he has directed the deputy Of the
section where Walsenberg is situated TO
take speedy steps looking to the arrest
conviction of the lynchers.