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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-04-13

Sioux Falls, s. D., April 6,-John II.
Pettibone, secretary Of the South Da-
kota tIremen's association, returned
yesterday from Chamberlain, where
the board held a meeting. Chamberlain
had put in a bid for the tournament.
Offering 1000 Tor it. Fifteen good
men had signed the guarantee. The
board was arranging the details pre-
tetratory to signing the contract to hold
the tournament at Chamberlain, when
some differences arose among the mem
bers of the local board, and half Of the
men ON the guarantee withdrew their
m The board then voted not t1
have a tournament this year n adj
iourned. The Chamberlain committee
was called upon TO pay the boards eX-
penses incurred by the trip there, which
Il did. The twelfth annual meeting OF
the association will be held at Scot
tame in June of this year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-04-13
A ROBBED.
stamps to the Value of $4,000 Mya.
teriously Abstracted From the Vaults.

stamps to the Value Of $4,000 Mys.
teriously Abstracted From the Vaults.
Springfield, ILL.,. April 5.-The Spring
field p~ostoffice has been my~steriously
robbed Of stamps of various denomina-
Hions, ~aggregating about $4,000 in value.
The robbery was probably committed
about / ( o'clock, but was not discovered
until 5 O'Clock. The stamps were taken
from a vault in the private room Of
Postmaster Ridgely during his absence
at dinner, and what makes 1t appear so
mysterious is the fac thai the door
leading to the room, the inner door Of
the vault from which the stamps were
taken, and both windows of the room
were locked, and no violence was used.
Mo evidence that the room had been
entered was discovered until 5 o'clock.
when Assistant Postmaster McMurphy
entered the vault and made the dlscov-
cry that the stamps were missing, and
that one or two drawers a been car
ried away. A clerk In the revenue Office
heard some one In the vault about /
o'clock, but thought nothing OF 1t. as
he supposed II to be some of the post
office people. The robbers evidently
worked with keys, as no locks were
picked or broken. No money was in
the vault, as $500 had been taken
therefrom asst evening by the postmas-
ter and deposited.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-04-13
ANOTHER MEXICAN OUTRAGE
A Massachusetts, Family Unjustly I'm
! Pr,ss.sa and lnsuitlnEiy Treated by
Mexican Onlcials.

A Massachusetts Family Unjustly I'm
; sPrsss.sa and lnsultinEiy Treated by
Mexican OncIals.
7 Ell Paso. Tex, April Sc. p. Thresher
of Cambridge, Mass. with his family,
arrived here from Aguas Galleries. or
Hot Springs. Mexico. where they have
served a term In Jail. Mr.. Thresher, an
intelligent, welltodo man. is deeply in
dignant at his treatment, and proposes
to make his imprisonment a matter of
international negotiation.
His story, which Is said to be verified
by a conductor Of the Mexican Central
railroad, ls hat he stopped at the
Palace hotel. kept by George King, and
that when ne prepared to leave. King
charged him double the rate agreed
upon. The guest refusing politely to
pay Vt, King secured a policeman and
had Thresher. his wife and three chill
dren hustled of to Jail. where they re.
manned until Consul Dwight Furniss al
G~uanaJuato took steps to interfere
Then the mayor Of the town suddenly
discovered that the whole business wal
a mistake and released the Americans
with most profuse apologies.
Mr.. .Thrcsher started this Afternoon
10 Los Angeles, Gal. where he will leave
Ms family. He will return east for this
express purpose Of laying the matter
before the state department, with a de
mand for satisfaction. Mrs. Threshel
wal Frustrated by the terrible expert.
n
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-04-13
GIGANTIC ENTERPRISE
New Telephone Company With a
Capital of $3.50, 600, 900.
viii Follow Up the He'll Company -
Headquarters to Be In Chicago
General Clarkson One OF
the Prime Movers.

Chicago, April 5.-One OF the morning
papers in this city publishes an
account of the formation OF a new tele-
phone company with sufficient capital
to fight the Bell monopoly everywhere
the latter is established. The report
say in part:
What the Bell Telephone company
has been fearing since it's patents ex.
pired has now assumed definite shape
according to reports that bear the stamp
Of accuracy. This is nothing more OF
less than that a competing concern has
been launched, or Is in process of con.
structiOn, the mission OF which will be
to light he Bell people out of the field
not in patches here and there, but ir
the entire territory where they operate
According to the reports a telephone
company has been formed In New Yorl
with a war chest of tremendous extent
and backed by men at the mention OF
whose names visions of vast wealth
arise. The capital stock of the company
Is given at $160, 900, 600. The backers big
CROUCH in the financial world to have
their names associated with 50 many
figures are: The PARROT company OF
New York, the Standard OH company,
Searles Of the sugar trust, George
Croker, the San Francisco millionaire
Pillsbury, the Minneapolis fiour man
and j.. $. Clarkson.
connection of Clarkson's name
With the undertaking develops the fact
that he quietly drifted into Chicago
several days ago and has since been
busily engaged with cipher messages
and consultations with men who talk
about millions as a small boy does
about marbles. The most at.
tempts have been made to keep the de.
tails OF the enterprise a secret and with
that probable n In view stories have
been circulated TO the effect that Gen.
eral Clarkson's mission here was con.
nected with "A matter wholly foreign to
telephones and telephone companies.
General Clarkson Is staying at theAud-
forum. He is as keen as a fox. and
he evidently shifted something in the
air last night that suggested denial to
all callers. He had retired for the night
several times last night In espons TO
appeals for an interview in reference
to the formation of the telephone COM
pany.
1T has leaked out that 1t Is proposed
to operate In Illinois. In the New Eng
land states, In Kansas, In Iowa and
In the southwestern and northwestern
states generally. This territory in
cludes the entire field covered by the
Bell company. the apparent object OF
the new born competitor being to paral-
lei the Bell lines everywhere, cut rates
and fight them out of the market.
The patent to be used is one Of the
secrets OF the scheme jealousy guard
ed. From an inspired source 1t has
been limited. however, that a phase
OF the fight that will be particularly
calling TO the Bell concern is this, that
the Bell patents. with improvements
of recent inventors. are the very ones
to be utilized by the new company"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-04-13
OF DYNAMITE
Terrible Disaster in a Ship Chand-
Iery Store in New Orleans.
Several Families Buried Under the Build
ings That Were Demolished -
Eject Was similar to an
Earthquake.

New Orleans, La, April ga terrible
explosion occurred at 2 o'clock this
morning I'm the grocery n ship chan
dlery store Of Charles j. Salathe, cor
ner OF Decatur and Ursuline streets,
opposite the French market, entirely
demolishing that and an adjoining sa-
loon, "Ffshermen's Exchange and
burying a number of people in the de-
bris, which at once look fire. The num-
Der OF dead Is not yet known, as the
debris a not yet been thoroughly
searched.
At the time of the explosion the street
In front of the building was beginning
10 NIL up with market people. A num-
Der or wagons were on Decatur street
and outside on the walks and In the
markets were small knots of men. A
mufied sound came from across the
street. and as they instinctively turned,
expecting an explosion. walls lifted and
came down with a crash on all sides.
The force Of the explosion was terrible.
Drivers were hurled from vehicles and
the wares on the market stands were
blown to the four winds. The explosion
is thought to have been caused by giant
powder. twenty-five or thirty pounds
~ "pfNh "oS dl"hgS htpl ny pdltliits
for sale to hunters and fishers who
make their headquarters in the neigh
boring market.
The following people are known to
have been In two OF the buildings at
the time:
Charles J. Salathe, wife and baby and
aged 8.
Felix Rigaud, barkeeper.
An Is year old boy, who IL missing.
Emile Boulet, proprietor of the saloon,
and who slept over the saloon, escaped.
Joseph Grimaldi and Mike Brit. frequent.
ers of the saloon, who were supposed &C
have been In there at the time.
{. ltro, fruit stand keeper.
OF these bodies those of Mr.. and Mrs
Salathe. clasped I'm each others arms
ave been recovered, also the body OF
their infant. Emile Boulet n Con.
stantine Itro were blown into the street
but not much injured. The bodies OF
Felix Rigaud, Joseph Grimaldi and
Mike Brit are believed to be I'm the
ruins. Eddie Salathe, aged 10, and
LILY, aged 5. slept In n room over the
grocery store, but they were not seri
ously hurt,It is believed that many more
people are buried I'm the ruins, besides,
those given in the above list.
Archbishop Janssens n n number
of clergymen were among the first te
arrive on the seem The explosion was
distinctly heard at the diocesan house
only a few blocks away. and they has
tened there with what assistance they
could.
The bodies of Michael Brit, Felix ri.
gaud. barkeeper, and James Edwards
have been taken from the ruins.
This makes six bodies so far recov.
cred.
Michael Brit, whose body was re.
ported to have been recovered in the
ruins. turned up safe and sound, having
left the barroom five minutes before the
explosion occurred. The list Of bodies
so far recovered is reduced to five.
The money damage by the explosion
and fire Is estimated at 1900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-04-13
Gang of Youthful Burplars

Sioux Falls. S. D., April 6.-Ray Allen,
aged II Fred Watson and John Rob-
arts, both aged Is years, were yesterday
bound over to the grand jury in the sum
If $500 each. They waived eXamina-
ton, admitting that they We're guilty ~
burglariZing the grocery store of O. II.
B~leifuss. Mr.. Bleifuss. m~istrusting that
these boys were the ones who had been
stealing things from his store, spent
Thursday night in the store and caught
young Allen in the act of breaking in.
Allen gave the other boys away. The
Boys nave confessed that there was be-
ing a gang organized in this city of
boys about their age who intended to
leave here and make their living by
burglary and theft. The parents of the
ooys are respectable people.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-04-13
SNUBBED BY THE SPANIARDS
Authorities ignore Demands Made by
Secretary Gresham,

Washington. April 6.-Have the Cuban
authorities ignored the demand of the
state department for the immediate
release OF the American sailors con-
fined in the filthy prison of Santiago de
Cuba?
This is a question OF grave and imme-
date importance TO the authorities
here. As stated some days ago the state
department sent rigid and positive in
structions TO Consul Hyatt at Santiago
de Cuba directing that he at once de-
mand the release of these prisoners.
This was April l. No response has yet
been received at the sSVte department
and in the officials are ex-
ercised over the delay. Fortnight
hours Is the limit of time within which
the state department permits the Span
ish authorities. under the peculiar law
on the statute books of their country,
To keep IN American citizen I'm military
confinement without bringing him to
civil trial. This time has more than
elapsed and the authorities are curious
and anxious 10 know what has been
done with the prisoners. If Consul
Hyatt is not heard from soon there will
probably be some further imperative
instructions to that officer.
An official of the department says
the administration will use the most
extreme measures TO secure the liberia
ton OF these men, or at least their
freedom from military imprisonment
and trial by the civil authorities. Not
wfthstanding that martial law has been
declared throughout the islands Sec :
tary Gresham still rigldly adheres TO
the stand he O some time ago against
the trial by military authority Of Amer
lean prisoners not actually participants
in the revolution. with arms In their
possession at the time of their arrest.
The official reports bear out the state
ments which have already been hade
To the effect hat the two sailors, Au-
gust Billion and Gustav Richelieu, both
holding American papers, arrived at
Santiago de Cuba in a small boat in dis
tress and We're Immediately arrested
and locked up. The most that the Gu
ban authorities have charged Is that
they suspected the two men Of having
landed A revolutionary party on the
coast. II is reported that the Spanish
military officers have resorted to the
most cruel practices TO extort confess
sions from the two prisoners. If this
should prove true the Spanish authori-
ties will be called for something more
than an explanation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-04-13
GREAT C0URSiNG MEET.
Elaborate Preparations Being Made for
the Event.

Aberdeen, s. D., April 6.--The cours-
ing meet to be held in this city begin
ming April 16 promises to be one of the
most successful ever held in the west.
That much is assured by the entries
and correspondence already received by
the secretary, j. II. Davis. Not only
Will the crack dogs of the two Dako-
tas compete for the honors and liberal
prizes offered by the Aberdeen club.
but there is assurance that a number of
the best greyhounds from the east and
south will be In attendance upon the
event. The grounds are n will be in
splendid condition, while the number
and pluck of the rabbits will leave
nothing to be desired. The Dakota jack
rabbit is noted as being the swift:st and
strongest of his kind, and i'm this vi
entity the animal attains perfection.
Under such conditions all lovers of the
sport. and all who are familiar with the
acquisitions for the kecnest enjoyment
Of it, will understand that the outlook
is very promising. The prizes offered
are as follows: To winner, $50 added
by the Aberdeen Coursing club and so
Yer cent of all moneys; runner up S25
and % per cen of all moneys; third and
'ourth $3.50 and 121a per cent En-
trance fee is So for each dog. 81 to be
paid by April s, the balance on or before
The night of the draw
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-04-13
THE YANKT0N RESERVATION
Some Observation-Disclosures Explained In
Reference To Released Filings Of state
Lands.

Some Misunderstanding Explained in
Reference to Released Filings Of state
Lands.
Pierre, s. d., April 5.-The Yankton
reservation matter and the connection
of Land Commissioner Lockhart in re-
lation thereto is creating a great deal
of comment in the vicinity of the reser-
SO much is In conflict with the
facts as understood there that your
correspondent called upon Commissioner
Ipckhartv Sadap for a correct statement
One article sent out states positively
that the commissioner has released
filings of state lands on the Sioux res
ervation and in the northern part OF the
state to file on the Yankton lands, and
also that the officials at the Mitchell
land office had refused to accept the fl.
ing fees for the state lands, and that the
state filings are not recorded in the
Mitchell office, In reply to these asser.
ions Mr.. Lockhart states that he has
released no filings In any part of the
state TO file on Yankton lands, as he
has no authority for such action, the
bill introduced to give him UGH author
ity having failed to pass the legislature.
anu as " ItitdSllB ililuBS OH tne DlOuA
reservation, the office has never made
a fling on that reservation and ha0
nothing to release, even IL 1t so de.
sired.
The receiver Of the Mitchell land office
did show a little reluctance In accept
ing the fees presented, but did accept
them, and agreed TO make an early re.
port of them to the department.
In relation to the fact Of the strons
objections Of that portion Of the state
TO filings m the Yankton reservation
Commissioner Lockhart thinks that as
the southeastern part Of the state gets
nearly all the benefits Of the endow.
ment lands they should not object to
allowing a share of such lands to be
taken in that portion of the state, thu
Yankton filings being the only ones
south Of washington Hills. and the PEG.
pie Of the south who look up all the
land before the state al granted iti
lands are now asking that the northern
part Of the state furnish the land foI
which the southern portion is to rear
the benefits. The 3S, 1000 acres in the
Yankton reservation will not take from
them anything like the just proportion,
as the lands are located by the Office.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-04-13
INCOME TAX u
Treasury officials Surprised at the Eas
with which Money Is Collected

Treasury officials Surprised at the Ease
With which Money IL Collected.
Washington. April 5.-The income tax
returns are coming I'm far beyond the ex-
pectations of the officials. To save time
and avoid complications the collectors
were instructed TO send IN the returns on
the 10th OF each month, and therefore no
reports have been received of a date later
han March 10. Nevertheless as many as
10000 returns ave already been received
and are now being verified and recorded.
Ii is estimated that returns made to the
collectors prior to March 10 represent nj
least 81 1900, 600 In income tax and that the
actual amount returned April l will aggre-
gate SIS, ON .0N. II Is not expected tina the
returns to n considerable number would
be made before the 9Th or 10th OF APRIL
five days before the time limit expires.
and hence the showing so far made is ex-
ceedingly gratifying to those having tho
matter In charge. Another matter of con-
graduation Is that little difficulty Is being
experienced by taxpayers In filling out the
been encountered and all things consid-
cred the owrk of collecting the tax Is 90
ing forward with little friction. IL is ex-
pected that at least $50, 900. 600 in income
tax will have been collected by June 1. the
close of the fiscal year.
The officials do not express any doubts
that the supreme court will sustain all OF
the important features of the law N nor
the entire act as II stands and are pushing
the work as rapidly as Is consistent With
accuracy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-04-13
IRON WORKERS TRUST.

r Malleabls Iron Workers Of England
to Form tho Largest Trust In the
World. .
London, April GA conference Of
malfeable iron workers Is to be held
early next week. which may result In
bringing into existence the most g.
gantic trust yet heard Of In any part Of
the world. The proposition to be con
sidered contemplates the combination
Of all the iron workers OF the Midlands,
Staffordshire. Worceshire, Nottingham
shire. South Yorkshire. Lancashire and
d cbyshire. The works in the entire dis
trict In question. average q turn over
of $200. 900 each. An effort II being
made to secur the signatures Of 200
companies, which would represent q
capital of $40 900. 900. 1t is admitted
that the object of the proposed combi-
nation is the maintenance Of one COM
mon price.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-04-13
COLLEGE REPUBLICANS.
Fourth Annual Convention Being Held In
\ Grand Rapids Today.

0t"s" 81 @Ds@y
Grand Rapids. Mich, April 5.-The
spacious auditorium OF the Lincoln club
was crowded to s~uffocation today, at
the opening OF the fourth annual con-
vention OF the American Republican
College league. All the principal uni
versities and similar institutions OF
learning are represented by bright
young men and the convention Is the
largest since the league was brought
INTO existence at Ann Arbor. In 1892.
Prominent among the republicans or
national note. who are here to speak
words of party wisdom to the young
men of the colleges, are w. w. Tracey,
president of the National Republican
league; Senator julius Caeser Burrows,
ex-senator James Patton. ex-senator
Warren Miller, ]. Sloat Fassett. Gem
eral Russell A. Alger and General 3. A.
Clarkson OF Iowa. President Theodore
Cox OF the University of the City OF
New York, called the convention to or
der. and Congressman William Eden
Smith and ex-senator Patton delivered
addresses OF welcome.
In his annual address President Cox
laid stress upon the act that the league
was accomplishing a great work In
counteracting a free trade propaganda
OF numerous professors OF leading col
leges. In four years. he said. II had be-
come an influential and important fac
tor I'm American politics. N II was de-
stined to be still more influential In the
future.
This afternoon, reports will be pre-
scented by Treasurer Hulburd. Of the
University OF Pennsylvania, and Sec
rotary White OF Cornell college, and
addresses will be delivered by EXPIRES
ident James f. Burke OF Pittsburg and
representatives Of the universities OF
Syracuse. Vermont. Yale, Union and
Baker. Tonight there will be a ban-
quet at Lockerby hall with cover for
500 and seats for 1900 more.
There Is a very interesting three cor
nered contest for the presidency OF the
Republican College league. President
Cox Of the University OF New York
having declined to accede to the i'm
portunities of delegates from all sec
ton that he occupy the position an
other year. The leading candidates are
+. j. Henning OF the University of Wis
%consin. w. ID. McWilliams OF Kalama-
zoo. Mich, college. and l.. b. Vaughn
OF the University Of Chicago. For once
Yale has not put forward a candidate
II favors. n hence. Henning is likely
TO be the new president. At the last
convention when there was a fierce
fight between Yale and anti-Yale coll
leges, he won the confidence OF the lat
ter by casting the deciding vote for a
New York city man as president. and
his year they will return the compli-
ment by voting for him In a body. He
will also have the solid vote OF Iowa,
Minnesota and his own state.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-04-13

Aberdeen. s. D.. April 5.-A peculiar
case OF charity has beeen attracting
the attention of the humane portion OF
this city for several days past. Sarah
Fathen. an old Swede lady, has been
living by herself in a shanty on
grounds west Of the main portion Of the
city on the railroad right OF way. She
has attracted very little attention until
someone thought her actions suggested
insanity and for her good and that Of
the community the case was looked
into. During the winter she has kept
herself from freezing by gathering
bark and cinders from the railroad
track n neighbors declare that but
one sack OF -four has entered her door
for several months. She has gone
scantily clad. and in the severest
weather a calico gown constituted the
chief part OF the wearing pparel
Meanwhile, according to the best infor-
nation obtainable she has had plenty
OF good warm clothing tucked away I'm
the shanty and at least $500 In cash.
A year or more q she deposited this
sum In the Aberdeen National bank.
taking a certificate of deposit for the
amount. but has not appeared since to
obtain either principal or interest. The
woman refuses to talk concerning her
self and about all that can be learned
from or about her Is that she has q
sister somewhere In this country.