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The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-02-02

We remained after service to hear the
Eskimo sing. Music they do not seem
to acquire; it is born talent with all
most all of them. Having been delight
fully entertained by the governor and
his family, our Sunday amid Green
lands 10y mountains came to an end,
leaving impressions which will long be
pleasantly remembered. -Churchman.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16
TAYLOR INVESTIGATION.
The Formal Report to the Legislator"
Censures Ruth.

Pierre, s. D., March little formal
report of the Taylor investigating ON
mittee a. presented To the legislature,
while generating all other state Off
GERS from collusion with the default
ing treasurer, censurrs eX-Commissioner
Ruth FOR gross negligence.
The committee declares that II "
lieNcS there was nc COLLISION or con
spiracy Of the sureties to help Taylor
loot the state up IL the tine Bondsman
MCChesn,y of New York became aware
Of Taylor's embarrassment. At this
point the conspiracy Ia compel the state
to compromise began, according To the
Investigating committee. As soon as
MCChesney discovered Taylor's inabil-
ity IL settlc, ii is declared, there is am
pie evidence to show that ne (MCChes-
neyD. Lawyers II. *. Tenney and &. II.
Wells II Chicago and Charles T. Mccoy
Of South Dakota. acting as agent at
Pierre for TAYLOR, entered into a delib-
crate scheme 10 gather up all the funds
held by Treasurer Taylor. amounting TO
over $2O0. 600. and all the real and per-
sondl property of Taylor. and place the
same beyond the reach of the state, for
the purpos G Of saving Taylor from
criminal prosecution and relieving his
bOndsmcu from their liabilities-all this
to be accomplished with the funds act
uallV stolen from the site.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16
Friday At Pierre.

Pierre. March 9.-Ihe South Dakota leg.
islature wound mp It's work Friday n adj
journed.
The house commenced the last day with
the passage of bills and there were passed
senate bills No. 1888. referring to boards OF
education In cities and towns; No. 2S2, to
establish a uniform system of education
No. 207, relating to the reform school and
providing for the suspension of sentence
In certain cases; No.. 2s2, providing for q
method OF election Of officers in incorpor-
ated cities and towns; No. 281. for the con-
struction. of dams to hold surface water
for irrigation purposes; No. 327. to allow
county commissioners to publish proceed
ings In papers published In a foreign III
guage No. 3i4. giving a lien for labor and
supplies to laborers on mine property; 20.
3O5. relating to rights of creditors I'm the
redemption OF property sold under fore.
closure.
A long report was made by the Ruth in
v~estigatiag committee. which charges
Ruth with testifying falsely and with hav-
ing held up moneys to the loss Of the
state. and recommends that action b.
brought against the principal and bonds
men for about 3G.000.
The senate slaughtered several bills, and
passed house bills No. "a. amending the
law Of 1901 In regard to assessments. es.
peo1ally affecting Sioux Falls; No. go
correcting minor errors In the tax laws
No. "a. amending the probate court law
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16
The Justices Wedding Fee,

A few days since 4 couple from Bur-
lington, VI, visited Plattsburg in search
Of a magistrate who would tie the
nuptial knot. When the marriage cere-
mony was over the groom wanted the
Justice to kiss the bride. sayings:
Squire, you kiss her first" The
Sqaire did as he was requested. The
groom asked him how much his bill
was. The Squire, highly elated, said:
We'll, young man, seeing rs it is you, |
will call il S." "All right" said the
groom. you have had a kiss, haven't
you?" Yes, said the Squire. We'll,
then, YOU give me a receipt and | will
give you 81, and that will make it
square"
The Justice hesitated a moment. and
said: "How do you make that outP"
well" said the groom, "you have mar
ricd us, haven't you, and you have
charged me $j?" "Yes." "And you
have taken the first kiss from the bridn?"
Yes" well, have charged you SO
for it, and that leaves 81 due you"
Very well, said the Squire, IF that is
so. | will take the other two now" and
as he was in the act Of kissing the bride
again the groom drew off and gave the
Justice a left-hander that knocked him
to the floor. The result was that the
groom was arrested, and when ar
raigned pleaded guilty and was fined
s. and costs. Both the Justice and the
groom have concluded that they are bet
ter and wiser men than before this hap
pened. -A!bany Journai.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16
IMMIGRATION DECREASING.
statistical Report shows n slump Of 4C
Per Cent.

Washington. March S.-A statement
prepared at the immigration bureau
shows hat the total number of immi-
grants arriving at the ports OF the
United States during the seven months
,nded February |. 1895, was 1888, as
against lS9, $50 for the seven months
'6,207, or 40 per cent.
The arrivals at the port Of New York
or the sever months from June 30.
1913. to February ], 1894, 130. $685.; June
o. 1894, to February ], 1895. 1888. a de-
rease of II, 4sO. or 80 per cent as COM
pared with last year, when the num-
Der arriving was very much less than
my year since 1850.
A great decrease in immigration Is
observed from Belgium, Denmark,
France, Germany, Norway. Finland,
sweden, and Switzerland, compared
With the same period OF fiscal years
1874 and 1895. There is a decrease Of AZ
DER cent. These countries usually fur
lish a more desirable class OF immi-
grafton. From Italy for the seven
months OF fiscal year 1s94-95, there was
, decrease of 5,96s. or "a per cent.
The decrease Ii Is hoped will become
more marked, az the rules and regula-
ions recently established i'm Italy. at
he instance OF the United states inn
migration officials. 1t is Anticipated
hat Italian immigration viii continue
20 decrease n at the same time inn
prove In grade.
Immigration from Russia and Aus
.ria-Hungary, Notwithstanding the de-
.reased immigration from other coun-
.ries FOR h same period, shows an in
:reas for the months of December and
January, 1894. and 1895. Austria-Hun-
gary. 3.744; Russia. 3,46s. Total, 1912.
The recent arrivals are chiefly of the
a"5t undesirable classes and are I'm des.
dtute circumstances. entailing great La
Dor upon immigration officials and EN-.
oloyes. The actual number Of outgoing
alien steerage passengers who came
acre as immigrants cannot be accur.
ately ascertained, but from data fur.
lished by steamship companies 1t is as.
,ertained that from November ! to De.
sember s. 1894, 1854 steerage passen.
gers arrived In the month Of November
same year,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16
Instructions TO the Jury.

Minneapolis, Mimi, March S.-Attor-
aey Erwin concluded his address In the
Hayward Ease this morning. Judge
Smiths charge follows. Through the
ong lines of legal ~phraseology he read
the definition of what constitutes q
,harge OF murder in the first degree un-
III he had reached the summary OF his
opinions concerning the evidence. The
Effort Of the defense to establish the
theory that Miss Cling was killed by
blows rather than by a pistol shot the
court took to be simply an effort TO
iiscredit the testimony OF Blixt n as
to the value Of that effort IL was for the
Jury TO decide. The first thing when
they would be called upon to consider
when the entered their room, the court
stated, was the evidence that Blixt was
the man who directly committed the
murder of Miss Cling. If they could not
agree upon this primary point, said the
court, they need not consider the case
further, but return a verdict OF not
guilty. But If they agreed upon this
point, that Blixt did commit the muir
der, then they were to pass on to the
second question. did Harry Hayward
instigate, induce and secure Blixt to
commit the crime? IT they found that
he did, then they were TO bring in n
verdict OF guilty as charged. His honor
gave the usua explanation of what
constituted a reasonable dOubt and set
forth clearly and impartially the va
rious alternatives to which the belief
or discrediting of the testimony would
sntitle them, and not until he came
to the question of motive was the mo-
notony of the charge broken. ~" said
ne, you find from the evidence that the
prisoner had sufficient motive that
would induce him to commit the crime.
you are To take that into serious con-
sideration i'm connection with the other
testimony. IL will be n Of the impor-
tant factors I'm the decision of your YER
lict."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16

No. 32S. requiring railroads to keep nag
men at street crossings In cities. No. 2ii,
to create "a county to examine
township officers.
The committee TO investigate the claim
of the old worlds fair commission re-
ported that IL found that the first COM
mission selected Il site and did other Nalu-
able services, for which IL asks $1,000, actu-
ally expended, and further finds that the
new commission turned back TO the state
in cash and property S,9l9, and implicitly
the committee recommends the payment
of the claim by the state.
Bills passed by the senate Thursday be-
sides those heretofore mentioned We're:
House bill No. 352, relating to assessment
of live stock; No. 1922, relating TO the es-
tablishmcnt OF independent school dis
,ricts in Hutchinron county No. 1ji, 10
determine the population of cities for GER
tain purposes from last vote; No. 2Oo, the
Sioux Falls sewerage bin: No. 262, asking
congress TO donate certain swamp lands
and lake beds to the state: No. 296, re-
curing railroads 10 make reports TO the
commissioners: No. 900, to regulate the
salary Of county auditor according TO
assessed valuation, not less than 500 nor
more than 81. 800; No. 93, defining the man
ner Of burning prairie and stnbhle; No. -,
p. )viding that residents OF unorganized
counties may vote at general elections;
No. 33, for an additional appropriation for
mileage; No. 2l9. to make II unlawful TO
cut or injurc an irrigation ditch; No. iS2,
relating to assessments and taxes for Ger
tain purposes affecting Sioux Falls only;
No. 3l5. providing for the printing and dis
tribution of permanent journals; No. 33I,
to pay the expenses of the Ruth invcstisd-
ton; No. 1879, providing that commission-
erS may rebate taxes on property de-
stroyed by fire OF cyclone when not COW
cred by insurance; the Russian thistle mo
mortal to congress-; %. lSN, providing FOR
an extension of water WAYS from aCtesian
wells on petition, and No. Ia, amending
the election law In reference TO tickets.
The following appointments 10y the gov
trnor were confirmed by the senate:
For members OF the board Of charities
and correction, 10 serve six years, j. IL.
Davis of iieadle and +. NJ. Steerc of Clark.
For member of the state board OF health
for three years, Dr.. j. Harris OF Day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16

II sometimes think that / shall give
up having a night-bell and speaking
tube, said a Harlem medical practi-
TONER who has a large practice. You
would think that a medical man would
be exempt from annoyance by practical
jokers aud roysterers, but it is not so.
have my night-bell rung long after
midnight On all sorts Of frivolous pre-
texts, aud the d%isturbers of my peace
shout facetious messages up the pipe.
A friend of mine used to be disturbed in
this way by people from a small club
near. who used, after waking him up, to
ask for a soda water. the request being
made up the speaking-tube. One night
he waited for them with q bucket of
water which he had handy near q win
dow over the tube. As usual. his in
quiry of What do you wantp' addressed
to the ringers Of the night-bell, was
answered by "A soda water He let
them have the bucket of water, and, put
ting his head out OF the window, said:
There's the water--you can call for the
soda in the morning.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16
HIS EMPTY SLEEVE A LIE.
Trick of u Youthful Impostor That Wa
More Profitable Than Selling Papers.

A frail little fellow, not more than IL
years old, crouched in the shadow Of 9
tall building neal the Park place ele-
waited station a few nights ago. present.
ing a very forlorn picture Of misery
and woe, says the n. Y. Herald. HE
pale, pinched features revealed y life Of
struggling in the streets. with none to
befriend him, but his rough companions
and a little empty sleeve Of his torn
and dirty coat, hanging by his side, told
the story OF his misfortune. With his
remaining arm he extended q ragged
cap and few pedestrians turned q deaf
ear TO hts humble appeal. @Only q few
pennies, SIR" As my hand sought my
pocket l asked him how he lost his arm.
Il was workin' in u sawmill an II
wus cut of" was the reply.
II seemed strange that a buzz saw
could have taken the arm of so close to
the shoulder and it needed but q touch
TO discover that the arm was still 1T.
tached to the body, hand and all, and
was not only under the coat but con,
cealed under the shirt and bound close
to the side. The lad did not move q
muscle.
did it hurt you when it was cut o6p1
I asked.
"Say. you've got me right" te said
but there's o m~onsy1n this for md
easier"
Don't you know you can DO ar.
'Oh, ] grsss not. | don't let the
cops get opto me. One Of 'em just
gave me anickel. anyway"
Mnaf>do you do with the money!"
.u9ke it home for me folks"
Where do you live?"
~Say. boss" he said. warily, syou
want to know too much. How do I
know you amt q lily cop at thatp This
amt no police court" 4,
@Who told you to play this trickP" !
asked In q severe. tone.
Nobody but meself,s he replied.
Then he told me he made about Sl
every day by working his scheme for 8
few hours and his mother and father,
thought he got the money by selling
papers As | turned from him An sld3
erly man approached the lad and, DROP
ping q coin In the hal. asked: How
did you lose your arm. sonnyp"
Il wus workin' in . sawmiIl an Il IVES
cut Of" said the dimlnutive fsklr, in .
pitifui tone. 1
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16
Pat and the English Runner"

One day last week a new runner"
for one of the cheap hotels made his APP
pearance at the Polk Street Depot. He
was All Englishman, tall and heavily
built, with Il long mustache and a
pompous drawl that made one feel like
forcing him to speak faster by applying
violence. He sauntered up TO a group
of Irish immigrants who were standing
guard owe their baggge, and said to
the leader of the party with a condo.
scending twirl of his mustache, "Ah, me
good man, what's yer routeP"
"Phwat's that?" asked the Irishman,
who was not quite up to that synonym
for railroad.
where's yer route?" repeated the
runner, but this time with a supercili-
Gus lcer that angered the lrishman.
well" said he slowly, "Oi he'd wan
blackthorn root wild me whin Oh left
the other soidc, but Oh lost it cummin'
across. Ef Oh he'd IL wild me moo with
n fierce emphasis that made the cock
uey jump Oh know wan head I'd bust
wild it."
T%he"runner" walked away as rapidly
as his dignity would permit, and has
not been seen about the depot SINCE
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16
New Masonic Lodge at Yankton,

Yankton, S. d., March "a new Ma
sonic lodge was organized here last
night, To be known as Yankton lodge A.
+. and 4. NJ. The officers elected were:
]. II. Matthews. w. NJ: s. w. Wilcox,
). W.; ID. McCully. j.. w.
The county commissioners will con-
slider all applications for seed grain at
their meeting next week. II is the pur-
pose Of the commissioners to supply
needy farmers with all necessary grain
for seed, not as a gift, but as a loan.
Such seed will be purchased I'm the
county from farmers who were success
full In producing a crop last year. 1t Is
thS intention of Yankton county farm
erJ to cultivate every acre of ground
h a can be made available. More corn
will be planted this year than ever be-
fore, and less wheat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16
Reductio nd Absurdun.

In Paris, where horse steaks are still
served occasionally, u customer in "a
restaurant, who had ordered a beef.
steak, complained bitterly of the thin
ness and toughness of the meat.
81 think this steak must be off IA cart
horse, " he said to the waiter.
The waiter shook his head impassive.
ly.
"Thea it must be off a ace horse?"
The waiter shook his head again.
Worse than that, Ell? Then tell me
the truth--what is 1t Off"
"Off a bicycle, sir!" said the waiter,
more impassively than ever.-Youth's
Companion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16
Did Not Tie Up With the Divorce PEOPLE

Pierre, s. D., March 9.-There has been
a great deal OF talk about the capital and
over the state during the last few weeks
20 the effect that the advocates of equal
suffrage have been working hard to secure
a combination With those supporting ,,te
divorce bill with the purpose cftpassing
both measures. While this is unquestion-
ably true the possible inference that the
ladies of the equal suffrage association
we're cognizant of ii or favorable TO IL IL
Incorrect. The following resolution which
has been presented to the members of the
legislature will set the ladies right upon
the matter:
pierre, s. D.. March 6.-Be it resolved
by the executive committee OF the Equal
Suffrage Association of South Dakota
now in session In the city of Pierre, That
IL is our unanimous wish that the equal
suffrage amendment be submitted to the
people on It's W merits and that there
be no compromise with the divorce bill.
Mrs. Anna X. Simmons, President.
Mrs. Mary A. Grosbeck, Vice President.
Mrs. T.. J. Beach, Treasurer.
Kate X. Thine Folgcr. Secretary"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16
SUNK IN The OHIO RIVER
The Packet longfeIIow Went
Down This Morning.
Eight Lives Believed to Have
Been Lost.
Ran Against the Channel span OF .
Bridge and Crumbied to Pieces In
n Few Mlnutes-A Dense
Fog the Cause-Orer
100 aboard.

CINCINNATI, O., March S.-The steames
Longfellow, en- route from C~lncinnau
to New Orleans, on leaving her dock
at 7 o'clock this morning, with 200 OF
300 passengers aboard. struck a pier OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad
bridge, sinking Immediately. Several
persons are reported drowned.
Cincinnati, o., March s.-The hand
some Cincinnati and New Orleans pack
ct Longfellow went 10 the bottom Oh
the Ohio river at Z o'clock this morn
ing. and eight or more persons weh'
down with her. She sank in thirty feei
of water opposite the Marmet Goa
landing at the foot of Smith street
She struck the channel span OF the
Chesapeake bridge and sank within
three minutes.
According to best Information eigh'
persons lost, but there were over lV'
on board the boat when struc
The pilot in charge of the boat says
the fog was so dense when h struck
the pier that he was unable 10 discern
Il I'm the mist and was not aware OF It's
proximity. The steamer literally crum'
bled to pieces Immediately FOLLOWING
the collision and the DOW sank while the
cabin and stern fioated away. The bodS
Of James Miller, the porter, has been
found.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16
Eecertricities ~ Nictoria's Old Age.

London. March lin her old age
Queen Victoria has developed a mania
for coming into contact with peiple who
have passed through unusual expert
ences. Recently she sent for the sole
survivor OF the Elbe disaster and now
she has caused 10 be brought all the way
from Lancashire To Osborne the miners
Bouton and Carter, who rendered he
role service at the Audley mime disas-
s-r. the boy Mayer whom they saved,
uind the pit horse King, which was res
cued after spending several days in the
water with only his neck and head
above the surface. Her interview with
the men lasted exactly ten minutes,
while she was content to view the horse
through m OF the palace windows.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16

Chicago, March IL.
Fiour-spring patents, ss.Ioas.5O; winter
patents, $2.50Q2.75
Wheat-No. 2 spring. 54IsQ5Skc; No. 3
spring, nominal; No. 3 red. 52Q52Zc.
Corn-No. 2, 431zc; No. 3 yellow, 4lG42c.
Oats-No. 2. sslsc; No. 2 white, S2hc; No.
3 white, 31h932c.
Rye-No. 2, 51hc.
Barley-No. 2. 5sd54c; No. 8. 5i652lsc; No.
4, nominal.
Flax Seed-No. 1, N.H.
Timothy seed-Prime, $5.S5.
Provisions-Mess pork, per barrel, s10.S 80
611.OO.
Short ribs Qoose), $5.45@5.50 50.
Dry sailed shoulders (boxed). 4MQ4Nc.
Short clear sides (boxedI IS. 75G5.&
Observation-Disclosures finished goods. per
gallon. N.zS.
Sugar-Unchanged.
Butter-creameries. l26l4c; diaries, 10
Cheese cheddars. s,sc; Young Americas.
HIdes-Light inc heavy green saited.
fully cured, 4h@5c: green hides, ss@lc;
green saltsd calf. TIC; dry Mint. CSC; dea-
Tailov-No. I. solid packed. &c; No. z.
4hc; cake, SIC.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-03-16
The Missing.


The missing are:
Captain John l.. Career.
Chief Clerk David Aldridge.
A passenger from New YORK.
Gus CheVan, barkeeper, New orleans.
Mike Russell. deck hand, Cincinnati
Reardon. deck hand, Cincinnati.
Unknown woman, AN invalid from
New York. and her physician, Or. An
derson, also of New York.
The Injured.
VIM. Colbert. foot mashed.
Wilson ID. Hart, foot mashed.
Captain kehrer. hands cut.
Mate Barney King OF the Carrel, legs
cut
The real cause Of the disaster was
the fact thai the boat. like the Inflated
steamer state of Missouri, was so un-
wieldy that she became un~mana6eable
and the pilot was powerless To control
her. The boat was to have left here
for New Orleans last night. but was
prevented from doing so on &C.
count of the dense fog. River men say
the fog was even greater this morning,
and the boat should never have left.
Watchers ON the shore say that the
boats bow was pointed directly for
the Kentucky shore, and when fully
fifty yards distant IL was seen that "A
collision was inevitable.
Many of the passengers We're in their
staterooms engaged In sorting their
baggage and preparing for the long trip.
The shrill blasts Of the whistle on the
steamboat Carrel and the Longfellow
were the first warnings Of n danger:
and the doors Of the staterooms We're
hurriedly thrown open. while the pas
sengcrs got together on the front part
Of the cabin deck. The fog was SO
dense that they could see nothing. None
of them were aware of the actual dan
ger. The officers were cool and col
lected and retained their presence Of
mind for the most part. even In the face
OF imminent danger. They were sum
moned together Oh the front OF the
boiler deck and preparations were rap
idly made for removing the passengers
many of whom We're ladies, 10 the Car
rel, which was mcored alongside.
The SOUND, when the boat struck,
could be heard for several squares
along the river front, and sounded AS
II the walls OF "A great building had
idilen' a moment later the river was
black with floating wreckage am
freight. The passengers had escaped
to the garnet. and when the collision oc.
CURED the hawsers broke. TIE wreck
sank quickly and three minutes later
scarcely "a vestige remained. The mum,
Der of missing and dead. 40 far as 4.
known at this time by the boats agents
iB eight, but his number may be IN
creased when the floating wreckage /.
~ovcrhauled. There were about fort,
passengers on the boat. a crew OF fifty
two. and o twenty laborers.
The steamer vas freighted almost en-
tirely with reaping and moving ma
chimes for the southern markets. Tn,
consignment consisted OF more than so
machines and was billed To Vicksbur,
and Yazoo City.
The body Of a 16 year old girl wa
recovered from the wreckage this after
noon at Troutman's, about eight mile
below this city. She IL supposed to b
the invalid from New York, who wa
on her way south, attended by her ply
stefan, a lady known as DR.. Anderson.