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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
DIN THE INSURGENTS.


Key West, Fla, Dec. 5.-News has
been received here hat the troops of
the Spanish garrison at a Jose de las
LaJas, twenty miles southeast of Ha-
vana, abandoned their post and Joined
the insurgents. Many of the citizens
accompanied the troops carrying am
munition with them. The news caused
great excitement at the palace and
fresh troops were Immediately sent 10
the post and order was restored. Before
The troops arrived anarchy reigned, and
when the troops reached the city many
residents were shot down in the streets.
News from Santiago de Cuba reports
thai the insurgents captured an impor-
tant Spanish convoy of ammunition and
Gupplies between Bueycito and Man
!%anillo, with nearly a million rounds of
rifle cartridges.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

scientific invcs igator recently
placed several dogs in separate kennels
and chose for each animal a separate
occupation. such as walking on the hind
legs, barking at command. etc. The
dogs spent most Of their waking time
at lessons" Then they were killed.
when IL was found that in the dog
which had been trained to bark that
portion OF the brain which controls the
organs OF speech had enlarged more
than the rest. in the dog trained to run
the portion controlling the muscles Of
the legs predoninated. In every case
thai portion Of the brain was found to
be most developed through the agency
u which the special act required OF the
dog had been performed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Death Was Instant.

Mount Pleasant. Dec. A sensation
was created yesterday by the sudden
death of Miss Florence Beckwith from
The immediate effects of anti-toxin. She
lived but five minutes after the injec-
ton. Physicians are unable to explain
the matter. In the morning Miss Beck
with developed strong symptoms of
1iphtheria and the anti-toxin treatment
was determined upon, causing paraly
sis of the heart. Miss Beckwith was tho
youngest daughter of Captain Beckwith
and a beautiful and accomplished girl
Of 20 years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Forbidden to Dance.

Abba. Dec. 5.-The school board here
at the last meeting discussed dancing
md the following resolution was adopt.
ed:
I'm view Of the fact that attending
lances and keeping the late hours on
account of the same units a teacher for
the duties of the school room; therefore
Resolved, That it is the n of this
board that the teachers employed in
our schools now and hereafter refrain
from attending such places of amuse-
ment."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
SOUTH DAKOTA DIVIDED.
The Two Parties share in the State
Offices.

Pierre, 8. d., Dec. 5.-The state canvass
ers met at II o'clock yesterday ana can
yassed the returns OF Grant. Jerauld' HAN
aon Lake. Potter and Marshall counties,
laid over on account Of the returns being
certified by county officials not directly
authorized to act. The board TOOK a recess
TO 2:9O to consider the returns from Law
renee and Lincoln, which were returned
without the seal OF the auditor, II OF
Butte and unorganized counties annexed
TO Butte, which have neither seal nor aud
tors certificate.
AT the afternoon meeting OF the state
canvassers the board canyassed the re-
turns from Lincoln county, but declared
there were no returns from Lawrence ana
Butte counties. and unorganized counties
attached TO Butte. and adjourned TO De-
cember II, during which time the secre-
tary OF state Is instructed to secure duly
certified returns from those counties, pear
Ing the required seal Of the auditor, the
totals on state officials including the fig
ures from counties not canyassed are:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Pensions

washington, Dec. 5.-Pensions were
granted yesterday as follows:
Iowa: Orlginal-William III. Barton.
Sioux City; Hiram Little, New London;
Henry w. Howard, Dysart; Alexander
w. Thorton, Hillsboro. Increase-Nel-
son Rombough. HUH
Nebraska: Origlnal-James Heath,
Geneva; John Nolan, Columbus; James
Stevenson, Lincoln; Michael O'Connell,
Omaha. Additional-Ira Titus, Fair
field. Restoration and Increase-David
A. Anderson, Deweese. Increase-Dan-
lei Fox, La Naca.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
NERVOUS OVER The FUTURE
Fears That Feed viii BE Exhausted
Long Before Winter IL Over.

Omaha. Neb., Dec. 5.-Cattlemen in
the range country are beginning to get
a little nervous in regard to the pros
poets. The direct damage To stock from
the storm will not be great If the re-
mainder of the winter should he favor
able. In the old days it would have been
little less than a calamity, for the feed
now on the range Is now all covered
with ice, and cattle can rustic nothing,
What Nebraska cattlemen are fearfu.
of is hat they will run out OF feed before
spring, and there Is little doubt thal
many of them will. There Is a large
quantity of feed put up this year-more'
in fact than cOmmon-but the winter
has set / So much earlier that 1t VIII re-
quire a great quantity In excess or the
amount generally consumed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Bradstrcet's Review.

New York, Dee. 5.-Bradstreet's says
today:
General trade continues in moderate
volume, jobbers and wholesalers being
agreed there will be no business revival
this year. There is some activity in
holiday goods. Rains and stormy
weather south, and cold and severe
weather west and north west have
checked traffic on interior country
roads, and otherwise interfered with
the distribution of merchandise, except
at some northwestern centers, where
more ~seasonablc weather has stimulat-
I'd the demand for heavy textiles, cloth
ing, hats and shoes. Throughout the
central Mississippi valley there has
been no Increase in demand in whole
sale lines, and at the south trade is
characterized as dull.
Jobbers of dry goods report hat
sales for future delivery have fallen off.
Transactions in wool have fallen off,
manufacturers buying only as they re-,
ceive orders. The situation in iron and
steel is unsatisfactory. With unsettled
rumors as to the success Of the steel
pool, comparatively few sales of staple
grades have beeen made, n there is
no likelihood of a revival in demand
prior to February. No material change
is reported in prices for pork, print
cloths and lumber, while those for tur-
pentine, tobacco, cotton, sugar wheat
and flour are all higher. Exports of
wheat from both coasts Of the United
States this week, flour included as,
wheat, amount to 1868, 100 bushels, as
compared with 3,753,OO bushels last
week and 3,156.000 bushels one year ago.
Exports of Indian corr from both
coasts of the United States this week
amount to 1,756, 900 bushels, as COM
pared. with 100000 bushels last week
and 1867, 900 bushels one year ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
BITTEN BY A MAD DOG.
Baltimore News Sends Seven Child
rem TO the Pasteur Institute.

Baltimore, Md, Dec. 5.-Seven chill
dren. Who were bitten by a mad dog
in the suburbs of Baltimore Tuesday,
we're sent to the Pasteur institute by
the Baltimore News.
Lawrence Nilsson, the worst bitten of
the children, was sen OF last night.
His left eye was almost torn out and
the cheek much lacerated. The other
children were not so badly injured, but
three or four of them were badly bitten
about the face, arms and neck.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
KEANE SAILED SATURDAY.
His Career Now of Interest to the
Catholic World.

New York, Dec. 5.-Bishop John j.
Keane, whose recent removal from the
rectorship OF the Catholic university az
Washington caused such a stir In the
church and gave rise TO eports tnaS
Cardinal Satolli and the Italian chqua
OF the propaganda had Influenced tna
vatican against the liberal predictions
OF Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop lre'
land and other great lights OF the
church in the United states, sailed TO-
day for Rome. OF his future moVements
he himself has no knowledge save mat
IL left to his own discretion. ne VIII re-
main abroad at least one year. Inere
Is a possibility. however, that the hoiy
father may require him to remain per-
manently in Rome
For months TO come every Item OF
news concerning the movements or
Bishop Keane will be read with inter-
est by the Catholics Of the United
states. 1t will be remembered that ST.
multaneous with the deposition of the
noted educator from the rectorship or
the university here. and which institu-
ton is a 10 his W energy
and determination, he was offered an
elevation to the archbishopric. This no
utcllIltu Win All llAliliahAph Af'N
sired to spend at least a year in rest
and quiet. Carrying out this desire,
after surrendering the reins of the uni
versity 10 his successor, he went TO CAR
ifornia and took up his residence in tina
0'Connor's s~anitarium at san Jose. ia
had hardly become sttled, however,
when he received a TO pros
coed to Rome. AT first IL was a ques-
ticn whether or not he would obey, ana
IL Is an open secret that the trip upon
which he started today is made under
pressure, or rather as the result of adj
vice from the highest officials OF tha
church in America. The demand for
his presence in the holy city was. it may
be stated, at no time pcrenptory. and
consequently he might hay" ahStltined
from compliance with u putting him.
self in Imposition Of d's7Oeyiug thi
holy see of ieopardizing his standing in
the church. Private letters from Card
inal Gibbons and almost every arch
bishop and other high official of the
church in America, with several in Eu'
rope, urged him, however, 10 go TO Rome
and predicted that he would be received
with distinction and honored with
preferment, instead Of being condemned
for his liberal opinions.
Among those who are in touch witt
the vatican the opinion is expressed
that he will be advanced To the cardi
nalate, and 1t is not improbable that ne
may be designated as a cardinal foI
America witt a residence at Rome
distinction heretofore reserved cNclu
sively for Gr,a Britain. The duties Of
such a cardinal are 10 give advice ant
direction to the vatican concerning th'
government Of the church In the coun
try represented by such resident cardi
nal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
THE BUSINESS CONDITIONS
November Shows a Change. for the
Better Over October.
Much Satisfaction Over the Dissoiu-
ton of Big Combinations
Founded Upon the De-
pressed Conditions.

New York. Dec. 5.-R. q. Dun AZ Co.'S
Weekly Review of Trade says To-Day
The classified failures for November
.hows a gratifying reduction
With October, and are especially import
mt as showing that the peculiar dis
urbance during the presidential cam
,aign. which swelled failures $3o,OOO,-
100 in August and September, did not
revent a quick return to a monthly as-
,regate scarcely greater than that Oh
day. The defaulted liabilities in eleven
nonths have been Sl9S, 73e, i5s, against
las, 544, POP last year, the increase being
lnly $l4 600, 900 outside of those Two
nonths and his remaining Increase OF
)nly 10 per cent was also in part due
o the alarm during the campaign. The
iecline of failures is about ~ per cent
If the September aggregate gives
ronge ground for the confidence SO
generally expressed.
Ground for confidence is also found
n the abandonment of two of the larg-
.st combinations, by which the iron in
iustry has been retarded and the posi-
,ility that two others will be abandoned
such a state of things within a month
after the election suggests that these
organizations, formed when depressed
business failed to support all the works
II existence, and not expected to sur
vive a general revival of ample de-
hands for products. The immediate
effect of breaking prices is to check
arge buying. The bar combination is
still undersold by steel bars at IL
cents and nothing - doing in rails. Sew
:ral thousand cars nave been ordered,
md numerous new bridges and bridges.
Minor metals are a shade stronger.
Wool manufacture is waiting, and
While more concerns are at work, the
new demand improves but little with
more favorable weather. Speculative
sales of wool continue large, London
prices have risen 10 per cent and the
average of 104 quotations by Coates
eros. is 1886, against 1892 a month ago.
I'm the cotton manufacture there is lit
lie change, though goods are selling bet
.er, but with many added works produc-
ion exceeds the present demand.
The market for raw cotton is weak,
With middling uplands an eighth lower.
other produce markets have been
weaker. Wheat rose to the close last
week, but gradually reacted and broke
sharply on Friday, closing 2%c lower
for the week. Storms have some infiu-
ence, but receipts for the week were
only 1884, S2l bushels, against 7~,Ol4,9ll
last year. Atlantic exports were slight
~ smaller being, flour included, 1892
I67 bushels, against 2,2,326,093 last year,
but the sharp advance in prices would
naturally check shipment.
Failures for the week have been 319
in the United States, against 324 last
scar, and in Canada So, against 81 last
wear.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
HIT ON CUBA.
He Intimates That the Country
Must Intervene.

Chicago, Dec. 5.-Congressman Robert
II. Hit. chairman of the house com,
mittee on foreign affairs, was enter
tanned yesterday afternoon at the Union
League cub at an informal luncheon
A score or more Of prominent repub
licans were present. At the conclusion
OF the feast Mr.. Hit said he was on his
way to Washington, and that the objec,
Of his visit to the capital at this timt
was to take some action on the Cubar
question. He assured his listeners tina
within a month the president woulc
issue a proclamation that would prove
decisive. AS to his own position, he
said. he always had held to what seemed
to be the prevailing sentiment among
Americans, that is, he cordially sympa.
thized with the Cubans. He ever weni
so far as to say the United States
should give them material assistance
Just what shape this should take, how
ever, he did not say. Mr.. Hitt left FOL
Washington in the evening.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

Physicians always claim that the size
OF a fee should rise In proportion TO the
patients financial standing; also that
the patients death after an operation
does not determine as to the success or
otherwise Of said operation. Dr. An
drew G. Smith OF Portland. Ore. has
just sued the estate OF Mrs. Catherine
y. Verdier for $LOO He admitted that
the work he did took but a few mo-
ments; that he would ave done il for
much less for a poorer patient and that
Mrs. Verdier died Of septic fever a few
lays later. The jury tcox only five min
utes 10 decide In favor Of Or. Smiths
claim
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

In the Carnegie library at Pittsburg
Is a large and valuable collection of
tracings taken directly from the stones
in various parts of the country upon
which the Indians OF other days In
scribed their opinions OF current events
and their memories of the past. The
latest addition to this collection Is Il
carefully made copy OF the hleroglyph-
les on a cliff ovcrhanging the Mononga-
hela river In Fayette county. They seem
TO have been made by m Algonquin
tribe about 200 years ago, while II was
slowly retreatlng westward before the
white settlers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
THRILLING STORY OF UPRISING
Americans Flee to Avoid Being MUIR
dered by Mexican Poems.

st. Louis, Mo-, Dec. 5.-A little band
Of refugees arrived from Mexico yester-
day morning bringing with them a
thrilling story Of the peon uprising in
Mexico. The party consisted of Alfred
Gelzer, his wife and baby and his faith.
tr-in-law, II. c. Hamblin, all Of Denver,
Colo. Up to the time of the peon upris-
ing they were members of the Metlalto-
yucca coffee colony in Mexico. The up
rising started at GelZer's plantation,
and the family fled from Mexico to
avoid being murdered by the poems
Mr.. Gelzer said that A. l.. Dennis, a
Nebraska settler, who had a plantation
near him, was murdered by poems.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
MonapchjaI Manifesto

Paris. Dec. 5.-The police of this city
have seized several large packages con-
tanning copies of a manifesto issued
by Victor Napoleon. declaring that the
time is approaching for the people of
France to decide between a monarchy
and a democratic form of government,
and appealing to the people.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

Samuel Gompers' plan to establish @
big federation in Chicago in place %!
the old system Of divided effort. Among
prominent figures in the convention viii
be =. j. Mcclure, Secretary a. Nc
Craith and ex-President Mcbride. The
old time enemies of Mr.. Gompers prom
Use to be on hand again this year anc
make it interesting for him.
The Federation was organizcd at Col
umbus, O., in December, 1856. IL has
about eighty national labor organ.Za'
lions in It's membership, aggrcgatins
$40. 900 workers. There are 10000 loca
unions i'm the order.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

Portsmouth, N. H., and Marblehead,
Mass, are probably h only towns In
the United States where November D
Is a day marked by demonstrations OF
Joy over the failure OF Guy Hawkes."
to blow up the house OF parliament.
Why the memory of that famous plot
should linger In these two ancient
ports, and nowhere else. even In New
England, IL certainly a mystery, but
finger It does, and this year, as usual,
the boys Of Marblehead and Ports
mouth celebrated the Italians discom-
future by parading the streets at night
with noisy horns and dismal cfiigies
made OF pumpkins and candles.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

This years horse how In New York
has not been so successful as those
which preceded It. This year the sale
realized SIG. 900. last year II was $43 900
and In 1892. the record year. the sales
were $50. 900. After the sale this year
nine boxes In the first tier and fifteen
IN the second tier were left unsold. The
highest priced box is also a criterion.
This year G.. II. Morosini paid h high
est ~price-s54o. Last year the highest
price was $3.50. the year before 5000 and
In 1892 Seward Webb paid $3.50 for first
choice of boxes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Mere Lost I'm the Storm.

Pierre, Dec. "a telephone message
received from Fort Pierre late last ev-
rning announces that ID. III. M. Kenne-
sly, who owned n sheep ranch about
iifty miles up Bad river, wandered away
In the storm of a week ago and was
frozen To death. No particulars as to
the delay In finding him can be learned
lat this writing. Another man named
Koch. a Germon, living on Chapelle
creek, In the southern part of this
county. has also been missing ever since
The storm, and 1t is feared he is dead
somewhere on the prairies.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

Large numbers OF Sicilian immigrants
continue to arrive at New Orleans.
From one steamer hat arrived there
1895 Of them were landed. and there
were many picturesque scenes as the
excitable strangers came ashore. Many
of them knelt down and kissed the dirty
boards of the wharf. Then they arose
and made the sign OF the cross. The
feTvor with which the relatives and
friends greeted one another was re-
markable. Bearded men rushed into
zach others arms n kissed with the
abandon and vigor OF long-parted low
ers. Everybody talked at once and the
noise was terrific.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Kansas CiIY.

Kansas City. Dec. 5.-Hogs-Receipts
$1,000. Market weak. Quotations: Light
50. 2Oa3. 80; medium. $3.15u3. 27l2; heavy
SO. l5a3. 25; pigs, s.. S0a3.l0.
Cattle-Receipts, $500. Market weak
Quotations: Native steers, best, A.l545.O
fair to good native steers, So .10d4.l5; cows:
and heifers, best, 81. 95H3i5; fair to GOOD
cows ana heifers, Sl.15d2. 80: bulls, $1,000
80; lockers and feeders, SO. 0Od3 8. SO; Tex.
ans n westerns, 81. 70d3 80; calves, 81 "
ala. 90.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900. Market steady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Not Conclusive.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free Press.
Get any ducks?"
well, / should say so. Here's a pho
tograph we had taken at the club house
with all hat we -
But the questioner turned away. He
was a sportsman himself and knew al
about that kind of game.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

At Klausthal, Germany, a bolt Of
lightning instantly melted two wire
nails $50 inches In diameter. To mel
ron In this short time would be impos-
sible In the largest furnace now in ex-
istence, and 1t could only be accom-
lished with the aid of electricity, but
a current OF 200 amperes and a poten-
tial OF 10000 volts would be necessary.
This electric force for one second repre-
sents 5000 horse power. but rs lightning
accomplished the melting In consider
ably less time, say onc-tenth of a sec
ond, It follows that the bolt was $4,000
horse power.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
MASSlNG OF LABOR'S HOST.
American Federation to Assemble
at Cincinnati.

Cincinnati. Dec. 5.-The sixteenth
nual convention of the American Fed
GRAFTON Of Labor viii begin here next
week. A large number of delegates is
expected, and the biggest meeting ever
held is looked forward to, as the activ-
ity in the general labor circles during
the last political campaign has greatly
quickened interest i'm l3bor's prospects.
This organization differs from the
Knights Of Labor in a very fuudamen-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

Rev. Nevin w. Helffrich Of Allentown,
Pa. was called upon 10 preach a funeral
sermon and perform a marriage cere-
mony In the church in Hq.dclbers town
chip. The funeral was hat of \ a-year-
old daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin
Weiss OF Heidelberg township. After
he had delivered the funeral discourse
Albert C. Snyder and Miss Tevilla Sny-
der Of Lynn township presented them
selves at the altar to have a marriage
ceremony performed. The church vas
crowded with people to witness the
dual ceremony.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

This gives the populists the governor,
attorney general and railroad commis-
sioners, the rest to the republicans.
At the meeting of the board for the can
vass of the national officers tonight Il IL
probable certificates will be given the re-
publican electors and congressman on
failure Of sufficient returns.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

Among the curiosities Of tropical plant
life are the pearls found occasionally In
the cocoanut palm OF the Philippine
islands-pearls which. like those of the
ocean, are composed of carbonate OF
lime. The bamboo. too. yields another
precious product in the shape of true
orals. which are found In its joints. In
each case this minera matter Is. of
course, obtained from the soil.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
THE CHIPPEWA FLOOD.
Water Is still Kissing and More
Buildings Are Abandoned.

Chippewa Falls, Wis, Dec. 5.-The
food continues to rise in the streets OF
this city. compelling the further ADAM
donment of buildings in the submerged
district. Colonel w. a Jones, L. $. A.,
of st. Paul, and Mayor Lindley of this
city. have gone to the ice dam below
the city to make an investigation and
determine, if possible, upon a plan for
breaking the gorge. The report that the
gorge at Little Falls, above here, had
broken last night proved to be without
foundation. but there Is constant ap-
prehension that a sudden release of the
waters now restrained by the Little
Falls dam will break away and food
the entire city OF Chippewa Falls.
The situation at Eau Claire remains
Unchanged. that city being in no Can.
ger so long as the gorge below this city
holds.