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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-30
LOSS OF TWO STEAMERS
How the Pittsburgh and Libbie COngel
Jared In the st. Louis Storm.

How the Pittsburgh and Libbie Conger
Jared in the st. Louis Storm.
The st. Louis papers contain the
gratifying announcement that Capt.
Seamans and family were not
drowned when the Conger went to
the bottom of the river. The Globe
Democrat says:
The Libbie Conger is said to be
sunk 16 miles below and is total
loss. The belonged to Capts. Sea-
mans and Jones. The former, with
his wife and daughter we're on board
and got off at the east side as the
boat floated against the bank. 1t
turned into the stream again. Other
members OF the crew got on a barge
at the foot of Anna street. The boat
was valued at $1,000"
According to the official advices
the packet Pittsburgh, of the Dia-
mond 10 line. was only partially
lost in the st. Louis cyclone and her
damage placed at $4,000. The big
boat will be rebuilt at once. The St.
Louis Republic gives the following
details of the Pittsburgh's fate:
There was a scene Of panic aboard
the Diamond 10 steamer Pittsburg.
which was lying just below the
| bridge when the tornado struck her.
There were IL ladies aboard her, aud
when the wind began create havoc
aboard the steamer the terror was
something awful. In their mad ex-
element the women attempted to
jump overheard, and The captain,
James P. Boland. and the crew had
all they could do to prevent their
carrying out their intentions. In
the midst Of the excitement
the wharfboat let go it's an
chorsge, and began moving out
into the stream with the Pittsburgh.
which was moored to it. Then an
Undesirable panic seized the pas
sengers. and the captain forseeing
the danger. yelled out for someone
to cut the hawsers. This was task
fraught with the greatest danger to
life and limb, as the air was dense
with flying missiles, but Morris Xii.
leen. the son of the superintendent
OF the Diamond 10 line, pluckily
seized an AK and at the greatest per.
sonal risk, succeeded in severing the
hawsers. The steamer parted COM
pany with the wharfboat, and was
blown over to the Illinois side, but
fortunately none of those aboard
were injured. 1t landed opposite
Carondelet and is still lying there.
/
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-30

who do not know him and it is safe
to say that there are none who have
not heard of him in his official capac-
ity as freight agent of the Rock ISL
and railway company, position
which he has held with q record
which will stand comparison with
the best agent of the company. Mr..
Stoddard is man thoroughly versed
on all business questions. He is an
ideal business man, whose quaiifica-
tions are well illustrated in the man
ner ia which he has built up his
company's business in Rock Island.
de keeps in constant touch with our
merchants and manufacturers and is
ever on che lookout to score a point
in behalf of the company which he
represents. Moreover he is q genial
associate and influential citizen and
all in all the right man In the right
place.
Mr.. Stoddard was born in Evans.
vile, Ind As years ago. and came
to Rock Island, which has since been
his bone, two years later. He is the
son of the late Simeon b. Stoddard, one
Of Rock Island county's venerable res
idents. who died last year. When 20
years of age Mr.. Stoddard obtained a
position as clerk in the Rock Island
freight Office under Agent w. b.
Grennell. Two years later he was
advanced to bill clerk and from that
position to cashier. This he held
until 1880, when he was rendered the
agency, q position which he has filled
with credit to himself and company
since. In the office Mr.. Stoddard
has a half dozen clerks, while in the
freight room he has q foreman with
tseven assistants.
About a year ago Mr.. Stoddard in
duced his company to put on an ex-
ira fast freight between here and
Chicago for the accommodation of
merchants. The train arrives in
Rock Island every morning at z
lo'clock and has proven a great bene-
iii to business men and the company
likewise in consequence OF the lib
eral patronage. Mr.. Stoddard is
also paymaster for the company here
SO far as the freighthouse and round
house employees are concerned. and
every month distributes among the
workmen upward of 100000.
In 1880 Mr.. Stoddard was married
to Miss Emma Mitchell. of Moline.
They have three daughters and are
cozily domiciled in one of the hand
some residences of Twenty-third
street. Mr.. Stoddard is q member
OF the Knights of the Globe.
| Railway Notes.
G. L. Elwell, day operator at the
Burlington depot, goes to St. Louis
this evening.
Kinsley Mack. of the c., b. & q
office clerical force. is in Chicago to-
day witnessing the road race.
The idea OF running an excursion
to st. Louis over the Burlington to-
night was talked of, but it has been
abandoned.
George Ayers has resigned his po-
sition as night hostler at the Rock
Islands rouudhouse and left today
for Chicago.
None of the railroad companies are
Dragging over the amount of bust
ness they are doing. All say it is
about normal.
Yardmaster Hardy. Hetter and
Switchman c. P. Page, of the Bur-
lington, have gone to ST. Louis to
view the results of the storm.
Clarence Cross has been running
into Rock Island the past few days
on the Milwaukee during the illness
OF Conductor Carrigan. Clarence il
always welcome visitor in Rock
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-30
STEADY STODDARD.
His Twenty-Five Years With
the Rock Island.
STARTS oLERKme IN HIS YOUTH.

FsitAful Service In TAis Position b Re
wardsd By Gradual Advsnesmsnt UstiI
He = Promoted 20 the Freight Aeeucy
which Ne Has % Losg CrsditabIy Held
Among the long list of attaches oil
the Chicago. Rock Island & Pacific
road there is none who more closely
and faithfully guards his company'a
interests than Simeon B. Stoddafd
who Tor Just 3 quarter century has
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-30
why NOT BUY
Furniture, Carpets - Drspriss
AT WHOLESALE PRICESa
WE ARE GOING OUT OF BUSINESS COME
AND SEE THE GREAT BARGAINS WE HAVE.

Pretty bed room sets SIS each.
Very large sideboards quarter
sawed oak and polish finished,
large French-plate mirrors; great
bargains at SIS.
Nice sideboards as low as SO,
Birch com bination bookcase and
writing desk SIS; oak at 80.
Ladies' writing desk. very pref
ty, rs low as IS.
Nice large bookcases at $685..
Fine hall racks, quarter-sawed.
polish finished oak, large French
mirror at 81
Fine. china closets at g each.
Bird's-eye maple center tables at
el.25 each.
Mating at 10c yard and up.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-30

The best salve IN the world for
cuts, bruises, sores, ulcers, salt
rheum, fever sores. letter, chapped
hands, chiIblains. corns and ali skin
eruPtions, and positively cures
Piles or no pay required. It 70 guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction, OF
money, refunded. Price Is cents per
box. Horssns By HaEts = Ulls0sysg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-30

been identified
with that cor
p or Alto n 8
freight depart
ment in this
city. Mr.. Stod-
dard has been q
r e 8 d Q n t Of
4 ck Island
since . child.
There are few
people in the
n n N, N, m ustv
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-30
W. s. HOLBROOk,

1903, los, 1o7 East Second street,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-30

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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-30

Hoods Pills are the best after din.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-05-30

Best all wool Carpets, SOC per
yard. -s4= -
All wool remnants. 40c per
yard.
Very heavy half wool Carpets.
soc per yard.
A few pieces Of Body Brussels
left at S5c; Roxbury Tapestry Car
pets at $50.
Good Tapestry Carpets. at 500
per pard.
Tapestry Portiers a. low - $e.s5
pair.
Best Opaque shading by the yard
in all widths very cheap to close
out.
All wool ingram rugs. large line
OF French Wilton. Aoquet and
Smyrna rugs very low.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Another Rustler Arrested,

The curtain fell on the third act OF the
Meade county cattle rustling tragedy
yesterday. The first act resulted in the
killing Of Roy Sewall by Fred Willard,
at Sturgis, August Goth. The second act
was the arrest last week of Sheppard
Heath and Hall by Sheriff Brown and
Inspectors Lefors and Long. Yesterday
Inspector Long landed Jack McAdam.
known as Eat En- Jack" in the Meade
county Jail. Jack was arrested near
Wind Cave, in the southwest corner of
the county. Inspector Long claims TO
have positive proof that Jack and as
sociates have killed and sold thirty or
forty head of calves within the past
year. He has been working up the case
for several months and became con
vinced some time ago that an organized
gang Of cattle thieves had been operat-
ing for years. They were emboldened
by success and apparent immunity from
detection and arrest. Last spring the
raids on the herds of Holcomb and
others in the lower end Of the county
bid fair to deplete the ranges. The
arrest and subsequent killing Of Roy
Sewell put a temporary check on their
depredations, but the sleuth hounds OF
the law were On their trail. Positive
evidence of their guilt was established
before an arrest was made. The blow
has fallen and other arrests will follow
in rapid succession until the gang is
broken up and most of its members
landed in the neutrality-suspicious..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Educational Association Meeting.


The annual meeting of the South Da-
kota Educational Association occurs at
Vermillion December 1881. The teach
ers are to be made the guests of the
State University, a feature which ought
to prove useful to teachers and Universe
ty alike. The program for the meeting
has been issued, and includes papers
and discussions from representative
educators of the state, and others. Co.
pies of the program can be had by call
ing on your county superintendent, or
by request to Clark NJ. Young, of Yer
million. the corresponding secretar; OF
the association. Some very practical
and important subjects are to be dig
cussed. Among others we notice the
following: "What do the Problems OF
the Present sugguest to the Teacher? ~
"The Organization Of Higher Education
in the Twentieth Century" The Rela-
ton of Public School to Practical Life ~
ideals and Ideas in Education -
Changes Needed in the School Law y
1.-THE Relation ofthe High School to the
College," The Teaching of Literature
in our Rural and Graded Schools -
Science Teaching in Common and
Graded Schools" The meeting is i'm
portant to every teachers in the state,
and the work of the association should
receive encouragement. Railroad rates
Of a fare and one.fifth have been secur-
ed, upon the usual conditions. Rates
for entertainment are offered at not to
exceed $l.00 per day.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
The Wind Cave Contest.

John LaFabre, receiver Of the United
States land Office at Rapid City, who
visited Deadwood Tuesday, said that
the Wind Cave property is still in a
state Of uncertainty. Mr.. Mcdonald,
who located it before it vas surveyed,
and held it by the squatter's right, made
final proof in June, 1895. upon an entry
claiming the ground as agricultural land.
A few months later a protest was filed
by the South Dakota Mining company
On the grounds that mineral existed on
the property. The local land Office in
v~estigated the case, deciding in favor of
Mcdonald, as no mineral bearing rock
was to be found in place, although colors
of placer gold as well as other mineral
traces were found. The ease was then
refer.e ed by the South Dakota Mining
company to the commissioner of the
general land Office, who, after taking
exhaustive testimony on both sides,
held that the land was neither agricult.
VI" VI "''hS'a', aiiu helu AiCboHalu ;
application for a patent for cancellation,
without passing upon the original entry
of Mr.. Mcdonald, however. Both par
ties have now appealed the case to the
secretary of the interior at Washington,
and a decision is being awaited. Both
parties in the controversy are after the
cave, without any particular reference
to the ground, which is valueless for
any practical purpose.-Pioneer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
George Kinney Killed.

Ne'ss of the shooting of George Kin
ney by John Clayton at Lake Nettleton,
heal Edgemont, on Wednesday night.
was received here yesterday. Full
particulars Of the tragedy are not OBJ
tainable as W. go to press. but 1t appears
that Kinney had been drinking in
Edgemont on Wednesday, and going to
Clayton's house in the night while under
the influence of liquor awakened Clay
ton by kicking upon his door. Clayton
told him to stop kicking the door,
but Kinney did not heed him.
Clayton, who probably did not
know who the intruder was,
warned him against any further dis
turbance, declaring his intentions to
shoot if it was continued. Kinney paid
no attention to the warning, and the re-
suit was, Clayton shot, presumably
through the door the shot taking effect
in some vital part of Kinney's body, and
causing his almost instant death, Clay
ton who is said to be a very quiet young
man, went to Edgemont at once and
gave himself up TO the authorities.
Kinney's mother and brother are resi-
dentso Of Hill City, and has another broth.
erat Lead. 1t is reported that S225.O0 in
currency and a certificate of deposit for
100000 on the Hill City bank was found
upon K~inney's person.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Newspapers Galore.

The Star has received a letter of in
quiry rs to the starting of "a new paper
at Hot Springs to be called the Spray"
Some particulars were wanted as to who
the publishers are to be, etc. OF course
We could not furnish the particulars, but
if some Of our readers can it will he
appreciated. The fact that Hot Springs
needs another newspaper-or two or
three more is too apparent to call for
comment. It's a very strange thing that
some wise men from the east, or from
some other remote and hopeful region,
have not long ago embraced the golden
opportunity offered for more news
papers here at Hot Springs. They
might beyond any doubt whatever
gather in a whole lot of the spare
'spray" that daily goes to waste here
"Spray" would be a very appropriate
name for another newspaper-for spray
is about all the substance that news-
papers here are getting. By all means
let us have more SPRAY"
But this isn't all the information that
is desired. Our inquirer wants to know
as to the truthfulness Of the reports
that new papers are to be started at
Hill City, Custer, Buffalo Gap and
Edgemont." Now OF course there can be
no question about the possibility ofsuch
a general mushroominess of newspapers
in those towns, for they are all nearly
dead for want of more newspapers.
Hill City for instance once had two
newspapers-even two of the same
name for awhile-and now the twon is
suffering with but one.
Custer has only two now, one being
recently started. although it has wit
messed the budding of many a news
paper flower but each one soon 5lushed
unseen, excepting the steady old
CHRONICLE, and it never has been known
to blush since Sam Shankland edited it
Buffalo Gap, a town that has given
birth to more efforts in the newspaper
line than any city this side of Beaver
creek, and very strangely now has only
one, must indeed be longing for more
"World's" to conquer. Ballou is all
alone in his glory, and like the rest of
us is said to be very Ba-lou.
Edgemont is also on the list. We'll,
Edgemont has m newspaper. and one
publication whose manager says that he
publishes it and keeps a kicking because
that's what he's paid for"
1t will be seen at once from the brief
review Of the situation that all the
towns inquired about are seriously in
need of newspapers-whether they be
run on "spray" or "wind." We have
spray from our springs and wind from
our ave, so that there is unlimited op.
portunities for newspapers in this To-
cality.-Hot Springs Star.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Comfort to California.

Every Thursday morning, a tourist
sleeping car for Salt Lake City, San
Francisco and Los Angeles leaves Oma-
Ina and Lincoln via the Burlington Route.
1t is ~carpeted upholstered in rattan /;
has spring seats and backs and is pro-
vided with curtains, bedding, towels.
soap, etc. An experienced excursion
conductor and q uniformed Pullman
porter accompany it through to the
Pacific Coast.
While neither as extensively finished
nor as fine to look at as a palace sleeper,
it is just as good to ride in. Second
class tickets are honoied and the price
Of a birth, wide enough and big enough
for two, is only $500.
For a folder giving full particulars,
call at the nearest B. & NJ. r. X. ticket
office. Or, write to j. Francis, General
Pass'r Agt., Burlington Route, Omaha,
Nebraska.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Try II and See,

Whatever may be SAID about the pub
LEGATIONS of Rev. Irl II. Hicks by those
who do not fully understand the facts,
there is no denying the truth that his
paper and Almanac have come to stay.
His splendid journal, Word and Works,
is now entering its tenth year, largely
increased in circulation and in every
way improved, until 1T deserves the
national reputation it has attained. His
1897 Almanac is now ready and is by far
the finest and most beautiful he has yet
issued. 1t contain los pages, includ.
ing cover artistically printed in colors,
and is filled from back to back with Just
what is wanted in shop, Office and home
in America. One feature of the Altman
&C for 1897 is a series of II original.
beautifully engraved star maps, with
explanatory chapters, which could not
be bought for less than five dollars in
any work on astronomy. AS Mr.. Hicks
has so correctly and faithfully warned
the public Of coming droughts, floods,
cold waves, blizzards, tornadoes and
cyclones. in the years past, aside from
the other varied and splendid features
Of his paper and Almanac, these consid.
erdtions alone should prompt every
family to subscribe at NEE for 1897.
The Almanac is only % cts a copy.
Word and Works is one dollar Il year,
and a copy of the fine Almanac goes as
a premium with every yearly subscrip-
ton Write to Word and Works Pub
fishing Co., st. Louis, Mo.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
Business

The Custer Meat Market which has
heretofore been conducted by John Nc
Fadden has passed into other hands,
the same having been purchased by p.
McClelland and WILDER Wright Of tins
place. who took possession yesterday
morning and will hereafter conduct the
business. The new proprietors are pop
ular and enterprising, and we bespeak
for them a continuance of the liberal
patronage that has been so deservingly
bestowed upon the former proprietor.
Mr.. McFadden will remain in the city
having extensive ice contracts to fill
which will engage his future attention.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

J. w. Sphinx, Of Pierre, was a business
ca Ter in the city on Saturday.
Gus. Mason was among the Thursday
arrivals in the city from Chadron.
Z. III. Lahrman, of Omaha, was among
the arrivals in the city on Monday.
S. L. Sprague, of Minneapolis, had
rooms at the Kleemann on Saturday.
T. j. Cunningham, Of Omaha, was an
oyer Sunday guest at the Kleemann.
Charles L%aehndrick was a sojourner
in the city IN Monday from Rockford.
w. I. Payne had rooms at the Klee-
mann on Monday from Council Bluffs.
F. b. Smith, the Hot Springs livery
man, had business in the city on Satur-
day.
b. Bronson, the st. ice traveller, was
among the guests at the Kleemann OH
Saturday.
Val. Flemming and Scott Joy were So
journing in the city on Thursday from
Redfern.
L. +. Wright, the well known Omaha
trade r~ustler, was a Sunday guest at the
Kleemann.
b. Aronson, Of st. Joe, was a travelling
man soliciting trade orders in the city
on Monday.
George Burroughs, of the L. A. X.
cattle ranch. was soiourning in the city
on Saturday.
Frank Bender of Squaw Creek, was
transacting business at the county seat
on Thursday.
P. s.. Englebrecht, of Buffalo Gap, was
transacting business in the county seas
on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sweat were
among the Wednesday arrivals in the
city from Edgemont.
S. X. Snively, a prominent resident of
Sheridan, Wyoming, made Custer a
business call on Saturday.
August ~Schaefer, representing a Chi
cago wholesale house, was busy solicit
ing trade in the city on Wednesday.
Mrs. jeff McDermott returned to the
Northern Hills early in the week after
a brief business visit in this place.
Mrs. E. Kidwell departed for Wabash,
Indiana, the latter part of last week for
an extended visit with relatives and
friends.
f Gillette, a former well known B. &
NJ. surveyor, now a resident of Sheri-
dan, Wyoming, was a visitor in the city
on Saturday.
Mrs. Margaret McFadden, who has
been visiting with her sons, John and
d. w., will return to her home in
Hemingford, Neb., on Monday.
II. C. McMaken. the Platsmouth, Neb,
ice dealer, who, in the early days, was
extensively engaged in the mica indus
try near this place, came in Monday
morning from the northern Hills, where
he is interested in mining properties,
and spent the day very pleasantly re-
newing acquaintance with his numerous
old time friends, and the CHRONICLE is
indebted to him for a very pleasant
call.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12
SHERIEF,S SALE.

CTATE OF SOUTH DOKATA, COUNTY OF
- Custer, SIS. In Circuit Court, Seventh Judi
cial Circuit.
First National Bank of Gus
ter City, s. d., a Corporation,
Plaintiff,
Henry F. Lake, Clara NJ.
Lake. and Custer County, S,
d.. a Municipal Corporation.
Defendants.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a judg.
ment Of Foreclosure and Sale In the above en-
titled action on the 10th day of November, A. ID.
1896, and an execution issued upon said judg-
Custer County, State Of South Dakota, for that
purpose appointed, will sell at public auction at
the front door of the Court House in the Town of
Custer, and State of South Dakota, on December
2lst, 1896, at > O'Clock In the afternoon of that
day, the real estate and mortgaged premises
situate I'm the County of Custer. and state Of
South Dakota, and directed in said Judgment
aud execution to be sold, and therein described
as follows;
The East One Half (E - of Lot Number Five
(5). III Block Number Eight (S), IN the Town of
Custer City, s. D., as shown by the official plat
of Custer CITY, S, ID now on file and recorded in
the Office Of the Register of Deeds of Custer
County, State of South Dakota. or so much
thereof as may be su iicient To satisfy sand judg-
ment and costs. amounting in all to Seventeen
Hundred and Twenty three Dollars and Forty
Gents (Sl, 723. 400. with interest thereon from the
date of said judgment, and all ~accruing costs of
sale.
Dated Custer City, South Dakota, November
10Th, 1896,
A, II WILLARD,
Sheriff OF Custer County, s. ID.
WOOD & PORTER,
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
First publication, Nov. II, 1896.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-12

Prof. Rothemal, the mysterious ghost
dancing mining expert, who has been
holding his ribbon show in the neigh
borhood of Palmer's gulch for the past
few months, departed last Saturday for
Mexico, where the warm sunshine and
ignorant savages will permit him to
continue his strange seances during the
winter months. The professor is GER
tainly a strange combination Of science
and Observation-Disclosures and ignor-
ance. Whether by some mysterious
power unknown to the others, or by
common good luck" he has located a
number of fine, rich lodges of gold bear
ing quartz, yet in many instances his
prophesies have proven false.-Key-
stone Nugget.