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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Protection OF Game.

Sioux Falls, Dec. 19.--Park Davis, a
well known lawyer of Sioux Falls, and
president OF the Sioux Falls Gun club,
has drafted a bill for the protection OF
game in South Dakota, and an effort
will be made 10 ecurc It's passage. The
bill is a drastic one, and those who are
active in protecting game feel sure that
1t can be enforced. The bill forbids the
shooting Of prairie chickens or white
breasted or sharp tail grouse between
December l and August Is. quail part
ridge, ru1fied grouse or pheasant be-
tween January / and October /. wild
duck Of any variety. wild geese or brant,
snipe Of any variety of aquatic fowl be-
tween May / and September l. The kill
ing OF buffalo, elk, deer, antelope or
mountain sheep is prohibited between
January ] and September i. Any kind
of a gun except that which is commonly
shot from the shoulder Is barred.
The section relative to fish is as fol-
lows:
ut shall be unlawful for any person,
at any time, TO take, catch, kill or de-
stroy any fish hereinafter mentioned,
except by spear or hook and line. in any
Of the waters OF the state except the
Missouri river. or 10 take, catch OF have
in possession except for the purpose OF
propagation or breeding), any trout,
and locked salmon. salmon trout or
longe, between the LIST day OF Septem-
Der and the LIST day Of May, or n black
bass, rock bass, muskellonge, pike,
pickeral, wall eyed pike or perch, be-
tween The lst day Of March and 18th
day Of May
The use of seins, nets Of any kind, ex-
plosive or stupefying drugs, traps. ETC.,
are forbidden.
The breaking Of the law is punishable
by fines ranging from $40 to 5000. In adj
dition to the fine, dogs, guns, traps,
nets, etc, shall be confiscated. During
the closed season il a person shall be
found in the field with dog and gun
this shall be ~presumptive evidence Of
guilt. The law also provides for the APP
pointment Of a game warden in each
county by the governor. wha may APP
point subwardens.
The law also makes 1t obligatory upon
all hunters to take out a license to hunt
before going into the field.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
LITIGATION OVER The CAVE
Wind Cave Causes Much Tribula-
ton to Claimants.
Disclosures by a SQuawMan Cause
a Sensation---The Oficial To-
tails Announced by the
Canvassing Board.

Chamberlain, S. D., Dec. 19.-The lit
igation for the possession of the famous
Wind Cave a reached the interesting
stage. Mcdonald, the man who located
the cave before it was surveyed, and
held IL as a squatter, made final proof
In June, 1895, claiming the land as ag-
ricultural land. A few months later the
South Dakota Mining company filed a
protest in which IL was alleged that
minerals existed OF the property. The
register and receiver of the RAPID City
and office investigated the matter and
decided in favor of Mcdonald, as the
investigation showed there was no min
eral bearing rock to be found in the
place. although colors of placer gold
as well as ether mineral races were
discovered. The case was then carried
TO the commissioner of the general lan
office. After taking exhaustive testi-
mon on both sides he held hat the
and was neither agricultural or miner
al, and held for cancellation McDonald's
application for patent. The commits
sioner, however, omitted to pass upon
McDonald's original entry. Both par
ties are, Of course, dissatisfied with this
sort Of a decision, and both have now
appealed the case to the secretary of the
interior. A decision is awaited with
great interest, as the a V is equivalent
to a fortune to the person who becomes
the owner of il.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
HEIR TO MILLIONS A REFUGEE
Baron Hirsch's Adopted Son Escapes
Military Duty.

New Orleans. Dec. 19.-Arnold de For
est of Paris registered a few days ago
at the St. Charles hotel here. 1t be-
came known yesterday that he is the
adopted son OF the late Baron Hirsch,
the philanthropist and humanitarian,
hat he is heir to a fortune Of about
$2S,0 600, 600 and that he came 10 the Unit
ed States to escape military duty In
France.
Mr.. de Forest came to New Orleans
from Washington, where he was natur-
allied last week. He speaks English
perfectly. In an interview yesterday
he said:
IT am the adopted son Of the late
Baron Hirsch. My parents were great
friends of his, and they died when l was
at such a tender age that l cannot re-
member them. j was educated In Eng
land and came to America to escape the
French military laws.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
BECOMING SNARlED.
The North Dakota Senatorial Fight
Is Mixed.

Fargo, N. d., Dec. 1.-THE result of
the meeting of the Cas- county men,
bers of the Legislature was not as point
ed as had been expected. Much need
ed legislation was discussed, but moth
ing definite was agreed upon as to a
senatorial candidate. OF the eleven
members from this county four are
favorable to the reelection of Senator
Hansbrough. or the other eleven, one,
State Senator l.. b.. Hanna of Page is
d candidate himself. He is a nephew OF
the famous Mark Hanna, McKinley's
manager. He was i'm the lower house
at the last legislature. The other Cass
county candidate is Colonel Ball, twice
mayor of Fargo and attorney for the
Northern Pacific. Great Northern and
Milwaukee railroads.
His candidacy is regarded Win about
the same seriousness as that of J. NJ.
Cochrane Of Grand Forks. and 1t 10
feared that they will attempt to break
up the Hansbrough strength and at the
proper time throw their united strength
to Colonel Robinson of Maryville. who
Is beyond all doubt a candidate, though
ne poses like Caesar. as pushing the
crown away. 1t looks as II there viii
be no united action on the senatorial
question and the conditions may prove
as they were four years ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
The Queens TeIephoncst.

A new Office has been inaugurated at
Windsor castle in connection with the
household OF the queen. 1t Is that Of
court telephonist, and the responsibility
Of the position may be conceived when
It is borne In mind that the queen does
not herself speak over the telephone or
place her ear to the receiver. deputing
that to the newly appointed u tele-
phonist, who, accordingly becomes in
ttiated into every secret and confiden-
tial matter that passes over the wire
between her majesty and her ministers
and officials. The court telephonist.
who will rank with Mr.. Hiley. the court
telegraphist, Is q son OF the late Gen.
eral Sir George Maude. known to so
many American tourists in London as
superintendent OF the royal stables and
crown eQuerry. Young Mr.. Maude.
who IL . relative Of Lord Montalt. has
for some time past been attached In a
s~ecretarial capacity to the ONCE OF Sir
fleetwood Edwards. keeper Of her
inajesty's privy purse. The latter's
colleague. Sir Arthur Bigge. private
secretary to the queen. by the by. has
become such an enthusiast about the
bicycle that he insists on using Il even
for conveying himself q few hundred
yards from one part Of the castle TO the
othnr
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Gold in the hook Trade.

It will be a surprise to many persons tc
learn that thousands of dollars worth OF
gold annually vanishes in the manufacture
Of books. The lettering on the backs OF
the volumes that are found in almost ev-
cry house depends on the kin OF book.
Cheap books are lettered with a chear
bronzing. but the better class OF volumes
issued by reputable publishers are lettered
with nothing but gold leaf of good quail
ity, and this, once placed upon the backs
OF volumes, becomes a loss-that Is, SO far
as concerns the worlds stock. A large
publishing house will use from 5000 to
5000 worth Of gold leaf every year In this
way, not a grain being ever recovered. or
course II the 10000 or $4,000 volumes on
which this gold is placed should be col.
lected and their backs torn on and burned,
soms of the gold might be saved. but ever
IN this case. so thin Is the leaf and so light
that most of IL would pass on with the
smoke and be lost. The leaf Is beaten I'd
such an incredible thinness that even o
lavish display of lettering on the back Of Q
HANDSOME volume may not involve the
use Of more than 3 or 4 cents worth of
gold. but every year there are between
1900 n 5000 books issued In this country,
the number Of copies probably far exceed.
ms 10000. 20 that the absorption Of gold
by the publishers forms a considerable
connection, be forgotten. There are q good
many millions OF children in this country.
and not q few of the toys made for their
use have. here and there, a bit of gliding.
1t may BE- only q line round the edge, like
that which surrounds the doll sets Of Guns
and gaucers. but II Is gold, and, once laid
on that gold II lost.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Who the Wicked People Are.

SuTTtnl Item.
II. Tar3e, 4 French cr.ninc.csist. ha.
been studying the proportion Of sinners
among persons Of the various industrial.
vacations and the professions In his
country. He compares them In this
way: Taking 10000 OF the population
as he finds them, he selects from them
the criminals in each trade and profes.
sion. according to the records kept IL
French prisons.
His Investigations lead him to make
he generalization that workmen with
their hands are much less often crimi.
nails than those who make their Twins
With their brains, or alleged brains
Among professional men the worst OF
all are artists, the best Of all clergy.
men. But this cynical nj. Tarde attrib-
utes Ii rather to the circumstances OF
the lives Of men OF the two classes. The
clergy are removed from temptation. II
Is a large part of their stock in trads
to pose as perfectly virtuous; therefore
they are mostly %virtuous. When they
do commit a crime against the laws, II
Is apt to be in the way Of embexxlIne
moneys. Artists have no restraint
thrown around them and every tempta.
ton to be bad; therefore they are bad
In every 10000 persons there are ~
wicked artists and only seventy-one
wicked priests.
1t is with profound regret we record
that next to the artists in the ranks o.
criminals come writer's. particularly
newspaper men. There are 402 criminal
writers to every {. 1000. and their beset.
Ing sin Is blackmail. more shame 10
them. We beg to remind our readers.
however. this Is In France. Journalists
In America are good men.
In the 10000 people there are only lse
physicians who are criminals. Finally.
the most moral and law abiding class OF
all 10 the artisans, the humble worker
with their hands. The criminals AMONG
them are only three-6fths as many a.
are found In the professions.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
SPANISH DESERVING.
weyler Concentrating His Forces ut
" Havana.

Weyler concentrating His Forces ~
~ Havana.
Cincinnati, O., Dec. ia special to
the Commercial-Tribune from Key
West. Fla, says:
Reports from Havana state that the
Spanish soldiers in the Pinar del Rio
section are deserving quite rapidly, that
sickness on the trocha and assertions
have made reinforcements necessary
there. Weyler is keeping all the troops
he can in Havana. The news from Ma
tanzas province is disquieting. The pail
ace officials refuse information as 10
the results Of the engagements at TOGO
and Purgatono this wNk. 1t is known
that the Spanish lost many men and
much provisions, arms and ammunition.
The insurgents ambushed and nut
thanked the Spaniards, completely out
ing them after two hours fighting. The
bans twenty. A reign Of terror exists
in the small towns Of that section, as the
country is full of soldiers of both sides,
and the country people who are disposed
to remain neutral cannot do so. More
than fifty men have been killed there
she past fortnight by both sides. Many
families have come into the larger
towns, but as supplies are not abund-
ant, fears of short rations have occa-
stoned much trouble. Many arrests
have been made in Havana this week,
five of them charged with being agents
Of the junta.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

II. ID. Booge, a Topeka man, has
adopted a unique plan for getting even
With the money power Recently he
lost his handsome home through a fore
closure. He owned the adjacent vacant
lot, and he built a barn on il within
twenty feet of the front O of his lost
home. The loan company thus finds it.
self impossible to rent the house and
Rooge takes secret satisfaction in see
ing il remain vacant.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Huron Matters,

Huhon, Dec. 19.-The appointment by
Secretary of State Roddle, of Captain
Phil Lawrence to be his assistant is
very satisfactory to the many friends
Of the captain here, and particularly
gratifying to old soldiers, of whom there
are toe few in official positions at the
state capital.
The winter meeting Of the South Da.
kota Press association 10 be held in
Pierre January q and %, will pa an i'm
portant gathering for the newspaper
fraternity of the state. The date being
late In the legislative session indicates
that the association will not have much
to do with proposed legislation or po-
litical matters.
Free silver men Of this county have
organized for the coming campaign. A
committee OF one from each township
has been named to look after the inter-
eests of the party.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
CS..n anal Provisions.

Chicago, Dec. 19.-Cash quotations were
as follows:
Flour-Easier.
Wheat-No. 2 spring. .7sha76hc; No. 8
spring, !4a7sc; No; red, sSikc. .'
oatsHNo. 2, lie; No. 2 white. f. o. b.,
l9% Q2ohc; No. 3 white, 17hdl7%c.
Rye-No. 2, CSC.
Barley-No. 2 nominal; No. 8. (. o. b.,
23q25c; No. 4, I. o. b., 22@25c.
Flax Seed-No. ], 74H16c.
Timothy S~eed-Prime, ST.
Provisions-Mess pork. 81. 75G6. 80: lard,
50. 1908. 77la; short rib sides, 50. 75d4 90; dry
sailed shoulders. S4.25a4.5 so; short clear
WhisHyMDistiifers' finished goods. per
gallon, H.1S.
Sugar-Unchanged.
1Om17c.
E~ggs-Firm. Fresh, 19c.
Cheese-Steady at SlzM9c.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Two Women Hurt In q Runaway.

Redfeld, Dec. 17.-As MIS-. +. L. Fur
bush and daughter, Nina, were turning
a corner on Main street in a cutter a
runaway horse came dashing down the
street ~ attempted to jump over the
cutter in which they were. He Jumped
into the cutter instead and smashed 1t
to pieces, throwing down the horse
hitched to the cutter, knocking Miss
Nina Furbush unconscious and badly
bruising both limbs. Mrs. Furbush was
also quite badly bruised.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

Many Berrien comfy, Michigan farm
FRS say they nave so much corn they
hardly know what TO do with il, their
eribe being full to overlooking, and the
husking still going on The grain is
Try and in admirable condition to crib
ana the ears are notably large and per-
'ect. 1t is generally conceded to be the
argest and most perfect corn crop ever
grown In Berrien county since its set
Element.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

Washington, Dec. 19.-Iowa postmaster
were appointed yesterday as follows:
Nordins. Winnishiek county, p. Johnson
vice G.. H.. johnson. resigned; Hamlera
Warren county. j. Bartholomew, vice j
NJ. Goldizen. resigned.
Pensions were granted yesterday as fol
lows:
South Dakota-Oyiginal: Adam +. Nc
Cabe, Wakonda.
Iowa-Original: John Boateress. Paul
lima. Increase: Daniel Pickens. Sidney
George II. Griggs, Rock Rapids. Reissue
John Kritter. North Washington. Wild,
ows: Elisabeth Smith. Tama: minor o,
John Cage. Des Moines: minors of Benja
min II. Tompkins. Bloomfield; minors Of
John Salisbury. Rockwell.
Observation-Disclosures: Sylvester B. Lytle
Neligh.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
rhe Way IL Ii Done.

q AiibdiAS
Nav" said young Eben Greenhaw,
who had just returned from a visit to
the county seat, II was up TO the office
of the Weekly Bazoo an see the editor
a-editin'."
Law sakes! Was your" replied his
mother. How did he do it?'
Jaw, 1t didn't amount TO nuthin'
much! When ] went up he was workin'
at a big iron contraption that looked as
much like a cider press as anything I
can think of, only II didn't, exactly,
either. Anyhow, he spread a sheet o.
white paper on a flap-sort-o'-thing at
n end OF the machine. run q lietle,
dirty. black Observation-Disclosures
across a rough place at the middle Of
the contraption. turned down the flap,
twisted a crank. pulled a lever. turned a
lolligager, as you might call Ii, stopped
and took a drink out OF a suspicious
lookin' bottle, set Ii down an cussed an
wiped his face. Then a big, savage
lookin' man came In an hit him over
the head a couple o times without say
In anything. Pretty soon the editor
picked himself up of from the floor, felt
OF his head, as IL he expected to find 1t
DicAc, cuSscu sOils IlOrS, LOOK anOtncr
drink out of the bottle. twisted the
crank on his machine the other way,
wound the lolligager backwards. lifted
the flap, an there was the newspaper
all done an edited an ready to read.
An that was the very last thing he
done while l stayed. except to set down
an drink the rest Of the stun In his bot
tie. An then he started out to 60 hunt
in'-cr. at least. / s'pose that was what
he meant. for he said he was goin' to
rush the growler. Why, shucks! I could
edit q newspaper jest as easy as rolIin'
out o. bed. all exceptin' the part where
the man In an hits him with the
cuban i guess mebby I'd git used to
hat after a while an not mind II any
more than the editor seemed to-"
well. pshaw!" calculated Mr..
Greenhaw, angrily. lis that all he doesf
An then he has the lace to charge
your poor paw a dollar q year for his
Old paper. right when times IL so des,
prit hard. too! It's regular robbery,
downright robbery-that's Jest what It
is.'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

Edward Lloyd, the proprietor of
Lloyd's Newspaper and the London
Chronicle, has bought 100 square miles
- Norwegian forest to make wood pulp
cor his paper. Mr.. Lloyd is the owner
Of vast hemp lands in India, which
gave the fiber thai made the splendid
paper for his publications. The hemp
anime has evidently forced him to turn
at least temporarily to wood pulp.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

The French are talking again OF a
ship canal between Toulon and Bor
ieauX to connect the Atlantic and Med
~iterranean, thus Ranking the strong
nod at Gibraltar. AS the proposed
waterway would be more than $50 miles
ong, with a level Of 600 feet above the
sea, and ia locks, it is hardly a matter
If the first interest 10 the present gen.
.ration.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

In South Africa the rapid develop
nent Of the mining industry has caused
wen Kaffir labor to be well paid for.
Despite this attraction it is a marvel
hat the natives could even have been
persuaded to go down he mines at all,
ana, as a matter Of fact, the Zulus and
some other tribes absolutely refuse to
10 so eve now. They will work above
ground, but below these men will not
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
DOVER INTEREST IN MILLIONS
Mrs. Julia NJ. steward sues the Es-
tate of a Kansas City Pioneer.

Kansas City, No. Dec. 19.-Mrs. julia
NJ. Steward, formerly Of Denver, has
brought suit TO a dover interest
in the 81, 600, 600 estate of the late Will
liam ellis. one Of Kansas Clty's pr
necrs.
She claims that before her marriage
to Mr.. Steward she was the wife or
Martin Van Buren, Jackson, who died
in 1889, and who claimed to be a son of
ellis by an carly marriage. ellis died
in 1869 and was supposed to have been a
bachelor. Mrs. Steward claims TO be
able to prove he married Mrs. Jackson
in 1885.
Mrs. Steward is one Of hundreds or
claimants Of the estate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
REFUSED TO lNDlCT ERB.

Despite His Confession the GRAND
Jury Orders Him Released.
Harrisburg, Pa, Dec. 19.-George Erb,
who recently confessed to the murder
Of Edward II. Nuttor at Fort Smith.
Ark, last February. will be released
from prison today. Chief of Police
Watson received letter from the shers
in Of that place stating hat the grand
jury had failed to indict Erb. and had
instructed him to notify the Harris.
burg authorities that so far as the Ar.
kansas parties were concerned he could
he released.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

In Germany the man who loses both
his hands in an accident can claim the
whole of his life insurance money, il
lie be insured, on the grounds hat he
aas lost the means of maintaining him.
elf. A loss of the right hand reduces
The claim from 20 to so per cen of the
.otal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

Recently an extraordinary occurrence
vas witnessed from the south sid Of
he Thames. on the foreshore close by
he Cherry Garden pier, Bermondsey,
about Z a. m, a large flock OF rocks
we're seen making their way in a north
westerly direction, followed almost inn
nediately by a mass of starlings, which
IN turn were followed by flights OF
ieldfares and larks at like intervals.
They continued for nearly half an hour.
ohalanX succeeding phalanX in regular
military order without n attempt at
ntcrmingling.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

The duration of sunshine in the vari-
Jus countries of Europe was recently
discussed at a scientific meeting I'm Ber-
lin. 1t a shown that Spain stands
1t the head Of the list, having, on the
average, 5000 hours of sunshine per,
fear, while Italy has 1900 hours, Ger
many 100 hours and England 400
rnlrc
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
Minneapolis.

Minneapolis, Dec. 19.-Wheat was yea
and closed &c over.
Closing Prices-December. 754c; May.
7Sc: September, 7Sc.
Prices on Track-No. l ! hard, 77hc; No. ]
northern. 16c; No. 2 n northern. 741sc.
Receipts-Wheat. 1s6. $40 bushels.
Shipments-Wheat, $3.50 bushels.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

inal way Of collecting their taxes. If.
after due notice has been given, the
money is not sent. the authorities place
m or two hungry militiamen in the
house, to be lodged until the amount Of
the tax is paid.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26

A debate which has just taken place
In the senate at Paris has disclosed the
Tact hat the island of Madagascar has
rlready cost France $780, 900, 900, and viii
probably % her at least 5000, 900 a
year hereafter, without IN hope of the
slightest return for a long time to come.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
MAKING BOGUS MONEY.
Counterfeiters In the Federal Prisos
at Fort Leavenworth.

Leavenworth, Kas., Dec. 1S.-Warder
j. w. French Of the United States peni.
tertiary at Fort L~eavenworth has made
the discovery that a gang Of Ave con
victs -four Of them sent in for counter.
feiting, were at work making spurious
IS bills
The leader Of the gan was ]. c.. Mc.
Kibben, the prison photographer.
Warden French secured written con.
LESSONS from all implicated and the
~convicts will be tried for counterfeiting
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-12-26
RICH vein OF GOLD FOUND
A Happy Drift at Ragged Top in
the Black Hills.
A Large Bed of Ore of Fabulous
Richness--Gov. Sheldon APP
points a Regent--Othcr
Dakota Items,

Deadwood, Dec. 19.-At a depth Of no
feet in the Dacyshaft of Fitzpatrick
Bros. 4 Collins, at Ragged Top. a drift
was started on the assure. When about
ten feet was completed a large bed OF
ore was encountered that is fabulously
rich. The average ore in the shaft will
run $3.50 a ton. The ore is the richest
ever discovered in the Black Hills.