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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
Rradstrcct's Review.

New York, oct. 3.-Bradstreet's Re
view says:
Cooler weather and continued pur.
chnses by interior merchants, notably
west and south, continued the slight i'm
provement in trade recorded In preced-
ing weeks. Merchants at primary COT
ton markets and at large centers in the
spring wheat region report a better
movement OF staples, due to unusually
heavy receipts Of those crops. Through
out the central west, including such
points as Baltimore, Cincinnati, Chi
cage and st. Louis, the volume Of trade
falls behind that of "A year age In some
instances, but is equal to il In others.
At eastern centers the improvement Is
seen In greater ease i'm the none mar
kets and more disposition to discount
commercial paper, although at un-
changed rates. Wholesale merchants
report a better feeling very generally.
but few anticipate any material in
crease In the volume OF business this
month.
Mercantile collections continue slow and
as difficult to make as heretofore, except
I'm the cotton states and at some points in
the northwest, where heavy crop receipts
have enabled interior merchants 10
liquidate long standing accounts. The
more conspicuous demand at large inter
.or cities is for dry goods, clothing, shoes,
hardware, leather and lumber. There Is
also a better demand for pig iron and
steel.
Business in cotton goods has been adj
vanced by the check in prices, and mill
stocks tend to accumulate again.
Exports OF wheat, flour included as
wheat, from both coasts Of the United
States and from Montreal, this week,
amount to 4,215, 1874 bushels. the largest
weeks exports OF wheat since the second
week Of September, 1899. 1t Is compared
with $780, 900 bushels last week and 2,6i3,0 900
bushels In the corresponding week one
year ago.
The total number OF business failures
throughout the United States from Janu-
AIRY I to September 30, 1896, Is II $50, the
largest aggregate reported for a Ike period
since records of this character have been
compiled. The next largest corresponding
total was IL 40 for nine months of the
panic year, 1898.
The total business failures throughout
the Dominion OF Canada amount to l,l6l
for the past nine months, an increase Of
yl5, compared with the corresponding
period last year.
The total Liabilities amounted to $751;
2l9,0O0, against 81, $4,000 last year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
THE DEFICIT GROWS.
IL D. Only the Lack OF Revenue Thai
Bothers Now.

Washington. Oct. THE monthly
debt statement issued by the treasury
department emphasizes once more the
fact that a lack Of evenue and not .
lack Of primary money" is responsible
for the additions to the bonded indebt-
edness created by the present admins
tratiOn. For the first quarter of the fis-
cal year, which began on July J, the de-
felt in revenues Is shown TO be upwards
Of So, 900, 900. This deficit Is primarily
due TO a falling off in revenue created
by the Wilson-Gorman bill and to this
deficiency more THAI TO the outflow of
gold in the past few years is due the ne
cesslty for the sale Of bonds which had
added $3.50, 900, 900 to the bonded debt and
SIS, 600, 900 annually 10 the interest
charges. The managers Of the repub.
lican congressional campaign point to
the facts as evidence Of the necessity OF
electing a congress pledged 10 provide
revenues and Secretary Mercer says
that with a revenue bill which vii
produce revenue sufficient to pay run.
ming expenses the currency problem wiD
settle Itself"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
ECHOES FROM the STORM
At Least Fifty Victims Of the Storm
in Florida.
Cedar Keys and Other Florida
Towns In les Path Are
Wiped Out Of E.-
istence.

rooLsonv,lle. Fla, Oct. LIT IL q con-
.or,a,iva estimate to say that nfty people
80 lost their lives from the hurricane
ara the number may run much higner.
Nau,s from that portion of the state where
.ha storm first struck is very SLOW IN COM
IT, for wires are down and railroads are
,mnassable. Wreck!ng parties whch went
,ont ms morning have not returneu' III
MI he tomorrow before the IuI extent Va
the damage Is known.
The hurricane struck FIortoa ~ oeuai
Kevs. and reports show that al paSseo
re nath of destruction over twenty 'o"n"
Images and between thirty ana forty
noon,e have certainly been Killed. eeoar
49, "a about 100 miles southwest OF JACK
.an,u,e The hurricane, which had Deem
cburn,ng the waters or the gun h
struck this place, a village OF Low ihhno
,ants The only report WhIch mas eo""o
concerning Cedar Keys Is mat the .omh
has been swept away and many hVes NAYS
been lost. This report comes from Ga,he
Vile. which IS fifty miles away. NoDouy
has been able to get anything ulles. ~
Cedar Keys. Moving nortneas'er's, u'
s,orm struck Wil!stown, a small to"h'
49, al the houses were blown down.
&c neraon was killed and several so Dadly
go rat q ,s expected they VIII de.
~ here is a large turpent.ne farm'
rbore state c~onvicts are employed. IWeh-
,v 90 those were huddled together IN d
cabin. A heavy tree was Down across tne
ooh,n and six of the convicts were crusheo
to death. -
In Alachua county the storm d.d ir'gn'-
ful work. In Gainesville the Methou!sr
church and about twenty residences ana
b,s,ness houses were destroyed and while
a number OF people were hurt no fatant'es
are reported.
Ar Lacrosse fifteen buildings were de-
stroyed. Rev. w. A. Barr, Mrs. r.. r.
Mcintosh and her baby are reported kiieu'
Near there four laborers who were III q
cabin at a turpentine farm were crusheo
by falling trees.
Newberry, IN West Alachua county -
totally wrecked. c. j. Eastlin. Mrs. Nancy
Moss. Frank Olmstead and David Jones
were killed.
At High Springs, Melissa Harden, Jane
Morris and Sallie Mobiles, colored I'M
are reported to have been killed. AT th.s
Mace a number of people took refuge in a
box car which was m the path or the
cyclone. Ii was blown along the track
and then off II a distance OF nifty rect ana
every person in Il was badly injured.
Steve Mason and George johnson have
since died.
At Gracey, a small place, twelve houses
were blown down, "a woman was Killed.
but a babe at her breast was unhurt, al
though it had been carried some distance
by the force of the wine
At Lake Butler c. II. Harkey. Mrs. j. NJ.
Futch and her infant were fatally hurt.
Many buildings were blown Town. At this
place the wind blew to pieces two cars
loaded with bricks, and a negro. Henry
Sullivan, who was 300 yards AVA was
killed by being struck by one Of the flying
bricks.
on Judge Richards turpent!ne farm four
conv.cts were killed by falling trees.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS.
They Monopolize all Attention nc
the Semi-Centenniai.

Burlington. Ia, oct. 3.--The third day OF
he celebration OF the sem.-centenn.al OF
Iowa is beng devoted to the question OF
.ducat!on, and has attracted teachers
md students from all over this and sur
'ound.ng states. Among the speakers at
he pavilion were Hon. W. T. Harris. com
missioner OF Education, Of Washington,
who spoke upon The American Public
school System; DR.. j. L.. P!ckard Of Ch.-
,ago, who touched upon THE Pioneer
Schools Of the Northwest; State Super.n-
.endent Of instruction Sab.n, who pictured
The Growth of Public Schools" and Prof.
L. +. Parker of Gr.nne!l, who sketched
The History of Schoo. Legislation" To
morrow Rev. DIR. Thomas, the noted Chi
!ago divine, VIII preach a conference.-the
sermon at the pavilion, and there VIII be a
iacred service by a Choir Of 1900 voices,
gathered from all the principal cities of
Ia gtatn
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
Gpain and Provisions.

Chicago. Oct. 3.-Cash quotations were
Is follows:
Flour-FSrm.
wheat-No. 2 spring, 657sc; No. 3 spring,
B1aM65c; No. 2 red, 67&@6Sc.
Corn-No. 9, 21hd21$c.
Oats-No. 2, lie; No. 2 white. (. o. b.,
10 a2112c; No. 3 white. + .. b., 17q201ac.
Rye-No. 2, 35c.
Bar,ey-No. 2, nominal. No. 3, (. 0. b.,
Aa3sc; No. 4. f. o. b., 23d27c.
Flax Seed-No. !, 74n75l2c.
Timothy Seed-Pr.me, $2.55.
Prov.s.ons-Mess pork, 81 .O546. 10: lard,
g. 5m3. TN: short rib sides, SO. 25Q3. 30; dry
,alted shoulders, $3.J0G3.75; short clear
,.des, SO. J0d3 .621a.
Wh!sky-D!st.llers' finished goods, per
gallon, his.
Sugar-Cut 'oaf. S.32: graduated, 81 rs.
Butter-Firm. Dairy, 9d13c; creamery,
Nd15c.
E~ggs-Firm. III esh. 14i4c.
Cheese-Steady. 712gShc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
PUTS INDIANS TO WORK.
Commissioners Browning Says They
Should BE Self-Supporting.

Washington, Oct. I'D. NJ. Browning,
commissioner of Indian affairs, in his
annual report says the progress of In
dams in education and civilization has
been uninterrupted and substantial.
The main effort now Is to put the In
dian on his allotment, get him to sup
port himself there, protect him from en-
enactment and injustice, and educate
and train his children In books and in
dustries.
AS a first step, so far as treaty obli-
cations do o interfere, the Indians are
given to understand that the govern
ment will not feed and clothe them
while they remain In idleness. Such
funds as are available for the purposes
are devoted to starting Indians In
homes.
If an Indian will go Upon an allotment
and work to improve it. the government
wiz assist him in building a house and
getting his farm in operation and maxi
ing a practical farmer. The commits
sioner says h government goes farther
and pays the Indian for his work. To
regular Indian employees the govern
ment paid last year $500, 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
RICH DEPOSITS.
Hany Tons of Gold Bearing Rock In
sight.

Tacoma, Wash, Oct. 3.-An immense
oed Of ore, carrying rich deposits OF
gold and silver, has just been located on
he west slope of Mt. Tacoma, near the
snow line. c. Il. Talbot "a civil engi.
neeer of this city, who returned froi
The gold mines in the Pacific forest re
serve, says that this one particular bed
has In sight over 1000, 900 tons Of ore,
which runs $50 per ton. The ore Is ac-
cessible, being within four miles of a
cailroad track.
Several rich ore finds have also been
reported in the vicinity Of Mt. Tacoma
Hnd Mt. st. Helena, a large number OF
Michigan men being interested In the
latter. Gold, silver, copper. nickel, CO.
ealt and arsenic appear in most of the
new finds, and in n granite and lime
formation the gold and silver deposits
assay 5000 per ton.
A stampede Of miners and idle arti-
san has set in in the direction of the
new mines, and the excitan M has
spread to other mining districts.
Yesterday a pack train of fifty horses
md men, amply provided with supplies
,or remaining in the mountains all win
ter. started for Gold Hill mines from
he nearest railroad station. Interested
parties have kept the discovery a secret
and have located pom all the valuable
claims thu far discovered.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10

The increase in the number Of poison
ngs in India is attracting a great deal
IF attention in London. Formerly
pounded glass and opium were the IA
I3rlte agents of destruction. But the
,dLcatlon from a European point Of
REV has impaired to the dwellers Of
iIindostan the knowledge of a number
IT new and far more deadly compounds
md drugs. The majority Of the victims
ire men and children. In India 1t Is
1 favorite way of paying off an old
,core to poison the child of ones enemy,
while. according to official statistics, in
he majority of cases where men have
been poisoned the culprit has turned out
% be his mother-in-law.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10

Probably the swiftest vessel In the
world has recently been built In france
This extraordinary craft Is the seago-
Ing torpedo vessel constructed In Havre
by the wen known house Of
Normand, the contract requiring that IL
should maintain a speed OF from TWEEN
ty-nine to thirty knots an hour under
usual steam. At Its trial trip II seems
this vessel, the Forban, ran a distance
OF more thar thlrty-one knots In an
hour. this being equivalent to about
.hirty-five miles, probably the greatest
distance ever covered by a
ship in sixty minutes, powerful engines
being necessary, OF purse TO drive the
vessel through the water at such a rapid
rate
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
WHEelME EN- ARE THERE.
Thousands of Bicyclists Call on Nc
Kinlcy at Canton,

Canton. o., Oct. 3.-Not the least move
feature of the campaign at the home OF tbs
republican candidate for the presidency
was the visit today of ~b,cyclists, whose
numbers were estimated at from $1,000 K
10000. Many Of the branches of the League
of American Wheelmen were represented
together with numerous unaffiliated clubs
the Chicago contingent alone numbering
nearly 1900. The Chicago men wore a un.
form consisting of a white sweater ans
white golf cap, with an emblem on thu
breast. The column was headed by a bras.
band on wheels. organized by the Nat.ona
Wheelmens' Mckinley club.
Other delegations today were the Com
mercial Travellers club, from Mansfie!t
and vicinity; Observation-Disclosures. from
Cleveland; the Mckinley club, from Har
r.sburg; the Swed!sh-American club o
Rockford, ILL.,, and Mckinley clubs from
venango II other parts of Pennsylvan,a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10

The Minnesota State Forestry asso.
citation has been organized to arrest the
work of indiscriminate destruction, and
il has devised a plan to enable the COM
monwealth to acquire and protect for
est lands at trifing expense. Town,
county and state forestry boards are to
be constituted by the legislature, and
such boards are 10 have charge of lands
that have been cut Owe and of other
lands not likely to be used for agricul-
tural purposes, with a view Of planting
them with trees and carrying on lum-
bering in future under proper restric.
tions
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
CUSTER CHRONICLE


The old question OF the OF
q federal union ~ tha I'VE Central Amer
lean republics has again been brought
under debate at a conference Of the DEL
egates OF three OF thsm. held at Am2p-
ala. The project cannes be completed
because OF the elections offered by
Guatemala, which insists thai 1T must
be accepted as the chief power In the
qulntupte alliance. with the president
as chief executive. AT he conference
however, the plan OF Amapala,' which
three OF the republics entered into last
year, was ratified by the delegates.
There IS obstruction from the head
strong little republic OF Costa Rica as
well az from Guatemala The fact that
the old federation was a failure Is urged
as the main reason against the organi-
cation OF a new one.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
IMPOSING DEMONSTRATION.
the Foundation Stone Of the
aIexian Brothers.

Chicago, oct. 3.-The laying tomorrow
If the foundation stone of the new hos
)ital Of the AleXian Brothers viii be
made the occasion of the most ilapCs-
ng religious demonstration ever seen
n Chicago. The exercises will be pre-
.eded by a procession Of over ten thou
and Catholics, including Foresters, HI
)ernians, German, Polish. French and
Bohemian societies, young mems sodal-
ties n representatives of the state
md municipal governments. Archbish-
)p Feehan, assisted by a number of
priests from abroad, will perform the
ceremony of the laying Of the corner
tone. The new structure will involve
he expenditure of a half million dol
arS,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10

AS a rule lightning stroke is most COM
non in the open air. generally under the
rec to which the victim has restorted
or shelter, and this circumstance makes
ieath more likely, as the measures for
'elieving the shock and restoring the
rital energies cannot be put in practice
ill too late. But this year the majority
II fatalities from lightning have oc-
'urred in dwelling houses. There is no
loubt hat for this greater frequency Of
after years the steady tree telling. un-
balanced by tree planting. Ia directly re-
,ponslble.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
Machine Guns for Cubans.

Washington, Oct. 3,-There is a report
lere that representatives of the Cuban
tunta are negotiating for a number OF
Machine guns to be used by the revolu.
:ionists. General Ordway, representing
The Hotchkiss Gun company, cannot be
found and the clerks in his office decline
to talk OF the affairs of the company
Rumor has 1t that about a dozen ma.
chine guns have been purchased which
are to be brought here so as t avoid
suspicion and are to be carried down
he Potomac on a schooner. The vessel
o carry them to Cuba will be met some.
where outside Hampton Roads, where
he transfer of freight will be made.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
CHICAGO UNIVERSITY.
The Sixteenth Quarterly Convocation
Takes Place Today.

Chicago, Oct. 1.-The sixteenth quar-
terly convocation of the university OF
Chicago took place today on the campus
Immediately in front of Graduate hall.
The orator of the day was President
Strong, of the Rochester IN. Y. Theo-
logical seminary. He took for his
theme: Modern Tendencies in Theo-
logical Thought" After h Grafton the
honor of a bachelor degree was be-
slowed upon nine candidates as fol-
lows: Misses Cora Jackson, Carrie
Moore, Lisi Cipriani; Messrs. l.. AL
schiller, r. C. Carver, L. IL. McNeal,
j. II. Moore, r. lessen and II. Hewitt.
This afternoon there was a special chap
el service in commemoration of the
fourth anniversary OF the opening OF
file college
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
OMAHA'S EXPOSITION.
Stockholders Meet and Elect Fifty
Electors.

Omaha, Neb., Oct. 1.-Another step to-
wards the proposed Trans-MississlpN
and International exposition, to be held
two years hence in this city, and to-
wards which congress has appropriated
$780, 00, was taken today by the election
at a meeting Of stockholders of fifty
members of the board of directors, un-
der whose supervision the working force
will be at once organized. The govern
ment appropriation was contingent
upon the subscribing Of $500, 900 addi-
tional; and not only this amount, but
some $4,000 more has already been
pledged. The board OF directors elected
today will probably decide to increase
the popular subscription to half a mil
lion dollars.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
Thinks IL Is Settled.

London, Eng, Oct. 2.-The Speaker
says: "Sir Julian ~Pauncefote. British
ambassador to the United States, will
shortly return to Washington. but It is
reported upon credible authority that
he will MOI leave England before a salts
factory solution of the Venezuelan trou-
bles has been made. Those behind the
seem are the most sanguine OF such an
ending of the controversies; indeed. the
questions ct issue are said to be- already
solved. When all Is well In the west we
may face the east with greater conf
dence.'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10

A man named Pierre Brandeau, aged
90 years, was arrested In Paris for burn
ing holes In the dresses OF a number OF
ladies' with a lighted cigar. He stated
at the police station, va the Figaro
that he found an extreme pleasure In
spelling women's dresses. He had been
in prison for three months for having
s%prinkled ink on ladies' dresses ana
had been on another occasion sentenced
to six months Imprisonment for squirt
Ing vitriol on them by means OF a small
syringe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
knnRaR Oily.

Kansas City, Oct. 3.-Cattle-Receipts,
300. Market strong. Quotations: Native
steers. best, 81. 10n4. co; fair to good native
%steers. So. loaf. 10: COWS and heifers, best,
II .65d2 so: bulls, $l.75u2. 60; stockers and
,eeders. 81. 50u3. 20; Texans and westerns,
9. 4Om3. so; calves, 81. O0d12. 90.
Hogs-Rece.pts, 5000. Market strong.
quotations: Light and Pigs, s.. 1908 271e;
medium. $3.O0d3. l712: heavy, s.. 90q3 .05.
Sheep-Rece.pts, 200. Market higher.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10

In celebration OF the Mexican national
holiday a crown Of ~incandcscent lights
was placed above the head of the HI.
dalgo statue In the Hldalgo plaza OF
Monterey, and there was electric illumi-
nation in p~rofusion throughout the
square In honor Of the Mexican fathe,
of his country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
Sunshine ne Canton.

Canton, o., Oct. after nearly n
week OF continuous rain and wind.
which conditions have greatly inter
fered with the reception OF delegations
by Major Mckinley, the sun broke out
this morning and the clouds were
cleared away Among Major McKin-
ley's early callers were Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge Of Massachusetts,, Theo-
dore Roosevelt of New York and Con-
gresham John DalZell Of Pittsburg.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10

A new Illuminating gas made from
petroleum has been produced in Ger
many, which, II Is asserted, a be sup
piled of a quality equal TO the best ex-
listing photometric standard at a cost OF
20 cents 1000 feet. The generative plant
Is simple. One able to keep up a I'M
dred lights can be built for $3.50.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
MAY SEIZE PACKING HOUSES
Health Commission Say They Must
Mend Their Ways.

Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. Heath
Commissioner Kempster yesterday de-
clared that unless The packing houses
of the city ceased violating the law In
reference to the killing and dressing OF
diseased hogs he would confiscate the
rendering plants and their products. He
bases his stand on the investigation
conducted by the United States meat
inspector, who has decided that au-
thority is given to seize any packing
house in which diseased meat Is rem
dered. Commissioner Kempster refuses
to give the names Of the Milwaukee
packing houses that have violated the
law.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10

Near S~helbyville, Ind, n physician.
hunting, came upon an old shotgun
from which the stock had all but rotted
away. 1t was identified as having been
the property OF James Reed. a young
man, who after being Tilted sixteen
years ago, left home, his CUR with him.
and was never heard OF again.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10

A horticultural wonder In the shape OF
an apple tree bearing four crops has de
velopedo on the Marshall county farm OF
Asher Boyce, near Laporte, Ind. The
first crop ripened and fell off weeks ago,
Last week Mr.. Boyce picked the second
crop. and the third crop, the apples be-
Ing about the size Of walnuts. is now
rlpening. The top Of the tree Is a mass
OF bloom, heralding the fourth crop.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10

Manufactures formed about 80 per
cent OF the total merchandise exports
during the month OF July. For the seven
months ending with July manufactures
constituted over 2S per cent. Hitherto
manufactures have rarely made up
more than one-fifth OF the domestic ex-
norris
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10
Pensions Gpansed.

Washington, Oct. 3.-Pensinos Were
granted yesterday as follows:
Iowa: Original--John NJ. Erickson
Dayton: Drayton w. Bushnell, Coun,
Gil Bluffs. Increase-John r. b. Clea
venger, Bedford.
Nebraska: Original-Elmer Y. Dun
lap, Sodaville; John Pager, Blue
Springs. lncrease--William J. Fuller
Scotia. Original Widows-R. Ellachoer
Plattsmouth.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-10

In Paris the first woman's club In
France has just been organized. Mar
ried women may become II
they have their husbands written con-
sent, but widows are preferred. Politi-
cal and religious discussions are forbid
den. sixty members have already
Joined, and the club Is organizing enter
talnments to which the men Will be In
yitpd.