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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
INDIANS FOR FREE SILVER
Cart Wheels Easy to Count for
the Red Man.
Gold Coin Is TCo Small and PoOf
Lo Can't understand Why
Paper Money Does Not
Vary in Size.

Chamberlain, =. D., March Eff the
silver question was left TO the Sioux In
dians Ia be decided thsy would speedily
settle ii I'm = manner hat would prove
perfectly satisfactory 10 the advocates
of fr e silver coinage. The Sioux are
naturally IN favor q: free silver coin
age. principally because silver is more
easily counted by tbem than any other
kind OF money. White Ghost, the Ven
cradle head chief If the crow Creek
Sioux, ia discussing the money question
while In town recently, advanced some
peculiar ideas regarding money, which
are undoubtedly shared by practically
every member of the Sioux nation. He
say hat when the government pays
the people on his reservation the $685.
900 due them he wants il paid in silver
dollars. Gold is detested by the lndi-
ans because the coins are SO small when
the sum they represent is taken into
consideration. White Ghost said he
could not understand why a $40 bill
should not be just ten times as large as
a 81 bill-that the government should
increase the size OF bills in proportion
TO the sum they represent, ven If il
was necessary that a 500 bin should be
as large as a horse blanket. If the o
eminent persists in paying them part
ly in bills they would like TO see the
change made. But silver dollars are
what the Indians want, even should
they receive them In such quantities
that they would have 10 be transported
TO their agencies In wagons. In count
ing money the Sioux use the multiple OF
ten. which makes silver money the
easiest kind OF money for them to
handle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
SPAIN WATCHING CONGRESS
Believes That the Cuban Resolu-
tons Will Be Passed.
Press OF the Country Urges h Ma
ton To Rush the War Prepare
tions--Wm E,ndeavor to
End Cuban War.

New York, March ia special cable
dispatch TO the Journal. from Madrid
says: The tons OF the articles In the
Spanish press yesterday. discussing the
speeches OF Senators Hale, Hoar and
Gray and the general proceedings Of the
senate, indicate that the Spanish re-
gard the tendency OF the debate as a
good symptom. but nothing more. o
Of the journals point out hat the final
resolution Of the senate hangs over
Spain like the sword OF Damocles, and
the country, therefore. must not lose
n minute In Its war preparations In
case the belllgerency Of the insurgents
should be recognized. They say that
this hostile proceeding on the part OF
the United States would induce a
keener conflict thar ever. Ii IL also
counselled that the country must con
centrate all its efforts towards speedily
ending the Instruction
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
The Late Gov. GreenhalRe.
New York Sun.

Frederick Thomas ~Greenhalge, the
dead governor OF Massachusetts, was a
man Of wit. of cultivation, OF distin-
guished character, and he was more
than that. He was a man of invincible
civil courage. He showed IL more than
once. He showed 1t when he faced the
cranks and anarchists of Boston in the
Coxey year. He showed it when he We
toed the bill giving an undue and I'M
democratic preference to veterans OF the
civil war. He showed II most OF all when
he defied the idiots and lunatics, louder
and more numerous In Massachusetts,
than anywhere else, who constitute the
a. p. A. Many timid n decorous re-
publicans in the Bay state were for
cowardly counsels and We're willing to
truckle and boggle and consent and pal
ter. Mr.. G~reenhalge, an Englishman by
birth, a good American IN belief and
practice. fought the fire and squelched
it. 'If we a only a man and not a
cockade for governor" said Mr.. Emer-
son a generation ago. Greenhalge was a
man. He will receive lasting honor in
his state: and il is now unlikely that
the Hon. Elijah Adams Morse will ever
creep into his place.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
WOLVES AND COYOTES.
The Pests Are SO Cunning That
Stockmcn Despair of Extcrmina.
ting Them.

Chamberlain, :. d., March 1i.-Stock-
men in the region west and northwest
of the Black Hills say that so closely
does The cunning Of wolves and coy
otes keep pace with the various schemes
Of the stockgrowcrs that the prospect
OF ever getting thoroughly rid Of the
pests seems as poor as ever, and the
stockmen are almost in despair. TIL"
animals can no longer be induced to
touch poisoned bait, no matter how
skilfully prepared, and IL rarely causes
the death az even a baby wolf now.
Traps have proved equally useless.
Hunting the animals with dogs has
been fairly successful. but most of the
best hounds have been killed by the
wolves. Shooting is the only sure way
Of killing the pests, but il Is difficult to
get within range of them. Roundup
hunts are also effective, the only diff
Guilty being thai il j. hard 10 organize
them. The latest scheme OF The stock
men is To fish for the animals. A stout
fish hook is baited with Some tempting
murSal in such a nannrr as not 10
tn. suspicion Of a wolf or coyote.
To the hook H. attached a strong copper
wire. which is hidden in the grass, and
10 the opposite end "a stout anchor.
of a log n heavy boulder. Is
fastened. The anchor can be moved by
Far. rhe wolf swanows the pait and ~
unable To release itself from the hook,
which holds it until a cowboy makes
a daily round Of the fish lines and shoots
the wolves that have been trapped.
Thus far the scheme has been very sue
c~essful, but it will doubtless be only a
short time until the animals can no
longer be caught in this way.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
BIG LIGHT FOR BARNEGAT.
IL Will He Electric. and Will Show
100 Miles Out at Sea.

Washington, March H.-Barnegat
lighthouse, off the eastern extremity
of New Jersey, soon will have the most
powerful light on the American coast.
and one OF the greatest known In the
history OF the lighthouse service. The
present light ~ visible about % miles
at sea In clear weather, while the new
light will be seen on the heavens at
least 100 miles out.
The scheme Of the lighthouse board to
substitute electricity for the oil light
now displayedat Fire Island has been
abandoned. owing to the intention of
the authorities to place q light vessel
seven miles to the south Of the station.
and near the buoy, marking the line
which vessels approaching New York
from the east should not cross In the d.
rection of the Long Island shore. A
bill Is now before congress granting the
authority for this.
The new Barnegat light will have all
the appliances and the great lens which
II was intended TO place at Fire Island,
and the removal will begin sometime
this month. The great lens IL the most
powerful one ever purchased by the
service, and was one OF the features OF
the exhibit OF the lighthouse board at
the worlds fair. II is nine feet I'm
height and has a diameter of four feet.
This VIII make Barnegat one of the
most important light stations along the
coast. While the range OF the light Is
not equal TO some Of the big French
lighthouses using electricity, the sub
stitution OF the new lens VIII make the
range more brilliant. The use OF eiec-
tricity VIII enable the light to be thrown
like the fash Of a powerful search light.
on the heavens. and Will make Il as val
liable as II IL was as high as the tower
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
MAY LIVE FOREVER.
Eight Members OF u New JERSEY
Family Whose Ages Average NO,

Mt. Holly, ". j., March BIT Is hard
10 find a parallel of longevity To that In
this Burlington county family, which
better still-has had almost perfecty
freedom from the ills to which flesh is
heir. In the Watkinson family there
ssesa .s@en has.-tYe. staa,N= Jo-sa- n
ly, and their names and ages are as fol-
lows: Mrs. Martha Groom, 81 years;
Mrs. Margaret +. Lamb, 81 years; Mrs.
Ann Curtis, IS years; Mrs. Ruth X. Bar,
ton, So years: Miss Fannie Watkinson
Il years: Abel Watkinson, 70 years,
William L. Watkinson, II years. The
aggregate OF their ages is co. years, an
average Of 81.
The married members of the family
have now living Is children, 80 grand
children and q great grandchildren.
All the sisters are active members of
the Mt. Holly Baptist church. None of
them have been afflicted with disease in
any way, and are still unusually alert
and active for their years, besides being
In the possession Of all their faculties.
All nave lived plainly, yet generously.
The strangest fact in connection with
the family history. and me that Is very
much at variance with the theory Of the
life insurance examiners, is that both
their parents dice OF consumption when
about so years of age. The father was
Abel Watkinson, a Welshman, and the
mother was Of German descent. The
children were all born on the homestead
farm at Pemberton which, by the way,
has been in the family for LIS years until
a year or two ago when II was sold.
The most interesting of the family is
the eldest Of the children Mrs. Mar
tina r. Groom. now in her ninety-second
year, who is living here with her hue
band, Edward Groom, now in his eigh-
ty-eighth year, in a comfortable house
on Garden street. They were married
In 1886. and came at once to Mount
Holly, where they have since resided.
Mrs. Groom has been a member of the
Baptist church here for sixty-fve
years, and has always been a regular
attendant, besides taking a deep inter-
est in the church work generally. Her
memory is remarkably accurate, and
she can give the date of events occur
ring in the family without the slightest
hesitation and without referring to any
memoranda. She still attends to her
household duties. and can wait on her.
SELF" as she says, preferring to do that
rather than depend on servants
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
An Unfortunate Experlmen..

She filled her lamp with X "a oil that
night when Willie called:
And oh the sight that met her eyes. II
very much appalled,!
For as she flashed 4. on his heart, n
gazed intent within.
So frightful to her hopes was II. Il made
her poor head spin.
Within its left-hand curvature she saw the
face OF Jane, ~
The maid he'd said he loved no more, and
ne'er would love again.
And still that face remained therein, and
And just beneath II, smirking, too. she
saw the lips Of Bette!
on to the left was Mollie Jones, and with
patrician pride
rho yissss q Mis- vanderbrow was beam
And lower down was Polly wilkes. and
Alice Perkins, too,
And Ethel Brown, n Hattie Hicks, n
poutirg little Pruc.
Some sixteen other maidcns OF the neigh
hood were there,
And yet he told her softly. yester-evc, out
on the stair,
That In his heart shrine there was but one
Queen upon the throne,
loved. and they were all her own!
IAN, girls. beware OF X Ray Tampa: avoid
this poor girls woe:
Don't case into your lovers heart. nor
seek too much TO know
For since u w sns turpsd 2 : searching iixht
shes bean 20 maSiy Jealous that she
-tIarpsrs Hassr.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
STOLE NEARLY TWO MILLIONS
Then Sent His Love TO Marie w ain.
wright and Killed Himself.

Tacoma, Wash, March l3.-An exam
ination OF the books OF Paul Schulze, q
Northern Pacific official, VINO recently
committed suicide, shows that his
thievory aggregated s1.620,0 600. His
1upes included some Of his best friends.
and among them Mrs. Kate Schulze. his
divorced wife; Henry Willard. Waller
Cakes. son ex-Presldent Thomas J..
Oakes Of the Northern Pacific, who gave
him position and influence. Seven or
eight companies in which he was inter-
ested suffered heavily.
Schulze's defalcations In the Northern
Pacific land department amount to
about $500. 200. From the Yakima In
vestment company, owner OF the Sun
nyside Irrigation canal. Schclze stole
$3.50, 900. 1t is said that Schulze swim
died the Tacoma Motor company out OF
s746, 600. Three years ago Schulze fen
in love with Marie Wainwright, the
actress, and, IL Is said, they were be-
trothed. His last letter bade her ar af-
f~ectionate farewell.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
Concerning Sowing of Grain.

Huron, :. D., March IA number Of
farmers In this vicinity have received
circular letters from the Northw estern
Elevator company, Minneapolis, rela-
tive To the sowing of grain the coming
season. Following are the main points
of the circular:
1t has been demonstrated that the
prime enemy to the maturity Of wheat
in certain portions of the northwest
IL the hCt winds that come about the
time the wheat Is in the milk or dough.
thus shrinking the kernel and depreci-
ating the grain in weight and quality.
Any remedy that can be applied to cor.
rect this, or that would have a tendency
to materially reduce the evil would be
OF immense value 10 the producers OF
the country at large, especially 10 the
section where hot winds prevail.
The ~Remedy-A drill should be- used
In putting in the seed. The drill should
be run from east to west, and never
from north to south. Why? Because
BY the use Of q drill the grain is better
covered n the roots better protected.
and therefore better able To Withstand
a dry spell Sow from east TO west he
cause the hot winds come from the
south, and If the rows of grain run from
north To south IL has free access
through the rows Of grain 10 the roots,
whereas. IL the rows run from east 10
west the first few rows would form a
barrier To the wind getting at the roots,
and each row would shade its n~eighbor
from the hea of the sun and thus pro-
tect the roots from driving out.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
WANTED FOR MURDER.
CHARLES lsbell Of Lawrence County,
South Dakota.

Chamberlain, s. D., March 1.-THE
hearing OF Charles Isbell before United
States Commissioner Mclaughlin OF
Lawrence county, which promises to be
an unusually interesting event, has
been postponed until the 21st inst. Is
bell was arrested several months ago
upon the charge OF grand larceny.
Sheriff Fuller Of Butte county had been
watching Isbell for some time, as he
answered the description OF William
West, who Is wanted for numbering a
deputy United States marshal In Indian
Territory. and against whom an indict-
msnt was returned ty the United States
distric. court at Fort Scott, Kas., Jlnu-
airy o, 1885. The prisoner has been kept
i'm ignorance OF The sheriff's suspicious.
which appear to lo well founded.
Witnesses have been summoned from
Kansas. and they will he present at the
hearing 10 Identify the prisoners If pos
sihle. The case of the STATE against him
Will no; he dismissed until there IS re-
liable evidence that he is the man who
is wanted for the murder Of the deputy
marshal Commissioner Mclaughlin
also demanded 4 certified copy of the in
dictment against West and some rea-
soma ole tNlltlCc OF MS SulIl OF tHil lie
is the man who is wanted. II these
matters are seeded satisfactorily a; the
hearing on the 2lst the prisoner will be
taken TO Kansas for trial on the charge
OF murder.
lsbell, or West. Is a slightly-built
young man II years Of age. He is said
to ho very u~nassuming and the last man
would be taken for a murderer. If
IL is proven tina: he IL really William
West, his remarkably small hands n
feet can be given credit for revealing
his Identity. In the reward notice SEM
from Kansas, Yves; was described AZ be-
ing able to wear ladies' gloves and
shoes, so small We're his feet and hands.
Although he Wore m0ccasins during
the time he was being watched by Sher-
if Fuller, il was easy 10 see that there
was a strong probability thai West and
lsDeii We're one and the sam" persons.
lsbell, as he il better known in this
state. came from Texas last spring 10
work for the Hashknife cattle outfit,
working On the Little Missouri range
until fall, when he began shipping TO
Chicago. When casually asked the
other day if his name was West, he hesl-
tatingly replied hat he guessed not.
United States District Attorney Miller
Will represent the government; at the
hearing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
EDITOR DUNl0P'S CASE.
Stay Of Enforcement of Sentence
Expires Today. but Dunlop viii
Not Go TO Prison.

Chicago, March 1.-THE stay Of en-.
forcement Of sentence granted by Judge
Grosscup TO ex-Editor Joseph II. Dunlop
OF the Dispatch expires today, but the
case has been taken out of the hands Of
the district federal court by the action
Of Justice Brown OF the United States
supreme court, In ordering that a writ of
error should operate as a supeIsedeas
until such time as the supreme court it.
self n examine the briefs and deter
mine whether or not a new trial should
be granted.
Unless the case is advanced on the
docket. 1t may not be reached inside of
two years, and I'm the meantime Mr..
Dunlop will be free on bonds Of SO. 900.
The ultimate decision will add another
chapter to the laws relating to news
paper publication, and of supreme i'm
portance to publishers and editors
throughout the country, inasmuch as
h issue upon which Justice Brown
granted the stay is whether advertise
ments that on their face are unobjec-
tionable a be considered immoral be-
cause of their ultimate effect. The in
structions given To the jury by Judge
Grosscup In the district court were to
the effect that advertisements which
tended to depress high public morals
were barred by the statute, even IL such
advertisements were clothed in unob-
~1ectionable language. The issue in
volved has never been passed upon by 9
court Of last resort.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
Election Riot at Hills.

Hills, Mimi, March Fin the town
election Tuesday the citizens of this
place had a most enjoyable time. Three
tickets were In the field, two represent
ing rival churches and the third an in
dependent movement. Feeling ran high
and toward evening a crowd of a dozen
men undertook TO give a drubbing TO F..
NJ. Bailey, the editor OF the Crescent.
This precipitat ted a free for all fight in
which at least twenty too part. Base
ball clubs. rocks and fists were used
with more or less results and the price
of court plaster and arnica went up sew
eral points. Goodman Anderson, ex-
treasurer OF h county, is accused OF
tearing up a whole batch Of ballots, and
it is understood will be proceeded
against for this and for melting a riot
within 100 feet OF the polls.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
SOCIETY ON WHEELS.
A Score OF Beauties Appear Bloom.
cred on Bicycles for Charity.

Washington. March 1.-THE society
sensation so far OF the present year IL
the bicycle meet and parade this after
noon I'm the grounds OF the Van Ness
mansion. A score or more OF famous
beauties who have been secretly prac-
ticlng al local academies for months
past ave awaited themselves OF this OPP
p%ortunity To appear for the first time In
boomers. n society has turned out
In force To witness what IL, in point of
beauty OF the participants, one OF the
most distinguished cavalcades ever seer
in the country. Constantin Brun, the
envoy extraordinary and minister plen-
ip%otentiary from Denmack, rode a
wheel az escort to the two daughters
of Sir Julian ~Pauncefote. the British
minister; while the daughter OF Sena-
tor Brlce of Ohio doubled up with Miss
Kate Bachelor. daughter OF the ex-
United States minister to Portugal. The
Hamlins. Belknaps. Bonapartes. Bid
dies and other of tho blue-blood fami-
lies of the capital were also represented
by their fair daughters. The charity
which is the beneficiary will reap a snug
sum from the unique function.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
uPROAR IN THE RElCHSTAG
Herr Bebel Makes q Violent Attack
ON the Governments African
pOliov L

Herr Bebel Makes a Violent Attack
On the GOvernment's African
Policy.
Berlin. March l3.-During the discus
sion Of the colonial budget in the reich
stag today the chamber was the scene
Of tremendous uproar and confusion.
Herr Bebel. one OF the socialist leaders.
made a violent attack upon the systems
pursued in Africa by DR.. Carl Peters,
the explorer. Herr Leist, formerly gov
ernor Of the Cameroons. and Herr Web
lau. who was Leist's substitute, declar-
Ing them guilty Of every species OF bar
barism. Including murder and rape.
He denounced the discipline pursued
by the courts in these cases which had
proceeded from the palace at Potsdam
and declared that the mild sentences
imposed upon Leist and Wehlau was an
act Of the blacklist shame the world had
ever seen. He demanded that DR.. Pc
tiers be tried for murder.
The remarks Of Herr Rebel created
great excitement, and the chamber
oon drifted into a state OF tumult. the
socialists shouting violent denuncia.
tons OF the governments course and
the president vainly ringing his bell
for order.
DR.. Kayser. director OF the colonial
department. finally obtained a hearing
and declared that DIR. Peters had only
executed blacks In cases where the lives
and property Of Germans required such
4 course. lie was assured. he said. that
the lives OF the blacks In the German
colony were AZ safe as those Of the
whites.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-03-21
SHOT A SEAL IN THE DELAWARE
A Fine Specimen That Was Captured
NeOr Chester,

Chester. Pa. March ia young seal
was shot and killed of Chester today by
Amos Pierce, a fisherman. The seal
has been seen at intervals during the
past month and was wounded neal Mar
Gus Hook two weeks ago. II was sun
ming itself on the wreck OF the steamer
Excelsior In the Delaware river near
the Jersey shore, and was seen by a
Jerseyman while sailing across to Ches-
ter. He reported the matter to commits
sion man H.. l.. Ricards. They rowed
cautiously and saw the animal on the
wreck. The seal raised his head. but
before II could plunge into the river the
boat was pulled In range OF the smoke
stack OF the steamer, which hid the
men from view. The boat was softly
rowed to within a few yards OF the seal
and a load of duck shot poured into his
head. II weighs about 100 pounds and Is
a fine specimen. II Is believed that the
seal followed he salt water, which has
reached as far as Chester during the
low tides. 1t Is the first Of the kind ever
captured here.