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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
DEFENSE ASSOCIATION.
A New Organization for the Defense
Of the Waterfront Cities.

Chicago, Dec. 28.-with songs o.
praise and of patriotism, and with o
duplication for the divine blessing. Q
new edition of volunteer defences OF the
country will receive the baptism Of the
church tomorrow. Looking spick and
span in their new uniforms, and with
their colors entwined with the stars an6
stripes, the officers and privates OF the
new National Torpedo Defence associa
ton will march to the Church Militant
where appropriate services will be con
Quoted. and Rev. DR.. Rusk will endea'
vor to show from the scriptures thai
.torpedocs, or something like them, Were
known OF old. and employed In some Of
the numerous a that occurred be
tween the creation and the coming oI
the Savior. The object of the new asso
citation Is to protect those cities that are
exposed to attack by water, and the
members are holding nightly session.
for the study Of torpedoes and coa de
fences. Efforts are being a to pro
mote branches of the association a.
New Orleans, Milwaukee, Detroit, To
ledo, Cleveland, Sandusky and eastern
coast cities.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
A COSTLY WAR FOR SPAIN.
Mother Country Has Sent Over
100000 Troops To Cuba.

New York, Dec. 27.-Senor T. Estrada
Palma, Cuba's minister plenlpotentiary
was at the Junta headquarters. where
he opened the headquarters Of the new
legation for Cuba. Minister Palma, In
discussing the rebe cause, said:
I'VE have forced Spain to SEM over
120, 900 troops and increase her navy, as
well as her debt. and yet our columns
have steadily advanced from the orient
to the western provinces through STRAIT.
egic military lines and trained armies,
until we have reached the territory In
which early last summer we announced
we would operate his winter. Spain is
trying to negotiate another war loan OF
JOS, 000, 900 pesetas, and all to crush what
she asks the world to believe only q
handful Of bandits. Spain has sent to
Cuba since February "a, nearly as many
troops as England did in the entire
sever years Of the revolution OF the
American colonies"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Dec. 2S.-Cs,h quotations to-
day were as follows:
Flour-Easy,
Wheat-No. 2 spring. 55s@56Sc; No. .
spring. 56kQ56%c: No. 2 red, 59a6Qhc.
Corn-No. 2. 25Ac; No. 3 yellow, 25zc.
Oats-No. 2. lie; No. 2 white, f. o. b.,
l9419&c; No. 3 white. f. o. b., 17Aq19c.
Rye-No. 2, 23l2034c.
Barley-No. 2, nominal: No. 8, (. O. b.,
22M37c: No. 4, I. o. b., 22025c.
Timothy-Prime, $3.50.
Provisions-Mess pork, S.756S. 90; lard,
IS. 2lhg5. 80; short rib sides, 81. 3OI4 80; dry
sailed shoulders, &.31l.q4. 621a: short clear
sides, 81. 50di4 .62l2.
Sugar-Unchanged.
Butter-Creamery, 1sI24c; dairy, 116
zoe.
Eggs-13l20c.
Cheese-Cheddars, SIC; Young Amer.
icas, l0c.
Whisky-Distillers' finished goods, per
gallon. sl.22.
Hides-Light and heavy green sailed.
fully cured, 4IsM5c; green hides, 3ia@4c:
green sailed calf, TIC; dry flint. 61sc; dea-
cons, each, soc.
Tailow-No. l, solid packed. SC; No. 2.
4Ac; cake, sac.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
MEETING OF H0RSEMEN.
Owners and Trainers Associations
Meets at Lexington, Ky.

Owners and Trainers Associations
Meets II Lexington, Ky.
Lexington. KY, Dec. 2S.-In respons
to a call issued by President Gatesb!
Woodford Of the Owners and Trainers
association, a large number Of promi
nent turf men assembled at the Navarr'
cafe today for the purpose Of discussing
the provisions Of a general racing bill
for the United States. similar to tn.
Perry-Gray bill In New York state. By
which the interests of the turf may b.
promoted.
There Is q good deal Of dissatisfaction
over the little money made by owner
and trainers this year. and the almos
nominal prices that have been received
for thoroughbreds. and there Is a con
sensus of opinion that racing associa
tfons throughout the west must b.
given to understand that the fraternit!
will not again tolerate the low purses
that were the rule during the past sea
son. San Francisco. Kansas City, New
Orleans, Memphis, Nashville, Louis
VILE, Sioux City. st. Louis. Chicago ar
New York are among the cities repre-
scented here today.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04

Alden. Ia. Dec. 27.-For some weeks
past this place has been without a hotel
for the accommodation Of the TRAVELLING
public. bnt the old hosiery Ia to be re.
opened the first of the year under com.
petent supervision. NJ. j. Davis. who
,wns the property. has sold It to A. r
Hixson of Beimond. who will take nos.
session Of the property the LIST OF Janu.
lry, when II Will be thrown open to the
public. Mr.. Hixson Is an experienced
aotel man and Alden Is assured OF roo1
hotel facilities In the future.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
STATE OF ILLINOIS
I wo Thousands Pounds of Dyna-
mite Explode.
Accident Happens Thirty Miles
From Chicago.
House Of u Drainage Canal
Contractor Blows Up--No Lives
Lost---People of Chicago
Thought the Earth
quaAe Had Re
turned.

Lockport, H., Dec. 27.-The powder
house at Smith & Eastman's section of
the drainage canal, near here, contain
Ing 1000 pounds of dynamite, blew up at
I o'clock this morning. No one was in
lured. The Waterman had left the mag
azine and supposedly an ember from the
stove fell upon the floor. The shock was
The severest ever felt here and reports
state hat II was felt at a distance Of
thirty miles. Many of the buildings at
he works were badly shattered.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
CHICAGO VEGETARlANS.
Banquet of the Meat Eschewers i'm
the Fair City Tonight.

Chicago. Dec. 2~S.-Although Chicago
Is the greatest meat packing city in the
world, a report to be presented tonight
at the inaugural banquet of the Central
Vegetarian society will declare that
there are a hundred thousand adher-
ents of vegetarian principles in this
city, and that they are constantly gain
ing recruits to their ranks. New York
is to be represented by j. w. Scott,
president Of the Vegetarian club Of that
city; Philadelphia by Rev. II. S. Club,
president Of the national association;
while Elizabeth Boynton Harbert, the
well known writer, Helen NJ. Barker Of
the national w. c. T. T., and Mayor
Swift, will be among the diners. There
will be twelve courses. exclusively OF
vegetables. and the strongest liquid on
the menu is spring water.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
GRANT MONUMENT.
Work Suspended for the Winter
Months on the Mausoleum.

New York, Dec. 27.-By order of GEN
eral Horace Porter. who is president of
the Grant Monument association. all work
upon the great nausoleum on Riverside
drive has been suspended for the winter
months, or until the middle of March.
This makes a hitch In the plans for dedi-
eating the monument on April 81 next,
which is the anniversary Of the great COM
mander's birthday, and IT is now improb-
able tina the dedication will take place
until the anniversary in 1897. The usual
exercises. however, will be held at the
tomb next April. All the money necessary
for the completion of the work has been
subscribed, but IL will be necessary to raise
q new fund to provide for a caretaker and
the keeping of the memorial In repair.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS.
state Republican Executive Conn
mittee Meets in Chicago.

Chicago. Dec. 27.-The meeting today at
the Great Northern hotel OF the state re-
publican executive committee has attract
ed representative members of the party
from all over the state. While the an
nounced object of the meeting Is to fix Q
date for the biennial love feast Of the
party, Its real purpose Is to obtain sound
ings regarding the sentiment In the differ
ent sections Of the state concerning the
various presidential candidates. and es-
pecially to size up the strength Of the feel
ing favorable to Mckinley, and the infiu-
ence Of the numerous clubs that are be-
Ing formed everywhere to promote the In
terests OF the Ohio man. 1t is probable
that the love feast" will be set for Feb
ruary, and that the state convention win
be held during the following month. The
large number of aspirants for the guber.
material nomination has given an i'm
petus to republican politics. F.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
OFFERS TO ARBlTRATE.
Rumored That Great Britain Wants
To Talk IL Over With Venezuela.

New York, Dec. 2S.-A Worlds Car
acas. Venezuela, dispatch says: 1t is
rumored that England, believing the
United States is determined to fight, Ia
now willing to arbitrate with Venezuela
and wishes to resume diplomatic rela-
tons for that reason. The Venezuelan
government, while declining to speak
officially regarding this rumor. said that
I cannot now renew negotiations or re-
ceive any communication except
through the United States. The Amer
lean minister said in an interview that
such action would be imprudent at this
%juncture, and his counsel was accepted.
The Society for the Defense of Nene-
zuelan Territory elected Cleveland and
Crespo honorary presidents. 1t offers
the government $4,000 men ready for
t.a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
IL shook

Chicago, Dec. 27.-A terrific and wide
,prcad vibration Of the earth frightened
he people Of Chicago and the residents
If the country for fifty miles around at
! o'clock this morning. The origin was
it first in doubt. Word was received at
he general Offices of the sanitary dis
trict at 3 o'clock, however, y a the
,hock was caused by h explosion of a
arge quantity of dynamite stored in the
powder house of Smith & Eastman, the
contractors on section IA of the drainage
,anal, between Lockport and Romeo,
thirty miles south &c this city.
Reports indicate lIat the whole north
eastern part of the state. extending as
ar east as Hammond, Ind, experienced
he shock and the attendant fright.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
OLD BUT FRISKY.

Bradshaw, Nebraska, Woman OF 60
Sues q Man OF 20 for Breach Of
Promise.
Bradshaw. Neb.. Dec. 27.-Elsie Froid
Of Bradshaw. a m so years Of age,
has commenced suit for SIC. 900 damages
for breach Of promise against Nathaniel
Simmons. a 10 year old bachelor OF the
same place. For three years past this
venerable couple have been basking In
the sunlight Of each others smiles but
now the happy days are Yer. Nathan
lei has forsaken the fair Elsie for an.
other love. That Miss Elsie is greatly
incensed by his desertion is plainly
proven by her demand for damages as
q balm for her wounded feelings. Both
PARTIES are well known at Bradshaw
and the defendant Is a mar Of consider
able wealth.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
READS A MURDERER'S MIND
Paul Alexander tombstone Gets Some
Free ADVERTISING.

7 Aeh
Free ADVERTISING.
Kokomo, Ind, Dec. 27.-The official In
vestigation OF the noted stone quarry
murder mystery is now in its seventh
week, and the only result up to this time
Is two $40, 900 damage suits brought
against the officers for false imprison-
ment. John Tompson. a near relative
Of Charles Lowry. the murdered man.
Is the last person arrested. A novel
plan was resorted to in the hope OF solv-
ing the mystery. Paul Alexander john
stone. the mind reader, visited Thomp-
son al the jail and applied his powers on
the accused man, Thompson. of course.
knowing nothing OF the business of his
caller.
As the corridor door opened john
stone exclaimed: '"Tha is the man we
want TO see, the one IN the third cell,
with glasses" In the waiting room,
where tombstone, the jailer n two
newspaper men sat, Thompson was
brought. During the long investigation
Thompson had not manifested the least
concern or emotion. The moment the
eyes OF the mind reader were fastened
on him. the accused man shook and
trembled like an aspen. being so ner.
vous he could scarcely keep his seat, not
a question being asked or a word
spoken. The subject was greatly ex.
cited, but on the advice of his attorney.
he said nothing concerning the murder
Guilty." said Prof. tombstone. after
leaving the jail. We'll, ! should say
but / will say nothing about that. Sup.
pose ] DO supply the missing link in this
chain of evidence, what good will that
do? My knowledge Is not good evi.
dence in court n woul not be admit.
ted. l can make a whole lot OF trouble
for myself and do no good to the prose.
cution. II my knowledge was evidences
II would be different"
IL Thompson Is not held to the cir
cult court the officers will have another
damage suit on their hands.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
SUBMERGED MISSOURI,
The Receding Waters Show a Woe.
full State Of Affairs.

recedes in the submerged districts, the
extent of damage Is becoming known.
The valleys of the Usage and Gasconade
rivers suffered most and 1t Is not an ex-
aggeration to place the aggregate loss
at S., 900, 900. Famine threatens In some
localities. At Eidorado Springs. the
supply of groceries is exhausted and not
a train has arrived for ten days. Great
destitution prevails at Linn Creek. Cam
den county, and a relief fund Is started
there.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
ClEMENCY FOR WILDE.
The Author Is Now Enjoying Pleas
anter Quarters and Much Greater
IflanG

London, Dec. 27.-Official confirmation
has been given TO the rumor that has been
i'm circulation at the clubs and elsewhere.
during the past few days, TO the effect
that on Tuesday Oscar Wilde was quietly
removed from Wormwood-S Scrubs, the
government prison in which he has been
confined since his conviction, to the jail
at Reading. The removal was ordered by
Home Secretary Ridley as a result Of rep
reservations from the physicians In at
tendance on the prisoners at Norwood
Scrubs, and is In the nature OF an act Of
clemency. 1t is understood that Wilde will
not be compelled TO do any labor in his
new quarters, but will be allowed an
abundance of reading matter, as well ar
the privilege of exercising as much as he
pleases in the Jail yard. when the weather
Is ia vorable.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
Kansas CitN

Kansas City, Dec. 2s.-Hogs-Rcceipts.
1000. Market strong. Quotations: All
grades, 81. 35d3.47h; pigs. 3 .00d3.25.
Cattle-Receipts, 1900. Market steady.
Quotations: Native steers, best. 50 .S5Q4. 20:
native steers, fair to good, $3.00a3. So; cows
and heifers, best, y sC4S 10; fair to good,
feeders, 81. 60u3 40: Texas and western
steers, 81 .S0dS 50; calves. 81. 00al0.0 90.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900. Market steady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
FOR MUNICIPAL REFORM.
Republicans Of Philadelphia VIII
Hold n Mass Meeting Tonight.

Philadelphia, Dec. 2S.-Ex-Minister to
Italy William Potter, will preside to-
night at a great republican mass meet
ing in the Academy of Music for the
of getting the members of that
party in line for municipal reform. The
principal speaker will be Theodore
Roosevelt, president Of the New York
board of police commissioners, who will
tell his hearers that ii was as a loyal re-
publican. and with the desire of serving
the republican party that he has done
what he has toward taking the New
York police out OF politics. by admins.
tering his department without regard
TO partisan considerations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
The Size Of Cuba.

chicago IHter OCeHH.
The island of Cuba Is 760 miles long
and varies in width from twenty to 1876
miles. The area is about the same as
the state Of Ohio. The Cuban army in
the present campaign marched from the
province of Puerto Principe. through
the province of Santa Clara, and INTO
he province of Matanzas. a distance of
about 200 miles. The plan Of campaign
aas been to avoid the larger cities and
20 within striking distance Of Havana.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
Piepont Morgan in Washington

Washington. Dec. "a J.. Pierpont
Morgan. the New York financier. arrived
here last night. He had not been at the
treasury up to IL o'clock noon today
and his whereabouts is kept a secret
His presence here at this time is said te
be to consult with the president and
Secretary Carlisle as to financial mat.
ters and incidentally as to placinp
bonds In the event of the failure o)
congress to affoSd speedy relief.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
Died of Cancer.

Sioux Falls. S. D., Dec. 27.-Mrs. Mar
garet Edmison, wife of p. II. Edmison
died of cancer at l o'clock yesterda,
afternoon after an illness of a year. Thu
family came here from GAINESVILLE. Wis,
In 1880 and has resided here continuous.
ly since then. Mrs. Edmison was prom.
inent in church and social circles befor,
her illness.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
Take q New q

The hallowing influences Of these
bright holidays ought to drown out all
old grudges, all human enmities. Take
/ c clean. even. friendly start with human
nature on the New Year. In a wicked
world, where no one Is good but God,
and no one wise except God, a bound
less charity presents the only way to
beneficent peace. Let the dead past
bury its dead hates, and It's dead mis-
takes, so deeply hat no resurrection
can ever find them, while all the forces
Of truth, and justice, and hope, and
charity strike hands and touch shout
ders in a new march toward the goal OF
tndnite good for all.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
PANIC IN THeATER.
Tw%enty-four People Killed in a Fire
Scare at baltimore.

scare at baitifftOre.
Baltimore. Md, Dec. 2S.-In a sense
less panic, caused by a defective gas
burner and a foolish cry of fire at the
old Front Street theater last night,
twenty-four people were killed, two IA
tally injured and ten more seriously in
jured. Up to ] o'clock his Saturday
morning but thirteen Of the dead have
been identified. They are:
Maurice Malgois. tailor, aged 80,
Leo Cohn, aged 2.
Jenny Henzle. aged Is.
Jacob Rosenthal, aged 10,
Louis Amoski, aged As.
Louis Levenstein, aged 2s.
Gabriel Bernstein, aged 4,
Thesa Bernstein, aged 8,
Ida Friedman. aged IL.
Susan Rosen. aged IS.
Lena Lewis. aged %.
- Salsberg, aged IL, boy.
49, Wolf, aged 2s, man.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
A CUT PR0PHESIED.
caIk of Read justment Of Wages In
the Iron Trade.

the Iron rad
Cleveland, O.. Dec. 27.-The Iron Trade
Review this week will say: While holiday
business Is upon the iron market in all it's
departments and seemingly intensified by
contrast with the history made in the year
'ust closing, reports come from all quar-
.ers of inquiry, which means early bust
less. Hesitation, rather than stagnation.
$ still the word. Here and there a buyer
Uho must know the cost of his raw ma
terial, for the mex six months, because
If pending contracts with the consumers
Of his product, Is taking hold at current
prices; and these are SO close to cost in
nearly all cases that the transactions in
yolve little or no risk. The truth Is forced
upon many producers hat the pres
snt basis of labor cost Is out of proportion
20 current prices; and Ii would not be sur
prising. IL the market continued at the
present level, to see In January a move
ment for such q REIMBURSEMENT In wages q.
has been taking place in the product.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
The Pension Roll.


Death cuts great swaths In the ranks
~ the soldiers on the pension list. but
the grant OF new pensions Keeps up ~
fggresate. There are nearly l.ooo. ooo
pensioners. and the pension outlay for
me railent fiscal year win be $4,000
IVY. This Is q form OF public expenditure
IN which the most powerful. populous
snd wari'ke nations Of the earth fall Ia
behind the greatest OF republiea
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
DAWSON'S VICTIM.
Funeral of Walter Scot Friday
1900 Struggle for Admission.

Des Moines, Dec. 28.-The funeral OF
Walter Scott, who was murdered by e
r. Dawson within an hour after hi,
marriage to the latter's daughter, wal
held from the East Side Christian
church Friday afternoon. The little ed
ifce holds about 500 people, and fully
800 struggled for admission. Mort
than half of these were girls and younD
women, whose emotions could not be
suppressed, and sobs and means werd
heard throughout the entire ~assemblagd
and outside of the church during the
services. Many of these mourners knew
Of the deceased only through newspa!
per accounts OF h tragedy. Rev!
James Small preached the funeral SER
mon and more than an hour was con
sumed in viewing the remains at the
close of the services, the young women
OF the audience continuing their demon
STATIONS Of sympathy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
SOUTH DAKOTA TEACHERS.
The Attendance Is the Largest In
the History of the Organization.

the History of the Organization.
Aberdeen, S. D., Dec. 27.-The attend
ance upon the annual state teachers
meeting is the largest in the history o.
the association and exceeds the mos!
sanguine expectations. Arrivals thi,
morning and today brought the tota
attendance up to ove 400. The hoteli
are crowded and many private resi-
dences have been thrown open to edu
Gators. Three meetings were In progress,
this forenoon. Late his afternoon a,
the general meeting officers will b,
elected, the place Of the next meeting Sc
lected, etc. Twenty-Five county super
intendents are present as we'll as severa
college presidents, professors and nor
nal school instructors.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04

The following atory of the pope may
not be true, but many Catholics think
that 1t throws light on the appointments
of Mgr. Satolli as apostolic delegate in
this country. Some years ago a Ger
man bishop was urging the holy father
to grant him certain privileges. Il
should like to please you, but it is i'm
possible" said the pope. Again the
bishop urged his request. 1T is against
the canonical law" Still the bishop was
not satisfied. There is only one thing
left for o to do" said Leo, with some
thing of an amused smile on his thin
lips. And hat is?" said the bishop,
eagerly. G to America. There the
bishops are more privileged than the
pope himself"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
Insurgent Chief Shot.

Madrid, Dec. 27.-A dispatch from Ha-
vana says that the insurgent chief,
Acebo. was shot yesterday at Cienfue-
Cos. The return Of General Martinez
Campos to Havana Is much commented
upon here.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04
MISSOURI FLOODS CONTINUE
Rain ana Snow Come Down Again.
Screams Bank Full.

81. Louis, Dec. A.--Yesterday's sub
sidence OF the floods throurhout ~
state was only temporary. Rain and
snow fell over a large area n
night and this morning and again Hood.
ed the streams. A rescue party Ieft
Seneca this morning to aid Walter Hen
mis- and Dave Beeman and their com.
panions. who were forced to take refs,rs
N the trestops In the Spring river bot.
toms. M Usage river for 200 miles Il
Ian YER ~ banks and rising. The
ready reached the million mark.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-01-04

Atlanta. Ca. Dec. 2s.-Between forty
and ifty American colleges and univer
stiles are represented at the exposition
today, under the auspices Of the Sigma,
Alpha and Epsilon f~raternities. Ap.
propriate exercises were held this after.
o and tonight there will be q ban,
quet at the Kimball house.