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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
Printers Gathering.

Colorado Springs. Colo. Oct. 10.-The
lotels are filling up today with delegates
10 the biennial convention OF the In
,cr~national Typographical union. which
,pens on Monday. The executive conf
nittee established Its headquarters for
The registration Of delegates this morn
The chamber Of m and
,ther organisations have prepared a
for the entertainment of the
visitors. including rides through the,
harden Of the Gods and other trips toI
The Casino. Manitou and other surd
,oundings ct interest I.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
GEORGIA ELECTION TRAGEDY
Negrc Murderer Iynchcd and Body
Rtddled With Bullcts.

Atlanta. Ga. Oct 9.-Wednesday's
election caused q murder and lynehing
1t Mount Junction. in Screven county.
Gus Williams. a populist negro struck
a ticket out Of a negro voters hand.
The democratic negro struck Williams
Tor his insolence and williams fred at
his assailant but missed his aim and
dleton. Of the Central railroad. who was
an innocent locker on. Bystanders took
Williams and lynched him and riddled
his body with bullets.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

Early experience as a miner in the
comstock lode stood Rev. Father y. O.
Crowley of San Francisco in good stead
n day recently, when an obstreper-
ous ne'er-do-well Of d father came to
the Youths directory. OF which the
priest is manager, and tried to take
away his child, whom his divorced wife
nad placed there. The man threatened
he priest and then struck him, where
upon the clergyman set 10 and gave
him a SOUND drubbing. The priest aft
erward assisted in patching up as eff
Iectively as he had previously done the
work of chastisement.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

To the perplexities ever incident to
the study of the human heart, a Metho-
dist clergyman Of Toronto, Rev. j.
Odery, found an addition in his mail box
a short time ago, when he received a let
ter in which the writer said: Il enclose
to you a plant leaf from my dead wife's
grave, and for Mrs. Odery a sample of
the bridal dress of the lady I am about
TO marry" =
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

The town in England best provided
with places OF worship II the ancient
one Of Rochdale, where there are las
churches and chapels. Fifty belonging
to the Church of England and ninety
five to the Nonconformists. The church
Of England accommodates 24,449 and
the Nonconformists 81, $50 persons In
sittings.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
clark aoodner Resigns.

Pierre. 8. d., Oct. lo.-A. w. Goodner,
who has held the position of clerk Of the
supreme court ever s.noe It's organisation.
this afternoon rendered his resignation to
take effect November 2. which was accept
ed, and Miss Jessie Fuller. the court stem
~ographer. has been appointed to succeed
him. Mr.. Goodner VIII study law at LIN
coin. Neb.. this winter, and then expects
to practice.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
O~vERRuLED BY SPAIN.
0 ,cision Of the Court Martial in the
Competitor Case.

Washington, Oct. 9.-It has been off,
tally made known to the state depart
nent that the Spanish supreme coure
1t Madrid. after due consideration. has
,ound that the proceedings Of the naval
.ourt martial which convicted the pris-
,ners taken from the chooner Competi-
Tor Of being fllbusters and sentenced
them to death a Further
than that nothing is known officially.
cut. as this information Is 50 far con-
irmatory Of the original press dispatchs
Is on the subject. 1t is assumed that as
therein stated the case has been re-
handed for another trial before a civil
court as Is guaranteed by the Cushing
protocol.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
Pensions

Washington, Oct. 1O.-Pens,ons were
granted yesterday as follows:
Iowa-Renewals and Increase: Oscar
K.rley, Missouri. Valley. Increase: John
Pesel, Fort Madison. Original widows:
Mrs. 3. u. Gott. Toddville. Reissue
Minors of Joseph Barton. S.gourney.
Nebraska-Orig.nal: Charles b. Norris,
Grand Island: George L. Chase, Cresdon.
Additional: Ezekiel II. Miller; Humboldt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
, their destination.

Farmers about Osceola, Mo, raise
only corn and oats in large quantities,
and the merchants Of that place have
to import potatoes, onions and other
small vegetables, while over in Kansas.
in the neighborhood of Arkansas City,
one farmer his season has raised 1000
bushels OF white onions n sold them
at 20 cents a buShel.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
Kansas City.

Kansas City, Oct. observation-disclosures,
1000. Market easy. Quotatins: Native
steers, best, 81. 1903. 90: fair to good native
steers, SO. LOAD 10: cows n he.fers, best,
81. 75M3. 90: far 10 good cows and heifers,
81. T5a2. IS: bulls, s.. OOGf2. 65: stockers and
feeders, So. 4063. 60; Texap and westerns.
So. 4Oa3. so: calves, s4.00d9. O0.
Sheep-Rece.pts, 1900. Market steady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

A ave has recently been discovered
On the Thompson farm, six miles from
Jacksonville, Ind, and it will be fully
explored in a few days. In one OF the
chambers hundreds of Lizards, eight
Or ten inches long, fatheaded and spot
ted, clinch to the ioor and walls. When
disturbed they do not run, but spring
quite a distance TO the nearest wall and
cling there like flies.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

1t has frequently been asserted that
the brilliant colors of many flowers
serve to attract bee and butterflies to
them. Experiments recently reported
to the Belgian Academy of Science
seem to show hat the perfume rather
than the color of the flowers is the real
attraction. Bright colored blossoms
were covered with leaves and papers
pinned closely about them, yet the in
sects not only visited the hidden flow
ers, but endeavored to force their way
under the papers in order to reach the
blossoms, which they could not see.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
ARE PRAYING TODAY.
Are Looking for Divine Help TO
Avoid a National Crisis.


Avoid a National Crisis.
Chicago, Oct. S.-Christian people
throughout the United States have been
invited to observe this day as a season
Of solemn fasting and prayer for tn
relief Of the nation from what Is char.
acterized as threatening political
The .'cal to duty, was issued
three weeks since at a meeting OF min
listers OF all denominations held at the
Y. M. c. A., and 1t has been Endorsed by
clerical bodies throughout the country.
In Cincinnati, for example. the Metho-
dist, Presbyterian and Baptist minis.
ters have arranged for special services
today. at which prayer shall be offered
FOR improved financial and commercial
conditions and for absence of strife for
The balance Of the political campaign.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
National brotherhood of St. Andrew

S~rOCueRnOOu Oh pts HssuScW
Pittsburg, Oct. 10.-Delegates are be-
ginning to arrive for the annual con-
vention Of the National Brotherhood Of
st. Andrew, which will be In session
turing the coming week. Tomorrow
special services will be held In the Epis-
opal churches In preparation for the
event. and at which local and visiting
members Of the order will make adj
dresses. The gathering promises to be
ne Of the most important and interest
II In the history Of the organization.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

The man who too fifty head Of steers
through the season at Forty Mile and
Circle City, on Yukon river. ALASKA,
had complete duck suits made for each
animal, covering its entire body to the
knees. Around their ears, eyes and
mouth a special preparation was used
as a further safeguard against mos
luitoes and gnats. In n place the
steers were compelled to swim nearly
ten miles up stream.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

Sultan, a lion in the London zoo, is
a gift from the queen. During the sum-
ner he takes his ease in one of the spa
cious iron cages erected to the rear OF
the fine lion house, lolling in the sun all
lay and wondering why great iron bars
are placed between him and his old
friends in South Africa, the antelopes,
which roam at large and beg food from
the passersby just under his nose.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

The pearl shell fisheries Of the Mer-
gutan archipelago. In the government Of
Burma. comprise 1000 square miles.
The gathering OF pearl shells is the
chief industry. though. of course, pearls
are also found. The banks are rented
from the government. and rights to
ash sublet on a royalty.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

A dictionary of Australian English
Is being prepared by Prof. Morris Of
the University of Melbourne. Among
the words whose origin he is seeking
are "larrikin,' meaning a street rough;
"brumby,' the Australian wild horse,
and "brickfelder," a windstorm accom-
nanied by dust.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

1t is proposed to encourage the open
ing up Of the extreme southern stretch
es Of Argentine territory by the crea'
lion OF a regular line of steamers be-
tween Buenos Ayres and the southern
oorts, that is to say, Bahia, Blanca,
Port Madryn, Santa Cruz, Puerto Gal
legos and San Bias,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
Mrs. Axe Her Sister.

Chamberlain, 8. D., Oct. I0.-Mrs. Thorn
rs Maxwell, now of this city, but formerly
of Yankton, Is a sister Of Mrs. ]. l.. Axe,
whose body was ound Tuesday morning
N a lonely place in Council Bluffs. Mrs.
Maxwell Is unable to advance any theory
tending to unravel the mystery surround
ing the murder Of her sister.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

New South Wales seems to have
solved the problem of state railroads
satisfactorily. The gross earnings last
year were f3. 109, 59s, and the expenses
q, 1921, APT. This brings up the accumu-
iations of the last eight years to pay
the interest on the capital to f3, 332, 413.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

A Portsmouth, England provision
dealer writes that or unpacking a case
of eggs from Canada he found bearing
the following inscription In lead pencils:
July, '96--If any nice young lady
should by lance receive this egg she
will please write (for matrimonial pur-
poses) to John c. Thornton, Seaforth,
Ont Canada"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

A well known citizen of Helena,
Mont, came across a letter in a bunch
Of waste paper addressed to himself,
containing a draft from New York for
$500. The letter lad blown from the
front porch. where the letter carrier
had dropped 1t.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

The government has provided a post
office for the good people of Sebasco, in
Lincoln county, Me, but has forgot to
arrange any way for the mai 20 be
transpv.t ted to the office. The pouches
for the new office are now piled up till
some farmer who is willing to take
s hard \ m. y y;s sss,s eaassssss 70 tss-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

0iaz's Recollection IL Announced.
City of Mexico. Oct. 10.-The formal
announcement was made last night Of
the reelection of General Diax for the
four year term beginning on December
1. Bella in the cathedral and churches
we're rung and there was general re-
Soicing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

From the Indian official report 1t Is
learned that In the rear 1895 1888 per-
sons lost their lives through tigers,
panthers, bears, elephants and other
wild beasts; 2l,53S died from serpent
bites, ~three-fourths of which were caused
by cobras. Quite 1900 domestic ami
male were killed by tigers, panthers
and serpents.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
THE MARKETS.
Sioux City Live Stock.

Sioux CITY, Oct. 10.-S.oux CITY Stock
Heavy, 5000
g. 20: mixed and light, SO. 1908. 25.
Cattle-Quotatinos: Cows and he fers,
81. 2503. 90: bulls. 81. 50d2 10; veals, SO. 1000
800: calves and yearlings. $2.50d3. 40
stockers and feeders. $2.50d3.Jl
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
South Omaha.

South Omaha, Oct. 10.-Hogs-Rece.pts,
5000; Official yesterday, 3,9ss; shipments,
SOL. Market firm. Quotations: Heavy, $500
M3. 20; mixed and Tight. SO. 1913 20.
Cattle-Rece.pts, $500: official yesterday,
2,31O; shipments, 513. Market steady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

A curious custom is made known to
Va by a correspondent in Berlin. The
butchers OF that town are In the habit
or informing their customars Of the
days on which fresh sausage Is made
by placing a chair covered with a large
tlean apron at the side Of the shop door.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
81. stock shipments.

Chamberlain. s. d., Oct. s.--In two
days recently 5000 head Of cattle were
shipped from Belle Fourche. Stock on
the ranges IL In fine condition and Il II
expected that shipments will continue
until Christmas.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
Chicago.

Chicago, Oct. 1880 a. m~.-Hogs-Re-
ce.pts, 1900; left over, 5000. Market
steady. Quotations.: Heavy, s3.O5p3. 80:
m.xed. 81. lGdI3. 30: Light, 81. 1908 .55; rough
heavy, 81. SOAP .95.
Cattie-Rece:pts, 200. Market steady.
Sheep-Rece.pts, 1850. Market steady.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

A royal commission on the financial
relations between ireland and Great
Britain has handed In seven different
reports IND two memorandums as the
nearest approach 1t a make to an
agreement.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17
British Imports and Exports,

London. Oct. 10.-The board of trade
returns for the three quarters ending
with September show hat the imports
have increased f12,4s 1872 57 (about $62,-
00O. 000) over the same period Of 1896,
The same returns for the same period
compared show that the exports have
Increased f13. S15. 716. about OCT, 0OO, 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

DonEola. Oct. 10.-General Sir Her.
bert Kitchener. commander of the Brit
1sh-Egyptian expedition: Slatin Pashs
OF the Intelligence department.. and 9TH
err leading officers OF the expedition,
nave returned to Cairo,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

Bishop Curtis Roman Catholic). who
recently resigned the see of Whining
ton. Del, Will Don 90 to Baltimore to-
1l an important once under Cardinal
0jbeoes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

Clifford. the ~12-year-old son OF George
!. Rev. was badly gored by q mad bull
1t silver CITY. u.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1896-10-17

The regulation step Of the Britlsn
army r. 100 70 the minute.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-10
NEW YoRK's FOOD SUPPLY.
Enough Always on Hand to Withstand a
Four Months Siege.

IF the city of New York and the
neighboring district" writes John Gill
mer Speed in July Ladies' Home Jour-
nal, were to be besieged or in some
other way entirely cut off from the out
side world, and therefore deprived of
the food supplies which in normal times
come in daily in great quantities, how
long would it be before the pinch Of
hunger would be felt? That is
very hard question to answer, for the
reason that there are such inequalities
of purchasing capacity in New York
society that some go hungry in times
of greatest prosperity from lack of
means, while the great majority eat
more than is good for them. Undoubt-
go hungry would be increased after two
or three days of siege, and then day
by day this number would increase I'M
til the public authorities would feel
compelled to take possession of the
food supplies and distribute them
among the people. With the exception
of milk and some other things the sup
ply of meat, poultry, hardy vegetables
and fruits would last for two months at
the present rate of consumption. If
all the supplies were taken charge Of
at the beginning of the siege-and this
could easily be done-the food within
New York could be made to last for
four months at least. The siege Of
Paris lasted only four months. Before
two months had passed, high and low,
rich and poor, had learned what hunger
was. And, as is well known, the
French are the most thrifty and eco
nomical people in the world. In the
arrangement and disposition of food
the Parisians are specially distin-
guished. But the food supply in New
York could be made to last as long as
the Paris siege lasted, and the people
would still be comfortable"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-10
HOW cuNPOWpER is MADE.
The Part That Each Of the Three Ingrsdl.
ents Play.


Gunpowder then steadily developed
as mechanic skill constructed better
and better weapons in which to use it,
until to-day it has reached perfection
Of manufacture for various purposes
which allows its effects to be foretold
in any weapon, even to the time 1t
takes a grain to burn, and to the dis
lance it will drive shot.
Roger Bacon's gunpowder was made
of saltpeter, sulphur, and charcoal.
Saltpeter is chemically called inter, and
is a natural product found bedded in
the earth in different parts of the
world, chiefly in India and China.
Sulphur, too, is found in a natural
state in many volcanic countries, like
Sicily while, as is well known, char
coal is made from wood or woody
substances by heating them almost to
burning heat in an alright vessel,
thus driving off everything in them but
carbon.
Saltpeter, sulphur, and charcoal are
still the only ingredients of the gun
powder in common use, although
new gunpowder made of different ma
terials is undergoing successful expert
ment. A mixture of saltpeter and
charcoal alone would form an explo-
sive and sulphur is added chiefly to
make it plastic, or capable of being
pressed into cakes and shapes. All
these ingredients have to be purified
by the most careful chemical skill BE-
fore they are combined. ,'heE 40 ex-
act proportion of each has to be meas
ured out according to the kind OF pow
der to be made.
For the gunpowder generally used
you would find in every hundred
pounds, if you could separate the in
gradients, seventy-five pounds OF salt
peter, fifteen pounds of charcoal, and
ten pounds of sulphur;but it would be
almost impossible to separate the in
gradients, for they are not merely
mixed together as you might mix pep
per and salt, but they are ground and
rolled and stirred and pressed together
by special machines until they are al
most sufficiently united to fern single
new substance.
This mixing process is called "tri-
turation," and the powder is thus made
into the form of big fat cakes, called
press-cake, and then broken up, and
screened into grains Of special sizes,
or ground to the fine powder used for
shot guns and revolvers. The large
grained powders are still further STIR
red together until the grains become
! highly glazed, and these are called can
non powders. A lighted match may
be held to a grain of cannon powder
and it will be found impossible to set
| it ON fire, but once ignited it flashes off
very suddenly and viOlently-St. Nieh'
| Olas.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-10
A Rats Fondness for Sparrows.

A rat that catches and eats birds is
the latest novelty on the west side.
Under sidewalk at Twelfth and
Loomis streets lives rat. From the
size of the rodent and his gray hair
whiskers it is evidently an old resident
in the neighborhood. Unlike some
other rat it does not depend on cheese
and bread for its living. but prefers q
nice, juicy sparrow.
On the corner stands building oc-
cupled as saloon, and in front of the
saloon is watering trough, where
teamsters allow their horses to Stake
their thirst. The Transfers also find
the place very convenient one to
feed their horses while they sample
the proprietor's free lunch and lager
beer. As result the pavement is
thickly strewn with oats pushed out of
the feeding sacks by the hungry
horses.
An army of sparrows has been at
tracted to the place, and each morning
the pavement is covered with the little
fellows eating their breakfast.
The rat, having cultivated taste
for sparrows, now has ono for break
fast every day. Hangers-on around
the place have come to watch the ma
neuvers of the rat every morning.
Soon after daylight the sparrows make
their appearance, and the rat slyly
crawls out of its hole. After looking
around to see that the coast is clear,
the rat selects plump sparrow. and
while the bird is busy filing its crop
the rat makes spring and secures its
prey.
The bird is dragged under the side.
walk and nothing more is seen of the
rat until the following morning, when
he comes out for fresh victim. So
expert has the rat become that those
who have seen it say it can catch end
kill bird as cleveriy as cat.-Chi'
sago Chronicle.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-10
New Use for Glass.

BY new process glass is made to
appear like wood with very high
polish. 1t is used in windows, and
gives a peculiarly subdued and agree
able light. The. glass is put through
what might be called yeneering pro-
cess, being coated with liquid that
represents the wood which it is de-
sired to initiate. The color, after dry
ing, is vanished over and slightly
heated. Sometimes standings are ap-
piled to bring out the tint, then the
glass is again vanished and thor
oughly dried, and is fit for use.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1896-10-10
Hypnotized the Bears.

J. E. Newsome is a Port Arthur
Canadian and Alex Anderson comes
from Pearl River. An Englishman
named Atwell wanted to get bear,
and Anderson tried to crafty his de-
sire. Atwell was the kind of man
who would like to kill bear in trap,
so Anderson took two bear traps and
lot of bait up gully near Ouimet,
looking for sign. The Englishman
went looking for bears, and left An.
derson to set the traps.
All OF a sudden big she bear ap-
peared before Anderson at the foot of
a tree between couple of whose roots
one trap was to have been set. Not
having any gun Anderson. so Newsome
says, determined that hypnotic force
had to be used and that suddenly. An
derson looked the bear in the eyesand
the bear paused; then Anderson
made three passes with his hands. The
bear leaned its head forward and its
eyes bulged out. Having satisfied
himself that the bear was properly
Influenced, Anderson yelled for At.
well, but Atwell was good way off.
and before he could arrive the bears
two-year-old and yearling cub came
out of the tree at the same time. A
yearling cub alone would be pretty
bad fighter at close quarters, espec.
tally with a hypnotized mother bear
near by liable to come to at any mo-
men, but a two-year-old cub and a
yearling both at once made mighty
serious matter.
But Anderson was fully equal to
the emergency. He managed to look
at the bears four eyes at once, and
soon had them subjugated. Newsome
says he would not have believed An
derson's tale only Anderson is now
cross. eyed, which he wasn't before,
owing to his looking both bears in the
eyes at once. Forest and Stresm.