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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13
Railroad Strike.

A strike was inaugurated last Tuesday
way by recently organized union Of
the employees of that road. The cause
Of the strike was the discharge of a
yardmaster, and the company alleges,
for subordination, and the strikers as
serted il is to make way for favorite Of
the superintendent. The association on
Monday evening issued an uitimatum
to Manager Donohue that unless the
discharged man was reinstated by Tues
day noon strike would result. They
were told that no man who left the
employ Of the company and refused TO
work when called upon would be al
lowed TO resume work, and that they
might consider themselves by that re-
fusal discharged. The men who quit
are in all departments, switchmen and
brakemen mainly. The engineers and
ffremen voted to remain on duty and
said they had no grievances. Passenger
trains are being run on time and some
freight is being hauled. Should the
tieup be a success, probably 10000 men
in Montana would be thrown out of
employment. The road hauls ore from
the Anaconda mine in Butte to the
smelters at Anaconda. The coal mines
at Belt, which employ upwards of 900
men, were ordered to suspend work for
ten days and preparations for filling the
smelters were in progress, and the
lumber departments at Hamilton are
closed. There are probably 5000 men
in the mines and smelters alone, and
the situation looks very critical.-B. II.
News.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13
Mills Starting Up.

A revival Of industry is beginning up
on the Monongahela, says late dis
patch, which it is expected will result
soon in placing every manufacturing
plant in full operation. The Homestead
steel Works of the Carnegie company
started up this evening in all depart
ments. giving employment to 1000 zen.
Beginning with this evening the Wes-
tng-house Electric Works at East Pitts
burg will begin to operate in all depart
.ssents on both day and night turns.
Tho Westinghouse Machine Works and
the Airbrake Works at Widening will
60 on in full this week.
The Edgar Thompson steel works re-
sumed last evening in full.
The Plttsburg wire works at Braddock
will resume in all departments this week.
The rod and steel departments will start
tonight and the copper wire and nail
department tomorrow.
The National Tube Works at Mex ees-
port are operating to three-f -fourths ca.
pacily, but the firm expects within fe
weeks to get all departments on. The
Duquesne steel works stsrted up in full
last evening. The report is that the
business outlook so far as quantity of
work is concerned is good, but that low
prices still prevail.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13
Legislative Notes.

Ii. l.. Loucks has said that the cleo
tion, in his opinion, would not occur
this week or next. An anti-democratic
combine was organized by Loucks,
Goody and Plowman forces, un.
der the direction of Loucks, who seems
to have soured on all democrats.
tits rumored that Goodykoontz will
withdraw soon and that Loucks will
again enter the contest. He telegraphed
to Brookings county last night advising
the college authorities that unless they
could induce their members to cease
voting for Kyle that the appropriation
for the college would be reduced.
Seven popu!ist members of the legis-
lature, veterans of the war of the re.
belion, held conference today and
decided that after Wednesday next they
would vote for Pickler fot United States
senator.
j. q. johnson, the envoy of Chairman
Jones, of the national democratic COM
mittee, has revived the situation here
and thinks Senator Kyle holds the win.
ming cards.
Senate bill No. 40, the second bill to
become law, will have to be repealed.
The bill was intended to prohibit ap-
peals to the supreme court where the
amount involved is less than SIS, but as
it now stands it prohibits any and all
appeal. The discovery was made today
by two Of the leading lawyers of the
state and the populists are chagrined,
especially as the senate, in which the
bill originated, contains more than a
dozen lawyers.
Lieutenant Frost has estimated that
the state militia will require So, 500 dur
ing the next two years and the governor
will advise the legislature to make the
appropriation.
Brookings college asks for an appro
priation of $4,000 for improvements
and maintenance.
The equal suffrage bill was reported
fayorably in both houses of the state
legislature on Wednesday last. Before
becoming q law it will be submitted to
the people for ratification.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

There are signs that boom" is be
ing carefully worked up for Alaska,
chiefly by the transportation companies
which are interested in getting all the
work possible in the spring. Alaska
showed considerable increase in gold
production last year, and part of this
gain came from the Yukon region,
though it is difficult to ascertain exactly
what the yield of that district was.
There seems to be no doubt that good
placer ground has been found at Forty.
mile Creek and other localities on the
Upper Yukon, and that some parties
have secured good returns word Of
caution is needed, however, and prospec-
tors should consider the matter care
fully before starting for the far north.
The journey is an expensive and difficult
one; full outfit is needed, and it must
be remembered that the working sea-
son is very short, while the winter is
necessities of life is very high No one
ought to undertake the trip unless he is
prepared to live through the Arctic
winter and support himself through the
long idle season. A rush of unprepared
and poorly supplied miners to the
Yukon country will be inevitably fol-
lowed by much trouble and suffering
next winter.-Engineering and Mining
Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13
Money in Cattlo.

There ere all sorts of ways and all
manners Of devices, for prospecting.
Some use crooked stick. some feel in
themselves. when they roll their eyes
and look toward the north star, a Pc
culiar affinity for the precious metal,
and some just simply dig in the good
old fashioned way, but the latest i'm
proved method of finding gold comes
from Custer county, in the vicinity of
the limestone range The story, which
is well authenticated, says that j. e.
Spencer has on his ranch in Custer
county, fine lot Of Jersey cattle which
he values very highly and not long ago
one OF these young cows was noticed in
dire distress. She was corralled and an
Investigation made when piece of rock
was found in her jaw. This rock " hlch
was taken out was full of gold and an
assay gave $7l4 in gold to the ton. All
the cows are now sent out to Craze on
he limestone and anxious prospectors
follow along the COW trail.-Pioneer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

The Lincoln Journal says "The
Kansas pops have had longer expert
ence in public business than the Ne
braska brethren and have passed an act,
according to the newspapers, giving
every member Of their legislature o
stencgrapher Of his own. This great
access of brains to the Kansas legislat-
IRE must and will tell. For it does re-
quire brains to learn stenography. They
will perhaps have to go outside tho
party to find the stenographers but this
will be an advantage to the stenographic
legislation that may be looked for. OF
course there will be some grumbling
about footing the bills for q hundred or
two stenographers during the session,
but people will grumble anyway and the
Kansas pops might as well have the
game with the name. A pop in the
same legislature has introduced bill to
prohibit mind reading" in Kansas.
One wouldn't imagine that the average
pop would suffer much from mind
readers, but you cannot always tell.
When a pop thinks he is thinking it
always appears to him that it is very
important matter that should be kept q
profound secret"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13
The Excitement Unabated.

That there is at this writing a well de-
fined stampede to various localities up
on the limestone belt, from all points in
the Southern Hills. which in its magni-
tude, is unprecedented in our history, is
beyond question. What the result may
be can only at this time be conjectured.
The Deadwood Pioneer, which a few
days since announced the discovery of
sixty thousand dollar ore in the North.
ern Hills, and is always disposed to paint
in glowing colors the reported mineral
discoveries in its own immediate section,
is disposed to treat the discoveries made
in this locality with marked Indifference
having stated in a recent issue that
nothing had been done here that would
warrant unusual excitement" This may
be true, as it will require time to def
nitely determine the value and extent
of the discoveries made, but this does
not serve to dispel the suspicion that
their remote location from Deadwood,
may cut prominent figure with that
paper in the matter Of imbibing the
gloomy and forbiddlng conclusion. Be
that as it may, it is evident that public
opinion with reference to the merits Of
the discoveries has not been in the least
effected thereby and in addition to the
continuance of the stampede, the work
of development has already began upon
number of claims, Notwithstanding
the fact that in many places the ground
is covered by foot of snow.
Upon the claim owned by G. b Hitch
upon which the Gre was found which
caused the stampede Of last week, show
ing by assay test value of $l75 90 per
ton, four men are now engaged in the
work of development, and number of
other claims are receiving similar at.
tentlon.
Further south in the vicinity Of Prin-
gle, twelve miles distant from this place
a number of claims are being developed
from one Of which ore valued at S34 90
per ton is being taken out for shipment
to Aurora, Illinois, for reduction. Hun
dreds Of claims in that locality have been
located in Che past few days, and the
tests name upon the ores, which in one
instance gave return Of $4,000 per ton,
would seem to warrant the unusual ex-
citement" which is now prevailing in
that locality. 1t Is not possible to
determine with any degree of certainty
what may be the outcome of all this
excitement over these new gold discov-
cries, but the problem will, in time, be
solved, and, pending its solution, the
confirmation or condemnation of their
merits are alike unwarranted
We can only await the issue ardently
hopeing that the new field may even
surpass in it's rich and productive char
character the most sanguine expectations
that are now entertained by those who
are engaged in its practical develop
ment.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

The purchase of controlling interest
in the Tom Boy Mining Company of
Colorado by the Exploration Company
of London has been finally completed,
says the New York Engineering and
Mining Journal, and the company has
been organized by the election of new
officers and directors. The fact that the
English corporation has taken an inter
est in Colorado mine is a good thing
for the state, since it really means not
only the full development Of the mine
in question, but further and probably
large investments in other mines.
Colorado has plenty Of good properties
to offer, and new capital for that pur-
pose should be welcome. This transfer
is another proof that the Exploration
Company, always on the lookout for
opportunitie realizes that the United
States is the best country to invest in.
The great increase in gold output last
year has had its effect and will doubt
less continue to influence shrewed and
far-seeing capitalists abroad.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13
Bryan's Book.

William J. Bryan's book has just been
received in Omaha, says the Bee. The
authors portrait in silver appearing on
the front cover is beyond all doubt a
very appropriate feature, but the claim
made upon the title page that it is "A
Story of the Campaign of 1896" will
need qualifying. After glancing through
its six hundred odd pages, gazing upon
its score or more handsome full-page
photogravure portraits of principally
silver celebrities, admiring its excellent
Typography and fine quality of paper,
and being foated along pages upon
pages of rhetoric and platitudes, until
the last page is turned there is nothing
that could be construed as "a story of
the campaign of 1896" There are hosts
of silver speeches and silver platforms
and silver letters and other fragmentary
silver data but there is no broad view
showing all sides Of the campaign, and
no life is injected into the dry bones Of
loosely jointed data. Instead of a his
tory Of the campaign it is only collab
oration of William j. Bryan's speeches
interspersed with splendid portraits of
the leaders Of the cause Of silver. The
book will be valued entirely for the
speeches and the portraits, and the fact
it contains record of so much that
transpired on the silver side of the
recent campaign.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

Hon. George E. Hair of Belle Fourche,
has put himself on record as opposing
"sky.scraper" hats, by introducing a
bill in the legislature fordidding the
wearing of big hats to theaters or any
other public meetings. Now the ques-
ton is. how will Mr.. Hair be rega rded
by the fair sex when he returns home.
- Lead Tribune.
George knows very we'll that sensible
women will not be opposed to the wise
restriction, and he is therefore incurring
no risk of being ostracised by any lady
whose friendship is worth the seeking.
The high hat should be legislated to the
lap, while the play is in progress.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

The new legal rate Of interest bill
which has passed the lower house oftho
state legislature, provides that the
highest rate of interest which it shall be
lawful for any person to take, receive,
retain or contract for in this state shall
be ten per cent per annum, and at ths
same rate for shorter time, except
when the amount involved is over
81 600. when the rate may be any rate
agreed upon in writing. "No action or
proceedings at law" says the law, cor
otherwise shall be maintained upon any
contract for the payment of money in
which it is agreed to pay higher rate
of interest than ten per cent per annum
when the amount is 81 900 or less. Un-
less within the above limitations there
is an express contract in writing, fixing
a different rate, interest is payable on
all moneys at the rate Of seven per cent
per annum after they become due on
any instrument in writing, and on
money lent or due, or any settlements
of accounts, from the day on which the
balance is ascertained, and on moneys
received for the use of another and de-
tanning from him. Nothing in this sec.
ton shall be construed TO prevent the
maintaining of an action in the courts
in a bonafide purchase Of negotiable
paper in good faith before maturity for
valuable consideration and without
notice of defense as to usury."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

A Pierre correspondent says the legis.
lative lobby is larger and more varied
than ever before. The pops claimed
that there was to be no lobby this year,
that patriots like themselves would
furnish no field for the devious means
which rumor had reported these slip
perry gentlemen to employ. But the
fact is the lobby is larger than ever
beforehand the pops don't seem to
mind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

The Sioux Falls Argus Leaders Pierre
correspondent says: "Col. j. NJ. Woods,
father Of what is left Of once flourish
ing democracy, is also on the ground
with a well developed lightning rod
The Colonel has been a justice of the
peace and mayor of Bapid City, and
while holding these positions acquired
taste for political honors. Just now
he would like to round Off a successful
career by accepting an election to the
United States senate"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

The supreme court of the United
States, says Washington dispatch, may
ultimately be called upon to declare
concerning the validity of the divorces
that have been ground out by the Judi
cial mills in the Dakota and Oklahoma,
and should that august tribunal decide
that the divorces heretofore issued from
the mills in question are Invalid and Of
no legal effect, there will be such an ag.
gregation Of domestic shaking up as
probably no country in the world has
ever witnessed. Women who now re-
gard themselves as wives will realize
that they have been living for greater
or lesser period under conditions not
sanctioned By the law; husbands will
find themselves in the same predica
ment, while the number Of children
who will thus be branded with the
stamp of illegitimacy cannot be esti-
mated. The decision of Justice Russell
of the United States supreme court in
the now famous MCGOWAN case, and in
which he holds that neither the wife
nor husband can acquire temporary
residence in foreign state for the pur.
pose of securing divorce has, in the
opinion of eminent lawyers, laid the
groundwork for the overthrow of the
entire take divorce system. The case is
now pending in the New York court Of
appeals, but whatever may be the
decisions there, it has been definitely
arranged that the matter shall be car
ried up to the United States supreme
court, for definite and final adudica-
ton Of the questions involved. To this
end it is stated that FIVE husbands who
have been victims of Dakota decrees
haye subscribed $4,000 each to a fund
for taking the appeal to the supreme
court. Of the combine two reside in
New York, one in Boston, one in Phila-
delphia and one in Chicago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

There is real comfort in the thought
that the rule of Grover. the arrogant, is
rapidly waning, and that in nineteen
brief days he will be succeeded by a
man imbued with patriotic sentiments,
alive to the wants and requirements of
the nation, familiar with every phase
and feature of our governmental affairs,
eminently capable of wise and benefi-
cent rule, and the man wisely chosen
by the people for this high and i'm
portant charge. The administration of
Grover has been marked by many grave
and unfortunate mistakes in the various
policies adopted. resulting in bringing
upon the masses untold destitution and
misery. and it is devoutly hoped, and
there is good reason to expect that there
will be radical change for the better
when the wiser governmental policies
advocated by the new administration
are adopted. Viewing the situation
from the standpoint of reason, the out
look for marked improvement in the
times cannot appear otherwise than
most encouraging for all sections as a
result of the pending change, in the
contemplation Of which much comfort
and consolation is afforded In the
margin Of the dark cloud which has
hung for so long over the destinies of
the nation, a silver lining is now APP
parent, which there is ample reason to
believe will continue to broaden and
expand until the last vestIge Of the dire
cloud will be dispelled, and the broad
armament Of hope will be suffused with
the radiant sunlight of prosperity.
While the prospects for national pros
perity are obviously bright, the outlook
for enhanced prosperity in the Black
Hills are especially brilliant. The in
nunerable late discoveries of mineral,
notably gold, in every section of the
region have gained wide publicity, and
promise to result in an influx Of capital
for the development of these rich re
sources beyond all past precedent, and
oui'N W. Jul OuS
miles square" to degree that will sur
pass all other sections Of corresponding
area, in the magnitude Of it's producing
capacity. 1t is gratifying to know that
the capitalists of the east, and even
in Europe IRE being attracted by our
recent marvellous mineral discoveries,
and that there is every assurance that
their agents, in large numbers, will visit
the Hills in the early spring, with
view to extensive investment. This
should be a time for general rejoicing
throughout the Black Hills, as at no
time in the history Of the region have
the prospects for rapid progress and ad
vancement been so hattering as they
are at this writing. There is an ex-
ceptional good time coming, and it is
almost here Cheer IN
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13
List of IIefterR
Billiards. Snow LInement.

Mrs. Hamilton, Cambridge. Ills. says
had the Rheumatism so bad could
not raise my hand to my head. Bal
ards Snow Lirement has entirely cured
me. take pleasure in informing my
neighbors and friends what it has done
for me. Chas. Handley, clerk for Lay
& Lyman, Kewanee, Ills, advises us
Snow Liniment cured him of Rheumat-
ism. Why not try it? 1t will surely
do you good. 1t cures all inflammation,
Wounds, Sores, Cuts, Sprains, etc. Price
so cents. Sold at Jones & Co.'S drug
store.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

The house chaplain in the state legis.
lature, it is rumored, is in danger of
impeachment. He got his Office. says a
Pierre correspondent, on his claim for
the effectiveness of his prayers. The
speaker swore him in to do his duty.
He has prayed every day that wisdom
govern the body, but up to date the re-
suits do not seem to justify the three
dollar a day salary
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13
Over two hundred bills were reported

Over two hundred bills were reported
a few days ago as having been intro
duced in each branch of the state legs-
lature, and except those appropriating
money for legislative expenses, only one
had become law. 1t is the pops that
are in the saddle now, and reform with
big r., so much spoken of in the past,
has evidently been lost in the shuttle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13
CUSTER CITY. SOUTH DAKOTA SATURDAY, FEBRUARY

interested in his welfare due notice of
such action on the part of the mort
gagee, and gives much greater publicity
70 the transaction than an obscure court
process, where the matter might be
done covertly and greatly to the detri-
ment of the one most interested. The
laws regarding these matters are equit
able and just. They are satisfactory to
all concerned. They are satisfactory to
the general public, and should be let
alone.-Henry Independent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

An election was held few days ago
at Chamberlain, S. d., to determine the
choice of the residents for postmaster
Only patrons Of the office who voted for
Mckinley were permitted TO vote, the
report says, but just how it was de-
termined as TO who voted for Mckinley
and who did not is not stated.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

The man that hasn't got q sample OF
limestone ore in his pocket isn't in it,
and it is notable fact that they all
claim that the samples look just like the
Ragged Top ores, and that you can't tell
them apart.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

John Addison Porter, editor Of the
Hartford, Conn, Post, has been chosen
by President elect Mckinley as his
private secretary. Mr.. Porter is said to
be very bright man, in the prime Of
life and well qualified for the position.
notwithstanding the regretabe fact that
he parts his hair in the middle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-02-13

The president elect himself furnishes
the youngest blood of the Mckinley
80 far as selected, says
the st. Paul Globe. He is only fifty
four, and his too youthful ardor for
reform will be held in check by Sher-
man, seventy-four Wilson, sixty-two /;
Gage, sixty one; Alger, sixty-one: Long.
fifty nine; and by nobody yet knows
what other greybeards who may be
called to ill the remaining places in the
cabinet.