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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

a lady has made to Secretary Lone
the suggestion that, instead of givina
the James Of our great admirals to GU
diminutive war craft, the torpedo boats
the latter should bear the names OF In
dian chiefs or tribes hat have achieved
fame in u national history. During
the civil war this was the custom, but
the names have disappeared with the
ships which they designated.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
PLACED WITH THE PENSIONERS
Several Names Added 20 the Eek.
tended List by a Grateful

Washington, April Extensions were
granted yesterday as follows:
Iowa-Original: James Sloss. Hinsdale.
Additional: John Snider. Sutherland. Wild
ows: Caroline A.. Arnold (mother), Bel
mond: Elizabeth Mahoney, Clinton; minor
Of Lorenzo d.. Conrad, Maynard.
Nebraska-Original: Samuel Il. Stetson,
Hyannls. Widows: Sarah Il. Brisbane,
Omaha; minors of Bartholomew Goff. Ne
braska City.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Housewives in Norway and Sweden
have started a scheme 10 encourage SER
ANTS to remain in their places. Mis-
tn sEes pay into a general fund whatever
they can afford for every servant that
has remainsd with them for twelve
months. The money Is registered in the
servants name, so that when age over.
takes her and she car no longer wor.'
she has a comfortable annuity to fan
back on
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

1t has been found by experiment that
tea retards digestion. An infusion of I
per cent Of tea causes a p~erceptible de-
lay; 3 per cent infusion will delay the
digestion sometimes as much as twelve
times the normal period; a 10 per cent
d~ecoction arrests the digestion Of all
starchy foods.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
Five Volunteers Killed.

Cape Town, April GA dispatch from
Vryburg say In an encounter with the
Bochuanaland insurgents Tuesday the
Cape volunteers lost five killed and six
wounded.
The volunteers captured n burned
the insurgents stronghold at GAnssepe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
want King George.

Nashville, Tenn. April s.-The execu.
tive committee Of the centennial expo.
sition a adopted q resolution inviting
the king Of Greece and royal family to
visit the exposition and expressing
sympathy with Greece In the present
crisis.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Captain David Wilcox and wife of
Bristol, X. l., have just celebrated their
golden wedding in the house in which
the latter vas born and in which she
has always lived, except for about fiji.
teen years, when he couple resided In
Fall River. Mass.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Mrs. G. K. Thorp OF Washington, Ind,
wife of d former mayor of that city.
held up at the point of a revolver a
young man who had slappe her son,
and, forcing him TO kneel in the street,
she horsewhipped him in the face until
blood vas drawn. Then she lectured
him
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Floridians in the neighborhood Of Kis.
simmee carry on a profitable but stray
Cling winter industry, disposing of OF
ter skins at "a or S. each. In Kissimmee
two firms this season have purchased
1000. But there is no systematic effort
to make the most of the industry.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
THE END OF THE HONEYMOON
Bride Of Three Months Murdered
by q Bad Tempered
Husband.

South Haven, Mich, April Sword
was received this morning hat an old
veteran named Dickerson, living three
miles in the country. shot and killed his
wife and then probably fatally shot
himself. Dickerson was a man with
an ungovernable temper. He married
the woman he killed only three months
ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

In Utica, N. Y. those wishing to make
openings in the street are required to
file a bond guaranteeing satisfactory re-
paving. Licensed plumbers are required
to give u bond of s., 500 and individuals
a bond for 5000 for opening an unpaved
street and $500 for opening a paved
street
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
Ca,arrh C.nuot Re Cured

With LOCAL. APPLICATIONS as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease. IA
tarrh Is a blood or constitutional disease,
and in order to cure 1t you must take in
ternal remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure Is
taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh
Cure is not a quack medicine. II was pre-
scrlbed by one OF the best physicians I'm
prescription. 1t Is composed of the best
tonics known, combined with the best
blood purifiers, acting directly on the mu-
cous surfaces. The perfect combination
of the two ingredients Is what produces
such wonderful results in curing Catarrh.
Send for testimonials, free.
+. j. CHENEY q CO., Proprietors.
Toledo, o.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Argentina's nav crnsus gives q total
population Of about 4.092. 900. OF whom
! .646.00 0 live In cities. The leading city,
Buenos Ayres, has a population OF 6S3..
e54. making 1t the largest In South
America
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Major Charles H. Miller. who partici-
pated in sixty-three battles in the war
Of the rebellion, died in Allegheny, Pa,
recently from injuries received by being
knocked down by a bicyclist a few days
before.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
CONSPIReD TO KILL ALFARO
ed and Thrown Into a
l~tsou

Guayaquil, April 10.-A formidable
conspiracy to assassinate President AL
faro has been discovered at Quito. A
number of priests are reported TO be i'm
piicated in the plot. The ring leaders
Of the revolutionary movement. with
afty-three followers, were arrested and
thrown into prison.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

population OF 1902, 900. of whon 1876,
900 live in cities. The leading city. Bue.
o Ayres. has a population OF 663. S5i
making ii the largest in South America
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

A travelling evangelist in the west has
an assistant stationed outside his meet
ing places, and every time he brings
down a fresh sinner he signals to this
man, who sends up a s~kyrockct.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

"A Kansas woman, who Travelled to st
Louis to marry q man who had aa,ver.
tised for a wife. has brought suiI
against him because he backed oui
when he saw her.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
Eayorite.

"Oh, how can you drink so much?"
asked the Earnest Worker.
1T s'prises me sometimes said the
Hopeless Case. ITS jist luck, / guess"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
Little GirI's Ambition for Her Father

washington Letter to Chicago Tribune.
The new ambassador to Italy has q
bright little girl 6 years old. whose name
Is Margaret Preston Draper. h be-
longed last winter TO the white house kim
dsrgarten. which was afterward trans-
ferred to h Draper residence when the
little Cleveland children succumbed to q
plebian attack of whooping cough. Only q
week or two ago little Margaret heard Z
visitor discussing with her mother the
probability of General Diapers appoints
ment. TIL tell you what ] WISH" gaid
would make my father ambassador to
Hopedale, Mass. It's the buhest place in
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Badness is often preceded or accom-
panied by ~grayness of the hair. To pre-
vent both badness and grayness, use
Halls Hair Remover, an honest remedy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

A Kansas City, Mo-, produce mer-
chant has succeeded in getting contro!
OF the onion market In that part Of tho
country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
STRIKE A FLOW Of WATER
Artesian Well Drillers Find a Flow
That Comes With a
p.a.

Imperial, Neb., April 12.-Some per-
sons in the west end of the county have
been experimenting with an artesian
well. When this got down about lis
feet they struck water which flowed
out OF the top Of the well, the hole be-
ing ten inches i'm diameter, with force
enough to throw up large sized stones
that were dropped in the well. The flow
Is about 500 gallons a minute. A num-
Der of other wells will be put down in
the county, n If a like success is had
the question of irrigation In this county
will be solved.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

False alarms for ambulances, coming
with annoying frequency, are disquiet-
ing the hospital authorities and sur
geons in Montreal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

1t Is asserted that In consequence Of
the X al revelation OF dcform tics Is
tight laced Portuguese ladies corsets
will be no longer worn In Portuga..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

London society journals say thai
skating on the new bicycle skates Is to
be the fashionable craze during the
coming summer in England.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Albany. N. r., April 9.-The Greater
New York charter q been returned to
the tegislature with the disapproval OF
The mayors Of New York and Brooklyn.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

A skunk took refuge from a dog in an
Atchison grocery store, and the next
day the proprietor got an extension Of
time from the jobbers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

I believe Piso's Cure is the only medicine
that will cure consumption.-Anna M.
Ross. Williamsport. Pa, Nov. u. 1896.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

The area Of the group OF Philippine
islands is about the size Of California.
The total population Is about 1000, 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
Fifty Feet.

.Vicksburg, Miss, April 9.-At noon
he river reached fifty feet. kilograms
from Pallullah report all the levees
Safe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

One OF the latest designs In incandes-
cent lamps Is formed by placing the
wire between two sheets of glass set In
a fiat frame.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
Sold by Druggists. Price. 75c. :

1t Is asserted that in consequence Of
the X ray revelation of deformities In
tight laced Portuguese ladies corsets
will be no longer worn In Portugal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
CAUGHT IN THE BLIZZARD.
A Ranchinan Rescued by a Traveller
but Dies From Terrible Ex-
posure 10 the Elements.

but Dies From Terrible Ex-
posure TO the Elements.
Cheyenne, Wyo.. April S.-William c.
Irvine, who reached here yesterday
from his ranch In Johnson county, re-
ports finding Edward Smith, a Converse
county ranchman In a dying condition
on the road. Smith had been overtaken
by the blizzard of last week while TAX
ing a load Of hay to a stage camp. He
built a barrlcade OF the baled hay, but
the protection was insufficient and he
became so weak with cold and exposure
that he was unable to travel after the
storm subsidized. Irvine took him to
Fort Fetterman, but he died a short
time after reaching there.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
MISS WILLARD CONTRIBUTES
Says the Hideous Situation In Crete
Is Magnifed by English
nnl1afa

Chicago, April l2.-In response to a
call from Lady Henry Somerset. Miss
Frances willard, president Of the w. c.
It. u, cabled $500 for the white ribbon
nurses in Crete. In the message Miss
willard says the hideousness Of the sit
uation IL intellectually magnifed he.
cause English bullets are helping the
slaughter Of the Christians.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

London. April lS.-The Bank of Eng
lands rate Of discount has been reduced
from 3 per e to 2ix.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

From n

For seven
Periods we
would have
month.
He said tl
the womb, 6
must under
operation, a
tumors i'm III
womb, and
was a case ,
life or dealt
/ was OPP
rated upon
twice, but II
did not seel
to do me an
good, It ma,
me very we
was troub
with the !
corrhea a
great deal.
l also suf
ed with the
sick headac
vomiting
spells, back
ache all the
time, terribl
loss OF app
nights. AT
Lydia f. l
pound, som,
Sanative WI
i can eat
sees Inc tell
son. can
well and 4
stronger ev
out and emf
tired out wi
doctored foi
those years
at the prese
woman tina
try that me
to feel well
Pinkharn's
--MRs. JAN
Jamaica Pl
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
loom PAUL. MODERN BRUTUS
The Transvaal's President Orders
His Grandson To BE Placed
on Trial.

Pretoria. April 9.-President Kruger
has ordered that his grandson. Lieuten-
ant Eloff, shall be placed on trial before
a special court for the offensive Ian
guage recently used by him In a public
reference to Queen Victoria at johann
nesburg.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

The longest word In the English lam
uuage II dispropors0nableness.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

The report Is current that Russia will
soon abolish the import duty on agri-
cultural machinery.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
No-to-Bao fur Fifty Cents.

Over 400, 900 cured. Why not let No.ro-Ran
seguiate or remove your desire for tobaccof
oayes money. makes health and manhood, Cure
guaranteed. soc and 81. all druggists.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

eases caused Dy Ur1c
acid In the blood, or
by disordered action
OF the Kidneys OF
urinaryo organs. The
Kava Kava Shrub,
or as botanists call
1t. Piper MeAys-
Henm, grows on the
banks Of the Ganges
river, East India,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
l.
Chinese News.

Fol- his services while attending upon
Vi Hung Chang during his recent tour
there has been conferred upon VI. De-
.erng the rank of brevet civil premier
button, which only two other foreigners
have had the honor of receiving, name
y, the late General Gordon and Sir Rob-
.rt Hart.
There are indications hat Ii Hung
Chang is coming into fuller power
shortly, but there are still a great many
attempts made to undermine his newly
required influence over the emperor.
rhe empress dowager and Prince Kung
are still his champions.
A story of a horrible murder comes
from Bang Kok, where a young girl
was caught clipping with her lover and
confined in the house of her relatives,
~ho broke every bone in her body as a
punishment. The m fingered in
fearful agony for fourteen days. Two
men and women were sentenced TO
death for the murder and were behead-
ed. The execution was a barbarous at
fair, the headsman being drunk and the
convicted wretches were slashed in a
most fearful manner before death re-
leased them from their sufferings.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
Spring
': :3sl ss y,HumOrs

tions, painful boils, annoying PIN
pies and other affections, which ap-
pear so generally at this season, make
the use Of that grand Spring Medi-
cine, Hoods Sarsaparilla, a necessity.
The accumulated impurities in the
blood cause very different symptoms
with some people. The kidneys, liver
and towels ara overmatched in their
efforts to relieve the clogged system.
Dizzy headaches, bilious attacks, fail
ure of appetite, coated tongue, lame
back, indigestion and that tired feel
ing are some results.
From the same cause may also come
scrofula, neuralgia, sciatia or rheu.
matism.
All these troubles and more may prop
erly be called Spring Humors," and
just as there is one cause, a cure Is
found in just one remedy, and that
is Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Hoods Sarsaparilla p~uriies the impure
blood, enriches blood which Is weak
and thin, vitalizes blood which lacks
vitality. Thus II reaches every part
OF the human system.
For your Spring Mcdicine-to prevent
or cure Spring Humors, take
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
ARE FIGHTING HARD
IN The PHILIPPINES
Spanish Forces Are Meeting With
Many Discouragements in
in the Contest.
Ii HUNG CHANGES INFLUENCE
Said to BE On the Increase at Pekin
IA Horrible Murder and Grew
some Execution OF the
Perpetrators.

Vancouver, Il. c., April 10.-The
steamer Empress of Japan has arrived
from the orient. She had an unusually
large number OF Chinese on board, 100,
ana they We're detained at quarantine
for some time. The Empress brings
the following advices:
Reliable information In regard to OPP
erations of h Spanish troops in the
Philippines is still difficult to obtain.
There is a superabundance of highly
colored reports appearing, favoring he
Spanish, but the information furnished
by correspondents at Hong Kong Is Of
an entirely different character. The
spanish forces are meeting with a stub
born resistance in Cavit. and ii will yet
BE many months before this province is
CLEAR of rebels. The insurgents con-
tinue to attack all conveys with ammu-
milton and stores and the movements OF
the royalist troops are in consequence
greatly hampered. The captain gem
eral has applied to the Spanish govern
1hent for 5000 additional troops.
The troops operating in the province
OF Cavit are suffering severely from
disease. Executions are Of frequent oc-
c%urrence. Large numbers Of the native
and 1t is evident the rebels have re-
ceived a large supply of firearms.
At the battle Of Salitran, fought
March s, the Spanish general Seabola
was killed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
The Wonderful Kava-Kava Shrub.

A New Botanical Discovery.-Of
Special Interest to Sufferers rom
Diseases of the Kidneys or biad-
der Rheumatism, etc.-A Blessing
to Humanity.
A Free Gift of Great Value to You.
Our readers will be glad to know that
the new botanical discovery, Alkavis,
from the wonderful Kava-Kava shrub
has proved an assured cure for all dis
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

CAscAxzTs stimulate liver, kidneys ana bov,ls -
~ sicken. weaken or gripe. 1Oc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
No :

No
Cleveland ]
Don't we
have gone
and well-v
But J-Jii
battle ship
-
Mrs. winsl
EethluS. toitt.
sllays pain, cur
-
The longe
guage Is dis
WHEN bilious
lhartic. cure gui
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

WHEN bilious
hartic. cure gu
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-10-23
ENCLANDHAS DECLINED
Salisbury Sends His Reply to
Proposals of the Bimetal-
lie Commission.
Cannot Open India's Mints and
Will Take No Part in
the Conference.
Said That Germany's Action as
to Silver Depends Upon
Great Britain.

LONDON, Oct. 21.--Lord Salisbury has
sent to Ambassador Hay the reply of
the British government to the proposals
OF the American bimetallic special COM
mission headed by Senator Wolcott.
1t is automatically worded note.
His lordship says that the govern.
ment Of Great Britain is not able to re-
open the India mints at present. He
regrets the inability to accede to the
proposals of the American commission
ers, Great Britain having as great an
interest as the United States and France
in securing stable par exchange for
gold and silver and an enlarged use of
silver. In these circumstances, contin-
ues Lord Salisbury, the British govern.
ment does not see the desira bility of an
international monetary conference, but
will be pleased to
Consider Any Other Practical Suggestions
from the United States Lord Sails
bury encloses with the note a copy Of
the statement of Sir j. Westland, head
VA WIG hiaiNiaA ucpaitiuSlt VI ALula,
which was under discussion at the
meeting of the cabinet council last Sat.
urday and which takes strong grounds
against the reopening of the Indian
mints.
Senator Wolcott is not in London at
present. Ambassador Andrew White
came from Berlin last Saturday. He
has avoided publicity, but has had sew.
eral conferences with Senator Wolcott.
In the course of an interview with the
correspondent of the Associated Press,
Mr.. White said that Germany's action
as to bimetallism will depend upon
England.
Semi-weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings Co., S.D.) 1894-1898, 1897-10-23
though the Car Builder Was
:, Poor Health His End
Was Unexpected.
.. Wife and Two Sons Were
Abeent on an Eastern
Tour at the Time.
,enced Life as Clerk in a
Store in Chautauqua
County, N. Y.

cuc,co Oct. 20 The death of
..orce NJ. Pullman, the palace car
,spuate, at his residence, Eighteenth
,+,eat and Prairie avenue, this city,
!, & A. m., was very sudden. Mr..
pr,,man, who was in his Goth year
/ a ape had not been enjoying his usual
mod health during the summer. The
.,trpme heat of last week greatly
,,grayated his disease known to medi-
nj science as angina pectoris. But no
.rous trouble was anticipated. Mr..
Pullman was at his Office in the Pull.
man building daily and dined with
friends at his club. In the evening he
remarked having a slight pain i'll the
/ back
He retired at his usual early hour. At
o'clock members of the household
we're awakened by a disturbance i'll Mr..
pulman's chamber, and upon entering
found him standing in the center of the
rsH. dazcd and apparently suffering
zruciating pains in the region of the
heart. Rev. R. M. Eaton, who was
visiting Mr.. Pullman, called DR.. Frank
Billings, the family physician. Re-
noratives were applied, but to no pur-
pose, and at b o'clock the millionaire
manufacturer and philanthropist passed
away without speaking and with
scarcely a struggle. Mrs. Pullman,
who, with her two sons, George and
Sanger, has been on an Eastern tour,
was wired at once and no funeral ar
angements will be made until she
arrives