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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-25
PROSPERITY.
The Bright Side Of Life as Indicated
BY BOuntlful Wheat and Cotton.
Tie Dark Side as Shown by the In
crease of DiSease-Dr. Greene'S
Nervura a Nation Saver.

Seven hundred
million dollars in
crease in the value
of Americas wheat
and cotton crops.
Half as many mil
lions more added to
the value of Ameri-
can railway securi-
ties. Overa billion
dollars distributed
among the people
of this prosperous
country. Such is
the record of the
season of 1897.
This Is the bright
side.
What about the
dark side?
Seventy-hve mil
lion people.
Five million men
and ten million
women suffering
from exhaustion in
cident to the strain
of the past ten
years.
Fifteen million
children weaker
than their ancestors
and worse equipped
for the increasing
severity of the bat
tie Of life.
Nerves | Nerves !
Nerves !
ovd vsao1yauaJ of11
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
CLIMAX IN ASHLAND'S NOTED CASE
Heydlau1T, the Former city CLERK
Commits Suicide Before the
Court Is Called.

Ashland, Wis. July 17.-R. {. Heyd-
lauff. ex-city clerk of Ashland, com
mitted suicide yesterday just before
court met TO consider his defense in
the county forgery eases.
The case had been adjourned till yes
terday morning at 9 o'clock owing 10
the absence Of Mayor Bardon, who IS
one of the main witnesses for the de-
fensq. The session promised to be n
of the most interesting OF the 1our
DAYS already past and was TO have con-
sisted almost entirely Of evidence in
troduccd by the defense. The testi-
mony thus far in the case had been
for the state. Several of Asblands
prominent citizens were TO haVe been
placed ON the stand. Mr.. I~Icydlauff was
also TO be placed on the stand and gl,e
important testimony for his defense.
Heydlauf was arrested and his eN-
animation began July O.. Testimony
against him was TO the effect that
names had been forged to several
county orders. City Treasurer Mar
shall testified that ~IIeydlauff had given
him an order which had been raised
from S1.24 TO 1921 in payment OF taxes
due from Judge Nelson Of ST. Paul,
Experts also found a similarly in the
signatures of alleged forgeries and
those acknowledged by llcydlautf
Other minor forgcrics in witness fees
etc, were found and laid TO him. Heyd.
lauT was a prominent politician and
had been a government land officer. lie
had been in the Nilas-LamcrcauN pine
land and other deals. He was married
He came to Ashland from Duluth some
ten years ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
AN INNOCENT MAN CONVICTED
A Sensation Sprung In thc Erickson

Flandreau, July 19.-Thc Erickson rob
berry case, which has occupied the atten'
ton OF Moody county people more or lcss
for two years, has developed "a new SEM
sation. 1T will be remembered that .
man named jim Smith was convicted O.
this crime and sentenced to the penl'
tertiary for fifteen years. Smith died
I'm prison after serving n few months of
his sentence. His conviction was large
ly due to the testimony Of Clyde KEEP
hart. who swore that the robbery wa9
committed by himself, Jim and Jo2
Smith and Gust KroenIng.
Recently one Sairom S~taugcland
caused a sensation by confesstng thar
the crime was committed by himself
and two others, altogether different
parties from the men implicated 10y
Kephart. Stdugcland's accomplices, Id
alleges. were ole Nelson, now in jail
here, and a man named {. J. Smith.
The three men were arrested on war;
rants sworn out by Joe Kirby OF
Sioux Falls, who was the attorney OF
the former defendants, and wcrd
brought before Justice Carter for pre-.
llminary hearing.
1t was at this juncturc that the
greatest sensation Of the case oc-
CURED. clyde Kcphart appeared on
the scene and took the stand. He de-
clared his former story. which impli-
Gated himself in the crime and which
convicted Jim Smith, was absolutely
false. Kephart was Immediately ar
rested on the charge Of perjury, ana
stands n good chance of getting a long
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
CHAPEL WAS WRECKED
BY A VIOLENT TWISTER
An Historical Building at Fort
Randall Is Nearly Demolished
by the Wind.
THAT STRANGE CATTLE DISEASE
Was Either Hydrophobia or Cerebro
Spinal Meningitis - Sensation
Sprung in the Erick-
son Cas-

Chamberlain, July ia letter re-
ceived here from Fort Randall con-
veys the information that a small cy-
clone struck the old chapel there and
practically demolished il. Half the
roof was blown ava and some of the
walls were orr down. The building
has an interesting history. 1t was con-
structed early i'm the seventies when
Fort Randall was at the height OF its
glory as the finest and liveliest OF
frontier military posts. Gladstone
furnished the material for the prin-
cipal portion Of the building, which,
from an architectural standpoint,
would have done credit to II town of s.
900 population. The first Odd Eel
lows lodge in Dakota met in the old
chapel. and although Fort Randall
was abandoned by the war depart
mcnt six or seven years ago, the lodge
room has since been maintained, ana
members Of the order from surround
ing towns to n distance OF thirty or
forty miles were accustomed 10 go
there occasionally TO hold lodge meet
ings in what was one of the best ana
most handsomely furnished lodge
rooms in the state. A general feel
of regret will be occasioned among
Odd Fellows throughout the state
when they learn of the disaster which
has overtaken the old chapel. If
money can replace the structure in its
old condition, Odd Fellows, especially
in the southern portion of the state
should by all means take the steps
necessary for repairing and preserving
the birthplace of Odd Fellowship in
this region.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
A BIG SLUMP IN THE TEA MARKET
Dealers in Japan and China Alarm
ed by the Probable Action
of

Tacoma, Wash, July IA big slump
has taken place in the tea market in
Japan and China since the last teamer
sailed that could land tea on this coast
before July /, when the new tariff was
expected to go into effect. At Yoke
hama Japanese tea dealers did not like
the fail in prices and with the inten-
ton Of coercing foreign buyers they
combined and notified merchants they
would withdraw their samples and do
no further business for three days. a
meeting Of foreign merchants was called
and replied that they not only sympa-
thlzed with dealers, but would extend
holidays and do no business for five
days. This plan did not materially help
the situation and a few days later the
market was depressed again by news
that congress would probably drop the
proposed duty.
Many growers have abandoned the
second picking Of tea and some have
talked of pulling up the plants by the
roots. Yokohama tea dealers have pro-
tested against this, believing that the
American demand will not be seriously
interfered with. At Kobe and other
ports stocks Of tea are large and the
demand light. 1t is reported that New
York and Chi2ago dealers will lose mon
ey on recent heavy im~portations, pur-
chased at high prices, because of the
failure of the proposed duty.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
TRAIN FALLS DOWN A MOUNTAIN
Iigh Wind Causes n Serious Wreck
i'm New Hampshirc--Is IA White
Maintain Irnin.

Fabyans, n. H., July 10.--During the
gale Of yesterday the wind reached a
,eloclty OF sixty miles III hour on the
summit Of the White mountains, sweep
ing away telegraph poles and blowing
)ff the rails OF the Mt. Washington In
slime railway a huge locomotive. Ow-
ng to no communication being possible
the particulars were not known until
asst night.
While u summit train was at the sta
lion at Z in the morning, half an hour
before time to descend, the engineer and
| fireman left the cab to eat breakfast.
Without warning q moment later the
wind started the train, and the engine
VAS blown from the rails at the first
rurve and went smashing over houlders
Town the ravinc, wrecking a portion Of
he trestle i'm its descent. Tho pasSen-
ger coach kept the rail for a few hun
lred feet, but finally was lifted off the
track and hurled several hundred feet
down the abyss, and at the bottom Of
The ravine ii lies today a mass of kind
Ing wood.
Fifty feet Of the trestlework was car
ried away, and 1t will be several days
before repairs can be effected, commune
lcatiOn with the summit meantime be-
ng only by the long and circuitous state
highway circling the mountain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
THAT STRANGE CATTLE DISEASE
Thought Now 90 BE Hydrophobia or
CcrehrO SpinaI M%eninRitis.

Chamberlain, July 19.-lt is now be-
lsved that the strange disease which
has attacked "A few small herds of cat
tie in this county is either hydropho-
bia or OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
actly which local authorities are una
BILE TO decide. The state veterinary
surgeon was informed Of the matter
but AS the legislature made no provi-
sion for his salary or expenses, IT can
not be expected that he will attend to
the matter at his own expense. The
disease the other day attacked b herd
of william Gilbert. living north OF
here, and two head died in n day
1t was at first believed that the animals
had eaten paint from II pail containing
n quantity hat was about the prcml
SEES, but this was found not to be the
case. The following day another oi
the animals was attacked. They APP
peared TO become crazy, exhibiting
precisely the same symptoms ms the
cattle belonging TO JAY Barnes, a Lyon
township farmer, which died a Few
days ago, as already stated in these
diSDatchcS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
SHERMAN'S DISPATCH
GIVES CRITICS A CHANCE
e~ngIishmen Do Not Like His Charge
Of Bad Faith in Bering
Sea Affair.
CHARGE AN UNDUE BREsQUENESS
While Not So Much So as the Clevt
land Venezuelan Message IL
Was Sufficient TO Fan the
S~mouldering Embers.

New York, July IA Tribune Lon
don special says: The publication of
Secretary Sherman's dispatch On the
Bering sea question relights momen-
tarily in the press the s~mouldering m
bers of recent criticism. The tex of
that dispatch is not pleasant reading
here as the Pail Mall Gazette and other
journals frankly admit. If its forti-
ter i'm re had been combined with its
suavitcr in modo there would have
been no cause for complaint. If one
hundred words had been taken out of
the text of the dispatch it would have
been accepted as an unobjectionable
statement of the American case. AS
the matter stands the implication that
England has not acted with good faith
Is considered a blow below the belt.
The pctulant comments OF the Lon
don press today ought not, however,
to he taken too seriously. The action
of the foreign Office has disclosed a
willingness on the part OF the gov
eminent TO discuss the question with
out irritability. This dispatch was one
Of the earliest state papers presented
by ambassador Hay to the foreign Of
flee after his arrival in London and
while a reply TO Salisbury was a re-
fusal to set aside expert testimony the
British agent employed in the case.
There was no indication that unfrlend-
~ feeling had been eXerted either be-
fore or after Fosters return TO Lon
don from ST. Petersburg. Negotla-
tions have remained in progress with
an increasing probability that the
British government will ultimately
consent TO send a representative 10 the
conference at Washington when Rus
STA and Japan have been drawn n
il. The situation remains unchanged
and is not effected by the comments
of English journals upon a few phras-
es i'm Secretary Sherman's dispatch
is considered here unnecessarily
bresque and aggressive. although mia
and |innocuous in comparison with
President Cleyeland's Venezuelan
message.
Negotiations are controlled by Am
hassador Hay. and his tact and tleXi-
bility have had "a tendency to mini
mize the effect of the two or three pas
saees in the original dispatch, which
the critics in the London press consid.
er Objectionable i'm form and lacking
i'm courtesy. The protection of the seal
herd is really a question, not Of inter,
national law, but of international com
ity and natural history, and there is
no reason for undue excitement over
il on either side of the Atlantic. Both
Hay and Foster decline to discuss
the question or to say anything eNcep'
that negotiations are making satisiac'
tory progress.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
PENSIONS AND P0STMASTERS
A Few New Names Are Placed on
Pension List--Postmasters
Appointed.

Washington, July Extensions were
granted yesterday as follows:
Iowa: Decentralization n. Gra-
BILE, Marshalltown; Christian Block
ert, Muscatine. Increase-John j.
Chance, Ottumwa. Widow-Mary c.
Randall, Sidney.
Nebraska: observation-disclosures Col
Inns, Omaha. Additionel-Jabe2 W.
Fairbanks, Mankato. Renewal and In
crease-Byron j. Iuver (dead), Adj
anne. Reissue-Samuel McCord, Elgin,
Postmasters were appointed yester-
day as follows:
Iowa-Birmingham, Van Buren,
county, G.. l.. Sherwward, vice w. Il.
Shot, removed; Yorktown, Page coun.
ty, C.. w. Mitchell, vice j. y. Ernest,
removed.
Nebraska-Cook, Johnson county, J.
w. Smith, vice s. \. Leach, removed;
Elmwood, Cass county, Cyrus Acton,
vice II. =. W~ilcoXson, removed;
Greenwood, Cass county, G. w. Clark,
vice w. L. Failing, removed; Harris.
burg, Banner county, B. II. Lewis, vice
G.. j. Carlisle, removed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
THAT KANSAS CITY TRkGEDi
otto Weber Tells Why He Hau "
In for Schieigels Nictiin'
m. napneF

Kansas CITY, Mo, July 17.-Since the
arrest of otto Weber, WHO IS charge"
with being an accessory TO muruSi
of DIR. l.. A. Berger, and Weber au-
mission that he was a bitter enemy OF
DR.. Berger, there has been much curi-
osity concerning the cause of weber 5
hatred of Berger. When questioned
about the matter Weber told the
story:
When Mrs. Weber was sick her nus
band employed DIR. Berger to attend
her. At ! o'clock at night Weber says
he called mp DR.. Berger by telephone
and asked him to come at once, as ms
wife was very sick. Weber says DR..
Berger answered hat he would come,
but he declares that the doctor dld noO
arrive until 3 o'clock, and that then ne
was drunk. Weber says that his dying
wife said TO him;
ooh, don't let that mar neal me lie
is drunki"
But DIR. Berger attended Mrs. Weber
and she died. Weber believed that her
death was due to the neglect ana
drunkenness of DR.. Berger, and from
that how he was DR.. Berger's sworn
enemy.
The defense of John Schlegel when
he is tried will bc that he was insane
when he shot DR.. Berger, driven SO
by brooding over the story told TO
him by his wife, that she was assault
ed by DR.. Berger. Weber's defense
will be that he did not advise Schle-
gel to kill DR.. Berger.
The Pinkerton detective force ana
the city detective force are working
together to get evidence against Mr.
and Mrs. Schlegcl and Otto Weber
The relatives of Or. Berger say II Is
probable that Mrs. Schlegel viii be ar
rested soon for completely in the XIII
ing of DR.. Berger.
John Schlegel was taken before JUS
tice Krueger's court yesterday after
noon for his preliminary hearing on
the charge of numbering DR.. Berger
Justice Kruger, however, also is a
physician. and as the doctors are tax
ing an active part in the prosecution
of Schlegel, the latter's attorney con,
cluded to take a change OF venue and
the hearing was postponed until July
90.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
A FORTUNE AWAITS THE MAN
Who I~nvents II Mark For Cattle
Other Thar Il BriIsi.

Rapid City, July l9.-The branding of
cattle is rapidly becoming an art. 1t Is
a question that is always before meet
ings OF cattlemcn. Thousands OF dollar
a question hat is always before meet
ings of cattlemen. Thousands OF dol
lars are annually lost because Of the
damage done the hides by the brands.
a fortune awaits the person %invcnting a
method for marking range cattle other
than the branding iron. The Mexican
cattle are considered the best branded
OF all. The brands are small and are
clearly cut and rarely damage the hides.
The irons are hin and are always APP
piled hot enough to SINCE the hair. The
iron is never used the second time be-
fore relocating. There has been consid-
cradle complaint Of late by the South
Dakota stockmen on account OF dock
ing n certain amount from hide ship
ments because of the large brands. The
average cowman is careless In brand
ing. The lack OF heat Is made up by
pressure, which usually makes running
sores and dishgured brands. Often tho
discount amounts TO IS cents a hide,
which, with a large shipment, aggre-
gates to a considerable sum.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
masters were appointed yesterday as
DECISIONS by SUPREME COURT
a Nun Der Of Cases Reach II Final
judgement,

Pierre. July 15.-The supreme court
yesterday handed down decisions in the
following cases:
Citizens bank vs.. George w. Coark-
dissenting.
State, defendant in error, VS.. Fred
Finder, plaintiff in error. Hughes coun-
ty; affirmed, Fuller dissenting.
Rust owen Lumber company W.. w.
]. whitman ct al, Hughes county; re-
vcrsed.
j. ID. Barlow va. Northern Assurance
company. Aurora county; reversed.
l.. Il. Church VS.. Elisha Walker; af-
irmed, Fuller dissenting.
State. defendant in error. VS.. Edward
]. Sexton, plaintiff in error, Minnehaha
county: affirmed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
NOT CLASSEO AS LAB0RERS.
Editors, Reporters and Proof Read
crs Barred From Lien
Inw Benefits.

Grand Rapids, Mich, July 1.-THE
state supreme court holds that a news
paper editor, reporter or proof reader
S not a laborer 10 an extent to cntitie
aim to preference under the labor lien
law,
When the Democrat went into the
hands OF n receiver last December Colo
lcl NJ. Amy Aldrich had 500 coming
IN back salary as managing editor, and
Dther editors, reporters and proof
leaders were creditors an amount that
would bring the total up to $1,000.
The circuit court allowed them to in.
tcrvene as preferred creditors under
the labor law, but the supreme court
holds that their work was professional
md not manual and the law does not
cover them. They will get nothing on
their claims, as preferred creditors
realized only 10 per cent on the sale OF
the property.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
Contract Awarded,

Yankton, 5. d July 1.-THE board
of education of this city has awarded
the contract for supplying the heat
ing plant for the new 100000 school
house 10 the Peck, Williamson Heat
ing and Nentilating company of Gin
cinnati, $1,000 being their bid. 1t will
be Il double fan system with hot air
furnaces, Bids for the construction of
the building will be opened next week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
1T FAv0RS MOST EVERYTHING
Trans-Mississippi Congress Adopt
Resolutions Telling What the
Country ShnnlI do.

Salt Lake City, Utah, July 17.-The
trans Mississippi congress adopted res
buttons favorlng the annexation OF Ha.
wall, the construction of the Nicaragua
canal, recognition OF the Cuban nation
r. national board of arbitration and fos
tering the beet sugar industry.
The Trans-hIississippi congress re.
sumed consideration of the silver res
olutions with Bryan in the chair, c. S
Thomas of Colorado, spoke in favor OF
the majority report. Il. w. Smalley
Minnesota, for the minority.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
ARMY or EPWORTH LEAGUERS
Twenty Thousand Of the Mem
berS Have Gathered at
Inrnnfn.

Toronto, July 17.-Epworth lcaguers
kept coming today till now the number
is over 10000. No less than sixteen
meetings are in progress, with ii pro
fusion of speakers stretching from
Greenland's icy mountains to India's
coral strand as to the fields of work.
AS many as a dozen speakers are heard
at one meeting. They are limited to
five minutes each. The topics dis
cussed are spiritual, literary, social
work. finances, mercy and help CORE
spondcncc.
a junior league ana missionary con
ference were also held.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
Grain and Provisions.

ChlcagO, July T-Cash quotations were
as follows:
Flour-Firm.
Wheat-No. . spring, 751ac; No. , red,
75i2c.
Corn-No. .. 257km2G4c.
Oats-No. ., lSc; No. , white, f. o. h.,
2l4m2li2c; No. 3 white, f. o. b., 2012m22c
Hl1rlcy~No. , nominal; No. 3, f. o. b.,
3oH32i2c; No !. f. o. b., 21i2c.
Flax Secd-No /, S0(tS0lac.
Timothy ~Secd-Pr.me, $40.
$i.O2ie: short rib sides. 81. 2Oai.jO dry salt
eel shoulders, A.75m5.O0; short clear sides,
81 .62lsni. -.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. finished goods, per
gallon, $l.19.
Sugar-UnChanged.
Butter-Stoady. Diaries, 90l2c; creamer,
les, lldlll2c.
~Eggs-Firm. Fresh, 90.
Chcese-Quict at 1iaUSc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24

In exploiting its resources Kansas
is now directing attention to its min
eral deposits and their possibilities. 1t
produces coal, building stone, zinc,
salt, gypsum, oil, gas, cement, miner,
al water and clay, the output of all
these in 1895 being worth about So
600, 900. This was triple the output OF
1885, and is regarded as promising
much for the future.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

j. g. Merryweather, a manufacturer
of fire apparatus in London, suggests
that church towers should be provided
with tanks, kept full of water by
means of a pump and hose or pipe;
that n pipe be carried into the church,
with hydrant and hose in convenient
positions. Powerful jets could then
be brought to bear Immediately when
IN outbreak OF fire was discovered.
The cost would be small and valuable
lives and property might be saved.
Canterbury cathedral has been saved
three times by it's own fire apparatus.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
Dnkntn EniiNrS Moot.

Sioux Falls July 1.-THE South pa
Sota Press association will meet in
Minneapolis July - and spend n wn"k
umong the lakes. There will be about
100 editors with their wives.
A Watch Over F~aruswor:h.
Nermillion, July 17.-li. 4. Farms
worth charged with attempted rape
If Minnie Dole and Eva ThOrsen, two
lcckling school teachers, has been
threatened with l%ynching at the hands
IF their friends. An extra watch of
eight men has been placed at the
county Jail.
Will Not Sign Warrants.
Sioux Falls. July 17.-Mayor StiteS
las refused To sign city warrants UNI
iii the council confirms his appoint
nents. Street laborers, merchants
aud ali who have money coming rom
he city are making a big kick. Tho
probabilities are n public meeting will
1e called.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24

The citizens of Dion, France, recent
ly voted n sum of money for putting
a railing around "A tree standing with
in the city limits. The tree bears a Ia
bel which informs the sightseer that
il is the oldest poplar in France. The
town council has n record tracing the
history of the tree since the year 722
A. ID. It is 122 feet in height and for
ty-ive feet in circumstances ut the
hoSa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24

In a recent article in Science, DR.,
Brinton calls attention to the fact that
the missionary Haverstadt was so well
pleased with the language of the
Araucanian Indians of Chill that he
published n work on ii in 1777, advo-
eating its adoption as n universal
tongue for the world, a ready made
Eolapuk.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-07-24
NEGRO RAvlSHER Is HANGED.
A Terrible Crime in Alabama Is
Quickly Avenged by II Mob
of Citizens.

Montgomery, Ala, July 17.-Yeater'
day Major Terrell, a negro, ravished
Mrs. Martin Thomas near Elba, Ala,
H. beat her into insensibllitv, threw
her on a bed with a sleeping infant,
pied up pine wood around her and set
it on fire. The flames attracted the
passers by, who rescued the woman IT.
time to secure. al ante-mortem state
ment. The baby was burned to death.
Terrell was arrested. and while having
preliminary trial a mob took him from
The court ayd hanged him.