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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
BRYAN RENDERED SENSELESS
injured by the Co,lapsing of IA
Piazza at st. Augustine
Yesterday.

st. Augustine, Fla, April 12.-The
Hon. w. j. Bryan "a injured here yes
terday afternoon by the caving in of a
piazza from which he was speaking.
Nearly 400 mel and women were precip-
itated about twenty feet to the ground
and many of them injured, but none
fatally. Mr.. Bryan was picked up UNI
conscious and removed to a physicians
Office, where an examination revealed
that he had received no injuries of q
serious character. 1t was deemed best,
however, to abandon the reception
which was to have been given him last
evening.
Jacksonville, Fla, April 9.-Wm. j.
Bryan passed through this city his
morning on his way to Tallahassee,
where he will speak this afternoon. He
seemed to be suffering considerably
from the effects of the accident at st.
last night, but a vigorous
physique enabled him to keep up. A
slight ~discoloration vas seen about the
left eye. His face was pale, and a tinge
Of pain was seen to sweep occasionally
across his face. His limbs are bandaged
IN several places where ne is bruised.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
KNOXVILLE BADLY SC0RCHED
Property Valued at One Million In
Center Of City Is "a Mass
of Ruins.

Knoxville, Tenn, April s.--The most
disastrous fire the city has ever expert
enced occurred this morning between
4 and s o'clock when the entire block
between Union and Reservoir streets,
on Gay street, except one building, the
longest and handsomest block in the
city, was burned to a mass of ruins.
The loss is a million dollars. Several
people We're injured. The fire started
IN the wholesale store Of the McNulty
Grocery company and spread rapidly,
despite every effort of the entire fire de-
partment. kilograms were sent to
Chattanooga and engines from hat city
arrived at 6 o'clock and rendered val
liable service.
The heaviest loosers are: Briscoe &
Co., wholesale dry goods; Sterchi Bros,
wholesale furniture; Marblehead City
Hat company; A. p. Lapeer Dry Goods
company; Haines & Co., wholesale
shoes; S. b. Newman & Co., printers;
Cullen, Newman a. Co., printers;
Woodruff & Co., wholesale hardware;
H~ennegar, Doyle g. Co., wholesale hats
and shoes; Sanford, Chamberlain & AL
vers, wholesale drugs; McNulty Gro
Gerry company and Knox hotel. Many
smaller establishments including three
livery stables were also burned out. A
dynamite explosion in Woodruff's hard
ware store, shattered every window in
the street.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
TURKS PREPARING FOR WAR
They Have About Lost Faith in the
Concert of Powers.

Canstantinople, April 12.-War prepa.
rations throughout the Turkish empire
continue to be steadily pressed, al
though there is not much change in the
eastern situation. A very p~essimistic
feeling prevails here at the failure Of
the powers attempts to coerce Greece.
The blockade of the Piraus seems as
far off as ever and the war party Is
/, bringing to bear on the government
with grave results. The porte has dis
PATCHED circulars to the representatives
abroad setting forth the Turkish grow
ing impotence at the prolongation of
the crisis which is pressing heavily on
the already embarrassed exchequer.
The belief prevails here that the power
are losing control over the course of
events and a their so-called concert
Is a failure. A new danger has arisen
through the circulation OF a pamphlet
recitlng alleged Christian atrocities on
h Mussulimans in Crete and Elask
which has greatly inilamed the Turk
and the government has been compelled
to take measures to prevent outbreaks
by the populace.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
DAMAGE WAS. NOT so GREAT
Red River Flood Sufferers Refuse
the Aid Voted by
Congress-.

Washington, April 12.-The people Of
the submerged district Of the Red river
have declined the government aid voted
them by congress Wednesday. When
the flood came in the Red river q quar-
ter OF a million dollars worth of prop
erty was destroyed at Fargo, N. D., and
fifty miles Of fertile territory was inun-
dated. An appeal was made to congress
through the mayor of Fargo and $50, 900
for Red liver was added to the appro-
priation of $3.50, 600 for the Mississippi
flood sufferers.
After the passage of the resolution
Representative Johnson of North Da-
kota went TO the wal department and
placed Secretary Alger, under whose d.
rection the fund vas to be distributed,
in communication with the relief COM
mission of Fargo. But yesterday the
prospects along the Red river were
brighter and this morning Representa-,
tive Johnson of North Dakota received
the following telegram from the mayor
of Fargo: Have declined aid from
congress. Water %receding fast. Dam
age not as great as expected"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
y. ID. RockcfeiIer's Hobby.

New York Journal.
John ID. Rockefeller, the millionaire,
finds pleasure in spending part of his
great wealth in improving his country
seat, lockwood" in the Pocantico hills.
Last year he expended at least 500, 900 in
alterations 10 his old manor house and in
landscape gardening. Fifteen feet of solid
rock was cut off the top of the "Kyknit'
hill, and excavations made for the site OF
a million dollar country house, which, IL
was announced, he intended to build. The
eXcavating alone cost $4,000. Suddenly
Nh. Rockefeller changed his mind and the
whole eNcavated ground was filled and
sodded. A high observation tower which
had been torn down to make room for the
site was rebuilt. Then Mr.. Purdy' a
Tarrytown architect, was employed to
prepare plans for enlarging and beautify-
ing the "BoXwood" residence. Alterations
were again made for the fourth time last
fall.
Now the oil king Is amusing himself by
having another addition, costing $4,000,
and consisting of "A kitchen, dining room
and a number of bedrooms, built on the
rear OF his mansion. He also gave orders
this week 10 have the "Kyknit' hill low
cred eight feet more. The carriage house
is TO be moved TO the eastward. a distance
of perhaps 400 yards.
A driveway is being built from John
Rockefeller's place 10 his brother Will
Jams home. several miles away. IT is the
Intention OF both millionaires TO lay out
their property in one magnificent park,
far exceeding anything OF Its kind in this
country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
WILSON APPOINTS DEMOCRAT
The Secretary Creates an Important
Office for Charles w. Dabney,
Jr., and a Kick Conner.

Washington, April 1~2.-Charles W.
Dabney, jr., OF Tennessee, assistant
secretary of agriculture under the
secretary of agriculture under the
Cleveland administration, has been ap-
pointed special agent in charge of
scientific and statistical investigation
in the department of agriculture with
a salary of $4,000 per year. Secretary
Wilson'S creation of an important Office
and it's bestowal upon a democrat is
denounced by republican Office seekers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
YANKT0N FINALLY GETS MAIL
Ii Took a Combination of Train,
Boat and Hand Car to
Bring IL.

Yankton, S. d., April 9.-The jim
river rose three inches this morning. II
is thought 1t will continue doing &c
from now on until the worst is past. A
small mail was brought in this morn
ing over the Great Northern and North
western roads. transferring by handcai
and boat, but 1t was a hazardous trip
The Great Northern road Is in better
condition han the other two roads.
Miss Mae Hereford and David Finne.
gam, W popular young people of Yank.
ton, We're married yesterday at IL 80 and
left at once on a Mitchell train. The
marriage was a complete surprise &c
every one. even the parents Of the con
tracing parties.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
DAMAGING SOUTHERN TWlSTER
Alabama Feels the Force OF n Re.
lentless GaIe---Some Lives
Sacrificed.

1hCSu
Atlanta, Ga, April l2.~-Telegrams from
Ozark, Ala, and Veidosta, Ca, crossing
the i'll fated town of Arlington, Ga, show
that this section was visited yesterday by
another tornado ascending the Apallachic-
ola valley and sweeping northward with
terrific force to the confluence of the Chat
tahoochie and the Flint rivers, where II
aivided, in one direction going toward
ozark, where timbers were uprooted and
houses blown to pieces. Several lives were
lost among them Mrs. Powers, who was
caught beneath the falling timbers of her
house and crushed. Her husband was UNI
able TO save her and was himself badly
hurt, but he rushed off through the blind
ing rain and intense darkness for assist
ance. The rest of the family were res
cued, among them a baby three weeks old,
whom the mother protected at the loss OF
her own life.
The second section OF the tornado was
DETECTED upon the Flint valley, breaking
across South Georgia and passing through
Arlington, where but a few weeks age
nine children were killed in the ruins OF
their school housr. Reaching Naldosta,
the storm became intensified in fury and
trees were blown down I'm every part of
the city. A church in the southern part OF
the city was wrenched from its founda.
tions and twisted into fragments by angry
winds. The box cars on the Plant system
Were dlown off the track. Lightning
struck a switchboard In the Western
Union Telegraph Office and set fire to tho
vicinity reports of AN equally nature are
coming in.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

a new kind OF protection material is
to be tried in he British army The
Spartiate, a vessel of IL, coo tom ana l6,-
500 horse power, is to have her decks
covered with a layer of a specially pre-
pared material called coriicene, which
is said 10 be preferabll to the teak, fir
or other wood heretofore employed. II
is usually laid on With a thin layer OF
cement ana is said to be particularly
nOn-iiable to leakage and 10 be quite
unintiamdble. If it proves a success is
viii be used in other ships.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
According to the newspapers very

According to the newspapers very
few persons merely 'hlle." The banker
passes In his checks" the cashier goes
to his last account" the mugwump
'joins the great majority" the cobbier
"breathes his last" the saloonkeeper
seeks the spirit land the gambler
''shufies on" the stable man "kIcks the
bucket" the s~piritualistic medium
gives up the ghost" the accountant
goes to his hong reckoning" the foor
ball player 'makes his last gaol,'' the
base ball player "hits the home plate"
and the editor ''suspends publication"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

A new musical instrument which las
appeared in Rhode Island is called the
mellow chord" and its inventor, a
mar past 20, "a he first say II in a
vision, a spirit holding ii before his
eyes. 1t is apparently a combination Of
the banjo and guitar, strung with two
violin and two guitar strings, and is
ED in an upright position on the left
knee, with its cad pressed against The
body. The instrument is said to have a
soft, rich tone, fully j~ustifying it,
name. It's inventor is a lover of music,
and his father was a violinist.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
n,syr,ceful and uumilin,,u9.

In anticipation that congress will
again pass the immigration bill vetoed
by President Cleveland, and that Presi-
dent Mckinley viii approve it, two bills
have been introduced in the dominion
parliament to bar the entry Of yankee
laborers into Canada. This kind OF un-
ncighlorly and unchristian perform
auce would probably be considered
quite the thing between two tribes Of
s-vages: but we submit thai between
two civilized governments representing
people of the same race, speaking the
same language and owning a common
ancestry. il is most disgraceful and hu.
initiating.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
RESENT INSURANCE CIRCULAR
FAX Commission Baked i'm its Search
for Insurance Policies Ia De-
sires to Tax.

Indianapolis, Ind, April 10.-Members
,f the state board of tax commission
ma ntain that some action must be
taken at once against the insurance
companies doing business in this state
ior having sent out a circular instruct
ng holders of paid up policies and poll
Ties that have a cash surrender value to
oot answer question on the assessment
list which would record the value of the
~oclicies. 1t is suggested that the com
panies be barred from doing business in
he state until their charter is recalled.
Some Of the lists have already been re-
turned with the two questions IMAM
SWered.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
VALUES PRAYERS AT SIS EACH
sisted at Leedy's Inaugural
ton Puts i'm His Bill.

Topeka, Kan, April 12.-An amusing
ight is being made against Rev. w. G..
Todd, a popullst preacher, who is a
candidate for superintendent OF the
Blind asylum. Todd prayed for divine
guidance when Governor Leedy was in.
lugurated. Now his enemies charge
that he put in a bill Ito one prayer, S5.'
% the local inauguration committee.
Mr. Todd made his record in the legis-
ative war of 1898. He was chaplain OF
he populist house, which met in the
,ame room with the republican house.
3oth speakers occupied the same stand
md both preachers prayed for victory
or their respective organizations at the
same time. Mr.. Todd prayed longest
Ind loudest, and now the reformers are
,gain in the saddle, due largely TO his
missionary work. and he demands his
seward.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
THE LATEST FROM HONOLULU
President Dole Appoints w. A.
Kenny Annexation Com
missioner.

San Francisco, Cal, April l2.-The
steamship Monewai has arrived with
the following Honolulu advices:
President Dole gives out the informa-
ton hat William A. Kinney, a local
lawyer, has been selected to go to
Washington az annexation commits
sioner. The mail on the 30th ultimo
brought the government some inside
Information on the annexation question
and ii is expected the important mat
ter will be brought before the present
session of congress.
l.. A. S~preckles, who controls the
Sprecklesvillc plantation. discharged
every white man on the place with the
exception Of two, and put orientals in
the places OF the dismissed men. An
attempt to reduce expenses is given as
the reason.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS
The Senate.

Washington, April SIN the course
of his Cuban speech Morgan denounced
the Spanish attitude toward Americans
and vehemently asserted that If Ia,
flag of the United States refused shell
ter to the American youth, Owen Mel
ton. 1t was a "disgraced flag
The Morgan Cuban resolution gave
way at 2 O'Clock to the bankruptcy bill.
Nelson, rep. Minnesota, spoke on the
bankruptcy bill. pointing out the harsh
features OF the Torrey bill and advo-
eating the substitute offered by him.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

The belief hat hghtning win not
strike a feather bed was shown I o be
mistaken by an incident of a storm near
Utica, N. Y. A bolt struck the chimney
on the house of Charles Stoltes, who
lives on the Deerfield road. Part Of IL
jumped to the house CT Bernard Huss
ana tore of the conductor pipe. This
Other part went down the chimney,
ripped the plaster and paper from 4 bed
room and then struC' q feather bed.
The bed was torn and me feathers scat
tered about the room.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

In the itl-e town of Nasso, in sweden,
the tirem(n happen TO he women, how
ever paradcXical that sounds. The
place Is only d little village, and -four
enormous tubs constitute the water
works" One hundred and fifty women
make up the fire department, and n
of their duties consists in always keep
ing the tubs filled with water. The
women are fine workers, it is said, and
know 10Y to handle a fire with a. little
confusion as possible.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
FIGHTING ON THE FRONTIER
Greek Bandits Cross the Line and
Engage the Turkish
Forces

E~lassona, Macedonia, April 12.-Bands
If Greek brigands have entered Turkey
at Krania. The Turkish troops have
;ecn engaged with them, and the fight.
ng has been proceeding since 8 O'Clock
his morning. At Turkish headquarters
his news is looked on as of the gray
est description In view of the excite
ment here. Edhen Pasha has sent or
ders to have everything ready to re
ieve the Turkish army in force. 1t Is
not known yet whether the Greek
troops are among the bands that have
entered Turkish territory.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
Fortune Seeking Emfprants.

Many a poor family that seeks the west
ern wilds in the hope of winning a for
tune, Is preserved from that insidious foe
of the emigrant and frontlersman-chills
and fever-by Hostetter'5 Stomach Bit
tiers. So effectually does that incompar-
able medicinal defense fortify the system
against the combined influence of malar-
ious atmosphere and miasma-tainted wa
ter. hat protected by II the pioneer, the
miner or the tourist provided with IL, may
safely encounter the danger.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Exchange: The society editor. In de-
scriting the belle OF the ball. concluded
by saying; And her dainty feet were
encased In shoes that resembled fairy
boots. But he was horror stricken the
next morning on glancing down the col
uinn OF his paper to see that his blum
dering printer had set It up In this man.
ner: And her dirty feet were sncased
In SHOES that resembied ferry-boats."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Short weight In a carload OF coal at
the Pratt City, Ala. mines led to the
discovery that a negro convict had con-
ceaied himself In the car, but he es-
capped into a recess OF the mine before
capture was possible. The next day
he concealed himself in a load Of refuse
that was carted out OF the mine and
made his escape.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
ABERDEEN is HERSELF AGAIN
Flood Forgotten and Schools and
Trains Running as Usual.

Aberdeen, April l2-The food locally al
most ceased to be a topic Of general in
terest. The city schools viii resume Mon.
day morning. The Milwaukee trains from
Minneapolis have reached the city without
transfer and regular passenger service has
been resumed. Trans will run west Mon
day, but no trains are expected from the
south for a week yet. The Great Northern
has also broken the blockade by reaching
the city yesterday afternoon.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
A police magistrate in Brooklyn h

A police magistrate in Brooklyn has
fined a woman heavily for assaultIng
her husband on a crowded thorough
fare with a poker, and he accompanied
the imposition of the fine with the re-
mark that lin mos cases when a wom-
an horsewhips a man 1t is not so much
the result OF outraged womanhood as II
Is a desire for notoriety on her part
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

A COW belonging to A. j. Carrolton,
who lives north OF Belle Center, o., has
gi-en birth to n calf perfectly developed
except that the left foreleg Is but a
mere stump, having an extremely large
hoof. The animals ears are in proper
position, and just back Of the right one
is a third ear growing straight up at
the side of the head. The calf appears
quite strong.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

THE KAyA.KAvA SHRUB and probably was
(Piper Methysticum) used for c~enturiee
BY the natives before its extraordinary
properties became known 10 civilization
through Christian missionaries. In
this respect il resembles the discovery
Of q~uinine from the peruvian bark,
made known by the Indians to the early
Jesuit missionaries in South America,
and by them brought to civilized man.
1t is a wonderful discovery, with a rec
ord of 1900 hospital cures in 30 days. 1t
acts directly upon the blood and kid
news, and is a true specific, just as qu;.
nine is in malaria. We have the strong
est testimony Of many ministers OF h
gospel, we'll known doctors aud business
men cured by Alkavis, when all other
remedies had failed.
In the New York Weskb World OF Sept. 10th,
the testimony Of Rev. ". y. Moore, ID. d., OF
Washington, ID. c. was given, describing his
years OF suffering from Kidney disease and
Rheumatism and his rapid cure by Aikavis.
Rev. Thomas Smith. the Methodist minister at
Golden, Illinois, passed nearly one hundred
gravel stones after two weeks use OF Aikavis.
Rev. John II. Watson, ofSunset Texas, a minister
down at his se-. 81 da,yy by Kidney disease.
months. and all his doctors having failed, he
took Alkavis, and was completely restored to
health aud strength, and IS fulfilling his dutiesa
u vi lU6 III VII ~ ~ fOOtN n VI
inent attorney of Lowell, Indiana, was cured Of
Rheumatism, Kidney and Bladder disease of ten
years standing, by Alkavis. Mr.. Wood describes
himself as beta in constant misery, often ON
PEELED TO ris- ten times during the night ON
account of weakness Of the bladder, He was
treated by all his home physicians without the
least benefit and finally completely cured In q
few weeks by Alkavis. The testimony Is un-
doubted and really wonderful. Mrs. James
Young, of Kent, Ohio, writes that she had tried
six doctors in vain, that she was about to give
up In despair, when she found Alkavis and was
promptly cured OF kidney disease and restored
to health. Many other ladies also testify to the
wonderful curative powers Of Alkavis in the
various disorders peculiar TO womanhood.
So far the Church Kidney Cure Com
pany, No. AIo Fourth. Avenue, New
York, are the only importers of this
new remedy. and they are so anxious to
prove its value that for the sake of intro
duction they will send a free treatment
of Alkavis prepaid by mail to every
reader of this paper who is a Sufferer
from any form of Kidney or Bladder
disorder, Bright's Disease, Rheuma-
tism, Dropsy, Gravel, Pain In Back,
Female Complaints, or other affection
due to improper action of the Kidneys
or Urinary Organs. We advise all Suf-
erers to send their names and address
TO the company, and receive the Alkavis
free. 1t is sent to you entirely free, to
prove its wonderful curative powers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17
HUNTERS VOTE Is STILL SHY
He Needed Three But He Could
Not Find Them
To-Day.

Frankfort, KY, April SIN joint Leg
islative session the silver democrats
and boiling republicans e~ndeavored to
break the quorum. but failed. then
when a ballot for United States senator
was taken the silver men voted for
Blackburn and the gold democrats for
Martin. Hunter. however, lacked three
Of the necessary number to elect.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

The Derby turnpike, containing the
last toll gate in Connecticut, was opened
for free travel recently. The various
towns through which the turnpike
passes have assumed control Of it by
buying the company's stock. The com-
pany has been in existence since the
early years of the century.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

A newly married country couple wen>
into a swell Boston restaurant the Other
day and the groom. wis g TO show
that he was something of ligh roller,
haughtily called for wine. He Va,
asked what kind ana replied I'VE wan
the kind OF wine where the cork burst:
out and the stuff begins to bile and
keeps bilin' till o get the worth OF
NDnr mOnnN'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-04-17

Up to 1898 grapes were raised in China
for the table only. Since hen expert
ments have been made in making wine,
which, SO far, have resulted very sue
cessfully, and, as Japan now supplies
the celestials with beer. We may now ex-
pect the latter to r~eciprocate with Pekin
Glaret,