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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-10-30
CHAPTER xvII.-AT VARIANCE.

Us ~
A change had indeed come DER the spirit
OF her dream. Mona scarcely expected
such energetic action on her uncle's part.
That he would be angry she expected, but
she did not think he would take such
strong measures. However, there wal
nothing for il but submission TO the decree
of Punishment pronounced against her; she
therefore packed up her belongings. told
the landlady she was going away for a
short time, and retreated to Nine. Debci-
say.
The lady was not at home. She had
gone to pass the evening with a German
violinist and his wife, with whom she was
on rather intimate terms, 50 Mona sat
down to wait for her.
Nine. Debrisay did not come In till ten
O'Clock.
"And Is it here you are, all alone by
yourself In tho dark" she cried, coming In
quickly through the soft gloom Of a sum
mer's night. This Is too bad To think
OF ms talking politics to that castle build
ing German. when l might have been here
with you. dear. How Is II you got away
from our dear Old Man Of the Scar"
Easily enough. dear Deb! Uncle Sandy
has turned me out because ! haze decid-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-10-30
MRS. pETERsoN's STORY.

] have suffered with womb trouble
over fifteen years. Ihad Inflammation,
enlargement and displacement Of the
womb.
Tha donAo. uua~lal - -
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
Marvellous Mechanism.

The human body is an epitome in
nature of all mechanics, all hydraulics,
all architecture, all machinery of every
kind. There are more than $40 me
chanical movements known to mechan-
ics to-day, and all of these are but
notifications of those found in the
human body. Here are found all the
bars. levers, joints, pulleys, pumps.
pipes, wheels and axles, ball and socket
movements, beams, girders, trusses,
buffers, arches, columns, cables and
supports known to science. AT every
point mans best mechanical work can
be shown to be but adaptations of proc
esses of the human body, a revelation
of first principles used in nature.-Wil-
liam George Jordan, in Ladies' Home
Journal
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23

BHII1e Ilfb. tXpcst5eS..........s. ITO UI
The bill of F W Metler for prepar-
ing blanks $5 80 was disallOwed.
The bills of Jos. Mason and p G
Robson for repairing coal shed at
the court house, were laid over for
future consideration.
The bill of VIM Hall for work at
poor farm $12 90 was disallowed.
The reports Of T ii Monahan. coro-
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
TO ANNEX HAWAII.
A Treaty to This End Signed and submittsd
To the Senate.

WASHINGTON, June 16.-In the
great diplomatic room OF the state
department, where, four years and
four months ago, in the eclosing hours
OF the Harrison administration, the
first Hawaiian annexation treaty
was signed, only to be withdrawn
from the senate and thrown into a
pigeon hole, representatives OF the
governments of the United States
and of Hawaii gathered this morn
ing and signed a treaty. by the terms
of which, if ratified. the island repub-
lie will become part OF the territory
of the United States.
The treaty provides that the
government of the Hawaiian islands
shall cede to the United States abso-
Iutely and forever all rights of
sovereignty In aud over the Hawaiian
island and its dependencies, and that
these islands shall become an integral
part of the territory of the United
States. The government OF Hawaii
also shall cede to the United States
all public lands, public buildings, and
public property of every description.
Congress shall enact special laws to
govern the disposition OF the lands
in the Hawaiian islands. Allrevenue
from these lands shall be used solely
for the benefit of the inhabitants of
Haw allan islands, for educational
and other public purposes.
The Hawaiian islands shall be ad-
mitted into the union as a territory
of the United States, the local laws
to be passed by the local Legislature,
but subject to the approval of the
president. Until congress shall apply
the laws of the United States to the
islands, the present laws OF Hawaii
are to govern. Present treaties and
laws governing Hawaii's CONNER
cial relations with foreign nations
shall remain in force until congress
shall take action.
Further immigration of Chinese
laborers is prohibited, pending con
gressional action, and the entry ol
Chinese from Hawaii into the
United States ia likewise prohibited
The United States assumes the
public debt of Hawaii, but with q
stipulation that this liability shall
not exceed $4,OO0,0O0.
The treaty, before 1t becomes effect
i've, shall be ratified by the proper
authorities of tire United States and
Hawaii. No mention Is made of any
gratuity to Liliuokilani, or Kaiulani
WASHINGTON, June 16.-The treaty
for the annexation of the Haw allan
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23

District Court Sessions, 1897 March Zznd
June 9TH. August 23rd. November sth.
County Commissioners meet in regular ses-
sions on the first Monday of March. June, Sep
tember and December.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
FARO WAS KING.
Ii Was the Rage In WashAngton Dur
ing Buchanan's Term.

ing Buchanan's Term.
Faro was king at the national cap
ital during James Buchanan's term.
The most pretentious gambler Of them
all was Joe Hall. whose midnight sup
pers Lucullus would have made haste to
envy could he have tasted the canvas
back duck stuffed with chestnuts. and
the side dish of Virginia hominy done
brown, in butter garnished with bacon
from Accomac, fed on acorns. Silver
goblets like motley" were the only
.Hwear" for champagne, says q Wash-
ington correspondents
There were no clubhouses, 30 called.
in ante-bellum days in Washington.
And here. up to the fall of Sumter, the
south and north, no matter how
acrid the days debate in con-
gress, when the members met be-
fore Joe Halls or George Pen
dleton's green baize table, on
Pennsylvania avenue. all on pleasure
bent, they ''let silence like q Pouitice
fall and heal the blows" OF political
strife and soundi
Joe Hall, who died very poor, in Bal
timore during the war, was in the last
generation the most muni1cent and
most continuously successful high
roller" among the "gamboliers of
America. His horses, with gold-tipped
harness, were the cynosure of all eyes
In Philadelphia he ran gambling
house ON Walnut. above Eleventh, north
side, from 1856 till the war broke out
Here Thnddeus Stevens, the great com
moner of Pennsylvania ,bobnobbed with
James A. Bayard, of Delaware, and thk
handsome Ellis Schnable, who. with
'BiiP Witte. of Philadelphia, made twr
of the best all-round stump orators OF
whom the keystone democracy eveI
boasted
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
Islands reached the senate chamber

islands reached the senate chamber
| once went into executive session,
and as soon as the doors were closed
the message of President Mckinley,
accompying the treaty, and the
treaty itself were read to the senate.
They were attentively listened to.
The message of the president was
not very long. Itdealt with histori-
cal facts concerning the islands and
showed that the United States and
Hawaii yearly grew more and more
closely bound to each other. This
was not really annexation, he said,
tions, with closer bonds between
peoples closely related by blood and
kindred ties. Since 1870, said the
president, the predomination of the
United States had been known. The
sending thither of the first envoy
with the United States, and those
relations had grown more firm by
succeeding events. At the time the
tripartite agreement was made for
the government of Samona, he said,
Great Britain and Germany wanted
which a protectOrate was estab-
lished, but the suggestion was re-
jected by the United States because
this government held that there
already existed relations between
Hawaii and the United States which
placed the islands under the especial
care of this country, and this govern
ment could not permit any other
country to interfere in the affairs of
Hawaii.
The annexation, said the president,
and making them part of the United
States was in accordance with the
established policy of this country.
The president called attention to
the fact that the legitimate and ex-
| listing government of Hawaii offered
to annex the islands to the United
States i'm 1851, but on account of
what was deemed the best policy the
annexation was not accepted by this
country. He stated that the United
States had virtually exercised a pro-
tectorate over the islands since the
first American mission had guaran-
teed autonomy of the government
of the group. This islands had been
largely settled by our own people
and our people were now interested
In them. American interests pre-
dominated and we had grown to
Iconsider them under our own protec-
ton. The present treaty was in the
light of a consummation of what
practically has been in existence for
years.
Referring to the treaty negotiated
under the Harrison administration,
President Mckinley said the failure
to accept the proffer of annexation
in 1898, while not a subject for con-
lgratulation, was not wholly without
its value, as 1t had demonstrated that
the existing government could main
tain itself and no question could be
raised of the authority of the present
government to negotiate the present
treaty or of it's right to yield the
sovereignty of the islands.
Senator Kyle, who is one of the
most jealous of the senatorial advo-
Gates of annexation, said today that
the canvass of the senate indicated
that there were % votes certain for
annexation. The constitution re-
quires a two-thirds vote for the rati-
fication OF treaties, making GO necces-
] sary to ratify.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
salad Dressing.

Two eggs, well beaten, one-half cup
Of thick cream (or if thin cream add
a little butter), small tablespoon twice
full of sugar, one-half tablespoon salt,
one scant teaspoon of dry mustard;
wet up with a little water thoroughly
before adding; also add one-quarter
cup vinegar. First put vinegar into
double boiler; let it get hot and then
add the mixture of all the other in
gradients. and stir continually until il
softens like soft custard: remove from
the stove; set away to cool.-Boston
Globe.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
ner and Jno d Waite sheriff were ex.
amined and approved.

ner and Jno d Waite sheriff were ex-
amined and approved.
Bills allowed:
A Hogeland surveying etc.......$36S 30
Jno ID Waite miilage etc.......... 4O4 80
GilkersOn & Kearney coal....... 32 W
Jos Dohm const. fees .......... 800
The treasurer was instructed to
transfer 81 500 from the general fund
20 the contingent fund.
The county warrants, paid by the
1897 were examined and checked up,
and found to be correct.
1t was ordered that on and after
the 1st day Of July next, the deputy
sheriff be paid the sum of $4,000 per
month, salary.
Reports of road viewers were ex-
amined and approved as follows:
From A HOgeland, John Sellers
and Carl Erickson, on road south of
the residence of Jno. Sellers, on Sure
Enough creek.
From A .Hogeland, j III Charters
and w II Lamont on change of
county road near George Ayers fence
on north fork Of Mcdonald creek.
From A Hogeland, B E Stack and
j NJ Anderson on road In twp. l5
north of range ii east.
From A Hogeland, c E Mahana
and Jno Marshall on wood on Big
Casino creek.
From A Hogeland, w. s. Ware
ham and Christian Knerr on Placer
Coulee road.
The following amounts were al
lowed. Road viewers etc, viz:
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
Tucks All the Rage.

Tucks are all the rage, surely, since
they appear in thin gowns, silk gowns,
and all other materials which can possi-
bly, be used for the spring and summer
wardrobe. except perhaps cbeviot and
serge. and they are in all widths and
in all forms, both crosswise and up and
dcwn.-Chicago Tribune.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23

The county attorney was instruc-
ted to prepare q deed from the board
of county commissioners to John
CLANCY in settlement Of an agreement
heretofore made with said John
CLANCY regarding the poor farm
ditch.
Bills allowed:
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23

The board visited and Inspected
the county hospital and found nine
inmates therein, one of whom was
ordered discharged.
Reports Of county officers were ex-
amined and approved as follows:
G w Cook, county treasurer; JnO
NJ Parent, county supt. schools; w
s Perkins, clerk and recorder; w +
Hanson, county physician; Edmund
Wright, clerk dist. court.
F Flanagan was appointed con-
stable In and for Maginnis township.
Adjourned until tomorrow at .
O'Clock a. m.
Monday, June 18th, 1897. Board
met at 9 a. m. All present:
Dill. ollxAxx,ad
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
Commissioners Proceedings.

Regular June session of the board
of county commissioner.
Monday, June 7th, 1897.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23

TOCK AND WOOL INTERESTS OF THE GREAT COUNTRY
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
SCHOOL BOARD.

w. E. Cort, Chairman; +. K. Wright, John
yadnais j. B.Thompson, X. q; Jackson, i 4
Mackey, w. ii. Culver. +. q. Worden, Clerk
Regular meetings first Saturday Of each month
at 5 D. M, at Cort & Worden's Office.
The herald., 1897-03-06
the council on Monday. and the confer
ence then adjourned.
THREATS TO KILL
An Indescribably FILTHY Letter Made the Basis
of the Complaint

An lnoeBcrtpabuy fittby Letter nhue inc ba3iS
Of the Complaint
On a charge of having made threats
to kill Mrs. Elsa Schoonmaker. better
known as Elsie Bierlich, a well known
violoncellist, Ottilie Burkowsky, mid
6le-aged and rather neshy German wo-
man, was yesterday afternoon arraigned
in the police court before Justice Owens.
She was represented by an attorney,
who asked that examination be set for
Saturday at IL a. m, which was ac-
cordingly done. Bond of $1,000 being fur
nished. the prisoner was released, after
a night spent in the city Jail.
The alleged threats on Mrs. Schoon-
makers life were made, it is said, be-
cause of the fact that Miss Burkowsky
was at one time engaged to Schoon-
maker. who, instead, married Miss Bier
Itch. The couple have since separated.
and Mrs. Schoonmaker returned to this
city. For year or two past she has
been annoyed by receiving letters threat
ening her life, because of her having
won Schoonmaker's affections. One of
these missives, lengthy scrawl written
in German, has been filed in court as
an exhibit in the case, together with a
literal and sworn translation. The let
ter is indescribably filthy, being from
first to last mass of the nastiest Ian
guage ever written or spoken. There is
no name signed to 1t, but 1t Is alleged
that the writer was the Burkowsky
woman.
Interpreted among the obscene and
disgusting epithets are threats to beat
the recipient black and blue, tear out
her hair and spill her blood. The writer
says that pistols are plenty in Los An
geles, and that he or she will procure
and use one at the first opportunity. In
teresting developments are promised at
morning rf hf
The herald., 1897-03-06
EASILY CONSOLED COUNTESS
Had Left Her Lover Lying Dead In
San Francisco
But Picked Up New One on the Train to This
city-Twenty-F -Four Hours Here
and Fled

The Countess Espanola," the fair ad-
ventures who was the boon and bad
companion of ]. M. Oakley. the Pitsburg
millionaire grain broker in his drink to
death. arrived from San Francisco by
the 1:30 train on Thursday afternoon.
The pseudo countess, who had left
her dead Courier to his burial, is ap-
parently inconsolable without COM
pany.
On the way to Los Angeles she struck
up an acquaintance with young trav-
cling man of Minneapolis by the name
of Thornton.
The precious pair, after arriving in
this city took a carriage and put up at
the Nadeau hotel, although their names
do not appear upon the register.
Together they took drive around the
city Thursday afternoon, and cut dash
and dined at the Van Nuys in the even
ing.
In describing the countess" a clerk
at the Van Nuys hotel says: "She is of
very dark complexion, short and thick
set, about 80 years of age, with dis
tinctly dissipated appearance"
After dining at the Van Nuys the two
returned to the Nadeau, where they re-
manned until yesterday morning, the
countess" taking the early train for
New Orleans.
Whether Thornton accompanied her
or not is unknown.
The COUNTESS" whose real name, she
says, is Beatrice Booth, unbosomed her
self to an Examiner reporter before she
left San Francisco.
1t was not until Beatrice Booth had,
fed from the Palace hotel and was on
her way to the ferry that she consented
to talk. says the Examiner. She ad
mitted that she was a woman of loose
character. but she insisted that her
home Is in New Orleans. II am not
running away to avoid notoriety,' she
said, but because l am afraid that the
relatives of Mr.. Oakley will say that 1
had something to do with hfs death.
and will have me detained here in an
ticipation of an investigation. have
Mr.. Oakley died. The discolorations on
his face. hand and leg were received
when he fell.
Mr. Oakley was the soul of good
fellowship. but he was careless of him.
self. l could do nothing to dissuade him
from drinking to excess, and he would
not eat. The fact that he drank to ex-
cess without eating was, / believe the
cause of his death. When he died it was
necessary that should return, as have
no means. Our bill at the hotel will be
paid, 1 understand, by the relatives of
Mr.. Oakley. rer
1T is not my purpose to go directly
home. will stop at some points and
remain in seclusion until the excitement
over the affair has died away"
The herald., 1897-03-06
CITY News in Brief

DR.. Cowles removed to Wilcox block.
The Van and Storage company. tel.
Main 1140.
Mexican rag figures at Campbell's. 81
and $3.50 each.
Big bargains in opals and stones at
Campbelps Curio Store.
Orr g. Hines, undertakers. removed to
647 South Broadway. Tel. Main g.
Mexican carved leather at Campbells
Curio Store. 1926 South Spring street.
]. c. Cunningham's Trunk Factory
moved to 222 South Main. Tel. Main S1S
Joe Arnold, agent for the celebrated
Mexican cigar, 1858 South Spring street
Tel. Main 9S6.
Sharp & Samson. funeral directors.
independently. 536 South Spring street.
Telephone 1929.
Peniel hall tomorrow, DIR. Godbey
breaches. 2:30, "Christs Second Com
Ing" and 1880.
We are still making cabinets. bust or
any style, for one dollar per dozen. Law
son. 147 South Main street.
Watches cleaned. rs cents; main
springs, so cents; crystals, 10 cents.
Patton. 214 South Broadway.
Navajo Indian blankets and Mexican
6erapes at 20 per cent discount. Camp
BELLS Curio Store, 1876 South Spring st.
Buy your guns, ammunition and bicy-
cles at reduced prices Southern Cali
fornia Arms company. 113 West First
street.
At o'clock to morrow morning Bishop
Montgomery will ofiiciate at the south
west corner of Union avenue and Tenn
pie street
Smoke Cyclers' Delight &c cigar. A
union made home product. Call for It.
70 fo cft
Birch street, city.
Adams Bros, dentists, 2S91k South
Spring street. Painless filing and ex-
tracing. Best sets of teeth from IS to
$40. Hours. s to s: Sundays. 10 to IL.
II you don't try US on underwear you
miss q good thing. They are soft as new
and don't shrink bit. It's a way we
have. Excelsior Laundry, Telephone,
Main 367
woodbury. Business college will hold
q social at Rixby's hall. go South Spring
st., this Saturday eve. The public and
especially former students Of the college
are invited.
Howelrs, Ill South Spring street, are
sole agents for the Burt & Packard
mems fine shoes. They are the world
beaters in price and wear. Howells, Ill
South Spring street.
Castruccio Bros brand of imported
italian olive oil is guaranteed pure. Try
It. Cost: One-gallon can. $3.50; half
gallon can 81; Quarter-g gallon, so cents.
kA-136 North Main street.
Tourists desiring an artistic souvenir
OF California should visit H. c. Lichten-
berger's art emporium in the Wilcox
building, opposite the Hollenbeck hotel
Don't forget that he leads In pictures
and frames.
Did you read about 1t yesterday?
The story was of ladies' skirts, wrappers
and corsets; interesting news. Today the
same special items are offered you.
Everybody should visit N. Strauss &
Co.. 425 and 427 s. Spring st.
DR.. Rebecca Lee Dorsey, Stimson
block. first floor. rooms 1913. 1874. 135.
Special attention given to obstetrical
cases and ali diseases OF women and
children. Electricity scientifically
used. Consultation hours. to 8. Tel
1877.
The herald., 1897-03-06
|NCEND|AR|SM IS CHARGED
A Lodging House Keeper Ar
rested for Arson
SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES
Alleged 10 Have Set Fire to Her House
Thursday Afternoon
Placed In jail In Default Of $4,000 Bonds-Had
$1,000 Insurance on $500 Worth
Of Furniture

On a charge of arson Mrs. M. A.
Buck, proprietress of lodging house
at 215 North Broadway, was yesterday
afternoon arrested by Detective Good
man and lodged in the city Jail in default
of $4,000 BAIL The story of the fire and
the circumstances which proved that It
was incendiary were exclusively pub
lished in The Herald yesterday Mrs.
Bucks arrest was caused by J. G. Dom
ovan, owner of the premises occupiedIby
her, who swore to the complaint upon
which the warrant was issued.
-Four different fires were started on
the lower floor of the house, two on the
floor of the dining room and two in the
front parlor. A milkman saw the blaze
through the windows and gave the
alarm, the front door was broken in
and the flames put out before any great
headway had been attained. In a
dozen different places the floors had
been saturated with coal oil, up stairs
and down, the fires being started with
heaps of oil soaked paper.
Mrs. Buck claimed to have been away
all the afternoon from between IL and
up to twenty minutes after the fire had
been discovered and put out. She told
the detective when questioned that she
had been to see a Spring street real es-
tate agent who was not in, and a woman
on Boyle Heights who had made ar
rangements to buy her furniture and
good will. This lady was not at home,
and. strange to say, Mrs. Buck could
neither remember her name nor the
1,A ,f !, a1t @,.
just where it was situated on Boyle ave-
nue.. How the fire could have been
started Mrs. Buck was unable to guess,
as she had left everything. all right
when she went away shortly after noon.
That something was wrong with Mrs.
Bucks story was apparent when one of
the neighbors was found who had seen
her in the back yard of her residence
about twenty minutes before the fire
broke out wringing her hands and ap-
parently weeping. She was unable to
give the name of single person whom
she had seen or spoken to during the
time of her absence, and therefore fur
ther suspicion was aroused. Donovan
was convinced that his tenant was
guilty of an attempt to burn his build
ing and her furniture to secure the in
surance of $1,000, and hence swore to the
complaint.
ABOUT O'CLOCK IN the AFTERNOON Mrs.
Buck came to the police station and
asked to see Detective Goodman. whom
she wanted to aid her in an endeavor
to locate the incendiary She was ush
cred into the detectives room. and after
u short conversation told that she was
under arrest, the warrant being served.
At this she became almost hysterical
and refused to go behind the bars, but
was finally persuaded and turned over
to the charge of Matron Gray. Today
she will be arraigned in court and will
be given an opportunity to procure the
necessary. bonds to secure her release