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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

japanese Journalism says a mission
ary's wife, is a singular profession IN
many OF It's features. There is practical
ly no such thing as reedo OF the press
In Japan. Whenever a newspaper pub
fishes something unfriendly 20 IN" gov
eminent, IL Is suppressed, and the editor
Is sent to prison. The real editor Is new
er imprisoned, though. Every newspa-
per has what the Japanese call a dunn
my editor and his sole duty Is to go TO
jail every time the paper Is suppressed
for offending the mikado. Then the real
editor changes the name Of the paper
and keeps on publishing 1t.
editors spend most Of their time In
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
WILL TURN OVER THE CONTROL
L.. A. w. TO Abandon Control of
Racing 10 the Cycle Track
Association.

Boston, June 12.-The assertion Is
made by an authority in cycling circles
that within a short time the League OF
American Wheclmen will turn over to
the recently organized National Cycling
Track association the full control OF
cycle racing sport. The league, it Is
said. has found that 1t cannot justly
govern the sport without capable and
salaried officials appointed or elected
especially for that purpose.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
lTvnicnI of Nick iuicy.

When the Tennessee Exposition was
nut in motion a few weeks ago by the
pressure Of President Mckinley'S fin
ger on the electric button, II was typi-
cal of the way IN which the wheels Of
industry were put In motion when the
news of the election OF the great pro-
tcctionist was dashed over the country
last November. and also of the manner
in which they will be started humming
when the last vestige of Gorman-Wil.
Is o~blitcratCd.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
CUSTER CHRONICLE


According 10 the British consular re-
ports just presented to parliament, the
new railroad from Jaffa TO Jerusalem
has proven a far grea%er commercial
success than was anticipated even by
those who were most sanguine about It's
future. 1t has carried more than 10000
tons OF merchandise to Jerusalem dur
ing the last six months and has led to
the invasion Of the holy city by some
eighty to 100 drummers, eight English
and about fifty German. Moreover,
publ works are proceeding aD9ce In
Paleo fine, and the River Jordan is TO-
spanned by a handsome bridge. while
steamboats, travel up and down the
stream, and likewise traverse the often
stormy waters OF the sea of Gallilee.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

Every day Of delay in the Senate over
the tariff bill means Il delay of many
DAYS in the return of prosperity. I'm
portcrs are making the most of the time
during which the bill Is delayed in the
Senate To bring In quantities of foreign
goods. Every dollars worth Of foreign
goods thus imported mcanS that just
SO much less will be bought Of our
home products. and consequently the
demand for American labor will be SO
mucl less.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

The cntcrprlsinG clap" or rather n
dozen Of them, are expected in England
this month Ia undergo II three years
course OF training IN private establish
mcnts m shlpbuiIding ana naval cngl-
nccring. The Japanese Government
has voted $4,000 to pay the expenses
of these students. and an additional
vote of a similar amount Is To be -nade
for the purpose Of sending another doz-
On "Japs' 10 study the manufacture OF
firearms in England. The British man
ufacturers who permit the "Japs' to
have the run Of their workshops will,
within "A decade. be deploring the loss
of control IN the markets of the world.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

One OF the most curious results or the
Investiga tons made by doctors In the
Russian jails Is the statement that each
group OF criminals has It's W peculiar
color Of the eye. a legal journal at
Odessa states that IL has been round
that thieves and murderers usually pos
sess chestnut brown" eyes. Robbers
that is TO FAY, thieves in a large and
violent line OF busIness-have slate-col-
ored eyes. and the same is stated OF
criminals convicted OF swindling. The
~vagabond classes have eyes of azure
blue tint. The color most observed
among minor criminals and those con-
victed of slight offenses Is chestnut
brown green"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
PENALTY WAS FIXED AT DEATH
Charles Brown Convicted OF Killing
Mrs. stone.

DeadwOod, June 12.-Charles Brown,
colored, was tried IN the circuit court
yesterday for the killing of Mrs. Emma
+. stone in Deldwood on the night Of
May a. He was found guilty of muir
der in the first degree and the pepalty
was fixed at death. The trial excited
the deepest interest, and contrary 70 all
expectations there was no defense.
Brown mad announced before the trial
that he desired to acknowledge his
guilt. and this was virtually done by
his counsel after the prosecution rested,
in admitting the charge, relying upon
the leniency OF the court and jury. h
Jury was OUT only long enough to organ
lie and bring in a verdict OF Sullty at .
o'clock last evening. The court VIII pro-
nounce sentence and fix the date OF eN-
ecution Saturday morning.
Brown has all along evlnced a desire
T. make n statement concerning the
crime publicly, but had been ~dissuaded'
Last night he confessed to a deputy
sheriff. He said he had entered Mrs.
stones room 70 gs some money that ne
thought was concealed there, taking
with him a butchers cleaYer from the
kitchen. He claims that he did not IN
tend To KIN the woman, but to silence a
pet dog that had assaulted nm ne
struck at il with a c~lelVer, n missing
tho dog, the weapon descended upon the
upturned face OF the sleeping woman,
almost splitting her head In two. lie
| then killed the dog with a butcherknite
threw both the knife and the cleaVer
into Red creek. secured what money ne
could find in Mrs. stones room, togeth-
or with her gold watches and other ar
tlcles. and deposited them along the
creek until ne was ready to leave town
These articles were all found by the
| officers the day after the murder at the
town of Whitewood, where they had
been left by Brown. The doomed negro
has become . religious Enthusiast since
hrs Incarceration and spends most OF MS
time in reading the scriptures and pray
ing with his spiritual adviser, Father
/ D1tplya
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
SCHOOL TREASURER ROBBED
The Tale That the Onicial Tells OF
the Event.

Aberdeen, Juno 14-H. j. Glesen,
of the Rondell school dis
trict, Is short some $2,OG7 Of school funds
Mr.. Giesen claims that parties to him
entered his house in his alb
senca. distracted the district school
money and then set fire to the premises,
probably to conceal the theft. "A hoie
was burned In the floor, and but Tor ma
return to the building, having peei'
warned by two passersby, who had ans
covered the flames, the house Woulu
probably have been reduced to a9hes.
Mr.. Giesen has notified the officers on
his loss.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
COMMENCEMENT AT ELK POINT
Nine Graduates Received Their
Parchments.

Elk Point. June 1.-THE opera house
was crowded last evening TO listen TO
the high school graduating exercises.
There were nine graduates, four boys
and 1--WE girls. Their theses were as
follows: lou of the Marsh the Lily
Crows" Luverne r. Wood; "Our Ma
TONS Progress" Arthur +. Rowe; NO
Morning Lasts the Whole Day. An
ma l.. Fennel; Day Uttereth Speech IN
to Day" Walter D.. Carhart; The Men
Who Have Changed the World, with
the World have Disagreed" Alice Hon-
man; Patriots Thomas L.. Gill; MY
Voyage" Gertrude H.. Wood; Public
Sentiment" oliver l.. Munson; press
on" Ida l.. Wood.
The president of the board OF educa-
ton, F NJ. Gilmore, presented the di-
plomas.
The school year has bsen a Gerry sue
cessful one, and all the teachers have
been retained for another year with one
exception.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

Lee cakes. the desperate who led the
Jail break at Parkersburg. Va, recently,
was recognized at Letart, o., and an
attempt was made to arrest him. Cakes,
who was heavily armed. pulled a vol
yer, defled the citizens, and finally at
the point of a pistol forced n boy to row
him TO the West Virginia side or the
Ohio, where he shouted back, Just tell
them that you saw me- and disap-
peared in the hills.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

Prof. Elmer Gates Of Washington
claims to nave produced an absolutely
perfect by filling a very infusi-
BILE test tube with a glass melting at
much lower temperature. Then by In
verting the test tube and partially with
drawing the molten glass by suction, "A
space is left. which, when the glass has
solidlfed, was claimed to be perfectly
yactIDuS
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

on the fiftieth anniversary of the
Mormons' arrival I'm the great Salt Lake
valley, which will be celebrated July "a,
the old pony express Will be re-estab-
lished and messages sent overland by
them. The old stage coaches, which
were the only means OF transportation
fifty years ago, will be dragged from
their hiding places and put into service
for the time being.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
China Makes "a Move.

Even China il waking up on the gold
question. Information just received
here shows that silver. which in 1866
stood at the rate of III TO | with gold,
at Shanghai, fell to 2G to | in 1893, and
now stands nj 81 to 1, and with the
consequence that there has been II
marked activity In the development of
the gold mines OF China. There are
now nfty-two places III China where
gold has been found. while relatively
little silver is or has been produced.
The Country's Business.
Business reports from various parts
Of the country show Il marked improve
ment. Reports TO Dun's and Brad
streets OF last week are of a very IN
couraglng character. Dun's Review
says THAI unmistakable evidence of I'M
provemcnt comes in the general in
crease of commercial loans; the distinct
change gives proof chat business has
been larger than rnnny have supposed.
There is q continuing increase In the
volume Of business. i'm demands for
products and manufactures. and con
sideriug the time Of the year, in move
ments of grain and produce.
Reports from various parts OF the
country show renewed activity, both
in business and manufacturing. The
Lehigh and Wilkesbarrc Coal Com
pany, which worked but two days q
week last winter, Is to work twenty
days in June; 100 looms OF the New
York cotton mills at Biddcford. Me,
were started up last week. after n
years silence; work began last Monday
In all departments OF the Portage iron
works at Duncanville. Me-: the mills
Of the Lackawanna Iron and Steel
Company, Mt Scranton, Pa. have re-
sumed operations after an extended
idleness. part OF them now running
on double time; the Thomas iron fur
mace ut Birmingham, Ala, which has
been idle for saveral months, has been
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

The state OF Washington and, In fact.
the whole Pacific coast, Is looking for
ward to an unusual number OF tourists,
investors and home seekers this year,
and business Is on the increase already.
Ten years ago there was a great Influx
OF settlers, and 1t Is expected that this
years will almost equal 1t.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

A farmers taxes in Turkey are classi-
fled thus: Q) One-tenth of all crops and
fruits; (2) 4 per cent Of the renting value
OF house and lands; 81 5 per cent on ev-
cry transfer; (D IN annual cattle tax OF
80 pence on every sheep and q pence on
every goat. The taxes are vigorously
collected.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

The new telephone cable between
England and France is now laid across
the channel. 1t Is t~wenty-four miles
long and runs from Abbott's cliff. three
miles west from Dover, to Sangatte,
four miles west of Calais. This Is the
second telephone line connecting the
two countries. and the French govern
ment will shortly lay a third cable.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

A civil engineer. mechanical engineer
or architect, In the employ OF the Ger
man railways. must, on an average
w.it till he is SS or 40 years old before
his position is permanent. The average
time they are employed on temporary
work before they are permanently ap-
pointed IS twelve years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

II is stated thai George Peabody's
gift Of 81, 500. 900 for London working
mems houses has increased to SO, 900. 900
in the twenty-four years since his
death. Last year the trustees of the
fund provided 1867 rooms. besides
bath rooms, lavatorles and %laundrles;
10, 1854 persons occupied them. The death
rate Of infants In the buildings is 4 per
cent below the average for London.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

The use OF an explosive gas In place
OF powder has long been talked about,
but 1t Is rather surprising to hear that
such n rifle has been produced In Ger
many In sufficient numbers to arm the
whole Jaeger Cor sha~rpshooter) battalion
OF the guard corps. 1t Is not stated how
many shots can be fired without reload
ing. In fact, every effort has been made
to keep the construction of this new
Weapon a secret, and the JaeEers are
sworn TO maintain absolute secrecy on
the subject.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

Military journals are at present Inter
csted In a new self moving car, which Is
to be a veritable carriage Of death. 1t
Is to be driven by a sixteen horse power
engine at the rate OF forty miles an hour
over a country reasonably level, and, or
course, free from fences. 1t has four
broad tire wheels. The purpose OF this
remarkable machine Is TO carry two
rapid fire cannon, arranged on pivots,
TO sweep the entire horizon. One man
only is needed to run this terrible
wheeled weapon OF war, attends TO the
firing and loading.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

Cumberland cemetery, located near
Lima, Delaware county, Pa, IL rich In
quaint inscriptions, but there Is n
tombstone which Is really unique. In
one OF the lots are three stones. Two
contain the names and dates of birth
and death OF those buried underneath,
while on the third Is carved: Our dar-
ling Priscilla. Born June 10, 1919" In
quisitlve people. who wondered why the
stone only stated the birth OF darling
Priscilla, discovered on Investigation
hat she has not yet died, but the stone
had been erected by her 80 that che
could see for herself that she would
have one.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
Will Fix Rates.

Pittsburg, June 1O.-A meeting OF
large jobbers and a committee of the tin
plate manufacturers association will be
held in New York within the next few
days TO form a pool in order to fix salts.
factory rates.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

Every one familiar with the subject
admits that "A reasonable duty on hides
will directly and Immediately benefit
the farmers and stock raiScrs through
out this country. This fact should have
weight with our national legislators.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
Weyler's Victories.

Washington Star: The frequency of
General Weyler's triumphs may have
been due to the fact hat he regarded
every case of starvation brought to his
attention as a victory.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

1t has been decided by the Canadian
supreme court that n man or woma
who leaves Canada to go to the United
States for divorce without Intending TO
live there, afterward marrying and re
turning to Canada. can be prosecuted
for bigamy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

Five sisters living in Norway, Me, re-
Gently met for a family reunion for the
fret time in their lives, although they
have always resided within ten miles OF
one another. The eldest sister was mar
rled Ind moved away from the parental
home before the youngest was born.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

Colonel Frank j. Hecker Of Detroit,
Mich. has accepted the design OF San
ford White for a marble n>tuso!eum
with bronze doors for his family. 10 he
erected In woodward Lawn cemetery
Detroit. at q cost Of at least $4,000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
Meeting Great sympathy.

st. Petersburg. June 10.-lt is report.
ed here that the United States seal com.
missioner. Fosters. mission is meeting
with great sympathy and support here
In official circles.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
DIR, McCabe Diving.

Delaware. o.. June 11.-Rev. DR.. L. ID.
McCAbe. who for over half q century
has been connected with the Ohio Wes-
leyan university, is dying.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19

put in blast, and the Alabama rolling
mills have started up after an extend
ed idlencss. Bradstrect's summarizes
It's reports from various parts OF the
country by saying that there is a ten.
dency to Increase business in the South
Atlantic and Gulf States Of the Pacific
coast and IN a few States in the North
west. Contrast this with the cOndi-
tons four years ago aud see il people
are justified in making complaints
about the present state Of business.
Reciprocity i'm the South.
Our Spanish-Amcrican friends ut the
south of Us evidently recognize the fact
that the Republican party IS again
In control IN the United States. They
are sending II delegation of business
men here TO encourage trade, IA step
which they carefully avoided taking
during the existence of the Cleveland
administration, which cut off the reel
procity treaties and thus closed to the
United states the markets which those
treaties had opened in those countries,
4. Il. CARSON.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
Enninnd's Policy of Protection.

England has long been called the
"mistresS Of the seas" Her shipping
has nourishcd more than has any other
interest, and Why Because her ship
ping Is the one interest which she has
persistently, determincdly and con-
stantly protected, regardless of he in
consistency Of such a course with her
frpe-tradc policy In other directions and
regardless Of expense. our shipping Is
one of our weakest interests, and the
reason is quite ms plain. The American
people have, except on some few occa-
SionS of temporary alteration of MIND,
or when grossly deceived, accepted
and applied protection 10 all other
American interests, but they have per-
s~iStently refused to give protection 10
American shipping n they have given
il to other Interests. Had the Ameri-
can people given protection 10 shipping
as To other interests, American fleets
would now he disputing with England
the control OF the sea as they have dis
putcd 1t i'm times past. The time has
come for the American people 10 learn
from England's experience and 10 act
consistently with the policy Of protec-
ton. which they have so lately and so
cmphatically Endorsed, ana therefore
give protection 10 American shipping.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
Plague I'm Jcudnh,

Jeddah. June Ill; is officially de-
elared that the bubon,c plague exists
here.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
Capital City Chat.

Special Washington correspondence:
President Mckinley has now been
three months in office, and The record
which his administration has made is
"A laudable one. In those three months
Congress has been called together, a
tariff bill framed, passed by the House,
considered by the Finance Committee
of the Senate, and Is now under consid-
Grafton In that body; prison doors have
been opened in Cuba and American
citizens released in great numbers, "A
commission has been dispatched 10
Europe to inaugurate and initiate a
movement in favor OF n bimetallic con
ference, "A commissioner has been dis
patched TO Cuba to obtain information,
In order that the President may act In
diligently In regard TO the matters OF
that island, n warslrip has been sent to
Hawaii to protect the American inter
ests there and open the way for more
important action regarding that appli'
cant for membership in the Union, and
changes in the offices are being made
as rapidly MS consistent with the con
ditions under which the civil service
was left by the preceding administra-
ton. II any gentleman who Is inclined
TO be faultinding with the progress OF
events under the new administrator
can point to any administration In
which there was greater promptn"ss OF
action, let him rise and he heard from.
If not, let him cease breeding dissatis'
faction by COMPLAINTS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
The Retaliation Bugnboo.

Those foreign countries which are
proposing 20 'rct;Iliatc," by shutting
out American products. if our tariff
law does not suit them. will think twice
before they enter upon a o~ne-Sidcd war
of this sort. AnSlria-IIungary. which
makes the loudcst talk in That line.
took S2,439,G51 worth of our produc-
tons last year, and sold us $7.GIi, l5I
worth OF her own products. Argentina,
which has also suggested Il course Of
this kind, took $J.979.SiG worth Of our
products i'm 1896 and sold us S9,3l3,3S5
worth OF her own Japan took $500
80 worth of our exports and sold 10
people of this country S25,537 OBS Of
her products. When countries with
relations realize that II systematic
exclusion of our products from their
markets would result in cutting oil
much larger sales of their W pro
ducts to people or this country, they
will stop talking about retaliation
against the tariff, or at least do moth
ing more than talk.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-06-19
AGOOD RECORD.
ADMINISTRATION HAS ACCOM-
PLISHED MUCH.

McKinIcy's Vigorous American Pol
icy-Actiop on Cuba Will Come in
Due Time-Continued business Inn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-01-08

A palace of hay has just been decided
upon by the directors Of the National expo
stion, to be held at Toronto a mammoth
structure will be erected from the bales Of
pressed hay on the exhibition grounds of
the big American fair. 1t will be used to
advertise the vast hay-producing country
of the West. Large bales of compressed
hay will be sent down from the Northwest
and the building will be built of these
blocks. When completed the building will
be festooned with wheat and other grains
in the sheaf and in punches, and the en-
trance will be tastefully arranged. Inside
the space will be divided off, so as to dis
play the exhibits from each district
Should it escape its great liability to de-
struction by fire it will form a unique and
picturesque feature of the exposition, and
one of unusual attraction and interest to
farmers