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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
CritiCises Tesla's Plans.

Chicago Tribune: Benson Bidwell, or
his city. inventor Of the trolley car sys-
TEN, doubts the practicability OF Tesla's
plan Of transmitting electric power
through the air. Mr.. Bidweli said
Wednesday: p
II think the plan is practical with thes
$1,000 o volts, provided his balloons can
be sustained in the air permanently.
which, under the present state of that
art, seems doubtful, unless Mr.. Tesla has
made al improvement in the material he
uses for the balloon, as under ordinary
conditions hydrogen gas, the best for the
purpose now known, escapes rapidly even,
through two thicknesses of oiled SILK anu
will not sustain the balloons in the aiIN
to exceed thirty-six hours"
Would there not be an element OF dan
ger in discharging so vast a quantity or
electricity in the ARR he was asked. :.
Eyes, / nave thought OF that, but as /
ave not given the subject a thorough IN
Vestigation l am not prepared TO say den-'
nitely as TO how far the element or Dan
ger will enter into Mr.. Tesla's plans. We.
know that free electricity, OF lightning
as II is called, seeks TO escape from the
air to the earth by every available means.
such as trees, houses, steeples, etc., and
If you turn the power Of Niagara Fans,
into electricity and pass it into the at
moSphere ] think there Would De 10
creased danger to humanity.
While there is but little doubt that n.
share Of the current which was let loose
from a balloon 5000 feet above the earth
would be picked up by other balloons or
similar height in different parts OF the,
earth no man Of any knowledge of the
subject will hazard his reputation by say
ing some of 1t will not descend TO thes'
atmosphere of the clouds, which are com
posed of the vapor OF water, Tor whicht
electricity has q natural affinity. When
IL has reached the clouds its next depar-
ture IL for the nearest projections to II
which extend above the earth, such as the
masts Of ships, etc.
While j rejoice in all Of the great adj
vances i'm electrical invention, yet j fear
in this case II will be necessary to conduct
these experiments with great caution UNI
til it is fully demonstrated whether the
element of danger to life Is contained In
the plan Of conducting the large volume.
of electricity through the upper air..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
NINE. DREYFUS VERY ILL.
Letter From Her Husband Seems 20
Have Frustrated Her.


Have Frustrated Her.
Paris, Nov. 2s.-Mme. Dreyfus, wife
OF the unhappy prisoner of Devils
island, is in bed i'll and has been since
the receipt of n recent letter from her
husband. She has been so Frustrated
in fact that access to her is denied, and
the text Of the cable message which
she is sad 10 have sent to Captain
Drcyfus, 4 privilege which the French
government has accorded hcr, is not
Obtainable.
Following is the translation Of the
letter from Captain Dreyfus read TO
his wife by the chief clerk of the min
lister of The colonies. the French gov
eminent having withheld from her the
possession Of the original letter:
Despair is beginning To seize me.
Have all my friends forgotten me?
mo one seems To be occupying
themselves with me.
IL recall 10 you that months ago |
wrote TO the president of the republic
and to General Boisdcffrc begging
them to introduce a revision of my
case.
II am without news: nothing moth
ing comes 90 me.
II leave rs a bequest TO the prcsi-
dent and General B~oisdetfrc the task
Of a%vcnging my memory, of clearing
my honor. my name, and that of my
dear children, whom | shall see no
more.
II shall 40 longer communicate with
my family. as | have said all there is
TO be said, and have nothing more TO
say"
Captain Drcyfus' affection for his
family is we'll known, and the pathetic
nature Of this letter is therefore AZ the
more apparent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
A Lunol, for Three Cents.

Baltimore News: The smallest RESI-
taufant in Baltimore is owned by Nor~
mar w. Tumblinson, aged ~ years.
He caters only for the trade OF the
newsboys, and does q thriving bust"
ness in Scent lunches and cheap uck-
lers of the palate. The restaurant is'
in a small frame room attached to the'
building on the west side of Grant
street, and is about twenty feet long
and a yard wide. Formerly it was
used as a botblack stand. 1oung
Tumblinson secured permission about
eight months ago to open a stand III
the place. He had it thoroughly
cleaned and painted inside and OUT
and then erected a small counter,
leaving barely enough o to walk
about. Next he secured three OIL
stoves and then hung out neat pia-
cards announcing his opening. Inc
newsboys took him 10 their hearts,
and many odd pennies fell his way. Az
first he sold milk shakes and canuy
cakes and sandwiches, but n iur-
nishes a lunch for 3 cents Tor news
boys only, including soup, choice OIL
beef, liver or pork, with mashed pota-
toes and picked beets. Coffee is l and
3 cents a cup, cheese sandwiches i, =
and 3 cents: ham sandwiches, ] cent;
soup. 3 and ) cents a bowl, and other
things in proportion. The newsboys
swear by the restaurant keeper be-
cause he Jokes with them and often
feeds a poor and hungry vail o noun
ING.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
THE POSTOFFICE DEPARTMENT
General Business Increased Over
$6,OO0,OOO During the Past
Fiscal Year,

Washington, Nov. 25.-First Assistant
Postmaster General Heath's annual re-
port shows the general business of the
department increased over $4,000, 900 dur
ing the fiscal year. In all the departments
Of the service the influence Of prosperous
times has made itself apparent. Recon-
%mendations for congressional action are
numerous, and include: Clerks in post
Offices TO be classified and placed on fixed
scales of salary similar to letter carriers;
a consolidation Of postofiices Is again
urged; authority Is asked TO appropriate
money for clerk hire In all grades of post
offices, instead of only first and second as
now; modification Of the eight-hour law
as applied to carriers; additional grade
carriers to be known as carrier ~sergeants
in all cities having fifty carriers or more.
The duties Of these sergeants would be
to supervise the work of letter carriers
on their routes and to investigate COM
plants. lie asks an appropriation for
salaries of carriers at estimated offices for
the next fiscal year of 81, 697, 200; for the
salaries of letter carriers at new offices.
$50. OCO: for horse hire allowance, 800
for car fare and bicycles, sl95, 600; for all
| other incidentals, $4,000, making a grand
total for this service of $14, 512, 200. He rec
! ommends the repeal of the law requiring
the use of the present form of money or
der. in the interest of safety and SIM
plicity, and also authorization for the
use Of a postal check payable to bearer,
A detailed report of the operations OF
the rural free delivery will be presented
within a few days. Congress has increased
the appropriations for this purpose from
$4,000 TO $15O,0C0 and Mr.. Heath recon-
mends, in view Of the success of the SER
vice and the satisfaction it has given, that
an appropriation Of 100000 be made for
rural free delivery during the next fiscal
wear.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
LASAR FORFEITS THE DIAMONDS
New York Broker Loses $4,000 by
Attempting to Smuggle Pre-.
cioua Stones.

New York, Nov. 26.-The $4,000 worth of
diamonds which Max ]. Lasar tried to
smuggle into the United States were for
feited to the government by a decision of
the federal court. Lasar is under indict-
lei on he criminal charge Of having
struggled the diamonds, and his attorneys
preferred to hold their defense until the
trial on the criminal charge comes up,
believing, they said, that to bring forward
their witnesses now might be to the dis
advantage Of Lasar.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
CRIME CUTS NO FIGURE.
Interesting Decision in Regard 90
inheritance of PrOperty.

Interesting Decision in Regard 90
inheritance of Property.
Sacramento, Cal, Nov. @~S.-Superior
Judge Buckles, of Solan county, has
just decided an interesting ease, in-
volving the question as 10 whether a
person can acquire property as the
direct result of his own crime. The
decision is in the affirmative.
Louis, Frank, Arthur, Thomas and
Susie Belew were brothers and sister,
Louis and Susie were unmarried and
each possessed Estates in their own
right. The father and mother were
both dead. Frank was without funds
and possessed a family with whom at
the time he was not living. He muir
dered Louis and Susie with no appar-
ent motive except TO succeed to Il por-
ton of their respective estates. lie
pleaded guilty and vas hanged.
The petition for the distribution Of
The estate of Susie and Louis Befcw
asked that the said estate be distrib-
nted in equal shares to the surviving
brother and to the estate of Frank
Belew.
One of the brothers filed objection to
any distribution being made 10 the
estate of Frank Belew. on the grounds
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
ARE COMING FROM PUERTO RICO
Steamer Relief Sails With $50 Sick
and Convalescent Sol
diers-

San Juan, Nov. 26.-The steamer Relief
sailed for the United States with 250 sick
and convalescent soldiers. The transport
Michigan has gone to several minor ports
to collect troops and take them home. She
will be in New York in ABOUT ten days
with Lemley's n Thorp's batteries. The
transport Mississippi arrived yesterday
morning and will be ~'quarantined for three
days because a passenger on board Is sus-
pected Of having yellow fever.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
GIBBONS ON RACE WARS.
Believes u Property Quail
flcation Would Help Things.

Baltimore, Nov. 2s.-Cardinal Glib.
bons, in discussing the recent race
troubles in the south, said Yesterday:
"The abuse of the ballot box is
chnrgeable more TO white demagogues
than to the blacks themselves. The
politicians use the negro vote for their
own selfish purposes. ! am persuaded
that a restriction of suffrage 10y prop
erty qualification would be Il wise
measure. IT would he an incentive to
industry, and as men are instinctively
disposed to protect their property
they will naturally vote for those
rulers and public officers who, in their
judgment, are qualified TO protect their
property from unjust and ~eXorbitant
taxation and to promote the material
prosperity of the commonwealth
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
Queen May Not visi, France.

There is some discussion this week
us TO whether the queen will again go
to the south of France next spring, in
view of the Anglophobe feeling excited
by the Fashoda dispute.
0utbursts upon the part Of the
French newspapers are having a GER
tain effect and letters are appearing in
the English newspapers urging that
pressure be exercised in proper quar-
tiers 10 induce the queen not TO go TO
the French Riviera, but TO 60 to Flor
ence instead.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
4 he having murdered his brother

that he having murdered his brother
and sister could not succeed to any OF
the estate left by them. To this objec.
ton a general demurrer was inter-
posed and has been sustained, Judge
Buckles declaring that unless the
court can change the code o. civil pro-
cedurc the estates Of Louis and Susie
Belew must be distributed in equal
parts TO the estate of the murderer,
Frank Belew. and the two surviving
brothers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
HER VISION REALIZED.
Mine Operators Wife Dreams OF n
Mountain Of Gold" and Finds IL.

Vancouver, II. C., Nov. 2S.-Mrs. Har-
ry Treat, wife of Manager Treat, of the
Van Anda Mining company, who ar
rived here from New York recently,
went u few days ago To visit the
famous Van Anda mine, owned chiefly
by her husband. situated 1870 miles up
the coast on TcXaca island.
Two nights after her arrival there
she dreamed she had found a noun
tain of gold. The location and every
thing else connected with il were vivid
~ impressed ON her mind the follow
ing day. Mr.. Treat laughed at what
he termed an idle dream, but his wife
was so persistent that ne finally con-
sented to search for the mountain.
They started out last Sunday and
found a mountain which vas fairly
scanned with. free gold. /.
Procuring samples of the ore, they
returned to Van Anda camp. The next
day Teat sen out Mendenhall, the
coast expert. lie pronounced 1T the
biggest discovery of the province. The
ore when assayed here vent TO $40 a
ton. Thousands of tons are in sight.
In fact, there is q whole mountain of il.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

cruisers Of about 5000 tons; six
sheathed and coppered cruisers of
about $500 tons trial.
In conclusion the report pays q high
compliment to the naval war board,
and acknowledges with gratitude the
able assistance from Assistant Secrc-
taries Roosevelt and Allen, and the va.
rious bureau officers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
CABLE TO HAWAII.
II Will Undoubtedly BE Provided for
by the Coming COngrcss.

Washington, Nov. 2S.~-A cable be-
tween the United States and TIE lla-
waiian islands will undoubtedly be
provided for al the forthcoming SEES
sion of congress. The Associated Press
correspondent is informed 10y an ofi-
cial close To the president that in his
annual message the president will sug-
gest the advisability OF a cable con-
n~ection between San Francisco and
Honolulu. The Bennett Hawaiian ca
bic bill, now pending before the house
committee on interstate commerce, is
looked upon with considerable favor,
and the probabilities are that it will
be taken up and passed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
REPORT OF SECRETARY BLISS
Progress Of Indian, Pension, Land,
Patent, Educational and Ter
%ritOriaI Affairs.

Washington, Nov. 26.-The annual
report of Secretary of Interior Bliss
reviews in detail the progress of PEN
sion, Indian, land, patent, educational
and territorial affairs, reviewing the
gradual diminution of public land
area. Secretary Bliss says:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

The late DR.. Friedrich Muller of Vi
emma was considered one of the lead
ing authorities on the ~philology of
American Indian languages. lie an
alyzed forty-one of the tongues and
dialects spoken by the aborigines on
this continent. J..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
American Educator Honored.

Princeton, n. j., Nov. 24.-J. NJ,
Baldwin Stuart, professor OF psychol.
ogy, has received from Paris official
notification of his election to mem
bership in the French Institute of So
GEOLOGY.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

Rev. NJ. c. Harris, superintendent of
Methodist missionary work among the
Japanese of the Pacific slope and Ha-
waiian islands, is the only Christian
clergyman who has been decorated by
the emperor of Japan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

The death of Stephen A. Northway,
member from the nineteenth congress
sional district of Ohio. recalls the fact
that in seventy-six years this district
has had but six representatives.
Among them were Joshua II. Giddings,
the famous abolitionist, and James a.
Garfield.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

French papers say that Sir Herbert
Kitchener fought on the side of the
tricolors in the Franco-Prussian war,
having enlisted as a volunteer in the
army Of the Loire. He was, they add,
twice wounded.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
EXCURSION TO WEST INDIES.
Arrangements for n Trip Being Made
10y 81. Louis Parties.

st. Louis, Nov. 2S.--Arrangcmcnts
are being made by the St. Louis Latin
American club 10 run an excursion Of
business men from this city to Cuba,
Puerto Rico and the other West In
dian islands. The excursion will start
about the LIST of January and all the
leading West Indian cities will he WIS.,
tied. Arrangements are 10Y being
made for steamship accommodations
and low rates have already been prom
iSed by The railroads,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
BLIZzARDY WEATHER IN OLD WORLD
Coolest and Stormicst November i'm
Years i'm England.

ears III EnSlanu'
London, Nov. 2s.- Copyright, 1898,
by the Associated PrcSs.)-The recent
comparatively mild weather which has
, prevailed in Great Britain has been in
tcrrupted by a thorough blizzard in
many parts 81 the country, especially
i'm the north, where the snow drifts
have been several feet deep. Three
men persisted in the snow in the high
lands. Il train was blown oil the rails
near Tralec, Ireland, numbers of fish
inc boats have been lost. many fisher
men have persisted and the Irish mail
boats and cross channel mail service
were interrupted or seriously delayed.
Trains have been showed up NJ several
places. and generally the suOwstorm is
considered to have been the worst for
muny wears. Severe weather is re-
ported as far south as the Mediter-
raucan. where u French transport,
bound for Tunis, was obliged to re-
turn to Toulon ia a damaged condition.
She also reported that some of the re-
cruitS on board Of her were killed or
injured during the storm.
WiIhcImina's Bctrothal.
The young queen Of Holland. who re-
Gently displayed her strong will by re-
calling Il whole issue of postage stamps
because her portrait on them made her
look too girlish, is again showing her
spirit in the question of her hctrothal
10 Prince William of Wiedc, I'm Office
in the German army, which has been
practically settled upon. Thc official
announcement Of the bctrothal has
been kept back ON account OF certain
difficulties in the protocol, the ques-
ton being whether The prince should
he invested with the rights and pre-
negatives of prince consort or retain
his present rank. Unless the former
plan is adopted Ecither the laws OF
Holland nor the foreign courts Will
recognize him rs n metnbcr OF the
Dutch royal family. The Niedc 1ani-
" insist upon the title of prince con-
sort. but Queen Wilhelmina demands
that Queen Nictoria's precent be fol-
lowed and that the title Of prince con-
sort be not conferred until eighteen
months after the marriage. 1t is eN'
pected, however, that the difficulty viii
he overcome before long. The we'd
ding has already been fixed TO take
place in The Hague next spring.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

The newest seeker for sensations in
Paris, being discarded as a lover, slept
i'm n pest house all night in order to
catch smallpox and so commits suicide.
In due season he broke out and died
in the street.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
sultan To the Gar.

Constantinople, Nov. 26.-Thc sultan
has telegraphed the ear entreating
him TO abandon his intention of send
ing Prince George, of Greece, to Crete
as high commissioner of the powers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

For complete list of prizes, given free
to users of Diamond "C' Soap, write
Cudahy Packing Co., South Omaha eb.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

\ religious movement, known as tho
"Rascol," is now being preached in
Russia and has estranged millions
from the orthodox state church.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03
Kaiser Back in Germany

Potsdam, Nov. 26.-The emperor OF
here this morning, on
his return from the Holy Land.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

Since Mr.. Mcintyre has told how
the Oregon did ii all, the Trishmen ali
over the land are calling it the
Oregon.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

Diamond &C" Soap does not shrink
fiannels and it leaves all fabrics in the
most desirable condition.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

Mrs. winsIow's BooTuISo SYRvp for children
~toCthing. sOftens the gums, reduces Inflammation.
sllays pain, cures wind cole. 80 u bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

You can't judge a %jailer always by
the company he keeps.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

WANTED.-Case OF bad health that WIN
not benefit. Send ) cents To Ripans Chemical Co.
New York, for 10 samples and 1000 testimonials.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

Work may be natures w physi-
clan, but it is good at times to change
doctors.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

A box Of Glepns sulphur Soap is equivalent 10 many
sulphur baths. ont forget II.
Hlll's Hair aud Whisker Dye. black or brown. soc
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-12-03

San Francisco, Nov. 2S.-The batt!eshlp
Wisconsin was successfully launched this
morning from the Union iron works yards.
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, from Wis
%ionsin, broke the bottle OF wine on the
bow and christened the vessel as il slid
into the water. A great crowd Of people
witnessed the launching of this, the
largest warship ever built on the Pacific
coast.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-14

ways as well, and at the close delega-
ton from each class requested Secretary
Wright to ask Mr., Moody TO remain sew
eral days. or, If that was impossible. to
return to Yale again in the near future.
In an interview last night Mr.. Moody
expressed himself as follows with regard
To Yale apropos of the agitation now
being waged against the university by
q certain class of reformers: Il have
been pretty we'll acquainted with Yale
for 20 years, and / have never seen the
university in as good condition religious.
ly as now. MY Oldest son graduated
here, and If my per son, who is now in
the freshman class. gets as much out
of Yale as his brother did. I shall have
reason to thank God through time and
eternity. / can honestly say that j
have never spent so good day at Yale
as today has been. Inever saw so earnest
and inqulring a crowd of young men
as that which attended the optional SER
vice this evening. AS TO the liquor
question. I believe in local option. IL
satisfactory, strong. moral sentiments
can be secured to keep il from becoming
n dead letter, / am in favor of prohibi-
ton: but in states where there is a
large city you can't enforce statutory
prohibition because Of lack Of moral sem
timent If IL could be enforced wish
New Haven would vote So"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1898-02-14
DISTRESS IN IRELAND.

Dublin, Feb, 14.-Statements as 10 dis
tress in this country are not made by
alarmists. with a tendency to exagger-
ate. II exists in a serious form that ad-
mits Of no denial. William Phillips, an
Englishman owning large estates in west
Ireland, where he is a magistrate for
several counties and is a political sup
porter Of the present government, gives
the following appalling description OF the
condition of affairs there: Knowing
probably better than any other English
man the people of west Ireland, I am
deeply disappointed to find Gerald Bal
four's answer to the Irish members so
very unsatisfactory. From my own per-
sonal knowledge can say that no words
i could use would adequately describe
the fearful state Of misery and destitu-
tion in which, from no fault of their own,
they are now placed. Unless many are
TO die OF starvation immediate relief is
fmperatively needed"