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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
He Burned I'm the Money,


Detroit Free Press: There is n good
iional bank" said a director OF the insti-
utlon, who was %convcrsing with a news
PAPER friend.
"Our organization OF tina institution
was looked upon as n somewhat question
Vie event proves that we were equal to the
Undertaking. one OF the first things was
% create confidence. To this end we in
ierested as many solid farmers as we
could. and then clInched the matter by APP
pointing the rural stockholders TO select n
-nrl.sident--As a matter OF course. be was
Dne OF their number, and notice OF the
honor conferred upon him was sent as n
Christmas oxen.
This farmer president was ms honest ms
the day Is long, but his special fitness for
The position was open 10 question. We re-
ceived from Washington a lot of bills,
which, AS you know had to be signed by
the cashier and the president. The cash
Ter affixed his signature and then sent the
uncut sheets TO the president, who took
off his coat, stirred up the CRATE fire, and
rolled Up his sleeves preparatory to the
unusual task placed before him. He
scratched away for hours and finally re-
turned the sheets to the cashier. The
prudent official soon discovered there were
bills missing to the amount OF about 500,
but inferred that the president a
charged the amount TO himself and said
nothing. After waiting till the new year
called for n statement, the cashier directed
the attention of the president to the dis
crepenCy.
"'Jest send me some more said the
president. Il made a bad fist on some OF
them bills and chucked them into the
tire..'"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
AMERICAN OFFICERS
TO LEAVE HAVANA
The Mangrove Is HurriedIy Dis
pached to That Port to Bring
Them Home.
ONLY GEN. LEE TO REMAIN
Admiral Sicari Speaks Very Highly
OF the Members OF Board Of
fnquiTy---Commcn:s
on Mines.

Key West, Fla, March 2s.-The AS
sociated Press bulletin that the court
OF inquiry had found the Maine was
blown mp by a submarine mine created
intense excitement here. IL was read
by eager crowds, which included Rear
Admiral Sicarl, elderly captains and
young cadets. AS frequently stated
in these dispatches, most of the naval
officers GA Key West have held to the
opinion, shared by the officers of the
Maine, that the warship was blown up
by external means. The minority who
previous to today expressed the con
yiction that the court would be unable
to determine the cause was hard to
find. All were glad to know the
Names fate was not due TO the negli-
eence Of her American officers.
The most significant Development
that followed the announcement of the
report-a development known TO but
few-was the sudden sailing of the
lighthouse tender Mangrove for IIa-
yana, The Mangrove was lying quietly
at the dock loading buoys when the or
ders came about ) o'clock f. her to
proceed with all haste to IIa,,ua and
to take on board all the American Of
ficials in that city with the exception
of Consul General Lee. IL is feared
that the knowledge of the courts re-
port has excited H%lavana's population
and brought the anti-Amcrican senti-
ment TO a climax. Officers Of high rank
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
The REPORT IS NOW
IN PRESIDENTS HANDS
Secretary Long and Mark Deliv-
cred the Document This
Morning.
CABINET DISCUSSES THE REPORT
Report Says That the Explosion Was
Caused by What Is Known
rs a Floating Submar-
oine Nine

Washington, March 25.-Lieutenant
Commander Mark left the hotel at 9
o'clock this morning and a few min
utes later, accompanied by Lieutenant
Jungen, entered the office of the Sec
rotary Of the navy and delivered to
Secretary Long the report of the Maine
court of inquiry. After some formal
tiles the secretary and Mark proceed
ed to the white house, and at 9:40 the
document was delivered to the presi-
dent.
AS the secretary and Mark emerged
from the secretary's Office to 60 to the
white house, Long cordially greeted a
group of newspaper correspondents,
and remarked he had not opened the
report and knew nothing more than
they did of its contents. Then he and
Mark passed into the navy department
brougham and were driven to the
white house. They did not go direct
to the presidents Office, but passed
through to the private corridor on the
first floor, thence to the blue room TO
await the president. A few minutes
later the secretary and Mark joined
the president in the library and the
report was formally delivered TO the
chief executive.
Later-The board of inquiry finds
that the explosion which destroyed the
wreck came from the outside; does not
fix the responsibility for the disaster;
does not express an opinion as to the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
READY FOR AN UPRISING,
Cuban Sympathizers In Havana Are
Waiting for the First

st. Louis, March 2S.--A Washington
special TO the Globe-Democrat says:
ION the firing Of the first shot off
Havana by an American warship 20,-
900 Cubans will rise in that city; and
they are all armed"
This is the information which has
reached the American government.
For some time the reports have been
coming from ~coLsuls that conditions
all over the island and even in the
capital, the supposed center of Spanish
loyalty, were ripe for Intervention. 1t
has become known that many Cubans
Of the cities are as heartily for indie
pendence as those under Gomez. The
belief has been growing hat the whole
Cuban population only await the OPP
portunity 10 declare for independence.
Many who are at heart patriots have
been distrustful of leaders of their
wv kind. They have been holding
back for the sign Of American inter
vention. Within the past two weeks
attempts have been made by Blanco to
stem the growing spirit Of revolt and
the old Wcyler methods of confine-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
Genius Nipped in the Bud.

Atlanta Constitution: A Georgia
farmer who has a son who gives prom.
Use of literary excellence brought the
boy to the city with the view Of APP
prenticing him to some literary chap,
as he expressed il, 'to learn the bust
ness" But he first sought an editor
OF his acquaintance and asked his
opinion.
How long would it be-" he asked,
before the lad would be maxim mon
cy by his writin's?"
He'd have TO make "A name first"
said the editor.
but he's got that already" cx-
planned the farmer-"Jercmiah Jedc-
kiah Jones! What's the matter with
that?"
81 mean he'd have TO make a name
rs an author before he could command
any cash"
"And how long would that take?"
about ten years"
Jerry" said the old man, ''como
along an less go back to plowin. Five
cent cotton beats that all hollow!
You've beecn a-talkin' about n wider
field; come long home an III give you
ten acrcS!"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
are still ~reticcnt. Rear Admiral Sic

are still reticcnt. Rear Admiral Sic
ard, however, said:
"The court of inquiry brought in
findings according to what its mem
bers believed. Nothing could have
made them do otherwise. If they haG
been able to fix the responsibility for
the explosion they would not have
shirked their duty"
The attention Of Admiral Sicard was
II to the fact that Spain had Off
cially denied that Havana harbor was
mined. lie replied:
IF Havana harbor were mine |
should certainly have mined it. The
water there is especially suitable for
such a method Of defense. SPANS de
NAL had nothing to do with the court
Of inquiry. l should not believe Il
statement that the harbor at Havana
was not mined. The court has not yet
been dissolved. 1t is barely possible
that more work may be required Of it,
but this is not probable. The court is
composed of splendid men. ! am
greatly satisfied with their work. |
hardly suppose much excitement will
be caused by the announcement of the
verdict, rs | am under the impression
that 90 per cent Of II OWL people
were already convinced that the Maine
was blown up externally, and | scarce
~ think their ideas would have
changed ever if the court had reported
otherwise"
When the possibility of arbitration
and ensuing ENHANCEMENT were sug-
gested to him, Admiral Sicard said:
The Maine case rs nothing in COM
parison with the Alabama claims.
Then we were opposed to a powerful
commercial rival, but now are dealing
with Spain
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
rent, torture and exile have been em-

mcnt, torture and exile have been EN-
ployed.
But il has not been known until now
that the organization Of Cubans in the
tiles has progressed so far. The
knowledge that 10000 are ready to
meet American intervention half way
by rising in Havana rs soon as the
.irst shot is fired is a gratifying sur
prise. 1t comes through channels
which have placed i'm the possession OF
the government the most complete and
detailed information about the num-
bers, armament, distribution and gen
cral condition of the Spanish forces in
Cuba. The war department knows to-
day how many men Of the different
branches Blanco has, where they are
at the present time, what is the supply
Of ammunition-in short, all that II
side needs TO know about its enemy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02

character Of the explosive, but the tes-
timony goes to show that it was a
powerful submarine mine, the exact
character of which is not determined
by the testimony, though the belief is
expressed that it was what is known as
the floating submarine mine. The
hoard finds there were two explosions,
first from the outside, which set off one
Of the smaller magazines.
Long and Mark remained till the
members of the cabinet appeared,
when the former went into the cabinet
room, while Mark remained in the adj
Joining apartment subject to call. The
report of the board was gone over care
fully and n general discussion of its
leading features followed. Mark was
called in to answer questions, explain
ing some matters not fully covered by
the report. The meeting lasted till af-
ter D.. IN. After adjournment the
members declared no further state
ment would be made till the contents
of the report was transmitted to con-
gress Monday.
Commodore Winfield Scott Schley, at
present connected with the light house
board, has been ordered to the com
mand of the flying squadron at Hamp-
ton Roads with the Brooklyn as flag
ship.
His command at present will con-
sist of three vessels, the Brooklyn, Col
umbia and Minneapolis, all ocean grey
hounds, but in a short time the squad
ron will be possibly swelled to about
a dozen ships. Schley has a record for
discretion, good Judgment and fighting
qualities. He was in command of the
baltimore when the Chilean trouble
threatened to end in war and that it
had a peaceful termination it is be-
lieved was due largely to his tact and
discrimination.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
CATHOLICS ARE PATRIOTIC,
\ Remarkable Demonstration ut u
Meeting of the knights
of Columbus.

Chicago. March pa stirring incident
occurred at Central Music hall. Before a
large audience OF Roman Catholics pre-
sided over by Archbishop Feehan, and in
GLIDING nearly every known man of that
faith in Chicago, Hon. John Delaney of
New York was delivering an address I'M
der the auspices of the Knights of Column
bus, of which organization he Is the chief
executive. While the speaker was elo-
quently telling what America had done for
the people OF the Catholic faith and what
they had lone for her, he paused n mo-
ment and said: Need ] add that If any
crisis arises in the life Of this nation you
may be sure that the Catholics OF the
United States will, II need be, drain every
vein in their bodies to attest their devo-
ton to the stars n stripes?'
The applause that followed was instan-
taneous ard vigorous far beyond anything
previously heard during the proceedings.
IT was several moments before the cheer
ing subsidized and the speaker could pro-
coed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
Bnrnn Ihn BnnsInn Roll

Brooklyn Eagle: A Grand Army post In
Virginia offers a reward Of 800 for every
Instance OF proof that "A soldier is draw
ing a pension by fraud and, 1t advises 9TH
er posts to follow It's example. II is hoped
that the offer will be acted upon with
promptness, and that those who know Of
frauds being perpetrated against the pub
lie and the real soldiers-for 1t comes to
that-will tell what they know, make somo
useful money and purge the rolls Of ras,
Gals. But ii Is not likely much will come
OF the offer so long as the lists are kept
partially secret. 1t Is not likely that
frauds will be easily discovered, because
the frauds are more eager than any Others
70 kcep themselves out OF sight.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
A War Note from Dixie

Oh! Dixie Ian she Amt forgotten:
Des lief fight ez make cheap cotton,
Fight away,
Fight away
Fight away down south In Dixie!
We got young men en- oil time stagcrs,
Million colonies en- "A billion majors,
Fight away,
Fight away
Fight away down south In Dixie,
Oars bills at home dat's unpaid yet, sub
Dess lief fight cz die I'm debt, sub,
Fight away,
Fight away
Fight away Town south I'm Dixie!
SO, come, Br'er Spain. en- take yo' liCkin'
De spurs Is sharp on de southern chicken,
Fight away,
Fight away
Fight away dow south i'm Dixie,
Atlanta Constitution.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
Deafness Cannot BE Curcd

BY local application ms they canno reacl
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness and that l.
by constitutional remedies. Deafness Is
caused by IN inlamcd condition Of the
mucous lining Of the E%ustachian Tube
When this tube is inilamed YOU have 6
rumbling sound or imperfect hearing. IN
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is the
result, and unless the inflammation can bC
taken out and this tube restored to its nor
NAL condition, hearing viii be destroyed
forever; nine cases out of ten are caused
by Catarrh, which Is nothing but the in.
famed condition OF the mucous surfaces
We will give one Hundred Dollars foi
any case OF Deafness Caused by CatarrhN
that CannOt be cured by Hairs Catarrl
cure. Send for circulars; free.
l.. j. CHENEY d Co, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. zoe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02

An unusual special pension claim is
about to be paid by the government.
1t is for the widow OF Lieutenant
Michael Moore, who died in Brooklyn
last year at the age of 90. He had
served continuously in the United
States army for eighty-five years, and
is believed to have broken the worlds
record in length Of service. He enlist
ed in the regular army as a drummer
boy at the outbreak of the war Of 1912,
and participated in several battles dur.
ing that conflict. At the close he re.
enlisted in the regular army, and re-
NAMED there TO the time Of his retire
ment, having been occupied on the
western frontier most of the time. His
widow writes that she is not the young
wife Of IN old soldier, but Is 81 years
old, and when her husband died they
had been married sixty-three years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLIsHER

A 20o-foot shaft stands in the CEN
ter of Sydney, Australia. 1t 10 known,
not appropriately, as the scent bot
tle." as its purpose is to draw the
gases from tho sewerage system Of
the city. Through it's great throat
the under ground city breaths and tho
deadly sewers are relieved. The 'bot.
tie" being nearly 200 feet high, rises
above any Inhabited house in the city,
and the rushing sewers giving the gas
a forced draft, shoots ii many feet
above the top Of this great gray chin.
ney, whence this dangerous aeriform
fluid is carried away SO that it never
reaches n human being. This perpen.
dicular gas sewer feeds the elements
daily with enough foul stuff to kill
the inhabitants Of a good sized city
or to blow Gibralter into atoms. Since
its construction there has not been n
explosion along the line of ramifed
sewers which converge to this point.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02

After twenty years of legal fighting,
mainly in the federal courts, q Leaven-
worth, Kan, woman, who was bound
10 recover the insurance on her hus-
bands life, got the state administra-
ton to back her in a suit in the Kansas
state courts, and at last secured $22,-
100, which included interest on the
policies of one company. OF this sum
the lawyers got half, under the origi-
nal contract made when the suit was
first instituted. During the tendency
of the suit the woman married again.
She says that the company from
which she recovered had been sand.
bagged" by its own Kansas attorneys.
She expects now that other companies
concerned will pay up.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
THE ALMY,S PASSENGERS LOST
Coast Patrols Find Nothing to In.
dictate That Any Lives
Were Saved.

San Francisco, March 2S.-The revc-
nue. cutters Perry and Rush left port
yesterday to search for the wreck OF
the Helen Amy, Both the cutters
took on board a quantity Of gun cot
ton and the wreck of the illfatcd bark
will be blown up and scattered to the
four winds as she is Il menace to navi-
CATION. Little hope is held out that
any of the passengers or crew may
have escaped with their lives. Tele-
grams have been sent to several points
along the coast ~instructing the life saw
ing crews to patrol the beach in the
vicinity of the stations, but so far no
news Of a hopeful character has been
received by the collector.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02

The New York Legislature has just
passed a bill which provides that Cor
nell university shall take in trust a.
600 acres of timber land in the Adirou-
dacts not already included in the
state forest preserve. The state viii
make an annual appropriation Of not
less than $4,000 to assist the univer-
sity in making n practical test Of the
state forestry. 1t is believed that with
il ten years from now the enterprise
win be self-sustaining, and so soon rs
this has been demonstrated the sys-
TEN can be applied to the entire Adj
rondack park.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02

a Chinese merchant in New YORK re-
Gently imported 400 packs of playing
Cords from China for the use Of his
countrymen. Playing cards arc cheap
in China and the merchant valued them
at the customs house at so cents for
the lot. He expected to have them
passed through as Chinese paper,
value so cents" at 90 per cent adj va
loren, and he nearly fell dead when he
got n bill for customs duty at 10 cents
n pack, $40; internal revenue tax at
2 cents a pack, So, and fee OF 1-2 cent
n pack for afiXing revenue stamps,
$2-a total of just $50 duty on so cents
worth of goods.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02

An English paper tells a story about
n caddie who tried in vain to get the
Job Of carrying the clubs of n pompous
amateur player. When it was the lat-
ter's turn to play he placed the ball
carefully, threw himself into position,
swung his club like a "forehammer, and
missed. The rejected caddie laughed
joyfully. Once more the novice drove
and missed, and the caddic's laugh
became uproarious. At the third try
the ball was dislodged from its perch
and spun over the turf for about six
feet. Hi, mani" yelled the caddie,
derisively, "Ill carry your clubs for
the fun o the thing"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02

Bishop Whipple tells a capital hit by
an Indian. He says: MANY years ago
I was holding a service near an Indian
village camp. My things were scat
tered about in a lodge and when I was
going out I asked the chief if it was
safe to leave them there while I went
to the village to hold a service. Yes
he said, perfectly safe. There is not
a white man within a huNdred miles,"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
DEMANDS GRANTED BY CHINA.
Port Arthur Leased for Twenty-Five
Years as n Fortified Naval
RnSp Dy RUSSIA,

London, March 2S.--The Pekin cor
respondent of the Times says: China
yesterday Wednesday agreed to all
the Russian demands. Following are
the conclusions: \ lease Of Port Ar
thur for twenty-five years as a forti.
fed naval base; a lease of Ta-Tien.
Wan for twenty-five years MS an open
port and as the terminus Of the trans
Manchurian railway, with a right OF
fertilization and the right for the Rus
slams to construct a railway from Pc
tuna lin Manchuria) on the Sungary
river 10 Ta-Tien-Wan and Port Arthur
on the same terms as stipulated in the
ease of the trans-Manchurian railway
China saves her face by retaining
nominal sovereign rights, which, how
ever, she is powerless to assert, the
lease being equivalent to cession.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02

Some astounding figures have been
issued by the Berlin imperial home Of
flee respecting the state insurance of
workmen. At the end Of the year 1897
there were 442. 900 industrial establish
ments, with 5,760,000 insured persons,
and 4,645,000 agricultural settlements
with 11,O00,0 900 insured persons. The
total number of workmen insured
against accidents amounted roundly to
5000, 600. The number of accidents in
1897 was 3S1 900, and the money COM
pensation paid in lump sum or anuu-
ally TO $4,000 persons was SIS, 900, 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
BERT JONES ARRESTED
ACCUSED OF MURDER
Evidence Points Strongly to the
Fact That He Killed Henry
Rodman.
BODY ACCIDENTLY DISCOVERED
IT Guilty He Undoubtedly Did the
Deed to Gather i'm the Old
Mans Accommodations
for Years.

Castalia, March 2S.-Some time last
fall Henry Rodman, better known as
old Henry" disappeared from TINS
section in a mysterious manner Mon
lay his body was found in II gulch near
he Missouri, and Thursday Bert Jones
was arrested by Sheriff Hay on suspi'
ZION of having killed the old man. Rod.
man was a harmless, industrious old
fellow who made a living selling wood
and who was well known TO the farm
ers of the adjacent county who bought
their winters fuel of him. Some time
last summer young Jones formed o
sort Of partnership with old Henry III
the wood traffic and they lived togeth'
sr in a log hut on the river bank.
About the month of August, 1897, old
Henry was missed by the neighbors,
and when inquiries were made about
1im of Jones, he said the old man had
gone to st. Louis to visit a son and hat
he had taken him TO Kimball to board
the train. This story was doubted by
some and they began making lnyesti-
cations, but could find no proof OF
Jones' statement. He had no team or
of his own and when
asked how he got to Kimball said they
walked, an improbable story, for the
distance is some thirty miles and no
one had seen them going or Jones re-
turning. Not a great while after old
uenry was missed Jones showed n bill
of sale for all the wood OF the bank,
signed by old Henry, and claimed own
.rship of all his effects, saying he had
advanced him the money for his trip
Later he claimed he had received n let
ter or two from Henry and that he had
gone down the Mississippi river to New
Orleans and had concluded not TO re-
TURF to Dakota. Sheriff Hay was in
formed of the suspicious against Jones
and Immediately began to investigate
the matter. The body of Henry was
accidentally found on the evening OK
the 21st by a young son of Hon. NJ. Il
Covey.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-02
SPANISH REPORT OF THE WRECK
Unanimously Declare That the EN-
pIosion Was of I'M Inter-
nal Origin.

Madrid, March 2S.-The minister of
marine spent last night deciphering
n dispatch containing details of the
findings of the Spanish court of in
ouirv into the loss of the Maine. Par.
ties cognizant of affairs unanimously
declare the Spaniards report the eN-
plosion of an internal origin .