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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
Improvements IN
The ARMY AND NAV,
Commander PendIeton VIII Go te
England TO Study Manu-
facture of Guns.
MAKES IMPORTANT PURCHASES
War Department Secures the RighI
to Use Latest English
Models.
UNIFORMITY OF SMALL ARMS
Plan TO Have tho Iiih = OF n
Army aud Navy OF the
MAKES IMPORTANT PURCHASES
UNIFORMITY OF SMALL ARMS
Plan TO Have the ltih y OF II
Army aud Navy of the
Same Mako and
Calibrc.

Washington, Nov. THAT the lat
est improvements in the manufacture
Of ordnance may be obtained for fu-
ture men of war, orders have been
given TO Commander Pendleton, SUI
pcrintcndent of the gun factory, to
proceed to England and inspect the
methods pursued there in the con-
struction of guns, mounts, torpedo
tubes, etc.
Wire wound guns, which have been
so successfully developed for the En-
glish navy, will be carefully examined
by the visiting Office, and as under
water discharge tubes for ~torpedoes
have been adopted for the b~attleships
Maine, Missouri and Ohio, he will
learn the method OF their manufacture
ut the ordnance works at Armstrong.
The department has purchased the
right to use the method OF manufac-
ture OF under water discharge tubes
from the Armstrong; and has also
bought the right 10 use the breech
mechanism Of guns built by Nickers
Sons & Maxim.
The 6-inch rapid firing gun built by
the later firm is one of the latest weap-
ons ofthat cHliber constructed, "A splen-
did record having been made in the
firing trials, which were held some
time ago. In this gun. powder ana
proiectiles are separated, while IN the
6-inch rapid firing guns of the United
States navy, shell and powder are
combined by means of a cartridge
case.
A 6-inch gun, on plans somewhat
similar TO those followed in the con-
struction of the Vickers gun, was re-
Gently built. Tests of this weapon at
the proving grounds demonstrated us
value, and all future 6-inch guns VIII
be constructed on the same lines
The new type Is 45-caliber in length
and weighs eight tons and Is designed
for a muzzle velocity OF 5000 feet per
second.
IL is the intention OF the Ina
bureau to equip no more protected OF
Unprotected cruisers with torpedo
tubes, the authorities being well con
yinced that there Ia no necessity lot
them, but water discharge tubes VIII
be supplied TO armored cruisers ana
battleships.
Captain Charles O'Neil's recommen,
dation thaat uniform caliber small
arms be adopted for use in the army,
considerable attention in army ana
navy and marine corps, has attracted
navy circles. II is expected that Secre-
tary Long will indorse a bill providing
for cooperation in part OF the army
and navy to obtain a uniform arm.
The caliber Of the Lee small arms In
use in the navy is .269. while that OF
the Krag-Jorgensen rifles is 80, and
the army is convinced that the krag-
rifle is the best for its use,
while the navy asserts that the Lee is
its superior. II is not believed any
great objection would be raised by
the navy to increasing the caliber OF
its gun to 80, so that the cartridges
manufactured for the Lee might be
used for the Krag-Jorgensen.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
NEBRASKA ELECTION TICKETS
Complete Congressional aud state
Tickets Presented by Both
Parties,

Omaha. Oct. 20.-The following is
the complete ticket to be voted upon
in this state at the coming election.
Congressional tickets:
First District. j. Burkett, Lin
coin, republican; James M%anahan, Lin
coin, fusion.
Second District-David FL. Mercer,
Omaha, republican, renominated; Il.
NJ. Hitchcock, Omaha, fusion.
Third District 49, w. +. Norris,
Wayne, republicans; John Robinson,
Madison, fusion.
Fourth District-E. II. Hinshaw,
Fajrbury, republican; w. l.. Stark, Au-
rora, fusion, renominated,
Fifth District--C. f.. Adams, Super
Tor, republican; II. ID. Sutherland, Mel
son, fusion, renominated.
Sixth District-Norris Brown, Kear-
ney, republican; w. l.. Green, Kearney,
fusion, renominated.
State tickets:
Governor-N. L. Hayward, republic
an: w. A. Poynter, populist-democrat
Lieutenant Governor-G. A.. Murphy,
republicans; A. f. Gilbert, populist-
democrat.
Secretary-Cenec Duras, republican;
w. +. Porter, populist-democrat.
Auditory. l.. Mathews, republicans;
j. w. Cornell, populist-democrat.
Treasurer-Peter M~ortensen, repub-
lican; j. Il. Meserve, populist-demo.
crat.
superintendent Of Public lnstruc-
toni. +. Saylor, republican; w. X.
jackson, populist-democrat.
Attorney General-N. ID. Jackson,
republican.
Commissioner of Public Lands and
B~uildings-G. II. Williams, republican,;
j.. V. Wolfe, populist-democrat.
Representatives in Congress-Two
republicans, four f~usionists.
The legislature will elect a United
States senator to succeed w. V. Allen,
populist.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
WOMAN'S MISSIONARY SOCIETY
S~ynOdicel Meeting Of the Nebraska
Society Held at piatts-
nlnnth-

Plattsmouth, Oct. 3l.-The principal
features of the closing sessions OF the
synodical meeting of the Woman's
Missionary society, were an address by
Miss S. F. Lincoln, of New York city,
upon alaskan Missions" and by Mrs.
j. &. Melrose, of Marcus, Ia, who has
recently returned from several years
of missionary work in Hainan, China.
The invitation of Hastings delegates
for the next years synodical meeting
was accepted.
Officers elected for the ensuing year
were as follows: President, Mrs. j. II.
Miller, Lincoln; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. Dinsmore, Beatrice; treas
urer, Mrs. Hall, Lincoln; secretary of
literature, Mrs. b. NJ. Stoutenbor-
ough, Plattsmouth; secretary of gen.
eral objects, Miss Q. Granger, Pal
myra; assistant, Miss Badger, Lin
coin; delegate to general assembly,
Mrs. Dinsmore, Beatrice; alternate,
Mrs. Creigh, Omaha; delegate to
northwest board at Minneapolis, Mrs.
j. c. Miller, Lincoln; alternate, Mrs.
Marsland.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05

A novel plan for ~elevating Georgia
morals has been formulated by "A we'll
known citizen of Atlanta. lie proposes
that each county shall decide by a
vote on January / Of each year who
the worst man in the county is, and
that the man receiving the highest
number of votes shall, on the ensuing
February !, be hanged. IT is claimed
for tn cplan that it would induce bad
men to emigrate, and that the ''com.
plimentary vote received by those
who had just begun to be bad, but
were not generally recognized as such,
would tend to create "a desire within
them TO be enrolled among the well
behaved,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
SEVEN INDIANS MADE GOOD"
Great Excitement Still Prevails In
Eastern Oregon Over the Bat
lie With Indians.

Baker City, Ore, Nov. IA telc-
phone message from canyon City
states that Columbia Joe and nine
warriors came into Prairie City yes.
terday and informed the citizens that
there would be no further trouble.
Great excitement prevails and the set
tiers fear further trouble, as the num-
Der Of Indians is increasing and they
are well armed.
Citizens telephoned to Baker City
for a large number of rifles and I'M
munition. DIR. Ashford responded to
a from Cummings Creek, the
scene of yesterdays battle between
the whites and Indians, in which
George Cuttings was killed, to attend
the wounded Indians. Three of the
wounded will die, making a total OF
seven killed since the trouble bagan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
A NATION OF DYSPEPTICS.

From he Momtaiaeer, Va haHi, " Dakotd-
The remorse of a guilty stomach is
what a large majority of the people are
suffering with to-day. Dyspepsia is q
characteristic American disease, and IL
is frequently stated that I'VE are a nation
of d%yspeptics."
Improper food, hurried eating, mental
worry, exhaustion: any of these pro-
duces a lack of vitality in the system, by
causing the blood to lose its life-sustain-
ing elements. The blood is the vital ele-
ment in our lives, and should be carefully
nurtured. Restore the blood to its proper
condition and dyspepsia will vanish.
For example, in the county of Penn
bina, North Dakota, a few miles from
Walhalla, resides Mr.. Earnest Snider, a
man Of sterling integrity, whose yeracity
cannot be doubted. He saws:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05

Chief Big Nose of the A~ssiniboine In
dams stopped a government inspector
passing over the reservation last week
TO explain why he had not volunteered
TO fight for the great father He
had always expected to help Uncle
Sam If war ever came, but the n
who brought him the news that hos
~tilities had begun also said that all
the fighting was to be on the water.
This was entirely unexpected to Big
Nose and seemed very strange to him
andsas he had never learned to swim
nc did not volunteer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
TAKES A NEW LEASE OF LIFE
Warm Weather In the south Causes
yellow Fever TO Spread
Apuiu.

Louisville, KY, Nov. 1.-The impress
sion that yellow fever had been prac-
tically blotted out by the recent cold
weather and frosts was dissipated to-
lay by reports from the far south that
he epidemic had taken a new lease OF
life i'm two localities. The weather has
again turned warm, and to this is the
new state of affairs chargeable. Four
deaths have occurred in Natchez,
Miss, in the past few days. The fever
is now in every ward and on almost
every street in the city. Madison,
erwards went to the white house to see
yesterday.
The state. of Texas withdrew its
quarantine restrictions against Lou
isana and Mississippi except as to in
fccted points.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
AFFAIRS At PINAR DEL RIO. CUB
Cubans Are Anxious for tho Amert
cans to Come aud Take
Possession.

Possession.
New York, Nov. 1.-The Tribunes
Pinar Del Rio, Cuba, special says:
Some American officers came to this
town a few days ago to look up q site
for an American camp. No parade was
made Of their presence, but their com
ing was a grateful indication that
something was being done toward
American military occupation. Lieu
tenant Rowan had previously been
here, and had conferred with Generai
Velasco, commanding the spanish
troops i'm the district, and with the Cu-
ban general, Lorento, whose headquar-
ters are n short distance out OF town.
The only other Americans who visited
the place were two or three tobacco
buyers, who come every season. Moth
ing in their presence gave a hint OF the
new conditions. Tobacco would con-
tinue to grow i'm Pinar Del Rio whetb-
err Spanish sovereignty was in force or
not, and buyers would continue to
come from the United States. IL is not
likely a large garrison will be estab-
lished here. Yet the presumption is
that the military control OF the west
crn end of the island will be conferred
nj this point.
There are 1000 Cuban soldiers in
this part of the province and an al
most equal number of Spanish troops.
Two-thirds of the insurgents are un-
der General Lorcnto in small camps
within a few miles of Pinar. The re-
iuainder are i'm camp at J'uerte dc
Collie, a dozen miles away. They do
not forage on the country. Instead
they send out O small squad to solicit
food from the people in the villages.
Where they have anything Cubans and
Standards both contribute. II Is an
uncertain means of existence, and can
not be continued INDEFINITELY.
The Cuban generals have excellent
control and their authority is respect
ed. No collisions have occurred with
the Spanish troops and self restraint
is shown ON both sides. Nevertheless,
the tension is plaAnful. The Cubans
say they win disbard as soop as the
Spanish troops go. General Velasco,
The Spanish commander, does not
know when that will be. Though il
might not be possible for the Spanish
forces to depart from here for two or
three months, the presence OF a small
American garrison in Pinar would re-
lieve the strain which must exist so
tong as the two armed forces continue
as at present.
In respect to the future there is n
sharp cleavage. The Spanish classes
want immediate and even forfible am
uexution. The Cubans want to try
lie experiment of an independent gov
ernraent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
CUSTER CHRONICLE
KUBLER PUBLISHER

In New York Actor John Drew il
looked upon as a living autumn FASH
Ion plate, which fact no doubt ac-
counts for the large number OF
rlubmen at the Empire theater these
days. The chappies who pose before
the windows and do the avenue are
particularly impressed with his full
skirted and long, gray frock coat
worn over a buff waistcoat in the third
act Of 1.-THE LIARS" and IL is safe to
predict similar costumes will be seen
on the promenade of the smart set as
20 as the tailors can turn them out.
Your elegant young man takes as
much interest in the costume tips fur.
nished by the new society play as do
the modish women in the gowns on
parade at the Horse show.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
SCHOOLS FOR INBNN TERRITORY
Dawes Commission Itocomincnds
Tint Schools for tie Whites
IL. EntnhliSlIed.

Washington, Nov. 1.-The annt&
,eport of the Dawes Indian. coIomls'
sion, bringing the work Of that body
In reorganizing the Indian territory TO
date is made public. III urges as .
main call for government aid
'frauaht with disastrous c'NseTlences
if delayed" a need of son e provision
by the national government Dor edu'
:a%tional purposes in the territory
While the funds and resources of the
tribes can probably supply n Sufficient
support for the schools Of ting citizen
Indians, white residents cannot share
i'm them. Poor farmers in the country
are unable to supply the lack. The
effect on the territory Of 10000 chill
dren growing up in igaahnce cannot
be measured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
Lost i'm the Moods.

Volga City, Oct. 31.-Thursday even
ing the report came that Little May,
the daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Han
a was lost in the woods. A con-
course of men went in search, but it
was not until 2 a.. m. that she was
found. A bull had thrown and paved
her nearly to death and she was un-
conscious when found. She will prob
ably recover
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05

Police Commissioners Jones and
Johnson of Atlanta, Ga, will present a
Sne gold medal to the policeman of
;hat city who shall give the best an
swer to the inquiry: What consti-
ntcs a good policeman" The answer
! 10 be in not more than fifty words,
"a it is believed that, aside from the
entertainment that will be afforded.
ne novel contest will be the means OF
bringing out some thoughts and eN-
I, LESSONS which may be of benefit to
lie police department.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05

John ID. Rockefeller has let the con-
tract for the largest monolith ever
quarried In the United States. II will
mark the family lot o fJohn ID. Rookie
Teller in Lakeyiew cemetery, Cleyc.
land, o. The monument will he stu.
diously plain. but it will attract atten-
lion from its mammoth size. The mon
ument will be ffty-lve feet high from
the base to the tip. 1t will be six
teen feet square at the base. 1t will be
located on the same ridge as the Gar.
field memorial, and will he the center
Of a~.circle of vaults for the remains of
the Rockefeller family.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
GENERAL LAYTON IN WASHINGTON
Came From Santiago to Confer With
the Administration About
Cuban Affairs.

Washington, Nov. 1.--General Hen
~ w. Lawton. who recently arrived
from Santiago, was at the war depart
mcnt today, accompanied by Captains
Mendoza and King, of his sta.f, and by
A. L. Mestre, a native Cuban. Lawton
came to Washington for consultation
with the authorities. He spent srme
time in General Corbin's Office and aft
erwards wentto the white house to see
the president. Lawton expressed his
satisfaction at the manner in which
affairs are moving in Santiago prov
ince. He believes affairs there will adj
just themselves gradually to the new
order of things.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
PREPARING TO OCCUPY CUBn
Algcr, Corbin and the PresidenI
Confer OF Transportation
Mnttera.

Washington, Nov. 1.-The presi'
dent, Secretary Alger and Adjutant
General Corbin had a conference to-
day. the principal topic under consid-
Grafton being the occupation of Cuba.
There was no disposition to change the
date, January !, fixed for the assump'
ton of control by the United States,
The questions discussed today related
mainly to transportation, ships, equip
ment, landings and camps.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
Iowa Potatoes for Cuba.

Dubuque, Oct. 31.-Joseph J. Maggie
has been awarded a contract by the
government for fifty carloads of pota-
toes TO supply the troops to be sent 10
Cuba. A car will hJid GOO TO 100 BUSH
els, so that the contrac; amounts to
10000 to $4,000 bushels. Mr.. Nagle
expects to draw on Iowa for Lis sup
ply, in fact, has already made con-
tracts for q quantity of the product.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
More than ST., 600, 900 is spent annu.

More than ST., 900, 900 is spent annu-
ally in the United States for golf. II
all goes for the pleasure Of swinging
iron mallets and skillfully driving
gutta percha balls over hazards and
bunkers. In proportion to the mum
Der of persons engaged it is the most
expensive amateur sport in the world.
The figures are given by an expert
who has gathered statistics from ev-
cry one Of the GOO clubs in the coun-
try, and do not include the thousands
Of dollars spent by owners of private
grounds. They arc probably far be-
low the actual amount. The invest
mcnts of the clubs represented are
more than $50, O00, 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05

an agreement with President Zelaya
to construct the i~nter-oceanic canal.
Officially, the state department has no
information showing that President
Zelaya has granted the concession
mentioned to build the canal after the
lapse of the next October concession OF
the Maritime Canal company. Private
advices received here, however, show
the report to be true.
'The agreement will not be effect
ive," said the official. ut will neces-
sarily have to be ratified by the Mica
raguan congress and Costa Rican legis-
lature, and the executive will then
have to pass on 1t. Costa Rica and
Nicaragua r not good enough
friends for the former TO ratify any
act Of the executive and congress of
Nicaragua. 1t was an extremely hare
task for the Maritime company to Sc
cure the concession and i doubt if an
other concession over that route could
be secured"
Maintain the Status Ono.
Would this government indorse the
new company's concession?" / asked.
II am sure the president would pre-
fer the maintenance of the status quo,"
was the reply.
There are now two bills pending in
congress providing the governments
with funds for the construction of this
canal, that will be passed the coming
session. It will be in%judicious to throw
any obstacles in the way of the con
struction Of the canal this time by in
dorsing a concession TO the new COM
pany, when the work can be com
menced in accordance with the terms
of the old concession, and be prose-
cutcd vigorously once government aid
is obtained"
Admiral Walker, chairman of the
Nicaraguan canal commission, expects
to submit the report of the commits
sion regarding the feasibility and cost
of the proposed canal, during Decem-
Der. The commission will not then go
out of existence, but will continue to
collect and report upon the data which
is now being collected. The cost of the
canal, according to the latest informa-
ton, will be higher than was believed
before the last engineering party re-
turned from Nicaragua, and it is nov
placed between $4,000, 900 and Sl25,-
100000. The canal is perfectly feas-
ible, according TO the members of the
commission. And no great difficulty
will be experienced in constructing
the Ochoa dam, concerning which the
Ludlow board apparently had grave
doubts.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
INVESTIGATING STATE COMMITTEE
Civil service Commission Has Gone
TO New Hampshire to Look
Into "a Few Matters.

Washington, Nov. l.-Ihe Owl
service commission has sent an agent
TO New Hampshire to investigate the
charges Of Ex-Governor Burrel against
the republican state committee for
making political assessments on the
United States officials in that state.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
IN EARTHQUAKE IN CLEVELAND
Three shocks Arc F6it I'm the Ohio
City, but No Damage Is
Done.

Cleveland, o., Nov. Three dis
tinct earthquake shocks were felt in
this city early today, each being pres
ent ten seconds long. The quake was
not severe enough to be noticed gen
orally except in tall buildings and Oh
seismographs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
DEWEYS CHRISTMAS PRESENT
VIII or That Day Becomesthe Senior
Ohicer OF the Ama,SC IN

Washington, Nov. Rear admiral
Miller will be placed on thu retired
list on November % and the vacancy
thus created in the grade Of, rear adj
miral will he filled by the promotion
If Commodore II. l.. Howis pm, com
mandant of the Boston navy yards.
Rear Admiral Bunce's retirement on
December 25 will make Rear Admiral
Dewey the senior officer Of the navy
and il congress reviNes the grade Of
admiral, as desired byttSecretary Long
his appointment to than rank will fol-
low without any further jumping.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05

Detroit Journal: Here the lecturer
grew very earnest.
"I am convinced" he exclaimed,
shat the woman who does her own
cooking Is more likely TO find a place
among the angels than the woman
who Doesn't"
Now q voice obtruded itself harshly.
"If she cooks with gasoline" said
the voice.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05
DISCHARGED WITH REGIMENTS
Privates OF Hospital Corps Who Have
Been Transferred Can BE lse-
Ieased From Service.

Washington, Nov. General Miles
has issued an order to the army to the
effect that privates of the hospital
corps who have been transferred from
the volunteer regiments which are &c
be mustered out will be discharged, il
they SO request, on the day their for
mer regiment is mustered out.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05

Most Of the houses and Offices in Ma
Mia have tiny panes of translucent
shells for glass. An average window
six feet long by four feet wide, con-
tains about 200 Of such panes, which
temper the heat of the sun, the shells
being very low conductors of heat.
They also prevent the blindness which
& induced by the fierce glare Of the
sun in that part of the world.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05

was the first to succumb to the dread
disease. He was sick only II few days
and died August 90. Nearly a month
afterward a sailor named Menier was
stricken with the plague and Septem-
Der 10 he died and was buried at sea.
The bark was ordered into quarantine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-11-05

When the circus owned by Jesse
Coxey, son Of the commander of the
once famous Coxey army, became
stranded i'm an Indiana town, the gen
tral came on and delivered n lecture In
The circus tent on Notwithstanding
bonds and good roads, charging an adj
mission fee.