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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
FATALLY SHOT BY A WIDOW,
Memphis College Professor Is Dy'
ing and the Woman Is
Dead.

Memphis, Jan. IA ~deplorable trag-
edy occurred in the outskirts of Mem
phis yesterday afternoon. DR.. S. A. Rog-
ers, professor of anatomy at the Mem
phis Medical college, ex-president OF the
board Of health and one of the most
prominent physicians Of this city, was
shot by Mrs. Mary Sanbrink, a widow.
and today lies in a critical condition at
st. Joseph's hospital.
After shooting DR.. Rogers the woman
turned the revolver TO her breast and
sent a bullet through her heart. h
cause Of the tragedy Is yelled in the
deepest mystery.
The shooting occurred seven miles
from Memphis on the banks of the Nom
connah creek.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
TROUBLES IN BUSINESS WORLD
George T.. Brett OF Mankato Makes
IA Personal Assign

Mankato, Mimi. Jan. 11.-George 4.
Brett of the dry goods firm of George
L. Brett & Co., Incorporated, made a
personal assignment, naming Henry
Paddock as assignee.
The failure has resulted from Mr..
Brett's own personal investments and
Endorsements at Duluth, made jointly
with the late John A. Willard. The
principal cause of the assignment was
the floating indebtedness of $4,000 on
the Chamber of Commerce building.
The large dry goods house bearing
Mr.. Brett's name will not be affected
by the assignment. The liabilities and
assets are unknown, but will be filed
i'm a few days.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

a police raid on a slot machine joint
at Cincinnati resulted in an eNamina-
ton Of the machines and the discovery
that they were constructed with
short decks on the rollers. That is
to say. instead OF a full deck of cards
the roller lacked several, making a re
duction of the players chances be-
tween 80 and 40 per cent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Petitions are being distributed in
every town along the Des Moines rir-
or which contain a request to ask the
state legislature to make a vigorous
attempt TO buy the dam across that
stream at B~onaparte, Ia, and to orel
up the Des Moines to the fish, which
are unable 10 pass the obstruction.
Sportsmen, especially the disciples of
Izaak Walton, are anxious TO see the
obstruction removed. #.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
DANIELS BEFORE The COMMITTEE
Presented n Specimen OF Forged
Ticket He Claimed Were
Sold by Brokers.

Washington, Jan. s.-George II.
Daniels general passenger agent of the
New York Central railroad was the
first witness before the senate inter-
state commerce committee on the anti
scalping bill. He said that the rail
road companies would not make any
effort to reply to the ticket brokers
but for the fact of the representations
made by the Ticket Broker Falls. He
represented, he said, not only the New
York Central but practically all the
railroatd lines of consequence in the
country. He presented a specimen of
forged tickets sold by brokers which
represented a loss Of $4,000 to the
railroads east of Chicago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

A rumor that the Eiffel tower was
out of the perpendicular has lead TO
an examination by an expert, who re-
ports that it does bend first one way
and then another, because OF the alter
nate expansion and contraction of the
iron in changes of temperature, so that
it is really always in motion, yet quite
safe, at the same time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
SECRETARY ALGER SERIOUSLY ILL
He Develops Typhoid Fever Symp'
toms aud His Friends are
Much Alarmed.

Chicago, Jan. ia special 70 the CHToH-
icle from Washington says.
The members of the family and the i'm
mediate friends of Secretary Alger are
seriously disturbed about his Illness. His
physicians now fear that he has typhoio
fever. 49,
General Alger has been confined TO his
bed for more than three weeks. AT hrst
IL was thought he was suffering from the
grip, and he was treated accordingly len
DAYS ago his physician concluded ms
trouble was due to malarial fever, and
since that time has treated him for that
disease,
the doctors will not say ii is a pronounced
case of typhoid fever, they are very much
apprehensive that it will turn out that
way. They said last night that the dis
ease would be fully developed today If II
is typhoid fever. General Alger has lost
flesh rapidly since he was first attacked.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

No fewer than 1900 acres of barren
land have been made fruitful in the
Sahara desert, an enterprise represent
ing perhaps the most remarkable cx-
ample of irrigation by means of arte-
sian wells which can anywhere be
found. Algeria owe 10 this method of
cultivation that il is becoming a most
important wine producing country, as
may be gagged from the fact that it
sent to France in 1896 100000 JOG gal
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Years ago, when one of the now
bursted Wichita banks was running,
its officials caused a certain money
borrower to insure his life and trans
fer the policy to the bank as security.
Year after year the bank pa d the pre-
MUM and kept the policy alive. The
other day the man died and the receiv-
er of the bankrupt institution collect
ed $500 from the insurance. II
turned out TO be the best investment
the bank had ever made.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Ernst Bruncken, the secretary of the
forestry commission Of Wisconsin, is
making Jealous efforts To secure the
reforesting of the cut-oyer lands of the
state with pine trees. He announces
that the pine kings" have promised
to replant their cut-over lands with
trees a year old, if the state will seh
that the fire law pertaining to forests
is strictly enforced.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Burglars broke into the fortress OF
Vincennes, nca Paris, recently, and
after stealing money and valuables OF
tho soldiers and officers, used the tools
of the military blacksmith shop to
break into the commissariat, which
they plundered, and then made their
way through the meat by means of the
ladders in the fort.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
Ills Head Blown on.

Chamberlain, a 1l.-John Rush..
member Of the board of county commits
s.oncrs, was found at his home about
twelve miles northeast Of here, yesterday
forenoon. with the top Of his head blown
off. A shotgun nearby showed how he
met his death. 1t Is thought to be a case
Of suicide, but no reason Is known for the
act. The night before Rush complained
OF headache. He was a bachelor and lived
near his sister, with whom he boarded.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
THU DEGENERATE
PAYS The AWFUL PENALTY
After One of the Most Stubborn Fights in
the History of the California Courts
the Fatal Drop Is Sprung.
How He Was Watched,

The prisoners every breath was fol-
lowed by six watchful eyes, never for
of the death watch has been increased
with the passing of every day and
hour, always fearful of an attempt at
suicide. In the case of the condemned
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Washington, Jan. THE president
has nominated: +. @. Lowell, United
States district judge, district Of Mas
sachusetts; o. L. w. Smith, North
Carolina, minister to Liberia; L. H.
Richardson, Indiana, assistant comp
troller of the treasury; j. b. Kemble,
collector of information rcvenue for
the southern district of Iowa; Jona-
than Merriam. pension agent. Chicago.
Postmasters In Iowa: F. j. Will,
Eagle Grove; T. II. Hascley. lamp
ton; 81. e. SpIth, BOWS.
The only tlliiF TIL ttSvGl5 a. fast a.
: 10 b . 90 sun. which nles ct Tia rate
of I0vmiist "a tcvy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Seventy-eight snakes in one with
ing mass were unearthed by men in
the employ of the public works de-
partment Of New Bedford, Mass, re-
Gently. The reptiles were about a foot
below the surface of the ground, and
had gone into winter quarters. Near
the same locality the same men dis
covered n nest of twenty snakes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Under n new regulation at the
Enoch Pratt free library in Baltimore
holders of cards may have a second
card, called a students card, issued to
them. On the students card no works
of fiction nor juvenile works will be
issued, the purpose being to
age the reading of solid books.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Grand opera in Paris, according to
official accounts, has been given at an
expenditure over receipts OF 100000
francs in five years, an average loss,
that is, of $50, 900 u year. The subyen-
ton of 100000 francs a year reduces
the annual deficit 10 $4,000. but there
is a further yearly deficit OF $4,000 on
the opera concerts.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Thomas M%ansheld's residence, six
miles southwest Of Washington, Ind,
caught fire in the morning. The roof
was burning briskly when an Evans
Vile and indianapolis passenger train
happened along. The engineer stop
ped the train and the passengers and
trainmen carried water from the ten
der and eXtinguished the flames.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

The supreme court of California has
decided that under certain circum-
stances a wife may be compelled to
support her husband. This decision
was rendered in the case of an aged
and infirm spouse who was deserted by
his wife. The wife was ordered to pay
the husband S24 a month.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

An Alaska tra> eler recently de-
scribed some extraordinary phenome-
ma connected with a small lake, named
Tides rise and fall in the lake, perhaps
on account of an underground connec-
ton with the sea, At the bottom, he
says, the water is salt, but on the top
there is a layer of sweet water.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

The first of the Booth-Tucker colo.
mics in the west has been established
at Soledad, i'm California. Another is
to be organized in the Arkansas val
ley, 10 Colorado, where the Salvation
army commander has an option on a
3.000-acre tract.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

The travelling library is to be intro
duced IN Missouri. Ii will be under
the excellent auspices of the Missouri
Federation of Women's clubs, who
have made a study of travelling library
methods in New York, Ohio, Iowa.
Michigan and other states.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

In Kansas City, al ordinance maxi
ing it unlawful for street car compa-
MES to collect fare from passengers
who are compelled to stand, and pro-
viding for other rigorous regulations
designed to prevent crowding. has
had the effect Of producing additional
cars.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
NO PLACE FOR OURRANT.
Crematories and Cemeteries Re-
fuse to Receive His
RemniuS.

Chicago, Jan. LA special to the Chron-
icle from San Francisco says:
There seems to be no place for the body
of Theodore Durrant. Both crematorles
here have absolutely refused to handle the
remains and no cemetery has yet con-
senterd to receive them. They are still at
the Durrant house and 1t looks as il they
would stay there for some time. The elder
Durrant said yesterday:
my efforts to carry out the last wishes
of my dead boy have been unavailing. The
crematories refuse to take the body and
cemeteries are likewise reluctant. We may
ship the remains to Los Angeles and have
them cremated there, or we may take the
body and bury 1t at sea. We don't know
yet what we can do"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

pes Moines. Ia, Jan. 7-Represent-
atives Of the Adams Express company
opened an III smelling box which had
been In the Office several days, and
found the remains Of o human body
SIT ssntc hits petsctlyss wore placed
on t1fUcGSe.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

The steam craft of the United States
last year carried 100000 passengers,
with a loss of forty-six passengers and
1877 men belonging to the crews. Com
petent steamboat inspection has
greatly reduced the number of acct
dents.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
WAS HER FOURTH ATTEMPT.

Daughter OF Ex-Governor Waite
Tried TO Kill Herself-.Was
Despondent.
washington, Jan. 11.-Miss May Waite.
a years old, and said to be q daughter Of
Ex-Governor Waite Of Colorado. attempt
ed to commit suicide by taking strychnine.
She was formerly employed In the gov
eminent printing ONCE. but lost her place
and grew respondent over this and the
marriage OF Arthur Waite. q brother. en-
ployed in tho government printing ONCE.
to whom she was greatly attached. Her
condition IL not regarded as serious. It Is
aid that this Is the fourth time she has
attempted suicide.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

morning of 1895 that San Francisco Was
horrided by the finding of "a beautiIuI
young girl, dead in q closet open,rS on iii
the library Of Emanuel church. Ins or,
eeio'he es'a an s"y tSsn almost hacked to pieces
with a case knife borrowed from tne
church Kitchen. The motive OF tne mnns
der was revealed by .physicaI Urine
wreaked on the girl. For ten lays biahene
Lamont, another young girl nad penn
missing from her home In the city, anu ~
clue had been round 10 accoun. ~ he
body OF Minnie Williams In the noIhpy
closet CAV the police an idea, ana 'hey
attacked every Granny and corner "
Emanuel church. They finally broke down
a barred door that gave access to the bel,
fry, and high up I'm the steeple they tounu
the body of the missing girl. Inc pouy
was stark naked, the hands folded across
the chest, the head resting on n DOCK OF
wood. on the throat were the prints OF
the nails OF the fingers that had strangieu
her.
the assistant Sunday school superintend-
ent Of the church, and had offered mar
riage TO Blanche Lamont, and possibly
10 Minnie Williams. also. They were both
pure, pretty young girls, whose utmost
dissipation was a Christian Endeavor
meeting.
Durrant was not only tried on the charge
of numbering Blanche Lamont. but the
ON'Ni NeSN oboihSi I'M" ""S NiNNNS
strong.
30 ard man'sEnort,.
Washington, Jan. 81. III. Boardman,
attorney for Durrant, left his hotel early
this morning to make a last desperate
effort 70 secure a stay OF proceedings.
His plan was TO see the individual mem
bers of the supreme court in the hope OF
securing from one Of them a signature
to an order for a writ of habeas corpus.
Failing in this, to appear before court at
moor and ask for a writ Of habeas corpus
or prohibition. Application for a writ
OF stay was made to Justice Shiras by
Boardman at the formers residence be-
fore he went to the court roo and was
In the same form as the application
made yesterday to Justices Brewer and
Harlan. Justice Shiras declined to issue
the writ. Boardman did not see the
other members OF the court for want of
time before converting court.
Almost Immediately after the MEM
bers OF the supreme court took their
seats Boardman sought TO present a pc
tition for a writ OF habeas corpus. He
had not been admitted TO the bar and 10
save time presented a personal petition.
Boardman read the petition at length,
consuming half an hour, the justices
asking many questions TO get at the e
act status of the case. The Justices then
retired TO consider the case.
Writ Denied.
The supreme court denied the writ OF
habeas corpus In the Durrant case.
In announcing the decision Of the
court the chief justice said it was
unanimous. A decision was reached
after thirty minutes consultation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
Steamers

Marseilles, Jan. s.--The steamer re.
ported foundered last Saturday off
Bauduck, proves to have been the
French steamer Louis. A crew Of AT.
teen was lost.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
Come ca China.

Toulon. Jan. S.-rhe cruiser Peail has
sailed to reinforce the French fleet In
Chinese waters.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
PENSIONS FOR THE VETERANS
Several Iowa and Nebraska Veter-
I'M Are Placed on the Roll
OF Honor.

Washington, Jan. lo.-The following list
Of pensions were granted Saturday:
Iowa-Original: Charles e. Adams, Car
roll, S.; John l.. Glasener. Guthrie Center.
s.; Richard II. Warden. Ottumwa, IS.
Reissue: Milton II. Ross, Hampton. 81;
Widows and Minors. Restoration and Re-
issue: Minors Of John Urban. Pekay, SIC.
Observation-Disclosures: Isaac Zion, STAN
ton, Sc to s..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

To Increase Treasury Bonds.
Madrid, Jan. s.-The Gazette has
published a decree for increasing the
treasury bonds 200, 0oo, ZOO pcsetas, Sc
cured by customs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Eminent Physician Dead.
Moscow, Jan. 5.-Dr. Zaccharin, the
famous physician to Gear Alexander
III. is dead.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
'hc Colomel ls There.

The OlOse % There.
Pekin, Jan. s.-The Russian mill.
tary adviser, Colonel Narinefi, engaged
by China, has arrived here.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

A. j. Benton OF Iowa has been reinstated
as compositor in the government printing
office.
p. s. Williams has been appointed post
master at Davenport, Thayer county, Ne
braska, vice II. ii. Pattitx, resigned.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
Writ Denied.

The supreme court denied the writ OF
habeas corpus In the Durrant case.
In announcing the decision OF the
court the chief justice said it was
unanimous. A decision was reached
after thirty minutes consultation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
People Wild.

Cleveland, Jan. Especial from Ma
ryville, o., At the home of Represen-
tative Griffith of the state Legislature
hte people are wild and threats of vio-
lence are made against Griffith. Two
Kurtz men from Columbus, while here,
narrowly escaped violence at the
hands of the angry republicans. A
mass meeting of Grifith's constitu-
ents is called for tonight to take ac-
ton.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Columbus, o., Jan. 5.-There were
no developments in the senatorial
fight today. If either side has secured
any new recruits the fact Is kept un-
der cover, and likely the position of
several members of the Legislature will
not be known until the vote for sem
ator is reached. The feature Of the
day was the passage by the house OF
the bill repeating the fifty year fran
chises for street railways, a bill
thought to be aimed ut Hanna.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-14

erection, asking that an amendment or amendme--., t this Charter. to be set ou. Tn such petition, be submittef. to .he people, the Board must submit to lne vote of the electors of the City and Sounty the proposed amendment or amendments.
 The signatures to the petition need not all be appended to one paper. Each sisner shall add to his signature his place or residence, giving the street ana number. One of the signers or edcn such paper shall make oath be- lcI1 an oi ger competent to administer oalns that the statements made therein seb sre true and that each signature 10 such paper appender is the gen ,e signature of the person whose name purports to be thereto subscribed.
 The Board of Election Commissioners must make ali necessary provision TOT suoini.llng the proposed amendment or oilehu1nentS to the electors at a spe- clal election to be called by it, and shall canvass the vote in the same manner oe III other CTS of election.
 All the F-ovislons of the Constitution or the State embracing the subject Tn lhls section provided for are hereby ex- pfessly made applicable to such pro posed amendment or amendments. But IL IL a. any time there shall be no const- lutional provision or provisions unuer Mhlch h this Charter may be amended, then the aforesaid amendment or al aIienoments must be submitted by the ooaro or Election Commissioners tc me vote or the electors of the City and county at the election which next en- sues sue, after such petition is filed with the supervisors. if any such election is not 10. 10 be held within sixty days after the ming of such petition.
 Ihe. tickets used at such election snall contain the words FOR THE A AsMENDMENT" (stating the nature of the proposed amendment) and
 AGAINST THE AMENDMENT lstating the nature of the proposed amendment).
 IT a majority of the votes cast upon sucn amendment or amendments shall De in favor of the adoption thereof, the Board of Election Commissioners saall. within thirty days from the time oL such election. proclaim such fact, and thereupon this Charter shall be amended accort lgly.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-14
CHAPTER III.
Contracts.

SECTION 1. All contracts for goods, merchandise, stores, supplies subsist- ty, as well as for all subsistence sup plies, drugs. and other necessary arti- cles for hospitals, prisons. puhlic insti- tutions and other departments not oth- erwise specifically provided for in this Charter, must be made blythe Supervis- ors with the lowest bidder offering ad- equate security, after publication for not less than ten days in the official and no purchase thereof or liability therefor shall be made or cre- ated except by contract
 Except as otherwise provided in this Charter. the Board must determine annually what goods, merchandise, stores, supplies, drugs, subsistence and other necessary articles will be needed by the City and County for the ensuing
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-14
CONTENTS.

ARTICLE VII-Continued. Chapter V-School Tax Levy. Chapter V1-Schoolhouses and Lots. Chapter V1I-Public Library and Read ing-roomS.
  ARTICLE VIII POLICE DEPART
 MENT. Chapter Reorganization. Chapter II-Police Commissioners. Chapter IV-Chief of Police. Chapter V-Subordinate Officers. Chapter VI-Police Officers. Chapter V!I-Promotions, Suspensions Chapter VIIT-Unclaimed and Stolen Property.
 Chapter Ix-Present Police Force. Chapter A-Police Relief and Pension Fund.
 ARTICLE IX-FIRE DEPARTMENT. Chapter Reorganization and Powers. Chapter 1I-Duties of Commissioners. Chapter III-The Chief Engineer. Chapter IV-Fire Companies. Chapter Wire Marshal. Chapter VI-Fire Wardens Chapter VII-Firemen's Relief Fund. Chapter VIII-Salaries Chapter IX-Department of Electricity. ARTICLE X-DEPARTMENT OF PUB
 LIC HEALTH. ARTICLE DEPARTMENT OF
 ELECTIONS. 2 Chapter I-Board of Election Commis- sioners.
 Chapter II-Municipal Elections. ARTICLE XII-ACQUISITIONO OF PUB
 LIC UTILITIES. ARTICLE XIII-CIVIL SERVICE. ARTICLE XIV-PARK COMMISSION
 FRS. Apr1cr -PONDS OF OFFICIALS ARTICLE xvI-MISCELLANEO
 SCHEDULE.