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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02
A Wounded Hero

where he now has a wide practice, is a
member of Hatch Post, G.. A. II. and lives
at 4930 Ashland avenue. Several years
ago DIR. Clark's old wounds began to trou-
bic him. He grew weak and emaciated,
and his friends despaired of his life. He
finally recovered sufficiently to be out, but
was a mere shadow, weighing only so
pounds. The best medical attendance
failed to restore his lost strength and Wig
or. "A friend gave me a box of DR.. Will
iams' Pink Pills for Pale People" said
DR.. Clark, 'and they helped me so much
that l bought a half-dozen boxes and took
them. | soon regained my strength, now
weigh 100 pounds and, except for injuries
that can never be remedied, am as well as
ever. II consider DR.. Williams Pink pills
for Pale People the best remedy to build
mp n rundown system, and heartily rec
ommend them TO everyone in need Of such
add
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is a constitutional cure. Price rs cents.
PLAYED in Luck.

San Francisco Examiner: When the
steamship Cottage City arrived at San
Francisco from New York to join the
Klondike trade 1t carried three ship
wrecked sailors picked up at Valparaiso.
They were Jack O'Neill OF San Francis
co, William Walsh OF New York, and John
Dali, a Norwegian. They had been seam n
on the bark Momentum, wrecked seven
months ago.
1--WE were on the way from Newcastle,
Australia, Panama, when the bark sprung
"a leak" said O'Nelll, at the Sailors Home.
Captain Newhall put US at the pumps,
and he soon concluded we would nave 10
run for Easter Island. This island, mind
is away off the coast of Chile, about $500
miles from anywhere.
THE captains idea was to run the baTR
ashore, so he wasn't particular what
course he took, and, as hard luck would
have II, we banged into a reef. That set
tied Ii, and we barely succeeded in getting
ashore with our lives.
Easter Island is about twenty miles
long and eight or nine miles wide. 1t Is
inhabited by a simple and hospitable LOT
of Kanakas, about $50 of them in all. There
is a king at the head, and there are three
or four chiefs or officers, who seem TO hold
office by right Of age.
THE king took a fancy to me lie un.
tremendously conducted me TO his house
"a rude cabin Of sticks, dried mud ant
thatch. The captain and the rest of thu
crew put up with the homes OF the ordin
airy citizens, but we all had about the same
amount Of beef and sweet potatoes to eat
These are the only foods We saw on tn,
island. and as the cattle run wild ant
have scant pasturage the beef is pretty
lean. They have only one meal a day OF
the island, and that comes about 5 o'clocl
in the afternoon.
by n Of those funny freaks that al
ways happen at shipwrecks, a chest con
tanning paint had f1oated ashore. l paint
ed the kings house for him red, white anC
yellow, with trimmings of tar. His bare
footed highness thought that was out o
sight. He had an extra linn that day
just as they do at weddings and funerals
and he never stopped chuckling.
I'VE had been there six months when
sailing vessel landed and took us to Val
paraiso. The king and all his subjects
men, women and children-shouted in la
mentation as we sailed away
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02
A NAVAL r STORY.

From the Times-Herald. Chicago. III.
Late in 1861, when President Lincoln
Issued a call for volunteers, l.. j. CLARK,
of Warren, Trumbull Co., Ohio, was
among the first to respond. 1t was at the
terrific bombardment Of the vicksburg
forts that the hero Of this story fell with
a shattered arm from a charge of shrap-
mel.
After painful months In the hospital, he
recovered sufficiently to be sent to his
home at Warren, Ohio. Another call for
troops fired his patriotic zeal and Clark
soon enlisted In Company III of the eth
Ohio Volunteers. He was in many en-
gagements. Being wounded in a skirmish
near Richmond. he was sent to the hospi-
tai and thence home.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02
Wrl0Elaa

Kansas City Journal: The majority Of
wrinkles, a beauty sharp says. are caused
by worry and fretting, but some of them
como from laughing. 1t is just as impor-
tant 10 know how to laugh as II is to
know when 10 do 1t. You must not laugh
with the sides OF the face or the skin will
work loose and wrinkles will form, ac-
cording TO the kind of laugh you have. You
must not always wear a smirk or a series
Of semi-circular wrinkles will cover your
checks. The best way Is to look In the
glass and laugh and find out which kind
OF laugh suits our face best and which
produces least wrinkles. Then cultivate
that laugh for all IL is worth and IL 1t saves
deal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

crushed down the love that was rising In my
heart, and in time / should have forgotten 1t.
Now 1t Is too late. l love him, and l cannot
lose him-dear Heaven, l cannot lose him !"
She flung up her arms with a wild cry OF
despair. None ever suffered more than did
Pauline Darrell then.
oh, my SIM" she moaned, my grievous
SIM"
She tried to soothe the unhappy woman,
but Lady Darrell turned from her with all
the energy of despair.
Il cannot believe you" she cried; "it is an
Infamous plot to destroy my happiness and
10 destroy me. Hank! There is Aubrey
Langton's voice; come with me and say be.
fore him what you have said to me-"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

Every factory in the country making
powder and shell for the navy is now
running on full time, and the govern
ment has been enabled to gauge nc
curntely the possible output of these
munitions of war. 1t is 10000 pounds
of powder and 5000 projectiles of the
heaviest type daily, and this enormous
capacity will oon be still further in
creased.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

He and his wife are both handy with
their tongues, and in II pleasant way
they talk back at each other. They
were at dinner, and, in talking about
ONE friends who had gone to "the
'front.'" she said: zone would think
that you would be one Of the first to
enlist, you have so many scraps at
home?"
Well" he replied, "if | did go to
war it would only be because | wanted
n vacation"
That cost him n new summer Don.
net.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

Harper's Bazaar: People who are the vic
Tins OF sensitive teeth that crumble and
toward checking this dental decay by the
use Of a simple remedy. A bottle of milk
OF magnesia should be kept on the wash
stand. and each night, after brushing the
teeth just before retiring, some OF II
that II may reach each side of every
tooth. BY this process a coating OF the
magnesia 10 formed over the sensitive
enamel, which Is thus protected from the
action OF the acids that form in the mouth
during sleep. The magnesia will remain
on the teeth for three or four hours.
Washing the mouth with a solution OF BIZ
carbonate OF soda after eating sour fruits
or salads Is also recommended by dentists.
as the soda, like the magnesia, counter
acts the injurious eects of the acid upon
the enamel.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02
UnIuue R%Intfnrs.

Memphis Scimitar: A Philadelphia man
owns n most unique assortment of pieces
of blotting paper, collected by his father,
who was long an official of the white
house, each of which bears reversed the
signature of a President, from President
Harrison, who died a month after his cleo
ton in 1S41, to Garfield. On one sheet, the
most highly priced OF the lot, the last Of
fetal letter signed by President Lincoln
was blotted before he was assassinated by
Booth,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

A dealer in aquarium supplies in Har
lem, New York City, has a fish board.
ing-house, where members of the finn,
tribe are properly cared for until theii
owners return from their summer va
cations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

The suicide of Grace Lennon a
Sparta, Wis, because she failed to
graduate from the high school was not,
strictly speaking, a Spartan perform
ance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

With the surplus crop of young men
of 1897 in Alaska and the surplus crop
of 1898 in Cuba and the Philippines,
what will the SUMMED girl do, poor
thing?"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

Proposed Alliance With England.
II the United States and England should
form an alliance there would be little
chance for enemies to overcome us. When
men and women keep up their health
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. there
Is little chance of attacks from disease,
as II steadies the nerves and Increases the
appetite. Try IL.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

Harlem Life: She-Cap anything bs
meaner han for a girl to encourage a man
she does not intend to marry?
He-Yes; she might marry him, y know,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02
SAPOL|O
IS LIKE A GOOD TEMPER, at
SHEDS A BRIGHTNESS
EVERYWHERE"

Fliegeude Batter: Judge Ito wife OF de-
fendant)-"So you were present when your
broke into the Girls High
school?'
"Of course ] was! Would you wife al
low you to break into a girls high school
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

A Missouri belle named Mudd is to
marry a man named Clay. This shows
that she is progressive, ANYHOW,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

MRS. Winsiow's s%ooTHrse SrnuP for children
teething softens the gums, reduces Inflammation,
sIlys pain. cures wind collie. 2c 9 bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

A Dallas infant of the feminine gen.
der, born on the 1st of May, bears the
name of ~Deweyanne.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

A man who wanted to borrow 81 and
give his note for a year was one OF the APP
plicants at n Rockland, Me-, bank.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

Piso's cure for Consumption has saved
he large doctor bills.-C. l.. Baker, 1928
So, Philadelphia, Pa, Dec. s, 1895.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-02

Soon af-
terward he
began the
study and
then h G
practice of
v eterinary
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The record-union., 1898-07-20
CUBANS MAY KICK
Because Santiago Is Not Turned
Over to Them

WASHINGTON, July 19.-Secretary
Alger said to-day when entering the
Cabinet session that if the vessels of
General Miles probably had already left
port and is en- route to Porto Rico. He
said he had not been informed of his
departure, however.
Secretary Long announced that he
had no important dispatches, but that
general instructions had been issued
to the fleet to render the fullest CO.
operation with the army in attacking
Porto Rico
Secretary Alger said that the plans
for the departure of the Porto Rican
without the slightest hitch. General
Miles failure to get away on the Yale
last night was brought about through
some confusion in the telegraph orders
which authorized his departure. As
soon as the attention of the depart
ment was drawn to the matter by the
receipt of a telegram from General
Miles, he was very promptly furnished
with the permission he desired, and it
is expected that he has already sailed
from Siboney for Porto Rico. He has
with him Captain Fred. Alger, son of
the Secretary, who has been transferred
to General Miles staff from the staff
of General Duffield. Secretary Alger
declined to-day to publish the list of
troops that comprise the Porto Rican
expedition. He said that it was still
subject to change and that this in
The record-union., 1898-07-20
RED CROSS SUPPLIES.
Distributing Them to the Half
Starved Citizens of Santiago.

copyrighted. 1898, by Associated Press
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July Is (via
Kingston, Jamaica, Tuesday, July 10,
noon)-The Red Cross Society'S steamer
State of Texas arrived yesterday at 6
o'clock in the afternoon and this morn
ing al daybreak DR. Elwell, who was in
charge of the work of unloading, Sc
cured eight stores in the heart of the
city and one large shed on the dock,
engaged eighty stevedores, and began
to unload the steamer about q o'clock
She had 400 tons of provisions on
beard.
The distribution began at 3 o'clock,
allowing a pound and one-half of ra-
tions to each citizen. When the un-
leading began crowds of half-starved
citizens rushed to the dock, fighting,
trampling one another under foot,
breaking open the cases and stealing
the supplies. Finally picket of troops
was placed on the wharf, refusing ad
mittance to any one The entire cargo
had been landed before the distribu-
ton began. Each applicant was fur
nished with a ration ticket, supplied
by the local commissioners, with Gen
eral McKibben's Endorsement.
The water supply Of the city, which
was, cut off on July Sd above FL Caney
by General Garcia's troops, leaving the
town without water Will be turned on
again tonight. The ice factory re-
sumed work to-day, using the rain
water supply in the cisterns.
All the liquor stores, wholesale and
retail, are closed, under General Shat
ter's orders, but the Spanish soldiers
have a large stock of rum on hand
which they are exchanging for our
hardtack and corned beef.
Last night the city was very quiet
and there We're no disturbances, the
distribution of supplies from the State
of Texas being anxiously awaited, as
there was literally nothing in the city
to eat.
Before the refugees left for Ell Caney
-four was selling at $50 per barrel,
barrels of beans at 800 per 100 pounds,
condensed milk at So tin, and hard
tack at 81 per piece.
At FL Caney the prices We're still
higher-S25 for tin of condensed milk.
and 50 for a piece of hardtack. The
ruin and want in the city are almost
inconceivable.
Twenty-Five Cubans, political prison
ers, are still in the local Jail, but a re-
port has been submitted on the subject
by Cuban residents to General McKib
ben, the temporary Military Governor
and their release is expected
Admiral Sampson, accompanied by
Commodore Schley and the marine
staff, landed at 9 O'Clock this morning
from the Vixen and met the municipal
officers of Santiago.
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SANITARY PRECAUTIONS.
Cubans Dissatisfied Because They
Cannot Enter the City

copyrighted, 1898, by Associated Press.i
SANTIAGO, July IS, 6 p. m. (via
Kingston, July 10, 10 a. m.)-Strenuous
efforts to prevent the spread of infec
tious diseases among the American
troops in front of Santiago de Cuba
were made SO soon as the city surren-
dered and for the past thirtysix hours
our soldiers have been sent as rapidly
as possible to the hills to the north of
the city, where new camps have been
established.
Everything possible is being done to
improve the sanitary ca/ldition of the
camps, especially in case of the troops
which are expected to take part in the
expedition to Porto Rico. OF the reg
iments here only those which are not
in the slightest infected will be allowed
to go to Porto Rico The others will
remain here for the present, encamped
on the high ground north of Santiago
Two immune regiments from New Or
leans and Mobile are expected here dali
ly and upon their arrival they will be
The record-union., 1898-07-20
NOTHING IMPORTANT.
Reported Strained Relations at
Manila Not Credited.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-Nothing of
Importance came before to-day's Cabi-
net meeting. One member remarked
that an adjournment might have been
taken at the end of fifteen minutes so
far as the transaction of business was
concerned. A dispatch from Admiral
Dewey was received stating that there
was no change in the situation there.
1t was the opinion Of members of the
Cabinet that the reported strained re-
lauons between Admiral Dewey and
the German Admiral are without any
foundation in fact. This is indicated
by the fact that Admiral Dewey's dis
patch was taken to Hongkong by a
German warship. Both the President
and Secretary Day are said to have
assured the Cabinet members that
nothing of an aggravating nature had
occurred at Manila between the Amer
lean and German forces and their re-
marks gave rise to the belief that the
President has received fresh assurances
from Germany of her intention to ad-
here strictly to her policy of neutrality.
Secretary Alger said after the Cab-
net meeting that General Miles had ex-
pected to start for Porto Rico yester-
day but had been unable to get away.
He would start to-day it was thought.
1t was said that the campaign against
San Juan will be conducted ~yith much
caution and the rush of events at Bal
quiri will not be repated. The forward
movement. it is said. will not be begun
until force superior to the Spaniards
at every point has been landed and fur
nished supplies sufficient to meet all
possible requirements Great care and
deliberation will characterize all move
ments with a view to avoiding the
hardships that befell the Santiago expe-
dition.
The record-union., 1898-07-20

enough at Norfolk to have their batter
les strengthened.
When the war broke out a large num-
Der of these auxiliary craft were pur-
chased. They have been distributed
along the coast from Maine to Flor
ida, at some forty or more points, max
ing an effective coast patrol. There
is felt to be no further need of this pa
troll, so that, with the exception of a
few important points, the aux'''
craft will be withdrawn for serv
Cuba
Bids will be opened tomorrow in New
York in the presence of Colonel Hecker,
Chief of the Transportation Bureau of
the War Department, for the convey
ance home to Spain of the Spanish
army captured by General Shafter
Meanwhile, in advance of the opening.
a bid has come to the department from
one of the big foreign lines proposing
to carry $4,000 men from Santiago to
Cadiz for the lump sum of f125000.
Any Increase or diminution in the num-
Der will be charged for in the same pro-
portion. This bid is being held up
subject to the formal opening to-mor-
row.
The record-union., 1898-07-20
GOVERNMENT NOT UNEASY.
Has Assurances as to the Attitude
Of Germany.

WASHINGTON, July 19.-It was
stated at the Navy Department that no
dispatches have been received from Ad-
miral Dewey relating to the important
events in the Philippines described in
the press cables. 1t is evident, how
ever, that the officials do not now feel
the same concern relative to the atti-
tude Of the German naval force at Ma
Mia that they did when the AdmiraPs s
last dispatch was received. 1t was not
stated officially, but theee is good rea-
son to believe that either through En-
bassador White at Berlin, or the repre-
sentative of the German Government
here, the State Department has received
some assurances as to the attitude of
Germany toward the Philippines that
have in a large measure removed the
grave apprehension heretofore enter
tanned that Germany would offer obsta
cles to the execution of our plans.
1t is not known just what the nature
of these assurances are, and it may be
that they are based upon some facts
communicated by Admiral Dewey as
to the exchanges which have taken
place between himself and the German
Admiral in the Philippines, for it is
known that for political reasons, the
Navy Department withheld from pub
lication a large and important section
of Dewey's cablegram received several
days ago. The reported negotiations
between the insurgent leader, Aguinal-
do, and the Spanish Captain General,
August, have not yet been reported
officially to our Government. 1t is,
however a matter of congratulation to
the officials here that in all the relations
we have had so far with the insurgents,
Admiral Dewey has carefully refrained
from committing the United States in
any way and has neverNin the slight
est degree relaxed the extreme caution
he adopted originally as his guiding
principle in dealing with the insurgents.
Unsavory stories of previous exhibit
tions of lack of integrity on the part
of the insurgent leaders had led the
Government here to adopt a very wary
attitude in all communications with
these people, and the same rule Of ac-
tion now governs its conduct. 1t does
not follow from this that the Govern
ment is convinced that Aguinaldo is
playing false. There is no doubt that
the pro-Spanish element in the Philip
pines and in Asia would lose no oppor-
tunity to create that impression with a
view TO causing a breach between the
United States military and naval COM
manders and the insurgents, but the
very suggestion Of the adoption by the
insurgents of the course attributed to
them tends very strongly to retard the
The record-union., 1898-07-20
Lacks Sanitary Features, and is a
veritabIe PesthoIe.
Nearly Two Thousand Patients Found In
the Hospital, and There Are
Six Cases Of yeI-
low Fever.

SANTIAGO, July 1S.-(via Kingston,
a thorough examination made of the
sanitary condition of Santiago. The
work was done by DR.. Goodfellow of the
Generals staff and by civilian ply
sician. DR.. Orlando Dwiker. They find
that although there are at present but
six cases of yellow fever in the city. in
addition to two suspects, the town Is
ripe for an epidemic. Santiago and
Rio Janeiro are considered the greatest
fever breeding centers in the world.
This town lacks every sanitary feature
at its best and now, after two months
siege, leaving it dirty and repellant, it
is a veritable pesthole. The awful
stenches that arise from the streets
stagger and choke one. No cordial in
Santiago has the power TO wash out
this odor from ones throat.
The city of Santiago is T. typical
tropical place, with narrow crooked
streets and low, one-storiedi dwellings
and stores. Many of the houses are
succeed and painted with startling col
ors, sky blue and vivid shades of green
predominating These, with the red
tiles of the roofs and the quaint veran-
das, show evidences of past pictur-
esqueness, but everything is now in a
state of dilapidation and decay and
the city is but a shadow of it's former
SELF The majority of the houses are
absolute ruins and the once beautiful
public squares are now utterly neglect
ed. There is no sewage system. The
city drainage is all from the surface
into the harbor and through the lower
part of the city much of the drainage
runs, especially from the poor quarter
around the bull ring, to the northwest
of the city, which is the breeding CEN
ter of malaria, typhoid and other low
fevers There are four hospitals in
the city, the civil hospital, presided
over by the Sisters of Charity, and the
military, Mercedes and Conchas hospi-
tails In these four hospitals are 1,I41
patients, which is a comparatively
small number, considering the lack of
food and long siege, but it must be re-
membered that the reconcentrados were
never admitted to the hospitals and
when the notifications of the proposed
bombardment by our batteries were
The record-union., 1898-07-20

received every patient who could stag
ger out was driven into the streets.
Twenty lepers who were N the civil
hospital were turned into the streets
and they have been roaming in the
streets ever since. The largest num-
ber of patients are in the military hos
pital, where are twenty-seven wounded
Spanish officers and 431 wounded
Spanish sailors and soldiers. In ad-
malaria and dysentery and six cases
of yellow fever