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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
GLADSTONE'S CONDITION.
Son of the Dying Statesman Asks
Prayers for His
Gather.

Hawarden, April 19.-Mr. Gladstone
passed a less comfortable day. His
doctors say there has been little
change in his condition during the past
week. Mrs. Gladstone and the other
members of the family attended SER
vice in the Hawarden chapel yesterday
morning, Rev Stephen Gladstone Off
ciating.
AS Indicating the gravity of Mr..
Gladstone's condition it is noted that
the officiating clergyman requested the
prayer of the church for his father.
He also requested the prayers Of the
church for his father. He also request
ed the prayers Of his congregation that
"peace might be maintained between
two great Christian countries, the
United States and Spain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

While the state Of North Carolina
owns SO, 200, 900 worth of stock in the
North Carolina railroad, it. is said not
to have had until recently a scrap of
paper as tangible evidence Of that own
ership. State Treasurer Worth has a
new certificate, and whether any was
ever before issued is not known. \
search Of all the records and documents
the treasurer's office failed TO reveal
any signs belonging to the state.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
TO CUT OFF SPAIN'S SUPPLY
The President Considers an En-.
barge ON Cuba and Costa

Washington, April 19.-President
Mckinley is seriously considering the
advisability of taking action which
will prevent vessels carrying supplies
to Cuba and Puerto Rico. Information,
which Las been officially received az
the state department., shows that Spain
is purchasing large quantities of pro.
visions and coal and is shipping them
i'm to Havana and San Juan, Puerto
Rico. which will be blockaded by the
American squadron in the event OF
war.
There is considerable doubt as to
whether the president can, under the
law as it now stands, forbid the eXi
portation of supplies to Cuba and
Puerto Rico. When war commences
of course. an embargo will follow, but
whether he can take up such action
in time of peace is a question which
the law officials of the government,
will seriously study before taking ac
ton.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

begin its use.
Mrs. Tfnkham, of Lynn, Mass, will give you her advice free o all chargeh you
will write her about yourself. Your letter will be seen by women only, andyou
need have n o hesitation about being perfectly frank.
Read what Mrs. B. A. LOMBARD, Box II, Westdale Mass, says:
oIhaye eason to think that would notbe here nowifith had ut been fol Lydia
f. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound. Itcured me ola fbrod tumor in my womb
Doctors could do nothing for me- and they could not cure me att the hospital. l
will tell YOU abouti. / had been in my usual health, but had worked quite
hard. Whenm IN monthly period cam on / flowed very badly. The doctor gave
me medicine,b but it did me no good. He saidthe flow must be stopped possible,
and he must find the Of my trouble. Upon examination he found there
wasa fbrdd tumor rim my womb, and gave me treatment without any benefit
whatever. About that time a lady called O. me and recommended Lydia h.
pinkbarn,s Vegetable Compound; said she owed her life TO it. 1said l would
try 1T, and did. Soon after the flow became more natural and regular. still
continued taking the Compound for some time. Then the doctor nae an eX'
animation again, and found everything all right The tumor had passed away,
and that dull ache was gone"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

Harvard college observatory is plum
ing itself much upon the fact that Ed
ward S. King succeeded on February
% in photographing satisfactorily the
o%ccultation of a star by the moon, the
first time, it is claimed, the feat has
been accomplished. The plate was
moved automatically every second by
means of an electromagnetic, and the
time of the stars disappearance be-
hind the moon was fixed to within one
tenth of a second.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease, n powder for the
feet. 1t cures painful, swollen, smart
ing feet and instantly takes the sting
out Of corns and bunlons. It's the great
est comfort discovery of the age. Al
lens FoOt-Ease makes tight-iitting or
new shoes feel easy. 1t Is Il certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot,
tired, nervous, aching feet. Try it to,
day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores. BY mail for 25c in stamps. Trial
package FREE. Address Allen $. Ohm,
sted, lie Roy, y. y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
Bloody ApriI.

Springfield Republican,: IL is n curious
fact that the revolutionary war, the Mex
lean war and the civil war began I'm the
month of April. while the same may be
said OF the war Of lS12-1f. II we may con-
slider as the beginning OF hostilitics the
ninety-days embargo placed April 4, 1872
upon all vessels In the ports OF the United
States. Now that we seem TO be on the
brink OF a war with Spain, we glance at
the calendar and find ourselves I'm April
again, with three weeks to spare before
the month will be gone. II this isn't a CO.
Incidence. what IR LIZ
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
Claims Against Uncle Sam.

Deadwood, April 16.-Ever since the
early settlement of the whites IN the
Black Hills there have beeen Il number
If claims the government for alleged
Expectations of the Indians. The
alaims have now been long pending
md are for considerable amounts,
ranging from $500 to 100000 each. The
government has SEN G, NJ. Horton to
his city from Washington to investi-
sate the cases and it is stated that the
government intends TO make a speedy
settlement of all the claims.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

. The Kentucky supreme court has
just held valid an agreement between
undertakers to refuse their services to
anyone who has rcpudiated a bill due
to a member of their association, on
the broad ground that ''any private
person has the right, for any reason,
to refuse TO enter into business rcla-
tons with any other person, and that
the same right extends to any number
of persons" This decision seems to
legalize the boycott in Kentucky.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

Two ancient vessels have been found
buried in the earth at Adria, in the
italian province OF Rovigo, eighteen
miles from the Adriatic sea. The pIanks
OF which the vessels are constructed
are Of unusual thickness and are fas-
tened together with broad headed iron
nails. Adria was Il seaport, but the
Adriatic has steadily receded, and it. is
supposed that the ships, having been
left high and dry centuries ago. grad
ually sunk into the sand.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

European court officials are getting
careless. The prince Of Naples master
OF the household has been dismissed
at the request Of the princess for pre-
senting to her at a reception a person
who before her marriage had bee n
ballet girl at the San Carlo theatcr,
and Queen Victoria's lord chamberlain
has been hauled over the Goals for a
presentation at the last drawing room
that will have TO be annulled.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

At Lawrence five prominent Kansa"
university young men appeared on the
streets chained together and under
guard, carrying fire shovcls and large
feather busters. 1t was merely an in
i~tlation ceremony Of the Theta Mu Ep.
silon fraternity. The young men were
compelled TO clean W entire street
crossings with the shovcls and brush
them with the feather busters in the
presence Of hundreds Of witnesses.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

Paris Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals has received a leg
acy OF 5000, 900 francs from Nine.
Cbassegros, who was a noted deml-
mondaine under the second empire.
The conditions attached are that pre-
cautions shall be taken to prevent the
i'll treatment of horses, and an effort
made to improve the condition of the
public pounds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

Philae's ruins are doomed, the con
tract for the great dam across the Nile
valley at Assouan and at Assiut having
been given 10 IN English firm. The
Assouan dam will be of solid granite,
seventy-siX feet higher than the river
bed at its lowest point, 5000 feet long,
and must be completed in five years.
The work will be paid for in annual
installments of $500, 900, extending
over thirty wears.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
Receiver Amounted.

Deadwood, April 16.-Judge Moore
has appointed Hutchinson Stevens OF
Lead receiver for the firm of Smith d
Whealen, furniture dealers OF this city.
The petition for receiver was made by
Smith, the senior member of the firm,
who alleges that his partner had not
kept correct books of the firm and had
appropriated the firms money to his
own use. This is one OF the largest
furniture firms in the Black Hills.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

The Fish and Game Protection cluU
of Montreal, Canada, asks the province
of Quebec to give a bounty for wolf
scalps, and one Of their observant
members suggests that while they arc
about it they should include foxes, a"
these animals, he is convinced, are
much more destructive OF small gains
than wolves, even. The fox, he says
is the great destroyer of partridges'
and in his tramps through the woods
he has had abundant proof Of it..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

The resident physician Of the Boston
city hospital has completed a study of
SOD cases Of diphtheria at that instiLu-
ton, i'm which anti-toXin vas employed
and materially reduced the death rate.
The number Of non-fatal GASES was
679, and in many of these, the physi-
clan says, the patient would have sue
cumbed but for the an~ti-toNin, while
i'm no case was there the slightest indi-
cation of any injurious effect
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
ARE WATCHING THE AMMUNITION
Supplies Purchased In Germany
oy Spain May BE
Held.

Berlin, April 19.-Senor Sandoval
the Spanish agent here, is going &c
Kiel Monday to test the thirteen Sch
warzkopf torpedoes, which he pur-
chased for Spain before shipment to
that country. The United States en-
bassy has been notified Of the facts
and will request the German govern.
ment to prevent shipment of t~orpedoes
If a war breaks out before they are on
the way to Spain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
Get Federal Positions.

Huron, April ~1G.-James Mcdowell
of IIighmore, who has just returned
from Washington, brings with him his
commission as national bank exam
iner.
viii Beach of Sioux Falls gets the
Cheyenne Indian agency. Mr.. Mellow
ellis commission was issued January
~. and both appointments were made
without the Endorsement of National
Committeeman Kittredge and without
his knowledge. Prominent republic
ans here are pleased with the selec-
tons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
A Golf Umbrella.

The new golf umbrella is a small sum
shade OF red silk without any fussy lace
trimmings that would catch or tear when
carried in q golf bag along with the cleek
and nibliCk and mid-iron. 1t can be rails
ed In case of n sudden furry OF rain drops
which Is not sufficient to send an euthu-
slaetic golf player to cove"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

Colonel Amos Webster of Boston has
presented to the state of Massachu-
setts a United States garrison flag,
which was given to him by General
Grant after the surrender at Appomat-
fox. 1t is the flag which waved over
the generals headquarters at City
Point, Va, in April, 1865. Colonel Web
ster served throughout the war, and
at it's close was on the staff of General
Grant.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

A woman's club has been formed in
Ponca City, Ok, the rules Of which pre-
scribe that the candidate must remain
single, make a verbatim report in open
meeting of every proposal of marriage
received, learn how to smoke cigara.t -,
write n poem or story, every month,
perfect herself in pistol practice and
learn fencing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
The Twentieth Century.

The 10th century will begin Jan. LIST,
1901, and end with 1000. People did not
reckon time from A. ID. |, but waited UNI
til about the 550th year Of the Christian
era. People who begin TO take Hostel
tcr's Stomach Bitters Immediately after
the first outbreak of dyspepsia or kidney
trouble, will date their cure from then.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
WeyIcr at Madrid.

Madrid, April 14.-Weyler arrived
here today apparently called by the
government. He considers war inevi-
table.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

Some Philadelphians are calling up
on the police TO enforce n ~long-forgot,
ten ordinance of the city which forbid'
a vehicle following another in the
streets of that city ut Il less distance
than ten feet.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

Boston has been obliged to give up
its Pingree potato farm plans for this
year because the Industrial Aid soci-
ETY. has been unable to secure suitable
land for cultivation by the poor from
the nnrk commissioners.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
Sturt Tuesdav NIorntno

Chicago, April 16.-The troops at
Fort Sheridan and other garrisons in
the department. of the lakes will not
start south till Tuesday morning.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
Weekly Rnnk Statement.

New York, April 16.-Weekly bank
statement shows reserves increased
So, 5000 % loans decreased S7,697, 900;
deposits decreased S6,317 900. Banks
hold $37, BAG, 900 in excess of legal re.
ouirements.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

pected until they are far
advanced.
So-called wandering
pains"may come from its
early stages, or the pres
ence of danger may be
made manifest by ex-
cessive menstruation ac-
companied by unusual
pain extending from the
ovaries down the groin
and thighs.
lfyou have mysterious
pains, If there are indica-
tons of or
displacement, don't wait
for time to confirm your
fears and go through
the horrors of a hospital
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
Taxes Being Paid Promptly.

Pierre, April 16.-The taxes paid into
the state by counties for the quarter
Of 1898 ending March 81 amounted 10
S267, 120, as compared with $225,6O2 Ior
the corresponding quarter of last year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

In experimenting with liquid air it
is found that the intense cold produces
almost the identical effects in dissolv-
ing metals that would be produced by
intense heat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
RelIamy Is Dying.

Denver, April 16.-Edward Bellamy,
the famous author, who came here last
fall for his health, is dying of con-
sumption. The end is believed to be
near.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

According to a Missouri %coroner's
Jury, the deceased ''came to his death
by being struck by a railroad train in
the hands of a receiver"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
Dangerous knowledge.

Life: 80 he is n Frcnchman? And n flu
gitive from justice?'
Eyes In his own country he is under
suspicion Of having guilty knowledge Of
the innocence Of one who has been con-
Victed and imprisoned"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
Bishop ~AppOinted.

Rome, April 1.-THE pope has APP
pointed the Rev. Alexander Christie,
rector of st. Stephens of Minneapolis
to the bishopric of Vancouver.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
VIII Keen Mum.

Washington, April 14.-Secretary
Long has given notice that no news
whatever respecting naval movements
WIN be made public
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

In case of war the kaleidoscope man
is going to be kept so busy that he
won't have time to eat his meals.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
CnnsnIntn Undnr Guard

Cadiz, April 16.-The American con,
sulate is under guard, owing to an at
tempted disturbance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

EFT g Permanently Cured. NO fits or nervousness after
tItO first days use OF Or. Kiines Great Nerve Re.
storer. Send for FREE ~. O1 trial bottle aud treatise.
DIR. Il II, KLINE, Lid. ~ Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

1t has been ascertained that n cat
can swim if a stone is not tied to its
neck before II is cast into the water.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
Lands Heavily,

Memphis Scimitar: my wife weighs
nearly 200 pounds" "Well?" "And she
is still jumping at conclusions just as
she always did"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

Chicago eats rs acres of pie every
year, and then takes the trouble TO boil
its drinking water.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

Whom are missing?" inquiries a Du-
luth paper. Guess it must be Mr.. Muir
ray, the man who made the grammar.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

Ono of the greatest trumphs of Lydia T.. Pnkhams Vegetable Compound i
the conquering owomans dread enemy, Fibroid Tumor.
The growth of these tumors is 81 sly that frequently their presence is OF us
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

Mira. winsIow's SOOTHING SYRUP for children
~terthing, softens the gums, reduces Inflammation
nllpyA pain, cures wind collie. Gc a bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
Fire Mt

Davenport, Ia, April 14.-Charles
Hills furniture store burned this
morning. Loss. $4,000; insured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

w bottles OF Piso's Cure for COnsump-
ton cured me of n bad lung trouble.-Mrs
j. Nichols, Princeton, Ind, March &c. 1895.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
FIBROID TUMOR CONQUERED.

Expelled by Lydia E. Pinkhamis Vegetable Compound-Strong State
ment from Mrs. D. A. Lombard.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23

A woman loves n mans devotion
long after she has quit loving the man,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-23
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The record-union., 1898-06-01
RIP VAN wINKLE" AT HOME.
Joseph Jefferson Leads an Ideal
Life at Grows Nest"

"a happier family or a more corgenial
colony could not be imagined than at
Crows Nest" writes Josephine RobD.
telling Of Joseph Jefferson and his life at
Crows Nest. in the Ladies Home
Journal" ''All are interested in every
thing that is artistic and beautiful.
Many of them paint; all are good
readers, can talk well. and every one
loves. in reverential way, the head
of the household. He is consulted
about every thing. All confidence is
given to him, and what father approves
Of, or what father thinks decides any
vexed point.
This home life is the ideal one Of
Joseph Jefferson. 1t is full of whole
some happiness. and it keeps every one
in it growing younger instead of older
each gear. Mr.. Jefferson is first of all
hospitable and to have his friends
around him make part of his household
means happiness to him. Can you paint
the picture? Use the brush Of imagina-
ton on the canvas Of your thought.
Then you can see Joseph Jefferson. the
great artist the dignified man, the low
ing husband and father, the good friend
and pleasant acquaintance, seated on
the veranda of his home, surrounded by
all those he loves who bear or have
borne his name. the friends who are
nearest to his heart. fondling the young
est member of the Jefferson family his
one greatgrandchild, now less than a
year old. Can you help admiring that
picture? Is it not good for such man
to have lived. All the world is better
for it, and truly we can say for him.
as he has said so many thousand times
for us: May you live long and pros
Der ="
The record-union., 1898-06-01

At daybreak the first ANA second
on the deck with capstan bar. roared
out:
.'A1l hands on deck; skip up snartly.
my. lads. and make sail Up with you
now, and no Internal nonsense, for I'll
play the hose on you and wash you
out of your bunks."
There was succession of grunts and
groans and curses from the inmates of
the hunks.
| Why, where the devil are we?"
asked one bewildered mariner. If
this ain't a ships forecastle AMI the
ship under way, too, may l be sugared
Last night l turned into bed ashore.
with sheets and blankets and / awake
on the bare boards of a bunk"
| The others were expressing their
surprise in similar terms when the
Captain and mate strobe into the fore
castle, each with pistol in his hand.
What do you mean by this conduct,
you mutinous dogs? Rout out there
and make SAIL
| When they appeared on deck the
Captain said:
If you men have any grievance lay
|
wheel one hand. The rest Of you get
move on you, for this ship is The
President, and she is bound TO reach
San Francisco in less than 100 days"
/ The luckless sailors were taken fat
aback when they heard they were
aboard the President Whilc two or
them We're casting the gaskets OF the
foresail one said to the other: BE that
! a ta .,
dered US aloft?''
| No; Waterman is built on different
lines, but this feller seems n precious
sight worse than Waterman.
! 1t took two hours TO set the sails, coil
down the running rigging and clear up
the decks. Then all hands were called
aft, and the skipper spoke as follows;
Now, my lads, you've started on a
long voyage together. You Will finu
the President a mighty good ship as
long as you behave yourselves. but
you've got to turn out smart and not
be soaking in your hunks, like YOU did
this morning
But, SIR" said the oldest of the
crowd, a big, shaggy sea dog. with
tanned skin and hairy face, we never
shipped in this ere vessel, and how
We come here we don't know
Not ship in this vessel. What do
| you mean? Here, Mr.. Adams, kindly
step down to my cabin and bring up
the ships articles out of my locker II
] show you whether you shipped or not"
! In another minute he was reading the
document and calling out the names
of the men.
| Now step up, lads, and look at your
own signatures and marks You can't
deny them"
And they didn't. They explained,
however, that they had signed paper
! at the instance of Shanghai Pete"
who was making out list of sailors
willing to ship on voyage to Van Die
! mans land
| There was no escape, and finally the
men turned to without much growing.
| The ships slop chest furnished them
with good supply of clothes. for
Shanghai Pete had neglected to send
| their dunnage aboard and had also
| gone through" their pockets. 20 their
loss and Petes advantage The sail
ors behaved well and made the voy-
| age in the ship. / never heard how
they settled with Shanghai Pete
Cleveland Plain Dealer.