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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Petitions are being distributed in
every town along the Des Moines riv-
er which contain a request 10 ask the
state legislature to make a vigorous
attempt to buy the dam acrosS that
stream at B~onaparte, Ia, and to open
up the Des Moines to the fish, which
are unable TO pass the obstruction.
Sportsmen, especially the disciples of
Izaak Walton, are anxious to see the
nhS1rnctinn removed. /,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Burglars broke into the fortress OF
yincennes, near Paris, recently, and
after stealing money and valuables OF
tho soldiers and officers, used the tool
of the military blacksmith shop to
break into the commissariat, which
they plundered, and then made their
wa through the meat by means OF the
ladders in the fort.
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,
it's officials caused n certain money
borrower TO insure his life and trans
fer the policy to the bank as security.
Year after year the bank pad 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. IL
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

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 u 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
FATALLY SHOT BY A WIDOW,
Memphis College Professor Is Dy'
ing and the Woman LIS
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. The
cause of the tragedy Is yelled In the
deepest mystery.
The shooting occurred miles
from Memphis on the banks of the Non
connah creek.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

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

Chamberlain, Jan. n.-John Rush,
member of the board Of county commits
sioners, was found at his home about
twelve miles northeast of here. yesterday
forenoon. with the top Of his head blown
of. 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

morning Of 1896 that San Francisco was
Mortified by HI finding of a beautiful
young girl, dead In q closet opening onto
the library Of Emanuel church. This Girl
had been ch0ked. s%mothered ig hsr own
with q case knife. borrowed from the
Der was revealed by physical evidence
that murder was not the only crime
wreaked on the girl. For ten days Blanche
Lamont, another young girl, had been
missing from her home in the city, ana no
clue had been found to account for her
disappearance, but the discovery of the
body OF Minnie Williams In the library
closet gave the police an idea, and they
attacked every granny and corner or
Emanuel church. They finally broke down
a barred door that ave access to the bel
fry, and high up in the steeple they found
the body OF the missing girl. The body
was stark naked, the hands folded across
the chest, the head resting on n block of
wood. on the throat were the prints OF
the nails OF the fingers that had ~strangled
her.
Durrant knew both the girls. He was
the assistant Sunday school superintend-
ent OF the church, and had offered mar
riage to Blanche Lamont. and possibly
to 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
other case against him was equally
strong.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
TROUBLES IN BUSINESS WORLD
George Il. Brett of Mankato Makes
Il Personal Assign
mnnI

Mankato, Mimi, Jan. 11.-George +.
Brett of the dry goods firm of George
Il, Brett d Co., Incorporated, made Il
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
in a few days.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

An Alaska Traveller recently de-
scribed some extraordinary phenome-
M connected with a small lake, named
Selawik. situated near the seocoast.
Tides rise and fall in the lake, perhaps
on account of an underground connec-
ton with the sea, At the bottom, he
saws, the water is salt, but on the top
there is n layer of sweet water.
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
Sofc. Mt the same time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
A Des NJoines Sensation.

Des Moines, Ia, Jan. 7-Represent-
atives of the Adams Express company
opened an i'll smelling box which had
been in the Office several days, and
found the remains of a human body
cut into bits. Detectives were placed
ON the case
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

Thomas M%ansield's residence, six
miles southwest OF Washington, Ind,
caught fire in the morning. Tho 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

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 encour-
age the reading of solid books.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
DURRANT THE 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
a moment withdrawn. The vigilance
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

A police raid on a slot machine joint
at Cincinnati resulted in an cNamina-
ton of the machines and the discovery
that they were constructed with
short decks on the rollers. That is
TO say, instead Of n full deck of cards
the roller lacked several, making n re-
duction of the players chances be-
tween 30 and 40 per cent.
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 4,5oO,OOo
francs i'm five years, an average loss,
that is, of $1SO,O00 u year. The subyen-
ton of 500, 700 francs a year reduces
the annual deficit to $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

The travelling library is to be intro
duced i'm Missouri. 1t 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 aud other states.
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 infrm spouse who was deserted by
his wife. The wife was ordered to pay
the husband S24 q month.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

In Kansas City, an 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 fewer than $4,000 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 owes 10 this method Of
cultivation that it is becoming a most
important wine producing country, as
may be gagged from the fact that 1t
sent TO France in 1896 10,50o,Oo0 gall
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15

The first of the Booth-Tucker colo
mics I'm the west has been established
at Soledad, i'm California. Another is
to be organized in the Arkansas val
ley, in Colorado, where the Salvation
army commander has an option on a
3.OOO-acrc tract.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
NO PLACE FOR DURRANT.
Crematorics and Cemeteries Kc-
fuse to Receive His
RemninS.

Chicago. Jan. ia 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 II they
would stay there for some time. The elder
Durrant said yesterday:
my efforts to carry out thel 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 nave
them cremated there, or we may take the
body and bury it at sea. We don't know
vet what we can do"
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
Steamers Foundered.

Marseilles, Jan. S.-The steamer re-
ported foundered last Saturday OFF
Bauduck, proves to have been the
French steamer Louis. A crew of if
teen was lost.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
No Developments.

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 at Hanna.
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 &C.
A..
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 Gar Alexander
III. is dead.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
IN Treasury Bonds.

Madrid, Jan. s.-The Gazette has
published n decree for increasing the
treasury bonds 2Oo,o 0 900 pesetas, Sc
cured by customs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
The Colonel Is There.

Pekin, Jan. s.-The Russian mill
tary adviser, Colonel Narineff, engaged
by China, has arrived here.
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
eannndent

washington, Jan. 11.-Miss May Waite,
"A years old, and said to be a OF
Ex-Governor Waite Of Colorado, attempt
ed TO commit suicide by taking strychnine.
She was formerly employed in the gov
inner printing office, but lost her place
and grew respondent over this n the
marriage of Arthur Waite, a brother, en-
pioyed in the government printing, ONCE,
to whom she was greatly attacheu. her
said that this is the fourth time she has
attempted suicide.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
Como to China.

Toulon, Jan. S.-The 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-
ans Are Placed on the Ron
OF Honor.

Washington, jan. 10.-The following list
If pensions were granted Saturday:
Iowa-original: Charles Z. Adams, Car
roll. Sc; John l.. Glasener, Guthrie Center,
IS; Richard II. Warden, Ottumwa, IS.
Reissue: Milton H.. Ross, Hampton, $l7;
widows and Minors, Restoration End Re-
issue: Minors Of JOIN Urban. Pekay, SIC.
Observation-Disclosures: Isaac Zion, STAN
ton, So to s..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
DO ard man'sEGort..

washington, Jan. 81. ii. Boardman,
attorney for Durrant, left his hotel early
this morning to make a last desperate
effort TO secure a stay of proceedings.
His plan was 70 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
noon 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 room 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
titlon for a writ OF habeas corpus. He
had not been admitted TO the bar and to
ave time presented a personal petition.
Boardman read the petition at length,
consuming half an hour, the justices
asking many questions to get at the ex-
act status Of the case. The justices then
retired TO consider the case.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-01-15
rit 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

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 i. ii. Pattitz. resigned.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-21
ACTIVELY PREPARING
For Their Coming Big Fall Opening

For Their Coming Big Fall Opening.
 Howe & Stetson are making active preparations for their fall opening, which will take place next week. It will be one of the most complete in ev- cry detail that this popular firm have yet had Each and every one of the various departments are actively en- gagged marking off and arranging the many carloads of new goods that are daily arriving to the firm by sea and rail, and will include the cream of both the foreign and domestic markets. There Is hardly a manufacturing cen- ter of the whole world but what will be represented In the grand display on opening day. The dress goods depart ment will contain novelties from the leading centers of England France and Germany, as will also the silk depart ment. Ireland will be well to the front in the linen show as well as in the handkerchief and lace departments. The cream of the Scotch linen centers will also be well represented. In their mag nificent cloak department the best pro- ducts of both the homo and foreign makers will appear. In fact there Is not department in the large store but will be teeming over with all the latest novelties pertaining to the branches in which they represent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-21
SOLDIER CALLAHAN'S FUNERAL.
Held From St. Mary's Church Tester.
 day Afternoon.

Held From St. Mary's Church Yester-
 day Afternoon.
 The funeral of David Callahan of the Third United States volunteer infantry, who died at Grace hospital last Satur- day, was held yesterday afternoon from St. Mary's church. A detail from the Sarsfields was present and the burial was with military honors. Rev. Father Lockinger of St. Mary's church off1ciated. The burial was in the sol- diers' plot in St. Bernard's cemetery Callahan's family lives in Montana about thirty miles from a telegraph of flee and although several attempts were made to reach them by wire to inform them of the soldiers death, no reply from them has yet been received.
 M. F. Burwell, who has charge of the remains of Nicholas Blitsch, the soldier who died at Grace hospital last Sunday, He will ship the remains to the young mans family in Dubuque, la, to-day. MT. Burweu will have charge of the funeral of George Bradley, the regular army soldier, who died at Montauk. The funeral and interment will be in East Haven, the soldiers native place.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-21
THE JOLLY MUsKETEER.
Grand Onern Hnnse

The management of the Grand was extremely lucky this week in securing such a high class of olio attractions. There is not poor number on the en- tire programme, and it's seems to grow better as the show progresses Lowell and Lowell, the comedy acrobats, are the most clever contortionists in the business and are well received Gus Williams, one of the headliners of the bill Is at his best this week and gives monologue that Is hard to beat He is very entertaining and his songs and jokes are new and original. Milton and Dolly Nobles present the one act com edy, Why Walker Reformed" and are the favorites of the bill. Fred Guilford, the piccolo soloist, is heard in some fascinating solos. o. K. Sato, the com- edy juggler, creates a hearty laugh while performing some extremely diffi- cult tricks with cigar boxes and metal balls, by his off-hand way of doing things and by his comical makeup. Rialta, the fire dancer, closes the per- formance with her dance, beautiful in the electrical effects and elaborite in setting. The others on the bill are La Porte sisters, duetists; Farrell and Taylor, musical comedy and Amy Nel- son, a singer.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-21
WEST INDIAN HURRICANE VIC-
 TINS.
Declaration of the Archbishop of Ja. maica That Imperial Assistance is Naolol

Declaration of the Archbishop of Ja-
 maiea That Imperial Assistance is
 Needed.
 Kingston, Jamaica, Sept 20.-At a public meeting to-day, called for the purpose of discussing the possibilities of raising funds for the relief of the sufferers from the recent hurricane, which swept over the West Indian is- lands, the archbishop of the West In- dies declared that the condition of Ja- maica was such that 1t was not pos sible to do more than emphasize an ex- pression of sympathy with those who were in need of help. Any substantial relief, he added comprehending the re-esta blishment of the original condi- tions in the devastated islands, must in his opinon, necessarily take the form of imperial assistance on a large scale.
 Public opinion here endorses the statements of the archbishop, and es- pecially holds Great Britain responsible for the industrial crisis which renders the other West Indian colonies impo- tent to give the suffering islands sub stantial aid.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-21
Polls MOnHerInnH Thenfer,

The Standing room only' sign is seen every night now at Polls Wonder land, indicating rush that the show well deserves. Among the best feat ures is the biograph, with it's latest war views of the naval parade and the landing of troops in Cuba. Another ex- traordinary feature is the first appear ance in vaudeville here of Miss Beat rice Moreland, long a favorite in leads in the best legitimate compan- ies. Miss Moreland has stormed the vaudeville patrons with a clever com- edy "A Game of Golf" that bombards the sober sides with laughs and in a minute has the entire house in a bub- hearsal with a dummy, which deceives the unexpected visitor into belief that she is a maniac murderer, is not only a clever but a novel conceit that manu- factures no end of fun. Charles M. Seary and the supporting company per- form excellently, and Morton and Re- velle, a duo of comedians; establish a goodfellowship with the audience by their subtle humor and magnetism that makes a sparkling thirty minutes of re- calls, applause and laughter.
 Others on the bill are Golden, the ma gician. with his new illusion, "The Es- cape of Dreyfus." Miss Lillian Grist, the Coulson sisters, Adams. Casey and Howard, the Brothers Borani and the Brownings.
 Prices 1Oc and 2Oc; ladies in the after- noon, ten cents. Bikes checked free.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-09-21
WoRDY WAR OVER DREYFUs.

One Paris Newspaper Demands That
 Dreyfus be Brought Back to France
 Paris, Sept 20.-The extremist news papers are working hard to keep up the Dreyfus excitement.
 Le Steele urges the prosecution of Lieutenant Colonel du Paty de Clam, General Gonse and other officers impli- cated in the illegalities of the Dreyfus court-martial and La Libre Parole ad- vocates an anti-Semite crusade. Nm. Clemenceau and Jaures in their respec- tive papers argue that if new trial is granted to Dreyfus it must not be se- cret one. Le Soliel demands that Drey- fus be brought back to France forth with.
 General Zurlinden has been restored to the post of military governor of Par is, which he gave up to accept the war portfolio a short time ago, and has also been appointed a member of the su- preme council of war.