Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-01
BOTHERED WITH MOSQUITOES.
Sheep Fair ut Loves Had to BE Aban'
doncd Owing 10 the Insect
Plague.

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London, Sept. 26.-(Copyrighted,
1898, by the Associated Press.)-Great
Britain continues to enjoy fine, though
decidedly cooler, weather. Rainfall is
still practically nil, and farmers are
bitterly complaining of the impossi-
bility of commencing autumn opera
tions, owing to the a~damantine state
of the ground. The recent hot spell
and drought has brought a plague Of
mosquitoes to several counties, result
ing in the introduction of American
mosquito nets. The sheep fair at
Loves yesterday had to be suspended
owing to s.raI ms of mosquitoes.
it leaked out this week that Gen
real Kitchener had a narrow escape
from death through treachery during
the battle of Omdurman. He was rid
ing with his staff in front of a Soudan-
csc battalion, which was advancing,
when at least a dozen bullets whizzed
past his head. General Kitchener
galloped away as fast as he could, n
word was sent to the officer COM
handing the battalion. There is no
doubt the perpetrators were som OF
the recently enlisted dervishcs.
The city corporation has decided to
present General Kitchener with the
freedom Of the city and n sword OF
honor.
The event of the sporting week has
been the temperance of Tod Sloan,
the American Jockey, on the Man
chester race course, where he carried
Lorillard B~eresford's stable colors
with good success. He met with Al
great reception on his arrival at the
Paddock, and crowds followed him ev-
erywhere. His first victory aroused
intense enthusiasm, and he was
cheered to the echo. Comparison hay-
ing been made between the riding of
the late Fred Archer, the famous Eng
fish Jockey, and Tod Sloan, Lord Will
liam Beresford has given his opinion
that Sloan is distinctly a better jockey
than ever Archer was.
General Bates, United States mill
tary attache here, has returned to
London after following the French
army maneuvers. He said: 81 am
profoundly impressed by all | saw.
The French officers showed more in
terest in their profession than any
officers | ever met elsewhere. The
men are perfectly trained and hardy;
but, as with all other European SOL
dicrs | have seen, they lacked the I'M
telligence and Smartness of the Amer
lean regulars.
IL was much struck with the per-
feet condition of the troops and the
efficiency of the commissarial ar
engagements and general organization,
! have never seen such close attention
paid to the smallest details. The in
fantry movements, too, were equal to
those of the best American regulars
In conclusion, General Bates re-
marked: "The European armies have
now solved the problems of the organ
ization and management OF armies
and it would seem unwise for the
United States, in any contemplated
military reorganization, not to take
advantage of European experience III
recognizing our army. 1t is not sc
necessary for the United States TO in
vent as it is for us TO copy and adapt
what is best in the armies of Europe
1t is announced that Admiral Dewey
has purchased here through an agent
a Shakespearean relic in the shape Of
a snuff box, made from a mulberry
tree planted by Shakespeare in his
garden at Stratford. The box for
merly belonged to General Sir Denis
Fack, one of WellingtOn's comrades