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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16
SHAFIER'S AID TO REFUGEES.
If Santiago Should Hold Ont for q
Long Time Some May Grow


Washington, July ia lively inter-
est is taken by the war department
officials in the reports regarding the
large number of refugees who fled in
q panic from Santiago to avoid the
horrors of war. Many of these people
are non-combatants, and looked to
Shafter for assistance, which may
make a severe drain on the commits
sary branch of the expedition. Espe-
ciaily is this so in view of the great
difficulty experienced by the general
in getting his supplies from the trans
ports TO the shore. If the city of
Santiago holds out for a long time
and Shafter has the non-combatants
on his hands to feed, the question OF
their ~sustenance may become a serious
conundrum for the government. Shaf-
ter has authority TO issue rations to
hungry people, and he undoubtedly
will do so to the greatest extent with
out impairing his wv resources. lie
has full discretion to act in the mat
ter and will do his utmost to relieve
any suffering that may exist. For the
time being he has all the stores neces-
sary for his command and enough to
deal out some supplies to the Cubans,
and General Eagan of the commissary
department has shipped great guam
titles on transports. In addition to
those already there, the Port Victor
Is about to leave New York with a
great mass Of all kinds Of eatable mer-
chandise to be followed soon there
after by the Mohawk and Mississippi
with stores of refrigerated beef and
fresh vegetables.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

/ of congress and the president the prop
erty Of Il country to which they are
more essential than any other on the
face of the earth.
1t is an interesting fact that on the
face Of the vote cast for the resolutions
the treaty of annexation might have
been ratified, the resolutions having
u two-thirds majority, but as the
twelve pairs would have been arranged
on a basis of two votes for one if the
treaty had been under consideration,
the vote of the full senate Oh the treaty
on the basis of the vote would have
been Sc to 80, not a sufficient number
of votes in favor of the treaty to have
ratified it.
Ayes-Allison, Baker, Burrows, Can
non, Carter, Clark, Cullom, Davis, De-
Doe, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye,
Gallinger, German, Hale, Hanna, Hans
brough, Hawley, Hoar, Kyle, Lodge,
| Mcbride, McLaurin, Money, Morgan,
Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Pettus, Plat
Comm, PrItchard, Proctor, Sewell,
| Shoup, Sullivan, Teller, Warren, We'll
lington, Wetmore, Wilson, Wolcott-42.
Nays-Allen, Bacon, Bate, Berry,
| Gallery, Chiffon, Clay, Daniel, Faulk-
ner, Jones (Nev.), Lindsay, McEnery,
! Mallory, Mitchell, Morrill,, Pasco, Pet
tigrew, Roach, Turley, Turpie, White
81.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16
DEATH HAD THE STRONGHOLD,
yousouf Fought Vigorously for Life
but Went Down With the
NrsS.I

Boston, July 11.-From the testimony
of three persons-Otto Zeiser of New
York, Mr.. Archard Of Baltimore and
Charles Zebra, chief clerk of the STAFF
ford hotel, Philadclphia-it appears
that the fourth engineer Of La Bour-
gogne, who was saved, acted in the
most brutal manner toward the pas
sengers. The three men agree in the
statement that after the collision,
when everyone was surrounding the
boats, the fourth engineer said:
Damn the passengers. Let them
save themselves; WI save our lives
first"
He also said that if he had n re-
volyer he would shoot the passengers.
Mr.. Zebra spoke in great praise OF the
captain of La Bourgogne. lie said that
officer did not think the collision was
serious and informed those saloon pas
sengers who inquired that there was
no danger. This is thought TO be one
reason that none of the se~venty-tive
first class passengers were saved.
On the voyage Liebra became ac-
quainted with Yousouf, the Turkish
wrestler, who was a passenger. After
the collision Liebra says he saw YOU
souf struggling in n crowd of passen-
gers, beating them off with n stiletto
and showing them around trying to
reach n boat He failed, however, and
went down.
l.. Laraud Of New York and NJ. Lu-
cas-, from northern France, the latter
being a waiter on La Bourgogne, each
tell Of being driven away from a boat
containing Austrians armed with
knives. Eight persons corroborate
this statement. One OF the crew, a
steward, who declined to give his
name, said he ran to his boat. There
are twenty-five men appointed to each
boat, but there were only seven OF
eight at his. The boat was got ready
About fifty passengers were put in the
boat, including a lot of women. AS La
Bourgogne was sinking the DO"
caught and upset, throwing everyone
into the water. The steward was
saved by a raft. There were women
and children screaming for help, bu'
he turned his head away, he SAID, aS
he did not like to see those things.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

in the hospital. From my window 1
could see the army moving, and 1t was
terrible to see those poor lads moving
across the open and being shot down
by the Spaniards i'm the rife pits in
front of me. / knew something was
coming, and then i was exchanged"
Hobson was ove~joyed at getting
back. He looked well, though some
what worn. On the whole the Span
iards treated him better than might
have been expected.
Mr.. R~amsden, the British consul at
Santiago, was t~ireless In his efforts to
secure comfort for Hobson and his
men.
The young hero knew nothing about
the destruction of Cervera's feet until
he reached the army lines. He could
not understand his promised excep-
tional promotion, but was overjoyed
TO learn the news hat his bravery a
been recognized by the people. He is
the same simple, unaffected, enthusi
astic Hobson, more anxious to talk
about the effect of exploding shells
and army movements than about has
w brave deed. The men who came
with him received a ringing reception.
All are doing well.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16
Skinned i'm pieces.

London Echo: English naval con-
structors are very much Interested in
a gunboat which has just ben complet-
ed for service on Lake Nyassa, in Cen
trail Africa, and is to be shipped to that
point in pieces like a Chinese puzzle.
This boat, the Guendolen, is now split
up into 1900 packages for transporta-
ton. The boat is thus described in an
interview with j. A. Rennie, of the en-
cheering firm which built the Guen-
dolen:
$50 there is going to be fighting on
lake Nyassa?" i remarked, tentatively.
81 never said So" he replied, with fit
ting diplomacy.
"Then that's my mistake; / merely
Judged so from the fact of your taking
out what on a lake would be consid-
cred n first class battleship, for the
Guendolen is heavily armed, is she
not?"
ayes, If you call six Maxims and
four Hotchkiss guns a big armament.
She is intended to replace the three
small gunboats now on the lake, which
are practically obsolete, and is a vast
Improvement on them in every way.
Her length is 1876 feet, beam % and
tonnage $50, and with a draught of 4
feet 6 inches, is intended to steam IL
knots"
81 suppose the depth of the lake did
not necessitate n shallow draught ves-
sel?"
"By no means, as there is plenty of
water, even close in shore; that en-
abled us TO have twin screws, for on
shallow water such as the Niger or the
Khoia (by means of which the Rus
| slams i'm 1894 penetrated far up toward
ChitraD, a stern wheel is absolutely
necessary. She is quite a normal type,
except for the fact that she is fitted
with Fraser's under fired boilers, and
will burn wood fuel, of which there is
an abundance in and around the lake;
coal is only brought up from the coast
at some flo per ton, such is the Difficult
ty of transport"
"And that difficulty will be increased
in case of a gunboat, ] should mag
ine?"
Not S 70 much as you think said
Mr.. Rennie. You see, we can only
bolt, not rivet her together in the yard
here, so as to insure the perfect fit
ting together of every part. In this
condition the Guendolen was inspected
by Sir Edward Reed, who expressed
himself as thoroughly satisfied with
her. Then she was taken to pieces,
every piece being previously num-
bered, and on n small model these
numbers are marked off, the internal
fittings-of course the model is only of
the outside of the hull-having their
proper numbers marked on scale
drawings. Drawings and model &c
company the ship, which is split up
into 1900 packages,tha containing the
boiler of two and n half tons being
the heaviest, so that on her arrival
there need be no difficulty whatever in
putting her together"
Mr.. Rennie added that if one of the
packages should be lost it would he
difficult to replace it. The packages
are to be transported for miles over a
rough country by bullock wagons, and
as extra weight is an important con.
sideration no spare parts are carried
Commander Cullen, II. n. r., the com.
mander in chief on the lake, has
charge of the transportation. and he
will superintcnd the assembling.of the
parts.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16
OPPOSE THANKS TO H0BS0N.
Reed and His L~ieutennnts oppose
the Senate Resolution ana
Tell Why.

Washington, July 11.-UneXpected
OPPOSITION has been encountered in the
house to the resolution adopted by
the sente extending the thanks of con-
gress to Lieutenant Hobson and his
crew for their heroic work in sink
ing the Merrimac in the harbor of
Santiago. The resolution will have to
be passed by the house today or it will
fail.
The Alabama delegation is working
hard to get it through today.
The opposition appears to come
from Speaker Reed and his lieuten-
ants on the house floor. Representa-
tive Dalzell of Pennsylvania, Mr..
Reeds trusted assistant, is leading the
fight against the resolution. He gives
as a reason for opposing it that it will
extend to the seven Gamer who fol-
lowed Hobson on the Merrimac the
privileges of the floor of congress for
the remainder of their lives.
This, Representative Dalzell thinks,
will not be Endorsed by the house, not
withstanding the unanimous vote of
the senate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16
ANNEXATION BILL IS SIGNED.
President AfiXes His signature and
Hawaii Is Annexed To the
Rest on Earth.

Washington, July "a few minutes
before Z o'clock last evening Assistant
Doorkeeper Stewart of the United
States senate carried the Hawaiian res
olution to the white house, after hav-
ing been signed by the vice president
as the presiding officer of the senate
and Serene Payne of New York, acting
speaker. The fact that Mr.. Reed dele
gated this duty to his friend Payne
seems to indicate that the speaker car
ried his objection to the resolution to
the last extremity.
Mrs. Mckinley, Doorkeeper Stewart,
Secretary Cortelyou, Captain Charles
LETTER, Captain b. f. Montgomery and
POSTMASTER Frease of Canton, o., and
a young relative of the president were
the only persons in the room with the
chief magistrate when he placed a new
pen in a new holder and with it signed
the resolution. 1t was exactly three
minutes past Z when the president lift
ed the blotter from his signature and
at that moment the group of islands
which Captain Cook discovered in the
last century became by the joint act
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

Soy at finding her mother. The rest of
the happening is best told in the mothers
own words. She said:
"On the 2Sth of Sept, 1896, while in
the bloom of health, Beatrice was sudden
~ and severely afflicted with spinal menin-
gifts. Strong and vigorous before, in five
weeks she became feeble and suffered
from n paralytic stroke which twisted her
head back TO the side and made II impos-
sible for her TO move n limb. Her speech,
however, was not affected. We called in
our family doctor, one Of the most expert
cnced and successful practitioners in the
city. He considered the case n very grave
one. Before long little Beatrice was com
PEELED to wear a plaster paris jacket
Prominent physicians were consulted,
electric batteries were applied, but no en-
eft was noticed until we tried DIR. Will
Jams Pink Pills Tor Pale People.
BUSY in my kitchen one afternoon !
was startled by the cry Of Mamma
from little Beatrice, who was creeping
toward me. | had placed her on an inn
prOvised bed IN the parlor comfortably
close 10 the iircside and given her some
books and playthings. She became tired
of waiting for me 10 come back and made
up her mind to go 10 me, so her story
MY Pink Pills made me walk, which she
was then for the first time verified. She
has walked ever since. She has now taken
about nine boxes Of the pills and her pale
and pinched face has been growing rosy,
aud her limbs gained strength each day."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16
A Tribute 10 Mr.. Gladstone.


w. l.. Courtney I'm tho London Tele.
graph: "A spectator OF all time and all
existencc'-such are the words with
which Plato defines his master-mlnd, his
politician, who Is also "a philosopher, a
man such as In our age Mr.. Gladstone
more nearly represents than any single
hgur In our history, except possibly
Francis Bacon. Plato was, OF course, de-
scribing an Ideal nature n endowing
him with ideal attributes, only that lie
might more cloquently contrast the world
which is, with the world which might be.
In ontradistinotion from the ordinary
statesman, with his smattering OF history
and political economy, the Greek thinker
paints a man who combines In himself al
the highest eXccllencics of body and mind
who has the noblest gifts OF nature-beau-
~, health and strengthened makes tho
noblest uso OF them. There is one great
passion In his soul, and only one-the love
of wisdom and truth, the love OF reality
instead OF pretensc. There will be no cor
ner OF In such a man, because
little-mindedness thwarts, above every
thing else, the soul that is destined to as
pire 10 the best things. Nor will a char
acter like this attach any great import
ance 10 this life or regard death as a for
midable evil. Such, In the inspired vision
OF the great Hellenic id~ealist, was the only
man who, being just and pure and good
and true, ought TO deal with the govern
ment OF states and hold In his hard tho
destlnies OF his fellow creatures. In n
modern age, where our knowledge is bro
ken up into specialized departments. and
the man OF ideas is held to be n dangerous
character, we are apt to smile at such an
ideal; yet I'm the many sidedness and uni
versatility Of his attachments. In his Iowa
for truth, in his belief in goodness, In his
scorn OF all that was low and mean and
cowardly, Mr.. Gladstone possessed no III.
tie or that kind or nature which Plato pos-
tulated for the head Of his state. Perhaps,
too, Mr.. ella istone illustrated some OF the
practical defects of such a temperament,
but that Is another story.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

How many apples did Adam nd Eve eati
Some say Eve ate s and Adam "a total
of 10 only. Now we figure the thing diff.
ferently. Ev s and Adam ate also-total
I6.
And yet the above figures are entirely
wrong. If Eve s and 81, certainly the tota(
would be 80. Scientific men, however, on
the strength of the theory that the ante
diluvians were a race of giants, reason
something like this: Eve 81 and Adam 81
total 163.
Wrong again; what could be clearer
than, If Eve 81 and Adam S12, the total
was 500.
If Eve SlIst and Adam S12, would not the
total be 1923?
/ believe the following to be a fair solu-
ton: Eve S4 Adam, Adam S14 Eve-total
1898.
Still another calculation is as follows:
If Eve S14 Adam, Adam S1242 oblige Eve
total S2,O56. We think this, however, not
a sufficient quantity. For though We ad.
NIT that Eve S14 Adam, Adam II he S0Sl24:
keep Eve ~company-total S,0S2,S56.
All wrong. Eve, when she 1852 many,
and probably she felt sorry for 1t, but her
companion, in order to relieve her. grief
S12. Therefore, Adam, when he S1Sl42i0fy
EYES depressed spirits. Hence both ate
$780, 6i apples.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

a printer once brought to Booth for
inspection the proof of n new poster,
which, after the name of its kind.
announced the actor as 'the eminent
tragedian, Edwin Booth" Mr.. Booth
did not fully approve it. 81 wish you'd
leave out that eminent tragedian'
business. I'd much rather have il sim.
pie Edwin Booth" he said. Very
good, sir" The next week the actor
saw the first of his new bills in posi-
ton. His request had been carried out
10 the letter. The poster announced
the coming engagement of Simple
Edwin BOOTH
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

lions as TO how to stop his boy from smok-
ing cigarettes, and rece ed the following
reply: we suggest bribery, persuasion.
instruction, or shutting OFF his allowances
hide on his raw hide. Welt him until he
is ready to hold up his hands and promise
never to smoke another cigarette. III that
does not work. drown him. A drowned
boy Is better than one that smokes cigar
atfaaO
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16
LOST LIGHTERS IN A STORM.
Lighters En- Route for Cuba Are
Lost In a Storm mo
Lives Lost.

Washington, July 1.-THE war de-
partment was advised last night that
during q severe storm off the coast
of Cuba eleven lighters en- route to
Cuba i'm tow of tugs were swamped
and lost SO far as Known no lives
we're taken. The lighters were from
Mobile, New Orleans and Charleston,
and were intended for the use OF Gen
eral Shafter in transferring supplies
and ordnance from the transports TO
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

Exchange: Just a little dollar on It's mis-
sion sent, makes a lot of people glad each
time the coin Is spent. You pay 1t to the
baker for bread TO give you strength; he
takes 1t to the grocer from whom IT goes
at length. some pretty bit of cloth Of
lace his better half to buy, or help to get
her summer hat to make her rival sigh
The dry goods man sends on the coin Il
pay the printers bill, and though the coir
is often spent, II stays a dollar still, anc
every time tits spent at home, some act
OF good is lone in booming local indus
tries, ere setting of the sun.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16
CERVERA DOES MORE EXPLAINING
He Only Expected to Stay ut san
tiago Twenty-Four Hours--Siow
Work CnuRht Him,

New York, July IA Worlds
Portsmouth, N. H., special: Cervera's
explanation to n naval officer as to
why he took his fleet into Santiago
was that he expected to provision and
coal and to get away inside of twenty
four hours, but this he found TO be
impossible owing to the tropical meth
DDS employed in handling coal. Ihere
Blanco was communicated with and
the presence of the two fleets IN hu-
oatan channel and Windward Passage
was announced.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

shore. Their need was essential to
the prompt forwarding of all military
necessaries to the front before San
tiago. The wal department upon re-
ceipt of this information immediate
ly put into operation efforts 10 replace
the lost lighters at once,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16
SAD SUICIDE AT CLINTON.
Mrs. Dapgler Kills Herself ana 1--WE
Children--Left IL Note for
Her Husband.

Clinton, Ia, July 12.-Paul Dangler'
O railroad baggage man returning
home last night, found a note from his
wife saying she was going to die ana
take their two children, aged 5 N .
years respectively, with her. search
resulted in the finding of the bodies In
a barrel full of water. The heads c.
the victims were submerged.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

The Spanish minister Of marines
threat to empty the Walls OF his
wrath on American sea coast cities
implies the belief that he stopped not
10 think of the shoppers in the 0
tie.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16
The Climate of Cuba

Because of frequent rains in Cuba ma
larial fevers are Il common ailnent there
as in many sections of the United States
Ailments of this kind. no matter where
they occur. are cured with Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. Besides being n specific
for malarial troubles, 1t has no equal fol
dyspepsia and constipation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16
Troops for Hawaii.

Washington, July s.-As y result Of
the cabinet meeting today it was de-
cided to dispatch a regiment of troops
to Honolulu Immediately.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

Here is one OF the latest from one OF
the modest correspondents on board
n special dispatch boat: 81 was
stopped with a blank shot, and the adj
miral, after learning my identity, de-
manded news
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

The manhole that coughed off its
lid as Governor Tanner passed
through Chicago recently had to re-
sort to n pretty ponderous substitute
for a wink.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

A Berlin Inventor has discovered a pro-
cess for making writing paper that will
not burn. lie also invented n peculiar ink
that resists the action OF fire and remains
upon the paper as a dark brown sediment.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

"No," said the brave American girl,
with splendid rage, Il will never put
foot on Spanish soil; I'd sod my foot"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

Uncle Sam isn't afraid of the Spaniards
in Cuba, that's clear. Otherwise he would
not send so large a target as General
Shafter there,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16
HIauco Urges War.

Madrid, July s.-According TO a dis
patch from Havana, Blanco openly
urges q continuation of the war.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16

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ing quick
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our-year-
old daugh-
ter, Bea-
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child NOV
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it'll an
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filed with
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-07-16
A STARTLED MOTHER.

FROM DC FreepOTt (IH.l BlLefin-
While busy at work in her home, Mrs.
William Shay, corner of Taylor and Han
cock avenues, Freeport, Ill, was startled
by hearing n noise just behind her.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-11

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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1898-06-11
SIN OF OMISSION.
An Enthusiastic Lawyer Who Spread
1t ON Too Thick In Defend
ing His Client.

There is such n thing as OVERRIDING
your part" declared a man of the law
who now has the knowledge gained by
much experience.
Shortly after began to practice in
the west ! was called upon to defend
a man. who had drawn a revolver on an
other and threatened to kill him. The
accused did not have a character above
reproach, but the prosecuting witness
was also shady in reputation, and
made the most Of this fact. pictured
him as desperate of the most dangcs-
Gus type, man that was a constant
menace to the community and one who
would recognize no other law than that
of force. Such men as he, insisted.
made necessary the organization of
vigilance committees and injured the
fair name of the west among the older
communities of the country.
The jury returned verdict Of
guilty and my man was sentenced to
years imprisonment. AS soon as
court adjourned the foreman of the
jury came to me and said: Young feI.
Ter, you spread it on too thick. After
that there rip-srortin' speech of yourn
we couldn't do nothin' else an what we
done
81 don't understand you, sir?'
"'You don't? Why, we found the ger
loot guilty cause he didn't shoot"