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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

one accepts the story that its walls
have been preached 10 the outer skin
and Il battery Of big guns mounted in
side which can be unmasked should
hostilitics be begun. This no one be-
licves now. 1t seems likely that, should
war come, the affair at Havana would
begin with a brief artillery duel be-
tween the Iowa and her cOnsorts and
the guns of Santa Clara battery and
the Ordenz guns and two twelve-inch
rifles planted near MORO castle a year
ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

The war between cattle and sheep
~raisers goes mcrrily on in ether states,
rs well as in Oregon. Wyoming and
Utah sheep breeders seem determined
TO push their focks over into western
Colorado. The cattlcmcn now have
possession Of the ranges in that sec
ton. An cndeavor is being made to
get "a few nocks into Routt county,
Colorado, to he fed during the winter
and thus open the way for hundreds
Of thousands Of grazing sheep next
spring. Cattlcmcn intimate that this
will not be permitted, and that force
will be employed if persuasion does
not prevail.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

The German doctor is treating surg
ical tuberculosis with soft soap, Some
twcnty-thrce cases are reported as
cured. The patient is rubbed every
day with potash soft soap and a little
tcpid water. The treatment has the
effect of stimulating the appetite and
raising the tone OF the system. Dr..
Gisler thinks the results due partly t.
the increase Of a~lialinity from the pot.
ash soap and also to the influence oil
the prolonged massage and soap rub
bing Of the skin.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

A new proposed army wrinkle is TO
attach to each regiment Il noncombat-
ant to be known as recorder, whose
duty shall be to write each day a rec
ord Of regimental events and personal
changes. The idea comes from a state
historian, who knows the difficulty eX.
perienced in later years in writing the
story of 1000 men.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

When the additions contemplated by
the British naval estimates have been
made the navy of Great Britain will
have 100,0j0 officers, sailors, coast
guards, apprentices and marines. With
he new enlistments just authorized
our navy will have about one-siXth OF
The force of that of Great Britain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

The durability of ivory is proved By
the fact that billiard balls which, for
the sake of curiosity, had been made OF
very well preserved mammoth ivory
undoubtedly many thousands Of ycara
old were played with for several
months by experienced players in
Paris without it being noticed that the
balls were not made of fresh ivory.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16
EASTER AMUSEMENT IN MEXICO
A Cruel and Bloody Fight Between
q Bull and Two Lions Amused
tho InnuInnP.

City of Mexico, April 11.-Five thou
sand people witnessed a cruel and
bloody fight between two African lions
and a Mexican bull Easter Sunday. The
audience included the whole American
colony and many notables. Many la
dies were present. The first lion was
very large. He killed a trainer a short
time ago. He had been starved for
the last week. The bull, without a mo-
ment's hesitation, sprapg at the hon
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

and caught him on his horns, under
the foreleg and threw him backward
fifteen feet against the bars and
knocked the fight completely out OF
him. Another lion was then provided.
1t made a good fight, but was gored
numerically and taken from the ring
dying. The governor then stopped the
fpht.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16
Fortuna I'm 10 Date.

The party paused now TO contemplate
rxion on his wheel. Il don't sec where
the torture comes In" whispered Aeneas.
Pluto, who was personally conducting
the tour OF the distinguished Troians
through hades, pointed silently to the
name-plate. Il was a last years wheel.
The son or Anchigcs shudderci and hur-
rIed on.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

Since the formation of the German
empire in 1878 German trade with for.
.ign countries has increased 1924 per
cent, an increase largely due to the
superior shipping facilities afforded.
The increase with Australia was AS
per cent and with Mexico and South
and Central America $50 per cent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16
military Instructor.

Visitor-What would you like 10 be
when you grow up?
Johnnie-I think I'D like TO be "a SOL
dier.
But then you might get killed"
who would Kill me?"
The enemy. OF course
''Thon believe I'd rather be the enc
NY"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

The engineers who have been en-
gagged in preparing plans for n new
bridge across the Darubc between
Turn Severn, in Roumania, and Klado-
va, in the Servia, have decided 10 make
use of the supports of the Old bridge
erected at the same place l,sOO years
ago by the Roman emperor Trajan. a
statue of Traian will be placed in the
middle of the new structure.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

Paris is suffering from Il plague of
rats living in the sewers and in the cell
lars of the Palais Royal and the lIallcs
C%cntrales lie Gaulois suggests that the
sewers be divided into sections and let
to sporting men for rafting contests.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

The fashion of owning private han
Iom cabs has been established in New
York society, Mrs. John Jacob Astor
md Miss Olivia Belmont having taken
;he lead. To be strictly correct the
owner must only use these convey
lnces in the forenoon.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

Fainne an Lae-'fawn We in lay and
meaning the dawn Of Days the IL
tie Of II new weekly printed in Irish
that appears at Ath Cliath, the original
nampO of Dublin,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

Pears like the eclipse aren't Eoln' to
be as interesttn' this year as usual" re-
marked the rural legislator VINO was
looking at an almanac.
Well" responded his colleague, what
do YOU think? Had we better get to-
0ether an pass some laws about it?"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

The richest gold mine in the world
IL located under the thriving town of
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. 1t has
yielded more than $3.50, 0OO, 900 of gold
since it was opened, thirty years ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16
Sold by druggists, price rs cents.


The s~oprano-Il tell you during the
'e.mon.
The Alto-Don't; you'll make too much
loise.
The ~Soprano-No, III drop my voice.
The A~lto-DCn't: It's cracked already.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16
Cruisers Sighted.

Halifax, n. S., April 1.-Two United
States cruisers were sighted off this
port.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16
consul Williams Leaves

Manila, PHILIPPINE Islands, April H.
United States Consul Williams mas
eft here.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16
wOODFORD LEAVES MADRID TODAY
He viii BE Escorted 20 the From
tier by Spanish Gend-
nrmes,

Madrid, April lit is understood
Woodford leaves today accompanied to
the frontier by an escort of gendarmes.
The ambassadors of the powers meet
today. 1t is understood the meeting
was called as a result of the news from
Washington.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

The patriotic women of America
ought to be glad the Spanish lace is
out of date.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

Chicago eats lis acres Of pie every
year, and then takes the trouble to hop
its drinking water
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16
Ouiet in Madrid.

Madrid, April 1l.-There is complete
uiet this morning but the precautions
re not relaxed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

a woman loves a mans devotion
long after she has quit loving the man.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

Mrs. winsiow's sooTHyo SYRUP for children
teethinE, softens the gums, reduces Inflammation,
allsys pain. cures wind collie. 2jc a bottle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16
Results OF Revolutions.
Efforts of This Country.

The message then cites the efforts Of
this country to perform its duty as a
neutral and the consequent restrictions
ON our commerce., losses to our citizens,
pcrilous unrest that has grown up
among our own citizens, finding OK
preston from time TO time in congress
making an entirely outside issue stand
in the place Of our devotion to our do
mcstiC Advancement.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16

Washington, April 1.-THE galleries
Of the senate and the house were crow
dcd hours before the assembling Of
congress today by persons ANXIOUS to
hear the presidents message read and
witness the scenes following.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-16
THE SECRET OF A GOOD DISPOSITION.
Mrs. Pinkham Says a Careful Regard for Bodily Health
Sweet and Attractive to All.

The world is filled with sweet women who are held back from user
some trouble of the female organs.
Erntfnlnnss ~ ranidlu dnctrnu curnnt dirnostinnc
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suction of the sinking ship was too power
full. He and the young woman got into a
boat with many others waiting for the
sailors to launch it. The boat was finally
capsized and the girl was lost. Nyffler
climbed on life raft which upset and five
were drowned, for there were many
crowded on it. The others climbed upon the
raft.
Among the survivors are nine Assyrians
and Armenans. There were seventy-five
Assyrians in the party when 1t left New
York. All but eight persisted. One of the
eight lost his wife and two brothers and
other relatives. Another lost two daughters.
Only one of thirteen Armenians survive.
The Assyrians were bound to their homes
near Damascus and everyone had from one
to two hundred dollars saved. They lost
it all, barely escaping in their pants and
shirts. On board the steamer Grecian.
which towed the Cromartyshire with the
survivors to Halifax, the Assyrians wept
like children and could not be comforted.
The one surviving Armenian tells a sor-
rowful tale of the drowning of an Armenian
priest and his family who had got in a boat
with some thirty other people. When the
end came and the boat was abandoned to
its fate by the crew who made no effort Ia
launch it, the priest stood up and with up
lifted hands. prayed aloud.
Brave Priests
Several French priests stood on the deck
during the sinking of the steamer without
making an effort to save themselves and
gave absolution to large crowd of pas
sengers.
There are no survivors who saved more
than enough clothing to cover their naked
selves. Nearly all lost their savings and
they were mostly working people bound
home to European lands.
Consul Franklin has information that one
smokestack of the steamer fell across a
boat and smashed it as it was being
launched. There were about forty persons
in the boat. Three boats were found after
the ship sank bottom up, and in one of
them, it was stated, were several dead
bodies of women.
Patrick McKeon states that he heard one
of one of the women having had her throat
cut and being thrown out of the boat to
tighten it. He could not confirm it,
AS one boat was launched men pushed
the women and children aside and the cap
tain threatened to fire on them II they did
not desist. When the steamer was about
to take her final plunge the captain blew
the steam whistle in good bye to the boats
and he was shortly engulfed.
The News in Paris
PARIS, July 1.-THE news of the disaster
to La Bourgogne only became known here
this afternoon and it spread with lightning
rapidity through the capital. The offices
of the French Transatlantic Steamship
company were soon besieged by anxious
Inquiries but the company's officials had
little to communicate beyond the number
of those who have persisted. The immensely
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Of the whirlpool, and the next thing she
knew she was alive on the raft.
The Boats Cansized

Of the whirlpool, and the next thing she
knew she was alive on the raft.
The Boats Capsized
ifeboat containing forty women was
capsized and all wen. down In the poo.
There was not one man in the boat, and 4.
was left fast to the davtts. Some of ths
men were trying to Gu. the ropes when the
steamer careened and capslzed the boat.
Mrs. La Case says that a moment after
the steamer was engulfed, men, women and
children rose on every side of the whirlpool
and the sight Of the faces and the arms and
the sound of shrleks was so terrible that
she will remember them to her dying day.
Other Stories
Matteo Zurich a Norwegian, said II did
not appear to be anybody's duty to look af-
ter the launching of the boats. Those on
the port side were not touched by the crew
People climbed into them, waiting for the
boats to be launched, but in a short time
the steamer listed so rapidly it was impos-
sble to do so.
Zurich declares that two of the life RATS
upon which people were saved were cut
adrift by him. He was unable to move
them, but they tumbled overheard when the
steamer careened and proved useful. The
steamer slowly settled down by the stern
and starboard side and the water, advancing
gradually. drove the people forward. Finally
men, women and children were walking
about on the port bow. The stern was deep
in the water, and the bow in the air. The
ship gave a great plunge, and hundreds Of
people were in the water, grabbing. at
broken oars, bits Of canvas, etc, and strug-
Cling. Zurich went over to the starboard side
and caught raft, on which he climbed. He
thinks that had the boats been launched as
soon as the steamer struck several hundred
who persisted would have been saved. Only
one of the port boats, small one, was
launched. That was the boat the second
purser escaped in. Zurich saw one boat
leave the La Bourgogno with only a few
people in It,
Thrown Out Of the Boats
August Piyrgi was eager to give your
correspondent an account of his experience.
He was in the water about half an hour,
and attempted to get into boat. He was
seized when he managed to get half in and
thrown back into the water Again he
tried to enter the boat, but the savages who
manned it were determined to keep him out
AAe iio"aS GU az 'ass W SCI III anu " oldy III.
Clinging to the life line Of a boat not far
away he saw his mother, and as if his trials
were not enough, he was forced to watch a
man shove her into the ocean with an oar.
She never rose He said the man was saved
and was almost sure he could recognize
him.
Ashamed Of His Comrades
Charles Liobra, Frenchman, expressed
himself as thoroughly ashamed of his coun-
trymen's conduct. He fioated a long time
before a boat came along. He tried to get
In. but was assailed with oars and boat
hooks. Mr. Liobra showed the correspond
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of the calamity has spread the greatest
gloom in Paris and the names Of the sur
vivors are awaited with the greatest
anxiety.
Dastardly Italians
HALIFAX, n. s.. July 6.-Some OF the
scenes enacted on board La Bourgogne Just
after the collision were terrible to witness.
Men fought for positions In the boats like
raving maniacs. Women were forced back
from the boats and trampled on by men
who made self-preservatlon their first OBJ
ject. Among them were large number of
lower class Italians and foreigners, who
In their frenzy stopped at nothing that
promised safety for themselves. In a
boat was a party of forty women, but SO
great was the panic not hand was raised
to assist in Its launching. The occupants,
so nearly saved were drowned like rats
when the Ship with an awful Kissing sound
went down. So desperate was the situation
that an italian passenger drew his knife
and made direct at one who like himself
was endeavoring to reach the boats. I'M
mediately his action was initiated in every
direction. Knives were flourished and used
with effect. Women and children were
driven back to inevitable death at the point
of weapons, the owners of which were ex-
pert in their use. According to stories of
the survivors, women were stabbed like
SO many sheep.
Used Their Knives
The scene on the water was even worse.
Many of the unfortunates who were strug-
Cling in the water attempted to drag
themselves in the boats or on RATS. These
were pushed back into the watery grave
Here. too, knives were used freely. Not all
of the dead met death by drowning. Chris
TOPPER Bruner saw sailor belonging TO
La Bourgogne strike passenger over the
head with a bar and kill him. The body
dropped into the water. The passenger
grabbed the boat in which the sailor was
and attempted to get on board.
There were ia persons on board and 1853
were saved. With the exception of two
passengers, Prof. La Case and his wife.
were saved are aboard the steamer Grecian
at the Cunard wharf. The crew are also
on board that vessel. The Grecian is ex-
pected to sail for New York this evening
All the crew are collected by themselves
in the forward part of the deck and are
anything but pleasant looking. The officer
of the gangway looked at them with n
scowl and said If he had his way they would
all have been hanged at the yardarm long
ago.
A Murderous Crew
The correspondent interviewed nearly all
the passengers who could speak English
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SIXIhUNDR[D DROWN
Terrible Collision at Sea
in a Fog
THE FRENCH LINER B0URG0GNE SUNK
CABIN PASSENGERS MURDERED
BY THE CREW
Only One Woman Out of Three Hundred
on Board Saved--Steerage Passengers
Fight for the Boats
THE FRENCH LINER BOURGOGNE SUNK

HALIFAo, N. s., July Elm one of the
thick fogs which at this time of the year
hang like pail over the Grand Banks and
Sable island in the North Atlantic, &C.
Cured, in the early morning of July 4, one
of the most appalling ocean disasters in the
annals of Transatlantic commerce, and,
in fact, in the history of steam sailing of
the world.
without moments warming almost, the
great French liner La Bourgogne, with 725
souls on board was run down by the iron
sailing ship Cromartyshire and sank within
half an hour, carrying with her to the
oceans bottom over 500 of her passengers
and crew, while the balance who were not
drawn down by the terrible suction strug-
gled and fought for life until 1863 were at
length rescued by the crew of the Gro
martyshire, which ship survived the col
lision,
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lieved, showed their brutality by beating off
those who attempted to climb aboard.
The Work of Rescue

The Work of Rescue
BY this time the small boats of the Gro
martyshire had come up and the work of
rescue began. The crew of the ship worked
heroically and saved every one who had
managed to keep above water, but even then
scores fell away from boats, RATS and
wreckage exhausted, and were drowned. 1t
was all over in an hour, although for some
time great pieces of wreckage came shoot
ing up from the bottom, marking the spot
where the liner had gone down. But little
attempt was made to recover the bodies of
the Inflated crew.
The Grecian was sighted coming from the
eastward and few hours afterward the
Cromartyshre was in tow and arrived here
this morning.
Prof. La Casse's Story
Strangely enough, Mr.. La Case is the
only man of the saloon and cabin passengers
who survived, while his Wife Is the only wo-
man of 200. not only of the first saloon cabin.
but of the whole ship, who escaped. Mrs.
La Case was reused from her berth by her
husband, who was on deck at the time of
the collision. When she reached the deck
of the listing steamship she saw the captain
Of the steamer on the bridge and some Off
GERS at other points endeavoring to direct
the efforts of the crew to launch the boats.
There was little response to the orders Of
the officers. The crew seemed paralyzed.
Matters were quiet and there was no panic
at first, though the decks were becoming
more and more crowded with frightened
people. The steamer was listing and settling
and wild fear seized on the throng and the
people lost their reason.
Mrs. La Case was separated from her
husband In the scramble and the steamer
listed so badly that she slid down the de-
clivity of the deck and into the water. She
had taken the precaution, at her husband $
direction, to put on life belt before leav-
Ing her stateroom and shortly after being
thrown into the sea she was seized by the
arm and drawn upon the life raft. Her
savior was her husband A moment later
the Inflated steamer disappeared and a
whirlpool encircled the spot where the noble
craft had been. Everybody around the vor-
tex was drawn into It, The water rushed
around, faster and faster and the unfortu-
mates disappeared with despairing cries.
Mrs. La Case had been on the edge of the
maelstrom. but something threw her out
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some of the demons to keep their places,
The officers seemed to have been powerless
over their own men and only four were
saved.
The fight for life on the decks of the
steamer did not last long, for in a little more
than a half hour she gave a long lurch to
port and went down.
Two Hundred Bodies
AS the ship sank beneath the surface the
vortex of the waters sucked down every
thing on the surface within certain ra-
dus. When the suction ceased those still
alive saw about 200 bodies come out of the
water with a rush, as If the sea were giving
up the dead after having swallowed the
ship. But the struggle for life still con-
tinued after the ship went down. Hundreds
still floated about, grasping for RATS, boats
and wreckage in frantic endeavors to keep
above water. Even then many of those in
the boats, If the stories told are to be be-