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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
Sale of School Lands.

late Pierre special notes the compile
tion of the annual sales of school land s
In several counties of the state, in most
of which there was brisk demand.
While the minimum price at which the
lands can be sold is ten dollars per acre,
the average price secured was, in practi-
cally all of the counties. in excess Of this
sum. The aggregate acreage sales is
l5,457, and the average price paid was
about $l3 per acre. The total sales of
school lands up to and including this
year is l6l, Jap acres, at an average price
just under Sl4 per acre. If all the
school lands Of the state were to be dis
posed OF at the same rate, and the state
interest charge of per cent. kept up,
the total school fund of the state for
each year would amount to practically
$l,S00,000.
The schools will, for this year, get the
benefit of the interest from 1,250,0O0, as
well as the money from leases, whic
will amount to larger sum than ever
before, as there have been leases made
to lands which were never taken, and
IN the older counties the lease prices
haye been run up to a higher fignre
than usual. The apportionment this
year will undoubtedly be the largest
ever made for the state.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
War Still Problematlcal.

Since our issue of last week the war
situation has been exceedingly variable
at times presenting most threatening
aspect, at other times assuming much
more peaceful aspect. AS we 60 to
press the great issue is problematical
with the signs pointing more significant
in the direction Of peace.
The anxiously awaited message OF
Presideat Mckinley has been delayed
In its presentation to congress at the
instance of Consul General Lee, who
requests it being withheld as a measure
OF safety to the Americans residing in
Cuba, who, he advises the president,
would be m asacred In the event of the
message being submitted to congress.
Another reason for delay Is the
new overtnres on the part Of Spain Of
ferlng concessions heretofore refused,
which may result in the final acceptance
of all the demands made by the presi.
dent in behalf of Cuba. A late tele-
gram announces that Spain has pro-
claimed an armistlce on the island of
Cuba, which would seem to indicate a
weakening on the part of the Spanish
government that may be supplemented
by final back down. and the conse-
quent independence Of Cuba. So mote
il be,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
What 1t Means,

The recruiting Office for Leads first
company of volunteers, 10 be composed
of young men, will be open at the Call
office today from one to four p. m. 1t
is the object of the editor of the Call to
raise company of young men and in
case war is declared, and volunteers are
asked for, the company will be ready
for immediate enlistment. AS soon as
the required number of one hundred il
secured the names will be published
that our citizens may know who the
really patriotic young men of Lead are
Lead Gail, 2.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
The Flying Squadron.

| The United States naval fleet bearing
the above title is one of the most formi
dable that could be brought together by
any nation. In fact, it may be safely
stated, that no nation could at this time
mass a fleet which, in average rate oi
speed, in armored protection, in caliber
and number Of guns, and in fighting
quality and dicipline of men that would
excel it. In the make up of this ad.
mirable feet, speed and fighting quail
ties have been amply considered, the four
vessels comprising it having an average
rate of speed of over twenty one knots
an hour, carry five l3.inch, four l2-inch
and fourteen inch guns.
AS compared with the four best armor.
ed cruisers that Spain has, this feet is,
in all respects, superior. The average
speed of the Viscaya, Infanta Maria,
Pelayo and Oquendo, the fleetest vessels
in the Spanish navy, is but 10 knots an
hour. Ofl3.inch guns they carry none
of II inch guns they carry but two; OF
ii inch guns they have five, and the
balance are mainly 5-inch.
The total displacement tonnage of the
U. S. flying squadron is 43 100, and the
average horse power is l2,500. The
total displacement tonnage of the
Spanish vessels named is $4,000 and the
average horse power but IL $50. Tie
vessels comprising the II. $. flying
squadron are the Brooklyn, flag ship
Columbia. Massachusetts and Minneap-
oils, bnt it is not improbable that the
Massachusetts,, being somewhat slower
than the other vessels of the feet, may
be supplanted by the New York, in
which event the average rate of speed
and fighting capabilities of the squad
ron will be increased.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
OF Special Local Interest,

Among the amendments to the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, reported to
the senate March 3lst, were the follow
ing, all of which being of SPECIAL inter.
est to the Black Hills:
The appropriation of $4,000 to make
Fort Meade permanent military post
authorizing the establishment efa ma.
tional soldiers home at Hot Springs al
a cost of 100000, of which $4,000 is
appropriated, and the suspension of the
executive order of Feb. %, 1897, with
drawing large tracts Of land in the states
Of Wyoming, Utah, Washington, Idaho
and South Dakota, and restoring the
same to settlement.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
Wanted
Wanted
A Portable Sawmill with engine and
boiler in good condition.
Send description and price to
w. NJ. PRATT,
Piedmont, S. ID,
The Dowdell Investigation.

The report Of Public Examiner Taylor
in regard to Oil Inspector Dowdell will
probably be filed sometime this wesk +,
says a Pierre special of the 4th inst,
and while it is impossible to ascertain
just what the report will contain it is
pretty certain that it will show gross
carelessness if nothing more. Taking
this point as a sample Of Dowdell's
work in the time which he has been in
spector seven tanks Of oil have come in
and but one Of them has been inspected
and that from sample furnished from
the Office of the Standard Oil agent
instead Of from sample taken from the
tank by the inspector. When notified
as to the receipt of other tapks he has
asked that samples be mailed to him,
but requests that he furnish mailing
tubes for that purpose were ignored and
no inspection was ever made except the
one mentioned. The report will show
whether he has charged for the inspec-
ton Of all the oil which has come in.
That document will probably show the
same kind of work at other points.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
Mllllona GlYan AWAY.

1t is certainly gratifying to the public
to know of one concern in the land who
are not afraid to bo generous to the
needy and suffering. The proprietors
of DR.. Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, coughs and colds, have given
away oyer ten million trial bottles of
this great medicine; aud have the salts
faction Of knowing it has absolutely
cured thousands of hopeless cases. Asth-
ma, bronchitis, hoarseness and all dis
eases of the throat, chest and lungs are
surely cured by it. Call on A. J. Jones
& Co., druggist, and get a trial bottle
free. Regular size SOC. and Sl.00. Ev-
cry bottle guaranteed, or price refund
ed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09

the canine and visa versa, as when the
dog was chained up, his female admirer
would visit him at night. As has be-
fore been stated, poison was tried With
no avail and Mr.. Bard fell back on his
trusty shotgun, and used the Winchester
at break of day, just as the madame was
departing, but none of these methods
were effective. The wolf was finally
roped with great difficulty in this man
ner: The dog was turned loose and
was gone three days, coming home last
Friday noon, the show being four inches
deep. The wolf was with him and Mr..
Bard was prepared to give her a recep-
ton. Gun, saddle horse and rope were
in readiness. The gun was tried, but
failed in its purpose. The beast snapped
at the rope and caused it to slip of. Fin
ally the rope was thrown around the
neck and drawn tight and the wolf was
dragged to the house, when the rope
Stacking little, Miss Wolf cut it as
slick and clean as a knife could have
done it, and got away under wire
fence. Dan Stafford was on band and
roped her ext, and the pest was killed
by Miss L. C. Paulson. The beast is a
fine specimen of the gray wolf and is
very large. With monster head and
needle pointed teeth, big bushy tail and
athletic-like body, her success as calf
killer is not wondered at and the dog
admirer evidently used good judgment
in the selection of the object of his
affections. Mr.. Bard will have the hide
mounted and placed in his home as a
memento of the exciting capture"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
An Exciting Adventure.

Isaac N Bard, we'll known Wyom.
ing stockman, brother.in law Of n. s.
Tubbs of this place, recently had an ex-
citing adventure concerning which the
Cheyenne Sun-Leader has the following
account:
II. N. Bard, the we'll known ranch.
man, sends by today's stage one monster
she wolf of the grey species that has
worried him and killed his cattle foi
over three months. Five head of cattle
and one colt fell victims TO the de-
predator, who was too shrewd for the
poison game and understood the trap as
we'll as a human being Mr.. Bard's dog
who is trained to hunt these pests
would go away with Miss Wolf and stay
for three or four days at time. Sh'
evidently having extreme charms fo,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
burlington oute-Callfornia Excur-

Cheap; quick; comfortable. Leaye
Omaha 4;35 p. M, Lincoln 6:l0 p. M,
and Hastings $50 p. m. every Thursday
in clean, modern, not crowded tourist
sleepers. No transfers; cars run right
through to San Francisco and Los An
geles over the Scenic Route-through
Denver and Salt Lake City. Cars are
carpeted, upholstered in rattan; have
spring seats and backs and are provided
with curtains, bedding, towels, soap, etc.
Uniformed porters and experienced
excursion conductors accompany each
excursion, relieving passengers Of all
bother ab.ut baggage, pointing out
objects of intetest and in many other
ways helping to make the overland trip
delightful experience. Second class
tickets are honored. Berths SIS.
For folder giving full information,
call at nearest Burlington Route tick et
office, or write to ]. Francis, General
Passenger Agent, Omaha, Neb.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09

The recent declaration by the Spanish
Minister in Washington, that the de-
struction Of the Maine might have been
the work of the Cuban insurgents is
sadly out Of harmony with the report of
his governments court of inquiry,
which was that it was the result of an
internal explosion. The rash remark
was "ldently made in an unguarded
moment, without proper consideration
of the status of the momentous ques-
tiOn
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
Not Rushing to Klondike.

The Klondike rush is. fortunately,
still far from attaining the dimensions
expected by the transportation compa-
nies, says The New York Engineering
and Mining Journal. A good many
people are going to Alaska and the
Yukon, but the thousands, or hundreds
Of thousands, whom the railroads and
steamers have been preparing for do not
appear. All our testimony from our
correspondents and other reliable Gu.
thorities is to the effect that experienced
miners from the west. and especially
from the northwest, are not going to the
Klondike country. They know too
much about it, and are better satisfied
to stay where they are than to encounter
certain hardships for an extremely
doubtful benefit. The movement so far
is almost entirely ''tenderfoot rush, y
and promises to continue so. Ofthe old
miners who have started recently, more
come from Australia than from our own
western states. In that country, as in
England, the value of the Klondike dis
coveries has been greatly overstated by
reports
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09

+. A, Rinehart, an Omaha photo
grapher, secured the exclusive privilege
of taking pictures on tho Trans Missis-
sippi Exposition grounds. The use of
the kodak is subject to special rules.
Mr.. Rinehart will pay the Exposition
committee for the sole privilege, 81 900
in cash, and 20 per cent ofthe gross re
ceipts. The profits of the business are
to be derived from the sale Of photos
aid pictures of the exposition buildings,
exhibits and grounds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
The plain people of Madrid are said

The plain people of Madrid are said
to manifest but little interest in the
threatened war between Spain and the
United States, their Indifference being
due to the fact of the near approach Of
Easter, upon which occasion one of the
most attractive bull fights known to that
country is announced to come off,
which, by them, is considered to be of
infinitely more importance than pend
ing scrap with so insignificant a count y
as the Yankee patton is, by them, ig-
norantly supposed to be.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09

The success OF the farmers of the
United States, coupled with the success
Of her manufacturers, has attracted the
attention Of those of other parts of the
world, one Of the results being that
within the past fortnight a shipment of
5000 tons Of agricultural machinery was
made to Russia in single day, followed
by an announcement that another ship
ment Of similar dimensions would fol
low shortly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

The Best Salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required.
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per box. For sale by A. J. Jones & Co.,
druggists!
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09

years have been able TO hear ordinary convcr-
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restored, and cured Of Catarrh and no indica-
tion of its return.-G. j. QUICK, Media, Ills.
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/ spit nothing from the throat. My hearing
is about as good as ever before. Those terri
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longer trouble me. The sense of smell is
greatly improved. The roaring, cracking
sound in my ears has ceased, and haven't
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Before using your medicines my throat felt
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] shall continue to use the treatment and to
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My catarrh began when was a schoolgirl,
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09

Montana will have a forestry display
at the Trans.Mississippi Exposition that
will show forty varieties of woods grown
in that state. Lieutenant Ahern, U. S.
A., who is stationed at the Agricultural
College at Bozeman, has been directed
by Vice President w. II. Sutherlin of
the State Commission for the exposition,
to make the collection Of woods.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09

The people of Montana submit cheer
fully to taxation that the state may pay
annually more than $4,000 in bounties
for wolf scalps, says the Bee. Since
they hold the sheep growing industry
so dear they ought to be willing to vote
for it as we'll as pay bounty to prevent
its destruction. Free trade is worse
than wolves in flock of sheep.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09

Ex-President Ben Harrison, when
asked for an interview upon the war
question, in New York city few days
ago. said II am sure that / can serve
my country best by keeping silent just
now, and perhaps others might help in
the same way" There are number Of
people in this place, as well as else
where, who evidently never thought Of
that
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
Exports from the United States to 4

Exports from The United States to the
fourteen different countries which pro-
tested against the enactment of the
Dingley law have been $56,000,0 ,00O
greater in the first half year of the
Dingley law than in the period of the
preceding year under the Wilson
law, thus disproying the claim that the
enactment Of a protective tariff would
result disadvantageously to our foreign
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09

1t may not be safely set down as a
well settled proposition, that the man
who is most clamorous for war, would
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
FREE.
We direct special attention to the following
remarkable GtatenentS:

AM o. years olu, Hebr"
ing began TO fail 20years
ago. For eleven years
could only hear loud
sounds, could not hear
conversation, had con-
tinual roaring in head,
and sense Of smell was
entirely destroyed. Used
Aerial Medication in '94,
it did its work with the
greatest satisfaction -
the roaring ceased, dis
charge from head and
throat stopped, hearing
improved and for four
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-04-09
MEDICINES
For Three Months Treatment
FREE.

This very liberal offer having proved re.
markably successful last year, have decided
TO renew it, and will, for a short time, send
medicines for three months treatment free,
For question form and particulars, address,
J. II. Moore, NJ. D., Dept Nc Cincinnati, 0
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-09-02
Shame Piled on Shame.

The suicide of Lieutenant Colonel
Henry of the intelligence department.
OF the French army, following his con-
fession that he forged the letter which
the French government had put in evil
dence as an alleged corroboration of
the guilt of Captain Alfred Dreyfus,
now serving a term of life imprison-
ment upon a penal island upon secret
conviction of having sold government
war plans to the representative of a
foreign nation, re-opens the worst
scandal in French history.
Dreyfus, a Jew, was tried four years
ago by a military court behind closed
Of single document alleged to have
been written by himself. His
previous military record had been
good. he was independently rich and
no motive for treason could be imag-
ined. His friends claimed he was sac
rificed to screen somebody higher in
authority, for the reason that,b a
Jew, public opinion could easily be
turned against him; and their claim
was strengthened by the ridiculous SEN
sitiveness of his military superiors,
who refused to make public the
grounds for their action and insisted
in challenging all persons who de-
clined to accept their word on the
subject. elimination and recrimina-
ton followed, eliminating in the ac-
cusations of NJ Zola and his sensa-
tional trial, which are fresh in the pub
lie memory. And now comes the de-
nouement of Henry's confession and
suicide, that removes what little doubt
there had been among impartial OBJ
servors of Dreyfus' innocence and the
infamy of the conspiracy against him.
The prejudice, passion and idiotic
idolatry of military forms which
this case has revealed has put upon
the French nation an ineffaceable
stain. The incident throws into hor-
rible relief the fundamental inability
of the Latin race to appreciate the
first requisite of justice-an opening
pittng of accuser and accused be-
fore an unbiased jury of their peers.
Institutions which permit such mon
strous mockeries of justice have in
them the sure seeds of quick decay
and we shall not be surprised if the
throat cutting of the forger Henry will
sound the death rattle of the French
republic.