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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22
A Home Made Globe.

Chicago Inter Ocean: When the
war broke out the old students OF
geography were at o sad disadvantage.
They had not studied from a globe,
but on the old fiat system, so that
when you asked them in what direc-
ton Borneo lay from Clay county
their only reply, with the appropriate
gesture was: /
"Oh, away off yonder." (
1t took an ingenious Kansas man to-
surround this dificlty, however. He
was n rabid war follower, and he could
talk of every Spanish possession i'm
which we had the slightest interest
with u precision and positiyeness that
made him the oracle of the town. LIS
name is Baker Borton, and he lives in
Clyde. He is n brother of the late
Judge B%orton, a noted Kansas char
acter. whose circuit embraced Colo
RADIO and Kansas. Judge Borton was
said to be the only man who ever
made JAY Gould really laugh.
Well, Baker Borton got tired OF
looking for places on the map and not
being able TO locate them from Clyde
lie wanted TO feel sure that, as he sat
talking in his little insurance oflce.
and he referred to the Ladrones or the
Philippines he could point to the ex-
act direction in which they lay. and
that he had them pat in his mind. But
he couldn't do this from the map.
lie thought seriously of getting "a
globe, but the one he wanted cost too
much and the ones that were within
his pecuniary reach were worthless.
This worried him for Il while, but II
Kansas mind is not long without n So
luton for every problem.
He sat looking at his Office stove n
day when he got the idea. Before
night he had a round world, n little
out of perspective perhaps, but he
could find the Philippines in their true
relation TO Clyde. lie cut the maps OF
the two hemispheres out of his grand
sons geography and pasted them
around a joint of stove pipe, so that
they came together all right ana
matched. Inside the top and bottom
of the pipe he tackled blocks OF wood.
In the lower block he bored a hole,
through which he ran a broom. The
lower end Of the broom stick was
nailed TO the side of his desk.
When farmers and townspeople
, came i'm to talk over war news, for no
one wa SO well informed as he, Baker
| Borton would tell them the situation
to "A t-y ~, and prove his assertions on
the stove pipe map. lie would whirl
this around to the Philippines and
| back again to Washington. or Cuba. or
New York. or Clyde. and there was
every place just where it should be.
Baker Borton has not patented ms
stove pipe map idea, therefore one
need not fear to appropriate il for his
own use.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22
THE MAJORS EXPERIENCE.
From The Detroit Free Press.

One Of the stanchest supporters Of the
dcep-watcr way from the Great Lakes TO
the ocean is Major A. G.. Bishop, of 10
Third avenue, Detroit, a civil engineer
of wide experience and considerable prom
incncc in his profession. He was assist
ant engineer on the Hudson River Rail
road in 1850. and has since conducted
large engineering operations. He has
been located in Detroit since 1915, and
has a large acquaintance among the bust
ness men and citizens of this city.
Two years ago, for the first time, Major
Bishop was in the hospital. For two
months he had the best of medical at
tendance. but when he was discharged
he was not like the Major Bishop Of old.
When asked regarding his health, he said:
when ! had my last spell of sickness
and ,dmc ont of the hospital | was a
sorry sight, | could not gain my strength,
and could not walk over n block for sew
eral weeks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

pieces.
why" said the upright money
changer, those are Spanish pieces,
doubloons, dated one hundred years
ago, some of them
Money" cried the delighted Jcems.
Turn them into American money"
For his %untutored mind saw at once
that Spanish money at the moment is
not the best i'm the world.
Having carefully calculated the dis
count, the money changer paid over
good Yankee cash for the doubloons.
Jeems went back to Oak Tree and kept
sober. That night with n spade he
went to the great tree and dug at it's
foot. He dug a worm eaten chest,
filled to the brim with doubloons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22
Game TclI ON Hidden Gold.

New York World: Once upon a
time
Well, at any rate, they are telling
this story at Plainfield. II might well
be called The Tale Of the Golden
Squirrel" 1t relates the wonderful
good fortune that came 10 Chris
Jeems, a poor but comparatively hon
est farm hand. Jeems, whose name is
somewhat against him, was hunting
squirrels and found a buried hoard.
Jeems earned his teilsome living at
Oak Tree, a hamlet three miles from
Plainfeld. Once upon a time-that is
TO say, II few days ago, Jeems, hunting
in the woods. shot a squirrel, which
fell dead at the foot Of a great tree.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

About to bag his game, Jecms saw Il
bit of metal, yellow, shining ON the
ground.
OF course he picked it up and recog-
nized il was Il coin of some kind.
Jeems kicked around in the bushes
and found a few more such coins. Be
ing comparatively honest, Jeems said
to himself in Swedish, binding is
Keeping" and said not a word to any
one else of his finding. With much
forcthought, he marked the big tree
so he could find it. Next day he hur-
ried to New York, where everyone
goes with coin he has found or other
wise acquired.
Jeems went to a money changer and
TO him showed the yellow shining
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22
62S Summer Ave,
Newark, n. j., May "a, 1896.

Newark, y. j., May a, 1886.
The Piso Company, Warren, Pa:
Gentlemen: Piso's Cure for Consump-
tion was recommended to my mother by
a friend, and l got it, although not hav-
ing much faith in patent medicines. For
over thirty years mother has had a most
racking cough whenever she takes the
least cold, and no medicines have ever
been able to touch it. She took your
medicine two days, and her cough stopped
entirely-has not even had a hacking since
and she sleeps better and feels better
than she has in years. l want to tender
you my most grateful thanks. We shall
never be without Piso's Cure for Con-
sumption in the house. Respectfully
hours, MRS. n. +. SPEEDING.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

Once more Jeems hurried To New
York. For $4,000 he sold the doub-
looms. which he found by killing the
golden squirrel. Last Saturday he
sailed for his native Sweden, where
doubtless. his arrival will encourage
many people to rush for America in
the hope of picking up money in the
woods.
Such is The Tale of the Golden
Squirrel" If you doubt it, go to Oak
Tree, near Plainfield, n. j., and see
the hole at the base of the big tree
and a piece of the worm eaten money
chest.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

for the London Times, had no greater
trial during the war with Spain than the
humiliation of having his dispatches
passed upon by Grant Squires, Gen. Gree
ly's assistant censor. When Mr., SmalleY
was receiving 81, coo a year as London cor
respondent Of the New York Tribune,
Squires was making 81 a week as a re-
porter for that paper.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

better, and know they did me worlds of
good. l am pleased to recommend them
10 invalids who need a tonic or to build
up a shattered constitution.
"A. G.. BISHOP"
Subscribed and sworn TO before me this
eighth day of January, 1898.
ROBERT j.. HULL, JR., Notary
f'ublic.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

The trough riders" Jared better in New
York than their horses. During the stay
OF the troopers I'm the metropolis men
waited on every street corner to spend
money on them, and women put them
selves out Of the way to be introduced 10
them. They were fairly carried about the
Tenderloin, and made welcome in the most
magnificent hostelries in the city, The
other day the horses Of the trough riders
were sold at auction and brought from SO
TO $40 apiece.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

Il noticed
some articles
in the news
re-
gardinG DIR.
Wi Il IN $
Pin k Pills
for Pale Peo-
y q, which
convinced me
[ h a { ( h g Y
were worth
trying an Il
bought o
boxes. | did
II o t a k q
them for my
g 0 IN plexion
b u t f o +
s { g II z { Ia.
After using
hem I falt
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

President Mckinley though often
referred TO by the military title of
major, never really rose above the
grade of captain. His higher title was
bestowed by brevet.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

Although as n rule. they are men OF
long lives. no fewer tina 125 members OF
sacred college of cardinals have died
since Leo XIII. assembled the papal throne
and siXty-seycn OF this number were or
his own creation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

A man was on his way to be married.
He got on an express train by mistake.
Finding that there was no stop at ms
station. he pulled the bell cord and got
Is he liable To punishment Is now
the question. 1t will be interesting to see
railroad companies o n lover.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

Gardner is said to be the only city in
Maine where the local and standard sys-
TENS of time. are both in vogue. The two
town clocks are kept twenty-one minutes
apart. and each has its devotees, with the
result of much confusion I'm keeping busi-
ness and social engagements. Visitors are
entirely at sea, and the natives are never
quite sure they know what time II Is.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

The third centenary of Edmund Spen-
scr's death will occur next year. The
poet died in poverty and neglect on Jan
uary 16. 1899. and was buried In Westmin-
stcr Abbey with great pomp.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

An oregon sheriff made service of pa
pcrs on the defendant in a foreclosure
suit by forwarding the document TO the
defendants address at Cavitc, Philippine
Islands. The defendant Is first lieutenant
In n cnmpanN of oregon volunteers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22
. II Hangs
ON

II il was only health, we
might let il cling.
But il Is q cough. One cold
no sooner passes off before
another comes. But it's the
same old cough all the time.
And it's the same, old story,
TOO. There is first the cold,
then the cough, then pneu-
monia or consumption with the
long sickness, and life tremb-
ling In the balance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

Miss Anna Boulingny Of New ORLEANS,
who assisted Miss Chanler as a nurse In
Porto Rico, Is the great-great-srand-
daughter of the Lieut.. Blenville who
founded her native city.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

Redlands, Cal, has q mammoth
moving machine which cuts n strip of
wheat 50 feet wide.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

George W. Smailey, the American tory
who is now correspondent in this country
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-10-22

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.
L~0UIsvILLE. Ky. NEW YORK, Nj.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary of Important Events.
FIFTY-FiFTH CONGRESS.
(Second Session.)

In the senate on the 9Th, Mr.. Vest (Mo)
introduced some resolutions denying the
power of the federal government to ac-
quire territory to be held and governed
permanently as colonies. A bill amending
the navigation laws was introduced, and
precipitated brief discussion OF those
laws, participated in rincipally by Mr.
Vest and Mr.. Caffery Ua.), both of whom
opposed the bill. In the house the GUS
tomary resolutions for the distribution OF
the presidents message to the several
committees having jurisdiction, was
bill was reported. The report of the Ha-
waiian commission was laid before the
house and referred, together with bill oy
Mr.. Hit to carry out the resolutions.
In the senate, on the 7th, no business
was transacted in open session. Resum-
ing business, at 2:15, after an executive
session, the deaths of Representatives
sippi, were announced, and the senate, as
a mark of respect to their memories ad-
journed....-.In the house, the anti-scalp-
ing bill was passed, after spirited de-
bate lasting four hours, by a vote Of l1S
to 101.
In the senate, on the Sth, on motion OF
Senator Morgan, the Nicaraguan canal
ished business, after which the senate ad-
journed. In the house the urgent de-
ficiency bill, to provide for the support OF
the military and naval establishments
tion. A number of amendments were
adopted on the recommendation OF the
appropriations committee, which had re-
ceived some supplemental estimates after
the bill was prepared. The amount
carried by the bill, as passed, is S69, ,S95, ,SSA-
consuls and consular agents liable for
damages in suits at law, was adopted.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15
KEEP OUR OWN COUNSEL.
Information Concerning American Nava.
Affairs Will Not be So Free as
1t Has Reen.

New York, Dec. 11.--A special to the
Herald from Washington says:
Action has been taken by Secretary
Long to withhold information con-
cerning American naval affair; from
foreign governments. A regulation
has been issued announcing that
formal official information to at.
taches and other foreign officials in
Washington or abroad will be fur.
nished through the bureau of naviga.
ton by the Office of naval intelli.
gence."
This regulation is due largely to the
refusal of foreign governments to
give to American officers information
which they seek. Hitherto the au.
thorities have been very open with for.
eign attaches, but in the future IT is
likely the secrecy which exists abroad
will be followed here.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15
ADMIRAL DEWEY'S FLEET.
He Will Soon Have sunacient Force of
Small Vessels for all Practical and
Necessary Purposes.

Washington, Dec. li.-Admiral Dew
ey's fleet will be strengthened shortly
by the addition of some serviceable
gunboats. The Bennington, now at
Honolulu, has been ordered to proceed
to Guam, in the Ladrone group, and
make a survey of the harbor with
view to the establishing there of
naval station. This done, she will join
Dewey's fleet. BY that time, or before,
the Helena will have arrived at Ma
Mia, and the Concord and the Petrol,
now cruising around in Chinese wa
ters, will have returned, and altogeth-
er the admiral will have sufficient
force of small vessels under his COM
mand to carry out the presidents pol
icy respecting the Philippines, and TO
bring into submission any of the is
landers who may prove refractory,
and to release any Spanish prisoners
held in confinement by the insur-
gents.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15
FOREIGN ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In Berlin sheet music is sold by
weight.
London has 1880 miles of streets;
Paris 600.
The very finest brand of Havana cigar
fetches 81, 500 thousand in Paris.
Ghent, in Belgium, is built on 26 is
lands. which are connected by SO
bridges.
The number of Belgian breweries in
creased from 2.977 in 1896 to 3.o57 in
1897.
A large orphan asylum in st. Peters
burg is supported by the tax on playing
cards.
In certain Partisan restaurants shil-
ling is charged for the use of the table
cloth.
There are in the German empire
about 100000 persons belonging TO
other countries.
AS many as III. 100000 bottles of
champagne are stored in the vnults Of
French producers. They represent q
cost price of $50 Oo0. 600.
In Spain Hebrews are not permitted
10 erect and maintain houses of wor-
ship. They have no civil rights. and ex
ist Ia the kingdom only as aliens.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15
Clement b. Stem. of the Atlas fiaur

Clement B. Stern, of the Atlas fiaur
mills of Milwaukee, says he expects
the big flour combination to be in OPP
Grafton shortly. He says that the trust
will have an initial capitalization OF
$50, ,0O0, 900. A syndicate of English and
American capitalists will back the en-
terprise.
John Andersen, the cook of the
schooner Olive Pecker, who murdered
the captain and mate of that vessel in
August, 1897, while on voyage from
Boston to Buenos Ayres,w was hanged in
the Jail yard at Norfolk, Va, on the
9th. The execution was bungling, the
drop falling twice before Andersen
died.
Zella, the 13-year-old daughter of
William Galloway, who lives three
miles north of Kingston, Ia, was
burned to a Grip, on the 9th, by her
clothes catching fire at the stove. She
was dead when help arrived.
The transport Minnewaska, with
Brig.-Gen. George w. Davis and his
staff and the Two Hundred and Sec
ond New York, consisting of 81 Off
GERS, 1,179 enlisted men, and $50 mem
bers cf the hospital and signal corps
and teamsters, arrived at Havana on
the 9th.
The queen regent of Spain has suf-
fered terribly from the frightful strain
of responsibility throughout the war,
as well as in connection with the anx-
ious negotiations that both preceded
and followed the conflict. She is now
reported seriously i'll at Madrid.
The members of the American peace
commission are booked to sail from
Southampton for New York on board
the American line steamship st. Louis
on December II.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15
A little INSIDE HISTORY.
II Relates to the Famous De LONE
Letter That Proved the Spanish
Minister'S Undoing.
CUBAN JuHTA ALWAYS ON THE ALERT.
rn. Ministers welI-Known Galiantry
Taken Advantage of to Secure
nation. and q Cuban Posing as y
elan Turned the Trick of securins
session of the Unlucky Letter.

CHICAGO. Dec. 1.-THE jour naA
prints an interview with Senor CaIios
Vincente de Quesada y Socarras, Gus
in of Secretary Quesada of the ouDaH
iunta. and son of Gen. Quesada
Aguiar, who commanded part OF the
Cuban forces during the ten years
war for independence. According
the interview Senior Quesada claims :.
that the famous de LONE letter,
written by the Spanish minister riui7
culing President Mckinley, was stolen
In the United States, and not in nav
ana.
Ouesada, who fought under all OF
the prominent Cuban leaders, ana WHO
was present at the death of Maceo'
saws that De Lome's gallantry led TO
his downfall; that a woman in the EN-
ploy of the junta learned many OF the
Spanish minister's secrets. Ihere
were many parties to the conspiracy
" Hhich resulted in the theft of the De
LONE letter." he said. 1.-The junta hao
worked trusted agents into the EN-
ploy of the Spanish legation. Ihese
clerks kept us posted on all matters
which they could, but that was not
enough.
So it was arranged that woman
vas to start up Irritation with Senor
De LONE and endeavor to gain his con-
fidence.
"The woman selected to ensnare De
LONE is now in New York. De LONE
confided many things to her which
he should not.
''When Canalejas came to this coun-
try, he was watched every minute.
Through the influence of friends the
junta managed to get Cuban, as a
waiter into the hotel where he was
stopping. He was supposed to be a
Venezuelan. As he spoke Spanish he
was naturally assigned to wait on
Canalejas.
when the Spanish minister wrote
that letter the junta was promptly in
formed that letter, contents un-
known, had been written to Canalejas.
The letter reached its destination at
the hotel, but it never got to Canalejas.
The Venezuelan waiter took it out of
the package of letters and turned it
over to the junta.
"The junta sold that letter to New
York paper 1t was turned over on
the condition, however, that it should
be supposed to have been stolen in
Havana, so as to avoid any trouble
with the postal authorities. Secretary
of State Day saw it before it was pub
lished.'
About the time of the De LONE in4-
cident Carlos De Quesada was in.
Washington in the interest of the jun
ia and passing as Venezuelan.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15
A HEAVY DEAL in TOBACCO.
The Stock of the Blackwell Durham Co.
Sold for Two and Half
Million Dollars.

New York, Dec. 13.-T. A. B. Wide
ner, Thomas Dolan and w. L. Elkins,
of the Metropolitan Traction Co., re-
ceived word last night that u heavy
deal in tobacco, in which they are in
terested, had been consumated at
Philadelphia. BY this transaction the
Union Tobacco Co. secured the entire
capital stock of the Blackwell Durham
Co. for the sum of So, 500, 900.
The money was paid over and the
stock was deposited with an express
company in Philadelphia for ship
ment to this city this morning. 1t will
probably be deposited with the Union
Trust Co.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15
Rivers and Harbors.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE blouse.
committee on rivers and harbors had.
a meeting, and discussed prelimina-
ries of the hearings which are to be
given members who desire appropria-
tions for rivers and harbors The COM
mittee desires to have all the hear.
ings completed before the holidays.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15
Hobson to Leave San Francisco for Hong
Kong December "a.

Washington, Dec. 11.-Naval Con-
structor Hobson has been at the de-
partment in connection with orders to
proceed to Hong Kong, to supervise
the reconstruction of the cruisers Don
Juan De Austria, Isla De Cuba and
Isla De Luzon. He desired a snort
leave, but the department was COM
PEELED to refuse the request because of
the necessity of getting him to Hong
Kong as soon as possible. Mr.. Hobson
viii sail on the steamer leaving San
Francisco on December "a, so he will
spend Christmas at sea.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15

Former Chief of Police John Nc
Cullagh of New York, who goes to Ha-
vana to advise Gen. Greene in regard
to the establishment of police force
in the Cuban capital, viii recommend
the establishmentof the block system.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15

The Cuban Educational Association
of the United States has been organ
lied for the purpose of accepting and
carrying out the offers made by the
American colleges in response to Gen.
Wheeler's suggestion that these col
leges should each give free tuition to
two or more reputable Cubans
Iron County register., 1898-12-15
The Pottery Syndicate Secure an Exten-
sion of It's Option.

Trenton, n. j., Dec. 12.-The option
secured by a syndicate of capitalists
on a large number of general ware
potteries in the United States, notably
those of East Liverpool, o.. and Tren-
ton, has been extended to April l..
Trenton manufacturers are confident
the syndicate win succeed, and expect
the deal to be closed within a few
weeks. 1t is intimated that the abb
sorption may also include the sanitary
potteries now being operated by the
Trenton pottery syndicate.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15
A Vicious Hog Attacks a Child.

While the children of James Calvin,
of near Georgetown, Pettis county,
were attempting to drive boar frora
the yard, the animal attacked the
eldest boy and with his tusks tore the
flesh from the bone almost to the
knee. Neighbors drove the hog away,
otherwise the boy would have been
killed
Iron County register., 1898-12-15

It now transpires that it was Miss
Helen Gould who gave s250.oo0 for the
erection of the Central library build
ing of the University of the City of
New York, and she has since quietly
added 100000 to the original gift.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15
Mules burned to Death.

Fire broke out in the broomrack of
T. A. Sollars, in Warrensburg. The
flames spread quickly to the mule pens
of Stone g. Burton, and to Stockton's
mill. Twenty-eight mules were burned
to death, and the mill was destroyed.
Iron County register., 1898-12-15

Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beres-
ford, NJ. P. in the conservative interest
for York city, who has been in China
in behalf of the British Associated
Chamber of Commerce, will start on
his home voyage next month, going
by way of Japan and the United
States
Iron County register., 1898-12-15

Gen. Riewodidos and DIR. Lesdaj jluna,
representatives of the Filipino junta,
started from Hong Kong, on the 7th,
for Washington under instructions ''to
cndeavor to remove misapprehension
and suspicious and cultivate the
friendliest relations with the Ameri-
can government and people"