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reliable sources that up TO ] o'clock to-day no
one at Fort Mouluie had been killed
Eleven shots from Fort Sumter penetrated
the floating battery below the water-line
The few shots fired by Mai Anderson early
this morning knocked the chimneyS from the
officers quarters at Fort Moutric like q
whrlwind. Maj. Anderson's only hope is to
hold out for aid from the ships Two ships
are making toward Morris Island, with q
view 10 land troops and silence the batteries
Thank God for the ships +" said the
foundry foreman, in rs deeply reveren-
tial tones as he had ever addressed to
his Maker.
Three cheers for the ships." shouted
the excited Board of Trade man. |
knew they would be all right! | knew
they would do it! No man that ever
paced an American quarterback was a
coward. American live-oak don't carry
that kind of cattle! Yankee blue
jackets do their duty every time, you
can just bet your bottom dollar on that !
They'll make those Palmetto fellows
sick of that cannonading business in a
holy minute! Three cheers for the
ships!"
The multitude responded with accla-
nations that shook the glass in the win
dows.
A long hour passed before anything
more came. Then the expectant mass
read:
Fort Sumter is undoubtedly on fire! The
flames are raging all around it, Mai Ander-
son has thrown out a raft loaded with men,
who are passing up buckets of water to ex-
tinguish the fire. The men on the raft are
now the object Of fire from Morris Island
With glasses the balls can be seen skipping
across the water and striking the raft, caus-
ing great havoc among the poor fellows.
An outbreak Of rage greeted the last
two lines. Soon another dispatch came,
reading thus:
1t is snrmised that Maj. Anderson is gradu-
ally blowing up tie fort. He scarcely Tires a
gun.
AT half past | o'clock flames were bursting
from all the portfolios The destruction of
Fort Sumter is inevitable
Then at short intervals followed each
OF these announcements
-Four vessels-two of them large steamers
are in sight over the bar. The largest ap-
pears to be engaging Morris Island.
More enthusiasm by the Board of
Trade man.
Gen. Beauregard left the wharf Just now in
a boat for Morris Island The excitement is
rapidly increasing The breaches made in
Fort Sumter are on the side of the fort Oppo-
site Cummings Point. Two of its portfolios
are Knocked into one, and the wall on the
top Is crnmbling Three vessels, one of them
large-siZed steamer, are over the bar, and
seem to be preparing TO participate in the
conflict The lire of Moultrie and Morris
Island is divided between Sumter and the
ships of war The ships have not yet opened.
d. the ships! why don't they
hurry up!" said the Board of Trade
man with such intensity that the crowd,
in spite of its highly-wrought condition,
burst into yociferous laughter and ap-
plause.
While waiting for more dispatches,
Bronson and Walter strolled down Clark
street to see the effect the news had upon
the denizens of that iIl-sayored locality.
Apparently it had none.
The low groggeries, the thiefhanted
saloons, the "dives," the brightly
lighted abodes of the strange women
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by street corner 10 be conveniently de-
liyered OF them. The expansion is prin-
cipally gaseous, however, and the con-
slant wonder is rs to the smallness Of the
idea in proportion to the amoant of gas
evolved. There is nothing else like it
in Nature that | know Of, unless it be
among the comets, where chunk of
matter as big as your head has a vapory
tail hundred miles long. But comets
gas is bright and illuminating, while the
other kind is dull and inhammatory. :"
Well, now, after one studies that out,
that's pretty fair" laughed Walter.
Now" said Bronson, +" want to call
your attention to the fact that you never
in your life saw crowd on the street
corners composed of the materials Of this
one, and should you live to be hundred
years old you will not probably see
another such one.
"That tall man in silk hat, who is
swinging his arms so excitedly as he
talks, is big grain and commission man.
whom nobody ever before saw disturbed
about anything except margins and
deals That broad-shouldered man
over there with a SLOUGH hat, who is
striding along at the head Of little
crowd Of men-each Of whom is almost
as big,-is the foreman of foundry and
machine-shop, and a classleader in the
Methodist Church. The men with him
are his assistant foremen, nearly all
members of the same Church. / don't
| suppose you see one Of them down town
after night on an average of once in
| three months.
The crowd is made up of that class
Of material. There is big lawyer over
there walking alongside of and talking
to a journeyman carpenter; that short,
thick-set man, whose clothes are spotted
with lime, is brick-layer, and the man
he is lecturing keeps the largest dry
goods store On the West Side. So it
goes on clear through the whole crowd
| don't think you ever saw one Of them
stand 10 minutes on street corner
a believe you are right, Bronson ;
they are different looking lot of men
from what one usually sees in these
places; they have more wholesome
look"
The swelling tide of humanity rolling
in from the IVES: Side met an equally
large one setting in from the South Side,
and the North Side poured in a stream
that looked but little smaller than those
from the other two sections of the City.
1t seemed as if every male inhabitant OF
Chicago was crowding into Madison,
State, Randolph, Clark, and the other
streets in what is regarded as the heart
of the City.
The great objective points were the
newspaper offices, where the dispatches,
as fast as they arrived. were bulletined
against the illuminated windows, so that
all within sight could read them. When
Bronson and Walter arrived in front OF
the first office the crowd was slowly but
excitedly deciphering one just posted,
and which read:
| CHARLESTON, April 13.-Two of Mai. An
dcrsons magazines have exploded Only
occasional shots are fired at him from Fort
Moultrie. The Morris Island Battery is
doing heavy work. 1t is thought that only
the smaller magazines have exploded The
greatest excitement prevails; the wharyes,
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THE RICE OF THEAGE!I
Man and Woman Are Up
Against Steam.
THERE IRE MILLIONS IN 1T.

What race
Oar readers may ransack the RACES Of his
tory for two thousand years hut they won't
find recorded another race like this one which
means so much TO millions OF Americans.
Here is what studious ob-erver who wit
messed what he calls "a preliminary heat y
saws:
The train WAS inst pulling out of Engle-
wood putting and painting with its mighty
efforts. AS it slowly gained speed 1t came On
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CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice had
placed in his hands by an East India missionary
the formula of simple vegetable remedy for
the speedy and permanent cure Of Consumption,
bronchitis, Catarrh, Asthma and all Throat and
Lung Affections, also pos tive and radical cure
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SYNOPSIS OF pREcEpING CHAPTERS.

In this war-story, the hero Walter Armi-
fage. is a youth who is employed in the COM
posing room of an afternoon daily news
paper in Chicago. The country is on the
eve of civil war. News of the bombardnen Mt
of Fort Sumter creates much excitement.
A fight between David Bronson, Il Unionlst,
and Dick Morgan SecesSioniSt. both com
positors. results in a victory for the former.
Walter, whose ideas of the situation are
yet uniformed, has a discussion with Bron-
son, who sets forth Loyalty the conditions
that confront the Government. Walter
goes down town with Bronson to watch the
bulletins at the newspaper offices.
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EDITORIAL NOT E-The next installment
Will tell of the excitement that attended the
fall of Fort Sumter and the Presidents call
for 10, 900 men. The stirring events of sue
ceeding days and their effect on the hero of
the story will be told in future issues.
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Would i-ssok Well.


II hostilities come, it will be the duty
our naval officers To see that the waysh:.s
Srain has dispatched to his side Of the
Atlantic stay over here. There are sozse
vessels among them that would look ex-
trenle,y well under the Sta-S and Stripes.
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blood, gains flesh. gains strength, forgets he
ever was sick, and bids fair to live until he
is 20. Will his friends insist when he does
die at n good ripe age that he died OF con-
sumption? His doctor Just 10 persist in his
doctrine that consumption is incurabIe may
still say that after the fifty-five additional
years of comfort and happiness consumption
finally undermined his constitution and killed
him What of it?
WHO CARES \ SNAP
what he finally died of so long as he was
saved to live long, useful, and happy life !?
1t doesn't matter much to Us and tn our FAM
lilies and friensrS what we die of when we've
live out our life. Consumption, too, be
gins in tie blood Tire first need of every
weekly constitution j. blood, blood for mus
Giles. sinews. nerves. arteries; blood for the
servant matter and blood for the master
pia-i. 1t is 3 notable fact that when every
sfndept OF physiology could tell You inst what
bloo.l is Ia Brain and boiy, that ii was re-
served for ore man To follow Olt the fact TO
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of this city, who had been i'll in st.
Joseph's hospital, st. Paul, for several
weeks, returned home last week in re-
stored health, to the delight of all his
fellow citizens.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-05-28

legislative appropriation and citizens
by generous contributions haye made
possible the wonderful achievements
IN making this enterprise as it will be
one Of the great expostions held on
American soil. A new city has sprung
up ss if by magic on the outskirts OF
the Nebraska metropolis and for fve
months its wonders will attract visitors
from every section of our country, from
every quarter Of the globe. The gates
are ready to be thrown open.
Now, therefore l, Silas A Holcomb,
governor Of the state Of Nebraska, do
hereby designate and proclaim wednes-
day, June !, A. d. 1898, public holi-
day, and denominate it, Exposition
Day. To the ceremonies attending the
opening Of the magnificent display of
the progress of the Trans NJ MIssissip ppi
country, 1t is hoped many people from
throughout the country will come, and
especially do I request and urge that
citizens Of Nebraska, who may con-
yeniently do SO, be in attendance on
this occasion, by their presence showing
their interest in the enterprise, and as
sisting in making the day memorable in
the history of the state. The import
ance Of the exposition, and the respon
sibility resting upon every citizen ofthe
state to support it to the extent of his
| am confident fully appre-
cisted by all.
In testimony whereof, have hereun-
to set my hand and caused to be affixed
the great seal of the state of Nebraska.
Done at Lincoln, this fourteenth day
Of May, in the year Of our Lord, one |
thousand eight hundred and ninety.
sight, the thirty-second year of the |
state, and of the independence of the
United States the one hundred and |
wpntv-second
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-05-28
A Public Holiday.

Governor Holcomb, Of Nebraska.
issued the following proclamation:
To the People of the State Of Neb-
raska: The beginning of new epoch
in the history Of the Mississippi
country, and especially OF Nebraska,
will be marked by the opening of the
Trans Mississippi and international
Exposition at Omaha, the first day Of
June, the present year.
This great enterprise had its incep-
ton in the action OF the Trans-Missis-
sippi congress of 1896, attended by ac-
credited delegates from twenty-four
states and territories. To the end that
friendly ties and closer commercial re-
lations might be promoted between the
different states and territories. and that
the progress of this great section Of our
country and its marvellous opportunities
might be displayed adyantageously
1t was determined to hold an exposi
tion Of the products and resources. the
manufactures, arts and Industries OF the
west at Omaha during the present year
With high appreciation of the respon
ability imposed, as well as the honol
conferred, by the selection ofits mstrop
oils as the place ofexhibition, the peopl,
Of Nebraska, aud especially ofths cit,
OF Omaha. have spared neither eifor
nor money in doing their part to MAKE
the exposition success. The state, b,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-05-28
School Fund Apport,onmsrt

The apportionment of the permanent
school fund TO the various counties of
the state for losning purposes, which
has just been made. says Pierre special
OF the 10th inst, is the largest appor-
tionment eyer sent out by the depart.
ment, and amounts to sl34 1926. or this
sum the largest amount goes to Mime,
while Lawrence and Brown are next
with nearly $4,000 each. Brookings,
Day, Hutchinson, Union and Yankton
secure over $4,000 each The lowest
counties in the list are Stanley, with
S2l0, and Lyman, with 1880. On &C
count of the increased number Of sales
this year the counties will be given an
opportunity to secure larger sums of state
money for Investment than in any past
year. But this year. as in the past, it is
very probable that much Of il viii be
returned, as it is hard to get the money
out at even the low rate of per cent
In many Of the counties where sales
have been made the purchasers, rather
than carry a state loan at the 6 per cent
rate, are paying years interest in ad'
vance for the opportunity to make full
payment and secure title. Within the
past year many of the school township,
over the state which have obligations
payable are refunding them into The
state school fund, which gives them {
lower rate of interest than their ole
obligations bear, and which at the same
time helps to reduce their school taxes
In this way funds which are not desired
in one county are taken BY the othe
counties which were not granted a
much as they desire for this purpose il
the regular spportionment. 1t is tn
aim aud object of the land department
to secure investment Of the fund in sucl
securities in preference to investmen
in land mortgages, which is allowabl
under the statute.
Besides the increased apportionmen
the increased number OF leases for thi
year will help bring the income fun
lup 10 where TIE semi-annul apportior
ment Of that fad ;,le lst ofJu.y vi
lbe over 81 per capita.
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Sad Death.

The sad news was received in this
city on Monday afternoon, May 23rd, oi
the drowning of the infant son Of Mr..
and Mrs. f. II. Flynn Of Keystone,
The child, while playing out doors on
Monday morning. accidentally fell into
tub Of cold water and before assistance
reached him was drowned. His Older
sisters were at the time of the accident
engaged in some house work and wher
he was discovered bythem every effort
to resuscitate him proved Of no avail
life being already extinct. Mr.. and Mrs
Flynn were absent from home at thu
time Of the accident.
Baby Flynn was year, nine months
and 10 days old at the time Of his death
The funeral services were held at tn,
family residence in Keystone on Tues
day morning, after which the remaini
were brought to the Custer cemetery il
this city and consigned to rest in thu
family burying ground.
The many friends Of Mr.. and Mrs
Flynn in this city unite in profound
sympathy for the parents 10 their deeI
sorrow and bereavement.
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Personal Mention.


=. -Nnhla af nn..-ha .--- - Al----,--
A. c. Barber of Council Bluffs, was in
the city Thursday.
w. HELEN, of Omaha had rooms at
the Klsemann over Sunday.
w. s. Marr of Omaha was registered
at the Kleemann on Thursday.
w. II. Fawcett, of Lead. came in We'd
nesday EN- route to Sylvan lake.
A. P. Howe, Crawford, Neb., had
rooms at the kleemann Thursday.
DR.. J. G. Morrow returned to his
home, Norfolk, Neb., on Thursday.
County Commissioner Neal came in
from Spokane Thursday on business.
w. II. Palmer, of Buffalo Gap, was
registered at the kleemann on Mon
day.
T. P. Mullen left for Deadwood on
the Monday morning north bound pas
senger.
Mrs. r. w. Calkins expects to leave
for the east next week to spend the
summer.
W. NJ. Pratt, of Piedmont, s. D. was O
guest at the Kleemann the later part OF
last week.
Frank Bender and C. NJ. Belknap oi
Hermosa had business in the county
seat on Tuesday.
John Lenning, a prosperous stock
man Of Fairburn was visitor in the
city on Monday.
r. III. Chapman, of the United States
Geological survey was registered at th'
Kleemann on Thursday.
w, C. and Albert Fay, of Otis, Custe
County, were trsnsac.ins business be
fore the county court on Monday.
Mss Alice Hare departed on tn
TUESDAY morning train for few day
visit with relatives and friends at Hill
City.
NJ. Geo. Thorp and daughter Lucille
of Lincoln, Nebraska, were in the cit
on Monday, the guests of Mr.. and Mr.
T. V. Garlock.
j. Z. Pitcher and Perry Bertschy lei
for Omaha last evening on bushes
connected with the Black exhibit at tn
Trans Mississippi exposition.
Miss Margaret Morrow, one of tn
teachers in the Custer public school
during the past year, left for her hom
at Norfolk, Neb. on Thursday.
, Ed. Cuthbertson, the Omaha trad
rustler, was intervening our merchant
J on Wednesday in the interest Of tn
/. wholesale establishment he represents.
Mrs. w. d. McFadden departed o
the Tuesday evening train for Alb'
Iowa, in response to telegram ar
nouncing the serious illness Of her fathe
at that place.
Miss Nettie NJ. Woods, who for tn
!. past nine months has been teaching til
grammar department in our publ
schools left for her homo at Clarind
Iowa. on Thursday.
Joe Pitcher took tte Thursday NOR,
!. ing train for Deadwood on business col
o nected with the Black Hills exhibit
Q the Trans ississippi exposition
Omaha. which "Opens Jnne LIST.
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The spaniah Floet Reported Bottled Ur
inthe Santiago Harbor.

The Spaniah E1eet Reported Bottled Ur
inthe Santiago Harbor.
Naval officials who are in a position
to know, says Washington special Of
the 26th inst, say the government has
received word that the Spanish feet is
bottled up in the Santiago harbor by
Commodore Schlsy, who will not per.
NIT them TO escape. 1t is the present
plan Of the naval department TO avoid q
fight with the feet and thus avoid sink
ing the four cruisers, but to capture
them instead as they are the best
vessels Of the Spanish government, and
as the government is greatly in need OF
protected cruisers the best will be done
to capture this feet Of Admiral Ceryera.
If this feet is in the Santiago harbor it
will be impossible for 1T to get past tho
united fiests Of Sampson and schlcy.
and II is thought tina. when the Spani-
ards realize the position they have
placed themselves in, they will give up
the fight. The vessels are known TO be
short OF coal and as there is none in the
Santiago harbor which they can procure
they will be compelled to surrender to
tho overwhelming forces that are sta
toned before them at the entrance of
Santiago.
The President has issued his second
proclamation calling for $4,000 more
volunteers. The call is made on the
same basis as the first call Reports to
the war department show that Il6 900
volunteers haye been mustered in under
the first call.
The battleship Oregon arrived here
from her long voyage from San Francis.
co, says Jupiter, Florida, dispatch of
the 18th, inst. Lieut. Commander Davis
came ashore. lie told thrilling story
of the journey of $1,000 miles around
the Horn and of the long watch from
Bahai to a point of safety. He said
that Capt. Clark did all the steering and |
went out Of the beaten course as much |
as possible to avoid an enemy, though |
prepared at all times for fight
Two thousand soldiers embarked at |
San Francisco on Wednesday for the
Philline islands.
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Custer school Report
The following is the annual report of
the Custer City Schools for the year
ending May Goth, 1898

The following is the annual report Of
the Custer City Schools for the year
ending May Goth. 1898:
HIGH SCHOOL.
No. enrolled, 60.
Whole No. of days attendance, G6Il.
Whole No. of days absence, 34l.
Per cent of attendance, 95a.
No. OF tardinesses, %.
We found the Custer City Schools at
the beginning of the year concededly
in bnd condition as to discipline, and
general order upon the school grounds
streets, etc; spirit Of work was want.
ing absences frequent: and tardinesses
Of every day occurrence. This annual
report we believe shows great improve
msnt along all these lines. No class
had ever been srsauates before; this
year witnessed strong class of nine
pupils. When we took charge we
pledged the board year OF earnest,
systematic, business like work. We
respectfully submit the question of full
hllment to the people Of Custer.
III. c. WHITE.
Principal Of Schools.
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.
No. enrolled, 81.
No. of days attendance, 743il.
No. Of days absence, 449t.
Average daily attendance, AZ.
Per cent of attendance, 94.3.
No. tardinesses, 49.
No. neither absent or tardy, 8.
NErTrE NJ. WooDs, Teacher.
INTERMEDIATE DEPARTMENT.
No. enrolled, 46.
No. days in attendance, 1855.
No. days absence, SOC.
Average daily attendance, S5.4.
Per cent Of attendance, 92.6
No. tardy, So.
No. neither absent or tardy, 5.
MARGARET Morrow Teacher.
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.
No. enrolled, 81.
Attendance in days, 1928.
No. days absence, 536.5.
Average daily attendance, 4o.e.
Per cent Of attendance, 96.lO.
No tardy, 66.
No. neither absent nor tardy,
LAURA b CAIRNS, Teacher.