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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
AMERICAN ISLAND
SINKING OUT OF SIGHT
Nature Evidently Proposes to
P.eempt Chamberlain's IS
land Park.
THE ISLAND GRADUALLY SINKING
Capt. Sheriff OF Deadwood sue
the City for Heavy Damages
Farmer Is Robbed by
q Hired Man.

Chamberlain, Jan. 31.-The atteu-
ton of the curious has beer attracted
by the sudden and unexplained sink
ing OF a portion of American island,
in the Missouri river, opposite this
city. The island was granted to the
city by the government for park pur-
poses. Upon il are two natural springs,
one much larger than the other. The
large spring is situated in "a quite
heavy growth Of timber. Some years
ago, under the belief that the water
from the spring was endowed with rare
medicinal properties, an effort vas
made to sink Il mammoth galvanized
iron casing for the purpose of con
tracing the volume of water which
escaped from It,. This effort was ii
failure, and in time the iron casing,
which was four or five feet in diam
eter, rusted off. The result was that
the water again spread over the neigh
boring ground, which is depressed in
the immediate vicinity of the spring.
a swamp covering a quarter or half
an acre had formed there. The dis
covcry OF the sinking Of the earth at
h spring was made by VIM. Baxter,
superintendent Of the city watcrworks,
"'' Nv ildll lldIlhlll u ltkltl. TOT
a space about scyenty-fve feet i'm di-
ametcr the earth has dropped down to
such an extent that the tops Of some
OF the largest trees which were carried
away are just visible, while others have
entirely disappeared in the huge open
ing, which slowly filed with water.
A roadway, which passes ncar the spot
and has been travelled for years, was
partially carried away. The discover
crs had a narrow escape from being
precipitatcd into The opening. Whit"
observing the extent Of the caye-i
from the edge they suddenly felt IL
ground sinking from under their fec
BY great haste they s"uccccdcdin reacl
ing n place of safety, just ~ Il
ground upon which they had bee
standing a moment before disappeare
with n loud splash into the opening
which was already filing with waite
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
PeunsyIyanin's Old Forts.

PHILADELPHIA Record: Pioneers Of Penn
s~ylvania who went beyond the limits or
the country when peace was established
bv William PENIS treaties with the In
dams and undertook the cultivation OF fer
tile lands I'm other parts of the state, found
it necessary to have in every
some substantial place OF refuge In time
Of attack by hostile savaGes. wherever
there was a settlement of white men there
was a fort or block house, usually built
of heavy planks and stout logs, and in
most cases inClosing Il spring and one or
more houses.
over 200 such primitive forts were built
I'm PENNSYLVANIA prior TO the year lIh3.
Some of them, besides furnishing shelter
for the settlers from attack 10y the In
dams. were used at times by the provin-
Cial soldiers. The names Of a few are re-
corded In history, but most Of them had
only local fame and long ago passed al
most completely out OF memory. Few ira
ces OF any Of them remain, and all means
OF identifying their locations and the part
each played in the carly history OF Penn
sylvania might soon have been lost but
for the thoughtfulness OF some member OF
the legislature in 1893. who secured the
passage OF an act requiring the governor
TO appoint a commission to make an in
quiry into the location and history OF
these forts and report upon the advisable
ity Of marking the site OF each with a
suitable tablet or monument.
This commission was appointed by Gov
ernor Pattison. n did it's laborious work
well. The state was divided into five sec
tons, zach of which was assigned TO one
member of the commission. The descrip-
tons of the 200 forts are necessarily
brief. but the main facts in regard To each
are plainly given. Nothing as Yet has
been lone toward the erection of tablets
suggested by the act Of 1893. but In some
instances this important work is receiV-
ing the attention or the Society OF the
Daughters OF the American Revolution.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
Robbed by His Hired Man.

FIandrcau, Jan. 3l.-Wednesda
morning John Barron Of Ward tow
ship, this county, lost $40 from
desk in which he kept his money. II
began Investigating and soon came I
the conclusion that his hired MAJ
James Harper, was the cause OF TIL
loss, and started out in search OF hin
The sheriff Of this county was notitie
and chase was Immediately given. Han
per was found at Lake Benton, Mimi
taking the castbound freight OF tn
Northwestern road. When caught II
had only $40 on his person, but th
officers learned that he had hid tn
rest Of the money. They made scarcl
on the way back and found 500, am
are o searching for the remainder
In the same desk from which u S2l'
was taken, Mr.. Barron had over S2o'
more, ~ gold, and Harper had handle
this while he was taking the papel
money. lie is now in custody of the
sheriff here and will be- tried for com
hitting Il felony at the March tern
Of the circuit court. lie has confessed
to two or three different persons thai
he took the money.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
Can't. Sheriff wants Damages.

Deadwood. Jan. 3l.-Captain Mary
Sheriff. Of the Salvation army in this
city, who was arrested a week ago fol
holding meetings ON the street con-
trary To the order of the mayor, has
instituted proceedings against the city
for So, 900 damages for the rough treat
ment and the u~ubccoming manner in
which she was treated by the officer
who made the arrest. Attorney Thos.
Harvey of Lead has been retained by
the army and an interesting case is
expected, as Captain Sheriff. is
backed by the whole army of the Unit
ed States. II is understood that the
proceeding was advised at the head
quarters Of the army. II is intended
TO show the authorities Of Deadwood
that the Salvation army has a right to
the street in any part of the city.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
TELLER'S RESOLUTION PASSED
After Protractcd Discussion h
Resolution PASSES the Senate
by a Decisive Minority.

Washington, Jan. 3l.-After Il de-
bate, animated At all times, and occa-
sionally acrimonious, which occupied
the greater part of this week, the sem
ate last evening, by the decisive vote
of AZ TO 81, passed the Teller concur
tent resolution. This resolution is Il
practical reaffirmation of that of Stan
ley Matthews in 1878, and is as fol-
lows:
That all the bonds Of the United
States issued or authorized TO be is
sued under the said acts of congress
hereinbefore recited are payable, prin-
cipal and interest, at the option of the
government Of the United States, in
silver dollars Of the coinage of the
United States containing 412h grains
each of standard silver; and that to
restore to its coinage such silver coins
as Il legal tender in payment of said
bonds, principal and interest, is not
in violation of the public faith o in
derogation of the rights of the public
creditors"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
ARE YOU TO LIVE IN ALASKAN
Some Requirements That Will DO
Found Indispcn-
auhle.

The universal article OF diet in that
country. depended upon and indispen-
sable, is bread or biscuit. And TO make
the bread or biscuit, either i'm the camp
or upon the trail, yeast cannot be usen
it must be baking powder: and the
powder manufactured by the process
es of the Royal Baking Powder com.
pany, miners and prospectors have
learned, is the only one which will
stand in that peculiar climate Of cold
and dampness and raise the bread and
biscuit satisfactorily.
These facts are very important for
every one proposing TO go 10 .Alaska
and the Yukon country 10 know, for
should he be persuaded by some outfit
ter TO take one OF the cheap brands of
baking powder, it will cost just as
much to transport il, and then when
he opens it for USE, after all his labor
in packing il over the long and diff
cult route, he will find a solid caked
mass or q lot of spoiled powder, with
no strength and useless. Such Il mis-
take might lead TO the most serious re-
suits. Alaska is no place in which to
experiment in food, or try to econO.
mize with your stomach. For use in
such a climate, and under the trying
and fatiguing conditions Of life and
labor in that country, everything
must be of the best and most useful,
and above all 1t is imperative that all
food supplies shall have perfect keep
ing qualities. 1t is absurd to convey
over such difficult and expensive routes
an article hat will deteriorate in tran
sit, or that will be found when re-
CURED for use to have lost Il great
part Of its value.
There is no better guide to follow in
these matters than the advice of those
who have come through similar eXpe-
rience. Mr.. McQuesten, who is called
the Father Of Alaska" after an expe-
rience of years on the trail, in the
camp, and in the use Of every kind OF
supply, says: I'VE find in Alaska that
the Importance Of a proper kind OF
baking powder cannot be overestimat-
ed. 4 miner with a can of bad bak-
ing powder is almost helpless in Alas
ka. We have tried all sorts, and have
been obliged TO settle down TO use
nothing but the Royal. 1t is stronger
and carries further at first, bu, above
all things, it is the only powder that
will endure the severe climate changes
OF the arctic region
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

wv f'NN 'NfNN
,tone eyes OF yours-droop."
81 did not sleep much certainly. Then.
II you will not nave any luncheon, we WA
90 to my favorite point of view, and look at
the sea; it will be very fine to-day"
"By all mean"!'
They walked on in silence for ONE little
way, and then Lisle exclaimed
81 never was so amazed i'll nv life as
when / saw Warning with you. 1t seemed
as II he was TO be your fate! What pos
sessed him TO come here 10 SINCE his wings
again, poor devil?'
Your compassion Is wasted, T" said Mona,
a slight smile curling her naughty mouth.
"Mr. Waring is much improved, and seems
quite fire-proof.'
IF he Is, why he deserves to be called,
In your uncle's ~parlance, a varra remark
able person"
pray leave my uncle alone, said Mona,
smiling in spite Of herself.
Every we'll. Where is everyone. Are
You all alone?"
"Yts, just ut present. Kenneth and Mr..
Warning have gone to the fisher village, my
uncle and Mary TO the town"
Then the fates arc at last propitious!"
cried Isle. II have been singularly I'M
lucky as regards yourself Of late. Now
pray sit down." (they had reached the rus
tic bench) "and hear me. You have slip.
ped from my grasp over and over again;
you must hear me to-day
Mona cast a troubled look around, and
then suddenly took courage, resolving to
make an end Of the matter.
Yes" she said, nervously, and some
what louler than usual, II will hear you,
Sir. St. John"
She sat down, and he placed himself be-
side her.
concluded next week.)
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
What He Was There for.

Denver Times: He was a typical gamin,
so dimlnutive in stature that I had to
stoop to interrogate him, which I did In
this way:
Where do you get your papers, my lit
tie mann" /.
ooh, / buy EN- OF Johnny Green"
And who IS Johnny Green?"
Hes a n~ewsboy-he buys EN- in the
Times alley"
what do you pay him for them"
"Ficents."
what do you sell them for?"
"Ficents."
you don't make anything at that?"
Nope"
"Then what do you sell them for?'
"Oh, just to Get to holler.'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLIsHRH

The war between cattle and sheep
raisers goes merrily on in other states
rs well as Oregon. Wyoming and Utah
sheepbreeders seem determined TO
push their focks over into western
Colorado. The cattlemcn now have po-
session Of the ranges in that section.
An endeavor is being made TO get a
few flocks into Routt county, Colo, TO
be fed during the winter and thus open
the way for hundreds of thousands of
grazing sheep next spring. Cattlemen
intimate that this will not be permit.
ted, and that force will be employed
II persuasion does not prevail.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

Anaconda, Mont, is getting ready 10
defy the rivalry of the world in its
public fountain, with q perpendicular
let three inches in diameter ond e9l
feet high. Around the base OF the
fountain, constructed of massive rough
masonry, a fringe OF jets will rise to
different heights and at many angles.
The water comes from a mountain lake
six miles distant and fed by melting
snow. The valves of the supply will
be governed by electricity. 1t is In
tended that every fire plug in the city
shall throw a stream 100 feet high by
direct pressure.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
OuiucyyiIle's Pride,

Boston Herald: Josiah Quincy is a very
familiar name in our municipal annals.
This is the fourteenth time that Josiah
Quincy has run for mayor OF Boston. not
counting the election Of December q, 1923,
when ne could not fairly be regarded as a
candidate. or the fourteen contests no
fewer than ten resulted In Mr.. Quincy's
success, and in each OF the other four he
obtained a plurality. but in those old times
DAYS q majority was required to elect. OF
course this remarkable record was made
by different Quincy's, but 1t was all In the
family, and there is a striking similarity
In the outcome.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
The Boy Was Cheated.

A man at the post-cSice gave a news
boy twenty-five cents recently to go
and get him a paper, aud when the lad
returned he was handed an extra
nicSel with the remark:
That is for your honesty, my boy"
''But-but-," stammered the boy
as he looked from the coin to the man
and back again.
''Wellp"
Why, sir. it's only five cents, and
[ could have Il away with the whole
quarter!'-Detron Free Press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

A wonderful fan Is now being made
In Paris in view of the exhibition OF
1900. 1t is to be composed OF leaves OF
ivory, all OF which are to be painted by
the most celebrated Of modern artists.
Gerome, Gaia, Carolus-Duran jules
Breton and Jules Leyevre are contri-
buting already. The round center is
TO be signed by Maurice Leloir. This
extremely novel idea is being elabo-
rated for America.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

In a recent test Of floor material the
most durable turned out TO be "A tile
made Of rubber. An English earthen
tile zones next, Vermont marble, flag
stone, granolith, marble mosaic, vel
low pine, oak, Oregon pine and teak
came i'm the order named,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

The board Of managers Of the Cen
trail Presbyterian church Of Hamilton,
Ont, has just passed a resolution to
indorse Sunday street cars, declaring,
among other things, that they are a
great convenience to church-goers and
that "the evils so extravagantly pre-
dicted by the opponents of Sunday cars
are conspicuous in Hamilton only by
their absence
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
Free Delivery for Dcadwoo,i.

Deadwood, Jan. 3l.-Word has been
received here that II special agent has
been detailed from the postoficc de-
partmcnt to visit this city for the pur-
pose of investigating the propricty of
establishing a free delivery system.
The report of the city's postoilicc for
the past year showed sufficient bust
ness and the population Of the city is
large enough, according TO the de-
partment rules, Z guarantee this
move.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

The last Of the late LYMAN Mon
tague's coins have just been sold In
London, the whole collection bringing
is over S270,0 900, considerably moro
than was paid for the coins by Mr..
Montague, although he began to cool
lect only ten years ago. The sales
were spread over two years, and it took
the auctioneer fifty-two working days
TO DISPOSE of the coins.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
Concluded next week.)
SHIPS THAT AEE LOST AT SEA.
Swift Destruction Awaits n Eunken Vessel
at the Bottom of Old Ocean.

In looking at the oceans, the mind
almost instinctively turns to the fate OF
the ships which found their resting
place upon their floors: If the reader
were appointed to inspect the bottom of
the drained sea, be would be sure TO
look at once for some remnants of his
kind, overwhelmed bv storm and battle.
Fancy has depicted these vessels as
thickly strewn over the bottom of the
sea and at times as hung in the depths,
unable, on account of the density of the
water to find their way to the earth.
But all we know of the conditions OF
the deep leads us to believe that the
sunken vessel finds its way quickly TO
the foundations of the sea In n few
hours at most it reaches its everlasting
grave aud is ready for the swift destruc-
ton which awaits its form.
At the stroke of its fall it must in part
sink into the ooEe. which everywhere is
deep. Quickly the creatures of the sea,
who by long existence in fields where
lood is scanty. have learned to avail
themselves of every chance of substin-
ense, seize upon all the organic matter
which fortune has sent to them. Even
the masts and the other woodwork will
shortly be boneycombed by living spe-
cies and weighed down by e%ncrusting
forms. Thus before long the masts will
fall and the decks will share in the ruin,
Ii the reader could traverse the field
w%hereunto came the shot-riddled ships
of Trafalgar, he would probably, saysa
writer in the YOUTHS Companion, be sur
prised at the slight effect they would
make on the landscape, Each wreck
would most likely appear az Il low
mound of debris, in which it would be
difficult to trace the scmblance Of the
stout craft which waged the greatest
sea-fight of all time.
Ships of European people have been
for centuries finding their way to the
doors Of the ocean. Probably owe a
hundred thousand vessels have met this
fare since the time when our race began
to find its way around the world. Yet
by far the greater part OF these have
fallen upon the shadows neal the shore,
where the swift currents and rapidly
moving debris are likely to aid in their
destruction and burial.
How swiftly they disappear in these
conditions may be Judged by the expe-
rience OF a diver who has sought for
sunken treasures. Almost invariably,
after a hundred years or so has passed.
they find that the craft is quite lost to
sight. Far more money has been spent
in such explorations than has been won
from them.
Curiously enough, the most perma-
nent records of mans empire of the seas
are being written in the ashes from the
coal-fed fires of the steamships. This
waste is IN its nature indestructib!e, and
the mass Of material contributed in any
one year to the ocean floors is to be
reckoned by the million tons. In time
all the great ship routes will be paved
with this debris, which will be built into
the rocks, to remain as the most cndur-
ing physical monument of mans sway
upon this sphere.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

Boston is to have II vegetarian res
taurant. The Procopeia club held a
meeting the other night to favor the
project, and sat down to n banquet on
sisting of corn soup with crackers, es-
calloped eggs, rice ~croquettes and
green peas, apple and celery salad with
mayonnaise dressing, cheese waters,
ice cream and cake, coffee and fruit.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

Not the least interesting feature OF
Germany's seizure of Kioa-Chou is that
that spot had been selected by the Chi
nese government for its own use as u
fortified port and naval station. That
was the first recommendation made
by III Hung Chang on his return home,
and it is by no means improbable that
il was this fact that prompted Ger
MANY TO seize the place.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

Minnesota has u law TO encourage
tree planting. A bounty of $3.50 an
acre is offered, and at least one acre
must be planted, while no one person
can collect for more than ten acres in
a year or for more than six years. Any
tree but the black locust may be plant
ed. Last year bounties were paid to
twenty-five counties for planting g.
ga acres. The law has been in opera
ton sixteen years. In that time more
than 100000 acres have been planted
I'm trees.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

In u home in Warrenton, Va, is
hung the large mirror before which
toilet. The mirror was bought at the
sale Of the personal effects of Laurence
Washington, a great nephew of the
first president, and has hung in its
present place for t~hirty-five years,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
PENSIONS FOR THE VETERANS.
old Soldiers of Three States are
Remembered by the Gov


Washington. Jan. 29.-Yesterday the fol-
lowing pensions were granted:
Iowa-Original: stephen Coleman, Sioux
City, 81: John y. Smith, Lisbon, $l2; O.
B. Swift, Fonda, s.; Horace c. Burgess,
Woodward, 81. Additional: Samuel II.
Mess lger, LemOnt, S. 10 $l2. Increase;
VIII N -. Prouty. Soldiers Home, So 10
s.: :. hn W. Fuller, Mystic. 81 to s24. Wild
ows 'ary Il. Clough, Cedar Rapids, $l2.
Sol IA Dakota-Original: George 7. Mil
Ter, Mitchell. So; John II. Pash. Groton, s..
Restoration and Increase: William Dunn
dead, Deadwood, 81 TO SO. Widows: Eta
Il. Dunn. Deadwood. IS.
NebTaska-Original: William Andrew,
Friend, IS. Increase: Luther u. Thomas,
Elwood, So 10 s..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
ex-ATTORNEY GENERAL DISCARDED
He Refused 20 Pay Thirteen Hun
dred Dollars Into Court
az Ordered.

Frankfort, Ky, Jan. 31.--Ex-Attor-
ney General Hendrick has been dis
barred for failing to comply with the
rule of the court requiring him to pay
i'm court $1,000 collected by him while
attorney general. Hendrick claims
the state owes him more than that
amount.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

An American negro recently died in
an Australian mining settlement. He
was a man much esteemed by his
mates, who recorded their feeling in
these few words, burnt on a sheet of
bark: ''In memory Of Black Sam,
name unknown, n white man all over"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

Raphael Tuck, the well known Christ
mas card man, says some of the de-
signers receive very large sums of
money for their work. He\says the
earnings Of one lady is $4,000, another
$4,000, while the copyists receive at
least SIS per week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

The highest wheat yield per acre for
Iowa during the year was twenty
bushels, in Black Hawk, Clinton, Bre-
mer, Fremont, Monona and Polk coun-
ties. The highest corn yield was thir-
ty-fve bushels, in Benton, Black
Hawk, Cedar, Clayton and Clinton
counties.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

A. i. Howes of Weymouth, Mass,
has secured patents on u portable alu-
minimum house, which, when packed for
weighing only $50 pounds, including
stove and cooking utensils, IT will
house four persons, is fire proof, and,
Of course, is called "the Klondike
bomen
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05

The duchess of Northumberland
owns a shawl which formerly belonged
TO Charles X of France, and was manu-
featured from the fur of Persian cats.
Many thousands Of cat skins were util-
lied, and the weaving occupied some
wears. The shawl measures eight
yards square, but is so fine that it can
be compressed into the space of Il large
coffee cun.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1898-02-05
Buys the Mayhower.

New York, Jan. 2s.-A special to the
Herald from Paris says Leopold, king
of the Belgians, has bought the May
flower for $500, 900. The yacht will
sail from New York for Southampton
about February 10.