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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
Snnih Dakota Breyities.

A new grain elevator is in course OF
construction at Sprinfield, making
three at that place.
Ludwig Hellwig has sold his furni'
ture store and hotel property at Memo
to Christopher ID. IIeckenlaible.
Material has arrived for the new tel
ephone line from Marion Junction to
Springfield, and through Trip to Ar
mour.
Five farmers i'm the immediate vicin-
ity of Wentworth have this fall con-
structed new residences, aggregatinS
$4,000 in cost.
The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader has a
new managing editor in the person OF
w. ID. Van Blarsom, Jr., who has been
prominent in newspaper circles at
Omaha, Minneapolis and in Montana.
John Kiter, jr., son of McCook
county farmer, made a bank of an old
shoe, which for greater security was
placed in the hay in his fathers barn.
The barn burned the other night and
with it all the young mans money.
The town of Miller is again sure OF
an abundant water supply, the arte-
sian we'll which furnished the place
with water, and which has of late
years been decreasing in flow, having
cleared out and brought back to its ole
time flow.
Low. Harper has let the contract for
the building of n store at Monroe, Tur
ner county, into which he will move
the Harper g. Jones hardwars stock
from Parker. The change will be
u,oda about Noyemher Mr. Harner
will retain his farm machinery bust.
ness at Parker.
South Dakota sheepmen are prosper
ing to greater degree than ever be-
fore. John Unruh, a Turner county
farmer who some time ago invested a
part of his surplus wealth in flock
of sheep, the other day sold this years
wool clip for $500, and his brother
Cornelius, has disposed of $4,000 worth
Of young sheep.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
Sioux Ears Defeats Pipcstone.

Sioux Falls S. D., Oct. 10.--The first
foot ball game of the season for this
city was played here Saturday after
noon between the evclens represent
ing the PipeEtone, Mimi, and Sioux
Falls high schools. The visitors out
weighed the locals on an average of
22 pounds to the man, but the home
boys were i'm better condition and had
no trouble in defeating the Minnesota
aggregation by score of 66 to 0. Sioux
Falls made its first touchdown in just
three minutes from the time plny was
called. Sioux Falls will play the Shell
don, Ia, high chool ele"en in this city
next Saturday.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
ABERDEEN DEMONSTRATION
For President Mckinley and the
FIRST Rcriment,

Aberdeen, S. d., Oct. 1O.--Prepara-
tions for the grand demonstration in
honor of President Mckinley and the
South Dakota soldier boys, who will
arrive here October IA, are well under
way. A committee Of twenty-five, con-
sisting of five members of the council,
five representative business men and
five from each of the G. A. r., w. X. c.
and the Red ,'ross organizations.
Aberdeen will be favored by the
presidential barty with three hour
stay. The citizens fully realize that
this is an htnor and will respond
handsomely II is estimated that
10000 to 5000 people will be here, as
word comes from 200 and 300 miles in
all directions saying that people are
preparing to come and help celebrate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

A remarkable pebble, which was
picked up somewhere in Egypt, that
land of dark mysteries, Is In the pos
session Of well-known lapidist. The
stone is translucent and at a casual
glance looks like an ordinary seashore
pebble. 1t is about half the size OF
walnut and oval in shape. When the
stone is held to the light its remark
able peculiarity is beheld. Inside is
drop of water that circulates about in
the interior. The surface of the stone
IS perfect, but there is no doubt OF the
hollow interior. The pebble is only in.
teresting as curiosity, but many
wealthy institutions have offered good
round sums Of money for it.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
Band Cannot Tour Stntc.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Oct. 7.--Gencral
regret will be caused throughout the
state by the information received here
from +. NJ. IIalstead, bandmaster OF
the famous band of the First regiment,
South Dakota volunteers, who had in.
tended taking the band to various cit.
les and towns in the state upon the
return of the regiment from San Fran.
cisco, that owing to so much sickness
among the bandsmen the concert tour
has been abandoned. The instruments
have been turned in to the government
and the band is n thing of the past.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

BY the birth of n son to Prince
Christian of Denmark the grand
duchess of Neutrality-suspicious. be-
came grandmother at the age OF 3s.
The queen OF the Hellenes and the
comtesse de Paris attained that dig
nifty at the same age. The late en-
press of Austria became a grand
mother fortnight after completing
her thirty-sixth year. The duchess de
Montpensier, mother of the comtesse
de Paris, was grandmother at 80 and
"a great-gTandmother at SO.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
THIRD RACE A FAILURE.

Another "No Contest" Between the
Columbia and Shamrock.
New York, Oct. l0.-hTe third race
between Shamrock and Columbia
proved to be another fizzle, the wind
being too light. 1t was declared nc
contest
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

The Boston Pilot tells OF an ex-
horter who was holding forth on the
common and solemnly presented to
his hearers the alternative of "salva-
ton or damnation-the King James
bible or the Douay bible" Among the
audience was citizen who had been
imbibing somewhat freely. This gem
tleman apparently misunderstood the
preacher, for he yelled: "Hooray for
the Dewey bible!" The crowd took up
the cry and the eXhorter was COM
PEELED 20 suspend further effort.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

Mr.. Vanderbilt's caution is revealed
IN the way in which he protected him
self when giving his autograph for
charitable object. He first wrote his
name on piece of paper, then care
'ully trimmed off the paper close down
90 the ink and then drew three red
lines through the name.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

Ian Maclaren is said to have been the
most successful of all the English lit
erary men who have recently come to
this country to lecture, and the profits
Of his first tour are said to have
amounted to more than $4,000. None
Of the others have reached anything
like that amount
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

Lansing, Mich, has the widest drive.
way bridge in the United States, il not
in the world. The bridge crosses Grand
river in Michigan ayanue, two squares
from the front entrance to the state
house. 1t is OF the truss pattern and is
115 feet wide in the clear-the full
width of the avenue. On either side is
n walk sixteen feet wide, leaving a
roadway eighty-three feet in width.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

Ten-year-old Carrie s. Shubrick,
will christian the torpedo-boat Shu-
brick, lives at Rocky Mount, n. C.,
and is the granddaughter Of Lieuten-
ant Edmund T. Shubrick, whose
father was the famous commander.
She is also great-granddaughter of
Rear Admiral William B. Shubrick.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
PEACE is PROBABLE.
Castro Accepts Terms OF the Vene'
Zuelnn Government.

ZueInn Government.
Washington, Oct. 10-Captain Hemp
hill, of the cruiser Detroit, cables
from La Guayra, Venezuela:
"By request of the United States
minister, | have brought the govern
ment peace commissioners from Puerto
Cabello, to expedite pending negotia.
tions for peace. Castro has accepted
conditions proffered. and if the Nene'
zuelan president holds to them set
Element will be arranged October at
Victoria. The terms have not been as
,ertained."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

The faculty of the University OF
Peking consists of two presidents,
eight foreign and eight Chinese pro.
fessors, sixteen assistants, thirty-two
secretaries and about 100 minor Off
GERS. OF ESQ students of modern Ian.
guage 100 are learning English.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

Rev. Hugh Price Hughes, in the Lon
don Methodist Times, protests against
"the first of English gentlemen, the
prince of Wales, being allowed, as
chairman of the British committee to
the Paris exposition, to associate with
liars, forgers and assassins."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

by virtue of his Office the lord mayor
of London is admiral of the port Of
London, gauger of wine and oil and of
other articles, measurer OF Goals,
grain, salt and fruits and inspector of
butter, hops, soap, cheese, etc. He is
governor of four hospitals, n trustee
of st. Paul's cathedral and a magis-
trate "in several places" He is also
coroner.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

A Swedish officer named Kuylen-
stjerne, who is at present travelling in
China, reports that the Manchurian
railway cannot be completed under
five years, partly because all the wood
has to be imported from America and
partly because most Of the 10000 Chi
nese laborers who had been engaged
went home again, being dissatisfied
with the treatment they received at
the hands of the Russians and unable
10 endure the cold winter.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

Bernard Kruger, a nephew Of Presi-
dent Kruger Of the Transvaal, slept
Off the effects OF debauch the other
morning at the San Francisco central
police station. In the prison safe was
a cablegram which had been taken
from the prisoner, sent by his uncle,
who is now occupying the center of
the stage in the worlds affairs, di-
recting the nephew to come home to
Pretoria as quickly as he could travel.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
For Permanent Dewey Arch

New York, Oct. Tt is likely that
the Dewey Memorial arch will be per-
petuated. A movement to that end is
being encouraged by men of ample
means. The cost of producing in mar
BILE the triumphal arch will be at least
$500,000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

Much surprise is occasioned by the
announcement that Prof. Arthur X
Marsh has resigned his chair of com.
parative literature in Harvard univer.
sity and will go into business. 1t was
partly through the efforts of Prof,
Marsh that the chaiT was established
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

NJ. Bertillon, the elaborately
equipped witness, is not the discovercr
of anthropometry now in use in many
police organizations for the identif-
cation of criminals. 1t was his father
who invented this system.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

Andrew Carnegie's gift of $4,000
for a public library in Oakland, Cal,
was secured by the efforts of Henry
A. Chittenden, newspaper man OF
that town, who first interested Mr..
Carnegie in the place.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
uottors, Unions Unite,

New York, Oct. Ut is announced
that the United Hat Makers of Amer.
lea have been merged in the United
Hatters Of America, which union now
controls all the workmen in the trade
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

E,- l.. Kingsley, who Six months ago
bought half section of land in Luke
county, is one of the down-trodden
farmers who have this season made
money with ease. He broke about
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
Weekly Bank Statement.

New York. Oct. THE weekly bank
statement shows the reserve decreased
Banks now hold ss4s,OOO in excess of le-
gal requirements.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
City Marshal Murdered,

Gilman, H., Oct. City Marshal
William Karr was murdered last night,
An Italian has been arrested on aus
picion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

seventy acres of the land and from it
cleared the sum of $1,000 as the result
OF his six months work
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

Rev john Naille, of Trappe, Pa, IS
the oldest clergyman in the United
States, He is in his ninety-ninth year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
BARBECUE AT BLAKESBURG.
William j. Bryan Speaks to 5000
People There.

fcOpie Inefe.
Ottumwa, Ia, Oct. 10.--A big barbe-
.ue was held today at Blakesburg, this
county. Five thousand people were
present to hear William Jennings
Bryan speak. He will deliver an adj
dress at Sigourpey tonight
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
ATLANTA WANTS DEWEY.
Promises to Visit that City

in tho Late Fall.
Washington, Oct. 10-A delegation OF
Atlanta citizens called on Dewey to.
lay and invited him to become guest
IF that city. The admiral promised he
would go to Atlanta not later than NJ
gember 1. the date to be arrange
later.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
PUEBLA LEAVES MANILA.

Sails with 1O5 Sick and 100 Dis
charged Soldiers.
Washington, Oct. 10.-General Otis
has advised the war department that
the transport Puebla sailed from Ma
nila yesterday with 105 sick and 10t
discharged men. The Indiana will sail
tomorrow with Tennessee troops.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

The Defense, which was formerly the
Belize was built In Glasgow in 1871. 1t
had displacement Of 1,l9O tons, was 231
feet in length and twenty-elght. feet,
Ing armament: One 3.9-inch Canet quick
firing gun, behind a shield two 39-inch
Krdpp brcechloaders two 12-pounder
howitzcrs and two Gatling guns.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14
HAYT.EN VESSEL ASHORE.
Government Steamer Defense vii
BE n Total Wreck.

Neuvitas, Cuba, Oct. l0-The Haytien
government steamer Defense, used as an
armed transport, has gone ashore near
Fortune island, in the Bahamas, and will
prove a total wreck All on board were
saved.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-10-14

Rapid City, S. d., Oct. PROF. Lar
rabee has received notice of the
death of his son, Corporal Wayne Lar.
rabee, who died Wednesday of small.
pox. This news has sent shock over
this city such as only the death of one
idoliZed by many can bring. Com.
pany NJ has now lost six boys. The
homecoming of the company will b.
IA sad one. Larrabee was member
of the Presbyterian church of CreSton,
Ia, and graduated from the high
school of that place with honors. He
had spent two years at the University
of Nebraska at Lincoln and would
have completed his course had he not
gone to the war. He was one of the
first eight to cross the river i'm the
charge at Marilao. The body cannot
be brought home.
Success of Grain Palace.
Aberdeen, $. d., Oct. THE grain
palace exposition is proving great
success in all respects. Perfect wealth
er prevails, and the city is crowded
with visitors from all over this sec
tion of the northwest. Excursions
from OrSonville and intermediate
points brought big crowd, headed by
the Ortonville band. Other lines run
daily excursions, helping to swell the
crowd. Exhibits in all the depart.
ments are very complete and credit
able. The Sioux Falls Shriners had
big parade last evening, followed by
ceremonies and the initiation of
large class at Masonic temple
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-15
SOME CURIOUS PROBLEMS

Lewis Carroll, the author of Alice IN
Wonderland, was fond of puzzling his
friends by curious problems. One of
them was the question, Where does
the day begin?" If a man could travel
around the earth so fast that the sun
would be always directly above his
head, and if he were to start travelling
at mid day on Tuesday, then in TWEEN
ty-four hours he would return to MS
original point of departure, and would
find that the day was now called We'd
nesday-at what point Of his journey
would the day change it's name? The
difficulty of answering this apparently
simple question has cast a gloom over
many pleasant party. Another prob"
lem was as follows. A rope is hung
over a wheel fixed to the roof of build
ing; at one end of the rope weight is
fixed, which exactly counterbalances
a monkey which is hanging on the 9TH
err end. Suppose that the monkey be-
gins to climb the rope, what will be
the result. 1t is very curious, the diff
ferent views taken by good mathema-
ticians. One says the weight goes up
with increasing velocity; others that
it goes up at the same rate as the
monkey; while another says it goes
down.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-15
wATERMELoNs ALL RIGHT.
None But the Highest Grade VIII Be
Sent North This Year.

''The Georgia watermelon crop was not
injured in the-slightest by the February
blizzard" explained prominent Georgia
watermelon grower to a Star reporter,
"for the reason that it had not been
planted at that time The early truck
suffered, however very seriously-so
much so that replanting was necessary
The product will, therefore, be couple
of weeks later in being marketed than
usual. This was also the case with Flor
ida-grown truck, replanting being neces-
sary Since the blizzard, though there
were occasional cold spells, there were
no serious setbacks. The Georgia melon
crop was never as large as was planted
this spring, and all the indications point
to it being very good in size and t1aVor.
The arrangements for handling 1t are
very complete, for much more depends
upon how it will reach the consumer than
upon growing it. | know of hundreds of
farms where cotton and corn are as
pensed with this spring in Georgia SO
that every available piece OF grounu
could be used for Watermelons. by mu-
tual arrangement on the part OF melon
growers in my state there is an inspec-
ton service, which prevents any but llrst-
class melons being sent, to the northern eo
markets. This proved to be necessary 1or
there is some danger that the goose
which laid the golden egg would get
killed unless the greatest possible care
Was taken as 10 tue ItpuldtlOh -,
crop, for if the public once got prejudiced
against Georgia melons incalculable harm
might ensue There is an enormous
amount of money involved in the melon
crop, many farms sending hundreds Of
carloads of melons to the northern and
western markets. AS far as melons are
concerned. Georgia is easily ahead OF any
and, indeed all other states and there
is practically no competition, and there
cannot be any as far as time is concerned
for we are clearly a month in advance OF
any other section. We have ripe melons
in the western market at least a month
ahead of the Colorado melons, which are
as good eating as ours. Once the Coloraqo
melons reach Chicago, however there Is
no demand for our melons, for the ques-
ton of TRANSFORMATION comes in and prac-
tically drives us out Of their market.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-15
BIG MEET IN BOSTON.
Mechanics Hall viii Be the [. A. W. Head
quarters for the Entire Week.

Inquiries from all parts of the country
continue to pour into the Office of the
Boston '99 Meet Club, seeking informa-
ton in regard to the Goth annual meet of
the L. A. W., to be held in Boston August
1913. During the past week the executive
committee made arrangements for secur-
ing Mechanics building as L. A. W. quar-
tiers for the entire week Chairman Henry
Z. Quicker of the race committee an
nounces that he has finally completed his
plans for the holding Of national cham
pionships at the famous Charles River
track
The seating capacity Of the bleachers
alone, with the additions which will be
made before the holding Of the meet. will
accommodate over 1900 people. These
bleachers partly encircle the track on the
northwest and south sides. and are so
constructed that the spectators can en-
JOY the races without the great diScom-
fort which is occasioned when one has to
face the sun the entire afternoon.
The track is a one-third mile course.
built on scientific principles that permit
an equal opportunity for middle-distance
and sprint work. 1t has a granOlithic sur
face. IS feet wide on the home stretch, %
feet wide on a back stretch, and the high
est banking on the turns is TX feet.
While 1t has been thought all along that
the races would he held at the Charles
River track. nothing positive had been
decided upon. There was some talk of
constructing a new board track, and an
option was secured on the Waltham
track but the announcement that this
courss has been secured viii meet with
the happy approval of cyclers. as no bet
ter spot could have been selected. The
track and equipment of grounds cost the
Massa chusetts Athletic Association Sz70,-
900. Everything in connection with the
grounds is in first-class condition, and it
is a burden lifted from the shoulders of
the executive committee to know that
this question is decided.
Alonzo D. Peck, the veteran starter. is
considering the arrangement for the
monster League parade, TO be held on the
afternoon Of the last day Of the meet.
CASTOR Plaintiff. of Waltham. Mass,
well known in racing circles in this sec
( ton, has been appointed chairman of the
/ River Carnival committee. Senator
alton, says Il am with the League of
! American Wheelmen. first last and all
/ the time" This appears TO be the senti-
4 ment expressed by the majority of the
/ prominent race promoters throughout the
/ country. Dave Shafer is an enthusiastic
/ supporter of the League. but, what is
/ more remarkable. Tom Eek the gray
/ haired veteran, although under suspen-
] sion by the L. A. w, is also 4 supporter
/ of the League. This may be taken as a
/ good indication Of the success of the
1 League in racing circles the coming sea-
I son. Another interesting fact I'm connec-
/ ton with this question is. that an the
| prominent race promoters. who promoted
races last year-that IS. with one excep-
! ton, the A. G. r. A.. which does not ex-
ist-are now promoting races under L. A.
! W. sanction.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-05-15
MEMORIAL SERVICE.

Last nights meeting of the Reform
club was given up to a memorial SER
vice in honor of the late DIR. George H.
Gould. Major Fred C. Stiles, expires
ident Of the club and a personal friend
of DR.. Gould, spoke in a fitting manner
of the character and life of the depart
ed clergyman. He was followed by S.
r. Heywood and Mrs. Helen De Camp,
secretary Of the w. c. T. u, who add
ed their words of eulogy to the memory
Of the frie1d and leader in all things of
a good or helpful nature.
II hear that Lazyman has Just had a
raise in salary. Wonder how it hap
pened."
"They say he's the only man on the
staff that hasn't attempted any spring
poetry. Detroit Free Press.