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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
ACTION WILL NOT BE TOLERATED
United states Government VIII Not
stand Exactions OF Torres.

Washington, April 1.-THE cruiser
Detroit left La Guayra yesterday Tor
Port Limon, Costa Rica, where she VIII
receive instructions as to her further
course, the cable TO N~jcaraguan ports
being interrupted through the arbi-
trary action of General Torres.
Nothing has becn heard at the state
department from its representatives
in Nicaragua since Consul Sorsby ca
bled from Port Limon three days ago
an account of Torres action and APP
pealed for waTshipS.
The Detroit is due at Port Limon
Tuesday, and unless there is a decided
change for the better in the situation
in Nicaragua. she will push on with
all speed TO Bluefields. The govern
mcnt is determined not to tolerate the
cXtortion practiccd by Torres upon
the American merchants there.
\ disquicting feature of the situa-
ton is the scmi-CndorSemcnt by Pres
idcnt Iclaya Of Torres contention
that he has a right to collect duties
which have already been paid by the
Americans to the de facto government
Of Bluefelds, under General Reyes,
the leader of the late inSurrCCtion.
The NiCaraguan government 5 con-
tention is that foreign residents OF
BluCiields having been warned by the
government lot to pay custom duties
to the insurgents cannot now claim
exemption from a recollection by the
government of duties SO paid.
The state department, however, has
satisfied itself that the inSurgcnt gov
eminent at BIueficlds, under General
Reyes. was a de factO government in
the fun sense of the term and also that
the merchants paid the duties under
absolute compuIsion. Therefore it is
determined not to tolerate a ~rc-coliec-
ton Of these duties on the part Of the
! N~icaraguan government. 1t is pointed
out that if the Venezuelan govern
ment's contention is correct, and the
duties were illegally paid to the insur-
gents. then President Ielaya's govern
ment is fully responsible TO the mer-
chants for every cent collected by the
INSURGENTS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
EXPECTS ITS CAPTURE TODAY.
Santa Cruz Said to BE an Import
ant Strategic Point.

Washington, April 1.-THE war de-
partment authorities look for import
ant news from Manila today an
nouncing i'm all probability the capture
Of the city of Santa Cruz, q leading
town in a country as yet untouched by
American forces and now in the hands
of the Filipino forces. No report OF
the movement of General Lawtons
mcn has been made to the war depart
ment, but the Associated Press an
nouncement ocCasioned no surprise,
as the case is looked upon as one of
the natural steps in General Otis care
fully laid plans against the insurgents.
Santa Cruz is a place of considerable
Importance in several respects. 1t Is
the capital of the province of Laguna
and has a population of considerably
more than $4,000 persons. 1t is re-
garded as likely that General Lawton
has already gained possession of this
little stronghold, for it is but a short
journey over the bay lagoon, a fresh
water sea which zones almost up to
Manila itself, which is forty-eight
miles away from Santa Cruz. 1t is felt
here that there will be only n show OF
resistance by the natives, and, wheth-
er they actually surrender the TOWN OF
abandon it to the southwark, the cam
paign against the place will serve as
an object lesson of the determined pol
lev of our forces in the islands.
Santa Cruz is apparently an open
ing wedge for the country beyond
From it lead highways in all direc-
tons, to Manila by going around the
shores of Bay Lagoon and to the i'm
portant points at Batangas and the
well advanced province of Tayabas,
whose capital city is located ninety
one miles from Manila. General Law
ton, however, may not contemplate
any material advance beyond Santa
Cruz at this time, as the region to the
south is a very broken country, Gov
cred with mountains, and the rainy
season is coming on, so that his pur'
pose may be merely to gain an adj
vantageous position for the future.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
NEBRASKA CANNOT RECOVER
Judge Holmes Holds State Has Nc
Cause of Action Against In
surance CompanieS,

Lincoln, Neb., April 1.-The last
hope of the state to Gov the S25,-
GOO lost to il by reason of the embez-
clement Of cX-Auditor Moore was dis
sipated today when District Judge
llolmcs held that the state had no
.ausc of action against the insurance
companies who mistakenly, but in pur-
suancc Of n long-stamding custom paid
the fees to him instead of to the treas
Ircr.
The court holds that the state is
bound by the election of its officers in
matters arising out of the conduct of
heir Offices. and the attorney general,
having elected to sue Moore and his
bondsmcn to ccovc the lost money
with the result Of securing a judgment
against Moore alone, cannot now pur-
sue another remedy TO a successful
conclusion. This ends a stubbornly
fought, but completely abortive, series
IF prosecutions.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
SOUTH DAKOTA FARMER
DISAPPEARS WITH FUNDS
Short in His Accounts as Township
Treasurer and Leaves Home
to Avoid Trouble.
GOOD SHOT TRIAL AT SIOUX FALLS
Charged with Numbering His Squaw
at pine Ridgc--RebuiIding the
Burned Block at Lead
Seeding Commenced.

Miller, S. d., April lit is now
definitely known that Richard Owen,
a young farmer nea here, Is short in
his accounts as township treasurer.
The exact amount cannot be learned,
though it is believed to be nearly $500.
lie has not been seen nor heard from
since he took the train about two
weeks ago for Sioux City, presumably
To buy cattle. His young wife is near
~ distracted, believing he has returned
TO Wales, his native land. She turned
all their property over to her brother,
the bondsman, who is selling il at auc-
ton TO pay the shortage. Her people
are wealthy and are trying to persuade
her not TO bother further with her alb
sconding husband. She will not hear
to this advice.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
A Feathered Wonder.

London Mail: Possibly the rarest
Of all feathered creatures is the
"takahe" bird of New Zealand. Science
names it Notornis Mantelli. The first
one ever seen by white eyes was caught
In 1s49. A second came to white hands
i'm 1851. Like the first, it was tracked
over snow and caught with dogs, tight
ing stoutly and uttering piercing
screams of rage until overmastered-
Both became the property of the Brit
jsh museum. After that it was nos
seen again until 1879. That years
specimen went to the Dresden mu-
scum, at the cost of $500. The fourth,
which was captured last fall in the
iords Of Lake TIE Anau, in New Zea'
land, has been offered TO the govern
ment there for the tidy sum of 1880.
Thus it appears that the bird is pre-
cious; worth very much more than
it's weight in gold. The value, OF
course, comes of rarity. The wise men
were beginning TO set 1T down as eX,
tinct. Scarcity aside, it must be worth
looking at-a gorgeous creature abou'
the size of a big goose, with breast,
head and neck of the richest dark blue,
growing dullish as it breaches the q
parts. Back, wings and tail feathers
are olive green, and the plumage
throughout has a metallic luster. h
tail is very short, and has underneath
it a thick patch of soft pure white
feathers.
Having wings, the takahe flies not.
The wings are not rudimentary, but
the bird makes no. attempt to use
them. The legs are longish and very
stout, the feet not webbed, and fur
nished with sharp, powerful claws
The oldest feature of all is the bill, an
equilateral triangle of hard pink horn
Along the edge, where it joins the
head, there is a strip of soft tissue
much like the rudimentary comb OF "a
BARNARD fowl.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

Mrs. Frona Eunice Watt, member
" the California state board of agri-
culture, and a professional wine faster
Of national reputation, says she knows
II but three men who arc really COM
.etent to Judge wine. They arc Gerido
s~ossati, Of New York; +. ID. Oldham,
u London, and Paul de Chanelle,
president OF the French chamber OF
ieputies. She declares that women
IRE better wine tasters than men, "hav-
ng more delicate perceptions and be-
ng more sensitive to Impressions"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
ELEPHANT KILLS HIS KEEPER.
''Rajah" Crushcs the Life Out of
Frank Fisher.

Kansas City, April 1l.-"Rajah,' a
mammoth elephant owned by Lemen
Bros Circus company, which has been
wintering in Argentine, Kan, near here,
yesterday killed its keeper, Frank Fisher.
Fisher had returned to the tent intoxi-
Gated and tried TO make the animals per-
form. Coming to the elephant he Rugged
the beasts trunk and ordered it to open
Its mouth. Becoming enraged. Rajah
crushed Fishers arm, and, throwing him
to the ground, made repeated efforts to
pierce the PROSTATE trainers body with its
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
RIOTOUS IRON WORKERS.
Three Men Badly Hurt in n Chicago
Row.

Chicago, April 1.-THE riot in which
three men were seriously injured and
a dozen other bruised by flying stones
and pieces of iron occurred yesterday
between about thirty structural iron
workers. Rcvolvers. knives and clubs
>vcre freely uacd. Tho seriously In
iured are:
Andrew lteichcrt.
Il. j. Ross.
Gottleib Federcr.
The fight occurred at Is and 20 Ev-
anston avenue, where a big warehouse
is i'm course of construction. All the
men engaged are union workmen. 1t
was claimed by members of the union
that an agreement whereby outside
iron workers were to do inside work
was being violated, and for several
days the work inside the building has
been done under police protection, but
no officers were there yesterday.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
No Grand Opera at Sioux Falls.

Sioux Falls, S. d., April Imam
ager Bear, of the new theater here,
will demand damages from the Ellis
Opera company because the contract
TO give a performance here Saturday
night was cancelled on the allegation
Of the illness of Mile. DeLussan, which
prevented the company from keeping
the Sioux Falls engagement. Tickets
had been purchased by many outside
people, thus necessitating the sending
of kilograms telling them not to come.
Manager Bear has gone to intercept
The company at st. Paul and demand
damages.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

Alabama is going to follow the ex-
,mplc of Mississippi, South Carolina
and Louisiana by practically disfran-
cbising the negro. The governor has
;ust signed a bill passed by the legis-
lature for the election of n convention
to make "a new constitution for the
state. II is likely that North Carolina
will do the same by amending it's con-
stitution, establishing an educational
or property qualification.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
Gives Hopkins a Year.

Sioux Falls, 5. d., April lO.-Judge
Garland this morning sentenced Albert
.. Hopkins, of Canton, convicted of
sending obscene literature through
the mails, TO imprisonment for one
year and one day at hard labor in the
Sioux Falls p~enitentiary.
The grand jury returned an indict-
ment containing eight counts against
Mayor II. A. Tubbs, of Alcester, for an
alleged similar o~ffense.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
Parker ~Prospering.

Parker, S. d., April 11.-Parker is
Erospering, every class Of business is
taking on new life. There will be
more building here this summer than
for several years. H.. w. Ross will
erect n building on Main street, to be
occupied by {. Il. Gotf as a general
store, at a cost of $4,000. Several 9TH
Crs expect to build. Every residence
available is now occupied, and there
are many inquiries for houses to rent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
INDIANAPOLIS OWNS ITS STREETS
Gets $50, 900 Year From Street Car
Companies and Cheap Fares.

indianapolis, April 11-ThiS city has
won its fight for cheaper street car
fares-siX tickets for % cents, twehty-
five tickets for 81, with transfer privi-
logcS, making the fare really 4 cents.
Single fares, however, will remain Mt
3 cents as at present. The street car
company also agrees to bear the cost
of paving between the tracks and for
eighteen inches on each side.
These, in brief, are the terms Of the
t~hirty-four year franchise Of the In
dianapolis Street Railway company,
which has been signed and accepted.
In addition TO reducing the fare and
doing the paving, the company agrees
to pay the city Of Indianapolis 81, l60,-
600 in cash, i'm regular installments.
The franchise does not differ mate
rally from the %iattcr's first proposal,
except that the terms are better than
the company proposed. The latter Of
fcrod to give Il cash bonus of S7jO,OOO,
and i'm the franchise rs granted it pays
100000 annually for twenty-seven
years OF the franchise, and $4,000 n
year for the remaining seven years.
The city grants the franchise for a
term of thirty-four years in consider
alton of an agreement on the part or
the company to surrender all the
grants of franchises held by it and
which include all the suburban towns
and roads leading into the city. The
company is also to eXpend $1,000, 900
within a few months in lettering the
service, and the service is to be brought
up to the standard that may be re-
quired 10y the board of public works,
the latter fixing the extensions of
tracks and saying when they shall be
made.
The company is to pave between its
tracks in conformity with the improve
ment of the street and to Il distance Of
eighteen inches on the outside of it's
tracks and keep the pavement in re-
pair.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

Archbishop Armagh, primate OF Ire
land, has seen 81 70 protest against
The disarmament agitation and the eel
ebration OF peace recently in his do
reese. While he regretted the horrors
of war, he said all knew what 1t meant
In the ease Of England-the pulling
down of her great fleet, which he con
sidered a very dangerous thing to do
IN view Of present conditions.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
The Jungle Hunt.

We took Manila or the Jump,
And Pasig On the sprint, oh!
Then Uacat, Taal and Bigaa fell,
And Bocave and Guiginto;
Next Buiacan the white flag raised,
And then came Maraquina,
And now Malolos, too, Is ours,
In tn Philippine arena!
But, bless your souls, we're not through
yet,
In our forward march, so grand, oh! 4,
For now Calumpit waits attack, 2,
Then on to San Fernando!
Great Scot! Let's hope when there at last
The natives are corralled, on! I
Wen end this weary Jungle hunt
BY capturing ~kguinaldo! !
st. Louis Republic. !
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease. a powder for the feet
1t cures painful, swollen, smarting, nervous
feet ami instantly takes the sting out OF corni
and bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
covery OF the age. Aliens +, OF Ease makes
tight-titting or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a
certain cure for sweating, callous and hot.
tired, aching feet. Try it to-day. Sod by ali
druggists and shoe stores. BY mail for 200
in stamps. Trial package FREE. Address,
Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

An electrician in Lockport, N. u,
who was shocked by a current of 300
volts, says he felt no sensation what
ever. lie saw a binding flash and was
thrown violently TO the floor. After
staggering to his feet he tainted. He
says his brain seemed TO be partially
paralyzed, and everything around was
%lreamlike, but he felt no pain, though
his hands and ankles were badly
burned
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
VIII Rebuild Lead Blocks.

Lead, S. d., April 1.-THE owners Of
the lots upon which the fire occurred
this week, %entailing a loss of about
$4,000, are getting out plans for new
buildings. Emil Faust, the heaviest
loser, will erect a stone and brick
block, two stories high, on the corner,
and Cain g. Allen will build another
block joining on the west. The build
ings will be completed in ninety days.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

Major Avery ID. Andrews, who was
The constant and ~unwaveriDg ally Of
Theodore Roosevelt when both were
members Of the New York police COM
mission, at a time when Il fight n day
between the members of the board
was the record, has been named by
the governor as state adjutant gen
eral. He is n democrat, though no a
Tammany man, and was opposed to
The platt faction.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

In the treasure room of the mahara-
jah Of Barnda is said 10 repose a car
pet which cost close up to Sl,000,0 900.
1t is only 10 to 6 feet in size, but is
woven from strings of pure pearls,
with center and corner circles of dia-
monds. It required three years TO
manufacture this jewel of a carpet,
which was intended as n gift to a
beautiful Mohammedan belle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
His Il Way.

Puck: Brudder Johnsing-Mistah
Slewfoot, what yo' gwine charge me
fob de use oh yo' new black coat fob
n couple oh weeks?
Brudder Slewfoot-What yo' want
wild a black coat fob two weeks?
Brudder Johnsing-Muh sistah-in-
law done died dis mawnin', an | wants
to take n short mourn.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

Athens, Ga, has a domino game in
progress that probably has no equal in
the world. A gentleman and his two
sons started this game several years
since, and it is not finished yet. First
one and then the other has been in the
lead, until now the score Of one of the
sons is 153 ,045, the score of the other
son l53,O25, and the father brings up
the rear with 14S, Of.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

The emperor of Austria never shakes
sands with anyone below the rank of
archduke. Kaiser Wilhelm is also
Averse to indiscriminate handwriting,
rs is the Russian car in n less degree.
On the other hand, King Humbert, a
declared foe of all kinds of court cere-
mony, always cordially shakes hands
with farmers and peasants while on
excursions in the country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

A ferry for loaded cars is talked OF
between Tampa, Fla, and Havana. The
idea, according TO a southern paper,
is to build suitable tracks at both ends
and load cars in Havana with fruit
md perishable goods, run them O the
ferry boat and then scud them away
across the gulf to Tampa, run them on
the tracks and then away to northern
destinations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

1t has been demonstrated that from
the stalk of the cotton plant can be
produced a fiber which is just the
thing for cotton bagging. The stalks
yield Is per cent of their weight in
fiber, much more than enough for bag
cling the crop. The Scientific American
predicts that the new industry will
soon take on great proportions.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

Count Skorzewski, a wealthy land
owner I'm the province of Posen, Ger
many, TO the amazemett of his rustic
peighbors, has introduced a novel de-
parture on his estates. Instead of a
horse or OK, n camel is yoked 70 the
plow, and the experiment has proved
successful beyond the counts most
sanguine expectations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
County supcrintcndcnts.

WATERFOWL. $. d., April 1.-THE
district meetings of the county super
.ntendents and institute instructors of
the district composed of the counties
q, Marshall, Day, Grant, Roberts,
lark, Codington, Hamlin, Deuel.,
Airgsbury and ~Brookings, closed n
very interesting meeting here Satur-
iay.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

The Canadian government has pur-
chased 40 Eskimo dogs for shipment
20 the Klondike region, where the ca
aines will be used to carry the mails.
fhe animals were imported from
Greenland and Labrador at a cost OF
$50 each, and were selected for their
superiority in speed, training and
weight.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
Seeding Commenced.

Milbank, S. d., April 11.-Farmers of
Grant county are engaged in seeding,
fhe soil is i'm fine condition.
Mellette, S. d., April 10.-Thc cold
spell is broken and farmers hope TO
be able to begin work on their land
by Monday next, though the frost IS
not yet out enough to allow seeding.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
Mrs. Helen S. Grenfell. state superb

Mrs. Helen S. Grenfell, state superin-
tendent of public instruction for Colo
RADIO, has jurisdiction over 1900 school
districts in ffty-siX counties, which
she is expected to visit at least once q
year. Her journey to different schools
are not always made by rail, but often
on horseback, by stage coach or by
ranch wagon.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

A Boston oma wrote to an agent
of the five civilized tribes in Indian ter
ritory asking him for half a dozen In
dian names which she wished 10 be-
rtow upon household pets. lie wrote
the names of Dennis p. O'Flannagan,
John Brown and Asa u. Longfellow,
all prominent Indians of that region.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

The doorkeeper OF the Boston thea
ter, who died recently, held his place
thirty-three years, and in all that
time never witnessed "A play there or
anywhere else. On only one occasion
be asked for a holiday, ard that was
tc attend u clambake down the har-
Dor. He missed the boat, and was in
his place at the theater door at the
.epular hour.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

Count Michele Stefano de Rossi, who
He'd recently at Roca di Papa, prac-
iically made ~seismology a science by
nis observations and work on earth
Iuakes and the instruments he made
to measure them. He was a brother
of the late Giambattista de Rossi, the
greatest authority of the century on
christian antiquities.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
Some Of the Persians Of Teheran re-

Some Of the Persians Of Teheran re-
gently complained of certain Euro
pear and American tourists that they
we're dog worshippers," and stated
II proof Of their claim that the tour
SITS had fed dogs at their tables, had
washed and clothed them, fondled
them in their laps and taken them
riding in their carriages"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

tusks. Unable to reach him, Rajah final
" knelt upon Fisher. crushing his life out
before assistance could arrive. Fisher
was % wears old and his home was in
| Montreal. Can. He is said to be Rajah's
ninth victim.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

A bill has been introduced in the
Chickasaw legislature, in Indian Ter
ritory, to appropriate $4,000 to have
portraits of two eff their famous chiefs
placed in the new. capitol building of
The Chickasaw nation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

In Philadelphia n scientist has com
puted that an average man of 154
pounds weight has enough in his sys-
:em to make a plowshare and enough
phosphorus to make 100000 matches.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15
Showalter Defeats Janowski.

New York, April 1~0.-Showalter won vie
final game Of the series with Janowski
and thereby captured the stake of $500.
the records Of the players at the end of
the series being: Showalter, Az; ia
noWski. 2h.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-04-15

The prince of Wales, it is an
nounced, has practically recovered the
use of his injured leg, and experiences
only some slight difficulty in mount
ing and descending stairs.