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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-23
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separate treaty was negotiated to
cover the provisions for the settlement or
claims In Samoa. 1t sets forth that the
three governments ARE desirous of ef-
fectng "A prompt and satisfactory settle
ment of the claims OF the citizens and
subjects of their respective countries In
terested In the Samoan islands and In
jured by the recent military operations
conducted there, and have concluded a
convention for the accomplishment Of
this end by arbitration"
The king OF Sweden and Norway Is
made arbitrator. and he is not only TO de-
termine the amount of claims, but Is to
decide to what extent either OF the
three governments Is bound, alone or
Jointly with the others, to make good
these losses"
The agreement provides for the ex-
the date Of its signature, which is the
7th of November last, or earlier, IL pos
Siblp
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-23
SAMOAN AGREEMENT.
Text OF the Treaty Given To the
Public.


Washington, Dec. lG.-The full text OF
the treaty negotiated between the Unit
cd States, Germany and Great Britain,
adjusting OF the questions between the
three governments in respect to the Sa-
moan Islands, has been made public. The
treaty is dated at Washington, December
. 1899, and after reciting its purpose TO be
TO adjust amicably questions between the
three powers In respect to the samoan
group and to avoid future misunder-
standings, proceeds in substance as fol-
lows:
"All previous treaties, conventions and
agreements relating 10 Samoa are an
nulled. Both Great Britain and Germany
renouncc in favor of the United States
all rights and claims in the island OF Tu-
tuila and all other Islands of the Samoan
group east of longitude III degrees west
OF Greenwich.
1T is agreed that each of the three Sig
natory powers shall continue to enjoy In
respect to their commerce and CONNER
Ciai vessels in all the Samoan islands
privileges and conditions equal to those
enjoyed by the sovereign power, In all
ports which may be open to the COM
merCc OF either of them.
"rhe present convention shall come into
force Immediately after the exchange OF
ratihcauons.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
TWO DEWEY HOLIDAYS
Governor Roosevelt Sets Apart Sep
tembsr 29 and 80.
Days Are to Be Observed by General
Thanksgiving in Honor Of the Ad-
mirals Return to the United States.

ALBANY, n. Y. (SpeciaD.-Governor
Roosevelt has issued a proclamation set.
ting apart Friday and Saturday, September
20 and 30, as holidays, to be observed
throughout the State, as day OF general
Thanksgiving in honor OF the return OF Ad.
miral George Dewey to the United States.
The proclamation is as follows:
"Whereas. by Chapter III OF the Laws OF
1899. provision was made by the LeS!sla-
ture For the due and appropriate particl.
patton by the State In tue celebration to be
given in the city OF New York, 10 honor OF
the return OF Admiral George Dewey to
the United States; and,
"Whereas, Friday, September %, and
Saturday, September 80, have been set
apart by:he proper authorities as the dates
tor such celebration; and,
"Whereas, the National Guard OF this
State and citizens from different parts OF
the State are anxious to participate IN said
celebration; now
Therefore, In pursuanc, OF the power
In me vested by Section "a, OF Chapter 667,
Of the Laws OF 1892, and the several acts
anlendary thereof and supplemental there
to, being An act relating TO the construc-
tion Of the statutes and constituting Chap.
ter OF the General Laws do appoint
and set apart Friday, September ~, ana
Saturday, September 30, 1899, as pubic
HOLIDAYS, to be observed throughout the
State as a day OF general Thanksgiving.
Done at the Capitol, In the city OF Al.
bany, this 18th day OF September, 1899.
"THEopoRE ROOSEVELT.
"By the Governor:
civilian J. YoUSGs,
Secretary to the Governor"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
WOMAN FIGHTSALEOPARD
Conquers Him in a Cage After a
Desperate Struggle.
Animal Jumps on Her During Re-
hearsal, But She Catches Him in
Second Spring on a PItchfork.

PHILADELPHIA (SpeclaD.-About fifty
persons who happened to be near the cages
In which the animals OF the Hagenbeck
show, now exhibiting at the National Ex-
port Exposition, are kept, saw fght be-
tween Mile. Morell, trainer OF leopards.
and one Of her charges. The fight lasted
about ten minutes and as result the
young woman was taken to the University
Hospital with her chest torn and piece
bitten out ,of her left aem. The leopard
which attacked her was pierced several
times With the tines OF g. pltchfork and It is
probable that he will die.
Mile. Morelll opened the door Of the cage
In which the big leopard Rapier stood
snarlng. She was clad In a French blouse
Of deep roc. and tights Of the same hue. In
her right hand she had q whip and In the
left, which she kept behind her back, was
revolver, for she anticipated trouble with
the leopard and was prepared to subdue
him. As she entered Rapier lowered his
head and, showing his teeth, SUNK into the
far corner. The young woman went near
him and spoke. The only attention
he paid to her words was to lash his tail
angrlly and spit. Without further words
she raised the whip and brought 1t down on
the back OF the animal. He retreated and
o-S .OA.o"oe! 90 - hAoA = SS~oAe tsI-o,
the last cutting his face. He crouched for
spring, but she hit him the third time
with the lash and he ran whining to the
other side OF the cage. The trainer again
gave an order, but he refused to move and
she struck him with the whip. In an In
slant, and without giving warning, the
leopard leaped into the air and landed on
her shoulders, his left forepaw sinking into
her chest and tearing of the clothing. SO
quick had been the spring that she WAS
unable to bring the revolver into use, and
when he struck her the weapon was hurled
to the other side OF tho cage.
Reversing the whip Mile. Moreili bent
the animal on the head until be loosened
his grip and sunk to the floor. Guards had
been trying to get In to her assistance, but
the door was locked and nothing could be
done. One Of them had secured three
pronged fork, which he passed through the
bars, and as the animal fell the trainer
backed toward this and raised 1t just
as he was about to spring for the second
time. BE lesped and landed on the
prongs which ran deep into his breast. He
fell and ran, but the woman followed him
striking him at every step with the sharp
points. Not until he was exhausted did
she stop prodding him. She then walked
to the door, opened It, and fell into
the arms OF guard. Her left arm
was helpless and her chest was terribly lac
Grated. A year ngo In Omaha Mile. Nor.
elii was attacked and her chest lacerated
by q jaguar.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
THE NEWS EPlTOMIZED.
Washington Items.

4 state dinner will be given by President
Mckinley In honor OF Admiral Dewey on
the evening OF October 8. About fifty
guests will be invited, no ladies being In.
cIuded In the number.
The President has issued an Executive
order suspending the registry OF vessels by
the authorities of Hawaii.
Mrs. Thomas F. Ryan, OF New York City
wife OF the street-railway magnate, has
given s100, 900 for the establishment and
endowment OF convent OF nuns OF the
Perpetual Alteration, In connection with
St. Paul's Parish In Washington.
The Navy Department has transferred to
the War Department the collier Cassius.
She will be turned into transport.
Secretary Root has approved General
Ludlow's act In suppresslng Ell Reconcen.
trado, n newspaper formerly published at
Havana.
Notwithstanding the suggestions OF Mr.
Bourke Cochran and others. President Nc
Klnley has no intention OF proffering med
iation In the Transvaal dispute.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
POLITICAL SHOOTING IN KENTUCKY.
A Town Marshal and Well Known
Farmer Kill Each Other.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Sp,cial).-At a political
meeting in Stamping Ground, Scott County,
Marshal Charles Duke and Tom South
worth, a we'll known Owen County
farmer, were shot and killed. A
great deal OF drinking had been going
on during the day and southworth
INDUCED too freely. As he was pass
Ing through Stamping Ground on the way
to his home lie vas very boisterous. The
Marshal OF the town. Charles Duke, Or
dsred him to be quiet, at the same time
stopping his horse aud telling him to get
out OF his buggy. This Southworth refused
to do, and Marshal Duke attempted to
make him get out.
Southworth drew his pistol and at that
instant the Marshal opened fire and shot
four times. One shot took effect in South
worth's right side and another just
behind the right ear, ranging, up
ward. Then thero was silence,
and then another shot, when the Mar.
shall fell dead. It Is the general belief
that there was. a third person shooting.
Marshal Duke was shot Just. under the
heart. The Coroner's verdict was that
Mr.. Southworth came to his death by two
balls fred from pistol by Marshal DUKE,
and that Dukes death was caused by,
bal! entering below his heart, caused by
the firing Of an unknown person.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
ALASKAN COAST SHAKEN
Some Aleutian Islands Sank Several
Feet After Earthquakes.
Over 500 Miles OF the Coast Disturbed to
an Extent Not Known In Modern
TImes-Indians Terror.Stricken.

SEATTLE, Wash. (speclaD. - Over 500
miles OF the coast of Alaska, and possibly
as many as 1900, have sustained an earth.
quake the like OF which In violence and ex.
tent Is not OF rscord since tho ancient 90.
cupation Of the famous land by the sturdy
Russians.
News OF the disaster reached Seattle by
the steamship City Of Topeka from Juneau,
which city learned OF the seismic event
from the westward-bound steamer Dora.
The remarkable disturbance ts known to
have extended along the winding course
of the seashore from Juneau to COOKS
Inlet. No doubt 1t rumbled on down the
Aleutian Archipelago to Dutch Harbor,
and possibly to the furthest 1slet OF the
CHAIN.
There were two shocks. The first oc-
Cured Sunday. September ., ana tne sec.
ond week later. The last was by far the
most violent and the Yakutat Bay section
was the most seriously disturbed. The
earth shook and trembled like leaf.
Nanak Island, of Yakutat, settled twenty.
nve feet, 80 that at high tide the tops OF
the trees OF the sickly timber growth In that
section are barely visible. -,
Several new islands were formed IN this
locality, for while the mainland and exist
ing islands settled there was great up.
heaval Of the seabed, resulting In the for
nation OF new islands. A lone Catholic
cross rising above the waters Is all that
remains to mark the spot OF Russian
Indian graveyard on the point OF the la1d
extending far out into the bay OF Yakutat.
George N. Esterly. Minneapolis man
from Kodiak Island, says the natives. and
indeed the whites, at Yakutnt, Orca and
other points along the path OF the earth
quake, declare that m ou ntatns we're actual
" dlslodged. The Indians were terror
stricken. Hundreds OF them fed from the
Yskutat section und are going down the
coast to Lynn Canal. Some have already
arrived at Juneau.
The native village Of Kayak sustained
frlghttul shaking up. Cabins and nuts
we're Jared down and such as remained
standing are propped up With Indian poles.
In many places great assures in the eartn,
some three feet wide, uud miles IN length,
were visible, and some OF these are de-
clared to have emitted steam.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
Newsy Gleanln:s.

Sir lrThomas Upton is SEQ lehman.
The immigration from Italy to this coun-
try has been heavy this year.
The public schools in New York City this
year opened with 400, 900 pupils.
The craze for motor car riding Is dis.
tinctly on the increase in England.
The Government smokeless powder works
near Washington are nearly ready for opera.
tion.
sanitarium for consumptives Of the
army will be established at Fort Bayarrl,
New Mexico.
A movement toward the reduction o.:
postage on authors manuscripts, by class.
ing them as merchandise" has been be-
gun by the Society Of American Authors
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Foreign.

The American merchants In Guatem ala
and Honduras have nearly all signed n
round robin, addressed to Secretary OF
State Hay. urging upon him the inmedlate
recall OF Minister W. Godfrey Hunter. The
charge against Mr. Hunter Is not only neg
lect OF duty, but corruption.
The British flrst-class protected cruisers
Terrible and Powerful have both been
ordered to the Cape. They have raliefs on
board capable Of forming q naval brigade
Of thousand men.
All commandants and field cornets have
been ordered by the Transvaal Govern
ment to supply OF once returns showing
the number OF men available for field SER
vice, and the points where they can be
concentrated.
Sir Richard Webster concluded his sum.
ming ND sor Great Britain In the session OF
the Venezuelan Arbitration Commission at
Paris, and Mr.. Harrison began the fnal
argument for Venezuela.
The Gear Of Russia has signed decree
that when the Siberian Railway Is com
pIeted In 1901 all imp ortant ports will be
closed to any but Russian ships.
NJ. Menard, Chief Clerk OF the Court Of
Cessation, at Paris, has been dismissed al
ter thlrty.one years service, because ne
gave ex-Judge Quesnay de Beaurepaire In.
formation againt Dreyfus.
The answer OF the Transvaal to tho de-
mands OF Great Britain was received In
London. The reply expresses regret at
England's alleged change OF front, and
says that no proposals for five years
franchise were ever entertained In South
Africa.
According to the Kreuz Zeitung, OF Ber.
lin, which In regard to such matters Is
generally we'll informed, the posts OF the
German and Italian military attaches at
Paris will remain unoccupiei for some
time to come.
The seventy-eighth anniversary OF the
Central American republics was celebrated
with more than the ordinary display. All
political classes Joined in the celebration.
Gustav Lindhoim, one of the crew OF the
United States cruiser Olympia, who died
in a hospital at Trieste, Austria, from con-
sumption, was buried with military honors.
The insurgent commander, General
Cipriano Castro, has taken possession OF
Maracay, Venezuela, and is still advancing.
The United States, British and French rep.
resentatives have asked their respective
Governments to send warships to protect
their interests.
A German, who is supposed to be spy,
has been arrested at La Crotx-sur. .Meuse,
France, where he was watching the army
mGn9uvres. ----.-.-.---
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Prominent People.

King Eumbert OF Italy is g skilful ANA.
teur cook.
Prince Raujitslnbji Of India holds the
seasons cricket record.
Murat Halstead, the well-known editor,
has completed his seventieth year.
Captain Alfred Dreyfus is an Alsatian.
Tie french pronunciation of his name is
Drayfoos.
John D. Rockefeller has subscribed $780,.
600 to the -, 900 600 endowment now being
raised for Brown University at Providence,
r. I.
Admiral Dewey says that he does not e1
pect to 60 to sea again, except In case OF
war, and that he will probably retire under
he regulations.
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Personal Mention.

Lord Kitchener's iavorlte book is the
Mahommedan Koran.
President Kruger, OF the Transraal,
lleeps eight hours each night.
The new President OF Peru, D on Eduardo
Lopez de Romano, was educated in Eng
land.
Senator Bererldge, OF Indiana, declares
himself much improved by his trip to the
Philippines, and does not believe the ell
mate Injurious to man in good health.
Professor Arthur B. Marsh has resigned
The chair OF Comparative Literature at Har-
card University. He is to enter business.
His chair was established IN part through
bis efforts.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
FARMER INSANE OVER GOLF.
Tries TO Knock Cabbage Heads Over .
Hencoop With q Hickory Cane.

Hencoop With Hickory Cane.
BURLINGTON, Iowa (SpeciaD.-Tas links
OF the Boulevard Golf Club are situated In
a suburb known as Sunnyside, whers tiott-
lleb Heckermann has bis truck gardens.
All the time that Heckernann could spare
from spraying his cabbaSes and picking
bugs from his potato vines he spent upon
the links, greatly interested In the game.
few days ago his son found the farmer
in the cabbuge patch spelling the crop, but
having great game OF golf. His baggy
trousers were rolled up, and his fat legs
were wrapped with strips Of red flannel.
In his hand, in place OF brassie, Wa. a
heavy hickory cane With crook handle.
With it he was smashing the cabbage
heads to pieces In a vain effort to lift
them over the hencoop. The farmer said
he was playing golf. He Is rational on
all other subjects.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
M. auEnIN MEEKLY sURRENDERs.
Six Weeks Siege at Fort Chabrol Ends
In Ridiculous Style.

IN q hlQlcutOuS Sty16s
PARIS (By cable) Precisely at the hour
appointed q captain OF the Municipal
Guards raped at the door OF Fort Chabrol:
There was q moment OF expectation ana
then the door opened. NJ. Guerln calmly
presented himself, meekly, surrendered and
was driven to the police station 10 an open
cab, seated beside the captain OF the
Guards. his companions were allowed to
70 free. The six weeks siege ended In
ridiculous style. -,
The night was we'll chosen by the Gov
ernment, as the excitement over the cap
ture Of the fort would inevitably divert
attention from the pardon extended to
Dreyfus. The plan was to attack the
building and arrest Guertn end his band.
The Government had glveh him until 4
o'clock In the morning to surrender, and
had regular army to assault the fort II he
refused. Troops, municipal guards,
mounted and on foot, and policemen to the
number OF nearly thousand were dis
patched to Gordon all the streets within
the radius of O quarter OF mile OF Fort
Chabrol. The neiShborhood presented a
picturesque scene. One would imagine
that q general assault upon fortified
camp was about to take place. The Gordon
was exceedingly strict.
Infantry officers and officers OF the Mu-
nicipal Guard paced up and down during
the hours OF waiting, glanclng up at the
windows OF the :ort, from which Ia the dim,
gray light OF the curly morning could be
distinguished black flag, hoisted from
the second floor, and white sheet hanging
down, with the dsrice In black lettering,
"vive pArmee" and "a bas les Trattres."
When NJ. Guerln's companions separated
they took coaches and were driven on.
Then the troops departed, followed Dy the
remained In the Eue de Chabrol to keep
order. An immense crowd fingered to the
end to watch the proceedings and then
dispersed with little or no disturbance.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
BANK CASHIER STRUCK DOWN..
Walter La wton Assaults F. j. Filbert a.
Palatine, Near Chicago.

1htdtlucy ScuE SulCdBOs
CHICAGO Especially frederick J. Filbert,
;he aged cashier Of the Palatine Bank in
Palatine, ILL.,, twenty-si1 miles north Of
Chicago, was fatally injured as the result
Of an attack made upon him by young
man who gave the name OF Walter Lawtou.
The latter, who Is unknown to anybody
tlon, was placed IN the county jail suffer
log from bullet wound In the abdomen.
Henry Plaggo, seventy years old, fai-
ner, whose Intervention at critical mo-
ment prevented the outright murder OF
the cashier, was taken home, west Of the
village. cut, bruised and disabled as re-
suit OF his struggle with Lawton, whose
motive for the assault, accordingto his re-.
peated statements, was not robbery. The
attack upon Filbert wns made with tack
hammer, and the aged cashier was struck
At least dozen times before PlaGgo inter-
Tered
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
The Labor World.

English colIler5 employ $50, QUO.
Michigan Is first In iron production.
Pittsb1rg (Penn.) painters get s2.75 a
day.
In Havana $500 masons went on strike
for higher wages.
About one German woman in every TWEEN.
ty-seven works in factory.
The City Council Of Grand Rapids, Mich,
has ordered the union label Of the Interna-
tlonal Typographical Union on all its print
Ing.
The cotton and jute workers strike at
Dundee, Scotland, has assumed serious
proportions. About $1,000 mill workers are
now idle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
ARMY Oflcers lust Face the Camera.

Secretary Root has sent out circulars re-
questing photographs of every commits
stoned off GER Of the army to file with the
efficiency records In the War Department
at Washington. Those photographs are TO
be all OF one size, mounted, and to pave tne
name of the officer, his rank, and the date
upon which the photograph was taken In
scribed upon the buck.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
Train Collision Kills Four.

A passenger train on the st. Louis and
san Francisco Railroad colllded With a
freight train near Kansas City: Mo; Four @
we're killed and four others injured. The
dead are: B. F. Redyck, engineer OF the
freight train; Charles Rider, fireman OF the
passenger train; W. Harelson, freisnt
brakeman; unknown man, burned oeyoho
recognition. Freight Conductor EroW-
nell's watch was thirteen minutes SLOW u
It was proved later.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
Srnallpox Attacks Troops.

The TL:rty-arst Regiment, United States
Infantry, known as the "presldent's Own"
md composed OF men from Ohio, Tenn1es-
see, and Clay County, Ky. i5 encanped on
Angel Island. just inside Golden Gate, at
the Federal Quarantine Station. The reg
imeut was removed from Preside, san
Francisco, CAL, on account OF the spreal
OF smallpox amonE the men,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
Lleutenant-C Colonel Mlley De1d.

Lieutenant. Colonel John D. Miiey, In
spector. General OF volunteers, died a few
days ago at Manila. His death was due TO
cerebral meningitis, attendant on typhoid
fever. Lieutenant Colonel MIlny was
generally regarded as one OF the brightest
among the junior officers OF the army, and
his record was remarkably brilliant. Hs
enjoyed the distinction OF being recon-
mended by his superior officer for direct
promotion from the grade Of Lieutenant
to the RAIL; OF Brigadler General. This
was proposed by Genera. Shatter, In recoS-
milton OF the services which Lieutenant
Mi ey had rendered while his chief of stall
In tho Santiago campaign.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
ALL THE coNsULs PROTEST.
Joint Action In santo Domingo Against
Paper Money DEGREES.


Paper Money DEGREES.
sAyro DOMINGO (By Cable).-At q meet
Ing OF ali the foreign Consuls, held In this
city, a joint protest was drawn up against
the action OF the Government in Destroy
ing the value OF the paper currency. This
action was rendered necessary by the con-
tradlctory DEGREES issued Oh successive
days.
The s.gnatores say that their Govern
ments will not permit their subjects to %
losers on account OF Dominican dome;tic
troubles. The protest was formally dellv-
erel after the arrival OF the United States
cruiser New Orleans.
The last decree on the subject OF the cur
rency announced an intention to MAKE
Mexican silver, instead OF American, the
official coin, contrary to the Wish OF Cen
eral Jimunez.
There is strong movement In favor OF
oyerthrowing the Constitution and making
Immediate arrangements for the Presiden-
tial election.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-10-04
He Wants to Be Hanged.

Taylor Cook, murderer In the Kansas
Penitentiary, has asked Governor Stanley
to order the warden to hang him In accord
ance with the sentence Of the court. COOK
says death Is preferable to life inHrlSon-
ment. and he thinks hanging Is IN easy
way to die. No Governor OF Kansas has
ever signed death warrant.