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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
BURGLARS AT SALEM.
Rob n Safe and Then Fire Building
to Cover Their Crime.

Sioux Falls, S. d., July 31.-The sa-
loon of c. Nolkman at Salem, was en-
tered by burglars last night. The rob
bers blew open the safe and secured
$3.50 belonging to Bartender Hirsch-
man. The proprietor fortunately had
removed his money from the safe.
After securing the money the burg
lars set fire to the building with the
evident purpose of destroying all evil
dence Of their crime. The fire, how
ever, was extinguished before the
building was entirely destroyed, but
considerable damage was done.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
CHANCE FOR KRUGER.
Salisbury Opens an Avenue OF Es'
cape for Transvaai President.

salisbury Opens an Avenue or Es'
cape for Transvaai President.
London, Aug. 1.-The marquis OF
Salisbury, having at last broken
silence on the Transvaal question I'D
30 decided a manner, it may be expect
ID that President Kruger will hardly
be likely to refuse to listen to II gov
srnment's new proposal for a JOINT
Commission to examine the franchise
dill. This proposal meets varying crit,
.eisms here. The liberals are inclined
10 regard it as another instance OF the
hcurable tendency of the Salisbury
government to shelve every difficulty
by referring 1t to a commission La
oouchere calls il a climb-down on Mr.
Chamberlain's part; undoubtedly II
savors more of Salisbury than Cham
berlain. Others think it d concession
10 the Transvaal's contention that the
matter should be referred to arbitra-
lion. All agree, however, that 1T forms
4 practical bridge of which Kruger
can avail himself to retire from an Inn
possible position.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
SAIL 0 HOME.
Yale.Harvard Athletes Given q
Hearty Send-Om


Southampton, Aug. THE portion
II the Harvard-Yale athletic team
which competed i'm the interuniyersity
sports at the Queens club, London,
last Saturday sailed for home today on
the American liner st. Louis. A crowd
assembled at Collegiate hotel, London,
this morning to bid them farewell.
They all sang "Auld Lang Syne' and
God Save the Queen" Hearty hand
shakes and drinking Of healths fol-
lowed, and amid cheers from their
friends and admirers the athletes
started for Waterloo station, where
they entered a special saloon car and
were carried to Southampton. A bat
talon of grenadier guards en- route TO
Aldershot gave the Americans a rous-
Ing cheer as the train started, in re-
sponse to which the Harvard-Yal
boys vigorously waved their college
rolors.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
state Railroad Commissioners.

Sioux Falls, s. d., Aug . 1.-The
state board of railroad commissioners,
at their monthly meeting in this city,
among other business transacted, is
sued an order requiring the Milwau-
kee railroad company to put on and
maintain by August Is IA daily train
service on the line between Andover
and Newark, in Marshall county. The
same company has also been ordered
to build a station and maintain an
agent Mt Trent, Moody county.
Several hearings in condemnation
proceedings have been ordered, N at
Farmer, Il station on the Omaha rail
road, on August %; at Riverside, a
station also on the Omaha, on August
%; also a hearing on the condemna-
ton of a site for "A warehouse at Al
%cester, to be held August Is. \ hear
ing was also ordered on August 20 at
Aberdeen upon the petition of citizens
of Putney, who ask that a y be put
in at Aberdeen so that the Great
Northern, Chicago and Northwest
ern and Milwaukee railroads may be
connected.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
COMMENDED GENERAL OTIS.
AIger Assured Him of the Admins
tration's Confidence.

Washington, Aug. 1.-About ten days
ago Secretary Alger cabled General Otis
saying there was some criticism or him
in the American press, blu assuring him
he had the entire confidence of the sec
rotary Of war and the administration.
As far as known at the war department
the only messages sent by Mckinley 10
Otis were those which have been msde
public, consisting OF c~emneddalsty
words Of The general and the tfooys In
tns ned for wnAt they accomplished !,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

Firemen in Macon, Ga, are super
stitious over the fatality of a bed in
the truck house. Four men have died
O after occupying it. \ fireman
who occupied it a few nights ago says
that one of the former occupants OF
the bed named Smith appeared to him
in his sleep, and be believes that he is
going 10 die. The bed will not be occn'
Died again.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
Fatal Gasoline Explosion.

Clinton, Ia, July 29,--Mrs. Dierk
Haun was fatally burned by a gasoline
explosion at noon today. Her clothing
ignited and she ran screaming into
the yard. Henry Penn. who was pass.
Ing by, covered the woman with q car.
pei and sm6thered the flames, but tho
woman was badly burned from head
TO foot,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
REBELS CUT THE WIRES.
Attack on Santiago de los Cabaiieros
In San Domingo Planned.

III ~
Cape Haitien, Aug. 1.-Advices Jus
received from the Dominican frontier
say the insurgents have u the tele.
graph wires in the neighborhood OF
Santiago de las Caballeros, also near
Moca. The insurgents in the western
part of San Domingo await the ar
rival of Jiminez, under whose q
ship they expect to attack Santiago
Washington, July 29.-The navy de-
partment has been informed that the
Nachias will sail from st. Thomas Tor
ian Domingo tomorrow. The COM
handler of the New Orleans has an
bounced his readiness to start for San
Domingo today, so before the middle
of next week American interests VIII
be fully protected at San Domingo
should there be any revolution.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
CABLE ACROSS LAGUNA De BAY
Work OF the Signal Corps in the
PHILIPPINES.

Washington, Aug. L-General Greedy,
chief signal officer, has received a dis
patch from Major Thompson, command
ing the signal corps in the Philippines.
saying Major MaXheld has laid a cable
across Laguna de Bay, from Taguig TO
Calamba, the last tow to be captured
from the insurgents. This insures unin-
]terrupted Geographic communication be-
tween Manila and the advanced posts OF
what has been the insurgent country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

Mommsen, the German historian, in
spite of his 81 years. is still a traveller.
The white-haired old man, with clean
shaver face and keen eyes, looking
through large spcctacles, can be seen
almost any day actively employed
among the manuscripts OF the Bibli-
otheque Rationale in Paris. From Q
o'clock in the morning till @ in the
evening the only survivor Of a amous
group of historians and archaeologists
is often busy reading and copying
texts. Mommsen has also spent a
great decay of time recently in Rome III
connection with the Corpus lnscrip-
tionum Latinarum.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

Spencer Pratt, United States consul
at Singapore, who has been credited
with having exceeded his authority IN
making promises to the Filipinos IN
the early stages Of our occupation OF
the Philippines, brought suit recently
against a publishing firm in Singa-
pore that put out a book in when
was given in detail form an interview
alleged 10 have taken place between
Mr.. Pratt and A%guinaldo. The u
found that the story of the interview
was false and libelous and further
publication Of the book was prohib-
tied.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
ACCIDENT IN THE ALPS.

Sermatt, Switzerland, Aug. 1-Early
yesterday tourists discovered Nine. Morel
and her daughter at the bottom of a ra-
vine near here. Evidently they had rolled
a distance Of / 200 feet. Nine. Morel was
dead, her skull having been fractured,
Her daughter was badly injured and de-
lirious. Until she recover her sanity the
facts regarding the accident which befell
the two women cannot be as~certained,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
GAMBLING MUST STOP.
Havana Mayor Determined 20 Sup.
press the Evil.

Havana, Aug. 1.-The mayor Is deter
minted that gambling in Havana must
stop. Hitherto only Chinese gambling
houses have been raided by the police,
Now the war will be extended to aristo-
ratio gambling circles. Fourteen arrests
were made last night and q large guam
tity of money captured,
-Four sergeants Of police and nifty po-
iicemen have petitioned tho mayor 10 re-
lnstats q. eertalp captain %. police, Dis
charged tef falling 70 do his Iiuly, The
ssrgsanls we're hned Sig each ant. az the
sh0ula thty rspsst me orehss'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

One man, with the assistance of two
.shockers," i'm Decatur township. ln'
diana, recently cut forty acres OF
wheat in two days. The work was done
with two horses and n siX-foot binder
and two pounds of Irvine to the acre
were required to bind the wheat. This
is believed TO beat the record.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

The wife of n western millionaire
fish packer is going on the stage Tor
the sake of being in an artistic atmos-
phere. She says she went through a
rigid course of theosophy, Christian
Science, psychical research and hyp-
notism for tho purpose of establishing
an electrical current between herself
and her audience.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
ALL WANT TO BE OFFICERS.
Difficulties I'm the Way OF Raising
Native Troops i'm Cuba.

New York, Aug. IA special to the
Times from Washington says: The sug-
gestion heard at the war department that
1t would be a wise thing to raise some
troops in Cuba TO relieve the American
troops now on duty there and to provide
them with American officers in part does
not meet with the most cordial support
from men who are acquainted with the
eonuitions that would nave 70 be met
Cubans aspire 10 AT once be colonelsI
such q program may be advisable,
ApfOrdi1g 10 all Accounts tte experi.
meft OF using native troops In PteTi5
Rico has been sncCessfW
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

Statistics which have been collated
in Wisconsin show the average cost OF
raising wheat to be "a cents a busheI
and the cost of corr % cents. In both
cases there are included interest on
the value of the land, with the cost OF
implements and horses added i'm.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

4 divorced mems club has been or
panized i'm Alameda, Cal, for the pur-
nose of sending out scouts and mis-
sionaries, men who have iouha mar
riage a failure and whose OBJECT u Is
to impress upon mankind h dangers
of matrimony and give hose inclined
that way an opportunity to proht oy
their sad and narrowing experiences.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
BANGERT WILL ACCEPT.
Reconsiders Refusal Of Democratic
Nomination In the "Big Four"

Sibley, Ia, Aug. Charles Ban
CERT has re~considered and has now de-
cided to accept the democratic nomi-
nation for state senator in the Big
Four" district, comprising the coun-
ties of Sioux, Osceola, Lyon and
O'Brien.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

1t has just been iudicially decided in
Oregon that in an emergency ease q
physician may drive across n bridge AT
q speed greater than that permitted to
ordinary traffic.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
sixty Pound Tumor Removed.

Chadron, Neb., July 29.-Mrs. Barta.
Indian reservation, had a slxty-pound tu-
NOR removed at the hospital here today.
She weighed 10 pounds before the opera
tiOn.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
PASSENGER TRAIN DlTCHED.
Two Trainmen Hurt in an Accident
Near Murray, Iowa.

Near Murray, IOWA.
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 1.-The Burling-
ton passenger train, w~estbound, was
ditched last night at Murray, Ia, by a
collision with a switching train. En-
gineer Goling had a leg broken. Con-
ductor Slingstuff was seriously hurt
on the head. Only n passenger,
Truman Swaine, of Alton, Ia, was in
iured, and he only slightly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
Death of Private Wintz,

Washington. July 29.-General Davis, at
San Juan, Puerto Rico, today notified the
war department OF the death at Lares
yesterday Of Private George w. Wintz,
Company l., Eleventh infantry, from ty-
phoid fever.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

Between January ! last and hay ~
there were pVeg 5000 cases 10 typhoid
fever Ii Philadelphia, will bi7 deaths
and The trouble vas largely the reSpH
n sa impure Tficf sNrpH'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

Two little boys were arrested in NJ
lanta charged with attempting 10 puIn
down n church after they had nearly
demolished the interior. one OF t''r
boys is IL and the other only y, lheS
were arrested and made n confession
The Younger boy has been released on
account of his age and the other Is
being held at police barracks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

The report on the production OF cop
per in 1895 has just been submitted TO
The United States geological survey by
Special Agent Kirchotf. The produc'
ton of the United States in hat year
was 500 ,375.501 pounds, which is by tal
the largest product ever reported. rms
report shows that the year 1873 WAS
one of general prosperity for the cop
per mining industry, the full product
being marketed at prices slightly bet
ter than those of 1897.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
Hot Springs Visitors.

Hot Springs, S. D., Aug. l.-Mrs. r,
C.. Bailey, the national organizer of the
Woman's Christian Temperance union,
whose home is Prohibition Park, New
York, will spend the month Of August
in the Hills in the interest of her
work.
Among the newspaper men in the
springs at present are: i. A. Eaton,
editor of the Papillion, Neb., Times,
and G. NJ. @. Cooper, editor of the Cor
don, Neb., Recorder.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

Davitt VIII Try Once More.
London, July 29,-Michasl navittlwil
again raise the question as TO ragal
clensney ios Mrs Msytfck IN the
eepmehs todayi
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

Arrangements have been completed
whereby n band of forty Creek IN
dams will bc SEN TO Paris in 1900 TO
give exhibitions of the game OF "toli
IA por which combines the prln-
ciples of golf and shiny, with the
brutality of foot ball. Only ABOUT
twenty Indians are required to pay
the game, but as about htty eNnl-
billions are to be given it VIII De-
necessary to have a score OF suSst'-
tutes to take the places of those VINO
may be injured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
FEDERATION OF AUSTRALIA.
Vote I'm Victoria Assures Union or
the States.

the states.
Melbourne, Victoria, Aug. 1.-The
tolohy Of Victoria, as the result of the
referendum held on the subject OF the
commonwealth bill, drafted by repre-
sentatives of the Australian colonies
Of Great Britain in 1898 and revised by
the premiers last January, has decided
by an overwhelming majority in Ia
vor of federation. Inasmuch as New
South Wales, without whose adhesion
none Of the other colonies is willing TO
federate, gave a majority of $4,000 for
the commonwealth bill at the refer
endum of June 20, the action OF We
toria as showing the sentiment OF the
Younger colonies assures the union OF
the Australian states in a common
wealth of Australia.
The colony of Queensland will hold
its referendum on the question Sep
TENDER g.
The discussion of the question OF
Australian federation dates from 1852,
when il was proposed to ~establlsh q
general assembly to legislate on ques'
tons of common interest 10 the Vari-
Gus colonies. The British parliament
later permitted the formation of a fed
eral council, but the erection of thu
body involved no real federation. II
was purely deliberative, and served
but az a very unsatisfactory stepping
stone toward colonial federation. In
1890 conference Of delegates from the
seven colonies of Australia-New
South Wales, Victoria, South Austria
liza. Tasmania, Queensland, Western
Australia and New Zealand-author-
lied q convention, to be held the fol-
lowing year, TO take steps looking TO-
ward union. The work of the conven-
ton was unsatisfactory TO the coo
MES, and in 1895 the premiers OF i've
of the colonies tried it again. In 1897
and again in 1898 representatives oil
all the colonies save Queensland met
TO draft a decorating bill. The legs
latures Of the colonies passed enabling
nets providing for referendums, but
the minimum Affirmative vote being
variously placed by the several legisla'
lures, New South Wales, although
showing a majority of 5000 for FEEDER
alton, failed TO pile up the requisite af
InTUnHIlNt NOlC vi CO,O'v' =
the premiers held n conference at Mel
bourne last January and came to ar
agreement on subjects which had kept
the colonies apart, and the enabling
acts since passed ~proveide that a bare
majority in each colony shall be sum
cient to ratify the commonwealth Dill
Under the bill, which the colonies on'
by one are accepting, supreme author
ity will be vested in "A governor gen
eral appointed by the queen. He vii
be assisted by a federal eXecutiv,
council and the laws for the entire fed
Grafton will be made by a parliamen
of two houses-a senate and a hous
of representatives. Each origina
state will have six senator's, with REP
resentation in the second chamber pre-
portional to population. Each Wi
have not less than five representatives
and as nearly as possible twice a
many as it has senator's. The capita
will be in federal territory, within 10
miles of sydney, n. S. w.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05
ASSURES A BUMPER CROP.

Rain Over Southern Nebraska and
Northern Kansas.
Atchison, Kan, Aug. 1.-Reports in
dicate that the rain last night was
general over southern Nebraska and
northern Kansas. 1t almost insures o
record-breaking corn crop.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

Some one told a Twentieth Kansas
boy that mosquitoes would never
come into the neighborhood OF Il dog,
so he captured one Of the ours run
ming about town and took him to bed.
AS a result the dog filed the bed so
full Of fleas that he hasn't been able 10
get rid Of them yet, and he is sleeping
out under a banana tree. Mosquitoes
are bad enough, the Lord knowS''
saws our soldier boy, 'but they are an
ice cream festival when compared
with n Philippine flea
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-05

Prince Nicholas, the third son OF
Prince George Of Greece, spends ms
leisure In writing poems and pieces
for the stage. In a recent dramatic
composition a piece composed by the
prince was considered 10 lie n OF the
hest submitted TO the judges. One OF
his plays has been performed by n
theatrical company at Athens, but the
author hid his identity under an as
sumed name. He has artistic as well
ms literary talent, and at the present
time Athenians are %admiring his pic
ture at the exhibition Of arts.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-23

Thirty Thousand Shares i'm Chicago
Northwestern Transferred.

Thirty Thousand Shares i'm Chicago
Northwestern Transferred.
The New York Herald says: William
Waldorf Astor has disposed of another big
block of stock which is of the character
that is generally handed down by estates.
According to reports that are current in
Wall street this stock consists of 10000
shares of Chicago and Northwestern pre-
ferred, the market price of which Is more
than S2O0 share, and which nowadays is
seldom dealt in on the stock exchange. The
sale is said to have been made on private
contract, as is often the case with such
large blocks of investment shares.
None of Mr.. AStor's representatives would
talk about the matter, and the fact might
not nave become known at this time had
not Mr.. AStor drawn the money. AS it was,
the transaction amounts to a considerable
inquire In sterling exchange. If the stock
was disposed of for 500 share, it would
mean deal of $6,OOo0oO
Coils z. Huntington was the last large
purchaser of real estate from William Wal
dorf Astor before Mr.. Aston renounced his
American citizenship, The strip of land,
1OX125, in 9th avenue, at 9th street. was
sold to Mr.. Huntington for So, 500 in last
January Mr.. Astor purchased the proper
ty from the Bonner estate about a year
ago. Mr.. Astor acquired the title to prop
erty on the east side of 9th avenue, be-
tween SD and SD streets. and neighbor-
Ing plot In 32d street, for consideration
of 100000, in February
AS result of his long dispute with the
department OF taxes over the assessed val
uation of his personal property and real es-
tate. Mr.. Aston renowned his American cit
izenship and became a British subject in
last July.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-23

A business block in South Chicago burned
early yesterday, entailing a loss of s1oO. 900
and painfully injuring twelve persons
Fourteen buildings We're burned An old
landmark was destroyed in the Grand Gam
trail Hotel. 1t was frame building ana
was consumed rapidly. The guests had
barely time to save themselves and f1ed
with little apparel
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-23
Representative McRae,. Cond,,,on

Representative McRae of Arkansas. who
has been In i'll health for more than a year.
Is said to show no marked Improvement.
ne Is at his home in Arkansas and suf-
fers great deal from vertigo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-23
If You want TO buy, sell.

If you want to buy, sell.
lease property or rent
rooms. Snnt n situation or
want help. "a will pay you
To announce the fact I'm
the advertising columns
or The Star. They nre
closely studied by more
than three times ms many
people as read any other
paper.