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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
South Dakota Brevities.

A business mems association has
been organized at Miller.
The contract has been awarded for
the construction of n large new school
house AT Memo, Hutchinson county.
The Farley house, at Fairyiew, which
for nearly twenty years has been con
Quoted by L.. r. Farley, has been leased
by the owner to George III. Edge, OF
Edgerton, MINI.
The council of Madison has passed
an ordinance requiring residents on
certain streets TO build cement side
walks as fast as the old wooden walks
become useless.
Carpenters have commenced work
on a fine new block for j. ID. Barlow, "a
leading Plankinton business man. The
building will be of brick and will be
one of the best in that part of the
state.
I'm unusual number Of burglaries
arc reported i'm various parts of the
state. They are doubtless largely the
work of transients, who entered the
state during the past few weeks with
the thousands of harvest hands, n
who take this means of earning an
easy living.
1t is probable hat the authorities OF
Yankton will purchase the Forester
property in the northwest part of the
city, and convert ii into a public park
The site is most attractive, and the
trees and shrubbery are in such condi
ton that the tract can be made into q
park with little expense.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
GENERAL MILES TO
GO TO PHILIPPINES
Commanding General Of the Army
TO Start for Manila Late in
October.
PREPARING FOR HIS JOURNEY
Officials VIII Not Admit Ii, but IL
Is Said TO BE on the Cards
NevertheIess.-The New
Regiments.

Chicago, Aug. 2t.-The Washington
correspondent of the Record says:
Major General Nelson a. Miles com
manding general of the army. is going
to the the Philippines. He will start
the latter part of October. He will not
take command of the forces in the
field, nor will he supersede General
Otis. He will, however, act i'm his ca
pacity of general of the army and will
have supervision over field operations
He will direct the assignment Of the
different regiments and participate in
mapping out plans of campaigns. He
will reach the Philippines about the
close of the rainy season and may re-
main until peace is restored.
? This statement is made upon excel
lent authority. General Miles has or
dered a tropical outfit, including new
uniforms, etc., and the fact that he is
going is pleasing to the new secretary
of war, although Mr.. Root did not sug-
gest 1t to General Miles. There will be
continued denials of this statement,
and General Miles and his friends will
lose no opportunity to discredit 1t.
They will throw as much secrecy about
his plans as they did when he left for
Cuba TO assist General Shafter before
Santiago. General Miles will, of course,
take his staff and his party will be for
midable in numbers. lie will be of ma
terial assistance in prosecuting an ac-
tive campaign.
There is activity at the war depart
ment in the various bureaus which are
charged with equipping and handling
the ten additional volunteer regiments
Just authorized. The quartermaster's
department is particularly busy in ar
ranging for transportation. lnforma-
ton is being gathered from the yari-
Gus steamship companies operating on
the Pacific coast regarding their YES
sells which may be pressed into service
TO transport troops from San Francisco
to Manila. Colonel Bird, who is III
charge, expects with the facilities at
hand, together with those which will
be provided Inter, that the entire force
of twenty volunteer regiments Viii be
on the way to Manila by December 81.
General Corbin estimated that the last
ten volunteer regiments authorized can
be organized by the tst Of October n
ready for transportation by the middle
of the same month. Colonel Bird says
he believes the quartcrmaster's depart
ment will be prepared to commence
the movement by that time. The yes,
sells carrying the first ten regiments of
volunteers will return to San Francisco
in time to assist in carrying the last
ten.
1t Is stated the quartermaster's de-
partment is so far advanced in lis prep
arations that each soldiers outfit will
be ready and waiting for him as soon
ms he is mustered in. The ordnance
and other departments are also pre-
pairing to meet the demands OF the in
creased army.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
OFFICERS OF NEW REGIMENTS.
Colonies and Lieutenant Colonies
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Stations.

Colonies and Lieutenant Colonies
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Stations.
Washington, Aug. 21.-The ten new reg
iments whose recruitment was ordered
Yesterday will be organized at the follow
ing places, in the order named:
one each at Fort Smelling, Fort Crook,
Neb.; Fort Riley, Kan.; Fort Ethan Allen,
VT; Fort LeavenYorth, Kan; Jefferson
barracks, NO.; Souh birmingham, Mass;
Fort Niagara, N. Y, and two at Camp
Meade, Pa.
the new regiments are announced as fol-
lows:
Coionels-Thirty-eighth George 8. An
derson, major, Sixth cavalry; Thirty
ninth, r. l.. Billiard, captain, subsistence
department.; Fortieth, r. A. Goodwin,
captain, Eighth cavalry; Forty-first, T. &.
Richmond, captain, Second artillery; For
ty-second, J. NJ. Thompson, major, Twen-
ty-fourth infantry; Forty-third, Arthur
Murray, captain, First artillery; Forty
fourth, +. j. McClernand, captain, Sec
ond cavalry; Forty-hfth, j. H.. Dorst, cap
tain, Fourth cavalry; Forty-sixth, w. s.
Schuyler, captain, Fifth cavalry; Forty
seventh. Walter Howe, captain, Fourth
artillery.
Observation-Disclosures b. Pratt, cap
tain, Twenty-third infantry; G. ]. Crane,
captain. Twenty-fourth infantry; Charles
Byrne, captain, Sixth infantry; j. S. NAL
lory, captain, Second infantry; Il. III.
CrOWueT, mayor, yuuBe duNoCdteb james
Barker, captain, Fourth cavalry; Francis
Michler, captain, Fifth cavalry; w. r.
Wilder, captain, Fourth cavalry; j. II.
Beacon, captain, Sixth infantry; John
Bigelow, jr., captain, Tenth cavalry.
The new regiments will be organized
under the general instructions issued at
the time the first ten regiments were
called out.
President Mckinley approved Secretary
Roots accommodation that regular army
officers be selected for colonies and lieu
tenant-colonels of the proposed regiments.
The result OF the increase will be to give
General Otis a fighting force OF g., 45l men,
distributed as indicated as follows:
Regulars, including 5,072 on the way and
2,S01 about to sail-30,423
Organized in Philippines, two infantry
regiments and one cavalry regiment vol
unteers, 1866.
Ten infantry regiments, volunteers or
ganized in the United States, 1900.
Ten infantry regiments, volunteers, to
be organized in the United States, 1900.
officers, 1883.
Aggregate combatants for Philippines.
81, Ash.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
IIMINEZ RELEASED.
Indignant over His Arrest by Cuban
Authorities.


Havana, Aug. 22.-General John
Isidro Jiminez, the aspirant to the
presidency of San Domingo, left
~Cienfuegos yesterday morning on the
Polaria, bound for Santiago de Cuba.
After his release he remained at the
Union hotel until he left the city. He
complained bitterly of the arrest.
1t is rumored at Cienfuegos that a
yacht will meet him at M~anzanillo.
Before leaving he said to the Associ-
ated Press:
my mission is perfectly peaceful. 1
am unarmed and I'm going home in
answer to my country's call to take
peaceful possession of the presidency.
1t was no more lawful to arrest me
than it would be TO arrest MIR. McKinx
ley, when, after his election, he was
going from Canton TO Washington. |
am not a soldier taking expeditions
with me. Nothing of that sort is
necessary. My appearance in the ISL
and will be the signal for peace and
good government. An enthusiastic
welcome will be accorded me by near
ly 90 per cent of the people of San
Domingo.
Il have absolute assurance that the
acting president will cooperate with
me as soon as he knows what the pub
lie desires.
IL cannot understand the action of
the United States toward me. Many
of my best friends are Americans, and
my policy when president will be to
establish the closest relations between
the two governments"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
MERRITT MAY BE SENT.
Confers with the President on
Philippine Question.

Corners WIN tne IFesiuChb WI
Philippine Question.
Washington, Aug. 22.-Much specu-
iation has been caused here by the con.
ference at Plattsburg, n. Y, Sunday
between General Merritt and President
Mckinley.
Naturally the gossip of a prospective
change in the command of the Amerl'
can troops in the Philippines has been
revived and the belief that General
Merritt will be sent to LuZon to take
charge of active operations in the field
is growing stronger. Secretary Root
declined to discuss the subject, and
when asked the direct question of the
probability of a change, he replied that
he had nothing TO say at this time.
The secretary admits, however, that
he has consulted with General Merritt
respecting the Philippine situation.
simultaneously with the visit Of Gen
cral Merritt to P~lattsburg, there is n
renewal of the rumor that the com
handing general of the army may HIM
self 90 to Luzon and take charge of the
campaign against the insurgents. For
/ this rumor, however, there is no sufli'
Gent foundation.
1t is not thought here that the con.
ference between the president and
General Merritt indicates any inten'
ton on the part of the administration
70 make an immediate change in the
Philippines.
The belief is that the president in
tends to give General Otis one more
chance. and the question of making
any change at all is contingent upon
the result of the generals operations
in the near future. Even should some
other officer be placed in command oi
active operations, General Otis will not
be Inundated, for he will be retained
in some position of honor and dignity
probably governor general of the Is
1opIs
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
DEWEY WILL ARRIVE
ON SEPTEMBER 20
Admiral Notifies New York Com
mittee He Will Be Home on that
Date Without Fail.
He HAS COMPLETELY RECOVERED
Report that He Intended Visiting
London Before Returning Con-
tradict in a Letter Received
in Washington.

Leghorn, Aug. 21.-Admiral Dewey
received Wednesday flom General But
terield a letter dated August i, to-
gether with the program OF the recep-
ton as planned by the committee. The
admiral said last evening that IL 1t
would not ~disarrange the plans OF the
committee he would arrive in the
lower bay Friday, September 20, in
stead Of on Saturday, September 30.
This will necessitate leaving Gibraltar
on September IL instead of a day later
az intended.
Before receiving General Butter
fields letter one of the propellers of
the Olympia was twisted. In conse-
guence it will use only one engine and
will take q direct course across the
Atlantic until the Gulf stream is
reached. 1t will then cruise about
within easy distance of New York, SO
as to be absolutely certain of not caus-
ing any hitch or disappointment.
The admiral has made two requests
of General Butterield, both In the in
terests of his men. He wishes that his
seamen precede the marines in the
parade and that a band be supplied in
place of the Olympia's, as the must
clans of the warship will not be in
condition to stand the fatigue OF the
long march while playing.
The admiral is fully recovered and
is looking extremely well.
Nice, France, Aug. 21.-It is an
nounced that the United States cruiser
Olympia, now at Leghorn, will arrive
at V~illefranche August %.
Nar, VArlg A,~ o. At N pnaafin0
OF the committee on plan and scope OF
the Dewey celebration General But
terrified read a cablegram from Adj
miral Dewey, which e~ffectually sets at
rest all the reports that the admiral
would first 60 to Washington before
the, celebration in his honor in New
York. The message was as follows:
"Leghorn, Aug. Ito General But
terfeld, New York: Yours of August
1 received. Will reach the lower bay
without fail Friday, September 20.
Ready for parade Saturday morning.
Dewey"
Washington, Aug. Elm a letter
from Admiral Dewey to the secretary
of the navy dated at Naples, August 5,
the admiral gave his plans as follows:
81 propose to remain at this port about
one week, then to proceed to Leghorn
for one week and then to either Genoa
or Villefranche for about the same per-
iod. 1t is then proposed to proceed
to Gibraltar for coal, ETC., and to leave
that port about the middle of Septem-
ber."
This contradicts the report that Adj
miral Dewey intended to go to Lon
don before returning to the United
States.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
MURDER OF MRS. KR0NMAN.
william NeufeIdt Identified as Hav'
inn Killed the New York Woman.

New York. Aug. 22.-Wihiam Neufeldt;
the Illinois e~x-cOnvict who was arrested
on snsnicion of having murdered Mrs.
Annie c. Kronman on August I, was pos
itively identified at police headquarters
Yesterday morning as the man In black
who visited the Kronman Hat on the day
Of the murder. Mrs. lnnes. who lives in
the house and saw the man, made the
identification in Captain McClusky,,s office
yesterday morning. AS soon as Neuteldt
up with me now 4.
Captain McClusky has recovered all Of
Mrs. Kronman's jewelry except a small
gold neck chain. b,
The watch and chain were discovered
Thursday night in the possession OF Ben.
jamin Korn, who this morning identif1ed
Neufeldt as the man who had sold him
the watch and chain.
Captain McClusky said this morning
that he had not the slightest doubt OF
Neufeldt's guilt, and that the case to be
presented against him will be clear and
conclusive,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26

couldn't yer contribute a summer
sandwich made out of rye bread anc
Clipped beef to "a"
You'd better move on, man." re-
piled the unresponsive lady of the
house, 1--WE don't believe in encourag'
ing tramps."
Eyer don't?"
no"
mo, l know wat kind of people youse
be. Youse are de kind Nv guys wat
has de word Welcome in yer door
mats an keeps er stuffed club for tour
lists behind de hat rack. Good day,
mum; I hope dere's no malaria in dis
locality TO interfere wild de health OF
de family
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
COL. SCHNEIDER'S DENIAL.
Paris Papers All Comment ON the
Incident.


Paris, Aug. 21G-Paris papers are full
of comments on Colonel S|chnelders
telegram. The Rcnnes correspondent
of Petit Bleu says:
General MERCER will protest
against the allegation that the letter
is a forgery. He declares that it is au-
thenticated by comparison with other
documents from the same source
The Figaro says: "Mercier's only
way to prove his good faith is to name
the person who gave him the docu-
ment and to prove that this person got
it in n legitimate way"
The Rappel says: ''The Schneider
forgery shows that in order 10 ac-
cumulate proofs against Dreyfus re-
sort has been had to another lie Mer-
cier Picard"
Jaures in the Petite Republique de
mands an investigation of the
Schneider matter.
The Echo de Paris says: such lit.
tie foreign maneuvers are intended to
impose upon the cOurt-martial and
were quite expected"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
FEUD'S TRAGIC FINALE.
Four Men Killed as the Result of q
Louisiana Vendetta.


Shreveport, La, Aug. 22.-News has
Just reached here from Lake End,
Natchitoches parish, of a desperate
fight between Cal c. Brown, Robert
Lee Brown and DR.. w. ii. Glover on
one side and b. G.. Freeman on the
other. Freeman shot TO kill, and with
his first shots Cal &. Brown and DR..
Glover fell dead upon the floor. The
duel occurred in Freeman's store. The
third shot from Freeman's revolver
felled Robert Lee Brown, who pleaded
with Freeman to spare his life. The
latter allowed Brown TO leave the front
door. Brown stepped to the door, fir
ing at Freeman as he went. The lat
ter. though wounded, sent a bullet
through Browns breast and both eX'
pired, leaving four dead men on the
floor of the store.
All the participants in the duel were
men of high standing. The trouble
grew out of an old grudge between Ca
c. Brown and Freeman.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
the republican guards, who made a re-

the republican guards. who made a re-
markable display OF force.
In the collision between the anarch.
lists and Guerinites the scufhing was
serious and three companies OF the re-
publican guards charged the contest
ants, several persons being injured.
Fifty or sixty policemen were seen
striking wildly at every person within
reach on the Boulevard de MAGENTA.
At the Avenue de T%ailleburg there was
q fierce conflict. The police had to
draw thir swords against the anarch-
lists, who assailed them with stones.
Four policemen were wounded, two Sc
riously.
Bad TO-, Dreyfus.
a lamentable feature of the affair ID
that it will be regarded as a pro-Drey-
fus demonstration and react greatly to
the detriment of the chances OF ac-
quittal.
1t is much to be feared that yes
terday's scenes were due TO the weak
ness the government has displayed
over the Guerin affair. The govern
ment's desire to avoid bloodshed has
been misinterpreted with the worst re-
suits.
1t appears that an anarchist demon
stration vas decided on at a meeting
held Saturday night. The Journal du
Peuple, edited by Sebastian Faure,
published a manifesto denouncing the
military party, the anti-Semites, the
m~onarchists and the priests, and urged
it's supporters to meet force with
force.
SHOULD Dreyfus be convicted" said
the manifesto, "it will be a triumph OF
bandits. Should he be acquitted the
military section will rise In rebellion"
The paper called on all anarchists to
demonstrate against the priests and
the Jesuits. Copies of the manifesto
were scattered broadcast and the re-
suit was that the anarchists f1ocked
into the streets singing the "Carmag--
MOLE and crying "a has Rochefort,'
"A has Drumont" and "a bas Guerin."
The Guerin affair is becoming a conf
plete farce.
The prefecture Of police gives the
following casualties i'm the riots: Three
hundred and eighty persons were in
iured. Three hundred and sixty were
taken to the hospitals. Fifty-nlne po-
lice agents were wounded, besides
Commissaries Coulter and Dolsmine.
One hundred and fifty persons were ar
rested, of whom eighty are detained III
custody.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
weekly Bank Statement.
Pensions Granted.

Washington. Aug. Extensions have
been granted as follows:
Iowa: Original-William Hit, Council
Bluffs. Sc; Hiram Estey, Coon Rapids. -;
Harrison McAliey, Cedar Rapids. So: Os-
car b. Moss. Burlington. So; Isaac Reeves,
Dexter. Sc: Francis Horribly. Baskerville,
S.. Observation-Disclosures II. Eldridge.
Corning, So. Increase-John Abraham.
Brookviile, IS to. $40. Reissue and Increase
Harvey Wood. Spirit Lake. Sc 10 IS. Wild
ows-Sarintha NJ. Milhollin, Red Oak: IS;
Anna NJ. Patterson, Newton. $40: Jane
Hughes, Eagle Grove. IS.
Nebraska: Original-Thomas Coppinger.
Raymond, $12; Richard Reyes, Brewster,
So. Increase--George II. Mendell. Super
Cioskey. Wlnnebaro, h' Arahsis Kicker.
Galloway. -.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
REPORT FROM OTIS.
Deaths IN Recent Fights and From
Wounds and Disease.

Ftahtl tt wv ''N'
Wounds and Disease.
Washington. Aug. 2l.-General Otis ca
bles the war department the following:
Manila. Aug. D.-Deaths since last re-
Fred A. comley. Twenty-fourth infah-
try, phthisis; 18th. Allie c, Ward, Com.
pany c. Twelfth infantry, typhoid fever;
18th, Second Lieutenant Joseph B. Morse,
Company I. Ninth infantry. acute dysen-
terry: John Smith, Company X, First
Company X, Thirteenth infantry: 18th.
John H.. Dunn, Company. ID, Fnurth IN
fantry. abcess OF liver: 18th. Adolph M
Critzer, jr., Sixth artillery general artero
scerosis; 18th, Frank e, Miller. Company
!, Twenty-first infantry.
Lieutenant Cole. Sixth artillery. with
eighty men. attacked and routed 100 OF
the enemy entrenched at Tibaun, Negroes
mountains, having three men slightly
wounded. Enemy left In entertainments
nineteen dead. six rifles, all reserve am
munition. Supposed to be armed Tagalos
who "A few days since crossed from Panay
In small boats.
First Lieutenant Alfred w. Drew:
Twelfth infantry, instantly killed and
First Lieutenant Wallace Huline. same
regiment, severely wounded Friday In at
tack on insurgents in the vicinity OF An
geles by two companies Twelfth infantry.
No other casualties. Enemy routed.
First Lieutenant Alfred w. Drew was
born in Texas and graduated from me
military academy in 1891 and was assigned
az second lieutenant. During the war
with Spain he was major OF the lnlIu
Texas volunteer infantry.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
KYLE UPH0lDS OTIS.
South Dakotan Praises Conduct Of
Philippine Campaign.

London, Aug. 21.-The Associated
James III. Kyle, of South Dakota, who
is visiting his father in Urbana, spoke
very ~favorably of the condition of af-
fairs in the Philippines. Regarding
Otis conduct of the campaign there he
said:
ut stands without a parallel in his.
tory for the vigor of it's prosecution
and the consummate generalship dis.
played by its leaders. challenge any.
body to show n mistake that has been
made by the American forces.
Had it not been for the yellow jour
nails and the yellow orators Otis would
not have erred in stating that $4,000
men were sufficient To quell the res
bellion, for not a shot would have been
fired. When the wet season closes we
can conquer the insurgents in three
months"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

The school children of Louisville,
Ky, are protected against fire by a
new and ingenious form of fire escape.
Outside each school building stands a
stel cylinder six feet in diameter.
There is an opening into the cylinder
from ZACH floor. Within The cylinder
Is a spiral chute leading from the roof
TO the ground. In case Of fire all that
liz necessary is to open the door lead
ing into the cylinder and step in. To
slide down TO the ground over the
spiral surface is a quick and easy pro-
cess. A steel tube which acts as a
standpipe and about VIII 'ch the spiral
winds is in the center Of the cylinder.
This standpipe carries water to the
roof Of the building and also into
each floor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
AMERICAN OFFICER KILLED.
Lieutenant Drew, OF 18th Infantry,
Falls I'm n Reconnaissance.

Manila, Aug. Gone lieutenant OF
the Twelfth infantry was killed and
another was seriously wounded while
reconnoitering last evening north OF
Angeles. The Americans encountered
a large force of insurgents and drove
them from their positions.
Lieutenant Cole, of the Sixth in
fantry, with eighty men, encountered
100 insurgents ~intrenched in the
mountains of the island Of Negros, and
routed them after an hour and a half
Of severe fighting.
The Americans had three men
slightly hurt. Nineteen dead insur-
gents were counted in the trenches.
Six rifles and n quantity of reserve
ammunition were captured.
The insurgents recently cut the ca
bic in Laguna de Bay, leading to Ca
LAMBDA, but the break has been re-
paired.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-08-26
MAJOR wARNE ARRESTED.
Cables Pettigrew that His Letter
Has Got Him In Trouble.

Cables Pettigrew that His Letter
Has Got Him In Trouble.
Minneapolis, Aug. 22.--A special to
the Times from Sioux Falls, S. d.,
says:
Senator Pettigrew is in receipt of a
c~ablegram dated at Nagasaki, Japan,
from Dir. X. c. Warne, major and SUR
geon of the First regiment of South
Dakota volunteers, which says:
Arrested by Frost for published let
ter"
This Is the elimination of the
charges Of selfishness made by Warne
against Colonel Alfred 8. Frost, of the
South Dakota regiment, in a letter
published here last month. j.
Whether or not Colonel Frost n
DIR. Warne will continue with the reg
iment to San Francisco or return to
Manila is not indicated by the cable
gram.