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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06
THE CONFERENCE WITH OTIS.
Traditional Malay Subtlety Mani
Tested by Agents OF AguinaIdo.

Manila, May Id p. m.--Thc con
ference today between Otis and the in,
supgent representatives was fruitless,
1t is understood the Filipino commits
sioners were given the terms upon
which the Americans will consent to
negotiate. The Filipinos admit they
are defeated. The Filipino commits
sioncrs returned to the insurgcnt lines.
It is expected they will return with
fresh proposals from Luna.
GEO D.. m.-The ENJOYS from General
Luna were very Hospitality treated by
General Otis, who provided them a
house and guard and permitted them
to visit friends here. Returning to the
palace this morning, the ENJOYS saw
an Illustration of American resources.
A long train Of wagons and pack mules
was just starting with provisions for
General Lawton, who has reached Ma
runco.
The conference at the palace lasted
three hours, Mr.. Schurman, Of the
United States Philippine commission,
attending and Dewey dropping in for
an hour.
The discussion was mostly between
General Otis and Colonel Arguelese.
Mr.. Schurman emerged from the
palace between the two shock-haired,
~half-savage looking cmissaries, and
they drove unattended TO the Office of
the United States Philippine commits
sion, where they talked informally for
about an hour. Manila is divided be-
tween two opinions, the majority be-
lieving the Filipinos desire peace.
while the others think they are spar
ring for time in which to rehabilitate
their demoraliZed army. The latter
opinion gained color from the fact that
reinforccmcnts had been sent to the
south, opposite the American lines.
Senior Arguelese, who is a lawyer,
%splcndidly illustrated the Malay sub
tlcty at words. While he declared with
apparent franknesS that the Filipino
leaders wanted a chance to give up the
struggle gracefully through their con-
vress instead Of surrendering ignomin-
iously, he asked a fortnight's armistice
so that the congress might be sum
moned on May /, and he endeayored TO
commit the Americans TO greater con-
c~essions and wanted terms guaran-
teed by n treaty. He was told that rec
IGNITION Of the Filipino government
was impossible and he was given to
understand that n written guarantee
of amnesty for all the insurgents was
the utmost that could he given. Ar
g~uelcse argued that Spain had given
similar guarantees and had broken
them, and he laid much stress on the
Spaniards' honor. He persistently de-
clared the Filipinos must be permit
ted to retire with honor.
In conversation with Schurman
Arguelese revived the question of indie
pendcncc, and was referred to the
statement i'm the commissioners proc
lamation that the Filipinos would be
givcn an increasing measure Of self
government rs soon as they had proved
themselves worthy of it. Mr.. Schur-
man warned Arguelese that the longer
war was waged and the more men
there were killed the stronger would
be the animosities hindering amicable
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with a few hundreds a yearp'
CHAPTER xxu.-wIsE PUPIL OR EVE 40
TREsS?

AUNT Constance" said Valerie, the
next day, as she came into the drawing
room ready dressed for an lat home" to
which they were engaged, II want to say
something to you, and then, please, never
let it be spoken OF again!
"Well, my dear?" said Mrs. Langley, q
little surprised, just n little alarmed She
never felt quite safe with Valerie.
Valerie went to the window and stood
there, looking blankly before her, ana
averting her face from her aunt.
Louis is in town." she began, abruptly.
"and he wrote TO me, and j told him 10
call here on Thursday evening"
Here she paused.
"Well Valerie'" said Mrs. Langley, hid
ing the trepidation she felt as to what this
introduction might portend.
~ can't marry him." said the girl, with
q choking sob, though she tried hard to
keep il down. II sent for him to tell him
sou
Thank Heavenr' breathed Mrs. Lang
ley, inaudibly. .
Aloud, mildly and kindly:
AZ am truly glad you have come to sees
that, my dear. | hoped that you would do
SO, sooner or later. And, Valerie, though
you were too young TO know it, and may
be vexed with me for saying i'll done
think you really loved Mr.. Charters 8
much as you imagined!'
Did not Valerie know it9
She turned aud walked impatiently
through the room.
CONTINUED Next Weekly
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

OR.
Half a Truth.
by THE
CHAPTER xxI.-A FATAL DIE.

CHAPTER AAL-A FATAL DIE.
"There she is-there's Valerie Herbertl''
few from mouth to mouth, as Mrs. Lang
ley and her niece entered Lady Stonend's
already crowded salon in Park Lane; and
the well-bred throng pressed eagerly to-
ward the door.
The hostess welcomed them with en-
pressment.
"And only think" she said-she was OF
the gushing, gurgling order-"we are to
have an Egyptian hero here tonight Did
you know? Colonel Beauregard Is coming
with his brother and sister-in-law; such a
charming man, isn't hep Have you ever
met him, Miss Herbert2"
"Oh, yes" said she, smiling. 81 met
him at a garrison ball at bennington"
"IndecU Then / need not introduce
him TO you. ! do hope they won't be late
Valerie was surrounded at once: her card
was almost filed before Aston Lawford,
struggling through the crowd, succeeded
in reaching her side.
miss Herbert" he said, his plain face
lighting upwith joy as he clasped her hand,
''you have kept some for me? Ihave been
trying the last five minutes to get near
you"
Kept SOmc!' repeated valerie, lifting
her straight brows. She paused, and look
ed down at her tablets; n soft color stole
into her cheeks, her breast heaved. Alas
how much hung on that paused II she had
but given Lawford the answer that quiv-
cred on her tonguel but suddenly her lips
were compressed, she raised her eyes with
a curious flash TO Lawford's face.
81 have only two dances left" she said
drily. "You can have those!'
He must be infatuated indeed who could
accept gratefully a favor so ungraciously
granted; yet Aston Lawford spoke earnest
thanks, and even ventured the reproach:
"Only two? You are cruel!"
"If l were too kind to you | should be
cruel to others" replied Valerie, careless
ly, and turned away, half dizzy with the
pain at her heart.
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CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER PUBLISHER

lay in London in ~obscurity, old age
and penury, once played a great part
in South American affairs. She was the
daughter of Juan Manual Rosas, the
dictator of the Argentine confedera-
zion, who so long defed England and
France and filled the whole world with
his grewsome fame. Stories were told
Of her cruelty, but some accounts say
that, though necessarily privy to her
fathers atrocities, she did her best to
mitigate them and saved many lives.
In 1852 she fed with the dictator TO
England. He died in 1871.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06
MAY BE ONLY A RUSE.
Aguinaldo Is Suspected OF Merely
Seeking Time to ReCuperate.

Manila, May 1.-7:50 p. m.-Agui-
naldo is evidently selecting the army
as a cloak for his congress, hoping by
subterfuge to overcome General Otis
consistent policy of ignoring the Fill
Pine government. The Filipinos' ar
gument is that il Is impossible to ar
range an armistice without the sane
ton OF congress-. General Otis pune
tured this assumption by remarking
that if Aguinaldo could make war
without the congress he could stop It
without reference to that body. Ore
Of the conferees afterward remarked
that they are shrewder than white
men in diplomacy, as the Malays are
credited with being.
While the insurgents are undoubt-
eddy tired Of war, the leaders are torn
with d~issensions.
There is a suspicion that it was
hoped by means of a conference to as
certain what they could expect. If they
saw that anything is to be gained by
continuing the war, an armlstlce
would afford them an opportunity for
recuperating their demoralizcd forces.
1t is an interesting commentary up
on A~guinaldo's scheme that only sixty
OF the 300 members Of the Filipino con-
greSS have taken the oath of allegiance
which their constitution requires.
A Filipino proclamation, replying to
the proclamation of the American
commissioners, has appeared. 1t is
signed by Madini, for the president,
and is dated at Caniasdro, April -. 1t
is in the usual grandiose style, and de
clares that President Mckinley issued
the proclamation in order TO force the
American congress to ratify the ccs-
sion of the islands under the treaty OF
Paris.
This contract or cession was made
with Spaniards, after Spanish domina-
tion had been ended by the valor of our
troops" the proclamation asserts. The
proclamation complains that the Fill
pinos were not represented at Paris
during the negotiations of the treaty
and that they are without assurances
of the fulfillment of American prom
Uses. 1t dilates upon the alleged An
hatred Of blacks and asserts
n desire to enslave them. Deploring a
lack OF foreign aid in prosecuting the
war the proclamation concludes:
"We stand alone, but we will fight TO
the death. Future generations will
pray over u graves, shedding tears
of gratitude for their freedom
.
South Dakotans Wounded.
Washington, May 1.-Otis cables
the following wounded:
First South Dakota-Company b,
Sergeant c. l.. Butler, leg, slight; Cor
poral II. Ii. Buck, arm, slight.
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commission if he requests it.

commission if he requests it.
In a letter to a Washington friend
the admiral wrote that he breads to re-
turn. He has learned of the reception
given tie fleet upon its return from
Santiago and of banquets and recep-
tons to officers, and for these reasons
is dubious about his homecoming. He
wants to come unheralded and without
celebration or reception. If the whole
squadron could return with him he
would be pleased to have a reception in
its honor, but personally he was much
averse to anything of the sort.
Upon his return he will take a long
rest, he writes, before assuming active
duties"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06
DEWEY BREADS TO RETURN.

New York, May "A Washington
dispatch 10 the New York World says:
admiral Dewey will return to the
United States when peace comes to the
Philippines.
lie has advised the navy depart
ment that he does not feel justified in
leaving his command while hostilities
continue, but hopes TO return immedi-
ately after they end.
Admiral Dewey is a member of the
Philippine commission, but in view OF
his long service and arduous duties he
will be relieved erom serving upon the
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cooperation between the two peoples

cooperation between the two peoples
for the prosperity of the islands.
The insurgents have an insurrection
on their own hands. The Macabebes,
traditional foes Of the Tagals, are ris-
ing in the north, while the burden OF
the thousands of hungry and discon-
tented people who fled before the
American army, and who are camped
behind the Filipino lines, multiplies
the troubles of the Filipino govern
ment headquarters, which is now at
San Isidro, having been removed
n%orthward when Calumpit fell.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06
Prairie Fire Near Sioux Falls.

Sioux Falls, S. d., May 2~.-Reports
have just been received Of a disastrous
prairie fire which swept the region a
few miles south of Sioux Falls. 4
hired man in the employ Of Charles
Leavitt set fire to a strawstack, not
withstanding that a fierce gale was
raging. The fire got beyond control
and spread TO the buildings and de-
stroycd every one on the place, includ'
ing the contents, the stock alone being
saved.
The fire then extended TO the farm
of Frank Leavitt, destroying all the
buildings, the wife Of one Of the ten
ants barely escaping with a baby in
her arms. The fire reached the farm
of Charles Knowlton, and by hard
work he managed to save his house and
granaries, but the barn and a number
Of sheds, with their contents, including
a number of head Of stock, burned.
The loss on the Leayitt farm is esti-
mated at SO, 500, with slight insurance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

Congressman Mercer, Of Nebraska.
who has been returned for the fourth
time, has built up n great reputation
among his constituents for being cable
10 do things" The other day he re-
ceived n letter from a woman in his
district who says she has heard that
he can do anything he sets out to do.
therefore, she asks him TO find n pur-
chaser for three houses and a vacant
lot which she has for sale.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

| drew her hand on mis- arm and led her
away to the conservatory; and by-and-byl
Max B~eauregard saw them saunteringl
down onepf the alleys. f,
Heaven help herv' he said. in his agony
"She will find out too late the terriblel
price she is paying for that accursed goldt
Oh, Valerie! Valerie! you might have been
less cruel-you might have kept one menu
ory of past days, and told me more gently
that you have blotted out all former ties,
and intend to date from your first success
In the London worlds"
Valerie danced the next dance, n the
next, and chatted, and laughed, and hirt-'
ed, and-had never seemed more brilliant.
But at half-past two she threw herself In
a chair by her aunt, and begged to be tax
en- home.
az am tired outl'' she said. 'Ihave danced
everything. Please let us gop'
So, despite prayers and remonstrances,
the beauty took herself off, and wouldn't
let Lawford put on her opera-cloak, but
told a simpering young guardsman to fetch
il, making him thereby happy for days.
And when the girl got home, and her
ball-dress and Jewels were removed. and
she was alone, she flung herself dow on
the bed, and sobbed for hours; while Mrs.
Langley, laying her head on her pillow,
closed her eyes, rejecting complacently ON
the events of that night :
81 was q little afraid Of Max Beaure.
gard" she said inwardly; may, a good
deal. But perhaps he IS less romantic
than he seems, and certainly Valerie's CON
duct showed that she had not the least
p%enchdnt for him. So proud a man will
hold aloof now, even II he had been eprts'
Still, | should not care to have them thrown
much together! All the men lose theii
heads about Valera. and one never car
trust that a young girl viii not throw uE
the whole world for the sake OF a dashing
fellow with n few hundreds q yearp'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

AT Gresham the oldest royal postboy
in England-Jonas Miles-has just
died. The deceased, who was % years
of age, acted as position TO four SOW
ercigns-George H., George w, Will
liam Nv. and Queen Victoria. He en-
tered the royal service at the age Of Il
and has for some years lived in retire
ment,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

Martha Ann Darnell and Lucinday
Yates Mckee are twin sisters, both
widows, Of Putnam county, Indiana,
both residing near Greencastle. They
are So years old and have passed sixty
five years of their lives in the county
named. Mrs. Darnell bore eleven chill
lren and Mrs. Mckee fifteen.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

Professor Josiah Royce, of Harvard,
has sailed for England to fiji his en-
gngement to deliver the Clifford lee
lures on the philosophy of Religion
at the University of Aberdeen. These
lectures are ten in number. Each lee
turer invited to give the lectures is en-.
gagged for two years. Many men noted
in philosophy and religion have been
invited TO deliver them, but Professor
Royce is the first American to receive
the honor
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

The lifting power Of a youth of II is
2SO pounds; in his 30th year this in
creases to 800 pounds, and in the both
and 3lst years it reaches it's height,
800 pounds. by the doth year he has
decreased eight pounds, and this di-
minution continues at a slightly in
~creasing rate until the 5Oth year is
reached, when the figure is $50 pounds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

They are saying in New York that
Theodore Roosevelt ten years ago IN
nounced his determination to become
governor, United States senator and
president. Lord Rosebery said at the
outset of his meteoric political career:
II intend to win a Derby, be premier
of England and marry the wealthiest
woman in the kingdom" His lordship
fulfilled his W prediction, and SO,
say Roosevelt's friends, will the gov
ernor Of New York.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

The only article unframed by the re-
cent fire in the Postal Telegraph build
ing, New York, was n picture of Adj
miral Dewey in the rooms of the Hard
ware club, on the top floor. Every
thing else about it was destroyed ana
the club will send the picture to the
admiral.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

IT is said said that when Allyn *.
Capron was killed mt Las Guasimas his
father, the late captain, lifted the hat
that covered the dead mans face,
looked for a moment, said "Well done,
my boy!" replaced the hat, turned on
his heels and at once resumed his mil
itary duties.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

Ireland's telegraph department re-
Gently proved that it could manage
Gaelic by taking the speeches deliv-
Fred at an Irish festival at Letter
kenny, County Donegal, in the native
tongue and receiving them at Dublin,
10 that they could be printed in Gaelic
characters in the Frecman's Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

Judge John NJ. Smith, who assumed
the circuit bench at Portland, Ind, re-
Gently, was at one time "A section hand
on the Panhandle road. While work
ing at any kind Of manual labor he
could obtain he studied law, and be-
fore being elected circuit judge had a
lucrative practice at the Jay county
bar.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

DR.. Dvorak, the composer, has re-
ceived from the Austro-Hungarian en-
peror, on the occasion of the royal jul
bilee, the decoration, "For Arts and
Sciences" This order. il seems, is very
rarely bestowed, the last musician who
received it being Brahms himself.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06
women's Feet Are Getting Larger.

Said an observing shoemaker recent
ly: ut is a positive fac: that women's
feet are decidedly larger than q few
years ago. can recall when a woman
who asked for size 4 in her shoes almost
invariably ~apologized in manner or
words; 10Y SIS are almost the average
size and 6's are in great demand. The
physical-culture craze is responsible for
this. Young women who tramp. play
tennis and now golf simply cannot do
it in narrow, tight boots any longer.
AS to the French heel, only actresses and
women who ape their modes wear them
in the street any more. The really
fashionable women use them still for
dress shoes but never for walking boots"
Liverpool, England, has in its list o.
city employees an official rat-catcher,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

Three municipalities, ChamouniX,
Les Ranches and st. Gervais, are fight
ing in the Swiss courts for the owner
ship of the top of Mt. Blanc and the
right to let concessions to spectators
for the entertainment Of tourists. The
old maps only mark divisions on the
lower part of the mountain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

An Irishman who stands high in the
favor Of the ear OF Russia bears the
R~ussianized name Of General O'Brut-
scheff, which is n corruption Of that of
O'Bryan. He Is the chief of the gen
eral STAFF of the Russian army and one
of the trusted advisers of the ear, who
has loaded him with honors and deco
ratiOns.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

Representative David +. WILDER, of
New York, is one of the largest hop
growers in the country. Finding poll
tics less profitable than hop raising, he
has decided to retire from the field of
active politics, and will devote his at
tcntion to the upbuilding of his indus
fry
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

George West, n brother-in-law of the
late George NJ. Pullman, has just paid
with his life the penalty Of eccentric
ity. He rarely wore an overcoat even
in the dead Of winter, and il was while
Drawing cold weather without that gar
ment that he contracted n cold which
resulted in his death. Mr.. West was n
widely known tailor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

Lord Kitchener's punishment for
drunkenness, which has passed into a
British army proverb, is to tog the cul-
prit in full marching equipment, a
matter of sixty pounds, and compel
him for six hours to march, carrying a
ffty-pound bag Of shot in each hand.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

Emperor William is having made for
his friend the sick man" n faithful
imitation of the historic stick of Fred
erick the Great. 1t is to be surmount-
ed with a knot of massive gold and to
be studied with diamonds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06

Senator Gallinger calculates that the
pensions on account of the latest war
will amount to between $15,00O,00 and
$780, 00, 900 in the very near future.
Gallinger is at the head of the pen
sions committee and is an expert on
the subject
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06
YORKTOWN MEN ARE ALIVE
BaIer Insurgents Say They Are
Holding Them as Pris-
OnerS,

New York, May "A Manila spe-
cial to the Herald says:
The insurgents at Baler state that
they have the missing men of the gun
boat Yorktown and are holding them
as prisoners.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06
1000 Sheen Sufrocatcd.

Crow Lake, S. d., May 2.-The sheep
ranch owned by Eerby 81 Lynch, OF
Sioux City, Ia, has been devastated by
The prairie fire which swept this part
of the state. Two thousand sheep
were s~uffocated. The ranch was in
the care of NJ. w. Russell, formerly OF
Sioux City. and he narrowly escaped
serious Injuries in the flames which
played havoc with his ranch, leaving
only his house and one of the smaller
barns. Every beast and fowl on the
place, with the exception of the horses
and one cow, were either %suffocatcd or
burned TO death.
The fire came up from the west, and
though there was a strip t~hirty-tiVc
rods in width plowcd between it and
the barns and sheds, the prevailing
high wind made it possible for the
flames to catch the long stacks of hay
and from there leap into the barns con
tanning 1000 head Of sheep.
Despite the efforts of Mr.. Russell
and his hired man nearly everything
was swept bare and even the grazing
is destroyed for at least two years. The
loss which was sustained by Mcssrs.
Kcrby, Lynch and Russell will aggre-
gate $4,000, with no insurance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-05-06
OUR TOTAL CASUALTIES.

Thirteen Hundred Killed and
Wounded since February 4.
Washington, May IA statement pre-
pared by the war department shows that
lgS were killed in the Philippines from
February 4 to April rs and LII wounded;
total, 1,309.