davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
Confined Next Wcek.)
sHORT.LiVEC 6ONANZa FORTUNES.
VAST AggregatIOns OF Wealth Not Easily
Maintained In the Far West.

While the accumulation of wealth in
the hands of a few is an evil that needs
to be vigorously combated, there are
not lacking indications that it contains
within itself the seeds of its own de-
struction. Families like the Astors that
fasten themselves like abclones on
single spot and suck out the resources
of Il community from generation to
generation, are happily rare, and the
conditions that permit them to subsist
may be easily altered by legislation.
The difficulty of maintaining great ag-
gregations of capital intact under ordi-
nary circumstances has been strikingly
illustrated in San Francisco, says the
Examiner of that city.
A few years ago, among many large
accumulations OF wealth in this town,
eight stupendous fortunes stood con-
spicuously pre-eminent-the four rail
road fortunes of Stanford, Huntington,
Crocker and Hopkins, and the four bo-
nanza fortunes of Flood, O'Brien, Mac
kay and Fair The widest ideas pre-
vailed concerning tho size Of these
boards. Stanford and Huntington
were commonly supposed to be worth
at least 800, 100000 apiece. At one
time Mackay was called the richest
man in the world, and his wealth was
| figured as high rs 5000, 000 900. This
estimate was based on the reasonable
idea of taking the dividends on his min
| ing stocks as the interest on q capital
sufficient to produce such returns, at
ordinary rates, and perhaps allowing a
I a,,,;n In hn ulu
! observed scale.
OF these huge fortunes only that of
Huntington remains undiminished in
The original hands. Mackay is living,
but his wealth, actual and reputed has
| shrunk until he sometimes finds it hard
tn lay his hands at short notice OH $3,.
600, 600 or $4000,000 in ready cash.
The Stanford estate has been generously
dedicated to public uses. The Crocker
estate has TO support several families
and several expensive establishments.
The Hopkins estate is probably smaller
now than when Mark Hopkins died.
Flood and O'Brien saw their wealth
diminish to ordinary proportions before
their death, and their heirs are not con-
spicuous now among multi-milionaires.
The shrewdest and hardest Of the boz
nanza kings has just died, and his
wealth will be divided into several parts
in any case, and may DC all swallowed
up by the legal talent that has displayed
such absorbent ability in the Jessup and
Blythe cases. On the whole, the Amer.
lean atmosphere, favorable as it is for
the accumulation of vast fortunes, does
not appear particularly to promote their
| nnrnatnitX.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
GOOD NIGHT!
Sweet, Soothing Slumber Mans
Greatest Blessing.
Moth ng Kills So Quickly as Loss Of S eep-
Rest Needed for Repairs-tiow TO
Obtain IL Without Fail.

When you don't sleep well, look out for
yourself.
Nothing breaks down n person quick
ly as loss OF sleep, that boon oI ILankind
which gives the exhausted system rest for
repairs.
the machinery. 1t Is so with the human
body.
You are nervous have load on your
chest, are troubled with unaccOuntahle
anxiety and forebodings OF evil, and roll
and toss all night.
Towards morning you have ftfu maps
from sheer exhaustion, awake In cold
sweat, unrefreshed, pallid, trembling. with
n bad taste in your mouth and feeling OF
great weakness.
It's your stomach, your liver, your bow
els.
Keep your digestive organs all on the
move properly and your sleep will be rest
fui and refreshing and all repairs will be
attended TO.
The way to do II is to use a mild posi-
tive, harmless. vegetable laxative and liver
acknowledgements Candy Cathartic.
They make the liya lively, prevent sour
bowels perfectly, make all things right as
they should be.
Go buy and try Cascarets to-day. It's
what they do, not what we say they II DO,
that Will please you. Al druggists, 10c,
25c or SOC or mailed for price. Send for
booklet and free sample. Address sterling
Remedy Co, Chicago; Montreal, Can; or
This Is the CASCARET tablet.
sGSE&slA Every tablet OF the only genuine
EssT rYey1 Cascarets bears the magic letters
E4opSASd Gee Look at the tablet before
E&S51Nfs YOU buy, aud beware of frauds,
%NHsY limitations aud substitutes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
Want your moustache or beard a beautiful
brown OF rich black? Then use
BUCklNGHAM'S DYE t%Sb t%b,sters she

What Dead Leaves Arc Good For
Philadelphia Record: In driving
out INTO the country IN this autumnal
weather the city man IS principally
struck by the sight of farmers care.
fully gathering from the roads huge
cargoes of dead leaves. The sight is
interesting and pleasant. The far
mers' old hats and overall suits have
subdued. wahsed out hues of blue and
gray and brown that blend well with
the autumnal hues of the fields, the
stacks of.corn and the gray, dead veg
citation. But their task seems to the
city man an idle one, What use can
they make of wagon loads of dead
leaves? Perhaps, in the interest of
neatness and good roads, they IRE
simply gathering them up to burn
them somewhere. The farmer, if he is
asked if that is so, sneers. He does
not, he xplains, gather leaves for his
health, as such Il purpose for gather
ing them would Indicate. lie carts
them away to his barn and he uses
them in winter for bedding for his
stock. Dead leaves, he explains, with
their wholesome, nutty flavor. make
the most healthful bedding in the
world, and the pleasantest. There
are many tons of dead leaves lying
along the country roads about Phila.
deiphia, but drive will show that
dhere are just as many careful farmers
out with their wagons now, gather
ing them in for bedding.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09

Mrs. r. williams, of Fostcrville, Ark.
writes on Sept 2Gth: My mother, who had
been afflicted with Neuralgia and Rheuhla-
tism for eight years, being so bad IN her
arm that it was partially paralyZed'
learned of your 80 DROPS" and purchased
"a sample bottle Seeing that 1t helped her
$50 much, ordered dollar bottle, and after
saking one-half OF the large bottle her arm
was all right, and | consider her entirely
cured. "a DROPS" Is the most powerful
specific known, free rom opiates and per.
fectly harmless. Ii is positive cure for
rheumatism, Sciatlca, Neuralgia. Backache,
Asthma, Catarrh, La Grippe and kindred
diseases Dollar sized bottle containing 300
doses, 81.
SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO.,
164 East Lake street, Chicago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
Book Case for s1so5.

For those who are accustomed To send
,ng away from home for their goods it
is OF the greatest Importance to know the
character and reliability of the establish
went selling goods to families from cata-
logues. The great emporium of the John
NJ. Smyth Co, located ut 100 to 16G West
Madison street, Chicago, has been estab-
lished for third Of century, and has
furnished over half million homes in
Chicago and vicinity alone. This firm
enjoys the confidence Of the public by it's
many years OF fair dealing. 1t issues an
immense illustrated catalogue that shcuM
be in every family, as it describes and
gives the price Of every article required
for household use. A sample of the ex-
traordinary values offered by this firm is
shown in the illustration of the combina-
ton bookcase In another column Of this
paper for $13.95. This is one OF the best
bookcases ever offered to the public and
yet il is but a sample of the thousand
and one useful articles illustrated and de-
scribed in the beautiful catalogue of tire
John NJ. Smyth Company.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
How Our Fathers Taught.

New York Life: A western man was
on visit to his eastern cousin, and
his host was entertaining him by
showing the family heirlooms.
"See this old gun" he said. ut
taught me my first lesson in arith-
metic."
"llow?" his guest asked curiously.
IT'S dead easy. Guess"
Father promised to let you shoot it
on your next birthday"
No"
Point il at your head, if you didn't
count correctly"
Nothing of the kind?"
shoot YOU through your left ear?"
"No; we do not believe in pierced
ears"
"Then ! give it up" the westerner
said, with deep sigh
"uh," his cousin replied, repressing
broad grin, 'he laid the gun away
and used the ramrod."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
No, So Insane After All.

New York Post: 4 visitor to an in
sane asylum saw one of the patients
seated gravely before a chair, har-
messed up with bit of string, and
which the patient was pretending to
drive. "A horse, suppose" said the
visitor. mo, not a horse; a hobby"
said the patient. What is the differ
ence?" asked the visitor. Don't you
know the difference between q hobby
and a horse?' returned the patient
scornfully. "One will run away from
YOU; the other you can't run away
from"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
Mattresses nj n Cent Aniccc

Philadelphia Record: After dispos-
ing of about 5000 Of the $4,000 old
mattresses left over from the Grand
Army encampment to individual pur-
'chasers, Lieutenant CrosRcy closed out
the remainder in one lot TO an enter
prising second hand dealer for S110.
The mattresses were offered to any
and all comers at 1 cent apiece, and
hundreds of poor people attended
the sale and eagerly picked out the
mattresses as great bargains.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
II Evidently Hnd.

New FORK World: Mary Gust back
from the seashore)--Do you think l
am burned any, John?
John (emphatically)-Burned!
thought your face was the ring at the
riding school at first. It's so round
and with such thick layer of tan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
rIiN Ilincrcncn.

Life: Cholly-What is the difference
between a man who lives at his moth
er's, and one who has intermittent rheu-
matism?
Tolly-One is we'll all the time and has
rooms at his mother's-the other Is well
sometimes and has rheumatism others.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
An Ideal Definition

Puck: "How would you define an
ideal wife, Mrs. Wellwedde?"
derhill, this years golf champion, is q
one who thinks she has an ideal hus-
band"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09

Miss Ora, A. Root, of Cincinnati,
spends her spare time collecting books
and reading matter to send to the sol
ders in the Philippines.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09

Piso's Cure for Consumption has
been family medicine with us since
1s65.--J. II. Madison, 24O0 Forty-sec-
ond avenue, Chicago, Ill.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
What He EyppcteI.

Puck: His Wife Creading the paper)-
All! Here is an important medical dis
covery!
The Dyspeptic--Yes? Have the doctors
found something else that / mustn't eat ?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09

Coon ADVICE Use HALE's HONEY OF HoRH.
HOUND AND TAR for cough or cold. OF druggists.
PIXIES TooTHAOHE DROPS cure in one Minute
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09

ferhars ii married mans pockets
were rs hard &c find l.; those Of his
wife's be might save mon
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09

VITALITY low, debilitated exhausted cured
by Dr. Kline's lnvigorating Tonic. FREE 81 Trial
bottle containing weeks treatment. DR.. Kline's
institute, 93l Arch Street. Philade phia. Founded 1871
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09

Charios Dana's Grandd
Pittsburg Dispatch: Miss Ruth I'm
derhili, this years folf champion, is a
granddaughter of the late Charles a.
Dana.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09

Mrs Winslow's sooTmING SYRUP for Children
teethlhg, soitens the gums, reduces Inflammation
elays pain, cures wind collie &c a bottle
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
To Cure a Cold In Ono Day

Take Laxative Bromo Qulnine Tablets. Ali
druggists refund the money il it fails to cure.
.5c. r. w. Groves signature is on each box.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09
Did II All.

A story of Scotch honesty comes sron.
Dundee. A small boy had taken the
prize for an exceptionally well-drawn
map. After the examination the teach
er, little doubtful, asked tho lad:
"Who helped you with this map,
James?'
Nobody, SIR"
"Came, now. tell me the truth. Did.
MT your brother help you?"
"No, sir; he did it ALL" -Mil,oaahee
Wisconsin.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1899-12-09

Nearly 'two-thiTds OF All tue ullvI,
carried by the postal service of the
world are written, sent to and read by
English speaking people.
The times., 1899-06-17
LIVELY SPECULATION
IN TEE COAL STOCKS
Limited Trading in the Gen.
eral Stock Market.
Favorable Reports From the North
west Affect Wheat.
A Decline in Federal steeI-Erratic
Price Movements in tiic In
A Decline in Federal sieeI-Erratic
Price Movements in ti,c In
dustrIaI Shares.

New York, June 1s.-Trading in the
stock market today was limited in volume
and largely professional in character, but
such interest as was apparent was on the
investment or buying side. Speculative
sentiment continues rather cheerful, and
was favorably stimulated By the return 10
the city OF several prominent capitalists
and operators who have been in the West
and in Europe on business and pleasure.
The return of one Of these gentlemen who
has taken an active part in the recrgali-
cation and in the management Of the
anthracite coal carrying properties was the
signal for a lively speculation in those
shares. under which they all advanced
rapidly.
In case the buyers OF these stocks pro-
eeded upon the theory that the much
lnooted and stiIl-mysterious coal deal
WIS going to be announced Immediately
with full detail. they are probably in for
a severe disappointment The present con-
trolling interests in the anthracite coal in
dustry are not conducting their business
arrangement through pronunciamen.os and
announcements of deals. and those inter
ested in these properties are likely 10 re-
ceive their first information as TO the prog
ross OF the plans on foot through their
dividend checks. and Incidentally, perhaps.
through the quotations for their stocks.
Incidents of the days situation were a
decline in wheat, partly on more favorable
weather reports from the Northwest the
announcement OF a shipment OF Sl.0e0,000
In gold by tomorrow's French steamship.
ard the declaration Of the initial dividend
Oh Federal Steel common. While the lat
ter was not announced as a regular quar-
terIy payment. it is understood that the
intention OF the management is to make
quarterly distribution Of pIotits to The COM
mon stockholders at the rate declared 10
day There was otherwise no news OF aly
general or particular importance.
There was no change Of consequence in
the money market or foreign exchange
conditions The indications are for q fairly
large reduction in the surplus reserves Of
the associated banks in their weekly state
ment tomorrow. as the recent shipments
q gold vii be fully reflected in the show
ing and the money movement in other
respects has been against the New York
banks.
The price movements in the days mar
I,et we're uncertain and rather errade. Fed
The times., 1899-06-17
New York Cotton Market.
CLAIMS $4,000 DAMAGES.
4 Suit Filed Against the MetropoI-
tan RniIrnnd CompnnN.

Edwin H. Morscll yesterday through his
attorneys. MeKenny & Flannery. flied suit
against the Metropolitan Railroad Com
pany for 1000, claimed as damages for
personal injuries alleged to have been sus-
tanned by the plaintiff by reason of the
carelessness and negligence OF the defend
ant companys employees. In his declara-
tion the plaintiff Morsell states that on
February 6, 1898, at an early hour in the
morning, he was passenger en- one of the
cars of the defendant company. and was
proceeding TO his home at 921 " Street
northwest. He was on nOrthbound car
on the Ninth Street branch of the Met5o-
politan Railroad Company. and that the
car stopped on the south side of NJ Street
the regular stopping place, and that re
alighted from the car. lie then alleges
that the agents or servants Of the def nd
ant company so carelessly and negIigen IL
operated ear or train Of cars on the west
or opposite tracl, of the railroad that the
plaintiff was knocked down and severe Y
and permanently injured.
It is also alleged that the car which
struck the plaintiff was being propelled az
a high rate of speed. and that the bell was
not sounded nor any other precautionary
signal given the plaintin OF the approach
OF the ear.
Mr.. Morsell states that his body was
greatly bruised and lacerated. his hand,
arm. shoulder, hip. thigh. knee, and ankle
being injured which has resulted in his
right leg becoming shrunken and perma-
nently shortened. He says he was also at
an expense of about $1,000 for medical
attendance.
The times., 1899-06-17

Yesterday was the smallest of the year
in the stock market There was for min
utes together, no business on the exchange
and what buying there was came in small
lots. The total Of the days business was
a little more than 100000 shares The
only period OF the day when there was the
least activity was the opening five minutes,
during which buying by the Flower crowd
sent prices up a trife all over the list
As soon as the Flowers ceased buying
business stopped entirely except for small
professional trading The fiuctuation Of
The day we're remarkably small even for
such a dull day. Many stocks ended the
session at the same price as at the
close Thursday and fluctuations of more
than half a point were the exception. The
average of prices al the close was, how
ever, a trihe better than al the close on
Thursday showing that despite the ap-
parent disinclination on every hand to buy
stocks there must have been some fair
buying. The general opinion off hand at
the close would have been that prices had
declined during the session. The situation
is apparently. that the public is not will
ing 20 buy stocks al this time and that the
bears have not the courage to sell them.
the entire market being in waiting humor
for the bull leaders to indicate their wishes.
II Mr. Flowers following were to buy
heavily of the Flower stocks this morning
and II the other bull leaders were to assist
with buying orders, there can be no ques-
ton that bull movement would imme-
diately develop out OF the present traders
affair. This will be the plan of the leaders
eventually. but the street begins TO fear
that nothing will be done for the present.
The advice of the most careful people in
The times., 1899-06-17

era1 Steel declined upon the announcement
of the dividend and on the profit realizing
sales of speculative holders and the grang-
er shares were heavy notwithstanding the
more assuring news with regard to crops.
Sugar Refining was notably active and
moved over a wide range at the range OF
price without other than technical trad
ing explanations.
The local traction shares, with Brook
lyn Rapid Transit in the lead. were sec
oad in respect of activity after the in
dustrial stocks. and underwent the same
erTauc movements. London traded upon
an ineonsiderabie scale in the local market
and the American quarter Of the market
there was reported almost wholly neglect
ed
The times., 1899-06-17
The Philadelphia Protests Fines.

The owners OF the steamship Philadel-
phia. at New York, have protested to the
Treasury Department against the payment
of a penalty of $315 and one OF $3.50 for
violation of the shipping laws. The in
spector's report shows that the Philadel
phia recently arrived at New York from
La Guayra. Ponce, and San Juan with
ninety-two cabin passengers, and that in
the compartments occupied by these pas
sengers. other than cabin. the berths were
three tiers high. and that 10 hospitals were
provided for the use Of the passengers.
This is a violation of law. but the Treas
ury Department decides that the fine Of
s. for each passenger carried should have
been based cnly on the number OF pas
other than cabin.
The times., 1899-06-17

Mrs Hattie Simms was knocked down by
metropolitan car at the intersection of
Florida Avenue and Seventh Street north
west yesterday morning at $50 O'Clock and
sustained a serious scalp wound. She was
conveyed TO her home. 22e7 Seventh Street
northwest in the police ambulance and
was attended by Dr. Coblentz. At late
hour last night the patient was resting
quietly.
The times., 1899-06-17

ciearings has been for the month thus far
346 per cent larger than last year. and
5S.1 per cent larger than in 1892 Failures
for the week have been 1876 in the United
States against 233 last year, and IS in
Canada against 20 last year"
The times., 1899-06-17
washington s.ock Excbanpe

saies-U. S. 3's. registered: sl0OdfOS s-4:
West End National Bank: 20Tl25; Capt.
tai Traction: 41G92 I-2; City and Subur-
ban r. r.: 5Odi2 "a; Washington Gas:
50G53 5-S; Mergenthaler Linotype: 2O0
202. 1Od2O2 1-2, 1Od POP 81. 1OG2C3, 100
203 3-S: Lanston Monotype: 50G19, 500
IS rs, SO0d1SS-4.
The times., 1899-06-17
IN THE WHEAT MARKET.
4 Temporary Advance Due to a
Error in the Cnhlc NekYs


Chicago, June 16.-Wheat for a moment
today was q little higher than it closed
last night but that brief strength was on
an error in the posting of cables, showing
better advance than the corrected fgures
warranted. In fact, cables today were
to those who bought wheat
Thursday. Liverpool was up only 3-iT
I-Sd. Paris and Antwerp were up only
slightly. There was no evidence in any
Of the prices which came from the other
sitie that there was any excitement By for
eign Spectators over the Russian news
which, TO this crowd. seemed to be so
sensational. There was better selling of
futures here than buying There was no
desire in any quarter to buy cash wheat
The huge movement keeps up. 500. 900
bushels at primary points against 155. 600
last year
The times., 1899-06-17

Manhattan and Metropolitan Traction
were both buoyant in the early part of the
day and although the later trading caused
them to sell OFF somewhat, the record of
both stocks for the day was good Man
haitian after selling "ex' l per cent, near
ly recovered its dividend during the morn
ing hours and the subsequent selling left
it with small net gain for the day. Met
ropoiitan advanced from 226 IA to 229,
and then declined to the opening price.
The talk of the buying of all the New
York Traction stocks by insiders is heard
every day and little doubt is expressed
that some combination Of interests among
the roads is in the wind.
The gross earnings of Norfolk and West
ern for the month of May were the largest
in the history of the company, $1,000. SSl,
and their increase was also the largest on
record for any one month. The company
has had during the past year or more con-
stantly increasing gross earnings and con-
stantly decreasing operating expenses
with the result that the net earnings are
even larger than the gross. a careful
analysis of this showing leads to the con-
clusion that it has not been made by cut
ting into a legitimate improvement account
but rather by economies in operation.
1t is needless 10 say that there are few
roads in the country that have a better
record for the year. comparatively speak
ing. The showing will equal about Ia
per cent on the preferred stock or per
cent on the preferred. the regular rate, and
about l per cent on the common. The
prices of both the preferred and the COM
mon have been advanced somewhat re-
Gently. but they are still the lowest on
the list compared with this showing OF
earnings.
The times., 1899-06-17
New York stocK r1nri.et

Corrected daily by w B. Hibbs &. Co,
members of the New York Exchange
!4lg L Street.
The times., 1899-06-17

Steel and Iron common was the weakest
on the list. 1t broke to a lower price
than any recorded before for several days
and seemed indisposed TO recover any
thing of its loss