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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09
NO BURDEN ON PUERTO RICO.

The new tariff of Puerto Rico ha'
gone into effect, and an examination O.
tho rates OF duty shows that It will BIZ
a burden to nobody. The following ar
tic1es among many others are free Of
duty:
Flour, pork products, beef products
casks for sugar, hose, hatchets, lime
bacon, Goldfish, bagglng for sugar, ma,
chinery, m~achetes, lumber, rice, nut.
ton products, coopers' wares, plows
agricultural implements, school furni,
ture.
The following rates are charged upon
other articles:
Corn, two and one-fourth cents a
bushel.
Cornmeal, three cents a bushel.
Oatmeal, one and one-half mills a
pound.
Dried apples. three mills a pound.
Brooms, six mills each.
Candles, one and one-half mills a
pound.
Coal, ten cents q ton.
Unbleached cotton, from three to six
mills n yard.
Shifting, six mills a yard.
Wire, two and two-tenths mills a
pound.
Cut nails and steel bars, nine-tenths
Of one mill per pound.
Wire nails, one and one-half mills
per pound.
Boots and shoes, three and seven
tenths per cent ad valorem.
India rubber shoes, one and me-.
eighth per cent I'D valorem.
Cotton thread, one and eight-tenths
cents per dozen.
Clocks, six per cent ad valorem.
Carpets, two and s~ix-tenths cents per
yard.
Writing paper, eight mills per pound.
Lard. three mills per pound.
Butter. six mills per pound.
Soap, three mills per pound.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09
file Man-Entinr TiburOns.

Washington Post: In response to
the frequent plant that very shortly
the dark of the earth will all
have been illuminated by the lamp OF
civilization, and that there will be no
more unknown lands for the traveller
to explore, or the novelist TO exploit,
IL may be pointed out that actually
within 400 miles of Juna, on the
Southern Pacific railway, there is an
island inhabited by a tribe of savages
as treacherous and b~loodthirsty as
any that have existed on earth.
A little above the midway line in
the Gulf of California, close to the
Sonora shore, lies the island of Thur
on, a compact body of land about
twenty miles in length and fifteen
miles across at its broadest part. To
An observer from a safe distance, the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

Beans. six and seven-tenths cents a
bushel.
Household furniture. five and two
tenths per cent ad valorem.
Harness and saddlery, six and seven
tenths per cent ad valorem.
Earthenware, three and seyen-tenths
per cent ad valorem.
China, eight and t~wo-tenths per cent
ad valorem.
Glassware, six and seven-tenths per
cent ad valorem.
In addition TO this the entire free list
OF the Dingley law applies to Puerto
Rico, except as TO coffee, upon which a
special duty Of s cents per pound Ia
levied in the interest OF the coffee
growers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

low shore line presents n thickly
wooded appearance with high noun
tains in the interior, though beyond
the fact that it is inhabited by saw
ages who are cannibals little further
is known.
From time to time a few sailors
who have had the misfortune to be
wrecked on the island, and the good
fortune to escape, have reported that
upon reaching the shore they were
decoyed inland by natives, who spoke
an unknown language, when their
companions were killed and eaten.
That there is probable truth in this
assertion is borne out by the sur
yivors of the expedition sent out two
or three years ago by Jesse Grant,
of San Diego, to prospect the island,
when some members of the party
who had ventured into the interior
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

Twelve OF nj presidents had mill
tary titles won on battlefelds. Wash
ington and Grant were commanding
generals Of the American army; jack
son, William ii. Taylor and Garfield
major generals; Pierce, Hayes and
Benjamin Harrison, brigadier gem
erals; Monroe and Mckinley majors;
Lincoln a captain. Washington, Mon
roe and Jackson took part i'm the
lutionary war; jackson, william III.
Harrison and Taylor In the war of
1912; Taylor, Pierce and Grant I'm the
Mexican war; Lincoln in the Black
Hawk war; Grant, Hayes, Garfield,
benjamin Harrison and Mckinley in
the war of the rebellion.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09
p.nsions and postmns..,rs.

Washington, June 4.-Pensions have
been granted as follows:
Iowa: Observation-Disclosures II. Allen,
Early, Sc; Valentine Hauck. Rolfe, IS;
Frederick N. Frentiss, Greedy, Sc; Joseph
G.. Hise, Washington, So; John o. Leaty,
Newell. IS; William III. Bratton, Ottose,
IS. Observation-Disclosures A. Ballou,
Boone, So; Rufus Larish, Council Bluffs,
James Bichard, Taber, $i4; Isaac Ware,
Belknap, $14; David Negus, Springdale,
IS; Benjamin f. Reynolds, Lake City, IS;
Henry s. Gleason, Burnside, $i7. Widows
Nancy j. Mckee, Rock Valley, So; Har-
riet NJ. Rider, Mt. Ayr, IS.
Nebraska: O~riglnal-John II. Fulton,
Creighton, SCI; William Farley, Wisner,
Sc. Northumberland II. StilIson, Me-
braska City, s.. Increase--John p. Hart
grave. Purdum, $40; Philander IL. Par
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

never returned and the remainder
were obliged to sail hurriedly on ac-
count of the threatening attitude of
the natives. So fierce, indeed, has
become the reputation of these Ii
buron islanders that the Mexican sol
diers are much averse to being sent
upon expeditions to punish their dep
relations upon the mainland, to
which they appear to resort for the
purpose of obtaining wives, much
after the way in which the Romans
first obtained theirs from the Sabines,
Many theories have been put forth
as to the origin of this tribe, a very
probable one being that they are lin
cal descendants of the Aztecs, driven
to this island retreat by the Span
iards under Cortez; where, rumor
further adds, they still practice many
of the strange rites of that conquered
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

A writer i'm the New York Medical
Journal says that the curved pages of
the ordinary book are injurious TO the
eye of the reader. The curvature
necessitates "a constant change of the
focus of the eye as IL reads from one
side to another, and the ciliary mus
cles are under n constant strain.
Moreover, the light falls uncqually
upon both sides of the page, further
interfering with a continued clear
field of vision. 1t is suggested that the
difficulty might be obviated IL the
lines should be printed parallel to the
binding, instead of right angles TO
il,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

Stensel, Palestine, $12. War with Spain,
Original-Orrin T. Curtis, Beatrice, Sc.
South Dakota: Widows-Eliza j. Gehon.
Canton, $12.
Contracts for carrying the United States
mail have been awarded as follows: From
Andover to B~eelton, S. d., to A. T. Whit
ing; from Ransom to Vebler, s.. d., to T..
l.. Castle, and from Prairie Rose TO Wal
nut, Ia, to c. l.. Anderson, off Maine.
The postmaster general has Issued a
fraud order against Charles Wheatley, OF
Madison, Neb.
Postmasters nave been appointed as Lei.
lows:
Iowa-Newport, Louisa county, Isaac N.
Vaughn. vice George Kerne, resigned;
Tenille, Montgomery county, Leander NJ.
Harris, vice s. W.. Sclby, resigned.
DR.. ID. A. Laforce has been appointed q
pension examining surgeon at Ottumwa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

The actual amounts of United
States coin melted by goldsmiths and
jewelers. IL not known, but assuming
the total amount of gold coin used
In the arts to be 81, SOC, 900 and silver
coin 100000, the industrial consump-
ton of the precious metals In this
country In 1898 was: Gold, IL, 800, 900;
silver, 1880, 900; n total of rs, SOC, 900,
approximately. The use of the pre-
cious metals In the arts and trades
is increasing largely each year. Dur
Ing the past fiscal year our mints
melted into gold bars, old jewelry,
etc, to the amount of no less than
$1,6S0,000, "A snug sum OF old junk in
the jewelry line.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09
THE FREE HOMES POLICY.

From a speech in Congress by Dele
gate Flynn Of Oklahoma, referring to
the original homestead law, Of which
Galusha A. Grow was the author:
The bill of which he was the author
affected various states and territories
which, while having the benefits of
the free homestead law that | am now
pleading for, have added over S23, co.,
000. 900 to the national wealth. The
states and territories which received
these benefits, together with their val
uations for the census of 1890, I desire
to present for the benefit of the Horse:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

Tho Royal society, at It's annual
conyersnzione recently, was shown a
new invention in the shape Of a clock
controlled at a distance by wireless
telegraphy OF the Herztian wave sys-
tenn Under the conditions which the
exhibitor, Richard Kerregs, proposes
1t will be possible for all the clocks in
London to be simultaneously adjusted
by n clock, TO which the necessary
contrivance Is attached. To render a
clock sensitive to the influence of the
wave system, IL will only be neces-
sary to afix the receiving instrument
with n coherer arrangement, which
might be extended not only to the
public clocks but TO those in private
residences.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

The assessed valuation of the New
port estate of the late Cornelius Van
derbilt Is greater than that of any
other property at the Rhode Island
watering place. The tax receiver has
II down for $3.50, 900. Next comes the
estate of Mrs. Oliver ii. T.. Belmont
~(including Marble House,, which Is
assessed at $500, 900. The property of
Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, which Is now
being improved by the addition of a
new villa, will rank amorg the most
valuable places when the work shall
have been completed. At present it
is only taxed az lin progress
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

people. 1t is possible, also, they may
be akin to the Yaquis, with whom the
MeXicans seem now to be engaged in
a desperate conflict.
To the man in search of adventure,
Tiburon island offers an unknown
field comparatively close to the Dor.
ders of the United States, where he
may test his powers of courage and
endurance to the utmost.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

the trip here of Frichie Eloff, Krue-
gers son-in-law, and DR.. Phieman, the
presidents physician, appears to have
been to place a large amount of gold
in safety.
Surrounded by Brabant.
Maseru, Basutoland, May 31.-Bra-
bant has surrounded the Beers five
miles outside of Ficksburg. The only
side for the Beers retreat is the Ba-
sutoland border, where thousands of
Basutos under Chief Jonathan are
awaiting events.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

The Knoxville (Tenn.) chamber of
commerce has decided that Admiral
Farragut was born at Loves Ferry,
Tenn. This question has been In dis
pute for some time, many claiming
that Campbelrs station was the adj
miral's birthplace. The chamber of
commerce appointed a committee to
ascertain the facts. Two reports
were made, the majority being for
loves Ferry and the minority for
Campbell's Station. The former was
adopted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

Mrs. Edward ID. Winslow, the wife
of the United States consul general
Mt Stockholm, Sweden, was the first
woman to operate an automobile in
that city. Her machine Is of Ameri-
n make, and is propelled by cleo
tricity. There are only four of the
vehicles now in use in King Oscars
capital, although the roads and sur
roundings are perfectly adapted for
the sport.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

Native rejoicings in Ceylon are apt
to take the form OF prolonged tom
tom beatings. The concert may last
for a fortnight A native annoyed by
his neighbsr's music docs no< go TO
tho trouble and expense OF an injunc-
ton. lie repeats some devil rhymes
over n handful Of broken sparrow
eggs and throws them over the gar
den wall. IL the charm works the
musicians are seized with n temper
airy paralysis and the performance
ends abruptly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

Some temperance people Of Boston
are considering the feasibility Of es-
tablishing n hospital In Boston in
which no alcoholic medicines shall he
used. They say that the Temperance
hospital of London established in
1873, and the Temperance hospital of
Chicago, established in 1884, have
been successful in their treatment OF
patients. and their death rate is lower
than that Of the ordinary hospitals.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09
MORE DYNAMITE USED.
Attempt TO Blown UP Street G

Attempt TO Blown UP Street Car
Barns In st Louis.
st. Louis, Mo-, Jun SAN attempt was
made last night to blow up with dyna-
mite the st. Louis TRANSIT company's
barns at Easton and Prairie venues In
which $50 employees OF the company and
a number of policemen were asleep, and
In which were many cars and much val
liable property. This was the second at
tempt to wreck the buildings with dyna-
mite mad in three days. Policemen
asleep In the east shed were thrown vio-
lently from their cots by the force of
the conclusion. Very little damage was
done by the explosion, which shook the
surrounding houses. causing great ex-
citcment.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

About thirty-fve miles from Nish-
apour, in the Khorassan are the cele-
brated turquois mines of Persia, said
TO he the only mines in the world pro-
lucing this fashionable stone. They
are situated in a mountainous region,
5000 or 5000 feet above sea level and
EMPLOY perhaps $500 persons.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09
SOUTH DAKOTA PROSPERITY.

In the course Of a speech In Congress
on the free homes bill, Congressman
Burke introduced the following figures
of vital interest, as showing the in
creasing prosperity In this state under
Republican policies:
For the purpose of giving some idea
OF the wealth produced in the state Of
South Dakota, | would like to submit
a statement showing the amount OF
grain. live stock. minerals, and other
products produced during the years
1898 and 1899, and | also wish to sub
nit a statement compiled by the ma.
.lonal bank examiner of the state.
showing the condition Of our national
banks on June 80 OF last year, and also
showing the per capita OF money in
the banks on June 30 Of last year, AMI
also showing the per capita OF money
In tho banks and by whom deposited:
~
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

The. astonishing total of 1886, 00C
has been realized from Kipling's "Ab-
sent-Mihded Beggar" in various ways,
the proceeds going TO the families of
the men fighting in South Africa.
This is at the rate of $4,000 a line,
which doubtless breaks the poetry
record.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

Grand Duke Sergius, who repre-
sented the car of Russia at the fes-
tivals Of the German crown prince in
Berlin, is the uncle of Emperor Mich
olas. lie was born May II, 1857, and
vas married In 1884 TO Princess Eliza
beth OF Hesse-Darmstadt. In his cap
acity rs governor of Moscow Sergius
has made himself one Of the most un-
popular men In Russia. The people
held him responsible for the awful
disaster at the cars coronation in
1900
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

Mrs. w. II. Brown, who lives near
Miner, has a goose that is nearly 90
years old. The old goose has laid
yearly for forty years, and each year
since 1884, up to two years ago, she
has hatehed and raised goslings. The
famous old fowl was given TO Mrs
Brown by her mother in 1854.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

Military uniforms were not origin
ally especially splendid. 1t was the
Prussian army and then Napoleon
who set the example of adjoining the
soldiers dress all over with fur, gold
lace etc. The Napoleonic armies suf-
rered from a perfect mania for snowy
trappings.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

I nm not a farmer but ia agricul-
turist.-Col. Bryan.
Laboriously planting issues that
will never issue from the ground. A
diligent cu~ltivator Of the u~nsproutable.
New York Sun.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

The car has sanctioned a project
for the erection at Moscow of a
church in commemoration Of the lib
Grafton of the serfs forty years ago.
One half the money for the memorial
has thus far been collected.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

What does Ex-Governor Stone Of
Missouri, mean by saying that the
chaoge of the electoral vote of one of
the central states like Indiana or ILL
nois will elect Mr.. Bryan. when, II
Mr.. Bryan should receive the electoral
votes Of both these states, Mr.. McKin-
ley would lead him t~wenty-oue votes?
He will get neither Of them.-Indianap-
oils Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

London, June 2.-The war Office has
received the following from Roberts:
Johannesburg, June 1.-9:25 p. m.
Sir Henry Colville, in reporting the
arrival or the Highland brigade at
Hebron, May 20, stated he was OPP
posed more or less the whole way
from Ventersburg. Eight men were
killed and four officers and t%hirty-two
men wounded. Colville says the Ian
cashire battery of field artillery did
excellent work. Grants naval guns
were most valuable and the troops be-
haved in a most soldierlike manner
throughout the trying march.
"Rundle telegraphs his casualties
were thirty-two killed and $50 wound
ed"
Under date of May 81, Johannes
burg, Roberts telegraphs:
"French's report of his operations
during May 2S and % reached me to-
day. He was opposed throughout his
march, but managed TO drive off the
enemy from the strong positions they
successfully held, with very little loss,
and is now holding the place which |
directed him to do, north of Johannes
burg. Two officers were wounded and
two men killed and twenty-seven
wounded"
Kruger at MaclIdrp.
L~ourenZo Marquee, June 2.-Krue-
ger yesterday was still at M~achadorp,
about half way between Pretoria and
the Portuguese frontier on the rail
road between the T%ransvaal capital
and Delagoa bay. Boer commanders.
totaling about 10000, Thursday held
all positions and hills around Pretoria.
Another large commando was, at
Bronkhurst's spruit, about forty miles
from Pretoria on the railroad leading
to Delagoa bay.
Telegraphic communication with
the Transvaal is closed to the public.
Feverish excitement prevails here ow-
Ing to the almost complete absence OF
news from either side. The object of
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09
REPUBLICAN PROGRESS
ON PRACTICAL LINES

Conditions in All Branches Of South
Dakota Enterprise Farmer and Laboring Men
Have Majority Of DepOsits--The Couer d'Alene
Scarecrow--The Free Homes POlicy--Drinkingi i'm
the Philippines--State Platform.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

Tho Alabama Democratic platform
has not a word to say about imperial
ism, militarism or the Philippines.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

The silver Republicans are agitating
a new party to be known as Lincoln
Republicans The spirit of Abraham
Lincoln objects. His memory should
not be thus desecrated.-St. Peter Tri-
bune.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

Proconsul Allen has arrived at San
Juan to assume sovereignty over the
first of Mr.. McKinley's Crown Colo
Observation-Disclosures Times.
To the Proconsular uniform consists
of a straw hat "A blue coat and duck
trousers. Surely such purple pomp is
all that even a Satrap could ask. Pet
tigrew ought to bring In a resolution
for the investigation Of these imperial
spleodors.-New York Sun.
well, / never knew that before!"
exclaimed 5-year-old Elsie, who was
studying her Sunday school lesson.
Never knew what, dear?" querried
her mother.
That David was a republican" an
swered the little student.
What put that idea into your head"
asked the mother.
why" replied Elsie, ut says hero
David pleaded for protection so he
must have been a Republican. won.
der IL there is anything about Demo-
Gratis in the Bible, mammal"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09

UhuhS .. - . a. .. -. I6iffOtUOO.E
These deposits, that represent only q
portion of the money in the state, give
q per capita-on a Basis OF 400, 900 pop
ulation-of $31.S6.
The merchants and business mon
have $3.50 per cent Of the total; tho
farmers and stockmen have 320S per
cent; the laboring people have 9.47 per
cent: the miners, 7.S0 per cent; the
capitalists have $3.50 per cent; profess
sional men have La per cent; while
the churches and societies have 1.57
per cent.
Grouped together in this form, we
find that n very surprising result Is OBJ
tanned, and n hardly looked for in
this state.
Take the merchants, capitalists and
professional men, and their aggregate
deposits are $4,843. sos. rs; while the to-
tai OF the farmers, stockmen, laboring
people, and miners amount to $685.
1888, or $94. 956.75 more than the first
class named.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09
not counting pro-
duct of manufactured 800 090.

loai 49, .''plAo'ooi'f
General George A. Silsby, national
bank examiner Of South Dakota, has a
compiled table showing the bank de-
posits In the banks OF the state on
June 30 last, which indicates an excel
lint financial condition. General Slls-
by's figures show.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-06-09
SHARPSHOOTING.

Total =. =. E. y. =. ... s23, 5SS, 1893, 1O4
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-04-11

which follows next, Is blessed with GER
emonies that are full of mysteries. /.
The priest divides the water i'll the
form of 4 cross to teach us that it con-
fers grace and sanctity by the merits
of Christ crucihed. 2. He touches the
water with his hand, praying that it
my be free from all impression of evil
G6srits. 5. He signs it thrice with the
SEn of the cross. to bless it in the
name of the Holy Trinity. i. He sepa-
rates 1t with his hand, and casts out
some of 1t towards the four parts of the
world to instruct us that the grace of
baptism, like the rivers of Paradise
flows over all the earth. 5. He breathes
thrice upon it in the form of a cross.
desiring God to bless 1t With the infu-
sion Of His Holy Spirit. that it may re-
ceiVe the virtue of sanctifying the soul.
6. He plunges the paschal candle thrice
into 1t. praying that the Holy Ghost
may descend upon it as he did at the
baptism of Christ in the waters of Jor-
dan. z. He mikes holy Gil and chrism
with it. to signify that baptism conse-
crates us to God. and gives spiritual
strength to wrestle with and overcome
all the enemies OF the soul.
After the benedic;ion of the font the
litany and mass are sung. Incense is
used Mt the gospel on this day to repre-
sent the perfumes carried by the wo-
men to our Saviour's monumeno but
no lights are carried. as at other times.
because they and the apostles did no.
yet believe His resurrection, for which
reason also the creed is not said. The
offertory, the kiss of peace and the
antiphony, called the communion. are
omitted because the faithful did not
receive the Blessed Sacrament ut this
mass. but waited until Easter Day.
The hours of service on each day, be-
ginning with Holy Thursday. will he ut
o'clock The service on Holy Satur-
day will thus close the season of Lent,
when all true Christians prepare de-
voutly for the reception of Holy Com
munion on Easter morning.
y procession OF the children will also
take place on Holy Saturday, when the
Blessed Sacrament is again transferred
to the main altar.