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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
REWARD FOR CAPTURE
OF DAKOTA ROBBERS
eIrod Youpg Woman VIII Probably
Get a Share of the
S400.
PALMER FOR SECRETARY OF STATE
Commander OF the q. A. IL. An.
u That lie Is "a CandS-
date OH tho Republican
Ticket.

Sioux Falls, S. d., May 5.-Miss Mil
drcd Cochtane, a young South Dakota
heroine VINO lives at Elrod, will doubt
less receive "a share of the $500 reward
TO be paid by the government for the
arrest of two men named Mccormick
and Luyerne for the robbery Of the
postoilice at Clark. Mccormick and
Luverne were long since tried and
convicted, and their escape from the
Sioux Falls pcnitcntiary Il short time
ago has developed the fact that the
government has not yet paid the re-
ward for their arrest for the crime for
which they were convicted. The men
were among the six who escaped from
the p~enitentiary. Mccormick, it will
be remembered, was recaptured after
being at liberty about an hour, but
Luycrnc is one of the four still at
large. The day after the robbery of
the Clark p~ostoflicc Mccormick and
Luverne were captured near the home
of Robert Harvey, in Clark county, by
Sheriff William Diversion, aided by
Harvey. Miss Cochrane saw McCor-
mick and Luverne pass her home early
in the morning following the robbery,
and at once sent word to Sheriff Oh
version, who, with Ilarvey's assistance,
speedily arrived on the scene and eff
fected their capture. The matter of
the 500 reward has, il is reported,
been acted ON by the Washington au-
thoritics, and a draft for the amount
will shortly be forwarded TO the sher-
if who will, il is understood, divide
the reward with Harvey and Miss
Cochrane. At the time of his arrest
Luverne, who is a desperate character,
fired upon by Harvey, who was
armed with II s~hotgun,-the charge en-
tering and badly wounding his arm,
which Is still lame and may serve AS n
means of his identification and recap.
ture.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
WOLF BOUNTY CLAIMS.
Will Have 10 Wait Action Of Next
Legislature.

Pierre, $. d., May 5.-The state au-
ditor has issued warrants tor the first
$1,000 on the wolf bounty appropria-
ton, and before he can issue warrants
for any further amounts must return
the certificates on hand 10 the differ
ent county officers to learn on what
dates they were presented in the
counties. The claims in for the time
for which the first $1,000 was available
amounted to about $4,000. and under
the ruling of the court only $4,000 of
these certificates can be taken up, and
the others must await further legis-
lative action. The next S., 900 is avail
able for payment of bounties on
wolves killed after the first of last
July, and as there are already claims
amounting to $4,000 filed for this
year n number of these claims will
have TO wait further Legislative appro-
priation. After the first of next July
there will be $1,000 more available for
wolves killed after the first of that
month.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

San Francisco Wave: a good grand
parent was chatting amicably with
his little granddaughter, who was
snugly ensconced on his knee. what
makes your hair SO white, grandpa"
the little miss queried. Il am very old,
my dear; / was in the ark" replied
his lordship, with a painful disregard
of the truth. ooh! Are you Noah?"
NO" "Are you Shem, them" mo, /
am not Shem." ".Are you Ham,"
"No." Then" said the little one, who
was fast nearing the limit of her
biblical knowledge, you must be
Japhet." A negative reply was given
to this query also. but, grandpa, if
YOU are not Noah, o. Shem. or Ham,
or Japhet, you must be a beast"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Another Democratic EaIsehood.

The report that Captain Reichman,
the United States military attache
with the Boer forces has been par
ticipating in the battles is as false as
other stories which are being circu-
lated by the sensational press. An in
vestigation shows that Captain Reich
man has been kept quite busy nurs-
ing Lieutenant Nix, the German mill
tary attache, who has since died.
American military men don't so far
forget their duties as to do all the
unreasonable things the opponents of
the administration ascribe to them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

The present tendency to expansion
and colonization is already opening
up worldwide markets for American
goods and American operations. The
tendency will increase rather than di-
minish till all nations and isles of the
sea become commercially tributary to
the productive energies of the United
States. We are entering upon an era
of world markets such as Great Brit
ain has enjoyed for the past 100 years,
and which has made her wealthy. The
commerce we shall enjoy with our
colonies is bound to grow with the
inevitable progress of civilization in
their bordcrs."-Finance, Cleveland, o.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
ARMY BILL PASSED.
Measure Goes Through the Senate
--.Postofjcc Appropriations.
Washington, May THE army re-
Organization bill passed the senate.

Washington, May 7.-Senator Wal
colt, chairman of the ~postoffice and
postroads committee, today reported
to the senate the postoffice appropria-
ton bill and gave notice he would call
il up for consideration on the 10th.
The resolution offered by Senator
Teller, of Colorado, expressing sympa-
thy for the Beers, on the request OF
the author, was laid ove until tomor-
row.
A number of bills were passed.
The army reorganization bill was
called up by Proctor. 1t proposes to
change the methods of staff appoint
ments by detailing officers from the
line for department adjutant, in
~spector, qu~artermaster and commits
| sary generals; ~increases the rank oil
| General Miles to lieutenant general
and of Corbin to major general.
On motion of Senator Tillman the
fifteenth section was amended to
read: "That the senior major gen
eral shall have the pay, rank n al.
lowances of lieutenant general, ano
his personal staff shall have the pay
rank and allowances authorized FOL
the staff of n lieutenant general"
This strikes out the provision max
ing the section apply only to Miles.
Berry, of Arkansas, moved to strike
out the section as amended. He did
not think any good would be sub,
served by increasing the rank OF the
commander of the army.
Bate, of Tennessee, also objected to
the increase of rank, and deprecated
what he said was the tendency TO in
crease the strength of the army.
Sewell favorad increasing the rank
of the commander and paid a hand
some tribute to General Miles, giving
him credit for the efficiency with
which the army was increased from
$4,000 to $4,000 during the Spanish
war.
Lodge and Teller also supported
raising the rank. The motion to
| strike out the section as amended was
defeated.
Kenney, of Delaware, offered al
amendment creating a veterinary
corps which was adopted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
CHURCHES NOT DESIGNATED.
American Soldiers Have Not Used
Them for Defense.

Them for Defense.
From n private letter, written by an
officer i'm the United States army, who
is now in the Philippines, the follow
ing extract shows that the Americans
are not desecrating the Filipino
churches, as has been charged. The
letter says:
yesterday we were cunning for
insurrectos about five miles out. |
had the advance with orders to enter
the town. We advanced with great
caution, but as we crossed the bridge
and received no fire and came unmo-
Tested nearer the church, which the
insurrectos always use for defense,
| made up my mind that the 400 in
surrectos reported there had migrated
10 a healthier climate.
81 presume Atkinson and other Bos-
ton Filipinos have been informed that
we d~eSecrated the church, but we
didn't. The American troops do not
desecrate churches which are being
used as churches; only churches
which have been utilized by the in
surgcnts as forts, the windows in
many instances closed with masonry
and l%oopholed, have been occupied by
u troops.
Our usual welcome to the services
of the churches has been exceedingly
warm, and the church's greeting
consisted of Mauser bullets, which
were more blessed for the insurrectos
to give than for the approaching
Americans to receive.
I'm cleaning up such churches for
use in sheltering our troops, corsid-
rerablc quantities of ammunition have
heretofore been found secreted under
the affairs and elsewhere within the
~sacred(?) cdifices."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
HANECY MEN CONTROL.

Chicago, May THE Hanecy party,
headed by Congressman Lorimer, Sc
cured control of the county republic
an convention today and it is given
out that the state delegates will not
be selected until after the state
convention at Peoria, May 10.
Judge Hanecy, candidate for she
gubernatorial nomination against
Judge Carter, has a majority of the
delegates, Deneen's following of fifty
having been delivered to the Hanecy
managers today. The Carter man
ayers declare that the delegation was
evenly split. The Hanecy men claim
721 Of the Ills delegates.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Lad shocked by ELECTRICITY.

Fairbury, Neb, May "A 1o-year-
old son of b. Elliott picked up the
end Of a wire hanging from a trans
formed box of the electric light cir
cult and as the current was on, re-
ceived a shock which came near kill
ing him. His hand was badly burned
and will probably be crippled perma-
hently. The end of his toe, where the
current passed into the ground, was
badly burned.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
PALMER FOR SECRETARY.
Commander q, A. IL. for That Po-
aiIinn on RenmbIiCnn TiCket.

sition on Republican Ticket.
Huron, $. d., May Colonel w. j..
Palmer, of Carthage, commander of
the department of South Dakota q. A.
H., has been persuaded to become n
candidate for secretary of state on the
republican ticket, Consent TO use his
name was not had till a day or two
since, when he was waited upon by n
number of his old soldier friends
armed with letters from all parts of
the state, urging him to become n
candidate for the position named. Mr..
Palmer was i'm the United States navy
during the war of the rebellion and
was n shipmate Of Captain Sigsby,
Captain Harrington and other distin-
guishcd naval officers; his army rec
ord is perfect, and he is a favorite
with the old soldiers IND popular over
the state. He is not seeking political
honors, but his friends are putting
him forward, knowing that his nomi-
nation will he wholly satisfactory and
add strength to the ticket. The "old
vets will ask for no other position.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Two of u Kind.
Pettigrewism is simply pessimism
running amuck.

DR.. Koldewey, director of the exca-
vations at Babylon, has informed the
Oriental society of the discovery of a
canal built Of Aramean bricks, which
waterway is believed to be the long
sought east canal. A temple of the
goddess Ninniach has also been I'M
earthed, together with stones bearing
Inscriptions which date from the time
Huchadnezzar.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
MEMORIAL. TO Bazaar VICTIMS.
Cardinal Richard Dedicates Monu'
ment Erected by C~asteIIanes.

Paris, May cardinal Richard,
archbishop of Paris, today performed
the ceremony of the dedication OF
the chapel in the Rue Jean Coujonr
erected in memory of the charity ba.
zaar victims by the count and count.
ess of Castellane. The monument is
INTELLECTUALLY a fine piece of work
and it's sculptural decorations are
~singularly appropriate to the role of q
commemorative chapel. A colossal
statue of the Mater Dolorosa, with
face upturned and arms outstretched
toward heaven, stands on a marble
and bronze altar. The edifice was
hung with sable trappings for today's
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

Mrs. Susan Simmons Winans, the
eldest living person born on the site OF
Chicago. and one of the survivors OF
the Fort Dearborn massacre OF 1872, is
very i'll at Santa Ana, Cal. For a long
time it was supposed that the last
survivor of the massacre had died
years ago; but Mrs. Winans proved 10
the satisfaction of the Chicago Histor.
zeal society that she was an infant
six months old at the time of the In.
dian attack, and with her mother cs-
capped injury at the hands OF the saw
ages and was taken captive by them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago
recently received a letter containing
n two-cent stamp and q request that
n copy of the city directory be sent
10 the writer by return mail. The mis-
sive was signed by a resident of
Waterloo, n. d.. He said that he in
tended to visit Chicago during the
summer, and wanted TO know the
names of some of the people.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
MILBANK FIRE SWEPT.
fire Famed by High Wind De-
5 sirOys nahy Buildings.

B stroys aIany Buildings.
Milbank, $. d., May 5.-Fire broke
out in this city at S o'clock yesterday
morning on the corner of First av-
cnue and Main street, destroying the
following buildings: j. ID. Burkhardt,
feed and grain store, loss $4,000, in
.%surance $3.50; Michigan d Fairchild,
billiard and eating rooms, loss $4,000,
insurance $3.50; Frank Michigan, stock
$500, insurance 81 900; Grant County
Review building $1,000, insurance
$500; stock $4,000, insurance
$500; G. II. Drake, building 81 1000, no
insurance; Knox billiard hall, $500, no
insurance; Charles Hockmath, build
ing and stock $1,000. insurance $3.50;
George Merry, building 81 200, insur-
ance $500; h. {. Evans, saloon, stock
500, no insurance; Ed Merry, build
ing $500, no insurance. TRc following
parties moved out of their places of
business: Miss Mallish, restaurant;
Howes supply house; A. q. Lender,
clothing; T.. III. Johnson, clothing;
Gamble g. Fuller, attorneys; DR.. Ross,
dentist: NJ. S. Drencker, general mer-
chandisc; Andrew Lawson, tailor; Is.
Lunberg, barber.
The Hotel st. Hubert vas consider
ably damaged by heat from the burn
ing buildings.
The fire originated in the Michigan
billiard hall from some unknown
cause. There was a strong northwest
wind blowing and at times il looked
as if the whole east side of the town
might be burned.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
THIRTY-THREE PERlSHED.
Particulars of the Loss OF British
Steamer GIencig.

steamer
San Francisco, May 7.-Particulars
of the loss of the British steamer
Gleneig, bound from Melbourne to
GippsIand, Victoria, have been re-
ceived by the steamer Alameda. The
cable reports received last month had
Il that all hands were lost, but the
mail adviccs state that three men
were rescued and that twycnty pas
sengers and thirteen of the Z went
down with the vessel.
The wreck was caused by the steam
er springing a plate during a storm.
There was n heavy sea on and it was
with difficulty that the boats were
lowered.
The women passengers were placed
in one lifeboat, with two officers and
several IN The second boat
swamped and all hands were lost. The
boat with the women has never been
heard from.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
ABANDON THABA N'CHU HILL.
Boer Forces Evncuate 1t and TreA
Norlhward.

Thaba N'Chu, May THE Beers
have evacuated Thaba N'Chu hill and
are believed to be still trekking
though n gun is Smelling the camp
internationally. Scouts report that
some Beers retired toward Wepener
They believe the Beers evacuated the
position during the night, trekking
northward i'm three directions
French left today. Rumble is in com.
mand here. 1t is expected that Bra.
bant will effect a junction at any mo
ment.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Genius or Press Agent.

The gentleman in charge of the
press bureau of the democratic ma
tional committee is the same genius
who managed the publicity sdepart-
ment of Mr.. Henry Georges last cam
paign for mayor of New York. He
writes entertainingly and, unless he
is interfered with, will throw the po-
litical managers into commissions
every time be goes to press.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

In Kentucky, where there is a law
20 compel railway companies TO pro-
vide separate ears for white and col
ored people, "A negro woman has
brought suit against n railway com
pany for permitting white men 10
ride in the coaches set apart for col
ored people. The white persons re-
ferred to smoked, swore and drank
whisky in the vehicle in which she
rode, and the conductor and other en-
ployes Of the company ignored her
protests. Her feelings were outraged
TO thp extent of $4,000
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

a black bishop of the Anglican
church was recently consecrateS at
Lambeth. The Rt. Rev. James John
son, assistant bishop of West equator
ial Africa, is Il Sierra Leone negro,
whose parents were rescued slaves
from the Yoruba country. His sta
ton will be Benin. Durham university
has made him an honorary A. NJ.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Boy Loses an Arm.

Fairmont, Neb, May THE a.
chant at Sawyer, while hauling corr
to Nye d Schneider's elevator at tina,
place, had his left hand caught in q
shafting that runs over the dump
drawing his arm around the shafting
and crushing the arm and elbow in
horrible manner, necessitating ampu
%tation near the shoulder. The patient
is doing well.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
CUSTER CHRONICLE
JOSEPH KUBLER, PUBLISHER

The federal department Of agricul
ture coItemplates the establishment
of an experiment station in Porte
Rico. "We know a great deal about
the place and the people already
said Secretary Wilson the other day
but our observations thus far have
been only superficial. Now we are go.
ing into a thorough, scientific inyesti.
CATION. The application of modern
progressive ideas will make Porto
Rico even profitable than it has
eve been, and we arc going TO try
10 teach not only the planters but the
laboring element to apply those prin.
ciples to their toll"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

Hammond Lamont, professor of
English at Brown university, has re-
signed from that position and will be-
come managing editor of the New
York Evening post. After his gradu-
alton from Harvard in 1886 Professor
Lamont engaged for some years in
newspaper work in Seattle and AL
bany.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

Walter Wentworth, Is years old,
and for many years a professional
contortionist, is in New York looking
for somebody TO buy his body. He has
long been "a wonder 10 medical men on
account of the wonderful pliability of
his frame, which he has already sold
twicc-once to DR.. Cowcs, of Detroit,
and later TO DR.. Wilder, Of New York,
receiving in each case 800. Both
these medical men are dead, and now
Wentworth is looking for n third
Spectator.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

Judge McIlvane, Of Pittsburg, has
reused CONSERVATION among lawyers
in that city by declining TO allow fees
for two lawyers in the settlement of
an estate whcrN only the services Of
one were required. He also ruled that
n lawyer who has rendered profess
sional services for an executor or adj
miDistrator Is not "A creditor Of the es-
tate. The claims Of the two attorneys
I'm the case at issue aggregated 81, 100
and the court scaled the fees down to
$500.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

1t was while seated astride Of a log
fishing for bass that the chief justice
of the Kentucky court of appeal
granted u writ Of error to the Unite,
States supreme court in the governor
ship cases.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

The son of William Waldorf Astor,
who lives in England, is 10 and will
get the bulk of his fathers fortune.
At the present time il is estimated
that fortune is 5000, 00O, 900. John ia
cob Astor, Of New York, while not so
rich rs his brother, has ovcr $75 ,000,-
600, most Of which will go to his o.
ycar-old son, a bright youngster.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Carsten Egehorg Borchgrevink,

Carsten Egeborg Borchgrevink,
leader of the British Antartic expedi-
ton to the south magnetic pole, is the
son of a Norwegian barrister practic-
ing in Ch%ristiania. His mother Is an
Englishwoman. He is but 36 years old
and has spent the greater part of his
life In Australia. This is not his first
experience in Antarctic regions, for
he visited Cape Adare, on the Antarc-
tic continent several years ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

The scXtonship Of the parish church
at Chapcl-cn-le-Frith, D~erbyshirc,
England, has been retained in one
family since 1851. The latest incum-
bent, Joseph Bramwell, who has just
died, had held Office since 1893. He was
buried in n vault i'm which lay tho
bodies Of eight predecessors of whom
he was n descendant. One of them
was sexton for fifty-two years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Rcnominated by Acclamn,ion.

Chicago, May A.-Henry s. Boutell was
today renominated by reclamation to rep
resent the Sixth congressional district In
congress. The resolutions Endorsed the
st. Louis platform and the administration
of Mckinley.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

Upward of $11, 900 has thus far been
contributed toward the guaranteed
fund Of $4,000 TO meet the expenses
of the Cuban public school teachers
who are to be taken TO Cambridge.
Mass, for a summer course of instruc-
ton Mt Harvard university. The
teachers, 1850 in number, will be
lodged in the college dormitories and
in priNntc houses.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
Post ONCE Site Changed.

Washington, ID. c., May 5.--The loca-
ton of the postofiice at Beresford, S.
D., has been ordered removed to the
building to be erected by August Erie
berg.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
rOk into Cars.

Aberdeen, S. d., May 5.-Edward
Traynor was arrested yesterday
charged with breaking into cars at the
Northwestern depot and stealing mer-
chandise. He pleaded guilty and was
bound over to the circuit court.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

Senator Davis of Minnesota is an in
veterate smoker, and as the rules per-
nit smoking only during executive
sessions he often takes refuge in an
open doorway for an occasional in
diligence in the delights of nicotine.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

There is said to be only II China
man who has been regularly ordained
n minister of the gospel. His name is
Jam Jee, and $e lives in San Francis
go. He came 10 this country in 1868,
and was o after converted, and was
ordained in 1871. He had n chapel of
his in Oakland, and wears his
queue and native dress in order to
have greater influence over his coun-
tryfhcn,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12

OF the four members of the Porto
Rican delegation in Washington two
owe allegiance TO foreign govern
mcnts. George Finlay, one of the two,
IS IN EngGshman, but has lived on the
island for thirty-tive years, and eXcrts
much influence. Fernandez Juncos,
the other foreigner, is "A Spaniard, and
says that he will retain his allegiance
90 Spain. lie is one of the foremost
newspaper men ON the island.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-05-12
IcIectioueerinp.

Hon. Allen w. Thurman, son Of his
father, has declared free silver to be a
dead issue. Mr.. Thurman is evidently
electioneering for a place on the Bry-
an suspect list.