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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17
Black Hills Candidate.

Sioux City Journal: E. w. Martin
of Deadwood. S. d., who will doubtless
be agreed upon by the Black Hills re
publicans as their congressional candi.
date, was born in Jackson county, Iowa,
April IL, 1856. His ancestory has been
American for $50 years; originally Eng
lish, Irish and Scotch. He Is a member
of the Sons of the American Revolution
and Of the Iowa Commentary of the
Loyal Legion-this latter inheritance
from his father now deceased, Captain
James W. Martin of the Twenty fourth
Iowa volunteers. Mr.. Martin graduated
from Cornell college, Mt. Vernon. Ia.
in 1879. and three years later received
the degree of A. NJ. from his alma mater
He attended the law school of the Uni
versity of Michigan in 1879 and 1880
He was admitted to the bar in Clinton
county, Iowa. in March. 1880, and came
to Dead wood, South Dakota, in August,
1880, from which time he has practic.
ed law continuously and with a mark
ed degree of success. He was a mem
Der of the territorial legislature OF
Dakota in lS84-5 and served for sey.
eral years as a member OF the board
Of trustees of the state normal school
ct Spearfsh. He is now, and has
been for several years, president
of the board Of education Of Dead,
wood. and has been member Of
the board If trustees of Black Hills col.
eye since that institution was charter.
ed. He has never sought office of any
kind, but on the contrary has before
now refused to be a candidate for con.
gress. Mr.. Martin made the leading
argument before the legislature in 1891
In behalf of the Lawrence county repu-
blican legislators, who were afterward
unseated by a partisan vote. That act
vas one Of the features of the memoir
able contest in behalf of the reelection
Of Judge Moody as United States sena
tor. Mr.. Martin was at that time sug-
as a compromise candidate by
some ofthe leading republican members,
and was assured Of sufficient support to
elect him, but he refused to become a
candidate while Judge Moody remained
candidate. In 1896 Mr.. Martin took
the stump for the republican ticket and
made some of the most effective speeches
in the state during that campaign. He
is a man of great energy, and though
conservative, enters into all work he
undertakes with great sarnestness and
enthusiasm. He is generally conceded
to be one Of the best lawyers in South
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17
Mckinley Club.

The republicans of Custer held q
meeting Saturday evening last at the
law Office of Ed. L. Grantham for the
purpose of organizing a republican club
An organization was perfected and the
following officers and committees were
elected:
Presidsnt-Joseph Kubler.
First vice presidential. l.. Gran,
than.
Second vice president-B. r. Wood.
Secretary-J. E. Pitcher.
Treasurer--S. G. Lummis.
Executive committee-F. j. V. Rut
kowski, w. A. Petch, S. G. Lummis.
Committee on by-laws-H. G. Ham
aksr, A. j. Jones, S. G. Lummis.
Committee on programmed. L
Grantham, II. G. Hamaker, W. A. Petch
The club starts out with q member
ship of about sixty. The next meeting
of the club will be held at tho cour
house Saturday evening, March oath q
7;3).
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17
Company I Ball.

The military ball give by Co. II" on
Friday evening oflast week for the bene
fit of Homer Stockmeyer, was a success,
both socially and financially. About
ninety tickets were sold. During the fore
part of the evening the opera house was
crowded with dancers and spectators.
At 0 o'clock the company gave an exhib.
ition drill, after which dancing com.
mencsd and continued until a few min
utes before midnight when the partici-
pants went to supper, which was served
at the Kleemann House, and which was
splendidly prepared. After supper
dancing continued until an early hour
Saturday morning. The members OF
Company l done everything in their
power to make the evening pleasant for
those in attendance. About eighty-six
dollars was cleared, and this was turned
over to Mr.. Stockmeyer, which will, no
doubt, prove very receptacle to him.
Mr.. Stockmeyer was wounded at the
battle of Mariolao March 9th last in
both legs, the ball passing through
his right and lodged about three inches
above his left knee. The hospital
surgeons in San Francisco,
located the bullet and performed an
operation, but did not dare to extract it
for fear that the bone might become 80
irritated that an amputation of the leg
would have to follow. Mr.. Stockmeyer
was discharged from the San Francisco
hospital on the 25th of last month and
arrived here on the 3rd inst.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17

The Third Assistant Postmaster Gen.
eral has decided to issue stamps in book
form at so small an advance in cost that
the public will gladly pay the difference.
As is well known large numbers of post
age stamps are wasted by sticking to-
gether, or to the pocket, so that a stamp
book is really a necessity. The books will
be of convenient size, and will contain
stamps to the amount of "a. 48 and "a
cents. An advance of one cent on each
book is all that is to be charged to the
public and it is thought that the govern
ment will make an excellent profit on
the investment.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17
Black Hills Porcelain Clay and Marble
Company.

The Black Hills Porcelain Clay and
Marble Mining Company Ia the name of
an organization which was perfected in
Deadwood by eastern capitalists last
week. The company is capitalized at
100000 at a par value of 81 per share.
The officers Of the company are: Presi.
dent, B. R. Noble, Yale. Mich; vice
president, Isaac Gibbard, Rochester, N.
Y; secetary and treasurer, Fred W.
Wellington, Detroit, Mich. The head
quarters Of the company will be in this
city. The company proposes to com
mence development work upon the
vein of kaolin clay and marble, five
miles northeast of town, recently dis
covered by w. r. Bond, George Book
and F. M. Hughes. The mining loca-
tons embrace Is claims of 20 acres each,
or a total of260 acres. for which it is
stated the company has purchased deeds
from the owners.
The company will start out on q large
scale and a large force Of men will be
employed. The promoters of the COM
pany are bankers as we'll as mining in
vestors. Mr.. Noble, the president Of
the company is president Of six banks
in the state of Michigan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
GENERAL LAND OFFICE,

'hNchhL LdND OfriIh, [
WASHINGTON, D. G., January l8, 1900, }
BY virtue of the power vested in the
Secretary of the Interior by the first sec
ton Of the act Of June 3, 1878, entitled
IAN act authorizing the citizens of Col
orado, Nevada and the Territories tc
fell and remove timber on the public
domain for mining and domestic pur'
poses,"t the following rules and regula'
tons are hereby prescribed:
!. The act applies to the states oil
Colorado, Nevada, Montana, Idaho
Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota
and Utah, and the Territories of New
Mexico and Arizona, and all other min
eral districts of the United States.
2. The land from which timber may
be felled or removed under the provis.
ions Of this act, must be known to be oil
a strictly mineral character and "not
subject to entry under existing laws OF
the United States, except for mineral
entry" Parties who take timber from
the public lands under assumed author
ity of this act must stand prepared to
show that their acts are within the pre-
scribed terms Of the law granting such
privilege, the burden being on such par
ties of proving by a preponderance OF
evidence that the land from which the
timber is taken is mineral" within the
meaning Of the act.
8. The privileges granted are coufn-
ed to citizens of the United States and
other persons, bona ide residents of the
States, Territories and other mineral
districts, provided for in the act.
4. The uses for which timber may
be felled or removed are limited by the
wording of the act to building, agricul-
tural, mining, or other domestic pur,
poses"
5. No timber is permitted to be felled
or removed for purposes of sale or traf-
fc, or to manufacture the same into lum.
Der or other timber product as an article
of merchandise, or for any other use
"ilatoOOVSi 0ASSPt y uChuSV III sCCtlOL
4 of these rules and regulations.
6. No timber cut or removed under
the provisions Of this act may be trans.
ported out Of the State or Territory
where procured.
7. No timber is permitted to be used
for smelling purposes, smelling being
separate and distinct industry from thai
of mining.
s. No growing trees of any kind
whatsoever less han eight inches in
diameter are permitted to be cut.
9. Persons telling or removing tin
Der under the provisions of this act mus
utilize all Of each tree cut that can BIZ
proftably used, and must dispose of the
tops, brush and other refuse in such
manner as to prevent the spread Of fores'
fires.
10. These rules and regulations shall
take effect February 10, 1900, and al
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17
The County Won,

During Mr.. Tunley's term OF Office as
county treasurer he collected from vari-
Gus persons money on personal taxes
but not enough to satisfy the personal
tax of the person paying. A large sum
of this money collected in that way he
never accounted for and when he retir-
ed from the Office of treasurer he had
not paid out or returned these moneys.
The bondsmen refused to make good
this shortage and suit was instituted
under direction of the Commissioners
for the recovery OF this money from the
bondsmen. In the circuit court the
county recovered judgment for $659.00.
The bondsmen were not satisfied to &C.
cept that judgment as final, but appeal.
ed the case to the supreme court. The
county would haYe been willing to quit
if the sureties on the bond had paid the
Judgment, but as the bondsmen appeal.
ed, Mr.. Benedict, who was handling
the case for the county, deemed 1t best
for the county to appeal also, as there
were several points in the case which
the circuit court had decided against the
county. The county's attorney did not
regard the judgment as large as it should
have been as it wal shown in the trial
that Mr.. Tunley had received money in
the way mentioned to the amount of
over one thousand dollars. One point
on which the circuit court held against
the county was an item of SPOOL IL, which
tle bondsmen claimed Mr.. Tunley had
never received. This was allowed to
the bondsmen. Another item was
SIG 90 which was shown to have been
paid out by Mr.. Tunley in excess Of
what he should have paid out. This
was also allowed to the bondEmen in
the circuit court. 1t Was contended by
the county that both these items were
enormously credited to the bondsmen
and it was on these two alleged errors
that the county took its appeal, and also
upon the general contention that the
judgment was not as large as it should
have been.
The supreme court handed down its
decision a few days ago, in which it held
with the county on every proposition,
and in brief held that the county could
recover the full amount shown to have
been receiyed by Mr.. Tunley. While a
new trial is ordered by the supreme
court, the decision covers every point
in the case that was raised in the for
mel trial. The CHRONICLE is informed
that the bondsmen, or some of them at
least, have indicated that they are dis.
posed to settle the matter, as the case
seems to have been SO fully covered by
the decision Of the court. The effect of
the decision is to hold the bondsmen
liable to the county for about 81 $4,000
besides interest and costs.
Mr.. Benedict, who has had charge of
the case from the beginning to this time
is quite gratified over the decision be-
cause it will bring to the county a good
sum of money, and because it is profess
.sionally gratifying to have the supreme
court say that his views of the law in
the case were correct. The bondsmen
had one Of the best lawyers in the Hills
representing them, and all things con-
sidered it is considerable Of a legal vic
tory for Mr.. Benedict.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17
School Notes.
HIGH SCHOOL.

az SNAONNs
School opened on Monday morning
after a weeks vacation with q good
attendance.
The ninth grade have finished physic
al geography and are going to take up
book keeping.
We haye a new barometer in the
school room, and the pupils enjoy watch
ing the rise and fall of the mercury.
GRAMMAR DEPARTMENT.
The attendance in Miss Petch's room
has been very good this week.
The Seventh grade have just com
menced working in interest and are get
ting along nicely with it.
Mrs. Scott and her cousin made pleas
ant visits in all the rooms.
i EDlrn F Ei1riS'0S' Reporters.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17

existing rules and regulations heretofore
prescribed under said act by this de-
partment are hereby rescinded.
w. A. RICHARDS,
Acting Commissioners.
Approved. January Is, 1900.
E. A. HITCHCOCK, Secretary.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17
"A Circular Letter.

The following circular letter has been
received by the United States land Office
at Rapid City and contains rules and
regulations governing the Use of timber
on public mineral lands that will DO of
much benefit to the settlers in the Black
Hills:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17
Katherine w. Radford, Paste
NJ. E. CHURCH

1t is announced that the ladies of the
northern Hills, who have had charge of
the raising of the fund for the monu-
ment to the Black Hills companies of
volunteer soldiers, who served in the
Cuban and Philippine war, have raised
enough money to purchase a site for the
park in the center of which il to be
placed the monument of marble and
bronze. There are twelve lots in the
plot and by agreement, the town of
Spearfish is to furnish water. On Arbor
day, each lady in the Black Hills, who is
a member of the monument association,
il expected to plant a tree in the park.
There is at present 1920 in the Spear.
fish bank and as soon as the amount can
be raised to $500, work on the monu
ment will be commenced.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17
He Fooled the Surgeons.

All doctors told Renick Hamilton, OF
West Jefferson, o., after suffering is
months from Rectal Fistula, he would
die unless a costly operation was per-
formed; but he cured himself with
Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the best in the
World. Surest pile cure on earth. 25c
a box, at A. ]. Jones & Co. drug store.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17

Rev. w. E. Sitter, W. Cation. N. Y.
writes, II had dyspepsia over twenty
years, and tried doctors and medicines
without benefit. l was persuaded to
use Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and it helped
me from the start. I believe it to be a
panacea for all forms of Indigestion
1t digests what you cot. A. j. Jones &
Co
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1900-03-17
Church Announcements.

Services in Congregational church,
Sunday, March 18th, morning and even
ing. Sunday School at 10 a. m. Preach
ing at IL. Song Service at 7:15 p. m.
Preaching at 7:3O. Topics for the day
"a Vain Religion" "The Designations OF
the Good" Cordial welcome extended
to all.
Katherine w. Radford, Pastor.
NJ. e. CHURCH.
DR.. E. E. Clough will preach Saturday
evening at 7:30. Quarterly Conference
Immediately after.
Sunday services at IL q. m, DR.. Clough
will preach, followed by Sacrament Of
the Lords Supper.
The pastor will preach In the evening
Subject, 1.-THE Young Ruler Seeking the
way of Life" Praise Service begins al
7:3O.
F. e. MacDuffee, Pastor.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-07
Transvaal Forces Retire From
Pretoria in Good Order, Re-
moving Their Guns.
British Commander Will Need a
Week to Organize a Cam
paign Of Pursuit.
Anticipated the Next News of
Importance Will Be From
General Butler.

LONDON, June 7.-Until the situation
in the neighborhood of Pretoria is en-
ightened the officials here as we'll as
others will find difficulty in prognosti-
eating Lord Roberts immediate pro-
gralnme. 1t appears evident that the
Boer commander.in.chie with all his
guns, withdrew in good order, probably
along the Delagoa Bay railroad, with
the view Of joining President Kruger.
So the Transvaal forces remain practi-
cally intact with Presidents Kruger
and Steyn and General Botha and Sec
rotary of State Reitz all safe and in a
position to continue the direction of af-
fairs. The more optimistic see in the
fact that President Kruger's wife and
General Botha's wife were left at Pre-
toria an indication that the president
does not count on a long resistance. In
any case it will probably take Lord
Roberts at least week to organize a
campaign of pursuit. The military
authorities anticipate that the next i'm
portant news will come from General
Buffers direction, as plenty Of time has
elapsed to complete the turning move
ment at Laings Mex.
A belated dispatch from Mafeking,
dated May 81, announces the British
occupation of Malmani, where 200 Beers
surrendered
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-07
ARE READY TO SAIL.

Battleships Massachusetts, and Indiana
Get Secret Orders.
PHILADELPHIA, June 7.-Under orders
from the navy department the battle
ships Massachusetts, and Indiana are
being prepared for sea. The orders
give no clew as to what service the YES
sells may. be called into, the notice to
Commandment Casey being simply to
get the ships ready and dispatch them
IS soon as possible to Hampton Roads,
where they are to await further ORDERS
The two vessels are loaded with
enough coal to make trip across the
Atlantic, and they contain large sup
plies of ammunition. There are 100
men in the reserve crew Of each ship,
the balance of the complement of 405
sailors and 80 marines having been dis
tributed among various naval stations
after the vessels reached here from
Brooklyn
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-07
Soldiers Dispatched to Attack
the Boxsrs. Fight a San
culinary Battle.
Large Number of Troops on Both
= Sides Reported Killed in
the Engagement.
Orders Issued For Gunboat Hell,
ena to Proceed at Once to
Chinese Waters. ss.

SHANGHAI, June 1.-THE soldiers dis
patched to attack the Boxers have
fought all engagement quite close to
Pekin. Many were killed on both sides.
The Russian minister at Pekin. NJ.
De Giers, has made another attempt to
induce the Chinese foreign Office to for.
mally request Russian assistance to re.
store order, but the offer has not vet
been accepted. =,
Violent discussions are reported to
exist between the Chinese commander.
in-chief of the forces, Jung Iu, and
Prince Ching Tuan, who, in accordance
with the wishes of the dowager en-
press, is strongly supporting the cause
of the Boxers. The mobs who MUIR
dered the English missionaries Robin.
son and Norman mutilated and disem.
bowelled the bodies. The station at
Van Tin, three miles from Pekin, has
been burned. The British minister.
Sir Claude M. Macdonald, is reported
to be quite ill.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-07
REINFORCEMENTS SENT.

Gunboat Helena Ordered From Manila to
Chinese Waters.
WASHINGTON, June 7.-Bad news
continues to come from Minister Conger
and the American naval force in The
Pei Ho river has been ordered to be re-
inforced. The minister cabled that the
situation was worse at Pekin, and this
statement, taken in connection with
Admiral Kempff's alarming cablegram
announcing. that an engagement had
begun, decided the state department to
strengthen the naval forces nearest the
scene Of trouble. Accordingly cable
gram was sent to Admiral Remey at
Manila directing him to dispatch at
once to Admiral Kempff's command the
gunboat Helena, or if that craft is not
It Manila and ready for immediate
service, then some craft of correspond
ingly light draft and power. The pur-
pose is to place at Admiral Kempff's
disposal an efficient warship capable of
ascending the Pei Ho river as far up as
Tien Tsin. 4
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SUPPORT THE PLATFORM.

New York Democrats Will Abide by De-
cision of National Convention.
NEW YORK, June 1.-The Democratic
state convention elected the following
delegates to the national convention:
David B. Hill, Richard Croker, Edward
Murphy and Augustus Van Wyck. AL
ternates, Frank Campbell, Jacob Rup-
pert, Jr., G. Morgan Sanford and James
Shevelin. Electors-at-large, Frederick
Cook of Rochester, Robert G. Titus of
Buffalo.
The platform adopted contains no re-
affirmation of the Chicago platform of
1896, but declaration that the party
in the state will support the platform Of
the Kansas City convention. It de-
clares against war taxes in time of
peace; declares for parity Of gold and
silver as currency; demands abolition
OF all customs and tariffs between Porto
Rico and the United States; condemns
trusts and monopolies and entangling
alliances; demands just and liberal pen
sion laws and election of United States
senators by the people and favors the
nomination of William j. Bryan.
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Democratic Delegates From In.
diana Will Cast Their Votes
For w. J.. Bryan.
Convention Also Reaffirms Alle-
glance to the Platform Of
Four Years Ago. ~:
Hill, Croker, Murphy and Van
Wyck Head the Delegation
From New York.

INDIANAPOLIS, June THE Demo.
Gratis OF Indiana, in convention here,
nominated a state ticket headed by
John w. Kern for governor and de-
clared for. Bryan and the Chicago plat.
form. The platform began by reafirm-
ing the allegiance of Indiana to the
principles Of liberty enunciated by JEFF
ferson and claimed TO have been cher
ished since his time. After the GUS
tomary declaration of allegiance to the
Constitution, the platform continued:
eve reafirm and pledge our allie.
glance to the principles of the Chicago
platform Of 1896, and commend it's dis
tinguished exponent, William Jennings
Bryan, to the. people of the United
States as an able statesman, sincere
patriot and an honest man who can
safely be trusted to stand all times for
the people and against their foes, at
home and abroad. The delegates Sc
lected by this convention are instructed
to cast their votes for him at the Demo
cratic convention.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1900-06-07
BATTALION OF BRITISH TAKEN

Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry Surrender
to the Beers.
LONDON, June Following is the
text Of the dispatch from Lord Roberts
announcing the disaster to the Thir.
teenth battalion, imperial yeomanry:
Pretoria Station, June 81 regret
to report that the Thirteenth imperial
yeomanry had to surrender to very
superior force Of the enemy on May 81
near Lindley. On receiving informa-
ton Of the battalion being attacked I
ordered Methuen to proceed with all
speed to it's assistance"
The Thirteenth Imperial Yeomanry
battalion captured by the Beers Friday
near Lindley, Orange River Colony,
consisted Of two Irish units and two
companies of the Duke Of Cambridge
Own, including Lord Donoughmore' s
company, which was regarded as the
crack company Of the corps, number
of men in the ranks being closely allied
to noble families.
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AGAINST COAL COMBINE.

Kansas City Jury Decides an Important
Case Affecting Trusts. =.
KANSAS City, June IA jury in the
United States district court brought in
a verdict Of guilty against the Kansas
City Coal Dealers club and allowed the
plaintiff, Samuel Hartman, $500 dam
ages, besides $500 for attorneys fees.
By it's verdict the jury declared it's be.
lief that the coal club was really a
"coal combine" John O'Grady, at
torney for the coal club, said:
'This was the first suit for damages
that was ever brought and decided un-
der the Sherman antitrust law of 1890.
1t is very important case. There
have been suits of the government un-
der the Sherman law to dissolve trusts,
but never suit for damages