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New-York tribune., 1901-02-01
SAN FR4NCISCO STOCKS.
San Francisco. Jan 31.-The official closing quo
tations for mining stocks to-day were follows:
NAVAL STORES.

steader feeling prevailed In the market for spirits TO-
day. presumably OF higher Savannah market.
prices the i2c above
days figures Rosn was however. quiet and without
material change We quote
TAR-ReRulars. 50. do oil. bhs So
TT UEPENTINE-Spirtts. 4Oisd41c.
ROsIN-Common 20 good strained. 81 e. z. 81 -. F.
81 80; g. 81 81 H. 81 90; 81 %. X, 81; NJ 81 10: n.
So 35; " q. 81 so: W W. So.
STOCKS ON HAND.
spirits turpentine bbls 28Ia
Charleston. Jan. 3l.-Turpenttne steady sc. Rosn
firm. unchanged.
Sevannah. Jan 3l-Spirits turpentine quiet. 3sc:
eeipts. 500 bales sales 3s4 Rosin firm unchanged
receipts, 1928 bales; sales $50.
Wilmington y G.. Jan 31.-Spirits turpentine-Noth-
ing doing receipts q casks Rosin steady. unchanged;
receipts II bbls Crude urpentine 81 and 20.
receipts 1o4 bbls Tar steady. 81 25 receipts 30 bbis
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combined capitalization OF s155 00o O00 and al
ready closely affiliated. but latest reports that
they viii pass under one general management with
headquarters I'm PittsburE At the local office of the
Tin Plate company II declared yesterday that
nothing was known about the reported amalgama-
New-York tribune., 1901-02-01
ROGERS. PEET & COMPANY

cotton yesterday went as low as 9.75. but ruled
most Of the day at 1929 at which figure IL was
quoted before the squeeze Of the shorts began.
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DESIGNATE THE PASTOR THEY WANT.

The trustees Of the Dekalb Avenue Methodist
Church. Brooklyn. have requested the Presiding
Elder OF the district 10 secure the appointment OF
the Rev. ". A Layton to succeed the Rev DR.. J.
Benson Hamilton pastor OF the church. DR..
Hamilton is 10 retire az the next conference 10 ac
cept the presidency OF Walden University, Nash
vile Tenn.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-01
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

Sunrise 7.lo Moon sets Moons axe II
HIGH WATER
A NJ Sandy Hook Island Il Hell cate
7 N.-Sarfv Hook G:is GOV Island $50 Hon
New-York tribune., 1901-02-01

E. s. SCHENCK AND CITIZENS NATIONAL.
1t Is understood that Edward S Schenck presi-
dent OF the Hamilton Bank, Harlem, who was
elected Tuesday director Of the National Citi-
Bank. Will soon be made cashier and vice
president Of the latter institution. Frederick r.
Schenck, brother of Edward ). SChenCk. is pTesi-
dent Of the Mercantile National Bank
New-York tribune., 1901-02-01
Announcements

Prince Albert No. .
F'uIl Dress Shirts. p. & Y
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Amusemenis,

Steamer city Macon. Savage Boston Ocean ss
United transport RawlinE Bennett Cienfuegos
January y and Havana a. with 10 cabin and as enlisted
and discharged soldiers 70 the United States Quar-
terasters Department. Arrived at the Bar at IL 46
a
United States revenue cutter Gresham. Walker
cruise Of Sandy Hook.
Steamer p PnsO Boyd New-Orleans January ~. with
nadse 10 T Van Sickle Anchored outside the Bar at
lu:-4 j m.
Steamer City Augusta Daggstt. Savannah January
20 with dse and passengers the Ocean SIS Co Passed
IN Quarantine g-36 m
Sandy Hook. n ). Jan 81 $50 ? m-wind northwest,
moderate. clear.
SAILED
Renheiul tRr) Hamburg. Sabine (supposei).
Galveston: Pretoria tbr Bermuda: La Gaseogne ttr
HAVE AuEIste Victoria Cer). Algiers Genoa etc; An
fia tfr Nassau; bagsry CNorI Guantanamo TaAahas-
Savannah. Bluenelds. Baltimore Nenar. 0ier).
bremen Princess Anne Norfolk and Newport News. FL
Nortr New-Orleans. Saratoga. Nassau Santiago. etc.
Muuehaha tBrl, London; Gulf Stream. Philadelphia.
United States transport Mcpherson Cuba
New-York tribune., 1901-02-01

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01
supplanting the Branding Iron.

F. K. Granger Of Aberdeen has in.
vented chemical deyice for the brand
ing of live stock that Is designed to take
the place of the old time branding iron.
He has made application for patent, and
Is going to put the article on the market.
1t affixes the brand to animals by means
Of a chemical which burns of the hair
and leaves the stamp permanently I'M
printed on the hide. The chemical is
placed in cylinder arranged like a
syringe. On the face of the can or
syringe is a stensil containing the let.
ters or marks desired. The liquid is
loaded into the rear chamber of the
cylinder and by working the. piston,
which Is fitted with a brush, as much of
the liquid as may be desired is forced
through the stencil on the points OF the
brush onto the hide, where it burns in
the characters. The device does away
with all necessity of heating irons, either
by charcoal, gasoline or any other in.
fammable, and for that reason avoids
all danger and no end of trouble. The
machine is light. weighing less than two
pounds when loaded and can be hand
led as easily as an ordinary syringe.
Cattlemen all over the country will no
doubt adopt the Granger brsnder when
they become acquainted with its merits.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01
star Route Mail Contracts.

A report comes from Washington that
some radical changes are to be made in
the letting Of contracts for the carrying
of mail star routes. About the middle
of September the postoffice department
will advertise for proposals for all star
routes in Nebraska. Iowa, South Da-
kota, Wyoming and all other western
states, the contracts to coyer a period of
four years. In the new letting of con-
tracts the department will require that
bidders shall live on or in the vicinity
of the routes upon which they bid. thus
putting an end to the speculatile bid
ding which has prevailed in the past,
whereby the eastern contractors have
secured majority of the western con-
tracts at low figures, depending upon
local sub. contractors to perform the
work. The department intends to shut
out spectators, VINO have been in the
habit of sub-letting their contracts, col.
lecting from the government and omit
ting to pay the men who did the deliver
ing.
Aside from this innovation, however,
all bidders will be given to understand
that each contract calls for u new US.
tenn of box delivery, whereby the car
riers will be required to deposit the mail
in the boxes of settlers living along the
route, when such settlers request such
service. 1t Is expected the new con-
tracts will be slightly advanced, but the
fact that local bidders will be recognized
over spectators, and because Of the ex-
ira service required by box delivery, the
department makes the extra expenditure
Unstable.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01
use OF Tungsten.

The following article is taken from
the Denver Post and will be of interest
to all prospectors, more especially SO to
those who own ledges which carry tung-
stem:
Some timc ngo Port subscriber in
Brighton wrote that quite discussion
had arisen there over the use of VOL
frantic or tungsten in hardening steel.
The upshot OF the matter was that one
bet the other that there was never an
ounce Of wolframite put into steel rail
or steel bar. 1t is probable that this
contention is right, for the reason that
tungsten is much to scarce and the
price to high for use in steel rails or
ordinary bars. Tungstic oxide with iron
forms dense hard alloy, which is used
in the manufacture of mechanics tools
and other instruments when great hard
ness is required.
Mineral industry" tells us that many
self hardened tools are made from tung-
stem steel which has the special proper
ty Of preserving its hardness even when
heated to temperatures that would rap
idly draw the temper from ordinary high
carbon tool steels. To illustrate the
limited nsc of tungsten, owing TO the
rarity OF available mineral Of that class,
II may be stated that the production in
1899 was only SO long tons Of high grade
ores carrying 60 to 20 per cent tungstic
acid. In addition, the mines in Law
renee county. South Dakota, produced
LOG tons of ora carrying 3S to so per
cent. A small amount was also produc-
ed in Connecticut. and three tons in
Colorado. When this report was made,
tungsten had not become one of the pro-
ducts of Boulder county. About seven
long tons containing IS to 6s per cent
tungstic acid was shipped from the Ari-
zona mines to Philadelphia. Now as to
the cost of these ores. In 1893 tungsten
sold fiom 60 cents to 81 per pound. The
Arizona shipments were marketed in
Philadelphia for $500 per ton for 6s per
cent. ore. The shipments to the Chrome
steel works in Brooklyn, N. Y, were
valued at $500 per ton on the basis Of
90 per cent. ore. but more recently pur-
chases were made of so per cent. ore for
$225 per short ton. In 1900 San Juan
county, Colorado, produced 5000 pounds
of7l per cent. tungstic acid, {, 900 pounds
6S per cent. Boulder in the same year,
produced, largely from Conger and
Wanamaker mines, $4,000 pounds of IS
per cent. tungstic acid. With these facts
before as, it is pretty safe TO say that
tungsten never enters into the manu-.
facture Of railway rails. 1t is sometimes
used as mordant in dyeiny In the form
] Of tungstate Of coda.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01
Know Your Property.

There 10 no reason why b prospector
should not know his property. and un.
derstand his ores ~ thoroughly 90 does
. practical operating miner. Few pros.
pectors who hsve more or less deyel-
oped mining claim for sale, can give an
intending purchaser any information IN
to the value or character OF his ores,
and where this cannot be done . pros
pector is certainly not equipped to fix \
price on his holdings, says Mineral
Wealth. OF course an intending ptir-
chaser will examine q property and
make tests to satisfy himself, and to
verify the report which the owner may
give, but the preliminary knowledge is
valuable to the probable purchaser. and
Invaluable to the prospector, who should
certainly know his ores and know some.
thing OF his values and the methods nec.
essary for the recovery Of the satns.
Many prospectors may say they cam
not afford to do this; the fact is they
cannot afford not to do it. 1t is as nee
sssary to know what you haye as it is to
find prospect. A proper map showing
every foot Of the workings. complete
record Of every assay made and showing
from what portion of the workings the
sample was taken, is something every
prospector should keep who has Q pros.
pect worth working on. II the ore
carries sulphurets. the value and char
acter should be determined, and work.
ing test should be made-thsn the pros
pector 10 in position to give informs-
tion to an intending purchaser. and he
can form proper idea Of the value Of
bis prospect. Not knowing these things
may deceive himself, ask too great q
price and miss sale, or ask less for the
property than it is worth, and lose
moDev
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01

According to the State Register the
state Of South Dakota will in year or
two at most, be given the custody of the
plats, field notes, and other records in
the Office of the surveyor general, and
that office be discontinued for this state.
1t is not generally known that the sur
veys in this state have been completed,
including oil Indian reservations and
everything else. but such is fact. Sur
veyor General Morris in his report 10
the government estimates that out few
thousand dollars will be required to
complete the entire work in this state.
As soon as the work Is completed the
government will discontinue the Office
aud the records will be turned over to
the state for safe keeping. These records
will be valuable, especially to the state
land department and will also be a
source of revenue to the state, as certi-
fed copies will then be furnished by the
secretary Of state. At present the state
land department Is required to pay for
copies of surveys the same as private in
diyiduals. When these records are re-
ceived by the state the secre;ary's Office
will require a largo amount Of vanlt
room to properly care for the same.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01
Mining Iteme.

Manager Graydon closed down work
at the Grow n mica inine last Saturday.
We understand. the shut down is only
temporary and that work will be resum.
ed again in the near future.
DR.. Rate informs us that Mr.. Val
Becker, of Council Bluffs. Iowa, one Of
the principal stockholders in the Ivan
hoe Mining and Milling Co, was In town
a few days ago and went oyer to Chill
koot and took look at the company 3
mining property. He returned we'll
satisfied with the mineral prospects he
saw there OF every hand. Development
work, 1t is thought, will be commenced
In about thirty days.-Keystone Miner.
Frank Hebert was over from Oreyille
Tuesday. He brought with him a gold
button valued at something over 800,
the result of q clean up from 40 tons OF
ore from the upper shoot OF his famous
Clara Belle mine. Mr.. Hebert stated
that this ore is holding its own, both in
width and richness as depth is attained,
the vein at depth of 1875 feet being be.
tween four and Eve feet wide. He has
enough ore ahead now to keep the two
stamp Tremain mill running day and
night.
p. III. Bertschy was over from the Blue
Lead near Sheridan Saturday. TO q
reporter OF the CHRONICLE he stated that
the tunnel in the Blue Lead is in about
1850 feet in very hard rock. It is ex-
pected that the vein will be encountered
some time this summer. Mr.. Bertschy
also stated that Hon. S. A. Baxter oi
Lima, Ohio, the principal owner Of the
southern extension of the Blue Lead ia
on the ground making arrangements to
commence extensive development work
on that property in the near future.
Perry expects to return to Custer about
July LIST to remain.
1t is reported on what appears to be
good authority that the Holy Terror
is practically grounded, on account OF
their having worked out the ore in
sight. In other words if this report be
true this company has followed in the
footsteps of many others in working out
their ore in sight and not at the ssms
time doing any dead work in prospect.
ing for other ore to keep them going
after the other bodies were exhausted.
1t turns out to be short sighted policy
for mine management to pay a few
months fabulous dividends and cease
the opening up of the mine as when
the mine ceases to produce the stock.
holders lose sight of all the double
header dividends. Lead Call.
NORTH STAR NINE.
Henry Lennon. of this city, accom-.
panied by Allen q. Fisher. of Omaha
and Herman Dreibus, Of the Same place
left via the Burlington this morning fol-
Custer from where they will 60 to the
North Star property. which is located
west of the B. & NJ. and about eight
miles north Of Custer and southwest ol
Hill City. Mr.. Lennon, who is one ol
the most energetic and popular miners
and mine operators in the Hills. has
been given charge of the opening up o
this property and his plan is to get the
ore first and then get the plantto reduce
1t, which must mean success, provided
the ore exists in paying quantities. A,
present the main shaft is down three
] hundred feet and on this level it is pro
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01
peyoe,. we.ther roreca.,. for June

Devoe's Weather Forecasts for Juno.
This month will be noted for great
storms and heavy rains with violent
changes in temperature unusual at this
season Of the year. Floods are probable
oyer the Mississippi and Ohio Valleys
and should be prepared for. From lst
to 4th great storm will form over
Texas, and move up the Mississippi
Valley, causing very heavy rains over
the southwestern states followed by un-
usually cold weather over the northern,
and hot and sultry oyer the Gulf states
from 5th to 9Th, and showery, threaten.
ing weather from 9th to 1lth. On the
18th to 14th a storm will form over the
East Gulf states and move up the At
lantic coast, causing heavy rains oyer
the Middle Atlantic. violent local thun-
der storms over the southern, and cold
weather over the northern states. 18th
to 2ist, cloudy. threatening weather fol.
lowed by heavy rains over the Ohio
Valley and west Gulf states, with dan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01
A Good Cough Medicine.

II speaks well for Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy when druggists use It in
their own families in preference to any
other. II have sold Cham berlain1s
Cough Remedy for the past Ave years
with complete satisfaction to myself and
Customers" says Druggist j. Goldsmith,
Van Etten, N. Y. "I have always used
il in my own family both for ordinary
coughs and colds and for the cough foi.
lowing la grippe. and find it very eiiica-
cious." For sale by A. j. Jones.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01
Personal Msptiun.

II. G. Wise vas up from Chilcoot
Wednesday.
II. Cady of Omaha was an arrival Ia
the city Monday.
A. &. Hackney represented Keystone
In the city Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. WiIber Wright spent
Sunday at Hot Springs.
T.v. Garlock returned from trip
down the road Monday.
L. A. Collins OF Chicago had rooms at
the Kleemann Tuesday.
II. II. Francis and wits were in from
spring creek Wednesday.
Robt. halston of Keystone spent sew
eral days In the city this week.
Ed. l.. Grantham returned Tuesday
from weeks visit in Missouri.
NJ. A. Willis spent Monday and Tues.
day in Hot Springs on business.
C. w. Robbins returned Saturday from
a short business trip to Hill City.
G. c. Johnston of Omaha was register.
ed at the Kleemann Wednesday.
B. r. Wood spent Wednesday and
Thursday in Deadwood on business.
Supt. Love, of the Willow Greek Min
ing company, was an arrival Monday.
Prof. Watson departed Saturday for
his future home in southern California.
S. NJ. Houghton of Deadwood was in.
teryiewing Custer merchants Wednes-
day.
Chris Holly returned Thursday from
q short business trip to the northern
Hills.
E. s. Leonard was a registered guest
at the Kleemann Tuesday from Dead
wood.
S. L. Caple of Folsom passed through
Custer Tuesday p. m. on his return from
Texas. =.
Mrs. II. e. Hickman left Monday for
visit with her mother in Newcastle,
Wyoming.
DR.. P. G. Grimm of Buffalo Gap was
transacting business at the county seat
Wednesday.
w. H. Walling spent few days at
Hot Springs the forepart of the week,
returning Tuesday.
Mrs. J. C. Wolfe of Pringle spent Sat.
urday in the city transacting business
and visiting with friends.
Mrs. J. C. Spencer came up from Hot
Springs Tuesday, and has since been the
guest of Mrs. G. G. Crary.
Prof. F. L. Cook Of the Spearfish Nor.
NAL school. made the CnRoNicIE Office q
pleasant call last Saturday.
J. G. Spencer came in from the L. A,
X. ranch Monday and took the $3.50
train for the northern Hills.
Dr.. Blachley of Buffalo Gap has been
visitor in the city this week, the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. s. Putnam.
J. P. Lucas, a prominent stockman
from Folsom, was transacting business
at the county seat Wednesday.
Mead Fearing returned Monday from
Hill City, near which place he has been
working in mine for some weeks past
DR.. Edward Fink, the Milwaukee
mining engineer. after spending week
in the Dansby district, left for home
Sunday.
George Phillips returned Saturday
from four months visit with his fam.
lily at Akron, Ohio. He expects to start
up the Paint mill in the near future.
Mrs. Zach Holmes is enjoying visi,
from her sister, Mrs. Anna Peltz, Of Gus.
ter. and Mrs. Peltz' daughter, Mrs. Lille
Bourne, Of Minnekahta. They will be
here two weeks.-Rapid Journal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01
The Right Remedy.

Hundreds who have exhausted the
skill of doctors and vainly sought relief
in the many modes Of local treatment
have been cured Of rheumatism, back
ache and kidney troubles by DeBell's
Kidney Pills even after having good
reason to think themselves incurable.
DeBell's Kidney Pills goes direct
TO the CAUSE Of the diseases and a sure
cents per box. For sale by A. j. Jones.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01

Last Friday evening the opera house
was crowded with friends and relatives
Of the araduates Of the Custer High
School. The past year, under the lead
ership of Prof. Watson. assisted by his
able corps OF Instructors. 4 has showed
marked ptogress "a .hs affairs Of our
schools. and the progrsm was one of the
browning events in the hives Of sin of
Clusters brightest boys and girls. The
program was long and well executed.
The stage was nicely decorated with the
national and class colors and presented
q very attractive and bright appearance.
Above the stage, in large gilt letters,
was the class motto Launched, but
not Anchored" The program was as
follows!
Music. piano duett.
Invocation. Rev. Katherine Powell.
Drill. Second primary room.
Recitation, Grace McFadden.
Calisthenics, intermediate room.
Song, grammar room.
GRADUATING EXERCISES.
Sslutatory, Miss Ollie Courtney.
Song, Five Girls.
Annual address, Prof. F. L. Cook.
Solo, Miss Jones.
Valedictory, Faith Powell.
Music, piano solo.
Presentation Of diplomas.
Benediction, Rev. Katherine Powell.
The graduates ofthe school were Will.
liam Courtney, Lee Butcher, George
Tubbs, Albert Wiehe. Faith Powell, and
Ollie Courtney. They. with Prof Wat.
son, and Prof. Cook of the Spearfish
Normal school, were seated on the stage.
Prof. Cook delivered tho address to
the graduates and presented the dl
plomas In short but pointed speech.
His words were attentivsly listened to
and IL adhered to would be of inestim.
able value to the class in the new life
they are about to enter.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01

The county commissioners of Fall
River county believe that they have
evolved scheme which will cause the
personal property tax payers to give the
assessor more nearly what they should
than they have been in the habit Of do.
ing. 1t is proposed to have the assss-
sor's returns Of personal property print
cd, 60 that every man may see just what
his neighbor gave In as his assessment.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01

ger of floods and tofnadoss In tho Ohio
and Mississippi Valley. end to oath,
cold wave and danger OF frost and snow
over the northwestern states. but hot
over the East Gulffegion. 25th to 2Sth,
another storm will form over the Ohio
Valley, causing heavy rains throughout
the middle section ofths United States.
2Sth TO Sist, cold ovsf the northern, and
hot over the South Atlantic states, with
floods oyer the Ohio Valley.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01

What is known as the Platt amend
ment was accepted by the Cuban con-
stitutional convention on the 2Sth by a
good majority, says a dispatch from
Havana. The summary Of the Platt
amendment is as follows: Cuba shall
not make treaties with foreign powers
that would impair her independence; I;
Cuba shall not contract debts beyond
her power to liquidate; that United
States may intervene for the preserya.
ton of Cuban independence; all acts Of
the United States in Cuba during the
military occupation of the islands are
ratified; Cuba shall take proper meas
ures to preserve the sanitary welfare Of
the island, and shall exercise precau.
tions against the spread Of infectious
diseases to the United States; that dis
position Of the Isle Of Pines shall be left
to adjustment by treaty; Cuba shall sell
or lease lands to the United States for
coaling or naval stations. The forego.
ing shall be embodied in permanent
treaty with the United States.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01

Iroquois Chief. The government has
ordered the Wind Cave re.opened. This
refers to the wind cave ut Hot Springs,
8. D.. and not the one at Lincoln, Neb.
The latter has never been closed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-06-01

The war department has decided TO
reduce the army in the Philippines to
10000 men. All the volunteers will be
on their way homo before the end Of
June.