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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-02-09
Head for

Life: She-There isn't one man in a
million who would be so mean to his wife
and children as you are.
He-Now, that is what / admire In you,
my dear; you have such a head for fig
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-02-09

SIOUX CITY PIG. CO., 1855, 1901
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

seen hard service in two wars, was an
"artful dodger" in a third, and almost
sank a Spanish torpedo boat, the Flu
ror, in fourth, while coming up from
ST. CroiX to ST. Thomas. 1t would
have been an accident, of course. for
the Vigilant was only a spectator in
the recent Spanish war, but owing to
her bad reputation it would have been
hard to have convinced the world that
1t was not intentional. The Furor was
on it's way from Martinique to San
Juan de Porto Rico and the Vigilant
almost ran over her just south of st.
Thomas, in light fog. 1t was at
night, and to escape the Yankee crut-
sers the Furor was sailing without
lights. The vessels escaped collision by
inches only.
There is at least one other case on
record of a ship surviving her crew.
The whaler Robert r. jenkins of Port
land, Me-, sailed out from that port in
1872 and was never heard of until last
year, when she was picked up by the
City of Ascalon i'm the North Atlantic.
Two of her masts were gone, her decks
were crushed and her boats had disap-
peared, but she was sound below water.
Her papers showed that she had been
caught in the ice in Davis Straits and
so badly pinched in the foe that her
worthy. To make matters worse, the
ice was packed by a storm, and many
tons had fallen on her deck, crushing
her upper works Eventually her crew
abandoned her. They have never been
heard of, but the ship after years of
drifting in the ice packs, during which
she may have been nearer the pole
than any other craft, was at last
caught in the Arctic current and car
ried slowly south, her tough timbers
having withstood the gales of twenty
eight winters.
1t seems impossible to sink some
Walter Scott is a case in point. She
was in the Chill nitrate trade. and in
June, 1897, on her voyage out from
England, was caught in pampero off
the Argentine coast. She was struck
by lightning and set on fire. Then a
big wave smashed down on her and
half filled her. She rode out the storm
and got safe into Buenos Ayres under
half sail.
A couple of months later she was
leaving Junin, Chill, when the wind
failed, the current caught her, and she
went on the rocks at the mouth of the
harbor. Coming back round the Horn
furious southerly gale broke and she
lost nearly all her canvas, her boats
| and four men, and was so badly strain
ed that she leaked like a sieve. She
was almost waterlogged when a steam
er, the Edgeworth, came in sight and
towed her in to Sandy Point.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

became a privateer again and robbed
only English ships until the second
peace was declared. Then she turned
SLAYER.
Under a new captain she made many
trips between the African and Ameri-
can coasts. Selling negroes there and
selling them in Virginia and Georgia.
She continued in this trade, with oc-
casional lapses into piracy, and under
various commanders, when for sec
ond time she was captured and scut-
tied, this time by a Frenchman and
near the island of Guadeloupe, where
some of her acts of piracy had been
committed. She was raised and re-
paired by native of that island, and
in 1862 was sold to a Southern sympa-
thizer. She saw some service as a
blockade runner, and after the war she
transacted her first legitimate business,
engaging for time in the fruit-carry-
ing trade. Then she was purchased by
the father of her present owner, Cap
tain Peter G. Penthany of ST. CroiX,
who used her as a passenger and
freight boat plying between the islands
of St Thomas and ST CroiX. She Is
still in that trade. but in addition is a
chartered mail boat under contract to
the Dutch government. Some idea OF
her heetness can be gathered from the
statement that she makes the forty
three-mile trip between the islands in
a little more than three hours. Her re-
formation is now complete. she has
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

of the Vigilant groaned many times
under the impact of the Spaniards
round shot. but she gave them many
blows in return, and when night came
on she stole away from them and
sneaked into ST. Thomas for repairs.
using the then little known passage be-
tween st. John and st. Thomas to eff
feet her escape. Below decks on the
Vigilant you still can see the marks of
the pounding she received in that run
ming fight.
In IVA the Vigilant was taken una
wares by a British gunboat. and in
the fight that ensued her captain was
killed and the pirate taken by board
ers. She had no chance to run for
it, being caught inside off the rocky
coast of st. John as she was heading
down for a cruise among the Leeward
Islands. The Vigilant was scuttled and
abandoned after her men had been
taken off. 1t was expected that she
would go down in deep water and that
that would be the last of her. But her
sails had been left standing, and a
sudden puff of wind filed them and
carried her upon reef, where,
as her mast went by the board
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01
BURGLARS NEVER BOLD.
"Grltty" Foster From Joliet Gives
Up Professional Secrets.


From the Chicago Times erald.
Bold burglars or bold crooks" of
any sort, are much more scarce than
their victims have any idea of. They
don't succeed because they are bold or
have bravery that amounts to more
than sublime assurance, out because
the great majority of their victims are
towards" These were the words of
Charles F. Foster alias Gritty" and
numerous other names, all of which he
himself cannot remember, as he reach
ed Jersey City on his way from Joliet,
Ill, where he had spent three years and
eight months for burglary in Chicago.
That's right" continued Charley,
land l know what I'm talking about
A burglar with sense knows that people
will get out of his way as a rule, and
will only be too glad to allow him tc
escape rather than to run the risk oil
having their own skins hurt.
Il have known a man to lie awake II
bed and make believe to be asleep
hoping that the burglar in the room
would get through his work and hurry
away without hurting him. He was q
coward. and the burglar, who was just
as big a coward, took advantage of the
fact. He knew the man was awake.
IF that man had moved the burglar
would have 'skedaddled.' with visions
of a bullet behind him. OF course, IL a
burglar is cornered, he is like a rat
in the same fiX-he will fight.
"Cowardice simply invites burglars
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

and she seemed a total wreck, the
British commander left her.
1t would have been better for his
country if he had set fire to her there
and made her destruction certain, for
within two years the American colonies
revolted and another fighting man got
control of the pirate ship, raised her
and equipped her as privateer. All
during the war for independence the
Vigilant cruised in the Caribbean,
chasing and capturing and sinking
British merchantmen. But after that
war she lapsed again into her old pi-
ratical ways. and then she robbed
ocean travellers Unfortunately and
irrespective of their nationalities.
Pirates do not keep logs, or at least
they did not in the good old days. :"
So there is no authentic account of her
subsequent adventures under the black
flag. But in 1872 the Vigilant got good
again for a short spell-that is, she
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

Ii the rule was to receive burglars with
a club or revolver there would be lots
fewer i'm the business. If men were
willing to take a little chance of be-
ing hurt burglars wouldn't take
chances with them. No men are more
careful of their hides than burglars,
and their courage amounts only to a
reliance on the weakness of human
nature.
Think of the cowardice which al
lows two or three men to hold up two
or three dozen men in a railway train.
A little grit would enable them to over
throw the highwaymen in a minute,
but each one is afraid to lead and they
submit like sheep. The profession un-
derstands this.
After two or three cases of jumping
on the train robbers-even at the risk
of some injury or even death-there
would be no more train robberies. But
people submit and the business goes
on. Bravery of burglars is bosh."
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01

Unreasonable" here!" an
grily exclaimed the householder. point
ing to a cigar stump that lay on the
floor of the back porch. That was in
the lump of ice you left here yesterday
morning."
Well" belligerently deplied the ice
man, what did you expect to get for
Is cents? A box Of protectors 7"-chI-
cago Tribune
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-01
ATONEMENT FOR HER SINS.
Respectable Ending of the vigiIant's
Racy Career.


From the New York Press.
The lives of ships are much like the
lives of men. Some go to destruction
in their youth; some live to a ripe old
age. Some are tied up in snug har-
Dor and calmly rot to death, and some
meet with violence on the high seas
and never are heard of more. The
ship that is a hundred years old is as
rare as the mortal of that age, and
the ship that has seen a century and
half, not of mere existence, but of
almost continuous service, is a Methu-
selah of the deep sea. There is one
such, and her name is Vigilant.
AS ''one man in his time plays many
parts" so this Vigilant has been many
things at various times in career ex-
tending over all of one century and
parts of two others. She has been pi-
rate, privateer. pirate again, privateer
again, and SLAYER between times. She
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-16
Deeiduous and Citrus Fruits.

Cranberries are again about cleaned out OF
first hands but fresh arrivals are expected
Monday. The market rules firm.
Arrival of 493 cases Mexican Lines. Other
wise there is nothing new in citrus fruits.
Large berries came in late again. and had
to go to the Gamers. There were no mere
Huckleberries on the market.
Grapes continued to drag. the demand being
light, with no call for shipping. The Martinez
boat was late, and most of the large packages
were carried over. Some sold for wine.
DECIDUOUS FRUITS.
APPLES-s1Q1 % per box for extra, 5OGS5c
for good to choice and 23150c for ordinary
Lady Apples. 81 75Q2.
POMEGRANATES-6 5c@s1 per box.
PEARS-Winter Nellis, 81 25q1 90 per box;
common. 50@75c
QUINCEs-25Q5cc per box
PERSIMMONS-65cds per box.
STRAWBERRIES-S9@10 per chest for Long
worths and s3q5 for large berries.
BLACKBERRIES- per chest.
RASPBERRIES-s4 25Q7 per chest.
LOGAN BERRIES-None in
HUCKLEBERRIES-Non in.
CRANBERRIES-Cape Cod. SO 50Q11 per bar
rel; Coos Bay. So per box
FIGS so for double and soc for single
layer boxes.
GRAPEs-verdels. 25G65c per box and crate:
Tokay, G5@75c; Isabellas, 75c9S1; Muscat, 4oQ
CITRUS FRUITS-Oranges, S1Q2 for COM
rnon 81 5O@S for good to choice and So % for
fancy new Navels, 81 50qS 20; Seedlings, 81 Esq
%; Tangerines, SOL %; Lemons, SOL 80 for
common and S2Q2 so for good to choice;
Grape Fruit, 81 5Oq2 so; Mexican Lines. $40
leans and $1q2 for Hawaiian; Pineapples, ssQ4
per dozen.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-16
General Merchandise.

GRAIN BAGS-Calcutta Grain Bags, &c; local
make, &c less than Cafcuttas: Wool Bags. 90
@35c; Fleece Irvine, 71zGSc; Fruit Bags, $40
615c for cotton and 7@71zc for jute.
COAL-Wellington, 50 per ton; Southheld
Wellington, 50; Seattle. S. so; Bryant. S. 80;
Coos Bay S. so; Wallsend, 50; Cooperative
Wallsend, 50; Cumberland, S12 in bulk and S13 25
in sacks; Pennsylvania Anthracite Egg, SIS;
Camel. $11 per ton; Coke, SIS per ton in bulk
and s17 in sacks; Rocky Mountain descriptions
IS As per 1000 lbs and IS 80 per ton, according to
OILsCalifornia Castor Oil. in cases. No. 1.
zoe; pure, 81 20; Linseed OIL in barrels, boiled.
boiled and &c for raw in barrels; Lard Oil
extra winter strained, barrels S5ci cases, 9Oc.
China Nut, 55q72c per gallon; pure Neatsfoot
in barrels, zoe; cases. 75c: Sperm. pure. CSC
Fish Oil, barrels. S71ac; cases. 4215c; Cocoanut
Oil. barrels. 631sc for Ceylon and 5s1zc for Aus
COAL oII-water White Coal Oil. in bulk
zoe; Extra Star, 24c; Elaine, Csc; Eocene, 22c:
deodorized stove Gasoline, in bulk 15c; in
cases. 211kc; Benzine. in bulk. 14c; in cases
2O1zc; Ss-degree Gasoline. in bulk zoe; in cases.
TURPENTINE-5s1 per gallon in cases and
SIC in drums and iron barrels
SUGAR-The Western Sugar Refining Com
pany quotes, per ID, in 1G0-lb bags:
Cubes, Crushed and Fine Crushed, 400: Pow
dered. 475c; Candy GRADUATED. 4.75c; Dry
Granulated, 4.65c; Beet Granulated C1OO-lb ba rs
only. 445c; Magnolia A. A 25c: Extra c. 4 15c.
Golden c. 4.05c; d, 3.95c; barrels 1Oc more:
alf-barrels. 25c more; boxes SOC more: 50-lb
bags, 10c more No orders taken for less than
70 barrels or its equivalent Dominos half
barrels, 5.15c; boxes, 5.4Oc per Id. No orders
for Granulated will be taken that consist OF
more than % per cent of Beet Sugar.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-16
Hides, TaHoa0, Wool and Hops.

HIDES AND SKINS-Culls and brands sell
about 11zc under quotations. Heavy sailed
Steers, lie; medium. 1Oc; light. &c; Cow
Hides, 91sc for heavy and &c for light;
Stays, &c; Sailed Kip s1zc; Sailed Veal, 1Oc:
Sailed Calf. 1Oc; Dry Hides. lie: Culls 15c; Dry
Kip. 15c; Dry Calf. 1sG1sc; Culls and
Brands. 15@16c; sheepskins. shearlings. 15GsOc
each; short Wool. 10000 each; medium. 500
75c; long Wool. S0cGs1 10 each; Horse Hides,
salt, 81 5062 70 for large and s2q2 % for me
dunn, 81 Is for small and SOC for Colts; Horse
Hides dry, 81 rs for large. 81 25@1 so for me-
dunn. 81 % for small and SOC for Colts. Deer
skins-Summer or red skins, CSC; fall or me-
dunn skins soc; winter thin skins, zoe. Goat
skins-Prime Angoras. 75c; large and smooth
soc: medium, Csc.
TALLoW-Reined, SIC; No. 1 rendered. so
SIC per Id: No. 3 4d415c; grease, Sc.
WOOL-Spring. 1900 to 1901-Southern. defec-
tive months. 7QSc Oregon Valley fine. 100
15c: do. medium and coarse. 11G13c; Oregon.
Eastern. choice. 11q1Sc; do. fair to good. 80
lie; Nevada, 10G12c.
Lambs. 7lzQ9c; Middle County, sG1Oc; North
ern Mountain. free. 9G10c; do. defective. s69c;
Humboldt and Mendocino. 11G12c per Id.
HOPS9G10c for fair and 1Iq13c per ID for
70 choice.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-16
Chicago Grain and Produce.

CHICAGO, Nov. 15.-Corn traders ignored a
heavy European situation as indicated by
lower cables at the opening and started De-
ceEber unchanged to Ac higher at 5s7sc to
6O1sc. The rapidly growing strength that has
manifested itself lately in the pit began to
dominate the whole board. New arrivals are
in great demand and the presence of Kansas
City grain here bidding for carload
offerings for shipment to Kansas and Okla
homa is a dead weight to the bear argument.
New corn was bid for far beyond the supplies
at hand, No. bringing 59c to 6Oc and No.
60. to Gle. December advanced quickly to
60Nc. At this price, however, proft-taking
was popular and prices eased off somewhat.
Toward the end the. session the demand
Sprang UP again and December closed strong,
as6DAc up, at 6012Q605sc.
Undoubtedly the greatest support to wheat
the strongly bulliSh tendency OF the corn
and oats markets Wheat opened strong, con-
siderng the weaker cable list large receipts
and only fair clearances. Early offerings were
light, the outside markets were bullish and
December which started unchanged at 72bc
TO 72Ac, quickly sold up 10 723sc. High prices
resulted in considerable liquidation, but the
market stood it well. Later reports indicating
freezing weather would find the grain too
weak to live brought another advance, Decem-
Der closing firm, 11c up at I2SsQ72Ac.
The bull factors in oats were the same as
strong cash market and the corn advance.
December opened &c lower but quickly re-
covered on active buying and short demand.
Before noon prices had passed yesterdays high
in seven years. Selling scattered until
high prices influenced proft-taking. Deem
Der closed. firm, 7sq1zc higher. at 4OA@4o2sc.
Provisions were quiet with an easy tone and
a fairly steady market. January pork closed
PIC up, January lard and ribs a shade lower
The leading futures ranged follows:
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-16
Bradstreet's ON Trade.

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-Bradstreet,s to-rnor-
will say:
Favorable features still largely in The
ascendant and the current of business is run
ming full the country over. In some directions.
indeed, notably in the matter of forwarding az
general merchandise, grain, ORE coal iron and
lumber, complaints of insufficient transporta-
tion facilities have become more marked. Sea-
sonable weather conditions East North and
west have expanded retail trade and ENLARGED
reassorting orders from jobbers. Weather
conditions at the South nave, however NOT
been entirely favorable and complaints of slow
ness OF collections. due to the backward cot
ton crop or the lower prices paid therefor
have been more numerous
\ favorable feature as regards this latter sit
uatlon, however, is the turn for the better in
prices. Following the active buying NV mann,
has had sustained activity at leading Eastern
and Western markets. without, however anv
noted at the West is the continuance of the
drouth in parts of Kansas and Missouri where
livestock is being rushed to market because of
insufficient water supplies.
Demand for iron and steel is heavy and near
~ all lines share in the strength Pig iron
is active at all markets at % cents per ton
premium for immediate delivery Stocks arc
smaller than a month ago Steel biIle+s .re
also in demand and find ready sale at s2S nar
at Pittsburg. The rail situation is one IF
special strength. the leading interest being
reported as having its output for the year
1902 booked. New rail orders at Pittsburg this
week aggregate 100000 tons, and mills in thai
district are sold up to next December. No
advance in the price of rails is looked for and
railroads not already booked are not likely
to receive their quotas much before the late
summer. The shortage of cars restricted fur
mace operations in the Central West and COM
plants of lack of motive power in addition
are heard. Some improvement is looked for
when the lake movement of coal and ore stops
and cars employed therein can be released. In
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-16
Dried Fruits, Nuts and Raisins,

The market stands about the same There
may be some Improvement in the demand, but
if so, it is slight. There is certainly mere
movement in Apples and Plums, both of which
are in diminished supply. and firm.
FRUITS-Apricots. 7qS1zc for Royals and so
rated Apples. 61zQSc; sun-dried, 3lz941zc;
Peaches. 5G712c; Pears, 46Sc; Plums. pitted. Az
@6c; unpitted. 1Q2c; Nectarines. 5d51ze for red
and 51@Q615c for white; Figs. 39S15c tor black
PRUNES-New crop quoted follows
9O-40's. 5AG51zc: 40-50's. 43zQ5e; 5O-60's. 40
&c 6O-7O's, 3AG4c; 7O-SO's. 3AqS1kc; SO-sOs. %
QSc; 90-100s. 2AQ24c per Id.
RAISINS-(Price per 20-lb box); Clusters
Imperial. So; Dehesa, 81 so; fancy. 81 70; A.
crown, 81 60: London Layers-Three-crown,
loose Observation-Disclosures 4Ac; three
crown, 41sc; two-crown, $3.50; Seedless Musea-
tells, 4Hc; Seedless Sultanas. SIC; Thompson
Seedless 615c; Bleached Sultanas-Fancy, size;
choice. TIC; standard, Sic; prime, SIC; I'M
bleached Sultanas, &c. Bleached Thompsons-
Extra fancy, lie; fancy, 10c; choice, &c; stan
dard 711c; prime. SIC. Fancy seeded. sac;
choice seeded SIC.
NUTS-Chestnuts, sG121Sc: walnuts. No. /
softshelI. 912c; No. q 71zc; No. hardshsell, &c;
No. 2, &c; Almonds, 13G14c for papershell, 100
lie for softshell and 5Q6c for hardshell; Pea
nuts 567c for Eastern; Brazil Nuts, 1261212c;
Fflberts. 12Q121sc; Pecans, 11q1Sc; Cocoanuts.
So 50Q5
HONEY-Comb 12Q121ac for bright and 100
111ac for light amber; water white extracted.
5Q6c: light amber extracted. 4Q5c; dark. 4c.
BEESWAX-25q2Sc per ID.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-16
Neav York Grain and Produce.

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-FLOUR-Receipts,
1889 barrels; exports, 1e, 416 barrels Fair de-
mand
WHEAT-Receipts, 45,45o bushels; spot hrm.
No. red, S1ssc f. o. b. afoat; No. red, so1s
elevator; No. l Northern Duluth, S7Sc l. Q. o.
afoat; No. 1 hard Duluth seize f. o. b. ahoat.
Options opened barely steady, rejecting bear
ish cables, but promptly recovering held STEADY.
There was active outside demand with very
little for sale Closed firm at 5sq%c net ad-
vance. May. 80 15-16cdS1%c, closed s1%c; De-
cember 79A@SO 3-16c, closed sO1sc.
HOPS-Quiet.
HIDES-Steady.
WOOL-Dull.
COFFEE-spot Rio steady No invoice,
SIC; mild, market quiet. Cordova, i19glzc.
Coffee futures closed steady, Is points net
higher. Total sales. $50 bags. including; De
cember, 640@65Oc; January, 6.6Oq6.6oc; Marcn,
6.65@6. SOC: May, 6S507c July 7.05@7.15c; Sep
TENDER, 1851. S5c.
SUGAR-Raw, quiet Fair refining S-loc;
centrifugal, SO test, 11-16c; molasses sugar,
15-16c; refined, dull
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, 2s17 packages; strong.
State dairy 15@23c; creamery 17Q2l1sc; June
creamery 17lAQ221kc; factory, 121aQlo1sc.
EGGS-Receipts 6763 packages; firm state
and Pennsylvania, 26@27c; Western candled,
24027c; Western uncandled 22q26c.
DRIED FRUITS
Evaporated apples. strong, active. State
common to good, 69S1ac; prime, sqs1ac; choice
912Q9Ac; fancy. 101ac.
California dried fruits continue quiet and
about steady.
PRUNES-324G7c
APR1COTs-Royal, s1z@1sc; Mborpark, s@12c.
PEACHES-Peeled, 11G1Sc; unpeeled, 6@s1se.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1901-11-16
Dnm'S Re0ie70 of Trade.

NEW YORK. Nov. 15-R. G. Dun's Weekly
Review of Trade tomorrow will say: A few
months ago injury to the corn crop aroused
fears that the railroads would be seriously
handicapped by the loss of tonnage yet the
season of grain traffic has not only failed to
produce decreased earnings but there is such
a scarcity of rolling stocks and motive power
that numerous industries are badly democrat
lied. In so far as these interests are con-
cerned the reduction in corn freight proves a
blessing. Railway earnings in October were
n9 per cent greater than last year and p 2
per cent over 1899. while those roads reporti ne
for the first week of November showed an
average gain of 9.S per cent. A heavy demand
Is reported throughout the country in all lead
ing lines of merchandise, while sales of winter
goods have attained normal proportions and
holiday business promises to surpass all rec
ords. In manufacturing there was never be-
fore such well-sustained activity. with con-
tracts running past the middle of next year
This is especially true in the case of steel
rails and many other products of iron while
In building material. felt. footwear and most
idleness. Money circulates freely making col
lections satisfactory in most sections Bank
exchanges in New York for the week were 81
per cent larger than year ago and 49, per
cent over 1899, while at other leading cities
the gains were 1912 and 90 respectively
Failures for the week number 2I5 in tbe
United States. against 217 last year and 27 in
Canada, against SO last year.