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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-05-18

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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-05-18
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THE A. T. MORRIS WHOLESALE HOUSE
CINCINNATI, OHIO
Illustrated catalogue 4 cts. stamps.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07

new house, furnished 1t luxuriously.
paying $1,000 for piano, and bought
his wife an unlimited quantity of dia-
mond jewelry.
THE old udage, however. that stolen
gold brings to its possessor bad luck
in the end proved true. In less than
five years the ranch owner was bank
rupt. and the ranch had reverted to it's
original owners on foreclosure. The
italian lost all of his property and re-
turned to live in the little cottage IN
North Oakland he had vacated for his
fine house. The only thing he preserved
to remind him of the days of his fleet
ing wealth was a Turkish rug worth
about $1,000, which he placed on the
floor of the cottage, and would not sell
when all else had gone.
THE third man dissipated all of his
wealth in fast living and gambling and
died pauper in hospital in Seattle.
The career of the fourth man 1 cannot
recall accurately. but / know that he,
too, lost all that he had. The ranch
owner, by the way, died a miserable
death alone in a cabin on the Sacra-
mento river and was buried by the
town in the potter's field.
THE gold. of course, did not right
fully belong to the man who secreted
ii in the walls of the house. 1t was
stolen from some one, ana III IL had
been taken by the man who had for
merly owned the house his heirs put
in no claim for it for the reason that
they knew 1t did not rightfully belong
to him. 1t was considered improbable
that any person other than he had Sc
GREETED IL, however, as he had lived in
the house for many years. had built
IL himself. If my recollection is correct.
Since he had been for so long an
employe of the mint the general Inn
preston at the time was that ne had
stolen the gold, a bar at time, from
the mint vaults, bringing II home when
he quit work at night While this ex-
PLANTATION was the one generally ac-
cepted the singular part of the mystery
is that II IL were true the government
made no effort to run down the thief
nor was any such large shortage of
gold bars ever discovered and reported
at the San Francisco mint nor has Il
been reported to this day"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
THE HAYMARKET RIOTS.
Secret Service Men Think Ncimnn
Belongs to That Band.

Washington, Sept. ct is the opin-
ion of the secret service officials in
this city that the shooting of the Pres
ident is an outcropping, in some OBJ
scure way, of the Haymarket riots,
and that it will be found eventually
that Neiman. the would-be assassin,
has some connection with the group of
persons associated in the Chicago an
archists riot.
The secret service officials are of this
opinion because of the name Of the
man, and the fact that he is probably
from the same general section of the
country as some of the Haymarket
participants. The secret service bu-
reau had the Paterson, N. j. group of
anarchists very thoroughly under sur
veillance, and are confident that Nef-
man has no association with these
people.
Three secret service operatives were
in Buffalo about the President at the
time of the shooting, and another was
on the way to Cleveland. While the
theory of the secret service here is as
stated, at the same time no facts con-
corning the matter are at this time
known TO the secret service bureau, so
it is conceded to be but a surmise at
present that they belong to the Hay
market gang.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
A NATIONAL CALAMITY.
Attempt Upon Presidents Life So
Regarded in England.

London, Sept. 6.-The news of the
attempt upon the life of President Nc
Kinley spread slowly in London. The
hrst ticker reports were discredited
then, with the confirmation and gen.
eral dissemination of the news arose
a far-reaching feeling of sorrow and
Indignation, which, wherever Ameri-
cans were gathered, almost gained the
proportions OF panic accompanied by
feverish anxiety for further details.
The thousands of Americans now in
London were mostly at the theaters
when the news arrived; and returning
to their hotels found anxious groups
of Englishmen and Americans discuss
ing what without distinction of race,
is regarded as a national calamity.
The announcement of the attempted
assassination was received too late for
extra editions of the papers to an
nounce the news to the mass of the
English people, and they will not learn
until they take up their morning pa
pers of the Presidents accident.
Ex-Gov. Brown of Georgia, Mr.. and
Mrs Nat C. Goodwin and other Amer
leans, who were to have dined at the
Carlton tonight, cancelled their en-
gagement on hearing the news, and all
the orchestras ceased playing. Crowds
surrounded the bulletin boards.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
Saw Three coronations.
From Tit-Bits.

Peter Robert Burrell. fourth Baron
Gwydyr. Of Stoke Park. near Ipswich.
and high steward of the borough OF
Ipswich, has lived under five sover-
eigns-George III, George ". William
Nv, Victoria and Edward VII--and Is
believed to be the only peer now liv-
ing who was actually present at three
coronations. He was born in 1910, and
a boy went from Gwydyr House.
Whitehall, to the speakers steps In his
grandfather's state barge, rowed by
liveried oarsmen. He saw George Nv
crowned in Westminster Abbey and
the great coronation banquet in West
minister Hall. One incident which
made great impression on his mind
was the appearance of Henry Dynloke.
the royal champion, who rode in
through the great doors Of the hall
and flung his gauntlet on the floor,
with his traditional challenge. Lord
Gwydyr was also present at the coro-
nations of William Nv and Queen Vic
toria, and, as official secretary to the
great lord chamberlain. was associated
with many state functions.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
LOYAL SOUTHRONS MOURN.
Hampton Camp of Confederates
Voice Nations Sorrow.

Columbia, S. c., Sept. 6.-At a meet
ing of Camp Hampton, Gen. Wade
Hamptons camp of Confederate Veter-
ans. tonight, the following resolutions
offered by Comrade BROKER, heartily
seconded by others, were adopted unan-
imously:
Whereas, the appalling news of the
attempted assassination of William
Mckinley, the President of the United
States, this day at Buffalo, N. Y, has
just been received in this city, and that
our nation is greatly apprehensive of
serious results therefrom,
Resolved, That in view of this de-
plorable news Camp Hampton do ex-
press to the nation through the press
their sincere regrets that such vio-
lent dispensation should befall our
chief executive, and that we pray God
in His infinite mercy. if He so will it,
that such a calamity as the death of
the faithful head of our government
be averted, and that the President may
yet be spared to fulfill the great mis-
sion in the government for which he
has been appointed by its people, and
which he has so far so faithfully per-
formed"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
A MIIIionaire,. Kitchen.
Mrs. Crawfords Paris Letter to Lon
don Truth

Mrs. Crawford's Paris Letter to Lon
don Truth.
Anent American milliardaires, John
Ashbury, of California, is spending
100000 on the kitchen and cooks cell
lars of his new house at Philadelphia.
The cellar walls will be faced with
enamelled tiles and contain the best
refrigerators in the world. Milk, meat,
game. fruit can be preserved in them
for days and weeks. The fruit-roon is
to have a special kind of ventilation.
The chef and his staff will be provided
with a dining-room where they will
be able to enjoy GOODNESS in the hottest
Philadelphia weather. The "coppers'
are to be lined with silver, according
to the bimetal patent. as are those in
the Cars railway train. In point OF
cost the Ashbury kitchen will out
strip the famous Vanderbilt one, which
was got up at an outlay of 100000
only. The Shah beats in expense the
American milliardaires. His kitchens
at Teheran were furnished at a cost OF
100000. But the Shah seldom buys
without being cheated. In purchasing
the American is pretty sure to have the
worth OF his money.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
GLORY IN THE CRIME.
In Bumpers of Beer Paterson Anar-
chists Drink Assassin's Health.

In Bumpers of Beer Paterson Anar-
chists Drink Assassin's Health.
New York. Sept. Gas whole the
anarchist group of Paterson, N. j., ex-
press no regret at the shooting OF
President Mckinley. On the contrary,
there was a great gathering of the
members tonight at Bartholdi Hall in
that city, and Czolgosz, who shot the
President, was toasted in beer time and
time again.
All of the laxative members of the
group say Czolgosz, or Neiman, is I'M
known to them. One of them said:
I'VE do not know him, but he Is
one Of us. He did what IL was his duty
to do and we honor him, while person
ally thinking his effort might better
have been employed across the ocean,
upon some crowned head"
They all deny there is any truth in
the report that at any time President
Mckinley was included In the plots to
assassinate the heads of the nations.
They claim that President Mckinley 8
life was never declared forfeited by
them, and that the work Of to-day is
that of another branch of their organ
ization.
Petro Esteve, who in the past has
gloried in each killing of head Of a
nation or in any attempt, was very
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07

DoOlS vary III price lloli 20 " wv a
pair.
How many dancing Shoes" said the
woman in the shop, do you suppose
that young woman there-(pointing to
a photograph of a woman balancing
airily on one great toe)-how many
shoes do you suppose she ordered here
yesterday? Two hundred pair. Almost
as many as some people wear in a life
time, isn't it? She's going to Australia,
and she doesn't want to run short of
shoes"
The shoes which the young woman
had ordered and which are kept in
stock were quite shapeless and heel
less affairs. A pronounced box toe ex-
planned the ease with which ballet
dancers pose for minutes at a time on
them. And all the 'glittering tinselled
sham 4" continued the shopkeeper,
which you read about as existing be-
hind the footlights does not apply to
these wares. They are of the best ma
terial and best workmanship, and cost
more than any shoes of any sort in this
country"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
OWNERLEss GOLD BARS.
Worth Quarter of a Million Dollars
and the Mystety Never Cleared Up.
From the Washington Star.

From the svashngton Star.
1.-THE recent Heft of $4,000 worth Of
gold bars from the mint in San Fran
cisco and the robbery of over a quar-
ter of a million of dollars, also in gold
bars, from the Selby smelling works
near San Francisco. calls to mind the
discovery of a large but unknown
quantity of gold in bars in a house
which was being demolished in Oak
lard, just across the bay from San
Francisco" said a Washington CORE
srondent
Il was engaged in newspaper work
on the coast at the time in Oakland,
in fact, and / am conversant with the
particulars from personal knowledge,
though the discovery at the time excit-
ed but little local interest. and so re .
markable was 1t that 1t was doubted
IN some quarters. Subsequently, hove
ever, the truth was developed. The gold
bars, to an estimated quantity of $780,.
000, were actually found. but to whom
they had originally belonged or by
whom they were stolen, is still a mys-
terry. AS it happened about ten years
ago / cannot recall the names of the
parties with accuracy, though l once
knew them, every effort. of course. be-
ing made at the time to keep the find
a secret.
"a two-story frame house on Tenth
street. in Oakland, was owned and oc-
cupied by family the head of which
at the time in question, and for a great
many years, over twenty, think, was
an employee in the San Francisco mint.
/ remember the house we'll. The old
man died suddenly and the house was
at once sold by his heirs.T The new own
er began tearing 1t down. intending
replacing it with a business structure.
In digging away the lower walls an
Italian laborer came upon a gold bar
hidden In the foundations. He covered
the bar up with earth and went on dig
ging, but soon unearthed so many 9TH
err secreted bars that his find was dis
covered by three other men employed
with him. They at once entered into a
secret compact to collect the bars
themselves and inform no one else, es-
peoially the contractor and the owner.
of the great and unexpected wealth
with which they had so suddenly be-
come posses sed.
"The men were all laborers, two be-
ing Italians, / think. They were sue
cessful in getting the gold away from
the premises unobserved by others. The
first intimation that something of an
UNUSUAL udlult ndpDtiCQ 10 THESE
four men was that they quit work for
good and made heavy investments in
real estate. Their purchases excited
suspicion as they all had been very
poor men. To cut short a long story,
however, 1t was ascertained that they
had in fact found the gold, and they
were, under legal advice. converting 1t
into other property to prevent the pos
sible owner from laying claim to his
original property.
I'm this they were all successful. In
fact, luck appeared to be with them No
one came forward to claim the hidden
treasure for the very good reason, un-
doubtedly, that tie only other person
on the face Of the earth who had
known of its whereabouts was dead.
One man bought ranch in the central
part of the state for $4,000. The Ital-
ian living in Oakland bought fine
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
TRADE CONDITIONS GOOD.
Last Years Cotton Crop Brought
Biggest Money on Record.

biggest money on RECORD.
New York, Sept. 6.-Bradstreet's to-
morrow will say: Trade advices are
as a rule very good. Fall demand. now
in full swing at the East, West and
Northeast, compares well with last
year, and business continues to ex-
pand at the South. Specially marked
features are the reports of a large sea-
sonable distribution, heavy shipments
and improved collections from lead
ing Western centers.
All measures of trade demand point
to the maintenance of general business
on a scale not heretofore equalled for
this time of year, while failures, though
more numerous than last year, are less
hurtful than one or two months ago,
and really reflect only the normal fric-
ton inseparable from the conduct of
business in a large volume.
Industrial disturbances are not cut
ting the figure they did earlier. Prices
for the fourth successive month have
advanced, and are now well up to the
highest of the year.
The cotton trade is in an interesting
position. The actual yield in the sea-
son lust closed was TO- 3S3, 900 bales, val
ued at nearly 100000, 900. the largest
value ever received for an American
cotton crop. The latest government
report shows that on 1900, 900 out of
q. 532, 900 acres planted the condition Is
better than a year ago, and the out
look is, therefore for somewhat larg-
err yield than last years.
For the week business failures num-
Der 1863, as against 1888 last week and
154 in this week year ago.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
GAMBLERS FEELING PRAYER.
God Grant He May Be Spared for
the Sake of Our Country"

the Sake of Our Country"
Atlanta, Sept. 6.-When informed OF
the assassination of the President, Gov.
Gambler was deeply affected. He said:
Il know the President well. / served
with him in Congress six years. He
was one of Gods noblemen. While we
differed in politics, there is no man in
public life l held in higher personal es-
TEEN. He is a clean man, an honest
man, great man. patriot-broad and
liberal.
"A Federal soldier: all Confederate
soldiers respected and honored him.
His assassination is appalling; and to
say his death will be a. national calam-
ity, will but feebly express 1t. Such
result would be a worldwide ca
lamity.
He is a brave man. a man not only
of unusual physical, but also of rare
moral courage. He has always been
brave enough to speak what he believ-
ed to be the truth. and too brave to
countenance what he believed to be UNI
true. He has, too, had that rare cour-
age, like Gladstone, to abandon error
when he has discovered that he has
fallen into it. In a word he is a patriot
and a gentleman; gentle as a woman,
brave as a lion.
He has done more to bridge the
bloody chasm between the sections
than any man since Lee and his veter-
ans surrendered. He has always recog-
nized the Southern people as a brave
people who fought for their convic-
tions, and he has never manifested any
bitterness toward them. He was wise
enough to know at the beginning of
the war with Spain that they
are as true to the republic as the
people of his own state, and he trusted
them to the same extent, knowing that
the national honor was safe in their
hands.
God grant that he may be spared
for the sake of our country and for the
sake of republican institutions, and OF
human liberty throughout the world"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
GREAT ANXIETY PREVAILS.
Meager Information From Presi-
dents Bedside Adds to Grief.


washington, Sept. 6.-The greatest
anxiety prevails here as to the actual
condition of the President. The press
bulletins gave the local papers an OPP
portunity to issue frequent extras, but
there was a painful absence of official
information on the subject at the Ex-
ecutive Mansion, where hundreds of
people gathered in quest of the latest
intelligence from those in attendance
upon the wounded President.
1t was 4S0 o'clock when the first bull
letin was received at the White House
from Secretary Cortelyou. 1t came
over the long distance telephone. 1t
simply stated: The operation is now
in progress; everything is progressing
favorably so far" This cautiously
worded message afforded but slight
consolation to the throng of anxious Of
ficials and others who gathered at the
door of the White House.
Shortly after o'clock, a second mes
sage came from Secretary Cortelyou,
stating that the attending surgeons
would shortly issue a bulletin giving
the details of the operation. Also,
that the President had been removed
to the residence of Mr. Milburn, where
Mrs Mckinley is, and he is receiving
the best surgical assistance possible.
ALI the members of the cabinet are
absent from Washington tonight, but
a large number of the diplomatic
corps and minor officials called at the
White House to seek information and
express their sincere regret at the
tragedy.
kilograms from all parts of the coun-
try are pouring in at the White House,
making inquiry as to the actual con-
dtion of the wounded President.
The government has taken exclusive
control of the telephone wire between
Buffalo and Washington, so that d.
rect communication with the White
House and the sick room in Buffalo
may be uninterrupted.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
GRIEF REIGNS SUPREME.

al way, to discharge such duties as
NAV devolve on him.
Much will depend upon the report of
The physicians upon the character of
che Presidents injuries as to the ex-
,ent TO which Mr.. Roosevelt will dis
charge the presidential duties, if he
undertakes them at ALL and it Is al
most certain that in the absence Of
great emergency in public affairs. even
# called to assume these obligations,
the Vice President will confine himself
in the exercise of his powers to the
discharge of the most routine and in
dispensable functions.
Army Officers Confer.
During the early evening a confer
ence was held at the War Department
of such of the prominent army off,
GERS as could be gathered at short no.
tice by Gen. Gillespie
He informed them that he had COM
municated with Gen. Brooke at Gov
ernor's Island and that the General
bad replied that he would start imme-
diately for Buffalo, where he expects
IN arrive in the early morning to take
personal charge of all arrangements
for the guarding or the presldentlaI
household. Meanwhile he had directed
that the troops which had been
nlaced as guard around the
tine hospital in the exposition ground
he transferred to the Milburn home,
where the President lies, to serve as
guard and keep back the public and
preserve quiet.
It was somewhat gratifying to the
officials here that the very first ex-
preston of official sympathy should
come from the island of Cuba in the
shape of the following telegram:
Havana, Sept 6.-Adjutant Gener-
al Washington Mayor and City
Council of Havana have called, ex-
pressing sorrow and solicitude for the
President and desire that his family
be advised of these expressions.
Scott, Adjutant General"
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07

loud to- night in his denials of any par
ticlpation by the Paterson group in the
AFFAIR at Buffalo this afternoon. Esteve
even goes so far as to deny that the
man is an anarchist
never heard of him." Esteve said.
he is probably some German lunatic
and fool"
The first question asked in Paterson
When news of the shooting of the fresi-
ldent was received, was whether or
not the assailant was from that city.
The feeling among the citizens outside
or anarchist cirlces is one of the deep
est indignation.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
THE PRESIDENT WAS WARNED
but His Confidence in the People
Was Mistaken.


Was Mistaken.
New York, Sept. Eek Attorney
General Griggs, in discussing at Pat
erson, N. j., the shooting of President
Mckinley, said:
II warned him against this very
thing time and time again. l asked
him, for the country's sake, if not for
his own. to have a body guard when
he went out. He refused.
HE laughed at me. He insisted that
the American people were too intelli-
gent and too loyal to their country to
do any harm to their chief executive.
He had supreme confidence in the peo-
ple."
Rutland, VT, Sept. 6.-The train on
which Vice President Roosevelt was a
passenger stopped here for an hour
while Mr.. Roosevelt hurried to the
residence of Senator Proctor to obtain
his articles of wearing apparel left
there yesterday.
In an hour he was back on the train,
which started for Buffalo via Norwood,
n. Y.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
DEWEY GRIEF STRICKEN.
Calamity May Cause POstpOnement
of Court of Inquiry.

Washington, Sept. 6.--Admiral Dew
ey arrived in Washington early in the
afternoon. He proceeded at once to
his suburban home and was occupied
with the details of the approaching
Schley court of inquiry when the news
reached him by telephone.
The Admiral found himself unable
to express his feelings at the news,
and all that could be extracted from
him was that he was plunged in grief
too deep for utterance at this time
He said that he could not now ex-
press an opinion as to the effect that
the calamity might have upon the
court of inquiry, or even whether it
would result in the postponement of
the approaching sitting.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
MASS MEETING AT MACON.
To Express Public Indignation nj
DastardIy Attempt.

Macon, Sept GA mass meeting has
been called for tomorrow night to ex
press indignation at the attempt to as
sassinate President Mckinley.
Sorrow pervades the entire commun-
ity at the shocking calamity. Mill
tary companies have flags at half
mast. In churches tonight where SER
vices were held prayers were offered
for President and Mrs. Mckinley.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-09-07
AMERICANS BOW IN REGRET.
So Says Governor Jefferson Davis, of
Arkansas.

Little Rock, Ark, Sept. 6.-Gov. jeff
Davis said the attempted assassination
of President Mckinley is to be deplor-
ed. All true Americans. regardless of
political faith, bow in deep regret at
this sad occurrence.
In behalf of the people of Arkansas
he desired to express to the bereaved
family the sympathy of the entire state
in this sad bereavement.