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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

upon the witness stand and tried TO the
court, all officers testifying that no
hreats were used or any promises or
inducements made to the prisoner, and
hat the statements made by him were
rec and voluntary and only maze
lfter he had become badly mixed In MS
itatements. The Indian then went up
N the stand and swore that they
threatened to hang him and also prom
sed 10 help him out and employ an
attorney for him. After carefully con-
,idering the matter, the court held
he confessions competent to go
% the jury. The twelve men
hled back into their places ana
listened to DIR. McSloy. Sheriff
Smith and Deputy Frank Smith. while
hey narrated the confession made to
them by the defendant on the after
noon of June "a, when he told them
tina he killed both men, shooting them
simultaneously, one with his own gun
and the other with Puck's gun; that
Puck rose slightly from his pillow, and,
fearing they were not dead, he took
the ak with which he had picketed his
horse and crushal in the skulls of both
men. At hat time he told them where
ne placed the gun and drew an outline
Of it's location; and that after the Kill
ing he threw the blood stained ak IN
the cellar, where Ii was found by the
sheriff at the inquest. The of1cerS tes-
tilted to finding the gun at the place In
dicated, and the gun was In
evidence, all rusted from exposure. The
AK was also introduced, and the state
rested it's case.
The defense had but q weak case,
and finally, after ain attempts to over
throw the positive evidence of the wit
nesses, the case went to the jury at IL
last evening. After a recess of
two hours the jury reported, declared
guilty If the crime and fix
ing the death penalty. The trial lasted
five days, which fact proved very
gratifying to those who woul willing
ly have lynched him.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
LYNCH HELD FOR TRIAL
Nationalist M. p. Charged With
High Treason Has Pre-
liminary Hearing.

London, Aug. 4-Colonel Arthur Inch
the nationalist member Of parliament whC
was accused OF high treason during tn,
Boer war, was taken 10 the Bowstreet pc
lice court today. Before the court com
mltted him for trial Colonel Lynch mad,
a long statement In which he said he hat
zone to South Africa under contract with
the Paris Journal, and that he had no
expected to stay more than two months
He also arranged to serve the Century
Magazine, Golfers weekly and severa
other American publications. He denied
he saw DR.. Leyds, Bocr agent, before
starting and declared he had no mission
from Leyds to the Transvaal.
At the close Of his statement Lynch wa
committed for trial. Before going tC
court Lynch was visited in his prison eel
by w. H.. X. Redmond and other ma
tIonalist leaders.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
CROPS ARE FIRST CLASS.
Prospect Of Wheat Grading No. I
Pleases the Farmers.


Sioux Falls, s. D., Aug. 4.-For sew
eral years the Tuthill Lumber COM
pany of this city has made a practice
Of securing weekly reports at this sea-
son Of the year as to crop conditions
in this part of the state, the reports
being sent by trusted and conservative
agents of the company. Generally
speaking, the current reports show the
crop to be In hrst-class condition. The
only u~nfavorable reports concern the
vicinity OF Dalton, where rain would
be beneficial to the corn crop, although
II Will not suffer II rain does not fall
for some days yet, and in a district Of
small area between Egan and Flan-
dreau, which has not been favored with
as much rain this season as other parts
OF the state. To judge by the reports,
the indications are that wheat VIII run
from IS 20 80 bushels per acre, oats
from 40 to 81 bushels and barley from
80 to 55. One farmer near Fulton has
threshcd his barley and 1t measured
81 bushels per acre. Another feature OF
the crop this year is the indication that
a greal share Of the wheat In this vi
Cinity will grade No. /. This has not
been the case before for a number OF
wears,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
TAP IRRIGATION DITCH
Mob Of Colorado Farmers Take
Desperate Measures to
Save Crops.

Denver, August Superintendent OF
irrigation Armstrong has just received
a report from Commissioner Banning
that thirty farmers, fully armed,
marched TO the headgate of the Full
ton ditch, near Henderson, breaking
down the headgate and allowing an i'm
mense amount of water to flow into
the ditch, thus saving their crops.
When the gatekeeeper tried to inter
fere with them they threatened him
with death. The headgate Of the Full
ton ditch is some ten miles north Of
Denver on the Platte.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
BIG EMBEzzLEM ENT.
Boston Lawyer Admits Detail
cation of 100000, But
1t May Be $500, 900.

Boston, Aug. by his w admins
ion William Vanderlip, a prominent
Boston lawyer, who had for years the
are Of several estates, is guilty OF
ambezzlement. The estate of the late
George B.. Emerson, of which he had
,harge, has been dissipated in various
ways, OF which Vanderlip is unable to
give an account.
Vanderlip says the amount involved
s somewhere around $100, 000." Col
onel Schier and John Lowell, who are
acting in behalf of the estate, how
ever, declare that 5000, 900 has disap-
peared. Vanderlip was arrested this
afternoon and held in $4,000 bonds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
NOT AFTER MONEY.
Boer Leaders Will Come to the United
States to Study Agricultural
Mafhade

London, Aug. AT the close of theii
visit to England, the Boer generals
Botha, Delarey and DeWet, will go to
the United States to study American
farming methods. General Lucas Mey'
err, who Is in London at present, says
1t is not true hat the Boer generals
are going to America to raise funds
Their only object is to widen the ag-
r%icultural knowledge'of the Beers. They
consider the American farmers the
best In the world.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
LADY FRANCIS Hope
May Yohe Causes a Stir by ST
Registering in a Lon
don Hotel

london, Aug. A.--May Yohe drove t.
the Savoy hotel early today and regis.
tered as Lady Francis Hope.
Lord Hope secured n divorce from
his actress wife shortly after her elope.
ment with Captain Strong. She has
always claimed to be the wife OF
Strong, though there was general skep-
ticism on his point. Her action in reg
istering as Lady Hope, In view Of the
circumstances, has caused consider,
able comment.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
BIG SUGAR FLEET.
II This Fleet We're Wrecked this
Whole Sea Would Be
SWeetened.

Philadelphia, Aug. 4.-Forty-fouI
steamships, one of the largest fleets ir
the history Of the sugar trade, are nov
either on their a to the Delaware
breakwater or are taking on cargoes ir
Java and within the next few weeks
will land on piers Of Atlantic coast re
hneries not less than 250,0 0 o Of tho
raw product. All the ships are large
modern carriers, whose Cargoes will aV
erage 1t least $500 tons each. TIL,
cargoes will be distributed TO the bes'
advantage Of the refineries in Philadel.
phia, New York and Boston. The re
hners are making preparations to ware
house a portion Of these big shipments
1t being impossible to store 1t all a.
the reineries.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
TREMENDOUS RAINFALL.
Record Breaking Downpour Through
cut Several of the Southern
States,

Memphis, Aug. 4.-Record~ breaking
rains have fallen in west Tennessee
north Alabama, north and central Mis-
slsslppi and eastern Arkansas since
yesterday morning. 1t is believed con-
siderable damage has been done in the
Interior by foods to railroads and crops
in lowlands.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
Sioux Falls Pioneer Dead.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Aug. A pioneer
resident Of Sioux Falls, in the person
of C. w. Pauling, is dead. For a score
or more of years he has been a familiar
figure on the streets Of the city. He
was a veteran of the civil war. having
enlisted at Syracuse. N. Y. During the
he was wounded in the leg. and
this was indirectly, If not directly, the
cause OF his death, as h wound had
never healed II up to the time OF his
death bothered him considerably.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
FEAR TYPHOID EPIDEMIC.
Well Water at Lead Is the Cause OF
the Disease.

Lead, S. D., Aug. 4.-The health au-
thorities of Lead are gar alarmed
over the appearance of typhoid fever,
and are doing what they can to prevent
an epidemic similar 10 the one of 1895,
when there were several hundred on
fined with the disease at once and a
great many deaths. The disease is
confined at present to the foreign quar-
ters, where the people drink we'll va
ter. DR.. y. M. Wade. city physician,
is C%autionins all persons using well wa
ter to boil it first. He says there Is
no danger from the use of city water.
as It is brought I'm from Spearfish In
verified tiling and is perfectly pure.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
Neteran Dies at Aberdeen.

Aberdeen, S. d, Aug. 4.-Calvin A.
Glidden, one of the old residents of the
city, died Thursday after being con-
fined TO his bed for eight months. Mr..
Glidden was 60 years old and served
during the war with volunteers from
Maine, Of which state he was a native.
He was buried yesterday afternoon by
the q, A. r..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
Retail Merchants Association.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 4.-The retail
merchants of Minnehaha n Lincoln
counties will form associations to pro-
tect their interests. This was decided
at a meeting held in this city by mer-
chants from all parts of the two coun-
ties. Meetings will soon be called at
central points in each county for the
purpose of perfecting organizations.
The dates for the meetings have not
vet been determined. The county asso-
Citations will be auxiliary to the South
Dakota Retail Merchants association.
1t is the intention Of those behind the
movement to organize the retail mer-
chants of every county In the state,
thus Strengthening the state associa-
ton and materially benefitting the re-
tail merchants Of the various counties.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
Due TO ILL HEALTH.
Charles kearney, Noted Deaf Mute
Teacher, Commits Sui

Decatur, ILL.,, Aug. 4. - Charles
kearneY son-in-law Of the late Or
ando Powers, n of the wealthiest
men of Macon county, shot and killed
himself today. He was a deaf mute
md had a national reputation as a
teacher of the deaf. Ill-health is be-
ieved to have unsettled his mind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
CUSTER CnRONICl1
JOSEPH KUBLER, PUBLISHER

A large ready made clothing house
received not long ago from the remote
southwest a letter. tho substance OF
which was: What Is the proper dress
for a groom In the afternoons" The
clerk who opened the letter. naturally
enough, referred the inquiry TO the
livery department. The head OF that
branch in turn dictated q brief reply
something like this: Bottle green coat
fawn colored trousers with top boots
silk hat with cockade. We can make
you prices as follows" etc. A week
elapsed and the big store received q
plaintive little note: u always knew
ii was expensive TO get married: but
can't you suggest something little
less claborate?"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
SAWMILL BOILER LETS GO
Joseph Hardesty Killed and His Four
Sons Hurt-MiIl Totally
Wrecked.

Huntington, w. Va, Aug. 4.-Joseph
Hardesty was instantly killed and his
four sons seriously injured by the
Explosion of a large boiler at his saw
mill, Laurence county, Ohio, today. II
) feared two of the boys will die. Thu
mill is a total wreck.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
DISASTER IN VICTORIA
Many Miners Killed in an Ex-
plosion--Sixty-S Seven
Bodies Recovered.

Melbourne, Victoria, August Six
ty-seven bodies have been recovered
from the colliery at Wollongong, where
an explosion occurred yesterday. The
work of rescue is hampered by after
damp.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
CHICAGO STRIKE.
Fifteen Hundred B~oilermakers, Ship
builders and Their Helpers
n,,i

Chicago, Aug. 1.-THE b~oilermakers
and shipbuilders and their helpers, to
she number of 1900 men, employed IN
contract and job shops in this city,
struck today because the master boil
rrmakers' association refused to con-
Nede demands for an increase OF wages.
It is feared the strike will tie up all
work in the branches affected.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

When a railroad president outllvcs
and outgrows his usefulness In the ac-
tlvities Of transportation the directors
have 9 gentle way Of shelving him.
They make him chairman OF the board.
This puts him In a dignined place, with
a digniied salary, and gives a younger
n ADLER man an opportunity to be At
li,e president
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

An Eskimo arrow OF walrus ivory.
found imbedded in the breast OF n heal
thy Canadian gray goose shot near
Spokane, is on view in q store an that
city. No arrow of hat sort was ever
seen In Spokane before. The bird had
evidently carried 1t thousands upon
thousands of miles from the far north.
where 1T was shot by some Eskimo.
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

The French consul at Batavia lays
stress on the importance. of bamboo a.
a material for constructing builders
scaffolding, and he states that in Java
even a lighthouse has been built with
Its help. The power of resistance OF q
bamboo cane measuring eight Inches to
ten Inches In diameter, even with e
length of slxty-fve feet. is enormous.
Moreover, bamboo IS said not to rot
either when IN the ground or In water,
while the drier and older 1t grows the
flrmer It becomes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

Reports from Fort Llscum, the new
Alaskan post, $500 miles north of Seat
tie, say hat the Indians and Esklmos,
who form almost the only population
outside the post, are %forsaking their
native liquors for very bad whisky,
which is sold at 50 q bottle. 1t costs
$50 to send a carcass OF beef from Seat
tie to Liscum and all meat is equally
high-priced, pork chops, for instance,
often selling at So cents O pound.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

1t is not generally known that, size
for size, n thread OF spider silk Is de-
cidedly tougher than n bar Of steel. An
ordinary thread Will bear a weight of
three grains, This Is just about 80 per
cent stronger than a steel thread OF the
same thickness.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
FAILS TO SWIM CHANNEL.
Holbein Compelled to Give Up When
in Sight of Dover,

Dover, Aug. 2.-Holbein, who started
at 6 last night from Cape Grisnez,
France, to swim across the English
channel to Dover, was obliged after a
plucky effort, and When within sight of
Dover, to abandon the attempt, owing
to unfavorable water conditions. Hol-
bein was in the water thirteen hours.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

The Johnstown mining horn or has
naturally set many persons asking
about the Jamestown flood, which oc-
Cured May 81, 1889. In that food 2,162
persons persisted; 12i wives were made
widows and 965 children rendered or
phans or half orphans. The Jamestown
relief fund aggregated 1912, 346, of
which 1882, 936 was distributed TO the
sufferers in the Conemaugh valley
alone, the balance going to the relief
Of the contiguous districts.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

John w. Hutchinson, the last living
member of the famous Hutchinson
family OF singers, was present at tho
Old Settlers Association of Leod coun-
ty, Minnesota, several days ago, and
sang "O!d Granite State" with all the
yigor and vim OF former years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
POSTPONED AGAIN,
Hearing of Peter Powers Northern
Pacific Suit Deferred Once
Mare

New York, Aug. Alt the request Of
George a. Lamb, counsel for Peter Pow
err, In his suit against the directors Of the
Northern Pacific railroad 10. prevent their
turning over the stock Of that mpan
to the Northern Securities company the
hearing before the special master of the
United States court today was adjourned
until next Monday. Lamb. in his re-
quest for a further postponement, plead.
ed a professional engagement.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

Belgian cities are liable for all dam"
age done to private property by rioters.
and Brussels has accordingly been or.
dered by the court to pay $4,000 for
windows smashed during the riots OF
1899. The rioting this spring was much
more serious, and q larger bill will
have TO be met by the city.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
ANOTHER ADVANCE.
Hard Coal Prices Given Another Boost
of 10 Cents Per Ton in
Chicaoo.

Chicago, Aug 4.-HarG coal prices
went up 10 cents a ton in Chicago,
this being the fifth similar advance
since April. No hard coal is being re-
ceived and the stock on hand is not
large. Prices now range from $500 to
Sis.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
P0S1OFFICE ROBBED.
Thieves at Niles, O., Get $3.50 in
Money and Several Thousand
in Stamps.

Mics, o., Aug. 4.-The safe in the
postoffice here was blown open early
Today by cracksmen, who secured about
$3.50 in money and $4,000 in stamps.
The safe was wrecked and the office
badly damaged.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

Carrie Nation has come down n peg
or two and is now advertising herself
as n street attraction In Missouri. Sew
eral managers have received her liter
ature, which bears n half-tone picture
of the old lady, beneath which is this
line: Americas Most Famous Won
an" The fair season not being fully
open yet, she Is going about the state
making speeches, selling hatchets and
soliciting money to build a home III
Kansas City, Kas., for 1.-The destitute
widows OF drunkards.'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

After much careful study and two
trips 30 the polar regions, Louis Lind
say Dyche, professor Of natural his
tory at the Kansas university, has ar
rived at the conclusion hat the frs:
human beings were born and lived IN
the Arctic zone.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

A respected fireworks manufacturer
died recently In the north of England
His wife ordered an expensive tomb
stone to be erected in his memory. She
vas much perturbcd over the choice
OF an epitaph, After prolonged ana
diligent search she discovered an APP
propriate one on the tombstone of q
musician In q Manchester cemetery.
Now on the memorial stone Of this
noted fireworks manufacturer 1t IL
stated that HE has gone to the one
place where his works are excelled."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

Newspaper editing has it's difficulties
In Posen. The Praca, n local %journel
is reduced to accept casual and anna
teur assistance by the fact hat all its
professional editors are immuned II
fortresses for leSe majestic.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

Mary Van Dyck, a Boer woman, whc
is known as Mary the Rilewoman,'
and who states that she fought With
the Beers is creating a sensation in
the smaller towns Of Austria by giving
exhibitions of craftsmanship,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

When a burglar wants to break into
a Peruvian house he takes a sponge and
q bucket Of water and moistens the
walls, which are covered with only Q
thin coating of mud, and dissolves upon
the application of moisture.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
new LABOR M. P.
He Is Elected Without Opposition to
Succeed kay-ShutteIworth,
Liberal.

London, Aug. I'D. e. Shackleton,
member of the labor party, has been
elected to the house of with
out opposition, to FIJI the vacancy in the
seat for the division in Lancashire
caused by the elevation to the peerage
of Sir Ughtred James Kay-Shuttle-
worth, liberal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
Thrown From Rucker.

st. Onge, S. D., Aug. A fall from
I bucking horse seriously injured John
Redmond, and it Is feared that his In
juries may prove fatal. He is a nephew
If Vicar General N. M. Redmond OF
Lead, and the latter is in attendance
It his bedside.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
Aberdeen Carnival Off.

Aberdeen, s. D., Aug. AT a meet
ing OF the Commercial club and the
committee in charge Of the proposed
carnival and harvest festival project,
il was decided to declare the enterprise
IF for the present year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09
A Difference.

Harvard Lampoon: Advocate Printer
What's the matter now?
Ditty Editor-Why in my story / de-
5cribed the heroine as an "artful miss"
and the typesetter set 1t up awful ness"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

A London paper says william Wal.
Aston has adopted the fad OF
wearing a sponge under his hat
That" says the Denver Post, will b'
an Improvement on the brain he ha;
been using"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

Christian Smith. the oldest locomotive
engineer living, whose home is near
Harpers Ferry, ran the first engine or
the Baltimore railroad at IA speed from
six to eight miles a n hour, which was
considered rapid for those days.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

A new line Of refrigerator ships,
owned by a British-American syndi-
cate. Is to be established, with direct
service from New Orleans, New York
and Boston to Bristol, England. The
New Orleans line is to carry California
fruits.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

Do not become fretful because of the
temperature. An Arizona paper makes
1t q matter of record that the ther.
mometer there stood, a few days ago
Eat 10S in the ice box"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

President Roosevelt wears shoes tina
cost him $1S a pair. They must be o.
the same kind of hide as Mr.. Bryan''
$3.50 heifer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

The first general rain since last Oc'
tober fell in New Mexico last week. L
New Mexico has good luck 1t may have
another rain about next April.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

There appear to be only two classes
of miners I'm Pennsylvania-those VIII,
are killed in mine explosions and thos,
on a strike.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-09

The cooling moth, the chief ravaSe
of the apple and pear crops, Destroy
every year in this country fruit valued
at $4,000, 900 to $40, 600. 600.