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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11
NaturaI Deduction.

Baltimore American: please, SIR
said the negligent messenger boy, y
forgot to deliver the message"
you did?" snorted the sarcastic EN-.
ployer. well, you take the first trair
TO Washington. They'll give you the
command of n vessel In the navy. With
that record"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

A Hindu bakers assistant in Bonn
bay, on setting up In business for him
self. bethought him Of catering for the
English community as well as for the
native one. with this end in view he
had the following notification painted
over HIS doorway: Ram Bux solicits
respectful patronage. lie Is a first
class British loafer."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11
Mckinley Gets Appointment.

Sioux Falls, S. d., Jan. Through
the efforts of Senator A. b. Kittredge,
Charles Il. Mckinney. president Of the
Sioux Falls National bank, has been
appointed a member of the board of
assay, whose duty it is to inspect he
mint at Philadelphia several times
each yea
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

David Jones, a district school teacher
OF Missouri, has issued his annual
challenge TO any person or group OF
persons In the world TO spell against
him. One Of Mr.. Jones conditions Is
that all the words presented shall be
English
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

An eastern congressman was asking
Congressman Dinsmore Of Arkansas,
about his district and his residence.
Mr.. Dinsmore was pointing out Fay
~etteville on the map, when his friend
remarked that he lived pretty close 10
the Missouri line. ooh, yes" replied
Mr.. Dinsmore, IT speak both Ian
nus Res"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11
MARBLES a Ranchman.

Deadwood, S. D., Jan. 6,-Miss Lola
Thompson, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Stuart II. Thompson of Deadwood, was
married New Years day to Robert III.
Williams of W~hitewood valley, a
ranchman.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

New York Sun: The police depart
ment and the board OF education con-
tinue TO be the two city departments
requiring the largest expenditure of
public money. For 1902 the appropri-
alton for the police department Is $ll,-
B50. coo and for the school department
$40, 263, 900, subject 20 n reimbursement
by the state OF 81 200, 900. which will
bring the school expenses this year to
SIS, 900, 900, approximately.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

an he was, he had not the heart for such
deeds when he was sober.
After carefully discussing every
phase of their villainous plot and ar.
ranging the details, the trio stretched
themselves on their rude beds and wert
soon sleeping as soundly as though M
guilt rested on their minds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

In Chile. where all the telegraph lines
are owned by the government, nearly
all the operators are women, and n
large proportion Of the clerks In he
poston1ce and treasures are also wom-
en-. Women. too. act as conductors Of
the m
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11
RIOTOUS BARCELONA.
General Strike Ordered, and Martial
Law Proclaimed.

Madrid, Jan. 6.-Martial law will be
proclaimed tonight in Barcelona and
vicinity. A general strike in all trades
has been decreed in support Of the
striking metal workers. Bodies of
strikers are constantly parading the
streets and pelting workshops and fac
tories with stones, necessitating the
calling out Of cavalry to restore order.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

Miss Knudsen OF Copenhagen, Den
mark, was the early instructress OF
Queen Alexandra and taught her TO
speak and read the English language.
Miss Knudsen is to be In England next
year Mt the coronation OF her former
pupil, In accordance with an invitation
given TO her in person by Queen Alex
andra, whom she was last in Denmark
and paid a visit to her old governess.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

The deepest OF all borings Is Mt
Parnsdrowitz, near Ratibor, In Silesia,
where the Prussian government sunk
q well 2,003.34 meters below the surface
(nearly G.573 feet). The diameter OF
the boring diminishes from 0.092 meter
to 0.069. The upper part Of the well is
lined. Observations Of temperature
have been made every thirty-one me-
ters throughout the depth and the av-
erage depth corresponding TO an In
crease OF one degree G.. In the mean
temperature is SAL meters.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

At Brunswick, Me-, lives the printer
who did all the typesettlng and press
work on Longfellow's "Outre-Mer; or,
Tales OF the Sea-" the first novel the
great poet wrote. He is Theodore Nc
Lellan, now ninety-one years OF age.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

John y. Rockefeller is following the
example of Gladstone and c%hopping
wood merely as exercise on his road 20
health at his country seat In Pocantico
Hills. Mrs. Rockefeller herself looks
after the preparation OF her husbands
meals. The latter can hardly eat a full
meal as yet, for he is suffering consid-
erably from indigestion. Besides his
wood chopping, Mr.. Rockefeller exer-
eises with dumbbells and In outdoor
RnlklnR.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11
The Family Tree.

A brand-new family tree adorns
The home of Croesus Pickles;
With tales of titled ancestors
His fawning friend he tickles.
To all the world that tree proclaims
Descent from lord and lady.
Betwixt the branches and the ground
OF course it's rather shady.
Coan. In December Smart Set.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

The most popuious block In the
world Is said 10 be that I'm New York,
extending from Amsterdam to West
end avenue and from Sixty-hrst street
TO Sixty-second. Eighty-seven hundred
human beings, OF twenty-six different
nationalities, OF every race, color and
creed, are huddled together in five and
ely story tanaunoptg
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

Some of the professional beggars ar
rested in the Christmas shopping dis
triot In New York the other day only
had n dollar when searched. but some
of them mad so much that 1t brought
the average up to So apiece.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

Nine. Kaissavoff, who recently died
at st. Petersburg, had collected a
library OF nearly Is, 900 volumes, all
written by women Nc book by a male
~uthor sver had a place on her shelves.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

The woman's building at the Charles
ton exposition is q beautiful colonial
mansion, built two hundred years ago
end surrounded by gardens filed with
old fashioned flowers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

Life: Held offer myself TO you for
n Christmas present II I thought you'd
take me. She-I'm afraid I'd have
trouble in exchanging you.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

Lake Baikal's greatest distinction Is
its size. IT Is the largest fresh water
lake on the Aslatic or the European
continent. being 400 miles long and
from sixteen to siXty-fve miles In
width
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

There are fewer contested seats In
the present CFifty-seventh) congress
thar In any previous house OF repre-
sentatives for thirty years. There are
no serious contests In the senate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

Chicago Tribune. This amt n freight
elevator said the grmpy elevator nan.
Yes Il is replied the boy with the
bundle. ut carries a big hog up and
down all day long"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

The pearl necklace OF the empress OF
Germany Is said to be the finest in the
world. The gems are all perfect in
shaps and coloring and the whole is
valued Mt $500, 600.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11
NO HEARTAChE MONEY.
On Second Trial Woman Loses Breach
Of Promise Suit.7

Deadwood, S. D., Jan. BIN the
breach of promise suit Of Miss Title
Nelson against Alexander Quarforth,
tried here. n verdict was rendered In
favor OF the defendant IN all the is.
sues. The plaintiff sued for $4,000. At
q previous trial she was awarded $2,0C(
and a new trial was granted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

According to an Egyptian journal,
cottonseed oil as an adulterant OF olive
oil Is soon to find a sturdy rival in the
form Of the seed Of the sunfower.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-01-11

According to DR.. Sidney Jones, 16, 900
~'onsumptives are moving about Aus
ralia annually.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
BLAZE IN ST L0UISSNUFFS
OUT LIVES OF ELEVEN

y y = . y y y y y = =
biennial election bill. The father of
the measure appeared before the COM
mittee and presented arguments in
favor of the bill He is confident that
it will be reported on favorably.
Harper Interviewed.
They can't do otherwise than make
favorable report on the bill, it seems
to me-" said Harper in speaking OF
the matter. Here is a bill drawn up
along the same lines as one which
passed two assemblies before and was
approved by vote of the people. AT
terward because of technical error
in the enrolment of the bill when it
was before the legislature the propos-
ed law is invalidated. | don't see how
this general assembly can consistent
ly refuse to pass measure which the
people have indicated so clearly they
want
Furthermore, the bill which is now
before the assembly. has been most
carefully drawn. The defects, if they
may be so called, of the Titus measure
have been carefully corrected in franz
ing this BILL which | believe is we'll
nigh perfect. | am confident that
shall succeed in getting a favorable
report from the committee, and be-
lieve the senate will pass the bill, as
well as the house."
There is disposition on the part of
the senate committee to give the Har-
per bill careful consideration, with
chances favoring its being reported on
A biennial elections bill has been in
troduced in the house by Wise of
Blackhawk. 1t is identical with the
senate measure and is before the
house committee on constitutional
amendments and suffrage There is
no disposition, however, to take imme-
date action on the house bill, and it
is believed that the measure will be
acted on in the senate first.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
Ohio Concern Another Victim
of Fire Fiend.
THE LOSS IS s1,Ooo,ooo
Great East Street Shops Built by the
"Reaper King" at Cost of 100000
in Springfield, are a Heap Of
Ruins.

Springfield, o., Feb. 10.-The great
East street shops, built by William
N. Whitley, the Reaper King" at a
cost Of $2,0O0,00O were destroyed by
fire today. The shops were occupied
by the Springfield Foundry company,
the Progress Stove & Furnace COM
pany; the indianapolis Frog & Switch
company; the Kyle Art Glass COM
pany; the Keill Franch Piano COM
pany; the Miller Gas Engine company;
the Champion Chemical company, and
the Owens Machine Tool company.
The building was bought by Senator
Fairbanks, of Indiana, ten years ago
following the failure of Whitley. The
loss is over $1,00O000. The water
pressure was insufficient and the fire
mne were handicapped from the start.
Hundreds of buildings in the vicinity
were in imminent danger.
The fire started in the attic near
the front of the plant which faces on
East street. One alarm after another
was sent in soon and the firemen were
battling with the flames which spread
unchecked. The wind was from the
west, sweeping the fire back over the
wings to the rear. At 10 o'clock the
whole front of the building, which is
five stories high, was ablaze. Half an
hour later the walls began to tumble
in.
92O Men Out.
Nine hundred and twenty men were
employed by the different concerns
located in the building. The company
losses are estimated as follows:
Owen Machine Tool Co., 100000.
Champion Chemical Co., $4,000.
Springfield Foundry Co., 100000.
Progress Stove and Furnace Co.
100000.
Indianapolis Frog and Switch Co.,
$50 1000.
Miller Gas Engine Co., 100000.
Green Mfg. Co., $4,000.
| Krell French Piano Co., $150 900.
The insurance is 100000 on the con
tents and for the Fairbanks on the
building $4,000, making a total of
$240,000. The fire is now under con
troll. The militia has been called out
to preserve order and protect prop
erty.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
OTHER GREAT FIRES.
First and Most Awful Holocaust Was
in 1S11


The first and one Of the most swfui
holocausts that occurred in the Unit
ed States was the burning of the thea:
ter at Richmond during the perform
ance of play called The Bleeding
Nun" on the evening of December s26,
1871, when seventy persons, including
the governor of Virginia, George W.
Smith, persisted.
The greatest holocaust in the histo-
ry of the country was the burning of
the Brooklyn theater, Brooklyn, De,
.cember 5, 1876, when 100 lives were
lost. Another great loss of life occur
red in the burning of a building on
Elm street in New York City. Febru-
airy 2. 1860. Fifty persons. met Death
in this contiagration. Many$liyeS We're
lost in the fire which burnt over six
teen blocks of business buildings. val
ued at S3,500,000, at San Francisco,
May 5, 1851.
The greatest fire in the worlds his
tory was that awful confla grafton at
Chicago on October 8 and 8, 1871
where the burned district covered
three and one-half miles. 1880 build.
ings were destroyed. 200 persons kill
ed, 9S,500 rendered homeless and the
loss was estimated at 100000, 600. An,
other great and exceedingly destruct.
i've fire was that of Boston, November
8, 1872. where the loss was 100000
over 500 buildings being destroyed and
the burned district covered an area OF
eighty acres. On January 10, 1883 the
Newhall house. at Milwaukee, Wis.
was burned and seventy-one lives We're
lost The Richmond hotel at Buffalo
N. Y, was burned March Is, 1887 with
loss of fifteen lives.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
MANNING ESTATE SETTLED.
Manning Heirs Get sae,s7o Each ir
Real Estate.

Keosauaua Iowa. Feb. 10.-A decree
signed by the court confirms the ref
erees' report which allotted Mrs. Nan
ME B. Manning all the real estate in
Van Barren county, valued at s147,4S0
The following heirs received real es-
tate outside CT Van Buren, county and
personal property to the amount of
S36, $40 each: Anna G. Manning, Hol-
lis B. Manning, S. w. Manning, Cal
vim Manning, Ottumwa; Kate M. Par
rott, William S. Manning, Bates NJ.
Manning, c. l. Manning. About $3.50,
900 personal property remains to be
divided at the final settlement after
August II. 1902.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
IOWA'S WAR CLAIM is UP
Senatorial Conference is Considering
Refund to Hawkeye State.

Washington, Feb. 1O--When the
senate convened today Hale presented
partial conference report upou the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill .
He explained an agreement had been
reached upon all the contested items
except those relating to the reimburse
ment of the Mexican government for
money paid, and to the payment of
certain state claims for money adj
vanced during the civil war. The re-
port was agreed to and another con-
ference was ordered upon the contest
ed items.
TIowa has a claim for $3.50 900 which
will come up before this conference
Ed
Heuse.
Immediately after the approval of
the journal in the house the considera.
ton of the oleomargarine bill was re-
sumed. Feely, of Indiana, the first
speaker today opposed the bill
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11

ed around the firemen, and at times
hampered them in their work Great
pinacles of ruined brick stood in every
street, but the crowds passed under
them, unmindful of the warning of po-
lice and firemen.
Thieves and rooters came, but under
orders from Governor Franklin Muir
ply, who hurried here from Jersey
City. companies A, c, K and M of the
Fifth national guard assembled and
kept order.
Famed as Manufacturing City.
Paterson is distinctly manufacture
ing city. 1t was founded in 1871, but
was not incorporated until 1850. 1t is
built around the falls of the Passaic
river, which are fifty feet high and af-
ford a. tremendous natural water pow
err. Its population, according to the
census of 1900, is 1O5,171, and the
town covers an area of eight and one
third square miles.
Most of the citizens are engaged in
one way or another in the mills and
factories. The best known of Pater-
sons industries is the manufacture of
silk and silk thread. There are more
than 100 factories engaged in this in
dustry, giving Paterson the name of
"the Lyons of America"
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
Venezuelan Gunboat Riddled
and Goes Down.
REVOLUTIONIsTs
Report of Naval Engagement Between
insurgent Gunboat and insurgent
Vessel Appears to be Confirmed
Enemies of President Gain Ground.

Willemstad, Feb. 1O.-Cannonading
has been heard here from early morn
ing in the direction of the Venezuelan
coast. 1t is believed the Libertador is
engaged with another Venezuelan gun
boat.
The report of an engagement be-
tween the Liberatador and General
ICrespo appears to be confirmed. 1t is
further asserted the Crespo sank in
the roadsted of Cumarebo.
The revolution against President
Castro is gaining ground yisibly.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
RELIGIOUS TROUBLE SETTLED
Court vacates Order Restraining Con
firmation of Bishop.

London Feb. 1O.-In the King S
bench division OF the high court of
justice today Lord Chief Justice Alver-
stone discharged the rule of nisi in the
case of Right Rev. Charles A. Gore,
against whose confirmation and cleo
ton to the bishopric OF Worcester
John Kensit and other anti-ritualists
successfully appealed to the court
for writ of mandamus against Arch
bishop Canterbury and the vicar-gen-
eral directing them to hear the objec
tons The chief justice held the OBJ.
jectors had no right to interpose.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
FELL FROM A BRIDGE.

Workman Near EddyvilIe Drops From
Structure and Is Injured.
Eddyville, Feb S.--A man named
Lustig fell distance of about eighteen
feet from, the Iowa Central bridge
across the Des Moines river near here.
Both bones of his left leg were broken.
He will recover.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
HANG FOR DEsERTIoN.
American Soldiers Pay Penalty for
Their Crime,

Manila, Feb. 10.-Edmond A. Du-
bose and Lewis Russell, deserters from
Company E, Ninth cavalry, and who
stole arms belonging to one of the reg
iments and who Joined the insurgents
last August, for which they We're tried
and sentenced by a military commits
sion, We're hanged February Z, at
Guinobatan, province of, Albay, in the
presence of 5000 people. The execu.
tion was orderly.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
CRUSHED BY THE CARS.
Accident at Cleveland No. 4 Causes
Man to Lose His Life.

Man to Lose His Life.
Lucas. Feb. Especially 1.-The flu
neral of Alfred . Rockhold, who was
caught between a moving car and the
box car loader at Cleveland No. 4 Fri
day afternoon, was held yesterday He
was single man, 60 years of age. The
services We're held at the Latter Day
Saints church, conducted by Rev. E.
b. Morgan. Interment was made in
Fry Hill cemetery. The U. NJ. w. A.
turned out in body.
AS the car which killed Rockhold
was descending the grade the unfortu-
nate mans position was noticed.
Those nearby shouted to warn him but
he did not hear them and when the box
car loader was reached Rockhold's life
was crushed out. He died in few
minutes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
FIX BLAME FOR DEATH.
coroner's Jury Fold Three in Rapid
Transit Explosion.

New York, Feb. 10.-The coroner's
jury which has been investigating the
recent explosion of dynamite in an ex-
cavation for the rapid tansit tunnel,
returned a verdict today holding Ira
A. Shaler, the sub-contractor; Ernest
j. Matheson, chief engineer of the
works, and Moses Epps, the colored
man who had charge of the powder
house, as being Jointly responsible for
the deaths caused by the accident.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
FIRE DESTROYS NEW YORK PIER

Vessels Lying Close to Dock Are Tow
ad Away in Flames and Two Sink.
New York, Feb. 1O.-Fire destroyed
pier G of the Lehigh Valley railroad
company Sunday morning. and the
loss, including damage to shipping, is
$3.50, 600.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
is VERY ILL.
Other Lung of Young Roosevelt is
Affected

Groton. Feb. 10.-The condition of
Theodore Roosevelt,Jr, is slightly less
favorable this morning but is not be-
yond what the doctors were looking
for. The lung hitherto clear was
found by the doctors to be affected by
the disease. The boys respiration
and temperature are higher but his
pulse is better. The President is at
| his sons bedside.
Expect Crisis Wednesday.
While the medical attendants claim
the patients. condition is not alarm
ing, no attempt is made to conceal the
| fact that the complication with the
second lung gives the case more Sc
rious aspect. From statements of the
attending physician it appears the cri-
sis of the disease will be reached
Wednesday, and the next two or three
days will likely show some seemingly
unfavorable reports, but they will be
due to nothing more than the regular
course of the disease. No plans have
yet been made for the return of the
President to Washington.
Cortelyou Wires Washington.
Washington. Feb 1O.--A dispatch
received at the White House this
morning from Secretary Cortelyou at
Groton, Mass, says in effect that the
condition Of Theodore Roosevelt, .Jr.,
is not quite so favorable as last night
The disease now involves both lungs
His temperature has risen and his
respiration is not satisfactory. There
| is said to be, however. no immediate
| danger.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
BURN MISSION BUILDINGS.

Chinese Weld the Torch Against the
"White Devils"
Hong Kong, Feb. 10.-A Canton dis
patch announces that the Berlin Mis-
sionary society's buildings at Fayen
near Canton, have been burned by an
anti Christian mob. The missionaries
escaped.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
HARPER's BILL is UP.
Biennial Election Measure is Heard
in Committee.

Des Moines,, Feb. 10.-The senate
committee on constitutional amend
ments and ssuffrage is holding a spec
ial meetiItb 9this afternoon to take up
the consit stion OF Senator Harper's
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
MELRosE MAN DIES.
William Lahart Expires Suddenly from
Heart Disease.

Melrose. Feb. 1O.-(SpeciaD Will
liam Lahart, of this place, is dead.
He expired from heart trouble. He
was long resident of this place and
an old time merchant. At one time he
was member OF the Monroe county
board of supervisors. The funeral will
be held tomorrow. Interment will be
made in the Catholic cemetery south
of this place.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-02-11
Find Boys Body.

Later the firemen clearing away the
debris on the third floor came across
the headless body of "a boy supposed
to be a street waif, who had sought
shelter in one of the vacant offices.