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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
PLEASURE MI PAIN.
Dancers Wait While Murderer Adams
IT, Declared Guilty.

Pierre, s. D., July 2S.-In Fort Pierre
the buildings which are large enough for
use for dancing are not numerous, anC
the court house Is used for that purpose
A dance was arranged for the last evening
of the recent term Of court In that Coun-
ty, and all the court business had been
closed up except the report of the jury
In the Adams murder case, and as It was
thought that there would be no verdict
before morning, the furniture was cleared
out and the dance started. About mid.
hight the jury reported that they had
reached "A verdict, and the dance was
hurriedly declared TO be in recess. while
the court fixtures were hustled into place
until the prisoner was brought In and the
verdict announced, after which the furni-
ture was again cleared out of the way
and the dance went on.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
POP BOTTLE EXPLODED.
Frank HolIabush Badly Cut and Per
haps Blinded.

Huron. S. D., July 26.-Frank Holla
bush, a brakeman on the Chicago and
Northwestern railway between this
city and Pierre, met with a very painful
accident yesterday morning. While un.
loading cases of bottled pop at Blunt
one Of the bottles exploded, throwing
the glass and liquid into his face, cut.
ting his cheek severely and injuring his
left eye so badly that he may lose the
sight entirely. He was brought to this
city for surgical treatment.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
Is This a typical Girl?

New York Mail and Express: Girls
are a queer lot" said a bachelor the
other day. "A stunning young woman
i know said she just hated Mr.. So
and-So.' 'Why?' said /. Because he
always wants to kiss me, n l con-
slider that an insult
Funny, isn't it? But that girl
would be pretty unhappy If no one
ever wanted to kiss her. l think she'd
feel pretty much as l NOW | should If,
when / walk on the avenue, no cabman
held up his hand with a cab, STRIP [
tell you a fellow is still on the safe
side of the seedy line so long as he has
that recognition"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
BIG Mine RESUMES.
First Large CoIIiery in Anthra.
cite Region to Reopen--No
Move by the Men Yet.

Tamaqua, Pa, July 26.-The Lehigh
Coal and Navigation company today
resumed operations at its No. II mine
one of the largest colleries in the re
gion. The move of the company was
unexpected. This is the first large col
liery TO resume. So far the striking
men have made no effort to close
down the place. 1t is believed
other companies will make an effort &c
nine coal.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
DRoPPERS AND NEW PARTY
the Professor Is in the Move
ment.

Vermiilion, 8. D., July 25.-Thc report I'm
Monday evenings dailies from a New
York correspondent concerning President
Garrett Droppers' connection with the or
ganization of q new political party Is not
accepted here with any great amount or
credence. Mr.. Droppers may have been
present hon ex-senator Pettigrew and
others were talking of such an organiza-
ton, but friends do not believe he would
be "a party to any such move. president
Droppers has repeatedly denounced the
tendency of several educators to become
absorbed in politics, and as president OF
the state university has held himself aloot
from any such proceedings. Ills interests
at present are central I'm the building UP
Of the state university. and certainly he
can gain little by adding an additional
burden. While he is a man who takes
great interestIin public affairs, yet thus
far he has flowed no political sentiment
to enter his government Of the uniYer-
sity. The report has caused considerable
comment In this city.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
PRESIDENT OF HILLSDALE.
Former President Mauck of State Uni
versity Is Honored.

Vermilllon, S. D., July 25.-Formcr
President Joseph w. Mauck OF the
State University of South Dakota has
a similar situation. The bulletin and
announcement OF Hillsdale college.
Hillsdale, Mich, shows that Mr.. MauCk
has been placed Mt It's head as presi
dent. During Mr.. Mauck's presidency
of the state university here he wol
many friends. He is q man Of energy
and intellect, and is sure to be success
full In his new field. Since leaving this
city he has ever beer in touch with
university affairs, end in Chicago sev
eral reunions Of fo'mer students hav,
been arranged by him.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
WELCOME FOR STARifiA.
Lead People Will Give New Bishop a
Royal Welcome.

Lead, :. D., July 2S.-The people Of
Lead are arranging n cordial reception
for the TT. Rev. J. n. Stariha, recently
appointed bishop OF the new diocese of
Lead, who Is expected to arrive here
in a few days from st. Paul. The new
diocese takes in the entire western
part Of South Dakota, and Lead is to
be the home Of the new bishop. This is
SrurrryrTS co tur Lcdu CrtTHCIS. IRE
parish here contains some $500 souls,
being more than half that of the do
cese, Dcadwood being next In size with
300.
Vicar General n. NJ. Redmond. rec"
tor here, has returned from Ireland.
where he has been for the last three
months. He was at his Old home and
visited other points famed in history
and romance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
NEGOTIATE FOR GAS PLANT.
Sioux Falls Pushing the Municipal
Ownership Idea,

Sioux Falls, $. D.. July est is DO
lieved TO be the intention of the city
council to extend the municipal ownership
policy of that body by following up the
recent establishment Of "A city electric
lighting plant 10y the purchase of the
plant OF the company which furnishes the
city with gas. Prices for gas at present
are high, and many of the citizens ne.
licvc it would be wise for the city &c
purchase the plant when the franchise OF
the gas company terminates I'm order that
the people of the city may be given the
benefits Of cheap gas. The franchise Of
the gas company will terminate ON May
s, 1903. Before that date the city council
may see its way clear TO arranging fOI
he purchase OF the plant.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
FOR A WIRELESS "LlKE."
Chicago and Nova Scotia to Be Uniteo
by a Marconi System of
T~eleoraphy.

Chicago, July 26.-Within two months
Chicago may be in direct communicates
with the coast of Nova Scotia by a sys-
ten of wireless biography. Operations
on two sites for the proposed station Of
the new system a w been secured near
Evanston by the agent of a wireless tele-
graph company and within six weeks 1t
Is expected the plant will be Installed.
The agent left for New York to submit
the sites to the promoters of the enter
prise. AS soon as the plant is installed
tests will be made by the inventor of the
system In person and a line of commune
cation will be established with the station
at Glace bay, Nova Scotia, at which mes
sages are received from ocean-going
steamers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
FISH FOR JIM RIVER.
Croppies and Bass Are Placed in the
River to Delight Of Fishermen.

Huron, s. D., July 2S.-lifteen cans
OF fish from the government hatchery
at Bellevue, Ia, arrived here last eve
ming and were deposited in the Jim
river, in Pearl creek, and in Lake By
ron; they were bass of different kinds,
and Croppics. They were In good con-
dition, and If they make as rapid
growth as those deposited in the same
waters two years ago, 1t viii not be
long ill there will be a good supply Of
these choice kinds Of fish. Some Of
the bass deposited two years since are
large and we'll developed and 1t is be-
lieved that they are fast increasing in
numbers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
GUN CLUB ORGANIZED.
Aberdeen Sportsmen Will Assist War
den in Enforcing Law.

Aberdeen, S. D., July Pa u club
has been organized in Aberdeen for the
purpose Of giving the game warden as
sistance in the enforcement of the law.
1t is alleged hat for a number Of years
there has been a slaughter of imma-
ture prairie chickens, and it Is feared
the birds may be eXterminated unless
O. halt Is called. The members will on
tribute money to be used In the pay
ment of rewards for the conviction Of
persons violating the law.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

The North Shore Improvement COM
pany of Long Island has paid $500, 900
Tor a sand heap which aDuts a field
that Is part Of the Sycamore hill prop
crty owned by President Roosevelt.
The sand nil was known as Cooper's
bluff, and for some time 1t has been
feared that it would be dug away and
shipped TO New York. The present
purchase does away with this pros
peCt. Howard Gould recently offered
$50, 600 for the property.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
FOR HOME RULE.
Britain's Colonial Premiers Champion
the Cause of the Emerald
Isle.

London, July 2~S.-England's greatest
sclf-Ecverning colonies, through their
premiers now assemble in London, have
given British imperialism somewhat Of a
shock by Championing the cause Of home
rule I'm Ireland.
There is good authority for stating that
Sir Wllfrid Laurier OF Canada and Ed
muud Barton, premier Of Australia, are
bringing their influence to bear on the inn
pcrial authorities I'm the direction Of Sc
curing to Ireland some measure of that
independence enjoyed by Canada, Austria
liza and other detached dominions of the
crown.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

1t Is the opinion OF the Springfield.
(Mass.) Republican that Amherst was
the first OF American Protestant col
leges to give an honorary degree to q
Roman Catholic. 1t bestowed the de-
gree of doctor OF divinity on Augustine
Francis Hewitt, the noted Paulist ia
Their, in 1877. He was n graduate OF the
college in the class of '3y. Seven years
later the pope bestowed the same de-
gree upon DR.. Hewitt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
MANIA FOR MARRYING.
jackson D. Hill Deserts Wife No. z
in Four Days and Is Arrested in
Kentucky With No. 3.

Nation, ILL.,, July 25.-Jackson j..
Hill, whom Miss Lucy Bush of this city
says h~ypnotized her into clipping to
Charleston and marrying him against
her will, and who deserving her fouI
days later, has been captured at Smith
land, KY. He Is now in jail at Charles
ton. Hill had a wife in Delevan when
he married Miss Bush and was living
with wife number three when arrested.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

The empress Of Germany has a spe-
cial bodyguard, consisting of twenty
four picked soldiers from the tallest
men OF the lofty imperial guard. The
kaiser designed the uniform for them,
and 1t resembles that worn by the per-
sonal guards of Frederick the Great
scarlet, with white facings and a tri-
corne red hat.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

The Lancet points out hat fresh
pineapple juice contains a remarkably
active digestive principle similar to
pepsin. This principle has been termed
"bromelin," n so powerful Is It's ac-
ton upon proteids that It will digest as
much as 1000 times It's weight within
q few hours.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
ALL WANT TO SELL.
Deadwood Citizens Anxious to Sell the
Government a Postoffice Site.

Deadwood, S. D., July 26.-Thomas
Whitaker, r. NJ. Maloney, William
Selbie, a. w. Coe and Olaf Seim are
bidders for the site Of the new federal
building to be erected In DeadwoOd.
Mr.. Whitaker offers a tract 100 by 1873
feet on Main street, for $2i, 900; Mr..
Maloney, 100 by 225 feet, at the corner
Of Sherman and Pine streets, $50, 600;
Mr.. Selbie, 129 by 200 feet, Main street,
Sc, 900; Mr.. Coe, a tract between Lee
and Sherman s~treeta, 81, 900, and Olaf
Seim, 1856 by 149 feet, at the corner of
Main and Pine streets, 1923, 600.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
FEEHAk'S SUCCESSOR.
The Names Of Bishops Spalding, Null
doom and Quigley Are Sent to
the Vatican.


Chicago, July 26.-In secret confer
ence here today the i~rremovable rectors,
diocesan c~onsultors and suffragan bish-
ops of the archdiocese of Chicago,
Roman Catholic church, expressed theti
choice for candidates to succeed to the
position Of the late Archbishop Fee
han. The Daily News says the choice
by the rectors and ~cousultors In order
of precedence, is as follows:
Most Worthy Bishop John Lancaster
Spaulding, Peoria, Ill.
Most Worthy Bishop L. j. Muldoon
Chicago.
Worthy Bishop James L, Quisley
Buffalo.
The choice Of the s"uffragan bishops
includes Bishops Spaulding and Null.
doom, but the third name is not learned
Advices of the choice were sent tc
Rome today. The archbishops OF
America will soon send recommenda.
lions to the holy see. as will Cardina
Gibbons, and from these suggestions
the appointment Will be decided upon
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

1t Il said of q former marquis OF
fownshend hat when young and an
gagged in battle he saw a drummer
killed by a cannon ball. which scat
tered his brains in every direction. His
eyes were at once fixed on the CHASTITY
object, which seemed to engross his
thoughts. A superior officer. observ-
ing him, supposed he was intimidated
at the sight and addressed him in a
manner to cheer his spirits. oh"
said the young marquis with calmness,
but severity, II am not frightened. /
am puzzled to make u how any man
with such a quantity of brains ever
came to be here"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
BODY IN A SACK.
italian Grocer of Brooklyn Believed tc
Have Been Murdered by a
Compatriot,

New York, July 26.-The body of n
man sewed in a sack, which was found
near Bay Ridge asst night, was identi.
fled today as hat of Joseph Cateno, ar
Italian grocer Of Brooklyn. Vincent
Trica, an Italian fruit packer, whom
the police claim had made threats
against Canteno, was arrested on sus'
melon
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
SIMULTANEOUS ENTRY.
But the Man Had Money and Bid 70,
His Claim.

Rapid City, 5. D., July 2S.--The
United States land office here has cx-
perienced its first "simultaneous en-.
try" The applicants were 4 man and
woman They had both ridden a long
distance, and arrived at the land office
at the same time. Acting under pre-
ScrIbed regulations for such cases the
officials requested the applicants tic
bid for the land and it was awarded &c
the man for $50 premium.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
Hot at Aberdeen.

Aberdeen, S. D., July 2S..-Thursday
was the hottest day of the season, the
temperature getting up TO 80 in the
shade by the government observers
thermometers. Wednesdays was also
Il hot day, the temperature going to 81
late in the afternoon.
A number Of farmers in this vicinity
began cutting wheat with binders this
morning. Only the earliest sown fields
will do to cut yet and 1t will be a few
days before headers can be used. The
oat and barley harvest is we'll undeI
way. these crops being particularly
good.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

The Oldest woman's club in the
United States is celebrating It's 80th
anniversary. This club is the Female
Charitable association OF Baldwins-
vile, near Syracuse, n. Y, and no 9TH
er woman's society, 1t claims, has been
continuous in It's meetings and It's work
as this one has been.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

The situation OF the famine-stricken
peasants in Russia continues to grow
worse. In 241 villages OF the Minze-
linsk district government Of Cufa, 6,Sl5
cases of a hunger epidemic disease
(scurvy) were officially recorded on
April IA, as compared with 2,723 cases
reported on Marh IA. This is only a
sample of existing conditions in other
famine-stricken distrlts.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
ATTEMPTED ASSAULT AT vIBoRG
Intended Victim Escapes and AssaiI-
ants Are Jailed,

Sioux Falls, s.. D., July 25.-A dis
patch from Viborg states that Edward
Crawford and Chris Christensen, sons
of prominent farmers In the vicinity
of Viborg, were arrested today, charged
with breaking into the home OF Julius
Johnson and attempting to criminally
assault Mrs. Johnson, who was alone
at the time. She escaped to an adjOin-
ing corr field before they could aC-
complish their purpose.
Their preliminary examination will
be held today. In default OF 81, 0OC
bonds each they were lodged In Jail.
era wford Is considered q bad man
while under the influence of liquor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
More Pay for Mail Clerks.

Deadwood, s.. d., July 2S.-The sal
aries of the railway mail clerks run
ming between DeadwoOd and Long
Pine on the Elkhoru railroad have been
raised 800 per year. There are five
clerks on the run, and they are notified
that they have been raised from class
3 to class 4. The increase took effect
July /.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

DIR. Koch guaranteed TO stamp out
malaria in Dar-as-Salaam German
East Africa IN five years by means OF
a special system, which rests on the
assumption that the germs are carried
by mosquitoes. The results have been
80 successful, writes the British consul.
that by the nde OF 1903 malaria will
have entirely disappeared from Oar
eS-Salaam.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

The United States department OF ag-
riculture now has well equipped labor
atories for the Investigation of the dis
ease OF plants in Washington city,
Florida Inc California. There are also
fifty experiment stations where plant
disease are studied, and In perhaps half
that number OF colleges practical
courses on plant life are given.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

The king and queen Of Roumania are
about to establish little theaters in all
the rural Of their kingdom.
In these theoters the villagers will give
once or twice a week, moral plays,
having as their object the Incubation
of religious and social precepts. The
first OF the theaters will be built on one
of the royal estates.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

A Liverpool (England) firm employ
Ing over 500 clerks and managers en-
cages a Fellow of the British Uhre-
biological society in the Midlands to Sc
lect suitable candidates for vacancies.
Other firms in Leicester, Nottingham,
Derby, Birmingham and Brighton do
the same.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

While Adelina Patti was shopping in
London recently a gentleman over
heard the young woman who served
her at the counter address her as
Miss" He says, What a tribute to
her personal beauty to be still taken
for a young miss, at the e Of co."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

Many a citizen from the interior has
fallen a victim to the indigestible soft
shelled crab on going to live In Wash
ington. Pension commissioner Ware
early contracted the s~oft-shelled
habit and INDUCED his appetite for the
dainty until a physician ordered him TO
desist. A friend In Kansas heard that
the COMMISSIONS was worn out by
close attention to his duties and wrote
him a solicitous letter. He received
the following reply by wire: ITS not
work that's breaking down my consti-
tution-it's soft-shelled crabs"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
Sees 80 lEDIAAS SHOT.
Fort Worth Man Tells of What He
Saw in Yaqui River
Houpfru-

Tuscon, A. T., July 26.-S. N. Jacks, q
merchant of Fort Worth, Tex, returning
from the Yaqui river country, reports
having seen thirty Yaqui Indians lined UP
and shot Saturday at a small town called
Torrin, in Sonora. The Indians had been
captured in the mountains the day be-
fore. A number of them were mere boys,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
Dakota Veteran Dies.

Vermillion, $. D., July 2S.-J. w Spow.
age, an esteemed resident OF Meckling,
s. d., and a veteran Of the civil war,
passed away at the city hospital, recently
organized here, last evening. An opera.
ton was performed, but owing to age he
could not survive the shock.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

The "Humanitarlans" were n small
sect in London, founded by Mr.. Kas-
parry, a German Hebrew. Their prin-
ciples, set forth in The fifteen Doc
trines of the Religion Of God" written
In 1866, include panthelsm and trans
migration of souls.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
Carnival and Harvest Festival.

Aberdeen, S. D., July 2S.--A move
ment has been started among the bus
mess men of the city for the holding
of a carnival and harvest festival in
Aberdeen this fall. A meeting will be
held this evening at the Commercial
clu to effect an organization.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

Traditions are common in western
Kansas of trees suddenly dying with
out apparent cause after having been
used as gallows for lynchings. Many
are said never to have leaved again
after this exDerience.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

Miss Lillian Wald of New York is
at the head Of the Social Halls associ-
alton, which has raised $500, 900 to es-
tablish modern saloons to sell light
wines n beer of good quality, and en-
courage the use of temperate drinks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
MOULDERS ON STRIKE.
Steel Company Wanted Them to Stana
Good for All Bad Cast

Alliance, O., July 26.-Seven hundred
moulders employed at the local plant o
the American Steel Casting company
struck this morning when asked by thu
company to stand good for all bad cast
ingS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

Miss Alice Robertson has passed NC.
cessfully through the ordeal of her
public examination for the degree of
doctor of philosophy from the Univer-
sity OF California. Miss Robertson is
the third woman to receive from the
University Of California it's highest
academic distinction. Fifteen men
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
SAIL FOR FRANCE.
Ambassador Porter, General Wood and
Secretary of VA Root Off
for Europe.

New York, July 26.-General Horace
Porter, United States ambassador to
France, Secretary of War Root and
General Leonard Wood sailed on La.
Savoie today for France
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02
lndalls in Black Hills.

Lead, s. ID. July 26.-Local railroad
officials are entertaining NJ. T.. ingalls,,
the eastern railroad magnate. who Is
on a tour Of the west and ran into the
Black Hills. He spent several days at
Hot Springs and came from there to
7 pa1
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

Congressman Heatwole of Minneap-
oils has a trout brook on his farm
and is the only private owner Of trout
with gold spots in the United States.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

Evanston, Wyo., celebrated the
Fourth Of July under remarkable con-
ditions. Five inches of snow fell and
the temperature was at freezing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

Science has no record of the discov'
cry of mercury; history knows nothins
OF the discovery,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

II don't know what this Goa miners
strike is all about says the Alfalfa
Sage, unless 1t Is that capital is try
ing to keep them down I'm the world"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1902-08-02

The biggest wine cooler is at Wind
sor and belongs to the king. 1t was
made for George " and two men
could sit in It with ease.