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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
STRIKES COUNTY FAIR.
Three People Seriously Hurt by Falling
Debris.

Three People Seriously Hurt by Falling
Debris.
Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. IA special
dispatch to the state Register IRON
GriggsvilIe says:
The most severn wind and rain storm
In the history Of the city occurred yes
terday afternoon. 1t was in the nature
of q hurricane rather than u cyclone.
There were $500 persons in attendance
AT the Central Illinois fair when the
storm struck the fair grounds. Trees.
tents, carriages, stands and sheds were
hurled through the air like feathers
and the rain fell In torrents, creating a
panic.
Three persons were seriously injured.
as follows: -.
Boone Stead, son Of c. f. stead. Of
Griggsville, leg and arm broken.
Unknown boy from Perry, ILL.,, leg
broken and hip crushed.
Mrs. J.. w. Boyd, Of Bayiiss, leg
broken.
Many others were bruised by falling
debris.
In Griggsville City the roof of st.
James Episcopal church was crushed
by the falling Of a high chimney of the
church, and Stone Bros store was un-
rooted, and trees, telephone and tele-
graph poles were blown down, and
electric light wires are down.
Springfield, Ill, Aug. 6.-A state
Register special from Jacksonville, ILL.,,
says a terrific rain II wind storm
broke over Jacksonville yesterday af-
teruoon, and the WIND blew with great
fury for an hour, u~prooting many
trees and blowing down telephone and
electric light poles. For three hours
the city was without communication
with the outside world. and electric
light wires are down n the city was
In darkness last night.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
UNUSUAL CEREMONY.
President Roosevelt Receives German
Mlnieter at His Summer Home.

President Roosevelt Receives German
Mlnieter at His Summer Home.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 1~0.-Sagamore
Hill, the presidents country home, was
the scene today of an interesting cere-
mony, when Baron Speck o Stern
berg, who, on retirement Of German
Ambassador Won Holleben, was elevat-
ed TO hat rank. laid before the presi-
Ambassador Won Holleben and his own
credentials as the successor.
President Roosevelt, in replying to
the speech of Ambassador Sternberg,
expressed much pleasure In receiving
his credential letter, and said:
Your knowledge of the American
government n people, gained during
your several periods OF residence here
as diplomatic agent of Germany, and
the pleasant relations which nave ex-
listed between yourself n the eXeCu-
tive officers of this country, lend added
weight to the assurance Of your desire
and endeavoT to advance and strength
en- the relations of amity which have
been maintained SO long and u~nbroken-
ly between the United States and Ger
many, and will enable you moreover,
TO appreciate at It's full weight the re-
ciprocal assurances which l gladly Of
fer Of the equal wish and purpose of
this government to promote in all
| practicable ways the fulfillment Of
your mission"
At the conclusion of the ceremony
Sternberg, as old friends, chatted ami
matedly. The ambassador will be the
social guest OF the president until to-
| morrow
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
GOVERNMENT VIGOROUS
Turks Take Urgent Measures to Put
Down GROWING RebeIllons.


Constantinople, Aug. 10-(Delayed In
Transmission).-News received heresas
to the extent Of the Bulgarian revclu-
tionary movement In the villayet of
Monastir Is conflicting. In the consular
dispatches from Monastir, received his
morning. ths opinion Is expressed that
the insurrection broke out q fortnight
earlier than It's chiefs intended. and be-
fore the bands were in readiness. pre-
sumably because the leaders were dis
concerted by the active preventative
measures adopted by the authorities.
The Bulgarian Inhabitants in a number
of the villages have fed TO the noun
tains for refuge. The railways have
asked that the troops guarding the
ines be quadrupled, but this would en-
tail the employment Of 10000 soldiers.
and in view OF the impoverished treas.
ury tine government Will find 1t difficult
TO comply with the request. In spite or
reports to the contrary 1t Is confidently
believed In we'll informed quarters the
porte, In conformity with Its formal
declarations, will employ only regular
troops 70 suppress the insurrection, as
IL Is we'll aware how important II Is FOR
Turkey to avoid excuses such as GER
tainly would be the outcome Of the
employment Of undisciplined AlbanIans
or other irregular soldisry.
The porte has sent categorical in
structions to the valis OF Aremnlan
provinces In Asia Minor, holding them
personally responsible for any kurdish
excuses and ordering vigorous meas
ures to prevent fighting.
An Erzeroum dispatch this morning
says thu excitement In that district Is
quieting down, but the vail Of Ere
roum reports that GOO armed Hutch
atheists from Russian territory have
compelled Armenians in the villoges Of
Sassun Vllayet, the scene Of the Ar
menian massacres In 1894, to take ref
Ige In the mountains.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
WILL RAISE VALUATIONS.
State Board Of Equalization Finds
Levies VIII Not Meet Demands.

Pierre, S. D., Aug. 10.-Assessment
valuations returned by the county
auditors are about $1S3, 000, 900, and with
the corporate property the total roll
this year will figure very close to
$500, 000, 900.
The revenues required for the pres
ent fiscal year will be approximately
5 1,27b, 900. With the regular 2-mill levy
and the deficiency levy of the same
amount provided for by the legislature,
and the receipts from all other sources,
the total which will be received by the
state for the year on that valuation
will be o little over 81 900, 900, leaving
a deficiency of a quarter of a million
at the end OF the year. This would
have to be met by borrowing.
That $500. 900, 900 Ia nothing near the
true valuation OF property In South
Dakota Is apparent to any one who
knows anything about the state. While
the law requires assessors to make re-
turns at true value, none OF them re-
turn anything more than q small per-
centage OF such a value.
The returns on real estate will show
something Of the general returns, and
personal property is scaled far nor
han real estate. Lawrence county
makes a return Of 1898 per acre as the
average price In that county, and no
other return approaches It. The next
highest is Lincoln with an average Of
S12.88, while Clay Is placed at $12.25,
and Union at 312.08. These are the
only counties In the state which arc
returned at t12 or over. A further
discrepancy is shown when counties
In the Jim valley and the Missouri
valley are compared. Walworth coun-
ty returns lands at S4.7S, about half
the selling price, while Beadle shows
1888 and Miner f+.29. less than one
fourth the selling value. other coun-
ties over the state are returned on
about the Same basis.
While the state board will be re-
luctant to use m great portion Of the
arbitrary power given II by the late
legislature, and will not use II II any
means can be found to avoid IL, the
work OF the assessors has placed 1t In
a position where It Is impossible to
meet the demands made upon II by
the legislative branch Of the govern
ment. With proper assessments levies
could be kept down n the money
-0ised. but not on the returns made
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
HELD IN SLAVERY.
Seventeen Yesr-OId Dakota Girl Tells
Remarkable Tale in
Cnicaoo

Chicago, Aug. 10-Louise Haby, a II
year-old girl, tells a. remarkable story
Of being sold as q baby for $25, Of n
life of Bondage and Of lnal rescue. She
showed letters In support OF her asser-
ton.
Her father. she says, bartsrsd her.
He IL now In South America. Her place
of slavery. she asserts. was q South
Dakota ranch. She was forced to DO a
mans work beyond her strength n
submitted to gross indignities. For two
months the young aunt ana
uncle. Mr.. and Mrs. John Mayer. BsZS
Normal avenue have been laying plans
for her deliverance, and Thursday n
arrived from Highmore. S. ID.
Every neighbor within a radius or
ten miles from the ranch on which Miss
Haby was held" said Mr.. Mayer, as
sisted In her escape. II was. affected by
relays OF ranch owners With teams,
taking her so many miles and then de-
livering her TO the naxt ranch owner:
She slipped out OF the ranch shack OF
those who claimed her as their child
John Lemke md WHEAT l o'clock
Tuesday morning. When she reached
Chicago today she was dressed In tbs
garb Of q south Dakota laborer. She
wore o broad-brimmed hat. . dress OF
one garment that covered her entire
body. and brogan shoes, heavier than
those worn by any Chicago laborer."
How Her Mother Died.
Antonio Haby. the young woman's
father, who held a claim In South Da-
kota In the SOS, Is declared to have sold
the child when 2 years old to m
for S25. That was after h baby's
mother was frozen to death in a fierce
blizzard.
From the time was large enough"
said Miss Haby. II was made to do the
work OF a man on Lemke's ranch. /
arose at 5 o'clock In the morning. be-
fore the other members OF the family.
My first duty of the day was to walk
three or fou miles for h cattle.
Sometimes I would have to walk many
miles Sefore I could find Thorn on the
prairie. ] always MIXED eight cows.
both morning and evening. We ran a
dairy ranch, and every other day II
came my turn to churn ten gallons
OF cream. We sent away sixty pounds
of butter a week.
After my morning milking I would
feed other stock and then wash milk
cans and turn the cream separator.
I would attend to work on the
ranch. With n pick and shovel / dug
a twenty-foot well this summer. L
pitched hay and broken horses to
ride and work.
after dinner each day / would help
with the household duties. Washing
and scrubbing floors were in
among my duties there. Dur
Ing the cold winter evenings / would
pump water for sixty cows from a well.
/ wore felt boots, stockings to protect
hands from the cold and n mans
coat and cap. The only time l got to
myself was two hours shut UP In an
attic Sunday afternoons"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
GRAIN MARKETS.
Grain and Provisions.

Chicago, Aug. S.-Cash quotations were
Is follows:
Flour-Market firm.
Wheat-No. 2 spring, SOQSlc; No. 8
spring, 76QS0c; No. 2 red. 7S9sQ79Hc.
Corn-No. 2, 6l%c; No. 2 yellow, 52Ko.
Oats-No. 2, 83bQ35nc; No, z white, $50
S1ac; No. 3 white, S4Q35hc.
Rye-No. z, 50a+c.
Barley-Good feeding, 3204Oc; fair to
choice mailing, 47Y6Sc.
Flax Seed-No. ], SO; No. l northwest
ern, 97c.
Timothy Seed-Prime, $3.50.
Glover Seed-Contract grade, $4,000
2.50.
Provisions-Mess pork, S13. Bq13.G0; lard,
E.7OQ7.76 short rib sides, $7.75QS.00; dry
salted shoulders, $I50u7. 67A2; short clear
sides, SS.25qS.S712.
Whisky-On basis Of high wines, $1.S0.
Butter-Market was steady; creamery.
laQlSIRc; dairy, 12n417c.
Eggs-Narket steady at 11Q12c.
Cheese-Market steady at l0lzQ11Ac.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
TOO MANY ROBBINS.
Postmaster Robin Named His EntirS
Family as Employees.

Family as employees
Washington, Aug. 10. Assist
ant Postmaster General Wynne recent
" decided that the receipts Of the
Rocky Mountain, n. c., p~Osttoffice had
increased sufficiently to warrant IT'S
advance into the presidential class, and
consequently Postmaster George Wash
ington Robin was notified that ne
would be continued In service at $2,lOQ
a year, and was asked to send In TO tho
department the names OF four persons
10 be appointed % the newly created
subordinate positions under MIN.
When his letter of recommendation
was received 1t read Us follows; IL
George Washington Robin, post
master at Rocky Mountain, n. c., rec
ommend the following persons for APP
pointment under me:
"As assistant postmaster, Stella Linz
coin Robin.
"As stamper, Alexander Achilles
Robin.
AZ assistant stamper, George Wash
Ington Robin, jr.
"a clerk, John A. Logan Robin"
Wynne Acts Violently.
When Superintendent Waters of the
salary and allowance division had re-
covered from his establishment over the
suggestion with regard TO the future
Of the Robin family, he wrote across
the face Of the letter:
when the Robbins nest again. Birds
or hogs" and Fent the papers to Mr.,
Wynne. The first assistant read the
letter from George Washington Rob-
bin, sr., with it's cheerful remarks con-
corning the Robin family, then ne
looked out OF the window for q while.
Then he psrpetrated the following
below Mr.. Waters' Endorsement:
We will call Il halt OF Robin of this
As we have already elsewhere In the fes-
tive Z. O. II.
This Robin has the right, no doubt, to
fix his family, .
But to fix them all in the same old nest
Is too much II. 0. G..
~. B.-See section 9, civil service regu-
lations r. J. Wynne.
Robin, sr., was notified that only
one member OF his family could be ap-
Ointed,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
BAD WRECK, BUT
NO ONE INJURED
Three Engines Mixed Up in a
Crash Near the Town
Of Brookings.
ENGINE CREWS JUMPED
Way Freight Crashes Into a Double
Header Running Wild and a Gen.
eraI Mixup Resulted-Brakes
Wouldn't Work.

~Brookings. s.. D.. Aug. l0.-A head
end collision occurred at / o'clock yes
terday morning etween the Water
town way freight and a double header
running wild from the east. Ths way
freight which was several hours late.
was backing In on o side track. h
double header, coming down the grade,
saw the danger Of q collision and the
head engineer set the brakes and re-
versed and then jumped.
The brakes OF tho second engine and
on the train did not work, and the head
engine was thrown off the track and
changed ends. The second engine ran
off the track but righted. All three en-
gines were damaged and a way freight
car was destroyed. No one was hurt.
Traffic was DELAYED several hours.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
DROWNED IN PHILIPPINES.
Former Hawarden Soy, With Tenth
Infantry, Is Reported Dead.

Hawarden, Ia, Aug. Sword has
been received here by the First Ma
tional bank that Reno Cunningham,
q former Hawarden boy, who enlisted
ia the Tenth infantry, was IN
the Philippines on July Is last. cum
ningham was an orphan and only a
little over 10 years old. His brother re-
sides In this city.
Nc particulars gre given. and the
death notice came very indirectly
Young Cunningham had instructed the
paymaster TO forward SO n month out
of his pay to the First National bank
of his city TO be kept on deposit I'M.
til his enlistment ran out, when ne had
determined to seek an
A brief note TO Cashier a. D.. Horton,
stating the soldiers pay had been dis
continued because he was drowned on
July IS, is the only information that
has been received.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
Back to Prison.

Auburn, Cal, Aug. S.-Albert Seavis,
the colored convict, regarded as one of
the most desperate Of the men who
escaped from the Folsom p~enitentiary,
spent last night in the Placer county
iail and was today sent back to his
old quarters. He finally admitted that
he took a leading part In the prison
outbreak, but would give no informa-
ton regarding the subsequent move
ments of his companions in crime.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
STATE BOWLING CIRCUIT.
Such an Organization May Be Formed
in the Near Future.

Sioux Falls, s.. D., Aug, 10.-Ths for
nation of a state bowling circuit Is
nov assured. p. j. Collision, who has
returned here from q trip through the
state for the purpose Of working up in
terest In the matter, reports that a
meeting will be held early next month
for the organization Of an association.
and for completing arrangements for
a four days tournament, which will be
held in Sioux Falls the latter part OF
October. Everything indicates that at
least $50 bowlsrs from various towns
will participate In the tournament.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
WILL STAY IN EUROPE.
Colonel Cody VIII Winter on the Con
tlnent This Year.

Deadwood, s. D., Aug. S.-Colonel w.
F. Cody Buffalo BID wrote his old
time friend, NJ. r. Russell, recently
from England that he would not re-
turn to the United States until some
In December. Colonel Cody had
his show in England several months
and at the time he wrote was at South
nmpton. He said he would not close
until some time in November. II Is
probable hat he will put his show in
winter quarters in England.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
fowler BOUND & r.
Cattle RustIer VIII Have to Stand
Trial.

Chamberlain, S. D., Aug. 10.-Ernest
fowler, charged with stealing q steer,
was held to the United States grand
Jury, his bond being fixed at $500.
which he 80 far has been unable to
obtain. The evidence shove that the
steer was gathered W in the roundup,
when II was ound that tho brand had
been worked. 1t was claimed by a
man named Foster, who insisted that
he had bought 1t from fowler, who at
the timo was working for Jack Sully.
The brand inspector who accompanied
the roundup crew decided that the
steer was the property Of j. II. Full
wilder, Of Iona, to whom 1t was turned
over.
The other day fowler rode into a
camp Of cowboys on n horse. The joke
was on him, for 1t was found on In
vestigation by the cowboys hat the
horse carried the brand they were
working for, and fowler was at once
gathered In n taken to Lower Brule
agency and turned over to the Indian
police. who notified Deputy United
States Marshal Petrie, who at once
brought him to Chamberlain.
There will be further developments
within the mex few days in the horse
matter, as other men are implicated.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
THUNDERSTORM AT 6oNEsTEEL,
Lightning oets Three Horses In w
Shots,

Bonesteel, S. d, Aug. 10.-A terrific
rainstorm passed over this section last
evening, accompanied by an unusual
amount Of thunder and lightning. A
bolt Of lightning struck tho farm or
City Marshal Lewis. killing morse
and A colt. No great amount OF dam
age wa lone except to a few fields OF
small grain which were still uncut,
which were knocked down by the rain
and wind.
Lightning struck a large frame barn
belonging to Sam Lunn, a farmer liv-
ing one mile south Of Bonesteel yester-
day morning, killing a horse which Mr..
Lunn was currying n knocking Mr..
Lunn senseless. The bolt struck Mr..
Lunn near the center Of the back,
tearing his shirt completely on n
burning Il streak from his shoulders
down his back to the heel Of n foot.
He will recover. The barn was dam
aged 10 the extent OF 800.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
HIS AN IlI-FATED STAR.
Moody County Farmer Has Round OF
Misfortunes

Sioux Falls, y. d. Aug. 10.-C. A
Mallory, a prominent Moody county
farmer, believes he Is the most un-
lucky person in South Dakota.
Some months q he lost an arm as
the result OF the accidental discharge
Of q shotgun. Recently q wind and
hail storm destroyed nearly his entire
crop, which would have been the larg-
est raised by him for many years.
Now, to add to his m~isfortunes, his
house was struck by lightning and
badly damaged. He had just closed
one Of the windows and moved the
baby and cradle a short distance from
Il when the bolt tore through the side
Of the building near the roof.
Members Of the family were given a
terrible shock, and although It was a
decidedly close call they escaped seri-
aus personal injury.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
Mvsferious urder.

Iowa City, Ia, Aug. IA telegram
received by Fl. j. Kane of Iowa City
the murder of his cousin,
Edward Crandall, ut Greenwich, n. Y.
The young man was found dead in the
yard of his own home with the top
of his head sliced off with an AK. The
perpetrator of the crime and the pur-
pose are absolutely yelled In mys-
terry,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
IOWA %CLOUDBURST.
Much Damage Done by Heavy Sheets
of Water in Ottumwa and
Vicinity.

Ottumwa, Ia, Aug. IA cloudburst
lasting half an hour struck the city and
vicinity at IL today. Rain fell in tor
rents. Skylights, roofs and business
blocks were badly damaged. All out
side telephon" communication is cut
off and telegraph communication
crippled. No injuries are reported. The
loss will p!nbaFIy r@.oA sevc; al thou
sand.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
FIGHT ON A A
Gang Of Toughs Successfully Work ID
Trial

Aberdeen, g.. D., Aug. 10.-A free for
ell scrap and holdup occurred on the
Hastings and Dakota passenger train
Wednesday morning near Ortonville,
MINI. A passenger claimed to have
been robbed while asleep, and an at
tempt was made by the train crew to
make the thief disgorge the money,
which resulted in a gang Of five toughs
%,suddenly coming to the front, who be-
Gan shooting quite Unfortunately.
fhe conductor was Just scratched by q
BULLET. Another a was shot In the
lihoulder, and the widest confusion
tfeigned.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
Abstainino Cleraymen ORGANIZE.

Pittsburg, Aug. I.-BlshOps, priests
and delegates to the national
ton of the Catholic Total Abstinence
Union, now in session here, organized
the National S~acerdotal League OF
America, membership to be composed
Of Catholic church ~clerics, who are To-
tai Abstainers and who will devote
their energies to promotion of total abb
stinence among their people.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
JoeEPH kueLER, p~ubnsher.

George E. Calvert, an enlploye OF the
United States court of claims. Is the
nearest lineal descendant OF the Lords
Baltimore In this country, and would
bear the title Lord Baltimore II II were
not now extinct. He Is a genial. mid
dle-aged man Of modest and retiring
disposition. The historic home OF the
Calverts has been purchased by j. Ed
ward Addicks, the Delaware politician.
who will turn II into a clubhouse.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
Chloauo.

Chicago, Aug. S.-Hogs-Recelpts, 1000.
Market steady 70 strong. Good heavy,
S. 5Q5.5O: light, $5.3Ou5.70: mixed and
butcher, S5.lOqj.65; rough heavy. A.S5g
$50.
Cattle-Reccipts, 500. Market nominal.
Sheep-Receipts, 1900. Market steady.
Close: Bulk, S5.10ub35: good heavy. &.3
az. 10; light, IS. 30Q5.65; mixed and butchers,
S.l0q5.G0; rough heavy, A.S0d5.2O.
Cattle-Slow, with beeves quoted at 1915
Q6.40; cows and h~eifers, S2.6Gg425; stock
ers and feeders, &2.Uu4.5O.
Sheep-Steady at S2.5o49.S5; lambs, $3.50
Us. 80.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
Guilty of Assault,

New York, Aug. 6.-Samuel Parks, a
walking delegate, was found guilty OF as
sault in the third degree today. The COM
plainant was Peter O'Neil, a plasterer.
The alleged assault occurred at a recent
union labor meeting. Timothy Mccarthy,
who was tried jointly with Parks, was ac-
quilted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
DEATH WINS THE RACE.
Steam and Steel Fall to Bring Father
to Dying Daughters Side.

Los Angeles. Cal, Aug. S.-Mary
Lowe, the 15-year-old daughter Of
Henry Lowe, chief of the engineering
department of the United States Steel
corporation. who is speeding across the
continent on a special train, died at
q hotel here last night. When death
came to the child Mr.. Lowe was pass
ing through western Kansas. Mr..
loves special is scheduled to break all
records of fast runs to the coast.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-08-15
WANTS A NEW TRIAL.
Lyman County Horse Thief Wants An.
other Try for Freedom.

Sioux Falls, 8. d., Aug. San applica-
ton has been made to the state supreme
court for a new trial in the case of w.
f. Phillips, who is serving a term OF
three years in the Sioux Falls penitentiary
for horse stealing. He was sentenced from
Lyman county last spring. 1t Is expected
that the necessary papers will be filed
with Warden Swenson in a day or two au-
thorizing the release of Phillips. who will
furnish a bond and be given his liberty
during the time the application for a new
trial Is pending before the supreme court