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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
Spearfish Wedding Bells.

Spearfsh, S. D., April 21.-Six wei
known Spearfsh young people have
been married within the week. They
are ]. Russell Warren and Miss Olive
Packard, O. d. Ticknor and Miss Orills
Smith, and Norval II. Hand and Miss
Mabel Adams. Mr.. and Mrs. Warner
will reside at Deadwood, where the for.
mer is deputy county auditor. Mr.. anc
Mrs. Ticknor have taken up their resi-.
dence at Spearfish, and Mr.. and Mrs
Hand have gone TO Denver, where Mr.
Hand is a teacher in the public schools
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
SMUGGLING SCANDAL.
dicted and Arrested for Beating
the Tariff Laws.

San Juan, Porto Rico, April 1S.-As n re-
silt of the action of the grand jury yes
ttrday In finding eight indictments, fol-
lowing an Investigation OF smuggling
charges, 1t is unofficially reported that
warrants nave been issued for the ar
rest OF Captain (surgeon) Lowndes, U. 8.
A; Captain Crabbs. T., s. A: Robert
Giles, engineer; Benjamin Butler. former
supervisor of elections, and Paymaster
Merritt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
JUST a LoAFER.
Chicago Mans Business Didn't impress
Divorce Court as Good.

Chicago, April 2o.-A man whose
business was "loafing'' was told OF In
Judge Chytraus' court in the divorce
case brought by Mrs. Lille Overton
against ne- husband, Isaac W. Over
ton.
What is your husbands ~business?"
asked the court.
"Loafing," replied Mrs. Overton.
HES he any trader" inquired the
court.
He has no trade"
Judge Chytraus granted a decree OF
divorce and allowed her to resume her
maiden name.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
R~oeSgvELT'S WISH.
Said He Has Ambition to Be President
of Harvard University.

OF HaTVaro On'Nefsity'
Springfield, Mass, April 20.-Presi-
lent Roosevelt, according to the Repub-
llcap, would like to be president OF
Harvard university. n Republican
says In an editorial:
What Harvard will do for n presi-
dent when DIR. Eliot gets through has
long ben a source of speculation. lie
will be SO years old on the goth, but In
vigor and force and youth is without a
superior among university or college
presidents, good yet for many years.
There Is an interesting suggestion cur
rent among Harvard men who know
Theodore Roosevelt we'll. 1t is that the
president OF the United States cherishes
4 strong ambition, when he has finished
his second term In the White House,
which he expects the American people
are to secure for him, to become presi-
lent of Harvard university.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

Fresh air tablets are a preparation
discovered by a French scientist. 1t
was while investigating acetylene that
he discovered hat he could combine
certain chemicals into a tablet which on
being dropped into water, dissolved and
gave forth pure oxygen. These tablets
will be exceedingly useful In closed car
riages, a submarine boat, or mine, or
anywhere else where the air has be-
come vitiated.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
overhauIins Shamrock III.

Weymouth. April 1S.-Shamrock III.
is being rapidly overhauled. The de-
struction OF her standing gear was al
most complete and everything above
the deck must be renewed. The Lloyd's
agent inspected the damage today. No
official estimate of the loss is available
but il is thought that $25, 900 will cover
everything
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

The surviving soldiers who served un-
der Generals Taylor and Scott in 1916
and 1S47 are invited to be present at
the thirty-seventh national encamp-
ment of the G.. A. r. in San Francisco
next August. The pension rolls show
that 5000 still live and 1000 dwell on
the Pacific coast. The managers hope
to attract at least 400 of them to the
reunion, believing hat 1t will be the
last they will ever attend.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
BATTLE WITH BURGLARS
Surprised While at Work on a Bank
and One Is Killed.

Wampum, Pa, April 21.-In a battle
following an unsuccessful attempt to
rob the First National bank of this
place early today, one burglar was
killed and Henry Willoughby, a baker,
who surprised the thieves while at
work., was seriously wounded. Will
loughby was passing the bank on his
way to work when he was suddenly
confronted by a man who, at the point
of a revolver, ordered him to throw up
his hands and keep quiet. He did SO,
but in the right hand was a revolver,
and a moment later both men fired at
each other,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
HARD COAL TRUST NEXT
Department Of Justice Will Look Into
Relations of Anthracite Producers.

Washington, April 2O.-The anthra-
cite trust, 1t is said, will come next.
The attorney general is investigating
and will soon nave determined whether
there is ar illegal combine which can
be dissolved. The coal roads control
about rs per cent. of the output, though
in most cases the coal companies are
separately organized, the same men
serving as directors in the railroad and
coal corporations. 1t is alleged the
Temple company controls the whole
thing, as a sort of clearing house. This
scheme is credited to Morgan. The
interstate commerce commission is to
make examination of the presidents
soon, and If it develops evidence to
warrant proceedings Attorney General
U.nox will start them at once,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
OverhauIinu Shamrock M,

Weymouth, April 1S.-Shamrock III.
Is being rapidly ~overhauled. The de-
struction Of her standing gear was al
most complete ard everything above
the deck must be renewed The Lloyd's
agent inspected the damage today. No
of. cial estimate of the loss is available
but 1t is thought hat SOS, 900 will cover
everything,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
JOSEPH NU4LER, Publisher.

The city of Nankin, though the soutE,
ern capital of China, does not possess
a water works system. The American
consul. Mr.. Martin, put down a drove"
well. The American WELL" as 1t is
called. soon attracted the attention Of
high officials living in the city, who
one after another came TO see and test
II. The result of their Investigations
was the setting apart of an amount Of
money to be used In securing like wells
about the city, to the number Of 100.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
Nice Town to Live In.

Morristown, N. j., April 1S.-Mayof
Reeds proclamation ordering the kill
ing of all dogs found at large and I'M
muz2led in the city resulted In the
practical humiliation of dogs here. The
cdict went into effect yesterday, and
! 1000 dogs have been killed. The order
WAS the result of an attack of rabies on
u bulldog, during which the animal bit
about $50 other CANNES.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

Nearly all the important manunfac-
.urers entering into export trade show
an increase In 1902, the chief exceptions
being iron and steel n refined mineral
oil. Iron and steel manufactures show
4 decrease Of over $4,000, 900 and mineral
pills a reduction of 81 900, 900. Copper
manufactures showed the largest gain,
bl2. 900. 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
SUES FoR TWO N
indiana Coal Company Brings Action
Against Railroad for Balance.

Chicago, Ill.,, April 20.-The Miami
Coal company of Indiana has sued the
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern
railway for 2 cents. Some time ago the
two companies were parties To a suit
which was settled out OF court. BY the
terms of the settlement the Lake Shore
company was the pay the coal
"a stipulated sum. The check was 2
cents short of the mou agreed. This
the coal company could not afford to
lose. Therefore, through Its attorney.
John Haskell, II has brought suit for
the amount,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
JOKE ON NEW PENNY.
Story That There Was Gold in IL
Caused Run on the Treasury.

Caused Kun on the treasury.
Chicago, April 20.-There Is a run
on the sub-treasury in Chicago. Peo-
pie who are looking for gold In pennies
have bothered the United States off,
cials with requests for from So to $50
worth Of coppers of last years date I'M
til the supply is about exhausted.
They are worth just 10 cents EACH"
Eaid a man today, who logged away
10000 Of them.
lie was frowned upon by others in
line. who feared the snap" would be-
orn generally known.
Some wag has perpetrated a joke
which has gotten away from his con
troll" said Cashier Russell. II do not
l.noW where the announcement came
from, but all these people have heard
hat the mint put some gold into 1902
pennies by mistake. They think the
value is increased Just ten-fold."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
Huron Officials Appointed.

Huron, S. D., April 21.-At a meeting
of the city council the new administra.
ton appointed r. ID. Whorton chief o.
police, A. w. Sheltner, night Waterman
A. b. Fairbank, city attorney; Car
Peterson. street and water commits
sioner. All the new officers have en-
tered upon their duties.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

There is no barbaric splendor about
the court Of Japan, nor does the en-
peror insist on fantastic forms of hon.
age. HIS Is just a plain individual.
His guests he receives standing, and he
snters freely into conversation with all.
There Is scarcely q subject hat does
not interest him or n on which he Is
not we'll informed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

Platinum, which is indispensable in
some instruments of precision, and is
useful in the arts particularly, because
when imbedded in glass it does not
crack 1t by unequal expansion, is still
much more valuable than gold. Nine
tenths of the worlds platinum (about
$500 pounds), from the Ural
mountains, which enables Russia to
control the price.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

DR.. Ducalaux, director of the Pasteur
institute Of Paris, Is the most recent
OF the French savants to join the ranks
Of those who advocate the use OF al
cohol in moderation. He Is quoted as
saying: A regards alcohol, only ig-
or prejudice can prevent any
body from recognizing that its advan-
tages are greater than It's inconven-
lencpD
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
HOWARD TESTIFIES.
Do with Murder of Goebel-Tay-
lor's Strong Talk.

Frankfort, KY, April 21.-James
Howard testified in his own defense
today in his trial for the murder of
Governor Goebel. His defense Is an
alibi. He denied he knew either Tay-
lor, Culton or Goebel, and emphatically
denied he ever saw Youtsey until he
met him in the Jail after their arrest,
or hat he ever received a letter from
Governor Taylor or did anything to
which Youtsey testified.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
Hissinn Is No Crime.

Boston, April 1S.-The decision has
been rendered in the municipal court
here that a spectator has the right to
express condemnation of a theatrical
performance by kissing. In discharg-
Ing the defendant the justice remarked
that kissing in a theater Is not n crime
my more thar applause.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

1t often happens that sailors run
lhort of water when they are Off the
southern coast Of South America. Then
they make for the mouth of the ANA
ION, where they can procure fresh "a
Ter 200 miles from the coast. The vol
anne poured out by the river Is so great
and so strong that 1t sweeps back the
,cpan itself.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
DENIED NEW TRIAL.
Mira. Lille IL Sentenced to Imprison-
ment for Life for Killing Her
Husband.

David City, Neb., April 21.-Judge
Good Saturday overruled the mo-
ton of Mrs. Lena M. Lille for a new
for life at hard labor. Mrs. Lille was
bold and defiant in replying to the
courts question whether she had any
thing to say. She said:
II want to say to the court that I
am not guilty, and l feel 1 have not
had a fair trial as a citizen of the
United States. / feel that no more
monstrous injustice ever happened in
Nebraska than this just perpetrated
here. Witnesses have sworn to false
hoods as black as they could be-"
Then she sat down, with eyes flash
ing; but the piteous sob of her mother
and father, who sat near her, caused
her to lose her iron composure and
weep. She will be taken to Lincoln in
thirty days. Meanwhile the case will
be appealed to the supreme court.
October "a last David City was aroused
by the that Harvey Lille, a
grain man, had been murdered In bed by q
burglar. Mrs. Lille, in bed beside him.
awakened at the shot, saw a man standing
over them. At his she lay still,
and allowed him to escape. hen she
aroused the house and neighbors, but
there was no trace of the murderer.
The case was mysterious, and the po-
lice were unable to find u clue. December
q Mrs. Lille was arrested, charged with
the crime. 1t was alleged she killed her
husband to get $500 life insurance, which
she badly needed because she had been
a customer OF bucket shops and had lost.
Circumstantial evidence seemed to bear
out the theory.
The town was soon torn by factions,
one believing la the Innocence, the other
In the guilt OF the woman. When the case
was called for trial excitement was at
fever heat.
March 2 the jury brought in a verdict Of
guilty and recommended life imprison-
ment. The verdict was a surprise, but
seemed in line with facts. Mrs. Lille
pore up bravery, put AFTER the jury re-
ported, seeking an ante-room, she burst
into tears. Her attorneys ave tried hard
To secure a new trial. have claimed new
violence and tried to impeach the Jurors,
ut In vain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
OF CRIME.
New York Boys Taught to Steal, and
Work on a Commission.


New York, April 20.-According to
the story told in a Brooklyn court by a
boy named Solomon Hellerstein, who
confessed to the theft OF a pocketbook
from a woman who was watching a fire
in Union street, there is an academy
Of crime" in his city. Hellerstein
said he had been a thief six weeks and
that. with other boys, he had been
taught to steal at a place kept by two
young men known as the Boston
Brothers" in Manhattan. He declared
the brothers had n staff Of thirty boys,
IL to 10 years old, and they threatene
to thrash him If he did not join. The.
dist icted the city, he said, and sent
certain boys out to work certain dis
~tricts, getting a share OF the stealings
IF all of them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
GOT KANSAS MONEY.
Robbers Wreck Allen Bank and Escap.
With the Cash.

Emporia, Kan, April 21.-The Allen
State bank, at Allen, ten MI. IS north of
here, was burglarized early today, the
robbers escaping with 81, 700. The
building was badly damaged by the ex-
plosion. At Admire, near Allen, the
postofliCe was broken into and a small
amount of money taken.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
MEN WIN.
Street Car Employees in New York Get
Concessions From Company.

New York. April 21.-After a confer
ence between President Mahon of the
National Federation of Street Railway
employees and officials of the Manhattan
elevated roads today, it was announce
an agreement was reached satisfactory
TO both, which will be submitted TO a
mass melting of employees Monday. The
agreement provides for an Increase OF
wages, but does not ccncedc the nine
hour workin3-day demarcci by the
men.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

DR.. Koch has been chosen foreign
member Of the French Academy of
Science to fill the vacancy left by the
death Of Professor Virchow. Twenty
eight votes were given for Dr.. Koch,
against eighteen for Professor Agassiz,
curator at Harvard university; eleven
for 8. p. Langley of Washington, and
one for Professor Van der Walls OF Am
sterdam.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

abe practice of fencing has been re-
lived among japanese young noble
women.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

The pepper plant-piper nigrum--
which produces the white and black
pepper Of commerce, is a climbing, vine
like shrub, found growing wild In the
forests of Travancore and the Malabar
coast Of India. Pepper is entirely trop-
ical in its requirements. The white
pepper is the black pepper decorticated
" maceration and rubbing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
killed hv Electric Car.

I~ndinauolis, April lS.-As result of a col.
llsion Of Il Union Traction interurban car
ami an automobile this morning DIR
Charles Howard of st. Paul, was killed
and Richard Rice of this city badly In
jured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
PROMINENT Citizen Dead.

Burlington, Ia, April &c. T.. SQuires.
a prominent citizen Of Burlington, died
suddenly today at Abba, Ia He was the
guest of President Perkins OF the Chicago.
Burlington and Quincy on a trial trip OF
a new special car.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

The pope has the largest and most
costly wardrobe in the whole civilized
world. Three large rooms at the Va
tican hardly suffice to contain the
pope's wardrobe, and a special body of
servants is told off to keep 1t In order.
Each day in the year has it appropriate
garment, which varies In color, weight
and value, according to the season.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

For several years past suicides have
been increasing In Chicago at a ratio
TAR in excess Of the increase In popula-
lion. Three hundred and fifty-six sui
sides in 1900 were followed by 500 In
1901. and 439 last wear.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
SHIP GOES TO &
British Battieship Sent There Because
of the Eastern Complications.

OF the Eastern computations.
yaletta, Island of Malta, April 1.-The
British battleship Victorious, which has
been ordered to sail for Greece owing to
the threatening aspect of affairs In the
Balkans, sailed during the night. h
naval review and other ceremonies
planned for today in honor of the visit
of King Edward to Malta were counter
manded in ~seque OF bad weather.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
TayIor's Stronu Talk,

Indianapolis, Ind, April 21.-W. g.
Taylor, ex-governor of Kentucky, who
lives In this city, in an interview today
says so far as he remembers he never
met James b. Howard while he was
governor of Kentucky. He also says
he did not know Frank Cecil, who gave
evidence Wednesday charging him with,
being responsible for the murder of
Goebel, and says he never conferred
with Youtsey upon any important mat
ter, denying having eve dictated any
letter to Howard.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

The German reichstag has voted $780,
300 for the purchase and maintenance
bf motor cars in the German army. The
French appropriation for a similar pur-
pose was only $4,000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

1t Is said that when the car Of Rus
sia and the German emperor visit
Rome they will be guarded by 1900 de-
tectives, who will masquerade as pill
grims, peasants, priests, nuns and other
characters Astounding in Rome and
Will lodge in all sorts OF hotels, high
priced and low inns, in cloisters, pri-
Vate rooms and even houses of i'll re-
pute.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

Editor Webb of the Bosworth, Mo-,
Weekly Star, puts this headline over
his announcements Of births, marriages
and deaths: "Yells, Bells and Kuells."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
WANT THE DIVIDENDS.
Merger Crowd Would Like to Keer
Right on Doing Business.

WeTgeE OToWu vVouIu LIke 70 Keep
Right on Doing Business.
St. Paul, Mimi, April 20.-In circuit
court Judge Sanborn this afternoon set
apart April 20 as a time for hearing ar
guments on the request of h attor-
neys for the Northern Securities COM
PAM that the decree recently handed
down be suspended in so far as 1t pre-
vented payment by the Great Northern
and Northern Pacific railways of divi-
dends to the Northern Securities COM
pany since their dividends ultimately
reach the same people any way.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

The Cathedral Of Charities In France
Is said to contain the most beautiful
and the best preserved twelfth century
windows In the world. They date from
nbout 1145.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

All over the District of Columbia
are scores Of types OF volcanic actior
I'd all show traces of electrical energy.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

The average age Of the sixteen new
senator's Is So 2-3 years, with General
Alger Of Michigan leading the van at
81, and Reed Smoot of Utah bringing
no the rear at Al.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

When the last fragments of the
ruined campanile In Venice were re-
moved thirty bottles of wine were
'ound unbroken In the custodian's
looms.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

King Edwards chef is one NJ. Men
anger, from southern France. He gets
$40. 900 a yea and comes to Bucking-
ham from his private residence in a
hanson.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
VENEZUELA is FRIENDLY
South American Republic Thinks the
United States Is About Riaht.

United States Is About Right.
New York, April PA wonderful
change in popular feeling, n remarkable
growth OF sentiment favorable to the
United States, are reported by Minister
Augusta +. Pulido, recently returned
from Caracas, whittier he went to con-
suit President Castro concerning the
Venezuelan negotiations with the allies,
and to get Castro's approval of reference
to The Hague.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

Governor Taylor's statement Of his owl,
innocence is not dissimilar to other he,
has made before. The fact, however, that.
he fled from Kentucky as soon as the
tragedy following Governor Goebel's as
sassination had begun to develop signs Of
conspiracy, and has s~trenuously resisted
all efforts to get him back into Kentucky,
has been against him. He has been In In
diana most of the time, the governor there
having refused to honor requisition papers
for him. He was also for a time In New
York, while Mr.. Roosevelt was governor,
and In that case, too, requisition was de-
MED by Mr., Roosevelt
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

A year before Philadelphia rang joy
Sus bells On account of the Declaration
VI Independence she made the first
piano eve produced In his country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
EIG GERMAN

Textile Industries Will Shut Down
Business May 4 and Close.
Crcfeld, Rhenish Prussia, April TO-
Tie association Of employers Of the
textile industry Of the lower Rhine has
ordered a lockout of all it's employees
from May 4, because men on strike in
one Of the factories failed to resume
work today. A hundred concerns at
Crefeld and vicinity employing over
g. 900 men are affected.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25
NEW o COMPANY.

It Takes over CHEROKEE n Correction
Vile Systems and Toll Line.
Cherokee, Ia, April 21.-The Cherokee
and Correctionville telephone exchange
and the connecting toll line a been sold
TO a new company, the Cherokee County
Telephone company. The new company
is controlled by the New State
which has about GOO miles Of toll lines and
many exchanges.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-25

ore is now loaded into lake schoon
ers at the rate OF 1000 IONS an hour.