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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
SAME OLD STORY.
Girl May Die, Because Brother Didn't
Know IL Was Loaded.

Elk Point, e. D., April 4.-Wednesday
afternoon a 7-year-old son of N. T. Mel
son was playing with an old musket.
The boy had snapped the lock many
times. Toward evening he went into
the house and snapped the lock at his
sister, Alma who is II years old. The
charge struck her In the forehead just
between the eyes. The girl fell to the
floor and it was thought she was dead.
DR.. Ellis was called and Is doing all he
can to save the girls life. He has picked
out many shot hat penetrated the
skull. Her eyes are swollen entirely
shut, but whether she will live or not
cannot be told for some time. Should
she live she will be disfigured for life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson live nine miles
northwest of this place and are highly
respected. No one knew h a a charge
of powder and shot was In the gun.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
PETTIGREW, ON POLITICS
Former Senator Says 1904 Will See a
Great Presidential Campaign, and
No Walkover Is in Siqht.

Chicago, April 4.-Ex-Senator Petit
grew and wife OF Sioux Falls, S. D., are
here shopping and attending the the
aters. Politics" he replied to a ques-
ton. ITS early. The wires are being
laid, however. There is going to be
one OF the finest fights at the coming
election this country has ever wit
messed, according to the way l look at
H.. There is not to be a walkover on
either side. It's any mans chance"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
APRIL FOOL JOKE.
Practical Joker Causes Run on Chicago
Bank, Which Causes a Loss Of
100000 in Deposits.

Chicago, April THE Chronicle to-
day y LAS a result of an April
fool joke the private bank of Kaspar &
Karel experienced a run yesterday dur
ing which 5000, 900 was withdrawn by
depositors. 1t Is thought the run Is
now over. A man yet unknown re-
marked Sunday that the bank would
have q sensational run as an April fool
joke; and the report gained widespread
currency and q run resulted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
WILL KNOW HER FATE.
Or. Lorenz Will Remove Plaster Cast
From Little Miss Armour.

DR.. LOrenZ VIII nefEOVc raster CAST
From Little Miss Armour.
Chicago, April THE beraking of Il
plaster cast will tell whether little
Lolita Armour is to be a cripple for
life or perfect and sound in body. Her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. Ogden Ar
mour, are spending anxious hours, for
April II the question will be solved.
on that date DR.. Lorenz, the famous
Vienna surgeon who came to this coun-
try especially to treat the little heiress,
will return to this country and break
with his own hands the cast that he SO
tenderly wove about the little cripple's
body.
are convinced that the pa
tient little victim Is cured.
"At first we intended to take little
Lolita to Vienna, but business matters
interfered," said Mr.. Armour. II have
arranged with the doctor to come to
this country again."
Lolita Armour was operated on sew
eral months ago by DR.. Lorenz for con-
genital dislocation of the hip. The re-
suits Of the operation are still being
watched by the medical men of the
world.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

The special advantages attaching to
the use of turbine engines OF ships are
the absence OF vibrations. which shake
hulls and fittings: the great saving OF
weight in machinery, that for a turbine
being 81 pounds a horsepower. while
that Of the present style Of engine Is
$50 pounds a horsepower: Increased
stability due to the low position OF the
enter OF gravity in the engine: less
danger to the engine-room crew from
fast-moving parts and a much smaller
engine-rcom force Is required.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
Frederick A. kreiser Dead.

Sioux Falls, s. D., April 2.-Ex-Chief OF
Police Frederick A. Kreiser, one Of the
most prominent Germans in this part of
South Dakota, died at the family resi-
dence in this city of Bright's disease. De-
ceased was a member of the city council
for a period of our years. He was one
of the most respected of Sioux Falls bust
ness men and belonged to the German
Verein, German Odd Fellows, Ancient Or
der OF United Workmen md Modern
Woodmen lodges.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
Sprinu Is Here.

Spearfish, s. D., April 4.-Recent
warm rains have melted the snow and
the new grass is we'll started. Farm
ers are preparing their land for crops.
The ground Is in splendid condition for
working, and the season opens with
abundant promise.
Cattle have come through the winter
we'll and with plenty OF water and
enough grass to feed them they will
be In good condition to go onto the new
grass,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
FEAT OF ROCKEFELLER.
Paris Wonders If Standard OIL Seeks
the City's Gas Franchise.

Paris, April Tt Is reported hat a
project Of American capitalists to pur-
chase the Paris gas franchise is play
ing a considerable part in the present
bitter political controversy before the
municipal council, aroused by the ques-
ton Of extending the franchise. Several
newspapers assert that American cap
ital is seeking the franchise and that
the Rockefeller interests control this
capital. French capitalists have writ
ten an open letter denying the report
and asserting the new company is ex-
clusiyely French.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
Miners Elect Officers.

Deadwood, 8. d.. April 7.-Offcers have
been Installed by Deadwood Min and
Mil Mems union. Western Federation Of
Miners, as follows: John Meeland, pres
Ident; c. B. Webster, vice president, Ma
rion Cammack, secretary-treasurer; Chas.
d. Swanson, warden; Charles Dean, con-
ductor; John L. Evans, trustee; i. ID.
O'Brien, delegate to the annual conveu-
ton. The installation was followed by a
social session.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
Soldiers Left Behind.

Fort Meade, S. D., April 7.-Captal..
Hyer OF the Thirteenth cavalry has
instead of accompanying his command
to the Philippines, owing to i'll health.
He will be transferred to the Sixth
cavalry, which will arrive at Fort
Meade from the Philippines in June.
Captain Hawkins of the Thirteenth
has been detailed for commissary duty
and has gone to Washington to report.
there are two troops Of the Thirteenth
cavalry at Fort Meade caring for the
horses left by the regiment. AS soon
as Tho Sixth cavalry arrives they will
sail for the Philippines.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
ROB A BANK; KILL ONE
Three Men Get Away from Leser,
Okla, with $1,000 Of Cash and
Leave Ono Dead Victim,

Chicago, April IA dispatch to the
Tribune from Leger, Okla, says three
men who robbed the Bank of Leger
yesterday, after fatally shooting a cit
izen, secured $4,000. A large Indian
payment was due and the funds were
in the hank.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
UPRISING is SERIOUS.
Bulgarian Government Trying to Pur
Down RebeIIious Macedonian
Seize Rebels Arms.

Vienna, April 7.-Advices received
here say the Bulgarian government Is
taking active measures against the
Macedonian bands and has seized a
large quantity of their arms, which
were hidden In Sofia.
Bulgarian gendarmes on the frontier
heal Dunitza fired on the insurgents,
who were attempting to smuggle guns
into Turkey.
Fresh insurgent bands have appeared
in the district of Djuma, and a strong
detachment Of Turkish cavalry with
artillery has started in pursuit.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

The annual report Of the Leipsic
chamber Of commerce sal In general
OF the business OF Germany In the year
1902 that while a few branches of manu-
faoture and trade experienced a partial
recovery. the rear as a whole belonged
to the period OF overproduction. collapse
and panic that began In the summer OF
1900, and has entailed the fatal condi-
ton which still exists. viz, prices Of
food and raw materials which are above
all logical relation to the market values
of finished products.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
LIKE THE TONE.
London Papers Are Pleased With the
Speech Of Roosevelt on the
Monroe Doctrine.

London, April THE strenuous tom
of President Roosevelt's Chicago speech
caused comment in all the morning pa
pers. 1t Is commented upon as an au-
thoritative exposition of the policy of
the United States government Of the
Monroe doctrine. The passages of the
speech dealing with the inter-oceanic
canal and American naval power are
welcomed as proofs that buncombe has
gone out of favor and real action has
taken the place of vague clustering.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

A strange spindly plant with nodding
little flowers was sent from the city of
Mexico TO the Madrid botanical garden
in 1884, and. being new to the botanists,
was named Dahlia, after Dahl, a Swed-
ish botanist. Florists 500 noticed the
great possibility Of variation In the
flower in color and size. but 1t was rare
in Europe until Humboldt brought
from Mexico a quantity Of the seed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
The South Dakota Tour.

Sioux Falls, s. D., April THE presi-
dents train left here at 9:1O o'clock
Monday, and will reach Yankton at
II: 35 a.. m, departing from Yankton at
noon. The president will make a speech
there from a platform erected In front
Of, the new Masonic temple. The train
will reach Mitchell at 3 p. m., for a
fifteen minute stop, and will reach Abb
4rdeen at 1886 In the evening for an
other stop of fifteen minutes. Edgeley,
N. d., will be reached at 10:30 p. m,
where a stop of forty minutes will be
made, the last stop of the day. The
party will eat dinner and supper on the
train.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

' The first bill vetoed by Governor
Bachelor OF New Hampshire Is that
providing ar appropriation Of $4,000 to
found a state sanatorium for consump-
tives. The governors reasons are SUBJ
stantially these: That tuberculosis Is
decreasing In New Hampshire; that he
projects for curing the disease in that
climate are largely experimental. and
that the state should mo- at present
make such provision for h care Of n
class Of sufferers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
Adulterer PAYS Heavy Fine.

Huron, S. D., April Thomas Nc
Kinnon of Sioux Falls has taken from
custody Roy Hartwick, convicted at the
present term of circuit court of adul-
terry. Hartwick's friends paid the fine
Of $500 and look him to Sioux Falls,
where he will work at his trade with
Mr.. McKinnon, a contractor.
In circuit court Charles Ware paid a
fine of $50 for keeping n gambling
house. This clears the criminal calen-
dar of all but two cases. which are set
for hearing this week. Court will be
in session for the next ten days or two
weeks.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

For the collection Of sociological and
pathological data, especially such as
may be found In institutions for the
criminal. pauper. and defective, and
generally In hospitals and schools" Is
the title Of a bill recently introduced
Into congress. The United States pro-
Nides for the punishment OF crime, but
makes no effort to prevent II. The an
nuai tribute society pays to crime
statistics show to be 5000, 900, 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

The Chilean battleship Libertad, n
sister to the Constitution. lal .nched at
ten months In building. The contract
for the unfinished Missouri was let
more than tour years ago, md she is
but 400 tons larger. 1T Is claimed for
the.Ligertad, and we think with much
show OF TRUTH" says Scientific Ameri-
can, shat she is. for her size-11, 800
tons-the most powerful fighting ship
float"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
Knights Templars Elect.

D~eadwood, S. D., April 7.-OmCers
AVE been elected by Dakota COM
mandery, knights Templars. as fol-
lows: Able Holmes, eminent COM
mander; b. +. Dague, generalissimo;
#. w. Medbery, captain general; r. n.
Peck, prelate: A. w. Coe, treasurer;
G. NJ. Reeves, recorder; w. j. Thornby.
senior warden; j. +. Summers. junior
warden.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

IT Is said that two Harvard professors
have been selected for important places
In the royal court of Siam. One Of them
named Is Professor Edward II. Strobel
Bemis. who occupied the chair OF inter-
national law. Professor Bemis has been
selected as the regal adviser OF the king.
lie will get a leave OF absence and Will
sever his connection with Harvard. He
was graduated from the Harvard law
school In 1882.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
PASSENGERS
People Taken from the Vessel Which
Grounded on California Coast.

San Francisco, April 4.-Early this
morning eighteen passengers and two
of the crew of the Albion River
grounded yesterday at Bodega point
landed In this city. Seven men re-
manned on the wreck. Captain Bash
is among those yet aboard. Some at.
tribute the wreck to carelessness. The
vessel was eight miles out Of its course
when 1t struck,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

Professor Dewey Of the Boston Insti-
tute OF Technology, In speaking before
the convention of educators bus
iness men at Ann Arbor, Mich, deplor-
ed the lack OF fitness shown by college
graduates for the hard realities OF life.
Professor Ripley OF Harvard university
urged the enforcement Of business
methods OF exacting attention &c study
all through a university students
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
Drummers Will ORGANIZE.

Hot Springs, S. D., April THE ira
Yelling statesmen who make the Black
Hills country are arranging for a cele-
bration at Hot Springs o. May 16, at
which time they propose to organize a
Black Hills Commercial Mems associa-
ton. Invitations have been sent to
travelling men who frequent the Hills,
and as soon as sufficient responses are
received to warrant the arrangements
Of the program the event will be deter
mined upon.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

' Herreshofr, the yacht builder, was
walking near his shops In Bristol. u. l..
one day last week when a camera fiend
Gone of his pet ~aversions) took a shot
at him. Herreshoff started after the
offender and soon caught him. The
man resorted to diplomatic talk, but the
yacht builder would not listen. Wrest-
ing the camera from the owners grasp.
he extracted the offending plate and
ground II TO bits with his heeel.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

The rattlesnake's rattle consists OF a
number of hollowy, horny rings. some
what like quill in substance and inter-
locked with one another. while they are
30 elastic as TO permit OF a considerable
amount of motion between them. These
rings are not indicative Of age, as has
been supposed. since in some years
several appear, while In others only one
ring NAV be Developed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

or the 165 different kinds Of snakes
found in the United States, but twenty
are venomous. They are the copperhead
and water moccasin. which are closely
related; the coral snakes Of the south
west, the two species OF sistrurus and
the fifteen species of rattlesnake. The
most dangerous Of them-the water
m~occasin-is not seen north of Ten
hessee.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
MUST STAND TRIAL.
kunneeke Was Indebted to Man He
Murdered.

Pierre, S. D., April 7.--After the state
had presented Its case in the Kunnecke
trial at Fort Pierre Saturday the de-
Tense waived further examination and
the accused man was remanded to Jail
for the July term Of court in Stanley
county.
The only new point developed In the
hearing was that a young man named
Rohrbecker, who worked for KunneCke
last winter, is missing and nothing can
be learned Of him, leading to the belief
that there is another victim. In all
these cases kunnecke was indebted to
the men who disappeared.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
Trout for "Bear Tracks"

Hot Springs, s. D., April T.. i. T..
PIERCE, Bear Tracks," received word
that a consignment of Rainbow trout
would be sent him at once to be placed
In Fall river. He has been working for
this for some time n is much pleased
to have finally succeeded. The Rain
bow trout are adapted to warmer wa
ter than the speckled and it's is be-
'ieved they will do nicely In this stream.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
Hurt by COLLAPSE of House,

Louisville, Ky, April 1.-Two ne
groes were killed, W. seriously hurt
and nine slightly injured by falling
walls in a brick tenement house this
morning. Most Of the victims were
women The collapse caught the in
mates asleep in their beds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
JUST LIKE
BeadIe County Makes First Class Maple
Syrup From His Own Trees.

Huron, s. D., April is. w. Oviatt
Of Fairfield townships the first person
in this locality to make maple sugar
from trees grown on his farm. Mr..
Oviatt came here in the early sos, and
about the first work he did was to
plant trees, and as a result has one of
the finest groves In this part Of he
state, in which are a large number of
maple trees. The syrup is fine grain,
and Of the best quality.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

Munich's reputation for beer drink
Ing is In danger. The city Is still far
ahead OF any other in the quantity con-
pumed. but in 1901 II drank fifteen litres
T. head less than In 1900. only 341 Itres a
man-that is to say. less than a litre a
day. This is ascribed in part to the
falling off in the number OF strangers
who visit the Athens of the liar.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
Gold Dust Assets.

Hill City, S. D., April 4.-The Hill
City bank has rendered it's first report
to the public examiner. Included in the
is an item for gold dust. This
was not unusual twenty years ago
when banks DOL practically all the
gold dust of the small miners, but 1t
Is rather at this time.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
Southeastern Iowa Teacbers

Burlington, Ia, April 2.-The ninth an
nual session of the Southeastern Iowa
Teachers association convened here to-
day. over LOCO teachers from twenty-five
counties Of southeastern Iowa are In at
tendance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

AS the result of the official inquiry
into the collapse Of the campanile, at
Venice, II Is declared that the cause OF
the disaster was the cutting OF a trench
without The adoption of precautions.
The report censures the district archi-
facts
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
Roosevelt Postoffice.

Custer, S. D., April 4.-The p~ostofice
Of Roosevelt has been established at
the Roosevelt mine, seven miles north
west of Custer. Mrs. Marie M. Sim
mons is postmaster. Mail goes from
Custer three times a week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

The record yield OF timber from one
tree is 80, 1000 feet, from a redwood
feet In diameter, u last year
in California.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

overcome. In the end an admirable law was
passed. This law received my signature .
couple Of days before congress adjourned. II
represents a real and substantial advance In
an admirable kind OF legislation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

Kite hawks have become so bold
about the garrison In Burma that they
'swoop down on h mess tables and
seize food from the soldiers plates.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
KILLED BY OF
Xaneas Man Pays Penalty of Being
Too Slow on the Trigger.

Too Slow on the Trigger.
Sedan, Kan, April 4-Alonzo Ha-
mon, aged rs, was h o and killed here
today by Constable Robinson. Hamon.
imagining a fancied wrong against the
cashier of the Sedan Savings bank, had
threatened to wreck the bank with
dynamite. He approached the bank
building and when Constable Robinson
ordered him to halt reached for his
revolver. The officer fired first, killing
Hamon instantly.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11
Bubonic PLAQUE Aoain.

Cairo, April 2.-Bubonic plague has re-
appeared in some parts Of Egypt. Many
sholera cases are reported at Alexandria.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

The post mortem inspections Of food
animals by the government In 100;
numbered 3S, 900. 625, and 1880 car.
cases were condemned.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

The Homestead mills produce, with
about 1000 men, three times as much
steel as the Krupp works produce with
1000 men.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

Germans who use retort coke ovens
get out tar products worth 2S per cent,
as much as the coke. n save nearly
all the 40 per Ger of the volatile ele-
ments OF the coal which are lost in the
open bee hive" ovens used In America
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-04-11

Charles M. Bldwell. who died in East
Hartford, Conn, last week at the age
OF 70 years. lived on an old homestead
which had been In the possession Of his
family for seven generations. even since
1eeg
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1903-02-27
OLDEST CARRIAGE STILL IN USE.

While famed in verse, the one
Hoss- Shay is no figment of the imag-
ination. Its prototype exists. The old
Trumbull wagon. built in 17T6, Is still
as good as new. For 126 years this
now ancient vehicle has bumped and
jolted over country roads, and every
part is yet in good condition and able
to do hard service. The carriage is
now making a tour through the New
England States. The carriage was de-
signed by Jonathan Trumbull, the first
Governor Of Connecticut, and built by
Josiah Crane, who. In those days. was
the best builder of carriages in the
country. This is due to the builder
working by hand and doing every part
''as we'll as he could The only tools
used in it's manufacture were an adze,
hand saw, draw shave, jack plane,
auger and hammer Every piece OF
iron, every bolt and rlvet was forged
by Mr. Cranes own hand. 1t cost $50
sterling and was eight months IN
building