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ipower to rush in at will and seize South
American territory in satisfaction of
lclaims, good, bad and Indifferent. That
would quickly mean SpOliation and con-
|queSt of the continent. There are few
nations in the world, indeed, that could
Instantly meet III full all demands that
might be made POI them at times
Ichosen by malicious creditors. States
should not be treated more harshly in
|such matters thar individuals, and
even the most spendthrift bankrupt has
rights before the law which his cred
lltors ann disregard. It is unfortu-
Inately true that some South American
states have been reckless in contract
ling debts and dilatory in paying them.
There is grave reason to believe also
that in more than n case eXhorbitant
and extortionate claims have been
Itrumped up against them. There is, if
anything, less excuse for the latter than
for the former. An extortioner is worse
than a defaulter.
The attitude of the United States
upon the question seems to commend
Itself to the sense of eaSOn and JUS
ltice. It is, as we understand it, that
the Monroe doctrine is not be used
as a shield for perverse defaulters, nor
lis it to permit political and territorial
spoliation under the guise of debt col
llecting. The South American states
have generally been amenable to diplo-
Imatic influences in the collection of
just claims against them. When they
Ihave not been a display of force has
brought them into court. There has
never been need of actual warfare, and
lcertainly none of seizure. of territory
New York Tribune.
Now, the Tribune carefully avoids the
international law, for foreign nations
to collect by force the debts of South
lor Central American Republics to pri-
lvate citizens, when these debts are not
recognized by treaty or are not in the
mature of damages for wrongs inflicted
The Monroe doctrine declares that
this nation cannot ook with
upon the oppression of any of these
lSpanish-American governments by Eu-
lropean powers. To throw aside the
restraints of international law in deal
ling with a weaker government is the
plainest kind of oppression.
A writer in the current number of
the North American Review recalls the
fact that before the civil war the states
of Mississippi and Pennsylvania de-
faulted on their bonds. a large proper
Ition of which was held by British sub
ljects. "but not on that account did
the British government ever dream OF
%eXacting payment of the bonds by
lacts Of war" The Liberal leaders in
the British House of Lords and House
of Commons have asserted in parlia-
ment hat if their government has
committed itself in the Venezuelan case
Ito the collection of private debts by
public force, a stratling and very ques-
Itionable precedent has been set.
What sort of debts does the Tribune
mean by "just debts? That is the
IQuestion. 1t must De answered sooner
or later.-Norfolk Landmark.
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All is Quiet at SuriEoa.

Washington, March 26.-Secretary
Root has received a dispatch from Gov
ernor Taft stating that all is quiet at
Surigao. Assistant Chief Taylor re-
ports to Governor Taft that the affair
a have no general political signifi-
canoe as the leaders were Jail birds and
dishonorably discharged, constabulary.
No active members of the ~constabulary
were implicated. He says Clark at
tackled the and alone and was cut
down at once. no one else being injured.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-03-31
Purchase of Silver.

Washington, March 26.-The secre-
tary of the treasury today purchased
80. 600 ounces of silver at 40 lilo cents
an ounce, delivered free at the Phila-
delphia mint. This purchase was made
on ccoun of the Philippines coinage
act.
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A PHILADELPHIA IDOL SHOP.

The Factory is Run by d German,
Who is Unwilling to Have His
Name Published-A Visit to His
Work ROOms-How This MOdern
Demetrius Defends His Unusual
Craft.
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WOman'S :: =;
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pure. The critical ordeal through which the e1peotant mother must
pass, however, is 81 fraught with dread, pain, suffering and danger,
that the very thought of it fills her with apprehension and horror.
There is no necessity for the reproduction of life to be either painful
or dangerous. The . of Mothers Friend % prepares the system hw
the coming event that it is safely passed without any danger. 1ds
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from those who have the best to sell.
Our. favorites among the manufacture
ers are those who give US the best
value. The makers of the "sell-by-ap-
pearance'' kind of goods never get our
orders. The quality of these goods is
what sells them.
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No woman's happi.
ness can be complete
without children; il
is her t to love
and want them
. as much 80 as
y it is to love tho
beautiful and
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
NO HOPE FOR r
It Is impossible for Russian and Japan
to Come TO an Understanding.

London, Aug. 31.-The Picking CORE
%spondent of the Times ridicules the
Idea that the Manchurian question will
be settled by the opening of two Man
churian ports. All the approaches to
Mukden are in the hands OF the Rus
slams, he says, while TIA Tung Kao is
a small port without an anchorage, I'M
approaChable within several miles by
steamers Of h shallowest draft and
already open to trade under the inland
sea navigation rules.
The correspondent contends that an
amicable agreement between Japan
and Russia is impossible and that it is
equally impossible hat Japan will re-
main passive. Unless she is content
to sink to the position of an inferior
power she Is compelled to seek advan-
tages in Corea equivalent to those
which Russia has secured in Man
churia.
If the scornful attitude Of the Rus
slams in the far east towards Japan
csc professions reflects the opinion of
the authorities at St. Petersburg" he
says, there can be little reason to ex-
pect an amicable settlement OF the pro-
posals for the modus vivendi presented
by the Japanese minister at St.
Petersburg August IL. These proposals
embodied a reciprocal recognition of
the respective rights of the two pow
ers in Manchuria m Korea.
Whatever happens, Korea's exist
ence as an Independent empire is
doomed" continues the correspondent.
Il recently spent some time at Dalny
and Port Arthur. Both places indicate
a marked increase Of military activity.
Dalny is becoming a garrison city;
there is absolutely no trade. The Brit
ish residents only number male adults.
There is n American firm represented
by a Russian agent, while the American
trading society has closed it's ncy
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
MOISTURE
IS MOST DISASTROUS
The Past Several Days OF Soak
ing Rain Play Havoc
With Grain.
CORN TWO WEEKS BEHIND
II, However, the Weather Turns Fa'
vorable and Remains So, South
Dakota Will Produce Heavy
Crop of Corn.

Canton, s. D., Aug. 31.-The past
three days have been most disastrous
ones for South Dakota. 1t has ralned
almost continually, over two inches OF
water falling in the past forty-elght
hours, and the steady, soaking precipl-
tation has been OF a character well CAL
culated to play havoc among the small
grain, which had already suffered ma
terially from too much rain before this,
and has now become seriously dam
aged. Unless the weather changes
from wet to permanently dry almost
Immediately, the splendid crops or
wheat, pats and barley that were har-
vested but are still largely in the field
unstacked and unthrashed Will be COM
pletely ruined. The corn crop is also
in a critical condition because the rip
ening period for IL is rapidly drawing to
a close. 1t needs now about two weeks
of good ripening weather to make 1t
safe, while every day OF rain, which
retards It's maturity, hastens the crop
to a day of destruction by a frost. The
entire population of this state, n in
view of the practically complete fail
ure Of the corn crop in certain parts
of Iowa and other states, the people
over the entire northwest are abb
sorbed with anxiety owe the result
that awaits the South Dakota corn
crop. II the Weather turns favorable
within a few days and remains so for
two weeks, his state will produce the
heaviest corn crop 1t has ever had.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
GREAT DEAL CONFIRMED
Story of Rock Island Control Of Mexi-
can Central Road Is Believed.

can Central Road Is Believed.
Chicago, Aug. 31.-Partial confirmation
Of the rumor that the rock Island has
nurchased the Mexican Central was re-
ce.ved yesterday from Richmond, Ind,
the home Of Daniel Reed and William b.
Leeds, two Of the principal directors Of
Rock Island interests. The information
cannot be traced directly 10 these two
men, but 1t is said to come from an au-
thoritative source close to them.
The rumor as first circulated was gen.
orally discredited. 1t had been known for
a long time that the heavy owners of
Rock Island stocks. and bonds, such as
Reed, Leeds, the Moore brothers, Mar
shall Field and II. c. Frick, were anxious
TO ACQUIRE the Mexican Central, and this
of itself was believed sufficient to start
the rumor that they had purchased it.
1t seems now however, that the rumor
had a substantial basis.
While the fact Of the purchase is
deemed certain the official announcement
of this contamination will not be made,
1t is said, until next month, when the
western c~rop-moving period is over and
the eastern financial stress Is allayed.
Full particulars of the deal may then be
expected.
This purchase If made will be the cli-
max of the Rock Islands almost meteoric
development. which already has been
marked by the absorption Of the Chicago
and Eastern Illinois, the FRISCO line and
the Seaboard Air Line. This career has
made 1t one Of the greatest railway sys-
TENS IN the world, with a future even
more dazzling than its past.
The Mexican Central connects with the
Rock Island at FL Paso and extends
through the southern republic 70 the
City of Mexico. 1t includes 2,70O miles Of
main track, with important branches eX-
tending east and west at many points.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
WILL FIGHT.
Wisconsin Ruling on Surplus Leads to
Demand for Injunction.

DeTndnu TOT injunction.
Milwaukee, Aug. 31.-The Equitable
Life Assurance society OF the United
States today enjoined Insurance Com
missioner Zen NJ. Host from carrying
out his recent order requiring the com
pany at once to file a statement of its
surplus and to divide ii at least once
every five years. The suit will result in
q long legal battle and will be watched
throughout the country, as thirty-fve
other companies are interested and
$500, 600, 900 Of accumulated surplus is
involved.
The suit is brought in the superior
court of this city and Attorney G.. f.
Fawsett is here from New York to fight
the case. The complaint in the ac-
ton sets forth that the statute under
which Mr.. Host makes his decision is
not compulsory but optional, and that
the commissioners ruling that under it
every company must divide its surplus
at least once in five years is not legal.
1t also Is stated that the company has
been doing business for thirty years
and obeyed the laws of the state as
interpreted by other insurance COM
m~issioners, and that it has not vio-
lated any law as charged by the COM
missioner.
Commissioner Host was served with
the papers this evening while attend
Ing the fraternal congress. He said
hat the suit would be turned over to
the attorney general and would be
fought to the highest courts. He said
he would not make any effort to en-
force his recent order until the present
suit has been decided because to do so
would only result in more litigation and
would not settled the point in dispute
n firmer than the present case, which
is q test suit.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
UNIVERSAL PEACE UNION
Chief Justice Lore criticises the Pres
ident and Objects to Vengeance.

Chief Justice Lore Criticises the Pres
ident and Objects to Vengeance.
Mystic. Conn, Aug. 3l.-Hezekiah
Butterworth OF Boston made the open
unions session yesterday, his topic
dealing with the effect upon the world
of the Panama canal. He said that the
canal would wed two oceans, and make
mankind all one family.
Many other papers on arbitration
and other means of reaching universal
peace were read during the day.
Chief Justice Lore of Delaware, in
his address said In part:
THE highest aim of American citi-
Zenship should be to hasten the com
ing OF the time when the structural
basis of all government shall be the
brotherhood of man leading to the par
Lament Of nations. when peace shall be
permanent under the supremacy of the
law.
"Lawlessness pervades the land; un-
rest and discomfort brood over appar-
ent prosperity. We have become the
money center of the world, but this
has bred a feverish appetite for gold
with all it's vulgar Accomplishments.
Coronet3 and coats of arms are eager
ly sought by the sons and daughters Of
late hucksters and butchers and black
smiths. Law has degenerated into law
~lessness. We would call a halt upon
u captains of industry who have
brought our country to it's present
height of frenzled speculation. Gigantic
frauds are palmed upon the people as
successful business enterprises. Our
greatest financiers are racking their
brains to circumvent the law, and the
people by lawlessness achieve wealth,
being careful only to keep outside Of
actual violence and the common jail.
When their cunning evasions of the
law are crowned with success all men
are tempted TO lawlessness. Captains
of industry, how much OF the unrest.
the mob violence and he labor troubles
Of the time have been bred and foster
ed by your methods? We ask for an
answer"
Referring to lynchings, Justice Lore
said:
when President Roosevelt wrote in
his otherwise admirable letter to Gov
ernor Durbin, 1t certainly ought to be
possible by administration of the laws
to obtain swift vengeance upon the
criminal he was consulting a national
Indignation, but was actually enCour-
aging the graver and more dangerous
crime of lynching found in anarchy. AS
the head of our government he must
not lose sight Of the fact that u
courts of justice are not established to
administer swift vengeance, but to ad-
minister justice after a fair n full
opportunity Of defense and just con-
viction for the crime. AS an actual fact
the laws delay has not entered into
lynChings of the past as a factor"
Justice Lore also disagreed with
Justice Brewers suggestion that there
should be m appeal or writ of error In
criminal cases, and, in closing, main
tanned that the public standard of
moral integrity is higher today than
eYer before in the history of our rae
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
G ANNOUNCED.
Many Prominent Men Will Participat,
in Mining Congress.

Lead, S. D., Aug. THE following
is the program that will be given at
the approaching national mining con-
gress:
Hon. Leslie NJ. Shaw, secretary Of the
treasury Of the United States, Mining
Industry and Its Relation to American
Finances"
Franklin II. Carpenter, Denver, Colo,
"Pyritic Smelling"
DIR. j. N. Todd, state ~geologist OF
South Dakota, Vermillion, S. D., THE
Geology of South Dakota"
Charles W. Merrill, Lead, s. D., THE
Cyanide Process as Used in the Home
stake Mine
DR.. G. G. O'Hara, State School Of
Mines, Rapid City, 5. D., Geology and
Mineralogy of the Black Hills"
Professor j.. A. Holmes, chief of the
department of mines and metallurgy,
st. Louis exposition, St. Louis, Mo-,
THE st. Louis Exposition"
Nelson H.. barton, geological survey,
Washington, ID. c., THE Geology of the
Black Hills"
DIR. j.. ID. Irving Smithsonian, Wash
ington, ID, c., subject not reported.
Hon. G. F.. Van Dusen, NJ. c., Nevada,
Mining Industry In Nevada"
e. w. Parker, Washington, ID. c.,
Coal"
John Blatchford, Terry, S. D., "Prac-
teal Mining in Flat Formations Of the
Black Hills"
Hon. George T.. Roberts, director Of
the mint, Washington, ID. c., THE Pro-
duction of Gold and Its Relation TO the
Finances Of the Country
Hon.. j.. l.. Webster, Omaha, Neb.,
The Money Metals and Their Influ-
ence Upon Civilization"
c. l.. Dignowity, Boulder, Colo, The
Revelation IN Gold Mining and the
Economic Treatment of Low Grade
Ores for North Carolina"
c. o. Bartlett, Cleveland, o., THE
Drying of Minerals"
DR.. A. H.. Eiftman, Silverworth,
Colo, The Gold Ores OF San Juan
Country"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
A AROUND WORLD.
New Yorker Circles Globe in Fifty.
Four Days and Seven Hours.

new IOTkeT SITClCS SIOpC !" TllIJN
Four Days and Seven Hours.
New York, Aug. 3l.-Henry Fred
erick, who left New York city July 2
on the steamer Deutschland with the
hope of breaking the record for circling
the globe, returned to New York
Wednesday night on the New York
Central railroad, having been success
full in his endeavor. He ma q the cir
cult around the world in "a days, z
hours and 20 minutes.
My object in making the trip was TO
see the quickest time a man could go
around the world comfortably" he said.
"The train ride from Paris to Dalny,
China, consumed eighteen days. Two
days were spent crossing the Yellow
sea and two more by rail across Japan.
AT Yokohama / missed my steamer
by ten hours and lost seven days, as 1
was compelled to take a slow boat two
days later, which spent sixteen days on
the Pacific. l landed at Victoria and
crossed the continent in n little over
four days"
Mr.. Frederick said that he found the
line of the Trans Siberian railroad
swarming with Russian troops, who
were being poured into ManChuria at
the rate of 1000 a day. At Port Ar
thur were concentrated Ihirty-seven
warships Of all classes.
In Japan he found the feeling for war
with Russia running high n active
preparations being made for hostilities.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
ward learned that he had gore to Salt

ward learned that he had gone to Salt
lake City to become a Mormon and that
with him had gone a young woman who
was a member Of his flock. For some time
four Mormon elders have been logging the
movements of the eldest daughter and
last night a plan was laid tor the capture
of the girl.
Marshal Tippen had been previously in
formed by the mother that her daughter
was being watched and Tippen had been
guarding her. Last night after the Hedges
home had been darkened the girl was sit
ting on the veranda. one of the elders
stole up and seized her, but no sooner had
he done so than Marshal Tippen threw
him off. He escaped and the three other
elders have also fled.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05

David IL. Moffat. known nearly as
well In New York as IN Denver as the
Colossus OF Roads"-railroads-is one
of the self-made financial magnates OF
the far west. These are given as some
OF his success maxims: IF you are
afraid you are not going to hear OPP
portunity's knock see that your door
is equipped with an electric bell"; "A
handcar or the main line is worth two
Pullmans on the sidetrack": Always
let the other fellow see a rcd light;
1T is noticed that the school OF adver-
sity and the college OF hard work are
not turning out any failures; The
greatest s~pendthrift OF all Is the man
who does not know the value OF an
hour"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
DOWlE AFTER MORMONS
C~hioago's Zion Contemplates Warfare
AGAINST the One at Salt Lake..

Chicago. Aug. 3l.-The innermost fort
ress of the Mormons at Salt Lake Oty Is
TO he attacked next year by the legions
Of Jonn Alexander Dowie. Conversion
to Zion City Tenets" will be the slogan
of the Dowie battle array.
The restoration hosts will assuredly
crusade TO Utah I'm 1904" said one of Or,
Dowie's deacons yesterday. From Chi
cago and the neighboring states we viii
move 5000 or 1000 strong. West Zion has
many followers who will Ee expected to
join the army"
After the iniqu.ty of Chicago and New
York, DR.. Dowie, 1t is understood, be-
lieves Salt LAX City to be the worst Of
remaining wicked American cities. Salt
Lake City's superiatfve badness, accord
Ing to DR.. Dowie, Is based not so much on
the actual Vice there holding sway, or on
the number of crimes committed, but
rather on the practice of Murmonism,
which is particularly abhorrent to Zion
cts
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
JOSEPH kUsLEH. Publisher.

There is a certain modest place
largely p~atronized by young brokers
which a had no less than six CASH
iers happily married within the past
year. Yet the proprietor continues to
hire one but pretty girls. explaining
that a pretty. tactful cashier can bring
almost half as much trade to a restau-
rant as the bill OF fare. Many a GUS
toner will forget the slight received
from an impudent waiter II the cashier
gives him his change with a pleasant
smile. She should ave a good MEM
DRY for names and faces, for IL pleases
most persons to be called by their
names. They feel at home In a place
where they are remeInbered.-New
York letter.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
SOLDIERS IN A WRECK.
Sixteen Killed and Many More Injured
in a Collision of Trains in
Eastern Italy.

Rome, Aug. 31.-A disastrous railway
accident cut short the festivities and
demonstrations in honor of the king
and queen at Udine, the chief town on
the eastern frontier, sixty miles from
Venice, where the soverigns had gone
to view the grand army m~aneuvers.
At 10 o'clock last night, near Udine,
q train overlooking with soldiers col
lided with a freight train. Fifteen SOL
diers and one captain were killed and
over sixty injured, twelve dangerously,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
TAT VALUATION.
Reports of the Board Of Assessment,
Show an Increase.

Pierre, S. D., Aug. 31.-The figures
finally left by the state board of assess
ment are total valuation, $211, OBS, 1872,
an increase Of $23, SOB. 81 over last year.
The corporation property is assessed
S14. 961, $50: telegraph, 1902, 500, an in
crease of $12, 725; telephone, S337,S $40, an
of 1872, SIS; express companies,
S1JS, 700, an increase Of $12, 200: sleeping
cars. $50, 600, an increase of IS, 900: rail-
roads, $14, 961, $50, an Increase of 81, 225,-
800. Personal property, $47, ops, 2S6, an
Increase of 81, 623, 1856; real estate, S 1885,
)52, 1894. an increase Of $13, 755, 1856; town
lots, $22, S64, 092, an increase of s 1919, 654.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-09-05
SCHOOL FUND LOANS.
The Report Shows Well and Indicates
Good MANAGEMENT,

Vermiilion, S. D., Aug. 31.-According
L letter to l.. G. Burney, auditor for
his, Beadle county, from Hon. c.. J.
Bach, state commissioner of school and
public lands, there was loaned during
he first six months of the present year
rom the permanent school fund of the
tate the sum of 1858, 500. OF this sum
here was loaned on farm lands $685.
V05: on school bonds, $37, 400; on NUM-
opal bonds. $74, 300; on county bonds,
43, 260. This is a pretty good showing
Or a young state. and indicates what
an be done with the permanent school
J and when rightly managed.