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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
HIRING
Wabash Company Said to Be Getting
Ready for Real Warfare.

Chicago, March 10.-Private detective
agencies in Chicago who make a bust
ness of supplying guards for strike duty
are hiring men for use by the Wabash
Railroad company in the event OF the
threatened strike OF the trainmen. At
the Atlantic hotel an agent received APP
plications yesterday and today and told
the men to return in the morning and
definite information would be given re-
garding their employment and the
point to which they would be assigned.
The applicants were told they would be
sworn I'm as special officers, with full
police authority, and hat they were to
travel on trains protecting train crews:
also to protect property in the yards
Of the company In Chicago, Springfield,
Fort Wayne, Hannibal, st. Louis, De-
catur and Kansas City.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
IF WAR SHOULD COME.
Canadians Would Enter a Campaign,
Under Great Disadvantages.

New York, MarCh IA specldl Lonuon
dispatch says:
Colonel Kitson, formerly British military.
attache at Washington, n now com!
mandant Of the Sandhurst Military col
lege. in a speech in the Canada club.
Wednesday night, under the chairman
ship Of Lord Strathcona, said:
Fortunately, at present the possibility
of trouble is farther off than ever, but l.
assure you that Canadians would enter a
campaign under the greatest stategical
disadvantages. You will be very lucky
In upper Canada if you have any ammu-
milton. The American regular army quar-.
tered on the frontier would be ready to
raid your lines Of communication which
lie along the frontier. Your only arsenal
is at Quebec. at the end of the line. With
out better Organization and without an
other arsenal in the interior you never
will be safe from raids
Lord Strathcona said another arsenal
should he built at Ottawa, which was at
some distance from the frontier.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
r
Chicago Man Who Periured Himself to
Get Divorce Is Punished.

Chicao, March For ~perjuring
himself in order tc obtain a divorce
from his wife, Henry A. Frey, a church
and Y. NJ. c. A. worker, was found
guilty by "a jury today, and Judge Bren-
tano sentenced him to pay a fine OF
1000 and an indeterminate term in
the penitentiary. Carl Larson and
James F. Johnson, who assisted Frey
In the divorce suit by their testimony,
were fined $50 each.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

breaking nine bones in his body. Mrs.
File was not impressed with the ap-
pearance of Gibbs, and told him so, and
no amount of persuasion could induce
her to marry him, and he returned to-
day to Omaha. Gibbs offered Mrs. File
100000 providing she would become
his wife, but was refused.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
JOLLIED GOV. FRANCIS.
President of st. Louis Exposition Given
a Loving Cup in Paris-Franco-
American Amity.

Paris, March IA remarkable dem
o~nstration Of French-American cordial
ity occurred at a banquet given this
morning to President Francis of the st.
Louis exposition. 1t was attended by
500 foremost officials, including the per-
sonaI representatives Of President
Loubet. The post prandial speeches
we're expressive Of cordial and friendly
relations between the two republics,
md at their conclusion Governor Fran
els was presented with a beautiful low
ing cup on behalf of the American
of commerce..
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
TRAINS FRIEND DEAD.
James A. Foreman Buried in Hannibal
Cemetery at ST. Louis.

St. Louis, March JAS. A. Foreman,
who was the boyhood friend of Mark
Twain, was buried Thursday in the ceme-
terry at Hannibal, Mo. His body was TAX
en to Union Station early Thursday morn
ing from the residence, 1852 Olive street,
and was accompanied by W.. e. Foreman,
the only living relative.
During Mark Twain's boyhood at Han
aibal, James Foreman was his inseparable
companion, and many who knew them
both believe Foreman Is the original Of
the lad who turned handsprings so dex-
trously to win the admiration of the girls
and who Disguised tom Sawyer by his
agile bids for popularity. During Mark
rwain's visit to st. Louis last summer,
the aged humorist met Foreman for the
hrst time In many years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
U TO SEE PRESIDENT
A Swede Who Wanted 100000 Found
en- White House Grounds.

Washington, March IA Swede who
gave his name as H.. Berg Of Providence,
r. l., tried for an hou to see the presi-
dent. He was urged by the White House
attaches to reduce his communication to
writing. This he endeavored to do, but
failed. One of the secret service officers
interviewed him, and found him pos
sessed Of Authorizations. Berg said that
several years ago he had informed the
United States government that the Span
lards intended to blow up one Of its bat
tleships, and he wanted the president to
see to It that he received $685. 600 for his
Information. Berg was persuaded to re-
turn TO Providence and place his claim In
the hands of a lawyer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
MUST PAY SALARIES.
Court Takes Hand in the Cook County
Row Over Sheriff's Force,

Chicago, H., March fudge Han
ecy today entered an order requiring
the members of. the county board to
show cause within five days why they
of court for their failure to make APP
preparation to pay salaries to employees
assigned to the sheriff's office by the
judges.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
r BOAT CAPSIZES.
Report Says That Sixty Men Were on
I'm w

Glenn Falls, N. Y, March 10.-By the
capsizing Of a latboat used as a ferry
at Spiers Falls today a number of men
were drowned. How many lives were
lost is not definitely known, but 1t is
reported ten persisted.
The scene of the accident is remote
and but few details have reached this
place. According to one report sixty
men were on board the boat. The cur
rent was very swift. A mass Of ice
and logs struck the craft. In the con
fusion the BOAT tipped over, throwing
the occupants into the river. Search is
being made for the missing, many Of
whom were swept down the swift
stream.
Later reports say there are less
than ten drowned. The bodies Of three
laborers have been recovered.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
Order Is Reversed.

New York, March 6.-The supreme
court today handed down a decision
reversing the order of special terms.
ordering the discharge from custody Of
Jesse Lewisohn, committed for con-
tempt for refusing to answer questions
respecting Canfield's alleged gambling
house,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
GIRL GETS DAMAGES
Awarded $12,5oo for Ill Treatment by
an Official.

Kansas City, March "A jury gave
Eva Cook, a hello" girl, judgment for
$3.50 against the Missouri and Kan
sas Telephone company. OF this sum
$500 Is for actual physical injuries
and $4,000 punitive damages.
Miss Cook testified that while she
was sitting at the switchboard answer
ing calls a company official came up
behind her and exclaimed in an angry
voice: Eva Cook, can't you face your
board?" He grasped her by the Shout
ders and whirled her violently around.
She was sitting upon a high revolving
stool, and when she turned around her
KNEES caught beneath the switchboard
and gave the upper part OF her body a
severe twist.
Judge Slower, in ~instruCtlng the jury,
said it might be we'll to teach employ
ers OF corporations to treat their en-
ployes with consideration.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
WILL BE a MORMON.
Methodist Preacher Of Indiana Leaves
Church and Family for Utah.

Dublin, Ind, March 9.-Rev. D.. T.
Hedges, for four years pastor OF the
Methodist Episcopal church at East
ConnersvilIe, left nome suddenly yester-
day his wife received a letter from
him In which he says he is going to
Utah to become a mormon. He di-
reefs his wife to take possession of his
property and dispose Of it as she
pleases. He says he will never return
home, as his conscience forbids 1t.
Rev. +. S. Tincher, presiding elder of
the district, has received Hedges resig-
nation. Hedges renowned his creed
and left the church.
Besides his wife Hedges left two
grown sons and two young daughters.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
February Failures.

New York, March Ar. G. Dun & Co.
report 1000 commercial failures during
February with liabilities of $40, 907, 454,
compared with 1,1N in the corresponding
month of 1902, when the amount involved
was 81, 1902, O29, and I,04 In 1901. with la
hilities of S11. 2S7. 211.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
INDICTMENTS FOUND.
sect Rich Quick" Concerns in Chicago
Find New Kinds of Trouble.

Chicago, March 10.-Several indict-
ments were returned by the federal
grand jury today against alleged get
rich-quick' concerns. Among the in
dicted were: Paul Tarbel and Charles
L.. Cessna, managers Of the Turf In
vestH1ent concern; Jacob Stroesser and
Hattie Howard, managers of an alleged
fraudulent matrimonial agency
Pittsburg, March 1.-THE Keystone
Development company, which has been
promoting schemes to secure homes
upon small monthly payments, was
raided by the police today and six Of
hcers arrested, charged with con-
snirncY to defraud.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
CAUCUS WILL NAME.
Democratic Senators Will Nominate
Men for Places on Committees.

Washington, March 9.-Most of the
time of the session Of the democratic
caucus was devoted to discussion Of
the present situation and unity of ac-
ton. There was a general feeling that
the vacancies caused by the retire.
ment of democratic senators from COM
mittees hould be filed, and it was de-
cided the designation of members for
those committees should be made by
the steering committee, to be later
ratified by the caucus
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
Girl Killed and Two Others Will Die
as Result of an Accident.

Springfield, O., March 7.-During a
dense fog Mrs. John Greenwood, her
two girls, aged 16 and IL, and a boy
aged IL, while walking across a Big
Four ~trestle this morning, were struck
by a freight. The mother and Oldest
girl were instantly killed, and the 9TH
er two were fatally injured.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
ALARMED FOR POPE.
The Cable Message Printed by the New
York Sun.

New York, March 1.-THE New York
Sun prints a special from Rome as fol-
lows: 1.-The condition of the pope's health
has become SO serious as to necessitate a
.onclave. The foreign cardinals have
been requested TO delay their departure
from Rome"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
Explosion In pes Moines.

Des Moines,. Ia, March Myrtle
Sulick was injured, her home wrecked,
md the blacksmith shop Of a grading
rang demolished by an explosion in
West Des Moines this morning.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
Fishermen Saved,

Marinette, Wis, March ga tele-
pam from Door county today gives as
surance that all the fishermen who
were cast adrift on ice foes Sunday
have escaped in safety.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
BIG NEW YORK r
WATERFOWL Loses Hotel and Business
Property Worth $500, 000.

WATERFOWL, N. Y, March Fire today
destroyed the Otis house, one Of the larg-
est hotels in the city, and completely
Quilted numerous stores I'm the block.
The hotel was crowded and many mar
row escapes are reported, though all were
rescued. Loss, 500, 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
FEW MoURNeRS IN SIGHT
Legislature Wants Somebody to Tell
Whether It's Dead or Alive.

Whether It's Dead or Alive.
Dover, Del, March 7.-Chaos reigned
in the legislature today. Both houses
stand adjourned until 2 o'clock this
afternoon to ascertain from the best
legal authorities whether the legisla-
ture Is dead or alive. The situation
results from a misunderstanding about
adjournment on Monday, the confusion
resulting from the election of senator's
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
Gould Postpones His Trip.

1t was stated last night thai George
j. Gould had indefinitely postponed his
inspection trip over the southwestern
and western Gould lines which he gen.
orally makes at this time of the year.
1t is expected he will make the trip
within a few months, accompanied by
A. c. Bird, who is soon to occupy the
position of traffic manager Of all the
Gould lines.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

BY putting aside their weekly pence
the school children at Atlanta, Ga,
have saved enough to purchase an e!e'
plant for the local zoo. :
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
illinois, Good ExampIa.

Springfield, ILL.,, March 3.-The senate
TO-DAY passed the house bill appropriating
5000 for the sufferers In Sweden and
Finland. The bill now goes to the gov
ornor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
Cruiser Launched.

Elizabeth, N. j., March 1.-THE cruiser
Chattanooga was launched at 2:30 this
afternoon. The launching ceremonies
were most successfully carried out.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14

Nearly eco missionaries of the Brit
ish and Foreign Bible society are at
work in Australia and New Zealand.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1903-03-14
Ladrones Take Town.

Manila, March S.-The Ladrones cap.
tured the town of Gus" In the PROV
inee Of Albay, yesterday;
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25

two suits of underwear, thick trousers,
two pairs of heavy stockings and water
proof boots. A few wear ear lapels
but most Of them depend on friction
to keep those extremitieS warm.
They work hard, but the work is
interesting and the men are contented.
One day last week a big piece of
ice in some way came out of the Min
nesota river upon the surface-that
coolest spot on earth way beyond Fort
Smelling. 1t was the noon hour. A
Scotchman saw it. He had bar in his
hand. The surface of the Ice was clear.
Scoop 'er up" he yelled, hitting the
piece of ice with his bar.
The ice went flying away over the
smooth, slippery surface.
Another Scotchman saw it. The
spirit of curling was bred in his bones
in the old country 1t was revived.
He sent another piece of ice hustling
after the first and yelled, IT'S got the
inturn. A game of curling was played
on the ice in the Minnesota which was
Unscieniffc, rough and uncouth, in
which the curling stones weighed fifty
pounds and in which there were no
brooms. But the men enjoyed it and
didn't kick because they had to eat
cold dinner.
The cold air and the ozone of this lat
itude gave them strength and they had
more energy than Filipinos playing
ping pong in the South Pacific.
Science has done a great deal for
labor in a great many ways. But in the
ice business it has only done this.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25

Resi-. milkmaid-
Miss Gertrude Nachtsheim
FranZl, hunter ............ George Winter
LieseI, his sweetheart. Mrs. G. Freund
Kiecke1busch, singer ........H. F, Koenig
RoSamond Zaghaft -. Mrs. A. Penshorn
A Singing Society
Concordia and Ladies Chorus.
The following musical programmes viii
be a part of the regular morning and
evening services today at the House Of
Hope church, s.. ..s,=.s
Prelude-Adiago. OPP. 25s No.
Authenticate Thou Not Known
Response-"'Lord. Call Upon Thee
QgEartette-'' Rejoice the Heart Of
Post1ude-Opusgo ...........G. Calkin
Evening
Preludes3 Allegretto.= op. %. No. 2
Two preludes, Nos, IS and ST.. G. CaIkin
Chant-"Thy Life Was Given for
Me -offertory. vioiln-rh antteFS0n
Mso1 Mr. William " VI Nelson. MaSSeue'
1. Fafth-Quartette my Faith
Looks Up to Thee
2. Hope-solo. "rhe Plains bthSHn of
Mr.. d. +. colvtile - go y
8. Love-Solo, 20 Divine Re-
deemer,' with organ, harp
and violin accompaniment. .Gounod
Miss Alberta Fisher.
observation-disclosures, A minor. Clarence Eddy
Mrs. E. A. Whitaker will assist with
the harp and Mr.. William w. Nelson
with the violin.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25
Music

To fully realize that rag-tirne mel.
ody Is not passing, optirnists to the
contrary Notwithstanding, one has only
to take a seat near the music Depart
ment in one Of the big stores. There
is always little crowd OF people gath
cred about this special department"
and in nine cases out Of ten you win
find, when you stop to listen, that the
music that the young man or the
young woman at the piano is playing
is of the rag-time variety. Now the
young man or the young woman has
not been placed in charge of this de
partment' for the purpose of enter
tanning the crowd who gather about
the piano. His business or her bust
ness is to play the piece" that a Gus
toner is anxious to purchase, so what
is played does not show the preference
of the player, but Of the general pub
lie.
But the music department. of a
store is not only the gauge of the pub
lies musical taste. 1t chronicles it's
fads as well. These departments are
of comparatively recent origin here in
the West, but already they have come
to occupy a unique place in the citys
musical life, for they family echo pop
ular grief and popular joy. During the
Spanish America war, when Johnnie
Comes Marching Home" and pieces"
of similar character were most con-
spicuously displayed in the depart
ment." When the news of MciKnley's
death was announced, in some mystic
rious fashion, the music department.
had ready an apparently inexhausti-
BILE supply Of Newman's song, Lead,
Kindly Light" for it was the dead
presidents favorite hymn. When a
new musical comedy comes to town
the song that has made the hit is
the song most in evidence in the de-
partment. I'm the prophet of the
utterly absurd, of the patiently impos-
sible and vain," sings Kipling Of the
banjo, and the poet goes on to explain
how, because of it's very democracy,
this humble instrument, "sandwiched
in between the coffee and the pork"
can adapt itself to the needs of every
day life and can rip your heartstrings
out" with the songs that may not be
good music, but which are sacred be-
cause of associations.
1t is this very matter Of adaptability
to public demands that make the "n1u-
sic department" with it's war songs
and it's favorite hymns and it's hits Of
the season." each a reflection Of some
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25

Steam takes the cakes of ice from the
river or lake to the storage ice. The
work Of cutting has to be done by
manual labor.
Plow- Comes First.
First comes the pillow, as soon as the
ice is thick enough. 1t makes the ice
into consecutive squares. The plow
goes about three inches deep. Then
comes the scraper. which keeps the
ice clean from snow.
Then the sawyer puts in his appear
ance when the ice is twenty inches
thick, as 1t is at present. His is the
work, the manual labor. He saws
and sweats and swears Longf-
tudinal sections Of the ice are cut and
float in the basin.
Hooks are placed on them. They
are sent UP to the ice houses on incIin-
ed planes by steam power and are
broken in transit to square objects.
AS they descend the planks which lead
into the ice house-some of which have
twenty or thirty men employed, they
are grabbed by two giants with big
iron hooks in their hands.
It's hustle to get the cakes into
proper places before the next ones
come down, but the men do it, and
the exertion is what makes them feel
overcome by heat at a certain time.
1t is more mental than a physical
cataclysm which overtakes them.
And now here is a temperance les
son to be derived from these men who
work in the cold. They say that ice
water has a better effect for warmth
upon them than any alcoholic bever-
eye. If they drunk beer or whisky
while they were working they say they
would freeze.
And so the thousand men cut ice In
more ways than one.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25
St. Paul Men Who Cut, Some
Ice Even i'm the Winter Time.

There are q thousand men in st. Paul
who cut some ice-a great deal of ice
in fact.
Two hundred thousand tons of ice
will be cut and packed this winter.
The work is being done on the Mis-
sissippi river, the Minnesota river,
White Bear lake, Lake Phalen and
McCarron's lake.
The men get from $3.50 to $1.75 a
day. The double teams get from $3.50
to $500 a day. depending on their ca
pacity.
And now the question comes in as to
what becomes of this 100000 tons of
ice which is used in st. Paul every
summer.
Saloons get a part of it, but it only
takes one ounce of ice to make a cock
tail, two ounces to make a suisse, and
three ounces to make an absinthe frap-
pc. Fifty pounds of ice will keep
barrel of beer cool for twenty four
hours.
To be sure a good deal of ice may be
used in keeping meats cool, etc. But
100 pounds of frozen water will enable
the body of a calf to stay in the refrig-
orator till the veal becomes tough bull
beef.
Then there are lemonades and COOL
ing lotions. But these are for invalid
gentlewomen and no one begrudges
them a few pounds Of the CONCEALED
water.
The question came up at the hammer
club when the facts were made known
and it was decided that the greater
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-25

phase of the national life, something
to be respected rather than despised.
Edward Schuberth & Co, New York
and London, have just published for
DR.. Rhys- Herbert, of this city, two
songs, Ninette" and Absent" The
former is dedicated to Harry E.
George. Both are love songs, mi
nette" being written for a low voice,
and absent" for high voice. The
harmony in both is excellent and the
melody appealing. Writers of the So
called popular" songs are wonderfully
prolific in their output, but there is
rather a dearth of lyric songs of good
composition. 1t is a matter for con-
graduation that one of st. PauI's mu-
s1c1ans has composed two such excel
lent ones as ''Ninette" and Absent"
Miss Electa Clifford, the prima donna
who, because Of sudden illness, was
prevented from singing in one Of the
concerts given last winter by the st.
Paul Choral club, sang last evening IN
the role of the queen in The HUI
guenots," at the Metropolitan Grand
opera house in New York city. 1t is
said that this appearance has been the
goal of Miss Gifford's ambition for
many years. She is a Western girl
but her musical education was receiv-
ed in Paris. She commenced her mu-
steal career as a chorus singer in a
comic opera
Dezzo Nemes, the Hungarian violin
list, who is now in this country, is the
scion of a historical family. He is
the grandson of a distinguished gem
eral who fought for the liberty of Po-
land. Nemes-pronounced "Naymesh"
lis graduate of the Budapest con-
servatory. For while he was the
leader Of Prince Esterhazy's private
orchestra. His wife is an American.
Her maiden name was Marie Heinz
Echer. She is pianist.
Nine. Blauvelt, who began last week
at the Bagby recital her last concert