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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
Studepts Get an ArSierce.

st. Petersburg, March zS.-The en- :
peror today received tbs rector of the
university and three students, repre-
senting the students corporate o. who
presented him with a loyal I. ldrcss.
rhe emperor expressed his .iincere
thanks. This Is the fist time STUDENTS
have been granted IN audience by tho
Apnnaror
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

Many OF the prominent men Of Japan
ire Christians. To this creed belong n
member OF the imperial cabinet, W
Judges Of the supreme court. two presi-
tents In the lower house of parliament,
three vice ministers of state-not to
mention a host Of officials In the lower
ranks. In the present parliament the
president and thirteen members In a
:otal membership of 300 are Christians.
IN the army there are los Christian Of
icers, or 3 per cent. of all, and the two
argest battleships are commanded by
Christians. In Toxic three Of the great
iaily papers have Christian editors.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
River Breaking UP.

Pierre, S. D., March 25.-The warn.
weather of the last week has been hard
on the ice in the river here and he
strong wind recently broke 1t up i'll
many places, so that the river is impas-
sable and all traffic with the country
across the drink" IL at Il ~standstill. 1t
may be a number Of days before he
river is cleared and trade car be again
resumed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
Teosinte and Billion Dollar Grass

The two greatest fodder plants OF
earth. one good for IA tons hay and thu
other so tons green fodder per acre
Grows everywhere, so does Victorii
Rape, yielding GO,OOO lbs. sheep ant
swine food per acre.
HIST SEND Zoe IN STAMPS TO THE
,John A. Salzer Seed CO., La Crosse
Wis. and receive in return their biz
catalogue and lots of farm sed samples
&C. n. u
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
MUST NOT CONSPIRE.
Russian and Polish Students in Swiss
Institutions Warned by the Swiss
Hoyar.poapf

Berne, March 2S.-At the request OF
the Russian Ambassador the Swiss
government has issued a warning to
the many Russian and Polish students
and refugees who reside in this country
not to c~onspire against the Russian
government. While Switzerland now
as always, will remain open TO the OPP
pressed of every country violent
speeches against the life OF a friendly
monarch must cease. The authorities
at Zurich, where a number of large
Russian Polish meetings have been held
and many anarchistic speeches made,
will in the future prevent all meetings
of this kind.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

Germany and the United States will
lave competitive forestry exhibits Mt
he st. Louis fair which will include
arge tracts OF land given up to plant
ng. training and pruning the trees.
A complete laboratory will be erected
n which diseased trees will be shown
lnder treatment by incubation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

Reports have been made Of the dis
:overy of q human skeleton In q cave
Iarth at Cheddar. AS relics Of various
ages are entombed in the Mendip cav
,rn deposits, the evidence will be care
.ully scrutinized, so that 1t may be pos
rible TO determine the 6 Of these hui
MN remains
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

In the manufacture of wood pulp logs
If fir are placed in a strong chamber
md there subjected to h action Of
upcrheated steam until the water In
svery cell is converted into explosive
gas. The chamber is then opened and
he log explodes, converting itself in
itantly into wood powder.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

Taking warning by the terrible ac-
ddent IN the Paris underground road,
he marlborough company of New York
q building for use In the new subway
/ large number of steel cars intended
% be absolutely f%ireproof, constructed
entirely Of metal, transite board and
lchastne
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

A European writer has discovered
nat each city has Its own peculiar odor.
Paris is pervaded by a faint odor of
charcoal. London smells of SCOT. The
aroma Of garlic greets the new arrival
It Calais. Moscow has a perfume OF
is own, cranberries OF a peculiar pun
yency. st. Petersburg suggests old
Gather boots,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

The arrangement of European rail-
way cars Is still responsible for many
assaults and murders. One Of the lat
est cases is the murder OF an italian
druggist on a train from Milan to Ge-
aoa. The assassin escaped with his
victim's purse containing 81, 000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
FOR HEARST.
Lyman County Democrats Favor Hir
for President.

lyman ounty OenocTats FaVor III"
for President.
Chamberlain, March 25.-The demo-
Gratis of Lyman county in their
ton selected Sheriff ]. r. Pickett, Reg
lister of Deeds e. A. Barlow, Clerk of
the Court A.. Z. Bailey, c. c. Heron
and J.. A. Burns as the five delegates
to the state convention at Sioux Falls.
March 80. They were instructed for
w. r. Hearst for president and Il. =.
Johnson for national committeeman
and j. A. Stransky for one of the eight
national delegates. The reorganizers
did not have enough men in the con-
yention to make a minority report.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

The contents OF a bushel Of ordinary
maize (ifty-six pounds) is four and
,ne-half pounds OF germ, thirty-six
pounds Of dry starch, seven pounds OF
gluten, and five pounds Of bran or hull,
he remainder OF the weight being
chiefly water.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

The heaviest man In England was
buried at Dover the other day. His
Body weighed $50 pounds. 1t lay In a
,ofin that was seven feet long, three
,eet wide aEd~two feet three inches
ieep. Twelve men lifted 1t. and 1t was
,olled out through a window into a
learse backed UP on the sidewalk.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
Tho Usual Sacrifices,

Philadelphia Press: II don't sup,
pose you propose to make any sacri-
ice during Lent" said the first club
nan.
ooh, I don't know" replied the other.
I expect to sacrifice the truth occa-
Iopally when ! set home Late"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

1t is part of a Spanish postman's duty
20 collect a tax OF q cent apiece on
very letter sent from within the king
iom which he delivers at the house.
TO save expense, large business houses
Iend to the postoffice for their mail.
Letters from abroad are delivered free.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
CHICAGO Packing House Strike.

Chicago, March 25.-Several hundred
beef Iuggers and pork butchers at the
Union stock yards have gone on a
strike. The luggers demand that one
OF their discharged comrades be rein
stated and the pork butchers demand
overtime pay which they say has been
n
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

Mosquitoes do not thrive on steam
ihips, and are seldom seen In them
after a day or two from the harbor.
On sailing vessels leaving tropical ports
hey often live for weeks or even
months, the stagnant rainwater in
buckets, boats and elsewhere furnish
ng good breeding places for them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

washington Springs, S. D., March 2.
The new settlers coming 10 Jerauld
county this season indicates an in
crease over any previous year. Since
March / there has been sixteen 1
Of immigrant goods arrived al this
station, and other railway stations In
this county have been proportionately
large. Some Of our old settlers In Jer-
auld will go over into Lyman county
this spring and start cattle ranches,
as that territory is best adapted to it.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
Whipped by a Mob.

st. Clair, NO., March 25.-Forty
masked men, many Of them carrying
shotguns, broke into the Jail here early
today and securing Winn Davis, ar
rested on charge Of highway robbery,
took him from the Jail, whipped him
nearly to death and turned him loose.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
Essence Of oranqe Leaves.

Lahore, India, Tribune: A remark
,ble industry of Paraguay Is the prep
ration Of essence or orang caves.
More than $50 years ago the Jesuit
Priests, who then ruled tina secluded
ountry, imported orange seeds and
planted groves, which have now be-
ONE immense forests, filled with small
establishments for extracting the es-
sence, which 10 exported to France and
the United States for use in soap and
perfumery making. 1t Is also employsdu
by the natives In Paraguay as r6sneaf-
ing ointment and a hair-t8nic.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
Younaampho to BE Opened.

Toxic, March 25.-The formal am
~nouncement that Korea has decided to
open the port OF Yongampho to the
trade of the world has reached the
Japanese government, but the actual
date OF the opening was not determined
therein. ,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

Warned by the great destruction Of
literary treasures In the Turin fire, the
italian Minister Of Public instruction
las ordered that in the new national
library at Florence all important manu-
icripts shall be placed In a special
.nnnn
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
Family Pills are the best.

Exchanges at the London Bankers
clearing house from January l to the
latest date at hand were S7,0l9,24o,oOo
a decrease of $172,S2O,OOO, or IA pei
cent. from last year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
Is NOW OUT OF DANGER
Governor Cummins Confidently Be-
lieved to Have Passed the Crisis
of His Illness.

Battle Creek, Mich, March Is
dition Of Governor Cummins shows con-
siderable improvement and it is be-
lieyed he is now out of danger.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

With the view of ascertaining the
proportion Of foreign gold coin, COM
pared with the French, the director OF
The French mint requested the Bank of
France to obtain $4,000 pieces
rom the tills of different branches in
the provinces. An examination of that
:oin showed that Al, 5S3 were French
Ind S,417 foreign, the latter represent
mig nearly II per cent. The alien gold
was principally Belgian, italian, Aus
nottingham, Swiss, Russian, Greek,
sna nisb. etc
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

There are only seventy brokers in the
Paris bourse, against LOO Of the New
fork stock exchange and the 5000 of
london. The Paris bourse is a govern
nent institution. existing and operat-
ng under direct government control.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

British officers are having the scars
II face wounds removed by the use OF
light rays. The London Mail says:
rhe custom Is rapidly growing Of sur
.eons sending their patients to have
he scars left by operations removed"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
WILLING Enouqh.

Philadelphia Press: Boss" said the
poor beggar, IF you could only give me
a little help"
"Td like to help you, poor man. said
Chollie Sophtley, but I'm afraid
haven't anything about .me-but, wait!
Can you change a ~ten-dollar note?'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
Without Anv Question.

Town Topics: WAS his failure abso'
lute?"
Absolute! Why, he tried suicide with
out success"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

The cost Of hauling a ton of freight
/ mile on Great Britain's greatest rail-
20. and on the New York Central, Al
,eptk.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

A Russian company will establish an
agricultural implement factory at
romsk, western Siberia, During the
irst year they propose to make 1000
slows, 500 threshing Wachines and as
many wlnnowing machines as possible.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
HUGHES

Convention Endorses Moore Tor Dele
gate to National Body.
Pierre, S. D., March 27.-The democrats
of Hughes county In mass convention Sc
lected as delegates to the state convention
at Sioux Falls Charles Shaffner, I. SUIT
ley, w. A. Litchenwallner, John Biever
and G. d. Parr.
While the delegation goes practically un-
instructed, the convention Endorsed the
candidacy of Judge David Moore, Of STAN
ley county, as delegate to the national
convention,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

Worlds Work: A modern train OF
eighty cars Will move $500 tons OF
freight, as against the 945 tons of ,
thirfv-nye-car train of a decade ago
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02

Thibet 1.-The roof of = syrIsrsisa
tableland three timeS aS
France. e, SNA M11
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
An Unheard Of Thina.
Free "a Twenty-Five Ladies,

Town Topics: Some men propose tnstf
TO tell their chums they have beensac' &@A@
paptad WV 1890. As-SS =
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-02
SURPRISING a J
Tien Tsin, March q
prohihtted the CI

Tien Tsin, March 26.-Viceroy fusk
has prohibited the Chinese from pur-
chasing Chinese newspapers at Chip
pao, on the ground h a 1t had pub
lished an untrue article referring to the
bad conduct of the imperial troops on
the border, which tended, he claimed
to iIcite the people,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-21
n1xAhU0O0.
COOL AMID
G0[M||FO[R7 I ABLE
BAN)[F|F
i'm the
CANADIAN
ROC Kl|ES
reached by the
(UGluVLNlU)UADU
[PA|GD|FD(G
[RADLWAV
A magnificent sail
across
Lakes HurOn& Superior
going or returning.
Ask for pamphlets.
David I'll. Morse, F. 6 p. A.,
1929 Pennsylvania Ave.,
Washington, d. C.
au3-w, 1Ot-1OO
David III. Morse, F. 6 p. A..
1920 Pennsylvania Ave.,
Washington, D. C.
au3-w, 1Ot-1O0
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Schedule effective June 10, 1904
Trains leave from Pennsylvania Station.
renton, Danville and way stations
1851 al Daily. Washington and Florida Lin.
tied. Through coaches and sleeper to Columbia
Savannah and Jacksonville. Dining car service.
First-class coaches and drawing room sleeper to
New Orleans. Dining service.
4:01 pm. Week Days. Local for Harrisoubure
and way stations ions on Manassas branch.
900 pm. Daily. New York and Atlanta Ell.
press. First-class coach to Atlanta, sleeper to
Washington to San Francisco Mondays Wednesdays
and Fridays. Dining car service a la carte.
. 1000 pm. Daily. New York ard Memphis Lin.
Memphis; sleeper to New Orleans. Dining car
ioz5 pm. Daily. Washington and Southwestern
car. to Atlanta and Macon: sieepers to Augusta,
TRAINS on BLgEMoNT BkANcH I'eA''
Leave Washington $40 an: 1870 Pm. 4:45 p.m
days for LeesbIrg only. 1:3O pm, Sat
Washington s:o1 am. s:1o am. e:25 pm. tor
ez2 am $50 am. $50 am. 500 T psm.i S.s6
Pm. and $50 pm. daily. Local trains from Har-
risonburg H. am. week days and 900 pm.
daily. From Charlottesville 1928 am. and go
Tickets, sleeping car reservations and detailed
information can be had at ticket Offices 7O5 18th
street, Gil Pennsylvania avenue and Pennsylvania
Station. Baggage checked through from hotels and
Phone 1910 P: R. R. Cab Service
g. d. ACREKT Cen Manager.
w. Il. haYLoE. Gen. Pass ACT.
l.. S. BROWN. Genl Agent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-21
MIMIC MISTAKEN FOR MESSIAH.
The Dukhobors Religious Enthusiasts
on Another Pilgrimage.

A dispatch from Rosthern, N. w. T., last
night says: Dukhobors, the religious en-
thusiasts who are settled In this district
in large numbers, have created the great
est excitement among Canadian settlers by
once more leaving their agricultural pur-
suits and starting on pilgrimage in search
of the Messiah. On hearing OF the great
overland ride being made by Lord Mimic
from Battleford to Saskatoon, accompa-
MED by a mounted guard Of police and
much militia pomp, they decided that this
man, who was inspiring such respect from
the Canadians, must be the Messiah for
whom they had been waiting. and they
Immediately started one of their pill
grimages. Several OF them were promptly
arrested by the police here and housed in
a vacant building.
dispatch from Winnipeg, Manitoba,
says: The governor general, the Earl of
Mimic, accompanied by his private secre-
tary, Mai. Maude, and the escort of the
Royal Northwest Mounted Police, under
inspector Gilpin- Browne, arrived at Bat
tleford yesterday from Lloydminster which
place was reached last week on the gov
ernor's great 5OO-mile trip across the prai-
RE from Edmonton.
The transport consisted of six four-in-
hand mounted police wagons, with driver
and off-man each, twelve in all, under
Sergt. Adams, which, with the sixteen men
of the escort itself. brings up the force to
tWenty-eight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-21
DECLARED TO BE A LOTTERY.
Ban Placed on a Montreal Loan and
Savings Company.

An international boundary line marking
the division between the United States and
Canada is not all that is necessary to cir
cumvent the lottery. laws of the United
States, as has been learned by La Conn
pagnie de Pref ct d'Epargne and A. Mil
lette, secretary-treasurer of Montreal The
English translation Of this formidable title
is THE Loan and Savings Company" and
every postmaster in the United States has
been forbidden to certify any money order
drawn to the order of the company. and
Furthermore every one of these agents of
the United States government who may
handle such a money order is directed to
inform the remitter that its delivery is
forbidden The mail of the company going
from the United States will be withheld
and marked Fraudulent"
Although the order is intended primarily
for postmasters and railway postal clerks
exchanging mails with Canada, it applies
to any postmaster of the government OF
the United States and each one will be
held to a strict accountability for the
proper observance of the order of the Post
master General relating to the company
named. The scheme is branded lot
terry within the meaning of the lottery laws
Of the United States. and the order was
issued forbidding 1t the use of the mails
of this country at the instance of the as
sistant attorney general for the Post Office
Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-21
SOVEREIGN GRAND LODGE.
Election of I. o. o. T. Officers at Frisco
Yesterday-Promo

A dispatch from San Francisco last night
says: The following officers were elected
by the Sovereign Grand Lodge Of Odd Fell
lows:
Grand sire, Robert e. Wright Of Allen
town, Pa, promoted from the office OF
deputy grand sire by unanimous vote; dep
uty grand sire. E. s. Conway Of Chicago.
chosen on the second ballot by a vote Of
10s to 50 for John T. Nolan OF Nashville,
Tenn; grand scribe, J. Frank Grant Of
Baltimore, reelected without opposition;
grand treasurer. M. Richard Muckie Of
Philadelphia, reelected without oppOsi-
ton.
1t was decided, by an unanimous vote,
that Grand Sire-elect Wright, who Is In
feeble health, might be installed at his
home, at Allentown. Pa.
The choice Of a meeting place for the
next Sovereign Grand Lodge was post
poned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning,
to which time adjournment was taken.
There was spirited contest for the Of
flee of deputy grand sire. On the second
ballot E. s. Conway was elected, with
vote of 1O2 against 81 votes cast for John
L. Nolan Of Tennessee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-21
Auto Kills a Girl in Philadelphia.

A dispatch from Philadelphia last night
says: Edward B. Smith, head Of the bank
ing house of E. B. Smith & Co., as he sped
along the Bethlehem pike in his automobile
late yesterday afternoon. ran down pref
ty eight year-old child, Helen Salkhild
when close to Chestnut Hill Park, and
crushed her SO badly that she died in tf-
teen minutes.
Mr.. Smith himself was operating the
machine when the child was struck, his
chauffeur occupying a seat in the rear.
After the little girls death he was taken
before Magistrate Fitzwater of Chestnut
Hill, and held in his own recognizance for
hearing this morning.
At the time the accident occurred Mr..
Smith was riding to his. summer home
at Penllyn, accompanied by his partner
Francis e. Bond. Although he was pros
trated by the shock of the tragedy last
night and unable to be seen Mr.. Smith,
through a friend, said the killing of the
child had been altogether an accident,
toward which the dead girl herself con-
tributed in a measure and which came
about while he was trying to avert what
seemed to be very serious trouble.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-21
FAILED FOR A MILLION.
Boston Financier Showed He Only Had
81 200 Assets.

A dispatch from Boston last night says:
Owing over a million dollars and with
assets of 1920. William B. Smith Whaley
the financial supporter of several cotton
manufacturing enterprises in the south,
filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy in
the United States district court today. Mr.
Whaley was the senior member of the WILL
lam B. Smith Whaley Company of this city,
and is a resident of Newton. For some time
he has been interested in raising funds for
textile industries in the southern states,
particularly In South Carolina, which have
not resulted favorably. Mr.. Whaleys total
liabilities are s1.114,125. The secured
claims amount to s1,0S7 951. and the unse-
cured to $685.
In his petition Mr.. Whaley states that
his only assets are personal property val
ued at $1,10O, real estate worth 800. and
household goods. There are ninety-one
creditors. The individual claims range from
$500, the lowest, to $175, 600, the highest.
The largest unsecured claim $4,000, is for
money advanced by the Olympic cotton
mills, Columbia, S. C.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-09-21
Chesapeake & Ohio nv.
Schedule Effective June 70. 1904.

CCueuuIF JUNE u, I0U4.
Trains leave Pennsylvania Station
900 Pm. Daily-CHICAG0 AND ST. LOUIS SpE
CIAL. Solid vestibule. electric lighted Dining
Car train to st. Louis. Reaches Cincinna Il
500 a.m., Louisville IL 90 an. st. Louis q: 16
pm. Chicago $50 pm. Pullman Sieepers to
Louisville. Cincinnati Indianapolis and St
louis. Arrives Virginia Hot Springs 1920 D. nj
Parlor Car Cincinnati to Chicago. Dining CA
from Washington: meals a Ia carte.
ll:iO PM DAILY. r. v. LIMITED. Solid YES
Thule. electric-lighted Dining Car train to Gin.
cinnati. Pullman Sleepers to Cincinnati. In
dianapolts. St. Loufs.s Lexington and Louisyfile
without change. Compartment Sleeper to VII.
sinia Hot Springs daily except Sunday: Sleep
ing Car serving meals a Ia carte.
Reservation and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio
ONCE, 513 Pennsylvania avenue: 600 Fourteenth
street, r. and at the station. Telephone calI
l640 for pennsylvania r. n. Cab Services.
yslspaops Main 1893. General Pas:enssE Asssk