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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
GIFT TO HURON COLLEGE.
ii Came From Mr.. Ralph Voorhees, OF
Clinton, NJ. N.

Huron. S. D., Dec. 25.--A magnif-
cent Christmas gift has been received
py DR.. G.. III. French, president Of HE$on
college, for that institution. Ii came
from Mr.. Ralph Voorhees, of Clinton,
N. j, and the nature OF the
gift is $4,000 cash. II is to be
used for the completion of the girls
dormitory now in course OF construc-
ton on the college campus, the build
ing to be known as the Elizabeth X.
Voorhees, Dormitory'' In honor OF the
wife OF the donor. The gift is made on
the condition that the people raise
$4,000, of which noun about $4,000
has been raised and placed In the
treasury. This gift OF Mr.. voorhees, Is
the second he has made for this coli
lege, the other being one for the endow-
ment fund, amounting TO $4,000, which
fund now Is close TO 100000. In adj
dition to the gift by Mr.. Voorhees,,
President French has also received q
cash gift Of $4,000 from John III. Con-
verse, president of the BALDWIN Loco
motive works, Philadelphia. Both Of
these gifts are the result Of labors Of
President French In the east, and are
very much appreciated by himself, the
faculty Of the college and the people
IF Huron
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
ToId 81 Sir Henry.

Chicago Inter-Ocean; On one oecasioL
Sir Henry Irylng's company. having been
called to the theater for rehearsal, arrived.
there ahead Of time. AS Sir Henry had
not yet come, one Of the actors liz the
company, h was noted for his accom-
plishments as a mimic. proceeded to give
lively n elaborate imitation Of Sir
Heary's highly characteristic acting. A.
lid finished his demonstration, q WELL
known voice came from the depths Of the
.daRkened auditorium.
Very good, IL said. Very good I'M
deedl So good, IN fact, that HfsEe ls no
need for both OF us in this company
III 81 also related that q brother actor,
famous for his pomp0sity and his inordi-
nate ambition was regalng Irving with
i forecast or his plans for the future.
II shall begin the season he am
nounced, with such and such a part and
after that i shall appear as Hamlet,
aUml' drawled Trying eAs-eh-Bam-
let, did you say2
The other, incensed by the tone OF the
query. bfidled MP at once.
no you think. Sir Henry" ne demanded,
indignantly, that Q are the only man
who can play HAMLET"
con. no, .eioIned Irving bla ably. ''but
III am quite sure that You are the only man
who can't.
ME
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
AFFAIRS ARE BAD.
Report Of Examiner Hemmingway or
Egan State aBnk.

Pierre. III. d., Dec. 22.-The report Of
Public Examiner Hemmingway, which
has been filed with the governor, shows
4 bad state OF affairs ia the Egan state
bank, as proved by the investigation
OF the public examiner after taking
nossession 81 thai institution on tho
nth OF November.
The liabilities OF that institution to
the depositiors were $35,722.a0, and the
funds on hand were $S93.20. The insti-
tuition had been receiving deposits at
dates after which the records OF the
bank show that 1t was insolvent, ana
the same record shows that reports
which were required by the public ex-
aminer were misleading. Among the
records of the bank were 8 number OF
notes given by the bank officers, as coli
Tin.al for loans, without any security.
iness merh6hQwg d woful lack Of bust
OF the bank. transncung 2 work
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
saua ua From our Friends.

Holiday Town Topics: Once upon q time
! man who had experienced a prosperous
year III business, thought 1t would be q
gracious thing to share his good fortune
With his wife, SO at Christmas ne pre-
,nted her with the finest diamond neck
lace he could purchase, Whcn the neigh~
bors saw IL they set their heads together
and decided xiat the man had made the
gift for the purpose Of keeping peace in
the family. They wondered what his wife
had caught him at, and each Invented q
bit or scandal to- Mt the ease.
Moral-The easiest thing id tins world
Is to be misunderstecA
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

Chicago News: Parrot-What Is the
matter with the monkey?
Owl-He thinks he IS going To die
Great believer in transmigration. You
know.
Barrot-What DC that9
0wi-Why, he Is afraid hen return
TO earth III the shape OF a dude.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
BLIND
Jacob Olson ~ Also learning 20 Sci
Tyne and Operates Ty-ewrieer.

Canton. s. D, Dec. 22.-The Lincoln
County Times, d new county paper es-
tablished BY Jacob Olson, has made its
appearance In this city. Mr.. Olson Us
a blind man, and is believed to be the
only blind person In the world who It's
engaged In the newspaper business,
He is not q printer in any sense of the
word, but he ~ quite d success at writ
Ing copy on the typewriter, and since
he has commenced the publication Of
his papeR he has made considerable
progress at learning how to set type.
III IS believed by his friends h q after.
a year or two or patient practice he
Will become quite q composition.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
80 NoT ~coMFLIcTINe.
yioIators Recognize Validity Of Iowa
Fish and Game Laws.


Canton, S. ID. Dec. &c. A. Heck
master, secretary Of the Sioux Fish
and Game club OF this city, which was
organized d year ago for b purpose
az protecting the fish and game Inter-
ests Of this locality, scored q victory
Yesterday over certain parties on the
Iowa side of the river who have al
Ways persisted in spearlng fish which
ia contrary to law both In Iowa and
south Dakota. For many months these
v~iolators have insisted that the law in
Iowa Yves unconstitutional and there's
fore persisted In continuing their work.
Yesterday Ihe support OF the Iowa
wardens was enlisted In combating q
party who had previously declared
their intention Of doing some spearlng,
and when they were confronted with
the situation they backed down and
promised to DO no more fishing Win
spears on the Sioux river, thus admit
ting the validity and supremacy Of the
ash and -ame law In Iowa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
UNIVERSITY PROSPEROUS.
Nearly Thres Hundred Students Nov
ATTENDING School.

Mitchell. S. n, Dee, 25.-Dakota uni
versity closed the fall term this after
noon for. the holiday vacation. The first
term under the direction of President
Nicholson has been a splendid success.
The enrolment for the fan term has
reached 5275 students in all depart
ments, which shows an increase OF az
least nfty over last year. h unlYer-
sfty has iust come INTO possession OF
$1,000 as q bequest from Rev. 9. w.
smith, OF Platte. who died during the
summer and left the university that
amount from his estate. Work is being
pushed on the new university building.
Ill will be dedicated at the June COM
nencement.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
- Numbar 81 Innates.

eioux Falls. s.. %. Dec. 26.--It Is an
bounced ~ Warden Swenson of the Sioux
rails penitentiary that that famous
prison al present has the largest number
az prisoners ever col flned ia ~ at one
timt there being a total Of go persons
serving terms OF various lengths. These,
with the officers, guards and other att
taches, make an aggregate Of 225 persons
who are now housed ak the p~enitentlary.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
RESUME OPERATIONS.
Golden Reward to Start Up It's snelte,
at Deadwood.

Deadwood, s.. d., Dee. 25.-A confer
ence of the principal owners IN the
Golden Reward Mining company was
recently held in New York, ana Harfls
Franklin, manager, has just returned.
The company has fully decided to re"
sumo operations at the smelter in
Deadwood, where work has been sus-
pended since last March, when q walk
out of. employees occurred. The resump-
ton will not occur, however, until the
new general manager has taken over
the affairs of the company IT Is 5es-
timated that six weeks Will be neees
sary to unwater the principal Golden
Reward mines, which have been aioW-
cd 10 All up since the smelter closed
Town.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
Tonk safe ana Money.

Boulder, Mont, Dec. 23.-The sheriff
here received word from Elkhorn, a
mining camp several miles from here,
or q daring robbery. Cracksmen enter
ed the saloon Of Harris y Anderson and
stole an iron safe. which they carried
away on q sled a quarter Of q mile
from town. blew 1T open and secured
about $4,000 In gold coin. The safe was
the banking placetof many mel Ia the
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

N,Paris. Dec. 23.-The strike here b.
ployes in various branches Of the
Tsupply business has began to as
$3.50 49, ~erious proportions today, Der9-
sunae y ms by the bakers have been
oaaas or broken up by mounted
n1s police. The determination
lsoeps Q TO prevent street demon
w lne poAsy the erect OF checking
49, ne i'd leaders believe It will
not spread.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

Holiday Town Topics: C~otrpx-Yon
have NO idea how the other hall 81 the
world lives. Why my dear, this Christ
ma many poor Fellows win be eating
~snowbalIs.
Mrs, Entrox-fsraniou9s why don thav.
~ south eeE the winters
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
Fireman seriously injured.

Aberdeen, s. D., Dec, 25.-Geerge
Pedlar. a freman on the Milwaukee
road. was severely injured by falling
from the top Of the tender while taking
water at the Jim river tank, mean
lanes station.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
ia A FoR 29cEMrs.
Mar Who Stole q pcstago Stamp 40
game His Freedom.

gains His Freedom.
sioux Fails, &. ID, Dee. 16-After
having served d term Of ffteeu years,
Iesa GOOD tins allowance, for the theft
~ 2 cents postage, Ellsworth n De
France today stepped from the Sioux
Falls ~penitentiAry d free man. The ase
Is a remarkable one. DE France held
.up & mail carrier In 4 Nebraska town.
Although Ii was shown on the trial
Shat ne secured only q postage stamp
lie was sentenced for life. This WAS
afterward committed by President .1c-
Kfnley to ffteen years. Attorney Gen
eraI Knox yesterday, by telegraph I'M
strucfed the prison authorities to give
De France the benefit cf two nonths'
Imprisonment at Omaha before being
brought to the Sioux Falls p~eniteptiary.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

During tie last year 50. 900 cases of
sickness occurred in the barracks ar the
French army There wefe 1863 deathB
and 1900 men were discharged because
az physical disabilities. fIhss very nigh
rate IA skid Ia be aUe Ia the unsatis-
factory state OF the barracks in which
the men live. Aeyording ~ TIE medical
reports, only d very sttalI part Of the
barracks bad a proper allowance of'
air. Tubereulcsfs and typhoid are In
crcaslng with alarming rap.dity ~ ~
a noteworthy fact that the French
army has only I,b00 doctors. while the
German army has 5000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

taen reduced 10 figures for several
years. because Of the state of intermit-
tent war. The total volume of trade tn
1897 was about $20,000,000, or this about
one-fourth came TO the United states
An the shape Of coffee, sold and silver
arn1 hidaa. tobacco and drugs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
nurolars ROB ! Drug Store.

Aberdeen, s. ID, Dec. z5.--A drug stoTa
III Columbia was burglarized and about
$40 III cash stolen. There is no clew to
the identity Of the thieves.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

The oficers and men who have tried
the new ride are practically unanimous
III IT'S favor. The infantry board and
the cavalry board unanimously recon-
mend the adoption Of twenty-four
inches as the length Of the barrel for
All arms. Exhaustive tests Of q car
tridac for the new rifle have proved
most satisfactory.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

Al technical school for leather work
ers has been opened I'll London under
the direction nf an efficient corps Of IN
strGctors. It isHto give practical TECH
nicaI training tai tanning, cuFryln&.
leather dressing dyeing staining ana
finishing
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
ACCIDENTALLY KlLLEL.
Supposed to Have fallen From i FEM
~ Clirnhinn a

Yanytton. $. d., Dec. 22.-Gerard Nor
ma was found dead on his farm Tires
miles south Of town. with i glnshot
wound in hts right side. KIT is supposed
the Deceased killed himself accidentally
while climbing q fence. He leaves a
wife and four children.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

Iuss Non' 23.- The Union Trust
asCmpIe lee kent into the hands 81
a receiver OctobefW
business.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

al supply OF eneSgy particular ele-
menta, change ~ temperature and
abundance of Water are necessary 70
me-. as i'll III known. Scientific scrutiny
has not discovered the equivalent OF
these necessities In any one of the
members OF the solar system. There
fore, F. y. Alien claims that there can
pe no such life az ouc on any ~ the
heavenly bodies but life may exist nm
der their conditions for aught that ~
tru0tcng
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

Ihe ssh coast dsferses o1 the United
tates afe now more than half com
qietea Twenty-lYe harbors now have
sA1iciene number of heavy guns ana
a0Ftats Thett0tal cost OF the cngfn-
aafsEg Works N estimated AT y59.oo0.00n
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

IA. Bernard reports IN Annalcs de
pInstitute Pasteur that he finds that
arsenic Isl d constant constituent of the
organism. and that all parts Of the
hen's egg contain appreciable unantl-
ties Of arsenic, the yolk containing the
Greater part. In the 1920 OF d MILL
cram Found Ia one egg, from one-half
u t~wo-thfrds rs found in the yolk.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

Fhe birds nests used Tor g0utss are
}ikEe Eeiatialous things made us prin.
eirally from TIE saliva AZ tiny blrds u
na
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

The greatest automobile In the world
u the traction engine used in hauling
5orax ont OF the Mohave desert. The
ducc.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

ALTHOUGH Mongolia, IN which Russia
Il now Intrenched. has been a part of
the Chinese empire FOR the greater pafI
n 3tf,s Iast two centuries, china has not
exercised much authority oyer 10 ann
the Monaol mas been largely at liberty
to follow his own desires iI method Or
government and conduct. The only
trfbute which has been heretofore re-
Qiired from the country has been p
certain nur4ber OF mem 10 serve IN the
Chinese army.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

Pierre, >. D. Dec 22.--At the yearly
meeting or the CONGREGATIONAL church
of Pierre, held last evening. Rev. wiz
Anm Al Lyman, Eho has been the very
eiucieht pastor Tor ver nine years.
from insutiicient health, onered ia
To hie people. After fhe
resignation Was read the church passed
resolution showing the high regard.
" which Rev Lyman is held by his
9eCp.e
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

S~nioheleSs powder machine guns and
quick firing rifles tend to make the att
tnckfng Of email states bg powerful
ones more and more impossible.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

German chemists have seriously i'm
tereefed with the business Of indigo
"a ssing sn British india BY the produo-
don OF artificial indigo; b madur
OF France ere frightened by.
Inc synthetic manufacture OF that cor
Bring matter; and now the govern
0aenf monopoly OF camphor-making VI
FOrmosa is threatened by 81 plant near
New York., which Is making artificial
eamphor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

The United States has g0ne Into the
prQpagating husiness To the extent 0f
hatching md distributing nearly 1.-
2pQ,o00s0Qo lsh a Year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

The secretary at the A~eronaatic So
ctcty Of Great Britain expects the kite
20 be the base OF the future Instrument
~ aerial n~ayigasicn, the aeroplaue.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02
,bar confirms the

-siun az returning indus
Ey iii Germany. 1T appears
sfng the last month there were
Aved FOR every one hundred open
dtuatiOus only i'll applications, AZ
compared with 13T applications IN Sep
TENDER. 1902. The relation between sup
DIV and demand FOR meas labor decIin-
ia from 166 applications Tor every 100
vacancies III September. 1902, to l26 A.
tho same month this year.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

The Canadian plan OF preferential
tariff in favor Of Great Britain ana h
British colonies ls low being adopted
IA tho British colonies Of South Africa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

Ex-Govcrnor James n. Eagle of Ar
kansas was elected president of the
Baptist state convention recently re-
Gently held in Little Rock, a position
which he has flied for twenty-one sue
ceasiye years.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

The atmosphere of a world depends
fuse into space, unless retained by
adequate attraction Our earth can
~ardiy retain 80 light and mobile a
vdroaens Mars may have dihl
ak the less mobile va
the srayitation Of the
~1Att@@nw known
nre or'
rea-
Of life.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

Thc United States has a parcel post
arrangement with GerMaany. Mr. James
IL. Cowleg sent a suit case from New
York directly to New Haven. The
stamps cost $3.6S. He could have sent
IL Ma Germany for $1.95. offered at any
postofnoe as fourth-class matter, III
would not have been accepted at all II
Weighed eleven pounds,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

Nearly everyone has heard on the pet
ri1ed forests of Arizona, but that M
Montana, Which DR.. Merrill, curator Of
geology OF the National Museum at
Washirgt0n, has been exploring, ~
hardly known. though II ~ believed 20
he at least equal in extent. The north
srn forests have curiously enough
harmed to opal lnstead Of agate By the
EcfrAn Of the clements
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

TN victorian churches Of Christ,
christian Endeavor Union, Australia
now sixteen metropolitan and
thrar1ounty societies. The aim or the
SL11Le.- hava a society ~ every
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-01-02

An electric fan that heats the air cur
cents that tt delivers has been devised
nv M. de Mare, n Belgian electrician.
The apparatus consists of an electric
which are 81 mica. Upon these mica
blades are fastened resistance-coils,
witch are heated by the passage
through yheiri Of currents Of electricity.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-18

eTEE~ HE season OF catching cold is upon
nasal twang are to be heard on every
hand. Tho origin Of chronic catarrh, the
most common and dreadful Of diseases, is
a cold.
This Is the way the chronic catarrh gen
orally begins. person catches cold,
which hangs on longer than ucua The
cold generally starts in the head and
throat. Then follows constituencies Of the
Dir passages which incline one to catch
cold very easily. At last the person has a
cold all the while seemingly. more or less
discharge from the nose, hawking, spit
ting, frequent clearing Of the throat, HOS
trils stopped up, full feeling In the head
and sore, innamed throat.
The best time to treat catarrh Is Mt the
very beginning. A bottle OF Peruna prop
erly used never fails to cure common
cold, thus preventing chronic caterrh
While many people have boen cured OF
chronic eatarrh by single bottle of
Peruna, yet, as rule, when the catarrh
becomes thoroughly fixed more than one
bottle is necessary to complete a euro,
Peruna has cured cases itln,unerable
Of catarrh Of twenty years, standing.
1t is the best, IL not the only internal
remedy for chronic catarrh in existence.
But prevention is far better than cure.
Every person subject to catching cold
should take Peruna at once at the slight-
est symptom OF cold or sore throat at
this season OF the year and thus prevent
what Is alEsost certain to end in chronic
cStarrh.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-18
Casualties.

The town hall at Stamford, Conn,
has burned; loss, $4,000.
-Four persons were killed in a fire
which destroyed the Brooklyn Chair
company's factory.
An alarm of fire nearly precipitated
panic, in the Metropolitan opera
house in New York.
A dozen persons were injured in a
train collision at Lockport, N. Y, due
to the blizzard
The entire east side Of Fremont,
Ohio. is under water, and many per-
sons are homeless.
Fifty workmen were killed by the
caying in OF an embankment on the
Warsaw Vienna railway.
Back water from the ice gorge near
New Holland has caused the greatest
flood ever known at York Haven. Pa.
"A fro destroyed d block OF buildings
and half q dozen residences at Hous-
ton, Tex. The less is estimated at
tA0Vsvvos 81
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1904-02-18
From the capitai.

From the Capital.
A twelve-inch gun on the Missouri
is reported to have thrown shot if
teen miles.
Y. N. Jameson has been appointed
by the president to be naval officer
of the port Of Chicago.
The senate is expected to confirm
DR.. Crum, colored, as collector Of the
port Of Chaleston. shortly.
Representative Davis has introduced
a bill appropriating 100000 for the
construction of public building at
Faribault, MINI.
Secretary Cortelyou, in response to
an inquiry from the house. says his
department has eight carriage horses,
ten vehicles and an auto.
Howell (Dem.) has been unseated
and his place awarded to Mr.. Connell
contesting Republican. Three Re-
publicans voted with the Democrats.
Among bills passed recently was
one authorizing the secretary of the
navy to donate to Minnesota a steer
Lilo -" ACSl VI IuC lOAACI W III oAlp
nesota.
Representative Stevens has report
ed favorably from the house commit
tee on commerce, bill permitting
the construction Of bridges across the
Minnesota river.
The president, in response to the
Culberson resolution. has sent to the
senate additional and confidential cor
respondence on the Panama matter.
1t will not be made public.
The secretary of the navy has re-
ceived cable from Commander w. H.
Everett at the Canaries, in which it is
reported that the torpedo fiotilla. en-
route to Manila, has been found ad-
mirably seaworthy.
Reed Knox, who has been acting as
confidential clerk to his father, the
United States attorney general, has
resigned from the department and
will devote his time to the Knox farm
of 800 acres at Valley Forge. Father
and SON will engage in the business of
raising blooded cattle.