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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
NE BRASkA CITIES.
Nearly All of Towns Vote for
License.

LiCCTSC
Omaha, Neb., April Returns from
Nebraska municipal elections are COM
ing in slowly. The contests in most
instances turned on the license ques-
ton. Where party politics entered in
TO the case republicans nave been all
most uniformly successful so far as
known at this hour, except in South
Omaha, where Tom Hector, democrat,
and Frank Koutsky are running neck
and neck for mayor, with KOutsky
probably slightly In the lead on the
official count.
Dollar gas has won a signal victory
in Lincoln, where every one of the
seven councilmen elected is pledged to
II.
Editor Williams, OF the Pilot, was
elected mayor of Blair.
Omaha. Neb.. Aoril 6.-Municipal
elections were held In Nebraska today
except in Omaha. The issues were
generally license or no license, although
party lines were drawn in some places,
and the result is expected to forecast
In some degree what may be expected
at the fall elections.
The campaign in South Omaha has
been holly contested IN party lines.
Returns received at 10 o'clock p. m.
indicate hat the democrats have elect
ed Thomas Hector mayor, with the re-
mainder Of the ticket republicans.
A majority of h outside towns re-
porting thus far have voted for high
license.
Eighty per cent of the towns heard
from tonight report the election of high
license tickets. David City was an ex-
ception. Fremont elected the entire re-
publican ticket, Grand Island voted in
favor. of high license, and Norfolk, Ash
land, West Point, Holdrege n all the
towns in Clay county elected wet"
tickets.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
VOTING FAVORED
OWNING CAR LINES
BY Great Majority the Chicago
Voters Desire Municipal
Ownership.
U N Is REPUBLICAN
Chief Interest Was Centered in Vote
on City Control of Street Railways
Board of School Directors
to Be Elected.

Chicago, April Tn the municipal
election the republicans elected eight
cen aldermen, the democrats sixteen,
and one Independent republican, who
%repudiated the machine" in the Sixth
ward. was chosen q member of the
council. The last council was composed
of thirty-six republicans. thirty-two
democrats, one independent democrat
and one socialist. The next council
will be formed Of thirty-siX republicans,
t~hirty-one democrats, two independ-
ents, one of whom is a democrat n
the other a republican, and n social
list.
The chief interest In the election,
however, centered in the vote on the
proposed municipal ownership OF the
street railways. In this campaign
what is known as the Miller" law,
passed by the last state legislature,
was submitted to the people. The law
authorizes cities in Illinois to construct,
own, operate and lease street railways,
and to provide the means therefor. on
this proposition the vote stood 152, 434
for the proposition and 3O,OO4 against;
on the proposition that the city should
at once take over the railways into it's
control, the vote stood 100, 744 for and
50,S93 against. For the temporary
licensing OF street railways until such
time as the city is prepared to take
them over, the vote was 12O,1Sl for and
4S,056 against.
on the question Of whether or not the
members of the board of education
should be elected by direct vote Of the
people, instead of by executive appoint
ment and confirmation by the city
council, as is the present usage, the
vote was rs, 553 for and S,432 against.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
An Easy WAY 10 Do 1t.

Mineral, Idaho, April 11.-Mr. ID. s.
Colson of this place has something to
say which will he of interest TO many
men. Mr.. Colson claims to have found
a simple way to get rid of pains in
the back. Sciatica or Rheumatism. he
has cured himself and so claims per-
sonal experience in proof of his meth
cd.
Mr.. Colson says:
Il had awful pains in my hip. They
got so bad at last that could hardly
walk. / tried several things. but got
no relief till l began to use Dodds
Kidney Pills and l had taken but u
few of these pills till the pain left me
entirely.
"Dodd's Kidney Pills certainly did
me lots Of good, and | consider them
a great medicine"
The remedy that cured Mr.. Colson Is
the same that has been making SUCH
sensational cures Of Bright's Disease
Diabetes, Dropsy and Rheumatism all
over the country. The name or tne
Medicine is Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
ARMY TRIALS.
An Infantryman's Long Siege.
This soldiers tale of food is interest,"

An Infantryman's Long Siege.
This soldiers tale of food is interest
ing.
During his term of service in the
18th Infantry in Cuba and Philippines,
an Ohio soldier boy contracted q dis
ease Of the stomach and bowels which
all army doctors who treated him pro-
nounced i%ncurable, but which Grape
Nuts food alone cured:
I'm October, 1900, when my enlist
ment expired, l was discharged from
the army at CaluIute, Philippines, ana
returned to the States on the hrst
available steamer that left Manila.
When | got home l was a total wreck
physically and my doctor put me TO
bed. saying he considered me h worst
broken-down man of my age lie ever
saw, and after treating me six months
he considered my case beyond medical
aid.
During the fall and winter Of 1900
and 'O1 | was admitted to the Barnes
Hospital in Washington, ID. c., for
! treatment for chronic Inflammation of
the stomach and bowels, but after five
months returned home as bad as ever.
81 continued taking medicine until
February, 1902, when reading a news
paper one day l read about Grape-Nuts
and was so impressed | sent out for a
package right away.
1.-THE result is quickly told, for 1
have used Grape-Nuts continually ever
since with the best results, my health
is so l. can do q fair days hard work,
stomach and bowels are in good condi-
| ton, have gained 40 pounds in weight
and I feel like a new man altogether.
Il owe my present good health to
| Garpe-Nuts beyond all doubt, for medi-
| cal science was exhausted" Name
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek,
Mich.
Had he consulted any one OF several
thousand physicians we know CT they
would have prescribed Grape-Nuts linz
mediately.
Look in each pkg. fer the famoIa
little book, "The Road 70 Wellvil|e,'
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
TRAGEDY OF GOLGOTHA.
Spectacular Religious Exercises Held
in St. Petersburg.

ST. Petersburg, April IA hundred
million OF the emperor'S subjects today
revived the tragedy of Golgotha. The
Russian capital seemed plunged in
grief. The busy hum Of the metropolis
was gone, the streets deserted all night
and i'm the morning the church bells
tolled m%ournfully, reminding the faith
fulfill of the betrayal of Gethsemane,
Peters denial, the trial before PLATE,
the burden of the cross and finally the
CrucitiXiOn.
The sCourging and hooking of the
Savior were impressively at
Alexander NeVsky cathedral, A~ntonius,
metropolitan OF St. Petersburg, otficiat-
ing. This afternoon at St. lsaac's ca
thedral was held Il solemn ceremony
commemorative the three hours agony,
accompanied by a beautiful service of
song. The interior Of the great cathed-
raj presented a wonderful scene when
at last the silver cross on which was
painted q picture of Christ crucitied
was borne out through h inner golden
gates on the shoulders of the black
CARRIED clergy to a magnificent sarcoph-
agus erected in the center of the
church. The vast congregation was on
its knees, each person holding a lighted
candle. Thrice the officiating bishops
and deacons circled the bier, and then
all lights were extinguished, and for
hours throngs of people passed before
the catafalque, most OF them sobbing
nd weeping.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
Saint p atrick.

Life: 1t is one of history's sarcasms
that Saint Patrick should have been
a Dago and a Scotchman. He was
(Roman) by race, and born In
Scotland. He was sold as a slave into
Ireland, where he converted the natives,
drove out the snakes, and becamei
Erin'S pasron saint. 1t is commonly
supposed that since his day there nave
been no snakes in Irish whiskey. At
any rate, he has been esteemed OF good
Irishmen for fifteen md years, andI
his name Is honored wherever
go.
He is much esteemed in these UnitedI
States. whittier Irishmen came in great
numbers in the century just closed, anu
continue still to come. They came IN
the first place because, under the bene-i
fcient rule of their sister island, they
were brought to that pitch Of want that
they could not get enough to eat. III
is a curious fact that the more they
starved and the more hopeless their
restitution became, the more they null
tiplied. They had TO get out OF Ire
land or die, and disliking to die unripe,l
hey came by the hundred thousand tol
America. :
Only a generation ago they were do-i
ing the hardest and worst paid work.
of this country, carrying hods, building,
railroads., ditching, soldering, doingl
generally the work of the a~ble-bodied,
u~neducated man without one or
powerful friends, who started at the
bottom of the social ladder. But that,
is an old story and a past condition
Now, If Saint Patrick came to New
York, whether he stopped at the Arch-
bishop's house or the Waldorf Hote',
when the rich Irish came to call on him
their carriages and automobiles would
! make a line from Thirty-fourth street
lp to The top of Central Park. And
when the poorer ones came in a mighty
| procession, they would be carrying ban
ners inscribed Welcome to Our
-cIop nj -
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
KANSAS CITY REPUBLICAN
Jay n. Neff Is Elected Mayor and
Council Is Republican.

Kansas City. April 7.-Unofficial re-
turns from onc-third of the city, includ-
ing decisive precincts, assure the cleo
ton of the whole republican ticket,
headed by Jay ii. Neff for mayor, by
pluralii es ranging from 1000 to 1000,
except that Police Judge Brady, demo-
cratic and labor candidate, is probably
reelected by a small plurality. The
new council will nave n republican ma
jority. The city government has been
in the hands Of the democrats for four
years, and two years ago no republi-
can, even on the ward ticket, was sue
cessful.
There were two full democratic tick
cts i'm the field today, headed by w. II.
Kemper and George NJ. Shelley, re-
spectively. The former ticket had the
support Of the democratic state organ
ization of Mayor James A. Reed, who
is n candidate for governor, and the
result of the election is looked upon as
advantageous 20 the g~ubernatOrial cam
diGacy Of Joseph w. Folk of st. Louis.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
BURTON STILL SITS.
Pending Appeal, Senator's Conviction
Is Inoperative-Formal Vote
Needed TO ExpeI,

Washington, April 9.-The sentencing OF
Senator Burton makes no change In his
status as a member of the senate. The
jail and fine sentences will not take effect
until after his appeal to the United States
circuit courts has been determined.
All legal expedlents to establish his In
nocence and avert punishment having
been exhausted. the word convict In
the statute under which Mr.. Burton was
tried Is not construed as becoming oper-
alive until punishment actually has be-
gun. i.
Leading lawyers In the senate hold that
the statute does not work automatically
in expelling a senator. They believe the
usual formal resolution Of expulsion must
be passed by the required two-thirds vote
TO remove Mr.. Burton from the senate.
There Is no disposition to take the matter
up while 1t Is pending In the courts
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
STORM AT LEAD.
Black Hills Visited by First Thunder
storm of Season.

Lead, S. D., April 9.-The Black Hills
.egion has been visited by the first
thunderstorm Of the year. Following
| brief electrical display, there was d
slight rain fall which turned to snow.
Most of III snow has disappeared in
he Black Hills, except on the north
slopes and higher regions, and 1t Is be-
ieyed that spring has come at a much
earlier date than usual. Grass and
,ther vegetation have started, and the
hummer birds are arriving. Through
he valleys there is heard much COM
olaint. owing to the absence of moist
ire. and there are fears that IT Will be
/ dry season. The soil Is exceedingly
Try now, and greatly In need or rain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
APRIL BLIZZARD.
Snow Storm With High Wind General
Over State--LittIe Damage.

Plankinton, S. D., April 9.-The most
severe blizzard that has visited this
section In several years is now raging
here. 1t began in a rain on the even
ing of Wednesday, the 9Th. Half an
xch of ain fell during the night.
snow began falling Thursday after
noon and by evening all the conditions
which constitute a blizzard set in. The
storm has now ragged nearly forty
eight hours.
belmont, S. D., April 9.-The worst
blizzard Of the season has been aging
for the past t~wenty-four our ~
probably is the worst sine 1888. Pas+
senger trains on the Armour line and
the Platte line are snowbound. Pro-
visions were sent to the Armour line
passengers. Much damage to stock IL
feared.
Miller. s.. D., April 9.-The hrece
snowstorm of the last two days is SUD
siding. 1t is not believed much STOCK
will be lost in this section, as farmerl
are supplied with feed and shelter IL
is looked upon as a good thing Tor CROP
this summer.
Aberdeen, S. d., April 9.-The worst
storm for this time of the year IN the
states history is prevailing. Nine
inches of snow fell last night. Today a
IllEIl MlIlu IL Oi'' AA'p'
blockaded. Stock will suffer.
Woonsocket, S. D., April 9.-The
worst blizzard of the season has Deeh
raging here for t~wenty-four hours. a
passenger train from Wesslilstoh
Springs TO Sioux City, In charge OF Con
ductor Conley, was stuck In the snow
drift two miles west of Lane. The crew
and passengers have abandoned the
train and are safe in Lane.
Geddes, s. D., April "a bad blizzard
has been raging for twenty-four hours,
showing no abatement. Business ii
practically suspended. The storm ~
hard on stock, but good for crops IL
is not cold.
Mitchell, S. D., April "a snow
storm, the severity of which has never
been equalled in his section at this
time of the year, has been in progress
for the past twenty-four hours. NO
damage to stock has been reported
Cattle and all other stock in this Sec
ton is well provided with shelter. Far
mers were forced to retire from the
fields where they were sowing wheat
Huron, S. D., April ,S.-Yesterday'e
wind and snow storm continues with
out abatement. The entire state east
of the Black Hills is in the track or q
storm which is certain. to result disas-
trously to stock on the ange. The
storm is the worst experienced in this
section in many years. Telegraph ano
railroading are seriously interrupted
No trains were sent west or north over
the Chicago and Northwestern today
and like conditions prevail on the Great
Northern.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
MUCH LAND DISPOSED OF.
Record of Work Done in March at LAM
Office in Chamberlain.

Chamberlain, S. D., April 9.-Follow-
ng is a summary Of the business tran
'sacted by the local United States land
office for the month of March: Orig
nal homestead entries, 1873, for 20,S50
acres; z final homestead proofs, for 9SS
acres; Sc communted homestead proofs,
,or 7,445 acres, or a total Of 20l entries.
and 30, 2S3 acres dispose dof. During the
quarter ending April l the business was
rs follows: Original homestead entries,
IA, for 81, 1925 acres; IL final homestead
proofs, for 1,7S2 acres; 157 committed
homestead proofs, for %. 240 acres, or a
.otal of 5S2 entries, for S5,S47 acres.
Considering hat the period covered is
winter months, the showing is consid-
red to be quite satisfactory.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
w SHOT IN RIOT.
labor Troubles in Chicago Result In
General Fight at American
Can plant

Chicago, April Tin q riot at the
plant of the Diesel branch Of tho
American Can company today, growing
out OF an effort to reopen the factory
and retain thirty Greek strike tseak-
ers," two men were shot, neither seri-
ously. Union can makers, who de-
manded the discharge OF the Greeks,
gathered about the factory and when
the non-union men, under police ess
cort, approached, bricks began Tying
and several shots were fred,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
JosEPH kUsLER, Publisher.

German papers report that steps are
being taken In Algeria to manufacture
natural soap on a large scale from o
tree known as "Sapindus utilis." Thit
plant, which has long been known In
Japan, China and India, bears a frui'
OF about the size of a h~orsechestnut
smooth and round. The color varies
from a yellowish green to brown. The
inner part is Of a dark color and has
an oily kernel. The tree bears fruit IN
Its sixth year and yields from ffty-nve
to 22O pounds of fruit, which can easily
be harvested In the fall. BY using wa
ter OF alcohol the seponaceous ingre-
dent Of the fruit is extracted. The cost
OF production Is said to be small ana
the soar on account of possessing nd
alkaline qualities, is superior to the
ordinary soap of commerce.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
RUSSIANS LEAVE "a GUNS.
Japanese Surprise Enemy and Artillery
Is Abandoned in FLIGHT.

London, April 9.-Tokio dispatches TO a
London newspaper assert that Korea Is
free OF Russians, all of them having
crossed the Yalu river.
Some scouts, it is said, swan
the Yalu near Kiu-lienchen, and then fol-
lowed the river n%orthward. They found
splendid defensive positions.
According to a Shanghai telegram the
Japanese advance guard reports that the
Russian licenses on the Yalu are very
much scattered and are still incomplete,
making 1t difficult for one body to help
another in case of strong attack.
1t is reported from a doubtful source
that the rapidity Of the japanese advance
TO Wiju compelled the Russians to aban-
don twenty-four guns. 1t seems that
there is daily expectation Of an attack
upon New Chwang. General Kondrato-
witch is reported as saying that he is
prepared for it.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
Sprinafield Democratic.

Springfield, Ill, April THE demo-
Gratis today elected four aldermen In
the city, the supervisor at large and
thirty-six assistant supervisors and
constables, while the republicans elect
ed three aldermen, three assistant SUI
pervisors, the assessor and the police
magistrate.
The new council stands as before,
eight democrats and six republicans.
The new county board of supervisors
twenty-five democrats. seven
teen republicans. and two in doubt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
FOR RAISING A BILL.
John Winters Arrested on Charge ana
Brought to Aberdeen.

Aberdeen, s. D., April 1l.-John Win
tiers of Redfeld was arrested and
brought to Aberdeen by Captain j. w.
United States secret serv-
fee. on the charge of raising a 81 bill
to a IS and passing it upon a Redield
merchant. A corner of the 81 bill was
cut off and q corner shipped from a 50
bill was substituted, the bill folded and
the deception thus worked. United
States Court Commissioner Adams
bound Winters over to the federal
grand jury, the prisoner being sent to
iail In default of bail.
The subject OF holding a convention
of and men here at an early date with
the object of organizing a state assoc
citation is being agitated by r.. w.
sslby, state vice president of the North
vestern association.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
ROBERTS
Elected Two Sets Of Delegates-One
ORGANIZATION Endorses Perkins.

Slsseton, s. D., April S.-The republican
county convention proved exciting enough
% please everybody. Practically every
politician in Roberts county was there
and with them came precinct henchmen
md friends. The contest over the Summit
caucus was the center of interest, as the
candidacy Of G. II. Lien for lieutenant
governor was at stake.
Early I'm the day it developed that three
precincts, including Summit, With a rotal
If 10 votes, were contested by the Spack-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. faction. David
Eastman led the other faction. 1t soon
vas evident that the Perkins crowd
he majority and talk Of a bolt was
1eard. Upon the final roundup of dele
rates the Perkins had SO to 90 for Lien,
With 10 contested, which gave Perkins a
clear majority. Eastman, too wise to pit
ais chances on the convention, decided 10
hold one of his own. and with his nifty
delegates met I'm a hall and held a minor
ty convention, ~instructing for Lien and
Crawford. The regular convention IN
,tructed for Perkins for secretary OF state
and Judge Mccoy for judge OF the nun
,ircuit and Endorsed the congressional del
cation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
Socialists Have Ticket.

Vermillion, S. D., April 9.-Mayor Bry-
ant n the other republican nominees
.or city Offices are not to be elected with
,ut opposition. The socialists of Vermil-
ion come to the front with a ticket. The
ticket is headed by Hon. II. L. Ferry for
mayor, and the other nominees are:
Treasurer, August Peterson; assessor, I.
I, Sloan; aldermen, II. Il. Demick. Chas.
Sordeen, d. w. G. Nichols and T.. NJ.
Aarek, Election falls on the 18th this
rear,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
ROSE AGAIN
Democratic Mayor of Milwaukee Has
BID Majority.

Milwaukee, April Mayor David s.
Rose, democrat, carried the city in the
municipal election, having a plurality
of 5,912 over Guy ID. Golf, republican.
Victor l.. Berger, social democrat, ran
over 1000 votes behind Golf. The vote
for mayor was: Rose, 23,515; Golf,
1903; Berger, 1888.
The democrats also elected their
candidates for treasurer and controller.
They likewise control the common
council, having elected twenty-siX
members, the republicans eleven and
the social democrats nine. Louis K.
Luse, of Superior, nonpartisan, for JUS
tice of the supreme court, carried the
city over James G.. Kirwin, Of Neenah,
nonpartisan, by 1,042 majority.
Questions relating to bond issues for
various city improvements requiring
the expenditure of about $4,000, 900 car
ried. Among the largest sums is $780,
900 for a municipal lighting plant,
nearly 81, 0O0, 900 for viaducts and $780,
900 for additional fire apparatus.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1904-04-16
Snow at Huron.

Huron, S. D., April 9.-One of the Sc
yerest snow and windstorms Of the win
:er followed rain. The storm set in
rom the northwest and is in progress
With no Indication of abatement before
evening.
Seeding. which is very backward in
his locality, will be delayed several
LAYS. The temperature is mild, and
stock will not suffer.