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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
HOlOB THEATER WITH
FORCE OF 100 MEN

Buffalo, Aug. 3l.---John Laughlin took
possession of the Lyric theater today
and IS now holding the building with a
force of 30 men, supplied by a detec-
tive age Il secured possession in
peculiaN way" said Mr.. Laughlin.
and mean to hold It until the courts
decide the legality Of the questions in
dispute. All we ask is that the police
keep their hands off,"
MT. Laughlin was sorcibiy elected
early last Sunday by representatives. of
Klaw and Erlanger and the Shuberts
who claim 10 hcid lease from Laugh
lin.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
1RiDGEWATER FARMER
LOSES BARN AND GRAIN

Bridgedater, S. d.. Sept THE
larga barn belonging to Joshua walter.
a farmer living east of town, was de-
stroyed by fire, together with several
hundred bushels of oats, his granary,
chicken house and other small build
ings. Loss, $4,000; insurance. S7s5. The
fire is supposed to have originated from
"a lamp. which the hired man, who was
in the habit of sleeping in the barn.
failed to put out upon retiring.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

about fifteen years
ago | suffered with
my back and kidneys.
/ doctored and used
many remedies with
out getting relief. Be
ginning with Doan's
Kidney Pills, ! found
relief from the lirst
box, and two boxes
restored me to good,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
Another Fowl.

Hiram" said Mrs. Hardapple at sup
per, "our gal Molly has graduated
from that tony school and she hates
slang She told me to tell you to stop
using that expression BY hem"
well, Maria" laughed Mr.. Hardap-
Pile, as he helped himself to another
fiapjack. by heck. 1t is shorter than
saying by rooster!'"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

sound condition. Ny wife and many
OF my friends have used Doan's Kid
ney Pills with good results and i can
earnestly recommend them"
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster -Milburn Co, Buffalo, n. Y.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
WEALTH OF SOUTH
DAKOTA Is INCREASING

Pierre, 5. D., Sept. 2.-With an increase
over last year OF $SS.213C0s the final foot
ings of all classes Of property IN the state
after the work of The board Of equaIlza-
ton has been footed up shows the total
assessed valuation OF the state is Sz60,6to,-
OF, The valuation and increase in all
classes of property follows:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
POPULATION OF SIOUX
FALLS NEARLY 10000

Sioux Falls. s. D.. Aug. 3l.-The Polk
Avery directory is just out. Accord
ing 10 the publishers Sioux Falls has
population OF $3.50, an increase OF
2,O00 since the state census OF 1906. The
directory shows 1880 names. Using the
multiple OF 21a gives the total of 1850.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
Popular in tiades.

From the Houston Post.
"Do you suppose peek-a-boos Will be
worn in heaven?'
Il don't know, but they ought to be POP
ular in the other place"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

The other day at Aldershot Tommy
Atkins had a pageant of his own-l, ,O0O
soldiers paraded in all the uniforms
that have been worn in the British
army between 1907 and 1907
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

The richest unmarried woman in
France is probably Princess Marie
Bonaparte daughter of the late Prince
Roland. She Is pretty, accomplished
young, and inherited vast fortune
from her maternal grandmother.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
SIOUX FALLS MAN
REHoUeE INSPECTOR

Pierre. s. d. Aug. 3I.-Governor
Craw awford has appointed Olof Paulsen.
OF Sioux Falls, 10 the position OF scale
and warehouse inspector. TO succeed ID.
Rickert who resigned July /.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

The poetical dreams, "Rosamund," by
Charles Algernon Swinburne. viii be
translated into German and presented
I'm Germany next season. Schuberts S
"Rosamund" music will be used.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

A man who has given the subject q
great deal of study says that there is
a greater variety 10 be found among
divorce laws of different nations than
among the laws governing any other
subject
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

California has the world wide repu-
tation OF fathering the most daring en-
gineering projects In the world IN the
way OF electrical generation and trans
mission.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

Flour orders from the orient have to
go to Manitoba because OF the inability
of the Pacific coast mills to fiji them,
even at an advance.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

; The Australian premiers' conference
disapproved the proposed transfer of
the northern territory OF South Aus
tralia TO the commonwealth.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

Mrs William Howard Taft. wife OF
the secretary OF war. has many accom-
plishments, notably that of music. She
Is graduate of the Cincinnati Conser-
vatory of Music
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
nealer for Aliens Foot Ease

Ask Your Dealer for Aliens Foot Ease
A powder to shake into your shoes. IL rests
the feet, Cures Corns, Bunions. Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating feet
and IDgrowing Nails. Aliens Foot Ease
makes new or tight shoes easy: SOLD oy an
DRUGGISTS and Shoe Stores, 25c. Sample
mailed FREE. Address Allen s. olmsted'
La Row ~ Y
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

Alec Burns. brother of the Rt. Hon,
John Burns. was once well known IN
the ring as a boxing champion. The
brothers studied boxing together. and
the cabinet minister can still use his
"mauleYs q bit"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

A monument has been erected tc
Anna Holzel in the Schlossgarten, al
Mannheim, Germany. She was the wife
OF carpenter who is 1884 saved the
poet Schiller from debtors prison.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

Guns, Traps Decoys, etc. Lowest prices.
Write for free catalog No. !. n. w.
Hide & Fur Co., Minneapolis, MINI.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

M. Safanoff, the Russian conductor.
never uses n baton. Instead he waves
his arms, clenches HIS flsts. and fights
the air in a manner disquieting to the
average concert-goer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

st. Giles Christian mission, IN Lon
don, every year gives about 10000 free
breakfasts to discharged prisoners.
finds work for 5000, secures homes for
500 shelteTless or destitute women, and
takes care OF 500 Juvenile offenders
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

In all France there are only / 100 per-
sons who are milllonaires in our sense
of the word lin dollars). OF million.
aires in francs. there are about 10 0O(
apart from the 1.1oO already counted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

A steam vessel has been provided for
the Rev. Louis Ives of England, who
has taken the chaplaincy Of the Mis-
sions to Seamen at the port Of New
rastle. New South Wales this being
done that he may minister at any hour
10 ships ut anchor in any part of the
harbor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

King Leopold has offered a prize of
$4,000 for remedy for the sleeping
sickness which is wiping out his sub
.1ects In Africa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

/ The Philippine coal mined at Batan
4 Is superior to the Japanese and Aus
tralian coal. which In turn is better
than the Pacific and Alaskan.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

A New York Methodist church.
which lately gave the use of its build
ing 10 congregation OF Jews, who
temporarily were without a place OF
meeting, received in return not only a
vote of thanks. but q check for $1,000
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

1t IS understood in Lhasa, the
Thibetan ca~ital says the Indian
Trade Journal, that the Amban in
tends to open new trade route to-
ward China by way OF the Po-y yul,
This will save fifteen days in journeys
20 Sanga- Chojong and by Pothang to
CyandO
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

A man that wears Burnside whiskere
isn't even ashamed to he photographic
in them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

II a mans acquaintances are unable
to discover that he is In low
he isn't
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

The fact that a man today can sit
nown in a restaurant overlooking the
Thames embankment or at a table un-
der the trees at the edge OF the Thier-
garten and dine on fresh salmon
brought from the waters OF California,
Oregon and Alaska shows graphically
how Industrial efficiency has given ro-
nance TO modern trade
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

Chile, which has the reputation OF
being the most progressive OF the
Spanish speaking countries, has over
5000 miles Of railroad and 1900 miles
of telegraph.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

The west coast countries OF South
America are nearly 1000 miles closer
TO the manufacturing districts OF the
United States than they are TO the
manufacturing districts OF Europe
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

Although there Is a great effort made
TO keep secret the thefts In hotels and
restaurants OF New York, IL Is quite
evident they are on a rapid increase.
The manager OF a large restaurant
says the system OF having servants
depend almost entirely upon patrons for
their pay lowers their moral standard
and causes them 10 look on those they
are supposed to serve as their lesiti-
mate prey.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07
DOES YOUR BACK ACHEp
Profit by the Experience of One Who
Has Found Relief.

James r. Keeler, retired farmer, Of
Fenner street, CaZenovia, n. y, says: /:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

Two English scientists discovered.
about ten years ago, that fused silica
might be treated IN the same way as
glass. but il was left for Germany TO
develop its commercial possibilities. An
English Arm has now taken up the or
iginal process and is enabled TO place
this material on the market at reason
able rates. To chemists the discovery
is of great service for TIE vessels made
of fused silica will not crack even when
heated white hot and plunged into wa
ter They are also impregnable TO
acids, and It Is even possible TO use
them for melting platinum.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

The fiber OF the dwarf palma tree
until lately regarded as worthless or
harmful Is developing an important
Aneerian Industry. Factories are null
tiplyinG, and TO these the natives bring
the palm leaves. which are transformed
into vegetable fiber by a steam card
ing machine and then spun and braid
ed The material has the advantage
over horsehair OF being proof against
moths and insects. 1t is being used for
mattresses, woven products, harness
and carriage work, military bedding,
various tissues and even hats.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1907-09-07

The crcscent-shaped sand dunes
which move IN thousands across the
desert of Islay, near La Joya, Peru,
have been Investigated by Astronomer
S. l. Bailey, who Found the points OF a
crescent to be 160 feet apart. while the
convex side measured Al feet and the
greatest width was more than 100 feet.
The estimated weight was 5000 tons,
yet it was carried les feet a year by the
prevailing south Wlnas.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07

Nowhere in the world. perhaps. is pa
teFnalism carried 10 such an extent as
In Australia. The not overly e1ergetic
people of that country have been taught
for years TO look 10 the government for
most Of those things which citizens Of the
United States, for example, have very
successfully provided for themselves. 10
their own and the nations material and
lasting benefit The result of the Ans
tralian system-which. incidentally, has
grown out Of the strength of the labor
element and the usual tendency of poll
ucians TO be opportunists. rather than
from any innate merit-has been to make
the average Australian the very opposite
of self-TeIauL Whether it be in the
matter OF the building Of a needed rail-
road, the marketing of products of the
soil or factory, or the operation Of q mine.
If the government does not help him he
is usually helpless. As one OF the con-
sequences. Australia, land of infinite
resources-although TO be sure. handl-
capped by occasional severe droughts.
lack of inland waterways, and the pres
ence in its interior Of enormous tracts of
arid lands progressing at a rate re-
markable, everything considered, for its
sloWness. With an area fve-sixths as
large as that of the United States. it has
a population Of only about 100000: and
while immigrants are pouring into the
United states and Canada by the hun
dreds Of thousands, its immigration is in
GnitesimaL
The programme of paternalism has
fourished under the government. headed
by the Hon. Alfred Deakin. who. although
not a labor member, really exists officially
By the grace of the labor party: his own
party-there are three altogether-being
too weak to handle the situation un-
aided. Not long ago Premier Deakin nut
through a plan for old-age pensions. and
now a step considerably in advance OF
that has been taken. in the form of
proposal for a unique scheme of excise
taxation designed to aid the cause of
labor. Sir William Lyme. minister OF
customs, and the FaIstafT Of the Deakin
cabinet outlined the plan IN a speech in
the house Of representatives at Melbourne
early In the present week. While the dis
patches are not altogether clear as to de-
tails. il appears that the idea is to i'm
pose on all goods manufactured in the
commonwealth an excise duty equal TO
The customs duty on imported goods of
the same natuTe-the maximum tariff du-
ties ia Australia being at about the level
Of the minimum Dingley rates The work
ingman is to be benefited through an ar
ransement which provides for the remis-
sion Of the excise tax TO the manufacturer
In the event he can demonstrate to the
satisfaction Of an appointiye board of
excise that his goods have been produced
under fair and reasonable labor condi-
tions. Goods on which the excise is thus
remltted are to be given the advantage
OF a commonwealth label.
This is an experiment in state socialism
concerning which the manufacturer is
likely to disagree with the government.
He has never had much OF a show in the
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07

big island-continent down below the equa-
tor, and he probably VIII think this Is the
last straw. Certainly, the new plan will
not invite capital. either foreign or do
nestle. into the manufacturing field for,
although it would seem that the owner
Of a plant would have only 10 pay his
men proper wages and treat them fairly.
/ It must be remembered that the determi-
nation of whether he does so OF not lies
with a political board which. with the
government constituted as at present, or
with a labor ministry IN power. would
have "a pretty strong labor influence be
hind it. For years. in some of the Aus
tralian states. there have been wage
boards and arbitration courts which are
supposed to prevent trouble between en-
ployor and employees. but which have
notoriously failed 10 do SO. mainly be-
cause. as has been demonstrated several
times in the last few years-notably in the
case Of the striking coal miners at New
castle-the workingmen simply refuse TO
obey the awards OF the boards and courts
unless they are entirely favorable to la
Dor
Altogether, this is a very critical period
in Australias history. It viii be vastly
interesting to watch the unfolding Of the
Deakin programme and the resulting de-
velOpments.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
The Massachusetts Conventions.

It looks as if the Democratic party in
Massachusetts had thrown away an ex-
cellent opportunity by failing to agree on
either candidates or platform. The split
reveals the great gulf which still sep
arates the radical and conservative wings
Of the Democracy-the one going in for
anti-CorpOTation issues and the other
placing more emphasis on the revision Of
the tariff. Mr. Whitney made a splendid
campaign for tariff reform, but failed to
win the gubernatorial nomination because
Of his close affiliatiOn with corporate in
terests and his open advocacy Of the Mel
len scheme 10 merge the New Haven and
Hartford and Boston and Maine railway
systems. Although there is really no good
ground for opposition TO the MeHen mer-
ger. inasmuch as the Massachusetts, stat
utes amply safeguard public interests in
such transaction, both parties saw in il
a chance TO make political capital, and it
was held up by the legislature until the
people should have passed upon it in a
State election. 1t cannot be said that the
issue has been made very clear. as the
Republicans viii permit the merger under
stringent legislation. the Whitney faction
Of the Democracy occupies practically the
same position, and only the Bartlett fac
tiOn comes out strong against IT,
The Whitney platform contains an un-
equlvocal declaration on the tariff. It de-
mands free trade with Canada and pol
icy Of reciprocity with foreign countries
not confined to the interchange Of COM
peting products. It protests against the
Republican programme Of dellying tariff
revision until after the next Presidential
election, as meaning that the work Of re-
vision will be intrusted to the bene-
flciaries Of the tariff in exchange for
campaign assistance to the party in
power" The platform further demands:
That the food supplies Of The people and such
raw materials Of industry as coal iron ore lumber
wood pulp hides sole leather. and wool, be placed
upon the free list.
That all duties be reduced rapidly as posi-
bic without undue disturbance Of established in
dustres, 10 rates which viii cover only the differ
euce between the cost Of manufacturing here and
abroad. 10 be ascertaued by expert Investigation.
That manufacturers vino take advantage Of the
tariff regularly to make lower prices on their prod
ucts TO foreigners than to American citizens or to
establish oppressive monopcles. be deprived Of the
protection which they thus abuse"
Opposed to these demands is the Repub-
lican platform commencing the adoption
by the next Republican national conven-
ton Of "a resolution calling the Congress
to meet in special session to determine
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
WASHINGTON'S DERELICTION.
Evidence that He Was Indicted for
DOdginE Taxation.

Washington Dispatch in New York Times.
Documentary evidence has just been
discovered in Fairfax County, Va.
10 prove that George Washington was
once presented" by the grand jury OF
that county for not entering certain
property for taxation. The presentment
was made al the May term OF the Fair
fax County Court in 1900 AS the offense
charged involved swearing 20 q false list
Of taxable property, believers in the
hatchet and cherry tree tradition may
console themselves with the fact that
there is no record that George Washing
ton was ever convicted under this pre-
sentiment.
The discovery of this record was made
by Capt. S. r. Donohoe, editor Of the
Fairfax Herald. the weekly paper OF
Fairfax Court House. while seeking data
for a history Of the county, which he is
engaged in writing. Capt Donohoe had
occasion to make rigid examination Of
the ancient records Of the county court,
and there in the musty depths Of pages
yellow with age he unearthed a day OF
two ago. 10 his great surprise. evidence
that in 100 criminal proceedings were
Instituted against George Washington
for not entering his property Tor taxa
ton asreeabiy to law, an oGensa which
involved the making of a false oath.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
TARIFF NEEDS REVISION.
Secretary Straus' speech Strikes a
Note of EnIighhtmeut.


We seemed in 1900 20 be on the verge
Of important changes in our tariff pol
icy. The National Association Of Man
ufacturers and other agencies had aroused
the country 10 the need of an export
business Before the tide Of domestic
prosperity had risen 10 its recent height.
our manufacturers were Wiling 10 look
outward and see the value of entering
markets So industriousIy formed by Eng
land and Germany. President McEin-
ley, throughout his life so closely in
touch with the productive interests OF
the country rs their representative in
the framing Of tariff laws, saw that the
current was changing, and he was ready.
as he would have been able with his
great influence over the people. to alter
the public policy on this subject IN an
important way.
Too long have we professed disregard
Of the course Of other governments on
the tariff question. Our highest desire
has been for duties which would pro
tect our stocking factories. our iron
furnaces, our hay fields. and our apple
orchards. Whatever each citizen made
10 sell must be produced and sold be-
hind q tariff wall. and Canada. Ger
many. or Brazil might enact retaliatory
duties, break off diplomatic relations
with us or fire on our fleet for any
thing we cared. There We're some things
that no patriot had the right to sug-
gest, and these included any lowering
of the national honor and dignity
which was but another name for a tax
on sugar and hides-no matter what
should betide.
The tariff now needs revision more
than ever before. 1t is built on horse
nigh, bull-strong, German-tight stand
ards that are without any purpose ex-
cept 10 cause International friction and
force Americans to pay two prices for
everything they eat wear, or otherwise
consume. The truth CLEANS through the
darkness which envelops high places in
this enlightened speech Of Secretary
Strauss. VIII IT be heard: will it be
needed by the political party which has
so long enjoyed absolute power at Wash
ington2
The Washington herald., 1907-10-07
NOT PERSONALLY Conducted
President Does NOt Constitute the
whole OF the Government.

Whole OF the Government.
From Che New Yors Ereuins Post
We have all along felt that a great deal
OF the talk about the Presidents powers
whether for good or evil is grossly exag-
gerated. The fierce blame now cast upon
him by some IS as uI-founded as the
fgIsome laudatiou bestowed upon him by
others. And the way in which full-gr0wn
Americans have covered before proposals
made ly Mr Roosevelt. condemning
them, Yet processing a readiness to ac-
Quissce ia them. has been little short Of
ahject The President is not the whole of
the government All. but be is so popular,
that the coordinate branches dare not
resist him. Well then, they must blame
themselves, not him. L they are recreaut
20 their duty. and deficient in courage
tho fault viii De theirs II our rule En- this
country becomes too much that of one
ma1- And concerning popularity" it
must be remembered that breath has
made it. and breath can destroy. No
one is better aware of this fact than AR
Roosevelt himself. To q person con-
graduating him this summer on his eu0r-
nous popularity, he said. 1t won't last
II times get bad. l shall De one Of the
most unpopular Presidents"