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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
PRESBYTERlANS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING

Sioux Falls. s. D.. April 17.~-The
preshytery OF South Dakota is holding
the sessions of its annual melting here
today, and will continue until Thurs
day.
address on home mission work last
evening. and tonight addresses will be
made by Rev. Mr.. Kuhn, of Alexan-
dria. and Or. d. +. Jenkins, of the
Omaha Theological seminary.
The convention of the young people
of the presbytery will be held Thurs
day. and in the evening DR.. Gault, of
the University of Vermillion, will give
an address.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
ARGUMENTS SUBMITTED
ON PRIMARY LAW

Pierre. :. D.. April 20.-In the contest
over the provisions of the primary law
Attorney Lawrence for the prohibition
lists, took the position that the law was
defective in so many particulars that
IL should not stand and that his clients
should be permitted TO file their nomi-
nations under the old law.
Attorney General Clark contended
that IL the courts should find the con-
tentions of the prohibitionists to be
valid only the sections attacked could
be effected and that the law as whole
would not be invalidated The decision
of the court viii not be handed down
for several days.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
READS OWN GUILT;
::;:.:;. DIES FROM SHOCK

Philadelphia. April 17.--Confronted
with the accusation of embeZZling more
than $4,000 from the Franklin insti-
tute of this city, of which he mas been
treasurer for 2: years. Herbert f. Heyl,
was seized with what is said TO have
been apoplexy at his home in West
Philadelphia today. He died shortly
afterward.
AT breakfast, when glancing through
morning newspaper, Hcyl saw the
account of the alleged embezzlement.
He arose from the table, ran into the
hallway and collapsed.
A warrant for Heyrs arrest had BEEN
issued Yesterday
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
JOSEPH KUsLER. publIshsn

A clerk in the Bingham house VINO
has been blessed with a boy baby dur
ing the last year wanted. among other
little gifts, to give his young hopeful q
silver dollar marked 1907" which could
be suspended about his neck on string
and used to help cut the little teeth
which were beginning to show signs OF
appearing. He inquired among all his
friends for 1907" silver dollar and II
was not until he had been on the vain
search for nearly a week that some one
told him TO call at the mint, and there
he received officiai information that
under advices from Washington they
had not coined any silver dollars since
1906. and therefore there had never been
nor would be any silver dollars for the
present year
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
Today and Tomorrow.

Give me Thy tears,
And they shall wash away
The scars and bitterness
OF yesterday.
Give me the rose
That in thy bosom lay,
And 1t shall be
Mine Orifiamme today.
Give me thine eyes,
That | may look and see
Thy inmost heart
In all its purity.
Give me thy kiss,
And then our lives shall be
One for tomorrow
And eternity.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
HANSON WINS CONTEST
IN COLLEGE ORATORY

YanktOn. s. D., April 1S.--Alvin Han
son, of NibOrg, was the college student
who won out in the oratorical contest
here. He viii therefore be the college
representative in the state oratoricals
TO take place I'm May. His subject,
very well handled, was The Tragedy
of Lost Childhood"
John Nemic has been held to the next
term of circuit court for burglarizing
the saloon of George Brown. He was
nabbed by Night Policeman George Os-
born while in the act of removing a
number OF bottles OF brandy, whisky
and beer.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
ICE HOUSES BURN:
....., ENGINE SETS FIRE

Sioux Falls, :. d, April 17.-Fire last
night destroyed l6 ice houses belonging
to John Parker situated between the
Milwaukee railway tracks and the Big
Sioux river, in the southeastern portion
of the city. The fire was caused by
spark from locomotive. Twelve thou
sand tons Of ice was exposed and in
jured 10 some extent. The total loss
will run from $4,000 to $4,000, with
Sc 900 insurance
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
MISER'S HUT YIELDS
S11,500 TO WRECkERS

New York. April 1S.-Gold and bills
of large denominations amounting to
$ll 500 were found today by wreckers
who were tearing down the house of
William Jaynes, a hermit, who died
last December in a hut west of Hemp
stead, l.. /.
After Jaynes died his administrators
searched the hut and found $4,000 in
gold and bills. but missed $l1 500
Jaynes for years had lived In the two
room shack The money was found In
rags among the rafters, between two
sticks, which had been driven into the
beam to keep the bags from falling to
the floor.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

The "Priory' at Bicester. near Ok
ford. England, which. as it's name indi-
Gates. occupies the site OF "A former
religious house, has quite lately been
purchased by the community of olive
tan Eenedic:ine nuns. who. having been
expelled from their house in Normandy.
sought refuge In Bicester some Ave
years ago. They had the happiness re-
Gently OF celebrating religious pro-
fesslon therein-the first that has taken
place since the reformation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
Huron Is Scorched.

Huron. S. D., April l7.-Soon after 1
O'Clock today fire entirely destroyed the
livery barn owned by A. J. Cox and
operated by Will Whalen. All of the
horses and most of the carriages were
saved. but the harness and equip
ments were burned. The loss on the
building and contents is $500 The
Windsor hotel vas damaged to the
amount OF $500. The Morning Herald
printing office. owned by w. II. Hollis
ter g. Co, was Quilted, the presses and
other machinery was saved. but the
type and furniture and much stock
was destroyed. The loss on the office
was $1,000 and about the same on the
building, which was owned by w. l..
Miner
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
FAIL TO CONVICT
ACTORS IN KANSAS
CITY CAMPAIGN

Kansas city. April 20-Notwith-
standing the fact that Judge Porter
field. i'm his instructions, had said
plainly that the Sunday law had been
violated, the jury in the first theatrical
case To be tried here stood 10 for ac-
quittal and two for conviction. After
remaining out 10 hours they reported
inability to agree and were dis
charged.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Major g. e. Buxton, who is travelling
in British East Africa, says that one
morning he heard lion grunting near
his camp After a pursuit OF three
hind a bush, and fired at him with "A
rifle. The lion dropped and then stood
bolt upright. shot from a Mauser
knocked him over. Suddenly another
great head and name peered over the
bush. A steady shot with the rife
dropped the second lion. whereupon a
lioness Immediately sprang out OF the
bush. allowing clear shot. Major
Buxton hit her with IA shot from the
Mauaer
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Aerial letter boxes have been placed
In all large tenement houses and apart
ment buildings In Budapest. Hungary.
When the postman enters the hall on
the first floor OF the building he places
the letters I'm the boxes allotted to the
different families. A spring liz then
pressed and electricity does the rest.
The boxes are shot up TO the floor re-
quired. where they remain until emp
tied or until the postman comes again
and brings them down by touching an
other spring
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Father Ehre. the director Of the vat
lean library. has been appointed n
member of the Academic des Inscrip-
tions which is one OF the five academies
that make up the famous Institut de
France, and the one that presides over
history. archaeology and ancient
oriental languages. Father Ehrle is a
German and a Jesuit. He IL said TO be
the living authority on the care OF
books and on the preservation and res
toration OF old manuscripts
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Mrs. Boorman Wells. the "suffra-
Gette," said at women's luncheon in
New York: You may rdicule AS you
please but when we get the suffrage IN
London we shant abuse il as some
of your Colorado women do. heard
two Denver men talking at dinner the
other night. Hello said the first,
here's a Philadelphia genius has in
vented buttOnless underwear oh,
that's nothing, said the second. I've
worn il ever since my wife got IL
VOTE"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

For centuries Europe has enjoyed a
monopoly on cathedrals, the highest ex-
ponents OF Christian architecture. Dur
ing the last few years, however. near
ly dozen beautiful structures have
been In course Of erection or have been
completed In the United States, and
the time may come when the whole
land will be dotted with these master
pieces OF art One of these. now build
ing at st. Paul. under the direction OF
Archbishop Ireland, will be one Of the
finest In this country
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

The Standard Oil company has insti-
tuted barge service across the Atlantic
ocean for the transportation of Oil in
bulk. Two large steel barges will be
towed back and forth by oil-carrying
steamers. The fact that the steel
hawser OF one of the barges has "A
length OF 1900 feet is cited as evidence
Of the danger Of the new service. A
gap OF three-hfths OF mile between
steamer and tow is wide enough to let
In trouble during dark and stormy
nights, especially where barges are
arjty
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
MUST OBEY
FEDERAL DEMANDS.

Sioux Falls. s. D., April 20
Theodore ThUrson, Of Nankton
county, was summoned as "A
petit juror for the present term
OF federal court, and should
have reported for duty last
Tuesday, but failed 10 do so.
Judge Garland ordered that
writ of attachment be issued for
the delinquent juror and United
state Marshal Bullock produced
him in court I'm accordance with
the provisions of the writ. Mr..
Thorson. stated as an excuse
that last Monday and Tuesday
he was confined TO his bed with
an attack Of rheumatism, and
that being unable to appear in
the federal court on Tuesday he
was under the impression that he
would not be wanted after that
day. Under the circumstances
Judge Garland decided not To i'm
pose n fine in the case and Thor
son VIII serve as juror during
the remainder of the present
term Of United States court.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

In the course Of paper before the
French Academy of Medicine Professor
Grimbert recently stated that the cen
tral pharmacy, which dispenses supplies
TO the public Institutions in Paris and
the department of the Seine. annually
furnishes 10000 leeches for use in the
hospitals
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Five women have been appointed to
the staff Of the Rockefeller institute
for Medical Research-Miss Nellie
Goldthwait as chemistry assistant. Miss
Maud J.. Menten, Miss Mabel +. F'itz-
gerld and Miss Wollstein as fellows.
and Miss Bertha l.. Barker as scholar
of the institute
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

The Luxembourg government Is treat
ing incorrigible vagabonds to bread
and water for the first four days of
their imprisonment. and to the lowest
scale of ordinary diet twice week
afterward. The prisons are said to be
emptying fast.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Many cases OF astigmatism arise
from the practice OF reading In bed.
particularly by persons recovering
from a severe illness. II strains the
muscles Of the eye to such an extent
that they alter the curvature OF the
cornea-the abnormality to whi0h the
term astigmatism Is applied.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
CLARK BOUND OVER
ON MURDER CHARGE

Sioux Falls. S. D., April lS.-John
Clark, or John SteltZ. was held with
out bal! to the next term of court to
answer to the charge Of killing Theo-
dore Southam in his cabin on the
Sioux river several weeks ago.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

After five years work, Australia's:
great transcontinental rabbit-proof
fence has been completed. Its length is
2,036 miles. and the cost of its erec-
tion has been nearly e250,000. 1t Is
furnished at intervals of five or six
miles with systems of traps, in which
hundreds of rabbits are captured and
destroyed daily. Inside the barrier
there appears as yet no trace of their
presence.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
MISS MARlOWE WORSE,
ABANDONS HER TOUR

New York, April lS--The illness of
Julia Marlowe, the actress. has reached
such a stage that her managers have
aruounced the closing of her tour for
the season.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
BY PRAIRIE FIRE

kimball, $. D., April 20.-BuTalo
county was swept by prairie fire yes
terday which destroyed over $4,000 in
buildings and stock. The fire origin
atcd over the line in Hand county from
burning straw stack.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Argentine is said to be the only
country in the world whose congress
appropriates $4,000 "A year to aid the
work OF the National Council OF Wom-
a.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Not less than 10000 600 yen ($15. .OOO.-
0O0) Is yearly spent by foreign visitors
I'm Japan Some estimates put the
amount at 10000 900 ven.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Jewish societies in London are agitat-
ing the problem of restoring the pure
Hebrew of antiquity to use as the Jew
ish national language.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25
THE
Story Of Francis Cludde
A Romance Of Queen Mary's Reign.
BY STANLEY j. wEYMAN
BY STANLEY J. WEYMAN.

was full of pity for her and re-
preached myself sorely. What selfish
brute / have been!" said. You have
watched by me night after night and
nCrsed me day after day, and l have
scarcely thanked you. And now you
are i'll yourself. 1t is my fault"'
She looked at me. wan smile on her
swered family. But II is chiefly the
water. / shall be better presently.
About that letter. Did you not come
to speak to me about it?'
Never mind II now" said anxious
ly. will you not lie down on the
rugs awhile? Let me give you my
place" / pleaded.
NO, no. she cried impatiently. and
seeing l vexed her by my opportunity
desisted. The letter" she went on.
You will open it by and by?"
No" I said slowly, considering. to
tell the truth, the strength of my reso-
luton, Il think / shall not"
You will. you will" she repeated,
with kind of scorn. The duchess
will ask you again, and you will give ii
TO her. OF course you Will"
Her tone was strangely querul-
Gus, and her eyes continually
me. But thought only that
she was ill and excited, and fancied it
was best to humor her We'll. perhaps
l SHALL" / said soothingly. Possibly.
1t Is hard to refuse her anything, and
yet hope l may not The girl-it may
be a girls secret"
"Well?' she asked, interrupting me
abruptly. her voice harsh and unmusi
cal. What OF her?" She laid her hand
on her bosom as though to still some
secret pain. l looked at her, anxious
and wondering, but she had again
aVerted her face. What of herr" she
repeated.
only that would not willingly
hurt her!" l blurted out.
She did not answer She stood mo-
ment; then, TO my surprise, she turned
away without word. and merely com
manding me by gesture of the hand
not to follow walked slowly away.
watched her cross the deck and pass
through the doorway into the deck
house. She did not once turn her face,
and my only fear was that she was ill.,
more seriously i'll, perhaps, than she
had acknowledged.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

II all the Bell telephones made each
year were blended into a single instru-
ment II would be nearly 800 miles high
and weigh 4 900 tons
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

In Madagascar there is a natural for
tress with preciptous walls 1000 feet
high. The only means of access is a
subterranean passage
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Mukden. Manchuria. has 40 tanneries
and large fur trade, both local and
export. Prices are Is to 20 per cent
lower than 4 year ago
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

There are more fremen killed and in
5ured in the performance of their du-
ties in New York city than in any other
city In the world.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Coffee was first produced in Arabia
early in the 18th century. ii was first
imported into England about 1850.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

There are 81 lines of ferries ply;ng
between Manhattan island and near
by shores. carrying a daily average of
26S, 500 passengers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Representatives Payne, Dalzell and
Tawney never appear in the House
without red carnation in their button-
hole.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

In the darkest night fishes pursue
their usual movements the same as
by daylight.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Sixty carloads OF Canadian made
harvesting machinery have been or
dered for Siberia.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

The blind population of the world
numbers 81 out OF every 1000. 900.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-25

Kerosene oil was first used in the
United States for Illuminating in 1926.
Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04
SHAH ESCAPES DEATH.
Persian Ruler Plays = Trick on Would.
30 Asslssins.

= -
Teheran, Persia, Feb. 2s.-An at
tempt was made in this city to assas-
sinate the shah of Persia by a bomb.
His majesty was not hurt. Three of
the outriders who were accompanying
him at the time were killed.
The shah owes his escape to the
precautions taken to protect him from
Just such an attempt as was made.
He was on his way to a nearby. town
where he intended to pass few days.
The procession had left the palace
and was traversing narrow street
when two bombs were hurled down at
1t from the roof of a house. One ex.
ploded in the air, but the other struck
the ground near the shah's automo-
bile. This missile, in exploding, killed
the three outriders, wounded the.
chauffeur and score Of bystanders
and shattered the vehicle The shah.
however, Was not in his autoa.o .oh;ie.
He had taken the precaution to send
the motor car on ahead and ride him.
self In carriage further in the rear.
Of the procession. The motor car
was closed one and it was Thought
that the sovereign was inside.
Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04
Two Others Seriously Injured by
Explosion Of Potash.
VICTIMS BADLY MANGLED.
Minneapolis Youth Drops Bottle Of Ex-
pIosive Left Over From Fourth
Of July Celebration.

Exploding potash killed two brothers
and seriously injured two Others in
Minneapolis. The accident occurred
in the attic Of the c. A. Ekelund home,
where bottle Of the chemical, left
over from last July 4, was stored
Clifford, aged four, who was killed
instantly, was riddled with pieces OF
glass. Nearly every part of his in
testines and liver was puneturad.
Herman, aged eighteen, lost an arm
just below the elbow, his left hand
was mangled SO that 1t had to be am
putated and his stomach was riddled
with glass. He died twelve hours
after the accident in the city hospital.
Conrad, aged eight, suffered broken
wrist. Both he and Richard, aged
eleven. were frightfully cut by glass.
The roof of the house was wrecke; i
and many windows were broken by
the explosion.
The three younger boys had gone
to the attic to play and the older
brother, Herman, remembering that
the explosive was up stairs, r,oshed to
secure it. He found Clifford with the
bottle in his hands and in taking it
away dropped it to the floor.
Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04
HERO OF FAMOUS POEM.
Jim 6Iudsoe" Of the Upper Missls.
sippi Dead.

The remains of John Jones, famous
as the Jim Bludsoe'' of the upper
Mississippi river, have been laid
TO rest at Dakota, Winona county.
Jones experience was so much
similar to that of the hero of John
Hays famous poem that many believe
he was the inspiration of it. Jones
was pilot of the ferryboat Warsaw,
which transferred passengers from La
Crosse to the Minnesota side of the
river in the period just after the Civil
war. About forty years ago the War
saw caught fire while in the middle
OF the channel, with several hundred
passengers aboard, but Jones headed
the steamer for an island in the cen.
ter OF the river and in the words of
the poem, "held her nozzle against
the bank until the last galoot was
ashore. He was then Obliged TO
make his own way to land through
the burning boat Although he re-
ceived serious injuries he survived
and died Of old age.
Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04
THREE MEET DEATH.
Fatal Fire in Store. Building at Hines,
ltasca County.

Three persons were killed, four
severely injured and four others
slightly injured in fire which de-
stroyed the store building of v. NJ.
Owens at. Hines, Itasca county. Two
Of the dead were entrapped by the
flames and the third, Wells Johnson,
was overcome and died while trying
to save his eight-year- old nephew from
the fire. The dead are: s5:s
Vina Doyle, domestic, International
Falls: Wells Johnson, clerk; Rodney
Owens, eight months old.
The seriously injured are: v. Nj.
Owens, Mrs. V. NJ. Owens, Lester
Johnson and Millicent Owens.
The damage to the building amounts
to about $1,500 and that to the stock
1s $4,000. There was no insurance
on either. The village is entirely
without fire protection and all efforts
made were directed toward saving the
lives of the occupants of the building:
Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04
REPUBLICAN CHOSEN.
Former Governor Bradley Senator
From Kentucky.

Frankfort, KY, Feb. 28.-Former
Governor William o. Bradley has been
declared elected to the United States
senate after an exciting joint sitting
OF the general assembly, receiving
four Democratic votes in addition to
the votes of all Republicans present.
1t had been held from the beginning
of the contest over six weeks ago that
a majority of quorum was sufficient
Tor an election and with 1926 members
present it required sixty-four votes
to elect. The votes of four Democrats
who have steadily refused to vote for
former Governor Beckham were trans
ferced from the various Democrats on,
whom they had sought to make their
party associates unite to the. Repub-
11can caucus nominee and his election
promptly followed. Z,
Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04
No Use to Die.

have found out that there is no use
to die of lung trouble as long as you
can get DIR. Kings New Discovery"
says Mrs. j. p. White, of Rushboro.
ia. would not be alive today only
for that wonderful medicine. It loos
ems up cough quicker than anything
else, and cures lung disease even after
the case is pronounced hopeless" This
most reliable remedy for coughs and
colds, lagrippe, asthma, bronchitis and
hoarseness, is sold under guarantee
at K. .. Wold's drug store. soc and
$1O. Trial bottle free.
Mower County transcript., 1908-03-04
Chicago Union Stock Yards,

Chicago, March O. Cattle Beeves,
$3.90106.00;; cows and heifers, $1,000.
40; Texans, $3.75@4.75; calves, $500.
@7.2a: Western cattle, $4.0O@4.75;.
stockers and feeders, $2.75@4.9O.. Hogs
Light, $4.35@4.60; mixed, $4.65m.
4.70; heavy. $4:35 @4.65; rough, s4.35
.@4.45;; pigs, $3.75@4.40. Sheep, $3.50
@s.5O; yearlings, $5.O0@e.25; lambs,
$5.cO@6.S5. s