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Los Angeles herald., 1908-10-11

Photo by Maud Davis BAKER
concert work under the name of Nine.
Elsa Russell, has lived in the various
art centers of Europe for years, is a
woman in the prime of life, of fine
presence and charming personality.
Among her most valued memories she
counts the friendship Of Gounod, Patti
and Christine Nelson. She was also
friend of Countess Rostopchin, great
granddaughter of the count of that
name, who, as governor Of Moscow,
ordered the burning of that city at
the time of the siege of Napoleon,
and through her Nine. Duncan met
and sang in the presence Of Gounod,
and she possesses the scores Of Faust"
and Romeo and Juliet" with mar
ginal notes inscribed thereon for her
by Gounod himself.
That Nine. Duncan is not better
known in the musical world is due
TO the circumstance that soon after
completing hoc musical education, and
before she had had time to make a
name as professional, che abandoned
public career and disappeared into
private life as the wife of Russell
Duncan. a British civil engineer
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
BRULE SCORCHED)
BY PRAIRIE FIRE
Which Rages Day and a Night
Over 500 Square Miles OF
Territory.

Kimball. s. d, March 28.--By far the
most extensive and disastrous fire that
has devastated any portion OF Sbuth
Dakota in recent years ragged in Brule
county yesterday, and was not brought
under control until late in the night.
and then wnen II had practically
burned itself out. The fire originated
from q burning straw stack four miles
east of Pukwana and burned IN A
southeasteTly direction, covering an
area OF more than 500 square miles, ana
finally terminating in the southeastern
part of BrGle county al d point IL miles
north of Platte No human lives were
Iost through the FIRE, though many mar
row escapes are reported with farmers
and others who were engaged In the
almost impossible task OF running fire
breaks which were as rapidly jumped
by the fire impelleG by brisk wind.
The fire passed about four miles TO the
south Of Kimball, burning outhuildings
and hay in large quantities, and many
Of the dwellings and school houses were
saved only after the most serious effort,
attended with much risk Of life.
So far as known there were about 30
head of live stock destroyed. while the
amount of hay can scarcely be com
puted at his time, but VIII probably
reach thousands Of tons.
This is The third Of a series % prairie
fircs TO devastate this section Of the
state within few days. A fire Of large
proport ions was raging over In the
Rosebud country at the same time,
while earlier in the week there was
serious FIRE to the southwest Of Emball
and extending over into the northwest
ern part Of CharIo" Mix county.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
GROCERY MAN HAS
RaCY EXPERIENCE
IN SPRING FLOODS

Gam Valley. :. D., March 27.-Clar-
ence Conaway, "A well known travelling
man who represents Chamberlain
wholesale grocery house, had thrill
ing adventure and a remarkably mar
row escape from death by drowning
while attempting to make his way
through the swollen waters of Crow
creek, stream near Gam Valley. The
creek was very high from the recent
melting of snow and the current was
running like a millrace. In attempting
TO ford the stream at the customary
crossing. ConaWay drove his team into
deeper water than he expected. The
horses were swept off their feet and
horses and buggy were carried into
deep water. All went under, but Coma
way. who had been swept away from
the buggy. came to the surface and
managed by desperate effort to grasp
the limb OF "A partially submerged tree
as he was swept by II. He succeeded
in clinging to the limb until his plight
was discovered by a farmer living in
the vicinity. who finally rescued him
from his perilous position. when res
cued Conaway was nearly exhausted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
TO DROP FARMING;
OPERATE TWikE PLANT
AND SHIRT FACTORY

Yankton, S. D., March 27.--Wm. Pow
ers, member of the state board OF
charities and corrections, by appoint
ment of former Governor Herreid. does
not understand why political discussion
should not be terminated so far as it
applies to the operation Of the twine
plant at the penitentiary whose opera
tion was provided by the legislature OF
1907. He says there are 200 Inmates
OF the penitentiary, 100 of whom are
employed In the shirt factory which
yields the state revenue of about $40
900 annually on an investment OF $1,000,
and Is consequently a good enough
thing TO continue. By discontinuing
farming operations in which there is
no profit there will be practically 66
men available to operate the twine
plant to it's full capacity as contem-
plated under the act which gave 1t legal
existence. Since both industries can
be operated with the present available
help, Mr.. Powers is Of the opinion that
the matter should be cut out as q mat
ter of political discussion, and the peo-
pie OF the state bend their energies to-
ward making the twine plant as much
OF "A success as is the shirt factory.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
A Matter of Hioh poIitic.

London Tribune: One of the wittiest
of English peers Is Lord Longford. and
he has also earned the reputa ton of
being one OF the worst dressed, in,
spite OF the fact that for 20 years no
has been in the Second Life guards.
The story goes that a friend once
met him in Ireland garbed in pair OF
combinations which were not on speak
ing terms with his boots, and chaffed
him mercilessly about the lucid in.
terVaH that occurred between them
But Tommy" as Lord Longford III,
known TO his intimates, in nowise dis
concerted, blandly explained that It was
really a matter OF high politics.
You see, my dear fellow, the breech-
es We're made by tailor who is a
rampant Orangeman, while the boots;
are the achievement of a Fenian cob
bier so how can you expect 'em t0a
meet >"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
ConsoIed the DYING Bill

New York Times: One of Philadel-
phia's most prominent Episcopalian
rectors was summoned to hispital re-
Gently 10 console a man who had been
injured fatally. The clergyman was de-
layed, and when he reached the hos
pital the man had died
TOO bad, sir explained the dead
mans friend. Mills dead sir. but
guess it's all right, sir, gave him con"
ISOLATION"
You did," inquired the clergyman.
in astonishment How did you give
him consolation"
"Ah," replied the man, Bill says to
me says he, Jim. I'm going to die
/ guess you are says ]. I've been "a
very bad man, Jim says he. That's
what you have been. Bill says /. L
guess. Jim says he, I'll not go up
there, says ne pointing up. All. Bill
! guess you won't says l. Jim, says
ne, / guess-I guess III go down
Yes, Bill says /. / guess that's where
you'll go. and you're lucky that you've
got some place to go at all.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
CONTINUED Next Week.)
Rooster Beats the Octopus.

John Durvosky. living in a little shack
on he right OF way Of the Great North
ern railway. near South Superior, has not
purchased a pound of coal this fall nor
does the speedy descent of winter hold any
terrors for him, says the Duluth Herald
He has solved the VeXing problem Of sup
plying himself with fuel without cost
His back fence is not a good stones
throw from the car tracks. This led to
his expense saving device. one day he
happened TO notice some of the brake
man heaving chunks of coal at "A fleeing
canine. He was seized with an inspira-
lion. He Immediately rugged up a stuffed
rooster. The decoy for the flying missiles
from the hands of the brakeman was Sc
cureIy tied on the back fence. The roost-
er has weathered many storm Of falling
coal but continue TO bring home the
chunks of anthracite and the nuggets
from the valley OF the LehiGh.
OF course. if the inanimate rooster were
never to fall a victim to the shots of the
brakes some suspicion might attach TO
its being q live one. Once the word was
out that the odd specimen of Chickenhood
on the back fence was not Of flesh and
blood the rain Of coal would cease, and
Durvosky would again be beSet with the
trials and tribulatiOns that nag at the
purse Of the average citizen. He has pro
vided for such an occurrence
Attached to the steel reinforced neither
limbs Of the fowl is a spring. Attached
TO this spring is a little Durvosky. at the
most opportune moment. when the hail of
anthracite is falling thickest. Like the
defenders of an earthen redOubt, who
snuggle in holes of the earth, away from
the bursting sChrapnel so one Of the little
Durvoskys will lie in a shelter under the
lee of the fence. and work the spring.
while the improvised coal bin is reaping
the harvest of the falling coal
50, while the average householder and
family man scans anxiously the price of
coal and reads with gnashing of teeth Of
the Vaccinations of the coal octopus.
John DurVosky goes quietly on his way.
confident that the inanimate rooster and
the little Durvoskys have stolen march
on the fuel Combina ton
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
WELL KNOWN SOUTH
DAKOTA JURIST DIES

Sioux Falls, S. u. March &.-An-
rouncement OF the death this morning
of Dana 4. Bailey, for years county
Judge of Minnehahd county. and one of
the best known men I'm eastern South
Dakota, greatly shocked the people Of
Sioux Falls Death resulted from in
fiammatory rheumatism after an illness
OF only a few days
He is survived by widow and four
children. two sons and two daughters
Judge Bailey for years was officially
connected with the local EpisCopa.
church. He was born in Vermont ir
1893 and took up his residence In Sioux
Falls IN 1882.
He was for years prominent JuTis'
and took an active part In political al
fairs. having filled positions of city at
turney in Sioux Falls. states attorney
Of Minnehaha county and finally couu-
" Judge.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
CHAPTER VI.


We had stood thus for few mo-
ments when harsh voice, hailing Us
from above, put an end to our several
thoughts and forebodings. We looked
up, and saw half dozen nightcapped
heads thust over the bulwarks. A rope
ladder came hurting down at our feet,
and a man nimbly descending, held 1t
tight at the bottom. Now, madam"
he said briskly. They all. l noticed,
had the same foreign accent, yet all
spoke English, singularity / did not
understand until ! learned later that
the boat was the Lions Whelp, trading
between London and Calais and
manned from the later place
Mistress Bertram ascended quickly
and steadily, holding the baby in her
arms. The other made some demur,
lingering al the foot of the ladder and
looking up as If afraid until her
companion child her sharply. Then
she, too, went up, but as she passed
mel was holding one side OF the
ladder steady--she shot at me from
under her hood look which disturbed
me strangely.
1t was the first time | had seen her
race, and II was such face as a man
rarely forgets, not because of its
beauty. rather because il was a sneak
Ing face, strange and expressive one.
which the dark waving hair, swelling
In thick clusters upon either temple.
seemed TO accentuate. The features
were regular, but the full red lip ex-
cepted. rather thin than shapely. The
nose, too, was prominent. But the
eyes! Ihe eyes seemed TO glorify the
dark, flashing eyes, and their smile
seemed 10 me perpetually to challenge,
TO allure and repulse and even TO
goad. Sometimes they were gay, more
rarely sad, sometimes soft and again
hard as steel They changed IN a mo-
ment as one or another approached
her. But always at their gayest. there
was suspicion OF WEAKNESS and
fatigue in their depths. or so thought
later
Something of this flashed through
my mind as | followed her up the
side. But once on board | glanced
round. forgetting her in the novelty of
my position The Whelp was decked
fore and aft only, the blackness Of the
hold gaping amidships, spanned by a
narrow gdngway which served to con-
meet the two decks. We found our
selves in the fore part, amid coils of
rope and windlasses and water casks.
surrounded by half a dozen wild look
ing sailors wearing blue knitted frocks
and carrying sheath knives at their
girdles
The foremost and, biggest Of these
seemed 10 be the captain, although, so
far as outward appearances went,
the only difference between him and
his crew lay in IA marline spike which
he wore slung 10 a thong beside his
knife. When | reached the deck, he
was telling Il long story to Mistress
Bertram, and telling it very slowly
But the drift of it ] soon gathered.
While the fog lasted he could not
put to sea.
Nonsense" cried my masterful
companion, cha ting at his slowness of
speech. "Why not? Would it be dan
gerous?"
We'll, madam, ii would be danger
GUS he answered, more slowly than
ever. Yes, it would be dangerous.
And to put to sea in a fog? That is
not seamanship. And your baggage has
not arrived"
lroptipue6 Next w..LN
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
HAD TO RECOVER GOLD
BEFORE CLAIMING BRIDE

Camp Crooks. $. D.. March a. VIII
the incentive Of a prospective bride
awaiting him in Denmark, il took John
Dahl just three months to find $500
which had been hidden better than he
knew. For weeks the neighbOrS of
Dahl had observed him working nights
in small shed in the rear Of his home
hut he declined to divulge the natur,
OF his quest until he finally emerge
with bag of gold coins which he de
Clared he had buried there several yea
ago. Dahl either forgot or could no.
locate the exact place where he ha,
hidden the money and was afraid l.
ask help so dug up a large space q.
ground secretly until he ran across th'
hidden treasure. He Is now on his way
to New York with his gold and vii
embark his week for his old country
and his bride
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
STATE BOARD OF
CHARITIES SUBMITS
ANNUAL PROGRAM
Leading hlenists, Educators
and Officials to Participate
IN the Meeting.


R"dh''o' :. -" %af'h |H'-N 'd'E'
attendance is now indicated FOR the an
uual state conference Of charities anC
,,,,rs,t tir,,e hero thre. dYvs hccinnirp
.r,.,, ,rb, ,-o,,,.,,, orr,np.d nv the
Nfi" j. NV I'"h'"'i' a.
stair board composed on ~ g n"ilIaS
OF wal, Ito"n W. r. ! lip'oh' oi M'Ch
ell ana VIM powers "' ianNiol, ana
WhI'h 'oh'roi" SIX stare lns'I'ul'oI,si -
far more atlft'tlNe 'hah any otn.i ot
ever arranged ior an "hhuai theetihs'
Inc session VIII cioht WIN w l''
bull OF o'Il''iS on fflu"S' Hp'" o.
folIoNNE are 'he SPEAKERS an" 'H'H
topics: ,,.
. VI II. ~, N"lI'h' p,Sslu'"' u
halk'nn "oH'Rt' "''i"di ""ui' i'SH,
Dr' Ihoihas Nl'hoiSoi,, Prtsiueht Ia
hola HeS'Ty"n u''IN'IHl'S' 'ni.,r Dt, "''
uaIheh,al t"c'oFs ID Nora h'ioIn''
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
The Gypsy.

Oh, she was most precious, as the Winds
self was fair
What did | give her when ! had hor
on my knee?
Red kisses for her coral lips and red
comb for her hair
She took my gifts she took my heart
and fed away from me.
Oh, but she was fancifuI. She found 6.
savage mate:
He sCorned her, he spurned her, he drove
her from his door.
She cudded in his inge nook and laughed
at all his nate,
She took his curses took his blows, ands
never left him more.
Helen Hay Whitney, in the April Metro.
pUlitan magazine
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
.oszpM kUsLRa. r.slIshsr.

Speaking TO a reporter OF the New
Freie Presse, Eugene. Ysaye said that
there was no truth in the report that
the fashiona BILE world OF st. petersburg
had made up a purse OF $4,000 rubles
the value OF the two Stradivarius vio-
Inns which were stolen from him in that
city recently. Not a SOU. he said,
was given to me. and ] expected moth
ing. I am perfectly willing TO forget
the great loss. but the people In the
places where | go will not allow me TO-
There are those who want me to buy
new Instruments. others who think they
do me a great favor by offering SYM
pathy, and still others who suggest
plans for the recovery OF my vlolins.
The instruments are gone. | expect
never 10 see them again, and ] wish
people would stop reminding me OF the
Iaae
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
CORkED BOTTLE FLOATS
THROUGH TWO STATES

Vermillon, S. D., March "A year
ago, while Edw. Petersen and Fred
Fedderson, who live near here. were
C,,r on their claims in Lyman county,
the latter one day wrote letter. placed
II IN a bottle tightly corked and threw
II into the White river about eight
miles south of Draper. S. d. The past
week Mr.. Fedderson received a letter
from Mr.. Coywood, at Monowi, Neb.,
saving that he had found the bottle
and letter in the Missouri river north
of that town on March IA, 1908. nearly
year after it was written, the bottle
having travelled over $50 miles on the
rivers.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
COUNTY AUDITORS HOLD
ANNUAL MEETING.

Pierre, s. D.. March 27.-The county
auditors of the state in session here
have changed real estate assessments
to some degree In the eastern and west
ern parts OF the state. An effort was
made by Murphy, of Brookings, to as
sess bank stock at co per cent, but
after discussion II was left on the basis
of last year.
Officers of the association for the
coming year were elected as follows:
President, Arthur SChell, Of MEADE;
first vice president. John DAILY. of
Brown: second vice president, y. NJ.
FinneEan. of Yankton; seCretary-treas-
urer. L. S. Baighan. of Sphinx; executive
committee. Auditors Johnson. OF LY-
man: Carroll. OF Kingsbury: kundert.
of Lincoln; Anderson, Of Dawson, and
RefVem, Of Jerauld.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
The Eternal Lottery.
From Harper's Weekly.

Governor Vardaman, OF Mississippl.
tells an amusing instance of the ne
gro's attitude toward matrimony.
A darky clergyman in the state
named had married two negroes. and
after the ceremony the groom asked,
How much yo' charge fo' dis?"
Il usually leave that to the groom"
was the reply. Sometimes | am paid
IS. sometimes $40. sometimes less
Five dollahs is lot o. money, pah-
SON. said the groom. "Ahn give yo'
81, an den eff ah finds an ain'ht got
cheated, ahll give yo' mo- in a mont"
In the stipulated time the groom re-
turned. "Pahson," said he, dis here
arrangements a kind O speclashun,
an ah reckon yOuse got de worst OF 1t.
All figgers that yo' owes me a dollah
an IS cents"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
PIERRE LAUNDRY EMPlOYE
MEETS SERIOUS ACCIDENT

Pierre :. D.. March 2,.-MiSs Ada
Clark. an employe of the Pierre Steam
laundry. met with a painful accident
here yesterday. The laundry has been
closed for repairs for the last TWO
days and Miss Clark was asked TO come
To the Locke hotel and help the people
there who are behind with their work.
Miss Clark had been working hardly an
hour when her arm was caught in one
OF the big steam mangles and fright
fully crushed. She was taken 10 the
Sisters hospital and operation per
formed. but it is feared she will not
recovered from the shock.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
BLOOD POISONING
RESULTS FATALLY

Deadwood. :. D.. March 2S-Aithough
warned Ia have the injury attended to
IN time, George lngles only laughed
when he broke a tendon in a BADLY
crippled hand and Contsnued work.
Within q week he was dead from
blood poisoning. the direct result of the
hurt. lngles apparently got some for
eign matter into the wound which he
only lightly bound UP. He was Il
ranChcr near Gaiena, where he has re
sided over 80 years and was a pioneer.
lngle& was % years old. tie has
brothers residing in Middleriver, Mimi.
who have been notified to take charge
OF the remains.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

wolves on the Dry mountain i'm CEN
traI Servia lost their way in a fog.
After wandering for IA hours. one OF
them lay down in the snow and speed
ly became unconscious. His comrade
bound him with cords, placed him in
a sitting position and then rolled him
down the mountain. He glided down
the slope at terrific speed and reached
ihs bottom safely. being found an hour
iater IN an exhausted condition BY a
peasant. He is now in the hospital
being treated sor the laCera tons he re-
ceived in humping over the rocks dur
ing his descent. His companion Is un,
hurt.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
$4,000 VOTED FOR
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING

BrdgcWatcr, :. D., March 1S.--A the
special election held today to vote on
the question Of issuing bonds in the
sum of $4,000 to he used in the cree
tion of new scnooi building. the bonds
carried by the handsome majority of
1870 votes, out Of u total Of 3l4 votes
cast. Mucn credit is due the women
for the result Of the election. which
will insure the erection of modern
brick school building.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

appeared. We stood below listening to
the weird sounds which came of the
water, the creeping and Tapping of
masts and canvas, the whir OF wings
and shrieks Of unseen gulls, the dis
tant hail of boatmen. A bell in the city
solemnly toiled eight.
The younger woman shivered. The
elders foot tapped impatiently on the
planks Shut in by the yellow walls
of fog, i experienced a strange sense
of solitude. 1t was as II we three were
alone in the world. we three who had
come together so strangely.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
UNIVERSITY GRADUATES
IAppII v WEnnE n

NCrE.'iiIE, =. d, March 2S.---MiSS
Florence Grange. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. w. Grange. of this city. was
married yesterday to Attorney Oliver
r. Sweet, Of Rapid city. Both are
graduates of the state university and
the groom is one of the rising attor-
neys az Rapid city.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

Consul Frank w. Mahin writes from
Nottingham, England. that the seCrc-
iary OF the Highways Protection league
reports that. according to accounts In
The press. 932 automobile accidents Oc-
cured in Great Britain in 1907, killing
2l5 persons and injuring 675. For
.hese accidents and other motor car Of
lenses 2,270 persons were summoned,
Df whom 2,046 were convicted. As the
number Of automobiles In use is esti-
mated at $4,000, 1t would seem that one
n about every 22 did something illegal
asst year. Occasionally the same dTiv-
sr Is summoned more than once, but
MS license Is usually revoked II it
happens more than twice.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
SH0NTS' DUKE OWES
A $4,000 TAILOR BILL

New York, March 2S.-Burt /. Rich
counsel for Due de Chaulnes, who was
married recently to Miss Theodore
Shonts. daughter Of Theodore p. Shonts
appeared today before Justice Conlan
and asked to have set aside as void the
service in a summons suit begun by
James f. Haunigan, as assigned for
James Cavanaugh, a London tailor, TO
recover $1,000 from the duke on tailor
bills contracted In 1901, The bill Of
$1,345 and interest brings it up 10
$4,000
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04
BANNER PAY DAY
TREASURES OEEICE

Pierre :. D.. March 27.-March %
viii be remembered as a banner day in
the history of this state so far as the
affairs Of the treasurer's office are
concerned, the treasurer having taken
In $l37 900. this being the largest
amount ever received on single day.
The auditor paid out on warrants on the
same daV SlO5 600
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-04-04

Mrs. Annie X. Bidwell. Of Chico. Cal,
recently baptized and received into the
First Presbyterian church Of that city
13 Indian men and women. Mrs. Bid
well is the pastor of the First Presby-
terian church of Chico. She was as
sisted by the Rev. Mr.. White, of Chico
in the service of baptism. She is
spoken OF as untlring in her efforts to
elevate and Christianize her Indian
congregation.