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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
ASSAY OFFICE
WILL RESEMBLE
A PENlTENTlARY

Deadwood. S. p., July 2.-There is a
universal howl going up against the
iron bars which the government au-
thorities have ordered placed on the
windows of the federal building con-
nected with the United States assay
Office. j. c. O'Donnell has the contract
for making the south end Of the build
ing look like a penitentiary. He has
completed the manufacture Of the graf
ing and yesterday started putting them
in place. The bars are made of inch
steel and will cover all the windows on
the ground floor of the United States
assay office.
The government people doubtlessly
think that the bullion which is from
time to time stored in the vault of that
department, requires this additional
protection, but in any event it cannot
but make that end of the building re-
semble we'll guarded Jail. Some of
the office force expect that visitors to
the city VINO arrive on the Northwest
ern will find their first stunt In the
way Of sight seeing in crossing the
street and gazing through the bars at
what they will be led to believe are
noted desperate criminals. In order
to heighten the illusion and add to the
realism of the affair, 1t has been sug-
gested that the United States assay Of
flee force array themselves in striped
suits
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
AMERICAN ARRESTED
AS SPY IN GUATEMALA

San Francisco, July 4.-Passengers
who arrived from southern ports on
the steamer City Of Sydney yesterday,
tell of the arrest by officials Of the
Guatemalan government Of +. Barring
ton, said to be an American citizen, as
spy. The arrest was made at San
Jose de Guatemala. when harrington
went ashore in that city from the City
of Sydney. Darlington went to Central
America from New York many months
ago. The passengers who tell OF the
arrest say that they expect to hear that
he has been put to death, as they claim
that the evidence against him was
plain, he having papers In his pos
session when taken which proved be-
yond a doubt that he was a spy from
Salvador. The papers they say pertain
to conspiracy against President Cab
rera.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

Beresford, S. D., July 6.-The sa-
looms here are closed owing to a de-
cision of the supreme court which
overruled the decision handed down
by the judge at the time the saloon
question was contested here a few
weeks ago. At the last election license
carried by four majority, but there were
four blank ballots cast which were
neither for nor against. The dry fac
ton at once contested the election,
but lost out and the saloons We're l.
lowed to run. Last Wednesday, ~
/, the barkeepers received notice No
close their places of business and re-
main so until they received further
orders from the authorities. one new
saloon had just made preparations to
begin business in the old City hotel.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
VIRGINS IMAGE ON
HAIL; MIRACLE Is
ATTESTED BY 1O7

Refinement, France, July "A
diocesan commission has been conduct
ing an investigation at Remiremont Of
reported miracle, and after having
heard 107 witnesses, affirmed the real
ity of the supernatural event.
During a violent hailstorm in May
hailstones were picked up, it is alleged,
bearing images of the Virgin on their
surface. Contact with the earth had
split them In half, and on the smooth
inner surface were the miraculous pic
lures.
Local Catholics consider this phe-
nomena divine response and rebuke to
the action Of the municipal council in
vetOing a proposed procession in honor
of the Virgin.
The secretary Of th> Academy of
Sciences attributes the phenomena to
photo-fulgural or vaporo-graphic i'm
pressions of certain medals struck in
honor of the Virgin.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
GREAT NORTHERN
MUST SHOW CAUSE
Served With Order to Compel
Re- establishment of Pass
enger Service.

Huron. S. D., July 2.-Sheriff Young,
of this city, has served an alternative
writ upon the Great Northern railway,
in the matter of re-establishing passen-
ger train service between this city and
Watertown. AS set forth In the writ,
the railway company has absolutely
neglected and refused to comply with
a certain order made by the railway
commissioners of South Dakota. re-
quiring the company to furnish addi-
tional facilities in the way of passenger
train service on their line of railway
between Watertown and Huron, by
operating one passenger train each way
daily, together with baggage. mail and
express cars. The writ commands that
Immediately after it's service the Great
Northern company furnish additional
facilities as above set forth and II 1t
fails to do so 1t will be required to show
cause before Judge Whiting at Red
field, July Is.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
RIDES ON A TURTLES
BACK IN THE SURF

New York. July 2-Captain Gabe
Edwards, the veteran whaleman, had
a fierce battle off Amagansett, L. l.,
with a monster sea turtle, which took
two hours to subdue
When the captain hauled in his net.
which had about rs pounds of mackerel
in 1t, he also found the turtle snap
ping at the meshes. and a hole three
feet square where the net had been
chewed.
Captain Gabe jumped on the turtles
back, but was unable to hold him, and
as the turtle was making for the surf
Clifton Babcock and Frank Edwards
came to the rescue. After a long battle
they had the reptile wired up. They
shipped him by express to Fulton Fish
Market.
Captain Edwards thinks "Sheridan's
Ride" no comparison to his ride on a
hundred-pound turtle.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE
PLANS NEW BUILDINGS

Huron, s. D.. July 6.-Tuesday after
noon. June 80. the state board of ag-
riculture held meeting in the office
of the secretary of immigration In this
city, the entire board being in at
tendance. Those present were: Pres
ident J. w. Campbell, and Secretary
c. n. Mcllvaine, of this city; w. d.
Faulkner of Burkner; W. S. Hill, OF
Alexandria,; +. c. Robinson. of Groton;
p. w. Peterson. of Vermillion. Provi-
sion was made for the erection of an
administration building, which will
contain offices for the secretary and
the heads Of the different departments.
The cattle barns and other buildings
on the grounds will be rearranged
somewhat. The fair board expects Il
great many attractions and large
crowds this fall. The racing schedule
has already had 100 horses entered.
Beyond the allowing of certain bills,
nothing else of interest was trans
acted.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
TEACHERS CANNOT BE
FOUND FOR SCHOOLS

Pierre, S. D.. July 1.-THE problem
of teachers for the rural schools in the
country is beginning to assume a very
serious aspect so far as Hughes county
is concerned. There are so schools to
be supplied with teachers in this coun-
ty, and up to the present time, the
fill but two of these positions Poor
salaries and inability to pass the state
examinations are assigned as the chief
causes for the shortage in supply of
tea CherS.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
DOUGLAS SUFFERS $15o,ooo
LOSS FROM HAIL STORM

ArmcVr, s. D., July "A hail
storm completely devastated growing
crops in the townships of Berlin and
Garfield in the north part of Douglas
county Sunday morning at l o'clock,
entailing a loss of $150,000
At the town of Stickney, where the
Milwaukee company has no round
house, the train stood in the open and
when it passed through Armour go
irG east there was not a whole light
of glass in the entire train. Stock
which was unprotected suffered Sc
verely and some of the smaller ami
mails were killed.
When the storm was over hail stones
were picked up weighing over a
DOund
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
FARMER is KILLED
BY VICIOUS BULL

Hudson, S. D., July Cole Torkel-
son, a pioneer farmer five miles north
west of this place, aged II years, met
his death here yesterday morning from
injuries received from a vicious bull
on his farm.
Mr.. Torkelson had been away from
the house couple of hours when he
was found in the paddock near the
barns unconscious, and gored and
bruised in the most horrible manner.
He lived several hours after being
found but nothing could be done to
toward his recovery.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
BEES INVADE CAR;
STAMPEDE ENSUES

Waterbury, Conn, July 2-One of
the trolley cars on the Naugatuck run
was stampeded on South Main street
last night by a swarm of bees that
sought refuge in a big tree and were
driven out by boys with stones.
They lit on a bald-headed man and
he, to save himself, shot out his arms,
hitting two women. Such a time never
was on a street car here. Women
screamed, children yelled and the bees
undisturbed kept on at their revenge.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
DRAGGED IS FEET WITH
SPIKE THROUGH HAND

Spearfish, s. D.. July with
sharp spike driven clear through his
hand, +. w. Terrence. OF linton. was
dragged 10 feet before the team he was
driving could be stopped. Terrence is
foreman of sawmill at linton. He
was hauling some slabs that had been
used for n platform. when he slipped
and fell with his hand out. While i'm
paled on the spike the team started
up again and the wound was terribly
torn. Terrence received medical aid
here and may save the hand.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
10, POOR INDIAN9
WELL, NOT MUCH!

Lawton, OKLA. July 4.-'Tis a far cry
from a painted, bloodthirsty savage
chief of the Comanches, slaughtering
women and children. to that of the
president of a school board, yet this
cry is sounded by no less a person than
Quanah Parker, Indian chief, at one
time mortal enemy OF the white man.
The chief was today elected president
which he formed last spring. At the
same time his son. a graduate of the
Carlisle Indian school, was chosen a
teacher in one of the schools of the
district and the property on which the
sons school is located was donated oy
the chief.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
NORTHWESTERN TRAIN
DERAlLED BY CATTLE

Huron, S. D., July 2.--Early Sunday
morning the north bouad mail and ex-
press, over the Chicago and Northwest
ern railway, ran into a bunch of cat
tie on the track near Orcxay. The en-
gine, baggage and express cars were
derailed. Engineer Michael Murphy and
Fireman Fred Kirkow were severely in-
jured. Mr.. Murray, besides being fear
fully scalded and hurt about the head.
is reported to have received internal in
was in charge of Conductor Prothrow.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

Winthrop Z. Stone. president of Pur-
due university, in an address on Lafay-
ette, said of ignorance:
Ignorance makes all 1t touches ridic-
ulous. Nothing, not even culture, is i'm
mune to its attacks. Did you ever hear
of the ignorant millionaires library?
well, there was a millionaire, a cat
tie man. who led a visitor into a great
room lined with thousands of volumes.
See them books?' he said.
Yes said the visitor.
They're all bound in calf, amt
they?
Yes the visitor agreed: they seem
to have a uniform binding
THE millionaire chuckled proudly.
"'Well, SIR he said, I killed all them
calves myself"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
ZEPPELIN MAKES GREAT
FLIGHT IN HIS AIRSHIP

Friedrchshafen, July 4.-Count Zeppe,
lin yesterday outdistanced all world rec.
ords for steerable balloons. He remained
In the air for IL hours. traversed the
greater part of northern Switzerland and
visited Zurich, Winterthur and Lucerne,
attaining an average speed throughout OF
81 miles an hour. His airship displayed
splendid qualities OF dlrigibility and an.
swered the slightest movement of the
helm, while its stability was quite up tc
the greatest expectations.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
BOULEVARD FROM WHITE
HOUSE TO GETTYSBURG

York Pa, July 6.-Immediately after
the reconvening of congress next De-
ceIaber. Representative La Feah, of the
Twentieth district, will introduce a bill
providing for the construction OF q
roadway or boulevard from the White
House in Washington to the battlefield
at Gettysburg. The road would cost
81, ,OO0, 900 and would be lasting and
national memorial TO Abraham Lin
coin in celebration of his Tooth birthday
anniversary. The great avenue will be
$50 feet wide. On each side will be
50-foot road.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
YANkTON'S BIG SHERIFF
OFFICiATES AT DENVER

Yankton. S. D., July 4.--Sheriff Will
liam Hickey has received word OF his
appointment as assistant sergeant-at-
arms for the national convention of the
democratic party. Mr.. Hickey was rec
commended to this place by National
Committeeman Ed Johnson, of this
state. His orders are to report in Den
yer on July 6.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
A Cannv Scot

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
To illustrate the canniness of the
Scot the following tale is told: A
merchant and n farmer were discuss
ing political economy in railroad car
filed his pipe, lit it, and settled back
for a comfortable smoke. The farmer
took his pipe from his pocket, and.
after gazing longingly at its empty
bowl, asked his companion for a match.
The merchant selected one from a
large boxful and handed 1t over
Said the farmer: Il am afraid I've
Well" said the merchant, holding
out his hand, then yen no be In
need Of that match"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
WHAT WAS DONE
BY BIDDY, COW
AND HIRED MAN
Grain to Feed the World
Milk Enough to Float Navy
Pyramids of Eggs.

Pierre, S. D.. July 6.-Interesting
conditions are shown by the official
records of products and their value in
the state of South Dakota for the
year 1907. These figures show a d.
versity of interests we'll calculated to
elicit surprise from those who have
thought but casually upon the pro-
ductive capacity OF the state.
With 16,442,324 acres. less than one
third OF the area of the state, under
cultivation there was produced OF
cereals, fruit and vegetables, the fol-
lowing amounts In bushels:
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

Abram Schaeffer, who resides near
Elizabethtown, Pa, made vow in
1856 that II James Buchanan should be
elected president he would never part
with his mustache. Mr.. Schaeffer was
at that time in Baltimore. AS Buch-
anan was elected. the West Donegal
man has not had bare upper lip In
the last SO years
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

A Dubois (Pa.) firm of dealers in
musical instruments offered as prize
$3.50 piano to the one who could
write the name OF the piano maker the
most times on a piece of cardboard
three by four inches in size. r. l..
Cathcart, of Clearfeld. won the piano
by writing the name on the card 2,126
times. The firm name has two words.
one of six letters and one Of five let
ters, connected by the word and.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
Quite Literary.

From the Chicago Daily News.
80 the citizens of Eagle Eye have
formed literary club?' said the tour
list in the far west.
You bet we have, pard," replied
Amber Pete, proudly. And 1t is the
finest literary club this side of Chi
cago."
THAT SOP"
wall, l should say so. Why, the
members are not allowed to carry
anything but magazine revolvers."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
When Taft Was a Reporter

Secretary Taft, speaking to the Chi
cago Press club the other day of the
time when he was a newspaper man,
gave this as one of his experiences:
"I was only reporter myself I never
reached the journalistic stage. 1t was
when l started out 10 study law. I did
court reporting for the old Cincinnati
Times during the day. Since then I've
always dealt easily with reporters who
misquote me. l thought once I had
pulled off a big story. We used the
biggest headlines we had in those days
The next morning l was summoned into
court for contempt. had reversed the
decision exactly"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

A London specialist has been giving
his views on smoking to the Daily Mail.
This authority declares that the cigar
ct, If the smoke is not inhaled, is the
least harmful way of smoking, but if
the smoke is inhaled it is the most
rabid form of heart poisoning you can
get. 1t will affect a young mans heart
quicker than cigar or pipe smoking af-
fects a man between 55 and 65, at
which age a man is affected more by
smoking than at any other. And the
better the cigars the more 'likely 1t is
that harm will be done. Therefore,
smoke cabbage; the Havana cigars are
worse than any others"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

Recent German complaints about the
action Of France in Morocco have been
met by the publication in the French
press OF statistics showing that Ger
man trade in Morocco has vastly in
creased during the period of French
intervention. In the Casablanca region
alone II has risen from 100000 francs
to 5000, 900 francs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

The Berlin Medical society recently
discussed the sanatorium question. DR..
Frankel insisted that the "Heilstatten"
do a great deal OF good. Other speak
ers declared them superfiuous, pointing
out that in France and England, where
there are no sanitoriums like those in
Germany. there has been nevertheless n
steady decline in the mortality from tu-
berculosis
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

NJ Radovitch, former prime minister
of Montenegro, has been summoned
from Paris to take his trial at CettinJe
on charge of high treason. He Is
implicated In a charge brought by the
present government against the ma
tional party OF being concerned In an
anarchist plot against the life of Prince
Nicholas and the members of the
reigning family.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

The death has taken place at Peter
borough of Miss Anne Mander, the old
est resident of the city and believed
to be the oldest spinster in the coun-
try. She was within few days Of en-
tering her Tooth year. on at
taining her Goth birthday she had
letter of congratulation from Queen
Victoria
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

To say that anything IS "as blue as
a sapphire" is to make use of an m
exclusively one color. The sapphires
OF Ceylon vary from a 3oet blue to n
peacock blue, which last Is practically
a green. There is also a red sapphire,
sometimes called a Ceyioncsc ruby.
Further, many fine sapph'res are yell
low or white
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

An immigrant hotel in a narrow
street between Church and Greenwich
street, New York, has a veranda in
front, where immigrants sit in the
evening, smoke German pipes, wear
wooden shoes and drink beer In the
basement are a bank, a billiard table
and an intelligence office. Open all
night
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

Paris Is suffering from a plague Of
curious flies, known as st. Marks
Billions. They are not poisonous, but
are very ugly, being over half an inch
long, with enormous heads, and feelers
like cockchafers. Nobody knows where
they come from, and curiously enough,
the plague is confined to Paris and has
not reached the country.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

Guanajuato holds the worlds record
as a silver producer, having yielded
81, 900, ,000, 900 Mexican in the last three
and a half centuries. The actual re-
suits from the mills In operation In
Guanajuato at the moment show that
they are producing silver at three times
the average rate as shown by the old
records
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

I am more than confirmed in the Inn
preston l always get when / visit Ger
many-the impression that the drill SER
geant pursues the German citizen from
the army to all departments Of life;
that the nation remains well watched,
well drilled and very docile army inside
invisible barracks and submitting to
iron discipline all the moments Of its
Itfa
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

India would seem to be a pleasant
land for minor poets. since the rajah
of Rampur recently sent out invita-
tions to all the poets OF India to
gathering in his state. About 200 poets
accepted the invitation, and some Of
the poets recited their own compost
tions. His highness was too unwell
10 be present.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

A French journal announces the dis
covery of a new method of preserving
eggs. 1t consists in covering them mot
too thickly) with lard. This stops up
the pores, prevents evaporation and
keeDS ont the air
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

Vegetable milk" Is used in Japan.
IT is made from the sofa bean. The
LIQUID is exactly like cows milk in ap-
pearance, and In taste can hardly be
distinguished from It. To make It the
beans are first soaked and then boiled
in water. Some sugar and phosphate
of potassium are added. and II Is boiled
down till II has the consistency of con-
densed milk,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS.

Washington, July 2.-Presidential
appointments: Vice governor of the
Philippines, w. Cameron Forbes Mass
achusetts; member Philippine commits
sion, Newton w. Gilbert, Indiana.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
Each year the farmers of th

Each year the farmers Of the great
west will see the increasing necessity
of adding the dairy to the farm opera
tiOns. With smaller farms will come
more intense farming and just as sure
as good farming or better farming
forces itself upon the western people
just so sure will dairying with a better
COW and better feeding become an abb
solute necessity.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

The chamber of deputies Of Greece
has passed a law by which, for the
first time in modern Greece women are
admitted in the public service. In ac-
Sordance with this law, the director Of
posts and telegraph is authorized to
employ so women, to be used mainly
In the telephone service. They are to
be between 21 and 35 years old, and
are to receive 20 drachmas (about
$13.50) a month. for six hours work a
daV
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

when war was declared between this
country and Spain in 1898, was Stew
art L. Woodford. Pleasant relations
were restored the following April, and
Bellamy Storer was appointed minister.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

According to Mitchells Newspaper
Press Directory there are now pub
llished In the United Kingdom alone no
fewer than 1883 newspapers, of which
London contributes 404, including 81
dailieS
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11
JosEPH KusLER. PubII.h.o

The labor laws in France for the
protection of women and children only
extend to those employed in industrial
as distinct from commercial establish
ments. Thus, when a child is seen in
the streets carrying too heavy a load
prosecution follows II 1t Is employed
by an Industrial concern, but nothing
IS done II II belongs to commercial
house. The minister of labor. NJ. Vivi-
ami. has introduced n bill to remove
this Illogical distinction.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-11

A chained "Breeches' bible, bearing
the date of 1888, has been restored to
Coddington church, near Chester. Eng
land, from which congregation 1t was
sold by the Wnrdens In l67S