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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

A nugget of gold Weighing more than
hve pounds has been found in an old
placer In the Highland district by John
Kern, and has been deposited In the
bank Of w. A Clark q Bro. IN Butte
Its exact weight Is so ounces and IL
pennyweights. troy, and is probably
the largest nugget ever seen In Butte
or mined near this city. II is a beauty
larger than an ordinary fist and OF ~
regular shape.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

Let the word be passed ana the iourn,,s
start
Swing out into line the yelping pack,
Strong Is the wanderlust IN nv heart
The lead hangs easy upon my back
IT matters not that the way is long.
The singing wind makes The fire smslo
sweet
A wolf-dog friend and snatch OF song
And crunch, crunch, crunch of morca.
sined feet.
Some old gray witch that I cannot see
HAS placed her charm no the storm q p,,.
snow.
The Great White Silence IL calling me
The Long Tail beckons and l must 20
Roscoe Brumbaugh IN February Itppin.
colts
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

King Leopold OF Relgium has con-
ferred on Cardinal Gibbons the grand
cross OF the Royal Order OF the Grown
as a mark of his personal esteem and
in recognition OF his great services 10
The cause OF Christianity and humanity
throughout the world Baron Mon
cheur. the Belgian minister at Wash
ington, made the presentation. The
cardinal is the first American to re-
ceIVe the decoration
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21
SCHMiTZ RELEASED
FROM JAIL ON BOND

San Francisco, March l3.-Eueene f.
Schmitz was released from jan last
night after presenting bonds in the
sum Of sl50,000 His bondsmen are r
II. Williams and w. J. Dynee The
charges OF eXtortion against him on
which ne has not Yet been tried were
dismissed
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21
eEREsFoRD TO IMPROVE
CONDITIONS or WALKS

Bercsford. : D.. March l3.-rhe city
council here passed n resolution al
their last meeting deeming il neCes-
sary to relay certain cement cross
inEs which means that ali the cement
cross walks on the main business street
VIII be raised somewhat nearer 10 the
street level than they are now.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

A new safeguard for colleries Is Of
fered by the discovery OF Professors
Elster @nd Geitel that firedamp con-
tains ak or seven times as much rad
iuIn euanation as the ordinary air of
coal mines. An aluminium foil electro
scope quickly shows the difference OF
electrical conductivity due to The en-
anation, and this simple apparatus be-
comes an effective and important
means OF detecting danger
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

Chula-long- Eoru, the Siamese king
haa Informed some Of his acquaintance
that he is about 20 write a book de
scrihing his adventures and experiences
during his recent travels IN Europe. Ac-
cording 20 information received the
BOOK viii be interesting, and when II S.
translated from the Siamese language
will find 8 ready sale The King ana
mis- secretary took notes of everything
they saw.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

Velvet takes it's name from the Ital-
Ian ''velluto." shaggy, Offering I'm this
respect a parallel with satin" which
comes from the Latin ''seta, a brislle.
AS q rule. IL is safe to guess that the
name OF a dress material comes from
rome place Besides such obvious cases
as 'sstrakhan' cashmere and
tweed" there are 'fustian' from Fus-
tat tCairo) muslin" from Mosui in
Mesopotamia, 'damask from Damas-
Gus and "cambric," from Cambria
while millinery itself is from Milan.
The case of silk" is q curious one. IL
- "sericun," the stun obtained from
rhe Seres or Chinese, but these peo-
pie seem TO have been named In an
cient Greek after the Chinese word for
d silkworni.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

a committee has been appointed ia
Washington 10 select site and erect
a statue OF John Witherspoon, d signer
Of the declaration OF Independence
upon some government land IN WASH
ington other than the grounds OF the
capitol or the library OF congress. the
statue TO be provided by the Wither-
spoon Memorial association
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

Chicago News. blessings. romarkeC
Mrs Peck. usually come 10 us In dis
guiSe
That being the case my dear re
piled her husband, its Jp to YOU 10
remove yOur mask
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21
GROWN PRINCE is NOT
EXEMPT FROM MEASLES

Stockholm. March 13-Gustav Adolph.
crown prince Of Sweden, is confined 20
his bed with measles. The malady is
taking "A normal course
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21
a RAM outtioe-.

What makes you think New Orleans
IL All un-Ansrican city,
Why. the people down there say
they have hardly felt the stringency
al all.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

One political club in New York city
has 3s7 members in the fire depart
ment, lS4 in the dock department. 2s7
In the street cleaning department and
80 affiliated young women who are pub
lie school teachers
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

christmas day is only three hours
long I'm the Finnish town OF Tornea )"
uaid n traveier. Il spent last Christmas
there. Al sunrise ! got up 10 see my
presents and 10 read my Christmas
mail and night had fallen before !
Eoi Through breakfast"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

A New Yorker Giving m the Passaic
river to recover a diamond pin, which
ne found had a mussel close its shell
on his fingers on smashing the mol
lusk hs found il contained pearl
worth s1,OeO
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

Alec Llor The piper OF North
Muskagon' has violin which, he
says, IL genuine Stradivarius. III civ
81 war time on the Mssissippi river
he used to get 500 night TO play IT,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21
WHAT CAUSES HEApACHE.
tie ReIi.ued th. Eou

From Octoberto May Colds are the most fro
ouent cause OF Hesd che LAXATIVE BROMD
QJINl SEremoves csuse T. W Grove on box 2bu
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21
ehkNOT ESCAPE ON
PLEA or INSANITY
MASKED EPILEPSY"
MOI "ERAiNST ORh.'

Denver. March 49, When the cis.
trlcl attorney completed The tA-
animation OF the aIeniSts ne an
nOupced the cas- closed for the
state
IN The cross examination Of one
Of the prosecution. experts IL be
came evident The defense is 10 ue
"Larval epilepsy otherwise known
as masked epilepsy condition
similar 70 a brain storm, the
theory developed iu the Ihnw cass
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

Scott earned from $4,000 10 $4,000
year by his pen for several years For
eleven novels and nine volumes OF tales
ne received $3.50. 000
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

Senior Merry del Val. a brother ~
Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val, pontifli
cal secretary OF state. has been an
pointed Spanish minister at Tangier.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

During the last year the expor.s ~
this country have grown greatest in
the items Of cars. carriages and auto
mobiles
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

The carcass OF the average horse
yields 1863 pounds OF meat. as shown
10y the observation CT the French horse
butcher
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

Among he wends. a remnant OF the
ancient SlaVontc race inhabiting the
Spreewald. a region lnciosed by an arm
Of the sea about 80 miles south OF Rer-
lin, all HE traffic Is carried on water
ways IN winter funeral professions
pass along the ice The coffin is carried
on s.dge and Is drawn by six mourn
efs, who wear long black streamers on
their hats. The whole company goes
on skates and the women wear the an
cient national costume
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

foggy day IN London means thar
the residents are COMPELLED TO run an
gas bill OF from s5C 600 10 :7b OOl
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

The atmosphere Of Natal is so clear
shat II is possible 10 see 80 miles
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

The last census OF locomotives in
ibis country showed 5I,672
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

new piece OF highway appliance is
In use in Washington D. C.. for the
cleaning OF snow from the cutters.
The apparatus Is a two wheeled We
hicle drawn by two horses. and havlng
"a steel blade about Is inches In width
projecting beyond the wheel into the
gutter at an angle with the curb.
which blade is controlled by lever
operated by the driver from his seat
II was found that q pow can clean
the snow from approximately three
miles of cutters an hour. A laborer
using a shovel will not clean much
more than half as many miles OF gut
ters ia eight hours as "a gutter plow
Will in one hour
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

Are FreECh senators bald? The bar
her IN charge or the hair dressing sa-
loon of the French senate has got into
trouble in consequence Of a rumOr that
he had said there was no danger Of
his wearing ont his scissors because
ne generally found q sponge was all
that was required for dressing the sen
ators' hair. Several senstors complained
OF this remark, whicl suggested that
they were all bald. anu an inquiry was
ordered The hair dresser succeeded in
proving that he had been maligned
and was allowed to remain i'm office
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

Siberian paper states that the in
habitants OF Udsky district AT the ex-
treme north or Primorya accidentally
discovered recently in the mountains
of the island OF Shantar very rich
VEINS of iron, quarty and copper. and
In some places sulphur. ln the eastern
part Of the same ISLAND close to the
seashore. they also found three springs
az natural mineral water. The Siberian
paper IN question iaments that these
tinds count for nothing, as Russia has
no capital wherewith to work them.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-03-21

The Mashpee community of Indians
who live on Cape Cod. and are the sole
surviving remnants OF the once power
fui tribe OF the Naticks, are generally
supposed 10 have long since lost the
customs and language OF their race.
They speak the English language and
the Rev Or Edward Everett Hale, in
mis- introduction 90 Trumbulrs Ma
tick Dictionary" declares that az he
present lime no word OF the language
OF the race rs spoken" and that not one
81 them has amy further knowledge
OF IL (the indian tOugue) than any oth-
er New Engiauder"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
T|BBETS IS Free AGAIN
Commissioner Garrett Declines to
Hold Him For Grand Jury.
BAILEY'S EVIDENCE UNSUPPORTED
Practically the Only Testimony
against Suspended Transport OH.
Ger Was statement of Former Boat.
swain, Who is Himself Accused.

A. ID. Tibbcts, the suspended first
officer of the United States army
transport Fitzpatrick, who WAS arrest
ed Thursday by Deputy United states
Marshal Miller. on n warrant sworn
out by Captain Frank Grant. u. S. A..
charging him with completely IN the
rope robbery from the transport sew
eral months ago, was released yester-
day afternoon by United states Com
missioner A. c. Garrett for lack OF
evidence.
-Four Witnesses appeared Ton the
prosecution. but the only evidence d.
rcctly connecting the accused with
the robbery was the unsupported tes-
tinlony of Pete Bailey. the former
boatswain of the transport, who is
now awaiting trial in the Federal
Court of Norfolk, for tho robbery
bailey told practically the same story
that he told before the commissioner
ut Norfolk two weeks ago. He de-
clared that Tibbets had ordered him
To turn the rope over to John Pax, the
Greek. who is also awaiting trial for
connection with the theft. Commits
''t''N' 'N'@N.' VIII NV ANtul tue WI
dence offered by Bailey sufficient TO
warrant the holding OF Tibbets for
the Federal grand jury at Norfolk
Pete Bailey was brought to this city
yesterday afternoon from Norfolk by
Eeputy United Staes Marshal Miller.
He was taken back TO Norfolk after
the hearing and again confined In the
iail in that city.
Captain Grant, superintendent in
charge OF the quartermastcr's depot
here, Captain Morrow. quartermaster
in command of the Fitzpatrick. ana A.
H. Wilson, OF this city. were the 9TH
er witnesses in the case. None OF
them were able to give any direct tes-
timony against Tibbets.
So FAR as could be learned last night,
Tibbets has not been reinstated as
first officer of the Fitzpatrick. He was
suspended from duty by Captain Grant
several weeks ago.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
WIRELESS STATION ON
TOP OF ELEVATOR
Electrician Green, OF C. G. o. Makes
and lnstaIs His Own Outfit
Successful Test.

A wireless telegraph station has
Deen erected on the top of Chesapeake
OHIO elevator A by Chief Eectri-
clan w. s. Green. of the Chesapeake
Ohio Railway. The outfit has been
tested by Mr.. Charles ]. Pannill, of
New York, who is installing the Mas
sic system of wireless on the Matson
Line steamship Lurline. ut the local
shipyard, and has been found 10
work satisfactorily. In testing tho
outfit. Mr.. Pannill heard the wireless
operator at Washington, ID. c.. talk.
ing with the operator at Annapolis.
MD, and heard the operator at Cape
ltenry reporting ships passing in the
Capes to the Norfolk navy yard sta
ton. Yesterday Mr. Green heard an
operator 500 miles away calling an
other station, but he was unable to
make out the call.
While inspecting the wiring on the
Lurlinc for the Underwriters Assoc;a.
ton several days ago. Mr.. Green look.
ed Deer the wireless outfit aboard the
vessel and he at once determined to
construct station on the elevator.
TWO nprights, Is feet in length we're
erected on top of the elevator and the
necessary wires were installed. From
these wires. Il wire was strung to Mr..
Green's Office beside the elevator and
the electrician then made himself n
receiving instrument with what ma
terial he had on hand. After CON-
pleting the outfit. he asked Mr.. Pan
nil to test 1t. Mr.. Pannill was ag.
reea0ly surprised at Mr.. Green's sue
cess. declaring the outfit to be an ex-
cellent one.
This station is for receiving only,
nut Mr.. Green hopes to soon add a
sending outfit so that he can com.
municate with ships at sea and other
stations along the coast The wires
on top OF tho elevator are 200 feet
rom the eSpnnd and this insnres good
receiving aud transmitting qualities
for ;he station
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
Chances Are Small.

President j. r. Sprague, of the Mer-
chants Association. has received a let
terfrom the manager OF the baseball
team of the Virginia Military lnsti-
luie. in which it is stated that there
is little prospect of the V. NJ. |. boys
playing a game here this season Diff
hculty has been met with in scouting
an opponent for the game. and while
there is still possibility of arranging
a match here with the Virginia Poly
technic Institute, the chances are con-
sidcred slim.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
CLOSE SALOONS AT MIDNIGHT.
Mayo Buxton VIII Recomemnd That
CITY Ordinance Conform to aw.


City Ordinance Conform to Law.
When the common council holds its
April meeting. Mayor Buxton will
send In message recommending that
the existing ordinance regulating the
sale OF liquor in the city be changed
so as to conform 10 the requirements
of the recently passed state law.
The Byrd bill. which has now be-
come law, requires that all saloons
close ut midnight, and reopen not
earlier than 5 o'clock in the morning.
The existing city ordinance requires
the saloons to close at 1880 o'clock,
and the mayor is of the opinion that
II would be well to change this sec
tion so as to put Newport News on
the same footing as other cities of the
state.
1t seems probable that there will be
very little opposition to the amend
ment the mayor proposes suggesting.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
New Ha, DWARF store.

Agassrs. w l.. shumate ana II. b.
Patterson. well known young business
lnen OF the city. have opened hard
ware store at 1913 Twenty fifth street.
Messrs Shumate and Patterson have
been engaged in the hardware bust
ness for seseral years and they open
ed their store with n business prac-
ticaliy established They cater es-
iIscially to the marine and shipohand-
lery trade.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
NAVY PRISON roo CROWDED,
Sixty five Offenders Pardoned Because
Room is Lacking.

BOSTON, March 13--Sixty-fve of
the men confined in the naval prison
at Charleston have been narttoned be-
cause of the overcrowded conditions
there.
Twenty of the men were released rs
soon as the orders came. and the re-
mainder will be out tomorrow.
In the past few weeks nearly 900
blueiackets and marines have been
released from the prison for the same
reason.
Next week l50 of the prisoners will
be removed TO the new naval Prison
Mt Portsmouth. N. H.. leaving only 100
confined at Charlestown.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
FIre at Eiremnn,s Home.

The explosion of lamp at the
home of Mr.. James Bragg. engineer
of the North End fire company. on
Forty fifth street. between Washing
ton aud West avenues. called out the
North End company last night short
ly after 10 O'clock. Practically no
damage was done by the explosion. On
account of Misunderstanding of the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
raIk Of CUTTING Expenaea.

Tie finance committee of the conn
Gil is now hard at work on the bud
get for the coming fiscal year. Some
OF the member favor a general cut
ting down of expenses. anu 1t il ex-
pectel that there will be some mate
rial reductions in the appropriations
asked for by the various departments.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
Death of Mrs William

MIS-. Anna b. Wilson 10 years of
age died Thursday night, at the home
OF her son, Mr.. c. A. Wilson, 1146
Twenty-sixth street. Funeral GER
vices will be conducted at the resi-
dence this afternoon at $3.50 o'clock
by Rev j. j. Bradford. The body will
be Inferred at Geenlawn.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
Bio Huntinoton pjer Aban5orad

SANTA MONICA, CAL. hiarch l9.
1t will be only few days until Port
Los Angeles with its mamoth pier
mutt by Coils p. Huntington, at n
cos, OF million dollars. will be aban-
doned BY the Southern Pacific Compa-
ny as commercial wharf. Tho
building of this wharf was begun in
1892
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
Won b, 100 Miles.
fBy Associated Press \

MIAMI. FLA. March 13--Dr. w. NJ.
Stimson in n 10 horse power car. car
rying three people finished Tho jack
sonville- Miami road race at noon to-.
day. winning by more than 100 miles
and with u heavy lead In official run
ming time.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14

slckening headaches, Indigestion.
.odnstipation. indicate unhealthy con
dition of the bowels. HOLSTERS
Rocky Mountain Tea makes the how
sel work naturally. and restores your
system ~ perfect health and happl-
hess 35c, Tea or Tablets.-J. C..
5ss 1nsuCF q co.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14
CHARLOTTE

CHARLOTTE. N. c., March 10.
A special from Washington d. c.. to-
night says the twelve alleged ring
leaders of the recent race riot n.
Bellhaven. two of whom are white
and the others negroes, have been mr. !.
rested.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14

Misses Lucille Cooper and Ethel
Cotterell entertained the Fortnight
Euchre Club last night at LASS Coo
per's home, 29l4 W st avenue.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14


with friends In Gloucester county.
Mrs. w. w. Gayle left yesterday for
4 weeks visit to relatives and friends
iii Richmond and Petersburg.
Misses Lucille Cooper and Ethel
Cotterell entertained the Fortnight
is'lchre Club last night nj ..,ss Coo
per's home, 29ll W st avenue.
Miss Constance Stevenson. Of Warm
Springs. who is visiting her sister.
Mrs. George helms Wise. here. and
Miss Catherine Henley, left yesterday
afternoon for williamsburg to be the
enest OF MIR. and Mrs. Norvel l.. Hen.
ley for several days.
Miss Mamie l.. Robinson. of Rich.
mond. is visiting Miss Mamie Turner
l23 Thirty-second street.
Lieutenant Commander Victor Blue
U. S. N. has gone to Washington to
spend few days,
Mrs. II. Il. Bailey returned yestcr-
day from IL visit 10 her son. Mr.
Harold II. Bailey, ut "El Rancho"
Miss JESSIE Wallace. of Norfolk, Is
the guest of Mrs. Kenneth Jack, at
the Colonial.
Miss Mary l.evison is spending 4
month with relatives in New York.
Mrs. l.. l.. Loving and little daueh-
ter have returned from II visit to re.
latlves In Coyington.
Mrs. s. C. Garrow has been called
to West Point by news or the IN.
ness OF her neice. Miss Matte Curle.
Mr.. NJ. j. West left last night for
Baltimore, where he will spend sew
eral days with relatives.
Mrs, ]. n. Clark. who has been III
at her home in East End, is reported
to be improving.
Mrs. John Burke who has heen I'M.
dorgoing treatment nj st. Francis
hospital. has sufficiently recovered 10
be moved to her home. S2l twenty
sixth street
Mrs. Harry Howard has Loen callcl
to Yorktown by news of the death
of her father. Mr.. Stryker.
Miss Alice Boatright, Of New Kent
county, is visiting her sister, Mrs. ].
II. Mnbry, In East End
MIR. WI a. Clements. VINO has been
confined TO, his home OH account of
out y
Mrs. ]. II. Evans ana children have
returned from visit to relatives in
Middlesex county.
Mr.. IL. II. Patterson has returned
from visit to his home In Augusta
county.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-03-14

Mrs, W. w. Gayle left yesterday for
4 weeks visit To relatives and friends
iii Richmond and Petersburg.