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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-26
GUT
Sugar Interests Oppose the
4 Of Tariff on Sugar
| HAT HAWAY TALKS.
Present Schedule Ought Not
disturbed and Tells Why.

|SSted in the future of the
ldustry in Michigan are
cir utmost to prevent the
the industry by the re-
(qriff on sugar. There are
IN the state, 10 in opera
present time, and they
p investment of SO, 900,
900 farmers are engaged
ar beets. Michigan coal
lnd other materials are al
p refining OF the sugar.
men maintain that the
+ their product has kept
pe of sugar in this coun-
fare that the sugar trust
itself to refining prin-
q welcome cheap raw
gar from other coun-
already acquired big
M Cuba, in anticipation
4 of the duty.
7 of Michigan, more near
other portion of the Unit
,asembles the beet growing
Germany" says +. r.
q the Michigan Sugar
y produces %, 100000
a year, almost as much
States consumes-S100,-
in round figures-al-
is not an acre of irri-
"a that country.
German sugar costs much
Iurs on account of the
labor, it sells for more
In consumer than we Am
We must have protection
count of the difference in
4 A man who gets $3.50 a
ne of our plants would get
$3.50 in Germany. She'd
get 20 cents an hour here
; cents an hour in Germany
|ents in Austria. Compare
Kinds of labor shows the
man sugar is to be had for
hamburg at $2.3S per hun
costs 10 cents TO bring It
rk. We pay the farmer
ldred for the sugar in the
r. they have been washed.
have all the manufacture
apd it costs us ten cents
n Saginaw to Detroit.
necessity has shown so
rcentage of increase as
last decade or so, and on.
+ of the competition of the
factories. In 1896 the price
IS $4.53 per hundred, with q
Ily 40 per cent ad valorem.
f sugar today in New York
nv 10 cents increase since
I law replaced the Wilson
[ sugar manufacturers must
cents per hundred less than
ugar men in many places
ey have only one grade
while the trust has every
rush of beet sugar into the
the winter months tends to
Ices, and the price of raw
falls at the same time, 50
,finers buy it up then and
cy is to keep sugar prices
y average all the year.
Feady going up against a
ion Of the tariff. While
opposed to be $1.62 IL pc
concessions to Cuba
30 Rico and the Philip
been such that the actual
~ collected was $1.14 IL
year"
lgar men will submit fur
Q and argument against
of the tariff before the
3 Of congress, which Il
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-26

When YOU buy wire fencing, buy the
kind that lasts. Montigel, the Alma
implement man sells that kind. X
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-26

now giving hearings, has finished de-
alterations.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-26

Nothing can be pat as 1t were. into
mortal vacuum -Martineau.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1908-11-26

old; black gedng eleven
geling old;
DID, black white old
white old dine March,
April red Old due in May one black
Poland China
broodso
light neatly set eigs
double
Deerng machines
Caledonia pul
Ajax
pule land oer hay and stock
cadn
quantity fodder
forks puy qusuity household goods
art DO
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
LONG and SHORT
HAUL RATES ARE
FIXED BY ROADS
Missouri River Rate No Longer
Applies from Pacific Points
to Nebraska.

Lincoln. Neb., Aug. 2S.--The Com
mercial club, which has been leading q
fight for two years TO secure the rec
oRnition by the railroads of the long
and short haul rule, has received no.
tice that hereafter that principle will
apply to all shipments from the Pacific
coast to Nebraska points.
The concession is a big one. Here
tofore the railroads, by clinging To the
old myth of the Missouri river basis,
have been charging to interior towns
the rate from the coast to Omaha and
then add to that the local rate from
Omaha. The effect of this rule was
absurd. The nearer a town in Nebras-
ka was to the Pacific coast the higher
it's rate on shipments from the coast,
because the closer II was 10 the coast
the farther away IL was from Omaha.
This rule was dOubly absurd because
the shipments were made direct to the
town and did not traverse the distance
TO Omaha and back again.
The new classification will apply the
long and short haul rule on all freight
moving from the coast to this territory.
The rate to Missouri river points Will
be the maximum for all intermediate
points on through lines. which is the
same tariff that has applied on west
bound shipments. The new rates viii
give Lincoln a reduction OF from TO 10
cents ON the first nine classes of freight
and on the tenth II will pay cents
more. All other points, save Omaha.
will secure like benefits. California
sugar has been hauled to Lincoln at
the same rate as to Omaha, but the
sugar trust has equalized matters By
charging Lincoln jobbers cents more
per 100 pounds.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
MILKS HIS cow
IN STEW PAN AND
LIVES IN THE BARN

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 29.-Deserted by
his wife, who, he says, ran off with the
family savings. Charles Schultz has
for two years made his home in a barn
on West c street, in the same room
with his COW, nine dogs, four cats and
a miscellaneous number OF chickens
The fact that Schultz was but seldom
moved to clean out the place, caused
the neighbors, who have tender noses,
TO complain and the humane society Of
ficers Investigated. They found in
the barn, which Is l2X20, but two
openings, one small window and q small
door. The cook stove was but a few
feet from the cows resting place, and
the whole family was living on terms
of familiar intimacy. The man said he
MIXED the COW into a stewpan, drank
all he wanted and then set the pan
down for the dogs and cats. The dogs
the earthen floor to make sleeping
places, and the chickens roasted
wherever they wished.
Neighbors say that he does not let
the COW or dogs out Of doors at all.
He said that this was true about the
cow, and that the reason was he had
once had a calf stolen. He kept the
dogs inside most of the time because
heN was afraid that somebody would
come down and rob him. Schultz is So
years of age, and works regularly at
his trade OF carpenter. He has been
feeding all Of the animals well, and all
were sleek and fat. The COW has gone
blind from being kept tied for three
years inside the barn. The officers gave
him notice that he must clean up.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
REMAINS THE SAME.
Well Brewed Postum Always Pais'
table.

Well Brewed Postum Always Pais-
The flavor of Postum, when h"ied
according to directions, is always the
same-mid, distinctive, and palatable.
1t contains no harmful substance like
caffeine, the drug in coffee, and hence
may be used with benefit at all times.
Relieving that coffee was the cnuse
Of my torpid liver, sick headache and
misery in many ways" writes an Ind.
lady, II quit and bought package of
Postum about a year ago.
my husband and have been so well
pleased that we have continued to
drink Postum ever since. We like the
taste of Postum better than coffee. as
it has always the same pleasant flavor,
while coffee changes its taste with
about every new combination or blend.
'Since using Postum l have had no
more attacks Of gall collie, the heavi-
ness has left my chest, and the old,
common, everyday headache is thing
unknown" There's a Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read "The Road to Well
ville," in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A
new one appears from time to time.
They are genuine. true. and full Of
human interest.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
LIVES TWO MONTHS
WITH BROKEN NECK

Lincoln, Neb, Aug. 25.--Reta!ninc q
life Tor two months with his neck
broken was the remarkable record
MADE py {. q. Merry, roundhouse keep
er for the Burlington. Merry's game
struggle for life would have been sue
cessful, say the doctors, If his enforced
confinement to bed had not stirred TO
life other ailments that brought about
a complication of a fatal Character.
On June - Merry was wiping a To-
comotive in the roundhouse While on
the boilerhead top his foot slipped and
ne tumbled to ;he floor with his head
doubled under his body. He was hur
ried TO the hospital, where It was found
that the sixth ccrvical vertcbra, one OF
the bones Of the spinal column in the
neck, was badly fractured. The nerves
which this bony structure protected
were not severed, and 10 this fact was
due his surviving the fail. For the
last three weeks most of his time was
spent In state OF coma. He was 81
years old
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
GIRL ASSAULTED
BY 26 SOLDIERS
Atrocious Crime Is Committed
in Military Camp in
Wyoming.

Laramie, Wyo.. Aug. 25.-While every
effort has been made by the authorities
at Camp Emmett Crawford the military
maneuvers ground. to keep the fact Sc
cret il is known that one of the most
atrocious crimes imaginable was COM
mitted last Sunday by members of an
artillery battery, who assaulted young
woman, leaving her bruised and un-
conscious upon the ground.
According TO the story a non-com-
missioned officer of the Twenty first
regiment was escorting the young
woman when they were attacked by 32
men of the artillery. The officer was
beaten into insensibllity with gun
and the unfortunate young woman was
dragged TO an isolated spot and as
Saulted.
After lying half dead for hours the
victim of the outrage revived and sue
ceeded in crawling to q house some
distance away and told her story.
Twenty-siX men alleged to have been
implicated in the outrage are under
arrest and are chained together in the
camp prison. They are under constant
guard to prevent lynching, as senti-
ment In the camp is strong against
them. Six of the alleged assailants es-
capped. but three of them were appre-
hended at Rawlins today The other
three are still at large.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
CRAB BRINGS GOLD
DOUBLOON TO HIM
That's Why j. R. Chard Believes
He Is Close to Hoard of an
Old Buccaneer Band.

Greenwich, Conn.,. r. Chard,
wealthy resident of this town and next
door neighbor of +. c. Benedict, and
who has been spending the month near
New Smyrna, Fla, believes he has
found the spot where vast amount OF
Spanish treasure is located, and is now
carrying on operations for its recovery.
While fishing a short time ago he
landed q huge crab, sticking among the
claws Of which he found round cor
roded piece of metal. Mr.. Chard scraped
the piece and discovered that 1t was
Spanish doubloon bearing the date Of
1908.
Since then he has made search Of the
traditions of the place and learned that
early in the seventeenth century band
of Spanish buccaneers made it's head
quarters near the place. He says the
doubloon must have come from the
near vicinity where he caught the crab,
because the creature could not have
gone far without the piece of metal
slipping from 1t.
Searching the bottom nearby, he
found what seemed to be a piece of
metal stanchion of pre- revolutionary
make. He is so sure he is on the track
of a great discovery that he has ex-
tended his vacation by a month, and
says he will stay on the spot and spend
what money is necessary to make
thorough search.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
HUFFMAN BORN IN
PRAIRIE SCHOONER
BUT WHERE IS HE?
Property Interests Depend Upon
Him But Don't Reveal
Relatives.

Lincoln, Neb., Aug. 29.-Two attor-
neys and the widow OF George III.
knight are journeying from court
house 90 court house in eastern Me-
braska in the hope of finding some
trace OF the adoption years ago by
Knight OF William Huffman. The lat
ter has been reared as the adopted son
of Knight, and the lawyers are anxious
10 perfect this legal matter in order
that they may begin law suit Of some
Fort, the nature of which is mysterious
1y hidden. 1t is suspected from in
nuiries made that parents Of the young
man took up homestead which Is now
of some value, and that the suit is TO
regain possession of the land.
Huffman's parents started west many
years ago. The boy was born in the
prairie schooner that was carrying
them across the plains. Shortly after
settling on the homestead the father
was killed by Indians, and the mother
came 10 Lincoln. Here she died when
he was years OF age. A year later he
was taken from the home for the
friendless by the knights. and sup
posedly adopted. II happens that the
widow OF Knight was his second wife
and was not his mate when he adopted
the boy, ~ he did.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
STRIKE BREAKER is
HIT FROM AMBUSH

Birmingham. Ala. Aug. 27.-Another
act of violence occurred in the strike
zone early today when White, non
union miner. was shot from ambush
while on his way to the mines. White
probably il fatally wounded. three bull
let's having taken effect. Deputies and
bloodhounds are tracking the mans as
sailantS.
Striking miners al Indio have been
in tents.
Commander Bush. of the Fourth bri-
Sade of the Alabama division of con-
federate veterans has issued state
ment in which he calls upon the au-
thorities to declare martial law for
three days In order that citizens might
be disarmed. After reciting the recent
outrages he concludes:
Arm the confederate veterans. we
will take the field and let the national
guard go home TO their business, which
demands their presence"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
PRIESTS TO EUROPE
ON ERREND OF LOVE

Lincoln. Ncb.. Aug. 2S.--Bisnop Bon
acum. of the Lincoln diocese, has gone
TO Europe in company with Father
Dalton, of st. Louis, on an unusual err
rand of love.
Forty and more years ago Bonacum
and Dalton were altar boys in
st. Louis when Father William
Wheeler was priest in charge.
Thirty seven years ago, while Wheeler
was on his way home from Rome he
took sick and died at Munich, Ba-
varia, His remains We're Inferred there
and Notwithstanding that he left con-
siderable property, none Of his heirs
ever marked his grave, and the rental
of the ground where he lies has for
years been paid by his old altar boys.
Recently II was decided that the body
should be inferred in America, and the
priest and the bishop, commissioned
by their living comrades at the altar in
the old days, have gone to bring back
the remains. They will be reinterred
in St. Louis.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
\ NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES.
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Fairbury is complaining Of depreda-
| tions by tramDS.
Norfolk wants Mr.. Carnegie to hurry
up with an appropriation Cor library
building.
Fremont is go free of trouble makers
that the police department is thinking
about taking to the woods for an out
ing
w. H. Helm. assistant state botanist,
says that cedar rust IN apple trees can
only be prevented by keeping the ce-
dars away from them.
York has purchased a chemical en-
gine for its fire department and is now
laying for the first blaze that dare
make its appearance.
THE Beatrice Express thinks the pri-
mary election law needs so much
patching that the legislature should be-
gin on ii early in its next session.
Twenty-eight bushels of fall wheat
per acre from l5-aCrc tract on farm
near Wynot is a yield which the WYnot
Tribune thinks IS worth special men-
tion.
Dealers in hay at Lincoln have 70 be
content with a price of 81 and IS per
:on. They were getting 50. People sim
ply will not cat h"y when they can get
greens.
Lincoln rejoices over having rid itself
Of the last bit of the old block street
pavement This pavement was laid 60
years ago and has been a nuisance
most of the time since.
II is claimed that the sum IF $4,000, 900
has been saved the people of Nebraska
in the past year through the operation
of the rate regulation laws passed by
the last legislature and enforced by
the state authorities That will help
some whoever may be elected In No
NTmlpT.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
JEWELRY LOSSES AT
NEWPORT ARE $4,000
IN A SINGLE week
Rich Summer People Think
Raffles Is Working Profit
ably Among Them.

Newport, r. J.. Aug. 27..-.Through the
loss of 81, 600 brooch by Mrs. w. Storrs
Wells Saturday evening at d ball given
by Mr. and Mrc. Edward Berwind at
the Elns, the fact became known to-
day that during the last week devotees
OF fashion at Newport have been SUBJ
jccted to an epidemic Of jewel losing.
The weeks total losses amount to more
than $40, 1000.
During the progress OF the ball Mrs.
John Borland, of New York, lost a
diamond fly valued at 5000 from her
hair The ornament has not been re-
covered Mrs. Wells reported her loss
to Mr.. Berwind and whilo searching
was in progress Mrs. Borland was told
OF her missing diamond.
The brooch owEcd by Mrs. Wells waa
found under a chair where Mrs. Wells
evidently had dropped it.
Early Saturday morning at the Ten
mis- Bali Mrs. Craig Blddle, of Phila-
delphia, one OF the guests, missed two
pearls and a gold clasp from a costly
necklace Immediately there was talk
Of a gentleman burglar" having
chosen Newport ac the field for his
operations,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
MAN SHOT HIS WIFE,
BUT SHE LOVES HIM

Nnbra ska city. Neb, Aug. 27.-July
q johnson Tcten, young farmer re-
siding near Talmage, after being abb
sent from home for about five months,
having left because he became Jealous
of his wife, returned home and going
TO the house, found his wife on the
porch getting things ready for a num-
her OF harvest hands who were work.
ing near the house and shot her four
times, one of the bullets entering her
throat, one breaking her jaw and the
other two making serious wounds.
He was placed in jail and after he
had been there some days a number
oS his friends and relatives came for
ward and furnished bonds and he was
released His wife IN the meantime
was in fair way to recovery.
Tcten at once went To his home and
il was not long before he and his wife
had made up and were as loving as
when they were married They We're in
the city Saturday trying to induce the
county attorney to dismiss the case
against the husband, the wife stating
positively that she will not give testi-
mony against the husband.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
KILLING RattIers in Pennsylvania.

From the Tionesta Vtndicator.
George Burhen, who is building new
house for himself on a part of his ia
ther's farm on German Hill, went to
refill a water jug the other day that
had been left in the shade when he
luckily espied a huge rattler AZ inches
long and carrying l3 rattles coiled ready
for fight about the jug. George lost no
time In killing the reptile and has pre-
served the skin and rattles to verify his
statement
Two young sons of George Copeland
went snake hunting at den near their
fathers home on Little Hickory creek
one day last week and killed an even
dozen of rattlers before they gave up
the battle.
Henry Amburger, of Hunters Station,
has been missing eggs from the nest In
his chicken coop, even china egg dis
appearing He suspected eats or other
small animals, but the other day when
he found a dead blacksnake eight Feet
long near by with china egg lodged
in it's stomach the great mystery was
solved
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
A METEOR AT OYSTER
BAY NARROWLY MISSES
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT

oyster Bay n. Y, Aug. ga fall
ing meteOrite just missed striking
president Roosevelt's house at Saga
more Hill the other night. 1t imbedded
itself deep in the turf back of the pres
idents barn, not 100 yards from the
house, and all of the presidents family,
the servants and the secret service
men were busy trying to find 1t.
The meteorite, according to Peter
Dick and James McHugh. secret serv-
ice men, who were on guard at the
Hill, was about the size of brick
Both men distinctly heard the thud
of the meteorite as II struck the
ground back OF the barn and they ran
in that direction, but they could not
locate in the darkness where it had
struck.
In the morning when the president
heard about il he was greatly inter-
ested, and calling his family and the
servants, all made thorough search
for IL, but all traces of the visitor had
disappeared.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
TRAIN RUNS OVER
100 MILES AN HOUR

Warsaw, Ind, Aug. 2S.-AN the speed
records of the Pittsburg Fort WAYNE
and Chicago division of the Pennsyl-
vania railroad were broken yesterday
by special train carrying Professor
F. f. Turneaure, dean of engineering
department of the University of Wis
consin; Professor c. +. Crandall OF the
railway engineering department of Cor
nell university; and F.. NJ. Graham
Pennsylvania chemist, of Altoona
From PierCeton to Warsaw. a distance
of nine miles, the speed was in excess
of 100 miles an hour The object was
to determine the impact of trains with
rails while running at different speeds.
The train making the record run was
composed OF locomotive, a coach and
a caboose. The train, in another test,
ran 92 miles an hour and stopped with
in 700 feet from where the engineer
shut off steam.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-09-05
ELECTRIC CURRENT
REPLACES KNIFE IN
HEART OPERATION

Detroit. Mich, Aug. 29-Four years
ago John Calvin was struck by a plank
over his heart. A lump formed which
grew TO the size of a two-quart meas
ure. Physicians diagnosed the trouble
as aortic aneurism. The lump was
filled with blood, its only covering be-
ing the skin An artery leading from
the heart had been ruptured. To have
lanced the growth would have meant
death, and doctors concluded recently
that the only safe treatment was by
electrocution. An insulated hollow
needle was run through the skin. A
fine silver wire was then inserted. This
was attached to n battery and a cur
rent was allowed to flow for an hour
and half, burning the blood and caus-
ing ii TO clot. Thus the danger of the
blood breaking the skin and causing
death was lessened.
Galvins chances for recovery are
good.