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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
DECISIONS OF S. D.
SUPREME COURT

Pierre s D. Feb. S.-Thc supreme court
has handed down opinions in the follow
ing cases:
BY Haney. Presiding Judge State. de
fendant in error vs.. Frank Matejousky.
sentenced from Stanley county for horse
-ustlng, affirmed state. defendant in
rror, VS. r. Nude convicted I'm Turner
county on charge of selling liquor without
4 license affirmed
BY COrsOn-- Frank G. Ball VS. Charles e.
Dolan Brown county, affirmed Henry -
Lemon vs.. Frank f. Little and Archie d.
Westby Lawrence county, reversed &.
e. Wollngcr VS. Harley Thomas ct al
Aurora county, modified and affirmed.
By Fuller l.. Nordness VS.. the Mu-
ual Cash Guaranty company, Day county.
reversed. Fountain City Drill company
u.s. A. w IIndquist. Roberts county, ar
irmed Lewis Haag VS. J. c. Brown,
Brookings county, affirmed. J X Rob
srts VS. Charles f. Beech Marshall county.
lffirmed. John +. Schott vs.. K c. Swan,
Marshall county. affirmed John Stollett
It al, vs.. T. NJ Stewart Marshall county.
Affirmed j. L. Minder, sheriff, VS. First
National bank of Sissetou, Roberts county,
reversed. Judge Fuller dissenting
This was a case where the creditors of
Titus White, an allotment Indian. at
tempted 70 levy upon cash In the bank to
satisfy an execution, and the government
.ook a part, holding that the funds were
lndCr government control The lower
court held against the government and
has been reversed
A. L. Bartlett, OF Eureka. was admitted
IN a certificate from Iowa.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
AUT0ISTS TO ENDOW
MOTOR VICTIMS COT

Philadelphia. Feb l0-A pcd for vie
Tins OF automobile accidents IS 20 be
established in the new Garretson hos,
pital IL viii be founded 10y the Quaker
City Ladies Motor club.
The idea originated through the de,
sire of members Of the club 10 improve
the welfare OF pedestrians. Several
members have had the idea In view
for several months but II was not uu-
til yesterday, when a long list of au-
tomobile accidents was being formally
discussed by the club members. that
the resolution TO found "A bed was Of
fered
The first step toward raising money
10 cover the expense OF the project viii
be taken on February %, when the club
will hold "A big euchre In the Hotel
Majestic The proceeds will be useO
as nucleus of the maintenance fund
other necessary money to be raised at
euchre parties and y, subscription Ac.
cordng 70 presem plans the bed viii
be in private room TO which a skilled
physician and a trained nurse will be
assigned
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
EDWARD PREPARES TO
ENTERTAIN THEODORE

London, Feb. 10.---The kings new
garage at Windsor is being rapidly
pushed forward, a..d when finished will
be Cne of the most complete OF its kind
in existence. The site chosen for this
is close to the royal news, and accom-
mediation is being provided for nine or
10 cars, the necessary money being pro-
vidcd for in the forthcoming civil SER
vice estimates This garage will be
used for the accommodation for the
royal cars not actually IN use, and all
minor repairs will be carried out on
them here. a staff of mechanicians be-
ing specially employed for this purpose
There is every probability tha, Presi-
dent Roosevelt will pass some weeks in
England IN the spring of 1909, when his
term OF office viii have expired The
president of the United States has been
anxious TO visit this country for some
years past but of course, this vas i'm
possible so long as the reins Of office
were IN his hands The last ex-presi-
dent of the United States to visit this
country was General Grant, when a
semi-otticial welcome was accorded him.
II is understood. however, that nothing
in this nature WIN take place on this
occasion. the visit being regarded as
purely private one.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
NEW YORK ACCENT"
BETRAYS A BANDIT

St Louis, Feb l0.--What was tcruleC
his strong New York accent led to the
arrest this afternoon of Alexander st.
Cyr. "A former variety actor i'm one OF
the Bowery theaters. on the charge of
being the bandit who, at the point OF
pistol compelled Jas. Heiman and the
customers in his store, at Jennings, to
surrender their cash ana Valuables.
The country store was crowded with
men and women customers, all Of whom
were intimdated by the revolver. The
bandit was masked. and had he re-
Trained from "joshing' the women he
might never have been discovered. The
proprietor particularly noted the ac-
cent, and this fact was impressed upon
the authorities
The deputy sheriff came upon ST. Cyr
as ne was preparing to take a train,
and during their conversation, Heiman
says he noted the familiar accent The
man was declared To be OF the size and
general appearance OF the bandit.
The prisoner then confessed and said
that his inability TO get work caused
him to undertake the holdup.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15

THE greatest drawback 10 the hog
industry which breeders IN this country
have TO contend with is what is known
as hog cholera" and swine plague"
Hog cholera is a highly contagious
disease and unless checked is liable to
carry off a great number Of hogs n q
very short time.
Mr. A. p Williams. Of Burnetts
Greek, Ind. tells Of an experience which
ne had with some hogs that had the
cholera. Five years ago says Mr.
Williams. Il was in the employ of Mr.
j. ID. Richardson, Lafayette. Ind. as
his barn foreman Some fine hogs that
was feeding took the cholera.
gave them Sloan's Liniment and did
not lose hog Some were so bad
they would not drink sweet mix ana
/ was compelled TO drench them
have tried ii at every opportunity since
and always find it o. X.
Write for DR.. Sloan's free book on
the treatment Of Horses, Cattle, Hogs
and Poultry. Address Or. Earl ;.
Sloan. 615 Albany street, Boston, Mass
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
MILEAGE CONTRACTS,
MADE IN GOOD FAITH,
NOT BARRED BY LAW
Attorney General Of South Oa.
sota Gives important Opinion
on Anti-Pass Law.

sioux Fans. $. D.. Feb. $. That 'he
existing auti-pass law in South Dakota
is no bar 10 The making OF contracts
between newspapers and railroad com
panies for transportation good within
the state. on an exchange basis, u the
contract is entered into In good faith,
Is ne substance of am opinion which
has lust been given by W. ;. clark.
attorney general OF South Dakota.
At the recent annual meeting of the
South Dakota Press association a res
OlutiOu was unanimously adopted ask
ing the attorney general TO give the
association his opinion In reference 70
this matter John 7. Cogan, OF TINS
city, secretary Of the association, has
just received reply from the attorney
general. who holds in effect th2t con
tracts entered into in good faith on
such basis are not forbidden by inc
law. In his opinion Attorney General
Clark reviews the law at some length
and concludes as follows
His Decision.
1t is nay opinion that if an adyertis-
ing contract were entered into IN good
faith between "a publisher and a rail-
road company whereby certain speci-
fed amount OF transportation is 20 be
exchanged Tor certain Speclhed
amount of advertising company
receiving III adEel Jislu5 lhe same N"Iue
that il would receive in money ana
the publisher receiving M liahSpo''a'
tiOn the same value that ne would re-
ceiVe m money Tor the same service
that this Wouio not be in VOCATION ol
the anti-paSs law OF lSo"
Il see nothing lh the acl Jhat Noul'
prohibit a pubhsher trom re'elNliA
transportation from ralirua0 company
providing ne receives fl i'm good fairt
and gives the same value TOT 10 lhdl
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
TRAVELS ACROSS
COUNTRY TO WE'D
AT YANK TON, S. D.

Naukton = d., Feb. lO-After travel
ing across the country TO this point
Rockwell Addison Lcomis. OF San Luis
Obispo county Cal. and Miss Helen
Rogers Dickson. Of Washington, ID. c..
We're married here by Rev Frank
Stevens, of The congregational church.
The bride was accompanied by her
mother who went to Quinn, s. D., to
visit The bridegroom stated they found
Hankton convenient place to meet and
so II Was arranged to be married here.
A daring rescue from drowning was
made by Norman White, "A farmer Of
James River, on Sunday last when
Arthur Boyd II. fell into the James
river while skating. White crawled
along the thin ice until he got To the
boy when the ice gave way and he too
was in the river. He managed 10 get
10 shore however. with the hov. who
was In the water for half an hour and
nearly perished with cold
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
Judge Understood.

The late Judge Pettingin, of the
Maiden district court, concealed under
an apparently stern exterior kind
heart and nothing touched him so
quickly as unintentional witticism. es-
pecially If 1t We're at the expense of the
court says the Boston Herald.
one day prisoner arraigned before
him for drunkenness and still under
the influence of liquor, pleaded as hard
as he could 10 be placed on probation.
Why should / place you on proba-
tion?" said the judge. sternly why
you're drunk now"
NO, I'm not, your honor" said the
poor prisoner, earnestly, I'm as sober
as a Judge"
He was placed on probation
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
A JolIier.

Mayor Douglas, OF Niagara Falls
said the other day OF an office seeker:
He is iollier. He reminds me OF d
chicken thief of Utica.
"A police reporter wrote of this thief
The prisoner laughed aloud for mercy.
And when the night editor asked for an
explanation of that queer sentence, the
reporter said:
Its exactly what happened. Every
poor old feeble joke the magistrate
made, the scoundrelly thief roared fit
To split his Sides"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
ASLEEP IN GRAVE, HE
STARTLES MOURNERS

Freeland. Pa. Feb. While digging
grave AT St Jerome cemetery. Michael
Bosack, who had been drinking, fell
asleep, and. on account of the cold
weather and 10 save themselves from
worry about his safety, his compan-
ions placed him in the rough box I'm the
grave and then screwed the lid on.
When the funeral arrived they were
busy elsewhere. Undertaken Kirnan di-
reCted an assistant TO remove the lid
from the rough box. They did so. Bo-
sack sat upright and wanted to know
what was doing.
The mourners were startled until the
real situation was explained. and in.
terment was then made
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
GIRL LEAPS FROM
SIXTH STORY WINDOW
AND Is KILLED

New York. Feb. l0-During a file that
destroyed an eight family apartment
house on the northwest corner of West
Seventieth street and Columbus avenue,
early today. Margaret Landon, 21 years
old. jumped from a sixth story window
and was instantly killed
Twenty Of the SO persons in the build
Ing We're overcome by smoke. but were
rescued by firemen. OF these three are
In a serious condition.
The fire originated in the basement
and burned through the building 20 the
roof withia a teW minutes.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
STRUCK FUNNY BONE;"
MINE CAGE DROPPED

Lead. $. D.. Feb. S.--Because the
engineer of the hoisting engine at the
Ellison hoist of the famous Homestake
mine struck his funny bone" against
some object he momentarily lost con-
troll of his engine and temporarily
endangered the life of the cage tender,
with the result that superintendent
,irier, manager of the Homestake
plant, has issued orders that hereafter
when men are going up or down in
the cage the assistant engineer must
always be at the side of the hosting
Engineer.
The incident is the first of it's kind
In the history of the Homestake mine.
Fortunately no one was injured but the
.age tender was given a ride OF so
rapid and thrilling a character that he
has reason to be thankful that 1t was
not OF longer duration.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
RAIL ROAD GRANTS SIDE
TRACK TO SISSETON

Siseton, Feb te-. The long drawn
out controversy between the Farmers
Elevator company OF this place and the
Milwaukee railroad company, with the
construction of a sidetrack to the ele-
vator as the bone OF contention. has
been adjusted 10 the satisfaction OF ali
concerned as the result OF visit to
this place by superintendent Van Dyke,
of the railroad company. After person.
ally investigating the matter he has
advised the officers Of the elevator COM
pany that the sidetrack will be con
strlctea not later than May next.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
TRIES TO FOLLOW
S0UAW TO HAPPY
HUNTING GROUNDS

Deadwood s D., Feb 10.-Upon re-
eeipt of word from the Pine Ridge In
dian reservation that his squaw had
just committed suicide and had also
killed two small Indian children, White
Eagle. prisoner In the local county
Jail, again attempted 10 take his life
by beating his brains out on the wall.
White Eagle is waiting for a federal
trial for introducing liquor on the res
ervation.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
ISSUES CALL FOR
FIRST CONVENTION
AT XJ}ly, APRIL I
Convention Will Have Only ABS
DeIegates----Minnehaha
County Loses Power.

Planhiutou. $ d., Feb lo- W g. Cook
chairman OF tie republican state cen
tral committee, has issued the formal
call required by he state primary law
FOR the first state convention, To bt
held al Huron, April Z. for the purpose
Of selecting eight delegates 10 the ma.
tioual republican convention.
The convention will have a total o.
4S9 delegates The smallest convention
IN South Dakota FOR many years. Cu.
der the old rule. Il delegate was al
lowed for each 80 votes cast al the pre-
Ceding convention. The primary law
stipulates that there shall be one dele
gate for each lOC votes. The last state
convention TO name delegates 10 the ma.
tioual republican convention ir 1904
had about twice as many delegates as
Will the Huron convention.
Loses Influence.
1t is notable n the apport ionment OF
delegates that MinnehahH county viii
mot have as much influence as hereto
fore. This is due 10 the settlement of
counties in the western part Of The
STATE. II has been claimed that the
state went with Minnehaha. but this
can be- said no more. Most of the new
counties I'M The western part OF the
state are strongly insurgent especially
Lyman aud Stanley and this adds %
the opposition TO M,nuehaha
County Representation.
Following is the apportioument by
counties
Aurora. 6: BeadIe. la Bon Homme,
~, Brookiugs, l2 Brown, II; Brule 8,
Buffalo. Butte, S, Campbell, 3;
CoGington 10; Custer. 4 Dawson u;
DHN 19. Daurl To, Dyuplgs e. Et-
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
More Discretion Than valor.
From the Boston Herald.

Fire Commissioner Lantry. of New
York, in explaining TO a reporter his
plans for establishing q firemen's roll
of merit" told this story
1T takes pluck" he began. ito D. a
fireman. A young fellow of only aver
age pluck was serving AZ his first FIRE
and the chief rushed up 10 him and
shouted:
shin up that ladder to the eighth
story, crawl along the cornice To the
fourth window. drop down three stor-
les, and catch that wooden sign you
see smoking there. swing yourself along
TO the second window that the red
glare is coming from break the glass
and go in and rescue those three old
Iadiss-well, what the deuce are you
waiting for2
For the pen and ink. sir, said the
new man. i want to hand in my resig-
nation"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
SHOOTS WHEN HIS
DOG Is "lNSULTED;;"
UNDER $4,000 BOND

Deadwood, : D.Feb lO--Iu a quarrel
over mongrel yellow dog VIM Fra
zer, a we'll known local politician, last
night shot ana badly injured Ike Trot-
ter. "A bartender
Frazer accused Trotter Of trying 10
humiliate the dog by putting turpentine
on Il.
Frazer was released on six prom
inent men signing a bond for $4,000 the
exact figure at which he has often said
he valued the dog
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15

From the San Antonio Express
There is young private in the west
y heard of him the other day-who
is logical enough" said Professor j. l.
Leary, of the PittsburG Peace society.
II wish there We're more like him.
His regiment had been fitted out
with new uniforms, and the colonel
inspected the men in their dapper
clothes one morning. After inspection
he made a little speech.
And ! expect each one OF you so
the speech ended expect each one OF
YOU TO honor his new uniform by be
having like general
"'rhe private smiled and said fairly
loud:
wonder who'd do the fighting.
then, sir d."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
The lrishman,s Retort
From the Tattlc.

FrOm thc I0ttIC,
An lrshman one day went into 5lr-
bcr shop to- get shaved After ne was
seated and the lather about hair ap-
piled tho barber was called to an ada
joining room. where he was ,at4ined
for some time The barber had I'm the
shop a pet monkey which was Cont.n-
ually initiating his master As soon as
the latter left the room the monkey
grabbed the brush ana proceeded lo
finish latherlng the lriShman's face
After doing this he took a razor from
it's case ana stropped it ana then turned
10 the lrishmau to shave him "Shtop
that" said the later firmly "Ye can
tuck the towel in me neck and put tie
soap ON me face but beeorrah yer fa-
theirs got Go shave me
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
GOOD BEHAVIOR WINS
RELEASE FROM PEN"

Pierre S. D.. Feb. S.-Mattias NJ.
Wagner, who, in the spring of 1907,
was sent up to the penitentiary from
Sully county after pleading guilty to
The charge of grand larceny, and whose
term would have expired February %,
has been granted a pardon on account
Of good behavior. He was released
February :, thus saving his rights of
citizenship.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
He Had a pointer.

a party Of colli,rs were one day at
work I'm the mine when some coal hap
pened 10 fall. killing one poor fellow
They al once placed his body f. . cart
and sent one OF the culliers on before 10
break the news.
He arrived At the poor fellows house
and with loud knock AT the door de-
manded TO know II Widder Jones"
lived there.
The wife came to the door and said.
Yes, my name is Jones but I amt
a widdor."
"Oh. amt yer, though; you wait and
see wot's IN this ere cart was the con.
SnlInE rNnlN
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
CHAPTER VI.
VENGEANCE.

1t strikes a chill through me, even
yet. TO recall the awful horror of that
instant The fer elance--death in a
few heart beats, and such a deathl-
a ded.E that rielts man into an
;sbol;!nation, For a moment none of
us dared move, scarcely dared breathe.
and l saw the band of light from Sim
across the Roor tlle walls, the ceiling
evidently poor Simmonds did not un-
derstand the exact nature of the dan
ger, but only that il was a terrible
one. l had a mad impulse to jump,
shriekins, for the door, and should
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15

A Bostonian bought an estate I'm
Scotland without having seen it. Last
summer he went over TO have look
at the place. The drive from the near
est railway station 10 Glen Accra was
a matter of z miles. AS the cart jogged
along the Bostonian said: Il suppose
you know the country hereabouts pret-
ty WELL my friend" Aye ilka foot o
T." his Highland driver answered. And
do you know Glen Accra ?" Aye, weel
was the reply. What sort of a place
is iJ?" the American asked The Scot
smiled grimly. "Aweel." he said, III
ye saw the deli te;heref on it, yed
juist say, Poor brute
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
II,OO3 CHILDREN
WERE BORN IN S. D.
DURING YEAR 1907
Foreign Women Far in the
Lead in ExempIifying the
Roosevelt Idea.

Pierre, : H. Feb TO- The vital sta
tistics department of the state library
Of South Dakota has recently completed
the work relative 90 the collection Of
the data which gives the totals of the
births and deaths for the year just
past There were born i1 this state
last year 1908 children, Of this totai
5,6S3 were males and $500 females, II
VIII be noticed that there are 1863 more
females than males. This surplusage
of males keeps even with the estab-
lished ratio OF l05 makes t0 100 females
born each year.
II VIII be- pleasing 10 the students Of
social conditions in general and partic-
ularly pleasing 10 the purity workers
10 notice the very small number of IL
legitimate births for 1907 The total
number being 7S In contrast to the
ratio Of male 10 female legitimate births
il is found that the iIlegitimate males
numbered only 30, while the illegltimatei
females numbered A., reversing the
ratio scheme. The mothers of The H.,
legitimate children range from n 10
80 years Of age
Foreign Women Lead
In South Dakota the fathers OF for
eign birth number 1905, while foreign
mothers number 323b. Native born
South Dakota fathers are 1876 and
mothers, South Dakota born, 2,2S6
II rs found that the average family
I'm which "a child was born during the
last wear had 3.i children.
So much has been said on the sub
ject 81 increase among foreigners as
compared with the increase of families
among he native born. that "a few flEA
urss win speak el0qucntlv on one side
uf The subject, 'Jr the average Amer
iDaH mother who gave birth go child
during tbe past yegT is found tO have
M her family 3Z9 children. while the
foreign mother who became % mother
during he year 1907 viii be found 20
have SOB children iu her family Again
the American mother over 30 years OF
age is found to have 5.25 children and
the foreign mother over 30 rs found 10
have ,lS children The returns show
IN every case am advantage Of over two
points iu favor Of the foreign woman.
TO the above statistics add the fol-
lowing points or advantage for the for
elgu trad. side OF the question The for
eign population Of South Dakota is
equal 10 only 1871 per cent of the whole /
while the foreign born mothers I'm 1907
equalied % per cent of the whole and /
the foreign born fathers equalled 90
per cent Of the whole number
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
Tamperina With Truth.

A school teacher trying to explain to
his class the meaning of the word CON
ceited," said:
suppose / would go around saying.
Look how good / am to my class or
Dragging about how much know, or
how good looking / am-what would
you say ! was?'
"A liar instantly responded the
class.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15
SURGEON COMMANDS
THE HOSPITAL SHIP

Washington Feb. iO.-The hospital
ship Relief was placed "in service" at
the Mare Island navy yard yesterday
and Surgeon Charles r. Stokes assumed
command, The vessel is being prepared
for duty with the battleship fleet. II
VIII leave Mare island in time 10 arrive
at Magdalena bay a week or more
ahead of Admiral Evans who is sched-
uled to arrive there March IL
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15

William r. Smith, Scotchman by
birth, is about to complete his 55th
year as superintendent Of the botanical
garden in Washington. He says he has
served the federal government in the
same position longer than any other
OF its employees.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15

- q
Let Mrs. James VI.
Long OF 1l3 n. Au-
gusta 81, Stauntou
Va, tell you. On
January 3lSt, 1903.
Mrs, Long wrote /.
"Doan'S Kidney Pills
have cured me" (Of
pain in the back.
II mary troubles.
bearing down Sensa
1ionS afD On Tppn
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-02-15

2oth, 1907, four and one-half years
later. she said Il haven't had kidney
trouble since ! repeat my testimony"
Sold by all dealers 30 cents q box
foster-Mlburn Co.. Buffalo. \. Y