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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
SUIT CASE CLUE TO
MURDER MYSTERY
Hazel Drew Crime Nearing
Solution by the Police
of Troy.

Troy, N Y, July 1S.-What Is con-
sidered the most important point yet
developed in the Teal pond murder
mystery, came into possession of the
police late yesterday when County De-
tective Kaye found the suit case which
Hazel Drew carried the day before she
was murdered and for which the police
have been conducting an exhaustive
search. From the articles found in the
suit case, 1t is established, the police
say that Hazel Drew did not intend to
go to Averill park on the day she was
murdered and the startling theory Is
advanced that she was murdered in
Troy and taken either by carriage or
automobile to Teal pond where her
body was cast into the stagnant wa
ters.
There Is much to bear out this the
ory and ii appears that the authorities
are nearing solution of the mystery
In the first place the murdered girls
black leather handbag, containing all
her money except cents. was found In
the suit case. The fare to Averill park
which is near Teal pond, is 20 cents.
While this find was made in Troy, de-
tectives at Teal pond found a glove
which was worn by the girl and in the
finger Of 1t was a 5 cent piece. Con-
ductors on all of the trolley cars rum
ming to Averill have been closely ques-
toned and not one has been found who
remembers having seen Haxel Drew on
his car. 1t would have been next to
impossible for the girl to have ridden
to the park on a trolley car and not
have been recognized.
Linking these facts together the po-
lice conclude that the girl met some
one in Troy either on Tuesday after
noon or evening and that the murder
took place in this city or near 1t. Fol-
lowing up the line of investigation, de-
tectiVes are endeavoring to trace every
step of the girl while she was in Troy
on July 6. The recovery OF the suit
case establishes beyond a doubt that
she was in the city on Monday and sew
eral persons have been found who say
they saw the girl here. The suit case
was checked in the Union Square sta
:ion. The clerk who was in charge Of
the check room at that time is i'll and
cannot be questioned. The necessity Of
having the clerk describe the person
or persons who checked the suit case
are so great that an effort will be made
to have detectives admitted to his room
so that he can look at a picture of
Hazel Drew
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
KAUFMAN APPEAL
SET FOR JULY n
Attorneys Prepare Extensive
Arguments to Be Submitted
in Noted Case.

Sioux Falls. s. D., July 17.-Wednes-
day, July %, IL was announced here
today, has just been fixed as the time
for arguments to be heard by the state
supreme court in the matter OF the mo-
tion for a new trial in the case of Mrs.
Emma Kaufman, of Sioux Falls, who
in June last year was convicted in the
state circuit court at Flandreau Of
manslaughter in the first degree In
connection with the death of her young
domestic.
In the arguments before supreme
court the defense will be represented
by Aikens & Judge, Of this city, while
the arguments in opposition to a new
trial will be made by Thomas II. Null,
of Huron, and J. f. Whiting, Of Woon-
socket, special counsel for the prosecu-
ton. The arguments may consume two
days or more. The record in the case
is very voluminous. The brief of the
defendant alone consists of 1852 printed
pages, or about equal so far as number
of words is concerned to a modern
novel. Judge e. G. Smith, of Yankton,
who presided at the trial. denied the
motion for a new trial and the defense
then took an appeal to the state su-
preme court, and it is the arguments
upon this motion which will be made
before that body Wednesday of next
week
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
GOOD BREAD SOLVES
THE DIVORCE PROBLEM

Atlantic City, N. j.. July 1S.-Good
bread would solve the American di-
vorce problem, according to DR.. II. w.
Wiley, head of the national pure food
commission, who advised the American
Biscuit Bakers association at their an
nual convention here last night.
Give to American man good bread
and you will make him a partisan of
home and fireside," said the eminent
author. IF bakers are making good
bread and then educate the people to
buy their wares" he added that great
destroyer of domestic felicity. dyspep-
sia, will be removed. We will hear no
more of the divorce problem. Wifey's
bread has been more of an enemy to
domestic happiness than any other one
thing"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
CHAPTER XVII.

"Hoity, tCity!" the duchess cried
again, looking from one to another of
us when ALne had disappeared. What
has come to the little fool? Has she
gone Crazy?'
shook my head, too completely at
sea even to hazard Il conjecture.
Master Rertie shook his head also,
keeping his eyes glued to the door as
If he could not believe Anne had really
gene.
II said nothing to frighten her." my
LADY protested.
now should the announcement that my
real name was Cludde terrify Mistress
Anne Brandon nearly out of her
senses?
well, no." Master BERTHE agreed his
thoughtful face more thoughtful than
usual, 80 far as l heard. you said moth
ing. But l think. my dear. that you
had better follow her and learn what it
is. She must be ill.,
The duchess sat down. Il will go by
and by" she said coolly. at which l
was not much surprised. for l have al
ways remarked that women have less
sympathy with other women's ailments,
especially of the nerves, than have men.
For the moment l want to scold this
brave, silly boy here" she continued,
looking so kindly at me that l blushed
again ana lOFBOl all dDOul MlSlISSS
Anne ITO think of him leaving his
home to become a wandering squire of
danes merely because his father was
a-well, not quite what he would have
liked him to be! 1 remember something
about him." she continued, pursuing up
her lips and nodding her head at us. II
fancied him dead, however, years ago.
But there! If every one whose father
were not quite to his liking left home
and went astraying. Master Francis,
all sensible folk would turn inn keep
ers and make their fortunes"
1T was not only that which drove me
from home" explained. The bishop
of Winchester gave me clearly to un-
derstand"-
THAT Cotton was not the place for
you" exclaimed my lady scornfully.
He is a sort of connection of yours, is
he not? Oh, 1 know, And he thinks
he has a kind of reversionary interest
in the property! With you and your
father out of the way, and only your
girl cousin left, his interest is much
more likely to- come to hand. Do you
see?'
l recalled what Martin Luther had
said about the cuckoo. But / have
since thought that probably they both
wronged stephen Gardiner in this. He
was not n man of petty mind, and his
estate was equal to his high place.
think it more likely that his motive In
removing me- from Cotton was chiefly
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
JOSEPH M. GREENE,
PROMINENT POLITICIAN,
ANSWERS DEATH CALL

Chamberlain. S. D., July 1s.-Hon. Jo-
seph NJ. Greene, until recently republi-
can national committeeman for South
Dakota, died at his rooms in this city
some time between Tuesday night and
Wednesday noon. He had returned
home from the Mitchell convention in
the evening and greeted his friends on
the street in the usual cheerful way
He did not come to his breakfast yes
terday morning, and when friend
called at his room about noon and 1t
was found that he had not yet arisen
an investigation was made and 1t was
earned that he was dead. He had eX-
perienced trouble with his heart and
this is supposed to have been the cause
OF his death.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
JOSEPH kUBLER, puhIIshsx

A letter written by Count Grzymala,
who was an ardent admrer OF Chopin,
has Just been made public In London
by Eduard Zeldenrust. In II the last
moments Of Chopin are thus referred
to: "a few hours before he died he
asked Nine. Potoka to sing some melo-
dies by Rossini and Bellini. and this
she did with sobs I'm her voice. Listen
ing TO her voice he passed away"
Speaking of the funeral the writer
says: "Mozarts requiem and his own
funeral march were performed with the
assistance of Lablanche, Viardot and
the concert society. 1t was character
istic OF the times that the artists should
have asked 1000 francs for this last
tribute to Chopin. One would have
thought that pride would have kept
them from selling their gifts on such
an occasion"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
The Government Fighting the Insect

From THE Federal Government as Teach
err" in the Craftsman for May.
In nothing do farmers more need ex-
pert advice than in the determination
of insects that threaten the destruction
of their hard raised crops Especial
study has been given to the cotton boil
weevil, particularly malicious In Texas
and Louisiana. The investigation shows
that dry weather is destructive to the
pest, but tine entomologists agree that
the worst enemy to the weevil is the
native ant, solenopsis geminata. Climb
ing the stalk for the possible nectar OF
the blossom, 1t encounters the weeVil
and seiZes him. The rapid spread or
the ant is therefore much to be de-
sired by cotton growers and as a mat
ter of fact the tribe is advancing. I'm
ported parasites have been tried against
the weevii, but with poor results. This
native combatant is best.
Another large field for entomologists,
both state and federal, Is the study Of
washes to be used for the San Jose
scale, the enemy of orchards from Cali
fornia, where 1t first appeared, east
ward to the Atlantic border, where 1t
now infests peach, plum. pear and ap-
pie trees. Lime-sulphur washes have
been experimental with, the bureau Of
chemistry aiding essentially in finding
the best proportions and the best man
ner OF application. An efficient for
ter, 20 pounds of quicklime, and 10
| pounds of either flour or flowers Of sui
phur, boiled together for one hour. Salt
| and sugar have both been tried with
the above ingredients, but the bureau
finds they add nothing to the efficacy
| Of the lime and sulphur. Various other
| injurious growths on fruit trees are also
| killed by this simple wash.
But better, because less trouble, is
| the destruction of the scale insects by
| beetles and birds. This subject has re-
| ceived the careful attention of the
! biologists of the department. The card
! iual and grosbeak are found to be very
| fond of the plum scale, which also in
| tests cherry trees. The black scale is
| now in California a more serious pest
| than the San Jose, and no less than 20
| species of birds are known to eat 1t.
| They include woodpeckers, sparrows,
vireos, wrens and bluebirds. Indeed,
| 81 species of bird feed upon some scale
| insects and their eggs. Who knows but
that, without the aid of birds, the va
rious scales would rob US of all our
| fruit?
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
TWO ARE KILLED
IN FREIGHT COLLISION

Pierre, S. D., July 1S.-At a collision
here early this morning between an
engine backing down the track and an
incoming freight train the engine tip
ped over. killing the fireman instantly:
The engineer had his leg cut OF and
was scalded by escaping steam. He
was brought to the hospital where he
died soon afterward. Both victims.
Fireman Clyde Barrett and Engineer f.
l.. Weaver, lived at Huron, this state.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
NEXT HIGHEST MASON
IN WORLD TO RETIRE
FROM BUSINESS LIFE

Milwaukee, Wis, July 17.-Henry l..
Palmer, president of the Northwest
ern Mutual Life Insurance company,
with headquarters in Milwaukee,
stated last evening after his connec-
tion with the company for about so
years, that he would not be a candi-
date to succeed himself at today's an
nual election of the company.
Next to King Edward VII, Mr.. Pal
mer is the highest Mason in the world.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
BROKEN MAIN FLOODS
NEWSPAPER OFFICE

Yankton. S. D., July lS.-A big break
in n city water main deprived Yankton
citizens of city water for eight hours
Monday evening. A forgotten tap in
the Elk rooms deluged water down for
six hours on the Press and Dakotan
Offices and In the morning the establish
ment was water soaked as If after a
bad fire.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
JUDGE TAKES RIDE
IN PATROL WAGON

Boston, Mass, July 17.-Desiring to
make practical study of criminology
and police methods, Judge Arthur p.
Stone, of the Cambridge district court,
rode three times in the patrol wagon
of station last night His first study
was of the alarm system. Then he
examined the cell rooms, wagon house
and lofts.
my aim was to see the prisoners at
the time they were arrested, before
they had a chance to get out of their
intoxicated condition, and to witness
how they acted" said Judge Stone.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

Edward Rice relates that when Herr
Won Buelow was In Boston Napier
Lowthion, musical director at the Bos-
ton theater, introduced him, saying:
Herr Won Buelow, this is Mr. Rice,
a Boston man who knows nothing
about music whatever but who has
written two operas" "So?" said Won
BueIow, interrogatively. I've haf also
in Europe II shentleman vat knows
already plenty operas"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

The announcement that the Hay
wards Heath Horticultural society was
prepared to pay penny for every
queen wasp brought to the summer
show has caused the secretary to be in
undated with wasps from all parts OF
England. Some OF the senders have re-
quested that the money they consider
due them should be forwarded by re-
turn Of post. The secretary, however,
wishes 1t to be understood by senders
that only persons living within the ra-
dius OF the show will be paid for their
pyaana
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
WHOLE TOWN WIPED
OUT BY BIG FIRE

New Philadelphia, Ohio, July 49,
The town of Baltic, Tuscarawas coun-
ty, containing 500 people, was prac-
tically wiped out today by fire. The
fire started at o'clock last night and
ragged until early today. The town
firemen were unable to do anything
with the flames, which destroyed up
wards of 40 homes and business build
ings Loss is estimated at 100000.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
SERVANT rs HELD
MEMBER OF FAMILY

Washington. July lS.-That house
hold servant when travelling with
member of the family is entitled to
a mass as Is lawfully included within
the term family" as used in the act
to regulate commerce, is one of sew
eraI interesting conference rulings
made today by the Interstate Com
merce commission.
This decision is a modification of
a previous ruling which held the word
family as used in the anti-pass pro-
visions of the act did not include
servants.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

Natives of India have held for CEN
turies that the waters of the River
Ganges are blessed and healing to
those who bathe therein. A scientist
says: Il have discovered that the wa
ter of the Ganges and the Jumna Is
hostile to the growth OF the cholera mi
crobe, not only owing to the absence of
food materials, but also owing to the
actual presence Of an antiseptic that
has the power of destroying this mi
crobe."
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25
RELAY MESSAGE GOES
THROUGH SHERMAN'S
HANDS IN UTICA

Utica, n. Y, July 1S.-The New York
Chicago relay message arrived here at
LAS p. M, and was sent forward by
runners without moments delay.
Representative Sherman passed the
message from the runner who brought
1t in to the one in waiting.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

Consul II. Albert Johnson, Of Liege,
reports on an investigation by the Bel
gian Royal Medical society as to wheth-
er the consumption Of oysters has con.
tributed to the apparent extension Of
typhoid fever. In summing up the pro-
fessional testimony from different sec
tions of the country the conclusion was
reached that eating oysters could have
been productive OF typhoid fever only In
exceptional cases, and I'm such cases
was more to be attributed to the un-
sanitary manner I'm which the oysters
had been handled than to any germs
contained In the oysters themselves.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

The youngsters of Harlem evolved
recently game that Is enjoying great
popularity among them. coin is
placed on a crack In the sidewalk and
the two players stand opposite each
other and at an equal distance from the
crack, usually upon the next one. A
rubber ball Is then aimed and thrown
at the coin and caught on the bounce
by the opposing player. The coin. or
its equivalent, becomes the possession
of the player hitting It. 1t is gamb-
ling game, of course. but that Is prob
ably what gives II the vogue II enjoys.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

Plaster portraits are the fashionable
form of Counterfeit presentment" in
London. They are done in the form Of
miniature busts or bas-reliefs at the
low price OF half guinea (s2.50)
apiece. They are modelled by clever
artists from the sitter in As minutes.
In these tiny pieces OF sculpturc-they
are only about six inches high--the de-
tails OF costume are modelled with
charming delicacy. Many society peo-
pie have started collections of these
statuettcs of their friends.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

Chicago friends of l.. r. Dickson c:;-
pect that he Will be elected command
er in chief of the Grand Army of the
Republic at its national encampmcnt
in Toledo, Ohio, in August. He mas
the solid backing OF the Illinois delega-
tion, which was secured at the state
encampment at Quincy last week. Illi-
nois has had four commanders in chief
of the organization-John A. Logan,
who served in 1868. 1869 and 1870:
Thomas G.. Lawler, In 1894: James A..
Sexton, In 1898. and John c. Black, in
1903
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

don Times TO suggest that the consid-
cradle number of artists whose works
are accepted for the Royal Academy
but not hung through lack of space.
might have their names printed on the
backs of the catalogue as some slight
mitigation Of their hard fate.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

Jean de Reszke the famous tenor.
has severed his connection with the
Paris opera house. De Reszke was
ambitious for years to have II voice
in the management of the opera house,
and was finally taken In, but after six
months, with the title of singing di-
rector, during which time his advice
was ignored and no authority given
him, he resigned in disgust.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

A Colchester (England) rate payer
has received demand note for
farthing in respect of a rate for spe-
cial expenses under the sanitary acts"
After walking mile to the collectors
Office to pay II, he rendered n half
penny, but the collector could not give
him the farthing change.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

Gallatin claims to have the stlrgiest
man in Tennessee, If not in the world,
and a premium Is offered for his su-
perior In closefstedness. He got mar
ricd to a home girl to save expenses.
They walked around the square for
bridal tour He bought her a nickcrs
worth Of stick candy for wedding
present and then suggested that they
save the candy for the children.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

According to Professor Berthold, Of Vi
emma, mans intelligence, honesty and
good nature are in proportion to his port
illness. His brain expands with his body.
so that stout man is, as a rule, more
Intelligent than Il thin man.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

Oyster Bay, July 1S.-President
Roosevelt has refused to offer to make
speeches into the receiver of a talking
machine for the purpose of making rec
nrds for public sale
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

A great extension of the Siberian rail-
road is proposed along the river Amur.
and as Il has met with hearty approval
on the part OF the present ministry, II Is
likely TO be constructed. /. will open up
20 100000 acres Of corn land.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

'Two-story express stations are rec
commended by Bion J. Arnold, the ia
NOUS railroad expert for the New York
subway. He hopes thus to increase
the capacity OF platforms so per cent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

Blind women are now employed as
operators OF private telephone switch
boards and for taking dictation on
shorthand iyDawritprs
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

The Russell Sage fund is carrying out
a survey at Pittsburg TO see what means
other than water supplies distribute
typnold germs.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

The British Royal Academy, at the
next banquet, will ignore custom thar
has been observed for about 149 years.
There are to be no speeches.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

plow was put out In front OF a down.
town store In New York the other day and
several small boys gathered about it spec
ulating what 1t was and what It could be
used for.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

a Chicago man says that he has been
playing poker for % years and that his
accounts show that he is out Just S237
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

England owns GO per cent of the
mileage of submarine cables, the
United States coming next with IS per
cent, and France next with per cent.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

There are more potatoes eaten year
Iy in Belgium than in Ireland.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

The nignonette is the national flow-
or Of Spain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1908-07-25

We favor the extension Of the power OF
the Interstate Commerce commission so as
to make 1t effective in fixing and estab-
fishing maximum rates and so that the
commission can control the making or
classiiications. We also favor the giving
to the board of railroad commissioners OF
this state the power to control ciassifica-
tons and a law requiring that a rate or
classification once established between
points wholly within this state, shall not
be advanced without notice to the board
OF railroad commissioners.
We heartily indorse the efforts made by
the national administration to crush out
monopoles and illegal combinations and
to sternly punish the offenders. We In
sist upon a relentless continuance of that
policy.