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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

Goblets made of ice for use in hot
weather originated In Holland, where
they are widely used. This novelty has
been introduced in the United States
and is used at number of soda foun-
tains In the larger cities in tha eastern
states. After removal from the molds
the goblet Is placed In a sheath OF
parchment paper and kept in cold sto-
rage. or course II can be used but once
and is then thrown away.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

Miss Edna L. Foley has just resigned
her place in the Boston consumptive
hospital to become the head of the
Chicago tuberculosis institute. She is
a graduate OF Smith college, class of
1901. The Chicago institute has seven
dispensaries in different parts of the
city and employs nine trained nurses
TO assist in treating the patients. Miss
Foley will have entire charge of the
dispensaries and nurses.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03
ALMOST 1000 STRONG.

Ann Arbor, Mich, June 26.-Includ-
ing 35 postgraduate students who re-
ceived ministers and doctors degrees,
901 graduates were given diplomas at
the University OF Michigan today. The
graduating class is the last one to
leave the university under the presi-
dency of Dr. James B. Angel.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03
DIseARRED ATTORNEY
GETS NEW HEARING

Pierre, S. D., June 25.-The supreme
court yesterday granted the petit
tion Of George w. Egan, the Sioux Falls
attorney, who was disbarred after he
haG made record in the prosecution of
the Kaufman case, in which he asked
for an opportunity to make a showing
for reinstatement. The 1st OF Septem-
Der is set for the date of the hearing,
and all interested parties are to be
given notice.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

On the lines of the Great Eastern
railway in England, new regulation,
prohibiting the transportation of blind
and inf1rm persons unless accompanied
by attendants, has been adopted. The
company explained that the rule has
been adopted in the interest of the
safety of the persons affected by It.
Special rates for attendants are al
lowed where the afflicted passenger is
unable to pay full fare.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

Miss Mary L. Phillips has just won
the highest honors of the year the uni
versity medal, at the California state
university. Miss Almira Catherine
Johnson, student in the college of
letters, was the first of the student
speakers at the recent commencement
exercises. Her subject was california
Spanish Inheritance"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03
PRETTY GOOD BUSINESS
UNCLE SAM Is DOING

Washington, June 28.-The
government receipts from in
ternal revenue continue to show
a gratifying increase.
For May, 1909, the collections
amounted to S19,514,225, as
against S18,495,526 for the COR
responding month last year.
Spirits increased $913,963,
and tobacco S130,665. Beer and
other fermented liquors, how
ever, decreased SOS, ,fo2.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

England's airship Invasion scare has
Chronicle an aerial specter which APP
peared long before the flying machine
had shown any signs of flying. AT
Christmas time. 1912, the. people OF
Keniton, in Northamptonshire. were
alarmed by the apparition and noise
Of battle in midair, repetition OF
the real combat which had recently
taken place at Edgehill. This ghostly
fight Was said to have been fought sew
erai nights and witnessed not only by
the yokels. but even by special repre-
yentatives of the king. who recognized
among the fighters many OF their
friends who had perished.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03
GOVERNOR vEssEYs WIFE
RECEIVERS HEALTH

Pierre, s. D.. June 26.-Governor
Robert S. Vessey, accompanied by his
wife, returned to Pierre last night.
Some time ago Mrs. Vessey suffered
nervous collapse, and was taken to
private sanitarium, where she took a
treatment Of the rest cure. Her many
friends are rejoicing over her complete
recovery.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03
AN ALABAMA EARTHQUAKE.

Grass Valley, Ala. June 25.-An
earthquake, the most severe shock ex-
perienced here in several years, oc-
Cured at 1l:25 o'clock last night. A
second and lighter shock came at IL 40
o'clock. Reports from Marysville, Ne
vada City, Chico and Colfax say that
those towns were also shaken. No dam
age has been reported.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03
WANT UNIFORM LAWS.

Detroit, Mich, June 25.-Uniform
state laws requiring the licensing of
plumbers and the protection to the
trade against unskilled workmen were
among the subjects discussed by the
National Association of Master Plumb
ers here today. The report of the legis-
lative committee showed that nearly
all states had enacted laws regulating
the installation of sanitary plumbing.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03
TWO men DROWN
IN THE FLOODS OF
WESTERN DAKOTA
Raft Sinks in Raging Stream
and Man Borne Down by
Weight of Clothes.

Belle Fourche. s. D., June 26.--In
full view OF a score OF persons who
stood helpless on the bank. A. F. Lam
strorn. a homesteader near Philip,
drowned in the Grand river while
crossing on a loaded raft. The raft
swamped in midstream. Six of its oc-
cupants swan to shore, but Lanstrom
was weighted down with rubber coat
and boots and was helpless. He was
35 years old and had a wife and baby.
Drowning in the high waters OF
Horse creek, north of here, was the
fate of Dan Sullivan. who came re-
Gently from Indiana
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

Professor Carl Lohmeyer, of Konigs-
berg, who died at Dantzic at the age
pf n, was born without arms A special
permit was granted TO allow his entry
into the university service. His stu
aents opened and shut doors for him.
put he turned the pages of books with
his mouth and could sign his name
firmly with a pen held between his
teeth.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03
MAKE PLACE TO USE
TWINE PLANT FUND

Pierre, S. D., June 26.-The state
treasurer will issue a call for all out
standing state warrants on the gen.
eral fund on July /. This comes
through the fact that the legislature
authorized the treasurer to take funds
from the twine plant fund, which were
not in use, and apply the same to pay
ing the general fund warrants.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

A new form of arc lamp has just
been devised says the Scientific Amer
lean, In which carbon disks are used
instead of carbon rods. These disks
are constantly rotated, and the arc
takes place between the peripheries OF
the disks. Owing to the continuous
rotation, the disks are consumed uni
formly. The lamps are small as COM
pared to the ordinary type. The size
OF a 10-ampere lamp is but 20 inches
over all. 1t is claimed for this lamp
that It will burn 30 per cent longer
than the rod type
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03
LAND OFFICE CLERK
GOES TO BELLE FOURCHE

Aberdeen, S. D., June 28.-Alexander
j. George, for many years chief clerk
Df the Aberdeen land Office, has received
notice from the government that he is
transferred. effective July !, to the new
ly established United States land Office
at Belle Fourche, S. ID.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

Queen Wilhelmina, OF Holland,
although rich. is not nearly so rich as
the emperor OF Russia or the emperor
Of Austria, and II is doubtful whether
she has so large a fortune as the king
and queen OF Denmark or the king of
the Belgians.' or even the king OF the
burns by successful speculations. II is
also said by those supposed to know
that Queen Wilhelmina has not inher-
tied largely from numerous relatives.
She inherited the fortune of her faith
er, King william, but not a cent has
come to her from any other relatives.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

From Cleveland comes the wall OF an
old fashioned man who longs for the
things that were. Desiring to get a
bootjack, he visited six stores in his
search, but at none OF them was the
article kept In stock. In half the
places the spruce young clerks had
never heard of such thing, and one
bright youth of n later generation
brought out a shoe horn in the conf
dent belief that that was the thing de-
sired. Not even in the souvenir shops
could the object of search be discov-
cred
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

BERLIN-Mme Marcella Sembrich
made her farewell appearance on the
German stage last evening as Rosna
in 1.-THE Barber of Seville" She re-
ceived an ovation unusual in character
from the great audience, being called
out about 80 times before the curtain.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

The Lancet wants TO sign one more
death warrant. This time II Is the
early morning cup of tea that is In dis
favor. 1t is admitted that the insti-
tuition IL a source of comfort and re-
freshment TO a good many persons
when the mental and physical faculties
are In a more or less lethargic state,
and, that being so the Lancet Is prob
ably quite right In asserting that 1t
is superfiuous for physiology and chem
Istry to preach that the practice may
be beset with troubles connected more
or less with the gastric machine"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03
INDIANS REPRODUCE
CUSTER MASSACRE

Philip, s. D., June 2S.-The
Cheyenne River Reservation In
dians have held a council and
decided to have two celebrations
Of the Fourth OF July, one for
the eastern half and the other
for the western. The latter will
consist of a reproduction of the
Custer massacre, which will be
given on Bear creek. It hap
pens that in the Cheyenne
agency are a number OF red
skins who fought against Gus
ter, and they will superintend
the mock battle. Already the
Indians are arranging their cos
tunes so that they can appear
for the occasion in the full re-
gala OF war.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

More or less credence is still given
10 the old belief in the sympathy Of
The vegetable kingdom for human suf-
.ering. Il prayed all night" writes
gardener whose employer was very
lick, "and the flowers on my window
Bill dropped and said to myself they
were dead. But toward morning they
picked up and / was sure enough the
master was better And the same
thing happened to the flowers ! had
sent to his bedroom. They was dy-
Ing and they came to life again. And
I know'd when those flowers picked
up that the master was better"
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

The first memorial to be prepared for
place In the new memorial building
et the University of Michigan will be a
bronze bas-relief of President Angel,
TO be presented to the university by
Regent Arthur Hill, of Saginaw.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03
NEW ORLEANS TO EUROPE.

New Orleans, June 26.-The Austro,
American steamship line will re-establish
a service from New Orleans to Marseilles
and other Mediterranean ports, according
to an announcement made here today
Monthly sailings are to be begun the lat
ter part of July.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

1t has been demonstrated by numer-
Dus experiments in Europe as well as in
America that the pulp possessing the
best fiber for paper, and the most prac-
ticable to make, is that derived from
the wood of the spruce and fir.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

CINCINNATI, OHIO-One man was
killed and seven were injured, four of
them seriously, in the fall of an ele-
va.or from the seventh story of the
Murdoch building last night.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03
MORTIMER RECEIVER
AT BELLE FOURCHE

Washington, June 25.-The president
today sent to the Senate the NOM
ination OF Samuel G. Mortimer to be
receiver of public moneys at Belle
Fourche. S. ID.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

Lord Curzon at q meeting in London
declared that tho enfranchisement OF
women would endanger the safety of
the empire.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

Fifty thousand tons OF SCOT are taken
from London chimneys in a year. II
is estimated to be worth 100000 and
is used as a fertilizer, half ton to an
acre.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

There are times. when, because of
insufficient water power. It is not pos
sible to supply electric light for both
the houses and the streets in Bogota,
Colombia, so the streets remain dark.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1909-07-03

The emperor OF Austria is the only
royal parsonage of Europe who refuses
10 recognize the automobile
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-10-28

Z 80 -s Z. y 4
Monday.
Misse Nora Jacobson sis spending z
few days at the Tronblee home.
Mrs. L. Irving and Miss Dena spok-
lie spent Saturday and Sunday In MI
not.
Miss Mile Hesnaut is enjoying a
visit from her sister. Mrs. Master OF
the Philippines.
A dance was given at T. J. Tromb-
lees last Saturday evening in honor OF
their son Ross. The occasion being
/ his twenty-frst birthday. EVERYBODY
present reports a very pleasant time.
The Union Ladies' Aid will give an
entertainment in the Shea school
house Saturday evening, Nov. .. A
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1909-10-28

In our last issue, we had an oppor-
tunity only, to give our readers a
brief account of the death of NJ. N,
Johnson, Junior Senator from North
Dakota, whose demise occurred at the
Gardner hotel at Fargo Thursday
night, at 1880 o'clock. The cause OF
the death of Senator Johnson was
Bright's disease, from which he had
been ailing for years. About two
weeks ago he went to Fargo and sub
mitted to an operation Tor growth
in the nose, caused from Bright's d.
sease. The operation was not a Sc
rious one, and the patient was able
to visit the office of the surgeon
daily, until day or two before his
death, when he took to his bed. The
morning before he died, he grew very
ill, and the doctors held out few
hopes for his recovery. Towards ev-
ening he became unconscious, but
few minutes before he breathed his
last he regained consciousness, and
said to his wife, who was at his bed
side, I'm very tired" and these were
his last words. He passed away soon
after.
Mrs, Johnson bore up in this trying
ordeal with great fortitude.
At the bedside at the time OF his
death, were his wife, and his brother,
l.. C. Johnson and Doctors J. H. and
Martin P. Rindlaub. The end came
peacefully, like one falling asleep,
he passed away.
The news of Senator Johnson's
death came like thunderbolt out OF
clear sky, for very few realized that
he had been i'll. On the Sunday be-
fore his death, his old trouble,
Bright's disease attacked him, and
he became belfast from that. time on.
During the afternoon the senator
81 oke Of trip that he had planned
this week to st. Louis, where ne
WIS to be guest at banquet to be
given in honor of President TAFT.
He apparently did not realize the
seriousness of his condition. Ere
quently he complained of being tired.
The end came almost without warn
ing. The physicians took frequent
tests of his temperature and respira-
ton, assisted by the nurses, Miss
Anna Coulin and Mrs. Edith Cunlff
Shortly after 6 o'clock the senator
began to breathe with difficulty.
From that time until the end of the
decline was gradual. The physicians
administered medicine in an effort
to ease his breathing, but the growth
in his throat, which is. a symptoms of
Bright's disease in the advanced
stage, grew larger until death en-
sued.j He suffered practically not at
ALL Mrs. Johnson realized that her
husband was leaving her, but bore
up with wonderful fortitude.
Senator Johnson's life was entwin-
ed with the foundation stones of North
Dakota's history, and his service as
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Senator NJ. n.
johnson At Rest
Body Inferred in An Transformations Manner at
PETERSBURG, N. D.---Intorestine Facts Con-
corning the Life OF Prominent
.Y+@%z Statesman

. = public servant went far to give the
structure OF the commonwealth its
solidity and dignity. 1t Is difficult to
say just who Senator Johnson's sue.
cessor will be. According to the law
l'of the state, the governor must name a
successor who will hold the senatorial
seat until the legislature which con-
venes in January, 1911, can elect a
senator. The appointee will represent
the state in the coming session OF
! congress which meets the first Mon
day in December. s,... H.. r...-
Hon. Martin N. Johnson was born
ON a farm in Racine county, Wiscon-
sin, in March, 1850. His father, the
Rev. Nelson johnson was born in
Norway and came to this country in
1889, and was married to Anna Sell
helm, a native of Norway. He was
also a farmer and kept close to the
soil. The family moved to Iowa in
1850, and there the subject of this
article was reared to manhood and ed
ucated for his life work. He was
prepared for college, and entered the
Upper Iowass University at Fayette.
From that excellent college he went to
the state University and took the full
four years classical course there and
was graduated with the class of 1873.
He became a teacher after his gradu-
alton and taught for two years in the
California Military academy at Oak
land. In 1875 he returned to Iowa and
was elected to the legislature from
Winnechiek county. This was his
first entry into politics, he being twen-
ty- five years old at that time. The
neM. year he was presidential hlector
on the Republican ticket and helped
to elect President Hayes. In 1877 he
was elected a senator in the state leg
islature and served four years. In
that capacity. In 1882 he came to
North Dakota. He settled on un-
surveyed public land and opened
farm, where his family still resides,
near what is now the village of Pet
ersburg, and twenty-five miles from
Larimore, which was then the nearest
railroad station.
The country was wild prairie for
miles around, and the inhabltation
that sheltered him from the weather
the first winter was sod shanty such
as the first settler usually built and
used in that country at that time.Much
of the farming and other work in
those days was done with oxen, and
Mr.. Johnson used some oxen but de-
pended mainly on horses.
For the first four years after his ar
rival in the territory of Dakota, Mr..
Johnsondevoted all his attention to
farming. In 1886 he was elected dis
trict attorney, and again II 1888, SER
wing four years in t, at capacity. In
1889 he was sent as a delegate to the
constitutional convention at Bis
marck and was Woodworking and
faithful member Of that important
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Freedom md Vicinity

Any more calendars 10 spare? II &c
send one to Geo. Bebee?
Miss nina Holm returned from BOT
tineau County last week.
The Union Ladies Aid will meet a
H. Cormany's Nov. 4. Come early anc
bring your lunches.
Miss brady and Miss Underdahl cal
led on Mrs. c. NJ. Christensen last
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the Senator'S home and placed in the
green room, the. sleeping room Of the
senator, and there the cover was re-
moved. and the body lay in state,
that old friends and neighbors might
take a last view.
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body, He was chairman Of the COM
mittseeon corporations and had .
hand in the shaping of legislation on
.onibition and education. That year
he was a candidate for the United
States senator before the first legis-
lature, and in the Republican caucus
had forty-two votes out OF the eighty
cast, and was entitled to the united
vote OF the party in the joint conVen-
ton. The other thirty-elght Repub-
lican votes were divided among. seven
competitors, who finally combined ~1un
ten Democrats and thus secured MS
defeat. In 1890 he was sent to the
United States congress as a represeh-
tative, and was three times re-noml-
uated by reclamation, and had served
eight years in the lower house OF con-
gress, alike to his credit and TO the
satisfaction of the people. He held a
prominent place in the arena OF pol
itios, and served on some OF the most
important house committees, among
them being those on coinage welgncs
and measures, and ways and means.
He stood consistently for SOUND mon
ey and a protective tariff.
Mr.. johnson was a devated member
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
and served as member OF the gener-
al conference of that church, which
was held in Chicago during the month
of May, 1909. He and Miss Stella
White were married in 1879. They
are the parents of four children.
Mr.. Johnson announced himself as
a candidate for the United States
senate at the opening of the cam
paign for the senatorship under the
new primary law. At the primary
election in June, 1908, he received the
second highest vote for the senator
ship, and at the general election In
1908, which the contest was between
himself and Thomas F. Marshall, he
was chosen for the senate by sub
stantial majority. At the legislative
session he was elected senator by the
unanimous Republican vote of the
;wO houses.
The Funeral
The funeral of the late lamented |
Sen. M. N. Johnson was held from the
Vincent NJ. r. church at Petersburg
Y. D., on Sunday at one O'Clock p. m.
Elder J. G. Moore, of the
Grand Firks District of the M. E.
shurch presided and he was assisted
~ Rev. H. e. White, pastor of the M.
,. church at Petersburg. The re-
Mains were inferred at the Petersburg
cemetery, half mile east of the
,ity. Although offered public funer-
Il, by Sergeant-at-Arms Daniel NJ.
of the United States Senate,
Is is customary on the death of SEN |
ltor, Mrs. johnson and other relatives i
lecided to have the remains laid at !!
est without the pomp and display OF
N official funeral. Besides the active |
,all bearers, the following acted as
honorary pail bearers:
Senator Porter j. McCumber, Wah-
)eton. s.
Congressman L. B. Hanna, Fargo.
Jurge w. S. Lauder, Wahpeton.
Hon. E. H. Holte, Fargo.
Hon. B. G. Skulason, Grand Forks.
Judge Edw. Engerud, Fargo.
The remains of the Senator arrived
in Petersburg Saturday morning at II
o'clock, and were accompanied by the
Senator's son, Ralph X. Johnson and
his private secretary S. G. ,Skulason,
and by distinguished party of North
Dakota statesmen and friends of the
senator. The remains were taken to
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small admission will be charged.

iW1ANTED-S Salesman with rig for
Ward county to take orders from
farmers for our house and stable dis
infectants and insecticides Samples
free. $4,000 per month easily made.
Write for particulars. United Chem
'ical Co. Minneapolis, MINI. tt
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Peter Fisher, young laborer at
Flaxton, took crazy spell. and be-
lieyed that others Of the crew were
going to kill him. The arrangement
was merely temporary, and the young
man has been sent to Minnesota, his
old home for treatment.