Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1912-10-19
VICTIM OF cRANk's BULLET
Milwaukee Lunatic Fired on Colonel
Roosevelt as BE Left Hotel--
Wound Serious One.

dore Roosevelt was shot last night as he
was leaving the Gilpatrick hotel for the
Coliseum to make speech. The Colo
mel went on to the hall and began hii
speech after he had seen the assassin ar
rested and taken to the police station.
The man who made the assault later
gave the name Of John Schrank.
Henry q. Martin seized the assassin
and held him until policemen came up
A mob surged around the man. who ap,
parently is radical on the subject oil
Roosevelt's running for third term az
President.
The assassin, who is small of stature
admitted firing the shot, and said; "Any
man looking for third term ought to
be shot"
In notes found in the mans pockets at
the police station were statements that
he had been visited in dream by the
spirit of William Mckinley, who had
said, indicating Col. Roosevelt: 'This
Is my murderer; avenge my DEATH"
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Chicago, Oct. l6.-Colonel Roosevelt
is not merely specifically wounded by
the bullet fred into his breast last night
in Milwaukee by John Schrank. After
an all-day examination and consulta-
tion, the physicians tonight definitely
described the wound as "a serious
uonnd in Tho cbaot late b,,llaS;r
declared, "quietude is absolutely essen
tial." The physicians asserted they
would not now probe for or remove the
bullet. The patient will be kept calm
for several days. Roosevelt slept at in
tervals, ate rayenously, read at length,
and even limited he would not object to
a ride out in the fresh air. He received
the newspaper men who had been with
him, apologizing for not rising, and
jested with them. He said he would
hurry and get out to keep them busy
again.
The doctors are not inclined to allow
him to leave under ten days, and are
watching minutsly for a possible infec-
ton from the bullet. which lies, as
shown by X-ray photographs, near the
breastbone, on the right side, about five
inches below the collar bone. The bull
let did not get inside the ribs, but
ploughed upward and inward for five
inches. Roosevelt protested against an
edict barring callers and was anxious to
greet the members of his family. His
concern apparently was not for him
self, but for those he believed likely to
be too fearful for his condition. He
read the hundreds of kilograms that
poured into the hospital. Outside the
Mercy hospital grounds curious throng
remained all day asking for news.
Chicago, Oct. 1.-THE surgeons in at
tendance upon Col. Roosevelt are conf
dent that he will be out of danger by
tomorrow night, and are waiting for the
crisis tomorrow, without fear.
They believe that Col. Roosevelt will
be able to leave the hospital on Monday
at the latest, and it may be that with
these assurances Col. Roosevelt will be
able to leave the hospital on trip to
Oyster Bay, which has been planned
for Saturday.
Col. Roosevelt referred to his inter-
rupted campaign today and expressed q
desire to resume hostilities within few
days.
He says that he is "feeling bully"
E. E. Quiggle has gone to Mystic to
superintend the removal of big mill
located there, to Spokane, where it will
be set up and operated by a Chicago
company, which is represented by F. H.
Long, who is here looking up the inter
ests of his company. The mill was orig
inally erected at Mystic, was an electri-
cal proposition designed to treat ore by
a new method, but did not prove sue
cess. When rebuilt at Spokane it will
be stamp mill.--Rapid City Journal.
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Threshing goes merrily on although
up to q week ago it has been a PROPOSE
tion to move from one job to another,
but the work was done between show
ers. However, straw stacks are looming
up in every direction. Some fields are
yielding as high as 70 and 80 bushels
per acre. VIM. Hoy threshed over 8, ,OOC
bushels of oats last week, some averag.
ing 65 bushels per acre.
The Quartermaster from Fort Keogh
remount station will be at Fort Meade
October Oath and 25th to purchase ac-
ceptable three and four-year-old horses.
He will also purchase few matured
cavalry and artillery horses. If any oi
our local horse raisers are interested
they should meet the Quartermaster al
either Fort Meade or Hermosa on the
dates named.
Mrs. 7. A. Town, 107 9th st., Water.
town, 8. D., writes: "My four children
are subject to hard colds and I always
use Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
with splendid results. Some time ago
had severe attack of la grippe aud the
doctor prescribed Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound and am sure of good re-
suits" A. ]. Jones.
Miss Laura Lindlsy, state secretary oi
the Anti-Saloon League, was in Custer
Sunday, delivering two addresses, one