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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-04
U REVENUES.
Amounts Collected From Various Sources
and How Disbursed.

.... #a 81 anu no" Ol6UurSeus g. .
The revenues of the government from all
sources for the fiscal year ending Tune 80,
1890, were S463, 063, 0s0. SIS, and the total ex-
penditures for the same period were $685.
61s,5S4.52. The postal receipts have not
heretofore been included in the statement
of these aggregates, and for the purpose of
comparison the sum of $50, 1852, 007. 92 should
be deducted from both sides of the account.
The surplus for the year, including the
amount applied to the sinking fund, was
S105, 344, 10000. The receipts for 1890 were
SIG, 030, 1923. 10, and the expenditures SIS, $780,
81 in excess Of those of 1889. The customs
receipts increased S., 1886, s42. SS, and the
receipts from internal revenues S11, 725, 191.-
so, while, on the side of expenditures, that
for pensions was S19. BIZ, 075.0 6 in excess Of
the preceding year.
The treasury statement for the current
fiscal year, partly actual and partly esti-
mated, is as follows: Receipts from all
sources, S406, 000, 900; total expenditures,
S354, 00O, 900; leaving a surplus. of S52. 0OO,-
600, not taking the postal receipts into the
/; account on eithersidc. The loss of revenue
from customs for the first quarter is esti-
mated at S25, 900, 900, but from this is de-
Quoted a gain of about SIG, 900. 900, realized
during the first four months of the year.
For the year 1890 the total estimated re-
ceipts are S373, 100000 and the estimated
expenditures S357, $50, 209. AZ. leaving an
estimated surplus of S15.14T,T90.58, which,
with u cash balance OF $50, O00, 900 at the be-
ginning of the year, will give S67, 147. 700. 5S
as .he sum available for the redemption Of
outstanding bonds or other uses. The estf-
ma ties OF receipts and expenditures for the
I postofice department being equal are not
included In this statement on either side.
The act directing the purchase of silver
bufyion and the issue of treasury not
thereon, approved July IA, 1890. had been
administered by the secretary OF The treas
5nry with an earnest purpose 70 get into cir
culution at She earliest possible dates the
full uiotIttly mounts of Treasury notes
CONTEMPLATED By its provisions, itild at the
SAND time 10 give to the market for silver
bullion such support as the law conteIu-
plates. ThesA,recent depreciation In the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-04
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE,

G1h ~ aEAEA - 49, W. ELr
10 the Senate and House of Represents
atives: The reports of The several execus
txedspaftments, which Wilt BIZ laid before
In the usual course, will exhlbft In
detail the operations of the government for
thelast Ave years, and only the more inn.
pertAnt incidcntsbresults, and chiefly such
as may be the foundation for the recon-
mcndions I shall submit, will be referred To
in this annual message. The vast and 1h-
creasing business of the government hHs
been trasacted by b several departments
during the year with fatthfulness, energy
and success. The revenues, amounting
to above 345O,00o, 900, awe been
collected and disbursed without
revealing, SO far as I can ascertain, q single
case OF d~efalcation or embekzleMent. An
earnest effort has been made to stimulate a
sense Of responsibility and public duty Oh
all officers and employees OF every grade,
and the work done by them has almost
wholly escaped u~nfavorAbie criticism. l
speak OF these matters With freedom, be-
cause the credit OF this good work is not
mine but is shared by the heads Of the
several departments with the great eoay ot
faithful officers and employees @ho serve
under them. The closest scrutiny of con-
gress is invited to all the methods Of ad-
ministration and to every item Of expendi-
ture.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-04
Tho News in Brief.

Mas. JUSTIN PErTI0REw has entered q
suit against the city of Sioux Falls, claim
ing damages to the amount of $500. This is
an old claim which has been pending be-
fore the council since last January, at
which time the damage alleged was done.
1t seems about-that time Mrs. Pettigrew was
driving on Tenth street on the east side,
where the viaduct is. now located. TIL
piers for the viaduct were then built, and
in driving one of these was struck in such a,
manner as to throw Mrs. Pettigrew from the
vehicle, causing slight injury to herself,
besides spelling a sealskin sacque which was
valued at $500.
A GRADER engaged in hauling logs for
Wade & johnson on upper Whitewood had
his foot caught under a heavy timber and
badly mashed. He was brought to Dead
wood and placed under the care Of a doctor.
LITTLE GEORGIA MILLER, Of Deadwood,
was run against by q schoolmate while going
homo from school and knocked down,
striking against some rocks, receiving a
scalp wound.
In many of the wells in Yankton county
the water is getting SO low that there is not
sufficient for the use of the farm, and some
farmers have to drive their stock n con-
siderable distance to water.
WILD geese. brought to Deadwood by
hunters, retail at 81 so each.
WILLIAM JEWELL, living in Groveland
township, Sphinx county, recently had a mar
row escape from death. His son was draw
ing q rife from q header box, when it was
accidentally discharged, the ball striking
Mr.. j. In the back OF the neck. Luckily for
him he had y heavy coat collar turned up
around his neck, and this served to break
the force OF the bullet, which. however
made an ugly wound, but was taken out BY
by the doctor.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-04
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Recommendations Made Concerning This
Most Important Branch.

AVG ~ SASAs
The report of the attorney-general is,
under the law, submitted directly to con-
gress, but as the department of justice is
one Of the executive departments, some
reference to the work done Is appropriate
here. A vigorous and, in the main, an eff
fective effort has been made to bring to
trial and punishment NIL violators Of the
laws, but at the same time care has been
taken that frivolous offenses should not be
used to swell the fees of officers or to ha-
rass well disposed citizens. Especial atten-
ton Is called TO the prosecution of VIOLA
tions Of the election laws, and of offenses
against United States officers. The number
Of convictions secured, very many of them
upon pleas of guilty, will, it is hoped, nave
a salutary restraining influence. There
have been several cases where postmasters
appointed by me have been subjected to
violent interference in the discharge Of
their official duties and to prosecutions and
personal violence OF the most extreme char
acter. Some of the cases have been
dealt with through the department
of justice, and in some cases the postofices
have been abolished or suspended. I have
directed the postmaster-general to pursue
this course in all cases where other efforts
failed to secure for any postmaster, not
himself in fault, an opportunity peacefully
to exercise the duties Of his Office. But
such action will not supplant the efforts of
the department of justice to bring the par
ticular offenders to punishment. The va
cation by judicial DEGREES Of fraudulent
certificates of naturalization, upon bills in
equity filed by the attorney-general in the
circuit court of the United States, is a new
application of a familiar equity jurisdic-
ton. Nearly 100 such DEGREES have been
taken during the year, the evidence dis
closing that a very large number of fraudu-
lent certificates of naturalization have
been issued. And in this connection I beg
to renew my recommendation that the laws
be SO amended as to require a more full
and searching inquiry into all the facts
necessary to naturalization before any
certificates are granted. 1t certainly is no,
too much to require that an application fo1
American citizenship shall be heard with u:
much care and recorded with as much for.
mality as are given to cases involving the
pettiest property right. At the last session
I returned, without my approval, u bill en-.
titled, San act to prohibit booimaking ant
poolselling in the District Of Columbia
and stated my objection TO be that it dit
not prohibit, but in fact licensed what i
purported to prohibit. An effort will b.
made under existing laws to suppress thii
evil, though it is not certain that they viii
be found adequate.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-04
AGRICULTURE.
The Report of the Secretary Deserving
Especial Attention.

"A AhOPoAS VI "o AAS
Especial Attention.
The report OF the secretary of agriculture
deserves especial attention in view Of the
fact that the year has been marked in q
very unusual degree by agitation and Or
g~anization among the farmers looking to an
increase in the profits of their business 1t
will be found that the efforts OF the depart
ment have been intelligently and zealously
devoted to the promotion of the interests
intrusted to its care. A very substantial
improvement in the market prices of the
leading farm products during the year is
noticed. The price of wheat advanced from
81 cents in October, 1889, to $1.OOM in DC
tober, 1890; corn from 81 cents to 500 cents;
oats from IN cents to 43 cents and barley
from SO cents to rs cents. Meats. showed a
substantial but not SO large an increase.
The export trace in live animals and fowls
shows u very large increase. The total
value in such exports for the year ending
June 30, 1890, was s33, 00c, 600, and the in
crease over the preceding year was S15,-
$50, 600 more hogs were exported than III the
preceding year. This export trade
in beef and pork produc Its
and in dairy products was very
largely increased, the increase in the arti-
Gle of butter alone being from Is, 504, 0TS
pounds to 29,74s,042 pounds, the total
increase in the value of meat and dairy
products exported being S340, 900, 900. This
trade, SO directly helpful to the farmer, it
is believed, will be yet further and largely
increased when the system of inspection and
sanitary supervision now provided b" law
is brought fully into operation.
The efforts of the secretary toe
the healthfulness Of our meats agar ,
disparaging imputations that hav. On
put upon them abroad lave resulted in
substantial progress. Veterinary surgeons
sent out by the department are now allowed
to participate in the inspection OF the 1.-Two
cattle from this country landed at the Eng
lish docks, and during the several months
they have been on duty no case OF conta-
gious pleuro.pneumonia has been reported.
This inspection abroad, and the domestic
inspection of live animals and pork pro-
ducts provided for by the act of Aug. 80.
1890, will afford as perfect a guaranty for
the wholesomeness Of oue meats offered for
foreign consumption as is anywhere given
| to any food product, and rs non-acceptancc
Will quite clearly reveal tie real motive OF
any continued restriction Of their use; and
that having been made clear, the duty OF
the executive will be very plain.
The Information given by the secretary
ofsthe progress and prospects OF the beet
sugar indlss RI Is full of interest. Ii has
alrsady rassed HI experimental stage aud
Is commercial! success. The areas.nYe1
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-04
THE NAVY.
what Has Been Done aud ID Dsipg In
Our Defense. 49,

what Has Been lone and II DsiDg In
Our Defense.
The. construction and equipment Of the
ships for the taIy have made very sat
isfactotty. progress: sihce March 4, 1889,
nine new Vessels have been pit IN eem-
mission, and during ttAts winter four more,
including one monitor, will D5 aAded: The
construction Of the other vessels authoftzed
IL being pushed, both in the government
and private yards, with energy and watched
With the tuost %scrupulous care. The ex-
beriments conducted during the year to
test the relative resisting power Of armor
platss havg been. so valuable 50 as to at
tach great attention III Europe, The, only
part OF the work upon the new ships that ~
threatened by unusual delay is the armof
plating, and every effort is being made to
reduce that to the minimum. It is o source
Of congratulation that the anticipated in
fuence OF modern vessels upon the esprit dc
CORPS of ths officers and seamen has been
fully realized. Confidence and pride in
the ships among the crew ars equivalent to
i scsohaaty battery: Your favorable con-
sideration Is th3itea to the recommends
tions Of the secretary,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-04
THE POSTAL SERVICE.
Gratifying Progress Made in This Branch
of tho Service.

Hk loSAoon a. Az IA
of tho Service.
The report Of the acknowledgement
shows the most gratifying progress in the
important work committed to his direction.
The business methods have been greatly
improved. A large economy in expendi-
lures and an increase OF Salts, 900 in re-
ceipts has been realized. The deficiency
this yeur is S5,783, 800, as against So, $50, 1883
last year, notwithstanding the great en-
largement Of the services. Mailroutes have
been extended and q~uickened, and greater
accuracy and dispatchsin distribution and
delivery have been attained. The report
will be found to be full of interest and sug-
gestion, not only to congress-, but to those
thoughtful citizens who may be interested
to know WIaat business methods can do for
that department Of public administration
which most Icarly touches all our people.
The passage OF ttfs act to amend certain
sections of the reYisstl statutes relating TO
lotteries, approyAd@@Sspt1 10, 1890, has boen
received with greet and served popsIats
favor.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-04

department Of Justice at once entered upon
tho enforcement Of the Law With sympa-
thetic. vigor, and already the public mail.
have beer largely freed from the fraudu-
lent and defnofH1iking appeals and litera-
ture emanating from the lottery COM
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-04
TIL. sioux R,,ervauon Survey,

PIERRE, 8. D., Nov. 25.-Surveyor-Gon-
eral Sullivan is in the city. A reporter
asked him how work was progressing on the
surveying of the reservation lands. about
one-half of the II, 0Oo, 900 acres have been
surveyed" replied Mr.. Sullivan, "and this
includes all tho lands in the newly coded
district west OF Pierre to the Black Hills.
Very little OF the lands north of the Black
Hills has been surveyed as yet. The appro-
priation this year was 100000, and $40, 600
has been provided for next year,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-04

A LARGE hotel has been built in Ham
burg entirely of blocks OF compressed
wood as hard as iron. end by.subjection
to- certain chemical processes rendered
proof agains5pot Gre and=the~@attae21ssss
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-12-04
Brown County Sugar Beets.

ABERDEEN, Nov. 25.-S. W.. Narregang
gathered up a bushel or SO Of sugar beets
from farmers around Aberdeen II sent
them to Prof. James H. Shepard, of the de-
partment of chemistry at the agricultural
college at Bookings, to be analysed.
There were two varieties-white and red.
Yesterday he received q reply from the
professor, who got the following results:
White-Sucrose or sugar, per cent, 1885;
marc, per cent, 5.66; degree brix. %; purity
co-eficient, 72; sugar in juice, 1913.
Red-Sucrose or sugar, per cent, 8.55;
marc, per cent, 3.26; degree brix, 1872; pur-
ity co-eflcient. So; sugar in juice, 1884.
"The white Variety says the professor,
ais above the average"
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-11
RAILROAD NOTES.
Choosing Representative for the Vast
ingtou COnveution.

Choosing n Representative for the VAST
ington Convention.
At the meeting of the State Board of
Railroad Commissioners tomorrow men,
Der will be chosen to represent the board at
the convention Of Railroad Commissioners,
which will convene in Washington on the
2Sth inst There has been some talk of the
commission attending in body, but proba-
bly, to no purpose. At the convention held
in March, 1889, J. w. Rae represented
the California board. and took an active
part in the discussion concerning the long
and short haul. At this coming meeting
the principal topics of discussion will be
railway legislation and classification of
railway statistics. All State officers
charged with the supervision OF railroads or
railroad interests, and the Executive Com
mittee of the Association of American Rail-
way Accounting Officers, have been re-
Quested to attend.
Sam Miller. agent of the Yosemite lines,
reports travel to the valley very good.
About twenty passengers are booked daily,
and as the season advances the number of
tourists will increase. The weather of late
has been fine, and the recent light rains have
had little effect oil travel. The hotel is be-
Ing rem0deled and some new furniture will
be added to its equipment.
Marshall Nj. kirkman, Second Vice-Pres-
ldent OF the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway, Stuyvesant Fisk. President of the
Illinois Central, j. G. Peasey, Vice-Presi
dent of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railway, and T.. j. Jeffrey, ex-Manager of
the Illinois Central, have been made Di-
rectors of the Worlds Fair at Chicago.
Several railway companies are now in the
market with orders for steel rails, in lots
ranging from 5000 to 40, 600 tons each. Rails
have dropped in both the Western and
Eastern markets. but reaction in the mar
kets is looked for.
In an interview yesterday, C. P. Hunting
ton spoke unfavorably of the proposed rail-
road between Santa Margarita and Santa
Barbara. He does not think that business
ut the present time warrants the construc-
ton of such line.
PreDtis Smith, the Sacramento banker,
and party OF seven, left the city last even
ing for st. Louis, over the Union Pacific.
They were accompanied as far as Sacra-
mento by W. r. Vice of the Union Pacific.
S. w. Eccles of the Union Pacific is ex-
pected home to-day from his Oregon trip.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-11
THE ZEALANDIA,
Arrival of tho Steamer From SYDNEY an
Honolulu.

Arrival of the Steamer From Sydney and
The Oceanic Steamship Company's
steamer Zealandla, Captain Won Oterendorp,
arrived in port at s O'clock last evening,
after a passage of "a days from Sydney, I
days from Honolulu. She brought 9S cabin
and 80 Storage passengers and $50 tons of
cargo from the Colonies and Il cabin and
II steerage passengers and 237 tons of cargo
from Honolulu.
Purser George McLane makes the follow
ing report: Sailed from Sydney on April
18th, arrived at Auckland on the Dist and
sailed on the same date; touched off Tu-
tuila April 25th; arrived at Honolulu on
May Sd and sailed same day. From Sydney
TO Auckland had strong southeast winds
and heavy sea; plenty of rain. From April
21st to 23d had light variable winds, thence
to Honolulu light easterly winds and fine
weather. Honolulu to San Francisco mod
crate northerly winds and fine weather.
Among the passengers by the Zealandia
are: Captain j. l.. Brewer, Bishop Dou-
nelly, Rev. r. A. Bartlett. Rev. d. o. Dono-
van, Rev. Z. j. King, Rev. n. Murphy, j.
y. Van Ransseiear, A. G. Whipple and
Evelyn Scott.
Among the cargo are 1897 bales hemp,
l44l ingots tin, S06 boxes onions, So bags
and ~ cases kauri gum, Is tanks glycer-
Inc, TO boxes apples, 2560 bags sugar and
1850 punches bananas
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-11
SONS OF VETERANS.
Complimentary Banquet to Their Com.
mander-in- Chief.

Complimentary Banquet to Their Com
mander-in- Chief.
The arrival in this city of General
Charles f. Griffin, COMMUNICATIVE Chief of
the Sons of Veterans and Secretary of
State of Indiana, was the occasion of a
complimentary banquet rendered him on
Friday evening by the Sons of Veterans of
San Francisco and Oakland. In the early
part of the evening the members of the
order and those of the G. A. r. who had
been notified of his arrival. assembled at
the camp chamber of Fair Oaks Camp, No.
Is, where he was received.
1t being the meeting night of the camp,
the regular order of business was gone
through with, after which the command
was given to fall in, and the column,
headed by the General and Colonel +. ".
Wood and under command of Captain John
L. Stone, marched TO the banQuet-hall,
where they proceeded to do justice to the
good things before them. Among the gaests
were Department Commander Buckles,
Past Department Commander c. Mason
Kline, Junior Vice Commander Wharf,
of the g. A. r. and several prominent men,
beers Of the Sons of Veterans, including the
newly elected Colonel of the California
Division. Fred V. Wood. General Buckles
spoke In behalf of the Grand Army, and
was followed by General Griffin, who
highly cOmplimented the members of Fair
Oaks Camp on the manner in which they
went through with their ritualistic work
and on their soldierly bearing.
Speeches were also made by q. Mason
Kline, Commander Wharf and others. and
Brother Guy Durrell then favored the COM
pany with several recitatons The pro-
gramme for the evening was completed by
giving three cheers for General Griffin, the
Il. A. X and the Sons of Veterans.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-05-11
THE STOCK MARKET.

stocks were dull yesterday and closed lower most
OF them touching the lowest price of the week.
Local securities were moderately active with
Electric Light as the favorlte stock.
San Francisco Gas Light declared a dividend of
80 cents. payable on the 18th.
The foil owing stocks sold ex-dividend yesterday:
Home Mutual ms, 81; Pacific Borax, 81: Pacific
Gas Imp. 40c; S. v. Water ST.
The Andes assessment falls delinquent in board
tomorrow.
portion OF the pumping machinery for draining
the Gold Hill mines has been shipped from San
FRANCISCO, and as the station the Sutro Tunnel
level Oh the crown Point incline is ready for its re-
cepion 1t will be placed in position with all posi-
BILE dispatch.
Con. CAL d Virginia produced In April / $40 tons
OF ore, yielding bullion valued at sle4s5S of
which $sb,738 was gold and S9S $40 silver The
average yield In bullion per ton was sl6 80 and the
average assay value OF the battery samples OF the
ore was $22 So per ton. The vi cid for the month
Of March was $246.0 600.
The lowest and highest prices of the lead
Ing stocks last week were as follows: Belcher,
81 1902 80; Best & Belcher. 50 1908 O5; Chollar
$2 56@2 &c; Con. Cal Virginia, 81 2O@4 SIS:
Commonwealth. So 1904 20; Crown Point, 500
2 30; Gould Curry, 81 4091 65; Norcross 81 500
z 80; Mexican, 81 SG@3 rs; ophir. 50 1904; Over
man, 81 05@2 SO; Potosi, 81 s5@3 Is; Savage.
81 66t91 IS; Sierra Nevada, 81 5000 80; Union
~ 25@2 so; Jacket, 81 1902 s..
Variations in local securities during the week we're
S. V. Water $100@1001a; Safety Nitro Powder,
$141a@l63s: Electric Light. $20@227s; Hawaiian
Commercial, $251a@27
Assessments Pending,
The following is list of assessment now ding.