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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
SPARKS from TIE WIRES,

e. L, sHARKEE, Of Easton, O., who
was convicted of numbering his mother,
has been sentenced to be hanged on
Aug. l.
WHILE intoxicated James O'Connor, Of
Johnstown, Pa, assaulted John Paeiper,
when the latter drew a revolver and killed
O'Connor. E
EVERY boss printer at Halifax, N. S.,
has granted the demands of their employees
for nine hours a day with the same wages
as under the ten hour system.
MELVILLE 81, P1cKTHAL1, who mys.
teriously disappeared about the ii m Bur
chall and his party arrived in Canada, and
who was supposed to be in some way con-
nected with Burchall, has arrived at Wood
stock, Ont. :
GERMANY, on behalf of the German
colonies Of Cameroons and Togoland and
her colony in New Guinea, has adhered to
the treaties of Paris and Lisbon regarding
the interchange Of registered letters and
postal money orders.
The Etna Nut company's works and
Plattner & Porter's paper mill at Union
town, Conn.,, together with some adjacent
buildings, were burned. The loss was
heavy.
". O. CRoN1sToE, a tinware peddler,
was shot through a window near Willard
station, Neb, and instantly killed. An
tonic Frank, an italian, is under arrest on
suspicion.
JUDGE WATERMAN, Of Chicago, has
oyerruled the motion for a new trial in thfe
case OF Jerry O'Donnell, convicted as be-
ing 9 party to the attempt to pack the
cronin jury.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11

In the Ontario legislature Mr.. Graham,
member for East Lambton, moved that in
the opinion of the house it is desirable
that closer trade relations should be es-
tablished between the United States of
America and the Dominion of Canada aud
that the Legislature of the Dominion of
Canada should take such steps as they may
deem expedient to bring about unrestricted
reciprocity between the United States of
America and the Dominion of Canada.
There was no use IN conceal
ing the fact that the farmers were
handicapped by the prohibitory
tariff which the Americans had put
upon their products, and if something was
not done to relieve the farmers they would
Don become bankrupt. The United States
was their natural market, he said, and it
was in the interest of the whole country
that closer trade relations should prevail.
The farmers were as loyal as any other
men,, but they had a right to ask that JUS
tice be done them. If Canada failed to get
unrestricted reciprocity with the United
States, be believed annexation to be her
inevitable destiny. Mr.. Frazer, commits
sioner of public works, said that as the at
tendance WAS small, it would be unfair to
discuss this important subject and accord
ingly moved an adjournment of the debate,
which was carried.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
Suicide of a Wealthy Ch,caeoan.

Marcus c. Stearns, one of Chicago's
Oldest and wealthiest residents, attempted
suicide at his handsome Michigan avenue
residence Saturday. He fired four bullets
into his head, producing wounds from
which recovery is impossible. One shot
fired into the mouth almost split tee
tongue i'll two. The members of the fam
lily profess absolute ignorance beyond the
fact that for some time Mr.. Stearus has
been in depressed spirits. The four shots
were heard in rapid succession, and q mo-
ment later Mr.. Stearns was found stretched
on his back on the floor in his room, his
head in a pool of blood. 1t is surmised
that his depression was due to the recent
+ Aiis-sE ++e+ aHtshtte47, tt4e- + Hifec cf
ex-Mayor Carter Harrison. Mr.. Stearns
was one Of the leading men of the board of
trade and has an estate worth perhaps
81. 500. 900.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
A Spiritualist in Trouble,

DR.. Walter E. Reid, president of the
Michigan Sp%iritualists' association, has
been convicted of using tho mails for
fraudulent purposes in the United States
court. Reid published a %spiritualist pa
per, in which he inserted an advertisement
to answer letters addressed to persons who
have passed to spirit life" without break
ing the seals. His fee for answering ques-
tons In a letter sealed in the ordinary
was 81. If sealed with wax or
sewed with thread, SIS. He did on extern
sive business and reaped rich profits until
his methods were brough: to the attention
of Postmaster General Wanamaker, SEN
tence was deferred to give counsel time to
prepare q motion for a new trial, the re-
spondent being required to give bail for
81, 500.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
Gen. Crooks Remains.

Again the statement is made on the au-
thority of a member Of the staff of Gen.
Crook that the ~latter's body will be re.
moved from the cemetery at Oakland, Nd,
shortly, and placed in the soldiers burying
ground at Arlington. and will be placed be-
side the remains of his beloved chief,
Sheridan. Mrs. Crook, it is states, would
at first have preferred that the body should
remain at Oakland, but she has yielded to
the urgent wishes of the generals former
staff and many of his former comrades.
1t is added that Mrs. Crook will remove to
Washington, but it is believed that she will
prefer to remain at her old home at Oak
land. Bills granting her a pension of
$4,000 a year have been introduced in
both houses, and will probably pass
promptly.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
NAMES DUPLt CATED.
The --latest Returns Indicate Only Z
enty-FIve killed ii Louisville.

The Latest Returns Indicate Only Sew,
enty-FIve KILLED at Louisville.
The state Legislature has appropriated
$$3O,OO0for the relief Of the sufferers by
the cyclone. The latest returns indicate
that the number OF dead will not@reach.
over seventy five. Many of thesvictims'
names were reported to the coroner twice.,
and several dead were reported under two
names. One man was given three separate
names in the list of killed, while IN entire
family OF four persons was listed among
the dead under two names. Many who
we're supposed to have persisted, and
were reckoned among the dead, have
SINGS the excitement has abated
been discovered to be safe The work of
reliO is now proceeding systematically.
The clearing Of the streets entirely of
wreckage has also begun. A temporary
mechanism has been constructed by which
it is hoped the water reservoir can be snp-
piled. Meantime six fire engines will be
put to work to pump water into the reser-
voir from a small lake near by. Health
Officer Calf said he feared a great increase
of disease as q result Of q lack of water to
flush wi the sewer connections in case
there should be q water famine. The total
Of the killed in Webster county is forty,
and of wounded eighty. Seventeen lives
in all are said to have been lost in Allen
county, but their names cannot be learned,
as above given. Dwellings, barns. timber
and fences we're destroyed and the money
loss will be heavy.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
SINKING.
A Report that Liber,y's Island Is steadily

A Report that Liberty's Island Is Steadily
Settling.
1t is reported that Bedloe's island ID
slowly sinking INTO the waters Of New York
bay. A suspicion that such was the case
has existed in the minds Of those conver-
SAINT with the locality for the past year.
An examination by a few practical engi-
neers during the past few days confirms
this belief, and leaves no doubt, it is said,
that the statue of Liberty is eight feet
lower than when erected. Bedloe's island
is a rock, and was supposed to be as endur-
ing as the world itself, and would be were
it not for the fact that it is the
extreme of an enormous shelf under
meath which is Il bed Of quicksand
which extends across this section east and
west. The Central railroad of New Jer-
sey crosses it'at one point, and it has been
the cause of an immense amount o trouble
to that corporation to keep its track
above ground. 1t is thought that the part
of the shelf Of rock which forms the island
has broken off, and the rock foundation Of
the statue is slowly, but surely, sinking
out of sight into the waters of New York
bay. OF course the cause Of the breaking
of the rock shelf is not hard to tell; that
calamity was undoubtedly caused By The
immense weight of the stone pedestal on
which the statue is placed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
Told in Brief.

STANLEY will soon have a postofice,
PUKwANA now has q first class cream
cry.
THE Pierre Free Press has changed
from q morning to an evening paper.
PIERRE ''tin horn" gambler feeced o
young stranger out of $500 and got of
with a fine of $40.
GEoRGE PLUMMER, living near Column
,bia, had his hand blown to pieces by the
explosion of n cartridge while loading q shot
gun.
AFTER being out fifty hours the jury in
the Wood murder trial at Deadwood failed
to agree and were discharged by the court.
Thu case will come up for trial again MAY
5. The crime of which Wood is accused is,
the murder of an old man named Mcleod
last The old mans house was burned,
with all of its contents, and his charred re-
mains were found in the ruins. Circum-
stances point to Wood as having killed Nc
Leod and then set fire to the house to con-
ceal the crime.
SEEDING is now in progress in all sec.
tions of South Dakota.
A KNIGHTS OF HONOR lodge is being
organized at Aberdeen.
THE citizens of Sanborn offer q liberal
bonus for the erection Of a Touring mill.
TWENTY-FIVE Hughes county contested
land cases have been transferred from the
Huron to the Pierre land office.
JOHN MAY, a young man living near
Gilby, has mysteriously disappeared and
his friends think he has been foully dealt
with.
Stock on the Belle Fourche is reported
in excellent condition, the loss being esti.
mated at less per cent. than in any previous
winter.
The big Redwater ~irrlgating ditch will
be finished next week and will irrigate
many thousands of acres of land which in
the dry season would be of no special
value.
A STATE boarl of pardons has been or
ganized at Pierre. The board consists OF
the presiding judge of the supreme court,
the encouragement and the secretary of
state.
DAKOTA members of the Equal Suffrage
association now wear handsome metallic
badges. The badge is q finely engraved
star with the scales of justice suspe nded.
Neatly interviewer is the initial monogram,
4E. S. A.
A coAsTIEG schooner launched at Bath
Me-, the other day, was christened the R.
r. Pettigrew, in honor of Senator Petit
grew, of South Dakota.
APHILADEIAHIA syndicate is endeav-
oring to purchase a one-fourth interest in
theto site of Stanley. If the deal falls
through 100 acres will be purchased imme-
dlately adjoining the town.
PRIVATE MoURAY, one of the soldiers
stationed at Fort Pierre, while hunting
rab6its lost the thumb Of his right hand by
the accidental discharge Of his gum The
accidsnt will result in his discharge from
the army
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
Got Drunk and Drowned.

A sad accident befell three men and a
boy who We're boating on Willow river.
near Coviugton, Ky. William Kinney,
Mccarthy, Peter McGinness and
Johnny Burke, a Swear old boy, went out
in q skiff. The mon, with the exception Of
Mccarthy, were Intoxicated and their inc
briated condition was made worse by fire.
quent drinks during the ride. After row.
ing about awhile the boat was rowed into
Willow run, a stream which is now ten
times its usual size aud depth on account
OF back water from the Ohio river. Be-
coming reckless, Kinney and McGinness
rocked the skiff violently, causing it to
capsize, and the three were thrown into
the water. All but Mccarthy were
dro wned. He reached the shore in an ex-
hausted condition. Kinney and McCiin-
ness were too drunk to swim and were as
helpless as the little boy. All of the bodies
were recovered. Neither of the men were
married.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
SHORT BITS OF NEWS,

BULGARIA has yielded completed yto the
demands of Servia, and appointed q new
agent at Belgrade.
W1NDsToRMs damaged q number of
buildings ct Galenn, Monmouth and Ur-
bana, ILL.,, but no one was injured.
1T IS rumored that the O'Shea divorce
case, in which Mr.. Parnell is co-respon.
dent, has been finally settled.
The labor movement is extending in
Austria daily, and fresh strikes are immi-
nent in Vienna and the provinces.
The decree opening Chum- Kiag has
been signed at Pekin by the British minis
ter. The opening will largely develop
British trade.
The annual meeting of the American
Society of Microscopists, to be held in
August, will take place in Buffalo instead
of Louisville.
AT Atwood, Kan, Graceau Chleborad,
who has been on trial charged with pois-
oning his brother, has been sentenced to
fifty years in the pen~itentiary,
AT Kingman, Kas., several women en-
tered three places where it was supposed
HcIc DeIuR bOlu, anu Ill 1llulus
OF suspicious flavor were dumped into the
street.
The Cameron mine, at Shamokin, Pa,
with its twenty-five miles of galleries, will
be flooded, the fire having got beyond con-
troll. Damage to the extent of 800, 900
and the loss of a years time is the result.
IT is reported that the French govern
ment has ordered that a census be taken of
the German residents in the suburbs Of
Paris, SO that German residents without
means of subsistence may be sent to Ger
many
JUDGhESr has been entered in Chicago
for $4,000 in favor of Mrs. Mary F. Will.
Jams against her husband, Aaron s. Will.
Jams, in her suit for 800, 900 for Islander.
The action is the first of the kind in Cook
county.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
CAPT. ROBERTS EXPLAINS.
He Denies the Story of His A~bandonmen
of the City of Paris,

He Denies the Story of His Abandonment
of the City of Paris.
The Adriatic has arrived at New York.
Capt. Roberts was questioned about lis
action toward the disabled City of Paris.
He states that the story published is not
true, and is vouched for by one OF his
saloon passengers, George C. stearns.
Capt. Roberts states that he laid by the
Paris six hours, and that on the boat
from the Paris coming alongside his ves-
sci he informed the officer in charge
that he would do all in his power
to assist the disabled ship. He. signalled
the steamer Aldersgate and with
her proceeded to come up to the Paris and
on reaching her Informed Capt. Watkins
that he had spoken the A%ldersgate who
was willing to tow the Paris into Queens
town. He also offered to take off her pas
sengers and leave them Mt Queenstown,
not New York, as has been incorrectly re-
ported. and even stated to Capt. Watkins
that if it was absolutely necessary to save
life he would tow the Paris to Queens.
town. Capt. Watkins, on learning from
Capt. Roberts that steamer A%ldersgate
wonld tow him signalled thanks, 20
ahead" SO no proceeded on his voyage.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
THE MARK +
Sioux CITY Live Stock.

Hogs-EBtimated receipts, 900; official
yesterday, ! ;07O. Market active and strong.
Quotations. light, S4.oOa4.073a; mixed, $40
W4.10: heavy. s+.07}4@4.15.
terday, $50 shipments, 1893. Market active ard
firm. Quotations: Butchers' steers, primo, ss.75
"a co; medium to good, s3.45a3.75; feeders,
choice 900 to ]. 100 pounds, S2.95a3.25 medium
to good, $2.75 $50; stockers, choice, S2.75 g
800; medium to good, 50 50a2.7O; inferior,
cows, extra choice, 81, 8. 90;
medium to good, s2.5 aa.7o; common to infer.
choice, S2.65@2. 80; common, S2.4O92.60; bulls,
choice. S2,35@2,5 so; common, 81, Is calves,
$3.50 9 1880.
South Omaha Live Stock.
Hogs- Estimated receipts, $500. Official
yesterday ,225. Market opened higher, selling
Cattle-Estimated receipts, 1900. ofciaI
yesterday, $50. Market opened stronger.
Chicago Live Stock.
Hogs Receipts, 900. Market active and
firm at full former prices; light, 81. 1904. IS;
heavy packing and shipping, S1.25e4.47K.
Cattle-Reoeipts, 5000. Market steady to
strong beeyes and steers, s3.4oG5.O5; stoekers
and feeders, $2.35@3.so; Texas cattle, S2.4o0
800.
sheep-Receipts, 1000. Market strong; ma.
Texans, ST. 60@5 20.
New York Produce.
Wheat-Market fairly active, firm and higher;
May, 81 7-18@s7 15-16c.
corn.Maraes strong and higher; steamer
oats-DnH and steedy; wsgtern. 27H@s7o.
Provisions-Pork upohanged. Lard Steady
at $3.50. Butter slow and weak; western, s
10. Eggs easy; western, 1sa$ g 1Sc,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
VII FOR ~ M~ELODRAMA.
Incidents in the Trial of u Woman fol
Attempted Murder.

Incidents in the Trial of u Woman for
Attempted Murder.
A romance of Italian love and hate, q
faithless wife. a revengeful husband and o
mighty lucky lover was told in the general
sessions, New York, before Recorder
Smith. The husband made the wife fire
at her lover with bullets stepped in garlic,
according to a superstition among the
Italian p%easantry that to steep a bullet in
garlic puts its effectiveness beyond all
doubt. The tale was told in the
trial Of Concet>. Rosita, a rosy-cheeked,
plump young Italian woman, with a string
of variegated beads aroun her rounded,
tawny throat and every color of the rain
bow IN her attire. fer shining, ebon-black
hair was confined in a knot upon the back
Of her head, and golden dagger pierced
he'll knot. She was tried upon an indict-
ment charging her with assault in the first
degree, in firing a loaded pistol twice az
the head of Giuseppe Alianello, n trim
young Italian with the curling hairs and
mustache Of IN operate tenor. The de-
fendant testified in her own behalf through
the official interpreter. II knew Alianello
in Italy," she said, when we were very
young. We grew up, and l loved him, and
he loved me. But I married Pepito Ros-
lta. Alianello came to live in our home
when he came from Italy three months
age. My love for him came to life again.
My husband came home one evening and
found us together. He told Alianello
that he would kill him. He
went with me to q shop in the Bowery and
bought a pistol. He took out the cart
ridges and made me practice in aiming and
pulling the trigger. Then he Loaded it,
first rubbing the cartridges with garlic,
after the fashion of our country when we.
mean a bullet for our enemy's heart. Then
he said: you must go and kill Aliamello.
If you don't kill him l will kill you. If
you don't kill him by tomorrow morning
you can count yourself as dead"
The woman then told how she had
tricked her husband by pretending she
could never find Aliomello. At last
the husband arranged a meet
ing. Il went to A1iamello, and when he
bent down to talk to me I put the pistol
near his ear and fired. I did not aim at
him. l fired again in the air. I did not
wish to kill him, because I love him very
much" Then the woman broke down and
sobbed and wept. Recorder Smyth said it
was the most extraordinary case that had
come before him. The jury convicted
Concetta of assault in the second degree,
Recorder Smyth sentenced her to the pen,
itentiary for three years.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
GUARDING THE. PARK.
PRECAUTIONS FOR THE PHEsERvA-
TION OF YELLOWSTONE.
Its Friends Do Not Want It to BE a Play
Ground for Raiiroads-Some Suggestions
Regarding It-News of Other Sort.

aTNs ese 445lsSfE o. t4aIhH EgrhEH
Representative Carter and Capt. Bou-
telle of Montana; Gen. Benjamin H. Bris-
tow and Archibald Rogers, Of New York;
Hon. Theodore Roosevelt and Arthur
Hague, of the United States geological sur
vey, appeared before the public lands ccn-
mitteo of the house in favor of the senate
bill for the maintenance and better pro-
lection of the Yellowstone National Park.
Mr.. Hague protested against granting any
right of way or franchise for railway
purposes through the park, and while re-
GREETING the necessity Of cutting off my Of
the northern territory admitted the neces-
sity of some means for reaching Cooke
City by rail. An amendment proposed de-
fines the northern boundary as follows:
Making it coincide with the boundary of
Wyoming and Montana to its point of
intersection with the north bank
of the Yellowstone river; thence
along said north bank to its junction with
the Lamar river, sometimes called the east
fork of the Yellowstone; thence along the
north bank of said river to its intersection
with the parallel of A deg. SO min; thence
due east along said parallel to the meridian
of 100 deg. 80 min, west longitude; thence
due south along said meridian" This
would allow a right-of- way for railway
purposes from Cinnebar to Cooke City,
and would ut the same time permit the con-
struction of any railway up the Clark's
Fork of the Yellowstone river from the
east. The area cut off is only a small cor
,ner in the northeast of the park. The
northern boundary east Of the Lamar
liver would run along the ridge be-
tween Soda butte and Cache creeks,
leaving Soda butte canon entirely outside
the jurisdiction of the park. The commit
tee, with the possible exception Of Mr..
Holman, is favorably inclined toward the
amendment.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
No Use for Republlcans.

A special from Nashville, Tenn, to the
New York Herald, says: There is great ex-
citement at Snow Greek, Smith county,
Tenn, over 81 attempt on the part of a
number of citizens to compel Postmaster
Finn to leave the town. Several attacks
have been made on the postofice by armed
men, and the postmaster's son has been
crippled for life while assisting his father
to protect the office. 1t is also learned
that the American flag has been cut from
a staff on the p%ostofice aud torn to shreds.
The postaf6ce department sent an in
spector to investigate the matter. The re-
suit of his labors was the arrest of eleven
men, three of whom were on Saturday
held in S2,00 bonds to await the action Of
the grand jury. Those opposed to Mr..
Finn say they will never tolerate q republi-
can .pOstmaSter.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-04-11
Have Begun "a New Vendetta.

Hostilities IN the bloody ground made
notorious by the Hatfield Nc Coy feud
have broken out afresh and another victim
has been added to the long list of lives
which have already been sacrificed in this
vendetta. Information comes from Logan
court house, W. Va, that Jerry Hatfield
and M. G. Lee, an adherent of the Mccoy
faction, met in O public house. Both
Immediately drew revolvars and began
to blaze away at each other. The fusilade
continued until their ammunition was ex-
hausted. Hatfield dropped dead on the
floor. Lee, fourishing his revolver and
threatening to kill everybody who tried to
stop him, then went to the nearest stable,
compelled the owner'to saddle a horse and
galloped across the state line into Ken
lucky. Jerry Hatfield was a cousin Of
Devil Anse." The tragedy has caused
much excitement in Logan Court House
and more %bloodshed is feared.