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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
Tho Force Of Habit.

How many of our readers who
were shouting "reform in poll
tics" for months before election,
found themselves on election
day marching up to the polls
and, forgetting their gun, 1.-THE
Independent ticket) called for a
rock ian old party ticket) to
throw-knowing at best they
could only scare the game by SO
doing. Party prejudice is one of
the greatest hinderances to a
successful free government.
Voters who like Mike are "just
over" are too apt to forget the
gun and call for a rock. Let the
work of education be pushed to
an extent that party prejudice
shall be buried so deep as never
to be r%esurrected and the ''force
of habit" that prompts men to
vote directly against the inter
ests Of home and country shall
be cured forever.
Thomas Jefferson told the peo-
pie, "you can legislate prosperity
or adversely upon yourselves
If this be true-and it certainly
is true-the man who so far for
fets himself in the excitement
Of a political campaign as to
cast his ballot carlessly must
consider himself his ownenemy.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
Webste City.

Is not a dollar a day enough to buy
bread? Water costs nothing, and a
man who cannot live on bread and
Wateris not fit to live. A family may
live, love, laugh and be happy that
eats bread in the morning with good
water, and water and good bread at
noon, ana water and good bread at
nlghJ.-Rer. Henry Ward Beecher
(Rep.l
The time is near when they 1.-THE
banksl will feel called upon to act
strongly. Meanwhile a very good
thing has been done. The machin-
cry is furnished by which in an emer-
gency, the financial corporations of
the east can act at a single days
notice with such power that no act
of congress can overcome or resist
their decision.-Neu York Tribune
(Rep.)
There seems to be but one remedy
and that must come, a change of
ownership; that is, tenant farmers on
the one hand, and landlords on the
other, like that which has long ex-
isted In Europe and our own state
of California. Everything seems ripe
for the change; half of the farms Of
the country are ready to be sold if
buyers would appear.-Neu York
Times (Den.)
The American laborer must hence
forth make up his mind not to be
better off than the European laborer.
Men must be content to work for less
wages. In this way the workingman
will be nearer to the station in life to
which it has pleased God to call him.
Ne,o York. World lDem.l
Hand grenades should he thrown
among those who are striking to
obtain higher wages, as, by such
treatment, they would be taught q
valuable lesson aud other strikers
could take warning from their fate.
-Chicago Times DEM
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
the monthly public debt statement as
debt of the United States bearing no
interest.
Sec. Z That this Act shall take eff
feet thirty days from and after it's
passage.
" ... II NEW NOTE,
THE NEW NOTE,

S......
On the first day of........1s9.., for
value received, promise to pay to.
the order of Iowa Loan and Trust
Company, at its Office in the city Of
Des Moines, Iowa, the sum of........
dollars, together with interest
thereon at the rate of....per cent. per
annum from..........189.. payable
semi-annually on the first day off,.
and......in each year, until the ma
turity of said note; but with interest
at eight per cent. per annum after
maturity, or after default shall be
made in the payment of any INSTALL
ment of interest: and any interest
overdue shall bear interest at eight
per cent. until paid; and in addition
thereto the maker hereof agrees to pay
two per cent. on all past due interest
as penalty and %liquidated damages
for such default. Payable in lawful
money Of the United States other than
silver coin and silver certificates. And
if suit be commenced to collect this
note, then....agree to pay the attor-
ney's fee for collecting the same.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
The Silver Bill Fraud.

see that as a rule but little atten-
tion is given to the silver bill, by eth
Ct the reform papers or Others, except
ator, Cullom, of Illinois, and other
Republican speakers are singing its
praises. To my mind it is on a par
with the credit strengthening act, the
exception. clause in the greenback,
etc. / will repeat that part of the
bill that ought todownit in the mind
of every honest, fair minded citizen.
1t goes on to recite that these silver
certificates shall be legal tender for
all debts both public and private,
NOW comes in the damning clause)
''ercept achere otheracise stated IN the con-
tract" Now this clause gives to one
class of our citizens the legal right to
say what kind Of money they Inust be
paid in. One congressman wrote me
a long letter stating that because the
certificates were interchangeable with
gold, silver and greenbaoks, that
clause made no difference. This is
plausible, but look at it. This privi-
legged class is the money lender. Sup
pose this law is left on the statute
books until the money lenders have
the country flooded with contract
notes to be paid in gold; then these
same men with the money come again
to the venal congress and demand the
repeal of this law. For their purpose
free coinage will serve their purpose
as we'll as any Qther} the notes coming
due about this time they make a
simultaneous demand for their gold;
what is to prevent the usurers from
utterly destroying the people under
this law? 1t will be impossible for
the people to get the gold, so they
will have to submit to shave of from
5 per cent, to possibly 200 per cent,
just as they can catch them. Thomas
Jefferson said, eternal vigilance is
the price Of liberty but how, 1 ask, ia
it possible for a people to protect
themselves against these scheming
shylocks, so long as they have the ear
of a yenal congress? Let the people
demand that this law shall he repealed,
or at least that that clause shall be
stricken from 1t. Let the people see
to 1t that no more class legislation
shall be enacted, or If it is, that it
shall be promptly repealed.
o. @. DONALDSON.
Webster City,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
THE SILVER LAW
Be 1t Enacted By the. Senate and House of
Representatives. Of the United States of

Be it Enacted By the. Senate and House of
Representatives, Of the United States of
America, IN Congress assembled:
Sec. /. That the Secretary of the
Treasuryis hereby directed to purchase
from time to time silver bullion to the
aggregate amount of 1850, 900 ounces,
or so much thereof as may be offered,
in each month, at the market price
thereof, not exceeding n dollar for
371.25 grains of pure silver, and to issue
in paymentfor such purchases of silver
bullion Treasury notes of the United
States to be prepared by the Secretary
Of the Treasury, in such form and of
such denominations, not less than one
dollar nor more than one Thousand
dollars, as he may prescribe, and a sum
sufficient to carry in~to-effect the pro-
visions Of this Act is hereby appropri-
ated out of any money in the Treasury
not otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 2. That the Treasury notes
issued IN accordance with the proVis-
ions of this Act shall be redeemable
on demand in coin at the Treasury of
the United States, or at the office of
any Assistant Treasurer of the United
States, and when so redeemed may be
reissued; but no greater or less amount
of such notes shall be outstanding at
any time than the cost of the silver
bullion, and the standard silver dol
lars coined therefrom then held in the
Treasury purchased by such notes; and
such Treasury notes shall be a legal
tender in payment Of all debts, public
and private, except where otherwise
expressly stipulated in the contract,
and shall be receivable for customs,
taxes and allpublic dues, and when so
received may be reissued; and such
notes when held by any national bank
ing association may be counted as a
part of its lawful reserve. That upon
demand of the holder of any of the
Treasury notes herein provided for the
Secretary of the Treasury shall, under
such regulations as he may prescribe,
redeem such notes In gold or silver
coin, at his discretion, it being the
established policy of the United States
to maintain the two metals on a par
ity with each other upon the present
legal ratio, or sAch ratio as may be
provided by law.
SEC, 3. That the Secretary Of: the
Treasury shall each month coin two
million ounces of the silver bullion
purchased under the provisions OF this
Act into standard silver dollars, until
the first day July, 1891, and after that
date he shall1coin Of the silver bullion
purchased under the proyisions of this
Act as much as may be necessaryto
provide for the redemption of the
Treasury notes herein provided for,
and any gain OF seigniorage arising
from such coinage shall be accounted
for and paid into the Treasury.
SEC. a. That the silver bullion pur-
chased under the provisions OF this
Act shall be subject to the require
ments of existing law and the regula-
tions Of the mint service governing
the MethDds Of determining the
amount Of pure silver contained and
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06

we have must sooner or later go into
the hands of British shylocks, and
unless we a have legislation that
will stop this national banking sys-
TEN of money in our government there
is no possible chance for us to escape.
Now. my brothers, in conclusion. I
would to God 1 could say to you all
both north and south, from the Az
lantic to the Pacific ocean, we have
all been deceived by the leaders Of
both old parties and our country is
calling US as honest. intelligent men
to come out from the old parties
come and vote with the party that is
for Justice and humanity, for liberty
and freedom. NATHAN HAT:
Exeter, Mo.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06

The civilization of these times and
the opportunities which years of inn
prOvement and progress now supply,
make it much easier than in former
days for the education Of the masses
of the people. All this is desirable
and encouraging. 1t opens the door
to the laboring man and tells him to
walk in and embrace the privileges
thus afforded. That he should do
this is both wise and expedient. 1t
is for his own best good, as we'll as
for the common veal, because edu-
cation, properly directed and applied,
is the right arm of defence. 1t opens
the. way for the reception and right
use of intelligence.
This is essential and should not be
overlooked. The avenues for lnfor-
nation, In multitude of ways. are
numerous and easy of access. And,
therefore, the necessity and exped-
iency for a careful appropriation
and wise use of all that is thereby
received. Let this be we'll guarded
and we may rest assured that the
laborer will not be enslaved. For
intelligence and slavery rarely go to-
gether, although it may occur for a
limited period. So long as the con-
dition continues, the spirit of liberty
survives, it chafes and frets, and
anon, reyOlts and rises to assert
itself against every antagonism that
stands In its way.
The conditions which make pos
slble the vast aggregatiOns of capital
which Cypress and crush the laborer,
also make possible and induce great
combinations of labor, which, acting
under the same expedients and pol
icy, becomes a united force in its own
defense. The great organizations of
to-day, whose power and influence
make corporations and capital sub
due their exacting demands and
yield in part to the laboring mans
claims, are made possible by the edu-
Gated and intelligent leaders who
direct and influence the work they
do.
Education and intelligence ssdoes it's
own work here. 1t enables the masses
to consider and forecast their own
condition, to see the causes which
produce their sufferings and generate
movements to put them out of the
way. 1t excites and prompts to Wig
OrOus, determined action and enables
them to utilize the means of reSis-
tance which lie within their reach,
so that results may be accomplished
which will better their condition and
lift them up to.a common level with
the well-to-do commoners Of the land.
Thus they become aggressive as
well as defensive. And, if need be,
advance on the enemy's ground, and
in pursuit Of rights and franchises
that have been trampered down by
unjust exactions, raZe the fouEda-
tions upon which his gains have been
realized.
So we repeat--let the laborer be
laeducated. Give them all the advan-
tages which csnter hereto better
his condition, and prepare him for
the duties and demands which grow
out of the same. Then he will be
p%anopolied with armor that will not
fall to protect and defend. Then he
will be supplied with weapons that
will enable him.to cope successfully
with the powers that oppress and rob
World.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
O'BRIEN AND DILLON.
Arrival Of tho Irish Naiionali SITS In New
York-TheO Object of the Trip.

AIx1VA4 Ox tn0 1T1oA GNaA1OAh1I I III I0"
York-TheO Object of the Trip.
NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Wm. O'Brien and
wife, 7. d. Sullivan nj wife, o Dillon
and Timothy Harrington arrived here Sun
day morning on the steamer La Champagne.
A reception committee, representing the
various Irish societies, met them at quar-
antine, and when the steamer arrived at
the dock q reception was held, after which
the visitors went to the Hoffman house.
Gov, Hill was one of the first to call upon
them. He warmly welcomed them Ito the
city and state, expressed sympathy with
their cause and signed his name to the ad-
dress of welcome prepared by the Irish So
cieties. Mayor Grant did the same. Eu-
gene Kelly and Joseph J. O'Donahue were
also among the callers.
In q talk with newspaper men, O'Brien
said out of forty bye elections held in Great
Britain since the assembling Of the present
: parliament fourteen have been won by the
home rule party. sThis was q fair indica-
ton of the feeling of the Irish people on the
question. He believed the tories would be
forced to dissolve parliament sooner than
they anticipated. The government, he
said. was not taking proper measures for
the relief OF the Manifestation districts
of Ireland. They first denied hat famine
existed and now admitted that there was
deep distress in the country by proposing
measures for relief.
O'Brien also read an address on the situa-
tion OF Irish Affairs and the purport of the
visit OF himself and fellow travellers to
America. ave are coming to America"
the address said, 'by desire and with the
approval OF Parnel Ind the Irish parlfa-
mentary party"
In the evening the parliamentary fund
association gave o reception to the dele
gates at the Hoffman house, about 200 in
vited guests being present. Among them
were Eugene Kelly, Hon. Robert Roosevelt,
Judges Morgan, O'Brien and Fitzgerald,
Mayor Grant, ex-Mayor Grace, Bourke
Cochran. Gen. O'Brien and President Glea-
son, of the municipal council Of the ma
tional league. The address Of welcome was
read by James A. o'Gorman. expressing the
deepest sympathy for all true Irish-Ameri-
cans and all liberal Americans for the Irish
cause. 1t was signed by Gov. Hill, Mayor
Grant and the chief officers of the Irish So
cieties. Each of the delegates spoke briefly.
Dillon made o stirring special appeal for
aid and pictured the condition Of his own
constituency. O'Brien said he asked that
his men be not struck down in the last hour
of a winning battle, when American hearts
and purses could save them. II. D. Sullivan
said sympathy for the cause was growing in
England and prejudice passing away.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
STANLEY AND BARTrLELor.
A Comparison Of the Two Mon, In the
Formers Favor.

ea.E.+.H-# Former TAVOrs 81
CHICAGO, Nov. IA local paper has an
interview with Capt. Stanhope, b re-
Gently arrived in this city from Africa, re-
garding the stapley-Barttlelot unpleasant-
ness. Stanhope, while saying he was not
familiar with the nature of the trouble be-
tween the two men, he was inclined strongly
to be with Stanley. He thinks the people
In Africa have always thought Stanley to
be q man much superior to Barttlelot.
at is understood said Mr.. Stanhope,
Athat Barttlelot vas never the equal of
Stanley, who made roads through the unex-
plored portion OF Africa, while Barttlelot
travelled the beaten paths of other explor-
ers. 1t is q mistake to believe this story.
Stanley is known in Africa to have accepted
every situation under equal conditions with
his men. Successes and privations were
shared alike. The great secret of 1T all is
that Mai. Barttlelot was intensely jealous
Of Stanley"
Capt. stanhope added that he knew, as
all in Africa. that Barttlelot's treatment OF
the natives was awful; that he expected an
undue amount OF military precision from
them, and that his treatment caused nu-
merous rebellions among them, which called
for the most severe disciplinary measures.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
Sad Experience of q Hunting Party,

GRAND RAPIDS, Mimi, Nov. IA party
Of hunters from st, Paul, consisting of 7.
N. Hooper, of the Kansas City road; 7. G..
Walthes and son, Of the Hackett Hardware
company: L. p. Ordway, of Rogers s. Ord
way: Eugene Ramaley and G. II. Atwood,
OF the Hersey e. Bean Lumber company, in
charge Of II. q. Wilson. commercial agent
for the st. Paul s. Duluth Railway COM
pany, have been in tilesc parts since Nom
day. Yesterday n messenger arrived at
Grand Rapids for !. ona of their party
Misunderstanding bst. In the woods,
"A party OF woodsni.n was Immediately Or
gained and set out for the dense woods
where the party had been pursuing moose
and cariboo. Just as they arrived Rama
ley came In, attended by o guide, who had
hunted for him oil night, firing guns and
lighting beacon lights. Ramaley was
without matches and had spent the night
d > sHamp unable 70 get on.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
MURDEREDBY NEGRO
p. W. BRITAIN KILLED AT
WAYNE, NEB.



Had the Sheriff Not Concealed Him.
WAYNE, Neb., Nov. Especial: Ex-
County Treasurer D. W.fBrittain died last
evening about $3.50 o'clock from injuries re-
cefved on Friday at the hands of o negro
section hand named William TIbbits. The
o Is thoroughly aroused over the MUIR
der, and IL Tibbits had not been spirited
away by the sheriff he would nave been
made to pay the penalty of his crime at the
nearest tree. h particulars of the affair
are as follows: Last Friday Britain, who
is an extensive cattle dealer, had an alter
cation with the darkey regarding the kill
ing of a COW. during which Tibbits grabbed
q spike-hammer and dealt Britain a ter
rible blow on the fore part otsthe head.
Britain fell t o the ground anfswss carried
home. He was in an unconscious condition
and remained so until DEATH relieved him.
DR.. Blair, of Norfolk, was summoned to adj
minister to the unfortunate man. Sunday
1t was found that Brittain's condition was
growing worse, and DR.. j. NJ. Knott, OF
Sioux City, was summoned, but he arrived
too late.
Arrest Of the Murderer.
AS soon as Tibbits realized the extent OF
his cri ne he fed for the woods, but q posse
Of citizens who were about the depot when
the crime a. committed. gave chase, cap
turing the man and turning him over to the
sheriff. Tibbits was placed In the county
jail and q strong guard placed on duty,
When it became known that Britain would
die, excitement ran high and all day Sun
day threats Of lynching the brute were
freely expressed. Last evening the news
spread through the town like wildfre that
Britain Was Dead.
"Lets hang him!p came o voice from q
crowd, and as arkness came on the crowd
augmented in number, and a special cour-
fer was detailed to go to the county jail
and see what the prospects were for making
q raid. A young man who clerks in u gen
.eral store, went to his place Of business
and cut off twenty feet of rope, tied it up In
q piece of brown paper and Joined thu
crowd. The details for the lynchlng were
about completed when the courier re.
turned with the news that the prisoner hat
been spirited away from the Jail.
The Sheriff Protects His Prisoner.
During the excitement on the street wore
negro would be taken from jail and hanged
The sheriff, knowing the feeling against Tho
prisoner, lost no time In getting him out o.
the way, and last night no one but thu
sheriff knew where the prisoner had beer
taken. To-day the excitement has some.
what quieted down, but 1t will not be SAFE
to return the prisoner for a few days.
The murdered man was one Of Wayne's
best citizens, and much regret is expressed
athis untimely death.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-11-06
Another Fraud and It's Progeny.

We are in receipt of so many in
quiries about the new silver fraud that
we republish the entire bin this week,
companies are getting out to renew
th f viii eaTl be seen %b S regsd{ns w tbe note,
if i It is si not { understood nsla t. BY Fading the
bill itself, that the loan and trust COM
panies understood very well that I'M
der the new law silver Is denaonetized.
That is how the Republican party
redeems its pledge to the people.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-03
By All Odds

The most generally useful medicine is Ayers
Pills. AS remedy for the various diseases
OF the stomach, liver, and bowels, these
Pills have no equal. Their sugar-cOating
causes them not only to be easy and
pleasant to take, but preserves their medi-
cinal integrity in all climates and for any
reasonable length of time. Tie best family
medicine, Ayers Pills are, also unsurpassed
for the use of travellers, soldiers, sailors,
campers, and pioneers. In some of the
most critical cases, when all Other remedies
have failed,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1890-10-03
STILL IN THE SADDLE.


Noon. and again in the saddle.
The blue, pinched look is gone from
every face-banished by tidings that
stir the blood. Oyer to the south
west, not six miles away, big herds
of Indian ponies have been espied,
grazing quietly along the nor,hward
slopes. Hidden from view of pur-
suers from the south, faithfully
guarded by the yigilant scouts left
back along the trail, dreading no at
tack from any other quarter. Tall
Bull has pitched his tepees at the
springs. and there is wild revelry
among his women and children over
the reunion with their braves. There
must be over eighty lodges. say the
PaWnee scouts, and no one guards
them from our side. White men
meyer played this game before.
Look along the column now, as it
steals away under the shelter of the
bluffs and ridges. Gaunt and weary
as were the steed5 at dawn, hungry
and tired as was every man. the cry
"Indians ahead !" has banished ey-
cry sIuggard thought. If we can only
reach. the village before they have
time to mount and meet us. We can
rescue those poor women and deal
vengeance to the murderers of their
loved ones.
"Trot ~ is tine word passed down
the column, but the COlonel'S hand
warns the trumpeterS to silence.
Look to your carbines, men, and
loosen a few cartridges in the IoOps!"
are the muttered cautions of the Off
GERS as they move up and down
along the trotting ranks. We are
marching by tours now. and heading
just little south of west. Cronching
along the ridge line to our left we can
see the PawEees, and still further on
rides Buffalo Bill. every now and
then peering over the crest, with his
brown curIs tossing in the rising
breeze, and still signaling straight
ahead. straight ahead !" At last
we must be due north of their posi-
ton. The Colonel canters away in
answer to a sign from Cody, and
with eager eyes we watch them
pointing southwark over the divide.
Then comes the adjutant at sput-
tering galIOp.
TROOPS Column left - is the
order. And the next thing we know.