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, 1890-10-02

A READER of the REVIEW asks, "What
is the population of Spokane Falls ac-
cording to the United States sensus?''
adding that it is being quoted all over
the state at 1897. Tho exact figures,
we believe, have never been officially
announced from Washington. They
will not vary to any considerable extent
from 25,ooo, and will probably exceed
those tigu-es by a few hundred. The count
in the original city limits gave us over
10000. To this will be added about
5000 inhabitants OF tho district taken in
by the recent consolidation. The popu-
lation OF Spokane in June was therefor re
in round numbers Gbout %, ZOO. To-day
1t will not fall short of 81, 900.
, 1890-10-02

\ 9 q re gate
amount as
equalized
by state
board.
, 1890-10-02

EDITOR BEssERER, of the Walla Walla
Journal, Is frank and original. He has
come to the conclusion that night work
is too trying to the eyes, and has there
fore concluded to change his daily back
to an evening sheet. lie has also made
a discovery that some day will dawn
upon the intellect of bogus paper Of
Spokane Falls, namely; that running .
morning paper without dispatches is
mot what II is cracked up to be-" But
here is Mr.. Besserer's announcement,
written in his inimitable style: Next
Monday we shall go back to our first
love and publish again an evening, in
stead Of morning paper. In making
this announcement we feel little
chagrined, because man naturally hates
a change, unless it be for the better, but
we had to do 1t. Our eye-sight OF late
has been very poor, caused by constant
newspaper work and, night work added
to the strain, was little too much
for us. We never knew how
trying night work was to
the eyes until We tried it, and having
tried II, We feel satisfied and willing to
leave II alone. True, we could make a
little more with morning than we
could with an evening paper, but as our
oversight Is worth more to us than
dozen papers and job Office thrown in,
we refuse to- be tempted. When we were
young man We could write and burn
the midnight oil with relish and with
ovt feeling 1t, but we feel it now. Be-
sides, We discovered that n morning
paper without the dispatches is not the
paper 1t Is cracked up to be. 1t is really
the paper of yesterday, whereas an even-
ing paper Is the paper of to-day. We
shall try and give you a clean, spicy,
newsy and interesting Evening Journal;
and, trusting that this arrangement will
be acceptable to our patrons, we shall
endeavor to merit their continuous sup
| port. Some may not like the change,
while others will hail it with delight,
but, as We said before, night work 10
ruinous. TO our eyes anu We had -
quit it."
, 1890-10-02

Amount of
pc rsO n al
property as
o1unlized
by county
board.
, 1890-10-02

Personal prop.
erty not iuclud-
oil in basis OF
equalization by
= state board. (soe
cOlum ns 10, 90
II, g, ~, ~, ~
and ~ of Abb
straCt)
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

new opera, Dante" was pro-
duced at the Opera Comique in Paris, and
met with o good reception.
EVERY state and territory is represented
in the national convention of the knights
Of Honor now in session at Detroit, Mich.
A REPORT haB been made to the depart
ment of health that two pronounced cases
of leprosy exist in the Chinese colony in
Chicago.
FIVE of the persons injured by the ex-
plosion OF balistite at Avigliana, Italy,
have stree died, making the total number
of victims nineteen.
TIE American plenipotentiary at Brus.
sells contests the competence of the anti
slavery conference to allow the Congo state
to tax imports.
A NEW cotton corner 10 being formed in
Lancashire, Eng. A large quantity of
American cotton is already cornered, and
prices are advancing.
NEAR Star Lake, N. Y, Henry Farney
ehct and instantly killed William Mont.
irief. They we're neighbors, and had an
angry dispute, which led to the murder.
. n HUNDRED AND FIFTY Mormons
arrived at New York by the steamship
Wyoming en- route for Salt Lake CITY.
They started for their destination as soon
as possible.
In the election to fill the parliamentary
seat for East Galway, Ireland, made va
can't by the death of Matthew Harris, Mr..
Roche, Parnellite, vas returned without
opposition.
HEIRS of Paul Spoford, once a million
aire shipping merchant in New York, move
for the removal Of J. T.. Spoford as ex-
ecntor. It is said 50, Ooe, 900 are unac-
counted for.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
Grants Monument ut Galena.

A meeting of the city council of Galena
has been called to conferwlth H. II. Kohl
saat and james W. Scott, of Chicago, con-
corning plans for the ere ton there of q
$500, 600 monument to Gen. Grant. Mr..
Kohlsaat being q former Galenan aud n
great admirer of Gen. Grant, has for some
time had in mind the erection of q suitable
memorial in Grants ~ante-bellum home,
and has finally completed plans for the
erection of a bronze statue of Grant,
which he will present to the city. The
model by Gelert has been exhibited by Mr..
Kchlsaat to Mrs. Grant who pronounces ii
by far the most faithful likeness of the
general that she has seen in s%tatuary. The
statute will be completed in q year. and
Mr.. kohlsaat's visit here is for the purpose
of selecting a suitable site for it's erection.
The report of Mr.. Kohlsaat's generosity
has awakened great enthusiasm, and the
opinion is again expressed that Galena is
e%minently the proper burial place of Grant,
and that even yet his remains should be
removed to the place where most of his in
innate friends are buried. and where one
man is willing to do more for his memory
than is the entire city of New York.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23

velop the southern states by organized m
cursion of northern capitalists and capital.
The peculiar feature OF each is that its pre-
limiDary certificate always bears q capital
stock value Of $1,000 OF other small sum,
which is always increased in the later certi-
fcate to 100000 or $250.0aO. A short
time ago the Kentucky Ridge Improvement
Company was Incorporated by practically
the same New York capitalist who have just
sent up to Albany the preliminary certificate
of the North Alabama Land andimprovment
company limited). The proposel exis-
tence of the company is twenty years, and
its initial capital stock is So, 900. It's pur-
pose, as stated at some length, is ito sc-
quire mineral, timber aud town site land
in the state OF Alabama, and to sell, ex-
change, mortgage, lease. or develop the
same for homestead, manufacturing and
other purposes; to manufacture coke, iron,
lumber and other materials; 10 establish or
aid industrial enterprise therein; to erect
and build hotels. dwellings, shops and
other structures, sewers, water works,
mills, electric and water power, and such
other plants as may be found necessary or
expedient." Operations are to be carried
on IN Albama,and Mississippi. The incor-
p~orators are: Josiah B. Blossom, Ran
do'ph Henry, Robert Gillespie, Hugh D.
Wilkon and Albert Gallup.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
Whitney's Stealinps Grow.

B~ookkeeper Whitney, OF Albany, has
been rearrested on a warrant charging
him with making q false entry in his
books. William Gould, of the firm of
law book publishers, has also been ar
rested. The amount taken from the
bank is at least 800, 900, and the
board of dire ctcrs will prefer
charges of collision to de-
fraud against the parties interested
with Whitney. So far as known three
large business houses are involved, houses
heretofore considered reputable. One of
the parties to draw an account is the
female proprietor of a saloon and hotel
where Whitney and the Goulds spent their
money. Cashier Brooks insists that the
bank is all right, but good fnanciers Lere
say that Willie depositors may not lose a
cent the bank is crippled and its only hope
is to reorg .nize. Less than a month ago
it lost Sl4o,G coo by a similar operation of
the late cashier with Ralph w. Thacher.
The amount of the overdraft by the Gould
Bros, is estimated at S62, 600.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
A PLUCKY GIRL.
Il Battles With Tramps and Saves Hor
Brother from KidnaDers.

Il Battles With Tramps and Saves Hor
Brother from K~idnapers.
A pretty girl and a shotgun put to flight
a party of tramps at Olathe, Kan. Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Duffy left their farm
house in charge OF their daughter Clara.
90 years old, and her brother, q boy of IA.
The house is near the Fort Scott & Gulf
railroad, along which tramps swarm. Just
before supper three rougb-looking men en-
tered the yard and demanded supper,
threatening dire consequences if they were
refused. Fearing trouble, Miss Duffy said:
Wait o minute" and running into the
house, seiz:d q SHOTGUN. Two Of the
tranps were already making away with the
boy. While the leader was coming up
the steps into the house a charge of shot
met him and he ran from the yard yelling:
Tn shot, I'm shot" Without stopping
Miss Dufey fired the remaining barrel
into the other two. The shot took effect,
and she was left with her brother, master
of the situation. The tramps came to
Olathe. employed o surgeon to dress their
wounds, and hastily disappeared. They
we're badly sprinkled, only the fneness Of
the shot having prevented serious results.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
8larh Dills Uliion.
RAP1DGITY s b.
ONION PUBLISHING Co,
TALES OF SOUTH DAKOTA.
South Dakota Happy.

.AHL
The farmers of South Dako.a are iubi.
liant over the crop prospects for the pres
ent season. Never at any corresponding
ing period in previous years has the con-
dition been more favorable than at the
present time. One thing more encourag-
ing,to the farmers than all others is that
the further the season advances the more
propitious are the conditions. For the
past two weeks rain has come just when
wanted, and all sections of the state
have been visited by copious show.
ers. The slightly lowering tenn
perature of the past week has been
very favorable to the "stooling" of
sprouted small grain, but from q few loca.
tions comes the report of damage by frost.
The impression appears to prevail that the
late sown grain promises better than the
early, except the very early. Corn planting
has been very general throughout the
southeastern and eastern part of the state,
but %sprouting is retarded by cool weather,
ana in n few sections it is feared that the
cool, damp weather has caused the seed to
rot, necessitating replanting. On q general
average the conditions of the corn crop are
much improved and the outlook is very
promising. The above report is CLEANED
from crop reports from thirtv-six counties
OF the state, representing every section.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
Christian Science Cranks.

j. Il. Vincent, a mining broker, died
at Denver after sensational experiences
with Christian scientists, of which sect his
wife was u member. While suffering from
Bright's disease two months ago, Vincent
was attended by two leading physicians,
who pronounced his disease in
durable. Then Mrs. Vincent drove
them out of the house and forbade their
return. The inyalid's mother even was
forced out of her lodging in the same
house, because she protested, Every even
ing prayers were recited, and, despite the
sufferings of the patient, no medicine was
administered. When the humane society
demanded admission, the sick man was
propped against o window aud forced to
say that he was being treated all right.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
Gen. Garfield'S BODY.

When Gen. Garfeld's body is placed
under the newly finished monument, May
80, it will DO done secretly. It has de-
velcped that the tx-president's body lies
not in the massive bronze casket in Lake
View cemetery, the Mecca Of thousands
OF pilgrims, but in a safe deposit vault
amid musty bonds and stock certificates
On Euclid avenue. On this account it is
that the removal will be so quietly made.
Were Garfield's remains actually in the
tomb n of the most imposing csfemo-
MES of the Decoration day program would
be their transfer to the place provided
for them in the monument. Even while
soldiers guarded the vault on the lake
shore the body Of Guiteau's victim was
stored away among family plate and jew
els in the busiest part of the city. The
secret was known only to Mrs. Garfield
and a chosen few of her stanchest friends
and has been guarded j%ealously.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
The MARK ETS,
Sioux CITY Lixa Stool

Hogs,Estimate receipts, 200; official yes.
s snS Quotations; Light, s.s5a $50; mixed
terday, 3l4. shipm,nts, : oars. Market
tislvs an Eat stea stsars quality! n,;m good d., &C Quota.
medium to- to s seess'' s5 R5t@ q SIS; rs 80 fes ) 4. rs;
choice 900 to 1000 pounds, $40 5000; me-.
dun : to good, s5.i5 $50; stockers, choice,
81. s 50; cows, extra choice, ss.75ss 90:
ior. s1.75 225; %canners. 75c $3.50 yearlings,
ings. $500 2.25; bulls, choice, $2.G5@2.7s: com.
mon, S9:ooD2.2s veal calves. poor TO choice.
South Omaha Live Stock.
Hogs-Estimated receipta, 6,0,O: official yea
terday, 5,l75. Markes slow. selling at $500
Cattle-Essimated receipts. 5000; official yes,
tarday. l,45j. Shipments, "a cars. Market Ice
lower; quality good.
Chicago Live Stock.
Hogs-Receipts 1860. Market active, Arm
and higher. Light. $4.0O@4.25; heavy packing
W4.25.
cattle-Receipts. $500. Market quiet AMI
feeders. 50. So "a. 10; Texas grassers, So. anets4
sheep-Receipts, $500. Mara ct strong. Ma
lives, $4.o>@6.60i lambs, SIS s5@7.O0.
Chicago Produce.
Wheat-Firm; cash. &c; June, 9tsc; July.
941se.
Corn.steady cash, ss,sc; June, ss,sgas5ca
Oats. Firm cash, 277c; June, age: Jp1y,
Rys-steady; SIC.
Barley-Quiet. 5Gs
R Rl,ns ss gs5n9HssSan si'3y sl.s0,
PIE. 221166: July, sl2.40. Lard Glow .cashs IA ri
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The steamer Harold. bound from Bill
boa to Glasgow, foundered off the Irish
coast. Six persons were drowned.
AT the next consistory at Rome, which
will probably be held on the 2Sth inst,
three bishops will receive cardinals hats.
The uns in a Catholic convent at
Durno, Austria, have been evictid, and
the nunnery has been converted into a
magazine.
The Brazilian government has decreed
that after duly I customs duties to the
minimum amount of 20 per cent. shall be
payable in gold.
JOSEPH BUTCHER and Frank Perkins,
brothers-in-law, quarreled over q, mort
gage on some property near Mt. Vernon,
o., last night. Perkins struck Butcher
with q club, crushing his skull and caus-
ing instant death.
AT KINGSTON, N. Y, during the per
formance of Lees circus, a portion Of Iii
reserved seat gallery fell, carrying doal
several persons and causing great txeit,
ment. Many persons were cut and h!ui ed.
but none waB seriously injured.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
a QUESTION OF LOCATION.

ChicRgo World's Fair Directors Advocate
Some Pet Sites.
The members OF the Chicago worlds fair
directory are again at war with each other,
andi is evident that il the cherished plan
for holding the worlds fair on the lake
front has to die it will die hard There are
about four members of the committee on
grounds and buildings who want
the fair on the lake front. Two
of the members favor some
other location, and Chairman Cregier,
the seventh committeeman, is inclined at
present 10 remain neutral. Potter Palmer,
the big hotel man, is one Of. the most
earnest advocates of the lake front. The
Illinois Central railroad interests are for
the lake front. : When that proposed 800
acres at the bottom of the lake are raised
to the surface by filling in the ground will
be exceedingly valuable. There would be
considerable litigation to decide upon the
final ownership of the new land. The
Illinois Central would be one of the liti-
giants and In the end doubtless the sue.
cessful one.
Stuyvesant Fish, president of the ILL
nois Central and chairman of the commit
tee on transportation OF the worlds fair,
hos gone TO New York to consult, it il
said, with eastern stockholders Of the
road concerning the policy to be pur-
sued by the corporation in reference to
the lake front. Some Of the large hotel
owners want the fair on the lake front.
They think that if it is held anywhere
else rival institutions will spring up
neal tha oronnda and the down
town hotels will be thereby injured. 1t is
argued, on the other hand, that If hotels
afs built at Jackson park or any other site
away from the central portion of the city
they would have to be abandoned when
the fair is over. But if they are con-
structed down town for worlds fair pur.
poses they will endeavor to do business
after the exposition is closed and 80 be-.
come permanent enterprises, to the detri-
ment of the established hotels.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
MoRMoNs
Edmund's Anti-Polyg amy Law Sustained
by the Supreme Court,

Edmund's Anti-POlyg amy Law Sustained
by the Supreme Court.
The supreme court of the United States
has rendered an opinion Of vital interestto
the Mormon church in the suit Of the.
Church of Latter Day Saints against the
United States, on an appeal from the de-
cision of the supreme court Of Utah in
favor of the United States. This court af-
firms that adjudgment.
The case grows out of the passage of the
Edmunds anti-polygamy law by the Forty
ninth congress-. This law dissolved the
Mormon church corporation, annulled Its
charter. .directe the appointment of a re-
ceiver to VIVID up its affairs and escheated
to the United States all real estate owned
by the church in excess OF $59, 900, which
was not o. the date of the passage of the
act held for purposes Of worship or bur-
,ial.
When the United States, under the
terms of this act, began proceedings the
Mormons Immediately entered suit to have
the Edmunds law declared unconstitu-
tional.
In its opinion the court says: "The
distinguishing features of Mormonism is
we'll known to b, ~polygamy and absolute
ecclesiastical control of it's church men,
bers. Notwithstanding all efforts to sup
press this barbarous practice the polygamy
sect perseveres in its defiance of law in
p%ropaeating and promoting this nefarious
doctrine. The question, therefore. is
VIII. Their the promotion of such an unlaw-
full system is to be allowed to continue,
and whether the enormous funds which
have been accumulated shall be welded for
the propagation of an obnoxious. practice
the promotion Of organized rebellion
against the laws of the United States"
The contention that polygamy is part
Of the Mormon's religious belief is a
sophistical plea. No doubt the thugs of
India imagined their belief in assassina.
ton was q religious belief, but that did not
make it So"
After an elaborate historic review Of the
common law, the court in conclusion says:
Congress had before it a contumacious
organization welding by it's sourc i'm
mense power in the territory of Utah and
employing those resources in constantly
attempting to oppose, subvert and thwart
tho legislation Of congress and the will of
JIG government OK tQo CulCeu SChle6.
Under the circumstances, we have no
doubt of the right of congress to do as
it did. The decree of the lower court is
ditfe rent"
Justice Bradley delivered tho opinion.
Chief Justice Fuller said he and Justices
Field and Lamar were constrained to dis
sent from this decision. "The power Of
congress to legislate over the terri
tories was not All incident to the treaty.
making power, and its power is re.
stricted directly to that expressed or i'm
piled in the constitution. There is no
such power rs that involved in the act I'M
der consideration. Congress unquestlon-
ably has power to suppress ~polygamy, and
it is immaterlal whether a crime is commit
ted in the name of religion, but congress
has not the power to seize and contiscate
the property of corporations because they
NAV have been pnilty of crime"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
CH1CAGo,s ICE TRUST FOOLED.
An Independent Company Organized for
Business.

An Independent Company Organized for
Business.
The Chicago ice trust s announcement
Of an eXhorbitant raise in prices for the
coming summer has led to an expected re-
suit. The Consumers Pure Ice company
capital stock $3.50, 0O0-has organized,
purchased five acres of ground,
has in course of construction q build
ing Of immense ground floor capacity,
has ordered machinery to the
value of $1,000 0 and fifteen retail ice
wagons and will start in motion a 120-ton
artificial ice machine. The company has
for its president E. E. Turner, who has
been evolving such a concern out of the
fullness of his business Imagination for
some time past. Henry H. Getty is vice.
president of the concern aud VIM. Mos
back secretary and treasurer. Besides
there appears as stockholders Eldridge
G. Keith and Edison Keith, W. w. Gibbs,
the Philadelphia Standard millionaire,
and J. Spencer Turner, of New
York. Such an aggregation of bust
ness names looked very formidable
to the old Ice trust and terribly in
earnest. So when the charter for the new
corporation was granted by the state a
derutation from the old trust waited upon
President Turner and suggested %coales-
ceLce with their trust. The gentlemen
were politely informed that the directory
of the new concern had ruled against such
action aud that the company vas on deck
for business, independent of anything or
anybody. Such a feat meant war-an in
t%erlninable war-to the ice m~onopolists,
and since that time they have exercised
every influence possible to coax or compel
the new concern into their ranks,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
Gen. Booth Opens a Bank.

Gen. Booth, commander in CHEZ Of the
Salvation army, has opened a bank for the
benefit of the poor whose deposits would
not be received by the ordinary banking
institutions owing to the smallness of the
sums rendered. He explains that his OBJ
ject is rot to make money except for those
who transact business with the bank.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
Mortality Among Wyoming Cattle.

Great mortality is reported among cattle
in the foothills and on the sides of the
mountains around Lander, in Fremont
county. Many are of the opinion that the
trouble is caused by blackleg, while some
lay it to poison weed. At least four
prominent ranch men of Laramie have lost
many Holsteins, in some cases over half
their herd, this winter from symptoms re.
sembling pneumonia. The territorial
veterinarian has been asked to investigate
the matter, but SO far he neglected to do
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-23
Married His Twice Divorced Wife.

August Young, q well-known merchant
If Fresno county, Cal, married the woman
"ho twice secured o divorce from him.
She cheerfully entered on the third cere-
mony, and several speculative citizens have
bets on her getting a third divorce. Twenty
years ago Young married in Illinois Miss
Emma G. Ensign, who was only II years
OF age. They came to Fresno, where h.
started in the shoe business. After three
years his wife got a divorce for habitual in
temperance and resumed her maiden name.
She tried another man, but tired of him in
five months, was divorced and came back
to Fresno, where she remarked Young.
They lived happily until n few months ago,
when the woman went through the same
performance. She resumed her maiden
name and went to San Francisco, where
she spent all her money. She again re-
turned, and her husband, who had removed
70 Selma, in Fresno county, married her for
the third time.