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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
Destructive Blaze at Morris,

A destructive fire visited Morris, Mimi,
destroying nearly half a block in the bust
ness portion of the town. The cause Of
the fire is unknown. The losses are: J. D.
Good, building, $4,000, insurance, Sc, 500;
stock of hardware, loss, 1000, insurance,
$4,000; T. a. Hancock, stock Of groceries,
$4,000, insurance, $1,000; Masonic So
c~ieties, fixtures and uniforms, Sc, 900, in
sursnce, $2,4SO; VIM. Foley, restaurant
building, 81, 200; Larson & Nilsson, build
Ing, s4,lOO, insurance, $4,000; stock of
goods saved; Anderson's meat market
building, $3.50; F. B%uckentine, druggist,
building, 5000; J.. Christianson, saloon
building, $4,000, no insurance; G. Kohler,
harness shop building, 81 200 insurance,
5000; loss on building, which was not
burned, and in moving stocks. $4,000, COW
cred by insurance. Fire companies from
Hancock and Willmar came to assist.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
RAM ZEE CLOTH.
A Discovery by Which tho Fibre Can Be
Utilized rrofitably.

A Discovery by Which the Fibre Can Be
Utilized Profitably.
Botanist Porte, of the department of
agriculture, is Of the opinion that q process
has been discovered by which the rance
plant can be made Tito cloth at such mod
crate cost that it will soon become q
dangerous rival to cotton. "About u month
ago." said Mr.. Porte in conversation on
this subject, information reached this de-
partmenl that Thomas Mabbett, o Provi-
dence manufacturer, had succeeded in
doing with nm what hundreds-I might
say ~thousands-had tried and failed to
6o-that is, he had at small cost
woven rance fibre into cloth. Tie rance
fibre which he had thus succeeded in
weaving had been prepared by a process
discovered by Charles Topham, q chemist
of Salem, Mass. Mr.. Topham, by secret
formula had turned the fbre into -aLsub-
stance for weaving. Mr.. Topham, it seems,
had been experimenting with rance for
Yeas, like a great msny other men, ana
had only succeeded after innumerable fail
ures.
II was ordered by the department to go
New England and investigate the dis
of Messrs. Topham and Mabbett.
did SO and what I saw convinced me
the problem of the utilization
Of rance has at last bee Il satisfactorily
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
Quarantine Kestrictions Raised.

Secretary Rusk recently made m urgent
remonstrance through Secretary Blaine
against the imposition by the Mexican gov
eminent Of irksome quarantine regulations
in regard to American hogs. A telegram
was received from United States Minister
Ryan stating that the government of Mex
leo will Issue orders dlscontinuing the OBJ
noxious rule. Secretary Nusk is much
gratifed at the removal of this restriction
and regards it as being possibly the fore
runner of a more liberal policy in regard to
American meat products on the part of
other foreign countries, q change of policy
which he thinks would be facilitated should
congress confer upon him full powers in
the matter Of meat inspection.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
BEGINNING EARLY.
North Dakota Has n Bribery Investigation
So Soon-Many Charges.

North Dakota Has n Bribery Investigation
SO Soon-Many Charges.
The committee to investigate the bribery
charges has entered upon its duties in
earnest at Bismarck, and Immediately SUBJ
penaed NJ. M. johnson, the late defeated
senatorial aspirant, who claimed that he
was offered $25, 900 cash to get out Of the
race. 1t is also reported that Banker
Casey, of Minneapolis, brother of Senator
Casey, has been ~subpocnaed; also Edgar
Camp, now in Washington, aud others who
had charge of Senator Casey's campaign.
1t is suid that over 1926, 600 was used to
elect a United States senator. 1t is also
reported that the nomination of Gov.
Miller was brought about by money, and
that young Dwight, son of Banker Dwight,
Of New York, who managed Mr.. Miller's
campaign, will be brought before the COM
Several Pinkerton detectives are
low in the city and excitement runs high.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
CANADIAN RESOLUTIONS.
An Organized Movement Toward Political
Independence.

At the close of n lecture in Montreal by
Uric Barthe, editor-in-chief of L'Elccteur,
the Mercier organ, R. Lemieux offered ths
following resolution:
WHEREAS, Tie chamber of deputies OF o.
tawa has adopted al address to her mnjesty
the queen avowing among other things TINT 1t
is the desire of the Canadian people to perpet.
uate the political bond which Mt present exists
between this country and the mother country,
be it
RrSolued, That it is the opinion OF tho
Club National hut the said address to her
majesty tine queen was inopportune under
the circumstances and will have no other
result thnn to ALLEVIATE from US American SYM
ri.thies at a moment when public opinion calls
loudly and cncrgetically for the establishment
of closer rcial relations between the
United States and Canada; that while we pro.
fess sincere admiration for the English consti.
tut onal government, we desire with NIL our
hearts the establishment of an independent
nationality in the vast domains of British
America free from ull foreign attachments.
The resolutions, which were adopted
amid cheers, caused great excitement
among English residents at Montreal to
whom their tenor became known.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
reservation. The most novel sight was tie

reservation. The most novel sight was tie
moving Of q large building, under which
had been placed heavy timbers and wheels.
This, like the other wagons, was pulled
across the river by gallopinR horses.
1t took but q few minutes for several
sections or. the valuable bottom to be
literally covered with claimants, and it will
take q score of lawyers to solve the prob
lem as to who are the rightful owners.
The local town site boomers undoubtedly
secured an advantage over the other Or
ganized boomers by q few minutes, but
among the boomers are q number who in
tend to secure homestead filings if posi-
BILE. which. will complicate the matter to
such an extent Us to result in a protracted
legal struggle. While this rush is going
Oh for the bottom lands many other in
tending settlers have rushed promptly into
the uplands and begun %at..once the erection
of houses, and these are prepared to de-
fend their rights as against any invasion
of their lands. United States Marshal
Fry and Indian Agent Anderson, assisted
by deputies and Indian police, were soon
at work vigorously attempting to eject the
invaders. The forces at their disposal
were entirely inadequate to the require
ments of the occasion, and while many
were notified and escorted across the river,
there was not q large enough force to keep
them there and they quickly returned to
their claims.
There were a number of smash-ups in
the rush, but as yet no fatalities have been
reported. Chamberlain was in M uproar
at night, bells ringing, whistles blowing
and cannon booming. The settlers who
have lumber on the ground are erecting
houses by the light Of lanterns. The
morning sun will shine on scores of new
houses, many of them grouped in the new
town on the west side Of. the river.
The local townsiters, who got advantage
of the other boomers for the possession of
the. town site, have arranged for represen-
tation in nearly fifty different lines of bust
ness. Inside of forty-e;ght hours the
buildings will be erected and everything in
running order with o population of be-
tween 1900 and 5000. 1t is fortunate
the proclamation came at this time rs a few
weeks later the crossing of the river would
be dangerous.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
THE BILL.

1t Is Beaten In tho North Dakota House.
The lottery bill was indefinitely post
poned when it came up for its second read
ing, and this virtually means that it will
be heard of no more. It's friends have no.
hopes of ever resurrecting it, and it is a
dead issue, in truth.
The members who favored the lottery re.
allied that although the bill would I'M
doubtedly pass the house, it could never
secure the necessary two-thirds vote to pass
over the veto, and they were chary of risk
ing themselves on such a record. They
would have been forever held up as the
laughing stock of their respective COM
munities. Some of them towards the
finale began to lose confidence. The lead
ers saw this and were we'll aware that they
lacked sufficient stamina to carry through
a hot battle. 1t was a losing venture and
the lottery bills strongest champions
turned and lent their aid to indefinitely
postpone it. 1t is dropred for good. AL
most everybody feels relieved, to tell the
truth, and now the lottery company will be
afforded an opportunity of invading Mon.
tana. Senator Spencer says this was the
intention If they failed to secure a charter
in North Dakota.
A we'll known cashier In one of the banks
remarked most emphatically: II know
there has been lots of Doodle circulated
while this lottery scheme was progressing
and I am not afraid of saying SO, either.
I would sacrifice my position rather than
button up my mouth when all this deviltrv
is going on under my nose. It's against
my principles. Why, I've been cashipg
more bills of large denomination lately
than l ever dreamed could be in existence
in this city. It's all Doodle, I'm certain.
I've noticed whenever we had any import
ant measures before the legislature, the
senatorial contest, for instance, and also
the railroad bill, on these occasions the
banks were kept pretty busy and no end Of
ready money was in circulation"
A canvass of the other banks revealed u
similar condition of affairs.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
BIaek niIls union.
RAPID CITY. S: D.
UNION PUBLISHING co, PuRs.
A BUDGET OF SOUTH DAKOTA NEWS.
Wanted to Kill Btshap Hare.

Rev. John H. Babcock, of Mitchell. has
received a copy of tho PHILADELPHIA IN
quirer from Bishop Hare. In it is given
the examination as to his sanity of David
Alexander, the 15-year-old youth who re-
Gently made ths sensational attempt to
murder Bishop Whitaker, of Pen, syl-
vania, On account of his opposition to pro-
hibition during the campaign last spring.
Alexander states IN his testimony that he
also intended to kill Rev. DR.. S. D. Nc
Cornell, rector of st. Stephens church,
Philadelphia, and Bishop Hare, of South
Dakota, for opposing the bill to forbid the
use of wine at the sacrament" Alexander
was pronounced insane.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
AN APPEAL FOR AID.
Help Asked for the Destitute in tn.

Help Asked for the Destitute in tho
Drousllty Regions OF North. Dakota.
II. T. Helgeson, state commissioner of
agriculture of North Dakota, has issued an
to the public explaining the situa-
ton in the drought-stricken counties and
making nm appeal for assistance. He says
the restitution is exclusively confined to
the newer portions of the state, where set
Elements date back only two, three
and four years, except Nelson and
Ramsey counties, which have been
settled six years. North Dakota is in good
shape financially, but her resources are
not available for the present emergency,
and the generosity of the people of sister
states will be appreciated. In counties
where restitution prevails there are not
less than 5000 people dependent wholly or
Ill part on outside help for this winter, and
a still larger number ARE needing some as.
sistance in the way of food for stoclt,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
Two New Land Districts.

An executive order was isqued o., the 10th
hxlng the boundary lines of the two land dis
South Dakota. The location of the land office
OF the northern district will be at Pierre, and
Lhat OF the southern district ut Chamberlain.
Registers and receivers will be appointed at
once and two clerks from the land office
VIII pc sent to the new offices with the neces-
sary blanks and Papers to carry on public bust
ness. All that portion OF the newly celed
land south OF the forty-third parallel of lati-
tude Is added to the O'Ncill land dis
Huron and Mitchell land districts viii hs
Changed to conform to the lines of the
new aistr.ets, Indian Inspector Armstrong
IT will be his speeia! duty to aae that none of
the %settlers who enterthe reservation under he
President's proclamation intrude upon tho
diminished Indian reservation lands. The eon-
erai land office officials are also making prspa.
fatlons to sena to the reservation n number OF
experience CLERKS and two special agents to as.
sist Inc local land OH ers when they shall have
been appointed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
No Mans Land.

Attorney General Miller has given an
opinion to the secretary of the treasury
that the territory known as No Mans Land
is included in the eastern judicial district
of Texas and that criminal offenses and
violations Of internal revenue laws COM
mitted there are cognizable in that district.
The governments Jurisdiction over this
territory has been a matter of dispute for
many years.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
Noon Oh Goyernor,s Island.

Every watch and clock on Governors
Island is regulated by bugle COLL. Just be-
fore noon two enlisted men are stationed
at q point commanding al unobstructed
view of. the tower of the Western Union
building: One Of these is the post bug.er,
the other o trained signalman, equipped
with a powerful field glass. The non
commissioned officer is required to keep
his glass fixed upon the time ball. Tho
instant it drops he gives the.slgnal to the
bhgler, who stands in readiness, and the
latter Immediately sounds the specified
call, which is heard all over tho island. and
there is a general consultation aud adjust,
ment Of watches and clocks.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
A Great Strike Probable.

Patrick Mcbride, ex-secretary of the
Miners National Progressive union and
member of the executive board of the
United Miners, who is in Plttsburg for the
purpose of making arrangements for the
annual conference with operators, says that
unless the operators Of Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois sign the inter-
state scale the greatest coal miners strike
ever seen in this country will take place.
This will make rs, 1000 miners idle. As the
operators of Indiana and Illinois have yir-
tually refused to go into the conference, o
strike seems probable.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
A Chill Cannibal.

The following instance of unique canui-
6allsm is given by q correspondent at
Santiago, Chill: Poo Perez, accompanied
by o small boy, Enrique Bells, z years
old, left Valparaiso to travel on foot to
Santiago. Upon arrival OF the entrance Of
the railroad tunnel near San Pedro, Perez
se!zed the boy and undertook to eat him
alive. He ate the fingers off of one hand,
ana ate part of one foot and bit pieces out
OF tne cheek: He then commenced SUCK
ing me blood. In the meantime the boy
prlsed Perez In the midst of his feast. hit
could not arrest him, as he fled up tbe
mountain. The boy was taken care Of and
Perez has since been captured. -
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
The Dittman Mxsterx.

TIKI coroner's jury in the case Of Banker
Dittman, Of Philadelphia, returned a YER
dict that Dittman CAME to his death by ac-
cidental drownlng, notwithstanding the
fact that the coroners physician testified
that bis autopsy led him to believe that the
deceased committed suicide by drowning.
The payment Of $4,000 accident inaur-
ance hinged on the determination Of the
suicide,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
Jurisdiction Over the Reservation.

United States Attorney Sterling has ex-
pressed an opinion relative to the jurisdic-
ton of the courts over the Sioux reserva-
ton about to be opened to settlement. He
states that where. the land and its inhabi-
tants now come under the jurisdiction Of
the United States authorities, they lose it
when opened and the state will have to as
sumo control, but that this cannot be done
until the counties have been organized and
jurisdiction provided by statutory laws,
consequently everything on the great tract
is likely to be chaos and no order will pre-
vail,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
Indian School for North Dakota

Mr.. Hansbrough has introduced in the
national house o bill for the establish
ment and maintenance of an Indian school
in North Dakota: 1t provides $50, 900 for
the erection of buildings and purchase Of
o location. The site is to be chosen by
the secretary of the interior. Mr.. Carter
introduced a bill Of the same nature for
Montana
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
A Noble M8nicurn.

An Engiishwoman who married an Aus
trayian count and was left q widow, has
set up in tho manicure business in London.
and has a distinguished patronage. Tho
rank OF the lady md the riches of her
friends enable her to charge half q ginuea
Tor her manlpulations, and sho will not
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
firing EendletOn,

The house committee on elections, by a
strict party 'te. has decided to recon-.
mend that tue house unseat Pendleton and
seat Atkinson as the representative from
the First West Virginia district.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
DetaulterS AlreSted.

Ellis F. Bard, defaulting cashier of the
Lancaster National bank, at Lancaster,
Pa, and F. W. Hull, his accomplice, were
arrested. Executions were issued against
Hull. who has been a large dealer in coal
and lumber, for $33, OOO. His liabilities
.acrserate nearly s1DO, ono
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14

EDMUND NooNAN, late clerk of the CITY
court at Alton, ILL.,; Frederick Vslbrecht.
late deputy sheriff, aud j.. B. Thornton.
late deputy clerk Of the same court, we're
arrested in Alton for illegally issuing nat
uraliZatiCn papers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
A Costly Nail,

A fire occurred in the wooden mill Of the
Columbus, o., p~enitentiary, causing,a loss
to the state Of about $4,000. It originated
from o nail dropping into the machinery.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14

": ?; BE1DEN was probably fatally
stabbed by his brother-in-law, j. q. Wing.
in Chicago. The street was filled with
people on their way to the theatre, and the
bloody act they witnessed caused several
ladies to FAINT.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14

THE Planters house, the oldest and
most famous hotel in St. Louis, WAS closed
by the sheriff. 1t was favorably mentioned
IN Dickens American Notes" and has
housed many of the most distinguished
men in America, "e
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
A Colliery shuts Down.

The Philadelphia & Reading company's
North Ashland %colliery has shut down in
definitely. throwing 500 men and boys ont
Of Unemployment.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
Mustn't Show His Pictures.

Emperor William has caused an order to
be issued prohibiting the exhibition Of por.
traits of himself, his ancestors or any of
his family without his sanction first being
obtained.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14

s. ". Blount, Of San Augustine, Tex,
last surviving sigrer of the declaration of
Texan independence, died suddenly at his
home after a short illness.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
1Ho 11Vtle UOSS uIU Hil-
Tray, Blanche and Sweetheart

bark at them? Why need they mind?
They have the approval of their own con-
sciences and their own employers, and,
what is more important than all, the sup
port of enlightened and disinterested pub
lie opinion.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
Struck the Memphis Bridge.

The towboat Port Eads, en- route from
Cairo to New Orleans with several barQes
Of grain, struck the pier Of the bridge being
built to span the river at Memphis and
sank. She carried a crew of forty, one of
whom was drowned.
Ten Of the crew were takent to tho United
States hospital near by, suffering from cuts
and bruises, and the remainder were cared
for at houses along the shore.
The Port Eads was valued OF $4,000.
The barges and contents were uninjured.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
Arrived with the servia,s p~assenrer..

The steamer DANA, from Hamburg, has
arrived at New York with the passengers
Of her sister ship, the seryia, which on
Jan. ~ last broke her shaft and had to nut
back to Q%ueenstoyn after making Ave days
OF her voyage: The DANA passed through
tude 4e, 80, and sighted At least aftysice,
beYgs.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14
Stick to Its Text.

The Chicago Tribune declares it's pur-
pose to stand by Nora Marks "in spite of
the rawlings of the speculative press of the
new state" After abiding TO some of its
other correspondents elsewhere, the Trib-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-02-14

them Dack Until tney receive ORDERS TO the
contrary.
Nen who were through the Oklahoma
boom say this excitement fully equals
what was experienced there. Each train
that came in brought numbers who swell
the excited crowd. Some three miles
above Pierre o crowd of boomers to the
number of ten succeeded in getting by the
guards and escaped upon the reservation
in the darkness. Col. Tassin sent a de-
tail after them and word comes that seven
have been caught and are in the guard
house OF Fort Pierre. The commandment
has posted a public notice. in Pierre that
any who are caught attempting to cross
contrary to orders without a permit will re-
ceive the %severest punishment within the
military authority. This has G tendency to
put o check on the boomers.
AT Chamberlain.
Reports of cannon startled the crowd of
people camped at Chamberlain awaiting
an opportunity to get upon the Sioux res
ervation lands, which turned out to be o
signal for the townsite boomers, who were
secreted in the heavy timber on American
island, to get upon the coveted bottom on
the west side of the river. Immediately
the representatives of the various combin-
atoms sent for the purpose of securing this
tract we're in motion, and teams with loads
of lumber started on q dead run across the
river, but it was plainly evident that the
local TOWNSHIP boomers had secured an inn
portant advantage by reason of their closer
proximity to the lands.
It was q grand sight, viewed from the
high bluffs, where several Thousand people
had gathered to see as many more take
part in this exciting event. Indian police
numbering nearly 100 had been placed as o
guard to prevent any premature invasion,
but they stood dazed and helpless IS they
viewed the great and irresistible rushfo the