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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
Breach of Promise Case Settled,

After occupying the courts for nearly o
year the breach of promise case Of Miss
Elizabeth Carter against George H1les had
an abrupt ending at Milwaukee. Accord
ing to a stipulation filed in the supreme
court the case is discontinued by mutual
consent without costs to either party.
Had it ever been tried the case promised to
be one of the most sensational in
the records of the Milwaukee
courts. George Hiles, the defendant,
is one Of tho best known men in
Wisconsin, q man of family and a reputed
millionaire. Miss Garter in her complaint
alleged that while living in New London,
Wis, she had become acquainted with
Hiles, who represented himself as a single
man. Under promise of marriage she al
legged that he had ruined her and then de-
serted her. She brought suit for $25, 900
for breach of promise. The case was to be
called for trial Monday, but some days ago
Mr.. Hiles, through his attorneys, sought o
compromise which was accepted by Miss
Garter. It is understood that she is to re-
ceiye $40. 900.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
FINALLY

The Carpenters Grievances Arc All Salts
factorily A~djusted-Mine Owners Will
Not Accede to the Laborers's Demands.
The Chicago carpenters strike was finally
settled when representatives of the carpen-
ters' council and the new Boss Carpenters
and Builders' association signed the agree
ment reached by the arbitration committee.
Miners Strike Inevitable.
There now seems to be no prospect of a
settlement of the coal miners strike and
according the Evening Neus a general
strike is imminent. Il. S. Sweet, n
of the most extensive coal operators in
Illinois, says: "There are in all
about $4,000 mep out, all of whom are
employees of the northern Illinois operators
none of the men in the southern part Of
state haue gone out, and I consider it
doubtful whether they will or not. Tbs
rl-~--a -~"a. nv +hoc~ .t~,rnra 40 Gov an
increase of u cents per ton. 1t is impos-
sible for us operators to meet such a de.
mand and indications are for q protracted
strike"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
VIII Act IL Unison,

The senators from three of the new
states have had q conference and deter.
mined to stand together on several impor-
tant measures affecting their states. While
the senate was in executive session, sena-
tors Moody and Pettigrew, of South Da-
kota, Senator Sanders, of Montana, and
Squire and Allen of Washington, got to.
gether in a corner and discussed river i'm
provements, mineral land forfeiture and
irrigation, and resolved to present q united
front on thess questions as far as they in.
volved the part of the country they repre-
sent. There are several good-sized appro-
priations asked for improving the Missouri
river In South Dakata and Montana, end
others for improving rivers and harbors in
Washington, which were not given much
prominence in the river and harbor bill,
1t is likely that the states interested will
make an attempt to secure additions when
the bill gets before the senate.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
Montana's Bad Financial oond,t,on

Russell B. Harrison is apprehensive thar
the state of Montana will find itself in a
desperate condition unless the governor
calls an extra session of the legislature and
calls it very soon. "As affairs are now"
the presidents son said. "the state is
obliged to carry on its business and it's
charitable institutions, for no a cent has
been appropriated for the public use.
Nobody can live on air, and that
is the only payment the public
officials are receiving in return for their
servlcea and the business men for their
supplies for the public institutions. The
governor is aware of this state Of things
and has been urged to afford a remedy by
calling the Legislature in extra session, but
as he is off somewhere getting married
there ia no telling when he will isste the
call. The next regular session will not be
held until next fall, but somethine must
be done before that. But to raise money
is not the only thing the legislature has to
DO, The laws noy on the books are those
that were in existence when Montana was
a territory. The only thing in the way Of
legislation done during the regent session
was to scratch out the word Territory in
the constitution and place in its stead the
word state"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
FROM THE CAPITAL.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO WESTERNS
ERs WIRED FROM WASHINGTON.

A Postoifice Investigation Probable-Mex-
leo ON Hand with . Proposition to Come
In-Other Interests of Various Sorts.
tits likely that there will bs an invssti-
CATION in a few days in the affairs of the
house Of representatives postoface, and it
may be that some new regulations will be
provided for in the management Of the
Office. CD. McCord, who is an employee
OF the Office, and a son OF Representative
Nc Cord, has filed a formal letter of charges
against James L. Wheat, the post
master, in which, among other things,
it is claimed that Mr.. Wheat is an
unfit person for the position which he
holds and has been guilty of gross
Irregularities in conducting the business of
said Office; that communications, newspa-
pers and other publications addressed to
members are thrown in the wastebasket
every day; that letters to representatives
have been tempered with, and that he is
arrogant, tyranical, despotic, overbearing
and insulting to those around him. A
good many complaints are made, chiefly by
employees of the capitol, of delay in get
ting their mail, and members complain of
their mail getting mixed. Mr.. Wheat is
from Wisconsin and has not been long in
his present quarters. The investigation.
if it takes place, which is more than likely,
will be watched with interest by those who
a a clean administration of that Office.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
TO SUCCEED BECK.

Numerous Nance Alroadv Mentioned for
the Position-To be Decided by the
Legislature-How the Dead Senator
Broke Down His HEALTH
Within a few hours from the time when
Senator Beck, of Kentucky, fell dead, and
before the funeral arrangements had been
made, the gossip Of a successor for his seat
in the senate began. That it will be. hard
or impossible to find in the Blue Grass
state q man who will fill in all senses of
the word the place so suddenly left vacant
is conceded. Few men in the country are
so thoroughly equipped to back the demo-
cratic position on the greater questions Of
legislation, and when Kentucky has made
q selection of a successor the democratic
side of the chamber will lack something Of
the strength it had when Mr.. Beck was at
his best. The suddenness of Senator
Beck's death gave no opportunity for
careful survey of the political field
in Kentucky by those who gossip
at Washington, and random guesses
are all that is heard. In the hotel
and other resorts where the topic is dis
cussed ex-Speaker Carlisle is oftenest
mentioned as the probable successor of the
dead man. This is by no means the uni
versal talk, however. Representative
William P. Breckenridge is mention ed
often as a possibility. The guess work,
too, is INDUCED in as to whether the Ken
lucky legislature will elect during the few
remaining days of the session or will ad-
journ and leave the vacancy to be filled by
appointment. Should an election be de-
cided on it would involve swift work, as
the day for adjournment next week.
The death of Senator Beck leaves vacan-
cies on the committees of finance
and appropriations and the So
lect committee on woman suffrage.
Senator Beck held the senior position Of
the minority on the committee on appro-
priations and had the second place of the
minority On the finance committee, Senator
VOORHEES, of Indiana holding the senior
place on the committee. Senator Cockrell
of Missouri, is the second pan on the first
named committee, and on him will devolve
the honors and hard work which comes to
the head of the minority of this committee.
Senator Mcpherson of New Jersey will
succeed to the place held by Senator Beck
on the finance committee. 1t was during
the hard fight on the tariff bill in 1888,
which was before the finance committee
for weeks, that Senator Beck's health first
broke down. Senator Beck prepared the
minority report, and this was his last great
work. There is no man left on the commit
tee who is as we'll equipped for efficient
multiplication work as was Senator Beck.
BY the Legislature.
Tho selection Of Senator Beck's success
sor will be made by the legislature. The
probable candidates are Congressman Car
isle, ex-Gov. Proctor Knott, State Sem
ator William Lindsay and probably Con-
gresham McCreary and Lieut.. Gov. Bryan.
1t is a common belief that Carlisle will be
chosen. The election will take place Tues.
day, May 20.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
A Queer Old Connie.

Just west of Gallon, Ohio, in a hut built
Of railway ties, between the tracks of the
Erie and the Big Four roads, live q queer
old couple, who have attracted considerable
attention for the past six years. They
have occupied the shanty each alternate
winter for six seasons, this making their
third winter there. In the summer they
tramp and beg for a living, going as far
east as Kingston, N. Y, and as far west as
Missouri. Both are apparently about
74years old and the man is a strong, hearty
looking fellow. Their rude winter home
is furnished according to their ideas Of
comfort and without much expenditure of
capital. The floor is the earth and their
beds are lounges made of sod. The inter-
Tor of their domicile reminds one Of the
stories Of the cliff jewellers, and the two
old inmates, in appearance, belong to an
earlier age, whom mon we're barbarians.
Who they are and where they came from
originally, and what led them tQadopt this
strange life are mysteries they Will not re.
veal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09

interior wa giving way. The wild faces
shrank from the windows and the shr1eks
of the maniacs were lost in the general up.
roar. One by n the walls toppled in
ward, and the fierce blaze burst up from
the ne WY added fuel, rose to the dark sky
and shot its glare over the st. Lawrence to
the. southern shore and even tinged the
crest of Mt. Royal. ten miles distant.
Then it died down into blackness, and
nothing but q few broken towers remained
bounding the seething mass of metal and
debris under which are now not the bodies,
but the ashes, of 100 victims.
By this time it was 6 O'Clock and was
growing dark and very cold. The spring
rains had converted the place into a quag-
mire, and only horsemen could get from
place to place. The poor sisters, most of
them young and delicate, stood ankle deep
in the mud securing and experimenting
the removal of such furniture as had been
saved. The patients wandered about
aimlessly, clad in scant garments.
When released many of them leaped
for joy and bounded like deer
across the fields to the woods. Patients of
both sexes escaped, and though q Gordon
OF police was thrown around, not all wers
included. and a horribly suggestive tale
was borne in by a habitant who was COM
ing through the woods to the scene of the
disaster. A new decade had zone upon
the inhabitants from the presence of SO
many escaped lunatics, and they will
count themselves fortunate if they are not
visited by a series OF such crimes as only
madmen can devise.
All the time the fire was burning every
high house top n Montreal had its curious
sight-seers. The long road was thronged
with carriages. The transport service of
Montreal was pressed into service, and
every available cab, omnibus and hack went
out filled with people.
Premier MERCER has placed the Montreal
exhibition buildings at the disposal Of the
nuns. and tomorrow the buildings will be
stocked with provisions.
The Strangest Wonder
to the tiremen is that such an absence of
fire fighting facilities could exist. Although
the appliances were there they we're utterly
useless. The institution had excellent en-
gines, ten good pumps and new boilers,
but no connection existed between the
pumps and the boilers.
The Sisters of Providence spend in
founding and organizing this institution
81, l32, 232, Of which $500, 900 was spent on
the buildings. The building was insured
by the government for $500, 600. With
the exception of the medical department,
consisting of the doctors, the sisters re-
tanned complete control of all the depart
ments of the asylum.
AT latest reports the death roll is est.
mated at fifty. although many more are
missing, but are expected to turn up. 1t
is feared that seven tertiary nuns were
burned, as three more are missing besides
those named above. They were not, how
ever, seen in the flames, and the sisters
prefer not to give out the names at pres
ent.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
Criticised by Pettirrew,

#. SENATOR PettiCrew returned to Washing
ton IRON New York in anything but a
pleasant frame of mind. He had read the
reports OF attempts made by western men
to have the force in the government land
otice increased, as we'll as some small
amounts for clerks in the Office OF the sur
veyor- general, and he did not like the way
they were doing business in the house.
Mr.. Pettigrew had a good deal to complain
of. The east he says, wants a high
tariff on all their manufactured goods, the
duty taken off raw materials, and then
wanted to spend SIG, 1000, 900 to $780,
600, 900 in the manufacture of iron tubs
for the navy which would be useless
for any kind Of warfare by the time they
were completed. The rapidity with which
the country is progressing would in a few
years bring modern modes of warfare to
such a state Of perfection that it would be
useless to try and do anything with the
iron tubs that the navy would now build.
They want to tax US in the west for their
selfish needs. They are shutting off on all
public Improvements in the west that they
can. The river and harbor bill is entirely
unsatisfactory and the treatment they are
giving the upper Missouri is outrageous.
They don't want to give US money enough
for surveys 80 that the west can settle up
and yet they do not want to have a tariff on
western products. I am in favor Of such
a tariff on farm products of the west as
will prohibit their importation."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
Burning Prairie Grass.

8. s.. Shoun, Of Grindstone Butte,
eighty miles west of Pierre, tells o graphic
story of the recent prairie fires on the
reservation, The wind at the time was
blowing q perfect gale from the north, and
about noon he discovered clouds of smoke
rising off to the north, fully twenty miles
away. Knowing there was nothing to stop
the fury Of the flames he started after his
stock, intending to drive it to the house,
the grass being tramped down and eaten
off round the house for q distance of forty
or fifty rods, SO that fire could not run.
He rode swiftly to the cattle, about q
couple Of miles from the house. By
this time the air was filled with smoke
and the bunch of cattle, Of about 100
head, had commenced to move.
He soon had them IN a run, but it was too
late. A great mass of seething fire was
leaping high In the air. The wind would
catch the top and apparently bend it over,
and it would seize hold of the dry grass
fifty or sixty yards in advance and flash up
like a powder pan, and the flames dart sky
ward again. Mr.. Shoun gave the cattle up
for lost when he saw the fire coming with
in half q mile of them, and took steps fol
saving himself. He raced for a short dis
lance with the fire, but seeing it gain on him
and hedging him in on all sides he made
for, a pond Of water and plunged in.
The fire swept on, and he emerged q mo.
ment after to behold a black, smoking
waste where a luxurious growth of buffalo
grass had been. Fifty-four head of 2, 8
and 4 years old, the choicest of the bunch,
succumbed to the flames, many Of them
being roasted alive and the others having
the heir singed off sothey will die. The
rest of the drove stopped on o dog town
and were saved. MI. Shoun learned from
q half breed that four Rosebud Indians,
who have been visiting on the Cheyenne
river about the mouth Of Deep
creek, started the fire m~aliciously
and with the intention Of giving
the settlers trouble. The Indians
are new under arrest. The fire swept q
strip of country 100 miles along the Chey-
enne river south to the old government
trail and not being entirely checked until
stopped by the Bad river. This section Of
the country has not been burned off for
four years, and this accounts for the 6res
making such Roadway. Mr.. Shoun came
west is 1850 and since that time has been
all over the west and says he never saw but
one fire that would equal this, and that
Vas in the Napa valley in California,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
THE FRIEND,
In His Speech from the Throne the German
Emperor Urges Justice for the Workine

In His Speech from the Throne the German
Emperor Urges Justice for the Working
Men.
The reichstag vas opened by the
emperor in person. In his speech from
the throne his majesty said he hoped it
would be practicable at the present session
to solve the important and pressing ques-
lions which would come up
for consideration. He wanted
above all things to effect further
legislation for the protection of working
men. The strike movements during the
year had suggested the examination of the
questions whether the laws of the existing
state organization originally took into &C.
count these wishes of men which were
justiiable and capable Of realization, The
question claiming most attention we're
those of Sunday rest and woman's and
childrens' labor.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
Torn to Pieces by Sharks,

A sailor named Jordan, intending to de-
sert his ship, jumped overheard at Beau
fort, S. c., from a vessel in the Coosa
river. He attempted to swim ashore,
which was not more than a hundred yards
distant. A boat was lowered and
sent after him, but a couple Of man eating
sharks got ahead of the boat and the poor
fellow was torn to pieces and eaten before
the boat could reach him. Jordon was a
Norwegian seaman belonging to the Sea
Queen, a sailing vessel which had been in
port ONE days and which was on her way
to TIiyernoo1.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
The Tariff. Debate.

The debate in the house on the tariff is
expected to begin early next week, and it
is the intention of those Interested to keep
it to the front until it is disposed of
Three weeks is thought to be ample time
for its consideration; but if it cannot be
completed in that time by holding day
sessions, night sessions will be held, SO
that the tariff windmills will have double
time. Effort will be made to limit debate
on each section, about which there is any
disagreement, SO that the buncombe
speeches will be eliminated and only the
practical side of the questions involved
discussed. No long winded and unproft-
able discussion, such as has been the rule
heretofore, will be tolerated.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09

@PUP11 farming" has received a tremen-
dous shock in England on account of the
disclosures in the Birche]l case. Judging
from the inquiries that these pupil farmers
make Of their agents, they need a great
deal Of teaching. One young man recently
wrote to inquire if cotton was grown in .
agent answered that it was not, but that SO.
important an industry could not long es.
cape attention,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
Murdered by a Blow.

DR.. Prichafd and s. NJ. Miles, attorney,
met at q crossing peaE Coldwster, Kas.,
and engaged in o quarrel, which resulted
] n Miles hitting Prichard over the head
witha revolver and telling him TO the
ground. Prichard died. Miles Aed from.
the town. AT q late hour be had not been.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
Bent on Early Adjournment.

There is algrowing determination among
members of the house for an early adjourn
rhent, and only such measures as are es-
sential at this time will be hurried through.
Both parties are preparing for the cam
paign this fall, which will determine the
complexion Of the next house. At the re-
publican caucus Tuesday night a resolu-
ton drawn up at the suggestion of Speaker
Reed was offered, which provides that the
tariff bill, the silver bill, the Morrill, limited
Service pension bill and the federal cleo
ton scheme shall be disposed of during
the session.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
A Valuable Relic.

Frank O'BrienSof Atlanta, Ga, has a
valuable relic. 1t is the canteen which
Gen. Mcpherson had on his person when
Ire was" Killed, and which bears the imprint
of the bullet, SO it is supposed, which
killed him. The identity of the canteen is
abundantly vouched for. Mr.. O'Brien will
present it to the Mcpherson society of New
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
Not a Straight One in the Lot.

1Gnnny, 1.-THE crack Kansas City catcher,
says: The worst hand [ ever saw be-
longed to a man whose name I can't recall.
As we were sitting around a table one day
he held up his hands with the remark, 4
broke all these in ono game;' and there
they yersf ten fingers. knocked completely
o4tihg shhps, gnarledsand knotty, with not
aefraighF one in the lot.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09

Another writ Of habeas corpus has been
issued in the case of Kemm1er, the muir.
derer. The writ was issued to dispose Of
the question as to whether the walden OF
the state prison at Aub6rn can legally ex-
ecute Kemmler.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09

At the sale Of the late Abraham Hay.
wards famous collection of autographs in
London last week, the original draft, with
autographs corrections, Of General Lees
last address to the confederate army was
Knocked down for $65.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09

Two guests at a hotel in Tampa, Fla,
both old visitors from the north, the other
day started in a small boat to go fishing.
Very soon they ran into q lot Of tarpons
that we're jumping and chasing mullet, and
became so frightened that..they put for
fArrasfrma nj once
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
An Iowa Pioneer,

On Monday of this week Mr. Edgar Har-
rison left Washington for his home in
Florida. He is an Iowa pioneer and may
be remembered by some of your readers.
He lived in many parts Of the state. Ia
earlier days he was interested in the pub.
LEGATION Of the State Capital Reporter, now
the State Press, at Iowa City. He was
sheriff of johnson county, Iowa, for sew
eral terms. He is at present in the orange
growing business in Florida, but has pleas.
ant recollections of his former state.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1890-05-09
Want Mexico Annexed.

A delegation of twenty citizens from
Mexico arrived in Washington. Tuesday.
They are here in the interest Of Mexico's
admission to the union, and appear to be a
lot of stayers. They are rapping hard and
are loaded down with reasons why Mexico
should become a sister.