The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-09-11
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From Our Regular Correspondent.

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Washington, September 4, 1S91.-
Secretary Rusk has tinislledh his vacation,
paid Mr.. Harrison a combined social
and business visit, and is now settled at
his desk in the agricultural department
for the season. He is greatly interested
in the government inspection OF dressed
meats, authorized by an act OF the last
congress, which he was instrumental in
pushing through. While he was away
the Secretary organized a pork inspect
ion station at Milwaukee and he has
applications for stations from Kansas
City and Omaha. He says OF the new
law: "The plan OF beef and pork in
spection which has been ~inaugurated in
the west is proving a great success.
Beef is thoroughly inspected at Chicago
by the department, a post-mortem, as
it were, being held on each animal, and
at the same place the arrangements for
inspection have been SO thoroughly sys-
tematized that the shippers will be pre-
pared to send abroad 1000 hogs a day
as soon as the restrictions on American
pork are removed by Germany, which 1
have reason to know will be soon"
The Secretary said he had no further
information concerning the recent rain
producing experiments OF Prof. Dyren-
forth than had already appeared in the
newspapers. The raln-making expert
ments although normally under the
Agricultural department, are in reality
independent, being conducted under a
special act OF congress which appropri-
ated the money therefor.
Secretary Foster has extended indefi-
nitely the time within which the four
and one-half per cent bonds, which
ceased to draw interest Wednesday OF
this week, may be extended at two per
cent. Not quite half OF the S51, O0O, 900
which were outstanding when the Offer
was first made have been presented for
extension, and it is said that Secretary
Foster accuses the National bank
people OF having deceived him. A dele
CATION OF them from New York were
closeted with him yesterday, and it is
supposed that these out standing bonds
were under discussion.
Opinion is divided us to whether there
is any truth IN the rulnor that Civil
Service Commissioner Roosevelt has re-
signed IN a pet, because Mr.. Harrison
did not act upon his recent recomenda-
ton aud remove twenty-odd Federal
officials in Baltimore for ''pernicious po-
litical activity Those who believe
the runlor do SO because they know
that Mr.. Roosevelt is wealthy and cares
nothing for the salary attached to the
office and that he is impulsive and SEEM
ingly fond OF notoriety.
President Polk, OF the National Far
mer's Alliance, when asked whether he
contemplated fighting d duel with the
Carolina Editor who has been
abusing him and attacking his character,
"Of course not. This whole
silly duel story, was started by a news
paper correspondent in North Carolina
for the purpose OF trying to make a SEN
sation."
Owing to its bearing upon national
politics the news that Lieut.. Governor
Jones, OF she pays the freight fame,
may become an independent candidate
for governor OF New York if Flower is
nominated by the democrats, has ex-
cited the l~iveliest interest here and is be-
ing everywhere discussed. There arelots
OF dafmecrats who do not hesitate to
say that Jones will do just right if he
goes into an independent movement, as
they consider that he was fairly entitled
to the nomination from the democrats.
Republicans are OF course jubilant over
the news, and all OF them are wishing
that it may turn out to be true.
Secretary Tracy Is now at cape May
Point with Mr.. Harrison, and it is said
that the Gheradi- Walker scandal, which
has OF late occupied SO much a in
the metropolitan papers, is the subject
upon which Mr.. Harrison wanted to
consult with the Secretary.