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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25
GIGANTIC WHALES AT SCHOOL.
Big Skookum Ranchers Kill q Fifty
Foot Tinback With Rifles.

Dig SkOOkum h&nCneES u
Foot Finback With Rifles.
John K. Davis whose reputation for truth and
veracity has hitherto been beyond question,
writes the following from Shelton, under date
OF May -:
81 awoke this morning about o clock, and
looking out on the Big Skookum bay Isaw FIVE
large whales, swimming up the bay towards
shelton. | ran in the house and got my rife,
which is a SO Winchester. ] fired on the head
whale. 1 saw the water splash and knewI
had missed him. Then ran to q stump near
the beach. l fired again, and this time the levi
athan splashed the water with his tail, and
knew l had hit him. Then the whole school
dove. then ran down on the beach and jumped
into my boat and started after them. / think
they were badly frightened and lost their course,
for they ran ashore on the beach opposite Shell
ton. When they ranashore fired again. They
all got off the beach but one. This, / think, is
the one / first shot at Mr.. Munson came out
and we shot him several times with our big
guns and killed him. He is fifty feet long and
eight feet high. Mr.. Johnson says he is a I'm
back. This is all l can write at present as am
going up to Shelton to get help
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25
CordraY,s New Theatar.

Monte Cristo'' will be the attraction at Cord.
rays theater this week, having its initial per-
Torrance tonight Mr.. W. A. Whitecar viii Ia
seen in the title role, and all who have seen his
work since coming here can readily imagine
him first as the braye-hearted young soldier,
who is torn from his sweetheart's arms and cast
into horrible dungeon, there to languish
eighteen years. Next as the priest, who. full
filling his threat of vengeance, kills one of the
three who were implicated in sending him m
prison. Next, as the fablously rich Count of
Monte Cristo, TO whom millions of money are a
mere bagatelle. Miss Laura Alberta as Mer.
cedes cannot fail to be artistic Mr.. Charles
Gray as Charderouse, the innkeeper, will supply
the greater portion OF comedy. Mr. Hamilton.
the scenic artist at Cordray's theater. has been
at work on the scenic effects, which win be the
finest ever seen at that house. The Chateau 4,
II, the dungeon scene and the storm wll Ia
beautifully set. The auditorium will Offer an
entirely new programme, including many bril-
liant features.
shipping Intelligence.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 24.-Departed-StrCelia
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25
MEMORIAL SERVICE AT TACOMA.
Rev. y. Nj. Patterson Preached an Able
Sermon on Liberty.

Sermon on Liberty.
TACOMA, May "a Memorial services were
held at the First Presbyterian church at 3
p. m. today, the Rev. J. NJ. Patterson OF that
church preaching the memorial sermon The
custer and Sheridan G. A. +. posts, Sons of
Veterans, and two corps of the Woman's Relief
occupied reserved seats G. A. X. post flags
placed on either side of the pulpit were the
only decoration. The auditorium and gallery
were well filed. General ]. w. Sprague pre-
sided, and beside him on the platform were the
Rev. Messrs. Patterson, T. f. MeMillen, Osmsr
Mann and Chaplain Stubs. Miss Nettie Bur
hans presided at the organ, prefacing the
services with q prelude. The Rev. Patterson's
subject was; Liberty; It's History and Its
Hope and his text was:from John wifi 36-"If
the son therefore shall make you free, you
shall be free indeed
The speaker held that the :word liberty cx-
ercised fascination over men of ali races and
III all lands. The birth of liberty, he said, was
brought about by Jesus. He deprecated the
work of professional politicians, and called
upon all electors TO take an interest in politics
thereby keeping the ballot pure, and securing
with patriotism piety. This he maintained
while not tavoring any union of church and
state. He made a strong plea for good
schools in closing.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25
Drowned In the Ouillayute.

Teresa T. Balch, aged % years, was drowned
May Is in the Quillayute river, which she was
crossing on horseback. She was thrown from the
horse and got separated from il. She swan for
life and would have reached shore, but the water
was very cold and she was taken with severe
cramps and sank. The body was buried beside
that of her brother, Gussy, who was drowned in
the same manner and in the same river in
November 1878
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25
want to Go to West Po;n,

Mr.. Edward Morse, son OF Hon. Eldrige Morse.
OF Snohomish, is in the city on his way 70 Spok.
sne 10 take the West Point competitive exsmi-
nation there tomorrow. He is q fne appearing
lad OF good physique and good common school
education. Rufus Buck. son OF F. A. Buck. of
this city. will also probably take the examine.
ton, He is s California raised boy who is Quail
ifed mentally and physically 10 60 to the ma.
tons school FOR soldicrs
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and 1t is probable that the services of one or
more efficient organizers will be secured to
visit all the hop growing districts OF the state 10
awaken growers to the importance OF this gen.
eral organization.
The association adjourned and again convenes
at Kent on Saturday next May 30, at 2:30 D. m
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25

Fifteen Minutes in the Water.

DR.. NJ. A. Schober was called to the soop Olof
which arrived here from Port Townsend last
evening, to attend Norwegian sailor named
Robert loren, who was dying from exhaustion.
loren fell from the sloop while coming through
the Straits OF Fuca and was in the water fifteen
minutes before he was recovered. No one knew
what measures TO adopt to resucitate him and
he was nearly dead when he arrived here. DIR.
schober worked over him until he was out of
danger.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25

The largest. finest aud best seleosed stock OF
ses shstis ever seen IN the city at Japan Bazaar
! ,2l6 Front street
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25

y viii make yeur compile xion as soft as vel.
Visions famous Eolsrune.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25

VISIONS Rohertine is the only thing now
used by fashionable ladies 10 perpetuate beau.
nfai complexion
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-25
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS

Headeuarters-Grand Pacific Hotel-Tscoma-
Rates: s.. $50 and IS per DAY.
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Jerry Denny, the erstwhile king of third base
men, will probably be released by. New York for
weak PLAYING.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-11-27
a Great Disaster.
The purchasing OF the c. o. D. stock
by John Nj. Moore g. Co.
Winter Protection of Small Frui


Winter Protection of Small Fruits.
Press Bulletin No. 10.
In the dry climate OF South Dakota it
is advisable to cover the small fruits
wherever possible, to save them from
evaporation that is going on in even the
coolest winter weather, Strawberries are
easily protected after the ground is
frozen sufficiently to bear the weight Of a
wagon, by throwing over the bed a
covering OF prairie hay or straw, not
more than two or three inches thick. If
too much is put on, the plants will be
more harm than benefited. The coyer.
should be left on until the leaves begin
to peep through in the %spring-by this
means growth is retarded and danger to
the blossoms from late frost is avoided.
Raspberries may be bent to the ground
over a small mound ofearth made at the
base OF the plant for the purpose, and
covered with a few inches OF soil Dust
enough to hide the canes) and this is the
safer way, or they may be heavily
mulched with atraw or coarse lltterfrom
the stables. The mulch should he
thrown loosely among the plants and
between the rows-so as to seemingly
cover the canes. By spring the mulch
will have settled a great deal. Currants
and goose berries are benefited by such
a mulch, especially ifcoarse manure i.
used, for most OF it's nutritive elements
&ill be taken into the soil, and thus q
double purpose will be served. Grapes
should be covered with earth.
G. A, KEEPER.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-11-27
HUI NATURE.

his wooden leg gets a New York man
Into trouble. He always uses it as a
weapon, so handy is it, and the practice
has caused him to spend several terms in
Jail. He is now serving out a six months
sentence, given him for using the limb on
his wife.
Here is the prayer of the minister of the
Cumbrays, two miserable islands in the
mouth of the Clyde: ooh, Lord, bless and
be gracious to the greater and the lesser
~Cumbrays, and In thy mercy do not forget
the adjacent islands of Great Britain and
Ireland"
Henry billiard, a business man of Chat.
tanooga, died suddenly Of heart failure.
According to the story told by his relatives
he had always been a hard drinker, and
about ten days since swore of. He could
not be induced to taper off, and when told
that his life depended upon taking an al
coholic stimulant, he refused to yield and
died firm.
An advocate, seeing that there was no
longer any use Of denying certain charges
against his client, suddenly changed his
plan of battle in order to arrive at success
in another way. "Well, be it So" he
said; my client is a scoundrel and the
worst liar in the world" Here he was in
terrupted by the judge, who remarked:
''Brother B, you are forgetting your
SELF"
A Kentucky engineer named Hughes has
discovered that it does not always pay,
financially. to say human life. One day
he saw a man named Stevenson lying
across the track, ahead of his train. The
engine was stopped within a few feet of
Stevenson. He appeared drunk. Hughes
pulled him OFF and kicked him two or three
times. Stevenson was not drunk, but in a
1T. He had Hughes arrested and fined
1901, costs and fine, although he had saved
his life.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-11-27
Dickens CAricature.

Miss Dickens has this to say Of how
her father. the great novelist viewed
a c%aricature OF himself: There was
a penny caricature printed, but by
whom I can't say, which greatly de-
lighted him. He writes about it, the
letter being dated July 8, 1851: i
hope you have seen a large-headed
photo, with little legs, representing
the undersigned, pen in hand, mop
ping his forehead to knock an idea
out. It has just sprung up SO abund-
antly in all the shops that lam asham-
ed to go about town looking in at the
picture windows, which is my delight.
1t seems to me extraordinarily ludi-
crous, and much more like the grave
figure done in earnest. It made me
laugh, when I first came upon it, until
l shook again in open, sunlighted
Piccadilly.'' He returnedto Gad's Hill,
bringing this with him, and telling us
that he had been SO amused with it,
and 30 fascinated by it. thinking it SO
irresistibly funny. that he stood look
ing at it, roaring with laughter, until
he became conscious Of a large and
sympathettc audience, laughing Sc
heartily with him that he had to beat
q hasty retreat"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-11-27
ALLIANCE

BATTLE 1--WE
Battle River Farmers Alliance meets
iii Hermosa on the first and third Sat-
urday of each mouth. 4
JosEPH BENNETT. ELMER LEWIS.
President. Secretary.
Iermosa. S. ID.
PENNINGTON CouNTY ALLIANCE
meets at The UNION Office on the first
Saturday OF each month at two i. m.
US ALLISON, President,
Creston, S. ID.
OTro ANDERSON, Secretary,
Rockerville, S. j.
GLEN ALLIANCE.
The Wednesday on or before a full
moon at the Fanshawe place.
OTTo ANDERSON, A. d. RICHARDSON,
Secretary, President.
Rapid City. S. ID. Hermosa, S.. d.
WHITE EAGLE
At the Murphy school house the second
and fourth Saturday evenings OF each
month. j. NJ. BARNES, President,
Mrs. ZELLA HUNT, Secretary,
Rapid City.
IT,. olItiNu CiSEisA
At the Daughenbaugh school house on
the last Saturday OF each month.
CHAs. GEIGER, President,
C. PERUVIAN, Secretary.
Rapid City, S. D.
SUMMIT
At the Pike school house on the third
Saturday OF each month.
VIM. LARGENT. President,
w. H. FoUsE, Secretary,
Hermosa, S. D.
CREsToN.
At the school house on the LIST. Thurs
day after the first Saturday OF each
month. U. S. ALLISON, President, :
G. w. FAUs, Secretary.
Creston, S. d.
BOX ELDER.
Met at the Slick school house Friday
evening June 26. They meet every two
weeks alternating between the Ensor and
Slick school house.
JOEL THACKER, President,
A. A. ROGERS, Secretary,
Rapid City, S. D.
LAME JOHNNY
At the Dean school house on the sec
ond and fourth Saturday evening ofeach
month. e. E. DEAN, president,
Mrs. MINNIE Dow, secretary,
Buffalo Gap, S. D.
PENNINGTON ENTER
At the house of j. John on the second
and last Saturday OF each month.
A. A. NEwKIRK, President,
F. L. SMITH, Secretary,
Creston, S. d.
Regular meeting first Friday evening
in each month at Ryan school house.
j.. E. HADLEY, j. L. GRosIIoNG,
Secretary. President,
Rapid City, 5. D.
PLEASANT VALLEY ALLIANCE, NO. .
Meets at the Kuntz school house on
the last Saturday night OF each month,
at 7 O'Clock p. m. d. J. BEAVER,
D. j. HORLoCKER, President.
Secretary. Tilford, S. D.
NOTICE.
Will all alliances IN the Black Hills
send in their place and time OF meeting
also names OF president and secretary
and their addresses.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-11-27

For Thc Benefit of Grand Army Men.
There are thousands OF comrades who
fought during the wal under the leader
ship OF the four great generals, Grant,
Sherman, Sheridan and Mcclellan. who
would have purchased the memoirs oil
these historic captains when published
had the price been placed at a reason.
able figure. There is an opportunity
now, however, as "The Cosmopolitan
Magazine' has purchased 100000 vol
umes Of the memoirs in the original sub.
editions, bound in green and gold cloth,
and is almost giving them away in con.
nection with a subscription to that pop.
ular magazine. Notonly should members
OF the Grand Army be interested in the
Offer, but every man and woman in the
country who is at all up to the times
will be interested in these books. The
writer's are dead; the memoirs can never
be rewritten. They contain the personal
history OF the great commanders, and
form an Indispensable part OF the his
tory of the country. No library. pri-
vate or public, large or little, is COM
plete without them.
If you are not acquainted with the
Magazine, send at once for free sample
copy to The Cosnropo Titan Publishing
Co., Madison, New York City.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-11-27
TRUE N TRIVIAL.

The French fight an average of 1900
duels q year The casualties are not
worth counting.
A Grand Army post, named in honor of
Gen. E. c. Ord, has been organized in the
City of Mexico, with thirty members.
Under the order of the emperor the
Prussian minister of the interior has is
sued a decree %forbidding the use Of hap
tismal names of a political nature.
There are said to be about %, 900, 900
acres of forest in Hungary. OF these the
government owns about $500, 900 acres,
and buys more each year, and refuses to
sell any that it possesses.
The Paris society for the encourage
ment of national industry has offered a
prize of 5000 francs for the discovery of
a substance partially or wholly taking the
place of gutta percha, or for advance in
the culture of the gutta percha tree.
A curious fact in the early history of
pins is that when they were first sold in
''open shop there was such a great de-
mand for them that a code wa passed
permitting their sale only on two days in
the year-the LIST and I'd of January.
Two interesting letters written by Hal
leck and Grant, recently discovered in
Washington, disclose the fact that in their
judgment, Ben Butler was totally unfit to
act as a general, and that his ''quarrels
some character'' was a source of much
annoyance.
Louis Paulsen whose death was record
ed recently was born with the
marvellous faculty Of the chessplayer and
some of his feats at his chosen game nave
not been surpassed. His memory was so
remarkable that he could play twelve
games at once while blindfold. Yet at
his death his name was unknown to nearly
all save the comparatively few who make
chess their hobby.
Lowell's vision of Sir Launfal, - which
gave such an inn etus to his early fame,
was composed in forty-eight hours, while
Gray struggled for seven years over his
famous "Elegy." Goldsmith wrote his
''Vicar of Wakefield with a rush while a
bailif stood at the door and DR.. johnson
looked over his shoulder. Marion Craw-
ford's 'tMr. %Isaacs," which established his
rank as an author, was produced in one
month.
Edmund c. stedman y flames
Russell Lowell was unquestionably the
head Of the literary profession in America,
and when you say he was at the head in
America as an a%ll-around man of letters,
l think you will have to include Great
Britain also. When he went abroad as
our diplomatic representative, every
writer and scholar felt that he was as
much the minister of the American liter
airy guild as he was of the nation"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-11-27
MASCULlNITIES

A flea can jump over a barrier 500 times
his own height. At that rate a man could
jump over a wall nearly a mile high.
A woman at Ardmore has sued her bus
band for the recovery of her false teeth.
She bit him and he took them away from
her.
Leopold H., king of the Belgians, prides
himself on being a workingman. He rises
at six and does two hours work before
breakfast.
We talk about the energy Of Americans,
yet there never was an American who has
not felt chilly all night rather than get up
for more cover.
A Dexter, Me-, man wants q divorce
from his wife Of four weeks standing be-
cause she refuses to make fapjacks accord
ing to his recipe.
1t is easier to find a score of men wise
enough to discover the truth than to find
one intrepid enough to stand up for it in
the face of opposition.
There is a man in Winsted, Ct, who he
longs to "a secret societies, four volunteer
fire organizations, nine military compa-
MES and three churches.
Rumors of a lost boy stirred Sherwood,
Mich, all up until it was discovered, after
a search of some hours, that he had gone
into retirement to recover from the effects
of his first cigarette.
Just fancy, Hofbauer, our neighLor,
has been to-day making me an offer of
marriage in case you don't get bettcr!'
Sick husband: "What! that fellow. 1t
would serve him right if l died to-mor-
row.n
Two brave Erie women rendered good
service in fighting a couple of house-break-
ers. One woman helped her husband to
hold one of the intruders, while the second
woman chased the ~rascals pal from the
house. The captured thief was then
handed over to the police.
Here is another warning for smokers.
A very influential citizen of Rockville,
Conn, chased two ladies in their own
yard and began to hug and kiss them very
z%ealously. He was about to be shot when
he pleaded that he had fits and kissed
women when the seizure came on. His
family physician certified that it was SO,
and said the fits resulted from excessive
smoking.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-11-27
INnrpENDENr PLATFORM.

RESOLVED that we reatirm the platform OF
the independent psrty as adopted III conven-
We demand u n full legal tendercurrency
issucdbythe government directto the people with,
out Observation-Disclosures of issue, based Oh lalid
and the nonperishable products OF labor on the
sub.treasury plan, in sufficient volume to trans
the business OF the country.
We dem; nj the free and unlimited coinage OF
silver.
and telephone service at actual cost, and that
government shall own and operate the same.
RESOLVED, that we are opposed to the alien
ownership of land. We are in favor OF the gov
eminent recovering possession OF the same and
also all lands owned or held by corporations in
excess Of that actually used by them in their
business. Such lands to be reserved for actual
we are in favor of ali exhibit ofthe products
OF the srate at the worlds fair exposition and
tee in raising money fur the same by voluntary
RESOLVED, that we recommend to the National
P~eople'sparty the following solution OF the tar
.!The interests of the nation demand that SO
long as the tariff shall exist, the adjustment OF
its details shall be removed from the arena OF
partisan politics and placedi in the hands OF a non.
partisan commission; such acommlssion should
SO adjust details OF the schedule that the sum
total of import duties shall not exceed the
revenue requirements of the government, and
tie duties levied on imported articles OF manu-
facture competing with those OF home manufac
ture shall be no hlgner tnen are necessary TO re
store the home manufacturer what ever equal
ity of conditions he may have lost by the pay
ment OF q higher scale Of wages i'll their produc
ton,
RESOLVED, that justice demands that the nat
ional government should return us rs per cen
OF the money received for our lands, the sam
to be used by counties for irrigation purposes.
RESOLVED, that it is the duty OF the U. S
Government to MAINTAIN good faith with all, an'
that as the soldiers of the late war were paid il
a deprecated money that the difference between
the pay received by the bondholders and tina
OF our country's defenders should be made goo
nate pensioning of all soldiers OF the late wa
alike. but that do approve OF a service pension
graded upon the amount of service performed;
Dakota toward the traffic Intoxicating liquors
we are opposed to the reopening ofthe questio
until it has had a fair trial under existing laws