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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
HI HUNG MAY PRocRAsTlNATE.
Belief that Japan's Proposals VIII Not
81 BE Accepted Tnl the Last Minute.

Belief that Japan's Proposals VIII Not
q BE Accepted TIL the Last Minute.
Washington, April 11.-The Japanese
Chinese armistice closes in ten days, SO
that it is anticipated by officials and
diplomats that the final terms of peace
must be near at hand. It is stated, how.
ever, by a diplomat Of experience with
the Chinese and Coreans, that it is char
acteristic with them not to meet 4 an
emergency until the last day A case is
cited in which Japan gave Corea three
months to acquiesce in certain condi-
.tions. There was no response until the
day before the three months expired,
when a Corean official appeared and
stated that the subject had been over
looked and more time was desired,
which request, however, was not grant
ed. 1t would not be surprising to officials
II II Hung Chang pursued this policy,
taking the full ten days before yield
Ing to all of Japan's demands
The reports that the indemnity will
be about 40O,oO0,0OO yen comedies with
the understanding here that 200, ,OOO, 900
would be the amount of the payment.
The present rate of exchange on the
silver yen is AZ cents, so that 400, ,OOO, 900
silver yen would be $1S8, ,OOO, 900.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Judge sahler Kills Himself

Omaha, Neb., April 11.-Judge John
Sahler, for quarter of a century proni-
nent in Nebraska politics, blew his
brains out at his residence yesterday.
No reason is known for the deed. Judge
Sahler had a wide circle Of friends and
acquaintances in the city and through
out the state, He had, attended every
session of the legislature for the last
twenty years, either as a politician or a
lobbyists He was one of the Oldest set
tiers of the city, having come here in
1856 from Kansas, following the legal
profession.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Iowa Mining Affairs.

Ottumwa, Ia, April 1.-THE repre-
sentatives of the Wapello Coal com-
pany, Whitebreast Fuel company. Gem
terville Block Coal company, Star mine,
Phillips Fuel company, representing,
with allied interests, mines which em-
ploy 5000 of the $4,000 miners in the
state, have formulated their statement
of the causes of the present dissension
They assert that unless local operators
in the Appanoose district abandon their
position the mining interests Of the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
FORM A GREAT UNION.
Miners of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
and wyoming tn Combine

Miners of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah
and Wyoming to Combine.
Pueblo, Col, April 11.-A union of all
the miners in Colorado, New Mexico,
Utah and Wyoming became practically
assured at the semi-annual convention
of district No. Is Of the Western United
Mine Workers of America when the
proposition was unanimously approved
by nineteen delegates, representing
1000 coal miners in the territory includ-s
ed in the district Final amaIgamation
is expected to be completed. at the con-
vention of metalliferous miners at Og-
den May o. The project was first sug-
gested by the metalliferous miners, who
were asked to send delegates to yester-
days convention to discuss the mat
ter The latter miscarried, however,
and no metalliferous representatives
were present. The coal miners ordered
request sent to the metalliferous
workers for permission to have the coal
miners represented at the Ogden con-
vention. This request will undoubtedly
be granted and the amalgamation will
be effected
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Grand Jury Fails to Indict.

indianapolis, Ind, April 1.-THE
grand jury that has been Investigating
the legislative riot, during which Gov.
Matthews private secretary, Myron
King, had his ribs fractured, adjourned
without returning any indictments.
There is said to be an effort to induce
Secretary King to bring suit for dam
ages against several members Of the
legislature and then try to prove them
guilty of melting the memorable fight.
Mr.. King has been able to be out several
days, but is not fully recovered.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
REFUSES TO, ADJOURN.
Michigan House Fails to Agree with tho
Senate,

Michigan House Fails to Agree with tho
Senate.
Lansing. Mich, April 11.-Notwith-
standing the senates action Monday
night the house yesterday tabled all ad-
journment resolutions. The chances of
the submission Of a constitutional
amendment extending the franchise to
women We're advanced a step yester-
day when the house committee on cleo
tons made favorable report on the
resolution providing for submission in
November. 1885, It is asserted that a
careful canvass shows votes sufficient
to pass the measure, and vote on it
will probably be taken April Is, in con-
nection with the resolution prescribing
an educational qualification for voters.
The Foote game bill, fixing the open
season for deer from November / to
25. inclusive, which passed the house
last week, has been favorably reported
in the senate and will pass.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
AFTER A MURDERER,
TRYING TO CLEAR UP THE
FOUsT CASE.
Dan Kelley Wanted for Completely in
the Crime e-NIanagement'of the Kansas
Penitentiary Was Bad General North
west News.

Elwood. Ind, April 11.-Deputy Sher-
iff Dean Of this city has orders to ar
rest Dan Kelley for completely in the
Foust murder, and yesterday Police
Capt Frank Totter went to Rochester in
response to information from the Chief
Of Police of that city that Kelley was
there under the name Of George Farr.
1t was mistake. however, and Totter
returned without his man. A tip was
given the officers last night that Kelley
was in a small town In northern In
diana and Deputy Sheriff Dean left to-
night for that place. It Is expected his
arrest will clear up the murder mystery
which Mrs. Bottoms testimony only in-
tensified.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
BIG ELEVATOR BURNED.
Loss at st. Louis May Reach 100000
Watchman Is Missing

q
ST. Louis Mo-, April 11-John w.
Scharpe & Co.'S grain elevator was al
most completely destroyed by fire this
morning. The building was seven stor-
les high, seventy-seven feet long and
seventy feet wide, and contained 1OO,-
900 bushels of wheat. The fire started
IN the northwest corner of the sixth
floor and the flames spread rapidly.
Water was turned on from all sides,
but the building was soon a mass of
names. The loss on buildings and con-
tents was from $4,000 to 100000, fully
insured. Officers Benin and Hannerhan
turned in the alarm. after which they
returned to the burning building to
notify the watchman. They saw him
emerging from the office, but before
they had an opportunity to. converse
with him he had disappeared in the
elevator and has not been found.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Amusing SEQUEL Ito Sensational Story.

Amusing Sequel to Sensational Story.
Philadelphia, Pa. April 11.-An anus
ing sequel to the Chinese horrors and
barbarity that were anticipated in the
case of the United States cruiser Con-
cords marines, arrested in China for
accidentally shooting coolie, has just
come to hand in a letter from Surgeon
Walter A. McClurg, who writes that
the Concord's, huntsmen. were tried,
fined total of. 40 cents; and subse-
quently bana4eted by the Chinese Of
ficials, because Surgeon McClurg pains
takingly for, three, weeks nursed the
wounded coolie back to health in a
Chinese government 'hospital.sThe gov
ernor of the province and many other;
dignitarles participated in both trial
and banquet 5.i-,.tS
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Children killed by lightning.

Philadelphia, April 1l.a:The bodies 81
sadie Stinger, aged 12 years, and Will
lam Bradley, aged 13, were found lying
under tree on the edge Of a grove at
Forty-fourth street and Harrington
avenue. Both bodies were terribly
burned, and it is supposed the children
were struck by lightning during the
heavy storm which prevailed yesterday
afternoon. They had left their homes
to search for wild flowers, and being
caught in the storm, it is thought they
sought shelter beneath the tree under
which they were found None of the
trees near by had been struck by light
ming.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
CHASE FOR HIS BRIDE
Is Kidnapped by Her Mother. Who
Is Caught by the Police.

ri Is Caught by the Police.
Cedar Rapids, Ia, April 11.-Mrs.
Samuel Hood was arrested on the vest
bound train by the authorities at Boone
yesterday on the charge of kidnapping
her 15-year-old daughter Georgia, who
was secretly married to John 3. Har-
ris last week. Harris is 26 years old
and has been clerk here. year agp
he began boarding at the home of Sam
uel Hood. Last Thursday he married
Hoods daughter at Marion, securingsa
license on the false assurance that the
girl was of legal age. She returned
home and notified her parents. Mon
day Mrs. Hood and niece determined to
take her to California. The young wife
was forced into a closed carriage early
yesterday morning and placed on the
train against her protestations. Harris
heard Of the move, filed charges against
Mrs. Hood and succeeded in heading
OFF the party at Boone.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Favors = Railroad Com mission.

Madison, Wis, April lin the as
sembly yesterday petitions We're pre-
'sented favoring the passage Of Halls
bill to create a railroad commission SIM
liar to that in Iowa. They contained
over 10000 names In the senate the
bill to provide for the appointment of a
board of immigration and the advertise
ment Of the resources or the state was
ordered to third reading. The sem
ate passed a resolution for final ad-
journment April 90 The assembly in
the evening killed both the railroad
commission bills by vote Of 81 to Is.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
cUBA's PROSPECTS DARK.
Campaign of Ravage and Rapine tc
Succeed CamDOs' Arrival,

Campaign of Ravage and Rapine to
Succeed Campos' Arrival.
Tampa, Fla, April 11.-A gentleman
who left Havana Saturday says Of the
situation in Cuba Things are look
ing rocky even in Havana Business is
depressed and in spite of the govern
ment and Americans who have large
holdings there, the situation is serious
and growing worse every day. The
insurgents have force Of more than
10000 well armed and equipped men in
the field and can place as many more
in service on short notice. But their
plan is to make a guerilla warfare of
it for the present. When the govern
ment shows it's hand fully the it will
act.
The coming of Campos means the
beginning Of the struggle in earnest.
He brings authority from Madrid to
garrote and shoot every rebel captured
in the field, and the atrocities Of the
last rebellion will be completed fiji fiji
last rebellion will be repeated During
that struggle men were shot or thrown
into prison, and the women of the rebels
were outraged and their homes burned
But the rebels are prepared to meet
the enemy at every point. Thy are full
ly organized and equipped this time.
When the outraging Of the wives and
daughters of the rebels begins and their
homes are burned the Spaniards will
be repaid in kind These things staring
the island in the face. are what make
the people tsemble-and we'll they
may"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Third Body Recoyered.

Wheeling, w. va, April IL .ssHt
o'clock this morning the men clearing
away the debris of the Chapman and
Hutchinson buildings found the body
of Harry Cowl a Western Union mes
senger boy, in Alley g. The body was
in standing condition with the hands
raised above the head, as If to defend
him from the falling debris. He was,
with a sister, the only support of a
widowed mother. This makes three
bodies recovered from the ruins and
three still in the ruins.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Russian and American a., w.,,.

London, April 10.-A dispatch to the
DAILY News from Odessa says that the
hesitation OF the Russian government
70 commit itself in the, negotiations
Wltn the American Standard OH COM
pany IN the stoppage Of the competition
between russian and American naph-
Ina arises from the fact that the Amer
lcan wells show signs of exhaustion
"hlle the Caucasian wells are incra esing
in number and yield. >'.''e
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Misfortune to wisconsin Town.

Milwaukee, April IA special to the
Wisconsin from Trempleau, Wis. says
three blocks in the business center of
the town were destroyed by fire at
o'clock this morning. The loss Is es-
timated at from $4,000 to 5000; insur-
ance about 1900,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Robbed Uncle Sam

Chicago. April 11.-Patrick c.. Crane.
teller OF the money order division of the
Chicago postofice, was arrested yester-
day afternoon, charged with the embez-
element of $1.416.22 Until yesterday
morning there was not the slightest
suspicion of wrong doing attached to
Crane by his superiors in the postofice.
He has confessed
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19

Thurston to Give Up His Railway job.
Denver, Col, April 11.-John M.
Thurston, solicitor-generalo Of the Union
Pacific and senator-elect from Me-
braska, announced last evening that he
would resign his position with the rail-
way before he took his seat in congress.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
nel-Cutters 20 Re sent Rac

New York. April 1.-THE officials of
the immigration bureau have decided
the entrance Of the diamond cutters
would be illegal. and consequently ali
the men will be returned to Europe al
the expense Of the steamship company
which brought them.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Mohawk River Leaves Its Bank.

Schenectady, N. Y, April 1.-THE
thaw and heavy rains caused the water
In the Mohawk river to rise last night
higher than 1T has reached for several
years. The entire valley is flooded and
the losses will be very heavy.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
All Traffic Suspended.

Bluefield. W. Va, April 11.-An un-
brecedented rain storm prevailed in this
section Sunday night. Houses were
blown down here. All traffic was sus-
pended, but has been resumed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Won Kotze Fully Acquitted.

Berlin, April 1.-THE emperor has
confirmed the finding Of the court-mar-
tial acquitting Leberecht Won Kotze Of
the charges which were made agains.
him of writing scandalous letters.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1895-04-19
Bridges Damaged.

Raleigh, N. c., April II. Heavy dam
age by floods continues. Both the Cape
Fear and Roanoke rivers are four. feet
above the danger line and rapidly ris-
ing.
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Tue Crsu0lfr Recpr0,

Andrew and Melville Essimine were
killed at railroad crossing at Pitts
burg, Pa.
AS the result Of quarrel at dance
near Marietta. Ohio. George Stonaker
was shot and killed by William Evers.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Vic
tor Mining company at Webb City,
Mo. The less is about $4,000; in
sured for $1,000.
Miss Woodard, aged fifty, on her
way home from church at Adrian,
Mich. was run down and killed by
Rev. Mr.. Hudson, the pastor, who was
riding home on his bicycle.
The steamer Humboldt went on the
rocks below Cape Mendocino. 1t will
be hauled off by tugs. The thirty-eight
passengers were taken off in safety.
At Great Falls, Mont, the Eclipse
stables, horses and stock and the ad-
joining building, owned by the Inter
State Savings and Loan association of
Minneapolis. were burned at loss of
$4,000. Marshall Nevins, hostler, was
burned to death.
At Wocdvi.le, Miss, the Edward Nc.
Ghee school for girls, one of the finest
institutions in the South, was Destroy
ed by fire. There were seventy-tiye
young women living in the college
buildings, besides the teachers and
their families, all of whom it Is be-
lieved escaped uninjured. Loss not
given.
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NUBBINS OF NEWS
Items Of General Interest Placed 4
Few Lines

Atems OF General Interest Placed I'm
aFew Lines.
Owing to sudden cold Prince Bis
marck Is slightly indisposed.
Inc annual convention Of paint and
Varnlsh men opened to-day in Chicago.
A fourth indictment was returned
against Father Dominick Wagner bv
the grand jury at St. Joe, Mo-, this
morning.
The schooner Sunrise, from Alpena,
which has been out three weeks and
which was thought to have been lost.
reached Chicago today.
The court Of appeals at Albany has
affirmed the conviction of Bat Shea for
the murder of Robert Ross at the Trov
spring election of 1894.
James Moore was instantly killed
and Doc Morrison fatally injured bv
an explosion Of giant powder in q
shaft OF the Matchless mine at Lead
vile.
An elevator in the building Of the
National Tailoring company in Chica-
60, fell 100 feet to-day, fatally iniurins
a man and boy and seriously injur-
Ing two other passengers.
lie tdrlS ECla1r It's morning de-
clares that the powers have decided
to summon the porte to submit cate
gorlcally to the reforms demanded in
the administration Of Armenia.
Dispatches received in Madrid from
the city of Barcelona announce that
serious conflicts have taken place
there between the liberal and Catho-
lie students of the university.
The records Of the treasury depart
ment show that 1929 persons paiu in
come taxes, aggregating $77,13O be-
fore the adverse decision of the su-
preme court as to its constitutionality
was rendered.
Imported Ormond dor, chestnut
stallion, by Pen dor ard brother to
Ormonde. that w. B. Mcdonald cf Cal
ifornia paid $15O,OOO for. is dead at
Spring Hill stud, Ky, of Inflammation
of the bowels.
Gen. w. J. Landrum, distinguished
as a soldier in the Mexican and civil
war, and a personal friend Of Gen.
Grant, is i'll beyond recovery at his
home in Lancaster, Ky. He is sixty
seven years old.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1895-10-12
P1TH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN
A CONDENSED FORM.
The Latest and Most Important
News Of the World, Culled From
the Telegraph Reports Of the
Press Associations.
Washington.

Horace Lee Washington, United
States vice-consul-general at Cairo, in
report to the department of state
calls attention to the opening in Egypt
for American furniture.
According to a report to the state
department from United States Consul
Bigelow at Rouen, the worlds produc-
tion of wool has not increased during
the past year, but has actually dimin-
ished.
A cablegram received by the state
department at Washington announced
the death in Corea Of Ye Sung Su, the
Corean minister to the United States:
The minister has been absent from his
post for nearly year. He died Of
cholera.
A sensational report on tine condi-
hon Of the government printing office
IT Washington, D. c., where 200 per-
Eons are employed has just been made
by Lieut.. J. S. Sewell, United States
engineers. Lieut. Sewell says of work
on the new building is not fastened.
another year may bring a greater ca
tastrophe than the Ford Opera house
horror
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BONEAu B0TTNEAU C0JNTY,N SATURDAY, OCTOBER T. 1885

The boiler of threshing engine ex.
ploded at Courtenay, but fortunately
no one was injured.
Foster county expects an immigra.
ton Of 500 Dunkards in the early
spring.
A Tower City workman walked up
one morning to find his bedfellow and
$35 missing.
A ten-year-old boy at Devils Lake got
caught in the picket rope a.. h"d to
an unruly COW aud his thigh bous was
fractured.
A fellow at Crary was arrested and
bound over to the district court for
using obscene language in a public
place.
A valuable collection of furs belong
Ing to Prof. Schmidt Of jamestown
has been discovered to be ruined by
moths.
John Rudolph, Logan county farm
er, was held up by couple of ruftians
and relieved of S.. He had $40 in a
red bandanna around his neck that the
villains did not discover.
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Six Men Injured.

Dover, N. J., Oct. 10.-There was
boiler explosion at the Wharton iron
mine at Hibernia this morning. Six
men were injured, but none Of them
fatally. The injured are Melton Smith,
engineer, badly scalded; Philip Fest
burg, fireman. scalded; John Clark,
workman, scalded and injured by de-
bris; william Kelly, miner. scalded
and cut by debris; John Malone, miner.
injured about body; Michael Ryan, In
jured by falling debris. The explosion
occurred in Engine House No. 3, and
shook the little mining village. In
addition to tearing the house to pieces
it did a great deal Of damage to other
buildings In the vicinity.
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Mascagni is hard at work setting
Shakespeare's "A Midsummers Nights
Dream" to music.
President Cleveland has gone on an
other fishing trip to Long Island sound
with Mr.. Benedict.
DR.. Mary Walker has bought farm
Of 1875 acres near Oswego, N. Y, on
which she will establish a colony Of
women pledged to ce,ebacy.
Harry Wright chief Of umpires and
ex-manager Of the Philadelphia Ma
tional league club, died at Atlantic
City.
After seven years of faithful work,
Prof f. e. Barnard has severed his
connection with the Lick observatory,
and will leave San Francisco for the
east to assume a position at the great
Yerkes observatory. w. J. Hussey, Of
Stanford university will succeed Prof
Barnard.
Sir Julian Pauncefote and the earl
Of Westmeath have arrived at Mon
treal from Newport. r. l., and will
leave for Ottawa, .at once. Sir ! Hl;an
states that it is his first visit to Cana
Niagara Falls. and he back in Wash
ington by Oct. II.
Judge William J. Gaynor has declin.
ed to become a candidate for mayor Of
Brooklyn upon the call Of a mass
meeting. His declination, he says, is
because the expectation Of the meet
ing that he would be nominated by
the regular Democracy and the Shep-
hard Democracy was not realized.
DR.. Richard r. Adams, formerly Of
Illinois, died in Denver. Col, in his
SD year. He was graduate from the
medical school at Pittsfield. Mass, in
1914, and removed that year to what is
now Lea County, ILL.,, where he engag-
ed in the successful practice Of his
profession. He was among the influ-
ential pioreers of the then new coun-
try ard represented for time the SEN
atorial district in the Illinois legisla-
turre. The remains will be sent to
Amboy, ILL.,, for burial.