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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
KANSAS VETERANS MEET.
The Annual Grand Army Encampmen
Observation-Disclosures nv the Omcars

Inc ANNUAL OFanO army Enc mDmeUt
Opened-Reports BY the Officers.
BELo1T, Kan, April 22.-The G. A.
R. State encampment opened this
afternoon in this city. The visitors
were welcomed by Mayor Antrobus.
The address of department Commander
Harris was very brief aud without
any important recommendations.
In his report the assistant adjutant
general showed that on December SC,
1884, the membership ingood standing
was l6,ll4. The total gain during the
year was 2.7.O, while the losses footed
up to 1898, showing a net loss of 1928.
The loss from death was 284.
The report OF the quartermaster
general shows total receipts from all
sources of So, 497. 81, with disbursc-
ments amounting to SO, 92o.4., leaving
cash On hand So, sos. 81.
The Woman's relief corps, Sons and
Daughters of veterans and Ladies'
circle opened their convention to-day.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
Deafness Can Not BE Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con-
dition Of the mucous lining Of the Eus-
tachian Tube. When the tube is in
famed you have a rumbling sound OF
imperfect hearing, and when it is en-
tirely closed Deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation car be taken
out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed for
ever: nine cases out of ten are caused
by Catarrh, which is nothing but an in-
famed condition of the mucous SUR
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
n case Of Deafness Caused by Ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F.. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists; 75c.
Halls Family Pills, Csc.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
TO INVESTIGATE.
Leavenworth Soldiers Home Charges to
Be Looked Into.

Be Looked Into.
WASHINGTON, April o2-All the
charges brought by the Kansas and
Missouri Congressman against Gov
ernor Andrew J.. Smith of the Soldiers
home at Leavenworth, Kan, are to
be fully investigated, the House com
mittee on military affairs deciding to-
day to report the Blue resolution call
ing for the Investigation.
BY order Of the committee the in
vestigation is to be confined to the
home at Leavenworth. The Senate is
not asked to assist, and it is to be
made a House affair.
The Kansas and Missouri members
who demanded the investigation on
behalf Of the old soldiers of the states
are satisfied that the Investigation
will be thorough, but this afternoon
Colonel Blue said he would attempt to
defeat the amendment combining the
investigation to the Soldiers Home at
Leavenworth. He wants it to include
the seven homes, so that the investi-
cation committee may have a chance
to get at General Franklin as we'll as
Governor Smith.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
Know Thyself.
SCIENCE HELPS YOU TO BIB
YOUR OWN DOCTOR.
r.om 49, -. n.aaea.a -

From the Era, Bradford. Pa.
Too few people are acquainted with
the rapid advance Of medical science,
ding In the old paths. Once 1t ONE to
pass that people know themselves. that
all physicians are abreast OF h
worlds knowledge. much Of our SUI
fering will come to an end. Medical
scientists are lot delving into the
depths Of knowledge for the mere BEN
eft OF brother physicians. but for the
benefit OF the world. They place in
the hands Of the we'll man a means Of
keeping we'll. In the hands Of the sick
man a means Of recovery. To the par
ent they give the power of saving the
child. Science is working for you-wil
you accept the proffered help?
Mrs. George Rowend, an estimable
lady who resides at M. 276 East Main
Street, has cause to feel grateful to-
ward the science of medicine.
She stated to a reporter that shs
had been suffering with a female
trouble for many .,ears. She had been
doctored for the aflment for a long
time-in fact, nearly all her life-and
had never received anything more than
temporary relief. During the last three
years her condition grew worse and
was. aggravated by an affection Of the
heart. Her health was SO poo that she
found it almost impossible to perform
her household duties.
Il never believed In proprietary med
1cines," said Mrs. Rowend, but ono
day last fall I read an article in q
newspaper which told Of the cures eff
fected by DR.. Williams Pink Pills, and
l decided TO try the medicine. Before
I had taken the content, Of one box I
began to feel better. The depressing
weakness which had bothered me for
so many years began to disappear, and
the action Of the heart at once be-
came stronger and more regular.
II took nine boxes of the pills and
1 am now feeling better than I have
for several years. and I have unbound
ed faith in the medicine
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all
the elements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood M restore
shattered nerves They are for sale
by all druggists, or may be had by mail
from DR.. Williams Medicine Company.
Schenectady, N. Y, for SO cents per
box, or six boxes.for $3.50.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
Another Royal Couple United.

CoBURG, April 21.-The wedding OF
Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha, third daughter of the Duke Of
SAKE Coburg-Gotha (the Duke Of Edin.
burgh) to the hereditary Prince Ernest
of Notwithstanding, took place
at 1890 o'clock this morning, the wit
nesses being the Duke of York and
the Grand Duke Paul of Russia. The
Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha conducted
the Empress of Germany to the church
and the Emperor of Germany the
Duchess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
MILITIA AFTER A q


Kansas Troops Ordered Ont lseoauss 81
A Ugly Riot.
ST: JOHN, Kan, April 2s.-Bond
Bros circus, which had wintered at
Wichita, came here yesterday with a
large band of roughs and condolences
men and tho like. Several citizens
were swindled, and an attempt was
made to arrest one Of the circus men.
who resisted. Ageneral fight ensued,
h old circus war cry of ssHey, Rube!''
summoning about 200 circus men.
armed with canes, clubs and tent
stakes. The handful Of citizens were
routed with broken heads and bleed.
ing faces.
One of the citizens, Charles Glass
cock, was struck ver the head with q
heavy tent stake, and little hope Of
his recovery is entertained, for he has
not yet regained consciousness. Sew
eral other citizens were more or less
wounded, but no others seriously.
One of the circus gang was shot in the
thigh and the thigh bone broken.
After the fight County Attorney
Jennings telegraphed to Governor
Morrill, for militia and to the superin-
tendent of the Santa Fe railroad for
orders to hold the circus train at this
place. He received a return message
from the governor about midnight
stating that the troops would be or
dered out Immediately. The superin-
tendent would not give orders to hold
the train, and consequently they got
away to their next stand, which is
Dodge City.
Adjutant General Fox t%elegraphed
to Governor Morrill, from st. John
this afternoon that he would take
the troops no further. He said that
there was no probability that he could
find the guilty person aver if he
should go to Dodge City and that, as
the sheriff and county attorney of
Stafford county declined to take any
responsibility, he had decided to re-
turn with the troops to Newton.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
EMBARRASSED FOR CASH.
Steel Company In Financial Straits Be-
CauSe Uncle Sam Dooan,t Dov

Steel Company In Financial Straits Be-
cause Uncle Sam Doesn't Pay.
P1TTsBURG, Pa, April 2l.-The Ster.
ling Steel company, of McKeesport,
manufacturers of the Misunderstanding
armor piercing projectiles, is in pc
culiar financial difficulties.
An official of the company says:
THE government appropriation in
tended to pay us has been used for
another purpose. We expected to get
half of the appropriation and the Car
penter Projectile company the other
half, but a bill for one of the big
steel companies was put through,
which practically wiped it out. The
new appropriation will not be avail
able until Congress %adjcurns.
"We have delivered to the govern
ment over 500, 900 worth of projectiles.
for which we have approved bills, but
cannot distribute them so as to realize
any money on them"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
RHODE ISLAND
Endorses Ex-Governor Russell For Pres
idential Candidate.

Endorses Ex-Governor Russell For Pres
idential Candidate.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., April 22.-The
Democratic convention to choose
eight delegates to the national con-
vention reassembled in Music Hall to-
Gay.
Mayor George w. Greene of Woon-
socket, chairman of the committee on
resolutions, presented the following
platform, which was adopted:
''It is vital TO the interests of our
people that there should be no depart
ure from the gold standard, to which
all money, whether gold, silver or
paper should conform, and we are OPP
posed to the free coinage Of silver
until at least four of the great powers
of the Eastern world shall come to an
international agreement establishing
the ratio at which gold and silver
shall be admitted to mintage.
GAS nobly representing these prin-
ciples we commend to the delegates
and the Chicago convention one who
will make an ideal president, William
e. Russell of Massachusetts,"
The mention of Ex-Governor Rus
sells name called forth the demon
stration of the day.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
Won't obey the Order.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 21.-Na.
thaniel Barnes of Kansas City, Kan,
one of the Kansas delegates-at-large
to the Republican national conven.
ton, said this morning that nothing
would cause him to wave his sup.
port of Mckinley for President
first, last and all the time. lie
said he did not even have a
second choice. Barnes is an A. 2. A.,
but says that no action of that order
will cause him to desert Mckinley.
de said Mckinley was a good enough
American for him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
THE APPEAL DENIED.

Taylor Boys Last How in the United
States Supreme Court.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, April 22.-The
Supreme court this morning overruled
the motion for a rehearing of the APP
peal of the Taylor brothers from the
judgment of the Carroll county Cir
cult court. This finally disposes of
the case, SO far as the Missouri SUI
preme court Is concerned. Bill Tay-
lor must look in some other direction
it he expects to be saved from hang
ing Thursday, April 80.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 2l.-Tay-
Tor was not surprised when told of the
action OF the supreme court. He and
his lawyers expected the Supreme
court Of Missouri to ov%errule the mo-
ton for a ~rehearing. They based
their hopes for a stay of the execu-
ton on an appeal TO the United States
Supreme court. The papers for this
appeal have been repaired. One of
his lawyers will leave at once to Law
the matter before the United States
Supreme court.
The point in the case on which Bill
and his lawyer say it may be appealed
to the Supreme court of the United
States is that when Ae was indicted
the law gave a defendant in a crimi-
nal case in court forty-eight hours in
which to make his challenges of jur-
ors. This law was in force at the first
trial of Bill and George Taylor. Be-
fore their second trial, in July, a
change in the law went into effect,
reducing the time to twentv-four
hours in which to challenge jurors. At
the second trial Taylor's lawyers in
sisted that they had the right to take
advantage CT the forty-eight hour law
because it was in effect when their
client was indicted. The court ruled
that the new law should be followed,
and it was.
Taylor's lawyers claim that the
ruling of the court was a violation of
the federal constitution, which says
that no State shall pass an ex post
facto law imparing the obligations Of
a conteact or the vested rights of any
citizen.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01

~ 7N5 9aN@ |a9aS -
The prayer carpets 81 rnRs&sold

The prayer 0arpots 81 rngsSsold ia
our stores .ars the product ofthe lois
moments q Syrian and Indian
women In every house there 10 s
loom. and when the woman IL not
otherwise busy she sits down 81 IT.
and does Q few moments work OF
course. she works by snatches, which
explains the story that some Of these
rugs were on the loom for twelve or
eighteen months, but they would not
have been had she been able to work
continuously. When . rug is done
she sells it at once to the travelling
merchant, who hands it over to the
city merchant, and in time it finds
its way, at 9 constantly increasing
price, to Europs or America
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
KANSAS MINING REPORT.
Does Not Make Very Flatterlng

OO0D NUs A9K0 oV0ty Vl0CC0xl0S Snow
Ing % to Coal Production.
ToPEKA,. Kan, April e1.-Ihe d
nual report Of Bennett Brown, State
mine inspector for Kansas, has Just
been issued. During 1895, there w.re
produced from all of the Kansas coal
mines 3,l9O, s43 tons, of q value Of
So, 500, 144. This shows a falling of
from 1894 of 42O,371 tons, and Of
S. ,3O9. 1913. During 1896, 9,02l men
and 336 boys were employed IN the
Kansas mines, as against lO,OsS in
1894.
Coal is produced in but twenty Of
the 1O5 counties of Kansas. The larg-
est producer is Crawford county, fol-
lowed in urn by Cherokee, Usage and
Leavenworth. The total investment
in mining plants, exclusive of real es-
tate and tenement houses, is $l,4o3,-
600.
The number of fatal accidents DUR
ing the year 1894 was twenty-six, or
one life for every l3S,S93 tons pro-
duced. This year there were ten fatal
accidents. or one life for every 3l9, US4
tons produced.
The mines m generally in good
condition. and there is an evident de-
sire manifested by most of the mine
owners to keep them safe and healthy.
A series of tables is given in the re-
port which display the earnings of
miners at the various mines. The
average earning per annum is some
thing less than $500.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
Zinc Plants Shut Down.

WEIR CITY, Kan, April 31.-The
Cherokee-Lanyon Smelter company,
to the Cherokee Zinc COM
pany, and owners and operators of
several zinc plants, commonly called
the combine, has closed down the
plant at Rich Hill, Mo-, and the S. Fl.
Lanvon plant at Pittsburg, Kan, thus
curtailing the production about thirty
cars per month. This leaves only
forty-eight out of the ninety-six fur
naces controlled by this company in
blast.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
Fire Follows Burglary.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 2l.-Burg-
lars robbed and set fire to the furnish
ing goods store Of William v. Rieger,
$50 Main street, at an early hour this
morning. The contents of the store,
valued at about l6, 600, were almost
entirely consumed, and the articles in
the front part that were not touched
by fire were badly damaged by smoke
and water. Fully 80 per cent of the
stock was ruined. Mr.. Rieger carried
$4,000 insurance ON stock, asa $500
on fixtures.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
A Wonderful Montana Cave.

Near Lewiston, Montana, a cave
has been found in which the ex-
plorers travelled for a milo over
frozen floors. Rooms, the like of
which were never seen before, were
discovered, glistening with ice and
minerals. Having blazed their way
for the distance stated, the party re-
turned, their compass having become
useless or account Of the magnetic
iron ore of which the walls
of the cave were made. One
of the party, as soon as he got back
to town. filed a claim on the land,
and, after further prospecting, thinks
he will work it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
Promises may get friends but it is per
that must nurse and keep them.
Half Fare to virgin la and Carolina.

On May $ h-omeseekers' excursion
tickets will be sold from all points in
the west and northwest over the sRig
Four Route" and the Chesapeake g. Ohio
Ry. to Virginia and North Carolina at
n fare for the round-trip. Settlers
looking for a home in the south can do
no better than in Virginia. There they
have cheap farm lands, no billiards,
no cyclones, mild winters, never fail
ing crops, cheap transportation and tho
best markets. Send for free descriptive
pamphlet, excursion rates and time
folders. u. 4. Truitt, N. w. p. a., 234S
Clark ST., Chicago, III.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
charged with a Missouri Murder.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 20 George
B. Rogers, who has been in Memphis
six months, was yesterday arrested
and taken to Pemiscot county, Mo-,
charged with numbering {. constable
there in 1890. Rogers is said to be
well connected.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
New Trial for Wallace.

WASHINGTON, April 22.-According
to a decision handed down by Chief
Justice Fuller, Jerry Wallace will not
be hanged for the murder of Alexan-
der Zane, under sentence passed in
the United States court at Fort Scott
last May. The decision sets aside the
action of the court and grants a new
trial.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
IN THE EAST.
fremont, Ohio, Visited by a Fatal Wind
Storm.

Fremont, Ohio, April ga tor
nado, accompanied by a heavy rainfall,
swept over the northwestern part Of
Sandusky county about 8 o'clock yes
terday afternoon, killing two persons,
injuring a number of others, and do
ing great damage to buildings and
other property.
At Brooktown, a hamlet near here,
nearly all the buildings we're de-
stroyed, but there was no loss of life.
The storm covered g wide. track,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
Mere Force of Habit.

Judge Cowing-You are charged
with having knocked your wife
down with q club and then kicked
her. Do you know Of any mitigating
circumstances"
"Well, yes, your honor. You see
that's the way l always do when any
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01
Colony Promoter Wright Gone.

ATcH1soN, Kan, April 22.-Nothing
has for some time been heard of j.. C.
Wright, who recently came here to
commence the work of organizing a
colony of 500 to 60 to the Argentine
Republic. He is considered reliable
by Atchison frienis who knew him
when he was in the cattle business in
Kansas, and his failure to return after
going to Tecumseh, Neb., is consid-
cred strange.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-01

An immoral preacher is q worse evfl to
contend with than a scourge Of small pox
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-19
Traced a DiphtherIa Epidemic

BALTIMORE. MD, December To-
DR.. John ). Fulton. Secretary OF the
State Board OF Health, has just COM
pleted an investigation of the diph-
thria epidemic at Powellsville, Wi
comica County, and has traced the
origin to an undertaken. He reports
that he first learned hat the death of
a child from the disease occurred last
October. and that 4 public funeral,
which is in direct violation of the law,
was held from the Methodist Church
at that place. The undertaken, at
the request Of a woman, opened the
coffin. and the remains we're exposed
TO the view of the congregation. Some
cotton had been placed around the
neck OF the dead child, TO protect the
clothing from being soiied by dis
charges from the mouth. The under
taker took some of the cotton, wiped
the face with it, and tossed it away.
Then the people filed up and viewed
the remains. This was the start of
the disease.
The heaviest penalty of this Grim
inally ignorant proceeding fell upon
the undertaken, whose entire family,
consisting of himself. wife and eight
children, were all i'll with d~iphtheria'
Four OF the children died"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-12-19
!Order of Publication.

In the Cape irardeau Court of Com
mon Pleas within and for the County
of Cape G~irardeau and State of Mis-
souri,.
IN VACATION. AUGUST rs. 1896.
St. Louis, Kennett & Southern Rail
! way Company, plaintiff, against
f. s. McCarty & Co., composed of
Eugene S. McCarty and Andrew J.
Kerfoot. defendants.
At this day comes the plaintiff here
in by Attorney before the undersigned
Clerk Of the Cape Girardeau Court of
Common Pleas, within and for the
County of Cape Girardeau and State
of Missouri, in vacation, and files a
petition and affidavit, alleging among
other things that defendant, Andrew
j. Kerfoot. is a nonresident of the
State of Missouri. Whereupon it is
ordered by the Clerk of said Court
that said defendant, Andrew j. Ker-
foot, be notified by publication that
plaintiff has commenced suit against
him and his codefendantin this Court.
the object aud nature of which is upon
an account amounting now TO about
seven hundred and fifty dollars and
twenty-eight cents, upon which a writ
of attachments has beenissUed and GER
tain personal property Described in the
Sheriff's return, seized and levied up
on by virtue thereof, and that unless
the said Andrew J. Kerfoot beand APP
pear at this Court at the next term
thereof, to be begun and holden at the
court house in the City of Cape Girar-
deau, in said county, on the twenty
fifth day of January next, and on or
before the third day of said term, if
the term shall So long continue, and
if not, then ON or before the last day
of said term, answer or plead to the
petition in said cause, the same will
be taken as confessed and judgment
rendered accordingly.
And it is further ordered that . copy
hereof be published according to law
in the Cape GiraTdeau DEMOCRAT, a
newspaper published in said county, !
for four weeks successfully, the last
insertion to be at least fifteen days be-
fore the commencement of the next
of this court. A true cosy of
the record.
Attest: F. II. ENGELMANN.
nov2Sn32. Clerk.