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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-27
HAS MUSIC IN HIM.
HEARS ENHANCING SOUNDS
IN HIS sToMAcH.
: Kanses Physician Gives His Body to
science-A Remarkable viii Bequeath-
Ing Himself After Death to Any who
Win Investigate.

EAL1zING that
there S o m e
points in my anat-
omy that may be of
interest to Jul pro-
fession, I will map
them out in order
to facilitate the
work of the opera
tor who may dis
sect my remains.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-27

Cascarets stimulate liver, kidney and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-27
Pretty Good Evidence.

Lawyer, angrily-Are you sure you
are telling the truth?
Witness-Be jabers, you wudn't be
SO hot about it if Oh wasn't.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-27

But what can I do when suffering other
than to resort to the only remedy
known? 1 realize that the tendency
is to overstep the bounds of moderation,
and strive to guard against that evil
the best 1 can" These are the princi-
pal features Of what is probably tho
most remarkable last will and testa-
ment ever made in this country. DR..
Foote exacts very little in return for
the bequest of his remarkable body to
science. He makes the condition that
his remains, or such part of them as
the examining scientists do not need
be cremated, as he has decided objec-
lions to the custom of burial. He fur
Their conditions that the medical society
accepting his trust and taking his body
pay his widow 1865 a year for the re-
mainder of her life, but he tempers this
by remarking that his wife will
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-27

When bilious or c~ostive, eat a Cascare
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed. 1Oc, 25e
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-27

Pearls are very popular, especially
with some women,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-27

Most bachelors can't give any good res
son for it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-27

Some people are SO sensitive that they
are impolite.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-11-27

F. j. CHENEY T. CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04

proposition is true, that high tariff
increases revenues, will have the effect
to relieve the treasury should it be-
come law. 1t provides that it shall
be in full force and effect from and
after pass ge until august /, 1898. By
tie provisions of the bill wool is taken
from the free list, and clothing wool
ems given duty of Ca cents l60 per
cent of the duty provided by the act
of Is90l, and woolen goods are given
Specific compensatory duty of 60 per
cent of what they had under the
act of 1890, in addition to the ad
valorem duty of the present law.
Carpet woods are placed where
vhey were under the act of 1890,
and the same specific duty is
given to carpets as under the act OF
1890 in addition to the ad valorem
duties of the present law. The articles
of lumber placed on the free list OF the
tariff of of 1894 are transferred to the
dutiable list, with 60 per cent of the
duty they had under the act of 1890.
Then all the other dutiable schedules
Except sugar which is not touchedl
have all the duties raised l5 per cent.
We've ] from protective standpoint,
the bill has commendable features. for
it places duty on almost every article
of import, and at a rate, though not
prohibitive, will enhance the cost OF
many articles of consumption, thereby
increase the cost of what is eaten and
worn by the masses about one-third.,
The bill comes very nearly re-enacting
the Mckinley law. and it is not reason
able to suppose that it will receive the
presidents approval, even if it passes
the senate.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04
TELEGRAPHIc.
wREcR OF THE ELwooD.
It Was Broken to Pieces by the Alasl an
Seas

It Was Broken to Pieces by the Alasl an
Seas.
SEATTLE, Jan. 1.-The schooner I J.
wood, Captain E. E. Wyman, is to-
tai wreck in Alaska. 1t is the worst
story of shipwreck to reach Seattle
this year. One sailor was drowned
ard the remainder of the crew only
reached shore after one of the bravest
tights against the elements that has
been recorded in the annals OF the
Northwest coast.
The steamship Topeka, arriving this
forenoon from the North brought the
first news of the disaster. Captain
Wyman and four sailors came down on
the Topeka. while the others remain.
ed in Alaska.
The Elwood left Seattle Septemb ber
II for Kodiah and Cooks inlet. The
vessel struck at Gardeners point dur.
ing gale at 8 o'clock in the morning,
TWO months after leaving Seattle, and
began breaking up Immediately. The
crew made a desperate effort to reach
shore, avoiding the reefs, jutting rocks
and wild breakers.
The first boat let down was smashed,
and the second boat was worked away
and swamped. Adrian F. Gorton, a
swedish sailor, was washed away and
drowned. One seaman started to swim
ashore and was about to give up when
he seized piece Of wreckage and
reached shore. The captain and rest
of the crew finally reached shore by
clinging to the wreckage. The story
of hardship and peril Is heartrend-
ing one.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04
A UNITED COUNTRY,

With each recurring year. the causes
which divided the United States into
sections prior to the declaration of
secession in 1860, which so nearly
severed the compact which bound US
together in one brotherhood, are being
forgotten, and we are once more drift
ing to that cemetry which knows no
North, no South, no East, no West.
The element of discord that drew di-
viding lines between the North and
South, has long since ceased to exist,
for when the followers of the Lost
Cause laid down their arms. they
acknowledged the issue for which they
fought wasJ dead, and they came back
into the union, loyal, patriotic citizens.
They were received under certain
restrictions, which have been gradually
removed one by one, until all their
rights of citizenship were restored.
But there was still one barrier, the
law which prescribed the enlistment
OF ofex-confederate soldiers in the United
States army and navy, This barrier
congress now seeks to remove, a bill
the law having passed the
senate without Dissenting voice last
Tues lay. When this bill shall have
become law, there will be nothing
left to devide the participants in the
civil war. Old soldiers on
either side will be accorded equal
will stand on the same foot
ing as the defenders of the nation
should occasion require. and side by
side they will appear upon the battle
field as one brotherhood, the citizens
Of q united country.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04

The deficit in the governments f.
nances is due primarily to the mullitica-
ton of the income tax by the supreme
court. Had that tax been permitted
to stand, the revenues would have been
adequate. The deficit began, however,
with the increase of appropriation to a
billion dollars under the Harrison ad-
ministration, and the decrease of the
customs revenue by the Mckinley act
from S229, 1868, 900 in 1890, the year be.
fore it went into effect, to Sl31, ,Sls, 900
in the last year of its operatson-a loss
of nearly slo0,C0o,C ,CCO.-East Orego-
nian.
Senator Jones, of Arkansas, has pre-
pared an amendment to the bond bill
which will meet with favor fion the
silver senators, and since they are
numerous. it is likely to pass the upper
house of congress. 1t provides that
any holder of. silver bullion, who is
citizen of the Uuited States, may ten.
der the same to the secretary Of the
treasury and have it coined into silver
dollars, the seigniorage to be the diff
ference between the original value and
the market price of the bullion In
New York; for the cancellation of all
bank notes of less than $40; directing
the secretary of the treasury to coin
the silver bullion in the treasury into
silver dollars, to be used in redeeming
the treasury notes issued for the pur.
pose of purchasing silver bullion under
the Sherman act; and the redemption
of the greenbacks in either gold or sil-
yer, and for their reissue according to
the provisions Of the act OF 1878.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04
CUBANS VICTORIOUS
They Encounter the Spaniards at El Es.
tante.

Aoey encounter the SpaniardS at FL Es.
tante.
HAVANA, Jan. 2.-An engagement
between Spanish troops and the insur-
gents has tlken place at El Estante.
s)uth of Alfonzo XII not far from the
frontier of the province of H4vana.
An official announcement says the
troops captured the insurgents posi-
tion, but the loss of the enemy is not
known. 1t is admitted two Spanish
officers and two soldiers were killed
and 10 wounded.
The insurgents, following the usual
tactics, did not attempt a decisive en-
glgement, but, after skirmish, pro-
coded westward, devastating the
country. The authorities here. in an
nouncing this skirmish, added the sig
nihcant statement that the troops
'Tere moved closer to the province OF
Havana" which would indicate that
the Spanish forces are once more in
retreat.
Later in the day it was announced
h 're that further fighting between the
S 1aniards and Cubans is taking place
IN the vicinity of Ell Estante. which
leafs the people here to believe that
the insurgents have been in pursuit of
the Spanish troops in that vicinity.
The latter were commanded by Colonel
Galvitz, who was also in command OF
the troops first engaged in the vicinity
OF Ell Estante, which seems to be q
confirmation of the supposition that
the Spaniards were worsted and the
Cubans are making for the frontier of
the province of Havana.
1t is announced this afternoon that
Felipe Roderiquez. an insurgent
leader, has been killed in battle.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04
THAT ENDLESS CHAIN.

Congress- has virtually refused to
pass any law to retire the sight-drafts
of the treasury-green-backs and
treasury notes-hence there is little or
no hope that the necessity for q further
bond issue will be averted. These
sight-drafts> amount to over $500, ,OOO-
600 outstanding against the geld re-
serve. and since there is no means for
supplying the treasury with gold ex-
cept by this issue of bonds, we may ex-
pect to see bonds issued indefinitely.
or until congress awakes to the proper
conception of the situation and passes
some Law whereby these evidences of
debt may be Cancelled. So long as they
are outstanding they serve as sort OF
endless chain for drawing gold out OF
the treasury and making the issue of
bonds necessary. Concerning this
menace to the treasury the New York
World SAYS:
1--WE have s34e, 100000 in green
backs and about sl5O, ,0OO, 900 in treasury
T
notes of 1890 outstanding, to say moth
ing of the silver certificates.
1--WE have undertaken and by law
pledged ourselves to redeem all this
paper in gold or silver coin, nominally
at the discretion of the secretary of the
treasury, but practically at the dis
cretion of the persons presenting the
notes for redemption. AS our gold
dollars are worth about twice as much
as our silver dollars, everybody who
presents notes for redemption demands
gold. But we have another law which
requires the treasury, as soon as any
of these notes are redeemed, to pay
them out again and keep them in cir
culation. That is to say, the treasury
must continue to pay its debts without
decreasing their amount by a single
dollar. Meantime everybody who
owes taxes to the government is per-
mitted to pay them in currency, and
this currency also must under the law
be paid out again and kept in circula
tion. In brief, the treasury which
stands pledged to the continuously re-
peated gold redemption of $500, 900, 900
reissuable notes, gets no gold at all in
its revenues and has no source of gold
supply except the sale of bonds.
"There are just two ways out. One
of them is to stop reissuing paper
money once redeemed in gold or re-
ceived in taxes. The other is to pro-
vide in some way for a gold supply at
less cost than is now possible.
"The present congress is indisposed
to adopt either of these courses The
holse is divided in opinion. but is
mainly committed against any reduet-
ion of the currency volume or any SUBJ
stitntion of bank notes for legal
tenders. The senate as newly consti-
tuted is in the hands of the free-silver
men, who do not want to provide for
or continue geld redemption, but de-
sire instead to force the country to a
South American free-silver basis at 16
to as speedily as possible
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04
THE STATE ASSESSMENT.

In another column Is published q
summary of the taxable property In
the state, as equalized by the state
board, showing the amount to- be only
s153, ,e67.177. This Is supposed to in
clude everything, there being no ex'
emption for Indebtedness, but in real
ity it is not even fair estimate OF the
wealth of the state. The bunglesome
methods pursued by assessors, the un'
der valuation placed on property, and
the systematic scheme of tax lodging
adopted by many OF the largest property
owners makes the listing OF property
for taxation merely farce, and the
result is one-half the wealth OF the
state bears the burdens OF government
while the other half pays nothing.
Different assessors throughout the
state admit in their reports to the
state board that they assessed various
classes of property on basis OF from
Is to 100 per. cent OF its cash value,
when the law presumes that an assess
ment is the placing OF the true cash
value upon all property listed. How
ever assessors seem to be the sole
judges in the matter, and are privileged
to adopt whatever basis of valuation
they see fit. 1t was expected when
the state board OF equalization was
created it would cause more uniform
system of assessment to be adopted,
and possibly has caused some improve
ments in the manner OF making assess
ments in the different counties to be
inaue urated, whereby values placed on
property are more uniform throughout
the state, but there is still plenty OF
room for Improvement. A true assess
ment though will never be made until
all property is listed at its actual cash
value, and when that Is done all prop
erty will stand its equal share OF the
burden OF maintaining the govern.
ment.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04
Exciting Day In London

LONDON, Jan. 2.-Whep business
opened on The stock exchange today
it was noticed that operators felt de.
cided uneasiness, due to tire serious
news from the Transvaal republic.
"Kaffirs" and the securities of the
Britisha Chartered Companies opened
81 lower, but :'Kaffirs" subsequently,
rallied on the receipt Of a Berlin dis
patch saying DR.. Jameson and his
expeditionary force had arrived at
johannesburg and he was in friendly
communication with President Krue-
ger.
The Times asserts that Queen Vic
toria has perenptorily ordered the
Duke of Fife, husband of Princess
Louisa of Wales, to resign the di.
rectorship Of the Chartered British
South Africa Company. This the
Duke of Fife denies.
Secretary of the State for the Col
onies Chamberlain has issued the fol-
lowing statement regarding events in
the Transvaal:
"The High Commissioner is leaving
Cape Town this afternoon for Pre-
toria to deal with, the situation in
furtherance of a peaceful and satisfac
tory settlement"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04

rooms, bought everything of local
dealers that they were prepared to
supply.
Havana seems likely to fall into the
hands Of the insurgents, and when it
does, Cuba will be free. The hope Of
the patriotic Cubans Is about to be
realized.
Stocks take tumble in the London
marketwhenever war Is even hinted
at in any part OF the world. If they
are SO susceptible to roomers 1t is diff
ficult to imagine what would become
of them If war should actually occur.
If the state tax levy is seven mills.
taxpayers will begin to realize that
they are paying pretty dearly for the
mistake they made in the choice Of
legislators in 1894. The rabble that
assembled in Salem last January was
an expensive luxury.
The days Of great emigration to the
west is over. The tide is flowing south i.
People who are in search of homes are
going south. Thousands who have
been battling with the cold Of the
Dakotas are now seeking more equ-
able climate, and Alabama seems to
bs the choice at present. The west
must exert itself, if the homeseekers
are to be attracted.
England is getting her hands too
full for comfort. The Venezuelan
question Is still unsettled. Brazil re-
fuses to arbitrate the ownership of the
island of Trinidad, and Germany is
frowning at the British because of
their troubles with the Beers. If
Salisbury succeeds in steering the
ship of state past all these threatening
sholes he will be entitled to rank as
the foremost statesman OF the age.
The report of the treasurer Of the
United States shows that in eleven
years, from July 4, 1879, when the
specie resumption was consummated,
down to July IA. 1890. when the treas.
ury notes for the purchase of silver
were authorized, there had been drawn
out of the treasury for the redemption
of greenbacks only s2s, 100000. But
in a little more than five years, from
July IA, 1890, to the present time, there
has been Withdrawn 1875, 5,000, 900.
This Is the effect of one of the heir.
looms the Republican party handed
down to the people when it enacted
that infamous Sherman law.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04

LoGANsPoRT, Ind, Jan. 2-P.
Sheerin, secretary of the Democratic
national committee, has received and
placed on file the applications of five
cities which aspire to entertain the
democratic national convention. They
are Chicago, New York, St. Louis. San
Francisco and Cincinnati. Mr.. Sheer
in has been variously reported of late
as being strongly in favor of either
Chicago or Cincinnati, on account of
their proximity to Indiana and the
Matthews boom. He denied today
that he had ever expressed such an
opinion, and declared that he would
express no preference until he met
with the other members of the COM
mittee for the purpose of fixing the
time and place for holding the con-
vention.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04
A COMMISSION OF FIVE.
The Gentlemen who will Investigate the
Venezuela Dispute.

The Gentlemen Who will Investigate the
Venezuela Dispute
WASHINGTON, Jan. President
Cleveland today announced the ap.
pointment of the Venezuela boundary
commission as follows:
David ]. Brewers, of Kansas, as.
sociate justice of the United States su.
preme court; Richard q. Alvey, of
Maryland, chief justice of the court of
appeals of the District OF Columbia;
D. White, of New York. Fred.
eric R. Coudert, of New York, and
Daniel c. Gilman, of Maryland.
The commission is regarded here,
among those who had an opportunity
to see the list of names after they were
made public, as a very satisfactory one,
whose opinion and conclusions will be
by the American public with
that confidence which the standing of
the members of the commission in the
public eye inspires.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-01-04
WHERE THE BLAME RESTS.

It may be set down as matter of
certainty, says the Portland Telegram.
that the administration is prepared to
issue bonds on a moments notice to
replenish the gold reserve. Rumor
has it that the amount of the issue has
been fixed at 500, ,0OO, 900, and that the
terms of the contract are rather more
favorable to the government than
those under which the last issue was
made. The first heavy withdrawal OF
gold for export will probably be the
signal for the call announcing the is
sue.
The howl of popular disapproval that
this bond issue is certain to evoke can
not reasonably be directed against the
administration, The fifty-fourth con-
gress is its only logical target. That
body must bear the odiun for all in
creases of the nation' 5 interest.bearing
debt that shall be made until its disso.
luton. 1t has absolutely declined to
convey to the country the financial re-
lief which it needs, and which can be
accorded only by such action as the
president has recommended. He has
made it clear in his messages-so clear
that he who runs may read-that
nothing can avail to prevent the de-
pletion of the gold reserve SO long as
the greenbacks remain outstanding.
He has lucidly explained the conditions
'by which from 10000, 900 in gold to
double that amount may be sent out OF
the country every week by the simple
process of using the green backs to pull
it out of the United States treasury.
And by ignoring his recommendations
the Republicans in congress have
shouldered the responsibility OF an
swering to the country for every bond
issue that may be ordered to maintain
the national credit. They have SIM
ply put themselves on record as pro-
posing to sell $40, ,oo0 900 worth of bonds
and upwards week, and make that
steady increase to our interest bearing
debt, for the mere pleasure OF keeping
the legal tenders in circulation. That
is the policy which they have outlined
thus far.
The thoughtful business men OF the |
country will not misplace responsible
ity for the next bond issue. They will
lay it at the door of the lack of gen.
line patriotism in congress which pre-
.ers obstruction for party's sake to any
that might promote the
public interests.