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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22
DEFEND
scnators Frye and Vest Have Kind

Senators Eye and Vest Have Kind
Words for the Railroad Magnate.
WASHINGTON, May .3.-The Califor.
MIA dee, water harbor project was be.
fore the Senate most OF yesterday, but
was not completed. It is seldom that
q local Improvement arouse SO much
feeling among Senators, manifesting
itself in a debate of unusual ANNA.
ton and of considerable personal
feeling. Mr.. Berry Of Arkansas began
the debate, declaring that this pro-
posed expenditure of So 900. 900 was
against the public interest and in the
private interest of {. r. Huntington
of the Southern Pacific. Senators
Vest nj Gallery took the ground
that no appropriation should be made
at present. Mr.. Frye. chairman of
the commerce committee, replied to
the strictSres on the proposition and
vehementiy characterized the criti-
cisms of Mr.. Huntington as .~'savoring
of the slogan Of the sand lots"
Mr.. Vest said he could not see the
ecessity for this expenditure, either
at Santa Monica or San Pedro. He
took no stock, he said, in the attacks
on Mr.. Huntington because he was a
AdiAAOdo pICSl0CAV duO q I1CA I1dA.
Like other men he looked after his
OWN interests. Mr.. Vest believed Mr..
Huntington was sincere in saying
Santa Monica was the best point for a
harbor. The senator said he dropped
out of account all talk of monopolies
and Hobbies, Any United States SEN
ator who would permit a lobby to con
troll him was unworthy of a seat here,
said Mr.. Vest. He based his objection
on the fact that the country did not
have a full treasury, and the river and
harbor bill already reached an enor
nous aggregate.
Unfortunately, said Mr.. Vest, Mr..
huntington is a political factor in Cal
ifornia. Not even a town meeting
a be held there without asking if
this man is a Huntington man and
tnat.n nan is an anti-Huntington man.
In view of the state of public feeling,
Mr.. Vest said, he did not believe in
settling this question and making the
appropriation now.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22
TOOK ARSENIC AND DIED
William T. Green, Dependent From Drink.
Kills Himself.

hluS HIMSELF.
LINCOLN, Neb., May 12.-"Well,
[ guess I'm about gone. I've
taken poison" were the words with
which William E. Green startled his
wife yesterday morning about 8 o'clock.
They proved true, though the man
fingered until about $3.50, when he died.
Mr.. Green was a paper hanger who has
lived in Lincoln about five years. His
home has been recently in the house
just south Of the alley on the west side
of Twelfth between L and NJ streets,
and there he died. He was ffty-fve
years old and had raised a family Of
five girls, only one of whom is now at
home. Three r in Iowa and one in
Fremont, Neb. He was born in Elk
Creek, w. Va, but has lived in Iowa
eleven years and a brief time at Ere
mont.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22
IN HONOR OF HANCOCK,
The Washington Statue of the Soldier Un
veiled-Great Audience Present.

eiled-Grea Audience Present.
WASHINGTON, May 13.-The heroic
equestrian statue Of Major General
Winfield Scott Hancock was unveiled
here this afternoon before an immense
gathering, which included President
Cleveland, Vice President Stevenson
and representatives of the Supreme
court, the diplomatic corps, both
houses of Congress and many army
veterans and colleagues of the late
general. Four companies of artillery,
marching as infantry. four companies
OF Marines, with the Marine band,
light battery G, Third artillary, a
squadron from the Sixth cavalry, the
full district militia and numerous
military organizations, including the
second army corps, at the head of
which General Hancock achieved his
greatest victories, participated in the
parade. Brigadier General Brooke,
commanding the department of the
Dakotas, U. S. A., was the grand
martial of the day.
The exercises opened with a prayer
by the Right Rev. James Y. Satterlee,
bishop of Washington. The principal
address was delivered by Senator
John M. Palmer Of Illinois, major
general of the United States volun-
teers during the war. A salute was
fred as the unwilling of the statue
took place.
Senator Palmer's address was de-
voted to a eulogy of the manly and
soldierly qualities of General Han
cock and contained a beautiful tribute
to his wife, who was his. biographer.
The statue stands in the heart of
the business district OF Washington.
It is the work of Henry ]. Elliott, the
noted sculptor, and it's total height is
33 feet 8 inches. The distance from
the plinth to the top of the hat is Ii
feet 6 inches, and the height of the
pedestal from the ground to the plinth
is ~ feet 2 inches. The proportions
of the rider are such that if standing
erect he would measure ten feet in
height.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22
China Settles Missionary Clalm..

TEN TsIN, May l0.-United States
Chairman Reed, the chairman of the
Cheng-Tu commission, has succeeded
q securing payment in full of ma
Baptist missionary union claims for
property losses in the Se-Chuen riots
Thus all the American claims rave
been settled in q friendly manner
China paying the whole amount de.
manded, -
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22
Foraker Denies A. p. A. Stories

CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 1s.-senator
elect Joseph 3. Foraker denies We.
hemently the charge from St Louis
that he was behind the A. p. A. at
tack on Mckinley. He declares that
he is going to the convention solely
for Mckinley and has no second
choice.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-05-22
william simpson sloan Dead.

New York. May 1s.-William Simp.
son Sloan, vice president Of the Dele
ware, Lackawanna & Western rail.
road, died to-day, after a long illness.
He was the son of Samuel Sloan, pres.
ident Of the road, was one of eleven
children and was born in 1859.
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CHILDREN'S DAY HOME.
Mothers and Youngsters Enjoy a
THANKSGIVING Dinner.

The Thanksgiving dinner given to the
mothers and children at the Children's
Day Home by the ladies of the w. c. L.
u, took place yesterday. Each month
the Secretary, Mrs. Wood, and two of
the ladies superintend a similar dinner,
and it is thoroughly appreciated by the
recipients.
Yesterday evening forty of the moth
ers, with their children, sat down to a
Widespread board, and their appetites
showed that they thoroughly enjoyed
it. Many a weary mother blesses the
day that the self-sacrificing women of
the union started the home, where she
can leave her baby while she goes to
her daily work, sure that it will be well
and safely cared for. Many women are
thus enabled to earn their living, when,
if there were no home, they would not
be able to leave their children and go
out to work. The market proprietors
and others contribute literally to the
home, but still it's needs have far out
grown it's resources, and those who have
taken charge Of the work would be glad
of further assistance.
Yesterday afternoon they distributed
to mothers and children g. hundred
garments contributed by the Needle
work Guild and the Epworth League.
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Stories of r1iIlais.

When the late Sir John Minais was in
the Scottish mountains making studies
for his Chill October" a Draw Scots
man came up to him and, watching him
as he painted, asked: Man, did we
never try photography" mo, never"
answered Millais. ITS a deal quick
err" continued the Draw Scotsman
"Yes. I suppose so." admitted Millais
And" wound up the Draw Scotsman,
'"tis a deal liker the place"
One day Thomas Carlyle went with
Millais to look at the latters house,
and, after gazing with wonder at all
its splendors, it's marble pavements, its
white marble colums, its stately stair
case and beautiful dados, he turned to
Millais and asked him, in his brusque
manner: Has paint done all this, Mr..
Millais?" The painter laughed and re-
piled: ''It has," 'Then," rejoined the
dweller in the modest house at Chelsea,
''all have to say is, there are more
fools in the world than I thought there
were. e."-Philadelphia Inquirer.
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T0-M0RROW's COURsING
Inc oid-Time Champions Will be
Ulven q Chance.

The Coursing Park will have a sort
OF novelty race tomorrow. It IS the
pioneer stake for dogs over six wears
OLD, to which the Nonpareil Store adds
nice trophy. 1t has brought out some
OF the good old has beens," that can
even now make it pretty warm for
some of their offspring. In addition TO
this there will be an open all-aged
stake, 81 so entrance, to which the
management adds S25.
j. Kenealy will judge and S. Cum
mings will do the slipping The draw
is as follows:
L. McMahon's Care against M. Shee-
hans Robert E. Lee.
Kenealy & Hastings California Girl
against L. McMahon's Wildwood.
II. Putneys Nellie Bly, against RYAN
& Ryan's Magpie.
Kenealy & Hastings MuIdoon agains.
t. Faltrick's White Flyer.
JOS. Kelly's Lady Gay against T.
Burns Ballarat.
The prizes are 81 so and a cup, So
and 50 so.
For the all-aged stake the draw re-
suited as follows:
+. Newman's Harry S. against J.
Corcoran's Old Cy.
Schuler & Stauffer's Haidee against
j. Doherty's Alkali Boy.
c. K. Chipman's Governor Markham
against Hall & O'Neil's Pride.
Jos. Kelly's Jack against Kenealy 6.
Hastings Isonomy.
1. Williams Airship against J. Man
gan's Lilly OF the West
Sergeson & McDonald's Eureka Girl
against Walsh e. O'Connell's Cloverleaf.
Murphy & O'Brien's Sweet Marie
against Nethercott Bros Red Cloud.
d. NJ. Hanrahan's Pluto against Do
herty & Mitchen's Orphan Girl
S. Bagnalrs Starlight against NJ. H.
Sheehan's Iroquois.
Nethercott Bros Forest Queen
against w. Rought's Handspring.
Walsh & O'Connelrs Paderewski
against Devine & Tevlin's Busy Bee.
T. p. Sheehan's Eva s. against Ryan
& Ryan's Bruce.
j. Mangan's Pansy against Sergeson
& McDonald's F1orin's Fly.
The prizes are $50, $15. 81 80 and
50 80.
The record-union., 1896-11-28

Opinions differ widely as to the prob
ability Of the Dingley bill being passed
at the short session Of Congress. Very
many who have studied the situation in
cline to the belief that it will not be
passed, and some go so far as to hold
that it will not even be considered. The
New York Mail and Express" is insis-
tent that the measure shall be enacted
to keep faith with the country. 1t holds
that business necessity and common
honesty demand its passage; that it is
not question of political policy, but Of
business principle. That the expenses
Of the conduct of the Government are
from $50 900, 900 to $50, 900, 900 in excess
OF income annually, is not controversial
Speaker Reed is out in a declaration
that If we are to hold up our hands
among solvent nations we must provide
for putting an end to this radical diff
ference between income and outgo, and
he is supposed to reflect the sentiment
o. the dominant party in Congress. From
all that we can gather, it seems to us
more than probable that a compromise
measure fashioned after the Dingley bill
can be agreed upon and that there is
fair opportunity of such q bill getting
through.
The record-union., 1896-11-28

Concerning the voting machines the
Santa Rosa Republican" has this TO
say,
Before election day the Republican"
said that the adoption of the voting ma
chine constitutional amendment would
be followed by a lot of corruption
* hemes in the Legislature on the adop-
tion of such machines The people
voted for the amendment and they will
have to take the consequences. Already
there Is a project on foot to adopt
machine to cost 5000 per precinct,
which would make the bill on this
county $31, 200. We do not believe this
scheme will receive the support of our
Senator OF either OF our Assemblymen,
but It may have enough hackers.
That is going too fast. 1t Is not pro-
posed that the State shall expend
single dollar In voting machines until
1t has been demonstrated that they are
better than the present voting system,
md dnnot oost more foeths conduct Of
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A MATTER WORTHY OF CONSID-
GRAFTON.

Would 1t not be worth while for the
Board Of Trustees to consider just now
the value of change In our system Of
may turn out that we can introduce
the hand-sweeping system to advant-
age It certainly Is found to be prefer
able in Sam Francisco, even though it
does cost something more there. But
with US the conditions are very dis
similar. The traffic upon our streets
is lighter and does not deposit so much
Of filth. Moreover, the extent Of btu
minized streets is less here.
Just what the cost of machine work
is to Sacramento we are not now ad-
vised, but certainly so small a stretch
of improved streets ought to be kept
clean all the time, and the night wetting
down avoided. If 1t shall turn out that
we can by hand sweeping. or hand and
machine combined, do the work better
we will gain greatly in affording
worthy people employment, and avoid
filth accumulations as well. AT any
rate it Is worth inquiry.
The property along ], K, Third. Sec
ond, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth streets
now pays sum in addition to that
disbursed for machine work by the
city. Suppose both sums were COM
bined, and the system reduced to hand
work, would we not have far better
results, since hand cleaning goes on
during all daylight hours? These are
considerations worth study, because, as
everyone can see, during the day hours
droppings and filth remain upon the
pavements, which is anything but a
seemly state of things in city Of this
Importance, and that during the coming
season is to entertain large body Of
visitors for nearly three months.
In this connection the committee the
Trustees may see fit to appoint can
make some inquiry into what can be
done, if anything, to give the earth
and graveled streets something Of
cleansing at least occasionally. With a
depleted street fund that may not be
possible just now, but assuredly 1t will
not cost nything to consider the mat
ter at this time. Under the present
system we clean these streets in a half
way about twice a year. Even then it
Is not done as it should be. because
Of the enormous mass Of the accumula-
tions.
The droppings Of half a year are
allowed to remain on our residence
streets and be ground up into the most
offensive character Of paste, and in the
dry months often to be blown In still
more offensive form into the homes
and nostrils of the people
The whole subject is one that needs
and should have Intelligent inquiry.
and the application Of sanitary and
business wisdom. That 1t should be
taken up now Is unQuestionable. The
matter Is much talked about among
the people, and there is general opinion
that we ought to do far better than We
are doing In the matter of keeping our
streets free from filth
The record-union., 1896-11-28
rIfaa0 MAsoAGNt.
The Great Italian Composer to Visit
This Country.

It is said that Pietro Mascagni, the
great Italian composer, is coming to
America this season. Mascagni is ~
years Of age, and is therefore, in the
full flower Of his talent and strength.
It is almost incredible that a man who
has made success after success of the
most. brilliant sort, should retain his
former modesty, amounting almost to
shyness, but Mascagni's intimates de-
clare that it is SO with him.
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these. there are fragfnents Of Da13o6-
thepes and OF Creek tfaged1tx Il Is
gratifying to know that American
scholars, supported By American con-
.tributaons to the exploration fund, are
having large share in bringing to'light
long concealed evidences Of the I'm
mortal
The record-union., 1896-11-28

All admirers Of the early poets will be
glad to know that the mound explora-
ton in Egypt has restored to the world
many fragments Of Homer that have
been buried thousands Of years. To be
exact, one of them is copy dated 200
years B. c. There are 700 lines of Books
XIII. and XIV. of the Kiad. Beside
The record-union., 1896-11-28

In appearance Mascagni is tall ana
slender and his entirely beardless face
makes him look even younger than he
is. He is indefatigably industrious,
and possesses a fortune of million or
more. His life, before the evening when
he suddenly became famous at Rome in
consequence Of the success of "Caval-
1eria Rusticana," was most original
and full Of adventures. He was the
son of a modest baker at Leghorn.
The record-union., 1896-11-28
Special Agencies.

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Football To.Dav.

There will be practice game Of foot
ball at Fifteenth and P streets this
afternoon at 2 o'clock between two
teams from the Sacramento High
School,
The record-union., 1896-11-28

The balance of Lesser Bros stock OF
fine clothing at 80 cents on the dollar
to-day at The Model" corner Sixth
and X
The record-union., 1896-11-28

To Cure Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II 1t
fails to cure. 25c.
The record-union., 1896-11-28


remembered that there are machines
and machines. We are told that
there are some fifteen different pat
terms, and some Of them that are low
priced are claimed to be as effective as
those that are more elaborate and
costly. The makers will bring their
machines here and permit them to be
tested, of course. and that will not
involve the State in a single dollar of
outlay. 1t is well known that the pres
ent system, which is decided i'm
provement upon what we had before,
is very expensive. The items of print
ing ballots and differing election pre-
cincts amounts in every county to
full as much for one election as half
the cost Of the necessary machines. In
be out dollar in excess Of present ex-
renses, and thereafter we would make
large savings. Moreover, it is known
that "the push" has found one certain
way under the present system of buying
and selling votes and making evidence
of the delivery of the goods. That
must be defeated, and the voting ma
chine promises to point the way. At
least, we need not commit ourselves to
anything until there has been full and
perfectly satisfactory test.
The New York Tribune" says that
voting machines are as yet in the ex-
perimental stage, and have not proved
practical successes. This contradicts
the testimony of the use Of the ma
chimes in the late election, as the news
reports a few days later gave the
facts. The Tribune" declares that at
Hornellsville, where the Davis machine
was used, one candidate lost 800 votes
because the machinery got out Of or
der, the third figure marking the hun
dreds refusing to work. The error
could not be renledied, for the failure
was not discovered until 351 votes had
been cast. At Rochester the Myers
machine was used, and there was an
equally unsatisfactory result. In one
ward the machine worked so badly that
the board had to return to the blanket
ballot to complete the election. In one
district the registration machinery
worked so badly that the back had to
be taken off and the parts filed and
oiled The knobs would not come into
place, and the dials refused to register
correctly. The McTammany machine
used at Worcester, Mass, worked more
satisfactorily, but two of the machines
failed to perforate, became clogged with
bits Of paper, and there was lack Of
secresy. AT Adrian the Abbott machine
worked satisfactorily. But, as the "Tri-
bune" says, this proved nothing more
than that the inventors and machin-
lists have not as yet perfected the de-
vices. At best such machines are deli
cate and complicated, and it will take
some time to bring them to the desired
standard. But the same was true of
all machinery we now have that works
satisfactorily. There is no mechanical
contrivance in common use to-day that
at first was not extremely faulty Ma
chinery has to grow through evolution
as man does. What we want in Cali
fornia is to know the facts. With de-
sire to see the voting machine intro
duced, we do not wish any hasty step
taken. Only the machines that are in
all ways desirable will be accepted here,
and If there are no such devices now we
can wait
The record-union., 1896-11-28

Now that three of the Central Ameri-
can States have formed confederation.
with a Federal union in view very soon,
the entire world should wish the plan
success. If carried out with sincerity
and forbearance, it will result in putting
an end to the quarterly revolutions. up-
risings and conflicts which have so much
retarded the growth and development
of Central American States, and the in
vestment Of capital there to develop the
natural resources of one of the most pro-
lifiic sections In the Western Hemis-
phere.
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Allen Acquitted.

Ed Allen, who was charged with hav-
ing stolen horse and cart, was tried
and acquitted in Judge Hinkson's court
Yesterday
The record-union., 1896-11-28

80 The Athletic Club Fight.
Only 81 so to see the great fight De-
cember 18th between Johnson and Van
Buskirk
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Mrs. Jos. G. COL
LINs, {P. o. Boz 1871
of ALfyed Centre, AHe-
gany Co, ~. Y.,writes:
II took DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription
for three months and
it helped me more
than all the other
medicines that I had
taken. Had been sick
for four months with
uterine troubles-can
now be around on my
fe ct with out any
trouble whatever; be-,
fore taking Favorite
Prescription I could
hardly get around at
all. I hope this state
ment will benefit othe
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Entered at the Postofice at Sacramento
- seoond-class matter.
The record-union., 1896-11-28

The balance Of Lesser Bros stock of
fine clothing at so cents on the dollar
to-day at THE Model" corner Sixth
and X.
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The report of Secretary Of Agriculture
Morton sets at rest a matter that has for
years afforded the Populist agitators
much food for their calamity complain
ing, namely, that the great mass Of the
farm property Of the country is under
mortgage, and so heavily that little
hope Of release can be entertained.
The report of the Secretary shows that
y per cent of farm owners the country
over are free from mortgage debt. This
showing completely refutes the charges
CT the calamity shouters. The investi-
cation OF the matter proves that they
really never had any statistical facts
upon which to base the charges laid.
The record-union., 1896-11-28
Weather Forecast.

Northern Caliofrnia-Fair Saturday,
with increasing cloudiness along the coast;
continued oool weather, with killing frosts
Saturday morning; light northerly winds.
The record-union., 1896-11-28
Suit for Divorce.

j. A. Lemay has brought q suit for
divorce from Flora A. Lemay.