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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16
THREE WOMEN SHOT.
A Crazed Kansas Lover Shoots Sweet

A Crazed Kansas Lover Shoots Sweet
heart, Her Mother and Sister.
K1NcA1D, Kan, April O. George
Miller of Moran, Ran, shot and prob
ably fatally wounded Mrs. P. 81.
Berkey and her grown daughter, Miss
Efie Berkey, and slightly wounded
another grown daughter, Miss Jennie
Berkey, at the Berkey home, near
here at o'clock yesterday afternoon.
and dangerously, but not necessarily
fatally, wounded while resisting ar
rest.
Miller, who is not quite right men
tally, has been in the habit of calling
apon Miss Fife Berkey frequently.
Recently, having heard reports Of a
aefamatory nature concerning her, he
determined to demand an explanation,
and drove to the Berkey home for that
purpose. Mrs. Berkey answered his
knock and informed him that he could
not see her daughter. Yhis enraged
him, and he demanded admittance to
the house. This was refused and the
door shut in his face. At this, Miller
drew a revolver and fired through the
glass door at Mrs. Berkey, striking her
In the breast, inflicting a wound
from which it is thought she will die.
On hearing the report of the revolver
Miss Efie Berkey, who had gone up
stairs on Miller's arrival, came rush
ing to her mothers assistance. AS she
stopped over her mother Miller shot
her in the small of the back and the
girl fell on her mothers side. Then
Miller opened the door and went into
the house. By this time Miss Jennie
Berkey had come upon the scene, and
received a bullet in the shoulder. It
Is not thought that this wound will
prove serious.
After the shooting Miller drove to
Kincaid and called upon DR.. Wynn
and DR.: Splawn, informing them that
IT they We're good hands at pulling
bullets they had better go at once
to the Berkey home, where their
services were sorely needed. Miller
himself started to return to the
Berkey home, but was inter-
cepted by Constable Hosley and
posse, who demanded his surrender.
Miller remarked, "All right" and
immediately climbed out of his buggy
to give himself up. When the officers
asked for his revolver, he started to
turn it over, and then, suddenly chang
ing his mind, fired three shots at the
officers, none of them taking effect.
The officers returned the fire, wound
ing Miller in the side. Miller turned
and ran after he was shot, but was
captured after a short chase.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

Faces can be drawn upon the eggs,
turning them. into all sorts of funny
caricatures. A pale yellow egg may
have a Chinaman's face, with paper hat
s.nd pigtail glued on. An old woman's
face may wear a cap or frilled paper.
A rabbits head may have two long
ears and whiskers stuck on, and an
other egg may have a fish face drawn
at n end and have a paper tail and
frs. A clowns face or a darky's, with
a big paper collar, may be represent
ed. In fact, there is no end of the
funny faces you can think OF when
you once get started.
Easter games played with eggs were
always thought much of. Firm, solid
looking eggs were chosen, and one boy
held his egg, small end down, and his
companion tried to break it by hitting
the point of his own egg down on it
The m whose egg remained intact
was the victor, and he was declared
"a cock of one, two or three eggs" &C.
cording to the number his egg had de.
stroyed. The eggs were also used TO,
balls, and tossed up to see how aona
they remained unbroken.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

An aged Chicago spinster, with the
usual fondness of her kind for cats, has
RECENTLY had an unpleasant expert
ence on account of her pets. She had
an unusual number of feline compan-
ions. in fact, about thirty pussies were
domiciled in her apartments, and the
neighbors have made a complaint to
the health officers that cats are not de-
sired in that neighborhood in such
numbers. The woman has occupied
the same rooms for eight years, and the
landlady says that her door was always
kept locked to keep out intruders. The
health officer has ordered the cats re-
moved, and great is the grief Of their
fond mistress.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16
HAD STOLEN FOR FEARS
Paymaster Aldrich an Embezzler-Cashier
of Memphis Roads.

of Memphis Roads.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 6.-James
81. Aldrich, who for the last eighteen
Jears has been the trusted cashier and
paymaster of the Kansas City, Fort
Scott and Memphis railway system, is
al embezzler to the amount of at least
S27, 900. He was arrested this after
Don on a warrant sworn out before
l rosecuting Attorney Lowe by the
American Surety company, which was
surety on his bonds for about SIS, 600.
Aldrich has been Systematically
stealing from the Memphis company
for the last eight years, possibly long
er. An Indictment will be returned
against Aldrich for embezzelment by
the grand jury which convened in this
city to-day. When arraigned in the
criminal court before Judge Wofford
he will make no defense. but will
throw himself on the mercy of the
court. The penalty is from two to
five years in the pe%nitentiary for each
separate e~mbezzlement over $50 in
amount:
I1lC dIIcSU u IlOI1C1 was QcUCrInlnGU
on after his friends had earnestly
to save him from the pen-
itentiary by %etfecting a compromise
with the American Surety company.
The company was willing to relieve
Aldrich from the. ignominyaof wearing
stripes if his friends would raise the
amount Of his shortage. Sympathy
was boundless for the SHINING cashier,
but the amount Of his stealings was so
great that the task of raising the
money" was. reluctantly ~abanoned.
The company does not know exactly
how much its Sex-cashier is short and
has only his word hat $4,000 is the:
amount. It may reach considerably
beyond that after the expert examina-
ton Of the books is concluded.
James Aldrich was one of the best
known and most popular men about
town. He gambled moderately and
cared little about ome but he loved
champagne, fine dinners and society
which was too high for him to keep
pace with. His salary was So, 600 a
year, which, with commissions from
insurance companies which held risks
on Memphis employees. swelled his in
come to about $1,000 a year. He lived
at the rate of about $40, 600 a year and
the difference came from the Memphis
railroad.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

Right here We wish to call your at.
tention to a. remarkably good man, in
at least one respect. Stratton, the
Cripple Greek millionaire, refuses to
go into any smoney-makingt schemes.
"What I'm trying to do" says he to
promoters, lis to keep my income down
within the limits of decency." Are
you not pleased to know hat there is
one rich man who has not designs on
the entire earth?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

Representative Donovan of Bay City
has introduced a bill in the Michigan
legislature to keep bachelors and
maids from going. on in their single
~cussedness." In explaining the bill
Mr.. Donovan says, 1--WE won't have
any penalty for men who have done
the best they could and have been.
Tilted, or SO homely that no sane wom-
an, would look at them. These 1.-TWO
classes will be exempt from all the
penalties of the BILL The ministers
and justices are much pleased with the
bright prospect for increased business.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

And now DR.. Lyman Abbott OF
Brooklyn tells us that out of the 1870
Psalms David wrote but fifteen. David,
therefore, is not the poet many sup
posed him to have been. Then comes
Rev. William Lloyd, a congregational
minister in New York, who solemnly
AYERS that the story of BALKAN and his
ass is not literally true. In other
words, Mr.. Lloyd does not believe the
ass spake with the voice Of a man.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

of the Jewish Feast of the Passover
or Paschal. But far beyond that,
among all Eastern nations and in very
ancient times, the egg was the en-
blem of the opening vernal season, and
il, had always been the custom for
friends to present them to each other
at this time, when all nature was
waking from her long sleep. Hence,
they were adopted as specially appro-
pirate to the Festival OF the Resurrec-
ton.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16
Novel Easter Eggs.

The custom Of exchanging or pre-
senting Easter eggs at Eastertide
dates from the earliest Christian ages.
They were called Paas, or Pasque, or
Pace eggs. The ancient name of Eas-
ter was Pascha, as the first Easter oc-
Cured at the time
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16
General Schoficld Has a Daughter.

Sr. AUGUSTINE, L. April 6.-Mrs.
Schofeld yesterday presented Lieuten-
ant General John NJ. Schofeld, ire.
tired, with a fine, healthy girl baby.
General Schofeld was retired eighteen
months ago on account of the age
limit. He is now 60 years old.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

By the way, who is it that is trying
to recover the American flags captured
by the Mexicans during the war with
that country? There has certainly
been no governmental action taken in
that direction.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

A preacher at Normal, Ill.,, says he
uses beer because he is suffering from
nervous prostration, resulting from be-
ing held up by a footpad. We have
often wondered at the enormous con-
sumption Of the amber beverage.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16
Gold Miners to Meet.

DENVER, Colo, April 6.-The Nation.
al Mining bureau has issued a call TO,
an international gold miners con.
vention," to be held in Denver on june
Is and 16. The exhibits will consist al
refined gold and gold ores, and a gen.
cral mineral display.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16
She Did.

"Jane," said the landlady, severely,
where are the eggs for dinner? / told
you to cook that dozen r borrowed
from the neighbors."
Eyes, mum, Dutsyou told me later to
be sure and retuFrHg EN-. !" Detroit Free
Press. @# Y s.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

Mr.. Gage is declared to be the hand
soonest man in the new cabinet. They
can't beat Chicago.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

A trust has been formed by the nan
ufacturers of bourbon whisky. The to.
pers of the land have determined to
put it down.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

returned to Mt. Holly and claimed his
wife. During all this time they gu0rd-
ed their seeret5 SO we'll that their
friends never once suspected the true
state of affairs.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

There is a bright side to everything.
The city of Canton, Ohio, is now e.joy-
ing a brass band famine.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

Nj. Cleveland is now experiencing
the exclusiveness. that is accorded an
ex-president. Nobody pays the least
attention to the number Of ducks he
kills.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

Doubles the Pleasure of a Drive.
A fine carriage doubles the pleasure of
driving. Intending buyers OF carriages OF
harness can save dollars by sending for the
large, free catalogue of the Elkhart Car
rage and Harness Mfg. Co, Elkhart, Ind.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

Turkey claims to have bought three
American ironclads. The sultan evil
IDENTIFY wishes to discover a few more
sand-bars in the Mediterranean.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

The melancholy days for many Office
seekers are here.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

For Lung and chest diseases, Piso's Cure
is the best medicine we have used.-Mrs.
J. L. Northcott, Windsor, Ont, Canada.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

FITS STONED free and permanently cured. No fits
after first DAYS use of DIR. tNiiIHe's Sreat Nerve
Eestorer. Free So trial hottie and treatise.
Send to DE-. KLINE, 93l Arch St, Philadelphia, IA.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

Even old fogies have good points; they
are free from a lot of modern nonsense.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

AS a woman loses her youth and beauty
she tries to make up the loss in culture.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

A fad is something that makes the man
who has it happy and everybody else mad.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

No man can become great unless tn
people exaggerate his best points.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

TO CURE a COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
Druggists refund the money if it fails TO cure. 25c
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

If a man is very fond of his wife he is q
ways talking about her.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16
"sTAR TOBACCO

There is a good deal in boldly recognize
ing a coming trouble, and preparing for it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

STAEt IUBlVCV'
AS YOU chew tobacco for pleasure use otaI.
IT. is not only the best but the most lasting, anu
therefore, the cheapest.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation forever,
lOc. Ii C. C. c. fail. druggists refund money.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16
Reforms Need More Than a Day

KefOrms Need More IHHH a. lay
To bring them about, and are always more
complete ard lasting when they proceed
with steady regularity to a consummat1oh.
Few of the observant among us can nave
failed to notice that permanently healthlul
changes in the human system are noI
wrought by abrupt and violent means, ana
that those are the most salutary medicines
which are progressive. Hostetter's stom-
ach Bitters is the chief Of these. Dyspepsia,
a disease of obstinate character, is obllter-
ated by it,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

There were more suicides in 1896 than
ever before.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16
Not worth stealing.

one great moral influence not yet
credited to the bicycle is indicated n
the fact that horses are now SO cheap
In the west that horse stealing Is no
longer worth while, and that species OF
crime has practically disappeared.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-04-16

A negress who died the other day IA
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-11-20
Why She Wept.

A lady called on a friend who had
only been married a few years, and was
surprised to find her in tears.
Il am the most unhappy woman In
Austin, and it Is all on account Of my
husband"
why, your husband lives for you
alone. He stays at home all the time:
he never gees away from home; lie
never brings any of his friends to the
house."
"Yes,' repiiod the unfortunate wonr
an, putting her handkerchief to hes
eyes, and sobbing convulsively, that's
what - makes-me-so-miserable.s
-Teras SUtinas.
AN ingenious woman has devised .
plan for getting satisfaction even from
her spouse's SHORES. When
he gets we'll under way she ties o mouth
harmon;con under his nose, and she de-
clares the music is lovely.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-11-20

Chats about the gems on view
brought out odd scraps about the way
diamonds came into the market. A gem
now in the possession of a police captain
had, as too many of the more notable
historical stones hsEe, a queer, weird,
blood-stained history. A miner at De
Beers, Grigualand West, South Africa,
abandoned his claim because the walls,
huge masses of rock, left towering
above the ~excavated ground, had fallen
in, and to such an extent that it would
not pay to have the claim cleared. He
went to another rush, and months
afterward found himself arrested or u
charge of making away with a man
named Comyngs, last seen in his tent
on the night before he skipped the
camp"
He was confined on suspicion, and
yet, there being no corpus deficit, was
not brought to trial. One day he was
summoned on a Coroner's inquest and
marched from his prison to the Court
House, liberty, and comparative for
tune.
The missing man had been found. It
seems the claim had been taken into the
area of a strong company, who found,
inter ALA, the dead, decomposed corpse
of poor Comyngs. How he had got
into the claim was a mystery, but in his
dead hand, where lie lay crushed all
shapeless by the huge masses Of rock
that tumbled on him so inopportunely,
was a n~ineteen-carat diamond worth
$4,000, a piece of purest water. The
minor was acouiffad and 1irparc' 1ow
gave him the diamond so found in his
claim, which could not be declared
legally abandoned until the month ex-
PRED from his vacating his license
Ner York World.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-11-20
Legend OF the Moss Rose.

The angel that nurses the flowers
and sprinkles the dew upon them in the
Silly night was slumbering one day in
the shadow of a rose bush. When he
awo6e, with smiling countenance, he
sail: "Ioveliest of my children. 7
thank thee for thy reviving odor and
thy cooling shade. Couldst thou vet
pray for anything more, how cheerfully
would [ grant it to thee" "Adorn me,
then, with some new grace" at once en-
tire ted the spirit of the rose bush; and
the angel of the flowers adorned the
most beautiful of flowers with the SIM
pie moss. Then stood it forth, in
modest grace, the Moss Rose, the
choicest of its kind.-F. 4. Krunl-
Slachef.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-11-20
Died Of Il Fit.

Byron's good sayings have been in
III mems mouths-in the mouths OF
some who have claimed them as their
owl. afeny were admirable puns, 9TH
ers had i better claim to remembrance,
rha LIST time | met him-a long time
sgo--I sat next him at dinner. so
Pcale, the tailor, is dead.' remarked
ndr 's,st. @Indeed! What did he die
.,f29 ~Of a lit" said Byron, a. once.
"8:1as else could o tailor die OFF,
LonaoH World.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-11-20
TAKE ICE.

We call the attention Of
justices Of the peace elect of
this and adjoining parishes
that we are prepared to fur
nish them all needed forms
in their line of business on
short notice and at reasona-
bic prices. Write or call and
see for yourselves.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-11-20

fCastoriaisso we'll adapted to children that
recommend it as superior toany prescription
known to me- II. \. ARCHER, II. D.,
Ill So. Oxford ST., BROOKLYN, n. Y.
The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1897-11-20

"The use of sCastoria is so universal and
IT'S merits 50 well known that it seems a work
of s-upererogation to endorse it. Few are the
intelligent families who do not keep Castorie
within easy reach
CARLOS MARTIN. D. D.,
New York City.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-12-25
He STANDS FOR LEO
ABLEGATE, NOW VISITING ARCH
ABLEGATE, NOW VISITING ARCH
BISHOP IRELAND.
P0PE'S PERSONAL MENTOR,
so FAR AS CONCERNS AFFAIRS OF
THE CHURCH IN
AMERICA.
I'm Three of the Leading Churches
in the Twin Cities During HIS
Present Visit.

Archbishop Sebastian Martinelli. the
papal ablegate for the United States,
Immediately on his arrival from Wash
ington yesterday, repaired to the resi-
dence of Archbishop Ireland, accom-
panied by his secretary. DR.. Rocker.
and DR.. Pace, of the Catholic univer-
sity at Washington. Rt. Rev. Thomas
O'Gorman, bishop of Sioux Falls, S. D.,
was also in the party, having gone to
Chicago to meet Mgr. Satolli's sue
cessor.
A request for an interview was de-
MED by the ALLOCATE.
DR.. Rocker, the secretary, was less
inaccessible, but extremely guarded in
speech. Mgr. Martinelli's visit to the
Northwest had no significance, he in
sisted, other than a desire to spend a
few days with Archbishop Ireland, by
way of a vacation.
Mgr Martinelli, like his predecessor is
in thorough accord and touch with the
institutions of this country, his secre-
tary declared, and a diplomat of the
Italian school, we'll versed in the history
and affairs of this and other countries.
Most of his religious career has been
spent Will lIlc oIuCI VI
Monks, and he is still a member of that
order.
DR.. Rocker remarked that. as there
were no questions stirring the church
in the United States at the present
time, the work of the ALLOCATE. while
voluminous, was largely Of a routine
character.
The ALLOCATE will ofI1ciate at the
cathedral at pontifical high mass this
morning, Bishop O'Gorman preaching
the sermon.
Sunday morning his eXcellency will
be the celebrant in the church of Vicar
General Stariha at the late mass.
Sunday evening he will take part in
the vespers' service at the Immaculate
Conception church, Minneapolis.
Archbishop Martinelli and party ex-
pect to return to Washington about
Jan. 2.