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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31
thing but have different styles about

thing but have different styles about
doing SO.
If the control of the currency were
the only weapon handed over to the
banks it would be powerful and dan
gerous one, enough so, indeed, to place
the people entirely at the mercy of the
n l..onal banks, because currency is
the vital fluid which keeps commerce
alive and commerce is necessary to the
upbuilding of the government.
If the banker, the national banker,
were patriotic citizen, it would be
different. But experience has taught
us that they are cruel, crafty and cold
blooded in their transactions, and their
love for the government under which
they live is the love for the dollars and
cents they make out of it. They have
never shown disposition to aid the
government, even when its very ex-
istence was threatened, unless they
were paid back an hundred fold, and
have always proven enemies to the
people when money questions were in
volved.
It we were at war with England or
any foreign nation would we choose
Englishmen to fight our battles, con-
stitute our armies and man our battle
ships? Then why give to our enemies,
the banks, the direction and control of
our currency? One would be as fool
ish as the other.
You cannot Judge an individual by
what he is going to do, you must form
your opinion by what he has done.
You must Judge the national banks by
what they have done and not by wha t
they promise to do
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31

The Philadelphia Record calls to
mind the experiences of a number of
American manufacturers who es-
tablished branch factories abroad
year OF two ago, hoping to supply their
foreign trade from there very economi-
cally by reason of lower savings in
wages and freight rates. They took
over American foreman and American
tools and employed American methods
throughout, but were much mystiied
to find that the output cost more money
than the product of their shops on
this side of the water Some of the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31

Three hundred cloak makers in
freedman Brothers shops, in New
York, went on strike Thursday. We'd
nesday 1900 operatives in outside
shops, supplying Freedman Brothers,
went on strike.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31
WHO SHALL CONTROL,
THE BANKS OR THE Gov
ERNMENT2
Would the Banks be SO Considerable of the
Welfare of the People as the Govern
ment, and Will the People Give. Away
Their Constitutional Privileges.

The desire of the ''sound money ad-
vocates is to give to the national banks
the power to issue and control the cur
rency Of this country.
If the reader doubts it, let him read
Secretary Cages plan of currency re-
form, or the statements of Eckles, the
comptroller, Or the statements of any
one or all Of the 'sound money advo-
Gates. They all want TO do the same
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31

tory that the price realized for those
bonds averaged 1.12 instead of the 1.O4
offered by the syndicate, the latter
being compelled, in order to get any
of them, to raise it's bid.
No, your national banker is far from
being patriotic.
Present coin obligation to them
they pay you what they please, but
when they present it to the govern
ment they demand and receive gold.
for, being what Mr.. Gage terms more
discriminating. they can sec that
coin" is new uane for 'sgold,' and
unless they get gold, the credit of the
government is going, going, gone.
Then again, they conted that the
mere word of the government is not
sufficient to back up greenbacks, but
in the same breath claim that that
mere word" is strong enough to back
up any amount of bank notes. With
the control Of the currency entirely in
their hands, as proposed by Sec. Gage
and the other ''sound money men,
where would we be in panic? In a
case of war, when the government
needed money badly and was unable
to make it?
What would happen?
With this terrible power in their
hands absolutely, the banks could con
tract the currency at will, create panics
at pleasure, send values down with a
whoop when they felt like it, and erect
vast fortunes at the expense of untold
misery OF the people, and finally wind
up in a government more plutocratic
and cruel than any feudal government
that ever existed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31

To-day the art of becoming rich is
the art of keeping your neighbor
poor."-Ruskin,
To deny the equal right of all men
to sit at the Widespread board of a
common father is to deny the brother
hood of man.-Governor ]. R. Rogers
in Arena.
Liberty and civilization are only
fragments of right wrung from the
strong hands of wealth and book
learning; almost all the great truths
relating to society were not the result
of scholarly meditation, but have been
first heard in the solemn protests of
martyred patriotism and the loud cries
Of crushed and sterling labor.-Wen,
dell Phillips.
Wherever there are in any country
uncultivated lands, unemployed poor.
it is clear that the laws of property
have been so far extended as to violate
natural rights. The earth is given as
common stock for man to labor and
live op.-Thomas Jefferson.
We do great injustice to Iscariot
in thinking him wicked above all com
mon wickedness. He was only COM
mon money lover, and like all money
lovers, didn't understand Christ
couldn't make out the worth Of him
or the meaning Of him. He didn't
want him to be killed. He was horror
struck when he found that Christ
would be killed; threw his money
away instantly, and hanged himself
How many Of our present money seek
efs, think you, would have the grace
to hang themselves, whoever was kin,
cd?-John Ruskin.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31
Young America All Right

The young American idea is shoot
ing" all right. The High Schoo,
Senate by vote of 20 to 3 decided that
"the accumulation of wealth by ;he
few is detrimental to the interests Of
the many. The same evening the
students OF the Fresno Business Col
lege declared in favor OF government
al ownership OF railroads. Young
America has discerning mind.-Fres.
no Expositor.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31

Something Statement Must Consider.
Kansas City Star: The future field
Of the American manufacturer is not
the home market. It is the wide, wide
world. and the statesmen at Washing
ton will be forced to recognize that
fact before long and will shape their
tarin legislation in accordance with
that idea and not for the purpose Of
shutting up this country and restrict
ing It's trade with other nations.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31
PROSPERITY STRIKING IN.


There is an increase in the number
OF business failures, the total through
out the United States this week being
273, compared with 223 last week, 25S
in the week one year ago, 279 two
years ago, 2S0 three years ago and
$40 in the second week of November,
1898. The larger portion of this
week increase over last" week is in
New England and the Southern
states. There are 80 business fail
ures reported throughout the Canadian
dominion this week, compared with 81
last week, "A in the week one year ago
and As two years ago.
Three hundred cloak makers in
freedman Brothers shops, in New
York, went on strike Thursday. We'd
nesday 1900 operatives in outside
shops, supplying Freedman Brothers,
went on strike.
A man aged forty committed suicide
IN this city last week because he
could not find employment. He was
box maker by trade and had held
good positions, as good positions of
That sort go. But some three weeks
ago he lost his place and had been
vainly seeking work for over ten days.
Finding his quest hopeless he severed
the veins in his wrist after the man
ner OF Seneca, and bled to death. 1t
might argue that he was easily dis
couraged since he made away with
himself after seeking WORK for fort
night only, but a truer inference,
probably, is that all his life he had
been able to accumulate nothing and
was unwilling to eat the bread of
CHARITY. His case is typical. After
working for the best part of a life
time the average man saves nothing
because saving is an impossibility in
view OF the little he can earn. 1t is
an interesting ethical question wheth-
er the unemployed are justified in
making away with themselves Luck
lily, they do not think they should, or
our streets would be heaped with
corpses.-Twentieth Century.
A strike of 800 employees of MILL
ken Bros, contractors, engaged in put
ting up three twelve-story buildings
on Broadway, New York, was begun
Saturday, because the firm refused to
pay union wages to 100 members Of
the Housesmiths union.
Talk about good times! I read OF
five cases of starvation in cities in to-
days papers, and they run from the
tramp sinking on the highway to a
family of nine slowly dying in the
garnet. Yet stocks are going up-our
export trade is increasing-our gold
reserve is far above the hundred mil
lion mark. Yet starvation thinly dis
guised stalks the land, and, when re-
lentless winter tears off the mask it
will discover one of the most appall-
ing conditions the cities of this coun-
try have ever witnessed. Every win
ter means metropolitan famine, and
each successive season outdoes the
preceding ones.-Pi1grim.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31
Unsatisfactory Exp1anations.

Ever since the election of Mckinley
republicans everywhere have been
kept busy explaining things They
have had to explain why his election
failed to restore confidence, why pros
perity did not come, why wage reduc-
lions still continue why bank failures
and business failures are still chroni-
cled. Since Mr.. Dingley's little revenue
producer was passed they have been
asked to explain why it protects the
trusts, why it fails to produce
sufficient revenue, why articles of
necessity are up and no opportunity to
meet the increased cost given. And
now they are trying to explain why
greenbacks should be retired And in
all instances their explanations are not
satisfactory.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31

Will the intelligent people of this
country, with full knowledge of the
damnable pratices of the bankers,
elect to vote themselves and their
posterity into bondage more intoler,
able than the slavery of the negro?
We hope not?
II. VIM. SMITH.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31

h t farmers
d ty ind okingf
hanca heiab
in an
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under
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Da Polar
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31
Il u AZ In Old Time.

1.-THE foxes have holes. and the birds
of the air have nests. but the Son ct
Man bath not where 10 lay his head. :.
Je6us.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31

Money is the creation of law, moth.
ing else
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-12-31
WISE MEMS SAYINGS.

To-day the art of becoming rich is
the art of keeping your neighbor
or."-Ruskin.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-06
FROM TIE ITALIAN THRONE
Humbert Tells About What Fine Things
Peace and Armie. md Navies arc

Rome, April 5.-King Humbert, in the
speech from the throne at the opening Of
parliament today. said TO the accord Of
the powers ION the eastern question:
tended to preserve peace and prevent
1nassacres.
There were large crowds present when
parliament was opened. The king was
accompanied by the crown prince, Viz
torio Emanuel. Prince OF Naples. and
his maJesty's nephews. the Duke Of
AcosJa and the Count Of Turin. the Duke
of Abbruzzi, and the Duke Of Genoa. his
cousin.
The queen, the Princess Of Naples. the
Duchess Of Acosta and the Duchess of
Genoa, with their suites. witnessed the
ceremony from the gallery reserved for
them.
All the foreign diplomats were pres
ent.
The members OF the royal family were
heartily cheered on arriving. and King
Humber. en- entering the grand hall, re-
ceived an ovation from the senators.
deputies and spectators. His majesty
thanked the assemblage for the warm
welcome accorded 70 him. On ascend
ing the throne. the king was greeted
with 4 fresh outburst q cheers.
After the nav members Of parliament
had been sworn in. his majesty deliver
ed the speech from the throne.
HIS majesty said. in psrI:
Faithful 70 our Alliances. 7 conErst-
ulate myself upon the CORDIAL relations
existing with All the powers When T.
ally unied her efforts 70 those q the con-
cert Of Europe IN accordance with The
dictates OF duty. she brings bysi CO.
operation % maintaining peace and
takes care OF Italian Interests. TIE
blessings u peace permit parliament n
devote Itself 70 internal reforms and he
stability of our military organization.
which tie government desires 70 see I'm
ally perfected
Current events IN ne Mediterranean
and the Increase OF emigration impose
upon u ths duty % Strengthening ere
navy. Future budgets Gus- BE- co1soli-
dated f5r the development q national
economy - an equitable revision % tax
atom ard administrator. which VII
honestly an 70 repair cur couatry's
credit
~ The elise % TIE spaech from ne
ta-one. thslr mziss.les and ne :oyzl
family proceeded n gate carriagss =
TIE palace TIE route was lined EitA
troops
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-06
FLOODS IN The NORTHWEST
Upper Mississippi slowly and tho Lower
Mississippi Ra pidIy Rising.

Minneapolis, Mimi, April 5.-Some appre-
tension is felt for the safety OF the new
power dam recently completed at great ex-
pense below st. Anthony Falls. portion
OF the coping was carried away by the
first rush of ice and 1t was noted this morn
ing that the notch had been enlarged by
the rush of water. There has been rise
of sixteen inches since Saturday and 100
families on the west side flats have been
evicted by water. a strong surrent is set
ting through the settlement and may carry
away some of the humble homes. The city
engineer has declared that Tenth avenue
bridge unsafe and closed 1t to travel The
Upper Mississippi is now looked TO as the
danger point. The woods are full of snow
and everything depends on whether this
melts rapidly or slowly.
A special to the Journal from Grand
Rapids, Mich, says that the ground is abb
sorbing the moisture, and that the snow
is slowly melting It is eighteen inches
deep on the level now. The Mississippi at
that point is only two feet above low water
mark and the dams from Alike up are all
intact and safe Unless there are unusual
April rains the upper river will carry off
the moisture without difficulty.
The Minnesota. which enters the Missis-
sippi between Minneapolis and st. Paul, IS
receding but its headwaters are divided
from the. sources of the Red river by mar
row watershed and it is receiving a large
amount Of, water which ordinarily would
flow north into the Red river.
ICE RUNNING AT BISMARCK.
Bismarck S. D., April 5.-The ice in the
Missouri began running out today. There
has been a rise of two and one-half feet
and the stream is now running bank full
There viii be no trouble unless a gorge
forms below here.
90 NEAR DANGER AT OMAHA.
Omaha, Neb., April Sat noon today the
river gauge showed the Missouri to be fif-
teen feet above mean low water, and steadi
ly rising. This is within Que foot of danger.
and is one foot lower than the extreme
high water in March.
Poor health and loss of appetite is over
come by Hoods SarsapariLa, which Wit
2 lies thn hlOOd
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THREATS HELD OUT
CONTINUED from First Pagel

ham Pasha, is fully alive 10 the difficulty
and danger of the situation and has al
ready strengthened the frontier outposts.
besides taking other means 10 meet any
contingency which may arise. Fifty
thousand Turkish troops at few hours
notice can be sent across the Greek
frontier and, according TO unbiased mil
itary experts, the Turkish flag might be
flying over Larissa a few days later. The
Greeks. while animated by fierce enthus-
ism and desire for war, are not nearly
so well disciplined as the Turkish troops.
and the German officers assisting Edham
Pasna in the campaign preparatio an
ticipate little difficulty in winning the
first battle. II is stated today that the
Queen Of Greece has decided TO start i'm
medlately for Thessaly in order to su-
perintend. with her daughter-in-law. the
Crown Princess Sophia, the field nurses
attached TO the Greek ambulance corps.
The next actual step anticipated in the
eastern game is the proclamation by the
admirals Of the foreign fleets Of block
ade the Gulf of Athens. This was 10
have occurred today but hitch occur
red ct the last moment. Nobody here
seems 10 doubt that the blockade of the
Gulf of Athens would be followed. if not
preceded. by a declaration Of war
against Turkey.
Numbers Of correspondents of English
newspapers have arrived here and al
Saionica and others are az Larissa or
at Eiassona. These are men whose adj
vent on any scence naturally means that
another outbreak Of war is regarded as
almost certain. The English correspon-
dents who landed al Salonica were pro
vided with letters from the MARQUIS OF
Salisbury's secretary but while they
have been accorded every courtesy they
have not been allowed to inspect the
Turkish fortifications
A dispatch from the representative OF
the Associated Press at Elasson, TURK
ish headquarters. says that the news
that the Greek intended 10 mount twenty
cannon on the unoccupied point of the
disputed territory of Milesna. three
miles distant from Elassona, caused
Edhdm Pasha 10 order the Turkish Of
hcers In that vicinity 10 fire upon the
Greeks al the first sign Of such an At
tempt
Upon another occasion an explosion Of
dynamite caused by party of Greek
engineers who were blasting rock to
make road so excited the Turks that
Turkish officer sent a message warn
ing the Greeks Of the extreme danger
Of such proceedings" and pointing out
that lit might be impossible to restrain
the Turkish troops"
Later dispatches from the front say
that Edham Pasha has ordered all the
Turkish troops on the frontier to be IN
der arms all day tomorrow, the anniver-
sary Of the declaration of indenpence Of
Greece
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-06
The qolleha aiy Eagle: guesIay 7fornug April 1897.

averted when DR.. MCGEE went to the
hospital to fake charge.
The list of the dead sI,d injured still
continues TO grow. May woodward,
aged. Is years, daughter of the Mr.. and
Mrs. woodward who- ware killed outright
by the tornado, died Saturday morning
az II o'clock. She aas rushed Ly fall
ing walls and injured internally. The
remains were shipped 10 FL Dorado,
Kan. Mr.. Parric4S vas reported by the
courier Saturday night 70 le lying, as
wer5 also Mate Cox AMI Asher. Bloe q
poisoning had set n n p. ii. Hoffman's
injured arm AMI his condition was so
serious that his son, Assistant United
States Attorney 10y Hoffman, return
ed Saturday nigat to Chandler.
Among the injured in addition TO those
already reported, were reported:
Frank Mccall; collar bone broken.
d. G. Dunn; leg broken.
Mrs. Gillespie; both ankles broken.
F. ". Johnson; leg broken.
H C. Lee; fatal internal injuries.
Mrs. Sarah Rhea; internal injuries.
Mrs. MAXWELL; broken ankle.
Maxwell sisters: 1earfuIy bruised.
Ed Berry; cut in neck and head.
H. c. Burdette; board thrust through
back and lungs.
T. B. Rata; legs broken.
B. c. Derrick; fatally crushed
Fannie Cox; collar bone broken.
George Harrington; badly cut on head
and limbs.
NJ a lei n=+ lee n ~oIy
James Sawyer of Ingram; skull frac-
tured
Mrs. ]. ". Crawford; caught under
falling walls: severely bruised.
P. j. Amherst of Cushing; severely cut.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-04-06
LARoRERs AND THKIR HIEE
List OF Party workers aud othsr- Who are
Deemed WORTH

wasainE.on. April 5.--T1s prss 1s1t %
day sent % Ire senate re f,l1w.ag
nominal. oas:
Iuters1--Georgs y. james = kansas.
% be agent FOR The In5s1s - ne Pota-
svsr-omle AMI Great Seaara agency n
kansas
s-1te-Alfre5 2. Buck - Georgia %
% eay5y ext-a-r3lnsry srd rniaiger
pleu.p5.en-ta~y ~ re Cr 80 Sts.ss .
Js1aa. Jams Boyle = ONO. co1sal q
TIE I-nfsed states AZ LiFer pool. Eaeisaf.
2 Day ~ Connecticut. consul = -ne
UrI-s5 s.ates ~ Bra1.7r5. Eazlsn4. Zen
-9n z 2cCreery - Men zsn. secretary
q 30 legation - The Ua5 II States q. tae
Cty - Hexic9-
s1-y-I>.ra Hsy;sarst - T'er1syi-
wanna. - be appraiser ~ rlse-sa1- - a
TIE 6is-Tic- < PeunEYlFz
Jus. co - attorneys - ~ rni;e1
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10 be commodore; Commander Charles
d. Sigsoss. 70 be a captain: Lieutenant
Commander Edwin c. Pendleton. 70 Re
q commander.
war-Brigadier General Frank whea-
ton. % be major general: the Rev Char
les 5. Waksly Of Ohio. 70 be post chap
lain.
Washington. April 5.-Ths senate In
executive session today confirmed tAs
following nominations: Andrew d.
White of New York. TO he ambassador %
Germany: William F. Draper Of Mas
sachusetts 10 be ambassador 70 Italy;
Oliver L Spauldng ot Michigan. 10 be
assistant secretary Of the treasury; W.
liam r. Howell % New Jersey. 70 be as
sistant secretary OF the treasury: Chand-
Ter Hale Of Maine. 70 be secretary OF tbs
embassy 81 the United States ST Rome.
Italy: Jacob Trieher % Arkansas. - be
United States attorney toF the Eastern
district Of Arkansas; II. VI. Cooper os
Arkansas. 70 be marshal 81 ;hs United
States. Eastern district OF Arkansas:
Lieutenant Commander A. r. Couaen. 10
be A commander IN the navy.
Washington. Aprl s-Mr. Boyle. the
new consul 20 Liverpool has been with
NJ. Mckinley for several years as his
private secretary and in this capacity he
has become known 70 politicians through
out The country.
Atlanta. Ga, April 5.-Colnnei Alfred
+. Buck. tn new minister 70 Japan. is
a IA tive of Maine He was a colonel in
the union army during the war and Pres
iians Lincoln brevetted nm for gallant
display II capturing n fort AZ Msbile.
Colonel Beck represented the Mobile dis
trc. n congress for several years after
the war In 1871. ~ came 20 Atlanta
and accepted the position Of clerk fths
United States and district courts, and
was clerk OF the United States court hers
continuously W q 1880. In that year
he was appointed United States marshal
fsr the southern district ~ Georgia BY
President Harrison. lie had this posi-
tian four years. Colonel Buck ala not
take very active interest IN politics
until 1891 He became IN a short tine
leader % me Republican party IN Geor-
eia. H supported Mckinley FOR the
pres. entail nomination. and won over
the sac delegation. Notwithstanding a
strong Reed sentiment.