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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18

The making of paper flowers is one of
the Duchess Of A!hany's chief pleasures
The Arkansas Senate passed bill an.
Dropria.ia= S63.G;O for the relief of the
drouth sufferers in Arkansas.
James &. Porter. Secretary of State
from 1861 TO 1867. died at Lansing. Mich
OF rheumatism of the heart He was born
in 1924
The Court OF Appeals of Montreal has
maintained the right Of trades unionists
to strike Il the firm they work for refused
to discharge Eol-union men.
Benjamin H. Bacon, all insurance agent
who. Il few years a.o, was one of the
weathest aad most prominent business
men in Kansas City. bio. committed sui
eide. Dependency following business re-
verses IS supposed to be the cause of sui.
eide.
The liner Spree reached her pier in Ho-
bokcn after rough voyage. Before reach
ing the Needles she ran into a dense fog
and had to anchor. The seas pounded her
decks. stavins a l;feboat to pieces, tear
ing out section of rail and infictinp 9th
er damage.
Charles Burkman. Keokuk ua.) bar
OcE, uAu JuSe AniSAcA SuANluS u customer,
when he went violently insane He still
had the razor in his hands, and attempted
to assault several persons but was mt Last
Overpowered and locked up. He has n
wife and four children.
Gen. Obrcgon, while reconnoiterng near
Merceda. between Candelaria and Iosoa.
province Of Pinar del Rio, captured an inn
portant insurgent depot containing all the
dynamite shells and explosive material
belonging to the forces formerly com.
manded by Gen. Antonio Maceo.
A dispatch from Rio de Janeiro sav.
that q band Of fanatics led by Conselhero
have killed Col. Moreira Caesar. thre.
officers and 300 soldiers in Bahia. There
is much excitement in Rio Janeiro where
the populace has pillaged and burned the
offices Of the monarchist papers. Libertade
and Gazette Detarde
Gov. Black of New York has declined Ia
interfere in the sentence of death of Ar.
thur Mayhem, who was convicted Of muir.
dering Stephen Powell at Hampstead
March I, 1896.
Robert Price, aims Red Price, 4
roustabout attached to McMahan's show
which is wintering at Wichita, Kan, aud
an accomplish held up Charles Wilkins,
a well-known business man, and robbed
him Of $3.50. Wilkins was knocked down
and stunned. but on regaining conscious.
ness he shot Price through the right lung,
MORALLY woundins him. The other rob.
her escaped.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18
A Maiiionaire's start In Life

A well-known millionaire arrived at
johannesburg In the early days Of the
miniag boom, with no assets save tin
Of condensed milk and needle. He
spread report that smallpox was on
it, way through the country, gave out
that be was . surgeon, aud vaccinated
the whole community, with his needle
ard condensed milk, at live shillings
per Aperakton. It was not Ing bafero
~ henms wealthy capitalist.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18
Spring

Is the season for new life In nature,
new vigor in our physical systems
As the fresh sap carries life into The
trees, SO our blood should give u
renewed strength and viyor. In IL
impure state it cannot do this, and
the aid OF Hoods Sarsapari1a is In.
pcrativcly needed.
1t will purify. vitalize and enrich the
blood. aud with this solid, correct
foundation. it will build up good
health. create good appetite, tone
your stomach and digestive organA
strengthen your nerves and ovef.
come or prevent that tired feeling.
This has been the experience Of tbos'
sands. 1t will be yours If you take
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18
THAT SPLENDID coFrEE

Mr.. Goodman. Williams County. H.
writes us: Prom one package Salzers
German Coffee Berry l grew 900
pounds Of better coffee than can buv
in stores at 80 cents a pound"
A package of this and big seed cata.
logue is sent you by John A. Salzer
Seed Co.. La Crosse, Wis.,. upon receinA
Of Is stamps and this notice.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18
Effects or Severe Cold.

Travellers in the Arctic regions say
the physical effects Of cold there are
about as follows: Fifteen deyreea
above. unplea sanity warm; zero. mild:
10 degrees below, bracing; 20 degrees
below. sharp. but not severely cold; 80
degrees below. very cold; 40 degrees
below, intensely cold: so degrees below.
struggle for lif
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18

Sir q. 0. Trevelyan's retirement from
Parliament and political life bids fair IN
fall out to the advantage of letters A
new edition of Lord Macaulay's Life and
Works" is announced By the Lonyman's
under his editorship.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18

The appointment Of Circuit Judge Nc.
Kenna as Attorney General causes con-.
siderable gossip as to his successor. 1t il
stated at Tacoma, WASH. that the ap-
pointment has been rendered b. s. Gross.
cup. attorney for the Northern Pacific ar
that place.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18


May-How do you get George to leave
SO early every night?
Agatha-At 1890 sharp papa comes
into the room, lights four blazing ga
Jets and then raises all the window cur
tains. You don't suppose for moment
a fellow has any pluck after that, do
you New York Journal.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18

When Ovid was In love with Nesba
he hoped that this flesh would dissolve
to dust" II he did not love her moS
than any man loved woman: which
was a good deal to say.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18

w. A. Johnston, who is now associate
justice OF the Kansas Supreme Court.
serving his third term, once was base
ball pitcher.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18

MN. Wl0sSOW'o SOOTHING BYaup ter Cildso
seethtu8 ootteno she gums. Reduces indsMmativ0
AtlAvD main StvA a"os bott
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18

". Nansen has refused nm offer OF
lO.oOO marks for 100 lectures 10 Ger
many.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18
A Cold. Water veal.

CAscARErs stimulate ,ver. k,oneys and bowsh n,
II SiCken. weRxen or gflre. 1Oc.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18
Concerning Congress.

tough things on his hands. but the tough
est is the United States Senate.-Buffalo
Express.
One pleasure We shall derive from read
Ing the reports from the Fifty-fifth Con-
gress will be the absence of the name of
David B. Hill.-St. Louis Star.
The United States Senate will DO well
to take the advice of Vice President Ho-
bart, and decide to transact its business
in business-like way.-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
How Mortified some of the ld-line SEN
atOrs must have been at Vice Presideut
Hobart's audacity in limiting that the Sen
ate ought to have business rules.--Bos.
ton Globe
Lives there man with Imagination so
vivid that he can place his hand on his
heart and say that one year ago he fore
saw Marcus A. Hanna in the Senate?-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
More than 10000 bills were presented in
the House during the life of the Fifty
fourth Congress. 1t is evident that the
members wished to busy themselves about
any old bul.-Buffalo News
The United States Senate is now drift.
ing along in Pefferless. Briceless. Black
burnless, Irbyless. Duboisless, Palmerless.
Cameronless, Pughless. Voorheesiess,
Gibsonless, ETC., less condtion.-Washing-
ton Post
The notion that the gold Democrats will
not ask anything at the hands of the Nc
kinney administration is a choice piece of
fiction. Quite number of them are or
hand and all are in receptive mood
Washington Post.
Chance of Administrations.
The retiring administration has been a
clean one.-Boston Herald.
The inspiring part Of it all is that much
like the same thing will be done over again
four years hence.-Chicago Tribune
1t doesn't seem quite right for Wash.
ington to get all that money. Why not
pass the Inauguration around occasional
ly?-CleveIand Plain Dealer
The man who seems to be least concern.
ed about the departure Of Grover Cleve-
land from Office is Grover Cleveland him
seif.-Chicago Record.
Notwithstanding the presence of mum.
Der of Chicago aldermen in the city, but
comparatively few cases of pocket picking
are reported Washington Post.
The fact that Washington is still crowd
ed is probably explained by the further
fact that the original Mckinley man has
remained over for few days.-Baltimore
American.
1t might simplify matters were Mr.. Nc.
Kinley to insist that the Office seekers ar.
range themselves in battalion formation
and make their attack in an organized
fashion.-Chicago Record. a
President Cleveland leaves the presi.
dency Incidentally richer than when he
6rst assumed it. Who can estimate the
value of a Queenly wife and u trio Of
happy. charming children ?-Detroit Free
Press.
1t mus. astonish some of the Old World
people to learn that u dinner was given to
the incoming President by the retiring
President Of the United States without
the services OF q food taster.-St. Louis
Republic.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18
PuIsfS's &f IL
s1pREss

There Is great difference between
cheap jingoism and sound Americanism.
New York Advertiser.
"A new whisky combination" 1t can't
beat the old one. with lemons, sugar and
hot water.-Evening World.
The power of money and the lust for
power are now making towards of all the
greet nations of Europe.-Salt Lake Trib-
une.
It's great thing to be sultan! When
ever you get into trouble all the powers
of the earth get together to help you out.
New York Press.
Greece shows a king high flush, aud
there is a suspicion that the powers
haven't got the necessary full hand to beat
it.-Chicago Tribune.
The other wonders of modern surgery
pale into insignificance beside what has
been done to the broken backbone of win
ter.-Detrot News.
The millennium is at hand. All the Ma
tional Baseball League magnates profess
satisfaction with the new playing sched-
ule.-Boston Traveller.
Of course, if bachelors are to be taxed,
the fellow who tries to get married and
can't should be entitled to a pension
Chicago Times Herald
Kansas legislator has happened on
the ten commandments, and likes them 30
we'll he wants them Incorporated in the
State law.-Chicago Tribune.
The sale of ''blooded hog" for 1000
Is reported from Iowa. Some of the poll.
ticians will welcome this news as an in
dication Of their growing value.-Chicago
Tribune.
The skeptical doctor in Washington who
offers one hundred dollars "for well-au-
thenticated case of hydrophobia" can Sc
cure one cheaper by tackling the right
dog.-New York Advertiser.
There are people temporarily in this
town who are firmly committed to the no.
ton that there can be no material return
to prosperity until there is a general dis
tribution of offices.-Washingto Post.
The question. "What shall we do with
our ex-Presidents?" need worry us no
longer. Our ex-Presidents have settled it
themselves. They are devoting all their
leisure to the noble business of rearing
wives for future Presidents-Clevelan
Leader.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-03-18

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The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-04-01

The advance sheets of ex-Presdent
Harrison's book show that he has made
vigorous attack against wealthy COM
binations and that he is particularly Sc
we're on the methods employed by men
of wealth to avoid the payment of their
share of taxes. These are well known
facts, but what the people of this cOun-
try will expect from Mr.. Harrison is not
merely an indictment of corporate power
and wealthy men for the avoidance of
the payment of the fair and equitable
proportion of the taxes, but that he
should point out some definite and perma-
nent policy by which they shall be COM
PEELED to do their whole duty in this re-
spect to the country.
These evils that have insidiously and
silently crept into state and national af-
fairs, impairing the methods of enforcing
an equitable and just taxation, we are
all fully aware exist. 1t is the remedy
for these evils that such a man as Ben
jamin Harrison, with his large experience
and legal acumen, should furnish and
we trust he is not content in his book to
hold these avoidances up to the cOndem-
nation of the public, but that he will orig
mate methods of compulsory disgorge-
ment by men of wealth who have availed
of these evils or abuses to avoid their
proper burden in support of government.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-04-01
RESTRAINT OF TRADE.

The more the decision of the supreme
court of the United States is considered
the wider and more far-sweeping are its
apparent effects against the restraint of
trade by all kinds Of combinations and as
sociations. In the effort to strike at great
corporations the little fellows have been
involved in the tolls of the law. Every
association of men that combine together
to uphold prices and monopolize business
IL, according 20 the decision of the su-
premc court, violation of the law that
prohibits the restraint of trade. An as
ISOLATION of railroad men for that pur-
pose are affected under this decision equal
ly as potentially as the railroad company
itself.
One of the most powerful associations,
having the largest influence on prices and
intended to monopolize business in the
hands of it's skilled members, is the typo
graphical union, that is liable under this
decision to dissolution. The object Is to
keep up high standard of typographical
excellence, to fix prices and to prohibit
all but the members of the union from
doing any kind of typographical work.
The Typographical union. which has so
elevated the business of printing, by fur
nishing more responsible compositors, fix
ing the price of composition and insuring
work only to members of the union, if
the decision of the majority of one of the
supreme court is enforced, must throw
up the sponge and dissolve or suffer the
penalties; for 1t is restraining trade by
fixing prices all over the county and ex-
Guiding from printing Offices all but union
printers. Evidently corporations of all
kinds have struck snag, and there will
be n mighty upheaval of protests against
the law and demand for its repeal.
Unfortunately, when combination of
capitalists is struck by this law all other
combinations used for the restraint of
trade go down with the same fatal blow.
The four dissenting justices of the SUI
preme court point out the wide and di3as-
trous effects of the decision. The dis
senting opinion declares that 'the inter
probation of the statute, therefore,
which holds that reasonable agreements
are within its purview, makes it embrace
every perceivable organization or combi-
nation of the laborer to benefit his cond-
ton either by obtaining an increase of
wages or n diminution of his hours of Ia
bor." So that it will be seen that accord
ing to the opinion of four of the learned
judges of the court, we have not given too
broad meaning to the decision in alleg-
ing that it applies to legitimate labor Or
CARNATIONS. The decision would be ruin
Gus enough If it applied only to common
carriers in agreeing among themselves for
the purpose of the enforcement of the pro-
visions of the interstate commerce law,
but when it with one fell swoop extends
to every organization for the legitimate
purpose of bene6ting skilled labor it is
too much to be borne, and as soon as it is
fully understood that its sweeping pro-
visions extend to this class of organza-
tons there will be the loudest and most
potential demand for the repeal of the
law thus construed by the supreme court. |
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-04-01
DROWNED DURING THE STORM.
Miss Smith and r.. S. Thompson Went
Down In n Raging Stream,

GAINESVILLE, Tex, March 29.-(Special.)-
Miss Ruby Smith, daughter of Alderman
Smith of this city, and X. s. Thompson
were drowned yesterday in branch seven
miles west of Gainesville. Miss Smith
had gone to Era to secure class in music
and MIR. Thompson was returning home
with her when the accident Occuerred.
Residents near the place where the par
ties were drowned saw the buggy enter
the stream. 1t disappeared owing to the
heavy rain at the time, the strong wind
and the swollen stream, and the bodies
could not be rescued last night and no.
body knew who the unfortunates were.
This morning the search was renewed
with the result of finding Miss Smiths
body about 300 yards below the place
where the buggy was driven, and fur
Their down the body of Thompson was
found. Miss Smith wore a watch with
her name engraved on it and the watch
had stopped at o'clock. Thompson's
body was badly torn, as it passed through
several wire fences before lodging.
Miss Smiths remains were brought to
this place and are now resting at the
house of her parents, while the body of
Mr.. Thompson was taken to his home in
Era.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-04-01
TEXAS STORM NEWS.
GOVERNMENT WORKS AT FORT
POINT, GALVESTON ISLAND,
DAMAGED.
DROWNED IN A SWOLLEN STREAM
COUPLE NET DEATH NEAR GAINES
vILLE-MAN DROWNED NEAR
SPARTA.
GREAT DAMAGE 10 CROPS AND RAILROADS
Many Bridges Washed Out and the
Tracks of Railroads Submerged.
Calvert Suffered Severely From
the BIow-The Braxos and
Other Streams Are on
Big Boom.

Galveston, Tex, March 29.-(Special)-
Sundays blow was the hardest since
1895. The wind reached a velocity of
4S miles an hour.
At Fort Point, on the east of the island,
where the government forts are under
construction, the chief damage from Sun
days storm resulted. A barge forty feet
long, used in doing some filling for the
construction of mortar battery, was
broken from its anchorage. The crew
were rescued by the lfe-saving corps.
The barge was carried against a trestle
built from the jetty railway to the site
of the fort. The barge can be foated
again without much difficulty. A large
lot of lumber for the temporary work at
the fort was foated off and is scattered
along the jetties. About 1000 cubic
yards of sand which had been put into
the foundations of the mortar battery was
washed away. Altogether the loss to
mortar battery contractors will be be-
tween $1,000 and $500.
A short distance from the mortar bat
terry the government is constructing a gun
battery. This work was not in shape to
Wlthotuuu utuNy DlUW anu was
erably damaged. Two heavy iron der
ricks had been erected with which to
handle the cement for the concrete fOun-
dations of the fort. These derrcks were
held by heavy wire guy lines attached to
anchors buried in the sand. As the wa
tiers rushed over the site it undermined
the sand anchors and the derrick fell.
Other temporary works were carried
away, and Maj. Miller estimates the
money loss at about $1,000. He said it
was lucky that the blow came on Sunday
when there were no men at work ON the
works, because if it had occurred when
a full force was employed its suddenness
would have likely resulted in some loss
of life. In addition to the loss of money
there will necessarily result delay in
the work.
Maj. Miller estimates that the storm
will put his work back two months.
These works are right on the beach, and
even without any serious high winds such
high tide as was up yesterday would
naturally do some damage. The tide rose
about four feet above the normal and
was the highest experienced here for
some time. The jetties were uninjured
The trestle was not hurt, although the
waves dashed over it in many places.
A small schooner is ashore on Pelican
island, but can be gotten off with little
loss Little damage was done in the city.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-04-01
THE SENATE AMENDMENTS TO THE
TREATY.

| The three amendments to the arbitra-
ton treaty by the senate were not con-
| ceived in the spirit of craftsmanship nor
according to the broad principles that
| should characterize such a great accom-
plishment. In the first place, the first
amendment was animated by the jealousy
of the senate as to its own Importance
and in apparent ignorance that the con-
stitution of the United States guaranteed
the very thing that the senate thought
proper to enact in the amendment. The
first amendment, that each agreement
under arbitration must be confirmed by
the senate is provided for in that clause
of the constitution which declares that
'the president shall have power by and
with the advice of the senate to make
treaties and which covered the very
ground proposed to be covered by the
first amendment.
The amendment which declares that
the justices of the supreme court shall
be ineligible as arbitrators could have
been conceived in no other spirit than
that of rivalry between two distinct
branches of the government. There are
no men in the United States who are so
fully equipped in every respect by the
weight of character, intellect and famil-
iarity with the laws to become arbitrators
on behalf of their countrymen, and the
act of the senate can not be considered
otherwise than that of petty jealousy,
unworthy of statesmen.
The other amendment, directed against
King Oscar of Sweden, could not have
been from any other course than the fact
that he is king; as it is well known
that King Oscar is friend and admirer
of our republican system of government
and the most learned and liberal of all
kings. In every way he seemed to be
suitable to fill the place of chief arbitra-
tor; his kingship ensuring permanency
and his well known character insuring
n just arbitration in all matters submit
ted to him. But the senate had to do
even if it amounted to moth
ing, and we suppose that the amendments
will have very little effect to narrow the
scope of the treaty.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1897-04-01
THE ANNIHILATION OF BIRDS.

A warning has been sounded from the
Smithsonian Institute that if the general
and wholesale slaughter of birds is not
in some way checked and better protec-
ton thrown around them by game laws,
in n few years we will have no birds but
improvement in firearms and the cultiva-
ton in the skill and the increase in the
number of sportsmen have been almost
fatal to our wild game birds. The sick
of the country, as they become conva-
descent, would feel this loss most seri-
ously, for nothing is more enticing to an
impoverished appetite than broiled
quail, snipe, woodcock, plover grouse or
pheasant. As this warning comes from
most reliable source it should be heed
ed, and states not having strict game
laws should enact them ut once, and the
states that have strict game laws should
see to 1t through the proper executive
officers that these laws are more rigidly
enforced
Even beyond the use of birds as
pleasant and wholesome food, if they
were utterly extirpated, just think of
what gloomy silence ''in the lone wood
and on the mighty hill' there would be-
where before we were want to hear the
melody of the feathered songsters, their
glorious thrills in symphony with natures
music, chorused by the music of the
leaves stirred by the winds. How lonely
and depressing would be silent wood
land with no music of the birds in their
boughs and no flashes of their silver
wings in the sunlight. Without the birds
the grand solitude of nature would lose
half its charms and it would leave upon
the mind deep gloom and an idea of
desolation instead of nature in her lone
liest moods, rapturous with the music of
the birds, enlivened by their grace of
wing and beauty of form and color.