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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25
A New

Rev. Myron Reed of Denver, in a e.
cent sermon N the text from Reyela-
ton, "And l saw a. new heaven and =
new earth" says:
All the prophets and poets have seen
the same thing. Isaiah looked forward
to an utter change in the face of the
earth and Of the hearts Of the people
of the earth. Robert Burns saw
a new earth and SO did Alfred Tenny-
son when he was young. Plato looked
away from the decaying world around
him and saw Atlantis. Sir Thomas
Moore, about to suffer death, was writ
ing UTOPIA" There ought to be a
new earth and what ought to be will
be. No one will assert that this is the
ideal social system-this one that we
are living in. Isaiah would not be sat-
isfied with it. 1t is a makeshift. We
have sent money and sympathy to Ire
land, and that vas right and effective.
But in 1895 there were more than 90
900 evictions in New York city. That
means more than 100, 900 people turned
out of doors. That is to say, in one
American city the evictions, as COM
pared with Ireland, were more than
four to one.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25
WITHIN AN ACE
CHAPTER NII-CONT1SuED.

Not necessarily So l hesitate.
'1f | maintain silence, and they fail
TO establish my identity, they can
scarcely hang me. They will ON
denim me to perpetual Imprisonment
and while there is lie there is hope"
The Cossack places his hand on my
arm.
The chances are that their .inves-
tlgatlons would lead t. the discovery
of the truth" Icrack insists. But
be that ) it may, let me entreat thee
to be advised ny me. Take the bold
step. Get thysetf put in a private
cell, and trust to us. Already | see
my way to Il plan. Only let me once
be out OF here. and get the ear of
kalatch, and together we will devise
and act swiftly. My God, if it is in tie
power Of man. Ycruck will set thee
free..'
BE it SOIL respond resolutely.
Il will follow thy counsel"
At this luncture the gaunt figure of
the jew rises in the opposite corner.
and his mumblings reach us. Yerack
gives my arm as4uee e. Courage.
Hope" he murmurs. ere he glides
back to his board.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25
No Chance for Wisdoro

Enterprise can't raise it's head but
some fool or scoundrel stands ready to
strike at it and hold it up for execra-
ton or contiscation. Capital can hard
~ be expected to be very ambitious
under such circumstances.-New York
Sun.
Not only fools and ~scoundrels stand
ready to give enterprise a thump on
the side solar plexus whenever IT.
shows signs Of recovery, but our whole
fiscal system is SO designed as to SUD-
press any effort at recovery.-Wll,
mington Justice.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25

The figures cover a period of six and
a half years or from Oct. /, 1890, to May
l, 1897. The highest index lumber is
that of Oct. I, 1890, being 114.171. From
that point there was a steady decline
OF two or three points every two or
three months, until, on Jan. /, 1893, the
low point of 90.797 had been reached
The next quotation following that is
of April 1, 1893. Cleveland had been
~inaugurated March 4 preceding, and
with him had come a Democratic house
and senate. The country, which had
voted for a departure from the Re-
publican financial policies which had
forced low prices and their consequent
industrial prostration, had taken cour-
age and prices advanced. The figure
representing prices at the beginning OF
April, 1893, was 101. $50, a gain of more
than eleven points above the figures at
the beginning of that year, showing
the effect of the popular belief that a
sweeping change of policy vas to come
in with the new administration.
How the country was disappointed is
too recent history to need retelling
here. Before Cleveland had been in Of
fee two months it was known that his
financial policy was that OF the Re-
pu%blicans, with the addition that sill
yer was to be still further degraded.
Carlisle began redeeming all govern
ment obligations in gold. The silver
bullion in the treasury remained un-
coined. And congress-, under the lash
of patronage, gave no Sign of effective
resistance to the Wall street conspir-
acy.
Then the reaction set in. Between
April / and July J., 1893, prices dropped
from 101. 100 to $3.50, and from there
the drop has been continuous, with
one or two exceptions, as unimportant
as they were transient, until the latest
marking, that of May l, 1897, less than
a month ago, was 74.193.
And the bottom is not yet reached
The tendency is still downward. Some
day a historian will write the record of
this crime in burning words. Until
then we have these figures to tell the
history of the ruin of a people.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25

nv words have made ar. impression.
There are signs Of irrepressible emo
ton on some Of the bearded faces.
and reasserts himself.
'Ihe State, of which you are the
enemy. Vladimir AleXandrovitch,
must decide that question:" he says.
'Meanwhiie We must consign YOU TO
prison until we have communicated
with the authorities in Petersburg.
and received their orders. Your case
is out Of our jurisdiction. Your ex-
animation will take place where your
heinOus offensc was committed, and
the authorities there must pronounce
yOur sentence. Officers, withdraw
your prisoner,,"
And now my heart beats higher.
We are not retracing our steps. My
guard conducts me to the right and
we enter another part Of the prison.
This is evidently a much older struct-
ure: the roof Of the corridor is
grOined. and looks more in keeping
with an ancient monastery than a
prison. The flags under our feet are
hollow. The low doors of the
cells are of massive oak. and black
ened with age. Here a warder joins
us and We tramp on, the air becoming
ever more oppressive with damp, the
walls showing patches of vivid green
mould and gray mildew as VIC advance.
At the extreme END Of the corridor
we pause at last. One of the heavy
oaken doors is opened. | enter a cell
which has the air O.! a charnel house.
groan, the key is turned in the pom
derous lock, and / am alone.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25
The NlicrOphOne.

The microphone, used as a death test
prevented the premature burial of a
woman in st. Petersburg who. when
in a state of syncope, was pronounced
dead from paralysis of the heart. All
other tests failing, the microphone,
applied to the region Of the heart,
showed that it still beat and the VIC.
man was resusCitated.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25
THE FALL IN PRICES.
A MATHEMATICAL PROOF OF
OUR POSITION.
Industrial StaEnation Has Followed the
General Reduction OF Values-High
Priced Money and Low Priced Goods
Mean Hard Times.

The decline in the prosperity Of this
country has been coincident with the
decline in prices. In the latest Brad
streets current report of prices as
quoted in the st. Louis Post-Dispatch
this fact is proved by figures enabling
us to measure our disaster. The fig
ures cover movements of prices in 50
staple articles. They are as follows:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25

Her Father-':But, my boy, surely
you are too young to marry Aurelia.
How old are you?'
Her Suitor-':Eighteen, Sir"
Her Father-"And she is 24-too
great a disparity! Why not wait half
a dozen years? Thenyou'll be "a and
she'll probably be about the same age
as O u+-Smith. Gray & Co.'S. Monthly.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25
How He Felt About 1t.

Bookkeeper-I would like to have
this afternoon, if you please.
Senior Partner-What is the matter
MI. Penn.
Bookkeeper-I wish to attend my
wife's funeral. l feel that it is some
thing l ought to attend to personally.
Epoch.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25
4 Lively Place.

N. J. Boomer Rangue - We are
going to call our new city in Dakota
'Leisure.'
MIR. Newport de Vorse-Why?
Mr.: j. Boomer Rangue-So hat tie
people who marry in haste can 90
there to repent Puck.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25

No Christian who knows the GOSPEL
can possibly believe that it warrants
him in living uselessly by the sweat of
another mans brow.-Goldwin Smith.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25
No Cause to BE Angry.

Time 1l:45 p. m. He (rising II
last>-l really must be going now. or
your papa will get angry.
She - Nonsense. He won't get
angry; he hasn't oeen sitting up with
0 u.-CSdland Echoes.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25
Which Are the Rules?

There are just two kinds of people on
earth-the people who lift and the peo-
pie who bear.-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25

Ex-senator Dubois, Senators Cannon
and Pettigrew will sail July 2 for
China n Japan. 1t is understood
they go to study the financial question
from the oriental standpoint.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1897-06-25
POLITICAL DRIFT.

A bill has been introduced in the
house to SO change the national bank
act as to secure to the people in all Sec
tons Of the country an equal opportun-
lty to freely use paper money.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-08
WARLIKE RUMORS.

The report from Washington that the
government is making extensive prerara-
tions for war with Spain is not t all sur
prising, in view of the strained relations
now existing between the countries; but
as actual hostilities will not begin until
all the resources of diplomacy have been
exhausted it might be premature to as
sert that conflict is inevitable. The
Sagasta ministry is a Liberal one, and
seems disposed to make concessions to
the Cubans; but as the leaders of the lat
ter declare that nothing short Of absolute
independence will satisfy them, and as
the Spanish premier will accept no settle
ment that docs not concede the sover-
eighty of Spain over the island, it is hard
to see how any arrangement can be
effected which will be satisfactory to the
parties most concerned.
In the meantime, as the United States
Government is believed to he of the opiu-
ion that the devastating war in Cuba
must be-brought to close, there will be
no way to effect this except by armed in
tervention, which, OF course, will mean
war between this country and Spain
with these two nations only to settle,
Il 9 result would be the early independ-
ence of Cuba or its annexation to the
United 81 ates; uut should the Triple Alb
ance, composed of Germany, Austria and
Italy. side with Spain, the var will as
sumo Immense proportions, and will give
the jingoes ala they desire in the way Of
excitement for some time to come. Even
then this country would be equal to the
emergency, and, althoukh tsae allies
would do much damage at first, they
would be beaten in the end by the cour-
age and tenacity of the American people
There might also be Other com binations
to offset the plans of Spain and her allies.
notwithstanding the nations of Europe
are generally in sympathy with her, all
OF Spanish America might aecon: &rous-
ed at this attempt OF European powers to
intenfere in the affairs of this colpntry,
and this, with the United States as the
chief factor, would be combination
more powerful than the one opposed to it,
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-08
INFORMATION WANTED.

BY direction of Congress the Depart
ment of Agriculture is Investigating the
character and extent of the adulteratioo
of foods and drugs in the United States.
AS the general public is largely interested
in this matter, which is one affecting the
health, morals and legitimate trade of
the country, any information bearing on
the subject furnished the Roanoke Times,
or sent direct to the Chemical Division
of the Department. of Agriculture at
WASHINGTON, will be thankfully received.
No matter can be of more Importance to
the people of the United States than that
of the extent and character of the adul-
teration of food and drugs sold them, and
it is hoped the Department of Agricul-
ture will receive assistance from all who
can furnish any facts or data of value
concerning the subject under investiga-
ton.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-08
SOME SOUND LOGIC CONCERNING
ROANOKE'S FUTURE.

To the Editor OF The Times: Our city
is in need of more industries with which
to employ her idle people, and from her
location and peculiar advar tages there is
no reason why she should not get them
But right here, as an observant business
man, wish to advance a few ideas which
trust will be of gooh effect.
First, will remind her people that it
is good adaSc which says, ''Hold to
what you have" and get more if posi-.
BILE, and to this ! would advise that every
one of us, both great and small, deter.
mine that we will patronize the factories
already here and thereby encourage them
to continue business and Leu others see by
their good results that the Magic CITY is
the place to locate.
Now to illustrate, lei me cite you one
factory l have in mind, which every fam
ily in Roanoke can, If they will, help in
the cause of it's growth and make it of
great benefit to our city. 1 refer to the
Crystal Spring Soap Company, which was
located here more than II year ago. Now.
| know by thorough test that this com
pany is making as good soap as can be
bought for laundry use and if every
family would think of this and ask their
grocers for soap made at home the fac
tory would have good business even
within our own city. Think of these
things, good people, and assist in the
building up of our great city. One thing
is sure, il the factories already here can
not make living others will not be in.
dured to locate with us. Yours fol-
thought, A BUSINESS MAN.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-08
THERE ARE OTHERS.

A diagusted newspaper man gives the
following philosophical reasons for retir-
ing from the bust ness
"A child is born, the doctor in attend
ance gets $40, the editor gets O.; it is
christened, the minister gets 81; the edi.
tor writes &c up and Gets co. 1T mari les,
the minister gets another fee, the editor
gets piece OF cake or 900; in the course
OF time tides, the doctors get from So to
%lo, the minister gets another Fl. the I'M
dertaker 50 to S40-the editor .prints it
and receives 0000-and then the privi
lege of running free of charge a carl of
thanks. n-fHXchange.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-08

S-room residence, Ninth avenue S. w. :;
81, 800. 800 cash, Sl5 per month. Very
desirable.
Business lot, Campbell avenue near mar
ket; So, 100
8.room residence, Sixth avenue g. w;
81, 500, 500 cash, SIS per month.
This one may be just what you want.
Groom house, Fourth street IL. o., near
Fifth avenue. good house, good lot,
newly painted, and only $500, and we
can make the terms all right. Come and
see 1t today.
Desirable house, Belmont Boulevard,
near school building, corner lot, shade,
stable; in fact one of the best holmes in
Belmont; S1,450, $3.50 cash, $lS per
month.
Groom residence, Fourth avenue n. W.,
near Jefferson street; $3.50, $40 cash,
$12.50 per month.
Cozy little cottage, Rorer avenue south
west, shade, large lot, only 1925. Very
easy to pay for.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-08
AN AMAZING PENSION LIST.

Buffalo Courier: H. Clay Evans says
there are now 200, 600 applications for pen.
sions in his hands. The number of pen
sioners now on the list is about: ,000,.
900, 80 that the number of actual and
would-be pensioners amounts to 1900
O00 Now, according to the United
States census taken under Il Republican
administration seven years ago, the total
number of surviving sailors and soldiers
who participated in the late war was
between 100000 and 100000. Thus it
will DE seen that the survivors have in
creased about 0,0G0 in the last seven
years And the strange thing about it is
that these $50. 00D warriors passed scath-
less through the war, unknown to the
consci ipt Ulcers, escaped from the EN-.
braces of glcfy. lodged the census tax.
ers, and confided only to the pension
office thirty two years after the war that
they had ''fit, bled and died. for the
UniOr
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-08
A PROMISING FIELD.

The Importance of the trade with the
Spanish American countries south of the
United States is a question tha6 is at
tracing n large share of attention from
the manufacturers and business naen of
the cnuntry. The advantages of the
South in this respe &C are apparent 20 all
who examine the matter. Highland, Ger
many, France and other European coun
tries have heretofore held almost mo-
nopoly in the trade of Latin America so
far as the United States is concerned, but
there is no reason why such conditions
should continue indie initeIy
This country can furnish everything
needed in the Spanish American rcpub-
lies as reasonable as any European &C un-
try, and Of superior quality, and being
within easier reach Of these promising
fields of effort the industrial and CONNER
cial interests, if once they are reused to
action, ought soon to control the mass cf
the business of Central and South Amer.
lea and the West India Islands.
Trained men who speak the Spanish
language are sent to these countries and
the result has been an extensive trade
betw cen the latter and the European ma
tions which such commercial agents rep
resent. If, however, the young men of
the United States, and Of the South espe-
cially, who propose to engage in CONNER
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-08
.sSTEpS:bTo,EPROSPERI1Y,

Stop and think. Doesn'ta man who
owns any real estate always command
your respects Don't you think. ooh, he's
all right?" Aren't you little more
willing to listen TO him than to the man
unattached to the earth2 It's Latutal 70
feel thus, and 1t may lie right. Sureiv
respect Is due to the man " no Sits dawn
and intelligently thinks about lns po.i-
tion-how to get along in the " u Id. ami
who then put, his thoughts into action
There is no reason why you shouldn't ',lo
the sane. We don't care if you get six
cents II week, or six hundred dollars
We can help you to prosperity. and r.
won't take us long to tell you how we'll
do it.
Brick business house, Salem avenue.
best location, 3 stories, $4,000.
Beautiful home, northeast Roanoke, z
rooms, large lot, near market house.
small ash payment, balance monthly.
If you want a splendid house in moth
east don't fail to see it.
S-room dwelling, Centre avenue H. W..
Just west Eleventh. street; S1,10O, easy
payments.
Good house, Fourth avenue H. W., re.
tween Eleventh and Twelfth streets;
$3.50. $40 cash, sl2 per month.
Comfortable 6-rGom house, Dale avenue
s. e., near school building; $3.50, $50
cash, SIC per month.
Groom home, best location, Fourth
avenue L. W.; $3.50, $50 cash. $40 per
month.
We would rlso have you remember we
are hcadquart, rs for vacant lots.
Now, do not delay il you would have
n show at this list of bargains, for we are
going to sell them.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-08

cial pursuits, would acquire a thoror Oh
knowledge of the Spanish language, they
would not only be able to compete with
Europeans in these American republics,
but would be able to leave them behind
in the matter of securing the trade of
these countries.
AS the United States has shown will
ingness to fight for the integrity Of any
of the American Republics, it cannot be
very long before the nations south of us
will recognize this country as their friend
aud protector and as one to whom they
ought to be closely connected in trade
and commerce.. Acting upon this as
sumption the National Association of
Manufacturers Of Philadelphia an
nounces thae it will soon open a ware
house at Caracas, Venezuela, where spe-
cial facilities for the study OF the South
American trade will be afforded such
young Americans as desire to make Il
venture in that field of effort. Among
the advantages offered will be the study
of the Spanish language by the aid of
commercial laws, with practical work in
the handling and shipment Of goods.
| AS this will he in the feature of regu-
lar commercial course and will involve
an outlay of from $1,000 to 81 500 it will
be too expensive for the average young
man who desires to engage in such Il pur.
suit, but as the Spanish language is easy
TO learn, and as competent teachers can
be found in many of the schools and col.
leges of this country, it will not be very
difficult for young men to acquire many
of the needed facilities for such foreign
work right at home
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-08

The action of the Republicans who
met in convention at Lynchburg on the
9th instant and, despite the advice of
Senator Hanna, the supposed spokesman
of the Mckinley administration, showed
that they had the courage of their con-
victions and did not propose to follow the
supine policy outlined for the party by
the Waddih-AgnewBrady branch there
of, the cket nominated, with the ex-
cepticn of the candidate for attorney
general, is not regarded as very strong
one intellectually, but there is nossdoubt
that Mr.. McCau!l, the nominee for gov
ernor, will make lively canvass. The
platform reaffirms the doctrines enunci-
ated by the last Republican national con-
vention, and in State matters demands
fair elections, economy, good roads. lib
eral pensions to Confederate soldiers and
the protection of the interests of the pub
lie schools. Hampered, however, as the
candidates will be by the divisions within
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-08
SEvEx GIRLS .PERlSHKO.
Bsrning of a Cottage att Dakota Indus
trial School

Phantom. $. D., Oct. THE girg,s cot
tage at the State Industrial Schoo, was
bun ned at miSlnight. TLie Hooper, in
charge of the sewing department; Nellie
Johnston, aged d3, Grafton: Mabel For
ter. aged 8, Sio0% Falls; ssBessie Kerby,
aged III, Hot Springs; Eva Warner, aged
10, Watertown: Christina Bergman. aGed
IL; Lillian West, aged II, Sioux Fnsls,
persisted in the 4mildng. Twenty-Gge
escaped in their night clothes The lose
is about 500, COO. witch no insurance.
The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-10-08
FA sTER BY HALE.DAY

Plymouth, Oct THE North German
Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der
Crosse, Capt. Engelbert, from New York
for Bremen, arrived here ut ..3:05 O'Clock
this afternoon. The time of passage from
New York TO Plymouth was ) days IS
hours and 10 minutes. The big ships
average speed was 21.0l knots per hour,
and her biggest days run was $40 knots.