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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-19
What is the Matter?
Especial Correspondence.

The writer attended service at one
OF Rapid City's leading churches a few
Sundays ago. A small congregation
turned and the many empty seats
We're eloquent, to me at least, in stat
ing that something was wrong. Some
thing is wrong or those seats would
have been filed with people. What is
il? Is religion failing into disrepute?
No. Isn't its influence of the right
kind? Yes. Don't people in general
agree that Christ's life is the one great
example to follow? Are there not suf-
ticient people in Rapid City to fill ev-
cry n Of its churches: Yes, ana to
overlooking. Then what is the. mat
ter: Those empty seats mean some
thing.
Some months ago [ sat in that same
church. The minister was the sup
posed follower of the GaIlilean, the
lOWly Nazerine. He was supposed to
BE- charitable and broad in his views.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-19
EXPRESS AND TELEGRAPH,
a. Situation That Is Stupid and Absurd
Prolonged by Bribery and Corruption

A Situation That Is Stupid and Absurd
Prolonged by Bribery and Corruption.
The Sun very properly applauds "The
Fidelity of Our Postal Service, F" point
ing out that though the number of let
ters handled by the United States post
office "approximates {, 900, 900, 600, the
complaints Of erroneous, belated or i'm
perfect delivery, or of nondelivery
amount in a year to only about 80, 600,
or one complaint in 100, 900 of the let
tiers posted"
This and more of equally fattering
import The Sun prints as evidence of
the great success with which the gov
eminent machinery may be applied to
the business Of transmitting aud deliv-
ering letters and parcels of a certain
class.
Why not parcels of all classes? What
is there in h express business-except
Senator Platt-to make impossible or
unwise it's assumption by the govern
ment? The extortionate prices exacted
by the EXPRESS companies do not imply
or secure better service than the govern
ment gives for a trife. The express par
Gel sent to Chicago at a cost of 40 cents
is neither more certain nor more speedy
in reaching it's destination than tho
penny post card. Indeed, everybody
knows that time and again the express
companies, being puzzled by an incom-
plete or incorrect address, mail a post
card to that address, with the usual re-
suit of finding the person sought. They
use the cheap postal facilities to make
effective their expensive but Indifferent
express system.
What is true Of the express business
is equally true Of the telegraphs. High
charges and slipshod service are the
characteristics Of the telegraph business
under the much Wanted system of Gin
dividual enterprise" For a special 10
cent stamp the government will send
out an intelligent man to deliver your
letter. For thrice as much the telegraph
companies intrust your dispatch to a
careless urchin and not even guarantee
to deliver the same message you send
unless you pay extra to have it repeated
to you.
Nothing but corruption and bribery
has delayed SO long the incorporation of
a telegraph and parcels post system in
our postotice department. There is no
use mincing words. Bribery and cor
ruption, employed by m%onopolistic COR
porations for their own protection, have
prolonged a situation which is stupid
and absurd.-New York Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-19
Telephones In Great Britain,

at a conference of representatives Of
British municipalities held in London
May %, the following resolution was
passed on motion of the mayor Of Bel
fast:
"That in the event of the p~ostoffice
being unable to take over the whole
telephone service Of the country it is
practicable and advisable that the mu-
nicipal authorities should be empower
ed to provide such service in their re-
spective localities on the understanding
that every facility will be afforded for
close cooperation between the local au-
thorities and the postofice."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-19
Kansas City Live Stock.

KANSAS CITY, July MISUNDERSTANDING. g.
oOO; steady: native steers, S4!0O45.20: Texas
steers, s3.loC94.55; Texas cows, 81. Nq3 native
COWS and heifers, s1.50g4. LOO ;stockers and feed
ers, sa0094.95: bulls, s260Ul.Oo Hogs-Receipts,
10000; weak to SC lower: bulk Of sales, s3.7O.9
$50; heavy, s3.s5@4.O0; packers, 49, 5@s.o5:
mixed, $a.7ogsaO; light, s3.6593.e5; workers,
pigs, $3.2Og3.oo. Sheep-Receipts, 3D.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-08-19
Bucklen's Arn,ca Salve.

The Best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores, letter, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains, Corns, and all Skin Erup-
lions, and positively cures Piles, or no
pay required. 1t is guaranteed to give
perfect satisfaction or money refunded.
Price 25 cents per box.
For sale at W. I. Gardeners Drug
Store.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-11

When Andres started on his hazard
GUS voyage he told his friends not 70
expect to hear from ham for perhaps
two years. That precaution helps to
sustain the hope that he may yet be
heard from. yet II II q very slender
thread upon which to hang The theory
that he IL safe. Hts enterprise was
creditable 10 his courage, but II was
opposed by nearly every scientist In
Europe as being impracticable. and. II
by any chance he alighted safely. that
his Journey would be profitless. That
hypothesis was based upon two assurap-
tons. drawn from what was admitted
To be very imperfect knowledge of
conditions. Even Andree did not claim
that any addition would be made to
scientific knowledge. but he hoped to
learn something Of the direction OF the
wind and to ascertain, should ne be
fortunate enough to cross the North
Pole, II there were any abnormal APP
pearances In Its vicinity.
Orthodox science maintains that the
North Pole Is nething more in appear
ance than a mass OF ice and that pass
ing over IL In balloon without
knowledge of location would afford no
information whatever. In other words,
he might pass directly over the pole
and lie entirely unable TO determine
whether he had done so. He would
merely knew that he had seen q con-
tinuation OF ice-foes and probably
came near the apex point of the earth
Prof. Won Richthofen. in Leipslc pa
per. says that we must reconcile our
selves to the Idea of the destruction Of
Andre~ and his companions. We know
absolutely nothing Of the currents
north OF Siberia and Franz Josef Land
with the exception OF those that Nan
sen has reported. The fact that q year
previous Andree had waited In vain for
a wind favorable 70 his undertaking
should have taught him that such a
current did not exist for practical pur-
poses,
The German professor believes that
the remains az the balloon may possibly
be found In the vicinity II Franz josef
Land bat Il Is extremely improbable
that the balloon ever reached America.
Notwithstanding these pessimlsssc
predictions. II will be a long time before
all hope IL the return Of the venture
some voyagcrs will be abandoned b.
the world
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-11

TO . depth of ahout thirteen feet He was
very wei 1afteaed With the way the boat
behaved. He hnd steered he Sid. N na
ouf eompaAnex and gauges and Woasd not
hare expexfeaeed the least trsuhie. he
thought in reaching and b.owinE up
hattiexHsn- Two other trials wire made
which differed from the first attempt Ia
ore particular only. The Holland worked
more sy9oothly and her Gives were more
satisfactory TO her handlers The length
Of the trips were restricted because Of
the narroWneeS OF the channel and the
shallownees OF the water in Staten Island
Sound. Mr.. Holland says that he viii
nat feel satisfied until he has taken his
Little boat out Into the deep water OF
Princes bay and demonstrated 10 the most
sheptical that she can run beneath the
surface for q mite IS easily ~ she can
90 80 yards. He hopes to be able to make
an experiment Of this kind between now
and Saturday. and 1t the same time 20
test his torpedo tubes and dynamite 9uEa.
Stock Of the John r. Holland Torpedo
Beat Company has been offered In Wall
street In the past week ard = considerable
amount il reported 70 have been hoated.
It was said yesterday that ore lot OF is500
shares Had been sold at 80 a share and
that quite boom In the stock was anti
eipatsd II c0ming tests u the company's
boat proved as successful as those re-
Gently made. The company's capital stock
was increased lately from 100000 to
9lo0o, TO-
Lieut.. Sargent OF the naval auxiliary
board wal today inspect the boat AT Perth
Amboy. The inspection u not understood
to be Official. Lewis Nixon, at whose yard
the boat was built. win be preeent.--New
York Sun.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-11
THE CHRIST ~ RISEN.


The Christ In risen. He walks the earth
today
In iowis guise. Along the crowded
street,
When besEars tost'e. wan, and wrong pre-
vail
In dnty.s path the Master shou wifi meet
Give to the hungry food. the needy helm.
A cup Of water 10 some fainting child:
Thy dole the mirror. wherein thou shalt
The kingiy presence Of the undealsd.
The Christ is risen. 90 seek Him other
where
Behind grim walls where suffering has
rs throne
lie. One gore smiften on the rack 81 pain
Go kneef b<sade him. make his hut thine
own.
Thy fo4sen wil, soosn the fever In his veins,
Assuags the anguish OF 6E@@olvinE ties.
Tnv prayer fer him suffice 10 life the ven
That hides Messiah from thy longing
eyee.
The Christ Is risen. Out on the dreary
waste
Are alien aocks tina, never knew HIS
goai:
Co lead them oas OF darkness inso lsght
To love ga warmth. from bitterness. ana
The ssarvssinss feed xi;h mamma srom on
Remove iAe stones Of hinaranee from the
4. soul redeemed. s~vsals The rsren Carts.
DUinx His Win thea shah bsAold ms
~ NARY BYSoN nrf,ax' !.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-11


The case OF Calvin Harrison. one Of
the men killed on Chilkoot TRAIL Is not
worse than that OF the other victims, but
he y an excellent illustration Of one OF
the sad phases Of the disaster. He was
. strapping young fellow; he rad been
in the Post-Intellisencer mechanical de-
partment for years. was always to he
relied On. quick. attentive. oblising and
industrious. When he made up his mind
TO try his fortunes in the Klondike, none
seemed better fitted or more likely to sue
coed. lie talked joyousiy and confident
of the future as a certainty; and when
he was taking his leave every man in
every department. responsible heads and
youngest lads. felt personal interest In
his success and q genuine wish for his
prosperity. And now, but 3 few days
after, they sorrowfully prepare to follow
his remains to the grave.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-11

The sorrow brought 10 many 4 home
by the awful accident on The Chilkoot
trail will be followed in too many cases
by great hardship. Most OF those who
vsntuisd had exhausted all their means
ard left the home bare enough. The
funeral expenses viii be almost beyond
the means OF some. and no less 30 the
cost OF the care OF those wounded. This
Is a case where the mayor must summon
the citizens 10 his a'd. no less for the
strangers within cur gates than for there
who lived among US
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-11

WAtdn pEUv10so that no eand104te snno
Aarsctly - infireetiy spesd nsose Inn
ceftaln Sums IL money 20 secure his
election. The amounts are Axed BY the
iaw a. the folIowins basis: For So
voters or under. e1os: Tor each 1eo voters
between $50 ana 1see. -; for each
100 voters between zs.eoo and se.oeo. II:
for each 100 voters over so.oee. 50 cents.
II II also provided that Candidates
shall A1e a iteznized statement a. der
expenditures. sworn to and verified
The law II made applicable To eli can
Aidates alike. sselsfjea q IT, peOvisdous
bsing punished b hne ~ a.eue or
mas. The law fisc makes It ~ duty
Of the treasurer Of every party organ
isafSon committee - Keep . regular set
Of bo0ss. showing the receipts and ex-
psnditurss Of money. al Of which must
pass through his hands. Failure - The
treasurer 70 NE this statsnse1st - pun-
ishabls b. imprisonment for nix months
In 5aii.
Bribery 10 infinitely defined BY the bill
and Il includes both the bribe giveF and
the bribe taker. II II made 70 include
the promise Of Official appointment or
preferment. This Il . question which
has not before been fully determined BY
the courts. but no doubt u longer left.
Another very interesting experiment
which II - be tried u providing that
the person having the second largest
number Of votes In an election shall
have the Office u he II sble 70 show that
the successful candidate violated any
OF the provisions u the election law.
The rmle now II that when m officer -
oustsd. tA1 vacancy v filled by APPOINT
msat and not by the candidate who had
the second highest number Of votes
The idea II that the watchfulness Of
each other will tend to better insure the
purity Of elections.
Iowa has so long been regarded as q
state OF more than common honesty
that 1t Il surprising some such measure
has not been adopted before. Many
other states viii watch with interest
the practical results OF these excellent
intentions.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-11
CRY OrvlcsaI rAfs1A.
nnSfvAL or A MARTIAL SPIRIT.


O. resuIt, 81 war would be TO stim-
mate national and martial spirit. II
svouA be an entirely different matter
nskflhs : foreign foe from that war in
uhioA we were engaged with our own
cou6trymen. and where every victory
wAs won at the sacrifice Of our own Kin.
u Win revive that spirit which sug-
nset6d che National Ghard-that spirit
uhl6h has created for Great Britain
~ maGnincent assty which II there
call6d the Volunteers. and which Is an
satisfy distinct organization from the
nslit5k No other country has mill
tAry organization such as the volun.
eeerv 81 Great britain or the National
Guard Of the several states. which IL
ales voluntary body.
Ihess IL q strong sentiment in this
country against the maintenance Of
3axve standing army in time OF peace.
but sur present situation forces the re-
SECTION that we may have carried that
sentiment 10 an extreme: and we are
usobAbiy rather too near the danger
Hire Of extreme prudence when, n nation
Of 1890 900. we might be compelled to
face war with an army Of only $4,000
men. There IL complaint that our
present army is top heavy West Point
turns out more officers than can be sat
isflctoriiy employed with 80 small
body 10 be commanded. The surplus
could be used To good purpose In officer
Ing the state regiments. This would
inpart 10 the local forces some OF that
esprit de corps which anlmates the reg
ular army. II would give the officers a
better opportunity Tor perfscting them
selves In the control and handling Of
large bodies OF men, while the indie
pendence Of the men would restrain Of
fcera from enforcing that strict diseip-
line which ~->sss maftsness In CON-
mand.
II In only within the past few years
that we have been awakened To the fact
that we have been resting too eaaiiy
upon the armament OF Obsolete warfare
Oar forts are antiausted. most OF our
ships ware far behind modern require
naente. our land forces. although brave
and willing. and better paid. fed and
clothed than any ether. have been
armed with rifles n gruera lion behind
these az other nations.
All this viii f. changed. With an
expense far from being incommeasur-
ate with our resources We shall soon
have navy which will be the equal on
the "a ~ any power but three; We shall
have an army equal 10 that Of Great
Iritain's land forces ard we shall com.
n,and respect among The other pawers
OF the world rot 10 b. computed In
money alone.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-11
no THE kLoxDIkE BY sALLooS
Ascent 20 he Made at Juneau BY
Pasty Frsm France.

new I0f2 Times, April =
Anthony Varseie, member OF the
French Geographical and Biographical
Society, and an aeronaut OF some feputa-
ton In France. arrived yesterday on the
steamer La Bretagne. on his way to Ju-
neau. whence he intends to go - the
Klondike by means OF balloon. He 10
accompanied on his trip by his secretary.
Belgian Legion OF Honor and correspond
ent OF the Paris Figaro. and a party OF
about dozen men, among whom ara NJ.
ferret. geologfst; NJ. Bouillef chemist; NJ.
Burein, engineer: NJ. Mcguire construct
or. and n. Richards carpenter. The 9TH
ers are all assistants. kiaos Il
NJ. Nariele was seen last night al the
Hotel Martin, and, through his secretary
explained the manner in which he intends
to reach the gold fieles. He has invented
balloon OF peculiar design. cigar-shaped.
and OF fine quality OF silk. The balloon
win be filed with hydrogen gas. and is
operated BY means Of a rope and sail.
The sail is. attached underneath the bai-
loon proper, astern OF the small basket
which forms the car. and in addition 10
provided with self-ballaster. The rope
or cable is 30 meters. or about Loo feet.
long, and serves as an additional ballast.
1t Ia taken up In coil, and as the occa-
sion demands u dropped TO the ground 70
steady the airship.
N. varieie win be put to considerable
expense before he can start. AT Juneau
he intends to erect a EAshouse, where the
balloon can be filled. and for this purpose
Will send his constructor and carpenters
ahead. 20 that all will be ready when he
arrives. As soon a. the filling Is COM
pieted he will hy In the provisions neces-
sary for the run. and carry about 4 dozen
or two carrier pigeons. which he intends
to send out at regular intervals With mes.
J sages to the men who will remain at Ju-
neau for the purpose OF receiving them.
He will also take with him a camera, and.
X possible, photograph any particularly at
tractive parts OF the scenery and the land
scape along the route. -.sA.l.s.. ~.
The aeronaut Ii a man of about 3 'SeatNf
and has, already made several Fuccaesful
trips. the longest being from Paris TO
Hamburg. He has 30 far met with no
misbap. and thinks HIS apparatus perfect
~ safe. His secretary remarked that he
was Arm IN the belief that Andree, whose
balloon r. constructed on similar pfinc.-
pies. IL still safe. and he said ne felt sure
that the latter would be heard from some
time in September.
Should the trip proposed by M. tariele
be successful. the party will remain In the
klondike for some little time and hunt for
gold. the geologist having been taken along
with that end In view. The entire party is
quite hopeful, and every member Is conf
dent that their experiment will meet with
success. Should this be the case NJ. Va.
rieie will take his apparatus TO Spitsber-
gen and conduct explorations In thai part
OF the Arctic ocean, with the ultimate In
tention Of reaching the north pole and By
way OF contrast he also intends to cross
the Sahara desert In his machine.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-11

men AZ hi rAes learn ~ hsart He
never advocaaed the appoinfnseut q
eoIored men e elEIcs - . Fecogn1seo0 -
race. He held that they were entitled
70 recognition On account o. their
merits and not the colcr OF their skin.
The conditions In the South are such
that he looked for the advancement Of
his race h the Northern states BE-
eanse he had observed that tho white
people wese much less inclined to dis
efiminate against the colored man than
the colored man was disposed TO dir
cfiminate against the whites. Ths tra-
dttion sim exists among the chifdYen
Of coiore6 people who bring Southern
notions with them. They are too much
disposed to make . class OF their own
and instead Of leaving each individual
to work out his own destiny. - the
white mai has 70 DO. to combine to
force recognition on account Of their
value ~ . political factor. This tends
TO isolate them. and while they some
times succeed with demagogues Il
serves to promote an antagonlsm on
the part Of men who regard the fact Of
their organising a. IN attempt to se-
cure advantages to which they might
not be entitled on the score Of merit.
This tendency on the part Of the col
ored man In the North has retarded the
advancement Of the race. It tends to
foster Jealousy among themselves. II
y notorious that the colored man meeta
with more dtscouragement at the banda
of his own people than he does at the
hands Of the whites. It may be that
the case u Bruce or that of Douglass
IL IN extreme one. but 1t stamps be-
yond ali dispute this fact upon the his
tory Of the country, that merit makes
its way whether on the part Of Z white
man or a coiored man. A reputable,
intelligent colored man In. for Instance.
the state Of Washington Is never re-
minded Of his color by his equals among
white men. He suffers no gore disad-
vantages in business than would q
white man with equal defects in capa-
city or education. White men suffer
many rebuffs In social life and many
dlsappointments in politics and BUSH
ness. This II inevitable and the
colored man who IL deserving Of ad-
vancement has no more to contend with
than his white brsther. ~
1t Is said that Bruce several times
advised the president not to appoint
colored men to conspicuous positions
in the Eonth because 1t aroused aniu,osi-
ties which did them more harm than
hood. The very same argument ID
sometimes used by white senators
about white men: II is not color alone
that often makes men Objectionable In
places their ambition tempts them to
seek.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-11

What does Intervention on behalf OF the
;;n.tsd States meane II means that this
country demands Justice for Cuba. VIVA,
IL justice for Cuba7 Independence. How
mitch nearer Independence will Cuba be a,
the end OF FIVE days armissice? None
Thea what good will 1t do to walt till the
end az that timee Meme. except TO give
Spain more time In preparation TO refuse
Independence and reject Intervention.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-04-11
ERECTION nnroaa ~ ,ew,,

Iowa II ahout 10 attempt to introduce
reform methods iaso primary elections.
A bill, has been fesrutaeea Into the leg.
islasusN providlns Tor The first time For
the regulation Of primaries In snrme ~
the rural counties primary system has
been adopted. bat since Il depends u.Aaa
the voluntary action of party esrsni-
nations |, has emily resnitesi In rsasierase
success Two years ago ises Molnsx
had its first experience with primaries
bat there also the syssem was rot gev-
erned By law and Il was the worst kind
ct = failure. In sons prsesncts rs many
votes were cast at the Republican prl.
mary as were cast at the preceding
election ~ ali partisans together. L, Is
said that several thousand dollars were
sr<nt by candidates for city oerica in
these primaries. Later q congressional
primary was held BY ,he Republicans
and tho expenses az one candidate alone
were estimated Al s,A.aa. sa Tar from
e<anr success the syssesn was asssi ss
$ means az corruption ard the abuses
have rsovesea tesh parties 20 an svort
se es4saEe fgoss the scandals.
oas Il thar experience god viii came.
Net emily VIII primaries be regulated
~ nv. hat : I'm has been snsrciucxa
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Poor Tom Roberts! Many a man OF
higher rank might be proud OF hls record
rs faithful and courageous ofs1cer. He
had only been on the police force short
Time but he Was well known la Seattle
and In every capacity I'm which he was
employed was devoted 20 the interests
he served for the time.