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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09

An unsuccessful attempt to o the
postoffice at Garretson vas made last
week, but, failing in the attempt to
open the safe, the robbers contented
themselves with taking the postmasters
coat, which he has needed very badly
since that time.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09

The Iron foundry at Rapid City, which
has been idle for the past our years,
has been leased and will be placed in
operation soon. 1t will be used to a
ufacture mining pumps and do custom
work for the big mining plants through
the hills.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09

The state board of pardons has rec
commended that John Havalota, sent
up for burglary from Dawson county,
be pardoned, and Governor Lee has
granted a pardon to the man as d.
rected.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09

The Yankton brewery has changed
hands, the plant having been purchased
by Lewis Moritz Of Bay City, Mich.
The consideration was &c. 900 and the
Institution will be overhauled and its
capacity added to.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09
BLACK HILLS UNION
ART W GRID. Publisher.
RAPID CITY. SOUTH DAKOTA
S OUTH DAKOTA NEWS.

Much damage has been lone to the
cattle range lying to the west of
Chamberlain by prairie fires.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09

John Q. Anderson, a prominent coded
Sioux and cattleman, and Miss Clara
Wilrodt, daughter Of Senator Wilrodt
Of Brown county, were united in mar
riage last week. The groom was the
recent republican nominee for state
senator, to represent seven Of the coded
Sioux land counties. He was defeated.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09

a few days ago by hanging. Some
thing like a year ago his wife obtain
ed a divorce from him on the charge Of
cruelty, and since that time he has
brooded over the matter. This, it Is
thought, is what induced him to take
his own life.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09

Aberdeen reports another holdup.
Wesley White was the victim and was
thrown from his bicycle while riding.
He was severely bruised and scratched
up, but succeeded in getting away from
his would-be robbers. This is the sec
ond occurrence of this kind at Aber-
deem within ten days. tt
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09

The first genuine blizzard of the sea-
son swept over the state last Sunday
and was the worst storm in three years.
The wind blew q gale and was bitterly
cold, piling the now into drifts as fast
as 1t fell. The snowfall vas not heavy
or doubtless the loss of stock on the
open range would have been heavy.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09

On motion Of the attorneys employed
by Governor Lee to conduct the cases,
the civil suits against ex-Auditor Hip
pie, Editor Mayhem and Insurance
Clerk Anderson for the recovery Of fees
claimed to have been illegally col
lected by these officials, were dismissed
last week.. The same action will be
taken in the criminal suits pending
against Nipple and Anderson.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09

After suffering from blood poisoning
for two months, Major Albert r. An
dersong passed away at Hot Springs a
few days ago. He had been prominent
in politics in Iowa and South Dakota
for many years and was also g. promi-
nent lawyer. He has held several po-
sitions Of trust in Fall River county
and his death is mourned by all the
people Of that section. His remains
were taken to his old home at Sidney,
Ia, and laid to rest.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09

Harry Brown was acquitted of the
murder of pitch Pine" Frederickson,
which occurred at Runaway Springs
last August. Brown had been held at
Rapid City ever since the commission
of the crime, and his acQuittal leaves
the mystery Of the crime unsolved and
without the least clue as to who the
perpetrator was. Frederickson was
shot while asleep and a belt containing
several hundred dollars was removed
from his waist. The deed Is one of
those peculiar frontier murders which
seem to battle the best efforts of the
authorities.
J. c. Wild Of Pierre is working on a
new invention in the shape Of q water
motor to be, propelled by the current
Of streams and by which he expects to
develop the power of streams to pump
water for the irrigation Of the valleys
Of this state. The device is said to be
very simple and will work in any depth
of water. II requires no greater head
OF water than Is furnished by the cur
rent of the stream, and is q very cheap
device. If it does what its inventor
claims for 1t 1t will become q popular
method Of irrigation and prove a boz
nanza for Mr.. Wild.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-12-09

COW Telegraph, and other organs of the
liberal party were suppressed. The
remaining organs of the press became
mere echoes Of the autocratic regime
lnaugurated by Alexander III.
Until the time of Katkof's death. in
1883, n Moscow Gazette continued to
be the most influential daily organ in
the empire. The principal existing daily
papers in the empire at present are
The Novoe Vremia (The New Times), a
newspaper having no political opinion.
but widely read on account of it's able
editorial articles and it's we%ll-organized
system OF reporting, unique in Russia.
The Novosti, a liberal sheet; the Sviet.
an ardent s%lavophile organ; the Jour-
nal de st. Petersburg, published in
french, a venerable organ Of the min
lister OF foreign affairs, and finally The
4>eolella, a democratic organ, widely
read among university students.
1here is a considerable number of
publications published in Rus
sla. Chief among these are the Euro
Messenger, a liberal and progress
slVe organ; The Rousskii vrestnik
thusslan Messenger), founded by Kat
Kof, and the Russian Review, a new
in the field, having among it's
contributors Paul Bourget, Melcbior de
vogue Paul Leroy-Beaulieu, and other
noted French litterateurs.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-18
The Negro Regiments.

! The passage of the Twenty regi-
ment of infantry through the city on
| its way to what may be in a few days
| the front, serves to recall the marked
| subsistence of one Of the prejudices
| that marked the first efforts to enlist
the negro in the War of the Rebellion.
1t was not only in the South that this
| prejudice was strong; but it pervaded
the North and it's army. The feeling
| among Southerners was natural and,
under the circumstances, eXcusable. 1t
was calling to their pride to be told
that men who had been their docile
slaves were to be made into soldiers,
and that they who held the negro an
inferior must now meet him as an equal
on the battle field. We of the Northern
army could not understand the intense
bitterness which the enlistment of ne
gro soldiers caused across the line, but
the soldiers who took commissions in
the new regiments soon learned that
they were incurring more than the or
binary risks Of war in so doing. The
massacre at Fort Pillow by Chalmers
force made that plain.
But inside our lines there was an in
tense prejudice. In the department of
the gulf Gen. Butler, who afterward
absorbed some of the credit for utili2-
ing the negroes as soldiers rejected
the proposition of Gen. Phelps to so
use them in letter whose tone of re-
buke cut that officer to the quick and
brought out his immediate resignation.
When, soon after. Butler changed his
mind, and authorized the formation Of
four regiments of Louisiana colored in
fantry, there were many outbursts Of
indignation among the white troops.
One New York colonel sent in his res
1gnation with the statement that he
volunteered to save the Union, not to
free niggers. The white soldiers who
took commissions In the new regiments
fellows who termed them "nigger Off
GERS" In the face of this sentiment it
was difficult to get capable men to take
commissions. There were those who
had enlisted as much to secure aboli-
tion of slavery as to preserve the Union
who went the length Of their convic-
tions and accepted commissions, while
others took them to escape the lowly
life and hard service Of privates in the
ranks While the feeling subsidized
greatly before the war closed enough
of it remained to make the officers Of
colored regiments feel that they were
looked upon as occupying an inferior
station.
All that changed long ago. 1t began
to change during the war when the
troops made answer to the question
first raised whether the negro soldiers
would fight or not They very quickly
demonstrated that, where led by COM
petent and brave officers, they could
stand the brunt Of battle quite as well
as their white brothers in arms Wag-
ner and Hudson dispelled the doubt
Something of the old feeling remained
when, after the close of the war, negro
troops were made part Of the regular
army to be off1cered by West Pointers
but it soon faded out Now appoint
ments to and promotion in these regi-
ments are as eagerly sought for as in
the white regiments. The "nigger Off
Ger" has disappeared. The negro has
established his position as a soldier; it
would be better for the country had he
as fully established his position as
citizen
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-18
Would Limit the skyscrapers.

Chicago's common council has enact
ed that hereafter there shall be no
building erected whose height above the
street shall exceed 13O feet. If it was the
artistic sense, that revolts at such a
broken, Jagged sky line as New York
city now presents from the bay, that
led to this enactment, it is justified
by every sense of beauty and propor-
ton. But 1t would be far guess that
would ascribe any act of the element
that always composes the majority of
Chicagos council to it's possession of
any such aesthetic tastes. AS there are
real estate interests that suffer by the
erection Of these lofty buildings, utiliz-
ing the upper spaces of air and thereby
diminishing the demand for and price
of space upon terra flr1na, it is more in
harmony with what is the we'll estab-
lished character Of the councils of that
speculative city to ascribe the ordi-
nance to that interest.
There are more tenable objections
however, to the erection of these tower
ing structures than impairment of
sky lines. They make canyons of the
streets, in which concentrate the winds
and, gathering force by compression,
sweep through them with force that
makes progress against them difficult.
Their inaccessible upper stories are the
dread of the firenen, while their ruin
ed walls are a menace to adjoining
property and to life. The apprehension
that they cannot Withstand the force
of high winds or seismic disturbance
has proved unfounded. Though not
put to the test of a tornado, they have
not wavered under wind storms ap-
preaching the twisters in force, while
by the earthquake in San Francisco
last week they sustained no injury,
though other ordinary tenements suf-
fered severely. The shock was severe
enough to wreck some buildings, break
the walls and plastering, and tumble
crockery from shelves, but Spreckels'
nineteen-story building sustained no
damage whatever. AS population be-
comes more and more congested In our
cities, making land ever more valuable,
we apprehend that no municipal ordi-
nances will long stand in the way Of
the erection of skyscra pers.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-18
TROOPS AT KEY WEST.
City Begins to Wear n WarIike As
pect.


KEY WEST, Fla, April 1.-THE ar
rival Of Companies A and @, of the
Twenty fifth infantry, late last night,
reused Key West from tropical leth-
argy and this Sunday has been marked
by stir unwonted here, even in these
exciting times. The fleet In the harbor
and the military on land gives this
lazy little town a warlike aspect which
sits strangely on it. The colored troops,
125 in number, were obliged to remain
on board the City Of Key West all
night, because Of lack of acommoda-
tion at the barracks already given
over to two batteries of artillery. 1t
was eventually decided to quarter them
in old Fort Taylor, and this morning
they formed in double file and marched
there-a stalwart body Of men-many
of whom have seen war serL.ce in In
dian campaigns. and most Of whom
rank high as sharpshooters.
Some of the local papers have been
troops sent here. and there has been a
slight fear Of an unfavorable demon
stration.
So far from anything of the kind hap
pening, the colored troops were greeted
with only words of praise.
Throughout the day wagons have
been going between the wharf and the
forts, transferring the effects of the
newcomers.
There was no movement Of the fleet
today. Chaplain Chadwick celebrated
mass on the Cincinnati this morning,
and tonight preached in the Catholic
church. The Nashville took the patrol
tonight
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-18
Citizenship by Adoption.

Some years ago several Of our citizens
by adoption, who traced parentage or
descent to the Scandinavian countries,
convinced that the first duty of the for
eigner who had relinquished allegiance
to his foreign ruler and accepted Amer
lean citizenship should be to become
assimilated as quickly and thoroughly
as possible, saw in the papers and other
influences that sought to preserve the
characteristics Of foreign nationalities
a hindrance to this full acceptance Of
citizenship. The preservation of the
foreign languages, sedulously cultivat-
ed by papers printed In those lam
guages, was an obstruction and a
serious one. To change this, to give the
foreign-born a paper in the language
Of the land of his adoption, which
would, at the same time, afford him in
formation Of affairs in the land he had
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-18
OLD MONITORS In GOOD TRIM.
The Nahant Proves to BE in Per-
rect Working Order After Her
Long Rest.

~ fs1haht frOVeB 10 BE In FGr-
feet Working Order After Her
Long Rest.
NEW YORK. April 17.-In many ways the
trip OF the old war monitor Nahant. which
Hr1lVea Snl,ne u, mere today, was noteworthy The
to break the Nahants firing record and
completely eclipsed the firing record Of the
Passaic, her sister ship.
thousands OF people visited the monitor
The engines in the Nahant are old but
they still work without trouble. They are
the same engines that propelled her during
the war, and, while somewhat crude In ap-
Tor many years to come. When anchor was
cast, Lieut.. Frey, who Is in charge of the
engine room, had a minute examination made
OF her entire machinery, and pronounced her
engines all right.
The crew in the engine room" said Lieut.
Frey, worked admirably. / did not .hink
they would do half as well. For many years
l have been connected with vessels Of the
navy and steamships, but have never seen
crew in the engine room work better than
the boys on the Nahant."
The test Of the crew was shown in the
handling Of the guns. In the past their lraan.
ing has been with the modern rapid-1re ord
nance. Formerly the best record for quick
loading and firing Of guns on the Nahapt OF
the Passaic, her sister ship. was two shots in
thirteen minutes. But when the New York
naval reserve took charge Of the brace Of
big guns they fred four shots in sixteen MIN
ing the turret after the first shot. So great
was the recodl that the gun nearly jumped
the carriage. The charge consisted of sew
enty- pounds Of powder.
When the Nahant dropped anchor. Comman-
der. Rochman went aboard the cruiser San
Francisco and paid his respects to Commo-
dore Howell. The Nahant will probably go
10 the navy yard tomorrow,
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-18
DRAMATIC AND MUSICAL.
GRAND.

'The Prodisal Father is prodigal of
mirth- provoking situations, breezy dialogue,
clever and up-to-date specialties, and is al
together good thing. 1t was very cordially
received at the Grand last night by an Au-
dience that filled every seat in the house.
THE Prodigal Father does something
more than supply. the setting for speciality
people, for 1t is clever. though slight, in
plot and comedy situations, and gives an ex-
ceedingly capable comedian. Mr.. Lynn Wei
cher, an opportunity for the display of tai
ent Of high order.
Mr.. Welcher makes a capital "Stanley
Dodge" the man with a past that will not
down. His amours rise up against him In
many forms, but principally take the shape
Of a nemesis in Dolly Bond, creation that
in the hands Of Miss Rose Melville is thing
Of delight. Miss Melville is good at all
times, graceful as to gesture and acting, and
melodious as to voice. Bright and pleasing
as her work in the part of Dolly Bond was,
her impersonation Of isis Hopkins, the Jay
girl from Slab Hollow put it out of sight.
and she makes one Of the hits of the piece
and it takes something Of more than ordinary
merit to get in that list with the lot of high
class speciaties in the bill.
"The Prodigal Father rebounds with good
music, and among the best of its musical
copated melody, or rag time, stands out.
The extremely catchy rag time melody has
come to be a fad that had better not be at
tempted unless it be we'll done. 1t is done In
its best manner by Bert Swor and George A.
Sphinx in their specialties.
Mr.. swor is q monologist who might rank
L above the best ot them on the stage today.
His monologue is entirely original, and he
kept the house in roars of laughter. His
dancing, too, was remarkably good.
Charles Hooker does a tramp turn that is
original and does a dance that was repeatedly
demanded again.
Alma and Mabelle Davies do a novel and
entertaining acrobatic dance, and Miss Davies
demonstrates the versatility of her terps-
chorean talent by doing some toe dancing that
is very fetching.
The other members Of the company are
well UP to the specialists in point of excel
lence
Taken all together, "The Prodigal Father"
is bright, breezy farce comedy, rendered by
a lot Of people possessing more actual talent
than has been seen here in one company
this season. The show goes with vim that
is taking, and there is not a moment in the
two and half hours of it that is not pro-
ductive Of laugh. 1t is we'll mounted, and
the women are pretty and well costumed.
1t will continue during the week, with the
usual matnees.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-18

left, these gentlemen began, and for
some years continued the publication OF
a paper to which they gave the name
of The North.
| The interests assailed, the papers
printed In the languages of the North
land, together with that inertia that
makes great movements SO difficult,
withheld the support the effort merited
and the paper was discontinued. Now
we have another venture, somewhat on
| the same lines, this time in the shape
Of monthly magazine, the Northland.
| published in Minneapolis. The initial
| number indicates in it's contents the
scope of the publication, all the articles
bearing on topics relating to Scandina-
| via. An article Of especial interest to
Americans to the manner born, as CIV
Ing them the status of citizenship from
the point of view of one who has adopt
ed it. is by Luth. Jaeger, former editor
of The North, entitled: Some Thoughts
Oh Adopted Citizenship" Mr.. Jaeger
sketches briefly the comparative status
of the foreign and native born citizen
and then considers the act of abjuration
and the duty of the man who takes on
cur citizenship. Admitting that 1t Is
the expectation of material advantage
that induces migration still, ITO the
thoughtful foreigner, who sincerely
loves his native land, who has experienced
in himself a growth springing from the
very life of his own people, the mere
declaration Of intention to transfer his
allegiance to our government becomes
nf al m
Loving the past for its own sake and
for the associations it awakens in his
breast, he has still loftier faith in
the future. Thus, through the crucible
Of remuneration Of the old, his mind
passes into acceptance Of the new"
We can agree with the writer that
the citizen who enters our citizenship
in this spirit becomes citizen than
whom there is no better, and such a
one will endeavor, earnestly, to dis
charge the duties and responsibilities
he assumes. Among these Mr.. Jaeger
places first the requirement Of our lam
guage, without which there Is no ex-
ercise Of citizenship, in the true sense
of the word, possible" It is not alone
that 1t is a business necessity, but mo
one can justly claim the title Of an
American until his thoughts are eX-
pressed by the American tongue" This
is an imperative duty admitting Of no
compromise. To this should follow a
study of our history, literature and in
stitutions, and it is no excuse that so
many Americans themselves fail to do
this. 1t is an essential course In the
process of Americanization that no for
eigner can omit. Mr.. Jaeger places citi-
zenship on high plane, whether nat
ural or acquired, and it would be bet
ter for the country were all its citizens,
native as well as foreign, inspired by
the same high ideals.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-18
NORTHWEST NEWS AND VIEWS

The fusion forces in Minnesota are prepar.
ing for determined campaign, and if the
Republican party hopes for victory in the
coming state election 1t must show by word
and act that Gov. Clough isn't its chief di-
rector.-Houston County Chief.
Tom Pugh is an aspirant for legislative
honors at the hands of Republican friends
in Duluth. He bases his claims on the
ground that he "was once member of the
Dakota legislature and has large acauaint
ance in Southern Minnesota" Possibly his
acquaintance in this section might not
strengthen his andidacy.-Mankato Review.
What ground Is there for Mr.. Mckinley
to intervene? He seems to have let his case
get into a condition where, If he intervenes.
he must whip the Cubans, because they do
not observe the armistice at time when
the situation is greatly to their advantage.
or else he must find some new pretext to
be Spain's enemy. Thus far his diplomacy
has been of the sort that has given Spain
all the tactical adyantage.-La Crosse Chron-
icle.
If the government should need more money
to go to war the tax layers at Washington
have about concluded that a stamp tax with
doubled taxes on beer and tobacco, would
supply the deficiency. Thus, suggests the
Philadelphia Record. the American citizen
might feel intensely patriotic every time he
smoked or drank, drew check or signed a
note.-Duluth News Tribune.
The Saint Paul globe., 1898-04-18
Republican ranks. the state Democracy

Republican ranks, the state Democracy
has reason to congratulate itself on it's
release from what has never been a
credit and has often been a disgrace.
role he frequently appears, it would
have been bad enough to have him
pose as Democrat, but his buffoonery
would have only brought ridicule on
the party. His conversion to protec-
tionism is due solely to his imagined
discovery that there will be something
In it of financial advantage to him, the
one motive that he-ffas ever been guild
ed bV