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The Lamar register., 1898-04-02
Tag SPANISH ELECTIONS.

sArssts Gsts Blx Majority IN the Cofts
Madrid. March 3T.-The elections [
tht. popular branch Of the CJrtes hal
passed on. on the whole, quietly. u
Indications are that the government
Senior SaSasfa VIII have az enoCmo.
majority. estimated at DO cf the .
seats IN The c0rtes-
The elections in the capital We
without especial Incident The elee.s
depusIes include I'VE Liberals, ore ]
dependent and two CONSERVATIVES
Despite great precautions At Bllot
there was much disorder, A body
hundred miners tried TO commit az
OF violence. Ii j. rum0red thaJ q !
cisliSt has beaten q Conservative y
didaie there All the other proFih7
are reported calm
Havana. March 21-Thc election
tiepufies 10 the Cortes has been 10 y
resa to-day. The Ostien Puhli
Guards. armed with rifles have q j
ready 10 prevent any disorders, and I
polling up 20 the time Of this disps !,
was iii,si before noonl was peaeei
The city generally is quiet Last ~
the theaters were full and to-day /.
churches are thn0nged,
Ii Is too soon to give the result q
eiections. bat claims are made
the government ticket, including "
y Aut0nomisfs and ten Conseryaa't
has been elected. The vote in The
has been very light
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The contractor who builds poor YES
sels for his government or who fur
uishes poor ammunition and poor guns
Is as guilty Of treason as Il he had
gone ever 10 the enemy. and ought 70
Be hanged The government pays well
for It's work and material. and to give
II return damaged article Is 10 bs 4
thief As wei as q traitor.
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a stranger named RSwlins appeared
IN q church in Blue Ridge Ga on >
recent Sunday. in dress rather the
worse for wear After the services p0r-
tions Of the congregation laughed and
gSore At him. and finally one Of them
shot him dead. Then the congregation
seized the murderer and hanged hin.
Il viii be seen that, while the members
Of this church are fastidious as 10
dress. they are strictly Just though
perhaps little rapid in their methods-
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Russia has ordered the immediate sx-
pendifure Of 80. .e9a.0 900 rnbles for the
construction Of warships. a sum rep
resenting about s7e.eee 900. the pur-
chase price Of eighteen hatfleships-
This does not represent { great 1set-
nor viii It's addition make Russia a
naval power Of the first importance
The great significance tina; lies IN its
expenditure is the fact thar 10 raise
this amount no loan is asked, no cred
rs sought for outside Of Russia Itself
The Lamar register., 1898-04-02

Probably Sbs D1ke Of verAEnz could
visit Chicago az present without dan
ger % embarrassment from pruposi-
ti0ns IN Chicago newspapers 70 rzsss
funds for his support ~ popular sub
scrlption
The Lamar register., 1898-04-02

A New York woman committed &c
memory $4,000 words in twenty weeks
she EtI probably use half Of them il
postscript the first time she writes
3 letter.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-02

The mza 5s Granville who hzngsc
himself because his wife wonlanr neg
iect her infant to read the Rzhls y
him might have been tremendously
good but be surely wasn't orthodox
The Lamar register., 1898-04-02

Chicago should abandon that effort
10 send honest men TO the board Of
aldermen Honest men should be en-.
couraged and not tempted.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-02

The monitor Terror has four biz
guns. but the Puritan has ten. The
Puritan appears TO be holy terror.
The Lamar register., 1898-04-02

z-4 .sS L14- pos,s4 r..lo. - o. s,4s
dzfesled IN congress IN spite Of al II,
Loud talk in its favor.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
A Chance to Open the Mills.

Never in the history Of New England
has there been q shutdown so com
plete as that now in operation in the
cotton mills Of New Bedford. Not a
spindle is turning nor loom in mo-
ton. There are eighteen mills involved
in the strike and pay roll of $4,000 a
week is affected. Dispatches from Bos-
ton say: "A reduction in the wages of
about $4,000 operatives employed in
nearly $50 cotton mills in New Eng
land, which the manufacturers decide
upon as temporary remedy for the
widespread depression in the cotton
goods industry of the north, has gone
into effect in a majority of the mills.
At several of the mill centers, namely,
New Bedford, Biddeford, Saco, and
Lewiston, Me-, dissatisfaction among
the mill hands is intense.
THE situation in New Bedford is
viewed from very gloomy light by the
business men of that city, many of
whom have not altogether recovered
from the depression which followed the
failure of six mill corporations last
spring. The strike was begun in spite
of the efforts OF these men, of the pull
pit, of the city, of the board of trade,
and the state board of arbitration, to
bring about settlement The opera
tives are advocating the abolition Of
the fining systems in addition to restor-
alton of wages.
"Tne cut amounts to about 10 per
cent in many places, but in several
centers it is II 10 per cent, and even
higher; while in few mills it is only
about per cent. reproduction, the
keen competition of the south, low
prices, and generally demoralized
cotton goods market, are said to be the
leading causes which are assigned for
the attack on the wage schedule. Many
manufacturers claim that a decrease
in the cost of production will greatly
improve the situation. while others de-
ny that the cut will do any good. The
policy of most manufacturers seems to
be in the direction of keeping the mills
running during the winter months at
least, the objection to a shutdown be-
ing based on the theory that it would
have no other effect than to increase the
production in the south.-Chicago Dis
patch.
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In an interval OF Mr.. Butterworth's

In an interval OF Mr.. Butterworth's
public service he was creditably asso-
ciated with the Columbian exposition,
first as secretary and afterward as So
Ecitor He was painstaking, thorough
and at the same time unfaiingly at
fable. Some years ago he was a mem
Der from the house of representatives
of the board Of visitors at West Point
and discharged the duties Of the place
as laboriously and conscientiously as
though the duties of that board were
of the utmost moment instead of bein:
as they are, in fact, perfunctory and
pleasant incident
Mr.. Butterworth's fatal illness is
traceahle to his activity in the New
York campaign which terminated SO
dlsastrously to Gen. Tracy and the
Plat machine. While commissioner
OF patents he entered the canvass bear
ing a message from the President Of
the United States to the Republicans
or Greater New York which he deliv-
cred publicly. 1t was that the Presi!-
dent was profoundly interested in the
outcome, desiring above all things Re-
publican success. There was no with
oraWal by Mckinley OF these words,
but some Of Mckinley's friends en-
deavored to represent Butterworth in
role entirely foreign to him-that Of
ousyhody who was speaking without
authority. Mr.. Butterworth would never
nave publicly stated that the President
mad told him that he earnest desired
lracys success if such message had
not been intrusted to him. He labor
ed IN that campaign under the humili-
alton of partial reputation of himself
ard before its close went heavy-heart-
Cd to Ohio, where he still further Ia
bored in the Republican cause. AT
Cleveland he was stricken with pneu-
monia, which was the precursor Of his
DEATH
Butterworth, kindly, earnest.
truthful man, was in sense
victim Of his zeal for Mckinley and
the treachery of McKinley's friends,
who were anxious that he should not
be identified, as Butterworth on un-
doubted authority had identified him,
with Platt's canvass in New York.
Chicago Chronicle.
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ALL ASOREKN DAUGHTER.
BY CHARLOTTE NJ RRAEME.
INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION
By CHARLOTTE N. RRAEME,
1NTERNATIoNAL eREss ASSOCIATION.

young face turned to him. He bowed
politely and went away.
She clutched her little hand; she
tried to still the beating Of her heart
Her husband-married that day-yet
mad he no more to say than this? The
lights on the French coast were close
at hand; she could even in the ST.
lence hear the waves breaking on the
shore. Amice stood near, with large
carriage-wrap in her hands. Lady
Caraven wondered if her husband
would come to her, or if he would al
low her to land with the help of the
servants. He approached hurriedly.
We have time for refreshments, :"
ne said; the train will not start for
twenty minutes
Ihey went into the refreshments
room, Where he ordered soup ana
VINE. He was solicitous for her COM
Tort, ne was attentive to her wants,
but she noticed that he spoke to her
only when civility dictated that he
should speak, and that when he did
address her he never looked at her.
he took his seat by her side in the
railway carriage. They travelled
through the fresh dewy night, the
pleasant air coming in at the open
WINDOWS. He had carefully provided
her with books and newspapers-th
railway literature
1T is quite evident" she thought
that he intends me to read-he has
no desire to talk to me-"
she was obliged continually to re-
mind herself that he had asked her to
De his wife. He must have cared for
her or he would not have married her.
lie was not demonstrative man, per-
maps. Then she turned slowly from
the Sky to the handsome, high-bred
race near her. He was reading intent
~, never looking up from his book.
IL was not the face of a oold-hearted
cynic-far from it. Then her ewes
wandered slowly away again.
Inc lovely dawn was flushing in the
skies, the birds were singing, the air
seemed to stir with new lfe-it was
the dawn of another day. How often
would the sun rise and set before she
would understand this strange silence
OF the husband by her side-how many
weary dawns would there be?
Paris at last-Paris in the gay morn
ing sunlight. They drove straight to
the hotel; and then, for the first time.
1t seemed to her, he spoke kindly. He
said:
You look very tired-I should ad-
wise you to get some rest. I always
lind cigar and the morning air most
refreshing after Journey"
Half an hour afterward she stood
alone in her room. She looked at her
self in the tall mirror. 1t was a pale
face with wistful, Swallowed eyes that
she saw therein. She was fatigued in
body and in mind, yet she could not
sleep. If she only understood. if she
only knew the meaning of this silent
love of her husbands that had never
yet been expressed in words!
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
Cutting Down Wages.

Those who are on the ground take
condemnatory view Of the wage re-
duction in New England No doubt
business for the cotton mills is bad;
no doubt the protection which fails to
protect is being practically condemned,
put must the wage workers be forced
to bear all the burdens? This is q
question which is attracting the at
tentlon of intelligent men in the east
1t has been asked by the operatives and
1t is repeated by the press-at least,
that part of the press which is not the
mere echo of plutocratic sentiments. In
discussing the matter the Boston Post
says:
If there ever was case in which
cutdown from 10 per cent in the wages
OF labor was unjustitiable, it is the case
of those cotton mills in New Bedford.
which have paid large dividends for
many years up to and including the
year 1897 just closed. Profits which
permit the payment of dividends of 6,
9, II and even IS per cent do not call
for reduction of the labor cost of
production"
But those profits have been converted
into the treasury of the mills. The
managers see before them dull period
of business. Superintendent must
have salaries of $4,000 to $4,000 a
year. How are they to get them if the
wage of the operatives is not reduced?
However, the Post fails to see it in that
light, and says, with much emphasis:
1.-THE managers of these great and pros
porous New Bedford mill corporations
are this time clearly in the wrong,
whatever may be said about the stu
alton elsewhere. They have the sup
port neither of the business community
of New Bedford, nor of the public at
large, nor, as appears more clearly
from day to day, of many of their own
stockholders, and even directors" In
the meantime, however, the workmen's
wages have been cut and strike is on.
Chicago Dispatch.
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Need of a Merchant Iarine.

The development of the merchant
marine of the United States has been
in inverse ratio to it's progress in 9TH
e. lines. In 1845 American. ships han
died 81 per cent of our imports and
exports. IN 1855 the figures had been
reduced to 1876 per cent; in 1860 to 65.5
per cent; in 1870 to 1856 per cent: in
1880 to 17.4 PEI cent; in 1890
to 1873 per cent, and in 1895 to
ILL., per cent. For 1896 the percentage
of imports and exports handled by
American ships was II, and for 1897
the figures were about lis per cent.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
THE JOURNALS FLOP.
MOST E7AZEN PROPOSITION
OF w. r. HEARST.
would Abandon the Cause OF Financial
reform TO Appease the Palmer Buctner
Traitors = Eastern Democrats Over
whelmin.1y for I;lmetallism.

OF course, the New York Journal,
while abandoning bimetallism, claims
that it is working in the interests Of
harmony and victory.
|. Upon what basis such a claim can
rest has not as yet been made appar-
ent. One thing alone has been alleged
by the Journal, and that is the neces
slty of democrats abandoning their de-
mand for the free coinage Of silver at
ratio Of IL to l. In the Journals eyes
a ratio Of 80 to l would not be objec-
tonable, and such a concession as that
simply adds the Journal to the list of
gold standard newspapers.
Attention has been called in these
columns to the result of the vote in the
electoral college. showing that the east
could not claim the right to dictate
policy, as it's electoral vote in 1896 had
been unanimously republican.
Now, a glance at the record Of pop
ular sentiment, as expressed by the
vote of the eastern states, will show
whether the Fusionists and Democrats
are in favor of bimetallism and ratio
of 16 to l, or of the Journals gold mo-
nometallism at any cid ratio based on
the commercial value of silver. The
popular vote of the eastern states for
Bryan on the one hand and Palmer on
the other was as follows:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11


understand them or see the meaning
of them. She answered quite simply
mo, I know nothing of business. I
care much for study. I often think it
strange that my father and I have not
one taste in common"
He thought to himself that it was a
fortunate thing. Then he asked her
= She had ever been to Paris before
If she should like the center of the
city-if there was any part that she
preferred.
II always stay at the Hotel Meurice,
near the Tuileries," he said; but if
you prefer any other part
No. She had been to Paris only
once-thal was for her holidays. She
knew nothing of the city. Then the
young husband looked over the blue
waters. He had shown her due polite
ness and attention. He was i'll at ease
and longing to be away again. He did
not notice how wistful was the fir
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11

If, in 1896, the eastern states gave
popular vote of 1885, 1A2 for William ].
Bryan and the free and independent
coinage of silver at ratio of 16 to /,
while only 5000 votes were polled in
these states for the advocate of the
monetary theory now proclaimed by
the Journal, what assurance has the
Journal to give that it is not advising
the democratic party to ALLEVIATE one
million three hundred thousand voters
to secure the support OF a scant sixty
thousand?
1t cannot be denied that the democ-
racy Of the east is on record for bimet-
allism. How does the Journal expect
to reverse the verdict of 1S96?-Chi-
cago Dispatch.
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cresting them with foam. But now the
stiffness of the sea was something mar
Vicious and beautiful; it was as though
ed over the Waters-a stiffness broken
only by the rushing of the water
through the paddle-wheels of the
steamer Slowly the line of lights
round the coast disappeared, and at
last land was out of sight; there was
nothing visible but the heaving, sill
very waters and the sky above.
lady Caraven sat on the deck; the
steWardess had advised her to go to
the ladies' cabin, but she declined.
Why seek the close warm cabin while
the stars were shining on the sea?
The captain had brought comforta-
bic seat for her; she had warm shawl.
A faint hope stirred the young wife's
heart; perhaps, when Lord Caraven
saw her there alone, he might come
and talk to her.
She saw him once or twice. Once
he asked her if she enjoyed the beauty
OF the night, and her answer was
YES" then, as though he had full
filled a duty, with an air of relief he
walked away. She was left to her
thoughts and they were strange ones.
AFTER while she rose from her seat
and bent her face over the starlit wa
ter-a face sad with thoughts that
should have had no place on her we'd
ding-day. The earl had seen her rise,
and came to her.
1'Are you tired?" he asked. eve
Shall not be very long now; I can see
the lights on the French coast The
night is very fine. Are you tired?"
"No, never tire of the sea- she re-
piled. Indeed, I should like to live
near it."
"Ravensmere is near the sea- he
told her. You can see it from the
Castle towers
II had forgotten that I was to live
at Ravensmere, or l should not have
said that" she remarked, quickly. 81
did not know that it was near the
sea-
your father has two maps of the
estate. Have you not seen them?' he
asked.
She looked at him wonderingly.
''Why should 1 see them?" she
asked. certainly not"
you do not inherit your fathers
business talents, then" he said.
But he repented of the words almost
before they were uttered. She did not
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11

He never thought of her as MS Wife;
the chances were that, if any one had
asked him suddenly if he was mar
ried, he would have said mo- He
had paid the forfeit of his folly by
being in some measure compelled to
burden himself with this young girl.
One evening he was rather startled
by Hildred. There was favorite
singer at the opera, and they went to
hear her She was very fair, and the
gentlemen were busily engaged in dis
cusslng her. With Lord and Lady
Caraven was Frenchman, the Comte
DE Quesne, great admirer Of fair
women. The conversation, kept up
chiefly between the two gentlemen,
was about the charming actress.
She is of the real English type"
SAID the comte, " and the English la
dles are so fair-they are adorable"
think myself" remarked the
earl, that fair-haired English girl
is certainly the loveliest object in Gre
ation.''
The comte laughed.
You prefer the blondes to the bru-
nettes. then?' he said.
Certainly" replied Lord Caraven.
L DO not see how a woman can be
beautiful unless she be fair
lie had entirely forgotten his young
glrl-Wlte. with the dark eyes aud the
spanish face. He would not have
"antonly panied her, but he had for
gotten her presence. She heard the
words. AT the time she made no re-
mark, although they burned into her
heart like fire
The comte went home with them,
ana they were joined by another
friend; but she found an opportunity
OF speaking to her husband when the
other gentlemen were busy with ecarte,
ana LORD Caraven had withdrawn TO
look over some letters that had lust
arrived. She summoned up courage
and went up to him.
Lord Caraven,' she said, would
you mind telling me one thing?"
lie looked up in wonderful was so
seldom that she voluntarily addressed
MIN. AS he looked he was slightly
Impressed with her appearance; the
tall, slender figure was draped in soft,
SHINING silk, the girlish face was
flushed with the effort of speaking to
MIN, the dark eyes were bright and
starllke, filled with unutterable
thoughts. He could not help owning
to himself that there was some beauty
IN the thick coils of dark hair, in the
tall, slim, graceful figure. in the per-
1ect grace and harmony. She was SIM
ply yet beautifully dressed; a. pome-
granite blossom lay in the coils of her
hair.
Il want you to tell me one thing"
she repeated. IF you admire fair girls
with golden hair, why did you marry
me, with hair and eyes SO dark?"
She asked the question in such per-
1ect good faith, in such earnest tones,
with such sad, sweet eyes, that he was
touched, not deeply but as he would
have been had some child come to him
with trembling lips to tell a pitiful
tale
"Why,' she pursued, IF that was the
case, did you marry me?'
You know why l married you," he
replied, gravely-"why ask me the
Question?'
he saw vivid color spread over
her face, bright light shine in her
eyes. The simple girl thought and be-
lleVed he meant that she knew he had
married her because he loved her. Her
heart gave a great, glad bound. He
loVed her! She would understand bet
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
Rutterwor:h a Victim,

Benjamin Butterworth, who served
repeatedly in congress from a Cincin-
natl district, though always a Reoub-
lican, did not always vote for Repub-
lican measures. He was not an ex-
IRENE protectionist and his voice
and votes were given upon occasion in
opposition to protectionism.
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never interfered in the least with any
of her affairs. He sent up her letters
unopened, and never even inquired
from whom they came. He sent every
morning to ask if she had any par
ticular wish for the day-if there was
any place she desired to see At first
she said yes" and went to the diff
ferent places Of note. He accompa-
MED her, but she could not avoid
thinking that he was slightly bored
by these excursions. The next time he
sent she declined, md he did not re-
monstrate; he made no remark. and
she felt almost sure that he was re-
lieved by her refusal. When they went
to the opera, they were never alone
he always secured some companion.
1t seemed to Hildred that he was cutie
as much a stranger as on the first day
he entered the Hollies.
Shall I ever be part of his life?"
she thought. Shall grow to be heart
of his heart, soul of his soul? Shall T
ever know what he thinks, what he
likes, what he loves?"
She had indeed no part of his ex-
istence-he lived as though she were
not. He had fulfilled his part of the
contract by giving her his name, his
rank, his position. That a LIVING.
beating human heart might long for
more than that did not occur to him.
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ter IN time; she would know WHY he
seemed reserved, reticent, cold and in
different.
"You know why I married Won /"
the handsome earl had said; and the
words filled her heart with a strange.
sweet pain.
Il will try to remember" she said.
gently.
Dull as was his ear, he heard new
music in her voice.
you will remember what?" he
asked
II will remember why you have mar
ried me-" she replied; and as she went
away he wondered greatly.
II should not think that she is like
ly to forget it," he said to himself
Certainly women are puzzles. She
will try to remember why 1 married
her-and the words seemed like melt
ing music on her lips, light that was
like sunshine on flowers spread over
her face! Why, I married her because
her father sold her for a title, and she
was willing to be sold!'
(TO be continued.)
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
CHAPTER TX

WEEK had passed
since Lady Cara
ven reached Paris
"a strange week.
She had seen but
little of her hus-
band. He never
took breakfast with
her; they met at
dinner, and twice
he had taken her
to the opera. He