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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-07-15
VICTORY FOR THE PEOPLE.


Elsewhere in this issue of THE
UNION will be found a report of
the decision rendered in the rail-
way cases by Judge Garland at
Sioux Falls last week. The decis-
ion is a victory for the people of
South Dakota, and a knockout
blow to railway extortion and rob-
berry in this state. 1t is more. 1t
is a credit to the first live railroad
commission the state ever had, and
an honor to the loyal silvermen
who in 1896 buried their partisan
differences, united in support of
these friends of the people and tri-
umphantly elected and seated that
body in spite of republican at
tempts to count them out.
South Dakota has had a railroad
commission for years, but not I'M
til two years ago did the people of
the state rally to the support of
men who would carry out the sa-
cred pledges of their party and
usher in the dawn of relief from
extortionate freight charges and
ruinous passenger fares. Under
the republican regime the railway
commission was a purely ornamen-
tai body. 1t was dined and wined
and given excursions in a special
car all over the state at the ex-
pense of these great moneyed cor
porations. 1t drew it's salary,
while the hardy pioneers of this
new commonwealth toiled on and
and paid the bills. Republican
platforms and republican stump
orators were loud in their promises
of relief legislation. That was be-
fore election. The promised legis-
lation came not. Once or twice a
bill was introduced in the legisla-
ture, but it was promptly buried
by an overwhelming majority.
In 1896 the silver forces of this
state united on a ticket pledged to
the enactment OF a railroad law of
sufficient stringency to meet the
requirements of the situation, and
for the most part that ticket was
elected. The silver legislature
kept the party's pledge, enacted
the railroad rate law and the meas
ure was promptly signed by the
populist governor. The railroad
commission took its duties up and
the legal struggle with the railways
began. 1t has resulted in first
blood for the people and with our
present railroad commission at the
helm the people are bound to win
in the final hearing. Of course,
the railroads will carry the case up
and fight the law to the last ex-
tremity, No n expects anything
else. But they will find the com
mission equal to the situation and
the rate law will finally win and be
enforced. There is no other way
out of the matter.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
First Woman Armv SURGEON.

A dispatch to the Globe Democrat
from Washington Aug. 20, says: To.
day for the first time in the history OF
the American army woman was aD-
pointed member of the medical staff.
DR.. Anita Newconb MCGEE, wife OF
Prof. w. J. MCGEE. OF this
city, and daughter of Prot. Simon
Newcomb, formerly of the naval OBJ
servatory, was regularly sworn in as
an acting assistant surgeon. This,
according to Secretary Alger's general
order, would entitle her to the uni
form of second lieutenant, with out
designation of rank. 1t is not likely,
however, that DR.. MCGEE
will avail herself of this
privilege. The appointment,
While q novelty from a technical stand
point, is not the beginning of DR.. Nc
Gees service with the war department I.
Throughout the war she + as been in
charge of the selection of the women
nurses, and of the 700 or more down in
the field, most have passed muster a,
her hands. Assistant Surgeon MCGEE
goes to New York tonight to select
thirty graduate nurses for serv-
ice in Porto Rico. DR.. Nc.
Gee has regularly practiced
her profession in Washington for some
years, and is we'll known in medical
circles throughout this country, having
contri buted several papers to the Am.
erican Association for the Advance
ment of Science and to other scientific
organizations.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01

down and ate mine too. After
dinner one of the boys said, We are
out of water and somebody will have
to get some, so we hitched a mule to
the cart and | started to go after it..
Before | got away Bob Finley said to
me, There may be some trouble about
taking those horses and mules out of
the pound, and If Dick comes to arrest
us, l am going down to Clint WITH
Jud ge Carr, and you go along with
Dick and come past Clint for me and
we will all go down together
''1left the camp then and went after
water, and Bob left for Clint. When
l got within about hundred yards of
the camp coming back, Dick rode up
to me and said, Collier, came down
here to arrest you for taking those
horses out of the pound. There are some
more men up there at the camp that
came down with me. But if L had
known that you were the fellows want
ed L wouldn't have brought
them with me- told
him all right and went on back to
camp, unhitched the mule, saddled up
one of the horses, and started off with
Dick and Kimberlin Ia Deputy. We
went to Clint. When we got there Bob
came out and Dick told him what was
wanted. He then saddled one of the
uOTSSS budD nt udu uTlN0u uOWu III Uuc
buggy with Judge Carr, and on that
horse we went to the justice court t, for
the trial.
son the way we stopped atsMr. LIE.
maire's and had a.couple of drinks Of
wine. When we left we took a quart bot
tie of wine with US, and that Dick car
ried in his saddle pocket. Before we
got to the Justices we all stopped and
had another two rounds out of the bot
tie and then we went on there. When
we got there we gave the
Judge drink and Dick
went to the Judge and after talking
to him q little said, ''WelI, he will let
you all off if you pay the costs of court
which are 81 That Bob Finley did.
and then when we came out Bob said,
If you all will go down to Lemaire
with me I'll set them up We all
went back to Lemaire then and Bob
set them up first, then we al had few
rounds at it. We had had a good many
drinks and all agreed that we would
go home. We had got
as far as the front porch
When we turned around and Dick pull.
ed his gun right quick. Bob said, Dick,
you are pretty quick in pulling your
gun, amt yOu?' and Dick said, Yes.
Then Bob said, Il believe that am as
| quick as you are Then Dick pulled
his gun again RICH. quick, and after he
had pulled it he threw it on the
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01

table. I said, Bob, I believe
l can pull one as quick as you can,
and Dick took out little book an
wrote in it that John Golfers
and Bob Finley are both as quick pull
ing their guns as | am Dick ther
put the gun up and on looking arouno
saw bottle with cork in 1t. and said
he could shoot it out. Then we all
! left, but in trying to get Dick to 90
off, as he didn't want TO leave
Lemaire's.
1--WE left, that is, Dick, kimberlin,
the Judge, and 1, and went towards vs.
leta.'Dick had been trying to get me to
! join. the ranger force, but had refus-
ed once or twice. Then | had had a talk
| with Finley about the matter and he
told me that as the cattle business
would be pretty dull until later in the
season he could spare me for two or
three months, and so | had decided
with this intention that I went with
| Dick and the other two towards Y-leta.
When he got to the judges house and
were about to start on Dick said, Il II
tell you, you go back to camp tonig hit,
and come over in the morning. as ! AID
too drunk to go to camp tonight. |
don't want to report to Captain Hughes
drunk, and 1t will be best for you to
come over in the morning So start
ed on back towards Lemaire's and left
kimberlin and Dick together.
when | got toLem aires | didn't see
anything of Bobs horse, and as he had
said he was going home. | naturally
thought that be had gone on TO
camp so went on there. When | got
to camp Bob was not there. and as
DICK had warned us abOu: the Mex
leans being down on US for beating the
case, the first thing that
l thought of was that some
Mexican has wsylaid him. So got q
gun and the boy. John Ray, got up be-
hind me and we started back to Lee
MARE 5. Bob was not there and .as we
had gone different roads | thought that
maybe we had missed him. so we
started on back to the camp. When we
got almost up to the camp saw a man
step out of the brush about forty steps
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01

While being moved from the train
he opened his eyes and spoke to one of
his friends who was there, and at that
time every one thought he had good
chance to get we'll. But about two
o'clock he began to sink, and at
seven all was over. Among friends
the sbrave ranger passed peacefully
away.
His remains were at once taken to
the undertaker's and embalmed.
There was scarcely a better known or
better liked man in the southwest than
Diamond Dick. He was q Canadian by
birth. His father was q French Cana
dian and his mother was an EpRlish
woman. The family moved to Texas
and settled near San Antonio about
1880.
His mother and father are both dead
| his sister still lives At the old home
near San Antonio, with her uncle and
aunt.
AT the death of his parents Judge T.
L. Teel, a resident of this city at the
present time, but living at San Anton
10 then, was appointed as his guardian,
and for few years Dick went to
school, but did not study law.
After quitting school he travelled all
over the country and in that way spent
most Of his property.
The next heard OF him was that he
had joined the army, but baving enlist
ed before he was of age, he easily Sc
cured his discharge.
After that he Joined the state rang
ers under Col. Bsylor's command, and
was stationed along the lower border
for six years.
Next he was employed as detective
for the Southern Pacific Railway COM
pany. The Mexican Central Railway
company also employed him in the
same capacity and he did good work for
that company in breaking up 4 motor
ious gang of thieves along its line. He
had fight with the gang and killed
the two leaders. After that he return
ed to the United States and rejoined
the rangers, and was with them at the
time of his death.
He was fearless officer and was al
ways on viPilant lookout for violators
OF the law. He was considered by all
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
Internal Revenue Case.

Juan Fierra, the Mexican who was
arrested by Deputy, Sheriff Collier iu
Pecos City, Aug, 20th,s for selliug
cigars from Improperly stamped boxes,
was examined before Justice Merriam
at Pecos City yesterday and sent before
the district court which meets here in
October, to answer to the charge OF
violating the internal revenue laws.
Fierra disposed of five boxes to three
different persons in Pecos, and on his
more, all except one of which bear the
appearance Of having been repacked in
boxes formerly used. Deputy e. S,
Marshall Hillebrand brought the pris-
oner 10 Ell Paso al d he now meditates
in the county Jail. Deputy Collector
Bovee was the prosecuting witness.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
Fruit and BirdShot.

Late last evening a couple of bicy-
clists were riding past Capt. Jim
Whites fruit orchard, three miles east
of here, and the luscious appearance OF
the fruit prompted the boys to stop and
partake thereof. They had only sue
ceeded in sampling few ap-
pies, however, when they heard
footsteps approaching rapidly and they
proceeded to get out as quickly as DOS
sible. They had gone but a short
distance when the sound of shot gun
rang out: the two bicyclists only in-
creased their speed. When they reach
ed town it was found that one of the
men had two grains of shot in the back
of bis neck and the other one had IL
grains in the small of his back. The
shot only made slight flesh wounds and
NO bad effects will result.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
the local officers as being the best in

the local officers as being the best in
this section.
There are many stories as to how he
received the name of Diamond Dick
and the one which seems the most cred
table says that he was so called be-
cause he has always worn q large dia-
mond in his shirt front or cravat which
1t is said, his mother gave to him at
her death, and which he has never
parted with.
Diamond Dick was q good officer y
said Deputy Sheriff Ten Eek to HER
AID reporter this morning. He took
altogether too many chances, l think,
in some cases. When he was first
sent to Csnutillo l told him to keep a
sharp lookout or some of the Mex
leans would kill him. Dick replied
that they would have to shoot him
in the back and 1 told him they
would do that if necessary. 1 have
known him for some time and q
more persistent traveller after
criminals 1 never met in all my life.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
DIAMOND DICK is DEAD.
The Famous Ranger Breathed His
Last At Dark Yesterday.

Last evening about seven o'clock al
Hotel Dieu E. st. Leon, better known
as Diamond Dick, breathed his last
ST. Leon came to his death from the
effects of a wound made by q shot from
a pistol in the hands of men who were
resisting arrest
The shooting of st. Leon was near
Ysleta and his friends thought there
we're more chances for his recovery il
he was brought to FL Paso. So on the
Texas * Pacific yesterday morning he
was brought up aud taken to the Sis
ter's Hospital.
When brought in yesterday morning
Dick was suffering intense pain, from
the effects of the moving, but ne bore
it with the fortitude of the brave man
that he was.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
". He said. Halt. Won

away. He said. Halt. yon---
-. and with th at he began To st DOT.
The first shot FL ed nit the horse in
the neck and it fell with as two. [ be-
gan to shoot at the two men, for an
other one bad got into the fight, and
shot three times over the horse,
l was shooting the rife and
Ray was shooting a six: hooter. After
we bad been shooting a little time
one fellow fell and the shooting stop
ped and l noticed that Ray was sitting
on the ground. | asked him If he was
shot and he said he didn't know.
| but tried to get up and walk away.
| five or six steps and then sat down
again, saying that he couldn't walk
bat thought if [ would take hold of his
| hand he could crawl. When we got
Off about fifty yards, the other fellow
began to shoot again and | turned
around and began to shoot. While
was shooting Ray crawled off from me
and then the other parties stopped
shooting, and l stopped. too.
81 couldn't find Ray in the weeds so
l started out on q walk and went to
Judge Carr's house aud told him that
some Mexicans had tried to hold us up
and we had had a fight with them, and
one of them was killed and Ray was
also. | never knew that it was Dick
and the doctor who were killed until
Bob Finley told me that it was"
The witness after telling the Incl
dents of the killing was cross examin-
ed by Attorney Harvey, but nothing
new developed in the case.
Kim berlin.
Kimberlin said that he lived in So
zorro and on the 10Th Dick told BIN
that some body had come and taken
some horses out of the pound which
| had been put in there, and he was 60
| ing down the road TO make an arres,
and wanted him to go with him as
q deputy. Il told him
1 didn't want to 60, but he took me
along. When we got to the camp Of
| these boys, where the horses were
found that had been in the corral, we
| asked for Finley and Collier, but Ray
tod US thai one had gone for
| water and the other had taken Judge
Carr home. After little while
we saw Collier coming and Dick said,
| You boys stay here: I'll go and meet
him by myself, as he won't make any
fight So he went off alone and then
they came back togethe and the three
OF US went to Clint
The story is materially the same as
Golfers up to the time of leaving
| hCudlIS lOT L olCUh, uhOh VIC "AshSC q
said, ST had q little trouble to ge
Dick away, but he finally came, ane
the four Of us, the judge, Dick, Collier
and myself, went towards
| Ysleta. About the time
we got to the judges house L heard
Dick tell Collier about going back tt
camp and coming on next day, but
was so drunk 1 don't remember
much what was said. Dick and
started on towards Ysleta an(
Collier went back, and he had hardl!
been gone any time when we heard twt
or three shots fired. Dick said, III MOI
stand that with those words he turned
his horse and started out the way thai
Collier had gone. l don't remember
anything more. except that some o
my friends picked me up about tel
o'clock that night"
The court then took a recess unit
2:30 p. m.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
Remedy For Smallpox.

a correspondent writing to the Louis
vile Courier-Journal says the follow
ing, which be clipped from a southern
paper, is an infallible cure:
The smallpox is found to consist of a
few ounces of foreign matter in tb e
blood, which can never escape but
through the glands of the skin. Let
the patient place his feet in hot water
and wrap himself up in blankets, and
commence drinking two or three
quarts of water in the form
OF black tea, as hot as he can bear.
The oxygen of the water soon restores
the full power to the nerves: the water
d1lutes the blood, and the great heat
expands the smaller blood vessels, so
that the restored NERVOUS power can
drive the blood to the surface where
the glands secrete the foreign sub
stance which forms the pox and expels
1T in two or three hours, and can never
fail to do so.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
The TaiIors On a Strike.

Yesterday afternoon ,he ta;lors en-
ployed in the establishment of John
Drummer, on Ell Paso street, walked out
on account of a reduction of wages ard
declared strike.
In an interview this afternoon one of
the members of the Union said: "Brun-
ner made out new price list without
our knowledge, and made it go low th at
we could not stand it. We were not
consulted regarding its constru etion,
and it looked very much as if it was a
case of Take what 1 want to give you
or quit He is also having
some of his orders filled at a sweat
shop on San Antonio street, run
by man named Singer. A commit
tee from our union waited upon Mr..
Drummer and requested him not to send
any more work to this sweat shop, and
he refused, saying that he would send
out work whichever be wanted to and
run his business to suit himself. He
told us if we did not like it we could
quit. The price list he made out is
unreasona ably low and we could not
stand it,
Mr.. Drummer was next Interviewed
regarding the trouble between himself
and the Union, and be said: 1.-TWO
| months ago | revised my price list,
feeling compelled to do so on account
OF SO many small. cheap shops opening
up in Ell Paso. | wrote to the presi-
dent of the Union to get permission to
reduce the scale. To my letter | re-
ceived no reply and / wrote twice
more, and receiving no reply,
l then took orders for u
few cheap suits and sent the coats to
| man on San Antonio street to be
made. Then | made proposition to
my men. [ told them that if they
would allow me to puut couple of
cheap men to work for me l would paw
them the old scale This they would
not accept and quit
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
Mr.. Sloane At Paris.

Mr.. William Sloane, late secretary of
the Y. M. @. A. of this place, who has
engaged in similar work at Paris, Tex
as, writes of the flatteripg outlook at
that place. He says their board is COM
posed of fifteen representative bust
ness men, who are hopeful for large
work. The parties have pledged their
hearty support. New rooms were Sc
cured and $500 worth of addition a /
gymnastlc apparatus was ordered
Sixty new members was the result of
one days canvass. Paris is a good
active city of 10, 600 Inhabitants, with
as fine stores as are to be found ANY,
where in Texas. The weather is very
hot and the cool nights Of Ell Paso are
much missed. The people have been
very kind to Mr.. and Mrs. Sloan.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
Building Permits.

Julian Enriquez took out q permit to
build 500 adobe residence on lots
II and II of block AZ of Campbell's I'D
dition.
w. B. Merchant took out a permit
for the creation of q .si able on lot Is
of block go of Campbell's addition the
cost to be 500.
George v. Long took out a permit to
build 5000 building on lots IA and Is
of block LAT of Campbell's addition, to
be ueed as asresidence.
G. &. Van Dyke took out q permit to
erect an adobe residence on lots II and
le of block 81 of Morehead's addition,
TO cost $780,
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01
Attention. Ladies.

| am pleased to announce TO the
ladies OF FL Paso and vicinity that
have opened my dress making psrlors
at 2l0 st. Louis street, up stairs, W here
/ am prepared to do hll kinds of fancy
dress making and cloak making. Give
me q call when in need of anything in
my line and will spare neither time
nor trouble in my efforts to please you.
MISS NJ. NEEDHAM,
2l0 ST. Louis street.
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1898-09-01

only hobby and he seemed tie enjoy the
chase after them. He was in the field
most sail the time and ever and al
ways had his eyes peeled for offenders
against the law"
THE EXAMINING TRIAL.
Al eleven o'clock this morning the
three prisoners, John Collier, Bob
Finley, and John Ray, were brought
before Justice Darwood for the exam in
ing trial.
Messrs. Falvey aud Davis were at
/, torneys for the defendants and County
Attorney Harvey represented the
state.
The defense asked the court for q
little time and were closeted i q consul
tion with their clients. On returning
to the court room they announced
| themselves ready for trial aud the state
| opened the case by presenting to the
court the dying statement of Diamond
Dick.
The statement was brief but sub
stantially like the story told in sTues-
dsy's.HERALG. One paragraph is, how
ever, worthy of especial note. Dick
| said:
81 say that in my presence they
killed sthe doctor. He surrendered
and they murdered him afterwards,
and after he surrendered. l should
say too, thatsthat man Ray joined that
light after it started ran in there
with a Winchester and helped the
other two boys: the Eight took place
right at the camp"
The defendants in the case made no
objections to the statement and the
court proceeded with the case.
The first witness sworn was John
Collier, who was one of the parties to
the killing. His testimony was in part
as follows:
81 had been out around the country
from the camp and when L went back
there I found Judge Carr, Bob Finley,
and John Ray there. This all occur
ed after we had gone TO Socorro and
got some of our horses out of the pound
where the Mexicans had placed them
When | got to camp ] found