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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
ANTI-ExPANSION IMPLIED,
Orator Has a Double Meaning in His
Speech.

Orator Has n Double Meaning in His
Speech.
Il tell you" said the colored philos-
opher, I'VE gwine ter have trouble
wild dem Philistines, yit-you heah me,
don't. you? Samson couldn't n
EN- 'tWell he tuck de jawbone 'er a
mule en- kilt de last one er 'um! De
only way he could fotch 'um ter day
senses WIZ ter knock de heads off,"
says Atlanta Constitution. "You see.
bein' yit in de gail er bitterness, en- &c
aon's er ianiquity, dey don't on'er-
stan de workin's er dis Merikin guy
ermint. You can't beat OF in dey
heads dat expansion means dat dey
is ter be eXpan'ed lax we expan'ed de
red Inguns-fum one side er de coun-
try ter de yuther! | see whar some er
uIn WIZ run inter de river en- droWnei;
en- rlebbe dey knows, fun dat sample,
mo- bout expansion dan what dey
lowed dey knOWed. H~Oms0meVer. dey
can't on'erstan' how freedom frum
one yoke mean freedom ter put dey
necks in 'n'er one. Dey got de idee
1hSo, uCS "laL uC WOIa
spells. We done toll 'um dat al gov-
ernmint is base on de consent err de
governed, en- dey can't see dat we got
ter git dat consent by shootin' de life
out err 'um! Dey DIES won't on'erstan'
de new ways err dis new country, whar
everybody is free ter pay taxes en- shet
day mouth Wen dey feels lax hol-
lerin'! Dey's a onreginerate people,
en- dey won't on'erstan' dat dey amt
got no right ter hol' on ter what dc
Lord give 'um wen He started 'um
ter h~ousekeepin' three t'ousan' mile
erWay fun u.s."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
Wears His wife.s Laure,s.

London Academy: A remarkable
award was the prize given to M. Henri
de Regnier, a poet, whose chief claim
to respectful attention lies in the fact
that he has married a distinguished
poet, the daughter of the impeccable
sonneteer, M. de Heredia. The prize
may be described as one of collateral
merit. 1t was in reality given to his
wife, who has just published anony-
mously in the Revue des Deux Mondes
a most beautiful poem-'Rencontre
ave- Persephone.' Anonymous work
cannot, even by an academy, be crown
ed, SO M. de Regnier CALAMITY wears
his wife's laurels."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
PLEASURES OF MANILA LIFE.
Sentinels on Duty Must Keep Their Elbs
Open All tho Time.

Sentinels on Duty Must Keep Their Eibs
Open All tho Time.
Letters from the Kansas bows in
Manila declare that the town is full
Of assassins, and that after dark the
sentries must walk their beats with
guns loaded. bayonets fixed, eyes alert.
and every nerve at breaking tension.
They all agree that this sentry duty is
the most trying thing they ever en-
countered in all their lives, and this is
4 feeling that will be understood by
everybody. The one who can unhinch-
ingly walk a beat when he knows that
in every dark place of concealment, be-
hind every tree or shrub there may
Turk a murderer, will never waver be-
fore a daylight line of fire, and when
one Of the Kansas boys m in from
the performance of such a duty he may
rest assured that he has been tried
and not found wanting. Last night"
says Harry selig Of the Lawrence COM
pany, "a South Dakota boy was at
tackled by two natives from behind.
In approaching they declared they
were amigos (frienGs), and he al
lowed them to pass. Fortunately he
happened to look over his shoulder in
time to see a knife d~cscerding; he
made a jump and only received a small
cut instead Of 4 stab that was intended
to kill him. lie Immediately got his
gun into position and just as one Of
the natives was making another plunge
he shot one Of the fellows through the
NECK. killing him instantly, and
knocked the ether ore down with the
butt OF his gun. Between 8 and 5
O'Clock this morning. as | was walking
my beat in front Of the custom-houSa
on the river front, | happened to wheel
around Just in time to catch a fellow
%sneahing uE. to me-these people go
b~arefCoted and you can not hear them
when they Walk-I made him halt and
pull his hand out of his shirt to his
waist, which disclosed a knife. I
marched him to the gu%ardhouse at the
point CT the b%ayOnet; when searched
at the ~guaIdhOuse an ugly looking
knife, eight inches long, was found on
his person. He told the interpreter
this morning that he had intended to
kill NE and set my gun with which to
join the iHsurrectOs. It made me al
most sick when l realized how near l
had come to crossing the great di-
vide. '"-kansas City Star.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
Wow.

When the rich old villain in the tank
play laid his gold at the foot of the
young girl, she wayered for a moment,
partly, of course, because the stage d.
rections told her to waver, and partly,
too, because she was more or less anx-
ious to marry well. But even in that
supreme moment her rare presence Of
mind did not desert her. Where did
you get it," she asked, with a hooking
laugh, recalling that salaries had not
been paid in six weeks. Course you!'
Kissed the h~oary-headed miscreant,
staggering. She thought, now, OF
Gondalfo; brave, strong Gondalfo, who,
when she was shipwrecked, had dashed
her to a spar and held an umbrella over
hervto keep her silk skirt from spot
ting! She would give Gondalfo her
hand, and he would lead her to the
footlights. and they would sing an r.
tsh ballad together!-Detroit Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
STILL SACRIFICING BUFFALOES
How the Tohas OF India Are Dodging u
Government Ban.

40" INC IodtS or India Are DOdEing u
Government Ban.
The TOdaS who live in the vicinity
of Ootacamund have ono great ambi-
ton, and hat is-the slaughter Of bui-
lalocs. THIS slaughter, which is done
annually, says the Indian Daily News,
IS intended for the benefit Of the souls
OF departed ancestors. Formerly each
uead Toda required a couple of buffa-
Ices to be sacrificed for the benefit Of
his soul, but the government has
topped this wholesale slaughter, and
naturally the Toda is dissatisfied. OF
course, he opposed this order in a con-
stltutional way, but the government
declined to yield, and when last month
the season OF sacrifice arrived it took
steps to see that the order was carried
out. Now the order authorizes the
slaughter Of two bu~ffaloes, not Der
man, but per each place Of slaughter.
Accordingly the Todas have increased
the number of places of slaughter, SO
as to let the soul of every dead Todn
nave the customary sacrifice of two
buffaloes. So even the best c~oncocted
plans of the government often mis-
carry. The order has not diminished
the slaughter of %buffaloes, but has
merely increased the number of places
Of slaughter. and thus made what was
bad enough already a good deal worse
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
HER VALENTINE.
The Lady of Franco in Olden limos
Chose Him for One Year.

Chicago G'imes-Herald: For many
years it was the habit of the gay pleas
ure-seekers Of France, men and women,
10 enroll themselves in companies com-
posed OF valentines. Every 14th c;
February they would assemble in the
center of the town. Here, two by two
Ia lady and gentleman riding to-
sether), the! would make the circuit Of
the neighborhood on horseback. The
procession would generally be led by
cupid, Mercy, Loyalty and Chastity,
attended by trumpeters, banner-bear-
ers and a crowd Of persons, young and
old. Usually the procession would re-
turn to the town hall, where, in a
rather s~acrilegious fashion, the Val
entlnes wOrshiped Love in a mass.
Then each pair kissed and went their
separate ways, for each was to
choose a new valentine. The names of
all the gentlemen present, written on
Sips or parchment, were now drawn
by the ladies from a casket. Thus each
lady received a new mate for the COM
ing year. Each gentleman was bound
by laws, which were read aloud to the
whole company, to be faithful to the
lady who had chosen him for a twelve
month, He was to supply her with
MOVERS, to make her stated presents,
TO act as her escort whenever she
wished, to compose songs in her honor,
to fight in her honor, to resent every
insult offered her. If in any respect
he failed he was to be driven from the
society OF the other Valentines. The
code prescribed the manner oil his ex-
communication, the final token of
which was the burning Of a bundle Of
straw On his dOOrsill.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
FAMOUS HUNTER.
9 L-'vAH DUNNlNc CLOSING A
CHARMED CAREER.
One OF the Most Noted Characters OF
tho Great Northern New York Wilder
ness-IIas Dueled with 1O2 +, nthers
"A Remarkable Man.

Alvah Dunning, the most famous OF
Inc North Woods guides, also the old
est at present engaged in the business,
mas been spending several days In
Rome, N. Y, visiting friends and rela-
ives whom he had not seen in many
years. Famous men have followed
MT. Dunning through the forests ana
slreams of the great northern Ne"
York wilderness, and have partaken
OF his hospitality and slept in his cab
IN at Racquette Lake, where this old
nan has been domiciled for siXty-three
years. The SHOWS of eighty-three win
ters have fallen upon him, and he IS
still as hardy as the oak, and he lives
a simple and lonely life.
Around him on the lake shores are
the luxurious cottages of the rich, who
come to the woods from the city in
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
DEATH IN POLITICS.
AWFUL MORTALITY RECORD
IN PHILADELPHIA.
More Deaths Than In War-Water An
populations Withheld in the Hope
That CITY May Sell the Works-Bad
State OF Afaira.

Three hundred and seventy-one per-
sons have died in Philadelphia Of ty-
phoid fever since Jan. 1, 1899. The
shadow. of murder hangs over their
deaths, which can be laid to corporate
greed and political corruption, says a
dispatch from that city. These enc
mics of civilization and Of American
institutions have poisoned Philade!-
phia's water supply. Heretofore 1t
was supposed that only savages pois-
oned an enemy's wells. Philadelphia's
fight against her two enemies is for
life; for the lives of the young and
Of those who would easily succumb 70
disease. So Philadelphia sympathetic
ally watches New York's struggle for
clean streets and for a fine, wide thor
oughfare that corporations and poll
ticians would convert into deaths
crossing. Here are the new, the real
facts concerning this epidemic Of ty-
phoid, which is the greatest crime be-
cause the commonest honesty would
have prevented it's occurrence: 1t was
not wholly because Of factional poll
tics or to prevent the present admin
istration from spending money that
the ordinance appropriating SO, 700, 900
for the improvement of the water sup
ply was held up or that the council
refused appropriations to the bureau
OF water in the hope that the water
supply would become so contaminated
that the citizens, as the only relief,
would demand the sale or lease of the
water works. which the city owns, to
one or other of the corporations which
have been moving heaven and earth
to grab them. That hope has been
partly realized. Some of the results
are: Three hundred and se%venty-one
persons have died of typhoid fever
since Jan. 1, 1899, and the most, con-
sentative physicians declare that 95
per cent Of the deaths were due to
the pollution of the water supply.
Such a death rate from typhoid was
unknown in this city or in any other
that pretends to care for her peoples
health. Since Jan. 1, 1899, 1922 cases
OF typhoid have been reported to the
board of health. Forty-two more per-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
Van Dyok Tercentenarv.

In connection with the Van Dyck
tercentenary, which is to be celebrated
at Antwerp in August next, n mil
lion special postage stamps will be is
sued, which will bear a portrait Of the
great painter from a drawing by Ge-
rard P%ostielJe. In the program Of the
fetes, drawn up by the committee ap-
pointed for the purpose, is included an
historical procession representing the
development of art from the earliest
known time; to the days Of Rubens.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
Pneumatic Tires on Cabs.

The tires on the New York electric
cabs are quite formidable affairs. They
are nearly three-quarters Of an inch
thick and are five inches in diameter.
They are tested up to a pressure ex-
ceeding that used in an ordinary loco.
motive boiler. In practice sixty pounds
to the square inch Floats" as it is
termed, the cab. The tire of eacn
wheel costs thirty dollars.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
The Hammer.

A custom peculiar to Buddhists is
that OF wandering about the country
with hammer and chisel and carving
holy symbols upon rocks by the way
side. In this country the mar with a
hammer carves his way by E2holy
knocking after rocks.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14

summer and bring their fashions with
them. Though he mingles with these
people, Uncle Alvah is uncontaminated
by the habits of civilization.
Alvah Cunning is the picture OF
health, carrying his years we'll, and
his eyes have a merry twinkle, their
vision still being too good for the use
Of glasses. When but ten years old he
went into the woods with a party Of
four hunters to carry birds for them,
and ever since that time his life has
been mostly spent in hunting and trap
ping, and for the past seventy years he
has acted as guide. The last person Of
prominence he guided through the
woods was former Gov. Black, while
the latter was on his fishing trip last
summer.
Dunning is personally acquainted
with all the noted guides, and has
trapped and hunted with Guides Wood,
Dunakin, stormer and Shepard. In
eight years he killed 1902 panthers; but
now they are extinct. he having killed
the last one seen in the woods at Lake
Emmonds, neal Blue Mountain Lake,
about eight years ago. There were
three kittens" in a tree, and he and
the party he was guiding brought them
down in one. two, three order. They
were about eight months old, and
weighed about forty-ive pounds each.
The day after killing the young ones
Mr.. Dunning found and killed the
mother panther, and this is said to
have been the last one.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
Life OF Indians.

Recent observations among Indians
show that in South America, as well
as in. North America, the red woman
lives longer than the red man. But
the average duration of life is only II
years for both sexes in the south, and
% per cent of the Indians die during
the first year of life.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
Gracefully Submitted.

New York Tribune: NJ. Ernest Lee
gouye, the senior member of the French.
Academy, has just received by vote Of
his fellow-members the $4,000 prize Of
the q Reynaud Foundation. He
wished himself to give 1t to the author
III sss.Cyrano de Bergerac," but submit
ted with q good grace to the choice
baEed on nis works concerning educa-
ticn and family life.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
High-Priced Doctor.

DR.. Willis, the medical attendant Of
King George III. of England, was
called to Lisbon to attend the queen
of Portugal for a mental disorder. He
got ISL $1,000 a month, travelling expenses
and board for himself and suite and
upon restoring the queen received
$780, 600 in addition to the monthly
stipulation.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
Twelve Thousand Letters a Minute.

Uncle Sam has the greatest postoffice
in the world. Every minute, day and
night, during the entire year, II, 900
letters and packages are dropped into
the mails. The average American
sends more pieces of mail and receives
more than the average inhabitant of
any other country on earth. In 1897
the number of pieces of matter Of all
kinds mailed in this country was
about II, 900, 900 for every day in the
year.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14
A Country of Poets.

n country OF FOetB.
Chile is said to have more poets, in
proportion to population, than any
country in the world.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-04-14

Falsehood is cowardice.-Ballou.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-20
vIRCHOws OPINION OF Us.
German Liberal Leader Thinks We Hav,
Been Led Astray.

Berlin, May 2a.-The Independence
Beige publishes an interview with Pro-
fessor Rudolph Virchow, the leader of
German liberalism, On the subject of
the peace conference, in the course of
which he is represented as having said:
disarmament is in the air. Sooner or
later it will be realized by all nations
under the law of development. The
programme of Emperor Nicholas is COM
prehensive and complicated. but the fact
that the powers accepted his call is sig
nificant enough. One factor in the stu
alton is the weakness of public opinion.
Nations are led astray by a deceptive
idea of glory and honor.
The United States have lately offer
ed a pitiable example of that A civil
lied land has been plunged into war
by the criminal agitation of brainless
demagogues and the incapacity of rul-
ers. The United States have sinned
against humanity and civilization. Let
us hope that the Americans have at
last recovered from their bout of in
toxication, and will redeem the errors
of their country. All this is an illus
tration of the difficulties confronting
the conference, but it will not matter
if success is finally attained"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-20
ABBREVIATED KILOGRAMS.

Major John A. Logan has resigned
from the army.
Admiral Dewey sails from Manila for
Hong Kong today.
Russell Sage has given $4,000 to the
New York Women's hospital.
OF the "a. 900, coo people in South Amer
lea it is stated that SO,O0O.O0O have
never seen Bible.
Slaughter houses where dogs are pre-
pared for human consumption exist in
various towns in Germany.
The Illinois factory of the American
Glue company, of Chicago, was dam
aged to the amount of 1000 by fire
The discovery has been made that
10000 600 silver dollars stored in the
Philadelphia vaults have rusted from
a leak.
DR.. Esmond. member of posse seek
ing Bill Watson, notorious horse
thief, was shot and killed by the latter
northwest of Shawnee, o. T.
The pope has expressed his approval
of the anti-expansion speech made by
Bishop j. L. Spalding, of Peoria, at the
Chicago mass meeting April 80.
The government has officially recog-
nized the Mormon religion by appoint
ing Elias Kimball, a Mormon. chaplain
of the Second corps of engineers.
Immense coal fields have been discov-
cred in Zululand, the seams being up
to forty-five feet in thickness and of
good quality for locomotives and other
purposes.
While engaged in play about the door
yard at his home in Edison Park tChi-
cage suburb) John w. Rigby, thirty
months old, fell into an open cistern
and was drowned.
Wilbur c. Hart and Mrs. Elizabeth
Hart, well-known residents of James,
vile Wis. avoided the five days publi-
cation required by the True marriage
law by getting married in Chicago.
Charles w. Briggs. of Rochester. n.
Y, died Thursday, aged "A. He was ex-
mayor of Rochester and founder or
Briggs Brothers & Co.. one of the larg-
est seed firms in the United States.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-20
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Grain and Produce.

| Chicago, May 10.
Following were the quotations on the
Board of Trade today:
Wheat Open. High. Low; Close
s saIS =: 3 g ~ :7 7s3. 7 7s
May ......... .s24 .a2H .a2k .s29!
S Suly az $s1a 20 $aA '$ $Si '$ $$a:
May ......... .25K Fly p. q, ~
S SeIy ,2 p .2 2ih 2 2S% 81
Pork
july july -: 49,. $50 sa5 s.i7% s sa
September -. S.S71a s.421A s.S2h $40
Lard
5sIs " IS Is s Is 5 sls 5 81
Short Ribs
July July ::::::::: 40 40 i.i2& l.s7ii i.ssH
September -. 4.s21A Ass 4.S2h ass
Produce: Butter = Extra creamer"
les, Ice per 10; extra dairies lac;
Fresh stock, 11kc per dozen: Live
Poultry-Turkeys, 1Oc per ID: chickens.
1o91o1sc; ducks, 5971hc; geese. s3.5o9
choice. 27@42c per blu. Sweet Potatoes
Illinois, S2.5062.75 per Dbl. Apples
Common to fancy. s4.OO95.5o per Dbl.
Chicago Live Stock.
chicago, May ~.
Hogs-Estimated receipts for the day.
$4,000; market active and feeling firm
err; prices, 2h@5c higher; sales ranged
at S3.30@3S0 for pigs, SS.1ON3.92k for
light, $3.60@3.15 for rough packing, 90
@3.95 for mixed, and $3.SGM4.00 for heavy
packing and shipping lots. Cattle-Es-
timated receipts for the day, $500 quail
ity rather good; market rather active;
feeling strong; quotations ranged at
$5.30p565 choice to extra steers, $4.759
$40 good to choice do, $4.4064.15 for
fair to good, $4.I0G45O common to me-
dunn do, S4.00G4.30 butchers steers.
$4-25G530 fed western steers. S3.S0G5-OO
feeding steers, S2.10Q425 cows. $4,000
500 heifers, s2.70M4.20 bulls and oxen.
S3.7544.50 stays. S3.70@4.90 Texas steers,
and $4.00d6.50 veal calves. Sheep and
5000: market quite active; feeling
steady: quotations ranged at $4.G095-50
westerns, SO. 75@5.35 natives, and S5.cOQ
CTS lambs.
Milwaukee Grain.
Milwaukee May 10.
Wheat-Firmer: No. 1 northern. 754
15hc: No. northern. 1916,
Local Market.
Corn-35037c.
OatS-291r30c
Bay-Timothy. -; wild, t1.50Ub-
Straw-s45Ofs5.
POtatOeS-5Oc.
Butter-Choice to fair, 15c; fresh creamery, |
lsc.
Chickens-Spring, per pound.
DuCks-7c per pound
Turkeys-Llve. 10c per pound.
CatiIeNButehers pay for corn fed steers. |
'tzei5c;- cows and heifers 5h@4c; calves,
roc.
-sy4GsHc.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-20
pANA MINE TROUBLE SETTLED.
Coal Operators Surrender Entirely to ths
United Mine Workers

Snftt0 Mine " OrkerS.
Pana. Ills, May 20.-As the result of
a meeting of coal mine operators, the
state board of arbitration and the
United Mine Workers officials an agree
ment was arrived at late yesterday
afternoon which will settle the long
struggle between the union miners and
the operators. The complete settle
ment, by the agreement which was sign
ed by all the members of both factions.
gives the union organization recogni-
ton and decides that all negroes shall
leave the city and only union men be
employed.
National President Mitchell said last
night that all was arranged satisfac-
torily to both factions. and this was
affirmed by both Secretary-Treasurer
w p. Ryan. of the state United
Mine Workers, and Banker H n.
Schuyler, who is the controlling power
with the operators.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-20

Arnold's Bromo Celery cures head
aches; 10, 25 and so cents. Reiss'
drug store,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-05-20
NO CORPSE IN THE GRAVE.
Indicating That Its Supposed Occupant
Is Working an Insurance Fraud.

Fort Scott, Kan, May 2O.-The state
authorities here were Thursday notified
by the Texas officers that the grave in
which Thomas O'Toole, a Fort Scott
man who was reported to have died in
Texas last month. was supposed to have
been buried, had been opened and that
it had been found to contain nothing
but stones wrapped in a blanket.
O'Toole carried IS, 1G0 life insurance in
the Modern Woodmen, the Royal Neigh
bors and the Woodmen of the World. A
warrant charging attempted fraud has
been sworn out for O'Toole's arrest.
He was a patent medicine manufac-
turer. His whereabouts are unknown.
His wife and two children left here
Thursday night and have not been
heard from. Several weeks ago Mrs.
O'Toole returned from Texas, an
nounced that her husband had died
from smallpox while they were sojourn-
ing near the Mexican border, and at
tempted to collect the insurance. III
surance officials then began an investi-
gatOin of the case.