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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
Initiating the Spaniards.

The more we hear of Gen. Otis
and his conduct Of the war in the
Philippines the more it becomes
certain that he is following out the
identical policy which for centuries
made Spanish rule so odious in all
her colonies.
For instance, we are told that
Otis has excluded the Chinese
from the island OF Luzon. The
first intlmation our government
had of this action came not from
Gen. Otis, but from agents of the
Chinese government. If a COVER
nor general appointed from the
United States is SO Independent Of
his W government that he feels
under no responsibility to it for his
acts, and that this government has
to receive its first information
from one which is foreign, then we
have reached that condition in
which there will be re-enacted the
impotent government at Madrid
and the staggering and insolent
governor generals in Havana, San
uan or Manila.
Further than this, it appears up
on the highest authority that Otis
wilfully suppresses the news that
should come to his home people
this in order that they nay be de-
ceived as to his operations. lie is
quoted as declaring his contempt
for the press. But this is not the
worst charge. After deliberately
suppressing the news he goes fur
ther and manufactures bogus tele-
grams out Of those submitted to
him, and cables them to the Unit
ed States. In the worst phase Of
Spanish Weylerism more than this
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
TAKES HIGHER THAN WHEN SPAIN RULED!
An Uncensored Cablegram via Hong Kong
Lays Bare Some Results Of Our Span
ish Policy in the Philippines.

MANILA Via. Hong Kong, Aug. 2S-The censorship in
the Philippines continues unchanged. 1t is political instead
Of military. The only friendly natives I find are those at
Moros. who are still unwilling that we should hold territory
except the single walled town of Jolo. Even the noncor-
batants hate US. In Manila the native feeling is growing
against us every day. Taxes are higher in Manila than they
We're under Spanish rule, and living expenses have doubled.
The native police have been discharged and American, lp-
pointed. whose service is tyranncal and inefficient because
they are ignorant of the language and not familiar with the
perpetrators OF crime.
Information concerning recent losses of the enemy is pure
~ hcarsdy obtained from frightened natives. The desire of
the natives for American rule, officially reported, IS MOI borne
out by the facts. The mayor of Balinag, who was reported
as Il great friend to the Americans is now in prison for delib-
cratcy leading an insurgent attack against our troops at that
point. The mayor of San Pedro Macati is also in prison for
raising money and troops tor the insurgents. All plans to
introduce American rule or secure the CO-operatiOn of ALLEGED
friendly natives have failed completely. JOHN +. Bass.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
Not Greeting Returned Soldiers.

Mckinley is not turning out to
greet any returned soldiers,
although he had assented to an
extensive program on that line,
last spring. But when he COM
menCed to get the returns and dis
covered that nine out Of ten re-
turned volunteers were GUESSING at
administration and everything con-
neCted with it, for the miserable
and brutal failure Of the Philippine
campaign, he concluded it would
be wiser to stay away
Mckinley is having anything
but a happy time. No one is sat
lsfied with the way things are going
in the Philippines. He isn't him
self, but he is proceeding with the
vindictive pertinacity of weak
characters. who lack the moral
courage to right a wrong or admit
a mistake. He is still allowing
CAPTAIN Oberlin M. Carter who
helped steal over a million dollars,
to run at large at the request oil
Senator Plat, of New York,
although a full court of his fellow
officers found him guilty unani.
mously and sentenced him to five
years in the penetentiary. Yet he
can find time to approve the
punishment of a few petty officers
who got away with small sums OF
from $500 to $1,000.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
McKinley's Slave Colony.

Gen. Bates has returned from
the Sulu Islands, where he ju-
diciously distributed S12, 900 Mexi-
can dollars and concluded a
"treaty" with McKinley's "great
and good friend" the sultan of Sulu.
Were not Gen. Bates the direct
representative in this case of
Mckinley, who seems to have
temporarily shelved his peace
commissioners, the American public
might believe that an abiect sur
render of everything of Importance
had been made to this half savage
slave holding, head h i n G,
polygamcus potentate. In ex-
change for the small privilege Of
hosting the Americans flag, it is
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
INGALLS, on the Situation

Between the tyranny Of the trusts
and the d~e>poJism # the labor unions.
the >oc.al and Industrial system OF the
Untted States IS approaching "a crisis
OF extreme gravity. the Consequences
OF which cAnuUt b. accurately fUretUld.
but that are certain 10 be immensely
mUUeutOus. Obviously. matters can
not go on indefinitely as they are al
present. OF course, it is wrong to
wreck cars with dynamite, 70 beat and
wound scaO labor, to cut trolley wires
and destroy corporate property and
subject tn public TO inconvenience.
These are crimes that deserve punish
ment, and if committed by cOmbina.
tions too powerful for the courts, they
should be dealt with by the soldiers of
the republic. But did it ever occur TO
Gov. Bushnell to call on the militia to
suppress the trusts that have for MANY
years lnsO!ent!y dctied the laws Of
Ohio, successfully resisted the man
dates OF It's curtis n Inflicted ire
parable injury TO multituces Of its citi-
Zcn>I If d poor devil Of a striking la
DOrcr resists the law. call out the mill
tary by all can and shoot him down.
But ii a swollen corporation brides the
courts, laughs at justice, Expresses the
Weak and rObs the helpless. let US put
an antitrust plank against trusts in
the platform and ask for contributions.
troops ready TO shoot the rioters at the
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
Union County Convention.

The pOpulists, democrats and silver
republicans Of Pennington county. $.
d., will meet in delegate convention al
Rapid City or Saturday, September 2.
1899, for the purpose Of selecting nine
delegates to attend the union judicial
state convention at Mitchell on Sep
TENDER l4th, and also to place in nom
ination one candidate for county com
missioner for the First commissioner
district of Pennington county. The
basis OF representation will be one del
egatc for every % votes cast for Hon.
Andrew e. Lee for governor in 1893, or
major fraction thereof, 1T is recon-
mended that primaries be held in the
various precincts throughout the coun-
ty OH Tuesday, August %, for the Sc
lection of delegates 10 the county con.
ventiOn. All voters who supported
Hon. w, J. Bryan in 1896 are eligible
to participate in said primaries and to
act as delegates to the county cOnvcn-
tiun. The various precincts are en-
titled to delegate representation as fol-
lows:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01

conceded that the sultan shall re-
ceive the tribute which Spain has
been in the habit OF paying him,
that his petty chiefs shall have
their pay increased, that sucn
cheerful domestic institutions as
slavery, including the capture Of
additional slaves, shall not be dis
turbed and that the holy sacra-
ments Of ploygamy shall lot be in
terfered with. In addition the
sultan is to be allowded to govern
the entire archipelago without any
interference or assistance from the
Americans. Gen. Bates, being a
solder, may be pardoned for thus
overlooking the interests of a horde
OF hungry republican office seek
crs.
The Moros he'd just as soon
fight as eat. The Spaniards never
conquered them, although they
lost thousands of troops in the at
tempt, and a campaign against
them would be as fruitful in results
as an onslaught on a nest of hor-
nets.
{ While tie Mckinley republicans
will have no difficulty explaining
why, the rest of the United States
will be puzzled to discover how
it is that the Sulu savages,-
hardly emerged from a condition
OF plracy,-are to be regarded as
quite capable of managing their
own affairs, while the Filipinos,
who Tor 200 years have had schools
and colleges, among whom litter
aCy is far lower than among the
negro voters of the south, are tC
be considered incapable Of setting
up a government. The fact is, as
has been said repeatedly in these
columns, Aguinaldo's insurgents
are conducting an orderly peace
able government throughout the is.
land of Luzon save in the small.
area, less that one-twentieth of the
whole island, occupied by the
American forces in the Immediate
vicinity of Manila.
Had even a reasonable approach
to some policy of Cancellation
which is now found useful with the
sultan of Sulu been applied te
~Aguinaldo, the Philippine difficulty
would never have begun.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01

The UNION has seen some glitter.
ing samples Of editorial rottenness
from time to time and has a few
filed away for ready reference, but
the Pierre Free Press presents the
prettiest array Of anything to date.
If the fool killer or the insane
commissioner don't get in their
work on the intellectual giant who
disgraces the craft by the publica-
ton Of that sheet The UNION will
miss its guess. From the last
issue of Of the Free Press we quote
the following list of ennobling
phrases and artistic Singing of
English, from less than two
columns Of editorial argument"
which would indicate that the
editor Of that sheet is strictly a
gentleman, christian, patriot, good
citizen and above all, a Mark
Hanna republican:
"Copperhead newspaper trust
Jackass bray-stabbed his bene-
factor in the back-fool-yellow
NANCY dog,-dead nigger-lousy
lndiant-pinhead-rot gut--cor-
uption-whines--scorn- cheap
spanked Observation-Disclosures sheets
s-reek with treason--tthe' trail Of
the serpent, scoppehead. is. over
them Observation-Disclosures
anarchy and revo1ption--populistic
ass--political ITCH a u d { e d
Observation-Disclosures in a lie
crawfsh--peanut politician--gnat
brained-gall-cheap logic.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
RAPID CITY j e city syu Of

alton, on the, main linz OF the Fremont, ELK.
morn & Missouri Valley Railroad. 1t has eight
churches; two miles Of street railway; gas and
~alectric light plants; perfect system Of water
works; second largest w!rEs in the world for
the treatment OF gold ore by the chlOrinatiGrI
process; extensive iron foundry and machine
shops; largest Touring mills in the state; lies
but ~ mics from some of the lafgeSt and rich.
est deposit. OF gold. silver, copper, irvn, mica
and tin III America; extensive steam tile and
pressed brick works; L. s. government Indian
school. land Office and weather signal station;
BROAD sire :ts; mas4lve business blocks; beauti
:ul parks: state school Of mines: two banks;
four newspa pers; at the edge Of the greatest
range stock country In the west shipments iur
1888. 81 100000; on Rapid river. the largest
stream in the Black Hills; county seat OF Pen
uington county.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
The Carter Case.

In the light Of the long list Of
defauiting national bankers TO
whom Mckinley has shown sub
stantial friendship by pardoning
them since he went into Office. the
people are beginning 70 wonder
if MS friendliness is to be the pro-
tecting shield for a government
swindler in the Carter case.
Over eighteen months ago this
man Carter, who had been trusted
by his government and advanced
to a high place in its service, was
found guilty OF having dctrauded
it out Of over 81, 100000. In the
evidence which developed the facts
at his trial il was shown that from
first to last he had plotted with
men for the sole purpose Of rob
bing the government. The yer
dict Of guilty was rc-aflrmed in
every channel through which II
went on its way to the president.
When it reached NJ ,kInlcy the
whole matter was shelvcd. From
that time until now this convicted
thief has edjoycd his liberty. braz-
emily wearing the blue uniform OF
an honorable officer and continues
to draw his pay from the national
treasury on an equality with honest
men now in the service. as we'll as
those who have given up their
lives on the field of duty.
Since Carter's trial humble pr
Yates, without powerful influence,
have been railroadcd through the
meshes Of ~cou1tmartial, punished
and forgotten. Officers Of rank
have been rushed out Of the ser
vice, and everywhere the offender
has been quickly disposed of save
IN the case OF this monumental
swindler, Captain Obcrlin NJ. Car
ter.
What influence causes President
Mckinley to falter and hesitate in
the enforcement Of a Just verdict
against this man? The people
want to know. Why this shield
ing OF a thief and criminal by the
nations chief executive? THE
UNION fully realizes the p%lainness
OF its words, but the case is so
rank and the travesty on justice SO
glazing that plain words are neces-
sary in its discussion.
The case has been with Mckin-
ley for eighteen months. During
all this time Carter has enjoyed
every privilege of an honest man,
while spending the $1,000, 900 sto-
len from the government. The
president and his attorney general
apparently have plenty of time for
junketing trips, but no
time to punish criminals.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01

Let Saturdays county conven-
ton speak plainly for Hon. Ed
mund Smith for member of the
supreme court from the Black
Hills district. A cleaner man can
not be endorsed nor an ADLER one
found. And he's a winner tc
boot.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
Don't Forget That Letter, Burkey

When Congressman Burke goes to
san Francisco to welcome the return
ing volunteers we hope he will not for
get to axe with him that letter re-
ceiyed from AN officer Of the regi-
ment. reciting that 90 per CEN Of the
Boys desired to stay in the Philippines
till all the FiLipinos We're safely start
ed on their way to ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
lion Plain Talk.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01

The UNION is waiting patiently
for some of its patriotic contem-
poraries of the Sulu type to put up
a defense for McK,nley's endorse
ment of a treaty that viii barter
away the honor of the country and
countenarice polygamy, concubin-
age and chattel slavery in order t.
gain American supremacy ove1
a lot of south SEA savae:es. Don
all speak at once.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
Total.

j. I. 1NGERSOL. Chairman OF County
Central Committee, Peoples Party.
G. l.. WOOD, Chairman County Cen
trail Committee, Democratic Party.
ART. w. GIRD, State Committeeman
for Pennington Comfy, Silver Re.
publican party.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01

Just imagine ploygamy, concu.
binage and chattel slavery under
the protecting folds Of old glory!
Itssounds harsh, dear reader, but
fact nevertheless. Where
WilI the thing end if we have four
ye eISiISllilour 81 McKinleyism7
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
as SEEK BY OTHERS


The writer has no faith in the pot
house politicians in charge at Wash
ington and has no favcrs To ask OF any
Of them. Their promises are made to
fit their immediate necessities and
their word is as everlasting as a snow
ball in hell.-RedieId Journal Obser-
yer rep.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
WHAT IS SHILOH?

A grand old Remedy for Cough, Colds and Con.
sumption; used through the world for half O
century, has cured innumsrabkcase of incipieni
consumption and relieved many IN advance
stages: II you are rot sattsfet with he result
and $500.
For sale at Gardner'a Drug Store.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1899-03-03
Reporting Births and Deaths.

J J McRae reporting births
and deaths Swanville
Christ VirntR,Fepofe birth!
and dea1
Dan { OF - Sep ~
s. Births Gin
TW O'Neilf
and deaths Il -.
ii 4 w Swanson rep0lvO1 - =
and deaths Bellevue
4Tbeos Thielen reporting births
and deaths Buh
Jos LInsdale reporting births
and deaths Bellevue
q Il Putney reporting birtha
=. aud deaths ROyaitOn
GINA FOrtler reporting births
and deaths city OF Little
e Ecke, son reporting birth,
and deaths Green Prairie
b Gaboury reporting births
and deaths Ripley
4 Hiscock reporting births
and deaths Randall
james Dobie reporting births
and deaths Pike Greek
~ Jacobson reporting births
and deaths Elm bale
John Vorath reporting births
and deaths Agram
Andrew ewedbeck reporting
births and deaths Elm Dale
.JR snow reporting births
and deaths Parker
HCAnderson reporting births
and deaths Rails Prairie
sc Sears reporting births
aud deaths MOtlay
TEOs Peterson reporting
birth and deaths Clough
Walter jackson reporting
births and death Randall
Anton WeDer reporting births
deaths Two Rivers
Ole PaMlsOn reporting births
Gjod deaf hs Scandal Valley
C w Ecklund reporting births
and deaths Scandal Valley
Anton BerrOn reporting birth
and deaths Two Rivers
A n Buel0w reporting births
and deaths Culdrum
Z Eckerson reporting births
and deaths Green Prairie
James Dobie + porting births
and Deaths Pike reek
A Htscock reporting births
and deaths Randall
TW O'Neill reporting births
and deaths Little Falls
IL jacobson reporting births
and deaths Elm Dale
, d Aasve reporting births and
=, deaths Cushing l..
= d LAppiHg reporting births
and deaths Morrell
Thes, Thielen reporting birthl
and deAths Buh
ID Gab0ury reporting births
and deaths Ripley
8C Anderson reporting birthi
and deaths Rails Prairie
4oo ChAmbefD Y reporting
births and deaths Culdrun
~ NcRdo reporting birthl
aud deaths 6wanytlle
Christ Vernlg reporting birth
and deaths Piers %
AC harton reporting birthl
apd deaths. Two River
AE Estey reporting births
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1899-06-01
OREGON CROPS.
c ,ndinons Prevailing in Various Parts of
the State.

Wet, wet, wet, seems to be the wor,
most used when speaking of weather
though the rainfall the past week ha
not been SO great as people think. TIL,
amount-ranges from l to l.50 inches
with much wind. The heavy rains il
the southern tiers of counties was badl,
need. Notwithstanding the late colo
wet spring the late sown spring grain /,
stooling well. The crop cannot possibly
be as large as average, because the short.
age in the acreage of winter wheat can.
not be made up by large acreage OF
spring sown grain now, as it is too late.
The agricultural report shows that
the fruit propects have not improved.
In Douglas county the prune crop will
not be an average one, but other fruits
appear to be in good condition. In
Josephine and Jackson counties good
fruit prospects prevail and the same can
be said for Coos and Curry counties.
In the Willamette Valley counties the
Italian prunes are practically a failure
other varieties of prunes will be less
than the average. The pear crop will be
short in some localities and nearly
normal in others. The apple crop is now
quite promising The cherry crop will
be nearly an. average, though in places
the cherries have dropped quite ma
te erially. Strawberries are ripenng i'm
the southern counties and are well set in
the northern; other berries are promis-
ing.
The hay crop will be large one and
II the weather will permit it to be prop
erly saved there will be no need of ship
ping hay from Southern Oregon to this
end of the valley.
In regard to hops there never was
finer prospect for general good crop,
though the yards are gradually getting
start of the workmen and some heroic
work will have to be done when the
weather does permit.
Not many hop growers are contracting
their yards, though some old contracts
are yet in force, but it is not likely that
many new ones will be made.
1t is now apparent that the prune
crop will be almost failure though |
there will be a few TO can and preserve, |
there will be none to dry. In the hill
country, south of Salem, where there
was some thought of a crop the long wet !
spell has caused much OF it TO drop, un-
til now but very little remains on the
trees.
The commissioner of horticulture of
the Second district says of Polk county,
after a visit in different parts, that there
would probably be but about 10 per
cent of full crop. He further says that
the trees were recovering.