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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-24

came with the gun, rather large TOT
a fo,ir-inch bore, but the two make
a harmless combination. The piece
is to be set up in the park.
Mrs. Woodward and SON Arthur
of Brooklyn are visiting Mrs. Min
ME Raymond.
DR.. G. l.. Dana of New York has
bought of A. b. Jaquith a piece of
land in the rear of DR.. Hurlbutt's
place. 1t contains about six acres
and runs along the Hilltop farm
road for IS rods.
The new organ for the Christian
church is being set up this week and
may be used at tomorrow's services.
The instrument is 10 feet in height,
I3 feet wide and II feet deep; has
two manuals, 81 stops and 1921
pipes.
b. II. Pinney has sold his house
and lot on South street to the Catho-
lie church society for $500. The
house stands next to the Catholic
church and Father Drouhin will
make it his residence. Mr.. Pinney
gives possession in the fall.
Several members of the local court
of Foresters attended the convention
at Burlington this week.
Judge Charles Field of Athol,
Mass, is a guest at Mrs. George
Chapnan's.
Mrs. f. S. Dana and family of
Brookline, Mass, are expected here
today.
DEATH OF NORMAN WILLIAMS.
Norman Williams of Chicago, Il
native of Woodstock, with whose
business and social life he has al
ways been closely associated, died
at his summer cottage at Little
Bears Head, Hampton Beach, N.
H., Monday afternoon. MIR. viii.
liams went there early IN April suf-
ferlng from Bright's disease, and
death came us result of that NAL
ady. A'wcek before his death he
became unconscious and remalnt d
so until The end. He W; S surround
ed in his last moments by his family
Major-Gensral Wesley Merritt and
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-24

Charles f. Thomas, Jr., "a, OF
Brattleboro, freight brakeman on
the New London Northern railroad,
was killed instantly at Yantic, Ct,
Wednesday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-24
TNl"TSNiILl..

Edgar and Lewis Paikhurst we've
home from Springfield over Sunday.
The Young people OF the village
held picnic at Quechee Gull last
Saturday and from all reports, we
hear that il very pleasant day was
spent.
Mrs F. B. Reed Of Woodstock
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-24
BARNARD.

Mrs + w Richards Of Stamford,
Conn, is visiting her sister, Mrs. G
A lhale
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Green of
Bridgcwater spent Tuesday at " +
Davis.
Mrs. Nelson Chamberlln is recov-
ering from her recent illness.
MIR. and Mrs. L III Wo, d Of Ev-
erett, Mass, are at II a Woods for
IA couple of weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs Gardner BRIDE OF
Rochester have been guests at Chas.
CoX's tor few days.
Michael Reagan has been quite i'll
OF appendicitis, but is now ON the
gain.
b + Fosters family are at Lake
Dunmorc this week.
y large number OF men and teams
are at work upon the permanent
road-in progress at the lower end
OF the village.
y p G U topic: sour Faith in
Poetry and Song" Leader, Mrs. 0
O Adams.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-24
MISSES McCOLLOM.
NOR FIJI pOMFRET.

+ n strawberry social was held at
the church Tuesday evening and
all enjoved good time.
Eta Aldrich is at work for Mrs.
Mark Adams for il week.
Arthur and Perley Leonard are at
home.
The delegates to the & E convcn-
vention are as follows: Arthur =
Roberts, Arthur and Perley Leon
ard, Lula Snow and Eunice Col
burn.
MIR. and Mrs. Clement Whipplc
are at Woodstock keeping house for
H p Clark while Mrs. Clark is at
Massena Springs, New York.
Walter Woods and Howard Bush
way were in Enfield fishing the first
of the week.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-24
Petitions In Bankruptcy.

FeClt101S IN bankruptcy.
The number of petitions in bank
ruptcy under the new law reached
1875 Monday, and the number will
probably be over 200 this week.
The following were entered Mon
day.
X. l.. French of Hartland; liabil-
tiles $7So3; assets $40.
Ira Russell of Hartford; liabili-
ties $127.7o; assets $I6.
Frank B. Chase of St. Albans,
liabilities S.o7. 90; assets $a5.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1899-06-24

Mrs. Fred Fay of the " X I at
tended the G y X cncampmen, az
Montreal
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Mr.. CROKER TALKS.

NEW YORK, Jan. 23.-Richard Croker,
in an interview last night, sad:
"The l6 to 1 question is a dead
issue. This wss proven co~nclusively
by the expression of the will of the
people in 1896, when they elected Mr..
Mckinley president of the United
States. Now tn. Democrats of the
West and other sections of the country
arc trying to foist this dad issue upon
the Democratic party and to make the
old dead cry of So to l. the Demo-
era ic slogan in 1900.
"Why should we carry dead weight
in that campaign? The times of -four
years ago are past. To-day the times
are different and the issues are not
the same.
speaking for this section of the
country, l say that if the IL to 1 ques-
ton is again brought before the peo-
pie there will be felt again through
out the nation the same distrust that
prevailed in 1896. During the fall of
that year, while the campaign was in
progress, " ry man with a dollar of
surplus, whether he was a millionaire
or a w~orkingman, boarded his savings;
in fact, locked them up SO securely
that there was actually no money in
circulation. AS a natural consequence,
the times then became we'll nigh des-
perate. Look back at the winter of
1896, n see what the mere rumor of
silver coinage at the ratio of l6 to
did to this country. You could not
get money in the banks; you could not
raise money on any kind Of security,
and the result was the very hardest
kind of hard times.
1.-The free silver issue is merely a To-
cal ISSUE. In the sections where free
silver will benefit the residents, it is
but natural for them to declare for l6
to l. However, in my opinion, the
money question should be settled by
Congress-.
"But here in New York we must see
to it that the position of our PARTY on
the money question must meet the re-
quirSm,nts, not of any one section,
but of every section of the United
States.
"When, in convention assembled,
the majority Of the delegates demand
a certain standard or a certain reform,
New York will, as she ever has, fall
faithfully in Line without a moment OF
opposition or a murmur of protest.
But the Democratic platform for
1900 has not yet been written"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Notice to Owner Before Tax Deed

TO the Heirs of Ella F. Reed and to
All Whom 1t May Concern:
You are hereby no that on the
2lst day Of November, 1896. the fOl.Ow-
ing piece Of real estate taxed in the
name of ELLA f REED and stu
ated in the county of Pennington
and state Of South Dakota as follows:
the northeast quarter of the northwest
quarter, section 10. township | south,
range 7 east Is. n. M, 40 acres.
was sold for taxes due AMI de-
%linqnent for the year 1895 bv the
treasurer OF said county to Pennington
county and ny said purchaser duly as.
signed to Frank Blair, who is now the
lawful holder of the certificate of pur-
chase: that said taxes due and delln-
quent on said 2lst day of November,
1896, was 1914, with penalty and in
terest 33c, making q total of SIS. 81:
that the penalty and interest on same
at the date of service Of this notice is
81 Al. making total sum necessary to
redeem 1871. together with such IN
terest as may accrue after this date
and the cost Of service of this notice.:
TINT this sum must be paid aud that
the right of redemption will expire
and deed to said land b. issued within
sixty days from the completed service
of this notice.
Dated at Rapid City, S. D., this 9th
day of January, 1899.
FRANK BLAIR.
First publication Jan ID.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27

years later his head was Carried
through the streets of Paris with it's
mouth stuffed full Of grass. Certain
other of the French mobiles used to de-
spise labor as it is despised by certain.
classes in this country today. They
tainted lahoripg men as ''sans culottes"
because they IRE not permitted til re-
tain enough Of the product OF their la
Dor to cover their nakedness. Three
Years later a tannery was set up near
Paris, whe e the skins of those same
mobiles we're tanned to make cln'hes
f"r the naked Can we not profit by
hiStOrY2
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
First publication jan ID.

Notice to Owner Before Tax Decd
Shall Issue.
To John N. Robinson and to all whom
it. mav concern:
You are hereby notified that on the
4;h day of November, 1895, the follow
ing piece OF real estate taxed in the
name of John N. Robinson and situated
in the county Of Pennington and state
OF South Dakota, as follows: the east
half of the northeast quarter, section
81, township | north, range 10 east. 80
acres: and The west half of the north
west quarter, sectiou IS. township |
north, range l3 east B. Il NJ, was sold
for taxes due and DELINQUENT for the
year 1894 bv the treasurer Of said coun.
ty to Pennington county and was by
said purchaser duly assigned to r. F.
4 'binson, whQis uoW the lawful holder
of the certificate Of purchase; that SAID
taxes due and delinquent on said 4th
day of November, 1895, was SIS So
with interest and penalty 81. U6. maxi
ing a total OF 1882; that the penalty
and inte. est on same at the date of ser.
vice O. this notice is So. q. making total
sum necessary to redeem $I9. 80, to-
gether with such ~it.rest as may accure
after this date and the cost OF service
of this notice; that this sum must he
paid and that the right of redemption
will expire and deed to said land be
issued within sixty DAYS from the COM
pleted service of this notice.
Dated at Rapid City, S. o., this 25th
day Of August, 1897.
r. F. Robinson.
First pub'n Jan. g., 1899.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27

or national; but this is an attempt to
enact these u%surpations and u%nspeaka-
Bile tyrannies into law in this new ter
ritory. Nobody ever pretended that
Eugene. Debs used either force, threats
or lntimiualion," AND yet his lawful
and p%eaceable means of defending labor
against absolute serfdom was construed
into force, threats, and intimidation"
and this section seeks to give sanction
to this kind of judicial despotism.
Trusts and combines want every body
else to compete but themselves. They
want American laboring men to COM
pete with the dregs and scum of the
whole world, and they shoot them to
death If they refuse, as they did at Lat
timer, Pa, and Virden, Ill. But I be-
lleve this is the first attempt by con-
gress to put this kind of oppression in
to the forms of law.
We recently saw this house pass the
a~nti-scalper bill which destroys the
last particle of competition the PEG pie
enjoy in passenger rates, and we heard
the frank avowal of the gentlema
from Massachusetts (Mr. Walker), in
which he declared that the time will
soon come when all the raj roads Of the
country will be combined under one
management and the last particle of
competition in transportation charges
will be eliminated. Bat woe into the
luckless laboling mar who dares talk
Of com'instion by which he may retain
enough of the fruits of his ,oil to keep
his family from II long starvation. He
Is a dangerous man, and laws must be
made by congress to put him behind
the bars.
MIR. Speaker, how does it come that
all Legislation must he in the interests
Ut capital and for the oppression and
degradation of labor? What one act OF
Legislation in the interest of labor has
congress passed for the past twenty
Yeas? 1t is true laws have been en-
acted ostensibly ia the" interests of la.
Dor. The antitrust act was such a law
hut the only use to which it has been
put was to break the heads of labor or.
ganizations. Agents Of the trusts have
oeen appointed as attorney generals tc
administer the law, and under it trusts
have hourlshed as never before. The
interstate comm rec law was enacted
~ostenslbly in the interests of labor, hut
under It's provision the railroads find
It still easier to rob. plumber, and dis.
criminate, to the building up of enor-
nous fortunes by their favoriIes and
the destruction of legitimate industry,
while its provisions have been made
the pretcnse for federal judges to inn
prison laboring men without trial who
dared protest against the enslavement
of labor.
More laboring men are killed and
MANNED every sixty days for want OF
safety appliances upon railroads than
were killed by the destruction of the
Maine in Havana harbor. Who viii!
build monuments to these silent vic
inns of Mammon? And yet :he corpor-
alton tools appointed as commlSs ione' s
to administer the Interstate law have
given the railroads two years more in
which to kill and main their employees,
although they have already had six
years in which to equip their rolling
stock with safety appliances, as requir,
ed by law.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
Knowles PLEA FOR LABOR,
Amendment to Alaska Criminal Bill
Shown Up in its True Light.

One OF the most effective speeches
delivered this year in the house of rep
r~esentatlves was M by Hon. Free
man Knowles, of South Dakota, when
the house had under consideration the
bill to define crimes and punish the
same in the territory of Alaska. The
amendment lin question was the
following:
THAT If any person shall, by any use
of force, threats or intimidation, pre-
vent or endeavor to prevent any person
employed by another from continuing
o. performing his work, or from accept
ing ANY new workor employment, or if
any person shall, by the use of like
means. prevent or endeavor to prevent
another from employing any person, or
to compel an 'ther to employ any per-
son, or to force or indu.e another to
after his mode Of carrying on business
or to limit or increase the number of
persons employed by him, or their rate
OF wages or term Of service, such per-
son, upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished by imprisonment in the coun-
~ Jail not less than one month nor
more than six months, or bv fine not
less than twenty nor more than three
hundred dollars"
Mr.. Knowles spoke earnestly in op-
position to this bill and when the
amendment was called up it Was de-.
eate d. Mr.. knowles said:
"Mr. Speaker, l am opposed TO this
section because it seeks to strike d
deathblcw to every labor organization
in Alaska and Incidentally in. this coun-
try. The robber classes have succeeded
In injecting into this bill just What
they would like to see inserted in the
laws OF every state 10 this union. The
trusts and synGicates claim the RICH,
to combine to rob and plumber the peo.
pile at their pleasure, but they propose
to imprison and fine laboring men who
combine for the purpose of retaining
enough OF tie product Of their labor t,
keep their families from starving.
What a fin. thing it would have been
had such a law been in furce in Illinois
recently, where the miners of that state
had the ternerity to resist the importa.
ton Of negro convicts t o take thei,
places in the mines! Under such a Law
Governor Tanner and the entire state
militia would tod ay be behind the bars.
Why. Mr.. Speaker, under this section
men are not even permitted TO induce
their fellow. laborers to demand ius.
tic , o induce employers to deal just
ly by employees, as may be seen by ref
erence 70 line l. page 81. 1t i, tru.
that the section begins by saying
That If any person shall, by any Use
of force, threats, or in%timidatiou," etc,
But any protest or demonstration on
the part OF laboring men may he con
strued into ''force, threats, or intimi.
dation," and has been so construed by
the tools of plutocracy sitting upon the
bench of the federal courts, and the. e
judges have taken it upon themselv, S
to issue i%niInctions forbidding men e
even persuade their co-laborets to oui,
their employment.
OF course such injunctions were pure
usurpations and without the least shad
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27

Mr.. Speaker, labor produces all
wealth. Can you show me IA particle of
wealth hat is not the product of some
MANS toll? And yet, Who has the
wealth of this country today? Is it
found in the hands which produced it?
More that one half lhe wealth. OF the
nation is owned bv $1,000 persons, no,
OF whom ever pr due d a dollar in
his life. Rockefeller has $3.50. OnO, 900.
but pays axe only on 5000, 900, and
when the authorities inquire into his
business he bur S his books. How
does It, come that wealth Producers are
in poverty while drones and parasites
possess the wealth produced by toll? |
will tell you, Mr.. Speaker. Legislation
has dcne this. Legislation has given
the natural of the country
into the hands of mOnopolists, thus cut
ting off labor from its natural field,
making OF it Il poor, miserable, beg.
ging thing, which must both beg and
buy the privilege of. exerting its power,
and making it trespasser upon Gods
earth.
Legislation has given the highways
over into the hands of private corpora
ions. whose agents stand like high.
wayrnen in these roads with the de.
mand to all to ''stand and deliver
All the products of labor must pass
over these roads or their way from
producer to consumer, and these high.
waymen are thus in position to demand
as much of the product of labor as they
choose, limited erly by the desire no,
to kill the goose that lays the golden
egg. And even this they often do in
their greed. Many industries have
been destroyed and labor thrown out ol
employment by excessiy We transportation
charges. 1t was supposed that the in
tcrsta'e commerce commission had
power to say what were fair rates, but
even this poor power has been wiped
out by the tools of corporations sitting
upon the supreme bench. All the
+ stfic will bear" is the only tender
mercy left to labor in the ]transporta.
tion Of its products.
BY Legislation the function OF issuing
money had been abdicated by our gov.
eminent and that function turned over
to the banks, to be controlled by the
money trust as their interests may die.
tate. The power which labor formerly
had to furnish itself with money
through the mines has been destroyed
by law, and labor is thus left to the
tender mercies of the bankers, who,
like the railway companies, take 'all
the traffic will bear"
Under such laws labor is ground be-
tween the upper snd neither millstune.
Cut off from the land, its natural field.
compelled to give The greater share of
its products to get them to market, and
dependent upon the money trust for its
medium Of exchange, its only csource
left is the power of organization to re-
sist oppression. And even this is to be
destroyed by legislotian, as evinced by
section l46 Of This bill.
l beg of you to strike out this Sec
ton. l know you have the power to
pass it, but it does not always pay to
use power absolutely. Labor is . sleep
ing giant. 1t may awake some day and
use its power perhaps not wisely. 1 re.
member a c:rtain French nUbleman
who once declared that grass was good
enough for laboring men to eat. Three
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27
For Sale.
Edwards.

200 head of mixed cattle at ranch
8 miles east of Rapid City. Will sell
-ntire bunch or in lots to suit pur-
chaser. Cheap.
c. J. Horgan,
Rapid City, S. D.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-27

Taken up.-Dark red COW branded y
on right hip and side. Owner call ut
this office and pay 81 charges.
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The eperetta "L4i a.. given IL the -.
~ A. Thursday EVENING, was ~
pheasant affair. 1t sss OF az eutts.5y
fsreHt uai ure than the concerts mat
ave heen given here. sud he Ruaf.nce
,1- highly pleased with its product. II.
The "eat her "a- u"n-usils god, md ne
attendance, though not ST. was not so
large a expected e
About fifteen young Ia took part
ard received " sny compliments on TIE
say 4 hey took their parts. The part Of
"LSilao vas taken by VI - Bert Ia Joy,
sho sang in her usual bee ming manner,
l. will ne repeated at reduced rates on
THURSDAY evening OF his eek, by spec al
request The proceeds, which amounted
on Thursday evening to go, will be used
in church work.
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Plantation No. 3.

Plantation No. 4.
Mi-s Edith Archer has recovered from
her recent itiness, ana is visiting friends
III Ellsworth.
hev. u. W avery neIu preaching SER
vice az the nome of William Sargent sun
day afternoon. Quite a large audience
gathered to enjoy the service. An ap-
ppintment was left for meeting at the
sch o Use in TWO weeks, Feb. 20
Feb. II. A.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-02-15

Bar Harbor.
The house OF Mrs. Andrew Stafford on
West street was badly damaged by fire
Sunday. The upper story with the furni-
ture was completely DESTROYED. The
lower floor was flooded. The cause Of the
lire was defective chimney There Was
no insurance. The loss amounts 10 sbou
800 ON house and 900 ON clothing aud
furniture. "
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1899-02-15

Capt Charles Gray, the mail carrier
Wa aid up last week With the grip.
Andrew Newman, ~ Ellsworth. visited
his sister, Mrs. {. p HAYNES, last week
j. II. @ dry has returned home from
Bangor, where he has been stopping with
his daughter, Mrs. George Il. Dyer
spra u Curtis, OF Surry, i, stopping at
tn p ace Nth nj d 'ughter, Ms John
CJison- Mr.. Curtis is very active for a
ptr~on eig d y-sigh years OF Age.
Feb. Is. PLUTARCH.
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CLOAK DEPARTMENT,

containing about : Ladies Goats, 50 Ladies CaPes,
IS Dress Skirts, 50 Misses Jackets, 90 Childrcn's
Jackets. at practically your own price We make
it point if possible not to carry a garment over
to next season. We have placed nominal price
on every garment to sell il The fur garments we
have must Be 56Td within two weeks