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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
Where Is John Kelly?

Where is John Kelly, who
went from Passport, Maine, in
March, 1889? He was at Om-
aha, Neb., that spring, at Lin
coin, Neb., April II, 1889, at
Sturgis, S. D May 81 and at
Hermosa, S. d., July Is, 1889.
John Kelly was born at East
port, Me-, July 81, 1843, and
at this time would be nearly
Sc years old; was about S #.
8 in. tall and weighed 22O lbs.
There is nc charge against
this man, but we desire to To-
cate him if alive or learn posi-
lively as to time and place of
death if dead.
Any information will be APP
preciated and, if valuable, will
literally paid for. We desire
to open communication with
him at the earliest possible
moment. Send information to
FREDERICK L. ODL1N, State
Detective, Lewiston, Maine.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
Ayers Threat.

While celebrating the annivers-
ary of the martyred Lincoln las,
week Secretary Of War Alger, i'll
referring to the mastering out OF
the volunteers and the increase in
the standing army, used these
words:
Gone hundred and twenty-five
thousand now remain and we hope
that soon we shall have al army
bill such as is fitted for this mighty
nation, and that we can relieve
these volunteers and put men in
their places willing to serve as
soldiers. If this is denied us !
want to pledge you ;hst the men
in the field, though their time may
be up, will never be reieased.'
The volunteer army, part of
which still remains in the service,
enlisted for the war against Spain.
That war has been successfully
fought out and is at an end.
There is not a man in the army
who enlisted to fight a foe other
than the Spanish, though they are
today crushing the Filipinos, who
eight months ago were our allies.
Alger is for an increase in the
standing army of the Countrywide
adoption of a policy chung to only
by monarchies. So is every other
plu,ocrat and every corporation in
the nation. Voicing the senti-
ments of these interests Secretary
Alger stands up and plainly says
that if this army increase measure
Is denied them that "the men in
the field, though their time may
be up, will never be released In
other words, Give the admins
tration its way or your sons will BE
kept in the service" No matter
what the people may desire in the
matter, Alger and the corporation
interests he represents are in the
saddle and "the people be damn
ed"
How do the mothers and fathers
whose sons responded to their
country's call like the attitude Of
this "%patriotic" secretary of wal
and the administration which is
backing him2
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24

Gov. Lee has never posed as an
attorney, but tive minutes persual
of our legislative report will show
how ably and effectually he runc.
tured the cases which the repub-
llcan attorney general cited as a
shield for Phillips and his interest
steal. South Dakota's governor
has proved himself a match for
the shrewdest moves yet put up by
the republicans to floor him, and
he proposes to maintain his record
in this respect.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
As to Business Ability,

AS soon as the silver legislature
of 1897 had closed it's labors every
little republican sheet and Han
nacratic stumper in South Dako-
ia set up a howl over the ''lack OF
business ability shown by the
pops" The cry was sent to the
four winds and was rehashed ia
in the campaign last fall until the
criers we're hoarse and exhausted
in the efforts to rid the state of this
''lack Of business ability" lust
put the state government in the
hands Of the republicans and
things would fairly hum. They
would show the ignorant common
herd how to run the thing on a
business basis.
Well, they captured the legis-
iature and all of the state officials
except the governor. The present
Legislature has but a very few days
eft--and what has it done?
Think the matter over candidly
and fairly-what has this legisla-
ture done? A comparison of its
record with that of the ''lack of
business aollity' shown two years
ago is fatal. II has spent sixty
days in jangling. 1t has passed
appropriation bills enough to
swamp a state of four times the
age of South Dakota, but, thanks
to a level headed silver governor,
they can't all become effective.
Every measure of practical worth
to the people that has been passed
by the present legislature has been
favored and supported by the fu-
sion members. Republicans have
spent a great deal Of time in lang
ling among themselves and trying
TO walk owe the governor. That
may be cuisines ability" from
the standpoint of republicanism
but THE UNION believes this state
is better off without it. Taking
the record of the present legisla-
as a criterion, the less said BY
the republican papers and stump.
ers about the ''lack of business
ability shown by the pop legis-
Of 1897 the better it will be
for them.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24

We have already slaughtered
several thousand Filipinos who
were fighting for their independ-
ence. 1t is time some of the
European nations were adopting
the American plan and interfer-
ing son behalf of humanity"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24

Chicago fed and sheltered near
ly $1,000 destitute men, women and
children during the intense cold
two weeks ago. But if you dom,
believe the people are in good con.
dition just consult Dun, Bradstree,
or Henry Clews!
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
RAPID CITY ): $500 3 '' p5p Of

lation. on the. main line OF the Fremont, Elk
horn & Missouri Valley Railroad. II mas ''rilt
churches; two mics OF street r'''"AE' gas an"
+, ectric light plants; perfect System u M'''''
,r,.s. ~,c,na l,rcrst W rk> in the world for
III. Treatment OF gnld orc by the chloriiiatiUl'
proc.s>: extensive irin foundry ana nihchille
Shops: largest Touring mis- II! l'e state; lie"
but IL miles from some OF the largest ana rir''
Al deposits OF geld. silver copper, iron, m'c'
a q tin III Americas; extensive steam Tile ;ti'f
T. sSed brick works; L. :, government lndiah
school. hand Office aud weather SlH'ial Stiti"h'
rou1 $, ITS: m ,sslvc business blocks; behutl-
IN, parks; state school OF mines; two bt, Ks:
lour neyspa pers: at the edge OF the greatest
rn,lve stock country III the west shipments for
1899, 81 ,OOO, OOO); on Rapid river. the largest
stream In the Black Hills; county seat Of Pen.
ninGtOn county.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24
Washington's Birthday Anniversary

Wednesday last was observed
throughout the country as the an
nrversary of the birth Of George
Washington-.'hrst in war, first in
peace and first in the hearts OF his
Old Glory Aoated
from a thousand school houses
and orators dwelt upon the viz
tues, the mission and glorious
achievements Of the man who
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24

Back in New York City during
the cold snap of two weeks ago Co..
900 destitute people were compell-
ed to depend on public charity to
escape death from cold and hunger.
And this after two years of McKin
ley "prosperty!'
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24

patch! "The mission of our great
country continus this sanctimon-
ious brother. "Dewey and the
land troops under Otis are teach
ng the Filipinos a terrible lesson"
6 { es on the dispatches from Manila!
"War is the instrument through
which the blessings of civilization
shall be sown" repeats my good
brother! "Peace on earth, good
will to men" rings down the ages
from that evcntful night at Beth
lehem, when the saviour I man
kind was born!
But why continue? We are in
the midst Of a period of conquest;
a wealth-crazy period; we have
hidden behind humanity's guise
while beating them into subsection
a people who love independence
enough to fight for it. And while
carrying on this unholy war we eel
citrate the anniversary~of the father
of cur country, losing sight of the
rank Inconsistency of our acts.
These thoughts suggested by the
22d Of February, 1899.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-02-24

MILLIONS OF voices lOlDeQ IN one
grand chorus and the strains of
"My country It's of thee, sweet
land of liberty,' We're heard on
every side. The personal integ-
rlty, the unselfish devotion and the
untlrlng aggressiveness of Wash
ington was held aloft to the people
as a life to he patterned after.
And why this celebration?
What was the foundation of Wash
inston's greatness? Simply this:
He successfully battled against
foreign tyranny, freed his country
men and gained for them indie
pendence absolute and uncondi-
tional. He warned his country
men against entangling alliances
with foreign powers. Those were
the foundation stones to the great
ness of George Washington, and
The UNION joins in paying rever-
ent tribute to the memory of this
great
Washington and the heroic
thousands which followed in his
lead fought for independence, and
for a hundred years the flag first
raised and supported by the sturdy
continentals of the old days has
been an emblem of independence,
Of freedom and Of the blessings
which can only come through the
perpetuation of these principles.
Bat we have thrown the Washing
ton idea overheard. The flag is
no longer an emblem of the prin-
ciples enumerated above. While
we are singing "My country it's of
thee, sweet land of liberty and
paying tribute to the great apostle
Of freedom and independence, our
military and naval forces, under
the flag first raised in the days OF
1915, are engaged in Strengthening
and whipping into submission
eleven millions of people in a far
off cline who are fighting to obtain
the 81 NE priceless boon coveted
and gained by the immortal Wash
lngton-liberty and independence
The Filipinos love independence,
enough to fight for it, and that is
their only crime. Eight months
ago they welcomed Americans as
brothers, and joined hands in for
ever crushing Spanish tyranny in
the far east. This was accomp-
lished, and now the hand which
aided them is turned to crush them
into submission. Yet in the midst
of this we celebrate the anniversary
of the birth of the one who was
instrumental in establishing the
very principle which we are now
engaged in taking from the Fill
ipinos. To THE UNION, this cell
ebration IS a conglomeration of in
consistency, to say the least.
Perchance this may fall under
the eye of some sanctimonious
reader who has prated about 'sthe
mission of our great country that
"the God of nations has willed
that ours shall be the one to carry
the blessings of civilization to all
the earth;" that this same "God
of nations has willed that war
should be the instrument with
which these blessings shall be
sown' ETC., etc. THE UNION has
heard just such expressions as
these.
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-22
FREAK COLONY OF OLD BACHEL-
ORS

San Francisco correspondence of Gin
cinnatl Enquirer: Out on the California
Bay a settlement of bachelors has been
discovered where no women are allowed
and where the men do their own button
sewing and cooking and are happy. In
fact, ONE are very seldom allowed tb
land at this haven of rest for sWomen
haters, and the majority of them shy that
they want no women in the neighbor-
hood: they are doing quite we'll as things
are, they say.
1t is only by diplomacy that a woman
can get into this kingdom of bachelors.
and usually some one is on guard at the
wharf to prevent the landing of any be-
ing wearing skirts.
About 100 men who hold decided views
in regard to marriages., that is, 400 men
who do not want to get married, call this
place home. California City is the name
of this unique settlement, and for 80 years
it has been a refuge for bachelors from
all parts of the world. Matrimony is
about the worst crime a man can commit
in California City. and results in his losing
caste and occupation, too. The men who
own the big fish warehouse at California
City employ only unmarried men, and
for a man to take upon himself the obli-
cations of matrimOny is equivalent te
handing in his resignation. G. w. Gro
we'll is dubbed the mythical mayor of the
city, and he is a confirmed bachelor. 1t
was this community that a female
woman decided to invade last week.
Our little boat rocked into Bachelors
Harbor on Wednesday at high tide.
The little White city of mateless men
is not very imposing, the buildings are
small and whitewashed. and into these
scampered several men. They watched
us until we turned to port. then. timid
and tactful scattered everywhere. But
there wasaone who stood his ground, and
that one was Alone Bates. He stood on
the wharf regarding us with a cynical
smile. His white. neglected beard. which
runs riot over his weather. beaten face,
told more plainly than registered oaths
that a bachelor he had lived and a bach
elor he would die. He raised a shaking
finger and piped out in his unmistakable
Vermont tone: -
""Ye be mt allowed to land here"
This was an unexpected greeting, which
the artist ignored by remarking: "They
are having a big time in the city today
celebrating the Fourth and Dewey"
Oh, lucky speech that opened the aven-
ues of his pride of nativity!
I'm right proud of Dewey he drawled
out: The is a Nermonter. too"
The rest was easy. l was furnishing of
thirst. Gould | lave a drink of water.
II reckon you'd rather have milk,
wouldn't you""
l nodded.
"Then tie your boat and come along"
Mr.. Bates is long. spare of build and
slow Of speech. He kept his eye Upon tie
ground until l asked:
why did you never marry?'
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calculated to make the trip from Morse
land and back in half a day. And I, fol-
lowing up his conclusions, decided that 1t
could be lone in less. | did not think it
material to start from an extremely
northern point, as the distance from
Pennine Alps to Norway is very small
when viewed in mid-air. 1t can be sailed
in half an hour. I do not want to be pre-
sumptuOus, but l desire to record that l
have twice made the trip and have as
cended so close to the mainland of Nor
way that King Oscars palace in the city
of Christiana has been plainly visible.
On this day I had quietly resolved to
sail directly north until my astronomical
instruments should register the point at
which there is, as the geographers say,
neither latitude nor longitude" and then
to as quickly return, leaving all further
observations until / could maxi another
journey to the pole with assistants and
cameras.
The day was clear, with a slightly up
ward current Of wind coming from the
west and blowing toward the north at a
not very rapid rate, though there was a
tendency toward a south wind which /
did not like. 1t Intercepted the west wind
and created a whirlwind about a thou
sand feet above the earth in a way that
might throw me out of my course. Blu l
resolved to go on just the same, trusting
to my skill to steer my balloon and get
above the intercepting currents.
With my balloon fully inflated and
packed, if l may use the expression, with
wine enough to last three days, I ordered
my assistants to await the signal, then
cut the ropes and let me ascenr. Contrary
to my usual methods l carried a great
deal of ballast, for l wanted to descend
if l found the situation very pleasant at
the pole and ballast might be necessary
in rising again. My theory has ever been
that it is a place without heat or cold, an
open polar sea of equable climate. What
more tempting than to descend, alight
and remain an hour! -
So l ordered IN extra quantity OF bal
last, and, thus prepared for high rapid
flight, l entered my car, gave the signal,
and up l went.
Though l have made thousands of as
cents l never remember to have started
upward with the velocity of his one. 1t
was positively bewildering. If I had
been propelled from the mouth of a can
non pointed directly up into the air
could not have shot upward with half the
speed or directness. In an instant l knew
the truth. l had m~iscalculated the dis
lance at which the westerly and souther-
ly currents intercepted each other and
had voluntarily launched myself in a
whirlpool. Never mind! AS long as the
Ourrent bore me directly up all would be
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-07-22
Q 1t Feels to Fall
Ten Thousand Feet
A GRAPHIC ACCOUNT OF THE FEARFUL EXPERIENCE OF AN APOSTLE
OF THE AIR.

we'll. But how high would 1t carry me?
On and on! Up and up l went! 1t was
alarming though delightful. SO rapid
was my pace that the balloon could scarce
keep pace with the car dangling UNDER
meath. The light little vehicle danced at
its ropes as though it were a pleasure
craft at it's moorings upon the Bay of
Venice.
Once or twice I felt the car suddenly
shift as though it We're in a swirling cur
rent and We're about to wheel rapidly
around. But no. it always righted itself.
It's ropes, twisted for the moment, would
, straighten and a little tug at the basket
would tell me that I was again being
drawn along by the balloon.
But all of a sudden something strange
happened. A great gust heaving upward,
like a distressed wind, struck the bottom
of my basket and I felt it shake; and
then, l do not expect to be believed, but
the basket shot upward and touched the
balloon itself. Its ropes doubled up. it's
wires bent. all its elaborate lacing seemed
to relax, and, as sure as I live, l could
have grasped the balloon with my hand.
1t was only for a moment, then the
ropes relaxed and the basket dropped and
we went sailing upward.
remember measuring the wind then
and taking my chart. The figures now
show that l must have been at that mo-
nlcnC exactly ten thousand Ieel ABOVE the
level of the sea. While 1 was setting down
the figures and congratulating myself
that we were now in a smooth sea of air,
a strange thing happened, a wonderful
thing. Up, as l was. above the reach of
the cloud mists, there came a great loud
report. like a peal Of thunder.
glanced upward, the sky was smiling.
the great sun standing sentinel over a
pleasant day. The thunder came again,
thiS fiy,n-n 1noo rn11i1,p Vrnporf lilo n
rumbling from Heaven. AT the same time
1 noticed that we We're sinking.
In an instant the truth became clear to
me. The balloon had burst and we We're
falling to the earth. I say we. because
the entire car becomes human to a ball
loonist. like a locomotive to it's driver; or,
to be more commonplace, a bicycle to it's
rider.
l looked down. i~nvoluntarily. which was
a foolish thing to do. We We're descend
ing rapidly; so rapidly, in fact, that as l
looked I saw a talltower come in sight,
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Then he was visibly agitated and NUT

Then he was visibly agitated and mutt
, tered disdainfully:
"Wimmin's tarnal FOOLS"
But did you never find one who
wasn't?'
Men are tarnal fools, too
"Oh, are they? When?"
When they talk to wimmin.'
And this is what the old bachelor thinks
"a bachelor who has saved $50, 900 by
rigid economy. n matrimony has not
troubled him for many a year. He saves
his money and patches his clothes while
they are new to keep them from wearing
out.
But there are others.
J. G. Caswell is not one Of the miserly
kind. He is a spendthrift bachelor. He
is one of the Caswells of Rhode Island
boatbuilding fame, and for the past %
years has built the dories and repaired
the boats at California City.
why don't l marry? Cause no one
would have me. 1 guess. There are no
Mrs. Caudles over here, and 1 guess we
would make 'em mighty sorry if they
came nosing around now"
And Pietro Piaggi, the bachelor cook,
sald: When l get a fortune l am going
back to the Alps-to my home in Swift
zerland-and if the girl waits for me-,
then, pel'haps-but who knows?'
AS for the mythical mayor: mo, I'll
never marry. You see. all of the ladies
are so attractive that 1 can't make a
CHOICE. l wouldn't wen object to pay a
bachelorS fine II the proceeds would go
toward founding an old maids home. We
are all right without the ministering an
gels and sewing circle small talk. We
have three good meals per day and
peace"
Oh. happy community!
And why do you employ only unmar-
ried menu" l asked Mr.. Hough. who is
one ~ tho hon,n1n~ uvvAr ~ tI, al.
warehouse.
He winked slyly and said:
Because they wan to be hired"
But don't the benedicts ever apply?"
Hardly ever, but
"But?'
Mr.. Hough thought a moment. looked
wise and replied:
You know. a man who is unmarried
has no responsibilities. and he is con-
tented to stay with his work. and"
"And?" s
We'll, most of them are Seafaring men,
and haven't domestic inclina TONS
lis that your only reason
Now hear. o bachelor maids: this is
what he said:
IF we had women over here all har-
mony would be destroyed: the men would
become dissatisfied and-well-it would
not do: we have had men who have been
married. but-they were widowers when
they came to us"
And are contented?
Just go over and see."
And l found them perfectly happy.
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Vienna. July ct was the last day of
June. Shall 1 ever forget that day!
An aeronaut reads time by ascensions.
not by the calendar. To me it was earlier.
for. by a strange list of fatalities. l had
not made an ascent this year. Once.
when was about to ascend, a hurricane
struck the mountain on which I stood:
again the Alps were buried in fog; three
separate times my assistants failed me
and l could not get gas generated: and so
the spring passed away until June. when
all things pointed to a successful sail.
I use the wore sail in preference to
flight. for in time the air ship will sail
the air as a water ship now sails the
ocean. 1t is a word we should become ac-
customed to.
My balloon on that day was my silk
bag, which is the largest of the three
balloons I possess. 1t is very light ana
very strong. 1t is covered outside with
a coating of varnish. laid on many times
n recoated with wax; and finally COW
cred with a patented preparation to rem
der it perfectly air-tight. The silk was
woven especially for my balloon, n to
the best of my knowledge there is not a
flaw in it. To be perfectly positive I
hired a silk mak of Lyons to go over
the entire surface Of the silk with his
light and dark tests and he reported every
fiber exact.
In case of a leakage in a large air-filled
bag like a balloon there is always serious
danger. The break, however small, will
quickly spread. and the air rushing out
will break a great rent in it before the
balloon can be lowered. A rupture in the
balloon means a fall for the aeronaut.
And few nave lived to describe a fall.
On this day. accompanied by no one.
resolved to take a sail from a mountain.
and, having gone for the summer to the
Rhine country, 1 selected one of the small
hills Of the Feminine Alps as the best place
for my sail.
1 will say now, though I had not in
tended to do SO, that it was my desire to
visit the Pole. All a%eronauts have this
ambition, but few attempt it.
After a observations in the upper
air I had come to the conclusion that the
north pole is not as far distant as geo.
graphers suppose, n that it could be
easily reached in three hours.
Andree, the most celebrated aeronaut
of modern times, thought the same; and