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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
STILL ANOTHER FORGERY,
Ehis Time tho Austrian Attache Dsnie,
= Letter Used Against Drsyfu,.

Ehis Time tho Austrian Attache Denies
y Letter Usod Against Drsyfu,.
PARIS, Aug. 1s.-A special edition
of the Paris Figaro exposes another
alleged forgery in the Dreyfus case
by publishing the following telegram
from Ems:
1.-The letter of November 80, 1897,
attributed to me and reproduction in
the Figaro Of August Is. 1899, is u
forgery.-Schneider."
The letter referred TO was one from
Schneider, the Austrian military at
tacho at Paris, in which he was al
legged to have said that Schwartzkop-
pen and Panizzardi, respectively the
German and Italian attaches, were
trying to make out that it was not
Dreyfus who was giving them in
formation, and adding that he had no
belief in these pr~otostations.
M. Cavaignac, the ex-minister of
war, in his testimony against Drey
fus. made q great point Of this.
To Make De Battle an Actor.
NEW YORK, Aug. 1s.-A dispatch to
the New York Journal from London
says: The indications are that Mrs.
Langtry will soon seek to make an
actor out Of her youthful husband,
Hugo Gerald de Battle, and that an
%irreverent public will learn to apply
to tho b%aronet's infatuated SON the
undigniaed pseudonym, "Mr. Lang.
kru
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

From Scribner's: In 1910 the foreign
mail from England for the United
States, carried on the Great Western,
consisted Of two sacks Of mail. AS
late as 1873 2 steamer from Europe
with 20, 900 letters on board was con-
sidered a record-breaker. Today the
Cupard steamers and OTTER trans-At-
lantic ships carrying what is called a
full European mail" usually bring
some 200, 900 letters. and an average
Of 300 sacks OF newspapers and print
ed matter for New York city, not to
mention 500 and odd sacks for Canada,
Mexico and trans-Paciflc countries, and
a few United States exchange offices,
which are now taken direct to the
trains, and not handled at the New
York Office.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
Saturday, August l2.

W. b. Backus of Omaha is in Wash
ington perfecting arrangements for
n Indian exhibit at the Paris expo
S1tion: He had charge of the Indian
exhibit at h worlds fair.
An American named Black, who has
bcen residing at Epinal, capital of the
department of Vosges, has been cx-
PEELED from France on suspicion of cs-
poignag". Ostcnsibly he dealt in pho
tographS,
The Nebraska regiment finished
turning in to the chief ordnance officer
all guns and Announcements. Practi-
cally all of the enlisted men have been
given their physical examination and
the officers will be examined later.
l.ieutenant-Colonel Frank ID. Eager
OF the First Nebraska, who was nolni-
mated by the fusionists Of Lancaster
county for clerk of the district court.
has declined the nomination. He says
If the people Of Nebraska want to do
anything for it's regiment they need
not nominate it's officers, but should
make some arrangement for transfer
ring the regiment home, as other
states are doing.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

VIM. f. Cowger has been appointed
a Waterman in the Omaha public build
ing ut 5000 per nnu
The transport Senator has sailed to
Manila from San Francisco with about
700 officers and recruits and a signal
corps.
Great Britain is bound to have a
brush with the Beers, it seems. The
situation today is more critical than it
has heretofore been.
A L%eghorn dispatch says that Ad-
miral Dewey is still indisposed. Va
rious officials visited the Olympia yes.
terday. The admiral's departure for
Florence has been postponed.
Assistant Secretary Taylor G: the
treasury department has announced
that he had decided to purchase the
isaac Powers property at Norfolk,
Neb, rs the site for the new public
building at that place.
The United States warships Balti-
more and Concord have made an un-
successful attempt to tow off the trans
port Hooker, which grounded in the
north channel off Corregidor island in
Manila bay a week ago. 1t is now be-
llcvcd to be impossible to float the
Hooker.
Orders are expected within a few
days directing the organization of five
new volunteer regiments for the Phil
lppincs. While a final decision on the
matter Of cnlisting still more troops
has not yet bccl made, the fact that
Secretary Root is already considering
the question of officers for the rcgi-
Lncnts indicates the strong probability
n a they will be organized. Nebraska
will probably get four or five Of the
officers, as it is the policy of the -
mlstration to select men for commits
sion from among those who have seen
most service. The troops from Kansas
and Nebraska are particularly we'll
thought of.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

The ten regiments for the Philip
pines are now nearly enlisted.
President Mckinley has declined to
attend the New York reception to
Dewey. He wants Dewey to have all
the glory that he deserves.
General Bates is still negotiating
with the sultan of Sula. The sultan
is yet unwilling to accept the terms
offered by the United States-a salary
of $40, 900 a year.
The American line steamer Paris,
recently pull off the rocks near Cove
rack, left Falmouth under her own
steam this morning, aided by several
tugs, bound for Milford Haven, where
she will be locked for repairs.
The transport Centennial, which ar
rived at San Francisco several days
ago, brought advices hat the trans
port Warren, which has the Colorado
regiment on board, will not arrive for
several days after schedule time. The
captain put one Of the crew in irons for
feigning sickness and refusing to work.
The crew mutinied, and the ship is
sailing for San Francisco with Il green
crew, the regular crew being prison.
erS.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
TEN NEW REGIM ENTS.
OTIS Fighting Strength VIII be Raised II
Over 90 OOO Men.

Otis Fighting Strangth VIII be Raised II
Over 6., 0 Men.
WAsH1NGToN, Aug. l8.-An order
has been issued directing that ten
new regiments Of infantry volunteers
be organized for service in the Philip.
pines. The regiments will be mum.
bered from thirty-eight to forty
seven, and will be organized at the
following places, in the order named:
One each at Fort Smelling, Fort
Crook, Neb.; Fort Riley, Kan; Fort
Ethan Allen, VT; Fort Leaven worth,
Kan; Jefferson Barracks, Mo: South
birmingham, Mass; Fort Niagara, N.
y, and two at Camp Meade, Pa.
The colonies OF the new regiments
are announced as follows:
Colonels-Thirty-eighth, George S.
Anderson, major, Sixth cavalry;
Th~irty-ninth, r. L. Billiard, captain,
subsistence departments; Fortieth, +.
A. Goodwin, captain, Eighth cavalry;
F~orty-frst, 7. c.. Richmond, captain,
Second artillery; Forty-second. J. M.
Thompson, m jor, Twenty-fourth in
fantry; Forty-third, Arthur Murray,
captain, First artillery; Fo~rty-fourth,
f. J. McClernand, captain, Second
cavalry; Forty-fifth, J. Ii. Dorst, cap.
tain, Fourth cavalry; Forty-sixth,
W. 5. Schuyler, captain, Fifth cavalry;
Forty-seventh, Walter Howe, captain,
Fourth artillery.
The new regiments will be organ
lied under the general instructions
issued at the time the first ten regi.
mcnts were called out.
President Mckinley has given his
approval OF Secretary Roots decision,
and has approved his recommendation
that regular army officers be selected
for colonies and lieutenant colonies of
tho proposed regiments. Secretary
loot will soon the names Of
officers so far selected. The result of
the sc%crctary's decision will be to give
General Otis u lighting force Of 62, 45l
men.
1t is proposed also to increase the
hospital corps to 900 men and the
number of medical officers, SO that
General Otis will have an army prac-
tically Of 60, 900 men. The enlistment
Of the ten additional volunteer regi-
ments will make the total volunteer
force in service number 30, 507 men,
leaving only 4.493 men of the 35, 900
authorized uncallcd for, and the total
strength of the army about 95, 900
men.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
FRED WHITE WINS IN IOWA,
Selected by the Democrats and Endorsed

~
by Populists for Governor.
DEs MONIES, Iowa, Aug, 1s.-The
Democratic state convention nomin-
ated the following ticket:
Governor, Frederick +. White of
keokuls county; lieutenant governor,
M. L. Bevis Of Montgomery county;
Judge supreme court, A.. Van Wag-
enen of Woodbury. county; railway
comm %issioner, w. II. Calhoun of Mar
shall county; superintendent public
instruction, B. =. Hoist of Boone
county.
The populist state convention also
met and Endorsed the above ticket.
All the nominees are Democrats ex-
cept Calhoun, who was the Populist
candidate. The Chicago platform was
indorsed in its entirety and the Dem.
ocratic state committee vas empow-
cred to fill any vacancies caused by
death or otherwise.
On the Philippine war the plato rm
says: 1--WE deprccate the continued
war against the Filipinos. One war
was for the emancipation of the peo.
pie. The other was for the subjuga-
ton OF the people, and if the war
against Spain vas right. and it was,
h a against the natives Of the Phil
ippincs, who have committed no Of
lenses save love of liberty, and to be
willing to fight and die for it, is
wrong"
A strong antitrust plank was
adopted.
The platform concludes with a de.
nunciation Of letting convict labor by
contract, urging a careful study of
the existing liquor laws and a con-
demnation of the adrninistr ration of
Leslie NJ. Shaw. The Populist party
resolutions are similar in theory.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
AFFAIRS OF STATE
EVENTS OF INTEREST TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Timely Mention of the Doings OF tho Ma
tional Congress, Departmental and Ex-
ecutivs OficiaI Actions, and Movements
Of Army and Navy.
Friday, August H..

The postal receipts at Omaha aggre-
gated S29, 1874 in July as against S29, 754
in July last year. This is a decrease
OF $500, or l.9 per cent.
The schedule Of army Transports has
been completed and delivered to Secre-
tary Root. 1t shows that if addition
al transports are chartered about 49,
900 soldiers can be sent to Manila to
reach there by the end of November.
The Masonic temple at San Francis
co was crowded with soldiers and civil
ians who went TO show their respect
TO the memory of Colonel Hawkins Of
the Tenth Pennsylvania by participat-
ing in the last rites that were per
formed over his body before shipment
east.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

The popular impression of the effect
OF cold on disease germs has been
made the excuse for gross carelessness
about cleanliness in domestic and pub
lie processes and places. A low tenn
perature has been considered a release
from sanitary precautions. With the
error, truth has had an unequal strug.
gle. An account of experiments with
liquid air ought to open the eyes OF
the sanitarlly blind. The temperature
of liquid air is over three hundred de-
grees below zero, and the bacillus of
diphtheria and the bacillus of typhoid
fever exposed to such freezing condi-
tions were neither killed nor checked
in growth. The specialist who made
the experiment declares hat SO far as
our present knowledge permits Of it's
application, cold annot be relied on ~
a disinfectant.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

The constituencies land dealer seems
to have turned his attention to Alaska
farming properties. The Juneau Miner
calls attention to the fact that the pa
pers of the central west are publishing
advertisements of an Iowa man who
proposes to sell at So per acre "a soil
OF very deep, dark loan, will grow all
kinds of vegetables, grain, hay in abun-
dance; climate splendid; crop failure
unknown; adapted to the raising Of
cattle. sheep and hogs, dairy and poul-
try industries" This, the Miner says
is nothing less than a fraud on the
public, and that it Is Criminal to hold
out inducements to 100 families that
they can find government land in
Alaska upon which there has been no
failure of crops" We hope the I'M
wary will take note of this caution.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
THE FERRY HAWSER BROKE,
Two Women and -Four Children Drowned
at an Indiana Ford.

at an Indiana Ford
WASHINGTON, Ind, Aug. 1s-A car
ciage containing six persons vas
thrown into White river last night as
it was being driven aboard a ferry
boat and ali were drowned.
The dead are Mrs. Albert Hensel,
four Hensel children and Miss Amy
Dillon.
Mrs Hensel and her foul children,
accompanied by Miss Dillon, had
driven into the country in the morn
ing and were returning home. Sew
eral miles above here they thought to
take a better road by %ferrying across
the river. The horse had Just
stepped aboard the ferryboat when
the hawser parted and the BOAT swung
out, dropping the carriage with it's
occupants into the river. The swift
current carried them under the boat.
This morning the bodies of two of tho
children were recovered.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
THE TWELFTH FIGHTS AGAIN.
Insurgents Driven Farther by Colonel
Smiths In antry Regiment.

Smiths Infantry Regiment.
MANILA, Aug. 1S.-The Twelfth in.
fantry left Calulet at sunrise to-day
and advanced up the railway. Cap
a Evans battalion deployed to the
right Of the track and Captain Woods
to the left. The Filipinos opened fire
at q distance Of 1900 yards.
Their force was estimated by COL
onel Smith at 1900, although natives
afterward said it exceeded those fig.
ures by 1000. The enemy sent heavy
volleys against the whole American
line, but most OF their shooting, as
usual, was high.
Colonel Smith kept the whole line
moving rapidly, with frequent rushes.
The insurgents attempted to flank
Captain Evans and therefore two COM
panies were sent to the right and
drove them back. Unable to stand
our continuous volleys the Filipinos
retreated through tho town north.
ward. It appears that they had re-
ceived their supply Of ammunition
only this morning. Had they been at.
tackled sooner they could have made
little resistance.
The intense heat caused much sui
fering among the Americans.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
Tuesday, e Is.

No credence is given in Washington
to the report that trouble has again
broken out in Samoa.
The torpedo boat Fox, built by Wolff
& Zewickcr, on the Pacific coast, has
been accepted by the government.
A I.eghorn dispatch that
Admiral Dewey is suffering from fever,
and remains on board the Olympia.
Secretary of War Root has issued an
appeal to the governors of the states
for the Porto Rican hurricane suffer,
erS.
BY direction Of the president all re-
lief supplies sent to Porto Rico will be
admitted to all ports of that island
duty free.
Charles S. Witmor of Omaha has
been admitted to practice before the
interior department.
George A. Morrison has been APP
pointed a fireman in the Omaha public
building at $500 per annum.
The Dugan Granite company of Kan
sas City, Mo-, has been awarded the
contract for carving the ornamental
work on the public building at Omaha,
Neb., at $12, 500.
Ct 0AOh 0l VI VilC HlISU Nc
braska, who has just returned from
the Philippines with his regiment, has
accepted a captains commission in one
of the volunteer regiments, and will
return to the Philippines.
Richard c. James, company D, First
Nebraska, who was badly wounded at
Quingua, arrived at San Francisco on
the hospital ship Relief. The boys
were glad to see him. He is getting
along as well as could be expected, but
may not be able to come home when
he regime MT does.
The report Of Commissioner of PEN
sions Evans for the fiscal year which
ended June 80 last, shows total dis
bursements Of $l3s. 253,o23, leaving q
balance of 81, s55. 1888 out of the 3i4O,-
100000 appropriated. There wa a de-
crease in the number Of pensioners Of
2,195, which shows that the pension
roll is decreasing. The war with
Spain brought a total Of 10, $50 claims,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

The German fashion Of growing
kooseberries on standard bushes-that
is to say, shipping off all but one stem
and allowing the plant to bush out at
A convenient height for packing, like
standard roses-gives a great effect OF
n~eatness. The same effect is to be seen
in the Scotch way Of growing raspber-
ry bushes. by training two adjacent
bushes into an intermingling arch.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

The city Of New York, snow second
only to London in its volume of trade,
had but a slow growth for more than
a century and a half after it was set
tied by the Dutch. President Low Of
Columbia university cites a prediction
uttered more than $50 years ago, and
then regarded as rash, to the effect
That the port at the mouth of the Hud-
son might in time become the COM
mercial rival CT Newport, r. l., which
had grown rich by the African slavs
trade.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

Commissioner Of immigration Pow
derby has issued an order excluding
from this country a number of Fill
pinos who were being brought here for
exhibition purposes. Probably he
thinks the best thing for one to do
who Is pining for a sight of these peo-
pie is to shoulder a musket and join
some regiment destined for service
near Manila.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25

The admission fees to a recent prize
tight In New York exceeded $85, 900, the
largest amount yer received for any
single performance. This has been cited
as a startling commentary upon the
lines. Bloody noses and cracked
crowns, however, are not the delight
of the vast majority of our people, nor
are bounce and buster yet widely ac-
cepted as the principal virtues of the
world,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
THINKS REED WILL STICK,
Representative Warner Says tho Ev
Speaker VIII Remain In Congre,s.

Representative Warner Says the FIX
Speaker VIII Remain in Congress.
WASHINGTON, Aug. a.-Representa-
tive Warner, of Illinois, does not be-
lieve that Thomas b. Reed will resign
from Congress.
II do not pretend" he said to-day,
ITO have any information on the SUBJ
ject. l merely give it as my guess
that Reed will stay in the house. l
believe that, finding himself out of
harmony with the sentiment of his
party with respect to some important
neutrality-suspicious. and SO forth
he decided that, as a man of a high
sense of honor, he could not retain
the speakcrship and be FREQ to ad-
his own views on these uues-
tions, and that he, therefore, decided
to take his place on the floor and do
the best he can to advance the views
ne holds"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
COLORADO VOLUNTEERS BACK.
First Regiment Returns From the PHIL
ippines on Transport Warren.

ippines on Transport Warren.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. lS.-Gayly
dressed with lines of many colored
flags, the United States transport
Warren arrived at this port at s
o'clock yesterday afternoon, having
on board the First Colorado regiment
of volunteers, back from the cam
paign in the Philippines.
The regiment commanded by Colonel
McCay, returns with forty-six officers
and 024 men, about $50 less than the
number who sailed from San Francis
co last year.
The men appear to be in fine form
and good spirits, their appearance in
dicating a better state of health than
any Of the regiments who have pre-
v~iously returned, with the exception
Of the Pennsylvania boys.
A delegation from Colorado, headed
by Governor Thomas, went out IL
tugs to meet the transport.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
Still More Counterfeiting.

4he Secret Service has just I'M
carthed another band of c~ounterfeiters
and secured a quantity Of bogus bills,
which are very cleverly executed.
Things of great value are always Sc
lected for imitation, notably Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, which has many
imitators but no equals for disorders
like Indigestion, dyspepsia and consti.
patton.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
IA Capt,in Of EnpIneer. D.an

JOLIET. Ill. Aug. 1a-Captain
Powar Of the United States engineer
corps, who was in charge Of the
government survey for a waterway
connecting the Mississippi with Lake
Michigan was found dead in his tent
st Milisdale near here to-day.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
TRAIN ROBBERS DRIVEN OFF,
p~.,s.neers Help tn. Crew In Putin.

Pssssngers Help the Crow In Putting
Now Mexico Bandits to Flight
DENVER, Col, Aug. ia passen-
ger train on the Colorado & Southern
railroad was held up last night near
Folsom, N. M. In stopping the train
the robbers fred several shots, one Of
them striking q mail clerk named
Bartlett in the jaw. The passengers
rallied to the support Of. the train,
crew and the robbers were diven off.
A train was held up within two miles
Of this place.three weeks ago.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
Il wanted In w..hlnsto..

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Aug. ls.-Frank
William Funk, white, who goes under
many aliases, was arrested here yes.
terday. He is wanted in Washington,
D. c., where it is said he recently en-,
tered the home Of William a. Brooks,
Drained him with an az and assaulted
his wife with the same weapon and
robbed the aged couple of several
hundred dollars He is said to be a
deserter from the United States army,
a bigamist, thief. forger and muir.
derer, For the last two weeks he has
been employed here by Architect
Miller, under the name Of Conley.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
WOMEN TERROR STRICKEN.
Little Rock Negro Erutally Assaults
Five In Che Dav,

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Aug. 1s.-Five
brutal assaults by a negro on white
women have occurred in Little Rock
in the past tw~enty-four hours. 1t Is
generally believed that all these
crimes were committed by the same
negro, but three suspects have been
arrested, and if the right man can be
positively identified he may receive
summary punishment. The victims
OF the assaults are all highly respected
white women of this city.
The outrages were brought to the
attention of Governor Jones, and he
at once offered a reward of 81, son
each for the arrest and conviction of
the guilty parties.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
Record for Snipe Shooting.

The record for Ceylon snipe shooting
still remains that Of the muzZle-loader
was made by a Ceylon civil servant
called Trenchell early in this country.
Average gunners get thirty to forty
cOuples a day,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
Ar ea.ooo. 600 Tool Comblno

New YORK, Aug. l6.-The Niles
Bement-Pond company, incorporated
at Trenton, N. j., is spoken Of in
financial circles as q ''tool trust" al
though its organizers declare that
they are not seeking to establish a
monopoly. The company has a capital
stock of So, 900, 900.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-25
Indies Cnn Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or new shoes easy. Cures swol-
len, hot, sweating, aching feet, ingrow-
ing nails, corns and bunions. At all
druggists and shoe stores. rs cts. Trial
package FREE by mail. Address Allen
s. Olmsted, lie Roy, N. Y.