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

Greek and Roman doors invariably
opened outward. A person passing out
OF the house was therefore obliged to
knock on the door before opening It,
to avoid collision with a passer-bv.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
His Pix:aii,

The Chinaman would rather part
with anything in this world than his
pigtail. He thinks that when be comes
to die that pigtail will be used to lit
him up to heaven.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
A Gasoline Explosion.

Fire destroyed the sheds of the Table
Rock Clay company Tuesday night. It
originated from a gasoline explosion
and caused a loss of 81, 200.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
British In India.

There are only 100. 900 British III IN
dla-one to- every 5000 OF the popuIa-
fion
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
Farmer In tho Hoeia.

The worlds agriculture occupies tho
attention Of $4,000 {. 900 men, represents
a capital OF $500, 600, 900, and has an
annual product of over $4,000. DOC. 0OO.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
Faultless starch

Is rapidly superseding the old style starch
es. 1t saves labor, saves money and makes
collars and cuffs look like new. All grocess
sell it; large package 1Oc.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
Hush. Don't You Herr tn. Baby crv.

The man who is on his guard il Oft
en- the easiest to rope in.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01

Ship-wrecked sailors arriving at Nor.
folk, Va, from the North Carolina
coast, bring additional details of the
shipwreck, suffering and loss of life
during the recent hurricane. The
North Carolina coast from Kinnakcl
to Hatteras, a distance of fifteen miles,
is strewn with wreckage. Eleven
vessels are known to be lost, with pos
sibly seventy lives. Five bodies have
SO far been washed ashore.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01

Against Cut-Rate Drug stores.
Baltimore druggists have organized
and will try to stop price-cuttiug In
medicines.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01

Three fresh cases of the bubonic
plague are reported at Porto. Two
deaths from the disease are officially
registered.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01

The only safe medicine for sour curd collie in nurv
Ing babies Is Cascarets Candy Cathartic. Make moth
cr's milk mildly purgativc. Druggists, lOc, 2sc, ar
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01

1t costs a lot more to avenee .
wrong than it does to forgive it.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01

President Mckinley has accepted the
invitation to attend the G. A. r. re-
union, which camps at Philadelphia.
September.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01

Some folks marry at leisure and re-
Dcnt in haste
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-01
Masked Robbers at Work.

The c~ounterfeiter is always anxious
to pay a man in his own coin.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-23

that he takes BRyAN's side because, like
himself, he Is against expansion. Mr.. SHRPs
ARD said and did enough to show that he
was headed for the BRYAN camp long be-
fore the expansion question was heard or
The real cause OF his return to the Democ-
racy is a political notoriety seekers un-
willingness to play the modest role on the
public stage which the boiling Democrats
who refused actually to join the Republic
can party have naturally been compelled
to play in association with 1t.
or course the great mass OF Democrats
who voted the Republican ticket four years
ago will remain loyal to it, for the reason
that 1t represents as imperatively as 1t
then did the foundation OF industrial we'll
being and the fret principles OF national
honor. They entered into their new politi-
cal alliance because o. q sincere conviction.
while Mr.. SHEPARD was first, and appar-
emily last a fortune hunter.
Don't be Shepard
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-23
An Appeal for Funds for the Family OF
Frazier Il. Baker.

ToTHE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: Last July.
at the solicitation OF colored friends interested
in tho family OF Frazier B. Baker. the MUIR
dered postmaster OF Lake City. s. O., con-
sented to act as treasurer OF fund to be raised
for the assistance Of the disabled widow and
the education Of her children. They were then
living in Charleston. and 1t was proposed that
the money contributed should be intrusted to
leading banker OF reputation and judgment
in that city for disbursement.
Hardly had the appeal been made, when the
scheme to bring the Baker family to Boston
developed and was promptly executed under
the lead OF Miss Jevett Believing suoh action
inJudicous and sensational. l was forced to
protest and to refuse cooperation.
The net result Of the various meetings and
other methods Of collection is S2lO now on
deposit In this city for Mrs. Bakers benefit. l
hold. in addition. SSS. the sum OF donations
sent to me. The disagreement o! tho parties
assuming responsibility for bringing tho fam
lily north. the consequent public distrust. and
the final abandonment OF the original purpose
have been mado known through tho columns
At present the condition OF the Baker family
Ia ptiable. Bewildered and unable to dis
eriminate between the different ,counsels
to remain passive in the hands OF the over
Jealous friends who went to South Carolina
am am again again asked to Continue the s%spepded
task. and have consented.
For excellent reasons. 1t does not seem ad-
yisable for the family TO return to Charleston.
1t is also their preference TO remain here. not
RS stipendiaries. but as workers. They desire
to escape further publicity and to find i'm
mediate employment.
As a result Of n consultation with Mrs. Baker
and friends it is proposed to raise a total sum
OF $1,000 to purchase a small house In the
vicinity OF Boston and secure q home. With
that they nre confident OF earning their own
living. sending the younger children to school,
and finding their proper place In the COM
munity.
In soliciting contributions for this object I
feel Inundated. because what should be the
bopnden duty Of the Governmept. whose ON
bnrbarously murdered. is left to private benev-
olence. If the assassins are beyond the reach
OF law, the protection md relief OF tho m aimee
and bereayed wife and children should at least
be tho nations responsibility.
In default of that, / earnestly appeal for aid
to the extent named. pledging myself. in con-
junction with other friends. 10 a careful use OF
the money contributed, with due publicity OF
receipts and expenditures. Remittaucea to tho
subjolned address, will be promptly acknoMl-
edged. WILLIAM LLOYD GARRISON.
2lS John Hancock Building.
BOSTON. Sept. u. 1899. Boston.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-23
Abuses of Ocean Travel.

To TEE EbrToR OF THE sUS-Sir: It is difficult
to hnd words to tly characterize the insults and
noyances to which passengers on some OF our trans
atlantic steamships are subjected by the walters,
bedroom stewards and various other employees on
ocean liners. l was passenger on the steamship
which arrived at this port to-day and was aSonished
hear of tho occupants OF ststeroom 81 in tho
second cabin treated to the most Scurrilous abuse.
bilngsgate and contumely by waiter who grumbled
at the smallness Of the tip" given to him in re-
sponse to his repeated demands. The object OF this
unCalledfor and unprovoked abuse first apologiAed
to the waiter for the amount offered him the
ground that all his money was in the shape Of
checks which could not he negotiated on board,
but this only served to intensity the scorn and
abuse OF the nvcried attendant. who held his victim
up to the rdculc Of all tho passengers on deck. 1t
seems to Iue that something should be done TO pro
tect the public from 4 repetition OF such dis
graceful and unjuStihsble attack on the part OF a
class OF employees that is fast making travel
the reverse OF pleasant A. J. GAyIGAN.
l57 EAST THTaTYTHnD STREET. NEW YoRK. sept.2l
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-23
Gen. King.

Compare with Mr.. EDWARD NJ. SHEPARD's
pettlfogging explanation Of his abandon
ment OF the cause OF honest money In
favor OF Organism tho attitude OF another
citizen OF Brooklyn, Gen. HoRATIo G. KING,
who having repudiated BRYAN four years
ago is against him still. Gen. KNo has
made his views known through the Brook-
I'm Eagle:
'Isse no reason TO recede from the position taken
By the sound money Democrats In 1899 against the
odious and monstrous doctrines with which the
Chicago Convention sought to saddle true Demoo
racy They hateful TO me now a. then and
there millions Of Democrats who will resent q
fresh enunciaton Of those heresies."
Gen. KING has tasted the sweets Of promi-
hence in his party but not for that alluring
prize will he. like SHEPARD, sacrifice
his country's interests and his own self
respect
It requires no strain OF belief in the gen.
eral sincerity Of American voters to believe
that the overwhelming majority OF gold
Democrats will in 1900 prove to be like
KING and not like SHEPARD.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-23

GEORGE EDWARD POND died yesterday
OF heart failure at his seashore residence at
Como. New jersey. In his sixty-third year.
Mr.. POND was one OF the foremost American
authorities on subjects relating to the art OF
war. and more particularly tho history and
development Of American arms. His his
tory OF tho campaign in the Shenandoah is a
standard authority and one OF the most intelli-
gent. painstakinG and accurate contributions
which have been made to the history OF the
Civil War: and OF everything relating to our
army and navy and their achievements his
knowledge was likewise both extensive and
precise. Mr.. PoND served CALAMITY as an
officer In a Massachusetts regiment during the
Civil War. leaving the profession Of law. upon
the preparation for which he entered after
graduating from Harvard In 1858.
Outside OF military studies his range OF nfor-
nation was wide and on many subjects he was
q writer OF ability and force. At Harvard he
was noted for his literary excellence and in all
respects ranked high enthusiastically. He was
ono OF the most useful mon in American jour
nallsm and during a service OF twenty years to
THE Bun was one OF its most valuable assistants.
Modest to an extrome that permitted the full
revelation OF his ability only to those who
know him intimately. conscientious. OF tho
most sensitive honor. faithful to every duty.
there has departed In GEORGE PoND one OF the
best types OF an American gentleman.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-23
DEWEY HOME FUND.
Thirty Thousand Citizens Contribute S27,-
O65-A Final Appeal.


WASHINGTON Sept. GA final meeting Of
the Dewey National Home Fund Committee
was held ut The ONCE OF the Secretary OF the
Treasury this morning. An account OF stock
was taken" the members reported. and plans
perfected for closing tho subscriptions before
the arrival in New York OF Admiral Dewey"
The committee. composed OF Assistant Score
tary OF the Treasury Vanderlip. Assistant Post
master General Heath. Assistant Secretary OF
tho Navy Allen. Adjutant- General Corbin and
United States Treasurer Ellis Fl. Roberts were
all present. At the conclusion OF the meeting
the committee requested The BUN to publish
The Dewey National Home Fund Commit
tee have received contributions from about
10000 citizens. representing every State and
O65. exclusive of the contributions received
to at least $50 600 10 ensbo the com mi,tee to
home a. tho fSsH Of the n sS.
to the hero OF Manila Bay. Admiral Dewey has
indicated to the committee desire to maxi
Washington VA his permanent hon. Here he
Navy. spend tho rcma inder OF his life.
The Admiral has indicated his grateful APP
probation OF tho intention Of the. American
cent 1t with tho spi rit In which 1t is given. Tho
committee must close the subscriptions before
the end OF next week. before the arrival of
and acknowledge by tho issuance OF souvenir
receipt any contributions home will be
purchased with whatever funds the commltte
is now so short that the committee suggests
those who desire to make an i'm m o. late success
OF this work by making liberal contributions.
Hon. E "f Robs u4 NJ T1.as
the fund. and to remit BY FIRST mail"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-23
Niagara Fall, Wearing Away.

Recent breaks In the rock edge Of the
Canadian or Horseshoe Fall, over which by
far the larger part Of the Niagara River
waters are precipitated, have tended still
further to give the fall q rounded instead
OF an angular outline. This result of the
breaking down Of the rock has been OBJ
served for about ten years. and the Horse
shoe Fall is gradually approaching again
the shape that suggested its name 1t may
be expected, from decade to decade, slightly
to change In appearance. and in the course
Of an ordinary lifetime the change in the
position Of this fall Is considerable.
The brink OF Niagara Falls was mapped
in 1914 by JAMES HALL, who established
bench marks that have been connected,
within the past few years. with the latest
surveys. AS DR.. GILBERT has pointed out.
the comparison OF HALLS benchmarks with
those recently established show that in the
middle Of the Horseshoe Fall the brink Is
retrograding at the rate Of four or five feet
year. On the other hand, the American
Fall, which carries much thinner sheet Of
water, Is receding 80 slowly that it's rate is
concealed by errors OF survey.
These facts show the futility Of the efforts
some biologists have made to determine
approximately the time 1t has taken the
falls to cut the gorge Of the Niagara River
back from Lake Ontario to its present head.
just as there is wide difference at present
between the rates Of retrogression Of the
American and Horseshoe Falls, 80 the rate
Of cutting has varied greatly at DIFF
ferent times because the conditions have
not been uniform The rock bed that
Is wearing away is not SO thick in some
places as in others and the volume and
consequently the force OF the water may
have varied largely, for there is some rea-
son to believe that the waters of Lakes
Superior, Huron and Michigan may once
have had an outlet through the Ottawa
River to the st. Lawrence. There is thus
reason to distrust any geologic chronology
based upon our modern measurements OF
the retrogression OF Niagara Falls
We know at least that the drainage OF
about one-thrtieth part OF the area of the
United States pours over these falls and
that the volume Of water is 275,OOO cubic
feet in second. The day Is coming when
the grandeur OF Niagara will vanish, but
many generations will 1.-Two and die before
the electrical companies now operating in
the neighborhood OF Goat Island will need
to move their works further up stream.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-23

Our esteemed Democratic contemporary,
the Atlanta Constitution, abhOrs Trusts in
the lump. 1t regards them as iniqutous and
oppressive, and would have the State and
Federal Governments squeeze and smash
them. 1t Is both surprising and pain
full, therefore, to find this devilf1sher trying
to breed devilfish The Constitution COM
plains, reasonably enough, that the cotton
planters get too little money for their cot
ton. Too much OF 1t is thrown upon the
market at one time. Prices are low. and Of
the ultimate rise in the value OF the crop the
producer gets no share. Until We hold
back our cotton from the market" asks the
Constitution Twill there be any improve
ment?" Therefore 1t proposes Trust, a
combination, a sinful agreement to boost
prices:
There is only one remedy-orgA nizatonl This
organization must be OF q business nature. free
from legislation and politics. and controlled by
business men, moved by business impulses only.
In their desperation many farmers look to the Gov
eminent to do Impossible things. The remedy here
lies in the coming together OF the men who the
cotton the merchants whose trade depends upon
the prices their customers get for and the bankers
whose survival can only be made possible by sue
cessful merchants and farmers
The Constitution believes that g the plant
ers of the country will get together, under
the initiative OF the coming Cotton Conyen-
ton, and take such action as will enable
them to hold out against the cotton bears"
So eager Is this foe Of Trusts to have an
immense Cotton Trust formed. And notice
that, while some of the big so-called Trusts
have put their prices down, the avowed
object of the proposed Cotton Trust is to
put prices up. How Col BRYAN would boil
over this infamous combination If cotton
were not raised in Democratic States!
There is much unconscious human nature
| as we'll as much humbug in the talk about
| Trusts. According to Col. BRYAN, all
Trusts are base but in reality few Bryan
ties carry their anti-monopoly principles to
that extent, and the Colonel is too positive.
| The sharpest prodder Of Trusts will be
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-23
Don't BE a Shepard!

We suggest to all Gold Democrats who
have thought of rejoining the Organized
Democracy, which they repudated four
years ago, to examine themselves carefully
to see whether their idea OF changing again
Ia not founded on motives as petty or as con-
temptible as those profcssed by that Brook
Ign hashlight of political reform and indie
pcndence, Mr. EDWARD NJ. SHEPARD.
Mr. MCKINLEY, said Mr.. SHEPARD in his
apology before the National Civic Club last
Tuesday, was once friendly to silver, but
Mr.. BRYAN is it's champion still. Such per-
sistsnce commands Mr.. SHEPARDs admira-
ton. Hence he will vote for BRYAN.
To prove his perfect sincerity in pralsing
BRYAN for sticking to silver, Mr. SHEP-
ARD expressed the hope that BRYAN would
abandon silver at least temporarily, or
long enough to let Mr.. SHEPARD stump
for him without being too ridiculous in his
own discriminating and conscientious eye.
Mr.. SHEPARD will perhaps explain later
why he loves BRYAN for a constancy from
which he tries to seduce him.
Mr.. SBEpAnD also wants people tolthink
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-23
Kansas weeping for Mer Girls.
From he Chicago 7Ym.s-Hra,d.

TOrEKI. Kan. Sept. lI.-KansAs towns are in the
thIoss Of servant girl famine. FIVE hundred scr.
want girls ~ Topeka and vicinity have gone during
the past thirty days to Chicago, whore they say
TO nock to Chicago by circulars sent Offering the
named Lawrence. LeaNcnworth. AtchiSnn
and Fort Soft also complain that servant girls are
going to Chicago.
They are hockin: from Topeka. Atkinson and
They are coming from PaolA AMI GlrArd;
They are headed FOR Chicago sach u claim easy
berth
In Soine mansion on some hands ,me boulevard!
Mary Ann and Sarah Jane.
Full OF golden dreams Of gain,
Are departing from tho Wild and woody reYion-
They are coming from PAwnee.
RmrIingAme and WAhannscc,
And there's trouble brewing for tho proud Norwe.
gan
There are siEhing i1' maands standing the valleys
of the "kaw.
For the naidtns that they love have hied away;
There IL glumblng in wArneGa. Counc!! Grove and
wichita
Since ths girls have gone in quest OF higher payi
May Ann and Sarah Jane.
Fun q! golden dreams OF gain,
slm Of waist and fair OF speech and pleasant look.
Have deserted Chicopee
HiaWAtha ard ShA vince,
That Chicagoans may taste OF Kansas cooking
Oh the wind sadly signing through the stubbes
There is moaning round the stoves At wyAndotte.
The bcwhiSkerCd sons of Kansas are deserted and
forlorn,
They are longing for the buildings that are not
Mary Ann and Sarah Jane.
full OF golden dreams or gain,
Are coming 10 relieve us of our troubles,
SO what care We for swans
Weeping after speeding trains
Or for breezes sadly sighing through the stubbleSf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-23
The Hawaiian Anomaly Rea ches Wash,
ington.

despatch from Washington yesterday
reported the arrival Of Mr.. GEORGE d.
GEAR Of Honolulu. who comes to present
to the Administration certain aspects of
the anomaly now existing In Hawaii under
the joint operation OF the Constitution OF
the United States and the Con stitution OF
the defunct republic.
Mr.. GEAR Is a lawyer OF good standing in
Honolulu. He has interested himself in the
cases OF several Gallioians who have been
imprisoned under the contract labor laws Of
the old Hawaiian Government, but, as Mr.
GEAR holds, in direct violation OF the
United States Constitution. which the pres
ent officials OF Hawaii swore to obey when
our flag was raised In the islands
The harsh labor laws Of Hawaii are still
administered there. Contract workmen who
refuse to abide by the terms Of the agree
ment under which they were imported are
imprisoned ut hard labor. Since Mr.. GEAR
started for Washington to apply for writ
Of habeas corpus, the Dole Government. as
we understand has become alarmed at the
prospective clash Of jurisdictions and has
released the prisoners. Nevertheless, the
case typifies the Hawaiian anomaly.
These poor Galllcians were deprived Of
their liberty and put to involuntary servi-
tude by the application Of the laws OF an
obsolete government The laws OF the
United States prohibit the importation Of
contract labor. The laws OF the former
republic Of Hawaii not only permit such
contract labor, but also infict penal servi-
tude on contract laborers refusing to work
e. ho;r hoy -
the strangest instances Of topsy-tufvy
imaginable. In one part OF the territory OF
the United States it is penal offence to
resist the operations Of system which in
another part OF United States territory Is
itself illegal.
Another case which Mr.. GEAR is likely to
bring to the attention Of the law officers Of
the Government at Washington is that of
the Japanese, IHARA IsHoGoRo. indicted for
murder without the action of Grand Jury,
convicted by majority vote only, on the
part Of the trial jury, and sentenced to
be hanged The Fifth Amendment OF the
United States Constitution prescribes that
no person shall be held to answer for a
capital crime unless on a presentment or
indictment OF Grand Jury.
These are but two OF the numberless
handles for taking hold OF the main ques-
ton in which the real Americans in Hawaii
are so deeply interested, namely, whether
the supremacy OF the United States Consti-
tuition can be successfully warded Off from
the islands by the clique or faction which
wants to maintain In neutrality-suspicious.,
within the confines OF our great republic, a
little republic OF quite different sort.