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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-01-06
A DEFAULTER!
Our Kirk" Took S52,o53.41 as Int
crest on the Peoples Nom
ey.>Truth is Out.
THE WHOLE STEAL LAID BARE!
Honest Andy Lee Hews to the Line
and Creates CONSERVATION in the
Republican Ranks.

Republican Ranks.
Pierre, S. D. Jan. 4.-The bieu-
NAL message Of Governor Lee was
read in the house and senate this
afternoon. 1t was one of the long
est. if not the longest, message ever
presented to the South Dakota
legislature, and portions of it were
sensational. A careful synopsis of
the document is given below:
The finances of the STATE, the gov
ernor says, / in a healthy condi-
ton. During the pas, four years
the state has been paying it's deot
at a gratifying rate, and the gov
ernor says, with prudent manage
mcnt of state affairs there seems
to be hope that within the next two
years We may, if disposed, be prac-
tically free from debt"
The governor severely criticises
the state treasurer for not having
sooner paid $53,3 300 of bonds that
were redeemable May l last, but
which we're not paid off until De-
cember !, while there was money in
the treasury to do so all the time.
THAT INsEREsT DEAL.
The most sensational part of the
governors message relates to the
receipt of interest on public funds
on deposit in banks by Kirk G..
Phillips, state treasurer, who VIZ
Governor Lees opponent in the
late campaign. The governor
quotes the clause in the constitution
of the state making it u felony for
any public official to make any profit
directly or indirectly out of any
public funds, and gives the CORES
pondence he had with banks and
and with the state treasurer the
past year relating to this. He form
ally asked the banks for state
-ments as to whether they had paid
the state treasurer interest," on the
public funds on deposit and net
one had replied directly to the
question. Some Of them refused
point blank to make any statement.
Treasurer Phillips was also asked
for a statement, but did not reply.
The governor gives in full in his
message the report Of General Maris
Taylor, public examiner, Of an ex-.
animation of the books of the de-
funct Dakota National bank: of
Sioux Falls, in which Treasurer Phil
lips Lad state funds up to the time
of it's failure.
In regard to this the governor
says:
THE public examiner was pre-
vented by the receiver from making
the examination before election, but
since, the examination has been
made. He sets forth the record Of
the books Of the bank month by
month, showing that the bank for
twenty-one months regularly paid
Phillips interest gu the public funds
on deposit there at the rate of 1 per
cent per annum on the average
monthly balance. The accounts
were changed about in a variety OF
ways, but in every case the public
examiner was able to trace the con-
nection between the public funds
and the issue and payment Of drafts
to Phillips. The bank books show.
ed in some cases the purpose of the
drafts, such as for November IN
terest. The examiner succeeded
in finding in a vacant room in the
basement of the home of the receiv.
er among a mass Of papers two Of
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30
FORGIVEN ON DEATHBED.

George Tilford, the once disowned
son Of the late Charles r. Tilford, the
millionaire grocer Of New YORK.. viii
inherit his share Of his dead fathers
wealth after all. Mr.. Tiltord refused
to recognize George as his son when
he disobeyed him by marrying an
actress. Friends Of the family say
the father forgave the son at the last
and that the Will shows the substan-
liability Of his forgiveness Rita Sci
by. the young mans wife. was the &C
tress who caused the estrangemsnt be-
tween father and son. She was play
ing the part Of Tony Madsap In THE
Trip to Chinatown" when young Til
ford met her. They were soon en-
gagged. The Tilford family was
shocked to hear Of the secret mar
rage Of the two. This was four years
ago. Tilford senior WIS stern and IN
forgiving. He had suffered through his
daughters marriage to Edward q
Kirkland, though he had nothing e
all against the man. George let HI
fathers once and started out Tor him
self In Philadelphia His wttebdh NOT
leave the stage, and 1t L. said that
she was the bresdwinner Of the family
when the parental purse Wa with
drawn. The young man craved for-
giveness during Mr.. Tilford's last days
and It was granted. The actress wife's
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30
A Rsnarkahls lIan.
,Hopar TuR0pD

A remarkable man in many WAYS
was the late J. Jse Of London. whsss
harmless mania Il was when shooting
pigeons to insist that The &C. n,
v. c." which followed his nsna
should be called out By the attendant
when It was his turn to ccnDsts. 10
vas one Of the best-naturs4 nsn Nv
ing ana consequently. when doctor IN
the Royal Dragons. the higA-spirsssd
subalterns, some thirty ysars 40
used to play all sorts OF practical joess
on him, painting his dog-cArt whft4
putting the regimeutal goat In his BED
with Mr.. Jess shsli-jaekst rcnnA -
body and q pair Of white socks on ~
horns. and greatly startling him on
his return late from London He wes
4 very ins pigeon shot, and was TIE
arst Of the eleven English winners q
the Grand Prix ct honte Carlo. N
1s7s.-New York Tribune.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30
POLITICAL JoBsERY.
HssAsas Used IN sp.la 1. E....u.,,
o Ninistrr.

1ssheds Used In Spain IN Ess,hs,sa.,-
. Ainistry.
When . ministry becomes vssk
through the dessrtion o. tn msmbsrG.
each Of whom carries with him has
personal following In the housA q
must resign or bring In irssh blosd.
us leader then goes down among SAs
independent" groups e. into an opsn
market. and the vendors are al ago9
prassing their wares. Its price n the
adoption-for decency's saks-of some
Items Of 9 program, and q certain num-
Der Of comfortable bsrths for those
who have long languished In oppo-
sition- II Is the buyers place 10 de-
eide how much he can afford without
undue interference with the claims
and interests OF those who have hith-
erto supported him. When he hxs
enough he win take no more at any
price; It would be mere waste Of good
patronage. The vendors shut up shop
until another cabinet crisis gives q
market value to what they have for
sale. II no bargain Ii struck, the min
htry falls. The means by which the
return OF government candidates n So
cured at elections are various. In
desperate cases they are sometimes
violent. An instance Is quoted In
which II was found necessary 70 bring
about the fall OF the floor OF the room
In which the election was held, In
order that. during the confusion and
flight Of the opposition overssers, the
voting urns might be changed for
others held In readiness. Many are
the miracles OF electioneering t1mes-
The dead vote with the living; the
absent with those who are present and
always on the right side-thsy are
ministerialists to a man. Those whose
opinions are known to Be safe need
trouble little about qualifications;
even beggars may at times exercise
privileges which harsh laws have de-
MED to them; but known opponents
and doubtful persons are subjected to
rigid scrutiny. The first precautions
taken is to secure q tr1sty body Of
overseers, whose duty It IL 10 watch
over the purity Of elections. On them
the election depends, 30 no efforts are
spared TO insure their right thinking.
and II the result Is as required they
need fear no inquiry into their meth
ods.-Forum.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30

Inspired by insanity partaking Of the
form Of religious mania Emil Dykstra.
q farmer living with his family In a
small house near the Calumet river.
near Chicago. almost severed the head
from the body Of his 5-year-old son
early the other day. Then he mounted
g horse and rode to q neighbor's, who
turned him ever 10 q magistrate.
The weapon used by Dykstra was a
corn knife with keen blade nearly
two feet long, and fixed 1t right an
giles to the handle This was found
lying near he body by farmers who
came when the alarm was spread by
the grandmother Of the murdered
child. She witnessed the killing from
the door Of her own house, q short dis
lance from the Dykstra home. The
entire neighborhood was aroused and
q posse organized to pursue the maniac
murderer. He had, however, ridden
direct to the home Of John Meter, de-
tailed the story Of his crime and
asked to be forgiven. Meter had
taken him into custody and was about
to set out for the home OF Justice
Peter De Young when the crowd ar
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30

By q vote of the church members At
MoriaA, Carnarvon, q curious dispute
was on Tuesday evening settled. With
the introduction Of the new hymn and
tune book OF the eopnection Q few
weeks ago. there was also initiated
the practice, which II not very gen.
eral IN non-coniormlst places Of wor-
ship, OF singing the Amen" at the
conclusion Of each hymn Several
members Of the congregation ,disap-
proved Of the innovation. and by way
OF protest resumed their seats at the
close Of the hymn proper. Feeling on
the matter became so acute that the
pastor decided 10 take the voice Of the
church on Tuesday evening. when there
was present q large attendance OF
church members The result was the
defeat OF the supporters Of the Amen"
By an overwhelming majority. The
voting resulted as follows: In favor Of
the "Amen," IS; against, S6.-North
Wales Observer.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30
DOES BOSTON KNOW THIs7
rhs "Bsanfsast" Wa Too Much foI
This Man.

rhs "Bsanfsast" Wa Too Much for
This Man.
Thomas May OF New Hartley. Nor
cumberland, little anticipated that his
sudden demise would give rise to an
Interesting genealogical question, says
the London Globe. He died because ne
had swallowed too many "carlins, OF
dried peas, in accordance with north
country custom, on Carlin Sunday
which falls one week before Palm Sum
day. and is celebrated by the eating OF
dried peas, In token Of Lenten fare
This custom the correspondent Of
contemporary declares to be survival
Of the pagan bean feasts whose name
has been perpetuatsd to describe the
annual outings given by employers TO
their Journeymen. A more reasonable
derivation Of the term bean feast" ap-
pears, however. to be from the north
country term bean" for the bird
kpown elsewhere as the bean goose
(anser segetum) or stubbls goose. This
derivation Is confirmed by the altsrns-
tive use OF Inc VoEm "oy4BOoo' "
signify q printers bean feast, "wayz"
meaning stubble, and "wayzgooss" .
stubble goose. fattened after the har-
vest, and furnishing the chief dish 1t
the entertainment which concluded the
years toll. The same bird Is also de-
scrfbed a. a harvest goose" q survi-
val Of the "arvyst COS" Of old English;
"a young wife and an arvyst Cos,
Moche Eagil with both," says the pro-
verb. Pursuit of the evasive goose Of
the beanfeast through his various YER
bal DISCUSSES thus takes US farther and
farther from the "carlins" or dried
peas Of Lent. Indeed, between bean
feast" and the Lentsn fare Of dried
peas the only possible connection
would seem to be that either. INDUCED
In to excess. may have serious results.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30
Safeguards.

THE cashier informed me-" said the
president, that he was strongly
tempted to skip with the funds. but
that he locked himself up with them
and prayed over them all night and
oVercame the temptation" Il know
It," said the chief director. II had q
detective at his door, one at each win
dow and one on the roof-at the
chimney aue-while he was praying"
Atlanta Constitution.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30
compound Locomotives.

A dozen or more OF the As consol-
idation compound freight locomotives,
recently ordered for use on the south
western division OF the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad, are in service and are
giving splendid satisfaction. On the
Mississippi division they have In
creased the train haul 40 per cent over
the old line. When the grade redue-
lions are completed the improvement
will be even more noticeable. The
compound ten wheel passenger en-
gines have developed unexpected pull
ing power and unesual speed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30

A shell hsh Of the Meditsrrsneen
has the power Of spinning q yissid
on Which, In Sicily. II made into .
very handsome fabric. The silk q
suun by ths shell fish for the purposs
~ Attaching itself to the roclz. Thn
material IL gathered at loE ndA
vashed IN soap and vstEs dried.
str.ixhfsnsd and sarded-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30

II e. notable that the captain In the
nsvly organized Chinese baseball CLUB
In New York city Is named Chin IN
The Chinese evidently know something
lbout basebaIl.-St Louis Post-Das-
patch.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30
Porous Pot. M.ds Tight

Earthen vessels are being made q
tight as iron nowadays. Several coats
q thin lime applied by brush to the
pots and q finishing coat Of linseed oil
accomplish the purpose.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30
A Guaranteed Cure.

Most dinicult 70 cure Chronic Constipation Yet
cGsOarets Candy CathArtie are guaranteed 20 cure
Iny case or money refuncOd Druggists, loc. 1Sc oc
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30
lns.r.bls lIslaay.

Hicks-~Just saw Hoglsy. Had been
10 the doctor.A Doctor tells him he l.
looking himself again
Wicks-Ia he really as bad as tia.
pOoF sslIOH.--Tlt-Bits.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects of the well known remedy,
SYRUP or FIGs, manufactured BY the
CALIFoREIA Ere SYRUP Co, illustrate
the value of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known 70 be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. IL
Is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system ehectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per
manently. Its perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and its acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them, make 1t the ideal
laxative.
In the process Of manufacturing hgS
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities OF the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants, by a method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get its beneficial
effects and to av limitations, please
remember the full Iame of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP co.
GAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
roUrgVuLE, KY. NEW YORK. y. z.
For sale by all DruggissS-Pries SOC. per bottle
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30

Whenever you're in doubt, go take q
bath.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30

Piso,s Cure for Consumption has been Q
Nadison, 200 l2d Ave, Chicago, III.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30

A little reform wouldn't hurt . great
many reformers.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30
4 HUMAN SACRIFICE.
AN INSANE FARMER KILLS MS
s-YEAR-oLp SON.

Threat cas With cara Knifs--Rs,iris..
Mania Inspires the Bloody Dssa-u.a-
naa sarrsadsrs HInsslf aad says ths
Ainighty Dirsstsd Him.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30

are given to over
work. Let them be
wise IN time and at
the first indication
of female trouble
write to Mrs. Pink
ham at Lynn. Mass.
forheradvice. This
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30

This Is heroic but penalty has to b
paid.
A woman In New Mstsmoras. Ohio.
Ms. ISABEL BRApFIELD. tells IN the
following letter how sine fought with
disease of the feminine organs until
finally forced to take to her bed She
avs.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1899-05-30
WOMAM'S
DEVOTION
70 HOME

"DKAR Mas PkHAM-I feel II my duty to write to You 70
ten You that have taken Lydia Pmkhams Som
nd and think there In no medicine the world Ike It
suffered for nine years sometimes for twelve weeks at
time could not stand my feet had female troubles OK
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-19
"Prosperity" in Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 10.-Driven by pov-
erty, sixty-two people answered this
advertisement in local newspaper:
WANTED-Skn for grating; will paw ~ a
person.
DR.. E. f. Prescott wanted the skin
to graft on the hand of Richard Grav,
aged seventeen, who was injured in a
factory: The issue of the paper con-
tanning the advertisement was hardly
on the street before men and boys be-
gan focking toward the DOCTORS pri-
vate hospital in the Prairie State Bank
building. Sixty-two persons answered
it in person, and they ranged all the
way from nineteen to forty seven years
in age. They all said they were with
out money and were willing to do any
thing for bread. After an examination
DR.. Prescott selected four whom he
thought would do. The rest were told
they were not needed, but some of
them became importunate. II cannot
even sell my flesh for food, y muttered
one old man, the Oldest of the throng,
when he was told the doctor would not
need hlm.-[San Francisco Examiner.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-19
Dr.. Wards Vegetable
Anodyne Liniment.

The same that has been sold to
you in this county for the past
seventeen years by DeCamp,
Pickle and others on it's own
merits and has always stood the
test.
Call at the house in block south
of Post Office, where A. H. Pike,
the General Agent for this coun.
ty, lives. Or when buying from
the medicine wagon that will call
on you twice each year, see that
the trade mark DR.. Wards is
blown in the bottle; that it is
made in Winona by the J. R.
Watkins Medical Company, and
you will never be disappointed
with what you buy, whether Lin
iment, Barb Wire EN- brocation,
Petro- Carbo Salve, Stick Salve,
Condition Powders, Gen De Can
dra for the Blood, Oriental Nerve
Tonic, Carminative Cough Syr-
up, Headache Tablets, Pills, Root
and Herb Tea, Extracts, or Spic-
es. 46tf
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-19
Held Up.

Ed. Paulson drove to Willmar Mon
day with travelling man, and while
coming home at about 1l:3O p. M,
when just this side of the Charles Olson
place, between Atwater and Grove
City, he was held up by five tramps
and relieved of his watch and all the
money he had with him-about S..
He was driving along at an easy
gait and as he says, was not as wide
awake as he might have been, when the
team stopped and the buns were de-
manding his cash. Ed. says he "dug
up' in hurry and was glad to get
out OF the deal so easily, as all the
hOld-up stories he had ever heard ran
through his mind in a second and he
didn't want to go through any more of
them--in mental experience-than he
had to.
The buns were very quiet about the
matter. Three held the horses and the
other two looked to Ed, and they spoke
as civilly as if they were very partial
about securing Ed. as a permanent
customer, and as Ed. was driving on
after the deal was concluded, one of
them intimated that they should be lad
to meet him again and make some re-
turn for the kind favor. Ed, however,
thinks he will not encourage another
all.
No attempt was made to capture the
tramps, although Ed. came right to
town and could have had twenty men
after them within an hour, but he
thought one round with them was
enough. Had Ed. aroused the town,
it is dollars to doughnuts that they
would have been captured and perhaps
given a touch of the S'cat-o'- o'-nine-tails :"
or tarred and feathered. The buns
had been seen about town Monday
Grove City Times.
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-19
HOLLAND.

July l3.
Warm weather and plenty of mos
quitoes.
Farmers are busy making hay in
this vicinity.
The new store building of Stob &
Stob, at Prinsburg, will soon be erect
ed. Messrs. Stob have bought J. j..
Kingma's stock of goods and will
have to move them from the old stand
before the first of August. E. Porter
will conduct a store at the old stand
as soon as the present stock of goods
is removedt
j. B. Bosch is hauling wheat to
Raymond these days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sikkink, of Fill
more county, were, here visiting with
their son Henry, but have since re-
turned home.
p. j. Roelofs and daughter, Mrs.
Bomiena),' have gone to Maurice,
Ao"S3 w S4o1U "1UA IcldUltcSs 1ucy
are expected home next week.
Mrs. Myers, of Chicago, has visited
for a few weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. H.
Knott. She has now gone to Iowa,
where she intends to remain month
or more before returning home.
The hailstorm of last week did some
damage in the northern part of this
township.
John Kingma. and Aren't Bolt are
building bridge across Hawk creek
between sections. 10 and IL. This is
the third bridge this township has
built this year. S=.. >...s :. ill., :
Cornelius Bouma an, and Kate Vanak-
keren were united in the holy bonds OF
matrimony on June Ma at the residence
of the BRIDES parents. We all wish
the young couple q long and happy
life. n 4. s:..z Sc ss ..s5@ 'z.:ss9 4 Nj:
Willmar tribune., 1899-07-19
the WORLD.
A coiored Boy in Search Of KnowI-
edge and Employment.

Newton Johns, a colored boy twenty
years Of age, struck. this village last
week, being on trip of sightseeing
around the world. This is the same
young man who gained so much noto-
riety through an article published in
the Minneapolis Tribune of July 3rd,
where he with comrade by the name
of Paul Grouse, was arrested for va
grancy. In an interview with the
young men it was CLEANED that they
were not what might be termed the
ordinary tramp, as they were always
willing to turn their hands into en-
ployment of any sort. Their expert
ences have been quite varied and in
teresting for boys so young.
Newton Johns is bri ght looking
lad and presents a countenance which
does not characterize the ''tough"
element. His polite manner in con-
vers alton is very much in his favor.
He carries small, black satchel, in
which he keeps a diary of his travels
and descriptions of the different places
he visits. The boy claims to hail from
Bristol, Pennsylvania, leaving home
for the purpose of securing work, in
which he was fairly successful. In his
travels he spent some time in Lngland,
which country he does not speak very
favorably of on account of the author
tiles persisting in arresting him among
the vagrants and not giving a young
fellow least bit of show.
1t seems hardly right to encourage
anyone in a life of adventure, yet in
this instance it seems that the boy had
started away from home of poverty
and had naturally drifted along in
quest of employment which one of his
age could undertake., and at the same
time give him glimpse of the large
world in which he lives. The lad is
we'll informed for one of his age.
While here he did considerable CORE
spondence, and among his letters was
one addressed to his home. He ex-
poets to go back to Pennsylvania be-
fore long.