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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08

A statement of the receipts OF the
Philippine islands, from the date of
occupation by the United States gov
crnmcnt to July 81 last shows that the
total receipts from ali sourccs for the
period named was S., 249.4ll.
The strike in Havana is beginning
to cause genuine alarm among the citi-
zcns, as it is supposed the bakers will
go out tomorrow. as they have threat
ened. a strike on their part would
cause 4 good deal Of hardship. as few
private households have facilities for
baking their own bread.
The war department gave out yestcr-
day for publication an interesting
statement of the financial condition OF
the island of Cuba. 1t shows that un-
der the management of the United
States government the receipts of the
island from January !. 1899. to June
SO. of the current year. exceeded the
expenditures by the very handsome
sum Of Sl.4s0.02l.
The report Of Brigadicr-General II
{. Merriam, commander of the depart
ment of the Colorado, L. s. A.. in the
miners riots in the state of Idaho. was
received at Washington yesterday.
General Merriam gave a detailed his
troops under his command took part.
He shows hat the arrests of alleged
participants in the riots were made by
the state authoriticS.thc federal troops
n acting as guards.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08

The United States cruiser New Or.
leans is at SHnto Domingo.
Captain Paul Smith. First regiment.
national guard Of Hawaii. has been
appointed captain in the Forticth
| mite! States volunteers, now being
recruited.
.A%diutant General Corbin said YES
tcruav that there vas no foundation
for the report that the war department
proposed to organize three more rcgi-
mcnts of volunteers. and in that way
utilize the entire volunteer force s{
81, 1000 men authorized by congress.
Word has come to the wan depart
mcnt from Otis to the effect that Dato
Mundi. with his trihcSmen of Gam
boanga. have joined with the Ameri-
cans in driving the insurgents out Of
the island of Mindanao. Dato Mundi
is said to be a warrior of education.
and directed the Moros of Sulu.
At T~ittsburg. Pa. on the occasion
yesterday of the state reception to the
Tenth Pennsylvania. the First Ne
braska and Utah battery got the big
gcst ovation of any outside commands
when the president read his roll of
honor. The Ncbraskans were our
right hand men, the Pennsylvanians
say in telling of their experiences in
the Philippines.
Acting Secretary of the Navy Allen
has advised the Dewey reception com
mittec in New York that the depart.
mcnt finds i: incXpcdient to grant the
request to have the old frigatc Consti.
tuition to take part in the naval parade.
The ship is regarded as too valuable
relic to be subjected to the risk attend.
ing Il trip from Boston to New York.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08

Recent letters from Manila mention
the illness of Admiral Watson z Il
source of great anxiety to his officers.
The illness is the effect of an accident
to his launch in the Pasig river. Heart
trouble is supposed to have originated
from concern for his safety.
The secretary of war has appointed
Alexander Il. Spccl of st. Paul, Mimi.
sular affairs of the war department in
has been ordered to Manila for duty
on the staff Of General Otis.
A cable dispatch received at the war
department from Major-Gencral Wood,
says Major Russell Is. Harrison, who
is i'll at Santiago with yellow fever. is
out of danger. Ex-Presidcnt Harrison,
who is in Paris, is being kept daily in.
formed of his sons condition.
Great pressure has been brought &c
bear on the administration to organize
n colorcd regiment for service in the
Philippines. The matter is still undo,
consideration by Secretary Root. nc
decision having been reached. 1t is
understood that if such a regiment is
organized it will be otficered by colorcd
men.
The treasury department up to this
time has accepted all compromises
offered by banks for the settlement OF
fines where the examiners have found
them in possession of unstampcd
checks and notes. The plea. in almost
every instance is inadvertance. But
the violations of the law have not dc.
crcaSed as they should and the depart
ment is on a point of adopting IA rigid
policy Of enforcing "a heavier penalty
for every violation.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08

The headstrone rerson is liable
eventually to get injured just above
the shoulders.-Chicago Dispatch.
AS it is mans place to ask. so if IS
woman's place to wait to be asked:
yet oftentimes she has a way or ask
ing why she is kept waiting.
II l were as rich as my right hand
neighbor l would have his faults: if |
were as poor as my left hand neighbor
l should have his. Being myself, l have
mine.
A great many people who discuss
great questions think that thew mus,
arrive at some conclusion, like a de-
batting society. Oftenest we should be
satisfied with indecision.
A woman's progress in a love affair
is a zig-zag road; each deviation ends
ii a slight advance. And a mans.
which should be a straight line, meets
her at the return from each of these
deviations.
Did you ever notice the %rapturous
1ervor with which the postman is
sometimes received-not for himself,
but for what he brings? Be sure that
o have been in his position oftener
than you know.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
Tho ArtEul Mirror,

This looking gluss and reflection
business is being run into the ground.
Every other shop window has the
back and sides fitted with looking
glass doubling the size and magnify
ing the display. These refectors are
not limited to the windows, for in
many shops they are introduced for
the walls, making a snail store as
sumo grand proportions, without an
increase of rent A we'll known
f1orist-in fact, several-makcs Il Law
ish showing of cut flowers a perfect
riot of roses. or what seems to be. bv
the aid of mirrors. If this device can
be worked in on church-fair stew,
and the n oyster made to look like
half a dozen, or 4 small audience at
the theater show as a large one, there
will be no enc to the usefuln S. of
the scheme. The pocketbook tn
mirror attachment might be u con-,
tOrtlng possession.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08

At a harvest picnic neal Ladora. Ia,
as a result Of eating strawberrv-iav-
ored ice cream, twenty-five persons
were seriously poisoned. The entire
force of physicians Of Marcngo were
called to that vicinity. Telephone re-
ports show but a small per cent that
are in danger, as the result of the first
stage of poisoning, but fatal results
are feared in several cases.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
Departmental and Executive
Actions
ARMY AND NAVY MOVEMENTS
Events of More Than Ordinary Intercsr
to the People Of Amcricn-Oficial
Actions Which Have n Bearing
on Our Future History
Briefs for Busy People
Friday, August %.

The village of Pleasant Plain. Ar
Kansas, was totally demolished by Il
storm.
The First Nebraska left San Fran
cisco for home Friday morning. They
90 in three sections. one station apart.
on a special train furnished by the
state.
General Miles has expressed himself
as well pleased with the new secretary
of war. He declares Root is a man of
business. and AS Il result of the new
blood in the war department different
conditions exist now. The interests
of the country demanded Il vigorous
prosecution of the war and that is
what Secretary Root is doing.
An order was issued at the war dc
part.nent yesterday houorahly dis
charging from the volunteer army
Brigadicr General Irving Hale. to take
effect October /. General Hale went
to the Philippines as colonel of the
First Colorado and was made Il hriEa,
der general for gallant services. Gen.
eral Hale arrived yesterday at San
Francisco.
The establishment of a blockade OF
the ports of the Philippine islands.and
especially those of Luzon. is Il suhjcc,
which is receiving attention at the wan
department. although Secretary Root
says he has as yet not sufficient infor-
nation to warrant definite action in
the matter. The secretary says he be-
licves in taking advantage of every
thing that would tend to render a cam
pnign successful, and that war cannot
he maintained without causing dis
treSS. At the same time. he think.
that a blockade just now might cause
more damage than good.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
ORDERS A CENSUS IN CUBA
Test of Proclamation by President Nc
Kinlay.

Test of Proclamation by President Nc
Kinley.
President Mckinley has sent to Gen
eral Brooke at Havana the following
proclamation calling for IA census of
Cuba:
EXECUTIVE MANSION. Washington.
Aug. II, ls99.-To the People of Cuba:
The d~isorganized condition of your ISL
and. resulting from the war. and the
absence Of any general recognized
authority aside from the temporary
military control of the United States
have made it necessary that the Unit
ed States should follow the restora-
ton of order and peaceful industry by
giving it's assistance and supervision
to the successful steps by which you
will proceed to the establishment of
an efficient system of self-government.
AS a preliminary step in the per-
formance of this duty have directed
that a census Of the people of Cuba be
taken and have appointed competent
and disintcrcstcd citizens of Cuba as
enumerators and supervisors.
1t is important for the proper ar
rangement of your government that
the information sought should be fully
and accurately given. and l request
that by every means in your power YOU
aid the officers appointed in the per-
formance of their duties.
(Signcd) WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
Ready to Turn Tail to Save
Themselves.
SENSATION PROMISED SOON
Testimony in the Dreyfus Trial Too Favor
Able to Keep the French Army
Stan United, and a Break up
Is Among the Possibilities
Secret Session Thursday.

The mir Of Rennes Wednesday even
Ing was filled with rumors of conspira-
cies and predictions of coup de theatre,
but nothing precise could be ascer-
tanned. General Mercier's attitude
during the last few days has mystiticd
his followers in the case. He is en-
tremcly clever, and the general feeling
is that he is preparing something. the
existence of which will be revealed
within a few days. 1t is not accepted
beyond question that there is serious
division of opinion on behalf of the
generals. While the case was running
smoothly against Captain Drcyfus.
they all pulled together. but since the
tide of evidence began to turn in his
favor. as was notably the case during
the testimony of Captain Freystaetar
and Colonel Cordier. which proved
much more damaging to the general
staff than the latter anticipated. GER
tain dividing lines have beer man
ifes'ed between the various cliques.
General Roget, Major Lauth. Captain
Cuignet and NJ. Gribclin. the principal
keeper of the archives of the war
office, form one coterie; General Mer-
cier and General Gonse form another,
and General Billot and General de
Boisdctfrc Il third. According to one
report the first W. cotcries intend to
throw over General dc Boisdcffrc.
whom they feel to be faltcring, and
declare hat he is responsible for all
the errors and illegaltics of the
court-martial of 1894, thus making him
the scapegoat. According to another
report General Roget, who was not
Implicated in 1894, and who even
fought against Drcyfus because he in
herited from his predecessor the re-
sponsibility for so doing. and placed
overcOntidence in the accounts of the
matter furnished him by the general
staff, will cut himself loose from Gen
erals MERCER, Gonse and de Boisdcffre.
Yet another story is that the gener-
ais are going to give way on the au-
thorship of the bordereau in view of
the strong expert evidence and will ad-
init that Estcrhazy wrote it, alleging.
however, that Dreyfus furnished the
information, not direct to Esterhazv,
but to a third person who acted as in
termediary without Dreyfus knowing
E%sterhazy.
All these rumors may be without
foundation, but in any event they arc
symptomatic of the feelings in Rennes
that something is going on under the
surface and the complexion of the
trial may be changed by IN coup at
at any moment.
In the matter of evidence Wednos-
day was quite a Drcyfus day. only the
deposition Of the last witness, General
de Loye. being unfavorable. The test
mony Of NJ. Picot. a member of the in
stitute. is little likely, however, to
serve the cause of the accused mater
tally, if at all, because his introduce
ton Of Colonel Schneider, the Aus
trian military attache. as a champion
OF DrcyfuS was rather calculated to
arouse resentment and adversely to
influence the Judges.
Thursdays session was secret, as
artillery secrets were discussed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
~DYNAMITERS STILL AT II.
Cleveland Street Car Blown up and Pas
scngcrs Badly Injured.

Cleveland Street Car Blown up and Pas
scngcrs Badly Injured.
At Cleveland. O.. Il combination car
on til Wilson avenue street ear line
was blown up by a powerful explosive
between Scovil and Quincy streets
Wednesday night. There were six
passengers on board, five of whom sus-
tanned broken legs. The other pas
scngers and the crew of the cars es-
capped without injury. When the cX-
plosion came it was with such force
that it lifted the car entirely off the
track. destroying the trucks, and
demolishing the flooring. The car fell
again on the tracks. and in such a way
as to imprison the injured and now
frantic passengers. These were rescued
by the crew Of the car. The report Of
the explosion was such that it was
heard on the public square. three miles
from the scene. The injured are Mrs.
l.. Schroeder. Miss Schroeder. f. p.
Schlitz, Mrs. Z. p. Schlitz and an I'M
known man. There is no clue to the
perpetrators of the outrage.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
Narrow Escape From Death.

A young man by the name of Frank
Lindsay, living with his parents about
six miles southwest of Creighton. met
with what might have been a fatal ac-
cident. In company with another
young man he was riding along on
horseback when young Lindsay's pony
suddenly took fright at a tumbling
weed rolling past, throwing him. and
his foot caught in the stirrup. He was
dragged some distance and when taken
up was in an unconscious condition,
and remained SO for several hours.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
II see by the Newspapers rem.

Il see by the newspapers rem
Reeder, that the miners N the
like ere sending cut appeals
wives" rs that so?" calculated H
nypeck, in an eager whisper. "Tl
Fan have mine.'-Berlin (MG.) He
aid.
1t is estimated that two-thirds of the
gold hunters who went to the Klondikt
country in 1898 returned with nothing
10 show for their trip; but their erie:
Of distress are we'll nigh drowned b,
the joyous shouts of the minority
Topeka Capital.
\ lucky klondike miner, il the trans
p%ortation companies can be believed
pulled an $500 nugget in out of tn,
frost. But a little klondike wealth
calls for a big lot Of talk. Fighter
hundred dollars made in any other wa,
would call for no remark.-Minneapoli
Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08

Many Of England's leading poets
have had very mingled strains in their
blood. Tennyson's extraction was
Danish, French and English. Robert
Browning had brown" blood in his
veins. for his grandmother was a Gre
ole lady. Rossetti was Italian, with an
admixture of English blood; Algernon
Charles Swineburne has both Scandi-
navian and French blood in his veins.
Austin Dobson is French as we'll as
English. and the late Coventry Pat
more was "f%ractionally German"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
WITH SPOON AND "PUSHER."
How lsostcn Babes Learn the Etiquette
OF Bean Eating.

OF Bean Eating.
When honorel by nativity in Bos-
ton, where all is good. a baby is
taught his first lesson in table ETH
ouctte with a dozen we'll baked beans
and a ''pushcr.' Seated in his high
art high chair, with his snowy biblet
Of finest needlcworh under his chin,
his nurse or his governess proceeds to
show lin the straight u narrow
path which leads to his mouth A slice
of toasted brown bread, or. newer fad
yet, ''hcalth bread us utin:o narrow
spears, say a half inn wide by the
| width OF tn. slice. In his saucer are
placed a few beans free from mois-
ture, single each and perfc It, as cor.
recllv baked beans are. Then he is
taught by gentle repetition fist ca:
these beans per spoon" and then
per fork" In his left hand is placed
the little slab of bread known rs the
''pusher," in the right hand the spoon
which his paternal grandmother gave
him. The 'pusher' steudies the bean
in its maynard course; the spooa runs
it down
1t is not to be supposed that ms
takes are not male. The ''pu Sher"
gets eaten and the pushee gets mad,
and forthwith sings ava the spoon
ana gets his bean by fair means or
foul. But Boston governesses are pa
tient, and rs the ycnr-old pupil walls
his fond teacher quotes from the
Encid TO him, saying, Perscvcre!
"ror.an hnec olinsmcminissc iuvabit."
And he straightway ~pcrsevcres.
Practice having made perfect, tho
y~oungster is then set to spearing the
elusive bean with his tiny silver forl
and taught to guide that dangerous
Weapon neatly within his pursed W
lips. The toasted ''pushcr," which Of
course, ever and anoa disappears the
way of all bread, is replen,shed, ant
that lesson, too, is learned.
Then remains one more course O
instruction. The beans are mashed
instead Of being left whole, aud tn,
art of taking up n suitable amount,
neither more o less, is taught, boil
with the spoon us the instrument ant
with the fork.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
Reed on WhlteXaShinr.

Speaker Reed met Representative
Lacey of Iowa in the shadow of the
entrance to the members lobby Of the
house. He peered at the Iowa man.
who bears a strong resemblance to the
and greeting him with a cheerful laugh
and a handshake that conveyed a sug-
gestion Of great relief, he ~astoundcd
he representative by drawing out:
Lacey, you look SO much like the Sec
WhiteHaShed."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
SIX LIVES Lest IN A FIRE
Trying to Save Goods at Yuma, AriZ.,
When building Falls.

frying 10 SaNe tOOuS AT luna, aTiZ.,
When building Falls.
The most disastrous fire in the his
tory of Yuma. AriZ.. broke ont at ,
o'clock Wednesday morning in the sec
Ond story of f.. G. Saganctti'S mcr-
chandiSc store. resulting in the loss of
six lives and Il total destruction of the
store building and stock of goods.
The fire department. which responded
promptly. was unable to cope with the
flames. owing to the lack of apparatus.
a crowd Of men were carrying goods
from the building when the second
floor fell upon them, killing six and
more or less injuring many more. The
list of dead are:
City Councilman II. +. Ncahr.
Rodolfo Wilson.
James Tapia.
Julian P~resciado.
r. Il. Ivora.
Richard Wilson.
The loss is estimated at $3.50, 900; in.
surancc, $1,000
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08

President Mckinley yesterday fc1.
wardcd to General Brooke at Havana
his proclamation calling for a census
of Cuba.
The United States transport Kilpat-
rick sailed yesterday from New York
with 800 tons of relief supplies. food
and clothing, for San Juan. Porto
Rico.
The war department yesterday in
anguratcd a new policy in the way of
franchises by granting Il revocablc
license to Ramonde Valdez to construct
a system Of canals and electric light
ing and power works on the Rio Plata
at Il point about seventeen miles above
San Juan, Porto Rico. This is the
first license Of the kind yet issued. Mr..
Valdez is a native of Porto Rico. and
the war department has been induced
to grant the license because the con-
strnction Of the plant means the "
pcnditure among the distressed in
habitants of Porto Rico of about 600
600.
1t is reported that Aguinaldo has
ordered the rebel generals in the pro-
vince of Cavite to close in on and at
tempt to take the owl of linus. and
it is added that troops are concentrate
ing around the town from the lake
country.
The inSu!ar commission. consisting
Of Major Kennedy. Judge Curtis and
Major Watkins. which have given six
months study to the conditions of the
island of Porto Rico, Yesterday made
its report to Secretary Root. 1t rec.
olnmcnds a form of civil government
for the island to take the place of the
present military regime, and submits
for adoption a code of laws.
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson is
arranging for an exhaustive scientific
investigation of the abandoned farms
of New England. He is very sanpuine
in his belief That science can reclaim
these once fertile farms.
The big battleship Wisconsin which
is being built at San Francisco will be
ready for the trial trip inside of a fort
night or three weeks. Were it not for
the delay in getting the coming towers
from the east the Wisconsin would
now be ready for the initial trial.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
Maori Mat.

A unique Maori mat, composed OF
he feathers Of the "kiwi' (the wing
less bird Of New Z%ealand), was sold In
| London auction room the other day
In the mat were two panels OF feathers
If the white variety, which probably
10 living person has seen in England.
1t is said that it took the tribe-whose
chief, doubtless, used 1t as a prayer
nat-ten years to collect them. The
mat fetched thirty %guineas. and was
bought, it is said, for the Natural His
tory museum.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
JOHN R. M'lEAN NAMED.
Nominated on First Ballot for Gov.
crnOr OF Ohio.

Nominated on First Ballot for Gov.
crnor OF Ohio.
At GAINESVILLE, o.. Wednesday. the
democratic state convention named
John r. Mclean of Cincinnati to head
the state ticket. A strong platform
against trusts. Imperialism and gold
was adopted. The nomination of Bry-
an in 1909 was demanded.
There was such a demonstration af,
ter the nomination of Mclean was
known to have been secured hat the
secretary could not the vote
except 1924 for Mclean and 227 fo1
kilbourne.
In the midst of the yelling 4 motion
vas made to makci it unanimous. This
prevailed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-08
AGUIMALDO PLANS ATTACK,
Orders Advance IN linus. in the FRO,
incn of layifn

Orders Advance on linus. in the Prov
ince of Cavitc.
1t is reported that Aguinaldo has or
dcred the rebel generals in the prov
ince of Cavite to close in on and at
it is added that troops are concentrate
ing around the town from the lake
country.
The rebels. it is further said. have
an outpost of 700 men on the Dasma-
rinas road. and IN equal force in the
town of Anabo. The Americans are
~entrenching the town and they have
no fear of the result of any attack by
the rebels.