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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
alvin SAUNDERS IS DEAD.
War Governor Passes Peace
fully Away at His Home.
HIS LONG LIFE AND GOOD DEEDS
End Was Painless. and His Faculties
Were Retained to the Last-Was
Twice Governor of Nebraska
Lived to Ripe Old Age.

Ex-Governor Alvin Saunders died at
4 o'clock Wednesday morning at his
home on Sherman avenue, in Omaha,
at the age of eighty-tive years. He
passed away easily and naturally and
his death seemed to the members of
the family gathered around the bed
side as though he had merely gone
from perfect consciousness into a gen
tie sleep.
Governor Saunders end has peer ex-
pected almost hourly for the last ten
days. His strength first began failing
about six months ago, when his heart
showed signs of giving out, and the
members of the family knew that his
death could no be long delayed. Only
once or twice since then has he been
able to leave the house for u drive
with his physician or a turn in a wheel
chair.
In spite of this extreme age and his
physical intirmities he has had full
possession of his mental faculties and
continued to until within a few mo-
ments of his death.
The governors wife, his daughter,
Mrs. Russell b. Harrison. and his ply
%sician, DR.. Hanchett, were present
when he passed away. He was per-
fectly rational until within a few mo-
ments of his death,
Alvin Saunders was a native of Elem
ing county. kentucky, where he was
born July 10, 1917. His father was q
farmer and his opportunities for school.
ing were limited.
When he was nineteen years old he
struck out for himself and he went to
what is now the site of Mount Pleas
ant, la. Here he obtained work on a
farm, but subsequently changed this
occupation for hat Of clerk in a small
dry goods store.
lie wa a delegate to the first republi-
can state convention in Iowa, and also
to the national convention that nomi-
mated Abraham Lincoln for the presi-
dency. .
President Lincoln appointed him
territorial governor of Nebraska March
2G, 1861. In 1867 the admission of Ne
braska to the union terminated Gov
ernor Saunders gubernatorial office.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
DETAILS OF THE CAPTURE.
Dispatch From General White Tells How
He Lost His Left Wing.

He Lost His Left Wing.
A dispatch was received on Wednes-
day from General White giving the
details of the capture of his left wing
Monday. He says; Sunday night
Colonel Carleton, with the lost detach-
mcnt started to seize Nicholson Mex.
When within two miles of that point
boulders were rolled down the hills
and rifeshots fired. This stampeded
the mules drawing the ammunition
wagons and the started in the direction
of the enemy with practically all the
equipment. Carleton e~ntrenched his
forces On the hill and the Beers at
tackled in heavy force. The fire was
searching and two companies of the
Gloucester regiment were compelled to
retire from their advanced position.
The enemy pressed in at close range,
and our loss was numerous. When our
ammunition had practically given out
the Beers stormcd our position and
our survivors were captured. The fail
ure of the column was due to the STAN
peding Of the mules. The security If
Ladysmith is unaffected"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
THINKS HUSBAND is GUILTY

Chicago Man Charged with Sending
Internal Machine.
The sheriff Of Waterloo. Ia, arrived
in Chicago Wednesday, with a warrant
for the arrest Of jerome w. Hoot,
charged with attempting murder.
Hoot is believed to be in hiding in Chi
cago.
Mrs. Hoot, who is not living with her
husband, received a package from Chi
cago, which, upon being opened, was
found to contain an internal machine,
with enough dynamite in it to blow up
an ordinary block of buildings. Mrs.
Hoot, who resides in Waterloo, is pos
sessed Of some means and her husband
in the event of her death would be her
heir.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Convicted of Conspiracy.

At Moscow Idaho, the jury returned a
verdict of guilty in the case of ten. and
not guilty in the case Of three of the
Coeur dAlene miners who have been
on trial in the United States court on
a charge of conspiracy and stopping a
United States mail train at Wallace on
April 20 last, the day on which the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill was
blown up at Warder. The convicted
men are: Dennis O'Rourke, Arthur
Wallace, Henry Maroni, John Luci-
netti, c. r. Burres, Francis Butler. Ed
Abinota, p. T.. O'Donnell, Mike Malvey
and Louis Salla.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Lawton After Filipinos.

General Lawton is making rapid
strides in the campaign against Tarlac,
where Aguinaldo and the main body
of insurgents have been located for
some time. Major Parker, leading
part of the advance force, entered Ala
ga, while Major Hayes command cap
tured Talvera and Cabgnattan. They
also made an important capture of war
munitions and food supplies. Bates
Macabees are performing excellent
service, and are well in, advance Of the
main body of American troops.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
OVER A HALF MILLION LOSS


Big Department Store at Kansas City
Destroyed by Fire.
Iialf a million dollars worth of prop
erty was destroyed after midnight
Sunday by fire that started in Jones
Brothers big department store on
North Main street and Sixth street,
Kansas City, and spread to a half
block of other buildings on Main
and Walnut streets. The aggregate in
surance is estimated at 1915. 900. The
heaviest losers are Jones Brothers, who
estimate their stock, which was totally
destroyed, as worth $500. 900. The in
surance carried by this firm amounted
to 80 per cent of the loss. 1t wa the
most destructive fire that has ever WIS.,
tied the uptown business district.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
MESSAGES CONGRATULATE
Cheering kilograms Sent to Transvaal
Representative

Cheering kilograms Sent to Transvaal
Representative.
A special from Brussels of October
80 says that DR.. Leyds, the special rep
resentative Of the Transvaal govern
ment in European countries, in the
course of an interview regarding the
situation at Ladyslnith, said he was
greatly surprised at the news of the
partial British disaster. While
paying warm tribute to the candor of
Sir George White, he pointed out that
a tactical error had been committed by
h British commander in dividing his
forces and undertaking the strength of
the Beers. He declined to give an
opinion regarding future developments
in the Transvaal.
kilograms of con%gratulation had
bcen received by him, be said, from all
parts of Europe, and from all classes of
society.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10

States Attorney Deneen Of Chicago
wants $24, 200, 900 from 5000 firms
which have neglected to file annual
statements with the secretary Of state
as is provided by the law which gov
erns corporations. Should Mr.. Deneen
ever succeed in getting that sum, or
even a quarter OF 1t, the county would
have a fund available for public i'm
provements considerably larger than
even New York could ever collect G.
and above the ordinary totals Of taxa
ton.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10

V~egetarians who are so strict that
they do not care to wear an article Of
clothing into which any animal prop
critics are introduced are catered for
IN tho boot line by q London shop
keeper. who is the inventor Of a veg
etarian shoe. For two years he has
been experimenting. and as the result
he ha produced a f%oot-cover in the
construction Of which there is abso-
iuteiy no paper or leather Of any de-
scription. Not only this, but. according
to his assertion. they wear one-third
longer than leather shoes, and tho
upper material is always soft and never
cracks.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Boy Badly Injured.

The t~en-year-old son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Scott of Osceola had his left
foot caught in the spokes of a g
wheel, twisting his leg all out of shape
and breaking it near the knee so that
the bones protruded. The doctors
think it will be possible to save the
leg should nothing unforeseen occur
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
End OF Long Chase.

A Decatur, H., November 5 special
ttates that +. M. Gill was arrested late
tonight on the charge of having en-
bezzled S. 5000 from the Holman Distill-
ing company of st. Louis. This ends a
chase. of fifteen thousand miles by the
members of the firm and a detective
agency. They chased Gill clear across
Mexico. He has been in Decatur about
two weeks, living quietly at a hotel,
pretending to be a retired business
man. He was a travelling salesman for
the firm.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
FAKE Mnmmiss.

It is about ten years since about
seventeen Egyptian mummies in the
old museum OF Berlin proved to be the
bodies Of fellows who. a short time ago,
took their beer In the saloons of the
capital OF the empire Of William II.
1t is now believed that there is not a
museum in the world that has not been
imposed upon by frauds of this kind.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10

No feminine visitors are allowed to
&c through the Cramps yard in Phila-
delphia because every time a woman
passes through the shops every one Of
the 1000 workmen raises his eyes from
his work. and In one minute one man,a
work for q fortnight is lost to his en-
ployers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
EXPO CLOSED IN DARKNESS
Unpaid Employees Pull the Fires at the
Power House and No Lights Burn.

Power House and No Lights Burn.
The Greater American exposition
am to a close on schedule time Tues
day at midnight. On account of the
electricians and tiremen not having re-
ceived their pay they pulled the Tres at
the power house, and the grounds were
dark during the evening. Although
there were many scenes of wild disor-
der, the people as a rule seemed to be
good natured.
Visitors in the agricultural building
took away souvenirs in the shape Of
sheaves of wheat or oats, and every
thing else they could find. After per-
ambulating the grounds for awhile,
and finding that the lights were out,
many of the people left the grounds.
The exposition has been a losing ven
turefrom the start, not more than a
total Of 500, 900 paid admissions being
received during the life of the exposi-
ton.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Girl Kills q Playmate,

An eleven-year. old girl, named Ow-
ems, returning from school at Norton
vile, O., had SOM trouble with play
mates and ran into her home, secured
. musket and fred into a group of chill
dren and fatally wounded a boy named
Below.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10

A regiment is in process of formation
at Havana, Cuba. the services of which,
when its organization is completed,
will be offered to Great Britain against
the Beers. About $50 Americans are
already enrolled on it's list and many
more are expected to join. A banner
has been prepared bearing the insc~ip-
ton, "We fight for civilization only"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Looks For a Coal Famine.

George W.. Bright, vice president of
che Sunday Creek Coal company of
Columbus, O., says that all indications
point to a coal famine in the northwest
this winter. From present figures
there is mo- half of the usual amount
of coal i'll the northwest and with the
close of navigation in sight and a car
famine in existence the prospects for a
full supply of coal are poor, indeed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10

n After al. young Alfred Vanderbilt
rave up mat ses.oeo.ooo to young Cor
:nelius merely to keep peace In the
family. And II really would seem to
,bc enough 70 keep peace In . much
larger family. There I lots end lots
i0f people who would be only too glad
~ AZ pactned " $4,000 900. .s5S
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
PRESIDENT WAS PRESENT
On Hand ut Richmond When the orped
Boat Shubrick was Launched.

On Hand Mt RichmOnd When the Torpedo
Boat Shubrick was Launched.
The torpedo boat Shubrick was
launched at Richmond, Va, Wednes-
day, in the presence of President Nc
kinley, many members of his cabinet,
Governor Tyler of Virginia, and an i'm
mcnse ~outpouring of people.
The demonstration was married in
some OF its features by a hevy rain
storm. The civic carnival parade had
to be abandoned owing to the weather
and decorations of the buildings had
a bedraggled and woe-begone look.
But those who went to witness the
launching and to see the president,
made the best of it and we're enthusi-
aStic.
The president made an address full
OF good cheer, saying the north and
south We're now welded for all time.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Helpless Lawyer Murdered.

William G. Deale, a helpless lawyer
OF Chicago, was found dead in his Of
fee from asphyxiation. A gas jet three
feet above his head was open, and a
rubber tube attached was found hang
ing around his shoulders to his nos
trils. 1t is thought he was murdered,
as, being absolutely helpless, he could
not possibly have arranged things as
they were found. ,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Corn to Russia,

The state department is informed of
the arrival at Reval, Russia, of the
drct steamer with American corn, and
that eight more shiploads are expected
ut the same port. This is the first at
tempt to introduce an American staple
product into the Russian market,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Natives Revolt in China.

The Shanghai North China Daily
News, has received q dispatch from
Chun King, saying that a native revolt
has broken out at Jen- Huiah-Sien.
provir G, OF Kuei-Chow. A magistrate
has been murdered and the situation
is considered serious.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
CRIME OF JEALOUS HUSBAND
Shoots Wife Fatally, Beats Her Parents
and Commits Suicide.

SHUUts VIZ Fatally, beats Her Parents
and Commits Suicide,
In Z jealous rage George Barthell, a
foreman in the wholesale house of the
Simmons Hardware company at st.
Louis, Monday fatally shot his wife.
beat his wife's father and mother into
insensibility with the quit of his re-
volver and then killed himself. Barth-
ell had been separated from his wife
for four years, and during that time he
had made repeated requests that she
return to him, but of no avail. At a
late hour Monday night Mr.. and Mrs.
Rohlting had not recovered conscious
ness and Mrs. Barthell was reported
dying.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10

"A grocer In southern Ohio, who had
taken an active part against the sale
of liquoreto boys, was recently visited
BY q delegation Of saloonkeepers.
After listening patiently to their
threats to destroy his business unless
he ceased interfering with theirs. he
replied: "You mistake my wares. gen
tlemen. ! sell groceries. moi princi-
ples." An answer that transforms an
humble trader into q moral hero.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Turns Over sseo.se7.7o.

General John c. Gown, special coun-
sci for the United States in it's claim
against the Union Pacific Railway Co..
Thursday presented to the department
of justice a check for $500, S97. 70, real
lied from the sequestration proceed
ings from the remaining assets of the
road.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Imports Into Hawaii,

Special Agent Sewall, at Honolulu.
reports to the state department that
the tota! imports into Hawaii during
the first nine months of 1899 amounted
to $l3, 667, 372, an increase of S., BOG, 79e
over the corresponding period of 1898
and So, 0l6, 4s2 more than the imports
for the entire year 1898.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Start for the PHILIPPINES.

Orders have been received at Van
couver barracks for the Thirty-ninth
infantry and two companies Of the
iForty-tifth to embark on the transports
Pennsylvania and Olympia on Thurs
day next. Many Nebraskans are in
tie Thirty-ninth.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Will Try the New system.

Telcgraphic communication by Sig
nor Marconi's wireless system is to be
established between five of the Ha-
waiian islands by a company of Amer
leans. The distance over which com
munication will be established will
vary from eight to sixty-one miles.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Will Return to Congress,

Judge w. j. Wood of Florence, Ala,
has received a letter from Gen. Joseph
Wheeler, who states that he will re-
sumo his seat in congress when hat
body meets. General Wheeler does not
say when he will return from the
PHILIPPINES,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Indians

A Washington special says: A party
of about 100 Indian, mostly from the
North and South Dakota reservations,
are stranded at Omaha, and Special
Indian Agent Jenkins from Pine Ridge
agency, has been ordered to secure
their return to the agencies,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10

A favorite dish with the Eskimo Is
an ice-cream made of seal oil, into
which snow is stirred until the desired
consistency has been obtained; then
frozen berries of different kinds are
added. with a little Of the fish eggs for
f~lavoring. i.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Shoots wife and Himself.

John Dawson shot his wife and him
self at Knoxville, Ia, He is dead and
he woman cannot recover They had
not lived together for some time,
though married less than one year.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Ono Lesson.

You master the first great lesson OF
usefulness to society, says the Satur-
day Evening Post, when you c%heerfully
admit to yourself that the other man
has as much right to his opinion as you
have to yours.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Conditions in Venezuela.

A dispatch says: Puerto Cabello is
still occupied by the generals support
ing Former President Andradc. Gen
eral Paredez has surrendered to GEN
eral Castros' government.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Members of SURVEY PARTY Lost.

The 1sthmian canal commission at
Washington has received cable advices
confirming the reported drowning of
two members of one of the survey par
ties now in Nicaragua. The engineers
lost were Frank b. Clark of Fulton, N.
~, chief of the party, and Oliver Col
Inns Mimmack. rodman, of Washington.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
NEWS IN BRIEF

Peter Olsen and Chris Nelson were
killed by a Chicago & Northwestern
train at Racine, Wis.
A large cotton warehouse at Crystal
Springs, Miss. containing 700 bales of
cotton, was burned. Loss 500, 900.
The fine rain on Tuesday night put
III new graded streets in fine condi-
ton for travel about knee deep in mud.
Rev. Andrew Ten Brock. who was
American consul TO Munich, Germany,
from 1856 to 1862, died at Detroit, aged
eighty-six years.
Franklin W. Spear, formerly general
ticket agent of the c. NJ. & st. p. rail
way, is dead AZ his home in Milwaukee,
aged eighty-thrce years.
Francis +. Dewes. assistant attorney
general from 1885 to 1895. died at
Washington Sunday. He will be bur-
led at his former home. Pottsville. Pa.
The residents at B%luefields are again
having trouble with the administra-
ton over an export duty of , cents a
bunch on bananas, and a revolution
may result thercfrom.
Students of the conference seminary
at B~uckhannon, w. Va, burned the
president in ef1igy. Police tried to
stop them and in the mix-up Martin
Williams, a student, vas wounded.
Ex-Prcsidcnt Harrison, wife and baby
were passengers on the steamship St.
Paul, which arrived Sunday. The pas
sage across the Atlantic was rather a
stormy one, and Mrs. Harrison wa sick
most of the time.
The state department has recently
asked the powers to give written as
regarding the open door in
China. In case of refusal the United
States will insist that China observe
the strict letter of the treaty giving
this government equal rights with
other powers.
James w. Gosnell. a well-to-do
farmer, living at Mount Pleasant. JEFF
ferson county, O.. was shot and killed
by unknown parties Saturday night.
He was sitting near a window reading
a newspaper when the ~murderers fired
from the outside, killing him instantly.
There is no clue.
The Anglo-i merican Rapid Vehicle
company of New York filed articles of
Incorporation ut Dover, Del. Saturday.
The company has a capital stock of
SIS, 0O0, 900 and was formed for the pur-
pose of combining the most important
English and American automobile
companies into one corporation.
The Samoan negotiations now on in
London have reached the deadlock
stage. Germany does not consider the
Gilbert and Solomon islands adequate
compensation for waving her claims.
An agreement, however, could easily
be arranged, if Great Britain would
cede, in addition her portions of New
Guinea.
Yale's administrative officials have
announced that a vested choir had
been decided upon for the college
chapel. The choir is composed of be-
tween thirty and forty undergradu-
ates, who have been in the habit Of
wearing, anything they liked from duck
trousers to dress suits, and the COM
bination rave to the choir a motley
appearance. 1t is understood that the
customary professional and occasional
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, j..

STATE OF OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, l.,
LUC COUNTY,
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm Of F. j. Cheney g. Co.,
doing business in the City Of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid. and that said firm will pay
the sum Of ONE DOLLARS for
each and every case OF Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in nv
presence, this 9th day OF December. A. D. 1885,
IcpIr1 A. W.. GLEASON,
1891 Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Send for testimonials. free.
F. J. CHENEY g. CO.. Toledo. q
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills ore the best
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-11-10
Breaks an Arm.

Jimmy Higley, the Fl e-year-old son
OF ). d. Higley of Pla tsmouth, fell
from a bench in his fathers barn and
fractured an arm at the elbow. A
physician reduced the fracture which
was OF q very complicated nature.