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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13

this dazzling hoard is steadily
growing larger, there is fam
inc of silver dollars. The
country is doing such a ire
mendous business that the peo-
pie are ravenously hungry for
money of small denominations.
In the east there is a special
demand for 81 and S. bills.
In the west silver dollars have
been drawn from the sub-treas-
uries until their stocks are
about exhausted. In all sec.
tons there is such a demand
for fractional silver that the
government supply will soon
be eaten up if the present rate
of call keeps up.
The treasury has on hand
$500, 576,436 in silver dollars
but most of these must be re
tanned in the vaults for the re
demption of silver certificates,
which aggregate $500, lS7,5o4
This leaves $388,o32 in silver
dollars in the treasury and it.
branches that are not covered
by notes. -. /,
The treasury stock 'of frac
tional silver is down to S.,
456,ooo, and there is no Law
for buying any more bullion
for this coinage. The govern
ment officials fear the entir
: stock of small silver will b.
called into circulation befor
congress can take action t
meet the great demand.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13

Mr.. and Mrs. G. NJ. Dey arc IL
Spokane taking in the sights q ~
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-10-13

The last issue of the Mining
and Engineering Journal has a
flne article illustrated by sew.
eral half.tone cuts of the great
hydraulic mining enterprise of
the Twin Springs Placer Co.,
OF Philadelphia, who are oper.
ating on the Boise river. This
is only one of the many vast
mining enterprises recently in
augurated by eastern capital
lists in this state and shows to
what extent the confidence in
the future of Idaho is held
away back east.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-30

AS the last stroke Oftwelye dies away
she murmurs softly in he sweet mu-
steal voice. My beloved is mine and
| am his and with a piteous sob,
"Oh. Ernest. my beloved as she
stretched her hand across the grave
To her CONSERVATION her fingers are
clasped by q hand of warm. real flesh
and blood. and familiar voice ex-
claims, as she springs to her feet.
Iris. my. darling; Iris, my sweet
one, can it be YOU. really you, here at
midnight. kneeling beside nv moth
er's grave?'
She was too frightened at first to
speak or even to scream. but quickly
recovering herself she says:
Yes. Ernest my love. it is l. tbs
Hallowe en- and we girls We're tempt
ing fate. did not know whose grave
knelt beside. for | am a stranger
here came only TO please the girls
L certainly never dreamed of such a
happy revelation as this, she finishes
as he clasps her in his arms. Fate
will not allow herself to be too sorely
tempted. sooner or later she Furnishes
the offender severely" he SAYS But
come. call the girls. for my love. it is
getting late and must see YOU home:
meanwhile. | have a long story to tell
YOU OF myself
As they walk slowly down the street
he continues. Il am no more worthy
OF your love. Iris, than when | left
YOU at Judge Parker's two years-it
seems a@es-ago, but there is no need
of my dwelling on the past, it is pain
full. You know what | ana thief.
forger and fugitive from justice: but
Iris. am worse than that. | am a
coward. a heartles>. cruel coward.
1t was the consciousness OF my guilt
which prevented my asking you 10 be
nv wife that night told YOU OF NV
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-30

an outlaw
Yes, and go with him to his Cuban
home, she answered softly.
well, let US go, for. as you once
said, we belong to each other"
The next day there was quiet
wedding ar Colonel Graham's resi-.
dence, and the happy bride babe fare
we'll to America and went in exile wit
her fugitive husband, self-banished
for loves sweet sake, the result OF
Tempting Fate"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-30

love. Then when | learned how sin
cere was your love for me and knew
what barrier lay betwixt US. ard
that l had with my own hand reared
it, | turned coward. fed Icould have
endured the punishment for my crime
but l could not bear that you in your
Innocence and purity should waste
your affections on n criminal. | hoped
you would forget ME, although it was
torture to think OF existing without
your love. fed to Oklahoma. and
there Joined the army | hoped |
would be killed. was glad when We
were ordered to Cuba. / thought If
were dead you would think kindly of
me, for / believed you would despise
me living, as | am. After we were
mustered out / have been wandering
restlessly about the island of Cuba
and finally settled down on a planta-
ton of my own: but lately a strange
desire to visit nv mothers grave
came over me which could not BAN
ish, and | resolved to CRAFTY it. |
arrived late this evening and came
here at once, thinking that death be
side her sacred dust would be- the
greatest blessing heaven could grant
me, for believed myself friendless and
forsaken of all. | must have fallen
asleep for l seemed to have been
awakened by your sweet voice sound
ing like music in my ears. and the
touch OF your hand. At first thought
il was a dream. for | have heard your
voice so often in my dreams. but that
cry, oh, Ernest. my beloved. was too
real for dreamland voice. and | find
that you love me vet
Just as devoteely as when | gave
you the promise on the lakelet in
Missouri. TO think OF you. and only
you. a. mine
And would You marry a criminal,
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-30
Declared Insolvent.
Sold everywhere. IS cents.

Jefferson City, Mo, Nov. 23.-The
Northwest Missouri Town Mutual
Fire Insurance Company, of Mary
vile. Nodaway county, will be closed
down by State Superintendent of In
surance f. T. Orear. The company
is insoivent and assistant attorney
general Sam b. .Jeffries left tonight
for Maryville TO institute proceedings
in the circuit court of Nodaway TO
wind up its affairs.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-30
enough" she answered gently.

enough" she answered gently.
ooh could it be that heaven is at
last SO kind to me as to grant me the
blessing of a pure, true hearts love, y
he cries rapturously, then adds re-
morsefully, would it hadcome soon
er or that ! We're more worthy of it. :"
But why pursue the conversation
further for. as | have said before,
they are lovers.
Sweet is this night. the night of
their parting. but bitter is the morn
of wakening IT'S as when we retire
serenely after spending an evening
among our choicest, tender flowers
and find on awakening that a frost
has fallen while YOU slept, and only
b'ackened and withered leaves remain
where our beauties once were. for the
next week it was known far and near
that Professor Ernest Galloway was
a thief and forger nd had fled the
country in disgrace.
And what of Iris? need YOU ask?
She is a true woman and her heart
once placed is never withdrawn. and
although he on whom she has bestow-
ed all her wealth of love has become
Il criminal, although others condemn
him, although she herself believes him
II be guilty, yet her heart remains
true to its idol
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1899-11-30
Silk Umbrella (either Lady's or Cents.

Given for IFS lion
heads and a 2-cent
stamp. Neat appear
ing and an excellent
time keeper. Solid
nickel-silver case. with
ornam entail back
Mic KEEL movements,
escapem ent fully
jeweled. The famous
" kerboc ker"
watch.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11

Every republican paper in Iowa,
from the State Register down to
the little crossroads weekly, howl
ed "traitor" and "copperhead'' at
everybody who did not support
the presidents Philippine policy,
and yet the Iowa state republican
convention in that state made not
the slightest reference to that poll
cy. Upon the question of annexa-
ton there was no explicit or def
mite expression. Why did not the
Iowa republicans express the posi-
ton of their party upon the mat
ter? Why did they hesitate to
commit themselves in favor of the
presidents present policy if it is
unreasonable" to oppose it?
THE UNION has a good deal of
respect for an open and honest op
ponent, but none for the dod2er
and political coward.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11

is a continual source Of irritation
and trouble.
1t would be a great deal better
for Great Britain to recognize the
independence of Canada and be
rid OF her mitchell making and OBJ
stinate officials. True, it would re-
duce the nominal area of the Eng
'lish empire, but it would rid the
home government OF a responsible
ity for which it gets nc adequate
return. Certaily it is a poor poll
cy for Great Britain to humor the
whims and caprices of such a col
ony in order to keep down the
spirit of annexation. On the con-
trary Great Britain should give
Canada to understand that she can
go whenever it suits her conven-
fence to do so, in which event the
Canadian department would ma
terlally improve.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11
Good Endorsement From Lead.

Some of the republican papers
east of the river are trying to start
a movement for the reform forces
to nominate a non-partisan ticket
this fall, headed by Judge Carson
and made up of two other gentle
men east of the river, one to be a
populist and the other a democrat,
by sending out a report that such
was the fusion plan of campaign.
The Call has carefully investigated
the rumor and is pleased to say
that the reform forces will put up
a clean, strong ticket, composed of
men Of integrity and known legal
ability. Hon. Edmund Smith of
Rapid City, seems to be the only
candidate for supreme judge from
the Black Hills district, and only
agreed to accept the nomination
when representative party men
from every county in the Hills
urged him to do so.
The Call will support Mr.. Smith
and the indications now are that
Judge Bennett, one of the circuit
judges east of the river, will be
nominated, even without the con-
sent Of Col. (7) George, the self
constituted wet nurse of the demo-
cratic party Of South Dakota. The
third man will undoubtedly be
Hon. c. B.. Kennedy of Canton,
an old time porulist leader. Lead
Evening Call.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11
Charges Of the Returned Volunteers
Another thousand volunteers are

Charges Of the Returned Volunteers.
Another thousand volunteers are
back from Manila. Their tales is
a uniform repetition Of the charges
which these columns have carried
for months. incompetent mis-
management on the part of Gen.
Otis; the btutal treatment Of the
volunteers; fruitless campaigning
for territory which is abandoned
as soon as captured; a vigilant and
tireless enemy; thousands Of
soldiers incapacitated BY disease.
all for the possession Of a corner
OF territory which compares to the
rest Of Luzon as 4 postage stamp
does to the remainder of a large
sized envelope. The volunteers
unite in saying that the islands
are not worth holding il We could
get them, and that it will take
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11
Senator Burrows Blunt Talk.

The recent interview with Unit
ed States Senator Burrows Of
Michigan in which he expressed
the opinion that if the war in the
Philippines is still in progress next
year and the end is not then in
sight, the situation will be to the
disadvantage of the republican
party, seems to have set the ad-
ministration to thinking. "The
only hope for the party or the
country" bluntly admits the sena-
tor, 'is in a speedy change of con-
ditlons in the Philippines. Unless
the war speedily ends it will be-
come an important political factor
and its continuance will make the
outlook for republican I'M
certain, to say the least"
These words from a republican
United States senator possess a
significance not to be under.rated
or ignored. 1t is simply a repub.
lican recognition of the widespread
dissatisfaction with the small re-
suits of the war thus far-results
which appear to most people not
at all commensurate with the cost
and the sacrifice made.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11
years Of arduous campaigning to

years of arduous campaigning to
make any impression on their
deadly jungles.
The sole defense of the admin.
lstration is d supercilous sheer at
the credibility of private soldiers
against the statements of general
officers. 1t will be discovered
that the rank and file will do a
good deal of voting and a good
deal of missionary work in line
with there own views, even if those
views fail to coincide with the
statements of incompetent general
officers in defence of their own
criminal incompetency. The
people will accept the judgment
of the volunteers.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11

lin accordance with the action
aof the three reform state centra.
committees, there will be but one
county convention in this county
this fall 70 select delegates to the
state convention. The populists,
democrats and silver republicans
will Join in one union county con-
vention and select 4 joint delega-
ton to attend the state convention
on September n. The county
conyentionswill be held in Rapid
scity on Saturday, September z,
and Joint primaries to select dele.
gates thereto should be held in all
precincts on Tuesday, August 2e,
whish ~ Who supported ". j.
SAfyan il 1896 are entitled TO parti-
cipate. antisare also eligiable to at
ssnd thescounty convention as del
sgatss Ihe basis q representa-
6cninthe eounty convention will
6onedelsgate for each IS votes
y fracfion thereof cast for
Andrew ~ for governor
formal call will appear
eolumns nextweek,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11
CITY j: $500 e e' ssr Of

gHtiun, OH treH hl.l1H IHie OF tHe FFeTnUHt' FIN
morn & Missouri Valley Railroad. 1t has eight
A:hnrches; two miles of street railway: gas and
electric light plants; perfect system of water
works; second largest works in the world for
the treatment of gold ore by the colonization
process; extensive iron foundry and machine
slops. largest Touring mills In the state; lies
but IL miles from some of the largest and rich
est deposits of gold. silver, copper, iron, mica
and tin iii America; extensive steam tile and
pressed brick works; U. S. government Indian
school, land Office and weather signal station
BROAD sti . ITS: MASSIVE business blocks; beauti-
iuls parks: state school OF mines; two banks;
four newspapers; ut the edge OF tie greatest
range stock country In the west shipments for
8 81 900, O00l; on Rapid river. the largest
stream in the Black Hills; county seat OF Pen
nington county.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11
There are increasing signs tina.

There are increasing signs that
j financial panic is about due
abroad. In London, Paris and
Berlin money is tight and the
authorities point out a tremendous
speculation and imitation Of values
il all manner Of securities. A
similar condition Of affairs prevails
il the United States. 1t should
be remembered that the last great
panic which hit this country start
lea with the Barring failure in Lon
don. Our inflated prosperity may
collapse through a similar pin
prick il the financial bubble on the
other side.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11
THE

a Menace to Liberty, Hindrance to
ProKress ana Curse to the World.
The mortgage is a self supporting in
stitution.
1t always holds its own.
1t calls for just as many dollars whom
grain is cheap az when grain is dear.
1t is not affected by the drought.
1t is not drowned out by the heavy
rains.
1t never winter kills
Late springs and early frosts eve
trouble it.
Potato bugs do not disturb It.
Moth and rust do not destroy it.
1t grows nights, Sundays. rainy days
and even holidays.
1t brings a sure crop every year, and
sometimes twice a year.
1t produces cash every time.
1t does not have to wait for the mar.
ket to advance.
1t is not subject to speculations Of
the bulls and bears on the board Of
trade.
1t is a load that gals and frets and
chafes.
1t is a burden that the farmer cannot
shake off.
1t is with him morning, noon and
night.
1t eats with him at tho table.
1t gets under his pillow when he
sleeps.
1t rides upon his shoulder during the
day.
1t consumes his grain crop
1t devours his cattle.
1t selects the finest horses and the
latest steers.
It lives upon the first fruit of the
season.
1t stalks into the dairy where the
busy housewife tolls day after day and
month after month and takes the incest
cheese and the choicest butter.
1t shares the children's bread and
robe them of half their clothes.
1t stoops the toiler's back with its
remorseless burden Of care. 1t hardens
his hands. benumbs his intellect, pre-.
maturely whitens his locks, and often
times sends him and his aged wife over
the hill to the poorhouse.
1t is the memorable and exacting
taskmast tel.
Its whip lie as mercilees and cruel as
the lash of the slave driver.
1t is a menace to liberty, a hindrance
to progress. a curse to the worlds
F. Norton.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11
HOW THEY DO IT.

The Rules That overn the Opera
lions of the Trust Builder.
1t is said Of the president Of the
Standard Oil trust, and he has many
imitators, that he never issues a posi-
tive order. says Ainslee's Magazine. he
merely "suggests." The burden of
making a suggestion operative is left to
the official to whom it is made, and al
though suggestions are usually acted
upon as promptly as the commands Of
the sultan when he uses q regiment of
Janissaries to carry his message, they
are approved of only when they are
successful. If by any chance a sugges-
ton should prove a failure when ap-
piled. the unfortunate who acted upon
1t must bear the blame for not having
had better Judgment, and the result
is invariable. The trust builder, like
T%al]yrand. ''does not like to have un-
successful men about him." On the
other hand, if a suggestion IL rejected
and the result shows that the judg-
ment Of the official was good. the great
man conveniently forgets that he was
ever guilty of making such a sug-
gestion. Success excuses everything,
and in constantly thriving for it the
darkest tragedies Of trust building are
brought about. Every year men go mad
trying to keep pace with the terrific ad-
vances of the trust builders, just 40
the generals Of Napoleon succumbed in
attempting to work out the world
grasping designs OF tho Unsuitable and
~tireless commander. The great trust
builders deserve to bs credited with
private asylums just as the western des-
peradoes are credited with private
graveyards.
The beauty Of the trust system Of or
~ganization 10 that, while exacting
obedience, it leaves room for individual
Judgment. and in this way secures in.
telligent cooperation. And when, the
trust builders find a man who il capa-
BILE OF serving them intelligently they
are not n~iggardly in their rewards Pro-
motions come quickly whom deserved.
and a man gets a chance to do all tho
work he has the capacity for a. long 40
he can show successful results. 1t 10
this system that has enabled the Stand.
ard Oil company to conquer CONNER
cially a territory vaster than that.
which was ground under the heel Of
Napoleon Or Of Caesar. Truly, the
Standard Oil is the father Of the trusts,
and though others have achieved much,
they bear tho am relations to it that
the children Of a great man do to their
father; they may be successful, bgS
they are o~vershadowed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11
Occasionally a republican par

Occasionally republican paper
is found brave enough to declare
that Mckinley has been a failure
and that unless the party wants tc
face an overwhelming defeat in
1900, someone else must be nomi
mated for the presidency. All
signs point TO Mckinley and Bryan
as the opposing leaders. McKin-
ley is responsible directly for the
blunders of his subordinates, =
blunders which in a large measure
he himself directed. II will be the
best thing that can happen that he
should 60 before the people for
final judgment.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11
Republican Cowardice in Iowa.

The total evasion Of en- express
sion pro or con as to the policy to
be pursued by the administration
toward the Philippines BY the Iowa
state republican convention is SO
extremely cowardly As to merit
contempt. And yet il would have
been risky piece Of business Is do
So. 70 endorse any presen,
policy Of the Mckinley administra
tion might place the Iowa republi-
cans il A embarrassing position.
Mckinley Is liable e completely
reverse his position before an en-
dorsement would have time 70 get
sold. :ssss
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11

In the midst of the hullabaloo
about prosperity it is noted that
American steel exports for June
1899 have fallen off over 20 per
cent from the figures Of June
1893. This is directly due to the
action of til, steel trust in forcing
up prices in the United States
beyond the export point. Further
advances are noted in the Ameri-
can iron market in face Of a mark
ed decline in the European scale
Of prices.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-08-11
A~nti>lmperialism in the West

Anti>lmperialism in the West
A tremendous meeting of anti.
imperiallsts at Chicago last week
shows that the movement which
started In Boston is gaining power.
full Roadway in the west. Men Of
the most representative character
we're in a c n d a n c e and
participated in the meeting. Sen
ator Mason, Of Illinois, SEN in one
of the most forcible letters.
Among other things he wrote.
THAT class of dangerous citi-
zens who feel above serving their
country have not yet heard OF the
unnecessary and unconstitutional
war now being waged by us to
make slaves in the Philippines is
lands. They say we bought the
right to govern from Spain. Then
we bought what we had no right
to buy and what Spain had no
right to sell. We purchased goods
from a thief. To get the tech
nical right to kill We call them
rebels against the government to
which they have never sworn
allegiance. We have no more
right to govern in the Philippines
without the consent Of the govern
ed than King George had to gov
ern us in 1916 without our con-
sent"
William ]. Bryan makes an even
more forcible argument IN last
weeks independent. He says:
ga government cannot be by
consent at home and by force
abroad. If we adopt the gun
powder gospel in the Philippines
how long will it be before that
principle be transplanted to Ameri
can soil?"
Present indications are that ten
republican senators will be found
in opposition to the president in his
Philippine policy. This will
again throw the senate in opposi.
ton to the administration and may
serve to save the country from
the humiliation OF further disas-
ter. knowledge Of this opposition
seems to have killed all desire on
the part of the president for that
extra session Of congress which he
had determined to call in October.
The object Of that extra session
was to push through the finance
bill which has been the subject of
consideration by the caucus com
mites Of the house republicans
and the republican members of the
senate finance committee. The
The indications are that the finance
bill will be subordinated to a new
war revenue measure. That
$4,000, 900 deficit will loom up
more a~ggressively than ever, de-
spite of the fact that the revenues
'is the government are larger than
ever before in its history.
9EssfaEgNtN NaA5NsE