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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-12
The Great Loyalty Trust.
Let us do our duty.

This is an era of trusts, but the
latest thing in this line is what
might be termed the great loyalty
trust. No one is eligible to enter
this combination except republi-
cans who are willing 10 look upon
the national constitution as a
piece of sentimentality, support
the present administration in all
its hlunders and jobbery and line
up under the crack Of the Hanna
administration political whiplash.
All others are 4'copperheads" and
TRAITORS and their expressions Of
opinion are Unreasonable and Sc
ditious." In other words, the
opponents of imperialism are "dis-
loyal
The UNION would join the Chi
cago Chronicle and ask: Disloyal
to what? To the constitution?
Where in the constitution does the
president find power to make war
without the consent of congress?
Where in the constitution does
either the president or congress
find power to subjugate peoples
on the other side of the globe and
to offer them the alternative of abb
solute submission or determination?
No warrant is found in the consti-
tuition for adopting and pursuing
the policies and the methods of
the remorseless conqueror. The
constitution does not make rebels
Of those who never owed allegiance
to the United States and whom,
according to an accepted principle
of international law, Spain had no
power to hand over as subjects to
our government.
Disloyal to what? To the foun-
dation principles Of our govern
ment, to the doctrines Of liberty
as formulated in the declaration of
independence and as crystallized
in the fundamental law Of the land?
These men who are so loudly de-
nounced as disloyal are above all
true to those principles and doc
Itrines. They are intelligently and
indignantly true to them, while
the imperialists who yell s.disloyal!'
are essentially. Though perhaps
unconsciously, false to them.
They are so far true to them as
10 assert that the right Of life. liber-
" and the pursuit Of happiness,
the rights Of self-goVernment and
independence are las much the
rights of the Filipinos as they.
we're 81 the american colonists in
i776, 81 as congress 4 few days
more than ! year ago said they
were 81 The cnbsns. They assert
ior he Filipinos 40 more than
eongtess by almost unanimous,
Iyoies asserted IS the cub.ns.t
Thsysaasert mt whas tie irnper.
is6sssdspy u shs Fiiipinos Nd
iaaste asey q A. cS.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-12
Kind Verbs From the Call.

The Rapid City UNION, one Of
the ablest edited papers in the
Black Hills, comes 70 our desk in
The form q ! seven column quar-
to. Brother Grid deserves much
scredit for the improvement he has
made in the UN1oN.-Lead City
eau.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-12
Americas Unenviable Position

Americas Unenviable Position.
When the Cars peace commission
meets the American commissioners will
be the representatives IF the only ma.
tion that has q war IN its hands. The
kings and emperors OF the old world
will have reason to smile when they
look in upon the conference, for there
will be the flag of the worlds greatest
republic to remind them that America
is tho only country that is trying to
make subjects of IN unwilling people by
force OF arms.-Kansas City Times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-12
AS seen BY others.
Should Miles Be Remoyedq

SuOUIQ WlI05 DIG
II Miles shoulI be removed from the
command of the army for performing
his duty by the soldiers and by the
nation there is a possibility that the
people will make other removals at
their earliest convenience.-Cedar Rap
ids Gazette.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-12
ronnd n Lat.

Exhibitor-This. ladies and gents,
this piece of straw is that celebrated
last straw that broke the camel's back!
Mrs. Hardacre-Well, well, Hiram.
that's wonderful. I've heerd tell Of
that straw all my life, but little did ]
ever expect to see 1t.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-12
The Beef Inquiry Ends.

The Beef Inquiry Ends.
The board of inquiry which was
supposed to get at the bottom of
and ascertain the real truth Of the
army beef scandals has reported
and that report has been approved
by President Mckinley and his
official associates.
The report is not remarkable.
1t is simply what was expected
when the farce commenced.
That deaths--scores of them
could be traced to the rotten beef
and unfit rations dealt out the VOL
uuteers there is nc doubt, but &C
cording to the report of this board
Of inquiry, no n is particularly
to blame. No one is punished for
negligence, criminal or otherwise.
"Censures" are dealt out with a
lavish hand, but ''censures' count
for naught SO far as the guilty
parties are concerned. They
come cheap. Take the Eagan
scandal for instance-"retired" for
six years on full pay!
Gen. Miles, who to say the
least is no favorite with the ad-
ministration powers, is c ensured
for bringing to light the beef
scandals and protesting against
feeding the volunteers nauseating
and disease breeding food.
Among the important points in the
report are
Gen. Miles allegations that the
refrigerated beef was treated with
chemicals were not established.
Gen. Miles allegations concern
ing the canned fresh or canned
roast beef were sustained as to its
unsuitability for food as used on
the transports and as as a long
continued field ration
Censure of Gen. Miles for Ger
ror" in failure to promptly notify
the secretary Of war when he first
formed the opinion that the food
was unit.
Censure of the commissary gen.
raj Chen Gen. Eagan) for the too
extensive purchases Of the canned
beef, as an untried ration.
The packers were not at fault,
and the meat supplied to the army
was Of the same quality as that
supplied to the trade generally,
and the recommendation that no
further proceedings be taken in
the premises.
The whole report is long list
Of cheap "censures'' for admins
tration pets, offered as a sop to
still public. criticism. Miles is
ensured also because the admins
t~ration DARED do no more with him.
Had it not feared the wave of in
|dignation from the patriotic masses
il would have made Miles punish
ment severe, but there was a M.
tional election on hand next year
and such action might excite the
people to oppose republicamism.
The report also declares that the
issue 81 canned roast beef IS !.
ration VS. m experiment. Per
Ihaps but why were the volunteers
IS the field used S subjects o.
which . sxpsrimsntl Think Of
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-12
The Rule Of Blood and Iron.

The Atkinson incident is instructive
as revealing with o startling clear
ness than ever the despotic tendencies
of the imperialist policy. 1t uncovers
the temper which brooks no opposition
and will tolerate no criticism. The
mailed hand OF the rule of blood and
iron is being gradually disclosed, which
will next fall heavily upon freedom of
speech within the old borders OF the
United States. 1t is impossible that
a national career OF conquest can be
persisted in without the impairment OF
that most cherished privilege under
the constitution.-Springield, Mass,
Republican.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-12
Proving What Is Acknowledged

Proving What Is Acknowledged.
Why does the government call eX.
pensive expert witnesses to prove what
no one denies, Thai canned foods made
from good material and carefully pre-
pared, are palatable and wholesome?
II reminds us of the man who was
charged with selling stale eggs and
offered to refute the charge by proving
that his hens always laid strictly
fresh" eggs only.-Rartford Times.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-12
ST All Trades.
Our New Little Giant
4 Horse Power Gasoline Engine.
WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD TO EVERY s1ockmAN AND FARMER.

How many Of you have lost the price Of this Engine in one day on &c.
count OF insufficient wind to operate your wind mills, leaving your stock
without water. Get one now do your pumping when there is no wind or
or dry, wind or calm, It's all, the same % this. machine. Viii also shell
corn. grind feed. saw wood, churn butter, and is handy for a hundred
ot the. jobs, ia the house r on the farm. Costs nothing 70 keep when not
pletly set up ready to run, no foundation needed, q great labor ard mon
" saver. Requires practically no attention, and is absolutely safe.
Write for circular and special prices.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-12

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cnscarets Candy CathsIttG loo or ID
&c. C. C.. s...t to cure, druggists ,ofund moneS
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-12
Degeneration of q Year.

The though which seized hold of us
q year ago that the Cubans should be,rid
of the Spanish yoke was a divine inspi-
ration, but not 50 the thought of terrific
rial conquest which subsequently seized
hold upon the Washington government.
The first was the mighty and lofty sem
timent which called the colonies to
arms a century add a quarter ago to
fight for human liberty. The second is
the sentiment which moved Spain four
centuries ago to cruise the seas in
search of lands and peoples to seize and
conquer. The first made America the
freest and richest nation in the world;
the second will send the nation back to
the days of Arragon and CASTLE if per-
sisted in.-Kansas City Times.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30
Women Less Guilty.

Ia an article on "Women and the
Emotions" by Professor Mantegszza,
in the November Humanitarian. there
are some interesting statistics show
ing that those modern socialogists
who hold that women are mems quals
in the field OF criminality are wrong.
Here are some Of them:
Man BEARS false witness 100 times
to a woman's II.
Man for forgery and counterfeit
coming wes convicted 100 times to a
womsn's IL.
Ia France women are summoned
before the tribunal four times less
than men.
In France, in 1880, women delin-
quents were IA to 100 men.
In Italy, IN the same year, they
were only 9 per cent.
In Algeria we have 96 male delin-
quents and only 4 women.
Ia England aud Wales, between
1884 and l842, there were "a women
to 100 men, all for the more serious
offenses.
In 1871 DR.. Nicholson found in the
prisons in England S,2lS men and
i,2l7 women.
In the prisons Of Turin. from 1871
to 1884, the women in respect to
men are represented by figure Of
1857 per cent.
Taking the whole Of Europe. wo'
men are, the professor says, five
times less guilty than men.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30
WESTMORELAND.
The Late James K NJ. Newton Entertain
ments Etc, Etc.
Correspondence Of The Free Lance
Hague, Va, Dec. 25th, 1899.

Correspondence of The Free Lance }
Hague, Va, Dec. 25th, 1899.
The large circle of relatives and
friends of the late, learned and bril-
liant James X. NJ. Newton, Common
wealth's attorney of Newport News,
here, where he was bora and grew to
manhood, were shocked and grieved
to learn of his death in the prime of
life.
Mr. Newton was grandson of
Hon. Willoughby Newton, OF Lin
den," prominent lawyer and mem
Der of Congress, and the eldest son of
gallant Wllloughby Newton, of D" Mt.
Pleasant" who lost leg at Chsncel
lorsvlle in the civil war. and who
married Miss Bessie Marshall, OF
Fauquier.
Ia 1887 Mr.. Newton sold his fertile
farm here {" Mt. Pleasant ~ to Mr..
John Z. X. Crabbe, of Baltimore.s
with Mrs. Newton and six children,
moved to Alexandra. 0nly two
members of bis family-Mess
Marshall and Amber Newton-are
living now.
Hon. Thomas B. Murphy, after
long and patient waiting, has recent
ly moved into his handsome new
house, which is model Of comfort
and convenience, and an ornament
10 this section.
Judge Bssle's bright little boys,
Robin and Charley, will entertain
their young friends on the evening
of the Goth inst. from to 9 o'clock,
and the little girls and boys have
pleasant sDticipstions Of the evening
Messrs. Brown and Anthony's
splendid pack of houpds will nearly
every day make " Sly Ronsrd" git
up and git" to their sweet music for
the pleasure of those who love the
sport.
Many of our native girls and boys
and many visitors will come here TO
spend their Xmas holidays, and in
the happy family reunions, social
gatherings, church entertainments,
fox hunts and oyster rossts the writer
hopes that sll of our people may be
happy and spend very pleasant
Nmas.
Seldom.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30
CAROLINE.
Christmas Entertainments Notes and Per
sonals.

Correspondence OF The Free Lance.)
Bowling Green, Va, Dee. 27, 1899.
Miss Maude Broaddus, who is at
tending the Womsn's College Of
Lynchburg, is spending the holidays
at ner home here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wc.G, Boyd left on
Tuesdey night for their home IN
Richmond. after spending several
days with the family of Mr.. I. ID
Coghill.
NJ ss Ida Keizor, of Rsppshanuock
county, is the guest of her friend,
Miss Annie BrOaddus.
Mrs. George E Burt, of Wsverly,
is spending several days with her
parents, D.. and Mrs. w. i Broad
dus.
The Xmss entertainment Of tue
Christian church took place on M)u-
day evening and sitter the exercises
the hearts of the children were made
happy by visit from SAINTS Claus
with bsg for all.
Mrs Ilby Moncure aud children, Of
Blackstone, are at Auburn" ths
home of Judge l. G. Moncure
Mr.. X. w. Pestross left on Wed
nesday for Norfolk after spending
several days at his home here.
Miss Msy NJ. Broaddus, who is
teaching at X lmarnOck, is spending
the holidays at her home here.
Mrs. F E Moore and children, of
Norfolk, are spending Nmas with hei
parents here.
Prof. c C. Eanis, who is teaching
near Charlottesville, is at his home
here.
Mr.. Byron Vincent, of Norfolk, Is
spending several days at his home
here.
Oar streets seem quite deserted
without the bright faces of the Sem
nary girls on them, but the sad faces
Of the boys will soon brighten up for
they will be back Sunday.
Messrs. John Winston, NJ ncu Q
Gravatt, Webb Rains and John
White, students at the University If
Virginia, are at their homes here.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. W. Wooltord, Of
Baltimore, are the guests of Rev. W.
=. Hayes and wife.
Miss Katie Sugg is the guest OF her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. F. Sugg, at
their home here.
DR.. j. R. Moore, of King William,
was in town on Thursday having
come up for his daughter, who is a
student st the Southern Seminary.
Mr.. +. R. Coghill and fsmily
have moved into the house on Mil
ford street recently purchased by
him.
Messrs. Chandler. Collins and VAL
eDtine spent last Friday in Richmond.
Rev. J. H. Amiss, P +. of this
district, held his first quarterly con.
ference Of this charge 10 the MethO.
dist church, of this place, last Fri
day.
Rev. E. H. Rowe and wife spent
last Friday in your city.
Misses Miriam Coghill. Alice and
Ellen Broaddus spent several days OF
last week with friends in Richmond.
y. Z
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30
IN Interesting Sketch Of Old Senators
Of the Y. s.

Fur Of the oldest men in the Sen
ate sit side by side on the front row.
They are Pettus, of ALBANIA, who Is
seventy eight years old; Cockrell, of
Missouri. who is siXty'dvG Vest,
also OF Missouri, who is verglng on
seventy, and Morgan, of Alabama,
who will be seventy-six next June.
Age has dealt lightly with these
tour old men, with the exception Of
Senator Vest, who is beginning to
give evidence of the weight Of three
score years and ten upon his dIminu-
tive form. Pettus is wonderfully
we'll preserved. He is known as the
C9nfucius of the Senate, because be
looks so wise aud is so deliberate il
his talk. Cockrell is one of the hard
est wol kers in the Senate, and his
constant watchfuluess while bills are
being considered is proverbial. Vest
used 10 be one of the greatest orators
aud debaters in the body, but Of late
be has participated but little in the
proceedings. Morgan is one of the
wise men Of the Senate. He knows
everything about everything, When
he WAS boy and books were scarce
be used to train his memory by learn.
ing to repeat each volume, chapter
at a time. HIS parents wanted him
to become u minister, but he drlfted
into law and then into p lltlcs. He
is one Of the few men in the Senate
who has really the broad gauge of q
statesman.
Very few OF the old men in the
Senate show their age. No one
would ever suspect that Plat, OF
Connecticut. is seventy-two, or that
Cullom, of Illinois. WAS seventy last
Novem Der. Senator HaWley, of
Connecticut. is seventy three; Gear,
of Iowa, will be seventy next April.
and Hoar, Of Massachusetts,, is sew
enty.three. Senator Teller is still
vigorous, with his seventeen birth
day rapidly approaching, and Fry is
remai ksbly young man for the
weight Of nearly seventy years.
Jones, Of Nevada. is sixty. nine.
while his colleague, Stewart, is sev
enty-twO.
Senator Bate, of Tennessee, like
the late Senator Harris, will not dis.
close his age. he must be seventy
or theresbouts, for be was a soldier
in the Mexican war, over half cen
tury ago Washington Post.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30
Fitzhugh Lees Arrow Wound While
Fighting Indians in Texas
Years Ago.

When Gen. Fltzhugh Lee was a
lieutenant in the Regular Army OF
the Uuited States, some years before
the outbreak of the Civil War, his
company was engaged in a sharp
fight with the KiOwa and COmsnehe
Indians in the Cimmaron country
in Texas. The Indians had taken
refuge in a narrow canyon, which
could be entered only from one end.
and there had thrown up u fortitica
ton of logs, from behind which they
poured hot FIRE into the troops. The
character Of the canyon was such
that the horses Of the cavalry were
useless, and they were left outside,
the men advancing on foot. Only q
few of the Indians had firearms, the
rest using bows and arrows. Had the
Indians been as we'll armed as they
have been in later wars the loss of
the whites would have been very
large; as it was, only four or five
soldiers we're killed, though the Ia
dian loss amounted to nearly so.
A charge was made upon the log
fort, and Lee, who was dashiDg
officer and wonderful fsvorite with
his men, was the first one to scale the
breastworks. Tue arrows were whiz-
ziug all about him and one struck
him in the breast, in6icting very
ugly wound. As be fell the confusion
was so great about him that the ar
row was pulled out of his flesh and
thrown to the ground among other
arrows, whole and broken, so that no
one could tell sfterwArd whether the
head had remained in the wound or
had been drawn out with the stick. 1t
was impossible. therefore, to say how
seriously he bad been hurt, and be
was carried at once to the rear, where
litter.was improvised of sspllngs and
boughs. He was laid upon this, which
was swung between two horses, and
thus he was carried back to the
wagon train, a distance of more than
$50 miles through rough country.
Probing showed that the head of the
arrow had, fortunately, been drawn
out, and in due time good nursing
put the Lieutenant on his feet again.
This is an incident in Lees career
which is apparently known to very
few. It is Of interest, also, that the
old Second Cavalry had for its
colonel Albert Sidney Johnston and
for its lieuteusnt-colonel Robert 4
Lee, and that Hsrdee, of tactics"
fame, aud George e. Thomas were
two Of its ms jors. The captain Of
the company in which Fi'zbugh Lee
was first lieutenant was Kirby Smith.
-Springfield Republlean.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30
Our State Finances as Shown By
Treaaurer's Report.

Mr.. A. w. Hsrmsn, Jr., treasurer
OF the State, has made public the an
uusl report of his office. 1t covers
the fiscal year ended September 80,
1899.
For the year just ended, there is q
total balance to the credit of the
State Of $605,942 As, as compared
with a balance of 1926, ,SS1.73, for the
previous year, showing an increase
of 1869, 060.72.
The large increase in the balance
considere d in itself, would be cause
for congratulstion, but to arrive at 9
Just estimate of the financial condi-
tiOn of the State, the following state
ment Of facts made in the Auditor 6
office, must be borne in mind.
FIRST. Nearly 800, 900, the approx
innate cost of session of the Legis-
lsture, was 40 Offset against the small
Ter balance for 1898.
Second. Nearly $250,000 of the
balance resulted from operation OF
the delinquent tax laws, the fund
from this source covering redemp-
tions for several years past.
Third. The revenue from the col
lateral inheritance tax, which
amounted in the fiscal year ending
in 1898 to $l4 268. 20, against $67 l56
AZ for this year, was swelled abnor.
mally by receipts from the Ginter
estate, and from the estate OF one
other wealthy Virginian.
The indications Of substantial i'm
proyement in conditions in the Stste,
it was pointed out in the Auditors
Office. we're the figures showing in
creased receipts, from taxes on banks,
insurance companies, railroads and
charter fees, the increase indicating
greater activity in the commercial
purguits.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1899-12-30
A Decision About Negro Schools.

A case Of considerable importance
was decided the other day by the
Supreme Court of the United States,
Justice Harlan handing down the
decision. The facts are briefly these.
The school authorities of Richmond
county. Georgia, closed the colored
high school for want of funds, with
out at the same time closing the
white high school. Some of the
colored citizens Of the county resent
ed the discrimination and brought
suit in the Federal Court to eDjOin'
the State authorities from the COL
lection Of taxes for the support of
schools. The court refused the in
junction and diselaim jurisdiction in
the matter.
Justice Harlan said that the edu-
cation Of the young had been remit
ted to the several States and should
be generally left to their control.
The Court had not been able to
discover that the Supreme Court OF
Georgia had erred in refusing to
grant an injunction. The School
Board was confronted, he said, with
the necessity of closing the colored
high school and turning the high
school building over to the negro
children Of the primary grades, or
leaving the latter without educa-
tional facilities. The court fail.
ed to see that this was vic.
lation of the fourteenth amendment
of the constitution. 1t was also re-
marked by Justice Harlan, in the
courss of bis opinion, that to close
the public schools attended by the
white children and thus deprive them
Of educational facilities would not
aid the colored children in the least.
The evidence, he said, indicated
that the County Board had acted in
perfect good faith.