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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
reach Your ch,ldrsn to Play Alone.

/ believe that every child should be
encouraged. II not required. to play
alone during some part Of the day.
Any close observer OF children will
note an unexplained tendency to silli-
mes when q number OF them are at
play together. There are likewise dan
gers In an oversnppls e adui. society.
Children are more influenced by In
direct suggestion than we are apt to
realize, and we may keep them by us
too closely, and thus affect unfavor-
ably their will power and their ,nde-
pendent deyelopment.-Elaine Goodale
Eastman Ii the May Womaa's Hone
Companion.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16

The best behaved town on the map
Of California is situated picturesque,y
in q thick Sierra forest. up in Nevada
county. It's name is Overton. And
what is strange to relate. this model
town has neither church nor preacher
in 1t. But then It has no saloon.
either. There are some $50 souls in
Oyerton. II appearances count for
anything at all, these souls don't need
saving. so circumspect are the lives
they lead from day to day, from year
to year. The people OF Oyerton never
80 to church: they are too busy. They
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
ON the Wrong Track.

Always think before you speak,"
murmured the loquacious Filipino
who was being ~intrusted
with a flag Of truce. you want to for
get about that .proverb while you are
attending to this business" said the.
general. Just you say we surrender.
as quickly as you can. II you stop to
think they'll give us another whipping
the interim. Star.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
how tho Presid.nt i. p.,d.

The president Of the United states
receives his salary In a warrant upon
the treasurer at the beginning Of every
month, and Col. Crook. one at the
clerks at the white house. obtains his
signature and receipt and deposits the
money to his credit In one Of! the
Washington bankss The warrant IS
signed by the chief Of the warrant
division and approved by the secretary
of the treasury or n OF his assist
ants.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
The Coolest.

Yabsley-What was the coolest
weather you ever saw? NUDGE
don't know. You don't expect a man
to carry a thermometer in his pocket
when he is proposing to an h%eiress, do
you?-Indianapolis Journal.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
b sticking Point.

What is your objection to surren-
dering?" asked the weary Filipino.
haven't any objection to surrender
ing" was the leaders answer. .AH
I object to is being compelled to admit
that have been whipped..-Washing-
ton Star.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16

Twenty-Five years ago France was
able to put as many soldiers in the
field as Germany. Today it falls short
by about 100000 men.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16

Korea Is Just about the size OF the
Island OF Great Britain. being 500 miles
ling and from 100 to- 200 miles wide.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16

The knowledge that you are unabls
to do a thing at all is next insimpor-s
lance to being able to do 1t well.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16

Pyramids are so called because they
appear amid the desolation of the
desert,
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22
TRAFFIC MEN RETURN.
Stubbs and Mccormick Make an I'm
portant Change While in
the East

Messrs. Stubbs, Mccormick and Sproule
of the traffic department of the Southern
Pacific Company returned Sunday morn
ing from the prolonged visit they have
been making in the East and which was
undertaken for the purpose of introducing
Traffic Manager Mccormick to the differ
ent subordnates under his charge along
the hundreds of miles of railway that he
exercises control over.
While in Chicago these gentlemen at
tended a meeting of he Western, North
western and Southwestern passenger as
sociations each of which had sent its
executive officers there to convene and
the purpose of arriving at more salts
factory understanding on many veXa-
tious matters connected with the traffic
ends of their various roads. What were
the particular interests to be looked after
by the Southern Pacific officials Mr.
Stubbs would not say. but the SUPPOSE
tion is that they were merely in the vicin-
itv when they learned that some carving
was to be done, and they sat in 10 be
sure they would not miss their pound Of
flesh.
The only important change that has yet
manifested itself as result of the trip is
the appointment of S. f. b. Morse, gem
eraI passenger agent of the Atlantic sys-
ten. to the additional important positions
of passenger traffic manager of the G., S.
and L. the Houston and Texas and the
Texas and New Orleans lines, and assist
ant traffic manager of the Southern Pa
cif
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22
METAL INDUSTRY
BOOMING IN THE
UNITED STATES
Naval Officer Irish
Brin gs News.
ALL MECHANICS ARE WORKING
DEMOCRATS TRYING TO GET
RID OF w. j. BRYAN.
Say He Induced Members of His Party
in Congress to Vote Twenty Mil
lions to Pay Spain for the
Philippines.
ALL MECHANICS ARE WORKING
DEMOCRATS TRYING TO GET
RID OF w. j. BRYAN.

Colonel John P. Irish, Naval officer at
this port, has just returned from a flying
visit to the East He spent four days
in Washington and several days in Du-
buque, Ia. his old stamping ground.
? Colonel Irish reports great increase in
the demand for manufactured iron and
steel products. which demand he ascripes
to the substitution of metal for wood in
large buildings. The industry is thriving
remarkably all throughout the East, and
all the establishments are running full
blast. There are very few If any compe-
tent mechanics unemployed. But, strange
as ii may appear, the men who furnish
the ore are not getting the benefit of the
increased price for the iron products, they
being now engaged in filling contracts
be happy when they shall have finished
these contracts. Wages in the metal
workers departments also have risen.
There is also an increased demand for
aluminium for electrical work, 1t being be-
lieved to be as good as copper for that
purpose and having the advantage of
lightneSS.
Colonel Irish saw many indications
while in the East that quite an influential
clement in the Democratic party is try
ing to unload William J. Bryan off the
back of the party, but he doubted whether
the attempt would be successful. Bryan $
action in getting Democratic votes in Con
gress to ratify the peace treaty with
Spain and to pay that nation $40 100000 for
the Philippines was inconsistent with his
later course and utterances. The propo-
sition to subSidize the Sultan of Sulu and
TO allow the Mohammedans of that island
TO practice polygamy has created strong
feeling in the East, such a concession be-
ing believed to be repugnant to the prin-
stitution. Colonel Irish found the Dem
ocracy badly muddled and not nearly so
strong or compact in organization as 1t
was during the last Presidential cam
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22
SAYS He SHOT
HIS WIFE IN
SELF DEFENSE
keenan, Testifies in
His Own Behalf.
HE CLAIMS SHE STABBED HIM
EXHIBITS HIS CUT VEST TO THE
TRIAL JURY.
The Evidence Is Now All In, the
Case viii Be Argued and Then
Submitted for a
Verdict.
HE CLAIMS SHE STABBED HIM
EXHIBITS HIS CUT VEST TO THE
TRIAL JURY.

Patrick Keenan,, better known as Patsy
Hogan, eX-prizehghter. politician and fire
man. took the stand yesterday morning in
Judge DUNES court and testified that
when he sped the bullet that caused his
w.fe's death and landed him in a mur-
derer's cell he did SO in defense Of his life.
He said that his dead wife plunged i
knife into his breast three times before
he shot her, and as he pulled the trigger
his strength gave out from loss of blood
and he fell back on the bed When the
officers came he was still lying on the bed
and the knife was still buried third Of
its length in his flesh.
" hen Keenan, took the stand he nrSt
gave a brief history OF the troubles that
led 10 4 separation between himself ana
his wife, Inally reaching the day OF the
tragedy. He said that after dinner On
that dav he and his wife went into an
adjoining room. where he again appeatcd
10 her to forget the past and again take
up life with him. To his appeals she had
but one answer. Il don't love you any
more, keenan,, and l never will live WITH
YOU again. rs there some other man
YOU loye?' he said, and sne answered,
Yes, there is, but it's none of your d
business who il is.
i told her that she was in a had hu-
NOR, continued Keenan,, 'and was tellnS
me that which was not true. | never
doubted her fidelity, So her words had b"t
little effect on me, and then l said 70 her,
Well Anna, kiss me and viii go She
was pulling the string of a shoe and said,
Give me your knife. keenan, l did SO
and then started TO put my arm around
her necR to kiss her when she stabbed
me. ! felt a burning sensation and 20 I'D
feel the blood running down my breast
] started 10 unbutton my clothes to see
how had l was injured when she eane
up behind me and again stabbed me. She
was between me and the door. and as [
started out + was again stabbed, so l
drew my revolver and struck her on the
head She screamed and grapped me,
and then the pistol went off once. rwice,
perhaps three times. Then l tainted. I
guess. as | remembered nothing from
that time until I awoke in the Receiving
Hospital"
Keenan, then showed his cut vest to the
jury. and besides exhibited powder marks
on his face, which. he said were caused
by. the explosion Of the pistol when lis
wife grappled with him. He further tes-
titled that his wife once called al the en-
gine house where he was employed and
asked him for her fathers watch and
some money. He refused to comply with
her request. and then she threatened to
- kill him if the opportunity presented it
self. Mr.. Hudson was present and
heard the threat. After Keenan, had been
CrcSs-eXamined by the prosecution the
case was continued until this morning for
argument.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22
THE KEH|L WORTH
SECURES A CREW
Of ABLE SEAMEN n
All Hands DisIiked
First Mate.

After lying eleven days in the stream
awaiting a crew the American ship Kenil-
worth will probably get away to-day. A
crew was put aboard, but when the men
found that II. st. Clair, late CT the Dir
igo, was first mate they refused to go in
the ship. st. Clair had trouble with the
crew of the Drgo during the voyage from
New York to Yokohama, and the sailors
remembered it. Finally Captain Taylor
had to let St. Clair go and ship John
Boyce in his place. Then the sailors OBJ
ieCted to lot of green" hands that
formed part of the crew, and these were
put ashore yesterday and A. b. s shipped
in their place. The Kenilworth will now
get away without any further delay.
Captain Nick Rosich is now master
of the schooner Occidental, Captain
Brandt having been promoted to the man
agership of Gray & Mitchels office at
Eureka Rosich was formerly master of
the schooner Fortuna. He and Captain
Brandt had a bet of new hat over the
sailing qualities of their vessels, with TIE
result that a race to Eureka was ar
ranged. The Fortuna easily outsailed the
Occidental and Captain Rosich was iubi-
liant Now however, that he has been
given the command of the Occidental,
which, is a much larger vessel, he is GER
tain that his new boat can beat the For
tuna. Captain Luberg, late first mate of
the Occidental, is now captain of the
fortuna, ana Is ready at any time 10 give
Captain Rosich a race.
The tug Reliance was out on the bay
yesterday with party of Santa Fe GILL
cials. A visit was paid to the Union Iron
Works, where a new ferry-boat is being
built for the railroad, and from there tue
party went to Point Richmond and. in
spected the work being done at The ter
mnal of the road.
The steamer Humboldt, owned in San
Francisco, is doing remarkably well on
the -Skaguay run. She is crowded
with passengers every trip. and on sew
eral occasions has lowered the record
On her last voyage she made the run
from Seattle to Skaguay in seventy hours,
being five hours twenty minutes faster
than any record made by any steamer.
The steam schooner Navarro has neen
purchased by Bender Bros. from A. W.
Beadle &, Co. She will continue in the
coasting trade, carrying lumber for her
new owners.
A demented woman was found on Fre-
mont-street wharf by Special Officer Fi,z-
gerald She could not tell her name but
said she came from Vallejo She had on
very little clothing and no hat 50 the
officer removed her to the Harbor Pclice
Station. Yesterday morning Corporal
Cockrill found her hat, some OF her TN
derclothes, a loaf of bread and a purse
containing 10 cents on the wharf. The pn-
lice are trying to find her friends.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22
VALLEY ROAD DIRECTORS
APPOINT NEW OFFICERS
w. A. BISSELL ELECTED A MEM
BER OF THE BOARD.
His Authority as Assistant Traffic
Manager Will Extend to the Santa
Fe and Southern Califor-
MIA Roads as Well.

The board of directors of the Valley
road held a meeting yesterday afternoon
at which w. A. Bssell was elected a
member of the board in the place of H. G.
Bush. resigned. The resignation of Bush
calls for no comment. as he had only
been elected a temporary member of the
board to act while Mr.. Bissell was absent
from the city.
Mr.. Bissell's office will be in this city,
and his Jurisdiction will extend as as
sistant traffic manager. over the Santa Fe
system, the Valley and Southern Califor-
nit roads.
Officers were elected to fill vacancies in
the staff, which now stands as follows
j, d. Spreckels, chairman of the board
F. p Ripley, president; A h Payson,
vice president; Alexander Mackie, secre-
tary; L. c. Deming assistant secretary
Godfrey Holterhoff Jr., treasurer; H: w.
Gardiner, assistant treasurer' Victor Nor
awetz, general counsel; H. c. Whitehead.
general auditor; j. P. Whitehead. control
Ter; G. n. Sterry, general solicitor.
The balance of the meeting was taken
up with the inspection, of accounts and
reports and the general routine business
connected with the road.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22
ADVERTISER ENTS.
PRIZE=FIGHTERS
BY THE SCORE.
The Opinion Of An EX=ChampiOn
in Regard to the Material Of
Which Men Who Succeed in
The Ring Are Made.
PHYSICAL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT.

There are plenty of men," said a
vanquished knight of the sawdust
arena, recently, who could win laurels
in the ring were it not for certain ifs,
and they are not of very huge proper
tions either"
DO you mean that the men are not
very big?" asked bystander
NO. the ifs" was the reply. You
see it is this way. Men don't take care
of themselves See? They let weak
ness or disease get the better of them
before they go to a doctor who knows
his business, and they're soon goners.
That the above statement contains
more truth than poetry no sane man
will deny. The ex-pugilist should have
added, however, that specialists of
known integrity and ability, who cure
nothing but disease and weakness of
men, should be consulted.
DR. Meyers & Co, the noted special
lists, have devoted more than eighteen
wears to the study of all diseases and
weakness of men. Their staff is COM
posed of physicians and surgeons of the
highest standing, graduates from the
best schools and hospitals of both
America and Europe.
They make no charge for consultar
ton or advice, and furnish without cost
ito the patient all the remedies, appli-
ances. etc. necessary to effect a quick
and permanent cure.
AS a guarantee DR.. Meyers & Co. will
let the patient deposit the price of a
cure in any bank in San Francisco, to
be paid to DR.. Meyers & Co. after he is
entirely we'll. If it is not convenient
to do this payments may be made in
weekly or monthly installments.
There are men in every city, town
and school district throughout the
West who have been cured by DR..
Meyers successful home-cure system.
If you cannot call write for private
book. diagnosis sheets, free advice,
prices and other particulars. Corre-
spondence solicited. All letters conf
Dental No printing on envelopes or
packages to indicate name of sender.
Dr. Meyers & Co. are located at 791
Market street this city.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22
TO-N|GRT THE
PENNSYLVANIA
MEN co HOME
No III Feeling Toward
CalifOrnians.

The Pennsylvania men will be mustered
out to-day and tonight they will start
for their homes. 1t is a twO-battalion
regiment and the process of paying off
will not take so long on that account, so
the regiment should be able to get away
easily at the hour it has decided upon
o'clock from the Oakland mole. There
will be no parade of the regiment through
the streets. Each man will make his own
way to the ferry and over to the trains
waiting on the mole.
Colonel Barnett declares the regiment
leaves San Francisco with every feeling
Of gratitude 10 the people of the city
and of esteem for the First Regiment. He
is particularly emphatic about this. for
all kinds Of statements about the rela-
tions between the Pennsylvania men and
the California men have been put in cir
culation. From the first story that the
California men shot into the Pennsyl-
vania Regiment at the battle of Malate
to the yarn that the California men We're
sent to Negros Island to prevent trouble
between the two regiments, there has
been said nearly everything that can be
imagined. All these stories Colonel Bar
nett denies. AT Malate, he says. the Cali
fornia men were in the rear of the Penn
svlVania men for a while. but 1t was
something that was likely to happen at
any time. The report had ii that the
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22
SEAMEN SUSPENDED.

Captains o. F. Bolles and J. K Bulger
United States inspectors of local and for
eign steam vessels. rendered a decision
yesterday suspending for thirty days the
licenses of n. Moller, master and Patrick
Hayes, engineer of the steamer Sea Gull
for negligence.
The steamer arrived at Spear street
wharf on July 26 with a cargo of salt
from Mount Eden Creek AS soon as she
without having left any instructions to
his two deck hands and his engineer as
to the care of the vessel she being in a
leaky condition. At 5 o'clock the next
morning the steamer capsized at the
wharf, and the crew, who were sleeping
on board, barely managed to escape
drowning.
The inspectors censured Master Moller
for negligence in leaving the steamer in
such condition, and included Engineer
Hayes, because he failed TO report to the
United States inspectors the fact that the
steamer was leaking.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22

brush and as he fell one barrel of his;
shotgun was discha; ged. the load of shot
lodging in his neck and severing the Jug
ular He dropped to the ground. and by
the time his companion. who was but "A
short distance away when -+Ae accident
occurred. reached his side he was dead
The Coroner Of san AIateo County was
notified and the body WAS removed TO Ba-
den where an inquest was held and q
verdict Of accidental Death was rendered.
The remains were then brought to this
city and taken. TO Halstcds undertaking
parlors on Mission street.
Deceased was born i'm Swansea Wales
thirty years ago and came 10 this coun-
try when a boy. making his home with
the family Of his uncle, w. A. Jones. on
Chestnut street. 4 brother \. S. Jones
resides at the same address. Mr. Jones
was formerly with the Pacitc Mail
Steamship Company: hu: had beer with
tho Pacific ocean life for the last wa
years. lie was Mason. ard also be
louged &c the Marine Engineers ASso-
cistioa The funeral will be held from
Maso2fc Temple Wednesday. afternoon.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22
MERCHANT OTA GETS
A HABEAS CORPUS WRIT
CLAIMS THAT HE IS REALLY
A RESIDENT MERCHANT.
General Barnes Will Plead His Case
Before Judge De Haven in the
Federal Court To-Day.

W. H. L. Barnes applied to United
States Judge de Haven yesterday for a
writ of habeas corpus on behalf of 5
Ota. japanese. who had been denied a
landing by United States immigration
Commissioner North.
The petition for the writ recited that
Ota is an American citizen and a taxpayer
of the city and county of San Francisco
and of the State of California; that he is
a member of the firm of Ota & Sanada
dealers in Japanese goods at 151S Polk
street and has been a resident of San
Francisco for eight years The petition
further AYERS that Ota returned to Japan
last March for the purpose of buying
goods wherewth to replenish his stock.
and that he did so purchase about 5000
worth. That he returned on the Hong
kong Maru on August ;. and after being
examined by the State and Federal quar-
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22
SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS.
Duty on the European Plans for Mrs
Hearst's Gift t. the University.

The European competitive plans for the
University of California consiPned TO Mrs.
Phebe Hearst arrived from Paris yester
day and were at once passed through the
Custom house. NJ. Tussaud, the repre-
sentative at Paris of the university. stated
in the invoice tnat the plans were, valued
at 600 francs, which is equivalent TO
S23 500 in United States gold coin. Ap-
praiser Dare assessed the duty at s6O09
Customs Brokers P. w. Bellingall repre-
senting Mrs. Hearst and George Reed
representing the university, called upon
Port Collector Jackson and laid the mat
ter before him The Collector agreed TO
make a strong appeal to the Secretary OF
the Treasury to have the plans admitted
duty free, the valuation being preposter-
Gus and made for the purpose of insur-
ance.
In the meantime Messrs. Bellingall and
Reed furnished a bond in the sum of $50
600 that the duty would be paid in case the
Secretary of the Treasury should so or
der. The plans were then taken to the
rooms of the university committee in the
ferry building and opened.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22

Fourth Infantry. has been ordered to
duty with the recruits at the Preside.
Captain Edward w. Robinson, Thirty
fifth Infantry. has been ordered to pro-
ceed to Vancouver Barracks to report 10
the commanding officer of his regiment
for duty there.
Private Charles Hotchkiss of the Ore
gon Regiment, who was left in the hospi-
tai when the Oregon boys went home,
viii viii be buried ioti to-day in the post ceme-
terry.
Captain Charles E. Locke. assistant
surgeon of the First Colorado Volunteers,
who served in the war of the rebellion,
has been presented by the Colorado Soci-
ETY.. Sons of the American Revolution,
with gold insignia of society. for services
rendered his country during the late cam
paign in the Philippines.
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22

antne officers was given free pratique.
but that he was debarred from landing by
United States immigration Commissioner
North on the ground that Ota was an
alien immigrant and afflicted with loath-
some disease. The petition denies both
charges.
General Barnes in presenting the petit
tion complained that Ota was kept with
out food or water or bed clothing from
Friday until Sunday. and that when his
partner, Sanada, went with necessaries
for Ota the things were rudely taken
away from him, and Sanada was, meta
phorically kicked downstairs
Judge de Haven set this morning at II
o'clock as the time for~the production of
Ota in court
The San Francisco call., 1899-08-22
y ~ y " = e p p = v 20 sa p =
WATCH The DOME OF THE CALL Bull DING,

your the tes structure in town If
~ you exactly when the transport she
hmesretch and is about enter the harbo
sighted by the Merchants Exchange
Call building the
United States Weather Bureau Attached to
flag, which will be sent to point
thus making it 6l5 feet from the ground
This will height be not only by the resi-
those the neghborng towns
kind of notihcation and
preparations accordingly for participating in
the welcome to the dome