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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29
Meeting Of the National Committee.

The meeting of the democratic
national executive committee at
Chicago last week was Of mere
than usual Importance. Action
was taken looking to pe,fec'ing OF
organization in every congressional
district in the United States pre-
paratory for the great struggle Of
next year. One important feature
will be the collection of a fund SUIT
fciently large to meet the legiti-
mate expenses Of the campaign.
The republicans will have ten dol
lars where any other party has one
but that dispropor,ion will not be
sufficient to save the trust. party
from defeat.
1t seems to be the general opin-
ion that the national convention
of the democratic party will go to
enc of the smaller cities next year.
St. Louis has retired in favor of
Kansas City, and Chicago, it is
expected, will give way to Milwau
kee. The executive com mittee
took a trip down to Milwaukee at
the invitation of a delegation from
that city and found there ample ia
c%ilities for holding a convention.
1t is also pointed out that the Ger.
man votes desertion of the repub.
lican party on the issue OF imPer,
ialism would make the holding Of
the national convention at Milwau-
kee-the most distinctly German
city in America-a stroke Of good
politics. At any rate, the national
convention plum seems to lay be.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29
RAPID CITY s: 600 g c' rSp of

alton, on the, main line OF the Fremont, fiN
corn & Missouri Valley Railroad. II has ri'''
Churches; two mic. OF street railway; Git, ana
electric light plants: perfect system OF WHIT
works: second largest " rkS III the "oflh IUi
the treatment OF gold ore by the chlor!nitti"h
process; extensive iron foundry and machine
shops; largest Touring mills IN the state; Hes
but u ni.s from some Of the largest ana r'cII'
est deposits OF gold. silver, copper, ir"', mica
aud tin III America; extensive steam TIE ana
pressed brick works; L. 5. government lnhia'
school. land Office and weather signal station;
proi6 ST. ITS: massive business blocks; bcithtI
mi parks; state school OF mines; two banks,
four newspapers: at the edge of the greatest
range stock country IN the west shipments for
1898. 81 900, OOOl; on Rapid river. the largest
stream in the Black Hills; county seat OF Pen
ulngton county.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29
BRYAN and the Trust Conference.

In spite of republican efforts to
prove the contrary, the recent
conference at Chicago
will result in much good. In the
place it gave the public an
opportunity to discover that every
serious student of economics rec
ognizes the necessity Of graphing
with the trusts through the ma
chinery Of the national govern,
ment. Secondly, it developed the
fact that William Jennings Bryan
put forward a plan for the control
of trusts which was adopted at
once by the individual members OF
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29
tween Kansas City and Milwaukee.


Gun present state supreme court
loves the dear people 50 well thai
1t would rather see an individual
contractor beat out Of his money
than to e the public inconven-
ced through the legal attempt Of
an individual citizen to collect a
just clam against a railroad COM
pany. The court hal made IT, S
ruling is up for reelection on Il G
republican ticket. Can YOU SUI =
port it?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29

ing on our hands to IA large extent
than we ~bargained for and in order
to catch " with it we viii remain
II week longer, or until and incIud-
ing Saturday, September 30.
We will continue TO take sittings
for stamp photos. as we'll as for lar
ger work, aud viii be pleased to
meet our customers and friends, be
the rush ever 50 great and u time
short and crowded.
Respectfully yours,
RUpSTROM & Co..
Reading room, opposite the Bee
Hive, Nam street. up stairs.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29
Special Rites

Commencing Saturday, May 18th,
and continuing every Saturday IN
til the last Saturday in October,
simplex excursion tickets will be
sold from Rapid City to HntSpring>
and return at So. 10, good returning
until the following Tuesday.
e. T.. Pontius Agt.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29
What, Still More Photoeraphs7

Yes, last week we decided to ex-
tend our stay in Rapid City until
Monday, September 25tb, and, of
course, did not anticipate that the
demand for pictures would assume
such enormous proportions as it has,
The fact is, the work is accumulat-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29

In Captain Carriers code of criminal
procedure the plea Of mot guilty" is
entered after conviction. but then his
case has no precedent.-New York
World.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29

fled" To have followed the let.
Ter of the law would have meant
that a weak indivldul citizen could
could force a powerful corporation
to pay its Just debts. But this
corporation supreme court steps
IN and Says that it is right to beat
the individual contractor out OF
his money in order that the rail
roads may not be hampercd and
the people disconnected The
is plan enough in its protec-
non Of the individual, but damn
the law, says this supreme court.
The laws Of the state cut no figure
n such matters.
Suppose the party had claimed II
lien Oh AL the road situated in
South Dakota, then this supreme
court could, by the same method
Of reasoning, say: at is against
public policy and welfare to file a
lien on any part of an entire sys-
TEN Of railroad, as this would break
the continuity OF the road the same
as selling a section in the county
where the work was pcrformed.'
How many men who earn their
living by hard labor believe that
'X is letter 10 sHBty mischief that IS
brruLiar 10 n luNiul0nui than 10 in
convenience a ,aih0a2 f0mbaHr2 If
that is your theory-if you think
that the individual citizen has no
rights which the railway corpora
tons are bound to rcspeCt--then
vote the republican ticket this fall
and support the three corporation
tools who made such a ruling
Let every laborln9 man take
this home to himself and suppose
he was the zone lndivldu H." OF
curse the court in passing on the
question drags in the dear people
but any person of sound mind and
memory knows that the public
was not considered. 1t was the
railroad that it was intended to
protect.
The public expects the railrolls
10 pay their employees and for the
materials furnished in their con-
struction and If the supreme court
decision in Adams VS. Railroad Co ,
.blv' cited IS to be the law OF
his S a;c, sound moneyle,s pro-
motors can build a railroad across
this state and ne yer pay a ceht for
labor Of materials, as the statute
only authorizes the filing of a lien in
the county or judicial subdivision
where the work was performed and
materials furnished, and the labor
ers would be powerless to enforce
their claims.
A petition for re-hearing has
been filed in the case and it is
probable that the present judicial
campaign will be sufficient tc
Cause the court 10 reverse itself anC
grant a new trial, but it shows the
tendency of the present supreme
court to ignore the rights of the
people and override the statutes
of the ste te TO aid the great rail
road corporations and defraud th'
the men, whose labor constructed
the road, out of their haru earnet
money.
The case was expected to be {
precedent in the United State:
courts where a large number O
cases were pending against the
the same railroad corporation, the
uniform rule being that in case
in the United States courts of
local nature, hal is, arising unde
the laws Of a state, decisions {
the state court are decisive, bu
Judge Garland, judge Of tn
United States court, absolutel
ignored the. above decision.
was entirely too rank.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29

All OnlmurtcatlOn must reach rs not Mfe'
shan Tuesday evenings 10 insure p""nc"tI""
correspondents are requested 10 ScH' Si2h"'
cures whether they wish them pHbHsEco
aot. Anonymous communication wIH not "e
iOsice2.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29
COST OF MORAL EFFECT"
Expense to the Taxpayers Is S., COO.-
o Il Month In LuzOn Alamo

Expense to the Taxpayers Is $780,
OOO II Month In Luzon Alone.
Some sort of an excuse had to be
made for sending $4,000 men to the
Philippines after Otis had said there
were only a few small rowing bands Of
rebels left. and now the excuse Is
made. 1t is the moral effect" such a
large army will have upon the rowing
bands and other Inhabitants that the
president is working for. 1t is interest
ing to note. too. how the moral eff
feet is to be dosed out. 1t is estimat-
ed that $4,000 soldiers in the field will
be able to chase rowing bands from
town to town until they have no more
towns to be chased out Of. Meanwhile
the remaining 10000 troops will follow
the chasing divisions and garrison the
towns and cities as fast as the rebels
vacatc them. 1t is these 10000 men
divided up into squads and garrisoning
the so or more principal trade centers
Of Luzon that are to create the moral
effect"
1t would seem that Aguinaldo has
Ao' oSSh SoLSuilSu Ny ~ ftShihSloh
government, but it will not matter
much what he thinks or does If the
100000 Inhabitants Of Luzon throw
up the sponge when they are confronted
by the moral effect" But there are
1,4OO other islands that have to be
dosed with the same moral effect"
and the people of three Of the more i'm
portant ones are building forts and
Notifications and otherwise preparing
to take up the business where Luzon
leaves off. The expense to the taxpay-
ers of the United States for maintain
ing the moral effect" in LuZon alone
will be over 5000. 900 a month, not
counting the cost Of maintaining the
$4,000 soldiers In the field to scatter
the rowing bands.-Kansas City Times.
gold standard. Give them control Of
the money supply and congress may
indulge to its hearts content in the
amusement Of enacting antitrust legis-
lation. But aside from the fact that
the control Of the money gives them
all the monopoly they need it also en-
ables them to defeat any other lesisla-
ton that they do not want.
When will the people grasp the true
Significance Of the money question:
Knight Watchman.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29
] N + I " /: Il'.II|I,,TT| foods

Full line of new FALL GOODS now on hand. We again lead
in being. the first, and we also lead in having the BEST STOCK to
select from and at the lowest prices on good goods. In every line
we have taken special pans to please or customers and save them
money. With the cash to buy with and knowing just where to buy
we are now able to sell almost all lines cheaper than ever Our
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29
SILVER STATE TICKET

For Judges Of the Supreme Court:
HON. EDMUND SMITH,
of Rapid City
HON. JULION BENNETT,
of WATERFOWL.
HON. C. B. KENNEDY,
Of Canton.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-09-29

Once Emu Upon the Policy of
Land Grabbing, the United States
Must Maintain II Mighty S~tnndin.
ArmN-IncrcuScd TuSHtion VIII Fall
kl.nxi.St an fJn IbnI~
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-19
HAMILTON ITEMS.

The people of Stevensville are MAX
ing great preparations for celebrating
the national holiday this year. They
have already collected quite a sum of
money with which to make the affair
a success. and it is understood that the
eloquent DR.. Gwinn will deliver the ora
ton.
The school trustees of Stevensville
have re-engaged Professor Sharp as
principal of their schools there for an
other year. The school at this point is
one of the best in the valley
The knights of Pythias of this place
are taking new interest in their order
since the lodge at Stevensville has been
consolidated with the one here. New
members are joining by card, and sew
eral parties are about to send in appli-
cations to join the order
The wife Of Simon Overturf of Darby
presented him with a nice new daugh-
ter last Thursday
The graduating exercises of the Ham
ilton high school will be held at the
Lucas opera house on the evening of
Friday, June 2, and it promises to be
very interesting.
Assessor Watts has been down in the
lower part of the county for the past
two or three weeks, occasionally re-
turning for Sunday with his family
He reports people down that way all
doing we'll and feeling able to pay taxes
this year. The merchants of Stevens
Vile and Victor are all doing good
business, and they are putting in their
assessments at good figures
c. M. Johnson is said to have done a
good real estate business in the lower
part of the valley this week, and to
have sold a ranch near Victor to out
| side parties.
| Harry M More. state land register,
has bought the Letter ranch near Vic
| tor, and is putting in a nice orchard
and making other improvements.
District court for Ravalli county will
be opened for the May term by Judge
| Woody next Monday. The calendars
are quite large, and the term will last
| at least two weeks if not longer.
| Ed Buker Of Stevensvile and H. C
| Tuttle Of Grantsdale. both good men
have been selected for forest rangers
| for this reserve. These are all the Sc.
lections SO far known, but it is thouglh
that Byron Cashier of Alta and some
| one from Victor are certain, and posi-
bly, one from this place.
| Considerable activity will be wit
| messed in Mineral Hill mining property
| this year, and several parties owning
claims in that camp have laid in sup
plies and started for that place to worl
| them.
An interesting social event is said Il
be booked for the near future, in which
two popular young people are yer,
much interested The young lady, how
ever, says she prefers to make the an
nouncement herself. 4
A young gentleman of this town, VIII
has recently sold out his interest in :
| business here, was seen to-day lookins
over some plain gold rings. This. takel
in connection with other circumstances
makes his friends look to see him MAX
a call on the clerk of the court for
little paper in the very near future
Well, such things are all right, and tn
hest thing a young man can do. In III
language of Colonel Sellers, There
millions in it,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-19
At the Hotels.

Florence Hotel-F. F. West, city;
George D. Hendrick, st. Louis; J. Beat
ty, sr., Chicago; A. Hazelton, New
York; James r. Best, Portland: E. H.
Shaw, Spokane; w. L. Eastware, Salt
Lake City; W. B. Cook and wife, Den
yer; A. E. Madsen, Minneapolis; r. M.
Simons, Chicago; A. w. Harrison, st.
Joe George w. Clynick. Bonner; w.
E. Linderborn, Thompson Falls; D. T.
Haskell, Butte; l.. Quinla, St. Paul; O.
L. Chapman, Butte; T. J. Walsh Hell
ena.
Rankin House-H. Amushroll, German
Scharf, T. J. James, Quigley; Bert
Churchill and wife, Bearmouth: S. S.
Salfer. Helena; Bert Murray, Clinton
c. Bourgeois, Huson; Ed. D. Albert
Bonita; Frank Mitchell. Republic
Wash; Lou Rickerds. William Holmes
Baltimore; James Hernon, Iron Noun
tain; T. A. Mccain. Carleton; J. H
White, Bonita; L. B. Baldwin, Victor;
Thomas c. L. Kedey, Bonita; Joe Ray
Hamilton; M. H. Duskett, Alex Kelley
Sam Maxwell Bonita; Dan NJ. Connell
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-19
MISSOULAs NOTES.

Latest styles of engraved calling
cards at the Standard Office
If you want to increase. your bust
ness. advertise in the Standard. 1t
pays.
Speaking Of prosperity--what would
be the matter with little boom in
weather?
Wednesday nights thunderstorm was
the first seasonable thing that the adj
ministration has allowed to get loose.
The lack of brilliancy in the skies this
spring is supplied by some of the haber-
dashery that Missoula's swells are dis
playing. Some Of the shirts and era
Vats are enough to cause the sun to de-
cline to shine.
The bicycle fever is more strongly
epidemic this spring than ever before
in this city. Judge Woody is now in
structing g. A. Wolfe, w. c. Murphy
and ID. H. Rces in the use of the bike.
There is no telling where this thing will
end.
The boys of troop F ought to be given
good send-off at their anniversary
celebration. The troop did not reach
cuba, but It was willing to go and it
faced dangers far greater than Spanish
bullets in the rations issued by, the
Alger-Eagan combination.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-19
HAMILTON PERSONALS.

Mrs. Samuel Nixon of Butte (nee Miss
Fannie Lott) is over from the Smoky
city on a visit to her parents, before
their departure for California, and will
remain for several days yet, with Mr..
and Mrs. George Talbot.
Rev. George Blair, the Presbyterian
minister living near Victor, was a
visitor at this place to-day
Than Wilkerson of Stevensville came
up on this evenings train.
Mrs. L. D. Hatch and Miss Wright
have departed from Stevensville and
have gone to Spokane to enter into
business there.
r. A. O'Hara, who is a pretty busy
man these days, went to Missoula on a
business trip yesterday, returning last
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. F. Lott have gone to
California to spend the summer, and
may possibly make their home there.
T. J. Mcnamara, one of Missoula's
old timers, came up last night and has
been taking in the sights of Ravalli s
county seat to-day. Tom has a ranch
near Grantsdale, and may sell it be-
fore. he returns home.
Manager Mehargue of the Ravalli
hotel is on trip to Anaconda.
J. T. Wood, one of the most success
full farmers of the Burnt Fork country,
was business visitor in Hamilton to-
day.
j. E. Walker, the Corvallis livery
and stage man, was up from that pref
ty little valley village to-day.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-19

propriately named. His first idea Is
that. as this is the university city. The
names should be classical taken from
GREECE and Rome, but he has second
plan that would name the peaks, either
from the old Indian legends connected
with them or in honor of old settlers
and explorers. There are no peaks that
have accepted names now, except Lolo,
the high point south of the city; Jumbo,
the elephant-like mount at the mouth
of He'll Gate canyon, and the bright,
snow-topped point west of town, on
the reservation, which the Indians call
"Sl1i-o-ta" The suggestion of Mr..
Mcguire is certainly worthy of consid-
Grafton and here is good field for the
societies of the State university to
operate in
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-19
J. A. WEED HAS RESIGNED.
he HAS Accepted a Position on the Ore
gOn Short Line.

He Has Accepted a Position on the Ore
gon Short Line.
Missoula, May 18.-James A. Weed,
supervisor of the bridges and build
ings of the Rocky Mountain division,
has resigned his position, to take eff
feet June l. At that time he will as
sumo the duty of the supervisor on the
oregon Short Line, with headquarters
at Pocatello. Mr.. Weeds Missoula
friends will regret to learn that he has
decided to leave this place, but will
be glad to know that his new position
carries with it a considerable advance
in salary. Mr.. Weed has been on the
Rocky mountain division for several
years and is one of the most competent
men In the service. He is a popular
man in service and has a host of friends
in the city and along the line of the
division. He has but one weakness,
and that is red paint. 1t is fortunate
that he does not incline to spreading
this rudy coating in town, but rather
covers his bridges and buildings with
1t. Had he spread half the red paint
IN town that he has along the railway
line he would have made a record that
would live in history But Jim is staid
and dignif1ed and the only time he
paints things red in town is when the
Knight Templars have a banquet.
AS hitting close to his efficient serv-
ice, on the Northern Pacific Mr.. Weed
has completed the big coal docks and
coal hosting plant at this place and
the machinery was started to-day The
first coal was raised to the pockets at
5 o'clock tonight with Mr.. Weed and
Standard reporter as witnesses. The
machinery worked perfectly and from
the time the silent gasoline engines
started till the coal fell into the peck
cts high above the track theres was not
hitch. Mr.. Weed issued a bulletin
tonight as follows:
"Coal dock has 107 per cent. Of work
completed. Destroy all previous bulle-
tins The per cent. is for the coal in
the pockets
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-19
JOHN DOE RELEASED.
He Was Accused of Trying to Sell a
Hired Horse

Missoula, May 1S.-John Doe, the man
Who tried to sell a hired horse at Ste
vensville Sunday, and who vas arrest
ed upon complaint of Hayes e. l1aver-
field, the owners of the horse and sad
die, has been released from custody,
the county attorney concludi1:, tnat
there was not CROUCH evidence tc cDr.-
Vict the man. 7 he county AUTO "nav has
had hard time CONFLICTING horse
thieves recently ard evidently did not
think that ii was worth while putting
the county to the expense OF trying an
ether case when the preca lent of re-
leasing men Of this class has been so
strongly established. Doe. il viii be re-
membered, is the man who stole the
horse in order to get into Jail ans thus
worry the girl that he loved mo max
ing an acknowledgment Of reciprocal
affection that he could not otherwise
win. He wrote tender latter to the
girl while he was in custody and she
made no reply, SO it is judged that HE
scheme did not work.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-19
THE RAVALLI READING CIRCLE.
An Organization of Hamilton Ladies
With a Landable Object.

An Organization OF Hamilton Ladies
With a Laudable Object.
Hamilton, May 1S-In order that the
long evenings of winter and early spring
might be made pleasanter and also
profitable, Mrs. D. J. Donohue of this
city interested herself in getting up
reading circle, and her plans were car
ried through to most complete sue
cess. The circle was organized with
Mesdames Donohue. McCrackin, Nc
Ginty Toole, Heckler, Dow, Roberts,
Clark Mehargue and McGrath, and
Misses O'Hara and Howard, and dur
ing the time since then the ladies have
passed many pleasant evenings at the
homes of each, the time being put in
very profitably in THE reading and dis
cussing of the poets, such as Longfel-
low, Whittier Bryant and Tennyson
and such other standard writers as
Sc. II Ml:,ulay and Others. and in
general history. Last evening the ladies
met with Mrs. Mehargue, in the parlors
of the Ravall hotel, and decided to
form a permanent organization, which
they did, with Mrs. McCrackin as pres
ident and Mrs. McGinty as secretary
and treasurer. The organization will
be known as 1.-THE Ravalli Reading
Circle" and it is the intention of the
ladies to at once secure a goodly sup
ply of standard literature, which they
hope will prove the nucleus of per-
manent free library. Their ambition is
surely a most laudible and public spir-
tied one, and it is certain if they will
take others of both sexes into the inner
circle it will not be long before their
desire will be on fair way ito fruition.
Your correspondent fully expects 20
chronicle in the near future a glittering
success for the Ravalli Reading cir
Gle
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-19
PERSONALS.

T. ]. James registers from Quigley
now.
Frank F. West has been in from his
ranch. - -
Zoe Ray, the Hamilton horseman, has
been in town on d. visit.
r. A. McClain is in attendance upon
the district court as Juror.
r.. Walsh is guest at the Florence
during the progress of the hospital case.
W. E. Lindenborn of Thompson Falls
has been business visitor in town this
week. aS4
G. w. Clynick has returned from a
business trip through the Occur dAlene
country.
c. H. Mcleod is reported as decidedly
improved in his condition, and is be-
lieved to be out Of danger.