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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
NAVAJO JOE.

Navajo JOS is out Of luck. Ordin-
arily his vaglries are not regarded in
Wolfville. His frequent appearance
in its single street in a voluntary eX-
hibition of nice feats of horsemanshiD,
coupled with an exhibition of pistol
shooting, in which old tomato cam
and p8sse beer bottles perform as tar
gets, has hitherto excited no more
baleful sentiment in the Wolfville
bosom than disgust.
But today it is different. Camps,
like individuals, have moods. At this
time Wolfville is experiencing a wave
of virtue. 1t may have been excited
by the presence of a pale party OF
eastern tourists, just now abiding ut
the o. X. hotel; gentlemen which the
rather. sanguine sentiment of Wolfville
credits with meditating an Investment
whatever the reason, Wolfville virtue
is certainly aroused, which makes it
a bad day for Navajo Joe.
The angry sur smites holly in the
deserted causeway of Wolfville. The
public is within doors. The Red Light
saloon is striving nightly. Navajo
Joe, rendering himself prisoner to
Jack Moore, rescue or no rescue, has
by order of that %sagacious body been
conveyed by his captors before the
vigilance committee and is about to be
tried for his life.
What -,or Ayovo3o Yoo', ~, m o6iofa
crime? Certainly not a grave one.
Ten days before it would have hardly
earned a comment. He has killed a
Chinaman. Here is the story:
"Yere comes hat prairie dog Navajo
Joe, all spraddled out" says Dave
Tut.
1T looks like this camp can never
assoome no aire.", remarks Cherokee
Hall in a distempered way. but this
yere miser-ble Joe comes chargin' up
to queer it."
AS he speaks that offending person
age, unconscious of the great change
in Wolfville morals, sweeps up the
street, expressing gladstone and &C.
static whoops and whirling his pistol
on his f%orefinger like a wheel of light.
One of the tourists stands in the
door of the hotel smoking a pipe In
short, brief puffs Of establishment. and
reviews the amazing performance. Ma
vajo Joe ut once and abruptly halts.
Gazing for a disgruntled moment on
the mar from the east. he takes the
pipe from its owners Mortified mouth
and places it in his own.
"Smokin' of pipes" he ~vouchsafes in
condemnatory explanation, "is onele-
CANT an %degradin', an don't you do it
no more in my presence. I'm mighty
sensitive that away about pipes an
1 don't aim to tolerate 'em none what
ever"
He sits putting and gazing at the
tourist, while the latter stands dumb
ly staring, with a morsel Of ravished
meerschaum still between his lips.
A Chinaman, voluminously robed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
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The other day Mr.. Balfour, in =
speech in the house Of commons. al
luded to the once current, notion that
nobody was competent to legislate for
the country unless ne had a stake in 1t.
That, no doubt. was overdone." The
house roared with laughter-pleased
with a rattle. tickled with a straw
to the establishment of the orator, who
did not know that he had said any
thing funny, and who did not even
appreciate the joke Of the "overdone
stake" when 1t was explained to him
by a colleague.-Household Words.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19

Little ~5-year-old Willie had been to
the theater, and upon his return his
mother asked him how he liked the
play. oh he replied, the play was
all right; but l didn't see nearly all of
it." why, how did that happen?"
asked his mother. Because" an
swered Willie, "the roller must have
been broke, for the window blind fell
down two or three times"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
SCRAPS.
renom-

No vice president has been renom-
mated for fifty years.
Lyons is trying a new street pave.
ment made Of blocks Of glass.
Chinese scholars claim that iron
swords were in use in their country
1000 years ago.
The pistol taken from General Santa
Ana at the battle of San Jacinto waa
recently placed in the Texas depart
ment OF history.
Whales teeth form the currency OF
the Fiji islands. They are painted
white and red to represent different
values. The natives carry their
wealth around their necks.
1t has been stated that John Walter,
of the London Times, left as a legacy
to his daughter one Of the advertising
columns of the T%hunderer. 1t brought
the lady a steady income Of $3.50 day.
A physician was acquitted recently
in England for riding a bicycle on a
sidewalk because Of an old law that
gives a doctor the right to take the
shortest cut when on his wa to an ur-
gent case.
II read today" said Mrs. Mcbride.
''of a Judge who recently granted
twenty divorces in mi day." He
must be one Of those twenty-knot de-
stroyers we read about sometimes"
added Mr.. McBride.-Life.
According to the Revue Scientifique,.
Berlin, shows a greater increase in
the number Of visitors than any other
European city. In 1884 there were
26s, 900 visitors; in 1897 there were
SIT, Oo0-a gain Of SO per cent. In
Paris the increase was smaller, but the
total number larger-890;000 in 1897.
In the same year Vienna had 1854. 900
visitors.
Not so very many years ago II
would have been looked upon Is a ter
rible breach Of etiquette, on the CONT
nent at least, for a princess to be
taught such useful things as cooking
or dressmaking; but nowadays all that
is changed and there r not many
eoyal ladies, especially in Germany,
who have not been thoroughly In
structed in all that pertains to house,
keeping down to ITS minutest details.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
Children in Car. Of Elephant.

Siamese women intrust their chill
dren to the care Of elephants, and it is
said that the trust is never betrayed.
The babies play about the huge feet
OF the elephants, who are ever careful
not to hurt the little creatures. And
II danger threatens, the sagacious ami
NAL will curl the child gently up in
his trunk and swing 1t up out Of
harms way upon his own broad back.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
h Difference.

A politician says: When a man
leaves our side and goes to the other,
he is a traitor, and we always feel that
there is a subtle something wrong
about him. But when a man leaves
the other side and comes over to us.
he is a man OF great moral courage and
we always feel that he has sterling
stun in him."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
Some BIC-Eved r,~,,

Horses, CRATES and ostriches have
the largest eyes OF all terrestrial ami
mas, but among marine animals there
are cephalopods, or ink fishes, which
have eyes as large as a plate.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
She Went Hi~b.r

Hewitt-Our servant lighted the fire
with parafin oil the other morning.
Jewett-Did you discharge her? Hew-
tive haven't found her yet.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
Philippine h

There are about 80 distinct tribes
among the natives Of the Philippines.
The Moros are the most bloodthirsty
savages known.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19

A consolidation of the shipbuilders
on the lakes was perfected April 20.
Capitalized at $50, 600, 900 and employs
over 10000 men. This "shipyard con-
%solidation" is to be called the Ameri-
can Shipbuilding Company, wit" head
quarters at Cleveland, Ohio. This COM
bination will throw many men out Of
employment.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19

of wild animals, II ulllUCA -
ton that has prevails
tanned. In the of
Zurich are records of
OF beasts that once
of the red cross. ~ lARl -
life have been
Lake Morat, the ~
being fully six C. ~
the tributary str /
lake is called B
being due to it
That the name
TACT that no b
Switzerland sine
teenth century. 'rdulges in
Brown bears y,r goods;
mountain lands untn
century. The last n liable
there is any official know..o
to his end in 1898 in Barberech..
adays the bears that are raised
Berne for various show purposes are
imported young from other countries.
Deer were more than plentiful in the
highlands in olden times, but they
were cleaned out pretty we'll in 174S
to 1850. erhere is a record in the Swiss
archives that a deer was seen In the
woods in 1871, but it was apparently
Tar from its own stamping ground. i
Up to the seventeenth century
wolves were such plaques that several
cantons offered substantial premiums
for their heads and skins. It, took
ages to chase them of the plains, and
fully 100 years more to clean them out
of the highlands. Not a live wolf has
been seen in Switzerland since 1897.
The lynx disappeared about the same
time. Wild bears were numerous in
the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries,
but lone has been encountered since
1900. A few wildcats are reported to
have been shot since 1891, but the
authorities doubt the authenticity of
the reports.
Not less than seven prominent kinds
Of quadrupeds have been exterminated
in Switzerland in FIVE centuries. not to
mention the world-famous wild goat,
or chamois. A few of these beautiful
animals are raised and kept by the
landlords Of some Of the leading re-
sorts to maintain the impression that
chamois are part and parcel Of the
Swiss mountains. But they are do
mesticated and are vastly different
from the timid little animal that no.
bility used to hunt and poets rayei
about.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
POINTS FROM THE PRESS,

If you don't believe that prosperity
is here, just look at the Oregonian this
week. 1t only contains ~ columns of
sheriff sale notices. That is indisputa-
BILE evidence of prosperity (for the Ore
gonian and money brokers).-People's
Press. 3d..
The politicians will find in due time
that the question of municipal owner
ship Of important city plants will be
a popular n and will find that the
party which demands municipal own
ership will be Endorsed by the people.
Cleveland Herald. 4
Wonder If any advocate of imperial
ism will have the gall to read the Dec
laration Of independence lex Fourth
of July?-Mound City Standard.
Direct legislation will give the peo-
pie any reform that they want. Rep
resentative government will give the
monopolies anything they will pay for.
Peoples Press.
The man who has to wait till his
political party convention is held be-
about as useful to his country as a
rutabaga.-1ndustrial Freedom.
After more than five years of bust
ness adversely, depression and distress
the periodic revival Of trade has set in,
and the relatively prosperous or active
period will last until the greed Of land
lords, bankers, capitalists and profit
seekers has taken and boarded from
the people enough of their rightful
earnings in money to cause another
glut in the market. Producers being
unable to buy back out Of the mar
kets as much as they produce is what
causes periodic dullness.-Social Cos
pei.
Recently the Apollo Iron and Steel
Company of Vandergrift, Pa, issued an
edict requiring their slaves to work up
until 4 o'clock Sabbath morning,
thereby giving Gods day, as parsons
say, a foul blow below the belt, so to
remark.-Spirit Of TIC.
1t sounds queer to hear a man talk
about equal opportunities for all, with
special privileges for none. aad then see
him advocate a system which gives to
a hundred men in a state the special
privilege Of making laws and denies all
- kL-A ~
Commonwealth.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19

Wonder if any advocate of imperial
ism will have the gall to read the Dec
laration Of Independence next Fourth
of July?-Mound City Standard.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19

A Chicago dispatch says: Travelling
and resident statesmen Of the United
States will be called upon to join an
organization to prevent salaries being
reduced in the future and to secure, so
far as possible, a reinstatement of
the salaries paid before the business
depression of 1893. Twenty represen-
tatives of the statesmen OF Chicago
held a meeting at the Palmer House
today to discuss the purposes of the
proposed ~-nization. A resolution
was adopted reciting that "it has be-
come necessary for organized OPPOSE
ton to trusts by wage-earners as a
protective measure" An appeal was
issued to statesmen to organize clubs
all I'VE the country with a view to
demanding such legislation by the
government and by each state as will
destroy the illegal concentration of
capital and the curtailment of vast in
dustries, which eliminate competition
and destroy our usefulness" C. NJ.
More, the chairman of the temporary
organization, suggested that in each
state a bill be drafted to prevent the
dealing in stocks as collateral and the
investment in the bonds of n trust
or monopolistic combination by ma
tional, state and private banks. and
the holding of such stocks and securi-
ties, and that in each city an organi-
cation Of statesmen enter into politics
to support any nominee who will be a
candidate on an antitrust platform.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
r

1t keeps forty-six men busy digging
graves for the paupers of New York
city.
Owing to the introduction Of child
and female labor and improved ma
chinery, tin-can makers have been re-
duced to less than IS per week. This
is Hanna prosperity.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19

Direct legislation will give the peo-
pie any reform that they want. Rep
r%esentative government will give the
monopolies anything they will pay for.
Peoples Press.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19

The man who has to wait till his
political party convention is held be-
fore he expresses his convictions is
about as useful to his country as a
rutabaga.-Industrial Freedom.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-05-19
FREE OF nj
WILD GAME
TlNCA \
Work of Ext, rmin
Is well-Nish q
Than Seven Kinds
Been E~xtinS

Switzerland will sLo. Of
of wild animals, IL uluUtI -
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-11
FELL ONTO LIVE WIRES
A Kansas City Fireman Meets
Death While Doing His Duty.
FRIENDS SAW HIM DIE
Big Five Story Warehouse Burns Down
Entailing Loss of About 100000.
All Sorts Of Heavy Merchandise
Destroyed in the Flames.

Kansas City, Mo, May 10--The big
hve-story warehouse of the Newby
Transfer and Storage company, at 1916
and 121S Union avenue. was destroyed
by fire tonight. The loss is estimated
at more than 100000. James f. Nc
Nellis, fireman, a foreman of No
truck company. was killed.
After the falling of a rear wall, Nc
Nelis and five other firemen went in
upon the debris with line of hose
The foreman came in contact with a
live electric wire that had been carried
down from the roof of the building and
was killed The hanging wire struck
McNelis on the forehead. and the shock
caused him to plunge forward into d
network of live wires, where his COM
panions saw him die. Two of the fire
men We're severely shocked in their
efforts to recover the body. McNellis'
face was terribly burned where tne
flesh had been in contact with the wires.
The fire, which is supposed to have
started in a box car that had been run
into the building on the company's
switch had gained such headWay when
the tiremen arrived that all they could
do was TO keep the fire from spreading
to other buildings in the wholesale dis
trict. The destroyed building. which
was owned by Frank Deardorf was
valued at 5000, and was insured for
$4,000.
Members of the Newly company eSti-
mated the value of the contents at
about $4,000. and they say there will
be Httle salvage. The merchandise in
storage included farm implements,
machinery. and nearly all lines of goods
handled by Kansas City wholesale
merchants and agents. There We're 200
tons of cordage, 1000 bags of binding
twine, 200 bales of cotton and quant-
ties of sugar and coffee.
The heaviest losers are the National
Cordage company and Arbuclle Bros.
of New York: Mont gomery, Mcfarland
& Co, Philadelphia: Proctor & Gamble,
Cincinnati: Holland Linseed Oil COM
pany, Chicago: Samuel Cupples & Co,
and f. r. O'Donnell, ST. Louis.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-11
MANlLk'S FIRES.
Filipinos Shot at the Firemen and Tried
to Puncture the Hose.

Washington, May 10--The adjutant
general received the report of General
Hughes, provost marshal of Manila.
giving an account Of the fires which
occurred in Manila in the early days of
the Filipino rebellion. The report is en-
dorsed by General Otis. who says that
it should be stated thas General Hughes
was present in person during the per
iod covered and directed all the opera
tions and that his tact and vigilance
saved the city from contlagration.
General Hughes report shows that
the fires We're clearly incendary, and
that even after they started the Fill
pinos tried in every way to prevent
their eXtingushment. The firemen were
shot at by persons concealed in houses
and efforts were made to puncture the
hose. General Hughes commends the
troops for the services they performed
and also speaks in high terms of the
English volunteer fire brigade. The
troops were detachments of the 23rd
infantry, I'd Oregon, 18th Minnesota
and 10th Pennsylvania.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-11
MODIFIED THE INJUNCTION.
The NJ. o. +. May Make Upraises in the
JOhnstown Lead.

Johnstown Lead.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, May 10-The supreme court
to-day made an order modifying the
injunction issued last March prevent
ing the Montana Ore Purchasing COM
pany, the Johnstown and the Chill Gold
Mining company from working what
they claim is the Johnstown lead under
the pennsylvania surface. The modi-
ication is similar to that recently made
Dy the court, and then vacated. the
difference being that the Montana Ore
Purchasing company must confine their
development work to a smaller number
of upraises, must work under the in
spect1on of Boston & Montana men and
must carefully store the ore extracted
upon the different levels. The order
gives the Montana Ore Purchasing
company permission to make a raise
from the 200 to the 600-foot level on the
hanging wall vein or ore streak west
of the east fissure; to make a raise
from the 900 to the 5oO-foot level west
OF the west transverse fissure: to make
raise from the 500 to 450-foot level
west OF the west transverse fssure:
each of said raises to be at points des-
lsnated as proposed raise and shown in
red on the map filed in this court on
THIS application, and at no other points,
and each of said raises to be of dimen-
sions not greater than three by six feet
and one-half inside of the timbers
thereof; and all material extracted in
any of said raises shall. before re-
moval from the level beneath the
ground in controversy, be subject to
inspection by appellants agents or en-
ployes, and whatever thereof shall be
claimed or classified by appellants
agents or employees as ore, shall be
stored at convenient points in said
levels beneath the ground in contro-
Nersy and not removed therefrom: and
the expense Of two employees Of appel
lants at each raise necessary for eX-
animation and classification of material
at $3.50 per day per man shall be paid
in workmanlike manner and properly
timbered and supported where neces-
sary or proper. and it is further or
dered that any and all sums so to be
paid for inspection by respondents
tMontana Ore Purchasing company
shall be eventually included as costs
to be taxed in favor of the prevailing
party as part of the costs of this suit
upon the final determination thereof
The fight over the state printing con-
tract was before the cout again to-day
when the motion to show cause why
the governor and treasurer had vetoed
the contract with the State Printing
company came up for hearing. En-
Governor Carpenter, for the Independ-
ent company, whose contract the state
officers approved. although slightly in
excess of that of the other concern.
made a motion to quash the mandamus
and argued to that end. He was OPP
posed by Colonel Sanders for the State
Publishing company. An early decis-
ion is expected.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-11
BOYS ATTACKED.
They Returned a Hot Fire and
Drove the Filipinos Back.
ONE PRIVATE WOUNDED
General Masdardo Filled His Troops
Full OF Wine and Made Them Be-
lieve They Could Capture the
City OF San Fernando.

Manila, May 10.-1O:15 a. m-The Fill
1plno General Mascardo's army, in
spired by wine taken from the store
houses Of Bacolor, and by the generals
oratory, on Monday evening attacked
San Fernando. There was tremendous
yelling and great expenditure of cart
ridges by the rebels, but with very little
skirts of Bacolor, west of the railroad
In front of his position are the Kansas
and Montana regiments, which occupy
the trenches thai the Filipinos built in
anticipation of an attack from the sea.
During the afternoon of Monday,
of officers, rode along the lines, fre-
quently stopping to harangue his war
riors. At dusk a detachment of rebels
rushed towards the outposts of the
Montana regiment, but were met by
hot fire from the line. The insurgents
from trenches nearly three miles long
responded. After an hours firing. dur
ing which one private soldier of the
montana regiment was wounded. the
insurgents subsided.
Prisoners who were brought into the
American lines said that Mascardo dis
tributed Barreboa wine among his sol
diers. telling them he expected to cap
ture the city of San Fernando. General
Luna is massing his army east of the
railway, bringing up troops by train
loads in sight Of the American lines.
The country between San Fernando
and Calumpit is filing up with natives
who profess great friendship towards
the Americans, but who are suspected
of sympathy with the insurgents
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as well as the sterner traits Of Ameri-
can character. and that we accept the
statement of our chief executive in the
spirit in which it was made, believing
that such legislation by the general
government as he has suggested would
show clearly that advance that the
American people have achieved in
those higher virtues that adorn a great
nation"
A motion was made to adopt the re-
port but Mr.. Jones of Virginia moved
as an amendment to refer it to the
committee on resolutions.
j. b. Burch of North Carolina de-
clared the line was indelibly drawn be-
tween the graves of the North and the
South. 'The federal government can
decorate the graves of the North but
the graves of the Southern heroes are in
the keeping of other hands, he shout
ed, waving his hands toward the ladies'.
A heated and at times bitter discussion
followed. The amendment was finally
carried and the resolutions were re-
ferred.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-11
Cheering the Americans.

Manila, May 10.-4:1O p. m-The army
ironclad gunboats Laguna de Bay and
Cavadonga, under command of Captain
Grant, steamed up the Rio Grande TO
Calumpit to-day, clearing the entire
country of rebels from the bay upward
When the vessels reached Macabebe
about 1000 inhabitants of the place as
sembled upon the banks of the river,
cheering the expedition Justify. Captain
Grant was given an ovation when he
went ashore. Some of the Macabebeans
expressed themselves as being anxious
to enter the service of the American
navy for a campaign against the Ia
galoS.