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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-02
STATESMAN DEAD
THE BRILLIANT SHERMAN
PASSES AWAY.
LONG A PROMINENT NATIONAL fIduRl
Has Boon . Member of the House-was
Long = Member of the Senate, and
Has Twice Beer Called to tn.
~Cabinet-Other News

A Washington, Oct. 90 dispatch says:
Hon. John Sherman, CORNER represent
alive in the house, for a long term a
member of the senate and twice hold
ing cabinet positions, died at his resi-
dence in this city shortly before I
o'clock this morning in the seventy
eighth year Of his ge.
His death had been expected for DAYS
and loving friends gave him their un-
RENTING care and attention to the
end. The immediate cause of his
death was described as brain .exhaus-
ton incident to extreme weakness. due
to old age and to severe attacks of
sickness, from which he had suffered
for the past year and a half.
since Saturday afternoon Mr.. Sher-
man has been most Of the time uncon-
scious, rallying partially at intervals,
when slight nourishment was given
him. Yesterday afternoon evidences
Of the approaching end were manifest
n he failed to regain consciousness
after 9 o'clock, passing away peace
fully just after dawn broke. About /
O'Clock this morning he rallied some
what from the stupodr and turned him
self over in bed, but after that he grad
ually sank until the end came.
Mr.. Sherman had not been in robust
health for considerably over a year.
In March, 1899, while on a pleasure
trip to the French and Spanish West
Indies. in company with a relative.
Mr.. Frank Wiborg, he suffered
. severe attack Of pneumonia, which
almost proved fatal.
John Sherman was born at Lancas-
ter, o., May 10, 1928. He was educated
at howe's academy and was admitted
to the bar May II, 1874. He was mar
ried August 80, 1s4s, to Cecilia, dauph-
ter of Judge Stewart, at Mansfield. O..
he was q delegate to the national
whtg conventions in ls4s and 1852.
From December 8, 1855, when he
took his seat in the house of represen-
tatives as a member of congress from
Ohio, until April2 90, 1898, when he re-
tired from public life, he was a nan
OF prominence in national affairs
rutherford B. Hayes appointed Mr..
Sherman secretary of the treasury in
March, 1877. Under the law snecie
payments were to be resumed on Jan
uary I, 1879. Before that time Mr..
Sherman had accumulated $50, oOo. 900
In gold in the treasury. When the re.
publican national convention met in
1880 Mr.. Sherman was nominated for
president by James A. Garfield, who
himself secured the nomination. In.
1881 Mr.. Sherman returned to the sem
ate and served there continuously until
\ beginning Of the present admins.
trstion.
He resigned from the senate in
March, 1897, to enter Mr.. McKinley's:
cabinet, and he took up his new exec
utiye duties apparently fully equipped.
to do the hard work Of the office Of
secretary of state in his accustomed
able manner. His heart, however.
never appeared to be fully in his new
duties, and five days after the war be-
gan he rendered his resignation to
President Mckinley and retired to
private life.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-02
No Murder Charge.

A Chicago, October ea dispatch says:5
F. Wayland Brown Frank 81. Smiley
and Or. August NJ. Unger, charged
with conspiracy to defrand insurance
companies through the death { tMarie
sDehenbachs were indicted by tho
grand jury. Probably no murder In
dictments Wilt be voted, as tits stated
by members of the jury that the inves-
Etigation is closed unless more potent
testimony deyelopes pointing to the
murder 81 Miss Deffenbach.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-02
Train Partially wrecked.

Eight persons were injured by the
partial wrecking of a Lake Shore 4
Michigan Southern excursion train at
Forty-fourth street, Chicago. The in
jured:
Mrs. p. Sloat, Three Rivers, Mich.
arms and knees bruised; G. r. Mercer,
Goshen, Ind, right leg bruised, hand
cut; Mrs. Henry Alling, Elkhart, Ind,
arms a shoulders injured, Walter
Mengle. Adrain, Mich, leg cut; w. H.
Bowers, Adrain, Mich, heads and shout
der injured; Mrs. Nelson, Goshen, Ind,
left arm skinned, hand bruised; VIM.
slatterly, brakeman, arm bruised; Miss
Ella Johnson, Kalamazoo, Mich, head
bruised.
a misplaced switch caused the acci-
dent.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-02
$4,000
FIRST NATIONAL or NEW
YORK THE LOSER.
trusted BANK TELLER THE CRIMINAL
Guilty One Had Been In Banks Employ
For Twenty Years. and Regarded as
Absolutely Honest-Believed He
Has Fled to South America.

Charles L. Alvord, jr., note teller of
The First National bank of New York,
Is a fugitive and a defaulter to-the ex-
tent of 500, 900.
The announcement Of the defalca-
ton, created the utmost excitement in
the financial district, but the we'll
known stability of the First National,
and q statement by the bank had a
quieting effect. This statement was
rs follows:
"The note teller who has been in our
employ for many years, is a defaulter
to a large amount. His operations
have continued for q considerable
period and have been skillfully con
tealed through q manipulation of
ms balance books. The discovery was
made by nj OF. the banks employees q
few days after the completion of an ex-
animation Of the bank by the United
States examiners. During the contin-
nance of his populations periodical ex-
%Aminations have been made by several
examiners representing the comptrol-
ler's department, all expert account
ants, and the bank has also had FREE
4uent independent examinations
neither of which has developed any ir-.
regularity. The aggregate of the
false entries, amounting to 100000,
has been charged on the books out of
the reserve, without diminishing the
surplus or profits of the bank, as re-
ported in its last publis he'd state
nent. It is expected that the short
Age will be materially reduced by a
substantial sum of which there is fair
prospect of recovery
Alvord had been with the bank for
twenty years, and was one of the most
trusted men in the institution. His
'tealings extended over a long period
but no suspicion of the truth was
Known until ten DAYS ago, when he
tent word that he was ill at his home.
After he had been away for q day or
Two the bank put experts at work and
tome Irregularities we're found. As
The experts delved deeper and deeper
into Alvord's books the extent of the
robbery began to dawn on the officers
antil they were overwhelmed to find
that it reached the enormous sum of
t7o0,O GOO.
Whether that sum is all that he
look is not yet known. It has not yet
developed how the note teller was
ible to put his hands on SO much mon
", but one Of the directors is reported
TO have said that Alvord was enabled
10 take a large sum, because as note-
teller he was in charge of the mail.
This he opened every morning and he
had ample opportunity to abstract
.aotes. drafts and checks, as we'll as
money. Of course, he had to be espe-
tally skillfu1 to make his accounts
balance: Thisldirector admitted that
Re was at . loss to account for the fail
are of the bank examinerssto discover
Alvord's irregularities at their last ex-
animation.
What Alvord did with all the cash
8 also q mystery IS yet, except that as
Usual in such cases il is said that a
large amount of It went into stock
speculation.
- - 49,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-02
BURlfDIfHERUINS
ST. PAUL FlFfEMEN CRUSHED.
5Y FAlYlNc WALLS.
four ARR DfAb AND W ARE INJURED
Explosion g bGasolias Causes . Bad Ac-
'aepbN Big Paeklns House Burns
4nd Er scommuaicates to Several.
Othsr BuiIdings.
OUR ARR DfAb AND W ARE INJURED

AZ aresutt. OF q FIRE which broke ont
IN h slaughtering pen of A. ". Him
man Y Company's packing house at
q Minnesota transfer, st. Paul,
MINI shortly after midnight, octo-
Der "a, four fremen are dead and q
number OF others injured, and proper
" to the amount Of $3.50, 900 was con-
sumed.
The dead:
Second Assistant Fire Chief VIM. II.
Irvine.
Lieut.. Frank Medley.
Burt Irish.
Louis Wagner.
The injured:
VIM. Field, Internal injuries.
Andrew johnson. both legs crushed.
The lire, which is supposed to have
been of incendiary origin, spread with
great rapidity, famed by a strong
southerly wind, and the Rremen were
seriously handicapped by lack of water
supply, and further by the fact that
the long bridge over the railroad
track, which furnished access to the
scene OF the confiagration was torn up
while undergoing repairs. From the
packing house the flames spread to the
warehouse Of the Northwestern Lime
company, thence to the McCormfek
Harvester company's large brick ware
house, filled with valuable farm ma
chinery. 1t was here that the fatali-
ties occurred.
There was q tank containing 900
gallons Of gasoline in the rear part of
the building and It's explosion shat.
tered the walls and buried the men in
the debris.
The Mccormick Harvesting
wa the heaviest loser, their loss foot.
Ing mp S3s0,O0O. OF this $50, 900 was on
buildings and 100000 on stock and
notes, all their papers and records be-
ing burned. They carried no insur-
ance. The loss Of ID. NJ. Robbins, own
err OF the packing house where the fire
started, i placed at 335, 800, which in
cludes the Iosa on several tenement
houses and other buildings. The loss
TO the Great Northern ON cars DESTROYED
foots up q, 1000; Northwestern Lime
company, $4,000; A. v. Human &
company, lessees Of the packing house
plant, lost $4,000. ON stock and ma
chinery; the Merriam Park Ice com
pany $4,000 on buildings and stock
and other minor losses which win bring
the total TO nearly $4,000.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-02
WAR RAMONA THE FISHERMEN
whites and Japanese Engage in Deadly
Arrays.

Whitcs and Japanese Engage In Deadly
Arrays.
A Vancouver, B. c., dispatch says:
The troubles between the white and
Japanese fisherman r said to have
eliminated In . series Of murders, the
Japanese being the victims. Such is
the statement Of Richard Gill, one Of
the best known scannery men Of the
north, who adds:
dead men fioated down the rivers
on several different occasions with
wounds In their heads. There is no
doubt Of the fact that they were MUIR
dere6. say as many as Eve bodies
myself during the season. Although
no one vas arrested, the fact THAT these
things were happening was common
knowledge among the fishermen"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-02
Fire At Laurel. Neb.

"A fire which threatened the entire
business portion Of Laurel, Neb., oc.
scurred late on the night Of October 90.
It was fought only by q bucket brigade
and 830,O Q damage Was sustained be-
fore It was extinguished. The Are is
believed to have been caused BY an.
incendiary and q stranger is detained
pending examination. Several people
were slightly burned.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-02
FAIL TO BREAK THE VAULT
Rank Robbers ut Adams Make water
Haul.

: Haul
An attempt was made at Adams to
rob the State bank. The robbers Sc
cured . crowbar from the railroad and
other tools from the blacksmith and
wagon shop Of II. Gillett e. Son. They
pried openthe back door Of tho bank
and removedsome brick from the back
wall OF the vault, but did not succeed
ip entering the vault. IL is thought
they must have been disturbed in their
work or they would.have accomplished
more than they did. H.H. NOrcross,
cashier of the bank is Of the opinion
that it is the work OF inexperienced,
hands at the business The hounds
would have been sent for, but 1t had
been raining through the night and
was raining some thisdmorning, sothat
st was thought the hounds could not
followt the trail. ssEs
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-02
Her defender Murdered.

Thomas J. Grif6n,a clerk employed
by N. X. Fairbanks & Co., was shot
and instantly killed while attempting
to protect Miss Fay Gilbert from tho
attack Of a strange man, in front of
No. 2230 State street, Chicago. When
the stranger saw that Griffin was
about to interfere with bis.designs on
Miss Gilbert he drew q revolver. IN
mindful Of the threatening muzzle Of
the weapon the shipping clerk Crap
pied with the assailant. In q moment
he tell to the sidewalk, with . bullet
through his brain. The murderer es,
capped.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-02
Baronesszv Won K.ttelsr a Detrolt.

Baronessz Won Ketteler at Detroit.
Baroness Won Ketteler, the widow
Of the German ambassador to China,
arrived in Detroit October 81, and
was Immediately driven to the resi-
dence of her father, Henry B. Led
yard, president of the Michigan Gem
trail railroad. No n was permitted
to see her.
When seen at his residence Mr.. Led
yard said that the baroness was suf-
fering from nervous prostration but
stoodsthe journey from Pekin to De-
troit as well as could have been ex-
pected.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-02

Charles b. Eastman, Instructor IN.
xooloeyaAt Harvard. Was arrested at
the Parker house. Boston, and taken
to the houseo f cortectionFatC aafbridgu.
It's understood that hesis indicted Tor
murderfn eonnection with Ms brcthefs
inisNs Richard EgansSinJuly from
thllss frond Sseyolversnsed 81 East
mansslaims the shooting - acsidsn,a
Tbs Dntchscriisers Enthusiastically
sHrestdentK Kruger 81 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
EotGusosMaxqpe October ~ I'M
c1ll 81 nsxsessSafsAn, an9a. Jibutil
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-02

FrssidentsMeKinley sent A~luessage
or conds1ence 10 the family OF ex-Post-
master General William q. Wilson,
Who died - Lexington, VI.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04
FRENCH COIN.
An HeirIooml Recovered By J. e.
Keith AftersA Period OF Thirty
Three Years.
ENGRAVED BY SAM HEST.

J. E. Keith, senior member Of the
firm J. Z. Keith & Sons, marble cutters,
is happy at the recovery ofan old French
coin an heirloom, which has been out OF
his possession for thirty three years.
This small piece Of silver is dear to Mr..
Keith on account OF family associations
and he would be glad to trace its
whereabouts while out of his hands.
On Thursday OF last week Mr.. Emmett
Gregory received from a small boy in
payment for a few groceries silver
coin about the sizs of half dollar, worn
perfectly smooth and beautifully en-
graved with the name and date, NJ. E.
Heist, July IA, lS4l. Mr.. Gregory made
inquiries and found that 1t was the long
lost property Of Mrs. j. E. Keith which
had disappeared from her home thirty
three wears ago. When interviewed Mr..
Keith gladly gave the history Of the
coin.
1t is a piece Of French money, more
than hundred years old, worth about
fitty-five cents and was found among the
postoffice change by Sam Hest many
years ago. On account OF his French
parentsge Mr.. Heist kept it as a souve-
mir and at the birth OF his daughter,
Mrs. ]. E. Keith, carved it with her
nsme and birthday. 1t is Indented with
the marks Of baby teeth as both Mrs.
Keith and her two oldest children made
it useful during the teeth cutting period
OF their lives.
The letters on this charm are particu-
larry graceful and are carved by an ex-
pert. Mr.. Heist was an ingenious and
painstsking man which traits have been
transmitted to number of his descend
ants. They are possessed to high ex-
tent by his grandson, Clarence Keith,
whose business gives ample scope for the
development Of his talents. AS en-
gravers and workers in stone, the Keiths
stand at the head OF their profession and
Mr.. Clarence Keith especially has been
greatly complimented on the grace and
beauty OF his letters.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04
that failed will fail again.

that failed will fail again.
All is hustle and preparation in the
central city OF the West" In 1880
when Gould was making this city the
center of his railway operations, one lit
tie thought Kansas City would ever re-
ceive such a distinguished title. The
water supply was so bad that whisky
drinking was considered virtue-no
such excuse for Kentucky. At that
time not single pleasing prospect was
in store for it. Kansas City had a
"boom" once upon a time and it has
gone on booming, but still we remember
crashes have come in banks, bankruptcy
followed and for long time things were
blue but pluck and western courage
caused the bad dream TO pass away and
those who survived the wreck went
ahead to assist in another "5oom."
"Kansas City" is entirely a material
city and literally unpoetic. We would
never think of comparing it to Washing
ton, New York, Philadelphia or Boston,
but it has twice the towering ambition
and indomitable determination and "vol-
canic energy" that all these other cities
put together possess. "The sweat of
the brow" has made her for no mama
from heaven has been rained down for
her people. But wheat lands, oil, iron
salt, all help TO fill her Golfers but labor
must come too. Such splendid schools
with modern buildings and the standard
systems of the educational world She
has high class of daily newspapers.
There's no fear of the city not enter
tanning the great company to assemble
July 4th for the nomination of Demo-
cratic candidates for President and Vice
President. Three months ago when the
great hall was destroyed by fire, before
the flames had been subdued, new SUBJ
scription was started. The whole struc
ture was built anew and it will hold
fully twenty thousand people or more
perhaps. Critics pronounce it the most
perfect-if anything is perfect--accord-
ing to old Noble Butler, how can it be
"most" perfect?-building of its kind in
all these United States. Well, what is to
be the result of that great body already
assembling? The answer is not to be
read in the stars but by every word that
precsedeth from Democrats and by a
little Reconstruction" so all Democrats
can get in the wagon.
Mr.. Jess Henderson, of near here, is
confined to his bed from a complication
of trouble. He is a great sufferer. Mr..
Henderson was a school-mate of mine
way back in the fifties. He has ever
been man of sterling good qualities
and Christian.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04
TRIP TO HENDERSON.
Paymaster Bush Entertalns A Party
On The Pay Train Friday.

The pay train which scstters sunshine
and gold dollars from Louisville to Hen
derson every month made its June visit
here Thursday the 2Sth. Paymaster
@. p. Bush was ABOARD and with him,
besides the regular train force, were bis
cousin, John ]. Bush, who represents a
leading carriage factory, OF Lansing,
Mich, Joseph Coombs, OF the Auditors
Office and Master Frank Rowell, Louis
vile.
The party was joined here Friday by
Miss Elizabeth Skillman, Miss Nellie
Gregory and visitor, Miss Irma Bailey
Louisville, Misses Bowmer and cousin,
Miss Sterett, Dallas. Texas, Miss Lucille
sterett, of Hawesvills and Messra Gary
Apologize and Hale Dean, Of o greensboro,
completed the party TO Henderson and
return.
Mr.. Bush, who is an attentive and de-
lighfal host and who is as popular with
his friends as with the railroad, spared no
pains to make the day happy one for
his guests, all Of whom enjoyed the trip
TO the fullest extent.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04
Was II A Miracle 2

1.-THE marvellous cure Of Mrs. Rena j.
Stout Of Consumption has created intense
excitement in Oammack, Ind.," writes
Marion Stuart, leading druggist Of
Muncie, Ind "She only weighed 80
pounds when her doctor in Yorktown
said she must soon die. Then she began
to use DIR. Kings New Discovery and
gained 81 pounds in weight and was
completely cured" 1t has cured thou
sands of hopeless cases, and is positively
guaranteed to cure all Throat, Chest and
Lung diseases. SOC and 81 90. Trial
bottles free at Short. & Haynes drug
store.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04
CAN'T LOAF AT
THE DRUG STORES,

The drug stores of this city have
formed combine among themselves.
They have mutually agreed to close
their respective places of business on
Sunday in the morning from s. to 10
o'clock and afternoon from Q to 4 o'clock.
In case of emergency they will open
to sell medicines between the closing
hours by the presentation of physi-
clans prescription. They have also
agreed while performing pharmaceuti-
cal duties to retail nothing but Ct
medicines.
The excessive warm weather is instru-
mental in bringing about this movement
which will enable them to be with their
families part Of the Sabbath.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04

The law holds both maker and circu-
lator of counterfeit equally guilty.
The dealer who sells you a dangerous
counterfeit OF DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Save risks your life to make a little
larger profit. You cannot trust him.
De witt's is the only genuine and origin
al Witch Hazel Salve, we'll known
cure for piles and all skin diseases. See
that your dealers give you DeWitps
Salve.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04

A gentleman recently cured Of dyspep-
sia gave the following appropriate rend-
ering of Burns famous blessing: "some
have meat and cannot eat, and some
have none and want it; but We have
meat and we can eat,-Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure be thanked" This preparation
will digest what you eat. 1t instantly
relieves and radically cures indigestion
and all stomach disorders.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04
AVERAGE YIELD OF WHEAT.

Mr.. r. A. Osborne, of Hollis Bottom,
was in town Monday. Mr.. Osborne
owns one of the finest farms in that
neighborhood and keeps it under an ex-
cellent state of cultivation. He said
some of his neighbor farmers had be-
gun threshing wheat. He has thirty
three acres of the cereal, which will
yield about thirty bushels to the acre.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04
Al Epidemic Of pIarrhoea.

Mr.. A. Sanders, writing from Cocoanut
Grove, Fla, says there has been quite an
epidemic Of diarrhoea there. He had a
severe attack and was cured by four do
SEES Of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he also
recommended it to others and they say
Il Il the best medicine they eyer used.
For sale by A. R. Fisher, Cloyerport; r.
A. Shellman. stephensport.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04
GIBSON HOUSE.

The Mitchell Hotel has changed hands
and is now known as the "Gibson
House." Mr. Augustus Gibson, who for
years has been conducting a private
boarding house in this city, is the pro-
prietor. The house will be thoroughly
renovated and the new landlord assures
bis patrons OF the very best services.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04
Paraly sis.

Mrs. J. A. Boyd, former resident Of
this place but now Of Henderson, suf-
fered paralytic stroke Friday, June 20.
Her left side is perfectly helpless and her
condition Is serious.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04

For burns, injuries, piles and skin dis
eases use DeWitt's Witch Hazel Sslve.
1t is the original. Counterfeits may be
offered. Use only DeWitt's.-A. r.
Fisher.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04
A Card OF Thanks.

We wish to express oursincere thanks
to our friends and neighbors for their
kindness to us in our late bereavement.
Mr.. J.H. MooRMAS and FAMILY
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1900-07-04
An Afternoons Cruise.

Orville T. Skillman had the following
charming guests aboard the Marguerite"
for an afternoons cruise Friday: Mrs.
George W. Short, Misses Florence Cot
trell, Ruth Haynes, Fannie Smith, Grace
Ferry, Mary Jarboe and Margaret Skill
man, Messrs Fred. DeHuy, Jno. A. Har-
rison and James r. Skillman.