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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
ARE STORM SWEPT
Tennessee and Mississippi Have
aTornado.
MANI fAIAlIIB MARX ITS PAIN


Dispatches from Nashville. Tenn,
indicate that the storm, which swept
over northern Mississippi and central
and western Tennessee, was n of
great severity. Advices by the ,asso-
ciated press and special correspondents
show that the loss of life in the terri
tory visited by the tornado already
amounts to sixty-four and the number
injured to Owe fifty. Telegraphic
communications to the regions visited
by 1.-THE tornado is suspended and it
is feared that when full details are
known the list of the dead will be
heightened.
The storm entered the state from
northern Mississippi and swept across
in a n~ortheasterly direction. Great
damage is reported from the counties
bordering on Mississippi and further
on Columbus; in Maury county. is the
heaviest sufferer. Lavergne. Nolans-
vile and Galiatin also felt the wind,
che storm finally losing itself in the
Cumberland range.
The path of the storm was about $50
yards wide and wa through the north
western suburbs of Nashville. through
a section of the town populated chiefly
BY negroes and the poorer classes and
the houses were mere novels. 1t is
estimated th.lt $50 OF them were total
ly destroyed and a larger number dam
aged. The suffering of these people,
rendered homeless and bere it of all
their goods, is pitiable.
At Lavargne, sixteen miles south Of
Nashville On the Nashville. Chattanoo-
ga d st. Louis road, the velocity of
the wind was marvellous and from best
reports, lasted only about twenty sec
onds. In this short time about thirty
i've houses We're turned into kindling
wood. The loss of life is small com
pared with the miraculous escapes
made.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
lsetazSedSsstesaent OF the D~taes Required
Of Then.

Observation-Disclosures OF the D0tles Required
u Then.
The eight Nebraska presidential
electors r required to meet at tile
capital of the state, or as the statute
says, at the sea- of government, at
noon OF the Saturday proceeding the
second Monday of January and report
themselves to the governor as in at
tendance. If for any reason any
electors are absent or a vacancy exists,
those present may proceed to fill the
came by election. The college of
electors shall meet the second Monday
i'm January and proceed to the election
in conformity with the constitution of
the United States. The electors shall
receive as compensation S. y day for
every days attendance and 10 cents a
mile. the same mileage as members of
the Legislature.
The eight electors are John L. Nes-
bit, Tekamah; Robert Windholm,
Plattsmouth; Edward Royse. Broken
Bow; Jacob L. jacobson, Omaha; John
L.. Kennedy, Omaha; Joseph LANCER,
WILDER; Andrew Christensen, Mindcn;
Wallace Il. Barton, Tecumseh.
One of the electors is sent tx Wash
ington with the official certificates of
the vote for president and vice ipresi-
dent. Usually this honor is sought
after and several candidates may spring
up. In fact any nj of the eight
would not object tota trip of that sort,
especially when it is considered that
the messenger is to receive mileage one
way at the rate of % cents a mile.
This is usually enough to pay all ex-
penses. The messenger must reach
Washington before the fourth Monday
in January with his certificate ready
to be handed to the president of the
senate. Another certificate is sent to
Washington by mail, and a third is
given to, the federal Judge.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
TOM THUMB AND THE QUEEN.
Little Chap Tried to Baok out OF Her
Presenes.

Little Chap Tried to BACK Out OF Her
Presencs.
The American minister, the Hon.
Edward Everett, was very kind to his
countrymen, and it was at his house
that Mr.. Barnum met a certain Mr..
Murray, master of the queens house,
hold, a st. Nicholas. On the day
following one of the queens life
guards appeared before MT. Barnum
with a note containing an invitation
from the queen to Gen. Tom Thumb
and his guardian, Mr.. Barnum. to APP
pear at Buckingham palace on a speci-
fed evening. In retiring from the
royal presence, Mr.. Barnum attempted
to follow the example set by the lord
IN waiting by backing out. The gal
lery vas of great length. and the gen.
tlemen with long strides made rapid
progress; but Tom Thumbs short legs
left him far .behind-or before. See
ing that he was loosing ground, he
turned and ran a few steps, then re-
sumed the process of backing"
Again losing ground, he repeated the
performance, to the great amusement
of the royal spectators. The queen
soon sent another summons, and the
general. with his guardian, made a
second visit to the palace, being re-
ceived in the yellow drawing oom A
third visit was soon paid to Bucking-
ham palace, and this time the queens
uncle, Leopold, king of the Belgians.
was present, and was greatly amused,
asking many questions; and Queen
Victoria, desiring the general to sing.
inquired what song he preferred.
Yankee Doodle" was the prompt re-
ply. All present laughed heartily and
her majesty said: THAT is a very pref
ty song, general; sing it,if you please"
and he did 49, ri
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
AGITATION FOR GOOD ROADS
Convention at Chicago Earnestly in Their
Favor.

Convention at Chicago Earnestly In Their
AT the November &c session of the
national good roads convention at Chi
cago, committees OF permanent organ
ization and national and state legisla-
ton We're named. The committee on
permanent organization is expected to
outline a plan whereby the work in all
sections of the country can be unified
and directed by the central body. The
committee on national and state legis-
lation will draft bills petitioning for
appropriations to carry on the work of
building good roads.
A measure providing for the utiliza-
ton of eonvictlabor in improving the
highways will be among those drawn
up by the legislative committee.
At the afternoon session II. II. Gross,
road expert of the department of agri-
culture, addressed the convention, say
ing in part:
The influence of hard roads upon
farm property is to add SIS in value for
every 81 spent on the roads. This is
true, because, given hard roads so the
farmer can market his crops when the
market is right, instead Of marketing
them when the roads are right, he can
get 2, 3, and 5 cents a bushel more
for his grain"
Resolutions were passed urging con-
gress to appropriate $l25.oo0 in the
coming budget for public road inquiry
and urging on the postmaster general
that he make it u requisite to recon-
mend rural free delivery that the local
ity desiring it must maintain a good
hard road.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
Strike Ends.

The strike of the 700 employees of the
Forest mine, Archibald, Pa, which has
continued since last March, has been
satisfactorily settled by a committee
of miners in conference with represcn-
tatives of the Ontario Il Western com
pany, which bought the mine last
Friday. The strikers got nearly all
the concessions demanded. A decrease
in the weight of loaded cars. a check
weighlnan at the head of the shaft and
an increase of one dollar on rock yard
age: also allowances for removing
water. The mine will resume work
as quickly as it car be put in shape.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
No Typhoid for britain. Troops.

An interesting experiment is being
made by the British army medical
service in the incubation of the troops
now leaving for Africa. says the Medi-
cal Review. The endeavor is made to
confer immunity from typhoid fever,
The NEGOTIATIONS are not made compul-
sorry, but the officers urge it upon the
men. The results Of this measure will
be watched with great interest, and aft
er the campaign in the Transvaal is
closed comparisons based on the preva-
lence Of enteric fever in our late wal
with Spain and the South African
trouble may furnish some interesting
data.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
A Noted Knight TemplaI
Owes His Health to PeIunaI

Colonel T. P. Moody. 4 prominent
knight Templar, is Well known In
every city In the United states west Of
Buffalo, N. Y, as o Jewelers. Auc-
tioneer. In the city OF Chicago "a Al
prominent lodge man, being q mem
her OF the X. rs and alSo Of the
Masons. The cut shows Colonel
Moody In the costume OF the tOriental
Consistory Masons, S2d degree.
In a recent letter from 5000 Nichi-
gan avenue. Chicago, Ill, Mr.. Moody
says the following:
"For over twenty-five years I
suffered from cstsrrh, and for
over ten pears I suffered from
catsrrh Of the stoniach terribly.
"Ihave taken all kinds ofInedi-
cines and have been treated By
all kinds of doctors, as thousands
Of my acquaintances are aware
in different parts Of the United
STATES, where 4 have travelled, but
the relief was only temporary,
until 3 little over a year ago I
started to take, Peruna, and at the
present time I am better than L
have been for twenty years.
"7he soreness has left mysfom-.
ach entirely and 1 am free from
Indigestion and dyspepsia andwM
say to ali who are troubled with
cafarrh or stomach trouble of any
kind, don't put 1t off and suffer,
but begin to take Peruna right
away. and keep it up until you
are cured. as you surely will be If
you Persevere."
"My wife, as many in the southwest
cans say, was troubled with a bad cough
and bronchial trouble. and doctors all
over the country gave her up to die,
as they could do nothing more for her.
She began taking Peruna with the re-
suit that she is better nov than she
has been In years, and her cough has
almost left her entirely. The soreness
has left her lungs and she Is as we'll
as she ver was in her life. with
thanks. as she says, to Peruna. Yours
E-aET@ET
very truly, I. p. Moody.
Catarrh In its various forms is rap
idly becoming a general curse. An
undoubted remedy has been discov-
cred by DR.. Hartman. This remedy has
been thoroughly tested during the past
| forty years. Prominent men have
come to know Of it's virtues. and are
making public utterances on the sub
3a,k Ia M J. eo y %h0 oo,,,okury we vo,,ok
save the people. To save the people
we must protect them from disease.
The disease that is at ono the most
prevalent and stubborn Of cur is ca.
tarrh.
II n were to make a list OF the
different names that have been app
piled to catarrh in different locations
and organs. the result would be as
REORGANIZATION r&.-aLt2HL LMEaA.L 8E-F4Nha2A.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
ANN and shouider Crn.hed.

Ed Wheeler, a Burlington freight
conductor, whose home is at Wymore,
Neb., had his left arm and shoulder
badly crushed at Table Rock at the
ballast track, while making a coupling
with the pilot on the ballast train,
which was in his charge. He slipped,
asst wa very icy, with the result as
above. Mr.. Wheeler was born and
raised at Table Rock, but was recently
married and his home is now at Wy
more. He was taken home. 1t is not
known whether his arm will be saved
OrsnOt.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
Prairie-Dog. anu kAttle-snake..

A writer in Forest and Stream des-
crlbes a victory which he saw gained
over a rattlesnake by the inhabitants
of a pTairie-dog village in the Indian
territory. The ugly invader erawled
inte one of the dog holes, whereupon
fifteen or twenty dogs gathered about
the place n began to push dirt into
the hole. The snake stuck its head up
through the dirt, and the dogs tool to
Hight; but the moment the snake en-
tered another hole they hocked about
it again, and this time pushed in the
dirt SO rapidly that the RATHER was eff
fectively entrapped. Then the dogs
taEped the dirt down hard with their
noses, and left, the snake to suffocate.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
THE ACT DECLARED ILLEGAL
Court Unanimous That Transports ton
Board is Unconstitutional.

70 DOa1Tu IL UNCONSTITUTIONAL "
Chief Justice Norval has held that
the board OF transportation is null and
void and the other two judges Of the
Nebraska supreme court concur. The
law is declared unconstitutional be-
cause it was not properly passed by
the W houses of the legislature. This
decision wipes from the statutes a law
that has been in force since 1887 and
and leaves practically nj railroad reg
ulation in force.
OThe old maximum rate law is dorm
ant or imperative, and upon the next
legislature will devolve the duty OF
enacting a new law or of submitting
to the people a constitutional amend
ment providing for the election OF rail
road commissioners by the people.
These or other remedies may be pro-
posed.
The board of transportation act goes
down into oblivion carrying with it
three appointments paying $1,000 "a
year each.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30

An owensboro, KY, dispatch says:
Gov. d. W. Beckhan OF kentucky and
Miss Jean Raphael of this city We're
married at the First Presbyterian
church. The wedding was attended
by nearly all the state officials and a
large number of guests from other
parts of the state. A reception fol-
lowed at the Rudd house, which was u
notable social function.
The governor and his bride left at
midnight for Chicago.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
SICKNESS.
Author of The H,Ehest And~a" Gives
= Vivid Description OF II

Author of The HiEhest Andea" Gives
= Vivid Description OF II
From The Hidden Andes" by e. A
Fitz Gerald: Il got UP and tried once
more to go on, but I vas only able I
advance from two to three steps at q
time, and then l had to stop, painting
for breath, my struggles alternating
with violent fits OF nausea. At times I
would fall down, and each time had
greater difficulty in rising: black
specks swan across my sight; I was
like one walking In a dream, so dizzy
and sick that the whole mountain
seemed whirllng round with me. The
time went on: 1t was growing late and
had now got into such a helpless
condition that I was no longer able to
raise myself, but had to call on Lanti
to help me. l was right under the
great wall of the peak and not more
than n few hundred yards from the
great couloir that leads up between
the two SUBMITS. l do not know the
exact height Of this spot, but l Judge it
to be about 1000 feet below the top.
Here ! gave up the fight and started
to go down. l shall forget the
descent that followed. / was so weak
that my legs seemed to fold up under
me at every step, and l kept falling
forward and cutting myself on the
shattered stones that covered the sides
of the mountain. l do not know how
long l crawled in this miserable plight,
steering for a big patch of snow that
lay in a sheltered spot, but | should
imagine that it was about an hour and
a. half. On reaching the snow I lay
down and finally rolled down a great
portion of the mountain side. AS l got
lower my strength revived, and the
nausea that l had been suffering from
so acutely disappeared. leaving me
with a splitting headache. Soon after
5 O'Clock l reached our tent. My head
ache was now so bad that it was with
great difficulty / could see at ALL"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
Sale of Mine Declared on.

A Denver dispatch says: The sale
OF the great Camp Bird mine at Ouray
to an English syndicate is off. The
property will not be sold" said the
owner, Thomas +. Walsh. who has just
arrived from Paris. Had the pros
pective buyers been ready to pay over
100000 cash when the deal was first
talked of it is possible the mine would
have passed into their possession.
Now | have decidedtt to retain posses
sion of the mine.''
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
strip him of Re1onr,nes,

Charles Melka, of Momence, Ill,
who was recently reported to have
been arrested by the police of Ham
burg, has exonerated himself and re-
turned to his home. He was arrested
on false charges, stripped of his be-
longing and imprisoned five days, DUR
ing which he was not allowed to COM
m,inicate with the American consul.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
European Bison.

It'is-not generally known that there
Is still living in Europe a large herd OF
European bison-larger. probably, than
1.-THE herd OF American bison which
roams Yellowstone park. These rare
animals are preserved by the car OF
Russia in the imperial forest of Bic
.lovege, in Lithuania, and number some
thing like 100. Fourteen men have been
sent to Siberia within the last three
years for the otfense Of killing scatter
ing animals.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
Secures Russian Contract.

A ST. Petersburg, November 81, dis
patch says: A drill company of New
York has a 100000 order for an air
compressor and other machinery for a
200 meter tunnel at Kharbin, con-
Meeting Vladivostock with Port Ar
thur and Europe. The latest Ameri-
can tunneling system will be employed.
The work will last a year.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
package Of Money Missing.

Says a Sioux City, Ia. dispatch Of
November 10: "A 5000 package OF
money sent to Sioux City by a Shell
don, Ia. bank via the American Ex-
press company, is missing. 1t was
stolen some time between its sending
at p. m. and 8 p. M Of the same day.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
A railroad map is a typical line en-.
craving.
DO You FEEL LIKE TAISP
Pen Picture for Women.

81 am so nervous, there is not a
well inch in my whole body. I am SO
weak at my stomach and have indi-
gestion horribly, and palpitation Of
the heart, and | am losing flesh. This
headache and baclrache nearly kills
me, and yesterday l nearly had hyster-
les; there is a weight in the lowerpar
of my bowels bearing down all the
time, and pains in my groins and
thighs ! cannot sleep, walk, or sit,
and / believe / am diseased all over /;
10 one ever suffered as / do
This is q description of thousands of
cases which come to Mrs. Pinkham's
attention daily. An infamed and I'LL
cerated condition of the neck of the
womb can produce all of these symp-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
There Is q Clas. of Peop,.

Who are injured by the use of coffee.
Recently there has been placed in all
the grocery stores a new preparation
called GRAIN-O, made of pure grains,
that takes the place of5coffee. The most
delicate stomach receives it without
distress, and but few can tell it from
coffee. 1t does not cost over one-fourth
as much. Children may drink it with
great benefit. Is cents and % cents
per package. Try it. Ask for GRAIN-O.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
Finds Recreant Husband.

Mrs. Toba Goldberg, says a Peoria,
Ill, dispatch of November Il, after
searching for her husband through
Germany for ten years and spending
five years more in the quest in the
United States, located him this city
and bad him arrested for bigamy. She
spent a large fortune in her travels.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
Railroad Incorporated.

An indianapolis, Ind, dispatch says:
The Indiana " Illinois Railway COM
pany has been incorporated under the
Indiana laws with a capital stock of
100000. Formerly the road was the
Chicago s. Grand Trunk. but it was
sold and takes a new name. 1t extends
from Port Huron, Mich, to Chicago.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
4 Carnegie Promotea Him.

James D. Reid, organizer Of the
Old-Time Telegraphers' association,
superintendent the construction be-
tween Washington and Baltimore OF
the first telegraph line. He taught
Andrew Carnegie to be an operator,
and is now manager Of the steel mans
Scotch estates.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
Crushed between Cars.

While weighing cars at the s,nelter
on a Burlington switch at Deadwood,
5. D., Gus Holton was crushed and
died soon after Mt the Sisters hospital.
He was 25 years old and unmarried.
His mother, brother and two sisters
reside at Omaha. The remains will be
sent there for burial.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
Best for the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache
to q cancer, you will never get we'll
until your bowels are put right.
CASCARETS help nature, cure you,
without a grippe or pain. produce easy
natural movements, cost you Just 10
cents to start getting your health back.
CAsCARETs Candy Cathartic, the
genuine, put up in metal boxes, eyery
tablet has 9. G. G. stamped on it. Be-
ware Of limitations.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
Commute. the Sentence

Governor Murphy Of Ariz., has COM
muted the -four years sentence of John
Echols, who has served three years Of
= ten years sentence. His imprison-
ment was the result Of conviction for
stage robbery, and the Communication
is prompted by the confession of King
Ussery. who says he was the guilty
party, and adroitly arranged his plans
SO that suspicion fell on Echols.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
Fitzhueh Lee at New York.

A New York dispatch says: General
Fitzhugh Lee arrived from Cuba and
will stay in this city for three or four
days. After reporting at Washington
he will go to take command of the de-
partment Of the Missouri, to which he
has been assigned.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF ToLEpo,

LUCAS UNIT sS N
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm Of +. J. Cheney eco.
doing business ii, the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will nav
the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case OF Catarrh TINT cannot be
cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANZ J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed Ia nv
presence, this 9th day of December, "A. D. 1884
rcrArlS A. w. GLEASON,
t.. Notary Public.
Halls Catarrht Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF the system. Send for testimonials, free.
i. J. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, q
Sold by Druggists, T5c.
s Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
Are You Using Aliens Foot-Ease.

1t is the only cure for Swollen,
smarting. Burning, Sweating Feet,
Cornsi and Bunions. Ask for Aliens
Foot-Ease, "a powder to be shaken into
the shoes. AT all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. ADJ
dress Aliens. Olmstead. Leroy, N. Y.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30

A booklet giving the population OF
all cities OF the United States Of 2 5000
and over according to the census Of
1900, has just been issued by the Pas
senger department. OF the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway, and a
copy Of it may be obtained by sending
your address, with two-cent stamp to
pay postage, to the, General Passenger
Agent Of the Chicago, Milwaukee & st.
Paul Railway, Chicago, Ill.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1900-11-30
Fatal Mining Accidents.

Fewer deaths are caused by mining
accidents now than in 1855, although
at the present time there are two and
a half times as many people employed
underground.