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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-12-20
BLIZZARD HITS
WYOMING HARD,
High Winds, Snow and
Zero Weather Kills
Live Stock.
STORM COVERS the ENTIRE WEST
Reported Losses, However, Are
Doubtless Exaggerated Some
Losses in Texas.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Dec. 13.-The
blizzard ranging throughout South
ern Wyoming is terrific.
Everything is delayed from three
to five hours, and a blockade is i'm
mlnent.
Great distress is reported by
sheepmen of the Red desert section
and Southern Uintah county. On
the desert the losses will be large.
At Frewen, S~weetwater county, a
passenger train plowed through a
bunch of sheep huddled in a cut to
keep out of the wind, and over 100
of the animals are reported to have
been killed. They we're hurled in
every direction and buried out of
sight in drifts.
Several herders have been frozen
to death in efforts to gather scatter
Gu UdLuS VI Sue6p.
The loss of sheep i'll the Red desert
cannot be estimated, as the locks
are scattered to the four winds.
The habit which sheep have of taking
refuge in railway cuts has resulted
in the death of a large number I'M
der the wheels of railroad trains.
Snow p.ows have been working at
the most threatened points on the
Union Pacific, and though the track
has been kept open trains are de-
layed six to seven hours.
The stage between Snake river
and Rawlins became lost last night,
and for several hours the passengers
were compelled to walk. One man
had both feet so badly frozen that
amputation was necessary.
The REVIEW has word from two or
three points north of Belle Fourche
which states that while the storm in
that section was severe, the mercury
getting down to "a below, little loss
of range stock is feared except
among thin stuff and an occasional
band Of sheep. Cattle are in excel
lent condition to stand the worst
kind of weather and it will have tt
be of considerable duration before
any loss occurs. The best reports
obtainable up to the time of going tx
press would indicate that the storm
was much worse throughout Wyo
ming than here, though the report.
of stock losses are without doub'
greatly exaggerated.
HITS TEXAS, TOO.
Fort Worth. Tex, Dec. 14.-Th,
blizzard prevailing over the Pan
handle OF Texas will very probabl,
prove a disastrous n to the cattle
men. There has been a long dr.,
spell and feed has been scarce ant
high, preventing a great amount o:
provision for %wintering Of cattle
THE entire section is covered witt
snow now, and if it stays on tn
ground for any length of time tn
cattle not in prime condition will di
by hundreds.
The storm was3general Throughout
the entire western and central states
covering Wyoming, Colorado, tn
Dakotas, Montana, Nebraska, lowe
Illinois, Kansas and Missouri, an
extending with less severity farthe
! east.
South Dakota stockmen are fol
innate in having plenty OF feed, an
; stock slick and fatter than usual fo
/, the winter. Little loss is expecte
! on the ranges Of this state.
SUMMONS.
| In Circuit Court ofSeventh Judicial Circuit
..,d g., Oo,1ioofop ropufp Gonth Hutnfa
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-12-20

Organ akingR Powder

The difference of cost between a s good
and a poor baking powder would not
amount for a family's supply to one dol
lar a year. The poor powder would
cause doctors bills many times this.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is
the most economical in the end. because
it goes further in leavening and insures
perfect, wholesome food.
Used always in making the biscuit
and cake it saves both health and monev.
Made from pure, grape. cream of tartar,
most healthful of fruit acids.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-12-20

For Sale.-About $50 tons Of ma
tive and alfalfa hay; also 100 acres
of good pasture with running water.
Inquire of V. G. Anderson, Rapid
City, S. D. tt
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-12-20

NoTE:-You cannot, if you value good
health, afford to use cheap, low-grade
baking. powders. They are mostly, in
spite OF the pure food laws, made from
alum, which endangers the health. All
physicians will tell you that such pow
ders in food are injurious.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-12-20

PRICE BAKING POWDER Co.,
CHICAGO.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-12-20
SUMMONS.

In Circuit Court o. Seventh Judicial Circuit ir
and for Pennington County, South Dakota.
Mamie Thayer, plaintif.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1901-12-20

Take The Stock Review.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-10
pARoL1NG LIFE coNv1CTs.

The passage of the measure looking to
the parole of life prisoners Will be re-
garded with varied feelings by the pub
lie. The principle of the measure is
against the spirit and intent of the law
1t is in an indirect way a repeal of the
have committed certain crimes to life
imprisonment. Yet it represents no more
extraordinary extension of executive pre-
rogative than is offered to view in any
criminal case whatever.
The executive power has ordinarily the
right to save criminal from the gal,
lows. He has the power, too, to lessen
specific period of imprisonment. 1t
seems entirely reasonable and consistent
that the executive should have cor
responding power in the case of life sem
fences.
Of course the general public will look
upon the measure in question as being
designed to fit the case Of the Younger
brothers. Even in this view there is
much TO be said in its favor. The par
doning power ought not to be denied in
one case when it is exercised in another
and more grievous one. These men have
spent the period of their mature life in
jail. They are old men They have paid
fully the penalty of a great crime. Their
conduct in prison has been exemplary.
They are beyond the point where they
can do any further injury to society.
The small margin of life that is left
them might as well for public reasons
be spent at large as in confinement Be,
sides the conditions prescribed are such
as give them but a qualified liberty.
They continue amenable to criminal con.
troll. They are obliged to remain within
Sthe state and to report to criminal
authority at Intervals Their power OF
Urong-doing having been brought to
close it seems now a dictate of humanity
that they should have the rigors of the
law mitfgated at least to the extent made
possible by the measure in question
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-10

the 2,0OO, 900 acres are under the control
sioner acts in ways known only to Gov.
Dole, and that both Dole and the land
commissioner act subject to the demands
of the sugar trust, which, it seems is
getting the cream of the land.
The Washington correspondent of that
approved Republican organ, the Mime
apolis Journal, after reciting the above
report adds: This sugar trust is
part of the San Francisco syndicate
which for many years has controlled and
financed every important movement on
the Pacific coast or in the islands off the
coast. 1t is this syndicate, or one sec
ton of it, which had its grip so secure
ly on Cape Nome, and caused the present
Noyes- Mckenzie scandal there"
The enormous value of the sugar lands
and industry is brought home to us by
travellers. Thursday evenings Mime
apolis Journal quoted Judge Harrison of
that city, who has just returned from
HaWall, With the following remarkable
statement: .'On the single plantation of
Eva, one Of the largest cane fields, the
yield is from eight to twelve tons per
acre, often reaching the limit. The net
profit is $50 per ton"
1t scarcely seems creditable that so
high a profit is possible. But if this
figure be heavily discounted, it Is at
least apparent that sugar land in Hawaii
is extremely valuable property, and that
the syndicate which has the political pull
with the government in controlling the
100000 acres of government land is hav-
ing a. sweet time of it. 1t is apparent
why such concern coulu generously
subscribe to Hanna's campaign fund to
insure an imperial policy on the tropic
islands,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-10

Ricans. This docile child of old SPAIN
the child that was to give us no trouble,
"the child of our tenderest care" is liable
to be as bad as the others. From the
account of the riot at San Juan the other
day it would seem that the Porto Ricans
are not filled to the point of repletion
with gratitude and other similar senti-
ments for the great Americans.
The Porto Ricans have been treated
with much consideration. True, they
were taxed in an unconstitutional man
ner, but they were used to a thing like
that. The trouble lies in the nature Of
the inhabitants-the great mass Besides
being of the Latin race with all the in
herent jealousies of their blood, they
have reached that degree of civilization
when they are as described by Kipling.
half devil and half child"
If the reports from San Juan are true,
the riot, which was no small affair,
originated in nothing more serious than
the punishment of girl in school.
1t will take years to wear away the
prejudice against the governing race
which these people have formed through
their experience with the Spanish. These
outbursts against established authority
will occur, with increasing frequency as
the laws of civilization are enforced. All
this is part of the white mans burden
which we in the year 1858 deliberately
chose to take upon ourselves, thinking
then it would add to our national glory
and believing since that it will add in
time to our bank accounts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-10
Defends Mr.. COnIey.

To the Editor of the Globe:
VIII you kindly allow me, resident
of ST. Paul for the past thirty-five years,
to say few words with reference to the
report connecting the name of Mr.. Pat
rick Conley with the appointment Of as
SCISSOR and the war being made upon
him and the appointing power in conSe-
quence by an evening paper.
The paper commenced its onslaught by
attacking Mr.. Conleys moral character,
because forsooth he is in the saloon bus
mess, which it followed with a desper-
ate attempt to secure Endorsement of its
attack by One-sided interviews of lead
ing citizens and business men.
That this attempt was a most lament
able failure all who read the interview
must acknowledge. 1t is true some OBJ
lection was made to the appointment Of
no one was found to question his ability
to well fill the position or his honesty.
AS fact the interviews, as whole,
were complimentary rather than other
Mr.. Conley has grown to manhood in
St. Paul, and during all the time in the
public eye, and dismissing the fact of his
business calling, he cannot be success
fully accused of doing Il mean, much less
q reVengeful act.
Mr. Conley has decided views of public
policy and is always ready and able to
explain and defend them. He has held
public Office and his administration Of the
same was a credit to himself and of ma
teriaR benefit to the city. He has been in
business mere n 81. P8ul Tor almost Aai1
a century, anu his honesty and personal
integrity is yet to be questioned.
To be brief, Pat Conley is a strong man,
who believes in doing by others as you
would be done by; who believes public
office is a public trust, and if he should
be appointed assessor there is no question
he will make the most efficient and faith
full custodian of that important office in
the history Of st. Paul And IN the ad-
ministration of the Office the taxpayers
will find Mr. Conley will play no favor
ties. He is not that kind Of man.
proof of the puddin is in the eatin'
ont" and Mr.. Conley's appointment will
prove the truth of these predictions.
Fair Play.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-10
THE WHITE MANS RURDEv

We have shouldered the white mans
burden and are in for it during the rest
of the journey. It is a great and good
thing to be world reformers and nation
civilizers, but 1t is both expensive and
annoying. The United States entered
upon the task to free Cuba with no in
tenton Of lining up where it is now.
The lust for territory was too strong for
the Yankee conservatism and we picked
up without due consideration. the white
mans burden. In the Philippines we
have found it exceedingly heavy. The
$2ON0,oOO originally paid for the burden
In the far East was bagateIle compared
with the annual cost of it's transporta-
ton. Instead Of the 50 per head which
the facetious Tom Reed declared we were
paying for the Filipinos, the result will
show that they will cost as much as the
average niger during the days of
slavery.
While our army Of 100000 men is mostly
employed in the work of pacifying these
frJWn men of the east the Cuban patri-
OTIS whom we set free from Spanish mis-
rule because we loved liberty more than
the money we would have to spend in the
war, threaten to make us trouble. OF
course, they want TO be independent az
Well as free and we make a distinction
between those popular words The white
mans burden, taken on in Cuba seemed
to be almost ready to be laid aside, but
now from surface indications we will
have it or our back for another genera
tion.
we could fight the Fnfplnos into loving
US ana we could endure the insoIence Of
the snfrauehised Cubans with equanim-
~. but ne cannot endure ingratitude
On The part III the meek and lowly Porto
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-10
POPULAR NOMINATIONS.
Minnesota's Primary Law Urged for
Consideration In New York,

Gunton's Magazine for March.
IN 1883 the Minnesota legislature passed
a law providing for nominations by pc
tltlon In counties having 200 900 or moro
inhabitants. The only county in the
state having the requisite population ap-
pears to have been the one in which
Minneapolis is situated Last fall.
therefore, Minneapolis held an election
under this new primary law 1t demon
strated one fact conclusively: namely,
that when the people realize that they
have a right to vote and that their votes
will count and not be offset by anJ
coercing conspiracy, they will attend the
primaries with about the same interest
that they have in voting on election day
In Minneapolis $1,000 people attended the
primaries and voted for the nomination
Of candidates. This was more than the
entire city vote cast at the preceding
election for governor. The Minnesota
law appears to have the defect of not
limiting the primaries to the previously
enrolled members of the respective par
ties; hence they are still exposed to the
evil of padded rolls so prevalent in
New York previous to the new primary
law, which provides that only the en-
rolled voters Of the respective parties
shall be permitted to vote at a party's
primaries. With this exception the Min
nesota law for nominations by the peo-
pie appears to be complete success. No
time should be lost in passing a similar
law in New York; it should be passed be-
fore the legislature adjourns in order that
the people may have the benefit of it in
the coming municipal elections.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-10

growth OF nearly so per cent.
If the Methodist total of seventeen de-
nominations, five of which are colored.
are taken, a stronger record of growth is
SHOWN, the aggregate being 5SO9, 900, and
the ratio of increase, 26 per cent The
Baptist aggregate of thirteen denomina-
lions reaches 4,443,OOO about one-third col
ored, the ratio Of growth during the dec
ade being 20 per cent.
Among the Presbyterians, the main
branch north has about kept step with
general population in growth; the Cum
berland and the United have shown less
advancement; while the Reformed and
the Welsh Calvinistic have lost ground
since 1890. The Cumberland colored wing.
however. shows strong growth. The Pres
byterian total of twelve denominations
showed a membership of IT'S, 1892 in 1890
and 1.560,S47 in 1900, an increase of 1884,
515, or % per cent.
1t is interesting, If not to most read
ers matter of surprise. that the records
of heaviest growth are made by the fol-
lowing sects-the Mormons, the Christian
Scientists and the Seventh-Day Adven-
lists. After all the assault made upon
Mormonism by the press and the pulpit
of America during recent years, not to
mention hostile legislation, the MormonS,
according to the statistics of the Inde-
pendent, have increased from $4,000 IN
1890 to $4,000 in 1900, or over 100 per cent.
This is more than four times the ratio
of increase shown by the average denom-
ination. The Christian Scientists make
still more astounding record, passing
from S724 in 1890 to 100, 600 in 1900 In this
case, however some allowance doubtless
should be made by reason of the under
estimate in 1890, the census of this sect
at that time being incomplete. The Sew
enth-Day Adventists go from 28,99i to
55,316, or nearly doubling. The ratio Of
growth in membership In these three
sects is duplicated by their large increase
in number OF churches and ministers
Strikingly noticeable by comparison Is
the advance of only Is per cent in the
membership Of the Unitarians, and the
actual falling off among the Universal
lists. The former advance from 67,749 to
1000; while the latter drop from 49, 1914 to
As, 426. Compared with the colored
churches and the Mormons, the Unita-
rians and the Universalists apparently do
not appeal to the masses.
Says the Independent, in editorial com
ment upon it's table of church statistics,
''The list of churches whose normal
growth has been even equal to the
growth in population is very small" At
this rate Of growth, the prospect Of the
church conquering the world does not
appear bright. The grand total of all
denominations in the census of 1890 was
20,612,SO6, or about one-third of the non
ulation of the 1890 census. With so slight
growth in church membership during
the decade just closed, the problem of
the church conquering the world appears
as remote of solution as ever. Until some
progress is made by the church In Sc
curing the cooperation of the labor pom
ulatton of the country. the conquest of
humanity by the church will continue
problematical. AS the New York Times
suggests, there is room for grand re-
ligious hustle.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-10
MAY DEAN.

Across the gulf of the years. May Dean,
see you-in vision still,
AS you tripped along Ger the meadows
green,
To the little school on the hill;
With broad-brimmed hat sat saucily, so
That peeping. as if in fun,
Were riotous curls that seemed to glow
With the light of the morning sun
Twas but for one little term, May Dean.
One summer of long ago,
But the fields had never been half so
green,
Nor the skies so blue, know.
AS you first appeared on the opening day,
| worshiped you there and then;
When you were a girl of eleven, May,
And 1 a boy of ten.
I was dead in love with you all, MAY
Dean,
From the tips of your dainty toes
To your waving hair, with its golden
sheen,
And the freckles on your nose;
But blooming chump in those days
A fact that you doubtless know
For I was that deucedly dumb and shy,
never could tell you so.
I've been in love since those days. May
Dean,
How often, I dare not tell;
But through it all there has never been
Exactly the same sweet spell,
InaC seemed TO get In the sunshine CnSn
A magic transcending art
When you were eleven and 1 was ten,
And you were my first sweetheart.
Since then we have drifted apart, May
Dean,
With never word or sign,
What'er there may be in your heart,
May Dean,
A picture remains in mine;
And often the glimpse of a maiden fair
To haunt my dreams, will arise,
With the soul of the sunlight upon her
hair
And laughter within her eyes.
There are fancies cling to US yet, May
Dean,
AndIthings we cannot forget
IT'S idle to pluck from the migllt-have
been
The shadow of a regret;
But unto the dreams that are dead is
due
The need of passing sight;
And send an earnest Godspeed to you
For the sake of the days gone by.
Denver News.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-10

cltizens Of Sitka for help to overawe the
1nolans until the British authorities at
Victoria sent a gunboat to release them
ana then our government tardiIy sent I'D
the little cutter Nina and destroyed sew
eIal Indian villages and restored order.
Inc same dilly-dally course is being fol-
lowed in Cuba and the Philippines, ex-
cept that military and naval forces are
provided because there is something in
1t In the way Of official positions and
contracts.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-10
THE END IN SOUTH AFRICA.


Every humane person will rejoice over
the announced establishment of an armis
tice between the Boer commander and
Gen. Kitchener. The world has sorrowed
over and admired the grand display of
individual and collective bravery repre-
scented by the action of the Beers In the
field. a nobler struggle for liberty, made
against such odds, history holds no rec
ord of. Right or wrong, the Beers have
indicated their expressed love of free
dom. and have justified the prediction of
President Kruger, that humanity would
shudder before the Beers had been sub
jugated
No man possessed of his senses can
deny to himself the Inevitable outcome
of the fight which the Beers have been
making from the outset. But since the
surrender of Gen. Cronje, and the relief
of Kimberley and Pretoria, the mainte-
nance Of the strife has been a crime
against humanity.
1t is all very well to say that the
Beers will be decimated before Britain is
allowed to assert unquestfoned suprem-
acy in the TransvaaI That is a SEN
timent in which no concurrence can be
expressed by civilized men. The war
has gone on much further than 1t should
ever have been permitted 90 be carried
1t is time that civilized society should if
necessary intervene, not to accomplish
the ends of either the Beers or the Brit
Isl; but to put an end to strife which
has become useless carnage
Whatever details have been made
known of the conditions on which sur
render is likely show that the British
government stands ready 10 make rea-
sonable concession. The restoration of
Boer belligerents to their homes, the re-
building of destroyed farm houses, and
the replacement as much as possible of
the damage done, so far as may be
necessary to the re-establishment of So
cial order and the prevention of unneces-
sary suffering, all disprove any DISPOSE
ton toward retaliation on the part of
British authority.
Many months ago, before the appear
ance Of Mr.. Kruger in Europe, the end
OF the war had been actually reached.
All the men from other lands who had
engaged themselves in defense of Boer
liberties had practically withdrawn from
the strife. Many men have since met
their end on both sides, notwithstanding
that the fight has been waged without
any practical purpose in view since then.
If Gen. Botha is in a position 10 secure
the laying down of their arms by the
bulk of his present force he will be
doing lasting service TO his people and
to the land they have so CALAMITY
fought for
1t will not matter that Gen. Dewet
maintains his activity. The war win have
been ended; and the peaceful pursuits of
the people can be generally resumed. The
Boer race has shown itself to be the
grandest race of soldiers in the world
They have made a great struggle for
their liberties They owe it to humanity
and to their native land that they shall
now, that their cause has become a.
hopeless one, secure for themselves the
best terms they can. and accept the
changed conditions which have been
forced upon them at such an awful ex-
pense.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-03-10

The London Daily Express INDUCES III
some caustic criticism of McKin1ey's
Inaugural address. 1t says: when the
president OF tho United States addresses
his fellow ccurtrymen in bulk with the
simultaneous reference of his remarks
to the nations of the world, we should
like to see him deal a little less In the
patriots flight in generalities and a lit
tie more with the serious matters that
menace the very existence of the Arnerl-
can republic. What of the trusts that
are gripping the heart of American in
dustry and establishing q tyranny as
complete and despotic as that Of the