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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07
chester into them. The Biddles Their

chester into them. The Biddles then
yielded.
After the Biddles yielded, Detectives
Roach and McGovern bound them hand
and foot and they were taken to
Butler.
Mrs. soffel, who had fallen from the
sleigh when the horse ran away, was
picked up n placed in the detectives
large sleigh with her companions and
k to the hospital at Butler.
Ed. Blddie's Statement.
At the Jail last night Ed Biddle called
for a priest, and made the following
statement:
Il did not kill Detective Fitzgerald,
nor did I shoot Thomas Kahney, nor
was my brother implicated in the lat
ter affair: Mrs. Soffel aided us in get
ting out Of the county Jail, and had it
not been for her we would nave made
our escape today. She gave up every
thing for us, and I was bound to back
her. l did not shoot her. She shot
herself.
although I have been pictured to
you as a desperate l still have
some heart and gratitude for the wom-
an who helped us to escape. She mere
ly did it out of sympathy for us. I
persuaded her to do it. l told her I
was suiltless Of the crime for which I
was about to be executed. and she was
impressed and yielded to my SUCCESS
ton. l planned it all
The tracking of the fugitives in their
light by the detectives was very COM
plete. Early yesterday morning the
PittsburS police were notified that a
horse and sleigh had been stolen early
Thursday morning from the BARN of a
~Perrysville farmer. Frequently during
the day reports We're received at head
Quarters thar tNn J91n1 AND a woman
he description of whom tailed with
the Biddles and Mrs. Soffel, had been
seen going through different towns
along the route. From the description
furnished it was clear to the police that
they were the f~ugitives, and detectives
were Immediately sent after them. The
Butler officials We're at once notified.
and by telephonirg to the surrounding
small towns it was learned that the
party had turned away from the direct
road into Butler, and We're going
through the wooded country to the
north Of Butler.
The Butler officials at once went in
the direction in good sleighs provided
with fast horses. They soon found
they were on the trail of the %fugitives,
and at 3 o'clock wired the Pittsburg
police that they a learned they We're
only thirty minutes behind the sleigh,
and that their horse was tired. From
this time on it was only Il question of
a short time until the capture was
made.
Mrs. Soffe; made 4 statement after
her capture III which she aid she be-
came involved in the affair through her
sympathy for Ed Biddle. She said she
now realized her mistake, and wished
she was dead. She said she did not
shoot herself, but was the first one
shot by the detectives. The officers
say the woman was armed, but do not
think she fired any shots.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07
ANOTHER WOMAN IN CASE.
to the Governor fora Pardon
Some Time AGO.

Harrisburg, Pa, FEB. "A mysterious
woman recently called upon Governor
Stone and pleaded with him to pardon
the Bidd!c brothers. who escaped yester-
day from the Pittsburs Jail. The woman
was about ~ years of age, dressed in the
height of fashion, and made a special re-
quest of the governor not to disclose her
name. The executive declined to pardon
the brothers, but granted a respite, that
their case might be heard by the board OF
pardons, on Wednesday next, on an ap-
plication for a communication of sentence
to life Imprisonment. When the governor
learned that 1t was reported that Mrs.
Softei. wife Of the prison warden, was the
woman who visited him.. he gave out u
statement denying that his visitor was
Mrs. Solfel. His statement follows:
THE lady who called upon me was not
Mrs. Soffel and had no possible connection
with her. She is 4 lady of Responsibility
III Pittshurg, who came merely out of
sympathy from reading the proceedings
of the trial, as many other sympathetic
people come. She can have no possible
connection with the escape of the prison.
ers. She did not wish iier name disclosed.
To give her name would expose her and
he" family to IN unpleasant and unnec-
essary notoriety. Any information de-
sired by the district attorney of Pitts
burS will be given to him in confidence"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07
Monument to Pilgrim Compact.

Boston Transcript: Reports are to
the effect that the movement is pro-
crossing rapidly for the erection of a
great monument upon a high hill at the
extremity of Cape Cod to commence
rate the signing Of the Pilgrim compact
in that harbor or the 21st of November
1920. The Pilgrim compact was beyond
doubt the earliest charter Of self-goy-
eminent ever adopted by man, and is
the basis of the constitution of the
United States. To erect a lofty monu-
meE-t at this point would serve to place
before the Eyes of arriving Immigrants
an object lesson in constitutional lib
erty. The vigor which the Cape Cod
Pilgrim Memorial association is dis
playing in this matter is worthy Of
praise, since pure patriotism is the sole
in the movement. The life
memberships in the association, and the
prospect is cheering for an early be-
ginning Of the work.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07
Another Gold" Brick swlnc,s.

New York Sun: A physician, who
was walking through Twenty-third
street on Saturday with two friends,
stopped to examine some sidewalk toys
that faker was selling. They were in
genlous n entertaining. The ply
stefan and his friends each bought a
box, which was neatly tied up and sup
posed to contain a set of these toys.
The party stopped at a Broadway cafe
to meet some friends and explained
that their bundles contained the latest
thing out inSmechanical toys.
III just show you" said the ply
sician untying his bundle. When he
took the cover off the box there was
disclosed a small piece Of brick
wrapped UP in straw. Every man in
the party insisted that something was
on him and he called the waiter. Zach
Of his friends opened his package tc
find In 1t a piece of brick and some
straw. Each paid the same penalty that
had been imposed on the doctor and
then the entire party went back to
T~wenty-third street to have the faker
arrested. He vas gone. of course.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07
THE OLDEST MAN IN AMERICA
Tells How He Escaped the Terrors
Winters by Using Pe-ru-na.

10 my entire satisfaction is the proper
remedy for ailments thar are due direct
~ TO fhe effects of the climate. For
III years I have withstood the change
able climate OF the United Sfates.
II have always been a very healthy
man, but of course subject to the little
affections which are due to sudden
changes in the climate and temperature.
During my long life / nave known a
great many remedies for coughs, colds,
and diarrhoea. @
! had always supposed these affec-
tons to be different diseases. For the
last ten or fifteen years [ have been read
ing DR.. Hartman's writings. l have learn
ed much from his books, one thing in
particular: that these affections are tho
same and that they are properly called
catarrh.
A for DR.. Rarfmsn's remedy, Pee
ru-na, I have found 1t TO be fhe besf,
If nor the only, rehabIc remedy for
these affections. Ii has been my sfand-
by for many years, and I attribute my
good health and extreme Old age to this
rsmeJys
1T exactly meets all my requirements
1t protects NE from the evil effects of
sudden changes: it keeps ME in good APP
petite; it gives me strength; it keeps my
blood i'll good circulation; | nave come
to rely upon it almost entirely for the
many little things for which | need med
icine.
Il believe it to be valuable to old
people, although | have no doubt it is
Just MS good for the young. | should be
glad If my sincere testimony should be-
come the means of others using this rem
cdy. because | believe j. to be the great
est remedy of this age for catarrhal dis
eases. sU
When cpidomics of la grippe first be-
gan to make their appearance in this
country | was a sufferer from this dis
ease. =a9tF
~ had several long sieges with the
grip. At first l did nor know thar PEE
ru-na was a remedy for this disease.
Wien ! heard that Ia grippe was epidemic
catarrh, ! tried Pe-ru-na for ia grippe
and found 1t TO be JUST the Hing.
1T has saved me several times from
4 siege of the grip. | feel perfectly safe
from this terrible malady so long as 1
have pcruna at hand. l hope that DIR.
Hartman may live to be as old as | am,
TO continue the good work Of teaching
people the value of his great remedy,
Peruna.
Very truly yours,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07

son. which has been carried by him ever
since. Mr.. Brock is a digniiied old gem
tleman. showing few signs OF ~decrepitude.
His family Bible is still preserved. and it
shows that the date or his birth was writ
ten ia years ago.
Surely a few words from this remark
able old gentleman, who has had III
years IL experience to draw from, would
be interesting as we'll as profitable. a
lengthy biographical sketch is given OF
this remarkable old man in the Waco
Times-Herald. Dee. 4, 1898. A still more
~pretentious biography Of this, the Oldest
living man., illustrated with Il double col
umn portrait. was given the readers OF
the Dallas Morning News. dated Dee. II,
1888. and also the Chicago Times-Herald
of same date. This c%entcnarian is an ar
dent friend Of Peruna, having used it
many years.
In speaking of his good health ana cx-
IRENE old age, Mr.. Brock says:
After a man has lived in tho world
as long as l have, he ought to have found
out a great many things by experience.
l think l have dom so.
"OHe OF the things I have found OUT
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07
Farmer Finds a Friend.

Nadeau, Mich. Feb. 3.-Mr. Nelson
De Roster of this place, a prosperous
farmer sixty-one years of age, has suf-
fered for years with Kidney Trouble.
He has tried many medicines, but
found nothing to relieve him until he
began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and
he has found this remedy to be a friend
indeed. He says:
Il thank God that there is one medi-
cine in the world that does help weak
and sick humanity. l would earnestly
advise every n who has Kidney
Trouble to use Dodd's Kidney Pills.
They have given great satisfaction in
our family" 1
Wherever Dodd's Kidney Pills have
been used according to directions, they
nave not failed to cure all Kidney
Troubles, Bright's Disease, Dropsy,
Rheumatism, Lumbago and Backache.
One-ffteenth of the inhabitants of
Spain are notableS.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07
MERCER CASE
John 3. Marquand, an N. P.
Stakeholder, Brings Suit
Against Securities Co.

Minneapolis, Feb. 3.-Another of the
mysterious suits being begun in the
state courts here against parties to the
Northern Securities Merger was start
ed today, by the filing OF papers in the
Hennepin county district court. The
plaintiff in the ease is John B. Mar
qUand, a stakeholder in the Northern
Pacific, and he sues that corporation,
Charles S.. Mellen. its president, and all
the directors. His attorneys are idet-
tically the am as those in the Petar
Power injunction case, and the more
recent similar suit against the Great
Northern. 1t is alleged in the bill Of
complaint that all proceedings taken in
furthering the Consolidation are fraudu-
lent, since the plan is a conspiracy. 1t
is charged the roads are already com
bined and the court is asked to adjudge
measures taken thereto as fraudu-
lent and invalid n to enjoin the regis
try Of stock of the Northern Pacific
transferred to the Northern Securities
company. The court is also asked to
forbid the payment of any dividends on
such stock until the case is settled. The
defendants are given twenty days in
to answer. .s-,
Burlington Extension Stopped.
Great Falls, Mont, Jan. 31.-Orders
been received here directing that
work be suspended on the Burlington
extension from Billings, which Is in
tended to connect that system with the
Great Northern here. 1t is admitted
that the orders are due to the fight be-
made on the merger, and if the lat
ter is successful the extension may NOT
built at all.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07
catarrh Cannot &c Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they cannot
reach the seat of The disease. Catarrh Is a blood
O- constitutional disease. and in order to cure it
care is taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure
Is not a quack medicine. 1t was prescribed BY
one of the best physicians in this country for
years, and is a regular prescription. 1t is com
posed of the best tonlcS known, combined with
the best blood purifiers. acting directly OIL the
mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of
the two ingredients is what produces such won
lcrful results In curing Catarrh. Send for tes-
tmonials, free.
Ed. CHENEY & CO.. Props. Toledo, O..
q Sold by Druggists. price zoe. -
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07

ISAAC BROCK. Il citizen of McIennan
County, Texas. has lived for ia years.
Nor many years he resided at Bosuue
Falls. eighteen miles west of Waco, but
now lives with his son-in-law at Valley
Mills, Texas. ri
a short time ago, by request. Uncle
Isaac came to Waco and sat for his pic
ture. In his hand he held a stick cut
from the grave Of General Andrew Jack
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07
Maay School Children Are s;ck,x.

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for
Children, used by Mother Gray. a nurse
in Ghildren's Home. New York. break IN
Colds in "a hours. cure Fererishness,
Headache, Stomach Trouble, Teething
Disorders and Destroy Worms. AT ali
druggists 25c. Sample mailed FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, y. Y.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07
He's SILL ct II.

Webster City Freeman-Tribune: Not
withstanding his troubles with his CO.
partners and the courts. Dawie contin-
ues to Elijah large numbers of his fol-
lowers out OF their money. .
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07
Tho Bniionalre's Parting Precept.

Life: My children. bless you! And re-
member this: Lay something by every
If it is only a few millions"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07
Burlington Extension Stopped.
Correct to the Last.

Chicago Tribune: Anyhow" chucklad
the somewhat fastidious horsethief, as
the regulators adjusted the moose about
ais neck. sit isn't a readymade tie"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07
JUST I'll NJ X OFT

aANTIED Every farmer his own
ESNpuTYPSG&M landlord, no incum-
I Rbx brnnces,hi his bank account
ldsLN%TI~ increasing year by year,
tHESpSAUy[ land value increasing,
4& al HS8N STOCK increa sing, splen-
WSrMBy~JSA did eli excellent
DgSe# Sk$8$&H schools and churches,
low taxation. high prices
LOT chttie ana grain, low railway rates. and every
PossiDe comfort. rms Is the condition OF the
farmer In Western Canada, Province.of Manitoba
and districts of Assiniboia, Saskatchewan and
Alberta. Thousands OF Americans are now settIed
there. Reduced rates on all railways for home
seekers and settlers. New districts are being
opened ny tn, year. The new 4O-page Atlas Of
+. ped!ey, Supt. OF Immigration, Ottawa. Can. or
to n; bartholomew, 300 5th-st., Des Moines, iowa:
". II. Rogers, Natertown, South Dakota !; W. ",
b.. Davies, 315 jackson ST., ST. Paul, Mimi, Agents
for the Government OF Canada
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07

Born before United States was
, formed.
, Saw 22 Presidents elected.
Pe-ru-na has projected him
from all sudden changes.
Veteran of four wars.
Sh0d a horse wEe7 90 years
old.
always conquered The grip With
Pe-ru-na.
Witness in a lard suit at age of
no years.
Believes Pe-ru-na the greatest
remedy of the age for catarrhal
diseases.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-02-07

One-ffteenth of the inhabitants Of
Spain are notables. -
The Jersey City news., 1902-08-04

When you are going anywhere you al
ways want to go quickly, and it is to ap-
pease the demands of the busy man that
hourly trains have been placed in opera
ton between New York and Philadelphia
via the New Jersey Central, and to
further aid him they are arranged to
leave either city every hour and on the
hour from Z a. m. to p. m. The trains
are palaces in railroad parlance, for no
detail is neglected in their makeup. The
road-bed is model in every respect-rock
ballasted, automatic block signal system
ed and heavy railed-and the running
time is scheduled down to two hours for
the ninety-mile run. Then, too, the coun-
try traversed is wealthy in scenic adorn-
ment and one finds comfort, convenience
and speed, the signal word for every pas
senger. Next time you go to Philadelphia
try the Jersey Central.
The Jersey City news., 1902-08-04
OWED TO DEATH
Tide Rose Under the Spring
board and Young Fred
Berg Gould Not Swim.
BOYS FIND HIS BODY
Twenty Minutes of Agonizing
Search Followed by Vain
Medical Efforts.
BOYS FIND HIS BODY


While bathing in the Newark Bay at
the foot of Pearsall avenue on Saturday
afternoon, Frederick w. Berg, sixteen
years old, of No. Sc Columbia avenue,
West Hoboken. met his death. His body
was recovered twenty minutes after
sinking by Charles Arnold of Linden ave-
nue..
The efforts of both a City Hospital
doctor and DR.. Hollister to restore life
We're in vain although they worked over
the body assiduously as soon as it was
recovered.
Charles Berg, an elder brother, who
happened to be fishing in boat near by
at the time of the accident, was one OF
the first to search for his brother, saw
him sink but did not see him return to
the surface again.
1t was shortly after six o'clock when
the accident occurred. The boys with
whom Berg was in company had stayed
later than usual awaiting high tide.
While the water was still shallow
young Berg and his companions had got
ten out on a float where a springboard
for diving had been placed.
DIDN'T KNOW THE DEPTH.
At high tide the water is quite deep
around this float, and the bathers are
able to dive off without striking bottom
The boys, all of whom knew how to
swim except Fred Berg, began diving of
the float to see who could go the far
thest under water. Young Berg, not
realizing that the water was becoming
deeper every minute, waded out and be-
came as daring as his companions.
He dived off and the rest of the boys
thought he was fetching under water,
but when he did net appear again the
BOYS became alarmed Although num-
ber of people stood on ''Steve" Heilag $
dock, no one seemed to realize wha- mad
happened until one of the young men
yelled, He's drowned!'
Immediately boats put out to the res
cue, and the young men commenced div
ing around the spot where the boy had
been last seen. One of the first to start
the search was Charles Arnold, of Lin
den avenue, and after twenty minutes
had elapsed he finally brought the body
to the surface.
TRIED TO RESUSCITATE.
Every method imaginable was tried by
DIR. Hollister and the ambulance doctor
to bring life back again, but their eff
forts were useless.
Charles Berg took the body in charge
and the corpse was removed to Speers
morgue.
The Jersey City news., 1902-08-04
JERSEY CITY CRIPPLED.
Majority of the Players on the
Sick List and Suffering
Badly.

The Jersey City Baseball Club has
a lot of sick or disabled players on its
hands just now, and, considering that
fact, the club is doing well to keep up
where it is. Shindle is under the doc
tors care with bad attack of malaria.
McManus strained or wrenched his side
so badly Saturday that he will be out of
the game for three or four days. Mack
can hardly speak from a cold and near
ly all the others are suffering from
colds which they caught in Toronto,
as result of the drenching they re-
ceived ON Saturday, July 26. In the face
of such handicap the boys are doing
well. They played an errorless game
Saturday and only lost through the
hardest kind of luck. They play four
games in Rochester before returning
home Thursday to play Newark. Ro-
chester is playing great ball, beating
everybody of late. If Jersey City can
break even there the boys will do well
considering the shape they are in.
The Jersey City news., 1902-08-04
RAILROADS.
IVES SHORE,
.RAILROAD@
PICTURESQUE LINE OF TRAVEL TO
THE NORTH AND WEST.


THE NIAGARA FALLS ROUTE.
Trains leave Franklin street North Rivsr1
station. New York, as follows. and iftesn
Terminal station at Weehawken. n. j., can
be reached via trains Of N. ]. J. Rd.. ieavias
s;15 A. NJ. daily for Haverstraw, West Poin-,
Cornwall. NeWburgh, Kingston and Albany.
7;1O A. M daily. Albany and intermediate
A. $40 A. NJ daily for Cornwall. Neuburgn
and Catsxiil Mountains
Cranston's. West Point, Kingston, New PaIt1.
Lakes Mohonk and Minnewaska. Catski.;
C. 2:45 p NJ. RIP Van Wrinkle Flyer daily
,Sa except IS NJ SUNDAY Shisa d for Satsk M0untains
2:25 P. NJ, Continental Limited. daily, for
NiaT Magma Fas gIesesad RG6sfof DetTo eSs
and St. Louis. Arrives Chicago and St Lous
next afternoon Dining Car attached at
D: s:2s P. N, daily, except Sunday. for Cats
D. s:45 P. NJ daily. except Sunday. for Con-
gers Cranston's, West Point. Cornwall. New
burgh and intermediate stations to Albany.
daily. for Montreal. East Utica. Syracuse.
Rochester, Buffalo. Niagara Falls. Toronto.
Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and ST. Louls.
7:4S P, NJ daily, except sunday, for East
Falls Hamilton. Toronto Detroit aad ST.
s:15 = NJ. daily. for Albany Syracuse.
"A. B, c. p-Leaves Brooklyn Amnesty, 1918
D, +s:oS P NJ. Jersey city. p R. +. stas.on
4 ts:4I A. n; b. tn;20 A. n. {. +is;5o
Haverstraw Locals 4s:45 A. NJ. 1895. s4:as
(W 42d st. 4:20 T. Nd, $500 p. NJ 1920
wv 42d St $50 p Nd. 1900. +7:45, l.9oo
Newburgh Loeais:-ts:2o, .1o;oo 41o:l5 r NJ:
*4:45. +6:20 P. NJ. (6:45 w. 42d st)
Kingston LocaI:-'1:0o P. NJ.
"Daily lsnndays only. +Except Sunday.
Pullman Sleeping Cars for Albany Urea.
Syracuse, RSchester, Buffalo. Niagara Falls.
Detroit Cleveland and Chicago on through
trains.
westecott's Express check baggage through "a
destination. For Cab or Carriage. phone 800
Fer tickets, timetables. parior srd sl,ep.-r
car accqmm,oSdatons or infoTratiaa applS
street; Annex Office. foot Of Fui On street;
New York City: Nos. 1is. as9. 81 e7d lsii
broadway; No: 1873 Vest 0ne. Hundred ana
a. II. SaIITH General Sapt.
c. F.. LAMBERT Gen'l Pass----- Ar-,.
Room 9as. Transit Building, E. Fos.y-secori
et-aet New va~iy