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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
Determined TO
GET The CONGRESS
Black Hills Miners Will Try to
Land Next Session Of In
ternationai Miners.
MAY INSPECT HOMESTAkE
Largest Gold Mine in the World Will
Be Thrown Open to the Visiting
Observation-Disclosures
Are Big.

Lead, S.. D., Aug. 26.-As an Induce
ment to the mining men Of the world
to unite upon Lead and Deadwood as
the location Of the next session of the
international mining congress T. ].
Grier. superintendent Of the Home
stake Mining company, has announced
that he will throw the mine open to the
inspection of visitors and will escort
them through the interior workings
personally on the occasion. This is
considered an exceptional offer by the
mining fraternity, particularly in view
of the fact that few persons are per-
mitted to enter the mines aside from
those actually in the employ of the
company, and it will enable the dele
gates 10 the congress to see and have
explained to them something Of the
workings of the greatest gold mine in
the world, with it's 100 miles of under
ground railroad and it's mammoth
faces of ore.
Hon. Eben w. Martin, member Of
congress-, has been elected chairman Of
the Black Hills delegation to the Butte
session. There will be at least fifty
persons in the delegation, and accom-
modations have been engaged for that
number at the Butte hotels. S. w.
Russell is vice chairman, w. r. Dick
inson secretary, and 1. r. Crow assist
ant secretary.
Custer, S. D., Aug. 26.-The Grantz
Gold Mining company heads the list
with a subscription of $3.50 towards a
fund for the entertainment of visiting
delegates in the event that the next
session of the International mining con-
gress comes to the Black Hills. Other
mining companies and individuals 'ex-
pect to raise the fun to SIS, 900 at
least.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
INVOLUNTARY BANKRUPT.
Minneapolis Firm Petitions That Sioux
Falls Firm Be So Declared.

Sioux Falls, s.. D., Aug. 20.-A petit
ton asking that the Sioux Falls firm
of William B.. Redburn G Son be ad-
Judged involuntary bankrupts, has been
filed in the United States court in this
city by Wyman, Partridge & Co., of
Minneapolis.
Several sensational allegations are
made in the petition. The Minneapolis
company claims hat the firm is in
debted to it in the sun Of 5000 and
upwards. During June and July the
company is alleged to have received
several notes from the firm, all of which
have become due and remain unpaid.
The most serious allegation is that
OF July IL last, the members of the
firm with purpose and intent to him
der, delay and defraud their creditors,
acting by and in concert WITH" the wife
of William s. Redburn, formed them
selves into a corporation, which vas
named the Redburn Grocery company.
The stock in trade Of Redburn &
Son is alleged to nave been transferred
to the Redburn Grocery
which on the 9th of the present month
executed and delivered to Joe Kirby, a
local attorney, a chattel mortgage cov-
ering the property Of the Redburn
Grocery company.
In the petition it is also alleged that
the new company has recently paid
Sioux Falls and st. Pau creditors with
intent to prefer said creditors n en-
able them to obtain a greater percent
age Of their claims than any other
creditor, Wyman, Partridge & Co., in
cluded.
Owing to the prominence of those
concerned, the case will be watched
with interest. The defendants have
ten days in which to. answer the COM
plant of the Minneapolis firm.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
SOUTH DAKOTA CROPS.
Temperature Has Beer Cooler, but
Work Has PROGRESSED Steadily.


Huron, S. D, Aug. 22.-The crop bull
letin for the week just closed is as fol-
lows:
The temperature during the week
averaged a little cooler than usual for
the time in the season. There were well
distributed showers of fair to good
amount, except in the north portion,
which were very beneficial to corn. late
flax, late potatoes, millet and pastures.
but In the north portion rain is much
needed e large areas for late crops
and pastures. While stacking, thresh-
ing and haying were q little interrupt
ed by the rains, there was no material
delay in his work.
The harvesting of small grain is
about completed in the middle portion
of the state and is progressing rapidly
toward completion in the north por-
ton. The outlook for generally very
good yields and good quality of grain
continues very favorable.
Where o injured by frost, corn and
flax have lone we'll, and corn especially
in the most southeastern counties,
Much OF the early corn crop is in roast
ing ear.
The frost of the 18th inst. damaged
much corn. but principally the late
planted, in many counties in the middle
and upper Jim ard Sioux river valleys,
and some fields OF the late planted are
reported ruined except for fodder. The
damage was not general, however, and
many fields in all counties affected,
especially of the early planted, appear
to nave escaped injury .of any conse-
2uence.' There was also considerable
miliet and late flax and potatoes dam
aged. The ultimate effect of the frost
VIII depend upon subsequent weather.
Considerable early flax is ripening
Or being harvested and is generally
good, and late flax is doing fairly welt
where. not affected by frost.
Early potatoes r generally good,
put IN man counties the prospect for
late potatoes is not very good.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
COLLIERIES CLOSED.
Nom Union Men Say They Are
Not Afforded Sufficient
Protection.

--LL-t5htE1A-+ g&EE- TEEaGLE4 ESLg4. %EEEs5paSs
Wilkasbarre, Pa, Aug. Is. The But
3er Washery and Dodge colliery OF the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western
in which operations have re-
Gently been resumed, were closed by
the striking miners. At the Butler
Washery the men marched out in a
oody.. 1t Is asserted by b men that
all through last night the strikers iii
ambush kept, up q continuous fire on
the Washery and the shed in which the
.Eorkmen slept. Not being afforded suf-
.iicient protection the men say they de
.cided to suspend operations.
!. w. Hart, chairman of fthe Public
Alliance Of Wilkesbarre, issued an adj
dress to the press and public last night,
In which he urges every influence be
used to bring about the settlement OF
The Coal strike by arbitration.
He says the situation Isl now becom-
Ing acute and threatens every bust-
ness in tha strike region,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
$14,000,0 900
Valuation of South Dakota Property
Nearly $4,000 600.

Pierre, S. D., Aug. 25.-The total VAL
uation of the state, as left by the board
of assessment and equalization, is
$1S7, 531, 1851, which is an increase of
$l4,324,64 over the final returns Of last
veal
The figures by classes of property
are: Farm lands, SIP, 297, $40, an in
crease of $9,297 ,679; town lots are left
at S19,214,43S, and personal property at
$42,404,090, making a net increase on
these classes of property Of AIS $40.
Railroads of the state were assessed at
SIS, 05S ,069, an increase of $142, O41 over
last year. T~elegraphs We're assessed
at $1S9,775. the same as last year. Tele-
phones were assessed at $244,S3O, an
Increase Of S61,23 over last year Ex-
press companies were unchanged, re-
naming at Sos, 500. Sleeping cars
were increased $4,000, making then
SIS, 900.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
CASE is COMPLICATED.
North Carolina to Recover on a
81 Gift of the Latter's Bonds.

81, Gift of the Latter's Bonds. s
Pierre, S. D., Aug. 20.-Through Con-
gresham Burke, Simon Schafer, a New
York capitalist, last year gave to South
Dakota, with the request hat the gift
be used for the state university, bonds
issued by North Carolina, now AMOUNT
Ing to about $50, 900. The last legislature
passed a law Chapter 134) which pro-
vides that whenever any grant, de-
wise, bequest, donation or gift or as
signment of money, bonds or chooses
IN action, or Of any property, real or
personal, shall be made to the state,
the governor is hereby directed to re-
ceiVe and accept the same, SO thai the
right and title to the same shall pass
to this state" The attorney general is
directed ITO collect or reduce into pos
session n bond, note. bill or chose in
action and he, is also authorized to
employ counsel to be associated with
him in such suits or proceedings.
Acting pon the advice of Attorney
General Pyle, the governor received the
gift of bonds for the state university,
and Mr.. Pyle associated with him Col
onei Stewart Of Pierre, and commenced
an action in the federal court to collect
the full amour due on the bonds,
there being a dispute about the amount
now due.
1t appears these bonds were issued
by North Carolina for the benefit of a
certain railroad, the bonds becoming
due in 1897. This suit is against Simon
R~othschilds, Charles Salter and the
state of North Carolina. Salter and
Roths2hilds are other bondhoIders, the
latter holding second mortgage bonds,
but by virtue of certain legislation
claiming h rights of prior lien hold
ers. The state, pending the mix-up
the various bondholders, had
offered Mr.. Schafer Is per cent OF the
face value of the bonds, although re-
ceiving from the railroad company an
nually a large sum in excess of the in
terest liability on the bonds. This ac-
ton will determine the standing of the
various b~ondholders. 1t is the opinion
of the states attorney that the state
will recover the full amount claimed,
and, thanks to Mr.. Burke, the state
university will be the recipient Of a
liberal donation.
Dispositions were taken before Colonel
Goodner today, the defendants being
represented by attorneys from North
Carolina.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
HAND SHOT.
Hoboes Make Him Disgorge,. and The
Shoot Him as He Runs. f

Hoboes Make Him Disgorge, and Thee
Shoot Him as He HUNS.
Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 20.-Wilpam
Smerling, a harvest hand, was shot
Saturday night by a hold-up gang
The ball entered his leg below the knee
and broke the smaller bone. Smerling
and acompanion who had been work.
ing in harvest near town climbed on
top of a car in the Milwaukee yards to.
get a. ride to M%onteyideo, w~here@they5
were going to work threshing, and5threej
men held them up. After getting their.
loose change, amounting to about IS,
the harvest men were let go and as.
they started IN Smerling was,
shot. Two Of the hold-up men We're
arrested and are in jail. The two men
had quite a quantity of money In bills.
which the r0bbers failed to find.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
Boy Has Miraculous ESCAPE.

LakeaPreston, S. d. Aug. 21.-While
standing en- the top Of the windmill on
his father farm, the 7-year-old son Of
p. X. Forgaard was knocked Off by the
revolving fans and hurled to the
ground below, q distance Of about 40
feet.t8The boy struck gas pipe Oh his
down and partially stopped his
flight, escaping with badly bruised
head and internal injuries. The wind
mill was suddenly thrownSinto gear by
q brother who did not stop to$eonsider
the consequences, and the boy was
Whisked off Instantly.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
VIA MORPHINE ROUTE.
Lake Preston Merchant Tired of His
Lonely Life.

Lake Preston Merchant Tired Of His
Lonely Life.
Lake Preston, S. D., Aug. 26.-Fran-
els Startling was found in his room
nearly dead as the result of taking a
large dose Of morphine with suicidal
intent. Doctors worked over him a
long time, but in vain. He had been a.
resident of this place for over twenty
years, and ins#the early days was the
proprietor OF the Commercial hotel, but
OF late has been running a store. A
short time ago he went to Raraboo,
Wis, and twas reported that he mar
ried a onaa of some means III that
city, but h did not return home with
him. His friends say that he has been
at every train for the past week ex-
pecting her, but as yet she has not put
in an appearance.
He had twice before tried to take his
own life, but failed. He leaves al,
adopted son, who lives at Lawton
Okla.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
WILL HAVE 70 PAY.
Spearfish Is Tired of Giving the Nor.
ss#H &sSs8g nal School Free Mater.

Spearf1sh, SD, Aug.522.-The water
supply may be shut off at the state
normal school,. The institution has
been getting its water withoutycost for
the last seventeen or eighteen years.
Mayor Hiram#D otson claims 1t should
pay b same IS any other subscriber,
and is endeaYoring to collect a. month
ilysrental. F. L.SCook, president OF he,
school, say An agreement was entered
!ntosat the time the school was estab-
5tishedgto the effect that the city would
furnish water to the school free OF
Charge and that he proposes to hold
the city to the agreement as thisSWas
Of the Inducements held out to get
the schoolsto locate here.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
SUCCESSFUL. MINING SEASON..
Black Hills Man Says This Has Been a

Black Hills Man Says This Has Been a
Fine Year for Alaskan Prospectors.
Lead, s. D., Aug. N.-This is an exceed
ingly successful year for mining oper-
ators at Nome, Alaska, according to
James Cusick, ex-state mine inspector,
who has just returned to his home at
Lead after spending several months at
Nome, where he Is superintendent for the
Cape Nome Hydraulic Mining company.
For the first time since the discovery of
gold in, that r~egion5the tundra is mpara-
lively dry. and 1t is possible Tor a pros
pector to get over the country with ease.
This has led to q number of new discov-~
cries, and has enabled the working of
many new claims.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29

Nicholas II. Torney. a wealthy New
York broker, who was the double of
Andrew Carnegie in appearance, died a
day or two ago. 1t was his fad to live
for an occasional month or so In some
bowery lodging house, and then change
owe to the Hoffman or Astor house, be-
ing equally well known in either Of the
places. '5szg-l
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
CATTLE GOD I'M GEORGIA
Velvet Beans and cassava Make Beef
Production Cheap and Profitable.


Production Cheap and Profitable.
The Southern Field says: :SsSe.AA@Sgrea
deal Of Interest continues In the south
srr T Of Georgia.. owing to- the valu-
amble qualities which cassava and vels
possess as cattle foods. These
crops are very productive IN this sec,
Ton and Very cheaply raised, Cotton
seed Haeal5and hulIs IS an excellent fat
tenings food tnecombined use OF these
seYeralSproduetts making it8possible ia
beef IS & inSsssouthern Georgia 1T a
5Terysraueh less price thanis possible IN
states farther ortli.8ss
Az recent convention OF cassava
sat Brunswfck. Ca, 1t was
showrl#Sthata steerWhich had been fed
on beans and q Eseps
erity days AT an actual cost to the
IarIaerso Of about 10 centsa day. gained
q AT, saveraEa of aWpounds da
Asilsd s.Htoi,l falsangfroa
fssIatfAfsss tlsSoI these products Meigll
served ~ ss Sfilsnlbers OF the conVens
lion salla were pronounced as an exec
lent naeat aagss
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
Goes to North Carolina,

Piedmont, S. D., Aug. 25.-Colonel
William Pratt, who established the first
saw mill and planning mill in the Black
Hills, is going into the saw mill bust
ness in North Carolina. He has pur-
chased 5000 acres of hard wood lands
near Marion. across which a railroad
Is being constructed, n Is preparing
to build a sawmill. He is setting his
affairs in the Black Hills preparatory
to removing to North Carolina pernan-
emily.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29

peasant woman at Salcine-des-
Sus, Roumania, has just died at the
age Of 131years, the figures being fully
substantiated by documents in the pos
session Of her family. For the past ten
years she had lived entirely on milk,
abeing8toothleSa, s&Iy&
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
cONvIcT skiPS y
Took French Fur,oush From Sioua
Falls PeritentiarY.

Sioux Fails n. Aug 26.4-Three teams
andSsIS men LETT Observation-Disclosures
this morning TO search for Joseph Grant,
sentenced to- ternls$eftwo years from
theSBiacS Hills for grand larceny, Who
escaped from pfison. sran with
prisoners in stacking oats
on The prison farm: The men were un-3
der guard While the stack Was between
himself and the guard he succeeded III
slipping int q nearly, corn Held, florn
which he made his senpes@a was not
missedsfor#sesserals kesrs
fugitive IS about 25 Years old clean
seas on right hand, which would
SserxeStesidentify hilns a4SsS
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29

The last Of the Lafayette flower girls
of Morristown, N. j., Is dead. She was
Mrs. Mary l.. Morrow, 80 years old.
and she well remembered the great EN-
erals visit to Morristown in 1926. She
was then Is. With fifty other girls she
was selected to carry flowers for the
festival and her companions made her
their queen. &-sr-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29

A traveller who has recently returned
from a tour abroad, in the COURSE of
which he met friends OF Mascagni, the
famous Italian composer. says that the
musicians stock of English words is
limited to "goodby," New York."
philadelphia, and San Francisco
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
Does Good Business.

Lake Preston, S. D., Aug. 25.-The
lake Preston Creamery company re-
.eiyed for the mont of July 119,413
pounds of milk. paying the patrons
therefor $3.50, or rs cents per hundred
pounds for 4 per cen test milk, being
- cents net per pound for butter To
the patrons.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29

The star Aroccturus, the hottest of
celestial bodies, gives lis as much heat
as a standard candle six miles away.
h fact was ascertained by the radio
meter, an instrument which will show
the amount Of heat given off from q
mans face at 1000 feet distance.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Meeting at Mitchell Yesterday and
Campaign Plans Were Discussed

Mitchell, S. D., Aug. 21.-About
Twenty-Five delegates to the meeting Of
the democratic state central committee
net here yesterday end discussed plans
for the coming campaign. Most of the
session was secret, but nothing Of a
sensational order Was discussed, the
members feeling that there were plenty
of standard issues to fight on.
The candidates for congress, Wilson
and Robertson, and Martin, for COVER
or were not ableato attend. The con-
Eyention will substitute Thomas sTaub-
man for Wayne Mason for audi
II Mr.. Taubman will consent.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
BLACK HILLS UNION
ART W. GIRD, Publisher.
RAPID CITY SOUTH DAKOTA

An knpertinert newspaper person has
Been looking up the anecdotes OF 1.-THE
better clawses" III New York. In the
course of his research he found a num-
Der Of receipted bills of the last century
showing that ~Stuyyesant sold handker-
chiefs, a Depeyster, beans; a Rhine
lander, hats; q Brevoort, pewter
spoons; a Beekman, molasses, and a
Roosevelt, lampblack.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29

There Is a point near the famous
Stony cave, In the CatskiH mountains.
where ice may be found on any day of
itheEyear. This locality is known as the
Notch and is walled on all sides by
steep mountains, some *of which are
moreSthan 5000 feet high.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
For New ParoehiaI School.

Tyndall, S. D., Aug. GA new paro-
chial school is being erected at Tabor,
5. D. The corner stone will be laid
next week, at which time Acting
Bishop Thomas Flynn of Madison will
De present. Tabor has the finest
church in the state. 1t was erected by
The Catholics at an expense OF $50, 900.
The entire community is Bohemian.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
PLACED UNDER $4,000 BOND.

'FdrnPs VITO NssauIted Wr. SrnerIlng
Are Held to Circuit Court.
Aberdeen, S. D., Aug. 21.-Thomss
and James Andrews, the two
arrested for holding UP and OBJ
Ding William Smerling and Felix Lesh-
ger and afterward shooting at Smer-
!ing n breaking his leg, have been
sum of $4,000 each on the charge of as
with intent to kill. They have
get to face the charge In justice court
on preliminary hearing of highway
robbery, the examination not. yet hay
ing taken place. :
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29

wooden chimney stack 100 feet
high is In operation at Mapimi, In the
province Of Durango, Mexico. The in
terror is lined with corrugated iron,
and there are platforms at intervals to
throw water on the wood If it catches
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
CONVICT is
Joseph Grant Only Had a Little Free

Sioux Falls, S.. D., Aug. 26.-Joseph
Grant, serving a term Of two years in
the Sioux Falls penitentiary for lar
5ceny committed in the Black Hills, who
escaped from q guard Friday while
working on the prison farm, has been
r~ecaptured at Doom, Ia, and returned
to the ~penitentiary. He stole a horse
neal here and rode as far as Rock Rap
Ids, where he abandoned the animal
and boarded a freight train. When the
train reached 200 he was arrested.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
Fall Proves Fatal.

szSFF ,aTlssston 3d. Aug a22.-Charies4
Benson. young q who grew to-
manhood in this vicinity, died gester-7
day at the home OF his brother, G. "A.
He sta rted gtosasslst#a@neigh
thrash and when p;;rtway there
felIgby the roadside and never regained
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29

wonderful beard is worn by. Jean
Conon, of Contlucon, France. It is 10
feet 105a$ Inches In length, and nearly
Ave feet Of It, when he stands erect,
rests On the floor. The ends OF his
mustache hang below his waist.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29

ALFRED Vanderbilt Is one Of the
most simple-minded Of millionaires. He
dresses always In the quietest manner
and his whole manner of lie shows the
Influence OF the economic habits to
which his father trained him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29

The famous Germansactress, Marie
Seebach, used to be considered misery,
but she was saving her money for her
son. and when he died she bequeathed;
Tito an institution for the support. Of
ssedaand indigentga actresses.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29
Dies Alone in Cabin.

Belle Fourche, S. D., Aug. 25.-Roger
Scullom was found dead IN his cabin
on Hay creek, several miles from here.
He was lying on the floor, and from all
appearances had been dead several
days. 49,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1902-08-29

j. W.4Mackay, whose friend he was for
nearly a lifetime, had no trait that did
not go to- make&the perfect His
charities, always modestly given,
amounted to .more.than $226. 900 a year.