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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

The New England observation-disclosures
ogical society has appointed q commit
tee to ascertain, IL possible, the exact
place Of rendezvous of the Boston tea
party when 1t assembled, December Is,
1773, preliminary to throwing the tea
into Boston harbor. The stories of the
place handed down by tradition have
been conflicting, and many Of the MEM
bers of the society think the effort will
be In vain.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

"A legislator Of Charlton county, Mis-.
souri,, makes the following unique ex-s
pfanation OF his presence in the legisla-
ture II was born under a tobacco leaf.
! grew up between the corn rows, and
I've got my share of bareback and pork,
Now, by ginger! I've a thousand acres
Of the best land In Charlton county,
and / thought I would like to get out
among the boys some. I guessed I
could be elected. and I was"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

Az feWipEpt,, English : student Of
econyhtdsl CPhbfhsaor, Smart, regards
the trusts in Britain 'as, in the main,
the. elimination of the unnecessary
thesh hYfecessary persons, the unneces-
sary processes, the unnecessary ma
chiffert Of production and distribution.
They mean smaller cost Of raw ma
~teriaAsl the dispensing with costly ad-
vertisements. larger shipments, fewer
mtddlemen and a smaller staff" He
does not refer to. the elimination of I'M
necessary profits.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20
ROOSEVELT MAY COME.
Entire South Dakota Delegation Will
Attend American Mininq CONGRESS.

Deadwood, S. D., March 13.-Presi-
dem Roosevelt has asserted he would
attend the American Mining congress-
at Deadwood n Lead in September
If his official duties would permit.
United States Senators Kittredge and
Gamble and Congressman Burke will
be present, n Congressman Martin,
residing at Deadwood, will be on the
ground early. In the mining districts
OF Montana a strong delegation is
preparing for an excursion to the Black
Hills for the session.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

There are some goldfish in Washing
ton which belonged to the same family
for the last fifty years. and they seem
no bigger and no less vivacious today
than they did when they first came into
the owners possession. "a few of the
fish In the Royal Aquarium, In st.
Petersburg. are known to be one hun
dred and fifty years old.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

\ Senator Pettus Of Alabama the 9TH
er day %disproved the prevailing theory
that all seats in the United States SEN
ate are expensive and hat that body
As altogether a millionaires' club. He
sent to the secretary Of st4teE Of IAN
, 1eams the the s snf,r Of s 81 IN 9 pos sse "a e e.
cent unanimous election. ThAs sum
represents the fee of the secretary Of
statas&orh
this Is record in the minimum price
for saeata fna THE s~enptfif
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

tIWNMIE - Mnwa,rao 10,

J sehAtSln d9tdMaaeH Of Milwaukee has
,teffdud pysPragfdaHf Angel 81 tie
University of Michigan to deliver the
fbaescalaureats address an pnaArbor
OIL alaaaas 81 81 aaYh@4aa@eHsgreat
eSg1, th4ssgaaas ahaAz {s #sH s sss asa e ept
swdhlG5 It'll oII5 tR MH Hstiaa afsy to
cl4SAh..Ahf ~ AdlIkE n sSha a2a wka.,the ut
tm6At NaasusHaaEtA BBGFig 1Back again
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

During the coming spring the Ger
man government viii. open a perma-
inent exposition for the welfare of la
borers. the purpose OF which Ia to dis
play inventions for the prevention OF
accidents, which will be explained by
lectures. and to exhibit contrivances
for protection against so-called trade
diseases.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

General Jacob II. Smith. (a'Hell-Roar-
World, accompanied by his wife and two
st. Louis girls, the Miss Thomsons,
daughter Of an old friend, w. q. Thorn
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20
BIG HORN
Deadwood Man Will Supervise Vast
Improvement Work.

Improvement Work.
Deadwood, S.. D., March 1.-THE work
Of supervising the big irrigation scheme
that the Big Iron Development COM
pany is undertaking in the Big Horn
basin of Wyoming has been entrusted
to Francis c. Tucker, one of the best
known civil engineers Of Deadwood,
who has gone to Wyoming to spend the
summer on the task. The company is
going to build several large bitches,
fumes and waterways, by which it is
expected to reclaim several hundred
thousand acres of land, that to be de-
voted to agriculture.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20
Reflect Old Officers.

have been reelected by Terry Peak
Miners, union for the ensuing six
months. Charles Felt is presidents
James KerWin, vice president, George
Handy. financial secretary: Miner
Forster, recording secretary, D.. =.
Beaver, treasurer, James kirwin and
James Scriyner, delegates to he West
ern Federation of Miners
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

Miss Marion Talbot, dean OF women.
MT the University of Chicago. having
offered a sum III money to the coed
division for the best musical cheer, has
awarded The prize to Miss Amy Eliza
beth Floyd. 5s s%s
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20
Ice firm at Pierre.

Pierre. s.. D., March 13.-The ice on
the river is still very firm here, and
teams are still crossing 1t. It will take
several days Of warm weather to break
up the ice but reports from up-riyer In
dictate that high water may be expect
ed.When the ice goes out.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

Little love is lost between Paderewski,
the famous pianist. andMoritz Rosen-
thai, his professional rival. who con-
tinues to amaze German audiences by
his wonderful command of the instru-r
ment. Rosenthal is called the demon
pianist because of the astonishing
speed with which he plays.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

/, A manufacturer in tbAsYastN G1EEng4
Hand. anxious that MS|hHA
keep Christmas in a prSpeEsssptssgt,aaold
them that Il they Megts t&5ch6aaASoRi
that day they sho@fd &feoeive Their
wages just the same as If they had
been at work. Shortly after the adj
dress a deputation of solemn-faced
t"We're swiflin' to attend church." said.
the spokesman; a If ye' a see your
way to payin' us overtime. we're will
Iin, to attend the Methodist GAaRsl in.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20
N WOMAN DEAD.
Mrs. Charles H. Stillwell of TyndalI
Passes AWAY,

MFs. ChaFIes -. StIIIWeII OF yndaII
Passes Away.
Tyndall, s. D., March 14.-Mrs.
Charles H. Stillwell, wife of Postmaster
Stillwell, died Thursday morning after
an Illness of three or four months.
Mrs. Stillwell came to Bon Homme
county with her husband In the early
days from Hopkinson. Ia, and has been
closely identified with the growth and
development OF the country. Besides
her husband she leaves one daughter.
Mrs. J. d. Elliott, and three sons, Chas,
Minor and Hayes. of his city, and
Hiram, a physician In Denver. Colo.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

General Ricciotti Garibaldi, who is Or.
ganizing an Independent italian corps
TO help the Macedonians. was but two
fended Rome against the French.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

Bernard Shraft, an aged musician OF
San Francisco, d schoolmate and friend
of Jonann Strauss w-orld-famous
Of waitress Is dying In pow
Arty, AT his home In that city.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20
Russian Studcnt Outbreak.

ST. Petersburg. March 11.-Serious
student disturbances have broken out
tTpnask. Siberia, which is the seat
or h university.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20
BOTH LEGS
Car Inspector krush at Miibank IL
Horribly Manqled.

Milbank, S. D.. March 13.-F. J.
Krush, car inspector for the milwaukee,
railroad at this place, while at work
under some cars, was thrown beneath
the wheels and both legs were severed
above the knees.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

Iotal .$619, $780, 8r
The general bill carried in the neighbor-
hood of SL,250.0O0. making the total APP
preparations of the session about 81, 1915, 900,
for the next biennial period.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

Police superintendent Gee OF Man
chester. England, who died recently,
had H. hobby for collecting volumes of
verse and prose written by G~neducated
sfndgfIliterate authors.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20
Convicted Of Criminal Assaults.

wi INSSU tttsIFdi W5SaUEt, 3Ns
Deadwoods S d. March l6.-Gephar
eof assault with Intent to commit s.ape.
This Is the second conviction In the
series 20 Caass sef that nature being
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

me warsaw (Poland) jail contains 4
srvhofesale ssbigamist, who is known to
gone through the marriage scere-
1slssfry with seventeen women, all of
whom are9a1fves4#gSs
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-20

pete Berg, a French count, now a
5Ehfcago bartender has watch that
belonged to- Napoleon he watch was
nresented fo Rerg,s grandfather by the
GENERAL. ~
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
SHOULD HE BG HANDICAPPED?

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 Has not the stage in international cup racing been reached when Herreshoff should be handicapped? For a number of years the contest has really been one between designers, and in it the Wiz ard of Bristol has so led the others that, to use phrase of the turf, he would carry pounds more weight and head the tield' Yachting experts aver that the point has already been reached when no further advance in lines is pos sible, and when all that can be hoped for In the way of increased speed is in further decreasing the weight above and increasing that below the water to ad- init of larger sail area. In all this utility has no place The sole requisite is that the boat shall hold together long enough to make the race. On the turf when a horse runs away from his competitors weight Is imposed to establish equality. It would seem that Herreshoff has shown superiority that is likely to kill the sport of international cup racing. if he Is not handicapped as the horses are.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
IN HOTEL LoBBIEs.
coeo.coIa and cIaarettee.


 T see that bill has been introduced in the house of the Alabama legislature to prohibit the sale of coco-eola and cigar cites within a mile of any church In the state" said citizen
 Such a bill if enacted Into law would cut out these two luxuries in Birmlng- ham and the other cities of Alabama Every soda water fountain where coco cola is dispensed and every cigar stand where cigarettes are sold is within a mile of church. Cigarettes doubtless injure men who smoke them to excess, but the day will never come when cigar cites will be legislated out of existence, for the reason that smoking in itself is not an evil
 ''As for coco-co1a 1t is as harmless as ordinary soda water, all the talk about eaffein or some other stimulating thing being used in it's manufacture to the contrary notwithstanding There should be some way to keep such bills from being introduced. They only clog the leg islature They are never considered"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
Greater Birminoham.

q do not believe the Greater Birming- ham bill has any chance of being passed in this legislature" said a property own CT. T would like to see Birmingham ex- tend its limits, but if this Is ever done the people must show more interest in the measure than has yet been exhibited.
 Birmingham should certainly expand before the next government census. The city Is growing rapidly and we will prob ably have 75 GOO or 5000 people within the present limits by 1910. But why not create the Greater Birmingham and have a population of something like 125,OO0. Every city has about the same experi- ence in taking In suburban towns. The outlying communities agitate against be- ing brought In. They contend that they will give up much and get little. The fact Is they get a great deal of benefit from being annexed They get better sanitation, better schools and fire and po- lice protection. They may not get all these things in their fullness at the start but in time they do."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
Panama or None.

The newspape-s that are tied to the transcontinental railroads are now de- manding that no amended treaty from Colombia be considered, and that there shall be Panama canal or no canal at all. They thus make plain their position They are working either for big campaign subscriptions from the transcontinental railroads, or else for big contributions to them selves.
 Now that Colombia has rejected the canal treaty, tho railroads are work ing might and main to render two thirds vote impossible either in favor oI an amended Colombian treaty, or of Nicaragua treaty. It is plain that they hope to defeat all canal legisla- tion and canal building. Their game is so transparent that no one is de- ceived
 But revolutions do not go backward. This country wants an isthmian canal and the sentiment in it's favor will grow stronger rather than weaker, especially when the part the trans continental roads took in the matter is seen. At pre- sent the railroads are on top, but they will not stay there.
 The duty of the President IS made plain by the terms of the Spooner bill. After a reasonable time has elapsed it becomes his duty to negotiate treat ies with Nicaragua and Costa Rica and proceed to build canal on the Nicaragua route. The country ex- poets him to do his duty regardless of campaign contributions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
IRISH BULLS FROM ENGLAND.

Andrew Caird, writing in the London Mail of recent date, says that the neat est bull of the recent session of parlia- ment stands to the credit of one who has not the advantage of being an Irishman- MT. Thomas Courtenay Theydon Warner, the member from Lichfeld, who made the alarming discovery one night that "sev- eral of us here are not here" Just to prove that Scotchmen occasionally rival Englishmen and Irishmen in the making of bulls, MT. Ritchie observed in budget committee speech that moisture in to- bacco is a thorny question which is bone of contention" It is only just to add that he had been speaking a moment before of Irish tobacco.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
GERMANS LATEST READERS.

From the Kansas City Journal
 According to recent statistics, Germany heads the list as reading nation, Rus sia falling to zero. With regard to news papers, the following facts are even more significant: In the United States of Amer lea 75,0Oo,0OO of inhabitants are catered for by 22,OoO journals while Russia, with it's population of 13O.0O0,oOO. has only S0o-i e.. thirty-seven times less. This paucity Is easily accounted for by the censorship. In Germany the actual number of pro- fessional writers is estimated at 120O0, 400 of whom are poets. It would therefore appear that Deutschland Is not only the ''readingest" but the "writingest" country in the world.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
LIFE AFTER DEATH.

From Harper's Weekly.
 A German biologist has been investigat- ing the question of the activity of animal bodies after death and has published some suggestive conclusions. It appears that death is not instantaneous through out the physical organism, for it has heen observed that many of the different tis- sues continue active for considerable period after the time when the animal is assumed to be dead, particularly in the case of the lower animals. Cells from the brain of a frog, for example, nave been kept alive for over week when held in certain solutions, and the heart or frog has been known to beat for many hours after being removed from the dead body. The hearts of turtles and snakes will beat for days, or even weeks, after death.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04

eral bills. A any r-te It should de- vote it's first ana best hours to need ful general bills, letting local bills come up at odd nom ents when gen eral bills are not ready for consider ation and passage. When the legisla- turo adjourned 1t was hoped it would nc, be pestered with local bills in September, but the local bill, like the poor, is always with Us.
 If the legislature would begin by giving this one-party state an ade- quate and comprehensive primary law, the people could be trusted to do nearly all the rest There are, how ever, some other general bills imper- atively needed, such, for example. as the bill providing for the examination of private and state banks.
 Altogether the legislature must dis criminate. It shouIu not waste it's best hours over mere local demands. These hours should be given to bills that touch all persons in this state-that affect many interests, and that the conditions plainly demand. Ten addl- tional days were granted to the pres ent legislature that such general bills might be passed. The passage of such bills has heretofore become the plain constitutional duty of the Legislature, and the best way to pass general bills is to give them preference in a prefer ence calendar, remitting local bills to add moments when general bills can not be called up. Unless some such distinction is made the legislature will adjourn with general bills unacted upon, and this would be an injury to the state covering four long years.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
GOV. WILLIAM D. JELKS
 ON PEONAGE QUESTION

From the Atlanta Constitution.
 N HIS message to the Alabama legisla- | ture, Governor Jelks strikes a telling ! blow to those who have made 1t appear that the so-called peonage Is universal practice throughout the state, that 1t Is generally countenanced, and that there prevails in Alabama a disposition to do injustice to the negroes. Such an inn pression has been created by some of the sensational newspaper reports appearing in northern newspapers.
 Governor Jelks Is properly severe upon those who have violated the laws, char acterizing them and their acts in terms they deserve. He shows that those men have been plain violators of the state, as well as the federal laws. and that their acts are condemned by all respectable cit izens. This lawlesness has, however, been confined practically to one county; and that the men guilty of 1t should have this long gone unreported and unpunished may reflect, in the governors opinion, upon the members of the community in which they live, but certainly not upon the good people of the state who have been ignorant of the conditions prevailing there. The "comp1aisant Justices and constables' who have helped in this peon- age practice are held up to the scorn of all good people by Governor Jelks, who declares that they are more guilty than the principals in that they have basely betrayed a solemn trust; and it is to be hoped that the governor has it in his power to punish them at least to the ex- tent of prompt removal from the offices they hold
 The members of the legislature and the people of Alabama will join the gov ernor in his delight over the knowledge that several, at least. of the eighteen sinners indicted by the United States grand jury will suffer some sort of pen- atty for their grave offense."
 It is to be hoped this several" will in- clude all who are guilty. The mere fact that man has been indicted does not prove his guilt. and it is possible that some of those against whom the grand jury has found true bills are innocent of the charges against them; but for those found guilty there should be prompt and adequate punishment.
 The strong terms which Governor Jelks uses in treating of the evil win ha' the hearty approval of the entire south So
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
Southern spndles and Consumption.

Secretary Hester's full figures have not at this writing been laid before the public, but he has authorized tho statement that the southern cotton mills spun in the cotton year just end ed 1000, 729 bales, or about one-fifth of the crop. Out of five bales one goes to a southern mill to be turned into merchantable goods. It is like taking our pig iron and turning into pipe or rails or stoves or sugar mills, thus doubling or quadrupling its value to this district.
 We have not the figures before us, bu. the 20 per cent of the crop turned into goods in the south probably brought as much money into this sec tion as five millions of unspun bales did. The increase of consumption in the south over that of the previous year was about 63000 bales. This is not as large an increase as the south should make, but the season was not wholly favorable on account of the ill., crease in the price of the raw mate rial, and the failure of the goods market to respond to such increases. Altogether the showing is fairly sat isfactoryr and it points to the time when southern mills will consume a larger proportion of the crop.
 When the southern mills consume 100000 bales year. instead of a trife over 100000 bales, little cotton will be exported from points east of the Mississippi, and Texas and the surrounding states will be left free to handle the export business. The farm CTS of the southeast will be kept busy in supplying our own home mills, but in order to bring this desirable state of things the mills in Alabama, Geor- gia and the two Carolinas must be doubled in capacity if not in number, and this is the task we should keep before us. In round numbers Alabama has 750,000 spindles, and she should have before the next census is taken 100000.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-04
ODE TO THa POETS.

By John Keats.
 Bards of Passicn and of Mirth, Ye have left your souls on earth. Have ye souls in heaven, too, Double-lived in regions new? Yes; and those of heaven commune With the spheres of sun and moon; With the noise of fountains wondrous And the parle of voices thunderous; With the whisper of heavens trees And one another, in sort ease Seated on Elysian lawns, Browsed by none but Dian's lawns: Underneath large bluebells tented, Where the daisies are rose-scented And the rose herself has got Perfume which on earth Is not;
 Where the nightingale doth sing, Not senseless, tranced thing, But divine melodious truth,
 Philosophic numbers smooth, Tales and golden histories Of heaven and its mysteries. Thus ye live on high, and then On the earth ye live again; And the souls ye left behind you Teach us here the way to find you Where your other souls are toying. Never slumberd. never cloying, Here your earth-born souls still speak To mortals of their little week, s Of their sorrows and delights. Of their passions and their spites Of their glory and their shame What doth strengthen and what maim Thus ye teach us every day Wisdom, though fled far away. Bards of Passion and of Mirfh Ye have left your souls on earth. Ye have souls in heaven, too, Double-lived, in regions new.