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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-02-27
HARLNN CHARGES (
Chicago Mayoralty Candidate Says
Stewart Represents the Machine.

Chicago, Feb, 2O.-John Maynar Har-
Ian, ~anti-machine candidate for the re-
publican mayoralty nomination, de-
clared in a speech today that his OPP
ponent, Graeme Stewart, is directly
backed by Billy Lorimer's machine,
which has always represented the trac-
ton companies interests. The charge
was made very specific and detailed.
Mr.. Harlan told Of a conference three
days before Stewards candidacy was
announced, at which Fred w. Upham
was urged as the right candidate by
John M. Smythe, representing tLorimer.
Smythe is from the same ward an Har-
Ian and Stewart-the 21st- and 1T was
agreed a candidate from that ward
must be announced early to head Off
Harlan. Upham declined. Then, ac~
cording to Harlan's story, the nomina-
ton was pressed on Stewart with such
absolute assurances of machine sup
port that he agreed to run, andSwas
accordingly announced. The story has
caused a sensation. Politicians are add
Ing more details, and 1t Is su~ndergtood
Harlan Is ready to make still more
specific and detailed statements about
the conference II denial is entered.
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KILLS FOUR.
At Fort Lafayette in New York Ha

At Fort Lafayette in New York Har-
bor-six Other Injured.
New York, Feb. 21,-A magazine ex-
ploded at Fort Lafayette in New York
harbor today. Ambulances and ply
sicians went to the scene from Brook
Ign at once.
-Four workmen were killed, but little
damage to property was done. Six
men were injured. The cause OF the
explosion is not known.
Washington, Feb. 2O.-Admiral
.O'Neil, chief of ordnance, said that
several months ago he had published
orders for the removal Of the greater
part of the ammunition stored at Fort
Lafayette to the new naval magazine
on Iona island, forty miles up the
Hudson.
He assumed that this order had been
pretty nearly fulfilled at the time OF
the explosion. In that case the stock
on the island would be very small,
made up mostly Of the temporarily de-
posted ammunition Of naval ships go
Ing into dry-dock at New York.
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G AND HILL OUT.
Said the TWO Magnates Have Had Va
rious Little Disagreements.


New York, Feb. 20.-It is well known
in the financial world that the rela-
between Hill and J. Pierpont
Morgan are not so close as they were
some time ago. While there has been
no open rupture, their relations are not
SO cordial as they were before the
Northern Pacific episode. Mr.. Morgan
was in Europe and the handling of the
negotiations fell largely into the hands
OF Mr.. Hill. When Mr.. Morgan re-
turned he expressed his opinion freely
regarding the ann in which the me-
gotiations had been handled. Another
matter which has helped to bring about
an estrangement between Mr.. Hill and
Mr.. Morgan IS the iron r deposits
controlled by the former. Mr.. Morgan
is very anxious to purchase these iron
Gre deposits for the steel corporation.
Mr.. Hill has agreed to sell, but has
placed price upon the property which
Is considered excessive by the steel cor
poration. While it Is believed that the
trust will eventually secure the de-
posts, ii Is Thought that the company
will have to pay Mr. Bill a high price,
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nine CHILDREN DIE
IN TROLLEY WRECK
.frain Crashes Into a Crowded.
Street Car in Newark.
N. j.
SCENE LIKE A SHAMELESS
Some Victims Killed Instantly, Other
fingered a Brief Time-Not Ger
tain Whether the Crossing
Gates Were Open.

Newark, N. J., Feb. 20.-Nine high
lchool children were killed In a trolley
.ar hit by a Delaware, Lackawanna
morning. Fifteen or more are injured,
lome fatally.
The accident occurred at Clifton av-
niue crossing, long noted as a danger
sus spot. The trolley car was one
which the street railway runs five
mornings in the week for special ac-
.omodation Of high school pupils. It
was crowded with young men and
women from all parts of the city. There
Is some question whether both crossing
gates were down when the cal and.
rain approached the crossing at the
same time. The motorman saw the
train n put on the brakes with all
force. The car. however, slid on the
Icy rails until the front platform pro-
Iected over the tracks.
A moment later the crash came. The
pilot of the engine struck h front
platform and slowed the a around.
Then the car toppled owe
The pupils, by the force Of the COLI
ision, We're precipitated under the
wheels Of the engine. To some death
came Immediately. Others fingered
\ moment in fearful agony, then ex-
pired. The scene resembled a sham
bles. Dead or injured children lay In
all directions.
Word of the calamity soon reached
the authorities. In addition to the po-
ice reserves, every ambulance in the
city was soon on the scene.
A Fearful Sight.
The sight was a sickening one when
the crash came. Mutilated bodies Of
1 nh n ~ WAVE. 600 tfara5 # In a1,oyxrEFAligE
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A LOVELY STEAL.
Nice Little Graft for $%25o,00o,oo0 Coin.
on in Oregon LEGISLATURE.

on IN SFc9on Legislature
Portland, Ore, Feb. 19.-The greatest
steal through legislation since the Pa-
eific railroads were granted alternate
sections Of land by congress is being
attempted in the Oregon legislature.
House bill 1877, by Miles. which has
passed the house and is now before the
senate, proposes to give al few indiyid-
uals the right to tax smaller timber.
owners fifty years at the rate of ii
cents a thousand e for all logs fioat-
ing down stream the taxes to be used
to improve the stream and make float
ing possible.
There are, absolutely no restrictions
or safeguards. The franchise owner
can fix a tariff in addition to- a toll for
booming,separating and expediting the
logs. On the first charge alone the
schemers will make $250,25G,000.
Blakelysat the head8ofsa syndicate
of Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota
capitalists. is here working for the
passage of the bill. having cornered thu
two main rivers offthe state.
The matter has made a Tremendous
sensation throughout Oregon The
timber lords haze been scheminga II
| years for. TIL esNts rive hundred
dollars asxat3is for favorable
aieRtslatQrs. g
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The Clifton was an old veneered
building, owned by the Beverland
company, and burned like finder. h
fire is supposed to have originated by
crossed electric wires, which commu-
nicated a spark to excelsior waste left
in the basement from a machinery x
hibit.
1t was late in the morning before the
ruins could be explored. Many exag-'
gerated stories Of loss of life spread.
Chief Cook Of the fire department alone
had a correct estimate.
Sam Wilson, night clerk, and Ed SEQ
field, bell boy, worked like heroes get
ting people out. Scofield saved five men
n all the girls but one.
The seriously injured were taken to
Mercy and ST. Luke's hospitals. and
physicians hope all may recover Sew
eral escaped with their clothes on fire.
Some who escaped all injury lost all
their clothes.
The Grand and Delavan hotels were
thrown open and the unfortunate
guests were shown every attention.
But for the f1re-proof National hotel,
standing next the Clifton, the fire would
have spread and the loss been enor-
$40, 900, n fully insured. Young &
Lansing, he roprletors, lose $4,000;
insurance, $4,000.
At 10 a. m. but ten Of the missing
have been accounted for. These are
supposed to lie in the debris, although
it is possible they may be located
among the rescued. The ruins are still
burning and it is impossible to search
for bodies.
The bodies of w. A. Mowery Of What
Cheer, Ia, and an unknown woman
were taken from the ruins at IL o'clock.
The bodies were frightfully charred.
S%earchers now at work.
HORROR OF VICTIMS.
The hotel was a three story brick
veneer structure and said to have been
a veritable fire trap. Flames started
in a pile of rubbish in the basement,
presumably ignited by defective cleo
trio light wires. They spread with
such rapidity the victims were literally
driven to jump from the windows.
Nearly every one Of them fingered to
the last moment, urged by people be-
low to walt as long as possible in hope
of assistance. Some who jumped owe
their lives to the fact their falls were
broken by telegraph wires, which inter-
posed in their downward flight.
they were not too severely injured,
stood for some. time barefooted in the
snow, chained to the spot, rendered UNI
conscious of the cold by the horror of
the scene. Many of them had to be
led away. Those able to converse
calmly declared they stumbled over
PROSTATE bodies as they rushed to the
windows.
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mot GUILTY,

Message an Ohio Man With Twelve
Children Sends the President.
Washington, Feb. 4.-The letters from
he people commenting upon President
Roosevelt's letters concerning racial sui
eide" pour into the White House daily
by the hundreds.
Among those received today was a large
photograph from Bucyrus, O. It repre-
ssnted a family group of a father and
mother and twelve children.
Underneath the Photograph was written
mot guilty"
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in my lifetime, and I hope it will not

u was almost overcome with the
smoke before I could get to the win
dow. 1 was on the third 1oor and es-
cape by way of the stairway was COM
pletely cut off. 1 managed to get to
the window n there I thrust my leg
through the glass.
II am positive there We're two men
behind me and that they lost their lives.
They were overcome by smoke and heat
and did not get out"
Many leaped to telegraph and tele-
phone wires strung along the building,
reaching the ground in safety.
MARVELLOUS ESCAPES.
In many instances, hen every ave-
nue. from the interior was cut off,
guests jumped from the windows to the
telegraph wires, worked their way over
h wires to the poles and were rescued.
A.. NJ. Larson Of Oelwein had one Of
the most miraculous scapes. Larson
actually leaped from the third story
window to the pavement, lighting
squarely on his feet, and was uninjured
save some slight bruises. How he es-
capped death is a mystery and how he
escaped serious injury nothing short of
a miracle.
Many leaped from the third story to
the roof, of a Secon story building to
the rear. Nearly all who attempted to
~ 11S Il. lL1IOuSl
this avenue were severely injured, but
managed to escape with their lives.
From the two-story building they
climbed through a trap door to the in
terror and thence outside.
THESE MAY DIE,
But one man, w. A. Mowery of What
Cheer, is missing, n he is. believed to
be dead. The injured are:
L.. c. Burnett, Nebraska City, Neb.;
may die. =
Edna Burns. head waitress, Jumped
from third story window; will die.
Conductor Strickland of the Chicago
and Northwestern, jumped from WIN
dow; serious.
Lucinda Williams, waitress; serious
ly burned.
The injured who will certainly re-
cover are:
Lizzie Kelly, waitress.
i. c. Outing, Center Point.
Emma Smith, waitress.
II. w. Bremen, Lyons, Ia
f. R. Moore, Chicago.
Beatrice Netolicky, Shuryville, La.
j. u. Winniger, Waterloo.
j. e. Anderson, Chicago.
A. S. Farrow, Boone.
F. M. Gardiner, WOODBURY., Ia.
D.. f. Taylor, Davenport.
DR.. w. A. Grove, Cedar Rapids.
L. Thompson, Cedar Rapids.
A.. M. Larson, Oelwein.
C. w. Roberts, Cedar Rapids.
L. o. Verna, Delta, Ia.
May Reel, waitress.
N. p. Hoover, Tama.
P. j.. Daily, Canton.
J. A. Eyler, Davenport.
c. L. Benedict, DEBORAH.
D.. P. Halves, DEBORAH.
F. o. Redmon, Tama.
p. Templeton, Monticello, Ia.
George Taggart, st. Paul, MINI.
Jim Lewis, negro porter.
j.. M. Dunbar, Monticello, Ia
~. w. Lewis, Ottumwa.
c. F. Hamburg, Leroy, MINI.
r. c. McConahy, Aurora, III.
O.. J. Lamb, Center Point, Ia.
G. F. Kaesser, Walker, Ia.
c. A. Rosland, Independence, Ia.
T. A. Chase.
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SELF DEFENSE
TiIIman's Witnesses Say He Had Been
Threatened by Gonzales Before
the Shootinu.

Columbus, S. c., Feb. 21.-Hearing on
the application for bail in the case of
the state against former Lieutenant
Governor Tillman, charged with the
murder of Editor Gonzales, began here
this morning before Chief Justice Pope.
Tillman was not present, but he vas
represented by counsel.
Affidavits by the defense tended to
show Tillman acted in self-defense, de-
claring he had received messages and
information that Gonzales, intended to
take his life. a#.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-02-27
Important Nominations.

Washington. Feb. 19.-The president
today sent h following nominations
to the senate:
William R.. Day of Ohio, to be justice
of the supreme court; John K. Rich
ards, to be judge. Of the Sixth judicial
circuit court; Henry M. Hoyt, to be
solicitor general; Page Norris Of Min
nesota. to the new district judgeship in
that state.
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RUSH TO NEW /
Alaskan Miners Stampede to Tanana
Valley for Rich pidainna. ".

Tacoma, Wash. Feb. 20.-Federal of
hcers on the Yukon river confirm the
story that a gold strike equaling that
of the Klondike has been made In Ta-
mana valley. Two thousand miners
are stampeding thither from Nome.
Dawson, Eagle and Rampant. Some
OF them will probably perish, as the
weather throughout the Yukon valley
has been most seyere. The stampeders
are taking only enough supplies to last
them on the journey,
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$500 600 Mortuaae.

Albany, N. Y, Feb. 2O.-The Erie
Railroad company yesterday was.
granted consent by the state board Of
rairdoad commissioners to issue a
mortgage of s50,0O0,J 900 for improve
ments and b~etter1dents.
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SAC CITY VAN NAMED

Dr.. C. P. Adams Named as Member of
the State Board Of Health.
Des Moines, Ia, Feb. 1S.-Dr. A. M.
Linn Of Des Moines has resigned as
president and member of the state
board of health and the governor has
appointed DR.. c. P. Adams of Sac City
his successor.
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WAS A FIRE TRAP.

The Clifton was an old veneered
building, owned by the Beverland
company, n burned like finder. The
fire is supposed to have originated by
crossed electric wires, which commu-
nicated a spark to excelsior waste left
in the basement from a machinery ex-
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CU7TTICURA
Ointment
Purest Of EmoI|ients and
Greatest Of Skin Cures.
The Most Wonderful Curative
Of All Time
For -TortWing, Disflguring
Skin RunOurs
And Purest and Sweetest Of
Toilet EmoIIients.

Cuticura Ointment is beyond question
the most successful curative for tortur-
Ing disfguring humours of the skin and
Scalp, including loss OF hair,aa ever
compounded, in proof Of which q
single amounting precededbya hot bath.
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sleep, and point to a speedy cure when
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the most distressing Of infantile hui
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Cuticura Ointment possesses, at the
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Its "lnstant relief for .skin-tortured
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IT. aSytttNS< Na@k
beeASmoored on the bank just under
the rear Of the Rest was pushed out
from shore, and in a few seconds,
Fenton had Warde safely within it..
Gettingpufside the line of piles, Fem
ton began*to pull away. It was a
shrewd move on his part, for the
crowd within the saloon had surged
back through the front door. and Bill
MCGEE could be heard calling for his
skif. Then followedrmingled cries.
of rage and disappointment, and
when the boat was detected moving
away beyond the row Of piles, a num-
Der of scattering shots were fired.
Fenton stopped long enough to fire
back at the crowd and as it turned
out. casually shot away a small sec
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THE LAST

The little traveller set forth
With one last smile OF sweet content.
There are no footprints, south or north,
TO show us the way she went;
No tiny footprints in the snow. S@$ 4
No flower for token backward thrown.
Sweetheart" we wept, why must you
go?"
Smiling, she went her way, alone.
The little traveller went her way
And left us all who loved her so.
She ~journeyed forthSat break of day ID
A long, long way she had to go. RI 4
The stars were paling in the sky # \
Their kind eyes must have seen her
start.
We could not see: we could but cry
Come back to us, dear heart, dear
hearth"
The little travellers tiny feet
Have found a path that we must find.
She was so little and so sweet!
We cannot linger, left behind.
We stumble, seeking day by day.
o little traveler! Who will send
A guide to point us out the way
To find you atAthe journeys end?
Francis Barine, in Youths Companion.
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ton of Mr.. McGee's nose. Then he
bent to the ars with all his might
and pulled for the wharf, which was
about a mile away. 1t did not take
him long to get beyond the range of
the strange shots that were sent
Sizing after him.
1t was ~ o'clock when Irving
Warde re-entered the Gazette office.
He had been gone but an hour, and
yet in that time he seemed to have
lived an age.
At one o'clock the POLICE raided Pc
ter's, Rest, but the easy Mr.. MCGEE
with his mutilated nose and all his
guests had mysteriously disappeared
and the only persons, caught were a
boy, who was acting as barkeeper;
and several individuals who had
struggled into the Rest when the
fracas was over, and the real dis
turbers of the peace had fled.
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For aged Peou,a.

Bellfswer, Mo, July 6th.-Mr, u. y.
Bohrer OF this place, has written an
Of The country, advising them to use
Spodd's. Kidney Pills as a remedy for
those forms Of Kidney trouble SO com.
II suffered myself for years with NV
Kidneys and urinary organs. I was
obliged to get up as many as seven or
eight times during the night.
II tried many things with no success.
till I saw one Of Dodd's Almanacs. and
read Of what Dodd's Kidney Pills were
doing for old people. 80
u bought two boxes from one drug.
'gist, and began. to use them at once. in
a very short time I was well. This Is
over a year ago, and my trouble has not
good, genuine, permanent ,one.S
IF believe Dodd's Kidney Pills are
splendid medicine for old people or. any-
one suffering with Kidney and urinary
troubles, for although I am 81 years oil
age, they have made me WE'LL" 6
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Arrested.

Postoffice Inspector Drake and the
local police have arrested the sup
posed leaders of a gang of country
postoffice robbers who have been
working the state for several months.
The men are Alex. Bell and Andrew
Hendel, alias Gray. The latter lived
here last April and worked as a labor
er. He was under suspicion and was
arrested on minor charges, but evil
dence was lacking at the time and
he was released. A letter from his
wife was intercepted and arrest fol-
lowed at B%ottineau, where the post
office was plundered some time ago.
Bells real nametis Blakely. VI
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Under the Cars.

1t took a coast passenger train and
81 switch engine to finish a transient at
Wahpeton. =
The man ~endeavored to board a
passenger train on the Great North
ern and fell underneath the wheels,
both legs being cut off.
A woman was attracted by his
screams but before she could call. as
s%istance a switch engine came and
ran over the injured man, finishing
the killing. There was nothing on
the MANS person to identify the re-
mains.
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NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
In Doubt

Reports from Buford Indicate that
there is some doubt as to the identity
of the man who shot Kubelik, the
proprietor of the billiard hall who
was shot at that place the first of
the week. Immediately after Kube-
lik was killed the report was spread
that Pierce, the outlaw, did the work,
as Kubelik refused to sell him u
drink and also recognized him. Al
though Pierce was known to have
been in the neighborhood of Buford,
there are those who believe another
party killed Kubelik. But n man
saw the Shooting, and as it was in
the gray of the morning he did not
see who fired the shot. He saw Kube-
lik fall and went to his assistance.
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Chautauqua

Not in any previous year have the
prospects for the Chantauqua at
Devils Lake been so favorable as they
are this year. The assembly has
opened, and large crowds are now
being entertained at the lake. The
entertainment this year is of a high.
order, and there is every reason to
believe that this will be ahead of n
previous year in the history Of the
associations