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The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
ARMOUR MANS
NAME CLEARED
<. G. Foster Greatly Wronged
by Erroneous Dispatches
From Indiana.
WAS NOT CORRESPONDENT
armour Man Had No Connection With
Armour VS.. Armour Divorce Suit
at Goshen, Ind, and Case Was
Not Sensational.

Armour, S. L., March 21.-This weeks
sue of the local papers here will re-
JieW the proceedings Of the divorce
case at Goshen, Indiana, Of Armour VS..
Armour, in which the dispatches allege
K. G. Foster Of this city was named
as correspondent
The following statement is from
Messrs, French and Orvis, prominent
attorneys Of Yankton, S. D., who are
%,ttorne, $ for Mrs. Armour, the de-
,endant in the case.
The complaint in the case only
charged the wife with desert!on and
.rueity. No charges whatever were
made against her moral character,
neither was Mr.. Foster OF any else
named in the proceedings as cores
pendent, neither was adultery charged
and the complaint did not in n way
charge kleptomania or charge defend
Int with stealing.
\ True Mr.. Foster with his family went
10 an Iowa summer resort last ummer
| where Mrs. Armour was stopping with
aer sister n brother-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. WEIGH. Mr.. Armour the plaintiff,
vas also there at the same hotel and ac-
:ompanied Mrs. Armour to the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. WEIGH at Platte, S. D.
Mr.. Foster is a business man of this
place and quite we'll known over the
state and his friends were appalled, at
the statement when it first appeared in
| the dailies in q special from Goshen,
Indiana. The article from Messrs.
French and Orvis where Mrs. Armour
was living proves conclusively that a
great injustice was done to Mrs.
Armour and her relatives as well as
Mr.. Foster by the publication Of the
false article. The statement of Messrs.
French and Orvis over their own sigma
lure proves hat neither the attorneys
FOR Mr.. Armou or Mrs. Armour at
Goshen knew anything of the publica-
ton of the false article published I'M
til after it was done. and were justly
indignant that the facts in the case
lkvere so grossly and maliciously mis-
represented.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
JACK SULLY IS
LOWERING AROUND
Noted Cattle RustIer Is in the:
Hands of Friends Near
His Old Haunts.
HAS BEEN SEEN LATELY
Tells How He Broke Jail at MITCHELL
Walked Thirty Hours Before He
Found a Friend-lndian Rela-
tives Are Shielding Him.

Chamberlain, S. D., March 1S--The
much advertised Jack Sully has been
seen the past two weeks in Gregory
county, South Dakota. on MILESTONE
creek. round his old haunts. The
story of his escape from the MITCHELL
jail was given to the writer the othep'
day by one who claims to have talked
with Sully within the past three weeks
He says Sully was given a small steel
saw by a Lyman county man about
Thanksgiving last fall, and that with
this Jack finally made his escape the
evening of January Is last. That aft
err getting out Sully walked thirty
hours and reached a half-breed BROTH
er-in-law, Narcisse Drappo, near Lake
Andes, in eastern Charles Mix county!
the second night. There he procured al
fine saddle horse and the third night
after his escape he reached Pocahontas
island. near old Fort Randall, where
Sully has resided for years.
h informant say Sully has BEEN
at Oliver Dious', a half-breed Indian,
INC at Leon Drappos', on MILESTONE,
creek in Gregory county, repeatedly,
since his escape, and in fact his many
friends and Indian relatives have been
taking care of him ever since he broke
jail. File has been at the home of
George Petes, a squaW man, on Whet-
stone, and it is also said tha about
February 27 AL Fulwider and Harry
Ham saw Sully at Pocahontas island.
Sully claims that he desires his lib
erty until court convenes in Lyman
county, and that he will then surren-
der to the authorities and stand trial.
He says he has no fear of conviction
for the larceny of cattle that were
shipped to Verdigre, Neb., because he
had no part in the shipment or the tax
ing of the cattle. Three days before
Sully broke jail at Mitchell it is said
that n of the men in Lyman county
who was closely allied with him
shipped q car Of cattle to Vermillion
for the purpose of wintering them, and
that he was not far distant from
Mitchell on the Sunday that Sully Sc
| cured his liberty.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
TIME MAKES LAWS.
Twenty Bills Are Made Effective by
Limitation.

. .-
Pierre, s.. D., March 21.-Governor
Hcrreid has filed a list Of twenty bills
with the Secretary of state which are
NOW laws according to the statute Of
limitations. These are:
Senate bills appropriating 100000 wolf
bounty deficiency; authorizing the state
board Of charities to dispose of certain
lands at the reform school and purchase
others; providing an annual appropria-
ton Of 81 900 for firemen's tournaments;
.appropriating 5 5000 for a sewer at the
'denf mute school; house bills appropri-
%attng 81, 900 to reimburse Oliver Gibbs
for money expended in promoting the
worlds fair; appropriating $4,000 for
a building at the asylum for the blind;
appropriating 5000 for transcribing the
permanent journal Of the house: Gre
ating a state board of pharmacy; APP
propriating $1.916 for deficiency claims
at the reform school: appropriating
$25.00o for u building at the state uni
Nersity; appropriating $24, 900 for a
building at the Spearfish normal school;
,appropriating 5000 0 for building and
Improvement at the school of mines;
appropriating $35, 900 for a building at
the Madison normal school: appro-
priating $24, 900 for a building at the
Springfield normal school; establishing
"a department of horticulture and pro-
viding for publishing its reports: pro-
viding for a vote on the liquor ques-
ttion on petition of twenty-five free
holders; amending the fish law, adding
September to the prohibited months on
trout; ~appropriating $685. 900 for building
and improvements at Brookings; the
peddler license law, and providing
penalties for the illegal shipment of
game.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
WANTS SOME OF IT.

Canton Is Trying to Corner Slice of the
Divorce Industry.
Canton, S. D., March 20.-Canton is
Dakota divorce industry. There are a
number of centers where fasteners
sojourn, but in all there is something
lacking, and Canton aims to supply
the deficiency.
Within two weeks six or eight di-
vorcees have slipped into Canton and
taken up residence at the Hotel Ru-
dolph. The new arrivals are wealthy,
cultured and retiring. They have
aroused no apprehension OF the part of
Canton's decorous citizens. Canton is
only after a certain class of Divorces.
Sioux Falls affords a city's attractions,
and Hot Springs has the pleasures of
a resort. But many prefer seclusion
during their stay in Dakota, and to
these Canton will cater. Actresses and
those who crave notoriety can patron
ize Sioux Falls; the pleasure loving
may go to Hot Springs.
Canton has direct communication
with the east, a first class hotel, and
rs quiet. The colony at present num-
lbers half a dozen, only two of them
men. They are all at the Rudolph and
live in luxury. One late arrival is a
stylish and wealthy woman, who main
ta1ns three o. four servants. She is
young, and while her name has been
guarded it is understood she is from
New York, and was referred to Canton
by her Sioux Falls attorney, who rec
commended this retreat as secure from
the e~nterprising Sioux Falls newspaper
correspondent.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
In GOOD CONDITION.
Sheepmen Are Jubilant Over the Way
Their Flocks Passed THROUGH
The win+er

Deadwcod, S. D., March 19.-The sea-
son is opening with bright prospects for
sheepmen in western South Dakota,
southeastern Montana and Wyoming.
The shearing season is approaching and
where shearing pens are maintained the
registration is larger than in any form
er years. G. G.. Dennis, general agent
Of the Northwestern for the Black
Hills district, says on the Casper line
of his road the registration runs from
5o,0oo to 0 $1,000 head for each pen, and
the herds are not all registered.
The winter has been favorable to
sheep in this section, and losses will not
be serious. Sheep men are encouraged
over the high price Of wool and expect
Is cents for their clips.
Sheepmen of the Black Hills have not
received a serious setback in over ten
years. In most cases they have been
making money more rapidly than the
cattle men, and the sheep raising indus
try is today in better condition than
ave before.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
TELEPHONES ARE A
Lincoln County Farmers Organizing
Rural EXCHANGES.

Canton, S. D., March 21.-The farm
ers of Lincoln county are rapidly
awakening to the benefits of the mod
ern telephone and are taking action to
organizing country exchanges and
building private lines connecting with
city exchanges. Not long ago. the
farmers in Highland and Norway
townships succeeded in getting a line
into these townships which has been
highly satisfactory, and recently a
company entirely composed of farmers
in Delaware and Brooklyn townships
was organized to build a line connect
Ing with Canton and Centerville. AT
this time active work is proceeding in
the north part of the county toward
forming accompany inc organizing an
extensive exchange connecting with
Canton, Sioux Falls and other points.
A meeting was held at a country school
house near Harrisburg a few days ago
which was largely attended by farm
ers. A committee was appointed to
sell stock in the company there organ
lied and to tax other steps toward
getting the new exchange into opera
ton as quickly as possible. Its head
quarters will be at Harrisburg, where
the citizens and business men are Civ
Ing 1T all possible encouragement.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
REV. GEORGE vETTER DEAD.
Well Known German Lutheran Minister
Passes Away at Aberdeen,

Aberdeen, S.. D., March 1S.-Rev.
George Vetter Of this city is dead, and
In his death South Dakota loses one of
the oldest German Evangelical Asso-
citation ministers. Mr.. Vetter was BORN
IN Germany and settled in Chicago in
lS49, shortly after which he entered the
ministry. He preached in Illinois for
forty years and was presiding elder of
the Chicago n Peoria districts for
eight years. He came to Aberdeen
nine years 6 to join his son j. S. Vet
ter, who is register of the United States
and office here. His wife, to whom he
was wed ~ffty-four years ago, survives
him. He was well known to old timers
of Chicago.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
HONOR DR.. U
PARENT of New Medical Bill Got a Bar
ouet and a Fur Overcoat.

Aberdeen, s.. D., March 2o.-At the.
annual meeting of the Aberdeen Dis
trict Medical society held Tuesday
night, a banquet was served in honor
of Dr.. M. E. McNutt, who secured the
passage through the legislature of the
new medical bill, which became a law:
There vas a large attendance of ply,
sicians from northern counties of the
state which are embraced in the So.
ciety's territory. In addition to. the
honor Of the banquet, DR.. McNutt was
presented with a very elegant fur lined
o%vercoat. The papers read by ply
sicians consisted Of one on "Trachoma,'
by DR.. R. d. Away, Aberdeen; "Teta-I
nus" DR.. c.. B. Mallory, Aberdeen;
"Osteomyalitis," DR.. w. E. Edgerton,
Faulkton. At the banquet the speak,
ers were DR.. F. M. Grain, Redfield,
presidents annual address; DR.. Nc
Mutt, Medical legislation" Senator
J.. M. Lawson, THE Legal Profession
j. L. Browne, speaker of the house,
"Our legislature" DR.. H. j. Rock,
Our Honored Dead" DR.. w. E. Ed
wards, Bowdle, Progress"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
RACING CIRCUIT,
Western Iowa Towns and Sioux Falls
Included in the List.

Sioux Falls, S. D., March 19.-Jesse
w: Boyce and H. M. Avery, well known
horsemen Of this city, have returned
from Sheldon, Ia, where they were
present at a meeting, which unani-
mously decided to organize what will
be known as the Tri-State Short Ship
ment Fair and Racing association. The
following officers were elected: T. v.
Healey, Sac City, president; H. M.
Avery, Sioux Falls, vice president; J..
p. Cameron, Alta, secretary and treas
urer.
The circuit as organized contains the
following towns: Glare, Fonda, Sac
City, Alta, Sheldon, Sioux City, LeMars
and Rock Valley, all in Iowa: Worth
lngton, Mimi, and Sioux Falls. During
the meeting dates were fixed for race
meetings in the various towns belong;
Ing to the association. The new circuit
Is a very compact one. While none Of
the purses will be less than 5000, it Isl
thought that in some of the towns $500,
ana $500 purses will be hung up.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
WAS A VERY BAD MAN
Thomas Mcdonald Gets Two Years ana
Six Months for Robbery.

Aberdeen, S. D., March 20.-Thomas
Mcdonald, alias James Murray, was
brought here by Sheriff Cole from De
Kalb, Ill, where he was arrested for
the robbery Of M. B. Widdis last De-
cember. Widdis was sick and McDon-
aid, who had charge of his business,
robbed Widdis of money and broke
open a private drawer in the safe and
stole two watches. He entered a plea
of guilty before Judge Mccoy
late yesterday and received a SEN
tence Of two and a half years at Sioux
Falls. 1t develops hat Murray had
served four years in Joliet and two at
st. Joseph, Mo-, before coming here,
besides putting in a year in the IL
linois reformatory before attaining his
majority.
Another plea of guilty that went be-
fore Judge Mccoy las night was from
Henry Esche, charged with indecent
exposure of his person.. He was SEN
fenced to a a fine of 5000 or 100 days
iurjail.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
flames Cannon. Veteran.

Hot Springs, S. D., March 19.-James
Cannon, a cousin Of Congressman Can
non, of Illinois; who came here several
days ago from Custer for treatment for
dropsy, is dead at the hospital. He was
a remarkable man, 80 years old, was a
soldier under Sam Houston in the Tex
as revolution, later a soldier under
Taylor in the Mexican war, and still
later was a soldier in the wal of the
rebellion from the start to the finish,
and was wounded three times. He had
q Houston" medal for gallantry in the
Texas war, and splendid recommended
tons from officers Of the Mexican and
civil wars.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
Violated q Now Law.

Sioux Falls, $. d. March pa pic
ture c~anvssser, Michael Ginsburg. has
been arrested IN Lake county for ped.
ding without a license, this being the
first arrest to be made in the state for
"a violation of the new law. He was
tined SIS and costs or twenty days at
work on. the streets of Madison Gins
burg was originally arrested on COM
plant OF a young gir1sfor assault, but
the case against him was dismissed
after his preliminary hearing, when he
pas at once rearrested on the charge
Of peddling without q license.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
FOR SPRING ROUNDUP.
Stoekmen's Association Will Fix Dates
and Working Places.

Pierre, S. D, March 1S.-The differ
emit stockmen's associations Of the
range country have fixed the dates of
their annual spring meetings, at which
arrangements will be made for the
spring %roundups.
The first association to meet will be
the Missouri River association, which
will meet at Fort Pierre April Z, and
arrange the roundup work in the
northwestern portion Of the state.
The Southwestern association will
meet at Buffalo Gap April IA, and ar
range for the work In the southwestern
part of the state.
All Of these organizations will ar
range their plans to practically work
together and thoroughly cover the
whole range country.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
EPIDEMIC is CHECKED.
sexanty Head of Horses with. French
Disease Are Shot.

Hot Springs, S. D., March 21.-E. j.
Drake, who Is employed by the gov
eminent to inspect the range horses toi
Fail River and Custer counties, to In
vestigate the French disease that has
|fbeen reported to be SO serious, says
that during the past few weeks he has
found and killed about seventy head OF
horses that We're infected with the dis
ease.
"a larger part of those killed were
owned or have been owned by the In
dams, although the disease has gained
quite a foothold among more excel
lent grades OF horses owned by horse
rafsers. ST
Mr.. Drake believes that with the
prompt measures that are being resort
ed to by the government in the com
piete determination of all diseased ami
mails that may be found the disease
will soon be overcome.
The government pays 20 per cent. al
the value of all animals killed.
Third Conviction in Rape Cases.
DeadWood. S. d. March 21.-A third
conviction has been secured IN circuit
court In the criminal assault cases. The
last is in the case against Adelbert
Smith. He will be sentenced March 81,
with the: other two. The law provides
p rnaxjmum penalty of five years in the
p~enitentiarys
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27

That the bubonic plague is carried
from port to port by rats in ships is
an established fact. "A French inves-
tigator now finds that the disease Is
communicated from rat to rat by ieas,
and that promiscuous intercourse be-
tween healthy and infected rats or their
cadavers never transmits the plague,
while fleas conveyed the disease In
eight tests out of nine. So medical
officers are now giving assiduous at
tention to the health and comfort Of the
rats in their district.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
SOUTH DAKOTA

Two registering young New Yorll ers
entered a cafe on Broadway and jostied
against a salloW-faced little man wear
Ing a sonbrero. He turned, expecting
nm apology, and was insulted by one OF
them. The little mans fist shot out to
the sWell's jaw, lifting the insulter off
his feet and knocking him senseless.
The assailant was arrested and in court
told. the magistrate that he was
Wounded Elk, son of Chief Running
Elk OF the Mohawk tribe. He learned
to box at the Carlisle school, where he
played with the football eleven. On
hearing the circumstances the magis-
trate discharged him.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27

nsAmerican professor, after visiting
a large chronological institute in Ger
many, said that the school and its
equipment was ahead of anything at
home. When this compliment was re-
peated afterward to a prominent in
structor In the institute he replied:
why, that is exactly what I said Of
your technical schools after my trip
to America, and that is the only way
I could get the money to make ours
what it is today.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
Saloon Question the Issue.

Canton, s. D., March 21.-The saloon
question will again be an Important
factor in the municipal election here
this spring. The election occurs April
Il and the petition with the required
number of signers calling for another
vote on the question was filed in the
city auditors office yesterday. The
campaign will be an unusually heated
contest. The saloon men are encouraged
by the fact that in the election a year
ago the prohibition majority vas much
reduced from the vote several years
before that, and they hope to make suf-
hctent gains this spring to carry the
election. The temperance people on the
other hand are preparing to put up a
stronger fight than ever against saloons
this spring, and they declare they will
vote down the proposition this time by
over 100 majority, at least,
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
DAIRYlNe is PROFITABLE.
.Readle County Farmers Attain Good
Results With. Their Cows.

Huron, S. D., March 21.-As showing
that some farmers in this locality find
dairying profitable, q number of state
ments of results have been published.
H. C. Johnson realized from seven cows
1859 pounds of butter from December
5, 1901, to December S, 1902, which he
sold for $319.80, or an average Of $42.S2
per COW. Byron Stitt, living near
Hitchcock, for the year beginning jan
uary /, 1902, and closing December 81,
1902, sold 1887 pounds Of butter for
which he received 1901. S3; this was the
product of milk from eight cows in
winter and ten COWS in summer. From
eighty-f1ve hens Mr.. Stitt sold 654k
dozen eggs for $1O0.13. Farmers in the
same .leighborhood show equally sat-
..sfactory results.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
WHIPPED THE EDITOR.
Legislator WEIGH Pays SOS for a Crack
at Head of Platte Epitome,

Armour, S. D., March 2O.-Word has
reached here of the smuggling Of Edi-
tor Davis of the Platte Epitome by Irv-
ing H. WEIGH, member of the last state
legislature from Charles Mix county.
Davis made some slurring remark
about Welch's family in the Epitome,
,sanctum and handled the editor so
roughly that the justice fined the legis-
lative member SOS.
Davis has been very bitter against
WEIGH since the last political campaign,
and the, straw that broke the camel's
back grew out Of a divorce case re-
ported from Goshen, Ind, in which a
sister of Mrs. WEIGH was the defendant.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
CARELESS WITH HIS MONEY.
Marshall County Farmer Loses $40,
but Receivers Part of It.

Aberdeen. S. D., March 1S.-About
ten days 6 a farmer from Marshall
county, John T. Jones, hung his over
coat In the Office Of M. B. Widdis while
going about town. When he returned
for the coats a pocketbook containing
$110 was missing from the pocket Of
the coat. Sunday morning Frank Will
moth, an employee of Widdis, was ar
rested in a resort south Of town and
part OF the money recovered, together
with the pocketbook and some notes.
Wilmoth confessed to the chief of po-
lice and plead before the circuit court
and got fifteen months in the peni-
tentiary.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27

IA plausible explanation Of the fact
noted by Marcnni that ethergrams
travel farther by night than by day Is
that OF nj. Jolly quoted by La Nature.
The waves constituting the message
against Iii earth current from England,
while by night they would be travelling
with that current IA conditions SINH
lar to sounds carried by a strong gale.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27

Delany's high-speed telegraph sys-
tenn recently perfected, Is capable Of
transmitting 100 to 5000 words a min
ute yer a single wire-the speed de-
pending IN the distance and the cleo
trical properties Of the line, that Is, on
the e~lectrostatic capacity resistance and
lnductance of the circuit. Eight thous-
m words a minute can be recorded
over a line nj fifty miles, while 100
words would be about the limit over a
No. s copper wire between New York
and San Francisco.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-03-27
Two Children Drowned.

tbank March 1.-TWO children OF
Charles Bracht, a farmer living two miles
west Of Mtlbank, broke through the ice
and We're drowned late Sunday. Bracht
went to town and missing the children on
ais return Instituted a search. Their
nittens were found beside a swollen creek
and by bridging it their bodies were re-
covered. They were aged 9 and Z years.