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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1903-07-15
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

Rev. G. G. st. Clare, Pastor. 1915
a. m. morning worship, subject: The
Significance of the Atonement, 1
John, IL. 1900 Sabbath School.
Lesson: "Samuel's Farewell Address"
500 p. m. Vesper Service No.2 ! All
are cordially invited. 1870 p. NJ, Y.
P. S. c. E. service. Topic. Religion
between Sundays" Acts 2:42-47.
Rev. MIR. Junkins of Mortified,
Mass, who is supplying at the Norris
town Corners church during the sum-
mer, will lead the prayer meeting at
the Cong'I church Thursday evening.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17
HELD TO
DISTRICT COURT
Station Agent Who Shot Frank
EoWen Must Anwer for
His Crime.
is in VERY POOR HEALTH
Confinement and Nervous Strain Hau
Been Hard on the Msn-Wil
Be Tried This
Month.

Sioux Falls, S. D.. April lo.--ti, A.
Steagald, the station agent at Benclare,
near here, who some time ago shot and
killed Frank Bowen, a grain buyer at
the same place, in an alteration over
,demurrage, waived preliminary xanl-
ination yesterday afternoon before
Judge Waits, and was returned to Jail.
States Attorney Scott says the man
will be tried at the present term of
court. Steagald's health is falling as a
result of confinement and continued
b%rooding over his crime, and ne is I'm
der a Doctors care.
Steagald's son, whom the father accl-
,dentally shot at the time Bowen was
killed, has recovered. The shooting was
the result of q quarre, over rates, ana
while Steagald shot without provoca-
ton, the fact that he was terrorized by
Bowen into believing his life was IN
danger may have some weight with the
jury.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17
LUCAS TO RETIRE.
of Soldiers Home Would
Be Reelected if He De-
sired H.

Deadwood. S. D., April S.-Captain w.
V. Lucas, commandment Of the soldiers
home, has asked to be relieved at the ex-
piration of his term, July !, 1903, owing
to i'll health. The South Dakota soldiers
home commission will meet at Hot
Springs this week to elect his successor.
DR.. T. M. %Shanafelt, of Huron, presi-
dent OF the commission, is in Deadwood.
He says it is entirely at the desire of
Captain Lucas that he is to be retired;
that had he expressed a desire to be re-
turned he would undoubtedly LAY been
reelected by unanimous vote. ..
The commission has received applica-
tons from fourteen or fifteen candidates
for the position of commandment.
Prominent among the candidates are T.
M. Goddard Of Sully county, T. M.
Blanchard of Mitchell, Colonel Geddes of
Huron and B. D. L. Dudley of Canistota.
Only one application has been presented
from the Black Hille, A. L.. Thompson Of
Belle Fourche. The board expects the
new commandant to qualify and be ready
to assume charge July l..
Colonel Thomas Fitch of Milbank n
A. s. Stuver of Kimball, two new mem
bers of the board, chosen to succeed
Messrs. Van Osdel and Gunderson, will
be present at the coming board meeting
and Will assume their offices. II
contracts are to be let at the meeting
Tor the building of four new cottages on
the soldiers home ground, for which the
last legislature appropriated $1,000. Their
sites will be decided upon by the board.
The Women's Relief corps of the state
Will furnish the cottages after they are
erected.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17
THE PRESIDENTS READING.
Literature Mr.. Roosevelt Takes With
Him in His Private Car.

Chicago, April Books that are In
structive and books that are entertain
ing, books that are both and books that
are neither, are in a list ordered by
President Roosevelt for his vacation
trip. Forty recent publications were
purchased and placed in the private car
that will zeal him to Yellowstone park.
Stories Of wild west, historical novels,
biographies. romances and books deal
ing with industrial problems are in
Guided. While he is resting from hunts
or excursions into painless wilds, the
president may learn Of the methods of
the money kings by pursuing THE
Work Of Wall Street." by S. S. Pratt.
If he tires of that he may find diversion
in Halle Erminie Rives' Hearts Cour-
ageOus," or Eleanor Gates Biography
Of a Prairie Girl" or If he desire some
thing of stirring adventure he will
have at hand Richard Harding Davisa
Captain Macklin." In the line Of light
reading there is George Barr McCutch-
cons Castle Craneycrow," Booth Tark-
lngton's The Two Van Revels," and a
romance by Mrs. Humphrey Ward.
AS an aid to the presidential under
standing Of the far eastern situation he
may read American Diplomacy in the
Orient" by5John w. Foster, former sec
rotary of state and for heavier mental
exercise he may try Some Ethical
Phases of the Labor Problem" by Car
roll D. Wright; THE Citizen in His Re-
lation to the Industrial Situation by
Bishop Potter, or Americans in Pro-
cess" by Robert A. Woods.
Mr.. Roosevelt may gain pointers on
will power and s~trenuosity from Some
Personal "reminiscences Of Prince Bis
marck," by Sidney Whitman, and Of
campaigning under difficulties from
Three Years War" by General DeWet.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17
PARTY
In SOUTH DAKOTA
Great Enthusiasm Marks
Roosevelt's tourney
Across State.
WAS a DAY OF SPEECHES
Made Twelve Speeches During the Day
the Longest at Mitchell and Aber-
deen-At Fargo This
Morning.
WAS A DAY OF SPEECHES

Aberdeen, S. D., April 9.-One of tn.
busiest n most pleasant days enjoyed
by the president SO far on his western
trip was that spent in South Dakota
Monday. The snow squall that pre-
vailed when the party left Sioux Falls
soon cleared, n throughout the re-
mainder of the day fine weather,s big
crowds and royal enthusiasm was the
order of the day.
The presidential party spent the en-
tire day in the state yesterday. The
start was made at Sioux Falls at $3.50,
thence to Yankton, then to Mitchell,
Woonsocket, Scotland, Trip, Parks
ton, Alpena, Redfield and Tulare.
AT Yankton the president spoke on
the tariff and the qualities of good citi-
Zenship. He spoke to a crowd of 5000
or more and great appreciation and
much manifestation of enthusiasm was
apparent.
At Mitchell the president made the
longest address of the day, talking for
nearly twenty minutes to a great crowd
which showed it's welcome by bursting
into applause whenever they agreed
with the president. The work of the
| people in the upbuilding of the nation
was his topic.
In all the president made twelve
speeches yesterday, the greatest num-
Der he has yet made. AT many points
where the train did not stop crowds
had gathered and cheered him Justify
as he sped through.
At Tulare he departed from his
agreed custom, and got down and
shook hands with his audience.
There is a possibility that the presi-
dent may pay a days visit to Deadwood
and Lead. Seth Bullock has almost
prevailed on the president to make the
trip despite the schedule. The presi-
dent said that in the event he found
the snow too deep in Yellowstone he
would cut his stay there short and go
to Deadwood.
When the train arrived here he was
, greeted with the same enthusiasm that
has marked his journey everywhere.
He responded with a twenty minutes
speech, which was much appreciated
and enjoyed by the great crowd that
a locked to Aberdeen to hear him.
The South Dakota delegation, compris-
ing Senators Kittredge and Gamble and
Representatives Burke and Martin, paid
their final respects to the president here
and left the party before he went in North
Dakota.
The train left here at s o'clock and ar
rived at Fargo at 1870 this morning. How
ever, the president will not leave his train
until $50, when he will deliver an address.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17
MARSHAL GOES WRONG.
sonesteeI Official Leaves Town on Same
Train With Two Youno Girls.

Bonesteel, S. D., April S.-City Mar
shall Pierce visited all the saloons and
gambling houses and stated to the pro-
p%rietors that the city council had au-
thorlzed him to collect the fines, which
are paid by the different Joints each
month, amounting to over $3.50. He sue
ceeded in collecting something like $500
and gave his personal receipt for the
same. He also sold his stock, which
was m~ortgaged, to different parties
here, to the amount of more than 500,
departed on the %eastbound passen-
ger for parts unknown. It was later
discovered that two young girls of re-
spectacle families, about II years of
age, with whom Pierce had been quite
for the past three months, had
also left on the same train. Pierce is
about 40 years of age and has a family,
who are left here in Strengthened cir
oumstances. kilograms have been sent
70 different points along the line, and
ne will likely be arrested in a short.
time. Pierce left debts behind him to
he extent of several hundred dollars.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17

through cunning than with the greed that
works through violence. But the effort must
be steadily made.
Effort In labor matters should De 70 secure
better understanding between employer ana
employe. Everything should be done to IN
crease fellow feeling and allow each to look
at all questions in dispute somewhat throush
the others eyes. I suppose every thinking
y,a retnices when arbitration settles troubles
and ayerts the suffering and bitterness OF
strikes. A Cancellation mi can DO best
work when the trouble is in its beginning.
A Lesson in Arbitration.
We are fortunate in having before US an Cd
tect lesson in the anthracite commission. ap-
tainted when the strike threatened a disaster
second to none since the civil war. Inc
represented the bench. chufch'
army, professions, employers ana employee
The report they unanimously signed Is a mas
terplece OF common sense and OF sound doc
trine. The immediate effect Of the commits
sion's appointment and action was OF vast anu
incalculable benefit; but the ultimate e1ect
vii! be even better, II capitalist. wage-work-
er and lawmaker alike viii act upon the les
sons In the report.
or course the national government has but a
small field In which 1t can work in Iaoor mat
ters. l should like to see the District OF Co
receive a set OF model labor laws.
Washington Is not a city of large industries,
but 1t has some. Wise labor legislation tor
Washington would be a standard LOT ehe
country.
The secretary of the navy has recommended.
with my hearty approval, a strong employers
liability law In the navy yards 1t should be
to similar branches of government
work. Sometimes such laws can be enacted
Is an incident to the nations control over In
:erstate commerce. In my last annual mes
advocated a law in reference to car
,ouplings-to strengthen the one already on
he statute books. Much opposition had to be
In the end an admirable law was
PASSED. This law received my signature a
ouple of days before congress adjourned. 1t
a real and substantial advance In
n admirable kind OF legislation.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17
STORY OF PICKENs.
Yale's Prize Orator Was a coIorea
Ferry Boy in Arkansas -

New Haven, Conn, April 7.-Yale's
colored orator, William Pickens, the
membe Of the Junior class who cap
tured the Ten Eyck prize Of 500. taxi
ing the honor from four bright speak
ers. earned the first money for his edu-
cation as a ferryman on the Arkansas
river He went through the high school
at Little Rock, where his home is
When he got through the high scbooi
he worked his way through the Talla-
dega college in Alabama. At this time
he was completely strapped for money,
He.worked in stores and in shops, and
when he could not find anything eise
to do he went to work as a laborer- nn
a railroad just outside Chicago. Then
he got employment in a Chicago ma.
chine shop. and when he had made
enough 70 pay his fare to this city he
started for Yale. He washes
now for money enough to pay his avs
penses. NO colored student had ever
before captured a prize at Yale.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17

+,,-. N time to adapt our policy to conditions.
our aim should be to preserve the policy OK
A protective tariff, and yet Wherever Il VIC"
aver necessary to change the ouues IN pa.
t,cular paragraphs or schedules, II such chahse
"a demanded by the interests OF the nation as
q whole. .
In making any readjustment certain consid.
ara tions cannot be disregarded. II g tariff
law has worked we'll, and business has pros
nered, it may be better to endure some IN
eoualities for a time than to risk disturbance
and perhaps paralysis OF business: me 1ac'
that a change in a duty may be thought de-
sirable does not settle whether It Is advisable
Immediately. We must remember that when
ever a single schedule is considered some IN
terests will demand change in almost every
SCHEDULED; and when it comes to upsettlng the
schedules generally the effect would be ruinous.
One point we must steadily keep in mind.
Tariff revision. speaking broadly. stands Who'll
" apart from dealing with the trusts. No
change in tariff can have any substantial eff
feet in solving the trust problem. Certain
trusts or corporations are wholly UNAFFECTED
by the tariff. Practically all the others OF
Importance have numbers of smaller American
competitors; and a change In tho tariff which
would work injury to the large corporation
would work destruction to Its smaller COM
%petitors. Such q change would merely mean
that the trust was relieved of the competition
of its weaker American competitors, and
thrown only into competition with foreign COM
petitors; and the first effort to meet this new
competition would cut down wages. In the
case Of some of our greatest trusts such a
change might confer upon them a positive ben
eft. Speaking broadly. changes in the tariff
Will affect the trusts simply as they affect the
country. The tariff affects trusts only as 1t
affects all other interests. 1t makes all these
large or small. proftable: and its
benefits can be- taken from the large only un-
der penalty of taking them from the small
also.
To sum up. then. we must as a people ap-
proach the tariff from the standpoint Of busi-
ness needs. We cannot afford to become fos-
silized, or fall to- recognize that as the needs
of the country change 1t may be necessary
to meet these new needs by changing certain
features of our tariff laws. Still less can we
afford to fail to recognize the further fact that
these changes must not be made until the need
for them outweighs the disadvantages which
may result; and when 1t becomes necessary
to make them they should be made with full
recognition of the need of stability In our
economic system and Of keeping unchanged
the principle of that system which has now
become a settled policy in our national life.
We have prospered marvelously at home. AS
a nation we stand in the very forefront in
the giant international Industrial competition
OF the day. We cannot afford by any freak
Of folly to forfeit the position to which we
have thus triumphantly attained.
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per cent increase for freight and 10 per
cent increase for passenger service.
iohn e. Hanrahan, grand master Of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men. will arrive In Chicago today to
take up h eidemands OF the fremen on
the Illinois Central.
The adjustment committees for the
trainmen and conductors from the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy, the Rock
Island and the Milwaukee & ST. Paul
systems, where demands were made
January 5 for q horizontal Increase in
of 20 per cent for two classes nf
employees. now have their schedule of
demands revised and VIII present them
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17
VERMlLLlON BOY DROWNED.
Oliver P. Fellers, United States Artil-
leryman, Meets Death in California;.

Vermillion, S.. D., April 10.-Mr. and
Mrs. r. Fellers of this city were az.
prised last evening by telegram of the
death Of their SON., Oliver p, by drown
ing in San Francisco bay yesterday
morning. The message was sent by
Captain Hayden of the artillery corps,
of which young Fellers was a member.
No details have been received. Unless
otherwise ordered by the father, the
remain will be inferred in the national
cemetery at that place with military
honors tomorrow forenoon.
The young man vas a cherished son
and a very popular fellow hereabouts,
before joining the army, and friends
will sympathize with the parents in
their bereavement.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17
SENATOR M. e. RUDOLPH.
Lincoln Bar Pays Respects to His
Memory.

Canton, S. D., April 10.-The bar OF
Lincoln county Tuesday night held their
memorial services to the memor Of the
late Senator M. f. Rudolph. The eHer-
cises were held in the court house Ind
We're Of that simple and transformations
character that customarily predomi-
mates on such occasions, but they We're
solemn II impressive. All the attor-
neys Of any prominence, except those
who We're prevented by sickness, We're
in attendance and delivered touching
eulogies on the life, work and public
services of the departed senator. The
exercises were presided over by Judge
Joseph w. Jones, district judge of this
judicial district. Resolutions were
passed expressive Of the high esteem
in which Senator Rudolph was held by
the members of the bar n extending
to the bereaved family and relatives
their sincere sympathy and coincidence.
The resolutions dwell With especial en-
phasis upon Mr.. Rudolph's life as a
useful citizen, a successful lawyer and
a valuable public servant
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17
LIKE THE TONE.
London Papers Are Pleased With the
Speech of Roosevelt on the
Monroe Doctrine.

London, April THE strenuous tone
President Roosevelt's Chicago speech
caused comment in all the morning
pers. 1t is commented upon as an au-
thoritative exposition of the policy OF
the United States government Of the
Monroe doctrine. Tile Messages of the
speech dealing with the ter-oceanic
canal and American naval power are
welcomed as proofs that buncombe has
gone out of favor and real action haa
taken the place of vague clustering.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17
The South Dakota Tour.

Sioux Falls, S. D., April 1.-THE presi-
dents train left here at $40 o'clock
Monday, and will reach Yankton at
1855 a. M, departing from Yankton at
noon. The president will make a speech
there from a platform erected in front
of the new Masonic temple. The train
will reach Mitchell at 3 p. M, for a
fifteen minute stop, and will reach Alb
erdeen at 1885 in the evening for an
other stop of fifteen minutes. Edgeley,
N. D., will be reached at 1920 D.. NJ.
where a stop of forty minutes will be
made, the last stop Of the day. The
party will eat dinner and supper on the
train. a
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17
WILL FIGHT THE LAW.
Steel Range PeddIers Will Appeal TO
Supreme Court.

Vermillion, S. D., April 10..-The ans
nouncement that the steel rang ped
dlers had pulled up stakes and vacated
the state upon being requested to take
out a license was a little premature.
They were merely waiting to hear from
headquarters in the premises. Their
advice was to go ahead and invite ar-
rest, and If the law got after them to
fight the thing to a finish.
With these Instructions, one Of the
peddlers started out this week to sell
stoves. He reached the outskirts Of
the city and proceeded to unload q
stove at the home of p. p. Collins, K
Best was on the spot when he sales
man began his ICON" talk. After he
had finished his license was asked fori
Upon being told that no license was al
hand the officer promptly made the
arrest and brought the prisoner ia
town. Before Justice Danforth the ped
dler pleaded not guilty, but the evidence
was strong enough to convince the JUS.
tice that a fine of SIS and costs would
be about right. This case will be ap-
pealed to the circuit court, and If de-
feated there the company will carry ii
on up to the supreme court.
Attorney Hitchcock Of Mitchell is in
charge of the ~company's interests. and
believes the new law regulating ped.
QlerS llceiSes IS dsIecllVe ana III cons
tict with1the interstate m laws
At any rate the Home Comfort Steel
Range company does not propose to be
shut out Of the state Until they have
gone to the limit in testing the con-
stitutionality Of the present law.
The suit is a very friendly one be-
tween the plaintiff and defendant, and
Is brought merely to determine whether
or not the law will hold good against
bringing goods from one state and SELF
ing them in another.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17

Commander William s. Cowles,
PresidentsRoosevelt's brother-in-law,
is assistant chief Of the navigation bu-
reau and Is also naval aid to the pres
ident. Mr.. Cowles Is now the senior
commander and becomes captain at the
next Vacancy.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17

Mr.. aamberlain, in a letter to the
vicar Gorleston, England, has X
p~ressehis sympathy with q scheme
for rulng theaters In connection with
fhe chehes of country villages, saying
that Us always pleased to hear OF
anyth anything that is being done
for tlpeople in the way of bringing
light happiness into their lives.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17

1t is twenty-five years since Mrs.
Jennie D~rinkwater Conklin gave the
name Of ..Shut-ins' to the suffering
sisterhood, and out of a sympathetic
desire to cheer the afflicted ones bound
in the Fellowship of suffering has grown
the s.Shut-in" society.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17
SOUTH DAKOTA


The educational side of rural free de-
livery comes out clearly in the statis-
tics Of one western route, on which
there are 100 mail boxes, when the route
was established the humble of daily
papers taken in the district was five.
Now the number is sixty-five, and most
Of the papers come from one or the 9TH
err of two larger cities. What an en-
larged outlook, what a widened horizon
thai means!
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17
GODDARD TO GET PLUM.
to Succeed Lucas at Soldiers
Home.

Hot Springs, S.. D., April 10.-The
board of managers OF the South Dakota
soldiers home unanimously reelected
Captain w. V. Lucas as commandant
of the home. He thanked the board for
it's action, but declined to accept, ow-
ing to impaired health. The board
then elected Hon. Il. NJ. Goddard of
Sully county as Captain Lucas sue
cessor, his term to begin July 1.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17

Mrs. Cook, wife Of the British gov
ernor Of North Borneo, has an infant
rhinoceros for a pet. 1t strayed out Of
the jungle n morning and was cap
tured. The younster consumes sixteen
quarts of milk a day and looks more
horn on it's nose than a "rhino." The
animal Is covered with shaggy black
hair. It follows Mrs. Cook about like
q dog.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-04-17

the last seven ear the pop
10y Of Europe has risen in round
u.aITJrs from PIG, 600, 900 to 100000, 900;
tnhlhf Asia and Africa has probably
..lliIYased a little more slowly. that of
i.nheria has become more than three
~ a salf times as great as it was in
Mogether. the worlds population
a now!bout ], 800, 0Oo, 600. and was S47.-