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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
PANIC AMONG 1000.
cleaners Grew, However, Gains Pee
pie and Puts Out Fire on
Shin

New York. July 2l.--tluick work with
axes and buckets prevented Il disaster
in an excursion crowd today. The John
j. Keely association of the Fifth ward
Brooklyn. was giving an outing. More
than 1000 men and women and some
children had boarded the steamboat
Colchester and the barges Spear. Sus-
quehanna and Columbia at noon at the
foot of Dock street
The four vessels We're crowded and
the signal to start was about to be
given when fire was discovered in the
Joiner work. Of the Spears upper
deck. The word was passed quietly
among the steamboat employees and q
squad of men went to attack the
flames Soon those on board learned
what was wrong and there was n great
rushing to and fro. Officials Of the
boat went among the excited passeng-
ers to prevent a rush for the gang
plank, saying it was false alarm and
there was no danger.
A good many passengers. however.
went ashore and stood on the pier
watching the well drilled crew at work
on the Spears upper deck. The fire
was out in five minutes.
Two detectives from the Fulton street
police station who had been detailed to
see the excursionists depart went
aboard and made an examination to
see that the danger was past They
gave permission for the start and not
a person stayed behind.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
SOLD TO ROCKEFELLERS?
Syndicate of Amsterdam Bankers 10
Said to Have Acquired the
NJ, X G. T.

New York, July 23.--Rumors wer,
current in Wall street yesterday to the
effect that the Rockcfellers had dis
posed Of their control of the Missouri
Kansas & Texas railroad to a syndicate
of Amsterdam bankers. headed by H.
j. de M. Oyens, who has represented
the syndicate for several years. Ac-
corling to the story John d. Rookie
Teller got tired of carrying the property
which had never paid Il dividend and
care.
A World reporter failed to get con-
firmation or denial of the report yes
terday at the Standard Oil building,
No 20 Broadway.
In financial circles the story is gen.
orally credited.
The Missouri Kansas & Texas rail-
way has a capital stock Of S69,100. 900,
of which $13,000.000 is 4 per cent. nom
accumulative preferred. 1t has a bond :
ed Indebtedness of s79,269,00O. The
stock sold yesterday in Wall street at
| 1875 for the common and 407s for the
preferred The highest price the pre-
ferred stock sold at during the year
is 421s and the lowest 49, The common
has sold as high as l9 and the low as
145s
Missouri, Kansas e Texas has run
through Il country that is not especially
noted for its thrift until within the last
year, when its growth has been ire
mendous. The Holland bankers evil
IDENTIFY expect the road to be greatly
benefited by the growth OF the south :
!
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
YANkTON'S PILGRi,AAGE.
Fully 5000 Went Through Sioux City
Tuesday on Two Lines.

Fully o,ouO went nTOu9h StOux City
Tuesday on Two Lines.
Five sections of train No. to Yank-
ton over the Milwaukee e and ST. Paul
railroad this morning, comprising SO
coaches, all loaded, made up the ban
ner crowd. going to register for land.
This afternoons train at 4:45 o'clock
will take 10 coaches more.
The Northwestern railroad sent out
two trains. with Il total of thirteen
coaches, bound for Yankton. This
crowd went via Alton. More than 5000
persons went through Sioux City today,
having Yankton and the registration
booths as their destination.
The TribuneS Yankton correspondent
announces that town is running over
with land seekers and that the regis
tration clerks are swamped. although
new ones We're added yesterday and to-
day. About 1000 We're compelled 20
stay over last night and there will he
Il constantly increasing overflow up to
Saturday night. 1t is very doubtful #
the whole number can be enrolled be-
fore the final closing.
Two trainloads returning by way OF
Alton over the Northwestern last
night had fully 1000 persons from Mis-
souri, and Kansas points.
The Milwaukee and st. PauFs first
section this morning had thirteen
coaches, the second section ten, the
third section nine. the fourth section
ten and the fifth section, which did not
get away until / o'clock this afternoon
had eleven coaches.
More than 600 tickets were sold al
Sioux City. An unusually large mum
ser Of women was on today's trains.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
ELGiN HAS A MYSTERY
Edward S. Wellington, Business Mar
Disappears and Friends Are
Without Clue.

E.igin. H.. july 22.-There are mys-
FERROUS features in the disappearance
last Wednesday of Edward S. yelling
Eoff. exalted ruler of the Elgin lodge
of E!ks, forme" secretary of the board
IF trustees OF the Illinois Northern Hos
pitll for the Insane in this city. and
general maEager of the SherWin cream
eri"S.
1t became known today that MI.
Wellington left the city without In
forming his Immediate friends or w.
w. Sherwin. proprietor of the cream
cries. Wellington acted as paymaster
ana had charge of the books of the va
iious creameries. An examination of
his accounts is being made and his
friends predict that no Inaccuracies
will be found Mr.. Sherwin refuses to
discuss Wc!linghoE's disappearance.
Wellington also had charge of funds
in various fraternal organizations to
which he belonged. His friends report
that his accounts with these bodies are
correct in every particular
Police have been instructed to send
descriptions broadcast. The TIlks are
taking q prominent part in the work
nf locating the missing man. He had
made preparations for a trip to Gin
rinnati and was to have gone with
other F.lgin E.lks to join the Chicago
lodge for the trip to the convention
city.
Relatives of the missing man can ac-
count for his disappearance in only one
way. Shortly after his return from the
republican convention at Springfield
'tWhere he was n delegate. Wellinghoff's
office Nnder the Yates administration
was taken away from him. Following
the wishes of the governor. he handed
lin his resignation as secretary of the
board OF trustees of the insane hOSpi.
tai. Since his enforced resignation he
is said to have been moody. and de
clared to a friend: THE world seems
to be turning me down. l guess I've
seen my day
The news of his strange action II
leaving the city has brought to the
minds of Elgin people the disappear
ance of w. G. Prall secretary Of the
Elgin National Watch company. las
fall and the subsequent finding Of his
body in the Calumet river early thi:
Spl.inr
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
MRS. MAVERICK is FREE
She Left England for France After Her
Release From an English Prison
Sad Story of Her Case

Truro. Cornwall, Eng. July 222.-Mrs.
Florence Maybrick is free. She left
here al ll:4o "Wednesday, morning for
France.
With the black robed sisters softly
uttering blessings and good wishes for
her future. Mrs. Maybricle left the con-
lent of the Sisterhood of the Epiphany
: nd with twocompaniors entered Il car
,iase and was driven rapidly to Staus-
ELL station. fourteen miles away, where
he boarded "A train and started on her
Quincy to France. She will not go TO
america until her presence there is
| nperatively necessary. The greatest
ecrecE was thrown about Mrs. May
/ ricks departure.
/ Mrs. Maybricli who was a Miss Flor
|, ice Elizabeth Chandler, member of
F. Well known and prosperous southern
'amly, was married June ~, 1881 in
It. James church, Piccadilly, to James
Maybrick of Liverpool. She was then
$ years old, and her husband was over
! 0. In the spring of 1889 Mr.. Maybrick
became i'll and in a few days died. His
! ,rotherS investigated his death and
charged Mrs. Maybrick With the
1 murder of her husband.
| A long trial followed, and a number
| Il doctors SWOre the deceased died of
f! 'sencal poisoning. The defense proved
NAT for twenty years Mr.. Maybrick
lad been 4 confirmed user of arsenic
ind that he daily took doses large
lnough to have killed Il dozen ordinary
.pen. Mrs Maybrick was eventually
antenced to death by Judge Sir Fitz-
INES Stephen. who spoke for two days
| n charging the jury. He said it was
| .npossible for them to find her not
I:uilty in the face of the medical evil
ence The judge died some time later
| Il a madhouse.
/ From the time of Mrs. AIaybrck' 8
! conviction her mother, the Baroness De
! l.ouues. was unremitting in her eff
| !1rts on behalf of the prisoner. She sue
| .eeded in having the death sentence
| jommuted to penal seTvtude for life
! md finally obtained freedom for her
laughter. to whose release from prison
the devoted her life. The baroness was
| idcd by influential friends on both
| iGeS of the Atlantic. In 1900. after the
| ,'eath OF Lord Russell of Killowen,
| hief Justice Of England. q letter which
re had written to Mrs. Maybrick in
$50 was discovered. 1t showed that
! he was convinced that she ought never
| TO have been convict ed.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
WELCOMED DEATH.
Ncrwald ShapIeish Cites schopenhauer
To Justify His Suicide.

Paris, July 2l.-"What JOY it is to
die" death is the apotheosis of life.
Such We're the phrases which Norwald
Shapleigh annotated in the books OF
Schopenhauer and Baudal lane before no
committed suicide in room in the
Grand Hotel Dore. boulevard Mont
martre. He is said to have been a
nephew of Ambassador Porter. Books
and letters found on the table reveal a
sad story of morbid sensitiveness,
brought ON, it is said, by the use Of
morphine.
Shapleigh arrived in Paris July and
asked for a room in the Hotel Dore. He
at once confded to the woman i'll
charge that he had no money. having
lost it by gambling. He did not expect
to receive his monthly allowance before
August !.
AS he looked perfectly respectable he
was taken in, and, to the surprise Of
the hotelkeeper he paid week in ad-
vance. He said he came from Ostend
and had been for some time at Weiss
baden. He had apparently no friends
III Paris. and looked melancholy. He
seemed to be in feeble health and spoke
but little.
Asked Mothers Fore iveness.
Friday night he returned early and
shut himself in his room. Before carry
ing out his resolution to die he wrote j
few lines to his mother asking her 20
forgive him for the Worry he would
cause her. telling her that he was tired
of life. He had read in books that
there was JOY in death, and he hoped
to find it, as he found so little in life.
At 40 O'clock as he related himself
he took a sharp surgeons knife and
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
ARMS FOR FlLlPlNOS.
Uncle Sam Discovers That German an.
French M akers Are Sending
Weapons to Peninsula.

Washington July 22-Arms for the
insurgents in the Philippines are fur
,niShed by German and French manu-
.factmers. They not only furnish the
arms. but make arrangements for
transporting them to the islands and
placing them in the hards of the ins,ir-
gents.
The officers of the insular government
have been satisfied that that was how
the rebels got their arms and ammuni-
ton. But the best evidence they have
ever been able TO get was secured re-
Gently III the form of a letter written by
Artemio Ricarte, an insurgcnt leader.
whose bitterness earned for him the
Sobriuuet The Viper" I; was writ
lien to Prince LUIS Il Tagalog, in Ma /
Mia. while in Hong Kong. The letter is
las follows:
, I have reliable information that all the
Americans who are Tafts partsans are
busy procuring ways and means Of pre-
venting any movement to tear down the
civil regime until the presidential elections
are realized, because II the military re-
;gime should be enforced a the present
time it would destroy all the work of the
Iilnpcrialists and crumble Mckinley and
iRooscvelts policy.
! TO arms! To arms. dear brothers. DO
not Stage: any longer The American
people themselves are with us.
Forward. then. and do not allow those
vampires 10 deceive you any longer.
The principal object Of this letter is to
state 10 you that the representative OF
the two great arm manufacturers of Ger
many and France solicited a conference
with mo il! which this gentleman stated
that it was very urgent that | should de-
post with him the amount OF the funds
agreed upon according to price, IS pesos
for each rifle with $50 cartridges for each
rifle, as. according to this gentleman.
believe the insurgents of Knangsi and
I<uangtunS wish to buy ours.
You very well know that the firms fur
,lish the steamers that are to conduct the
nrlns. and that. in the case of any mis-
fortune, the firm loses its steamer
The letter indicates clearly that the
writer referred to krupp in Germany
;lnd the lie Creusot factory in France
Arms made at both plants have beer
taken from captured insurgents.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
EUSSIA'S EXPLANATION.
English Ships Must Quit Carrying
Contraband or Be Seized

st. Petersburg. July 22.--The Russ to-
day publishes an editorial statement Of
Russia's position relative to the stop
ping of neutral ships in the Red sea by
the volunteer fleet vessels There is
great interest in the statement be-
cause 1t is believed TO reflect directly
the views of the foreign office The
statement in part says
ut is easy to understand that the
British merchant marine feels the re-
strictions severely. AS a result OF the
stopping and searching, English ships
either must give up transporting con-
traband or continue it at their own
risk and peril in time of war between
two powers
Concerning the conversion of the vol
untear feet steamers into warships it
is stated that every government has
such rights. It says similar protests
concerning the passage of steamers
through the Dardanelles have been
made before and have been entirely dis
regarded and lost their Importance.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
COSTLY FARM LANDS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

Sioux City Ia, July u. = With
eight trains comprising a total
of seventysix coaches, carrying fully
ter, Tuesday the immensely Of
the great government lottery
looms UP more imposing than
ever. The crowd at Eankton was esti-
mated at noon at $1,000, according to a
statement over the long distance tele-
phone.
1t Is now certain that the people who
will register viii have paid out total
sum for registration alone more than
equal to the 81 per acre which the IN
dams will receive for the entire reser-
Walton.
The railroads will have received in
passenger fares over $l,O00,000.
and when the money necessary tor
meals and lodging and notaries' fees
are counted in, the total expense of
registering the landseekers is stu
pendOuS.
With moro than CT 900 registered up
to last night and every indication that
fully 10000 will register daily until the
enrolment books are closed Saturday
night, the grand total at the end Will
equal If not exceed the mighty figure
of 600 persons
A we'll posted railroad man says the
majority of those who register are com
ing from distances sufficient to make
their railroad fare more than $40 each
and thousands from Missouri, Kansas
and Illinois will pay from SIS to 500
each for their railroad tickets and hun
dreds from New England and the east
ern states will pay fares sometimes
reaching the $50 mark. A moderate
|
son going to register will pay the rail-
roads $40 for fare The average cost
of meals and lodging while on the trip
will amount to IS each, easily. Each
person pays % cents as a notary fee
before he can register. which makes
this sum insignificant in individual
! cases. amount to $27 500
After the 10000 acres, reserved for
school districts. are deducted from the
| total land opened to entry. $4,000 acres
are left This will supply farms for
| 2.4l2 persons whose names will be made
known in the drawing at Chamberlain
July %. These winners wiil--if they
follow up their right-pay the govern
ment 81 per acre for the land, amount.
ing in all to 81 .544 900. In addition EACH
entryman must pay sl4 land office fees
But what of the 1O7,5sS persons who
have expended time and money ant
undergone discomforts and even hard
ships who will not win in the drawing
and will not receive anything in return
for their pains?
They will have paid the railroad:
more than $1,O0O,00O and spent enough
money to buy Il much larger tract o
land at 81 per acre than the entir,
Rosebud reservation which has JUS
been opened
If 10000 persons registered thos,
who will get nothing pack will hav,
invested s1,640,717 in care fare, meals
etc, That's how much the American
! people are anxious to invest in lot
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
CRUISER LAUNCHED.
Armored Cruiser South Dakota Sue
cessfuIIy Sent Into the Waves
rs D,e;E;o

2 San Francisco. July 23.-The armoret
cruiser South Dakota was successfully
Launched from her cradle at the Unior
Iron works
Z The ceremonies attending the launch.
ing We're unusually simple. Bishop w.
n. Nichols, of the Episcopal diocese OF
California, offered Il short prayer and
then Miss Grace Herreid daughter OF
Che governor of South Dakota. pressed
u button that released the hull of the
youngest American cruiser. AS the
fessel began to move Miss Herreid
kWung a bottle of champagne against
he boat and bestowed the designated
Came on her.
Governor Herreid of South Dakota
rnd party and Il number of naVa. Of
ticerS and citizens Witnessed the launch
ing.
The armored cruiser South Dakota il
y sister ship of the California. launched
three months ago at the yards of The
Union Iron works. The two ships are
Utmost IDENTICAL and are the largest
war vessels ever launched in Il Pacific
ocean port. Each represents the latest
type of efficiency, speed and power.
Engines which are expected to develop
$4,000 horse power will give high speed
und great facility in maneuvering ut
yea. The coal capacity of the hunkers
tdmits of a radius of operation con
tideraby greater than any war vessel
now in the navy.
The South Dakota is of the type of
liN vessels authorized by co, gress at
the same time. The dimensions are:
Length at water line. 502 feet.
Breadth. 60 feet 81, inches.
Drdught. "a feet.
Displacement. l3 500 tons
Coal capacity. bunkers 1000 tons.
Guaranteed speed. % knots.
The armament. main battery. com
prise, -four S-inch breechloadng rifles
for two turrctS. aud fourteen 6incN
rifles OF the same pattern. The South
Dakota will be fitted as a flagship and
will require II complement of officers
and men numbering $40. The cost OF
the vessel will be approximately 5000,
900. lnCluliuW arnAmenl.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
GORMAN FOR CHAIRMAN
Position ls rendered to the Maryland
Senator, Who Is Expected to
Reject It.

as a result of the conference of distin-
gushed democrats here last night and
today, has been asked to become chair
man of the democratic rational com.
mittee. With great reluctance, he has
taken the request under consideration,
but it seems certain he Will decline.
William +. Sheeian is the next
choice. but he also may not accept.
chiefly because his health is unequal to
the strain.
The democratic leaders who came 70
New York at the suggestion Of former
Senator Henry G. Davis. candidate for
vice president, to talk with him regard
ing the campaign, continued the cor
ference of last night Mr. Davis ard
Senator Hill had IL long conversation.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
"GRANDPA" STORY DEAD
Well Known Figure at Sioux City
Stock Yards Dies

Sioux city. July 2l.-James Story
who for a decade or more has been a
familiar figure in the stock yards dis
trict. died last night at the ST Joseph
hospital. at the ripe old age of over 80
years. For several years past Story has
been a boarder at the Exchange hotel
and on sunny days he could be seen
sitting on the veranda.
His appellation of Grandpa Story
was given him by the stock yards men,.
with whom the old man had been great
friends His death was due to his adj
NaDra1
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
O'BRIEN, GRAND RULER.
Elks Also Elect r. j. Woods, Siou:
Falls. to Hiuh Office

Cincinnati. July Civ. j. OBren.
jr.. of Baltimore. was elected grand ex-
allied ruler of the Elks by a majority oe
$40 votes.
Up to II o'clock last night the follow
ing officers had been elected by accla-
nation:
Grand esteemed royal knight, f. C.
Tomlinson of Winston, n. c.; grand cs-
teemed lecturing knight. Charles w.
Kaufman of Hoboken, N. j., grand tel
Ter, W. w. Mcclellan of Pittsburg. Pa
grand treasurer, J. *. Tener of Char
leroi Pa; grand esteemed leading
knight, r. j. Woods of Sioux Falls,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
Horse Fell at Finish. /,

Marshalltcwn. Ia. July 21-A thrill
ing aCciGen! occurred in the closing
event of the annual Marshalltown race
meet which opened "Wednesday. Three
of eleven horses starting in the half
milo dash fell at the finish, two of
them. Joe Foster, owned by d. Stoves,
of Belle Plaine and Tom Wallace,
owned at StGourney, being killed out
right One of the riders, young man
named KELLEY, fell under his horse and
SUSTAINED probably fatal injuries.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
M aIacca at Port Said.

Port Said, July 20.-'rhe crew ana
passengers of the Peninsula and Ori-
entail steamer Malacca, seized by the
Russian volunteer fleet in the Red sea
have been landed here. The ship was
detained by the authorities. who are
waiting instructions before further ac-
ton.
The Malacca's crew We're declared
prisoners The Malacca is declared to
have on board contraband articles for
Japan. The cargo includes forty tons
of explosives destined for Hong Kong.
The British captain and passengers
complain of the Russian treatment.
The former carried his protest to such
length that he was threatened with ar
rest unless he desisted.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
TRADE GREAT
Alarm in England Over Our Ship
l;1crts 10 South Africa.

Alarm in England Over Our Ship
recrts 10 South Africa.
LONDON, Juiy 22.-In the house Of
,al'ds Carl Gray director of the Brit
,sil South Africa company brought up
IN" question Of American and British
'rcightS to South Africa. He COM
planned bitterly Of, the discrepancy in
'arcr OF New York and pointed out
-h@t under the existing system the
proportion of manufactures of food
SUITS shipped from New York to South
Africa was Gteadily increasing
'ihe system, he said, has given an
immense stimulus to American trade
10 The detrimant of British trade. 1t
WAS actually an advantage for the
British shipper to send goods to South
Africa by way of New York.
The earl strongly condemned the re-
bate system and urged the government
to cooperate with the various colonial
governments with the object of form
ING an important shipping combination
which would secure to British shippers
the advantage now enjoyed by Ameri
an
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1904-07-29
THE CHAMBERLAIN VIEW
Commission Finds That Tariffs Have
Enabled Americans to Take Away
Enalish Trade.

London, July 22.--1he report of Jo-
seph Chamberlain's tariff commission
on the iron and steel trades arrives at
the conclusion that the decline in the
British iron and steel industry is due
to the fact that manufacturers III
America and Germany have secured
control of their home markets by rel-
son of high tariffs, and organized 4 sys
TEN of regulating their export trade SO
that they are in a position to dump
their surplus products on the British
and other markets. irrespective of cost,
and that this dumping could not be car
riel on except for the British system Of
free imports