The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-01-27
State Items.

At the last session, the salary ap
preparation of the Speartish normal
school was cut about Sc, 600 from the
recommendation of the board of re-
gents of education and as a result
the school has been running as close
as possible and has about reached
the limit OF the appropriation and
has only enough funds to keep it
in operation until the third OF Feb
ruary.
The board Of regents at their ses-
sion yesterday notified Prof Cook Of
that institution that unless they
could secure special emergency
appropriation for the institution
between now and the third of next
month that all the depal tments are
to be closed for the rest Of the year
Every effort will be made to secure
this appropriation TO keep the school
in operation.
A new building for school and
assembly purposes will be erected
on the Indian school grounds at
Pierre during the coming year the
amount SIS, 900 having been appro-
priated for that purpose. This build
ing will bring the capacity Of the
the school up to 200 pupils, allowing
a number who desire to enter the
school the privilege which the super
intendent has been compelled to re-
fuse them on account of lack of room.
Under the management OF Superin
tendent Levengood the school has
prospered and is taking front rank
among such government institutions.
A colored gentleman, Paul L.
Scott by name, proposes to bring a
colony Of 100000 colored people to
South Dakota and settle them on
lands near Mitchell. His plan is to
divide the land up into so acre tracts
and bring west the better class of
black people to become citizens. He
believes this will do much to settle
the race question. 1t will at least
give the people of South Dakota an
opportunity to see the race question
from the southerner's point of view
One OF the society items from
Interior, out on the edge of the bad
lands, about one hundred miles
from Fort Pierre is: "Mrs. Chief
Spotted Horse, (wife No. y in a
At of jealous rage, tried to commit
suicide by stabbing herself in the
left side on Christmas day. She will
recover"
The first case, so far as known, in
the history of South Dakota Of a
| Sioux Indian woman giving birth to
a quartette of children is reported
from the Rosebud Indian reservation.
Mrs. Leading Charger, wife Of one
of the best known Brule Sioux Ind
ians, residing in what is known as
the Cut Meat District, gave birth to
a boy and three girls. Each Of the
babies weighed about two pounds at
birth. Three OF the babies died soon
after birth, but at last accounts the
fourth one was still alive.
The committee in charge OF Presi
dent Roosevelt's coming Inaugural
ton has invited Capt. Seth Bullock
of Dead wood to form company of
cowboys to appear in the srand par
ade. There is a chance for every
cowboy to appear in the company by
applying to Mr.. Bullock. Although
but thirty men are necessary to Sc
cure place in the line, all who wish
will be accepted. Each man will fur
nlsh his horse and accoutrements,
and the total expense will be about
$65. 1t is also expected that any
one who wish may sell the outfit in
Washington after the inauguration.
The plan of transportation is to send
all horses and equipments by one
special train, the men to go on a
regular passenger. BY thus secur-
ing rates, the expense is reduced to
s65 per man.