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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
TRY SENATOR FOR GRAFT
John A. Lee, the Prosecuting Witness,
Is Promised Immunity.

Jefferson City, Mo-. Aug. 4~.-Taking of
testimony was begun yesterday in the
trial of Senator Frank H. Farris on the
charge of bribery.
When cCurt reconvened Judge Davis
overrulcd objections to the telephone con-
versation and Lee was permitted to detail
T.. He told or having informed Kelly Of
the proposition to smother the so-called
alum bill in the committee for 5000 and
that Kelly told him he would confer with
other persons and report later. The next
day he received a telegram from Kelly
saying the proposition was accepted.
Lee testified also that Attorney General
Crow had promised his immunity IL he
would testify against Farris and that
Governor Folk. Attorney General Hedley
and Prosecuting Attorney Belch had prom
ised to dismiss the indictment on the
charge of bribery and not prosecute him
II he testified at this trial. The indict-
ment was dismissed quietly and the record
was brought into court while Lee was tes-
tifying to show that point.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
COUSIN SAYS OIL
KING RUINED HIM
Relative Of Mrs. Rockefeller De.
cIares John D. Squeezed
Him Out.
WAS IN THE OIL BUSINESS
N ethods by Which Prices Are Manip.
ulated in Order to Kill Com
petition Are Fully
Disclosed.

Cleveland. O., Aug. tt have been
squeezed by John D. Rockefeller and
financially ruined by him." said Spen-
ce1 F'rary, a cousin of Mrs. John d.
Rockefeller, today.
Il believe l would have been a rich
mar today had l been permitted to
have continued my oil business, which
was taken from me by Mr.. Rockefeller
some sixteen years ago." continued
Frary.
Spencer Frary was born at Ravenna.
He came here a farmer in 1871 and
engaged in the grocery business. He
went through the panic of 1878 and
then went into the oil business as a
manufacturer of lubricating oil. He
had a plant on Atlantic street and the
PENNSYLVANIA Railroad company's
crossing here. After he had become
Well established he received an offer
to sell 70 Rockefeller and Andrews. He
declined. He sale he believed there
was money in the oil business for him
and decided to continue in il.
Made Fatal Mistake.
Here | made my mistake" said
Frary. for one morning / Weakened to
find that the price of paraffne oil,
which had to buy from Rockefeller,
had been more than doubled. and that
In other words. the price of the COM
modify which ! bought from the Stand
cru ldu Detil uouDlet ana the Dr1Ce or
the commodity which l manufactured
and sold had been cut in two by the
Standard.
Then we knew at the same time
that while we We're paying 10 cents a
barrel for sending oil to the seaboard,
Rockefeller was only paying 10 cents.
Ida Tarbell say Rockefeller was not
satisfied With such a wide discrimina-
ton, and he even go: a rebate on our
rates. have no HOUht his was trI1a
even though l have no knowledge on
the question.
II have frequently visited at Forest
Hill together with my Wife. I have
never seen Mr.. Rockefeller on the occa-
sion of these visits. I have never
wanted to see him. He is not In the
habit Of meeting guests as a rule. Mrs.
Rockefeller is a splendid oma The
effect on Mrs. Rockefeller of the pub
licity which her husband has been sub
jected to has been especially noticeable
Of late.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
BITTER WAR OVER ONIONS
Engagements Broken Of and Women's
Club Qisrunted By Onion.

engagement DEOkcN vi ana w omen 8
Club Disrupted by Onion.
Cleveland. O., Aug 4.-The onion is
al outcast in Portsmouth, o., where So
ciety is waging a relentless war
against it.
During a lecture given under the
auspices of the Alliance of Women's
Clubs the speaker said that the onion
had no value as a food, that it had nc
taste. appealing only to the sense of
smell. and that it was useless to the
stomach. as we'll as Il nuisance.
Immediately there started all sorts of
arguments about the onion, many TAX
ing the part of the crushed and down
trodden vegetable.
There arguments grew so heated that
friends refused to speak, brothers quar-
relied, and in one instance IN engage
EleNt was broken off because the pros
peCtiva bridegroom carried in his
pocket an onion for the purpose, he
said, of demonstrating that it had
tast0
In the effort to settle the dispute the
Alliance of Women's Clubs convened in
eXtraOrdinar- session and adopted res
olutions as follows:
Whereas. The most fragrant viola
ton of the feelings of others which is
at all prevalent at the beginning of the
twentieth century is the use of the
oniOn and,
w tdS, Inc ploteSS VI "tNDlutlOn
W ich civilization represents has al
ways gradually increased its consider
alton for the feelings Of others until
many customs and habits which were
offensive 10 Il minority of persons going
TO make up society have been discon-
tinued: and,
Whereas, In the higher civilization
tie onion will be grown mi" to fur
aiSh specimens for botanical! collections,
where it will he claSsed with the nox-
icrs herbs of the lily family; and,
Whereas. The Apostle Paul. IN his
letter To the Romans. doubtless referred
to the eating of onions when he said,
If any man detiie the temple of God
him shall God destroy, for the temple
Of Goo is holy, which temple We are
therefore.
Pc it declared The ems of this body
That the following facts he set forth to
settle the discussion in our midst"
Then follows a declaration Of ac.
. -nptaI facts .
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
THRILLING SNAKE STORY.
Monster Snake Drank Milk as Maiden
Drew It,

OTcW Is
Scotland, S. d.. July 31.-Miss Marie
Czerney, daughter OF prominent resi-
ueLts OF Bon Homme county, had a
thrilling adventure with a monster
snake, as the result Of which she a
rowly escaped death by blood poison
caused by stepping on u rusty nail
while striving to escape from the
snake.
The young lady, with a pail in her
hand, went to her favorite Jersey for
the purpose Of doing her evening milk
ing.
AS the COW changed position Miss
Czerney would follow it up, and during
this operation her ankle became n
tangled, as she supposed. in the picket
rope. After milking steadily for several
minutes Miss Czerney became con-
cerned at the small amour of milk in
the pail.
She looked into the pail and attempt
ed to raise it, when she was mortified
by the discovery that a monster snake
had its head in the pail, the weight Of
the reptile making it difficult to raise
the pail from the ground. The snake
evidently had been drinking the milk
about as fast as it poured into the pail.
Greatly frightened by the discovery.
Miss Czerney gave a scream, sprang
to her feet and made a dash for her
home, when she made the further dis
coSeTy lIdl instead VI HeI dilhie De
ing entangled in the picket rope it was
the snake which was entwined around
her ankle. The reptile was coiled so
tightly n was Of such weight that the
young lady was thrown violently to the
ground.
In her haste she stepped on a rusty
nail, which penetrated the flesh to the
depth Of about two inchds. Blood poi
son set in. and only by the hardest
kind Of work was the life of the young
wOrlan saved.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
Talk of a National Assembly.
CHURCHES AS HOTELS.
Sleeping Apartments for
Land Seekers.

Denver, Colo, Aug. 3.-Advices from
Grand Junction. Colo. ana Nernal.
Price II Provo, Utah. indicate that
the work of registering applicants for
homesteads or the Uintah reservation
is proceeding in an orderly manner.
Registration opened at 8 and will
continue twelve days. Thousands of
people were in line at the registration
place, although early registration at
fords no advantage to the applicants.
as the lane Will De distributed by
drawing. which will begin August II.
A dispatch from Grand Junction says
5000 strangers have already arrived in
tina city and that most of them in
tend to register. About 400 men spent
the night in line at the Auditorium,
where the registration is being held.
The first man in line was William
Wayback, of Ouray. Colo. Those left
in line when registration closes at 6
this evening will receive tickets en-
titling them to their places in the line
next day. Several churches have been
converted into sleeping apartments for
Stra myers.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
10 PRorEcr RIVER BANK.

Elk Point. 8. D., July 31.-Govern-
ment engineers are here making prep
aration to begin the work on the re-
vetment along the Missouri and Sioux
rivers for the protection of the banks
The appropriation made for the work
at this place was SIS. 900. and 1t is be-
lieved this amount will be far from
enough to finish the work properly.
Some repair work will ave to be made
on the old riprap to prevent any fur
Their damage from the river. Some
fifteen of these spur bikes will be built
out into the river about $50 feet and
ESQ to 800 feet apart. The first thing
to be done is to sink a willow mat up
on the river bed. to prevent the water
undermining the bikes. The material
will largely be shipped to Sioux City
and RATED up the river from there.
1t is expected that the work will be
well under way by the middle Of Au-
gust. unless the stage of water In the
river interferes. The cutting due to
the late phenomenal rise uncovered a.
log imbedded fourteen feet below the
surface near the Elk Point bank and
which is believed by good judges to
be $50 wears old.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
DIVORCE MEANS BIGAMY
Decision of New York Judge Leaves
Woman with Two Husbands.

New York, Aug. 4.--By Il decision
handed down by Justice keogh. of the
supreme court, sitting in Nassau
~. n South Dakota divorce obtained by
Charles p. Hayward. formerly Of Free
port. l.. J., but now of East Orange. N.
j.. has been declared irregular ami his
marriage to Mrs. Annie V. Secor, for
merly the wife of Horace Ss"rOr, il, a
New York lawyer, is, therefore, not in
accordance With law.
The decision is of particular import
ance because it will invalidale the di-
VorCe of Mrs. SeCOr in 1902, when, after
she had been married fifteen years and
had a daughter y years old. she went
TO Sioux Fails and procured a divorce.
Secor put in no defense. Returning to
New York. Mrs. Sccor went to live
with friends in F'reeport,
The iieywards We're apparently
happy. when suddenly the husband left
his home, first writing his wife that he
you'd not live with her longer. The
Heywards had been married since 1884.
learned that he. too, Ia gone west
and got a divorce. Thinking that his
divorce was legal. Hayward returned to
t'reeport and hen it was announced
that he and Mrs. Secor were married.
He at that time was 43 years old and
she was 4S. 1t is presumed that they
We're married at Sioux Falls.
Mrs. Hayward No. l then began to
contest the South Dakota suit and her
contention has been sustained that the
divorce granted by the courts in Sioux
Falls was not legal. a divorce vas
granted her OF statutory grounds. She
is at liberty to marry again, out Hey
wood has not this privilege during his
first wife's life.
The fact remains. however, that he
and Mrs. Secor are already married. A
suit for $4,000 against Mrs. Secor. or
the second wife, filed by the wife Of
Hayward for alienation of her hus-
IN ud'S affections jS also poDdipp
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
zIoNlsTS BADLY SPLIT:
Israel Zangwill, Author, Says Great
Mistake Was Made by Rejecting
noIish Offer,

New York. Aug. 5.-lnterviews with
leaders of the Zionist movement, gath
cred by special correspondents attend
ing the Zionist congress at Basic.
Switzerland. are published today by
the Jewish Morning Journal.
Attorney Jassinowsky of Warsaw,
leader of the seeding Zionists, declares
a majority of the original congress tic
not represent the interests of the Jew
ish nation, and adds: "A great mis-
take was. made in refusing land offered
by the English government as the site
for a colony"
Israel Zangwill. the author. said:
Rejecting the English offer. If it had
been agreed to by a majority of our
people. would ave been a death blow
to practical Zionism. Zionism will be
rescued by territOrialists, who have
abandoned the original movement and
have organized a new movement that
Is bound to succeed"
Basic, Switzerland. Aug. 3.-The Zionists
yesterday enthusiastically received Max
Nordeau's eloquent felicitation Of Switzcr-
land upon the celebration Of the anniver-
sary Of the foundation Of the confedera-
ton.
The congress. after accepting reports of
committees on proposed alterations in the
Statutes, was brought to a close in the
afternoon with the election Of the execu-
tive committee. on which Or. Henry Fried
enwald. Lewis Epstein. Cyro Sulzberger.
Zolokoff Horov.tch. DR.. Magnes and DR..
Harri represent the United States.
President Max Nordau led the opposition
to accepting a tract of land from Great
Britain for the formation of a Zionist col
ony in East Africa.
This resolution was adopted by an over
whelming majority:
THAT the Zionist congress firmly main
tains the principle for the foundation Of
the colony in the Hebrew fatherland. Pal
estine, or in that vicinity. The congress
thanks Great Britain for her offer of Afri-
can territory, the consideration of which,
however, is terminated, and hopes that
Great Britain will continue to aid in the
solution Of the Hebrew question:"
The proposal of the British government
to grant a considerable area in the British
East African protectOrate for a Zionist
settlement was put forth before the sixth
Zionist congress, held at Basic in 1908.
This year. In May, the Zionist executive
committee decided against the settlement
as al variance with the original proposal
for the establishment of an autonomous
Hebrew state in Palestine or the Sinai
gotiatlons. and an expedition was sent out
under Major St. John Gibbons to explore
the British possessions in Fast Africa for
a tract suitable for a settlement. On his
return in the spring of this ear he re-
ported that ne had found a plateau of five
thousand square miles, capable Of ready
development. with a very healthy climate
and not settled by natives.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
TRAVELLERS in SOUTH DAKo1
Over PAS sishtseers Rounded Up
Aberdeen Police.

Aberdeen, 8. D., July 31.-A squad
police officers rounded up the hoboi
in the different railroad yards In Abe
deem Tuesday night. arresting sixts
four travellers. No less than sevent
five men We're found in an empty fuI
niture a on a freight train that hi
just pulled into the Milwaukee yar6
The men were packed in the a liz
sardines. Thirty-two men we're lodge
in Jail until morning and the oths
thirty-two were taken to the junction
the roads lei the city and ordered
move on. They scattered in all dire
tons and promised faithfully to new
step foot in the city again. Later I'll
remainder were taken to the city limi
and given the same Injunction.
All who protested a willingness
work were allowed to remain in tow
and the police exerted themselves
find something for the men to do. Mo
of the hoboes. however, refused all o
fers to work. some of them haughtil
while others smiled indulgently at Il
question and declined. None Of tt
men carried firearms and made no r
sistance to the officers. Since July
the records show hat 245 hoboes ha,
been arrested by the Aberdeen polio
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
INDIANS D|SpLEASED
WITH RECENT LAW
Right to Sell Liquor to Indians
Holding AlIotments Causes
Strife.
OTHERS SHOW UNREST
1t Is Said That on the Rosebud Reser.
walton Many of the Old Chiefs
Favor an Uprising and Such
Is Feared by Settlers.

Bonesteel. S. D., July 31-An outbreak
Of the Sioux Indians or the Rosebud
reservation Is apprehended and 1t Is
feared that blood will To- or the lands
that have recently been ceded by Uncle
Sam to settlers from the country over.
Masacres and even an attempt upon
the part Of the redmen at annihilating
the whites OF the reservation are feared
by the settlers, and preparations are
being made by them to protect their
homes and their wives in case the
thirst Of the Sioux increases.
The cause for the fears, and indeed
for the already alarming indications
Of the wild outbreak among the red
men. Is primarily the recent interpre-
tation OF the law by Justice Brewer.
granting the ndian holding allotments
u rlgnt TO buy liquor.
mat privilege granted to the redmen
has already meant the stirring OF the
blood that flows in those aboriginal
veins almost to the boiling point. For
an Indian, once he has Il taste of liquor.
will never end his drinking until ne Is
stone blind with in~toxication. And once
drunk, an Indian, dispensed by some
slight deed OF a White man, knows no
.aw no controlling power save the
limits OF his own human strength.
AS Il matter of fact the Indians never
have felt quite right over the Rosebud
and drawing, anyway, and their anger
is increasing instead of diminishing.
Last night six Indians, each armed
with a Dig gun, quarreled with a bar
tender in Smith BROS. saloon at Dallas
over the land proposition. The /
tender beat one OF them almost to
death with bottles While the proprietor.
with two big Colts revolvers pointed at
the braves, held them motionless dur
ing the fight. IF one Of you moves"
he declared, I'm kill YOU" The in
Jured man did not regain consciousness
!Or twelve hours and tWenty-seven
stitches were necessary to sew his
scalp together.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
EDISON SOLVES PROBLEM
Can Provide Cheap Electric Traction
for Vehicles.

New York. Aug. 3.-Thomas A. Ed
son has made the unqualified declara-
ton that he has solved the problem of
providing cheap and serviceable cleo
trio traction for vehicles.
by October my light battery will be
ready for the market n we will be
ready to equip automobiles Of all de.
scriptiOns," he said. ITO reach a defin-
lite conclusion of its possibilities I man
ufactured 4 200 cells and equipped
about 100 co~nvcyances Of all descrip-
tons. In Washington we attached the
batteries to a numbe OF express deliv-
cry wagons, with the result that after
many months the cost of operation has
been found to be IS per cent of that Of
horses.
1.-The batteries manufactured varied
In types, so that | might obtain the
happy average ! wished to strike, and |
am prepared to make the unqualified
statement that the Edison battery will
revolutionize the storage battery prob
lem.
"As to its pcwer there is no ques-
ton. had a Dig two-ton car brought
20 my factory in Orange, where it was
ftted with cells and we took it out and
sent it over the roads TO New Jersey
at thirty-tilree miles an hour
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
COLLEGE ANNOUNCEMENTS.
Yankton School Faculty vacancie
Have Been Filled.

Yankton. S. D.. July 29.-College fac
ulty announcements are as follows al
to vacancies filled: T. w. Burckholte{
of the International Y. M. C. A. Physi1
cal Training school, to be director o
physical training of the young men and
Instructor In the academy. Miss Anna
WEIGH, a graduate Of Northwestern
university, has been appointed to a sim1
liar position for the young women and
will also teach history in the academy
On August l next, and continuing for
two weeks, a summer theological insti1
tute will be held under plans that orig
mated under the founder of the college.
DR.. Ward, eighteen years CO.. Among
those who have agreed to give adj
dresses are Or. Frizzell, pastor of the
sieux City Congregational church,; DR..
S. G. Smith of the Peoples church, st.
Paul, and others.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
MILLIONS FOR lOWAN
Young Zeisler, Former Muscatine
Youth, Settles Estate with His
Adopted Mother.

New York, Aug. 3.-Hy payment OF
81. 500, 900 to the widow of the late VIM.
Zeigler. the Zeigler will contest was
settled today. Justice Giegrich. Of the
supreme court. authorized Justice Cay
nor. executor of the estate, to pay Mrs.
Ziegler 1900 900 in cash and 5000
shares of Royal Baking Powder COM
pany stock, valued at $4,000 VIM
Ziegler. the 14-year-old adopted son OF
the testator, who was made heir to the
estate, consented to this statement. He
will still hav many millions left. He
was born at Muscatine, la.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
STATES JOIN IN CRUSADE
Three Large Insurance Companies to
Be investigated.

Chicago. Aug. 5.-tThree large insur-
ance companies ofHNew York are to
be investigated by 4ile insurance com
m%issioners Of Tennessee, Kentucky,
Wisconsin and Minnesota rs a result
of a meeting of eight state insurance
commissioners held here today Another
result Of he conference is to be the
interstate investigation of all large in
surance companies, SO that the alleged
misapplication of funds and misman-
agement may become a thing of the
past.
It was the unanimous opinion of the
experts attending the convention that
should be an interstate inspec-
tion of the insurance companies. The
commissioners will go to New York on
August 10.
b. F. Carroll. auditor of state and
AK oficio insurance commissioner Of
Iowa, attended the convention.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11
POSTAL LONG
W.. G. Smith, Of Waterloo, Comes to
Front with Prize Story,

Waterloo, Ia, Aug. 3.-A posta! card
mailed more than twenty-five years
ago was received recently by w. G.
Smith, manager of the Iowa Telephone
company at this place. 1t was written
by the secretary Of the company at
Davenport and mailed at the Daven-
port postoffice April Z, 1888. The card
did not reach Waterloo until June II,
1905. being on the road twenty-five
years, two months and four days.
Mr.. Smith received a card with other
mail directed to Walter Schroff, man
agcr of the Iowa Telephone company,
Waterloo, Ia, and signed by Mr.. Han
son., secretary of the company at Dav-
export, under date of April Z, 1883. The
card bore the Davenport postmark and
was cancelled on the date Of receipt
at the Waterloo office, June II, 1905.
1t was turned over by Mr.. Smith to
Superintendent Mcfarland at Des
MOinpS.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1905-08-11

Mount Vernon. N. VI would make a
bet tomorrow If I got a good tip, and I
wouldn't care a rap for all the police in
New York. I am sure my husband, P. J.
Ring, got that place pulled to humiliate
me, and IL he doesn't stop saying things
about me I will use the Kentucky styls
on him; l am strong enough to thrash
him." So says Mr. Rings better half, Mrs.
Naomi Duncomhe Ring, who was caught
in a raid on q Iloolroom in the rear OF q
florists store in Eighth avenue. Manhat-
tan, Saturday afternoon, and who IL great
ly wrought up over the charge OF being
the woman with the rolf back of the
poolroom.