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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
WILL INCREASE STOCK
Reported That 100 Millions Of Stand
ard Oil Paper Will Soon Be
GOO Millions.

New York. Feb. 10.--Unofticial an
nouncement was made in Wall street
today that the Standard Oil company
is preparing to increase its capital
stock from 500. 900, 900 to $500, OO0, 900 by
Issuing six shares for each one now
outstanding. 1t is not designed to raise
Immediately any money on this new
issue, but simply to divide the present
high priced shares into six and give
them to the old Stockholders
The company has two objects in do
ing this. One is to try to dispel the
public criticism that arises every time
the Standard declares a 40 or 48 per
cent. dividend. The other is to bring
about Il scattering of the stock among
a larger number OF holders, SO that
they may be missionaries in every town
ito help stem the rising tide of OPPOSE
Ition to the trust. 1t is urged that the
salvation of the steel trust is its enor-
nous number of small stockholders.
and the Standard at last is seeking
cover from the antitrust sentiment.
T; No stockholder will be loser be-
cause he will hold six times as many
shares as before. On the contrary, he
will gain. because when the stock is
reduced to figures where people can
afford to buy it, the price is pretty sure
to rise above One-sixth its former
value.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
IOWA REGIMENTS WIN.
Successful in Their Fight for Reeosni
ton in Inscriptions on Shiloh
Monument. 553

Washington, D. c.. Feb. Ex-senator
Dolliver and Representatives Hull and,
Lacey had long conference with Sec
rotary Taft over the Shiloh monument
question. and at the close of 1t were
able to announce that the Fifteenth and
Sixteenth Iowa regiments had won
their fight for Inscriptions on their reg!
mental monuments at Shiloh that shall;
show they participated in the morning
fighting on Jones' field. April 8. 1862.
4 While Secretary Taft has not Officials.
ly announced his decision, he gave as
surances that the regiments would bel
allowed practically what they asked,
The time Of fighting will be placed on
the monuments as the regiments have
asked It, with this qualification: .'.Ac-
,cording to the reports of the coIonels
commanding the regiments. This will
undoubtedly end a long standing CON-
troversy. 1t appears the report OF the
board OF officers that Investigated the
subject concluded the time Of participa-
ton was uncertain and wanted It left
as an uncertainty in the Inscriptions.
To this Secretary Taft acceded. In tho
hearing this afternoon the principal
talk was made by Captain Hull. Sena-i
tor Dolliver and Major Lacey were like
wise heard. ~
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
GOVERNOR MAY ACT.
Believed in Des Moines Cummins Will
Assist Cawson's Cause.

Des Moines, la, Feb. S.-Those who
opposed extending an Invitation to
Tom Lawson to address the house
Tuesday, with but one or two excep-
would not do SO had they an
opportunity to do it again. Among
these was Speaker Clarke. The resolu-
ton, which was introduced by Head.
didn't specify when Lawson would
speak and those who opposed it antici-
pated that he would spend couple of
hours in a populistic harangue and
possibly waste considerable time eulo-
giving Governor Cummins. AS mat
ter of fact, Mr.. Lawson Immediately re-
sponded to the invitation. talked not to
exceed fifteen minutes and spoke SO
earnestly, if not eloquently, as to earn
the sympathy and respect of his hear
ers.
1t Is the general impression that he
made very favorable impression upon
the governor and that it is possible the
latter may decide to cooperate with
Governor johnson Of Minnesota, Gov
ernor Broward of Florida and ex-At-
torney General Monette of Ohio in ac-
cepting Lawson's proxies and actually
assuming charge of the movement
among policyholders to secure control
of the New York and Mutual Life In
surance companies and bringing about
complete reformation of them.
III cApldlAAAi6 his HASSlou " iowa,
Mr.. Lawson said he found it necessary
to make these pilgrimages to tho vari-
Gus states because he was q private
citizen. Were he the president, he
could sit at Washington and summon
the governors and others to him. He
had found. however, that a private cit
izen was Handicapped in a movement
of the kind he proposes and hence. he
had decided to seek the assistance OF
Governor Cummins and others. He
said he simply wished to turn over all
his proxies to them and that they,
with these and others, which will nat
urally come to them, will thus be able
to control the next annual elections
Of the two insurance companies and
bring about any reforms in the inter-
est of the policyholders they may de-
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
ROOSEVELT ASKED :
TO AVERT STRIKE
That This Will Be Done !.
the Sentiment in
New York.
STILL SOME PARLEy'NG'
Operators and Minors Will Have An
other Conference on February IS
Before General Order to
Strike Issues.

New York, Feb. 9-Presiuent ROose-.
Welt, 1t Is suggested here may be called
upon in q few days to use his influences
in averting a general strike of ANTHRAX!
cite and bitumlnous coal miners. Opin-l
ion of leaders at the mines and opera
tors in this city indicate that without
the interposition of some potent In,
iuence, outside the conflicting interests,
!, strike of greater proportions than has
ever before been known in this country
is inevitable.
w. III. Truesdale, president OF the Del,
aware. Lackawanna and Western cOm-I
pany, said:
II don't know that we are much near
err a general strike than we were six
weeks ago. John Mitchell comes here
on February 15. We vii! find out In
detail what the union demands. For 4
long time we have been mining great.
deal of anthracite coal and have BEEN
storing large quantities, but none has!
been withheld from our customers. The
,nlldness of the winter has enabled us
to get cut n good deal OF coal and has
diminished the demands Of consumers. -
Thomas p. Fowler. president of the
ontario and Western railroad, said 1t!
was an open secret that the operators
had been getting out an unusual guam
tity Of coal and storing 1t for many
months in anticipation OF being called,
upon to meet an emergency.
Operators Are sanouins.
An officer of one Of the largest of thel.
anthracite coal carrying companiesY
said: 1.-The strike will In all likelihood,
take place on April 1. The anthracite
miners have had three years of unex- I
ampled prosperity since their strike
was settled. They think that this was I
brought about by the methods they
used in the strike OF 1902. The same
methods. they think. are equally good
today. Demands will be made which
I'VE cannot grant. and the strike will
take place. 1t will not last long, as We
are better prepared to handle 1t than,
I'VE were when the last strike started"
/ Another large dealer said that IL a
strike was ordered the operators would
force the fighting from the start. In
1902 they waited for the men to return
/ 1t was also stated that. through the
suggestion Of dealers, many large man i
ufacturing firms in the east have laid
in large supply OF steam coal. In an-i
ticipation of q strike.
A representative of Williams & Pc,
ters, sales agents for the Erie, said one
concern in New York now had $4,000
tons of coal stored outside OF the city.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
FINISHES HIS TESTIMONY
John F. Wallace Says the Work of Con
structins the Panama Canal Is
Hampered by Red Tape,

Washington, d. c., Feb 1O.-Johl,
Findley Wallace, former chief engineer
of the isthman canal commission has
concluded his testimony before the SEN
ate canal committee, except in relation
to the type of canal, which will be TAX
en- up after the reports of the board of
consulting engineers have been made
public. He said the red tape necessary
to the system involved in governmental
work compelled him to favor the con-
tract plan of building the canal in or
der to expedite it's completion. He
thought the man in charge of the work
on the isthInus should be the undis-
puted head, with the governor of the
zone second, and the man who has
charge of the procuring of supplies and
men third in authority.
The present arrangements, he said,
amounted to chain of masters with
the chairman of the commission. an
executive commissioner. Mr.. Cromwell,
Secretary Taft and the president, grad
ing down to Mr.. Stevens. or the man in
actual charge of operations on the
isthmus. He said Mr.. Cromwell had
been included as one of the masters for
the reason that he seemed to have GER
tain undisputed influence which en-
titled him to be classed in the chain.
Headquarters Near BY.
Headquarters of the commission
SllOulQ Ue OH Tic lSlIlIIluS, MI. wallace
said, and the harder the communica-
ton with Washington. the less work
would be retarded. He thought the
engineer in charge was not paid an
excessive salary.
Senator Morgan suggested Mr.. Ste
vens was receiving as much as all of
the six senators in the committee room
and Mr.. Wallace replied:
Yes. and l presume he earns it,
He thought the chairman of the com
mission, II he was to live in the United
States, was receiving too much, but
said he could not speak confidently con-
corning that
Discussing rates on the Panama rail-
road he thought there should be no
classification of freight in the sched-
ules but that a charge Of $500 ton
should be made. He compared the Pam
anna railroad to the railroads of the
United States as grain Of sand to the
seashore, and continued: IF this gov
eminent can not deal with the rates on
that little road in a satisfactory man
ner. it had better leave the railroad sys-
TENS of the United States alone"
The hearing was adjourned until Fri
day at II o'clock.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
MANY MEN KILLED.
At Least Twenty-Five Meet Death /,
Mine Explosion in West
Viroini.

Charleston. w. Va, Feb. 10.-At least,
twenty-eight men are supposed to have
met death In a terrible mine explosion
| in the Parall mine of the Stewart COLI
leries company near Oakhill. Thirty
nine men We're employed in the mine
and only eleven have escaped alive. At
midnight six bodies had been recovered
near the mouth OF the mine and it is
certain that all others In the mine are
dead. Among those known to be in
the mine and supposed to be dead are .
NINE BOSS MILES PRATT AND
HIS SON (white).
-FOUR NEGROES.
DAVID WELLS.
JAMES SWAN.
GEORGE JONES.
WILLIAM MADISON
The explosion was caused by a poke.
Of gas, which was struck In Il fault III
the mine. The explosion was terrific
and 1t Is thought that many Of the
miners We're killed outright by 1t.
The system of fans was completely
wrecked and all air was shut of, leav-
ing the men who had not been killed
by the explosion to smother to death.
The mine IL a shaft about 700 feet
deep and the unfortunate miners had
little chance of escape.
Most OF the entombed men are Hun,
garians or negroes. who had little ex-
perience in mining. They were not ex-
pecting the pocket OF gas. which is
nearly always discovered in mines in
the Kanawah region.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
IN BRIDAL ARRAY.
iiss Roossvelt's Trousseau Is About
Completed, When She Will Be
Photcnranhed

| Washington, Feb. 1O.-Austrian AM
| bassador Hengelmullcr. acting dean OF
the diplomatic corps, after !: confer
,nce with officials of tho Washington
| government, has advised his govern
,nent that it is the wish Of President
and Mrs Roosevelt that no official gift.
| shall be presented to their daughter
upon the occasion of her marriage next
week.
Hengelnucller. in circular to the
diplomatic corps here. has informed tho
members of the fact and it can be
stated that other European governs
ments will follow the example Of Aus
| tria.
Whatever presents are sent will b
in the name of the sovereigns and no,
from the governments themselves.
Be Photographed in rousseau.
Washington, Feb. 9.-Miss Alice Roose.
welt spent another busy Gay shopping
She had fitting Of her wedding gown
and it IS understood that the entire outfi,
will be ready BY the end of this week,
Miss Roosevelt has been importuned fol-
photographs In her bridal fnery. and sh
has partially promised several friends
that she will consent to this ordeal.
1t was stated at the White House tina.
Jail details about the trousseau of tn,
presidents daughter will be made public
before the wedding. This will include !,
specially designed. A list OF the most i'm,
portant of the wedding gifts also will b,
made public. The presents are catalogue.
as they arrive and then sent to the attic.
The most valuable of plate and jewelJ wi ]
be transferred to a bank vault.
In the diplomatic corps there is az,
aggrievcd feeling because only the head
of embassies and legations and actin;
charges d'affaires have BEEN asked to thu
wedding Even the 1anphfarS IF -.
British and Russian ambassadors. Miss
Josephine Durand and the Baroness Eliza
beth Rosen, have not been included, all
though both girls are on friendly terms
with the bride-elect. In society as well
as among the relatives Of the family, the
president and Mrs. Roosevelt have OBJ
served the rule Of asking only two out
of each family. Only those girls who are
the intimates of the bride are to be pres
ent In the blue room. The ceremony will
occur at temporary altar. erected be-
! tween the great windows which face the
ooa
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
WORSE THAN BOXER TIME
Bishop Of Victoria Says China situa.
ton 10 Serious. ID

London. Feb. al. C. Hoare, bishop
of Victoria. Hongkong. in an interview,
on the situation In China, expressed the
view that the outlook was more serious
In the south, at any rate, than before
the Boxer rising.
The persistent American boycott
he added. lis stirring up much troublei
and there is danger that the Chinese
may extend the boycotting principle.
inevitably leading to general anti3
foreign feeling among the more ignor:
ant classes.
The attack on DIR. Andrew Beatty,
the American Presbyterian missionary
at Att, whose residence was looted on
February 3, was particularly darinei
as 1t occurred just across the river from
the Canton settlement and within a few
yards Of European gunboats. It ia also
significant that pro-foreign official.
Viceroy Yam Shi Yai should have dis
charged Professor c. D. Tanney ian
American and director of education)l
who organized the school system at Pc
Chi LII province.
The spread of the boycott will he
more difficult to contend with than the
Boxer movement. AS the exclusion OF
the Chinese from the United States and
the Philippine islands caused the bow
colt Of American goods, their exclusion,
from Australia and Canada will cause
FEELING against Great Britain"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
MADE MISTAKE.
Countess Fleeing fr,m Home Deprive,
caste'Iane Of Necessary Legal Stat
US Before Starting Divorce Case.

Paris. Feb. 10.-It Ia learned that tn
zeal reason the Countess de Castel-
lane delayed beginning legal proceed
ings for divorce was that by hastily
er their quarrel and fleeing to the
Hotel Bristol, she committed legal
faux pas. The voluntary abandonment
OF her home debarred her from obtain4
Ing the permission Of the judicial ref
cree, the office of the court from whom
sent to initiate divorce proceedings.
Friends advised the countess. after
her flight. that she had lost the legal
standing by abandoning her home.
which entailed abandonment of her
children. Fearing to lose possession OF
her children. the countess returned to
her home. A friend ce the countess
says she has now obtained permission
to depart. the subtle French divorce
law forbidding the initiation Of a di-
vorce action II the wife is not at thu
time living under her husbands roof.
The countess ignorance OF the law
entailed constructive voluntary aban-
count an opportunity to begin negotia-
tons for reconciliation. The countess
preferred returning home to taking the
legal chance of losing possession OF the
children. the mere thought OF which
precipitated Mysteries.
Chicago, Feb. 9.-A cable dispatch to
the Record-Herald from PARIS says:
Swift retr'bution OF a tragic kind. even
II 1t has homic element. has overtaken
Count Boni de Castellane for the wrongs
suffered at his hands by his American
wife, who was Anna Gould. ::
Monday evening found Count Boni with
out his watch. 1t ia q heavily jeweled
chronometer that cost an enormous sum.
Its purchase was one of the earlier of his
post-martial cxtravagances.
1t Is reported upon unimpeachable au-
thority that Count Boni has been obliged
to sell outright this watch and articles
OF personal jewelry In order to provide
himself with pocket money for his ordi-
nary daily requirements. Z
When the count and countess parted SO
suddenly. the counts personal bank ac-
count happened to be exhaused-a not an
frequent state of affairs. His determine
ton to keep secret the fact of his domestic
calamity, so long as there remained any
hope Of patching up reconciliation, pre-
vented him from tapping the purses of his
friends.
Count Boni has been beseiged by his
creditors who poster him for some assur-.
ance that they will be paid. On the other,
hand. he is as closely pursued by money
lenders. who are eager to speculate on his
future by advancing him almost any
amount
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09

Berlin, Feb. s,-While government. c;y-l
cles maintain an outwartlly hopeful atti-,
3tudc regarding the conference at Algeci-,
ras, Indications are that much concern isl
felt about the outcome
i Even failure to reach an agreement ON,
the police question Is regarded as prob.
able.
This inference ID drawn from the fact
that the inspired press has begun dis
GUESSING the probable results of failure to|
reach an agreement. These papers assertl
"A failure would not involve the danger OF
war so far as Germany is concerned, and
argue that France would never 20 TO war
on account of Morocco.
These papers interpret the warning "a
the Havas agency against excessive opts..
mism," as proving the pacific Intentions
Of the Paris government. The result Of
failure to reach an agreement would be-;
according to the German inspired utter,
anccs, that Moroccan affairs would cons
time to be regulated under the arranse-
ment of 1850. .
The Hamburger Nachrichten says that
failure of conference would intensity the
friction between Germany and France aud
compromise Germany's position.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
HAS GREAT CALAMITY i
OvERTAKEN ISLANDS?
Mysteriou. Pail OF Haze and
Smoke May Portend
Disaster.
CABLE HAS BEEN BROKEN
No Word from, Caribbean Sea Island,
for Three Days-Same Occurrences
Was First Mark Of Martin.
ique Catastrophe.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Feb. 10.-Did the
peculiar slate-gray pail OF smoke or
fog which lowered over Minneapolis
and other cities Monday and yesterday
indicate that death and destruction had
been abroad among the islands Of the
Caribbean sea?
Winter fogs and clouds are ordinar-
lily silver white, so light in hue that
where snow-line and skyline touch on
winters day it is sometimes we'll
night impossible for the eye to detect
where the snow ceases and the clouds
begin. The dusk for the past two days
has been of Il strikingly different char
acter. With few defined clouds, the
/ sky has displayed an uncanny tint not
directly attributable to local smoke prot
ducers.
Just one week ago today the cables
to the lower West Indies transmitted
their last message and since then an
.ominous silence has shrouded the
islands of the Caribbean. The only word
since then is a humor that Buena Ven
tura. Colombia, has been DESTROYED
with its 600 inhabitants. Swift dispatch
boats are speeding into the silent south,
, to clear away the mystery, but as Vet;
no message has broken the silence.
Fear Another Martinique.
The breaking OF the cable was tbei
first intimation OF the Martinique dis
, aster three years ago. A few davis
after Mount Pelee blasted the city Of
ST. Pierre, at its base, curious atmos-
pheric discolorations were observed ali
| through the United States, even as far:
north as Minneapolis.
This is why many people are asking.
if the unnatural color of the sky for
the past two days means that when the.
boats return from the south the world
will learn of another, and perhaps al
, greater, catastrophe like that which
wiped out st. Pierre.
The islands cut off from communica-
ton with the outside world, undoubt-
edly by some disturbance of the oceans
bed which has broken the cables, are
Porto Rico, st. Thomas, Santa Cruz,
ST. Croix, Barbados, Trinity Anti
qua, Monserrat. Dominica, Nevis, st.
Lucia. st. Vincent. Tobago and Mar
Unique. The last name tells the whole
story of the horror which may be hid
den from the world by the silent
cables, and limited by the leaden sky
+ overhead
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
INSERT OFFICIAL PROBE.
Senator TilIman Wants Pennsylvania
Railroad Combine Further lnves-
tioa<Ad

Washington. d. c., Feb. 9-Tillmat.
opened the senate proceedings by speech
in which he advocated an official investi.
cation as to whether the Pennsylvania
railroad controlled the Baltimore and Ohio.
Norfolk and Western and Chesapeake and
Ohio roads.
Hale from the committee on appropriate
lions reported the urgent deficiency appro-
priation bill. 1t was amended so 1t now
carries ST. ,902. an increase of S11s7 ,612
over the amount appropriated by the
house.
The railroad rate bill received from the
house was referred to the committee on
interstate commerce.
A bill placing telegraph operators in the
civil war on pensionable status was
.)asYed
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
SCIENCE WITH LAWSON
Discovery Whereby 2-cent Copper ca.
be Made.

Boston. Mass. Feb. s.-Thomas w.
Lawson's mysterious information,
which he has frequently asserted will
denaoralize the copper market. was
made public in an article published by
the Boston Herald in which 1t is stated
that discovery has been made by
DIR. Alexander Shiels. physician and
chemist, by which. 1t is asserted COM.
mercial copper can be manufactured
at a cost Of 2 cents q pound.
Just how this result is obtained has
been kept secret, but ordinary low
grade iron ore Is said to be the basis
OF 1t. DR.. Shiels Is said to have dis4
covered method of disassociating iron
ore into certain constituent parts and!
by placing these in conjunction with
certain other elements producing cop.
per at q price that is greater than that
quoted above.
Mr.. Lawson is said to have absolute
confidence in the success Of the Glas1
gov chemists discovery and has built
his stock market campaign upon it.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
FATAL GASOLINE.
some Spilled on Girl's Clothes Ignite.
Whsn She Stands Near
Hot Stove.

Iowa City. Ia, Feb. 1O.-Lena Suits
man, who was nearly burned to crisp
yesterday morning by accidentally
splitting gasoline on her clothes, which
ignited when she stood near a hot
stove. died this morning. Her flesh
was frightfully burned. and the hours
she lived after the accident were spent
in terrible agony. Miss stutsman was
16 years old and was the daughter Of
John Stutsman. leading and influen-
tial farmer OF Sharon City, Johnson
county,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-02-09
PREACHER SEEKS DEATH
Minister Arrested for Sending obscsns
Letters Through Mails Jumps in
Front Of Train.

Chicago. Feb. 3.-Rev. Justin G. Wade,
pastor Of the First congrega tional church
Pf Waukegan. ILL.,. who yesterday was ar
rested by postofnce inspectors for sending
obscene letters through the mails today
made an unsuccessful attempt to commit
suicide. by throwing himself In front of a
Northwestern train. He was severely
hurt.