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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
TO TEST GRASSES.

Gary, S. D., March 22.--Professor w.
A. Wheeler, of the South Dakota Agri-
cultural college, spent some time at
this place comforting with M. f. Gree
experiments at the sub-station which
the agricultural college conducts at
Highmore. The sub-station is devoted
largely to experiments with drouth-
resisting grains and grasses. The idea
Of establishing the sub-station origi-
mated with Mr.. Greeley, and while
member of the state senate he intro
the legislature the measure providing
for the establishment of the station.
In view of this he always has taken Il
deep interest In the result OF the ex-
periments carried on at the Highmore
station, and has made many very wall
liable suggestions as to varieties of
grains and grasses to experiment with.
The work of the sub-station was never
more important than now, when thou
sands Of new settlers are occupying the
vast region between the Missouri river
and the Black Hills in western South
Dakota. AS many thousands OF acres
in that region will this season be de-
voted to crops for the first time, it is
important that the new settlers, occu-
plying as they are heretofore untried
region SO far as crop raising is con-
cerned, provide themselves with seed
which the experiments at the High
more station have demonstrated will
be the best for them in that new coun-
try. During the coming season the
sub-statien will continue experiments
along the line Of bringing out and de-
Neloping plants, forage, tillage, rota-
ton. etc, best adapted to the newer
portions of South Dakota, which be-
cause of their non-cultivation in the
past may not receive so much rainfall
during the season as the parts Of the
-f.l1l ~ in11 =
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
HIS FIRST EXCUSE.
Again-Telephonc Wife "Business
Detains Me- DearO

Washington, March 21.--"Business dc.
talns me, dear" Such was Congressman
Longworths explanation to his bride why
he was late for the first time in getting
home to dinner -
The Ohio congressman, even if he is the
son-tn-law Of President Roosevelt, was
locked in the house chamber for a call OF
the house was on and the sergcant-at-
arms was out arresting the absentees and
bringing them in to make a quorum.
Representative Longworth did not seem
to be greatly interested in the measure
that caused his first domestic troubles. 1t
was a bill abolishing the grade OF lieuten-
ant-general in the army. General Gros-
vcnor was fighting, to have an amendment
Incorporated stipulating that the abolish
ment shall not occur until October II, 1906,
before which time Majors General Corbin
and Macarthur will have been advanced
to the MISUNDERSTANDING and retired
The bill as amended passed
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OPEN PUBZIcITY the BEsr
GETH OH NTY mr. nRRD11


When the maker OF q medicine, sold
through druggists for family use, takes
his patients fully into his confidence by
frankly and -fearlessly publishing broad.
cast as we'll as on Its bottle wrappers.
z full list Of all Its ingredients N plain
best possible evidence that he Is not
afraid to have the search light Of inves-
tigation turned full upon his formula
and that it will bear the fullest scrutiny
and the most thorough investigation.
DIR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for tho
and functional arrangements of the or
gans distinctly feminine, is the only medl-
cine put up for sale through druggists for
woman's special use, the maker 81 which
Is not afraid to take his patients into
his full confidence by such open and
honest publicity.
on each bottle wrapper, will show that It
Is made wholly from native, American,
medicinal roots, that It contains no mol.
sonous or habit-forming drugs, no mar
cotics and no alcohol-pure, tr1ple-reflned
glycerine, Of proper strength being used
hol, both for extracting and preserving
the active medicinal properties found IN
the roots Of the American forest plants
employed. 1t Is the only medicine for
women's peculiar diseases, sold by drug.
glStS, that does not contain o large per.
centage of alcohol, which is in the long
run so harmful to woman's delicate, nerv-
GUS system. Now, glycerine is perfectly
harmless, and serves q valuable purpose
by possessing intrinsic value all its own,
and besides it enhances the curative
effect of tho other ingredients entering
into the vFavorite Prescriptions
Some of the ablest medical writer's and
teachers endorse these viows and praise
all the several ingredients Of which sFa-
vorite Prescription" is composed = rec
ommending. them for the cure Of tho
very same diseases for which this world
famed medicine is advised, No other
medicine for women has any such pro
tessto,,aL endorsement-worth more than
any number of ordinary testimonials. II
interested, send name and address to DR..
r. Y. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, for his little
book Of extracts from the works Of
eminent medical writer's and teachers,
endorsing the several ingredients and
telling just what DR.. Pierce's medicines
arc made Of. It's FREQ for the asking. y
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
TOUCH BUTTON, MUSIC.
oberIin College Student Will Install
Remarkable Device in New
York at Once

Holyoke. Mass. March 23.-Music by
electricity will soon be put upon the
market in New York, where it will be
distributed from a central station by
wires connecting with hotels, clubs and
residences. The invention. which is by
DR.. Thaddeus Cahill. an Oberlin college
graduate, for many years a resident OF
Washington, has been perfected IT.
Holyoke, and, with abundant financial
backing. its success commercially is
said to be assured. The first machine
will be installed in New York within
three months. and will be able to sup
ply 5000 places with music.
An operator, sitting at an instrument
resembling the keyboard of an organ.
by playing any musical composition
sends the tones over the wires at
tached to the instrument. Each wire
leads to a residence or public audi
forum. DR.. Cahill has succeeded in
eliminating the harsh, rasping tones OF
the graphophone. Subscribers merely
turn a button and the current Of music
is on. The receiver may be placed upon
mantle or a table. or hung on the
wall.
DR.. Cahill's laboratory here has been
visited by the foremost scientists of
Europe and America. His first ma
chine was crude. Nevertheless it pro-
duced tones Of good quality and great
power and demonstrated the practice
ability of his idea.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
JOHN D. ON VERGE OF
PHYSICAL COLLAPSE
Prisoner in His Own Homo, and Wor-
red by Pursuit of Him and by
Illness of DAUGHTER

New York, March 22.-John D. Rockefel-
Ter, according to reports persistently CIR
culated at Lakewood. N. j.. is on the verge
of Il collapse. His recent worries over the
attempts to subpoena him by Attorney
General IIadley Of Missouri: the agitation
about tainted money 'and later and
deeply personal grief over the illness of his
eldest daughter Mrs. Charles A. Strong.
who is now abroad, have seriously i'm
paired his health.
This accounts for the strange seclusion
into which the richest man in the world
disappeared some weeks ago. The mys-
terry has hitherto only been partly cleared
away by the positive location of Mr.. Rock
efeller on his estate at Lakewood.
The people of Lakewood, many of them
friends and acquaintance of the Rockefel-
lers, know the grief Of the elder Rockefel-
Ter over the condition of his daughter, who
lived here up to the time when she was
suddenly taken abroad in the hope that
the change of scene and treatment by the
most eminent specialists might restore
her. She Is the wife OF Professor Strong.
who occupied the chair of moral philoso-
ply at Columbia. She first suffered a
breakdown while living here, and her hus-
band and family sailed with her as quickly
as arrangements could be made. She is
now at Cannes. France, and the latest re-
ports give no hope of her recovery to her
anxious father
Sunday Mrs Rockefeller who regularly
attends the Baptist church at Lakewood,
was not at services, and her absence was
commented upon and gave strength to the
report that Mr.. Rockefeller's condition re-
CURED her personal attendance upon him.
Her secretary assured callers that Mrs.
Rockefeller was not indlsposed. but abso-
lutely declined to say anything about Mr..
Rockefeller.
Mr.. Rockefeller. it is now believed, has
been at his Lakewood estate since Feb
ruary 8. and SO far as can be learned has
voluntarily withdrawn from active bust
ness and church connections. els prac tic
ally in exile. and SO jealous of his seclusion
that it is almost dangerous for anyone to
venture upon his grounds
The residents of the quiet resort in the
pine forests could scarcely credit the re-
ports that Mr.. Rockefeller had come to
Lakewood to live like tower prisoner I'M
til armed guards suddenly appeared on the
grounds, about th$ time of his supposed
arrival and soon after that heavy tim
bered gates were erected at each entrance
to exclude yisitonb
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
NEWS OF FATHERS
DEATH HELD BACK
Senator Bailey, Of Texas, Notified of
Bereavement After Speech-Takes
Dolliver to Task,

Washington, d. c., March 23.-While
Senator Bailey OF Texas was addressing
the senate today and introducing an
amendment to the railroad rate bill. a
telegram came announcing the death Of
his father. The message was kept from
MIN until he had concluded his re-
.. marks. He was then called into the
cloak room and told by Senator Fowler
OF his bereavement. He Immediately
left the senate chamber.
Before Senator Bailey took the floor,
Senator Culberson introduced an
amendment to the railroad rate bill pro-
hibiting railroads from subscribing to
Il fine and Imprisonment for its viola
ton.
Senator Bailey then presented his
! amendment to the rate bill. Before in
PRODUCING 1t Bailey said he had not
hoped the resolution would be accepted
without change. He also stated the pro-
vision had been circulated among the
friends Of rate regulation on both sides
Of the chamber and he had, he said.
not given the amendment to the public
and would not now do SO but for the
fact that Senator Dolliver had dis
cussed the provision in published in
terview.
Forgives Dolliver.
He relieved the Iowa senator from
imputation of Intentional divulgence of
| another's private papers, but said he
was confident the criticism had been
made without due consideration. Bailey
referred especially to Delivers decla-
ration that the Bailey provision would
deny just compensation, and replied to
the criticism by saying he had copied
the language Of the constitution in his
proposed amendment.
Replying to another feature Of the
interview, Bailey said the amendment
did not affect the Hepburn bill on the
question Of discrimination. He had pre-
pared two amendments, both of them
tentative.
One of Bailey's amendments author
ICES parties aggrieved by orders Of the
Interstate Commerce commission to
take their cases to the United States
courts, but prohibits suspension Of the
commissions orders by interlocutory de.
crees.
Senator Dolliver disavowed any in
tentlon to reveal secrets Of the senate,
stating the Texas senator's amendment
had been so much talked about in and
out of the senate that he did not know
that 1t was confidential matter.
Discussing the merits Of the provis-
ion, he expressed the opinion that 1t
was impracticable.
House Adjourns.
Washington, March 21.-The house
adjourned Immediately after calling or
der today out of respect for the late
George S. Patterson of Pennsylvania,
the member who died this morning.
The statehood bill, which was to
have been considered today, will be
taken up tomorrow.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23

st. Louis, March 23.-F'rom the stand
point of securing evidence to prove his
case, this week has been the most sue
cessful Herbert H. Hadley, attorney
general OF Missouri, has had since this
beginning Of the Standard Oil cases
year ago. The things proved have been
already shown, but not in such con.
vincing form. This time the companies
have furnished the proof themselves
charged or furnished evidence from
their own books that proved the wit,
nesses heretofore examined have told
the truth.
Briefly the attorneys acting in behalf
OF their clients admitted:
That the Standard OIL company OF
New Jersey owns all the stock Of the
Republic Oil company.
mat there is division of trade
territory between the Standard OF;
company Of Indiana and the Waters
Pierce Oil company Of Missouri.
Careful About Territory.
That prior to the filing of this suit
an order for oil sent to the STANDARD
on company from Waters-Pierce terri
tory was forwarded to the nearest Wa.
ters-PieHce office and filled by the Wa.
ters-Plerce company, and an order
from the Standard Oil territory sent
to the Waters-Pierce company was for.
warded TO the Standard Oil company
to be filled by the Standard Oil COM
pany.
That the Waters-Pierce Oil com.
pany sends reports OF business every
month or oftener to an agent at Stand
ard Oil headquarters, No. 26 Broadway,
New York
Testimony was introduced which
shows that 2,747 shares of stock In the
Waters-Pierce OIL company is held In
the name of NJ. Nj. Vanbueren. son-in-
law of John D. Archbold, who Is Sec
ond only to II. II. Rogers in authority
in Standard Oil affairs. H. Clay Pierce
owns 1,2i7 shares and the remaining
six shares are held by subordinates Of
the two companies.
Enormous Profits.
Rather than permit the question
whether the Waters Pierce Oil COM
pany had not paid 900 per cent. divl-
dend last year on it's $500, 900 capitaliza-
ton. the company's lawyers offered to
admit that the property, which cost
100000 twenty-five years ago is worth
at the lowest calculation $25,OOOO0O
MI. Hadley expects to prove that this
100000 invested twenty-five years ago
has paid in dividends more than $23,-
100000, and built UP q business that Is
now able to pay 10 per cent on SEA-
100000, and probably is worth as a
growing concern close to $40,000,OOO.
When the taking Of testimony before
r. A. Anthony, the commissioner APP
pointed by the supreme court, was re-
sumed after the noon recess, John j.
Johnson for the Waters Pierce OIL
company, answering the order to pro-
lluce books and papers Of the COM
map or contract for division of trade
territory, but would admit that each
company kept out Of the territory of
the other.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
NEW ABERDEEN BLOCK.

Aberdeen, S. D., March 21.-Champlin.
McDiarrnid & Slater have let the con-
tract to r. X. Hafsos of Canton, s. d..
for the construction of IL two-story
brick and stone business block, SO by
140 feet in size, which will be erected
at once. The lower floor will be oc-
cupicd by r. e. Champlin. hardware,
and McDiarmid & Slater, groceries.
and the upper floor will be divided into
a lodge room and Il number of office
rooms. The building will cost in the
neighborhood of 5000.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
sherlock Holmes Eoiled.

From the Kansas City Journal.
There is a man at Ottawa whose obesity
and slovenllness increase with his age. He
has reached the point where personal APP
pearance is the least of his worries. The
other morning he came down town with
his chin all smeared with egg.
John. I'll bet l can tell what you had
for breakfast this morning." said bright
young lawyer who met him.
what did I have?" asked the man.
"You had eggs" replied the lawyer.
"You are mistakrn,' said the man. II
had eggs yesterday morning"
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
OLDEST MAIL CARRIER.

Aberdeen, S. D.. March 21.--N. c.
Johnson, who died on Monday, aged 81
years had the distinction of being the
oldest mail carrier in Aberdeen. When
the free delivery service was put on
in Aberdeen Mr.. johnson was the first
carrier. He served continuously for
over fifteen years, receiving a medal
at the conclusion Of his fifteen years
service from the postofflce department.
He was a pioneer Of Aberdeen, coming
here from Hastings, Mimi, in 1881 as
a bridge carpenter on the Hastings and
Dakota division OF the Milwaukee road
when it was constructed into Aberdeen.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
NAMED IN HIS HONOR.

Aberdeen, s. D., March 2l.-Alfred
Brown. who died at Scotland, S. D.,
last week of old age, was the man for
whom Brown county, of which Aber-
deem is the county seat, was named. Al
fred Brown was a member of the Da-
kota legislature when Brown county
was organized in 1879, and the county
was named in his honor
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
BAND ON STATE TOUR.

Aberdeen. S. D.. March 21.--The South
Dakota State band. the musical organ
ization in which Aberdeen takes so
much pride, started Monday morning
on a two weeks tour of the state. Con-
certs will be. given in a number of i'm
portant towns of the state. including
Watertown. Huron, Madison, Webster
and AIilbank. The band numbers thir-
ty-five members, directed by Professor
j. J. Cason.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
FAMINE is THE NEXT
THING TO BE FEARED
snowslides Cut OF Town of siIvorton,
Whore 5000 Miners Have
Couohf Cafefv

Denver. March 22.-Owing to the
fear Of snow slides all the mines in the
neighborhood of Silverton have been
closed and 800 miners have fled to Sill
Verton for safety.
Sixteen men lost their lives by avail
anches in this district in the last three
days. The property loss is estimated
at half a million dollars. The railroad
between Silverton and Durango is
'blocladed and Silverton is now facing
a famine.
Ouray. Colo. March 2o.-Firc broke
out today III the ruins of the Camp
Bird mill, which was wrecked on Sun
day by a snowslide. completing the de-
struction Of the plant. The mill was
erected at a cost of 100000 3
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
PHILA WAKING UP.
Mayor Weaver Enters Into Agreement
Whereby Transportation Facilities
Will Be Reyolutionized.

Philadelphia, March 2o.--Mayor
Weaver today met officers of the Phil
adelphia Rapid Transit company.
which controls all railway facilities in
the city, and signed an agreement by
which a system of transportation will
be revolutionized. The agreement in
cludes rapid transit by subway and Gle
waited lines in three years. assurance of
competition and recovery by the city
of millions OF dollars worth OF fran
chises.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
MRS. BOOTH TO RETIRE.

Threatened Breakdown Takes Her frona
the Lecture Platform. &.
Beloit, Wis, March 22.-Mrs MaGde
Ballington Booth announces that she} will;
retire from the lecture platform indefi.
nitely because of a threatened collapse. 4
For three or four weeks Mrs. Booth has
been suffering from severe headaches. Dur.
ing her lecture last night she suffered sc
that it was with difficulty she proceeded
1t was noticed by the AUDIENCE that she
did not appear like herself, bY, the cause
was not known at that time.
Mrs Booths breakdown y the direct
result of overwork in the ca31se to which
she has ssa asv o her life was six
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
FIGHT FOR ESTATE.

Aberdeen, S. D., March PA lively
fight in probate court has been com
menced by the heirs of Andrew Bower,
a Brown county pioneer lately de-
ceased. against Bowers widow, a sec
ond wife. The heirs allege that Mrs.
Bower deserted her husband some time
before his death. and had mistreated
him prior thereto. They object to
her receiving the Widows share OF the
estate. Both sides have employed at
torncys. Judge Hute has reserved his
decision in the matter. There is no
will
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
THREE ARE CRUSHED.
Men Working With Snow Pillow suf.
fer Death by Fall of
Steal

Dayton, Ohio. March 22.-While OPP
Grating snow plow on the Dayton and
Troy traction road. six miles north of
here. today, William Humphreys, Bert
Hoover and Gustavus Nicol were in
stantly killed by the overturning Of the
plow.
The men were crushed beneath twelve
tons of steel that had been placed on
the plow to weigh 1t down.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
DIES SUDDENLY.

Representative Patterson, Of PennsyI.
vania, succumbs to Hear$ Failure.
Washington, March 21.-Representa.
live George r. Patterson, of the Twelfth
Pennsylvania district died suddenly OF
heart failure here today,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
TORNADO CAUSES
BIG LOSS OF LIFE
Measer Reports Received from South
ern Mississippi Tell of Another
DEVASTATING Storm.

New Orleans, March ga dispatch
received here says n tornado struck the
town OF Brooklyn. Miss. near Meriden,
Monday night, and wrecked 1t.
Enormous damage was done, and the
loss of life was heavy, but no exact fig
ures have been received. The wind
blew ninety miles an hour. After smit-
ing Brooklyn the tornado went sweep
ing across the country, leaving trai,
Of devastation in it's wake.
Hattiesburg, Miss. March 20.-A tor
nado passed over southern Mississippi
last night. Whether there has beer
loss Of life is not known here,
Meriden, Miss, was the scene of n
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
REFLECTS HIMSELF.
George T. Baer, Head of Coal Trust,
Meets in Annual Session.

Reading, Pa, March 2O.-The annual
meeting Of the Temple Iron company,
known as the Coal Trust" was held
here. The meeting lasted twenty min
utes and was conducted by George +.
Batter. president Of the Reading, in the
presence. OF two other presons. :
Among the directors are the presi-
dents and other officials of the leading
coal carrying roads. No reports were
given out. President George j.. Baer
was again elected.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
PROTEST AGAINST THE
TWO-CENT FARE BILL
High Railroad Officials Arrive in Des
Moines to Address Lesisla-
Tive
tive Committee

Des Moines. Ia. March 2o.--Pas-
senger Traffic Manager Eustis of the
Burlington, Passenger Traffic Mana
ger Kniskern of the Northwestern and
General Passenger Agent Miller Of the
Milwaukee arrived today In special
cars and in conjunction with Captain
J. +. Merry Of the Illinois Central adj
dressed the house committee on rail-
roads in opposition to the 2-cent fare
1,;II
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
SHADES OF J.SSE,.
JAMES, WHAT A HAUL
Twenty Armed Men Hold Up and Loot
Moscow Bank Of
S425.Qnn.

Moscow. March 22.-As the officials
We're closing the Mutual Credit So
ciety's bank this afternoon twenty
armed men surrounded the building
and covering the employees with pistols
pillaged the place. getting away with
$425, 900. 4$$
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-03-23
STANDARD DRIVEN
TO BAY CONFESSES
Missouri Investigation of the
Rockefeller institution Is
Highly Successful.
AN ABSOLUTE MONOPOLY
Attorneys for Standard Oil Admit the
Company Owns Stock of Republic
and Divides Territory with
Waters Pierce.
AN ABSOLUTE MONOPOLY
F+*+++<+++++<+<+%++++++,
IOWA TAKES HAND.

Des Moines, March 21.-The
house today passed the anri-dts-
elimination bill which Is intended to
Dust the Standard Oil from Iowa, or
compel q revision of It's business
methods,