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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
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WITH ICE THE EARLIEST IN
YEARS
FREIenrERs CROSS WITH LOADS
Cheyenne River Broaks Record fo
Early Ice Ttis
Fall

A. j. McC Cain, of the Mccain
locating agency, came in Tues
day, after a weeks drive on the
flats east Of the Cheyenne river
with a party of homesteaders.
On his return he crossed the
river on the ice, the river hav-
ing frozen over solid enough to
hold up loads hauled by the
freighte:s. Old ranchers say
that the river has not been
frozen over at this time Of year
in their recollection. Is this
another indication that the
country is undergoing strange
changes in it's climatic condi-
tions9 Mr.. Mccain reports the
settlers all in good shape for the
winter, with plenty Of wood at
the door, and an ample supply
of provisions.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
TROUBLES of Hollioan.

AS presented at the opera
house Wednesday evening, was
greeted with a standing-room-
only house, every seat being
sold in advance. The we'll
known farce-comedy was up-to-
date in every respect, and de-
picted clearly the exploits Of
the unhappy Holligan in the
hands of his friend, the robust
policeman, who is the author of
all his troubles. The play was
we'll up to the artists creation in
the pictorial pages Of the Sunday
newspapers.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
A RAhd[ [XpL0D[5
CAMP
4 W0MAy COOK BADLY HURT
Cook Stove Blows Up and Mrs
Smidt Is Badly
Hurt
4 womAy COOK BADLY HURT

A serious accident was repor-
ed at the Mclaughlin camp on
Bull Creek Sunday morning. A
range upon which a Mrs. Smidt,
the camp cook was cooking, for
unexplainable reasons exploded,
and the lady cook in charge
suffered injuries from the debris
Of flying particles of the stoye.
A physician was Immediately
called who temporarily attended
the injured lady. She was sub
sequently taken to a Mrs. Pen
dersons and her wounds cared
for. The physicians in attend
ance report the lady as getting
along nicely, with a prospect Of
early recovery.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
New Saw Mill.
The Rapid City Lumber Com

The Rapid City Lumber Com
pany, who have had a saving
ing plant up in the Hills for
some years, have now nearly
completed at the head of Main
street, a plant for the saving Of
logs. The log product will be
run down to this mill via the
Crouch Lines. Heretofore the
proposition has been up to the
slow, tedious and costly method
Of freighting with teams. The
step is an initatory one, going
toward the cheapening of the
original cost Of building materi-
al. The mill will soon be run.
ming to its fullest capacity, and
employing a full force Of labor
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and he embraced it

opportunity and he embraced it
with open arms. He slid into
Deadwood after getting the per-
mission he desired from the Sec
retary of war, and today will
leave for the post to engage the
now renowned Utes for his Wild
West show. Another feather
in the colonel's broad brimmed
felt hat that he wears so jaunt-
lily on the side Of his head.
Deadwood Pioneer-Times.
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The Rev. Upton Of the Pres.

The Rev. Upton Of the Pres
byterian church is confined to
his room as the result of an ac-
cidental fall into the open ditch
of the new sewer system. He
had been calling on some of his
parishioners one evening last
week, and in crossing the ditch
made q misstep and fell
sustaining a broken rib,
which was sufficiently seri-
GUS to confine him to his room
for some time, and the necessity
Of the temporary appointment
of a substitute for last Sundays
services morning and evening.
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70 .
Mrs. VIM. Schrader and chill
dren, of Plattsmouth, Nebraska,
is a guest at the Harney, await
ing Mr.. Shrader who is fixing
up a ranch near White Owl,
IN Meade county. Mr.. Schrader
is expected to arrive today and
take his family out to the new
home which is well equipped
with III all the comforts that goes.
with pioneer Life.
Mrs. Herbert S. Hall. Of San
Joes, Cal, has been the guest
of Mrs. Levi McGee, the past
week.
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Aringtons Comedians.
At Library Hall for one wee

AT Library Hall for one week
commencing Monday, Nov. 26,
the famous Arlington Comedians
presenting a repertoire Of up to
date comedies and dramas. New
specialties between acts. Open
ing play, ]. G. Webb's success
full comedy drama in four-acts,
"Sandy Botto m." Enti're 9
change of program each even
ing. Following the usual Gus
tom will make Monday night
a ladies complimentary night,
that is each person purchasing
a reserved seat ticket before Z
p. m. may take one lady to the
play free. Grand family ma
tinee Thanksgiving Day and
Saturday afternoon at 2:3O p.
M. Popular prices, 25, IS and
SOC.
The first cold wave Of the
season drove in from the north
west Saturday, the mercury
falling down around the zero
point for Sunday and Monday,
resulting in making the dilatory
citizen get a move on him, and
replenish the wood-pile. Snow
was reported at Lead and other
mountain points, but the wave
was snowless IN Rapid City and
Its adjoining country. Snos
was also reported in Iowa and
Nebraska,
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John Lewis came IN Monday
from his ranch near Washta,
having to quit work on account
of a series of felons that he has
been having on his fingers. Mr..
Lewis is also engaged in the
erection of r store building at
that station on the Northwest
western which he will occupy
early in the spring, with a gen
eral stock of supplies.
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TROUBLE f0R INDIAN
ANDREW sTAJD1Na BEAR
CooFEssMs
AFFLICTED WITH LIGHT FINGERS
Burned House and Stole Brand
Book, Jewelry and
Horses

The November term of dis
trict court with it's fat calendar,
is about drawing to a close with
a good sized grist of leftover
business for the adjourned ses-
sion in January. The jury was
by the court discharged Tues
day, and that necessarily means
the winding up Of this term in
as short order as possible. AS
soon as Judge NIcGee has dis.
posed of his rulings and findings
which will be finished up today,
no doubt, the court Will stand
adjourned.
The feature of the criminal
calendar for this term was that
OF the case Of the state VS.. An
drew Standing Bear Of the
Cheyenne Agency who plead
guilty to two counts, that Of
the larceny Of some jewelry,
and of the crime of burglary,
and thereby hangs the story Of
the crimes with which he is
charged and to both of which
he has confessed.
About the 10th Of October
last w. e. Hargrave, a stock
man and his wife, who own a
ranch east Of the Cheyenne
river had occasion to leave their
ranch for a few days to go to
Dakota City. Upon their re-
turn to their home they found
it in ashes and no clue left as
to the origin Of the fire. The
valuables and keepsakes of the
family were securely locked
up in a trunk and the conten IS
were supposed to have been
consume l.. In the trunk was a
herd or brand book, the record
of the range cattle belonging to
Mr.. Hargrave. Subsequently
Mr.. Bear with the erect name,
displayed this book about the
neighborhood with the title
page rubbed out and his own
name inserted in such a manner
that Mr.. Hargraves name was
noticed beneath the erasure.
Mr.. Standing-Bear also dis
played a ring and a necklace be-
longing to Mrs. Hargraves and
other articles of jewelry that
was known to be in the trunk,
that was supposed to have burn
ed with the dwelling. Upon
circumstantial evidence the In
dian was therefore apprehended
at his home, the Cheyenne
Agency, and lodged in the
county Jail to await trial. Soon
after the fire two horses belong
ing to neighbor Of Mr.. Har-
graves, a Mr.. Tibbets, were
missing, and by a simple de-
duction Of two and two as Sher-
lock Holmes might have said,
the agency was asked ii Mr..
Standing Bear was possessed Of
any horses, and as an answer
the horses by the agent was
forthwith produced. The In
dian on being brought into
court confessed to both larceny
and burglary, and is now await.
ling sentence by the court.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
}[TTLtR IS ALL R|QHT
WHY THESE DREAD ALARMS
OF ALARM1sTsq -
ARE THEY ALSO "knockERs" I
Stories Of Suffering Among Home.
steaders are Absolutely
Unreliable
Despite the predictions of the

Despite the predictions of the
alarmed paragraphers or space
filters, who voice disaster dire
in the columns of their news
papers and in their specials to
eastern pa 2ers to the effect that
there is a prospect of suffering
among the homesteaders and
settlers in the new country west
of the Missouri river, it is be-
lieved that there is no immedi-
ate call for these dread alarms
and that the reports are un-
called for, irrelevent and also
in the main incompetent.
1t is the observation of the
writer, who has circulated to
some extent among the settlers
out on the the tables and flats
east ofthe Cheyenne, that they
are all quite we'll equipped for
winter. They are in the main,
Iowa people, and they have not
come to this country with a
view to being objects Of charity
and they strenuously resent the
insinuation. They are as a
rule a community who have
come to the new country we'll
equipped for the emergencies Of
pioneer life. They have not
started out from the old states,
after the manner of people who
had no place to go. They are
as a rule people Of means who
believe that l60 acres of South
Dakota land is worth the price
Of locating md improving, and
they are here "with the goods"
to make good the prospect.
During the favorable weather
they have been hauling out
their winter supplies and right
at the present time on the good
roads, they are coming in for
1.-THE odds and ends needed to
complete their stock Of needs
for three months to come. They
are not a handto-mouth people
IN any sense, nor are their feet
tender to any great degree. In
a word the settler out on the
prairie, in what he is pleased to
call his "shack" is all right, and
in less danger of suffering from
the rigors of winter than is the
floating population of the con-
gested towns along the new
lines of railway. The 2ew set
tiers are eminently able to take
care of the new settlers, and
they are now doing quite
we'll all along the line.
While they are not revel-
ing in luxuries or pink-tea,
they have plenty Of the sub
stantlals, and they are coming
out in the spring in the splendid
fettle Of the classic bear, who
went into his hole last fall and
pulled the hole in after him.
The homesteader is all light.
l
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G. P. Bowel, who has been
working in F. G. Fosters bar
ber shop for the past few
months left Tuesday evening
for his home in Madison, S. D.
His place in the shop is being
filled by Louis Gary. After the
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1906-11-23
(OD1 AFT[R INDIANS
WANTS UTEs FOR HIS WILD
WEST SHOW
NOTED SCOUT VISITS the HILLS
The Colonel has Changed Little in
Last few Years-Hair
Greyer
With a rife that looked as

With a rife that looked as
though had never been used,
slung over his shoulder, and
striding up.the street with firm,
military step. Col. William r.
Cody, known to the world as
Buffalo Bill, the noted scout,
made his way yesterday after
noon from the Burlington on
which he arrivedto Mr.. r. Rus
sells place, to see his old time
friend. Needless to say, before
he had gone a'dozen steps, Col.
Cody was recognized and the
word passed quickly that he
was here. From that time on
he was the recipient Of much
attention that he took as read
lily as a society favorite.
Col. Cody, accompanied by
George F. Beck, son of State
Senator Beck Of Cody, Wyo.,
and another old friend, Hank
Fulton, also Of Cody, came in
unannounced for a few days
stay. 1t is several years since
Col. Cody has been here and al
though Deadwood has changed,
he is just the same with the ex-
ception of his hair, worn long
and done up on the back Of his
head with hairpins, that has
turned silvery. He has the
same genial smile, hearty hand
clasp and striking manner as OF
old. The colonel, however has
a brand new lot Of stories that
he is pleased to give in his own
unique way, tointerested listen
ers. Mr.. Russell, Col. Thornby
and a number of old timers,
took him in tow and he was
quickly at home.
Cody's presence is due to the
quick business ability that has
has made him one Of the fore
most showmen in the world.
aWhile the Ute Indians were
kicking up little fuss in Wy
oming, the colonels business
eye was not closed. When he
recently returned to Cody,
Wyo. his home, from a hunt
ing trip on which NJ. R. Russell
accompanied him, the sly
old fox got busy. Indir-
ectly he had some OF MS
friends in various points of
Wyoming give exciting tips to
the newspaper correspondents
who we're eagerly looking for
Indian scares. They were
led to believe (probably not un-
willingly) that there was some
real danger and this theory was
greatly aided when the govern
ment was forced to send so
many troops to bring the In
dams to Fort Meade. Wild re-
norts we're sent all over the
country and the small band OF
Jtes and their leaders we're ad-
yertised from Main to Texas
but of course their intentions
we're not very serious and they
we're quickly corraled and will
reach Ft. Meade tomorrow In
charge of the troops. Their
pacifcation was the coloneps
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COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
At st. Elizabeth Hospital.

Chapel services will be resumed this after
noon beginning at o'clock, in the assem-
bly, hall of the Government Hospital for the
Insane, after a summer recess of two
months. Rev. Emerson w. Bliss, a Baptist
clergyman of Washington, will oficiate.
Directors of the services for the approach
ing season will be the same as heretofore.
Mr.. Edward T. Davis of the hospital will
again have the leadership of the choir. and
Mrs. Elizabeth Nelson of Anacostia will be
the organist. The choir. composed of en-
ployes of the institution mainly Is pre-
pared to once more begin Its duties. The
plan followed in the holding of these re-
ligious services for the insane provides for
the assignment to this duty, In the capacity
of chaplain for period of two months
each, of five ministers of various denOmina
lions. The hospital chapel has been in the
hands of workmen and has undergone
renovation.
The tower surmounting the new admins
tration building at the government asylum,
which, although constructed to contain a
four-dial clock. was not furnished with one
when the building was occupied, has now
been provided with a handsome timepiece.
AS mentioned, 1t is four-dial clock, each
dial measuring over five feet in diameter,
and the height at which 1t is situated
makes 1t visible from all portions of the
grounds. Electric lights have been intro
duced into the tower. rendering the time
piece of service to the public at night,
and to further add to the utility Of the
clock 1t is contemplated painting the tower
q darker color
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the reformed words himself twice a
month. At the same time 1 think it is a
move in the right direction"
One of the most natural places in the
city to look for comment the proposed
change In official photography is the
Smithsonian Institution. where the officials
have already given the matter much
thought. But 1t was explained there that
the institution had not been officially no.
titled that anything was to be done in the
spelling line and therefore 1t would be
premature to talk. At the same time one
Of the officials, himself a philologist Of
not wish to unfairly criticise either the
members Of the board on reformed spelling
or their work he was free to say that he
thought some of the suggestions erroneous.
been advanced in favor of simplified SPELL
ing Is to make English universal Ian
guage. This is a folly. The Englishman.
and by this l mean the English speaking
son. We do not stop to think that Arabic
script is used today by great many more
people than those who use English script
Take north Africa, southern Asia and the
Philippines and you will find more people
writing in Arabic characters than you will
find in the rest of the world writing in
English. The English language has not
the monopoly of the world any more than
the President has the monopoly Of the
English language"
1GlSOuucl Oh oOdIQ.
"There are good men on the board on re-
vised spelling, but they are not all phiIol-
ogists by a good deal. Some of their sug-
gestions are good. Others 1 think are
wrong. / think one of the most serious err
rors they make is substituting t. for the
final ed Many of the words in the Eng
lish language that are spelled with the ed
have it pronounced. Take Blessed are the
peacemakers.' You do not say 'Blest are
the peacemakers.' Accused be he! you do
not say 'accurst.'
There are immense financial interests in
volved in any radical change In spelling.
OF course, that is nothing to the President
any more than the effect on the packing
business in Chicago was. However, there
are millions of dollars bound up in ster-
eotype plates of text books in all the big
publishing houses. These would be imme-
diately useless fla change in the form of
spelling could be at once forced, which, of
the superstition that the newspapers-S.OO 600
of them In this country alone-could be
forced to adopt a radical change in SPELL
ing. For the next two years do you suppose
that proofreaders and compositions could
work at more than half speed? Think what
that would mean In increased expenditure
for wages. No, 1t is serious problem
Words are changing all the time, and I
would be the last to condemn change SIM
ply because 1t was change. But 1t is
matter IN which we cannot force the pace.
We have to go slowly"
Early Advocate Of Reform.
One Of the earliest advocates Of spelling
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Identifying Police Quarters.

Sergt c. A. Stevens, in command OF the
Anacostia police precinct. has been success
full in an effort to provide some needed ac-
cessories for the station building OH Monroe
street with view of having the headIuar-
tiers of the Anacostia policemen present a
more attractive appearance, as we'll as for
the convenience of the officers. The work
Of papering will soon be started on the
police office and new curtains are to be pro-
vided throughout. Ten new double lockers
have been furnished, so that each police
man may have accommodations for his per-
sonal BELONGINGS Neat racks have been
put up in the office for the retention of ar
ticles owned by the officers. Officer j. NJ.
WATSON of this station, who has been alb
sent for several weeks In South Carolina
his native state has returned TO duty.
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OF all President Roosevet's moves to stir
up the animals-and he has executed
good many-none perhaps has created more
world wide talk than has his sudden ap-
pearance in the arena of reformed spelling
with his official Endorsement of the sugges-
tions of the Carnegie board of revision.
Quite naturally it has thrown all the fed
eral departments In Washington into f1ut-
ter and has occasoned talk all over the
country. Abroad it has particularly aroused
the latent animosity of the English and
has called forth ponderous denunciations
from the Times and other papers which
habtually return the III" in honor, labor,
armor and the like. In fact, the sugges-
ton that the government printing office use
simplified spelling in official documents has
created more CONSERVATION in England than
it has in this country, and the President has
not only been referred to in most undignified
terms, but has been accused of laying sacri-
ligious hands on the tongue of Milton,
Shakespeare and Addison. He has been re-
minded editorially that he does not own the
English language. But the tempest has
really been raised out of rather small
teapot.
In this country, especially in the govern
ment service, there have been good many
officials who have been ready to swallow
the whole suggestion, hook, sinker and bait,
merely because 1t came from the President.
There are few, but only a few SO far as
The Star has been able to discover, who are
seriously opposed to making any attempt to
change the form OF spelling OF English
words, which even now are admittedly
among the worst spelled in the world. But
there are large number of the scientific
and business men in government employ
ment in Washington who merely look on
the movement as a rational one along the
lines that the English language has been
following for centuries. They say frankly
that absolutely phonetic spelling is an irri-
descent dream, and that 1t may take fifty
years more to render the written English
language even approximately as phonetic
as Spanish. But they see no wOrld-shatter-
ing prospects in the proposal to spell 800
words more nearly as they sound. In fact,
one official, who did not want to be quoted
but who talked frankly with Star man,
said
Not Considered Radical.
"This is merely case of punching the
hits. do not think that much talk would
have been created by the proposal had 1t
come from any one except the President
and had there not been relatively such
a large number Of words In the list. AS a
matter Of fact the most Of the words in the
list Of 300 have been gradually changing
their spelling for decade and almost q
majority Of Americans now spell them
just as suggested by the board. But this
Is an official order for the change to be
made In official documents. and with 800
changes dumped on in a bunch, It is
sure to accession talk. doubt II the
average man will have to write any Of
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Records of the experiences of thousands of
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Named at State Delegate.

Mrs. E. NJ. Holland of Chicago, finger
print expert, who has been at the local
police headquarters for several weeks in
stalling the finger print system of criminal
Identification in the local department, re-
ceived a letter from Gov. Charles S. De-
neen of Illinois yesterday, stating that he
had appointed her as delegate to the annual
convention of the National Prison Associa-
ton, which is to be held in Albany, n; y,
September Is to 90 This is regarded as
quite an honor, as there are only few
delegates from each state designated by the
chief executive to attend the sessions OF
the association.