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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-08
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ANNA ALEXANDER IS FOUND
DEAD

A SHERLOCK HOMES WANTED
Known to Have Money-But None
Gould be Found on Body.
Wednesday mdning the city
police found the body of Anna
Alexander, (colored, a woman
aged about sixty years, upon a
rifle of Rapid Creek just below
the Island upon which is located
"The CASTLE The "floater"
was brought to the Behrens un-
dertaking rooms and there iden-
tilted as the remains of Anna
Alexander, a colored woman
who as been working about the
city as a domestic since last
September. Upon investiga-
ton it is ascertained tina" Aunt
Annie was an ex-slave and that
her former home was in Vir-
ginia. She was at the time of
her death a domestic in the
family of Mrs. A. M. Leedy in
the east part of the city, and
was known Throughout the city
as a hard-working and honest
women. It is told of the women
by the colored colony Of the
town who knew her we'll, that
Amt Anna was Something of a
miser, in a way, in that she
saved every penny that she
earned, and that she had ac-
cumulated by self denial and
saving a little nest egg of
around about $500. This money
she was known to have kept on
her person sewn to her clothing,
or in some such manner, and
she had also given out to a
close friend within a few
days before her death, that
she was about to put her
mony into a little home where
she could spend the remainder
of her days
Aunt Annie, as is charac-
teristic Of her race, was super
stitious, believed IN hoodoos,
omens and uncanny things
that told Of i'll or good luck,
and to this end she had of late
been wont to visit a fortune
teller and sooth-sayer down in
the east part Of the city. 1t is
known that she was at this re-
sort on Tuesday and that soon
after she came back to the
Leedy house, that she became
violently i'll. A physician was
called, who declared to the
Union reporter that the woman
seemed to be under the infu-
ence of some drug, and he pre-
soribed antidotes accordingly,
with the result that she parti-
ally recovered. During the
night, however "Aunt Annie"
it seems, left the Leedy place
and went north to the river.
Her shawl was found on the
steep banks of the stream be-
low "the Castle" and a little
farther down was the body, ly.
ing face upturned il the shall
low water, dead, and to all ou
outward appearances having
come to her death by drown.
. ing. About her head wa
; wrapped shawl which nigh
,, have been used as means o
) suffocation, provided that tn
. case can be deduced as fou
play, with the incentive as tn
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-03-08
Now The Annual Meeting April Big Watch Rapid City Go
CAN'T HELP ITSELF

When you are told that
Rapid City has a boom
with a mushroom attach
ment, deny it and insist
that it's just a natural
normal growth that has
begun to sit up and take
a little notice-that's oil
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
The Whole Collection S. Gus

PCT far more wholesale ,--- LlScoV-
II cred last Year IN the H.-.-- -elih N
the old English city of Bath Here pictures
valued at tlve million dollar ~ were
originally the property of ~r III Hg-
burne. a retired naval officer .- wealth.;
who had long refused all eNI,- tte anu
naturally became the v1,t,n ltaels
IN III nations. Out o1 Two E-- no MY
SIN pictures attributed to y ieneIs'
Naudvkc Sir Peter Lclv, SIT >evnodS'
Salvador Rosa. Ruten>, Norla-.... .. .orousn,
Leonardo ia NincI, and other ysS th@n I
one hundred and uinetv-roU- cen Ie-
leCtcd as spurious copies or ,-.' l i@NT''
MANY of the orig;ua, picture -et % &c
in Bath have al the time been reposhs
in London and Continental gale. tilo.S
the frauds are several So C-.lc,. y. W,i'i'
II genuine. would be worth ,.c .r " thoU-
sand dollars each, and there Is 81. ci Ilti~h
which could not be purchased .-ve tunes
that sum ii genuine
Even stranger still was the ease The OorOS
landscape presented not long az -he pup
lin \rt Gallery bV the Prince of b. .- himself;
The picture Was promptly prom. - d iraNI
10y some OF the leading experts ,- --on anu
Paris
One of the u,~t recent eases .- bad ear
qair. however. v..S th..- i'm which . wei. kuown
London firm of dealers bought -- twenty
Thousand dollars a canvas W.... -rN Wgie
perfectly satisfied Was q Sc-u,-e ..,>','''e.
In due time they sold the pasture ricn 'I-
loving peer ~ s. profit OF thirty -Dd He-
lars. Great was the l--IECt,rr.- .. rtc'Neuo
concerned when the greatest .t--r- --,-.! !'!
ON tins master pr1uvU UOCvl t-T f'.'''-s 90 ~
gerv The pur, ,ha~cr began legs. r- -eea'nS5
forthwith. Juj ~ wa~ U-.".tst Ne,.[
that the -p called "Coustat.c ".- --e W'fH
ot a clever bun obscure artist IN t"r r'N -
England Who thought himself extremely .ucSy
to Yet fifteen hundred dollars for IT,
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
LUCK OF THE ART COLLECTORS
By WILLIAM G. GERALD

iS the story OF Young CLicag,.- -... ..~-w p
prize last wear ON his Eur. re-~ ..-- In
back street near the ancient -a-.e..- N
terburv he paused Tor q p. ----- F. 4
S,,uCerful ot old coins IN - .--. -ey
were mostly battered ut---e- -~.- -1-eS
of the rrignS ui the George. .-- T.-. 81.
at TWO cents each.
The Young fellow WG7 sonnet Inns -.,--.-s-
uatiSt himself and OH turning rar.- over ne
found among them media. or token rt--e-t.v
tlaCZ with a thick i-.---~-attur .- ol-- and
feeling strangely heavy Wondering Z II
could te made vi lead, he PAID hrs w" -entS
and took his purchase home. where p. gave
II = thorough cleansing, and then V.- with
II 70 Spinks well known com l.r E. Hicca-
dillv Here II was pronounced medal
OF The Stuart period worth TWO hun -o..ars.
MANY OF the famous --- -urS OF
Europe finance travelling agents .-. ave them
4 rowing commission As bargain .rS. One
OF these. Ralph Bernal. once r- -o IN en-
graved crystal circle for two d. m q cur1O
shop in Brussels. IL turned have be
Ionged To- Lothaire. one of -'- kirgs Of
France, and eventually the Museum
bought II for thirteen hundrei ----ty-nve
dollars.
On the other hand, the greet. -NpertS N
the world are frequently deceive. Quite re-
Gently no less 4 parsonage than t -esidenI
of the British Roval Acace-r sell, ~
Edward ]. Povnter. bought -.- \ltlona!
Gallery IN London what he ter--- .eAutiiuI
little work of PerugInO, ut -.- -entn OF
quite early sixteenth CertUrr -e prlCe
paid was only TWO thou---- rs No
sooner was II hung than rl--- .-e -err and
thcn another of IuternatIoGal -e- ION rose
up 20 attack II.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

EVERY summer something Ike halt mill
E ron we'll 70 do Americans 60 abroad Tor
prolonged vacation. And once let loose
in the historic critics ut the Old World. one and
all are attracted 10y curio hunting in the quaint
shops of London and Paris, Rome and Florence,
Venice, Seville, Cologne, and many more
Their luck N buving varies amazingly; but
in any event the charm of the pursuit Is always
a delightful memory. Even a collector OF ].
Picrpont Morgan rank has his record OF bar
gains; notwithstanding that Governments so
fear his long purse aS 10 pass stringent laws tor
bidding private owners 70 sell HIM priceless
treA>ure~ which il IS claimed should be kept
in the country.
Only last wear one Of Mr. Morgan's Paris
agents, >auntcring by the shabby little shop
windows Of the Rue Lafayette and the Quai
Vot4ire, picked up half dozen old prints N
:. rag and bone shop for twenty cents. The
agent WAS excited, for he tclt sure they were
superb proofs Of AItrecht Durer. And forth
with he sought Henri Bouchot, the famous
keeper Of prints in the Louvre. That expert,
the greatest in the world in his line, at
first pronounced the proofs forgcrieS.
The Louvre. he SAID, possesses the only
original plates bearing Durer's signature
Thereupon Mr.. Norgan'S dealer took Bouchot
to the window. and through a magnitying
glass showed him Durer's own monogram on
each ut his purChaSeS-old and faint, Yet
genuine beyond question.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
A Valuable Ring

M farmer friend explained that his man had
on in tins way. On removing II, declared IL 70
bc of gold, and offered 10 take it INTO town
and yet IL valued, Nv host agreed and srnil-
Inglv remarked that he would rather have 4
few silver spoons for his wife than any money.
The jewclcr SAID that the intrinsic value ot the
gold WAS about one hundred dollars. and |
sold the ring To- the British Museum for seven
teen hundred and fifty dollars. II Is an cN-
Ccedlnglv rare Saxon ring OF crude pure gold.
Tearing in enamel the words, Ethelswyth
Regina"
The present Duke OF Marlborough is Il Young
peer OF excellent artistic Instincts. and. like
many other art collectors, Is perhaps more
proud ot hIS bargains than of any other items
in the great collection 1T Blcuheim Palace
Two or three Years ago the Young Duke bought
a terra Gotta figure in Paris for two thousand
dollars The little statuette was 4 miracle of
grace and beauty, and WAS soon christened
The Water Nymph." British. French, and
Italian dealers were given an opportunity to
inspect it, and II was gradually established IS
being one of the finest examples eNtant of the
great sculptor FauConnet. No sooner WAS this
known than a formal trade offer of thirty
thousand dollars made to the Duke, which
he declined.
To descend now to much smaller game there
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
Smokers and Smoking

"IIp .,.-.r. scr would uc doubt oe
,-.-r, ..-...-. r. ne should keep record
80 ~ ,,,..,.... .. .r.-.l- for cigars IN q ~inSS
- h. ...... .r lu average SIN SlSaIs
.-... - costs ten cents "
= n '','' ... .E -.v- hundred and
th+t r1,e a,r the
I'i'V'''" N'.' -. wears q
average man -..-, l+,--six
his HE then hc . - r,
hundred and SIXTY lN. fvs
support himself iu 80 u...r-.' WAY ~. ts
y,.,rs There. are a g,,.. many men no S, SiOHs
from ten 70 uttec0 vlS+E- O. ....- .--.,
than double the average -. S-.'- hos.
The average cjg,r ruca-ur O.-- nv -'.; .;,srs
and IL Is interesting o. note tast 70 ' the
an ordinary man smokes during luH' I;,sS
wears OF his lite were stretched rut ~ - : III
end To- end. they would ....- o 'S'''.,si
over sin miles The uuutcr .- SiS-'iS itt,-six
To- stretch this length Would uc 7eN'"'
thousand six hundred and aitE- ex-
The cigarette smoker Il 1'1 ft''C he
travagant. though the number ", C's.ueeIs'' crn-
smokes tar exceeds the number ~ Sis;aI' eood
sumed bv the cigar smoker \ l@nil Sox.
brand OF cigarettes costs fifteen ten's IA
and 4 man addicted 10 the habit. uIiiesS ~ jav.
fiend smokes about twenty NISare'tTTs -. = I'VE
Suppose then that he smokes ior I'm IN have
wears he would ~ the end ot thAt t,j fye
driven two hundred and titty-tVe tho !.bac-
hundred nails in his coffin, Is the ,,r,,d
conistS would say, and the oPer@uvr ioIIsrs
have cost him over thirty -elght hulul
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23
The Fraud in the Gallery

NEXT came close scrutiny OF the prints in the
~ great national collection of France which,
To the curators surprise and dISuay. revealed
only traced signatures; that Mr.. Morgan
purchase WAS startling IN double sense. Vt
all events, the museums prints were Immedi-
atelv marked copy IN Large letters.
Notwithstanding the vast quantities OF
spurious rubbish Shot upon the art markets OF
Europe every Year, great tindS are surprisingly
frequent. The Louis Huth collection. re-
Gently sold ~ thriStic'S auction rooms IN Lon
don, included - Hawthorn pot which had been
picked up IN an obscure BARRIERS shop Tor
three dollars. So rare and exquisite work ot
art was this piece of porcelain that the art
dealers of the world competed eagerly tor II,
and II was finally knocked down dUId great
excitement To one ot the Paris RothSChIldS
for thirtV-ouc Thousand dollars.
There are many bargains To hc found IN old
books Last season "a Yale student, CHANGING
To- enter a cigar store in the East End of Lon
don. had To- wait while = laborcr WAS served
with four cents worth Of coarse tobacco
suddenly noticing the paper the stuff
wrapped in. he followed the workman and
offered HIM quarter for II. The man Thought
him a Iunatic. But the Young student Went
back into the store with the leaf and asked
the proprietor II he had any more pages OF
that book.
Why. vcs. the man said; Il have only lust
begun ON it For another quarter the Young
curio collector added the volume 10 lis recently
severed title page and then realized that he
had secured for httv cents - complete copy OF
that ancient work, The Seven Champions of
CHRIS tcndome' whose market value Is three
hundred dollars.
\S to curio~:tics generally, it Is amazing
what quantities ot them are discovered each
YEAR 10y excavation, especially IN Egypt, where
the traffic IN antiques Is SCI great that the mar
kcts are often flooded with sCIrIbS made III
Birmingham and bronze deities forged 10y the
c.,rtlvad IN Frankfort.
And Vet the collector with his ewes open
may Uuquc>tlouahlv secure treasures. One
day last fall while ON a tour through England
| spent 81 week IS u paying guest with =
small farmer IN Yorkshire Ouc morning as
Wa going out shooting with him, he liberated
Il pointer dog and | noticed that the animal
had what looked like big brass ring attached
To its collar.
New-York tribune., 1907-06-23

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-01
T HE DIAM o ND
THIS WAS AN
 EASY MARK
New London Was Not in the Game Yesterday For a Minute --
 Other Games.

There was time when Sam Ken lnedy and his Whalers could throw a
 scare into our camp, but that time
 was not yesterday nor will 1t be to- morrow or the next day unless Sam luel, the "Slapper" gets hustle on
 and secures a ball team. If that IS
 the best that Sam could do, after the
 long winter campaign in the base
 ball camps, then there must be some thing radically wrong with the New
 Londoner's judgment. They started in with all their bellows in full
 blast as if they were going to eat the locals up in one gulp, but they flattened out like lot of dead fish
 before they had got really started.
 Waterbury simply toyed with them
 and the remark was heard on all
 sides that the Whalers this year are
 lot of dead ones They had one
 chap in the short field named De-
 Mara and he was great on making errors. contributing the only three his side was credited with. They had another windy fellow at the
 third corner by the name of Meehan and he shot off enough surplus breez-
 es to start Maurice Reeds wind mill.
 He had taken dislike to the um- pire, Beecher by name, right from the very start, and in the eighth he talk
 ed so uninterruptedly and so per-
 sistently that he was allowed to go
 oyer on the bench and have a talk fest with himself. There was one other chap who acquired the only
 real distinction for his side of the
 house and that was O'Rourke. He
 made the only three hits with which
 his team is given credit and he placed
 them nicely at that. The rest of the team, including Samuel himself, was
 a joke, with McAleer the twirler the biggest joke of all.
 Eddie Farley was in rare good form yesterday and he had the Whal-
 CTS tied to a tree. But for one un- fortunate error by McAndrews in the
 very last inning he would have scored shut out. His benders broke just where he wanted to have them and he was given the best kind of support up to that last misplay. One ASuI IhaI iAC VIII otdnu as record for some time. In the third inning he struck out the first three men that faced him, Reiger, Refrange and McAleer. In the eighth inning those same three men faced him again and he struck them out once more in succession But
 12 men faced him in the first four innings. Schincel brought in our first run after McNellis got his base on balls and the next two men had been retired. Our backstop slammed one to the left garden for two bases sending the sorrel topped local boy home. Nichols brought in the next two runs with his trusty stick by hammering one to center with three on bases. Our last two came in the sixth after Bronkie had smashed out a two-bagger and the short stop of the Whalers had made two bum throws. The game was fairly we'll attended for midweek contest. The score:
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-01
CORONA STAKES.
JuErler. at . to 2. Wins Jamaics
 Fcature-Jockey Miller Hurt.

Juerler. at B to 2. Wins Jamaics
 Fcature-Jockey Miller Hurt.
 NEW YORK. May 1.-Jockey Walter Miller. the popular rider. received in- juries in the first race at Jamaica which will probably keep him out of the saddle for several days. He had the mount on Epocha. heavily played at 3is to 1. but soon after the start Epocha stumbled and fell. throwing Miller heavily to the ground. and the lad received a spralned foot. He was brought hack to the jockeys room in the starters wagon. The injury Is not serious.
 Juggler. at to 2. easily won the Corona stakes. selling. the feature of the card. by five lengths. Orphan Lad made the pace to the stretch. where Mountain brought Juggler up and won. Summaries:
 First Race. - Hands Around. first; Bounding Elk. second: Bennie VII Hams. third.
 Second Race.-Barbary Belle. first; Dr. Hollis. second. Teacre-s. third
 Third Race.-Ffrst Premium. first: Don DOmo. second: Inquisitor. third.
 Fourth Race. = Juegier. first. Rye. seccnd: Orphan Lad. third
 Fifth Race--Salvabie. first: Molcsey. second. AzoTa. thinl-
 sixth Race - communipaw. frst; NillStone. second; wIse Hand third
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-01
SENSATIONAL PUNrER AT YALE.
H. N. Wheaton. a Freshman. Wins
 Contest to Close Spring Practice. |,

May 1.-At the cloze of the spring football practice at Yale Monday H NJ. Wheaton of Pennsylvania. freshman. won both the bunting and | dropkicking contests. His accuracy and sensational punt of 57 i-2 yards caused Captain l.. h. DigloW and Coach William Knox to believe that Wheaton will be a second Paul veef- CT. W. C. Wick. 10. and w. E. Bomar. '0s. tied for second place i1 the dropkicking and R. R. Abt1( '0s, was second ia the bunting. Pad Dunbar. OS. won the contest In f14 forward pass for accuracy at zE' yards, with ". P. Bomar. 'os. second.
 Yale spring practice has been ferf satisfactory. owing to cool weather prevailing. Paul Veeder. '17. Eho has been coaching the kickcrz. wiiI return next fall to complete his work Yesterday he expressed himself ca greatly pleased with Wheafon's ucr< Wheaton played fuIIback on fh<1 freshman eleven last fall. During the summer the kickers On ths TtIs eleven will keep up light individu1I work and fhe squad viii report f1 New Haven two weekn befers kho opening of eolleEs next fall
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-01
CUPS ON EXHIBITION.
International Race Prizes Stand
 Three Feet High.

Norfolk. Va. May 1.-within two weeks the cup offered by Sir Thomas Lipton for the international yacht races to be held at the Jamestown exposition next September will have arrived in New York city.
 It has been forwarded to Charles w. Kohlsaat. commissioner general for the exposition. and will be ex- hibited by him at the New York Yacht club and in Tiffsny's big store in New York before 1t Is brought to the exposition.
 The cup offered by King Edward is already in New York and will be exhibited there by Nr Kohlsast and in Boston before 1t Is sent to the ex- position This cup. like s.r Thom- as Lipton's. Is said to be a magnif- cent piece of workmanship. It stands three feet high ard is valued at Itl.ooo.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-01
HoLYoKE DoWNED, TOO.

New Haven, May l.--Holyoke was defeated by the home team yes terday afternoon at Savin Rock by the score of [ to ,. New Haven went right after the game in the first in- ming, taking the lead there and then, and had no trouble in holding it dur ing the rest of the contest. Both teams hit pretty well, the home team getting ten to the visitors nine. The hits scored by New Haven were more opportune, however, and came ill sey- eral cases when hits meant runs.
 R. H. F. New H'v'n 2~2 O,10 10 "-7 10 2 Holyoke 0 % 0 001 0-2 9 1 Batteries-West and Joe; D0lan and Milliman.
 Sacrifice hits, lott, Connc.l, Bunyan, Wade; stolen bases, Wade 2. Bunyan, Dolan, Hayward; two-base hits, Boucher, Sherwood, Lepine, BruDb, Dolan; double play, Fitzpatrick, Sher- wood and Bunyan; struck out, by West 5; by Dolan 1; bases on balls. by Dolan 4; by West 3: hit by pitch ed ball, Wade; time, 1:40. Umpire. Kelly. Attendance, $50.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-01
SPORTS COME HIGH.
Former President of the Wachuset
 Boat Club Gets Into Court.

Worcester. Mass. May 1.-Thomas J. Harrahy, a prominent sportsmen and former president of the Wachu- set Boat club. has been sued by the club for s1,000. SO the scandal de- veloping from the National regatta last August gets into the courts. Harrahy's friends declare the big gest scandal ever connected with a national regatta will be uncovered by the trial. The papers in the suit were given to Deputy Sheriff Hunt for service. The declaration de- clares Harrahy "unlawfully. illegally and improperly converted to his own use s600 of the clubs funds"
 The money in question was spent entertaining national regatta officials from New York and other visiting oarsmen with automobiling at $I20 a day and wine at s25 a round. Har- rahy declares 1t spite case.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-01
SPRINGFIELD WAS EASY.

Springfield. Mass. May I.-NorwIch won from Springfield yesterday after noon. to 1 by a combination of hits and errors In the batter part of the game. After the first inning Plauk had the locals at his mercy and hut three hits were made of his inc rest of the way. The fielding Of Sofel was the feature. Score.
 R.H.E E. Springfield OOO00 0ooO-i ; Norwich. OOOOO2 21O2-5 9 3 Batteries-McI.anghlin and Ro- barge: Plank and Bridges.
 Sacrifice hits. Rosarge. Curtiss. Ter kins: stolen bases. Waite: first base on balls. of Mclaughlin. 2. Of Plank 2. left on bases. Springfield [. Nor
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-05-01
BASEBALL NOTES.

Still sprinting.
 At Springfield to-day.
 They are watching us pretty close ly.
 Ward is getting to be a great bunt beater.
 That New London aggregation couldn't beat an egg as at present constituted.
 Is DeMara Cuban or a missing link? The fans said yesterday he was one of the jokes of the ball field.
 Reiger, the right fielder of the Whalers, is another good man. He struck out three times yesterday. Pretty good record for fielder.
 The next home game will be on Saturday, when the Norwich team comes here. Norwich Is right behind us in the standing and that contest will be watched with interest.
 Springfield will give us a good try out today and it would be Dan 0'Neil's delight to take the first game from the locals. Unless they play better than they have done it means another victory for our side.
 The next two days will show just of what mettle the Waterbury team is composed. It will have to be a pretty seasoned team that will stop our onward march.
 Finnegan's Fusiliers are ready to play any baseball nine In town, barring the Waterbury team... The Fusiliers claim to hold the champion ship of tout east and they are eager to meet with John Sayles' Crescents or Tom Wards Pots and Pans. or Jim Burns Waterville nine of business men.