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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11
"A Big Lumber Trust.

Latest information on the 500
100000 combine which was effected
by the lumber trust" in Chicago
last week, goes to show that the syn
dictate will practically control the
entire supply of white pine lumber
now available in the United States.
The original estimate of three bill
lion board feet as the amount of tim
Der affected by the combine has been
materiallysincreased and four billion
feet is probably nearer the real fig
ure, or 10 per cent of the entire an
nual cut of the country. While the
principals in the consolidation have
refused to discuss details the fact
that the lumber trust" has for the
first time abandoned it's methods of
secrecy and come on into the open
is considered an indication that the
handful Of big lumbermen who have
controlled the industry in this coun-
try for number of years past have
decided that they are now secure en-
ough in that control to disregard
public opinion and to cease to work
as hitherto through subterranean
channels and silent partnership The
Edward Hines Lumber company,
which will operate the new syndi-
cate, is known to have the backing
of Frederick Weyerhauser, the man
whose fertile brain is credited with
having evolved the entire present
system of lumber firms, the interre-
lationship of which has been so in
yolved and SO little known that they
have scaped to date an effective an
ti-trust prosecution such as has fall
len to the lot of most of the other
big industrial combinations. The
timber of the new Weyerhauser-
Hines syndicate is situated for the
most part in st. Louis and counties
in Minnesota and in Western Ontar-
10. There is enough timber, it is es-
timated, to make 10000 houses
and to employ 100000 men part of
each year for 40 years, the time
which it will take before it is all
cut.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11
HiYTI AND IT'S PEOPLE.
Nine-Tenths of 100000 of its In.
habitants are Negroes.


Formerly French colony, Hayti
has been a republic since January
], 1904, 1t has had ninteen presi-
dents, the first being Dessalines, a
slave, who was assassinated in the
second year of his term. He it was
who caused to be inserted in the
constitution an article refusing all
right of property to foreigners.
The so-called legislative power of
the republic is vested in a chamber
of communes of ninety-six members
Zone for each commune,) chosen for
three years by direct popular vote,
and in a senate of thirty-nine mem
bers chosen for six years (renewed
to the extent Of one-third every two
years., by the chamber of communes
from list made out partly by the
president and partly by the electors.
The president is elected to serve sew
en- years by the two chambers in
joint session. The administration
Of the government is carried on by
the president and cabinet of four
members, but as a matter of fact
the president is practically the gov
eminent and almost autocratic in
his authority.
Hayti embraces the western por-
ton of the island and occupies
10,204 square miles. The popula-
ton is about 100000, nine-tenths
of whom are negroes and the rest
mulattoes. There are probably not
to exceed 500 white people in the
country. Port au Prince is the cap
ital, with population of 10000.
Cape Haytien has 10000 people, Les
Cages about $4,000, Gonaives 49,
600, and Port de Paix 10000. The
language of the country is French,
although most of the people speak
a debased dialect. The industry Is
most agricultural. The coffee is ex-
cellent, but the export duty is So
high that but little Of it is sold in
foreign markets. The army. on pa
per, is 5000 strong; the navy joke
and an American gold dollar is worth
six in Haytien legal tender. Cocoa
is grown and so is cotton. Tobac-
co and sugar may be readily cultiv-
ated, hemp grows readily and log
wood is plentiful. Many valuable
woods are to be found in the forests,
while a profitable cattle business
could be readily developed under civ
ilized conditions. In the earth, un-
developed, are gold, silver, anthony,
copper, iron, tin, sulphur, coal, kao-
lin, nickel, gypsum, limestone and
porphyry.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11

Ohio supreme court ordering the
trust dissolved. Archibald made it
plain under cross questioning from
the government counsel that the
Standard Oil Co., of New Jersey,
had been organized as a holding
company because the laws of New
Jersey were reasonable in their
treatment of corporations.
The Standard Oil Co., of New
Jersey, the present holding company
is the combination which the govern
ment is seeking to Dissolve. During
the day Archibald testified that
Former Congressman Sibley, OF
Pennsylvania, was identified with
the Galena Oil Co., a subsidiary OF
the Standard. 1t was to Sibley that
Archibald addressed many of his
letters, which were made public dur
ing the recent campaign.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11
President Dcposcd.

Port au Proince, Hayti, Dec. g.
President Nord Alexis has been de-
ported and is safe on board the
French training ship, Duguary Tro-
win, and Port au Prince is in the
hands of the revolutionists. General
Anton Silon, leader of the insurgents
is marching up the Peninsula with
Legitime has been proclaimed the
new president.
Thousands gathered at the palace
today and threatened to tear down
the walls to drive out the presi-
dent. So serious was the situation
that the French minister and other
foreign representative forced them
selves upon the president and he fin
ally consented to withdraw Alexis
drove from the palace to the water
front with the French flag around
him and all along the route the peo-
pie lined the streets and shouted
at, jeered and cursed the fallen man.
When the landing was reached the
mob lost all restraint and the scene
was tragic and shameful. The mob
tried to hurl themselves on Alexis
and fought the soldiers, who had diff
ficulty in keeping them back Just
as Alexis was embarking, woman
succeeded in reaching his side and
drawing a knife made sweep at
his body but the blow fell short.
Before she could make another at
tempt she was seized by soldier.
A man succeeded in striking Alexis
with his fist.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11
TO Try Murderer.

Mount Holly, N. j., Decem Der -
Joseph Hoover, charged with slay-
ing Edward Ford, at Bordentown,,
during At Of jealous anger. will
probably be placed on trial sbis week.
Since the crime, Hoover has repent
ed Of his action. and. has sought 10
remove the stain placed upon the
character Of bis wife. whom he had
charged with Illicit relations Win
the victim OF his murderous wrath.
He says that he now real,xes that
he forced q confession from her at
the 9point Of 4 pistol with which he
killed Ford. and he does not under.
stand what led him TO such action 90
he recails hing d susta In IL.
Hoover states that he cannot hope
40 ssye himself from the electric
chair end hopes that the operation
WI soonSbe end led
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11
MEETING OF EDUCATORS.
Many Prominent Speakers Are on
the Programme.

the Programme.
Aberdeen, S. D., Dec. 1.-THE
programme for the twenty-sixth an
nual session of the South Dakota
Educational association has just
been issued. The convention will
be held in Aberdeen this year on
December 20, 80 and 81. The ex-
ecutive committee has arranged
what is probably the best program
ever given to the teachers and edu-
Gators Of South Dakota Not only
are many Of the prominent educa-
tors Of the state listed for addresses,
but considerable outside talent will
be on hand. DR.. Nathan C. Sch aef-
fer, of Pennsylvania, has been Sc
cured for an address on the open
ing day, his subject for the occasion
being, work and Play in Educa-
ton" DR.. Schaeffer goes to Min
nesota on the following day to talk
to the members of the Minnesota
association. Ben B. Lindsey, of the
juvenile criminal court of Denver,
will give an address on the even
ing of December 80. The presi-
dents address will be given on We'd
nesday evening by Rev. Thomas
Nicholson. formerly head Of Dakota
Wesleyan university. Among the
prominent state speakers who have
numbers on the programme are
State Superintendent Hans Ustrud,
Hon. G. Fred Knappen, OF Brook
iings; Prof. Perisho and Prof. Axe
ley, OF the state university; Presi-
dent G. H. French, Of Huron college,
sA. H. Bigelow. OF Lead q. g. Eric
son. president 81 board Of regents.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11
A SUICIDE IN BROOKLYN.
Young Woman Who Registered as
Mrs, S. H. Falconer. SiOux Falls.

New York, Dec. "A progresses
ing and richly dressed young woman,
wha had registered at a Brooklyn
hotel as Mrs. S. H. Falconer, of
Sioux Falls, South Dakota, stood
before a mirror in her room today
and fired a bullet into her brain.
She was dead when the bell boy, at
tracted by the report entered the
room.
Beyond the name on the hotel
register, nothing was found to In
dietac. a,aS shrdlucm fwypmmmm
dictate the guests identity. She
was a pronounced blonde and strik-
ingly handsome in face and figure.
Physicians. who examined the body
expressed the belief }htat she was not
more than 23 years Of age.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11
Notables to See Play.

Washington, Dec. president
Roosevelt and Mr.. Taft have secured
seats for the premiere of The Test, -
in which Blanche Walsh will appear
next Monday night. The president
is said to have praised the moral
lesson" tauSht by the drama
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11
Tho Union Publishing Company.
The department of education has

The department of education has
compiled list of county superinten-
dents of the state elect, who will
take their offices the LIST of January
next year. Out of the fifty-three
such officers selected, twenty hre
women. Every county west of the
river with the exception of Gregory
selected IA woman superintendent.
For the first time in sixteen years
Hughes county selected a woman SUI
perintendent. Out of the list the
democrats secured eleven such Of
f1cers.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11
Baseball Meeting.

New York. December Baseball
magnets from all the major league
cities are gathering in the metropo-
lis for tomorrow's gathering OF the
clans. The National League will
hold its session at the Waidore-As-
toria, beginning at two O'clock to-
morrow afternoon. The major league
club owners and officials are vitality
interested in the uprising" OF the
Eastern Leasue and the American
Association, which has led Is rumors
of baseball war and the possibility of
9 third ma jor league Of outlaw clubs
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11
ARCHIBALD AGAIN ON STAND.
Told OF the Organization Of STAND.
ard Oil Company, of New JERSEY.

ard Oil Company, Of New Jersey.
New York, Dec. 2.-The process
through which the Standard Oil
trust was liquidated and Its thirty
subsidiary companies brought UNI
der control Of the present STANDARD
Oil company, OF New Jersey, was
developed in the testimony In de-
tail today BY John Q. Archibald, un-
der cross examination In the federal
suit to dissolve the Standard OIL
company. Archibald declared that
the trust had been liquidated zing the
years 1892 2 to 1899. with ali good
faith To- obey the mandates Of the
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11
Public Land Sale.

Department of the Interior, Rand
City Land Office. s. D., August 14th,
1908.
Notice is hereby given that as d.
rected by the Commissioner OF the
General Land Office, under the pro-
visions of the Act of Congress an
proved June 9th. 1906 ga Stat.
DID we will offer at public sale ia
the highest bidder, at 9 O'Clock a.
M, on the 10th day of October next
at this office, the following tract 81
land-serial 0656, viz:
North half of northeast Quarter
OF Section 26, township 4 north
range east, B. H. NJ.
Any person claiming Adversely
the above described lands are adyer.
nsed to file claims or objections on
or before the time designated for the
sale. s. ~
John L. Burke, Register
Myron Willsis. Recsivsr.
The optician Al Trowbridss,s MI,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11

and Miss Helen S. Peabody, princi-
pal of All Saints school, Sioux
Falls.
A rate of fare and a third for
the round trip, on the certificate
plan, has ben granted by the rail-
roads, and is effective from all points
in South Dakota.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11

For fresh cut roses, carnations,
9violets and ehrysanthemums, write
or phone n. w sMcD Donald, Florist,
Lead. s. b. Phones 2lsa and 2097.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11

Our system Of securing returns in
state elections is ridiculous and in
excusably slow. More than twenty
days have elapsed since election and
still we have no accurate knowledge
of the result on many offices in the
state. 1t would be a simple matter
to require election officers to certi-
fly the returns in duplicate and send
one copy unsealed. The county audi
tor could easily send an unsealed
copy Of the county canvas to the
secretary of state and SO within a
week or ten days we could have a
semi-o6icial return upon the entire
election. These requirements would
be wholly inexpensive and the only
way to accomplish the desired re-
form will be through statute re-
curing the proper officers to supply
blanks for the purpose and the cleo
ton officers and county officers to
make the unsealed returns in dupli-
cate.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11

When the running for office habit
becomes thoroughly engrained, even
the verdict at the polls is sometimes
insufficient to convince the victim
that the people utterly fail to recog
nize his transcendant fitness for the
Office to which he aspires. There is
Adlai E. Stevenson, who ran for gov
ernor of Illinois. Alth ough his re-
publican opponent was elected by a
plurality OF something like 10000
votes Stevenson is convinced that,
deep down in their hearts, the peo-
pie want him to rule them, and he is
going to contest the election.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11

The plague situation on the Paci-
fic coast is said to have greatly i'm
proved within the last few months
and the officials who have been most
active in the work of its suppression
are encouraged to believe that with
continued vigilance its complete Grad
ication is probable. Dr. Walter Wy
man, surgeon general Of the public
health and marine hospital service,
in report to the secretary Of the
treasury concerning human plague
and plague infested rats in San Fran
cisco, Oakland, Berkely, Contra Co.'S
ia county and Los Angeles, Cal, and
in Seattle, Wash, covers the period
by months from May, 1907, to Oct
81, 1908, and shows that since this
last named date no case of human
plague or Of plague infested rats has
been discovered on the Pacific coast.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11

Another South American president
has gone abroad; Castro this time.
Sometimes they have gone because
some other fellow wanted their job
and got together armed force enough
to take it. Presidents came to antici-
pate this ending of their careers and
prepared for it by depositing their
stealings in foreign countries. Guz-
man Blanco, one of Castro's prede-
cessors, had several million dollars in
Paris banks when he finally retired
and went there to live at his ease.
Castro goes to undergo an opera
ton, it is said. He says so, too.
Possibly, as matters usually go, he
has gone to avoid an operation by
some Matos by which his official head
would be cut off.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11

Some new and startling chapters
of anthracite history were brought
to light during the hearing Of the
federal suit against the anthracite
railroads charging trade restraint,
before Examiner Guilbert, at Phila-
delphia. Wednesday. Lawyers for
the government submitted a docu-
ment showing how as far back as
1876 there was a board of control
empowered to fix prices and regulate
production and shipments, and how
representatives of the various coal
roads were directors of the Temple
Iron company, the executive commit
tee of which was named by President
Baer, of the Reading. Lawyers for
the defense objected that the docu
ment was irrelevant, and that it an
tedated the life of the law under
which the present action was
brought.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11

Congressman Tawney, of Mime
sofa, who, as head of the appropria-
lions committee, is the house treas
ury watchdog, is out in a declaration
against the extravagant program of
the enthusiasts for larger navy,
and says that less money should be
expended on the navy and more on
internal improvements. Whether
right or not, the attitude of con-
gresham Tawney will meet with the
decided approval of the people of the
west. With the deep waterway to
THE gulf, the many irrigation pro-
jects and the plans the national con-
servation commission may have later
on for the utilization of the natural
resources of the nation, it is a GER
tainty that the federal treasury will
be taxed to its utmost. during the
next few years without an exhaus-
tive effort to carry out such a pro-
gram Of naval expansion as Rich
mond Pearson Hobson and his as
sociates would like to fasten upon
the United States.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11


Attorney General Bonaparte on
Monday at Washington petitioned
the supreme court for a writ of GER
tiorari to the circuit Of appeals for
the Seventh circuit to review the
judgment reversing the $29, 900, 900
fine against the Standard Oil COM
pany, Of Indiana, for accepting Alton
rebates, which was imposed by Judge
Lands. The petition says that there
was no question of error to be re-
viewed by the appellate court, and
that in condemning Lands that
court had exceeded the bounds Of
ito authority and usuryed judicial
power not belonging to It," The at
torney general deems it important
that this matter should be settled for
the direction of all appellate courts.
In his opinion the law never in
tended that the appellate tribunal
Should interfere with the sole dis
erection Of the trial court in regard
to the character or amount of the
punishment imposed" The petition
er holds that the writ sis necessary
also in order that the business com
munity and the people at large may
be informed and advised as to the
meaning of the law by the Judgment
Of this court
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11

Preparations are going forward in
Washington for taking the census of
1910. The director of the census is
Mr.. S. N. D. North, and he is making
arrangements for the most complete
collection of population statistics we
have ever had. This will include our
colonial possessions. The other statis-
tical and useful information gathered
will furnish a complete inventory of
Uncle Sans possessions and interests
with such comments as the subjects
demand. The country has grown
since 1900 when the last census was
taken at an average rate of two per
cent annually, SO it is estimated,
which is expected to reveal in 1910,
a total population of one hundred
million or over. 1t is customary to
reapporton the representatives IN
congress on the basis of the census
one in ten years, and South Dakota
will possibly draw an additional
member ander the next apport:on.
ment, though this is not certain. The
Holse Is already an unwieldy body
owing to its numerous membership,
and Their will be a strong opposition
to enlarge the popular vote for rep
resentatives instead of increasing
the number. South Dakota in either
case, ought to gain an additional
member.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11

--E
A letter which Judge Taft wrote
on October 8, to Rev. M. Larson, a
Baptist minister Of St. Paul, reply
ing to questions concerning the re-
lation of his official acts to the Cath
Ollie church, has only been made pub
lie within the week, Mr.. Larson fear
ing it's effect on the election if pub
lished in the heat of the campaign.
First, as to the $7,000,O0O paid to
the Philippine friars for their lands,
Taft says 1t was not paid from our
treasury on his recommendation The
purchase was made on his recon-
mendation, but the money was paid
from bonds issued by the Philippine
government on the authority of con-
gress. and was approved by the Fill
ipinos. He denied that in a New
York speech he had made plea for
the Catholic church in the Philip
pines except to point out the diff
fculties which that church labored
under when all government support
was removed. He did not believe
that half Of the population In those
islands were against the Catholic
church. He admitted that the pres
ent governor is Catholic, but said
he was careful in maintaining an
impartial attitude between Protest
ants and Catholics. BY law all teach
ers are enjoined from teaching any
ro1i oiop In tho cohoolo NNofk R,,r%b
er wrote that he did not think that
Catholic dignitaries should have any
greater consideration from a public
official than any other organized re-
ligious body. All he had attempted
to do was to do Justice to that church
and to the Philippine people. It was
a political necessity to buy the lands
and then to dispose Of them to the
tenants on easy terms or long lease.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-11

The optician at Trowbridss,s wiz
give you 4 perfect nt IN spectacles.
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-16
nemaerats Iake Notlce.

The ward meetings @ nominate one
candidate for Councilman from each
ward, 10 choose rive delegates to the
convention 10 nominate "a candidate
for Mayor which S TO be held in the
grand jury room. Il the court house
On Thursday Aprl 23rd al S O'Clock
b m- and % elect Five members to
serve on the city Democratic Ezeu-
tive Committee. are called 10 meet on
Thursday April 18TH. d the following
places
the First ward. in The Grand Jury
Room
The SECOND ward in he Board Of
Trade Room
The Third Ward, in the srd ward
school House
The Fourth ward Ia She 4th ward
school House
The Ff8h weird ia the 5lh ward
school House
me present members d The Exec
utiva Committee WIN please attend
% having places designated opened ia
Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-16
PUPILS GAVE FINE PROGRAM
GREEN HILL SCHOOL CLOSED
WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Quite a Number Of Visitors Heard
Children's Exercises Refresh
ments Served at Close.

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Evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1907-1913, 1908-04-16
Ward Convention to Be Held
Monday Evening.
NAY0RiLTY CONVENTION APRIL "a
Republican Executive Committee
Fixes Time and Places For Nam
ing Candidates Democratic
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