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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
His First Deal in the Black Hills.

The reports which have of late
been coming from the Southern Hills
indicating the success CT the Sagi
nav Mining company in their opera
lions near Custer, are most crafty
ing to the people who are interested
generally in the progress of the
Black Hills, to the stockholders of
the company and particularly to F.
w. Bower Of this city. The Sagi-
nav company was the first which
Mr.. Bower promoted and he conse-
Quently feels keener interest in its
affairs for the reason that there is
touch of sentiment in his connec-
ton with it. Since the year 1900
Mr.. Bower has been instrumental in
organizing a number Of other min
Ing enterprises and it is also crafty
ing to him to realize that none of
them have proved to be without mer-
It, whereas most of them are among
the prominent companies in this
section.
The deal which eliminated in the
transfer of the Saginaw ground to
the company which is nov operating
It, was made in 1900. The ground
had belonged to Ford Mclaughlin
and Buel R. Wood, both of Custer,
and the latter a we'll known attor-
ney of that place. The former has
since died, but Mr.. Wood is in Col
orado and continues the practice Of
his profession. The deal was closed
and the final papers signed in Dead
wood on the day on which Theo-
dore Roosevelt, then the vice presi-
Dental candidates, spoke to the peo-
pie of this city. The business was
transacted in the Office of w. S.
Elder in the Whitaker block, and
at its conclusion it was properly
celebrated by the men who had re-
ceived payment for their ground.
The property passed to the party Of
Michigan investors who are still in
control of the company.
The Saginaw mine is we'll de-
veloped property. having series Of
distinct veins, the largest Of which
has a width of fifteen feet. 1t is
upon this that a 3O0-foot shaft has
been sunk and forms the principal
source of ore supply for the milling
operations now in progress. There
are numerous other shafts, tunnels
and open cuts in which ore is ex-
posed. The milling plant is an up
to-date affair, consisting of COM
pliment of stamps, concentrating
tables and cyanide annex for the
treatment Of tailings. The last re-
ports from the mill state that an
excellent recovery of free gold Is be-
ing secured on the plates and that
1t Las bccome certainty when the
otter ! cans of extraction, viz, the
concentration and cyanidation, have
shown their results, it may be stated
without reservation, that the Sagi-
nav will he among the permanent
producers of the Black Hills.-Pio-
neer Times.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09

the democrats Of South Dakota
Nv, gain been turned down by
tte Secretary Wipf. He refuses
@c,epy and file joint petition of
Ii Candidates under good govern
MT head, holding that each candi-
- H. usl nave a separate petition
als s.gAed. Prominent lawyers
..-er al o. interpretation of the
't~tute. The Jaw is not clear by any
leans. Attorney General Clark has
cen asked for a ruling.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09

diers and demanded instant surren-
der of the charter, which lay in a
box on the table. A hot discussion
followed. Finally Andres stretched
out his hand to seize the disputed
paper. Then the candles were sud
denly eXtingushed, and the people
who had gathered on the street out
side rushed in a disorderly crowd
into the hall. There was period of
wild confusion in the dark, and when
the candles were finally relighted no
charter was to be found. 1t had
been removed by Captain Wadsworth
and concealed in the oak, which ever
afterward bore its name.
The oak was even then old.
When the first settlers were clear
ing their land the Indians begged
that it might be spared. 1T has
been the guide of our ancestors for
centuries they said, 'as to the time
CT planting our corn. When the
leaves are the size Of a mouse's
ear, then is the time to put seed m
TO the ground The Indians request
was granted, and the tree, after
ward becoming the custodian of the
lost charter, became famous for all
time. 1t fell in windstorm Aug.
81, 1856, and so deeply was it ven
Grated that at sunset on the day of
its fall the bells of the city were
tolled and band oil music played
funeral dirges over it's ruins.
At the time of its fall its circum-
ference one foot from the ground
vas twenty-five feet, and it was es-
II ated to be over 600 years DID,
.ansas City Star.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
RAILROAD WRECK IN OHIO.
Excursion Train in Ohio Wrecked

EXCURSION Train in Ohio wrecked
Six Persons Were Killed.
Cleveland, O., Oct. six lives
were lost and number OF persons
were injured tonight on the Toledo
and Ohio Central railroad. A pas
senger train carrying excursionists
was run into the rear by a freigh.
train at Sugar Ridge. Up to a late
hour only four bodies have been re-
covered from the wreck. The rear
car of the excursion train was tele-
scoped and two other cars were JAM
med together.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
Public Land Sale.

Department Of the Interior. Rap
ID City Land Office. August 3r6,
1908.
Notice is hereby given that, as
by direction OF the Commissioner
OF the General Land Office. under
The provision of the Act Of Congress.
approved June 27. 1906, "a Stat.
ol') we will offer at public sale to
The highest bidder, at o'clock a. M.
on the 22nd day of September, 1908,
next, at this office, the following
tract of land: Southwest quarter of
northeast quarter of section 18.
township 8 north, range 8 east,
south half of northwest quarter OF
section 80, township 4 north. range
Z east, B. H. M, Sereal O2316.
Any person claiming adversely the
above described lands are advertised
to file claims or objections on or
before the time designated for the
sale.
]. l.. Burke, Register.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
FIVE MEN KILLED.

Wreck on Logging Road In Oregon
and Train Thrown From Track.
Portland, Oregon, Oct. IA
work train on the logging road Of
the Chapman Logging cougar was
wrecked about fve miles west Of
scappoose this afternoon. Five mem
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
Annapolis Bi-Ccntennary.

Annapolis, Md, Oct. Odd An
napols will celebrate it's 20Oth
birthday next month and arrange
ments have already been made for
three-day period of festivities to
commemorate the bi-centinnary
The exercises will begin Sunday, No
vember 20, and continue through the
two following days.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
Lost,

Gray horse, branded half circle 8
on left hip, weight between ll"v
and 1900 pounds. Last seen east .of
Blackhawk. Willing to pay $40 for
Information or return Of horse to
Sawyer's barn In Rapid City.
Fheo. Johnson,
BOX 6l. Blackhawk, s. D..
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
KERN IN ALABAMA.
The Cleveland Letter Was the Sub
ject Of His Speech.

The Cleveland Letter Was the Sub
ject of His Speech.
Birmingham, Ala, Oct. 2.-The
and use by the republl-
can campaign managers of the let
Ter attributed to the authorship Of
the late Grover Cleveland which con-
tanned strong endorsement for
Taft for president. was the subject
t the speech John Kern, the demo-
ratio candidate for vice president,
,efore large audience in Jefferson
heatre here today. He declared that
he use Of such document was n
Infamous attempt to place a stigma
Upon the name Of great departed
5atesman and likened 1t to the use
a name in the Garfield campaign.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
Bankers Flying High.

DaQver, Colo, Oct. "A pala-
tial special train on the Moffatt road
was provided today for the delegates
to the American Bankers associa-
ton, and the entire day will be spent
at Corona. 65 miles distant from
Denver, at the crest OF the CONT
mental Divide, at an altitude Of H.
$50 feet. The excursion Is the clos
ing feature of the weeks convention
Of the nations financiers.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
Bryan. Crude REASONING.

An example Of Mr.. Bryan's reason
ing is found in his statement that
when corporation controls so Der
cent Of the total product it supplies
forty millions of people with that prod
uct." There are, Of course, specialties
which have limited market and are
used by relatively small number Of
the people Of the United States. More
than so per cent, and indeed even as
much as 100 per cent Of the trade in
such articles may be in the control
Of particular corporation. This NAV
III fact, be relatively q small CORPORA.
ton. 1t may never have aspired to tho
unsavory renown Of trust" But by
prosecuting Its particular line with
fidelity and meeting satisfactorily
limited want; or by reason of Soma
secret processes or advantage of expert
ence, it may control the trade In Civ
en- article Of commerce. Or, suppose a
concern controls the whole trade in
some useful byproduct which it has
found 1t advantageous to make, is the
trade to be prohibited?
The Democratic platform makes no
who has been called upon to deal with
this subject.
Work ON Other Com mittees.
His work on other committees has
been equally creditable. One Of his bills
as member of the Committee Oh Inter.
state and Foreign Commerce was the
False Branding Bill, which has proved
effective In protecting the American
cheese manufacturers.
He made the first favorable report to
the House on the Nicaragua Canal be.
fore the Panama project had developed
mud has strongly supported the 18th.
milan Canal enterprise. He was the
father q tie Philippine CAhlA Blu an
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
Blizzard in Montana.

Butte, Mont, Oct 2.-The biz
.srd was general over this section
ma struck Butte last night. Six
hches OF snow has fallen. Should
chinook wind follow, floods are
foLable, as the fall of snow is un-
recedented for this time of year.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
DEBO1s FACTION LOSES.
idaho Supreme Court Decides in
Favor of Anti-Dubois Faction.

Boise, Idaho, Sept. 2S.-The SUI
preme court today decided in favor
OF the anti-Dubois faction contest in
which the Dubois party petitioned
for a writ of mandate to compel the
secretary Of state to certify to coun-
ty clerks the ticket nominated by
the Dubois faction. Unless the Du-
bois faction puts an independent
ticket in the field the Mormon ques-
ton will not be an issue in the cam
paign.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
THREE BURNED 70 DEATH.
An Old Lady and Two Grandchildren
Burned to Death.

Burned to Death.
Yonkers. New York, Oct. 5.-Mrs.
Mary Cummings, seventy years old,
and her two grandchildren, jeanette
Rowland, aged nine, and Harry
Rowland, aged eleven, were burned
to death. early this morning in the
fire which destroyed the cottage OF
John Cumming superintendent of
the estate of J. Cochrane, on the out
skirts of Yonkers. All members of
the household were asleep when the
fire started by an explosion OF q
kerosene lamp. 49,,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09

The mammoth just uncovered in
Northern Siberia is the best existing
specimen, with the head perfect, and
a well-preserved trunk. 1t is hun
dreds of centuries old, and easily,
leads all the cold-storage EXHIBITS
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
THE CHARTER OAK
Bells TOlled and Funeral Dirges
Plavnd XNhon - IN1,ll

BtIIS IOIIcU anu Funeral DlrSeS
Played When it Fell.
The charter oak of Hartford was
a white oak. The story goes that
when James, duke Of York, ascend
ed the throne of England and sent
Andres to take away all colonial
charters Connecticut alone refused
to surrender hers. Andres was fur
ious over this defiance, and Oct. 81,
1887. he returned to the assembly
hall Of Hartford with BODY Of SOL
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09
Mayors Close Session

Omaha, Oct 2.-The League NJ
american municipalities adjourned
is convention this afternoon, after
'lecting Silas Cook, mayor of East
st. Louis, president; John McVicar
II Des Moines, secretary-treasurer
and selecting Montreal as the place
Tor the next convention. The liquor
question was discussed this morn
ing.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-10-09

of the bill for the reorganization Of the
revenue cutter service. He holds third
place in the important Committee on
Rules, and has been looked to as one
of the best counselors in guiding the
business Of the House
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-29
MoNTGoMGERY GUILTY.
second Conviction of Pennsylvania
 Tanker.

Pittsburg. Pa, Oct. 2s.-william Montgomery, cashier of the Allegheny National Bank, until the discovery of a shortage in its funds or over $1,250.- 900 early last summer. necessitated closing the institution. was for the second time this week today found guilty of embezzlement and abstraction of funds, his peculations amounting to $613000.
 The case concluded today involved the abstraction of $144000 worth of the banks bonds. and as in the first case Montgomery offered no testimony in defense.
 Several of the directors of the bank testified that Montgomery has never been given authority to deliver the bonds in questions or use them as coe- lateral. but one of them. James W Brown. admitted that Montgomery had practically unlimited power in con- ducting the banks business.
 The jury was out less than. two hours.
 Montgomery was also jointly indict- ed with Addison s. Altaffer. discount clerk, and hearing of this case will probably begin next week. Two in- l dictments fer forgery against Mont- gomery are pending in county courts.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-29
THE RACES
ReunItn at Lntonia.

ctncinnatI Oct. 2s.-Kercheval the favorite. easily won the handicap at a mile and a furlong at Latonia today, Old Honesty easily took the p pIace tsorl secl ond choice and two outsiders won Track fast. Summarizes: ,,-
 First ,os Faoe f fEs Msrtin9 sso 5 WoH ond; Anna McGee (McHale) to l : show, third. Time 100 l-6; peviser' Jolly Alice, George, Haw's Light, Ae- ronette and Iacara ran. ..-ha,, ,ur- longswT. SgST NJ. Green. II lTrixieF) 3 to % 2, won; Alice, 100 (Burton9 3I to |, place. second; SorroWful' !oS iSS 'MG%seI 'MtnhseI gut shok br thgd Edrkay rmf hS Hsf wood and Marse Abe ran. 1. IT
 Third race, seven furongs-Aay H. 90 (HufnageD l5 to l, o,Sne %Vn' second; Be Tirns l:57 s-5' Blister. Oronoka, Peter Fender Pend Kenrnare Queen, Elgin: Maid es,L1 Militant. Little Fitz and Denver Glri r"F; Fourth race, mile and s a fuGl0nSSMI %1GE: SId Honesty. l1O (McGee) to D, placeyy second; Lady Baldur, s tDeveFicn1T Te0 to 5. show, third. Time l:O0 To-
 raF Fifth tn race. six furlongs-Bonart' 1Ss 11Ss CRrannon) l2 to l, won; EnllsI, 11SSSS (Kennedy) even. secona; sres Tine 1:i5 }PeveTtshS s Tsdh.fS out joe ss4HE HaymaH Comic era King Folly. Javanese, Nah ter D. stonsr Hi IsS Re1a < s %sAis'S' iost anG race mile and sixteenth-Ral- .,sh sIxfh 1o2 rafS aaButierS to l. won; Brancas, 1" ioS tHeide even place secGpnG; spn 4iIef' thied Time, Time Grr IF. oUagga. Imboden. HanniRal Paan BrumQlel
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-29
R,~ Fight For Chicago.

Chicago Record Herald.
 with ife the Re' ballot casting only seven days away, both/ parties trained their heaviest artillery on Chicago last night and the metropolis sounded with the thunder of political ooT,t Rntb sides called in their most con y,ncin9 sneakers from all parts Of the state. both had nn6 their sn9eTni0ttihS snS witS the 1own-state campaigning virtually com nIeted inc gong sounded for the swiftest finish that ever marked an election struggle in COOK county, +be
 Covernor Deneen has been on tne nlatform in Chicago for week with results which lead the Republican
 managers to declare that apathy has brass bands and red fire will bring the voters up to the point of howiing' sprfeIinp enthusiasm. Adlal E. Stevenson appeared on the scene last night. the signal for the DemoeratIc i,, nasnaeers mi to redouble their energies Tn +ba afSort 10 wrest supremacy in Cook county from the Republicans
 0Ouis' Rurn Tons of Red Fire.
 For seven days Chicago ana IS.taaI IIS en I virons will be in state Of poiitlcal Sranzy The Republicans. in conform itv with their policy of making the sneaking campaign in Cook county a short one but hot one; haSe Scnee .s,asi, HL- Eiftv brass bands are to be called into service. red Are has been. bought by the ton. all the big sneakers or the narty in the state have been marsha. . eS in the city-and Q tremendous eff fort f viii be made to roll up larger cTd"lr pluraiities for the ticket In cook county than the party ever before obtained. .,. o. 4ho entire vote, in Illinois lies ,,,au ln C9Gs }Ps %Hm6srats GoTn5S; 9so viii T' make frantic efforts
 to cut down the Re2pblic9n TSoI 'ns,nf %ajGTi t%di
 tna,, Fave a chance to carry 1t. Fall
 ing ii' in this they hope to reduce the | Renubiican lead and by carving the Town state counties to avert Water
 Those hopes cause smiles to stea across the countenance of the Repub' l ijcan chiefs, who assert that the can
 Iiess vsss they have completed of the state
 shows that Deneen could lose Co9s .9l
 county and still win. ana tnat as 5ls,ra ne wli l
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-29
AIMED AT MIR. JONES
SERVANTS OF BAPTIST MINISTER
 ARE POISONED.
Investigation at Oklahoma City of Pe- cuIiar Caae-Echo of . Church Dissension in Vir-
 x1nla.

Oklahoma City, Okla, Oct 2s.-Death by poison of two servants in the home of Rev. Carter Helm Jones. pastor of the Baptist Church here and formerly of Louisville. Ky. has started an in- vestigation to determine whether the poison was meant for the minister by persons in Lynchburg. Va. who ob- jected to his marriage to a woman of the Methodist Church. pr. Jones says he does not believe the poison was meant for him.
 Edward and Laura Davis, servants in the household of Dr. Jones. were found dead. Beside them was a bot tie of whiskey and bottle of black berry brandy. The brandy had been brought by Dr. Jones family from Vir. ginia.
 About year ago pr. Jones went l to Lynchburg, Va, to take one of the largest churches there. He married a prominent Methodist woman and this marriage. which was outside of his con- gregation, caused much bitter com meT1t.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-29
sOLOMON-GROUBY.
Popular Young Couple of AbbeviIIe
 Are Married.

Are
 Abbeville, Oct Special. )-At the home of her father, MT. A. A Grouby, Miss Lyda Grouby and MT Henry Solo mon were married la-t evening. Rev E. s. Atkinson oficiated, the ceremony taking place beneath a bower of roses in the spacious parlor, which was elab- orately decorated with smi1ax and palms.
 Promptly at 7:SO o'clock the bridal party. preceded by Mir William Wsems and Miss Helen Solomon, entered the parlor to the strains of Mendelssohn's 8 wedding march, played by Miss Maud Weems.
 After the ceremony. the young cou- pie drove to their new home on Depot Street.
 Miss Grouby is one of the city's most popular and accomplished young ladies, and the groom Is in every re- spect a model young man, and Is des- tined to make his mark among the bus mess men of the community, Many handsome presents wt:e received and a number of relatives and friends from a distance were in attendance
 Circuit Court is in session here, and many cases of importance were dis posed of during the past week. This week much progress Is being made on the criminal docket.
 Frank Oliver. grandson of MT w F. Parker, died here yesterday morn ing and was buried yesterday after noon.
 Judge Evans, of the Circuit Court made an admirable address before fhe Agricultural School yesterday morn ing.
 Mrs. c. J. Owens and children re- turned home yesterday. after a vfsir of several weeks to relatives a t Wi liston, s. C.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-10-29
BLAME IT ON MORSE
CURTIS MAKES EFFORT TO EXON
 ERATE HIMSELF.
Declared He Told Partner Repeatedly That His Conduct of Fi- nanceH Was Menace to
 Hank

New York, Oct. 28.-The apparent determination of Alfred H. Curtis to exonerate himself of all blame respect ing the banking transactions for which he and Charles W. Morse are now undergoing trial in the United States District Court here. become more defined to-day, when under the prompting of his attorney Mir. Curtis produced letter written by him under date of June 1a 1907, and addressed to Morse, in which he protested vigor- ously against the continuance of prac- tices inaugurated by the latter, which in Curtis opinion constituted grave menace to the stability of the Bank of North America
 The incident of the overhaul of $210.000 by Morse. as variously testi- fled to. was made the subject of search ing questions by the witness own at- torney.
 Mir. Curtis related the coming of F. Augustus Heinz to him for loan of $126.000 and his refusal to grant the accommodation. Morse demonstrated with him, saying unless we let them have the money. they must go to the wall. T"
 Curtis stood firm. however, he said. and retorted: They cannot have a cent of the banks money; if they must fail. they must fall"
 But to his argument, he testified. personal check of Charles W. Morse for S126,000., drawn to the order of Heinze. came through the next day. The check had been honored although at the time the witness said Morse had a balance to his credit of only $s,100.
 T at once went to MT. Morse" the witness said fal must protect the bank and at once wipe out this overdraft. MT. Morse sent out and got two boxes of securt- ties and turned over their contents to me.
 T told him that the securities he offered me were insufficient, and he of- fered to give me an order on l,000. 900 of steamship bonds which he had on deposit in London. accepted the of fer and upon being given the order at once cabled to London to have the se- curities held subject to the Bank of North Americas order"
 The witness was then turned over to the attorneys for Morse for what vir- tually proved to be cross examination. Despite the efforts of Morses attorneys to present Curtis in the light of free agent who, at all times was not un- der control of Morse. the witness per sisted in maintaining his contention that he was but the instrument of an- others will and purpose.
 T never made a dollar through any speculation in any of the enterprises upon whic hthe bank was loaninR mon-' ey" said he. T earned my salary and that was all. The bank was my life's business and I worked for it conscfen- tiously and faithfully"
 An adjournment was taken until to- morrow when MT. Curtis will be fur ther questioned