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The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
Kndoka School Bonds Carried.

The school bond election which
was held Thursday was unanimous on
the question. There were thirty-two
votes cast upon the question and all
were for bonds, not one being op-
posed to the proposition This cleo
ton was for the issuance of bonds
10 the amount of $4,000. with which
to purchase site and to build a
courtroom school house.
On last Friday j. P. Eisentraut,
representing the Eisentraut Co., ar
chitects, of Sioux City, Ia, and Kan
sas City, Mo-, was in town and that
evening met with the school board
and showed several plans of four
room buildings suitable for our town.
OF the several plans submitted one
was selected which will give us a
fine building and one which, when
completed and located on the knoll
in the new school addition at the
north end of Main street will be
credit to our town.
The building when completed will
cost in the neighborhood Of five
thousand dollars but the board ex-
poets to finish only the lower story
at present, until such time as more
room is needed. Mr. Eisentraut
made contract with the board to
furnish complete plans and speci-
iications and to make two trips here
to superintend the construction Of
the building.
The attendance of the Kadoka
sch ools is increasing in numbers daily
and the need Of a proper building is
keenly felt. We wish to have schools
here which are second to none, and
with the new building this will be
a step in the right direction. The
bonds will be sold as soon as ar
rangements can be made and the
contracts will be let SO that the
work can be commenced as soon as
spring opens.-Kadoka Press.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
DEATH WAS ACCIDENTAL.
Mrs. Scott Was Killed by Bulle

Mrs. Scott Was Killed by Bullet
Wound, But Not Intentionally.
Deadwood, S. D., Dec. 19.-The
rumor which heretofore reached
Deadwood to the effect that Mrs.
w. J. Scott, who died in one of the
resorts of Sturgis week ago yes
terday, did not come to her death
through natural causes, was verified
by the story of the details OF the
affair brought here by inmates of
the place who were present at the
time. That the woman was shot is
not unquestioned and it is equally
certain that the shooting was purely
accidental. The only irregular part
of the affair is the official report Of
the cause of her death, which was
given out at the time as peritonitis
Why there should have been an ef-
fort to mislead the public and the
authorities. is point difficult to
understand, especially when it Is
known that no blame can attach to
the one who was unintentioually re-
sponsible for the tragedy. On the
contrary, the unfortunate author OF
the woman's death is entitled to
sympathy, for he was in the act OF
attempting to relieve the woman's
suffering when the accident occurred
that fastened her death.
According to the story of the af
fair narrated by inmates Of the re
sort, Mrs. Scott was siezea with sc
we're pains on the evening of Fri
day, December 18th. 1t was no
known whether she wes sufferin'
from ordinary cramps or had beel
attacked by appendicitis. A ply
stefan was hurriedly srm moned an
Immediately responded to the call
When he arrived at the apartment
in which the woman lay. he foun
her writing in agony and tore o.
his overcoat that he might wor
more expeditiously for her relie
A He threw the overcoat over the
of chair and it slipped to tn
]. foor. In one of the pockets OF Ii
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
BANK ON BARE PRAIRIE.
Capitalists Take Time by Forclock as
Town has No Formulation.

Pierre, Dec. 22.-To 90 out upon
the prairie entirely ahead of civilz-
alton and organize a bank is going
little farther than the prospectors
who are organizing at locations on
the Indian reservation in Trip coun-
ty. But the bare prairie for them is
the latest proposition brought to the
secretary Of state for a bank char
ter. 1t is the Trip County State
Bank, which is to be located on the
northwest quarter of the southwest
quarter of section 20, township 90,
range 76. 1t is capitalized at $4,000
and sthe incorporators are Charles
Burlington, A. T. Winehart, Buel
Evans. R. o. Grover and j. H. Davis.
The application for the charter states
that there is no population at the
proposed location of the bank. This
is certainly a record.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA DECEMBER %,

Circuit and jury. The jury, after
being out Is minutes brought in a
verdict Of guilty. Judge Boucher i'm
posed fine of 5000 and costs. The
defendants attorney gave notice Of
appeal.
The information charged that the
defendant company had sold its lum-
Der cheaper in other parts of the
state cheaper than it did at Leola.
To the information the defendants
attorneys filed a demurrer to the eff
feet that the law governing the al
legged practice of the company was
unconstitutional. Judge Boucher
overruled the demurrer and the trial
of the case began.
Witnesses for the defendant adj
mitted on the stand that the COM
pany had sold lumber and building
material at Leola at prices from SIS
to $13 per thousand cheaper than it
did at Ipswich, although the freight
rate to Ipswich was lower by 50
thousand than to Leola. The de-
PENDANTS introduced no evidence ex-
cept general denial by the vice
president and general manager of
the company of the intention of the
company to destroy competition.
The action was brought by the
state after investigation by the at
torney general of complaint made
by the Mitchell Lumber Company of
Leola. 1t is said that the Mitchell
Lumber Company will start civil
suit against the Central Lumber
company for damages in the near
future,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
CRAFT AT
P|TTSBURC
SEVEN MEMBERS OF THE CITY
COUNCIL ARRESTED FOR CON-
SPIRACY AND GRAFT.
ARREST OF MEN HIGH IN CJTY,S
FINANCIAL CIRCLES SAID
no BE NEXT MOVE.

Pittsburg, Dec. 21.-Seven men,
bers of the city council were arrest
ed tonight at the instance of the
Voters League, civic reform organ
ization, charged with conspiracy,
corrupt practices and bribery, in con-
nection with municipal legislation
during the past two years.
Alleged acts in establishing de-
positories for funds of the city are
enumerated in the complaints and
it is said that number of persons
occupying high official positions in
local banks will also be arrested.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
Many Operators Discharged.

Seattle, Wash, Dec. 21.-The
agent at Retzville, Wash, was ar
rested and twenty operators at var
ious stations discharged as a result
of an investigation that has been
made to locate systmatic leak that
has been going on in the telegraph
business along the lines of the North
ern Pacific and Great Northern be-
tween Minneapolis and the coast.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
0'S
DOW MALL
AS RULER OF VENEZUELA NOW
SEEMS CERTAIN ACCORDING
TO DISPATCH.
GOMEZ, AS ACTING PRESIDENT,
is FIRMLY HOLDING THE
REIGNS OF GOVERNMENT.

Caracas, Dec. 81; via Willemstad,
Dec. 22.-The end of the rule in
Venezuela of Cipriano Castro has
come. The dictator, who has gov
erned the republic with a rod of
iron since he took forcible posses
sion of the yellow house Gaseous in
1899, is now openly charged with
conspiracy to compass the assassin
alton of the man he left at the head
OF the republic when he sailed away
on November "a for La Guaira, nom
inally to secure skilled medical at
tention in Berlin for a malady of
long standing, and is today thor
oughly discredited man here.
The bank of Venezuela has cabled
its correspondents at Berlin and
Paris cancelling the unlimited letter
of credit given Castro when he left
for Europe and no one in Caracas
believes he will ever dare return to
the capital The Castro ministry
has been ordered to resign and a
new and progressive cabinet will be
appointed.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
Secured in Bank Robbery.

Mitchell, S. D., Dec. 81 A
stranger stepped into one of the local
banks and presented a big bunch Of
pennies to be changed into silver
and the cashier accommodated him.
Later when the cashier investigated
the pennies he saw at once that they
had been secured in bank robbery
A great many of the coins were bent
and twisted as If they had been in
an explosion, and all of them were
powder burned. futile effort was
made to locate the stranger.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
sent president. Rumors are current
today that the anti-government DEM
onstrations still continues.

Washington. Dec. 21.-That the
new cabinet in Venezuela may have
an important bearing on the rela-
tions of that country with the United
States is the opinion of the state de-
partment officials. This depends,
however, on the constitution of the
new government and whether the
vice president and his element are
willing and anxious to resume diplo-
matte relations with the United
States
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
December Call for Taxes.

Pierre, S. D., Dec. I'll The De-
cember call of state taxes will bring
about s225,O00 to the state treas
ury for the general fund. 1t is not
all in yet but that will approximate
the amount. On the strength of the
receipts a call has been made for
cutetan ling general funI
warrants for the 28th Of this month.
This call will leave approximately
100000 Of such warrants yet out,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25

Pierre, S. D., Dec. 21.-Dr. l.. F.
Michael, agent at the Cheyenne
River Indian reservation, was in the
city recently, having come down
from the reservation to make pay
ment to the Indians on Bad river
who yet remain under the agency
jurisdiction. The payment was their
proportionate share Of the semi-an-
nual distribution Of lease money the
pastures on the reservation. 1t
amounted to $50 for each Indian,
and in a family of four or five meant
good bunch of Christmas money.
The total distributed amounted to
$4,000, and the traders around the
reserve are reaping harvest. The
opening of portion of the reserva-
ton next year will mean the cutting
down Of the pasturage acreage for
lease, and corresponding reduction
of the annual funds received by the
Indians from that source.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
Found Dead at Trinidad.

Trinidad, Colo, Dec. 21.-Mabel
Harding. aged Is, was found dead
in a rooming house here tonight.
Two small walls that had contained
audunum indicated suicide, by the
ph9n girl. No cause is known ex-
apt dependency at lonliness at
Christmas time.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
MONEY FOR INDIANS.
$4O5,OOO to be Paid to 2,573 Indians
in SOuth Dakota


Washington, Dec. 21.-Commenc-
ing after Christmas there will be
paid to the Sisseton and Wahpeton
Indians, as a result of a Judgment
obtained in the court Of claims on
the bill introduced by Senator Gam
Bile and passed by the f1fty-ninth
congress, the sum of s69S,S66.s7.
This is to be distributed among
4,440 members of the two bands Of
Sioux, and the claim is for the res
toration of confiscated annuities
growing out of the Minnesota mass
acre of 1852
There will be paid the Sisseton
agency s300,330.07; at Devils Lake,
N. D., s151,5762O, and from the
miscellaneous roll s246.96O.6O, each
Indian receiving s157.4O, except the
first 1,0S7, who will receive $157.41.
The roll is made up as follows:
Sisseton Agency, S. D., 1908.
DEVILS Lake, N. D., 963
St. Paul, Mimi, 2S9.
Fort Peck, Mont, 423.
Fort Belknap, Mont, 23.
Standing Rock, North and South
Dakota, 1874
Cheyenne River. S. D., rs.
Grow Creek, S. D., 293.
Rosebud, S. D., 20.
Pine Ridge, S. D., ~.
Yankton Agency, S. D., 10.
Santee Agency, Neb., 112.
Flandreau, S. D., Sc.
Total, 4,440.
The payment is to be made in St.
Paul, and includes Indians in Min
nesota, Wisconsin, Washington, and
two in Georgia, and $405, 900 will be
paid to 2,573 Indians in South Da-
kota.
Major James Mclaughlin, who
had charge Of preparing the rolls,
leaves the city Monday and will rep
resent the department in making
the payment.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
FIRE IN NEW YORK THEATRE.
Crowd Passed Out in Ignorance of
Impending Danger.

New York, Dec. 22.-Fire broke
out in Herald Square theatre tonight
ten minutes before the close of the
performance and before 1t was
brought under control it had done
considerable damage to the building
and had driven the actors and chorus
girls into the street in scant cloth
ing.
There was no panic and no one
was injured. The audience left in
ignorance Of the fire until it had
passed into the street. The fire
caught from an electric sign in front
Of the building.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
Colorado Man Chosen.

New York, Dec. 21.-E. E. Ritten-
house, insurance commissioner Of
Colorado, was today elected presi-
dent Of the Provident Savings Life
Assurance Society, of New York
succeeding Arthur Langham, Of
Louisville, KY
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
States Case Completed.

Union City, Tenn, Dec 21.-The
tate completed it's case today
against the eight alleged night rid
rs on trial for the murder of Capt.
,anken, when it drew from Frank
Tearhinger confession Of a score
IF night rider crimes.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
LUMBER FIRM CONVICTED.
Charged With Discrimination
Prices at Jeola and Vicinity

Leola, S. D., Dec. 21.-Friday, in
Circuit court, the Central Lumber
company was found guilty of vio-
lating the state law which prohibits
corporations from selling their pro-
ducts in one section of the state at
a less price than it does in another
for7the purpose Of destroying COM
petition. The. case was heard before
Judge Boucher Of the sixth Judicial
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25

Willemsted, Curacao, Dec. FL
No reliable direct news from Cara
cas- has been received here since De-
cember 18th, when the capital Of
Venezuela was placed under marticl
law following the outbreak on TIE
part Of the people against their alb
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
BANK ROBBERY IN KANSAS.

Three Thousand Dollars Secured
from Bank at Halls Summit.
Lebo, Kan, Dec. 22.-Robbers ear
ly today dynamited the safe Of the
State bank at Halls Summit, Is
miles southeast of this place, and
secured $4,000. The robbers escap-
ed. The safe was wrecked by the
explosion.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
Would Separate Degenerate Parents

Sioux Falls, S. D., Dec. 21.-For-
nler Superintendent w. B. Sherrard,
Of the South Dakota Children S
Home, proposes to secure the intro
duction Of a bill at the coming ses-
sion of the legislature providing for
the forcible separation of families
where it is proved that either par
ent is degenerate, idiotic or incom-
petent.
The purpose of the measure is to
prevent the multiplication of the dc
scendant of such classes.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
AMBASSADOR PLEASED.
Spoke Highly Of Recent Agreement
With This Country

New York, Dec. ACCOMPANYING
the joint deliberation by Japan and
the United States in regard to their
respective policies in the Pacific to
a transaction between trusted
friends" Baron Takahios, the Jap
arese ambassador to the Unitso
States, in a address tonight at the
Lotas Club dinner in his honor, ex-
pressed in an unmistakable way his
qualification that so strong a band
OF union between the two countries
had heeu cemented
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
FORAKER BUILDING FENCES.

Began His Campaign for Reelection
to the Senate.
Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 19.-Sena-
tor ]. B. Foraker arrived here today
and opened his campaign to succeed
himself Foraker declined to give
out any estimate as to his strength
but he said that he was in the race
to win.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25

Berlin, Dec. 22.-Castro is appar-
entity unaware of his downfall or of
the gravity Of the occurrences in
Venezuela. The members of his
suite say he sends and receives no
dispatches of any kind The opin-
ion is steadily gaining ground that
Castro's power is completely broken,
the inference being drawn from the
alleged n-communication of events
by the government or his own agents
and that Castro does not possess any
further influence in Venezuela.
Prominent members of Castro's suit
ridiculed the idea of Castro's i'm
plication in the plot to assassnate
Senior Gomez
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
TROUBLE IN VENEZUELA.
Reported That New Government
Has Been Established.

Port of Spain, Dec. 21.-vice
President Gomez. to whom Castro
handed over the presidency on his
departure to Europe, has established
a new government in Venezula. he
has replaced the old ministry with
new body Of men, who represent
the various factions in the state.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25
TARIFF HEARING COMPLETED.
Ways and Means Committee Will
Now Draft New Tariff Bill

Now Draft New Tariff Bill.
Washington, Dec. 22.-The house
ways and means committee today
completed its hearing on the pro-
posed tariff revision and the sub
committee, consisting of republican
members of the full committee be-
gan work revising the present law
into a tariff bill. This bill is to be
submitted to congress at the special
session which it is understood Taft
will call next March.
In order to complete its work the
subcommittee will hold daily meet
ings behind closed doors until the
bill is completed.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25

Mrs. Johnson, Of Piedmont, came
down Monday morning to do some
shopping and take In installation
of officers Of the Eastern Star which
took place that evening.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25

Joe Oieson, of Underwood, was
an arrival Tuesday morning and
epent the day in the city. leaving in
the evening for Mitchell. his old
home. to spend the holidaya.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25

Washington, Dec. 21.-The most
complete systery surrounded the des-
tination of the battleship Maine, :"
which left Norfolk navy yard today
under sealed orders. Neither the
state or the navy department off,
Gals would give any statement on
the subject more than to say that
the vessel had gone on a cruise
They will not deny or affirm the
rumors that the ship is bound for
duty in the Venezuelan waters.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25

Washington, Dec. 21.-The pro-
gram for President-elect Taft and
two or three engineers to go to Pan
ANA to look over the work there is
declared on the best of authority
to be matter of inspection and
nothing more.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25

Caracas, Dec. FL via Willemstad,
Dec 22.-The downfall of Presi-
dent Castro in Venezula was COM
pleted Saturday, last, with the frus-
tration Of desperate plot to as
sassinate Juan Vicente Gomez, act
ing president. Secret cablegrams
have passed between President Cas-
tro. in Berlin, and his agents here
since the popular anti-Castro dem
onstration on December 13 and IA.
A prominent lawyer has filed an &C
cusation I'm court, charging Castro
with completely in the attempted as
sassination and proposing his i'm
parchment.
There was meeting Friday night
of the plotters at a residence in Car
acas and the conspirators decided
upon coup detat. They determin-
ed to assassnate Gomez, Jose Deep
ual, foreign minister, and other
prominent men, sieZe the admins
| tration of the country and with the
army terroriZe and over-awe the
people. Tories Gardenas, who was
at one time minister of the interior
under Castro, was an active leader
of the conspiracy. An intimation of
what was on foot reached Gomez and
he took immediate Steps to Illustrate
the plot. Early Saturday he went
alone to the barracks where the mu-
tinous regiment under the command
of Castro's brother was quartered.
With cool courage ne entered the
building and placed the brother OF
the president under arrest. He then
went to the executive mansion,
where he had a brief interview with
the chief OF consprato,s and Gomez
ordered the arrest Of Gardenas
These two arrests made single
handed by Gomez broke the plot as
soon as the news Of the occurrences
became known. An immense crowd
gathered and gave unmistakable evil
dence OF its satisfaction with the
turn affairs had taken. There is to
be a general reorganization Of the
government.
The fall of Castro leaves no OBJ
stacie in the way of settling the var
ious international questions con.
fronting the republic. Senior Paul,
who has played a prominent part in
all Nenezuela's foreign affairs f3-
the last six months, has been COM
| manded to go to Europe to settle all
questions with foreign powers.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25

When you are told that
Rapid City has boom with
mushroom attachment, deny
1t and insist that it's just y
natural, normal growth tat
that has begun to sit " and
notice-that's all.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-12-25

If you've been q knocker
come out Of It Swear OF
and Join the boosters. It will
help some II you subscribe
Tor The Union. It's saying
things for Rapid City once
week. $3.50 the year.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-11-12
Raid Costs Three Lives.

Birmingham, Alabama, November
IA raid on an alleged "blind IT,
GER tonight cost three lives, and one
mortal injury. Policeman Little
Mr.. Womack and a child OF j: W.
Harris were killed, and J. w. Harris
was fatally injured. The raid was at
Third avenue, and Eighth street. Po-
liceman Little and Jones had gone
to the suspected place, which is a
private residence. Jones remained In
front of the house while Little
knocked at the back door, and when
Womack, who was stopping there,
opened it and saw the officer, he be-
gan firing. The officer returned the
fire and both were killed. Harris,
who owned the house, heard Jones
coming from the front, and when he
also began shooting the officer re-
turned the fire. Harris was fatally
shot and his child was struck by a
stray bullet. 1t is said that the occu-
pants of the house were just sitting
down to supper.