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The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26
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An exhibition OF the practical working O.
the Edison system Of telegraphing betwce,
moving trains and fixed stations was given
on Friday the 18th inst. on special train
run for that purpose by the Chicago
Milwaukee d st. Paul company from
Chicago to milwaukee ~ and return. .leavingChi
cago at1O:30a. m. About two hundred in
vited guests were aboard, comprising Off
cials OF the railroads entering Chicago, off
GERS, electricians OF the telegraph companies
and numerous representatives OF the press
Before leaving Chicago each passenger wrote
a telegram which he addressed to himset!
and handed to a collector who lasse.:
through the train, keeping a duplicate 70,
comparison The messages thus picked
up We're transmitted by the Morse system
to Wadsworth Il station midway between
Chicago and Milwaukee, where the dupli.
cate set OF instruments and condensers
had been located. From there they were
telegraphed by the induction sys tenn to
;he operator on the train, which was mov-
Nng at the rate OF thirty five miles per hour
There was no interruption in the working
OF the system from the time the train lett
the Chicago yards until it arrived In Mil
waukee, and the messages Us delivered on
the train were found to be correct. The
same may be said OF the return trip. The
Instruments used appearquite simple, con-
sisting OF an induction coil four inches in
length, an inch and ~ half in diane
ter, to one end of which is affixed
a metallic diaphragm, on which is n
vibrating armature. Connected with this
Is light key for sending, this being be.
tween the vibrator and battery. The bait
terry used going to Milwaukee consisted OF
twenty-four cells OF Fuller. On the return
trip this was reduced. From the metallic
roof OF the car o wire passed down to two
phonetic receivers. which are very similar
to the end OF a telephone receiver, being
cup-shnped, and are fastened over each ear
by straps, and the vibrations coming into
them are read by the operator
From the two receivers the wire passes
through the car floor to the axles OF the
trucks, thus forming ground connection
and completing the circuit from the wire
outside. The battery, 1T is claimed, is
used only from the key to the vibrator,
the passage from there to the roof and to
tho wires being accomplished by the 1nys.
terious process called induction. There
were four wires on the poles, which
were at an average distance of thirty
feet from the track. At the station
the Edison instrument was connected with
all these wires to guard against an inter-
ruption by the failing OF any one. The use
OF the four wires in interchanging messages
had DO effect on the Morse operators at
the regular stations, and the Edison men
could find no difference between the use OF
four and one. They claim that the only
thing liable to trouble them is where the
telegraphlin gets more than fifty feet away
from the track.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26
A Plea for Justice.

Citizens OF Ramsey and other Dakota
counties in tho boundaries of the Turtle
Mountain Indian reservation have adopt.
ed n memorial to congress, in regard to the
suspension by Commissioner Sparks OF
public land surveys in that district
After citing the commissioners action,
the nlemoralists state:
Nearly all OF the fourteen counties repre-
sented have been duly organized, and con-
tain 25, 600 people who have settled there
since the promulgation OF the presidents
order in October, 1882, opening that
region to settlement. These people have
paid, or obligated themselves to pay, to
the DEVILS Lake district $SOS,S72. The
settlers are poor, and to pay this amount
and make improvements have incurred or
will incur obligations to the extent of
$4,000, 600, and it will be nearly two
had from the land. There are now
over three thousand settlers living in
this region upon unsurveyed lands, and the
suspension OF surveys threatens them with
have simply followed a custom that has ex-
listed nearly a century, and had right to
expect the speedy survey OF the lands The
memorial enumerates the many ha rdships
which will result from the continued en-
forcement OF the order, such as the check
OF business, immigration ETC., and earnest
ly urges upon congress speedy action to
determine whether or notthe Turtle Noun
tain Indians have or ever had any title to
the country, and il so to take measures to
extinguish it. In the meantime it tsolemnly
protests against any action looking to the
closing OF the land office in this district, or
the withdrawal OF any OF the lands from
settlement within the reservation; and pc
tltlons that measures be taken to cause
tho work OF surveying to be resumed
Your mem orialists, says the document.
consider that, inasmuch as TREY are not
trespassers here, but came in good faith to
make their homes and purchase the lands,
upon the invitation Of the government,
they ought not to be made to suffer any
loss or injury if the government has COM
mitted a mistake.'
The memorial has 1913 signatures.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26
President Cleveland and the Negroes.

A delegation from the recent conference
OF colored men OF Virginia visited the White
House recently and read an address to the
president, thanking him for his expressions
in regard to the future OF the colored race
and expressing the hope that under a Demo-
cratic administration the bitter controver-
sy between citizens of q common country
would beremoved. The address is nd orssd
by Gov. Fitzhush Lee, who expresses hope
that the day may soon come when the po-
itical actions OF citizens OF our country
will not be divided by race or color. The
president in reply said that he was glad to
know that matters pertaining OF the no.
the people themselves. and thut while he
had Expressed himself thoroughly on such
points, he was willing in every legitimate
way to extend encouragement.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26

According to a statement of the
United States potters' association is
sued January 13, there are about ITS
kilns i'll operation, not including those
employed in turning out decorated
pottery, of which there is a large num-
Der. The number of employees is
roughly estimated at about $4,000
and it may fairly be assumed that not
less than 10000 derive their means
OF subsistence from this source. The
total ofcapital invested in the bust
ness is supposed to be not less than
$8,0oo,OOO. two-thirds of which is
absorbed in plant, the wages paid
amount to 100000 or SIS, 900, 900
annually, and $s,o0o,ooO worth OF
goods is made. The chief centres of
trade are Trenton, N. j., and East
Liverpool, Ohio, but establishments
more or less extensive are to be found
In more than a dozen other places.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26

Gen. Oliver Otis Howard was born in
Maine, on Nov. 8, 1880, and graduated at
Bowdoin college in 1s4s. He entered the
military. academy at West Point in 1850,
graduating in 1854 fourth in his class. He
entered at once upon active service as
second lieutenant OF ordnance in the Florida
war against the Seminole Indians.
| Shortly afterward he was recalled to West
Point to assume the duties OF assistant
professor OF mathematics, which position
he held until the commencement Of the war
OF the rebellion. In June, 1861, he was
given command OF the Third Maine Volun-
teer infantry, having resigned his position
in the regular army, and in September the
same year was made brigadier general of
volunteers, on account OF his gallantry at
the first battle OF Bull run. He took part
in the campaign in the Peninsula
under Mcclellan, and at Fair Oaks
twice wounded, losing his right arm.
His conduct duril 6 the campaign resulted
lii his promotion to be major general OF
volunteers. On nrecov vering from his ountls
he returned to active duty in season to
take part in the second affair at Bull Run,
and at Antietam two months later, he
commanded a division. As commander OF
the Eleventh corps, he participated in the
battles OF Fredericksburg and Chancellors-
vile, and at Gettysburg, after the death OF
Reynolds and until the arrival OF Gen.
Hancock in the field was in command OF
the army. 1t was a critical period, requir-
| ing firmness and judgment, and the work
showed that Gen. Howard was equal
to the task. For his conduct
at the inception OF the fight and during
the remaining two days o. the conflict, here
ceived the thanks ofconsress. In the fall OF
1868 he was transferred to the west, arriv-
ing at Chattanooga in season to take part
in the battles OF Lookout Mountain and
Mission Ridge. The next year he was in
command OF tho Fourth corps in the army OF
the Cumberland, and was in tie engagements
at Dalton, Resaca, and kcnesaw mount
ain. In July, 1864, he was given charge
OF the army OF the Tennessee, consisting
OF the Seventeenth and Twentieth army
corps, and after the fall OF Atlanta accom-
panied Gen. Sherman IN his famous march
to the sea. his command forming the right
wing OF the invading army. At the close of
the war Gen. Howard was made commits
sioner OF the freedmen's bureau, and acted
in that capacity until 1872, when he was
appointed special commissioner OF Indian
affairs. which position he held only a shert
time. lie was then given command OF
the department OF the Columbia, and
subsequently OF the department CT West
Point. In 1881 he was transferred to the
department OF the Platte which command
he now holds, his headquarters being at
Omah, Neb Besides his rank as brigadier
general OF the regular army, which dates
from Dec. 21, 1864, he had also the brevet
rank OF major general, conferred March 13,
1868, Tor gallant and meritorous services
during the campaign against Atlanta,
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26
Ex-Presidont Arthur's Illness,

New York, Special. The assertions and
denials that ex- President Arthur is dying
at his residence in Lexington avenue are so
positive, and he is SO carefully protected
against those who try to find out the
truth as to his condition, that it is impos.
sible to tell just how near to or far from
death he is All the rest OF the reports
about his morbid desire not to miss sword
that is printed about him, about his pros.
tration and the sorrowful state OF mind in.
to which he has fallen, are said by his
friends to be very little in excess Of the
truth. His illness began with an ailment of
the kidneys; that, in turn grew out OF dis
concerted mental condition which has
grown more and more melancholy; and
it is said that he eats little else than baked
apples and milk, and is very weak indeed.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26
The President Reprimanding Army ON
Gers.

Washington Special: The president has
made an indorsementupo the proceedings
OF q recent court martial that will attract
attention in the army. Capt. Smith OF the
Nineteenth infantry, forwarded complaint
OF unjust treatment to thesecretary ofwar
direct, without sending it Through the head
quarters OF his commanding officer, against
whom ne entered the complaint. For this
he was tried and sentenced to be dismissed
by court Of which Col. A. G.. Brockett, of
the Third cavalry, was president. After
examining the record, President Cleveland
indorsed it as follows:
Executive Mansion, March 8, 1SS6.-The
sentence awarded Capt. Smith in the fore
going case is remitted. But the president
deems it to be his duty to notice the breach
OF propriety and military discipline on the
for his misconduct in forwarding directly
to the war department the papers OF re-
monstrance. His reasons for SO doing are
insufficient, and the suspicious upon which
he acted had no foundation in fact. On a
careful examination OF the proceedings the
president is forced to the conclusion that
the most prominent fact in this case
is a sad exhibition OF official i'm
propriety on the part OF the Judge advo
cate OF the court, whose disregard OF the
duties of his important office led him to
appeitr in the several characters OF COM
plainant, prosecutor, witness and adviser
CT the court. 1t appears in the evidence
that from the beginning of the former trial
to the conclusion OF the present trial feel
ing OF bitter hostility existed between the
judge advocate and the accused, which
fact is made the more prominent by
the voluntary admission OF the Judge
advocate that he himself preferred
the gravest charge in tho specifca-
tions, the only one imputing direct false.
vocate was manifestly disqualified and IN
capable OF properly discharging his duties
| OF judge advocate because OF the interest
which he took in the conviction df the ac-
cused. For this reason he should have re
questcd relief from q duty which he could
not perform in justice to himself, the &C.
cused and the service.
GROVER CLEVELAND.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26

A new postofice has been establish
ed at Mercer, with Gertie Wood post.
mistress.
A farmers joint stock elevator com.
pany has been organized at Milbank,
and will erect q lO,OOO-bushel eleva-
tor.
Lohr and Jennie Biglin were sem
fenced to nineteen and one-half wears
in the penitentiary for killing George
Middleton at Battle Creek.
Several chunks of float coal have
been brought up in drilling the a1tesian
we'll at Plankinton.
The Gun club at Rapid City is try.
ing to stock that section with quails.
1t is believed to be specially adapted
to them.
The charge against the Custer
county commissioners, indicted by tbs
grand jury, is that they allowed on q
contract let by them for the county
a difference OF fifteen cents on the dol
lar between the market value of war.
rants and cash.
The saloonkeepers OF Darlington
have all been arrested, charged with
keeping gambling houses.
School Treasurer OFT and his sure
ties at jamestown, are sued by the
school board for $11 900 lost by the
First National bank failure.
The residence Of John Manning on
the Belle Fourche was DESTROYED ay
was fire. Loss, So, 500; insurance, ST..
800.
While thawing out some giant pow
der near Rapid City, man named
Johnson had one side of his face and
head blown off.
A vein OF coal three feet thick has
been discovered on a ranch near
Sturgis.
Hughes county farmers believe that
the late fall of snow has been worth
more as a crop stimulator than an
inch of fertilizer.
Kingsbury county will have a hot
county seat fight this spring. De
omet and Lake Preston are the con-
testants.
Farmers in the vicinity OF St. Olaf
are about to organize cooperative
company for the purchase and ship
ment of grain.
The jamestown board OF. education
has brought a suit against H. j. OFT,
school treasurer and principal, and
Il. =. Wallace, A. A. Allen, George
Vennum and T. Gray as bondsmen
Tor $ll, 900. This loss was incident
to the failure of the First National
bank two years since. .a
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26

According to statistics in Brad.
streets journal over SO, 900 employees
OF railways, cotton and wooden mills,
boot and shoe factories, coal miners
and metal workers are on strike. Gen.
orally for higher wages, but in some
cases for other alleged grievances. The
strike on the Texas Pacific and the
Gould southwestern railways natural.
ly attracts most attention, Gripping
the traffic, as it has, OF four states.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26

The Atlanta Constitution says that
ever since the war there has been a
big effort to invent a cotton picker.
One planter in southern Georgia
bought q lot of monkeys and put them
in the patch under the idea that he
had solved the problem, but he soon
found that it took about two negroes
to keep one monkey at work. There
fore the monkey business went to the
wall.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26

The internal revenue reports for
1885 show q diminution OF $9,Oo0,-
600 in the revenue received for spirits
since 1884, and that the number of
persons engaged in manufacturing
spirits has steadily diminished every
y EAR since 1888.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26

The present mileage of the Milwau.
kee and st. Paul railway is 1921
miles. There were issued during the
year 4,999,917 shares of stock, max
ing the total capital stock $52,445,-
161. The total capitalization stock
and bonds $153, ,915, ,161, which is at
the rate of s31, PIT per mile.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26
A dispatch from Marshfield, Wisconsi

A dispatch from Marshfield, Wisconsin,
says: "One OF the most revolving cases
OF incest and parental inhumanity has
come to light in the town Of Seneca, in this
county. Charles A. Reeves, seventy years
old, has for the past seventeen years Been,
living in incest with his own daughter, now
a woman oi thirty.six years. Five chill:
dren have been born to them, the eldest be.
ing about sixteen years old and the young
est four months. Reeves was arrested by
Sheriff Forenance March s, and the pre-
March Is, when the daughter made full
confession and statement duplicating her
father
Snow fell to the depth Of two feet at Du-
buque during the recent storm.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26

Colored laborers are leaving North
Carolina in large numbers and going
West. The farmers of that State are
in serious trouble in regard to the
movement, and are attempting to
check its progress.
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26
Oshkosh Dark at Mid-Day.

A most remarkable atmospheric phe.
nomenon occurred at Oshkosh, Wis, on
the 10Th inst, at p. M. The day was
light, though cloudy, when suddenly dark.
ness commenced settling down, and in five
minutes it was as dark as midnight. GEN
eral CONSERVATION prevailed. People on
the streets rushed to and fro. Teams
dren ran into cellars. All bust
ness operations ceased until lights
could be lighted. Not a breath OF air
was stirring on the surface OF the earth.
The darkness lasted from eigth to ten min
utes, when it passed off, seemingly from
west to east, and brightness followed
News from cities in the west says the same
phenomenon was observed there In ad-
vance OF it's appearance at Oshkosh, show
Ing that the wave OF darkness passed from
west to east. Nothing could be seen to in
dicate any air currents overhead. It
secmedto be a wave OF total darkness pass
ing along without wind.
The Connecticut senate passed q bill for
the compulsory teaching in the public
schools OF the evil effects OF alcohol and
tobacco There is said to be $3.50 900
text book job behind it.
The friends OF Dakota have not altogether
given up hoEe in regard otis chances ofad-
gress. Delegate Clifford was asked if the
Dakota bill was dead. ''No, indeed,' he
answered, "its pretty lively bill yet, I can
assure you" '"Therc seems to be very lit
tie said about it just now." Eyes" it is
taking rest just at present, but it isgoins
to wake up pretty soon, and has pretty
good prospects OF passage yet, think.
Tho house COMMITTEES will take it up again
the coming week, think, and Ihaye strong
hopes OF its passage by this congress" "At
this session." Perhaps SO; am not GER
tain OF that, but believe this congress will
pass it," Admitting all Of the territory
as one state?" No. only the south half.
is what the people want, and that congress
will give it to them, Fl al
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26
After Apollinaris, What?

Senator Thurman and his amiable wife,
says a Washington CORES pondent, are re-
ceiving marked attention from members of
both parties. Mrs. Thurman goes every
where that he goes. ''Allen" and "Mary'
are inseparable friends, and Mary takes
pretty good care OF Allen, too, in a quiet
way. Some time ago." said a close, per-
sonal friend OF the ex-senator, "Mr. Thur
man was visiting here, when some friends
came in for an hours chat. In the course
OF the seance it was suggested that some
thing OF a liquid nature might prove
appropriate to the occasion. .Well.'
said old Allen G., with a sly
look ut Mary, I might take little Apollin-
arls. Mary has shut down on me lately,
and says can't have anything else No,
indeed, said Mary, nothing stronger for
you just now, Allen So the Apollinaris
came up and was disposed OF with rather
wry faces, for it was not beverage to
which the gentlemen were much devoted.
When the chat was ended, old Allen walk
ed down stairs with his guests and, glanc.
ing nervously about to see that .Mary'
was not in hearing, said: Well gentlemen.
let's go down to the bar and get some.
thing to hold that Apollinaris down."
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26

When the present administration went
into force, GOV. Murray signified through
Judge Harlasld that his resignation was at
the disposal OF the president whenever de.
sired. A few days ago he received a tele.
gram from Secretary Lamar stating that
his resignation was desired. Gov. Murray
replied, saying the same would be handed
the president by K. N. Baskin, a delegate
chosen by the Mormons to proceed to
Washington to represent their interest
The following cablegram was received
FEB. ~ by committee of.the Lung Wah
hospital at Hong Kong from the commit
tee OF the Chung Wa Wui Kun OF San Fran
cisco: We call your attention to the con.
dition of Chinese i'll the United States n,
America. Anti-Chinese riots are of FREQUENT
occurrence. Over $500, 900 OF our proper.
ty has already been destroyed, many peo.
pie killed, and merchants business serious.
~ injured and, there is great suffering and
destltution among the laboring classes.
we request you to Immediately issue a
proclamation warning our people not to
come to the United States, and to send n
copy OF this to Chang Chi Lung viceroy OF
Two Kang and to Oi Yuk Tong, Canton
We have cabled Tsung Ii Yamen.
An order was issued from the war do.
partment placing Maj Gen. Pope on tho
retired list, he having reached the ave- NJ
sixty.iour years. Gen. Howard will suc.
ceed Gen. Pope. ''i 'o''
President Cleveland is besieged by anx.
ious missionaries, and recently remarked
to friend that if the advice given him was
concentrated 81, upon Africa it would civi,ize
ana ohristlanlze the entire dark continent.
The e! new commission to settle Northwest
hepeplon claims Tor the dominion govern.
ment already have z, 900 claims to set. settle a
Unemployed socialists paraded the streets
OF Liege IN honor OF the anniversary Of the
commune. There was much disorder. nnd
II number OF windows were broken WITH
Stones, and several persons injured. After
4the procession IN anarchist meeting was
held. Roting is feared. /" 90
The Hope pioneer., 1886-03-26

was hanged by mob OF 200 men.
D. G. Slaughter shot and killed John w
Baker, colored, at Crab Orchard, Ky.
Joseph T. Elliott. alias Kelly, alias George
Edward. George Wicks, alias oseph Wood
and Gussie A. Raymond, alias Charles
Waltod, well-known forgers and check
raisers, were arraigned in court in New
York City. Elliott and Wieks were turned
over to the ochester authorities, where
they were wanted for swindling.
The forty.eight suits against the owners
troit, Mich, have been settled by COM
promise. The Mamie was sunk by the Gar
land July 20, 1880, and seven persons
were drowned. The surplus OF the COM
pany, after certain previous obligations
are paid, will be paid over to the plaintiffs.
The committee OF agriculture has a bill
and report ready for the house on the SUBJ
leet OF pleuro-pneumouia. A letter from
tn chief OF the bureau of animal industry,
giving the condition OF pleuro- -pneum onia
to date accompanies the report, and is a
startling document. It is stated that 455
herds are affected with the plague COM
prsing 60, 900 animals, OF which number
1'|oo are actually diseased. Prompt
measures must be taken or the disaster to
cattle in other countries will be repeated
here.
The arrangement previously alluded
to which Mr.. Morrill, was discussing with
Secretary Manning has been ccnsummated,
and under this arrangement it is under.
stood that most if not all the names OF
| collectors OF internal revenues will be in
vorably reported and confirmed. There is
no prescribed tenure OF office OF internal
revenue collector and these officers not
coming under the tenure OF office act, are
not subject to the objection raised by the
aasePunlcan caucus touching suspended Of
Gen. Robert Q: schenck, ex-minister to
sinecure OF editor Of the laws in the state
department at SO ,ooG per annum. It was
4 gwen him by President Arthur and Secre
tary Frelinghuysen upon the representa-,
tton that he greatly needed the salary. Re