Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1893-03-02

against the usurpation of power by
the general government. The
message was suggested by the
imprisonment at Kansas City of the
county Judges of St. Clair county for
contempt of the United States court
in refusing to issue a special tax levy
to pay bonds issued % years ago in
aid of a proposed railway that was
never built.
One night last week, just after the
Missouri. Kansas & Texas passenger
train No. . pulled out of Adair
station, Ind. r., three despcradoes
confronted the agent and robbed him
OF $500. Eighteen citizens who
appeared on the scene, were made to
hold up their hands and were
marched, at the point OF the bandits
guns. to one OF the principal stores
in the town, which was robbed of
$500. The robbers then marched the
men to the stock yards, where their
horses were hitchcd. They then
mounted and disappeared.
The Lincoln league. a republican
organization Of WatcrtowE, n. y.
has started movement for the pur
pose of aiding Governor Mckinley in
his financial embarrassment. The
| idea set forth in the resolutions is to
start a subscription in which the
amount will be limited to 81. the
fund thus created to be given Gov
ernor Mckinley as a testimonial for
his past services to the republican
party. as an expression OF sympathy
in his financial atlliction, and as a
provision against his threatened
retirement from political life in order
to retrieve his fortunes in business.
John W. Mackay. the famous
capitalist, was shot Friday afternoon
at the Lick house in San Francisco
by an old man whose identity is not
yet disclosed. The latter shot Mr.
Mackay in the back. When Mackay
turned to face his assailant the
latter turned the pistol toward him
self. Mackay's assailant was man
aged about sixty years and is named
Ratchaifc. Beyond that his identity
is not known or his motive. He
fired one shot at Mackay, the bullet
entering the lattcr's back. and then
at once Shot himself over the heart
and died within five minutes. Mr..
Mackay was at once placed in Il
carriage and was driven away. Ii is
not believed that his wound is
fatal.
Rely on yourself: take it for granted
that you can accomplish your plans.
Never say II can't,'-thcy are iguoble
words. He who does not feel within
himself the power to conquer fate is
not a man in the true sense Of the
word. OF course it is a misfortune
for him, since he can never be of any
benefit To himself or anybody else.
Heaven help the woman who marries
him. Somebody says, "Oh, l don't
like those self-conceitcd folks MY
friend, self-conceit and self-coniidence
are two qualities as different as light
and darkness: and though the self
conccilcd man may not be The most
agrccbie Of companions, we Infinitely
yirs"fer him to the creeping, cringing,
rrornn. fellow who is never
ready for an cmergcacy, and Who
like Uriah Hcep, spends his W.. e y. 10
trying to be tumble" The man who
says 81 will do it.'-who says it from
mis- heart, and means it, too-wto
bends his whole energy to the work,
almost always accomplishes it: and
then people call him lucky and sue
ccssful, and all that sort Of thing.
when in fact, his luck has been
brought about by his own pcrseycring
efforts. and by his confidence in him
self. Fortune detests cOwardice: and
the man who will not be conquered
by tritics is his prime favorite.
Not many men in the late war rose
from volunteer private to major
general, as Rusherford B. Hayes did.
In politics, in the early part of his
career, lie was one OF the most
victorious Of men. Three times in
the contest for governor Of Ohio he
defeated the ablest democrats in the
party-tlrst, Allen G. Thurman in
1867, next George II. Penlcton in 1869