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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
InsurinC CoDsumptIyes

Cincinnati, Oct. Observation-Disclosures
say that a leading life insurance COM
pany is accepting risks to the amount
of 100000 on lives of consumptiyes
taking the Amick Chemical Treatment
for lung disease. The Amick Chemical
Co. of Cincinnati is actually paying
the premiums on this insurance and
presenting policies to their patients.
This company claims to have tina most
complete statistics on consumption in
the world, and that these risks are
good. providing the patients take a
course of the Amick treatment.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
BURNED TO A
Terrible RetributiOn OF q rdc
in Texas.

TYLER, Tex, oct. 81. AT a point
about four miles from here n Mrs.
Bell was raped and murdered by a
negro named Henry billiard. After
Outraging the body the negro deliber-
ately cut he" throat, and then, taking
his knife, ripped up her body. A posse
was quickly organized, and, aided by
a hound tracked the negro to within
four miles from this place, where they
found him asleep In a cotton pen. The
Eegro's clothing vas still covered
with blood.
Soon after the officers had him
handcufred II mob of some 200 men.
heavily armed, arrived on the scene
and demanded the immediate surren-
der OF the prisoner, which was readily
given. The nUh then left for the
scene Of tn" murder. The crowd con
tinued to gather at the scene OF he
horrible crime until nearly 1000 citi-
zens of Tyler and vicinity We're there.
A few moments before the iiend was
brought to the place a meeting was
held and Il committee was appointed
to investigate his identity, which was
soon dom In a few moments an Of
ticer approached from over the hill.
followed by 800 determined and well
armed men. When near the scene the
officers were Overpowered and dis
armed, and the negro. Henry billiard,
brought before the committee. He
made n full confession.
After his confession and thorough
identity, a vote was taken as to the
mode OF punishment. 1t was agreed
to burn him in the public square. At
1 O'Clock the head of the procession
entered the main plaza of Tyler.
whence no less than 1000 people had
assembled. Large crowds of ladies
and children were cOngregated on the
awnings surrounding the public plaza.
Wagons, carriages, trees and buildings
were converted into grand stands and
were thronged.
A ScatfOld was erected in the center
of the square. Wagons loaded with
kindling wood, coal oil and straw were
driven to the scene and placed in pO-
Sition. The negro was then given an
opportunity TO speak. but his words
were inaudihle, but when he offered
up his last prayer his words could be
heard for several blocks. He was then
dashed to the iron rail that extended
through the platform. Mr.. Bell, the
husband of the murdered woman. APP
piled the match and the flames shot
upward, enVeloping the brute in a
sheet of flame. From the time the
match was applied until his death was
exactly fifty minutes.
The |. & g. n. sOuth-bound train
was crowded with people from the
towns north. Hundreds Of negroes
witnessed the execution and repre-
sentative negroes expressed their en-
dorsement of the punishment. The
officers were pOwerless and the sher-
if wired the governor, but his mes
sage was too late. All business houses
and factories closed. and the big cot
ton belt shops were deserted.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
TaE PAPERS DOUBT IT.
EnElfsh Foreign Hic Denial of n
RuSsO-Chincse Dcnl

London. Nov. /. - The
are not inclined To accept as correct
the official denial from the foreign Of
nee OF the accuracy of the Times and
Globe dispatches telling OF the i'm
portant concessions said TO have been
obtained by Russia from China. The
Globe. referring TO the foreign office
statement, says:
something more than ambiguous
ohlclal disclaimer is needed to make
us disbelieve the statements which
not only reach us on good authority.
but which are in c~onsonance with the
known aim Of Russian diplomacy in
the far East"
The Westminster Gazette hints tina,
Japan and Russia understand one an.
other. II that Great Britain ought TO
prepare for startling news. adding:
Russia is trying 10. or has succeed
ed In squaring Japan. on the side of
Japan. seeing that she Is still alliance
free. it is not improbable hat there
are statesmen at Toxic who would be
ready TO listen and consider such pro
posals if Russians approached dis.
creetly for q RuSSO-Japan secret
treaty. What a coup 1t would be-"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
ACTION BY THE GRAND JURY.
In Regard to the Assignment of the
SnONy-ChurCh COmNnny.


ST. Paul. Nov. 1.-Ge0rge +. Ed
wards, a Minneapolis attorney, was
arrested this morning on Il bench
warrant issued from the district court
in st. Paul. charging him with grand
larceny in the first degree.
Edwards was joint owner Of the st.
Paul office of the assigned Snow
Church company, and his partner. III.
K. Richardson, was indicted ~co-jointly
with him. Richardson has been man.
ager of the Office. Edwards being
simply part owner. and not concerned
In the management. He was at work
OH legal business at the Minneapolis
court house when the arrest was
made. The charge is the result of the
recent assignment Of the Snow
Church company in st. Paul and Min
neapolis, some of the creditors bring
ing charges of dishonesty before the
grand jury. 1t was alleged that col
lections were made and the proceeds
appropriated. The charge is that they
embeZzleG 5000 from the assignee OF
the La Belle Wagon Company of Su-
perior. Wis. Richardson. the cecre-
tary of the company. was arrested In
st. Paul. Both men were brought TO
the sheriff's office in st. Paul.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
Fire ut Dell Rapids.

Sioux Falls, S. d., oct. 81. - The
barn of Chris Anderson. who lives in
Dell Rapids township, was destroyed
by fire. Together with the barn there
were lost eight horses, three cows.
city hogs. 1000 bushels Of grain and
several stacks OF hay and grain. The
total loss Is $1,000, with no insurance.
Eleven threshers Were sleeping up
stairs in the barn, and one OF them
barely escaped with his life. .All the
men lost their coats and some of them
their pocketbooks.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
j. b. Patterson, formerly prime min
lister OF Victoria. is dead. His minis
try resigned Sept. %. 1894.
Insurfng Cous1mptiyes

Cincinnati. Oct. 2l.-Special.-Reports
say that a leading life insurance COM
pany is accepting risks to the amount
of 100000 on lives of consumptives
taking the Amick Chemical Treatment
for lung disease. The Amick Chemical
Co. of Cincinnati is actually paying
the premiums on this insurance and
presenting policies to their patients.
This company claims to have the most
complete statistics on consumption in
the world. and that these risks are
good, providing the patisnts take 4
course of the Amick treatment.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
Seventeen Knife Wounds.

Milwaukee, Nov. 1.-Patrick Cough
lin, a veteran Of the Second New
York heavy artillery, is lying at the
point of death at the National Sol
dlers' home with seventeen knife
wounds which were inflicted by
Thomas Kelly, a naval veteran. The
latter is under arrest.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
Recovered n Cannon.

Fox Lake, Wis, Nov. Fox Lake
Republicans are rejoicing over the re-
covery of a canon which was nm
earthed to-day by Joseph Good while
digging n trench. 1t was stolen and
buried by local Democrats in 1850 to
prevent Republicans celebrating Lin
coins election. and the disappearance
remained a mystery until to-day.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
HOurEeOiS-

Paris. Nov. president Faure, at.
ter conferences with MN. Pewtrai.
Bourgeoise, Lodoroy and Cavaignac,
has asked NJ. MourgeoiSa to form n
cabinet. The latter has requested the
president to give him until tomorrow
in order that he may consult with his
friends.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
Lowe Comes Up for Trial.

st. Paul. Nov. 1.-Charles II. Lowe
was put on his trial this morning be.
fore Judge Kelly. He is indicted for
murder in the third degree. for his
connection with Clara Bergh. who
died at the Globe hotel in this city in
July last.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
Armpuians Are Ont

ConstantinOple, Nov. /. - The most
alarming news yet received from Ar
menia was made public here to-day.
1t Is said that the situation is so grave
that In the Zietout mountain district
there are 10000 Armenians In open re-
volt against the rule of the sultan.
The Turkish government, in view Of
the gravity OF this outbreak. has de-
cided to call out the army eserve.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
brewery Receiverkhip.

Milwaukee. Oct. 31.-The WaILkesha
Springs Brewing Company Of Wauke-
sha. Wis, went into the hands OF a
receiver In the United States court
this morning. Judge Seaman appoint
ing Frederick III. Marx of Chicago, re-
ceiyer. and fixing his bond at $lOO,OOO.
Mr.. Marx was treasurer or the COM
pany.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
Durrnut Cnse Nearly Ended.

San Francisco, Nov. district At
torney Barnes to-day made his closing
argument on behalf Of the state In the
trial of Theodore Durrant. The court
room was crowded to Its greatest ca
paclty and close attention was paid 10
the speaker. The judge will deliver
his charge tomorrow, and a verdict IL
expected tomorrow night.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
Wemple Under BOndS

Wemple was bound owe in $1,000 on
the charge Of embezzling S754 from
Il. w. Coughran. Wemple will prob
ably be able to get bonds. He cams
of good family and has always been
considered trustworthy.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
Commander Havarman Dead.

Detroit, Mich, Nov. 1.-WOrd was
received in this city today Of the
death of Commander Haverman, Of
the United States navy, who was
formerly commander Of the Kear-
sarge.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
Stea

Duiith, Nina, Oct. 3l.-The steam
er Dixon reports the steamer Centur,-
on. bound down, -four laden, hard
aground on Isle Royale. Arrange
ments were ut once made to send a
relief expedition to her.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07
Minnesota BOYS Beaten.

Iayayette, Ind. Oct. 3l.-Puriue de-
feated the University Of Minnesota IN
a well played game Of foot BAH at
Stuart field today. Score, ! to ].
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07

At Green Springs, Ohio, says: Bert
Fox shot his wife and then turned
the revolver on himself with fatal re-
crIfS
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-07

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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-02-21
DISAPPEARING BATTERIES.
The Importance of Mechanical In
genuity in Modern Warfare.

The Importance of Mechanical In
genuity in Modern Warfare.
Great guns and heavy armor will be
only incidentals in the next great war.
Mechanical ingenuity in matters OF
ofense and defense is being expended
in many other lines of fully equal i'm
portance, and a vast array of war ap-
paratus, in which even the civilian
must be interested, is being put in readi-
ness for action should the demand for
it suddenly come. Not the least inter-
esting product of military inventive
genius is the disappearing gun carriage,
of which no end Of notifications have
been proposed and in part executed
during the past decade, though the
principle of the apparatus was applied
to it's specific purpose much longer ago
than may be generally supposed. The
first arrangement of disappearing gun
and carriage, mounted in circular pit,
seems to have been made on Jamestown
Island, in Virginia, in the year 1861,
during the great civil war, a conical pit
having been dug in which an S-inch gun
was mounted. The piece was so placed
on platform at the bottom of the Pit
that, when pivoting, the muzzle was
just clear of the ground. In this way
an all-round fire was made possible.
In 1861 and 1862 guns mounted at sew
eral points were similarly treated, but
the pits were dug deep enough to admit
of embrasures. Mr.. Beverly Kennon,
then in the confederate service, has
been credited with the design of this
early continuance and also with that Of
a counterpoise battery, perfected after
he had entered the Egyptian service
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-02-21

fiance. and every fibre of his being was
electrified with excitement.
'While 1 was yet ten feet away he
struck toward me with such force that
the impetus carried him fat to the
ground. In trying to get my stick
across his neck he lodged it, and it
came instead across the middle Of his
body. At this moment he was be-
tween me and the sun, with about five
feet between his face and mine.
looked into his eyes and held him down
firmly His rage seemed redoubled.
He leaned backward to make more
vigorous dash at me, and as he struck
forward the mouth partially opened,
and two tiny streams of venom shot
from his fangs as from a syringe, one
of them catching me on the face just
beneath the eye. Had it gone little
higher up l should have been blinded
for months, and perhaps had my sight
permanently injured
''This unexpected attack made me
hasten the capture; so, getting his neck
pressed down to the ground with the
stick, I soon had him grasped in my
hand just behind the head in such a
way that he couldn't possibly turn to
bite me-which he made every effort to
do for some minutes afterward. TAX
ing him home with much satisfaction,
I made him thereafter my fellow
lodger While living in his cage l OBJ
served him many times squirt the
venom from his fangs against the glass
of it's front. Thenceforth my doubts
about splitting snakes were removed"
The cobra is also remarkable for it's
habit of raising almost the entire body
upright before striking. When anger
ed that part of it's body behind the
neck swells in very alarming manner.
This is caused by the upper ribs, from
the head downward for five OF six inch
es or more, spreading themselves out
laterally. The cobra's poison fangs
project beyond the lower lip when it
strikes, so that it can injure fatally
without biting.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-02-21
Feathers Plucked by the Wind.

The man with the wisp- goatee
crossed his legs and remarked:
81 never seed such wind as we had
in the State of Kansas last summer"
elbow your barn away" asked the
landlord, sympathetically.
.Not much. Barn blowed into the
next county last April
House, mebbe?"
"Lost the house long in June. k1ted
over east about three miles, and lit IN
Cherry Creek. Didn't mind that SO
much" he continued, "got 'em back and
anchored 'em again all right, but along
about July 1 we got to havin' real
breezy weather.
The landlord said nothing, and the
group around the hotel stove prudently
followed his example.
"The 9th day of last July. continued
the stranger, after reflective pause.
.there come up the doggondest Wlnd
over see in the State of Kansas. When
II hogan to blow my bantam rooster
was lust Tapping his wings to crow. .
"Did it blow the crow out OF MN
manfred the stableman loosely.
"Gentlemen," said the man Win the
wisp-broom goatee impressively. NOT
needing the interruption, before tha1
bird had done growing every hvln
feather on his body was bowed clean
off" -, 4na
"1,eaye the pinfeathers: asked the
landlord, skeptically
Eyes, sir. Left the pinfeathers, an.'
in three minutes along came streah
~ Kansas lightning and singed thar
rooster Clean" ~,
There was. an awkward pause IN the
rroun around the stove. The staple-
go ;, looked around the stoveplpe eiboW
to get view Of the stranger says ~
Detroit Free Press.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-02-21
Interesting to Collectors.


Nowadays there are collectors of
everything collectable, from postage
stamp to a beetle, but the list is not
vet exhausted In Paris they are col
lecting posters-the large sheets posted
on walls for advertising purposes. The
French posters are some of them gen
uine works of art. The drawing of the
cuts used in their illustration is very
bold. and the colors are handled well,
although sometimes in very startling
manner. Usually the size of the poster
is large, but there is very seldom any
attempt made to show a complicated
design. A broad sketchy effect and a
dazzling display of color are their chief
noints. Some of the best artists in
France design for the photographer.
There are places in Paris where post
ers are bought and, sold, and the best
examples cost from 60 cents up. Post
ers without any lettering are those
thought most desirable for collectors,
and cost about ten times as much as
the others. Rare examples frequently
command fancy prices. Much of the
work is admirable, and the artist is not
ashamed to affix his signature to it.
No better example of the extreme to
which this art has been carried could
he found than the Poster Exhibition,
which has been held at Brussels. A
special building was given up to 1t,
and people paid their admission fee,
wandering about through the differ
ent examples critically, just as we
would at an art exhibition.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-02-21
uS1ON OF BEAUTY.
:, IRELAND, ITS HISTORY
AMT ASSOCIATIONS.
FINEST Harbor in All Europe
A u5 of the Far-Famed Shandon
-. Patrick Street, a Leading
,c,,fare-HistOric Places.
Outhe Green Isle.

,,ss been said that a few minarets
3 81 N the hanging gardens around
.i+r Of Cork, Ireland, would real
q ,5s Bosphorus. Certain it is that a
.or vision of noble and quiet beauty
* disclosed on approaching the
4 from the sea is seldom seen. The
u ,1pd and grass covered heights, the
a rtifn! lawns and villas, the splen-
,o1ntry seats of the wealthy and
4 and there hoary castle or church
ror rising into the heavens combine
1 make picture of surprising love-
L. The harbor is the. finest in
Er,onp and within it all the navies Of
/, world might ride.
The city until recent years was the
loh in Ireland, but it now ranks
A,l in Importance. The county, Of
lfb Cork is the capital, in the early
4 nv of Ireland was a separate
,gdom, including, however, a con-
snable tract in Kerry and Limerick
mas ruled over by the MacCarthys.
N territory was confiscated by Hen
II. of England, being divided
4 1ons his followers, Robert Fitz Ste
! IN and Milo de Cogan. In Eliza
ibis reign the territory was again
.pited and granted to Englishmen
sympathy with England's sway in
hand. Two of the bene1iciaries We're
/ iIuStrious but Inflated Sir Walter
] leigh and the poet Edmund Spenser.
Ele city of Cork boasts of high
|iquity. 1t is supposed. to have been
I1tby the Danes in the sixth century
b the city walls were built by the
lnes in the ninth century and after
El repaired by John, the coward
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-02-21
Human Sacrifices i'm Russia.

| It is probably known to few people
that the practice of sacrificing human
| lives under certain conditions still ex-
| lists in certain parts of the empire of
| Russia. The government and the or
| thodox church have ATTEMPTED in vain
| to stop the inhuman practice, but up to
| the present time they have been unsuc-
cessful. Revelations regarding the GUS
| tom was made in recent issues of the
Gazette of Yakootsk, Siberia. 1t pre-
| walls among sect known as the Tskuk-
shen, not far from the city. Old peo-
pie, beyond the Biblical limit as to age,
| and sick ones, tired of life, offer them
| selves as the sacrifices.
When a Tshukshe decides to "offer
himself up he sends word to all his
| relatives, friends and neighbOrs, who
then visit him and try to persuade him
to change his intentions. But prayers,
upbraidings, threats, are useless in
such a case, and the fanatic prepares
for his end The friends and relatives
leave his house and return in ten to
fifteen days, bringing the death candi-
date white clothing and several Weap-
ons, with which he is supposed to de-
fend himself in the other world against
evil spirits and to shoot reindeer.
After completing his death toilet the
candidate takes his place in q corner
of his house or hut. About him gather
his relatives, who offer him the choice
of three instruments of death, a knife,
a spear, and a rope. If he chooses q
knife, two friends hold his arms, while
third plungeS the blade into his
breast Practically the same thing is
done if he decides to die by the spear.
present place it about his neck and
strangle him to death. A cut is then
made in the breast to let the blood flow
out. All those present sprinkle their
faces and hands with the blood, beliey-
ing that it will preserve them from evil,
and bring them fortune.
The body, after this ceremony, is
placed on a sled, which is drawn by a
reindeer, to the cremation HILL near
the village The neck of the animal is
cut at once upon arrival at the place.
The body is stripped Of clothing, which
is then cut in small pieces. and placed
on the altar with the dead man OF
woman During the cremation the
mourners utter prayers to the spirits,
begging them to watch over those NOR
tails still left on earth. This custom
has been followed by the sect for cen
turieS
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-02-21
DISAPPEARING GUN CARRIAGE.


several years later as colonel of coast
defenses. This later battery, it would
appear, was sunk entirely below the sur
face of the ground, and it's guns, maya
zines and garrison were always out Of
harms way except during the few Sec
onds when the gun was raised above
the ground level to be trained and fired.
Practical test during the. bombardment
of Alexandria in 1882 conclusively dem
onstrated the value of this arrange
ment, and it seems strange that the
capabilities Of the system should not
have been more widely recognized and
appreciated at that time. Several years
later however, the merits of such dis
appearing batteries were accorded
something like their just measure Of
consideration, and foreign powers par
ticularly seemed to suddenly find in
them advantages we'll worth securing,
so that now they are we'll recognized
means of defense, likely to perform inl-
portant service in any international un-
pleasantnesses which may require the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-02-21
PATRICK STREET, CORK.

Another interesting place in the neigh
borhood is Castletownroche, where
Edmund Burke, the Demosthenes CT
modern oratory, attended school. In
the immediate neighborhood at XII
colman Castle Spenser lived and wrote
three books of "The Faerie Queene."
In the neighboring county of Water
ford is Lismore Castle, one Of the seats
of the Duke of Devonshire. 1t is built
on the site of an ancient university to
which Alfred the Great went to study
and which was once attended by 1000
DuDilS.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1895-02-21

lege farm and receive current wages
There are many free scholarships in
these colleges, and board and lodging
are cheap, so that working student
finds that his labor goes far toward
paying his way. Tutoring pays better.
however, and very clever men some
times earn from $1,000 to $500 per
year in helping through their duller
fellows. Such opportunities, however,
are found only in the great colleges,
and are few. At one of these institu-
tons one successful young lawyer, of
New York City, is said to have earned
$4,000 in single year tutoring while
yet an undergraduates