The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-01-10

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They were to have been married in a
few hours.
Gov. LEwELLING pardoned Hugh Gill
liland, aged 20, who had been in the
Kansas penitentiary on a life sentence
for twenty years.
The Riverside Water company at
Riverside. Cal. failed for 5000, 900.
JOHN b.. BERGAMINI, aged 50 years,
and his wife, Kate, aged 20, were
found asphyXiated by gas in their
home in New York.
The public debt statement issued on
the 2d showed that the debt increased
S31, 32l, 7s6 during the month of Deem
Der. The cash balance in the treasury
was 1888, 387, $40. The total debt, less the
cash balance in the treasury, amounts
to 500, 903, $40.
BOB MOORE and George East, Okla
homa outlaws, were killed in an en-
counter with deputy marshals, one of
whom they wounded.
PRESIDENT HARPER received S175, 900
from john ID. Rockefeller, of New
York, as a New Years present to the
Chicago university.
THE main building of the Illinois
southern hospital for the insane at
Anna was burned, the loss being
$500, 600.
CHARLES A. BUsIEL was inaugurated
governor of New Hampshire.
AS A result of increase of postal bust
ness t~wenty-nine international money
order offices, ninety domestic money
order offices and l02 limited money
order offices will be established
throughout the country Immediately.
SEVEN three-story brick buildings, in
Guiding the new Masonic block, were
destroyed at ~Coffeyville, Kan. Loss,
SlO5, 600.
FIRE destroyed a four-story building
company It Cleveland. o., the loss be-
ing $50, 900.
Two BURLINGTON Ua.) citizens,
named Nemire and Hornung, went to
New York and paid 81, 500 for S35, 900
of counterfeit money.
WILL j. ENGLISH, a noted desperate
of Kentucky, was killed by Andrew
Vaughan. He had been a terror for
yeals.
SEVEN persons were badly injured in
a railroad wreck at Germantown, Pa,
caused by a switchtender's careless
ness.
TwENTY-ONE coal mines in the Pitts
burgh district were idle, and it was
probable that many more would close
down. The miners refuse to work at
the rates offered.
JOHN l.. SULn. RI. Hh..t in a
drunken fit at Paris, ILL.,. beat mem
bers of his company and the organiza-
ton was disbanded.
SECRETARY MCBRYDE, of the United
Mine Workers, Issued an address to
miners, urging them to shun Sovereign
and Hayes.
JOHN A. CREIGHTON, of Omaha, Neb,
was given the title of count by Pope
Leo for aiding the Catholic church.
HENRY Il. CLEAyEs was lnaugurated
governor of Maine for the second time
and made a strong plea for protection.
COMMISSIONERS MILLER, Of the internal
revenue bureau, was making active
preparations to collect the income tax.
AT a conference of senators of both
parties in Washington it was decided
to make no attempt to correct errors
in the tariff law.
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during
the week ended on the 4th aggre-
gated S944, 97S, 34S, against $3.50, 4Ol,-
764 the previous week. The decrease,
compared with the correspond ing week
in 1898. was 4.6.
GEORGE JORDAN (colored) shot his
wife, 6-year-old son and 3-year-old
daughter, and then shot and killed
himself at Savannah, Ga. jealousy
was the cause.
The terms of 135 presidential post
masters will expire during the month.
THE City national bank of Birmiug-
ham, Ala, has decided to go into liqui-
dation.
ROBERT NICHOLS and John Mullaney
were killed in a snow slide at Silver
City, n. M.
A WING of the state asylum for i'm
beetles at Columbus, o., was burned.
VIGILANTEs came up with a band O;
horse thieves e ~Cantonment, |. T.,
and captured three of their number
and hanged them to a tree.
In Gov. Waite's final message to the
Colorado legislature he scores the old
parties and the federal court
No MATERIAL improvement in trade
was noted in Bradstreet's. Merchants
were declared to be awaiting settle
ment of the currency question.
The business failures in the United
States during 1894 were l3, SS5. with
liabilities of SIT, 992, $50. a decrease of
over so per cent. over 1898.
AN order was issued extending the
civil service regulations to all superin-
tendents of stations in the post offices
in the United States. There are 1875 of