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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
LOCATED IN WASHINGTON.
Democratic Headquarters Likely to De in
the Capital City.

Democratic headquarters Likely To Ee in
the Capital City.
WASHINGTON, July 29.-lt is regarded
quite likely that the Democratic ma
tiOnal committee will select Washing
ton for their principal headquarters and
will have branch III the West.
Senator Dubois of Idaho, ii IS expected,
will be member of the national ex-
ecutive committee and will have charge
of the Western end of the campaign.
1t is not the intention Of the Demo-
cratic managers 10 recognize any issue
except the money question during the
campaign. They will endeavor to keep
that steadily TO the front, and Will put
an immense force of speakers in the
field. All the boiling Republican sena-
tors and representatives intend to take
the stump.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
PETTIGREW'S VIEWS.
of the Opinion That Bryan VIII Poll n
Tremendous Vote.

LINCOLN, Neb., July 20. - Senator
Pettigrew OF South Dakota was caller
on Governor Holcomb and other Popu-
list leaders He was warmly received
and chatted pleasantly with the COVER
nor and others before his departure for
the East. While awaiting an audience
with Governor Holcomb, Senator Petit
grow said Things are looking bright
for Mr.. Bryan. Although he is Il young
man he has made Il deep impression
among intelligent voters. As the
country is rapidly growing in favor of
free silver, he is bound to poll a tre-
meudOuS vote ~
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
MISSOURI GOLD DEMOCRATS
Steps Toward Their Active Organization
VIII Bc Taken.

VIII Bc Taken.
KANSAS CITY, July 29-The first steps
towards the organization of the local
gold standard Democrats have been
taken, and the first Of next week will
witness the opening of an active cam
paign for the gold standard along the
line of the recent Chicago conference.
l.. 9. Krauthoff, the Missouri member
of the national committee of the gold
standard Democracy, is leading the
movement which took form here at u
conference of 30 prominent Jackson
county Democrats. Within the next
few days, it was decided, a call will be
issued for a county mass meeting at
which delegates will be elected TO a
state convention to be held as soon as
possible after the call for the national
convention is issued Aug. I. In the
meantime, National Committeeman
Krauthotf will actively push the organ
ization throughout the state.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
Named "a Full Ticket.

INDIANAPOLIS, July 29.-The Popu-
lists at their convention held here ad-
hered to the straight middle of the
road policy of nominating Il full state
ticket. The straight ont Popllists
numbered 2 to and they used their
power freely, turning down every meas
ure that seemed in the nature Of an en-
dorsement of the Democratic state or
national tickets.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
Ask POLICE prnfpptinil

LYNN, Mass, July 29.--The discharge
of the lasters and other employees at
Thomas +. Plank & Co.'S shoe factory
here caused more trouble during the
day and the firm called upon the police
to restrict the union pickets who are
watching the factory, the principal
streets and the depotS i'll order to inter-
cept all non-union shoemakers who may
be looking for work.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
LEVERlNG ACCEPTS.
Notified by Prohibitionisis of His Nomina-
tioB for President.


BALTIMoRE, July 39.--Joshua Lever
ing of this city was last evening Off
cially notified of his nomination for the
presidency of the United States by the
Prohibition party. Prior to the nOtIfi-
cation the Maryland Prohibitionists
held their state convention and named
electors i'll the various Maryland dis
tricts.
The meeting was called to order by
the Hon. William Daniel of this city.
Summeriicld Baldwin, the permanent
chairman, then assumed the gavel and
introduced o. w. Stewart of Illinois,
who, as chairman of the committee on
notification, delivered the address in
forming Mr.. Levering of his nomina-
tion. The latter read from manuscript
his letter OF acceptance.
His Position on the Money Question.
Prior to the notification meeting, Mr..
Levering, III an interview, said: Il do
not see any necessity for the sound
money Democrats who do not wish to
vote for Mckinley, TO nominate third
ticket. Let them vote the Prohibition
ticket. We shall have electoral tickets
III every state, and those Democrats
and others who cannot consciontiously
vote for either Bryan or Mckinley can
vote for our ticket. Ny views Oh the
money question and on the tariff ques-
ton also, are in accord with the views
OF these people In general, and are de-
cided and definite"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
Mr.. DONNELLY is TIRED.
lie VIII Retire From Politics at the End
of This Campaign.

of This Campaign.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 30. - Ignatius
Donmelly says he is tired of politics, and
after this campaign will retire from
political life. Mr. Donnelly feels hu-
inflated at the treatment he received at
st. Louis. He had been endorsed for
the presidency by several Minnesota
districts. When the delegation arrived
at st. Louis, however, it was decided
not TO present Mr.. Donnelly's name at
all. Then there was movement started
for MIR. Donnelly for permanels. chair
man Of the convention To as Also
the Minnesota delegation objected, and
SO the second humiliation was accom-
plished. In concluding an editorial an
nOuncement i'll The Representative,
Mr.. DOnnelly says:
1--WE have done. We shall support
Mr.. Bryan and the Populist state ticket
until tbs end of this campaign, and we
shall then withdraw from public life
forever. We banker not after contest
with Lilliputians. In the domain of
literature we have realm which no
Owen can invade, and i'll it we will
bestOw the remaining years of our
life -
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
Kentucky VIII Send Delegates.

LOUISVILLE, KY, July a9.-The gold
standard Democrats of Kentucky will
hold state convention Aug. 20 III this
city to perfect q thorough organization
of their forces and select delegates to
the national convention decided upon at
the recent conference held in Chicago
Mass meetings are to be held in the va
rious counties in the state on Aug. to
select delegates TO the state convention.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
1T LOOKS LIKE LIND.
Minnesota Democrats and Porulists VIII
Name Him for Governor.

ST. PAUL, July 29.-John Lind will,
from all Indications, be the sole op-
ponent of David N. Clough for gov
ernor OF Minnesota. Il IS agreed CT II
hands that the Peoples party will NOM
mate him i'll their state convention TO
be held Aug. 26, and the most powerful
advocates of free silver III the Demo-
cratic party of Minnesota are openly
working to secure his nomination III the
state convention TO be held next Tues
day at Minneapolis. That they will
succeed seems certain, beyond any sort
of doubt. Every county convention yet
held has instructed for Lind.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
Federal OtHciiIs Visit Drysn.

LINCOLN, Neb., July ga notable
feature OF the day was visit from Il
number of federal officials who had
come long distance to visit Mr.. Bryan
as the Democratic presidential oandi-
date. Among the visitors was Frank
M. Porch of Bridgeton, n. j., United
States revenue agent,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
Raises the Reserve to &1I2, ,OOO, ,OOc.

WASHINGTON, July 29.-The Boston
banks again came forward during the
day with an offer of 81 ,O00,0GO, i'll gold
coin to the treasury, and Philadelphia
offered 100000. If the departments
get all i'll sight the balance will be
raised to $l12 100000. The withdraw
ais during the day were S2O9, 300 in gold
coin and $l6, ,O44 in bars.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30

ON motion the board str1ck from the
assessment roll the valuation on 43O mead
Of cattle assessed to w G TyTell; preSi-
onsIy assessed in other counties.
On motion the board directed the
county treasurer to insure the jail. the
.teeI case therein the sheritSs residence
nd harm for total If che thousond dol
lars. IL was fulther directed that said
insurance be written by G. G BrigSs.
ON motion the Perkins Bros Co was al
owed 81 in settlement OF claim.
The board received back and turned
into the general fund SO appropriated
at hast meeting TO the immigration asso-
ciatIOn, -o,
On motion the board transferred $1,000
from the Co. general to the poor fund.
On motion the treasurer was request .
ed to call Tor payment five thousand dol
lars in outstanding county w@rrnhts.
pa,icion of citizens of 1870 asking
thai each be allowed TO work his poll and
road Tux by breaking tlreGuard on two
s,,Ies of his land was not granted. The
hoard he'd no power to so order.
On motion the e'claim OF G Rudd Tor
services in Raynaas insanity case was al
lowed ut $6. 80.
And the claim of I Torrey tor house
rent for Murphy was allowed ut - W
ON motion the board adjourned to meet
at one o'clock p m.
One pm.
Board net pursuant to adjournment.
Members ,ull piesent except Hooking. }
The board COMPLETED the checking o.
the Register tee book,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
PittSburg Storm.

PITTsBURG, July 29.--Edght persons
We're drowned i'll the food Monday
night. Seven of these met death at
Cecil, a mining and oil hamlet in
Washington county, the eighth victim
going down at Carnegie. The dead
are: Mrs. Samuel Mckinney, Mar
garet Mckinney, James Mckinney,
Clyde Beatty, G.. G. Higgins, Vincent
Welkinson, Jennie Holmes and John
Wright.
Samuel Mckinney kept a boarding
house at Cecil for the accommodation
of oil men and miners. The house was
situated on the bank of Millers run, a
tributary OF CHARTERS creek. Or
dinarily the run, which flows
through valley banked by high
and steep hills, would scarcely
float chip, but a clondburst filled it Ill
its closely confined quarters TO such an
extent that everything along its banks
was endangered.
The House Carried Away.
There were l3 people III the McKin-
ney house when the water commenced
TO rise, but no serious danger was APP
pretended. Suddenly the house a
2-story frame, was washed from its
foundation into the seething waters and
rapidly carried down stream. 1t was
then too late for any one i'll the house
to escape.
Below the site of the house, about 200
yards, stands an old fashioned country
bridge, which spans the stream. The
house crashed against this structure.
The roof was torn Off and the rest of
the building was crushed like an egg
shell Higgins and w. b. Hittener were
caught between the first and second
floors. Higgins died there but Hittener
made most miraculous escape. Those
on the second floor were badly squeezed.
Just below the bridge the wreckage of
the house struck On sand bar, with
those of the party who were alive,
clinging to the timbers without any
hope of being rescued.
Several Acts of Heroism.
Thomas Hayes, Vincent Wilkinson
and others formed rescuing party.
Hittener was rescued while fast in the
NIcChssS DN w lihllISoil, WIZ dISb
dragged the dead body of Higgins from
its lodgment. Samuel Mckinney was
also saved by Wilkinson. After assist
ing in other rescues, Wilkinson heard
cry for help from the opposite side of
the stream, and, Notwithstanding the
extreme hazard attached to the at.
tempt, the brave fellow made the effort
tn cxx-ip, with Whan
about half way over log struck him
on the head and broke his neck. His
body was found several hundred yards
below, lodged in tree.
Clyde Beatty was another hero of the
disaster who lost his life He made
strenuous efforts to save Margaret Nc
Kinney and Jennie Holmes and had
them lodged in a tree, when a wave
came along and swept all to death.
Beatty had several opportunities to
save himself, but refused to leave his
weaker companions.
Hundreds of Bridges Gone.
Hundreds of bridges have been
washed away and traffic has been sus-
pended on the Washington and
Waynesburg railroad. In the oil fields
an enormous amount of oil was lost
through breaking of mains and scores
of rigs were demolished.
At Claysville houses We're unroofed,
trees uprooted and many buildings are
total wrecks. The United Presbyterian
church and the Claysville high school
building suffered the severest loss here.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
L. C. MEAD, Supt.

Hand County. s. ID. do hereby certify
that the above report was made to me
July !. 1896; and that S'3Si.7j is the
port of insane for the quarter ending
June 30 1895,
Given under my hand ana seal this
20th day Of July 1896,
SEAL CHAS. THOMSON,
County Auditor.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
D, SwAex.

N 2HPSlNGFIELD, O., May "a. 1894.
|s,r ~ EEiENNER, NJ. D., Fredonia, N. Y.
nv SD AS you can we'll imagine, the
T. S SSna arduous duties of hotel man
wuufIng busy season OF the Worlds
|no,e { { Suihcient TO break down a man
rowe. nIa'nral strength than myself.
|ounJd' as S the close Of the Fair season
d nu nsr, myself languid, dull, bilious
kealtb,s, souS, not taking the interest Of
|Our Z man in my. business.
|ur P,o nGuse physician recommended
Iuic ooo " and Liver, Remedy and Nerve
|peris~r.o' q. 'he best reiaedy his lifelong
NV I've ro IN practice had discovered,
e wo,,: ,,,e:sIoration and. it accomplished
klmarN completely. To day | am a
-'hanks,o fburgreat remedy. I"
'''e by D. D: Fitzgerald, Miller
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
Quarterly Statement OF superintendent
of Hospital for Insane.

To the County Auditor OF Hand County
S. d. | herewith Hand you statement Of
account OF Hand County with the Hospit-
al for Insane, for the quarter ending
June 80, 1896.
iSEALl l. c. MEAD Stunt
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
MILEAGE AND PER DIEM.

On motion the following mileage and
per diem was allowed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-07-30
PROCEEDI%GS
oi Board o. County Commissioners.
OF Hand County y. ID.

On motion the following abatements
Were ordered:
TO John Carl, all personal tax 1895.
Alpha; double assessment
The 1898 & 1894 tax on part Of the
s OF Sc l.lO9-G6; redeemed from tax
sale but not so marked
Part of the NV OF sW IS. lli-G7. tax of
1873; double assessment.
S of ne &sl OF NV 81, lO0-G0. tax of
io3t u '95; double assessment.
Lot 4, ). 6, Z, s aud . S Miller fax of
1850 double assessment.
B!k 10 S Miller 1895 tax; double assess
ment.
Lots /, 2, 3, /, 5 E blk 10 S Miller.
tax Of 1885; double assessment.
Lot ,, S Miller tax 1895 double assess
ment.
Sw IS. lI3.GS, 1895 tax; not proved I'D.
TO John and Burd McFee. the 1856
and 1887 personal taxes.
TO j L Beach, 1875 road tax ll0-5S;
did not own any property in the town
ship either in 1894 or 1895
To Della McWhOrter tax on val Of $50
on the 50 Is, 1920; erroneous assess.
m9nt,
To Della McWharter anI 4 L NcWhar-
ter One-half of the tax on aIl lots owned
Dy them i'll McWhOrtcrs add TO Miller
and one halt the yaIUatlrn Of the same
lots for 1896; erroneous assessment.
To IL \ W II l. balance OF road tax
for 1883 settlement having been made with
the twp for the same.
To y c HarbCr dog tax for 1895, dou.
bic assessment.
To \ = Nc Carl 81 school DOLL 1892;
double assessment.
1888 road tax on ne 80 ll3 G3; paid in
the twp,
To \ Johnson 1854 personal tax ey-
cept school poll; did not own any pei
sonal property on MAY lst 1897.
On motion James Boceing was allowed
mileage AID per diem at $2S 40.
On motion the board adjourned to
meet at 9 o'clock a. m July 10 30.
July Is 1886.
Present, Bailey, Thompson, IrytLall
and ltudd.
Yesterdays pro ceeding.s read and ap.
proved.
On motion tie application for compro-
mise Of tax on lot } blk IL W II Millcr'S
addition vas refused
On motion the board refused to make
loans from the permanent school fuEd
A reqm8iiion having been made 10y the
clerk OF the court for forty names to be
placed upon the jury list of Hand county
the board ordered the following appOr-
tiCnmCnt OF names TO the various towns
and tWDs
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
a AD-AND-ALIVE CITY.
Cordoya Has Littlc of Its OId-Tfme
Wealth and Power.

"ealtn ana ROVER.
From the station we drove through a
staring white suburb, past the we'll
WbiteWaShed walls of the bull-ring. to
the Fonde de Oriente. 1t was early in
the afternoon, writes Elizabeth II. Pen
nell in Century, the sun fierce, the
light blinding-the hour when all sum
mer We had been sleeping dreaming
IN the Alhambra's halls and the Cen
eralife's gardens. Remembering their
loneliness, and hoping for new beauty
like it, we could not stay in the dull
hotel bedroom, though with its tiled
floor it was fairly cool and clean, and
we went out into the town. Silence
hung over it like pail. Every winding
street in the labyrinth beyond the paseo
was empty, not a living creature in
sight, only once in awhile n beggar,
who rushed from some spot of shade
to assail us; all the low, white houses,
with their iron-barred windows, were
tight shut; the place was abandoned
and desolate, its silence unbroken by
sound of toll or traffic
Was this really the Cordova of Musa
and Abderrahman, the Cordova once
called the Bagdad or Damascus of the
west, whose streets were alive with
the cfang of arms, the pomp of process
sions, the clatter of students going to
and from school, and whose name was
synonym for wealth and power, for
culture and industry-the world-fa-
nous town with its sentinels and mer-
chants and women doctors? It was az
If plague had fallen suddenly upon
the town, and left not one man, woman
or child to tell the tale.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
AMERICAN PANTOMiME.
Clever Clowns Are Hard to Secure-SeD
Weu-Known Performers.

Clever Clowns Are Hard to secure-ssAs
Weu-Known Performers.
A comparison between English and
American pantomime wiz result favor
ably in many particulars for the Amer
lean, because novelty is sadly lacking
in the former, says an exchange. The
English clown makes his appearance on
the stage with q "Here we are again"
with certainty that only equals the
coming of death and rent day. Hump
ty-Dumpty, Columbine, the policeman
and all other funny people are as stere-
otyped as three meals a day, and our
cousins across the water look upon them
with open-eyed astonishment year
after year, with a.stoicism that borders
on the ridiculous. If the same tactics
were followed by purveyors of that class
of entertainment here, how long would
It last? With the American Unsuitable
thirst for novelty we should say but a
very short time.
Pantomimists like the famous Gri-
maldi and Ravel families do not flourish
now, and the pantomime must combine
great spectacular features and in
genious devices as we'll as comedy ele-
ments. Pantomime has never been sue
cessfully engrafted on American soil;
otherwise it would be an institution III
every large city In the land. But when
ever it was well done it always paid
well. Years ago the Ravels came to
New York and became the craze of the
town. Francois, the father of the FAM
Ily, could set the house, in a roar by
walking across the stage, and poor
George Fox, who was the best pantc.
mimist the United States ever pro
duced, was a good successor to Francois
Ravel-ChicaNo News.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
OYSTER FAMINE PREDICTED.
Dealer Says the Beds Are Sure to BE
Exhausted.

"Gysters will be Il very rare delicacy
in a few years." said an oyster man of
New York to a Washington Star report
er. For many years the beds were
preserved to a large extent by having
an oyster season and keeping alive tho
popular idea that oysters were not good
except from September to April. This
gave four months during which the
oysters were left alone and allowed tD
increase. As a matter of fact, / think
they are little better during those
four months than at any other time.
This was first discovered by the seaside
hotel men, and oysters were served dur
ing the summer months. The guests
demanded bivalyes when they re-
turned to their homes, and now in all
eastern cities the signs of Fresh
Oysters are as numerous in July
and August as in January and Febru-
airy. The new demand is being sup
piled, and at no time are the beds left
undisturbed. 1t is now only question
of few years before the oysters are
gone. and all because the summer resort
hotel men disabused the minds of the
people as to their not being good to
eat from April to September"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
1T is TRUE.
Horses Head Is Long as a Flour
Barrel.

1t is probable that at first thought
most persons would be inclined to doubt
the accuracy of the old saying that q
horses head is as long as a flour bar
rel. Flour barrels vary somewhat In
length. Some are made stouter and
shorter, some slender and little high
er. An average flour barrel is about 2s
inches in height.
\ man to whom the old saying was
familiar made up his mind the other
day, says the New York Sun, to see for
himself just how near right it was and
he measured the heads of three horses.
One of these horses was said to have
rather large head for its size; it wasn't
very big horse. This horses head, ex-
elusive of the ears, measured IS inches
in length. The heads of the two other
horses, which were horses of fair aver
age size, with average heads, measured,
one, 81 inches, the other 271s inches.
So that this investigation discovered that
the old saving was substantially true.
q
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1896-09-24
ARCHAEOLOGICAL Discoveries
Interesting Revelations Through Delvin4
In the Ruins of Nippur.

The desire to know more than his
tory tells us of the long ago is almost as
strong as the wish to lift the veil that,
hides the future. So it comes to pass,
says the Washington Post, that institu-
tions of learning and scientific organi-'
cations send expeditions to all habitable
parts of the globe to minister to this
craving for information. Prof. Hill
precht, of the Pennsylvania university
is at the head of a scientific expedition.
sent out to the sites of ancient places
to bring together such relics as intelli-
gent scrutiny can unearth, and he has
sent wondrous tale from the site of
ancient Babylon. \ dispatch from Lon
don shows that the professors re-
searches ut Nippur, where Babylon
stood, have brought to light the most,
remarkable data ever found by such In
vestigators. 1t appears that the pro-
fessor suspected the existence of deep
er city far down below the foundations
of the ancient city, where previous re-
searches had abandoned the quest. The
first excavations had ended Sc feet from
the surface; so feet underneath this the
Hilprecht party struck the traces of
still another city. In this layer, which,
it is said. must have been a Babylon so,
far back that even the oldest races we
have any record of never heard OF it,
were found inscriptions and relics dat
ing 1000 before Christ.