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The evening times., 1896-03-10
German Councillors DROWNED.

Berlin, March 1O.-Floods are reported
in the Rhine, Saar and Neckar rivers. At
Frieburg. Baden, the grand duke. accom-
panied by Councillor siegels and Director
sonntag, was watching the work of sal
wage from bridge over the Triesam river,
when the bridge collapsed. Herren Siegei
and sonntag were drowned, but the grand
duke was saved.
The evening times., 1896-03-10
WILL SHOOT FOR 81 900.
Live Bird Tournament the Latte
End of This Month.

New York, March O. One OF the greatest
live-bird shooting tournaments ever given
in this country will be held at ElkwOOd Pa rk,
Long Branch, Nj :, on Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday, March "a, 20, and 26. The
event is the Interstate Associations fourth
annual grand American handicap. Besides
the main event there will be eleven extra
events at five, seven, ten and fifteen birds
each.
A few new rules have been adopted by
the association, one of which will debar a
contestant from entering or taking part
in any tournament given under the auspices
of the association, who, according to the
Judgment of the referee, should intention
ally miss i bird. The big event will be on
the second day, when the great American
handicap will take place. The entrance fee
is S2a and the nurse qua ranteed is 81 600.
The evening times., 1896-03-10
WESTERhERs TIP HlLMl
Tarars Mounts Will Be Favored
by Many Sports.
GOOD CHANCE FOB VINCToR

Sir Walter Looked Upon to Make II
Fine Showing in the Metropolitan
Handicap-Senator Grady a Lusty
Five-Year-Old and Leads in Work.
Handspring Is Developing Nicely.
The evening times., 1896-03-10
Hundreds Of People in washington Are
Being Cured Of Various Diseases
BY The Use Of These Remedies,
After Paying Large Doctor
Bills and Getting No Re-
liei-Sold by All
Druggists, Mostly
for Csc. a Vial.
DOCTORS At YOUR SERVICE FREE

Office. 713 Fourteenth street northwest,
open to 5. daily; Monday and Thursday y
evenings, q TO b; Sundays, 10 TO q, where
diseases free OF charge.
The evening times., 1896-03-10
Chinese loan of $50, 900, 900

London. March f0.-An agreement for
loan of e16 ,00o.G0a has been signed by ths
Chinese government and an Angio-Germar
syndicate. Onehalf of the loan will ID
issued soon in 8 per cent gold bonds at
about par
The evening times., 1896-03-10
Maxwell. Assailantz CAPTURED

Ellsworth, alias Sonny, Hogan. the
negro who assaulted and cut an eight
inch cash In the arm OF Richard Maxwell
week a go iast Sunday was arrested yester-
day afternoon by Policeman Hoagfand and
locked up at the secondprecinct.
The evening times., 1896-03-10
ODDS AND ENDS OF SPORT.

\ team from Nova Scotia will probably
play in Boston this season. The tour
might also take in New York and Phila-
delphia. IL there is time to play alarge sctIed-
ule OF matches.
Senator Mcmillan and Senator Calvin
Brice are enthusiastic golfers and members
OF the Washington Golf Club. Senator
Brice's son, Arthur I. Brce. is said TO be
an excellent player and gives a great deal
OF attention to the game.
Twenty colleges have so far sgnified
their intention of sending relay teams to
Pennsylvania big meet at Franklin Field
on April 20.
Capt. Billiard. of Harvard Varsity crew
announces that hereafter the crew practice
Will be open to the public.
At the annual meeting of the Longwood
Cricket Club, OF Boston, yesterday. ar
rangements were made for a club handicap
tennis tournament in May. a state tourna-
ment in June and "a club tournament in Sep
tember. The annual tournament. begin
ming July 90. is under the auspices OF the
U. s. n. L. 7. A, and one of the features
OF the tennis year. At the same time. also
under national auspices. q handicap tour
nament will be run. The handicapping
will be done by a committee OF the ational
body.
An internat iOnal billiard tournament be
tween Schaefer, Ives and either GARNER or
Plot has been arranged. twill be a sweep
stakes, $3.50 man and $1,000 added
money. The tournament will take three
weeks, one being played in Chicago, one
in Boston and the third in New York. Ii
will commence in Chicago May Is.
Representatives OF Cornell, Harvard and
Pennsylvania will probably meet In New
York next week to ARA ngc the program of
bicycling events to be included in the dual
games which Pennsylvania plays against
the two universities on the track this
spring. Although In each case the agree
ment provides that the universities shall
contest the same events as are included in
the Mott Haven program. it has been tacitly
agreed to drop several of the bicycling
events, inasmuch as the conditions OF the
dual meets are so different from those Of
the Mott Haven championships. The sep
arate bicycle meet was arranged because
OF the large number of entries at Mott Ha-
ven. This objection would, Of fnourse, not
be- true OF the dual games.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

John Hare. the latest conner of our Englch
actor-cousIns, was given Il cordial greeting
las night mt the New National Thcater on the
occasion OF his first visit to Washington.
Every part of the large theater was COM
fortabiy rilied, and the demonstrations OF
approval were not wanting. either in spon-
taneOus laughter or frequent applause. Mr..
Hare made n favorable impression. and cs-
tablished himself as worthy actor.
The piece selected for the opening night
was Sidney Grundy's English adaptation
of French comedy, which is called IA
Pair of Spectacles." 1t tells how Benja-
min Goldnnch, full of the milk of huma n
kindness, loving everyone and beloved OF
all, received IA visit from his brother,
Gregory. Gregory, alas! was a shrewd.
grinding, cold, heartiess piece of humaniiy y,
who ground his underlings and steel at
Sheffield.
Benjamin lost his spectacles. Gregory
loaned his to his brother. Unfortunately
q train of circumstances and GregOry's in
fuence lead Benjamin to look upon life
and people with the suspicion that his
brother does. In fact, he sees life through
his brothers spectacles.
After series or happenings that point n
moral and atlOrn the tale, Benjamin comes
back to his original point of view and i'll
cidentaily RECEIVERS his spectacies, through
which all the world looks at him smiling
again..
1t is q delightful comedy. Though new
to Washington, 1t achieved great success
when produced by Mr.. Palmer's company
The evening times., 1896-03-10
BASE HITS.

Delahanty is the latest one of the Phillies'
players to report for duty. He arrived in
Philadelphia yesterday, with his wife, from
Cleveland.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

Amos Rusie is still holding out for the re-
mittance of that 5000 fine. hut the fact does
not seem to worry any one connected with
the New York Club. President Freedman
fears that the discipline of the team might be
jeopardized i: Rusic is "knuckled'' to.
The evening times., 1896-03-10
DOwD Is INELIGIBLE.

Play with Harvard.
Boston, March l0.-The Harvard athletic
committee have ruled out as ineligible. +.
+. Dowd, the Georgciuwn rniversit pitcher.
who was trying for place on the Harvard
nine.
The reason for this action was that
Dowd had played both un another college
team and Il summer nine.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

There will he no protests against the Ma
tional Board of Arbitration by the minor
leagues at the meeting in Washington on
March 16.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

Masonic Home, at 10 Ia / won the handi-
cap at New Orleans yesterday in 40 IL.
Four horses finished heads apart.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

Louisville has loaned Pitchers McFar-
land and Herman to Rochester and First
Bascnan Fuller TO Memphis
The evening times., 1896-03-10

Indications point to az mattel being ar
ranged in the future bet wcen Kid Mccoy
and JOE WalcoH, ae'1t54 pounds. Dick
Cook, the KIDS" manager. whu,s to bet
Tom O'Rourke $1,000 on she result. a lit
tie Of the Mccoy end would be worth en-
hraclng.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

The stock is here waiting
for the first mild spring
day Both Suits and "Top
Coats. None others so
stylish, or so 1ow-priced.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

have decided to close out the great South
Elkhorn Stock Farm and 500 trottng horses
thereon. The first installment of horses will
be sold at the Madison Square Garden, be-
ginning April 2s. Another jnstalment will
pass under the hammer at Cleveland, May
1928. and the remaining horses will be sold
at New York next fall.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

Twenty colleges have so far sgnified
their intention of sending relay teams to
Pennsylvania big meet at Franklin Field
on April 20.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

Derfargilla. surprised the talent yestcr-
terday at San Francisco by winning at odds
Of IL to /.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

Frank Ernc is in good shape for his Ten
round bout with ice Cans before he new
Manhattan Club Thursday night.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

Tom O'Rourke has posted $500 with the
Police Gazette To match walcott against
any lightweight. welterweigM or middle
weight, barring Bob FitZsimmons, for
$500 a side.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

The following men have been selected
to represent the Orange and Black on the
collegiate baseball diamond this spring:
Catchers, Titus, 80. and Graham; pitchers,
Easton, '9S, Wilson, 81, and Alteman;
first base, SChmitherst, 80; second base,
Sankey; third base, Gunster; shortstop,
Ward: ou,field, Wheeler, Suter, and Brad
ley. The team has received no Reinforce
ments from the freshmen class, while the
graduation of five of last years varsity
team has materially weakened. the nine.
Manager Mack. with six members of the
Pittsburg ball club, left last night for
Hot Springs, where they will Join the
balance of the team and enter upon train
ing, preparatory 10 the OpeningOf the season.
The Orioles stockings will not be striped
this year
The evening times., 1896-03-10

Capt. Billiard. of Harvard Varsity crew,
announces that hereafter the crew practice
Will be open to the public.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

\ team from Nova Scotia will probably
play in Boston this season. The tour
might also take in New York and Phla-
delphia. If there is time to play alarge sctied-
ule OF matches.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

Steve O'Donnell says that if the National
Sporting Club will raise its offer to 81 800
and expenses, he will accept Owen Sulli-
vans challenge.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

ST. Paul has secured the releases of Shu-
CART and Spies from Louisville.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

Senator Mcmillan and Senator Calvin
Brice are enthusiastic golfers and members
OF the Washington Golf Club. Sena tor
Brice's son, Arthur I. Brice, is said TO be
an excellent player and gives a great deal
OF attention to the game.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

The New York Sun says: Denny Butler
is said to be working on the Philadelphia
police force Ir the rumor is true Denny
is now working harder than he ever did
before in his life. As general rule
sporting men despsc work. A few days
ago Charlie White. while discussing the
question Of work, said, i'll an apologize
tone: Yes. worked once, and am not
ashamed OF II. Understand. though, that
! haven't worked for some years. There
are t:i isicr waysi'
The evening times., 1896-03-10

Hereafter heavyweight boxing contests
before the New Manhattan CLUB will be
toned down. The o'Donpeli-Dwyer boat
caused something 10 drop. The AIanhattan
folk know a good thing when hey see ii.
The evening times., 1896-03-10

John L. Sullivan, in spea king Of the rel
ative merits OF Corbett and FiiZsimmons,
says: .'Should they meet in the ring with
Corbett in good condition, believe the Cal
ifornian will again he the champion. He
is shiftier boxer and a better general.
Fitzsimmons can hit harder but hard hit
ting alone could not win the contest
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-02
Spaniards StiII kicking

Barcelona. March y. =. After the
municipal band had played n patriotic
march Il few students became extra
enthusiastic and burned a small Amer
lean flag and marched IN the direction
OF the United States consulate. The
patriots" however, were dispersed
by the police before reaching the CON
sulate. The United States consul was
standing on the balcony and witnessed
the gathering OF the groups of people
without being molested. The public.
however, expressed indignation mt the
attitude OF h consul, declaring ii to
De bouncing and provoking"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-02
I'm Print.

AS an acknowledgment of Queen Vic
toiia's hospitality TO his son a few
months z the ameer of A~fghaniStan
has just sent her presents valued at
100000.
Sir John MilliaS' first picture was
purchased by Charles Reade. the Eng
liSh novelist. Ruskin said that it was
not a failure, but a tiasco, and kicked
a hole in the picture.
Mrs. Clara Wood of Klamath. Or. is
one of the best mining experts in the
West. A high commercial value is
placed upon her knowledge of the min
erology of the klamath river region.
The five composers selected to adOrn
the "crown" center piece to be pre-
sented to Theodore Thomas are Bee
thoven. Wagner. Brahms. BerlioZ and
Rubinstein. Thus. Germany. Austria.
France and Russia will be. represented.
A French newspaper publishes the
following advertisement: IN. Emile
lola of Plambeuf, inventor of the
spring nipperS, notifies his customers
that he has nothing in common with
his namesake, Emile lola, the writer"
A statue of Lord Byron. by two
French sculptors, Chapu and Fal-
g%uieres. has been unveiled by King
George at Athens. The poet is repre-
scented as advancing with outstrtched
arms L meet Greece, who holds out 70
him a laurel crOwn.
Henry Il. Fuller the Chicago author
whose Cliff Dwellers" and other
books have made him well known in
the East, is a very shy and retiring
man not yet 40, and younger than that
by several years in appearance. Some
of his ways are boyish in the extreme.
The fair sex is fond of him, and he has
become popular in society, where he
has only recently begun to show HIM
self.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-02
Casualties.

The British bark Alexandria was
lowed into port at San Francisco in Il
burning condition.
BY the burning of their home. near
Charleston, W. Va, William CoXey,
wife and child, lost their lives.
4 heavy rain storm at Webb City,
Mo. flooded many zine and lead mines
and caused Il suspension of operations
and much damage to miners and Op-
orators.
At Elgin. H.. Herman Rossdeutcher.
n had of an inquiring mind. looked into
the mu2Zle of Il gun TO see If it was
loaded. 1t Il Both eyebrows and
q big patch of Skin>are now missing.
The village Of Bcrrien Springs. near
st. Joseph, Mich, was nearly burned
up. Seven buildings. including the
postotiice. were destroyed. The loss is
$25,000O and insurance $500. 1t vas
the work of an incendialy.
Mrs. Pavey the wife of W. III. Pa
vey, seventy years old, of Marion,
Ind, awoke during the night with n
sewers pain in her stomach. She
started for the pain cure. and just as
she reached the fireplace. in which
there were two logs of wood burning,
she lost consciousness and fell into the
fire. She was badly burned about the
head, neck and breast. She will lose
her eyesight entirely.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-02
Washington Talk.

The battleShip Massachusetts has
made a successful trial trip.
Mr.. Burnham, the United States con
sui at Zeitoun. has been ordered to
killize to report upon the disturbances
which took place on March 20.
The state department has now in
press the Introductory review of the
commerce Of the world. compiled from
the commercial relations Of the United
States with foreign countries.
The senate committee on Indian af-
fairs united in a letter to the president
recommending that a regiment of
United States troops be stationed per-
manently in Indian Territory. for the
purpose of preserving order there.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-02
From Foreign Shores.

A strong protest was made in the
house of commons against the agri-
culture bill, which would seriously in
jure British stock raisers.
The German rcichstag is now con
sidering a bill framed at the instance
of h AgrarianS to restrict the manu-
facture and sale OF oleOmargarine.
The rebels recently attacked the Jap
sneSe Lsar Tusan, FOrmoSa. After
several days fighting the rebels were
repulSed.
The vanguard of the Egyptian army
under COLLISION Bey occupied Akashoh
Oh Friday. the dervisheh having evac-
uated the town and fallen back to con
c%cntrate on DOngola.
The insurgents have burned forty
houses in the village of Punta Bravo
and on the farm of San Ramon in the
Santi Spiritus district of the province
of Santa Clara.
Abnormal climatic disturbances still
prevail in the AntipodeS. A second
heat sent the thermometer upwards.
the mercury climbing to q point
before reached.
Mr.. Fitzmauricc. the British vice
consul. has returned to Constantine
pie from Urfa and reports that 5000
people We're massacred during the re-
eDt disturbances there.
In the reichetag Gen. BrOnsart vOn
SchellendOrf. minister Of war. discuss
ing the premature publication of the
emperOr'S amnesty decree. asSailed the
Socialists and brought on a stormy de.
tate.
1t is reported in London that the
British ambassador at Washington,
Sir Julian PauncefOte. will shortly 90
to London TO discuss with the govern
ment certain features of the NeneZeu
Ian question.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-02

Hiram w. Morrison. who was placed
under arrest in Boston. after his wife
had been found dead in their house,
with finger-marks upon her throat and
other bruises upon her face and head,
has confessed that he choked the wo-
man to death while in a tit of jealous
rage.
Intelligence has been received in
Philadelphia of III" arrest in Rio ia
metro of John l.. Wilson. formerly as
SiStant manager of the Keen-Suttcrlce
Leather company of philadelphia.
which failed for nearly 81. O00, 200. He
is charged with forgery and embezzle-
ment.
AT Rochester. y. Y. John A. G..
Wright. we'll known as an exponent Of
better country roads. shot Henry
Quinby. son of the late George Isaac
Quinly. Mr.. Quinby is n bookkeeper
at the Union bank. The wound is not
serious. Quinby had demanded an
apology for a letter Wright is said to
have written to Quinby's mother.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-02
Evil DOfnEs.

kearnan Reed. a retired amnufactur-
err of New York. aged eighty-seven
years. committed suicide. Illness was
the cause.
Elijah Rutter died at Brice. Ohio.
from pistol wounds received by John
White, who, also. is expected to die
from a c~Orn-cutter wound made by
Rutter. The trouble was about Rut-
ter's wife and White.
Edward Meyers and Timothy Bu-
chanan, members of the local fire de-
partment at Hinsdale, Ill, were in
dicted for arson They are accused of
having originated a number of fires in
that vicinity.
Following a lecture given at the
Christian church at Dunmore, Pa. by
an alleged ex-priest named Ruthven, a
fight broke out, during which about
fifty shots We're fired and resulted in
four men being injured.
A mob took William Murphy from
the jail at Huntsville, Tenn, and
strung him to a tree. Murphy was in
Jail awaiting trial for the murder Of
Bill Knowlin, a miner, three weeks
ago, at Pioneer, Campbell county.
An un%acocuntable tragedy occurred
in Hamilton county, Ind. near Mobiles
vile. James Mccoy met his brother,
Henry, and without a word, emptied
the contents Of a double barreled shot
gun into his body. He then reloaded
his weapon and killed himself by a
shot 10 the mouth.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-02

One OF the most cowardly acts of
times was the abandonment Of Gen.
Gordon at Khartoum. Not only was it
disgraceful in itself, but the results
Of the d~espicable action have returned
to plague the British powers a dozen
years later. England has been forced
to choose between a bloody and dan
gerous war and an abandonment of
her rich possessions in Egypt.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-02

List of patents issued la.
northwestern inventors. weea !
derson, Hastings. Mimi bntur'eH
or furnace; William ID. Arnot. std
Idaho, grading machine: OlO.s rand
ianson. st. Paul. Min, w Jal Chhj
George w. Cleveland, IittNai PHI
Wash, tire-escape; Ole r. Cue lid
Grant county, $. D.. water %oseni
Frank Houska, st. Paul, MINI ieVat}
washing machine; Daniel X DouI
Portland, Ore, fly case. hOaI
Oberg, Two Harbors, MINI. 1Onn
handle; Richard w. Seidm.nA ana
vile, Mont, sausage-flljng MAI
Henry X. Stahl, M%inneapoliSu asaN}
grease cup. NM
T. ID. Merwin, patent lavvo.
9l1 and 9l2, Pioneer Press R rt
st. Paul, MINI. nuidl
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-02

1t Is significant that the English gov
Crnment ~repudiated the reference of
Mr.. Curzon to tie Italians rs "our
stanch allies" AS Germany has ac-
coded to the proposed policy of En-
gland in Egypt, and has thus practical
ly expanded the dreirbund to a quad
ripple alliance, objection to the above
designation must arise from the fact
that, as allies, tie Italians are not as
''stanch" as they might BE- had they
more money and a stronger military
establishment.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-02

The wheat exports from the United
States last week We're the smallest
for the same period of the year for sew
eral years, although prices were at a
very low ebh. 1t seem sthat the for
eigners will take our wheat just as
readily at high prices as at low prices.
In fact, the lower prices get, the more
they hang off, hoping to get the stuff
still lower.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-02

The visit of Spanish officials to this
country for the purpose of studying
energy of these gentlemen very Sc
yerely. In fact. considering the ex-
tent of our coast line and the infre-
quency of defenses of any sort, it
would be possible for the visitors to
turn the expedition into a prolonged
and a most uninterrupted picnic.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1896-04-02
Cheap Excursion TO North ~,
ADrfl -

On April 8 the Great Northern ,,r,
makes a 50 settlers rate one way I'm.
Paul and Minneapolis to points In MIN.
and North Dakota as for north ~
boundary line and west to Mlnot. Tks
large reduction, from one-haIf 10 ona \
In some cases Persons who conton.
taking up government land or wish ~
owe the country should avail tbemss
or this change. Fol publications and
or Information address +. |. Within,
L. and Il. A, st. Paul, Mimi.