The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-06-24
otherwise.

Otherwise.
Tommy RYAN announces that he is
prepared 10 90 TO San Francisco TO
meet George Green.
John Ryan Of North Milwaukee, the
largest carpenter contractor in Wis
consin, and a heavy dealer in coal and
lumber, has assigned.
The annual convention of the Sioux
City District EpwOrth League has
opened at Sioux City. Iowa. Five hun
dred delegates are present.
The German Baptist annual meet
ing, in session at Frederick. Md, has
adjourned and will meet next year in
the Northern district Of Illinois.
Earthquakes were experienced in the
State Of Oayaco, Mex. and some dam
age was done IN the ISthmuS Of Te-
huantepec, where slightly constructed
houses were cracked.
The eighteenth annual convention Of
the Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit asso-
citation was held ut Boston. President
George w. Lynch of California pre-"
sided.
The strike of the street railway en-
ployes which has involved all the lines
in Vienna. has been settled. the COM
panies making large concessions to the
strikers.
Commissioner Fricke of Wisconsin
has revoked the license of the Schuyl-
Kill Insurance Company of Philadel-
phia for writing insurance in Wiscon-
sin through nonresident agents.
The board of directors of the Oregon
Railway and Navigation company has
declared a quarterly dividend of / per
cent On preferred stock, payable July
/. This is the first dividend the COM
parry has paid in several years.
The president has nominated NJ. ID.
O'Connell of Iowa 10 be solicitor of the
treasury and William NJ. Griffith Of
Arizona 10 be marshal for the Terri
tory Of Arizona.
At the annual election of the New
York produce exchange the following
officers were chosen for the ensuing
year: President, Frank Brainerd; vice
president. +. T. Barrows; treasurer, Z.
C.. Rice.
Word has been received at PittSburg
that Rev. DR.. Methery, senior mission
airy Of the reformed Presbyterian
church. died at Mensine. Syria, June 4.
The deceased was well known through
ont the country.
The annual meeting Of the Coc Col
lege Alumni association at Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa, elected the following: $. VI.
Hall. president; J. w. Wood. vice pres
idont; Francis "omlinson, secretary:
w. y. Moffett. treasurer.
The Wilcox Il White Organ company
Of Meriden. Conn, one Of the largest
manufacturers Of organs in the United
States, has made an assignment. The
company al organized in 1876 and
established many branch houses
throughout the country.
An ~incendiary fire on the farm Of
Sheriff Frank Wheelock. near Stevens
Point. Wis. destroyed four barns and
all their contents, causing n loss of
about $1,000. with $1,000 insurance. An
hour afterward 81 other incendiary
The Iowa State League of Wholesale
Flour Jobbers met to secure a better
understanding. They will also try for
better terms with the millers. The fol.
lowing officers were elected: S. Shoe.
craft. Clinton. president; A. w. Blu
chanan, Ottumwa, vice president; A.
=. Palmer. Burlington, secretary; w.
s, Bennis treasurer
At the inal session Of the seven
teenth annual convention of the Amer
lean Water Works association at Den.
Yer. officers were elected ms follows:
President, John Caultield, st. Paul;
first vice president, Joseph A. Bond,
Wilmington. Del: sccretary-treasurer,
Peter Min. New York. 1t was decided
to have the next convention at Buffalo,
y. Y.
The steamer Windward started from
London for Franz Josef Land in or.
der to bring back from the Arctic re-
giOns the members of the Jackson.
Harmsworth expedition who have now
spent three winters at their little Arc.
tic settlement. ElmwoOd, near Cape
Flora, where they erected an observa.
tory 1000 feet above the sea level.
Prof. William Libbey, .Jr., of Prince.
ton university, will leave for Albu,
querque. y. NJ. early in July with a
party OF six explorers. Their plan Is tC
attempt TO scale a tableland shaped
like a figure 8 with perpendicular
sides 700 feet high. The ~outcroppings
Of red sandstone project from the
face of the walls. making it almost in,
accessible. There are indications OF
occupancy by a prehistoric race.