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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-19

At Dallas. Tex. q fire destroyed the
etock Of the Palace drug store and the
building. Loss, $4,000.
At Lancaster. Tex. lightning struck
end killed y. O. Lowry and his son.
They had taken refuge under a tree.
Henry Noble. a young man living in
River Falls township, Wis, was acct
dertally impaled on n pitchfork and
will probably die in consequence.
Morris Eppler. a sixteen-year-old
Dayton. Ohio. boy. found a revolver in
q box and. trying it on Rudolph Fret
KEEL, aged five, killed him instantly.
The Peter Adams paper mill. in
B%uckland, was destroyed by fire. Loss,
upwards Of $4,000. The mill was
owned by j. ID. Pickles L. Bro.
Two cOlored bicyclists were struck
by a passenger train on the Union Pa
citic. east of Salina, Kas, recently, and
one is dead.
The Memphis & Chattanooga passen-
ger train. No. >. was wrecked near
Stratton. Ala. by a misplaced switch.
The mail and baggage cars We're owe
turned and badly damaged. Sam
Davis, baggagemaster, had two ribs
broken and received internal injuries.
believed to be fatal. The postal clerk
was badly cut and bruised.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-19

According to the latest official report
the japanese navy consists of two first
class battle ships and six projected;
one second-class battle ship. captured
from the Chinese; five armored cruis-
ers, ten ~second-class cruisers and six
building or projected, and seventeen
vessels which may be ranked as third
class cruisers, Spain has one first
class battle ship and one building, one
~port-defense ship, eight first-ciass
cruisers and three building, six second
class cruisers. one building; ninety
nine third-class cruisers, three build
ing; ~thjrty-six first-class torpedo craft,
two building, and two second-class tor
pedo craft. The United States has
twelve sea-going battle ships. two ar
mored cruisers in commission, one
ram, six double-turret monitors, four
teen single-turret monitors, besides q
considerable number of other vessels.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-19

1t Is very singular how the fact of a
mans death often seems to give people
a truer idea of his character. whether
for good or fer evil, than they have
acting among men. Death Is so genu-
inc a fact that it excludes falsehood.
or betrays its emptiness; it is a touch
down that proves the gold, and dis
honors the baser metal. Could the
departed, whoever he may be, return
in a week after his decease, he would
almost invariably find himself at a
higher or a lower point than he has
formerly occupied on the scale of pub
lie appreciation.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-19

The legislature of Illinois has enact
ed a law forbidding bicycle races that
This is a step toward attempting to
check a growing evil. The abuse of
the wheel, by amateurs as we'll as by
professionals, is a matter that calls
for decisive action; and parental au-
thority, plain speaking by physiolo-
gists, public opinion and legislative en-
actment, should AL be enlisted in the
movement.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-19
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live stock C%enters.

Chicago, Aug. IA. - Wheat - 10. a
red. S4MS6c: No. 3 red, SlMS3c: No n
spring, S4MS4 1-2c; No. 3 spring, I'D
SIC: No. 2 hard winter, SidS6c; No. n
hard winter, T9dS3c. Corn No Il
81 1-2M27 5-Sc; No. 3. 20 3-4M27c. 0a,s|
No. .. II 1-2c: No. 3, Is 1-2dl0c.
Chicago, Aug. IA. - Hogs = Light
S3.S5M4 .05; mixed, S3.I5d4; heavy,|
$3.aaM3. 90: rough, $3.55G3.65. Cattle
-Beeves. So. 9OI5.25; cows and heif]
ers. 81. 9OM4.40; Texas steers, $2.Ss1
800; Westerns. $3.40G4.25; stoeker1
and feeders. $3.20G4 80. Sheep-Nsi
tives. S2.5OM4. 10: Westerns, S3a3SJ
lambs, s.. 30M5.35.
Milwaukee, Aug. IA. - Flour steady
Wheat lower: No. ! Northern, glei
No. . spring. 81 lie: Decemos
T93-4c. Corn firm: No. 3, 2Sc. 0s1
steady: No. 2 white, 2ld2l SAC. Y
steady: No. I. acc. Barley firm; y
.. 42c: sample, 406I42c.
Minneapolis, Aug 14-Wheat-Aueas
closed at SO Ice; September openea ~
81 5-Sc and closed at 70 l4c; Deem.
Der opened ut SOC and closed aI
rs lac. On track-No. l hard, VIM
No. / Northern. 50 lac; No. Nor'n
ern. "a 1-2MS7 lac.
Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. IA. noss x.
81. 55G3.65. Cattle Cows. Soae.
yearlings. 81: bulls, $2.I5Q2Is'' ie1
ers. 81. 95NI4.0 o.. -
South st. Paul, Aug. IA. - hoss
So tNu3.S5. Cattle StocRers. sS" q
800: heifers, S3.15: cows. y. ioe"-
calves. 1856. Lambs, S.lOd4--.
st. Paul, Avg. IA. Wheat W.
Northern, 91M92c; No. z N@S
ern. SSM9O Lee. Corn-N0. z yelioSt
M2Gc: No. 3. 23M24c. Oats-No {. . Nam
10 l-2M2Oc: No. ). 1SM1c. barre,
Rye-Sample barley. 2l@.oc, ~
rye. 41M41 1-2c; No. 3 rye. o9i Nv s
Seeds-No. l fax. S5dSoc; uhio'
0l.oU; clover, $304."O.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-19
NATIONAL {
C.. II. Lewis Wins the in'e,
singles 10y Two Lengt"s' ,osu

~ . bcNNtS
Singles by Two hssr3
Philadelphia. Aug. IA mole astid
tiful day for the National ass Thd
regatta here could not he des,l, cours
G will be on the national ,ntsrl
on the Schuylkill. The creates singa
est Is conferred In the senloi ctales
championship Of the United ops|
With Ten Eyck out the knoW, haiwes|
seem to think the race iies Juye
Mcguire of Cambridge, Mus oneadd
nal of Philadelphia and Whl, slwaal
Boston. while Thompson u Of pd
of Toronto and Van DANNY ,word 4
troit have many followers. ton aion' aJ1
the present Canadian chanip ,aSted d
there is much interest manaars
his meeting the American craI heat. q
Intermediate Singles-flrs, won N
II. Lewis of Worcester, Mas Sow YOh1
two lengths: II. G.. Wilson, ~ delpht]
second; J.. NJ. Binder,
third. Time. 1882 IA.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-19
C~LOUDBURsT IN AHi
Great Damage Done p'
Fall OF Rnih' couther

Great Damage DOHe
Fall of Rain ~Southet
Arizona and Northern Me s,or,n. Il
visited by a terrific rain s10r Scear.
and me Gaayamas are s doM"' ana railroad !
er part OF the Sonora between y
washed out. The track pe.s Of SIS
gales and Encinas, a dls.a cone. .
teen miles, Is almost ent,re, yan,as BY
train started 10 leave ",u"ayicap ecr
1t was detained by the cIoudburSS
eminent. There was the stres,,
above this city which nlieo and hocI
e ta'' the ''ew sre ass4o par, 20 q r SSs sss,. ).
three bridges were wasnes street seus
washed away and a number The rss
can families are homeless destroyed.
dence Of the mayor was de''"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-19
PlTH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS Of THE PAST WEEP IN A
CONDENSED FORM.

4 General Resume OF the Most I'm.
pOrtant News Of the Week From
ALI Parts Of the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged I'm Con-
ny Busy People.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-19

If Mary has another little lamb she
shouldn't let it follow her to school
or fool around like that, but compel 1t
to do nothing but raise wool under the
new tariff.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-19

The secretary of war has directed
the general commanding the depart
ment Of Missouri to detail a troop of
cavalry to assist Mr.. Wisdom. United
States Indian agent. in evicting TWEEN
ty-eieht families OF intruders in the
Cherokee Notion.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-19

And now the Atlanta Journal says
that rocks are being thrown at the
state g~eologist.' Biologists generally
have a rocky time.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-19
The retrospect of life swarms with
lost opportunities.
Man sleeps over his rights, and lie:
awake over his wrongs.

A hundred men may make an en-
campment, but it takes a woman to
make a home.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-19
Criminal.

Frank c. Conroy. the OgdensburS
wife murderer, was executed by cleo
tricity ut DannemOra. y. Y.
Clarence Cohen shot and killed his
father-in-law. John Hieronimus. as the
result of a family quarrel on the lat
ter's farm. near EldOn, Iowa. Cohen
gave himself uD.
Carl s. Neuberger. aged fifty-three. a
well known importer of curtains and
embroideries. committed suicide at
New York on account Of business
troubles.
Isaac SEMI shot and instantly killed
Thomas Kendall ut Mount Sterling,
Ky. They were partners in business,
and each weighed over 800 pounds.
Jealousy is supposed to have been the
cause.
John Gordon. alias Lewis Nelson, the
negro who murdered Mr.. Allen at
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-18
Millions wives and Daughters.

OF Millions three wives and his rela
lions with them enough has been writ
ten. 1t was a hard thing to he Millions
wife or Millions daughter. He was
stern, he was austere, he was self cen.
tered; his impeccable strength was pur-
chased by "a sublime and monotonous
egoism, which is the name they give 10
selfishness in poets. Very chill must
have been the life of his girls in thar
Puritan house, reading to the inwrapped
Puritan father from languages they did
net understand and taking down from
his lips poetry they understood still less
Milton found them undutiful. Poor lit.
tie "undutifsl" daughters! Fathers had
terrible conceptions of duty in those
days. Did any one ever want to know
Milton? Did any ever not want 10
know Shakespeare? Doubtless there are
readers Of the Exeter Hall class who
would have yearned for the cody com.
any of the great Christian poet"
But. OH the whole. how thankful cue
should Le that Shakespeare was not t
Christian poeti'-Academy
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-18
Navajo Indian Weaving.

'In the art of weaving the Navajos
excel all other Indians in the limits Of
the United States" said r. G. Johns, Of
Santa Fe. "In fineness Of finish, artis-
tic design and variety Of pattern the
Navajo blanket is ahead of any Of the
handiwOrk Of the other tribes. They
are clever enough to cay blankets
with the different designs on the oppO-
site sides, but of late years their work
has de~teriorated somewhat because of
the substitution of inferior aniline dyes
bought from the traders for permanent
native dyes formerly used, and also on
account of the yarn got from the same
source, instead of that laborionsly
twilled by the hands of the Indians.
They are great at weaving belts, sash
es, g~arters, and saddle girths. The
Navajo woman finds her greatest d.
version In this occupation, and the ac-
quisition of money is by no means he
chief motive that actuates her In pro.
ducing a blanket that is really n work
Of art, for after wearing 1t a little
while, till the charm of newness Ia
gone, she will sell it at q price that
doesn't at all compensate for her time
and labor. The wealthiest of the tribe
will weave just as assiduOusly as their
poorest neighbors, which goes to prove
that they regard 1t as more in the light
of pastime than toil."-New York Trib-
unp
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-18
Some Valuable Pearls.

The most curious among famous
pearls Is that which three Centuries
ago, the French traveller, Tavernier,
sold to the Shah of Persia for $075,O0O.
1t Is still In the possession Of the SOW
ereign of Persia. Another Eastern po-
tentate owns a pearl of 12h karats,
which is quite transparent. 1t Is to be
had for the sun of 100000. Princess
Y~oussoupoff has an Oriental pearl
which Is unique for the beauty Of It's
color. In 1920 this pearl was sold by
'Seorgibus, of Calais, to Philip Nv. Of
Spain at the price of so, 1000 ducats. To-
day 1t Is valued at $685. DOC. Pope Leo
Kill, again, owns a pearl left to him
by his predecessor on the throne of st.
Peter, which Is worth $780, 600, and
the chain of thlrty-two pearls owned
by the Empress Frederick is estimated
at $4,000.
One million dollars Is the price of five
chains Of pearls forming a collar own
ed by the Baroness Gustaye de Roths-
child, and that Of the Baroness
Adolphe de Rothschild is almost as val
liable. But these ladies are enthusiast
tic collectors of pearls. and their jew
elers have instructions to buy for them
any pearl of unusual size or beauty
which they may happen to come
across. The sister of Nine. Theirs,
Mile. Dosne, is also the owner Of a very
valuable string Of pearls, which she
has collected during the last thirty
years.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-18
DREDGING IN A DESERT.
American Enterprise Retracing Sonfe
Prehistoric Canals.

American Enterprise eIrac1n some
Prehistoric Canals.
During my last visit to Arizona l
saw, in the Salt River Valley. a sight
that would strike a stranger as queer"
said a New York man who makes an
occasional trip to the far West. "A
steam dredging scow, such as Is used
for deepening rivers and harbors for
navigation, was voyaging slowly II
steadily through a wide strip of arid
desert. 1t had started landward from
Salt River, and vas ~excayating Its own
channel ahead, the river water follow
ing and floating it as 1t advanced. But
the work done was not. In fact. the
making of q new channel, but the dig
glng out of an old one, the irrigating
canal made by a civilized people that
lived and fourished and departed be-
fore recorded American history began.
That there was a time when this wide
valley, now being again redeemed to
man, was a garden of plenty, teemlng
with inhabitants, Is shown by the ex-
tensive and regular system of broad
canals leading from the river, through
which water for irrigation was con-
yeyed put upon the cultivated lands.
These canals, though choked for CEN
turtles with drifting sand and earth, still
are plainly indicated on the face of the
ground, and so skillfully were they
planned and built that modern engin-
eering science applied to irrigation can
do no better than retrace their course
and restore them.
1.-The region was well chosen by the
primitive canal builders as n land of
habitatlon. The climate is dry, sunny
and ever of temperature, and the arid
earth, at the touch of water, becomes
fertile and productive. Here the april
Of those fruits In California and Flori-
da, and are of rare quality. What race
laid out the canals and built the towns
whose ruins are strung along the valley
Is a question not yet settled by archae-
ologists. Aztecs or Toltecs, or each ma
ton in turn, probably tarried here in
their centuries-long migrations south
ward to the valley of Mexico, and the
ruins may be of an older people than
either of these.
Near Mesa, In this valley, six miles
east of Tempe, Is a particularly strange
and impressive ruin-the ruin Of an i'm
mense building, now fallen into a
mound-like heap, covering an area of
two acres. It's walls were of the fashion
the Mexicans call ~cajones, built COM
pactly without layers or joints. 1t Is
believed that the material used was
clay mixed with cactus juice, which
hardened into a cement as durable al
most as rock. The settlers In the val
ley came long distances to the ruin to
get this material, which they use in
making mortar for house-bulldlng, pull
verizing 1t and then mixing it with wa
ter, as they would lime."-New York
Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-18
A Noteworthy Career.

The late Sir Isaac Holden, who died
recently in England at the age of 81,
had an interesting career. He was the
son Of a working miner, and began
work himself at the age Of 10, but his
thirst for knowledge led him to seize
every opportunity of study. He in
vented the lucifer match, while teach
ing in a school at Reading. Before he
was thirty he had made important in
ventions in wooden machinery, and he
Don became the head of an enormous
manufacturing business, which 10Y
employs four thousand workmen in its
factories In England, France and Bel
GUM. His habits Of life were simple,
and his conduct was shaped by strong
religious convictions.-Youth's Com.
paniOn,
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-18
A Gold Leaf Temple,

Not in America, not eve In the Klon-
dixie, but In the far-off East, at Ran
coon, the capital Of Burmah, is situated
the famous golden pagoda of n Bud
dhist temple, the whole of the exterior
of which is one mass of shimmering gold.
This generous coatingo of the metal is the
result of years and years of offerings 10
Buddha. for deyOtees from all parts
of the world come to Rangoon aud
bring packets Of gold leaf, which they
place on the pagoda. During the last
century the King of Burmah gave his
0iteraD weight in gold to the walls Of
the pagoda, an offering worth 10000
sterling.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-18
KINGS GIFT TO H,s BRIDE.
Notable Acquisition by the Boston
Museum of Fine Arts.

Notable Acquisition by HI Boston
Museum of Fine Arts.
Studded with hundreds of diamonds,
great and small, lies In n glass a S in
the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the
wedding gift of George III. of England
to his bride, Queen Charlotte. Very re-
Gently the superb addition to the TREAS
ure of the museum has been procured
through the death of the lady In whose
life possession 1t was invested.
This magnificent and historically In
teresting relic is a %chatelalne watch,
with belt clasp, band and pendants. all
of the finest gold and thickly studded
with jewels. 1t was presented BY King
George to his queen at their marriage
In 1T61, and by her was worn, no
doubt, at many a gay and social func-
ton or state ceremonial.
The or~namentation of the watch and
Its attachments are in the highest de.
gree elaborate. The clasp, which lie
generous In size. bears in its center,
within an oval of lapis lazuli, the
Queen Consort's crown, resting upon o
cushion, the whole wrought In dia.
monds. On the band below the clasp,
on q similar background, are daintily
l%nwrought, also in diamonds, the royal
scepter, surrounded by its cross, and
the rod of equity, tipped with the dove.
The two rods are crossed and are uni
ted at the point of juncture by a deli
cate ribbon of diamonds. Upon the
watch itself. again, appears upon a
background of blue, the monogram
&c. R." surmounted by a crown, also
wrought in precious stones. Upon
either side of the watch are suspended
from the band two pendants-a key, a
seal with the royal monogram finely
cut In carnelian and two perfume hold
ers. These designs described, 1t must
be understood, are merely the central
ornaments In their respective places.
They are surmounted by the most elab-
crate scroll work and other ornamen-
tation, all in diamonds, sc thlckly
crowded together that the gold ground
work in which they are set can with
difficulty be discerned.
The whole forms one of the most
beautiful, as well as one of the most
interesting, of the museums posses
sions. The relic has al interesting his
tory. 1t was purchased by Charles
Amory at a public sale of effects of the
King in London in 1S49. Mr.. Amory
presented 1t to Miss Sarah Greene, who
gave 1t In turn to her namesake, Miss
Sarah Timmlns, u niece of the late
Martin Brimmer. BY Miss Timmins
the watch was given to her sister, Mrs.
Chapman, with the understanding that
at her death it should become the prop
erty Of the Art Museum. The event
recently occurred, and now the relic
has reached its final resting-place.-
Boston Globe.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-18
Angora Goats in Africa.

In addition to It's flourishing gold and
diamond industry South Africa has an
Angora goat business which is import.
ant. There are now some 100000
goats IN that colony and, although not
pure bred, the fleece is very fine, glossy
and silky, from four to six inches long,
weighs from five to six pounds and
produces mohair as perfect in quality
and as beautiful in luster as any fur.
nished from Angora. Although the ex.
port of Turkish goats has been for some
time forbidden 200 were allowed two
years ago to be sent to the Cape, where
they averaged $3.50, some bringing as
much as $1,650. The goats are sheared
In June and October, the wool baled
and shipped to England, which receives
onc-tenth of its supply from the Cape,
the value of the fleece in 1895 being
about 49, 100000.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-18
Carlyle on Webster.

Thomas Carlyle, who once met Dan
lei Webster at a friends house at
breakfast, said: This American Web
ster l take to be one of the %stiffest logic
buffers and parliamentary athletes any
where to be met with in our world at
present-a grim, tall, broad-buttoned
y~ellow-skinned man, with brows like
precipltous cliffs, and huge, black, dull,
wearled yet notwithstanding eyes
under them; amorous projecting nose,
and the angriest shut mouth l have
anywhere seen. A droop on the sides
Of the upper lip is quite mastiff- like.
magnificent to look upon; 1t Is so quiet
withal. l guess should like Ill to be
that mans niger. However, he Is a
right clever man In his way, and has n
husky sort of fun in him, too; drawls
In a handfast, didactic manne about
our republican Institutions etc., and
so plays his part"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-18
Protest Against Rabbits.

A committee of farmers called on AS,
semblyman Topper recently and re-
quested that he introduce a bill In the
next Legislature for the determination
of rabbits, which are doing hundreds
of dollars worth Of damage to the
crops. One of the farmers in present
ing the case said:
Il have had two acres of cabbage en-
tirely eaten up by these pests, and as
the game laws prevent my killing them
what am l to doT'
do rs l did," answered another. 81
just squlrted a certain kind of fluid
over a lot Of my cabbage plants. and in
the morning l counted 22S rabbits sit.
ting on their launches, dead. They all
had a piece of cabbage clutched in theil
paws, but they couldn't eat."-New
York Sun.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-18
MT. ST. ELIAS.
its Recent Ascent by Swiss and italian
Mountaincers.

Mountaincers.
The ascent of Mt. st. Elias. which
was accomplished by Prince Louis of
Savoy and his associates, demonstrates
the special adaptability of the Swiss
and italian mountaineers for this class
of work. That a mountain rising tie
better part of half n mile above the
summit of Mont Blanc, and In II region
where the snow-line descends to within
1000 to 5000 feet of the sea-level, or
eve lower. should have been ascend
ed in n first effort Is evidence of sur
prising advances that have been made
of late years in mountaineering craft.
Although by no means rising 10 the
height of the Karakoram Himalayas
pioneer Peak, some $4,000 feet, or Of
Aconcagua. or even of the Ibi Gallln
upward of $4,000 feet, Mt. st. Elias
has In its prodiglously extended snow
mantle, and in the hazardous approach
to 1t over the backs of gigantic and
greatly rifted glaciers, certain elements
associated with 1t which have been
thought to render the mountain ole oil
the most difficult to climb of any on the
surface of the earth. The altitude, IS
computed by the mercurial barometer,
Is $4,000 feet, a result surprisingly In
accord with the determination by angle
measurement, of Professor Russell,
who obtained "1S, 100, plus or minus q
probable error of 100 feet" Earlier
measurements of the mountall ranged
from less than 1900 feet ia Perouse,
in 1856 to approximately 1860 feet
Dali. 1874. 1t is probably safe TO ac-
cept the present measurement, which
places st. Elias-barring a possible eX-
cess in favor Of the neighborlny Mt.
Logan-as the second mountain in
point of elevation ON the North Amer
lean continent, the place of honor be-
longing to the Citaltepetl, the Star
Mountain-better known as the Peak
of Orizaba-Of Mexico, to which The de-
Examinations of Hellprin $3.50, aue-
roid), Scovell 1881, tr~iangulationl, and
Kaska 1897, mercurial barometer) give
$4,000 feet. The non-yolcanic nature
of Mt. st. Elias had already virtually
been determined by Professor Russell.
but" 1t will be a satisfaction 10 geOlo-
gists to know that Prince LOUIS stud
les of the mountain for the four thou
sand feet left untouched by Russell con-
firm this Investigators general conclu
SiOnS