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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-26
Tax MARKETS..
Latest Quotations From Grain and
Live stock CcDtCrA.

Chicago. Aug. p. Wheat - No. =
red. 93M95c: No. > red. 9od92c: No. >
spring. 81 lie: No. , spring, S6d90c:
No. > hard winter. % lie: No. 3 hard
winter, SSM91c. Corn-No. -, % LA
% :i-4c: No. ). ~ 1-i02T lie. Oats
No. >, IS Lie: No. 3. II 1-2M20c.
Chicago. Aug. u. Hogs - Light,
S3.IONl4.1O: mixed. So. 75m4.O5: heavy,
$3.5Om4: rough. S3.5eG3.G5. Cattle
Reevcs. S3.90M5 80: COWS and heifers,
81. 90dl.3J: Texas steers, S2.S5M4:
Westerns. S3.4OM4.35; stockerS and
feeders, S3.30M4.5 80. Shcep-Natives,
S2.3OG3.S0: Westerns, S29On3.T 10; nice
lambs, S3.3GM5.30.
Milwaukee,. Aug. 21.-Flour firm and
15n20c higher. Wheat higher; No. l
Northern. 96c: No. > spring. 93M94c;
December. 81 5-Sc. Corn higher: No.
3, 29c. Oats higher: No. : white. u IL
M22 lac. Rye higher: No. 1, Asa
AZ lac. Barley firm; No. =, Acc; sam
pie. 31M43c.
Minneapolis. Aug. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
closed Mt S1.OO II: September opened
mt 81 lie and closed ut 81 1-Sc; Deem
Der opened at $50 and closed mt SOFA
30 1-Sc. On track-Old No. 1 hard,
S1.U2 1-Sc: new. "a 3-4M95 3-4c; No. I
Northern. old. S1.O1 Is; new. @34G
- 3-Ic: No. = Northern, old, 96 lisa
% 1-Sc: new, 81 1-4Ma3 Lie.
Sioux City, Iowa, Aug. u. - Hogs
3.GMu3.T5 Cattlc-Cows. S22JG3:
heifers. S3.:35n3.45: bulls. S2.3JM3. 10:
y~earlings. $3.5OM4.15: calves. Si.40M
40: stockers. S3.6J: feeders, 81.
South 81. Paul. Aug. II. Hogs
S3.25M3.S5. Cattle-StOckers. $3.50
3.95: cows. So.70M3; heifers. $1,000
40.
81. Paul. Aug. 81. Wheat - No. 1
Northern, 95096c: No. . Northern, GOA
94c. These prices are for old wheat.
new being about 5c per bu less. Corn
No. 3 yellow, 2JM26c: No. ). 23d24c.
Oats-No. 3 white. IL 1-2M19c; No. 3,
17MlSc. Barley and Rye-Sample bar
ley, a3 1-2M2lc. No. = rye. 44M45c; No.
3 rye. 42643 1-2c. Seeds-No. l fax,
S1.O2m1. G3; timothy, S1dl.20; clover,
X.tHI.20.
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OTHER STATES.
HIGH MARK.
The Highest Price iScnched Since
1901.

Chicago, Special.-Septcmber wheat
closed ut So ID ceIts,the highest point
it has has reached since 1891, and an
advance of Il full 4 81 cents since yes
to-day. The closing was a scene long
to be remembered. the pit in the last
few minutes of trading becoming Il
struggling. shouting mass of excited
spectators trying frantically TO buy.
There waS literally no wheat for sale,
and the efforts of the shorts fairly took
the market off its feet. September
jumped nearly a cent in the last min
ute. December showed n still more
radical advance, and for Il time sold
on even terms with the nearer future.
At the close So 3-S cents was bid, or
81 cents above the closing figures of
yesterday.
Trouble was predicted for the I'M
fortunate shorts from the start by the
action of the Liverpool market. which
opened strong and rapidly grew much
stronger. But it was the Paris market
which caused the trouble. Advices
from there late in tie day showed an
advance in August wheat equivalent
to Il IA cents since Saturday. This
started Il scramble to cover, which did
Lot stop till the closing bell sounded.
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A Conservative" Tariff.

In the tariff hearings before the
ways and means committee which
framed the Dingley bill last winter we
heard a great deal about the "conser-
yStive spirit shown by the manufac-
turers who were asking for increased
Protection. Minneapolis, Mimi,
Times.
All the talk about a Conservative
tariff was in the Demo cratic newspap-
ers. which adopted this term as a new
cloak w%hereunder to hide their free
trade sentiments. Manufacturers have
always been anxious for the enactment
of a tariff that would be "conserva-
tive" Of their interests and of the in
terests of the wage-earners whom they
employ.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-26
A Wool Growers Loss.

| Wish to state the actual facts of
what free wool did for me, and it is
fair to assume that it did the same
for every farmer in Oregon who raised
sheep.
IN April, 1897, | arranged with DR..
Elgen. living in this state and county,
who is agent for the great American
tailoring house of e York city, for
two wooden suits for two boys thirteen
years old, each suit costing me $3.50
cash in advance, which was the price
of ffty-nine pounds of wool at IL
cents per pound. This was the price
| received for my wool in 1895.
In June, 1890. | bought a suit of
wooden clothes for a boy thirteen years
of age, paying $3.50 in cash for the
suit in Rosebury, Douglass county.
This cost me the price of only twenty
six pounds of wool, for / got rs cents
per pound for my wool in 1890. There
was a difference of thlrty-three pounds
OF wool to me in the cost of one suit of
boys clo,nes.
That is what free wool did for me,
and for every farmer that raises wool
on this coast. And furthermore, the
suit | bought in 1890 was at least ten
per cent better goods in ali respects,
in material and in the make. Now
somebody got this 33 pounds of wool. I
know that | did not.
j. A. HAINES.
Eckley, Curry county, Oregon.
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orgnniEed Against LawIessness.

seattle. Wash. Aug. 21.-ShOrtly aft
~ the collier willamette left Seattle for
,,yea the passengers organized for po-
nee protection. the organization being
rained the willamette and Klondike
protective society. Especial care was
aNeh to prevent fire and all suspicious
InaracterS are watched. Before the
p"at reached Dyca eight suspects had
oecn imprisoned.
oea,tle, Wash. Aug. 2l.-Valentinc
S,,Ilip mas jumped in price to $50 and
yi' an acre as the result of the rush
~ the klondike gold fields. Large
,ph'uockS or the scrip have been sold in
,nls city, the intention being to locate
property ut Skaguay.
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BANK ERS ADJOURN.
Annual Convention mt Detroit Comes
to n Close.

-r W Sb"SSs
Detroit. Mich, Specialize twenty
third annual convention of the Amer
lean Bankers association has come to
an end. According to precedent First
Vice President Joseph &. Hendrix Of
New York was raised TO the office of
president. George III. Russell of de-
trOit received n large majority of the
votes east for first vice president, al
though the nominating committee had
nominated +. w. Bacey of Illinois for
the honor. Business was transacted
with a rush. n number of papers hay-
ing been carried Over from yesterday.
Several papers were ordered printed
without being read.
Luncheon mt the great distillery of
Hiram Walker & Sons at Walkerville,
Ont, and n boat ride to DeS Chree
Shes Ia wound up the social features
of tie meeting. While mt Walkerville
several i%mpromptu speeches were made.
Retiring President LOwrey responded
to repeated calls. and was followed In
rapid succession by Messrs. Hendrix.
Russell. feathers, Pours, Jordan and
others. Then the twenty-third conyen-
ton terminated i'm n combined burst OF
/ patriotism and good fellowship. The
Stars and Stripes and God Save the
Queen rising together from a thou
sand thrOats. The band played Yam
kec Doodle and Dixie alternately,
! and delegates from all parts of the
country united in pronouncing the con-
~vention of 1897 an unqualihed success.
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Emphatic Endorsements.

All these protests from foreign coun-
tries against our new tariff law serve
only TO emphasize the value which
those countries place on the American
market. The free-traders have always
been the devoted friends of foreigners,
and have imbibed many of their ideas.
II is a great pity that they have not
learned the one thing most vital to
them, and which is SO clearly recog-
nized by their foreign friends, viz, the
great value and importance of the
American home market.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-26
EXPENSIVE
smnii Boys Have Fun aud yirc
buildings Are DcstroxeJ

Ortonyille. Mimi. Spccial.-This civ
mao Il ire cntailing a loss of upwards
OF S2l,OoO, with insurance of only about
S''ooo. Nine buildings are IN ashes
ana more n a thirty firms and indi-
siuuais are losers in sums ranging
from Il Few dollars to several thou
sands. Several small boys were play-
ing IN the back room of the second
story Of William Geicr'S hardware
Store,and II of them hcaped shayings
i'll Il pile n started IL bonfire Be
coming scared they gave The alarm,
Dut too late TO control the flames, the
room being full of lumber and other
inrainmable material. The building
was soon Il mass of flames. Most Of
the buildings burned were old frame
structures that have long been n men
ace to the town. Everything will be
rebuilt at once in "A most substantial
manner
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-26

Columbus. Ohio. Aug. 2l.-The ma
tiopal executive board OF the United
Mie Workers adjourned after having
issued the call Tor the conference OF
organized labor to be held in 81. L uis
AUG. 20. The board rcjetced the prop
ositicn of the Tittsburg operators for
n conference to arbitrate the wage dis
mite in that district, claiming that such
acton would be ~prejudicial to the in
terests of the miner mt large. The
board is ready to consider overt Tres
for the arbitration OF the issues of the
great strike only when these V
lures come from all the operators in
the competitive district, which includes
Ohio, Indiana. Illinois, West Virginia
and Pennsylvania.
The board has decided not TO Geviate
from the established policy until the
result of the St. Louis conference il
known. The aggressive work in the
field will be continued. and the efforts
TO spread the strike in the West Nir-
ginia district will be renewed. The
success or failure OF the strike hangs
upon the st. Louis conference, the call
for which has been Endorsed by Sam
uel GOlnperS, president of the Amer
lean Federation of Labor, and j. =.
Sovereign, general master workman of
the Knights Of Labor. maintain that
the hight now being Waged by the min
erS is one of common interests TO or
ganizcd labor throughout the country.
A the ST. Louis conference all labor
EXAMINATIONS will be asked to join is
sues with the miners. The failure to-
secure n general suspension in West
Virginia has greatly intcrferCd with
the prospects OF success, as the coal
supplied from there ana the rev iSo-
lated districts is meeting the limited
demand. The only hope OF cutting Off
this supply appears 10 lie in the refusal
OF organized labor in the ordinary
channels OF traffic and business to
handle or use this coal. If the objects
Of the ST. Louis conference is accom-
plished. the strike will be extended to
nearly every branch of labor in the
country.
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TER IORS OF THE PASS.
Not One I'm Ten VIII H. Able 20 Cross
lhLiIknoi Nhis NcRr.

Port Townsend, Wash. Aug. 2l.-In
Il letter received here from G. NJ. Wey-
mouth, who left here On the last trip
of the Mexico. dated. Lake Lindemann.
Mlg. !. Weymouth says he is Disguised
With the trip over the pass and would
nturn but Tor the terriers of crossing
over Chilkoot pass. Weymouth is with
". j. Jones. the United States com
missioner for Alaska and Il well known
newspaper correspondent. which party
was the first TO land at Lindcmann
since the Klondikc rush began. Both
Jones and Weymouth give an opinion
that not one in ten of those who are
new at Dyea and Skaguay and en-
route will be able to cross the divide
this year.
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Died While Driyiur.

Pennington. Mimi, Spccial.-Mr. Il.
Norton, of the town of LIakeyillc. this
county. died suddenly while going
home from this village. He left town
shortly after . O'Clock p. H.. driving Il
span of horses and a buggy. When
crossing a bridge about three-quarters
OF Il mile from town he died suddenly.
after which the team ran away, going
some four miles before stopping. The
cause OF Death was heart disease.
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NEWS ~ BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires in n Com
densed Form.

me navy department has received
reports from the naval officers desir-
mated To inspect the drills of the Cali
fornia naval militia during the annual!
cruise. The San Francisco division is
highly commended.
Judge Ninie of West Superior sus-
tanned the demurrcrs of the hondsmen
OF the Douglas County bank in two
suits brought to recover S2l,OOO lost by
the bank failure. TcchnicalitieS i'm the
city charter were not followed in max
Ing o u the bonds.
Tie property of the late w. Il. Ram
busch of juneau, Wis. seized under
the attachment sued out by Mrs. Laura
Winfield Spence of Fond du Lac. was
sold yesterday for S1o.!35 less than
Mrs. Spencc's claim. leaving all other
creditors in the cold.
Notices were posted nj the National
Tube Works mt McKeeSport. Pa. an
%nouncing an advance of 10 per cent in
the wages Of all employees. The adj
vance goes into effect on Aug. 80. 1t
Is practically Il restoration of the re-
duction made last March.
Notices were issued n Manchester,
y. H.. to the effect that the AmOSK nag
Cotton mills will start up in all depart
ments on Sept. q. The AmoSkeIg en-
ployeS abOut 10000 operatives. The
Amory Cotton Manufacturing company
will resume Monday next.
George Torchncr and wife were ar
| rested and brought to Hudson. Wis.
for running a blind pig at Roberts.
Wis. Mrs. Torchner pleaded guilty
and paid Il fine of $50 and costs. Her
husband promised To snip oil his stock
OF matt II proceedings against nm
were discontinued.
The Virginia Prohibition state con
yenti0n met at ~Lynchburg and nomin-
ated Rev. l.. \. Cutler of Louisa coun-
~ for governor. \ plaform was adopt
ed calling for prohibition, honest cleo
tons, as large Il use of both gold and
silver for money as possible, and an
extension of the public school system.
At the Olympic Athletic club. Birm-
ingham. England, Paddy Purtcil, the
American boxer. met Lacllie Thomp-
son in a contest of twenty rounds.
Purtell won easily in six rounds 1t
was his first battle since he went TO
England. IurtclIS superiority made
the contest disappointing after the first
round.
The Union Rolling Mill company of
Cleveland. Ohio. will resume operations
agala on Monday after Il shutdown
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His Head Blown OFT.

Rushford, Mimi. Special.-Whilc out
hunting Elmer MartinSon. n young
man from Peterson, n little village five
miles from this city. met with a fatal
accident. He was riding on Il wagon
holding his gun between his knees and
resting his chin upon the muZzle, when
III some way the weapon was dis.
charged and his head was blown off.
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AS TO THE COST OF 1T.
FORTY BILLIONS OF BUSINESS
LOST UNDER DEMOCRACY.


Well may the people of the United
States thank God that we have at
length seen the end OF the Democratic
experiment with free-trade, or tariff
reform as the Mugwumps called it.
Fol two years and eleven months, less
four days, the deadly blight" of indus
trial stagnation-for which Grover
Cleveland was Immediately and directly
responsibilities been forced upon us.
For nearly two years prior to the en-
actment OF the law of 'perfidy and dis
honor" it's baneful effects were felt.
Since the close of 1892, when it was
known that a Democratic congress and
a Democratic president had been cleo
ted, and that their threat of free-trade
would be put into execution, the indus
trial enterprises CT the United States
have been paralyZed with fear. The
banks foresaw the impending danger to
American manufacturers through the
contemplated influx of cheap foreign
goods and, foreseeing the danger, the
banks promptly locked up their capital
so that the evils of the free-trade policy
were felt long before the free-trade
tariff law was placed upon our statutes.
And the evil did not end last week
with the substitution of the Dingley
tariff for protection in place of the law
Of "perfidy and dishonor" Of the Demo-
cratic party. Anticipating the most ma
tural idea OF protection for American
interests, the foreign manufacturing
and producing interests have taken
every advantage of the miserable rag
bag production" that eman2ted from
the Democratic party, and have flooded
our markets with foreign goods that.
in some instances, canno be consumed
within a twelvemonth. Thus the dead
ly blight" of Democratic 'perfdy and
dishonor' has spread its work Of ruin
and wreckagc over a period of almost
five years, blasting the hopes of our
people, running thousands, bringing
idleness, hunger and starvation in its
trail, compelling the natural accom-
paniments of free-trade-such as free
soup, free bread and free clothing.
-lNdD" IliC, AZ " a pSoPAS nav
suffered and waited.
or their sufferings history can never
tell. But their patience has been bright
ened by the more recent knowledge
| that a Republican congress would bring
relief as speedily as the Democratic and
Popocratic obstructionists in the United
States senate would permit. That re-
lief has come, partially only for the
present, but ii will be permanent and
profitable, we hope, as Don as the last
remnants Of the rags and shoddy prod
ucts of cheap European labor have dis
appeared from u markets. And what
has been the cost OF this experiment
with free-trade, of the practical work
ings of the Democratic doctrine of free
raw material? Its actual cost, in dol
lars and cents, no man caa ever esti-
mate, but we can show how the bust
ness of the city of New York was trans
ferred to London, as follows:
80 - 4. - a N-~H-r
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T.ok the Banks Money.

st. Clair. Mich, Special.-Charlcs Il.
BREEDER, formerly cashier of the Ma
tional Bank of Bethlehem, Pa, was
arrested here by Deputy L. :. Marshal
Large. The charge against him is
that of ~embezzling funds of the bank
amounting to $4,000. He has been in
the bicycle business in this city.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-26

Comparing the figures for 1894 with
of business transacted in the United
States, as represented by our bank
clearings, declined at the rate of fifteen
and a half billions of dollars a wear
within two years under the Democratic
administration. In the year 1896 our
loss of business had been almost eleven
billions as compared with 1892. In 1895
the loss was almost nine billions. In
1898 it was more than seven billions.
So that since the Republican admins
tration of the United States, under
President Harrison, and during the
Democratic administration of the oun
try under President Cleveland, there
has been a total loss of business. as
compared with 1892, ~aggregating the
enormous sum Of forty-two billions Of
dollars in the four Democratic years!
1t is impossible to realize the full
meaning Of this s~tupendous loss. But
we are determined to face the evil
bravely, to buckle to our strength for
a fight for the restoration of prosperity
under the Ding.ey tariff for protection
that was signed by President McKin-
ley on Saturday, July "a, 1897. This
will remain in American history as the
date of the dawn of a new and bright
industrial era in the United States
Charles r. auckland.
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Damaged in a storm.

niymouth. Eng, Aug. 21.-Thc twin
,Tttew torpedo boat Destroyer and
uie cruiser Pheaton. which started for
.ne Pacific station. have returned here,
roun oeihg badly damaged through the
aous weather. The Destroyer got
tha MS the bows Of the Pheaton and
IA '.oAswain OF the former was knock
~ overheard and drowned.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-26
TREATY.
Agreement Between Mexico and
Britain az to the Belize.

ASrccmcnt TctNSCCN WCNIcO md
Britain as to the Belize.
Washington. Aug. 2l.-Thc text OF
the new treaty between Great Britain
and Mexico. relating to the Mexican
Use of the waters of Belize. the British
colony OF Central America. has been re-
ceiyed here. 1t mas concluded by Sir
Henry Neville Dtering and Senior Par
lscal Oh Aug. j, and grants in pcrpetui-
~ all merchant vessels of Mexico alb
solute liberty. OF navigation OF the wa
lerS of the British possessions in that
locality. 1t also sets forth the boun-
dairy between Iucatan and Belize. and
10 that extent gives Mcxico's adher-
ehce to the existing boundary.
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RANK ~CLEARANCES.

1891 " HlOfllIS) il.'lo,ioo'oo- 1'-i'o'h'oAf
In the year 1892, when the United
States was at the height Of it's pros
perity under the Mckinley policy OF
protection, the volume of business tran
sacted in the city of New York, as rep
| resented by the bank clea-ings of our
commercial metropolis, aggregated
nearly thirty-seven billions of dollars.
But the deadly blight of free-trade
threw it's destructive blast upon us and
the business of New York city de-
creased by more than five billions of
dollars during the first year of the
Democratic administration. In the next
year, 1894, il decreased by almost seven
billions of dollars more, making a
total loss of business, in the n city,
exceeding over twelve billions OF dol
lars within two short years. In 1895
and in 1896 there was some slight i'm
provement, yet the volume of business
transacted in New York last year. I'M
der free-trade, was almost eight billions
less than in 1892 under protection.
But study the effect OF our Demo-
cratic fiscal policy upon the London
market, upon British trade and upon
English enterprise. With practically
no change in 1892 and 1893, followed by
a decline in 1894 when our business was
paralyzed and millions of our people
were idle, the business of London grew
10 nearly thirty-seven billions of dol
lars in 1895 and in 1896. it's volume
then equaling the extent of our business
in 1892 when we had protection. In
other words, there was a complete
transfer of prosperity from the United
States to the United Kingdom under
the Democratic policy of free-trade.
Following are the entire bank clear
ings of the United States. both at New
York and outside of New York. from
1892 to 1896. inclusive:
AMERICAN BANK CLEARINGs.
Outside
Year. OF New York. Al New YORK
1879 ...... ...... $685. 9 "a 81 &C: Asa soa
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YEARLY $4,000 Examined.

Washington, Special.-The civil SER
yice commission is overwhelmed with
papers of examinations Tor govern
ment offices. and the corps or exam.
liners is working overtime to dispose OF
the constant accumulation. over a.
700 papers are now on file pending ac-
ton. covering al! kinds OF, examina'
lions. -.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-26

Kenyon, Mimi. Special.-At a meet
ing OF the directors of the Farmers
Elevator company a dividend of -
per cent was declared. Since the open
ing two years ago the company has
paid for itself, declared two dividends
of - per cent each, and put away Il
surplus of $4,000 to do business with.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-08-26

the policy of "perfdy and d%ishonor" of
the Free-Traders. Blaine, Reed, Ding
ley are all Maine products Of whom
we can well feel proud. Mr.. Dingley
has earned his summer vacation. May
he enjoy it.
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FOREST
'omloissioner General hermann GA
u Mission To CALIFORNIA;.

" N1VSfOU 10
san Francisco. Aug. 2l.-Binger Her
mann. commissioner general Of the
United States land office. arrived here
,of the purpose OF comforting with
irof. Hilgard and other members OF
'hc state forestry commission upon the
SUBJECT of the recent action of con
sresS in setting apart some forty mil
mons OF acres OF land rs forest re-
serves. of which about six millions of
acres are located in this state.
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JT., Oh
Maine, deserves the
thanks of every
American citizen
for his continuous
and untiring CT
forts. during the
last v months.
to substitute the
American policy of
Protection on our
sfafutoS i'm plana ri