The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-15
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otherwise.
Two thousand men employed by the
different %tanneries In Chicago went out
on a strike recently.
The monthly statement Of the Lehigh
Valley railroad shows its net increased
earnings for February were $155.22l.
Receiver Dent. Of the First National
Bank OF DEBORAH, Iowa, will at once
pay off 4 dividend of 70 per CEN to de-
pOsitOrs.
Default has been made on the April
coupon of the Wheeling 4 Lake Erie
first mortgage bonds of 1923, and a
protective committee is being formed
in the interest If the b~ondholders.
WhittingiIl Bros, dry goods, assigned
at Louisville. Ky. Liabilities and as
sets about 10000 each. The firm ais"
had branch houses at M~adisonville,
Ky, ana Huntington, w. Va.
The Chesapeake X Ohio railway
shops at Huntington, Pa, employing
500 men, will, on April l, begin work
on full tine. Notices 10 that effect
have been posted.
The Hooking Il Ohio Valley Editorial
association has adopted unanimously Il
resolution indorsing James q. Gibbs,
of the NorwaIk Reflector, for public
printer.
The announcement that the Balti-
more IL Ohio railway has arranged for
it's own lake line has created some sur
prise in railway circles, and compiica-
tons are expected.
ID. WiuSlow has brought suit at Kan
sas City In the circuit court for $500
against the Kansas City lodge
% the Knights of the Maccabees of the
World for injuries while being initiated
into the order.
The board of the Central Christian
Church Of Denver has decided 10 rec
ommend to the congregation to call the
Rev. Barton o. A~yleSworth. president
of Drake university, Des Moines, to the
pulpit.
While Il piarty of relatives were as
selnbled az the house Of Frank Kenne-
at Plainfield. Wis, a few evenings
since they ali became violently sick by
chicken pie which had remained
in "a tin a few days.
J. Z. CisncrOs, NJ. L. Penn and L. ID.
Blum, commissioners of the Columbian
TO negotiate the Caucaril
railway question at Washington, have
reached New York on board the steam
er Allianac from Colon.
The first filing made by holders Of
the Mckee scrip in the Chicago lake
front case has been withdrawn upon
learning that this parcel Of land was
included in lands donated to the State
of Illinois for canal purposes.
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There he's been a heavy snowfall on
the eastern slope of the Rocky noun
tains in Colorado, and the storm still
continues. a high wind is blowing,
but it is not cold and much of the snow
melted.
Frank Erne and Martin Flaherty
have been matched at 127 pounds to
fight to rounds before the Olympic
Athletic club at Buffalo, n. Y, April
The two boxers have met before,
when Flaherty whipped Erne.
State Bank Inspector Austin has just
closed the Citizens Bank of Bowling
Mo. The bank is solvent and
will be opened for business within TO
days. The of the trouble is
that owing to the hard times it is i'm
possible to collect.
Col. John A. Henderson. vice presi-
ednt of the Florida Central and PENN
sular railway, and United States sen
ator by appointment from Gov. Blox-
ham. is in Savannah. He says most
decidedly that he is not a candidate for
election as senator.
The launching Of the great steel
schooner Sidney &. Thomas Of the
Rockefeller fleet took place at Cleve-
land. Mss Belle Barrett christenef the
boat. The Sidney. G. Thomas is 37S
feet in length, % feet depth of hold and
Al feet beam. She is schooner-rigged,
with three masts.
The thread mills at Kearney, y. j.,
have been closed indefinitely, throwing
out Of employment I, coo hands. The
officials refuse to give Information in
regard 10 the shutdown. Some of the
employees claim that the mills are over
stocked.
The British steamship Janeta. which
arrived from Port Elizabeth, had on
board the master and crew and eight
men Of thu shipwrecked steamer Mar
%aret, which was wrecked off Cape st.
Antonio, Qua, date not given. The
crew was rescued on the 9th inst.
\ strike of 1900 coat tailors is threat
ut New York after tie Heberw
holidays. The tailors have been COM
PEELED to work some time practically
uLder the old task system, whereby the
contractors give a certain number of
coats to make and offer him a lump
sum for the work.
Lloyd w. Lowndes, governor of Ma
ryland, has formally declared his in
tentiOn to become a candidate for the
United States senatorship, to succeed
Arthur Il. German, whose term ex-
pires March 4, 1899. The legislature
which will fill this important position
will be elected in November next.
The San Francisco Examiner, having