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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-03
AEDUCTING HER CHILD.
The Charge Under which Mrs. Clark
Has Been Arrested.

Eau Claire, Wis, Jan. 80. - Mrs.
Parker and Mrs. Clark of Stevens
Point, sisters, were arrested last night
at Chippewa Falls, charged with alb
Quoting little girl, few weeks old,
from the State Woman's Christian
Temperance home in this city. Mrs.
Clark is the mother OF the child, which
she had given TO the home, renounc-
ing, it Is claimed, all her rights.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-03
burglary md Fire,

Cedar Falls. Iowa, Jan. pa tele-
phone message from Jubilee reports
that Kenney Bros general merchan-
disc store and postOffice Mt Shady
Grove. is burned to the ground. The
loss Is total. including a $1,000 stock
and q large amount Of money.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-03
Wagon wheel. KIN Him.

Hastings, Mimi. Jan. 30-A six-year-
Old son of Joseph Sidlinski was run
over and instantly killed. He attempt
ed to climb onto hay rack and fell.
the wheel Of the wagon passing over
his head.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-03
ZIG CONTRACT LET,
Great Jetties to Re BaiIt Mt Gray's
HurbOr.

Portland, Or. Jan. 29-The contract
for the construction Of a jetty at
Gray's Harbor. Wash, has been Jet
by the government to Hale & Kern OF
Portland. The contract price is S77O,.
900. The jetty proper will extend sea-
ward about three and a half miles
from the high tide limit Of Point Han
den.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-03
SUIT WITHDRAWN.
Ex-Treasurev McGilI Is Not to He
Prosecuted.

Prosecuted.
West Superior, Wis, Jan. 30.-Town
Treasurer John Erickson, of the town
Of Superior. will withdraw his action
against ex Treasurer G.. III. Gill, where
in he charged him with embezzling
$4,000. Gill proposes to hand the
records and money of the town over TO
Erickson. The case has been frequent
ly adjourned since 1t was begun, it Is
said. to give Gill time to make up his
report, since he had not kept a COM
plete record of the moneys passing
through his hands.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-03
FIRE AT HOFFMAN.

Half the business Portion of the
Town Destroyed.
Hoffman, Mimi, Jan. 30.-More than
half of the business portion of this
town was wiped out last night by
fire which originated in the general
store of Rallafson Brothers, entailing
loss Of more than 10000. Six build
ings were totally destroyed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-03
WILLIAMS BIRTHDAY.
Germans Glad He In Another Year
Older.

Older.
Berlin, Jan. 29.-The celebration Of
the birthday Of Emperor William was
more general than usual. The public
and other buildings were decorated
with flags and busts of his majesty
were everywhere displayed. The em-
peror received the congratulations Of
his mother, the ex-Empress Frederick.
and the German princes, including the
kings of SaXony and Wurtemburg.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-03
Pastor SInitten.

Caledonia, Mimi, Jan. 30.-Rev. FIR.
Shanahan, pastor for many years OF
the Catholic church here, had a severe
stroke Of paralysis.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-03
GERMANS ARE SLAIN
Chinese go Cunning For Emperor
Williams Men.

London. Jan. 30.-It is announced in
special dispatch from Shanghai, re-
ceived here. that four German sailors
have been murdered by the Chinese. 1t
is also stated that the German admiral
threatens TO take measures.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-03
FRANCES SUDDEN CHANGE.
Now Gives Russia's Agent Her Re-
Iuctnnt support.

London. Jar. 80. - The Picking cor
respondent of the Times says: The
French attitude has undergone sud
den change and now appears to give a
reluctant support to the menacing
language of the Russian agent, Nj.
Payloff. against the opening of Ia
Lien Wan. The Chinese, having made
inquiries, disbelieve Pavloffs state
nent that Russia can provide loan
on the same financial terms as Great
Britain. At the meeting of the grand
council the Chinese decided to ap-
proach the English and Russian gov
crnments with n proposal of compro-
mise, each power to provide one-half
Of the loan on its own financial terms
and the other conditions to be adjusted
between them.
London. Jan. 30. The Chronicle
points out that Emperor William has
placed Kiao Chau under the control Of
the admiralty and not Of the foreign
or colonial office.
London. Jan. 80. -~ According to
spccial dispatch from Shanghai, Sung,
the Chinese commander at Port Ar
thur. recently Informed Capt. Chiches-
for. of the British warship Immortal
ito that the Russian warships had the
tsung Ii yamen's special permission to
remain there. Capt. Chichester there
upon insisted that Sung should obtain
Inv telegraph that similar permission
for the Immortalite. Sung complied
with the demand and permission was
granted.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-03
SETTLERS ALL RIGHT.
VII, N,t Lose Their Lands in the
Archbishop Ireland Case.

Washington. jan IA decision Is
oxnected soon by Mr. Hermann. com
missioner of the general land office, in
what Is known as the Archbishop Ire
land case, involving title to a large
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-02-03

MAZE an attack on the system Of cdu.
' lille inc Indians, and Mr.. Walker
, Tnu .no 10 strike out the appropriation
ior the Carlisle school. No vote was
taken on the motion 'o'c vas
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12
A PRETTY
The Kindness of n Spanish Lady to .
Lone Boy.

The Kindness of n Spanish Lady to .
Lone Soldier Boy.
A recent traveller in Spain describes
a touching scene witnessed at the depar.
lure of a regiment for Cuba. All day
long there had been heard the meas
ured tread of soldiers marching through
the street; all day long gayly bedecked
boats had been passing to and from the
vessel hat was to take them to Havana
The twilight began to deepen when the
correspondent saw a startling and
pretty sight"-the impetuous action Of
a portly, good-looking and well-dressed
lady, who noticed a young soldier walk
ing dejectedly along down the pier in
his travelling gray, with a knapsack
strapped over his shoulders. All the
rest OF the men had friends, their
novias, mothers, relatives, and made
the usual gallant effort to look elated
and full OF hope. This lad had no me-,
and it might be OWNED that he was car-
rying q desolate heart over the eas
The handsome woman burst from her
group of friends, took the boys hand,
and said: My son has already gone to
Cuba. He is in the regiment of Andalu-
STA, and sailed two months ago. You
may meet him, Pope g.; take this kiss
to him." She leaned and kissed his
cheek"
An English boy would have shown
awkwarness, but these graceful
southerners are never at a loss for a
nrettv reSturn and n OrettiPr word
The boy blushed with pleasure, and still
holding the lady's hand, said with quite
natural gallantry, without smirk or
silly smile: And may l not take one
for myself as well, senora?" The lady
Redeemed, laughed a little neryously,
and bent and kissed him again to the
frantic applause of soldiers and civil
ians, while the boy walked on, braced
and happy.-Blackwood's Magazine.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12
He Had Flung I'm,

The superior court was in session and
the little mountain town was crowded
with people. Along about the middle
of the day when the judge was worried
with a tedious trial. Bill Williams, of
the Lick Creek settlement, began gall
Looping up and down the streets On his
little red mule, firing off his pistol,
%whooping like a Sioux, and otherwise
dispensing the energy which a liberal
supply of corn liquor had inspired.
"Mr. Bailiff," commanded the judge,
sternly, go out and arrest that man
and bring him into court"
The bailiff went timidly out Of the
courtroom and the judge attempted 20
proceed with business. But Williams
racket outside did not cease. 1t grew
worse and the judge looked over the
room for some one else to send out, and
observed the bailiff sitting complacent-
ly on one of the back seats.
Look here, Mr.. Bailiff, why did you
mot arrest that disorderly man? Are
you not an officer of the court?"
yves" replied the bailiff, quaking
with fear, 81 wuz. but I've done flung
up."-Atlanta Journal.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12
EXECUTED
Queer Perversion of the Word "Lnun-
dry" by Americans.

urS 10y americans.
Queer turns the abuse OF the English
language will take on the American con-
tinent as well as in the heart of the Brit
ish capital. The other day, from the
passageway where Il certain domestic
assistant occasionally goes to make in
quiries of the mistress of the house, the
listener heard this question asked:
Are they any laundry"
What the woman meant. put into the
fewest plain words, was this: rs there
a parcel to go to the laundry?' The
phrase was pure American, and was
used by Il native of our great and glo-
rious country. Among some of the peO-
pie the word laundry" means not mere
ly fireplace where washing is done. but
the articles washed, taken collectively.
Not long ago the listener saw in the Win
dow of Il mans furnishing store-beg
PARDON; n gents furnishing store-a
placard which read: Don't forget to
leave your laundry"
This perversion of the ancient word
"lavendery" takes a curiously different
turn from Sir Hugh Evans use of the
word in The Merry Wives of Windsor
There dwells one Mistress Quickly,
which is in the manner of his nurse, or
his dry-nurse, or his cook, or his laun-
dry. his washer, and his wringer."
And it somehow seems less absurd to
call an animated washer and wringer
a laundry" than the things washed and
wrung.-Boston Transcript.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12
WHEN THE SNOW FALLS.

My city home is very fair to see.
And in a measure 1t is dear to me.
But oh, the dear old times.
NOW When winds wall and snow Is falling
fast,
As at no other time. from out the past
Youth rings sweet memory chimes.
I see the brown old house upon the hill
The coasting hill so smooth and white-the
mill
Where father earned our bread.
Again haste from school at close of day
With empty pail along the snowy way
In cap and mittens red.
And when at length in weary hungry
plight
I cache my mothers kitchen warm and
bright,
A sense Of peace and rest
Filled all my boyish being. for l knew
The best of all love-mother love so true
Made that place rich and blest.
1 see the table set with homely care;
No costly service nor attendance there,
But oh, my mothers food!
And fathers face across the bounteous
board
.CWho always on our food Gods grace i'm
pIored)
Beamed gently kind and good.
Then came the happy hours I loved the
best,
When weary father took his well-earned
rest,
And mother, too, as well.
Sometimes the blue-eyed girl across the
way
Game in and Joined in homely treat or play.
Working her binding spell
Which held me ever then, through child
hoods days,
And holds me still while walking man.
hoods ways,
And so it always will.
oh, time of dawning love, of joy and mirth.
In mothers kitchen round the dear old
hearth
1 seem to live there still!
I almost taste the tempting nuts so brown,
Nad corn SO snowy white and light as
down,
And apples crisp and red.
Then came a blessed time wherein 1 trace
The soft sweet outline of my mothers face
Above my dream-strewn bed.
Fiercer, yet fiercer rage the waiting winds,
The snow beats ceaselessly against the
blinds,
All, how the picture CLOVIS.
And can it be thar forty c%hangeful years
Have passed since then, with all their
smiles and tears
Full forty winters SHOWS?
MARY S. Potter, in Good Housekeeping.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12
TAKING TIME BY FoRELocK.
Recruiting Additional Men for the Navy,
Trusting to the Passage OF Law
Authorizing 1t.

WASHINGTON, March s.-The navy
yesterday began the recruiting of men
for the Columbia and Minneapolis,
which are nov at the League Island
navy yard. This action is taken not
withstanding the delay On the part of
congress in providing for the 1,5OO adj
d%itional men, asked for by Secretary
Long in his recent communication to
the naval affairs committee on the SUBJ
jcct.
The officials express no doubt but
that favorable action will be taken on
the secretary's request, and are simply
taking time by the ~forelock, so they
may be in readiness if trouble should
come. About $50 men in all will be re-
quired for the two vessels, and the en-.
listments are in progress at Boston
New York and Philadelphia.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12
A WORD OF ADVICE
To Those Coming to Alaska OF tia
klondike Gold Fields.


klOndike Gold Fields.
One thing should be impressed upon
every miner, prospector or trader COM
ing to Alaska, to the KIondike, or thu
Yukon country, and that is the neces-
sity for providing sn adequate and
proper food supply. Whether procured
in the States, in the Dominion, OF at
the supply stores here or further on,
this must be his primary concern
Upon the manner in which the miner
has observed or neglected this precau-
ton more than upon any other one
thing will his success or failure depend
These supplies must be healthful and
should be concentrated, but the most
careful attention in the selection OF
foods that will keep unimpaired in
definitely under all the conditions
which they will nave to encounter is
imperative. For instance, as bread
raised with baking powder must be re-
lied upon for the chief part of every
meal, imagine the helplessness of q
miner with a car of spoiled baking
powder. Buy only the very best flour;
it is the cheapest in the end. Expert
ence has shown the Royal Baking Pow
der to be the most reliable and the
trading companies now uniformly sup
ply this brand, as others will not keep
in this climate. Be sure that the bacon
is sweet, sound and thoroughly cured.
These are the absolute necessities upon
which all must place a chief reliance,
and car under no circumstances be
neglected. They may, of course, be
supplemented by as many comforts or
delicacies as the prospector may be able
to pack or desire to pay for.-Alaskd
Mining Journal
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12
THE TRADE IN WAR SHIPS.

The United States Not So Anxious to Buy a.
to Keep Others from Doing So.
LONDON, March s.-The st. James
Gazette yesterday afternoon said: The
United States is not buying any war
ships as long as she does not feel the
need for any outside reinforcements.
1t is understood that the efforts of the
United States representatives in En-
gland are not directed towards the pur-
chase of war ships building, but to pre-
vent Spain from purchasing them.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12
THE XIII.
Arrival of Another Spanish Warship with
1900 Soldier at Havana.

New YORK, March s.-By the hiss
and roar of rockets and military music
Havana was awakened Sunday and the
harbor was alive with craft, summoned
by signals flying at Moro Castle, an
nouncing the arrival of another ship,
says the Herald's correspondent in
Havana.
1T turned out to be not the ex-
pected cruiser Cristobal Colon, but the
Alfonso MIL, of the Spanish line, and
on her decks thronged 1900 soldiers
from Spain. AS she moved to her
anchorage tugs shot out from the piers
with bands on board, and rocket bat
teries, afioat and ashore, roared a well
come to the new regiments which
Spain pours into the western world.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12

A book of receipts for all kinds Oh
cookery, which is specially valuable for
use upon the trail or in the camp, is
published by the Royal Baking Powder
Company, of New York. The receipts
are thoroughly practical, and the meth
DDS are carefully explained, so that
the inexperienced may, with its aid,
readily prepare everything requisite
for a good, wholesome meal, or even
dainties if he has the necessary ma
~terials. The matter is in. compact
though durable form, the whole book
weighing but two ounces. Under a
special arrangement, this book will be
sent free to miners or others who may
desire it. We would recommend that
every one going to the Klondike pro-
cure a copy. Address the Royal Baking
Powder Co., New York.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12
Her Gentle Reminder.

"Grace," he began, between you and
me"
Bob" she interrupted, between you
and me there should be nothing"
And what could he do, in face Of this,
but move up to her end of the sofaf-
Ainslee's Magazine,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12
enialfty

A quality often found in men whoset
whole mental and physical ~organiza-
tons are kept vigorous by d~iligence
and temperance, and in simple minded
men who love fun and comfort withouA
falling into vice or folly.Judga
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12
Disgrace VS.. Responsibility.

Society Bud-Oh, it's perfectly ter
rible, and we're all ready to die OF morti-
fication. Just think, my own sister, the
wife of 4 mere nobody-never belonged
to our set at all. She eloped with him
last night, leaving a note saying that
before morning she would be the wife
of one she loved better than life itself.
Friend-Mercy! Ihope it wasn't that
ugly old fellow l saw coming in here
yesterday?
No; her lover was young and hand.
some. That homely old bald-headed,
toothless wreck you saw is Count Grog-
gle"
That creature n countH'
Eyes, n real count. He has not only a
title, but he is rich; and as soon as l can
conquer my aversion to the old fool, I'm
going to marry him.. Y. Weekly.
-Tortoises and turtles have no geeth.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12

There have been only 10 deaths in
SkaSuAy during the past 16 monthA
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12
GEN. LEE INTERVIEWED.
Will Continue to Guard American Inter
ests at Havana.

HAVANA, March Seen. Fitzhugh
Lee, consul general of the United
States, when questioned regarding
SPANS demand for his recall, said:
Il shall continue to do my duty,
which is to guard American interests"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-03-12

-Tortoises and turtles have no teeth.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-27
Why the Journal FIopped.

In a signed editorial the New York
Journal repudiates William J. Bryan
as a candidate for President and de-
mands that the theory of remonetizing
silver at a ratio of Is to l be aban-
dOned.
This detection from Democracy as
expressed in the Chicago platform
need not alarm silver men, nor need it
cause any degree of surprise. w. r.
Hearst, the owner of the Journal, is a
millionaire, and never was a free silver
man. When he began the publication
Of the Journal, personal influences
We're brought to bear which secured
an esopusal of William J. Bryan and
the Chicago platform.
Had success crowned the efforts of
the Democracy, the Journal would
doubtless have continued to. advocate
the principles it espoused in 1896, but
in the face of defeat and with Il propri-
etor by education and environment a
friend Of gold, the change of front by
the Journal was to be expected and has
therefore in it no elements of surprise
to Democrats.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-27
FINE PHRASES.

AS maker of phrases William Nc
Kinley was success during the Presi-
Dental campaign. But as maker of
prosperity since his elevation to the
Presidential chair he has proved fail
ure.
One of the greatest hits in phrase
making was the declaration that it was
"better to open the mills than the
mints.' Apt allhera tons artful aid
helped to make this saying popular,
but, unfortuna tely, the mills have not
opened, and the remark has sunk to the
level of a glittering generality.
With 10000 cotton operatives threat
ening to strike in New England because
of a reduction of 10 per cent. in their
scanty wage, the cotton mills seem
dawn of prosperity so brilliantly de-
scribed as necessary result of Re
publican supremacy appears to be in
definitely postponed.
Now it is announced that $4,000 skill
ed workmen in the New England shoe
factories are to have their wages re-
duced. Protection through the work
ings of the Dingley tariff has failed to
protect, and the result is disaster to
factory owners and operatives alike.
With 10000 men reduced to starva-
ton wages, at least 100000 men. wom-
en- and children will be made to feel the
pinch of poverty. Their inability to
purchase anything but the bare necessi
ties Of life will have most depressing
effect on general business in New Eng
land.
1t is an old proverb that fine words
butter no parsnips, and there can be
no stronger proof of this than the fate
Of William McKinley's famous utter
ance that sit is better to open the mills
than the mints. Chicago Dispatch.
The Valentine Democrat. [volume] (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, 1898-01-27
Stewards AssaiIaut,

An Confederate soldier thinks he
has Iaade an interesting discovery in
connection with the attempted assas-
sination Of Secretary William III. Sew
ard. About the hour when Booth shot
President Lincoln. in Ford's Theater. a
man presented himself at the residence
of Mr. Seward. who was lying in bed
critically i'll from Injuries received IN Il
fall frym his carriage. Pushing abrupt
lv past the servant, who heSitated to
admit him. the man made his way to-
ward the sick room. a blow with the
QUIT Of heavy pistol fractured the
skull of the Secretary's son and laid
him insensible on the floor. In Mr..
Stewards room were his daughter and
George Robinson, soldier, attending
the invalid.
Pardon a little ancient history. Rob
inson met the stranger at the door and
received a passing stab. The assassin
then rushed to the bedside of Mr.. Sew
ard and attempted TO strike him with a