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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03
Wash fngtOn.

Numerous complaints have been
made to the war department OF Lieut.
Sobrars effort to get inside infOrma-
ton relating to the Southern fortifica-
tons. Sobral belonged to the Spanish
legation and may get into trouble.
The monthly statement of the gov
eminent collection Of internal revenue
shows that the total collections during
January last amounted to Sl2.335. 921
an increase over January, 1897. of
81, 1S4, 596.
The department of state has award.
ed gold life saving medal to William
McField, British seaman, in rrcog-
milton OF his heroic services in effect
ing the rescue on Dec. =, 1897. of an
American citizen on the coast OF Mexi-
co.
The department of state has awarded
a gold life-saving medal To William
McField, a British seaman. in recogni-
tion of his heroic services in effectlne
the rescue, Dec =, 1897. of an Ameri-
can citizen, a passenger on board the
Nicaraguan schooner Dolphin. on the
coast Of Mexico.
The president of the United States
has presented loving cups, each duly
inscribed, to Jose Mendez v Herrera,
sub-lieutenant Of Spanish marines. and
Eugenio Montero Reguera, lieutenant
or the Spanish navy, in recognition OF
their humane services to the captain
and crew of the American brig Wau-
Bun, wrecked Oct. %, 1897. off the
Cuban coast.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

A movement is on foot to divide the
republic of Brazil, but whether the
division will result in peaceable sep
aration or q war of cession Is not yet
determined. 1t is reported that the
representatives of the states of Rio
Grande do Sui. Parana, Santa Catha-
rina and Minas Geraes are soon TO meet
and proclaim their separation from
Brazil and establish an independent
republic. II has been known for some
years that there was a growing ten
dency among the states composing the
southern portion of the great republic
60 division OF the country and to a
desire to establish smaller and more
compact republic in that section. The
four states that have apparently en-
tered into the plan proposed have an
area of 306,SS4 square miles, with a
population of 4,442, ia and a represen-
tation Of sixty-one members In the
parliament Of Brazil. The new re-
public would embrace about one-tenth
Of the area AM about one-quarter of
the population CT the present republic.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03
Sporting Notes.

1T is now proposed by English cy-
Gusts to install Il government inSpec-
ton of all wheels
Fred Longhead. the racing crack, de-
clares that he has retired from the rae.
ing game, and that he will go into busl.
ness at Sarina. Can.
Dave Shafer, manager for Jimmy
Michael, says that the midget cyclist is
great boxer. He thinks he can beat
any man of his weight-ninety-ei
pounds.
lillsbury and ShOwalter have signed
articles OF agreement. and their cham
pionship chess game will begin at noon
next Friday in New York. The stakes
are $1,000 side.
Lakeland. Fin, is constructing II fine
Quarter-mile track. and expects to give
four-days' race meet at the fair.
March l, 2, 3 and 4. The purses will
be reasonably large.
Jake" Schaefer and Frank e.. Ives
met at Chicago and decided To settle
their differences by 6OO-point 49,
inch balk line for the billiard cham
pionship Of the world in Central Music
hall April ..
The racing men now nj Belleair, Fla.
nave been asked what size track is the
best for all-round competition. They
all voted for third of u mile 10 Tie
lap. Furthermore, they all want To see
the track whalebacked, like the Seine
track at Paris.
In the Danny Murphy-Tommy West
fight AT bridgeport, Conn. the decision
was awarded TO West i'm the seven
teenth round. Murphy was groggy and
had the fight continued for another
round he would have been knocked
out.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

To keep alive the memory OF William
TerrisS, the English actor, his friends
have decided not to erect IL monument,
but to maintain lifeboat at Margate
or Ramsgate, which placesawere par
ticularly beloved by Terriss.
1t is the wife of Folchi, the painter,
who eloped with the princess Elvira OF
Bourbon. who has obtained divorce
from her husband, with 300 francs "a
month alimOny and not the princess,
who was never married to her lover.
Hamilton Townsend, for years pro-
minent citizen and business man OF
Milwaukee. who left for the South
three months ago, in the hope OF i'm.
proving his health, died ut New
Orleans, the direct cause OF death be-
ing heart disease.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03
Foreign.

Irivy Councillor Schwabach. chiel
partner of the BleichroederS' banking
firm. died at Berlin of apopleXy.
Senior II. Ventura. secretary OF tn,
Portuguese legation at ST. Petersburg
has committed suicide.
n player was killed ut football ant
his slayer was convicted of man
slaughter at London.
Gardner Rand. owner and manager
of Rand's opera house in Troy, y. y.
is dead.
n plague hospital at Bombay was
destroyed by fire. Three patients died
from the shock.
1t is reported that an important en-
petition has landed at BaracOa. near
MarianaO. in the province OF Havana,
Cuba.
Pennsylvania railroad employees have
been notified by the Hungarian au.
thorities that unless they Magyrize
their names they will be discharged.
little hot sealing wax dropped on
the hand has just killed the Earl OF
Clonmell, blood-poisoning having set
in.
The weather is most mild and un
precedented in London. There are H..
laos etc. in the parks and the cuckoos
have arrived two months i'm advance
OF tEcir usual time.
Victor Ballot. who fought at Water
loo and was subsequently discharged
from the French army at the age of
twenty-five years as n consumptivc.
died recently ut a-Roche-sur-Yon
aged 100 years and ten months.
Pschorr, the brewer, has offered l..
oooO,OoO marks to the city of Munich
ON condition that the bust of his grand.
father, the founder of the PSchorr bran
business, be placed in the Hall OF
Glory of the Bavarian monument
Liverpool has just found it impossi.
bic TO float Il loan of tt, 900. 600. as the
stock exchange refused to list il. This
is due 10 sharp practice on the part of
the corporation with the brokers when
it issued Il small loan three years ago.
William BOnny. the army medical
steward who accompanied Stanley in
his expedition for the relief of Emin
faSlla, is dying of consumption in u
London poorhouse. Bonney was left
with the rear guard, under Maj. Bar,,
eliot. being the only white man left
after the latter's death, and remained
for year and Il hal: i'm camp while the
rear guard starved.
Paris Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty TO animals has received leg
acy of 100000 francs from Nine
ChassegrOs. who was a noted demi
m0ndaine under the Second Empire
The conditions attached are that pre-
cautions shall be taken TO prevent tn.
ill-treatment Of horses. and an effort
made TO improve the condition of tin
public pounds.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03
Crimes and Criminal,

Luetgert has been refused new
trial.
Frank Mcpherson. a guard IN the
Colorado penitentiary, was fatally
stabbed with knife by Charles Rey-
no)ds, a prisoner.
"A man giving the name OF George
Murphy was arrested ut Hannibal.
NO., on charge Of swindling Mrs.
Nora Griffin out of 5000 at Dayton. O.
Henry Williams, negro aged TWEEN
ty-fve, shot and killed Miss Ethel
Gray, a white girl. and then killed
himself at Oakland, Cal. He is said
to have been infatuated with the girl.
Prof. A. Il. Park, principal of the
New Cambria. Mo-. public schools, who
knocked disorderly pupil senseless
with poker, has been justified by
public sentiment. and the case in court
against him Is dismissed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

A Judge fined the Sacramento Bee
for an alleged misreport OF trial
pending before him, and for severe
criticism of his language in support Of
the attorney who brought the charge
The editor stood by his reporter and
his own dignity, declaring that the re-
port was correct, but was refused the
privilege of defense; wherenpon the
case was carried to the supreme court
OF California and the sentence was Sc,
aside. The smaller the judge the more
tyranny and the more law-breaking.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03
Otherw

Al BinghamtOn, y. Y. Il fire Quilted
brick block occupied by Weir's bill.
lard parlOr and four cigar factories.
Loss. $4,000.
The Rothschilds have commenced {.
suit against Sir Tatton Sykes which
will be as sensational as the recent nc
ton of Jay VS.. Sykes.
The Colorado attorney general has
decided that there is no law i'm tina,
state which gives authority for u
change in n womanS name AT the tim,
of marriage.
Matthews Bros. d Co. of Milwaukee
have been awarded Il contract for two
sets of furniture for the appraisers
warehouse building mt New York. III
their bid Of S14.947.
Three travelled WeIshmen gave n
hOrsetiesh banquet at Il Rhondda val.
ley hotel recently. to which they invit-
ed eightyfour persons. Only seven.
however. presented themselves to feast
on ''sirloin Of four-year- old horse. -
The New York Journal has started a
subscription for the erection of mon
ument In memory of the Maine sailors
ut the gateway Of the new world. and
heads the list with contribution Of
$1,000.
The Exchange Telegraph company
says the oxford University Athletic
club committee has decided that 1t
cannot entertain the challenge Of the
American universities for an interna
tional contest during the coming sum.
mcr.
The executive committee of the In
ternational Association of Dis,ribut.
ors. an organization Of persons en-
gagged in the distribution of signs ana
other forms of general advertising. has
taken Il vote by mail and decided TO
hold its next convention i'm Chicago
July 10 to 30 next.
The evidence of the &. .. Brown
scandal is to be burned when Rev. i.
Is. Mclean returns To Oakland, Cal. II
the wish of majority OF the confer
ence committee il TO be carried out.
The affidavit of Matte Overman is 10
be destroyed without its contents ever
being Known.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03
SINKING INTO THE MUD.
Wreck of the Maine IL slowly p"'
surely Settling.

Havana, Feb. 26.-The wreck OF lhe
Maine is slowly but surely sinRlng,
into the mud. Before the hull counl
he raised il would be necessar. ~
move the guns and deck debris. f1l
lack Of proper appliances practican'
nothing in this line has been accom-
plshed. Aside from the officers anu
cabin effects the salvage thus far nn.
been pitifully small. The clouui
weather and rain made the WORK VI
the divers unsatisfactory yesterua,Jy
and very little was done. 1t is sna ~
that hole has been made by Vs.
divers in one Of the forward hatches
and II is hoped that NUMBER ,rt
bodies will be recovered. The com
OF inquiry sat longer than usual ,,od
terday, the six divers being eXaihin'
more in detail than heretofore. -,
civilian, whose testimony Is saln " o.
Of some Importance, was also eA" Nd
ined. The name Of the witness 20
all the particulars OF the evidence a.
withheld.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

Ha! At, last there is place where
the bloonIer costume may receive the
honor which has been denied 1t up to
the present time. Up in Alaska a
bloomer colony Is to be formed where
skirts will be banished and the reign
of the festive bloomer will be undis-
puted and unchallenged by either prud-
ish male or fastidious female. But the
condition Of the Alaska roads compels
them 20 leave their bikes at home.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

Max Nordau has been studying de-
generacy and crime SO long that he has
come TO look on the present generation
as mainly degenerates and potential
criminals. 1t Is gloomy and forbid
ding world which this famous Grimm
ologist looks out upon, inhabited by
people capable of any deviltry, and only
waiting opportunity to engage in it.
Max Nordau should take liver pill.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

Mrs. Jessie Mulligan, widow, Is a
brakeman on a western railroad and
has given perfect satisfaction to her
employers. There are good many
country families wherein the wife cuts
the wood and runs the reapingma-
chine. Why should not that woman
do the hard work Of a railroad and
earn money for her own use? 1t seems
odd but so did a thousand things
of the same kind which are familiar
enough now.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

1t is confidently predicted that before
May wheat will reach fancy prices.
many predicting $3.50 bushel From
now on the weather will cut a big fig
ure, and the fact that the entire winter
wheat country is bare Of snow is not
encouraging to those who have sold
wheat continue light in spite Of the
high price of the grain.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

Rev. j. w. Bundy of Terre Haute
has sued deacons William Davis and
Joshua Moore for $4,000 damages. He
complains that they caused to be pub
lished in the Golden Echo a statement
that they knew of their own knowledge
that he had been guilty of forgery, dis
honesty and falsehood. This is indeed
a golden echo.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

III man is standing on the caboose
OF freight train a mile long" said the
occasional time destroyer land begins
walking toward the engine as the train
starts and the train" The people
at the hospital are patching him up as
well as they can.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03
Personal.

Prof. Won Liesenmayer, the painter.
Is dead I'm Munich.
Hon. John J. O'Neill. ex-member Of
congress from the old Eighth district
OF Missouri is dead i'm ST. Louis.
Austin Gallagher Of Hodgeville. Ky.
aged ninety-three. who once saved
Abraham Lincoln from drowning is
dead.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

She-Do humorists often make jokes
at their own expense?
Celebrated Humorist-The first two
or three thousand are mt their own ex-
pense. After that they get paid for
them or give II up.-Tid-Bits.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

Resolution presented to the senate
OF New York state by women-"Where-
as we do not want to vote, therefore
resolved that no other women shall
have the privilege"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

Leeds has n small infection Of mild
contagious diseases.
,monscOuntv opposes the abandon
ment of Fort Yates.
Cakes will erect reservoir for mr.
poses of fire protection.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

We trust the man In Alabama who
Killed himself on the day appointed
Tor his marriage was thoughtful enough
to give his intended an insurance pol
Icy.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

China doesn't need any money to re-
deem Wei-Hai-Wei. She has lost the
pawn ticket.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03
.PITH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM.

A General Resume of the Most Inn
portant News Of the Week From
All Parts of the Globe. Boiled
Down aud Arranged ina Com
ventent Form for Rapid Perusni
by Busy People.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

There is curiosity as to what An
thony Hope will say Of us; but We
learned long ago that Hope tells
fattering tale.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03

The courage Of NJ. lola is likely to
place him among the immortals, what
ever becomes of the academy which re-
fases him that honor.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1898-03-03
IS QUIETLY WAITING
THE GOVERNMENT AWAITS r,.
CONCLUSION OF THE INor,pv

Stories of Sensational Deye,on
Are ihscredited in Washington
Administration soys There
Credible Evidence One w,v
the Other Regarding tho r..
or the Work Of st.r.,
entng the Army and Nav, R.,
Rapidly Pushed,
The Press., 1898-03-17
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill bottle or common glass with
urine and let it stand twenty-four hours !;
sediment OF settling indicates an un-
healthy condition of the kidneys. When
urine stains linen 1t is evidence of kidney
trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate,
or pain in the back, is also convincing
proof that the kidneys and bladder are
out of order.
WHAT TO DO.
There is comfort in the knowledge SO
often expressed, that DIR. Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great idney remedy, fulfils
every wish relieving pain In the back
kidneys, liver, bladder and every part of
the urinary passages. It corrects inabil-
ity to hold urine and scalding pain In
passing it, or bad effects following use Of
liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that
unpleasant necessity Of being compelled
to get up many times during the night to
urinate The mild and the extraordinary
effect Of Swamp Root is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases. II you
need medicine you should have the best.
Sold by druggists, price fifty cents and
one dollar. You may have sample bot
tie and pamphlet both sent free by mail,
upon receipt of three two-cent stamps
to cover cost of postage on the bottle.
Mention The Press and send your address
to DIR. Kilmer & Co., Binghampton, N.
u. The proprietors Of this paper guar
antee the genuineness of this offer.
The Press., 1898-03-17

No American poet has given clearer
proof of the possession of poetic genius
of rare order than Father Ryan. Ger
tainly no poet has achieved a more en-
during fame and secured warmer place
in the hearts of the people of the south
than the "poet priest. He is distinc-
lively known as the poet of the "lost
cause'-as the bard whose harp sings
so sweetly and so pathetically the re-
QUEEN of a brave and proud people
over the grave wherein their hopes and
aspirations have been buried by the
mysterious dispensation of an almighty
and allwise Providence. This fact puts
Father Ryan in unique place, separat-
ed from any other American poet of his
time. AS to the high intrinsic literary
value of the majority of his poems, of
the genuineness of his poetic faculty
and the excellence of his gift of song
there can be no manner of doubt. AL
kahest.
The Press., 1898-03-17
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items OF local interest taken from the columns
of The Press, thirty years ago.l
Mar.13, 1853.

A little daughter of Timothy Shea
while crossing the brook near Comins
blacksmith shop, on a plank, slipped into
the swollen stream and was carried down
stream by the current. Fortunately she
was seen by men at work near by and
rescued from perilous situation, before
being washed into the larger stream be-
low.
]. G. Burley has sold his hotel stand,
at Westford, to Ebenezer L. Kendall Of
the Hollow, and bought Mr. Kendall's
residence at the latter place. Mr.. Kendall
takes possession about the first of April.
Jarvis Hatch of Hydeville, while driving
through that village last Monday, had his
horse break through the arch over the
race-way of the Hydeville mill. The an.
imal sank through the earth and stones
the whole length of his legs. He was
extrieated without any material injury
though both shafts of the buggy were
broken, aud the harness injured.
Births West Stafford, Mar. 44th
1868, son to Monroe F. Cushman.
MARRIED. AT Mansfield, Mar. 1st, 1868
by Rev. A. H. Robinson, George C.
Moulton of Chaplin, and Jennie B. Lyon
of Ashford.
The Press., 1898-03-17
ROCKVILLE.

The directors of the new Rockville fair
company held their first meeting Saturday
March 5th. These officers were chosen
President, W. E. Payne, vice-president,
Andrew Kingsbury; secretary, E. F. Bad
mington treasurer, F. A. Randall; aud
itor, P. B. Leonard The board adjourned
until the 10th. Those present were Thomas
A. Lake, W. E. Payne, F. R. Tucker,
P. B. Leonard, Robert McChristie and
o. C. West It was voted to empower the
president to appoint all committees with
the approval of the directors.
The patronage of the Rockville trolly
line continues very large. Nearly all OF
the hourly cars between Rockville and
Hartford are crowded both ways, and on
many cars there is hardly standing room
Trailers are run Saturdays and Sundays.
The tramway company is having six open
cars built for summer travel. They will
then have 81 open cars. The company will
be obliged to give half-hourly service
this summer.
The Press., 1898-03-17
THE SPORTS OF LONG AGO.

They We're Substantially the Same as
Those of the Present Day.
The boys and girls of the present day
who become enthusiastic over some new
sport and boast that their particular
"club" has the very newest thing
out" would be surprised if they could
discover how closely many of the old
time pastimes resemble our own.
The Eskimos of the frozen north, the
Tupinambras of the Brazilian pampas,
the gamins of the Paris streets, the boys
and girls of London, of Boston and of
Philadelphia, have one kindred tie-the
love of sport. There is nothing new un-
der the sun, said the wise man, and es-
pecially is there nothing new in youth
full games
Arch@ologists have found dolls in
Egyptian pyramids and on prehistoric
tombs; the name of a popular ball club
was found scrawled upon the outer
walls of Pompeiian houses, and one of
the most exciting matches on record
was the one stubbornly fought between
the rival mines of Montezuma, king of
Mexico, and Nezahual pill, 'tzin of
Tezcuco.
The boys of ancient Greece and Rome
played at whip top, and quoits, and
baseball, and pitch penny, and blind
mans buff, and hide and seek, and
jackstones, and follow my leader, just
as do the boys of today. The girls we're
experts at seesaw, and swinging, and
dancing, and grace hoops, and dice
throwing, and ball play, and, in Sparta,
even at running, wrestling and leaping.
Tobogganing is as old as ice and snow,
and when you play at cherry pits you
are only doing what Nero and Commo-
dus and young Themistocles did ages
ago in Rome and in Athens.
So, whatever the age or whatever the
CLINE, boys and girls of the world have
always lived more for play than for
anything else, and however harsh OF
hard their surroundings, however stern
or strict their fathers and their mothers,
they always found and always made
the most of the time for play.
Said critic recently ON the subject
of recreation, ''The sports of the day are
fast reducing themselves into so many
sciences, overweighted with rules and
restrictions that often take tho real play
element from them and make them al
unyielding as a problem in algebra.
There is no fun in making our sport Q
matter of life and death. / know grow.
ing people who in these days of prize
giving in all manner of games center
their whole desires not on the fun Of
the game, but on the prizes offered.
They really seem as much disappointed
If they do not carry off trophy as il
they had met with some serious loss
Let us take our fun with a jollity or moi
at all. Interest is one thing and irrita
bility is quite another.
We have only to watch the intens'
excitement of some of the amateur play
ers in popular games to realize that the
critic was right about that algebra prob
lem. The complaint of ''unfairness" OF
one side and of disagreeable triumph
on another seem to be the most notice
able features at the close of the sports
of today, and we cannot help wonder
ing if this was feature of the games O
olden times or if in this respect thu
young people of the present really
have something new. "-Philadelphil
Times.