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TO LOWER THE DUTY
Continued From First Page.)

at S29.343143. The imports of this
 single article from Brazil represent
 more than , per cent. of the totaI i'm
 ports of all products of all countries in
 to the United States and q much larger
 proportion of the imports of any sin
 gle country.
 Many questions are being asked as
 to the time when she retaliatory duty of 3 cents per pound upon coffee will
 take effect if it becomes necessary to impose it. Information upon this sub ject is refused at the State Depart ment, bur the precedents of the action taken under the Mckinley law in 1892 would indicate that there will be no preliminary notice of the imposition of the. dUay. The proclamation of Presi- dent Harrison imposing duties upon the sugar. coffee, and hides of Vcne- zuela. Colombia and Haiti were issued on March 15, 1892, and declared that the free introduction of these articles shall be suspended from and after this 18th day Of March, 1892, y upon ar ticles the product of or exported from these countries. The Treasury Department ruled that the duty took effect upon articles which were export ed after the date of the proclamation but not upon articles which had been exported and were Cl shipboard prior to that date. even though they had not reached the United States. A dispatch was sent to the collector at New York on March II. 1892. saying: ''Iu accordance with opinion of Attor- ney General, duties attached upon specified products of Venezuela as are shipped from that country on and after 10th instant"
 The question subsequently arose whether coffee imported from Europe which had origianIIy come from Col ombia, or NeIezueIa, should be sub jected to the rGtaIia4ory duty. \ de ciSion of the Treasury Department on April 6, 1892, declared that ''Only such of the above named products of said countries as shall hare been exported therefrem on or after the 10th day of March 1892. are held to be dutiable un- der the terms of sa;d proclamation 1 consequently that the coffee ill ques- tion may be admitted to free entry | upon the production of satisfactory | evidence of exportajion from the coun try of origin to Europe before the last mentioned date
 It is not yet known at tke State De partment what reply will be made by | the Brazilian government to the last made by the United | States. It is hoped that concessions will be made which will Obviaje the necessity of laying the retaliatory duty on Brazilian products, but it is not pro posed to wait inditinitely for q reply from the Brazilian foreign office as to the policy which they propose to pur- sue.
Arizona republican., 1899-06-26

At the administrators sale of the Edith mine at the court house in Bis bee, Monday, the property was sold to c. J. Phillips of Gro Blanco for S325. The mine Is located in that district,
Arizona republican., 1899-06-26
THE PETITION INDUSTRY.

The petition industry is booming. In the indexing of the Congressional Rec ord for the session just closed, one man is handling nothing but the peti-
Arizona republican., 1899-06-26

I tions. Day after day he sits at his
 desk making up the catalogue of pray
 CTS of the people. If he finishes his
 stint by the time the rest of the index
 is ready for the printer he will realize
 expectations. Within the memory of present officials of congress petitions
 have multiplied one hundred-fold. Where there were ten petitions twenty years ago there are a thousand now. Petitions have ceased to represent the voluntary exercise of the right. They are now a product of American manu-
 fracture. The rapidity with which the product is increasing makes it only a
 question of time when congress will
 adopt measures to discourage if it can-
 not repress the exercise. Mere print
 ing of the petitions by title has be-
 come a serious item of expense. The
 house no longer wastes time with the
 public presentation Of these petitions,
 but provides a box into which they are
 dropped On the back pages of the Record the briefest possible daily list of the contents of the box appears. The senate still permits the introduction of these petitiCns, but will hardly do so mucL longer. Last session the read ing oI the petitions by titles consumed much time and many columns of the 
 The manufacture of petitions is a matter of pride and profit with those who conduct it. There is one man in who writes Rev" before his name and ID. D." after, who earns an income equal to that paid many pastors of metropolitan churches by the manufacture of petitions. He seeks ] for subjects for reform, prepares the blank petitions addressed to congress i and sends the printed forms in bundles to various parts of the country, mak- '! ing use of church and beIs9volent or | ganizations. The petitions are passed i around, signed and mailed back to the l and representatives, to be presented to congress. This goes on | year after year. From Washington [ public sentiment. which finds expres- ;ion in petition signing, is worked up, md the petitions come by the mailbag uI, for supposed influence on legisla- ion. The man who does all this ere ties in the minds of good people a con idence in his usefulness, which prompts them to contribute through heir organizations a handsome salary or his suppOrt-Washington Letter.
, 1899-03-17
SESSION LAWS, 1899.
CHAPTER 66.
House Bill No. 125.
REAL EsTATE-DEL1NouENT TAX.

An Act providing for the disposition of real estate for delinquent
taxes.
BE ii Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. At the tax sale of each year, in each County
OF TINS State, any real estate that cannot be sold for the
amount of taxes and cost of advertising due on the same, at
me tlme OF such sale, or on which no bids are offered, the
County Treasurer shall bid in such real estate and it shall
then become the property of the County.
Sec =. Real estate so bid in shall be assessed each year
ana taxes placed thereon the same as other real estate, but
shall be placed by itself on a separate tax roll and assess
ment list, and the valuation of all such property shall not be
reckoned as a part of the valuation of said County nor any
return thereof be made to the State.
Sec. 3. After such real estate has become County prop
erty, the County Treasurer, together with the County Com
missioners, shall have authority to oppose of it at private
sale, at any time, without further notice or publication.
But no such sale shall be consummated unless all the taxes
and other accrued costs on the same can be realized by such
sale.
Sec. 4. The original owner of any such real estate, so
hidden i'll by the County, shall have two years from the date
of such purchase by the County in which to redeem the
same. If redeemed from the County the price shall be the
purchase price paid by the County, together with the ac-
centum per annum on such sum. If the said real estate has
been disposed of by the County, then the original owner
may redeem from such purchaser in the same manner as
though such purchaser had hidden in said property at tax
sale. After the expiration of two years from the date of sale
by the County. of any such real estate, to any private pur-
chaser, it shall be the duty of the County Treasurer to make
execute and deliver to such private purchaser a tax deed for
any property so sold.
Sec. 5. Upon the sale of any such real estate to private
parties by the County it shall be the duty of the County
Treasurer to Immediately place such property on the gen
era assessment roll of the County.
Sec. 6. The moneys derived from the sale of such real
estate by the County shall be applied as follows: First. To
the liquidation of the delinquent State Taxes of said County.
Second. Any funds remaining over shall be equally divided
County.
Sec. I. This Act shall. take effect and be in force from
and after its passage.
Approved February Goth, A.. d. 1899.
, 1899-03-17
CHAPTER 6S.
House Bill No. 81.


An Act granting permission for the erection of a monument upon
the Capitol grounds, to the memory Of the deceased volunteers
from the State Of Wyoming in the war of 1895, between the
United States and Spain, and appropriating Fifteen Hundred
Dollars therefor.
Be it Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1. Permission is hereby given to the Women's
Wyoming Volunteer Aid Society, of the several cities and
towns of this State. to erect on the Capitol grounds a monu-
ment to the memory of the deceased patriots who We're mem
bers of the End Z. S. Volunteer Cavalry, the Wyoming Bat
talon and the Alger Light Battery.
Sec. 9. There is hereby appropriated out of moneys
in the State Treasury, not otherwise appropriated, Fifteen
Hundred Dollars, which shall be set apart by the State
Treasurer as a Heroes Monument Fund.
Sec. 3. Whenever directed to do so by the Governor,
the State Auditor shall draw his warrant on the State Treas
urer in favor of the Women's Wyoming Volunteer Aid So
ciety of Cheyenne, and deliver it to the Treasurer of that
body, for the amount of the Heroes Monument Fund.
Sec. 4. The Heroes Monument Fund shall be expended
in the erection of a pedestal, upon which to erect a monu-
ment to the dead heroes referred to in the first section of this
Act, and the building of a walk to it, and in aid of the cree
ton of such monument.
Sec. 5. This Act shall be in force and effect from and
after its passage.
Approved February Goth, A. D. 1899.
, 1899-03-17

On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
q generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
iEly's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon.
Strste the great merits of the remedy
ELY BROTHERS,
sc Warren St., New York CITY.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. l
can emphasize his statement, ut is a posi-
tive cure for catarrh if used rs directed
Rev. Francis w. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
curs for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, so cents.
, 1899-03-17

Not n child dies where ten form
erly died fromcroup. People have learn
ed the value OF One Minute Cough Cure
and use it for severe lung and throat
troubles. 1t Immediately stops cough
ing. It never fails. Frank H. Eggles-
ton, the druggist.
, 1899-03-17

For frost bites, burns, indolent sores,
eczema, skin disease, and especially
Piles, DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
stands first and best. Look out for dis
honest people who try to initiate and
counterfeit it. It's their endorsement
of a good article. Worthless goods are
not initiated. Get DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. Frank H. E~gglsston.
, 1899-03-17

DOCTOR COOK. in curing .his class Of dis
cases and will guarantee you a permanent cure
Al moderate cost. He has cured thousands who
Thought their cases hopeless. All letters private.
Write for question blank. Consultation free.
Medicines sent free from observation.
Cook IedicalC Co. i67, Curtis St. Denver, Col.
, 1899-03-17
Private and Chronic Diseases Of Men

Men suffering from evil ef-
fects of youthful indiscre-
tons, syphilis, gonorrh9a,
gleet, structure, sexual
weakness, varicocele, un-
natural discharges, lost
vitality, failing memory.
unfitness to marry, blood,
skin, kidney or private dis
eases, are speedily cured.
DR.. COOK has spent 30
years OF persistent study
and experience in his own
practice and among the
largest eastern hospitals
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

The Old General Receives an En-
thusiastic Ovation.


Havana, Feb. 20. - Gen. Maxine
Gomez, the Cuban commander-in-
chief, entered Havana yesterday after
noon, escorted by Gen. Ludlow ard
his staff and Troop l., Of the Seventh
United States cavalry. He marched
at the head Of 1900 armed Cuban
horsemen and footmen. The popula-
ton of the city was wild with en-
thusiasm. throwing themselves in
front of the generals horse. impeding
his progress and pelting him with
flowers. The general reviewed the
troops at the palace. He arrived on
the edge of the town from Marianao
at 1870. escorted by the Second ILL
noiS band and three battalions. These
battalions then returned to their
camp and did not enter the city. The
festivities in commemOration of the
fourth anniversary of the beginning
Of the Cuban struggle for freedom
were universal Havana has not seen
anything like ii and the streets were
packed with crowd twice as large
as that which turned out on Jan /.
After the review at the palace Gen.
Gomez, accompanied by his staff, pro-
ceeded to FL Vedado to visit Gen.
Brooke. In the evening he attended
the charity ball at the Tacon theater,
where the best Havana society was
present.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02
FILIPINO VENOM,
Junta mt HongkOng Makes "a violent
Attack on Americans.

Attack ON Americans.
HOngkong, Feb. %. - The Filipino
junta publishes a venomous anti
American attack, in part, as follows:
panic and anarchy reign in Manila.
Trade and business is paralyzed and
provisions are at famine prices. The
American authorities are afraid to eX-
erciSe authority over the recalcitrant
stores. While fighting is in progress
both soldiers and police defy their OF
ficerS and proceed to the front to see
what they style fun In order TO
hush the scandal of wanton bonn
bardment of the house of the foreign
consul (the name is not given the
Americans promptly paid for the
damages, hoping to avoid publicity.
The escape of the consul'S family was
miraculous"
The manifesto alleges that Maj. Gen.
Otis is incapable of filling his position
and then proceeds in a rabid denuncia-
ton of the American soldiers. declar-
disgrace upon the white race" The
junta says that the premises of a
Hongkong merchant at lloilo had been
looted by Americans and that the mer-
chant has lodged heavy claims for his
losses The TRADE concludes with the
statement: 'The reports Of the hoist
ing of the American flag by the ma
tives Of NegroS are practical
buncombe."
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

Washington correspondents report
that it is understood that Secretary of
State Hay has decided to annul the
franchise granted by the former Ha-
waiian government to the Pacific Cable
company, of which James A. Scrymser
of New York is president. to lay a cable
from Honolulu to San Francisco. The
interests of ]. Pierpont Morgan pre-
dominate in the big combination Of
capital. Mr. Scrymser is now in Japan
endeavoring to secure a subsidy from
the Japanese government to carry the
cable from the Hawaiian islands to ia
pan. 1t is said to be the attitude of
this government to throw open to COM
petition the privilege of laying this
cable, and that proposals will be asked
for the performance of the work by
private companies. 1t is not the inten-
ton of the United States governmen
to lay and operate the cable itself.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

At recent dinner to Senator-elect
Chauncey M. Depew at the Union
League club favor which made a
sensation was bit Of CONNECTION in
the shape of huge and luscious-look-
ing peach. 1t at once remi2ded the
diners Of the Bowery campaign of DR..
Depew. which resulted in his being
called de peach" and the crowd as
II inspired broke out at once in sing
ing the chorus Of Hoyt's once popular
song, The Bowery.' The fun was
fast and furious for a few minutes,
and that happy thought of the club
steward was altogether the hit of the
evening. At least so says one of the
gentlemen fortunate enough to have
been present at that dinner. which it
is further stated was the finest ever
served in that house SO noted for it's
fine spreads.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

The Vassar students who took an
elective in the form Of work to glad
den children in New York hospitals
showed that the higher education OF
women is not a training away from
the practical. The members of the
Young Women's Christian association
of the institution dressed two hundred
dolls to be given to the poor children
who were sick and crippled, and the
joy of afflicted little ones was what
children in the well-to-do families
might think entirely disproportionate.
An east side cripple whispered: "Do
you s-pose heavens anywhere near as
nice as this? Cause If tits I'd like to
60"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02
THE beef INQUIRY.
Gen Eagan Concludes HIS Tc>h-
mon, Other officers Examined.

Gan Err.u Concludes HIS Te>t-
mon, -Other officers Examined.
Washington, Feb 26.-After a SEES
sion of little more than two hours tue
court of inquiry investigating the
beef charges adjourned until Monday,
pending the arrival of witnesses VINO
bad been summoned Former Com
missary General Eagan concluded MS
testimony. explaining the provisions OF
contracts for beef supplies TO the
armies in Porto Rico, Cuba ana the
Philippines. He very vigorously de-
MED any knowledgS of any chemlcal
treatment of beef 10 preserve IT, ana
disayowed any connection whatever
of the government with any such
treatment. He further defended the
canned roast beef. explaining why II
had been sent to the troops and when
Col. Davis. the recorder. asked him II
any food had been used as an expert
ment or pretense of experiment, sug-
costing Gen. Miles famous allegation
that precipitatad the Eagan court mar
tial. the former commissary general,
with great dignity and emphasis re-
piled sweepngly in the negative. Gen.
Eagan was followed by Maj. Gen. :.
b. NJ. Young and other officers who
were in the Santiago campaign and
by officers of the subsistence depart
ment The refrigerated beef was com
mended. while the canned roast beef
rather suffered as a whole as a Sc
quence TO the evidence of the day.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

Representatives of the leading max
ers OF rubber-covered wire throughout
the country met in secret conference
at the Auditorium Annex, Chicago,
last week to discuss plans for the for
nation of a pool. Insulated wire used
in every branch Of electrical construc-
ton is said to be on the card for
sharp advance in prices. Putting stop
to foreign competition and to cut
throat" bidding on contract is another
object of the combine. About nifty
firms were represented.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02
The New York bralch Of the Siegel &

The New York bra.lch Of the Siegel &
Cooper company has adopted pension
scheme for the benefit of employees.
The scheme is substantially that all
employees of ten years minimum faith
full service will be laid off at half pay
when a certain age limit is reached,
which is So years for men and As for
women. This pension will continue
during the life of the employee. Per-
manent disability or incapacity for du-
ty before the specified age is reached
win also be recompensed in the same
manner. President Henry Siegel has
secured the pension endowment fund
by taking out life insurance policy
for 100000 on his life. II this new
and striking innovation in the rela.
lions between employer and employe
is appreciated by the employees in New
York the system will shortly be ox-
tended to the Chicago house.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02
ANDREE DEAD.
Further Details of the Recent Dis
cOVery of Siberia.

Further Details Of the Recent Dis
cOvery of Siberia.
New York. Feb. ga special from
Berlin says: The following letter.
which may have started the recent re.
port in regard to the supposed finding
Of Andree, is published in the Siberian
Advertiser. 1t is from n well known
sportsman named Kjalen:
II hasten TO inform you that An
dree's balloon has been found. | was
running on snowshoes after elks in
the pr;meval forests of South Yenisei,
and came across traces Of Andree. 1t
was $50 versts (234 niles from Kras-
noiarsk and 100 versts 81 miles, from
the gold washings in Sanvinch. The
balloon and ropes were torn and three
bodies lay at its side, one with a
broken skull. Please prepare assist
ance so the balloon and bodies can be
brought to the washings at Sanvinch.
which can only be done by means of
these facts and shall soon be in
Tomsk."
Failed to Find Anything.
st. Petersburg, Feb. %. - The gov
ernor of Yenseik. under date of Kras.
noiarsk, Feb. 10, telegraphs that the
report OF the discovery Of the bodies
OF Andree and his two companions
cannot be confirmed. A mining in
spector, who is energetic and intelli-
gent, was sent 10 investigate the mat
ter. He made an exhaustive search
along the upper river and dispatched
ski runTers into the adjacent country
but was unable to find any trace of
the missing men.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

a wild rush of miners is reported AZ
Nullagine, Australia, where diamond
have been discovered; but it is feared
that many will lose their lives in tho
struggle. In this country the rush for
gain is causing men to break down in
health. Nervousness and general de-
bility are the symptoms which Hostel.
ter's Stomach Bitters will cure.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

Dewey reports "all quiet" That is
generally the case after his guns have
had little exercise. A Sabbath still
ness prevails where the other fellows
used to be.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

Half the people in the world are
unhappy because they can't afford the
things that moke the other half mis-
cradle.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

Carl Schurz is again one of the best
abused men in the country. His polit-
zeal opponents seem to learn nothing
from experience.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02
A Fcud Forever.

Ratz-Has Murchlnson's mother.ir
law ever forgiven him.
Katz-I don't think so. She's Twin.
at his house again.-New York Journai
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

Until the reign of Henry VIII. Eng
fish sovereigns, as well as their sub
jects, ate with their fingers.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

time to make a practical demonstra-
ton.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

The New York Herald lacks respect
more than wit when it speaks of TIE
ants as aunties.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

It's well to begin at the top of thu
ladder and go down-in case of fire.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-03-02

The comely lass is responsible for
many a lacerated heart.