The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-05-18
Otherwise.

The firm of Jones a. Laughlin, Pitts
burg. has made an authoritative denial
of the report that it was to be included
in the great steel combine, said to be
now in process of formation.
The Alabama state senate, by vote
of Is to Is, decided to repeal the call
for constitutional convention made
i'm December last The house had al
ready voted the same way.
The attorneys for the Standard Oil
company have filed motion TO com
pei Attorney General MOnnett to make
more specific his recent statement that
an effort had been made to bride him
in the interests of the company.
The rubber goods trust has been
launched with a capital of $4,000, 900.
The lead production in the United
States in 1898 was 310,GO6 tons rs
against 2S6,59S in 1897 and 204 1884 in
1896.
its antitrust bill. When originally in
PRODUCED the bill was identical with
the Arkansas law. 1t has been ma
terially amended, however, and is de-
cidedly more drastic in its provisions.
The governor of Idaho has issued a
proclamation declaring Shoshone coun-
~ in a state of instruction. This will
result I'm placing the government Of the
county, in so far as may be necessary
under military rule.
The twenty-eighth annual convention
of the National Association of Stove
Manufacturers convened at Cincinnati.
with about 600 firms represented and
over 80 per cent Of that line of manu-
facture represented.
The Stove Founders National De-
fensive association met ut Cincinnati,
Ohio, with Il large attendance. Presi-
dent Chauncey III. Castle Of Quincy,
ILL.,, presided, and Judge Hogan Of Chi
cago was secretary.
A statement compiled by Bradstreet
shows the total bank clearings of the
principal cities of the United States for
the week to be 81, 162 ,91S. 1O1. an in
crease of $50 percent, as compared
with the corresponding week last year.
Work was resumed in full at Alex
andria, Ind, at the American Plate
Glass works. Neither side will state
the conditions on which over 600 men
IcSuiitu WOTk. Dut IL IL unUtIStOOu
tGat the men abandoned the union
The Sewing Machine Attachment
Company of New York, capital, $780,
coo, was Incorporated at Dover, Del.
The company will manufacture i'm
proved sewing machinery and the at
tachments thereon.
A monument i'm honor Of Capt. John
j. Desmond was unveiled I'm Lincoln
Park, Cincinnati after one OF the
largest street parades ever seen i'm that
city. Ex-AttOrney General Judson
Harmon delivered the Grafton
An attempt was made to start the
cotton mills of the Ponemah company
at Taftville, Conn, where 1.4OO EN-
ployes are on strike. The attempt was
not 81 success, only 40 nOn-union men
going to work. OF this number, fifty
| quit at noon.
William X. Kerr, formerly commits
sioner of the city department Of Chi
cago, has filed petition in bankruptcy
with liabilities placed at $4,000 and
assets $1,000. Mr.. Kerr was connected
with the Grand Pacific hotel as asso.
ciate manager until last October.
The molders ut the Lima Locomotive
and Machine works, Lima, Ohio, struck
because five Of their number were laid
on. The company conceded to their
demands for an increase Saturday, but
Monday morning laid of five men aud
the others struck.