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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
Casualties.

The business part Of Dawson City,
Alaska, was burned recently.
Fourteen persons were drowned by
the capsiZing of ferry boat on the
Danube, near Straubing, Bavaria.
George Wesley Bradley of New
York, engaged I'm tropical agriculture
in the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, was
drowned in the Gulf of Mexico while
bathing.
One hundred houses have been de-
stroyed by fire during heavy gale at
Bulyurka, in the government OF
Panza, Rucsia. There is great suffer
ing among the homeless victims of the
disaster.
A report from Dickens, Texas says a
waterspout did much damage there re-
Gently, deluging an area Of two square
miles. Dir. r. Il. Dawson of Denver
was caught in the flood and drowned.
Much damage was done to crops. A
tornado passed over Wise county, re-
Gently, also doing much damage.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

Three very similar railway projects
are now claiming the attention OK the
engineering world. The trans-Siberiaa
railway, acI oss the backbone of Asia.
will shorten enormously the time nee
essary in trip around the world in
Africa, Cecil Rhodes has an elaborate
scheme for railroad from Cairo to
the Cape; and in this hemisphere the
Intercontinental Railway Commission
has just completed a seven-yolume re-
port on the surveys for a railroad
which would make a through line from
this country TO Buenos Ayres. Three
continents it is thus proposed to span
with iron highways.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
Apia, Samoa, May II. via Auckland,

Apia, Samoa, May II. via Auckland,
n. H., May 27.-The Samoan commits
sioners, consisting Of Bartlett Tripp,
former United States minister 10
Austria Hungary; Baron Speck Won
Sternberg, representing Germany, and
G. n. Eliot, G. b., of the British embas-
Ey Mt Washington, representing Great
Britain, arrived here on May 10. Its
first sitting took place May 16- Bart
lett Trip, the American commissioner,
was elected chairman. The commits
cioncrs were engaged all that morning
in comforting with the CHEF justice,
William l.. Chambers. Nothing was
disclosed regarding the deliberations,
but it is reported that they will uphold
the action Of Admiral KautZ, the
American naval commander.
Mataafa sent the commissioners a
letter of welcome and expressed the
hope that they would satisfactorily
end the troubles in Samoa. 1t is I'M
+ Gerstood that Mataafa will obey the
unanimous order of the commission,
though it is doubtful whether he will
order his followers to disarm unless
the Malietoans are first disarmed. The
Mataafans will probably dispense to
tier homes il ordered to do so, but
they will never recognize Malietoa as
king, and, doubtless. there will be
further trouble in the future if the
kingship is maintained.
Only one or two cases are known of
the wounding of natives by the shell
fire of the warships, and, as they have
not realized the strength Of the Euro
peans, they may go to greater ex-
iremes if war arises again. The rebels
remain outside the lines indicated by
the admiral, and have strongly forth
fed Il new position, while the loyalists
have been drilled and have fortified
Mulinuu. A considerable number of
loyalsts have been brought by the
warships from other islands. Half the
male adults Of Samoa are awaiting ac-
ton upon the part of the commission
in order to support Malietoa.
The Germans are preparing compen-
sation claims. 1t is understood one
German firm claims 100000 and that
other German subjects claim $20O 600.
Tee British consul, f.. Il. S. Maxse, in
vited them TO put In their claims, and
it is understood the commission will
adjudicate them.
Replying to questions submitted TO
him by n correspondent of the Asso-
,ciated Press, Mataafa sail it was the
head chiefs and not himself who be-
gan the war, adding that they did so
because they were angered at power
being taken from them by violence,
and also because they were made
angry by the chief Justices unjust de-
cis.on." Mataafa claimed he had up;
held the treaty, and said his orders
throughout were not to fire upon the
Europeans, and that but for this order
the whole party of bluejackets could
several times have been shot down by
large bodies of natives concealed in The
brush.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

OF the thirty-two speakers of the ma
tional house of representatives, fifteen
have come from states south of Mason
and Dixon's line, thirteen from north
OF that line and east of the Alleghanies
and the remaining four from 1.-The
west" II Indiana and Ohio may now
be so designated. The states which
have contributed the most talent in
this line are Kentucky, Virginia and
Massachusetts,, which have given four
speakers each. James K. Polk was the
only speaker of the house who became
erick A. Muhlenberg of Pennsylvania
was the first speaker. and his statue
may now be seen in the capitol in the
famous statuary hall.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
ITALIAN PARLIAMENT.


An Explanation AS to Negotiation ..
for Chinese Conversations.
Rome, May 21.-Parliament has reas-
sembled. In the chamber of deputies.
which was crowded, the vice president
announced that President Zanardelli
had resigned, owing to the reorganiza-
ton of the cabinet. The premier, Gen.
PeIleux, said the negotiations with
China regarding concession at San
Nun Bay would be resumed In order to
secure a satisfactory solution Of the
matter which would entail no military
or financial burdens upon the country.
whose aims, he added, were exclusive
ly commercial. The premier begged
the chamber not to accept the fesigna-
tiOn Of Sig. Zanardelli. and the house
unanimously resolved to decline to re-
ceiye it.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

Jamaicans Will Come 10 washinc
ton for n Conference 9

London, May "a Kingston. JAM
correspondent says Joseph Chamber
lain has instructed the colony of ia
Daica to send to Jamaicans to Wash
ington to accompany Sir Cavendish
Boyle, colonial secretary Of British
Guiana, to endeavor to reach a treaty
on the lines which Mr.. Chamberlain
refused last year on account of the
American hard bargaining. 1t rs sup
posed that the object is to convince the
Jamaicans that Mr.. Chamberlain then
had no alternative but to refuse the
terms of the United States.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
THE MARKETS.
Latest Quotations From Grain
Live stock Centers.

st. Paul. May %. - Wheat : 70
Northern. ~ 3-4M73 3-4c: No. MOI
ern. II 1-2M12c. Corn.No. 3 YEN
81 3-4M32c; No. 9. 81 1-2031 3-4c. y
No. 3 white. 2Sd2S lie; No. 8, q
MoSc. Barley and Rye-Sample oai'
S6Q40c; No. 2 rye. 56c; No. 3 rye o''
|. Duluth, May 30. = Wheat : y; "a
No. l. hard, * lie; No. Norioe
"A 3-4c; No. 2 Northern, 20 lie: 10
spring, GO 3-ic; to arrive, No. l Ia
u lac; No. / Northern, "A SAC; ~
No, l hard, u 5-Sc; No. l Norlas
70 1-Sc; September, No. l Nor'us
% 5-8c. Oats. .26 3-4d27 Lie; rye
Minneapolis, May %. - Whes,
May closed at ~ lac; July openeu
% LIE and closed at % lie; Sepse
Der opened at II 3-4c and closed y.
On track-No. i hard, "A 1-2c; ~
Northern, % lie; No. 2 Nor'n'
~ LIE.
Milwaukee, Wis, May %. = fIvu,
steady. Wheat steady; No. Nor ul,s
766l76 1-2c; No. z Northern, "A l-ne'
Oats lower at % 12@20 7-Sc' n.y.
steady; No. 1, 601-2c. Barley s'e''
No. 2, Ale; sample, 81 1,2@4lc' :,
Chicago, May 30. = Wheat : y
red, 70N77 lac: No. 3 red, I3@ .@;
2 hard winter, 72M73c; No. ., .u 49,
No. 1 Northern spring, 10 l-2a"nc'
No. 2, 74075 1-2c; No. ., $40 ~. az !,
No. 9, SO Lie: No. 3, 81 l-Zc' ~
No. 2, 26 lie; No. 3. 26c. !.
Chicago, May %. Hogs hos
s3.5OM3.s6; mixed s3.55@3.s9; a ~,
SO. 10000; rough. S3.5O@3.6';, ;, IN
Reeves, 81 .25M5.50; cows ana lie -
S2m5; Texas steers, $4.25@4.sSo;, ~ ~
ers and feeders. S3.G5Mo. 10 S III
Natives, $3.75m5.60; lambs, So'fye
Sioux City, Iowa, May ~. !, n
So. GO6i3. 70. Cattle-Beeves, y. "a
cows and bulls, mixed, S2s14.ov ,..o -
ers and feeders, $3.T5M4.oo' car
yearIings, S3.75M5.25. -,
South st. Paul, May - 80 l,Ml
$3.55I3.65. Cattle-Cows, - ,oSs
steers. $4.3OM4.S0; bulls, so ysos5
stockers, $4.GON5. Sheep Pits
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

Municipal ownership having been the
platform on which the mayors of Chi
cago and Toledo were recently re-
elected, special interest attaches to a
new departure in this line in Manches-
ter, England. A resident who desires
her house cleaned can now telephone
to the police headquarters, and gang
OF scrubbers, sweepers. window-w
ers and carpet-beaters will at once APP
pear to do the work, while the house
keeper goes to London or visits her
friends in the country. The govern
ment of the eighteenth century was
notable for its paternalism; it begins
to look as if that of the twentieth
might partake largely of the maternal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

The Kansas City Journal says the
Missouri legislature is on the national
guard with both feet" What power
ful-footed man comprises the Missouri
legislature?
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
WORD FROM KAUTZ.

He Says the Commission May Re.
turn on tie badger.
Washington, May 27.-The following
cablegram has been received at the
navy department, dated Apia, May 1G,
via Auckland
Badger arrived on May Is. The
Philadelphia will leave so as to reach
San Francisco about June %. Com
mission may desire to return on, the
Badger"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
MenGes VIII Recox.r

New York, May pa dispatch Ia
the Herald from Paris announces that
Catulle Mendes, who was wounded by
George Vanor in duel, Is improving
and will recover.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
Otherwise.

Isidore Gebtrunk has filed n petition
in bankruptcy at New York. Total
liabilities, $50, 1888; no assets.
The Canadian Pacific railway earn
ings for the week ended May II We're
$529, OO0 for the same period last year,
$511.000; increase, $4,000.
Oscar Solomon, formerly q retail
shoe dealer, has filed petition in
BANKRUPTCY at New York. Liabilities,
SoS,2I4; no assets.
The London Daily News announces
this morning an illustrated weekly,
competing with the Saturday illHs-
trated edition Of the Daily Mail.
The Toledo Seamless Tube company
has gone into the bicycle trust and <Ne
consideration is understood to be $780,
600.
The sugar rate war continues and
two refineries have closed indefinitely.
claiming it is impossible to refine and
sell at profit.
AT Harrisburg, Pa, the name of the
Johnson Steel company, with plants at
Johnstown, Pa, and Lorain, Ohio, wis
changed to the Lorain Steel company
The Anti-imperialistic league, i'm ses-
sion at Boston, elected a long list of
vice presidents and adopted resolu-
tons calling upon anti-expansionists
all over the country to organize.
1t is said i'm New York that the incor-
pOration Of the new Carnegie company
means the failure of the proposed steel
and iron combine which was to capital.
izc at $1,OOO,OO0,OO0.
Notices have been posted Of general
Increase Of 10 per cent i'm wages ut the
Bessemer Steel works Of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron company at Pueblo,
colo. About LOO men are benefited.
The proposed combination Of manu-
facturers Of art glass and brass decor
ative wares has been abandoned, be-
cause of the high prices demanded by
preprietors Of plants.
Albert III. Edmsted, q member Of
the defunct banking firm of George p.
Bissell 4 Co. of Hartford, Conn.,. filed
Il petition in bankruptcy. Liabilities
S2O3,311; assets 500.
The st. Louis Medical college and
the Missouri Medical college were con-
soldated. Under the terms of the con-
becomes a part of Washington. uni
versity.
The Grand Central railroad of Eng
land has placed an order for twenty
locomotives with the Baldwin. COM
pany Of Philadelphia. Another Eng
fish railroad. the Great Northern, re-
Gently ordered a number of engines
from the Baldwin works.
The Missouri supreme court holds
that when the superintendent Of the
insurance department has refused IL
cense to a fraternal organization, the
court has no right by mandamus to
compel him TO revise this decision and
issue the license.
The new fast service on the Cana
dian Pacific railway will be begun
about the middle of June, probably
the 18th or 10th. The flyer across the
continent will be called the Imperial
limited" and will reduce the time be-
tween Montreal and Vancouver to
about 100 hours.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

A Kentuckian was awarded 1888
for loss of three fingers. Four fig-
ures for three fingers is considered an
equitable transaction.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

The best way for spinster to i'm
prove her lot is to build a house OF
II and put some good man ia the house
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

Obviously, Gen. Merritt's military
training did not extend to the deadly
parallel column.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

Chicago water is so very bad that II
lis unfit to drink until it has been put
through brewery.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
Washington Talk.

The representatives of several infiu-
eLtial journals have left The Hague
because of the secrecy with which the
deliverations of the peace congress are
being conducted.
The controller of the currency has
declared II per cent dividend in IA
vor of the creditors of the insolvcnt
First National bank of Larimore,
N. ID.
The president has parloned William
Raster, who pleaded guilty in 1898, in
Alaska of assault with dangerous
weapon and was sentenced to two and
half years in prison.
Maj. James Allen. signal corps. Z. S.
A., has been relieved from further duty
on the staff of Mai. Gen. Miles AMI
ordered to report for duty as an assis-
tant in the office of the chief signal Of
: ficer.
The Belgian minister has notified
the state department that the interna-
tional congress OF agriculture. which
is to meet at Client. will open July 8
next instead of June 3 as heretofore
announced.
The British embassy ut Washington
has been Informed of the appointment
Of William Maxmuller as second secrc-
tary OF the embassy. He Is n son Of
the Well known author AMI scientist.
Prof. Maxmuller. Is an Eaten and Ok
ford nan with a diplomatic service at
COIfstantinOple ard The Hague.
Col Alfred f. Bates. of the pay de-
partment, who was recently relieved
from duty as military attache ut the
United States embassy ut London. re-
ported at the war department for duty
as assistant to Paynaster General
Carey. The latter will retire for age
July next. and II is generally under
stood at the war department that Col
Bates will succeed him
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
WILL UPHOLD KAUTZ
SAMOAN COMMISSION HOLDS ITS
FIRST MEETING.

Mataafa Sent the COmmiSsioners
Letter of Welcome, Expressing
the Hope That They Would salts
fnctoriIy Eud the Troubles I'm sa-
moa-It In Believed that Mataafa
VIII obey the Unanimous Order
of the COmmissiOn-FNautx VIII
Soon Come Home.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
PITH OF THE NEWS
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN A
CONDENSED FORM.

A General Resume of the Most linz
pOrtnnt News Of the Week From
All Parts OF the Globe, Boiled
Down and Arranged I'm Con-
vcnient Form for Rapid Pcrusal
by Busy People.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

Full extent OF the law is the entire
iength of the rope.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
Foreign.

DIR. Noise Vautier, president Of the
state council of Switzerland. is dead.
Two cases of the plague have been
reported at Alexandria. making four
in ALL
1t is understood at Rome that Arch
bishop Loni, of Port An Prince, Hayti,
will be appointed secretary Of the con-
gregation of the propaganda.
President Krueger. OF Inc TraGsyaal.
says he will never agree to the general
extension of franchises demanded by
the Uitlanders.
Forty-eight locomotives have been
ordered OF the Schwartzkopp works ct
Berlin for the Russian railway in ST.
IBERIA.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

Theologians will never agree that
there is no such word as cant"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01

A phrenologist says large bumps on
A mans head often indicates muscu-
ar wife,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-01
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The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-21

The scarcity of labor all owe the re-
public is becoming a serious question
to the railroad companies that are
building new lines and extending old
ones, and the contractors are getting
very anxious, as there is no relief in
sight. All the roads in the republic
are complaining of the scarcity of
labor, and one or two have been com-
PEELED to stop work completely, as they
had no men to go on with construc-
ton. The International is feeling the
scarcity in a marked degree, and work
On their branch to Monterey is being
greatly delayed. The National is also
experiencing difficulty in securing men
on Its Uruapan extension, and the
Central cannot get enough men for it's
Tampico division, which is undergo
ing extensive repairs and bettermentg.
The average amount pc. day paid for
men Is 20 cents, though in a number
Of places 81 per day is offered and paid
whenever men can be gotten to accept
the price. The rate can be appreciated
when it is known that any number of
men can be got to work on farms and
haciendas at 25 cents per day. n the
same men will not work on a railroad
for less than 81 per day. The reason
is that in the latter position they are
required to work hard and steady
Mexican Financier.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-21

NAANA HAAAI -
The controversy between Mrs. erich
ton and her boarder, Mrs. r. s. Spiller'
at So West Fifty-frst street. which as
sumed such a critical aspect on o
day and led to each procuring a sum
mons against the other in different
courts, was compromised yesterday
after a consultation between counsel
for both sides, says the New York
Times. Mrs. spiller, her son, n
daughter agreed to leave the house
and Mrs. Crichton accepted the deduc-
tions made from their bill by her
b~oarders, which were: Fifteen cents
because potatoes we're served cold, b
cents because cabbage was a vegetable
that the family failed to relish, 20 cents
because one slice OF steak was not
eaten, and 81 because the Spillers
dined out. Neither the magistrate at
the YorkviIle nor his colleague
at the West side court vas therefore
called p o to decide the merits Of the
case. The doors Of the boarding house
we're freely opened yesterday to the
spiller family. who packed up and
transferred themselves to the Hotel
Buckingham.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-21

panies, and all sorts of public bodies,
want him, and think the friendship Of
the two nations is somewhat impaired
If he doesn't come. And there is one
dinner neglect of which really would
cause a breach-that is the dinner al
ways given by the British Foreign
Minister on the Queens birthday. 1t
is also his bounden duty to attend all
Of the drawing rooms and Ievees given
by the Queen or her royal representa-
tives. and he has to be attended thith-
er by his secretaries and military and
naval attaches. Furthermore, a place
is always assigned to the Ambassa-
doris at every great public function,
where they sit mex to the royal fam
lily and take precedence of the Eng
lish dukes. Hsis not thought partiou-
larly good form to be absent from one
of these affairs, except for sufficient
reason, however much Of a bore they
may be, for international courtesy
has to be handled ~everlastingly, like
a spoiled child.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-21

For years it has been the custom Of
marketmen to determine whether eggs
are fresh or not by the candle test.
They would take the samples into the
cellar or some dark closet and allow
the light of the candle to shine through
them. Thus they could tell the con
dition Of each egg examined. No sim
pier test could be devised, but the
method Of applying it was crude and
old-fashioned. Several electrical de-
vices have been invented for the pur-
pose, but they involve too many extra
expenses for the marketman.
A simple lamp for Gambling" eggs
has just been patented which enables
a dealer to make the tests in any
subdued light. An ordinary kerosene
burning lamp, backed by a strong re-
hector, furnishes the rays The front
Of the lamp is shielded by an upright
Of black iapanned tin, supplied with a
broad, stubby spout, into the end Of
which the egg is laid. The light of
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-21
JOSEPH III CHOATES nav AND HARD JOE

legation IS that when the thermometer
was 10 degrees below zero. before the
Nestles were out Of bed, Mrs. Marsunek
came into the back yard from her "
and dashed water against the kitchen
door. The water froze. A number Of
buckets OF water are alleged to have
been poured on the door until a o
ing Of ice froze the door tight shut.
The same thing was done to the front
door. the water having been carried
out through the alley way. When the
Nestles wanted to get into their back
yard It was impossible to open the
kitchen door. Then the butcher came,
and they could not get out the front
door. A Ratchet was passed ont the
front window and the ice was chopped
away. The kitchen door was opened
In the same way.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-04-21
For tho American Ambassador to England Reoliy Has 10
Work-He Also Has to Spend More Than His Salary.
LETTER.

lie functions. The American Ambas-
sador gets more than all the other for
eign representatives here put togeth-
er. This was almost as 9uch so when
we had only a Minister here, and in
those days the minister had to be
chary about his a~cceptances, for as
a diplomat OF the second rank he often
had to give precedence to the Minis
ter from Guatemala or some other abb
surd little power scarcely larger than
Rhode Island. II that Minister hap
pened to be his senior by virtue Of a
prior presentation. Robert T. Lincoln
vas the last representative Of the
United States to be Inundated in that
manner.
If our representative made a speech
at every banquet to which he was In
vited he would have to be eloquent
afresh nearly every night in the year;
chambers Of commerce, city COM