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Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-18
Italian steamer Disabled.

ST. VINCENT, Cape Verde Islands, July
1.-THE italian steamer Centre America,
from Montevideo June 80, for Genoa, with
$50 passengers, has been towed here for a
distance OF 500 miles, having been disabled
by the loss Of her propeller.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-18
Canadian Pacific Earnings.

MONTREAL, July l7.-Canadian Paelhc
railway earnings for the week ending July
"A we're 1861. 900; same period last year,
1886, 900; increase. $4,000.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-18
s,am Will Transport Horses.

WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE War de-
partment has chartered the steamer Siam to
carry 800 cavalry horse5 TO Manila.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-18

WAsHINGTON, July 1.-THE cruiser Chi
cago came out of dock at Capetown today
ready TO cross the south Atlantic to Rio.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-18
Harvest In Great britain.

LONDON, July l7.-Harvesting commenced
in the rye fields OF Great Britain this morn
Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-18
No Fault Found with otis.

York Herald: Ed s. Keene. scripps-McRae
association: Richard Little, Chicago
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
DIDN'T LIKE HIS LUNCHES.
How the Beautsoos Cloak Model Fooled
Her Admiring Employer.

The heroine of all this is beau
teous cloak model, and the story-ro-
nance, comedy, tragedy, or whatever
you choose to call it's told by the
heavy villain himself, says the New
York Observation-Disclosures. The lat
ter is a gentleman of persuasive man
ners and much wealth. He Is the
cloak models employer, and Che does
not tell this part of HIMSELF had tried
for something like year to induce the
lovely creature to accept an invitation
to luncheon. She finally accepted Che
tells that part) and was duly escorted
by him to a restaurant noted for its
swell company and its ruinous prices.
The lady promptly proved that her
looks were superior to her manners.
(Her host tells that She swallowed
her soup from the end Of the spoon,
with a sound like the exhaust pipe Of
a bathtub. In the consumption of her
entree she performed the feats OF an
Asiatic sword-swallower; she conveyed
her salad to her mouth with her fin
gers and drank her coffee from the
saucer. Before she had time to eat
the lemon from the finger bowl her
employer was ready to quit Che tells
that, tool, and later he asked his
friends, tearfully, IL 1t was not shame
so lovely a girl should have had such,
vile bringing up. The model gave
her own version Of the affair to her
associates in "the store" II was
afraid I'd get fired IL / didn't co." she
explained, but" naively, II don't
think he'll ask me again" She dined
that night in Sixth avenue with her
steady" and her table manners were
those of an empress. The employer
does not tell that part How can he?
He doesn't know 1t.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
Longevity in Animals.

The elephant sometimes undoubtedly
attains the age OF $50 years. AS a
basis for this opinion we. have the
famous Bheemsuttee, owned by his
highness the Maharajah OF Mysore.
This elephant was captured in 1919,
when about years old. In 1876 she
was in excellent health and showed no
evidence of great age. The natives or
some of the Indian tribes believe that
an elephant never dies, for the reason
that they have never found dead one.
The Singhalese believe that the ele-
plant has certain place-a deep val
ley which no man has ever seen-to
which they retreat when about to die
The whale is undoubtedly long-lived
animal, and is accredited with CEN
fury of life A quiet, uneventful life,
without great exertion, Is conducive to
longevity, which perhaps explains why
the turtle attains such great age. In
1921 there died tortoise which had
lived in the Bishops gardens at Peter
borough for over century, and from
the records and account Of it, kept
from time to time, 1t was estimated to
have attained the ripe old age OF 223
years. In 1926 friend presented
Archbishop Laud with tortoise which
he placed in the grounds Of Lambeth
Palace, where it lived until 1883. or
1913 years, dying then, not from old
age. but on account Of the neglect OF
the gardener. An interesting case OF
longevity was seen in a turtle brought
from the Seychelles in 1866 by the
Chevalier Marion du Fresno. He de-
livered 1t to the authorities OF the
Mauritius, who kept 1t until 1853, when
Sir Charles Colville, then governor OF
the island. sent it to the London Zoo
logical Gardens This gave the tor
toise a known age Of 81 years. and as
it was fully grown when first brought
To Mauritius 1t may easily have been
a centenarian. Fish are known to at
tain great age, and instances OF fishes
living twenty and thirty years are not
uncommon 1t is supposed that some
of the golden carp in the parks about
Paris are over 100 years old, and pike
in an English pond had silver tag to
the effect that it was 80 years old.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22

THE FISH SWAMPED AND
WRECKED THE BOAT.
was Finally Captured-One OF the Men
Swan a Long Distance to Launch,
Keeping Up "a Constant Fight with the
Fish. VI

one OF the most remarkable expert
ences ever recorded in fishing annals
took place near Avalon, Catalina is
land, Cal, recently, almost resulting
in the drowning Of three men. c. F.
Holder, president OF the Tuna club, and
7. M. Townsend Of Philadelphia, with
Jim" Gardner as boatman, started for
Long Point, towed by the launch Min
nehaha. OF Whites Landing they
struck a large school of tunas, darling
in every direction. Townsend had the
first strike, but failed to hook his fish.
A second later Holder had a strike and
in moment the boat was rushing
astern after the fish. After a hard
struggle the fish was brought to gaff.
Holder passed the tip of his rod for
ward and Gardner hooked the fish
with the gait and proceeded to haul
it in.
Just as it was landed the fish gave
convusive leap and capsiZed the boat.
The fishermen were about a mile from
shore and the launch was some dis
lance away, having kept off to avoid
the line when the fish was playing.
Holder, seeing that the boat would
not hold them all, struck out for the
launch, which he finally reached, great
ly exhausted. The other two men
were having serious time as the fish
rolled the boat over several times, and
the wire ladder OF Holders line was
wound around Townsend's legs. Gard
ner also started to swim to the launch,
leaving Townsend alone with the
boat, which was now turned bottom up,
allowing the latter to climb on the
keel. Gardner was still holding on to
Holders fish and performed a most
remarkable feat of courage. Some
times he was on top Of the fish and
sometimes the fish was on top of him.
Three times the game creature made
desperate plunges and carried Gardner
under water. Finally Gardner reached
the launch exhausted. He did not re-
lease his grasp on the fish until Holder
and Mrs. Gardner drew it In. When
the fishermen were rescued the water
for an acre around looked as though
there had been wreck. Oars, clothes,
rudders, gaffs, hats and other debris
fioated about. Gardner was badly cut
and scraped by his fight with the fish.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
large increase in line and staff Off

large increase in line and staff Off
GERS.
When the Hull bill reached the SEN
ate it was strongly antagonized by the
opposition on the old ground of dis
like and fear of large standing army.
A compromise measure was forced up
on the administration in spite of
threats of calling an extra session. A
bill known as the Cockrell-Gorman
substitute was adopted. and was sub
sequently passed by the house and APP
proved by the President. Neither was
this reorganization bill.
1t provides for the muster out of the
volunteer army. in accordance with the
original act OF 1898, and permits the
President to retain in service the
present regular army at strength not
exceeding $4,000 men, and. in addition.
to raise new force of $4,000 volun-
teers, to be recruited from the country
at large or in the new colonies, as pre-
ferred by the military authorities. 1t
authorizes the President to appoint or
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
FISH GRANDFATHER CAUGHT,
An Old, Old story with Some Modern
yariatio

An Old, Old story with Some Modern
Variations.
Colson is a star at telling fish stories.
but he isn't marker TO the man we
met In canoe off Twin island says the
Lewiston Journal. He was evidently
pleasantly as we pulled by.
What luck?" We asked
"Nuthin' much" he answered.
Amt very good fishin'," Clipped in
Colson.
"Good?" he grunted, turning so that
he could keep alongside us and carry
on the conversation. Good? / should
say it want. You ought to hev seen
this here pond when my father was
young Teller. Lord bless we, We don't
know nuthin' bout fishin'. How big
fish did you ever ketch?"
Three pounds" said I, truthfully.
Nine pounds" said Colson.
Nine pounds" repeated the native,
scornfully. Nine pounds! Why, I've
heard my grandfather tell bout their
using nine-pounders fer bait! Them
wuz the days when fishin' wuz fishin'.
The lake wuz so dern full of fish then
that the farmers never used to buy
grain fer the hens. lister set nets an
catch fish fer EN-. Some Of my grand
fathers hens got so they'd catch their
own fish. Grandfather says he rarnt
the ducks how, an they rarnt the hens.
THAT seems tolable strange, / know,
but I've hearn grandfather say as how
his father ulster feed out fish to the
COWS. They iarnt to like it bettern
hay, an as there wasn't much hay
raised them days it were a great saw
in Only trouble wuz the cows couldn't
pick out the bones, an they ulster work
down along with the milk and stick
into feller's fingers when he were
milkin'
Them WIZ days when there wuz
some fun goin' fishin. They never'd
never think Of takin' home fish that
weighed under fifty pounds. Some of
them big WALLPAPERS ulster fight like
time. I've hearn grandfather tell
about bein' out when they'd hooked
onto big Teller and brought him up
to the side of the boat. He was ugly
and wuz fer comm right into the boat
an settlin things. T'other two fellers
wuz scairt, but granddad he Just pulled
out a big revolver he always carried
an shot that fish right plumb through
the head.
"Granddad said it wuz a pretty close
call, but he wuz a prudent fellow,
granddad wuZ, an he never went fishin'
without bein' armed"
Colson had been listening with rapt
attention. AS the native concluded he
took off his hat deferentially.
II am something of a liar myself"
he said, and I rowed away.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
ORGANIZATION of Our Fighting Forces in
and Out of Action.

over 1t knew that large bodies of
troops would be required to preserve
order in Cuba. Porto Rico and the
philippines, yet the law compelled
reduction of the army. Subsequently
the outbreak of the Filipinos added to
the gravity OF the situation. The plan
adopted was to muster out the volun-
teers gradually, and depend in future
solely upon the regular army, which
the military authorities proposed to
Congress to have permanently In
creased to 100000 men.
To this there was strong opposition,
but what was known as the Hull re-
organization bill was passed by the
house in the last days of January.
Although it was called the Hull reor-
ganization bill it carried no changes
Of moment in the organization of the
army. 1t simply provided for it's per-
manent increase to 98,763 officers and
enlisted men. for an increase of three
major generals and six brigadiers, five
regiments of infantry and two of cav
airy, and for "a corps of artillery"
dropping the regimental organization
in that arm. 1t also provided for
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22

had existed from April q, 1898, and d.
recting and empowering the President
to use the entire land and naval forces
of the United States in the prosecu-
tion of the war, and to call out the
militia Of the several states to the ex-
tent necessary ito carry this act into
effect" and the following day bill
was passed for the better organiza-
ton of the line of the army of the
United States" which authorized an
increase of the regular army in time
OF war to about 81, 900 officers and men,
but provided that when the war was
over the permanent establishment
should be reduced to peace basis, and
that nothing contained in this act
shall be construed as authorizing a
permanent increase of the commits
stoned or enlisted forces OF the regular
army" beyond what it was before war
was declared.
When peace with Spain was restored
the administration was in something
OF dilemma. Although the war was
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22

previous to the outbreak OF the
sn.nish war the permanent military
.i,oblishment of the United States was
,omnrised in ten regiments of cavalry.
sve regiments of artillery and twenty
AGO regiments of infantry, with their
nscessary adjuncts Of the staff bureaus,
altogether aggregating 2,l64 officers
and p. 900 enlisted men. BY law its en-
listed strength was limited to $4,000
men. not including some hundreds OF
general service clerks, hospital attend
ants etc. So that, with slight fluctua-
tons in the official personnel and these
subsidiary corps, the aggregate
strength of the army had ranged for a
number of years around $4,000. In 1898
IN the forty regiments of the line there
were 23,3l0 enlisted men, or an aver
age of 61O in the cavalry regiments, SO
in the artillery regiments and 521 in
the infantry regiments.
On April %, 1898, Congress passed
an act to provide for temporarily in
ereasing the military establishments OF
the country in time Of war. Three days
later an act declaring war against
Spain was passed, recitlng that war
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
Origin OF the Word News.

1t is popular TO say that the word
news" is derived from the initial let
ters OF the four points of the compass.
arranged in a device in the form of q
cross, and placed at the top Of some
of the earliest news sheets to indicate
that their contents were derived from
all quarters. but 1t is easy to show that
this is purely fanciful. The earliest
English newspaper dates from 1862,
yet we find the word news" exactly
in it's modern sense in Shakespeare.
who died fifty years earlier-namely,
in 1916. Thus we have in Macbeth"
How now? What news?" In Win
ter's Tale" But let times news be
brought" In King john" Even at
that news he dies" This list, which
might be much prolonged. effectually
disposes of the popular theory.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
Seven at n Birth,

The greatest number Of children
born at birth was seven. This case
is well authenticated. 1t occurred in
Hamelin, Germany, in 1900; and In a
house which is yet standing and bears
the following inscription: Here re-
sided a citizen, Roemer by name. His
spouse, Anna Bregres, we'll known in
the town. when they wrote the year
1900. On January 9th, in the morning
at three, bare two boys and five maid
ems at the one time. They having re-
ceived holy baptism, died a blessed
death on the goth of the same month
at twelve o'clock. May God grant them
that blessedness which is prepared for
all believers
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22

In the Yellowstone National park Is
a ravine called Death Gulch, because
1t Is evident that animals occasionally
perish in 1t on account of the excess
sive quantity Of carbonic acid in the
air. In this respect it resembles me
celebrated Dog Grotto near Naples
Both are in a volcanic region where
active eruptions do not now occur, but
where mephitic gases issue from the
rocks and settle Gin low places. A re-
cent visitor to the Yellowstone park
reports having seen the carcasses OF
eight bears in Death Gulch.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
DUNkHORST A MAMMOTH.
Record Of the Boxer Who VIII Fight
at Athens.

Record Of the Boxer Who VIII Fight
at Athens.
Since the days when Joe McAuline
came out of the west to win fame In
the prize ring there never was boxer
OF note who possessed the same gen.
erous proportions claimed by Ed
Dunkhorst, who meets Joe Butler at
Athens tomorrow evening. Dunk
horst is six feet high, and weighs, In
condition, 225 pounds. He has been
nicknamed the "Mastodon," and 1t Is
Well earned. But Dunkhorst is differ
ent from most of the big fellows in
mat he is fast as feather-weight.
Those who witnessed his terrific fight
with Peter Maher at the Arena need
no further veriication Of that state
ment Fast as Maher was. Dunkhorst
was equally So and although Maher
Won, he did not get off scot free by
any means. While a comparatively
dozen battles have already demon
strated the possibilities OF his huge
frame, when thoroughly seasoned. One
popularity OF Dunkhorst's is that he
seems to be immune from the blows
soporific, which so many boxers sue
cumb to. Up to the present time he
mas never been knocked out, and 1t
looks as though he never will be. AL
though he was in no condition for a
contest when he met Maher at the
Arena, and the Irish champion landed
again and again on his jaw the pun
melting he received did not seem to af-
lect Dunk" He took II all good ma
turedly, and Maher, who always be-
heved his good right hand was irwin
chile. was dumfounded. Dunkhorst
mas declared that had he been in
shape he would have beaten Maher
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
TIE ARMY AS 1T STANDS TODAY

retain in the service, including the reg
ular army major generals, one major
general for every $4,000 enlisted men.
and, including the regular brigadiers,
one brigadier for every 1000 enlisted
men. No additional regular army staff
officers are provided for, but there Is
provision for volunteer staff officers il
needed.
In short, what is by misnomer called
the reorganization of the army" is
merely an act to continue for two
years longer the establishment raised
for the Spanish war, namely, until July
i, 1901. AS before, the regular army is
to consist Of three major generals and
six brigadiers for the field and eleven
staff brigadiers, at the head of the adj
Jutant generals, the inspector gen.
erals, the judge advocate generals,
the quartermaster generals, the sur
geon generals, the commissary gen.
erals, the paymaster generals and
ordnance departments, the corps of en-
gineers and signal corps respectively.
The same number of cavalry, artil-
lery and infantry regiments are con-
tinued. In other words, the regular
army provided for in the Cockrell-
German compromise is exactly the reg
ular army of the Spanish war, which
will continue until July /, 1901, when
it will be superseded by the condition
described in the opening paragraph of
this article, unless, meanwhile, Con-
gress takes hold of the matter and &C
tually reorganizes the entire concern.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22

that night, and many good Judges
agree with him. When Gus Ruhlii'
was at his best and Dunkhorst only
novice it took the former Twenty-Five
rounds to win from the Syracuse man
at the Greater New York Athletic club.
The experience he gained there ala
Dunkhorst good. for he went right up
to Toronto and beat Charley Strong
so badly that the referee stopped the
bout in the fourth round. Frank
Childs, the colored giant, met Dunk
at Detroit for eight rounds, and the
Cadillac Athletic club witnessed the
fastest fighting ever seen in that Sec
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
A Stickler for Bank.

The San Francisco News Letter
notes that at fashionable wedding
a colonel of volunteers acted very eff
ficiently as a self-appointed master OF
ceremonies. A doctor who noticed the
others zeal remarked: you are ma
.jor domo, see." The wife OF the OFF,
cious officer, jealous in reference to the
apparent derogation Of her husbands
military rank, interposed the correc-
tion: Colonel domo. IL you please"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
Credit Where IL Is Due.

81 am afraid that our new son-in-
laws aristocratic traditions will make
1t difficult for him to hold his own in
financial affairs" Il kind OF felt that
way" replied her husband but don't
let's be hasty in judging him. ] must
say he talked right UP like business
man when it came to fixing a dowry."
Washington Star.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
In the wilds Of Missouri.

Tourist understand the buffalo
and other large game is almost en-
tirely extinct in the west" Native (of
St. Louis)-"Reckon you heard bout
right, stranger. Outside Of poker there
hain't no big game left round these
parts with speakin' Of"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
No Cause for Doubt.

'I'm afraid l won't be able to get
through" faltered the young knight.
preparing for his first tourney.
"Never fear!" grinned his opponent,
as he playfully poised his lance. ~I1ll
run you through. ANSWERS
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22

The staff department is the only
branch of the service really needing re-
organization.
The army as 1t is and as it will re-
main until 1901 is set out in the fol-
lowing tabular statement, copied from
the Army Register for 1892
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
Plural.

Plural.
"A woman will always have the last
word" words. you mean. "--Phila-,
delphia North American. .,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22

IOIaI enIIsItu SITtHSLH... %, IUo
These figures give an average of en-
listed strength to the several regiments
of the different arms as follows: Cav
airy, l,217; artillery. 1858; infantry,
1889.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-06-22
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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-14

For fine job printing at right price:
come to the HERALD printery.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1899-09-14

"Upon no Fourth of July celebration
until this year has there been reason to
lament a departure from the great pm
ciples which the Fourth OF July heralded
in l776. We are no longer upon the Old
foundation, but have been carried to the
lower platform of the powerful military
states of Europe, to whom the republic
has been an instructor. The ship OF state
has been in troubled waters, but there is
one of her citizens who believes that the
time is not far distant when those who
have endangered her will be called to nc
count, and the principles of the Dec ara
ton of Independence taken back again
as the chart and compass which will
bring back the republic to the high posi-
ton from which it has temporarily fall
len. ANDREW Carnegie.