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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23

Texas its waters played mighty part
in the destruction of life and property
One night, as the flood was beginning
to overspread the farming lands, a
young man named Fritz MCGEE was
Weakened by the distant roar. He rose,
hurried out, and after some difficulty,
secured single frail rowboat and
started alone on the work of rescue
All through that terrible night he
worked among the negro cabins scat
tered over the flooded bottoms, and be-
fore morning he had rescued seventy
five human beings, men, women and
children, and had conveyed them to
high and safe ground. 1t is doubtful
whether single man ever before saved
so many lives, one by one, in so short
time. Fritz MCGEE, Farmland, row.
ing his fragile skiff through the dark
ness over the turbulent water, is fig
ure to stir the noblest feelings.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
The Hero of the Brazos.

Near the city of Hampstead, in
Texas, there lives a farmland who
has proved himself hero Of peace,
and whose name should be remembered
by the people of his country with all
the gratitude they willingly bestow up
on the heroes of our armies. One Of the
great rivers of Texas is the Brazos, a
stream subject to vast floods, which
often rise so suddenly that the people
living near 1t have no time to escape
the rush of the waters. In early times
colony of Franciscan friars estab-
lished mission on a mound near the
bank of the river. They built church
and village, and taught the neighbor-
ing Indians. A hostile tribe, however,
swept over the country, ravaging and
burning, and there seemed to be no
salvation for the friars and their con-
verts behind the feeble defences Of
their mound. But Of a sudden the wa
ters of the river rose, and terrible
floods swept away the savages and
saved the little garrison. Then the
friars, SO the story goes, saw plainly
the working of the Lord, and they
called the river which had enveloped
them Los Brazos de Dio-The Arms OF
God. But the Brazos is not always
merciful. During the recent floods In
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
LINES CLOSING IN.
Macnrthur's and LawtOn's Forces
Almost Together.


Manila, Nov. 19.-MacArthur's and
Lawtcn's commands are new near
each other. Gen. Macarthur is get
ting supplies in Tarlac over the rail-
road from Bamban with an engine
which was raised from the river by
the Ninth Infantry.
Col. Howes, who occupied Victoria
with six troops of the Third cavalry,
has advanced to Isosalies. A letter
was found in Victoria from Private
Desmond. Of the signal corps, one OF
the twenty-one American prisoners
held there. These prisoners, the letter
said, were expecting to be taken TO the
mountains before the army arrived.
Two thousand insurgents are report
ed to be massing at Corona, above
Tarlac, and Gen. Mascardo is said to
be in the mountains west OF Angeles,
with 1000 men, proposing to make
raids. Rain has been falling through
out the month, and for the past week
there has been a heavy downpoul.
The whole country Is In as bad condl-
ton as at any time this season.
Later Gen. Macarthur, with the
Thirty-sixth infantry, a battalion OF
the Seventeenth infantry, a troop or
the Fourth cavalry, several Gatllngs
and a detachment Of the signal corps,
has begun his northward advance from
Tarlac. which will be continued 10
Bayombong, province OF New Vlzcaya.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
MY LADY'S TREASURES.
Love Letter Desks That Are Also Jewel
Caskets and Safes.

The desk Of the day is as daintily
intricate bit Of workmanship as the
most romantic maiden could wish for,
says the New York Commercial Ad-
vertiser. 1t is slim and frail or solid
and stolid, according to the style, the
wood and the decorations, but it is
always interesting. If it is replica
of a Flemish desk with many deep
drawers for strings of pearls, heir
looms in the form of rolls of silk,
packets of lace or perhaps even a bag
of goldD, it is carved deliberately.
Grifiins and puffy-cheeked Cupids,
roses and tulips, leaves and torches
stand out black and shining, set off
perhaps by the yellow CLEAN of pol
ished brass. The cupboards and pig
eon-holes, wells" for precious docu-
ments, secret doors, invisible panels,
ETC., that are found in these modern
desks would amaze and delight the
Withholding and understanding char
acters of old novels. One of the
dainty, demure little French desks has
set of drawers on either side of the
rack Of pigeon-holes. At touch of a
spring one set of drawers moves for
ward, showing panel beneath them;
when this is slid out Of place one finds
veritable jewel cave, spacious, vel
yet-lined and as safely hidden as it is
accessible to the one who knows. A
little clock is considered very neces-
sary accessory to the smart desk for
ruy lady's boudoir, and charming
timepieces Of gilt and ormolu and
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Awful work of an Insane Man In
ChicngO.

Chicago, Nov. 10 Carrying out q
plot he had apparently planned with
elaboration, Cornelius Corcoran yes
terday shot four OF his children, killing
two of them, and then ended his own
life. The tragedy occurred at his
home, biol Dearborn street. The po-
lice are convinced that the man was
insane.
Corcoran had lived with his several
children in a fat building at 5401
Dearborn street for a month past. To
all outward appearances he was kind
and considerate to his children. For
some days he had plotted for the death
of his children and he nearly accom-
p!ished his purpose Tuesday night.
Hearing the children cough lie arose
and in the dark administered lauda-
mum to five of them, Clifford, John,
Timothy, Margaret and Lizzie. Cliff
ford and Timothy Were removed to the
Mercy hospital. where Timothy died
the next day. Corcoran exhibited such
profound grief over the affair that
the police and coraner thought the
giving of lauGaDum was a mistake.
Baked in his purpose to end the lives
Of the young ones COrcoran, it is
thought, made deliberate plans for his
act of yesterday. AT 10 o'clock the
grandmother of the children, Mrs.
Margaret Wrenn, accompanied by her
niece, Mrs. Mamie Corbett, called at
the Corcoran home. When they rang
the bell Corcoran called out from the
inside: who's there?'
Ia nd
err" replied Mrs. Corbett.
Corcoran thrust his head out of the
door, disclosing the fact that he was
attired in his night gown, and closed
the door again, saying: wait just a
| minute, Mamie"
The two women opened the door and
stepped into the hallway. Just then
three shots were hear, followed by a
succession of screams. In the panic
| the two women darted out the door.
way and ran down the str 1t, scream
| ing at the top of their voices.
| "Its murder, it's murder shouted
| Mrs. Corbett frantically, and hurrying
| to an adjacent drug store word was
sent to the Fiftieth street and Hyde
| Park station.
An appalling sight greeted the eyes
of Lieut.. Clancy, Sergt. Ryan and 9TH
err officers when they entered the Cor
coran fiat. In the first bed room, just
off the parlor, was the body Of Mar
| garet lying in a mass Of blood at the
head of the bed, while at the foot lay
john, unconscious and breathing heav-
| lily. In the room to the rear Corcor-
ans dead body was found on the floor,
while that of the baby, Lizzie, reclined
on a pillow. A revolver lay near Cor
coran's right hand. Five of the cham
bers were empty. Every one OF the
wounds with the exception Of Hates
was inflicted behind the ear. She was
shot in the left temple. The police
removed Kate and John to the Mercy
hospital, and later the baby, Lizzie
who was still breathing, was taken
| there. John died within a half-houI
| after his arrival at the hospital, and
no hopes are held out for the recovery
of the others.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
crystal are set in the frame of the
desk, where the writer can see the
hour by merely raising her eyes.
A Quaint Wedding Custom.

The shying of an old shoe after a
newly-married pair is a custom which
has naturally aroused much curiosity
as to Its origin. The ancient practice
OF marriage by capture has often been
hauled in to explain the practice: the
old shoe flung after the bride was
taken to be survival Of the somewhat
hurried way in which her friends sup
piled her trousseau A writer In Mac
milan on Anglo-Saxon womanhood
offers another explanation. In the old
Saxon marriage: After the ceremony
the brides father, or guardian, gave
the purchase-money to her husband,
receiving from him in return a wea, or
security, that he was willing to fulfill
his part Of the bargain, whence comes
our modern word wedding. For this
settlement the brides friends made
themselves responsible, and could be
called upon to refund the money II the
father failed to pay 1t. The father then
gave the brides shoe to the husband,
who touched his wife on the head with
1t, as sign that he claimed martial
authority over her, and that he took
her future maintenance and guardian
ship on himself. This explains the
origin Of the custom that we still re-
tain of throwing old shoes on the we'd
ding-day after the departing couple
May we connect with this custom the
German phrase for domineering wife
that "she carries the slipper?
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23

lowers this unique draw is pivoted at
lone end to the span near the top Of
the trusses and has a reciprocating
horizontal monitor in the axis Of the
bridge, where 1t runs on rollers be-
tween vertical and horizontal guides
and is drawn back and forth by pin
Ion engaging a rack on It's lower side.
The trusses are Of triangular riveted
construction, composed generally Of
rolled or built channels, latticed and
connected by very large double plates
Held riyeted. The segment at the heel
OF each truss, on which the bridge
rolls, Is a double web plate girder
which is an eighty degree segment Of
circle fifty-two feet In diameter. The
arc measures thirty-fve feet eleven
and seven-sixteenths inches In length
and Is planned to receive cast steel
segmental shoe plates, which are bolt
ed on and have rectangular holes
through them to engage teeth cast on
the top Of the horizontal track plates.
These are bolted to the tops OF the
track Orders and prevent the span
from slipping and act as Orders while
1t is being revolved. In order to make
right angle connections for the operat-
ing strut, the rolling end Of each span
Is made square instead Of oblique. 1t
is supported on skew piers, the long
truss extending to the second approach
pier and is given intermediate bearing
on the channel pier by a pair of hollow
cast-steel wedges inserted between the
hoor beam at that point and a fixed
riveted pedestal set on the masonry.
The wedges are adjusted and locked
at any height by an opposite set OF
Screws.
( The operating strut has length of
sixty feet, depth Of five feet over all
and is essentially trussed link pro-
portioned for a tension or compression
strain of one hundred and twenty-six
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23

Its movement always operates all the
latches simultaneously. II either of
the three draw spans is out of service
1t Is left open and its latches operate
idly with the other. The counter
weights are built up Of cast-iron blocks
about eighteen inches square and from
four to ten inches thick bolted on both
sides of the vertical web plate Of the
height frames. Altogether they weigh
one million eight hundred and ten
thousand pounds and require one man
to operate.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
Especial Boston Lottery

The only rolling lift bridge in the
world over the Fort Point Channel,
Of this port, is now rapidly nearing
completion, and it is expected that in
a very short period it will be opened
for traffic. The completion of this
bridge marks brand new epoch in
bridge building, notwithstanding the
tremendous heights it has already
reached through American ingenuity.
This unique. but at the same time stu
pendous bridge, was built for The New
York, New Haven and Hartford rail-
road. 1t crosses Fort Point Channel
in their approach to the new southern
terminal station in Boston, and over
this bridge pass six adjacent parallel
tracks.
The bridge Is constructed with three
double track spans of eighty-five to
4one hundred and thirteen feet In length
and the total weight Of the iron in the
superstructure is six million, five hun
dred and seventy pounds. 1t is built
upon two narrow piers placed parallel
and inclined in the direction of the
tracks which cross the channel at this
point at an angle Of forty-two degrees
The clear opening of the channel span
is forty-two feet at right angles to the
face of the abutment piers, this maxi
ing distance of eighty-three feet eight
and one-quarter inches in the oblique
line of the track. At both ends Of the
draw are dock plate girder approaches,
and at tie operating end two short
spans are arranged to form part OF the
track and machinery supports. The
trusses Of each span are spaced twenty
seven feet eight inches apart, and the
adjacent trusses of adjoining spaces
twenty-eight inches apart At the roll
ing end of each span steel platform
is placed to support the operative ma
chinery.
Each draw span can be raised and
lowered independently of the other two
and revolves iii opening eighty degrees
vertically by rolling on the revolving
ends of the trusses or the segmental
end as bearing on horizontal tracks
on the top Of the track Orders. The
bridge will be operated by electricity,
and although provision Is made for an
operator on each side of the channel,
yet the machinery and electrical equip
ment will be so arranged that the
bridge may be operated by one man
from the operators house on one side
OF the channel. The structure will be
counterbalanced so as to be at rest
when opened at an angle of forty de-
grees. This will greatly assist the ma
Ichinery in opening and closing the
bridge and will prevent any possibility
OF the bridge falling shut.
The operating strut which raises and
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
stiu More Counterfe,t,pr.

The Secret Service has just IN
earthed another band of counterfeit
ers and secured a quantity of bogus
bills, which are cleverly executed.
Things of great value are always Sc
lected for imitation, notably Hostel
ter's' Stomach. Bitters, which has many
imitators but no equals for disorders
like indigestion, dyspepsia and con-
stipation.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
w,ae,pread distress I'm Jamaica.

Kingston. Jam, Nov. ia continu-
once of stormy weather and torrential
rain is reported extending over the is
land. causing great damage. making
the popular distress more widespread
while isolating some districts, princi-
pally the northern and central par
isheS
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
Joubert's Preference.

"What do you think of Gen. Jou-
bert's protest against the British use
of lyddite?" asked the observant
boarder.
Think" replied the cross-eyed
boarder, that Gen. Joubert would like
to decide the conflict by an innocuous
game of checkers. "-Pittsburg Chron-
icle- Telegraph.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
De Lesseps Monument,

Port Said. Nov. 19.-The khedive I'M
veiled n monument here to the late
Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, the engi-
neer of the Suez canal, in the presence
of the ministers, Lord Conner, British
diplomatic agent, and many others.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
His Characteristic.

Dewey believes in short engage
ments," remarked Mrs. Snaggs.
"Yes, the Spaniards who were at
Manila last year can testify to that
Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23

The sewing machine bargain adver-
tised by the John M. Smyth Co. In an
other part OF this paper should In
terest every housekeeper. The frm ID
thoroughly reliable. having been es-
tablished In Chicago over 80 years
and anyone dealing with them may be
assured of square treatment. Get their
mammoth catalogue Of everything to
eat, wear or use.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
PATENTS.
List Of Patents Issued Last Week e
Northwestern Inventors.

Clinton T. Cooke, Hutchinson, Mimi,
gauze-carrier; James HI. Dean, st.
Paul, Mimi. voting machine; Chris
tian A. Fischer, Grand Forks, N. D.,
ejector for breakdown firearms; Will
liam Il. Hallin, st Paul, Mimi, con-
vertible turban and vizor cap; Henry
Hammer, Mountain Lake, MIMI.
trace buckle; Sidney L. Long, Magno-
liza, MINI, combined paper clip and
pencil holder; Augustus Miller, st.
Paul, Mimi, mop head.
Merwin. Lothrop & johnson. Patent Attor-
neys. Oil C 912 Pioneer Press Bldg. St. Paul
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
p.n.ror stnrt. for England.

Perrin. Nov. 10.--Enlperor William,
the en- press and two OF their sons
AuGuste William and oscar, ieft Pots-
dam yesterday for Kiel, on their way
to England.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
wanted to Keep His Friendship.

Jack-You won't let me have a v?
Why, you loaned an Y to Jones, and he
Is almost a perfect stranger to you.
Tom-Well?
Jack-Well, I'm friend of yours.
Tom-EXactly, Jack, and don't want
to lose you.-Catholic Standard and
Times.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
still Rusy.

Il suppose you are at least glad the
worry and toll are all over,' said the
sympathetic citizen.
The worry and toll aren't ever by
any means" answered the unsuecess-
full candidate. 1--WE got to hustle now
harder than ever to lind something to
be thankful for before the Both Of
November" Washington Star.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
In Merry England.

"Cut out that Dutch anecdote," said
the stage manager to the comedian.
"Why, isn't it all right?" asked the
laughmaker.
mo" replied the manager. tits get
ting to be a Boer."-Chicago News.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
Dubious Generosity.

Mrs. Henpeck-It costs a great deal
to keep me in the country all summer.
HeLpeck-Yes, my dear; but you
know l never begrudged the money
Life.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
Atsthe Polls.

"a woman tried to vote here to-day"
"How did you get rid Of herY'
Told her to send 1t by mail, so that
Ii would be sure to receive official at
tention. Philadelphia North Amer
lean.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
A Good Haul.

Joplin. Mo-, Nov 19.-Four robbers
blew open the safe of the Bank OF
carl Junction, ten miles north Of here.
and secured between $1,000 and $4,000
in cash. They were pursued but es-
capped.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23

Whenever q man Is positive he sees
things and afterward discovers that he
only thought he saw them 1t Is time 70
turn over new Leaf.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
Artistic Methods

"Have you any special method Of
hanging pictures artistically"
.Yes; try not to hang them upside
down."-Chicago Record.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
Topheayy Outlines.

'Ts my new hat all rightF
"Yes, dear; you look like laundress
carrying home her days work on her
head Chicago Record.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
A Mans Sins.

In a mans eyes his sin Is never as
great as that Of his wife In finding
him out.-Atchison Globe.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23

FITS Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousness 49,
frst days use of DR.. Kline's Great Nerve Resi-
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and tire
pR. r. II. KLINE Ltd. sSi Arch st., Philadelphia, =
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
A Differences in Tastes,

'T saw you kissing my daughter. /
dent like it, SIR
'Then you don't know what's good,
sir."-Life.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23
THE GRIP CURE THAT DOES CURE

Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets removes
the cause that produces La Grippe. +. W.
Groves signature is on each box $50.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23

Piso's Cure for Consumption has saved
me large doctor biIls.-C. L. Baker, 422S
Regent 3d., Philadelphia. Pa, Dec. s, '95.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23

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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1899-11-23

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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-25
A Mother Tells How She Saved Her
Little Daughters Life.

lam the mother of eight children
and have had great deal of expert
ence with medicines. Last summer
nv little daughter had the dysentery
IN its worst form. We thought she
would die. tried everything l could
think of, but nothing seemed to DO
her any good. saw by an advertise
ment in our paper that Chamberlain S
Collie Cholera and Diarrhoea kennedy
was highly recommended and sent
and got a bottle at once 1t proved
70 be one of the very best medicines
we ever had in the house. 1t saved
nv little daughter. am anxious
for every mother to know what an eX-
cel1ent medicine it is. Had | known
II at first it would have saved me
preatydeal of anxiety and my daughter
much suffering.-Yours truly MFs'
GEO. F. BuRDIcK, Liberty, h. l. For
sale by all druggist.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1899-08-25

The republican party of this county
did not fail to recognise the farmer
in making up its ticket this fall. Hon
est Dick Stevenson is farmer. If
there ever was an honest hearted true
man Dick is one and the county funds
will be safe in his hands.
The only way for any locality to get
a strong pull for the good things Of
the county is TO roll up a great big
vote for the whole ticket of one party
or the other. Chanute has republf-
can majority of about 300. Let US give
every candidate on the ticket this fall
the full vote and then we will be lis
shape to demand anything we want
The mechanics of this county were
honored by having one of their num-
Der placed on the republican ticket
this fall. We have party that de-
claims loud and long about the dig
nifty Of labor and advocates the better
ment of the laboring classes but when
it has a favor to bestow forgets all
about its boosted friendship for the
laboring man.