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The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

The question of a name for the horse
less carriage seems to be as vexed as the
world-old question of naming the baby.
If the horseless vehicle is the success
it seems likely to be; if, in years, it
shall have superseded, for all purposes
but those of private pleasure, the car
riage drawn by horses, the term which
refers to its manner of propulsion will
drop naturally into disuse. We shall
speak of the bus, the truck, the dray,
the victoria, precisely as we do now,
and it will be taken for granted that we
mean the vehicle which is most general
ly in usc
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

Des Moincs, Ia, Aug. s.--Fred Hun
nell. carpenter, undertook to commit
suicide at his home Monday evening by
shooting himself. Ills son, Archie II Hun-
nell, undertook to wrcst his revolver
from him. The gun went off and the
son fell dead, shot through the heart.
\ crowd was attracted to the house
and tried to arrest Hunnell. but with Il
knife and gun he stood off a score of
men, drove them away from the place
and then tried to take his own life. He
slashed himself viciously with the
knife, but the police came and arrested
him before he was able to end himself.
He will probably recover and is un-
doubtedly insane.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
To Fight DOycOit.

Cleveland, o., Aug. l0.-live hundred
business men Of Cleveland held an anti
boycott meeting Wednesday afternoon
in the chamber OF commerce rooms, IL
fund OF $4,000 was started to ferret
out the criminals who are dynumting
cars and creating discord in the city.
In few minutes time not less than
$1,000 was subscribed. and the rest Of!
the amount will be fully made up to-
day. The meeting wns largely attended.
and 1t was II representative one in every
IesDcct.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
A FATAL ACCIDENT.
Heavily Loaded Trolley Car Falls
Forty Feet from a Trestle.
Twenty Nine Persons Killed and
Many lnjured-ScOre of Excur-
siOnlxts Drowned Mt Dar
HarbOr. Me.

Bridgeport, Conn, Aug. Z. - Many
persons were killed by an accident on
the Stratford extension of the Shelton
Street Railway company at four O'Clock
Sunday afternoon when loaded troll
ley car went off the trestle over Peck S
millpond at Oronoque, about six miles
north of Bridgeport, and sank in the
flats 40 feet below. Twenty-nine peo-
pie are known to be dead and 4 dozen
or more injured.
Only Two Escape.
Only two persons are known to have
escaped unharmed. 1t is believed that
there were 43 passengers on the car,
but the Indicator was removed by a con-
ductor Of another car and spirited
away, so that it is impossible to state
accurately the number aboard.
The scene of the accident is midway
between Shelton and Bridgeport. The
car was north-bound, running toward
Shelton. 1t was in charge of Conductor
John Carroll, of Bridgeport, who was
among the killed, and Motorman liam
ilton, of Bridgeport, who escaped by
jumping.
Plunged from the Trcstle.
The trestle is 44O feet long, made of
not protected by guard rails. South of
the trestle is an incline, down which
the car ran at Il high rate of speed.
After it ran onto the trestle for about
ten feet the trucks left the rails and
then the car continued on the ties for
about rs feet when it went off the
trestle and dropped into the pond be-
low. overturning completely and up
ending. When the car struck the four
ton motor and the heavy trucks crushed
into it, instantly killing many of the
passengers.
Three physicians who were passen-
gers on a car short distance behind ar
rived quickly on the scene and rendered
all possible assistance to the injured.
Word was sent to Bridgeport and three
ambulances and a police wagon were
hurried to the scene and the injured
were taken to Bridgeport general hos
pital. A morgue was improvised in
the main room of the town hall at STRAIT
ford, and in a very short time % bodies
were laid out awaiting identification.
The accident was witnessed by Miss
Frances Peck, who resides about AGO
feet from the bridge. She was upstairs
at her home as the car was passing, and
she says that it was running at an I'M
usually fast rate. Frank Cramer, who
was bathing near the bridge, states
that the passengers were all singing
and in the most joyful mood as they
passed him. The road, which is prac-
tically controlled by the Bridgeport
Traction company, was opened for
traffic last Thursday.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

He was elected governor in 1894 a the
age of so, after having served six years
III the house of representatives, being
speaker of that body for several ses-
sions. In his first gubernatoria race
he defeated Gen. Clement A. Evans, Il
noted confederate, and in this cam
paign he broke down the prestige con-
federate veterans previously had for
obtaining public favor.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

PhiIadeIphiu, Aug, 9.-Iwo sisters.
Annie and Mary Crozirr, nged rcspec-
lively 55 ana IS years, were found dend
in their home Tursday. An iuyestign,
ton by the coroner Is said 10 huyc
proved thai The elder sisters death wus
due W natural nniiscs nud that IIury
committed sui"idn by iuhnliup i,lm'
mating gDs, grief doubtless prompting
the Nm, lhr house had been Slusrd
siuae lnsl liiJay
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

A sad case of a parents cruelty to his
son is reported from Indianapolis. Mon
roe Hedges, who has heretofore borne
an enviable reputation as a kind ia ther,
knocked his boy, Hiram, down with Il
cane the other day because the son came
home slightly under the influence of
strong drink and the hot weather. The
severity of the punishment is all the
more to be condemned because the son
is a careless young fellow of 10. The
father, who is 1O6, should have taken
the boys youth and inexpericnce into
consideration,
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

The late Mrs. Kate Sprague Chase was
one Of the most brilliant women in nat
'ural and acquired gifts this country
has produced. Through the early death
OF her mother she became when girl
the head Of her fathers household and
was noted even then for her ease of
manner and fascinating qualities. She
was natural politician, intensely am
bilious, and it was her greatest disap-
pointment that her father failed %
reach the presidency after having been
governor, senator, secretary of the
treasury and chief justice.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

New York, Aug. 0.-The journal of
Commerce announces that the fire loss
OF the United States and Canada for
the month of July, as compiled from
its daily records, aggregates Sl1,42G.-
900. The papers aggregates of losses
for the first seven months of 1897, 1898
and 1899 are respectively SG4 4,a66,75O,
SGT ,lGG,s50 and $77,l2G,l ,l5O. During July
there were 204 fires of greater de-
structiveness than $4,000 each.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
Under Control.

Newport News, Va, Aug. 2. There
were no deaths or new cases of yellow
fever at the soldiers home Sunday, and
the authorities fee! certain that tho.
have succeeded in cilectualy checking
the diStnsc. No other eases of yellow
le'cr have been reported ut Phoebls.
IT Is thought now that quarantine re-
strlctiOns will be modified this week
ana that they will soon be removed nI-
together.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

The remains Of seven of John Browns
raiders which have been moldering in
graves near uarper's Ferry for more
than 80 years have been exhumed and
taken to North Elba, N. u, and placed
beside their sleeping leader, John
Brown. The grave of ohm Brown is in
beautiful spot and Il large stone has
been erected to mark the grave. Ma
turc, too, has placed an immense rock
at the place, and an iron fence has been
set around To prevent the devastation
or relic hunters among the summer
tourists and other curious people who
visit the spot.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

Just year and Il half ago party of
13 fortune hunters left Boston for the
Klondilie, and went around the Horn
in sailing vessel. 1t took them 165
days to make the journey, one man
was lost in terrible storm encountered
near the Horn, they found little gold
in Alatia, all were taken sick with the
scurvy, they lost their ship in Resur-
rection bay, and now they are coming
back broke. They should have known
better than to start with 13 in the
Darty
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

In Minnesota, the Dakotas and other
northwestern states scarcity of labor
ers is proving very damaging to various
industries.
AT Dublin, Va, Noah Finley, ne
gro who robbed and attempted to kill
Maj. Darst, was sentenced to be hanged,
the jury having been notified that il
such verdict was not rendered Finley
would be lyncheu.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

The island Of Cyprus, which, it is
said, n syndicate of American Hebrew
capitalists wishes to buy with the idea
OF using IT. us II Hebrew colony, has
ilad stormy history. II is about lis
miles long and 3s miles wide, IT hns
belonged Auccessiyely to the persians,
Egyptians, Romans and Greeks, Dur,
Ing thu crusudes It was captured Wy
kehnrd J. OF England, Later II pissed
into the hnDds of the Turks, passiHg
back into English control IN 1878, IN
1887 " VIVA formally seeded 10 Great
Britain, The present population Of Ibs
island " aQB,al0,
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
Busy Day for President.

plattsburg. y. ", Aug. s.-The pres
ident had busy day Monday lie wit
messed the yacht races in the afternoon
on board the yacht Elfrida in company
with Vice President Hobart and Mrs.
Hobart and party. Later he took Il
short drive with Vice President Hobart.
ln1he evening he held u long conference
with Secretary of War Root, who ar
rived on the 7:l5 train. Mrs. Mckinley
continues to improve slowly.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
Grape Crop DeStrOyel,

Ashtabula, o., Aug. S. - Prof. J. s..
Lowe. of Ashtabula. L. S. Clymonts. Of
cleveland, and $. i. IIiglcy. of Geneva.
members of the Northeastern Ohio
Grape association, have just completed
their inspection Of n large number of
vineyards in the lake shore grape belt.
They find that grapes in This section
are almost totally destroyed by dry rot,
cntniling II loss of 81 ,0O0,OOD.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
eXtrcmeS.

The New York Commercial notes
that the figures of the internal revenue
office show that 4,OOO,O0O,ooo cigars
were manufactured in the United States
during the last fiscal year-an increase
of So,0oo,oo0, while only 2,95o,0Oo,O0O ci-
garettes were manufactured-a de-
crease of 11O,O0O,OOO.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
EX-GOVERNOR ATKINSON DEAD
Georgia Democratic Leader Passes
Away ut Ncwnnn-His POlit-
ical Career.

Newman, Ca, Aug. 9.-Formcr Gov.
w. y. Atkinson died at his residence
at $3.50 o'clock in the morning. He
had been i'll for ten days, and his physi-
clans gave up hope for his recovery sew
eral days ago.
Gov. Atkinson was one of the leaders
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
MARK ETS.


Minneapolis, Mimi, Aug. 10.
Whcht-No ! northern, G3m roe;
No. " northern, O7MGsc; Sept. GDl.c.
ohts--NO. 3. white, .4c.
Corn No, 3. SOC.
Cnttle Steers S375GlA ,00 COWS H.. 70
M3,5O
sheep Muttons, $780, lambs, s5,75
Hogs Us, aDm3sO,
Hnilef- Creamery, extras, 1860 ll7r;
creamery, hrsls, l+Wlb dairy fancy,
itmlbo,
Poultry Turkeys, sMlooi spring
GhlchrAs, Isg,
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

In the far-famed Mount Auburn ceme-
terry, near Boston, is grave marked by
a cross of white marble. Carved fern
leaves decorate the stone, and at the
base is the simple inscription: Fanny
Fern" This tribute to the memory
of Mrs. Parton, who was prominent
figure in the literary world 40 years
ago, was erected by Robert Bonner.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings Of a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and tho South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

The president has purchased the
famous Mckinley cottage in Canton, O..
1t was endeared to President and Mrs.
Mckinley as their first home, where
they began housekeeping.
Orders were given by Gen. Miles that
target practice be the chief feature of
the instruction given the soldiers in the
new regiments being raised for service
in the Philippines.
The war department says that by
October % there will be at Manila or
on the way to the Philippines 46,coO
men.
a new 50 silver certificate is being
printed by the bureau of engraving and
printing in Washington.
The secretary of war says that the
war in the Philippines from now on
will be prosecuted with all possible en-
ergy, and that all the men, all the arms
and all the supplies necessary to end
the trouble in the islands will be fur
nished at the earliest possible moment.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

The charge that the copper penny is
a disease-carrier and must go comes
very late. Years ago, when the cent
was as big as Il half dollar, there might
have been some objection to it, but not
on the ground of u disease-carrer. The
disease-carrying fad may be carried to
extremes
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
A shoppy Announcement,

A Kansas printer in making up the forms
one day in a hurry got marriage and gro
GERS notice mixed up so they read as fol-
lows: John Smith and Ida Quay were
will be sold by the quart or barrel. Mr..
Smith is an esteemed Goldfish at ten cents;
while the bride has nice pigs feet to dis.
y."-Michigan Lyre.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

From the first week in May, when
the summer European passenger serv-
ice is presumed to commence, up to
the first week of July, when it practical
ly is over, just two months time, over
10000 tourists sailed from these to for
eign shores at an outlay of nearly S15,-
100000 of American money.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
THROWN INTO THE WATER,
Score of Persons Perish Mt Mount
Desert Ferry, Me.

Score of Persons Perish Mt Mount
Desert Ferry, Me.
Bar Harbor, Me-, Aug. IA score of
persons were killed Sunday by the
collapse of the gang plank of the Mount
Desert Ferry. Seventeen were drowned
and three died from the terrible en-
perience of immersion in the water
and injuries while struggling for life.
The Maine Central railroad ran cxcur-
sions to Bar Harbor from all sections of
it's line in Maine, the attractions being
the warships which were expected Sum
day. All the morning long trains
packed with eNcursionists We're rush
ing to Bar Harbor. The train which
left Bangor at s:25 consisted of 12 cars
jammed with people. At Mount Desert
Ferry, the terminus of the line, the
train left for the boat, for an eight
mile sail to Bar Harbor.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
Work for All.

in the harvest fields of Minnesota, North
and South Dakota. There is room for thou
sands more. Half rates via the Great North
ern Railway from St. Paul. Write Max
Bass, 220 South Clark Street, Chicago, Ill.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
TIE EAST.

Burns Pierce, of Boston, broke the
bicycle record for two, three, four and
five miles in Philadelphia. The time
was 1894 for first mile, 3:C9 for second,
4:46 for third, 6:23 for fourth and s:O2
for fifth.
In the National league the percent
ages of the baseball clubs for the week
ended on the 9th were: Brooklyn, .67O;
Boston, .G26; Philadelphia, .GO2; Balti-
more, .5S2; Chicago, .554; St. Louis,
.54s; Cincinnati, .5+3; Pittsburgh, .511;
Louisville, .444; New York, .3oS; Wash
ington, .3G2; Cleveland, 175.
Near Bridgeport, Conn.,, trolley
car went over Il trestle so feet high, and
35 persons were killed and others were
injured.
At Mount Desert Ferry, Me-, 20 per-
sons were killed and 40 were injured as
the result of the breaking down of Il
ferry slip.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the 7til was: Wheat,
37,16G,O0O bushels; corn, 10,461 900
bushels; oats, 4,511 900 bushels; rye,
$4,000 bushels; barley, 416, 900 bushels.
The secretary of war had long con-
ference with President Mckinley in
Plattsburg, n. Y.
The transport Mcpherson, from
Cuban and Porto Rican ports, with dis
charged and furloughed officers and
men, arrived in New York.
Further advices say that 90 persons
were killed in the trolley car accident
near Bridgeport, Conn.
The latest news from the scene of the
disaster at Mount Desert Ferry, Me-,
says that 20 persons perished.
At Oil City, Pa, Salvador Praizers. an
Italian, shot and killed his wife and
then shot himself. No cause is known
for the crime.
At Niagara Falls, n. y, Robert
OShea, of Mount Clemens, Mich, COM
mitted suicide by jumping into the Nj
agara whirlpool.
Annie and Mary Crozier (sisters),
aged respectively 55 and So years, died
at the same time at their home in Phil
adelphia.
At Erie, Pa, Edwin D. IIeidler was
hanged for killing his brother-in-law,
Levi Kreider.
In the United States and Canada the
fire loss for the month of July aggre-
gates $1l 100000, and for the seven
months of the present wear S7-.1oG.15O.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

Those who are demanding that the
name of the horseless carriage shall be
shortened in this country will be sur
prised to learn, perhaps, that in Ger
many they are perfectly contented to
call it an acknowledgements terdrosch-
1.ov,0
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

Perhaps the only word that is the
same in all languages is the ''Hello!"
III response to a telephone call. Wher-
ever there is u telephone line the word
is in use, and means just what it does
in EnrliSh
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

Caler-I have here several bills which
are long overdue and
Harduppe (desperately)-I am sorry to
'Oh, we'll, it doesn't make much differ.
ence; I'll call and pay them at some fu-
ture date. Good day, philadelphia
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

West Virginia comes to the front
with strange tale Of love and romance.
In Barbour county j. r. Shoemaker,
aged 102, has just welded Mrs. Irene
Polling, aged 95. The bridegroom had
to lean on a cane during the ceremony,
and the dispatch says: The bride laid
her pipe down on the window sill while
the sweet words were being said" The
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

Three Seminole squaws murdered an
aged white woman in Indian territory,
in the belief that she was witch and
had brought them bad luck. The lat
ter part of their belief is likely to prove
true.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
Porous Plaster.

what are the holes for?" asked little
Edna, looking at the porous plaster that
her mother was preparing to adjust on
Willie's back. cts funny you don't know
that, sis,"' interposed Willie. They're to
let the pain out, of course. Boston Trav.
o1or
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

We have often wondered that women do
not have their kitchen dresses made as low
necked as their party dresses. 1t would GER
tainly be cooler in working over hot stove.
-Atchison Globe
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
The Common Fate,

Like everybody else the sea waves arrive
at the shore in great style, but they so away
broke.-Philadelphia Record.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

Talk about the rising" woman. A
new woman's club is to be organized
in London to which no one under six
feet in height will be admitted.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
Power Of a Woman.

In five minutes a woman can clean up
mans room in such way that it will take
him five days to find out where she put
things,-Berlin Herald.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
Miss Susan Wymar.

Miss Susan Wymar teacher in the Rich.
ing letter regarding Pe.ru.na. She says:
"0nly those who have suffered as have,
:an know what blessing it is to be able to
experience. A friend in need is friend in in.
bought proved good friend to me."-Susan
Wymar:
Mrs Margaretha Dauben, 1914 North Su.
perior ST., Racine City, Wis, writes: II feel
SO well and good and happy now that pen can.
not describe it. Pe-ru-na is everything to
me. have taken several bottles of Peru.
ma for female complaint. | am in the
change of life and it does me good" Peru.
ma has no equal in all of the Irregularities and
emergencies peculiar to women caused by
pelvic catarrh.
Address DR.. Hartman. Columbus, O., for
free book for women only.
Remember that cholera morbus, cholera
infantum, summer complaint. bilious collie,
darrhoea and dyscntcry are each and all
,atarrh Of the bowels Catarrh is the only
correct name for these affections. Pe.ru.na
is an absolute specific for these ailments,
which nre 80 common in summer, DR., Hart.
man. in practice Of over forty yenrs, never
lost single ease Of cholera inlantum, dysen,
terry. dlarrlloea, or cholera morbus, and his
only remedy was pe'ruDa, Those desiring
further particulars should send for fres
copy Of "Summer CalNrrh," Address DR.,
Hartman, Columbus, q,
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

Some girls don't seem to think of much
blame them.SWashington Ga.) Democrat.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

No sooner is Du Patty de Clam out OF
trouble in France than we learn that
De Smet de Mayer is likely to get into
trouble in Belgium.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17

Never do to-day any wrong thing you can
put off till to-morrow.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
Gang Plank Gives Way,

When the excursion train from Ban
gor arrived at the ferry there was a
rush for the steamer Sapphet. The first
few passengers had crossed the gang
plank safely, and it is estimated that
200 people were massed upon the plank.
Suddenly they felt the plank give way
beneath them. The long timber sup
porting the plank broke in the mid
die. The hinges held up one end and
the Chain the other, while the broken
end of the plank dropped, and u strug-
Cling. screaming mass of humanity was
plunged into the water, Is feet below
the wharf.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-08-17
4 Death GrnppIe.

After the first moment of stupefac-
ton the work of rescue began. Ropes
and life preservers were thrown to the
crowd, but in the panic the people in
the wafer clutched one another, and
many sank thus in groups in death
grapple. Many taken from the water
were unconscious and were revived with
difficulty. Doctors were summoned
from all directions, but it was half an
hour before the first arrived The
freight house at the ferry was turned
into norguc, the bodies being taken
there for Identification as fast as re-
covered.
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Billy-"Does your mother give you
anything if you take your medicine
without crying?" Billy-"No; but she
gives me something if don't-"-Yonk-
ers Statesman.
Little Mildred-"Say, Tommy. do you
know what a category is?" Little
Tommy-"Course! It's the place where
the cats goes to when they de-
Cleveland Leader.
Suited to Him.-The Pugilist-"Say.
hut the part of Othello is just me STYLE"
The Patron-"Could you play lt?" The
Pugilist-"Sure! l never saw anybody
N. Y. Journal.
"The wheelmen all voted for him.
Certainly. He is the author of the law
forbidding anybody to walk on the
street faster than two miles an hour. or
after dark without bell and lantern"
Detroit Journal.
Mrs. Gx-"They say Mrs. Peck
speaks four languages" Mrs. Hix-
Indeed! And how many does her hus-
band speak?" Mrs. Dix-"Oh. he
doesn't dare speak any when she Ii
around."-Chicago Daily News.
A Patriot, Anyhow. - Brethren"
said the political orator. II admit 1
was never in the war, but had two rel
atives who were killed there" And
what were you a-doin' of all that time?"
asked man in the crowd. my friends
said the orator, Il was busy maxim
collins for 'em!"-Atlanta Constitution.
Mrs. Niftie-"What beautiful china!
l wonder how Bentleigh can afford
such extravaganza" Mrs. Passay-
That is no mystery. It's cheaper in
the end, you know. The dishes are so
handsome that in their admiration his
guests forget to eat as much as they
otherwise would. Boston Transcript
Mrs. Griggs-"John's getting more
terribly absent minded every day!"
Mrs. Briggs-"Why, what's he done
now?" Mrs. Griggs-"l told him to tie
a knot in his handkerchief to remem-
Der to get me some thread the other
day, and he tied the knot without even
noticing that he hadn't any handker.
chief."-Town Topics.
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Who Bought It4

An author who had been unsuccess.
ful in getting a story accepted, though
he had kept it going for three years.
noticing that the manuscript was badly
worn by constant transmission in the
mails. forwarded it by express to the
last available publication on his list.
valuing it at SIS.
He was in luck this time. The story
was lost en- route and no trace of it
could be found.
Some time afterward a friend, who
knew the unfortunate history of the
story, asked:
did you ever get that article of yours
Off"
Just sold it," replied the joyful
author.
"And how much did you get for ftp"
Seventy-five dollars. 1t was bought
by the express company!"-Atlanta
Constitution