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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings of a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL r OF THE UNION
All the Latest News Of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
-FIFTY-s1xrH CONGRESSES.

F1~FTY.S1XTH CONGRESS.
The United States senate was not in
session on the Sd. In the house the In
dian appropriation bill was passed and
eulogies were delivered upon the life
and public services of the late Repre-
sentative E~rmentrout, Of Pennsyl-
vania. -
A bill providing a civil government
for the island of Porto Rico was favor
ably reported in the United States SEN
ate on the 5th. Bills were passed to
create a new division of the eastern
judicial district of Tennessee and au-
thorizing the building of a bridge
across the river at Dubuque,
Ia. In the. house a bill to investigate
the pollution of interstate rivers was
defeated. In discussing the Philippine
question Mr.. Sibley (dem., Pay said
that the democrats could hereafter con-
slider his seat constructively on the
republican side. Mr.. Robinson (Ind.)
paid a glowing tribute to Gen. Lawton's
patriotic career.
An amendment to the financial bill
permitting international bimetallism
was reported in the United States SEN
ate on the 9th. Notice was given that
as soon as the financial bill was dis
posed of the bill to provide a govern
ment for Porto Rico would be called
up. In the house Mr.. Smith (Mich.)
introduced a bill providing for q min
lister to the two South African repub-
lies. A favorable report was made on
a bill to establish a soldiers home at
johnson City, Tenn, to cost $250,OOo.
The diplomatic and consular appropria-
ton bill brought out a discussion on
expansion.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
THE EAST.

At the age Of 72 years Mrs. Annie
Wittemeyer, famous as an army nurse
during the civil war, and known
throughout the country as an author
and lecturer, died at Saratoga, Pa.
Maj. Gen. W. w. Averell, the last of
the great cavalry leaders of the union
army, died at Bath, N. Y, aged IS
years.
Fire destroyed the plant of the Hop
kins & Allen Manufacturing Arms COM
pany and its entire stock of firearms,
at Norwich, Conn.,, the loss being $780,
900. T..
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the 5th was: Wheat,
54,363,0 0 bushels; corn, 1853, 900
bushels, oats, 5.776,0OO bushels; Y e
1,134,ooo bushels; barley, 1880, OOUbush-
els.
Near Huntington, L. l., the barge Will
son was sunk and Capt. John Finley
and his wife were drowned.
The death of William Henry Glider,
soldier, explorer, artist and journalist,
occurred at his home in Morristown,
IN, J..
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
George Mackey and John jacobson
were blown to atoms BY an explosion
of dynamite in a mine at CrystalsFalls,
FoRn1GN INTELLIGENCE.

~ fO1SIIk0N ga
The worst heat ever experienced in
the city of Buenos Ayres caused 90
deaths from sunstroke in one day.
Advices received in London say that
Gen. Butler has %recrossed the Tugela
river and is marching on L~adysmith.
The coast of Newfoundland was
swept by a tornado and at Lake Harbor
20 buildings were destroyed and many
vessels wrecked.
A dispatch received in London from
Durham, Natal, says there is no definite
news from Gen. Butler, but it is re-
ported that there has been heavy fight,
ing. In the house of commons Mr..
Chamberlain declared the war would
not be ended until Pretoria had been
dismantled.
Manila advices say that Brig. Gen.
Kobbe's forces in the islands of Luzon,
Leyte and Samar have occupied perma-
nently and g%arrisoned nine towns.
The operations of the British forces
in South Africa are kept secret. All
sorts of rumors are heard in London. 1t
is believed important movements are
being made in northern Cape Colony.
Near Orani, Luzon, 12 American sol-
diers while guarding 6, train of bull
carts were ambushed by Filipinos and
half the soldiers were killed.
The new United States consul, Adel-
bert S. Hay, arrived at Pretoria and was
received by the Transvaal government.
The total number Of troops in the
Philippines February 1 was 63,532, in
gliding officers and men.
At Sandwich, Ont, Levi Steward (col-
ored) was hanged for the murder Of
James Ross July IS last.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The total wealth of American COL
leges ard universities is $25O,OO0 900.
Rear Admiral Bradford estimates
the cost of the Pacific cable at SIC, OOO,-
900.
Dreyfus is still in southern France,
where his health shows continued i'm
provement.
A geological survey expert. has found
much coal in the Philippines, but no
precious metals.
In St Joseph, Mo-, there is offered
a bounty of 5000 for every highway
man that is killed.
Imperial German regulations pre-
venting practice of medicine by wom-
en- have been rescinded.
Eli Emerson, ~full-blooded Indian
treasurer of the Seneca nation, is ST.
900 short in his accounts.
The German foreign office says the
change in Chinese emperors is of no
Importance to Europe, and the powers
will not act.
During last year $4,000 immigrants
settled in Canada. The number from
the United States is 1000, or about
1000 more than last year.
At present Admiral Dewey has the
honor Of having more post offices
asking to be named after him than any
other man in the country.
William Kerr, of. Providence. R. T..
is still pursuing his trade of watch
maker after SO years work at that
business. He is 80 years old.
James Fl. Britton, former mayor of
St. Louis, and for many years n of
the leading bankers of the west, died
at Ardsley, N. Y, aged SO years.
In the paper mill owned by Gov.
Crane at Dalton, Mass, workmen who
become too old to labor are retired on
their regular salary as long as. they
live.
Mrs. William Ewart Gladstone at
tanned her ~eighty-eighth birthday re-
Gently, and the bells of Hawarden
church were rung in honor of the oc-
casion.
President Loubet of France declares
that when his term of office ends he
will not seek the office again, but will
retire to his old home farm, as he is
tired Of politics.
Robert Fitzsimmons now proclaims
that he was drugged when he was
whipped by James Jeffries for the
championship of the world at Coney
island last June.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
FROM

The United States and Great Britain
have reached an amicable agreement
concerning the control by the United
States of the proposed Nicaragua canal.
The supreme court of the United
States has Adjourned until the 26th inst.
With Representative ]. W. Babcock,
of Wisconsin, as chairman, the repub-
lican congressional campaign commit
tee was organized.
In a report to congress the secretary
of war says there are 1O,343,152 Amer
leans available for military duty.
A treaty with England has been
signed giving the United States the
right to build the Nicaragua canal.
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WHAT A FORMER AMERICAN
SAYS.
More Than Doubled Their
. Stock.

The following letter written by Mr.. |
John Cummings of Wetaskiwin, AL
berta, Canada, formerly of Washing
ton, to a friend in the United States is
only one of a hundred similar cases,
ard what was done by Mr.. Cummings
can more easily be done to-day by any
good, sober and industrious farmer who
chooses to make his home in the Do
minion.
Dear Sir:
You want to know how I got along
since I came into Northern Alberta. I
am happy to inform you that I am not
ashamed to tell.
We located five miles northeast of
W~etaskiwin; left Pennington, Wash
ington, on the goth of May, driving all
the way.
We had time to build our log house
the first fall and to make us comfort
able for the family and stock. We then
built four stables 1920 inside, SO that
we could put everything inside them
when the cold got down to the ffties,
and worked hard getting up the stable
and got through clubbing on the LIST
December, but to our surprise we had
no use for the stables only for the milk
COW and two span of horses. The bal
ance of the horses lived on the prai-
RE all winter and took care of them
selves. The doors of two stables were
left open for them to go into in a cold
time, but they would not do it, but
stayed out on the prairie the coolest
night we had, and looked as spry as
crickets.
I can go ten rods back of my house
and count ten residents. I know all of
their circumstances. Every one of
them have doubled their cultivated land
and doubled their animals, and a great
deal more. All of us are comparative
ly out of debt and an unusually big
crop to thresh and prospects of a fair
| price, and I expect we are as well con-
tented lot of people as there are from
Florida to the Klondike.
My son bought two pounds Of Irvine
to the acre, and when we started to bind
some barley, VIZ found that instead of
taking two pounds to the acre, it was
taking nearly five pounds. Then you
ought to have seen him hitch up team
and make for Town for 100 lbs. more.
I cannot say how it will thresh. All I
can say is that it is well headed, and
takes an enormous amount Of Irvine.
The man who pays cash gets no credit for
/ tS-Philadelnhia Record FE
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
WEST AMI sOrJTH.

A noted negro Methodist evangelist,
Rev. Booker Fox, died at his home in
Ottumwa, Ia, aged 104 years.
Maj. John A. Logan's body lay in
state in Memorial hall in Chicago, after
which it was taken to Youngstown, O.,
for burial.
Elf Knudson and his wife were as
phyxiated by coal gas at Wilmot, S. D.
The body of the late Maj. Gen. Henry
W. Lawton lay in state in Fort Wayne,
Ind, his former home.
Flames nearly wiped out the business
portion of Rudd, Ia.
In Chicago George W. Human, edit
or of the Inter Ocean, was acquitted of
the charge of criminally libeling II. H.
Kohlsaat, editor of the Times-HeralG.
The republicans and democrats in
conference at Louisville agreed that the
legislature shall meet at Frankfort,
KY, and pass without flibustering a.
joint resolution validating it's acts
while kept from the capitol, including
the seating of Goebel and Beckham.
Democrats agree not to prosecute
Taylor or other republicans and to
modify the Goebel election law. Tay-
lor's approval to the agreement is nee
essary.
About 1900 union labor men in Chi
cago defied the contractors new rules
and walked out.
The latest advices from Kentucky say
that thus far Acting Gov. Taylor
has refused to take cognizance of the
agreement signed by his representa-
tives and those of the Goebelites where
by Taylor is to step aside for Beckham.
c. T. Cade, of Iberia, has been
nominated for governor of Louisiana
by the Herwig-Howel faction of the re-
publican party.
Judge William H. Taft, of Cincinnati.
has been appointed president of the
commission to organize a government
for the Philippine islands.
Suit has been commenced by the Chi
cago Tribune against the Associated
Press for 500, 900 on a charge of pirat-
ing its foreign news service.
In the mountains between Colorado
Springs and Cripple Creek, Col, a for
est fire did immense damage.
Because of building trades compli-
cations. labor leaders say that $4,000
men are likely to be out of work in Chi
cago.
The legislature Of California has elect
ed Thomas R. Bard (rep.) United States
senator to succeed Stephen N. White.
Two Boer recruiting agencies in Chi
cago have, it is said, enlisted 600 men,
Gen. Henry ". Lawton's body lay in
state at the state capitol in Indianap-
| oils.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
LATER NEWS.

E The feature in. the United States. SEN
ate on the 18th was a tilt between Sen
ators Depew and Pettigrew over a let
ter from President Schurman, of the
Philippine commission, read by the
New Yorker, fatty denying a state
ment made by the South Dakota sena-
tor that he (Schurman) "had tried to
bride the insurgents and failed. The
financial bill was further discussed.
In the house the diplomatic and con-
suiar appropriation bill. carrying 49,
743,90S, vas passed substantially as it
came from committee.
Henry E. Holcomb, a New Bedford
(Mass.) manufacturer, made an as
signment with liabilities of 81, 1851 ,43S.
Gen. Butler was checked in his third
attempt to relieve Ladysmith and was
facing a large Boer army on two
high hills, which blocked his further
progress. Lord Roberts has gone to
tine front.
The famine in India, is becoming
worse and the government is giving
relief to 100000 sufferers.
A Manila dispatch says the insur-
gents have been driven out of Legaspi,
on Albay bay, province of Albay. In
Tayabas province 300 Spanish prison
ers escaped from the rebels.
Nebraska republicans will hold their
state convention in Lincoln May 2.
W. M. Allen "a carpenter, fatally shot
his wife and daughter and himself at
Black Hawk, Col. Domestic trouble was
the cause
AT Nagoya, China, 60 girls were
burned to death in a factory.
An entire family of Indians, six in
number, with the Scotch name of Nc.
Tavish, were charged with being
witches and killed by a vigilance com.
mittee in British Columbia.
T~hirty-one japanese girls employed
at a spinning mill at Koryumura were
killed in a fire.
Irish leaders in the house of commons
attacked the British policy that led to
the war,
The National Cooperage & Wooden.
ware company's monster plant was
burned at Escanaba, Mich, the loss be-
ing s25o.ooO.
The clothing firm of Miner, Beal &
Co., of Boston, failed with liabilities oil
$3.50, 900.
So far as the situation in the contro.
versy over the governorship of Ken.
lucky is concerned, there is practical
~ no change. Gov. Taylor has not yet
affixed his signature to the Louisville
agreement, but the general opinion i:
that he will ultimately do so.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

The legal right of a baby to yell as
loud as he pleases in New York city's
limits seems to have been definitely
established by the holding, under
heavy bail, of an old bachelor who as
saufted a woman living in his fat be-
cause her infant made such vocal dis
turbance that he was unable to
think" and then caused her arrest as
the mother and ~maintainer of a nui-
sance. The judge stood by the baby
and the little fellows right to hitch
bothslungs on at two a. m. seems to
be definitely established.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

A dispatch from San Francisco says
that Mrs. Lawton knew nothing of the
large sum Of money raised for her by
patriotic Americans until the transport
reached San Francisco and an officer
went aboard to tell her. She was COM
pletely overcome, and cried like child.
Afterwards she said: 'It had always
been Henry's ambition and mine to have
a home for the children, but I had de-
SPARED Of it."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

Transatlantic steamship companies
are anticipating the most prosperous
season even known. The American line
has booked about 5000 passengers and
the Cunard line about 1000 four months
in advance of the usual rush season.
Notwithstanding the unsettled state of
affairs in Europe, the prospects are
that a greater number of Americans
will visit the coming Paris exposition
than has ever before been attracted in
one yearst to the French capital.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
Miss Anthony to Retire.

Washington, Feb. Sat a meeting of
the executive committee of the Nation
al Woman's Suffrage association
Wednesday evening, Miss Susan B. An
thony, the venerable president Of The
association, who is now in her eightieth
year, announced in a speech that she
would not be a candidate for reelection.
She would not, however, give up her
work in behalf of woman suffrage. Miss
Anthony has held one or another office
in the association since 1852. The i'm
preston prevails that Mrs. Carrie Chap
nan Gait, of New York, will be made
president. .
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

Three Texas steers ran amuck at the
s~tockyards in Chicago and succeeded
in tossing, kicking and generally maui
ing three cowboys and half a dozen or
binary citizens before they could be
recaptured. People who yearn for the
excitement of a Spanish bullfght and
are contemplating trips to Mexico O.
Madrid should put away their money
and engage seats upon the stock yards
fence at the earliest opportunity.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

Some years ago Charles Maskyline
made and exhibited in London a very
clever box trick, and to advertise it Of
fered $500 to anyone who could du-
plicate it. Two young men accepted
the challenge in good faith, and du-
p~licated the trick, but Maskyline
claimed they did not comply with all
the conditions and he refused to pay.
The ease was fought through the
courts, finally reached the house of
lords, and now Mr.. Maskyline has been
notified that he must pay the sum he
offered. Moral: You may be clever,
bnt do not forget that there are others.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

Sailors on the barkentine Hattie G.
Dixon, out Of Baltimore, refused to
sleep in the forecastle because balls
Of fire were seen" running loose. The
ship had a cargo of phosphorus and
the captain finally discovered that the
rats had been rubbing up against it
and making ghostly lights of them
selves in a way that would have thrown
the sp~ookosophical society into trans
ports of delight.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
Public Opinion Effective.

London, Feb. 5.-The Shanghai cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
The changed attitude of the empress
dowager and her virtual abandonment
of her resolution to depose the en-
peror are directly due to the torrent
of public remonstrances against her
action. For the first time in Chinese
history, public opinion has been eff
f~ectiye.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

We are told that the estate of the
late Dwight L. Moody consists princi-
pally of his library. And,yet this man
raised during his long and active
career more money han a hundred
ordinary preachers. He raised some
thing like 100000 a year for his
schools and Bible institute alone, and
within the last decade the sums pass
ing through his hands must have
amounted to several millions of dol
lars. That he left no personal estate
is probably the best tribute to his
sincerity and unselfishness in his evan
gelistic and educational work.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
Philadelphia has a special school for

Philadelphia has a special school for
weak-minded or mentally deficient chill
dren who are out of place in the ordi-
nary schools, and, in addition to this,
it is now being arranged to establish an
ungraded class in each of the larger
public schools, to be made up of chill
dren who are backward in their studies.
These children, it is found, need more
individual attention than the teacher
of the regular classes "a afford to give
them. The proposed classes will be
under the supervision of a teacher who
is especially adapted to the work of
teaching difficult" children.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

Ex-President Harrisonis maiden
speech in the senate was a eulogy, like
Senator Depew's. The subject was
Gen. "A. E. Burnside, then recently de-
ceased. Mr.. Harrison submitted his
manuscript to Senator Sherman, tell
ing him to strike out what should be
omitted. "Not a word," said Sherman
after reading it over.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
The Tinted States Tohacc

The United States Tobacco Journal
has completed the complication of a
table showing how much tobacco the
American smokers consumed last year.
An increase was shown in cigars and a
decrease in cigarettes, the former in
creasing from 1864, 711,ooo in 1898 to
4,e47, 722,o00 last year, while the lat
ter decreased from 1855, 44s,0O0 in 1898
to 2,721,671,0oo last year. The de-
IA in cigarette smoking is ascribed
to the campaign waged against the
little round white rolls by the women.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
Mr.. B%outeIIe Recovering.

Bangor. Me-, Feb. GA letter re-
ceived by the friends of Congressman
Boutelle conveys the information that
the physicians say his improvement has
been SO marked that he will be able
to leave the sanitarium in a few weeks.
entirely recovered.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

0nr nIiliffn Enrce.

Washington, Feb. 6.-Secretary Root
has sent to congress an abstract Of the,
militia force of the United States. 1t
shows the total number of men avail
able for military duty, but morgan
lied, as 10,343,15o and an aggregate or
lganized strength of Toe, 1889.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

"a professional adviser of women
gives the following direction for &C
quiring "a good facial expression:"
"Blot every are from your mind and
assume a placid, expressionless coun-
tenance, much like that of a bossy.
Then fancy that somebody has pre-
sented you with the United States
r,;n%n
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

Wisconsin minister, weary ofmany
months ceaseless waiting, has brought
suit to recover two unpaid wedding fees.
The eager bridegrooms of this modern
age should remember that, while young
couples may live on love, it is absolute
" necessary that the minister have at
least$one square meal per day.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
Plague in HonoIuIu,

Washington, Feb. 6.-United States
Agent Haywood has cabled the state
department from Honolulu, dated JAM
uary 24, as follows: "Since the 18th of
January there have been IL new cases
OF bubonic plague at Honolulu and six
Deaths"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
!" Do NOT Burn tie Candle
How,s ThisY
g;azA6sE5EJl5Hxa1
assee.oso.ese.eeosoSs

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
+. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The promises of a lover are as unreliable
as those of a politician.-Atchison Globe.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
Called 1t Down.

remarked the funny barber, as the dudelet
climbedsinto the chair.
"Aw-beg pardon" said the youth, ''but
WEAKLY, l aw-fail to comprehend"
/ That's French for cutting down." an
swered the knight of the razor, with a grin
on his mug.-Chicago Evening News.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
our Increaaed Trade n,th cbin....

Our Increased Trade with China. 3
England can no longer compete with US In
the shipment Of many products to China.
Our trade with the Chinese has increasedaI
most forty per cent. within the last year.
This is merely natural. The best wins in
everything. For a like reason, Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, the best remedy in the
country, has for fifty years acknowledged no
superior to cure constipation, indigestion,
dyspepsia and b%iliousness.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15
Victim of Bright,. Discase.

New York, Feb. 8. John Taylor, the
baseball pitcher, died Wednesday at
New Brighton, Staten Island, of Bright's
d~ieease, aged 20 years. He pitched for
the Philadelphia team for some years
and last season was with the Cincinnati
it's by whom he was reserved this year.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

The total corn pack OF the United
States last year vas 5,25o,92o cases,
against 4,314,s14 cases in 1S9s-the
largest pack in the history of the ma
ton and an increase Of 936,106 cases
0verSthe previous year.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

You must behave yourself if you hope
avoid worry. no guilty man can avoid
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-15

A man seldom tells the truth about his
business; he exaggerates it one way or the
other.-Atchison Globe.