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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

Vice Chairman Henry C. Payne, of
the republican committee. is the au-
thor of the republican forecast. 1t
was made by him partly in reply to
the foregoing democratic table,
though, aside from that. Mr.. Payne
declares that his division of the cleo
tors is based upon entirely trust
worthy reports from every state
about which there is any room for ar
gument. His estimate gives McKin-.
ley 294 electoral votes as certain, and,
on the claim that the republicans
have an even chance of winning in
Nebraska and Utah, he thinks the full
strength of the presidents electoral
vote will not be less than 305. This
may be increased by the addition of
Colorado, Idaho and Nevada. With
those McKinley's strength in the col
lege would be 315.
Mr.. Payne's forecast is as follows:
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
WEST N SOUTH.

The battleship Kentucky sailed on
her long trip to China.
The citizens of Alabama presented
Lieut.. Hobson with a loving cup at
Montgomery.
The Wisconsin historical library
building was dedicated at Madison.
Cuban politics are mixed up, says
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, and the outcome of
the constitutional convention is a prob
lem.
At Brusle Landing, La, Milry John.
son %(colored) was hanged by a mob.
An official order was issued by Su-
perintendent Wainwright, of the naval
academy at Annapolis, Md, against
hazing.
Remains of the late William L. Will
son, postmaster general in President
Cleveland's cabinet, were laid to rest in
Edgehill cemetery at Charlestown, W.
Va.
In Indianapolis a locomotive ran
down a loaded street car and Is passen-
gers were injured.
Burglars at ~Bronnaugh, Mo-, while
looting the Farmers bank, shot and
killed Waterman Moran.
In a tornado near Lodi, Tex, six
persons were killed and much prop.
erty destroyed.
Near Vicksburg, Miss, Gloster
Barnes, a colored wife murderer, was
lynched by a mob of negroes.
Citizens of Oklahoma and Indian ter
ritory want single statehood for the
two territories.
Charlotte A. Sanderson died at her
home in Sanford, Fla, aged 100 years
and 6 months. g,
The president and Mrs. Mckinley
reached Canton, O.. from Washington,
AtEldorado, Ill, Thomas Simpson and
Mrs. Mary E. monaghan. aged 81 and
81 respectively, were married.
At Nashville, Tenn, the twenty-ffth
anniversary of Vanderbilt university
was celebrated.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings Of a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
ALI the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASH1NGTO
On November 6 ten candidates for
president and vice president will be
voted for.
The government will transmit
Christmas packages for American sol
diers serving abroad free of charge.
The president has recommended
Ralph Sampson, son of Admiral Samp-
son, for a cadetship at Annapolis.
Counterfeits of the new five-dollar
silver certificate that bears the por-
trait of the Indian, Onepapa, have
made their appearance.
John Sherman, former representa-
tative in the house, for a long term a
member of the senate, and twice hold
ing cabinet positions, died at his resi-
dence in Washington in the seventy
eighth year of his age.
Leonard Wood, governor general of
Cuba, says that wonderful progress has
been made in the reconstruction of the
island during the last year, and that
the Cuban government is now self-sup-
porting, with a balance of 81, 100000 in
the treasury.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
VIII Post Notices.

Scranton. Pa, Oct. '24.-The Della
ware. Lackawanna & Western and the
Delaware & Hudson, the Hillside Coal
& Iron (the Erie), and the Lehigh g.
Wilkesbarre coal companies. through
their general superintendent; Tues
day agreed upon an additional notice
as to the ten per cent. advance. The
same will be posted at once, and will
help. to settle the great coal strike
speedily.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
Twenty-Four sailors Drowned.

London, Oct. ga special dispatch
from Madrid says the French steamer
Faidherbe llate. ChigwelD, was sunk
Tuesday in collision with the French
steamer Mitidja, which was seriously
damaged, but succeeded in reaching
Alicante. The Mitidja rescued eight of
the crew of the Faidherbe, but. "a
other members of the crew of that
vessel were drowned,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

Bertolani, an anarchist arrested at
Milan, has made a confession relative
to3the anarchist plots. He says that
at a meeting held in Paterson, N. j.,
seven men were selected to assassin
ate monarchs and leading rulers. He
adds that n of the men was to kill
Mckinley.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
Methodist Women Meet

Worcester, Mass, Oct. 25.-The thir-
ty-first annual convention of the Wom-
ans Foreign Missionary Society of the
Methodist church of the United States
opened for a session to last eight days
in Trinity church Wednesday morning.
About 1000 women were present, in
GLIDING prominent mission workers and
missionaries from all parts of the
world.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
The Seal Catch.

Victoria, B. c., Oct. 25.-During the
season just closed "a sealing schoon-
ers took 10000 skins in Behring sea,
which is 5000 less than taken by rs
schooners last year. The spring
schooners took 1851 skins on the
coast, bringing the total for the sea-
son up to 32,517. Only SIS branded
seals were killed in Behring sea.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

The police officials of a Kansas town
were made the victims of a senseless
hoax when a stranger called at head
quarters and related a circumstantial
story of how he had been robbed of a
$40 bill. Every policeman in town was
furnished with a description of the
alleged thief and a whole day was
spent i'll looking for him before it
dawned upon any of the sleuths that
there is no such thing as a $40 bill.
By hat time the joker had disap-
peared,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
GIFT to a COLLEGE.

Lincoln, ILL.,, Oct. 25.-James Milliken,
a retired millionaire banker of Decatur.
has bequeathed Lincoln university
$4,000, to be given just as o o as the
citizens of this city raise $685. 900, to be
used in erecting a new building on the
campus. Mr.. Milliken has recently
given $1o0, 900 for the establishment of
an industrial college at Decatur, which
is to be conducted as a branch of Lin
coin university. y
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

Business Opportunities on the line of the
Chicago Great Western Ry in Illinois. Iowa.
Minnesota and Missouri. First class open
ness and for manufacturing. Our list in
cludes locations for Blacksmiths, Doctors,
Dressmakers, Furniture, Grain and Live
Stock Buyers, General Merchandise, Hard
ware, Harness, Tailors, Cold Storage,
Creameries and Canning Factories. Write
fully in regard to your requirements SO that
we may advise. you intelligently.- Address
COL Endicott Big, St. Paul, MINI.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

A pathetic interest attaches to the
death of Charles Dolby, who was at
n time the private secretary of
Charles Dickens. Dolby died in an
English poorhouse, after dissipating
the savings he had accumulated in
earlier years. Drink sent him to the
poorhouse. A sad end and a sadder
moral.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
Personally Conducted Tours To California
In Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars

Via Chicago Great Western R'y to Kan
sas City, and Santa Fe Route to Los An
geles and Southern California. Only line
having new Pullman Tourist Sleepers
equipped with wide vestibules, steam heat
and gas light. One of these new Sleepers
leaves st. Paul at 10 a. m. every Monday,
via Chicago Great Western for Los Angeles
geles the following Friday morning. These
tours are personally conducted by an ex-
perienced official who accompanies the
train to its destination. The cars are we'll
equipped for a long journey and are as COM
Portable as the standard sleepers, while the
price for a double berth is only Six Dollars.
Full information furnished by any Great
Western Agent, Or J. P. Elmer, General
Agent Passenger Department, 5th & Robert
Streets, st. Paul, MINI.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
Homeseekers' Excursion Tickets.

To nearly all points in the United States
on sale at all ticket Offices of the Chicago
Great Western Railway on the first and
third Tuesdays of October, November and
December, at the very low homeseekers'
rate of one fare plus $500 for the round
trip. Tickets good for return within 81
days from date of sale. Persons contem-
plating a trip will save money by calling on
any Great Western Agent and obtaining
detail information regarding the home
seekers rates, or addressing F. H. Lord,
G. P. & I. A., l13 Adams ST., Chicago.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
A tale has found its way from

"A tale has found its way from Hud-
son bay about a "sky boat which was
seen by Eskimos to land on the
northeast shore of the bay two years
ago. The man in the "boat" is sup
posed to have been Andree, but as the
sky navigator is reputed to have been
killed by the "huskies'' of that re-
gion further confirmation is impos-
sible. In fact, this is a popularity of
the Andree stories, and probably will
be for many years to come, for it is
not to be supposed that such a fruit
full myth as the Andree story will
be allowed to die a premature death.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

Economic statisticians say the pro-
ductive energy of each inhabitant of
the United States is 1,940 foot-tons
daily, while the European has only
800 foot-tons. In the international
game of commercial football it is not
strange that this country is so eff
fectively kicking the pigskin at pres
ent.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
MARKETS.,
Mimi.

minneapolis, Mimi, Oct. 20.
Wheat--No. 1 northern, 75c; No. 2
northern, 7Sc; December. 74Lc.
Oats-No. 8. white, csc.
Corn-No. s, 8sc.
Cattle-steers, So. s5@4.5o; cows, $500
@3.75.
sheep-Muttons, s4.o 90; lambs, SIS. 90.
Hogs-$4.sO.
Butter-Creamery, extras, 10000;
creamery, frsts, 1s@19c; dairy, fancy,
1Sc.
Poultry-Turlreys, 7@sc; spring
chickens, 10c.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

The old custom in the English par
lament of members wearing their
hats dates from 1899. John, earl of
Ulster, was chosen as the English
champion to settle the difficulty about
the duchy of Northumberland by sin
gle combat, and when he appeared on
the field his opponent fled. AS a re-
ward King John granted his request
to remain covered in the presence of
your majesty and all other sovereigns
of this realm"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
Fifty Killed.

London, Oct. 23.-According to the
St. Petersburg correspondent of the
Daily Express, so persons were killed
and many Others terribly scalded by
a boiler explosion on board the steam
er Eugenia, running between Tomsk
and Barnaul.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

John Mcdonald, a Kansas newspa-
per man who is touring Scotland, says
in a letter to- one of the papers of
the Sunfower state that he recently
went into a store in a little high
land town and inspected the goods
displayed for sale, finding among
them. the following American prod
ucts: Corn flour, canned beef, canned
peaches, canned apricots, canned
pears. soap, rolled oats, washboards,
churns, cheese, hams, flour, salmon,
apples, forks, hoes, axes, hammers,
saws, j%oiners' tools, braces and bits,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

Officials at the New York subtreas-
ury have sent out public warning
against a spurious f~ive-dollar bill
which has appeared in circulation in
that city, and it is feared that there
are many in use. By expert penman-
ship on a one-dollar note the figure
Il" and the word zone" have been
raised to So" and "fve," and the note
would pass muster with anyone not
accustomed to examining paper mon
ey with care. The picture and por-
trait; however, are not changed, and
the letter IS" is not ADDED to the
word dollar"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

Alexander Huston, who died at
Laurel Hill, was the bugle- of the
first section of the famous Light
brigade that made the charge upon
the Russian guns at Balaklava. Hus-
ton sounded the call for the charge
that secured a permanen. place for
itself in the history of the world and,
though shot twice and cut down with
q saber once, he managed to get back
to safety with the 1875 survivors of the
gallant 673. When Huston came to
America he would, according to Eng
lish law, forfeit his pension, but par
lament continued the pension.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
Three Years ago John Harri,

Three years ago John Harris, a pris-
oner in tie county jail in Chicago,
was carried out of prison dying of
consumption. He had been convicted
OF murder and sentenced to serve for
life, but when his health failed he
was allowed to return to his home in
California to die. Harris improved in
health, Joined the rush to Cape Nome,
and now it turns out that he is worth
S5oo,Ooo and is known as 'The King of
Cape Nome" The stories that come
down from the frozen north would fill
many an interesting book.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
Jetty Completed.

San Diego, CAL, Get. 23,-The United
States jetty at the entrance to this har-
Dor has just been completed. About
10000 tons of rock from Coronado is
land have been put into the work .by
the contractors.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

Emperor William has pardoned a
naturalized American citizen who was
imprisoned recently for having es-
capped army service in his native coun-
try. To be an American in these days
covers a multitude of sins abroad.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

1t will be interesting to note what
the result of this cane fad for women
will be. On the theory probably that
Satan finds some mischief for idle
hands to do" m always has en-
to keep hers pretty well oc-
cupied. With n she takes a half
hitch on her gown and with the other
she hangs on to her purse, her hand
kerchief and various other things that
man carries in his pocket. So how
about the cane? Will she carry it in
her teeth? If not, to the load of
which hand will she add it?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

Thimbles have been found in Her
culaneum. They were formerly worn
on the thumb and the word originally
meant s"'thumb-bell." 1t takes 20 men.
and a great amount of costly machin-
cry to make a silver thimble. Thin
bles were first made in Holland in
1875,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
Up-to.Date EnternrI.e.

Mr.. Oldham-Oh, I don't know that I
have much to complain of in a business way;
I am holding my own.
Mrs. Oldham-That won't do, John. If
YOU, want to be a successful business man
to-day. you must strive to hold as much as
possible of everybody else's.-Richmond Dis
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
Feminine Charity.

He-Miss Antique, I understand, comes
of a very old family.
She-Yes; one can see the family trait in
her very clearly.
what trait do you refer to?"
cold age."-Chicago Evening News.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

II requires in average Of more than
2o,ooo,o00 pins per day to sustain dis
located shirt waists, replace missing
suspender buttons and meet the other
needs of the American people.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01
LATER NEWS.

The Russian battleship Retvizan was
launched at Cramps shipyard, Phila-
delphia. Holy water, instead of wine,
was used for the christening.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-11-01

the announcement of Mr.. Sherman's
death Monday morning had been re-
ceived by the president at midnight
Sunday night. The president was
oraotIy affeoted NV the news
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27
woN EoRruME lN ALAsKA.

Tried for Murder In Chicago In 1897
and Is NOW worth s65O.OOO.
It is strange how the wheel Of for
tune acts in the case of some men,
says a Chicago lawyer. Take the case
Of Jack Harris, for instance. In 1895
Harris vas arrested on Clark street,
charged with murder. There was no
question about the killing, but Jack
claimed the act was in s~elf-defense.
He was lodged in the Cook county Jail,
but who he was or where he came
from was never revealed by the de-
fendaht to his W counsel. He did.
Say his name wab assumed ans there
he stopped. When arrested Harris
had about $50. He spent 81 for post
age stamps and as much more for sta
tionery, and began writing to the out
side world. In about a month Jailer
Whitman was surprised at the number
of registered letters and express pack
ages which came addressed to Jack
Harris. The sums ranged from So to
500, and In a short time the jail reg
lister showed nearly 1900 to his credit.
Harris remained for % months an oc-
cupant OF murderers' row, and then
went up for trial. He was acquitted
and left the jail when discharged with
a So note and was never heard OF
again until last week. Harris is now
king of the Cape Nome sports. He
started out from Seattle two months
after his acQuittal in Chicago for Daw-
son City. He located a claim on Do
minion creek and worked 1t for all 1t
was worth. When the cold weather
set in, in 1898. he was down to bed
rock and had a deposit of $50, 900 in a
Portland bank. He sold out for $40, 900
and went to Nome, where he invested
It in mining claims. which are said
today to be worth half a million. He
is now a partner of Jim Grady, and
he owns two saloons at Nome, as we'll
as a well-equipped gambling house.
The monthly income from the faro
table alone is said to be $1,000. The
wealth already accumulated by Harris
cannot be less than S65O,OOO in round
numbers. He expects to build an
opera house and dance hall at Nome
during the present summer. He says
when he can count a cool million he
is going to sell out and return to civ
ilization.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27

Porto RicRn Crime Condensed
He (McKinley) appoints the gov
ernOr.
He Mckinley appoints the execu-
tive council.
He Mckinley appoints the higher
branch Of the legislature, a majority
of whose members may be citizens of
the United States.
He Mckinley appoints the judges.
He mckinley appoints the officers
who select the men to fill every ap-
pointive Office.
He mckinley has power to kill
any legislation by means Of the veto Of
his appointee, the governor.
He Mckinley has power to grant
all franchises through his appointees,
the executive council.
The people are taxed without repre-
s~entation in congress, and without
representation in the controlling
branch Of the insular government, ex-
cept at the pleasure of the president.
The people are allowed to elect only
the members of the lower house of the
legislature and one commissioner to
tho United States. ~ @
In fact, President Mckinley has
power to do everything in Puerto Rico
that George III. tried to do to the
American colonies.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27


A monopoly In private hands Is in
defensible. That combination and
concentration are natural cannot be
disputed. Men first worked indie
pendently for their own individual
benefit. Next they formed partner
ships. Next they combined into one
corporation or trust, and this trust
eventually became a monopoly. First
a man kept a little grocery store and
twenty other men kept twenty other
little stores. II was natural that these
twenty men should unite their scores
under nj roof, into what Is called a
department store, or that perhaps one
man originates and starts a hundred
different stores under one roof. and
perhaps another man starts another
department store in the same COM
munity. Eventually these several de-
partment stores will unite into one.
Then there will be a monopoly, and
the thousands Of little store keepers
will have to desert their little stores.
Just so will all of the big trusts event
ually combine into one trust. Plainly
we are now making rapid strides to-
ward n universal trust in everything
and 1t is beyond the shadow Of a doubt
that these vast combinations must be
the property Of the COLLECTIVELY. Every
thing points toward monopoly, public
monopoly, and there cannot be for any
length Of time a monopoly In private
handicapped to Reason.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1900-07-27
TIE DANGER in ClRCUMSTAyTIAL EVIDENCE

and Richard, we're executed in Ciou-
cestershire, Eng, on the charge OF
having murdered william Harrison,
who was steward to Lady Campden.
The body was not found, but John,
the stewards servant, being accused
Of the crime, and anxious to clear him
self, confessed that his mother and
brother had killed Harrison. The con-
fession did not save him. Three years
after the triple execution Harrison re-
appeared in Worcestershire. He had
been kidnapped into foreign slavery.
Lord Coke cites the case Of an Eng
lishman accused Of numbering his
niece. She was heard to cry out,
Uncle, do not kill mel" and soon after
disappeared. The uncle, being re-
quired to produce her and being un-
able to do SO. procured another girl
to %personate her, but the fraud was
detected, and this lent such color to
the other circumstances that he was
convicted and executed. II was after
ward found that the niece was living.
Two brothers travelled together to a
seaport town In England. After din
ner they got into a hot argument, at
the end Of which they retired to a
double-bedded room. One Of the broth
ers, seized with a violent at Of nose
bleeding, rose at 3 o'clock in the morn
ing and wandered to a cliff. He was
seized by smugglers, whom he unwit-
tingly had detected in buying punch
cons Of spirits. They were too amiable
to murder him and merely put him on
board a vessel which was bound for
the West Indies. Meanwhile his
brother, who, after his port wine and
alteration, had gone calmly to sleep,
woke in the morning to find his
brothers pillow covered with blood
and his brother missing. He hastily
rang the bell and summoned the land
lord. But all his protestations Of in
nocence were fruitless, and he was
Oon in the hands Of the law. Stains
Of blood were traced from the bed
room to the edge of a cliff, where
marks Of a scufie were found. Tho
brother was tried, convicted and
hanged. Left for dead on the gallows,
his life was saved almost m~iraculously
by a wandering shepherd. who, at
tracted by a low moan, cut down the
hanging, choking man, resuscitated
him and helped him to escape on board
a vessel bound for the Barbados. The
Arst man he met in Roebuck street,
BridgetOwn, wal the brother for
whose murder he had been wholly
convicted and half hanged.