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Punishment of the Murderous Omcials
Left to the Chinese Government,
and 1t Must He Severe.
INDEMNITY QUESTION OPEN
Amount to BE Left for Future Negotia.
tfon-Eighty Rebel Leaders Pub
licly Executed I'm Shan-Si.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-The State De-
partment has been informed that the for
eign ministers at Peking yesterday reached
an agreement which was submitted to the
home Offices. Secretary Hay to-day cabled
Mr.. Conger authorization to sign the agree
ment on behalf of the United States gov
ernment. 1t is difficult to gather details Of
the understanding at this time. However.
IL is known that in the two important
issues that were still open. namely, those
relating to punishment and indemnity. the
views of the United States government
have prevailed. AS to punishments, they
are to be the severest that can be inflicted
by the Chinese government. AS to in
demnity, the Chinese government is to
formally admit its liability and then the
matter is to be left for future negotiation
II was understood that On the other points
the French proposition has formed the
basis of the agreement.
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centrists, Dm Not Acceptable.

BERLIN, Dec Sin the Reichstag to-
day the imperial chancellor, Count Won
Buelow, informed the Centrists that their
bill In regard TO the free exercise of re-
ligion was not acceptable to the federal
governments, who. while respecting the
convictions whereon II was based, saw In
the proposal and intention to restrict the
constitutional independence Of the states
in matters reserved for their individual
constitution. Count Won Buelow said that,
speaking from a personal standpoint, he
hoped the disparities possibly existing in
the laws of the different states would be
remedied, but as chancellor his first duty
was not to allow the federal character
Of the empire and the autonomy of the
members of the federation to be prejudiced
without the consent of the individual
states.
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WHERE THE CUTS WERE MADE.
The bill provides a discount OF 20 per
cent in the tax of - per barrel on beer
I'm lieu OF the present ~ per cent. reduc-
fion, making the new rate $l60 per barrel
The sections of the war revenue act tax
ing commercial brokers. custom house
brokers. circuses, theaters and other ex-
hibitions are stricken out.
The rate on cigars is made 50 instead of
$3.50 per 1000 Weighing more than three
pounds per 1000
Schedule a retains the stamp tax on cor
porate stocks. bonds, etc, sales, etc, at
exchanges or boards OF trade freight re-
ceipts certificates OF profits, entry OF goods
at customs houses and entry for with
drawal of goods from customs bonded ware
houses. With these exceptions the stamp
taxes under Schedule A are struck out.
Chairman Payne's statement gives in de-
tail the stamp taxes omitted under
Schedule a.
Schedule B, which required stamps on
proprietary medicines and preparations,
perfumery and cosmetics chewing gum,
etc, is amended so that sparkling or other
wines the only products requiring
stamps.
Section % of the war revenue act. relating
at the end of said section the following:
Provided. that nothing in this section shall
be construed TO apply to bequests or
legacies for uses OF a religious literary,
charitable or educational character. includ-
ing works of art"
Section 80 OF the act is amended as to
administrative features, and Sections 10. IL.
Is. 70 and 20 are repealed. as they relate
to administrative features no longer neces-
sary. Section IS OF the act is amended to
read as follows:
Section 50. That for the purposes OF this
act the words mixed flour shall be taken
and construed TO mean the food product
resulting from the grinding or mixing to-
gether OF wheat or wheat -four as the prin-
cipal constituent with any other grain
the product OF any other grain or other
material. except such material not the
product OF any grain as is commonly used
for baking purposes. Provided that when
the product resulting from the grinding or
mixing together OF wheat or wheat flour
with any other grain or the product OF any
other grain Of which wheat or wheat flour
IS not the principal constituent as specIfed
I'm the foregoing definition Is intended for
sale or Is sold. or offered for sale as wheat
-four such product shall be held to be MIXED
-four within the meaning OF this act
The bin provides for redeemlng revenue
stamps heretofore issued and not used.
The concluding section provides that the
act shall take effect thirty days after It is
passed
Chairman Payne has called meeting of
the ways and means committee for to-mor-
row morning. when he expects TO have the
bill reported 10 the House He will then
seek 70 have the bill considered after the
army. o!eomargarine and legislative bills
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VIENNA, Dec. 5.-The papers here gen.
orally criticise the United States policy.
as outlined In President McKinley's mes
sage to Congress with respect to China
While admitting the great influence Wash
ington has exercised with the European
powers, the official Fremdenblatt COM
plains that the United States appears un-
able to compensate individual foreigners
for infringement of their rights, while the
Meues Wiener Tageblatt, touching on the
same subjects, asks If President McKin-
ley chowed the same solicitude for the
Austro-H -Hungarians who lost their money
health and lives in the United States, as
he now shows with reference to Austro-
Hungarians arrested for evading military
service
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NO HOPE FOR KRUGER.
Even the Netherlands Cannot See n
Way to Propose Arbitration.

THE HAGUE, Dec. 5.-During the de-
bate on the budget in the second cham
Der. to-day. the premier. Pierson, declared
he could not. at present. foresee the psy-
Geological moment when The Netherlands
would be able 10 propose arbitration be-
tween Great Britain and the Transvaal
COLOGNE. Dec. 5.-Mr. Kruger walked
to-day In the rain from his hotel to the
cathedral. He was cheered enthusiastically
by an assemblage of people who had long.
waited to see him. Mr.. Kruger repeated
ly raised his hat in acknowledgment of
the cheering. He departs Ut 10 =. N. to-
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NEW MEASURES.


WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.-Representative
Brosius, of Pennsylvania, chairman OF the
committee on banking and currency, to-
day introduced in the House a resolution
tc authorize the controller of tho currency
under the limitations of the act of July II.
1882, to extend for further period of
twenty years the charter of any national
banking association which shall desire to
continue it's existence after the expiration
OF its present charter.
Representative Kitchen, of North Caro-
lima, has introduced in the House a reso-
luton for a constitutional amendment to
repeal the fifteenth amendment to the Con-
stitution.
Other House bills and resolutions intro
duced to-day follow: By Mr.. Littlefield.
Maine, to prohibit the sale of firearms,
opium and intoxicants to aboriginal tribes
and native races in the Pacific Islands; by
Mr.. Wilson. Arizona, to establish SUI
preme Court for the territories of Arizona,
New Mexico and Oklahoma; by Mr.. Fitz-
gerald, Massachusetts, providing for n gov
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Stocks, Bonds, Sales at Exchanges and
Freight Receipts to Remain Taxed
IL the Bill Is Passed.
RELIEF FOR MANY DRUGGISTS
STAMP TAX TAKEN OFF ALL PRO-
PRIETARY MEDICINES.
George Won l.. Meyer, OF Boston, Of
Jfaly-SecretEry Cages Estimates.
WASHINGTON.

to-day introduced the bill reducing the tax
alton under the war revenue act after the
Republican members of the committee had
agreed on the form of the measure and the
articles TO receive the reduction of tax.
IL is intended to have the full committee
act on the bin tomorrow and to put it
bill provides an aggregate reduction esti-
mated at sD.coO.s4S. The estimated reduc-
tions in detail as given out by Mr. Payne
are as follows.
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Charged with sedition.

WORCESTER, Cape Colony, Dec. 5.--J. E.
De Jong. proprietor of the Worcester Ad-
vertiser. has been imprisoned on a charge
of sedition, the specific offense being his
publication Of allegations Of filthy atroci-
ties by British soldiers. Worcester is rap
idly filing with people who will attend
the Dutch Congress. The British troops
are not allowed within the town limits for
fear of a collision
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LONDON, Dec. SIT is the general be-
lief here,'' says the Tien-Tsin correspondent
of the Daily Mail, wiring Tuesday that
China will accept the demands of the
joint note. which all the powers approve.
within fortnight or three weeks, and that
then the second stage of the negotiations,
the examination of proposal after proposal
in detail, will begin"
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DURHAM, Dec. 5.-Lord Roberts, who
has arrived here. was accorded a tumultu-
Gus reception. Members OF the Irish AS
ISOLATION dragged his carriage 70 the town
hall. The streets were profusely deco
rated and crowded to suffocation. Numer-
Gus addresses were presented to the field
marshal.
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REBEL LEADERS EXECUTED.
New Governor of Shan-Si Province
Suppressing the Boxers.

BERLIN Dec. 5.-The Chinese minister
here has handed the Foreign Office officials
a telegram from Ii Hung Chang to the
effect that Sih Liang, the new Governor of
Shan-Si, has publicly executed upwards of
eighty rebel leaders. and asserting that he
is otherwise acting with the greatest sever
ity in the suppression of the Boxers and
energetically protecting the missionaries.
A dispatch from Field Marshal Won Wal
dersee, dated Peking. Dec. 4. says strong
detachments of Chinese regulars under
General Ma are reported from Shan-Si to
be holding the mountain passes on the from
tier of Chilli.
An explosion at Pao-TingFu during the
clearing out of a powder magazine killed
one man and wounded Lieutenant Wolf
gram and four others.
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The Dutch A,ienated.

LONDON, Dec. 81. M. Robertson, who
has just returned from South Africa, in a
speech at meeting of the League of Lib
erals. said the people here knew little
nothing of what was going on in South
Africa. He further asserted that he him
self saw an order of Lord Roberts in JuIy
for the burning of forty farms. The Dutch,
Mr.. Robertson added, are now absolutely
alienafed
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LONDON, Dec. 5.-The War Office has
received the following from Lord Kitch-
ener, dated Bloemfontein, Dec. 5: Gen
eral Knox re-engaged De Wet near Be-
THULE. on the Smithfield road, yesterday.
He drove the enemy from all their posi-
tions before dark. when they retreated
northward. Colonel Pitcher assisted by
a turning movement on Knox's left" Lord
Kitchener reports also several minor af-
fairs
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LIVADIA, Dec. 5.-The following bulle-
tin regarding the condition of Emperor
Nicholas was issued to-day: 'The Gear
has passed the last twentyfour hours very
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are disposed OF. with view to securing
| action before the holidays.
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morrow on special train. connecting with
the Dutch express at Sevonaar.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-10-18

own, for running the government steam
boiler. He's crazy to try his new meth
od-and if she busts, she can bust. Mack
maintains, though, that you can't monkey
with a steam engine. 'Twont do to let
the water get too low, and you've got to
shovel something besides air into the fire.
box.
Bryan said in 1896
That just as sure as Mack got into the
cab the boiler would explode, the road
would become forecloscd at auction, the
right of way given over to foreign ma
lions and the inhabitants Of the terri
tory along the route would become pau
pers.
But,
-Four years have passed away and the
old engine is still doing biz. They've
heightened out her boiler some and hitch
ed on several new coaches. The eagle
still sits on the cowcatcher and has both
eyes peeled for distractions. There was
a foreign critter got on the track once,
but the eagle screeched and Mack, he
turned on fifty million dollars Of extra
steam. They didn't hold any post-mor-
TEN because the foreigner was SO cut I'D
and scattered they couldn't find the re-
mains. Because of the fact that the for
eigner, however, did undertake to cross
the track, there have been several impor-
tant branches added to the road.
JOHN LIVINGSTON WRIGHT.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-10-18

PARDON ME, BUT
HshNmnna

farQ0n me, but ~
II you were going to rent your farm to
a man, you would feel surer Of getting
your money If that man had had some
experience in farming, wouldn't you? If
you have a job, a steady job, and you
knew there was going to be a change Of
managers of the business, factory or
whatever concern it is that hires you,
you would feel safer If you knew that
the incoming manager had had expert
ence in managing your line of business,
would you not2 You'd feel more certain
of his running the business successfully,
wouldn't you? You'd feel surer of hold
ing your job, wouldn't you? If you are
hustling around for a job, you'd rather
get one if YOU could, on a farm, in a
factory or in a business that is run by
an experienced manager, wouldn't you?
For you'd figure it that your job would
be more likely to pan out, to be a steady
one, wouldn't you?
And;
When you take a ride on a railroad
train, you wouldn't feel particularly COM
Portable If just before the train was to
start you saw a young dry goods clerk
climb up into the engine cab and begin
to yank the lever. Now would you? You
wouldn't want to be working at the
mouth of a mine and know that a poet
was running the hosting engine, would
you? You'd be afraid Of your corpus,
Ell?
Now, when it comes to politics, don't
you think a man ought to try to show
just as good sense in voting as he does in
his trade or business? Bryan is long on
wind, we can all agree on that; but Mack
has got the engineers license. He's been
over the road. But Bryan claims he has
an entirely new method, a method Of his
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ket less than eight dollars, for sixteen
dollars worth of gold"
why, papa, that would be paying a
fifty per cent bonus on silver, wouldn't
it? 1t would be buying it at twice its
value. 1t would be just like the govern
ment buying all the hogs and corn and
cotton at twice their market value.
wouldn't it? That would be nice for the
farmer, papa, but the miners wouldn't
be in it, would they 2"
George, hush," interrupted the boys
father.
But, papa, I will hush in a minute.
but say, If the government should buy all
the miners silver at twice its market
value the farmer and the mechanic
wouldn't be in it, would they, and"
Hush, George, don't talk so much.
You don't understand that we are using
the '16 to l. to fool the miners until after
election"
"Oh! I see, papa,' said George; .if
we should give an ounce of gold, worth
sixteen dollars all over the world, for six
teen ounces of silver only worth eight
dollars, we'd have to buy all the silver
in the world-billions of dollars and"
Hush, George! hush!" interrupted his
father.
"And, bye and bye, papa" said
George. "the rest Of the world would
have all our valuable gold and we would
have their cheap silver worth SO cents
on the dollar. I see, papa. it's all a joke.
It's what they call the 'bogie.' It's like
plutocracy and Caesarism and imperial
ism. It's a scarecrow and
George" said the loving father, .syou
must hush. They will overhear you"
Then the fond father put his arms
around George and gave him a big ba-
mana to eat.
Eat it, George" seid the boyle can
didate, winking one eye, aor the COLLINS
will get you ELI PERKINS.
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BRYAN'S LITTLE BOY
ASKS SOME QUESTIONS.
"a coIloquy that Ended in Talk About
the "GobIins.'

- 0NN ~
the "GobIins."
Mr.. Bryan, the handsome Democratic
candidate, was on the Lincoln train to.
day. A bright little boy, Nilsson George,
sat by the candidate and was asking
childish questions. s
"Papa,' he said, what did the Hum
garian miners out in Colorado mean
when they shook flags marked 16 to !
in Roosevelt's face?"
why, my son." said Bryan, as he
beamed on his boy with loving smile,
"why, the miners meant that they want
ed our money to be 16 to 1. That is,
they wanted it so that 16 ounces of sill,
yer would be one ounce of gold"
"But, papa, 16 ounces Of our coined
silver will buy one ounce Of gold now,
won't it," asked George, opening his
eyes wide.
eyes, my son. Congress did pass a
law making that ratio. Sixteen ounces
of our coined silver will buy one ounce
of coined gold now"
"Then, papa" said George thoughtful-
ly, 'if gold and silver are now 16 to i
by act Of Congress, what more do they
want? What do they keep yelling for
'16 to L for?"
"Well, my son." said Bryan thought
fully, "16 to L is all right for the farm
er, mechanic and business man,N but the
miner wants more for his silver. He
wants to sell his 16 ounces Of uncoined
silver, which is really worth in the mar.
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THE IDLE" SOLDIERS.

From the Baltimore American.
("This country has a hundred thousand
soldiers walking around in idleness."-
w. ]. Bryan.9 q
walking around in idleness,
Wherever the flags assailed;
Meeting the foe with an idle might
That never vet has failed.
Lawton, and Liscum, and Logan, too
Capron-the list is long
Went to their death in "%idleness."
And their ~'idleness'' was wrong.
Grant and Sherman and Sheridan
Why should we call the roll?
They idled away in the idle fight
In fights that tried the soul.
walking around in idleness"-
Drawing the leaden hail;
What Of the glow of a nations pride?
Is that but an idle tale?
walking around in ~idleness."
Over the Pekin road;
Scorched and worn by the CALLING sun,
Juggling an idle load.
Fighting with idle energy.
Cheering with idle breath
Thinking, with idle love, of home,
And dying IN idle death.
Private Smith, with an idle groan,
Gone to a home above;
And idle tears mark the idle woe
And the idle mothers love.
walking around in idleness"-
Lawton and Liscum, too;
Legions more will come idly when
There are idle deeds to do.
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CHAPTER yI.-(Continued.)

Cynthia, you are not the loyal Popu-
list that you used to be, I'm sorry to
say. You seem to think that every
thing grand and good comes from Nc
Kinley. You seem to have the impress
sion that he was the hero Of Manila, but
i tell you that mans name is Dewey.
Now, Dewey, nc doubt, is a great man.
I'd just likesto know what his politics
is. I'll bet he's Populist."
well, | suppose that when Schley or
Sampson sink that other feet we'll
have another hero"
Yes, If they ever do, but they haven't
found them yet. They don't seem to
be in any hurry about it, either. They're
drawing big pay, and they're not anx-
ious to find the feet very quick. 1
haven't any faith in them or McKin-
ley, either, but George Dewey is all
right so far as / know"
Political Simon got very impatient,
and spent most of the time fault-fnd-
ing.
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Didn't Keep Mckinley Buttons

Up in Wisconsin the other day a trav-
cling salesman walked into a little news
paper store at GAINESVILLE. While get
ting his paper he. looked around him and
noticed a large number of Bryan buttons
for sale, but no Mckinley buttons.
He asked the s~torekeeper if he did not
keep Mckinley buttons for sale, and
was told
mo, l don't keep 'em, I sell 'em. They
sell as soon as I get EN-. I stocked up
at first with the same number Of both,
but have replenished my stock of Nc
hinley buttons four times now, while
all these Bryan buttons you see here are
the first lot I bought. There are no Bry-
an folks around GAINESVILLE"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-10-18

Ogden H. Fethers, Of
Wis. the new supreme {
the Knights of Pythi
greatly irritated upon rel
ter addressed %. H. Fe
popularity in this respee
ed among his friends by
story of a wag who cnce
him as sold Hem Fethel
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Many thousands of ifs
found dead in the lakes
TO Fergus Falls, Mimi, &
ter Tail lake, from VIII.
named gets its water SUI
the Red river. This is a
ture of the situation. G
has it that severe electr
ances have killed the fish
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q d. ALLEN, Publ

HOPE.

The recent deposition
Kay from the presidei
Waynesburg (Pa.) colleg,
correspondent of the
Ledger reports, to objec
part of the Pennsylvan:
the Cumberland Presbytt
to the favor shown coll,
by DE-. Mckay.
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(To be continued
Measure of coir.

Money is measured by troy weight,
In which twenty-four grains make a
pennyweight, twenty pennyweights
n n and twelve ounces one
pound. The silver dollar weighs 412h
grains. and $1,000, as near as it can be
expressed intelligently in print, weighs
@7l.614 pounds, or a fraction over sew
enty5one and one-half pounds. In avoir-
dupois the same would weigh 5S.92s, or
nearly 6fty-nine pounds.
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A Swiss genius has inv
cloak weighing about
which will hold up a fl
soldier on the surface Q
Successful experiments
recently on the Lake of
cloak is provided with
pockets in which food an
be carried as well as bl
case the wearer is shipwl
night.
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Bryan's Election and FLOCK owners

Bryan's Election and Flock Owners.
Gooding Bros. Of Idaho have seen a
contract for sheep which is typical of
the feeling among Western wool r~aisers.
The contract calls for the payment of
SS5,0O0 for a band of sheep in case Nc
Kinley is elected and $4,000 in case
Bryan is successful. McKinley's cleo
ton represents an immediate difference
OF $4,000 to n flock owner.
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Fifty years ago the Fra
wheel STEAMSHIP plying be
ampton, Hayre and New
aground on the outer
Moriches, L. I. The S
broadside to the beach
sand soon banked up a
high the wagons were d
to remove her cargo. TT
the old landmark, that
SO familiar to pilots and
doomed. A Boston firm
has begun to wreck the !
dynamite to secure the ,
uable copper still aboard
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-10-18

|E--H #.A &EErEE '-HNf.Hh
IAN effort is being ma
London St. James Gazet
a suitable memorial owe
near Temple church, on v
ten, Here lies Oliver Go
is not certain, howeve,
bones of poor Oliver a;
this spot. One who pos
thority on the subject st
body knows where Olive
was buried, and that th
put there accidentally"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-10-18

Montreal is gorging
oysters. The boats have (
Prince Edward island a
their loads piled far abo
They lie at the wharve
Bonsecours market, and
stream of men and boys,
casional woman, climbs
the dyke to feast at frs
25 cents one is allowed to
oysters as he can, and m
known to stay from s
o'clock on an inyestmel
amount. The feaster is
open the oysters himself
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~. Hf #m
It is reported that t
Norwegian cod has been
and, consequently, the
able financially, this Sc;
years, thousands of fl,
having money enough I
fares home from the fl
In consequence of thes
it will necessarily follow
will be a smaller quantity
oil offered than in previ
and the price will also b