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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

Nine out of ten travellers would tell
inquirers that the toughest piece of
water is that cruel stretch in the Eng
fish channel. and nine out of ten trav-
elers would say what was not true. In
reality the "wickedest bit of sea- is
not in the Dover straits; or in yacht
ting, for example, from st. Jean de
LUZ up to Pauillac; or across the
Mediterranean race from Cadiz to
Tangiers. Nor is it in rounding Cape
Horn. where there is what sailors call
a true" sea. The "wickedest sea" is
encountered In rounding the Cape of
Good Hope for the eastern ports of
Cape Colony.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19
SENATOR WOLCOTT ON THE Il
SUES.

Senator Wolcott's speech as temper
airy chairman of the Philadelphia. con-
vention was one of the most luminous
expositions of the issues Of the hour
and statements of Republican doctrine
that has yet been made. The following
is a clear-cut summary of the import
ance of the pending election as its re-
suits may affect our monetary credit
and our national honor. He said:
Never since 1864 when the voters OF
the country were called upon to deter
mine whether the efforts of Abraham
Lincoln to preserve the union should be
continued, or whether they should be
abandoned and other measures at
tempted, have questions so vital been
presented to the American people Tor
settlement. Their decision must deter
mine the maintenance or the degrade
ton of both our national credit and our
national honor. A Democratic presi-
dent could paralyze the operation OF
the new currency law as effectively as
IL 1t were wiped from our statute
books. A Democratic victory would in
fuse new life into the TagG insarrec-
ton, cost us the lives Of thousands Of
our gallant army in the Philippines,
impair or destroy our prestige II not
OUT power In the islands. make us a
byword among the other great nations
of the world, and obliterate our in
fiuence in the settlement OF the vital
questions certain to arise when China
shall be open to foreign commerce"
The danger to the country froD the
triumph of the Bryan party ia quite as
great as it was in 1896 Ia velation to
the monetary issue, and tAs new danger
is added of reversal OF the policy
which the responsibility growing out
of the results Of the Spanish war have
forced upon us. A few prominent Dem
ocrats who wort led and voted against
Bryan in 1886 ave endeavored to saive
their console nces and make an excuse
for voting for him this year, on TINS
ground lat the monetary question II
settled by the recent legislation or con
gress But little reflection Will con
vip &c them of the truth OF Senate
" lolcott's statement that "a Democrat
70 president could paralyze the oper
alton of the new currency law as enect
iyely as IL it were wiped of the statut'
hooks" OF course. Democratic pres
ident of the Grover Cleveland staml
would not do SO; but William j. Bryan
az president, could and would. In fac'
!; he is distinctly pledged to DO so.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19
SALIENT POINTS
TN THE CAMPAIGN
Senator Depew on Bryan as Body snatcher---As
10 the War Taxes Young Men In the Cam
paign--Light on Capt. Allison '--senator VOL
colt on the Issues
AS TO THE WAR TAXES.

The Arkansas Gazette is in state OF
mind on account of the war taxes. IL
complains that the citizen is "fned" by
the government
When he sends a telegram.
When h. draws check.
When he becomes a member OF a
corporation.
When he insures his life or his house.
When he assigns his insurance.
When he makes note to raise
money for the payment OF his other
taxes.
When he buys money order.
Wren he executes lease.
When he sends paid telephone mes
sage.
When an indemnity bond is given.
When a bill of exchange is drawn.
When the citizen executes an instru-
ment necessary in the sale of merchan-
disc on change.
When he ships goods by freight or
express.
When he clears vessel and files a
manifest.
When he buys ticket to go abroad.
When he executes a power of attor-
ney.
When he buys proprietary medi-
cines.
When he chews gum.
When he uses any perfumes or his
wife INDUCES in cosmetics.
When a note Is protested.
When warehouse receipt is given.
When merchandise is entered at a
custom house.
The Rochester Democrat remarks:
Well, there was a blissful time when
this country was LIT paying war taxes.
1t was in 1893 and 1894
When business men were failing.
When banks were suspending.
When manufacturers were closing
their shops.
When the wheels of machinery were
silent.
When factory chimneys were smoke
less.
When wage earners were out OF jobs
When idle men walked the streets in
despair.
When women and children went
ragged and hungry.
When thousands of families accus-
toned to prosperity and too proud tc
beg suffered in silence.
When the cry for bread was heard In
the land.
When free soup houses kept many
people from starvation.
When many enterprises were at a
standstill.
When the grim specter of want was
familiar sight.
This was when the party OF "tarifl
reform" and reduced taxation" was
getting in its deadly work. 1t was
harder for working people to buy Loaf
of bread then than it is to buy roast
of beef now. 1t took longer to earn q
pair Of shoes then than It does 20 carr
a suit OF clothes now. In short, all tht
people are more prosperous and com
Portable in this time of war taxes
than they were in that time OF depres
sion and idleness. Everybody know!
that this is so, and yet the party of ca
lamity is emitting hypocritical groan!
and insincere f1apdoodle in an effort Il
create discomfort and advance it's polit
ical fortunes. We don't think it will
fool many people. because memory /!
not lost human faculty, and exper
ience is faithful teacher.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19
ANOTHER PETTTGFEw LIE Elk
PLODED.

Senator Pettigrew's spectacular state
ment that Charles H. Cramp, head of
the great shipbuilding firm, had con-
tributed 100000 to the Republican
campaign fund in 1892 failed 70 make
much OF d sensation. mainly because
rev believed it, despite the fact that
SsV.grew quoted Cramp himself as az
Nonty. W. e. Curtis, the Washingf on
correspondent, asked Mr.. Granap s.oout
the ma tier. while in Philadelpb' "a re-
Gently. Mr.. Cramp said he ha not de-
MED ihe statement because ne consid-
cred Il too absurd for serious attention
VIII On asked directly whether he had
me de such contribution or told Pet.
u grew he had mnde it he entered ar
Mphatic denial of both propositions
Mf. Curtis, upon further investigation
found that the aggregate contributions
,l0f the city of Philadelphia In 1895 foot
ed up to $400, 900, and he gives Mr.. Pet
, ItiHrew credit for having heard THU
stated but got "his wires crossed" IL
) trying to reproduce 1t. Mr.. Curtis say
r lthat, so far as he had been able to as
ccertain, NJ, Cramps personal contri
4 button was $4,000, much more rea
e sonab, AMOUNT. The most significan
: feature ,rought out by Mr.. Curtis In
e vestigation Is the fact that Senate
e Pettigrew's standing down east Is sue
r that no matter in what way he may dis
v tort facts the men misrepresented d
O not consider his assertions OF enoug
i Importance to justify them in takin
!, the trouble of entering denial.-Siou
+ City Journal.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

The first place at which one of the
census-takers in the District of Column
bia called on the morning of June
was the executive mansion. The presi-
dents secretary was prepared to tell
him Mr.. McKinley's age at his last
birthday, his color, occupation, and
whether he could write and speak
English. The president is one man in
the country whose census questions a
great many other people could answer
for him with reasonable accuracy.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19
SHARPSHOOTING
From Various Kopies,


When Senator Hanna mol
icai contribution, it is a sin. when p1it-
n. Mclean coughs up, it is a yIrms Oll
When you talk about there h.,.
lack OF Republican sympathy ssius
Beers" said the man who was .o' tns
himself with his strawhat. .I'd Iill
know II the name of the candida,ao
vice president isn't a pretty strons .a mf
cession to the prof. oer element y 0Oa'
The Pettigrews and the "o,..
who are protesting against the ITni.s.
States becoming world power wai .sa
till the horse was stolen before INV
locked the barn door. We have be sns
world power ever since Nav / 1909 1s,a
date OF that little affair at Manila S Srs
you know. 'ah
The mayor Of Quesmados. Cuha -
| Gently complained TO General Wood :,
the closing OF certain saloons thera ~
General Lee. who had acted in tho -
terest of sanitation, following the prec.
edent created last year by Generss
Wood at Santiago. In his reply to tb -
complaint, General Wood said that ~
places closed were those whose nro
prietors had specially catered to tSa
United States troops. and that he fullv
Endorsed General Lees course.
The New York Mail and Express en-,
gests discriminating the proposed PrS,
an method OF making up any deficiency
OF real money, actual or imagined 4,
the issue Of any required number q
millions in fiat money-the threatens,
deficiency In the wheat crop Of IN
present year shall be made good by IN
creation of say 100, co. 900 bushels Of ia
wheat. Congress could turn out thi
style OF wheat as readily as ii coul
turn out the fat money SO dear to Dem
ocratic imaginations; and it would co.
no labor in raising il. nothing for eli
vator charges and nothing for freigh
Senator Tillman is certainly mil
representative Of the South He stant
for nothing Southern we know Of H
hatred of the negroes is abnormal; h
opposition to capital is a deterrel
force; his mania on the liquor questit
has made war of peace in his own stat
and now he deliberately maligns b
South by saying in the Senate that
per cent Of our people regret that Il
Union was not divided at the time
the war between the states. That is
display of ignorance on Tillman's pa
or of impudence and self-advertisin
We do not know which.-Mobile Reg
ter (Dem.)
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19


When an American goes around the
world, what happens to him when he
reaches the capital of Japan? He rides
on an electric railway made by Ameri-
can mechanics. When he reaches the
territory Of China he rides under an
electric light invented by Mr.. Edison
and put up by American artisans.
When he goes over the great railway
across Siberia, from China to st. Pc
tersburg, he rides on American rails,
in cars drawn by American locomo-
tives. When he goes to Germany he
finds our iron and steel climbing over
$3.50 tariff and thereby soaring the
kaiser most out Of bis wits. Uaugn-
ter.l When he. reaches the great ex-
position at Paris he finds the French
winemaker saying that american wine
cannot be admitted there for the pur-
pose of Judgment. When he goes to
old London he gets for breakfast Cali
fornia fruit; he gets for lunch biscuit
and bread made of western -four, and
he gets for dinner roast beef of old
England" taken from the plains Of
Montana Qaughter); his feet rest on
a carpet marked Administer" made &C
YonkSrs, N. Y. (Renewed lauSn9erl
What is the tendency OF the flhrYeb
Why this war In South Afrieaa WHY
this hammering at the gates of Pc
king? Why this marching of troops
from Asia to Africa? Why these pa
rades of people from other empires
and other lands? 1t is because the sur
plus productions of the civilized coua-
tries OF modern times are greater than
civilization can consume. It is be-
cause this overproduction goes back tc
stagnation and to poverty.
BY the providence Of God. by I.
craftsmanship of William McKin'
and by the valor of Roosevelt and =
associates (applause) we have IN
market In Cuba, we have our o.
IN Puerto Rico. we have our ma Elk
Hawaii, we have our market rxet
Philippines, and we stand In 10 u
ence of 100000, 900 of people ne pre-
Pacific as an American lax with 9
American artesian produc z, ana I
and cheaper goods than ing oett
In the world and, my FIR any count
to American labor and tends, we
can farm and say that, 10 the Anne
for another four years, with Mckinl
gestion for America. there Is no CO
proceed. let product Let inventi
bring for ON go on. let {
let the factories dc In their treasur
Dor be employed p their best, let
because the WORLD t the highest was
conquered 1t by IL ours, and we ha
and by Republi Republican princip
principles OF A can persistency In
America for mcrican industry and
Americans. tApplaus
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

Reports just received from the
White House Harrison expedition TO
Abyssinia, which safely returned to
Mombasa, on the east coast Of Africa,
on June 10, shows that the explorers
found the districts around Lake Ru-
dolph and Stephanie deserted, and that
the inhabitants had either died or left
the country. 1t is added that the
kraals were discovered to be full Of
skeletons.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19
YOUNG MEN IN THE CAMPAIGN.

Writing about young men in the COM
ing presidential campaign, James f.
Watson, member of Congress from In
diana, in Success, says:
Who, then, are young men? They
are those who eagerly face the future;
who heroically confront new conditions
and meet new problems; who have an
Astounding faith in the future of hui
mainly; those who are not content to
live in the past, but whose minds and
hearts are open to new ideas and new
convictions. All such are young, re-
gardless of years. What are the main
points of distinction between the debil-
ity of age and the viriiity of youth?
Courage, self-reliance, and an unwav-
ering faith in destiny, or in the pro-
cesses Of evolution, or, better yet, IN
God.
Men constantly limit themselves py
their thoughts. The man who, IN the
Presence of any task, folds his arms
and lazily asserts Il can't renaers
himself helpless by that thought. All
the inventions OF history, which nave
transformed nations and made possipie
the glory of our age, first existed In tns
mind before they were outwardly eH
| pressed in the material. Therelore'
large ideas are necessary-grand con-
ceptions of duty and destiny and glols
"A nation limits itself by It's ideIS'
and SO, if we would accomplish muc y,
we must maintain lofty conceptions y.
our possibilities and powers. | have W :.
patience with the American wno "a.
without faith in his country, in us ca "a,
liabilities, in it's potentialities, IN i,s
destiny, and constantly doubts It's am th.
ity TO take it's proper place among tn'
nations of the earth. / have no s 20
thence with that man who, like the nrS
fly. carries his headlight on PENN -,
and must, therefore, back into 1 1ne ~ |;
ture in order to see his way. Ihi ~ .
pessimism run mad-pessimism , ror
stagnates and will ultimately ues.'v "
These mighty tasks are before US rS
must perform them, and we can. In ~,
Young men of the republic say we ,b
and will. and that statement clears III
way of half its rubbish
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

Scientists are much perplexed over
the finding OF a curious chain in the
ruins of house at Pompeii, and none
OF the wise men has as yet been able to
give any idea as to the uses of the
article. Further research may show
that the Roman matrons were accus-
toned to chain their husbands to the
wall when the Gracchian League of Ad-
vanced Femininity held its weekly
meetings.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19
HANNA EATING BREAD AND MILK

At 2 o'clock saw Mr.. Hanna at
lunch at the Walton. He was eating
bread and milk.-Extract from conven-
tion letter in an esteemed local con-
temporary.
when / saw him he was eating
In a manner full of grace;
with a spoon he waved a greeting,
Calmly filing up his face.
Thus his stomach he was cloying
In a style as fine as silk,
While stood. half dazed, enjoying
Hanna
eating
bread and milk.
There was bread upon platter,
There was milk within the bowl;
with the mixture of the latter
Marcus braced his mighty soul.
Firm of purpose, never toying
Not a spoonful did he blk;
While watched--each sense employ
ing
Hanna
| eating
bread and milk.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

General Leonard Wood, military gov
ernor Of Cuba, says that only one case
Of embezzlement has been discovered
among the 10000 American soldiers
sent to Cuba. The amount stolen was
$3.50, and the guilty party is serving
three years sentence. The papers en-
gagged in slandering American honesty
will ignore this official statement.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

A special service for the detection Of
gambling has been organized by the
police of Vienna, Austria. The police
seek for offenders not only in cafes,
but also in clubs and private apart
ments.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

Detroit Journal: The Chinese T ST.
m have some fight in them. me-
forts guns face outward. Tney as o,t.
least not cowardly where they vu -
number the allied forces a hunof
one. Somehow they shoot stralsn ~.
than was expected. The name Oh
RoYers IS legion. What the govern
ment Is doing, what it will do Is pa
found secret. Pekin mas pecom vsars
denly as remote as when, 1or.y Cttna
ago. England declared war on he
for seizing and destroying OPIUM and
longing to British merchants, g as
claimed the island OF Hong NUS leak
the penalty for the attempt u
up their immoral trade.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

Colonel Bryan has been a
body-snatcher. (Laughter.)
He has got the corpse out
from under the monument.
but it is dead. He has got it
In his coffin, saying: II must,
I must; / am welded to this
body of sin and death.
(Laughter.) / must. ! must,
because / have a time ticket
which expires In November"
(Laughter.)
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

Owing to the stubborn resistance OF
the Sultan the cities of the west coast
of Morocco are still without tele-
graphic connection.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

A war balloon. such as Is used at
the present operations, can be infia.ed
and fioated in not more than evenly
minutes.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

Mean height of the loftiest lo. nho,,t
cloud, the cirrus. is found TO DC . a
80 900 feet, though 1t has son sortv-
been observed at an elevation Oh ,
nine thousand feet-neariy nine ainnds
The mean attitudes of cumuius o 80 the
;s about q 600 feat: but the top OIL .nT
cumulo-nimbus, or thunder oan ,set
cloud, is rarely more than Z.svV Men men
while these often sink To 600 Zee; N,ant
the enswathe hills of no great n.'
sometimes leaving their tops o'S
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19
Hanna

Pettigrew will now have time for re-
lection, IL he can reflect.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

To meet the great demand for new
guns the royal gun factory OF WOOL
witch, England, Is being enlarged.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19

When Senator Hanna makes Mia.
ical contribution. it is a sin. wbsn p0ilt-
r. Mclean coughs up, il is } ' VEN. John
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1900-07-19
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oFFrCIALLY

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senator Lod
the Com
Kinley Il
ON the !
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-04-05
New Hotel Assured.

Architects are at work on the
plans and specifications for Cham
leys new hotel, to be erected on che
lots corner High and Iowa streets,
at west end city hail square. Parties
who have seen parts of the plans are
enthusiastic in praise, and declare
that the structure will be the finest
OF its class in southwestern Wiscon-
SIN. 1t will be IA model hotel in all
respects, with heating. lighting and
furnishing of the most improved up
to-date kind. Mr.. Chamley is chary
about stating probable cost, but
Others who claim to know something
about it say the building completed
Will represent $4,000 to $4,000.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-04-05
Died at Hartford, Conn.

a dispatch received here Wednes-
day of last week announced the
death, at Hartford, Conn, of Mrs.
Mary Pierce, wife of Leslie Pierce.
formerly of this city. Deceased was
born in Mineral Point, Sept. II, 1852.
On August "a, 1875 she became the
wife of Mr.. Leslie Pierce, also n
native of this city. Immediately
after marriage they moved to the
east, but returned and resided here
for a short time later. Several a
ago they located at Hartford. and
that has been the family home since.
where the husband and one daugh-
ter, aged p, survive her. and where
the remains We're buried March 30,
1900. She was the youngest sister of
Mrs. John Nancolas. Mrs. j.. b. Pri-
deauX and c. II. T%errill, of this city.
and of Mrs. John Phillips, of Ne
braska.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-04-05
Result of Local Elections.
April 10 and II.

There were many surprises in the
ballots in this city, the greatest being
the abnormal democratic majority in
the Third ward. This is accounted for
by the recent influx of new votes in
that precinct. Had that vote been as
usual Mayor Spepsley would have
won out, and the showing for repub
Leans generally as good as ordinary.
The democratic majority in that ward
has seldom exceeded %, whereas this
year it is 90. Following is the result
by wards.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-04-05
Caught a Dreadful Cold.

Marion Kooke. manager for 4. NJ.
Thompson, a large importer Of fine
miii!uery, at 1863 Milwaukee Avenue.
Chicago, says: DuriDdthe late Sc
YER weather ! caught a dreadful
cold which kept me awake at night
and made me unfit to attend my
work during tho day. One of my
milliners was taking Chamberiain's
Cough Remedy for a severe cold OF
that time, which seemed 10 relieve
her 80 quickly that ! bought some
for myself. 1t acted like magic and
! began to improve at once. | am
now entirely well and feel very
pleased TO acknowledge it, merits.
For sale at Yivian's Pharmacy.