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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08
PARLIAMENT MEETS.
The Gathering Marked by a Conspicu-
GUS Absence OF Public Excite-
ment-The Queens Speech.

London, Jan. 31.-The seventh ses-
sion of the fourteenth parliament of
Queen Victoria opened at two p. M.
after the customary formalities. There
was a conspicuous absence Of public ex-
scitement.
The speaker, William Court Gully.
arrived at the house of commons at
1853 p. m. There was a large attend
ance Of members. The gentleman ush-
err Of the black rod. Gen. Sir M. S.. Bid
dulph. summoned the to the
house of lords. at 2:05 p. M, where the
lord high chancellor. Earl Halsbury,
read the queens speech.
my Lords and Gentlemen: The peace
which had recently been broken in South
Africa when I last addressed YOU has, un-
happily, not been restored, but otherwise
my relations with other states are
friendly" tlg pre- |5a
The patriotic response on part of col
onists is then referred to and the heroism
of the soldiers is commended. Deep grief
is expressed at loss of so many valuable
lives. and heartfelt qualification at the
patriotic eagerness and spontaneous loyal
ty with which her subjects have responded
to the common defense of their imperial
interests. The queen says she expects they
will bring the struggle to a victorious con-
clusion.
She refers to the signing of the Samoan
treaty by Germany and the United States.
The famine in India is also referred to.
also the plague. : grTs g
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08
A WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings Of a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South.
IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
TIE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
F1FrY-s1xrH CoNGREss.

On tho 27th the United States senate
resolution setting apart 100000 of the
appropriation made for the support of
the regular and volunteer army for
the current year for the construction
of a military hospital at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kan, was introduced. Eulogies
were delivered upon the late Samuel
T. Baird, a representative from Louisi-
ana. - ~
The United States senate passed 20
pension bills on the 29th and decided
not to reconsider the vote by which the
Samoan treaty was ratified. In a
speech Senator Mason Gill; condemned
an alleged interview in which the Brit
ish consul at New Orleans called him a
"montebank." Senator Tillman de-
nounced the administrations Philip
pine policy. In the house a bill was
introduced to withdraw the military
forces from Cuba on July 4 next. A bill
was passed to appropriate $4,000 for a
military hospital at Fort Leavenworth,
Kan.
A bill was passed in the United
States senate On the 3Oth granting
pensions of $50 per month to the moth
er of Lieut.. Brumby, of the navy, and
the widow of Brig. Gen. C. E. Augur.
Senator Bacon (Ga.) argued in favor
of self-government for the Filipinos.
w. V. Sullivan, senator from Missis-
sippi, was sworn in. In the house a
bill authorizing the acceptance of site
for a military post near Des Moines,
Ia, was passed. Committee decided to
report no river and harbor bill this
session,
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Gen. Kobbe defeated 600 Filipinos in
the Province of Albay and occupied
the towns of %Sorsogon, Donsol and
Bulan.
Off the coast of Balboa the French
steamer Vale foundered, and 10 of the
crew were drowned.
In London there is a very general be-
lief that the British forces in South At
RIGA will be concentrated for an invasion
of the Orange Free State. Ladysmith
may be abandoned, the relief of Gen.
White and his army of 5000 being con-
sidered quite hopeless. The list of Of
icers killed, wounded and missing,
given out by the war office, is a formid-
able one. and shows the British ranks
have suffered terribly.
There is little news of operations in
South Africa, but it is believed Lord
Roberts is planning an invasion of the
the Orange Free State. The orders for
the mobilization of the British fleet and
the seeming inclination to delay the
sending of troops to the Cape cen to
indicate fear on the part of the British
ministry that trouble may break out
nearer home.
While operating near Subig a scout
ing party of the Twenty-fifth infantry
was ambushed by Filipinos and a lieu
tenant and three privates were killed
and two or three privates wounded.
In London the seventh session of the
fourteenth parliament of Queen Vic
toria opened, and in her speech the
queen declared that the war in South
Africa would be continued until the en-
pire wins. The ministry was sharply
criticised by leaders of the opposition,
and the Irish factions agreed to work in
harmony.
Frances cabinet asks for S1s0, OOO, OOO
for a navy and coast d%efenses, adding in
all 179 vessels to the fleet.
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THE EAST.

In the United States there were 231
business failures in the seven days
ended IN the Goth, against 242 the
week previous and 224 in the CORE
spending period of 1899.
In command at New York of the
department. of the east Maj. Gen.
Brooke will succeed Maj. Gen. Merritt.
In New York Kate Claxton, the
actress, filed a petition in bankruptcy
with liabilities of $1O,739, and no
assets.
By the burning of their fraternity
lodge at Ithaca, N. Y, eight Cornell
students were badly hurt.
In a steel mill in Pittsburgh, Pa, boil
ers exploded, killing one man and injur-
ing nine other persons.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain IN the goth was: Wheat,
5~5,597,oOO bushels; corn, 1886, 900
bushels; oats, 5~,332,0oO bushels; rye,
1853, 900 bushels; barley. 1,76O, 900 bush
els.
A baseball organization has been
launched and christened the American
association.
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AN AWFUL DEED.
Insnn Iowa Farmer Deliberately AL
lows His Little Baby to
@ Freexe.

Ottumwa, Ia. Jan. 81 Charles
Spencer, a farmer living six miles
north of Lovilia, deliberately held his
infant child, robbed of its clothing, out
in the piercing cold Monday until it
was frozen stiff. His wife stood calmly
by and watched the deed. The afro
cious crime is ascribed to a fit OF in.
sanity caused by a religious fever which
had stricken the twain. When neigh
bors, who learned of the awful deed
after a terrific battle. captured Spencer
and his wife, they claimed they had
been warned by God that they must
make a sacrifice, and they chose this
one. Spencer was taken to the asylum
at Mount Pleasant, and his wife will
also be ~incarcerated. The affair has
caused a cessation of the revival meet
ings.
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MINOR. NEWS ITEMS.

French railroads have ordered 80 To-
comotives from Philadelphia.
A Leipsic newspaper warns German
manufacturers may crowd them out
of Russia.
Congressman Caldwell favors a canal
across the United States connecting the
Atlantic and Pacific.
A French court sent a man to prison
for three months for insulting Queen
Victoria in a pamphlet.
Gov. Roosevelt asked the New York
legislature to spend $50, oOO, 900 in i'm
proving the Erie canal.
DR.. Writ johnson, famous southern
physician and surgeon. died at jack
son., Miss, of pneumonia.
The queen of Italy has a handkerchief
valued at $50, 1000. 1t took several wom-
en- more than 20 years to make it.
Capt. Charles Loeffler has been door
keeper at the entrance of the executive
chamber in Washington for over 80
years.
The oldest consul of the United States
in continuous service is Horatio j.
Sprague, who became consul at Glib
raltar in 1S4S.
The persons engaged in raising funds
to buy a home in Washington for Rear
Admiral Schley have made another APP
peal for money.
A New York evangelist declares
churches should serve drinks, hold box
ing matches, or do anything else to
draw the people.
An autograph letter of the late Vice
President Hobart sold in London the
other day for a trife over six. dollars.
American money.
The term of the present governor of
Alaska ends in June, of Arizona in
July, of Oklahoma in May, and of New
Mexico in June, 1901.
With the prospective retirement of
Mr.. Vest from political life at the end
OF his term the last of the confederate
senator's will have gone.
%England's postmaster general, the
duke of Norfolk, has borne his title for
30 years, longer than any other duke
outside the royal family.
The queen of Greece. is the only wom-
an admiral in the world. She was APP
pointed to that position in the Rus
sian fleet by Gar Alexander III.
A post mortem examination revealed
that Miss Ella Gates, who died at her
home, near Ontario, N. Y, had two per-
fectly developed hearts.
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LATER NEWS.

Senator Pettigrew Is. d. was brand
ed as a traitor in the United States SEN
ate on the 3lst ult. by some of his cor
leagues in connection with his persist
ent efforts to obtain recognition for
Aguinaldo and the Filipino insurgents.
The committee on Porto Rico voted to
allow the island a delegate in congress.
In the house Mr.. Tayler CO., introduced
a resolution declaring the American in
tention to hold the Philippines. Mr..
Gardner IN. ~ introduced a bill APP
propriating 1900, 900 to buy the Dan
ish West Indies. Mr.. Williams (Miss.)
defended the action of certain southern
states in DISTINGUISHING the negroes.
To wipe out the plague in Honolulu
10 acres of buildings were burned in
the section known as Chinatown.
The new ensus gives Cuba's popula-
ton as 1,572,s4o, which is $4,000 less
than in 1897. Porto Rica has 957,679, a
gain of 10000 since 1897.
Maj. Davis reports that yellow fever
has been completely stamped out of
Havana.
The list of British casualties in Gen.
Buffers movements above the Tugela
river seems to grow. So far as known
40 per cent. of the entire force fell in
the engagement at Spion kop. The
Boer losses were SO killed and 12O
wounded. 1t is reported that Gen. Butler
will again attempt to relieve Lady
smith.
When Mrs. Lawton arrived il San
Francisco she received the first news
that friends of her husband had raised
a subscription of $4,000 for her and
she was overcome with gratitude.
The attempt to settle the boundary
between German and Belgian territory
in Africa has failed.
The body of a mar about IS years old
was found in the express office in Sioux
City, Ia, in a box marked Books" sup
posed to have been shipped from Balti.
more.
Admiral Dewey asked the house pen.
sion committee to grant pensions to
his officers widows.
Gov. Taylor declared a state of insur-
rection in Kentucky and adjourned the
legislature to meet at London on Feb
ruary 6. Troops prevented the legisla.
ture from meeting at the capitol in de.
fance of the governors proclamation,
The democratic members met at a no.
tel and declared Goebel and Beckham
elected; the chief justice of the court
of appeals swore them in and Goebel or.
dered the troops to dispense. Two rival
state governments are likely. Goebel's
doctors think he will recover.
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cepClOu, ue1lUuuceu Cue SuOOluS III Cue
most unmeasured terms. Gov. Taylor
Immediately caused a small address to
be published in which he declared the
affair to be a disgrace, and an outrage,
and calling for the most sober con-
domination. He sent orders at once to
Adjt. Gen. Collier directing him to take
steps for the preservation of order.
Gen. Collier is a republican and is OPP
posed to Nh. Goebel. He declared the
shooting to be a most cowardly affair,
and one that upon every consideration
was to be regretted.
Excitement Mt Frankfort.
Gov. Taylor Wednesday morning is
sued a proclamation declaring that a
state of insurrection existed in Ken
lucky, and particularly in the city
of Frankfort, and because of this he
adjourned the legislature to meet, at
London, Laurel county, on February 6.
Goebel Sworn In.
William Goebel and j. C. W. Beckham
were shortly before nine o'clock
Wednesday night sworn in as governor
and lieutenant governor of Kentucky
respectively. The oath was admins
tered to both men by Chief Justice
Hazlerigg. This is the latest. action of
the democrats and the plan was set. on
foot as soon as the report of the con-
testing boards, which for two weeks
had been listening to the evidence in
Goebel's contest for the governors
chair and which declared him entitled
to the seat, was heard.
Orders Military to Dispense.
Mr.. Goebel, as DOL as he was as
sured that he was legally governor of
Kentucky. took prompt action regard
ing the military arm of the service.
Two orders were quickly prepared for
his signature, the first of which dis
charged Adjt. Gen. Daniel Collier from
office, and appointed Gen. John B. Cas-
tleman, of Louisville, as his successor.
May Refuse to Obey.
There is a possibility of trouble in
this matter of control OF the state
troops. The regiments of the guard
have lately been ~reorganizcd. and are
for the most part made up of repub-
licans and the personal followers of
Taylor. 1t is.not certain hat they will
at once obey the orders issued by Gov.
Goebel. and any attempt to force them
to do so will almost certainly result in
trouble.
1t was announced by members of the
militia that of the soldiers now under
arms here, about 300 would obey the
orders of Gov. Goebel. 1t is not expect
ed that they will attack their comrades,
but they will refuse to obey the orders
of Gov. Taylor and take their chances
of a court-martial.
Taylor to Seek nn Injunction.
At a conference in the executive build
ing at II o'clock Wednesday night Gov.
Taylor, ex-Gov. Bradley and Attorneys
Yost and Sweeney determined to seek
an injunction to-day in the United
States circuit court against Goebel and
his followers. The plea for injunction
will be filed before Judge Taft, of Gin
c%innati. or Judge Evans, of Louisville,
both. of whom have jurisdiction in this
district.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08

The Photograph" about which you
hear so much mention in the war news
from South Africa, is an instrument
used in signaling with flashes of sun
light. 1t consists of a mirror mounted
on a telescope in such a manner that
by directing the telescope to a distant
station q beam of sunlight may be
flashed upon the station. These flashes
are read, either by the Morse telegraph
code, or by cipher codes, and experts
can send messages to great distances
very rapidly. The operation of the in
strument depends upon the shining
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08
WEST AND SOUTH.

Sam and Rob Curry, bandits, were
killed by officers near Casper, Wyo.
To elect a United States senator the
California legislature met in special
session. n8
At the age of 1o5 years Grace Dixon
(colored) died at her residence in Chi
cago.
Gov. Woods visit to Santiago anne to
an end with q reception. and a ball
given in his honor in Santiago de Cuba.
The Iowa supreme court rendered a
decision which questions the right of
nearly every saloon in the state to op-
crate.
Judge Kohlsaat in the United States
circuit court declared the Illinois anti
trust law of 1893 unconstitutional.
The Kansas republicans will hold
their state convention in Topeka May
16.
Senator William Goebel, contestant
for the office of governor of Kentucky,
was shot while approaching the capitol
by an unknown assailant, who fired
from the third story window of the
statehouse. Harland Whitaker, a
farmer, was arrested on suspicion and
taken to Louisville to avoid trouble.
Gov. Taylor called out the troops to
guard the statehouse. The contest COM
mittee of the Legislature voted to seat
Goebel and Markham, the democratic
candidate for lieutenant governor.
Flames destroyed the business por-
ton of Winfield, Kan, a town of 5000
inhabitants.
With the bodies of Maj. Gen. Henry
W. Lawton, Maj. Gen. John A. Logan,
Jr., Lieut.. Bennett and DR.. J.. L. Arm
strong, the transport Thames arrived
in San Francisco. Among the passen-
gers were Mrs. Lawton and her four
children, who were in the Philippines
when Gen. Lawton was killed.
Fire nearly wiped out the village of
Marseilles, o.
W. W. Beard, town marshal, had two
negroes whipped to death near Triton,
Ca, for stealing IN overcoat.
Lydia Cox, of Kokomo, Ind, declared
the Lord had commanded her to fast
for the sins of the world and starved to
death.
The bursting of a supply pipe at the
cotton compress in Marion, Ala, fatal
ly scalded six negroes.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Spencer, resid-
ing near Lovilia, Ia, crazed by religion,
sacrificed their infant child by freez-
ing it 10 death.
Fire nearly wiped the village of Nor
ristown, Mimi, out of existence.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08
MAY CAUSE STRIKE.
Miners and Operators Fail to Reach
an Agreement-May Call Out
10000 Men. 4,

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 1T is not at
all improbable that the coal industry
in the states of Indiana, Ohio, Illinois
and Pennsylvania, known as the COM
petitive field, will be shut and the70,OOo
miners in the district called out on a
general strike within the next 4S hours.
This condition is brought about by in
ability to reach an agreement in the
joint scale committee. That body
closed it's deliberations Wednesday
without an agreement and a strike of
gigantic proportions is the probable re-
c1,1f ' ".
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08
Famous Racer Dead,

Lexington, KY, Jan. 29.-Imp. Can.
dlemas. the famous racehorse owned
by j. B. Haggin, died Sunday from
vertigo. He was by Hermit, dam
Fusee by Maiysan, and was a full
brother of st. Blaize, who won the
English Derby in 1883, and sold at tina,
time for 100000. He was II years d
age, and sired some most useful horses
on the turf.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08

John D. Blanchard, convicted of rob-
berry, was arranged for sentence in the
court of Judge Foster in New York
city. Blanchard had told his friends
that he would hypnotic the judge and
force him to give him a sentence of
but a month or two. Blanchard looked
Judge Foster in the eye with great
severity when the judge was about to
pronounce sentence. but the judge
looked back just as severely, and when
he opened his mouth he said: Twelve
years in Sing Sing" Blanchard will
now have some spare time in which to
practice up in hypnotism.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08
Heavy Loss by Fire,

Faribault. Mimi, Jan. 31.-The little
village of Morristown, ten miles west,
was nearly wiped out of existence By
fire Monday night. Twenty-three
business firms were burned out and
2A blocks are in ashes. There was a
high wind and the mercury was Is be.
low. The only means of fighting the
fire was by a bucket brigade. The to.
tai loss is figured at $4,000, with less
than half that much insurance,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08
Death of an Aged Minister.

Peoria, ILL.,, Jan. 29.-Rev. Richard
Haney. the Oldest active Methodist
minister in the world. whose name is
a,hcusehold word in every Methodist
home in Illinois, died suddenly early
Saturday morning at Altoona. aged
SIS years. He will be buried in Peoria
Tuesday, after funeral services at Al
toona and Monmouth. DR.. Haney for
rs years held the position of presiding
elder Of this district and his voice has
always been prominent in the councils
of the church. :
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08

Lieut.. Ward Cheney, of Connecticut,
who died of wounds received in a skir-
mish in the Philippines, was a gradu-
ate of Yale college in the class of 1896,
and was on the staff of the Hartford
Courant when he enlisted, in 1898.
When he left he remarked laughingly
to his associates that he supposed he
ought to write his own obituary before
he should go away. The suggestion
was taken seriously, and at the request
of one of the editors he wrote a para
graph covering his life, which has just
been published.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08
Americans Ambushed.

Manila, Jan. 31.-A scouting party
OF the Twenty-fifth infantry, while
operating near Subig, was ambushed
by insurgents and a lieutenant and
three privates were killed and two or
three privates wounded. A company
some distance in the real on hearing
the firing hurried to the scene and re-
covered the bodies. The local papers
assert. although the statement is not
confirmed. that the insurgents lost 40
in killed and wounded.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08
Better
Than Ever
To Omaha
And Kansas City.

III old established and well travelled lin Q IA
most modern equipment; vestibuled trains, gas
lighted, steam heated, with the best Pullman
Sleepers on night trains, and Observation Par
1or Cars with Cafe Service on day trains. In
fact all the little things that go to make travel
comfortable are found on trains Of the North-
Western Line from Minneapolis and st. Paul,
either to Sioux City and Omaha or to Chicago.
By the Northwestern Line time and distance
Is also shortened to Deadwood and the Black
Hills co untry.
For Time Table folders, giving information
in detail or for descriptive circulars, address
7: W. TEASDALE, Gen'l Passenger Agent,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08
"A Pluckx Youur. Indy.

Stevens Point, Wis, Feb. AT one
o'clock Wednesday morning with the
thermometer 20 degrees below zero,
Miss Amelia Stewart ran a block in her
nightgown and barefooted to give the
alarm for a fire in the Masonic block.
The building, which was occupied by
Max Newdld's department store, the
Boston Furniture and Undertaking
company, a number of Offices and
lodges, was completely destroyed. The
loss exceeds SAC, 900; insurance. S26 $50.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08
FROM WASHINGTON.

The president intends, it is said, soon
to issue a proclamation extending am
nesty to the insurgents in the Philip
pines and denouncing as outlaws and
bandits all who do not avail themselves
of its terms.
President McKinley's fifty-seventh
birthday was appropriately observedin
Washington.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08

John Ruskin, who was buried in Con-
iston churchyard, London, once ex-
pressed the wish that if during his fire.
quent excursions in the Alps he should
ever slip into a glacial crack and be
killed, he should be left there with
naught but the covering of ice and snow
over him. His remains would have rest
ed in Westminster Abbey but for the
fact that in his will he asked to be
buried in the churchYard.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-02-08
Iowa Saloons Close.

Des Moines, Ia. Jan. 31.-AlI saloons
in Polk county, about IS. closed Oh
account of the decision of the Iowa SUI.
preme court. knocking out the consen
petition filed in 1894. The board of su,
peryisors met to canvass a new petition
but granted the Anti-Saloon league ter
mor@ days to investigate alleged for
geries. In the meantime the saloons
will continue colsed.
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Two Safe Blowers Killed.

Quincy. ILL.,. Jan. 2o.-Quincy police
officers killed two expert safe blowers.
supposed to be from Chicago. and
wounded another badly. The tragedy
included a running fight through a
hotel. in which the armed burglars
were pursued by the officers. The
men are believed to be the same as re-
Gently operated in Galesburg. Free
port and other Illinois cities. making
specially of cracking safes in building
and loan association offices.
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Chinese Emperor Dead.

Moscow, Jan. 29.-The Chinese lega.
ton at St. Petersburg has received by
cable official notice that Emperor
Kuang-Hsu is dead and that his body
is now lying in state. The ceremonial
of the state funeral is fixed for Thurs
day and the new heir to the throne
will be proclaimed emperor at Picking
February s under the name Chick
Manga. It is still strongly rumored,
according to dispatches received from
various Chinese cities. that Emperor
Kuang-Hsu. having been compelled to
abdicate, committed suicide.