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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
A T BLAST.
Twenty-Five Tons of Powder Ex-
plode ear Eagle River. Mich.
Two Men Blown to Atoms.

Lake Linden, Mich, Jan. 4.-Tues-
day night buildings in this city were
shaken, as a result of an explosion of
90 tons of powder, which occurred
nearly 20 miles distant, near Eagle
River. Wednesday it was learned that
two sleigh loads of black powder, each
containing II tons, had been in some
unknown n exploded. Two
men. Joseph St. Louis and Joseph
Pammerston, and four horses were
blown to atoms. The powder was
valued at $4,000, the horses $500. The
powder was the property Of Richard
Blight, proprietor of a fuse factory
in Eagle River.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Church Burned.

s~tromsberg, Neb., Jan. Eden
Baptist church, which was dedicated
only a year ago, was totally destroyed
by fire early Sunday morning and two
people seriously injured. The fire
vas caused by IN explosion of acety-
lene gas, with which the church was
lighted. New Years watch meetings
were being held and a large number
OF people were present, but most of
them had just left the building when
the explosion occurred. The building
was badly wrecked and what was not
destroyed by the explosion was con-
sumed by fire. Mrs. J. L. johnson and
her daughter Pearl were seriously in
iured.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Work of the Mint.

Philadelphia, Jan. AIT the United
States mint in this city, 1872, 100, 1928
coins were made during the year 1899,
representing a value of little more than
SOS, oO0, 1000. In addition to the coinage
for this country, work was done for
Costa Rica and San Domingo. The total
number of gold coins executed for the
United States was 1860, 76s, valued at
S54,632,75o The silver pieces coined
numbered 3s,o75,3s4, representing a
value of Ss,214,565. The coins of the
baser metals, nickel and copper, were
issued in abundance. Five-cent pieces
to the value of $1,301,451.55-26,O 29 OBJ
pieces-and $3.50, 000.31 worth of cents
-53,6Oo,O3 OBJ pieces-were minted.
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1t is intimated that the

1t is intimated that the census of
Cuba will show a larger population n
the island than was expected. Esti-
mates from careful authorities on the
ground put the number of inhabitants
at about 1900 900, which is 100000
than has been commonly sup
posed. Another fact which will cause
general surprise is that the proportion
of negroes in the island is found to be
much smaller than has been imagined.
The ratio, it is now believed, will be
found much below that in Mississippi,
South Carolina and louisiana. We
have already enough.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The Puritan was driven ashore at
Cabot Island, N. F., and eight of the
s%chooner's crew of nine were lost.
At Colesburg Gen. French, with
1000 men, surprised the Beers and
forced them to abandon the town and
retreat. A reconnoitering party of
British. meeting the Beers at Dord-
recht, were forced to retire after six
hours battle with slight losses. Gen.
Kitchener says it will take a year and
100000 men to conquer the Beers.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Fatal Boiler ExpIosion

Lancaster, Pa. Jan. -Four men
were killed and several others injured
by a boiler explosion one mile west of
Elizabethtown. They were employees
of Keller and Kresson, railroad con
tractors. The dead are: Donald
Haldeman, of Bainbridge; Wit Sher-
balm, of West Donegal; Burt Harris,
g negro; an italian, known as Tony.
The latter was hurled $50 feet.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
At a dinner in New York some one

At a dinner in New York some one
jokingly commented on prohibition in
Maine. Ex-Speaker Reed, whose turn
came later, defended his old home
against the mistaken view of the re-
suit of prohibition there" He said it
had resulted in Maine men losing all
taste forliquor. This was metwith bowls
OF derision and sarcastic laughter, but
MI. Reed never cracked a smile. He
said the popular mistake was due to
the fact that whenever a New Yorker
went to Maine the hospitable people
OF that state broke the rule and gave
him drink only to save his life.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Country Bank Rohbcd.

Tolono, ILL.,, Jan. 1.-The Bank of To-
lono, a private institution, of which r.
A. Bower is president and S. M. Bower
cashier, was entered by burglars at an
early hour Saturday morning and $4,-
500 in cash taken from the safe. Besides
this about $500 in stamps and postal
funds were taken from a deposit box
which Postmaster Campbell had placed
in the bank for safe keeping. The safe
was ruined.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

Chicago, Jan. 3.-Dr. Harper an
nounced at the University of Chicago
convocation that only $315,3o3 was
needed to complete the 81, 900, 900 nee
essary to secur a like amount from
John D. Rockefeller. In 1889 $3.50, 900
was raised. He is confident the bal
ance car be secured by April i. Mrs.
Annie Hitchcock gave 5000 900 and
Leon Mandel $50, 900.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

Residents of West Hartford, Conn.,,
have organized the Noah Webster Me-
mortal association, the object of which
is to erect a library building in that
town in memory of the great lexicog-
rapher. Mr.. Webster was born in Oc-
tober, 1858, within the limits of West
Hartford, when it was a portion of the
town of Hartford, and he died there in
MAY. 1919 -
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"oPEN DOOR" ASSURED.
the United States from All Leading
Powers Regarding the Matter.

Washington, Jan. 3.-The session of
the cabinet Tuesday was brief, but
it was the occasion of the important
announcement by Secretary of State
Hay that the negotiations with the
great powers of Europe and Japan to
secure a common understanding for
a continued "open-door" policy
throughout China has been eminently
successful, and that favorable re-
sponses had been received from Great
Britain, Germany, France, Russia and
Japan. The only country addressed
which has not yet responded is Italy,
and a favorable answer is also ex-
pected from her.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Mccoy wins in Five Rounds,

New York, Jan. 2. - "Kid" Mccoy
again placed himself in the champion
ship class by defeating Peter Maher
in a brisk, well-fought battle of five
rounds before the Coney Island Ath-
letic club Monday afternoon. The
fight was scheduled to last rs rounds
and the purse was to have been $4,000,
but the attendance was NOT as large as
had been expected, and before the fight
was begun the principals agreed that
the winner should receive the gross re-
ceipts. Mccoy received $4,000, and
Maher y. OnO.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

The science of surgery is accomplish
ing wonders. In Vienna a wonderful
piece of work has been performed by
DR.. Schroeder. A 1~2-year-old child
swallowed a piece of lead as big as a
half sovereign. 1t was located by means
of the H-ray, the lead having passed
the trachea and lodged in a bronchus
of the second order. A br%onchoscope
was inserted and electrically lighted
and then, with the X-ray still assisting,
the piece of lead was pulled out by
means of a specially constructed pair
of pinchers. The operation was per-
formed without pain.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Won't Go BacLx.

Washington, Jan. president
Schurman will not return to the Phil
ippines with the other members of the
Philippine commission when the body
goes back to Manila, on count of his
duties at Cornell. Admiral Dewey's
return is also more than doubtful.
Mr.. DENLY and Prof. Worcester will
remain on the commission after it
completes the report upon which it is
now engaged and will return to Ma
Mia to aid in the establishment of
civil government,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

Again can excited woman in Chicago
has claimed a man as her husband only
to learn later that she never saw him
before. If this sort of thing keeps up it
will soon be unsafe for any man to go
abroad without taking his wife along
for protection, and if he has no wife
there will be nothing for him to do but
to remain indoors and keep away from
the windows where anxious females
might get a glimpse of him. q
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Representative Cushman, of W

Representative Cushman, of Wash
ington, has already made a reputation
in congress for an Abelincolnesqne
style of humor. He is tall and lank
and his legs are sc thin that he him
self says he has often been arrested
for being without visible means Of
support. Another quaint expression
is that he was once so poverty-stricken
that he sewed buckshot in his sum-
mer coat to make it heavy enough for
winter wear. This is all said in a Sc
rious manner, and Cushman may be
said to have made a decided hit.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Another GIFT by Carnegie.

New York, Jan. 2.-Andrew Carnegie
has given 100000 to Cooper union for
the establishment of a day school, sim
liar in scope to the present night school
and the object of which will be to give
such practical instruction as shall en-
able young men to become frst-class
and skilled workmen. The school,
which will complete the last depart
ment of the original plans of Peter
Cooper, the founder of Cooper union,
will be technically known as the Me-
chanics' Art High School of Cooper
union.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

* An automobile enthusiast made the
trip between Boston and New York, a
distance of PSI miles, in II hours, one
day the past week. The trip cost him
As cents for gasoline, OF a little more
than one-sixth of a centper mile.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
MURDER and Suicide.

Adairyille, KY, Jan. Ain an alter
cation which occurred in DR.. Gays
office Wednesday morning DR.. M. Il.
Gays shot and killed Ed O. Griffey,
then turned and shot himself through
the heart. They were prominent in
social and commercial circles.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Left No Will,

Springfield. Mass, Jan. "A petition
was presented in the probate court
here Monday by w. r. Moody, eldest son
of the late evangelist, Dwight Z. Moody,
asking that he be appointed admins
traitor of his fathers estate. The petit
ton will be acted upon to-day, when
it is expected that the request will be
granted. Mr.. Moody left no will.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Honor for Naval omcers.

Washington, Jan. 4.-The Venezu-
elan government has conferred the or
der of the "Bust of Bolivar" on Ad-
miral Sampson, Capts. Taylor, Cook,
Sigsbee, Chadwick, Goodrich, and Com
manders Mead, Dayton, Symonds and
Todd. of the navy, and Representative
Hit has introduced a bill authorizing
the acceptance of the decorations.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Shot Through the uenrt.

New York, Jan. 2.-Ellen Labash was
shot and instantly killed at Passaic, N.
j., at the beginning of the new year
Monday. Michael Schwartz celebrated
the advent of the new year by going
outside the house and firing four shots
from his revolver. After entering the
house he pulled the trigger, believing
there was no other bullet in the pistol.
There was a loud report and Miss La
bash fell to the floor, shot in the heart.
Schwartz wa arrested,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
A Laundry Combine.

Chicago, Jan. 4.-Seventeen of the
large laundry concerns in Chicago
have formed a stock company under
the name of the Sanitary Laundry
Company of Chicago, with a capital
stock of $4,000, 900, to which articles
ofincorporation were issued at SPRING
field Wednesday. According to the
incorporation the company is formed
for the purpose of laundering, dyeing
and repairing, and the manufacture
of toilet articles.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

A Brooklyn man claims to have in
vented a boat that will cross the ocean
in three days. Of course that is better
than crossing in five days, and yet it
does not quite ELL the bill" What is
needed is a boat that will take one
across so quick that there will not be
time to pet SeaSick. M
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Bank ClOsed.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. "A Wa
basha. Mimi, dispatch to the Journal
says the Peoples bank of that place
closed its doors Wednesday morning
and is now in the hands of the bank
examiner. Depositors. it is claimed,
will lose nothing. No statement of
assets and liabilities has been given
ont ~ -a .a
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
The Finest ROAD.

.I suppose. be began, as he entered )
railroad ticket ofice-I suppose YOU sell.
tickets to New York;"
Certainly, SIR was the reply.
you have a direct; line?"
line?"
"As you see, sir," replied the agent, as he
opened a folder.
"Y-e-s, Isee: Youland passengers in New
York ahead Of competing lines, Of course?"
"'Of course
Luxurious coaches-no dust-fnest din
ing ears-!scenery unexcelled?"
Eyes, sir"
"By taking your line I avoid delays and re-
duce the chances Of accident to a mini
eyes, sir, you do. Have a ticket to New
York over our line, sir??"
Cant say yet. I'm going to see five other
agents, each with the shortest and most di-
I'll ticket over his road!"-Ohio State Jour
nal.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

Albert II. Holder, an expert mining
engineer who has arrived from At
RIGA. says that the war between the
Beers and the British will last at
least two years. He predicts that be-
fore giving up Johannesburg the Beers
will destroy the mines and everything
else. the whole being valued at a bill
lion and a half dollars.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Big Price for a Colt.

New York, Jan. &c. j. Hamlin has
bought from his trainer, L. F. Geers,
the black four-year-old pacing colt Di-
rect Hal for $4,000. This is probably
the largest sum ever paid for a PAGER
without a record. The colt worked a
mile in 2:17 last fall at'Louisville, hav-
ing been trained only a few weeks.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Antitrust Convention.

Chicago, Jan. 4.-The antitrust
conference to be held in Chicago, on
Lincoln's birthday, February 12 next,
and continued several days, is ex-
citing extraordinary interest. The
success of the conference is assured,
Already men of national reputation
by the hundreds, including business
men, orators, scholars, students and
authors, have signifed their intention
to be in attendance, and the interest
is growing.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Foreigners who visit the Paris ex-

Foreigners who visit the Paris ex-
position this year will have an oppor-
tunity of seeing a typical American
machine shop in full operation. Not
only will the machinery in the build
ing, such as travelling cranes, hangers,
shafting. electric motors, etc., be of
American make, but the structure it.
self will have been made on this side
of the Atlantic.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Assistant Postmaster General Heat

Assistant Postmaster General Heath
says his order prohibiting the retention
Of married post Office employees is not
intended as a encouragement of matri-
mony-though it may work that way
but is simply for the betterment of the
service. and was made necessary by the
peculiar unreasonableness Of brides
md grooms. Two clerks will work to-
gether inlthe same Office and give entire
satisfaction, even after they have fallen
In love, he declares, but as soon as they
are married their personalrelations are
constantly obtruding themselves and
getting in the way of public business.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Twenty-Two Sailor. I.o.t.

London. JAM. 4. A dispatch from
Bristol %oun that the British
steamer Borghese. of Glasgow, foun-
dered off Cape Finister last Friday
during a hurricane. Twenty-Five OF
the crew were drowned.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Seven Men Hurf.

St. Paul, Mimi, Jan. A passenger
train on the Chicago Great Western
railroad Wednesday night crashed into
the rear of a Northern Pacific stock
train near the Mississippi street bridge
in the eastern portion of this city, split
ting the caboose in two and injuring
seven men,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

It is said the oleomargarine facto..
ries have driven 100000 cows out. of
business. Between these and the pump
it begins to look as though bossy
would soon have nothing to do but lie
in the shade and ruminate.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Great Gas Well Struck.

Findlay, o., Jan. - 10000, 900 cubic
feet gas well was struck four miles east
of here at noon Wednesday by operators
who are "wildcatting" in new territory.
All tools, casing and tubings were
blown. out of the well, and the roar of
escaping gas can be heard for five miles.
This is; the greatest gas well in Ohio
since the famous Karg we'll of ten
years ago, which started the natural
gas boom in northwestern Ohio.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

A soldier in New Mexico has been
married to a Kentucky girl by tele-
graph. AL that is needed now is a sys-
TEN of engagements by mail, honey
moons by long-distance telephone and
divorces by thought transference to
make marriage an estate of beatitude-
for those who don't do it. "
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

"a dispatch from Vienna says that
the government is fearful that the
country will be depopulated by the en-
igration to America. From one county
alone $500 men have started for this
country during the past II months.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Blackburn Eomfnated.

Frankfort, Ky, Jan. 3.-After four
years Of retirement, former Senator
Joseph Clay Stiles Blackburn was
chosen Tuesday night by the joint
caucus of the democratic members of
the legislature as the successor of
Senator William Lindsay in the Unit
ed States senate.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
A Favorable Notice.

Wright-old Dreiboan's book is having q
wonderful sale.
Penner-You surprise me! OF course, the
book has merit, but it's the driest kind Of q
scientific treatise.
''True. But some one of the reviewers re-
typo made it immoral "-Philadelphia
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Beware OF Ointments for Catarfh
That Contain Mercury,

Thai contain
smell n d.completely derange the whole sys.
TEN when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable
physicians, as the damage they will do is
often ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them, Halls Catarrh Cure,
O., contains no mercury, and is taken inter.
na1ly, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces.o the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gem
uine. It is taken internally, and made in
Toledo, Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold BY Druggists, price Use per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Death of Sir James Puret

London, Jan. 1.-The death is an
nounced Of Sir James. Paget in his
eighty-sixth year. Sir James Paget had
been surgeon to the prince of Wales
since 1868 and to Queen Victoria since
1877.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
KIlled by fine Cara,

Lewisburg. Pa, Jan. 3.-An express
train killed Samuel Whitmeyer, William
Wensel and Fremont Wolf, truck farm
ers, who were crossing The. track in a
wagon.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

Uncle Sans new refrigerator at Ma
Mia will be a building $50 feet square
and As feet high. In addition to pre-
serving rations it will produce daily 50
tons Of ice and 5000 gallons of distilled
Nater.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

To Cure a Cold In One May
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11
Mormonisrn.

This is q question that shotla interest
every one. It is a blot upon our fair land
o symptom Of governmental ill-health, The
right laws would act as speedily upon It a.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters does upon con.
stipation or yspepsia. They. would quickly
this is just what the bitters does for thee In.
man constitution. It makes the s,omach
strong by curing Indigestion, biliousaess and
liver trouble. 1- ~
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

Popularity often makes a man believe
what he knows isn't true.-Chicago Daily
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

why did Colt introduce an automobile
in his last.farce comedy?" che was tired of
hearing the critics accuse him of horse
play."@Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

A man who isin the habit of telling every.
thing he hears soon doesn't soon hear very
much.-Washington Ia.) Democrat.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

PUTNAM FADELESS DYES do not
stain the hands or spot the kettle. Sold by
all druggists.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

After six years suffering I was cured by
plso,s Cure:IIMary Thomson, 29a Ohio Ave-.
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LATER NEWS.

AA1EtS NE VS.
Congress r"eassembled on the Sd
after the holiday recess. In the SEN
ate a bill was introduced providing
a civil government for Puerto Rico.
An amendment to the house currency
bill was offered providing for bimetal-
lism. january 10 was set apart for
eulogies of the late Vice President Ho-
bart. In the house a bill was intro
duced to pension the widow of Gen.
Lawton at the rate of So, 800 a year.
Resolutions were offered asking a
statement from Secretary Gage as to
deposit of public funds in New York
banks; for constitutional amendments
authorizing an income tax, and au-
thorizing congress to define and regu-
late trusts.
Later advices say that 600 persons
were killed by the earthquake in the
district of Achalkalak, Russia.
The first of the formal dinners of the
social season at the white house was
given by President and Mrs. Mckinley,
the members of the cabinet and their
wives being the guests of honor.
The Peoples bank at Wabasha, Minn.,
closed its doors.
At Adairville, KY, DR.. T. M. Gay, a
prominent dentist, shot and killed Ed
ward O. Gritty, a w%ell-known business
man, and then killed himself. A quar-
rel was the cause.
Gen. Corbin, of the Lawton fund com
mittee, that the total SUBJ
scrlptions to the fund are over $780, 900.
The Russian press protests against
proposed cession of Delagoa bay to
England as a breach of neutrality.
Two men and four horses were
blown into small fragments by the ex-
plosion of $1,000 pounds of blasting pow
der near Eagle River, Mich.
Gen. Wood released 40 persons wrong
fully imprisoned in Cuban iails.
Gen. Otis announces by cable to the
war department that nine transports
with troops have arrived at Manila.
Agulnaldo has promulgated a decree
ordering the liberation of all Spanish
prisoners. .
The British steamer Borghese foun-
dered off Cape Finisterre and % per-
sons were drowned.
The Maryland legislature convened
in regular biennial session.
The New York legislature convened
in annual session in Albany.
Latest advices from the seat of war
in South Africa indicate severe fighting
in northern Cape Colony, where the
forces of Gen. French and Gen. Gatacre
represent the imperial army. Gen.
French has not yet secured Colesberg
and he has asked for reenforcements.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-01-11

The great virtue is industry; all the other
virtues follow in its train.-Atchison Globe.