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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
BIG GAIN FOR FARMERS.
American AEriculturist Says They
Received f1,8OO,OOO 900 More In
. 1880 THIN in 1894.

New York, March 15.-The Agricul
turist for March, which contains al
elaborate review of the, agricultural
situation from q financial and indus.
trial standpoint, makes some interest
ing statements, of which the follow,
ing is a synopsis:
The improvement in agricultural condi.
lions now, contrasting with the depth Of
depression in 1S94-'96 is as little appreciated
by the outside public as was the farmers
condition during the hard times. 1t is con,
sentative to say that the produce of the
United States farms for the last year was
worth to the farmers over 81, GOO, 900 more
than in either of the depressed years noted,
This is an average advance of 81 per cent
in values compared with the low point.
The live stock of the country is said to be
worth 500, 600, 000more than during the hard
times, or a gain of 38 per cent. Staple
crops are worth $500, 900, 900 more than then,
while other crops show an increase OF
$500, 900, 900 in value, or a gain of Is per cent
compared with the depression of 1S94-'56- &c
The produce of live stock, such rs meats,
dairy products. calves, mutton, sheep and
lambs, hides and pelts, colts, mules, etc,
are said to show a gain of s37o, 600, 600 or II
per cent. above the low point.
The American Agriculturist estimates
that the farms in the United States havein.
creased by some AGO. 900 during the last ter
years., against a gain Of nearly GOO, 900 in the
previous decade, and Of 1,50O, 900 from 1871
to 1850, and affirms hat a larger proportion
Of these farms (69 per cent? are occupied
by their owners now than then, while the
number of farms now under mortgage
that are occupied by their owners is nc
greater than in 1890. AS near as his au-
thority can get at it, the amount of NOR.
cages on farms occupied by their owners
is now about $500, 900. 900 less than at the be-
ginning of the decade.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
ENDS.
Kentucky Legislature Adjourns Sine
Dic-An Understanding clears
thu Atmosphere.

Frankfort, KY, March 14.-The leg
~islature of Kentucky adjourned sine
die Tuesday. A conference between
Adjt. Gems. Collier and Castleman re-
suited in a perfect understanding be-
ing reached. Gov. Taylor will con-
tinue to act as governor. Gov. Beck
ham will make no move toward Sc
curing possession of the state build
ings until after the court of appeals
has decided the disputed governorship.
The Legislature appropriated $500, 600
for the use of Gov. Beckham in reorgan-
izing the state militia. This in brief is
the situation in Kentucky politics.
Gov. Beckham Tuesday night ap-
proved the Triplett 100000 appropria-
ton resolution providing for arming
and equipping the state guard.
Louisville, Ky, March IA de-
cision sustaining the contention of
the democrats that the legislature is
the tribunal designated by the consti-
tuition for the determination of con-
tests for the offices of governor and
lieutenant governor was handed down
in the circuit court Saturday morning
by Judge Fields. The republicans will
appeal the case to the state court Of
appeals and if the decision there is
against them will try to get o. hearing
before the United States supreme
court.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
THE EAST.

At Trenton, N. j., Edward Williams
(colored) was hanged for the murder
of Minnie Eizley (white).
The death of Edward j. Phelps, head
of the law department of Yale uni
versity and minister to England under
President Cleveland, died in New Ha-
ven, Conn.,, aged IS years.
In New York 1874 negroes were bap-
tized at Mount Olivet Baptist church.
In Boston the grip has assumed
an epidemic form.
Thomas X. Beecher, brother of Hen
ry Ward Beecher and pastor of Park
church in Elmira, N. Y, was stricken
with paralysis.
In the United States the visible sup
ply of grain on the 18th was: Wheat,
53,69s,000 bushels; corn, 1000, 900
bushels; oats, 6,4O1,O0O bushels; rye,
1,17o,ooo bushels; barley, 1,o6O,o 900
bushels. .
In a tenement house fire in Newark,
N. j., IA lives were lost.
The Rhode Island republicans have
nominated William Gregory, of North
Kingston, for governor.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
SMALLPOX DISTRIBUTORS.
How the Germs Are Nurtured ana tn,

How the Germs Are Nurtured and the
Disease IL Spread.
It would seem that people will never
learn to be careful. The recent alarm
ing spread of that dire epidemic.
smallpox, throughout different Sec
tions Of the country has been traced
by physicians and sanitarians in many
instances directly to the moldy nnd
rotting layers of paper and paste
which cover the walls of many houses.
The practice of laying layer after
layer of paper On q wall, using COM
mon flour paste, is especially calcu-
lated to create homes for disease
germs. People could not do more to
effect such a result if they tried. The
rotting vegetable matter affords caves
from which are ready to dart forth
the infection at every opportunity.
There is no excuse for this practice,
as walls and ceilings can be coated
with a pure, clearly and sanitary ma
terial like Alabastine, for instance, at
no greater expense. Alabastine is a
rock-base cement, which incorporates
itself with the wall or ceiling. It is
easily applied, ome ready to mix
with cold requires no washing
or scraping before renewing or re-
tinting, is beautiful, long-lasting and
safe.
For walls that have been infected,
nothing is equal to Alabastine as a
d~isinfectant to render them pure and
clean and the rooms once more hab.
table.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
Death in a Tenement Fire.

New York, March 13.-Fourteen per.
sons lost their lives, two persons were
seriously injured and many others
Slightly burned in a fire in Newark, N
j., Monday morning. The firemen
after the flames had been subdued, tool
10 bodies from the ruins, and while
they were thus engaged another victim
of the fire died in the city hospital. Ono
family was wiped out completely, anG
of another only the father lives and he
is in the city hospital, where, it is be
lieved. he will Gle.
New York, March 1.-two NOR
bodies were recovered Tuesday from
theruins of the Italian tenement, which
was burned in Newark, N. ]. The
list of dead now numbers 16 and five
other supposed victims have not YET
been accounted for.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
r P D
Experiment of Rev. Mr.. Sheldon to
Publish n Christian Daily
for a Week.

Topeka, Kan, March IL. ~ The
"main purpose of the paper will be to
influence its readers to seek first the
Kingdom Of God"
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon, who on
Monday assumed editorial and bust
ness control of the Daily Capital.
which he will retain one week, makes
this announcement this morning in
his editorial leader outlining his pol
icy.
The first item on the first page is a
prayer written by Bishop John A.
Vincent, of the Methodist Episcopal
church. 1t is as follows:
"A morning prayer and resolution: T
will try this day to live a simple, sincere,
serene life; repelling every thought of
discomfort, self-seeking and anxiety; culti-
waiting magnanimity. self-control and the
habit Of silence; practicing economy.
cheerfulness and h~elpfulness.
"'And as I cannot in my own strength
do this, or even with a hope of success at
tempt it, I look to Thee, o Lord, my
Father in Jesus Christ, my Saviour, and
ask for the gift of the Holy Spirit"
A notable feature of the piper is
the method of handling advertise
ments. They are banished from the
news and editorial pages and are
punched in places reserved for them.
The censorship here is even more rig
than in the news columns, and
a large quantity of this class of mat
ter has already been cut out, includ-
ing all relating to patent medicines.
The familiar corset advertisements of
the magazines, accompanied by cuts,
have sought i'll vain for space. No re-
tail advertisements from Kansas City
Of other out-of-town tradesmen will
be accepted, Mr.. Sheldon holding that
this would be an injustice to home
merchants. The $40 suit of clothes for
STATS style of advertising is also
barred.
The Capital appears with a radical
change in style and makeup. Prac-
tically the only feature that is IA
miliar to it's regular readers is the
title headline. The first page, for in
stance, ordinarily devoted exclusive
ly to telegraph news, has not a line
of the current news of the day. In
stead the page is given up to discus
sions on what Mr.. Sheldon considers
the most important questions now be-
fore the world.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
FACTORIES SHUT DOWN.
Floods Do Damage at Ottawa and
Paralyze Industries - High
Water Mt Other Points,

Chicago, March 14.-Cities in the
Illinois river valley report heavy
losses by flood. Gorges of heavy ice
above and below Ottawa have caused
the Fox and Illinois rivers there to
maintain a height of about q feet
above low water mark since Monday.
Each hour of the high water adds to
the already great damage of valuable
manufacturing and farm property,
large areas of which are submerged
with swift currents pouring through
them. The Ottawa electric light
plants are disabled. At Utica, La
Sale and Spring Valley dynamite has
been used to dislodge gorges. At
Marseilles the manufactures are at a
standstill. In Oglesby, Deer Park and
Strosburg the Vermillion river has
caused enormous damage. From Blu
reau to Putnam dozens of farms are
under water.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
DECLINES OUR OFFER.
Services az Mediatorin the South At
ricnn War Rejected BY
Lord Salisbury.

London. March A-The United
States government, at the request of
President Kruger and President Steyn,
al offered to the British government
its services as mediator, with the view
OF bringing about peace in South AZ
rica.
The representations made to Great
Britain were SO put that they assumed
nothing of a desire to intervene, but
simply transmitted the communica-
lions made to United States Consul
Adelbert S. Hay at Pretoria, with the
accompanying that any
thing the state department could do
in the interests of peace would be
gladly undertaken. The w~ell-known
aversion of the British government to
any foreign intervention does not ap.
pear to have been aroused. and, while
Lord Salisbury will doubtless say he
is unable to comply with the offer,
he will also probably express his ap-
probation of the United States eff
forts in behalf of humanity.
The United States charge d'affaires,
Henry White, saw Lord Salisbury at
the foreign Office Tuesday evening and
received a formal reply from the Brit
ish government declining the good Of
fees of the United States in regard to
peace. The interview between Mr..
White and Lord Salisbury was very
brief, the premier combining himself
to a courteous verbal declination,
without entering into details.
London, March 14.-In the house of
lords Tuesday the premier, Lord Sails
bury, read the British governments
reply to Presidents Kruger and Steyn.
The concluding sentence is as follows:
"Her majesty's government can only
answer your honors' telegram by say
ing it is not prepared to assent to the
independence of either the South AT
rican republic II the Orange Free
State"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
GONE TO THEIR REWARD.
Two Aged Members of the Famous
Dcecher Family Die on the
Same Day.

Hartford. Conn.,, March 49, Mrs.
Mary Foote Beecher Perkins died
Wednesday ut the home of her son,
Charles L. Perkins, aged 81 years and
nine months. She vas the,daughter of
Rev. Lyman Beecher, and his wife Ro-
salia Footc. Mrs. Perkins wa a sister
of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and OF
Harriet Beecher Stowe and q half sis
ter of Mrs. Isabella Bcecher Hooker, of
this city, ard of Rev. Thomas K. Beech
er, of Elmira, N. Y.
Elmira, N. Y, March 15.-Rev. Thorn
as K. Beecher, the eldest and last sur
viving brother of Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher, died here Wednesday, aged
81 years. Mr.. Beecher wos stricken
with paralysis while on his way home
from church last Sunday.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
4 WEEKS IE[]K'S 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.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
F-1FrY-s1xru G

"H HH
The United States senate on the
10th passed the diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill, after defeat
ing an amendment to give former
Queen Liliuollalani of Hawaii $1,000
and an annuity of $4,000. In the
house it was agreed to take up the
bill providing for the government OF
Hawaii on April 3, the final vote to
be taken on April S at, four p. m.
During almost the entire, session of
the United. States senate on the 18th
Senator Rawlins (Utah} occupied the
floor in a speech in opposition to hold
ing the Philippines. Eighty-six pri-
vate pension bills were passed. In
the house an urgent deficiency bill
(~1,439,5so) was passed and the seat &C.
cupied by W. A. Young (dem.) from
the Second Virginia district was given
to R. A. Wise (rep.).
The legislative, executive and jul
dicial appropriation bill was reported
to the United States senate on the 18th
and the Porto Rico tariff bill was dis
cussed. In the house the conference
report on the financial bill was adopt
ed by a vote of 166 to 100 and it now
goes to the president for his signature.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22

1t is, perhaps, one of the favorable
signs of the times that women still in
dulge in that airy form of industry
which is called fancy work. They do
not carry this labor to the point that
the women of long ago brought it.
They have passed the "crewel'' stage
and the quilting era, and, happily,
they have emerged from the patho-
logical condition that found expression
in crazy quilts. But even some large
Drained women still have their bits of
embroidery with which to while away
"odd moments" and are the little linen
scrap called a dolly.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
A SAD TRAGEDY.
While Temporarily insane nm Aged
Lady Kills lei Husband in
Joliet, Ill.

Joliet, ILL.,, March 12.-Mrs. join
Gallagher, so years old, while in a fl
of temporary insanity Saturday night
o from bed, procured a razor ant
returned to the bedroom, where. sh'
cut her husbands throat from ear t,
ear. He died before the police III
rived on the scene. The dementet
woman is o confined in Jail. Tw,
small children were sleeping in an ad
joining room, but were not molested
After committing the shocking muir
der, Mrs. Gallagher went to q neigh
boris house in her night clothes satu
rated with blood and told them of he:
deed.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
nir Fire Mt Flint.

Flint, Mich, March Is. = The Arm
strong steel works were destroyed by
fire early Wednesday morning. The
plant was established in 1889
and vas employing 100 hands. Loss
estimated at $15o.Ooo, partially covered
by insurance. Golden's brewery and
cooper shop, adjacent to the steel
works, were also destroyed. The origin
of the fire is unknown.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
Snfe WINS EMMY,

Huron, S. D., March 13.-The safe
of the Bank of Hitchcock, which was
destroyed by fire Friday. night, was
opened Monday, and to the surprise
of bank officials and others but little
money was found. Cashier Wilson
says that about $1,000 in cash was
in the safe when the bank closed bust
ness Friday evening, and it is now be-
lieved the safe was rifed and the
building fred by thieves.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
Deed of n Mailman,

Washington, March 15.-In a par
oxysm of ineNplicable rage or pos
sible insanity Olof Pallesen, a Nor
wegian, stabbed and killed his wife Jo-
sephine, murdered little Julia Henges-
bach, the three-year-old daughter of
Charles Z. Hengesbach, a mail carrier,
and murderously assaulted the child's
mother, Mary Hengesbach, Wednesday
afternoon in front of his home, 1921
Twenty-fourth street. Northwest.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
Tobacco Warehouse Burned.

Dayton, O., March 15.-Fire Wednes-
day night at Miamisburg, o., q few
miles south of this city, destroyed the
big Rothchild tobacco warehouse and
damaged other adjacent buildings.
The Dayton department was called
upon and sem assistance to the local
fire department. A Chicago firm owned
the warehouse. Loss estimated at
about S15O. 600.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
WEST N SOuTH.

The late DR.. L. e. Kelley, of Dwight,
ILL.,, left to his widow all but 500, 900
of an estate valued at more than
1 ,000, 000.
The men IN q United States tug
forced wreckers to give up $12,Oo in
gold taken from the sunken Spanish
torpedo boat destroyer Juror.
Near Fire Creek, W. Va, 12 more
bodies were taken from the Red Ash
mine, making a total of At dead re-
covered.
Throughout the country farmers
have 1853, 700, 900 bushels of wheat OH
hand and TIA. ZOO. 900 bushels of corn.
In Cleveland, O., a counterfeit Of the
new one-dollar silver certificate was
discovered.
Fine gold strikes are said to have
been made 100 miles from Cape Nome
Owing to an overflow of the Fox
river the city of Ottawa, Ill, was I'm.
der water.
Fire destroyed the Montgomery
county courthouse at GAINESVILLE
Tenn, but most of the records were
saved. Loss, $125, 900.
At Hitchcock, S. D.. a safe supposed
to contain $1,000 belonging to depos.
itors in the bank which was burned
was opened and found empty.
In hopes of regainihg his health
Gov. Tanner, of Illinois, left Spring
field for Florida.
Rev. C. NJ. Sheldon's first issue Of
the Topeka Capital begins with G
prayer.
Near Havana, Ill. high water drove
300 families from their homes and de
stroyed their property.
After 33 years services, W. B. Dodd
ridge has retired as general manager
of the Missouri Pacific.
Republicans of the Sixth Missouri
district have nominated S. W. Jurden
of Holden, for congress.
Almost the entire business portion
of Mackinaw City, Mich, was de
| stroyed by fire.
The Iowa republicans will meet IL
Des Moines May 10 to elect delegate.
to the national convention.
On May S the Western Baseball
league will open the season. d
In his second issue of the Topek:
Capital Rev. C. NJ. Sheldon attacks tn,
whisky advertisements in the maya
zines.
Fire wiped out 23 business building,
at High Springs, Fla.
Utica, Ottawa, Spring Valley ant
other cities in the Illinois river vale,
report heavy losses by food.
In Chicago Ciraldi Frank. an Italia,
banker, disappeared with over $4,000
belonging to his countrymen.
In the Eighth Indiana distric
George W. Cromer has been renomi
mated for congress by the republicans
The warning political leaders il
Kentucky agreed on a truce, pending
settlement by the courts of the gov
ernorship contest. The legislature ad
journed sine die.
The farmers national congress will
be held in Colorado Springs, Col, k.u
gust 21-a1.
The Tennessee republicans will NEE
in Nashville April 10 to name dele
gates to the national convention IN,
a candidate for governor.
kEHsHHEf u. 1E#@
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22

A walking stick which Speaker Hen
derson usually carries with him was
made from.a tree which grew on the
battlefield of Corinth, where he was
wounded during the civil war. 1t was
given to him by Congressman John
B. Allen, who fought in the same battle
on the confederate side.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
Drowned.

St. Paul, Mimi, March IA Cham.
berlain special to the Pioneer Press
says: Harry Beck, an old resident,
while attempting to cross the Mis-
souri, river on the ice, broke through
and was drowned. He made a desper-
ate fight for life, hanging on to the
ice for fully one hour and a half wait
ing for assistance, but finally became
exhausted and passed under the ice.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22

Joseph Walton, a member of the Brit
ish parliament, who has recently rel
turned from q trip to China, says that
he travelled 1,6oo miles up the Yang
tse river, and he found that in one Of
h most densely populated provinces
OF the whole country the people had
never heard of the war with Japan, and
refused to believe that their empire
had ever been defeated in any war.
Bright people, those Chinamen! The
first thing they know they will wake
up some morning and find their en-
pire in the possession of the Russian
bear, and they will be Russia's slaves.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
Against Iowa Saloons,

Sioux City, H., March ia liquor
law decision of interest to all Iowa was
handed down by Judge Gaynor in the
district court Wednesday,. He holds
that every saloon that has disregarded
the mulct law can be closed, and that
any citizen can proceed against any sa-
loon. All the saloons here have vio-
lated the law.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22

They have genuine "old-fashioned
snowstorms" up in Alaska. The super
intendent of the White Pass & Yukon
railroad measured the snowfall during
December at various points IN the line.
and the record was found to be as fol-
lows: Glacier, 80 inches; White Pass,
IS inches; Fraser, AZ inches, and Log
Cabin, "a inches. -g
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
Epidemic of Grip in Boston,

Boston, March 12.-The grip, which
has prevailed widely in this section for
the past few weeks, has assumed cpl
demic proportions in this city. The
board of health reports 10 deaths from
it for the week ending Saturday. 1t
has been IS years since the disease has
been SO general in Boston.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
Commit

Kansas City, Mo-, March Is. = ]
Sherman PETER, son of W. A. PETER
eX-United States senator from Kan
sas, was found dead in a roomine
house on East Eighth street ut ont
o'clock Wednesday afternoon. On the
bureau was found a box that had con
tanned morphine and a note reading.
Father: l don't like to do what I ar
doing, but I am tired"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22

A young Chicago man advertised in a
matrimonial paper for a wife, and his
sister happened to advertise in the
same paper for a husband, both using
assumed names. Then came the time
for the exchange of photographs, and
the discovery that the family was bur-
dened with two foolish children.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22
Killed Her Brother-ip-I,w

Sioux City, Ia, March 12.-Christ
Bauer was murdered by Ernest Mey.
ers, his brother-in-law, 30 miles east
OF here Saturday night. Both men
are farmers. Bauer met his death in
defending his mother, with whom
Meyers had picked a quarrel. Meyers.
had been drinking.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22

Miss Karlene Theresa Ashbridge,
daughter of the mayor of Philadelphia,
was married recently and all her papa's
henchmcn were hidden to attend. Five
thousand of them came, each, as in
duty bound, bearing a wedding gift.
AS a result, the fair young woman, now
Mrs. Armstrong, has a few less than
30 dozen silver spoons, 10 diamond
brooches, 2o2 pepper and salt boxes.
and enough additional jewelry and sill
to stock a department store.
She also has 90 clocks, OF mirrors, two
pianos and II writing desks which her
fathers constituents contributed.
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Is Now n Inv.

Washington, March 15.-At IA min
utes to one o'clock Wednesday after
noon the president affixed his sigma
ture to the financial bill, thus making
it the law of the land. The last legis
lative step in the enactment of the bill
was taken by the house Tuesday whe1
the conference report on the bill wa:
adopted by a vote of yeas, 1855; nays
100; present and not voting, 10. The
senate had already adopted the confer
ence report.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-03-22

The possibilities of manufacturing
verbs of nouns is shown in the follow
ing strictly legitimate sentences: HE
was coppered and heavily ironed while
hiding beside a wooden knoll eating a
lunch of tin goods" The newspaper
account of the capture was loaded, and
the correspondent padded the account
by saying the officer who collared the
prisoner dubbed him heavily.