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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

Denver reports the heaviest tourist
travel in years.
Report from Cuba that the
tobacco crop is the biggest ever grown
on the island.
President Mckinley and the king of
PORTUGAL exchanged congratulatory
messages owe the new direct cable.
II. N. Ross. who washed out the first
gold in the Black Hills 25 years ago,
is o the marshal at Custer City,
S. d.
Statistics compiled by the Railway
Age show that % companies control
$4,000 miles of railroad in the United
States and Canada.
Over 5000 Roumanian Jews are en-
route to Canada. The majority are
penniless. Their ultimate destination
is the United States.
In issuing his proclamation for La
Dor day Gov. Atkinson, of West Vir-
ginia, supplemented it with a score or
more quotations from the Bible.
The Homestake mine at Lead City,
S. d., has produced $65, OOO. 900 in gold
in % years and paid S 5000, 900 in divi-
dends to its owners.
Mrs. Samuel Swartwood, wife of a
railroad engineer living in Wilkes
barre, Pa, has just given birth to her
twenty-tifth baby, 20 of whom are liv-
ing.
Extra precautions have been taken
to preserve President Mckinley from
attacks of cranks and criminals. He
was not consulted about the arrange
ments.
Chauncey NJ. Depew in London de-
MED that American railroads are over
capitalized, and says every business
in the United States is healthier than
ever before.
Lewis Wilkins, a farmer near St.
Paul, thinks he's the >~tallest man on
earth. He was six feet when ten years
old, and is now eight feet eleven and
one-half inches.
The treasury receipts of the Phil
ippine islands during May, 1900, ac-
cording to a statement made by the
division of customs and ~insular affairs
lof the war department, were S7O6. 3a6.
Minneapolis manufactured 1920. 900
barrels OF flour in 1890 goo more
than ever before. The sawmills cut
JOB ,O0O, 900 feet more lumber than in
any previous year and the bank clear.
Iings Were .$79,4s3,000 greater, the to-
'tal being $3.50, 705, 900.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
L L OR
Small American Force Surprised by
Strong Band of Filipinos
Near San Miguel.

Washington, Aug. 6.-The first seri-
GUS check which the American troops
have met in the Philippines during
the past two months is recorded in s
dispatch received Saturday morning
from Gen. Macarthur. 1t is assumed
that the little American command
which suffered so severely wa COM
pletely trapped and was obliged to
surrender or be eXterminated. The
message is as follows:
Manila, Aug. 4.-Adjutant General,
Washington: First Lieut.. Alstaetter, corps
of engineers. United States army, with es-
cort Is men attacked August /, road be-
tween San Miguel de Mayumo CLuzon) and
San 1sidro Luzon) by armed band insur-
gents, reported $50 strong. Entire party
killed, wounded or captured.
Wounded sent San Isidro with note from
sLacuna Maratmo announcing prisoners
would be well treated.
(Signed) MACARTHUR"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
A BRUTAL MURDER.
A Kentucky Widow Is Killed by
Her Nephew, Who Confesses
the Crime.

Brandenburg, Ky, Aug. THE hor-
ribly mutilated dead body of Mrs.
Annie Brunton, a widow, IS years old,
was found on the Cedar Grove road
Monday morning. Blood stains on
the fingers of Mrs. Brunton's nephew,
Jesse Durham, caused his arrest, and
he later confessed the murder, and
was hurried to Louisville by Sheriff
Hagan, as a lynching seemed certain.
Durham killed Mrs. Brunton with a
hickory club while they were return
ing from a church wedding. He is
~ years old, and recently left an in
sane asylum. He said of the crime:
81 did not mean to kill her; only to
knock her down. She had been talk
ing about me and got me into trouble
several times"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
Work of Train Robbers,

Kansas City, Mo-, Aug. GA Jour
nal special from Salina, Kan, says;
Union Pacific east-bound passenger
train No. a., which left Denver Satur
day night, was held up by two me1
several miles west of Hugo, Col, o.
miles this side of Denver. The passen
gers in the Pullman sleepers were
robbed of their money and valuables
obtaining about 500 in cash. golt
watches and jewelry. An old man
named Fay, a. resident of California
who had been visiting in Denver ant
was on his way to St. Louis, refused
to surrender his valuables and fired {
shot at one of the robbers, but missed
Thereupon the robbers fired, one shot
entering Fay's mouth and coming out
at the back of his head, killing him al
most instantly. The robbers stopped
the train, jumped off and escaped.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
LATER NEWS.

War with China is deemed likely UNI
less the imperial government changes
front. Minister WI has been notified
by the president that the imperial
troops are expected to cooperate with
the allies in protecting ministers and
failure will be regarded as a declaration
of war. The Chinese are also warned
that they will be held responsible for
indignities to Minister Conger. Gen.
Chaffee reports hat the Americans
were not in the firing line and lost no
men in the battle at P%eitsang. Field
Marshal Count Won Waldersee, a Ger
man, has been appointed commander
of the allied armies in China.
The democrats of the Ninth Illinois
district nominated H. A. Brooks, of
Dixon. for congress.
DR.. Cyrus Hamlin. founder of Roberts
college in Constantinople, died at. Port
of the most celebrated of Turkish mis-
sionaries.
Admiral Watson said in London the
United States was making slow but
sure progress in the ~pacitication of the
Philippines.
Robert NJ. La Toilette was nomi-
mated for governor by the Wisconsin
republicans by acclamation. The rest
of the state ticket was chosen in a
similar
Judge V. V. Barnes was officially
notified of his nomination by the pro-
hibition party for governor of Illinois.
The Third battalion at Fort Sheri-
dan, ILL.,, has been ordered rushed to
San Francisco, to embark there for
China.
An explosion in a factory at Azuma
Yama. Japan. killed so persons.
The federal census shows C~hicago's
population approximately 1897 900;
estimated increase, 81 per cent.
The percentage of sick among our
soldiers in the Philippines amounts to.
S.04. or less than one-twelfth of all the
troops.
Hawaii has closed its last school for
teaching the native language.
The gross postal receipts at so of the
largest post offices for the month of
July aggregates $3.33S.6S3. a net in
crease of $253,392 over July. 1899.
Lord Roberts reported that he feared
the Beers had captured the Glands
river garrison.
William j. Bryan and Adlai f. Stew
enson were notified at Indianapolis of
their nomination by the democratic
party for president and vice president.
In his speech Mr.. Bryan said that i'm
perialism was the paramount issue of
the campaign.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
NEW POLICE cATEcH1sM.
REQUISITES of a Competent Copper a,
Understood by One of
the Finest.

Imagine a class of about 40 stalwart men
each dressed in blue uniform and attentive
ly listening to the words of wisdom that
emanate from the teachers lips, and YOU viii
have some idea of one of Clerk of the Polica
Board Harrison's school classes. MANY ridi
culous answers are given to question:,
and some of them cause roars Of LAUGH:
ter to ascend to the ceiling. At a recent
class meeting Officer Dan Tehan was asked
to describe the requisite of a good police.
man. The answer was honesty, sobriety,
truthfulness, intelligence and several othei
virtues, all of which are noticeable i n mem.
bers Of the police force, says the Cincinnati
Enquirer.
After Tehan had been asked the ques
ton he chested out and answered ina
sonorous voice. 70
"Hon-istee! Sobrietee! Troot'fulnessl
Guide mor-ruls! Impar.rtialitee! intelli.
gince! A plain Observation-Disclosures
oh! a diviIs own slew av things besoides!"
A roar followed the answer, and Clerk.
Harrison, endeavoring to keep his face
straight. asked: "Oficer Blanchard, what
is extortion?"
And the class broke up when Blanchard's
answer smote the air.
1t was:
"Extortion is an overloaded stomach..-
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
WHAT sHE WANTED.
Moved the Man Behind the
Counter.

A fair young girl, p~erplexity written on
her countenance, confronted the pale young
man. He returned her gaze with the i'm
passive stare of one who had never seen her
before. Had he? Listen, says the Baltimore
American.
In a low, well-modulated voice, without
the slightest trace of emotion or excitement,
she says:
IT want you, dear heart. Iloye you, my
honey. Come back, my baby. Why did you
throw me down? The latch strings always
hanging. out for you. I've shook that other
man. You're the only fellow I love. Idon't
like no cheap man. I amt seen no messen-
ger boy. Oh, promise me, and I'll be true to
you"
Was he moved? No. His face took on a
bored expression, and in a careless tone he
asked:
"Is that all?"
eyes" she half whispered.
"Two dollars and ten cents, please. We
are having. a special sale on sheet music to-
day. and they are reduced in price. Thank
you."
Then they drifted apart, she to practice
rag time and he to fit from Beethoven to
Williams-and-Walker all for the same sal
airy per week.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
TRAINS COLLIDE.
Switch ON a Railway Fails
to Work, and Five Men Lose
Their Lives.

Pine Bluff, Ark, Aug. IA disas-
trous collision occurred on the ST.
Louis Southwestern Cotton Belt)
railroad at Aurich, 40 miles north of
here, Monday, in which five men were
killed and two seriously injured.
Fast freight No. Is took the siding to
allow south-bound passenger train No.
3 to pass. The switch failed to work
and the passenger train crashed into
the caboose of the freight train at full
speed. killing or injuring the occu-
pants. The passenger engine and
baggage car were turned over and are
complete wrecks. Four freight cars
were demolished.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
WEST n SOUTH.

At the age of 70 years Joseph En-
erson, n famous scholar and for SO
years associated with Beloit college
as professor of Greek, died at Beloit,
Wis.
Followers of a circus caused a reign
of terror for nearly a week in Cass
Lake, Grand Rapids and other towns
in northern Minnesota and troops
were called out to suppress them.
The police prevented anarchists
from gathering in Chicago and five
were. arrested, among them Mrs. Lucy
Parsons.
Near Hugo, Col, bandits held up a
Union Pacific train, killed W. j. Fay,
of Anaheim. Cal, and robbed the pas
sengers.
For miles around Hatton, N. d., q
tornado devastated the country, ruin
ing crops and severely injuring sew
eral people.
At Madison, Va, Grant Reed (col-
ored) was hanged for the murder of
his wife and her father. ~
Two elders were prevented from
leaving a train at Mansfield, O., where
a mob awaited them.
The death Of Capt. Frederick Jerome,
an old-tilne sailor, who saved we 1000
lives during his career, occurred at San
Francisco.
The Logan arrived at San Francisco
crowded with refugees from China.
Carrie H.. Walker, supreme COM
mander of the Ladies of the Maccabees,
died at her home in Detroit, Mich.
Intense heat caused nine deaths and
many prostrations in Chicago.
In Chicago the wife of Count Roza-
dowski, the Italian consul, asked the
authorities to extend protection to her
husband against localanarchists.
In the Alabama elections William J.
Sanford was elected governor by the
democrats.
Five persons were killed and two
others fatally injured in a railway
wreck at Aurich. Ark.
Gov. Wood decided to recognize
either civil or ecclesiastical marriages
in Cuba.
On a bicycle N. F. Backenstoss
reached Seattle, having made the trip
from New York in 81 days.
Chicago packers have been asked to
submit bids on an order for 1000, 900
pounds of meat for the American
armies in the orient.
The sudden death was announced of
William Clark, president of the cele-
brated thread manufacturing concern
in Westerly, r. I.
At the Eighth district of Alabama
William Richardson has been nom.
mated for congress by the democrats
to succeed Gen. Joe Wheeler.
&. A. Towne has declined the NOM
nation for vice president made by
the populist national convention at
Sioux Falls, S. D.
At Ottawa Beach, Mich, John
Grouix, an aeronaut, was killed by
falling 1900 feet.
John W. Jolly shot and killed his
s~ister-in-law, Emma Kleekamp, and
then killed his wife in Cincinnati,
Domestic trouble was the cause.
On the Monon road a passenger
train collided with a freight engine
at South Raub, Ind. and three per.
sons were killed and several injured,
n fatally.
In st. Louis dynamiters have be.
gun again to place explosives on the
tracks of the Transit company.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
"A PROTEST.
Alleged Unfair Practice In Weighing
Groceries = Revolutions Adopted
by Chicago Federation of Labor.

Chicago, Aug. Sat a recent meet
ing of the Chicago Federation of La
Dor, the strongest labor body in this
city and n of the largest in the
country, after some discussion, the
following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously passed:
Whereas, Our attention has been called
to the extensive n growing practice
among grocers Of weighing in with their
sugar. coffee, tea, ETC., an extra heavy
colored paper bag, thereby depriving the
consumer of the full amount of his pur-
chase, and enabling the grocer to make
a considerable extra profit on the bag at
the consumers expense; and
Whereas, Such practice Is particularly
severe on the w~orkingman and his family
from a financial point of view; therefore,
be 1t
Resolved, That this organization, the Chi
cage Federation of Labor. herewith regis
tiers an emphatic protest against the con-
%tinuance of this practice, and urges its
speedy abandonment by grocers, and fur
thermore, that we call upon fellow labor
organizations throughout the country to
taxi official cognizance of this injurious
custom and to cooperate with this organ
ization in the awakening of a sentiment
among the people hat will put an end to
this unfair practice.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16

AIRS. Stanford's recent gift of $1o,-
100000, added to its previous endow-
ment of S., 100000, makes Leland Stan
ford, Jr., the wealthiest educational
institution in the country with one
exception. The exception is Girard
college in Philadelphia, which is worth
$4,000, 600. Next on the list comes
Harvard, with productive funds
amounting to $1O,GOO,OOO, followed by
Columbia with $4,000, 900, Cornell with
$4,000, 200, University of Chicago with
ST. 500, 0CO, and Yale with $4,000, 900.
These figures show only the wealth
from which incomes are derived. 2
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
Famous Case Settled.

Leavenworth, Kan, Aug. s.-After
six trials in the United States circuit
court and a delay of 81 years and
four months the Mutual Life In
surance company, of New York, set
tied its case with Mrs. Sallie T.. Hill
mon-Smith in this city Tuesday by
paying her $22' 900 in cash, the amount
with interest decreed by a jury to be
due her on a policy held by Hillmon
when he disappeared in 1879. The Mu-
tual Life. of New York, is the second
of the three original insurance COM
panies to settle. The Connecticut Mu-
tual. is still holding out. with a judg-
ment of $11 ,054 against it.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
KILLED.

Holland, Mich, Aug. s.-John Drew.
of Grand Rapids, Mich, an aeronaut
10 years old, was instantly killed at
Macatawa, Mich, Tuesday while trying
to make a parachute drop into Lake
Michigan. Great crowds on both sides
OF the bay witnessed the ascent of the
balloon to a height of 500 or 600 feet.
and all agree that when Drew cut the
parachute loose it became twisted or
momentarily entangled. and the sud,
den fall unclasped his hands from the
trapeze bar, to which he had neg.
lected to attack his safety belt.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16

Under Lord Kitchener the circle
around Gems. De Wet and Steyn was be-
ing narrowed gradually by the British.
At Peitsang the allies, 10000 strong,
fought the Chinese, forcing the latter
to- retreat; allies loss 1900, mostly Rus
slams and japanese; Chinese loss much
heavier. Iii Hung Chang says the for
eign ministers have left Picking for
Tientsin under escort and that the
rebels have started to intercept them.
Demand for communication with Min
lister Conger, which is virtually an ul-
timatum, has been sem to China by the
United States.
A message from Minister Conger
shows the situation in Picking is more
alarming. Enjoys have been urged
to leave, but refuse, and imperial
troops are constantly firing on the
legations. Ii Hung Chang says the
allies will not be allowed to enter
Picking in order to escort the minis
ters to Tientsin. The next engage
ment between the allied forces and
the Chinese is expected at Yang-Tsun,
"A'eiS eAcAhy 10 ACPoiIeu " De III
large force.
Leading Filipinos were negotiating
with Gen. Macarthur for the surren-
der of the insurgent forces in central
LuZon.
President Kruger was said to be
seeking terms of surrender.
Russians who have been fighting
around Tsai-Chow are reported to
have killed 5000 Chinese.
The noted leader of socialism in
Germany, William Liebknecht, died in
Charlottenburg. aged "a years.
England informed the Chinese gov
eminent that its members would be
held personally responsible if the
members of the foreign legations al
Picking suffer injury.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16

Snow is said to be eight feet deep in
New South Wales. That Australian
colony is enterprising and progressive,
and in many respects it must be a good
place in which to reside. But undoubt-
eddy it has it's drawbacks. In the sum.
mel the heat is almost always frightful
and in the winter the temperature goes
to just the opp 1site extreme. It's a pity
that some Inventive genius does not run
a pipe line from one side of the world to
the other, 50 as to bring about an equal.
ization of Temperature that would be
undoubtedly highly pleasing to the in.
habitants of each side.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The army of Gen. De Wet was sur
rounded by the British near Reitz-
berg, whence it could not escape. A
train on board of which was United
States Consul Stowe and flying the
United States flag was derailed by a
flying patrol of Beers at Honigspruit.
The Chinese government issued an
imperial edict providing escort for the
diplomatic corps from Picking to ITEM
tsin. A belated message from Minis
ter Conger, dated July 21, reports his
safety at Picking.
Anti-Jewish riots in Odessa were Sc
rious, entire sections having been loot
ed and manv lives lost.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
Cast Into the River.

Davenport, Ia, Aug. 9.-The re-
mains of Charles M. Bicknell, of Des
Moines, Ia, recently a student in the
Chicago university until he broke
down on account of overapplication
to his studies, were cremated here
Wednesday and his ashes cast into
the Mississippi river, in accordance
with the wishes of his family.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16

Humanity during the last rs years
has been advised to try all kinds of
cures for all kinds of ailments, but we
have gradually swung around again
to the curc our grandfathers used to
recommend. We are again advised to
laugh. No matter what may be the
matter with us, we can laugh it away,
SO it is said, ii we will.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16

The Denver & Rio Grande has a new
scheme for fighting off train robbers.
onstop of the cab OF a new engine is
a nozzle pointing back toward the ten
der. This nozzle has connection with
the boiler and the turn of a lever, al
ways within easy reach, will send out
q jet of steam and hot water that will
etfectnally parboil any train robber
that may have an idea in his head of
crawling Oyer the tender into the cab
Of the engine. The boiling of one
train robber on the Rio Grande will
gllltely result in putting an end to the
train robbing industry in that section.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16

ARGENT experimental shipment Of
lemons and oranges in cold storage was
made from California to Paris. The.
fruit reached the Frenchcapital inper-
feet condition, and it is possible that a.
big trade will be established, 3.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16

In the trial of a murder case before
Judge Portlock, of Norfolk, Va, At
torney Marshall pointed a}revolver at
the judge to show how the murderer
had killed his victim: "Is that load
ed?' yelled the Judge. "No!" replied
Marshall, and 70 prove it pulled the
trigger. A. second later a bullet
crashed into the wall within an inch
of tbs. INDIES head.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16

Chief Librarian Putnam, of the CON-
gressional library at Washington, is
now in Vienna, where he has completed
arrangements with the government of
Austria to send the Washington library
a copy of every official publication is
sued by that government, in exchange
fer all official publications of the Unit
ed States. 1t is planned to make SINH
lar arrangements with every nation.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
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.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM

In December the centennial of the
establishment of the seat of govern
ment in the District of Columbia will
be celebrated in Washington.
The condition of all the national
banks in the United States at the
close of business June go, 1900, shows
the aggregate assets to be $4,944,956,-
.623, the highest eve reached in the
history of the national system.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16

A Kansas City packing house employe
has invented a device which picks the
feathers off dead chickens as neatly
and rapidly as the famous Kansas cy-
clone does the trick. The machine has
a receptacle in which the deceased
chicken is placed. Into this box are di-
rected several cross-blasts of air from
electrical-driSen fans which ~revolve at
the rate of 5000 turns a minute. The
miniature cyclone strips the-bird of it's
feathers, even cleaning off the down, in
the twinkling of an eve,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
Denth of a yeternn.

Detroit, Mich, Aug. 6.-Col. Thomas
R. Roberts, who was provost marshal
of Cincinnati during the last three
years of the civil war, died at his resi-.
dence here Sunday, aged " years.
Col. Roberts was a prominent mem.
Der of the Loyal Legion
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16
Drowned.

Milwaukee. Aug. .s.-A Herold spe
cial from Oshkosh, Wis, says Herman
and Villa Klabunde, aged six ani
eight years, respectively, were
drowned in Lake Winnebago Tues,
day. They were carried out in a boat
and in attempting to swim ashore
were exhausted.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16

Lieut.. Robert S. Clarke, of the Ninth
regiment, now in China, is probably
'@the richest officer in tie United States
army. Mr.. Clarke, grandson ard prin-
@cipal heir of the late Alfred Corning
Clarke, is still in his early twenties,
US a graduate of Yale and commands
fortune Of millions.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1900-08-16

Few people in this country have an
adequate idea of the density of the
population of China. The province of
Hupeh, with 7o,45o square miles, has
33,365.OO Inhabitants, while Indiana
and Ohio, with 1850 square miles,
have only 5,s64,720 population. New
England has a surface of 1000 square
miles and 4,7o0,7 45 Inhabitants, while
the province of Shabtung, with 5,1O5
square mics, has q population of &c.
24s,ooO. ~he United States has 20 in
habital.ts to the square miles, but the
population of the Chinese empire is
SOC 70 the square mile.