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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
COMMISSION WILL MAKE rAvoRA-
BaE REPORT.
Now Have a Clearer Discriminating
Of the Relations This Government
Would Mafrtatn Toward Cuba
Cubans Realize Tint the Accept
ance Of the PLATE Amendment
WIN Gua~a.tee Thefr Inaepend-
ence-Are Now Chieny Conceraed
I'm the Ecenemic Aspect of the
ReIations- ~ ~

Washington, April GAS result OF
the visit of the Cuban commissioners
! II is evident that these gentlemen Will
return to Havana with a clearer un-
derstanding of the relations this gov
eminent would maintain toward Cuba.
They have found the president, menu
bers OF HIS cabinet, senators and repre-
sentatives all earnestly in favor of do
ing everything possible to give Cuba
the largest measure of Independence
not dangerous to the welfare OF this
country. IT has been explained to
them that the Plat amendment was
adopted to insure Cuba independence
In the conduct OF her own affairs and
to guarantee that independence by the
power of the American army and navy
The Cubans already understand this,
but they have depended upon the en-
forcement of the Monroe doctrine to
Guarantee Their independence
from the interference of foreign powers
without assuming any obligations OF
their own to this government. With
put exception the Cuban commission
acknowledges the supremacy OF the
United States in all matters affecting
The American continent. DR.. Tamayo,
secretary of state for Gen. Woods
Cuban cabinet. gave out the following
statement:
There is no doubt that we will pre-
sent favorable report to the conven-
ton. We have made little progress so
far in discussing the economical prob
lens. but under no circumstances VIII
there be any conflict between US and
the United States government. What
we are now chiefly interested in is the
economic aspect Of relations. Our
products of sugar and tobacco must
Find Their Chief Market
In this country. If we receive special
tariff advantages 1t will mean more to
Cuba than all other concessions. In"
deed, our principal object in coming
here is to ascertain what this govern
ment will do in the way of tariff in
ducements. We have some differences
of opinion among ourselves as to the
eventual course, but there is little
doubt that the president is seeking to
establish relations which will be mu-
tually beneficial"
Although practically agreed to rec
ommend the ratification of the Plat
amendment, the Cuban commission
accepts this alternative not without re-
serve, but as inevitable. Secretary
Root conferred with the Cubans at
length yesterday. He had them, as on
Thursday, at luncheon in the after
noon, and then presided at meeting
at the war department, at which Gen.
Wood was also present.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
RECEIVE coxGER IN CAPITOL.
An Inusuni Honor Granted ." t"c
Returnieg Diplomat.

Des Monies. Iowa. April % tFs
Iowa EXECUTIVE council. passed eaoT.
luton granting. 70 the citizens OF 1es
Moines the use of The state house LOT
q pubic reception to EdwikH. conger'
minister to China. swho has arrived az
San Francisco and will reach Des
Moipes In few days. The state house
has never been used before for re-
ceptioa to other than state officers ana
returning soldiers. special tram Oh
twelve coaches will leave Des MONIES
for Council Bluffs on the day OF MIN
lister Conger's arrival in Iowa. GOV.
Shaw. Adjt. Gen. NJ. III. Byers ana
other state officials Will make up the
reception committee. with Maj. Hoyt
Sherman. only surviving brother TO the
late John Sherman, and fifty proHi-
nent Des Moines men. Severalshun-
dred people from points all through
Iowa will make the trip to Council
Bluffs on the Conger special.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02

While most of the important armies
of Europe possess an equipment, more
Ior less complete, of quick-firing artil-
Ilery, and Italy is busily occupied in
bringing herself into line, the German
war office is stated to have succeeded
In procuring a field gun which is not
only a quick firer, but absolutely free
from recoil. So perfect is the mechan-
ism for neutralizing the recoil in the
new gun just turned out by Messrs.
Krupp, that coin placed on one OF
the spokes Of wheel is said not to be
disturbed by the discharge. The whole
OF the German Acid artillery is now to
be adapted to the non-recoil mechan-
ISM
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
NEWS IN BRIEF
Overflow From the w.. :.
es z ds-anaa.U m IN

s"S Wlrea a.
densed Form
Mayor Leonard of wal,h..
has issued an order to ,hs
stop public whist parties NV Eau
The president has reanno,.
r. Bidwell to be .collectar !.
for the district of New yo,s custa
Robbers looted the Bank 80,
q private institution in the -. audr
Ludlow, five miles north :, NAV
ILL.,, and secured $1,000. = HsnloS
According to an uncontiru..
IN London J. Pierpont Morya ,u tsps{
Tor a portrait by Whistler az, wv u
bust by Miss Beverage. "u is
Essie May Nelson. ayaa
years, committed suicide at Sa a''s
Ind, by swallowing morphin. - auncs \
her sweetheart, Ora Applerats '.caus
not call every night. "0ut|
1t is stated at Pittshnr.
Browning. the Philadelphia nh. MAJ y
who presented a bill for s,so -"
medical attendance on the latn y 20
tor Chris Magee. will sue the as = ssns'
- - - -
s7S4,ooO unless HIS claim is paid y "
William Carroll. whose body :.
supposed to have been found !,
river at Brandenburg, KY, eight W.. J.
ago. and was buried with honors sa y
his relatives near English, Ind =
returned there, having been in nsa -
ever since his departure from crss
ford county. s'aS
The Michigan house has agreed
the Mackey bill, which prohibits !,
sale of cigarettes in any form, the y
hibition also extending TO cira,s,
wrappers and tobacco USED for sri
purposes. A provision was added
avoid any conflict with the interst,
commerce law.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02

President Tnwing of the Western
Reserve university at Cleveland says
In noting marked decrease in the
number of divinity students that two
influences produce this result-the
larger inducements which commercial
pursuits offer and the unsettling OF
religious beliefs and doubts as to fu-
ture relations between church and So
lciety. Young men, says Mr. Thwing
are in doubt, whether the church is to
be place of worship or sort of club
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
rEnsIsTE>r RUMoRs OF HIS CAP
TIRE BY BOERs,
Surrounded with Five Hundred OF
His Men md Compelled to Sur
render - Despite War ONCE De-
mails the Belief Is Growing That
He lis Now I'm the Hands OF the
Boers-Gen. Kitchener Strangely
silent - Nothing Definite, Oniciaf
or Otherwise, Has Been Heard OF
Gen. French for a Month.

philadelphia, April 2S. - The North
American prints the following cabie
from it's London correspondent:
DESPITE the persistent denials OF the
war office, the belief is steadily grow
ing that Gen. French was captured
with his men near vreyheid, April ],
and is now a prisoner somewhere In
the mountains of the Transvaal. Since
that date-in fact since March 20, just
a month ago-nothing definite has peen
heard from him. official or otherwise.
Then he reported that as a result OF
raiding he had driven the Beers to the
northward and would patrol the SOUTH
ern section, The next heard OF him
was the rumor which came in the form
of a dispatch from the Cape Town
correspondent of the Cologne Gazette,
and reached London from there. In
this il was said that while crossing
the mountains in heavy mist French,
with his force of 500, was
Quietly Surrounded
by strong Boer force. to which he
cal itulated as soon as the clearer at
mosphere showed him his plight. II
French were still at liberty his move
Iy i'm the bulletins of the war Office,
with those of the other commanders,
and the list of his casualties would ap-
pear in official reports. But they have
all maintained absolute silence regard
ing him and no official interview is
able TO make satisfactory explana-
tiou fol- IL About ten days ago the ru-
NOR was current in London and Cape
Town that Gen. French had been cap
tured while trying to capture Gen.
Dewet. The London war Office at that
time officially discredited the rumor.
Since then nothing has been heard
from French. Lord Kitchener has been
strangely silent about the rumor. He
alone can verify it, as he controls abso-
luteiy every outlet of news from South
Africa
ROors Gathered In.
London, April 2S.--Gen. Kitchener re-
ports to the war Office that since his
last dispatch 16 Beers have been killed,
20 wounded, 81 captured and 81 sur
rendered. Three thousand cattle, 5000
sheep, and many wagons have been
taken. In addition to the foregoing.
Lieut. Reid and 20 Imperial bushmen
captured yesterday near Commissie
Drift Olifants river. Commandant
Schroeder and Al men OF his command
Britons Captured.
Cape Town, April 2S-Eleven men Of
a troop Of the Western Province
mounted rifles, who were patroling in
the Calvina district, were surrounded
by Beers. They fought for two hours,
hut surrendered after losing two mon
killed and two wounded.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02

The Paris seamstresses have gone on
. strike for shorter hours and higher
wages. and American dressmakers have
formed union for effecting prompt
payment for garments delivered. On
the other hand. an American lady has
sued famous dressmaker Of Paris for
wasting her time trying on gown that
did not fit. Her plea that nine fittings
for one gown was a condition calling
for damages has been sustained by
the French court.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02

A disposition to do the fair thing By
home talent has been evinced by 9
statesman In the Missouri legislature
who has introduced bill into the sen.
ate that the 14th day of February BIZ
and is hereby declared to be the only
grounding day In Missouri" 1t ap.
pears that some confusion has arisen
as to the precise festival of his ground.
hogship, and legislative enactment il
expected to straighten out the tangle
1t Is not altogether certain that st. Val.
entine will joyously consent to a divi.
sion OF honors with the humble wealth.
Ier prophet, but the crowding OF two
such festal days into one will be glad
ly welcomed by busy and industrious
people.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
ni. stomnch cut ONT.

Chicago, April 2S--Paul Kreuger, a
German gardener living on Winnimac
avenue, has had his stomach cut out
at the hospital of the Illinois medical
college by DR.. b. B. Eads, professor Of
surgery. This makes the third sue
eessful operation of the kind on record.
A cancer which was eating up Kreug-
er's stomach necessitated the opera
ton. kreuger is making a good re-
covery, but hereafter can eat nothing
but predigested or vegetable foods
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02

Northern Indiana farmers are exper-
imenting In the domestication of quail
anu the results are reported as highly
gratifying. Nearly every farmer in
that section has from one to three
coveys on his farm and is giving them
kind and careful attention. During
the snow season the birds are fed reg
ularly and on some of the farms they
have become SO tame that they roost
with the barnyard fowls.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02

Eighty Bodies Taken From the
Ruins OF the Chemical Works.

Hufms OF the Chemfcal works.
Frankfort-on .the- Main, April 2s. -
Eighty bodies have been recovered
from the ruins Of the Grelsheim cleo
tro-chemical works. 1t is believed that
there are more bodies in the ruins. 1t
Is estimated that in addition to the
killed $50 persons were injured. Many
others are missing. A number Of chill
.dren who were hurled by the explosion
into the River Main were drowned be-
fore rescuers could reach them. Sew
eraI firemen are among the victims.
The signal was given at 1880 yester-
day morning to all the inhabitants Of
Greisheim and vicinity that they must
leave Immediately, as an explosion Of
a great benzine reservoir was expected.
Even the firemen, salvagers and SOL
diers left, but the explosion did not oc-
cur. Several women and children were
trampled to death during the panic
stricken flight.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
Poorhouse site yearIx s.,t,cd.

Hokah. Mimi, April g. - There has
been warm controversy over a site
for new poorhouse which 1t is neces-
sary to erect this year, but il is now al
most certain the new building will be
erected on the poor farm about three
miles west of Hokah. The building
will be of brick and will cost not to
exceed $4,000. This action on the part
OF the county commissioners will meet
with general approval
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02

II is said that Herr Heinrich Ehr-
hardt, the well-known ammunition
cart and gun manufacturer of Eisen-
ach and Dusseldorf, Germany, intends,
In cooperation with the wealthy Tur-
In manufacturer. Friedrich Spuhn, to
establish extensive works for the man
ufacture OF his specialties in Italy. The
proposed works will not only be de-
voted to the guns of Ehrhardt's patent,
but also to the manufacture of boiler
tubes.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
New creamery FOR Hnstings.

Hastings. Mimi. April 2s.-Hastings
is to have a new creamery built by
Herbert Schmitz and John Haus of
Benedict, Scott county. on the old
Dameral lot on East Second street.
Operations for the excavation were
commenced yesterday Both are ex-
perienced and practical young men,
and no doubt viii build up thriving
business. as this is splendid market
for the farmers in this vicinity. +
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
Buys a Grass Marsh.

Baraboo, Wis. April 2S.--The North
western Grass Irvine Company of ST.
Paul, Superior and Oshkosh has re-
Gently purchased a seventy-acre wire
grass marsh betN. cen this city and
Portage from Ralph r.. Baker. 1t is
the intention to raise the wire grass
for the manufacture of grass Irvine
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
Martin Held without Bail.

Albert Lea, Mimi, April 2S.--Another
chapter was enacted in the prosecution
of Byron r. Martin for alleged rape
yesterday afternoon when the defend.
ant was held to he grand jury without
pail by Justice Stacy, only two wit
nesses being sworn, of which one was
the alleged victim. She is Julia Olsen,
a country girl nineteen years of age,
who was employed as domestic in
this city.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
INDEPENDENT OF THE TRUST.
More Purchases of Minnesota Iron
Lands.


Lands.
New York, April 2S.-At the local Of
fees OF jones & Laughlins of Pittsburg
it was stated that additional purchases
OF several thousand acres of ore lands
in Minnesota had just been made.
This, with the recently acquired ore
tract of F. l.. Kimberleys, was de-
clared In Wall street to place the firm
In an independent position so far as
the United States Steel corporation
was concerned. The Kimberley prop
erty, of course, is the best But IL is
understood that much OF the other
lands purchased are the finest in Min
nescta. Jones e. Laughlins say they
are going TO work at once. They have
already started in on their plan to
puiio or buy fleet of vessels to trans
port the ore on the great lakes.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
KILLED ny SALT.
Ate Three TeaspoonfuIs Daily Under
Mistaken Medicinal Idea.

Niles Mich, April 2S.--Col. Edward
s. Bacon, a prominent attorney and
the oldest member of the Berrien
county Ear association, is dead, aged
seventy-one years The attending ply
sician says the death was due Indirect
~ TO diabetis. AT the suggestion of a
friend, however, Mr.. Bacon COM
menced taking salt short time ago,
and. as he felt improved. he increased
the dose until he finally took three tea
spoonfuls daily. This, the doctor saws.
separated the iron in the blood from
the white corpuscles, with the result
that the blood turned white.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
Hodson Commits snicide.

Helena. Mont. April 2S.-word was
received here yesterday that j. b.
Hodson. head accountant of the Mon
tana Mining company, operating the
Famous Drumlummon mine, had COM
mitted suicide at Santa Barbara, Cal,
by shooting himself through the head.
He had been in poor health. He leaves
a wife and two children in Marysville,
Mont.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
Will Vote on Rnnd Lame

Stanley, Wis. April IS The city
council has voted 10 establish new
ward, making four, and has decided
upon May IL at the date for holding
a special election upon the proposi-
ton of bonding the city for water
works and sewers.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
NEGRO LYNCHED.
He Had Committed an Assault on a
Young woman.

Elberton, Ga, April 2S.--While fish
ing in the Savannah river near her
home, Wednesday, Miss Rhoda Alex
ander was assaulted by a negro work.
man named William Goolsby Miss
Alexander reported the matter to her
mother. About that time the negro
appeared and offered to work six
month for the mother IL she would not
report him. Before he could leave the
place some friends OF the family APP
peared, took charge Of the negro and
left for the river. Later they reported
that they had set him free. Yesterday
It developed that Goolsby was lynched
and that his body was thrown into the
Savannah river.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
Baby Ate strychnins,

Cedar Falls, Iowa, April 2s. - The
twenty-months-old child of Mr.. ana
MRS. George Jensen died from the eff
reefs or strychnine poison. The moth
er is sick and the baby helped herself
10 the medicine tablets, and died with
In two hours.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02

A station nine miles out from a
great city on one of the Oldest railroad
lines In the United States bears the
name Relay" This was because the
horses by which the road was first
operated. were there changed. What's
In name? Sometimes a fragment of
history.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
winTake Hi. Rride to the k,ooa,E.

New Richmond. Wis, April %. -
Mathew Mcmillan, recently from the
Klondike. and Miss Anna Martin will
De united In marriage here Monday.
Aprn ~, and Immediately take their
departure for their new home in the
1ar-away Northwest, where Mr.. Nc
MILAN is heavily interested in mining
properties.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
PRAIRIE FIRES
Are Doing Great Damage I'm Ne
braska.

valentine, Neb., April 2S.-Word re-
ceived from the southwestern part of
this Cherry county is to the effect
that disastrous prairie fires are raging
there; that the buildings of one cattle
ranch have been entirely wiped out.
and that other ranches are threatened.
Details are very meager and 1t is i'm
possible to learn the name of the
ranch which has suffered the loss of
Its buildings, which Is about sixty
miles from here. The report says that
the fires started about 4 o'clock Thurs
day afternoon and at 10 o'clock last
night were still raging. They are
travelling rapidly northward under
three separate heads, four miles apart.
a high wind is prevailing.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02

The bureau OF engraving and print
Ing has orders from the postoffice de-
partment to print the new Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition stamps, In the follow
Ing quantities.: One-cent, 1900, 900;
two-cent. 1So.oO0.oO0; four-cent, $780,
900: five-cent, S.O00.O00 eight-cent, 81
100000; ten-cent, 1000. 600; total, 251,-
600, 900.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
Desperate vii, He H.na.,

81. Joseph, Mo-, April Is. Charles
May desperate who has been con-
nected with several murders In this
county. was adjudged guilty of murder
IN the first degree for the shooting of
Robert Martin Dec. 81 last. He will
be hanged
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
CURE FOR TUBERCULOSIS.
Argentine Army Surgeon Publishes
Report on His Experiments.

HepOrt on HIS Experfmen
Buenos Ayres. Arg, April 2S.-Dr. G..
L. Villar. an Argentine army surgeon.
has just published a report on the
treatment of fifty cases Of tuberculo-
sis with his serum at the military hos
pitai in this city. The treatment ex-
tended from Dec. 2. 1900, to April 20,
1901. Tuberculosis in its early stages,
says DR.. Villar. Is cured within forty
days. Patients whose cases were more
advanced, but without complications,
he reports, were all cured within nine
ty days. OF those patients whose cases
were far advanced, all were cured ex-
cept those who could offer very little
resistance to the disease.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
Additionol nona Reou,r,

Helena, Mont. April IS. The SUI
preme court yesterday ordered the
Montana Ore Purchasing company to
file $35O.0o0 additional bond in the
Pennsylvania case. The company on
application Of the Boston & Montana.
already had furnished bond of $780,
000
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
Heavy Damage. Askcd.

Oshkosh. Wis, April 2s.-The North
western has been sued for $3.50, 900
damages by forty-four claimants. al
legged TO have been injured in the wreck
at Depere, Wis, June "a of last year
on the saengerfest excursion train. All
are residents of Oshkosh, Menasha and
Fond du Lac.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02

In the Sella Pass In the Dolomite
mountains, above Bozen. three women
from Fassa lost their way in the snow
storm, and were found frozen together
In stone-like group. They had to be
laid on a sledge together anG dragged
into the valley. and thawed before a
great fire, before they could be sepa-
rated for burial.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02

Henry James was once praising the
work of fellow author You are very
kind to him." said some one present,
for he says very unpleasant things
llout your work" All" said Mr.
James, but, then, both Of us may be
wrong"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02
KILLED BY wARDENs.
Alleged P0acher Falls Victim to
weapons Of Officers.

Akron. Ohio, April rs. = In battle
last night between game law wardens
and alleged violators Of the gill net
law, who were caught in Long lake,
Edward Frye. one of the latter. was
fatally shot. Wardens Ruckle and Fox
are under arrest.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02

\ Michael G. Mulhall, the noted stalls
tician who died recently In London,
lorecasted the twelfth American CEN
pus within $4,000, showing how very
brecise and accurate statistical science
ean be In skillful hands. 5
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-05-02

Fight With Chinese.
London. April ga dispatch to the
Standard from Shanghai says that the
German and French expeditions to the
Shansi border are returning, having
failed In their object.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-01-15
POISONED HIS DOG
Some Scoundrel Poisons DR.. Gibson's
Thoroughbred Collie.


DR.. j. /. Gibson finds the language of
polite society almost inadequate to ex-
press his opinion of the man who poi
soned his valuable thoroughbred Collie
dewey" The dog was a perfect
beauty, of almost human intelligence
and as gentle as a kitten. The dog
could not have been killed for any
harm he had done and the poisoning
was either by mistake or on account of
the dirtiest kind of malice. The dog
was the especial pet of little Morine
Gibson and she gave him his name
Dewey" when a child of three.
While the dog was a valuable one
from the dollar and cents standpoint it
was much more valuable as com
panion and friend The dog was poi
soned last evening and died early this
morning, although every effort was
made to save his life. If the man who
did the poisoning is not ashamed of il
he will undoubtedly avow his action,
and we think Doctor Gibson would give
something handsome to find out who il
was.