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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-11-14
Oct 31t3

By S. v. Christ, His Attorney.
Douglas Island news., 1901-10-30
FIRE! FIRE!
Green & Slater's Saw Mill
 a Mass of Ruins.

Last Monday evening Chas. Fox looked down from Second street and saw a volume of fire and smoke issuing from the roof of Green < Skaters saw mill. As he ran towards the bell tower he heard the cry of fire from Front street. Very soon the clamor of the bell brought large crowd of men from the stores and shops. When the hose cart reached Front street, Martin Olson already had the 200 feet of association hose strung from the hydrant near the the cigar factory. A connection was quickly made and in very few min utes stream of water was pouring on the burning building. Back went the hose cart to the hydrant at Bach's store and with the help of some reserve hose brought from the cart house, second stream was turned on. A good, stiff breeze was blowing inshore and the mill was on fire from end to end, and column of sparks reached clear up to Second street.
 After hard fight of quarter of an hour the flames began to subside and in thirty minutes the fire was out. Thus, by the prompt action of the de- partment, was averted fire that might have destroyed large portion of the town. We want to say right here, that the organization known as the Douglas City Fire Department, is deserving of praise for the constant vigilance with which it's members care for the fire ap- paratus, keeping the always in order.
 The origin of the fire is mystery. The mill shut down at 6 o'clock and MT. Slater took the hose and wet every thing, near the furnace, thoroughly. He visited the mill again at ' o'clock and found everything all right. MT. W. c. Boyd was at the mill at 9 o'clock and there was no fire at that time, and few minutes past 10 the whole build ing was wrapped in flames. The loss was about s1,O0O. No insurance.
 Chief Hoyt was on hand, and did much to direct the goodnatured efforts of the crowd of volunteers. Among those who did especially good work we noticed Messrs. Fred c. Purinton and $. N. Harvie.
 At Treadwell, supt. Macdonald had retired for the night, but, on learning of the fire, got up and dressed and was preparing to come to our assistance with men and hose, when the blaze subsided and he knew that we hat conquered.
Douglas Island news., 1901-10-30
ADVANCEMENT.

To Families who wish to purchase a Singer Sewing Machine on easy terms, I will for limited time sell on month ly installments. P. H. Fox.
Douglas Island news., 1901-10-30
The Bowling Alley.

The prize for the best record made during last week-a box of cigars-was won by Harry Fowler, who scored 51. The prize this week is new hat. The game is open to all.
Douglas Island news., 1901-10-30

Meeting of the shareholders of the Douglas Natatorium and Gymnasium, Tuesday, Nov. 5th, at SD. m. sharp. Full attendance required. Business of interest to all to attend to.
 By Order of the "Board,"
 R. A. CHISHOLM, Sec'y.
Douglas Island news., 1901-10-30
Fancy groceries of all kinds at the Treadwell Store.

See those handsome silk waists at Bach's.
Douglas Island news., 1901-10-30
A good parlor organ for sale at Jno. Feusi's.

The best lager beer on earth always on tap at Ohman's.
Douglas Island news., 1901-10-30
See those hobby silkEtons at Bach's.
Wortman's Bargain List
.S1.5O to 8 200

Sash lifts and Drawer pulls:
 Copper and Brass, each...... 10
 All locks, lower than cost price.
 Second hand Clothing, Coats, Capes, Quilts end Blankets, at low prices. English Breakfast Tea per ib .... .35 Knives and forks-2 pair for.... .25 Gallon Coffee pots. ............ .25 5 Gallon Ice Cream freezer, cost
 s19.Oo now 500 Coat and Hat Hooks, per doz..... .l5 Double Bitted axes. es............ .75 Folding Beds. .............. 14.00
 Queensware and Glassware at your own price.
Douglas Island news., 1901-10-30

This Sale will positively close on Nov. 9th, on which date we will remove to OUT new quarters. Our present Sale prices are way below anything hereto fore sold Up in this country. We must reduce our stock considerably and do not propose to stand on any ceremony just now. < ss $
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02

Exclaimed. edited the Star in turn. debated
with vigor and yielded up at intervals the
Grafton.
"As the society had to support itself with
furniture. kerosene and stationery. benefit
entertainments were given at times where
the weekly service was preserved in a subli-
mated form and lightened with the addition
I'm many of these Mr.. Mckinley took
of Major Wellington de Boots In Morton's
minor comedy. The Widow Hunt with
fine effect.
81 have since seen and admired John l..
Tcole. John Sleeper Clark and John +.
Owens In this part. when they played II
with all the advantageous circumstances of
a good company and in well-equipped the
alters. But none Of them gave me 40 much
pleasure as Major Mckinley. I think IL he
most profound dramatic n hit of the ~ SEASON ane
A but two of his fellow Thesp!ans are
dead-she who played the maid and myself:
that maic. I saw her only yesterday in the
large city where she lives. riding In her
carriage. attended by her handsome grown
evidence. stil beautiful. the wing OF time
having touched her gently. az it should.
Il suppose that nearly everybody has Wis
tied in ripe years the home Of his child
hood or the school of his adolescence. And
with what disappointment. indeed.
1T is not the mere sentiment that Is
how wasted the great tree which still stands
and how shrunken the houses are which
once looked so imposing.
Neither IL II to read on every stone Of the
village churchyard n familiar name. nor the
Wanting and lying tribute to some one
known to you as the most unqualified OF
rascals. nor yet to find there. In more sacred
rest. cut not so deeply into the marble as
into your own heart. the record OF some one
az tenderiy dear after the lapse Of years
as ever.
"All these things are of the well-known
inevitable. They are familiar thoughts.
made so by reflection. by reading in srme
cases. but though they make sorrow. they
do not give the shock which springs from
finding grandchildren where you left babies;
baby you once knew IL grandmother or
grandfather sitting over there on the porch
or reading. Then YOU begin TO feel
old. to know how Time has sped and that
his scythe ia to sweep your way shortly"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02
Browning, King @ Co.
ROSS RAYMOND WAS
McKINLEY'S SCHOOLMATE
He Is Now Serving a Three Years Sentence in Sing Sing, Where He
Tells of the Days When He and the Present President
Took Part in College Debates.

severe and cruel. and he resented his merci-
less punishment for thoughtless boyish Of
lenses. As Il stepson. he naturally chafed
under the restraint and penalties and be-
came rebellious and Maynard, which, I'M
checked. meant ruin.
The lad was a handsome. brilliant young
ster. and he knew it, He learned easily.
was fluent of speech. quick of perception.
and had a remarkable memory. He easily
mastered languages and surmounted liter
airy difficulties in a way that amazed older
pupils. His acknowledged ability and in
slant comprehension. together with his CAV.
rollfckfng disposition. his audacious. daring
qualities. made him a leader of the wilder
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02
Remarkable Career of This Bril-.
liant Traveller and Adventurer,
Agent of Oriental Royal, Gift
ed Correspondent and Tenn
porary Rajah-

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
New York. June 1.-They all come from
Ohio-s;atesmen and generals. Presidents of
the United States. and Ross Raymond.
Fol a quarter of a century newspapers
and sercret service agents here and in Eu-
rope have tried to solve the mystery of
Ross Raymond's nativity and early career.
This Is the first authentic story of the
mans remarkable life. as Cleaned from
many sources and as substantiated by him
In an interview at Sing Sing prison.
He has declared himself Of English par
entage. the son of a British officer. born
near the sea In a southern county, Sussex
or Kent: educated at one Of the famous
English Latin schools: then a mildly in
the Royal Navy. followed BY promotion and
long and honorable service. and finally re-
sienation and farewell. leaving his ship at
San Francisco to become a newspaper cor
respondent and writer of books.
Such was the romance of his life as he
told 1t In the heyday of his journalistic ca
reer In New York. Paris and Calcutta.
Parenthetically. he sometimes referred TO
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02

POLAND has not only lost her eminence as
a school center. but her intellectually has
also decentralization from its high level
to the imitation ChautauQua article. Inn
mature minds discuss the Greek philosophers
and support theories by quotations from Sir
William Hamilton's metaphysics.
"Hegel. Kant and Fichte have things said
about them that would make those great
German thinkers laugh could they but hear
them. The Browning clubs flourish like
green bay trees and the novel Is held In
stern disfavor.
Now. just think OF this. A town Of pro-
fessed elevation i'm culture refusing to enjoy
Lorna Doone' and into which even a trans
lation of Mazzoni's 'Promessi Sposi' enters
not more readily than the 'Contes Drola-
tilues' OF Balzac or the wor-.s Of George
Moore In English!
Let US cave the old town. Its real in
terest rests In the fact, that our President
was resident there once. and that his edu-
cation was for the most part secured in its
academic halls.
Let IL sleep. The forests about II are
glowing In the autumn sunlight. and It
dozes quietly on its shaded streets"
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Brilliant Descriptive writing Brings
Trouble With IL.

When Raymond appeared in San Fran
CISCO II Is supposed that he took summary
leave OF the British warship to which he
nad been attached. During his travels he
had been acting as occasional correspond
ent for San Francisco papers. the Argonaut
and others. and he was soon a full fiedged
newspaper man I'm the office of the Chicago
Times. A little later. when Melville e
Stone established the Evening News in
that city. the first penny evening daily in
the West. Raymond joined the stan Of three
or four men. and continued in the service
OF the Journal in various capacities as local
writer and travelling correspondent.
In 1915 he was with the Baltimore Ameri-
can. and attracted attention by his brilliant
work. especially his account of a great ACCT
dent at Point of Rocks Compliments were
showered on him for his graphic word pic
ture of the disaster. until. by chance, one
day General Agnus. the editor. learned that
Raymond had written his story entirely
from his Imagination and was not at the
scene of the accident. This aneered General
Agnus. and he failed to agree with Ray
mond that he should be judged wholly by
the value OF his work. So long as il was
truthful and picturesque. and satisfied the
public. his writing should be accepted, re-
gardless OF where he might have been. The
result OF the quarrel was Raymond's trans
FER to Philadelphia. where he was engaged
as special descriptive writer by the Times.
A notable incident I'm his career on that
paper was thus related by Il correspondent
of a New York daily:
When Mr.. Aston was to be welded to
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02
Visit tn His Old Home. and RecOlIec-
tlOuo Of Mex fnIev

u w nbo WIN t1Otues ana HeCOIueC.
lions Of Mckinley.
On October Z. 1899, Raymond visited Po-
land. the scenes Of his youth. for the first
time In a quarter Of q century. He found
MS mother dead. and was deeply affected
when he kneit by her tomb In the village
Pittsburg Dispatch:
1T was my melancholy pleasure to visit
the old town to-day and to find that In these
fading villages Is not shown. as in Byron's
lines.
And dear the schoolboy spot
We still remember. although by II forgot.
so quiet, so unmarked by incident has a
quarter of 4 century been In this placid ru-
remember everybody they ever knew. and
II was with mingled feelings Of awe and
sadness that my own schOolboy crimes were
passed before me with absolute accuracy.
there were many. was having Joined as
Junior voice In debate with Major McKin-
ley on some such abtruse question as. Re
solved. That the opening Of the ports Of
be beneficial to the modern tendencies of
civilization
Mckinley had come home from the war
and resumed his interrupted study Of law.
He wore the uniform of his recent rank.
with the leafed shoulder straps removed.
but he bore himself like a military tyrant-
was pompOus. overbearing. yoctferous In
speech and tremendous In gesticulation.
tine Everett Literary Society. an attachment
to the course Of education Of the Poland
Union Seminary itself. To tighten the pom
derousness of these disputes. which IL would
ether features-declamations. essays. the
reading of a weekly news and literary pa
per. furnished from original sources: recita-
ticns by Iadies-and through this melange
Grafton. with all its terrors. In all these ex-
ercises Mckinley took an active part. He
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02

In poverty and solitude. when the brightest
thing was despair. when ten years Of night
closed down on her husband at the gates OF
o r.land Prison. she went into the humblest
lodefngs- worked. prayed and saved every
possible penny to send him such things a.
the stern prison regulations would admit.
why have I chung TO him all these
years." Because I loved him when / mar
ried him-loved Tim as / never loved any
other man. 1 am an Episcopalian. and shall
never desert him or cease loving him until
the end. Some day. in another world. an
this insanity Of sin will pass away, ana
then I shall see him as he is-a grand. ~
hearted man. a genius temporarily lost
end shame
finance. but all who have tried BanneS
Salve are agreed as to its worth for cuts,
burrs. sores, piles and skin diseases. Ic0
the most healing medicine In the world.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02
His h tn His Wife. and Her
Faith In Him.

In his conversation at Sing Sing Raymond
had this to say of his wife:
My wife. who has stood by me for TWEEN
ty-eight years through all my difficulties
with unfaltering hope and never failing aid.
has never quite believed that / was not the
victim Of circumstances rather than the
initiatory agent In them. When that fllu-
SION was dispellei neither her love nor aid
was withdrawn. but they remain. less en-
couraged by hope. perhaps. but as active
and earnest. as loyal and sincere as they
were a quarter OF a century ago.
II never revealed anything to my wife.
She never knew anything about my affairs.
and I've had the sad fortune to try her
constancy beyond that OF any woman |
know OF in history or fiction. and to fDi
It responded to unvsryingiy in awful tests.
1t is a mournful compensation. but one
which makes me very proud in one sense
and deeply ashamed In another.
Mrs. brought him a GOOD name
and considerable money. She was a hand
some yourg widow OF breeding and refine
ment. and ct extraordinary mental and
moral infiexibility. Her devotion has scarce
ly a parallel. In this country. In England.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02
Was Born In PennsyIvania and Raised
In Ohio.

was Born IN Penmaylvanfa and Raised
in Ohio.
Ross Raymond" is an American. His
real name is Frank H.. Powers. He was the
son OF James n Eliza Powers deceased,
born In Beaver. Pa. in 1850. When Ray
mond" was about five years old his father
cied. and his mother. with Ross and his
elder brother. James Powers, moved to
Poland, o.. where she married Barnabas F.
Lee. a wfdower. He was a prominent. pub
lie spirited citizen. and had just founded
the Poland Seminary. where President Nc
Kinley was educated.
1t was also at this school. established and
fostercd by his stepfather. that young Ray
mond received his instruction and became a
cla0mate of Mr.. Mckinley and others now
eminent.
Barnabas Lee. Raymond's stepfather. of
an old and honored family. was a man CT
great energy and probity Of character. a
pillar In the Presbyterian Church. and q
strict d~isctplinarian. Raymond says he was
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02
nm Apprentice on q Training
ship.

Raymond was now old enough To serve
his country. and secured an apprenticeship
on a training ship I'm the navy.
In those days the naval apprentice sys-
TEN had been re-established. and there was
a demand for apprentices In the navy. AIT
er serving the required period and passing
competitive examination he was one OF the
academy. He entered on June %, 1868. I'M
der his proper name Drank III. Powers).
He was In the fourth class of ffty-three
members. and i'm the annual examinations
held In 1863 he nassed number twelve and
entered the third class. Many of his class
mates had become Lieutenant Commanders.
among them v. l. Cottman. assistant in
the Bureau of Navigation at Washington:
John G. Fremon. OF the torpedo boat Por-
ter. who made fame during the Spanish
War and is now on sea duty in the Philip
zines: Jesse NJ. Roper. the hero who lost
his life while trying TO save his men in the
hold of the Petrol: William H. II. Suther-
land. Lieutenant Commander of the Doll
rhin: Rogers H.. Gait OF Virginia: T. T.. De
Wit Needer; J. NJ. Robinson. son Of Major
General Robinson. former Lieutenant Gov
ernor of New York. and J. c. Badger. son
of Commodore Badger.
1t IS vet To be ascertained what Raymond
Old during the Interval between his resisna-
tion. on November I. 1863. and his appear
ance in San Francisco. I'm 1874. when he
became a newspaper writer: says
that he entered the English Navy and saw
a varied and worldwide service on British
war vessels. He had previously made a
voyage around the world on the training
ship. Raymond says he was promoted. and
as sub-Lieutenant came over on the Eng
lish frigate Monarch. which brought the re-
mains Of the illustrious philanthropist.
George Peabody. to this country. But the
records show that Peabody died on the day
of Raymond's resignation. and the remains
reached here after the funeral in Westmin-
ster Abbey. SO there was scarcely time for
to have entered the British Navy.
However. II is a well-known fact that
RAYMOND has long been familiar with all
the details of the English Navy service. and
he has stood the scrutiny ana criticism OF
navy officers in his visits as a journalist to
when making these claims of his service in
the Roya Navy.
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BOYS OF the village, and he became a sore
problem 10 the exacting stepfather.
according to all accounts, Raymond's
mother was an ideal woman-intellectual.
FAMOUS for wit, beauty, sweetness of temper,
charm OF speech and gracious, fascinating
manners. Ii is said that she could have
saved her boy but for the uncompromising
severity OF, his stepfather. She bore him
several children which. with those by her
nrst marriage. made a houseful of boys and
girls. with whom young Ross seemed a
favorite- To this day he refers to his half
sisters with affection
ii.
Was Educated I'm the Same school as
Mckinley.
The Poland Seminary. founded by Ray
monds stepfather. was one of the rising in
stftutions of Ohio. and because of its SUI
perior educational advantages the Mckinley
family moved from the ~neighboriDg village
Of Miles. Mr.. McKinley's birthplace. to Po-
land. and here the future President Of the
United States was educated.
Raymond was seven years younger than
Mckinley and says he outranked young
Mckinley In Latin and could hold his ewn
with him in debate. The younger boys. led
by Raymond, said that Mckinley was much
too dignffied and aspiring for a student OF
a country academy. Raymond says they
sometimes called him MIR. Pomposity."'
little dreaming that he was TO become Pres
ident of the United States.
When the Civil War came Mckinley and
nearly al the male Students went to the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02
Mckinley and Ross Raymond in
school debate.

MISS Paul iron-ciad instructions were given
mat reporters should not be admitted to
tne panquet-roOm to write up the scenes
ana decorations. A New York correspond
ent secured admission as n waiter to the ca
terer, who served the cream and confection-
cry. Inc reporter was carrying trays loaded
with deltcacfes to the tables. when, passing
tne MUSICIANS stand. he observed n hand
some young man in the Hungarian orchestra
bIow1ng industriOIsiy on a big trombone.
ne puHed wildly as he worked the cornet
piston UP and down the scale.
observing something familiar about his
features. in spite of his heavily braided uni
form. the New York reporter stepped near
or 10 the musicians. to get a better view of
the man. when he heard a hoarse stage
whisper escaping from the mouth of the
norm (which, by the way, WAS a dummy
ana did not discourse music. For heavens
sake go away: you will betray me. I'll ex-
plain later" ON the following day the mu-
sician. who was Ross Raymond, thus ex-
You see. ! had to describe that banquet.
II was an ,Astor affair, you know. and we
were bound to get il: so 1 arranged II with
tne orchestra manager. and was doing my
best In Mendelssohn's Spring Song when 1
saw you and feared you would betray me-"
Haymond's page account of the wedding
breakfast was the talk of the town. The
orchestra episode reached New York, and
soon RAYMOND was sent for and Installed
among the veterans Of a great New York
daily.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02
TO be spoken for ten long years of night
and terror.


But all things must end. Raymond again
found himself free-in his dear native land.
where a faithful wife had secured him a
position, and he was soon at work On his
old paper. the Philadelphia Times. writing
special articles and editorials-a man
again, master Of himself and fortune. and
IT did seem as IL the curse OF other days
had gone forever.
But one day 1t was no longer Doctor
Jekyll. but Mr. Hyde. As n friend ex-
planned II. when Ross begins to drink the
potion the devil OF insanity takes posses
sion of him. He IL no longer the genial.
mired. With that demon appears some
woman. and the man becomes a monster
Of cunning stupidity. He forgets his name
course. n maniac in crime. until som.
morning he awakens in his right mind and
the deep abyss of his shame yawns before
him like Dante's hell. 1t is then too late.
The deed has been dore. and again his
term OF punishment must begin"
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front. In one class every man in It enlisted
was about 10 years old when Nc
kinley and his classmates marched away
with flags flying and drums beating. leaving
the academy so empty that 1t had to be
closed for want Of patronage.
On McKinley's return from the war. with
the survivors of his feilow-townsmen. the
academy was reopened and n law school es-
tabiished In connection with II. and again
Raymond found himself a classmate with
Mckinley. a young hero, who wore his uni
form from day to day In the schoolroom,
Raymond was now Is and took active
part In the debates which were a noted
feature OF the town. TIL Everett Literary
Society was organized with a large member
ship. and Mckinley was its president IL was
here that he received the training that made
him n successful speaker before juries. In
Congress and in national campaigns.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-06-02
LIBRARY APPRENTICES WANTED
Examination of Applicants WIZ
Be Held Next Friday.

In preparation for its prospective exran-
sion. the Public Library Is about to enroll
add, tional apprentices. To this end an ex-
animation will be held on Friday. June Z. at
, O'Clock Young persons Of either sex be-
tween the ages of II and Is are eligible. To
succeed in the competition they must have
the equivalent of a first-class high school
education.
The subjects included in the examination
are history, literature. general formation
and languages. The last consists Of trans
lating from easy German. French and Latin
or any othe- languages the applicants may
know. One or two appointments may be
made at once. and other successful canii-
dates Will be placed on the eligible list.