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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
ISSUES AN
Japan Notifies China That Russia
Must Leave Observation-Disclosures
NlaS nifty Proposition Made.

London, April 15.-Japan has issued
an ultimatum to China that Russia
must be elected from Manchuria, the
alternative being that occupation of
that province shall become interna-
Ftional instead-eof solely Muscovite.
While directedeSto Emperor Kwang
Hsu, through Ii Hung Chang, the I'LL
timatum is undoubtedly meant for
st. Petersburg. 1t is the serving of
notice or the car that he must aban-
don Manchuria or fight.
Berlin, April 16.-It is officially con-
firmed here that the United States
has made a proposition to the powers
to fix the total Chinese indemnity at
e4o,ooo,oo (s2oo,oo ,ooo), coupled
with the condition that the payment
be made Immediately.
Picking, April 16.-Li Hung Chang
has applied to Gen. Chaffee to leave
behind when he departs Capt. Till
son and a sufficient number of men
to police the Chinese city, as the
Chinese earnestly desire their reten-
ton, fearing that the district will
not be we'll looked after when con-
trolled by other foreigners. e
London, April IA dispatch to the
Reuter- Telegram company from Pc
king, dated April 16, says that Gen.
von Gyle, in command of 5000 German
and 5000 French troops, is heading an
expedition to attack Liu Kuan Ting,
who is within 100 miles of Pao-ting-
flu. LUIS position is inside the terri
tory defined by Field Marshal Valdez
see as the sphere of operations for the
allies. Liu has 10000 men, and has re-
fused to retire, saying if the allies
wish him to retire they had better
come out and compel him to do so.
The palace of the empress, inhabited
by Count Won Waldersee and his staff,
was burned to the ground Wednesday.
Maj. Gen. Schwartzkopf, Count Won
Waldersee's chief of staff, has disap-
peared. With the exception of the
military papers, everything was de-
stroyed.
Count Won Wa1dersee escaped from
the burning palace through a window
with great difficulty. Maj. Gen.
Schwartzkopf is believed to have lost
his life by returning to the burning
building after having escaped from it.
Incendiarism is suspected.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
THE EAST,

Fire destroyed the plant of the B.
F. Sturtevant company neal Boston,
manufacturers of machinery, causing
a loss of $350,00O.
To secure recognition labor unions
threaten to tie up every mill con-
trolled by the billion-dollar steel trust.
In Boston Maj. John H. Belcher, U.
S. A. (retired). dropped dead.
In New York Bob Fitzsimmons was
arrested for wife beating.
At Meadville, Pa, Frank Major was
hanged for the murder of Police
Chief McGrath.
Mr.. F. B. Loomis, United States
minister to Venezuela, arrived in New
York.
The death of Maj. Joseph Smith
Brice, the oldest graduate of West
Point. occurred in New York at the
age of SO years.
A derrick fell near Buffalo, N. Y.
and William Dahlgreen and Nicholas
Green were killed and Wesley Eddy
and A. l.. Cameron fatally injured.
In Philadelphia the United States
battleship Maine will probably be
launched on Memorial day.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
DISMISsES THE SUIT.
Orleans to Prevent Shipment, of
.- Mules to South Africa.

--l E-L- y. NJ = ~ b. =. b. r..
New Orleans, April 15.-Judge Par
lange in the United States superior
court Saturday handed down a de-
cision dismissing the suit brought by
the Boer representatives here to
prevent the shipment of mules and
horses out of New Orleans to the
British army in South Africa. The
decision is a lengthy one.
Judge Parlange holds that the
transactions between citizens of the
United States and the British gov
eminent were conducted under the
order of private citizenship and that
the courts had absolutely no juris-
diction to interfere. The horses and
mules, the court said, were bought
in a neutral territory.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25

The fire losses for the first three
months of this year reach the appall-
ing total of $49, 969, 200, or at the rate
of almost $500, 900, 900 for the year
enough to construct an isthmian canal
In round numbers, this is an excess OF
$S,0O0,000 over the first quarter of last
year, $ $4,000, 900 over that of the year
before, while it distances the record OF
the same period of 1898 by over $780,.
SOC, 00o. A glance at the list of places
that have contributed to this record
discloses the fact that the distribution
of loss has been pretty general, and
indicates c~arelessness.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.
tatEsgNgE IT, Et-Ys5S-T ySIynSst .-@--+-
The Wifo and Mother-in-Law Of ME.
Charles Keys.

Clarissa, Mimi, AprilsS15 Especially.
No family in this vicinity is better
known or more acknowledgements
thanMr. CharlesKeys, the localSchool
Teacher, and his estimable wife, and
mother-in-law. For a long time, Mrs.
Keys has benin i'll health. Recently,
however, she has found a cure for her
ailments in Dodd's Kidney Pills..
IT cannot speak too highly of Dodd's
Kidney Pills, or of what they have done
for me-" said Mrs. Keys.
my life was miserable, my back al
ways ached, also my head: Iwastroub-
led with Neuralgia in the head and face
and suffered extreme pain, but thanks
to Dodd's Kidney Pills, all those aches
and pains have vanished like the morn
ing dew, and it now seems thatlife is
worth living. I consider Dodd's Kid
ney Pills a God-send to suffering hui
manity. They may rightly be named
the Elixir of Youth.
"While speaking of my W case and
the wonderful benefit I have received,
I might also add, that my mother, who
is now an old lady of "a years and who
lives with me, has been troubled more
or less with aches and pains, as is nat
ural with n of her advanced. age.
When she saw what Dodd's Kidney
Pills had done for me, she commenced
to use them herself, and she says that
they have done her more good than
any other medicine she has ever tried.
This testimony is given in the hope
that others who may be afflicted as we
were, may see and readit and be bene-
flied byit."
What Mrs. Keys states in her letter
a be verified by reference to any of
her many friends in this neighborhood.
Dodd's Kidney Pills have already a
wonderful reputation in Todd County.
Nothing has ever cured Bright's Dis
ease, Diabetes or Dropsy but Dodd's
Kidney Pills.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25

toms, and no woman should allow
herself to reach such a perfection of
misery when there is absolutely no
need Of it. The subject Of our por-
trait in this sketch, Mrs. Williams Of
Englishtown, Nj, has been entirely
cured Of such illness and misery by
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and the guiding advice of Mrs.
Pinkham of Lynn, Mass.
No, other medicine has such a record
for absolute cures, and no other medi-
cine is "just as good" Women who
want a cure should insist upon getting
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound when they ask for it at a store.
Anyway, write a letter to Mrs. Pink
ham at Lynn, Mass, and either all
your troubles. Her advice is free.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
THINGS you MAY NOT KNOW.

- ~
Europe has had 321 monarchs since
the battle of Hastings.
Only "a doctors reach the age of 70
for every42 clergymen.
Wheat is. mentioned 20 different
times in the Bible.
Germany holds the record for the
first daily paper. It was printed in
1924.
Four bushels of potatoes contain
the same amount Of nourishment as q
bushel of wheat.
) When the serfs were freed in Russia,
the government paid on an average
SIS for 100000 of them.
London is the most expensive port
in the world. Ships which can dis
charge in three days at Liverpool or
New York take IA in London, owing
to lack of facilities.
Among the ruins of Pompeii have
been3found chafing dishes of exquisite
workmanship, which gives ~undisputed
proof of their use in the city which
contained villas Of many wealthy
omanS.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
WILL AFFORD RELIEF.
Official Order Issued Permitting Let
ter Carriers to Wear Shirt
Waists.

Washington, April 1.-THE follow
ing order, drafted by superintendent
Machen, of the free delivery service
with a view to. relieving letter carriers
throughout the country of wearing the
heavy uniform coats and vests during
the summer, was signed Tuesday by
Postmaster General Smith:
Ordered, that section 631 of the amend
ed postal laws and regulations in relation
to the free delivery service be and the
same hereby is amended by adding the fol-
lowing: i
Shirt Waist. During the heated term
postmasters may permit letter carriers to
wear a neat shirt waist or loose-ftting
blouse. instead of coat and vest, the same
to be made of light gray chambray ging-
ham,, light gray cheviot or other light gray
washable, material, to be worn with turn
down collar, dark tie and a neat belt; all
to be uniform at each Office"
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surrendered.

Manila, April 1.-THE chief of staff
of the i%nsurgent general Mascardo
has surrendered at the town of Mari
wales, in Bataan province, Luzon. He
said that Mascardo's band of follow
ers, now greatly diminished, aresin d
bad way. Tt is impossible for themto
elude the Americans; they are unable
to obtain food and want to surrender.
1t is expected that Gen. Mascardo
himself will surrender shortly. It is
intimated that an official announce
men regarding the disposition of
Aguinaldo will soon be made.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
Decision OH Divorce.

Washington, April 16.-The United
States supreme court Monday decid-
ed a number of cases involving the
validity in n state of divorce de-
crees granted in other states. The
court held practically that IN cases
in which the decree is granted in
states where the husband and wife
have made their legal residence it is
valid in any part of the United States,
but that in other cases in which
there is no legal residence in the
state in which the decree is granted
they are invalid.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
THE BoER OUTLOOK.
Capt. HasseII say. II IsBrighter Than
That Of the English-French
Reported Taken. \

New York, April 16.-A special to
the World from Washington says:
Capt. John A. Hassell, who com.
manded the American scouts in the
Boer army in the first part oftsthe
war,ssbutais nowhere. says: lss E
t.The Boer, cause, while 1t acannotib said
to he bright, is brighter han that of the
British. The Beers have just as good a
chance to win now as the Americans had
before the !suddensturn Of good luck which
resulted in the surrender of CORVALLIS.
9TH winter season has just begun In
South Africa, andpfrom now until Septem-
Der the British soldiers will have a hard
time. fSsN&' 2S
THE Beers areimaklng their winter quar-
tiers In the Lydenburg range where the Eng
fish will not dare tackle them. tor they
would, have to cross the low, marshy coun-
try to get there. and they have to import
every pound of fodder for their horses.
The problem is not only one of sustaining
the lives of their men In the marshy veldt,
where chills and marsh fever wind up in
deadly pneumonia, but it is a problem of
sustaining horsefiesh. 4
"Ilived1S years in South Africa and know
all the country better than any Boer did be-
lore the war broke out, my business, that
OF engineer. carrying me over all of 1t.
1T is hard for the Beers to get recruits,
- AZ SPAtO u cl5lduu . PtCSdutlOLS re-
cruits, and valuable ones, are getting in
every day. For every Boer killed by the
English nowadays half a dozen recruits
straggle in from this country and else
where.
T Beers do not propose to fight any
big, pitched battle at present. They will
simply worry the enemy everywhere they
can, and about August and September you
may look for a resumption Of general ac-
ton on a large scale"
London, April 16.-1t is said that a
private telegram&has been received
here to the effect that Gen. French,
with 500 British troops, has been cap
tured by the Beers while his force
was enveloped in a INST on the hills.
The war Office here knows nothing
about the rumored capture of Gen.
French and entirely discredits the re-
port.
Bloemfontein, April 15.-It is re-
ported that the health of former
President Steyn has broken down. It
is also said that he has advised all
Beers on commando to surrender i'm
m~ediately.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25

The latest statistics of the Salvation
Army show that there are 722 corps
now in the United States, with "a food
depots, which have furnished 11O,O OO
monthly meals, and 100 social institu-
tions for the poor. The workingmen's
hotels number sc and the working
women have six, with an aggregate of
6,325 inmates. Five labor bureaus and
three farm colonies are established,
the latter having $40 laborers. Other
minor institutions and slum settle
ments number about so in all. The
expenditures on all these institutions
in 1900 was 1888 600.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
blizzard in the west.

Denver, Col, April 17.-Reports from
northern Colorado and Wyoming are
to the effect hat another storm has
prevailed on the prairies and caused
much damage. It began with a misty
rain and developed into a veritable
blizzard. The live stock losses from
this and former storms are enormous.
Reports which have been lacking up
to this time show that thousands of
cattle and sheep have been lost. One
ranch alone lost $500 head of cattle,
and another lost 5000 sheep. All the
small ranchmen in western Nebraska
and South Dakota and eastern Wy
oming have lost heavily.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
A 4 WEEKS CRY HISTORY.
The Important Happenings Of a
Week Briefly Told.
IN ALL PARTS OFTHE UNION
All the Latest News Of interest from
Washington, From the East, the
:" West and the South.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DIsPATCHE
FROM

Many divorces granted by the courts
of the Dakotas and other states have
been declared invalid by the United
States supreme court. IS,
Because the senate failedto approve
the treaties John A. Kasson, special
reciprocity commissioner, declined to
take his salary.
i The war revenue tax on export bills
of lading has been declared illegal by
the United States supreme court. ms
Marquis Carbonara will succeed
Baron Fava as Italian ambassador at
Washington.
The postmaster general has issued
an order permitting letter carriers to
wear shirt waists in summer.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
Gage Buys short-Term Bona..

Washington, April 16.-The secre-
tary of the treasury on Monday pur-
chased $1,6OO,0O0 short-term four per
cent. bonds at $113.55. The offer to
sell the bonds was not made until
nearly time for the close of the de-
partment Tor the day. 1t being at
the price the secretary some time ago
announced would cause him to ac-
cept offers of sale of short-term
bonds it was accepted at once.
Washington, April 1s.-The treas
ury department late Wednesday pur-
chased $35O,O0O of short-term four per
cent. bonds at the rate of 1885.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
To Succeed Baron Eaxn,

Washington, April 16.-The state
department. has been advised through
the American ambassador at Rome
and the Italian foreign office that
Baron Fava will be succeeded as am
bassador from Italy to this country
by Marquis Obizzo Malispina di
Carbonara, at present minister for
Italy at the Argentine republic. The
marquis has had a widespread diplo-
matte experience and served in Wash
ington as one of the attaches of the
Italian legation about ten years ago.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
WEST N SOUTH.

dllC uCStA ~ AhoSo VI ~ oSA
ness portion of Nashville, Ind.
Carrie Nation was fined $500 for OBJ
structing a street in Kansas City, Mo-,
and the fine was suspended so long as
she stays out of the city.
The wife of John Isley, neal Spring
Place, Tenn, gave birthto four babies.
In Milwaukee Judge Elliott dis
trial for practicing medicine without
a license. He held the defendants
treated wholly by prayer.
1t is said that the Northern Pacific
railway will establish a line of steam
ships from Puget sound to Liverpool
via the Suez canal.
The death of Gen. Alexander C. Nc
;Clurg, soldier, publisher, litterateur
and one of Chicago's foremost citizens,
occurred at St. Augustine, Fla, aged
67 years.
Rev. E. J. Oliver, pastor of an Evan
gelical church at Peru, Ind, was killed
by a train as he was starting for Au-
rora, Ill, to marry Miss Selfrink.
In Chicago Rev. Rollo R. Stevens re-
signed from the presbytery after it
refused him permission to retire from
the ministry.
A bill requiring persons who drink
liquor to secure a license passed the
Arkansas legislature.
After a practice cruise that proved
it to be an excellent boat the battle
| ship Wisconsin returned to San Fran
cisco.
The Maryland republicans will edu-
cate illiterate negroes to prevent their
disfranchisement. 60,
Burglars entered the post office at
Washington, Ind, and took $655 in
stamps and $500 in money.
At Burlington, Mich, Mrs. William
Dunlap was killed and Mrs. George
Cole fatally injured in a runaway ac-
cident.
In an Illinois Central wreck at
Woodbine, Ia, Engineer Meinzer was
killed and six persons hurt.
A blizzard, with zero weather
caused the loss of many cattle and
sheep on ranges in Colorado and
Wyoming.
The governor of Missouri has We.
toed the compulsory education bill.
The Ohio sailed from San Fran.
cisco for Manila with a battalion OF
the Thirtieth infantry, numbering COZ
men.
In Chicago Phineas Merrill Blodg.
EFT, who had voted for IS presidents
of the United States, died at the age
of 81. F.
In Illinois village elections license
or no license was fought out, with
honors about even.
While insane Mrs. H. B. Tunure
shot and killed her husband and her
self at Mason City, Ia. Six children
are left orphans. .-
In South Dakota city and town
elections were held and license car
ried in nearly every town where the
question was up.
In their opening ball game of the
season Chicago university defeated
Michigan university, z to 6.
Because of business reverses Mel
vim R. Baldwin, an ex-congressmar
from Minnesota, killed himself al
Seattle, Wash. @'
John Jacob Esher, bishop Of the
Evangelical church, died in Chicago
at the age of rs years.
At his home in Clinton, Ia, William
thinner celebrated his one hundred
and second birthday.
1t is said that a deal has been com
Pleted whereby the Morgan-Hill syn
dictate gets control of the Burlington
road. 49,.
The News has purchased it's after
noon rival, the Press, in Indianapolis
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
Police Judge William C. Da

Police Judge William C.. Daily, of In
~dianapolis, has introduced novel whip
ping methods in his court. When 12-
year-old Jimmy Hildeberg was ar
raigned before him the other day for
malicious mischief, Judge DAILY SEN
fenced him and then suspended the
sentence upon condition that the boys
father take the lad into one of the
jury rooms and give him a good whip
ping. In regard to the matter he says:
"This is a permanent institution in my
court. 4 am going to stop the juvenile
cussedness, and the offenders will be
made to feel the lash"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
Gold Holdings of Government.

New York, April 1s.-The Evening
Post says: "The summary of the
United States treasury's report of
Tuesday afternoon shows that the
governments aggregate gold hold
ings, for the first time in history,
have passed the $500, 600, 600 mark.
The exact total was $500, 27s, SOC, of
which 1852, 07s, 1859 was held against
certificates in the hands of the out
side public and S15O,ooo,ooo as a re-
serve against the outstanding Unit
ed States notes. the balance being
free from assets.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
MARKETS,
Minneapolis, Mimi. April

Minneapolis, Mimi, April Is.
Wheat-No. l northern, rec; No. Q
northern, roc; May, 7O4c.
Oats-No. 3, white 27c.
Corn-NQ, 3, Acc.
Cattle-Steers, $3.25@4. so; cows, $500
@3.75.
Sheep-Muttons, $500; lambs, IS. 90.
Hogs-$5.9 90.
Butter-Creamery, extras, 1s@19c:
creamery, tirsts 17@1sc; dairy, fancy,
Ice.
Ponltry-Turkeys, rose; spring
chickens, 6@6Ec.
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Gave Up the Fight.

Albany, N. Y, April 1.-THE $780,
0oo,o % canal improvement bill was of
ficially abandoned Tuesday night
when, after a two hours conference
with Gov. Odell, the canal adherents
and republican leaders concluded that
the measure would be swamped if it
came up for vote. 1t will therefore
be allowed to die in the committee of
the assembly.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
Steamboat Disaster.

Minneapolis, Mimi, April 1s.-A
special to the Times from Vancouver,
B. c., says: Four people are dead
and seven probably fatally injured
as the result of an explosion which
took place Wednesday afternoon on
the steamer Ramona, which phys on
the Fraser river. One of the plates
in the rear of the boiler blew out,
tearing away the whole front of the
vessel and knocking into the water
all those in that part of the steamer.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
BAD Roads,

Fort Dodge, Ia, April 17.-Trafic
by road is practically at a standstill
in this vicinity on account of the mud.
The farmers are unable to get into
the city, and butter, eggs and pota-
toes are almost unobtainable. The
roads for miles every way from Fort
Dodge are dotted with abandoned
buggies, which are stuck in the mud
and will be left by their owners un-
til better weather Gets in. 2
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
Death Of Col. Muaick.

Omaha, Neb., April 15.-Col. j. R.
Musick, author, journalist and poll
tician, died of heart failure at his
apartments in this city Sunday. In
%juries received while rescuing the in
iured after a cyclone at Kirksville,
Mo-, were causes which led to his
death. Mr.. Musick devoted a greater
part of his life to writing historical
stories for young people. His most
Historical Novels,'' in 10 volumes. He
served ten years as United States
commissioner at Kirksville, Mo.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25

The name Constitution, which has
of the Americas cup, built at Bristol,
is a pretty big mouthful, but there
can be no question of it's appropri-
ateness. The original Constitution,
"Old Ironsides," not only demon
strated her superior fighting power
in battle, but upon one memorable
occasion she showed a clean pair of
heels to an entire British squadron.
If her namesake does as we'll the
Americas cup races this year will
be the same old story.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
Mrs. Nation Fined.

Kansas City, Mo-, April 16.-Mrs.
Carrie Nation, who was arrested
Sunday charged with ~obstructing the
street, was arraigned before Police
Judge McAuley Monday morning,
fined $500 and given until six o'clock
in the evening to leave the city. The
judge warned Mrs. Nation if she was
found in the city after that hour she
would be arrested and placed in Jail.
She agreed to leave town, and Is
minutes later boarded a street car
for Kansas City, Kan.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A census of the population Of Aus
tria-Hungary shows the dual mon
archy ranks seventh in the nations Of
the world.
The government of Corea will in
fict the death penalty for opium
smoking.
In Shansi province, China, 10000
native Christians are starving.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1901-04-25

1t was a strange coincidence that
Sir John Strainer, the great English
composer and organist, died at the
beginning of holy week. During that
week his most famous composition,
"Crucifxion," was sung throughout
all the churches of the civilized
world. What a magnificent monu-
ment for a man to leave!