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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-04
cALiFcesIA 7. svil.

-r7r r1tiroads arc making ready for an
unusually large travel ~ California dur
lng the winter
Notice has been civcn by the Chicago.
burlington A. quincy ". r. that they will
run three personally conducted" pNcur-
aionS 90 the coast every week. Two from
Chicago and one from St Louis.
The route they have sciccted ts through
Colorado and Utah. because ot tho mag
niHrcnt mountain scenery These through
cnr PARTIES make ~ easy nowadays 10 get
~ California and the expense is nothing
like what II used 10 be.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-04
GIRL IS HELD
FOR RANSOM.
So Says S0sress Whose Aid
Was Sought by Mother.
THE CARDS SHOWED A. COFFIN.
And Dark Man With Bushy Bsad-Ssarch-
Ing Parties Are Hunting for Missing
Ilola Ham.
THE CARDS SHOWED A. COFFIN.

New York. Dec. Your child has
been kidnapped. she is IN the power OF
one who aims 10 extort money from you.
a great fortune will ho yours. This man
knows st. aud plans 20 hold the child for
ransom. The cards say the child will die %
These words uttered by a Staten leland
fortune-teller brought despair 10 the par
ents OF Izola Ham. thirteen, who disap-
peared Sunday, and was the means of dis
closing the fact that Mrs. David Ham
hopes to share in a AoOO,Oo0 estate in
England.
lzola started from homo sunday morn
ing TO attend church FIVE blocks away.
She did not return, and up 10 a late hour
last night not a clue to her whereabouts
had been discovered,
David Ham. father or the child. is en-
ployed as a lsborer by the staten Island
Milling company. and lives in little old
red shaniy al Mariners Iarbor with his
wife and five children. Izoia, the eldest
daughter is frall in physique and delicate
in health.
A dozen search parties were searching
last night with nothing more tangible to
guide them than the vague mutterings OF
an aged clairvoyant
WENT TO FoRTuNE-TELL
The Hams are sober. sensible people
under ordinary circumstances. but when
their daughter failed To return home they
invoked occult aid and forgot 10 notify
the local police.
Many years ago--st the time OF the
great blizzard-Mr. Ham was snow
bound for days near Trenton. This was
unknown To his wife, who. alarmed at
HIS silence. sought TO locate him through
a clairvoyant IN this city. She was told
exactly where the missing husband was
and when he would return. He arrived n
home at the very hour designated by the
seeress.
The same fortune-teller recently became
"A resident OF Staten Island. her husband
being employed as fireman in tho mill
where Ham works
Sunday night found Mrs. Ham at the
home OF the clairvoyant, who had retired
from the business OF fortune-telling. New
ertheless. as personal favor to an old
patron and present neighbor. she consent
cd 10 go into a trance Holding n dress
that belonged TO the missing child she
slept while the anxious mother watched.
u SEQ lzola," murmured the seeress.
'Shc IL walking. She droops with weari-
ness. A shadow is close beside her--the
shadow of a man. ! trace them to Airing
ton. They go on. but I cannot follow,
Clouds are around me. ] can see no more.
The venerable woman could give no fur
ther aid From that moment the little
hamlet of Arlington became the centre OF
search, IN which scores OF Staten Island
ers are taking active part.
In her extremity Mrs. Hann sought
woman, who has been dealing cards and
making prophesies at her home on Rich
mond Terrace.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-04

The cards were delat--a coffin--a girl
with flowing hair-a dark man, with sim
lister eyes and bush beard. -Four times the
cards were dealt. and always the Same
cards appeared. Then the woman uttered
the prophecy quoted
Hurrying home the grief-siricken moth
or told the story 10 her husband. An hour
later he sat before the fortune teller re-
fusing 90 give his name or to reveal the
information he sought. Four times the
cards were dealt and shuttle them a. he
might the draw revealed the coffin, >he
child and the bearded man.
IL don't know what 10 think" said Mr..
Ham last night. but how could this for
tune-teller know Of our hopes for a great
fortune. We have kept the secret for
years"
what fortune? What seeret?" queried
the reporter.
--Tne wood rUrruTr Uf Sfo.no0.to6 came
the answer MY wife's mother is a claim
ant and
Not a word more about it," came the
warning from Mrs. Ham.
III &c were known she hurried on.
then indeed might my children be kid
mapped for ransom. Not another word Da-
vid."
STORY or THE FORTUNE
Ham was siIcnced. but from another
source the story OF the fortune was learn
3D. John Wood. OF Gloucester England.
died in that city a hundred years ago.
leaving an estate valued al S20.O00.O0n lie
left three sons, James, Samuel and Jerc-
niah
As executors Of the fathers estate the
FIRST two remained in England ana died
childlcss. Jeremiah came 20 America.
where All trace OF him was lost Fifteen
years ago tho areat estate was taken I'm
trust by the English crown and turned in
10 money 000.00O. That vast sum Is
now in ihc Rank 81 England awaiting
successful claimant.
IN 1901 the mayor OF Gloucester visited
this country on an unsuccessful search
FOR the missing heirs. The mother 81 Mrs
Ham claims to be ono NJ them. SO also
does Martin Brown. Of Staplcton. and hts
mother.
The staten Island police profess TO be-
liCve that tho Disappearance is n case OF
truancy and that tho child IL IN hiding on
the island. Three persons clnim TO have
seen little lzola on the morning Of her dis
appearance Mrs Van Nostrand 81 Mari
ners Tsrbor. noticed her near the church:
Nellie Webster. q little friend of the girl.
eaw her walking on tho railroad track TO-
ward Port Richmond. while Ccorgo
Mockerson. q village boy. IL equally posi-
tive that he met hor about tho same hour
watkins the track in the opposite direc-
zion.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-04
HEAVY SNOW,
Nineteen Inches on tho Level
at Concord and Vicinity.

Concord, n. H.. Dec s--Nineteen inches
of snow on tn. level fell here and drifted
badly. Street cars had TO be abandoned
at various points OF the line last night.
but were in running order again at an
early hour this morning.
Trains from the north have been from
one 10 three hours late ana The first train
rom the south since last night got I'm al
1880 this morning. not more than five
hours late
TRAINS DELAYED.
Nsterville. Me. Dec. "A severe snew-
storm of the blizzard class has been in
progress here for the past iG hours The
effect Of the storm at this railroad centre
Is as follows.
All freight trains ar. cancelled: Pull.
man train No. n, due here az 2:30 this
morning, has not reached here and will
not for two hours. No. l. due here M
$3.50, IL behind II. Train No 3. westbound
morning Pullman, was stalled at Augusta
at daybrcak. Trains II and are east.
hound. Nos. 81 from Raugor and - from,
Skowheean were - and 50 minutes later.
respectively
The Somerset railroad. with southern
terminus 81 Oakland, has cancelled frebsht
trains, hut the passenger traffic was de.
layed hut half an hour Local telephone
and electric railroad service Is slightly
impaired. The storm is still as severe as
al any time during the night.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-04
FATAL FALL.
McAuIiffe Went Und,r Wheels
Of His Own Team,

Boston, Dec i-Charles McAunffe. a
tc1mster employed by coal firm here.
while walking alongside his loaded team
during the ascent Of q steep grade I'm
South Boston slipped and fell
The wheels OF The cart went over his
head killing him Instantly. McAuliro was
- years old. was married and lived in
South Boston.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-04
ALL QUIET.
American Forca al Panama
Has Re-embMksd.

Washington Dec. 4--Ths navy deuart-
snent received the following cabiegram to-
Dry from Captain Perry, commanding the
battleship lowe dated Panama. Dec. 4.
y have rc-embarksd All our force from
fhe is,hmus. perfect security or transit
being effectualiy restored"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-04
MARRIED AT NOON

London. Dec. The Duke OF Hamiltan
was married. az Salisbury. today 90 Mise
Nina poorc. The ceremony topk place ~
noon. only hair q dozen near relatives
were sssent Two little girls acted a.
bridesmaids. No reception followed the
wediiug. ~ short. there Ma an entire
absence of the elaborate functions usu-
oily attending ducal weddngs.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-04
PASSENGERS ON the OCEANIC

New York. Dec. f.-HofsCe plunkett
who was defeated in the recent Uarlia-
mcutnry contest in the galway district NJ
Ireland by Col Arthur Lynch and Gilbert
Parker. N T.. werc among the passen-
gers on the steamship Oceanic. which ar
rived from Liverpool today
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-04
GEN. srRoNgs WIDOW DEAD.

Chicago. Dec f-Afrs. Msry ". Ogden
strong. widow of General William T.
Strong. Of the United STATES army is dead
rf the residcrcc NJ her daughter Mrs.
a. Penbertoa Wurts. Her death was tho
direct result Of the bursting of ia blood
~cssei Of the brain. She was . years of
axe and one OF the most prominent w0ni-
rn OF Chicago She was = daughter 81
Mshion u ORticr
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-04
GEN HtzEN DEAD

Washington. Dec. 4.-Gcneral a. u. lIa-
sen. who was third assistant posimasior
rcncral under Postmaster Generals Wan
sfnnker and Bisseli. died ~ ilis residence
IN this city late last night lie was 81
9ssrs Of ago
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-04
THE WEATHER

Boston, Dee. a-For New England:
Fair tonight and Thursday; colder. fresh
high northwest winds.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
UNCLE SAM STARTS UP.
Black Hills Property Which Was
idle for Many Years.

The Uncle Sam mine. on Elk creek,
has started up after several years OF
idleness. The mine is owned by the
Glover Leaf Mining Company of Will
baux. Mont. A new stock hosting plant
has beer Installed and the stamp mill
has been put in running order.
A fve-stamp mill and owe 100 acres
Of mining ground have been acquired
by the University Mining company in
Custer county near the original Uni
versity group. The company proposes
to repair the stamp mill n a steam
hosting plant is TO be installed.
The first cleanup has been made at
the Caledonia stamp mill at Terrayiile,
one of the old mills that the Home
stake company started up recently, The
De Smet mill at Central City is nearly
ready for "A continuous run.
The Blue Beard mine is being opened
up by the Maloney-Blue Beard Lead
Company of Deadwood, Chicago and
Colorado. At the apex Of the ore ledge
it is estimated that 10000 tons of high
grade copper ore have been taken out.
The success of this mine mea rs a great
deal for the future development Of the
copper resources of the Hills.
The British-American Gold and Cop
per Company of Detroit has commenced
sinking a shaft south of the Copper
Reef company and the Black Hills Cop
per Company of Benton Harbor, Mich,
has an incline down over 800 feet. Very
rich ASSAYS in copper have been OBJ
tanned from the surface workings all
along this belt. Farther south. on
Spring creek. the Copper Butte Mining
Company of New York. Chicago and
the Twin Cities is opening up a very
large ledge of copper pyrites. The ledge
has been crosscut 100 feet.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
SUCCESSOR.
Auti-Sal0On League of South Dakota
Selects an Ohio Man.

A~nti-SaloOn League of south Dakota
Selects nm Ohio Man.
A special meeting of the state Anti
Saloon league was called at Mitchell by
the president. Rev. c. u. Hagar. for the
purpose Of selecting a superintendent In
place Of Rev. A. e. Cahart. resigned.
The following were present: Rev. A.
+. Cahart, Mitchell; G.. McCauley,
Bridgewater: Rev. DR.. Carson. Scot
land: Rev. c. A. Brand, Huron; r. G.
Mattson, Yankton: w. A. Lyman.
Pierre; Rev. d. M. Butt. Britton. A
new superintendent wac selected for
South Dakota. He resides In Cleveland,
Ohio, and has been connected with sue
cessful work In that state for several
years. Negotiations rave been opened
for his removal to this state. and as
soon as his acceptance is secured his
name will be announced.
The matter of the continuance Of the
official paper, the State Issue, was dis
cussed to some extent, but it will be
left to the committee and the new SUI
~perintendent. The committee discussed
some plans for the future, but nothing
it desired to give to the public at pres
ent.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
A NURSES STORY.
A of Lakeside Hospital.
Lake Geneva, Tells an interest
Ing Eyuerieuce

A Graduate Of Lakeside Hospital.
Lake Geneva, Tells nm Interest
Ing Experience.
Peshtigo. Wis, Jan. 20, 1901. (Spe-
ciaL,-One of the most popular nurses
that ever graduated from the Lake
side Hospital, Lake Geneva, Is Miss
Lillian Dreese. Of this place. Miss
Dreese Is the Vice Templar OF the In
dependent Order of Good TempIars.
and organist of the Rebeccas of Pesh-
tigo. During her twelve years expe-
rience as a trained nurse she has had
many opportunities for observation,
and her opinion in all medical health
matters is held in very high esteem by
h thousands who have learned to
know and love her. In speaking Of her
experience she says;
During my twelve years as a
trained nurse, I have often observed
how many different physicians give
their patients Dodd's Kidney Pills I'm
cases Of Diabetes and Kidney Trouble.
About three years ago I myself suf-
feredi some months with a weakness
and continual congested condition, and
! decided to try what the Pills would
do for me. / soon found thai they
built UP the affected parts and restored
harmony to the entire system, and al
though I often lose much sleep and
rest while attending severe cases, Z
find that I was never In liner health
nor had more endurance than since I
have used these marvellous Pills"
Clergymen say they are good,
tors and Congressman ave added their
evidence as to the wonderful curative
properties OF this Medicine. hundreds
Of physicians recommend them and
use them in their daily practice. The
most skilled trained nurses advise their
use and use them themselves. while
tens Of thousands of sick and suffering
people are being cured every day by
Dodd's Kidney Pills. They should cure
YOU. They will cure you. Try them.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
SOUTH DAKOTA HEALTH MECCA.
Wonderful Success of Father Kru-
ger, the Priest-Physician.

"
The trains continue TO be loaded down
with people bound to the sanitarium
OF Father Kruger, located ten miles
west OF Canova. The records of the in
stitution show that over 5000 were
treated by the priest-physician during
the past year. Many are the tales OF
wonderful cures effected. Some are Of
the opinion that the reverend father is
possessed Of miraculous powers in the
curing of disease His fame has spread
over the surrounding states and special
cars have been chartered and loaded
with the ailing OF whole communities.
hundreds Of miles away, and in other
states. to receive treatment at the
Mecca of health on the p~rairies OF
Miner county.
Father Kruger has selected a large
hotel sanitarium for the accommoda-
ton OF the thousands who visit him.
He also meets all trains with several
buses TO carry his patients to his
place. He has a powerful X-ray ma
chine and all corners are subjected TO
It's rays IN are correspondingly i'm
proved with the examination. 1t Is es-
timated that his receipts from all
sources aggregated over $50. 900 the past
rear.
Many OF the fathers fellow priests
have denounced him as a quack and n
fraud. but without in the least dimin-
ishing the coming of seekers after
health. The father has been twice
called to Rome at their ~instigation,
but 1t is understood that the Vatican
has on both occasions rendered a de-
c:sion in his favor. AS his time and
that OF several assistants is fully occu-
pied, he no longer officiates as priest,
but he is in good standing in the
church. In justice to the father, 1t
should be said he does not claim mirac-
ulous powers, but only a knowledge OF
medicine.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
MANY NEW WELLS.
Central south Dakota to
Drill Thirty or More.

The question of artesian well-drilling
is attracting the attention of farmers
and stockmen. and an unusually large
number of wells viii be put down in
portions of the state that have few IL
any wells. Col. John III. Kink of Huron
is in receipt Of letters from p. j. Nor
beck of Bloomington, S. d., saying that
the writer has arranged for a complete
new outfit designed especially for drill
ing deep wells in Sully county. where it
is believed the flow is several hundred
feet below that OF other sections Of the
state.
Mr.. Norbeck has closed contracts
with Pearl township, Sully county, for
two wells, work upon which will be
commenced March /. These wells will
be constructed under the provisions OF
the new law allowing townships to bond
beyond the constitutional limit for arte-
sian well purposes, and will be the first
drilled in hat part of the state under
such provisions. The bonds will be
taken by the firm represented by MI.
King, at par. Mr.. Norbeck has five
other artesian well drilling machines,
two OF which will be operated in Paddle
county. He will put down a we'll on
the ranch of Fred M. Wilcox, one OF the
largest in that part of the state. Mr..
King says he expects to arrange for the
sinking of thirty or more artesian wells
ties the coming summer.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
IMPORTANT DEAL BREWING.
Costly II. and l.. Block at Aberdeen
May BE Transferred.

Col. f. d. Soper OF Emmetsburg. Ia.
and w. c.. Stuckslager of Lisbon, Ia,
have made an offer Of $50, 200 for the
building of the Building and Loan asso-
citation of Dakota, at Aberdeen, and
seventeen quarter sections Of wild land
in the country between Aberdeen and
the Missouri, and 1t is considered likely
that the United States court will accept
the offer and approve the sale, which
has been conducted by Maris Taylor.
receiver. The building is we'll adapted
to banking, and it is rumored that the
buyers will establish another bank in
Aberdeen. They are largely interested
in banking in Iowa.
william Cassells, one of the first set
tiers in the vicinity of Aberdeen, and
who entered as a presumption the and
which now forms part of the First
ward of Aberdeen, died of pneumonia
after an illness of only a few days. He
was sixty-eight years old.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31

One Respect Tn Which Americas
Outclass the British, nnd In
Which They Cannot Hope to
EOuQl It's.

One Respect Tn Which Americas
Which They ammo Hope to
Equal U.s..
He is from England, and o long
from there. He was visiting his friend
In Hyde park, and Of course he was
Boosting.
"Oh, yes. my boy. the United States
does very well for a new nation" ne
said, kindly, you are great In some re-
spects, but look at us. We have our
navy, that beats the world; our army,
never licked; our great steamship
lines, our bank, Lombard street. the
financial center of the world, our loyal
colonies and all the rest. What can
equal them?"
And we have age, too. Look at our
abbeys. and u ancient towns, and
our papers of state. Why, man. in
what can you boast Of beating us?"
His Hyde Park friend studied a mo-
ment. Then he replied:
Down in Texas there is an old chap
who was talked to just his way once
by a man from your country who went
there for his health. And after all the
E~nglishman's Boosting was done the
man of the cattle country winked at
me, rolled his tobacco over In his
mouth and spit fourteen feet into the
eye OF a pig standing that far away.
kin. any bloody Englishman on
earth do that?' says he. And I ask you:
Can he?"
The Englishman suggested brandy
and soda in disgust.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
BOLD HORSE THIEF.
He In Quickly Overtaken and Anoth-
err Horse Recovered.

eT IiOTSc ktccoN
One Of the boldest cases of horse
stealing which has been known in Brule
county for years took place a day or
two ago.
A farmer named Paulson, living four
miles east Of Kimball, went to his barn
in the morning to attend to his usual
chores, and discovered that a large.
heavy horse. worth o 800, had been
stolen during the night. About noon he
came to Kimball and reported his loss.
For several days past an Eastern horse
buyer has been in the vicinity buying a
car load of horses for shipment. While
Mr.. Paulson was standing on the street
describing his loss to a policeman, a by
stander who had overheard the descrip-
ton, remarked that an animal answer
ing the description given was then tied
in a livery stable near by. Mr.. Paulson
went to the stable and Immediately
identified the animal in question as the
one stolen from him. 1t then devel.
oped hat the horse was in possession OF
the horse buyer mentioned, who had
purchased him earlier in the day from
one William Shultz, a young man who
has beer employed at odd jobs around
town for several years. He had been
seen on the street just previous to the
discover of the horse, but had sudden
" disappeared. After a long search he
was finally dragged out from hiding in
a hotel hay loft. He was Immediately
arraigned before Police Justice Jones,
and, waving examination. was bound
over to the circuit court.
Shultz had spent only a small part Of
the money received for the stolen ami
NAL. and the balance was returned.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
A ii LAW.
Local Option Feature solved by
south Dakota Liquor Men.

south Dakota Liquor Men.
The resourceful South Dakota saloon
men have devised a new way of evad-
ing the local option feature of the
present liquor law. In the towns that
have voted against issuing licenses to
saloons they have started clubs" the
only requirements for membership be-
ing the signing of the constitution and
bylaws and the payment Of the usual
price for the drinks desired. No initi-
alton fee is required.
1t is claimed the law now on the
statute books is so loosely drawn that
nothing can be lone with the managers
OF the clubs With the branch whole
sale houses Of the local breweries.
which sell beer by the bottle OF keg,
and the undisturbed sale OF both
whisky and beer by the druggists, who
may desire to engage in the business.
1t is asserted that there is not a dry
town in the state. IT Is understood
that an effort will be made by the leg
fslature now in session to strengthen
the present law. The brewers, saloon
men and druggists are expected to OPP
pose such action
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31
To Mothers Of Large Families.

In this workaday world few women
are so placed that physical cxertion
is not constantly demanded of them
in their daily life.
Mrs. Pinkham makes a special appeal
to mothers of large families whose
work is never done, and many Of
whom suffer, and suffer for lack Of
intelligent aid.
To women, young or old, rich or
poor, Mrs. Pinkham, Of Lynn, Mass,
extends her invitation OF free advice.
Oh, women do not let your lives be
sacrificed when a word from MIRA
Pinkham, ut the first approach OF
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-01-31

weakness, may fill your future years
with healthy Joy.
"When I began to take Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound | was
not able to do my housework. I suf-
fered terribly at time Of menstruation.
Several doctors told me they could do
nothing for me. Thanks to Mrs. Pink
hams advice and medicine I Am now
well. and a do the work for eight in
the family.
II would recommend Lydia e.
P,nkham's Vegetable Compound to all
mothers with large families. MRs.
CARRIE BEILEvuL.1, Ludington, Mich.