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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

Some amusing letters find their way
into the government archives. One
federal offlceholder recently made an
appeal for screens for the building
where he worked, saying that within
a hundred yards were three livery sta
bles, one mule boarding house, one
horse sanitarium with operating table,
and one fish morgue. He added that
his handwriting had been spoiled by
the constant endeavor to write and
keep off flies at the same time. He
had pasted ten sheets of sticky fly-
paper, and while they carried of thou
sands OF victims they seemed to occa-
sion no vacancies in the ranks of the
survivors. The pathetic appeal was
in vain. Uncle Sam Is rich enough
to give us all'' screens, but he is too
hard-hearted to do 1t.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

During the famous Douglas and Lin
coin debate and subsequent campaigns
the point was frequently brought out
by the supporters of ''the Little Giant"
that Mr.. Lincoln had served only a
single term In Congress. but that SEN
ator Douglas had enjoyed for years a
national reputation. This point, says
a writer In Lippincott's, was urged in
a heated discussion between an ardent
supporter OF Douglas and a German
voter who favored Lincoln. Finally the
former, thinking to overwhelm his op-
ponent. said: who is this Lincoln,
anyhow? Nobody ever heard OF him
until Senator Douglas brought him into
notice by holding joint debate with
him. Senator Douglas, on the other
hand. is a great statesman. Why, he
has had his eye on the presidential
chair for the last ten years." "vot is
dot you say?" was the reply. "You say
Meester Dooglas have hat his eye on
der president chair for ten years."
Yes. that is just what said" .'vell,
you shoost tell Meester Dooglas II he
viii keep his eye on dot chair shoost a
leedle vile longer he will see old Abe
Lincoln sitting down in it." This closed
the debate. amid roar Of laughter
from the bystanders.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
TERRORIzED A TRAIN.
Woman and Two Sons Have n Crazy
FIT.

~
Fit.
Corning. N Y, Aug. rs. Passen-
gers on Erie limited No. had lively
experience between Elmira and Corn
ing last night. After the train left
ElInira a woman started running
through the train screaming that some
one was trying to place her under an
anasthetic. She fought off her mag
mary foe with big jack-knife. With
her We're her two sons, aged fourteen
and seventeen, who were afflicted the
same as the mother. The passengers
We're terrorized and the trainmen had
the greatest difficulty in restraining
them. When the train reached here
the woman made dash with her
hand. smashed a large plate glass in
the car vesiibule and jumped from the
train, followed by the two boys. They
ran block end then rushed into the
Corning club. where the woman,
bleeding and bruised, screamed for
help. The clubmen believed that muir
der was about to be committed, and
scattered in all directions. The woman
and her sons were finally caught by
the police and Il doctor dressed her
numerous cuts and bruises The wo-
man and her sons evidently had taken
some strong medicine which crazed
them temporarily. They were appar-
emily all right and proceeded to Chi
cago later.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
wox~ STAND FOR 1T.
DR.. Rodernund Warned Against
Triairg with Smallpox.

st. Paul. Ainn., Aug. rs. - IF DR..
Rodermund undertakes to cut any
Of his capers around st. Paul he VIII
be hustled to the pesthouse and kept on
a light diet. We shall not be In any
hurry to let him out either. He may
defy the law a small town, but In st.
Paul he will have to abide by the ac-
cepted THEORIES Of common-sense physi-
Clans"
This Is the way Health Commissioners
Ohage looks at the Appleton. Wis, physi-
clan who smeged himself with smallpox
virus. afterwad attending his patients
and wound up by eating the pus from a
smallpox possible, DR.. Rodermund did
this to prove his contention that the en-
tire theory of nntagion is at fault.
DIR. Ohage is firm believer in the vir-
tues Of vaccination and, as such, Is not
disposed to permit any trifing with the
law which makes vaccination compulsory
with patients that are exposed to small
pox. He said that all he requires in DR..
Rodermund's case is his statement that
he has exposed himself to smallpox and
that will be sufficient excuse for taking
him to the pesthouse.
Vaccination has been demonstrated,
thousands of times over, as an effective
means of preventing the spread Of the
disease" said DR.. Ohage, and we do not
intend that any one shall come into st.
Paul and defy the ordinary rules of
health
DR.. M. j. Rodermund addressed the st.
Paul Anti-Vaccination society at Central
hall, Sixth and Seventh streets last night.
The Doctors talk was informal and fol-
lowed written paper by Mrs. Laura
Little of Minneapolis on the evils of vac
cination.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
DESPERATE PITCHED BATTLE
FOUGHT IN THE KENTUCKY
MOUNTAINS.
WOMAN. or COURSE, BEHIND IT
Returned Volunteer Soldier and u
COmrade Renew n Quarrel With
Neighbors and Murder All Of
Them Men Had Little Chance
Against the Soldiers-POsse Will
Go After the Murderers.

Williamsburg, KY, Aug. 25.-Sherin
Sutton has received reliable informa-
ton concerning pitched battle about
twenty miles from here in which five
men were killed by Yves Mays and
George Golden.
Mays was a former resident of Whit
ley county. and who has just returned
home after having teen discharged
from the volunteer army service in the
Philippines. The dead are: Blake
Logan and two sons and two neigh
bors named Wilson.
Mays is said to have had trouble
with Logan before he went into the
army, Mays wife being behind II. Ac-
cording to the story that was brought
here from the scene of the killing Mays
came back from the army with a
Steel shirt, Rifle and Pistol.
Golden is a former comrade of Mays,
who accompanied him back from the
Philippines and who made Mays quar-
rel his own. They reached Mays
former home on Tuesday and at once
hunted up Logan and renewed the
quarrel. In the pitched battle that
followed none of the men had any
chance against the soldiers, and they
were all killed. The dead men were
dragged into the house and for forty
eight hours Mays and Golden refused
to allow any one to enter the place.
The neighbors were terror-stricken
and made no effort TO secure the bodies
of the dead.
A posse has been made up here TO
go to the scene of the killing to arrest
the men who did The shooting and to
bury the dead. The scene of the kill
ing is across the mountains away from
either railroad or telegra phi station. 1t
is one of the most desolate places in
Eastern Kentucky.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

Future punishment? Let's not dis
cuss the theological side Of it just
now" said the old clergyman, gently,
to his hot-headed young parishioners
But did you ever think OF 1t from the
domestic and family side? When these
babies of yours begin to grow up, and
you see them initiating your faults and
hampered by your weaknesses, and
know that you're to blame-ah, there's
a kind of future punishment there can
be no two opinions about"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

The London Lancet, high medical
authority. says that the habit of self
druggging has grown to be source of
untold mischief. The practice has been
greatly assisted by the enormous i'm
provements in pharmaceutical prepare
tons. Treating symptoms without
medical advice may be temporarily
satisfactory, but what If the physical
disturbance be the sign of fatal dis
ease? A little knowledge, coupled
with overconfidence, is a dangerous
thing in dealing with the ailments
which come in SO many forms. Vary
ing the adage, it may be said that a
man who is his own doctor has fool
for patient
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
ROMANCE ENDS IN Tn -.
startling Case OF Att.mr.
ana Suicide urdtI

and Suicide. Murder
Palmyra, WIS.,, Aug. 25
case OF attempted murder ars aftlns
occurred here yesterday afterns su'eles
the residence Of Alfred Watson q
served as a realistic ending - ana
nance of a few months. Nor. = To-
right lies at the sanitarium ,r,., Cart
bullets through his body IN c,os asa Two
unity to the heart, and Ella Cas.lp rox-
his Wife. lies at the homa
grandparents with a bullet IN has :, nef
He can live only few hours "a, Usek
she is expect to recover her 10, "nl's
ing saved by her corset steeis ,., W.
destroyed much of the force az ~ , a'a
let. A few weeks ago this mere hov -. J.
eighteen years met and loved w ,n u
Eta Strike, pretty girl Of e,.a 'ss
and was married shortly afterwsss
They lived together at the home - a !.
parents for a few weeks. TrnrA Ss
arising, they separated, she vo,ns y
Iowa and he remaining here Is.s y
the trouble appeared to be settlad az
Mrs. Cartright returned to Paimr.s
yesterday, stopping at the Watson -.
idence, where she was met by her hus -.
band. The tragedy occurred sbor.,r
after the arrival of young Carries
when fusilade of bullets was haar -
No further explanation of the traysar
Is given.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

Woman Deserted by Her Husband In
WfnOna.

Winona, Mimi. Aug. 25.--The largest
ed by her husband in a strange city,
and without a penny, was the condition OF
Mrs. John Schlosser here this morning,
Schiosser who is a carpenter, came
to Winona with his wife early
In the week in search of en-
ployment. They stopped at a hotel
On Thursday he told his wife that he
would go out to Clear Lake, S. D.. and
when he secured employment he would
send for her. Thursday afternoon he left
the place without saying word and that
was the last she saw Of him. She became
uneasy later in the day and made in
ouiries at the depots It was there learned
that he had purchased ticket for DEVILS
Lake, n. ID. The woman did not have a
cent of money, and in company with a
Winona woman she attempted to secure
enough to follow him. Failing in this, she
told her story TO Mayor Stewart and he
furnished her with ticket to La Crosse.
where she says she will be able TO get the
money and will then follow him.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
BRIToNs MAKE A CAPTURE.
Entire BOer Convoy Rounded Up in
the valley of the yaaI.

London, Aug. 25.-Lord Kitchener re-
ports to the war department that
British column which was moving up
the valley of the Vaal found tracks of
a big Boer trek near Kalkoenblach.
After hard gallop of twelve miles and
sharp fighting the British captured the
entire Boer convoy and eighteen pris-
oners, in addition to much ammuni-
ton, wagons and cattle. The column
covered sixty miles in twenty seven
hours and brought in everything SER
viceable of what had been captured.
Among the prisoners taken were the
landdrost of Bloemhof and Dutoit, a
telegraph operator, who had COM
plete wire tapping apparatus.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

He began his trip on the Seine and
he is now on the Marine. He will sail
down the Yohne, the Saone, the Rhone
and its small branches flowing into the
Mediterranean. Then he will go oD
the Loire and end his voyage through
France on the Rance, which will con-
duct him to st. Male, where he will
take a steamboat TO Jersey. The
name of his canoe is Oithona, and is
so constructed that it can be wheeled
on terra firma whenever its occupant
gets tired of being on the water.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

American Roman Catholics contrib
uted during 1900 for foreign missions
$71,230, the amount being sent to the
Central Council of the Congregation
for the Propagation of the Faith. The
headquarters of the propaganda are in
Paris, France, and from there the
money is sent to support weak mis-
sions in all parts of the world. The
American contribution is much larger
than previous ones.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

Clear Lake, Iowa, Aug. 25.-Tts ira
ternal congress has just closed an ~.
teresting two days. session In this ci.y.
There were PRESENT delegates from
the grand lodges of Yeomen. Fraterha.
Choppers, Modern Brotherhood Oh
America, Red Cross, knights or inc
Maccabees. Ladies Of the Maccapee,
and Woodmen of America. Severn
fine addresses were delivered and tne
best methods Of fraternal insurance
were discussed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

1t isn't against the law in Minnesota
to kill gambler If he has been cheat
ing, and will not return the money to
his victim. AT least, case at Granite
Falls has just been decided to that
effect. DR.. Wintner pulled his pistol
and shot gambler with whom he was
playing cards, because the gambler had
cheated and refused to pay the money
on demand. A jury declared upon oath
that DR.. Wintner was not guilty OF
murder.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
LIND OUT OF POLITICS.
Pledge Given When the Partnersh,,
Was Formed With Judge UseI..ap

st. Paul. Aug. 25.--Judge LELAND law
partner of John Lind, declares that Nm.
der no circumstances will the forme,.
governor re-enter the political fiela
Judge LELAND, 1T appears, exacted 4
written pledge from Mr.. Lind before
the professional copartner ship was
formed that he would not take any
active part In politics. When the idea
of partnership between the two men
was first considered Judge Iceland In.
dicated very plainly that If Mr.. Lind
had not concluded absolutely to keen
out OF politics there was no use at all
In discussing professional Relationship.
Mr.. Lind assured his friend in the
most positive manner that 1t was his
intention thereafter to keep as far
away from politics and politicians as
possible.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

Former st. Paul Waiter Is Killed by
Bartender.

Duluth, Mimi. Aug. William Car
son, a former waiter and bartender In
various st. Paul and Minneapolis saloons
and restaurants. was shot and instantly
killed to-day at Hibbing by John King,
the bartender in Hadman & Co.'S saloon.
The trouble arose over the payment for a
drink King will be brought TO Duluth
tomorrow for preliminary hearing.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
EVIDENCE OF MURDER.
Bloody Wagon spoke Found IN
Wards Cabin.

Deadwood, s. D., Aug. 25.-The Law
renee county commissioners yesterday
offered reward of $3.50 for the capture
of w. H. Ward, the alleged murderer.
The searching party at the Ward cabin
found the clothes of Kirk Shepaiu
slowed away in barrel, and wagon
spoke was found near the house Gov
cred with blood. This settled the CUES,
ton of the murder of the secopu
brother.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
A FAMILY QUARREL
Results I'm Death of One and the Sc.
riOus Injury of Another.

Butte, Mant., Aug. %. AS a result
of family quarrel John c. Kimball
is dead, his wife. Gussie, is in the hos.
pital with bullet wound in her chest
and Frank Yechout, the father Of the
woman, is in jail, charged with doing
part of the shooting. The persons were
walking together yesterday morning
when Kimball drew revolver and
began shooting at the woman. Yech-
out then shot Kimball. The Kimballs
had not been living happily together.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

Thomas j. Riley Who Deliberately
Murdered n Bntte Banker.

Helena, Mont. Aug. 25.-Thomas ].
Riley. who killed Patrick Largey q
Butte Banker, four years ago and who
is serving life sentence for murder In
the second degree. is seeking a pardon
He has written a long letter to the
state board of pardons reviewing his
case and urging favorable action. ne
says petitions will be secured In Butte
His crime was premeditated and there
Is little prospect of a pardon.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
ENGINE ExPLoDEs.
One Is Killed anu Others Seriously
Injured

Candy, Mimi, Aug. %. A steam
threshing engine belonging to Sam
Watkins exploded while threshing on
the farm of G. L. Christensen. near
Porter. Mimi, and instantly killed Mrs.
Christensen and severely injured her
young daughter. Lars Christensen,
John Anderson and one of the assis-
tants at the machine.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
ARREST FOR MURDER.

Father and Son I'm Custody ON the
Charge Of killing Neighbor.
Middletown, Ohio, Aug. Is. Henry
Geppart and his son Donald are I'M
der arrest for the murder OF Wesley
Wells. All are farmers. The trouble
arose over a quarrel on account OF the
use by the Gepparts OF path through
the Wells farm. Wesley Wells tried to
stop them with an axe and they fired
on him. The Gepparts surrendered.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
CONVICT VISITS DYING FATHER.

Governor OF Indiana Gives n Life
Prisoner y Ten Days Parole.
Michigan City, Ind, Aug. 25--John
Fleming. life convict In the peniten-
tiary, has been given a ten days. pa
role by Gov. Durbin in order that he
may visit his dying father at Kokomo.
The officers have full confidence that
he Will return at the end Of ten days.
This is said to be the first case on
record where a life convict has been
permitted to leave prison.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
Two Country Fires.

Grand Meadow, Mimi. Aug rs. - A
fire occurred on the farm Of Alex
Brown in Racine township. A setting
of grain and the separator of H. Ra-
bine were burned. A large barn, a
hoghouse and milkhouse were burned
on the farm of Ed Rutledge, near
High Forest 1t is thought children
set the fire while playing about the
barn.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

There are altogether in Yucatan
seven cities, thirteen towns. sixty-two
ruined cities. 143 villages. fifteen aban-
doned settlements. and SO haciendas.
Scarcely any of these places has as
many as 10000 inhabitants, the popu-
lation Of the great majority falling be-
low 1000.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
CHASED ny BLooDHoUNDs.
Negro Who Killed n Woman while
Attempting to Assault Her.

Chattanooga. Tenn, Aug. 25. - Mrs.
Charles Williams. wife of prominent
farmer of Franklin county, Tenn, was
shot and killed yesterday by Henry
Noles, a negro who attempted to GRIM
inally assault her. After shooting
Mrs. Williams the negro wounded her
little son slightly on the head. Sheriff
Stewart and posse with bloodhounds
are In pursuit Of the negro. 1t is
thought he will be caught and possibly
lynched In a few hours.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
Would XIII a whole Nesshborhood.

Huron, 8. D., Aug. %. - Tnolnas
Tomaw, released from the penitenuary
q few weeks since, where he served
term OF two years for assault with IN
tent to kill. was arrested In Lake BY
ron township few days since. Inv
board of insanity mas adjudged him IN
sane and he will be sent to the asylum
at Yankton. He deliberately drove
farmer and his family from their nome
and took possession of the piace'
threatening to kill the whole neignpor-
hood.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
ATTEMPTED LYNCHING.
Policeman Opens Fire and the Mob
Disappears.

Lebanon. KY, Aug. 25.-An unsuc-
cessful attempt was made early yes
terday morning to lynch Dan Hotten
and Charles Shipp, who are charged
with murder. The mob called at the
house of Jailer Jackson Clayton. but
his wife refused them the keys to the
Jail. They then went to the jail and
began to batter the doors. when Po-
liceman Brent. secreted in coal she'd
opened fire. The mob returned the
fire but no one was hurt. They then
dispersed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

United states VIII Furnish Enough
for All Demands.

Chicago, Aug. "a. - In a statement
taken from q report to his govern
ment. William Wyndham, British con-
sui at Chicago. says that the United
States will shortly be able to produce
from beets the $100,000,000 worth of
sugar imported annually. Consul
Wyndham has given the subject close
attention and declares that the ad-
vantages in this country are as good,
especially in Colorado, Nebraska and
Illinois, for the development of the
beet as in any of the countries of Eu-
rope or Asia.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
SKULLS AND RELICS.
An Ancient Mound at TrempeaIe
Opened by Winona Men.

mound at Trempealeau has just been
excavated by John Dye and others Of
Winona. with the result that seven
skulls, presumably of moundbuilders,
and many broken bones and relics have
been found.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
Is / n N
TO Dc

The presence
mission of four
the first repres'
t!cally unknoY
Europe, and the
Dalai Llama, RI
persuaded to h
locked upon as
riers which hay
out of The For
be let down to
A Buria from
| Akhorambo At
has gained the
Llama Of Thibe
October and W;
peror. He retu
ceeded in persl
TO send a speci'
burg to open
this country.
rived under tn
and has been +
dorff. 1t consi
of whom is tn
secretary. 1t !
ter from the |
Gar.
The Russian
Importance to
doubt properly
in the extensi
toward the Inc
France. The
Enlistment o.
tons across tn
pire and the
India from tn
as practically
The present
that Russia hi
to Thibet-fol
try Of 651,5O'
population es'
It is an unkno'
intrepid adver
1t at great pc
Il in central A
by the Kwel
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

Sheldon, Iowa, Aug. 25.-The postof-
flee at Hull was broken into and about
$500 worth of stamps and SIS in cash
were taken out Of the safe. There
seems to be no clue to the robbers.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29

Other Evidences Against Game Law
breakers Not Found.

Albert Lea, Mimi, Aug. rs. - After
waiting for the opportunity Game
Warden Kroessin of this county has
had ]. NJ. McGrane, Thomas Clement
and F. w. Kahler of this city and Z.
L. Fink of Bricelyn, arrested for vio-
lating the game law. and he has seized
dog and gun. The parties were IN
field with guns and dog and were
shooting, but the warden did not Sc
cure any of the game.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
LOG PIRATES.

of Logs.
La Crosse, Wis. Aug. 25-Raft owners
on the river report log pirates are again
at work. Wednesday night launch and
two men took large portion of raft
above here. and last night thieves held
up Waterman at the point of a rife
several miles from any town and after
securing valuable logs made of with
them without being identified
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
LOSS OF LIFE FEARED.
Terrific waterspout Does Great
Damage i'm Kentucky.

HHuEe IN Nehtucky.
Owensboro, KY. Aug. %. - Reports
have just reached here of terrific
waterspout on Barnett's creek in Ohio
county. A number of houses were
washed away and much livestock
drowned. The Rough river, into which
Barnett's creek flows, is backed up for
ten miles by the fioodwater. 1t is
feared some lives were lost. The local
fty is remote from telephone and tele-
graphic communication. Ohio county
Is small county about thirty miles in
land from Owensboro.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
FAvoRs PARIS GREEN.


lake1 II himself.
Buffalo. MIMI, Aug. 25.-Barney Nc
Keag, whose place is few miles from
here, committed suicide by taking
paris green. He attempted to murder
his daughter-in-law with an axe ard
tried to feed his mules paris green.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1901-08-29
Now HeIIo ounrters.

Faulkton, 8. D., Aug. 25.-The new
telephone exchange building Is aDous
finished and the Office will be move
to the new quarters in few days.