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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
PREMATURE CHARIvARI.

Man Seriously Injured While EN-
planning That He IL Not Yet Mar
ried.
Sioux Falls. S. D., July 13.-Frederick
Vandyke OF this city lies at his home
as the result OF being struck on the
head by an iron bar or rod in the hands
OF a member Of a charivari party. Some
OF Vandyke's acquaintance were In
formed that himself and a daughter OF
Mrs. Mary Vogler had been married.
They proceeded to the home of Mrs.
Vogler, armed with a varied assortment
OF tin pans, horns, etc, intending TO
serenadethe couple in conformity with
the custom OF some people on occasions
OF this kind. Vandyke was at the house,
and after the crowd had INDUCED In
rowdyism for a time he went outside
and asked the unwelcome visitors to
oisperse. telling them there was no oc-
casion for the visit, as he had not yet
been married. They refused to go, and
Vandyke. in his earnestness, stepped
close to the outer rank of the visitors.
without warning one Of the visitors
struck him with A piece Of iron about
two feet long an inch wide and a
quarter of an inch thick. The blow
landed upon his head and inflicted a
bad wound. His assailants will be
prosecuted.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
OF the Ueeg,
Casualties.


] N. Davis. Z. G. Rust and w. Fl.
Chandler were drowned while bathing
at Galveston beach.
Five men were killed and two injured
by lightning while stretching telephone
wire at Offerman, Ca.
Eight cars, well filed with tramps
stealing rides. were wrecked Chicago,
but no one was seriously injured.
Fire at 3O5-31S Wabash avenue. Chi
cago, caused a loss OF $3.50 900. Guests
In nearby hotels We're much exercised.
Mrs. T. N. Horn. her daughter Fran
ce1 and Miss Mcmahon OF Nyack, were
drowned while sailing off Sandy Hook.
While endeavoring TO locate leak ia
gas pipe at st. Louis, Robert COLI
was seriously injured and his wife and
daughter killed by an explosion.
Robert Holbrook, an aeronaut while
4oJ feet In the air, committed suicide
by falling in the presence of several
thousand people at Mt. Vernon. III.
BY the burning OF the general offices
shipping department and wholesale de-
partment of Swift & Co.'S plant at
Chicago, loss of 100000 resulted.
NJ SIS Mabel Ward made her first bal
Icon ascension at Woonsocket, r. I.
She lost her seat I'm the parachute bas-
ket and fell sixty feet, receiving fatal
injuries.
While at dinner at Chicago, Mrs Car
oline Demon and family were buried
beneath the ruins of their two-story
brick house, which mysteriously coll
lapsed.
A large tank barge, owned by the
Underwater Oil company of Bayonne n.
j., has turned turtle i'm the East river,
opposite the foot of East Thirtieth
street, New York. Between 400 and 500
barrels of molasses was spread over
the surface of the river.
A fire, starting from an unknown
source, in fittings storehouse, Platts-
burg. ~. Y, burned the blocks Of w.
w. fittings. w. NJ. Levin. Catherine
Foy. James Haney. Barber & Co. and
other small business places. Loss. $l25,-
600. Soldiers from the barracks as
sisted in stopping the spread of the
flames.
Eldridge Finkle. fifteen years old. and
his sister, thirteen, saved a train on
the Poughkeepsit & Eastern railroad
from being wrecked, by tagging the
locomotive Just in time to prevent 1t
from rolling upon spreading rails.
which would have thrown the engine
and six cars down a steep embank-
ment.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

Rev. u. G. Peabody OF Decatur. H.,
mentally afflicted through ill-health.
committed suicide with revolver.
Taraj Kirzan and wife of Paterson,
N. J., hanged themselves by the same
rope, by throwing 1t over beam in the
attic.
A committee OF the Ohio state board
OF charities finds that Nora Ferris died
from the effects Of being placed in a
straightjacket.
w. A. Reynolds. sixty years old. a
nurse at the county house at Grand
Rapids. Mich. was murdered and
robbed by unknown persons.
Walter Sherry, George Clifton. James
Wilson and George Long. awaiting
trial for burglary. have escaped from
the county Jail at Bessemer. Mich.
b. w. Pyle of Chicago, fearing the
Nicaragua canal would never be built.
so as to make his land in Central
America valuable. committed suicide.
e. f. shannon of st. Louis commit
ted suicide after confessing to his wife
that he murdered two men ten years
ago, for which crime he allowed a
friend TO be convicted and hanged.
Embittered by the perfidy Of the man
who had caused her ruin, an unknown
fourteen-year-old girl committed sui
eide in Washington Park. Chicago, by
drinking carbolic acid.
DR.. A. ]. Jennings of Chicago is under
arrest charged with extortion by a mid
wife, who says the doctor was accom-
panied by a man representing himself
as an officer. The doctor denies the
charge.
DR.. Mary Damon OF Minneapolis. a
member of a prominent Concord fami-
", ended her life at Weston, Mass, by
cutting her throat at the home OF a
relative. III health and dependency Is
the supposed cause for the rash act.
julius Lehman. convicted aldermanlc
boodler of ST. Louis, received a sem
tence of two years in the penitentiary.
Peter Hendricks. postmaster at Or
arge, w. Va. was killed during fight
at church between the Hendricks and
Jarrold families.
Theodore Oelfeuer, the wife and child
murderer, killed himself In his cell at
Chicago. He was found hanging from
one OF the bars Oeifeuer had walked
the floor all night, cursing and assert
ing that his act was justified. After
eating breakfast ne hanged himself
with strips from his undergarments.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
MUTUAL CONCESSIONS.
Striking Freight Handlers May Re-
turn To- Work To-Day.

turn 10 work To-day.
Chicago, July 13.-Mutual concessions
by the freight handlers and by the rail-
roads have paved the way for confer
ences between the managers and their
employees which, IT is hoped. will lead
to the settlement of the freight hand
lers' strike. These conferences which
will be the result Of the work Of the
Chicago board OF arbitration, will be
held to-day in the officers OF the re-
spective general managers. After
working all day upon the situation the
board OF arbitration last night MADE
the following recommendation. when
has been accepted by the railroads ana
by the freight handlers THAT
committee of five. four of whom must
be employees of their respective ran
roads and having full power TO act,
meet with the proper officers Of the said
railroads during the forenoon of Satur-
day. July IL to settle the existing OH.
ferences between the railroads anu
the freight handlers" While not SO
expressed in the recommendation, 1t
understood by all parties that the
NTH member of each committee is %
be member OF the executive commit
tee OF the freight handlers.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

as he reached the ambulance and the
doctors spent several minutes over him.
AS the men We're driven hurriedly TO
the Cambria hospital the train of coal
ears with the physicians re-entered
the mine. In another half-hour they
came out again, this time with six Nv
ing but almost dead miners. One man
in his paroxysms had locked his jaws
so that force had to be employed TO
pry them open for the insertion of life
instilling fluids. These six were taken
in an unconscious condition to the Cam
bria hospital. One man brought out
with this crowd died just as he reached
daylight.
At that time three more headings, be-
lieved to be filled with the dead, were
unsearched.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
PRESIDENT MITCHELL TALKS.
Has Something to Say About the Ma"
tfonat Convention.

Wilkesbarre, Pa, July 13. For the
first time since the mineworkers decid-
ed to hold a special national convention
President Mitchell yesterday consented
to say something for publication about
the gathering. He said II was utterly
impossible to forecast the action Of the
convention. From his remarks II ~
almost certain the convention will 30
one OF only two things, either decide
on general suspension or provide
defense fund for the anthracite strikers
j. Ridgway Wright of this city, the
leader Of the citizens alliance which
was recently organized in this Vicinity
yesterday sent an omen letter TO Pres
ident Mitchell, in which he calls the
iatter's attention to alleged intimida-
tons, boycotting and other annoyances
practiced on all persons who are work
Ing in the mines. He pays a tribute 10
organized labor generally for the gooo
IT has done and reminds Mr.. Mitchen
that every man has a right to work or
re'rain idle as he sees fit.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
SEVEN DEPUTIES ARE KILLED
STORY THOUGHT To BE GRoUsn-
LESS But FACTS CANNOT BE
LEARNED.
SURE TO Be LANDED BEFORE LONG
BLOODHOUNDs AND DEPUTIES
SECURING THE COUNTRY
FOR HIM,

Seattle, Wash, July 13.-Bloodbouns,
and scores OF deputy sheriffs were nm.
able to stir outlaw Harry Tracy from
concealment in the brush near Coving.
ton yesterday. Because Of the lnidniRbt
battle Thursday night the posse were
sure OF the convict's whereabouts.
Gordon OF experienced marksmen en-.
circled this place early in the evening
and there was no possible avenue Of
escape for the fugitive without a fight
Hounds were started on the trail early
yesterday morning and worked in every
direction, but without success. Dark.
ness fell with less encouragement for
the hunters than on Wednesday even
Ing. Every kind of rumor was received
from the scene OF the deputies search
yesterday. At one time a report was
started that a battle had been fought
resulting in the death of seven deputies
and the wounding of the convict. Dill.
ligent search for the source of this ru-
NOR met with failure. II IL believed to
be absolutely groundless. yet II cannot
be branded until every part of
The Pursuing Crowd
has been heard from. The nature Of
the country through which the chase
leads would make it possible for bat
tie TO be fought I'm ole Of the ravines
and little be heard OF II in the neigh
boring towns for rnany hours.
At dawn yesterday morning the sher-
IFS and deputies of several counties
making their headquarters at Auburn
and Covington started for the country
Immediately adjoining the place where
Tracey was fired upon by four guards
Thursday night. Every part Of the
distance for several miles around was
carefully gone over by the men who
expected at any moment to hear the
roar OF the convict's rifle. The willy
fugitive, however. was not to be found,
nor was there a trace of him. 1t is be-
lieved that Tracy was but a few feet
distant when he was challenged by the
guards Thursday night. He jumped
into the brush at the sound of voices,
but could have gone but very short
dIstanCa before sixteen shots were hred
from their rifles. II is thought that az
least one OF the rife balls must have
found the mark.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
From other shores.

The Jewels OF an English peer. sold
a. auction In London, brought $780,
900.
Netty, daughter of the late Antonio
Terry. f. married TO Prince de Lucinge-
FEucigny. In Paris.
The efforts OF Gen. Butler TO place his
action at Ladysmith in a better light.
II proving failure.
During Socialist riots at voting
places in Orte, Rome. over forty were
wounded. one-half being troops.
Germany's exports for the year end
ing June 30 were s101, 714,O64, an in
crease Of s1,s27. 900 over the preceding
year.
There was large gathering of not
ab;es at Rome, in honor of the twenty
fourth anniversary of the popes coro-
nation.
A large collection OF rare Caxton
books and early manuscripts has been
sold at London to go to the United
States. The collection cannot be du-
plicated.
II is expected that Gems. Botha, De
Wet and Delarey will tour Europe.
England and America, asking aid for
the widows, orphans and crippled Of
the Beers.
Philip Joseph Marcy Fitz Alien How
ard, earl of Arundel and Surrey, died
at Arundel Castle. He was the eldest
son and heir to the Duke of Norfolk
and was born in 1879.
The steamer Harmony went ashore
near ct. Johns. N F., during heavy
gale. and the whole coast was swept.
which must have resulted in much
damage to fishing craft.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

A 81 .00o, ooO-water power plant is
planned at Joliet by a syndicate, along
the drainage canal
The wife of Archibald Watt, prom"
inent clnbman of New York. asks for a
divorce. naming a Boston girl as CO.
respondent.
The Lowe Coke and Gas Securities
company has organized at Dover. Del,
with $50, 600, 900 capital, to manufacture
gas from coke.
Only twenty-five railroads in the
United States, and those unimportaut
ones. are I'm receivers hands, according
to tho Railway Age.
Sixteen students at the Northwestern
University. Chicago, have formed a
non-kissing society, and elected Prof.
Cook an honorary member.
The transport Logan, with 1.164 en-
listed men, twenty-seven prisoners,
eight insane and seventy-seven sick,
arrived at San Francisco from Manila
Hotel Bedford. Bedford City, Va,
which will accommodate $50, has been
purchased for an Elks' home for aged
and INDECENT, and win be opened on
Oct. 1.
The keel of the battleship Nebraska
was laid in Seattle recently, the first
rivet being headed by Governors saw
age and Mcbride, of Nebraska and
Washington.
The plea of President Gompers for
the reinstatement of Typographical
Union No. 16. of Chicago. was Of no
avail. the union being defeated by a
vote Of 116 to 101.
II is estimated that 100000 people
will be represented at the American
Federation of Catholic societies, which
convenes at Chicago Aug. 5, for ses-
sion lasting three days.
Encroachments of cattlemen are re-
norted TO be causing trouble with Indi-
ans In the Choctaw nation, and over
400 cattle have been mysteriously
killed during the past week.
After four years, the great sixteen
inch gun. which has been in course OF
construction at the Watervliet arsenal,
near Troy, n. Y, is completed. IL
throws a 2,0O0-pound shell twenty
miles.
The Denver & Rio Grande Railway
company carried two actresses through
to San Francisco in an otherwise emp
~ Pullman car, because they refused
10 transfer TO another car on through
tickets.
At a meeting at Portland. Or, OF the
executive committee Of the board or
directors of the Lewis and Clark expo
sition a preliminary report was mace
in favor of the city park as site for
the fair.
The Democratic executive committee
OF the Fifth congressional district or
Tennessee has declared Hon. James ID.
Richardson the nominee for reelection
to congress. Mr., Richardson had TO
opposition.
The Federal Sugar Refining company,
which was Incorporated under the laws
OF New Jersey recently, with a capitai
OF $50. 900 900. proposes TO establish a
chain Of refineries throughout the Unit
ed states.
All unskilled workmen at the Pueblo
steel works of the Colorado Fuel and
Iron company at Pueblo, Colo, we're
notified of an advance OF 10 sents in
daily wages. These men number about
1900. The advance was voluntary on
the part of the company.
The socialists OF Kansas at their state
conyention at Topeka adopted plat
form and nominated full state ticket
A. s. McAllister. an engineer Of Her
ington, was unanimously named sor
governor, and John NJ. Parr, Topeka
house painter and decorator, for lieu
tentna governor.
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Gives No EXPLANATION.

1873 Cook street, the young railroad man
who disappeared a week ago last Sun
day, a. few days before his proposed
wedding, returned to st. Paul yester-
day and is now in Minneapolis. He re-
fused to give his relatives. they say,
any reason for his unexpected fitting.
His marriage with Miss Hannah Hal
vorsen Of Red Wing has been post
poned indefinitely.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
CLEVER SwINDLE.
An Old Man Loses 81 900 by a Con-
Hdence Game.

winona. Mimi, July 13.--An old man
named Martin was cleverly victimized
out of 81 900 here by a couple Of conf
dence men. On the pretense of want
ing to borrow money to close a farm
deal, they induced Martin to draw
money from the bank and accompany
them into the country. When in the
buggy they removed the money from
the old mans pocket and dropped him
by the wayside. They left town by
train before the police learned of the
affair. so the chances for their capture
are small
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
nrn,,ncdin The EInnh-

Des Moires. Iowa. July 1S-Tomnv
Crooks, well known as a boxer and
athletic manager In the Middle West.
was drowned in the flooded district last
evening. He drove off the roadway
in the flooded district into deep water.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
Found With Another Nan.

winona, Mimi. July 13.-Mrs. Matte
L.npall returned from Winona to Anti
go Wis, this morning in company with
her husband. who followed her here and
found her at a street show in company
with George +. Young OF Amigo. The
meeting was stormy and ended in the
police station. Mrs. Iinpall agreed to
return to Amigo with her husband, but
declared she would never live with
him
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
No Room for Beers.

Minot. N. n, July ia delegation
OF Beers looked over land in this vi
cinity last week with a view to locating
a colony direct from Africa. There is
scarcely any government land left
nearer than fifty miles west OF this
CITY. and what there is left is being
taken. good, bad and Indifferent. at n
rate Of forty claims per day. so it il
hardly likely that the Beers will locate
here.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

lie Roy, Mimi, July 13.-While in n
At OF dependency, after having been
detained in the insane asylum at indie
pendence, II va, for a year Hans Han
son, a Swede living seven miles south
west of here, hung himself in his barn
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

It is reported that William Waldorf
Aston is going to give his daughter
$50 100000 when she gets married.
william Waldorf must think that is
about the price Of good, serr:ceable
duke.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

A French army officer has perfected
a device which suppresses the flash.
sound and smoke of a rife or cannon.
Now IL he will go a step farther and
suppress the bullet and she'll he win
do the world real service.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

Keokuk. Iowa, July 13.-The crest OF
the food In the Des Moines reached It's
mouth last night. The river is expected
TO be falling in few hours. Thorough
preparations prevented immense dam
age to large area OF cucumbers.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

"As girls grow older they think less
OF love and more of money" says the
Pointed Photographer" of the Chicago
News. Good sign. Perhaps this high
er education" is doing something for
the girls, after all.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
Convicted Of Trenaon.

Manila, July 13.-Gen. Maxilon, VINO
has been convicted Of treason at Ceou'
Island of Cebu, has been sentenced 10
ten years Imprisonment and TO pay
fine of $4,000. Gen. Noviso, who was
Jointly charged with Gen. Maxilon, was
sentenced to seven years imprisonment
and a similar fine.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

Kansas farmers are dragging tramps
from freight trains and compelling
them to work in the harvest fields. It
is such acts as this that make freedom
shrek.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

King Alfonso of Spain is hunting for
wife. Any good-looking princess who
begins to get boxes of chocolate and
cut flowers from Madrid should I'M
derstand what they mean.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

Joseph Chamberlain and the colonial
premiers are having some trouble In
whiting out zollverein for King
Edwards empire. They might try get.
ting up turnverein.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

A Pueblo Indian whipped his wife,
was promptly castigated by his moth.
er-in-law and in his modification com.
mitted suicide. There is no use in
trying to civilize an Indian.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

The fact that Mr.. Schwab has given
a $4,000 academy building as Pay.
ment for the green apples he stole
when he was boy leads TO the nat
ural conclusion that his ideal of Hades
Is reminiscent OF his youthful stomach.
aches.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
MURDER OR ACCIDENT.
West Superior CPse That Puzzles the
Authorities.

West Superior, Wis, July 13.-Murder
or accident? That is the question Cor
oner Dudley is asking concerning the
death of Erick Kvtala, workingman
recently employed at the shipyards,
whose body was found floating in Tow
err slip. A black eve is the only mark
upon the man that is likely to lead 20 a
clew, and the police are working on II.
II is evident that the body had lain in
the water for several days. as none Of
his acquaintance had seen him since
about the Fourth.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

Herr Most has sounded the death.
knell of free press in America. II
Is certain that he will not take any
more liberties with it for the next
twelve months.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

Emperor William says that when a
German can look into the ewes OF the
empress he ought to have inspiration
enough to last him lifetime. How
nice II must be for her II the emperor
talks Ike that when company is not
present
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

A theater treasurer has nearly died
from erysipelas contracted in hand.
ling money. There are probably, how.
ever, more cases of grip than cry
sipelas in handling money.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

After facing the perils of q mob
Rudyard Kipling no doubt wonders
how Poet Laureate Austin has man.
aged to escape SO long.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
Personal.

Alex Yost, chief OF police at Cattles-
burg. KY, is dead from sunstroke.
Mrs. B. p. Cheney Julia Arthur has
been operated upon at Boston for APP
pendicitis.
Mary MacLane, who wants to enter
Radcliffe college. will not be barred by
tn, authorities.
John Downs, los years old, died at
Springfield, Ill. He was born In Linz
erick, and cast his first vote for Blu
chanan.
James s. Stephens, one OF the oldest
pottery manufacturers In this country,
IS dead at Trenton. N. j.. from heart
disease. He was born in Cincinnati,
Ohio, sixty-two years ago.
John Henderson. the executioner of
Louis Riel, the half breed, who organ
lied the Riel rebellion I'm Canada, is
dead on his ranch, near Glasgow,
Mont, as the result Of a surgical oper-
alton.
John w. Greeley. a cousin OF Horace
Greeley. is dead, says a dispatch from
Manchester, ~. II. He was eighty
three years old, and lived at Amherst,
near the site of re house in which his
illustrious cousi.! was born.
The most magnificent wedding that
ever took place in the Berkshire Hills,
that OF Miss Lila Vanderbilt Sloane,
daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. w. Douglas
Sloane, and William Bradhurst Osgood
Field, was celebrated in Trinity Epis-
copal church at Lenox. Mass. The
guests included mainly persons OF
wealth ana social distinction.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

Bicycling Is said to be craze again
In the East It must be unsatisfactory
sport. though, for enthusiasts who
have been running their automobiles
over people.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17
Worst Is NOW Over.

Kansas City. July 13.-The Missouri
river is falling despite the enormous
volumes OF water poured out by tne
Kansas river. People in the lowlanus
have been driven from their homes ana
cornfields are inundated.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1902-07-17

The woman who has petitioned for a
divorce on the ground that her hus
band expected her to embrace the
new thought" and see ghosts ought
20 have her freedom.