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The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
GeneraI.

The order against the use of tobacco
within barracks at West Point has
been rescinded.
Snow fell heavily at Butte, Mont,
recently, and the thermometer dropped
to so degrees.
A rich vein of coal has been found
on the presumption claim of Perry S.
Heath near Salt Lake.
Peter Collier, owner of Golfers
Weekly, is trying to start presiden-
tial boom for Oliver P. Belmont
Six-year-old Alvan Black of larry
town, N. Y, has been cured by DIR.
Lorenz OF congenital dislocation of the
hip.
William Thompson of Camden, N. j.,
put citronellella on his eye to reduce
the swelling from a mosquito bite and
may lost the eye.
In an effort to find cure for a
chronic malady from which he suf
fered, DR.. X. o. Austin of Chicago IA
tally poisoned himself.
J. c. Keller was reelected president
of the National Association of Letter
Carriers. The next convention will
be held in Portland, Ore
Frank J. Hearne, formerly president
of the National Tube company, has
been placed in full control of the Colo
RADIO Fuel and Iron company.
Chicagoans, will hereafter have to
pay nearly one-third more than at pres.
ent for laundry work. Announcement
of the increase was made by the Laun.
dry Owners association. which in
cludes in its membership nearly every
big laundry In the city.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
Casualties.

The starboard propeller of Prof.
Langley's airship was wrecked at
Whitewater, Va.
Edward Sizer fell from the Williams
burg bridge into the river at New
York, but was not killed.
During a storm at st. Joseph, Mo-,
live wire struck and killed True
Raney and burned William Downs.
Mrs. John Schneizel was severely
injured and half dozen houses wreck
ed by tornado which struck Quincy,
Ill.
The bodies of eight men, apparently
those of sailors from some boat lost
in the sound, have washed ashore on
the Long Island coast.
Mrs. Farrell and her two-year-old
baby were killed in a storm at WITCH.
tia. Kan. They sought shelter in a
schoolhouse and the building was de-
molished.
The Paris store at Burlington, Iowa,
was Quilted by FIRE. The loss on the
stock and building is $4,000. Smoke
and water caused loss of $4,000 to
adjacent blocks.
Frightened by the black trimmings
on the hearse at funeral in Valyerde,
Colo, the team attached to the next
carriage in line ran away, the carriage
was overturned and nine persons were
slightly injured.
Mrs. Frances McGraw, wife of Aaron
X. McGraw, was killed in driving ac-
cident near Sharpsburg, Nd, She was
a niece of Levi Y, Letter, the Chicago
millionaire, and cousin of Lady Cur
zon, wife of the viceroy of India.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
HAD CHANCE TO ESCAPE.
Two Men Indicted for Postal Frauds
Are Given a Tip.

"O WCH W.
Are Given Tip.
Washington, Sept. 10. - United
States District Attorney Beach and
officials of the postotfice department
are concerned over what they believe
TO have been a leak in New York re.
garding the indictments returned by
the federal grand jury in that city last
Tuesday. Mr.. Beach suspects that
some one, possibly q postofice in
spector, prematurely gave out the in
formation that l. S. Mcclellan and
George II. Huntington of New York
had been indicted, and that Mcclellan
and huntington received this informa'
ton in time to make good their escape.
Postofflce officials, on the other hand,
say that II there was leak il was in
MIR. Beachs Office. The postoffice in.
spectors charged with making the ar.
rest of Mcclellan and Huntington did
not leave Washington until late on
Wednesday exening. When they had
reached New York they discovered
that the two indicted men had fed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
Personal Mention.

John Bullock Clark, formerly con-
gresham from Missouri, is dead. He
was Confederate brigadier.
William t. Daily died at Salt Lake
City of cancer of the stomach, after a
race with death from Los Angeles.
| Cal.
The wedding Of Miss Mae Goelet and
the duke of Roxburghe, 1t is under
stood, will take place within two
months at Newport.
Henry Sanford, vice president of the
Adams Express company, died at his
residence at bridgeport, Conn, as a
result of stroke of apoplexy.
Rev. Alvah Hovey, d. D., one of the
best known Baptist clergymen in the
country and for many years president
of the Newton theological institution,
died at Newton, Mass, aged eighty
three.
William Deforest Manice, a well
known millionaire and club man OF
New York, is dead at the Cammack
cottage, Tuxedo, where he had been
spending the summer. Death was
due to heart disease.
James M. Jones, one OF the best
known insurance men of Michigan,
died at Grace hospital in Detroit, aged
sixty-eight years. For ten years he
has been agent in this city for many
prominent insurance companies.
William Go!die is dead at his home
in Chicago, aged seventy eight years.
The company Of which he was the
head erected number of buildings at
the worlds fair, Buffalo and Omaha
exposisions, and has contracts to the
extent of 100000 at the Louisiana
Purchase exposition.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
BARREL OF ALCOHOL LET'S O
RESULT OF SMUGGLING BY MEN
sERs or THE CRUISERS
CREW.
ONE MAN ROASTED TO DfIm
sTRuck IN THE HEAD BY FLylNa
sTAVE AND FELL INTO BURN.
ING MASS. q.

Norfolk. Va, Sept, 15.-Ths explo
sion Of q barrel of alcohol on thu
supsrstructurs deck OF the cruiser
Olympia, In drydoek at the Norfolk
navy yard Saturday night killed tive
men, severely injured several Other,
and set are to the ship.
The explosion resulted Indirect,
from tie smuggling of alcohol into II,
navy yard by members Of the cruI.
er's crew. ......s
Lieut.. Commander Van Doeser, an
ecutive officer of the Olympia, made
the following statement:
The entire crew Of the Olympu
were returning aboard after fortyeight
hours of shore liberty, when Ave
gallon water breaker full of alcohol
was discovered in the forward turrst
The executive officer at once ordered
thorough search of the ship ard the
yard in her vicinity to find any other
spirits that might have been snug
gled. As the cruiser Is in dry dock
all her small boats are lined in rows
along the wharf near the dry dock.
Between two of these boats two men
were discovered One fed and
" Escaped in the Darkness.
The other was placed under arrest
Where the men were hiding was found
a full barrel of alcohol which bad
been preached. II was, by order, car
ried aboard the Olympia TO be emptied
into the alcohol tank on the aft deck
This tank being full the barrel was
carried forward by Corporal Yerkes
Seifert, Shavey and Caster In the
meantime the crew was called to
quarters and every man accounted for.
while the men were in line answer.
ing the roll. the detachment with the
barrel began pouring its contents into
a tank on the port side Of the forward
turret. They had scarcely begun
when, in manner yet TO be ascer'
tanned, the fumes of the spirits be-.
came ignited and exploded With ter.
rife force. Both ends of the barrel
were blown out, followed by torren!
of burning alcohol that spread
In Flood of Flame
over the forward main deck. Yerkes
was struck in the head by staVs
from the barrel and fell into the burn
ing mass. He was roasted to desh
The other three men were also struck
by flying fragments of the barrel, OuI
were knocked away from the center Of
the fire and thus two Of them escaped
fatal injury, but Seifert was horribly
burned and so injured that he died
later.
1T was first thought tank OF
smokeless powder had exploded ana
the crew for n moment broke ranks
but in a second recovered from tns
suddenness Of the shock and turned 70
with a will to save their injured snip
mates and extinEuish the fire that a.
ready was gaining a headway on Inv
cruisers deck. This done, the injured
men were hurried to the marine hoN
pital.
THE cruisers forward awnings snu
awning supports were destroyed.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
ADMIRAL COOK RETIRED.
At His Own Request After Forty
Years Service.

Washington, Sept Is. - Rear Ad-
miral Francis A. Cook has been placed
on the retired list of the navy at his
own request after more than forty
years service. Under the naval per-
sonnet law of March 3, 1899, Admiral
Cook, who, on the date of his retire
ment was rear admiral of the junior
class, will be borne on the retired list
as rear admiral of the senior class,
corresponding in rank TO major gen.
eral of the army, this advancement in
rank being conferred as a reward on
officers who served in the Civil war
and had creditable records in the ma
val service. As he was an additional
number in the grade of rear admiral,
his retirement does not create any va
cancy or result in any promotions.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
wa.hington Notc..

The market in France for American
cattle and meats is now virtually
closed.
Lieut.. Col. ID. r. Potts has been re-
heved as Inspector general, department
OF California, and goes to Charleston,
8. c., to take command OF the artillery
district at Charleston.
Since the success OF the American
tobacco trust in gaining a foothold in
Germany, much anxiety has been man
ifested by dealers lest Americans
monopolize the business.
Recreation halls are to be estab.
lished at naval recruiting stations,
with reading and lounging rooms In
connection, for the use of sailors and
to encourage enlistments.
Authority has been granted for the
organization of the Cando IN. d. Ma
tional bank, capital SIS 1000. d. F. Nc
Laughlin, Charles j. Lofgren. j. ]. Nc
Gamma, j. F. Mccarthy and e. NJ Nc.
Laughlin are named as incorporators.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
MUTINY ON THE kEARsARGE.

One Hundred and Twenty Men lmpris.
oned for Mutinous Conduct.
New York, Sept. 15.-The sailors Of
the flagship Kearsarge, which, togeth.
er with the Alabama, the Texas, the
Illinois and the Chicago, anchored on
Staten Island yesterday, have been in
a condition bordering on mutiny it was
learned yesterday, for many weeks.
BY petty officers and sailors on other
ships 1t was said that when the Kear.
sarge came to anchor 100 men were
imprisoned in the brig because OF
mutinous conduct. These men say they
have renamed the flagship the Curse.
hard on account of the voluble dissat.
isfaction continually expressed by the
crew. BY this parodied cognOmen the
Kearsarge is known, they say, bay all
the other vessels of the squadron.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
Airship Passes over Indianapolis.

Indianapolis, Sept. Is. - A torpedo
shaped airship about thirty feet long
and containing two men passed over
the city yesterday afternoon. 1t came
from the northwest, circled over the
southern part Of the city at height OF
700 feet and disappeared in an east.
erly direction. Several, hundred peo-
pie watched 1t, many of them with
field glasses. Nothing is known of it
here.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

The st. Louis lo5e-Democrat is au-
thority for the statement that thirty
six rohberies at the point of revolvers
have occurred in st. Louis since July
4. This is encouraging for those who
are thinking Of attending the exposi-
ton there next year.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
BAD MONEY IN PRISON.
counterfeitine Carried on in the Penn.
syIvania Penitentiary.


Philadelphia Sept. Is. - Following
closely upon the exposure of gross ir.
Irregularities in the cigar department
of the Eastern state penltentiary
came the public announcement yester.
day that the Illegal coinage Of minor
silver pieces had been carried on by
convicts in the big institution. No de-
tails of the counterfeiting scheme can
be learned from the officials connected
with the prison or the government of.
ficials that have been assigned to the
case. The fact that such a daring
plan has been carried on in the peni-
Tertiary was made public by George
Varx. Jr., one of the prison inspectors,
who summoned newspaper men to his
home and voluntarily made the dis
closure.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
Both Now Dead.

Pittsburg, Sept is. - John Newing.
ham. proprietor of general store at
Latrobe, killed his wife and fatally
shot himself in the home of his wife
ct Apollo. They had been estranged
owing to the mans dissolute habits.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
DESPERATE CAPTURED.
Hoffman, the Illinois Murderer, is Run
Down.

Down.
st. Louis, Sept Is. - William A.
Hoffman, who shot and killed William
Brandt, his father-inlaw, at Brandt's
home near Maysville, H., twelve
miles from Waterloo, on Thursday,
was captured at 2 o'clock Saturday
afternoon on the smelling works road,
a shore distance north of Belleville,
III. Hoffman acknowledged his iden.
tity. He surrendered without making
any resistance when deputy sheriffs
came up with him and ordered him to
throw up his hands. The prisoner was
taken to Bellevilie and locked up in
the county JAIL Hoffman talked freely
TO the deputies of the crime, glorying
In. what he had done. The Waterloo
police were advised.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

ANY number of well shaped, well
made stocks may be bought at almost
any of the shops at 25 cents each"
says the New York Times. and still
everywhere around MS the girls are
making stocks at the expense of hours
and hours and hours OF valuable time.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

A German actor has been sent to
Jail for getting off stage jokes about
the emperor. If they were anything
like the American stage jokes we
can't blame the emperor for shutting
him mp.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

Before Sir Thomas takes the Sham
rock home 1t would be interesting to
see what Capt. Barr and a Yankee
crew could do with her, against the
Reliance sailed by Capt Wringe and
his British crew.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
G'AMPAI(]
Commissioner
DakOt;

The food and dairy
s.r Commissioner y
.omplished much d
Gears of its existence
the commissioner ga
which will be of int.
"Not only in Soutl
Minnesota and North
said Mr.. Sherwood,
radical change in the
labelling of feod prod
shipments. AS a RESI-
n the food commissi
last July, a better u
been reached among
,rs and manufacture
rebound to the good O
his own viewpoint a
agreed as to the deta
lion Of certain artic
they did agree on thu
ton that pure and
are much the best !
The reputable manufi
resorted to the aduI
goods for the purpos'
petition, but never,
purpose Of deception
"The COMMISSIONS
mentioned, believing
have taken steps to
az the evil by laying
rules which are to &c
ticn of all foods, W
view of relieving thu
terated articles so lai
sumner is made ava
character. Owing to
various states do not
are alike In all par
possible to unite in
policy, but the gener.
loved and the detail
Uniform as the law
states will permit"
Speaking of SoutI
ticular, Mr.. Sherwoo
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

The Japanese, who are talking OF
entering a yacht in next years race.
have choice of several routes for
getting it into American waters, but
their quickest plan would be to have it
built in this country.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
HURRICANE IN BAHAMAS

Great Damage 70 Vegetation VIM
Fruit Crop is Ruined. .
Nassau, Bahamas, Sept. Ia
we're hurricane visited the BaIa
last week. Great damage hss 80
ocre to vegctetion and farm proouoss,'
wtiIs the fruit crop has been ra !.
Meuy houses were damaged DI. =
Loss Of life Eas boon yet rcp0, sss
The ssipping around tits Island vs." "a
previdsreej vas badly dsmsgeo.
Aers from tho ofhsr Islands has -
been received,
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
NOVEMBER is DECIDED UPON.
No Extra Session of Congress Next
Month,

No Extra Session of Congress Next
Month.
Oyster Bay, Sept. 15.---After mature
consideration in person and by mail
with members Of both the senate and
house of representatives President
Roosevelt has abandoned the sugges-
ton that congress be called into extra
ordinary session in October. The ex-
traordinary session, which he an
nounced many months ago would be
held this fall, will be called according
to present plans to meet on Nov. g.,
which was the date tentatively fixed
some time ago. 1t is not expected that
the formal call for the session will be
issued until after the president re-
turns to Washington.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
Tornado In oklahnma

Guthrie, Okla, Sept. ia tornado
struck the vicinity OF Bloomington, do
ING extensive damage. Severe hail
storm followed the cyclone. The resi-.
deScs Ct Mrs.. George Carter was de-
stroyeA.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

Has Mr.. Morgan run his course as
popular sensational idol? Just now
II looks as IL there wasn't snap
shotter SO poor as to do him rever-
ence.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

Strange as II may seem. Mr.. JEFF
fries has not received as yet any Of
fers from the editors of leading maya
zines for an article entitled How /
Licked Mr.. Corbett."
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
VATICAN MONEY MISSING.
Treasury Of the Propaganda Reported
to BE $4,000 Short.

Rome, Sept. 15.-The Tribuna says:
at is insistently rumored that the dis
covery was made recently that a
sum Of money was missing from the
treasury OF the propaganda. Pope
Plus ordered that an inquiry into this
matter be made by Cardinal Della
volpe. Erefect of economy of the
propaganda. who, according to the re-
ports. found $4,000 to be missing"
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

The time for a trip around the world
has been reduced to 81 days. s hours,
80 minutes-which is evidence that
Jules Verne was not an impracticable
dreamer, after all.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

A Kalamazoo woman jabbed her hat
pin into the wrong man, with fatal re-
suits. She probably acknowledged that
the joke is 'on her.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
STORY 0
Interesting E
State

The state historic
Gently come upon tn
what interesting epi'
history of the state
passed out of the m
now living in the 10
In 1S47 Capt. Jose
making his first tri
master Of his own
had piloted many a
the turbid Missouri
. vious years. He wa
this trip of the MART
she was undoubted
woman to enter tn
country.
At that time It v
the government TO
agent into the lndii
tribute presents to
on this trip Capt.
companied by an ag,
Matlock, who appea
jealous for the adva
lean Fur company Il
the savages. Colin
company's agent at
also along.
When the boat ar
Of Crow creek, in W
county, they came u
and Matlock told {
ents for them, but I'll
Pierre to receive [
Indians demurred, a
Unnecessary for the
some journey for so
as well receive W
Campbell, always G
ed to them that the
ding the goods we
the fort than there,
SO vigorously that !
portion of their tri
sisted that they m
for the remainder.
4 The Indians recei
In sullen silence.
pered a lot Of wood
at Crow creek, but
attempted to take
mighty Yanktons, {
ness, sat upon II ar
be taken. Being il
the wood, Capt. l.
4 PEELED to pay the r
ne. Enough Of tn,
went ashore to car
upon the boat at OF
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Mitchell city
the appropriation
city's business the
amounts to s19,72S.
set aside for the c
hall building, viii
An effort was ma
Greene's addition a
Between fifty and
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

The Kansas definition of gold
mine is "a hole in the ground owned
by man who is liar. Philadelphia
Ledger.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

"You can't save your feliow-men I'M
less you are willing to touch them"
says Bishop Potter. And the contribu-
ton is always taken up in church.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

Illustrated invitations were issued
to a hanging in Montana. Here is a
suggestion to Newport society, which
is looking for something novel.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

Following the fashion of dedicating
books to one. whom the author ad-
mires. the author of book just out
dedieates.it TO himself.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

The price of radium has been
marked down from s5.ooo.0oO to ST.
721 ,555 pound--but the manufacturer
does not give trading stamps.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

Mr.. Jim Scanlon has issued chal-
lenge to Mr.. Jim Jeffries. Mr. Scanlon
is evidently looking for large bunch
OF trouble.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17
SOLDIERS ARE BEYOND CONTROL
PURSUING USUAL TACTICS OF
BURNING AND PLuNDERING
VILLAGES.
PEOPLE ARE fltfING IN TERROR
QUESTION OF WAR OR NO WAR
SAID TO DEPEND ON
SERVIA.

Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept Is. - The Al
bantam and Turkish troops collected
In the vilayet of Adrianople appear to
be pursuing their usual tactics of burn
ing and plundering the villages and
killing the peasants instead OF making
an attempt TO break UP the insurgent
bands. Very little news is altering
through from Monastir, but all reports
agree that the position of the Chris
tiAns Us desperate. The Turks are
making a clean sweep of the whole
Bulgarian element. The Albanian sol
diers in the vNayet OF Adrisnople are
stated to be entirely beyond control.
At Kostursco, the influential heys COM
planned to the officers of the excuses
committed by the troops. The officers
resented the criticism and told the
soldiers that the beys were friends OF
the revolutionists, whereupon the sol
diers burned the bey's farms TIE
Turks have burned the villages OF
Almagik and Erilaer, in the district OF
Losengrad They beheaded twenty
two Bulgarians at Almagik in the pres
ClCt vi lnSll ldDIlllNo. lNtANN Nhcu
sand troops are assembled around
Malkotonovo, and are engaged in
PiIlagins and Burning
the villages. The population every
where is fleeing to the forests and
mountains. All the Turkish popula-
ton in the district of Iosengrad has
received arms, even the boys have re-
volvers. The Albanian soldiers pro-
ceeding from Odrin to Losengrad
plundered the villages en- route,
robbed the churches and burned the
village of Korakej. Another body Of
Albanians going to Vasiliko, on the
Black sea, was attacked by band and
is reported to have suffered a loss of
100 men. A band led by the insurgent
chief at Amazoff was surrounded by
Turkish troops at Kokushko. After
six hours fighting the insurgents cut
their way through the soldiers by
throwing bombs. The Turks lost
twenty.
The final arrangements for a revo-
lutionary outbreak in Eastern Mace
donia have been completed, but for
some inexplicible reason the rising
hangs fire.
Servia May Cut In.
London, Sept. 15.-The Daily Mails
correspondent at Sofia, in a dispatch
dated Sept 8, sends an interview he
had with Tartarscheff. the chief of the
revolutionary committee, in which the
latter represented that there was a
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

The emperor of Austria has just
snubbed the king Of Belgium. Old
Franz Josef acts like a person vino
never had a scandal in his house.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

No man really feels his importance
until after his wife called his atten-
tion to the fact that he is somebody.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

The rise in the price of cod liver oil
from $22 to $3.50 barrel isn't due to
the increased demand for 1t as a popu-
lar beverage.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

At last reports there was nothing
the matter with single one of Baer's
four paws.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1903-09-17

The big fight at San Francisco is a
thing of the past. but The football sea
son will open pretty soon.