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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
NEGRO NOMEN BARRED.
National Council Of Women Con-
venes at New Orleans Minus
Colored Delegates.
SESSION HELD BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
Ladies' of New Orleans Assured That
They Would Meet No One Obnox-
ions to Them at the Reception
Given to OMcers-Miss Anthony
to Address Council.

New Orleans, March 27.-With no
negro delegates present the National
Council of Women of the United States
opened their session Thursday. Mrs.
Mary Woods-Swift presided and only
general officers and presidents and
delegates of affiliated organizations
and patrons of the council were pres
3ent. The session was behind closed
doors and the press committee an
nounced that the meeting would ex-
clusively be devoted to the transaction
of important business pertaining to
council work. Many of the delegates
to the suffrage convention were pres
ent. The only public meeting of the
council will be held Friday evening,
when Miss Susan B. Anthony will pre-
side and speak on the organization of
the council.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02

San Domingo. the capital of the Re.
public of santo Domingo, has been
captured by the revolutionists after
severe fighting, in which many were
killed.
Gen. Matos, the leader of the yen-
ezuelan revolutionary movement,
says rebellion will end if Castro's res
ignation as president is accepted.
At Port of Spain, Trinidad, 12 natives
were killed and 60 wounded, man of
them noncombatants and women,
during a riot.
surigao, Mindanao island, which
Philippine ladrones captured, has been
retaken and American officials were
found safe.
Maj. Gen. Sir Hector Macdonald,
commander of the British forces in
Ceylon, is to be court-martialed on
charges of alleged immoral conduct.
Wa ships in the harbor Of San Do.
mingo have restored peace in the city.
The minister ofwar surrendered to the
revolutionists.
The French chamber of deputies by
q final vote has expelled all religious or.
ders from the republic.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
AIMED AT MERGER.
Bills IntrDduced in minnesota Legis-
latura Provide for Control of
Big Corporations.

st. Paul, Mimi, Observation-Disclosures
bills We're introduced in the two houses
of the legislature Thursday by Repre-
sentative Perley and Senator Wilson,
to make possible some sorto Of control
in the ~so-called merger matter, as af-
fecting corporations now existing.
One bill prohibits the holding of meet
ings of Minnesota corporations for the
election of Offices outside of the state;
a second amends the present law as to
foreign corporations owning property
and doing business in Minnesota to re-
quire that public officers be maintained
within the State where papers may be
served and the third provides that cor
porations organized in other states
may not vote the stock of any Mime
sofa corporation of which they have
become the owners until a resident
agent has been named on whom sum
mons or other papers may be served.
The general purpose is to make posi-
bic the service of papers.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
LATER.

Maj. Gen. Sir Hector Macdonald.
British military commander at Cey-
lon and Boer war hero, committed sui
eide in a Paris hotel while en- route
to face cOutt-martial for immoral
conduct.
Frank M. Steinhart, of Illinois, will
succeed William A. Rublee, of Wiscon-
sin, as consul general at Havana.
The Irish land bill introduced in the
British m provides a loan Of
S750,000,0 900 by the British government
to enable tenants to purchase their
holdings.
The Toronto (Ont.) opera house has
been burned, the estimated loss being
$15O,OC0.
Gen. Castro read his special message
to the Venezuelan congress and with
drew his resignation of the presi-
dency.
Burglars broke into the safe in the
post office at Fairport, O., and secured
about $500 in stamps.
Secretary Root has relieved Gen.
Leonard Wood from further duty in
connection with the government of
Cuba.
Citizens of San Juan, Porto Rico,
gave Miss Alice Roosevelt. grand re-
ception in the theater.
George D. Haworth, who invented
the corn planter, wheat drills and
other agricultural implements, died in
Decatur, Ill, aged 70 years.
- -#-
It is stated that the authorities at
Buffalo do not believe Pennell killed.
Burdick, but that a woman, who is al
legged to have had a strongmotiye, com
mitted the crime.
Uriah H. Crosby, a pioneer Chicago
resident and builder Of the Crosby OPP
era house, died at Brewster, Mass, aged
70 years.
The Fort Wayne (Ind.) car building
plant of the Pennsylvania railroad suf-
fered $1O0,o0Olo S by fire.
Under a revision ofSthe
rules, to take effect April is, the CLASH
fed service is extended to all positions
which are subject to classifcationNun-
der the civil service act.
Three hundred Chicago factories
are closed and 5000 men are made idle
by strikes for increased pay and bet
ter conditions.
The flood situation in the south con-
tinues to improve.
William B. Byers, a Colorado pioneer
and founder of the Rocky Mountain
News, the first daily newspaper pub
llshed in Denver. died in that CITY, aged
72 years.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
FOREIGN.

Colonial Secretary Chamberlain, of
Great Britain, was entertained by the
lord mayor of London and said that the
Beers would be loyal to the British en-
pire.
Charles Godfrey Leland, a we'll
known American author, died in Flor
ence, Italy, aged 7oyears.
The La Soufriere volcano at St. Vim
centisland is again in eruption, andthe
land is entirely covered by darkness
from the pail of smoke.
Peace has been signed between the
Uraguayan governmentand the rebels.
An-extra session of the Cuban SEN
ate has been called to ratify the
amended reciprocity treaty.
Rev. William Farrar, dean of West
minister, author and former chaplain
of Queen Victoria, died in London,
aged ~ years.
President Castro, of Venezuela, re-
signed, turning over the executive
powers to the president Of the SEN
ate, but congress refused to accept
his resignation.
Carlos Ezeta, ex-president of the
republic of Salvador, died in exile at
Mazatlan. Mexico.
The three hundredtb anniversary
of Queen Bess' death was commence
rated at London by the Royal Geo.
graphical society.
The town of Surigao, in the island
of Mindanao, has been captured by
the ladrones and Constabulary IN
spector Clarke and several other
Americans We're killed.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, imprisoned
in England since 1889 for the alleged
murder of her husband, will be re-
leased in July, 1904.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
Acquitted Man Begins Suit.

Des Moines, Ia, March CIV. P.
Dickinson,sof Chicago, who has been
acquitted at Independence of the
charge of enlightenment from the
Boone Valley Coal company, of which
he was an officer, has sued Hamilton
Browne, a stakeholder who instituted.
the prosecution, for an accounting and
for 500, 900 damages. The First ma
tional bank has also sued Mr.. Browne
for the value of the SIS, 900 noteinvolved
in the embezzlement case.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

A prosposed law in Canada to tax
all Chinese entering $500 a head is ex-
pected to decrease coolies in United
States.
President Roosevelt has accepted the
invitation to attend the celebration of
the University of Virginia on Alumni
day, June16.
Sir Robert Reid, in the British house
OF commons, suggested that the great
powers of Europe agreeto a Limitation
of naval armament.
DR.. George Grille to the
Boston Medical society successfultests
of the new discovered adrenalin in
treatment of heart failure.
Gen. Gillespie, CHEZ. of engineers, will
visit the site of the new naval station
at Bahia Honda, Cuba, with a view to
the erection of strong defenses.
NZinahwaush, one of the oldest chiefs
andgrand medicine seers of the Chippe-
was, died at the Old Peoples home in
White Earth, MINI, aged 81 years.
An invention of Miller Reese Hutch
inson, of New York, applying the prin-
ciple of the monograph, is saidto have
been successful in making deaf children
hear.
Great Britain has prepared war med
ais for presentation to thefive Ameri-
can Women nurses who served on the
hospital ship Maine in South Africa and
Chinese waters.
Thomas J. Stewart, commander in
chief of the Grand Army Of the Repub-
lie, is busily engaged in preparing for
the encampment to be held in San Fran
cisco in August.
George Reno, a nephew of the late
Robert G. Ingersoll, has become a citi-
zen of Cuba, the first foreigner to be
n~aturalized, andnow bears the name Of
Jorge Renokinni.
Structural iron manufacturers have
organized with the ii is
claimed, of resisting wage demands of
labor unions Lockouts affecting over
100000 men may result.
The n hundred and sixtieth birth
day anniversary of the author of the
declaration of independence will be
celebrated in Washington April is by a
subscription dinner at the Hotel Bar
ION.
Hetty Green in a New York inter-
view declared she does notwant a home
because personal property taxes would
have to be paid. Business keeps her
.Journeying between that city and Chi
cago and taxes can be avoided.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
Three Drown ed In Missou, r

Carutherville, Mo, March 27.-Wal-
ter Chism, Luther Owen and Jennie
George were drowned in Pemiscott
bayou, at No. 9 Mill, Ark, 10 miles
south of here, while returning from
prayer meeting in a canoe. Their
craft overturned. All the bodies have
been recovered. Miss George and Ow-
n were to have been married within
a fortnight. Owens body is held
awaiting relatives from Kentucy, his
home. The other bodies were buried.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
TWO SOULS WITH BUT A SINGLE THOUGHT.

Mrs. Elizabeth Grannis, of New
York; Mrs. Kate Waller Barnett, of
Virginia; Mrs. May Wright Sewall and
Mrs. Thompson, of Canada, will be the
other speakers. The reception of the
general officers was given Thursday
night. Mrs. Sewall said they would be
delighted to meet the ladies of NewOr-
leans, who might attend the reception,
with an assurance that they would
meet no one obnoxious to them.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
Trolley Car Disaster.

New York, March 27.-Runninp at
full speed on itstway to Coney Island,
a trolley car of the Sea Beach line
jumped the track on a curve at Thir-
teenth avenue, plowed up the sand for
80 feet and then struck a telegraph
pole, smashing all the glass in the
car and throwing the passengers in a
confused heap on the floor. Seven
persons were hurt, but it is believed
that none of them was fatally injured.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
Preacher Kills Himself.

Altoona, Pa, March2z.-Rev. John C.
Grimes, of Nescopeck, Pa. who has
been attending the Central Pennsyl-
vania Methodist conference here, shot
himself twice in the face at an early
hour Thursday. He is in a serious on
dition at a hospital. Mr.. Grimes said
he intended to kill himself. He is said
to nave been suffering with melan-
cholia and late Wednesday night he
wandered to the Wapsononnock rail
road roundhouse and there attempted
s1licide
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
Immtpration stil1 1ncreasine.

New York, March ~. - Immigra-
ton figures for March show that i'm
migration is increasing in spite of the
unusual strictness of inspection on
both sides of the ocean. During the
first rs days of March 49,162 immi-
grants arrived, or 1000 more than dur
ing the same period last year. About
10000 are due to land during the rest
of the month.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
station Agent Shot.

Santa Fe, N. NJ, March 27.-The
night agent of the Santa Fe railroad at
Cerrillos station was fatally shot at
night by two unknown men who
robbed the depot. Sheriff Kinsell and
Deputy Gosson started overland in
sEsw
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
Smelling Works turned.

Canyon City, Col, March 27.-At
midnight the main portion of the
smelling works Of ths United States
Reduction and Refining company, at
this place, was destroyed by fire, the
loss being 100000. Immense new
buildings, 200 by so feet in area, were
destroyed. One hundred and fifty men
n re made id1a
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
schwab at Pittsburr.
TO BUY MORE BONDS.
United States Treasury Announces
Resumption of the Refund
ing Operations.

Washington, March 27.-The secre-
tary of the treasury has resumed re-
funding operations and has announced
that on and after April 1 he will re-
ceive three per cent. bonds Of 1908 and
four per cent. bonds of 1907 to the
mount of 800, DOC, 1000 to be refunded
into two per cent. consols on a basis of
1Oa -..-. ..r.- =a" ....-H
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
Bishop O j, Glen.

congregation of Bishop John j. Glen
non, as c%oadjutor of St. Louis"
Bishop Glennon, who has been coad-
jutor to Bishop Hogan, at Kansas City,
now becomes coadjutor of St. Louis,
with the right of succession as arch
bishop upon the death of Archbishop
Kahn The new appoihtee is a young
man. The appointment is very ac-
ceptable to Archbishop Kahn and the
clergy of the diocese. Bishop Glennon
is regarded as n of the ablest ora
tors among the American clergy.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
TO Have Trial spin Saturday.

Glasgow, March 27.-The fitting out
of Shamrock III. is practically fin
ished. She was towed to Gourock bay
Thursday to have her sails bent. 1t is
expected that she will have a trial
spin March 2s.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
Wants Low Renoyine,ea

New York, March "a. Senator
Thomas G. Platt, at a conference ofre-
publican leaders held in his room in
the Fifth Avenue hotel, declared for
the denomination of Seth Low for
mayor and announced that he would
do everything in his power to cause
his election.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
FntaI Fire at DudIex. Ia.

Abba, Ia, March 27.-One person
was burned to death and six more or
less injured in a fire in the residence
of Ezra Stevens at Dudley early in the
day. Stevens father-in-law, Isaac
Speed, a prominent citizen, was unable
to escape and was found dead later.
The six other members of the family
escaped in their night clothes by jump
ing. The house was entirely DESTROYED.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
Small Hank Robbed.

Greensburg, Kan, March 27.-Three
men early Thursday wrecked the vault
and safe of the State bank at Green's
burg with dynamite, and got away
with $500. They escaped on a freight
train.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
CONFIRMED BY O P
GIennon Leaves Kansas City
to Become Coadjutor of st. Louis
Under Archbishop kain.

St. Louis, March PA cablegram
was received by Archbishop Kahn from
Cardinal Gotti, secretary of the prop
uganda, at Rome, saying: "The pope
has confirmed the nomination Of the
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
More Rich Men Escape Taxes.

New York, March 27.-Edwin and
Frank Gould have called at the tax Of
fee. Edwin, on the plea that he is q
nonresident, swore off his entire as
sessment, while Frank had his assess
ment reduced to $4,000 on personally.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
Iowa Miners to Get Advance.

Dies Moines, Ia, March 27.-The joint
conference of the coal miners and OPP
orators for the Iowa district, No. IS,
have practically completed their la
bors. The new scale, which will go
into effect on April 1, provides for an
increase of 10 per cent. in all depart
ments.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
A COMBINE Of COMBINES
Big Steel Companies Merge Into a
Corporation Known as the Ma
tional Steel Company.
CAPITALIZATION WILL BE $63,oOO,O 600.
Move Is for the Purpose of Economy
of Observation-Disclosures Effect Im-
mense Saving in Yearly Fees-W.
e. Corey, President of the New
Company.

Trenton, N. j., March 27.-Articles
of merger We're filed in the office of the
secretary of state Thursday, merging
the American Steel Hoop Co., National
Steel Co. and the Carnegie company.
The merged corporation is to be
known as the National Steel Co., with
a capitalization of 500, 100000. The
combined capital of the old, companies
amounted to $252,000,G 900.
By this merger the new corporation
will save over $1,000 each year in fees
paid to the state of New Jersey.
The directors of the new corpora
ton are w, E. Corey, C. M. Schwab, E.
II. Gary, w. w. Blackburn and Thorn
as Murray. The officers of the com
pany are: w. E. Corey, president;
w. w. Blackburn, secretary treasurer;
er; J. J. Campbell, assistant secre-
er; ]. j. Campbell, assistant secre-
tary and auditor. All the new officers
are from P~ittsburg.
Little known of Move Mt P~ittsburg.
Pittsburg, Pa, March 27.-The only
explanation offered in Pittsburg for
the filing of articles of merger at Tren-
ton Thursday by subsidiary companies
of the United States Steel corporation
is that the latter is about to carry out
its plan of merging all its constituent
|companies, practically a%bolishing the
subdivisions of the general corpora
ton and having the parent concern be-
come the operating as well as the.
stock-holding concern.
This plan will do away with the in
dividual organizations, such as the
Carnegie Steel Co., the American Sheet
Steel Co., the; American Tin Plate Co.,
the National Tube Co., the Federal
Steel Co., the American Bridge Co.,
and all underlying concerns now OPP
Grated separately. It will also sim
plify matters considerably, and by ar
ranging them as departments of the,
general corporation, there will be-
practically no change in methods,
while a tremendous saving in capitali-
cation tax will follow.
Saves Double Tax.
At present the United States Steel
corporation pays a tax in New Jersey
onits general capital, while each of the.
underlying companies pays a tax on
it's individual capital, though his rep
resented ia the general capital of the
corporation. In other words, thecor-
poration is paying taxes twice on its
capitalization.
The officers of the new corporation
are all old officials of the Carnegie
company.
Schwab at Pittsburg.
President Schwab. of the United
States Steel corporations, arrived in
Pittsburg Thursday. It is said his
visit is a business ore and that he will
be here for several Gays. His arrival
revived rumors of proposed merging
of independent steel interests into the
corporation, but he refused to say
a 1,N-fhSn ~ -, ,ofc,oaa. 4a-4Iz - -.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02

lnd., worth S5O,OU0, ma been arrested
on a charge of numbering her husband,
Robert j. Drake.
The straits of Mackinac are now
open for navigation.
The governor of Texas has signed a
bill prohibiting betting on horse ace
Treasurer Harry E. Nirdlinger, OF
the Marguerite sylvia Opera company,
was robbed of $4,000 in Milwaukee.
The danger from the flood in Mem
phis, Tenn, and vicinity is considered
practically over
Mrs. Roosevelt and the children will
spend the time during the presidents
western tour at Sycamore hill, Oys-
ter Bay.
A complete revision Of the names
of Indians in the United States is
now being made by the government.
Five cattlemen persisted in a biz
gard in the Sweetwater country in
Wyoming.
Mrs. Edwin Z. Burdick, wife of the
Buffalo murder victim, concluded her
testimony at the inquest by declaring
she had no knowledge as to the slay-
er's identity.
"Whitey' Sullivan was electrocuted
at Dannemora prison for the murder
of Matthew Wilson at Cobleskill, N.
Y. November 26, 1900.
Jack Pierce killed Mrs. Barney He'd
igar and a man named Patten and
then killed himself at Gilt Edge, Mont.
The men had q%uarreled over the
woman.
McCauley's sawmill near Wickliffe.
KY, was destroyed by an explosion of
the boiler and three men were blown
to atoms.
Secretary Moody has selected Guam
tanamo as the principal United States
naval station in the West Indies.
On and after April / mine employees
who desire to join the United Mine
Workers will have to pay $40 as an in
i%tiation fee.
President Roosevelt has made APP
plication for membership in the
Oyster Bay q. ~ board of trade.
The United States Steel corporation
has put in operation more than 1900
new coke ovens on Tug river in West
Virginia.
AT the national convention in New
Orleans of the American Women's
Suffrage association Susan B. Anthony
was elected honorary president and
Carrie C. Gait, of New York, was elect
ed president.
A new counterfeit two-dollar silver
certificate, series 1899, check letter
&C." Lyons, register; Roberts, treas
urer. has been discovered.
Thirty thousand acres were flooded
by the breaking of a levee around La
coma Circle, Ark.
Senator Tillman, of South Carolina,
in a speech at Detroit, Mich, alluded to
Sherman's army as "bummers, chicken
thieves and carpet-baggers" and was
violently Kissed.
The supreme court of Ohio has de-
clared constitutional the state local OPP
ton statute.
Thieves raided Plainville, Ind, rob.
bing the postoffice, depots and three
stores.
Hazing at,the University michigan
continues, and it is said at least so stu
dents have been shorn of their locks.
1t is reported that control of the
New York Central railway has passed
to the Observation-Disclosures
vania combination.
Seven packing concerns purchased
last summer by Armour-Swift-Morris
interests have been merped in +ba No
tional Packing company, with $15,000,-
900 capital.
A temporary injunction has been is
sued by Judge Kohlsaat in the federal
court at Chicago against Indiana coal
men, to restrain their combination.
Western railroads are engaged in q
bitter struggle for the government mail
carrying contract between Chicago and
Kansas City.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
clergymen in Finland Prosecuted.

Stockholm, March PA telegram
received here from H~elsingfors,
Finland, that 43 clergymen
have simultaneously been deprived of
their livings because they refused to
cooperate with the authorities in car
rying out the new military service law.
The seminary of the national school
teachers at Sordavala has been closed.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
PERSONAL AND PoLIT1CAI,.

Mrs. Ely Knudsen died in Chicago,
aged nearly 1o2 years.
William P. Wood, chief of the secret
service division under Lincoln and
Johnson, died in Washington at the g
of so years.
Justice Charles v. Bardeen, of the
Wisconsin supreme court, died in Madi-
son, aged SO years.
Rev. William J. Chichester, pastor
of the First Presbyterian church in
Chicago, died suddenly in Atlanta, Ca,
from blood poisoning.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02
Cable Lines Interrupted.

New York, March 27.-The central
office of the Western Union Cable Co.
reports that the Dominican land lines
are interrupted and messages to that
republic, Curacao and Venezuela are
subject. to delay. Messagesare trans
ferred by express. Traffic to the Do
minican republic is subject to censor
ship.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-04-02

Des Moines, Ia, March 27.-Sixteen
thousand school children with flags
waving will greet President Roose-
Welt on his visit to this city on April
2s. The children will be formed on the
campus Of the state house in such a
manner as to spell the word Crosse
velt."
The daily journal. (Salem, Or.) 1899-1903, 1903-10-21
THE SOUTH PORTLAND WRECK.
Six on Life Raft Last Night, But
Hidden by the Fog.

Marshfield, Or, oct. 21-Latest ad.
vices from Port oxford are that the
,elief parties have returned to shore,
driven in by the fog and darkness. The
tug Columbia was sighted on her way
to the scene of the wreck, and she is
expected to hang around there until
morning.
II is positively asserted that only
six more of the lives on the wrecked
South Portland can be saved, as all
the others have perished in watery
grave, These were last seen clinging
to a raft constructed of the steam.
er's matches, and we're being carried
in a southerly direction by the cur.
rent. The only hope for their recov.
cry is that the wind will drive them
near shore. where they can be seen
and rescued.