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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
NORTH DAKOTA NEWS
State Militia.

The national guard of the state is
much interested in the fate of the APP
preparation before the legislature.
The appropriation bills for the guard
call for $4,000 . year, an increase
from the present appropriation, which
is $1,000 annually. The increased APP
preparation is asked for because of the
necessity of complying with the Dick
bill, under the provisions of which
the guard must hold an annual en-
campment Of at least six days.
For eight years, from 1894 until
1902, the guard held no encampment.
Although there is an excellent camp
state on the shores of Devils Lake lack
Of available funds prevented the hold
ing of an encampment. Under the
provisions of the bill, however, the
guard will not be able to profit by the
increased allowance for equipment
unless the required annual encamp-
ment is held. 70 do this, with a twelve
company formation, will require a
larger appropriation than at present.
Already General Miller and the ma
tional guard officers have received in
quiries. as to what provisions have
been made for the complying with the
requirements Of the Dick bill, but
they have been unable to answer for
the reason that the matter of an ap.
preparation is still unsettled. Unless
there is an increase, steps will have to
be taken to reduce the guard from a
twelve-company to an eight-company
organization. TIL officers and the
governor would dislike to take this
step and hope the members of the leg
~islature will grant the increas
asked for. The adjutant general has
already made a request for the equip
ping of the guard with the modern re
peating rifles and other improved
equipment provided for by the Dick
bill.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
NEWsY BREVITIRs,

The death of Louis Hubbard, a Cor
nell university student, makes a to-
tai of 81 typhoid fever victims in the
Ithaca IN. W epidemic.
Or. Sajous, of Philadelphia, reports
important discoveries which d~isprove
the Koch theory and show reasons
for vulnerability to disease.
The navy department. prepared a
plan for uniform naval increase, CALI
ing for the building of 70 first class
lighting vessels in the next ~ years.
Fifteen hundred Chicago employees
of the Wabash railroad threaten to
go on strike next Monday unless
their demand for increase in wages
is acceded to.
John Redmond, the Irish leader in
the house of commons, asks that the
government give assurance that it is
dealing honestly in the effort to settle
the Irish land question.
Engagement of $3.50, 900 gold for ship
ment to South America and doubt as
to the passage of the Aldrich currency
W 5 vert Ulc
developments in the New York money
market.
The D. A. R. congress in Washing
ton raised $4,000 for the continental
hall fund. Mrs. Donald Mclean, of
New York, withdrew as candidate for
president general, insuring reelection
of Mrs. Fairbanks.
Miss Mary L. Rogers, Wellesley
graduate and new teacher in the
Pawtucket tR- y high school, punched
a 1so-pound football captains nose and
.blackened theeye of another pupil who
tried to have fun with her.
1t is reported that the Rock Isl
and railroad has secured control of
the Frisco system, which will make
it the largest railway in the world,
and that the new road will work in
conjunction with the Santa Fe, thus
killing competition in the southwest.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
Amen dnrents. Adopted,

indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 27.-Two,im m
Portant amendments to the constitu-
tfon of the American Bowling congress.
were adopted at the meeting of the
congress Thursday. One amendment
cuts down the representation of asso-
Citations in the congress and the other
raises the dues of the association.
j. j.. Rowe, of Lakewood, o., was:
elected president Of the Bowlers'
league,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
Excitlng River Race.

New Orleans, Feb. PA river race,
such as was a common occurrence 20
years ago, is now in progress, between
this city and Vieksburg between the
steamers City of Louisville, Of Cincin-
natl, and the Queen City, Of Pittsburg.
Both boats are loaded down with pas
sengers, principally visitors returning
to their homes from the New Orleans
Mardi Gras, and if either boat breaks
the record made by the Robert E. Lee,
the citizens of Vicksburg will give a
handsome pair of cabin horns to the
successful contestant.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
big Check for Museum.

New York, Feb. PA check for
100000 has been received by the
trustees of the Metropolitan Museum
of Art, as the first payment on tho
bequest made to the museum under
the will of the late Jacob S. Rogers.
the millionaire locomotive builder Of
Paterson, N. j.. Further payments
are expected to follow in the regular
course of the settlement of the
estate, and it is said that the
amount which the museum is like.
ly to receive will aggregate at least
Sc. OOO, 900.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
TO PROTECT THE BIRDS.
International Movement Looking to
the Abatement Of Slaughter for
Trade Purposes.

There is a recrudescence this year
throughout all countries of the lues-
ton of bird destruction for the pur-
pose of obtaining the plumage. Re-
Gently in the chamber of deputies of
France the bill of M. du Perier de Lar
san relative to the protection of birds,
was put on the urgency list, and now
that an International agreement
seems to have been reached, it is be-
lieyed that measures which will be
passed in the near future will give the
feather industry a severe blow, states
the New York Times.
I'm point of fact, it may be generally
stated that there are no birds which
are not found to-day. in the hands of
the manufacturers, utilized either for
their feathers or for their down.
Whereas, the republics of South Amer
lea have for ten years carefully regu-
lated the hunting of humming birds,
it is an interesting fact to note that
there are annually sold in the mar
kets of London more than 1,500, 900 lit
tie birds, in one single season there
having been sold in this mart, 10000
humming birds, $4,000 paroquets, IT,
600 fisher martins, and 10000 white
herons. An idea may be given of the
great profits to- be derived from this
trade when it is stated that two pounds
of aigrettes bring on an average in
london from $50 to 800, but these
same aigrettes are resold for about
$500, this price being obtained for the
inferior qualities, the superior bring
ing $50 III ounce, or 81 1000 for two
pounds.
The feathers Of birds are not alone
obtained from tropical countries, for
in all countries. extensive use is made
of the plumage of sea gulls, cartridges,
pheasants, cocks, ravens, magpies,
jays, owls and of vast quantities of
farmyard birds and sparrows. When
this process of determination is car
ried ON against birds of the destructive
classes, such as magpies and jays, van
ity is put to a useful and beneficent
end, but when the fact is very evident
that the air poachers not only take
these former, but they also kill the
IODllS, IllIlOuSe anu QUIET DlIuS WHICH
have a useful function to fulfill in the
domain of agriculture.
AS the trade in the plumage of birds
has made enormous strides, and as
both ~extravagant and economical
forms of luxury are constantly on the
increase, there has been a correspond
ing development in the cleverness with
which the feathers are dyed and treat
ed. Thus there is little difficulty ex-
perienced to-day in transforming a
modest redstart into a superb feath-
cred creature from the West Indies,
Paris having been for many years the
chief emporium for the manufacture
and transformation of this article of
adornment. This supremacy the
French capital is in great danger of
losing, as the English, favored by ex-
tensive home consumption, and aid
ed by the skill of imported workmen,
have made great progress in preparing
feathers and down for the market.
The same may be said for Germany,
which country exports annually more
than SIS, 900, 900 worth of feathers.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
A Coon MIxup,

Elizabeth Craig, a colorcd woman,
was badly cut in the arm and hips at
Fargo by Jess Howard, whom she ac-
cused of having deserted his wife for
a woman named Rose Uptegrove.
Howard became angered at the
oma and welded his ak, it is al
legged. Later Howard, it is said, was
chased two blocks by Harry Bradford,
the woman's alleged lover, and shot
twenty times III tile legs.
The men have been taken to Jail and
the woman is under the care of Il
physician.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
A Nice Check.

A check for close to $4,000 is what
our farmer friends near Cando receiv-
ed lately from&sa salesofshogs raised
on his place during the past season.
This is nearly all clear profit and
comes at a time fhen money is hard
to raise. If more of our farmers
would pay attention to this kind of
business there would be fewer mort
cages on the coming years crop. Div
e1"sified farming is what Will pay in
this country as well as in any other.
The sooner our farmers learn this the
more prosperous they viii be.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
viii. Not Consolidate.

Senator Hansbrough saved the con
solidation of the Indian agent and the
superintendent of Indian school at
Fort Totten reservation in North Da-
kota. The senate Indian committee
had already voted to consolidate,
learning Of which Mr.. Hansbrough
appeared before it and in five min
utes' argument secured rec%onsidera-
ton of the motion and it's abandon
-nent. The same move is on as to
Fort Berhold, but it is probable that
it can also be stopped.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
Rumor of American Aggression.

Paris, Feb. 27.-A steamer which
has arrived at Marseilles with the
Chinese mail also brought advices
from Canton to the effect that the
Cantonese have been agitated owe
the arrival there of two American
war ships, which gave rise to the
report that the United States desired
to secure the small island of Ho-Nan.
occupying a strategic position in
front of Canton. The Chinese ano
some of the foreign element credited
the report.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
Tragedy at Kansas City.

Kansas City, Mo-, Feb. 27.-William
P. Wallace, a negro 10 years old,
shot and fatally wounded Allie
Lewis, a young negro girl, at mid
night and then shot himself in a re.
sort in this city. No motive for the
crime is apparent, though letters
found in Wallace's pockets indicate
that the shooting was p~remeditated.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
Actres., .Jewe1s to Re Sold.

Oakland, Cal, Feb. 27.-The col
lection of jewels, valued at about
$4,000, formerly owned by Kate Cas-
Teton, the actress, are to be sold at
auction by her mother, Mrs. Eliza
Freeman. of this city, who is the ad.
ministratix Of the estate.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
A Family Corporation.

A rich man in the west, who says
ne wants all his five sons to get along
equally well in business, has asked
them to unite with him i'll a corpora
ton, each of the six men to have the
same amount of stock. 1t will be a
family company, and there will be no
reason for jealousies and disputes
among the sons.-Indianapelis News.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
Live Stock.
Chicago, Feb, z

Chicago, Feb. 26.
CATTLE-Slow. Prime beeves, $5.7O9
sos; choice to extra beeves, &.25@5.65; fair
to good export n shipping steers, $4.754
$50; medium beef steers, A.30G4.70 plain to
fair beef steers, $3.s5@4.5; common to
rough, s3.2OdS.S; good to choice heifers,
s. .2O@4.75; good to choice feeders, $3.7G94.N.
HOGS-Higher. Good to prime heavy
shipping, $I.S0a7. IS; good to choice heavy
packing, s7.2017.4 As; plain to choice heavy
mixed, $I.05I1. 30; selected butcher weights,
81 .3O@7.45; assorted light, s6.65@7.10 com
mon to good light mixed, $6.7aa7.N.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
South Omaha, Neh.. Feb. 2s.

CATTLE-Market steady. Native steers,
s.. 50d5.2 Is; cows and heifers, $2.sG@4.15; can
ners, $1.5092.75; stockers and feeders, $500
CASE; calves, s3.00@6.0o; bulls, stays, ETC.,
s.. 25@3.75.
HOGS-Market 5 to Zoe higher. Heavy,
s6.9097.05; mixed, $6.S5as. 80; light, Sc .75@ss 80;
pigs. sS.oo@6.75; bulk Of sales, s6.S5@&.@.
SHEEP-Market shade lower. FED year
lings. $5.25@5.SQ; wethers. S.0o9s. 20; ewes,
SS.75@4.So; common and srocke-a. $2.0Ng4.25;
lambs. &.91lf;M,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05
Fatal Explosions,

Auburn, ILL.,, Feb. 27.-Walter Davis.
Thomas Mclaughlin and Matthew Dom.
nelly were killed'by an explosion in the
Auburn and Alton mine here.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1903-03-05

The renovated white house has over
az miles Of wire:
New-York tribune., 1903-02-12
LARGE NUMBER OF GUESTS PRESENT
Dinner by Officers of Siege[Cooper Company
for Department Heads,

rrbA animal dinner given by the executive officers
Of the Siegel-Cooper Company to the heads OF de-
partments in the Big Store was enjoyed by a large
number of guests at Sherrys last evening the peo-
pie at the dinner dllin; the big ballroom IN ad-
dttion to employees o. the company there were
present men who have become prominent N sew
eral professions and in business
The guests sat around large horseshoe table AZ
which presided J. B. Greenhut. head OF the CONT
pany in this city He spoke Of the prosperity OF
+ba Big Store in 1902 laying emphasis on the fact
that it was the most prosperous year IN the history
of the establishment. He thought TINS parucu4ally
gratifying in view Of current condtlons for thete
never was a time whan competition IN retal Irdde
circles keener or more aggressive II "aS
excellent evidence h. said. Of the great interest
the public is showing in the store, and the cordial
and continued support it acccrds II he eonlpH-
mented the heads OF the many departments Oh
their loyalty. enthusiasm and well dlrecteo a1hol-
tons. and hoped that the coming year would over
shadow its predecessors in prosperity for al con
cerned.
Among those invited 20 the dinner ~ere the fol
lowing:
J. B. Greenhut AdOlph :. oehs Henry ~ M9TgeTT- n
tEau b j. Greenhut ErIeS a seitz Herman Rid
der William H Howe4s n clsf D. M3RKfn Wiifian Cf5fg
i its EosSRR2agI' %i2ig n + 4 Rose Weinberg Andrew
Clexton. W F ForesLal F R Hayward' 1.55 9; I,
Wolf. w II Mabee H H. = VIII Toin - G COOK "
2 FTseman' R F G Huntsman: G. B Hunt; J
H Cook @ j. R. EdTaFd5l Edg9 Arthur Brisbane, Gibson
T5S4n: P]3I, Tga1 Gage F E vogel. J. B. Martin,
dale EdTagd sisgm31nw s;gsn1 w H coopeP pePs a J. Mss
ter William A Davis; a. 9dcEeII p Ficbb4rg
GooRSG 4 Rot fE stacEPos Tanty BooT 3 EefsT Ido
jr Milton Wolfe. L OstergTehi n 7rytor w Henry
Sh5ssfnfTse sShMsb Leo FraRksH chEss T IS SNYDER to ?
Buckley, A H. Buckley a. a. 80 IoEsr and : =
pierce
New-York tribune., 1903-02-12
The LATEST MAP OF NETWORK
[RY rELEaRAPH 40 rHE rR1RUNE.l


Washington, Feb. 1.-THE United States Geolog-
ical Survey in cooperation with the State Engineer
and Surveyor of New-York. E A Bond. is
gagged in making a topographic map of the State
Of New-York- Several parties were in the field
this season surveying for the map. and the result
of their work is being rapidly embodied in a series
of topographic sheets Those already issued
constantly corrected and improved. Among the
latest sheets which have come from the press OF
the Geological Survey are those Of the Clayton
and Grindstone quadrangles, which embrace por-
tions of the State along the St Lawrence River
near Clayton and the Thousand Islands, and those
of the Ticonderoga and Mettawee quadrangles,
which sections of Northeastern NewYork
along the Vermont boundary. The Ttconderoga
sheet shows the historic region at the northern
end OF Lake George and the southern end of Lake
Champlan. and includes the eastern foothills of
the Adirondack Mountains. and portion of Addi-
son County Vermont The Mettawee sheet covers
a part of Washington County, New-York, and the
rugged region in Western Bennington and Rutland
Counties. Vermont The maps are or unusual &C
curacy. showing all features of settlement, drain
age boundaries, etc, and by the use of contour
lines strikingy reveal the shapes and attitudes OF
all hills and valleys They may be had at the
usual government rate application the di-
rector If the Geological Survey.
New-York tribune., 1903-02-12
NOT TO MABK CONFEDERATE GRAVES
ousrtermaster General Ludington Thinks
the Project Not Feasible

Washington Feb. 1.-THE quarterInaster Sc1eIa sIa
OF the army has sent communication 10 seer ~9eIie
tary Root in opposition TO any provision Dy ~.
80. for the rnrpose of marking the graves OF the
Soldiers of the Confederacy- He has on hle N MS
office q report made in 1869 by quarterFnaster III
+ba army who made a full investigation IN elSh'y-
nine localities throughout the country "Iei7 iio
+,ar thirty thousand Confederate prisoners OF war
,,ara hurled Many Of these were buried IN
trenches and in such instances. Of course It would
he impracticabe to identify individual graves. not
vfthstanding the fact that the names OF the per
cons buried may be found record In the nation
al cerneterfes General Ludington says, nine thou
sand three hundred Confederates are buried and ne
estimates that II it possible TO locate all the
graves and identify the people buried there the cost
of headstones alone at the present contract price.
v,ould he about $500 with half as much more for
transportation, which must be added the cost of
purchase OF ground and the care ana ma maintenance
S5nn 6f6 or twice as much the amount named IN
Tba hill which has been introduced in Congress for
New-York tribune., 1903-02-12
COURT MARTIAL SENTENCE REVERSED
A Decision of Great Importance to the Navy
Rendered by the Court of Claims.

Washington. Feb 1.-THE Court Of Claims has
rendered q decision Of FAR reaching importance 10
the naval establishment If sustained by the
United States Supreme Court. 10 which an appeal
has been taken the decision will affect every court
martial tried in the last forty years IN whlch
the sentence involved q loss Of pay.
The case was that Of John Smith, a fireman in
the navy who was tried and convicted by court
martial the charge Of refLsing TO obey proper
order from his superior officer, and sentenced to
one years Imprisonment, with loss Of pay during
confinement The court gave judgment IN his
favor for the full amount Of pay claimed, amount
ing 10 about S3I5- The decision was based on the
broad ground that copy Of the charges ana specl-
<cariors on which he be tried had not been
furnished TO the accused "at the time he was
uut under arrest according 70 the requtreIn ents
u the naval regulations.
L IS said by the law officers Of the Navy Depart
ent that the decision reverses the practice OF the
rzyy for the last forty years, and Is Impossible
a enforcement in the naval service under existing
rordfrions Under the practice which has always
prevailed in the Navy Department the charges and
srecihcatioas on which an oflcer or an enlisted
nan is tried before general court martial are not
arap p-n l1p and presented the accused man until
after ne has been placed under arrest ana th-
rzse against him is ready for trial
New-York tribune., 1903-02-12
COL. BINGHAM RELIEVED
Dissatisfaction zcith HIS White House
Estimates Rum0red.
MAJOR svMons TO SUCCEED HIM.
tBY rE1rGBAPa TO THE TRTBUSE.l

TBY rFIrGEAPt THE TRIBUSE.l
Washington Feb 11-Colonel Theodore A
Bingham Superintendent Of Public Buildings
and Grounds who Is best known from his super
vision of the White House grounds, is to he re-
lieved from his present duty on June L and
Major Thomas w. Symons, who is nov IN
charge Of river and harbor works in Western
Neyy-Ycrk and Pennsylvania. is named to sue
ceed him The relief of Colonel Bingham has
created considerable comment, and Il IS tntl-
mated that one of the<reasons for transferring
him to another post is dissatisfaction with the
manner in which he based his estimates Tor IN
creased appropriations for the White House on
the ground that the present occupant OF the
mansion was doing an unusual amount OF enter
tanning. AS a matter Of fact, the expense OF
public receptions and other social affairs IS
largely paid by the President out Of his own
private purse but it is natural that the enlarge
nlent of the White House and the addition OF
modern improvements should make larger ap-
propriations necessary. It was not eEpeCteo
however. that Colonel Bingham, who was re-
ouired to make the estimates for the approprla-
ton. would make them in the manner he dld
and his letter to the Secretary OF war Is re-
garded as likely to furnish petty political capl-
tai, especially it was to be puohsheo II 'iie
form Of a Congressional document
In his letter Colonel Bingham called attention
to the silver door knobs and the gllt hlpSes W
the redecorated White House He said tha1 liie
new and costly plumbing would require tiie
spccal services Of an expert; that the electrician
would need an assistant TO take care Of the z'-oo
incandascent lamps and the electrical olsii
warmer in the pantry, allusion to which was re-
earded as an unnecessary advertisement OF IHe
facilities of the mansion for entertainment
Colonel Bingham further described the launory
as being increased due to the large family no"
in the White House." and the large amount OF
entertainment done by the President. Whlch III
creases the cost of table linen" The dernoIton
of the White House Conservatives meant maui
ire from a distance plants for the receptions al
a cost of $1,000 and the purchase in the open
market of cut flowers, also for entertainments
al a cost of $1,000 Servant hire and other eH-
panses Incidental to the receptions, teas anu
dinners came to $1,000. The item for fuel was
increased from $4,000 to $4,000 The total eX-
penses for the next year. so far as Colonel
Bingham was able TO estimate them. were
placed at S110267, about double those Of the
entire previous year.
Friends Of Colonel Bingham declared To-Day
that he had asked for relief from his present
duties as long ago as last fall, and that he mao
renewed his request recently. He has occupied
his present assignment since 1897, when Presi-
dent Mckinley detailed him. Major Synons Will
succeed him on June 1, and Colonel Bingham
will succeed Major Synons at Buffalo,
New-York tribune., 1903-02-12
r. B. ARMSTRONG CONFIRMED.
Nomination for Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury Approved by the Senate.
LEY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBCNE.l


Washington. Feb 1.-THE appointment or Roo-
ert 3 Armstrong to be Assistant Secretary OF the
Treasury was confirmed by the Senate this after
noon Mr. Armstrong will not assume the duties
Of his new office until after the adjournment OF
Congress. He is at present private secretary TO
Secretary Shaw. having served in that capacity
since Mr. Shaw succeeded Mr.. Gage. Mr. Arm
strong is to take the place to be made vacant by
the retirement of Assistant Secretary o. H Spauld-
ing. who goes out on account Of i'll health He
will have charge OF the entire customs service and
he the directing head OF ten thousand govern
rnent officials. Mr.. Armstrong is the youngest man
ever appointed as Assistant Secretary or tne
Treasury, being only twenty years old he IS
the choice of Secretary Shaw for the place anu
since his appointment went to the Capitol ample
time has elapsed for Senators to look the young
man over This process resulted to-day IN MS
confirmation without opposition. and Mr. Arm
strong will assume his new duties under most mar
nnonious conditions. .-
II IS rl1mored that when Mr.. Spaulding retlres
from, the service there may be other retirements
a. the same time. 1t is said. however, tnat there
is 70 he no sudden and general shakeup IN , CLls
rTstonos branch of the government service " Mltn H
d. baa5 changes What changes are made VIII ] De
bronght about gradually. and in way 10 CAUSE
no unsettlng of condlIlons.