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The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21
RESUME Of THE NEWS
Brief

Two men were fatally and three Sc.
riously burned at Danville, Ill, by the
bursting Of a steam pipe at the Dan.
vile electric light plant.
A horse belonging to Wallace jamie
son Of ,Bellefontaine, Ohio, dropped
dead in the road from fright at the
sight Of the first automobile it had
ever seen.
A tornado swept Carbonate, Pa, re
Gently. Before people who live in
frame houses could escape from them
the houses were lifted up and carried
away. The swirling hurricane hurled
some of them 200 feet. So great was
the winds force that it overturned
railway trains. Many persons were
wounded, but no one was killed.
Foreign.
An imperial edict declares that tele-
phones and wireless telegraphs
throughout China are government
m%onopolies.
There is a great increase in the
agrarian agitation in various part OF
Russia, notably in the Caucasus, where
there have been serious disturbances.
The court-martial of 1877 mutineers
OF the battleship KniaZ Potemkine has
just been completed at Libau, Russia.
Eight of the prisoners were sentenced
to be shot.
Rear Admiral R~ojestvensky has so
far recovered from the effects of the
wounds received at the battle of the
Sea of Japan that he will be brought to
Kioto early in September.
The Japanese correspondent of the
London Daily Telegraph at Moi, ia
pan, sends a report that Gen. Kuro-
patkin has resigned his command and
that his health has given way.
The session of the conference with.
the agitators for the independence of
the Philippine islands developed the
fact that the Filipinos are altogether
unfit for immediate independence.
The former Russian b~attleship Pol
tava. now known as the Tango in the
Japanese navy, was brought to the
naval station at Maizuru on Aug. 29
from Port Arthur under her own
steam.
A special courier from Fee an
nounces that the French-Algerian mer-
chant has been set at liberty. Accord
ing to later advices he is ill as the re-
suit of bad treatment received while
in prison.
In the provinces of Saratoff and
Samara, in Russia, there are tens of
thousands of men supplied with arms
and an enormous peasant movement is
being organized for the autumn. A
force of Cossacks and infantry has
been sent to Terijoki.
The French military and naval al.
thorities at Toulon received instruc-
tions respectively for the mobilization
of the colonial regiments and to hold
the warships in readiness. in connec-
ton with the threatened invasion of
Moroccan territory.
During a rehearsal at the Metropolis
theater in Berlin a terrace sixteen
feet above the stage collapsed and
twenty people were injured. Panic
stricken actors and actresses rushed
into the streets in stage attire. 1t is
feared that four of the injured will
die, Max Steiden, the most popular
comic singer in Berlin, being among
the number. Nearly all the others in.
iurpl weI.o yOuno GIRLS
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21
erW

Mayor Charles F. Herrick, aged six.
ty-nine, died at independence, Iowa,
from cancer of the stomach. He was
a veteran of the Civil war and was
a prominent Mason.
United States Assayer Fred Wing
in charge of the assay Office at Seattle,
has made the statement. that his esti.
mate of the gold output of Nome for
the season of 1905 vas $40, O00, 900.
Abraham Lincoln's birthplace, a ITO.
acre farm near Hodgenville, KY, was
sold at auction to R. ]. Collier of New
York. The price was SO, 900, no more
than it would bring for farming pur,
poses.
John Lessor. a farmer near Bufing
ton, Ind, has reported finding near
Chicago a piece of the wreckage OF
the steamer Chicora, which vas lost
in January, 1895. with twenty-six PEG
pie aboard.
Samuel A. MCLEAN, Jr., president Of
the National Packing company of Chi
cago, died suddenly in Chicago. He
was stricken during the night With
acute indigestion, coupled with hear;
disorder.
While delirious from neuralgia, Iris
Alvord, aged eight, of Pittsburs
wrenched at her teeth with her bare
hands and tore out seven of them
The loss of blood and the shock caused
her death.
Medical scientists have had thei1
attention directed to a remarkable
case of catalepsy in Yonkers. N. Y.
where Charles Canopi, eight, has beer
in an unbroken %trancelike sleep TO,
more than four months.
James Dewar Of Minneapolis and hi.
brother Thomas of st. Louis are lief
only SIS in the will of their mother
Mrs. Johanna Dewar, which was FLEE
for probate in st. Louis.
Among the recruits at Jefferson bar
racks, st. Louis, is Glenn J.. Arnett
who enlisted at Parkersburg, w. v
He is the son Of Mrs. W. c. Arnett o
Fairmont, w. Va, who owns propert,
to the value Of 100000. This recruit
by his fathers will. has an income O
81, 900 a year, and will inherit the en-
tire estate at his mothers death. Fo
the present he will add to his incom,
| the monthly pay Of $13
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21
Washington.

aEY- aWrE EtHkTs&. Hw #tH.. 4HGENAUEs
The comptroller Of currency las is
sued a call for reports of the condition
of national banks at the close ii bust
uess on Aug. %.
Bids have been opened at the bureau
of insular affairs for the sale of$1,500,-
900 Philippines bonds. The highest
bidders were Fisk & Robinson of New
York, who bid 101.64.
Consul General Simmons. at New.
chwang, has reported to the state de-
partment in regard to the attempt to
arouse a feeling of hostility to Ameri-
can goods. He reports that the move
ment has been a failure.
The state department received a
cable dispatch from Yokohama saying
that the ship Australia, owned by
Claus Spreckles, had been seized. The
dispatch gives no details of why the
ship was seized or anything concern
ing the business in which it was en-
gagged.
President Roosevelt is being deluged
with letters by individuals in all parts
of the country praying him to do what
ever lies in his power to prevent the
further destruction of the natural
beauties of Niagara Falls by the de-
velopment power plants on both sides
Of the river.
Acting Secretary Murray of the de-
partment of commerce and labor per-
mitted Thomas Quinn, interpreter of
the Chinese language for the bureau
of immigration in Arizona courts. to
resign. Charges were made that
had coached Chinese witnesses for a
remuneration.
The census bureau has just publish
ed as a bulletin an analysis by Prof.
! Walter F. Wilcox of Cornell univer-
sity of the census statistics relating
to teachers. Calculating the school
age as from five to twenty, the report
finds that, taking the country as a
whole, there is an average of one
teacher to every II pupils. or 40 for
every 10000.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

An English doctor says all the dis
eases that human flesh is heir to can
be cured by marriage il there is a
proper selection. 1t must, Of course,
be understood in this connection that
such things as bow legs and cross-eyes
are not diseases.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

An observation tower to the memory
OF Ethan Allen was dedicated in Yer.
mont recently. This is creditable to
the Vermonters, but a man whose
country is full Of his namesakes needs
10 other monument.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

Honesty" says a thoughtful edi-
tor, lis the one thing to be desired in
office" The main thing undoubtedly;
but remember how Palmerston once
described a most Objectionable official
rs "a very honest fool"
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

The census bureau finds that there
has been a steady decline in the birth
rate in this country since 1860. The
percentage of poor families must be
decreasing.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

Granting that 10000 persons are
killed annually on the railways, do
the scorching Automobiles think it a
laudable ambition to wish to beat that
record?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

Mary Mannering has Cancelled he,
theatrical engagements in order to
take care of her little baby. Mary will
deserve all the advertising she can
get on account of this extraordinary
proceeding.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

A climate that causes. whiskers OF
mildew to grow on a corncob pine
surely has its disadvantages. A Pan
ANA employe, who says he is helping
to dig the canal with a typewriter,
registers a public kick and thinks
Uncle Sans employees deserve more
pay. However, only the highly paid
resign. r
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

More than 5000 people are said t.
mysteriously disappear in this country
every year. That's nothing to the
number whose money mysteriously
disappears every day.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

A New York man cut his throat be.
cause he could not get his book pub
llshed. BY the way, we should think
some of these authors would cut their
threats when they saw their books in
print.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

1t has just been discovered that Ju-
piter has a seventh moon. Jupiter
must be a poor place for private street
lighting companies.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

This report that whisky drinking is
declining in New York will cause no
surprise. Most of the members of the
smart set are out of town at this
season.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

The poet Whittier rhymed trust"
with 'nursed." But we must remem-
Der that he was a New England poet,
and in his neck of the woods they pro.
1ounce it "nussed."
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

"Fads and Fancies' is expected to
explain monkey dinners, and all need
full points in connection with them,
and furnish a list of those who attend
them.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

A contemporary thinks it has dis
covered that a mar who works all the
year round, without a vacation, short
his life. And yet the men who
never work at all are always short.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

1t appears that the Italian with
whom Miss Croker eloped has a title.
This being the case, how could she
help it?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

The lesson of the disastrous Zeigle1
expedition is that now is the time to
begin organizing an expedition for the
relief Of Explorer Peary.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

Philadelphia's city council proposes
TO- investigate itself. The market price
for whitewash in Philadelphia ought
to rise rapidly.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

Having evolved a live volcano and
a defunct sea serpent, Nevada will
now rest from its labors for another
fifty years or so.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

In view of the recent developments
in the army, the navy can hardly be
blamed for putting on a slightly su.
perior air.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

When girls play baseball they have
to c%onscript one OF their number to
wear a mask and stomach protector. :
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

Mr.. Rockefeller is trying the Kneipp
cure. If the morning dew helps his
feet he will. try it on the top of his
head.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

Eggs are now said to be full of mi
erobes. That is calculated to jar that
egg-nog habit.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

How much the world thinks of a
baseball player, who does not drink,
smoke or swear, and who plays pretty
good ball!
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

Starving Men Desperate" says a
headline in the Washington Post
They generally are.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21
J. Pierpont Morgan is trying to cor.
ner the old masters.

Why this fuss about the man who
sold his wife for IS? Wasn't she
worth it?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-09-21

Baron Nathaniel Rothschild has Just
given $4,000 900 to charity. Wonder
where he got it?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18
Che news \ ~:
In the CAPITAL.

In the CAPITAL.
Gen. Fitzhue Lee, U. S. A., retired,
and n Of Virginia's foremost sons,
died at the Providence hospital in
Washington from an attack of apo
pleXy which he suffered on a train
while en- route from Boston to Wash
ington.
The American consul at Malaga,
Spain, cables the department of COM
merce and labor that the Spanish duty
on wheat has been reduced SO per cent
owing to a short crop, and that Amer
lean wheat is in great demand, with
a prospect that early offers from this
country will be accepted.
The tipping habit is growing
among the American people, accord.
ing to figures of the bureau of stats
tics. The nations drink bill has in.
creased during the last year so that
each of the S1,752,0OO inhabitants is
spending or an average of 1888 an:
nually for stimulants, of s91.65 for
each family of five persons, which is
equivalent of one glass of beer a day
for every one of the population.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18
Crimes and Criminals.

James Anderson, said to be a gov
eminent employee, arrived at Reno,
New, entered a poker game, lost $500
and found the cards marked. The
swindlers escaped.
The bank of WOODBURY., Ore. was
robbed of $4,000 by two masked rob-
Ders who covered Cashier Tracy Poor
mar and the bookkeeper, Miss Ger
trude Eddy, with revolvers.
The disappearance of an important
witness in the trial of Johann Hoch at
Chicago is causing anxiety in the
state attorneys office. The missing
witness is Annie Holzapfel, a nurse
who attended Mrs. Marie Welcker-
Koch during her illness.
Andrew Sundberg, aged so, a bach
elor, was found dead in his house at
Fruithurst, Ala, with a bullet wound
in his body. Several articles of Jew
elry and money were missing from the
house. Mr.. Sundberg has $4,000 in
vested in real estate in Duluth.
Charles Parpee, a machinist of Co
lumbus, Ohio, ATTEMPTED to kidnap the
one-year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ross. Parpee snatched the baby from
its cradle and darted away. Instantly
a mob was in hot pursuit. He was
chased hearly a mile before he was
brought to bay. A dozen men attack
ed him, and only the prompt interven-
ton of the police prevented what
might have had a fatal ending. The
parents of the child believe that the
mar tried to extort money.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

He'll has been abolished. 1t was done
by a formal vote of the Lehigh Valley,
Pa, Ministerial Association, after a
spirited discussion. Good news to some
people, perhaps.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

A Boston schoolma'am has taught III
n school and one building for fifty
years. 1t would be di%srespectful, how
ever, to speak of her as one of Boston's
grand old women. She is still single.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

A Westchester man has been in
dicted for drowning a $1,000 dog be-
longing to a New York author. But
what business has an author with a
$1,000 dog?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

If our ambassadors must wear the
accepted court costumes when calling
upon the respective potentates, we
blush to think about our representa-.
tive in the Fiji Islands.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

The Chicago health promoter who
says dashboard and carpet-sweeper
physical culture is the very best for
ONE evidently is above any desire
for popularity with the young ladies.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

II you love your neighbors why do
you throw b%rick-bats at their poultry?
Lincoln, Neb., State Journal.
We don't. But if they love their
reighbors, why do they let their poul-
try scratch up the neighbols' newly
planted seeds?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

In the course of a newspaper discus.
sion of words that are unpleasant and
difficult to write, one correspondent
names cash, taxes dues, notes, doctor,
undertaken, strenuous, yes, no and
enough.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

Scientific observers say Mars has
had an exceedingly mild winter. So
long as the proper planetary average
is maintained, we Of this planet have
70 right to kick.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

Osler now says bachelors ought to
be taxed, and that there should be an
export tax on Canadian girls. Really
almost human intelligence, isn't it?
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

Henry Glass and Mary Stein have
secured a license to wed. 1t is to be
hoped that they are not rushing into
matrimony without having soberly
considered it's responsibilities.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

Inspector O'Brien says New York
detectives profit by robberies." Well,
we'll! 1t may be that Wall Street is
not the wickedest part Of the big city
after all.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

Says Andrew Carnegie: mot what
a man does for himself. but what he
does for others, is the standard by
which a man will be judged" Now
don't think how this applies to Mr.,
Carnegie; think how it applies to your.
self.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

Sunday warm and fine; light rod
and spidery line; two men, a five-mile
tramp, four feet most woful damp; and
twenty lies about n measly speckled
trout.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

Woman in New York when granted
SO a week alimony complained that it
wouldn't keep her in violets. She's q
daisy.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

A Missouri man has been sued for
allowing his bees to run at large"
He must learn to make them beehive
themselves, as it we're.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

do not hug d%elusions,' says Ella
Wheeler Wilcox. Certainly not, ELLA,
not while 49,
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

1t is said that King Alfonso wishes
to marry a pretty American girl with
plenty of money. He isn't good
enough.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

"Is a woman's kiss worth $50,0O0?'
asks the Philadelphia Press. Well,
the present available supply seems
hardly to justify that figure.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

Talking about having the candidates
in u midst, a child in this State re-
Gently swallowed a campaign button.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

The case of Mr.. S%rreckles proves
that rich American tourists who go to
Carlsbad should leave their vermi
form appendices behind them.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

Our fashion mentor informs us that
gauzes have the pull over satin for
bridal gowns just now. Hence the
price of gauze.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

The kissing by the Italians and
Swiss when they met in the Simplon
tunnel was not remarkable. People
sometimes kiss in tunnels in this coun.
try.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

Workmen have dug up the bones of
a pirate while e%xcavating a cellar, but
then haven't discovered any treasure
yet.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

Boston is maintaining its nerve
splendidly considering that hostile
warships are in motion only 10000
miles or so away.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

1t is thought that Edgar Allan Poe
may get a niche in the Hall of Fame
this year. His name was rejected
when the first selection was made
hut still he hasn't been entirely forgot.
ten.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

Another powerful argument for
peace is that the life of a big gun is
not iEsurable after the Tooth shot.
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18
Accidental Happentnos.

''oFPStttttSos
The city hall and neighboring build
ings at Marysville, Kan, were burned.
Loss, $4,000.
Fire at Johnson City, Tenn, de-
stroyed property valued at 500, 900 in
the business district.
While five young men were fishing
from a boat in Cutoff lake, near Oma-
ha, the boat was capsized and three of
their number were drowned.
Two men were killed by the explo-
sion of a tank in the electric light
plant at the Broad street station of
the Pennsylvania railway at Philadel-
Dhia.
The Orange-Grover Touring mills OF
the G. A. Gramble Manufacturing CON-
pany, with their contents, were total
~ destroyed by fire at Baltimore.
Loss $4,000
A double-header fast freight on the
Santa Fe struck a washout near Gil
man Siding, Tex, overturning both en-
gines. Two trainmen were killed and
two others fatally injured.
Two men were instantly killed by
the caving in of a brick kiln inn the
brickyards of Burnham Bros. in. the
southern part of Milwaukee. Both
we're married and leave families.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Southwest limited train, w~est-bound,
was wrecked ut Ottumwa, Iowa. Engi-
neer Hairy T. bikes was killed and
Fireman Claude E. Warren injured.
Jesse Strobe, aged %, was instantly
killed during a ball game at Dewitt,
Ark. He was at the bat and was
struck just above the heart by a pitch
ed ball. The pitcher, Oscar Champion,
was a warm friend of Strobe.
George Heffernan was found dead
in his room in a hotel at Sioux City,
having been accidentally asphyxiated
during the night. He retired at a late
hour and the proprietor lowered the
light at his request. 1t is supposed
Heffernan got up in the night to turn
off the gas entirely and failed to shut
it off. He was 40 years old, and a
farmer.
Foreign.
James Sutherland, Canadian minis
ter of public works, is dead.
Felipe Galicia, the Guatemalan on
sui at San Francisco. has received a
telegram from President Cabrera say
ing that there is no trouble there, as
reported, and that he was not muir
dered as was rumored.
Word received from Potan, Sonora,
tells of an encounter between Next
can troops and Yaquis, in which a
Mexican major was killed and many
soldiers were wounded. The Yaquis
escaped.
A miniature Coxey army is forming
among the striking boot workers OF
Northamptonshire, England. 1t is pro.
posed to march on the wal office in
London and lay the mems grievances
in regard to pay, etc, before the off
Gals. A band Of music has been en-
gagged to accompany the strikers,
whose march probably will occupy a
wA~'
The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1905-05-18

Philadelphia is a dead town, and so
it is INDUCING in an epidemic of sui
cides.