The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1906-01-25

Sins and Sinners.

I Sins and Sinners.
The emperor of Japan has approved
the new cabinet headed by the Marquis
Saionji.
A telegram from Athens says: 1T
is announced that King Edward will
come to hthens in the spring to attend
the Olympic games"
The Japanese at Port Arthur are ap
plying their home customs regulations
and collecting import duties. This
step has been in preparation for the
past two weeks and civil officers are
in charge of the work.
Baron Won R%ichthofen, the German
foreign secretary, is seriously ill as
the result of overwork, and it is not
improbable that he will be unable to
resume his duties for a long time. 1t
is even possible that a change in the
secretaryship will be necessary.
W. j. Bryan was enthusiastically re.
cieved by the provincial officers and
people of Bacolod. Occidental Negroes.
At a banquet rendered him, a leading
native expressed the hope of ultimate
independence. Mr.. Bryan's response
was of the same tenor as his speeches
at Manila.
Sir Charles Dixie has issued a
novel address to his constituents of
the Forest of Dean division of Glou-
cestershire, which he has represented
in the house of commons as an ad-
vanced Radical since July, 1892. 1t
consists of a single sentence, as fol-
lows: Il solicit a renewal of your
trust"
Otherwise.
Teddy Roosevelt, Jr., today stands
the most prominent man in his class
at Harvard. He is the first man to be
chosen to an Office in the class of 1909,
Harvard college. He has been elected
chairman of the smoker committee.
The funeral of a man named John
Frost was held from an undertaker's
rooms in New York. 1t was said after
the funeral that Frost was the father
of Julia Marlowe, and that the actress
had arranged for the funeral.
Gov. Deneen of Illinois has notified
the officials and employees of all the
state departments under his control
and of the state charitable, penal and
reformatory institutions that they
must not ask or accept passes from
railroads.
Policeman James B. Boyd of Pitts.
burg, Pa, became violently insane at
ter viev ing the body of Mrs. Able who
was found murdered. S%hrieking and
g~esticulating wildly, he ran from the
house and vas captured only after a
chase Of several miles.
John w. Worrill, aged thirty-three
thinly clad and with bare feet. stood at
the corner of West Madison street and
Center avenue, Chicago, preaching to
a dozen or more men and boys, when
Patrolman Reilly interrupted the ser.
mon and took the street preacher to.
the station.
John A. Lewis, general manager OF
Prophet Dowie's Mexican colony, de-
MES that a plan for establishing a col
ony in that country has been aban.
doned. He states that negotiations
are pending for the purchase of a large
tract of land in the northern part of
the country.
Two franchises for electric stree,
car lines were asked of the common
council at Milwaukee, one by the Mil
waukee Northern Railway company, to
enter the city from the north, and the
other by the Chicago & Milwaukee
Electric Railway company, coming
from the south. :
Common Councilman Robert X.
Cochrane of Pittsburg is threatened.
with blindness from blood poisoning.
which he believes he caught from a
street Car strap. He is in the Presby.
terrain hospital in a dark room, where
he has been since Christmas morning.
He has been totally blind for several
days.
Unless the Chinese boycott on Amer
lean goods is removed within thirty
days the plant Of the Centennial Mill.
ing company at Seattle, with a capac-
ity OF. 2,400 barrels Of -four per day,
and that Of the Hammond Milling COM
pany. with a capacity Of 1000 barrels,
will be forced practically, to close
down.
At a meeting of the, AntEGigarette
league held in Chicago, an ordinance
was drafted making it'a misdemeanoy
for a minor under the age of seventeen
years to puff a cigarette in any pub
lie place or for an adult to permit such
smoking or his premises. Members Of
the league believe the city council will
pass it.
Israel w. Durham, realizing tina,
the disruption of the organization in
Philadelphia Of which he was once the
undisputed leader is complete and that
the party machine has been captured
by the Lincoln Republicans, has told
his friends to look out for their own
interests and to make the best terms
possible with the men who are back of
the new ward leaders combine.
Samuel R. Shipley. retiring presi
dent Of the Provident Life and Trust
company of Philadelphia. in speaking
of the m about the manner in
which the affairs of the P%royident com
pany have been conducted, admitted
that the company had employed courr
sci to have %unfavorable bills killed.
Irving Park, a Chicago suburb, is In
the grip OF a scarlet fever epidemic.
Business men are Isolated from their
families, srocers and milk dealers use
poles and other long-distGnce devices
in delivering their wares, and every