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Cfo Pioneer Press w. .... i MILLER, SOUTH DAKOTA. The concert of Europe Appears to lack an efficient bandmaster. Prince Alert's mile Ip 1:57 shows Dan Patch that there are others. Dressmakers do not worry over the bills. That problem Is up to me men. The first collar bone has been broken In a football game at Medford. Next! Such a thing as a wild day In stocks does not appear to ruffle the country s equamimity. The theatrical manager who shot up his company must have been look ing at the show. If blood was a merchantable com modity the Turk would he in the way to make substantial profits. If It were not for the man who a' <> ran," the victory of the successful i an didate would not he so conspicuous. According to arctic explorers there Is enough Ice about the north rol*-' this year to break the heart of the ice trust. Barrie's play, "Little Mary," has the ?joble theme that England overeats. Now for a health food named "Little Mary.’’ Glance over the market quotations and sea If you do not think this is a good t'me to lay in your winter supply of steel rails. Joseph Jefferson admits that he vis ited Chicago in 1839. He stoutly de clares, however, that he dldn t play "Kip" ct that nme. Placer mining machine has been in vented that will make gold plentiful, and this will help us to stave 01T the trusts for a little while. i>et the boys play football while they can. for Dr. Wiley says we are soon to be a hairless race and then it would be a 4. off with that sport. “Dev say dar am a black sheep in eb'ry family,” mused Uncle Rastus. "Wonder how de cullud man am ’sposed to 'stlnguish de one in his." Members of the international peace congress want to hold their next ses sion in the United States, where there are no cannons booming or bullets fly ing. Old wine, old shoes and old friends have always been declared the best. Now an old horse has paced a mile in 1:57, breaking the record of Dan Patch. Officers are trying to prevent the in mates of the Pennsylvania peniten tiary from making counterfeit money. It la too bad that a man can’t work at his trade. It is stated that bridge whist is suf fering from a decline in popular favor. Perhap3 the bridge sharps have suc peeded in harvesting all the other fel lows’ money. The Connecticut man, who has had Inscribed under bis bust In the cem etery the words: "Going, but Can’t Tell Where.” is frark even if he isn t strictly orthodox. George de Pinna, the purchaser of Shamrock I, might as well abandon the Idea of converting her into a cruiser; she couldn't overhaul any thing in case of war Noah Roby of Plainfield N. J., who claims to lie 1.12 years old,- Is down with the measles. This second child hood business appears to be dangerous If it is carried too far. Patti actually has a new picture for advertising purposes! What has hap pened to the old one. taken when she was nineteen —with which we are all familiar? Did the negative get broken? Judge Emmons will find a fine field of endeavor in Nome, where unique bal masques are advertised in the-'pub lic prints as festive Occasions to be avoided oy all persons whose feelings are easily shocked. Seventy-five teachers in Chicago’s public schools have resigned this sum mer to get married. Well, it is pleas anter after all. to teach your own cliildren than it is to teach the boys and girls of other people. One of the designs for the Liptnn testimonial shows the American In dian buffalo, seagulls and American eagle, with delicate trimmings, com prising dainty festoons of Indian corn. For heaven’s sake, out out the corn! French aeronauts have succeeded In crossing the English channel In a balloon. People who have crossed the channel in boats unanimously admit that they don’t know of anything which might more fittingly be crossed in a balloon. After a thorough consideration of the statements made by the powers with reference to the situation ;n Macedonia, the unbiased observer will conclude that the matter Is likely to I-:.”, be settled only when everybody lias either moved out or been killed off. Resume of (be news. ( \ ty e Washington Notes. It is said that the call for the extra ordinary session of congress to meet Nov. 9 will be Issued probably on the 20th Jnst. The Artec club, an organization of officers who fought in the Mexican war and their descendants, met In Washington. Gen. Franz Pinto Is president. Thu United States naval observa tory is making observations of the great spots on the sun, the largost group ever seen. The disturbed re gion is 172,000 miles long by 69,000 miles wide. According to Information from The Hague. Wayne McY’eagh, counsel for Venezuela and creditor nations op posing the claims of England, Ger mnay and Italy, saved himself from recall by his sudden departure. The Dominican government has In formed United States Minister Pow ell that In view of his protost it will recall., the bill now before congress providing for the neutrality of Domin ican. waters, and declaring certain harbors to be free ports. People Talked About. Mrs. D. L. Moody, wi'e of the great evangelist, is dead at East Northfield, Mass Walter H. Field of Portland. Me., died on a Santa Fe passenger train while on his way home from New Mexico. Mrs. Sherman, mother-in-law of Bradley-Marttn, died at Bradley-Mar tin's country place at Balma Caan. in Vernshire. Scotland. Mrs. Tree, wife of ex-Judge I-ahi bert Tree of Chicago, former United States minister to Belgium and Rus sia. died aboard the steamer Cam pania while at sea. Death was due to syncope. Dr. Marcus Jastrow, rabbi emeritus of the Rodef .Shalom congregation in Philadelphia, Hebrew scholar and ed ucator, and one of the best known Jews in the country, died at his home in Germantown after a brief illness. From Other Shores. Joseph Chamberlain is confined to his bed by gout. Ixird Londonderry succeeds the duke of Devonshire as president of the council. Tho insurgents at Monastir have been practically annihilated and the district is quieting down. Ballantyne, the ex-immigration In spector, who is accused os complicity in the issuing of false Chinese cer tificates. has been arrested at Shang hai. Twenty thousand Socialist workmen on parade at Bilboa, Spain, were at tacked by clericals and in the riot four persons were killed and twentv nine Injured. The American whaler Joseph Man ta. lid tons, owned in Providence Maas., was wrecked near Royal Azores and her crew of fifteen Portu guese islanders was lost. Premier Balfour has filled all the vacancies in the cabinet. The marquis of Salisbury, son of the late premier, becomes lord of the privy seal, the place formerly held by his father. Some concern is felt at Amsterdam for the safety of the Dutch steamer Argus, used as a training ship for naval cadeta. Two cruisers have started to search the North sea for the missing vessel. A priest at Meiden, Bavaria, re fused communion to a sick woman untM a portrait of the empress was re moved. on the ground that her low cut dress was an evil spectacle for youth. He Is now under arrest for lesc majeste I.arado Toledo, the Insurrectionist who has been operating in Albay, Philippine islands, for some time past, has surrendered with thirty of bis men and ten guns. The only band row operating in the province of Al bay is that commanded by Sari, pos sessing. It is believed, some ten guns A commission is now engaged in reducing the number of municipalities in the different provinces of the Phil ippine islands. This will greatly re duce tfhe expenses of the government. It is officially announced that the cr.ar has abandoned his proposed visit to Rome. The reported cause is that the Italian government was unable to guarantee his safetv Crimes and Criminals. James Lynch, who escaped from the Utah penitentiary, was recaptured. Alleged frauds have been discover ed in desert land filings in Montana The meat trust Is accused of rob bing the people ef millions of dollars. Anarchists and Socialists at San Juan engaged In a fight with the po lice. In a fight at a dance at Columbus, Tex., one man was killed and others badly hurt. The St. I.ouis grand Jury has re turned another batch of Indictments for naturalization frauds. Dan Pitts of Anna. 111., while drunk, cut his wife's throat, killing her. His stepson then killed him. Earl Ellsworth, who recently con fessed to murdering his parents In Chicago, was given a life sentence. James B. Preston was arrested at Chicago for stealing goods from his employer, and within an hour his sweetheart turned over a diamond ring and and other Jewelry given her by Preeton. The Honest Elections league of Den ver has brought suit against several city officials, charging fraud in regis tration. Italians and negroes working on a fiat building in Chicago became in volved in a race quarrel and had a gen eral fight. Arthur Warren, accused of assault ing an eight-year-old girl at Berwyn. 111., fell Into the hands of a mob and narrowly escaped lynching. Joseph Spahr, late treasurer for I P. Mast & Co., of Springfield. Ohio, who died lately, confessed on his deathbed to a shortage of $44,000. A negro tried to abduct the eight year-old son of former Mayor M. J. Dillon of New Rochelle, N. Y., but was foiled by the boy’s aunt and sister. Casualties. An electric car at McKeesport, Pa., ran away down hill, Jumped the track and injured sixteen persons. A sailboat containing four soldiers was overturned in a gale at Mobile. Ala., and two were drowned. Henry Brown of Trenton, N. J., sup posedly Insane, broke into Peter Katz’s house and was shot for a burglar. J. W. Schwarz, a wealthy Brooklyn merchant has received injuries which are likely to prove fatal in the upset ting of his automobile. No. 22 in the Hanna. Wyo.. coal mine has just been opened and twen ty-four decomposed bodies of victims of the disaster of June 30 found. Julian Monroe of New looked for a gas leak with a lighted lantern. He found it. and the explosion which followed injured him and five others William Beals, an aeronaut at San Francisco, was killed by falling from his parachute. Maud Penny, aged seventeen.leaned out of a car window to witness the descent and her head Btruck an iron post, killing her. While a force of workmen were en gaged in raising bents for bridgework across Yellow creek, near Ashdown, Ark., on the 'Frisco system, a rope broke and the falling timbers pinioned eleven of the men to the ground. Foreman John Mosher was killed out right and three others were seriously injured. Seven others were slightly hurt. Otherwise. Yellow fever continues to spread in Texas and Mexico. The Clairton Steel company will fight the steel combine. D. Leroy Lesser says Schwab wrecked the shipbuilding company. Nine plainly marked spots have been discovered o nthe sun. A grand jury will investigate the school board scandals of Kansas City, Kan. Archbishop John Joseph Kain of St. •Louis died in a Baltimore sanita rium. Dr. Thirkield says the convict lease system of the South is a school or crime. The New York court of appeals handed down a decision against faith healing. The Standard Oil company has again advanced the price of oil, making it |L66. the highest In three years. Negotiations are pending for the amicable settlement of the miners’ strike in the Victor (Col.) district. The labor commissioner of Colorado declares that labor organizations In the West are controlled by Socialists John L. Sullivan will probably never again talk of “getting down to weight.” He Jars tlic sc. '8 at 320 now. The American Grass Twine com panv has sold Its unfinished plant at Glendale. N. Y., to the J. W. Bishop company. The British flag, cut to ribbons, was found draped around the base of Na than Hale’s statue In City Hall Park, New York. In the German Lutheran conference at La Porte, Ind., the public school system was denounced as tending to ward Infidelity. ‘•Tobe” Irwin, who had his jaw brok en In his recent fight with Billy" Otts, expects to he able to fight again In a couple of month*. Jack O’Brien of Philadelphia will shortly leave England for home, as he Is finding few matches over on the other side. There are many clubs seeking dates with him there. "Kid" Herman and “Brooklyn Tom my” Sullivan, who fought twenty fast rounds In Kansas City recently, have been rematched. The date for the return engagement is Oct. 22. The old "Chimney Butte” ranch, made famous as the ranch established by President Theodore Roosevelt when he was a Bad Lands cattleman, has been sold by the Northern Pacific road to Ferris Bros, of Medora. A 1 Weinig. the light-weight of Buf falo, arrived in San Franclfcco from New York, looking for a fight. Weinig was offering to fight Fitzsimmons be fore he went West, but none of the fight club managers took his challenge seriously. “Brooklyn Tommy’ ’Sullivan Is be ing booked for boxing instructor of the Missouri Athletic club, to replace Tommy Ryan, who resigned. Sullivan has only one other rival, Frank Erne. As Erne Is now a student at Columbia university. New York, It is Improb able that, negotiations with him will result In anything. SWEPT Pit 6 LAMES BUSINESS SECTION OF ABER DEEN. WASH., WIPED OUT BY FIRE. fOIR MEN 10SE fttMR UVES PROPERTY LOSS IS ESTIMATED AT ABOUT ONE MILLION DOLLARS. Bill DINGS ARE DYNAMIfED IN AN ATTEMPT TO STAY THE PROGRESS OF THE FLAMES. Aberdeen, Wash., Oct. 18. Fire that burned from 9 o’clock yesterday morning until 2 In the afternoon caused four deaths and destroyed property valued at approximately one million d'dlars. It practical'y wiped out the main business street of this town, which is built mostly of wood. Ten business blocks and residences were destroyed. Every business man in the city is a loser, either by Are, water, removal, breakage or loss by theft. Not anticipating that the flames could get beyond the fire de partment’s control, many waited until the fire was close upon them beforo starting to move out. The streets were soon strewn and littered with all kinds of material and the rush and haste of teams and people in every direction caused great confusion. The fire started in the old Mack building on Hume street, which had been regarded as a fire trap and a dangerously constructed building. It was three stories high and was occu pied by numerous single men who cooked their own meals chieflv on oil stoves. It was in a room on the third floor Where the Flames Started. and the interior of the building was a mass of flatms when the alarm was sent In. The four dead men lost their lives In this building. From the Mack block the fire spread to the fine new hose house and headquarters of the fire department. Great volumes of flames shot into the air and the heat became unbearable a block distant. The flames spread with remarkable rapidity, licking up building after building despite the heroic efforts of the firemen. In order to stop the further progress of the flames dynnmite was used on several of the build:- *•« upon which the flames were auvauciug. Tele phone messages brougki the fire de partments of Hoquian and Montesano to the scene and they did effective work. Aberdeen has a population of about 7.000, and the chief industry is lum bering. Several large sawmills are located near the town, but the fire dis no* reach them ZION HOST IN GOTHAM. Dowie and His Army Prepare for Reformation of the Metropolis. New York, Oct. 18. Howie's restor ation host. 4.000 strong, arrived here early yesterday, a hey landed at the Battery and at once boarded cars for Madison Square garden. As soon as the first car started the crowd on board began singing a hymn, and a large crowd of curious spectators gathered around thos- waiting outside the ferry house The men were all dressed in a uniform n- embiing that worn by the United States infantry. The women did not v. ir uniforms. The crowd around the ferry house grew so large that it blocked the street, and the police drove the spec tators buck to the curb. Dowie him self arrived in his i via! train at the Grand Central station, disappointing the crowds who were awaiting him at the West Shore railroad t- rvy. A number of his own people jreeiod i) r , l»owie, but there wan liftie domonstra t’on. “Elijah” and hi.; elders, chief p-iests and patriarchs will have apart ments at the Pla/a hotel. *T) MILLIONAIRE DISAPPEARS. Believed to Have E-en Murdered in Mountainous Regions of Virginia. Big Stone Gap. Va.. Oct. 18.—E. L. Wentz of Philadelphia, twenty-eight years of age. general manager of the Virginia Coal and Iron company, in terested in coal lands in Southwest Virginia and Eastern Kentucky and hlmitelf a millionaire, left Big Stone Gap on horseback for Kelly View, twenty-five miles east of here, on Wednesday and has not been heard of since. All circumstances point to the conclusion that he has been murdered in the mountainous region*. A hun dred men are now scouring this sec tion of the country. The horse ridden by Mr Wentz was found Wednesday afternoon by a youth and to the sad dle was attached the coat worn by the missing man. WAGES RAISED 20 PE.T CENT. Telegraphers on Rock Isla-id Railway Chicago, Oct. 17.—Telegraphers em ployed on the Rook Island railway system have been granted a 20 per ednt Increase in wages. The Order of Railv ay Telegraphers announces the successful termination of a month's negotiations with the railway oHclals. Thirty other committees are making the same demands of other transpor tation companies. Secure Their Contention. • V*;. » WAR IN MONGOLIA. Chinese Troops Reported to Have At tacked the Russians. Ixmdon. Oct. 20. Cabling from Tien tsin, the correspondent of the Standard says the Chinese governor of Shan Si province reports that Gen. Tung Fu Siang is attacking the Rus sians in Mongolia. The correspond ent explains that this possildy refers to some interference with Russian surveying parties on the Urga-Kaigan railway line. British Minister as Mediator. St. Petersburg, Oct. 19. A news paper published at Port Dalug is re sponsible for the report that th«i British minister to Japan, Sir Claude MacDonald, has undertaken to medi ate between Russia and Japan, and, iiaving secured Japan's consent to cer tain proposals, is now negotiating with Russia. These proposals are that Russia shall restore Manchuria to China, and that the principal Man churian towns be opened to foreign trade; that Russia withdraw all her troops from Manchuria with the ex ception of the railway guards; that she renounce her forestry concession-? on both sides of the Yalu river La well as the Yongampho concessions, and that the whole country south of the Yalu be admitted as belonging to the sphere of Japan. Danger of Conflict Averted. Paris, Oct. 20. —Count Cassini, the Russian ambassador to the United States, has been interviewed on the Far Eastern question. The ambassa dor said that the danger of a conflict which was real a few days back, seemed to have been averted, and that If ever a conflict came it would *--'t be provoked by Russia. Continu ing, he said: "Our rights in Man churia are undeniable. We made the country, which until quite recently, was a mere haunt for bandits. We now have a vigilant police there, and, moreover, we have built the railroad. This does not mean that we Intend to annex Manchuria, but, having in curred enormous expenditures and possessing immense interests there, we insist that these be safeguarded, and we expect to realize our legiti mate benefits.” Japan Is for Peace. Yokohama, Oct. 20. The Japanese minister of war, Lieut. Gen. Terauchi Ki, denies that the army is desirous of war and says that the cabinet is unanimous in wishing peace with honor. MILLER JURY FAILS TO AGREE. Bribery Trial at Cincinnati Results in a Disagreement. Cincinnati, Oct. 20. —The jury in the case of Daniel Voorhees Miller and Joseph M. Johns, on trial in the fed eral court b'-re on the charge of an alleged conspiracy to extort a bribe, reported shortly before midnight that it was unable to agree and was dis charged. The trial attracted unusual attention as it was the first one under the many recent indictments for al leged frauds in the postofflee depart ment. The defendants renewed their bonds for a new trial and District At torney McPherson was unable to state whether there would be any hearing of the case set for the present term of court. While neither side indicated any gratification over the result it was evident that the many employes of the government who were present were disappointed. AIRSHIP THAT FLIES. San Francisco Inventor Satis the Air for Two Hours. San Francisco, Oct. 20. —Dr. August Greth, who for a year past lias been unostentatlonsly working on an air ship. yesterday surprised the residents of San Francisco by sailing over their heads for two hours, direr'ing his ma chine almost at will and demonstra ting that in many essent.Ms he has solved the problem of aerial naviga tion. Dr. Greth had previously tested his airship by making ascensions with the balloon held captive by a long rope, but yesterday was the first time that he had gone skyward free. The balloon Is cigar-shaped and has a capacity of 50,000 feet of gas with a lifting capacity of 1,800 to 2,000 pounds. The car is similar in con struction to that used by Santos-Du mont, and weighs about 800 pounds. GREAT MILITARY CAMP. Troops Assembled Ready for the Maneuvers. Fort Riley, Kan., Oct. 20. The largest military camp ever formed in this country in time of peace is now located here on the government res ervation. About 12.000 men are here, and to-day it is expected the total will be increased to 13,000. The genernl scope of the maneuvers, which will commence in full strength to-day and continue for a fortnight, is the most comprehensive that has been ar ranged. and practically every situa tion n soldier can be called upon to face in time of war. save the two so eminently disagreeable danger of death and lack of rations ls com prised in the program. It is safe to say that from a sanitary point of view no better camp was ever devised. STRUCK BY TIDAL WAVE. Unfortunate Accident on Cunarder Re sults in One Death. Liverpool. Oct. 20. The Cunard liner Etruria report* that last Satur day night when she was off Fire isl and, a tidal wave broke over from the rear, smothering her decks. Two bridges were smashed and the rails were carried away. An English saloon passenger, W. W. Hill, was so seri ously injured that he died. His wife suffered dislocation of a hip and had a leg broken. WIN AEASKANCASf EVERY AMERICAN CONTENT,On WITH ONE EXCEPTION, SUSTAINED. CANADA GEIS PORTLAND CANAI THE ONE OUTLET SHE SO MUCH NEEDED IS GRANTED TO HER. OLD DISPUTE AT LAST StTLUI NO AMEh.wAN CITIZEN LOSES* FOOT OF LAND HE THOUGHT HE OWNED. London, Oct. 20.—'The Alaska boo*, dary commission Saturday reach M.. agreement whereby all tie TiSZ contentions are sustained, with tin exception of those in relation to tb« Portland canal, which Canada wins All that now remains to be done* for the commissioners to affix their signatures to the decision and ran. Plete the map which will acrompn; it. On the map will be marked the boundary line definitely division of American and Brittel territory on such a basis that a American citizen will lose a foot i. land he already believed he held, while the United States will Get All the Waterways to the rich Alaskan territory with the exception of the Portland canal, which gives Canada the one outlet she much needed. The long-standing dispute wa* set tled after a week of keen, trying uj secret deliberation between the arbi trators. Up to noon Saturday then was an acute possibility that a dis agreement would result and the whol# proceedings fall to the ground. Lord Alverstone, though openly inclined to believe in the justice of the America argument that the United State* to entitled to the heads of inlets, as a* tained in question 5, held out that Canada had established her case ia questions 2 and 3, dealing with thi Portland canal. After luncheon Senator Ixtdge, Sec retary Root and Senator Tariff agreed to cede these points and s start the American boundary Ik from the head of the Portland canal, thus giving the Canadians that ciu> nel and some small islands, on which there are only a few disused store houses. This accomplished, the w- Jority of the tribunal agreed to Si, with this exception, the entire bos* dary as outlined in the American cast Whether Messrs. Aylesworth and Jett, the Canadian commissioner!, will refuse to sign the decision ail make it unanimous, is not yet known, but it will not affect the validity d the agreement if a minority report 1* submitted. MANY ARE KILLED. Disastrous Rear-End Collision on tM Pennsylvania Road. Trenton, N. J.. Oct. 20. Fifteen persons were killed and about feriy injured in a collision which occurred on the Belvidere division of the Pent sylvania Railroad company, new Washington crossing. The person* killed and injured were laborers *io were on a work train and were «• their way to work at Washington crossing to repair wash-outs al'-nt the road. Only two or three of thoe* who are injured will be permanent!? maimed. The train bearing the men were killed and injured was made of four cars —two coaches, in the men were riding, and two w cars in the rear. The train stoPP*® near Washington Crossing to r ,cel ’| orders respecting the passing of t regular passenger train. train was standing on the trac* was run into from the rear by a train. The two flat cars the two coaches. There wore » 180 men in the two coaches. As as the accident happened the I tsll became frantic and made an to do bodily harm to the crew of gravel train. Word was sent to Tre _ ton for police assistance, but ths j were finally quieted by the foremen^ The railroad authorities her* < reticent as to how the accident *8 curred, but it is believed that gravel train either failed to ‘-ee . j advers signal or that the tiaginM the first train failed to go back a ( fioient distance. Steamer Goes to the Bottom- Alpena, Mich.. Oct. 20.— The stea*j er Wyoming went to the hotto _ Thunder bay. opposite this P !,rt - ■ , terday. The boat had been waterlogged and was towed bay and saved from singing i' l water. . INSURANCE NOT LARGE- About $150,000 Carried on Aberdee Wash., Property Destroyed- Aberdeen. Wash., Oct. 20. " business men of the city estimat ♦he loss from the big fir* here a more than $700,000, while thi 1 anee experts say that It w,II . n ° b£)ll ceed $600,000. on which there .s » { $150,000 insurance. Loss of _ known to be three men, but 1 ’ , [ rumors that a fourth man pen* the Mack building.