The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-09-04
News Items of General Interest,

Li'ut, Jnhles u. Mann, Seventh cavalry,
is granted leave during September.
Mr.. Blaine is living quietly at Bar Har-
bor, attending yacht races every now and
then.
Cardinal Manning intimated that some
ecciesiastic in Boston would ere long be
made n cardinal.
The president will deliver an address be.
lore the Virginia Agricultural society ut
Richmond, Oct. 81.
To much rain at Sidney, Ohio, carries
the city without water.
Attorney General Garland has not been
out oil Washington this summer, and will
not take a vacation until the president re-
turns.
Senator John Sherman addressed a largo
mass meeting in the groveat Mount Gilcnd,
making the opening speech OF the Ohio cam
pagn.
Architect Bells latest trouble is in con-
ncction with the Kansas City postoflicc.
He is charged with spending $40, 900 i'm
properly.
Under the recent navy department Or
dcrs over four hundred men are employed
In the construction department ut the
brooklyn navy yard.
Extensive forest fires are raging all along
the Northern Pacific, between Horse Plains
and Huron Montana, destroying immense
quantities OF valuable timber.
Postal cards are reported to lie generally
scarce at the postotticcs throughout tho
country, the government bcim. very tlrly
in meeting acquisitions for the lrcicle.
President McConnico, Of the American
exposition, at New Orleans, received ~ dis
patch fcoifGeo. NJ. Pullman increasing his
subscription from $4,000 to $4,000.
Mr.. Cannon, controller Of the currency,
has been recalled from Monmouth Beach,
| N. j., where lie has been spending his vac;l-
ton, because of the illness OF his deputy.
Capt. John S. Wharton, OF Gen. Ham
cocks staff, who has been ordered to duty
at Fort Ringgold, has never seen his regi-
mcnt. lie has been OH staff duty for seven
teen years.
At the Western Rifle association tourna-
mcnt ut Western Union j Junction, the short
range match is won by Milwaukee,, by IL
score OF 235, to $50 for Minneapolis and
21i for Racine.
Prof. Wylic, territorial superintendent
of instruction, and Peter Koch, assistant
cashier OF the Gall;,tin National bank,
were fined $50 each for leaving their camp
fire burning in the National Park.
Lord Cnrnarvon will visit all the large
towns of Ulstcrand the poorer districts Of
Donegal. He has issued Al scatliing rcbukc
to Clifford Lloyd, with reference to the lat.
ter's recent article on Ireland i'm the London
Times.
Mrs. Mary A. Stuart, wife of tho million.
nirc bunker Joseph Stuart of New York,
was accidentally shot and killed at her
summer home in Rye Beach. She WAS re-
moving IL revolver from one place to an.
other, when itcxplodcd.
AtCookeC City, Montana, two miners play.
| cd 100 games of crib!,age, the stakes being
! 100 feet OF the Snowslidc lode against 100
feet OF the Elevator lodc-both rich proper.
ties. The Elevator man won. and received
his deeds Immediately, for which llc refused
81 800.
| The Conservatives are expressing great
satisfaction on the zuliikar pass question.
Word has already gone out to make this
campaign point, but the announcement
that Joint commission will settle the dc.
tails on the spot seems to leave everything
where it was before.
The publicity given to the fact that the
United States treasurer has resumed the
transfer OF gold coin from San Francisco
to New iorlby registered mail has again
caused u suspension of that mode OF trans.
portation. 1t is not expected that amy
more gold will bc sent through the mails
lOf son time.
| strange tale comes to light in the s,ls.
pension OF j. S. Garfield, a clerk in the post.
Office department, from Illinois. Five OF
six years ago he was regarded as one OF the
best clerks in that department For nearly
year past he has been absent from the
department and, it is claimed, has drawn
HIS pay regularly, his salary being 81, ,4OC
| year. 1t now appears that he has beer
| in an insane asylum near Providence, II. l..
| during that time, and lie is regarded as in
curably insane.
The register Of treasury has issued the
| following order: To avoid the troubles and
| delays in the transfer Of United States bonds
by the successors or iegai Representatives
OF holders in nominaly or really fiduciary
| capacity, this office will hereafter refuse as
a condition precedent to issue I'd any trus.
tee, executor, administrator, guardian etc,
that the beneficiary or particular trust thus
| represented shall be Manned oil the applica.
| tion and i'll the assignment Of the bonds foI
the purposes proposed:
Carter IL. Harrison's attorney, Allen C,
| Storey, submitted an a:.;wcr To the bill filed
by citizens two months ago disputins Mr.
Harrison's titletO the may yoralty of Chicago
by reason Of numerous miscOunts stated tc
| have been made in the vote and innumer
able frauds alleged to have been committed
IL.
The answer is in the nature of IL demurrer
generally denying the allegations of the bill
| and giving fifteen reasans why, in tho opinion
| OF the defendant, the case is not entitled to
IL regular trial In court.
DIR. LoIins has replied to the charge o
Controller Durham that he mislaid the dis
allowed account in his lcttcrofJuly 27. II,
| says thai hi. ncs.el intcndod To convey tln
idea that purchases ,oi hiilGhincry were in
| cluded IN thntlisailowanco, and that the CON
| trollcr has misapprehcnded tho meaning o
his letter on this point. In reply to the
| statement of the controller that the pur.
| chase OF soh'u formed no part OF the sugar
experiments, he claims that the purchase o. |
beet and sorghum seeds and tho employ. !
mcnt OF labor for their distribution was al
'""'ch part Of the experimental cx.
penditurc as the purchase =. machinery -: .a:"2ii
and EXPRESSES a confidence that the con
troler will not fora moment suspect him
of attcmptingto misstato the case eitlisrt tc /
HIM or the public.
The Star says: "a rumor to the effect
that John DickersOn, former superintend
cnt OF the new pension building. had com
mittcd Irregularities in the management o
his position, having reached the Star, IL re
porter was sent to trace the matter, ani
was informed by persons in position te
know all the details, that when a change
was made in the office OF superintendent il
was discovered that Mr.. Dickerson had not
kept any books or records OF his Office ant
business. In endcavoring to ascertain the
number OF employees and condition q
the office, it was ascertained that
sixteen men who were not borne
on the rolls OF the superintendent
were ostcnsibly doing service under him
Further inquiry revealed the fact that these
persons were appointed as clerks, some 0.
them getting large salaries; that they wer.
assigned by Dickerson to do the duty o.
messengers and laborers, and that in som,
cases no duty ut all was required OF them
In other words, some OF them were drawing
salaries without rendering any service. Dif
ferent parties who have been connected
with the department made statements tr
the effect that property belonging to thu
government and purchased for use in tln
construction OF the pension bureau lac
been removed and sold.