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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20
Crimes and Criminals.

Frank G. FELTON,. an operator on the
Chicago board Of trade, shot himself at his
residence recently. No cause is assigned
Rev. r. d. Phillips. II Methodist minister
at Branchport, N. ", was arrested for
forging several $1,000 notes against his
father-in-lnw.
Fred Townsend, aged thirteen, of Troy
N. Y, deliberately buried Willie McCullis
ter, nged five. in u clly bank, and piled ON
tho clay till he killed linn.
Samuel Culbertson. q former agent OF the
Adams Express company ut Lyons, Ind,
has been arrested OH a charge ofembezzins
S40O. Culbcrtson is the son OF Col Oui.
bertson, II prominent attorney Of Vinccnnes.
Reno Montgomery, who absconded from
Bloomington, Neb., leaving his wife and
child penniless and creditors to the extent
Of several thousand dollars. is also now
charged with forgeries by which he defruud
cd Bloomington banks out OF 81 300.
Gov. Robinson Of Massachusetts granted
n arequisition upon the governor Of Marylane
Tor the arrest and transportation to that
state Of T. Mellcn OF Baltimore, who hat
been indicted by the grand jury for conspir.
acy with Mrs. Coolidge and others of the
city OF Boston, to murder his daughter in.
law.
At Baker City, Oregon, two young women,
Miss Mabel Holmes and Miss Nellie Melville
had a bitter jealous quarrel, when the lat.
ter drew n small pistol and shot the former.
The ball took effect in the right side OF Miss
Holmes. and passed ncacly through her
body. surgeon pronounces the wound
fatal.
o. D. Crocker has been bound over to the
court of common pleas ut Cleveland OIL the
charge Of obtaining $500 shares of Ari-
1ona mining stock from Mr. Bennett, under
false pretenses. Crocker is IL young Cleve-
land man, who made the Arizona mine
owners believe that lie was the owner oi
valuable property in Cleveland and Chi
eago, which he doesn't possess.
At Chicago, Policeman n. w. O'Brien
received u bullet in his left lung IRON a. re-
yolver fired by one Max l.ittenbcry, a
drunken shoemaker, who quickly lied,
shooting promiscuously Mt people who
pursued, and diving into the cellar OF a
laundry, placed the weapon ut his own
temple. pullod the trigger and died instant.
ly. O'Brien expired shortly afterwards.
James Young, q convict serving n ten.
| year. term at Joliet, ILL.,, from Carroll
county for burglary, has confessed that
he is the murderer Of DIR. Allen of Sand
wicll, iii. A young man named William
Thomas was convicted OF this murder on
tnc evidence oil u tcmale detective from
| Chicago. and sent to prison for seventeen
years. Young is notorious burglar. who
has been an inmate ef several Western
prisons.
The murder of Charles Campbell, IL well
known young man of Albany, Or, by Capt
| w. w. Saunders editor oi the Benton
Leader. few days ago, is attracting great
attention. Public feeling ag;,inst Saunders
and Miss Matte Allison, one of the hereto.
Of the place. is very bitter. The coroner Il
jury in their verdict churgc both Will, muir.
! der. The prisoners have waived cxamin.-
tion and were committed without bonds.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20

The great trunk railroads are trying
to effect an agreement to withdraw
their fastest, or ''limited" trains, be-
cause the cost far exceeds the receipts.
Ithas been estimated that the average
number of passengers per day on the
Pennsylvania Railroad is 22, while
the Lake Shore and New York Central
roads, owing to their lower rates,
averaged 80 passengers a day. It
costs about 81 q mile to haul these
fast trains, which alweys carry the
same number of cars and no express
matter, while the receipts are never
more than As cents a mile. It is esti-
mated that the Lake Shore road has
paid no less than Sis, 900 in the last
year for the privilege of running a
fast train in connection with the New
York Central.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20

It is the almost universal opinion
of the best observers that season OF
general prosperity like that of 1873
81 has begun. The improvement in
railroad operations, the dry goods
trade, the iron trade, and the visible
improvement in several other
branches, and above all, the calls for
money for legitimate business are
mentioned as sure indications in this
direction. As the accumulation OF
money in bank was the sign Of hard
time and dead Enterprise, 80 a with
drawal of idle deposits is an indication
that a movement has begun in the
opposite direction. It would be
hazardous to say that the change is
one that will be maintained for three
years, or one year, or even one month
longer but that it is in operation no
one seems to doubt.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20

In the Century for November is q
striking article by DR.. Lyman Abbott,
on the dangers with which the Amer
ican Republic are beset. DR.. Abbott
first points out that previous to the
Revolution the American Colonists
were q homogeneous people. But
since steamships and railways have
made access to the country easy, for
eigners have focked over in such num-
bers that their assimilation in q short
time is impossible. He discusses at
length upon these points, and argues
that theearnings of the people are alb
sorbed by stock gamblers and nom
producers and refers to the excessive
power of corporations to land grab
bing, the alien estate owners, and he
says there is no salvation save from
the spread of christianity and cooper.
qti0n
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20
From Washington.


congressman Struble Of Iowa has taken
mouse on n street near Thirteenth. He
VIII oring MS iamlly here this winter.
1t is estimated by government officials
that the railroad companies carry 81 900.
900, 900 year OF government funds. and
losses are inconsidcrable.
Gcn. T,opost-eet bo. o.L.,, A., ,,
ment to bring suit against him on Fla off.
cial bond, that his claim for $2l 900 due
him from tAegovernmept may be tested.
AMONG the nono. nm tho ,,a,,no,on. a.
list Of the Di.tr;ct n eoinnh;n a1o ha.a .aa
Of Senator Reel .Iohn I. + ruas.na1, aag 'nose os
nostmaster general md - es'seesata.u "e ea, \,
The Nnvv Cha niiar ''''N e~'''e' e's'fy u
~ :.
eecrethry :'..y Endlcott llaa sent instructions
10 n'htary commanders who are stationed
" ths neishoorhood IN which uprisings oi
the Chinese are apt to occur, to have their
troops In readiness TO enforce the provi-
siohs oi 1he presidehts proclamation.
The president recently appointed DR..
John g. Lee OF Philadelphia secretary OF
the legation Mt Constantinople. DR.. Lee is
friend OF Minister Cox, and is understood
to have been appointed on his personal
solicitation. He is familiar with the mod.
ern languages, and ia said to be peculiarly
fitted for the place.
William Hyde was appo;nted nostmo s+er
OF ST. Louis. vice Rodney n. Well. sn..
pended. Mr.. HYDE was endoraed hy tIe
entire Democratic conoressinna, hae,eoa.
ton from MISSOURI Including hoth can.
ators, the president OF tho city cnuncii
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20

A manuscript by the late Gen. Nc
Clellan, containing his personal recol-
lections of the civil war, was accident
ally destroyed some years ago, and it
was said that the author was so dis
couraged by the misfortune that he
refused to reproduce the work. But
fortunately, such was not the case.
Gen. McClellan's snotes and papers
were saved, and out of this he had
nearly rewritten his book when death
overlook him. The work will now be
pushed to completion and published.
As . narrative Of the great events in
tho early stages of the war it will be Of
great value, and it will be of the more
use because it will treat the subject
from q new standpoint. No doubt
many of McClelian's facts and opin-
ions will give rise to disputes.but out Of
these controversies comes the truth
of history
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20
Cen. Sheridan Speaks strongly ON the In.
dian Question.

In speaking Of the address made to the
president n few days ago by the committee
from the Lake Mohonk Indian conference
in which they requested him to ask in his
message to divide tho Indian lands in sew.
crafty, 30 that the tribal relations might
be destroyed, Gen Sheridan said:
l have been advocating that thing
Tor nearly twenty years, and il
my recommendations had been adopt.
ed first it Would have saved them
thousands Of lives and millions Of
dollars. My plan is to give each family
$40 acres and have the government buy
the remainder Of the reservation at 81 .25
an acre and pay for it in per cent bonds.
The interest on these bonds would he
enough to support the Indians, educate
them, civilizc them, buy them cattle and
agricultural implements. hire good men to
teach them farming. Take the Crow rcscr.
Vation. Tor example, where we have so
much trouble keeping the settlers off.
1t embraces 100000 acres Of the
best land in the world, owned by about five
hundred families. Give each family two
sections, and the proceeds OF the sale OF the
remainder Of the land would be ut least
$1,000, 600. The interest OH this would
give about $500 o year to each family, ,and
that would give them all the money they
needed. The same il true of all the Indian
reservations. There is not one Of them
that could not be sold for enough to sup.
port the Indians permanently,so so that the
government need not appropriate any.
thing more for their support. Nearly
all these lards could be sold for
Sl.25 an acre at any time, and
some of them are worth So or SO an acre.
1T cost the government 5000, 900 to keen
the boomers off the Indian Territory last
year, to keep settlers off the lands that are
idle, although they are valuable, and are
bringing their owners nothing. These
lands II sold just like the Crow reservation,
would bring ~ fund, the intereat Of which
would support the Indians permanently
The Indians are the richest land owners In
the country, but their property is not
bringing them anything.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20
Recort, of Casualties.

Francis Ladman was killed in Boston
while hurdle racing.
Dean O'Laughlin fell dead while at mass
In the University college. Dublin.
The Duquesne furniture factory and Fish
q Thompson's foundry, Pittsbury, were
900.
Capt. NJ. A. Mcguire. wholesale trunk
dealer OF Cincinnati was drowned in the
Tennessee river while duck hunting near
Coulterville, Tenn.
Robert Simmons. while trying to kill fish
At Little Rock, Ark, with dynamite, ex-
ploded some OF the stuff in his coat pocket,
and his right arm was blown off in u
iiify.
DR.. William Benjamin Carpenter, Ill.
D.. F. r. g.. an eminent English physiolo-
gist, is dead. He died from the effects OF
terrible burns caused by the upsettins of n
lamp while he was taking vapor buth for
rheumatism.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20

The officers of the revenue cutter
Corwin, which returned recently from
IN exploration of Alaska, profess to
have found q wealth of mineral and
timber resources, which may ba readily
utilized, and the climate is certified to
be decidedly attractive. instead of
peculiarly forbidding, as it is common.
ly supposed to be. Gov. Swineford of
Wisconsin, though he has been in
Alaska but short time, more than
confirms these statements. The public
mind will soon be in fit condition to
give implicit confidence to emigration
documents from that favored land.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20

It is not many years since Black
wood and half q dozen other British
magazines were found in many families,
libraries and reading rooms of the
United States. But now they have
almost disappeared, and it is stated
that Harper's and the Century maga-
sines are the most popular of any to
be found in England. So large has be-
come the circulation of Harper's and
The Century i; England that a firm of
london publishers has determined to
issue q splendidly illustrated monthly
in order to compete with them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20
1890. TlaAt7' TTs-f1f e-1,sSy1I
JOB DEPARTMENT.:
A Benevolent Drummer.

':Nothing warns q man up on .
cold day like kind action" said tn.
man who had just dropped a nickel IL
a beggar's hat, and felt little sheep.
ish over it.
you've hit it fair in the eye.',,. sal,
Chicago drummer; for know hov
that 10 myself"
"You!' exclaimed both tho other
in surprise.
"Yes. me. You mightn't think 1t
but I've made few investments y
that kind myself"
"Yon don't say!'
Eyes, l do; but never had any
thing warm up my blood like one tina
happened in little town in Kansas or
one of the coolest days we had las
winter. l was laid over there, an
dropped into shoe-shop to havc {,
little rcpa ring done on u boot. TM
cobbler was an oldish man, with ont
of the saddest faces ever saw outsid
of Milwaukee. When l went in Ii.
was sitting on his bench. with his fac,
buried in his hands. crying tit to kill.
"What was he crying aboutp"
"That's what [ was about to tel
you. The mans grief took right hol.
of me and made mo feel all over IL
spots. l approached him kindly. and
in as soft a voice as could muster.
inquired the cause of his woe. liz
told me he was ruined, that the sav
ings Of lifetime had been swcp
away in a day, and his family wer.
absolutely suffering for want of bread
and that. too. at q time when ever.
comfort seemed just within gasp"
"l'een specializing in grain, hae
he?" =
'Oh. no; bless you. no. Nothing
of the kind. He was qu te IL prudent
man. and had lost his all in Legitimate
bus as managed to learn from
him between sobs; though it took &
good deal of questioning"
GLOW did it come abOutP'
"Well, it seemed that u young lady
from St. LOUIS had been visit ns the
burg, and had lett her measure will,
him and ordered pair OF shoes. II.
put into them every scrap of lcathe,
he had in tho shop, but he didn't haye
quite enough, and they proved toe
small. She couldn't got them on, ane
they wero consequently thrown back
on his hands. All his capital bon lock
cd up in them the p,or man was ruin
cd. No wonder he was gloomy. He
hadn't dollar left to bay stock. and
without leather his hauds were idle,
and he was Obliged to sit still and hea,
his children cry for bread"
''And what dld yon dO.?"
"Why. there was only one thing
that could do, and did it, and the
reaction OF the deed warmed mo up SC
thoughly that didn't get cold again
during the winter"
''What was that?"
"Why, gentlemen, l bought the
shoes. and set the poor old fellow ur
in business again. I never saw IL man
so thankful in all my lie. lie fa rly
went wild, and it was all could do Ia
keep him from hugging INC. needed
some now sample trunks anyway, and
l tell you they turned out to bo just
boss for that. though probably get
more cussings from ba .gagemcn on
account OF 'cm than any other man on
the road. Good-'lay. gents; stop
here. BE kind to tho poor. "-CAicago
Ip,3ucr
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20
THE NEWS SUMMARIZED,
Tho Lost and Saved Of the WRECKED Alro

ma.
The following revised list Of tho lost and
saved in the Algoma disaster in Lake Supe.
rlor is as accurate as can be made at pres.
ent:
Crew Lost. Malone, first porter; d.
GIL, John Scott, L. Rookie, c. Murray, Bal.
Ientine Bates, deck hands; j. Lott, F.
Brooks. w. Stokes, cooks; George Thomp.
son, newsboy; Thomas Nc chimney, w. Hen.
derson, H. McClinton, Thomas Smelling,
J. Mckenzie, H. Emerton, F. Anight,
walters: A. ,Mckinsie, purser; George
Pettigrew, first engineer; A. McDer.
mott, second engineer; Charles Taylor,
stewart; A. Mitchell. A. C. TARGET, w.
Gibson, ]. Brown, J: Waystuh. fireman;
b. 1anson and H. Martinez, wheelsmen;
j. Paddle, H. Bondker and r. Mitchell,
oilers.
Passengers Lost-Edward Frost wife
and child, OF Owen Sound; Mrs, Dudpeon
and two children, Of Owen Sound; William
Higgins, who,esale merchant OF Winnipcg;
Charles and Douglas Buchanan, of Hitler,
Ont; Louis zimmerman OF Port Arthur;
William Milligcn OF Medford; G. Emerson
OF Ramssate, England.
Crew Saved-Capt. Moore Of Owen Sound
]. b. Hasting, first mate, OF Owen Sound
X. ID. Simpson, second mate, OF Owen
Sound; H. McCaligher. H. Lewis and j
McNabb, watchmen; R. Stephens, X. Boul.
ton and d. Langston, deck hands; r. Nc.
Call, j. Mclean and J. Mcintyre walters.
Passengers Snved-W. ]. Hull and w, b
Macarthur.
Total number lost. forty.five; saved
fourteen. This makes the full number o.
persons the Canadian Pacific officials esti
mate ON board the steamer,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20

The Carson mint in Nevada Is closed
Tor lack Of material for coinage, and
II 10 stated that the mines of that
state have been gradually running
down until now there is scarcely a
single lode that pays the cost Of work
ing. The state itself has run down, as
regards voting population, below the
lowest territorial rate, Alaska ex-
cepted. And yet it is q State, with
two Senators in Congress, and there
seems to be no way Of regulating it to
territorial condition.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20
No Admittance Without Vaccination,
The following explains itself:

The following explains itself:
! am directed by the minister OF agrcul.
ture: statistics and health to ask you to al
low him to state in your columns, for the
information OF the travelling public. that
the lieutenant governor OF Manitobn. in
council, having issued IL procla nation re.
guiring the vaccination ofall persons enter.
ing the province who may not be sufficient.
ly protected from smallpox by pre-
vious vaccination, il is the inten-
tion from this date to make u rigid in
spcction Of all persons arriving in the prov.
ince via the st. Paul, Minneapolis & Mani
toba railway ut st. Vincent and mt Neche.
1t will, therefore, bc we'll for all persons
who may not have been vaccinated within
reasonable time to have vaccination per,
formed before starting on their journey, 40
as to ronder their vaccination ut the
boundary Of this province unnecessary.
ACTON BURROWS, Deputy Minister.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20
Personal Mention.

Senator Stanford gives $50, 900. 600 as an
endowment fund for university in Cali.
fornia.
Miss Jennie Morton. a member Of BARLEY
eampbell's White Slave company, died
ot apoploxy in Ne" York. Her real naus
was Mrs. Jennie Morister.
Lieut.. Greedy came near falling over a
balcony IN London while looking at the
procession on Lord Mayors day. He was
caught by the arm just il. time to save him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20

A. B. MtCreery, who has secured the
lngersoll mansion in Washington, is
a brother-in-law of Justice Field of the
supreme court, they having married
sisters. He is a Scotch Irishman, who
started life in humble circumstances,
and is said to be a millionaire five
times over.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20
Land Frauds In Dakota.

land frauds made through inspectors now
at work in most OF the lanG districts ia re.
sulting in numerous cancellations. Inspec-
tor Easterly from Montana, but formerly OF
Goodhue county. Minn.. has examined part
Of the entries in Emmons, Burleigh and Nc.
Lean counties. aud is now at work in Kid
der county He has been at work two
months, and notices Of Cancelled entries arc
being received from Washington at an aver.
age Of half n dozen per day. About one
hlnarea have SO far been Cancelled, being
eases whore little dr no attempt had zen
made to comply with the requireme4ts Of
land laws. '
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20
Death Of Ex-senator sharon.

Ex-senator William Sharon died at San
Francisco, at the age Of ca. He was born
at Smithfield, Ohio. He st,l,lied law With
the late Secretary Stanton, but failed to
get on harmoniously with him. In 1915
he went to St. Louis and was admitted to
tle bar, but failing health forced him rcluc-
tantly TO abandon his profession, and he set
up as a country storekeeper at Garrollton,
ILL.,, where he was found at the outbreak OF
the gold fever in 1849. He was one OF the
first to start across the plains. Reaching
Sacramento, he opened q store. hut ac.
cumulatet money SO slowly that year
later he started for San Francisco, as he
said years afterward, ITO change his luck"
eame himself immensely wealthy; MIR:
Grant begun In Washington, after
Mr.. Sharon's election to tho sen.
ate as representative from Ne.
vada in 1875-succeeding William NJ Stew
art, who was Nevada's first representative
in the senate. In the senate Mr.. Sharon
was principally known for his absences.
Mr.. Sharon's wife died a number OF years
ago. She was a devout Catholic. His
daughter a few years ago married Sir
Thomas Hesketh Of England. She lives q in
England, but is now in this country. The
only son, Frederick Sharon, married Miss
Tevis, daughter OF his fathers old friend.
Lloyd Tevis. Mrs. Sharon is dashing,
beautiful woman. and married when quite
young Owen Breckenridge, son ei Ken:
tucky's brilliant son: Gen. John c.
breckenridge. The marriage WAS not u
happy one, and q divorce followed, Mem
tion has been made Of Mr.. shhron's rela,
tions with Sarah Althea Hill. Sarah Althea
was woman well known in San Francis.
CO. She was keen and handso me, young and
attractive, and fond Of the society OF elder
iy msH. She was depositor in Mr.. Shar.
on's bank. One day in August. 1880. she
met the millionaire, who invited her to call
and see him. She went. The result led
to the suit that is one Of the most celebrat-
ed in tho history oi litigation in this
country. She swore that Sharon asked
her to become his wife. Tho Judge do.
clared that Miss Sarah Althea Hill had been
legally married by q contract which
had been signed by both five years ago.
The judge granted her q divorce and di.
vision ~ Senator Sbaron's property.
whose value was estimated at 80, ,OO0, 600,
The counsel's fees amounted to 500, 900,
The court gave Mi 60 Hill back alimony at
the rate OF $4,000 for thirteen months,
to be paid pending an appeal for new
trial. Since then Miss Hill has been living
on the fat Of tho land
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-11-20

Boston pensions ito policemen who
have become old and inefficient, and
some people and newspapers ask for
pensions for female school teachers
who have served an allotted term of
years, and adduce plausible reasons
Why they should be thus requited for
long continued and efficient service.