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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-09
Oceans Of Wealth, But No Happi.
ness.

From the New York Commercial Advertiser.
The beautiful house of Leland Stan.
ford, in San Francisco, is more like q
msusoleum than home. Seldom is its
threshold pressed by stranger. while
ny those who have penetrated here tho
occasional actions of the master anil its
mistress are described as most strange.
She drags herself through the cold cor
riaors and lonely rooms, wringing her
hands and moaning, ..'All is a desert, /"
whlle he wanders aimlessly about, o
sad. despondent and brokea:Acarted
man; Pictures Of tho dead boy are
seen Of every size and on every side and
lend M additional horror to the scene.
There are already twelve or fifteen in
place, eight Of which. by Bonnat, Of
Paris, are twice lifesize and are most
horrible libels on the painte RS art. Tho
cost of these portraits is between $50.
600 and $4,000.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-09
Criminal Calender.

Marshall Clements, the murderer Of his
brother and bis brothers wife. at Sagauche,
Colo, was taken from Jail by masked mes
and hanged.
The governor OF Illinois has offered re-
ward OF 5000 for the arrest OF William Fin.
ley, OF White county, who murdered his
wife on Sept II.
Thomas A. Hall, q once popular society
man oi Vincennes, Ind, 10 In the Lawrence.
vile jail, charged with embesxlement. bur-
glary and larceny.
Il. Kennedy, one Of the wealthiest stock.
men in Uvalde county, Tex, has been con-
victed Of the theft Of heiier. He is worth
$500 900, and has hitherto borne an un-
blemished reputation.
Butler Malone, son OF Senator Mahone
and two companions, overpowered a Pc
tersburg, Va, policeman, who had rebuked
them Tor using obscene language on the
street. and severely handled him. trying to
shoot MN. The parties were arrested.
A long standing fcud between the Nance
and and Critser fanilies living six miles from
Fredericktown, Mo-, eliminated by B. C.
Nance, a young member of TINT family, us.
saulting Levi Critzer, also young man,
with q knife, stabbing him in nearly a dozen
places, and killing him.
Henry l.. Thorpe, the defaulting trustee
Of Morgan township, Harrison county,
Ind, has written friend at Bradford that
he is in Montreal. and wants his wife to
come to him Immediately. IIeis well fixed,
and is living lat ON the $50, 900 stcalings he
has made with the aid of Pollard and the
township orders.
A member OF the firm Of Hopkins & Alb.
bot. coal dealers Of Syracuse, n. Y, discov.
cred that their bookkeeper, James H. 10.
henvat, was forging the paper Of the firm.
Eight thousand one hundred dollars in
notes, which he kept renewing as fast as
they came due, was found Mt the First Ma
tional bank, and other forgerics are known
to have been made. The forger is well con-
nected, and his father.in-law is very wealthy.
David Vinton, aged iifty.eight years, q
iarmer living at South Bridge, Mass, was
killed with cart stick in the hand Of his
son David, aged thirty five years. who lived
with him. The father. while drunk, at
tackled the son. He threw him down and
was choking him, when the son rose up,
and seizing. u cart stick struck his iatfer on
the left side OF the head, splitting his skull
open.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-09
DEVILS LAKE TRAGEDY.
Important Decision on the Claim of Fred
Ward. Who Wss Killed ut Devils Lake
The Claim Given to Wards Daughter.

Assistant Secretary jerks, Of the interior
department, has decided that Edna Rose
Ward, the little daughter OF Fred Ward,
who was killed by IL mob ut DEVILS Lake
April -, 1883, is entitled to the quarter
section OF land for which her father lost his
lille. The decision vindicates the Ward
brothers in their right to this claim, and il
important as precedent in similar
land cases. by the decision it is estal,.
lished that an alien who has not declared
his intention Of becoming u citizen ac-
Iuires no right by settling on pub
lie lands. The wrongful removal of IL set
tiers house by an adverse claimant docs
not affect his rights, and the guardian OF AZ
minor heir Of II deceased pre.emptor can
iiln l !, dsclaratory statement and complete
the claim. 1t will he remembered that John
Bell, who was not a citizen OF the United
States, settled on the claim in question.
Township plat was filed Sept. 90, 1882.
Bell filed on the claim the day OF the
alleged settlement, July l, 1889. Il. p.
Ward, the guardian Of Fred Wards child,
tllcd presumption declaratory statement
Dec. II, alleging the settlement Feb.
u, 1883: nearly eight months later than
was on the land in June, 1882, and built u
sod house. In FEBRUARY, 1883, he built IL
frnmc house. lie had broken five acres oi
land ut this time. Fred Ward put a shan.
ty ON the claim Feb. II, and in two hours
q mob OF twenty men removed it. On
April Bell filed u declaration OF his im-
tention to become IL citizen. On April 22
Ward put another house in place. That
night he and his brother were shot and
killed. The decision OF the department is:
While Bell was still an alien, Ward
placed his house on the land. His action
was not u forcible instrusion upon the land.
Bell Mt that time was disqualified from nc.
quirins land. Ward initiated valid set.
tlemcnt, The removal OF the house could
not destroy his claim. The land was un.
surveyed and unenclosod. The law was
ample to protect Bells rights, and there
seems to be no excuse for the violence which
caused the death Of the Ward brothers.
A careful examination OF the testimony
fails to show that Ward did not
mako his settlement in good faith,
and the peculiar circumstances attend
ing the removal OF his first shanty,
taken in connection with the facts sur.
rounding his death, would seem to furnish
sufficient excuse for his absence from the
land in the interim.
The land is now Of considerable value,
and will prove fortune for the little child
whose rights have now been esta ablished l,c.
yoBd appeal was understood ut the
timo that Bell was acting for q syndicate
Of spcculatOrs. '
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-09
Foreign News.

The tenants ON the estates Of Sir Row.
land Blennerllasset, iii Killarney, Ireland,
have agreed to purchase their holdings at IL
price equal to fourteen years rental
Algernon Sartoris, Nellie Grants hus.
band, has had the Llangennech estate in
England made over to hin. by his father,
and is administering mu.h taify to the ten
ants.
The pope has approved u decree Of the
congregation establishing an episcopal see
in Nebraska and Rev. Dr. O'Connor, the
Present vicar apostlate, has been created
bishop Of Omaha.
AT Winnipeg William Smith. n native Of
Manitoba. set his house ON fire and tried
to burn hi. wife and children to death. He
then cut his own throat and died. No
cause is assigned for the mad act.
1t is reported that the commander Of a.
Portuguese gunboat has arranged to buy
loo slaves from the king of Dahomcy
to work on the coffee plantations ut st.
Thomas, an island in the Gulf OF Guinea
belonging to Portugal.
England and Belgium entertain favorably
Hollands proposal for IL treaty for the
mutual prevention Of traffic in young girls
ior immoral purposes. Holland has no.
titled Germany that o number Of German
agents are trying to recruit young girls in
Germany for the keepers OF Dutch broth.
els.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-09
About Uratnl,s

Dcmostheacs was not born an ORA.
tor. He struggled hard and failed
many times. lie was homoly, and he
stammered in his speech. but before
his death thoy came to him for hun.
drcds Of miles to get him To- open
their country fairs and jerk the bird of
freedom bald-llcaded on tho 4th of
July.
Demosthenes had Il short breath. n
hesitatlng speech, and his manners
stammcring he filled his mouth full of
pebbles, and howlcd his sentiments at
the angry sea. Plutarch says that
Demosthenes made Il dismal failure of
his first speech. This did not discour.
age him. He finally became the
smoothcst orator in that country, and
1T was no uncommon thing for him to
fill the First Church of Athens full.
must now leave DcmOsthencs and
pass on rapidly to speak nf Patrick
Henry. Mr.. Horny was tho man who
wanted liberty or death. IIe prefer
red liberty though. Ii ho couldn't
have liberty. he wanted to die, but hc
was in no great rush about it. When
the tyraDJ asked him what style of
death he wanted he said that he would
rather die of extreme old age. Ho
was willing to wait, he said. lic
didn't want to go unprepared, and he
thought it would take him eighty or
ninety years more to prepare, 50 that
when he was ushered into another
world he wouldn't bc ashamed Of
himself.
When lo started IN no was gentle,
mild. and quiet in his manner, but la.
tor on, carrying his audience with
him. he ut last became enthusiastic.
He thundcred. he roarcd, he whoopa.l.
he howlcd, he Jared the windows, he
sawed the air, he split the horizon
with his clarion notes, he tipped over
the table. Kicked the LAMPS out of the
chandeliers. and smashed the big bass
viol over the chief iiddler's head.
Oh. DeMOsthenes was business when
he got started. 1t will DO q long time
before We see another otf-hand speaker
like Demosthenes, and /. for one, have
never been the same man since laara.
cd of his death.
Ono hundred Sni ten years ago Pat.
rick Henry said: "Sir, our chains arc
forged. Their clankiny NAV be heard
on tho plains of Boston, ,fbc war is
inevitable. and le: i come. repeat
it, sir, lc. it Gomez
lp the spring Of 1860 | usod almost
the same language. So did Horace
Greeley. Yhero were four or five Of
Us who got our heads togc her and de-
cidcd that the war was inevitable. and
consented to let it come.
Then II came. WhenexeE there is a
largo. inevitable conflict floating
around waiting for permission to come,
it deyolycs on the great statesmen and
bald-headcd litcrati of the nation to
avoid all delay. 1t is the ;:,.ty of the
great warriors to howl for war and
then hold como other mans coat and
Waiis he tights.-Bil Nuc. ~ Sas
Francisco Aryomaut.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-09
Sold Her Daughter. Honor.

London cable: a great scandal is just
now agitnting Berlin society. An aged
Artist, who il a professor in the academy
of arts and q ssaator, has been ar.
rested on the c:nrge 6f corrurtiiia
young girl who is the sister Of
his model. The mother OF the girl is charged
with receiving 63, 900 marks as the price
Of the betrayal OF her daughter. She
surrendered this aged scoundrel to the
law only when she found that it was
impossible to bleed him any more.
At q previous trial the. professor
swore that the charge made by tl.e mother
was false, and tho mother was punished iot
the alleged crime. The true facts have
been coming out during fresh trial Of the
charges on an appeal by the woman's
counsel. A person oi'high rank, who was
wanted to give important testimony, has
levanted and refused to return.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-09
ENTERING COLLEGE.

The beginning of the scholastic ycal
will gather into the colleges many
thousands of young men who, leaving
home for the first time. iind tho ro
spOnsibility for their future resting
largely with themselves. Tho gradu.
alton season invariably brings an out.
pouring of friends and paternal ad-
vice for the benefit of those who arc
''just entering lifc," US it is usually
stated. but no one seems to think it
worth while to caution the for,orn
young fellow who, with his now G. 'ot hes
and his me.sickncss, goes among
strangers, and, perhaps, is astonisll.d
to find that there are teachers who
know more than the pedagoguo Ly
whom be was taught, school house
larger than the village academy where
he studied. and other young men in
the world rs smart a. himself. Yet he
needs advice more than does the hon
orable senior with his stove pipe hat,
his dandy cane and his button hole
bouquet, or even than the junior whit
his budding mustache and rapidly
swelling head. On these the cautions
OF their elders are often wasted, part.
ly for the reason that it is a we'll un.
derstood principle of college ethics
that tho senior knows more than all
the faculty, and partly because, In
four or five years of college life, stu
dents have had SO liberal an allowance
of admonition that words of truth and
soberncss fail upon lcaden ears.
Tho old proverb, "a bad beyinnin O
makes good ending" always false,
IS nowhere more cbnspicuously SO
than in college life. Tho whole sub
scquent career of . pan is sometimes
determined by the friends ho makes
during his first week in college. As a
ralo, young men Of like tastes and
habits will flock together; tho idle, the
vicious and the disorderly seemingly
almost by instinct to find each other
in the crowd, but occasionally q boY
OF good previous record will be drawn
among these worthless specimens and
DO led away into evil practices almost
befor he is aware of the fact. Vice
is usually aggressive; virtue oomnion-
" retiring. and unsophisticated youth
is often misled into mistaking impu.
dence for talent, and modesty for
stupidity. As q general thing, few
young men are ruined ut college that
were not on tho high road of evil be.
fore they were sent from home. Weak
tndplgent parents often charge to tho
= III L.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-09

The kailroad Commissioners Against
Transit Rates-Their Report.

The N;nnoeoto h,,r,, ~, .;,.,
,,,..;,,... -, so".
T.. a'ss.ones s,.S nave made public their report
mh;ns' ~ ;,!s ,naner Oh transit rates-a subject
IN ' wh;cs ,s "ssn h,.a very widely discussed and
~. "n.SM .ine buyers, sellers anu shippers
UT al, ueeply interested. The proceedings
el.ss an" ..a hre Dased upon complaints
.ars ,,r y, w'en LII. .ae .Sommssi9ners by citi-
.sns W cs:,., Ssrver, mcleod, kenville, Chip.
E,TrWA' SwMt and Big Stone counties.
S.'s.'' :. y. sgainse the chicago, Milwaukee
1850. 81. Lau. ranr9ad. H., ihese counties are
eae.saa upon .ne Milwaakee road Tor the
;ssy ;nta .st sttansPotation 20 get their grain
.as. n...r nsrSe1. anu tney claim that the sys.
.,n . t,.a .s: trans,I rates is burden up
ones. Inc necommlss'oners take position
"st a... ..e trans,t rate system-as at pres.
rS NM. 10 ah declare that the shipper
MUS. Se gwen the option oi having hisgra
sa.risu ss:rns 20 Minneapohs ut a reasonable
s.S r;'.;i cnalge, or Oh aSa.hng himself Of the
~ ti ~ .m. 'r'snsit rate through to Cilca
ssI,uS. III I..u I.ase. INC commissioners 90 not
a".i sm t, .ms rate at all. Hthe shipper
tho ."e =. company agree upon terms
;snow is;nr .'ons Tt can ai, DC carried out us
~ Nv" ueMs .one. Inc eiiect ot the order oil
.ms, .ms s.ilIssl1hers '.i.n IL tnat the Milwaukee,
taS,.,:'.i rcnus, haSihg Chicagoo or Eastern
:" ,,n,. ,.;a,,t .M;'es cannot 'orce the supper
, 70 pay freight charges to Chicago. but al-
n;n 4"s mn ~. Hne privilege 70 pay only Tor ear
a."se ~ .s ~ Mlnheapolis. Ihe railroads Affect
i"o"i .s =. .tus y. compened 10 give reasonable
Ic"' tt'a ra1e on grain, wh,cil IL not done under
Sne lL,sent orier OF things. The only
poa na ~ - assted M;, by the eomm;ssoners order
~, = .ne y. Mhwaukec ana st. i'anl. Minneapo-
~ ~, ~ st; LOUIS omahe and Duluth roads.
e., Vel. msa. nesker u OF the opinion that the
.r,ern -. q. f, a.nhG .he hnes ot roads tributary
~ 81; I'M, Mi.nneapoiis and Duluth will be
s:a.a usnem.eo ny the decision oi the commits
s,omers. ,'...s . for some time past the people
.s.".;s nav zee" aI Temanding an abolition oil the
.a"sa'..,, .s.nan. imey aes're TO ship wheat ut
nNt sD.;n.e ha;.' rates 70 !erninni points with
OUT Delng compelled to bill the same
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-09

Senator Ransom, of North Carolina,
Is said to be the most fashionabIy
dressed man in that House, and to have
The widest acquaintance among actors
md actresses.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-09
Casualty Record.

Mrs. David Rice Of Ashland, Ohio, was
burned to death by spark from a passing
locomotive falling on her parasol, from
which her clothes were ignited.
One Of the buildings Of the Montana in.
sane asylum at Warm Springs was de-.
troyed by fire. Three OF the inmates per.
islled In the flames. Their names were A.
B. Maze. Hiram Belcher and Hector Nc.
Lean. Every effort was made to save
them, but without avail.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-09
PEMBlNA PEMBNA COUNTY OCTOBER g. 1885

was interrupted by the friends Of Smith,
who had assembled in large numbers, with
all manner Of insulting remarks, and was
hnal!y forced to leave the stage and hall,
and the meeting broke up in disorder.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-09

su III great manufacturer Us krupp, Whit.
worth. Aun .ttoug and lIotchkiss have to send
II America for all their screw bar wrepchcs.
About eighty thousand dozen arc cSpwtcA IL
Europe annually.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-10-09

yotarIes qt fashion,
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-07-02
GRUN'IS LONG ANDL0UD
,HEYENNE UPRISING ASSUMING sERl-
GUS PROPORTIONS.
All Reports to tho Contrary Notwithstand-
Ing, There Is Blood on the Face Of tho
moon--At tho Mercy OF Red Devils
Children In School for Safety.

WIonTA, Kan, July THE dispatches
md tho assurances OF the department at
Washington 10 the contrary notwhhatand-
ing, the excitement IL at fever heat at Reno
md Darlington, In the territory, and the at
titude OF the Cheyennes 10 very threatening.
Dispatches were read To some pretended
friendly Indians, and their grunta OF disap-
proyal were long and loud.
Two more dispatches were received In
which Is Is asserted that the Indians will
mako desperate fight II asked to surrender
their arms which could only have been
Iuecosstully done under President Arthurs
,rder
Previous TO tho appearance OF grass this
pring Darlington and the cantonmont
eemed AT the mercy OF 5000 braves, and one
pecial says the streams are rising rapidly
botwoen tho agency and the fort Few In
iians are 10 DO seen around tho fort the
warriors all gathering at a point twelve
miles away on tho north fork.
A friendly Arapahoe brings In tho news
that three white men freightera, were muir
lered near tho cantonmont by Cheyenne
Indians, Scouts are riding tho trails In all
directions day aud night All the rivers bo-
tween tho border at Caldwell and tho agen-
sles are rising, Fort Rono Ia under double
row OF sontinelS, and no Indian Is allowed
inside The cantonment Is sixty miles up
lho river aud Ia perfectly helpless II an at
hack should be made, When the last special
was sent thero were nine companies OF troops
II Reno aud one In Oklahoma which had
been ordered over, but before these troops
,ould make q move two companies would
have 10 be sent TO the cantonmont and two
loft at tho agency, which would leave but
Ix companies for tho post an tho old,
Tho Indians are suporbly mounted with
The best weapons manufactured aud have a
full supply Of ammunition, Tho dispatch
laya there Is but ono way and that IN 10 dis
arm tho Cheyonnos Az 10 the movement OF
tho large body Of Indians In camp on tho
North fork but little Is known, Os mother tho
agency people nor tho soldiers have folt that
u would bo safe 10 attempt 10 llnd out by
iocoinoitcrins with 80 few troops NJ COM
mand.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-07-02
LITTLE ELK AND MEDICINE HORSE.

rwo Prominent Chiefs bringing tho chill
dron to sohool-So War;
LAWRENCE, Kan, July Little Elk and
Medicine Horse, two prominent chiefs OF tho
Choyonnos, arrived hero with largo squad
VI Indian children from the Cheyenne aud
Arnpahoe agency Indian Territory, for tho
Government Indian school nj this place, Tho
phIcis themselves will remain Tor somo time
They were interviewed M 10 tho rumora OF
m Indian outbreak among tho Choyonnos
and Arapahooa, aud say there IL no ground
Tor tho reports; that tho Indians arc having
onO Of tho most successful dances thoy ever
had, their women for tho trst tmo partlol.
patlng; that thoy on tho whole arc con-
eonted,
They say tho now agent, Dyer, isunpoular,
and has become scared aeunIoundod rumora,
rhoir greatest grievance IL tho allowing by
congress last winter OF n bill for $4,000 for
sattlo said 10 have boon killed by thom, which
was unjust, They say thoir young mon
sometimes do kill cattle, but that the cattle.
men are constantly stealing cattle from zach
other, all OF which n charged against tho ln-
liana. They claim that mainly owing 10
this, the indians arc fast tiring VI tho lOascs,
aud NO informed the recent investigating
committed
They mover had bOttor prospects Tor crops
They say Dyer Ia merely scared by tho boys
aud Arkansas City generally Is Interested In
proading such reports through tho trade IL
win bring, They say Indians never SOnd
lhcr children away whom about 10 begin
war, rather always got thOm homo; that ono
hundred Indian teams atartod for Caldwell
10 freight for tho government
Another squad OF children Ia being now
gathered at tho agency 10 start for hero July
TO- They would not DO horo 10 remain II
war was ON hand. Regarding Little Robes
refusal 10 tako bis bands npportionmont
'hcy Say that whilo ho would not como aftcr
II himself his vouchers were sent 10 him, His
baud contains but ton mon aud thoy arc un-
Dopuar with tho whole tribe
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-07-02
THE FUTURE OF EGYPT.
NJ. De LEssePs HAS FoREeoolNos OF
AN ANoL o-FRENGH WAR.
The Mystery which Surrounds the Death
Of oliver Pain--Franos and England.
italian Cabinst-Ths GNllia-A
Cheat -CholerA-Foraign Notes.

PARIS, July I'M. do Lesseps, In con-
yention with journalist, said he was con-
yinced that unless England withdrew from
Egypt the Egyptian dispute would end In an
Anglo French war, To prevent such ro-
suit he was In favor OF return TO tho ar
rangemont OF lS4l, whereby Mohemot Ais
family were to reign porpetually as viceroys
Of Egypt according 10 Mshommedan order
Of succession, the eldest member of tho fam
lily succeeding Instead Of the eldest son.
NJ, Waddlngton, at conference with Lord
Salisbury, renewed tho demand that an
early date bo lIed for tho withdrawal OF tho
British troops from Egypt, and suggested
the reconstruction OF tho Egyptian army Of
mixed Egyptians and Turkish mercenarea
He also suggested change In the admins
tration from tho Khedive downward, Lord
Salisbury limited his reply TO tho statement
that Egyptian affairs were under consider
alton.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-07-02
CANTON OHIO, THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1886
A MYSTERY cLEAREo.
rhs Disappearance OF Two Little Girls at
Last Accounted For.

MARsHALL, ILL.,, July There 10 great
excitement here over the supposed clearing
up OF the disappearance OF two little school
prs OF Eiilngham, who were supposed TO
iaye been kidnapped by gypsies about two
months ago, two and half milos east OF this
place.
Two boys while walking across
ilover tiold near whero tho suspected band
nmped when here, discovered hole In the
hape OF grave four feet long, and two and
,ne-halt feet wide, The sheriff and dop-
uty held an Inquest, and discovered that q
human being or beings had occupied the
grave, While digging, gypsy man
from band whish passed through
he city early In the morning, came
suddenly over tho hill upon tho crowd, but
rot away rs soon az possible He was seen
10 join the above mentioned from the hill
md stopped In tho road below, "a tho crowd
Iround tho grave could not DO seon from tho
wagon because Of the hill
The man must have come for some hid
lou motive, unaware that any one was near
lhe spot, The romans OF tho children wero
recently buried In this hole, and afterwards
when the hogs had begun 10 root them out
we're taken away. Circumstances noted by
those In the vicinity OF the camp, and which
we're held Of no significance than to show
that tho lost children were with them, II is
proven that the children were with them at
Tho next town,