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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-31
The Idiocy Of Capital.

Chauncey NJ. Dcpew, for many years at.
torney AMI now president Of the N. Y. Cen
trail railroad, said recently: Heis very much
puzzled to account for the continued de.
preston in business. He says that the only
way that he can account Tor it is that cap
ital is in IDIOT. He sayz that there il every
condition for favorable Investment, much
beyond anything known in the most flush
period since the war. We have, he thinks,
gotten tn the end oi our failures. The pco.
pie who have not been able To meet their
Indebtedness have already gone to the wall
Those who are in business are in the main
out ot debt. Every sort of trade is down
To Al luard-pan basis. There are now in
the hunks Of New York O.OOD, 900 OF
unimploye,i capital. OF this, perhaps
$40, 200, 900 is drawing per cent. The
rest is drawing nothing. There il proba.
bly, twicc the mount Of TIL. idle capital IN
the outside banks ot the country. Why
this capital should bc idle is one oi
the mysteries OF finance. There are plenty
nf good investments which are safe and nc.
cure, yet capital to-day hcsitates to 60 into
anything, wlilci in our last flush period there
was nothing too wild or iiiotic for mnneytn
rush into. He repeated again that capital
is an idiot, and the investors are governed
more by the condition ot the atmosphere
and OF public feeling than they are by their
own Judgment,
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A Shocking Tragedy I'm lows.

Eldora special:-A bloody and myst.,,,.
GUS tragedy was enacted in Buckeye town.
ship, this county, four miles south Of Alden
recently. whereby a young and bcauti,ui
girl was butchcrcd while slccninp IN hor i.o,i
and her slayer met death by his own han
The latter was George johnson, a married
man twenty-seven years Of ago, and the
y,ctim was his sister-in-law, aged nineteen.
Johnson, witt. hiA vito and children, lived
OH rented farm, and to all appcara nces
was happy and contendcd. With them liv.
81 Miss Grace Rand, Sister Of Mrs. j ohnson.
! cultured and accomplished Young LADY
inc two ladies retired for the nisi1t
n tho second story oi tho house Hall nm
anur later johnson, occupying bed room
Town stairs with Young man In his
mploy, proceeded to the chnml,er where
1is vile and her sister were sleeping. and
Gaming over the bod 10 kissed her, badc her
sooa night, and immediately hurried down
etaira, The actions Of her sister after the
departure of her husband, caused Mira.
lo,!i'soh 10 turn her attention toward her,
sM she was horrified to discover that the
.irl's throat had been cut from ear to oar.
IN the agonics Of deatl, she rolled from
Tue ccd and lay upon tho floor, with
ler night clotlcs drenclct In blood, Tho
hlreu man hasteneti to Alden for medi-
,al assistance. When tho party entered the
house they found the body oi Miss Rand
lying on the floor beside the bed. Search
was then made for Johnson, and ho was
tound near the door, sitting on tl,ecmbank
ment oi the house, with his kn,es drawn up
TO his chin, and arms across his brta.st. Hc
was alive, but across his throat was Il cash
which, however, failed to sever the jugulnr
VEIN. Doubtless at tho moment johnson
was kissing his wife lie drew the razor across
the throat OF her sleeping sister. johnson
died without making IL statement. It il
known that l,e held his sistcr.lr,-iaw in great
esteem. and violently opposed crnnarriaec
with young man of her choice whicI, was
70 take place before long. Some think that
he was infatuated with the younu laiy and
killed her in an insane lit oi jealousy,
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Personal Mention.

Ex-Vice President William A. Wheeler Ol
Malone, N. ", is spending the summer at
Richficld Springs, n. Y.
tan railway stock in London. Mr.. Field
is worth S3 ,O0, 900 at the outside.
Senator George +. Hoar of Worcl,cstcr,
Mass, will be orator Sept. 2 at the 18th
anniversary of the incorporation Of Con-
cord.
Prof. Adams, the newly elected president
OF Cornell university, has written Andrew
ID. White, accepting the presidency of The
university.
Senator Fair has written II stern lcttcrto
the Sacramento Bee, warming the editor
against making offensive personal reference
to himself. The Bee has been charging the
senator's son with drImkencss and disor-
dery conduct
In giving his reasons for accepting the
Italian mission recently, Judge StalIo said:
My daughter is Il graduate Of Leipsic, and
being fond Of music, desires to go to the
home Of music, and that, as much as any
thing, decided the matter"
John Mccullough, the great actor, has
been adjudge'l insane, and incapable Of
managing his estate. The schedule OF the
estate which is attached to the document
places the value Of the real estate at $500
900 and OF the personal property at $44,-
3Oi.
John Skae, the,talifornia stock specnl,l-
tor, who died recently in S,Ln FranciscO,
was, in 1850, worth $4,000, 900, hut he
lost every dollar in the great crash Of min.
ing shares and died a p:luper. He has been
known to loose $50, 900 Mt n single game Of
poker at the Palace hotel.
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building Of tho American legation to bc
drapcdfn mourning and tho flag placed nt
hnlf-mast A correspondent visited Mr..
Gladstone'a residence and was received by
Mira Gladstone. On raaking known his GRAND
Ara Gladstone expressed deep sorrow ut the
death of the eminent American and i'm
mediately conducted him to Mr.. Gladstone's
presence The great man was writing at
desk In his library. Mr. Gladstone said: Il
am willing to pay my Ii able tribute Let
me write rather than speak It IIo then
wrote % follows:
news Of Gen. Grants death. He ventures to
assure tho bereaved Family Of tho sympathy he
feels with them tu their affiction 1t tho lOss Of
ono who had rendered his country such signal
services "a . general and statesman.
Many prominent Americans have called
meeting, to bo held tomorrow at the Amert.
can legation, for the purpose of taking ap-
propriate action on the death OF Gen Grant,
and to condOle with his family Mr.. John
Bright in an interview ut the reform club
this afternoon. said: II desire to express my
syinpathy with tho family of Gen Grant In
tho sorrow through which they are passing
The fags at the American exchange and at
tho American consulate were placed at half
lnast the moment the news reached the city.
Large portraits of the dead hero draped In
mourning were placed on the balconies and
doors Of both buildings The whole front of
the American exchange was also heavily
drnped The newspapers contain long
obituary notices of Gen. Grant, many Of
them taking UP most Of the available space
IN accounts of scenes ana Incidents In the
lifc OF tho illustrious patriot
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Murder ut Redwood Falls, Mimi.

At Redwood Falls, Mimi. Israel I. Alex.
ander shot his iutl,cr-in-law, Charles Nov.
ers. three times, killing him instantly. The
weapon used wns IL Smith Il Wesson rcvol.
yer, calibcr :,S. IL appeared from the state.
mcnts Of the witnesses that .tlcxanlcrcnm
ON to Second street from Mill street, with
Mowers about ten feet behind him. When
near Chandlcr's store Alexander turned
and fired, hitting Mowers in the abdomen.
Mowers fell On his side, leaning ON his right
elbow, and cried Murder" several times
before 1t was possible to reach him, tho
street. being almost destitute of people
Alexander deliberately shot him three times
more, one shot penetrating his brain and
killing him instantly. Alexander had ba.n
married and separated from Mowers
daughter, who had bcgun proceedings OF
divorce against him. The shooting took
place but Al few doors from the home of tle
deceased and the screams oi the family
were hccrtrentling. The deceased l.,vcs n
wife and two small and three grown-up ch:i
drcii, who were entirely dependent upon the
deceased.
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Samuel Aliff and John Huffman have ju{
been arrested for the murder OF an agc&
man named Stincr, i'll Ringgold county ,Iow,,
IN 1867. dispatch from that point says
An indictment was secured against them iol
murder, but they could not be- found. and
the matter was about forgotten. Three
months since Sheriff Beard. Unlocking over
old papers in the clerks office came Mcros.
the papers in the case. and commenced
working it up. He found that Aliff and his
nephew, accessory to the murder, were liv.
Ing In Clark county, Kans., not having even
taken theprecaution OF living under assunl.
I'd names. He got requisitions from the
governors OF Iowa and Kansas, went to
Kansas and effected their capture, bringing
them back and lodging them in the county
Jail. Aliff is past fifty years OF age. He il
talkative and very rrstlcss, though he tries
to appear uncnnecrncd. Huffman, who
claims he did not do the shooting, but was
present, il thirty-fivc years OF age. Tie
case il u clear one, and conviction and pun,
ishment after nearly twenty years is consitl
cred certain.
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THE PIt)N )NEEER / 3 EXPRESS
~ II 70 Rablishsd s
HvERYSFRIDAY MoRNINa,
AFSElaB1NA. b. +.
r. II. YouNo, Publisher.
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
lFArrais.m.nt Of Louis lsiel for rr,al.

louis Riel ior high treason opened on m the he
2Otl. The prisoner was brought from the
mounted police barracks ut 1890 in n
wagon under o strong escort Of police.
Walking to the wagon, the prisoner strotle
along with q swagger, carrying n fifteen
pound ball under his left arm. He look
I'd proud and defiant, and demanded
of the guard II he could not see his counsel
beiofe the trial began. At tho court house a
cell has been fitted up In the cellar for his
accommodation. Gen. Middleton and staff
occupied eeats to the left OF the bench. Col.
Richardson, stipendiary magistrate who ia
theiuslse. anneunccd that Henry Icjcune
would he his associate. Riel, in charge Of
mounted police, entered the court room
within firm step, but his face denoted the
agitation he attempted to conceal. He
was about to take d scat in the box when
the Judge addressed him, asking II he had
read the indictment against him and the
Jury panel. He replied in n firm bass voice:
II have, your honor" by direction Of the
charging him with making war. against
the constitution -sof tho realm.
to tho indictincnt!" asked tho clerk.
Before Riel could reply Lenncmx, on
behalf Of the prisoner, filed an appeal to
the Jurisdiction Of the court, which set
forth TINT n stipendinry magistrate, under
the provision Of the Northwest Territories
act, ought not to take cognizancc Of the Of
iense charged in the Indictment because the
prisoner protests innocence, and ns the Of
fenaa.s charged are punishable with death,
he should he sent to some other court in
the d0minion whore such 0ifcnses ,lre taken
tognizance OF, az IL stipcndiary magistrate
To the territories had no power to act,
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WASHINGTON. July 23-The following proc
lnmation WINS issued bY the president;

WASHINGTON. July Z3.-1ne neIOllOWlnR proc
la,nation was issued by the president:
The president Of the United States has Just
received the sad titiincs OF the death OF that
ilustrious citizen and cx-prcsidcnt Of tile United
States. Gen. Ulysses $. Grant, mt Mount Nc
Grcgor, In tho state OF New York, to which placo
he had been removed in the cndeavor to i,rOlong
his life. In making this announcement to the
people Of the United States, the president is I'M
pressed with the magnitude OF the public loss OF
a great military leader who was III tho hour Of
victory niaglianiniOus: amid disaster serene and
self-sustaincd: who in cyory station. whether as
soldier or as o chief magistrate twice called to
power by his fellow cOun;rymeli. tread unswciv-
fngly the pathway OF duty nndctcrretl by doubts,
single minded and straightforward. The entire
country has witnessed with deep emotion his
prolonged and patient struggle with painful
disease, and has watched by his couch OF suffer-
ines with fearful sympathy. The destined chd
has CONC at last and his spirit las returned to
the Creator who sent 1t forth. Tho great part Of
tho nation that followed him when living, with
love and pride, bows now in SORROW above hlin
dead, tcndcrly mindful of his virtues. his great
patriotic services, and OF the loss occasiOned by
his death. In Testimony Of respect to tho
memory OF Gen. Grant, IL Is ordered that tho
executive mansion and the several departments
at Washington bo drared In mourning for n
period Of thirty days, amd that all public busi-
moss sllall, on the day Of the funeral, be sus-
pended, and tho secretaries Of war and the navy
will cause orders tn be issued for appropriate
military and naval honOra TO bc rendered on
that day. In witness whereof have llcrcunto
set my hand and caused the seal Of the United
States to bc affixed. Done in the city OF Was!l-
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AFTER THE DEATH,
ArPsorarA7r ou1erupE.

HSrvy,sr H4~<1uvur~ T,,lr 90 n,,s.G.A>
vaded tho ,nomntains this morntns s, ,.,Sar III n
woa annonncsd thst Con Grant hsd s. "o....; :;
his ionv strncoie This fao,in. ~ howsv.r
nave n,sca i.tsr tc . .ensa ~ raises thot ~
st,,,crle ~s. snde, and that tho .,,ad ,,;,,d
and hos,, ,aro ~ ,,sst wh;,o thora s,.s Nv,
henri that monrnsd not IN avn svmnothy NTH ,owor% ~.
the oenerai,s family mil ~, vet thore wss 'rs stons
fee,,ng ~ .rs,,t,,da t,,.. tho no, nsJ ,he s,,s
fcred M hraveIv ' aud ~ 90 ''' r.t,om.sr w n.s
hnd carned ths o,,ot ~ ,op~ r.st
The dav was n norsact .nmmsrs. ' daw
,yorn and cIacr a,,d ,ha an, haat aa,.., y,
the cottogo roof INT Tho Same = ,rh",, thora
wns n veal invaiid q, ths ho,,s. - ,a 49,.
wcniAncd hv the hoat visitors n.,na -, ~, tte
monnt,in rco,,s ,s ts,e,, s.s .,sste.Sa w. sAs
sound ~ wnrI,na,, ,,,.aa a.,..a ~. .u ...,
hammer md nd, no ,ho,, ,roaooSad ~ ,,,,;,.,
willow =, ,.I,;,, ..,s,St s..' o.u
to In oov md ,ovo"s TSs ao,t.n. s s... ~ 'o.. VI
dcscrtei hon.c sona that t,,a % ss.,st.s h,..',' ~.
at tho ,,arlor x,,n.,o,,,s ,o-a "a ,,tt,a -
allow tho light hrso.a -, ds,I.. .h.e,n .'e H. -
room in which '''e
.,;..
,rb, .,..- as ne DEAD osA esNkAAL LAY
shr..aos. 49,. VI sho co.eage were ciosed. tne
so.s ,'a.s -. ulmSaIs "as tastehco ana tne men,
ths ,,as .ae .nna.. .ay wore Scarcely seen curing
si,o,tia s,o Ms'ps ~ saey walked Amos,
mrouo o " nSA .Sn a .ne so'e,lge up tnrougn tne
S,n.o. " ~ j., 'no neaI-py rloge 70 iancneon ana
... -. l',sats room az the noteL bc-
S' SMecn @nu O'Clock deputatton
rom rom dov hill called upon Col Fred
ulamt % ana tcndered the state
sap"l s.l. ouila'hg ~ NJ Albany Tor the laying IN
st''ee OF tne gehcraIs reinalna Tho gentle
men nnsn were informed that tho plans for the
onse,"les were at tho time no indefinite that
tho courtesy wns thankfully acknowledged
Soon afterward Gen. Bcale az WASHINGTON
one Of Con- Grants wnr,nest ncrsonoi
friends called IN tomdar - ..' Nc
Gront tho ~, ~ "ee' 49," W "tA
T,s.., ,ans .nc use OF nus mouse In
" washington during the stay Of
the family there In the event Of the gencrafs
remains being taken to that CITY Mira
Grant could not bn aeon Int Int % ~, araa. a
thonkc,l bis fotbor,s fs,a.,, ~ -" ut ,' ui.nt
,ha,,Hht ' 80 .1.n', y, is.ena fas Rls kindly
.noash1 Late IN the AFTERNOON a squad of
unltofmcd men from Wheeler post, @. A. r.
Of Saratoga, came uD thu mountain
to guard tho cottaye tent o.
pitched on tho neeiios ,,o,an.h .hs vas vas
trons ,,,,,.,r. Is... o:as. ueuo"sa s"e pine
ueos Mne'e lase hient tne anxious CORE
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Miscollaneous News Notes.

It is now estimated that the pedestal
for the Bartholdi statue will cost $500, 900
A Chicago justice OF the peace holds tia,
the Pail Mall Gszctte revelations do not
come under the head Of obscene literature.
The statement OF the land sales OF the
Union Pacific Railway company, for June
shows an aggregate OF 100, ,234 acres, which
realized $4S2,99l. Compared with June
1884, this is ii decrease Of 293,OG5 acres
and $iIS,O47.
A Fort Reno special says that Gen. Sheri
dan has given the Indians all the oppor
tunity they wanted for talking, but in lurr
has given no sign himself pf his intentions
the disarmins proposition, ma.intninin,
that there would he long delays in getting
their pny for their arms from the govern
inent. The general will not make his tall
to them until the enrolment is completed
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York during the past year, pleaded guilty,
andWas sent to stnte' g priaon Tor three Yenra.

York during the past year, pleaded guilty,
andwas sent to states sprison Tor three years.
At Bedford, Iowa, Ida Kimball, a beauti-
full child, aged fifteen, daughter Of a leading
business man, shot and killed w. T. Giles,
a prominent music dealer. Shcclaims Giles
sedutod her.
Edward Mots wns shot and killed by
William Rattersly in Philadelphia. Bat
tersly had about $4OO in his stable to pay
off his employees. Motz attacked him and
tried to steal the money and in the struggle
the robber was shot.
At Cedar Rapids. Ncb., Mr.. Campbell, q
we'll known citizen, committed suicide by
shooting himself with rifle. He leaves no
family. He was u Free Mason, and for
some time had been laboring under She
hallucinntion that tho Masons were after
him to kill him.
The two Mormon elders who were arrest.
edin Carter county, Tenn, under the new
statute forbidding polygamy being preached
in this state, wsrctried before Circuit Judge
Hackett in Chattanooga. Thcju,lgc ch.,rg-
cd that unless they actually advised their
hearers to adopt polygamy they were not
culpablc. One OF the elders was discharged
and the other held under bonds. 1t il tho
first case in the state, and will be carried to
the supreme court. M
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-31
Big.mist Ragged at Brainerd.

Sheriff Mertz Of Braincrd, Minn, bagged
an alleged bigamist, George Wcscott, alias
George West, who last fall ran away with u
Dakota school girl, Jessie Mann. from a
Lake City, Mimi, school. Wcscott has IA
vile and three children near Milbank, Dnk.
where Miss Mann's fathcrlives. Miss Mann
was attractive and pretty, and a favorite
OF Wesc0tt, and in two weeks from the
time Miss Jessie was sent to the Minnesota
school Wescott was missing. A few days
later tho school authorities notified Mr..
Mann his daughter was missing, from which
time,which was in September last-noth.
or Wescott until few days ago, when Mr.
Mann heard, through a relative Of Wcscott
that he was living at Brainerd. They wers
arrested at Atkins. Papers found in Their
rooms indicate that they are married, and
as Wescott has IL wife in Dakota, he will le
held to answer the charge OF bigamy.
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and there met thn colonel with the formal
preference of request that nm autopsy
might be held. They stated TINT thoir pur-
pose was not In the least to confirm their
opinion OF the disease, for they had ut all
times been united In diagnosticating tho
case as ono of cancer, but the time had como
when the medical staff might step aside from
the patient invite any other medical
or surgical autopsist to conduct the oxami-
nation. which should speak for itself. This
both Doctors Douglas and Shrady urged as
far as professional and personal dignity
could permit; but Col. Grant replied that
the entiro family were SO thoroughly united
In their confidence In the diagnosis and treat
mcnt of tho physicians that they bould not
conceive necessity for M autopsy.
coNDoLENcE AND SYMPATHY
have been pouring i'll without intermission
on the wire. They come from everybody
and from everywhere. from Gladstone down
to the notoricty seeking countryman. Every
style is represented, and organizations of all
kinds. Among the signatures are many
names that once were famous, ns well 0s
those which are now. All breathe
sympathy. and testify to the universal
appreciation Of the national loss Many are
addressed to Col Fred Grant, but more than
threc-fourths to Mrs. Grant personally. A
guard from Wheeler Post No. 81, G. A. r,
of Saratoga, has mounted guard at the cot
tage tonight. Tomorrow the family will be
overwhelmed with official populations and
personal visitors, and the arrangements may
be concluded as to the funeral here and the
burial place.
THE PRESIDENT NOTIFIED
WASHINGTON. July 23--Shortly nfter 9
o'clock this morning the president was
informed of the death of Gen. Grant He
Immediately directed that the flag OH the
White House should be placed Mt half mast
The lowering Of the flag was the first intima-
tion that the citizens Of Washington had of
the death of tho distinguished man, although
they had been anticipating it throughout the
night A few minutes after tho White House
flag was placed at half mast, the flags on all
the public buildings and on many private
ones were placed i'll like position. Tho bells
OF the city were tollcd, and citizens who
heard them readily recognized heir mean
ing. Business men Immediately began
draping their houses with mourning, and
residences in a similar manner showed
esteem for the deceased With the excer-
tion OF Secretary Endicott, NIL the members
wcre present at the meeting of tho cabinet.
The president informed them of Gen. Grants
death, he having been officially in
formed of the demise by telegram
from Col Fred Grant President Cleveland
has instructed Adtt Gen. Drum to 20 to New
York to represent him and to consult with
Mrs. Grant relative to the funeral of the ex-
president.
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Record OF Casualties.

Blk persons were drowned in tho Walnut
river, scsen miles below Douglas, Kansas
sraAn.. their sons wife, drove into the stream
which had rises during the night from re.
4 sat rains, and wereswept down and out oi
eeht 81 the SECOND wagon, which came
!. down to the ford few minutes later. In
the second wagon were Mr.. and Mrs. Routes
nnd Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Carman. They
dfOve into the stream and werc swept
down also.
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Crimes anti CrIminals.

NJ Assistant postmaster ut Portsmouth,
Chic absconfls with $4,000.
The Emma Mine scandal is revived in
che United States circuit court at Chicago,
|. ILL.,
Two negro desperadocs was taken from
Jail at Window. La, and filled with buck
shot by n mob.
NJ Charles Danarin, son and chief deputy OF
postmaster Damnrin, OF Portsmouth, o.,
Inns absconded with $4,000 Of government
!. innds.
Capt. Daniel P. Ward, who was arrested
or swindliny several business firms in New