The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-07-16

u1suFo o! SeneraI rlkhC OF way Tor railroads
through the Indian reservation. The In
sent TO IL, neither have they been consult.
% rsgartiinsi 1t, nor b there any provision
In It for securing their consent or agree.
ment tn the location or construction Of
railroads upon their lands. It ignores the
right OF tho Indians to be consulted % to
the disposition Of their lands. Il invites .
general invasion oi the Indian country"
ousIy affect the plans Of Mr.. Hill and the
Manitoba company. Mr.. Hill h had in
view Tor q long time the building OF line
from DEVILS Lake to the Great Falls Of the
Missouri, and also q line north from He.
lena to u connection with the Canadian
Pacific. The latter is now in process Of
construction, and because oi the veto, will
not extend beyond Benton or some point
a that vicinity south OF the reservation.
Death Of Colonel Corkhjll,
Aprivate telegram from Mount Pleas
ant, Iowa, announces that Col. George B.
Corkhill died at that place ON Tuesday the
9th inst, ofhemorrhage OF the stomach. He
left Washington to deliver Fourth Of Ju.
ly oration at his old ho ne, and appeared
m his usual health. Col. Cor khili served
through tho war as private and after.
"ssAoo 80 ass oNtCSV uu I'LL bEClIIeEy TCSlmCnG.
and received the rank OF brevet lieutenant
colonel. After the war hesettled at Mount
Pleasant, became the editor Of a newspa.
per and married the daughter of associat te
Judge Samuel Miller, Of the United States
supreme court. He was appointed a clerk
Of the United States district court in 1868
and studied law. In 1873 he went to Wash.
ington and purchased the Daily Chronicle
from John w. Forney. Corkhiil conducted
the Chronicle until 1876, when it failed, and
he entered into a partnership with William
Penn Clark oi Iowa to practice Law. His
first wife died about this time, leaving him
two young daughters. who have since made
their homo with Justice Miller's family,
who are now at school. In 1877 Col. Cork
hill married Mrs. Phillips. a very wealthy
lazy o. Wash1nst9n: nv who died three years
United States district attorney, and
served until two years ago. having charge
Of the prosecution OF Charles j. Guiteau.
Since his retirement from the district at
torneyship he has been engaged in the
practice OF law.
Senator Stanford received from San
Francisco to be delivered to the president
an invitation from the G. A. r. Of Caliior.
mia to attend the national encampment tu
be held there during next month. The in
and beautiful device Of this kind ever seen
In this country. The message is engraved
On a plate Of solid gold, decorated with a
q. A. Il. badge and other patriotic en-
blems. It is superbly wrought, and in a
handsome satin-lined case.
The house committee on public lands
has pushed the Northern Pacific forfeiture
bill 30 fur forward that it is expected to
come up Immediately after the considern.
tion OF tho general deficiency bill.
President Cleveland sent to the building
inspectors office an application signed by
himself for q permit to remodel and build
an addition to his cottage. The Inspector
issued the permit. The plans show that
the cottage will be one of the most
picturesque in this vicinity when completed.
The cost Of the improvement is estimated
at $4,000.
Friends Of the river and harbor bill ex.
hibit some alarm as to the ultimate sue.
cess OF that measure. The senate has
made many important changes in the bill
since it left the house. involving largely
the Hennepin canal alone will ultimately
require an expenditure OF $1,000. 900, ui.
though the item provides for an immediate
appropriation Of but $3OO, 900. The opin.
ion prevails, and there is strong founda-
tion ior it, that the president will rel urn
the bill to the house without his approval,
upon the ground that no public necessity
requires the expenditures Of the large sums
OF money voted for certain points.
The following patents were granted to
citizens Of Minnesota: E. NJ. Deane, St.
Paul, sled; NJ. d. Bertrang Arlington, sleigh;
9. Esplin, Minneapolis saw mill set works;
u. G. Weber. Owatonna, washer; A. Wullf,
st. Paul, blind.
Senator Sabin's amendment to the gene
raj deficiency bill, adding $4,000 to es-
tablish q fish hatchery at Duluth, was re.
ported lavornbly.
Mr.. GilfllAn OF Minnesota WAS successful
in securing the adoption OF an amendment
for the general deficiency bill to reimburse
Gen. G. e. Andrews for money expended for
clerk hire while consul general at Rio ia.
Micro.
Senator Mcmillan has received notices
that pension has been granted John Nc.
Nahon OF Saltwater.
. Col. George W. Davis, Fourteenth in.
years as working engineer in the construc.
tion Of the Washington monument, has
been detailed with party OF men from his
regiment to duty with Capt. Clarence f.
DuttoD, ordnance corps to assist in max
ing survey Of Crater lake, Or. which il
an extinct volcano Of the Cascade range
Col. Davis will make a report Of the feat.
nres and resources OF the country ex.
plored.
Secretary Seamans of the Millers' Ma
tional association at Milwaukee has re-
ceived cablegram announcing that the
milling patent cases in the English courts
have Just been decided in favor OF the Eng.
lish millers. The owners OF the Downton
patents, who were defeated by the ,6illers
In this country two or three years ago,
have been awaiting the results Of the Eng.
.lish suits with the intention OF reopenins
their cases il it should prov: fatal to the
patsntees. The decision being adverse,
they will probably let the matter rest
where It is.
British Consul Sadler. now at Panama,
has been gazetted as consul Mt Chicago.
Ex-Marshal Bazaine, 1.-THE Man OF Metz"
70 now Seventy-dve years old, bloated and
jscrepit.
The total number OF persons who emf.
grated from Germany from January to
May, both inclusive, is 33, 977-a large de-
crease from 1885.
Women are employed - guards at the
are paid IL to 10 cents per day.
There we're fully 10000 people at Mime
tonka Beach on the 4th. Tie Manitoba
ran trains from st. Paul every hour, and
carried out fully 5000 people. The rest
reached the the Beach by boat. All the
Manitoba trains were run on time, except
ing the last special OF twenty-five coaches.
which arrived twenty minutes late. Re
turning to Minneapolis and st. Paulit re-
4uired 1O4 coaches to accommodate the
crowd. These were all gotten away from
the Beach in ons hour and forty minutes
from the time the first coach was loaded.
President Harris, OF the Northera Paci-
6c, in an interview with Q Hsleps Ipde.
psndent reporter who called his attention
to an item from the Omaha Herald that
the projected last passenger trains would
I've put On the Union Pacific next month,
said the Northera Pacific would meet any
lime the Union Pacific wonh make from
common points between Chicago and Oma-
tilla.
The Butte. Mon.. Minor. has been sued