The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1886-04-02

0issouri and Kansas that there were no
grievances. The essential points made are:
Tho chiel provisions Of the contract Of
March, 1886, between the roads and knights
q Labor were that the wages Of Sept. I:
1881, were to be the basis, with ono and
onehalf time for Sunday work and over
tame; NO mans wages were to bs reduced
without thirty days notice. Numerous in.
stances OF violations Of every part Of this
contract by Missouri Pacific are given In
this statement. The Knights assert that
they stand ready to prove all their asser-
tions; that they bore with their wrongs as
long as they could; that they repeatedly
sought redress in vain, being put about
rom officer to officer to no purpose; and
that, finally, In sheer desperation, they
struck.
Monday the 22d, was the seth anniversary
Of Emperor Williams birthday. The news.
trvid tributes. On Saturday evening
the emperor witnessed the tab.
leaux yivants representing Liszt's oratorio
s6t. Elizabeth" at the Royal opera house.
The theater was crowded by IN enthusiast
tic audience. The performance was repeat
Cd at o matinee. Tickets sold at high
figure. The proceeds Of both entertain
Catholic order Of Gray Sisters. A telegram
was received by the emperor from the pope,
eongratulating him on the annivers ary
and expressing his cordial wishes for the
continuation Of prosperity to the empire
Ahd emperor and family. The city was
decorated with flags and illuminated. In
the evening the emperor appeared at the
windows Of the palace, and was received
with vociferous greeting by enormous
crowds. All the foreign sovereigns telegraph
ed congratulations.
Mr.. Irons, who ordered the present strike
In Missouri, says: II the grievances OF the
Knights Of Labor are not adjusted within
the next three days We will call out the
Knights on every railroad in the country
and stop every wheel from running.
The body Of Florence Ruger, the daugh.
ter Of state Senator Ruger OF Chicago, was
found in the river. The girl had been miss :.
and sudden disappearance caused a great
sensation.
tits understood that Mai. Gen. Schofield
will be transferred to the division OF the
Atlantic, with headquarters at New York;
that Maj Gen. Terry will be assigned to
the command OF the division OF the Mis-.
souri,, with headquarters at Chicago, and
that Gen. Howard will be given command
OF the division Of the Pacific, with head
quarters at San Francisco. The proposed
transfer Of Gen. Schofield is said to be in
strict accord with his expressed desire.
The pork k-packing interests in Chicago 10
shown to have enlarged considerably dur
ing the year, the number OF hogs packed
during the summer Of 1885 having been q
635, ,673, an increase OF 675, 600 over the
number packed during the previous season.
The total number of'hogs slaughtered dur
ing the twelve months ending March 1, 1886,
- found to be 1928. 73O, an increase OF
700. .525 over the preceding year. An In
crease in the volume OF the dressed beef
trade is also noted.
Judge Baskin OF Salt Lake City takes
Gov. Murray's resignation to Washington.
A little over twenty years ago Senator
Xenna was following u plow.
Lieut..Col Mendell, OF the engineer corps,
has left for San Francisco.
The senate committee on the District Of
Columbia has decided, by tie vote, to re.
port adversely the nomination Of j. c.
Matthews (colored) Of Albany. N. Y, to be
recorder OF deeds for the District Of Col
nmbia
The house committee on shipping by q
vets of to 6, instructed Representative
with an added section authorizing theentry
4 free OF duty OF materials used in the con-
struction OF ships. All the Republican
members voted against the bill and all the
Democratic, except one, III favor OF it.
Secretary Bayard has removed Gen.
Schenck from the office Of editor Of public
laws, the salary OF which is Sd, 900 per an.
mum, and intimates that he will leave the
place vacant.
r. q. Kelly has not been east simply for
exercise. He took q big contract recently
for furnishing beef to the Grow Indians.
Secretary Manning declines to furnish
pauers in the case OF two suspended Gus.
toms officers.
Tho secretary OF the treasury has issued
the 185th cali for $1O,OOO,O 900 OF the 3
per cent loan Of 1852. The. principal and
( accrued interest will be paid on May 1,
I 1886.
Petitions are coming to congress asking
for the passage Of the Des Moines river
ss land bill over the presidents veto.
Webb Hayes. son of the ex-president, is
visiting Washington for the first time
!. since his father left the White House.
Malcolm g. Barney :s nominated as re-
ceivcr Of public moneys at Spokane Falls,
Wash.
J.Richard Winfield of Virginia was nom.
mated consul at San Jose. Costa Rica.
Gen. Stevenson says the senate's request
for the number Of fourth class postmasters
who have been removed hos not been grant
Gu 8OItly U6Cttubb vi Vu0 BEetU lhUOE
volved in looking up the records and select
ing from the long lists OF changes only
those who have been removed.
Ex-Sheriff Hoyt OF Trumbull county,
Ohio, who recently went out Of Office, it hns
been ascertained is short in his accounts
/. nearly $4,000.
Y Northern Paciic's earnings for the third
week in March are $19O,G51.
y, Gen. Hearst is appointed United States
fsnator from California, vice Miller, de-
ceased.
Kansas City's business suffers badly
from the strike.
+ Burglars capture sec, 1000 in cash and
I bonds by wreckins safe in Caanan. Ind.
Adespsrate attempt is made by citizens
! Of Long Pine, Neb, to lynch rapist, but
: he II taken away by officers on train.
representative Forney has been directed
s hy the house committee on militia to re-
port iavorably the senate bill increasing
ths annual appropriation for the militia,
but the committee has reduced the amount
3 to $500, 600 per annum.
Randolph Tucker Of Virginia refuses to
reconsider his determination to retire from
Seonsress at the close OF his present term.
3 8 short time ago is extending rapidly all
over Belgium. II has now practically as
suned universal demand BY the miners
Of the country for an increase OF wages,
Z accompanied by Q decrease in the hours OF
labor.
q There are only sixty-iour cadets at the
( Canadian military college, and tho pro.
4 fegsors number sixteen.
The Northwest Territory newspapers
want Col. Macleod to be the next lisutsn-
I ,snt governor.
i representative Whites bill, to authoriss
! fhs construction Of railroad and wagon
bridge across the Mississippi river. 1t
{ sWinona, was reported iavorably to the
2 house, with an amendment reservins to
congress the right to regulate the tolls.
Tho president has approved the act n.
u leasing the estate Of the lats Frank Soule,
ssIats collector OF internal revenue for tho
Il 5Hirst district Of California, and the suretie5
sgon his official bond from sny liability that
may have accrued in the Office Of the col.
Dector during his term Of service.
The dairymen are organizing raid upon
congress for the protection Of their product
sxainst patent butter, and have issued q
/ call for all persons who ara engaged in tho
rkus.o ~ 1,,,t frso l,Ia W. ah.