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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-06

At Dover, n. H., DIR. W. w. Weber stat.
ed that tie claim Of his father, William
Weber, as one OF the heirs to the plot q,
land, sixty acres in extent, situated il,
New York city south OF Canal street, has
been proven. Now that it il proved,
there vii! he n meeting OF heirs in New
York Jan. go to complete the arrange.
inents for getting posess ion. Tho proper.
ty is valucl.at 20,OOO,00o.
At the Christmas entertainment OF tho
First Episcopal church at Fairbury, ILL.,, q
little cabin was placed on the platform to
take the place OF the pulpit. 1t was filled
with presents for the children. The cabin,
being built Gi cotton and other inflamma.
ple material, took fire from the lights and
caused a great stampede among tho men,
woman and children. Hundreds were
trainplc,l under foot and IL good many
badly injured. some OF them probably ia
tally. The church was saved by q great
effort but all the windows wcre complo tely
demolished.
Gen. John &. Fremont, accompanied by
his wife's dnu.htcr, arrived in Los Angeles.
They left New York eight days ago. stop
ping two days at Washington Ell route.
The General and his family propose to
SPEND the remainder of the winter in Los
Angeles or the vicinity, and while there he
oirs.
Sylvan Wahlrab, ibo Hungarian miller
who has accninul atetla fortune during his
tllreo years sojnurn iHAiilwaukeo sstimat.
cd mt $30O. 600 M. totone year ngo. has
s..sucelahtaa 80 the inEitab!c." Failed.
81 ver 8, 900 patents,,nder the land laws
,el.een issued this honth.
!. 10 Poston school lard has declared In
\ OF oi making the Aldergsrtcn system
n kmsucnt,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-06
Forelen News huRseta

All Indications still point to war betwesn
Russia and Austria early In the spring.
Crown Prince Frederick William has
written q letter to the Prussian Grand
Lodge OF Masons thanking that lodge for
Its expression Of sympathy.
An explosion Of dynamite at a limestone
quarry near Brockfeld. Colchester county,
Nova Scotia, killed four men, one Of them
being Alexander Mcdonald, proprietor OF
the quarry.
Tho London Standard, in It's financial
Of the exchequer, has sounded the leading
bankers and financiers with reference to
the conversation Of the national debt. He
contemplates q big operation for the con-
version. Of per cents into 2A per cents
at one jump.
The Russian government has not ven.
tured to make any statement, either to
the German or to the Austrian smbassa.
dor, regarding the position on the frontier.
R3ea:su,ine repre:entation: would be use.
less in tho face Of facts. During the past
week Russian cavalry and light artillery
: have been pushed forward to extreme out.
posts; for instance. to Metchowa, few
kilOmsters from Cracow, and to Chliakovo.
q station on the Lembere & Doubus rail.
way.
A special correspondent writing from
Honolulu says: The people here are virtu.
ally on the eve Of another revolution. Tho
king in exercising his veto power, intends
to stand on his constitutional rights until
judicial decision 10 rendered. The leeis.
latufs will contest his action. and the ma
tives are becoming excited. They find
themselves ignored and treated with con.
tempt, the king insulted. and his rights, ss
understood by them, ignored or denied.
The native rapers. it is said. are melting
the natives to rise in arms II necessary,
and assert their right to voice in the
management Of their own affairs. It only
needs spark to set the country in a blaze.
kilograms from Lcndon state that the
prince Of Wales Is deeply offended with tho
pccple who arranged his meeting with
sdohn l.. Sullivan. The prince went on the
understanding that the thing was to be
kept entirely secret, whereas in half an
hour alterward the affair was known in all
its details In Fleet street. He has done
nothing In several years which called down
such storm Of criticism as 10 now raging
around his head. Almost every coniormist
pulpit has had sermon on the scan.
dslous fact that the future king OF England
has been hobnobbing with q prize fighter.
The radical papers have taken IL up, and It
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-06
Tho Growth and Business of St.
Paul.

On Christmas Day. the papers printed
great broadsides OF matter pertaining to
the interests OF st. Paul. summarized as
follows by the Pioneer Press:
In the year whose close Is marked by
this milestone. $11 900, 600 were invested
in buildings in st. Paul. The real estate
transfers aggregated in value over $54, 600.
600, each year doubling the figures ei it's
predecessor. The jobbine business, long
the peculiar pride and reliance OF the city,
. business whose foundations are dug deep
into the solid rock Of prosperity and whose
rise is Independents OF real estate transac-
tionS or values foots up for 1887 the
splehdid total Of $97, ,OO6, 900. Tho in.
crease for the year is 15 per cent. And,
although there has been monetary strin.
gency,it is most Gratiiying.to note that col.
iections were never us casy and payments
never as prompt throughout the North
west as q whole as they are to.
day. Our banks now show q capital OF
moro than $s.O00.O00, with nearly two
and q quarter millions more in surplus
and undivided profits. They hold on do.
SIZE. .000, 900 Of exchange have been sold.
Within the year 3. 500 miles have been nd.
ded to the erailroad systems that run in and
out upon the business OF this center and
the people who trade with it. Another
season will find 300 miles OF roadbed in
Dakota and 100 in Minnesota waiting for
the iron. The new impulse which manu-.
featuring industry has felt is visible in an
addition Of thirty-ive factories during the
year. and total product Of more than
$35. 100000. These are some OF the items
Of the Christmas gift which tho old year
leaves with st. Paul.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-06
Tho Record Of oa.us,.,e..


Tho Record Of Casualties.
New Richmond, Wis, suffered $2,5Oo
loss by fire.
At La Crosse. Wis.,, tho two.story brick
residence OF Rudolph Deckman burned.
The body Of a man named Nelson, who
was killed by q falling pine, was brought to
Chippewa Falls.
At Evansville. Ind, fire destroyed tho
large three-story dry goods establishment
OF =. ": Ru1 q Co. Loss. $4,000; insu.
rance $4,000.
At Holton. Kas., are destroyed ho
Bank block. Total loss, $40. 900; insl-
rance, $35.
Haear johnson, an aged Scandinavian,
was found in the woods frozen to death in
Cosmos town, Meeker county. His homo
10 In Minneapolis.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-06
Presentation to Pope Leo.

1t is learned from an official source
that President Clcvelnnd's s gift Of copy
OF the constitution OF the United States to
the pope on the occasion Of tho golden
jubilee was suggested indirectly by the
holy father himself. When Cardinal Glib
bons RETURNED from Rome last summer he
brought very cordial and congratula.
tory message to President Cleveland from
the pope OF the success Of his administra-
tion and well wishes for him personally.
The pope. in his interview with Cardinal
Gibbons. expressed much satisfaction with
our constitution, and great interest in its
operation. This suggested to the presi.
dent the character OF the gift. No letter
was sent with it. but on the fy.lcni. in tho
presidents handwriting il the inscription
presenting the book to the pope.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-06
Wooden Railway Ties.

Wooden ties for railways are becom-
ing more expensive every year, and.tho
time is coming when possibly some sub
s:itute will have to be devised for them.
The chief engineer OF tho Reading rail
road is about to try some experiments
with steel ties. They would be tho
samo in size and shape as the prosn"t
wooden ties. cxcer4 . -
hcllow;an'
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-06

went to see Mrs. Oliver, whose aus
baud went to California.
"And died there" interrupted Mr..
Merrill.
"she knows that, poor SOUL" said
Uncle Charlie. II don't think uncle
was half as sorry for that death as he
"But she don't know" said Mr..
Merrill, "that her husband left her
$4,000. He was my partner. and
we were very fortunate. / wish he
could have lived to return with me.
But he died full of love for his wife
and child, and charged me with many
messages to them. l closed his eyes;
and from that day set my face home.
wur,l."
"Nhy did you not write?"
$50 1 did, q dozen times. But
where is Charlie lied? lavc not so
much rs shaken hands with him yet."
81 guess he's gone TO see the witch, )"
cried-littla Geordie.
Cor tho witch's MOTHER" said Mrs.
Merrill.
Uncle Charles soon returned, and
confessed the fact that he thought it
his duty to break the intelligence to
the widow. And his duty has been
very much blended with hers ever
since. Her fortune she settled upon
l;dith-hcr hand, at the proper time,
she guve to Uncle Charlie. and she new.
er has said, since that New Years
morning that she had not friend III
the world.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-06
WhIte Beaver's Pseudo Son.

White Beaver OF La Crosse warns the
public against q swindler now travelling
through the Northwest claiming to bo his
son. White Beaver hrs no sons and the
fellow claiming such relationship IL
drunken confidence man whose proper
homo 10 the PsnitentiaEy.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-06

Is even said the queen has written him
letter on the subject. It is a TACT that the
whole Windsor crowd, by which 10 meant
the people who take their tone directly
from the queens circle, speak openly and
bitterly In criticism Of his action in the
matter
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-06

The most important modification Of tho
rules adopted by the house. was that which
provides for sending private bills 20 tho
committee without requiring them to be
house. III will result in saving IN enor.
nous quantity OF good printing paper.
The house has adjourned until Jan. 4. and
only two cnlnmittees-ele and rules
have been announced. The general belief
Is that the now Democratic members Of
the ways and means committee will be 8.
8. Cox OF New York, Mr.. Turner OF Georgia
and Mr.. Gay Of Louisiana. Mr.. Gay is u
protectionist, ut least with regard to
sugar.
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-06

At Highmore, the National hotel
was destroyed by fire. Loss, $4,000:
insurance, $3, 800.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1888-07-07
REPUTATION OF ISLANDERS
Facts in Relation to kilograms Passing
Between Blaine and the Chicago Con-
vention.
NEW YoRK, July 6.

NEW 1 Okk, Jui! o.
Smalley telegraphs 20 the Tribune from
London a refutation of what he calls the
London Daily News New York correspond
ent's slanders on Mr.. Blaine. He says the
plain truth is that Blaine sent no telegram
TO any member of the convention or anything
else in America, while the convention was in
session, except two, which he directed to be
made public, and which were read to the
convention He received but one telegram
during the convention and that was in answer
to his own, notifying him of compliance with
his request. During the first four days of
the convention, Blaine was coaching with
Carnegie through the hills and adjacent to the
border districts of Scotland.
On Wednesday he drove IS miles over the
Cheyiot hills without once seeing a railway
station or Telegraph office; il was simply q
ply sical impossibility that he should keep in
touch with the convention arrChicago. and he
fully eomprehended the real drift of affairs
only when he reached Edinburgh late on
Saturday evening, then he sent two kilograms
which promptly stopped all possibility Of his
nomination. Ii may be further stated. and
without the possibility of denial. that after
BlaIne's Paris letter of May Il, giving
his reasons why he couldn't accept
nomination at all, he wrote no political
letter of any kind to any body in Am
erica directly or indirectly and sent no
kilograms except the two mentioned from
Edinburgh. Still further, from the time he
left for Europe in June 1877 to this hour
he has sent no word TO and had no more COM
muncarion from any gentleman named for
the republican nomination except his tele-
gram congratultaing Gen. Harrison. These
facts are all gwen on the direct personal au-
thority of blaine
Daily Kennebec journal., 1888-07-07
HALLOwELL.

800 went out of the city by rail on the
Fourth; 600 to Gardiner and 200 to Augusta
Mrs. J. VI. Peckham, of Providence, X. l.,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. A. C. Currier,
of this city.
Mrs. Samuel Glazier, her mother and
children, went to Popham Beach, yesterday.
johnson Bros. have sunk well just east
of the engine room of the shoe factory.
40 went from here to the Putnam ratifca-
ton celebration in Portland, Thursday.
The s.Islander" leaves the DIR. Hill wharf
at 20 to-day. 1t leaves Tuesdays at $50,
and also Fridays. Wednesdays and Thur
days are reserved for special excursions, or
for chartering. DIR. J. Q. A. Hswes 10 agent
in Hallowell.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1888-07-07
GARDINER.

City Marshal Norton was at the capital
yesterday on business.
w. G. Field of Boston, a prominent in
surance specialist, is in town.
Mr.. Thomas ii. Haley, Gardiner boy,
now in business in Chicago, is spending his
vacation at his old home.
John +. Holmes, the popular conductor of
the Maine Central accommodation between
this city and A ugusta, is the oldest conductor
in continuous service now on the company's
list. He is running on his twenty fifth year.
There is a bakery in this city which cooks
up seven barreis of flour a day, and it does
sane Hos piial either. 1t is the great Smith
Brothers cracker bakery.
Was hington Harrington, at work at the
ice house of Morse & Son at Thwing's Point
met with painful accident on Thursday
He was in the act of driving n spike into
plankiDg with heavy hammer, when by some
mischance he struck full blow at disad-
vantage and drove the head of the spike
completely through his left hand. 1t was All
accident of a serious nature, but the hand
was carefully dressed by DIR. Plimpton, aud
it is hoped the patient will do we'll.
A good job is being done by Street Com
missioner Booker to the sidewalk in front OF
the American Express office.
Mr.. Benjamin Clark, an old resident of
Pittston and Randolph, now 63 years of age,
has made a canvass of the men who vote j
for Harrison in ls4o, now living, and he
makes the number to be twenty
He thinks that moIe than two hundred in
Pittston voted for Harrison in ls4s.
A curious incident occurred in the pre-
seuce of your reporter, at one of the places
of business in this city yesterday. Six men
we're present and the question was asked,
how many present voted for Gen. Harrison
forty years sgos" and it was fouud that four
out of the six hal done just that same thing
The Oldest member of the company present
vas MIR. John Woodcook, who was born
May II, 1900 and is believed to be the old
male resident of Gardner.
One of the pleasant organizations in this
city is the Gardiner Boat Club composed of
about thirty of our young business men.
which was organiz zed in 1888. Its present
officers are W. B. Neal, President; H. S.
Webster. Secretary; c. III. Gray, Treasurer.
The club owns two four-cared working boats.
and different members of the club own, indi-
vidually, two double sculls and FIVE single
/ sculls. Some of the members of the club
practice almost every night, and enjoy it too.
Ii doesn't cost 50 much to keep boat as IL
does horse, but it 10 harder work to ride by
boat than by carriage, in the former case one
has to pull the boat himself, in the latter the
horse does the pulling. The members of the
club have no lack of enthusiasm, however
and are anticipating an enj oyable summer.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1888-07-07
NO. l58.
GOVERNOR AND COUNCIL.
a Hearing In The Case Of Dr.. norrlIl
Was Granted.
The Question OF Pardoning was Laid n
the Table. sD

The petitioners for the pardon of Dr.,
Elmer E. Morrill,, who was sentenced to the
State prison for life on February l2, 1887,
were given hearing before the Governor
and Council yesterday morning at 10 o'clock.
Morrill, was found guilty of performing
criminal operation upon the body of Matilda
Cook, Topstield girl, then resident in Lew
iston, which resulted in her detth. Morrill,.
was native of Cornish, but had removed to
Lewiston. s
Several petitions for his free pardon,
signed by men of prominence ce throughout the
State were presented. Llewellyn A. wads-
worth of Hiram, Cyrus II. Morrill, Of She
boygsn, Wis, a brother of the criminal,
Hon. Benjamin +. Pease of Cornish one Of
the trustees of the State College experiment
station, and Judge A. G. Andrews of this
city, formerly Of Cornish, spoke in favor Of
the pardon The uniform good character of
Morrill, was used. this being his fret crime.
He belonged TO an eminent family which had
done the State much service, being second
cousin 10 Lot NJ. and A. L. Morrill, He
was but twenty three years of age, and the
prospect Of lifelong confinement was wear
ing on him and fastening his death. His
wife. according 10 the State laws, divorced
by his sentence, had deserted him and was
now married to another.
Morrill,, led by sympathy for the unfortun-
ate girl, at the urgent entreaties Of herself
and her hetrsyer, in moment of weakness
forgot his duty, and sought to save her from
the shame which stared her in the face, by
performing an operation which, though Grim
inal In the eyes of the law, arose from no
motive but that of compassion.
The stringency of the law in such cases
was referred TO.
On the other side, County Attorney, J. M.
Libby, of Audroscoggin, appeared. He said
that he had prepared no elaborate arguments.
but that besides an appeal to the sympathies
of the council some cold facts in this case
should be stated.
The girl was Of as respectable parentage
as DIR. Morrill,, aud the sorrow and shame of
her family are AS hard TO bear as those Of
his. As to the law, IL was written in the stat
utes, and as long as it remained there we must
abide by it, He read the written testimony
Of the mistress of the house in which the op-
GRAFTON was performed, which implies that
Morrill, was actuated solely by mcrcenary
motives, and that so far was he from showing
any sympathy for the unfortunate girl that
he made jest of her agony.
Should u man sentenced for life be par
doned after little more than years confine-
ment, the statute against criminal operations
would be disregarded
Rev W. $. Mcintyre followed, and spoke
vigorously against the granting of a pardon.
The hearing was finished in the afternoon,
and routine business was then attended to.
Al the deliberate this evening the question
of pardoning was laid on the table till the
next meeting. rhe meeting then adjourned
till 10 A. NJ. today.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1888-07-07
A Warning.

The modes of deaths approach are various,
and statistics show conclusively that more
persons die from diseases of the Throat and
Lungs than any other. It Is probable that
everyone, without exception, receives vast
numbers of Tubercle Germs into the system
and where these germs fall upon suitable soil
they start into life and develop, at first slowly
and are shown by slight tickling sensation in
the throat and If allowed to continue their
ravages they extend to the lungs producing
Consumption and to the head, causing Ca
tarrh. Now sll this is dangerous and IL al
lowed to proceed will in time cause death.
At the onset you must act with promptness;
allowing a cold to go without attention is
dangerous and may lose you your life. As
soon as you feel that something is wrong with
your Throat, Lungs or Nostrils, obtain q
bottle of Boscbee's German Syrnp. 1t will
give you immediate relief.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1888-07-07
TWO TRAINS PLUNGE TOGETHER
Through the Carelessness OF a Train
Dispatcher.

WILKEsBARRE, Pa, July 6.
On the Pennsylvania railroad, near Nanti-
coke. Friday morning, two passenger trains
plugged into each other. demolishing both
engines and causing considerable damage.
Engineers aud firemen on botn locomotives
when the trains came together, leaped for
III .ir lives. Que in jumping was Seriously
bruised. The Others were uninjured. Some
thirty passengers reported themselves slight
iy Injured, bat none fatally.
The accident is due TO the blunder of a
train dispatcher named Bli1leman, who ne
elected to hold the north bound tram at Nam
ucuke. GA learning that the accident was
abont TO occur owing to his careiessness he
disappeared and has not been seen since
The most severely injured among the list o t
about thirty persons are +. ). New of
Saratoga, ribs broken and ba lily bruised
Wm. Mason, Binghamtol, n. Y, sprained
arm and shoulder; II. y. Booze, agent for
the Goshen Desk Co sprainei shout Ter ami
bruised about the ooiy; Stephen y. Urie,
Cincinnati, shoulder blade disloeattd; JAS
fsirchIld, Scranton, back and heal bally
bruised
Daily Kennebec journal., 1888-07-07
GRIMES AND ACCIDENTS.
A FATAL ACCIDENT.
One Party of Deer Hunters Fire Into
Another by MISTAKE.
FARMrxGTox, Jul.

FARMfSGToS, July s.
News has been received here of the proba-
bly, fatal shooting accident on Tim Pond in
the Dead River region. Two parties were
out on the pond few night ago TO catch
deer One boat carried torchlight and the
other had none and the occupants of each
boat was not aware another boat was in their
vicinity. Those in the boat with a light
heard the splashing of oars of the other boat
and supposing it was deer, bIazed away in
the direction of the sound. Will Douglass,
guide received three buck shot in the left
breast and it is said he will die. Julian yiles
was also hit but not dangerously hurt. The
third man was not hit The parties who did
the shooting are not known
Daily Kennebec journal., 1888-07-07
TERRIBLE BClLiR EXPLOSION.
Whole Battery of Them Explodes,
EiuisiIg AID scaiding Several Per-
SONS.


PiTTsBuRG. July 6.
2 A battery of boilers at A. & j Goetinger's
tannery, River Avenue, Allegheny City /,
near Hers island exploited this afternoon
wrecking several builaings aud seriously in
juring SIX persons, three of whom will prob
ably die. The following are Injured: wm
Wetzell. engineer. aged 80, leg blown of
aod terribly burned, will die; Christ Neid,
q, sealded and other injuries
which are believed to be fatal /:
L. L. Farbick, 50, burned, bruised and
scalded, probably fatally; Quo Bergharn-
dler. 2s, burned and scalded; John Staab,
25, arms, face and body badly burned; Annie
Myers, IL, very seriously crushed and
burned. A large number of others, mostly
employees, were slightly bruised or cut, be-
ing struck with the flying debris. The
Cause of the explosion is believed to be high
pressure.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1888-07-07
LAST EVENINGS NEWS.

Advices received at Queenstown report that
the wreck of large wooden vessel, believed
TO be the American ship Farragut, of Boston.
was passed recently 800 miles from Cal
cutta. The Farragut left Calcutta Jan. 20th
for New York.
In fight last night in Sixth avenue res
taurant, New York Henry Hall, Yale stu
dent, had his nose broken with vinegar
bottle by waiter.
The u. S. steamer, Swatara, with Gen.
Sheridan and physicians on board, resumed
the voyage to Nonquit, Friday morning, at
80.
At Thursdays session of the American
party, delegates at large to the national con-
vention were elected resolution was adop-
ted pledging the support of the convention tv
Abram :. Hewitt, of New York if he will
accept the nomination for President.