The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-29
Aitkin yet, and largo quantities Of water
are coming out Of the Swan river.

are coming out Of the Swan river.
Congressman Lind ot Minnesota intro.
duced in the house bill for the deposit Of
the agricultural lands embraced within
the limits Of tho Rod Pipe Stone ressrva.
tion which directs the secretary OF the in.
terror to appoint q commission of three
l'ersOns who are residents OF Minnesota to
appraise the actual value Of said lands
ami improvements thereon. Any person
who hos hitherto resided on and made i'm.
provements on any of these lands, bnt
was compelled by the military authorities
to abandon the snnle shall h0 entitled to
tho prior right Tor six months after the
filing Of the report OF the commissioner
to enter and purchase lands not exceeding
l6O acres at tho price appraised by the
commissioners.
Presbyterian Church Of Nebraska City was
arrested while returning from church on
the charge OF embezzling. The iniorma.
tion was filed by the clerk of the district
court. Cole had given tho clerk his note
some time ago in connection with u suit
and wns to leave Tor the West. The mat.
ter was settled very satisfactorily by the
clerk. Cole earned an unenviablc motor.
iety during the Capt. Howgate excitement
Anthony w. Robinson, agent for the
Bankers Mutual Relief Association Of
Aberdeen. Oak, was found dend in n field
near Ashby, MINI. He had been on n pro.
tracted spree that with the intense .:eat Of
the day caused his death. His mother
and son reside In Richland Center, Wis.
Among the pnpers found on his person
was an unpaid pension certificate and his
discharge from the army. lie was IL NOM
Der oi the Both Wisconsin,. lie had no
money and was buried by tho county.
Mrs. Emery A. Sturrs. widow of tho
celebrated orator and lawyer, is lying III.
tally i'll Mt the home Of j. Guest, her latc
husbands htcnO.rapher ut Chicago. She
WIS stricken with paralysis while visiting
Mt Mr.. Guests house. and tho physicians
in attendance state thnt death will enslic
within twenty-four hours. Tho husband
also died from paralysis.
The Washington Post gives publicity to
another anonymous attack on Judge
Fuller signed simply "a Union Man"
Tho writer states that Mr.. Fuller's coniir.
mation is held up because in tho Illinois
legislature i'll 1868 he voted for IL resolution
deno,incins tho emancipation proclnu,il-
ton; lio supported u resolution that no
amendment should ever be mntlc to the
constitution to abolish or interfere with
with any state with the domestic institu.
tion thereof, voted against tho bill to
extend the right Of suffrage to the volun-
teer soldiers OF Illinois and never had
such ~ place at the bar az would Justify
his appointment to tho position Of chief
justice of tho United States.
Az st. Pnul tho other night u pistol
shot was heard in Lafayette park \
police officer rushed tn the scene. and ON
searching the grounds found IL man, aIr
pnrently nhomt siXty-iive years of ngc,
with lieai bent down, eitting un one of the
park brncllcs. AT his side was II 32 cali.
Der revolver. one barrel ut which was dis.
charged. His clothes were examined and
letters found which proved his name to ho
George Hartman, WAS running IL saloon
iii st. Pnul What his motive was in
committing the rasl, act is not yet known.
Auditor Ward "f Dakota has served
notice OH tho Northwestern Mutual fnsllr.
nncc Company of Wahlrton that it must
cease doing business in ;hc territory, ns
the report uf the public examiner shows it
to he insOlvcnt.
The l'rohibiti"nats of the Forty.sccon,l
legislative district ,iirt ~, Morris, Mimi,
in mass conventions. There were forty
porsni,s present. After discuss ion ns %
wicthor nr not the voters Of the two old
parties were equally guilty with the saloon
krercrs compromise was effected On the
word jointly. Then they nominated J. a..
Barret nf l'ruwn's Valley ior reprcaentn-
tive. Those present irom Stevens county
nude tho following nominations: Auditor
j.. j. Fimm; Treasurer. II. Whitclcy, pro-
bate judge, W. II. Mirs; clerk uf court; \.
Young; superintendent OF schools, Rcv.
Smith.
John l'nwans, coloreh was taken from
tle Jail at Union l'ri'ise, lnd., by n band
"t ten "r fifteen colorc,l men. all masked,
and carried to the outskirts of town where
he was strung up by the neck to tho limb
ti n In fr.,n a I,t
down, and the rope was snckcncd 10 that
he could speak. lie made use Of the OPP
portunity, aud slipping through the rope
was away like u shot. The lyncliers gave
clInse aud fired several shots after him,
but without cffect. He lns not yet been
recapture'l. Bowans in IL iit of jealousy
attacked with II razor another coloreti
man and IL girl with whom lie was walking
Information from Stevens county, Kan
sns. the scene Of the railroad and county
seat fight. between the town of Ilu.strn
aud Woo'Is,ialr, is 10 tho effect hat the
| cntira population ia under arms. THE
situation is t"rinus aud farmers arc rid
ing around armed Instead Of tilling the
soil aud all crops nrc likely TO fail con.
seqncntly. Gov. Martin has commanded
the mIitia To be- in readiness for marching
orders ut amy time. IL is hoped that the
mandate issued by the supreme court Or
county to rc.cnnvass the vote polled at
The recent railroad bond election, will
have he effect of tiuicting matters
a collision occurred on Tho Pennsylvania
road in Philadelphia. by which 20 freight
cars were wrecked. One ear WAS loaded
with refined oil. which caught fire from u
hot box, and the cars were almost entirely
destroyed with the greater part Of their
contents. Estimated loss, S5,oon. ON
which there is no insurance. No one was
injured.
A diver named .Tuc Anderson, of Detroit,
while searching for i; wreck at Point au
Frames discovered a heavy box in deep
water, which upon examination was
found to bc sunk with heavy weights at
tacl,ed to the box with chains lie re.
turned to the village and after procuring
assistance managed to raise the box, when
to the horror Of all il was discovered to
contain the remains OF an apparently
young woman. doubled up and forced
into the box. She was well dressed.
Whether n dark deed has been committed
no Indications OF an ordinary burial.
Of the Nina Van Zandt.Spies episode, with
the proxy arrangement left ont, took place
in the county iai! at st. Cloud. Mary
Esther Gouro. of Ncrndale, and Arthur
Makcpiece. who il sentenced To ton years
in strto prison Tor forgery, were married by
Justice II. q. Wire. Tho bride, who is
rather n handsome woman came to st.
Cloud soon after Mukepiccc' II incarceration
sometime ago, aud secured IL position na
diningroOm girl in the Grand Central lote
under the name Of l;culah Dewcll, and ui.
ter her marriage resumed her position in
the hotel.
Edward i. Stokes got into row with
young broker nn,ned Trumbritire, near the
Hoffman House in New York, Stokes
grabbed the other fellow by the nose, and
in less time than it takes To relate it sew.
eral hundred lawyers, brokers aud mem
ahout-tOwn were cUngregatetl on the side
walk. Just when il was most exciting IL
truckninn elbowe,l his wny through the
crowd and parted the cOnnbatants. Az
coon az Mr.. .Stokes' fingers were forced
apart IL great strenm Of dark blood poured
from the nostrils uf the little broker.
Excitement over the cul, find ON the
Lake Superior Iron c"Inpany's property
ut islIpcnin.. Mich, some months ago has
been renewed. When the original gold find
WAS made tho shaft was filled up. but
they opened the shaft again aud the first
blast in tho bottom threw up high free.
Rold.bearins rock. Gold in great uuanti,
ties has been discovered and excitement is
again at fever heat.
Icnjamin O. 7. lIubbnr,l diel ut Joliet
prison. He VAS the wterker OF the FIRST
National Bank OF Monmouth, III. Ills
shortage of Sll5.00o caused tho concern II
doors to close in 1850. Hubbard was the
cashier. liestool we'll i'll society and was