The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-04-20

standard vi trust, under tho authority
conferred upon the committee by the
House to investigate all trusts and con,
binations.
Kennedy Porter, son OF cx.Gov. Porter
OF Tennessee. WIS probably fatally sho n,
l'ais, Tenn. by Will Edmnnds. The origin
OF the difficulty is supposed to be the a /.
tcntion OF young Porter to Edmunts' sis
ter.
! a British cabinet council was held, ths
absent members having bccn hastily sum.
mohcd by telegraph. 1t ia supposed that
the subjects debated were the procla.
nation oil League meetings and the situa.
ton oI Germany nncnt the proposed mar.
riaee Of Princess Victoria and Prince
Alexander.
A French anarchist named Morclle has
been arrested in Geneva on charge of at
tempting to blow up with dynamite tn,
a suburb OF Paris.
The Senate committee on education and
labor gave " hearing to several c.crrymen
from u distance representing various sun.
day observance associations. They advo.
Gated nm amendment to tho interstate la "
Looking to tile stoppngc OF Sunday trains.
Representative Mcdonald has been in
structed by tho llOusc committee on null,
lie lands to report favorably his bill to lie.
clare forfeiture of the Hastings & Dak OF a
railroad land grant lying opposite that
part OF the road not completed in the con
tract time.
An extensive diamond robbery IRON
Burt 4 Hurlburt, wholesale jewellery al
Detroit. Mich, has just leaked out. TIL,
diamonds taken are valued at $40. 600
No clue to the thieves.
Senator Sabin has boen giving the Mime.
sofa public bull .ings pretty close atten
ton: Senator Spooner still has tho st
Paul bill in his subcommittee. Senate,
Sabn consented to cut Of $40, 900 in Tho
amount Tor his saltwater building So "a.
not to endanser the other Minnesota bills
Information has been received at I'll,
department. that two German convicts
Finsterwalter and Eiper.er, who were re.
turned to Germany by the commissions,
ot immigration at New York in Febr,ur,
last. are about to renew tho attempt to
land in this country. They arc assisted
by IL German benevolent socity. Their nj.
le.ed plan is TO sail from England to The
United States under assumed names. In
formation has also been received that n
female convict "assistcd" by the samt
benevolent society, has sailed from Brcmu,
ior this country. Instructions have lace:
sent TO the proper officers at all At!auti,
ports to prevent the lan,lin. of these i'm
migrants and others ni their kind.
An immense lani slide near I.arcsloro.
Mimi. has blocked tho Southern Minncsot; /;
division no that all trnins are Icing sent
around by way OF McGrcgor. and train.
are running west Of Fountain. The truc.
is said to he buried under seven 5crt a
| earth.
Four men were killed by IL dynamite
mill explosion recently at Mllcrs station.
The shock shook buildings in Valparaiso
The President approved the act grant
Ing pension to Mary S. Logan, willow %
Gen. John A. Logan; the art tn incrcns,
the pension of Mrs. 4. r. Blair; tho act fo,
the relief OF William q. Galloway. late cap
| tain in the army; tho act for the relief a
Frank liakcr. aud the art making an an
| preparation to construct u road and an.
proacheS from l'incvi!lr, La, To the n;l-
| tinnal military cemetery near That town.
George schwartz, the dcfnuting trcas,,r
or oI Crystal Falls. Mich, was arrested AT
| Milwaukee,. lie was found under thu as
snni"d n":ne "f Howard. livi,. with n
young woman who accompanied him il:
his flight. Schwartz admits that he made
way with $4,000 or S7,OOU of pubIit
moneys. lie is about % years OF ace.
! Mrs. Mary Sharp, of Wancmcc, Pa. was
in the mlnufacture of whisky, When tho
| pot c"ntnnin. the same topplrrl over in a
hot lire The fluid blazcd, setting lire tr
her clothing nn'l she was burned To death
| in II lew moments. Three of her children
who tried to save her. were also burned
and will die. The husband and father
John SHARP. who was at work at tho time
is reported 20 havo become insane.
| The Boston Herald states Frank Law
son, Il trei.ht clerk Of the Boston Il Prov
i'lenrc railroad in that city, has abscon l.
cd and is $4,000 or $1,000 short in his
accounts.
At Decatur, Ill.,, while shooting ut n
target will II revolver, Willie. tho 7-ycar
| old son of Dr. tass thenowcth, accidental.
| ly shot and killed George, tho three year.
old son of Thomas Weaver.
| Gen. Won Loe, who was sent as n spccial
envoy to England to announce to Queen
Victoria the accession uf Emperor Frrtcr.
lex to the throne OF Germany, has lrcu
DECORATED with the order nf the Red EAGLE,
Ex-senator Roscoe tnnl;lin. has been
confined to his homo with an abcess i'm hI
right ear. His physi,ians have ordered
complete rest and quiet.
-Four hundred miners in the l;evics Mo.
mines have quit work on account, nf the
refusal Of the Operators 10 pay them 81
cents per ton instead of 30 ccilts.
sad sensational STORY is reported
fi"m Moscow. Tine beautiful daughter Of
''"S''iu hIIly rented u IN
that city. aud di'"rily she had taken nos.
session OF IL the police appeared and fore
CT the door, whercnp"n the lady jumped
from the window and WAS mortally in.
Jure'l. Her trunk contained dynamite
bombs, which on Investigation were intend
ed i"r the purpose Of assu.sEatin. Tie.
fzIr.
A 'nitcd states senator who has con.
lcrrtt ''ith ti,v pre-; ;'Icnt on th" vacant
chi"' luaticcship Says 'nat the president
Indicated these points: That lie would
promote no associate Justice that hs
shnn!'i not make the assignment from the
south; that h" si,nnli not appoint any
one "N"r -isty year. ri NJ" and rrrf.rred
To ind nh" from fifty tn iity.tivr, il pos.
s'l"; and that he preferred II Wcsicrp
nan.
Two Thousand people witnessed an
event n"vcr before heard n in the history
hi iark county, ,fie"r:a. l;cy. lpr l'ri,lg.s,
eighty four years old, preached his own
inncInl sermon in Il small country church
SIX mi!r'' from Athens. He had his grave
dug ana coffin made for The occnsinn. Iro
ami ms assistants sma% the first son.
shall We t''ahi.; Meet He then yavr
his text. Cor. H.. =. aud gave til" large
crowd Il short talk in his faItcrin. manner.
Sc"cn mules wcrr found in the wrecked
coal mine ut Birch Hin. Mo, all alive.
They i'n'! across .o an Abundance uf grain
aud "at"r, am! wirC in iirnfnu.iiiipn This
":i'ir'les The theory that the explosion
WAS ransed lr natural gas or byin,i va;r,r
Dian" Lind, as ssnrllancxplosion is aiwavs
followed hv choke damp, which nuul!
have killed. the mules.
The vile of y. Thicssrn. Of Mason Clr.
Iowa. m.committcd suicide hY han-ins hrr.rl:
to rmitcr. Tha day before ..l," visited
the bank, drew money she had Deposited.
took it home and haniel it, To her li,s-
band with The remark thn' she wnul cc,l
]! no i"m.'r Her husband nm r,:,l;,..
home Ii. ''r n>rnin: fo,ln, thr l,r,i.c !nc.:c!
nnd note on the doorstep static. in: he
would not find hia wife alive. On lrrnliin.
d""n tha door he found her hansn. quite
dead about three inches IRON the floor.
Emperor Frederick j. unchanged in re.
ga ri to tn" rnlrria.c oi his daughter To
Alexander. but tho matter has been post.
pone;l, aud al present "a truce is miatain.
ed b.tsccn th" rU"al party and Prince
bismarck. Meanwhile treating. on the sub.
loct are passing between Emperor F'reIcr-
ick and the Car
r";;pl" of horse thieves named Marsh
ami q i'ren wcr. arrested near Man,ian.
Dakota. The. have been for he last two
months campcd on Sage creek. and !hcir
movements excited suspicion. Marsh is
almost to II certainty identified "a Teton
II notorious horse thicf ant! murderer for
whose capture SON. 50 900 has been offer.
cd rs reward by I'iah., aud Nevada. lie
has been hunted as n criminal :itcnn ycirs
in the Northwest. hnyin, broken Jail IA
number OF times in various localities.
a man has been arrested a. Helena.