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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-30
Women in Russia.


The women in Russia do two-thirds
OF the work i'll the country. There
are immense wheat, oat and hay
fields everywhere, and in August there
Is great activity in the country The
large majority OF persons ut work are
women. They wear short dresses,
plain and straight, and q long piece OF
cloth over their heads like Arabs.
The wheat is sown broadcast, and il
not cut by the women with sickes, is
harvested with the old.fashioned
scythe, which is u two-pound sneai
and u broad, short blade. From the
snead up to the handle there is u
wooden bow, sonnet hin, like in ap.
pearance. he hall OF the heavy bar.
rel hoop This bow keeps the wilea-,
etc, from falling back over the scythe
handle and scattering. nave never
yet seen the man who would dei.n
to gather up, bind and stack the
The women must do this while the
men do tine "Eentemanly" work, a'-
though ! have seen many women cut.
ting grain with the srythe. The neigh.
hors club together in harvest and
help one another. A Russian harvest
in. rendezvous is quite lively aud is
the scene OF IL motley crowd. The
old men and young, boys and girls.
with their mothers. granimothers
and aged women assemble mt day.
break. There are q number OF horses
on whic!, are carried water, food and
extra implements. The horses the
boys and men ride, while the Old wom-
en- walk. They always carry the
scythes, forks and rakes back and
forth every day and work as long as
there is daylight, and since it is day
break II: 8 IL. III. and not dark until
half past nine p M. the hours OF Ia
Dor are long ones.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-30
To Hang After All.

News has been received hy way Of Los
Angeles, Cal, that II. G. Leavitt, who was
i'm plicatel in the murder OF the Ecv. MIR.
Haddock at Sioux City two years ago, has
been convicted of the murder of a cowboy
in Dodge City, Kan. and sentenced to
hing on april 30. The report is that
I.eavitt. liter leaving Sioux City at the
close Of the first trial OF Arensdorf for the
murder Of Rev. Mr.. Haddock, which Lea.
witt is believed by many to have commit.
ted, went to Dodge City, Kan, and fol.
lowed his chosen profession Of gambling.
In row over u game VI cards in !. saloon
Leavitt shot and killed ~ cowboy.
I.eavitt was formerly resilient OF
Los Angeles before coming to Sioux City.
lie became involved in certain question.
able transactions. and was finally arrested
for obtainis funds on inlse pretenses. lie
managed to escape the penitentiary and
the next that was heard Of him was that
lie was running IL theater in sioux City.
When I.eavitt was in Loa Angeles he and
his wife adopted little wall that had been
left on tho door step of the house OF n
prominent citizen oi that city. When
Leavitt was in Sioux City this child was
not in his possession. and Eo t,ncc of it
can be found. 1t IL thought Lcavitt may
have dealt with It in some foul manner.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-30
Tho Question in Berlin.

In the highest official circles in Germany
the question asked in not what the en-.
perur policy may be. but how long he
will live to disclose any policv Wnnton
gossip attributes to him an intention to
change the personnel Of the cnv~,n,nrn, in
opposition to Bisn,arr.. :: far as the
emperor has yet done anytl.in. Es has
simply confirmed the nIIic,n status every.
where. Nothing indicates any material
change in the government or tie external
or internal policy of l,ismurcl,. The
emperor though able Ia work cn.ti;l.
u0uS,y for several hours. works under the
knowledge of his sentence Of death. His
only daily consultations are with trusted
friends of tho chancellor. lIe persists in
working against the aivirr OF his pliy,i-
cians. In rcrly To their remnn-trancc. H..
is reported tn have said: My time does
not hc!o,,s to me. | cannot talk. time. -
that despite the rxcitcmrn. oi the past
few days the emperor is free f-om fever,
and that no special complications have
made their appearance. officials who
saw the emperor recently state
that he exhibited II mnrkei re.
ncwal Of energy from a singh night; rest.
Tho royal message, which was pr'>- ted
to the ianlta. nn the 18th. cxprts, -, the
kings regret that his healtI, prevents his
tnhin. the oath in person, and suggests
that the house consider the message which
is cnuntcrsi.uel by II minister. ~ "',.is..,
lent to the constitutions, oath. A- soon
message further says, th" Kin. will take
tho oath in TIL. form prescribed
by law. \ report obtains credit in
Vienna that Emperor Frederick l,n- sent
an assurance to Emperor Franc:, .usrph
OF his iul! a'l!. sion to the triple alliance.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-30
How a Ratt.esnake Tastes.

Capt. Clinton Packard has spent
his winters in Florida. and will short.
ly return there in charge OF Mr. ID. a.
l.oring's steam yacht. Speakln. OF
some OF his experiences in Florida, he
said: Like most men who navc fol-
lowed the sea more or less fora living,
l have had some qu"rr experiences III
eating, but ii live Il hundred years l
will never forget Il dish oi rattlesnakc
| had u few years AGO. ! was III charge
OF II camp OF tourists in sout Florida.
and one evenin.. one OF the party. Il
BROOKLYN brokcr, who is something OF
an amateur naturalist. shot IL rattle.
snake with q r.tle, the ball cutting oil
the reptiles head as clean as though
it had been a knife. Going up to it he
said
"'I haze heard that people on the
plains eat rattesnakes, and III cook
tins fellow and tind out what he tastes
like, il it is the last act of a desperate
hfc.'
lie took the snake to the camp.
skinned and cleaned ii. and then cut
it into slices, which he dredged in a
nice ba, ter, and then fried to a tlIr,,.
There We're about fifteen III the party,
and all but one OF us partook OF the
snake. ate just enough OF it to en-.
able me to say that had done so, but
ionna the meat ve:y palatable, and
nicer tasting than eel cooked in tla
same manner. The broker and his
son.. a young man, made u hearty
meal OFT the unusual food. and no un-
pleasant results followed the unusual
experience" New York Sun.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-30
Open to Settlement.

The bill p,sscd by the lower house OF
congress will provide for THROWN. n;,cn to
settlement al over 81 7,0nuuIu acres of
land in the Northwest. The rltiiicatiun
OF the agreement made with the ln,lians
on the Great Northern reservation OF
Montana will release l7,5O0, 900 acres OF
land in that territory.
1t is not unlikely that the Hoods, Black.
fcct and Iicsans, who occupy that portion
al the reservation includin. the fnu,hills
ot the Rocky mountains, and whose lands
are not valuable for either grazing or
farming will he removed to the FIathcud
agency and given allotmcnts there,
provided II trade can he made with the
tlttlieads, who at present oppose
the scheme. The Great Sionx hill
passed recently will throw open l2,Ou0
600 acres nf the best lands in Dakota.
These lands are mostly elevated platea,ls
extending from the Missouri to the foot-
hills Of the Black Hills brtwcen the White
and Cheyenne rivers. They are fairly wa-
tered, ana while there are some beds Of
"gumbo' or alkaii lnnl it is
nearly all excellent farming
lands. Mr.. Nelson's Hill, which takes the
place ot the agreements m:.he hy tho
Northwestern Indian commission with the
cation the Indian office very much
desirc'l throws open to settlement
and purchase :',5oo,Oon acres of
good lands, most OF which are covered
with pine timber. The bill cnnSoli.
dates the vari"ms bands oi Chir,nwns with
the exception of the Red Lake Indians
upon the White Earth resrrvation, and
opens up the very small reservations
which these bands occupy nj present. The
extent 0f these reservations and their
number has long made them an obstacle
to tile settlement of some parts o the
state, and TO the development OF its re.
sources owing to the difficulty ui railroad
building through them. Tie reservations
and their present extent is us follows:
Bos Fort, ln7, 500 ncrcs D.er Creek,
23.o 10 ac:rs; Fon .ln Lac, 100, l2l acres;
Grand Portage, 5l,Slo urr =; l.e"cl Lake,
~. lao acres; Mile I.ars G!.ol.l acres;
Nermillion Luke. ,0So lcrrS White Earth,
7";.G72 acres; Winn"busosliisI,, "2O, 900
acres.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-30
ngain upon the land from lnll untll ynrin,

again upon the land from inll until spring
and not absent six months Il any one
time; that he applied the proceeds OF his
absent to the building OF his house and
making improvcmel ts on his land, now
valued ut 5000; that he was u poor man
and his absence was for the purpose OF
earning tho means to improve his
land and that he devoted nll
the fruits Of .his earn ngs with
fidelity to that purpose. In tho sprin. of
he third year lie left again and remained
absent until the following year he left the
following January. his purpose being to
earn sufficient money to pay tho govern
mcnt for his land. The amount ncressary
was 5000 IL considerable sum for II laborcr
to save from his wages during the year in
addition 4" the necessary fees and cxrens
es. lie appears to laoe done it, aud not.
withstanding he was not personally pres.
ent upon lis land during tho last six
months preceding the completion OF
his entry the fnrt cannot deny his right.
He made "a settlement in person" ON his
land; has erected u dwelling thereon
he has improved the land aud lie
has inhabited it in good fuith. When
it is considered that this tract wa. situat.
ed many miles from the ordinary l;.hwnvs
remote from settlements generally. that it
is very difficult oi access aud yet that he
has p"rsistently clnns to it for three ycnrs,
apply all the results Of his labor to its i'm.
provement and its purchase. it il difficult
to discern n case more worthy OF b.n,
found marked by good faith. 1t is mark.
ell by good faith. His "inl,ahitanry" of
the land is not impoached after lis resit-
ence was once secured by his goin. abroad
to procure means to bring back there to
improve it and obtain title IT, must
reverse your decision and direct a patent
to issue to the claimant.
WILLIAM Il. Vll.ts Secretary.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-30
Criminal Calendar.

Edward Olson who committed suicide
near Madelia, Mimi, recently, was only
nineteen years old. He had been insane
but it was supposed he had recovered
James W. Skies has been found guilty
at Chicago OF obtaining q loan of $4,000
on fraudulent warehouse receipts, and
sentenced to three years in the penitent;.
ary.
George ". Cox, u. S. pension examiner
at Springfield, Missouri in u cowardly
manner threw vitriol upon and dislieured
ayoung woman who was the mistress ol
his son.
At Springville, Arizona. William Pitman,
and IL man named Blaine agreed to fight
out quarrel over cards. They fired ut
the same instant. Pitman fell dead and
Blaine died in two hours.
Some time ago ten, ycar.old Leslie Nc.
Cune, the daughter OF Mrs. I.ibLie Culbert.
son McCune, was forcibly taken by her
mother, from school at Ironton, Ohio.
Recently the child was kidnapped from in
front OF her mothers residence in New York
City. Mrs. McCunc las implored the no.
lice officials to recover the child. Mrs Nc.
Cune il the widow OF Walter S. Mclnnc, n
distinguished young lawyer, whom she
married twelve years ago.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-30
Henry Bergh, the Philanthropist,
Dead.

Henry Bergh founder and president OF
the society for the prevention OF cruelty
to animals, died in New York on the 18th
inst.
Mr.. Ber.h was born in New York city in
1923. His father was the leading Ameri.
can shipbuilder OF his time and his crani.
father was native OF Germany. His
mothers maiden name was Elizabeth
lvers. Mr.. Bergh received superior cdu.
cation. He married while young n Mas
Taylor. daughter of English purents. In
1862 he was appointed secretary OF lcya-
tion at St. Petersburg. and began there
the active interference in behalf OF the
right OF animals to kind treatment, which
made him famous. Mr.. Bergh resigned his
position on account OF i'll health. On his
way home he became acquainted with the
earl OF HArrowby. president OF the Royal
Society for the Prevention Of oiCruelty to
Which Mr.. % Bersh was "e the '0eie.y ioanaer or
is modelled largely after the English one
presided over by this nobleman until his
death. He returned to New York in 1864,
and spent q year in maturing his plans for
the establishment OF means to check and
prevent cruelty to animals. The American
Society for the Prevention uf Cruelty TO
Animals was instituted in 1868. In 1856
it was given by statute the powers of pros.
ecutinn and arrest, which 1t still pos.
sesses. Mr.. Bergh had been its prcs.
dent since its inception. His appeal
to the moral sense and his disinterestctl.
mess were the principal elemcnts'6f his sue.
cess. He received no salary for his work,
freely giving his time and energies to it..
The statute oi 1866 constituted Mr.. Berch
an assistant district attorney ofNew York
Cit and assistant Of the attorney general
OF the state enforcement OF the laws
against cruelty to animals. He was mem.
ber OF the bar, and effective in the court
room and as lecturer. Thirty-six states
have founded similar organizations to that
instituted by Mr.. Eergb. who received many
applications from foreign lands for in.
formation as TO his methods and the laws
under which he worked. The society has
been assisted powerfully by bequests cs.
pecially that Of Louis Bonard, ofSI5O..
900. contested by relatives. but confirmed
the property OF the society by judicial de.
cision. Our Animal Friends i. the name
OF - pictc-ial monthly magazine published
under the auspices OF the society. Mr.
Bergh was six feet tall. His face was long
and thin, with large. irregular features.
baggy eyee and heavy lines at the sides
and around the mouth. He was a good
geolosist, and well versed in medicine, and
wrote several plays.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-30
ly probable that any final reversal OF this
decision can be occurred during the re-
mainder Of the life Of the original Bell pat.

ly probable that any final reversal OF this
decision can be occurred during the re.
mainder Of the life Of the original Bell pat.
ent. A curious fact of the Bell Telephone
company, however, is said to be
that 1t owns great many valuable inven.
tions which have not vet been brought in.
to general use and that when tho present
main patent shall expire. It will l,e able to
introduce new devices, which will give il n
tremendous advantage over competitors.
The decision of the court is a surprise in
one respect even to those lawyers who
have been very confident that the final
decision would be in favor of tho Bell
Pntcnt-tlat il the court has sustained
the broad fifth claim OF tho company,
which Is the basis claim In the patent,
and which seems to make it impossible
now for any pcrson to secure IL valid
patent Tor q speaking telephone. The fifth
claim is for the transmission O! audible
speech by electricity. This claim the court
has sustained i'll the Bell company, so that
1t would seem that American ingenuity
must direct itself ior the remainder of the
fifteen years OF tho original patent in some
other channel than attempting to invent
improvements in the method Of trnnsmit.
ting articulate speech by electricity, Tor
this decision declares that the BELL GONNA.
ny has IN absolute monopoly over the
principle of transmitting audible speech by
electric wires.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-30
Manitoba Gloom.

Manitota's representatives are coming
home from Ottowa without having rereiv.
cd justice ior their province. The Winnepes
Free Press sayu: If it should transpirg
that representatives OF the province after
all have been decoyed to Ottowa only to
lie banboozled and humbuygej words
cannot describe the folly OF the dominion
government nor the outrageous nature OF
the insult heaped upon people and n
province. The fact that in response to n
request OF the dominion government the
province has at great inc onvenience TO the
legislature. and solely with view
OF promoting an amicahlc settlement,
sent delegates to Ottawa before untlertak.
Ing measnres nf any kind only serves to
strengthen the provincial cause. w hat in
coming next it il us yet impossible to say.
The situation is more serious than ever
Lefore. II. in return for the well timed
warnings and u genuine desire to do moth.
i"s that might tend to an open rupture,
We are to lie treated to humbug oi the
vilest and most trencherous kind, only lei
us know that fact, and the sooner the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-30
Editor OF the Northwestern Newspaper non St. Paul. Mimi

tile Bowman Bros. of Marshalltown, Iowa,
offered to the Chicago IL Northwestern in
thicago 5000 barrels OF beer for transpo..
tation to Marshalltown. The shippers
did not furnish certificate showin, that
they were legally authorized to cell The
beer at the place of destination and the
rajlroad company refused to receive or
transport it.
bowman Bros. thercnpOn brought suit to
recover SlU.OOO damages. The company
based its defense on an act oi tine general
assembly Of Iowa, passed April. >. 1856,
entitled IAN act relating to iutoXicat ing
liquors and provi!in. for the more effect,l.
al suppression Of the Illegal sale aud trans.
portation Of Intoxicating liquors and
abatement OF nuisances." The court be-
low held that this statute was constitu.
tionnl and valid and constituted good
defense, and Bowman Bros. appealed
the United States Supreme Court Gus
tices Haslan e. Gray dissenting) for the
purpose Of its police Il state has legislative
control. exclusive Of congress, within it's
territory. Of all persons, things and trans.
the purpose ofprotectiny it's people against
the evils OF intemperancc it has the right
to prohibit the manufacture within it's
limits OF Intoxicating liquors. 1t may also
prohibit all domestic commerce in them be
tween it's own inhabitants whether the
articles are introduced from other states
or from foreign countries. 1t may punish
those who soil them in violation OF its laws.
1t may adopt any measures tending even
directly and remotely to make the policy
effective until it passes the line OF power
delegated to congress under the constitu.
ton. 1t cannot without the consent of
congress regulate commerce between its
people and those of other states OF the
Union, in order to effect its ends. The
statute OF Iowa under consideration
falls within this prohibition. 1t is
not an inspection law; it is
not quarantine or sanitary law.
1t is essentially a regulation Of commerce
among the states; and although it's motive
and purpose are to effect the policy Of the
State oI Iowa in protectin. it's citizens
against the evils OF intcmperance. it is
none the less on that account q regulation
Of commerce. The power to regulate or
forbid the sale OF commodity after it has
been brought into the state does not carry
with it tho right and power to prevent it's
introduction by transportation from an.
other state. For these reasons We are
constrained to pronounce against the val.
idity of the section OF the statue OF Iowa
involved in this case. The judgment of the
circuit court oi the United States for the
Northern district OF Illinois is therefore
reversed. Opinion by Justice Mathews.
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xEMrvcKv'spEFA
honest Dick Tate Falls From craoe
and Proves q Heavy De!auiter,

UVss0O1 VtON 6t0 y avs from Ge8C9
and Proves Heavy De:aulter.
Kentucky is stirred up over the removal
OF State Treasurer Richard w. Tate.
Tate is charged with defalcation in his
office and.it ia said, has fled the state. The
defaulting official had been treasurer for
II years. He was considered the aoul oi
honor. Tate's shortage is $3.50. 900 and
the irregularities seem to run back eleven
years. The discovery OF Tate g shortage
is the result Of the examination Of his
books, commenced some days ago, by an
expert accountant. The governor has
placed the treasurer's office in the charge
OF Auditor Hewitt and Attorney Gen.
eral Hardin. In his message to the legis.
lsature. Gov. Buckner says he has reasons
Tor believing tho deficit to be large, and rec.
ommcnds that an immediate inyestiga.
tion be ordered. In the house commit.
tee was Mt once appointed and ordered to
prosecute an investingation. Treasurer
Tates bond was for $3OI, 900 and is well
covered. He was in Louisville recently,
whom he was observed to be drinking hard,
and unusual thing for him. Since that
time he has not been seen, and his where
0bouts is unknown.
A Adispatch from Frankfort says: "The
experts have not yet gone far enough in
the investigation. but rumor says that
the defalcation has already run up us hi.ll
as $4OO. 600, and there are no signs ot a
cessation in the discovery OF these start.
ling facts" The first intimation OF the
shortage came when q comparison Of The
aud dtnr's -statsmspt Of what should bo IN
bank showed that such amount vas not
there
The investigation was brought about l,y
tho strange conduct OF Tate himself. Son.
ator Wright states that he had long
talk with Tate, who questioned him close.
ly and ut great length as to the exact pro.
visions in extra.lition treaties between the
United States and Canada, and alsoma dc
lengthy inquiries on the treaty between
the United States and Mexico. 1t beg an
to lie rumorcd around the streets that
there was only q small amount in
bank to the credit OF Tate, aud
when the treasurer was not scc,
on Thursday. Friday or Saturday, Auditor
Hewitt suggested that an investigation o
the circumstances should be Immediately
made. What has become OF the money
no one can tell. Tate never specula ted o,
gambled. He is said never to have .beer
an extravagant liver. 1t is said Mr.. Tate
set his son in-law, Alfred Martin, up ir
business n few years ngo, which business
proved unprotitable. but this could no,
have cost over $40,
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Nuggets Of Foreign News.

Mr.. Mcclellan, postmaster genert will
succeed Lieut.. Gov. Ritchie OF Nova SEQ.
tia.
The Smllvan.Mitchell prize fight has oc.
Cured, near Chantilly, France, and after
thirty.nine rounds is declared u draw.
The grand jury at Cork adopted q reso.
luton calling the attention OF the govern.
ment to the fact that landlords were being
ruined by excessive reductions in rents.
life boat, while attempting to rescue
the crew OF the British ship Sirenia, which
stranded near Atheriield, Isle OF Wight,
was capsized and several persons drown.
cd.
Mr.. Chamberlain thinks the fisheries
treaty will be approved by the Canadian
parliament, but does not seem to be as
hopeful OF favorable action by the United
States Senate.
Fred Whitehead. another employe OF the
NorQuay government in Manitoba has
gone to Minnesota. He was ~ clerk in the
licenae commissioners office and had the
handling OF the funds. The auditors are
inspecting his accounts.
X. T. Pettigrew, who claims to have in.
side information, reports from Washing.
ton that the Dawes bill for opening the
Sioux rcsers alton will be passed this ses.
sion. and that the United States land Of
flee will lie located at old Fort Pierre.
Oscar Metz.a poor man who buys old rags
and pnper in Sioux City. Iowa. found in as
sorting over his days collection, tw o drafts
on the New York National bank, one for
$4,000 and the other for 81 900. They
proved to be the property OF the Security
National of that city. to which they were
turned over.
The friends OF Gen. Boulanser have de.
cidcd to hol an immense meeting in Paris
to decide upon future course with regard
to their support OF the eX-war minister in
his defensive fight against the government
party. 1t appears. however to be gener.
ally conceded that he must leave the ur.
my. whether he viii. or no. and it is equal
ly plain that he will continue his public
career in the chamber o. deputies: where,
to I've more annoying to the ministry than
he has ever been as an officer OF the army
and the leader OF Il powerful but hitherto
comparatively harmless political faction.