The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-11
Miscellaneous News mo,es.

The final arrangements for the purchase
OF the Steward mansion in New York by
the Manhattan club have been made. The
price agreed upon III $S00,OOO.
The board Of aldermen OF New York
passed over Mayor Hewitt's veto the reso.
luton curtailing his power in the matter
OF displaying flags on the city hall, This
is the outcome Of st. Patrick's day row.
The Woman's Presbyterian Board OF
Missions for the Northwest held it's seven.
teenth annual session in Freeport ILL.,,
with over 200 delegates present, coming
from eight neighboring states and Dakota.
The Democrats OF Garfield, N. j., aro
excited and angry at the TACT that a Re.
publican has been appointed postmaster
to succeed G: D. Bogert, q Democrat. The
new man is Joel Horton, a school teacher,
also noted as a prohibitionist.
The Jersey City Branch OF the Irish Na.
tional League adopted resolutions thank.
Others Tor requesting the President not to
nominate Minister Phelps, author ot the
new extradition treaty, for chief Justice OF
the supreme court.
The Catholic News at New York received
the following cable dispatch: "The vati.
can has issued q decree condemning boy
cotting and the plan OF campaign. The
decree distinguishes the national move.
inent from these revolutionary means. 1t
condemns only the latter"
One hundred and fifty men we're nut to
work at Superior, Wis, breaking ground
lor the immense steel and iron works oil
the Land and River improvement com.
pany at West Superior. Some 23O men
will be employed to construct these works.
and when completed 800 men or more will
have Rten6v cnn1nvincnf
The family Of J. c. Waltmeycr residing
in West Hempiield township. Lancaster
county, Pa., has within the last ten lays
lost four children from Il malignant type
OF tiiphthcria. Now the four remaining
children. three well grown sons and a
daughter. are dyin: and the father and
mother are down with the disease. The
neiShbors are panic stricken.
A spike.noscd stnrseon was taken out OF
Lake Elysian at Elysian. Mimi, that
weighed l?2 pounds. Its length was six
ieet and two inches from tip to tip. 1t
measured eight inches thick and sixteen
and a half inches wide. The spike on tho
nose was eighteen inches long aud two
inches wide. IL WAS dead when found.
There IL no doubt that it is u salt water
ilsh. The question is how it got into the
lake.
The Democratic congressional commit.
tee "l the fifth district OF Minnesota have
called district convention to nominate q n
congressman. After 13 ballots it was de.
cided to hold it early in July ut Fergus
Falls the exact date to be fixed by tho
executive committee. which consists of ]
+. Schmitz, Fergus Falls; J. W. Lilly,
a,rookston' Henry Keller. Snuk Ccntcr;
Theo. T. Hudson, Duluth. The basis will be
IL delegate for every 25O votes for Alnes,
nj n tlO II n<>a s,1. N
second congressional convention will meet
Mt Mankato on tho day before the demo.
cratic State convention.
Tho supreme court at Washington ai'
iirned the decision OF tho supreme court o.
Minnesota in the case Of tho Minneapolis
q st. Louis railroad against Fred Il. Her
rick. Herrick was an employee, injured
through tho negligence Of an engineer. lie
received damages under statute in Min.
nesot;l, also i'll fnrce.in Iowa, making rail
road companies liable for injury to em,
ployes, through the acts Of an agent OF the
company. Senator Davis. for the com
pany. contended that those statutes vic.
lated the fourteenth amendment to the
constitution, in that it showed dscriminn
tion in not applying to all persons and
corporations alike.
Sullivan, the slu:,er las returned t,
A'ootyu "uCio uC W3tS TeCelSel WIN an
ovation and procession. Mrs. John L.
Sullivan, tlis cl'ampnnion's legal wife, in
tends tn set herself right before the " orld
She is endcavoring to secure q warrant for
the big fellows Il arrest Immediately on his
arrival, on the charge of improper rcla
tions with Annie Livingstone. She takes
this stop, she says because John L., while
travelling IN two continents during tho
past two years. has acknowledged Annie
Livingstone AZ his wife. She tried to have
the slugyer arrested while lie was surround
ed by his enthusiastic friends and admir-
ers, but her evidence was not stron.
enough.
The World IS Boston spccia says that Sui
livan went on aspree aboard thcCataloniu,
insulted ladies', had fights with the steam.
er's employees. beat Anna Livingston, and
WAS so violent that tho captain threat.
ened to put him in irons. Rev. w. r.
Mantley, one OF the pa sscngcrs, is given rs
authority for the statements. lie says
that Sullivan cursed Mrs. MnntIey, and
threatened to "swipe her id brats out
of existence ii she did not keep them out
OF hia way. The steward in defending
himself from an attack. broke IL coda sv
pl,on over Johns head, which pleased the
big fellow 30 much that he said the stew.
ard WAS the only man aboard. The en-.
gineer threatened to turn the hot water
hose on Sullivan, who thereafter let him
alone.