The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-22
International question; that the woman ,
was under the protection Of the British
government against all proceedings except
In the case On which she was extradited.

searcn, He weakened at once and con.
ies"ed that he was hired by . woman Of
the town to make the affidavit, whereas,
in .iact he hns not been in Wisconsin since
and 4 promise OF SO moro for making the
affidavit. Kennatt was taken to Waupun.
Racette. one OF the condemned prisoners
the murder Of Settler McLoish. is keeping
up his bravado we'll, but Gaudy has com.
pletely broken down. The fathers Of both
prisoners visit their SONS daily. Guudy
iully acknowledges his crime and says he
did the shooting. Racette protests his in.
nocence, and says he fails to conceive that
any Canadian law will hang man for q
crime he did not actually do. The sheriff
is finding difficulty to secure o hang
man. as Henderson. who swung off the
rebel Riel. refuses to do it.
A few weeks ago Jack Chapman, n negro
who resides in Giflin, Ca, wa. married to
Jennie Hall. Of Atlanta. When the mar.
riage took place the bride received mum.
her OF presents, which were worth prob
ably $3.50. Al few days ago the husband
presents in valse and carried them off,
and he has not been seen since.
Prof. Winchell pronounced the wells at
gas. and asserts that tho evidences show
that it exists in the rock strata in mex.
haustible quantities. probably at u depth
oil GOn or 800 ieet. Tie company has se-
cured complete outtit OF machinery to
prosecute the Investigations.
It Is said upon the best authority that
the mission n O'Connur Power, Irish NJ.
+. who is now visiting Manitoba, il one
authorized by the British government,
who intend In their land purchase scheme
to give Irisl, tenants the option of pur.
ch:,se upon reasonable conditions Of thirty
aces OF land in Ireland or 100 acres in
Manitoba OF the Canadian Northwest,
ireo passage to be given with the latter.
Since his arrival in Winnipeg Mr.. Power
has been inspecting different parts Of the
country with ~ view to establish the most
desirable localities to which Irish tenants
may emigratc.
A dispatch from Fort Yates, OAK, aays:
Several pcrs sons were killed in the great
tempest hy lightning and flying debris,
Those SO far identified are Shell King, the
celebrated Indian chief. and his son a
fnrner living two miles south was found
dead in his field half mile from the point
at which his house was located. The
building had been completely wrecked and
it il supposed the man had been carried
to the point where found by the wind
Matte Dambrowski. IL girl Of thirteen.
living ut u settlement six miles south, has
not been seen since the storm struck that
point, and 1t is believed slle was blown
into the river and drowned. The loss
among the Indians in especially severe. as
hundreds Of them Ind everything they had
swept away by the winds.
A fearful double tragedy occurred at
Portland. Tire. Peter shannon. aged sixty.
shot and instantly killed his wife, aged
fifty. five. then shot aud killed himself.
jealousy was the cause. The couple had
been married ouly year. lived unhappiIy
and qnarreled often. When an officer
shooting be found the couple lying dead
on the floor.
There il no doubt W..J. McGariglc, the
Park since tho beginning OF May, and il is
now pretty confidently stated that he IL in
partnership with Dr. lirett in the Sanitar.
ium at Calosnrry, n. W. r., and il intro
dnced to every one: but several ladies' dc.
clined the honor. and also to dine ut the
Sanitarium, az they did not want to meet
him.
A shoemaker named Albert Wettber w,,s
arrested ut Crimmitzschwam. Saxony, for
the murder of banker at Watertown, n.
", on Aug. %, 1856, and tho subsequent
robbery OF the bank Of $4,000. He has
since lived in various parts OF Germany.
and his arrest was brought about by an
anonymous letter.
Two valuable horses were stolen from q
farmer living near Cando. Dakota. The
thief ia supposed to have been John Hub
her farm hand who has been working in
the vicinity until lately. lie was only lot
out OF the penitentiary last fall, where hn
served one year for horse stealing.
There is Il chnnre that District Attorney
Fellows of New York city will get his Of
fetal head in trouble. lie asked
jury several weeks ago. and then ran off to
the political convention. He has not re.
turned yet and several Judges have already
denounced his action. Tho district at.
torncy is said to be in st. Paul.
Senator Chandler has introduced by re.
quest bill npprnpriating S15O,O0O for
silk culture in the United States. IT,
creates u division of silk culture in tho
department Of agriculture and authorizes
the establishment Of experimental silk cul-
ture stations throughout the country. 1t
provides for the tree distribution to the
farmers aud others of mulberry seed and
silkworn eggs.
X. II. Johnson. of New York, secretury
of the Merchants Steel Association and
also Wire Nail manufacturer Associa.
tion. in IN interview state that there was
no doubt hut there would be Il long lock-
out among employees Of iron mills. 1t will
iast, he says, until September, and per.
haps longer. Iron manufacturers have
arranged their scale. which proposes n
general reduction OF 10 per cent This is
their ultinatum and, as the amalga.
nation will not sign it there will he IL con.
fiict.
The district court at Sioux City, Iowa,
issued an injunction closing Settlers brew.
cry in Sioux City. It has been operated
for u year under county board permit,
but the injunction closed It absolutely.
At the conference of representative mis-.
siOnariea in session in London, an inter.
esting discussion occurred on the subject
OF the increase of the Islamisn doctrine.
Dr. Scheriber. OF Berlin. read paper show.
ing an alarming increase OF the Jslamism
in the east, especially in tho Dutch poses
sions where MOstlem schools had been CO.
tnll-hrd to oppose Christian missions.
Dr. Post, an American. spoke against the
influence OF 1slamism as pcrverting indi-
vidunl morality and crushing tho life Of
the people in whose midst it existed.
Lord Stanley, the new governor general
o! Canada, was sworn in the senate cham.
bcr. There was no demonstration ON his
arrival. Lord Stanley. OF Preston. is II
younger brother nf the present Earl Of
Derby. He was born in London in 1S4S.