The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-15
Minnesota Odd Fe,,ows.

port of the grand master showed IS subor
dinate and lscbckah degree lodges insti.
tute'i during the year. Ave new halls detl.
acated and bylaws and amendmeuts up.
proved Tor about 20lodges. etc. The report
closes with number ui questions answer.
ed, recommendations to the lodges and
mention Of the deceased members. The
secretary and treasurer's reports gave
full details OF all financial trans.
actions OF the order in the state
The following statistics show the emo.
dition OF lodges in the state: Members in
good standing Jan. i, 1887, 6.471; in.
crease by imitation. ss5; by deposit OF
eari, $50; by Reinstatement, Ill; total,
F.1s7. Decrease by withdrawal, 337; by
suspension Tor non-payment OF dues, 4lO;
yieceneed, So; expelled. II; total S11.
Members in good standing Jan. l. 1888.
Ss,9!6ne. gain in membership, sos; mum:
per past grands. 400; number OF broth.
ers relieved. 46I; number Of widows re-
lievcd "a; number of brothers buried, 80;
numbcr ef weeks sickness for which benefit q
were paid. ., iG:'; whole number of charter
issued in Minnesota, l:i?: number OF
deiunct lodges. 10; number of working
lodges June 1858, 129; average member.
ship per lodge. 30.
Mrs. Meckie l.. Rawson of Chicago. has.
from appearances at least thoroughly re.
covered from her slight indisposition. She
has been informed that Attorney Henry G..
whitney was not fatally wounded and her
condition has cnrrespondinglv improved
However, she still refuses to ace any ono
until she has consulted fully with her at
tornevs. Mr.. Whitney's condition was
greatly improved, and strong homes are
entertained that he will be out nd around
as usual in a few days.
Aaron Pennock, young Mennonite, bc.
came despondent Mt being pressed to pay
note due to IL machine agent and hanged
himself ut Winnipeg.
AT the session of tho supreme court at
Jefferson City Missouri Chief justice Nor
NJ. Brooks, alias Maxwell. murderer of &.
Aurthur Pre'ler, for tho 9Th day nf July.
Executive clcmency is all that can he hoped
Tor by the doomed mans friends. Popular
feeling is much opposed to executive elem.
ency.
Forest tiroa are doing terrible havoc on
the Omaha line about fourteen miies from
Ashland. At Thirty-iniI Siding the post.
office was destroyed. together with thrco
houses. and that number Of families are
rendered homeless. Thirty cars. 5000
ties and :'.o"o posts were also consum.
ell. The evening passenger train from st.
Paul was drnyed two hours. The passen.
gers and crew aided in saving property
and did effective work. Fears are
IOF lONuH VII viz uut,
and it is thought that two or three work.
men lost their lives.
Tie biggest scheme for furnishing ship
pers with low rate has just been discov-
cred in New York The plan il to induce
shippers on trnnscontinenta al lines to ship
by lake instead Of by rail. which makes 4.
difference "f 10 to l5 per cent in rates.
The cheapest route heing urged to shippers
is by lake and rail to Duluth. thence via
81 In,,1 hv ~ bicl Ia a r., In # 20 la
is given which. added to the local rate of
$3.50 from the latter point. gives 1,
throu.h rate OF S3. 40 to San Francisco.
The nll Tail rate ia 81 per 100 pounds, 81
OF which goes to lines East OF Chicago on
dry goods to San Francisco. A number
oi large houses are already shipping in tn il
way and san Francisco merchants are
beginning to inquire earnest into the mat.
ter.
White Swan, chief of tile Two Kettle
band Of Sioux. was in Pierre d. T., and
Expressed great sat isia ction with the white
father over the terms of the Dawes bill.
and guarantees that every Indian on the
reservntiuD will sign the treaty. He was
also well pleased with the pr ospect Of hav.
ing the Indian school nt Pierre. and says
thatGariise is too far off and that some
teachers employed there do not know
more than his son.
The Minnesota committee OF the Ancient
Order Of liiberninns held it's annual ses-
sion at st. Cloud with q large number oi
delegates present.
Isaac Orm. OF Chippewa Falls. Wis. was
sentenced by Judge Hoyt to one year in
Waupun. A few days before lie entered a
already drunk. he fired several shots
which were intended for Thomas D,iyan.
but which took effect in the different parts
OF the room.
Slim Jim. alias james Perkins. alias j.
B. Mcintyre. and Burns Azure were sen.
fenced to terms OF five years in the pen
by Judge MrIlree at Maple Creek. n. W. T.,
for stealing horses near Fort Shaw and
Fort Benton. Mont.
Max Hoppe. who murdered Adams ncai
Fort Conrad. Montana. May % was cap
.turcd by Deputy Sheriff Crawford. after a
long and crcuitOus chase. near Sweet
Grass Hills, about 100 miles north anG
across British lines. lie is held by mount
ed police pending eNtradition proceedings
Hoppe claims he nctcl. in self-deiense.
A farmer nained kn,nlt Gullicksun. r,
siding about twenty miles southeast Of La
Grace ID. T.. accompanied by IL cnnstabl,
drove into town III search of his daughter
who had l,een cntired IRON her home by =
Larson. II married nun and neighbor. TIL,
girl was under fifteen years of aye a war
rant was soon procured for the arrest o
Larson. Larsen ana lilS victim are sup
posed to have passed through town tlurin
the night some two or three hours in all
vance Of Gullickson and the constable. Il
is thon.ht that Larson went to Washing
ton Territory.
The body of John Olson Hague wal
found near his home in Grow, six miles
from Anuku, Mimi. at tho foot Of ~ smal
oak tree. with a rore around bis neck. II,
was in IL sitting posture, with his hands
touching the ground. and leaning forward
with his head not two feet from the earth,
Olson was forty years old. and leaves 9
wife and eight children. lie recently los,
HIS farm throush drink. and his financial
disasters were the probable cause. H
reached home from Annka the night be
fore intoxicated and left his home earl!
next morning. and must have hanget
himself soon after. as decomposition hat
set in when the body was found.
A yourl. inan named Wesley living "a
Hamilton. Fillmore county, Minn.. wa
kicked to death by vicious horse. A bo.
twenty years old named Engebretson. re
siding at Iariinona, same county, Will
sitting on tine door step handling revol
yer accidcntly shnt himself, the ball pasi
ing through his heart and killing hir
instantly.
Richard Carney. n negro under sentenc
o. death in Freehold. y. j.. for the murde
Q! Mrs Margaret Purcell, has confesse