The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-06
Brevitics by Telegraph.

Brevitics by Telegraph.
Dispatches announce that scven lcscrtcrs
have arrived Mt the camp Of Yumbnrgn n,,l
report that Stanley, after trnvcrsng the
country of the upper Auwhimi reached Il,
rough, mountainous country, where he has
continuous fights with the nutivcs. He was
number Of his men. Many of hls people. they
say. ARE i'll including the Europeans Of Ais
| pnrty. Stanley il now in the mountain md
surrounded by hostile natives.
Some time ago August Peterson, living
three miles west of lse,l Wing. Mimi, iliscOy.
ercl traces of oil in the borings from an ar
tcsian well. Afterwards some concealed force
| elected the drill from the hole. The matter
was reported to Professors Porter and VIM
chcll, Of the state university. who believe
| that the prospects nT good for finding
either oil or nuturnl gas. The sum of 5000
of the state funds sct aside for this purpose,
has been appropriated to develop its timi
and ascertain its value.
passenger train on the Wisconsin Cent?
was wrecked near Gli,llcn by u broken rail.
The bagsagc and express ear aud first and
scron'i,'lnss coachcs were thrown from the
track and the l,issrnerrs wc'rshnkcn ur, hut
| ming slowly at the time. The track was
cleared in a few hours. and the train pror,r,l-
| c,l To Ashland The express messenger was
thrown against the safe and his unk kle bruised.
| Joseph Blnmtrrg was cut on the head
Charles Fink was cut over his right eve by
| t1ying glass. Passengers say their escape
| WINS IL lucky one.
Jamcs Matsch of West Newton. Mina., was
thrown from his wagon and probably fntnlly
otherwise hurt.
John Watson of AnOka went IN tho river
from BriincI,l to got hr body Of his brother
James, drowned at the dam of Prairie River
below Grnnl ltari,ls The body was ,lisrov.
cred near where the ;,pi'rnt occurred.
Mrs. NJ. 8. Wilkinson died at her home in
| Wells. She fell some time ng,, aud .lisln.,tr,l
her hip. from the effects of which she could
not recover.
The recently consolidated Minncnpolis, ST.
Paul & SnuIt Ste Mnim Railroad company
filed in the Office nf he secretary nf state at
st. Paul II mort gag, fnr the largest amount
in the history of the oifirr. II is Sa1 900 OnU
| in amount, beside $2OOuO additional for
every mile nf road that tho company builds.
over 800. The Central Trust company oi
| New York is the mort gi,s,4. The mort gage is
| to bear five per cent interest.
| Eight prisoners escaped from ail al Su-
E'crinr Wis. by hriking u hole through, the
outside hy means of Il u'lr made nf strips of
blanket. Anon. hr nninhrr arc John OI,.-
son and one Murphy, two of the four that
brnk" from the same prison several ,inNs age,
and were rH;,,turl in Duluth. M trace ,,f
their whereabouts has yet lrcu nhtanc,l, Int
their descriptions l,;iv" been trlcgraphr,l tn
all the ncighIn,ring towns.
"Coulry" Stone. II cnlor,l i,mkry ut Cnncy
Island, shot and killed Earnest Miller, q; hai-
| tender at that place, over n dispute regard
| ing lns'r money. Stonc w;,s arrested.
| Il. q. Frasrr, an inmate nf Srlkrk ASYLUM,
near Winnipeg while trying To gut ~ drink :,i
water from i, barrel, fell hcailnny into il and
was drowned.
The manglrI lm,ly nf an unknown man
was found at Pok"gi,na bridge on The North
cru Pacific rn,,l. Nothing WAS found npuu
his person that would lead Ia his inlrn,ili-
cation, and his face WAS disliglirui In.ynn,I
| recognition. No one claimed the body. aud
il WAS hurried by the coroner. Doubtless ,h,
man had attempted to steal II ride by jump
ing nn some train while in motion. and was
caught under the wheels.
| There is considerable Indignation at Winni-
peg over the fact that Minnesota flour is now
sold in Montreal nt prices lrIuw those at
which Manit"l'n milicrs find themselves nlr
| to sell. From Brandon, Man, to Montreal
by rail win the Canadian Pacific railroad the
-,
while the publicly quoted rate for flour from
| Minneapolis to Montreal via the "Sun''
r0ut" and the Canadian Pacific railroad il
21N cents per 100 pounds. Mnnitnlalus claim
that th" Canadian Pacific having been built
ly Canadian public mnr"y, should u, least
Civ" rates I" Manitoba ;,s low as tn Mime.
| sofa millrrs, as tl" latter uir enabled To sell
flour cl"nl"r after paying duty.
A gale That caused great, loss of liG. and
property set ina ir;,nI River, Quebec. Bouts
| fishing on the Mscou hanks were swept away,
nld as far as cam be nscertHnei six men were
| drowned.
The StcnIncr Bertha, which has arrived
| from kurluck, Alaska, brought three Of n
siiors of the cotiisling schooner Isabel,
which encountered II gale on he :,d of NJ nv
| and had to br abandoned. The men took to
the bonts. but in Il storm got separated Tho
| eight skifs which contained the 10 men on
| board the Isabel. at first divided themselves,
! into two parties. After iring out three days
| two of the men went mad from the hurlships
| endured AMI had to br put in separate boats.
| and soon were drowned When annt her boat
| calsih,M. Capt. NirkcrsOn in trying to saw,
the lives of he men WAS drnwnc,l.;is were nls,,
| the men whom he tried to rescue. H. is l,,-
| lirvc,l that the men in thu two boats which
got separated from the Others were also
drowned making II who lost their lives.
William Patterson was hanged at Louis
| willie, Ky. lie is IL colorr'i man and WAS con
victcl with another man, Albert Turner,
for nss;mting aud fatally l.ating Miss .Iell-
| ME Bowman ON April 2:i. 1887. Miss Bow
man was a, domestic employed l'y II fnmily
| who livr, in u fashionable suburb, and tho
| crime was committed about 10 O'Clock in the
| morning. The t:,miy we're all absent from
| the house at the time. AMI no one Witnessed
| the murder. Turner and PAT, ,tcrson wrr" ar
rested on suspicion and Turner immediately
al inn
Turner pleaded guilty. hut on Til" sraTnId
| said Patterson was innor"nt. He wns hung
| on July ], 1887. Patterson was tried. con
victcC, but appealed his ease. aud iIi" lower
court was Sustained. The Governor rrs,tc,l
him three lines but refused to interfere fur
| thcr. Patterson protested his Innocence on
| the scnffolh lie was str;,nglrd slowly to
| death, and four minutes after the drop fell he
| said: Curse them and then ''tlr Lord
| save me" The struggles were fright fmi
| Many people believe firmly in his Innocence
and there were strong attempts to secure his
pardon.
The remains of Young Charlie Larson,
Winonh. He was sixteen years old, and mt
tended the high school. He left hut a few
days ago to work with the bridge gang. He
was sent to flag n train, ;ls II bridge was be-
| ing required, and il is not known how he
met his death. The railrond men are posi-
Ilvc lllilG nc was pfOAtfhen ny 4ufiStrOke
before I he train struck him. His hc,l and
feet were gu, off, and he was terribly mnnglcl.
Charles Miller, n wcl-to-tlo fnrmcr living
two miles south of Kilkenny, Mimi. was
| drowned while fishing in Sunish lake. Miller.
and IL companion were in II boat thirty rods
from shore. when tho boat suddenly sank in
| twelve feet Of water. Miller was unable iu
swim. His companion barely succeeded in
rnchng he shore. Miller lcnvcs n wife and
three children.
There wis an exciting encounter ut Chicago
totwccm Il party of union and nor,-ilnni,
brirkmakers Stones, clubs and knives were
freely used. Two Bohemian women, wives nf
union men, were among the most desperate
Of the fighters. The patrol was summoned
and th" police, after a struggle, succeeded in
dispensing the crowd and arlrsing several Of
the coml,atants. several of whom were No..
vcrcly and one fatally injured.
Minnesota Sunday SrhooI.
The Sunday school convention lmgan at
Northfcld. MINI, with Irorns" mcciing led
by Rev II. +. BuilrrOf ST. Paul. The "Enirap-
pointed Il. A. Mntt,J. d. Blake aud George II
Hazard u committee on system Of reports;
also X. +. Sulzcr, II. H. Holmes and James Sny-
dam ~ committee on place nfncxt convent ion.
Rev. H. 6. Jennings of Farihamlt read II III, per