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How Hindoo Women Travel.

The Hindoo women travel as lightly as
the men, but the two sexes are never put
into the same cars. There are closed cars
on all of the trains for high caste Hindoo
women, and these have windows of blue
glass in the first and second classes. which
permit the women to look out, but which
prevent the men from looking in. These
women come to the depot in closed chairs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
RAILROADS IN INDIA.
How the English Have Covered Hin
dooStan With an Iron Network.
THE LOWEST FARES In THE WORLD
Magnificent Stations and Iron Telegraph
Poles aud Ties.
SECTION HANDS AT FIVE CENTS A DAY
BOMBAY, INDIl

BOMBAY, INDIA,
May 10.-India has
now 5000 miles of
railroad. 1t is as far
from Calcutta to Bom-
bay as it is from New
York to Denver, and
several trunk lines
run across Hindo-
stan from one city to
the other. There are
branches from these
which 60 up the Him
alaya Mountains al
most to the borders of
Thibet, and others
which shoot off to the
Khyber Pass at the
nntrnnna tn A trhanis-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
Very Chenn Inhnr.

Speaking of railroad wages In India, 1
find that section men work here for from 8
to cents day and that the roads can get
all the men they want at these prices. Engi-
neers work on time and distance, and they
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
Perfectly willing.

Boston Herald
Wife, wish you would push this baby
carriage little way.
Husband-WelL I viii, if you will carry
the baby.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
CHAPTER I.
THE newspaper which

IdG newspaper. which
Reuben Hale and I own
and edit is, I am aware, a
"one-horse" affair, but we
are satisfied with it. 1t
is a small eightpaged
weekly, largely made up
of advertisements and
scissorings, and the sub
scription price is 81 a
year. We have no re-
porters, we never print
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16

Peculiar Freight Schedule.
The engines here are lighter than ours and
the whole equipment of the railroad is upon
a smaller scale. Most of the freight cars
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16
SEEN BY OTHERS.

with me. She said she would ask the house,
keeper as it was against the rules. The
housekeeper came to me, and in answer to
my questions as to whether anyone else had
ever complained of this room, she hesitated
and finally admitted that sick lady had
once insisted on having another room. She
gave no explanations, nor did /, but I
thought would give it one more trial and I
determined to sit up all night in the room,
but when it came on to IL o'clock, I con-
cluded that 1 could see from the alcove quite
as we'll, though it was not far away. / sat
down upon the bed for about half an hour,
and all at once the whole scene was re-
enacted, and I must confess to feeling very
queer.
In the morning I sent for Mr.. Adams, the
clerk, and asked him if any murder had
ever been committed in that room, but he
declared there had not, but in answer to
my questionings admitted that a man had
once committed suicide there He had
been sick and respondent and so took his
life.
then told Mr.. Adams that I felt sure the
man was murdered, and gave him my expe-
rience. He could not give the details of
the position of the body of the supposed sui
eide. was then assigned to another room
and promised to say nothing about it. 1
went aDr0aQ anu came Dack; went 10 GALL
fornia and returned; went South and back,
and had almost forgotten the whole affair.
when, one day 1 felt absolutely impelled to
write about it, which did and sent the
article to the New York Sun. They only
took time to verify what they could of the
story and published it. This caused con-
siderable stir, and brought out the fact that
others besides myself had seen things in that
room. A Catholic priest published an arti-
Gle relating to it, and saying that he be-
lieyed that the man had been murdered and
that as a punishment for his crime he was
obliged to enact it every night in sleep, aud
that it was well-known fact that one mind
had more or less influence over another, and
that his mind, freed from body, had forced
mine to see the tragedy. This seems TO me
a plausible theory or at least the most
plausible of any I have heard or can invent.
An English sea captain also published
his experience in this room. He had been
playing cards with a friend, and while at
the little table there came an invisible
shower of apparently heavy articles down
on the table, scattering the cards right aud
left. Another man had peculiar, but not
startling, manifestations there. There may
be more returns not in yet.
OLIVE HARPER,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-07
Eairing Shin.

The keel i, laid down on blocks,
four or five feet apart. which form II
slope toward the water so the hull
may glide down easily wh"n the time
for launching comes. IL is not u Ecc!
at ali, in the sense that Nh. term wa,
formerly used. y modern ship has Il
smooth bottom. without any projecting
ridge or break To the curve of her
sides; it is simply the central series Of
plates, from which an inner keel i,
built up like ;ln enormous backbone,
and to ihi, the ribs are attached. The
metal is delivered at the yard in the
sia!'c Of angle iron or angle steel, til"
latter being the material which would
be used in Il ship of the class wc hnyr
in mind. Heated to IL white heat the
angle bars are drawn out OF the fur
mace intoa perfectly level iron floor,
upon which they are bent to the need
ed curve, and that which has been II
line Of Ink in the original drawing. II
chalk mark on the ilOor of the mold
lOIl. anu il pltHDNt III lIt S'Hlutc III lilt
scrivc board. i, now embodied in the
heavy rib of the ship. The bending i,
done thus; The metal floor is prrfor-
n'cd with thousands Of holes. into
which iron pegs are inserted until they
form the curvature required. and the
long, pliablc bar OF steel is pressed
against them until it corresponds cx-
actly with the line exhibited in the
SERVE board, which is always in sight
of the workmcn for guidance and COM
pari>on. In handling the metal the
men use pitchforks, and with the
prongs inserted in the holes they get
purchase enough to make the bar
yield; if it bends upward II hammer is
used upon it. Each rib has, OF course,
to be duplicated with the utmost pre-
cision in order that it shall be the
same on both sides Of the ship, and
each, after it has cooled, is laid upol
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-07
Natures Cara


NJ. V. H. Davis: In lalry's "E.vl-
dcnr"s Of thrt,iianitr.' natures COM
pcmsatiom- nrr ST forth in II number of
instances. and tin. writrrasli~: "Whcr.
SHALL We look lo. b'olul, dnSli ,tiu:,?
Where can wr reckon up n,thiug bat
wants. y -liHl. wilhou. wings, feet
or thread. climbs up the at,ll;5 of
plants by the sole aid of II visrd htl-
NOR discilarr.d from hnr skin. 81.
adh"rrs To the stems. leave, and twiys
by mean, Of !; sticking, plaster. a
m'ssc. which might seem by it,, help
lcssncss to br at the mercy of every
wave that rolls over il, has ,ha sing,l-
lar power of spinning strong, tcndin-
Gus threads. By which she moor, her
shell to rocks and timbcr-. a cookie,
on the contrary, D.: means Of its stiff
tongue, WORKS for itself IL shelter in TIL"
tend to eases the most desperate. \
lobster has Il constitutional difficulty
At Il certain season the she'll grows
soft. The animal swell its body. the
seams open and the claws burst az the
joints. When the shell has thus be-
com" loose upon The body. the animal
mai"s II ,rroarl effort. aui bE Il trr-
mcndous >pa>mo.lir motion casts il of.
In this state. the libnrltc but defense
less fish rctirc> into hole. in tha rocks
The released body Suddenly pushes its
growth: in fpriyright hours ~ fresh
concirlion of liumor on the sur
face and !, li"w shell is formed. adapt
cd in every part 10 tn" increased size
Of the animal. This wonderful NUT l.
ton is repeated every year.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-07
CONDENSED NEWS,
The Very Latest Associated Press Tel.
egrams In q CONDEMNED Form.
From Washinetoa.

certificate for pension was granted ia
Phillip Flood, formerly private in Com.
pany y. Forty-second Ohio volunteer infant.
~. The amount of arrears allowed by the
pension Office in his case is 415, ,2S9, his disa.
~ the largest first payment on record in the
pension Office.
Secretary Noble approved the instructions
to the Red Like Chippewa commission, and
they will be forwarded to Hon. II. NJ. Rice at
1T. Paul The instructions are briei. Tnecom
mission is to select n secretary, a steno.
9rapher and interpreter and make such other
arrangements IA are net,essnry, and proceed
10 the reservation, and TIN olgh an inter.
prefer explain the act of congress and secure
cession OF such lands as the Indians do not
require for themselves under tho severalty
Secretary Noble directed ON investigation
'byths Indian agents Of the Sioux reserva.
tton as to whether settler, we're moving up.
on the lands. The srst to report is Agent
AcChesney at Cheyenne agency. He says
that he had no information that intruders
missioner Belt is Of the opinion that the cir.
c9lar OF the Indian Defense association, nd.
vising the Sioux not to sign the treaty for O
cession Of part of the reservation will have
tne enect OF preventing some Of the Indians
nom signing. and may give the commission
some trouble. 1t Is not believed that DR..
Bland: who has been SO active in preventing
= = eesslon OF the lands, will present the circu-
lar 10 person. Bland will hardly like to risk
his bones in Dakota since he has done SO
much to retnrd the opening OF tho reserya.
zion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-07
Arraigned for Murder.

CHICAGO, May 3l.-Dctective Coughlin,
p. o. Sullivan, the ice man, and F.ank
Woodruff were formally arraigncd in
Judge Willianson's court this after
noon OH the charge of numbering Dr.
Cronin. They were hu,riclly brought into
court through the passage way leading from
the Jail at Il time when very few spectators
were present. Counsel Tor the prisoners had
not been notified OF the intended action, bot
Lawyer David, who represents Sullivan,
happened to be In court ut the time. All
three pleaded Not guilty" anu David made
the stereotypcd motion to quash the indict-
mcnts. but no date was set for argument.
After ench of the three prisoners had been
furnished with copy OF the indictment
against him they were taken back to iil. All
three looked anxious and careworn, al
though 1t was apparent that they were try
ing TO preserve cool exterior An effort
was made this morning to manufacture II
sensation out OF tho arrest of IL man vari-
ously known us sWilliams" and Mack, and
who was taken by tho police from West
side lodging house. 1t was gravely stated
that he knew all about the crime, and that it
would probably be Developed that he was
the man who nailed down the carpet in the
Carlson cottage. Chief Hubbard knocked
this story in tho head tonight. Williams, he
eaid. had not the slightest connection with
the mystery. and he was simply bsn. held
at the Desplaines station pending his return
to the Eridewcll, from which he escaped
some time ago.
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WAsnINGToN. May 23.-Tne civil aervics
commission gives notice that, in order to Sc
cure ample registry of persons cligb for
appointment to the position of railway mail
clerk from the following nained states AMI
territories, spec al examinations Of appl-
cants for that position will be held by the
United States civil service commission ON
the dates and ut the places named Bellows
At Denver. Colo; cheyenne. Wyo: Fargo. Bis
marck and YanktOn. Dak.: Wilmington, ID Il. T;
Jacksonville Fla. Atlanta savannah and Ma
con. Ga: New Orleans and Shreveport. l. l. ;
Vicksbnrg, Jackson and Oxford. Miss: Prov-
Hariinshur; ~ Charies"m amh a S"n Iartnrsi,s . u
Va, on "Wednesday. June IL: Boise Ci:y, Idaho:
Miles CITY and Helena. Mont; Carson City,
New: Albuquerque: n. NJ: Portland and Rose
burg. Or: Salt Lake City. Utah: Spokane
Falls and Seattle. Wash. OH Friday. June IL
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-07
SlNGl4E-li ANDEll.
k"undcd Up by Single Isobi,cr,
Who SECURES Much spOty.

k"undctl Up by a Single Robicr,
Who Secures Much Booty.
ELLIS JUNCTION, Wis.,, Special Telegram.
May 29-Onc of the most daring train rob
berries that ever took place In Wisconsin oc-
Cured tonight OH the Milwaukee a. Nnrth.
ern train just as it was pulling out of
Beaver. small s'a,ion five miles from
Eere. A nan walked into the rear coach
and asked the brakeman what station they
hMd just passed. Cuon beng told. Ii. sad:
well, give mo your money" and drew two
revolvers lie repeated this request M he
reached each passenger. After they had
disgorgcd the bandit forced them TO
go ahead until he had travelled
through each coach. After SECURING
the valunblcs OF all no backed out
OF the car and jumped of the train lust az il
was pulling into Ellis junction. L. t. Allen.
travelling man from Marinette. was relieved
Of 1919 and gola watch John Wells al
MenOmonle was taxed for gold watch and
80. James Hughes of Iron RIVER rave mn
his last dollar II ID. Butler of Rlndom
Lake. Wis, had %iOO in his pocket, Dut tile
bold highwaymen missed him in the con-
fusion. The robber wax dressed like "A linn
five feet eight inches tnli, and weighed about
lao pounds. Deputy Sneritf Schilck and Il
large posse arc out securing tho woods in
search OF the robber, but the chances OF cap
turing him arc slight, ~ The woods are lleav.
lily tilnbered and the night is dark.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-07
Mn War An,,c,pat.,,

WAsHINGToN. May 29-Officinls at the state
and navy departments expressed alarm at
the news coming from Victoria, l.. c., that
the British North Pac fic squadron had been
orderei to Behring's sea. Commod ,re
Walker. in charge of the detail Office at I'll !,
navy department.. says that none of our
naval vessels have been ordered to Alaska,
except the Thetis, which was assigned to
that station some time ago and has been
regularly engaged in pa,roIling the Alaskan
coast for several summers past lie says he
does not think Great Britain and the Unieed
States will war about the seal fisheries.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-07
General News items,

The Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pau! take
the initiative in what may develop into gi-
gantc freight rate war bet ween both West.
ern and Eastern railroads.
The Connecticut house of representatives
has passed the bill giving women the right
to vote on the question of the sale Of fntoxi-
eating liquors.
1t is reported that the International Com
pnny OF Mexico has Leen sold to the Mexican
Land and Colonization company, the wealthy
English syndicate that built the Chicago, st.
Paul 4 Kansas City railway. Also the
enormous packing houses Of the Union stock
yards and distillery in st. Paul. The syndi.
cate will spend large sums in raiiruod build
ing, agricultural and mine developments.
5 A gentleman in Chamberlain, S. d.. received
letter from young Indian who is at pres
ent visiting ut Rosebud agency, in which he
states that the Indians there are generally
inclined to accept the Sioux bill, and are
confident that the bill will I've ratified. Fully
one.third of the Indian population OH the
reservation are located at this agency. and
the success of the commission depends large.
ly upon their action.
In the Bishop inquest Deputy Coroner
jenkins testified to having, on Nay 10, ex-
amined the body Of the deceased mind read-
er. and reopcning the incisions previously
made. lie found the body well preserved.
In the chest cavity he found many vital or
gans and also the brain. The organs all
seemed to be in healthy condition, and in
their appearance presented no cause Tor
death. Portions Of the brain and OF the vi
tai organs were missing. however, SO that
| the witness could not speak with certainty
tr,t bo con1jtion nf tho xxhola
A decided sensation was created at Nanti-
coke, Pa. Recently John Stevenson, an
old man employed as outside laborer at the
mines, was found lying stiff and cold in bed,
and he was supposed to be Il corpse. Prep
arations were made for his funeral. A
grave was procured at the poor farm, next
morning Stevenson's body was taken there
in wagon. Along lonely part of the road
the driver heard anoise in the box. 1t grew
louder and louder. The driver became
alarmed, jumped from his seut and ran for
the nearest house. The people accompanied
him back to the wagon, the box was broken
| open, and old John Stevenson ruised up and
stared wildly about him. He was very weak
and had to be lifted out and carried to the
house. The box was very roughly construct.
| ed, OtherwiEe the unfortunate man would
have been smothered. At the residence of
John Cashen, where he was taken, he ate nn
egg and drank some coffee He was totally
ignorant Of what had taken place up to the
time When he found himself in the coffin.
He says nll he can remember is that he drank
whisky in saloon the previous afternoon.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-07
OUR TRADE RELATIONS.

The Senatorial Committee on Trade
Relations Arrives In Victoria
Alaskan Mail Facilities.
VICTORIA, b. C.. Special Telegram, May 30.
The senatorial special committee on trade
relations have arrived Senator Dolph,
ono of the party, stated it YVES ut present mn
decided whether the committees would pro-
coed further north or return East. Its mis-
sion is TO examine intO every tIues-
ton Of relations existing between the
United States and Canada-yeograplca
commercial and rolitical-and report to the
senate The appointment OF the committee
and the visit to Victoria had no ehpac al sig
niticance other tnan to obtain reliable infor-
nation respecting future legs alton of AN
international character. Louis W. Knapp, tho
newly ,y-appointed governor OF Alaska, was
here yesterday and lett for the North by tho
steamer Elder tonight. His plans No far are
in reference principa ly to increasing the
Alaskan mail facilities, the organiZ lti0M Of
militia in tine large; plnccs in the territory il
possible, and the establishment of Telegraph
10 communication and til. prrfc:;i0m of the
school system. besldes encouraging In every
manner possible the development OF the fish.
cry. mining and lumber in erc>ts.
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Professor Epsv. The Old Storm
Klnu"


In lsla Professor Epsy was given
IL position in the War Department,
where lie could pursli" hi, invcstiga-
tions in ;ltmophcric;,l currents and dis
tnrbances aud receive reports from
distant points Of observation. He in
stitutcd II service of daily weather re-
ports. omt of which our present Signal
Service system has grown. and on the
basis Of this enterprise. ;ls Mrs. More
head relatcs in her book. Professor
Henry once remarked to her that there
wits no question in his mind that '.Pro-
fcs;sor I:spy should be regarded us the
father of the present Signal Service of
the United States. his Theory of
storms having led the way to its cstab-
lishmcnt unIl present success" Pro-
fcSSor Henry added that the charts
now used in the service were identical
twith some modiiications) with those
that the "Old Storm King" constructed
for ,lsc in the Meteorological Bureau
Of the War Department when he was
at its head. y similar acknowledge
mcnt was made TO Mrs. MOrehead by
General Myer. Professor Espy was for
several years lpgcnt OF the Smith
soniam Institution, and was brought in-
To close relations and friendship with
Professor Henry. Oh the occasion of
his death Professor Bache pronounced
his culogy in the Board of Regents,
and the regents passed The customary
resolutions in honor Of his memory.
One of these resolutions describes him
rs lone OF the mos. useful and Jealous
of the meteorolgists cooperating with
the Institution, whose labors in both
the increase and diffusion of llnowl-
edge of n.ctcoroiogy have mcritcd tho
highest honors of science at home,
and have ;td,icd to the reputation of
our country abroad. Popular Science
Monthly.
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Record Of Ca.u.ltis,.

The Addyston pipe and steel works, eight
miles west of Cincinnati were burned to the
Eroand, Loss, $4,000.
While the procession was returning from
the cemetery at Canon City, Col, a team OF
horses became frightened and tore down the
ftreet. The wagon collided with light wag.
on in which were three women and five chill.
uren. The latter were all injured and three
pi them will die. The injured are Mrs. s. A.
Eaeak, Mrs. Charles White and infant, Mrs.
W. l.. Jones and three small children.
A terrible accident occurred at Danville.
Va. J.G. Penn WIS building large brick
tobacco factory on Bridge street, nearly
200 feet long and six stories high. The walls
work on it. The wind was blowing hard and
the entire building came down with q crash
Robert Pruitt, William Young, G. b. Jones,
Buck Hooper und d. N. Collie were killed
"A disastrous cyclone passed over Clements
Chase county, Kansas. Capt. Brown and
his daughter wer. killed and his wife had a
leg almost torn of and his son had IN arm
and leg broken. 1t is reported that six or
seven other persons were killed, but the
wires were oil down and no reliable iniorma-
tion can be obtained. John Pantle, conduc-
tor OF stock train, who arrived in Empura,
snys he passed through Clements lust after
the cyclone, and in plain sight of part OF its
destructive dOings. The cloud looked squire
shaped. like house with it's lower portion
surrounded by white cloud, looking like
steam. which seemed to rise from oil around
the main dark cloud. As it came through
the timber it cut n clear swath. apparently
destroying everything in it's path, and when
: u struck the Cottonwood river it looked as
II it was cutting paths through the river,
piing up the water on both sides.
Rev. ]. c. Myers ofstate Line, Ind, at the
request of Rev. Steele, ofthe New Liberty
Christian church, Fountain county, Ind
6lled the pulpit in that church on May
26th. During the evening services, about 8
O'Clock, o smull cloud was noticed to over
cast the sky. Immediately afterward q
binding bolt of lightning descended, struck
and destroyed the church chimney. Follow.
ing along the stovepipe, which ran around
the room. it crushed the two stoves into
fragments and tore up the floor. After leav-
portion OF it ran down the chandelier, over
the pulpit, striking Mr.. Myers in the buck
OF the head. He turned n somersauIt, fell
heavily to the floor, and was thought to be
dead. He laid in an unconscious condition
for more than hnlf nn hour. Several persons
in the large congregation we're shocked into
insensibility. but soon recovered. On the
back Of Mr.. Myers head where the lightning
struck him is bruised place about the size
of q silver dollar His face appears burnt.
and his sight is nearly destroyed.
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These Are lucky.

WAsHISaToN. May 2s.-Ihe president has
appointed Orlow w. Chapman of New York
to be solicitor general. Mr. Chapman is q
lawyer OF Blngham'on. aud suid to be very
popular man. lie held state office about
twelve years ago. lie is titty-ive years OF
nRe. The following appointments were to-
day made in the department OF the Interior:
". G. Shelley of Tennessee, chief OF the di-
vision Of depreciation clam in the Indian
bureau; Lorenzo u. Montgomery OF Gales
vile. Or, and Thomas J. Stacy Of Missouri
special agents for Investigation of depredl-
ton claims in the same bureau. Frank NJ.
Thompson Of Arkansas has been appointed
superintendent OF the Hot Springs in Arkan-
s;s, vice Charles W. Field OF the District OF
Cnlumhia removed