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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-12-27
Was II Murder or suIoIde?

Charles Conway, rich young farmer livips
near Rochester, Minn., camo to Dubuque,
Iowa, to see his cousin, Miss Mary Kelly, who
il dying of consumption. He was much af.
fected when he was ushered into the led
chamber where the sick girllny. There being
no accommodations in the house, Conway
was taken to n neighboring boarding house.
After supper he walked out into the yard be-
2 pistol shots were heard. Two officers we're
standing close by and they rushed at once to
the spot. Conway claims that he was met by
man who demanded his money He Crap
pied with his assailant and threw him to the
ground. Then the stranger drew his revolver
and shot him twice. once throught the bowels
and again near the heart. Conway fell back
mud the murderer disappeared, taking
with him $3.50 and Convays pocketb9oE.
Circumstances on tho other hand directly
contradict this story. The police claim TINT
they were on hand so soon after the shot
were fired that no map could have escaped
their notice. Furthermore, n revolver with
two empty chambers smelling o. fresh smoke
was found in Convay's clothing, and pocket
book containing II little change was found in
hiscout pocket. In the face Of these circiin.
stances comes sthestatcment ofthe attending
physician that, from the nature and character
of the wounds, it is hardly possible that the
man could have fired the shots himself.
When Timothy Kelly, the uncle of the wound
ed man, came into the room where Conway
was. the latter made q remark which seems
to throw some light on the mystery. He
said; "rncle, when Mary dies, think III go
with her." Conway formerly lived near
Fargo.
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And while the feathers new around.
FsOm each contcnding fowl,
The crow hopreh lightly to the ground.
And to the cake did nrnMl

part In it, and so resolved to at once
and forever crush our Vaccinations
and our hopes. More thanprobably
she had induced her niece to promise
to have nothing more to do with me.
In this suspicion | was conlirmsG,
by receiving no answers IL twono
which addressed to Celcstine. Then
! took To haunting'thc ncighborhood
and watched the house, in hope of
seeing my false love come out ala.e::
but this was put to a stop by a po-
liceman, who arrested ne as q sus-
picious character and probable bur-
giar, ns | always suspected at the in
stigntion Of Miss Byngs herself, who
must hate observed him lowering
about the park shrubberv,
At length, utterly displriled and
dishearteAel. and feeling that had
indeed lost Celes! me forever, l Joined
Il party of Friends who were starting
West to make their fortunes.
After knocking around for so,na.
months, and finding myself reduced
to either cutting timber or sturva-
ton, ! made my w;lv to San Francis
co, where secured n situation rs
assistant stoker on an Australian
bound steamer.
1t was just one sa;.. at,cr my de-
parture from home that | landed in
New York, and thence in o few hours
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DuG iutSt
his features rcgaincd their natural appear
ance, and with affected nonchalance he re-
sumcd the chewing of gum rs has been his
wont during the course of the trial. The
elated air of John Kunze was absent, and
for the first time since his arrest the little
German seemed to fully appreciate
the gravity Of his situation, as
he awaited the verdict of the jury.
As the audience was contemplating the
prisoners and commenting upan their
demeanor, the noise OF many footsteps was
again suddenly heard without, and mo-
ment later the twelve men, in whose iudg-
ment rcposed the lives of the defendants, en-
tered the room, headed by Foreman Clarke.
Every prisoner simultaneously turned
his eyes upon the jurors as if to read in
their impassive features the secret of their
verdict, but there was 10 outward sign to
give them either hope or fear. "Thc clerk
will call the jurors."' The clerk will call
the roll of Jurors" Every person in the
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NEWS BREVITIES.
The Latest Telegraphic News
Culled from Associated
Press Dispatches.
WASHINGTON BRIEFS.

The senate committee on commerce report
I'd buck with favorable recommendation Sen.
ator Mashburn's bill appropriating $4,000
for light station ut Gladstone, Mich.
Senator Cullom introduced the Chicago
worlds fair bill Its provisions were sent out
from Chicago at tho time tho bill was pre-
pared by the committee having the matter
in charge.
The senate confirmed the following nomina-
tions: Cyrus J. Fry, marshal OF South Da-
kota; Lows H. Tarpley Of Oregon, United
States commissioner for Alaska ut Ounal.
nska: Thomns ]. Cayanngh, surveyor general
o. Washington; registers of the land Office,
Charles G Williams, Watertown, S. D.;
Thomas n. Reed, Jr., Seattle, Wash.
Senator Pettigrew has introduced his bill
providing for a survey OF the boundary line
between North and South Dakota. 1t pro-
vides for committee of three. one to he ap-
pointed by the secretary of the interior and
one each by the governors of North and
South Dakota, to take charge Of the work.
It asks an appropriation of 500, 900 to meet
the expense OF the work.
The following are the latest Harrso up,
pointments: Eugene Hay, United States at.
torney for the district of Minnesota; Alphon-
80 BnrtO. register of the land Office at st.
Cloud; William Westerman. receiver of public
money Mt St Cloud: AuguEt kiclbusch, reg
lister Of the land office ut Wausau, Wis; An.
drew NJ. Crawford, leceivts of public money
at Roseburgh, Or; Fremoiit s. Wood. United
States attorney for the Territory of Utah.
Editor Fnrrar, of the Toronto Mail, has
been in Washington several days. His ms-
sion lis not really known, but it is said by
those who have talked with him that he
wishes to secure some action by the United
states congress favorable to better CONNER.
cial relations between the United States and
Canada. Mr.. Farrnr believes that tho high
rates obtained by the Canadian Pacific road
and the lower rates OF the United States
lines will result in bringing to this country
from Canada 100, 900 people during the COM
ing year. Most of this immigration will set
tie in the Northern and Western states. Mr.
Farrar says that ut present the Canadian
Pacific charges 3S cents per 100 pounds for
wheat from Winnipeg to Montreal. while the
same rond only charges 81 cents from St.
Paul to Montreal.
VI the four census supervisors to he up
pointed in Minnesota three have already
been named, or rather recommended for up.
pointment. II. j. Miller of Luverne for tho
southern district, Elmer f. Adams for the
northern district, while Senator Davis has
recommended W. H. H. Johnston for the
st. Paul district. This recommendation has
been on file for some time. Senator Wash
burn and Representative Snider will have
consultation before the supervisor for the
Minneapolis district is recommended.
Among those mentioned for the place are
Frank Mcdonald, Ed Davenport and John
Goodenow. The compensation now is only
5000. hut bill is now pending increasing
the amount 81 900 and it is possible that it
will pass.
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IN GENERAL.

Democrats in nearly every county in Ohio
have been holding secret meetings, Mt which
action was taken to oppose the nomination
OF Calvin 8. Brice for United States senator.
During the most unprecedented fog which
hung over London recently, eleven persons
were drowned in various parts of the city
and the metropolis by unconsciously walking
into the river, canals or docks.
DR.. Edison, of the health board, Of New
York reported that there had been discovered
several cases of foreign intiuenza, the some
form as hos lately spread over Europe. Thus
far eight cases have been reported to the
health board and they are all in one iamily.
The first victim, II young lady, was taken
down Thursday. 1t il supposed that she
contracted the disease from family who re-
turned from Europe atew days ngo. Her first
symptoms was vertigo, speedily followed by
i,eadache and ehills Then she became
and muscles,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-12-27
A Great Fertilizer.

Where the Ganges rises. burstfne(
forth from a Himalayan glacier, it is
twenty-seven feet wide. 1t falls $500
feet in the first ten miles of its course,
and it has IN average depth Of thirty
feet 500 miles from its mouth. Its
delta is as wide rs tho distance from
New York to Washington, and hum
dreds Of mouths run from this width
back into sort Of parallelogram for
sOO miles more, where they unite. The
water of the Bay of Bengal is discol-
orcd for miles by the mud brought
down by the Ganges, and the whole
country is fcrtilized by it. The water
is the color and thickness of pea soupr< {
and tho silt or mud is SO rich that
these vast plains use no other fertil-
izen In this tiangcs valley nature is
always giving, but never getting.
Every atom Of natural fertilizer. So
this Ganges silt, is taken from the
soil. Still the land is as rich US qua.
no. and it produces from two to four
crops evers year.
About Calcutta the alluvial deposit
is 400 feet deep, and an experiment
was lately made to get at the end of it.
A we'll was sunk, but at the distance
Of 40 feet the auger broke. At this
point the end ef the rich soil had not
been reached. The amount of fertil-
izing materials brought down by the
Ganges has lately been estimated, and
scientific Investigation shows that
some distance above the point where
1t unites with the Brahmaputra its
yearly burden is the enormous amount
of $50, 100000 tons. A 1000 ton ship
is by no means small and q fleet of
$50, 900 such. ships could not carry this
burden. The average freight car is
thirty feet long, and it takes stronger
car to carry fifteen tons. Suppose our
freight cars each to be sixteen feet
longer than they are. Load upon each
car Ifty tons Of this fertilized mud, and
II would take train of more than T.
100000 such cars to carry the yearly
fertilieing output of this great river.
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bring against you, except that you
are poor. But somehow she doesn't
like you, and slle says il l ever marry
you she will leave, every cent of her
fortune to the Home Nor Destitute
Orphans, and then, dear, What could
we do?" ga = ~ " - - I;
In''vain ! assarad her that was
Wiliing TO work my fingers to the
Bone. spoke Of Q cottage and
roses and bird cages, but she very
spnsibiy remarked that we couldn't
live on roses, and that birds like
ourselves would require to be fed.
II wish ! could do something to
propititate Miss Byngs," ! said sud
ly. "For instance. if her horses were
to run away, and | were to stop
them and save her life; or if her pug
dog should fall into the basin ut the
park and l were to plunge in and
save it ut q risk of my own life-do
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him not only thc aI-
plause Of both these opposing factions. but
the approval of the leading jurists of the
land upon the validity of his rulings. As
the court convened, at 2 p. M. to receive
the verdict of the jury, there was
momentary silence as the vast audience
breathlessly awaited the first words of Judge
Mcconnell as he mounted the rostrum.
1.-THE jury is prepared to make return in
this case" said his honor. "But observe
that Mr.. Donohoe counsel for O'Sullivan
and Kunze, is absent"
II haye been requested to represent Mr..
Donohoe," said Mr.. Forrest. "IIe is out of
the city to-day" The court announced his
satisfaction at this arrangement, and mo-
mcnt later the door leading from the Jail
opened with clang and the five defendants
marched in to receive
Hardly u breath was heard as every eye
in the vast audience turned towards John
+. Bcggs, who led the procession. The face
of the senior guardian of Camp 20 was pale
with anxiety, but his eye was full of
confidence os lie boldly faced
the stare of the audience. Dan Coughlin
affected his usual indifference, but his rest
less, furious eye bctokencd the terrible
mental suspense the ex-dctcctivc expert
enced as he awaited the dread announce
mcnt of the penalty to be mectcd out to
him by the lazy. Hardly person in the
vast court room succeeded in catching the
eye of Patrick O'Sulliyan The piercing
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JOB oEPAilT TaaENT.
with spirit. The force opposed -

with spirit. The force opposed Slsw
away to wait for daylight, anl. RlIar
scouting in every direction asa 4 a1inR
ourselves surrounded We intrea6Asas
ourselves and prepared for the f6Nsvs
knew daylight would bring. WAea
morning came we found ourselves,
hemmed in by aforce Of about 500 men.
q portion Of whom we're enlisted j
soldiers ac:ing under Commissioners
officers.
Then occurred what war history
describes as "a defence without it.
equal in the history Of the whole strug-
gle.' They opened fire on us from
every side, and every one of our party
replied as fast as sure shot could be
counted on. From 6 o'clock In tho
morning until there was no let up.
but we were so we'll sheltered behind
the rocks that not one of us was,
scratched. We were then summoned
to surrender and upon returning q.
defiant reply body of men number
ing $50 charged our position. To get
mt us ut all they had TO appear in the
open road and we broke them three
times.before the real charge was made.
Then us they tried to ascend the steep
side Of the hill VIC had them Mt our
mercy. At noon We were again sum-
moned to surrender nnd when We
refused thsy brought up II six.pounder
ami opened on us. The first shot went
ten feet above our heads, and at the
second the gun burst and killed four
men. At 2 O'Clock they charged again.
and were driven back, and an hour
later force OF union clvalry, out ON q
a reconnaissance, swooped down and
bagged the whole force to O man, tax.
ing l7s prisoners, two army wagons
and another field piece which had just
come up We then had only three
bullets per man left, and must have
soon been obliged to surrender. Wa
found upon counting up. that we hal
killed thirty Weight and wounded sixtys
OF the mob, and the only casualty on
our side was flesh wound received by
one OF the women.
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youthful bloom on her cheeks. Her
lips were drawn, but the teeth which
peepcd through them We're pcarly
white, and nothing could be more
golden and luxurient than the tresses
",.:'I ."c'r"e'l her head and descend
ed in little curls so low on her fore.
head that only her finely penciled
eyebrows were visible. Herbust and
figure were those ofa we'll proportion
ell woman in the prime of life, while
her hands and neck which could not
he entirely concealed, lacked q cor
responding plumpness.
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to be present. "Gentlcmen," said the
court. II understand you have reached a
conclusion in this case.'
With bow Foreman Clarke took from
his pocket large envelope und handed it
to the judge, wlip in turn handed it to the
clerk.
'1rhe clerk will read the verdict said the
court. Instantly there was hush fell over
the vast aulicnce-a hush so profound that
as the clerk tore open the envelope the
A moment later and this anxiety became
voice of the clerk began the reading of
THE VERDICT.
We, the jury, find the defendant John p.
Beggs not guilty. We, tho jury, find the
defendant John Kunze guilty of man
slaughter as charged in the indictment, and
fix his punishment at imprisonment in the
penitcntiary for q term ofthree years. We,
the jury, find the defendants Dan Coughlin,
Patrick USullivan and Martin Burke guilty
of murder in the manner and form as
charged in the indictment, and fix the PEN
atty at imprisonment in the. penitentiary
for the term of their natural lives.
Mr. Forrest, of the defense, at once re.
quested that the jury be polled, and this
was ordered done by the court. 10 each
juror the question was put by the clerk Of
the court, "Was this and is this now your
verdict" Foreman Clarke was the first
man to rise and answer firmly in the af-
firmativc. The eleven men followed
in turn and gave the same answer.
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Beggs' face was luminous with joy and i'm
mcdiately after the polling Of the jury lie
arose from amid the prisoners, walked over
to the jury bog, and during tho breathlcss
lull that followed shook Foreman Clarkes
hand heartily and said; Gentlemen.
thank you. trust that tho future may con-
firm your judgment upon me, and that you
will never regret that you found me not
guilty of this terrible charge" As ho
SHOOK HANDS WITH THE JURORS,
each man bowed his head in acknowledge
ment ofthe grateful words Of the liberated
man. The only sound that broke the still
ness was the deep sobs Of the little German,
Kunze. He broke out with II am innocent.
God kows am innocent. God knows that
never was out to Lake View that night.
Longenecker bought two Witnesses am
sure of that; they went out and
bought farms with the. money, they
got, Him and Schettlcr did it."
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another two days aud agairr@.sallcd,
with the same result as before,
Next day met Miss pyngs on tho
street, who when lifted my hat, cut
Mn dead With "a Gorgon stnre.
Next time met her. she would not
see me at all; but Celcstillc-wlo was
with her, and on whom Argus-liko,
she kept hergazu-liushcdd deeply and
looked down, pretending to tusten
her glove.
What was to think of it all?
Only that Miss Byngs had dcvi,l@l
my intention in sending the fan, am,
probably also discovered C,lcs ,irle S
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"You're Another. "

A small boys class in natural bis
tory. Professor: "Animals that have
no feet and crawl along the ground are
called reptiles. Who can give me an
example Of reptile?" Young Brown:
IA worm" Professor: excellent.
Now will some boy think Of o secoss,l
reptilee" Young Jones: "Apal
Hopm.M
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-12-27
Tho Latest in Perfume.

The latest thing in perfumes is lilac
blossom. The odor OF tho flower is so
we'll reproduced that one fancies q
lovely spray OF white lilac is some-
where near. The color of the per-
fumc is lilac. and the nice little bottles
are tied up with lilac blossom ribbon.
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'Twouldn't Do.

would my lady's mirror be,
So might l hold her image fair;
And then pcrchancc she'd smile on me.
Seeing her face reflected there.
never could her mirror be,
Fer when she smiled on mc-aA then
My heart would hold the vision sweet.
And never give it back again.
Boston Transcript.
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black eyes Of the
iceman sought the
floor, and whatever
emotion he felt at
this critical moment
was invisible save in
the greyish pallor
that oversprcad bis
features. Martin
Burke flushed as he
approached his seat,
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PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Walter Elliott, living with his wife in Will
iamsburg, New York suburb, cape out of
n trance just in time to save himself from
being buried alive
Attorney General Clapp, of Minnesota,
deniss the application for quo warranto pro-
ccelinGs against the Great Northern Rnil
way company.
1t is reported that the Chicago auditorium
management is in negotiation with Sir Arthur
Sullivan for n prolonged season OF comic
opera to open in February next, under the
personal direction oil the eminent composer.
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We the Jury, find the defendant John r.

Simultaneous with
the announcement Of
the verdict Coughlip,
Q'sulliyan and Burke
turned deathly pale,
while Kunzc started
suddenly from his
seat and a moment
later dropped his
head upon his breast
rl I.~,,k :-ko
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A VERDICT AT LAST.
After Being Out Three Days,
the Cronin Jury Bringsin
a Verdict.
Coughlin, Burke and O'Sulli.
van are Sentenced to Inn.
prisOnmentf for Life.

CHICAGO, Dec. 18.-One of the most mem-
orable trials in the criminal history of
America closed this afternoon when the
jury impanelled three months ago rendered
its verdict in the Cronin case. That the re-
turn of this jury is verdict and
not disagreement is the source
ofmuch congratulatiun in the public mind;
and, although there is naturally much di-
vision ofscntiment OF, the question of ap-
proval ofthe verdict, the sense of relief
which is experienced at the final culmina-
tion ofthe casc is unanimous. However
bitter, too, may have been the feelings ell
gendered by the two factions which
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audience gave a con-
vulsivc start as the
sound of the Judges
voice broke the 81
lcnce only to add q
deeper awe to the sol!
cmnity Of the occa-
sion. Slowly the jur-
ors answered to their
names, and the twelve
men were announced
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to lobster salad and several ices
l knew that my fate was sealed, and
that hcnceforth life would be to me
not worth living unless could
claim her for my own.
But alas! fate was against me in
the person of an aunt, with whom
my charmer lived, and whose heiress
she expected to become. This was
Miss Byngs senior, q wealthy lady of
an age SO uncertain that no two per-
sons could agree concerning it.
She had wrinkles, and yet the whit
est of competitions, with blush OF
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FOREIGN CULLINos.

The French cham her of deputies decided
by n vote Of 26G against 292 that the recent
election Of NJ. Naquet Boulangist was
invalid.
A plot has been discovered to assassinate
the king ofCorea, who, it is reported, desires
to abdcate in favor OF Prince Min Yong Yik
Several high officials are implicated.
Revenue Offices seized the property of the
Fresno Vineyard Company of Fresno, Cal,
amounting to 100000. 1t is claimed the
amount Of brandy made and disposed OF hos
been in excess of that accounted for.
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Improyinp Hi, chsnca

Chief Ito fireman throwing water iu-
to n burning church,: why are you
keeping II stream on after the fires
out?" Fireman: "lt's tho first time in
my life that ever had q chance to
play on the organ" :.
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made my way to my forme, place O
reait1pnro

residence.
As l walked slowly up the familiar
streets, thinking of Celestine. and
wondering, with n pang, ii she were
yet married, some one darted out of
q shop and addressed me excitedly.
1t was q youth whose countenance
was to me unfamiliar,
"Excuse me sir" said he, "but are
you not-alem!-the gentleman who
bought a go fun from uslast Christ
mas eve?"
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the Irish people have
been divided in this case,
1t cannot fail to be a
source of congratulation
to Judge Mcconnell that
his impartial conduct as
a presiding judge has
been such as to win for
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So. children, as yog 81 tarouch Ma
Tc Leaft this lesson mke:
y Sou indulge in greedy strife
Some crow will get the cakc,-H.L.

inIuisingiy the other, and the look
was enough. In II another moment
we were in each others arms.
We live now in the house on Sharon
Terrace, but have q cottage, With
roses and birds, To- the country which
we ep Joy quite as much. And the
petAple who, when We were lovers,
called us foolish young things, say
now that we have done wisely and
well, and visit us a good dsfsS,s iu both
town and country,