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Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-11

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Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-11
INTERNATIONAL BANKING co.
WARNING,

S.W. Cor. Br'vvays Fulton s., N.Y. CisY.
 ESTABLISHED IN 1874.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-01
HUMAN CHATTELS.
Slave Trading Carried on in Zanzibar
with EritiS!, CnnitnI

LONDON, Special.--Iatters from naD1bar
received at tho office Of the anti-slaycry
society here report TINT the buying aud sell
lug Of human chattals in the streets OF that
CITY ls being ca.ried on with scarcely an at
tempt at concealment. Weekly markets are
held. ut which slaves are bodily exposed TO
the gaze Of intending buyers and in many
cises each slave carries IL nlacnrd suspended
from his neck, on which is written the prc?
at which he can be bought The women arc
not usually ticketcd in this way but are sold
for what they will fetch, the ordinary price
being from &c to ElO each if they are young.
The merchants who carry on the traffic ARE
all Arabs. but 1t appears to bn well under
stood in Zanzibar that n rich firm of traders,
every member of which halls from England.
furnish all the capital to conduct the busi-
ness, and that by far the largest share
of their immense yearly profits is derived
from this traffic. All the local officials in
zlnzbpr are suid to be in the pay Of this
firm, who purchase immunity by bribing the
authorities from the highest to tho lowest,
and 20 complete is their influence that no
complaint receives the slightest attention.
To illustrate the openness with which the
traffic is carried on. it is pointed out that the
receipts of slaves every week are publicly
announced by placards upon the walls of
the houses The letters complain that the
representatives in Zanzibar OF the different
European governments appear to take no ill.,
terest whatever in these matters.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-01
sQUATTERS TO GO.
People Now Living at Fort Peirre
Must Leave OF They Will
BE Assisted.
Much Good to BE Derived From a Con.
ference of fSuperintendents of the
Postal Department.

tstRhE, 3 D., Special Telegram.
ineehsc excitement prevails at Fort Pierre.
across the river from this place, caused by
private a0vices being received from officials
VI Tue interior department which state that
'ne people over there have no recognizable
f'gnt 10 the land whereon they arc settled.
,e''t tila5 the land where the town is situated
oelonEs TO tho government, und will be
openeu lor settlement In tho same manner
US .He rest OF the reservation lands: pro-
Vlaeu, however, that the Northwestern Rail-
foao company does not accept the mile
square on the conditions heretofore agreed
pany IL certain to take tho land, as 1t has re-
ctntly slsnitied its tsintenti0n of SO doirg, and
that the land that it wants is exactly thut on
which the Fort Pierre settlers are located
Ent the information clearly states that in
either case the settlers will DO compelled
TO vacate the reservation entirely and
come across the river after the
president issues his proclamation and before
1t takes effect, and the military authorities
have also been notified to prepare to compel
INC settlers TO vacatc ut any time. In this
connection it was learned three days ago
that there were several parties of boomers
over on the reservation who intended TO re-
main the entire winter. The authorities set
out for about three miles to the west, where
three families OF poor farmers. who cume
from Paris. ILL.,, had located. Tho Indian
police found them in Il horrible state of des-
titutlon, and had they been allowed to con-
tinue on the land they would have all been
starved before spring. One family, Jenson
by name, mad already lost one child, and two
more are int precarious condition from the
lack OF proper nourishment. The three fam
lies were taken TO the ranch of squaw
man some miles down the river. where they
are being properly cared for, and when they
are i'll u condition To travel again they will
be brought buck from the reservation.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-01
Ast. Louis LAWYER Murdered.

Frank J. Bowman, the we'll knownSt. Louis
monial troubles in St, Louis and in Chicago,
was shot and instantly killed by 3. NJ. Cham
bers at Ferguson, Mo. The killing grew out
of the trouble bstween the parties over the
old Times newspaper. Chambers was large
stockholder and principal owner of the
paper up to the time of its demise. Bowman
was also financially interested in it: He
press franchise OF the paper and
has bean in litigation over the
matter with Chambers ever since. Bowman,
accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Garrett nf
st. Louis county. called at Mr.. Chambers
home in Ferguson, eighteen miles west Of st.
Louis. His purpose was to levy IN attach.
ment Oh Chambers life interest in his wife's
able to find. Chambers met Bowman and
have come to level on your property" "All
right responded Mr.. Chambers,
and he entered the house. Deputy
Sheriff Garrett afterwards explained
that lie thought Mr.. Chambers had.
ior, in few minutes, Chambers stepped out
into the yard with doubled -barreled shot
gun in his hands. Garrett you get out of
this place and get out quick he snid Gar
rett walked away. Now, Bowman, Ill give
you three minutes to get out Of these
grounds" continued Mr.. Chambers. Bow
man did not move and in an instant Cham
bers raised his gun and poured the load
into Bowman,s heart. The men were close
together and the full load took effect in the
chest. Bowman fell dead. Chambers cody
walked into the house, and several hours
later was still there awaiting arrest, while
Bowman's body lay in pool of blood in
the yard, nobody yenturing to touch it, as
the coroner had not yet arrived. A large
crowd surrounded the place, but there was
no demonstration. Bowman was one of the
best known men in st. Louis, although his
reputation was somewhat unsavory.
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Yellow fever is breaking out in all parts Of
Brazil.
A company has been formed in London to
erect tower in London on the Eiffel plan, to
be 1, $50 feet high. A prize of $500 is offered
Tor the best design, the competition open to
the world.
Sailor J. Neal, aged twenty-three, of Lon
don, Eng, belonging to steamer plying on
Lake Erie, and q young man, name unknown,
were instantly killed by the Boston express
train ut Metuchen, N. j.
The striking weavers and worsted workers
ut Chemnitz and Limbach, Germany, ore
growing more and more violent every day,
and the large force OF police and military al'
ready IN the district IRE insufficient to pre-.
serve even the semblance oforder. Collisions
between the strikers and the troops ore OF
frequent occurrence.
Klaibor, who made an attempt to assas.
snate Prince William Of wurtemburg, while
the latter was driving to church at Ludwigs-
burg, has been examined by physicians, who
pronounce him sane. He il a member of an
anarchist society, the members OF which are
sworn to kill all Princes. The society re.
Gently drew lots to decide which of the men,
bers should kill Prince William, and the
choice fell upon Klaibor.
The Russian police arrested two men, said
to he Americans. who are charged with cir
culutlng large amounts of new and danger.
GUS forged twenty-five ronble bills of tho
Bank Of Russia. Two packages, purporting
to be bales OF cotton cloth, which arrived
rom New York, were consigned to ono oi
customs otticias they were found to con.
tain nearly n million ronbes of these conn.
ter:eit bills. St. Petersburg, Moscow and
other large cities have been flooded with the
stuff for three montha
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-01
RICH AND RACY.
Correspondence Between Gen. Noble
and q Pension Agent.

anu = 1'cu61Ou agent.
ALBANY. N. Y, Oct 24-secretary Noble,
in letter to W. ". Thompson, pension
agent for tho district of Maine, refuses to
accept that Centleman's resignation. The
correspondence us furnished Mr.. Thompson
is as follows: Secretary Noble writes under
date of October %:
l have received letter addressed by you to
Hon. Hiram Smith, Jr.. deputy commissioner Of
resign. but inasmuch ns yon have not lad tho
intelligence to direct your paper to the only per-
son who can accept your resignation, and It Is
handed to mo by Mr.. Smith, beg leave to
inform you that your intended resignation Is
be both slnndercr ami 6nu ,,jJaerc III ri I'awp he
services Of the United States you arc dismissed,
and your services arc no longer required.
Mr.. Thompson gives the following as his
reply to Secretary Noble:
Your favor just received. Your letter lacks
dignity. rcspcctability and exhibits the writer
in his true character. feel free to
say you arc q puppet. personally, and Off
cially q sycophant and lickspittle. l dislike
to use this language to any person In official
age ard time with len. shall send all your ct :
ters to Inc, and All account 0f your dicta; ;orlul
methods to the president, and IL lie sslains
you shall be confirmed in the general opinion
men who made 1t possible for EcnjamiI
Harrison to insult the natiOn by putting you iii
place and power, which neither your services or
cha racter can justify, and Your continuance in
office Is q violence to every sense OF propri.ty.
There can be no usefulness in your further SER
vice, certain no benefit to tho pen-
pie will be derived from your persistent
or ever have been. While disinissals are going
on you are conslicuously worthy notice. The
president wOuin consult the public welfare by
letting you return to the obscurity in which he
found you and for which your talents best fit
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the leadership ofConaty Judge Wilson Lewis
have fortified themselves in the court house
building and are heavily armed TO resist I'm
expected attack by wills Howard and a
hundred Of his followers because ofthe shoot.
ing Of Howard's young brother BY Finlay
smith. one of the members Of the law nnsi
order order party. The bullet gra.edycung How.
ARDS temple and stunned him tor momont.
put o. soon as Wills heaf tho trouble he
vowed vengeance and began to organize his
lo!ioWers. Harlan Court House is thirty.fiye
miles from Fineville, KY, which is the near.
est railroad point.
Dr. wilkins has been travelling through
Northern Kansas with an Indian medicine
company. Several Indians travel with him
as an advertisement. Black Horse, one of
the Indians, and one Of the white men be-
longing to the company stole two respect.
able girls fror. .h-'- omes at Horton, bound
and gagged them, and carried them to q
secret tcampin the woods near South Horton.
As soon as the gags were removed from
tneir mouths they screamed for help. a
gang OF lahorers went to their assistance
ana overnowered the abductors and brought
Them to Hiawatha, where they are now in
l9ll. There 10 q great Indignation against
the Two men and some excitement over the
mar; Talk Of oflynching. however, is confined
10 only q few OF the mostindignant.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-01
The Casualty Calendar.

-Four people are burned to death and sever
g seriously injured by the burning of I
steamer near Deseronto, Ont.
The L. c. Porter Milling company's mil
and elevator at Winonn are destroyed by
nrs, entniling loss of s125, ,00O
A wreck occurred on the Louisville & Nash
visle road near Lynnlnnd, Ky. Ten pcrsons
were injured, but no one killed.
FRANK Dapsies; y. r suI 1garR
and another known as sCurley," left
Peninsula harbor, ninety miles east Of Port
Arthur on the north shore of Lake Superior,
for Port Coldwell in fishing smuck.
When short distance out they were over
taken by storm and the boat capsized.
The disaster was noticed by the residents OF
the village. A boat man was sent to the
rescue, and succeeded in saving Mark, but
Dupries and Curley had gone down. The
bodies of the victims were recovered.
Mrs. George Lear was fatally burned by
On explosion Of kerosene ut ller home in
Fort Dodge Iowa, while cooking dinner.
The accident is the most horrible one that
ever occurred at that place. Mrs. Lear is a
young married woman, and was filing a
lighted kerosene stove, when the can burst,
enveloping her in flames. With shreaks OF
terror and agony she rushed into the street.
an immense crowd hurried to her assistance
but not until every particle OF clothing was
burned from her body. The victim fingered
lew hours in awful agony and died.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-01
RUINED BY GAMBLING.
A Montana Man Steals q Bottle of
Morphine and Commits Suicide.

A Montana Man Steals q Bottle OF
Morphine and Commits Suicide.
BUTTE. Mont, Special Telegram,
John I. Billings. aged tweaty-four. COM
mitted suicide Gy the morphine route
He was the son OF Brooklyn clergy man and
had been here about two years, being at first
10 partnership with another gentleman in
buying and shipping ores TO the Pueblo and
other smelters. He came here from Denver,
where his brother is an cn,ploye Of the Pa
eblo smelter. Hegot into fast set her, and
led dissipated life beyond his means He
had lately been raising money by drawing
checks without tho collat. raj to honor them,
and his suicide is attributed to fear of tho
consequences of his -ecklcssnrsa lie OBJ
tanned the morphine by aLstrac,ing bottl; !,
from friends drug store curly THIS n.orn rnin:,
went 70 his room. swallowed abou: ten
grams Of the drug, undrcssed and went to
bed. His heavy breathing attract d notice
when too late to save his life. and all cfforta
at resuscitution failed. A card bearing this
words .taro bank" found on his barenn In
his r4om, INDICATES pare Of tho cause Of his
Eula. The ooroner'a inquest resulted In 9
verdict in *th the factA
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-01
BLACK FIENDs;
FIVE Ncer0cs Burn u House ana
Nearly Hill a Young Baby.

Ftye Ncer0cs Burn u House ana
Nearly Hill a Young Baby.
PtEMIiiHAM, Ala, Special-A dispatch
from Lafayette records a crime in Tal!a-
poosa county that has rarcy been surpassed
In its horrible details 1t seems that while
Albert Smith and his three eldest children
had gone some miles to church. five
negroes approached tho house and asked
Mrs Smith to give them something to
eat. On being refused they went into tho
house and, learning that there was no one at
home but Nrs Smith and her babe, forced
her into the yard and began rans:cking the
house: After uppropriating all they could
fiad in the way Of ,a,oneJ ana valuab!cs
they set fire to the house. aud added horror
to the terrible scene by forcing the dis
tracted woman to witness the most
brutal of fiendish deeds, which was
the tossing Of her little baby IN the
air and letting it fall back almost On the
poiut Of sharp knives. which tLfY held anief
It The brutes finally heeaea the frantic
woman,s entieaties and went away. leaving
her with nothing to greet the return of her
husband and children but her half-dea1 babe
and smouldering hcup of coals. People
for miles around have been sea1ch.ng for th1
villains, and at last accounts. three oi tho
negroes had been cantnrnd
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BLOWN UP WHILE BED.
Oscar stern9ere in Butte Has a Giant
Cartridge Exploded Under
His PILLOW.

His Pillow.
BUTTE. Mont, Special Telegram. Oct. "a
"A sensation was caused IN the center oS
town this morning by an explosion in a
mouse Oscar Stenberg, q sign painter. silent
apart from his family in room under his
snop There have been family tara he-
taatsf naufeu ccurhItzyGr was ING disturbing
element, the children taking the mothers
aide. Proceedings for divorce have been lie.
gun on both sides. which fell through, and
stenberg has been arrested more than once
Tor abusing his wife His family live in q
house adjacent to his shop, and his wife
mas taken care of his sleeping room,
to which there were two keys,
one kept by him and the other
by Mrn stenberg. The family retired early
last night and ut 6 o'clock this morning were
alarmed BY the explosion 10 Stenberg's g
room. His son and daughter, aged sixteen
and fourteen respectively, rushed into tho
room and found 1t In horrible disorIc
filed with smoke and tho bed clothes
on fire. Stenberg was assisted out to
the other house, hts head frghtfully lacer-
ated and blood streaming from wounds in
the face. by miracle no escaped death,
though suffering painfully from his injuries.
Investigation showed the explosion was duo
to giant cartridge having been placed
under the pillow of tho bed. a fuse
about six feet long having been
passed through small hole to the outside of
the room in tho yard. Another cartridge
placed there had failed 10 explode otherwise
the building would have been wrecked and
Stcnberg blown into eternity. Mrs STEM
berg aud her son were arrested during the
day and placed in separate compartments
in the Jail. No evidence has developed point-
ing directly to the perpetrator Of
the outrage. but the authorities believe
these two to be implicated in the affair to
the extent of justify.ng their arrest The
doctors say Stcrnberg will recover, propidcd
blood complications do not arise. Schmi,zgcr
cannot be found, though the officers are
searching for him. The wrecked condition
of the room and furniture in which the oc-
currence took plack make it mystery how
tho victim escaped with his life
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the crew Of the steamship Earumooe. told ,
story. horrible in its details, of the wsy they
| sustained life by cannibalism for davs Lode,
said: sThe only food we had the frst fifteer
days In the boat was flying fsh and a few
raw small ecu birds, divided among eleven
men. On the sixteenth day out william
Davis, seminar. caught mo by the tbroa,
and made dash at my head with a knife.
ne cut me- In the right cheek. the scar from
winch Still remains as you will see He was
eoid s,i to Kill ME by August Plagge, y fireman.
When Davis began to cut mo some of his
companions caught him, others shouted kin
hiin, kill him; We want something to Ont
We arc staiving.' 1t seems that plsppe.
DAVIS and others in one end Of the bout Ind
aecided that should die, az, suppose, be-
ing pretty fat looked inviting. Plagee was
placed on watch thut night, but he was miss.
ing next morning. No ono saw him 10 over.
board.
LIVED ON HUMAN FLESH
Aon tho seventeenth day, William Robinsos.
lay down to sleep, and when they tried to
call him they found him dead. Il WINS de.
termned to eat his flesh, and William
Wright. the cook, was ordered TO carve the
Douy. The first thing done was to smash in
isobinson's skull. and from the frantnr. a..h
COOK stripped the flesh from the ribs. The
next dny this flesh In strips was placed on
top OF the water tight compartment and
dried in tine sun. After taking out Robin.
sons liver, heart and other parts which
would furnish blood to be sucked, we threw
his mutilated body into the sea. Two days
utter Robinson's death, Third Engineer
Thomas Hunt died. His body was also cut
up for food. 1n about three days the linlDs
and feet of all began to swell. and several
have since broken out in ugly sorcA We
think it is poison from the human flesh and
blood" Both Graves and Loder saw that
they have no recollection of the taste of
human flesh, 80 great was fheir mental
anguish Mt the time Their only recollection
Of taking tho food is feeling their own blood
quicken as it coursed through their veins
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-01
TRUE TO HER NAME,
Mrs. Tough Would DO Robert Scott
Much Bodily Harm.

CALGARY, N. W. T., Oct 24.-Last night
one Of the most helish plots ever concocted
in Canada wos discovered and frustrated Mt
the town of Morey, forty miles west Of here.
Some time ago Robert Scott, merchant Of
that place, received Information that q
woman named Mrs Tough, who resides
here and alleges that she is Scotrs wife, was
going 10 make an attempt OH his life. Scott
notified the police, who watched the incom-
ing traina Last night the party got OF the
west-bound train ut Morey dressed in mans
clothing aud started for Scott's store, with q
policeman shadowing When the party was
about to dash vitriol on Scott she was seized
from behind and handcuffed The party
turned out to be Mrs. Tough. On her per-
son were found bottle Of ether. bottle Of
vitriol. gag, two razors and two self-cock-
ing revovers 1t was her intention to burn
out hiseyes with the vitriol and trim off his
ears and nose.
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1hc Sole Survivor

New Yong, Oct 2+-Joseph Katz. a rtow
away, arrived here to-day apd claims to bo
the sole survivor Of tho steamer brooklyn,
from Dnrien, Ca, for New York. which has
been before reported as supposed to have
been lost The ship was wrecked on tho
1lth inst Katz manned u boat with two
men named johnson and Olsen, when The
steamer began to sink. His companions
were swept away. He drifted until the 14th
instant and was picked by the schooner
Mary Watson. The owners Of The steamer
have given up all hope Of seeing her again.
There were seventeen men on board, all
residents OF brooklyn.
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every effort to make this one Of the grand
est events Of the hind ever given in 81.
Faul, and that they succeeded well every one
10 attendance can testify. The hour for the
reception was O'Clock. and shortly after
tnat time the parlors were througed
with the best citizens Of BIZ Paul,
no better crowd Of represents
i've citizens ever assembled together.
Tho parlors and corridors were beautifully
decorated with plants, while the soft strains
OF the orchestra filed the air with melody.
Ine ladies' present were attired in most beau
ttai costumes, and sparkling jewels and
snintng silks and satins gave an air Of brill
iaocy to the scene such as is seldom wit
nessed. The presence OF the staffs of Gov,
Aerriam and Gen. Ruger In full dress uni
form aided largely in lending o distinguished
air to the occasion.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-11-01
Miscellaneous.

It'll denied that the visit of President
Oakcs, of the Northern Pacific, to Quebec has
any particular significance.
The union journeymen tailors of Chicago
to the number of about seven hundred and
nrry Btrnck ~ cOnivcI LiIe usCiia, eu -.
noXious cutter in one ofthe establishments.
An English syndicate has offered $2,275,.
900 for the car wheel and locomotive works
of John Boss ut Fort Wayne, Ind, St, Louis
and Chicago and his extensive coal and Iron
mines in Alabama. Mr.. Bass in holding out
for 50 100000, and will probably get it.
Jimmie keenan, of Baltimore has signed
articles with Robert L. Flynn of Washing
ton for finish fight within fifty miles OF
Washington in one month for purse of
5000, OF which the winner is to receive two
thirds. The men are to fight Mt catch weights
with four-ounce gloves under Queensberry
rules.