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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-21
RECORD ofCasualtIa..

-Four miners were instantly killed and two
fatally wounded hy cavcin ut the Gaylord
mine, near Wilkesharrp. Pa.
The scalohling of the power house OF the
West side cable road, Chicago, fell from the
overweight, badly injmring eight brickluyers.
A boiler exploded in the Malloning Valley
Iron works near Youngest own, Ohio killing
james Robinson AM, badly scaldiug John
Mcpherson and William Edwards.
In II railway collision on the rittsbnrg,
Cincinnati & st. Louis railway near New
Cumberland, W. Va. Charles Rodgers was
instantly killed. and William Br0Sn fatally
wounded. Both men were engineers.
Jack o. Walker, II local boatman, with
Frank Davcys. IL friend, were out on the river
some distance above the Niagara Falls when
they lost control of the bont and it was
swept over the falls. The b0des Of the men
have not yet been recovered.
A sad accident occurred OH Lake Superior
abonrdl the steamer Onoko. recently
Capt. Taintcr, while hoisting sail with IL
pony engine, had his ovcrcoat caught in the
drum, throwing hio body "...."I it. h~,.;.;m<
it terribly and killing him instantly. The
Onok;t lift with the body for Cleveland. lie
leaves family comfortably provided ior
4 Forest fires have been raging with renewed
activity all along the Iron Range road in
every direction. The aty of Two Harbors is
surrounded by clouds of smoke. Itisreport-
ed that section house at Tower Junction
was destroyed. Everything is ns dry as tin,
der. Til" latest report from Ely says the
most dest ructive fire of the season is raging
there. Twelve to fifteen buildings hive been
destroyed and much railroad property.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-21
FrfghtfaliAccIdent In ireland.

train containing an ncxcursiou party from
Arnagh. Ireland, has been wrcrkrd nr:,rihat
place. Over IL hundred of the passeng.rs
were injured 1heeX, ,ursion party left Armagh,
IN two trains. The acri,lent occurred at !,
point where he trains had to ascend a grn.lc
on IL bunk fifty feet high. The scene which
ensue.i was henrtr.nding. Hosts ofvoun.
teers were soon nj hand. and the dead and
wounded were taken from the wreck and
carried down the bank. Medical aid WIS
called tor mud II special train from
Belfast brought to the scrnr TWEEN
~ surgeons from that city and IL
number Of medical men from other places
between Belfast and Armagh, The disaster
IL unparalleled in the railroad history ol
Ireland. The accident has east /. gloom
over Arnmagh. All the shops were closed
nnd the people were in general mourning
The engineer. fireman aud guard of The train
hnd the traffic managers clerk were sum.
mo:e,i leiOre IL magistrate and were I,.
mandcd on the charge of being responsible
for the accident.
car driver named Hughes who visited
the scene of the disustrr was so Mortified at
the sight that he died on thespot His CORPS,
was taken to Armagh in His own ear An.
other account OF the disaster says that the
engineer of the second train finding his cn
sihc poweriess TO pull the train up the steer
grade, unlinkcd several of the ears
with the object of taking thc front por
turning for the remainder flc:.ivvy is3a,rEstss rEstss
were placed behind the wheels the detached
curs to prevent them from slipping but tIl,
locomotive on resinrting gave the enlir,
train II slunt that displaced the stones. TIL,
result was that the detached ears began I,
slip backward down the grade heir spec,
gradually increasing until they had tain, /,
afrightfnl velocity. After running lnurmic.
they crushed with terrific force into ,iIrthiro
train at IL point abont II milenn II haIffrnn
Armagh.
The shrieks Of the children were horrible
The bodies of the victims were arranged il
rows as SOON as recovered. Mnny were man
gled beyond recognition. There is scared,
u family in Armaugh that has not some on
dead. The embnnkment on which the acci
dent occurred is seventy feet high. Man,
touching scenes were witnessed. The cldre,
bore their injuries with great patience
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-21
charged with iorxins til. nan. Of one N.tter.
helss to note for $3.50. Mn.- Ovinstop Of
Marion allsCes that ont Of ,I0. 600 sntrp.t.a

charged With foreing the name of one Meter.
heiss to note for $3.50. Mn. Ovingtop Of
Marion alleges that ont Of S9, 600 entrusted
to RehmoHl $500 has disappssr,tl. Apoth.
er n 900 of Mrs. Ovipgton's Q 10y Rih.
nond loaned to himself on q uortcSee ON
almost valuelees land. 1t also transpiree
that an uncle named Minor, living down
East, holds $40, 900 worth ofworthless notes
given by Richmond. 1t b said that during
the past four years Richmond has lost be.
tween $50, 900 and $50 lin speculation ON
the Chicago board, accounting for a big
slice Of his appropriation Of other people, 3
money. His real estate transactions were
large. ~
"BoD Younger's days are numbered ifi,e
stays in prison, and possibly IL he we're re.
leased he could not live." This remark was
made by gentleman who had recently seen
the third of the trio Of notorious men who
have been behind the walls of the saltwater
penitentiary for the past II years-sin,e the
Northfeld tragedy. Bob" certainly il in a
bad condition. His face is thin. 4 whole
crop OF wrinkles has come into it within a
yenr. and his former forid complexion has
faded to an ashy palencss. His lips are col
orless. His cheek bones stand out promi.
nently. and his whole face 10 that of an iuyn-
lid. He has lost much flesh. His arms and
limbs are narrowed almost down to homes,
and his hands are thin aud sallow. He il
hut the shadow Of what he was up to within
year ago.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-21
A LlTTLI; SCANDAL.
1t eliminates In the Dismissal ol
Clerks In the Pension Office.

WASHINGTON, Special Telegram. June H.
A small but rather complicated scandal de-
veloped at the pension Office to-day, result
ng IN several dismissals. The most import
mt was that OF George H. Sluircs, Commits
sioncr Tanners confidential CLERK. Squires
ia Grand Army man from Brooklyn, and Il
personal friend of Tanners IIa has pre-
sumed upon this relation to do great deal
of important business in Tanners absence
dispatch In the New York Times this morn
ing accuses squires OF giving special favor-
and precedence In consideration Of cases "a
u certain pension agent in the city. The
commissioner denies this story but has re-
moved Squires all the same; that Is. SOUR. +
resigned the Office of confidential clerk.
where he was receiving salary OF 81 500.
aud was appointed special agent Of the gen
eral land office ct u salary OF Tl,2OU.
lIe was assigned to lIelcnn, Mont. where ne
will investigate land friuds. Sluifcs had u
clerk named Van Brunt, who WAS dlschal ge.i
at the same tim.. lie was mixed up with
Squires in the cxpeditng business and there.
ars sad to he other reasons for his removal
not OF public interest On July it Ii ex-
pected that a large number Of changes will
be made In the pension Office. MANY dis
mlssals have taken place on the leave Of ab-
sence plan, and others will follow. In abol
iahinp tue board OF review. quite number
Of clerks will be dispensed with, and In es
tablshing u new board OF examiners for the
increase division number Of appointments
may be made, some of which will not cone
under the civil service rules
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AI.itt,. I,ai., se.r.

Evan Aickelson, a settler at Mile Lacs
fake AiEn., brought word down that the
Indians at the Mile Lacs luke reservation
had driven away several lately arrived
families from their claims md murdered nn
old swede named Magnuson. Magnuson
had managed to crawl to his nearest neigh.
Dor, about hulf mile away, but was diving
and unable to give any clear account
of the shooting. He was shot twice
through nnsn the he91 and cannot live:
Mickelson was dispatched to Mora to tele.
graph the governor for aid. The Indians
nave had n dance and been on n three weeks
drunk which eliminated in an attack on the
settlers. No trace could he found of the mis-
sing families. and fears arc entertained of II
wholesale slaughter having taken place. The
whites Mt the luke nIe panic stricken, ussome
6ad feelings had bcen shown lately by tho lu-
.iiams on account of the emigration coming
III. There is some talk of forming n company
OF rangers in Mora should any report of
further trouble come and ussist ance be
necessary.
This news was tclegraphed to st. Paul,
anu Gov. Merriam ut onre gave orders for
the assembling Of the militia, hut us soon as
the dispatch reached ten. Ruger, command
ing the department Of Dakota United States
army. It was quickly settled thnt the United
states forces should qucll the outbreak.
Accordingly Gen. Ruger ordered three
companies Of troops from Fort Smelling to
prepare for the expedition. taking light arms
and ten days rntions. When this was done
the militia companies were dispersed. with
orders to hold themselves in readiness Tor
further Ordera.
"A spsSial: train Of four cars was provided
BY tie Manitoba railroad, and at midnight
the troops were aboard
Ex-iOv. Henry N. Rice, who knows more
about the Chippewa in,lians than any one
else, and who in chairman of I he cont ssiou
created by tho Nelson bill to settle the dit
lerencrs between tho government and the
tribes. said when the reports of an outbreak
were shown him: There were according to
the last census 942 Mile I.lcs Indians.
They haven reservation of 81. 900 acres,
much Of which ia valuable pine land. lsy i,
treaty made with the government in ISL,
and renewed in 1864. the Indians reserved
the right to live on tho reservation an long
,ls they were ut p"nre with the whites There
has always been u dispute lmtwcrn the gov
ernment and the Indians about their rights,
and during the last twelve or fifteen years
white mci hnve gone to the reservation and
attempted to pr-empt, locating soldiers
Warrants and taking valuable pine lnn,s
The Indians looked upon this as ,ln invasion
oi their rights and matters have brrn in II
cri,ic;ll condition for come time. The In
dians have got into an unsettled state. They
are poor and hndly dcm0ralizr,l. Whisky is
arcesslble at many points ON the borders oi
the reservation, and have no doubt This
information is correct THAI the cause
OF the uprising can h. directly traced to
whisky.
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General News items.

. The body ofJ, II. Beatty, an Oklahoma
hoomer of Southwest City. Mo-, was found in
Il clump OF bushes near Muskoree, Ind Il.
st. Louis advices report the formation Of a
trust of SIS, ,OOO, 900, which takes in all the
plug tobacco manufacturers of the United
States.
The work Of cleaning away the debris in
he burnt district of Seattle has commenced
in enrnest. All the contents in the vaults OF
the various banks have been found to be in
perfect order.
All the passenger conductors Of the Choc.
taw and Cherokee divisions Of the Missouri
Kansas & Texas railway have been dis.
charged and their places supplied with
tieiSiiI C,,iiuu..o.s.
The Bank Of Wahreton, Oak. W. j. Wander
wee, president, suspended payment and ns
signed to ]. W. Blanding. Liabilities nbout
$4,000. Nanderveer claims to be able 10
pay up all drpOsitOrs in full. There ure no
heavy losers except the school treasury,
about $4,000.
Two weeks ago stranger named vogel.
mann was committed in the county hospitaI
into smallpox. Three new cuses developed
there, two of the patients beine: iemal.
nurses and I he third ex-Sheriff John MELON.
nld. The hospitalhas been qnarantined.
1t is confidently asserted that the Illinois
Central railroad will build line from Pierre,
S. D., to Puget sound. taking an air line and
| expecting to pass through the Black Hills
near Dcndwood. An exploring purity left
Pierre recently to make II survey. The sum
| of 500, 900 has been placed at the diyp1s,l
/ nft hpn aIi al
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-21
PATCHED UP A TRUCE.
The Samoan Agreement Signcd-An
Interesting Letter.

The Samoan Agreement Signcd-An
Interesting Letter.
BERLIN, June 14.-The agreement neroti
ated by the commissioners to the Samoan
conference for the settlement OF affairs i,
Samoa was signed by all the members of tilt
conference to-day. America having aban
doned her principal objection TO the agree
ment previously arrived at. the plcnipoten
tiaries had only to make uhessential mO,ii
ications in the wording of the draft Of tllt
treaty. The draft guarantees an autOnomu,l.
administration OF the islands under the Join,
control of Germany and America, England
acting ns arbitrator in the event of ditfsr.
ences arising. The Samoans are to elect tllrit
Own king and viceroy. and to be reprcsrnte,
IN senate, cOinDOsed 0f tho principal chiefs,
and c!..n,bers, elected by the people Samoa
is to have the right of levyin. duties ot evc,v
kind. The treaty also stpulatus that the
Gerinahs shall receive money indemnity
Tor their losses. special court Will be- an.
pointed to deal with the land question ThcI
Americans made their adhesion cOnditiona
upon the ratification OF the treaty by tn.
United States senate. The status quo will
therefore, Obtuin in Samon until Drcemtcr.
MIR Phelps will carry the treaty to Washing
ton. The Samoan treaty will not be ,,lt-
llshed until signed by the American govern
mGnt.
Messrs Kass0n, Bates anti PHELPS cordially
thanked Count Herbert bismarck for the
courteous manner III which they had been
treated, and they warmly praised the skill
and tact with which he had presided over
the deliberations Of the conference Sir Ed :.
ward Mal.t thanked Count Herbert on he
half Of the English delegates Count Her
bert. in reply, suid he ho,Md they had reached
ilha! solution Of the difficult question.
AMERICANS AHEAD
LONDON, June l5.-The Berlin cOrrcspou,i
ent OF the Times says: 31'he Americans have
undoubtedly emerged from the Samoan con-
ference with flying colors. Germany has to
content herself with much less political pre-
much more due To the firm and inex0rnbe
leanings of England toward the power which
it is her highest aim To cOnciliatc." The
Times, in an editorial on the Samoan agree
mcnt, says:
perlians II is as well that Prime bismarck l.:is
been made to realize that where American inter
ests are concerned. the American guvcrumlt ut Is
ti0ns which restrain the action OF thusc
European governments with which he i.
more accustomed To deal. 1t il easy
To see there might be ,nanv rc:l
sons why IT would be inrxpcdrll.
for England to follow the line of policy in re-
gard to German action In SainUa which IL Is nat
ural and necessary for America To pursue. II is
not less plain that even Germany must think
twice or thrice before provoking IL collision with
rejoice at the influence vi America 50 mud. l.ratc!y
u,ld cifcctuully cNrItrti
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wARDwELL & THoxpsos, pus,,,h.,.
Subscription. y Per Aaa,n. 1, Aa,,,,.
CONDENSED NEWS.
The Very Latest Associated Press Tel.
egrams in q Condensed Form.
From Washington.

In the case of John p. Carlin, who claims q
pension for catarrh as the result Of broken
nose by being thrown from the cars while on
Individual n.a iurlough. Assistant secretary
Bnssey holds that the soldier was not In line
ofdnty. ind aftirms the action Of the pension
ohce IN rejecting Carlin's claim for a pension.
The president made the following appoint
ments: Thomas J. Morgan of Rhode Island,
commissioner Of Indian affairs, vice John H.
Oberly, resigned; Edward C. Gattrick of Pine
Sity, Mimi, register of the lnnd Office at Toy
lors Falls, Mimi, vice Lucas X. Stannartl,
term expired. benjamin f. Allen of Iowa
was appointed special ngent of the general
land Office.
The treasury surplus is creeping mp at the
rate Of more than u million week. 1t has
passed thesixty million mark, and will prob.
ably reach sixty-Gve millions before the end
OF the fiscal year. as internal revenue receipts
are heavy these days. On the LIST Of July,
however, the appropriations for the next
fiscal year become available, and Corporal
Tanner is expected to make drafts for pen.
siona that will check the present tendency Of
the surplus to accumulate with undue rapid
lty.
In few days the civil service commission
will leave for indianapolis. Chicago and Mil
waukee, and will inspect the public service
with u view of ascertaining how closely the
federal officials in these cities follow the civil
service regulations. The commissioners want
It understood that they are not on a tour Of
investigation, but merely 'inspecting" the
service. Yet Mr.. Roosevelt says thnt they
will not visit st. Paul or Minneapolis az
these towns are all right Whether hemennt
that the other rlties arenll wrong according
to reports iereivel by the commission, is u
mat ter of inference
Lust year congress appropriated $780,.
600 to he used by the department of agri.
culture in experimenting with sorgum cnne
ms II sugar producer. OF this sum less thnn
$4,000 were to be expended and congress
gave the department the unexpended balance
To continue the work. Secretary Rusk de
cidetl to expend the entire amount this yenr
and nude the following allotmcnts; Rio
Granle. n. j.. $7.5OO: Morrisville, Va, 81,
500; kenner, La, $4,000, Meade Center. Rus,
$2,O0l; Conway Springs Kan. q. 900: Atticu
Kan. So ,OuO: Medicine Lodge. Kun. $ti, 600:
Ness City, Kan, $4,000: Stirring (Kan.) ex-
pertinent station. &2:UO; Cedar Falls (lown)
experimental station. $4,000; general
chemical control and direction. $1,000.
One Thousand dollars was reserved for OK
lmrimening with beet culture aud this
amount will he divided bet ween the stations
at Madison, Wis, and Rerkelcy, Cal.
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WAsHISGroS. Spacia! Telegram. June H.
The Albert Lea rostoiiicc fight was settled
to-day by the appointment of Hans o. Hsrk-
ness in place OF Postmaster Stacey. Stacey
was II strong supporter of Thomas WIl>on last
fall, aud was very bitter IN his opposition to
Congressman Dunnell. 1t has been one
of Mr.. Dunnell's ambitious to have
him removed. Tho new nnpoin-
tee is one of the leading Hcantli-
navan Republicans of Frecborn county who
lid good work in tn" campaign i'll rallying
his Ieoplc to the suppor: Of the whole ticket
There was considerable opposition to Mr.
Dnnnell on account OF his course, when J. A.
was alleged that the Sca,niinavians would
cut MIN ut Tie polls. Owing to the efforts of
Mr.. Il,rtnrss and others he carried tho
county by Il good majority.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-21
THE MARKETS,
NEW YORK.

wAent. No. 9, red. s1ka@s1s.c.; No. 3. red,
75lac.; No. I. red, 95ksc. No. l, white. 3sG-
93Iac; ungraded red, sOh0lS3l4e.: Barley,
nominal, Barley multi quick Canada 9O@-
el.1O. Corn. 41Ag4lssc.; elevator. 41M@
42c. No. 2, white. 49,; 1ngradsd mixed
oatp, M. 9, white 33s. .dy34c. mixed, West.
.rn. 2G@3Oc.; white do 33@39c.: No. 2,
,hirago, 2sh,@2sh: Eggs Western. 14laM-
l4Ac.; LurJ. Western steam. - O2Ia6g
7.O7kz; Butter, Western dairy, 3dI13r. do
,rea merry. 12Nl7Iac.; Western factory. Z A0l.
lie. Cheese. Western. 1h@sAc.
CHICAGO
Cash quotations were O. follows: Flou r
steady and unchanged. No. 2sprinR wheat.
77la@7sc; No: spring wheat, 1922; No.
red 15M@7se; ST. No; ~ 2 corn: m. ss.@$2se, sss $a );
hurley nominal. 80. fax seed, sl.5G.
Prime timothy. sl.22@1 .23. Mess pork,
per lbl, $ll .siKaI1 ,s7ls. Lard, per 100
lis, $G.G5@G.G1l.. short.rib sides tloose J.
s5.s5@5.9 90. Shoulders (boxed(. $5.12l:@
525. Short clear sides (boxed). $GQLt;. l2i.
Whisky, distillers' finished goods, per gal,
Sl.G2. Sugars unchanged. Butter, weak,
Eggs, firm ut 12@12lsc.
MINNEAPoLIs.
Wheat. No. I, hard, June, &c.. Jnly, 90c.
on track 00c; No. 1. northern June 81 ac.
yo'J' ospS'' w saoINt ~ 71S'' "'S' - 80 :"
June, 72c., July, 72stc. on track 72c@7ic
Flour, Patents, sacks to local dealers. 81 30
@5. 40: patentU to ship, sacks, cur lots, 81.
LOGS %; in barrels, $5.1 5@5.45; delivered
at New England points, .t5.60@5.75: New
York points, S5.5og5.G5; delivered at Phila
delrhia and Baltimore, 45.45@5.GO bak
ers' here, 33.35@4; super6ne, $1.75@
$50; rel dog. sacks, $1.15@ 30
red dog, barrels. 31.35@l.50. Bran
and shorts, 3G.5O@G.75: Corn fur
29Qt30c; No2 choice. 32c: Oats, 23M 25c
Flax, $l.51, Chicago 81 81; Feed &l2@12.5O
Prices on incoming trains only: Wheat
No. hard, $4,000: No. l Northern, slM
s2c: No. 2 Northern 1O@72c. Corn-No.2
3lc. Oets-No. . mixed, 24@25r; No. .
white. 2G027c: July, 29c; No3. 20@ 23c
kye-No.2. Ale. Barley-So. 2. soc bid
No. 3, 35g45c:Eo. 4, 35@4Or. Ground FEED
$l2@12.50. Germ Aesl-Unbolted, $12.5O
Bran-$G. 1907 80. Hay-Nel, upland
thy. $3.50. Rggs-sa. .6O@3.75 per ease
Flour-Putent, 95.15@5.3O: straight. S..
60g4 rs: bakers, $3.25@3. so; rye. $2.7O@
20; buckwheat. e3. Butter-E1tra cream
cry, 14@l5c; extra dairy, l2018; 6rsts. 8
GlOc: packing stock, 5@7c; grease. St4c
Strawberries-SSSO per case Of ~ quarts
Chssss-fsncy, $685.; 6ns, 7@9c.; akin. 40
&c.
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Influx of MoriI,Ons.

WINNIPEG. Special Telegram, June H.
Mormons are ilocking into Alberta from
Idaho aud Utah. They have purchased large
racrs from the Alberta hallway and Coal
.uninanv. a. NJ. StOncllouse. the British
Columbia LEGISLATOR who left that province
- jim tn. Mormon colony at Alberta. insists
hat his associates will practice polygamy
II they like. and the dominion cannot p!c
:cn; their d"i'gso Conditions and restraints
u.ht hr imposed upon the Murinnns II
n.y purchased their lands iro:n the govern
n-nt. Lu. hey ART, Guying from subsidized
'iiwav com! a:"s Ii Nh" Mormons con,
;nu" to flock INTO the Northwest our federal
II "r, viii .oon hayc Il serious Problem on
heir han Is.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-06-21
Personal Gossip.

Calvin s. Brice was in New York, elected
chairman Of the Democratic national com.
Mitter. The nominating speech was made
by Senator A. +. Gorman.
The marriage is just announced of G.. f..
.lestus, n wool merchant of Hepler, Kan,
and Miss Emma Bond, the Illinois school
trarher who WIS NO terribly abused and i'll.
treated by gang OF iufiiuns ncur Taylor.
willie, ILL.,, in 1852.