The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-01-18
News Generallties,

| John NJ. Lingle, postmaster of Webb City,
1 Mo-, committed suicide by shooting himself
though the brain with a revolver. During
the day J. J: Nelson, postotfice inspector, had
found a shortage of $3.50.
The Sioux City Jobbcrs' Association,
adopted resolution urging the lOwn con-
| gressmnn to aid in the movement to ope,,
| the Sioux reservation Messrs, Steurns and
Goodykoontz, ofChambcrlaiD. OAK. ruising
funds Tor the purpose. They say that there
is strong railroad corporation lobby IA
| Washington opposing the opening of tbs.
| reservation.
The conference between the officials of the
Burlington road and the striking engineers
| and firemen was concluded ut Chicago 1t
was decided that the strike should be declared
of. the terms of the settlement being agree-
able to both the railroad officials and the en-.
gnecrs and firemen. The latter declined to
make any statement except that everything
had been settled amcnby. 1t in said thut
one of the items agreed upon was that the
strikers would not be blucklisted, and that
they should be given employment us fast MS
the vacancies occurred.
Distress is said to prevail in a scttlelnent
in the Pembina mountain. Dakota. Mr.
Riches Of Park River had secured lot of
clothing and provisions which he sent out o
he distributed among tho settlers. selecting
The men had just retnrncd und reported the
condition in which they found the people.
They distributed the goods as fairly as they
could among fifteen families and said they
knew of between forty and fifty equally des-
titute families. In these are un average of
FIVE or six little ones to Il fpmily, without
pants, coats, dresses, stockings, shoes, caps.
nittens or anything but Il few old rags.
They are mainly Lutherans and because uu-
complaining their real condition was un.
known. Most of them have hecn living on q
porrdse made by cooking up their frozen
green wheat and oats, stuff not tit to feed u
hog on. One family had not seen any -four
for six weeks
John Wolter. a submarine diver, mar
roUly escaped death while repairng the bot
tom OF Il vessel in the Schuylkil river. He
had been at work about half an hour when
it was discovered that something was wrong.
An alarm was given and the three men on
the boat pulled up tho slack rope
and drew up the diver. The rope had
become entangled about the nuns feet mud
he came to the surface feet first. VOL.
tor in his diving suit weighs 4OOpounds and
the three men were unable to pull them out
Of the water. They shouted for help, but be-
fore it arrived WOiter had gone to the bot
tom again, head first. Two men came and
the suflocating man was once more brought
up. and the mems united efforts could not get
him on the scow. and for the secold time the
diver went down. The cries of the
men at last brought number Of hands
from saw mill and VOTERS face had
turned black and was horribly swollen. and
it was thought he was dead. After the ex-
piratioD of fifteen minutes there were signs
of returning life. and shortly after the man
opened his eyes and spoke. The cause of the
hose to the back of the helmet. from which
it became detached.