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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-01-25

A Winnipeg telegram of Jan. 10Th says
a remarkable case of petrihcation las
just come to light. Sixteen years ago, a
halfbreed named Rolade buried his wife
twenty miles from this city. A few days
ago he, with some friends, exhumed the
the remains to carry them to another
burying place. Upon opening the cof-
fin, the body was found perfectly pre-.
servcd. the eyes and mouth being partly
opened and the hair quite black and ma
tural. When all attempt was made to
lift the remains, it was found quite i'm
possible, US they were completely petri-
fled. Examination showed that small
spring If alkali water had been running
through tile coffin. and the action of the
water OIL the remains had caused petri.
faction. Assistance was procured and the
remains were raised to the surface and
transferred to the city, where they were
weighed. The weight was found to be
700 pounds. knowledge of the discovery
coming to the ears Of u member of the
historical society, communication was
sent to the American museum, and sew.
eral Offers have already been received
for the cp2io ~
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-01-25

Aw. H.LpIMAND,M MD.
Graduate of McGill College. Montreal. Office
at the Winchester iGtel.
PEMBLNA, DAkOT l..
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-01-25

w ). KNEEAnAW.
Lawyers. Will practice IN Courts Of Dakota,
Minnesota and before United states Land Office.
Money to Loan and Collections made.
FElfBINA, DAKOTA.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-01-25

and approved and ljGm
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-01-25

ofprobate 4th quarter 1sss........ IS DOL
Resolved, thas an order be drawn on
the road and bridge fund for one hund.
red and fifty dollars in favor of II C Ar.
mold, to be expended by H Z Arnold in|
the payment for the building of tllree|
bridges in the township of Akra in &C.
cordance with an appropriation made by
the board Of commissioners relating
II G Arnold for above approprIa.
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d. HARTSUN,
Attorney-nt.Iaw Land and Loan ngcnt Of
flee in Webster building, Rolette street,
PE3fBINA, DAKOTA.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
POPULAR OPINION.
A Growing Regret That Pete Was
Executed.

"Oh. God, 1 am being punished too
much for what have donev'
These were almost The last words of
Peter Barrett as he stood Old the trap of
the gallows in the Hennepin county
jail Friday morning, with the deadly
moose around his neck. The feeling
that his words were only too true, and
that his hanging was as mistake. is
hourly growing stronger. Now that the
excitement incident to the execution
has died away, men are beginning to
look at the matter from calmer point
of view, and the feeling that Peter did
not fire the first shot and that his pun
iShment was too severe is creeping
into their minds. While appearances
were certainly against the boy, 1t is
a fact that the county officials, who
have seen him ever since he was ar
rested. do not believe that he was as
guilty as ''Reddy'' said, and feel that
his execution was blundeT, which will
be made manifest before many SHOWS
shall have covered the graves Of the
two victims of the law. That the jury
which convicted him did not think he
should suffer the death penalty is also
eVinced by their requests TO the gov
ernOr to commute the sentence to life
Imprisonment. Several hundred men
and women viewed the bodies at the
morgue yesterday. and out of that num-
Der there were not twenty-five who did
not declare, as they leaned over the
collins and took the last look at the pale
faces of the two boys, that in Pete's
case judicial mistake had been made.
AS for Tim. there was no one who cid
not think that his execution was right
in all rpSnppfS
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
THE WIDOW MARRIED.
Mrs. TolIefsOn Has Sought Conso-
latiOn in MafcimonY

By strange coincidence, Mrs.
Thomas To1lefson, the wife of the mur-
dered street car driver, has been be-
friended and assisted since her sad be-
reavement by family whose name is
the same as that of the Slayers of her
husband. Mrs. Barrett. the wife of T.
w. Barrett. of 1886 Clinton avenue, has
been the personal friend and adviser of
Mrs. TOllefson during the greater part
of her WidoWhood, and it is at the
residence of these people that the
young woman had made her home
during part of the time. She is about
TO leave them, however, having doffed
her widows weeds and once more as
sumed the yoke matrimonial. She is
now the wife of Morris Lansberry, a
carpenter. and was married to him in
OSceola, Wis. on Tuesday, while the
men who murdered her first husband
were spending the long hours before
their approaching death in the en-
livening company of the death watch.
Mrs. Tollefson-LansberrY met her
present husband about a year ago.
when both still felt their bereavement
keenly, he having recently lost his wife.
a bond of sympathy seemed to hold
them together and soon grew into some
thing stronger.
BY this marriage Mrs. Lansberry be-
comes the foster-mother of three bright
children, born to her second husband
by his former wife.
The newly-married couple visited the
jail on Thursday and looked at the
gallows. on which the death of her
early love was to be avenged, and on
Friday they visited the jail. hoping to
see the execution, but as no ladies were
r. IL -
be.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lansberry will reside at
Thirty-first street and Third avenue
south.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
THE FUNERAL.
An Impressive Scene at the
Church---Ihe Mothers Wild

An Impressive Scene at the
Church---Ihe Mothers Wild
Grief.
The bodies were taken directly to the
Church of the Immaculate Conception,
where requiem high mass was cele-
brated by Rev. Father Corbett at g
O'clock. Long before that hour the
church began to fill up with women,
nearly all of whom were drawn there
by morbid curiosity. The two hearses
containing the cofiins which hid from
sight the bodies of Tim and Pete drew
up in front of the church just before
O'Clock, followed by carriages contain
ing Mrs. Barrett, the mother, and Mrs.
Coleman, the sister. and the four pail
bearers, who were friends of the Bar
rett family Mrs. Barrett and Mrs. Cole
man walked into the church and
occupied front seats only short dis
tance from the two cof1ins. AS the cOf-
fins were brought in. Tins first, Mrs.
Barrett half arose in her seat and began
moaning and sobbing piteously. AS
soon as all was quiet again Father Cor
bett began the mass. Attorneys John
Byrnes and ". II. Domaine occupied
seats Eear the coffins. AS the solemn
service progressed women cried and
sObbed, and Mrs. Coleman and Mrs.
Barrett moaned aloud. The most i'm
pressive part of the whole ceremony was
when the priest. accompanied by the
acOlytes, advanced to the coffins and
there burned incense, first over the body
of Tim and then over that of Pete. The
large church was dark and gloomy, and
the candles burning on ST. JoSeph's
altar but served to make the scene
more solemn and impressive in all its
details.
As the service ended. Mrs. Barrett
arose from her seat, advanced to the
altar rail, and there crossed herself once
or twice. She gaZed at the cofhns mo-
ment. and then!threw her arms over her
head and cried out slightly. Her form
began to totter, and had she not grasped
the rail for support she would have
fallen to the floor.
The cofins were carried out by the
pail bearers, Tins going first, and
placed in the hearses. They were then
driven back to Connolly's, where a
large number of friends viewed them.
Both faces looked peaceful, but Tins
showed one or two slight bruises. Mrs.
Coleman followed the bodies to the
rooms and remained near the coffins,
crying and moaning. Mrs Barrett re-
mained at the church until the crowd
got away. IDen sue. LOU, Nonl 10 Inc
place where the bodies Of her sons lay
cold in death. The poor old woman was
unable to control her emotion, and for
long time hung over the coffins, Sob
biGg and calling on her dead boys to
speak to her.
There was a big crowd outside. and
every one one wanted to get glimpse OF
the bodies. No one except personal
friends of the family were admitted.
much to the disgust of those who were
waiting outside. At last the crowd be-
came so large that it was deemed advis-
able to allow the bodies to be seen. Ac-
eordingly the crowd was admitted.
three or four at time. Many prayer
was murmured over the boys.and many
man dropped on his knees besides
Pete's cold corpse and prayed. Among
the visitors were large number OF
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24

toned as practical riders are T. J. Rich
ardson, professor of drawing, and o. E.
McFaddOn, professor of music, in the
public schools: Rev. A. R.Graves, of the
Gethsemane Episcopal church, Rev.
George II. Hamilton, who rides a So
inch Expert Columbia, and Rev. John
Prosser.
Theodore Slosson is one of the Oldest
wheelmen in the city, and rides prob
ably the largest wheel.
5. f. Heath is gentleman who has
for long time been connected with the
league, is an energetic worker in the
Minneapolis club, and knows all there
is to know about every wheel and
WheelInan of Importance.
John Nicholson is a bicycle enthusiast
/ who rode in Ireland before there were
any wheels in America. Though not so
active as he once was. he buys every
new wheel that comes out, and is said
to have purchased no less than seven
wheels since his stay in Minneapolis.
E. A. Wright. Dexter Turber and
Walter s. Pardee are among the busi,
ness men who locomote by means q
crank and wheel.
Minneapolis boasts of two of the fast
est wheelsmen in the world, in the per-
sons Of Frank Dinley and Grant Bell,
who make bicycling a business, and are
thorough experts
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
a Mothers Great Grief Con-
trasted With a Crowds
Curiosity.
Growing Belief That Hanging
Was Too Severe for
Pete's Case.
The Widow Tollefson Finds
Consolation in Husband
Number Two.

Yesterday morning several hundred
people crowded the sidewalk in front of
COnnelly'S morgue. at % Second street
south, TO see the funeral procession of
Tim and Pete Barrett start from that
place The morgue is directly under
the clerks Office of the municipal court.
the room which. at the time of the mems
arrest. was used as the criminal court
rouom, and one in which they
were first arraigEed under the
law for the murder of Thomas Toilet
son. 1t was here the law, which con-
demned them to the gallowS, was set in
motion. and it was III this building. in
MIR. Donohue's Office, that the great
criminal lawyer, W. W. Erwin, held
his first consultation about the mems
defense with his associates. During
Tins trial these attorneys. at noon
hours and Of nights, used TO repair here
TO Mr.. Donohue's Office to confer
about the case. At such times old Mrs.
Barrett and her aged husband used to
stand at the foot of the stairs with troub-
led. serious faces, and talk IN low
tones, patiently waiting for the lawyers
In whose hands their sons only chances
for life were placed. TO give them some
words Of hope when they came down.
Now that it is all over, and that the law
has only been satisfied by inf1iCting the
death penalty, il is remarkable they
should be returned to the same build
ing. shrouded in death. to pass their
last few nights out Of the grave only a
few yards from the spot where the law
first accused them Of their terrible
crime.
1t was fine morning. The sun shone
gloriously and the air was fresh and
eXhilarating. No one not abnormally
morbid, or who is not resting under
some poignant sorrow. could long re-
main unhappy on bright spring morn
ing like this. The crowd stood around,
apparently unconscious that their blood
was thickening and that life was re-
generating in their veins under the
suns wholesome glow. Presently two
hearses drew up in front OF the morgue,
and very soon the caskets enclosing the
remains of the condemned were borne
from the morgue and placed, one
in each hearse, Tim in the
first and Pete in the other.
Death, before which mankind stands
awe,struck and helpless, turned the
thoughts of the crowd into serious re-
fiection. All was quiet as the two
hearSeS moved of, followed by one solI-
tary carriage containing four pail
bearers. The procession moved of up
the street quietly. the Dlack funeral
plumes on the hearses and horses gent
II swaying to and fro. Carts and car
riages clattered over the granite pave,
ment. people hurried to their places OF
business, occasionally stopping to look
for a moment on that unusual spectacle
of two hearses with but one carriage Of
friends following. School children, en-
Joying a Saturday holiday, scampereG
up and down the streets to visit anC
spend the day in play with their little
friends. They looked at the little pro-
cesslon in big-eyed wonder f or a mo
rnan+ enl nqsspd ON
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
HOW 1T OCCURRED.
A Detective Considers the Recent
Developments of the Case.

Developments of the Case.
The last hours of the Barretts, Levi
Gorman's affidavit and Pete Barrett's
assertion have thrown additional light
within the past few days upon the man.
ner in which the murder of Tollefson
was committed, and give ground for
conjecture that probably approximates
the truth. One of the detectives. who
worked on the case from the start. said
yesterday: Il think the murder oc-
Cured about this way: The three
started out to hold up street car con-
ductor.' TollefsOn probably caught hold
of one of the revOlvers, as ''Reddy"
said, and probably tried to pull it away
as result he was shot, probably as
much to make him let go as anything.
Then very likely Tim, who was villain
at heart, thought the driver might know
them or remember them afterwards and
cause their arrest, so he shot Tollefson
dead to put him out of the way. l am
now convinced thatit was 'Reddy' and
not Pete who fired the first shot.
You can see what kind of cold
blooded tough Tim was. You remember
when some one fired at the station
agent at Minnehaha Falls, the GLOBE.
the next morning. headed its notice of
the occurrence Poor Workmanship,
and the article commented upon it in
this view: Well. 'Reddy.' who was in
jail at the time for selling liquor with
out a license, showed Tim copy Of the
GLOBE. Tim was mad, and SAID: 1'll
show whether I'm poor shot or not
That night he went to the depot for the
purpose of practicing on the sta
ton agent again, but the station
agent was not there, so he broke into
the depot and robbed the money
drawer -
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
H. O.PETERRSON,
1926, 1927, 1929 Washington Az. South.
COLOSSAL
WAk|NG-UP SALE!

1t is conceded fact by all in the business,
honest enough to admit it, that the retail trade Tor
the past three weeks has not been up to the stand
ard. AS one merchant expressed it the other day,
"People need thorough waking up before they re-
aize springs here. If prices will have that effect,
intend to wake them up during the present week.
New Goods are pouring in every day by express
and freight, and must be moved to make room for
the rest to follow. Every article will be found just
as advertised, and have made prices all through
the house that will paralyze competitors. MATCH
LESS, INCOMPATIBLE BARGAINS that it will pay
you to investigate. Never in the annals of the Dry
Goods trade have such prices been given so early
in the season.
Don't Delay Until Some of the Lines are Closed Out.
SHOP EARLY IN THE MORNING.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
CASHMERES.

Double-Fold English Cashmeres.
SO inches wide: good line Of cOlors:
16c goods; for this week, 1910 a
yard.
All-Wool French Cashmeres, 40
inches wide: regular soc goods; this
week, 29c.
All-Wool French Cashmere. AZ
inches wide, Henrietta finish; regu-
lar selling price, 75c to 85e: this
weeks special price, 49e yard.
s Corded Surah Cloths-an elegant,
desirable new Spring Fabric-alI
wool, AZ inches wide: worth 60c a
yard; to bring you down to see the
department, for one week they go
at 29c.
SATIN RAYE.---I will place on
sale % pieces of these goods, which
are dirt cheap at 75c, for one week
at soc.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
FLOUNCINGS.

Just received by express Sat-
urday, 45-inch Muslin Flounc-
ing, heavy embroidered, worth
Csc a yard; this weeks sale
price 32c.
22-inch-wide extra fine Cloth
Beautiful Embroidered FlOunc-
ing, 39c a yard.
18-inch-wide Flouncing, fine
pattern, 19c a yard.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24

dozens of flying wheels; and their va
rlety exceeds that of any preceding
spring-time, as does the makeup and
general contour of their riders.
The Minneapolis Bicycle club is in
more f1ourishing condition at present
than it has been during the three years
of its organization, Its rooms
above the Citizens bank on Nicollet av-
enue are fitted out in ideal club room
form. The main room is long one,
stretching sixty feet from one end to
the other, and is twenty feet wide. Its
furnishing bespeaks the class of men
who use it. Oak chairs, leather-up-
bolstered, velvet carpet over portion
of polished hardwood floor, chenille
drapingS at the windows, and in eur
tains dividing the room into
two compartments. The west end
of the room is provided with
an elegant billiard table. and opening
from it are the bath rooms. In the east
end are the papers and books Of the
club. In this room hangs the picture of
Mr.. Stephens, the famous wheelman
who rode around the world The
air of the place is that of the gathering
place of men who believe in combining
muscle with culture, and strength of
body with strength of mind. By the
close of the present outdoor season the
boys expect to have gymnasium in
connection with their rooms.
On Thursday evenings the forty mem
bers gather at this house, in winter and
on bad days for good social time, and
when the moon is bright and the roads
good. as starting place for long tour
to some of the neighboring towns or IA
vorite haunts. These rides, now
ever, are not confined to evenings. as
the club often puts in day in taking
run down to Saltwater or Excelsior.
To-day the club starts at 10 o'clock for
st. Paul, and after dining there will
take an afternoon run back. Forty men,
all graceful riders, in the trip. brown
regulation uniform, and none of them
astride lower than forty-eIght inch
wheel, make fine appearance. Then
the club men are the best riders in the
city, and always receive compliments
from visiting wheelmen for their fine
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
1t WAS A TRADE.
Mr.. Baney Explains a Little r. and
r. Matter.

City Clerk Haney denies the report
that he, with the connivance of certain
aldermen, put up a scheme to increase
his own salary and the length of his
term of Office by railroading through
the council a resolution requesting the
Hennepin delegation to make changes
above referred to. when the legis-
lators refused to settle a dispute By
taking all fees from this Office he SAID
yesterday. Il told the aldermen that if
they would make my salary $, 100, the
same as that of the comptroller, L
would voluntarily turn over the fees of
the Office to the city. Some of the city
fathers said that if l would do that they
would be willing to make my term of
Office four years in return, and SO it was
agreed TO and put in the resolution
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
IRE s s
GOODS.

In this department 1 have made
prices thatwill wake people up to the
fact that this is a bona fide Slaugh-
ter sale. Expecting to carry a
heavier stock. and to do larger
business in this department during
the coming season than l have ever
done in the past, for one week I
will cut loose from profits, and let
you have goods at lower prices than
you could buy from the manufact-
urers.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
PIUSHES.

For this sale you can buy plushes
at your own price. The finest line
in the city to select from, and at
unheard-of prices.
Best quality 1S-inch goods, all the
newest shades, 81 goods. Special
this week, zoe a yard.
Second quality 18-inch goods, full
line of colors. We have been un-
derselling all others on this grade
at Csc; but for one week they 60 at
49c.
16-ineh Pushes, full line of
shades: cheapest quotation. 50e a
yard; regular 6Oc goods. For one
week they will be 35c yard.
Prices given ON the foregoing
goods guaranteed to be lower than
same goods can be bought at any
house in the country.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24

women, nearly all of whom burst into
tears on looking into the coff1ns.
Mrs Barrett will leave for Omaha
with the bodies of Tim and Pete at an
early hour this morning. At Omaha
remains OF the two brothers viii be laid
at rest beside another brother, who was
shot and killed during a saloon fight.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
Personal MENTION.

Nine. Boyd arrived home from her
European tour Thursday.
Miss E. G. Casey leaves tonight for
Chicago and New York 10 purchase her
spring stock of millinery.
Rev. DR.. Charles F. Thwing, pastor of
the Plymouth church. yesterday re-
turned from a two-months' Eastern
visit.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24

w. 3. craig, the MdnKaGO stone con-
tractor, is guest at the Windsor.
Among yesterdays arrivals at the st.
James were S. Davis, F. P. Davis,
Boardman: E. 6. Mills, ST. Cloud: L..
?. Dolliff and son, George Weeks, Wood
Lake.
F. II. Todd, c. 81. Graceson and A. G.
Whitney form party at the West hotel
from st. Cloud.
w. W. Ramsey, representing the CAST
Lithograph company, Of st. Louis, is an
ArdmOre guest.
NJ. Halvorson and wife are guests at
the Windsor from Albert Lea. Mr..
Halverson is Of the Albert Lea Enter
prise.
At the Windsor: j. c. Cuthbertson,
St. Lawrence; ]. j. Petty, Aberdeen,
Oak: j. F. Tracy, Anoka; James IL.
Davis, Rochester; L. Mcbride, Mairfax,
and ]. 81. Cornell, De Smith, Oak.
w. C. sampson. of Chicago; Sanford
Wagner and wife, of La Crosse and w.
Holland Fischer, Salt Lake City, are of
the Ardmore guests.
L. NJ. Hamilton, of Mankato, Il. f.
Leopold, Duluth, and NJ. Nirdlinger.
Fort Wayne, Ind, are guests at the
! Holmes.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
G. 4. r. SociabiIity.

About 15o members of the G. A. r.
of this city. led by the Morgan post, Wis
tied st. Paul last night to attend re-
ception given them by st. Paul com
rades at the hall of Garfield post. They
were met at the depot by delegation
with band, and escorted to the hall
where the entertainment took place.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24

or G aniza alton
and holds sway
in the clu b
rooms. He is
an ener G tic
worker in the
club, and its
pro sperity is
largely due to
his work. He
is a young fel-
low, but has
ridden for ten
years. and is an
expert on the
wheel.
William Mon-
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24

"Colie" Bell,
one of the young
est members, is
captain of the
club, and when
on the road they
are under his
C o m N a n d d.
Though he is but
a boy Of eli ighteen
or nineteen years,
he is one of the
fastest amateurs
of the state, and
b i s bro t h e T
wheelmen proph-
esy a great racer
in the boy. Last
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
GLOVES !!

Cashmere Gloves, 5-button
lengths, worth soc a pair, 10c.
Ladies ColOred Lisle Thread
Gloves, worth 35c a pair; Sale
Price, 15c.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
SATEENS.

Finest Domestic Goods made;
an elegant line, small patterns
and plain goods, worth 25c d
yard: sale price 15c a yard.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
UMBRELLAS !!

Ladies Silk Umbrellas, 26-
inch silver and gold tops,
ebony handles, worth 80 2E;;
Sale Price, for one week,
$1.62 IL.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
WTLMoT, Dak- Oct. g. 1885,
cOMPOUNDER or THE GREAT REST0RER.

evening My
coughing Benzane
little
and he enabled attend
O
D.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24

ASH n isltLle IS the sec Sec q n .6orgy~N-aNN(
retary, and claims the distinction of rid
ing the smallest wheel in the club.
harry Lackor, Henry Schroeder, A. j.
Blethen, Henry P. Leachman. A. G.
Clanson. Louis Lundell and o. B.
Stetely are all good wheelmen and good
members.
Among the men who might be men-
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
.l)OnleestIiiCs

[ will place on sale Monday.
and while they last, two cases
Androscoggin Muslin, full
bleached. This is one of the
best Muslins made, and can't
be bought at the mills at the
price, viz: &c per yard.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-03-24
DRESS BUTTONS.

90 dozen fancy dress buttons in
metal and silk-covered. have sold
from 15c to 25c; but to meet the
terrific cuts in dress goods sale,
prices for one week will be only &c
dozen.