The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-02-15
News IN General.

The supreme court of tile United States al
ionrned until Monday, March next.
The controller Of currency l,us authorized
the First National Bunk Of Fort Madison
Iowa. 10 begin business with IL capital Of
100000. =
The agricultural secretary in Iowa puts the
farm products OF he past year at about an
average of 5000 for each man, woman and
child in the state.
About twenty-five naval academy cadets
were found unsntisfartory in the studies in
the semi-onnmul examination nj Annapolis,
and q number Of them will either resign or he
dropped. About twenty arr members of
the fourth class. and one is Il first-rlass man.
Tw" men answering the Description of
John 4. sullivan. tn" absron,iing county
clerk of indianapolis. and Thomas O'NeaI
his c!le.' clerk arrived at Toronto aud put
up at one us the principal hotels under ;,s-
sliInad nnnns. They left again to attend The
Montreal carnival.
The proceedings in the Brown rnse nj
Mason City, Iowa was brought to IL sudden
termination by the sudden illness of Juror
Howe He was taken suddenly i'll willie in
the box with cramps in the stomach and his
rnsc is critical. Should Howe rernuin in such
condition us not to be able to hear the case
it will ncs:cssitatca new trinl
New York has had a cold snap. The mer-
curry registered 3a deg. below zero at Sar.
anac luke; % deg. below at Plattsburg: 33
deg. below at chamberlain. leo on Lake
Cfamplain is from six to nine inches thick :,
and tea ms are crossing. At Rome the ther.
momcter reached 80 deg. below zero
Secretary Endicotttransmit,c to congress
the report Of Adit Gen. Drum, giving the
strength Of the organized militia o. the vari.
Gus states and territories aud the forces oi
men avuiubla for military duty but not or
ganized. The totals are: Commissioned Of
fceIs, S,39I enlisted men, 9S.1O9; number
of men available but not organized, g, ,lO4,- :
62a.
\ prominent manu- acturing company in
st Louis has lately shared n genrJ GUS por-
ton of the profits with it's employees, and
gives us the result Of an experiment Of three
years. that it pays the company lv "the bet
ter care and better feeling. as well as in the
sense o! security based on the concurrent in.
terest of every person employed"
The Indiana senate passed bill making
all trusts, combinations aud agreements ,n.
lawful where thc object is to advance the
price of the commodity or goods. The hill
imposes iienvy penalties and lnnkcs the
property Of the individuals subject to any
loss that may occur through the acts of the
pool.
Hon. Thomas Wilson Of Minnesota moved
the admission of knute Nelson to practice
before the supreme court OF the United States.
and the motion, Of course. prevailed, and he
statesman from Alexandria is now ready for
law business: even to the highest. Mr.. Mel
son says: IL never asked for admission 10
the supreme court bar. because was not
abieto practice there and attend to my other
duties. Now that am nraripg the en-, OF
my congressional career, and intend to de-
vote my attention to the practice oflaw.I want
to he able to take the business Of all clients, ii
necessary, to the court Of tinni appeal.
The dispatches from indianapolis Indicate
that j. il suggested that Mr Allison may re-
consider his deriination. Mr.. Aliison's
friends say that his decision s final. More
John &. New may he made secretary Of the
treasury. This report has attracted macil
attention among the Blaine men. A cabinc!
which should contain New and Blaine would
he Il most extraordinary illustrutinn 0i an
attempt TO conciliate factions The nntas-
standing and is personal, intense and irret-
onciiable Such n combination in cabinet
would seem impossible.
In the Dominion parliament. Hon. Mr.
Drummond (Conservatve). lk" a large
number of Ioyalikts. in commenting
governments fisheries policy. said: We
have II lieritage which we will cqueath .un.
broken to our children. Mr.. PERTH uonser-
vative), the farmer senator, reioiced that the
10 effec; in causing to wave the loyalty OF her
majesty's subjects. Hon. ". II. Scott. the
leader of the senate opposition. spoke clo-
qucntly in favor ofahetter feeling bet ween the
two countries. In sarcastic terms he le-
gretted that the government had decided to
go TO the barbarous treaty Of 1878. and
pronounced the decision rot and madness.
He continued: "ion may pu, up Chinese
wall between the two countries, and yet in
spite OF all they will trn'!e with each other.
Last year we sold to the United States
s42.500.O00 worth. ard from them We
bought $4S, 100000 worth. while England
supplied us with $40 900, 900 worth only
Onr entire trade with the whole world was
only S91 .O0O.O showing thnt over hall
went to the States" He believed 90 percent
Of the people OF the country were in favor OF
Enrsst,,sted ,., ,eeinrocity. [rpfonrs and cries
want to moke this country loyalit can be Ut
romplshel only by opening our doors to
the United States. 1t can never come about
by placing the country in tile hands o. few
monopo'is.s. You add to your loyalty when
you rrmovs the obs taclss to trade.