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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-12-20
CASUALTIES.

I'D. i. Buckley wns the name found upon
underc!othipg aLhcring to the burned body
of a man taken recently from the Boston fire
ruins
Two freight trains collided ON the Victoria
bridge ut Montreal, Que. About forty cars
londrd with freight were partially destroyed
several tram hands were seriously injured.
Al least $50 families in Morton county,
Kan. are in destitute circumstances, and
,nlcss imme,iinte aid is given them muny
VIII die rom the want OF food and clothing.
The Sacramento river in California has ris-
en- over twenty feet and thousands OF acres
have been Hooded, causing considerable dam
ugc.
AT Newton. l.. l., paint mill was burned.
Next day in the ground beneath was found
moonslincrs' nest. In thevuts were ., 600 gall
lows mash, and it has Lcen running ten years.
Warrants are out for three men, one of them
being justice of tile peace.
The heaviest rain storm cverknnwn in Ariz-
ona has .ustendcl, rain fell for iive,lays lming
IG-lOO inches. The bridge across the Verde.
on the Prescott 4 Arizona Central railroad
fiNerweiit down as q passenger train was pass
in%it. The engine and ouecar went int the
1lver. The dam and ditch of the Eta Min.
ing company were washed away. uml the
ioun,lni;on OF the mill badly damaged. The
loss is $So,GGO A number of head o. st ock
is"so reported drowned in he Verde valley
mixed train OH the Manitoba ran off the
tiark near South Shore twenty-five miles
from Watertown, s. ID. Six cars aud /, om-
bina,ion rar We're preciptatei down an EN-
bankmrn,. instantly killing Engineer James
+. lfaincs Fireman John Kivlahcn md
brakeman John lsoonty. all of Benson, MINI.
Conductor Blake WAS also injured, but not
fcrio,sly. The train was running Mt n low
rate OF speed. or the accident would have
Gccn III uch more serious.
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Congressional Resume

The senate confirmed the following nomina.
tions: Robert +, Porter of New York. super
intrndcnt of the census; Lewis A. Croft OF
Ncbraska, commissioner of the general land
office; William NJ. Stone Of Iowa, assistant
commissioner of the general land office.
Representative Carter has. been hustling
all day ms n member of the committee OF
preparations for celebrating Wnshngtoll's
Inauguration. The older members Of the
committee are perfectly willing TINT a live
mn like Carter shall do n gIeat deul of work
in IL matter OF his kind.
In the senate to-day Mr. Spooner intro,luc-
cd a hill making it the duty % the proper of
ficcrs of the treasury md interior depart-
mrnts to adjust and settle the claims of any
state against the United States for all Inn,is
disposed ofby the United States that were
included in amy grant OF swamp or overflow
od lnnds to such state. The state IL to he
paid for the lands Mt the rate ut which they
were sold by the United States.
Can't. Reed of MinnrsOt Inns found another
Richmond in the field, and the place lie was
seeking seems about to slip from him.
George II. Thobe, WHO was the labor rnn,i.
date and contestant against Mr. Carlisle III
1856. for congress, has come out as IL c,lndi.
date for deputy sergeat.at. arms OF the house.
He is h"ine pushed by the Knights of Labor.
and it is said that lie has Endorsement of
congressman Lodge eofMnssacllusetts, Of Buyne
Of Pennsylvania. Farqular OF New York,
Mckinley, Butterworth and Grosven0r Of
Ohio, Cannon of Illinois. and several otliera
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b, the first to lead the way to that which
will do our people good.
Stepping forward, hc touched the pen, and
the ice was broken. Rapidly following him
came Swift Bear, Wocondatlula and Others,
and in an hour and half the number had
reached sixty five At this time pause in
the signing was made, so that rations might
be issued. After the rations were is
sued signing recommended, and when
IT stopped cighty-ninc signatures
had been received, over onc-half enough,
as only 100 are required. Great excitement
prevails among the Indians, and those op-
posing the measure still contend that the
required number cannot be secured while
the friends ofthc project are confident of
success. The feeling among those who
have traded for years with the Indians and
arc well acquainted with their ways is that
the signing Of sufficient number to carry
the measure through is an assured fact.
Now that the signing has commenced,
Browns Valley contains happy lot ofpco-
pie tonight, and well they may be happy,
for the opening of this tract TO settlement
means boom for this town, as this is the
only accessible point by which to reach the
coveted land
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Keeps Him Out Of Mischief.

One of the busiest men In Boston
is a gentleman whose Office IL situated
not far from the fremont house,
He is the business representative ola
New York publishing house, and also
Of n Philadelphia magazine beside
this he furnishes matter regularly to
four other journalistic enterprises, is
trying to patent an improved kitch-
en- utensil, is thinking of bringing out
u volume of poems, has just begun
work on some encyclopedia articles,
and is about to he married. With
all these things he manages to at
tend to many other business enter
prises whenever they come in his way.
-Roaton Advertiaar. =,
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slssEToNs SIGNING.
Over One Half of the Required Mum
ber ef,Signatures Obtained.

HEowSs VALLEY, Special Telegram,
The Sissetons are signing, the first man
to touch the pen being the venerable and
honored scout, Old Simon. Before taking
the initiative step the venerable old man
made touching speech, recalling past
events and called upon the Indians to fol-
low him in signing, and in particular did
lie appeal to his lifelong friend and com.
panion, Grbriel Rcnvillc who has from the
start opposcu the measure. lie stated that
he considered the opening of the rcscrva-
ton good thing for his people, and asked
them to sign. TO Rcnvillc lie said:
We have long been friends and brothers.
We have sworn to die for each other if ncc-
essary. We have never been separated in
any way. Come with me now, a. this il
good for our people. Let us sign. Let "
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EoRElcN

~,
Col. Clibborn Booth. the Salvation Army,
was arrested Mt Geneva, Switzerland, for
violation Of the decree expelling Salvation.
lists from Switzerland
A great sensation hns been produced in
Brussels by an article In the Frankfort Zei
tung that King Leopold must be cautious II
ne desires to retuin his throne .s
Influenza. which has been prevalent In Rus.
sia for several weeks. hos nude its appear.
anrc In London and two or three cities in
Austriu.
The emperor of Germany, in the intervals
nt the opera, had long talk with Herr
Miguel, to whom he presented life.sized
portrait of himself The kaiser's attentions
10 Miguel have given rise 10 report that lle
viii be the successor Of Prince Bismarck.
1t is reported that Emperor Francis Jos ,ph
OF Australia has signed a decree investing his
brother, the arch duke Charles Louis, with
the imperial power in the event of the en-
peror's becoming incapable OF reiEning from
any cnuse whatever, or in cuse Of his absence
from the empire.
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AN OPEN RUPTURE
Possibility of Serious Complications
Between France and England,

Between france ana England,
OTTAWA Ont, Special Judging from the
reports which are reaching here from Paris,
there appears to he strong reason for be-
iicvng that the appeals for protection the
French Canadians have made tn France are
likely TO be productive of results unlocked
for in political circles in Canada. The
French government. it is understood, has
determined on looking into the question
fully as to how inr the terms upon which
Canada was cclcd to Great Britain by France
have been carried out, and whether there
has been any infringement upon the soll-
ccsSions made to the Frcncl,-spcuking pop
ulation of Canada ut the time the treaty
was signed, in view of the possible in
tcrycntion of France, whcl, could but
result in serious international compli.
cations between that republic and Great
Britain Lord Salisbury has requested to
be furnished with full information, setting
forth the questions in dispute between HE
Dominion government and the French
Canadian people the equity of s,,rl de-
mands as may have been sci up and what
measures have been taken TO Mlnp, them,
The political atmosphere in GalaIn is any
thing but rcassrrins just now and an open
rupture between the two nati"nal,irs il
not bcyon,. the range of possibility.
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GENERAL ia rONsErA.

That very afternoon us We were standing
IN the gay tl,rong that daily gathered at the
Railway station to receive the trains from
town, the Count IL Flu calne along. walking
by the side of his little son, the prime. I'M
Icrial, who was driving II goat cart. Tall,
angular and awkward. clad in IL well worn
dress suit anu wearing a shabby silk hat,
the count was anything hut an Imposing
object.
"Do you suppose We Braziiia,,s are gniny
to be governed by IL thing like that" tho
pn jor asked, With II Guutc,nmun,s gesture.
And i'll saying this he defined cullcrctcly
the position of the arInyur rather all the
brainy men among its oiiicers-tnward the
emperor and his family. The v,,st majority
at army officers were uuncntities, and the
Mass of the soldiers We're ignnrunt negroes,
or cab"cles, who might BE- countc, ON To
follow their leaders with as little thought
US the lat pet sheep of the Tenth Brazilian
regiment used to march with it through the
streets of Rio.
Gen. FonscGa liimsclf, tho provisional pres
Ment of the now republic, owes his mammal
leadership to the press, and could nut hope
tn rally the army about him In opposition
TO the united will of the Journals named
He is the nominee of the real authors of the
revolution, put forward by them To secure,
the army for them. and not the leader of
All armed revolt who has called them iuto
his councils to represent tho civil element
IN the first place. no is in no sense the idol
of the army, .ts was the great duke of
Caixias, the hero of Paraguay, of glorious
memory. Caixias was capable of ofinspiring
oven the bloo'icss rubber-gatl,crcrs of the
Amazon, whom the necessities of the war
had drafted into his ranks, with something
of his own ,iaslling courage and vigorous
loyalty. Gen. Fonscca cAnpot infusc lis
personality into the mixed ulcnicnts which
compose the Brazilian army IN any suc,
way, and unless lic did he could not bring
them to face tho people for twcnty-four
hours, were he to attempt to Shape the
government 10 his own ends. The
troops for ten years past have had
no notion of Loyalty To their
sovereign and huvo become intimately as
sociated with the populuue and Its aspira-
tions. TO have called on the army to fur
ther his personal ambitions would have
been only to distribute so many rifles
among the people In the second place,
Gen. Fonscca obtained the suplurt of the
Republican press more by good luck than
good management. M dislmTageincnt of u
brave officer and sincere friend of his coun-
try is Implied i'll this; but even his newly
tiedged admirers cannot deny that he made
an accidental hit when he took part in the
anti-slayery meetings, whose anti-monarcli-
tcsl sentiments led to his rcprimapd.
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machinist and co-worksr Of CsiseyA
Missouri Pacific railroad shops st 81. DSr6
Clispy was confirmed opium eatsr. ard N.
son had forbade his visiting his dlushtir:
Clispy went to Anson's house while ths tsni-
" were at breakfast one morning; and when
he entered he hud pistol in each hand and
began firing at once and without amy other
warning tl!an using the word "Now." Mr.. An
son was shot in the head and died about
noon. Mary was also shot in the head, the
ball glnncing around under the scalp and
making only n flesh wound. which will soon
heal Miss Agnes received hall above the
let temple, which penetrated tho brain md
remained there. She will undoubtedly die.
MirIeal Anson. lad Of fifteeA years. grap:
pied with the murderer, and was shot in the
wrist and hand. but the wound ia not severe
When young Michael erappled with Clispy he
dropped one Of his pistols ard ran up to q
porch on the second floor Of the house. an,l
there fired three balls into his head, dying in
half an hour.
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Two Tears.
From the snn Francisco Chronicle.


1t is bright summer day in tie
valley. The stream goes dancing
down, and the merry globulcs hud-
died all together are laughing rs
they pass away to the deep eea to
mingle with the millions of others
gathered from all sorts of places.
There are happy drops, escaped from
the cavcrns and the rocks, from the
depths OF the darkness under tho
mountains; there are unwilling drops
that in the morning lay on the rose
leaves and took the hucs of dainty
beauty from the tints; unhappy
drops that long ngnin to be mist
and hang over the mountain tops
and creep among the fragrant pines;
gay and lauglling drops that have
been tumbling over the powders, in
and out ofslla,lows, looking forward
to the hour when they would rush
out into the valley and he free ut
last. And among the joyous group
one little dropgoes silently and sad.
ly along. jostled by therest, but heed
ing not their merriment.
"Why are you snd"" asks one who
has but seen the glorious sunlight
for II few honrs. care you not clad
to he out dancing and sparkling like
the rest of us? Did you love your
dark chamberin tllerocks as mnch?"
"My clGlmlrr was darker than the
rocks answers the other. II am 4.
tear from II mothers heart, q mother
who wept tor her child.'
And nlittle way of two other drops
fell together, drawn by mutual sor-
row. They wander down side by side.
neither speaking. The gay flood
dashes on the banks, flashes over
rocks, makes II feint of climbing up
to seize the flowers that bloom above
it, and rattlcs langhingly away.
Some of the drops, too venturesome,
threw themselves up ut the bending
sprays of green, and are caught and
lost. But through it all the two sad
little things, holding on to one an-
other, float on toward the sea.
"And what are your" asks one
at last. "Did you come from the
mist or from the earth? We're YOU q
dewdrop this morning, or did you
fall from the clouds?!'
81 am none OF these" it answers.
~ am from womun's bright eve.
am the tear of u woman for her
false lover"
"Grieve not. BE not SO sad. 1
am the tear OF the girl who got him.
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BORNE TO THE GRAVE.
Funeral of Mrs. Scott-Lord Sister {
Mrs liafriSnn

WITS. k1dFTISCU.
WAsnINGToH. Spccial.--Funcral services
were held over the remains of Mrs. Scott
Lord to-day at the Church of the Incarl,a-
ton, Rev. Dr. Townsend oirlating. Vice
President Morton and Mrs. Morton, Srcrc-
tary and Mrs. Blaine, Secretaries Winlu;m.
Proctor, Tracey and R,l>k, and the ladies of
their families, and number Of prominent
persons occupied pcw>. The rallbcarcrs
were Postmaster General Wanamalscr, At
torncy General Miller Gen. Wiliinms,
Judge Shcllabargcr and Mayor Rob
crt Parker. AS the remains were horne
into the church, they were followed by
Lieut.. Parker and his wife (Alrs. Lords
,lauslhcr); Mrs. Dimnick and Mrs. Robert
Parker, DIR. Scott and Mrs. Miller, the
president and Mrs. Harrison, and number
OF the friends of the deceased The brief
and impressive service was followed by 81
hymn and Il few short prayers and the
choir led the way from the church down
the aisle, singing "!tslccp in Jesus fol-
lowed by the mourncrs. The remains
were followed To the grave in Rock Greet:
cemetery by about fifty carriages, bearing
the mourncrs, the members of the cabinet
and the ladic- of their families and num-
bcr Of their friends. The ceremonies at the
grave were very brief
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1889-12-20
DESPERATE sTRIk ERS.
R!oting and Bloodshed May Resu
from the Gas Stokers Strike.

LONDON, Srccial.-Thc strike of the gas
stokcrs is fairly begun and the preliminary
slnrring of the men and the masters having
rendered. the one desperate almost Ia mad
ness and driven the other to the extreme
Of determination the likelihood of rin,in.
and perhaps bloodSlcd seems very
great. The second shift of men
employed in the gas works struck
tonight. There was no disturbance and
they went out in All orderly way. The
company is engaging ''black!cgs" in the
provinces. il offers a bonus of - for the
first week and 81 week for cacl succeed
ing week during the strike in addition to
the regular wages. The pickcts working
for the strikers got hold of nearly two hun
drcd men brought up from Portsmouth by
the company and induced them to desert
The committee organizing the strike has als
pcalcd TO the public for funds.
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LIVED AMONG sAvAGES.
An Interesting Account of the Es
nerience of a ShinMreck Crew

roErA,yr Me, ::>p"rial.-cap,. William
Goodwin, of the bark Tcwkc>bury Sweat,
which was wrecked nn the Caroline islands
last April, arrived to-day FROM San Fran
cisco. He tells thrilling story of the
wreck. The crew lived seven months among
suvagcs, and navgatcd 1869 miles in boats
and canoes until they reached Ponopo,
whence the ship Morning Star took them to
Honolulu, and from thence they came to
San Francisco. The savagcs were not
hostile. The shipwrcckci crew found IL
man named Izracl Irons, an inglishman
by birth, who was LETT on rozcat island
four years ago by !. trading vessel. He is
now living i'll q savage state. having seven
wives and being prime minister Of the isl
and. 1t was through the good offices of
Irons that Capt. Goodwin and his men
were saved. They were long given up
as lost and measures had been taken to set.
tie GOOdWinS estate by his heirs
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MISCELLANEOUS.

Hog cholera is prevalent inseveral districts
in Kansas Iii Greenwood county. alone,
thousands of hogs have died from the
scourge.
The First National Bank of Abilene. Kun,
suspended business, caused by Eastern de-
positors withdrawing their money Liabii
ties. S1l6.O00; assets, $500, 900.
Theprojected railroad communication be-
tween the United States, Central und South
America il nvorably considered in Mexico
aud it is believed the government will uiJ
such an enterprise
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SENIOR JOSE po pArRoc1s1o.

SENIOR JOSE Do PATRoCINIo.
manent thorn in the side of the new 70.
public, but lie deserves full recognition -
one OF the forces contributing to the down.
The cartOonist I mentioned, Angelo
Agostini, Is of Italian birth, but a Bohe-
inian OF the Bohemians in everything that
relates to social relations. An artist Of no
mean order In the higher branches of paint
ing aiId design, lie has dedicated himself
for many years to editing and illustrating
the Weekly Rcvista Hustra'la, and has un-
ceasilisly made war upon the weaknesses OF
the imperial government, tile ioblcs ot the
emperor himself and the horrors OF slavery.
The best of his cartoons are as rcmarkatiis
for their telling effectiveness as for their
admirable dra!,gItsmansliip, and they lave
consistently done the work Ill Rio that
Punch has Internationally done in London
in times of great public excitement.
These are the men who carried forward
and perfected the ediicc Of the republic
which was laid SO long ago by that Ncstor
~ the republican press, Joaquin Suldanha
Marinla, the Ganganclli ofthc anti-clerical
demonstrations OF other days These men
bnrc the brunt, sustained the conflict when
'Rrpllhlican" was IL term of ridiculc among
all educated liraZiliars, and displayed in
season and out of season the courage OF
their convictions,
There is but one soldier, and not even
single statesman in the new government,
brought about hy thedircct Influence of the
press. governed by Il provisional govern
mcnt; drawing its majority from the press,
ami dependent for the time hcing wholly
upon the support and adherence OF tIia
press, it is II rrrvcr>ion of history to call
the establishment of the brazilian republiU
military revolution.
The press did it, and to it belongs the
credit; not to the huyonct.
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L1BERATING BRAZIL
Three Editors and a Cartoonist
Caused the Overthrow of
the Empire.
Interesting Gossip About Men
Who yeBecomcFamous
by the Revolution.

IT the question were asked any ono
thoroughly cOnversant with the recent
troubles i'll Brazil, "Who are the men who
brought about the overthrow Of the Brazil
ian Empire?" the answer would un,luubtct-
ly he, "rhrec editors and u cartuonist." {"
(luintino Bocaynva, of the Paiz, DIR.
Araujo, of the Gazeta tic Noticias, and jose
lie PratrOciniO, of the Gazeta ia Tarile, arc
the editors, and Angelo Agostini, of the Re-
vista lllustra,la, is the cartoonist Their
work differed us much i'll quality ns the
men themselves i'll character, and they are
very unlike; but all are entitled, thor-S,"
varying proportions, to tlie credit OIL +
brought into lcing the most extcr
public the world has seen since the Romans
reversed the brazilian process and seated
Caesar us emperor on the wreck of Their
grand commonwealth.
Never was the influence of free. pres.
more extraordinarily established. All I'll,
talk about Gen. Fonscca being dictator oi
the United States of Brazil, and the army
holding the keys of the future, is sheer
Eoliscnsc, and no one would be quicker Ia
admit it than Deo,loro,la Follseca himself
To call it u military revolution is to co,,-
found the end with the means and make
the tail wag the dog. The newspapers did
it-openly, frankly and above hnur.l--u, d
the army took their coulscls and followed
their straight lead, as the rest of the poy,u-
lace did. The empire couldn't fncc sucl, /.
tremendous Combine"
l was in Pctropolis when the big row oc-
Cured between tien. Forscca and the war
ministcr-practcally it was with the en-
pcror's soll-iu-law, Count i'Eu, for lie was
i'll permanent command of nll the forces.
One of Fonseca's ai,ic-dc-camls told me,
over glass of vermo,th, that the army
would not permit the general to be pun
isiicd for his alleged ill>uLor.iimtiun.
''lsut wllut can you do, major" replied;
you can't get your army together, small rs
1t is, for it's scattered all the way from the
Anaz"n to the River Platte"
"No, don't mean that, he said, "and
1t wouldn't do, anyhow, for the Flum-
incnses (citiz,ns of Eio) haven't forgiven us
for firing ut them in 81. but we can send
that deaf --b back to France when the
old man dies" and he called his COM
mand'r-in-clicf the prince consort, very
hard name,
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converscd with more than one of his
colleagues in rank at the time, and the
general opinion was Deodoro had put his
foot in it. To be sure the army was, or pro-
fesse.i to be, degraded" by the manner in
which the general was treated by the gov
ernment, but it was not so much on account
of Fonseca himself as because they were
sulky OH general principles and found, to
their intense surprise that they were being
egged OIL by the popular press to resent
the supposed blow at their rights D
ESa speech. Only little while befor.
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s
Q.setl II Sl,Oty,,,l.

NEBRASKA Cry, Scb., Special Telegram,
-Gcorgc and Joe Hess were crossing
the farm Of Fielding Hall west of this city
to-day, when Hall came ont and ordered
them of the premises. Joe Hess drew IL
revolver and shot at him, but without effect.
Hall secured his shotgun and r;,ldlc,i
George will, one load. IIethen fired ut Joe,
but the latter got behind his horse and tho
animal caught the load. The brothers tl,cll
wSpt home and securing the aid OF friend
hes1tily armed, returned in search of Han,
n. had IL looLa.3 Eop