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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-26
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT.
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An Express Train Near Read.
ing Pa. Wrecked and
Thrown Into the River.
Nearly One Hundred and Fifty
Passengers Either Killed
or Wounded.

READING, Pa, Sept. 20.-A wreck occurred
on the Reading railway seventeen miles
above this place tonight. II everything is
borne out by subsequent developments, it
is the worst wreck that has ever occurred in
this section in the history of the Reading
road.
The train which met with the disaster left
this city at Cos o'clock ten minutes late
1t was running ut the rate of ut least SO to
10 miles an hour. 1t had on board possi-
bly, l25 to $50 passengers and it consisted of
engine, mail, express cars and three passen-
ger cars. Above Shoomakersville, this
county, about fifteen miles above this city,
there is place where the railroad is from
to 20 teet higher than the SchuylkiLl
river.
Here shortly before o'clock freight
train ran into q coal train. throwing several
cars in the latter on the opposite track. and
before the train hands had time to so back
and warn any approaching train of the
danger the Pettsvijle express came around
the curve and ran into the wrecked coal
cars OH the truck. The engine went down
the cmbankment, followed by the entire
train with its human freight.
The scene was one OF great horror. The
cries OF the imprisoned passengers were
hcnrtrending. 1t was scene never to be
orgotten by those who participated and
survived. Some OF the passengers managed
TO crawl out of their prison and arouse the
neighborhood. Word was tclcgraphcd to
This city and help summoned. but all ill.,
ormation was refused at this point by the
railroad officials.
Physicians and surgeons and o force of
300 workmcn were taken to the spot by the
company, and with the aid of q travelling
electric light plant the work OF clearing
away the wreck was at once proceeded
with. Work was slow. and the dead and
Tying were taken out with great difficulty
FORTY OR FIFTY KILLED.
The associated press agent here has had
'tirect communication with his representa-
I've at the scene o. the wreck, and con-
,crvativc estimate places the number killed
It forty to ii ty. II is almost impossible to
stlfiiatc the exact number, and the iull
horror OF the situation will not be known
before morning.
FIFTEEN BoprEs' RECOVERED.
READING, Sept. 2O.-At 2 O'Clock this
morning the situation was: Three hundred
'ng slow progress. Fifteen bodies had been
AIKEN out. None OF the bodies have been
AIKEN from the scene of the disaster.
Jack Noll and William Johnson ofShcn-
,ndoah and John Mci)onoush are badly
aurt. and John Strauss. Schuylkill, were the
attest injured reported. 1t still believed
t.iat twenty or more are underneath the
wreck Whether there is or not is not
SHOWN; who was OH the train and how
many were actually killed will only DO dis
;losed with the removal OF the engine and
cars ,rom the bed Of the river tomorrow.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-26
A ARemarkable INDIAN FIeht.

Miles City telegram tells the following
tale. The most thrilling fight known to
Indian warfare in the West was that which
resulted in the death of H cad Chief and
Young Mule at the Tongue River agency
On Sunday the father OF Head Chis' came to
Agent Cooper and endeavored to negotiate
immunity from punishment by giving up q
number of ponies. He said they were in
the hills and could not be taken, The agent
refused to negotiate, snying the govern ment
did not treat murderers in that way. Finding
his efforts fruitless, the father said the two
savages would come into the agency and
them put on their war bonnets and tie up
their ponies tails. q procedure incident to
going into battle. and that the soldiers had
betr rer look out, as the boys would fight to the
death. Aplsce wasindicated from which they
would come. and troops and Indian police
were drawn upt to await them. Sureenough,
in about half an hour the two renegades
wore seen coming at full speed in war paint
and feathers. They charged along the full
length of the line occupied by troops and
police, shooting and yelling like demons.
The soldiers fired voliey or two in return,
but failed to do any damage. As soon as the
Indians were out ofrange they turned androde
u6th dkdtu uAo q uuu ItpeuUUK
the attack. and. as before. escaped without
damage. They then started to climb the
hill in front Of the troops. and when half.
way up chance shot rom the military hit
Young Mules pony, and brought him to
the ground, leaving Young Mule dismounted
Head Chief then turned and rode down the
hill ut terrific pace. making directly for tho
line OF troops and police. meanwhile fir.
ing his Winchester as rapidly as possible.
1t is reported that the line OF buttls waver.
ed and broke. but just before Head Chiei
penetrated 1t he fell shot twice through the
forehead and once in the mouth, being killed
instantly. Young Mule. noting the fate
Chanting q death song, he started
down. the hill afoot. and was charg.
ing directly into the line Of troops when
he was hit in tbs side. He at once jumped
into hole in the ground, and fred one shot
ter getting under cover. This was about
O'Clock in the afternoon. and hostilitlss
ceased till evening. when a reconnaissance Of
Young Mules rife pit disclosed the fact that
he wns dead, and had bssn for some hours.
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JOB DEP ARTMlEltT.

lnS Kept the company 50 .Umy i'll sit,-
pcnse rs to the prototype Of Rosilant.
Mrs. Mcl1atchct ut once appreciated
the fact that the distinguished original
of the picture had at tile last moment
disappointed Hamish. for nobody in
the person of beautiful woman,
beautifully dressed, such as she had
pictured TO herself as the original of
kosalind. was to he seen. Tie com.
pany, too. began to express their
doubts and fears, yet the face of Hamish
McLatcllet was not that of Il man who
had suffered disappointment. On the
contrary, it beamcu with good-humor
aud contentmcnt.
"Al,, mother,' he said stepping for.
ward, .'you are just handy. Please
take this piece Of velvet and cover over
The lower part of the face of kosalind
with it as far rs the eyes"
Mrs. McLatchet o,cycd. inwardly
wondering what was going to take
place. At the same time her son
covered the lower part of the Smith
girls face with Il piece of velvet.
A cry of astonishmcnt arose rs the
exact resemblance between Rosalind's
head and eyes and Gwcndolcn Smiths
head and eyes was at once apparent.
Of course Mrs. McLalchct perceived.
It, and her face at that snon.cnt was in
itself u study.
Now then, mother" said Hamish,
"cover Rosalind's heal and eyes,
Mrs. McLatchet could but obey, and.
as Hanlish at the same time hid Mise
Hugggs' head and eyes from sight. the
general delight and astonishment a,
the evolution of ~ face. the beauty OF
which had taken the town by storm.
from the faces of two servant girls
who. to say the best of them. were but
ordinary looking. broke out into
chorus Of applause and congratulation.
But the storm within the mind Of
Mrs. McI.atchct at the complete turn.
ing of the tables on her was so terrible
that she could have dashed the velvet
into the grinnny mouth OF Miss IIu.cs.
Perhaps Hamish felt for his motin,
in her humiliation. for he remarked
hurridly:
Capital trick. wasn't it? NV mothe,
and concoctcd it together; didn't we,
er?"-Lonion Truth.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-26
FROM FoREloN sHoREs.

FROM FOREIGN SHORES.
CounS ToIstoi. the well.known Russian
author, is seriously i'll.
Lieut.. Schmidt cables to Berlin from
Zanzibar IN official denial that procluma.
ton permitting the slave traffic has been
posted.
Mr.. McGrath, "a wsll.to.do member of the
National League. has been brutally murdered
| in Rnlingary, Ireland, by miners, who re.
scnted his slleltering an evicted farmer with
whom they had quarrelsd.
The scenes attending the persecution Of
the Christians by tho Turks at Alashgerd
Armenia, are terrible. Murders are going ON
continually and scores Of outragcs upon
women are reported.
The FIRE in the famous Alahambra palace
in Spain was the work of thieves, who set
fire to the historic building in order to screen
the theft OF aOme of the many works Of art
contained in the palace.
The Vienna Fremdenblatt hos scathing
article on American egotism in desiring to
exclude European products while preserving
European markets. 1t is rumored that
Chancellor Won Cnprivi and Count Knlnoky
ore discussing joint reprisais.
The Dublin correspondent of the London
Times says that there is no danger Of my
suffering in Ireland before Christmas: that
the failure Of tho potato hnrvest is far from
general. and that other crops are better than
the average.
Three Lutheran pastor have been banislletl
and sixty-aix are on trial. mo- tly on trivial
charges, in the Baltic provinces Of Russia
The lsussian government is doing all it can
to stamp out the Lutheran religion. as the
memhera OF that church are supposed to lean
toward Germany.
The hot weather has increased the nu mber
of cholera victims in Toledo and Valencia,
Spain, and has caused the appearance of the
disease in many villages In Albaceto o,
Alicante. Caatellon de la Plana. Taragona
and Toledo the epidemic is attacking the up.
per classes.
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WIND AND WATER.
Considerable Damage Done by Ter
rifle storm at yinton. iowa.

Considerable Damage Done by Ter.
rifle storm at vinton. Iowa.
MARsHALLrowN, Iowa, Special, Sept. 49,
A terrific storm occurred at Vinton, tho
county seat OF Benton county. The roof OF
the Han. ord block was lifted off bodily and
carried into the street, while that oiQuinn's
grocery was moved sufficiently to let III tho
water. A huge flying timber was driven
through the side wall of Quinn's grocery
store. The tin root ofthe Union block was
rolled up. admitting the dcluging rain. and
the Vinton Eagle office below was thor
oughly drcnchcd, as were the dry goods
stock Of Jarvis & Co., Morrison's book
store. the Vinton Harness company, aud
Hapwood's drug stock. Chimncys and
shade trees were blown down all over town.
The damage was very considerable. There
were several narrow escapes but iortunate-
ly no one was injured.
TWO PEOPLE KILLED.
MANNING. Iowa. Sept. l0.-Thc reports
that forty people were killed here are un-
true. William Ferry and child were killed
and number were injured. The loss OF
property will amount to several thousand
dollars. The roof OF the school building at
Mussena was blown Oft, but aside from this
no damage was reported.
ALMOST A CYCLONE.
DUnUoUE, Iowa. Special Telegram, Sept.
19.-Heavy winds amounting almost to q
cyclone ragged in this county last night At
durango barns were blown down. George
Prcglsr's house unroofed and many trecs
leveled.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-26
MINOR ACCIDENTS.

Capt. Hcaicy wns blown from his steamer
on the L axe of the Woods and drowned
Owing to the heavy rains the Mohawk
valley fats nre submerged. Much damage
has bren done to growing crops Corn was
gathered in boats-somethng unknown be-
iorein tw enty years.
by fire in q stable in New York. Conrad
Hosbach md Chris Tsclanlon were burned
to death, Emil GoidenbtrE and Casper Shnpf
were seriously injured and thirteen horses in.
inerated.
Will Allen of Pierre S. D.. was kicked in the
face by trotting horse ut the fair grounds
ut Aberdeen and almost instantly killed.
He was twenty-five years of nge and had q
mother at Sioux City.
An explosion occurred in the Mayhach pit
ut Snnet Wendell Rhenish Prussia, by which
twenty-five miners were killed, The other
men in the pit, to the number of 1926, were
rescued.
During fire ut Berry Bros, varnish works
mt Detroit, Mich. Edward Simmons William
{. Clark, Albert ken!ung. Edward Murphy
and Wiilam Pagel, tiremen, were seriously
burned by an explosion nup,Ea. The pro.
Irrty loss was small.
A terrible thunder storm passed O yer Sod.
nm, near Brewsters, n. Y. At the new Sedan
reservoir, there is shanty where Italian
workmrn live. When the storm began 100
ltanns huddlcd themselves in u group in
tile building. lightning entered the shanty
AMI instantly killed four o them.
W. A. Collinsof Hngerstown, Md. en- route
TO Seattle Wash, on tho st Paul road, fell
from the train mile north Of Western Union
Junction. Wis. His injuries consist of a
fractured skull, nose broken, several teeth
knocked out. and severe internal injuries
about the chest.
Owing to the late heavy rains IN iron ore
mine Mt Rittenhouse Gap, Pa. sprung a leak
and 10000 tons of orc disappeared in n
sink hole 200 feet deep, carrying with it two
engines and ali tlir machinery. The mine ia
supposed to have been situated over u sub.
terranean cavern.
During severe thunderstorm, n funnel
shaped cloud with n rushing noise, swept
directly over the Union whnrf sto re- Mt
Provincetown, Mass. Lightning struck the
building. instantly killing Solomon Stanley,
aged twenty-five, and Capt. Ralph Atwood,
nged sixty-,wo.
A fatnl accident occurred on the Montana
t!nionrailr> al ut North Walkerville north OF
Butte. switch engine and three wood ears
we're dcrniIel upon til. switch at Mouton
mine ran into IL brick smokcstnck ten feet
square and sixty icet high, tlenoiislning it
and buryinr Engineer Halter and foreman
,oi the train crew Fitzgerald in the debris
The former was killed and the latter serious.
ly injured
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-26
He Wouldn't ton.

Detroit Free Press: Two or three days
ngo an elderly man who was apparently
waiting tor train ut the Wabash depot,
be an singing 'Iiomc Sweet Home" in q
hi.h-pitchcd voice, and in two or three
minutes every one in the waitin. room wa:
laughing Mt him. The depot officer finally
approached him and said:
my riend. that is against orders"
"Wllat-to sing?"
"Ycs."
"lo sing "IIomc, Sweet Homc?"
"Ycs."
~ don't believe it! don't believe there's
atown in this United States where q icllcr
who is clean busted and iorty miles from
home can't sin. Home, Sweet Home all
he wants to without breaking the law.
You go away and
".Bt IT ever 80 humble
There's no place like h.o-o.m-c."
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-26
HERE AND rHERE

fAlND
Great dissatisfaction with the selection Of
the dual site is expressed by worlds fair
commissioners.
The population OF Nevada is A, 327, which
is decrease, rs compared with the popula-
ton of 1850. OF l L, 500, or %. al per cent.
The Anoka board OF trade appenlH to the
state railroad commissioners, charging dis
elimination in freight rates from Duluth.
The Duluth & Winnipeg Railroad company
is likely 10 build q line from Winnipeg to the
Minnesota boundary to connect with its
main line.
At New Orleans, Baton Roue, and other
places in Louisiana salutes we're red by the
Anti Lottery lengue in honor Of the passage
by congress of the anti.lo,tery bill.
A circular has been sent out from Chicago,
having Tor its object an association or trust
among cattlemen throughout the United
States. for the purpose Of controlling the
cattle markets.
The snowfall in the upper Alps is phenom-
ennl this scnson. Several families have been
frozen to death and in moro than one in
stnnce physicians have perished while brav-
ing the storms to reach patients.
Renewed 5nd vigorous efforts are being
made to settle the Melbourne strike Media
tion has been proposed to the managers OF
Broken Hill, and it is expected that they will
meet the men aud discuss the question OF re.
| suming work.
A tremendous flow Of gus has been struck
on the farm of E. G. Becker near Upton,
Ind. and it is cstim ated that the supply will
reach 30 900. 900 cubic feet n day. The gus
caught fire and in anexploaion which follow
ed several persons were badly scorched.
= 3ilpo ri, xvna rooo;vo,l tro,,, Nod
D.. stating that Mr. Boeter. IN old resident
of Rochester, Minn.. on his way home from
Spokane Falls was found in an insane con-
dition wandering around the streets Of the
above place. Friends have gone after him.
The first Wyoming state election resulted
in the Republicans electing full state ticket
and CONGRESSMAN by nearly 1000 majority
and large majority of the legislature The
election was conducted under the Australian
system, which gave general satisfaction.
Mazomanie, Wis.,, ia in n atatc of alarm.
Its chief hotel was destroyed by fire few
days ago. and n!terward barn ndjoining e
| with its valuable contents, went up in the
smoke. lncendinrism is thought to be the
cause The people are agitated. as few
years ago seven business houses were burned
by fire bugs"
The census count in St. Paul and Mime.
npolis is closed for the year 1890. The re-.
turns announced at Washi ngton are final,
and no matter whether injustice has been
done one city and the other has been favored,
the count must stand. The population nj
st. Paul is 133.7Ol, and that of Minnenpo-
lis 16i.73S. This, as compared with the
census of 1880, is IN increase Of III, ,S5l, or
251.35 per cent. The incrense for St. Paul
il 81 1928, or 22I.41 per cent.
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uent ewindle has just been brought to
light. Some mouths ago two womsa called
on ]. +. Wells. real estate broker Of Snn
Francisco.. One Of them introduced herselt
rs Miss Emma L. Dick, niece offs. W. Dick.
deceased. capitalist. She wished to sell a | ot
owned by her in the city or which she asked
$4,000. For several months the woman
called on Wells at intervals to nsc.rtain
whether he had made the sale. Finally he
inormed her that the property could not he
sold for thnt sum. She then said she would
borrow $4,000 ON it, Wells acted as her
agent md negotiated loan or that sum
from Thomas Crane. well kno wn c,,pit alst.
1t has been discovered that Miss Dick mnde
no mort.age. and the woman who received
been ound ns to her whereabouts. Those
who saw her now believe that she was q man
in disguise.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-26
LAWS FOR MINERS.
Demands for Legislation Made by tho
Miners Of Germany.

Demands for Legislation Made by tho
Miners OF Germany.
BERLIN, Sept. 2O.-Thc session of the min
ers congress at Halle closed to-day. The
congress decided to present petitions TO the
onn'icsrath, reichstag the diets and the va
ious MINISTRIES asking ;llat mining laws
Je passed as follows:
That shit shall not exceed eight hours that
,vertime he nbolislled: that the shifts lie re-
tuced when the men are working in wet or heat.
ID places; that the minimum wages OF pcknlen
';til be tonr marks daily, and that the wages of
'tners shall be fixed III proportion: that wages
,.is.il be paid wrekly that universal system uf
sty books be adopted in all mines: that u court
u arbitration be iormcd to settle disputes that
ne sanitary arrangements OF the Miles shall be
improved; that the restrictions nnw placed on
miners moving from one nistrict to another be
rmoved; that the workmen be given control OF
ne mines cooperative unions; that foreign
aOor bt excluded. that the power oi employers
o dismiss their workingme he limited. aud TINT
:.'lvs against labor be suppressed.
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Incentiinry Irlrea.

WHITEHALL, Mich, Sept. 20.-An incendi.
ary fire swept away the business portion OF
this place early this morning. Thirty
were consumed. Careful estimates place
the loss at 100000, partially insured
SoulH HAVEN, Mich. Sept. ia consid-
erable portion 0! the village of South
Haven was destroyed by an inccn,liary fire,
which was discovered about midnight last
night Eleven buildings were burned.
The loss is about so O00; insurance light
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Attempted Truiu wrecl,nc.


MILWAUKEE. Sept. N.-An attempt was
made TO wreck passenger train on the
Chicago & Northwestern within the city
limits. A number of stones, any one Of
which would have wrecked all engine. were
found piled on the track. A brakeman,
sent to flag the passenger tram in order to
let freight pass. was struck by rocks
thrown by the would-bc wreckers, who
were in hiding. The railroad officials are
at loss tor u theory, as robbery would not
likely be attempted inside the city limits.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-26
A GENERAL STRIKE.
Over Six Hundred Carpenters Quit Work
ut Spoknue Falls

Over Six Hundred Carpenters Quit Work
ut Spokane Falls.
SPOKANE FALLS, Wash, Sept. GA gen.
eral strike OF all union carpenters in this
:ty was carried out to-day. This was done
n the hope Of forcing the public to exert
its pressure against the boycot,ed mill COM
pany to induce 1t to,yield to the demand of
Altogether $50 union men have gone out,
including POO ut work On the exposition
building. Work on that great structure
goes nerrily forward. "A larger force is now
On the building than before the strike. The
surrounding towns and cities are offering
10 send i'll non-union carpenters. The
strikers are eager for arbitration. but are
met with the statement that there 10 moth
,ng to urbitrate.
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An Official Denial.

BERLIN. Spccial.-Iierr Schmidt telc-
graphs officially rom Zanzibar that neither
at Darrcssaalam nor at Bagamoye has any
proclamation with re !erence to slave trad
Ing been issued; that no licenses have been
granted to dealers; that no actions against
freed slaves have ever occurred on tho
coast; that the statement that Zanzibar
dealers have gone to the coast to engage in
the slave trade is unfounded. and that the
recent malicious and mcndacioIs reports
were spread tor the purpose OF injuting the
G. ermaus
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-09-26
GALVESTON ON A roor.
Citizens Intoxicated with Joy Over til

Citizens Intoxicated With Joy Over tho
Prospects of Deep Harbor.
GALVESTON, Tex, Sept. 2O.-'rhis city is
wild with enthusiasm tonight over the re-
ceipt OF the news that the president has
signed the deep water bill which practical
ly gives Galveston $G,2OO,0N for the inn
provemcnt Oi her harbor.
The mayor issued proclamation doing
away with all restrictions as to the dis
charge o, firearms, and the city is illuminated
with protcchnics. torchlight professions
crowd the streets, brass bands and tin horns
add to the general din, and every citizens
appears as il intoxicated Will, joy.
The appropriation will make Galveston
first seaport, which. besides giving great
prosperity to the city, will insure cheap
ocen irciShts for Denver and all the couii.
try west oi the Mississippi.
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Horace Greeley. s,a,ua

New YORK. Sept. 20.-The statue OF
Horace Greeley at the entrance to the Trib-
une building will be unveiled Tomorrow
the ceremonies. These will be opened
with prayer by Bishop Potter. Then the
chairman will Introduce ChauEcey NJ. DE.
pew. who will deliver an address, at the
close of which the statue will be unveiled
by Miss Greeley. Cappa's Scvcntieth resi-
ment band will play 'Americu' and Bishop
Potter will pronounce the benediction.
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Strikers in Jail.

MONMOUTH. H., Sept. 2O.-The union
printers on the Daily Journal of this city
struck last Tuesday. The !orce was about
evenly divided between the union and non
union men. The union men forced the
non-union men to 80 out also. Tuesday
night the union men received information
that Linn one Of the non-unon men. was
going TO work the next day. They threat
mcdiately. He was last seen being escorted
10 the depot. 1t is feared by some tha,
Linn has met with lou play. Labcnccher.
another non-unior man, went to work ard
was nearly mobbed by union men. Five OF
the alleged leaders OF II ,s!rike are now in
Jail.