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Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-17
treasurer Gilllnrham's Shortage.

Mt. HOLLY, n. j., April l6.-The
news of the alleged shortage of ex-
Treasurer Gillingham, of Moorestown,
was received here with the utmost as
fonishment, as he was believed to be
the possessor of ample means. MIR.
Dillingham; did not devote much time
to farming, having turned the manage
ment of his farm over to his foreman
1t was not generally known that there
was even mortgage on the farm until
a creditor found one recorded in the
county clerks office. The amount of
the alleged deficit is about $4,000, but
the township will lose nothing, as the
ex-trcasurer bondsmen said that they
would pay the amount in full as soon
as it was determined what their liability
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-17
,rore of Liyerpool jacks Victims.

NEW YORK, April 16.-Forty men
sent to Central America by Liverpool
Jack" Fitzpatrick returned to Castle
Garden. They were sent to Port Limon
last year and have been i'll with fever
much of the time. One of them died at
quarantine on the steamship Alvo. The
men are without means, and the COM
missioners are in quandary as to how
to dispose of them.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-17
The Chicago Strike.

CHICAGO. April 16.-Neither side
seems as yet to be trying to do great
deal toward settlement of the carpen-
ters' strike. The strikers still hold out;
they offer to arbitrate, while the mas
tiers sit quietly down and refuse to ar
nitrate.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-17
shellenbercer at Tacoma.

DoYLEsTowN, b., April IA for:
mer citizen of this place photographed
from Tacoma, Wash, that Shellen-
berger, the def,,uiter, was in that city.
Word was returned to have the fugitive
arrested
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-17
Nuke Cushins.s Challenge.

NEW YoRK, April 1G.-NIike Cushing
has posted 500 on challenge to fight
Austin Gibbons for the l2G pound cham
pionship and s., 1000.
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-17
Eenominatea for consress.

oLNEY, Ills. April 1G.--The Demo-
s-atjn cen gressional convention of tue
Srnnnffi district ren6mlnated e. WI
Eisyfirff ss
Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-17

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Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va) 1886-1890, 1890-04-17

Roanoke Transfer Co., 8 10000
RIFFS Hydraulic Engine Co., $4,000
Roanoke Electric Light
Power Co., 2o,OO0
Roanoke Brick and Construc-
ton Co., $4,000
ton and Investment Co. $4,000
Roanoke Brick andImprove-
ment Co., oO,OOO
Roanoke Opera House Co., $4,000
Roanoke Iron Co., 100000
Southwest Virginia Real Es-'
tate and Investment Co., 25,OOO
$685.. 600
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-02
cAREY,s SLAYER.
Some Incidents in the Life Of Patrick
O'Donnell Hanged in ENGLAND.

o'Donnell Hanged in England.
SPOKANE FALLS, WASH. Special.-A resi-
dent of this city relates several incidents in
tho life of Patrick u'Donnell, the slayer of
Carey, the informer. lie claims that O'Don-
nell had no connection with the lrisl, pa
triots, and that his meeting with Carey was
entirely accidental. and finally that he
killed Carey in selfdcfensc. For two or
three years previous TO 1883 O'Donnell was
in the service of q cattle firm near Boze-
man, Mont. lie made frequent visits to
Bozeman, upon which occasions he usually
drank good deal and played faro. He
often spoke of having friends in South
Africa and said he intended to visit that
country some day. Finally in the spring
of 1885,, lie left Eozeman, telling his ac-
guaintances that he was bound for Africa.
He had $3.50 in cash in his possession. On
the train between st. Paul and Chi
cago lie fell in with some gamblers who
fleeced him out of all Of his money. O'Don.
nell had these gamblers arrested at Red
Wing, Mimi, and after several weeks lie
succeeded in getting his money back from
the swindlers. He Immediately went East
and July took passage on tho steamer
Kinfauns from Philadelphia for Cape Town.
At Dartmouth Carey and his family were
smugglcd aboard this vessel. The two men
became acquainted and associated familiar
ly together OH the boat. Finally the men
got into dispute, the outcome of which
was the death Of Carey. O'Donncll was
taken back to London, where lie was found
guilty of murder and executed. The prose.
cution claimed that O'Donnell was in the
service of the Irish patriots and that lie
murdered Carey as q matter of revenge on
account of Carey's having betrayed the
Irish cause. There seems no doubt, how
ever, but that ODonnells presence on the
same vessel with Carey was purely acci-
dental.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-02
Freaks Made to Order.

frcaks Tor museums are now mado
to order. says Snowman. Give me
an hours time, and can rig UP au
electric man for any person in the city.
All that is necessary is to fasten two
large brass or iron plates to the floor
anl attach them to an electric battery.
Any person will answer for the man,
provided he stands on one of the
plates and allows everybody that steps
on the other plate TO shake hands with
him. thus completing the circuit.
Slate-writing in theaters is done with
the aid of confederate or two in tho
audience. The message is written on
one side of the slate, which is carefully
covered with piece of clean, dry
black rubber looking like slate. which
fits very closely, and protecting the
writing from the damp rag which is
passed over it to make the audience
think that no writing exists. The per-
former then steps in to the auditorium
and asks somebody to suggest IL SEN
tcnce. The confederate is the first to
respond, and his question is chosen.
An answer to this is, of course, written
on the slate already and carefully COW
cred with the rubber. A board is next
securely fastened to the frame side of
the slate with u cord, and the per-
former then takes the whole affair on
the stage aud unfastcns the board, be-
ing careful TO remove the rubber at
the same time. thus allowing the peo-
pie to see the writing. All other tricks
are just as simple, but on account of
their simplicity nobody can easily
catch on to the way they are executed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-02

encountered in procuring that ncws, aud
then the crowd began relating expert.
encos, says the Chicago Tribune.
II think," said one of them. "that tho
toughest job ever was assigned to was
a. Acnia. o.. just after cloudburst that
nearly wiped out the town in May, 1886.
l started from Dayton with horse and
buggy about noon. and had been trav.
cling since O'Clock in tho morning to
get to Dayton. SO / wasn't in the best Of
condition. The roads were washed out
all along the line. and frequently had
to take 10 the fields. wading my horse.
At one PLACE II lot of trees lay across tho
road and had to feel my way around
them, leading the horse through water
two or three feet deep. AT Harbinc
Station l found Il portion of the abut-
mcnt TO the bridge washed away. SO that
only ono corner of the bridge was rest.
ing on solid foundation. 1t was q
ticklish piece of business, hut l had to
get across. SO l risked 1t. hai to stick
close TO the edge and lean ont of the bug
gy on that side to keep the entire s,ruc-
ture from toppling over the other way.
But got over
MY next Dlg JOB was to cross ngain
! Mt Alpha. The river had ovcrflowed it's
banks here. and forced II chunnel be.
tween me and the bridge. There was
something like eight feet OF water. and
l didn't dare put my horse through it.
left the rig, aud wadcd nearly half a
mile through Il flooded 1ield. und finally
crossed the channel by climbing along
the top of fence. When got over
the bridge, though. found still worse
channel. l got man ON the other side
to come over for nc. We got stuck on
the top of fences twice. but managed to
get across. Then | got bronco and
rode him for II short distance. finishing
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-02
BACK To Her Side.

An old, dilapidated prairie schooner
or campers wagon came cracking
through the December wind, bound
westward. As it came nearer in its
slow course across the plain l saw that
the driver who sat on Il rough board
seat beneath the faded and torn canvas
cover, was as woc-begonc as they.
He had once been a good-looking man.
but his sad face and unkempt clothing
told too we'll the story of sorrow or
disappointment.
.How far is it to the next town." he
asked as he came opposite me.
'.AbOut five miles,"
"How is the roade Can get there
before night?''
II am afraid not, without hurrying."
The clouds were skimming across
the sky and storm seemed riding on
the back of the north wind that blew
ficrcelv over the prairie.
Guess Ill go on. though" he ejacu-
lated after having considered mo-
ment. Then he alightcd from the wagon
and commenced fixing broken strap
of the harness with some cord he drew
from the wagon box.
Whats your hurry? Where are you
bound forp" were my queries.
I'm goin' to Smith county," lie re-
piled, wearily. rs he thought of the long
trip, almost to the foot of the Rockies,
IAN must get there before the first Of
the month";
why, got some land thcre?"
mo. not exactly, but something bet
tnr / t,v<
Mary and I. The hot winds came and
the times grew hard for us. We worked
night and day. but there wasn't no use
we almost give up. Then Mary died;
she was my WHEY know" lie said.
in half apologetic words. She helped
all she could, but her strength wouldn't
hold out"
"And you were left alonc?'
"Yes. so much alone that buried
her all by myself on our little claim an
then started for the old home back east
to try an' make Il liyin'. | lost INV
right to the claim" he went on wearily
after pause. "but didn't care much,
except that she was there.
Now must go through and see to
it."
DO you expect to get it bac!sp"
Not all of it; don't want it. But
they tell me the land is all bein' plowed
up in that ncighborhood, an I'm afraid
they'll plow over her grave"
And SO you'll buy the lantl?"
"a little of it-that-tllat holds her.
l kin make Il livin' know, an I'll stay
by her side till the end. 1t seemed
like the sun went out when she left me
there"
He resisted all my efforts to induce
him to remain for the night He must
hurry, he said.
And the last l saw of him he was
urging the tired horses toward the
angry sunset sky, eager to reach tho
grave Of the one he loved so we'll.
Humble in station though he was,
crude though his surroundings, lis
lonely vigil ON the far western prairics,
with the wide spreading sea OF grass
around and only the tiny mound of
earth to attract bis lonely heart, has
often seemed picture worthy of a true
artists touch.-G. M Hurger,iu Detroit
Free Press.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-02
CROSSING THE RIVER.

when it comes to hard luck tales, ;"
said the fifth man, II Gun beat the world.
was assigned to search for Cronln's
body just after he disappeared. had
theory TINT it was buried in the sand
hills on the lake shore somewhere near
the place where the wagon was seen,
aud was working on that theory when
was taken off the job. Well, / knew
it would be big scoop il l could find
that body. SO made up my mind to
work little on my own account. got
off one Wednesday, aud went out with a
friend. We worked up tho lake shore
to Fifty. Ninth street without success
Then We started west on Fifty Ninth,
examining the catch -basns. until we
got hungry. We debated for some time
as to whether VIC would drive back for
lunch or not. but finally decided to do So
Boys. that body was found a few
hours later within two blocks of where
we were. and in the direct line OF our
search. II we'd kept ON fifteen minutes
longer we would have been at tue right
catch basin. That lunch was the mis-
take of my life"
Someone suggested that they were
straying from the subject. and tho next
man agreed to contine himself to hard
trips in the search of news
II left Chicago ut 9:3O one night" he
said. ITO look up case in Michigan
The place was bound for was on the
line of the railroad, but ut LawtOn was
intercepted by IL dispatch snying that the
man wanted to see lived ut Elmina,
which is not on the line Of any railroad.
So got of at Llwton. This was twd
o'clock III the morning, but routed out
livery man and got him to hitch up.
He put u pretty good pair gu to two
seated rig aud climbed on tho back
seat. which was unfortunate for me.
noticed that the seat was not fastened,
but paid no attention to it until lit on
my neck in the road. In going over q
bump the horses gave start, aud, in,the
words of the song. i went with It, II
must have stunned me, for when l got
up the wagon was just disappearing over
the top Of u hill. Threw the seat, buf.
falo robe. and blanket into n snowdrift.
and started on. didn't know the road
70 E!m;nu. but thought il l kept going
long enough Id get somewhere.
"Well. must have walked three.
tcrs of n milo when met the wagon
coming back and the driver was about
as frightened man as you ever saw.
He Ind gone mile and n half before lie
noticed that had disappeared. l got
in and hc landed nus in E!mina about s
o'clock, Then lie had to start back to
look after his seat aud his robe. There
was no hotel, but got An old farmer
to let me sit by his Kitchen fire until the
town woke up, when l was informed
that the man wanted to sec lived six
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-02
ad!s,m,n!!ns 6, MI. 0ladaons'S land purchss.
pEcLAREp
Sudden Stop in the Southern Ex-
cur8lOn Of the oPan.Amarlcana

Sudden Stop in the Southern Ex-
cursion OF the Pan-Americans.
WASHINGTON, Special secretary of
state to-day telegraphed Capt. Bourke, in
charge Of the special train that was carry
ing the Pan-Americans on their Southern
tour, to return to Washington from Rich
mond. This was done because so few of the
delegates desired to make the excursion.
Thirteen OF the foreign delegates accepted
the invitation. hut only two of them, DIR.
Martinez-Sylva of Colombia and DR.. Zegar-
ra of Peru left Washington with
the party. The Others sent let
tiers Of regret giving various reasons for
withdrawing their acceptance. Some were
detained by important business, some were
called to New York by telegraph, others
had decided to sail at once for their homes,
and the rest were i'll or too tired to make
the journey. Several promised to join the
excursion at Ricmond to-day, but were un-
able to do SO, anu :!lc secretary OF state de-
c:ded that the number OF those going would
not justify the expense of the journey. The
foreign delegates have now been in this
country for seven months and some of then,
even longer, and are anxious to return to
their homes rs soon as possible. They are
grateful ior the hospitality extended to
them, and very much regret that they cam
not accept 1t.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-02

esmbss, lsss robbed and nsrdensa N lt.l.
four eonpanions found Meadows drunk on
the street late ons night, and carried him In.
to ths woods, two miles from Birmingham.
There they robbed him Of ofeverything he had
and. after dividing the plunder, crushed his
head to q pulp with heavy stones.
A wellto.do farmer named Morrison, liv.
Ing two miles from Shellburn, Ont, drowned
three of his children in barrel ofrain water
Mrs. Morrison had gone away from homo for
o few days. leaving her husband In charge Of
their hve children, the oldest q girl Of fifteen
and the youngest boy Of thrse. These two
slept together, and when the girl awoke one
morning abe was surprised to find her broth.
er missing, and on searching found his body
and those oftwo other children lnid on the
Kitchen door beside the water barrel. Near
BY on a table wus . bottle partly alled vith
!audanum. 1t would appear that Morrison,
IN At Of temporary insanity, had drowned
the children. taken u large quantity oflauda-
mum and then attempted to drown himself.
When found by neighbors no was lying beside
q creek some distance from his home, uncon.
scious. He cannot recover.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-02

make break for the baf,foom. They
asked for some whisky, but the bar.
keeper sized them up 40 tramps and de-
clined 10 serve them.
Better go to some other place., he
SAID.
than any description of mine. The pa
per got five columns. and presume
the readers never stopped to think tina,
the description wasn't secured by trim
Whats tlatY asked one Of them.
can't give you any whisky. This
10 no barrcl.house.'
"Then they caught on. One Of them
reached In his pocket, pulled out roll
OF bills, and throwing one on the bar,
said:
"'An right. If you can't sell us any
whisky. give us couple of champagne
cock tails
1T took the bar. tender about day to
get over the shoch."
The fourth man In the circle rallied
aud came to the front.
Mines short" lie said. land is In the
nature OF hard luck tale | was sent
to Danvillc. Ill.,. on certain cusc.
got there early in the morning and found
that the man wanted to see lived ten
miles out in the country. 1t was ram.
Ing like all possessed. but got horse
and buggy and drove out. got wet
through on the trip. and when reach.
ed the house found the man was in
Chicago. That's all. 1t was enough for
mo-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-02
CASUALTIES.


During bull eight In arena at Guadlajara,
Tex, the bull ring broke down, and more
than'twenty persons were injured.
Several houses were swept uway and Others
overturned by cydone at Kyle, Tex. Sew
eral persons were injured. but none seriously.
A destructive forest fire is raging in the
fresh water cove and Magnolia woods near
Gloucester, Mass.. and is approaching the
sea shore. Several summer houses arc in
danger.
An immense crowd were watching the negro
baptism BY immersion in Lagonda creek ut
Springfield, Ohio when suddenly span OF
foot passage Of tho bridge gave away, pre-
stpitating about fifty people to the waters
level. Twelve or thirteen were seriously In
jured.
Two men were killed and five injured, one
probably fatally by the falling of rock in
the shut Of the Great Eastern mine, near
Norway, Mich. The victims were Capt.
William Hooper, one of the oldest mining
superintsndents in the upper peninsula, and
James Martin, q miner.
A four.year.old boy named Hern Heroch
was instantly killed ut st. Paul by the kick
of horse. Tho child was playing In yard,
in which the animal was tethered, and going
behind the horse struck it with a switch. The
animal kicked the little fellow on the head,
breaking his neck and causing immediate
eath.
plumber while trying to find leak in the
pipes in the Krummann block at SiouxCity
ck amatch, when o aterridcex plosion took
ripping the plastering from both store
kss and breaking the plate glass in the
l!font windows. causing 81, 500 damage
Thesbelvea in the large grocery store almost
cleared Of their contents. the entire stock he.
ing thrown to the floor by tile force of the
explosion. The loss on stock will bo more than
on the building. Several persons wero in tn,
store and it seems almost miracle that no
one was injured.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-02
FOREIGN FLASHES.

The steamer Riiboa, from Grimsby for
London has been lost in the North sea- Fi:.
teen persons were drowned.
Serious strike disorders have occurred Mt
Fulneck, Austria, where the cavalry dispersed
the mob and made 11S arrests.
Already 1900 spinners and weavers ars
unemployed ut Mulhausen, Germany. and q
complete shut down of every factory in the
district is looked for.
Frank l4ackrose, the American bank thief,
and his acc omplices, Smith aud Robinson,
have been sentenced in London to imprison-
ment at hard labor for eighteen months.
Adispatch from Austsalia says that the Dar-
ling river is several miles wide around Bourke.
and that the only building not flooded is u
church. Rescue boats ore kept busy remov-
ing people and property to places Of safety.
The strike movement begun by the coal
miners ut Ostrank, Austria, has spread
throughout the lstrawitz valley. All the
miners at Baschka, Pezno and Cxeladna have
quit work.
The clause which placed o duty Of 20 per
cent. on rapairs executed to Canadian vessels
in United States ports was. utter o long dis.
cussion, dropped from the Canadian tariff
list.
The Prusslan government has promulgat-
ed notice that all women employed IN the
mines owned or controlled by the state will
ba summarily dismissed and their places I'LL
ed by men II they observe May day as holi.
day.
The French position in Dahomey has been
twice vigorously attacked by the Dahomians.
The Dahomians captured and beheadcd four
of the French outposts The French retaliat-
cd upon the enemy, beleading five of the
kings Amazonian guards whom they held as
prisoners.
1t is stated that the case ofCaptain O'shea
against his wife and Mr.. Parnell will not be
brought to trial, but will be settled out Of
court within q very short time. The basis of
the settlement is not yet known, but it is un-
derstood to involve an unconditional retrac-
tion of the charges by the captain against
his vile and the Irish leader under the in
fiuence ofnewly discovered and convincing
evidences that the allegations were unbound.
ed
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-02
NihiIism is Not Patriotism.
49,. A. 49, IIa


There are many people who fee
very kindly toward the Russians, and
who sympathize with their suflerings
from despotic and heartless govern
mcnt, who will not be ready to accept
the resolution passed Mt the meeting
ut Faneuil Hall. endorsing nihilism
as the appropriate remedy for the ex-
listing ills. The nihilism of the Rus.
sians, and of other continental na-
tions, is different from the independ-
ence of 1920 and the revolution of
1776 as it is possible tor any two
things tole. Wendell Phillips was u
splendid rhetorician, but he wasn't n
safe man to follow, il one wishes to
make IL careful statement, which will
be respected for its fairness.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-05-02
TOO MUCH REpTAPE.
An Over Abundance Badly Clos
the Government Mac hinery.

An Over Abundance Badly Cloge
the Government Mac hinery.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram,
State Auditor Braden of Minnesota is OF
the opinion tonight that the red tape Of
the government tics things up very tightly.
and that q good deal of energy is needed to
loosen it up SO that the regular speed of the
machinery can be increased. On Saturday
morning last he talked with the officials of
the interior department about Minnesota
swamp lands. and got many promises that
reports and other documents would be at
once looked up and gotten together
so that they could discnss the issuing Of
patents on large tracts with oil data at hand.
Especial attention was to be given to the
Minnesota lands and some important qucs-
tions settled. To-day Capt. Braden kept
his appointment, but found that in spite OF
promises nothing had been done in the
case. Apparently nobody had given the
subject q thought after lie left the depart
meilt building Saturday, and SO tonight
the swamp land questions are no nearer q
settlement than ever. The state auditor,
however, will remain in the city some days
yet, and give his energies to getting what he
Is after and the department will hear from
him again tomorrow.