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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
MILLIONS AT STAKE,
Entrance of a New Feature In.
to the Fight for Million.
aire Davis Money.
Senator Call Introduces a Res.
olution to Protect Agri.
culturists Interests.

HELENA, Mont, July GA sensation
was sprung in the fight of the heirs lor the
millions left by A. ]. Davis of Butte when
Attorney John Forbes announced in court
that will of the dead millionaire had been
found When Davis died the opinion was
universal that he had left will, as he was
careful, conscientious man, and he had
often said that when he died there would
be no chance for contest over his fortune.
The most diligent search, however, failed
to bring one to light, and the heirs in yari-
Gus sections began to file their claims. The
chief claimants are John A. Davis of Chi
cago, and II. A. Root of New York, the
former the brother and the latter the
nephew OF the millionaire.
Both of these men wanted TO administer
the estate, and the first crossing OF swords
occurred in the district court OF Silver low
county. Five million dollars was The estate,
and the best legal talent in the state was en-
gagged, us well as attorneys from the out
side, among the latter being Judge Myers
of New York and Judge Woolworth of
Omaha. The case has gone through the
preliminary stages and has been appealed
to the supreme court. To-day was the day
fixed Tor hearing the arguments OF John a.
Davis attorneys OH his application for let
ters of administration. The will found
and submitted is dated July 20, 1866, and is
as follows:
Know nll laen by these presents that I, A. J..
Davis. OF the county OF Van Burel,, State OF
Iowa, being in good health, OF sound and dspos.
ing mind and memory. do make and publish
this. my last will and testament, and as to my
worldly estate and NIL the property,
real. personal, or mixed. OF which i
shall die sezed and possessed, or to
which shall be entitled ut the time Of my de-
ceased. devise. bequeath and dispose thereof,
Ny will Is that give and beq,leath to Thomas
Jefferson Davis and Pet Davis and her mother,
Miss Brm.lgett, all three OF Van Buren, county,
Iowa. q lite time maintenance. That Is to say,
they shall have the necessaries OF life ont OF my
estate during their natural life this amount Of
annuity to be set apart BY my executors here
after named, and the judgment Of my exect ors
ns to the amount necessary to be set upnrt for
the support OF the above named
persons shall he final. i give, devise
Dawes. the rsversion or remainder OF my prop.
erty. whether real, personal, or mixed. to have
and to mold the same forever, together with all
the profits and income thereof, to the said John
A. Davis his heirs, administrators or assigns,
TO his and their use and benefit forever. and,
and job Davis, of Davis county. i'll the state of
Iowa, to be the eXecut ors OF this, my lust will
and testament.
1t is witnessed by J. c. Sconcc, James
Davis and Job Davis. Mr.. Root is nom
committal as to what he thinks OF the will
or his future action. Certain it is, he will
not give up without u desperate struggle, in
which he will be joined by all the other
heirs lett out by this will.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
Pure Air From Above.

Prometheus, according to the sto
ry of tile Greek mythology, stole fire
from heaven and brought it down on
earth. 1t appears, says the Ncwcas-
tie Chronicle, that the performance
OF u somewhat analogous service is
gravely contemplated by the pro-
moters OF the Watkin tower. not fire.
but pure air, being the useul com
modify which it is intended to con-
vey from the lofty height to the lower
level for the benefit OF mankind. The
tower is to be not less than 1000
ieet-considcrably higher than it's
prototype in Paris.
At this atmospheric point, air,
even in London, is declared to be alb
solutely pure: and it isproposed that,
by means of machinery specially de-
vised for the purpose, u supply of
fresh air shall be drawn to the street
level, and thence distributed to
houses and public buildings as water
and gas now are. The project, to
the scientific mind ut least, nav
look rather sha9owy. albeit the Oh
ject aimed Mt is SO excellent and
worthy that it is to be hoped that
it mny not be destined to remain in
nubibus.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
IOWA..

While watering stock Thomas McGiffeu.
an aged and prominent farmer living near
Fairfield, fell into the water and Was drowned
The artesian we'll at Keokuk is down
1.747 feet, although good flow Of water has
already been struck. it wilbe sunk still deeper
An idiotic practical joker at Ashley loos
ened the rope Of q hammock, causing Mrs
Deimer a young married lady, to fall and
permanently injurs her spine.
The North Iowa Free Pressc which has
been published at New Hampton for four,
teen ysars, has been removed to st. Path.
MINI. Lack of local interest was the cause
OF removal.
<iseports of fglanders among horses at Bon
durant, Polk comfy, have been confirmed
and rigid quarantine has been est tablished
more than u dozen animals afflicted with the
dread disease.
The young son OF Marshal Rngan. o,
Washington, made himself famous the other
day by jumping from the top Of the house
with an umbrella parachute. The umbrella
turned and he lit on his head, breaking lis
nose and jaw aud knocking out several
teeth.
At II public meeting in Leland resolutions
were adopted prohibiting the sale Of intoxi
eating liquors in the town and warning any
persons attempting to seil that the penalty
shall bc coat OF tar and feathers. raw.
hiding and free ride OH rail out of the
village.
A Boone county farmer stands in great
awe OF the wisdom of the surveyors for the
Central Iowa railway. On his farm Of le
acres he has two good wells. and they are
half mile apart, but by exercising great
core the surveyors were able to run a line 20
that both wells were taken in and ifths road
10 built both will be destroyed.
John Schontal was taken to the asylum By
the sheriff Of Jones county the other day
He has been living alone on rocky piece
land near Anamosa and in the most primi
tive mode. His bed consisted of q pair O
blankets thrown over some logs, and he has
been living on potatoes, 6our and water
When tho sheriff went to arrest him he found
veritabls wild man, and it required several
strong men to secure him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
THE MARKETS,
The Latest Quotations from West,
ern Markets.

ern Markets.
CHICAGO.
WaEAT.No: 2 spring. % to 9215c; No. /:
CoRN-No. 2, 33ssc.
OATs-No. 2. 26Nc.
KYE-No. 2, 53c.
BARLEY-No. 2, nominal
FLAX sEED-No: l. $l.4s
Eo0s-12 to l2hc.
WHEAT-No. !. hard. 90 to Ole; No. /,
Northern 81 to 9Oc; No. 2, Northern, SO to
SIC.
CoRN-No. 8, Bic.
OATs-No. 2 mixed, &c; No. 2 white. 28M
to 291ac.; No. 3 white, % to zoe.
BARLEY-No. 2. 80 to Soc; No. 8, 40 to
45c.
RyE-No. 2. 37c.
GROUND FEED-No. 1, $13. .25 to 1880.
BRAN-Bulk. $3.50 to 10.
1, es; timothy, 90.
OVERWHELMINGLY, first; IA to 15c., dairy,
first, 10 to 12c
WHLAT-No. !, hard. s9c.: No. /, North.
ern, S8hc.; No. 2, Northern. 86Nc
FLoUR-Patents, sacks to local dealers,
?5.l5 to LBS; bakers here, 1886 to 4; red
dog sacks, $1.2O to 1.3O.
CoRN-Good yellow 32hc
OATs-Good white, 271ac,; fair mixed, 26c.
BARLEY-3O to 35c.
FLAx-e1. 80 to lao.
FEED-313 to 1850.
BuTTER-Fair to fancy creamery, Otto 14c.;
daires, to lac.
MILWAUKEE,.
WHEAT-No. 2 Spring, SSh to Soc; No. ]
Northern, 95c.
CoRN-No. 3, 33c.
OATs-No. 2, white, 28Mo.
RYE-43Nc
BARLEY-No. 2. 47hc
EGGs-Frssh, lie.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
JOE DEPARTMENT. 7.
lar frame to the task, gave a mighty
sweep of the pole.
CwioI aviahl x,,ont tho cnttor dour

lar frame to the task, gave u mighty
sweep Of the pole.
Swish, swish! went the cotton down
upon the ground-siX rows Mt Il time
from the avcnging arm.
crept out on the still night air, and
found limp hard ut work.
The moon waned and sank, and
still the work OF vengeance w,s not
done. 1t was not until tllerosy tinis
of morning began to tint the eastern
sky thut limp rested from hisla'ors.
His vengence was complete. Hegave
one satisfied look at his finished
work and then turned and fled.
Morning dawned bright and glori-
ous. The merry makers o! the pro
ccding night We're up betimes aud on
their way to the scene of action.
The procession was headed by Ole
Man Billings, who led tile way with
all the digliiied tread of cons, AS
pride.
AS they reached the field theycaine
to halt. Billings was saving:
Now, tellers, whoever picks til,
most cotton by tair weight" la
looked ut the field and stopped short
The eyes OF the others followed l&s
'lismaycd glance. q, what i, sight
was there! A sight to freeze the
blood of any farmer.
The finest field OF cotton in the
country lay before them; but nl,s!
Jimp's ruthless hand had lett not
one lock OF cotton in the bolls. Tle
ground was covered with fair white
cotton tramplc.l into the dust.
At last the silence was broken:
"Wnl" said Farmer Billings. "l'll
he gol sloslcd!"
Years rolled away. Ole Mun Bill
ings raised other cotton crops,
though he never gave another cot.
ton-picking. limp was forgotten hy
the llltwoodsians, save for his con-
ncction with that event styled sole
Man Billings surprise"
One day the FlatwooGs wasngitat-
ell by the news that the squire had
received q letter-an unprecedented
thing in the annals OF the nryhbor
hood. 1t was brought to him by II
ncighbor from the town ten miles
distant. Billings opened it with the
air of;. man quite bored by his cor
rspondcncc.
1t ran thus:
Sir: Some years ago you gave u cotton.
Picking to which yom invitel the Who'll. -at-
tiement With the exception only of myscl'.
WIS mnd and made up INV mind to get
even with you. That morning when yuu
come out TO pick your cotton you found ii
picked.
Well. 1t was u mean trick, hut how cheap
yom must have looked that morning!
since then have risen in the world. and
send you check for $3.50, whic., mn:r, than
rIaNs YOU for all you lost Mt my hands
Next time you give cotton-picking you
had better invite JlMrsoy JuNEs.
Ole Man Billings face was u study
as as he pocketed the check.
IVA" snid he, ''l'll be gol slo Sill.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
WISCONSIN.

William Marsh, IN inmate Of the Mendoza
Asylum escaped from that institution by
making u rope OF bel clothing and sliding
down from an upper window.
Chris Anderson, an employe on the curpen-
ters' force was drowned in Lake st. Croix
| while swimming. llishome IL near Red Wing
but he was buried ut Hudson
In creek, some three miles out OF town,
Fremont Melindy. of Palmyra, caught three
brook trout, the larger weighing two and
onehalf pounds and the Others something
over one pound each.
Patrick Mahoney. one of the burglars shot
ut Superior by George Hicks. while he was
attempting to break into Mr.. Hicks room.
some time ago, was arraigned in the police
court, and bound over under $4,000 bail
lie is yet weak.
&C. Calkins millionaire OF ofSeattle, WASH.
who n Few years ago was u law student in an
; Office ut Madison has been visiting the state
capital lately. and recently received q tsle-
gram from AtIunta, Gu. from his wife, who
was sojourning there, saying that his 4-yeur-
old daughter had fallen from u three.story
window of u hotel and met instant death.
Ida Bentert sues in the Dodge County cir.
OF the late Herman Bcntert, OF Emmet. She
alleges that thu deceased deserted her moth
er, and lived with another woman without q
marriage, issue of such being four daughters,
whom. it is alleged wrongiully inherit the
estate of s4O,OO0.
A package containing 81. 900 consigned to
the care Of the United States Express CON.
pnny, has mysteriously disappeared in tran
sit over the Milwaukee, Lake Shore 4 Vest
ern ralrond. The package consisted almost
wholly OF bank notes, and was shipped from
Chicago. 1t has been traced as far az Mon.
ico. Wis. numb of detectives ure work
ing on the ease, but no statement ot
what the theory is, as to the robbery, has
been given out
The will Of the late jacob Rupert. OF the
town of Bristol, in Dane County, is being gon,
tested on the ground that the deceased wA.:''
he made tho will. only an hour be'
his death, WINS not in q condition OF min
know the nuture of the contents. lsu
let Ills widow $15. 900 on condition that sn.
cannot marry ngaia, and the balance Of his
estate, amounting to about $4,000, was
bequeathed to various Catholic priests aMd
societies to bs used in Negro and Indian
missions
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
FOREIGN CRlST,

The supreme council of agriculture Of
France has voted duty OF s per cent. on
cotton. ) francs per 100 kilos on wheat and
8 francs per 100 kilos on wheat flour,
Joseph Chamberlain and his wife, who
leave London early in August for America,
expect to spend three months in the tour OF
/, this country.
Z The Siberian cattle plague is ravaging the
srovince Of Riazan, Russia. Cattle, horses
I'd sheep are dying by thousands Two.
rds o! the animals attacked die from the
s,ase.
slfred von Keudler, banker, formerly
,dish consul at Vienna, has been tried and
y.victed on charges of fraud and embezzle.
Tint, and sentenced to seven years penal
itvitude and the loss Of oil his titles
! Halifax and Bermuda newspaper ex.
{ IAN eed messages congratulating each other
ION the completion Of the cable connecting
Bermuda with Canada and the rest OF the
world.
The Russian ambassador ut Const antinople
has sent another comm unicationt to the porte
demanding payment of the war indemnity.
The debt now amounts to e152.75O, 900.
Turkey has only paid two years iusta lments
since 1882.
The Duke OF Clarence eldest con OF the
prince Of Wales. is in poor health and is
frequently compelled to remain in bed for
several days. 1t is asserted that he is suf.
1sring from the effects ofhis trip to India,
whose climate disagreed with him during the
whole of his visit to that country.
Her mnjesty's steamship War Sprite, flag.
ship Of the North Pacific squadron, with
Rear Admiral Botham aboard, arrived vt Vic
tozis, B, C. The admiral stated smphstieal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
Ofcourse.

"Look at your fashionable young
women" said a dress reform lecturer;
"they toll not, neither do they spin
and yet Solomon in all his glory was
not arrayed like one of these" Well
We should hopenot. Solomon would
have looked pretty going about in a
tight-fitting redingote made ofcheck-
er cloth, trimmed with bands of vel
vet, and o hat partly on his head,
with the broad brim crushed and
dented as if he had been tout with the
boys" H. would have been put in
the insane asylum.-Norristown Her.
aid.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
MAKING GOOD PROGRESS.
Agreement With the Chippewa Indians
Being Carried Out.

Agreement Will, the Chippewa Indians
Being Carried Out.
WASHINGTON. Special Telegram, July e5-
The carrying out OF the agreement made by
the commission with the Chippewa Indians
last summer has been begun and made good
progress with hardly word being said
of it.
While interest has been ccnterc,l OH tho
legislation of congress which would put
the government in IL position to carry out
the full agreement, the secretary Of the i'll.
terror has been using the balance Of the al-
propriatiOn leit from last year ard has
accomplished considerable results.
The four townships ut White Earth have
been nearly all surveyed, and iu a few days
acorps ot appraisers will be started at work
estimating the value of the timber. These
four townships are covered with ar csy,c-
cially fine growth. which will probably he
ready FOR the market this season.
The legislation necessary to allow the
government to complete the agreement with
the Indians is in pretty lair shape and
those who are interested believe that the
mpney appropriated in bills now pending
will be enough to let the work 70 Oil US iast
as it could a1van.agcously bc done.
Reports received in this city indicate that
the Red lake reservation is q lively spot
just now. Railway construction on the
proposed line from Duluth north Of Red
lake to Winnipeg is in active progress, q
thousand lne,i being employed, according
to REPORTS
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
Regun the InuueKt.

New YORK, Special: The inquest in the
died from the effects of an abortion by Dr..
McGonigal, was begun here to-day. Dr.
II. S. McGonigal. Mrs. Fannie Shaw, I'm
dertaker c. Merritt and his colored assist
ant, Davidson, and the girls two lovers,
Gus Harrison and Andrew Tanning, who
are. as alleged, lmrtirrcps criminis, were, all
the dead girl, and Annics sister, Mrs.
George Halliday. were present. Mrs. Halli-
day, Sadie Traphagan and flaming were
examined, after which the inquest ad-
;ourpa1 until to,,Norror
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
Accompll.ne,l s.lf-Cremation

WIxSlrEG, Special Telegram
The widow of the Ncv. Enes I.angford, late
pastor Of McDougal Methodist church o.
this city, who died last spring, was fatally
burned to night. Mrs. LlAlgtord has beer
slightly dcrangcd at ti4nA sillSe the deatl
Of her husband and during q fit Of despond
ency to-day took can Of kerosene to al
outhonsc, poured it over her clothing and
aRrliea % mat, match; Ill., VIXEN ,l, found .l the poo
fully burned, and she died at midnight
Miss Parkinson, sister Of Mrs. I.angford
was also badly burned in cndcavoring tc
Quench the flames.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
Meaning of a Louisiana Flood.

Theheart-rending and tremendous
ly tragic scenes of II flood in IL ,noun-
tain gorge are wholly lacking in
Louisiana flood. When 81 great levee
breaks in our lowlands there is a
terrible rush at the immediate scene
OF the crevasse, but ut II short dis.
tance from the locality the scenes are
entirely different. -
The water does not go roaring
raging through IL narrow valley
sweeping everything before it. Tie
yellow flood pouring through the
gap, often enlarged to the width OF
miles, simply spreads over the fat
country, filling the vast shallow basin
that it really presents. Day after
day the turbid waters climb up
around and into the dwellings,, the
stables, the stock-yards, the sugar.
houses, the cotton-slleds, and GIN
houses, while tile pastures and culti-
waited fields are covered. The sub
mersion goes on until the country is
Inundated from four to twelve feet
deep over vast areas. The people
retire to their upper rooms, unless,
as it is often the case with the smaller
dwellings, their hubitations are
tfoated away. The domestic ami
mails encompasscd by sen OF waters
perish by thousands from exhaus-
tion Or starvation. The muddy
water deposits it's silt in the houses
and upon the growing crops, cover
ing everything in it's reach with IL
Shiny mud. The country roads are
extinguisled, the bridges float away.
the railways are disabled, and boats
alone afford n means of comnun;cn-
tion with the population bcleugu red
by the inundation.
Many people are drowned under
these unusual circumstances; MANY
more sicken, and not IL few die from
the exposure and privations which
they undergo, while the suffering for
provisions is often so great that tho
destitute people over vast areas of
charity. The flooded rcgi ion is often
twenty to fifty miles wide and u
hundred miles long. and in all those
limits there is scarcely Il spot of dry
ground. Such Il state of things NAV
last one or two months before the
waters subside; and hen dry land fit
to stand on; much less to piow, is
slow in making its appearance.
Such is IL flood in louisiana. lift
has not the overwhelmingly terrible
and Instantaneous catuclvsmic fen
lures of u Johnstown tragedy, it is
sufficiently deadly and dreadful. Let
itnot he considered lightly,-Ncw Or.
leans Picayunc.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
A Steep Railway.

The Edinburgh Scotsman presents
q picture of the Cliff Railway, "the
steepest in the world" which unites
Lynmouth and Lynton, Eng. The
railway starts from the Esplanade at
Lynmouth and runs sheer up the
face of the cliff, it's inclination be
ing one in acknowledgements
throughout it's intire length. The
journey, Of close upon / 900 feet. il
accomplished in q minute and half
and the passenger is thereby saved q
climb up the steepest bit Of road il
all England. The line is worked BY
hydraulic pswer, the water coming
from the river Lynn"
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The young crown prince Of Italy ii.
deeply devoted to his clever anc
beautiful mother. He sends her two
long kilograms every day when he ID
away from her; and he also writes tc
her each day a letter giving full ac'
counts Of his days work. Like tn,
queen, the prince speaks and writes
French, English and German.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
N.shx,s Fathar Dead.

TOLEDO, Ohio, spccial.-Nathanicl r.
Locke, the venerable father of the late d.
II. Locke, better known as Petroleum V.
Nasby," dic;! here to-day at the advanced
age of fninety-scvcn years. He was native
of Deerfield, Mass. in 1893, and served ir
the war Of 1872. lie had been Jealous ant
consistent member OF the Methodist church
since his fifteenth year, and was probably
the Oldest Methodist in the United States
founders of the Republican party in 1855
and all his life al advocate of ohibitiQn
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-08-01
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH,

By wintry sun's declining glow
A wnnde,rr found
MO,lle,i in trrs!.ly.!allen snow
curious mound.
Wna it the humor of the storm,
Or Natures est.
To mimic thus IL fowls plump form
Aud rounded ncst..'
Not sn-inr when the snowy mask
lie brushed aside.
a duck sat patient Ger her task
lhcre-ns she died.
tiuidle,i beneath tn" ,lowny breast
Sweet treasures lay.
Which she With anxious caro- had pressed
That cruel day:
And hravel lna- hours the binding tlakc
Tie wild win.l's moan.
And cr',sl.in :coli a,I Tor their sakes,
Her nestlings own.
No mate 10 c!,,..r With voi"e or food
The last ricn'l gene
Sole guardian ~ IL numerous brood,
She still sat on.
Nor ever in thnt hosom stirred
Ofdouht II ghost,
3ut. motllcr-l,k". the simpl. l,r,l
Died at her post.
Rest we'll, fond martyr, loveen,lowe.l,
With love content:
The whiirst snow that builds thy shrou,
And monument.
The Spectator E..S.