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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-18
Rixalins the Rendara.


Judge Betram of Atwood, KAN. has sen
fenced Gracian Chleborad to fifty years in
the penitebtiary for murder. Chleborsd i.
about thirty years old, and will probably
not live to serve his time out. The crime OF
which he was convicted was poisoning his
younger brother Joseph last December.
positive of strychnine in the dead mans
stomach. and every circumstance pointed
to Gracian as the murderer, the
jury returned verdict of murder in the acc.
ond degree. acquitting Mrs. Chleborad, his
wife, who vas indicted with him. The judge,
by pronouncing o sentence that virtually
amounted to life imprisonment. II the evil
dence Of Chleborad's neighbors is to be be.
believed, the poisoning Of Joseph Chleborad
was the last of q series of murders that. If
vestigated, will prove as horrible % the In
Infamous Bender crimes. The Chleborads
settled by Mr.. Shaw. who myster.
iously disappeared. Evidence indicated
that lie was murdered for his
money :and his body thrown into an
abandoned well on the divide" not far
from the Shaw dug.out. After while the
chs 1T hsh Of and his u.
oldest. took the claim In the course Of
time Mrs. Chleborad died mystsriously,
and her place OF burial was never known.
The event ocGosioned comment, but the
people seemed to he afraid Of the Chleborads
and it was never investigated. 1t was gen.
orally believed, however, that she was mnr.
dered and her body thrown into the well.
Later the old man died suddenly and the
neiShbors again suspected poisoning. This
was followed by fresh burial in the WELL
This crime waa charged to Gracian Chlsbo.
rad and his wife, My. few months later
one Of his brothers disappeared and Gractan
sud that he had sons TO Nebraska, but the
boy never came back, and It is supposed tho
we'll received another victim. Last December
young Robot wes poisoned, and the muir.
dcrer was detected by party Of neighb6rs
on his shoulder, making straight for the Old
proved. ~ N''
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-18
CUSTOMS UNION.
Report Of the Committee on That
Subject Adopted by the Pam
AnoariCoro

Report Of the Committee on That
Subject Adopted by the Pam
Americans.
tional American conference to-day adopted
the report OF the committee OH customs
union, which recommends that reciprocity
treaties be negotiated between the several
republics OF the American hemisphere, each
making tariff concessions so that the Pc
culiar products of them all may be intro
duccd free into the others. This report is
in the same line of the amendment sug-
gcstcd by Mr.. blaine to the committee ON
ways and means of the house. The con-
ference also adopted the report of
the committee on port dues. The commit
tee recommended that all port dues he
merged in single one to be known as tom
mage dues; that this be assessed upon the
gross tonnage; each government to fig the
rate of tonnage dues with due regard to the
policy OF the conference wlichis to facilitate
and favor navigation; that dues under I'M
expired contracts with private companies
be excepted from the provisions of article 1;
and that vessels Of less than twenty-five
tons. transports and vessels of war be cx-
emrt hom tonnage dues. The report OF
the committee on banking was discussed at
great length. The committee believes that
commerce could be extended greatly by fa-
cilitating direct exchanges between the
money markets ofthe countries represented
in the conference. The merchants OF the
United States now importing goods
from South and Central Amcri-
"a make these imlurtations almost
without exception through the use of En-
glisll bankers credits. The committee does
not think the governments themselves
should afford financial facilities. The best
means OF remcdy,ns. the existing difficulty,
the committee thinks. is by the passage by
the United States of n law Incorporating ali
international American bank with ample
capital, with the privilege OH the part of
the citizens Oi the several countries in the
conference to take shurcs in the bank pro-
rata to their foreign commerce.. This bank
should have all the powers now enjoyed by
national banks Of the United States except
power TO emit circulating notes. The con-
ference did not conclude consideration Of
this subject before adjournment.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-18
BROTHER AND slsTERINsANE.

Peculiar Case Of Two Children Of a
Prominent Kansas Farmer.
WICHITA, Kan, Special. An incxplicablc
case of insanity is that of Simeon and Rose
Boilen, son and daughter of wealthy
farmer near Derby, who arrived here to-day
from Dodge City in charge fthe sheriff. A
week ago Rose let home for California.
Three days later word reached the parents
that she was i'll at FL Paso Tex, and her
brother Simeon was sent after her. Moth
ing more was heard of them until yester-
day, when the sheriff received message
from Dodge City saying the pair
were violently insane. Simeon arrived
In shackles, and his sisters face
and eyes were black and swollen and her
neck Horribly gashed where her brother had
struck her and cut her. The two were put
off train ut Dodge City Tuesday and
how violent they were, the office tailed to
handcuf his prisoners. In few minutes
bedlain was turned loose in the neighlDor-
hood. and it took large posse 70 rccapturc
the Boilens. They were placed in the same
room. but were left for a moment. when
the shrieks of the girl brought a rescuing
party. On the floor lay the sister, her
brother beating and choking her and goug-
ing her neck with sharp iron. The whole
affair is mysterious. In his more lucid in
tervals Simeon claims that they wcru
druggcd.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-18
The Danger of Tea Drinking.

o So'iBSI of Ied Drinking,
1t is a great misfortune that the
popular name for person who NIB.
stains from oil alcoholic liquors is %
teetotaler; the term has fostered the
idea thatteais n harmless beverage
and it isno doubttru TINT the mod
crate use of well-madc and not very
strong tea is less harmful than tho
habitual resort to any other stimu-
liant. When, however, tea-drinking
ceases to be the amusement of the
leisure moment off n busy afternoon,
and is resorted to in large quantities
and strong infusions as u means Of
stimulating the tagging energies to
accomplish the allotted task, then
distinct danger rcommcnces. 4 break
down may ensue in more than one
way; not infrequently the stimulus
which tea in time fnils to give us is
sought in alcohol, and the atomic
fintulent dyspepsia which the astrin-
gent decoctionmade by long drawing
induces, helps to drive the victim to
seek y temporary reliefin spirits, snl-
volatile oreven eau de Cologne, which
is ut first dropped OH sugar and
finally drank out of a wine-g glnss. In
other cases, by ladies especially, relief
is sought from morphine, and in u
predisposed person the morphine
habit is established with extraordi-
nary rapidity, 1t has heen said that
MS long as Il person takes stimulnnts
simply for their taste lie is compara-
lively safe, but as soon as he begins
to drink for the effect, then he is run
ming into danger. This is perhaps
to state the case, for stimulants rath-
er too favorably, but il the rule were
adhered to we should have fewer
cases of educated people sliding into
habits of secret intempcrnnce or into
morphinomania. - British Medical
Journal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-18
THE MARKETS.
The Latest Quotations from West
ern Markets.

Inc Latest quotations from West.
ern Markets.
CHICAGO.
Spring 7o,a@72c.; No. Z red, 7o@7osic. N
CoRX-No. 2, 2SMc.
oArs-No. 2. 2lss@22e
RYE-No. 2, 42hc.
BARLEY-No. 2, 55@57c.
BuTTER-Elein creamery 23h024c.; West.
ern creamery 20@22c.
EGGs-Quiet at 1415c.
ST. PAUL.
WHEAr-No hard, 79@s0c.; No. North.
ern, 7s@79c.: No. northern; 75077c.
sCoRN-No. 3, 25@28c.
OArs-No. 2 mixed. 21@22c.; No. 2 ,vhits.
22h@23c.; No. 8, 220221tc.
BARLEY-No. 2. 45@50c.; No. 3. 8s042e.
KyE-No: 2, 32@33c.
sRos.1 sRssnbgif. gns1oSo: slS. l. 'l'.sse'l.7s.
HAY-Upland prairie. se.7so7.2s; No. !.
s5.75; timothy. &s.
Eoos-Fresh. $3.75@4.05.
BuTTER-Extra creamery, 20922c.; dairy
l5@1sc.; roll and print, s@12c.
MlNNHAPoLD.
WHEAr-No. hnrd. SOC; No. 1 Northern,
7SA@70c: No. 2 Northern, 75@77c.
FLouR-Pntents, sacks to local dsalers,
S4.6Og4. G5; patents to ship, sacks, car lots,
$4.l5@4.50 in barrels, "a 5@4.5O; bakers
dog sacks, $1@1.20; rel dog barrels, S1.25-
Q1.5O.
CoRN-Samples. 2702sc;
oATs-Feed, 211a022Ac.; good to choice,
23h025c.
BARLEY-25@35c.
HAy.Upland prairie. $3.50; common Wild.
BgTrEn-Fair to fancy creamery. 14G2oe 4
grease and packing stock, 4@5Mc.
MILWAUKEE.
wnEAr-No. spring, 72@7se; No. J
Northern. S2c
CoRN-No.3, 20c.
OATs-No white. 24hO24Na
RyE-No. !, 43hc.
BARLEy-No. 2, 44c
EGos-Fresh. 14o.
BUTTER-Dairy, 16@1sc.
CBEEsE-Cheddan. 1O@10s.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-18
AFTER NORWAY NDswEpEN.
Russia Evidently Preparing for a
Attack upon Those CoiIntrias

RUSSIA Evidently Preparing for an
Attack Upon Those Countries.
+oNnoN, specal.-'rhc scheme to convert
Finland from free state with the czar us
constitutional sovereign, into Rus
sian province with the czar as
autocrat excites considerable attention
in Europe. Russia is feared by Sweden not
less than by Turkey, and Sweden looks 10
England just as tho sultan does
for protection from the grasp of
tho. Muscovite dcspot. The scandi-
navians are not united in feeling for rcasoiis
apparent to the student of their history.
Between Russia and Denmark there has for
ages existed strong sympathy. while Rus
sia and Denmark regard Sweden both with
unfricndlv. aud the former with
covetous eyes. The justification of the
Firms, therefore, means one more step
III Russia's advance toward all attack upon
Sweden and Norway. Finland was part
of Sweden for centuries. Russia first an
nexed one half, and III 1905 seized the
other hall but not until after heroic strus-
gle, which is commemoratcdi in the grundrst
scandinavian epoch Of this age. The eyes
poleon; otherwise the Russian conquest of
Finland would have held II place in the
history with the throtilins of freedom
in Poland. From Shanghai comes the
statement that the Chinese are strength
cning themselves OH their northern frontier
against all apprelcndcd attack by RusSiu.
China for several years has been increasing
her military force in the provinces adjoin-
ing the Amoor, and stout forts have been
erected at points most likely to be threat.
ensd by Russian invasion.
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been destroyed. There are reports Of re.
cuperatlon by sprouting and renewed
growth in this region. Where the roots are
good weather. The fact that tho roots arc so SO
we'll developed is favorableto improvement.
The averages OF condition Of principal
states are as follows: New York, 8s; Penn
sylvania. 80; Ohio, 81; Michigan. 81; In
diana, q; Illinois, IS; Missouri, SO; Kansas
s.; California, a.. The report of the ccn-
as follows: Horses, 97.4; cattle, 9l.l; sheep.
93.7; swine, ESQ. The percentage OF losses
OF farm animals by disease, winter exposure
or otherwise, IS estimated, average i.6i for
horses, 3.6A for cattle, 7.3 for sheep and &c
for swine. The reports indicate the loss by
exposure throughout the country of more
of sheep.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-18
FLOOD SUFFERERS.
Five Thousand People Around A
kansas City, Ark, Homeless.

Five Thousand People Around Ar
kansas City. Ark, Homeless.
ARKANSAS CITY, Ark. Spccial-This is
the center of the worst food on the Missis-
sippi river between Memphis and
Nicksburg The town is completely
under water, and half of the population
has deserted it. The water now is two feet
higher than ever known here before This
is due TO the great volume pouring out OF
the Arkansas river. Capt. Tailinger thought
that 5000 peope We're homeless within
thirty miles of this place. They have no
shelter but sliantics made OF ked houses.
The colorcd people in the town have taken
possession oith box cars and live III them.
The white people are Lying in freight
houses. party Of trackm,cn OH the Iron
Mountain railroad, two miles south of this
city. yesterday found the bodies of
several flgitircs who had probably
fallen from rafts or boats and been
drowned. They notified the coronor who
told them they had better leave the bodies
where they were. as the cemetery was un-
der water and there was no dry land on
which to bury them. The liver began TO
fall to-day and the worst is thought to be
over,
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-18
JOB DEPARTMENT..
q rhs yNoes of'a Poor Editof,

One morning as We sat idly toying
with the solid gold trapping that
ornamented our luxuriously cushion
ed editorial divan, the softsunbeamss
glinted through the great cathedral
windows of oursanctum and reflected
Sith religious fervor from the tessell-
ated floor against the silvered cor
nice and brightly FURNISHED cham
deliers. Like an old heart that is
neither chilled nor dead, the fire had
died down to IL glow, while the
massive twelve-carat diamond that
bedecked our immaculate slirU front
cast acromatic prisms ofunutterable
glory over the original "Angelus" on
the damasked wall. Fleet footed
messenger boys carrying hugh boxes
OF cash bonds, railroad securities,
and other revenues of,our subscrip-
tionlist. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES each
other through the pillared archway
entrance, and from beneath the gothic
canopy that surmounts the orna-
mented columns of the composing
ripPles of gladness and undulations
OF blithsone laughter.
Each member of the Standards
crops of "nimble-fneered type-set-
ters" had just now been presented
with diamond ring, and house and
iotand Il, six months salary in advance.
This was the situation when Charlie
Craig, the peoples popular sheriff,
let the light of his cheerful counte-
nance fnll athwart the threshold. He
came Us n courier from the court of
common pleas, bearing an official
gromulgntion that informed us how
George N. Phillips and Silas Martin
were desirous OF sharing our wealth
to the tune of $4,000 each. TO be
more plain, the editor of the Stand
ard has been sued for malicious libel.
and the plaintiffs, who seemed de-
cidedly modest in their demands,
only ask paltry $4,000.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-18
CAUGHT in CANADA.
The Once Trusted Employe Of
a Bank Returning to An.
sWer for a Crime.
Long Chase of a Pinkerton De.
tective Ending in a Cap
ture at Vancouver.

WINNIPEG, Special Telegram,
r. i. II. Smith, his alleged vile and
rnkerton detective were passengers OH to-
days Northern Pacific train for st. Paul.
smith was trusted employe of the Corbin
Banking Company of New York. About a
year ago, however, he icll in with a fascin-
ating woman Of questionable reputation,
aud from that time lls cruise was one of
down grade. He neglected his family ard
spent his money lavishly OH this woman.
When his own funds ran out he began his
speculations, which he succeeded in con.
ccalins Tor several months. About three
months ago he decided that it was not safe
for linn to remain any longer in the states
and taking the woman with him he
started South, intending to 70 to Central
Anerica. On his way to New Orleans he
stopped at Natchcz, Miss, and cashed a
worthless check OH Koontz e. Britton for
$o.oO. lie then continued Ills way. When
he arrived at New Orleans he concluded
that Canada would be safer place for him
than Central America, and lx accordingly
RETRAcED HIS CoCRsS
aud went to Toronto where lie Nok a Cana.
dian Pacific train for VancouveA arriving
there near the end of January. ,aaIe went
over TO Victoria as soon as hc Arrived, but
returned and put up ut the Hotel Vancou.
yer, where he registered as II. f. Herbert
and wife. Detective Wappenstein, of the
itnkerton force. followed the fugitivcs, and
on Saturday last nabbcd his man ut
Vancouver. They arrived hero Tuesday, but
smith showed an inclination to remain
in Canada and fight any legal proceedings
tllat might be brought against him, Hence
the delay here OF two days The woman
purported to be Smiths wife and she
ieigncd sickness SO that Smith might have
time to consider the situation. On seeing
Smiths motive. Wappenstcin Immediately
telcsraphed to headquarters for instruc-
tions, and also conferred with Chief McRuc,
who is Pinkcrton's representative here, and
arrangements were made to arrest Smith
and hold him for extradition. Before this
action was taken, however, Smith agreed to
go oil with the detective without further
trouble. Smith has spent nearly all his ILL
gotten gains.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-18

tsbllsh reciprocity with Gouth and Centre.
American countries. Tho secretary has
submitted to the majority members of the
ways and means committee proposition
relative TO the South American importa
which Is ~ follows:
The president shall by proclamation declare
al ports OF the United States free ali products
of any independent nation on the American
levied so long as such nations admit free OF Mi
d9ties breadstufis, provisions. preserved meats.
FISH, yeeetables fruits, and in fact all articles OF
products peculiar to the United States e ns n may
be agreed upon provided. however, that this
s1nssssGa shall h aPy Sny
the other countries entering into this agreement
This may not be the exact language of
the proposition, but it contains oil the ma
terial facts, and the ways and means COM
mittee are now considering it. 1t means
free carpet wool. free sugar and free hides
from the countries on the American conti-
nent. Some facts about South American
commodities are submitted with the propo.
sition. South American countries export
$4,000, ,OO0in sugar and import $,5o, ,OO0, ,0oo
In goods, only about 10 per cent OF which is
purchased in this country. There is no
produce or brcadstutfs raised in those coun-
tries, wheat bread being a luxury. A barrel
Of flour worth S. in New York is
BY REASON OF TRANSPORTATION
and duty of S., worth $l5 in Rio Janciro,
hams and bacon are SO cents per pound;
cod fish and other American fist, are q lux
ury, owing to the duty. Petroleum, worth
5 5cents gallon at Philadelphia, is 20 cents
quart in South America There is no coal,
except in Chilli, and gus cannot be pro!i.a-
bly, made. hence there would be Il market
for United States oils. As To lumber. com.
mon pine, lcmlOck and spruce is worth 10
cents foot. and is more expensive than
corrugated iron for building purposes. The
concessions which the United States would
have 20 make would he the admittance free
OF DUTY from these countries OF wool, hides
and sugar: The sugar industries in these
countries is Carried Oh by free labor, md
has not been able TO compete with the slave
labor OF Cuba. The wool raised is
entirciy OF the coarser grades, suita-
pie only for carpets, and the proposition
Is that It can only be taken out of custom
houses oy CARPET manufacturers. The hides
are mostly OF the coarscr grades suitable iur
shoes. 1t is claimed that the products of
South America IRE OF such a character that
they Will not interfere with products of the
United States, and even in sugar cannot
more than compete with the ,luliabc sugar
from slave countries. The l,lan il the Soutl,
American policy OF Secretary Blaine. who
proposes to build a protection wall along
the coast line of the Americas for the
mutual benefit of those sections, and ut the
same time to stimulate the American ncr-
chant marine by prohibiting the CARRYING
OF goods to he admitted free III ANYTHING
but in American vessels.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-18
GUILTY OF MANY CRIMES.
Of Two Men on Trial
for RobbIng an Express Messen-

Confession Of Two Men on Trial
for RobbIng an Express Messen-
ger.
DALLAS. Tex, speciaI.-one of the most
sensational cases ever Oil trial came up in
the district court to-day. The prisoners in
the dock were Charles and Commodore"
Miller, indicted for robbins an express
messenger Oh Texas s. Pacific train at the
Santa Fe crossing near this city one year
ago. Months afterwards Charles and Com
n:od0re Miller were arrested on the charge
perpctratins series of startling crimes.
Charles Miller turn ed states evidence, and
not only confessed that he and his partner
robbed the Texas & Pacific express inessen-
ger, but also confessed that they had as
sautcd white woman, robbed stores and
residences and held up pedestrians on the
public highway. relieving them of their
vai,iables. The case has been tried from
time u time. but always without coming to
any conviction or acquittsl. Commodore
has always, until to-day, maintained that
he was innocent, but when he learned that
his brother was to he nolle pressed lie broke
down and confessed to the sheriff and his
attorney that they were guilty ofnot only
all the crimes in which Charles had turned
states evidence Of but more. On receipt of
this intelligence action in the case of both
prisoners was deferred until the 18th, when
in,re sensational Developments are ex-
pectcd.
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FOREIGN ELAsAEs


Three valuable paintings in tho Maria
Della Pacer church ut tome we're bu, ned by
the upsetting ola limp. Rnphael's ftesco,
the sibyls narrowly escaped destruction.
A new manager of the Savoy hotel In Lon.
don offended the chet who immediately
struck, followed by sixty cooks. Then the
Writers, maids and porters struck and the
hotel il practically closed.
French Canadian social and Commercial,
circles OF Montreal are considerably aroused
over the mysterious disappsarancs Of I. A.
Quintal. highly respected member Of the
notarinl profession. number Of banks
hold several thousand dollars of his paper.
Sentences of fifteen aud four months i'm.
prisonment respectively have been pissed
upon two ofthe writer's Of the Paris Egaiite for
threatening n. Constans, the Frepc)Lminister
Of the interior. The manager OF tile paper
was sentenced tn three months imprisonment
REsamilar oseuse.
A fog signal premature.y exploded at the
famous Bell Huck lighthouse, off the enst
coast Of Scotland. The dome was shattered
by the explosion, and the light was extingu.
ished for the first time since the lighthouse
was built, in 1911. After the explosion a
l'cing wrecked on the reef owing to the
absence Of the light. She was warned Just in
time by fog signals. and 9 disaster was avert.
ed.
Henry N. Stanley maintains that the Ger.
mans influenced Emin while he was sick and
that Emin doubtless revealed the proposals
Stanley made to him at Wadelai to escort
him to another part ofA'rica and install him
in the government Of the region. Stanley
thinks the Germans intend to annex and will
act on these plans. II Germany secures the
lake region, lie says, 1t will destroy the whole
value OF the British coast possessions. The
conquest ofthe Soudan would cost 5000, 900
pounds, and no government Ia Europe has
the stamina to undertake it.
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Silk and Silkworms.

Comparatively fews silk cocoons ara
raisedin this country-not more than
10000 pounds i'll ali, probably-of
which amount the United States gov
ernment purchases about one-halffor
experimental purposes. In France
every farmers wife raises a wpounds
ofeocoons every spring and makes
money by selling them. and in this ,
way, mainly, is the silk crop of that
country grown. There are few occu-
pations more easy or agreeable for u
woman than the raising of cacoons,
aud it offers a new source of income
to wives and daughters in aIlsections
ofthecountry. The way to getstarted
in it seems easy enough, says New
York Export and Finance. Any wom-
an in the United States who will
take the trouble to write to the silk
bureau of the department. of agriculs-
ture this month, with