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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-03-21
Two Famous Mlsers.

Chicago Journal: When Sir Hervcy
Elves died his enormous fortune went to
his nephew John. The young man was q
lliscr of the very worst kind and was
even threatened with arrest for allowing
his aged mother to die in his house Of
the fortune ON account Of his ultra econ
omy. He stayed with Sir Heryey during
that nliscr's lifetime, and the way tho
young man economizcd in fuel won the
old mans regard. a few sticks sutiiced to
boil the kettle and prepare the miserable
meal, and when it was very cold the couple
peoples expense. In winter they went to
bed at 8. i'll summer at 8. They never spent
any money OH illumination, crawling
hungry and cold to bed directly it got dark.
After John succeeded to the estates hc took
to gambling, and occasionally lost fair
sized fortune, but he stinted himself oil the
back and slept under hedges and haystacks.
lie owned over twenty houses in London.
and when in the city slept on the floor Of
any of them that happened to be vacant.
Elves was nominated for parliament, and
succeeded in being elected e at the eSGense af
tocratic legislators with whom he associ-
atcd. he ignored the customs of the times,
and was too mean even to buy and wear q
wig. Once he was rum over and had both
legs injured. A local apothecary was called
on to dress one leg, but the millionaire
dressed the other himself. and refused
to pny the doctor because the latter
healed first. Finding his annual ex-
perscs over 500 a year. including pay to his
servant and horse feed, he resolved on fur
thcr measures of cconomy-sold his sheets
and slept between the blankets. In 1883 the
life of privation and hardship began to tell
on the miserable old man. and his memory
began to fail him. He refilssl to hire any
help. assuring his friends tiat'hc was pen-
niless old man. and even went so far as to
extract promise from them that hc should
be buried as parish paupcr. The promise
gave linn much comfort, and he died in ap-
parent comfort. Despite his gambling
Losses. his scxecutors had nearly 81 ,OOO, 600 to
distribute.
To one John Ward of Hackney, belongs
the credit, ifsuch itbc, Of having enough O.,
for or 1id' piaItry debts ' While in pdssessiom Of
Thousands. He would allow himself. to be
arrested, and would then osemite.ysl:,-. -. -
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THE cRAIoEND AFFAIR.
It May Blow Over Without any Sc
lous intern ational Complication

It May Blow Over Without any Ser
ious International Complication.
TACOMA, Wash., Special Telegram.
The british vice consul, J. d. Alex
andcr of Port Townsend, tho chief port of
entry Of Puget sound, representing the
British government has arrived here to in
vestigate officially tho unwarrantable
seizure of the British ship Craigend
by colistablcs. Maritime and commercial
circles are excited over his arrival. 1t is
probable now that the affair may blow over
without any serious International complica-
tions. The consul expressed that hope
and, notwithstanding he had cabled his
government of his intended investigation,
he will try to adjudlcate matters agreeable
to both countries and satisfactory 10 all pri-
Craigend this morning; and two hours later
went with Capt. Hamilton to the office OF
Alex Baltic, the vessels agent, for a con-
course. This continued for another two
hours, after which they left for Seattle with
other parties. When your correspondent
saw the consul he said: "I have only In
vestigated the matter briefly, and as yet |
here to look into the affair thor
oughly, and snail make full investi-
CATION. hope the seizure will not result
In any very serious trouble and that it will
appear to be the outcome OF misundcr-
standing or the result Of ignorance of the
laws. usually report to Consul Donahue
atSan Francisco, rs am only a vice con-
sui. What action he will take cannot
say; it may be that the whole matter can be
adjusted here and nothing further done
about 1t than to try the suit brought against
the ship in the proper COURTS" Speaking
of the alleged descrtion of the fif-
teen negro sailors, the consul said:
'.Those sailors were British subjects while
they were aboard the Craigcnd and were
subject to the English maritime laws. BE-
fore leaving England they signed articles to
the effect that they would remain on her
until she completed her voyage and arrived
back in England. Their pay was not duo
them until their contract was completed,
and they could leave the vessel
only with the consent of the cap
tain. If he gave them leave to be
absent from the ship for forty-eight hours
and they were away for q longer period
they were desortcrs and forfeit all wages
they may have earned. If tho men went
ashore with the captains consent in the
ships boat 1t docs not follow that heshouli
have furnished them boat to get back
with; they wero to get back the best way
they could" Col. Efilnger, an attorney in
the case. has gone to Port Townsend to get
Collector of Customs Bradshaw to act in
tho tlif1lcutv
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LrrLE RocK, Ark, 6pecial.-Ths Ar
kansas river Is now stationary and advices
from above show that the river II falling.
The danger line was not quite touched 1t
Little Rock, which dtspels all fears Of floods
IN the low lands along the lower Arkansas.
The situation at Newport, Ark, at the cor
f1uence Of the White and Black rivers
one Of extreme danger. The water Is with
In few inches OF the top OF the levees
which surround the town and Is rising at the
rate Of three inches an hour. The inhabi-
tants are greatly excited, and with good
reason. Should the levees break the de-
structton to life and property will be terri
BILE. There will be no sleep had there to-
night. At Datesville all that portion Of
town through which the Iron mount
ain runs Is . foot under water, and the
trains are abandoned. Reports from the
Black river valley show that tho low lands
are now under water at places so deep that
tree tops are alone visible. Jackson Port
Is under water from two to four
feet. A despatch from Arkansas City
says: The condition of the levees at
this place Is extremely critical. II the wa
ter keens up . great while 1t will flood the
whole Of Chicot county, and finally make
Its way into Tensas basin. II Is reported
that tho levee at Bolivar, Miss.
port lacks confirmation. From ali reports
It is only matter Of time when the end
will come and all will be seething rush OF
waters over the entire bottoms. Men and
women arc exercised almost to Q frenzy
soon ,as darkness sets III aud but little sleep
Is INDUCED in by them.
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Burned an indian.

PIERRE. 8. D., special.-summary and
terrible punishment was mcted out to Dirty
Foot, . Sioux buck. who atempssd nuf:
got possession of some whisky Il Fort
Pierre, and upon arriving at camp got
squaw known q "Old 81" !" and he picked
up an AZ and struck her ON the forehead,
sfnekinE h9 skull. A crowd soon gathered,
and Dirty Foot was caught and thrown into
: 90 a,s nt Y tie center q The circle Of tspeZ
~ s.i,il y ~ haspsd slnost y y -
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CRUELTY TO SAILORS.
Testimony Showing the Cruelty
PractIoed by Commander Nc
Gala

NEW YoRK, Special.-At the court OF
inquiry into the charges against Com
mander McCalla to-day Lieut.. r. J. Mertch
testified that men were put in straight jack
cts and that they were ironed together. He
considered the punishment light for the
John A. Mudd made favorable presenta-
ton of Capt. McCalls's conduct. Assist
ant Engineer Bennett testified that
several men were put In straight jackets for
days; Others were dashed to Jacobs ladder.
Chief Engineer Entwistle testified to the
various punishments already in evidence
men, and said the commander seldom or
never investigated complaints. Witness ad-
mitted having written q friend during the
cruise that he thought the ship was the
most unhappy one in the service.
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.bsea tseliae ~ and nlryousf fosa,:,

bsea tssllne ~ and nSevousfoss,::.
Wheu hs Wtat into II nsxt roon.S;
shot was heard aud The ftightsss1 ssTss.,
rushed out Of the houaA Meeting man,
they. tstatned and found Dunton hanging 10
BIZ barn. His neck was cut By akni:e, q bul.
~ had penetrated into hts brsast and DO had
then hung himsell Ths following nots VA
| found on his tabls: III fauythiu9 happens to
ne aend for Rev. Chsf3ss d. Dunton, Pouit.
~, VT" NJ. Dunto0 was o quiet and In
destrtous young man of examplary habits,
AND be must have beea insane When hs took
his lie. 4 3.
Joseph Chsvialkowski vas taken iron q
Polish Catholic church in Chicago and locked
up for murder. In Juhe. 1887, hs killed his
uncle, George Tomssk, and rolled his body IN
to the Tamarack river, near Stevens, MINI.
He told the naighbors that Q straugs man
WITH .. .bssek heard haA abot his sasls aad
then run avay; but q 'le stood at the edgs
OF the grave and saw his uucls's body lowered
into thesarth, h bsoks down aHd sobbsd
ont . eonisssion. He was locked mp, but
eeemed % repeAtaAt that - had Al tAs IL
liberties ~ tbs jail. when he swam tks
Tamarack river two months later and made
hi escape through the usdesbsush the shsri6
expressed great surprise. Nothing waa heard
OF ofChevialkowski until his arrest In Chicago.
NSssessA = ulhskWs Vi OUUUQuS, 0fIeBt00 IOuf
brothers by the name Of Green, who. for the
past two or three years, have bsen Carrying
on sort Of Jesse Janes business on small
s:aie In Dubuque and Jackson counties.
These four brothers lived on smnll farm in
the northwest corner Of Jackson county, and,
while ostensibly engaged In farming, were
really engaged in regular business Of max.
ing rnids on their neighhon. They stole
rything they could. lay their hands on, In
Guiding form implemsntl, harnesses. saddles,
stock. rob hen.roosta, gransriee, clothes lines
and plundered right andleft. Alarge amount
ofstolen property wasfound on their premises.
Tfrs were placed In jail to await examina-
tions; The farmers hsid 2 jubilee over tho
A sanguinary Indian tale comes from up
Bad River some IA miles, at the mouth Of
Willow Creek. where is located the camp Of
Brave Bear with some Is followers. An old
Indian named Dirty Foot got possession Of
some contrabsnd whiykey while paying o
visit to Fort Pierre during the day and ut
night upon his nrriving In camp was drunk.
Going to his tepee hs found his squaw, who
is known to many old settlers here rs Old
Sal. and giving her orders to wait on his
wants, which she was SLOW to do, picked up
nm M and struck her on the forehead with
| Its back, cracking her skull. Whom this be.
came known great excitement ensued In tho
camp and q crowd gathered. Dirty Foot
was caught and thrown into o blazing 1rs
burning In the center Of tepees, and when he
escaped was brown hack until he Wos In q
dying condition from hia burma
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THE MARKErs.
me Latest Quotations from west.
ern Markets.

The Latest Quotations from West,
srn Markets.
cHEAso. Ss.+
WaEAr-No. 2. Spring, 7s3te; No sspsias
oA7s.No: 2. issSisHs
BARLEY-No. 2, 55057e.
FLAX SEED-$1.39.
BurrER-Quist and unchangsd
EaGs-Quist ct he.
q. PAU.
wsEAr-No. 1 hard, 7e@77e: No. North
ssn. 1905; No: 2 northern; 72o74e.
OArs-No. 2 mixed, zoe; No. 2 white, Gle;
No. s, 1915.
BAHLEy-No: ?. 4sesoe.; No. 3. ss@49e.
RyE-No. 2, 34c.
Gnousp FEEp-No. I, e1o.ooo1o.so
R..N5B'an,d sa.sJs11, 11SGs'9 r1seis seoo 7s No. l.,
EaGs-Frssh. $4.s005.10.
BurTER-Extrn creamery. l9e.; dairy 100
15c.; roll and print. s01oe
wsEAr-No. hard. 76c; No. I Northern,
770771sc: No. 2 Northern, 78@74c;
FLouR-Patenti, saeks to local dealers,
e4.60@4.8 .85; patents to ship. sacks. car lots,
$4.1504.60; in barrels. e4.1604.6O; bnkefs
here, e8@3.4O; supertns, e1.7O@2.25; red
dog sacks, 31@1. 20; red dog barrels, S1.25.
01.5O.
CoRx-Samples. 25@26c;
OArs-Mixed, 1s@20hc; white 2202ac; No.
2, 21M022c.
BARLEY-23035c.
HAY.Upland prairie. $3.50; common Wild.
e660.5O.
BgrTEl-Fair TO fancy creamery. l402oc
per b; daisiss, medium to fancy, 1O012e;
grsass and packing stock, 406hG
MILWAUKEE.
,v.. ws..1-So. X. 2 .prias. 7ae7ss Ne !
CoRH-No.3, 37e. H
OATs-No.3 Z white, 22ha 7
RYE-No. I, 44c.
BAaLBv-No. 9, A2ha
Eoos-Frssh, lAe.
ss.:.:-s: sss.s.lR:'z,:s sfsss
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MISCELLANEOUS,


The New York assembly hos passed Mr..
snxton's ballot reform bill BY q vote Of "a
to 81.
Owing to the recent cold weather the peach
crop in Michigan will be reduced to one-third
or one-halt the average.
In the. Massachusetts, house o bill forbid
ding the sale of oleomargarine a. butter was
passed BY vote OF 142 to ~.
The suit of Charles Hansen against Henry
B. Slavin, the well known Panama canalc con-
tractor. to recover 81 $50 900, has been bs.
gun in the superior court of California.
Indian Agent Wood has issued notice
that cnttlcmeu or others will be allowed to
trent with the Indians for any reservation in
Indian territory under his charge for lands
for grazing purposes.
The strike ofthe Liverpool dock men is
gaining strength daily. There ass now 6O,-
900 men out, and the steamers sailing from
that port arc being delayed to spch ON ex.
tent,as to cause Widespread loss and incon.
venience.
j. G. Goidthwaite, Of the firm Of Ward,
Goldthwaite 4 Co. of Chicago, whose sudden
disapeurance short time ago caused con.
siderable newspaper comment and brought
the affairs Of the firm to q crisis, hos been
located in an Indiana town.
A New YORK City paper says that Il looks
as tn ough the Manitoba 10 in the Burlington
& Northern deal together with the Pennsyl.
yania, giving the Manitoba a line, after com.
pleting iis Puget Sound extentionfrom ocean
to ocean.
Diphtheria has broken out in the family oi
the overseer ofthe county poor house at
Kinnirkinnick, Wis. Ono child has died and
other members Of the family ore in critical
condition. There ts some fsar that it will
spread among the paupers. Every thing
possible is being done to prevent its spread
Ing.
1t Is improbable that the divorce case in
which Mr.. Parnell IL correspondent will be
tried before autumn. Mr.. Parnell asked for
and obtained further and more definite de-
tails ~ to the times when and places where
adultery Is alleged to have been committed.
He is entitled to three weeks In which to file
his answer, but he will probably apply for
an extension Of time.
Tho Rio Grande railway has $50 shovelers
ut work opening the snow blocade across
the San Juan range at Cumbres on the east
side Of the divide. The snow is reported to
be 90 feet above the top Of the telegraph
poles, and for miles on each side it 10 from
twenty-five to forty ieet deep-ths deepest
ever known in this locality. Tho weather is
very severe, the temperature being 20 deg.
below zero at AlamDsa, Col. This II the
third time the pass has been showed up this
winter, and it will probably be ten days b.
fore il is opened
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The Grief That saps the Mind,

TITO SatI0t tH0e SaPS ttio Nitt1Sls
IfChicngoisrea lly to win in the end
no citizen of New York or any other
eastern state need ever expect to be
elected president of the United States.
For her victory means. that the
cost hos passed over to the vest
scepter of political power, or
what Ia the same thing in the end,
that the west has grabbed 1t away
from her.-New York Mail and Ex-
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Tho case Of Roland Leach, the New York
travelling man .ho disappsaH suddenly in
It = thought there = 3 uoia6 N ths cass
and tAas hs has been mstds = si.s.ss.. - J.
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PEMBNA COUNTY FRIDAY MARCH 2l 1890


6owing over the levees, t,nt that 81 ne noe
much has been done n the t3so cont xu0
much larger tracts ofscountry will b over
flowed and much damage done.
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. FOREIGN ELAsHEa,

The emperor of Austria has formally en-.
trusted Count szapary with the task ofform-
Ing cabinet. The official list of the new
ministers will appear in few days.
Herr Vohsen, German consul 1t Zanzibar,
acting for:the East Africa company, has con.
cluded a new treaty Favorable 10 the Ger.
mans.
1t Is understood that It 10 not the intention
oil the Canadian government to propose the
the consolidation ofthe Northwest Territories
act at this session, although II Is likely that
some important amendments will besuggest-
cd.
The mass meeting In Hyde Park, London,
under the auspices Of the various labor or.
carnations to protest against the treatment
by the Russian government Of political pris.
oners,- Was not 40 largely attended ss had
been expected. There were about 1000 peo,
pie present. mostly radicals and socialists.
John Burns was the principsl speaker He
delivered an eloquent and impassioned ad.
dress, denouncing the outrages on Saberiap
exiles, and calling upon the British govern.
ment to use its influence to induce Russia to
adopt q more humane policy.
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HOUSE.

The ways and means committee are still
working hard trying to get together ON the
tariff on sugar, and it IL now asserted that
bill may be reported to the house certainly
not later thnn the first OF April. The house
passed the bill introduced by Representative
Comstock granting right of way through
the Mile Lacs Indian reservation to the Lit
tic Falls. Mile Lacs & Lake Superior.
homa bill, witR amsndnsnts. " e Il Is q substi. Ts
tute for the senate bill on the same subject.
The bill fixes the boundaries ofthe new tori.
tory so as to include the Cherokee outlets
with q provision that no lands which Indian.
occupy under treaty orla shall be included
without their consent, except for judicial pur.
Doses, ~
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ner guest, nnu fendinE her whole character
in that brief. intense study, she went up to
her guest, and standing before her. placed n
hand upon each Of the girls shoulders, and
snid-
Kate, pardon my violence; 1t wns mad.
ness!''
II know it. Sny no more about IT,"
"kate, ii you knew NIL. you would not
wonder. ] cannot innkc you my confdante,
because nm bound to secrecy. and must not
break fnith with nnotlier until know, beyond
all doubt, that faith hus been broken with
me-"
'Alas! do not nsk you''
"iet must nsk you to lie kind enough to
tell mo all you know, or rather oil you think
You know. o: this supposed marriugc, snid
Liunne. drawing her clnir to the side Of her
guest, ind sitting down.
Kate commenced nnd relnted the whole his
tory of Orville Dcvile's romantic wedding.
With wonderful cnlmncss. Lionne heard her
through. and then rising aud stnnding before
Kate. she lnil her hnnd impressively upon
the girls breast, and nnid-
"kntc, know that you are perfectly frank
in telling me whnt you sincerely believe to he
true: but, Kate. I don't dare credit your
story. must hope that you are msinform-
ed, mistaken, insnne even, rather than be-
lleve in this mnrrnsc except from the evil
dence OF my own scnses."
"You can have thut il you take the trou-
be-"
"Pcrlaps. do not doubt you, Knte; but
for me, must not convict upon hearsay evi.
tlence. Are you determined toset forward OIL
your journey tomorrow"
Quito go"
"Tlen shall bear you company, ifyou Wil)
permit me: il not will follow in your ... n.
"Oh, come with ME by oil meSxS38
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A question Of Mr.. Eustis' in relation to
some remarks OF Mr.. Hoar on tho Southern
question precipitated hot political debate,
which lasted through most Of the afternoon
Mr.. Sherman and Mr.. Butler had On interest.
ing set-to which provoked applause from tho
galleries. Mr.. Sherman nsked Mr.. Eustis
whether he did not know that the
fifteenth amendment never would have
heen proposed but for the 1act that tho laws
Of the Southern states were depriving the
negro OF his rights of citizenship. Mr.. Euatis
asserted that oil recoustr ruction measures and
constitutional amendments were adopted BY
the Republican party with the single object
OF Africanizing tho South md maintaining
political supremacy; and this he characteriz-
ed as the greatest crime ever committed
against civilized communities" Mr.. Sher.
man then made q long speech in defense ofre-
construction measures.
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Mr.. Mitchell introduced joint resolution
proposing nm amendment to tho constitution
providing for the election ofsenntors by votes
ofgualifed electors In the states.
Mr.. Daniels introduced bill providing TINT
national bnnks secure their circulation by
depositing silver bullion with thesecretury Of
the treasury, which shall be coined into dol.
lars in the event Of the bank becoming in.
solvent.
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LIONNE'S REVENGE.
ATRAoic ROMANCE oFTHELAsr
CENTURY.
CHAPTER VII.

CHAPTER VII.
But thou, as yet, hast never felt
The ngonising sense
Ofseeing love from passion melt
Into indifference:
The fearful shame that, day BY day,
Burns onward still to burn;
To have thrown thy precious henrt away
And met this bluck return.
The morning call., 1890-12-11
WHAT THE FAnMERs WANT.

The Ocala Conference of Farmers has
modified in some respects the agreement en-
tered into last year. They still demand the
abolition of national banks, free and unlm-
tied coinage of silver, prohibition of deal
ings In futures on all agricultural and me-
chanical productions and prohibition also
OF alien ownership in land. To this extent
their demands are not incompatible with
an alliance with either OF the two national
parties. While neither is committed to all
the conditions the Farmers demand, there is
no principle of finance or fiscal policy which
comes between them. The Sub-Treasury
plan adopted last year is modified, but is still
a feature of the Alliance platform which
neither of the national parties can assent to.
AS modified at Ocala the plan requires the
Government to establish sub-treasuries in
the several States to loan money direct to
the people on non-perishable mercantile
products. The plan originally limited the
products upon which the Government might
loan money to farm products, but at Ocala
the word mercantile was substituted for
the word " farm" This is one of the broad
enipg pro resses the Alliance will go through
in its evolution to the condition of a ma
tional party. In the course of time it will
eliminate the nb-Treasury scheme entirely
from its platform Of principles. Other ways
Will be found to give the people all the
money they can give good security for at
reasonable rates Of interest. The free coin
age CT silver which will result voluntarily
from the operation of the ,resent Silver Act
Will 60 long way in that direction The
Ocala Convention declares its belief in the
doctrine OF equal rights to all and special