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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25
IN A BAD FIX,
A Chinaman Forced to Remain on
Bridge at Niagara Falls.

A Chinaman Forced to Remain on
Bridge at Niagara Falls.
NIAGARA FALLS, Spccial.-Three China
men, two of whom had attempted to cross
the frontier with Nun Leo two weeks ago,
the other stranger, presented themselves
for admission to Canada to-day. lav-
ing been hustled over to this side
by United States officers. The two
belonging to Nun Lees party were allowed
admission, having Canadian customs GER
tificates i'll their possession. The stranger.
not having the necessary document and
only $40 to pay the Canadian tax of So
was denied the privileges given TO his coml-
panions ard was sent back to the Ameri-
can side and was there stopped and the
gates of the bridge closed on him. The only
place for the Chinaman was TO remain OF,
the bridge, where he has been since, and is
likely to remain for some time. Collector
OF Customs Flyn communicated with the
commissioner Of customs at Ottawa for in.
stryctions. The commissioner replied to
have him sent back from whence lie come.
Further communication has been sent, and
no doubt the matter will be brought before
the Washington authorities. Meanwhile
the Celestial remains on the bridge. His
name is Lem Sing and his home in Toronto.
The other two left for parts unknown
shortly after they were admitted to Canada.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25
CUT RIGHT AND LEFT.
A Drunken ManWith a Knife Breaks
Loose in a Streot-CaE, -.

A Drunken ManWith a Knife Breaks
Loose in a Street-Car.- -.
CHICAGO, Special.-A drunken man with
a butcher knife in his hand, slaslling right
and left, caused a panic in crowded street
car carly this morning. The man, whose
name is SAID to be "Billy" Patterson, had
just showed himself inside tho door when
he pulled knife from his coat pocket and
began flourishing it. The women passen-
gers began to scream, and tried to escape
from the car, but it was SO crowded that the
front door was blocked, and nobody was
able to get out. One ofthe blows struck
Arclicy Patncw. saloon keeper, in the LETT
side ofthe neck, cutting a cash five inches
in length. The blood from the wound
spurted out to the opposite side of the car
Another blow was uiIied at Henry Patnew.
It caught him in the face, nearly sevcring
his jaw, and cutting, his lip i'll twain.
Thomas Brennan was slashcd on top OF the
head, and it is feared that the blade pene-
trated the skull. Archey Pstncw is liable
to die. Patterson was arrested. He raycd
like u nladman in his cell. There was no
provocation for the cutting.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25
punnlne Cards.

Less than two years ago Congress
passed an act making it u criminal
offence to mail IL postalcard contoin-
ing written or printed matter of n
"libellous, scurrilous, tlefamatory or
threatening character, or calculated
or obviously intended to reflect in-
juriously upon the character or con-
duct ofanother." The penalty for q
violation of the law is q fine not ex-
ceeding $4,000, Imprisonment for
not more than five years orb both fine
and imprisonment.
Under this statute II St. Louis busi-
ness man was indicted for mailing
these two postals to customer:
Please call and settle account, which is
long past due, and for which our collectorhas
called several times.
10 this the customer evidently
paid no attention, as the following
was sent to him six days latter:-
You owe us 81 so We haye called sevar-
al times for same. II not paid at once we
| shall pince same will, our law agency for col.
| lection.
The United States district court
holds TINT the sending OF tho first
was not but that the mailing OF tho
second was u criminal offence. The
reason given for the distinction is
that the second contained u threat
to sue, which was "both calculated
and intended to humiliat and in
iure the person addressed in public
estimation" while the first was not
open to this objection. OF the first
Judge Thayer says:
The Language employed is not of threat.
ening character, and in my opinion. no jury
would he warranted in finding. in view Of it's
contents, that it was obviously intended by
the writer to reflect iniuriousIy on the char
acter or conduct of the person addressed, or
to injure or degrade him in the eyes of the
public.
1t is true that it contains demand for the
payment of debt, and says that it is long
pnst due nnd that IL collect or lius called sever
al times, it ia couched in respectful terms nnd
no intent 10 appnrent to put it in such form
as to attract public notice or to make it Of
tensive to the person addressed.
In view of the decision, which We
think is cnrrying the law to an ex-
treme hardly warrantel,-1nuln11
men will find ii nr,nn1u
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25
AGAIN ARRESTED.
A Wisconsin Banker Who Has :Been
In Hot Water Frequently.

A Wisconsin Banker Who Has :Been
In Hot Water Frequently.
La CROSSE, Wis.,. Special Telegram,
Wyatt II. Graves, proprietor of the
Farmers and Mechanics bank at West
Salem, this county, was arrested to-day by
the sheriff of Sauk county on the charge OF
obtaining money under false pretcnses. The
particular offense was giving check OH his
own bank for Fill to the Baraboo Savings
bank when he had no funds to meet the
same. He has been arrested for doing the
same thing u: stoughton and Reedsburg,
this state. and ''ierre. s. D., where he OBJ
tanned $275 from the Bank OF Commerce on
the pretcnse tina he was buying real estate.
Many crooked acts are known TO have been
committed by .iim. One OF the most COM
mon was making small loans Of SIS or $50.
and then raising tie notes test. to Si25 and slSo,
Foraery For Is also ali eyed. Graves Is . lawyer,
and first started in Trempeleau county,
where he was undcr arrest half. . dozen
timcs for all sorts, Of offenses, but always
managed to escaRe. He might have been
arrested on dezsh charges sny time the
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25
EPITOME OF NEWS.
A Choice Collection Of the
Latest News Greatly Z,
CONDENSED.
WASHINGTON BRIEFS.

Stock men are shipping cattle into the
Cherokee strip in defiance Of the presidsnt's Q
proclamation. Hundreds of train loads are
being sent there.
Secretary Window has notified the collec.
tor ut San Francisco that steamers Will not
b allowed to transfer Chinamen at San
Francisco to panama steamer. This is to
prevent the smuggling of Cinnamon into
California.
The interior department. in discussing the
case Of jain A. Burgess VS.. F. D. Hegaboo m
involving the latter's timber culture entry in
the Fergus Falls district, uses these words:
"Ths timber culture act is not run in q cast
iron mold, and must be construed in the
lieht of reason. Where it is made to appear
from the testimony and the circumstances
surrounding the case that the entryman has
made reasonable efforts to comply with the
letter as we'll the spirit of the act, he should
not bs dsspoilsd of his entry upon purely
technical grounds and for insuperable causes
due to the elements" In the particular case
under review Hegaboom neglected to plant
trees required within the time specified on ac-
count Of heavy rains. The department sus.
tains his claim, notwithstanding violation
Of the letter of the law.
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A Burst Of Graphic Description
From the Paulding (o.) Republican.

A Burst Of Graphic Description
From the Paulding (o.) Republican.
The tornado that swept over this
country recently, was the most ter
rible ever known, 1t is simply be-
yond description in its awfulness. 1t
crossed the state of Illinois and Indi-
ana, leveling everything that came
within it's path, but it's most destruc-
tive and horrible work was at Louis
vile, KY, where the devastating
monster seemed to combine all it's flu.
ry and sweep down upon the DOOM
ed place like q host OF demons, cut
ting aswath of death through the
very heart Of the city, wiping out mil
lions of dollars worth Of property,
snuffling out the lives Of hundreds Of
hapless victims, whose dying groans
and shrieks, together with the crash
offalling walls and roaring waters,
make music only for the storm de-
mons. It is q picture that makes the
heart sick, and shows how puny
proud man is in the hands OF nature.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25
THE MARKETS.
The Latest Quotations from weet-
ern Markets.

Sssa AvssAt NOkOs
CHICAGO.
wHEAr-No: 2, Spring. 7907esse: No .
Spring 701s@72c.; No. 2 red. 7907o9ie.
CoRN-No. 2, 2s1sc.
RYE-No. 2, 42hc.
BAREEy-No. 2, 55@57c.
FLAX SEED-31.4s@1.4s1sc.
BUTTER-Elgin creamery 28h@24c.; West
ern creamery 2O@22c.
EG0s-Quist at 14hc.
ST. PAUL.
WHEAr-No. 1 hard, 79@sOc.: No. 1 North.
ern, 7S@79c.: No. 9 northern; 75@77c
CoRN-No. 3, 25@26c.
OArs-No. 2 mixed. 81 @22c.; No. 2 white,
221a@2Sc.; No. 3, 22@22ac.
BARLEy-No. 2. 4505Oc.; No. 8. 8s@42c
RyE-No. 2, 32D33c.
GROUND FEEp-No. 1, e11 .25@11.75.
BRAN-Bulk, $40.
81 hH4As1Tp,spa a: ,,mpasS p prairie se7s@726; No
EGas-Fresli. $3.75@4.O5.
DuTrER-Extra creamery. 20d22c.; dairy
15@l6c.; roll and print, 8012c.
MlNNEAPoLIs.
WHEAr-No. hard. SOC; No. 1 Northern,
7sA@79c; No. 2 Northern, 75@77c.
FLouR-Patents. sacks to local dealers.
$4.15@4. so; in barrels. s4.l5@4. so; bakers
here, $3@3. 40; supertine, 41.7O@225; red
dog sacls. $1@1.20; rel dog barrels, $1.2E
@1. so.
CoRx-Samnles. 27@2sc;
OATs-Fesd. 21h@22lac; good to choics
23h025c.
BARLEY-25@35c.
HAy-Upland prairie, $3.50; common wild,
e5@8.5O.
BgrrER-Fair to fancy creamery, 14@2oe
per tb; dairiee, medium to fancy, 1Q012ci
grease and packing stock, 4@5Mc.
MILWAUKEE,.
WaEAr-No. 2 spring. T2@73e No I
Northern. S2c.
CoRN-No.3, zoe.
OATs-No. . white. 24h@24NA
RYE-No. I, 43kc.
BARIEy-No. 2, 44c.
EGGs-Fresh. lac.
BuTrEn-Dairy, 16@1se.
CHEEsE.-Cheddare. 1O010e.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25
Paid Whila in Prison

In the case of Samuel Landis,
charged with receiving stolen goods
taken from the Erie railroad, which
was tried at Urbana, it was developed
that James Shehey, who was II clerk
in Landis' store, is now serving time,
having been induced by Landis to
plead guilty to receiving tho goods
in his absence. He is paying Shelley,
who is @ young man, a salary for
serving the time which should be
served by himself.-Pittsburg Dis.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25
KILLED AND BURNED.
An Old Man Brutally Murdered and
Aia Aouaa Rurnad.

tVb0
WArrAcA, Wis, Special Telegram,
The details Of the burning Of the Stays
house at Manawa received here to-day III.
dicatc ono of the most atrocious crimes ever
perpetratcd in this state. The remains Of
Stays were found near the door with the
head legs and arms severed from the
trunk. The head was found in the cellar,
the arms and legs scattered in different por-
ions of the ruins. Stays, who was quite
old, exhibited considerable money satur-
day night, and it is thought that he was
first murdered, then robbed and then that
the villain, in order to conceal his horrible
crime, hacked the body to pieces and set
fire to the house. Stays lived alone and
the house is about three-quarters of mile
from another dwelling, so that there was
little chance of the murderer being mo-
lested. There is not the slightest clue to
the perpetrators Of the decd, and the cor
oner's investigation now pending will
probably result in a verdict Of death from
wounds received from persons unknown.
Pieces Of a broken lantern were found near
the body. but no. one of Stays neighbors
seem able to identify them.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25
PERSONAL GOSSIP.

PEhSONAI 0OSSlP.
Prof. Stolzle Of Wurzburg announces the
discovery in library at Augsburg Of a
manuscript of Giordano Bruno, containing
criticisms on Aristotle, and letters relating
to various studies.
Eugene N. Wilson, the eminent lawyer and
prominent politician of Minneapolis, Mimi,
died at Bermuda. whittier be had gone for the
benefit OF his health. The event caused pro.
found grief among his friends throughout the
state.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25

OF war:
survey and examination to be made OF
III Devils lake. with an estimate Of the cost ol
improving the same by dredging or otherwise, so
a. to re-cstablish the navigation OF said lake;
proving the navigation OF same by construct.
Ing q lock and dam at Goose rapids In
said river. The secretary Of war is also author
nation to he made of the entries Of the Bay OF
Superior Mt tho west end Of Lake Superior, and
report upon the condition thereof, as well as
whether it is advisa BILE to continue the same at
channel or entry to said bay opposite the open.
ing between Rice's point and Connor's point,
to report fully upon the subject of the most
safe, careful and economical entry into the said
Bay OF Superior. with approximate estimate OF
the cost of each plan or OF any other plans that
the engineers may deem advisable"
A provision is also inserted in the bill
which provides that the dry dock ut Dcs
tegral part of the Dcs Moines rapids canal,
and shall be under rules and regulations
prescribed by the secretary OF war. An up
preparation Of $4,000 is made for the Chip
pewa river, Mis-. at Yellow Banks.
MONTANA IMPROVEMENTS.
The bill authorizes survey of the Mis-
souri, river between Great Falls and Stubbs'
Ferry i'll the State of Montana. Tho
100000 of the Missouri appropriation
tion of tile Missouri river COM
mission and latitude is given to use it from
Fort Benton to Sioux City. Senator Petit
grew says the amount is entirely insufficient
and that there is more navigation OH the
upper than lower river. lie expects to get
the amount increased in the senate. The
bill appropriates $4,000 for improving
Skagit, Sticlaquamish Nootsack. Snoho.
mish and Snowqualmc rivers in Washing
ton. The secretary Of war is authorized 10
cause survey to be made OF the American
channel OF the Detroitriyer, beginning at tho
western boundary of the city OF Detroit
and thence continuously in American wa
ters To Lake Erie. with a view to deepening
said cl,anliel to the same depth as has been
attained and is contemplated under the
present plan in the Canadian channel OF
said river. The secretary of war is author.
lied to make survey and estimate OF the
cost Of q slip channel twenty feet in depth
and of fsuitablc width in the shadows OF
connecting waters ofthc lakes between Chi.
cago, Duluth and Buffalo.
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LOVED ANOTHER MANS WIFE.
Such a Condition OF Affairs Causes
Fatal Shooting Affrav

Such Condition OF Affairs Causes
Fatal Shooting Affray.
DUBUQUE, Iowa, Special.-A shooting
affair occurred late last night at North Nc
Gsegor which contains much OF a scnsa-
tional character. George Cornell, a young
man OF twenty-nine years, is OH engineer
on the Milwaukee e. st. Paul railroad, and
son Of Roadmastcr Z. II. Cornell, of that
road, we'll known citizen of Dubuque.
Cornell arrived at North McGrcg-
or at II p. M, und was met after leaving
his locomotive by. J. T. Grinnell. who
was evidently waiting for him. Grinnell
walked up to him, and without word dis
charged two bullets from q revolver enter
ing the head just above the eyes. 1t is I'M
possible Ior him to recover. Grinncll, who
did the shooting has been for years official
reporter and stenographer OF the district
court OF the McGregor district and is we'll
known. 1t is alleged that Cornell had been
paving too much attention to Grinnell's
wife. On being interviewed to-day she de-
clared she loved Cornell, and that he loved
her.
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CLAIMS TO BE GOD.
Sample Of Letter Sent to Ministers
bv Graz nk

ST. CLOUD, Special, Tclcsran,.-Ncarly all
the ministers Of the city have received let.
tiers from some crank who claims to be God,
Of which the following to Rev. c. A. Cum.
mings, rector ofSt. Johns Episcopal church,
is q sample:
This Warning Is Written by the hand OF my
daughter She has been going in among you all
and you did not receive her no more than did
this nation soon. Written by the Power OF the
holley Ghost What have you oil been u doing
you certainly hav not been Obeing Me your God
and Father. Who do you think that you Obey
when you don't obey me 70 are Proud and Wick.
ed and will humble you ye shall know that |
am God and will be Obed by my Subjects /
know that you nav Taught at all my Warnings
heretofore but you Won't laugh this time Deth
and obstruction Is before you all for am God
remember.
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CASUALTIES.

Tho roof ofa weaving mill at BerGamo,
Italy, fell, Ii ling II out Of 400 girls who
were in the building at the time.
A picture by Gainsborough valued at 21O,.
900 and a large quantity of fvaluab!e tapes
try were destroyed by fire in Baron James
Ferdinand. de Rothschild's country seat in
Aylsbury, England.
A Eve thousand gallon water tank, weigh.
ing with it's contents over twenty tons,
crashed through the roof in the Park theater
p Philadelphia The conclusion caused by
he fall wna 20 great that window 0lass and
hes In the adjoining houses were broken,
quite panic prevailed for a time.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25
We Are All MiIlionaires.

Teresa II. Dean has written trea-
tise on "How to Be Beautiful" from
which one is surprised, PLEASANTLY, to
find that we are all millionaires-in
pores. Miss Teresa says that $500
pores go to each square inch Of skin,
and reckoning the number of square
inches on q person ofordinary size to
be $500, the multiplication table
tells one that one possesses about
1000, 900 pores. This 10 an extern
sive responslbility.-Pall Mall Budg-
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-04-25
UGLY STRIKERS.
The Striking Miners are Fired at BY
Troops.

VIENNA Special. = Twelve thousand
workmen in the Wittkovitz iron works
have struck. The troops at karwin fired
among the rioters. Several persons were
wounded, one, it is reported, fatally. Bodies
of strikers are pillaging the villages in the
vicinity. The mine owners of Rohonitz
lave asked the governor of Prague to send
troops. The Ostran strikers tonight at
tackled sugar factory at Kunzendorf and
cellulose factory at Ratiman and compelled
the hands to leave work. The strikers at
Wittkovitz attacked party of soldiers and
in the fight that followed three of the min.
crs were killed and many wounded. The
troops in the mining districts have been
reinforced. The miners are striking for an
eight hour dao and the rectifcation Of some
minor grievances.
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What Choir Singers Are Paio

What Choir Singers Are Paio.
Asoprano in an average city will
be paid as q beginner anywhere from
5000 to $3OOper annum. As she be-
comes better known and is in more
thorough command of her voice she
will average from $500 to $500.
Boston pays about 5000 per annum
better to choir singers than any other
city in my knowledge. Several SO.
pranos there receive yearly salaries
OF $1,000 and 81, 200, and a few
81. .000.-Ladies' Home Journal,
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KILLEDIN A sAoNIo.
A Colored Man From Duluth Mul
dored By His Mistress.

dored BY His Mistress.
TACOMA, WASH. Special Telegram,
William, Scott, q nulatto. twenty-five
years old, was shot and killed to-day by
Matte Scott, his mistress. The shooting
occurred In bagnio kept BY Matte Jones.
Jealousy was the canse. She met him at
the door OF room, told him that she loved
him, and then fired two shots in quick sue
then aed and Is still st large. Both came
here ftom Duluth, MINI.
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followed, during which Albert wss sho t. dy
ing almost instantly.
FOREIGN FLASHES.

Nj. chsnard. correspondent Of q French
Newspaper, has been expelled from Rome for
attacking the Italian govsrnmsnt.
( Ltsat Wofds9sftf,R'tKs British army, a
son Of the Right Rev. ] Ohm Wordsw .bish.
op OF Salisbury, and . granddaughter Of the
poet Wordsworth, committed suicide ut Wor.
cester.
A dispatch from Cansa, Crete. says that q
Turkish councillor hos been making inquiries
at Rethymo in regard to the charges OF Turk.
ish cruelties and outraees. The chancellor
admits that the Turkes have been guilty Of
excesses, but declares that the facts hive
been greatly maRnifed. Two Of the chief Of.
fenders have been arrested.
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him.
What, suprose you will come upon such
business est Establishments? and there ars hun
dreda .f them in the cities. They may boast
of fabulous snles. nni they may have on un.
precedented run Of buyers. and tho name Of
the house may lie terror to all rivals, and
from this thrifty root there may spring up
branch houses in other cities, and ali the
partners of the firm may move into their
mansions AMI drive their full hloodcd spnu,
and the families may sweep the street with
the most elegant apparel that human art
ever wove. or earthly magnlacencs ever
achieved But IL curse ~ gathering some
where for those men, and IL It does not seixs
hold oftle pillars and in one wild ruin bring
down the temple ofcommercial glory it will
break up their peace, and they will trembe
with sicknessrs and b!oat with dissipations,
and, pushed to the precipice of this life, they
will try to hold hnck. and cry for help. but
no help will come; and they will clutch their
gold to take along with them. but 1t will he
snntched from their grasp. and runners
and draymcn and bookkeepers who
saw behind the scenes, will bear testi.
mony to their neiarious deeds, and some vir.
tuous soul that once stood aghast ut the
spiendor and power Of these business men
will say: ALIAS! this IL all that 10 lett Of that
great firm that occupied a block with their
merchandise and overshado owed the city with
their influence, md made righteousness and
truth and purity fall under the CALLING fire Of
avarice and crime"
While We admire and approve of all acute
ness and tact in the sale Of goods, " must
condemn any process by which a fabric or
product is represented a. possessing value
which it really does not have. Nothing hut
sheer fnIsehood can represent as perfection
boots that rip, silks that speedily lose their
lustre, cuicocs that Immediately wash out,
stoves that crack under tho first hot fire.
books insufiiciently bound, carpets that un.
ravel, old furniture rsiuvenated with putty
and glue, md sold as having been recently
manufactured, gold watches made ont Of
brass. barrels Of fruit. the biggest apples on
the top. wine adulterated with strychnine,
hosiery poorly woven, cloth Of domestic
manufacture shining with foreign labels, i'm
ported goods represented as rare aud hard
to get, because foreign exchange 10 so high,
rolled out on the counter with matches dis.
play. Imported indeed! but from the factory
u the next street. pattern already un.
Gshionabls and unstable pslmsd of %
sF print upon some country nsnhA2t who