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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-03-07
MUST EXPLAIN.
Some Alleged Actions Civil Servic
commissioners Must Explain,

Some Alleged Actions Civil Service
Commissioners Must Explain,
WAsHlSGroS, ,Spccial.-Th committee on
reforms in the civil service was in session
to-day, but did not examine any witnesses.
Representative Ewart filed the formal
charges against the commission. They r..
cite:
First, that Charles Lyman, In April last. wl,eE
acting as assolecommlssioner. promoted his broth
erin-law, Campbell. to 81 200 c'rrkship in ths
csoTmmTission; sTm second, that Campbell, in january,
1883, secretly abstructed from the files IL list a
examination questions and gave them to II copy
ist III the pension office, who turned them ovtl
to one Flynn. principal OF the Ivy institute
third, that Camrheil's. promotion was made BY
Lyman. with fill knowledge Of the facts: fourth
that Commissioners Roosevelt and Thompson
refused to investigate tho matter beyond exam
lining Camrs-M, wh" WAS ceisurch: fifth, that
Campbell illegally retains ill., place. Further,
that Edwin u. Bailey was promoted illegally.
witho:t e ssa"""e =; that tile papers ii
Thomas Mitchell We remarked after his failure
to pass an examinati..l, i'll order to secure his
promotion: and. finally, that Commissioner
Roosevelt secured the appointment OF Hamilton
shitly to y place in the census bureau, nntwitll.
stainling the fnct that he had repeatedly and
persistently violated his oath Of office.
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appearance oil serve to confirm the opinion
held BY the family that hs must have been
the victim Of foul play. Thsrais NO cause for
his absence. His affairs are In good shape.
He had been working at his stone quarry
three or four miles East of town oil winter
and the day before hs disappeared he had
been paid OF for o contract that hs had with
the Helena smelter. to furnish lime stone for
the works. 1t 10 known that he had between
5000 and $500 on his person.
Tho towns Of lngails and Cimarron, in
Gray county, Kansas, late rivals in q county
scot war, are again fighting. Bonds for a
sugar mill were recently voted In the county
and, as Ingalls, is to derive all the benefit, an
injunction against the issuing Of bonds wat
obtoinel from Cimarron, represented by
Charles Gregory. Recently Gregory was in
ingalls,, and was forced by threat against
ofCimarron men attacked some Of the lead.
els Of the mob that bulldozed Gregory, and
'ere In turn, hunteds out Of town, two o'
''r number being wounded. Both sides
a. nrmed, and ON. outbreak Is expected at
anx slime.
markable suicide 10 reported from
n lie, 75 miles northwest OF kearny,
Neb. Wicksville, which 10 q town Of about
600 population, has u church with set o
chimes in the steeple, a young Englishman
named John Hicks Dawson was sexton oi
tho church and played on the echimes. About
six weeks ago he had o severe attack of the
grip. he recovered sufficiently to go ia
work again, but has acted rather strangly
aud has seemed very despondent. Sunday
morning in the midst of the service the con
gregation was startled upon hearing the
lively strains of the DEVILS Dream ratified
0ff In tho atoantA fpIto al 1onvv IN N mi
Dawson was found lying on the ground
groaning. He was carried into the church
but died in few moments He had only
been in this country short time.
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STORMS AND FLOODS.
Much Damage Done by the Elements
In the South.

Much Damage Done by the Elements
In the South.
HAxILros, Ohio, Special.-The water in
the big Miami river is higher tonight than
L has been known to be in the last twenty
years. The straub house. one OF the prin-
cipal hotels in the city, is surrounded by
water, which hos submerged the basement
and covers the floors of the
first story. All the business houses
and residences on the west sido
of the river are flooded and the
tenants have been obliged to remove their
household goods to higher ground. The
torrent from above early in. the evening
brought down number OF farm houses.
Between and o'clock this evening the
rise of the river at this point was twenty
four inches, the greatest ever known in the
same length of time. There are indications
of more rain before morning. and the pros
pect is that the food will be greatly aug.
mented tomorrow.
CLEVELAND, Ohio Special. .,-Dispatche to
this city from Mount Vernon, Lima, Find.
lev. Springfield and other points in Ohio
rQport great damage by high water and tht
~ Rds constantly increasing. All pixies and
roads In the localities na9sed sse ir
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NEW YORK OPINION,
Opinions Of New York People on
the Outcome Of the Fight,
New YoRK, Special.-The Herald says

the OuICOn6 OF tn9 fI8nIs
New YoRK, Special.-The Herald says
e's We exteSsd to the city of Chicago our hearty
congratulations without a thorny point in them.
New York has been showed under. but We will
not wag our tongue IN censt'rs; .,,,;5,a On
through .hr S smiling lips and, with larss i good
humor, bury our local disappointment III tho
national good will Perhaps we may be allowed
that confldina nature whicl, expels sus-
picion. The ,"Me, too" element in this
aae the svet to hs teeth sd make bod
to say that. while Platt has cunniney achieved
his own will and blocked the will Of the people,
he has done % W SO GILL ~ serySs that we shall r.
profound hypocrisy with which i was &C:
complished. He may sell our rights for his own
and his pnrtys advantage. but the people have
good memories, and when they grasp 1.-THE
better Wish himself dead than face The hour *
reckoning.
The Times says:
have u successful International exhibition on
Lake Michigan. and we doubt II any serious
effort effort yin BE- msss 70 give the a1S shSS
iair. ia Il there is. it VIII inevitably
less. with fat cattle and prize pigs galore, and
va.t stacks OF agricultural produce. aye. and
much machinery and manufactured goods
There may be foreign features" but they can
not be such as to serve M comparison OF
furnish instruction and stimulus for the benefit
Of our own industries. In short. II will be q
.syestern Show and nothing else. The thing Is
n,t settled. There may be notuing called q
worlds fair at all. or the senate may yet insist
,!pon having 1t ut Washington. but we eslncerel,
t,ope that Chicago will Ike allowed to "bu,nI
|Atself'' and get up the biggest show It knows how
II II does not accomplish much for ths progress
and glory Of the country, It may contribute t.
tho gayety Of nations and afford 9 measure O
the relation between boaatinR and performance
Chicago ought not to he let of now.
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SWAMP LAND CASES,
Favorable Report on a Bill to Settle
ManN nianlfaa in Mlnnoanfa

Favorable Report on a Bill to Settle
Many Disputes In Minnesota.
WAsnISaToN, Special Telegram,
The house committee on public lands has
reported favorably bill "ior the relief of
purchasers and other grantors of the United
States of certain swamp and ovcrfowcd
lands andto reimburse and indemnify GER
tain states" 1t provides that the treasury
and interior departments shall adjust and
settle claims ofindividuals and states which
have been sold or otherwise disposed of by
the United States that were included in any
swamp land grant. Representative Hall has
made up a list Of lands in Minnesota which
were included in the swamp land grant of
March IL, 1860, and have since been diverted
to other purposes, together with the sum
Minnesota would be entitled TO If the bill
becomes law, rs follows:
Additional homestead entries, 7G18 acres;
original homestead entries, 30,:,9s; Sioux and
college scrip, 5,713: patented to Lake Superior
mississippi railroad, 1,44O: patented to
Northern Pacific railroad. AZ, 200: patented to
st. Paul & Sioux City railroad, 4.2SO; located
with bounty land warrants, 1000; cash sales,
10000: total, 147,361 acres, ut $l.25 per
acre. sls4,2O2.
The bill will also 60 long way toward
settling the disputed land cases in the Min
nesota swamp lands. Where lands are
taken by settlers which were included in
the swamp land grant the state will be in
IDENTIFIED by the government. Tho prob.
able passage of the bill is looked for.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-03-07
New JerKey's Problem.


New Jersey has u school fund Of
$i.0OO. 900 and doesn't know what to do
with it. 1t can't be used for any thing
but The public schools, aud not very
much of it is allowed to 80 there. only
part OF the annual income being
available. SO iealouslv has the state
constitution guarded its sacredness.
Meantime it is piling up every year.
and the commissioners are ut their
Wits end to find an investment for it.
The original idea was to have q fund
large enough to entirely support the
public schools throughout the state.
but that 1t Is said. would take SIC, ,OOO,-
COZ; and. beside. it is generally be.
lieved that it is better for tho school
system to have the local schools di.
rectly provided for by local taxes. Peo.
ple take more interest In something
they have to pay for.
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All impossible condition owing to the car
rying away of culverts and bridges, AZ
latest reports the water was still rising with
prospects of greatly increased force.
STORMS IN THE SOUTH.
LouIsvILLE KY, epecial.-The storm Of
Monday night worked great destruction
with the telegraph service aud not q word Of
direct communication can be had with the
South. 1t Is impossible to ascertain any,
thing aboutthe damage done to either wires
houses or people, or even to find out the
area covered by the storm.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, ,Special.-Therei is little
damage around Nashville go far as heard
from. Two spans Of the Tennessee river
bridge at Johnsonville are blown out The
Cumberland river and all the streams are
rising rapidly. Several houses were un-
rooted in the neighboring towns, but no ia.
talities are reported.
ST. LOUIS, Special.-A terrible hurricane
swept over part of Northern Texas early
this morning. The Masonic hall III q Gaines-
vile was torn to pieces the court house
unroofetl, the Santa Fc railroad depot
wrecked; and some twenty buildings blown
down. Nobody was killed, but several per-
sons were mole ?. less injured.
MEMrIIIs, & 'ial.-Bfownsvillc, Tenn,
six miles nort> asst of Memphis, on the
louisville T. Nashville railroad, was struck
by cyclone early this morning. Half OF
ti.e Lusii,eas houses or the town were ur-
rooted and many materially damaged dam.
aged, while several buildings arc in terri.
bic state OF destruction.
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FOREIGN FLASHES.

In the Canadian house of commons mo-
tion to place ON the free list all grains and
seeds which do not ripen in Canada was de-
teated-S4 to So
The duke of Seville hos been pnrdoned by
the Queen Of Spain. lie was condemned to
eight years imprisonment in 1889 for speak.
ing Of her mngasty in insulting terms because
she had refused him an audience.
The schooner "A. II. Bruncatt, from venez
uela, is detained at the New York quaran'
tine. 1t is thought that one of the crew has
yellow fever and that several of the men died
Of that disease on the voyage to America.
As result Of the reelection Of the Boulan.
gist deputies the French government hos de-
cided to validate the elections Of tile four not
yet acted upon, including the deputy who
defeated Ferry.
1t Is alleged in Quebec that second edi
tion Of the Pacific scandal that resulted in
the ousting Of Sir John Macdonald govern
ment in 1872 is about to make it's appear
ance.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-03-07
GRAVE ROBBERS SURPRISED.
One Of the Party Shot While A,
tempting to Escape


tempting to Escape.
LOUISVILLE, Special.-Tllrce prominent
local physicians Of this city attempted to
rob the graves of Tom Johnson and Ed
Pearcc, who were buried at the New Albany
(Ind.) cemetery. The incn were to commit
their decd carly this morning, but the Of.
ficers got wind Of it and were in waiting.
DIR. J. T. Blackburn and DIR. W. Il. Grant
were arrested and placed in Jail. The third
doctor fled and his identity is not known,
and the negro accompanying the two who
drove the wagon was shot dead US he started
to run. A second colored man was also
arrested. The otiense is felony in Indiana.
Doctors Grant and Blackburn were indict-
cd by the grand jury in New Albany to-day
on two counts, viz, robbins grave and
c0nspiring to commit n felony. The pun
isllmcht i'll the first case is tllrccto ten years
in the pcnitcntiary; in the second,
Two to fourteen years and 500 to
5000 fine. DR.. Grant is demon
strator Of anatomy in the Kentucky
School of Medicine and DIR. Blackburn is
assistant in surgery in the same school.
Eminent counsel have already been en-
ployed., Owing to the high standing of the
there is great Indignation Mt New Albany.
The physicians were tonight taken to
the Prison South ut Jacksonville. The
negro boy killed, George Brown, was buried
to-day, the college bearing the expenses.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-03-07
Says 1t Would Be persccut,on

FoEr DODGE Iowa, Special Telegram.
Judge Weaver, in the district court
here o.day, refused to try any eases arising
from river land litigation. lie says that
until the suit brought by the United States
attorney general is settled, any further in
reference with the settlers would he pcrsc-
cution. The cases involved are principally
suits for violations of injunctions by evictcd
evicted. The decision is in line with the
recent action of the United States marshal
at Dubuque, who rcsused to do any more
evicting until the United States suit was de-
cide<}
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Will Fight 1t Out,

ASHLAND, Wis, Special Telegram,
Three members of the Salvation Army
were arrested to-day on the charge of vio-
latiny the Sunday ordinance. They were
taken before the municipal cour. and the
case adjourned till Saturday. under bonds
to Jail. They will fight 1t out and think
they have good case.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-03-07
After salisbury and Balfour

LONDON. special.-In tho house of cow
mons to-day MIR. Cobb Liberal, gave notice
that in tho event of tho passage of Mr..
Smiths motion to adopt the report Of the
commission with the amendment offered
by SiE>ii,arles Il. Lewis. lie would move
that the house deplorcs the fact that il
appears from the dates supplied by the re-
port and the evidence before the commits
sion that at the time Of alleged treasonablo
Of the government. especially lord 81 his
bury and Mr.. Baltour. were in close llihnce
and treaty with the members accused; there
fore Lord Salisbury and other members
the goyerpu.ept deserve severe condemns
ton. =.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-03-07
DEED OF FIEND,
He Murders His Wife, Mother-in-
Law and Two Children.

Law ana Two CnlIOron.
QUEBEC, spccial.-Rodolphe Dubois, who
murdered his wife, mothcr-in-law and two
children Sunday in the village of st. Alban,
has been captured. Dubois was a beggar
by profession and for more success in this
profession he associated himself with his
brother-in-law, Thibault, who is blind.
Dubois is Of great stature and exceedingly
feroclous. Dubois, after having quarrelcd
with his wife, went to the rear Of the house
and got q chopping az. He then
entered the house and assailed his
wife and mother-in.law. whom he
soon butchered. Next he coolly
murdered his two boys and threw the four
bodies into the cellar, whence they were
brought up by Thibault, the blind beggar,
who appears to have been present at the on
slauglit. The murderer at first showed
fight, but he cooled at the sight ofa heavy
revolver. He declares that he did not know
what he was about when he murdered his
victims. Several parishioners of st. Alban
are of the opinion that Dubois is idiotic.
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THE MARKETS.
The Latest Quotations from West.
0rn Markets.


CHICAGO
wnEAT-No. 2, Spring, 7oNc.; No Spring
63@6sc.: No. 2 red, 76Nc.
es.s-Se: es1s-Ss: :. :. isssiss:s fsssfsSs
RYE-No. 2, 43c.
BARLEY-No. 2, 55@57c.
FLAX SEED-S1.3S.
BUrrER-Quist and unchanssd.
EG0s-Quist At 14c.
ST. PAUL.
wHEAr-No. I hard, 7G077c.; No. North.
ern, 75@7Gc.; No. 2 northern; 72074c.
CoRN-No. Q, 25@2Gc.
OArs-No. 2 mixed. 2oc.; No. 2 white, 21c.;
No. 8. 1870.
KYE-No. 2, 34c.
GRousp FEEp-No. !, 1oooo1o.so.
BRAN-Bulk, &7.75@S.5O.
a. IHayayplsspd 4! ,,ypa:s E prairie so@e7s; No. l.
Eoos-Fresh. "a. s095.10.
BUTTER-Extra creamery, $780,; dairy 120
16c; roll and print S@lOc.
AlxNsAPoLu.
WREAr-No / hard. 7sc; No. Northern,
77@77hc; No. 2 Northern, 73@74c
FLoUl-Pstsnts, saeks to local dealers,
i4.l5@4.60; IN barrels, e4.i5@4. 50; bakers
here, @803. 40; supsrtine, el.7O02.25: red
dog sacks. 20; rsl dog barrels, Sl.25.
@1.5O.
CoRx-samples. 25@26c;
OAr5-Mixed, 1002OIsc; white 22G23c; No.
2, 21h022c.
BARLEY-23@35c.
HAY-Uplsnd prairie. $3.50; common wild,
S508.5O.
ByrTER-Fair to fancy creamery. l4@20c.
psr ib diaries, medium TO fancy, 1O012c.;
grsase and packing stock, 4@5hsc.
MILWAUKEE.
waEAr-No. 2 spring. 72W7ae; No.
Northern. Soc.
CoRN-No.3. 27c.
OATs-No. 3 white, 22Mc.
RyE-No. !, 44c.
BARLEv-No. 2, %2hc.
Ecos-Fresh. 14c.
BurTER-Dairy. 0ooMe.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-03-07
There is quite large circle
OF students of the science in

There is quite large circle
OF students of the science in
this city, and they hold regular meetings
for the discussion of methods and cases.
One OF the number, gentleman who re-
sides just out Of the city, had a sick horse
OH his hands. The veterinary surgeon
could do nothing for the animal, and tho
local Christian science experts failed also.
Thercupon the owner OF the horse, having
plenty oftime and not caring for the ex-
pense went to the telegraph Office and
wired al account ofthc case to a Christian
science professor in Chicago. The symr-
TONS tn, were given in the telegram, and the
Chicago expert was asked to treat the case
by the usual method. The horse was at
that time apparently on its last legs, The
Chicago scientist wired back that he was
treating the horse to the best of his ability
and was thinking hard. Within five homrs
the horse was well and eating oats. Tho
case was duly reported at the next meeting
Of the circle, and the members are pursuing
their experiments with renewed faith i'll the
Srin1pn
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-03-07
THIRTY FOUR LIVES LOST.
Three Dams on the Hassayampa
River Believed to Have Given Out.

AuTe6 OdnS on Cno t1aS9aydmp0
River Believed to Have Given Out.
PHOENIX, Ariz, Spccial.-A courier just
arrived from the lower dam on the lIassa-
yampa river reports tremendous moun-
tain of water came down the Hassayampa
about O'Clock Saturday morn
ing and thirty-iour men lost their
lives ut the lower dam, where they are at
work. They were all whites except three
Chinese. The courier reports that the town
of Wickcnburg is all right. The loss OF life
in the valley between Wickenberg
aid the dam may not be
known for some days, but it is without
doubt considerable and the number may
reach thirty or forty. The courier state,
that the upper dam undoubtedly broke aud
carried the other two dams below down
with it. The loss to property i'll the dams
olOne will amount to nlollt S.IN) 600
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NORTHWEST BRIEFS,
Building for West Superior

Prospective Building for West Superior.
WEST SUPERIOR. Wis, Special Telegram,
The Land and improvement COM
pany this year will build thrcc-story brick
store building at the corner of Fourteenth
street and Tower avenue $50 feet flcing the
avenue and 80 feet deep; at the corner of
100 feet on the avenue by So feet deep; on he
corner Of Sixteenth and Tower brick block
100 feet ON the avenue by 80 feet deep, and
three stories. This by no means givcsnny ad-
equate estimate of the company's cxpentli-
lures for the season or the extent Of their
building operations; They will expcnd
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Outlines For . Novel.

A sensational piece of news appears
in Mobile paper. 1t is said tnat
some two years ago Mrs. Fanny Cole.
man. q northern lady. went TO John
Moulton's house in Baldwin county
for the benefit OF her N.bealth. Mr..
Moulton found that his bdArder had a
large sum OF money with her and 1850
valuable securities. With tho
ance Of q female neighbor. he
Mrs. Coleman up and kept her
oner until n'few dzys asa
authorities inteSieredS
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To Relieve tho Indians, Wants,

JAMESTOWN, N. d., Special Telegram,
Father Stephen is here, on his way TO
the Turtle Mountain reservation, to invcsti-
gate the reported lestitution among the
Chippewas there. lie is commissioned by
the Misses Drexei of Philadelphia to relieve
ley will accompany him. They leave for
the mountains iii the morning.
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Another Coinage Bill.

WAsn1ScroS, Spccial.-In the senate to-
day number of bills were reported and
placed on the calendar, among them being
one to authorize the purchase of gold and
silver bullion and the issue of treasury
notes in payment thereof The bill directs
the purchase Of silver bullion to the amount
bullion as may be offered and the issue
therefor of treasury notes. and 1t repeals the
law directing the coinage Of two million
silver dollars per month. Mr.. Beck said
the report from the finance committee was
not unanimous and that he opposed it.
Senators Sherman and McPherson are also
said to be opposed to the bill.
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HASTINGS. Special Tclegram.-Thc family
of William Peterson arc afflicted with ,lipll-
iberia, and son, aged four years, has died.
Mrs. Peterson and the remaining children,
two little girls, are at present i'll with this
disease. There have been q few other cases
Of diphtheria in the city recently.
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PERSONAL GOSSIP.

Charles Gibson OF st. Louis hos just received
notifcation thnt Emperor Wilhelm has ION
fsrred upon him the order Of the -.
Cross Of the Prussian royal crown. Mr..
Gibson has been the lawyer for the German
crown in this country for many years, begin
ing with King William Nv. Mr.. Gibson hos
been knighted by three empcrors. The late
Emperor Wilhelm made him knight com.
mandsr of the royal crown. and the emperor
Of Austria conferred by Germany upon him
the commanders cross Of the order Of Franz
Joseph. The present decoration is the high
est one ever conferred by Germany upon an
American citizen. and is, in fact the highest
class German decoration known in this
country up to the present time.
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TO FURNISH SEED WHEAT.
A Convention for That Purpose to
be- Held at Huron.

o0 stStA s&L stIst otts
ABERDEEN, s. ID, Special Telegram,
The following call, signed ly Gov. Mel
Aberdeen club, was issued to-duy:
There liz hereby called u convention to he be-
gun AMI held In the opera house In the city of
Huron, S. d., at = O'Clock p. H. Monday, March
y, for the purpose of adopting II plan for s.cur-
Ing seed wheat and feed for the animals ui those
portions Of the state that nre unable to make
necessary provisions from their own immediate
resources. The bonrd of county commissioners
OF the several counties are requested to send one
OF Their members US Il representative, and II is
also requested that lumber companies, railway
companies. Wholesale merchilnts, bankers. com
inercal clubs and boards Of trade uf the several
cities all send representatives to the en,l that
full expression md united ncton on the part Of
all portions Uf the state may lie had.
The above call was issued under Gov.
Mellettcs telegram last Saturday nuthoriz-
ing the Aberdeen club to call q meeting ut
such time and place as thought best, and
sign his name to the call