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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-05-10

1ee pnpangWefe ktlteQ ma many tn
3ured: 4 Two women were found dead
shout O o'clocksast far tfom the point
where tbnei OF tile; scisoOl hnildings
stood. One man who arrived In Sioux
Center hate In the: evening reported
.has h0yse was blown away and his
6amlS Killed. He himself escaped,
and reports that ut least two or three
: shundred people must have been killed.
Parties have ktenssent sp6t ftOm Hull,
sioux Cent1r tntl OrSnGe GttY. and
nelghb0ring t0Wlil,- but their work 10
. .pro1ressllg ;sl0wly. A number OF
bodies have already bee recovered,
altho(eh the exact number cannot be
( learned Every one IL violently ex.
cited and deiifite accounts cannot b.
obtained. 1t is said Perkins, small
town between Sioux Center and Doon,
W1s directly In the Path Of the storm
ent MaS -. y,
.;aAlspse = enllrsly sMtpea, oat.
The GliSs leading to sit are all down,
the 'tAilroad tracks are washed out
and the wagon roads cannot safely
be travelled over owing to the manner
I'M which they were quilted by the
rain 4.
It y consequently no easy matter
to reach IT. Physicians have already
been. Sen from Hull, Orange City and
Sioux Center, but are finding every
c0liceavable obstacle In their effort to
reach the scene of the storm. Help
has been refused from here, hut if the.
same character Of reports continue
to com6 Ans q tlain: may be sent out.
No orr sSepsI to know exactly what
was III trlck 9f tile storm.
Dehnfte reports are beginning to
come In as to the path followed by
cyclone. The storm originated about
Q. mile and n half~ south OF sioux
Center. It moved from there In q
northsasterly direction and passed d.
Feetly through Perkins, small town
ak sYilss north Of Sioux Center. After
p4Ssk Perktns nothing was heard
OF any damage. Later, however,
newA ntrsi1ei from Sibley to the eff
feet that storm struck there about
9 r. M, destroying the house Of John
tMAftsfD0n and injuring Wattersop
ard kis son, No names can yet be
learned Of the people injured about
Sioux Center and Perkins. The Sioux
CttyE Northern train which arrived
It 10 O'Clock last evening brought IL
several passengers who witnessed the
storm. They reported, thirteen dead
bodies hadf been brought into sioux
Center at 4 O'clock They estimated
100 peeta must have been killed The
Northsfn tsnin barely escaped a
smash-up at doom. but was stopped
by section men before 1t passed upon
the dangerous territory.
.iA,ss At -lienx5 Falls.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-05-10

Waupaca, We, May 4.--Et ur sthun.
der stofina, each With m Ab0ndant
shower Of rain, paased oyef thisEFe-
eton during the niGilt. Vegetation new
er looked better than today.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-05-10
u.aort.n.te rxents.

Two locomotives and four cars were
wrecked in freight train collision at
Decatur, Ill, causing loss OF $4,000.
Henry Bahs Of Adrian, Mich, was
kicked by q horse and Is in q critical
condition.
Henry "A. Shirley and James s.
Amefton,. English capitalists,f were
drowned south Of San Antonio. Tek;
At the Edison electric light works
In Cincinnati q cylinder burst, fatally
injuring Bert Wilbur, an engineer.
Fire destroyed the plant Of the Ajax
Manufacturing company at Cleveland.
Loss, $4,000; insurance, $1,000.
G. w. Patterson's eight-year-old
daughter was burned to death in
Jackson township, Ind, her clothing
catching fire from burning logs.
BY the collapsing Of an amphithea.
ter surrounding cockpit at the Mexi.
can village of Huitla six men were
killed and many wounded.
James Sheridan, a prominent farmer
and resident of Galena, ILL.,, since
1888, was instantly killed by run.
away accident.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shield were
poisoned by drinking coffee ut Shel
burn, Ind. They will recover. The
poison came from the cooking utensll
Lincoln McAllister, an employe Of
the. Westman Lumber company, was
drowned in Hay creek at Daggett
Mich, while working upon some saw
logs.
Charles Smith car inspector for the
Air line, died at New Albany, Ind.
from injuries received by being
caught between the bumpers Of twl
cars.
Eight thousand people in Moody'a
tabernacle at fort Worth, Tex, pray
for rain, which comes promptly, de-
molishes the roof, floods the people
and causes q panic, In which fifty
people are injured.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-05-10

and tho inmates narrowly i escaped
|sWithFtheis lives. s. Is
During s fsAt 1t 4 iSy1pSy camp near
Mbesty. Ind, Buck Noe and man
nAmed R0EefSS were fatally cats g,
sypsy man was fatally shot and six
asAeessSfoSndeess q
Isaac Hammond, q farmer has ilis.
49peAD4Y NVMp lleepY, ms Ha xf,lltf
$500 with him when ho lSft. His team
was found tied to q tree and foul
play 10 feared. Z e's g ei-'s I "a
@. w. Rogers was arrested at Tole-
DO. Ohio charged with using the mails
for fraud.s He collec(pd % eaeh TOT
applicants for IN lima aginSrH sposffion
as engineer In a mill.
Mrs. William Barley Of Hartshorn,
Ok, took dose Of arsenic and forced
her 7-year old daughter to swallow q
like quantity OF the drug. The mother
10 dead and the little girl III dying. :;
Frank H. Poor serving q sentence
In the Massac achusetts penitentiary hns
become heir to &18 100000 through the
death OF . Nevada mine owner. Poor's
timetis neariys up. +. III
sAs the result Of a family feud, An
sEeifha Bsrhef Smurdered at Philn-
dclphia and Dominick Mamma is d..
ing. Mise Barber. attacked Mama
with q thatchet and infected fatal
wounds l,efore he killed her.
Afrs. Frank Odell and her two child.
ren, narrowly escaped dying at Find
lAE 20. from poison placek n; the
mix: This was the SECOND attAmrt
to poison the family. The police IRE
Investigating.
John Fuller stabbed Clarence jack
aon at breakfast In the prison at JEFF
fersonvllle.r Ind. Both were convicts
ind Eullersbore q grudge against Jack
son, whose term expired the follow
Ing day. jackson will die.
The Kentucky court of appeals af-
frmed the two year sentence of r. a.
Sutton the Louisville warehouse re-
cepit forger. It also reversed the ten
year sentence on the ground of dcfec-
tive indictments, = ,ss : -.
Two men with blackened faces ap-
piled for food at the farmhouse of NJ.
Il. Carlton, Magnolia, Ark. Upon be
ing DIRECTED to the kitchen they shot
and killed Mr.. Carlton, They tried to
shoot Mrs. Carlton but failed.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-05-10
Personal llention.

Tho Curxon.Leiter wedding takes
place In Washington as scheduled.
Daniel Weaver, aged 20 years, presi-
dent Of the police commissioners and
twice mayor Of Elkhart, Ind, has be-
come insane from . paralytic stroke.
Catherine Scott aged 10s years. the
Oldest woman In Brooklyn, II dead.
She was born In Ireland and came to
EBrooklyn seventy years ago.
II James H. Eckels, controller of the
currency, has declined anaoffer to. be-
come financial editor OF the Chicago
Nmes-Herald Mt a large salary.
DR.. william Howard Russell, the
famous correspondent, who reported
the Crfmean, war for sthe London
Times, was "a years Of age March q.
There is a project to erect in Boston
an equestrian statue to Gen. Joseph
Hooker, and a group Of statues to
Generals Grant, Sherman and Sheri-
dan. g
rs Nrs. VIM. Taylor, a museum charac.
ter, known, throughout the entire
country as the Virginia fat midget
died at Peru, Ind. She weighed 42j
pounds and WAS less than three feet
high
John n. steasns, who, next to Neal
Dow, was the most interesting and
prominent figure in the temperance
movement ID. the United States, died
at his home, 141 Noble street, Brook
lyn. Death was due to heart trouble.
Hon. Miss Julia Peel, daughter Of
yiscount Peel, late speaker OF the
house of commons. was married yes
terday to Rochfort Maguire, the
young Parnellite who represents the
west division Of Glare In the house of
commons. 5s e
Frederick A. Mitchell, ut one time
one OF the wealthiest and best-known
criminal lawyers in Chicago. died yes
tarliay In Gtrattened clrcumstances.
He practiced for a time I'm 1kansas
City-and attracted attention as attor-
ney for the James boys, the notorious
bandits.
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Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04
4 CHINESE THEATER.
Law Against Women on the stage
Rigid and UnaIterabIe.

We entered the building assigned to
THE Ascending Luminous Dragon" by
a small side door and proceeding for
some distance along a very narrow,
whitewashed passage and down a flight
Of steep and narrow wooden steps we
arrived at the kitchen of the establish
ment, where celestial" cooks were bus
lily employed preparing savory 90 dishes
for the performing company, says q
writer in the Gentlemans Magazine.
Our place, however, was not there, so
on We went UP two more flights of
equally steep. dark and uninviting
stairs. Through door at the top we
walked unceremOniously into the holy
of holies,'' otherwise the .greenroom."
Here the actors were in various stages
of personal adornment, some applying
cosmetics, others dressing, while many
more, smoking and chattering, were re-
hearsing their peculiar parts, which, to
our untutOred eyes, seemed to be COM
posed of the most absurd and extrava-
CANT antics. Here and there were scat
tered small tables. around and upon
which those of the performers whose
parts We're over listlessly reclined.
Habiliments and garments of wonderful
cut hung around the walls and were
scattered about the floor and tables in
reckless profusion, while huge chests
containing property were deposited
at intervals around the room. From
there was the direct approach on 20 the
stage.
The artists were exclusively Chinese
and, despite the deceptive makeup, all
men. No woman is allowed on the
stage Of a Chinese theatcr in any ca
pacity whatever. Strange as il may
sound, the omission is, however, hardly
noticeable, for the get-up Of the men
impersOnating female characters is 50
perfect that It is with difficulty one can
really lie convinced tlat the uncl;era5le
law on the subject has not been in
fringed. Nevertheless. in its stern
rigidity it is as unalterable as a law of
the Modes and Persians.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04
ONCE HAPPY CHINA.
A Chinese Scholar in Paris Takes Gloomy
View of Modern Civilization.

You wish to know" said he, the
opinion OF our philosophers and sages in
regard to the effect of the war just over
upon the condition of the Chinese. Well
| will give it to you. l put aside all the
humiliations of defeat and place myself
upon more solid ground. The war has
robbed us forever of our tranquility and
our happiness. We were happy and led
simple lives; but, by bringing to us
what you may call the benefits of civili-
Zation, the Japanese viii destroy our
traditions and our hereditary virtues.
confuse our customs and mode of living
and make us like themselves. ambitious,
restless, and eager for conquests. And
what will we gain by that?
You fancy that the Chinese are ig-
nOrant, poor and wretched, but you
must remember that happiness exists in
the idea that one forms Of it. In other
words a man is happy when he believes
himself happy, when he confines his de-
sires to the few joys which are within
his reach. The peasant who eats his
rice at the close of his days work is sat
isfed with his fate, provided he keeps
his eyes away from the riches of others
and closes his heart against cOvetOus-
at -. lie evil sentiments OIL envy. JedI-
Ousy and social hatred have never yet
penetrated our population. l assure you
that you wrong the poor Chinese. They
are gentle. mild, gOOd-humored. honest,
scrupulous. loyal. sympathetic and
charitable.
You may have read the accounts of
certain cruelties and barbarities. but
they belong to the laws of war. which
are equally barbarOus in all countries.
In a condition of peace. when their quie-
tude is not disturbed. the Chinese are
Of marvellous benignity, which is only
equalled by the genueness Of their
wives. / fancy that l know the Partisan
ladies'. but do not hesitate to say that
the Chinese women are superior To
them. In the first place. our ladies have
little feet. They are SOod-natured and
devoid of all cOquetry. They have a
deep sentiment of modesty, and their
existence passes along without disputes
ana without quarrels. The woman who
makes scenes is unknown in our favored
climate. Our women are cCntented with
the dresses their lords and masters give
them and they never run up bills with
dressmakers or mOdisteS. '-Republic
Franchise
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04

way that common people can under
stand, winch il is safe to say few ever
did before Volts, he says, denote the
force of the electric current; amperes
its volume or the space in which it is
allowed TO act. ''If you use missile as
slender as knitting needle" says the
Wizard, ''it will not deliver SD heavy
blow as bar an inch thick flying at the
same rate That is To say, one might
receive many thousand volts of cleo
tricity from the knitting needle, and it
would be harmless, because enough of
Ii could not get at him at once That
current would 10; have amperes enough
But II y0u take thick wire or bar and
pass the same number of volts through
it 10 he man lie would drop dead.
Enough o the c,..reut could touch him
a olce 70 destroy Ills Ike. The ampere
force in that case would be sufficient.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04

The report Of Nasruilah Khan's i'm
preston that. as tie first race he saw at
Epson was won by the prince OF wales,
while on the second tie premier was tri-
umphant, they arranSc EATERS in this
way on the turf in this country seems
to be borrowed from what actually took
place at the races near the monastery
in the Crimea during the war there. A
purse was given by ne executive to be
run for by a horse, the property of our
French allies. Some fifteen started and
finished in strict accordance with their
army rank-the race being won by the
general, the colonel being second and
the major third, but the subalterns no
where.-London World.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04
ROMANCE OF AN OLD FIDDLE
1t Brought Wealth and Land to a
Wichita Man.

Hugh Mcclure, a farmer near God
dard, Kan, received a violin by express
that had in It something more soothing
to a Kansas farmer than music. Two
years ago his uncle. Peter Conroy. died
at Washington city. tie was supposed
to have some money saved up, and as
Mcclure was his only heir he antici-
pated q little fortune. When Conroy's
VIII was opened it was found that he
left nothing to Mcclure but an old fid-
die he brought from Tralee. County
Kerry, Ireland, in 1913. Mcclure was
so indignant that he would not pay ex-
press charges on the fiddle to Kansas.
One night he dreamed the fiddle was
full of money. He spoke about it to
his wife, and the latter, believing in
dreams, appropriated $3.50 from her
butter and egg TO pay the charges. 1t
arrived to-day, and when examined he
found in it 1880 in money and a deed
to 100 acres of land near Glymount, Va.
Not a word Of explanation was with
the money and Hugh Mcclure is Won
dering what his uncle's idea was. The
instrument was torn to pieces to get
the money out, but ii will be glued to-
gether again and hung on the wall of
Hugh McGuire's cottage as a monu-
ment to his uncle's memory.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04

ENGLAND has now placed herself i'll
the raladoxieal position OF wishing for
protection. She does not desire protec-
tlon III commerce or Industry however,
but does desire 1t III the matrimonial
market. Truth, of London. paid d
very high compliment to the American
ladies tuesday, when it said, british
mammals and their daughters Will soon
be clamoring for protection if all the
prizes III he matrimonial market are to
fall To the American Gamsels." This
confession on the part of an English
publication must have cost heroic eff
fort. =, lille it is true that the money
bags Oi bioaIed American bond-holders
have their attractions for the nobility
OF Europe, the chief cause of 50 many
International marriages undoubtedly
lies in the superior attractions of the
American ladies who are known and
noted for their beauty all over the civil
lied world
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04

There is a gang of loafers and wouId-
street, from Michigan to Center stree 5
every evening, who are a nuisa ICE and
disgrace t. the city. Scarcely night
passes when the weather permit bur
these things in human form cuugre ~; e
blockading the sidewalk, making ihe
air foul with cigarette smoke a Il the
sidewalks uHpassable with slnnv coy
ering of tobacco spit. They nave no
business, only 10 make then.seiye5 !
general nuisance to the pnbiic with
their loud talk and vulgar language.
often insulting ladies who i.api t.
pass without an escort. Merchants
complain that trade is ac,uaily driven
away from Their stores by tiiis eaiig. a
ladies VIII 10; pass INA. W. u4.ess x.
are obliged TO.
Only one of the many cases that have
come to our notice was that OF last
evening, when two respectable young
ladies were passing that way and aere
insulted. They found an officer and
reported the affair to INN, bat nothing
was done. This disgdSted one of them
to such all extent that she started to
give her assaiant public cutting
which had she not been prevented by
bystanders, would PROBABLY have taught
the fellow lesson. The subjecl is one
OF public Importance and should not be
allowed
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04
4 Pointer lor Girls,

When young man hangs around a
girl in her own hOme and ShrlnhS from
recognizing her i'll public, esT ecially if
there be marked difference lii their
social condition, you may eli, er;ain
some able-bOdied suplclouS that things
are no what they seem. ! square mau
will acknowledge his wolnan friends
anywhere and everywhere ii they ale al
right, and his failure 10 do implies
either that he is a moral coward and
a snob or that he regards them as good
enough for sub rosa ilirtatiouS. Any
girl with two grains of self-respect Will
realize this fact at once and call the
young man down. She knows
that outsiders are not blind, neither
are they stupid, and while in many
cases they say nothing with their lips
their eyes do lot of talking. 1t is d
downright injustice to girl and FIRE
quently places her in a false position,
but If she belongs in the giddy whirl
not on the ground floor of society, it
looks little bit too decollette to hang
around her trying to chaperone her
with his eyes while any third party is
in the vicinity Shelbyville Democrat.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04

TIE much mOoted divorce question
has been receiving good deal of at
tention lately III South Carolina. The
state occupies Z unique position among
the states of being the only one which
has 10 divorce law. ) section OF the
constitution of that state forbiddmg
the granting of divorces for any cause
whatever and not allowing recognition
Of divorces granted III other states has
been adopted. This VIII make it neces-
Sary Tor people in that section OF the
sunny south To look well and long and
consider prayerfully before they leap
into the matrimonial sea.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04
4 Judge of Faces.

Cecil Rhodes is man of very simple
tastes, remarkably unaffected. and
plain-spoken. He has an iron will, but
is soft-hearted, and is philanthropic
dreamer as well as a man of deeds. Mr..
Rhodes judges men very quickly, and
by their faces. BY merely looking at a
man once he can make up his mind
what sort of a character he has to deal
with. Once friend wrote to him ask
ing him to do something for young
man who was anxious to go to South
Africa. The King of the Cape replied
to this effect: "Send me his photograph
and I'll let you know by return mail
whether 1 can do anything for him or
not."-EX.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04
LANGUAGE OF THE FLAGS.
What They Are Supposed to Represent
i'm Death or Life.

To strike the flag" is 10 lower the ma
tional colors in token of submission.
says the School Journal. Flags are used
as the symbol of rank and command.
the officers using them being called flag
officers. Such flags are square, to dis
tinguish them from other banners. \
flag of truce" is a white flag displayed
to an enemy to indicate a desire for a
parley or consultation. The white flag
is the sign of peace. After battle par
ties from both sides often so out to the
field to rescue the wounded or bury
the dead, under the protection of
a white flag. The red flag is a
sign of defiance, and is often used by
revolutiOnists. In our service it is a
mark of danger, and shows a vessel to
he receiving or discharging her powder.
The black flag is the sign Of piracy. The
yellow flag shows vessel to be al quar-
antine, and is the sign # contagious dis
ease. \ flag at half-mast means mourn
ing. Fishing and other vessels return
with flag at half-mast to announce the
loss or death of some of the men. Dip
ping a flag is lowering 1t slightly and
then hosting it again, to salute a vessel
or fort. IF the President of the United
States goes aflOat, the American flag is
carried in the bows of his barge or hoist
ed at the main of the vessel on board OF
which he is.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04
Accidentally Killed.

Louis SCHNEIDER, young man about
26 years of age, clerk for Davidson &
Porter, at Laporte, was accidentally
shot and instantly killed, Sunday after
noon, on the shore of Pine lake. Schin-
der and a fellow clerk, Frank Mass,
also of Laporte, started out trap shoot
ing and were getting their boat ready
when one of the guns which were lying
in the boat was accidentally discharged
by jar of the boat. The charge passed
between one of Mass arms and his
body, running his coat, but only scratch
ing the flesh. The full charge of shot
struck SCHNEIDER full on the left side of
his face, mangling his head badly and
killing him instantly. Michigan City
News
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04
lied world.

AFTER all that had been hoped of
the Rock River Methodist Conference
at Elgin, Illinois, by those who advo-
Gated the giving to women a place in
the conference, the woman's party has
been most dIsagreeably surprised by
defeat. This question of giving women
a higher place In The councils in the
Methodist Church has been agitated
for a long time and it was finally hoped
by those in favor of giving women a
direct voice in the affairs of the church
that the outcome of the Rock River
Conference would give them victory.
This defeat is a setback to the progress
of women in this particular direction
and it now behooves the wOmen's party
in the Methodist conference to take
plenty of time and get "a good ready
for the next convention. Since part
Of a large portion of church work falls
upon the ladies it is no more than right
that they should have the privilege of
better representation i'm the affairs of
the organization in which they are so
largely interested.
Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-10-04

The Laporte Herald in its issue OF
Wednesday, is very pointed in some OF
its remarks, and in speaking of the
Rock River conference,it il about right
1t says:
The Rock River District Methodist
conference ought to change its name
1t is behind the times, having voted
down a resolution to admit women
delegate to the general conference OF
the church. The name of that con.
ference should be "Mud" instead of
Crock"