The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-09-20


The Farmers. bank of Ladonia, Mo-,
is again open for business.
The American Society of Professors
Of Dancing assembled In annual ses-
sion ut Saratoga, N. Y.
Recent sales of land along the Mo-
bile Il Ohio railway to Northern and
Western people aggregate 10000 acres.
An old deed to the tract of land ON
which Railway, N. j., Is situated was
found In pile Of waste paper at Oak
land, Cal.
There threatens to be split in the
Central Trades and Labor council Of
st. Joseph, No., as a result Of the cele-
bration of labor day.
Missouri state officials are after sew
elal national building and loan asso-
Citations which are said to be doing
business under false colors.
i The Bethlehem Iron company of,
Bethlehem, Pa, was advised Of an
other successful test of Its armor plate
in Russia.
Calvin S. Bnce has secured control
of the Cleveland, Akron & Columbus
railroad and will use IT as a link in
his trunk line to Chicago.
The mine owners ut Central City,
Col, have agreed to pump out tile
flooded mines as rapidly as possible.
1t will take a month to recover the
bodies Of the dead miners.
The Buena Vista state bank at
Storm Lake, Iowa, has failed. De-
positors are greatly enraged over the
loose business methods Of the Lcman
family, which ran the bank. X
The Norwegian steamship Gurley,
arrived ut Philadelphia, felt the ''earth
quake" when about 100 miles out at
sea. The sea rose up and the ship
dived so that the decks We're flooded.
Chief Of Police Mertz of Spokane,
Wash, has been removed from office
by the city council. The action of the
council is supposed to have been based
on political reasons.
Naval officials regret that the condi-
ttOn OF our docks is such that the bat
tleslip Indiana will have OF be sent to
Halifax to be dOckcd preliminary to
her speed trial.
Secretary Herbert will appeal to
Congress for an increase of enlisted
men for the navy sufficient to utilize
the vessels now nearing completion,
probably 1000 to 1900 men.
Rev. John w. Shorten, pastor of the
NJ. E. church at Mason, Ohio, thirty
miles from Cincinnati, and Miss Mag
gle Geyer, aged sixteen, who sang alto
In the choir, are missing. 1t is be-
lieved that they have eloped.
The new bauleship Iowa will with
stand the projectiles Of the best T.
inch gun aflOat. That was the cOnclu-
sion drawn from one Of the most im-
portant tests ever made at the govern
lnent proving ground at Indian Head.
All the costumes imported by Fran
els Wilson for his new opera, 1.-THE
Chteftain." were seized by customs
oticers at New York on the ground of
differentiation. The value Of the cos
tunes was given as 1880 and the
customs officials have ordered the val.
uatfon increased 200 per cent,
DR.. Frederick A. Cook Of BROOKLYN.
tho arctic explorer, denies that he in.
tends starting on an exploring tour In
/ the Anarctic region this year. The
DOCTOR explains that he had planned
last winter to start on such trip
early this month, but had been COM
PEELED to postpone It because of. lack
/! Of funds.
The Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
ana the Chicago, Milwaukee L. st.
iaui railroads are charged with hay.
Ing dealings with Omaha brokers' on
Chicago business. It is understood
that the matter viii be brought at
once before the Western Passenger as
sociation. The Burlington and No TIL
western are the complainants.