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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1895-11-22
Fleet. G.th..

Cnrstantinople. Nov. 18.-The italian
ffeet is on its way to SaIonfca bay ia
join the British fleet Of about twenty
warships already there. The French
and Russian feet is expected there
shortly. The representative Of the
powers, as a result of communications
exchanged with their governments,
have had another informal meeting Mt
the French embassy. When the four
squadr0ns have united and the British
ambassador returns some decided step
upon the part Of the powers may be
anticipated.
News received here from the district
Of Van to-day records fresh massacres
Of Armenian Christians there. The
Kurds of Van are said to be attack.
Ing and pillaging the Armenian vii.
hges, and the Turkish officials are re.
ported to be pOwerless to preserve
order.
Further troubles are also reported at
Kharput. Malitich and Arabkir, and
ut Marash the blOodshed and outraRes
are said to have been even more ter.
rible and prolonged than at Erzer0um.
During the rioting at Marash, Had.
jim and Orfah, the American mis-.
siOnaries, thanks to the strong repre-.
sentati0us made on the subject to the
porte by the United States ambas.
saior. Alexander w. Terrell. were pro
tected by the Turkish gendarmes. This
1t Is known. was by direct order Of
the porte telegraphed to the Turkish
officials at the places mentioned.
Owing to additional disquieting news
just received here from Slvas, Mr.. Ter.
rell has renewed his demand that the
porte protect the missionaries, and he
is holding the Turkish government re-
sponsible for their lives.
There are rumOrs in llussian circles
here OF great activity being displayed
inconnectlon with the Black sea fleet
Of Russia, and for some time past i'm.
pOrtant movements of troops are
known to have been taking place ON
the frontiers Of Russia. nearest to the
disturbed districts Of Asiatic Turkey.
Perseeutea Turks.
COnstantinople, Nov. 16.-Ohicial dis.
patches published here to-day from the
disturbed distrlcts say that the Ar.
menians In every case have been the
aggressors and attacked the Mussul-
mans, who were obliged to defend
themselves against the ferocity of thS
Armenians. At Arabkir, Oct. 20 and
q. the official reports add, the Arme-
mans set fire to mosque, school and
bazaar with bombs and massacred q
number Of M0hammedans. The au.
thorities, 1t 10 claimed, afterwards dis
covered forty bombs, which the Arme.
mans intended tosexplode in the local
barracks and government Offices.
On Nov. 2, still according to the OH.
cial announcements. the Armenians Of
Erzinghtan attacked the government
ofiices, barracks and other buildings,
but were dispereed BY The military.
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Died I'm Colorado.

Died I'm Colorado.
Denver, Ohio. Nov. f8.-Arch Eaton.
nephew of ex-President Harrison. died
at st. Luke's here to-day Of consunp-
tion.
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Rev. DR.. Samuel Ashton Keene. a
noted evangelist and author. widely.
known In religious circles throughout
the United States. Is dead at Delaware.
Ohio, aged SO years.
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Drowned While After Deer.
Brafnerd, Minn.. Nov. l5-John Fish
.r, aged 23, was drowned at Hay lake,
near Backus. yesterday, while crossing
the Ice hunting deer. His body was
sent to his home at Gushing.
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accidentally kille,

AcrtuCntNNy Killed.
Baldwin. Wis.,. Nov. led Afurnhy.
a prosperous farmer residing near
Hammond. was thrown from his
wagon las: night and killed.
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Tuesday, nov. IL.

Grafton's new school building has
been accepted.
Necle has no pigs and is very dry
town now.
The contempt case Of Ed Cole In
Fargo was postponed sine die.
Portland is to have an addition to It's
school house.
Billy Dalton is the name Of the latest
bOotlegger gathered in at Casselton.
Ellendale and Oakes want telephone
connections.
John ROndeau was accidentally shot
by his brother near Pembina, and may
die.
Bottineau had Jail delivery, and
three prisoners escaped. Outside aid is
suspected.
John Hoover, formerly night oper-
at0r ut I.akOta is missing with $500 Of
express company funds.
Albert johnson of Mekinok sold some
of his employers wheat and il in trou.
ble galore.
III. Il. and Oscar Boyd of Wl,eatland
at Pingrec.
Express Messenger Il. A. Stephenson
Of the Great Northern. got his leg
caught between the bumpers near
Bowdle last week.
Robert Moulton of Crystal had sew
enty-five turkeys and Friday had q
'.sh0otlng match" for 'm-largely at
tended by Pembina county farmers.
Grand Forks wants factory to
manufacture the Stande mower, in.
vented by young man from Kemp
tor.
David Feagles Of Afenoken was
bound over at Bismarck charged with
selling booze without n government
license.
Register Of Deeds Stampcn of Grand
Forks has nandamused tile auditor for
81 ,GG6 Of back salary, which he claims
is due him.
j. G. Gill was fifty-two years Of age
last Sunday, aud there was q big birth
day party ut his home, which everyone
enjoyed.
POttineau county commissioners re-
solve to sell $4,000 g per cent ten year
bonds-to fund. and same to lie sold to
i. r: Fulton & Co., ut not less than
Far.
Dickey county has a $4,000 Jail, and
1t rs complained that 1t won't hold any
prisoner, who has energy enough to
saw his way out. A prisoner did this
the other night, and then stole horse
from q neigllborlng farmer and slopetl.
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sunday, New. 10.

Crystal farmers have no trouble
about getting cars.
Michigan City's depot Is being put
in better shape.
The new elevator at Herrlot's siding
Will be ready for business the first Of
the week.
9. D. Holt got Judgment in Judge
McConnell's court against the state
bank OF Lisbon for 5000.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. e. Wallace Of
Jamestown, will reside ut Bismarck
during the winter.
William Campbell Of Rathgate, was
thrown from his buggy and quite SER
io,tsly injured.
Frank Redmond plead guilty to
charge Of riftiing Wheatland young
lady's trunk md received thirty days.
Willow City's Catholic church will
he begun this full if the subscription
list pass out satisfactorily.
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Thpysaay, Hev, IL.

j. b, Ls Deus. an old pioneer Of the
Turtle mountains, is dead.
Jamestown has several cases Of t..
IphoM fcver. 49,.
Feassnden talks Of shipping its water
for drinking purposes.
a n,andan fellow got eight days for
lnElciHillg some towels.
II 4 : ssats Sbseu nutilatins
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Hannnfoni is Offering bonus for a
Touring mill. =. :
Another saloon license has been
taken out In Bismarck, making ten In

NIL. x. '5 - =
A farm laborer at Fessenden lost his
summers savings, $40, to eambler
IN q very few minutes.
The spring meeting Of the sheyenne
Valley Coursing club will be held at
Lisbon. =
1t is said that the Cando roller mills
are to change hands soon, considera-
tion $1,000.
The largest single payment ever
made into the state treasury was bv
Cass county last week-$34,OOO.
Mrs. George Knauss of Crosier was
thrown from a wagon and sustained a
broken collar bone.
The Alliance Hail Association Of
Jamestown don't have to pay losses
until December, but pays half now, to
accommodate patrons.
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S0pyriGnt. Dy Associated Press. 1S)5.)
Constantinople. Nov. IA. - 1t was
stated today in European circles here
that as result Of nm additional OK.
change Of views between the powers.
through their representatives here and
at the different capitals, It ia believed
that q joint course OF action involving
q display Of naval and possibly milf
tary force has already been decided
upon with a view Of restoring order in
Armenia, recent events having clearly
demonstrated tllat the sultan has no In
tention OF really carrying out the
scheme for reform agreed upon some
time ago, after 80 much delay and an
noyance. Nothing definite, however.
appears to be known regarding the
course OF action decided upon: but n
is now believed that the sultan win
not he allowed to trifie with the amlas.
sadors for many days longer, and news
OF an important nature Is expected MT
any moment.
yne rumors so persistently circu.
lated for many weeks past as to the
probability that the sultan would he
deposed. are repeated on all sides TO.
day. ana 1t would seem that they NAV
have been revived by some definite
statement on the subject. having heen
overheard by some Of the embassies.
snubbed BY the sultan.
Each day shows the situation Of af-
fairs here to be growing more threat
entng. The reply of the porte to the
communications sent to It after the
meeting Of the ambassadors yesterday,
has been awaited with interest, az In
the note the representative Of the
powers used much stronger language
than heretofore, and positively insist
ed upon being Immediately Informed
as to what steps the Turkish govern
nent intended to take for the restora.
ti0n of order In the disturbed provinces
of Asia Min0r. The porte to-day, re-
plying to the identical notes Of the am
lassadors Of Germany, Austria and
Italy, simply sa:u ,nat information re.
garding the scheme for reform in Ar.
menia would l,e forwarded to the rep
resentatives Of the powers without
In other words these three ambassa-
dors at least have obtained no salts
faction Mt all. It is not yet known IL
the notes Of the ambassadors of Great
Britain, Russia and France have been
replied to. bat 1t 10 presumed that they
were also assured that their requests
tor Information regarding the proposed
reforms would b. complied with With
out delay.
Surprise 10 expressed even by the
diplomats Of this city. who expect al
most anything from the porte ct the
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Fort Worth, Tex. Nov. Is. - Mrs.
Caroline Mann Of Fort Worth, who
was murdered in Laredo. has a son
here, Mr.. Arko Herold. He thinks the
real name of the man who killed him
self after killing Mrs. Mann and his
niece, not daughter. as the dispatches
had 1t, fs Kuntz who was an admirer
Of Mrs. Mann. Herold's father was a
German DObleman. and the child who
was murdered with his mother was
the daughter of her stepdaughter. Her
old has left for Laredo to attend tho
interment Of his mother. When she
left here she had over $1,000 in money,
and visited Dallas and Houston. From
the latter place he had a letter In
which she stated she might so to Ia.
redo.
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Copyright, 1905, by Associated Presy.)
e;onstantfnople, Nov 15.-The rurk-
ish minister for foreign affairs. Tewfik
l'aslla, replied today to the notes of
the diplomatic representatives of Great
britain, Russia and France, assuring
them. as he had previously assured
the ambassadors of Germany. Austria
and Italy, TINT the Turkish govern.
mcnt's statement as to what measures
1t intends to take for the suppression
OF disorders In Asia Minor Will be pre-
sented "without delay"
The statement published in tho
United States that there has been
trouble at Angora and Palu. and that
lNO Armenians there have been mas
sacred, Is also clumsy invention. No
news Of u disturbance Of any kind has
reached here from Angora or Palu.
In the meanwhile fresh disturbances
are reported from Malntiah, where a
number OF persons have been killed, in
cluting four priests Of the Society Of
Jesus, who are under French protec-
tlon. The French ambassador, n.
.Cambon, has been appealed to, and is
preparing very strong representation
ON the subject for the porte. A SQUAD.
ron Of
Five French Warsh1ps
has sailed from the Pirneus for Turk
ish waters, and 1t is stated that an
ltaltan fleet will rendezvous will, the
British fleet within u few days. There
has been most serious trouble at Cae-
sare. not far from Jerusalem, but no
details of the rioting there have vet
reached this city.
A great panic prevails at ut Moosh,
owing to the Kurdish movement. All
those wi.o can do SO are fleeing from
the city and neighborhood. Many pco.
pie are reported to have been robbed
and murdered while fleeing. Troops
arc. 1t Is claimed, being hurried to the
spot.
Replying to the inquiry Of the United
States Ambassador. Mr.. Terrell, as to
the safety Of the American mission
aries. Commissioner Darnham has tel.
egrapled from Harput, saying that the
missionaries are alive, but in extreme
danger. Mr.. Terrell has Informed
Tewtik Pasha that the government
will he held responsible for the safety
Of the missionaries. The Turkish
minister Of foreign affairs has assured
Mr.. Terrell that everything possible
will be done for their protection. A.
Mr.. Terrell has great influence with
the palace authorities. 1t may be pre-
sumed that Tewfik paslla will keen
Ills WOrl
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TRAGEDY IN TEXAS,
DOUBLE MURDER AND SUICIDE 4.
LAREDO. 80
a wona. and q child Are pr,ve.
20 the Edge Of the Town ~ 8
stfangef Claiming to Be the Huss
bead aaa Father and Are MuraeRs
ed. (

Laredo, Tex, Nov. Is. ~ murder
most foul and In cruelty exceeding
anything that has ever transplred in
this vicinity was unearthed early this
morning. Various stories were circu.
ated as to who the murderer was, aud
the murderer has been found dead, he
having committed suicide at an early
hour this morning, where he had reg
istered Monday with a middle aged
woman and an cigllt-year-old girl "a C,
Shuler and family of san Antone.
The woman had stated that she and
her husband were from st. Louis, AMI
more recently from Fort Worth, where
her son kept hotel Her husband hail
position In view, she said, with a
railway company in Monterey. About
: o'clock yesterday Afternoon the man
procured horse and buggy, ostensi.
Dly to drive his wife and child to the
depot. About 4:3O he returned the
tHffy this mUf1fffg z ate tifcnh> .shepeta .tss eta
discovered two bodies lying in some
brush about three miles northeast Of
the city. EIe Immediately notified the
city officials. who brought the remains
to the morgue. They were identified
as having been seen with the so-called
Shuler. The chief Of police immetli-
ately called at Hotel Hamilton, where
he had registered. The proprietor. Mr..
Christen, called to him over the tran
som, and Immediately received re-
sp0nse. He was asked where his wife
and child were, and that Mr.. Christen
desired to see him. He replied that he
would come to the door very shortly,
but after some delay a pistol shot was
heard. 1t was some time before the
police could enter the room. The man
was found lying dead on the bed with
a bullet In his heart. Under his pillow
was found an insurance policy for $3,-
600 In his own favor and a deed Of
trust executed for property in East
st. Louis. Several letters were found
In trunks from various persons. some
addressed to William lkuntz, st. louis
and Fort Worth, and others to Mrs.
Caroline Mann, East st. Louis and
Dallas.
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VERY CUTE CLERK.
AN ORIGINAL PLAN FOR R0nnYNo
SHOE DEALERS.

Arrangements Made By q Clerk to
Let People Have Goods Without
Fayang aad Afterwards to Col.
sece Melf.Pfloe for the Articles.
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PEaBl PEs1NA COUNTY FRIDAY NOVEMBER y 1895

action OF the sultan In sailctioninr t,,1
omcial note issued Yesterday. M % cshias n.s
exclusively by the Associatefi pross
e; Expressing Abdul Hamed's thanks for
s..ss sne sner9etic measures taken BY the
~ .npe.ial authorities" In "suppressina
sne., .ne ulsturMnces In Asia Minor" as.
ss'rtll9 that order has now been re.
stored 10 gu the districts recently the
scene OF riots and Conflicts" and add.
Jug Inat precautions have been taken
This really locks -'
Mke Mecklng the Ambassadors.
sL anu as second In Importance only to
tne IN e, sono administered by the sultan
m.. ~ Ireat Britain In decorating Bahri
issna ana giving him the commnnd
.. troops going to Zeitoun after he had
~ veeu removed from q g0vernorship at
the instance of the British amtmssa. !.
uor, Slr fhiup Currle, for his iii treat.
ment or Arlnenians,
As to order being restored In the din.
tnrnca districts. 1t need only he snid
tnat mobiitzation Of about 15O.OO0
..oops 10 De sent to these districts Ia
pLCsresslhg as actively as the Turk
ish government can push an undertak.
ing, hampered as 1t is by a lack Of
ficials. e''Ase VI its OF
Then. again. advices received here
.e.oay announce fresh disturbances at
Aa1asn. bltlis and sivas, with their
fte9enS ~aaaAsNs8 8GEieee Cur .uur = -tm,rarr1,.
OF Turkish troops, which was In gar.
rison at ZeitOuM, and which recently
distinguished itself by surrounding
and shooting down a number of Ar.
lnenian insurgents, was later besiegeil
In Its barracks by the Armenians. to
whom the soldiers eventually capitu.
lated, with arms and ammunition. bag
and baggage. 1t is added TINT the AZ.
menians now occupy the quarters at
Zeitoun previously occupied by the
Turkish soldiers.
The Armenians, 1t Is further stated.
have also garrisoned all the important
positions In and about Zeitum. and are
gathering ammunition and provisions.
throwing up other fortifications and In
every way preparing to hold the place.
Zeit0un is on the route from Arabghcr
to Alepro. and is an important iron
mining center.
Considerable anxiety ia felt In Amer.
lean circles here OIL account Of the nh.
sence of news from the districts where
the American missionaries are sta
toned. and the United States ambassa.
dor. Mr.. Terrell. has telegraphed to
Commissioner narnham at Harput.
asking him if the American missions
are safe.
According to advices to-day from
Had1ln, several villages in that vicin.
tty have been attacked by rioters, who
massacred the inhabitants and plum
dered their property. 1t is feared that
the disturbances will spread to Had.
jim. '
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Friday, Nov. rs.

Foot ball is popular with the stu
dents Of the colleges Of the valley.
The enforcement League struck La.
kota and everything there is dry now.y
United States court opens ut Grand
Forks. There will be no grand jury
at this term. -
Albert Morck, a Stutsman countx.
farmer. has struck wNter at
$50 feet and has a good flow Of
water.
John Buckley. n we'll known North.
ern Pacific engineer, died at Coopers-
town Of pneumonia. He has been ON
the COOperst0wn branch ten years.
That mill down in Sargent county
hns been pulled of at Harleln-$5O q
side and gate receipts, and three
rounds did 1t,
jamestown has had one OF those
Eastern divorce cases, In which the
party receiving the decree Immediately
married another cnd lit out, Just like
the regular Grand Forks and Fargo
affairs.
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Casualties.

Michael. Fagan, farmer Of Rock
ford, Ill, was fatally crushed while
attempting to drive loaded wagon
under an arch at the mill. ;,
The steamer Joe Peters, plying be-
tween Memphis and Vicksburg, sank
1T island No. f3 with a cargo Of about
40 tons of miscellaneous freight.
Willie Hoelscller, aged seven years,
was burned to death In a corn crib ut
Store Church, Ill. He had been play.
angs With matches. The barn and
house were also destroyed.
selgt Matthew M. Wolf, Company
b, Twenty-third regiment, u. 8. A.,
died suddenly Mt the recruiting Office
j ct Dallas, Tex, from hydrOplobia, re-
sulting from the bite Of a cat.
Near shelbyyille, Ind. the barn on
EraSk Loves form was burned and
the Gharred remains of an unknown
man were found in the ruins. 1t In
suspected he was murdered and the
harm was fired to conceal the crime.
Farmer Joe Vincent, near Pana, ILL.,,
as reported to Ike IN a dangerous condi-
tlOn from pOis0nlng. taken Into his
9Nystem by eating buckwlleat cakes In
/ which ehinch bugs were ground up In
| the nlesl.
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PEOPLE In ,,riat.

: Physicia rs report ex-Lieut. Gov. Al
word OF Syracuse, N. T.. much better
and likely to recover.
Gen. Cassius NJ. Clay has concluded
to send his young wife to school in
stead Of having governess for her.
Mrs. d. P. Bowers, a well known
actress who achieved wide repute as
an impersonat0r Of standard charnc-
l ter, died In Washington.
William Libbey, retired merchant
who formerly was assOciated Ia busi-
ness with A. +. Stewart, died sudden
" at his home in New York.
DR.. John Meyer, a former resident
Of Carlyle, ILL.,, died In st. Louis. He
was ninety-three years of age and has
spracticed medicine for nearly seventy
years.
II 10 denied by a friend Of the fam
ily OF ex-COngressman William HOl-
man that he will remain in Washing
ton. He viii probably be a candidate
for reelection to congress from his
Indiana district.
i James Whitcomb Riley has cont
pIe1ed a new series Of poems IN which
he vdfles the treatment OF each one to
such an extent that they are said to
show the Hoosier poets versatility to
q remarkable degree.
Harold Frederic rcca.ls tile fact that
tte- rrflSsian Order Of Merit. which
Herbert Spencer Inns declined. was
declined years ago l.y Arago aud
INLAND, and that It was excepted by
Carlyle, who would never accept any
thing else.
Truman g. Curtis, aged eiglltyreight.
died at Oarrollton, Ill. He was =
writer at an early day and collector
for Congressman Andrew Williams.
who fitted out the first steamship
for California commerce. In 1885 be
vas a teacher in Cuvier college in
New Orleans.
George Alexander, the well known
actor and theatrical manager, who has
planned to reopen the st. james then
ter. with '.1'he Divided Way" was
charged In q police court in London
with gross misconduct ON q street.
The magistrate, addressing Mr., Alex
auder, eaid that the. p0liceman's evi-
dence was coreoborate.l; but he would
give the actor-manager the benefit Of
the doubt, and consequently the dis
!. charge of Mr.. Alexander was ordered.
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Pennsyivanis. where il al trsee f of them them
vas lost. They are thou9ht 10 Is rart
Of the old Cooley gang of outlaws.
f Joseph Naearia. a Nranchr.n -.
arrested in NaW York On \ chsr.s W. e
embesxline Mil0O \ francs Srcns a. ~
Company Transntlanfin,,e H. tfa v.s ~
an AGENT Of the comnanv ana 1 !. " 81.
legged TO have ahscondni ,rhe MN ~
3,8O7, francs In nofes vss fos,nS lin IL h1s
pocketn. - - = - .
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hv ths cc.cspSs. psssn s...LM,.p aas peSn cnaEge0
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M ana. II m ~ no,,c. ~ s1M .sn W. mnstsSo Wssn,,
him IN. hn,,sa h,'s,,. @ aS" .na ~ ~. ok
rnin. -. Scn,d en- ,.,.s- Su y sos s.s. .sN .ae
An invnst,rstio,, % she,y ~ y ~. ~ n.s .s wl.e; Il,