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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-22
Many Volunteers.

Minneapolis. May 15.-Supt. Jordan.
OF the public schools. states that 3.18a
girls and 1917 boys have volunteered
to help move the old Stevens house to
Its new location in Minnehaha Park.
The distance between the present site
and the future location Of the house
Will he divided into seven relays, one
seventh of the total number of chill
dren assisting Oh each relay. The chill
dren will gather Mt their respective
schools on the morning Of May q, and
vii! be taken to the starting points Ut
their relays.
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zoo s1I;Cn v'IlviArnR.
I Sce10uSs F1oodn IN Dl6erent Poft-
sys iona Ot vNlacOnsiM, S 48%

See10uG F1ools IN Dl6erent Port
ion. Ot Wiaconsin.6
. Chippewa Falls, Wis, May 15.-The
, most severe ruin storm that has Wis
tied this city for years raged here to-
day. From two and a half to three
inches OF water fell. The streets were
turned into creeks and the sewers
were unable to carry away the water.
Many cellars were filled. Very heavy
winds accompanied the storm. The
residence Of John Smith, was struck
bS lightning, tearing the plaster and
partitions down. The Wisconsin Cen.
tral road suffers the most by wash
outs between here and st. Paul. BE-
tween Chippewa and Albertville 400
feet Of. track and four bridges were
carried away. Train No. 9 il held up
ct siding and viii not get through
for several hours.
Messages from Rl00mer, fourteen
miles north Of here, say that !. cloud
burst flooded the city and did much
damage. The same advices say Dun
can creek has risen far above the
height 1t reached during the food of
1894, when 10 much damage was done
between Bl0Omer and this city. The
water has already taken the founda.
ton of several buildings away, allow
Ing them to settle IN five or six feet Of
water. The dam belonging to the Con-
solidated Milling and Power company.
which was replaced about six months
ago. is still intact, but there is an
enormous pressure of water against It,
and 1t is not known whether it will
be able to Withstand the current or
not. The creek is constantly rising,
and volume of water is flowing over
the crest Of the dam, with the roar of
q Niagara. 1t is expected that the
water will reach Chippewa Falls at
midnight, but whether It will be a
repetition. Of the f1cod of two years
ago depends solely upon the STAYING
qualities of the Bloomer dam. From
advices received at Bloomer it is safe
to say that the rainfall was much
heavier there than in this portion of
the country. Duncan creek has risen
three feet in this city in a few hours.
and families living along it's banks are
preparing to move out.
Destruction at Men0minee.i
Menominee, Wis, May Is. - Ire
mendous rain storms last night Gre
ated flood in Wilson creek, which
flows into the Red Cedar at this point,
and this morning the Omaha and MI.
waukee railway bridges, two wagon
bridges and the dam at the mouth of
the creek went out with q roar. The
accumulated debris struck Knapp.
Stout & Co.'S electric light house, q
brick structure. and washed away
about half of it, and then, MASKING
against the bridge across the Red Ce-
dar smashed II like a cookie sholl
The city water main across Wilson
creek also went out, leaving North
Menominee without water supply.
Electric light, telegraph ana telephone
wires are down and all is confusion.
The loss will amount to $4,000. Pas
sengers for the Omaha are being taken
by team to Rusk, a station on the
main line five miles east of here. The
Milwaukee will be unable to get
train through for at least week.
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MARKET REPORTS.
Latest Quotations From Grain and
live Stock Centers.

Latest QuOtatiOns From Grain and
live Stock Centers.
Chicago, ILL.,. May 16.-Wheat-May,
G2 ) Sc: June, GO Use; July, 63 :s-Sc bid;
September. G4atj4 1.Sc. Corn-May,
% -78c: June. % 7-Sc; July. 20 7-Sc;
September. 31a31 1-Sc. Oats--May,
10 3-Sc; July, 10 1-Sc; September. 19a
10 7-Sc. Pork-Aiay. $7.72 IL; July,
$3.50; September, $7.97 IL. Lard
May, SLIGO; July, $4.67 1-2a4.7O: Sep
tember. $4.S2 1-2a4.85 asked. Ribs
May. $4.05; July. SAP 1-2Q4.15 asked;
September. $4.27 IL asked. FLAX
Cash. Sc 1-2c; May, Sac; July. s5c;
September. SIC. Timothy-Cash, $3.50;
May, $'.30; September. 1905. Rye-
Cash, 3a 1-fc; May, 38 lac; July, 37c;
August, 3sc; September, SOC. Barley
Cash, No. 5, 29a36c.
Chicago, ILL.,, May 16.-Hogs-Light
grades Slow and barely steady: others
steady to SC higher; light, $3.30a35O;
mixed, $3.25a3.45; heavy, $3.O5a3.4O
rough, S3.O5a3.15. Cattle-Stroug to
1Oc higher; heeves. $3.45a4.45; cows
and lleifers, $1.6Oa3.S5; Texas steers,
S2.115a4.1 10; stockers and feeders, $2.oOa
$50.
Minneapolis, May 16.-Alay closed at
wv III, JuIy UleHeu sit % 0-4Css ulSneSr,
81 Lie; lowest. 60 3-Sa6O Lee asked;
closed at GO 3-4aGO 7-8c; September
opened at 60 3-4c; highest, 81 Csc; low
est. 60 5-Sc: closed at 60 7-Sa61c. On
tlaclS-No. hard. 81 5-sc; No. 1 North
ern. go :-Sc; No. 2 Northern. 50 7-Sc.
Milwaukee. May 1G.-Flour is steady.
Wheat steady; No. 2 spring. G1aG3c;
No. Northern, Go Ice; July. G3a
CD 5-Sc. Corn firm; No. g, % 1-2a:29c.
Oats steady; No. 2 white. 20 3-4a27c;
No. 8 white. 20 Lee. Barley firm; No.
2 September. 42c; sample, 34c. Rye
steady and quiet; No. 1. 39c 1-2c. Pro-
visions firlner; pork, $7.55a7 IS; lard,
$4.65a4.7O.
South Saint Paul, May 1G.--Receipts,
1000 hogs, 200 cattle, and 10 calves.
Hogs Steady; quality very good. Cat.
tle-Firm and active; good demand for
fat cattle and heavy butcher steers:
good demand also for yearlings and
stockers.
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Jnckson'. Trial Ncarlx Enae

Jnckson's Trial Nearly Ended.
Newport. Ky, May. 15.-After twen-
ty-three days since the trial of Scott
jackson began the arguments, which
consumed the last three days, ended
to-day. Tomorrow morning the case.
will be given to the jury. The pris-
oner,sthough apparently weary, and.
during the past three days q trifie.
crestfallen. has maintained his self
possession to the last. Thessweather.
nearly all the time has been in the.
nlneties. Some Of the jury are .becom-
Ing exhausted. and for that reason it
was decided not to give the case to.
them till tomorrow morning.
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4 Mr.. Andrew d. White, lately our
minister to Russia, has shown that
there are more murders in the United
States in proportion to it's population,
than in any other country on the globe.
This probably does not take into &C.
count such ebullitions of enthusiasm
rs the Armenian massacres, but even
Mithou these, 1t is humiliating and
4 depressing statement.
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It is computed that from $4,000 to
10000 persons are actively engaged in
/ the jewelry trade of Birmingham, and
the amount of capital embarked in
II, - larger than that of any other Bir-
I mingham industry. The annual con-
Il sumption Of gold is in value 5000
pounds and Of silver $4,000 pounds
sterling. Sovereigns are still extens-
lively used for melting up,," instead Of
grain gold.
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STRIKE OVER.
ALI the Cars Running - Men Come
From Buffalo

ALI the Cars Running - Men Come
From Buffalo
Milwaukee. May 1.-THE street rail-
way strike is practically over. The
company is to-day operating 155 cars.
two more than the usual number, and
traffic is maintained without interrup.
ton OH all the lines. Thirty expert
cnced men came from Cleveland to-
day. and the same number from Buff
falo. The latter were in uniform. The
company now st1tes that It now has
nearly enough men to operate it's lines
regularly. OBJECTIONS have to be fig
ured on. however. The strikers cut the
trolley wires on North avenue this
morning. and the police made eight
arrests for the act. including member
OF the grievance committee of the
strikers. Z
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-22
PITH OF THE NEWS.
EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN 4
CONDENSED FORM.
A General Resume OF the Nest IA.
portant News OF the Week, From
all Parts OF the Globe, Doilea
Dswa and Arranged In Con.
venient Fora for Rapid Per.
usal by Busy People.
Warrington TAX.


Senator Thurston from the commit.
tee on international expeditions made
B favorable report upon the bill to aid
The proposed exposition at Nashville,
Tenn.
The house committee on pensions or.
dered favorable report on the bill in
troduced by Representative Stallings
to increase the pensions Of veterans Of
the Mexican and Indian wars and
their widows from So to $12 q month.
A trip Of inspection Of many of the
local land Offices in Minnesota, Mon
tana, Idaho, California and Colorado
will be made during June by Commits
sioner Lamoreux Of the general land
Office.
People I'm Print.
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want a General strike

Milwaukee. May 15.-president Mn.
hon, of the Federated Street HALLWAY.
employees, has sent a telegram to Pres
ident Gompefs, OF the American Fed..
Grafton of Labor, who is at Indianapo-.
lis. summoning him to this citv ar
once. 1t Is understood that it ia nro-
posed to order a general strike Of
all labor organizations in the CITY in,
support Of the street railway strike.
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Senator Reagan Of Texas, who was
9eSent at the battle of Cold Harbor,
aDays that If Grant had succeeded in
Breaking Lees lines the Confederate
had not a regiment of re-
serves to put into the fight. Grant in
seurred heavy losses at Cold Harbor,
but It seems that he tried to end the
s1ar on that field.
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The fact is now recalled that years
ago Bismarck said that President Kru-
sGer. Of the Boer republic, was the
greatest statesman he ever met. The
British statesmen were not SO wise
- Bismarck. They underestimated
the man they were dealing with, and
consequently find themselves lin a
h0le.''
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Exulosson ~ ycsr. Nam,

Explosion Of Fire Damn
Mcnongahela City. Pa, May 1G.--By
an explosion of fire damp in the Monon-
gallela mines this morning Wash
GlOugliton. colored, was killed and Il.
Wiles fatally burned.
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A Richmond paper declares that Fitz-
hugh Lee mixed the first mint julep
that President Cleveland ever drank.
Congressman Livingston of Georgia
Is talked Of for o candidate to COM
plete the Democratic presidential
ticket.
Gen. Wolseley says the man who be-
lieves the time is coming when there
will be no wars is dangerous dream
err
Thomas w. Keene made contract
with Charles B. Hanford, who will
manage his tour next season and act
with him.
John Wright, leading planter Of
Ceylon. protects his employees from
cholera by giving each teaspoonful
Of charcoal every morning.
Describes tercentenary will be OBJ
served BY the publication Of a COM
plete edition of his works. by author
lty of the French government.
Mrs. Emma Van Horn, q travelling
physician, dropped dead after eating
hearty breakfast at Edinburg, Ind.
She was about As years Of age. She
gave her residence as Indianapolis,
and relatives at that place have been
Notified.
DR.. William j. Scott, for years the
reading member of the profession in
Cleveland, is dead, aged "a years, after
Z brief illness. He had held professor
ships in various medical colleges. and
had been president Of the State Medi-
ral association.
Billy Williams, the oldest Of the Nez
Perces Indians, and the last of those
who saw the explorers, Lewis and
Clark. when they crossed the CONT
nent from the Atlantic to the Pacific,
ninety odd years ago, died at Kamiah,
idaho, April 6. His exact age was not
known.
Leonard Huxley is hard at work on
the life Of his father, the late Prof.
Huxley, but the volume is not likely
to appear before the autumn. An in
teresting feature of it will be num-
Der Of letters on social and political
subjects addressed by the professor to
an extensive circle Of correspondents.
Mrs. Anna D. Clemmer, the dairy
commissioner Of the State of Colorado,
Is . self-rcliant, progressive woman.
She lives at Boulder, where she has a
Jersey herd, and with her-own hands
makes 200 pounds Of butter a month.
Two miles from Boulder she has hay
ranch Of 16O acres and 1000 chickens,
to all Of which she gives her personal
attention, besides looking after her
Office in Denver.
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From Foreig. shores.


Roman newspapers deny that nego.
tfations are pending for cession of
Kassala to Great Britain
England has refused extradition In
the case Of Cornelius Hertz the Pana-
ma canal lobbyist wanted in France.
A letter from Smyrna, Western Tur-
key, says that Armenian relief funds
are diminishing while the number OF
destitute is increasing.
The newspapers confirm the rumoy
that II. Herbette, French ambassad o9
to Germany, will only return to Berlin
to present his letters of recall. {.
A body Of 1000 dervish riflemen and
a large body Of mounted dervishes
have been seen near Akasheh. They
appear to be concentrating for an at
tack upon that place. :
The emperor Of Russia has ordered
10000 decorated goblets to be dis
tributed among his subjects who at
tend the festivities in connection with
his cornation next month at Moscow.
Preparations are being made to ap-
peal through Brussels against the &C,
quittal Of Capt. Lothair, the Belgian
officer who hanged the English trader
Stokes in the Congo Free State.
1t is said that the Spanish govern
ment has declined the Pope's meditai
ton in Cuban affairs, on the grounG
that the acceptance would be tnnta{
mount to recognizing Americas right
to interfere. 4,
II Hung Chang was received IN audi
cnce by the czar and czarina and pre-
sented the cZar with the order Of tho
Double Dragon, studded with large
brilliants, upon behalf of the emperor
Of China. :.
Constantinople newspapers were au-
thorized to announce the death Of tho
shah Of Persia, but without stating tho
cause. One newspaper announces that
the shah was out for walk, felt un.
well and died suddenly.
Spanish papers announce the mar
rigs OF the eldest daughter Of Gen
Martinez Campos, the predecessor Of
Gen. Weyler in Cuba, and the marquis
Of Cayo del Rey. Gen Campos is now
in Germany with his second daughter.
who is extremely ill.
The czarewitch, who is i'll at Nice,
passed restless and feverish night.
His mother, the exempress Of Russia,
was at his bedside during the greater
part Of the night. The physicians
have ordered a change of air, but his
condition prevents him from being
moved at present.
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Tntcrnatlonal "stufr. "

Washington. May 1t;-Thc house CON-
mittce on coinage. weights and meas
ures to-day decided. by a unanimous
vote. to authorize n favorable report
on resolution introduced l,y G.. w.
Stone 0f Pennsylvania authorizing pre.
liminary proceedings looking to the
adoption OF international coins.
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Banker Winne n..a

Humboldt. Iowa, May Is. = s. NJ.
Winnie. leading banker and tbe.
weaNhicst citizen of Humboldt.
hanged himself this morning. iii
heaith ana the sudden death of his
VIE caused great dependency. He
was sixty years of age.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-22
Curfew Endorsed

st. Joseph, Mo-. May 1G-The council
last night by an unanimous vote in
dOrsed the curfew ordinance as asked
for by Col. Hogeland. president Of the
National Boys and Girls Home. Chief
of Police Broder urged the passage Of
the measure before the council.
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Either Murder or suicide

E1theF MuFUeF or Suicide,
Oshkosh, Wis.,, May 16-The body of
an unknown man was found beside the
road about two miles west of this city
this morning. The throat had been cut
and large pocket knife was found
near the body, but the heavy rain had
washed all other traces away. Opinion
is divided between theories of murder
and suicide. .
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-22

Again a Brooklyn burglar has been
utterly routed and put to shame by a
b woman. Ii the new woman has made
herself unpleasant in some directions,
the world is at least indebted to her
Tor exploding the old superstition that
!. the average burglar is a desperate
man.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-22

remarkable quartette of persons
geEe the only guests at the Stewart
\ aousc, Long Island, VT, on a recent
sunday. One Of the guests was doc.
aSpt, ono . clergyman, enc a dealer in
sndertakers' supplies and the fourth
i ealer In gravestones.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-22

Mr.. Kelley, Of motor fame, has an
sAounced that hereafter his machine
will be propelled by the vibratory, ill.,
Dtead Of the vaporic ether method.
Well, it is quite immaterial, in either
ease, and what the world is waiting
Tor is results, not methods.
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here appears to be lull in the
suban matter, SO far as diplomacy is
sanncerned, but the insurgents are go.
l1 right ahead with the work. Of
owing that they deserve independ-
and that they do not propose to
1ecspt any other basis of settlement.
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Morrison Thclr ,Cbo,c.

NsVHrI1VM HuV1r On0JCe.
Tuscola. ILL.,. May IS. = The Demo.
Gratis of Douglas county after electinc
delegates to the state convention
passed n resolution favoring William
Il. Morrison for president, and the
restoration of silver to where it was
before its decentralization in 1873.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-22

h NJ estimates of the cost Of the
sI| AZ 1.lena canal submitted by engin.
M ss E ~ o high reputation vary from $780,.
"a u - g $50, O0O, 900, the whole sub.
II at present amounts to nothing
~ sl.6s \ than an engineering problem
ID 10 solution in sight.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-05-22

"a Germany water pipes are bel, &
lade Of glass without asphalt cover
S to prevent fracture. 1t is claimed
TIT they give thorough protection
AGAINST moisture in the ground,
A6xainst the action of acids and aka
i 0ea and that they cannot be penctrat.
~ bY gas.s.
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|sSSs Weyler contends that the time
n III not come Cor reforms in Cuba.
y WITH sinsurgent armies closing in on
u nse sides Of the trocha and mysteri-
] 4! - plosions in his palace, the gen.
H. may have occasion to change his
slalnt1 10 the course of month or two.
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Approved by the Prc.,a.,

Approvcd by the President
Washington, May IS. = The presi-
dent has approved the act making
provision for the deportation of Can:
adam Cree Indians from AIontana ana
their delivery to the Canadian authori.
ties.
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Moro Rfotlng ~ cl,1 =.

Shanghai. May Is. Anti-mission
terday. The British mission WINS iont.
ed and burned. The missionaries e.
capped.
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snow I'm Town.

Webster City. Iowa. May 1G-A fare
well snow fell in this county this
morning. 1t was light fall, hut was
very pronounced.
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d !! y q Russell had to retire from til.
3. - other night because her voice
Nj la n y AZ. The fair Lillian ought not
\ n T. little thing like that discourage
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Chadron, Neb., ana reported that ID
had killed his neighbor, Glenn SanteA
farmer near Ida. WEIGH has alwayS
borne . good reputation. 4
Arthur g. Wellington and Mira.
Fanny Speed, both Of Chicago, wer6
arrested at Colorado Springs, Col, on
complaint sworn out by the formers
wife and were brought to Denver
where Mrs. Wellington was waiting to-
receive. them.
Eddie Lochert, featherweight pugil,
list, tried to commit suicide at New;
York by taking paris green. He will
recover. Dependency over the DIM
Guilty he was experiencing In raising
money for the renewal Of his saloon
license was the cause Of his attempt
ut self-destruction.
G. Edward Eggleston, son Of the Chi,
cago multi-millionaire, and Mrs. G. ri
Turner, who eloped from Phoenix two
weeks ago, and were maieied at Tuci
son, Ariz, have been held to answer
before the federal grand jury, the
former for adultery and the latter for
bigamy. Both are in jail. 4:
The Office Of Frank Novak at Walker
village, fifteen miles west Of Cedar
pert burglars. The safe was blown
open with powder. The burglars sc,
cured 5000 in cash and $1,000 in ne!
gottable papers.
Oscar George Westphal, a barber,
struck George Bischoff, a tailor, such q
blow with his fist at Buffalo az to-
break his neck. Wesphars story IL
that Bischon was choking one Of his
pin bows in q bowling alley, and he
commanded him to desist. Bischof6
never stirred after he was hit.
The federal grand jury at Kansas
City indicted John r. Watkins, form4
erly vice president and superintendent
Of the Indian Rice Milling companyi
for violating the interstate commerce
law. The section Of the law under
which Watkins was indicted was the
tenth. which applies to the reporting Of
false weights by shippers.
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||'|'||:s'5i,'ess.
| oRTH DAKOTA
81 ssfs : signal victory 70,
Rayss 4 M a.! Ina battle near Zanj,
a. : n 9.ted to promote Spain,
sss' !. ding Cuba with promise,
!

Submarine boat, which viii
i,st under water for forty
y r. built at Baltimore. 1t IL
sssk lI y ~ this that navy depart
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Casualtfes.

Fire Quilted the store of the Good
year Rubber company at Buffalo. ell
failing loss of 100000.
The British fruit steamer which
went ashore off Highland Light was
the Forest Holme from Mediterranean
ports. She was 1ioated without DAM
age.
There was disastrous blaze at Syc-
amore, Ill. A Chicago Great Western
freight train caught fire and several
freight cars, a dining car, which was
on a nearby siding, and three oil
tanks were destroyed. The fire started
from an oil explosion in one of the
freight cars. Conductor Pierce per-
ished in the flames.
McEwan Bros & Co.'s saw mill mar
rowly escaped destruction by fire at
Bay City, Mich. Fifteen hundred
cords of slabs west Of the min were
destroyed. The entire department was
called out and the fire brought under
control. Had there been q high wind.
the mill and q million feet of lumber
would have been destroyed.
Oscar Brinh, a five-year-old boy, Nv
ing with his parents near Anna, ILL.,.
died from the effects of m Overdose of
morphine, administered by bis mother.
She Lad sent to the drug store for quiz
nine. The package was properly la
beled on the wrapper. A mistake had
been made, evidently by the packers,
and instead of quininei the bottle in
side the wrapper contained morphine.
The two baryes cut from their lash
ings when the steamer Vera Paz went
down have been found and towed to q
port Of safet ynear New Orleans. They
will be sold for salvage. The Vera Paz
and barges left Jenersonville, Ind,
March z, for Livingston, Guatemala.
The steamer was valued at $4,000
and the barges at $1,000 each.
Lecount G. Pierce. a Chicago Great
Western freight conductor, who was
killed by his train at Sycamore, ILL.,,
was resident Of Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
He was well known in railroad circles
having been a conductor for the Chlca-
go. Milwaukee & st. Paul for many
years. He leaves a wife and two chill.
dren. one Of the latter being the noted
boy singer, Willie Pierce.