The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1896-12-25

bs INN, a,,s va tss ar i, 81 10 mar
ybrinG III With him or send for his wife
I 0F Safent Or grandparent or minor
Child Or 4 grand hild. Notwithstanding
i lie inability 70 read and write. For
4 the purpose Of testing the ability Of
tn sitamigrAnt to read and write as re-
Qnlced by the foregoing section, the in
|. SpeCti0n q 0fiicers shall be furnished
copies of the constitution Of the United
4 States printed s0n numbered uniform
\ paSteboatd slips, each containing five
4 lines Of the constitution printed in the
ss;varion9s languages Of the immigrants
/ Lii double small plea type. These slips
n shall be kept In boxes made for that
u pufpoSe and 10 constructed as to con-
ceal the slips from view. each box to
contain slips Of but one language, and
the Immigrant may designate the Ian
guage' 81 which he prefers the test
! shall be made. No immigrant failing
to- read and write out the slip thus
1 drawn by him shall be admitted. but
. he shall be returned to the country
whence he came.
@ The house passed the third of the
regular appropriate ton bills THAT for
the support Of the army. and entered
upon the consideration of the legisla-
latter bill carries &21, 1855, 300. or $780,
800 more than the law for the current
year. Fair progress was made today.
It 10 expected that this bill and the
military academy appropriation hill
will be passed before the holiday re-
cess. The army bill as passed makes
no provision for the army and navy
hospital at Hot Springs, Ark The
house also passed several bills relating
to the District OF Columbia and three
resolutions for the use Of flags of the
war department.. government reserva-
tions, etc., on the occasion of Mr. Nc
Kinley's Inauguration.
HAS TWO HUSBANDS.
A north Dakota divorce Declared
Invalid, In New York.
New York. Dec 20. 1.-THE validity in
this state of a divorce granted in North
Dakota was the main question at issue
in the suit of Harry %. McGown, clerk
Of the city court, against Mary Emma
McGown. in tie supreme &C urt to-day.
The defendant, who is the daughter of
Dr. ]. ID. DeMarest, prominent ply
stefan In the northern part of the city.
was married to McGown in 1857.
About a year ago Mrs, McGown es-
tablished statutory residence in
North Dakota and there procured d.
vorce, subsequently marrying Harry
w. Bell, a wealthy tile manufacturer.
McGown sued for divorce under the
laws of New York on the ground OF
improper conduct with Bell. 1t was
not alleged that such impropriety was
committed prior to. the North Dakota
divorce.
Justice Russell. who heard the case,
decided that the North Dakota divorce
Is invalid here. He said that 1t APP
peared that the plaintiff and defendant
had lived together in this state as man
: and wife, and that neither of THEM
could discover that relation, not even
by common consent. Mrs. McG0wn.
however, had determined upon q dis
solution of the marriage. and for that
purpose had gone to North Dakota.
She obtained divorce and remarked.
"Under the laws of North Dakota"
said the Justice. "the defendant is the
lawful wife of Bell, but under the
laws OF New York, she is the lawful
wife of McGown. The laws of New
York recognize divorce for only one
reason. Therefore. I say that she ia
still the wife of AIcGown and must lie
SO recognized by the courts of this
state. If the marriage laws of this
state have been violated by Mrs. Nc
Gown, then her husband is entitled to
q decree"