The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-02-19
vefy obnoxioas 20 the insurgents a dcl
count OF hts many acts Of brutality.
miscellaneous.

lIlscellaneoas.
The cruiser Philadelphia, which
went down the Southern coast az far
as Callao about three months ago on
cruise, Is on her way back.
Mrs. Leland Stanford has decided to
close up the estate Of her deceased
husband. First she will dispose Of
the lands and aftcrward personal prop
esty.
Herman Oerlichs, the well known So
caety and club man and steamboat
owner. was sworn in at New York city
as foreman of tho February grand
Jury before Judge Cowing in part 1 OF
general sessions.
At a meeting at Lincoln, Neb., Of
the state relief commission It was
found that there are now loaded for
shipment five cars of corn at Hastings,
one Mt Aurora and one at Wilcox In
tended for the relief of the Door IA
Chicago.
Woodson, agent Of the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Indians, has received let
ter from Gen. Porter asking for q
number of Cheyenne and ArapaAoe
Indians to march in the inaugural pa
rade at Washington March 4. A balld
of fifty reds will be sent to the capital
us requested.
Gen. II. A. Alger Of Michigan has
purchased of ex-United States Senator
Warner Miller and others the ccnmOri-
ing interest in the Lauremtlde corn.
pany Of Gardiner, r. O., Can. The
company's plant includes number OF
big pulp mills and thousands of acres
of timber land. .
w. NJ. Chandler, ]. S. Lathers and
F. X. Carmody were selected as Mich
igan university's debaters to meet
Chicago's representatives In the AUDI.
forum April 16. Chandler is a senior
law student from Texas, and Iiathers
and Carmody are both senior literary
students from Michigan.
A twelve-year-oh gray Mexican par.
rot whipped a large Yorkshire terrier
in a pitched battle for $500 a side Mt
Hawthorne, N. j. The victorious bird
was unframed, bot the grip of it's
beak upon the dogs snout was 80 pow
erful that the handlers had to pry 1t
open by fierce In order to release the
dog.
The county Jail at Dayton was placed
under quarantine by Health Officer
Iddings. A prisoner named George
Stimmel has severe case of varioloiGl.
He was sentenced to the Ohio reform
atory last week for burglary and lar
ceny, and would have been taken to
Mansfield tomorrow. He was ordered
to quarantine instead.
The Butte and Boston Mining COM
pany's property, consisting Of fifty
three mining claims, and everything
belonging to the company, was sold by
the receiver at Boston to E. Rollins
Morse, chairman of the Butte and
Boston reorganization committee. for
$3.50, eco. The bid was $4,000, the
difference being represented by in!
cumbrances ON the property.
Truman r.. Lawrence against the
Pullman Palace Car company, a case
of unusual interest, was decided at
Port Gibson, Miss, the jury awarding
Lawrence $::54 900 damages, afterwardl
reducing 1t, by order of the court, to
$la,O0 Both will appeal. Lawrence
claims to have been severely beaten
by.a porter In the employ Of the com.
pany On train in Illinois.
The new Hamburg-Amcrican line
steamship Pennsylvania, said to be
the largest freight-carrying steamship
IN the world, left Belfast on her trial
trip to New York. The PENNSYLVANIA
is 568 feet long, has 60 feet beam, lis
II feet deep, rs Of 10000 tons displace-
ment and her dead weight carrying
capacity ts nearly $4,000 tons. She
las aecomm odati0n for over 200 cabin
passengers and for $500 steeraEe pas.
eengera.