The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-03-19

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The plague tends to spread in I'll
1hana and Surat districts aud 1t .js sti
severe in the Banda and Goorla al
tricts.
Miscellaneous.
The repair shops of the Consolidate
road at Valley Falls, II. l., have star
ed up on full time Of sixty hoursh
| week.
Troops have been detailed to protet
the Cherokee freedmen from swindles
during the payments to be made by te
government at Fort Gibson.
Anton Boenert. steamship agent all
private banker of Chicago, has mae
an assignment. Assets and liabilitis
not given.
The Indiana state senate has passd
the bill authorizing the attorney gel
eral to bring suit against the Vandala
railroad, for a sum estimated ut S.
100000, said to be due the state.
The Stevens Point council voted $50
In support of the new public library.
This makes 81, 100 which the commit
tee In charge Of the work have to h.
gin WITH.
The supreme court has sustained tie
recently adopted civic ordinance PR
hibiting pool selling and taking con-
missions on racing bets ut San Fral-
cisco. n
The Ontario Mining Company fof
Salt Lake. Utah. has declared month
~ dividend of $4,000. The DAILY Mn.
ing company has declared q monthly
dividend of $4,000.
The New York Herald's correspond
cnt in San Jose, Costa RIGA, sends word
that Gen. Gutierrez is dead. He vas
candidate for the presidency Of the
republic for the term of 189S-19O2.
The L. Candee company, manufac-
turers Of rubber footwear at New
Haven, Conn.,, has resumed operations
In their plant after an idleness Of two
months.
All the employees of the United Coun-
tries railway, which runs from St.
johns to Hyacinthe, province of Que.
bee, are on strike because they have
not been paid for thirteen months.
Lima bean growers Of California,
controlling over 80 per cent Of the total,
bean output Of the state, have formed
an organization to control the market,
known as the Lima Bean association.
The Ontarion Mining company ut
Salt Lake City, has declared a monthly
dividend Of $4,000. The DAILY Mining
company has declared a monthly divi-
dend Of $4,000.
Archbishop Benson's forthcoming
Saint Cyprian'' is called by the Satur.
day Review "a posthumous bid for
much fuller literary and scholastic lau-
refs tnan any which DIR. Benson gath
cred during his lifetime"
The Peoples Telephone company, has
been Incorporated at West Superior by
}. II. Culver, c. l.. Catlin and III. II.
Stewart, local people, with capital
stock Of $4,000. 1t has petitioned the
council for city franchise.
The Michigan state senate adopted a
resolution asking that a special COM
mittee of three be appointed and EN-.
powered to subpoena witnesses, and
take such testimony as shall be neces.
sary for thorough investigation of the
soldiers home at Grand Rapids.
A number of prominent Kentucky
distillers are now in session ut the Gait
house in Louisville for the purpose of
determining upon some plan to com.
bine the state liquor interests, and en-
tering upon an agreement to curtail
the production for the next three years.
Anent rumors Of wrongdoings within
the ranks of the Brotherhood Of Loco.
motive Firemen, which has member
ship of $4,000, the Indianapolis News
says: A former member of the Broth.
erhood has been selling counterfeit
travelling cards to railroad men and ex-
railroad men.
The Marshield, Wis, Novelty works
nave sold $500 worth of their slot
machines to Mr.. Cone of Chicago, who
has also the right of Colorado, where
the machines will be used. Il. e..
Blodgett of this city and Jerry Blodgett
OF Minneapolis are the manufacturers.
Owing to q seizure by treasury
agents at San Francisco Of contraband
opium valued at $500, 900 and a further
seizure worth $4,000 later, the price of
opium has advanced SO per pound. All
the opium in San Francisco is now
held at SIS per pound and is expected
to advance to 500.
Charles w. Warner has been ap.
pointed permanent receiver for the
James Wallace & Sons, brewers, of
New York. The receivership is an
outgrowth Of controversy between
the sons of James Wallace, deceased,
whose estate was valued at $1,000
600.
A statue of Bacchus, presented by
King George of Greece to the city Of
Boston, has disappeared. It never
reached Boston. It is not at the Gus.
tom house, and Mayor Quincy and the
members of the city council, as we'll as
the members Of the Boston Athletic as.
ISOLATION, are wondering what has be.
come of 1t.
According to announcement made by
Chevalier Droiet, who has just re-
turned from Rome to Montreal. where
he went at the instance Of the Lnurier
government, the pope has appointed a
commission Of cardinals to investigate
the charges against the Canadian
clergy Of improper interference IN the
recent election.
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