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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
PLEADS FOR UNION.

Count Goluchowski Sees . Gigantic Com.
merotal Struggle in the Next Century.
VIENNA, Nov. 28.-CouLt Goluchow.
ski, the Austro- Hungarian minister Of
foreign affairs, made an appeal to all
Europe in his annual address before the
Austrian and Hungarian delegations,
to take advantage Of the present era Of
peace and to join closely for the vigor.
Gus defense Il conditions common to
European countries, as against the
crushing competition Of transatlantic
nations" said:
"a turning point has been reached in
European development which calls for
unremitting attention Of governments.
The great problems Of material welfare
which became more pressing every
year, are no longer matter for the fu.
ture. but require to be taken in hand
instantly. The destructive competition
which transuceanic countries are carry.
ing on in part at present and which is
in part to be expected in the immediate
future, requires prompt and thorough
counteracting measures il the
vital Interests Of Europe
are not to be gravely compromised. We
must fight shoulder to shoulder against
4 common danger and arm ourselves
for the struggle with I'LL the means at
our disposal. Just as the Sixteenth and
Seventeenth centuries were absorbed
by religious warfares, just as the Eight
eenth centur7 was marked by the tri-
umph Of liberal ideas, and just as the
Nineteenth century has been notable
for the appearance Of great questions Of
nationality, SO will the Twentieth CEN
tury be for Europe q period marked by
a struggle for existence in the politico.
commercial sphere. European nations
must close ranks in order successfully
to defend their existence. May this be
realized everywhere, and may the
epoch of peaceful development we now
confidently anticipate be employed in
collecting our strength and devoting
ourselves chiefly to this end.''
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
LOOKS o, tn. ,soaose.n....

Looks On the Monougonoln.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l8.-The war dc.
partment has awarded to @. ]. McDon.
aid Of Pittsburg. the lowest bidder, tho
contract for building six locks ON the
Monongahels river, numbering from 10
to 10, inclusive. The total amount Of
the bids Il about e600. 200.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
Duluth Gram.

DULUTH. Nov. 20.
wHEAT-Cash No. hard, esc; No. 1
Northern, y11<c; No Q Northern, se1<o;
No. 8 spring, sO1<c; rejected, e5@s1,; to
arrive No. lizard, S811c; No. Northern,
$3.50; November No. l Northern, s7No;
December, No. l Northern, s7No; May,
No. Northern, 8ns<c.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
CUT OFF NEARLY A MILLION
Duluth Gas and Water Company Seems
Ready to Soil.

Duluth Gas and Water Company Seems
Ready to Soil.
DULUTH, Nov. 28.-After 10 years.
struggle in the city council, in the
state courts aud in five special elections,
Mayor Truelson has finally triumphed
over the Duluth Gas and Water com.
pany. He has succeeded in making
the company reduce its figures from
q, 100, 900, the amount which it origin.
ally asked for its plant, to d. l35. 900.
which it 10 now ready to accept. and
which the mayor feels assured will be
satisfactory to the people. By winning
this fight the city has saved near.y
81 900. 600.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
Ioux City Live Stock.

x H1Oux C1ey Live Stock.
N. Sioux CITY, Ia, Nov. 30.
HOGS-Market active and steady.
Range Of prices, $3.25@3.45. -
CATTLE-Market quiet, unchanged.
Prices ranged at 43.0lt03 rs for hei ers;
$3.50 for COWS; $3.50 for calves: %. 60@4.l5
for s5ockers and feeders; S8.40@ i.75 for
rangers.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
St. Paul Union Stock Yards.

st. Paul Union Stock Yards.
SOUTH ST. PAUL, Nov. 90
HOGS-Market about steady. Quality
better. Range Of prices $,.171<@c 22},.
CATTLE-Market steady and active.
Sales ranged at 4a15@825 for stock.
ers; &3.20@2.j5 for cows; $s.95@a Is. for
steers; $..75 $500 for calves.
SHEEP-Market steady.
Muttona e5.00@3. IS; lambs $35O@5 TO-
Receipts: Hogs, 1000; cattle. 200; calves
so; sheep, 800. .ts
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
Bridge Went Down.

WINNIPEG, Nov. 70. - Word has
reached here that construction engine
and seven cars on the Crows Nest Pass
road went down with bridge over
Oldham river, killing two men and in.
juring many others. Two freight
trains collided on the Calgary and Ed.
monitor railway at Willow Greek, mort,
Of Macleod. The brakeman had both
legs cut of and the fireman and eng,-
neer were injured.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee Grain

mHWA0k00 Grain
MILWAUKEE, Nov. q.
WHEAT-No. I Northern. s91<o; No. ,
Spring, s. s71<o; May, 5000.
CORN No. 8, 27c
OATS-No. . white, 281<@Mc.
BARLEY - No 2, 40c; sample on
track, 25@38c.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
Tho Same Old BluM.

p LONDON, Nov. 2S.-The Rome CORE.
spondent of The Daily News says: !
am able to assert OH the best authority
that the powers are discussing the ad.
visibility Of a naval demonstration in
the Dardanelles or blockade Of Con-
stantinople if the sultan does not yield
to the demands of the powers with re.
spect to autonomy for the island of
Crete, especially in the matter Of with.
drawing the Turkish troops.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
LATEST MARKET REPORT.
Milwaukee Grain.

Milwaukee Grain.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. 20
WHEAT-No. / Northern, 90o; No .
Spring, $50; May, .90stc.
CORN No. 8, SO.
OATS-No. white, 283<@s4o.
BARLEY = No 9, 41c; sample on
track, s7@42c.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
Poultry. Butter ma Eer..

POULTRY Butter and EgG0.
CHICAGO, Nov. 40
Live poultry, easy. Turkeys 9@91<c;
chickens, 30; spring chickens 69511c;
ducks TOTO. Butter, steady. Cream
cry, 1921; diaries, 12@l9c. Eggs, firm;
fresh, 1856
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
Poultry. Butter ana Eggs.

CHICAGO, Nov. %.
Live poultry, easy. Turkeys, 9@91lc;
chickens, &c; spring chickens, 5@o1<c;
ducks 7@711c. Butter, steady. Cream
cry, 1921; dairies 12@l9c. Eggs firm:
fresh. lSc
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
Minneapolis Grain.

~ MINNEAPOLIA Nov. 20.
WHEAT-November closed at s9hc;
December, s7Nc; May, s7Ic. On
$3.50: No. 9. Northern, $3.50.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
Minneapolis Grain.

MINNEAPOLIS Nov. %.
WHEAT November closed at 500;
December, assl@sS>lc; May, $50. On
Track-No. hard, 9O2zc; No l Northern.
S9Ac: No. g. Northern, SAKE.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
Sioux CITY Live Stock.

Sioux CITY, Ia, Nov. %.
HOGS-Market STEADY and Sc higher.
Range Of prices, $3.25@3.45.
CATTIE-Market steady to strong.
Prices ranged at $3Oj@3 IS for hei ers;
$3.50 for cows; $3.50 for calves; o. 600 .l5
for stockers and feeders; $340@ rs Tor
rangers.
SHEEP-In demand at $a.7O@3.3Q
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26

0O0 q very TOughe6C element, but they
were overawed BY a few hundred pc.
4 lcemen. The reason the fire assumed
ssnch gigantic dimensions was, first, be-
cause Of the highly inflammable CHAR
acter Of the contents Of dry goods and
, tobacconist warehouses, where it orig.
mated; second, because Of the extreme
difficulty Of handling it effectively,
\ owing to the exceptional narrowness Of
the surrounding streets. Few Of these
streets permit two vehicles to pass
abreast, and the fire brigade had there.
fore great difficulty in manipulating
the engines and getting them into posi-.
ton. The delay thus caused gave the
fire tremendous headway.
The flames leaped through windows
and across those narrow thoroughfares,
and caught houses on the opposite side.
The heat then became so frightful that
the fire engines had to be withdrawn
and worked from distance.
In the early stages Of the fire, the
flames tore up through the lftwsys
elevator shalts) of the wareouhses,
and spread ever each successive floor
with incredible rapidity; then bursting
out through the windows, they roasted
the fronts Of the houses on the opposite
side. which smoked and cracked, until
their wood work broke into fire.
81, It will be several days before the fire
Is completely extinguished, and the
ruin, thoroughly explored.
The convection is general that the
London fire brigade is enterely too
small to deal with great emergency,
though the energy and resources Of
Chief Wells and the courage of the men
are fully recognised.
The insurance agents take an optim.-
istic view Of the losses, their esti-
mates ranging from 81, 100000 to g..
1 00O,O tits fact that dozens Of the
burned out firms were not insured, in
4 some cases because they were considered
to be undesirable customers and in 9TH
q ers because the locality has long been
6 considered dangerous by insurance COM
panies. The latter assert that the sen.
sational rumors regarding the losses
have been promoted on the Stock Ex-
: change in order to influence stocks.
All the historic treasures of Cripple
Gate church were removed, including
the records Of Oliver Cromwell's mar.
xiage. Milton's burial and the deaths
from the black plague in 1866.
At noon number Of fire engines are
still playing upon the smouldering
ruins which mark the scene of the great
conflagration near the general post
office. Walls are falling every now
and then.
It is impossible to accurately estimate
the damage: but the direct loss will
probably be below 90, 0O0, 900.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-26
,HEEP-1n demand at ss.7o@s.so

A1A4A1AIA
Chicago Union Stock Yards.
fV CHICAGO, Nov %.
HOGS - Market active and 2L@5o
higher.
Sales ranged at ss.4o@s.eo for light;
t3.4O@3.6O for mixed; $3.30@3.60 for
heavy; $3.30@3.35 Tor rough.
CATTLE-Market steady to a shade
higher.
Sales ranged at ss.so@5.so for beeves;
e.75, 40 for COWS and heifers; &2.SO@
a9Ofor Texas steers; $3. .5@415 for west
ems; s 1904. 40 for stoc kers and feeders.
SHEEP-Market strong.
Sales ranged at $3OO@4.75 for natives;
t3.30@4.6O for westerns; S4.OOA5.S5 for
lambs.
Receipts: Hogs $1,000; cattle. 1900:
sheep, $4,000
Chicago Grain and Provisions.
CLOSING PRICES.
CHICAGO. Nov. a.
wHEAT-November. s49sc; December.
Csc; old, Ss%c; January, 9ONc: May,
00M@9J9zc; July, 84Ac.
CORN - November. 1890; December.
a6@261sc; May, 2931@39Hc.
OATS November, 22o; December
20Ac; May, $50.
PORK-November. e7.s7; Deoembsx
e7.aS; January. SS2a; May, ta42.
Chinese Conservatism.
Many tales have been told Of the un-
willingness Of the Chinese to see the
advantages Of the introduction Of the
telegraph into China. A telegraph jour-
nal now adds to the number by the re.
cital Of an incident connected with the
first cable along the coast from Picking
to Shanghai. Soon after the cable was
laid lottery drawing came off in Pc
king. in which many Of the residents of
Shanghai held tickets One of the gam
blers so far overcame his distrust Of the
cable as to have the winning numbers
sent him, and he bought the tickets
bearing them from his more skeptical
townsmen, realizing small fortune ON
the transaction. Not long after there
was scanty crop Of rice in the upper
provinces. and Shanghai merchant
telegraphed to Picking instructions to
bpy heavily. The ultimate result was
that he sold out at an immense profit
and retired on an independency. By de-
grees it began to dawn on the Chinese
that it was just as we'll not to tear down
telegraph wires, as the telegraph was q
fairly good thing to have around
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16

How SHE Cor EyES.--As Il is
well-established fact that mea are
always in the prime OF life, Bhile
women begin to get over il d the
age Of thirty-fiye, the gentlg sex
are naturally ayersc TO pointed .,om-
ments upon their years. A tlun-
dering man, whose too convivial
habits have conspicuously wrecked
his wife's health and peace of mind,
was recently introduced to a ' sit
ing lady Of less than lifty years,'but
of remarkably youthful and fresh
appearance. With fatal intens to
be gallant, the blundering man re-
marked /:
Glad to meet you, madam; glad
to meet you. You are very Well
preserved for your years
No answer was returned. the tis-
iting lady having been iIatura ~
shocked at thus being classed among
the aged. 1
Not disconnected, the taikative
gentleman went on !: .You lock
Young, madam indeed you do.
Pray tell me what 10 the secret af
it,
A picture Of the harassed wife Bf
the rude q,iestioner came 10 the viz
iting lady's mind, and she retorteaa,
| gently, but pointedly: There 10 brt
one secret Of what you are pleased
to term my youth and my goof
looks. / have a husband who has
never given me an unkind word or
cost me IN anxious thought
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16
Che FALLING backe.. lie coula; ;se,

4
the falling bucket. lie couldeee
1t dropping, lunging from sida to
side OF the narrow hole. He saw
IL tear cloads of dust from the clay
hardpan, saw it reach and strike
the deepest layers of pOrphyry.
IL bounded from side to side of
the hole; striking now aud again
on Q Uniting fragment and tearing
it loose, It ratified and clatta.ed
against the hard rock.
To Simpson, years, centuries
seemed to pass as the bucket clasged
and ratified against :he side oil the
shaft. lie thought with all the
vivid rapidity Of men TINS facing
impending death. He saw the old
home in the Missouri bottom lands,
his mothers face and the fdee OF
the maiden who waited his return.
1t was an actual relief to set that
the bucket was coming faster now;
wherever its iro.- bound sides touch
ed the porphyry they ground streams
Of sparks that glittered wickealy in
the half darkness. It's ratings
and cla1gings had merged tnto a
continuous ear-stunning roar, lie
made his eyes close at last.
There came a crash. terrific and
resounding, and Simpson found
himself standing stiflly against the
rock wall. laughing feebly bike a
hysterical schoolgirl and stapidly
lingering at long rent in his fan.
mel under which he was beg inning
to feel the smart of an equally
long, red furrow scratched. across
his breast.
Across the tangle OF twisted and
bent hoops and splintered riven
slaves that filed up the bottom OF
the shaft he saw old SANDY also
standing sturdily mp. Satlly was
gazing up the shaft, his rel whis-
kers bristling with rage. Simpson
followed his gaze. lie saw hang
ing by his wrenchcd arms frbm the
fifth round of the ladder tuat ran
down the shaft, Ike Wisdomt twist
ing about to look down upon them
with scared white face lie had
caught at random upon the, ladder
as he tumbled into the shaft.
Sandy shook his fist at thacling-
ing man vehemently. .'New, ye
think ye're burned SMART" he
roared.
And they had to clay ofr's three
days while .hey went down the trail
to Fairplay and lugged BACK the
half of q coal-oil barrel whelewith
they fashioned q new ore. bucket.
All the odd moments OF those
three days were spent in imprsssing
upon Ike Wisdom the positite ne.
cessity Of hooking the rope 10 the
bucket before he kicked away the
board.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16

after the var. While lying in
camp in Virginia about the middle
Of the conflict he got hold Of . copy
of N. Y. newspaper one day and
the leading headline, All Quiet on
the Potomac. appealed strongly to
his poetic fancy. He forthwith sat
down and wrote the poem, 'All
Quiet Along the Potomac which
has q place in all libraries among
the English people. lie has writ
ten much other verse since, but
none that compares with this mas.
terly effort.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16
70 whom Il Nay csnssrn |:

have BEEN in the drug business fos
twelve years, and during that time, havf
sold nearly all the cough medicines
manufactured; and from my personal
knowledge ef such remedies, | say ihas
Chsmberiain's Cough Remedy gives BET
ter satisfaction than any othcr on ths.
maarkct.-W, NJ. TERRY, Elkton, KN.
Sold by Vim. r. Greenwell & Son.
Leonardtown; Jos. s. Matthews, valIek
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16
A WILD BUCKET.

Big Sandy Thompson and Simp
son, his partner. had finished fill
ing the ore bucket with q goodly
load Of the tough, worthless rocl
IN which they had been burrowins
for months, and leaning on theil
shovels watched il 90 swinging
slowly up toward the little four.by.
seven patch Of daylight that showed
the entrance to the shaft, one hun.
dred and twenty-seven feet above
them.
Down the deep hole came muf.
fled screenings from the rope as i,
wonnd upon the drum and the
creaking of the ill-adjusted 'whim, >
and they could hear Ike Wisdom q
vicious objurations as he urged the
sullen little beast round and round
in the dusty circle in which he
plodded.
Simpson was dumpish and mo-
rose. lie scraped querulously in
the rock dust with his shovel and
roundly berated the luck that had
sent him to Colorado to dig a hole
.
for nothing. He cursed Colorado
and he cursed Park County; he
cursed the bacon on which he sub.
sisted until. as he pathetically said
ne was "ashamed to look hog in
the face, and he cursed old San
dy Thompson. who sat idly pound
ing away q nice round hole he was
fSishing up with srtistic care for
the reception of Q dynamite stick.
Old Sandy grinued quizzically at
Simpson through his bushy, red
whiskers, and puffed silently at his
malodorous black pipe.
Ike, at the top of the shaft, when
the bucket came mp, kicked the
board under it. The .lop-sided
beast turned in his tracks and let
the load swing down, and Ike tug
ged it out On the dump and empt.
led it with much painting and effu-
sion of sweat. Then he dragged
the ponderous tub back slowly.
Empty, it was a pretty good load for
a man, being built of thick-oil.
soaked slaves, hooped almost solid.
ly from bottom to top with heavy
irons. and thickly incrusted with
hard, heavy clay and bits of rock in
every crevice.
Ike prided himself much on the
dexterity with which he handled
this big bucket by its great wrought.
iron bail. He swung it jauntily
over the mouth Of the shaft and, M
he had done thousand times be.
fore with graceful success, kicked
the board frcm under it as he swung
the rope around to hook it in iii
place.
But the hook changing against
the bal! failed TO catch. The great
bucket disappeared like q shadow
into the shafts dark mouth.
Ike lunged wildly forward Il
catch it, lost his footing, and he
too, went into the shaft.
Down at the bottom Of the hole
Simpson was still at his disma
cursings.
"I wish," said he petnlantly, Z"
J had never seen this cussed hole.
wish i was dead. I-good God
Sandy, the buckets loose 20
Sandy's burly frame few up lik,
an acrobat's. In the tvinkling o
ar eye was pressed into the corne
of the shaft, clutching back 81
hard against the rocky walls tina
the tips of his tanned fingers whit
ened.
Simpson dropped his pick, an
he, too. was pressing the rocks
holding back his breath, fattenin
his outstretched hands against tn
resistless walls.
And still the open space in th
the centre Of the shafts bottor
seemed scarcely big enough to dro
q hat in.
Simpson tried to close his eyei
but tried in vain. They we're fixe
beyond the power of his viii npo
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1897-09-16

1879 ~e~ss ->t--- Va suV III
disputable esiden Of his soldier
ly valor and intre courage. The]
are very preclone him. He viii
exhibit them g old comrades
at Nashville, and ny 10 the battle
that these grixzlc kerans willfighi
Ger again, with shoes Of camp
songs ringing il heir ears and
memories Of She \ and tumult Of
war sweeping thr1 n their minds.
But Colonel Fon 1e does not like
TO DC called IeIou Tor the reason
that he did not h6<1 that rank or
title II Hnx. And 1his brings np
another marvellous trait Of this re-
markable mans character. He was
proffered title and rank innumer-
able times during the fratridical
strife in which he. bore so con-
spicuoGs g part. but be declined to
accept any Of the marks which
the world regards as necessary evil
dence OF valor and great deeds. He
chose the rank of private station,
and With steady aim and clear sight
wrought such havoc in the columns
OF the armies Of the North as his
tory records OF no other man in the
whole black record OF the worlds
wars.
Stated briefly, Fontainr's war re-
cord is this: He began as scout
and courier for Stonewall jackson.
he served IN the same capacity with
General Stewart and Joe Johnston,
and short while with Lee. He
took part in "a pitched battles, So
skirmishes and over a hundred 'in.
dividnal skirmishes,' rs he calls
them. de was known in all branches
OF the Confederate service as the
best marksmen with rifle or revolv-
er in either army. lie was wound
ed 81 times and 13 timesa his lungs
were pierced. Twice bic heart was
grazed, and these scratch& caused
that organ TO so enlarge that skilled
physicians to-day who examine him
without knowing his history will
declare that he his liable to die in
"a hours. On wooccasions he was
able with the aid Of q mirror to look
into aperetures in his breast made
by "Yankee" bullets and see the
beatings Of his heart. Such state
ments as this sound fabulous and
would be altogether incredible If it
were not for the fact that Fontaine
has the written and attested evil
dence OF their truth. He cannot
even recall without consulting the
records the times and places of his
wounding. Probably any other
person with 60 wounds would have
the same difficulty. His right leg
was torn of below the knee toward
the close of the war. and TO-DAY his
locomotion 10 rendered as good as
though he had the use Of both men,
bers with the aid of the barrel of
the rifle with which General Lee
saw him kill eco Yankees in GO
minutes. That rifle barrel, in
stead of being melted into o plow-
share, was converted by Fontaine
into the center piece of a wooden
leg. He did this with his own
hands, after the war was over. Gut
tapercha surrounds the rifle barrel,
and the continuance serves him ex-
cellently as o false leg.
It was in the battle Of Waterloo
Bridge. just below Warrenton, Va,
in August, 1861, and Immediately
prior to the second battle Of Ma
nassas, that General Lee witnessed
Fontaine's remarkable feat Of kill
ing Geo Yankees in 60 minutes. /"
Stonewall jackson was fanking
porn -TacL,.r,. ,..h.~~.l..sl
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1897-11-18
In Full Blast.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Nov. IL. - For the
first time in over three years every blast
furnace in Allegheny county is In OPP
GRAFTON. In addition to this more fur
naces are in operation here than ever
before, for the past summer saw four
new plants completed and placed I'M
active work. The starting of furnace
IF" Of the Carnegie Steel company
Wednesday completes the list of active
furnaces in this country, and now all
are in full blast. Furnace az" was
blown out about two months ago.
There are 30 iron furnaces in this coun-
ty now and oil are running, making
from two to three blasts every "a hours.
The daily output of smelted iron in this
county now Is approximately 10000
tons. There have never been more than
20 furnaces in blast here before, but the
Carnegies have lately built four new
plants.