The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-04
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The gunboats Newport and Vicks-
burg will probably have their trial
trips within the next two weeks.
A $4,000 gold brick has been brought
to Baker City. Or, from the virtue
L, ire.
The Catholic University Of America
has received a check for $15O,OOO be-
queathed by Patrick B. O'Brien, who
died in New Orleans last October.
The Slavonic Society of the United
States is holding it's sixth annual con-
veDtion in Wilkesbarre. Pa. Delegates
arc.present from many states.
Owen Ziegler outpointed Kid La
vigne in six-round so in the arena
Of the Quaker City Athletic club ut
Philadelphia.
w. II. Bassett and j. G. McCullom
have opened up some ore assaying
from $40 to $3.50 on the Buckeye Boy.
at Trinidad, Col.
The town Of Spencer. Iowa. is nego-
tiating with Mrs. Phoebe Lincoln for
the establishment Of school there.
Mrs. Lincoln's school at DEBORAH has:
an enrolment Of over 400 STUDENT.
The Indians on the Crow reservation
win SOW LOO acres Of grain during.
the coming season, and are preparing;
to plant several hundred acres OF po-s
| tatoes. 5s
Before the Peoples Athletic club at
Cincinnati Jim Freany and Charlie
Burns local sports. fought savagaiy
with gloves for $500. Freany knocked
Burns out in the fifth round.
Judge Van Meter Of Chillicothe. O..
farmer and formerly attorney, is nm
derstood to be the candidate for gov
ernor whom John Mclean will sup
port
Mrs. Ferdinand Garesche Of st. Lou
is has received telegram stating that
her great-niece. Miss Madeline lie
Clerq. fourteen years old. was among
those burned to death in the charity
bazar holocaust at Paris.
In British Columbia airy miner. be-
fore working in mines, even for wages,
must get government license costing
S.. 1t 10 proposed to abolish this tax.
as to the working miner. but not as to
the prospector.
The Indians on the Shoshone reser-
walton have thus far this season sown
$4,000 pounds Of grain. and it Is ex.
pected they will SOW as much more be-
fore the closing of the planting sea.
son.
In the Pennsylvania senate. the bill
prohibiting the public exhibition Of
Photographic productions of prize
fights was passed. The bill now goes
| to the house for public action by that
body. sE
A gold brick weighing twenty-threc
and one-half pounds and worth $500
has been forwarded to Salt Lake
City from the Dexter mine at Tusca.
rora. New. The prick represents q run
of five days.
The committee Of the lower house Of
the Prussian diet has. rejected the
clauses providing that meetings and
associations which contravine the
criminal law or endanger the safety
Of the state or public security may be
dissolved by the police.
Fire destroyed William Klinkle's
pool hall. Nagle Brothers barebr shop,
| L. T. McGilvery's loan and insurance
office and .. M. Smiths general mer-
chandise store at hardwood, Iowa.
The buildings are supposed to have
been struck by lightning. LOSS, $1,000.
The biennial convention Of the Inter-
national Brotherhood Of Railway
Trainu,en has opened at Toronto. Del.
egates from nearly every state In the
Union and Province Of Canada are in
attendance. IF
The first woman to be graduated BY
the faculty Of Union Theological semi.
nary at New York received her diplo.
ma at the sixty-first anniversary and
commencement If that institution. she
is Emily Grace Briggs. daughter Of
Prof. G. A. Briggs, who was suspend.
ed by the general assembly after q TIL.
al for heresy in 1894. .ss,a